[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          WELCOME TO THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE. REGULAR MEETING FOR JUNE 11TH. IT'S 5:31 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED HERE. AND WITH THAT, ALL COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT. WELCOME, PASTOR. WE'LL MAKE OUR BEGINNING IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. LORD GOD, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THE DISCUSSIONS THAT IT WOULD BE FRUITFUL. THERE'D BE PASSION, THERE WOULD BE RESPECT. AND THAT, LORD, YOU'D GIVE WISDOM AND HUMILITY IN ALL THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF BLESSING THIS COMMUNITY. WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGES. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL START TONIGHT 
          [2.A. Reports and Updates from the Mayor and Town Councilmembers Concerning Items of Community  Interest (if necessary)]
WITH ANY UPDATES FROM FROM COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. ANYTHING THAT YOU LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY FROM THE LAST TWO WEEKS. YES. I WAS GOING TO LET COUNCILOR HOLMES DO IT, BUT WE ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR COUNCILOR HOLMES AND I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR FUNCTION COFFEE. IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR WELCOMING THIS NEW BUSINESS INTO THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE. IT'S ALREADY BECOME PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SO, SO APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT. I WILL ADD, BECAUSE IT'S TURNING INTO QUITE A PROBLEM FOR MY NEW DIET, THAT BETWEEN FUNCTION, COFFEE OPENING AND CRAVE, WE'RE IN A CALORIE OVERLOAD IN OUR TOWN, BUT HOPEFULLY OUR SALES TAX WILL MAKE UP FOR ALL OF US BEING A LITTLE HEFTY. BUT DEFINITELY GO. GO CHECK IT OUT. 
          IT'S REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT I HAVE I HAVE NO 
          [2.B. Employee Anniversary - Austin Nogle, Police Department - 5 Years ]
UPDATES THIS WEEK. SO WE WILL CONTINUE ON. WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARY CHIEF. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER AUSTIN NOGGLE FOR HIS FIVE YEAR SERVICE RECOGNITION. THAT PUTS US AT 40% OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE OVER FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. SO IT'S A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. SO THE TOWN PROUDLY RECOGNIZES AUSTIN NOGGLE FOR FIVE YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SINCE JOINING THE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER NOGGLE HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE. HE HAS EARNED HIS INTERMEDIATE PEACE OFFICER LICENSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATION, ENHANCING HIS ABILITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION OFFICER. NOBLE'S PERFORMANCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED TO SIGNIFICANT DEPARTMENT HONORS, INCLUDING THE CHIEF STAR AWARD IN 2022 AND THE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 2024. IN ADDITION TO HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OFFICER NOBLE IS CURRENTLY PURSUING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE TOWN'S TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF OUR PERSONNEL GO THROUGH THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL TO FURTHER HIS EDUCATION. SO, AUSTIN, WHY DON'T YOU COME FORWARD? HE'S HE'S KIND OF A HURT, A LITTLE BIT HURT IN THE LINE OF DUTY. SO I HAD HIM COME FORWARD AND RECOGNIZE HIM. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEND YOUR TIME. LET'S GET THE CRUTCHES OUT. RUINS THE PICTURE. 
          I SURE HOPE YOU GET BETTER SOON. THERE. THAT DOESN'T LOOK ANY FUN. 
          [2.C. Briefing - Building Code Updates ]
ALRIGHT, NEXT THIS EVENING WE HAVE SOME BUILDING CODE UPDATES. HOW YOU DOING THIS EVENING? I'M DOING WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT WE ARE STARTING THE BUILDING CODE UPDATE PROCESS, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS FOR YOU YET, BUT JUST WANTED TO TALK OVER THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSIDERING UPDATES AND THE DIRECTION WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING. BUT FIRST OFF, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY IS THIS IS FROM YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU'RE YOU HAVE A GOAL TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. AND UNDER 
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THAT, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES IS TO ENSURE SAFE COMMUNITY STANDARDS AND PROCESSES. AND ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS FOR THAT IS TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF OUR BUILDING CODES TO HELP ALIGN WITH BEST PRACTICES AND SUPPORT A BETTER ISO RATING. NOW, I WILL DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT HERE SHORTLY. BUT FIRST, AS A REMINDER, OUR CURRENT BUILDING CODES ARE ALL BASED OFF OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL CODES. THERE'S SEVERAL WITHIN THAT FROM THE INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, WHICH APPLIES TO HOMES INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A SEPARATE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE. AND IT'S 2017. BOTH OF THESE. THESE CODES, THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AND THE INTERNATIONAL CODES ARE UP DATED ON THREE YEAR SCHEDULES. SO THERE'S BEEN A 2021 AND A 2024 ADOPTED SINCE THEN. BUT WE'RE STILL ON THE 2018 AND 2017. WE'VE ALSO ADOPTED SOME LOCAL AMENDMENTS. THOSE ARE PRIMARILY BASED OFF OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. THEY HAVE A REGIONAL CODES COORDINATING COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS THESE CODES. EVERY TIME THEY COME OUT WITH A NEW CODE CYCLE, AND THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON AMENDMENTS TO FIT OUR REGION, AND THEY RECOMMEND THAT ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN THE REGION ADOPT THOSE CODES SO WE CAN HAVE BASICALLY A REGIONAL CODE, SIMILAR CODE. THERE'S ALSO SOME AMENDMENTS FROM TO THE FIRE CODE THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY PAST FIRE MARSHALS, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN CARRIED OVER FOR FOR GRANDFATHERING PURPOSES. AND I'LL DISCUSS SOME MORE ON THOSE AS WELL. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, ONE REASON TO UPDATE THE CODES IS BECAUSE OF ISO. THAT'S THE INSURANCE SERVICES ORGANIZATION. AND THEY ARE A, THEY'RE AN ANALYTICS ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR THEIR UNDERWRITING PURPOSES. SO INSURANCE RATES ARE BASED OFF OF THESE RATINGS. THEY DO. YOU MIGHT BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE I FORGET WHAT THEY CALL IT PROPERTY PROTECTION, GRADING SCHEDULE THAT ISO DOES. AND THAT'S WHEN THEY EVALUATE YOUR FIRE SERVICE AND WATER SERVICE FOR PUTTING OUT FIRES IN A COMMUNITY. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THAT THE BUILDING CODE EFFECTIVENESS GRADING SCALE. THEY EVALUATE BUILDING CODES AND HOW YOU ENFORCE THOSE. YOUR INSPECTION PROCESS, YOUR WHOLE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY OVER 1200 METRIC POINTS. THEY, THEY SAY THAT THEY EVALUATE ON THAT, BUT THEIR BIGGEST ONE, THEIR MOST WEIGHTED ONE IS WHAT YOUR, YOUR CODE IS. AND WHETHER IT'S WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE CURRENT YEAR. SO BETTER IN SUMMARY, A BETTER ISO RATING LEADS TO LOWER INSURANCE RATES. 
          AND THAT CARRIES ON WITH WITH ANY STRUCTURES THAT ARE BUILT UNDER THAT CODE. SOME OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER IS REALLY THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CURRENT AND PROPOSED CODES. AND UPDATED CODES ARE MOSTLY MINOR. MOST OF IT IS THE SAME. MOST BUILDERS IN NORTH LAKE ALREADY ARE BUILDING TO NEWER CODES. I ACTUALLY MET WITH A BUILDER YESTERDAY THAT WILL BE BUILDING IN THE NEW PHASE OF CANYON FALLS, AND THEY'RE GETTING PREPARED FOR THAT AND GOING OVER THE PROCESS. AND I GAVE THEM A HEADS UP. WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING OUR CODES. WHEN I TOLD THEM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING TO IS LIKE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST PLAN FOR THAT THEN. SO A LOT, A LOT OF THESE BUILDERS, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTIAL, THE LARGER COMPANIES AND NATIONAL BUILDERS, THEY'RE ALREADY BUILDING TO THESE CODES ANYWAYS AND READY TO DO THAT PRETTY EASILY. THE, THE FAMILY OF THE, THE INTERNATIONAL CODES, THEY'RE MEANT TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER. SO IT'S, IT'S BEST TO ALL UPDATE THEM ALL TO THE SAME YEAR AT THE SAME TIME. IF YOU'RE USING DIFFERENT YEARS, SOMETIMES THEY MAY NOT COORDINATE AND THEY MAY NOT REFERENCE CORRECTLY TO EACH OTHER. UPDATING ALSO PROVIDES CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE REGION, JUST LIKE THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS RECOMMENDS. ANOTHER BIG ADVANTAGE IS THAT NEWER CODES INCORPORATE NEW TECHNOLOGY. SO AS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES AND CHANGES, SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT CAUGHT IN THE OLDER CODES. AND IT'S IT'S HARD TO HARD TO ALLOW FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES WHEN THERE'S NOT 
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AN ALLOWANCE IN THE CODE. SO THIS CATCHES UP TO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY. AND FINALLY, UPDATED CODES HELP MAINTAIN QUALITY AND PRESERVE PROPERTY VALUES. NOW A LITTLE MORE ON THE ISO. BUILDING CODE CLASSIFICATION. NORTH LAKE WAS LAST EVALUATED IN 2023. THEY TRIED TO DO EVALUATIONS AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS, BUT THE LAST ONE THEY DID WAS 2023. 
          BEFORE THAT WAS 2020. SO WE'RE BEEN THREE YEARS RECENTLY SO THEY COULD BE KNOCKING ON MY DOOR ANY DAY NOW. BUT OUR LAST EVALUATION, THEY GRADED NORTH LAKE. THEY THEY DO A COMMERCIAL SCALE AND A RESIDENTIAL FOR COMMERCIAL CLASS FOR RESIDENTIAL CLASS FIVE. SO IT'S A TEN POINT SCALE, ONE BEING THE BEST TEN, TEN BEING THE WORST. AND YOU SEE IN THAT, THAT CHART, THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS. SO WE'RE RIGHT THERE ALONG WITH MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS, ACTUALLY ON COMMERCIAL, THERE'S ONLY 10% OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A HIGHER RATING THAN US. AND RESIDENTIAL, THERE'S ABOUT 35%. SO EVEN IN THAT, WE'RE STILL PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AND WELL ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP IT THERE. SO THE FIRST EVALUATION THEY DID IN NORTH LAKE SINCE I WORKED HERE WAS, I THINK 2015. WE GOT GRADED A NINE. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE PRIMARILY BECAUSE OUR CODES WERE BEYOND FIVE YEARS AT THAT POINT. SO HERE ARE THE CODES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING TO. IT'S THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND TURN AROUND. AND JUST ANOTHER YEAR AND, AND HAVE TO UPDATE AGAIN. IF WE GO TO 21 AND THEN THE 2026 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, THESE ARE THE LATEST CODES THAT ARE OUT. AND THEY'VE BOTH BEEN EVALUATED BY THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND THEY'VE COME OUT WITH THEIR RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS ON THESE. IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO THOSE LOCAL AMENDMENTS, AS RECOMMENDED FROM THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, WILL ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS TEAM AT SAFE BUILT AND ALSO THE ESD ON THE THE FIRE CODE, IN PARTICULAR ON ANY NEEDED AMENDMENTS THAT THEY RECOMMEND. THESE WILL MOST LIKELY BE VERY MINOR MODIFICATIONS, PRETTY LIMITED, AND MAINLY TO ADDRESS SOME COMMON ISSUES THEY'VE SEEN. 
          THERE'S THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I POINTED OUT HERE, BUT THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THERE'S ACTUALLY A STATEWIDE ELECTRICAL CODE AND THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN IT AND A REQUIREMENT IN OUR CODE FOR FOR OUTLETS AND KITCHEN ISLANDS. IT ALWAYS CAUSES A HICCUP AT ELECTRICIANS, OR THEY ARE BOUND BY THE STATE TO ADHERE TO THEIR CODE. ALTHOUGH WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN AMEND THAT CODE AND THEY HAVE TO GO BY OURS, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE ALWAYS HESITANT. SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO REALLY MEET BOTH CODES, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADACHE TO TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH THEM. OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR, MAIN BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS SAFE BUILT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS HE GETS. SO IT'LL BE GOOD TO CLEAN THAT UP. THERE'S ALSO POTENTIAL TO CLARIFY A FIRE SPRINKLER REQUIREMENT FOR OUTDOOR COVERED AREAS THAT ARE COMMERCIAL. WE DON'T REQUIRE FIRE SPRINKLERS FOR LIKE COVERED PATIOS AND PORCHES FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT FOR FOR COMMERCIAL. AND THAT'S NOT REAL CLEAR IN OUR CURRENT CODE. THERE'S ALSO SOME PAST AMENDMENTS TO THE FIRE CODE THAT WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IN, SO THAT THEY ARE GRANDFATHERED. WE HAVE A FIRE SPRINKLER REQUIREMENT FOR ANY STRUCTURES 5000FT■!S OR ABOVE TO BE FIRE SPRINKLERED. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL. AND SHORTLY AFTER WE ADOPTED THAT FIRE SPRINKLER REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, THE STATE CAME ALONG AND PREEMPTED OUR ABILITY TO REQUIRE FIRE SPRINKLERS IN RESIDENTIAL. UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAD A REQUIREMENT IN PLACE. SO WE HAD THAT IN PLACE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP IT TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ONLY FOR STRUCTURES OVER 5000FT■!S. AND IT DOESN'T APPLY IF YOU'RE NOT ON A PUBLIC WATER SERVICE. THERE'S ALSO ONE NEW CODE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADOPT. AND THIS REALLY ISN'T A BUILDING CODE. THIS IS, BUT IT'S A PART OF THOSE INTERNATIONAL CODES. IT'S A 
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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. THIS IS A PROPOSED NEW CODE FOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE PURPOSES. 
          AND IT'LL BE A TOOL FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO USE TO HELP ENSURE ADEQUATE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. AND IT'LL KIND OF IT'LL PROVIDE FOR SOME KIND OF GAPS THAT OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES ARE MISSING. AND THERE'S ALSO SOME IT'LL PROVIDE GOOD STANDARDIZED TERMS AND DEFINITIONS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY CLEARLY DEFINED IN OUR EXISTING CODE. SO LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHY THIS IS GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE YOU SOON, THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING, BUT ALSO GET ANY FEEDBACK IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK INTO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS UPDATE PROCESS, WOULD YOU MIND KIND OF GOING INTO THE PROPOSED NEW CODE FOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, LIKE WHAT'S INADEQUATE AND WHAT'S MISSING ON THAT? LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? OKAY, SO WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE? I GUESS IF YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE, I DO HAVE ONE EXAMPLE IS THERE'S A POTHOLE. THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS. WE COULD DO THIS SOME, SOME POTHOLES IN COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE PRIVATE. AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHING IN OUR CURRENT CODES THAT COVERS THAT AND THAT WE COULD REALLY REQUIRE THEM TO, TO FIX THAT. BUT THIS PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE COVERS THAT, AND IT COVERS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT COULD COME UP. AND WE JUST NEED A TOOL TO A REGULATION TO BE ABLE TO, TO ADDRESS THAT. ANY ISSUE, ANY CONCERNS WITH RESIDENTIAL OR IS THIS JUST COMMERCIAL? THIS DOES COVER RESIDENTIAL TOO, BUT I, I THINK THE BIGGEST HELP WILL BE WITH COMMERCIAL S THE MAIN INTENT FOR IT. AND WE ALREADY HAVE SOME ON THE BOOKS. THIS IS JUST KIND OF THERE'S SOME SPOTS IN THERE THAT THAT WE'RE MISSING LIKE THE ONE THAT THIS OLD ADDRESS. SO WE, WE'LL TRY TO DEVELOP A TABLE TO SHOW KIND OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND WHAT THIS WILL ADD. IT SHOULD BE MARGINAL, BUT WE'LL IN A, IN AN UPCOMING BRIEFING, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY IT'LL WORK IN TANDEM WITH OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES, LIKE ARE THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS. AND WE'VE GOT SOME MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS FOR FOR RENTAL UNITS. 
          AND THIS WILL WORK IN TANDEM WITH THAT. AND, AND HELP DEFINE SOME OF THE TERMS THAT ARE IN THOSE CODES ALREADY. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO BE CAUTIOUS OF IS SOME OF THE BUILDING CODES ADOPTED IN THE LAST FIVE, FIVE YEARS, KIND OF THE THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ARE EXTREMELY ONEROUS AND COST. SOME OF THESE REGULATIONS ADD 20 TO 30% OF THE COST OF A NEW HOME. AND, YOU KNOW, ARC FAULT BREAKERS, NEUTRAL BAR BUS BREAKERS, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ADD EXTREME COST. SO IT'S GREAT FOR NEW BUILDINGS WHERE IT'S KIND OF ALL PUT IN THERE. BUT IF YOU GOT RESIDENT WITH A 30 YEAR OLD HOME DOING ELECTRICAL RENOVATION, AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, TRIPLE WHAT THE RENOVATION MIGHT BE TODAY. 
          THAT'S A REAL CONCERN FOR OUR RESIDENTS. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BREAK THAT STUFF OUT, BUT BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THOSE VERY REAL COSTS OF THE OVERREGULATION THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THESE BUILDING CODES. I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO KEEP THE ISO RATINGS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT KIND OF AT WHAT COST? A HOME SHARING COST $90,000 FOR THINGS THAT DON'T ACTUALLY CREATE EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY, LIKE SOME OF THE NEW INSULATION STANDARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, OUR ONE ADDITIONAL RATING ON INSULATION, BUT YOU GOT TO SPEND ANOTHER $20,000 TO INSULATE. SO THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST BE COGNIZANT. AND IF YOU FIND THINGS IN THERE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SUPER EXCESSIVE COSTS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PRESENT THOSE COUNCIL BECAUSE I'M SURE WE'RE ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF THOSE THINGS AND THE COSTS WE'RE FORCING ON THE PEOPLE BY PASSING THOSE CODES. OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? FEEDBACK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WHO'S HANDLING THIS ONE? I KNOW WE NEVER GET TO HEAR FROM YOU. I 
          [2.D. Briefing - Bingo Licensing and Election Overview ]
KNOW GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVERSATION WITH REGARD TO BINGO. THE TOWN SECRETARY'S OFFICE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR BINGO OPERATIONS CHARITABLE BINGO OPERATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO APPROVE THAT. AND THE REASON BEING THAT THE TOWN IS NOT WET FOR BINGO OPERATIONS, IT DOES REQUIRE AN ELECTION. THE UPCOMING ELECTION WOULD BE IN NOVEMBER AND WE WOULD NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION IF 
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THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES. AUGUST 17TH IS THE DEADLINE TO CALL THAT ELECTION. 
          BINGO. OPERATIONS ARE ALLOWED FOR RELIGIOUS, VETERAN FRATERNAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, VOLUNTEER EMS AND NONPROFIT MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE VOTER APPROVAL, IF IT WERE TO PASS, WOULD ALLOW AN AUTHORIZED CHARITABLE BINGO IN THE TOWN. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT APPROVE OR AUTHORIZE ANY SPECIFIC FACILITY OR LOCATION. FOR THAT. WE WOULD RECOMMEND A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PROCESS WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE. IT WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT OF THE USE OF THE UDC AND IT WOULD ESTABLISH ALLOW YOU TO ESTABLISH ZONING REQUIREMENTS, HOURS OF OPERATION, SAFETY IMPACTS AND PROCESSING FEES. IT DOES ALSO ALLOW FOR PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE TOWN COUNCIL TO REVIEW EACH APPLICATION CASE BY CASE. THERE IS AN ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT. THE INITIAL IMPACT FOR THE ELECTION. THIS IS A. A QUOTE FROM THE DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION IS ABOUT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 66,000 TO $70,000, IF THAT WERE TO BE HELD THIS YEAR, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE UDC PUBLICATION COST FOR HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TO INCORPORATE WHATEVER CHANGES YOU SHOULD DECIDE. ONGOING COSTS ARE ESTIMATED, AND THIS IS JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL ESTIMATE BETWEEN 25,000 AND 80,000 PER YEAR, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION HANDLED TYPICALLY THROUGH THE TOWN SECRETARY'S OFFICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY PURPOSES, AND THEN THE SCP PROCESS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. JUST A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU. AND WE JUST LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND DIRECTION ON HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED. THIS COUNCIL. IS THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION? IS THIS ONE OF THOSE THAT CAN ONLY BE DONE DURING A NOVEMBER ELECTION? NO, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S JUST THE THE ONE THAT'S NEAREST AND CLOSEST. OKAY. AND SO I ASSUME A LOT OF THIS INITIAL COST WOULD BE IS BECAUSE IT'S ITS OWN SPECIAL LIKELY THE ONLY THING AT THIS POINT ON THAT BALLOT FOR NORTH LAKE ESSENTIALLY. YES, SIR. AND WE WE DO WORK WITH THE JOINT ELECTION PROCESS THROUGH JOINT COUNTY ELECTIONS AND NOT MANY ORGANIZATIONS. AND PLUS, IT'S ALSO A GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION YEAR AS WELL. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THAT THAT COST OR IMPACT WOULD LIKELY BE LESS IF IT WERE IN THE SPRING. VERY LIKELY, YES. WITH SOME OTHER ONGOING. I'M SURPRISED BY THAT. IS THAT POLICE ENFORCEMENT FOR BINGO. YOU KNOW, IT GETS A LITTLE WILD, I GUESS. I'M NOT SURE. BUT HOW WHAT EXACTLY IS IS ENFORCED AND THAT ADDS UP TO THAT COST. SO THERE'S SOME REGULATIONS THAT POLICE WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT WITH REGARD TO REPORTING AND WHATNOT TO THE STATE. IT IS A STATE LICENSE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO THE WHOEVER THE OPERATOR OF THE BINGO IS WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, OBTAIN A STATE LICENSE. AND THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW AND ENSURE AND. GOTCHA. YES, SIR. REGULATORY TYPE OF INFORMATION. I THINK MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THIS IS JUST IS IT WORTH THE MONEY TO CALL AN ELECTION? I DON'T THINK IT IS, BUT $70,000 FOR BINGO IS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH IT. I AGREE WITH THAT. ALSO. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. I KNOW I I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT IN PUBLIC INPUT. AND I DID COME IN LIKE PRETTY GUNG HO BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST WE SAY YES OR NO TO IT. THE COST OF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY ORGANIZATION WOULD HOPE TO RAISE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE, AT LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT THE COST OF CALLING THE ELECTION, EVEN ASSUMING THAT WE COULD TRIM DOWN THE ONGOING COSTS, THE COST OF CALLING THE ELECTION AND MAKING THE AMENDMENT DEFINITELY GIVES ME MORE PAUSE BECAUSE I. I CAME READY TO CHEER FOR IT. EVEN THE COST OF IT. I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE THE AMOUNTS FOR ONGOING. I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER STAFF POSITION THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT MONEY THAT WE CAN USE ELSEWHERE, I WOULD THINK. BUT YEAH, I'M JUST I DON'T KNOW. I'M ALSO WONDERING THE THE EXTRA WORK FOR OUR POLICE ENFORCEMENT, LIKE HOW MUCH TIME THAT ENTAILS TO LOG AND, AND DO THE REPORTS NEEDED FOR IT. YEAH. AND CHIEF IS HERE IF HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TOO, IF IT IF IT DOES BECOME SOMETHING THAT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN AND THERE'S A. LIKE IF THERE WAS ENOUGH OF A NEED, A DESIRE FOR IT, I'D, I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHERE IF THERE'S A MORE AFFORDABLE WAY TO DO IT. 
          BUT THIS SEEMS A LITTLE MUCH. AND THEN ONE THING TO NOTE AS WELL IS THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE OPEN TO ANYONE THAT APPLIED FOR IT, RIGHT? SO IT WOULD NOT JUST BE NORTH LAKE RESIDENTS OR NORTH LAKE BUSINESSES. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY JUST HAVE TO BE OF THAT TYPE. THAT'S ALLOWED. YES, SIR. SO IT CAN'T BE JOE BLOW AND HIS BEER TRUCK HAVING A. YES, SIR. 
          THEY'D HAVE TO MEET ONE OF THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. YES. OKAY. LIKE A 501 C THREE. YES. 
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THAT WOULD FALL UNDER FRATERNAL. YES. YEAH. I MEAN TO THE SAME POINT OF THAT WITH THE INITIAL FEES CALLING AN ELECTION JUST FOR THIS IS PROBABLY WHY IT'S SO HEAVY. AND IF YOU'RE CALLING AN ELECTION FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE OR MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THAT TO BE TO PIGGYBACK ONTO THAT, BUT JUST CALLING AN ELECTION FOR THIS, IN MY OPINION, IS HEAVY. DO YOU USUALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE SUPER THOROUGH ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT I'M SURE YOU LOOKED INTO OTHER TOWNS THAT ARE DOING IT, IS IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A REGULATION THAT DISALLOWED IT, AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S OTHER TOWNS THAT HAVE IT AVAILABLE, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW IT WORKS THERE. HOW HOW DID THEY GET GET IT? THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION, RIGHT? SO EVERY, ANY, ANY ENTITY, CITY, MUNICIPALITY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW THIS USE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ELECTION. WHAT TOWNS NEAR US HAVE HAVE THIS CORINTH, I BELIEVE HAS IT. AND I BELIEVE PONDER HAS IT AS WELL. SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY PRETTY CLOSE THAT IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANTS TO DO IT, THEY CAN GO OVER TO PONDER. 
          AND YEAH, THERE'S, AND THERE'S TWO METHODS THAT THE COUNCIL CAN CALL THE ELECTION OR THE CITIZEN, THE RESIDENTS CAN PETITION. CORRECT. BUT THEN YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE COSTS BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THEY'RE. THAT'S CORRECT. RESIDENTS AND VOTERS. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER METHOD TO DO ELECTION, IF YOU CHOOSE. AND AND ANOTHER THING, BASED ON MR. BHUTTO'S COMMENT, WE COULD LOOK AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT MAY, WE CAN LOOK AT THE COST. 
          THEN WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET CLOSER. SO THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE COST FOR THAT ELECTION, BECAUSE AS LONG AS WE HAVE CONTESTED SEATS OR AS LONG AS WE HAVE A GENERAL ELECTION, THE COST TO ADD THAT ON TO ABOUT WOULD BE MINIMAL TO, FRANKLY, MARGINAL. IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF THE COST. YES. OH, IS IT TO ADD? JUST TO ADD, I THINK WE CONFIRMED THAT THE COUNTY HAS HAD AN ELECTION AS WELL. YES. 
          SO THEY CAN DO IT IN THE COUNTY. WITH THE ONGOING COSTS STILL BE THE SAME YEARLY AFTER THAT IF IT WAS ON THE SPRING ELECTION AS WELL. IS THAT SO? IT WOULD STILL BE THE 25 TO POTENTIALLY UP TO 85,000 A YEAR. RIGHT. AND THAT'S JUST A HIGH LEVEL ESTIMATE. WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. SO WE'RE JUST ESTIMATING, YOU KNOW, THE THE NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT, POLICE ENFORCEMENT IF NEEDED AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COST RACKS UP. SO, SO THAT'S JUST A GUESS. 
          AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT TO HOLD A PING A BINGO EVENT. SO IF THERE'S A FACILITY THAT HOSTS IT, IT AND THEY DO THE PERMIT, IF YOU APPROVE THIS AND THEY DO THE PERMIT PROCESS. 
          SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MANY GAMES OR FORGOT WHAT THEY'RE CALLED. I AGREE WITH THE OTHERS ABOUT THE COST. I MEAN, THE ONGOING COST. THAT'S ENOUGH TO COVER AN ADDITIONAL OFFICER ON STAFF. SO IT'S CLOSE. YEAH. IT'S NOT LIKE WE GET A PIECE OF IT OTHER THAN THE PERMIT FEE. YEAH. WE'LL GET SOME FROM THE PERMIT FEE. BUT THAT'S JUST TO GO TO COVER A COST, RIGHT. SOME OF THEM RIGHT. PROCESSING COSTS. SO I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE HERE WANT FOR A GOOD CAUSE, BUT I CAN'T JUSTIFY THAT TYPE OF SPEND FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION. MAYBE MIGHT AFTER MORE RESEARCH, HAVE THE ABILITY ON GENERAL ELECTION. BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A MASSIVE UPFRONT COST. IS THAT COUNCIL DIRECTION FOR NOW,E CONSENSUS. YES. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. DO RESEARCH THE WHAT THE EXPECTED COST WOULD BE TO PUT ON A GENERAL ELECTION. SO AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT. YES. IF WE'D LIKE TO BRING IT UP AGAIN, WE CAN AT LEAST LOOK AT IT. WE'LL DO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME. IF I HAD AN ENERGY DRINK BEFORE THIS. SO I 
          [2.E. Briefing - Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Preliminary Budget: Departmental Expenditures and Capital  Improvement Program and Funding]
AM READY TO GO. I HONESTLY SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT SOME TO PASS AROUND. THIS IS A LONGER PRESENTATION, SO WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO IT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE SO ENERGIZED AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. I LOVE THE BUDGET. LET'S GO. THAT'S THE BUDGET'S GREAT. WE'RE ALL FANS. OKAY, SO THIS IS COUNCIL'S PROBABLY THE FIRST MORE DEEP DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS RELATED TO THE EXPENDITURES THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE REQUESTING. AND THEN LOOKING MORE INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE'VE FIRMED UP SOME OF THE TIMELINES AND THE NUMBERS. AND SO WE WANT TO GET THOSE BEFORE COUNCIL. AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ALL PRELIMINARY. THIS ISN'T THE DRAFT OR SORRY, THE PROPOSED BUDGET THEY'RE PRESENTING YET. SO NUMBERS ARE STILL IN FLUX. 
          AND YOU MAY NOTICE THAT SOME OF THE NUMBERS DIFFER A BIT FROM THE MEMO THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT OUT. BUT JUST WANT TO REITERATE REALLY QUICK THE BUDGET CALENDAR WE'RE CURRENTLY IN JUNE. WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THIS LIST ON HERE AS WELL. WILL BE CALLING THE HEARINGS. I BELIEVE THAT'S A CONSENT ITEM LATER. AND THEN WE'RE DOING OUR BRIEFING TONIGHT. AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, ANYTHING WITH THE GREEN CHECK MARK WE'VE ALREADY DONE. 
          AND JUST REALLY QUICK, OUR BUDGET PHILOSOPHY, WE ALWAYS START WITH THE STRATEGIC GOALS. 
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SO WE USE THESE TO ACT AS OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES. WE THEN DIVE INTO OUR FOCUS AREAS THAT WE USE TO HELP WITH BUILDING OUT OUR FRAMEWORK OF THE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND THEN LAST OF ALL, WE HAVE OUR PRINCIPLES OF BUDGETING. SO WE'RE ALWAYS AIMING FOR CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES. WE PRACTICE A DEFICIT BUDGET WHERE WE JUST TAKE EVERYTHING THAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED OR ANYTHING THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS, AND THEN WE WORK DOWN FROM THERE TO GET TO A BALANCED BUDGET. AND THEN WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR ONGOING EXPENSES ARE LINKED TO ONE TIME EXPENSE OR ONE TIME REVENUES AND THEN OR SORRY, TO ONGOING REVENUES. AND THEN ONE TIME EXPENSES ARE LINKED TO ONE TIME REVENUES. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GET INTO THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE REQUESTS THEY'RE MAKING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT. I BELIEVE ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE HERE. IF THERE'S A QUESTION I CAN'T ANSWER ABOUT A SPECIFIC REQUEST, I'M SURE THAT THEY CAN STEP IN AND HELP ANSWER THAT. JUST STARTING WITH EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION EMPLOYEE AFTER OUR CAPITAL EXPENSES, EMPLOYEES REPRESENT THE GREATEST EXPENSE TO THE TOWN. AND SO WE DO OUR BEST TO FOLLOW A NUMBER OF POLICIES THAT COUNCILS DIRECT US TO, ONE OF THOSE BEING THE 50TH PERCENTILE OF THE MARKET. AND THEN WE DO OUR BEST TO MATCH OUR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO KIND OF THE YEAR OVER YEAR INFLATION AND WHERE THAT TREND IS HEADING. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE CURRENT TREND HAS BEEN ABOUT 2.8 TO 3% IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN TERMS OF INFLATION. SO THAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. WE'VE AVERAGED THAT NOW FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AT AROUND 3%. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS AT 114,000. THAT'S PROBABLY THE TOP END. WE STILL HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE THERE ONCE WE REVIEW EMPLOYEE SALARIES. AND THOSE ARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ON STEP PLANS, BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE OUR STEP PLAN EMPLOYEES THAT ARE POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A BASE SHIFT TO HELP KIND OF OFFSET SOME OF THE INFLATIONARY COSTS THAT WE ALWAYS EXPERIENCE. AND THEN THEY ALWAYS GET THEIR THEIR STEP, THEIR STEP UP BASED ON THEIR STEP PLAN AND WHERE THEY'RE SLOTTED IN. SO THAT TOTAL IS 378,000. THAT'S HIGHER THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN TERMS OF WORKING TO MAINTAIN AND HELP OUT CURRENT EMPLOYEES. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HIRING TEN POSITIONS THIS YEAR AT MOST. WE'RE ONLY HIRING FIVE. FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE AVERAGED TEN POSITIONS. 
          SO WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWDOWN IN HIRING, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF JUST FOR TOWN HALL STAFF. WE'RE OUT OF WE'RE OUT OF SPACE, AND PUBLIC WORKS IS WAITING ON THEIR NEW BUILDING BEFORE THEY TAKE A LOOK THERE AND SEE WHAT THEY NEED TO, WHAT THEY NEED TO ADD DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS AND REQUESTS. SO STARTING WITH ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, EACH OF THESE, I'M JUST GOING TO GO REALLY QUICK AND PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED IN 26 FOR THEM. SO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, CORE FUNCTIONS, THEY COVER HUMAN RESOURCES, MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, IT. THEY DO A LOT OF RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS AND THEN PROJECT SPECIAL PROJECT COORDINATION. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE EMPLOYEES. SOME OF THEIR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS LAST SO FAR IN 26. ONE WAS THAT STRATEGIC GOALS DASHBOARD THAT MAJOR PREVIEWED A COUPLE COUNCIL SESSIONS AGO. WE ALSO HAD THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION PROGRAM KICKOFF THIS YEAR, HAD THE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DAY FOR EMPLOYEES AND ALSO TO PASS OUT SOME AWARDS. AND THEN THEY'VE DONE THE TOWN WEBSITE REDESIGN AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THAT TO IMPROVE THE INTERFACE WITH RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. THEIR BASE COST THAT WE'RE STARTING WITH IS 537,000. THEIR INCREASE IS JUST REALLY RELATED TO INFLATIONARY FACTORS. O&M AND SALARY INCREASE, SALARY INCREASES. AND THAT'S 55000 IS THE INCREASE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. THE ONLY ADDITIONAL NOTE I'D ADD IN THERE IS THAT THERE'S ABOUT 13,000 SET ASIDE FOR OUR BIENNIAL SURVEY THAT WE DO FOR SALARY AND COMPENSATION. 
          SO WE DO THAT EVERY TWO YEARS. THIS UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR IS THE YEAR THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY DO IT TO FOLLOW THAT PATTERN. AND SO THEIR TOTAL REQUESTED BUDGET IS 593,000. 
          FINANCE AND COURT WERE ADDED TOGETHER. SO YOU SEE FINANCE HERE. AND THEN I'LL DIVE INTO COURT. BUT COURT WAS PLACED UNDERNEATH FINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. BUT FINANCE SPECIFICALLY WE COVER EVERYTHING FROM UTILITY BILLING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT LIST DOWN TO TREASURY, WHICH COVERS INVESTMENTS AND CASH MANAGEMENT. AND WE HAVE CURRENTLY FULL SEVEN FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. WE ADDED A PURCHASING AGENT IN 2026, WHICH IS REALLY HELPED TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE OUR PURCHASING PROCESS MORE EFFECTIVE. WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE TO HELP WITH THAT AS WELL. AND THEN WE'VE RECENTLY FINISHED OUR FIRST POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS FOR THEIR REVIEW. THAT IS ESSENTIALLY JUST A REPORT THAT TAKES THE WONDERFUL AUDIT OR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND TURNS IT INTO SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE IS MORE DIGESTIBLE FOR RESIDENTS AND FOR FOR THE LAYMAN WHO MAY NOT BE AS CONVERSANT IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES FOR FINANCE, WE'RE 
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LOOKING AT A BASE SERVICE COST OF 1.4 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 120,000 FOR MAINTAINING SERVICES THAT THE BULK OF THAT IS RELATED TO US WORKING TO CATCH UP ON OUR CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION FEES. WE'VE HAD ISSUES THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS GETTING THAT NUMBER NAILED DOWN. 
          I THINK WE FINALLY GOT IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE WERE ABLE TO GET A REDUCTION IN OUR CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION FEES. WE TALKED TO OUR PAYMENT PROCESSOR AND WENT FROM 2.75% ON THAT FEE DOWN TO 2.25. SO THAT WILL REDUCE THE COST THAT THE TOWN ABSORBS UP FRONT FOR UTILITY CREDIT CARD PROCESSING. AND THEN THE NEW SERVICE REQUEST IS 18,000. AND I'LL DIVE INTO THAT ON THE NEXT PAGE FOR A TOTAL BUDGET OF 1.5. SO THE NEW SERVICE REQUEST FOR FINANCE, AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, PROPERTY TAX IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST SOURCES OF REVENUE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GENERAL FUND. THERE HAS BEEN CHALLENGES THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN REGARDS TO LEGISLATION, AS WELL AS THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT OR THE EXEMPTION BACKLOG. SO WHAT I'M REQUESTING FOR MY DEPARTMENT IS THE ABILITY TO JUST GO OUT AND GET A STUDY DONE THAT WILL HELP DEVELOP A MODEL THAT FACTORS IN A LOT OF THESE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING, AND THEN PROJECT THAT INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO HELP REALLY LINE THAT UP, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR REVENUES AND EXPENSES ARE MATCHING. MUNICIPAL COURT. THEY COVER THEIR PRIMARY DUTIES, COVER CITATIONS, PAYMENT PROCESSING FOR COURT FINES AND FEES. THEY PROCESS THE DOCKETS FOR THE JUDGE, THEY ISSUE WARRANTS, AND THEY ISSUE VIOLATE PROMISES TO APPEAR. THEIR BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS YEAR FOR THE FOR THE THREE EMPLOYEES WAS GETTING THAT COURT OF RECORD IMPLEMENTED THAT WE HAD COUNCIL HAD APPROVED IN THE PRIOR COUNCIL SESSIONS AND PRIOR BUDGET YEARS. COURT IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SEEING A DECREASE IN THEIR COST OF SERVICE. SO THEIR BASE COSTS THAT WE STARTED WITH THIS YEAR IS 504,000. BUT AFTER LOOKING AT WHERE THEIR EXPENSES ARE TRENDING AND REVISING SOME OF THOSE, AS WELL AS ADJUSTMENTS TO SALARY, WE HAD OUR LONGTIME COURT ADMINISTRATOR, LEE ANN, SHE RETIRED AND WE BROUGHT IN A NEW COURT ADMINISTRATOR WHO DIDN'T QUITE HAVE THE 20 YEARS OF OR. I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MANY YEARS THAT LEANNE HAD, BUT 40, 40, OKAY. 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. SO THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN THE SALARY AMOUNT THERE AS WELL AS WITH WE BROUGHT ON SOME GREAT NEW EMPLOYEES, BUT THEY ARE FRESH IN THE FIELD. SO WE DID SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A REDUCTION IN SALARY COSTS THERE. SO 451,000 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I COVER BUILDING A PERMIT, INSPECTIONS, PLANNING, ZONING. THEY DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY ALSO HELP TO MANAGE THE FUNDS RELATED TO WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT'S GOING TO KICK OFF ON OCTOBER 1ST, AS WELL AS THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. THEY HELP WITH MANAGING THOSE. THE THEY ALSO DO CODE COMPLIANCE AND HEALTH INSPECTIONS. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, AND FOR 26 SOME OF THEIR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          THEY'VE KICKED OFF THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR IMPACT FEES AND OUR MASTER PLANS UPDATED. THERE WAS THE 114 GIFT CARD PROGRAM. THEY ALSO COMMITTED HELP GET MP MATERIALS COMMITTED TO NORTH LAKE, WHICH WILL BE A MAJOR SOURCE OF TAX REVENUE FOR US IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN THEY'RE WORKING TO SUPPORT THE ENTRY OF MONUMENT STATION. AND THEN THE HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER OFFICIALLY CAME ONLINE AT THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR 2026. IN OCTOBER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS SEEING A JUST A VERY MINIMAL REDUCTION IN THEIR EXPECTED EXPENDITURES FOR THIS YEAR. A LOT OF THAT IS OFFSET BY A DECREASE OF ABOUT 80,000, OR A DECREASE OF 80,000 IN EXPENDITURES RELATED TO ZONING AND PERMITTING. WE'RE JUST SEEING KIND OF A STABILIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL PERMITS. AND SO WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE, JUST AS WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THE REVENUES DECREASE FOR THOSE PERMITS, WE'D ALSO WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THOSE EXPENDITURES TO DECREASE FOR THAT AS WELL. SINCE WE CONTRACT OUT A LOT OF OUR SERVICES RELATED THAT TO THIRD PARTIES. SO THE LESS WE HAVE ACTIVITY, THE LESS WE HAVE TO USE THE THIRD PARTY AND THE LESS WE SPEND. WE ALSO THEY NO LONGER HAVE A VEHICLE. SO WE'VE ELIMINATED ALL THEIR VEHICLE COSTS AS WELL. SO THAT TOOK OFF ABOUT ANOTHER 2000. AS I MENTIONED, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGE. IT HELPS TO MANAGE TWO OTHER FUNDS, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND AND THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. WE JUST RIGHTSIZE SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THERE. SO THERE WAS A DECREASE IN THOSE FUNDS. SO GOING FROM 2 MILLION, JUST DOWN 50, ABOUT 50,000 TO 1.9 FOR THOSE TWO. IF YOU PAUSE FOR A SECOND, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY IN OUR PACKETS. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS SHOWN TO HAVE A 14% PROPOSED INCREASE. BUT IN BOTH THOSE SLIDES I SAW A NEGATIVE NEGATIVE. YEP. THAT WAS A FAULT OF MINE. SO I USED THE WRONG COLUMN IN MY BUDGET SOFTWARE WHEN I PULLED THE NUMBERS FOR THE MEMO AND THEN CAUGHT IT WHEN I DID THE SLIDES. SO YEAH, IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN SEEING THE BUDGET SOFTWARE, THERE IS ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT COLUMNS THAT ALL DEAL WITH ONE FISCAL YEAR, AND I HAPPEN TO GRAB THE WRONG ONE. SO AND WE'LL CORRECT THAT ON THE PACKETS THAT WE, WE POST WITH A, WITH A AND MAKE NOTE OF THAT. 
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SO WHEN THE PUBLIC VIEWS THAT THEY'LL HAVE THE CORRECT NUMBERS. FOR THE TOWN SECRETARY, THEIR CORE FUNCTIONS ARE SERVING AS A MUNICIPAL CLERK, THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER, THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH WAS JUST DISCUSSED RELATED TO BINGO, THE AGENDA COORDINATOR, AND THEN THE. THEY ARE THE CODE OF OUR ORDINANCE, THE CUSTODIAN OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. THERE'S TWO EMPLOYEES IN THAT DEPARTMENT. THEY REACHED THAT LAST YEAR WITH THE ADDITION OF THE RECORDS CLERK. THE MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT FOR THIS YEAR IS THAT THEY DID RECEIVE THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD, WHICH IS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR THEM AND HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. AND THEN THEY DO THEIR ANNUAL POLICY REVIEWS WITH BOTH COUNCIL AND STAFF RELATED TO OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION. AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN WORKING. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET LIVE STREAMING ADDED FOR OUR BOARDS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE PNC, CDC AND EDC AND THE BOA. THEIR BASE SERVICE COST IS 369,000. WE'RE JUST EXPECTING KIND OF A MARGINAL INCREASE IN MAIN SERVICES RELATED TO SALARIES AND MINOR INFLATIONARY FACTORS. AND THEN 22,500 AND A NEW SERVICE REQUEST. SO THAT NEW SERVICE REQUEST IS FOR A LASER FISH BRIDGE. THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO. SO LASER FISH ACT AS THE TOWN'S RECORD DEPOSITORY. ALL OF OUR RECORDS GO THERE. THEY STAY THERE FOR THEIR ALLOTTED AMOUNT OF TIME, AND THEN WE DISPENSE WITH THEM BASED ON STATE LEGISLATION AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION. THE BRIDGE WOULD HELP CREATE A PATHWAY BETWEEN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, SO THAT THE RECORDS CREATED IN ONE SYSTEM CAN JUST AUTOMATICALLY MOVE INTO LASER FISH, HELP MAKE THE PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT WE ARE CONTROLLING OUR DOCUMENTS AND OUR DATA. AND THEY'RE NOT LIVING IN A THIRD PARTY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE THEM. 
          WE'RE IN CONTROL AND IT IMPROVES OUR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE COST ITSELF ISN'T GOING TO BE HOUSED SOLELY IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS WHERE THE TOWN SECRETARY IS TYPICALLY BUDGETED OUT OF. IT'S THE PLAN IS TO SPLIT THAT ACROSS FUNDS AND DEPARTMENTS. 
          WHO WOULD BE BENEFITING FROM THIS BRIDGE? DOES THIS HOW MUCH WILL THIS. SAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE TOWN SECRETARY DEPARTMENT TO WHERE THE HUMAN HOURS KIND OF OFFSET THE COST OF THE 22000, I BELIEVE. SO IT WOULD HELP THEM TO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO SPEND TIME IN PERSON WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS, THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND GET THE BRIDGE SET UP AND IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY FLOW DIRECTLY INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY REPLACE A PERSON, BUT IT WOULD DELAY ADDING ANOTHER PERSON IS IT'S TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S IT ALLOWS US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND, AND SLOW DOWN OUR HIRING OF NEW STAFF AND WOULD PROBABLY LEND ITSELF JUST LIKE TYPICALLY FOR ME IN FINANCE, WHEN WE ADDED TECHNOLOGY TO SOFTWARE, IT FREES US UP FROM MANUAL WORK TO DO MORE REVIEW AND VERIFYING THAT THINGS ARE ACCURATE AND CORRECT. WHEN WHEN WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON TECHNOLOGY, IF WE'RE TRADING MAN HOURS FOR TECHNOLOGY, I LIKE I LIKE THAT MATH. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HEAD INTO OUR TWO LARGEST DEPARTMENTS NOW. SO STARTING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS, THEY COVER WATER DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS, COLLECTION OPERATIONS FOR WASTEWATER, STREET MAINTENANCE. THEY DO INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTIONS AND THEN WATER METER INSTALLATIONS. 
          THEY HAVE 33 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW. THEY'VE HIRED TWO SUPERVISOR POSITIONS FOR UTILITY AND STREETS THIS LAST YEAR. THAT'S HELPED TO BETTER ORGANIZE THEM AND TO ALLOW THEM TO ASSIST THEIR EMPLOYEES. WE'VE ADDED, AS PART OF THAT PHASE TWO OF GETTING THE SIGN CREW UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND SIGN CREW UP AND GOING THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. 
          AND THEN WE FINALIZED THE DESIGN AND DONE THE BID FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING PROJECT, WHICH YOU'LL SEE LATER, WHICH YOU WILL SEE LATER. SO THERE IS A SLIDE ON THAT. SO THEIR BASE SERVICE COST IS 7.3 MILLION. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC WORKS IS SPLIT ACROSS THREE MAIN FUNDS. YOU HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH COVERS STREETS UTILITY FUND, WHICH IS OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER, AND THEN OUR STORM DRAINAGE FUND, WHICH COVERS ANYTHING RELATED TO STORMWATER AND STORM DRAINAGE. AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS, WE'VE PULLED OUT WHOLESALE WATER AND SEWER COSTS. SO YOU CAN SEE MORE SPECIFICALLY THE ACTUAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EVERY DAY TO DAY WORK. SO THEIR MAINTAINED SERVICE COSTS IS 1.3 MILLION. THAT'S TIED INTO VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS PRIMARILY. AND THEN ON SALARY INCREASES AND JUST SOME MINOR AND NOT MINOR, BUT 5% INFLATION FOR TYPICAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. THE NEW SERVICE REQUESTS ARE 208,000. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE IN THE NEXT SLIDES. BUT THE TOTAL REQUESTED BUDGET IS 8.6. SO STARTING WITH THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS, THE LARGE TICKET ITEM AND WHAT EATS MOST OF THE COST FOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS THIS YEAR IS A VAC TRUCK. THE VAC TRUCKS REACHED TEN PLUS YEARS. IT'S SEEMS TO BE 
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SPENDING MORE TIME IN THE SHOP THAN ACTUALLY OUT DOING THE WORK IT'S SUPPOSED TO. IT IS A LARGE TICKET ITEM THAT'S 710,000 WE HAVE, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THESE ON THIS LIST. 
          THIS IS A ITEM THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR BEST TO SET ASIDE MONEY FOR EACH YEAR IN OUR EQUIPMENT FUND TO HELP EITHER PAY FOR IT OR MITIGATE AS MUCH AS THE COST AS POSSIBLE. THE ASPHALT ROLLER IS ANOTHER ONE, AS WELL AS AN EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, TRANSPORT, TRAILERS, TWO OF THOSE, AND THEN A MOWER IS THE IS THE SMALL ONE ON THE LIST HERE? AND AS I MENTIONED, ALL THESE VEHICLES ARE PART OF A REPLACEMENT PLAN. WE WHEN WE BRING ON VEHICLES, WE SET UP WHAT THE AMOUNT SHOULD BE EACH YEAR THAT WE SET ASIDE SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY PURCHASE THEM THROUGH THE EQUIPMENT FUND IN FUTURE YEARS. PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO ASKING FOR A MAINTENANCE WORKER WHO WOULD SUPPORT THE STREETS CREW AND JUST ASSIST WITH MAINTAINING CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS, AND THEN THEIR TIMING, THE THE THE MAINTENANCE WORKER WITH THE PURCHASE OF THIS NEW EQUIPMENT, WITH THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE SO THAT WE CAN FULLY UTILIZE THAT EQUIPMENT. AND SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 4000 A YEAR. THE NEW EQUIPMENT BEING REQUESTED FOR 208,001 IS A SKID STEER LOADER THAT WOULD BE USED FOR BRUSH REMOVAL AND TREE TRIMMING. PRIMARILY, IT DOES COME WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE AND UTILIZE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS AND FULFILL A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICE NEEDS. AND THEN THERE'S THE MINI EXCAVATOR, WHICH CAN BE USED FOR UTILITY INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE. IT CAN WORK IN AREAS THAT THE FULL SIZED EXCAVATOR CAN'T. AND THEN WE CURRENTLY, WHENEVER WE NEED AN EXCAVATOR, WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND RENT IT, WHICH DOES REALLY LEAD TO DISRUPTIONS IN OUR ABILITY TO GET OUT AND GET THINGS DONE QUICKLY AS WELL AS RENTAL COSTS. SO WE'D EXPECT THAT THE COST OF THIS WOULD BE WE'D SEE A REDUCTION IN RENTAL COSTS FOR HAVING THE EXCAVATOR, AND THEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN GETTING OPERATIONS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. POLICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY COVER TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND THEN ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGING AND BUILDING TRUST IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY APPARATUS. THEY LAST YEAR, THEY HIRED TWO CORPORALS. WE ALSO HIRED ONE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER WHO IS DUE TO START HERE WITH THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN THEY'VE ADDED TWO SMALL DRONES TO THE DRONE UNIT. 
          THEY'RE BASED SERVICE COST IS 7 MILLION. POLICE IS FUNDED COMPLETELY OUT OF GENERAL FUND. 
          SO PROPERTY TAXES COVERS POLICE OPERATIONS. WE DON'T NEARLY GET ENOUGH GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAXES TO COVER THEM. SO COURT REVENUES COME IN AND HELP OUT, AS WELL AS REVENUES FROM OTHER SOURCES. THEIR MAINTAINED SERVICE COST THIS YEAR IS 170,000. THAT'S TIED INTO PRIMARILY SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME NEW SERVICE REQUESTS. SO REQUEST NUMBER ONE FOR MAINTAINING SERVICE IS A IS A POLICE OFFICER. SO THEY WOULD BE ASSIGNED THE DUTIES OF A POLICE OFFICER. BUT THEY'D ALSO BE ASSIGNED AS NEEDED TO SPECIAL DETAILS SUCH AS A ACTING AS A TASK FORCE OFFICER OR A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER ANALYST. 
          THESE SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS, THEY WOULD HELP WITH ADMINISTRATION PATROLLING AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO RECEIVE. AS THE TASK FORCE OFFICER, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE LOCAL OR SEIZED FUNDS. AND THEN AS THE TFO, THEY CAN ALSO RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT POSITION. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE PART OF OUR LEASE PROGRAM. SO WE HAVE THREE VEHICLES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION, VEHICLE SUPPORT VEHICLE AND A VEHICLE FOR THE CHIEF THAT ARE ALL DUE TO BE REPLACED PART OF THE TOWN'S VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. THEY'LL BE PART OF THE TOWN'S VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, AND THEY'D BE PURCHASED UNDER THAT PROGRAM. SO 5000 RECURRING COSTS AND A TOTAL IS 216,000 OVER FOUR YEARS. THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE THEIR OPERATIONS. ONE IS A SCHEDULING SOFTWARE THAT WOULD REPLACE THEIR USE OF GOOGLE CALENDAR, WHICH IS NOT MEETING THEIR NEEDS RIGHT NOW. SO THIS WOULD MOVE THEM TO A MORE PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM DESIGNED TO HELP POLICE AND IMPROVE THEIR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. THERE'S ALSO THE USE OF FORCE AND BRUTE FORCE AND PURSUIT REPORTING APPLICATION. THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO GET RID OF PAPER DOCUMENTATION AND BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS BEST PRACTICES. AND THEN THERE'S THE TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATIVE SOFTWARE THAT WOULD HELP THEM TO ASSIST THE REGIONAL CRASH TEAM, AS WELL AS INVESTIGATE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE WITHIN NORTH LAKE FOR OUR OWN EVENTS. FOR NEW POSITIONS. TWO CORPORALS. SO WE ADDED TWO CORPORALS LAST YEAR. THIS IS A SUPERVISORY POSITION FOR THE PATROL DIVISION, AND ADDING TWO MORE WOULD ALLOW EACH SHIFT TO HAVE A CORPORAL, SO IT WOULD ADD A DEEPER LEVEL OF SUPERVISION ON EACH SHIFT. AND IT ALSO PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN CORPORALS TO TAKE OVER FOR SERGEANTS IF, IF AND WHEN THOSE POSITIONS BECOME AVAILABLE. SO IT CREATES A TRAINING PIPELINE UP TO THAT, THAT POSITION. THERE'S ALSO THE ACCREDITATION OFFICER. SO THIS POSITION WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING AND 
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MAINTAINING BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS. AND THEY JUST ADMITTED FOR THE TEXAS BEST PRACTICES ACCREDITATION. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN AUDIT NOW IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT GOLD STANDARD FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. BUT THERE IS 177 STANDARDS TO FOLLOW AND TO IMPLEMENT. AND SO THIS POSITION WOULD HELP IN MAKING SURE THAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE BEING MET AND AS A RESULT, INCREASE THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPROVE THE TRAINING, ALL WHILE REDUCING OUR LIABILITY BY HAVING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A POLICE FORCE, BUT THIS WOULD JUST HELP HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY IN MEETING THOSE TEXAS BEST PRACTICES. AND THEN AS PART OF THE TWO NEW POSITIONS, TWO ADDITIONAL PATROL VEHICLES, THOSE WOULD BE PURCHASED UNDER OUR LEASE PROGRAM AS WELL. SO 60,000 WOULD BE THE RECURRING COST FOR FOUR YEARS. SO 240,000 TOTAL. AND THOSE WOULD SUPPORT THOSE NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE. OKAY, JUST WRAP UP THE SECTION ON DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES BEFORE WE DIVE INTO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, I'D LIKE TO SHOW OFF THESE CHARTS. THIS IS OUR FIRST LOOK AT WHAT IS THE REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES. 
          SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO TO CLOSE THE GAP. IT'S NOT AS LARGE AS IT HAS BEEN IN PAST YEARS. AND WE DO PRACTICE CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING UP FRONT. SO WE'LL WORK ON SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THAT GAP THERE AND BRING IT IN LINE TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. BUT 207,000 IS THE GAP. THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT OUR CURRENT ESTIMATED REVENUES DO COVER ALL OF OUR MAINTAINED SERVICE COSTS AND BASE COSTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT SOMETHING, WE ALWAYS WANT TO CUT THE NEW REQUESTS, NOT WHAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE. THIS IS JUST A STATEMENT. SO THIS PAGE RIGHT HERE, YES, I'M GOING TO SAVE IT BECAUSE ANYTIME WE HAVE LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS OUT IN THE TOWN AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ASK FOR STUFF LIKE SKATE PARK, WHICH IS MY KIDS ONLY ASK FOR THAT MAYBE, BUT SKATE PARK LIBRARY THIS, YOU KNOW, A LIST OF THINGS. THIS GRAPH IS THE ONE THAT HELPS ME BEST SEE, BECAUSE I ALSO WANT SOME OF THOSE THINGS OF WHERE WILL THAT GO AND HOW WILL IT GET PAID FOR? SO IF ANYBODY'S WATCHING, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING COOL IN THE TOWN IS WHERE WILL IT GO AND HOW IS IT GOING TO GET PAID FOR? AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WANTED TO TOUCH ON AS WELL IS THE UTILITY FUND IS DOING RELATIVELY WELL. WE'RE EXPECTING A SMALL SURPLUS JUST BASED ON THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW. 
          THESE ARE CONSERVATIVE, SO I'M HOPING TO SEE THAT SURPLUS GROW A LITTLE BIT ONCE WE REALLY IRON THINGS OUT, AND ESPECIALLY ONCE WE HAVE OUR THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT WHO'S HELPING US DO THE SEWER AND WATER REVENUES AND THE RATES ONCE THEY GET US THAT REPORT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING A SMALL SURPLUS OF 26,000. AND THESE NUMBERS DO INCLUDE THE 26.6 ON REVENUE SIDE AND THE 25.85 ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE DO INCLUDE OUR WATER CELLS AND SEWER CELLS AND ALSO OUR WHOLESALE COSTS, WHICH WE TRY TO WE TRY TO MATCH. SO FOR THIS SLIDE, FOR A PUBLIC, THOSE WHO WANT TO SAY MORE. JUST MAKING MONEY HAND OVER FIST ON WATER AND SEWER, I WOULD CHALLENGE THAT BECAUSE WITH LESS THAN 1%, IT'S LESS THAN 1%. AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO FACTOR IN THAT. WE WERE TRYING ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD RESERVE BALANCE FOR WHEN WE AT SOME POINT WE WILL HAVE A BAD YEAR. WE CAN'T PREDICT WHETHER. UNFORTUNATELY. SO. SO THE INDUSTRY RECOMMENDS A 12 MONTH FOR WATER FUNDS DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE LEVERAGE. BUT IF YOU HAVE A VERY WET YEAR, WHICH MEANS A BAD YEAR FOR WATER SALES, YOU COULD GO THROUGH THAT 12 MONTHS VERY QUICKLY. WE ONLY HAVE FOUR MONTHS RIGHT NOW. 
          YOU STILL GOT TO PAY FOR SUBSCRIPTION EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT USING IT. AND WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO GET A MONTH EACH YEAR. WE'RE DOING IT SLOWLY, CAREFULLY. PLODDINGLY. BUT WE'RE THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WE'RE TRYING. WE'RE USING THAT SURPLUS TO GET US BACK SOME FUND BALANCE. SO WE HAVE OVER. YEAH, WE HAVE OVER 8000 ACCOUNTS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S. 
          YEAH, YOU'RE FASTER AT MATH THAN I AM PROBABLY. SO. BUT YEAH, WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE OVER 8000. SO YEAH. SO THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES. REQUEST ANYTHING I CAN GO BACK OVER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU NEED TO MAKE AT THIS TIME? I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT IS KIND OF GOOD TO SEE, I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD HERE AND UNDERSTANDING THE SURPLUSES OR THE NEW COSTS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE EQUIPMENT FOR PUBLIC WORKS, LIKE THAT'S A NECESSARY SOMETHING, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO NOT AN ONGOING COST. 
          IT WOULD BE LIKE A ONE TIME COST FOR THAT BIG PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S TEN YEARS OLD, LIKE YOU SAID. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M NOT TO ASK FOR MORE WORK, BUT AS YOU LOOK THROUGH 
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THESE TYPE OF THINGS, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE A WAY TO CALL THAT OUT SEPARATELY. SO LIKE, AGAIN, NEXT YEAR WHEN WE GET TO THIS POINT, IT'S NOT LIKE, OKAY, NOW WE'RE ADDING ON TO THAT ONE TIME COSTS AS AN INCREASE OR DECREASE, BUT IT COULD CALL IT OUT SEPARATELY JUST TO UNDERSTAND, YEAH, WE COULD, WE COULD PROVIDE OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OKAY, GREAT. SO WE'LL DIVE INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS. NOW NORMALLY I DO THESE AS TWO SEPARATE PRESENTATIONS, BUT SINCE WE'RE TAKING A BIT OF A BREAK FROM COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE REWARD IS WE GET BOTH OF THESE AT ONCE. SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE. THIS IS THE PROJECT COMPLETED IN 2026. SO STAR CENTER SITE INFRASTRUCTURE, ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AND CAPTAIN BRANCH AREA. THE CANYON FALLS TRAIL, WALL REPAIR AND THE CHADWICK PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE EXPECTING ALL THESE TO WRAP UP. NONE OF THESE HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO OVER. SO WE'RE PLANNING ON FINISHING WITHIN OR BELOW BUDGET ON EACH OF THESE. BUT DIVING INTO PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO ROLL OVER INTO FISCAL YEAR 2027. THE FIRST AND I'LL GO THROUGH THESE RATHER QUICKLY, SO FEEL FREE TO STOP ME. I KNOW COUNCIL HAS SEEN THESE A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AND DIVE IN DEEPER. FIRST ONE IS THIS ROADWAY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. THIS WAS BROUGHT ON THIS YEAR AS KIND OF A MID-YEAR PROJECT TO ADD TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, 1.2 MILLION. IT'S CURRENTLY IN FINAL DESIGN. WE HAVEN'T. WE JUST RECEIVED THE FIRST BILL FOR. IT HASN'T GONE ON. IT WASN'T AVAILABLE WHEN I MADE THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'VE HAD MINIMAL SPENDING SO FAR. BUT IT IS IN ITS FINAL DESIGN AND THE GOAL IS TO HELP IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG. CLEVELAND GIBBS, YOU'LL BE DONE WITH THIS ONE BY NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THAT IS NOT UP TO ME. YOU WANT TO. YEAH. I WAS TALKING TO DREW BEFORE COUNCIL AND I SAID IS THERE ANY CHANCE WE CAN GET THIS DONE BEFORE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS? HE DID NOT LOOK CONFIDENT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET THIS PROJECT MOVING. SO BEFORE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, IT'S IT'S A PROJECT, BUT IT'S ESPECIALLY WESTBRIDGE ONE. YOU KNOW, THAT ONE TAKING A LITTLE PRIORITY THERE SO WE CAN EASE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC. BUT IT'S A, IT'S A BIG PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL, BIG PRIORITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO KEEP THAT FREE FLOWING. AND ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO ACCELERATE THAT, SIR, HATS OFF TO YOU. PLEASE DO. 
          ANOTHER ROAD PROJECT IS OUR CHOLINE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THIS IS BEING TIED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE COMING UP IN A FEW SLIDES. SO THAT'S A $2.9 MILLION PROJECT. WE DID JUST TAKE OUT OR ISSUE THE DEBT FOR THAT. THAT'S GOING TO HELP IMPROVE THE ALIGNMENT OF CHOLINE. WITH HORIZON WAY, IT'S GOING TO ADD SOME DRIVEWAYS, IMPROVE ACCESS TO THAT NEW PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING AND TRAFFIC FLOW JUST ALONG CHOLINE IN GENERAL. CURRENTLY THAT'S IN DESIGN. WE'VE HAD MINIMAL SPENDING ON THAT SO FAR THIS YEAR, BUT THAT IS PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO ROLL INTO FISCAL YEAR 27. FORT ROAD RECONSTRUCTION IS 9.6 MILLION. WE TOOK OUT DEBT IN 2025 FOR THAT, AND HALF OF IT IS BEING PAID FOR BY THE COUNTY. SO THERE'S COUNTY CONTRIBUTION. IS THAT PART OF OUR GOAL TO LEVERAGE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS? IT'S CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE DONE THE NORTH FACE. THE SOUTH PHASE IS, I BELIEVE, OR ARE WE WORKING ON GETTING READY FOR WE STILL NEED TO BID IT OUT OR WE NEED TO WRAP UP DESIGN AND THEN IT'LL BE BID OUT PROBABLY LATER THIS SUMMER. SO BUT 3.3 MILLION IS WHAT WE SPENT ON THAT NORTH FACE. SO. FORT ROAD, THE WATER LINE, IS IN TANDEM WITH THAT FORT ROAD PROJECT. THAT'S 2.4 MILLION. ALSO CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FROM 25 IS SUPPORTING IT. ONGOING CONSTRUCTION 1.4 MILLION SPENT TO DATE. IT'S ALSO SPLIT INTO A NORTH AND SOUTH PHASE AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK OVER ON FLORENCE, WHICH WE CALL THE NORTHWEST S T CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE BEING USED TO FUND THAT 2026 AND 2027. SO WE TOOK OUT IN 2026 MONEY FOR THE ENGINEERING. THAT'S WHAT THE MOST RECENT RECENT ISSUANCE IS COVERING, AS WELL AS EARLY CONSTRUCTION. WE SPENT 14,000 ON THAT SO FAR, THE ENGINEERING HAS BEEN AWARDED. SO THAT'S UNDERWAY. AND THEN THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MEET T-C-E-Q STANDARDS, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT WE MAINTAIN PRESSURE AND SERVICES TO THE AREA. FOR PHASE ONE A AND ONE B ARE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO THE FORT WORTH WHOLESALE WATER. THAT'S A $15 MILLION PROJECT WE'VE DONE ONE. A FORT WORTH IS SPLITTING THE COST OF THIS PROJECT WITH US. WE'VE SPENT 3.3 MILLION ROUGHLY YEAR TO DATE, AND THE BULK OF THE SPENDING IS GOING TO BE ON PHASE ONE B. SO WHICH IS GEARING UP TO GET GOING. FORT WORTH PHASE TWO, WE'RE 
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BEGINNING THE ENGINEERING ON THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE COVERED BY, AS OF RIGHT NOW, PER PLAN, SEVERAL DIFFERENT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. IT'S A $20 MILLION PROJECT. IT'S ALSO TO HELP WITH THAT ACCESS TO THE FORT WORTH WATER SYSTEM. THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE A PUMP STATION, A GROUND STORAGE TANK, AND A SECOND POINT OF DELIVERY. AND CURRENTLY THIS YEAR, WE'RE STARTING THE ENGINEERING. AND THEN IN FUTURE YEARS, WE'LL TAKE OUT ADDITIONAL DEBT TO HELP COVER THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. KIND OF ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S JUST ONGOING, THAT'S REALLY SMALL, BUT IS HELPING TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SPECIFICALLY, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS OUR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT COMPLIANCE STUDY. 
          IT'S A SELF-EVALUATION THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PERFORM, AND IT HELPS US TO IDENTIFY ANY AREAS FOR POLICY AREAS, PROGRAMMATIC PHYSICAL BARRIERS WITHIN THE TOWN THAT HINDER ACCESSIBILITY AND THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED. AND THEN IT DEVELOPS A PLAN FOR REASONABLY IMPLEMENTING THOSE MODIFICATIONS, AS FOUND BY THE STUDY, ASSESSED 170,000. WE SPENT ABOUT 66000 YEAR TO DATE. THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMISING. SO WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING PROJECT, WHICH IS $16.2 MILLION PROJECT. WE TOOK OUT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN 2025 FOR THE ENGINEERING. THAT'S ABOUT A MILLION ARCHITECTURE. SORRY, ARCHITECTURE. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. BUT FOR THE ARCHITECTURE IN 26 AND 27, WE'VE SPLIT THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR THE BUILDING OF THAT PROJECT INTO TWO TRANCHES SO THAT WE AVOID TAKING OUT MORE THAN WE NEED, AND WE CAN TIME IT CORRECTLY. ESTIMATED COMPLETION YEAR IS FISCAL YEAR 2027. THE CURRENT PHASE RIGHT NOW IS BID AWARD. COUNCIL. SEE AN ITEM LATER ON THE AGENDA TO AWARD THAT AND YEAR TO DATE SPENDING FOR ARCHITECTURE SERVICES HAS BEEN 957,000. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FACILITY IS TO HELP WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, WHICH HAS OUTGROWN THEIR CURRENT FACILITY, BOTH IN TERMS OF MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT, SO THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE TO HOUSE THOSE. AND THEN IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACE, A YARD AND SHOP AND SERVICE VEHICLES, AND THE ABILITY TO STORE SUPPLIES. AND JUST TO THIS IS ONE OF THE TOWNS BESIDE WE DID THE STAR CENTER, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE TOWN'S FIRST MAJOR BUILDING PROJECT RELATED TO OPERATIONS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO JUST DETAIL SOME OF THE THE TIMELINE OF HOW WE GOT HERE. SO YOU HAVE THE OLD TOWN HALL, WHICH IS WHERE PUBLIC WORKS IS CURRENTLY BASED OUT OF RIGHT NOW, WAS BUILT IN 1999, AND THAT WAS 16,000FT■!S. AND THEN WE EXPANDED IT TO 2000. IN 2014, WE ADDED A QUAD PORTABLE, WHICH GAVE ANOTHER 16,000FT■!S AND 1600FT■!S. AND N IN 2015 WAS THE FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WE CONDUCTED. AND THAT SAID, WE NEED 20,000FT■!S. IT'D BE 10 MILLION TO 15 MILLION AND WOULD ONLY LAST UNTIL 2030. IN 2016, THERE WAS THE FIRST GROUND STORAGE TANK ADDED TO THE GROUNDS THERE, AND NOW THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO GROUND STORAGE TANKS WITH A TOTAL BUILD OUT OF FIVE PROJECT ESTIMATED FOR THE FUTURE. FROM 2015 TO 2020, THERE WERE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS TO TRY AND GRAB ADDITIONAL PROPERTY. THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ULTIMATELY FAILED IN 2024, AS PART OF THE 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, PLANNING AND DESIGN FUNDING WERE ADDED, AND THEN AN ARCHITECT WAS SELECTED AND AWARDED IN APRIL AND APRIL 10TH OF 25. AND WE ISSUED DEBT FOR THAT ARCHITECTURE IN MARCH OF 2025. AND THEN IN 2025, CONSTRUCTION FUNDING WAS PART OF THE FY 26 CIP BUDGET. WE AWARDED THE. THE AWARD FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. AND THEN THE DEBT FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS ISSUED AT THE END OF MAY HERE IN 2026. SO JUST LOOKING AT THE BUILDING SITE PLAN ITSELF, YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE THE ULTIMATE K LANE IS GOING TO BE. AND THEN WHERE 407 IS, THAT ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING IS GOING TO FRONT 407. AND THAT SHOP BUILDING IS GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE OFF K LANE WITH CONCRETE YARD AREA OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE WHERE PUBLIC WORKS CAN PERFORM ADDITIONAL WORK OR STORE MATERIALS, IS BEING TRANSPORTED. AND THEN THESE ARE JUST SOME RENDERINGS OF THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES. SO YOU HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING ON TOP AND THE SHOP BUILDING AND THE SHOP BUILDING AND YARD DOWN BELOW. AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST A WORKUP OF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING ITSELF IS PLANNED TO LOOK LIKE. YOU HAVE A LOBBY AND TRAINING ROOM ON ONE END WITH A CONFERENCE ROOM AND UTILITY BUILDING AREA, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES IN THE MIDDLE, A BREAK ROOM AND STORAGE, AND THEN LOCKER ROOMS. AND THEN I'LL KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS ROOM. BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST OUR FIRST MAJOR, AS I MENTIONED, BUILDING PROJECT RELATED TO DIRECT OPERATIONS OF THE TOWN. THE BUILDING LOOKS 
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PRETTY SHARP. YEAH. ERIC'S BEEN WAITING ON THIS FOR A WHILE. SO WE'RE COGNIZANT. THIS IS RIGHT ON THE FRONTAGE OF 407. SO WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING LOOK REASONABLE. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY KEPT THE PROFILE LOW. IT ACTUALLY WORKS LARGER AS YOU GO BACK TO HIDE THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY BUT NOT NECESSARILY ATTRACTIVE EQUIPMENT. AND THE MATERIALS ARE GOING TO BE GRAVEL AND SAND AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO TO USING BOTH THOSE BUILDINGS TO KIND OF HIDE THE NOT SO PRETTY STUFF. SO, AND WE TRY TO BE VERY FRUGAL WITH THE MONEY. YOU SAW THE BUDGET WAS 16 MILLION. I THINK WE SPENT ABOUT A MILLION ON ARCHITECTURE. THE CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT 9 MILLION. WE STILL HAVE TO FIT OUT THE GARAGE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND THE FURNITURE INSIDE. BUT WE HOPE TO REMAIN WELL UNDER BUDGET ON THIS PROJECT. WELL, THE FENCING AROUND THE PROJECT BE KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT'S ON 407 WITH THE COMMUNITIES, MEANING LIKE IF YOU'RE HIDING EVERYTHING IN THE BACK, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S SOME KIND OF FENCING. YES, IT'S GOING TO BE SOLID, SOLID FENCING. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE CORNER OF THE SHOP. YEAH. IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE SOLID FENCING. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CHAIN LINK WITH SLATS IN IT THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THROUGH IF YOU KIND OF BLUR YOUR EYES. BUT YEAH, THIS WILL BE SOLID FENCING. SO IT'LL IT'LL HIDE IT BETTER. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO ADD ANOTHER ONE OF OUR LITTLE COMPASS EMBLEMS TO THE FRONT OF THE FRONT BUILDING, BUT I LIKE THAT THEY'RE LIVING THERE. NOTED. NOTED. BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE. IS THAT. AND I WAS STRUCK BY. THE PICTURE THAT THE FENCE BEHIND THAT, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY THAT I THINK. SO WE WILL PROVIDE YOU SOME MORE DETAIL. 
          WELL, I'LL EMAIL YOU SOME MORE DETAIL ON THAT FENCE, BUT IT IS A IT IS A SOLID FENCE. WE'LL GET YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE QUITE DECIDED WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT WE'LL GET YOU SOME RENDERINGS OF THAT AS WELL. I LIKE HOW IT LOOKS. ALEX ISN'T WRONG. WE NEED A BIG LOGO ON THE FRONT OF THAT ADMIN BUILDING ON THE 407 FRONTAGE. OKAY, WE'VE GOT THE LOGO. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE THE END. THAT'S FACING 407 ON THE ON THE SHOP BUILDING. BUT IT IS AND THEN ISN'T ISN'T THE ADMINISTRATIVE FROM THE THING ISN'T THE FRONT OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING ALSO AT 407 FRONTAGE? YES. YEAH, YEAH. I WANT A LOGO ON ALL OF IT. 
          OKAY. OKAY. AND I WANT A PICTURE OF HIM. YEAH. I HEARD FROM THE BACK THAT ERIC OR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MENTIONED THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A MONUMENT SIGN. SO FRONTING, FRONTING THERE. SO VERY NICE PROJECT. WELL DESERVED TO. I KNOW WE GOT TO PROTECT SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT WE'RE INVESTING IN. OKAY. CONTINUING ON. SO THESE ARE PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. THEY'VE BEEN ON OUR BOOKS. SO ONE IS FLORENCE TO YARBOROUGH RECONSTRUCTION 4.6 MILLION. IF IT WAS TO OCCUR IN 27, WE ANTICIPATE TAKING OUT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT YEAR FOR IT. IT IS PLANNED TO HAVE COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS, AND IT'S THERE TO HELP REALLY REPAIR SUBGRADE FAILURES AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY HEAVY TRUCKS. 
          WE HAVE THIS MULTI ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO RECONSTRUCT THE OLDEST SECTIONS OF BINGHAM, AND THEN ALSO WITH MULKEY, TO HAVE IT BROUGHT UP TO COUNTY STANDARDS. SO THAT'S A $2 MILLION PROJECT. AND THAT SHOULD SAY CERTIFICATES OBLIGATION IN 26 AND POTENTIAL DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS. SO. WE HAVE THE THOMPSON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT 10.2 MILLION. WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED CERTIFICATES IN 26 AND 27. BUT NOW THAT'S GOING TO BE 27, 28 AND DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS. AND THEN THERE IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE RECONSTRUCTION ON THOMPSON FROM 407 ROAD INTO HARVEST. AND THEN IT HELPS TO PROVIDE A MASTER PLAN, CORRECT CONNECTOR COLLECTION BETWEEN 407 OLD JUSTIN ROAD. THE DEN CREEK CONNECTOR PROJECT. THIS IS GOING TO TIE INTO THE TRA DEN CREEK INTERCEPTOR LINE. SO THIS PROJECT IS DEPENDENT ON THAT ONE BEING COMPLETED BY TRA. 
          IT'S A $5 MILLION PROJECT. IT WOULD UTILIZE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN 2027. ESTIMATED COMPLETION YEAR OF 2029. THE REAL BENEFIT OF THE PROJECT OF THIS TOWN IS THAT IT WILL ALLOW 
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US TO DECOMMISSION OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND ALSO THE LIFT STATION ON DALE EARNHARDT WAY, AND HELP TO REDUCE SOME OF OUR WASTEWATER OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. AND THEN THERE IS THE PECAN SQUARE INTERCEPTOR. SO IT'S PLANNED TO USE SEWER IMPACT FEES KIND OF UPFRONT FOR OUR SEWER IMPACT FEE FUND, AND THEN TO ON THE BACK END AND KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE, WE'RE DEVELOPERS FOR DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEN ALSO CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION 2028 TRAINING WISE, AS MANY SOURCES AS WE CAN. THIS IS SANITARY SEWER INTERCEPTOR. AND IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN THE PECAN SQUARE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE TRA DEN CREEK TRUNK LINE. WE ALSO HAVE ON HERE A POTENTIAL POLICE FACILITY. CURRENTLY, STAFF HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR WHAT A POTENTIAL POLICE FACILITY WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE NEEDS WOULD NEED TO BE AT ULTIMATE BUILD OUT. WE WOULD ANTICIPATE DOING ENGINEERING IN 27 AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION, I GUESS ARCHITECTURE INSTEAD OF ENGINEERING IN 27, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IN 28 AND 29. SIMILAR TO HOW WE'RE DOING THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. AND THEN THERE IS THE LAST OF ALL THE NORTHLAKE COMMONS TRAIL CONNECTOR. IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT INTO THE NORTH LAKE COMMONS AREA FOR DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. SO WALKING AND GOLF COURSE GOLF CARTS THAT WOULD ALLOW MORE PEOPLE, HOPEFULLY TO ACCESS NORTHLAKE COMMONS AND PROMOTE HELP PROMOTE OUR BUSINESS AND GROW OUR SALES TAX BASE BASE HERE WITHIN THE NORTH LAKE COMMONS AREA. AND THEN WE TRY TO DO A TEN YEAR. OUR GOAL IS A TEN YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GET SOLID PROJECTIONS AS YOU GET FURTHER OUT. IT GETS MORE DIFFICULT. BUT THESE ARE PLAN POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING INTERNALLY. AND YOU CAN SEE THEY RANGE ALL THE WAY FROM POTENTIALLY ADDING SOME HERE FOR 27. ONCE WE GET FIRMER NUMBERS ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2037 WITH A PROJECT FOR A TOWN CENTER, TOWN HALL WRAPPING UP IN 2039. AND SO THESE ARE ALL PART OF OUR TEN YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, SOMETHING THAT OUR BOND RATING AGENCIES LIKE TO SEE. AND THAT'S A BEST PRACTICE FOR GOVERNMENT FINANCE. AND WITH THAT, WE'VE REACHED THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR US INTERNALLY, WE'RE GOING TO TRUE UP OUR REVENUES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FOCUS ON PROPERTY TAXES. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A LOT OF THOSE PROTESTS TO FILTER THEIR WAY OUT SO WE CAN GET SOLID NUMBERS. AS WE GET CLOSER TO CERTIFICATION, WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMPARE THE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES, SEE WHAT WE CAN BRING DOWN IF WE NEED TO CUT ANY BUDGET REQUESTS. IF IT LOOKS LIKE REVENUES AREN'T GOING TO COME UP THE WAY THAT WE WOULD WANT, AND THEN WE'LL IDENTIFY ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR UTILIZING FUNDS FOR ONE TIME COSTS, WE'LL FINALIZE THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THEN THE NEXT TIME COUNCIL WILL SEE ME WOULD BE JULY 23RD, WHICH WOULD BE A COUPLE DAYS AFTER WE PROVIDE THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO COUNCIL COUNCIL ON JULY 21ST. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. SEEING NONE. OKAY, THAT'S 45 MINUTES YOU'RE UP THERE. I WILL WALK AWAY, EARN 
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YOUR PAYCHECK TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. IT'S 6:45 P.M. WE WILL OPEN PUBLIC INPUT. 
          FIRST CAR TO HAVE TODAY IS MR. CRAIG CALVERT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I'M CRAIG CALVERT, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH LAKE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. WE ARE THE CAUSE OF THE WHOLE BINGO SITUATION ON THE AGENDA. 
          A LITTLE BACKGROUND, WE'RE BUSY PLANNING THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. SOME OF OUR GROUP WENT TO ANOTHER BINGO IN A BINGO GAME, AND ANOTHER AREA CAME BACK AND SAID, WE NEED TO DO THIS. I SAID, YOU GUYS TAKE THAT AND RUN WITH IT. THEY DID DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE STATE. 
          THEY DROPPED IT OFF AT THE CITY, HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DREW AND SENT OFF SOME EMAILS. 
          MONDAY I OPENED UP THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT AND LO AND BEHOLD, IT'S ON THE AGENDA. LIKE, HOW'S THAT FOR EFFICIENCY? THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE. AND IT'S DEMOCRACY, RIGHT? WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THESE EXPECTED EXPENDITURES WOULD BE A PART OF IT, RIGHT? WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A BINGO GAME. I DON'T THINK THOSE. FIGURES WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO US. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO PROTECT YOURSELF FOR OBVIOUSLY, SOMEBODY COMING IN WITH A BIG BINGO GAME. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S THERE'S NO HURRY. WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR US AT LEAST, IT MIGHT BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT THE TOWN THINKS OF OF THE TOPIC, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY PREFER TO HAVE AN EXTRA POLICE OFFICER THAN BE ABLE TO HAVE A BINGO GAME. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND AND YOUR EFFICIENCY. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT, MR. MCGREGOR. WELCOME. 
          [01:15:02]
JOEL MCGREGOR 8921 EAST SAM LEE LANE. AND FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ACTUALLY REQUESTED LESS MONEY THIS YEAR. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I'VE EVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN, BUT KUDOS. THE BINGO THING THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE INSANE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED THAT COUNTY PROPERTY CAN ALREADY DO BINGO. WELL, WE HAVE LARRY RIGHT OVER THERE AT DFW ADVENTURE PARK THAT HAS A BIG ROOM AND HE'S RIGHT THERE IN THE BASICALLY RIGHT ON IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING IN NORTH LAKE. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO IT, THEY CAN, I GUESS, ALREADY DO IT THERE SINCE IT'S ALLOWED IN THE COUNTY. AND THAT DIDN'T COST ANYBODY ANYTHING, WHICH THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I MEAN, THAT'S THOSE NUMBERS ARE CRAZY FOR SOMETHING THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING MONEY FROM EVERYBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HALF A PERCENT OF THE CITIZENS ARE EVEN GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'VE GOT LARRY'S PLACE, THAT WE CAN DO IT FOR NO ADDITIONAL COST. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THINGS LIKE, THERE MAY BE OTHER PLACES. 
          WILL YOU WILL YOU HOOK UP WITH HIM AND LET HIM TELL, TELL LIKE INTRODUCE HIM TO LARRY? YEAH. 
          OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANKS. ANYBODY ELSE THIS EVENING FOR PUBLIC INPUT? SEEING NONE, WE 
          [4. CONSENT ITEMS ]
WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC INPUT AND MOVE ON TO CONSENT. COUNCIL IS WELCOME TO PULL ANY ITEMS OR MAKE A MOTION. A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION FOR MR. PIZZUTO. I'LL SECOND IT. I HAVE A COMMENT, THOUGH, BECAUSE THIS IS THE A PART OF OUR BUDGETING. SO THREE OF THESE THINGS WE'RE ABOUT TO PASS, WHICH THEY'RE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR, ARE FOR POLICE AND ONE IS FOR PUBLIC WORKS. WE REALLY DO TRY TO STICK TO USING THROWING GOOD MONEY AT GOOD, NOT BAD. AND SO WE DON'T GET TO DO VERY MUCH EXCITING STUFF. BUT WE DO LOOK OUT FOR OUR POLICE AND WATER AND ROADS AND SEWER. BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. SO SECOND, SECOND BY MISS HOLMES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. UNANIMOUS. WE HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT AGENDA TONIGHT AFTER OUR BUDGET 
          [5.A. Consider appointments to the Northlake Municipal Development District Board of Directors for  Places 1-7, with Places 1-4 serving initial terms ending May 31, 2028, and Places 5-7 serving initial  terms ending May 31, 2027 ]
PRESENTATION. AND OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM IS CONSIDERING APPOINTMENTS. NORTH LAKE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. IF ANYBODY WATCHING LAST TIME RECALLS, WE APPOINTED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO GO AHEAD AND INTERVIEW PEOPLE, TALK TO PEOPLE AND GO THROUGH A PROCESS MUCH, MUCH MORE IN DEPTH THAN WE COULD EVER DO UP HERE IN A PUBLIC MEETING. SO FOR THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY FROM THAT BOARD WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS AT ALL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PRESENT, PRESENT THE FINDINGS, ETC. YES, I'LL I'LL SPEAK TO THAT PROCESS. SO AS THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THIS A MORE FORMALIZED PROCESS AND A PROCESS THAT WE CAN USE MOVING FORWARD TO APPOINT TO OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WE WE BROKE OFF INTO A SUBCOMMITTEE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES AND COUNCIL MEMBER FOWLER AND MYSELF. SO IN OUR SUBCOMMITTEE, WE HELD INTERVIEWS WITH A SET OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED TO EACH APPLICANT. EACH APPLICANT APPLIED AND ALSO PROVIDED A LETTER OF INTEREST THAT WE. AND AGAIN, THANKFUL FOR THE STAFF FOR PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. THE QUESTIONS AND ALL THE LETTERS OF INTEREST AND EVERYTHING IN A BINDER FOR US TO GO THROUGH. SO EACH INTERVIEW WAS THIS THE SAME SET OF QUESTIONS AND A MUCH MORE FORMALIZED PROCESS, AGAIN, IN HOPES THAT WE CAN DO THIS FOR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS MOVING FORWARD? I WILL SAY ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS WERE QUALIFIED. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO IS CURRENTLY SERVING ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION, AND ALL OF THOSE THAT APPLIED AND TOOK THE TIME TO COME TO AN INTERVIEW AND TALK TO US. SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THE RESPONSE FROM THE TOWN. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FOWLER IS GOING TO SHARE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT APPLIED AND INTERVIEWED, LIKE MISS LORENZ SAID, THAT EVERYBODY WAS QUALIFIED. SO NARROWING IT DOWN TO THE SEVEN, IT WAS KIND OF HARD. AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT NOBODY HAS SEEN THIS LIST SINCE LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE IN THAT MEETING. THIS HASN'T BEEN SHARED WITH STAFF IN COUNCIL UNTIL TODAY. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE MDD FOR. AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ PLACES ONE THROUGH SEVEN. SO PLACE ONE, HILLARY SIMPSON, PLACE TWO, MERCEDES BOLAND PLACE THREE. HOWARD MCGINNIS, PLACE FOUR. DARREN JOHNSON, PLACE FIVE. LAURA MONTIGNY. PLACE SIX. JODY BOYD AND PLACE SEVEN PETE KARCZEWSKI. 
          [01:20:09]
SECOND, IT WAS THAT YOUR MOTION? YES. OKAY. AND MOTION FOR MR. FOWLER FOR THE SEVEN 
          [5.A. VOTE]
INDIVIDUALS NAMED A SECOND FROM MISS HOLMES COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT LIST OF CANDIDATES OR OR WE CAN JUST TAKE A VOTE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. 
          MAY I ASK ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS YOU GUYS HAD TO PUT INTO THIS? A FEW YEARS, A COUPLE DAYS WORTH OF INTERVIEWS, FIVE, SIX HOURS. VERY GOOD. APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. IN THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS. WELCOME TO THE NEWEST BOARD OF NORTH LAKE FOR THE SEVEN PEOPLE NAMED. BUT APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THE TOWN AND TAKING A LOT OF PERSONAL TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY. 
          A COUPLE EVENINGS DOING THOSE INTERVIEWS, MAKING FORMALIZED PROCESS. IT'S VERY DESERVING OF THAT LEVEL OF SCRUTINY TO SET THESE BOARDS UP. AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ALL MADE INDIVIDUAL PHONE CALLS OVER THE YEARS, THIS AND THAT, I THINK IT'S A MUCH MORE COHESIVE PROJECT PROCESS. AND I WOULD ADVISE THIS COUNCIL AND FUTURE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SIMILAR TYPE PROCESSES IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I WANT TO ADD. SO ONE THING IS THAT. I THINK WE ALL WENT IN WITH PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS, KIND OF HOW WE NORMALLY DO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO COME HERE AND APPOINT, AND THAT GOING THROUGH SUCH A RIGOROUS PROCESS, CHANGE OPINIONS AND PERSPECTIVES THAT WE HAD BEFORE. SO I THINK BEING THOROUGH HELPED SO MUCH. AND IT TOOK SOME OF THE PERSONAL BIAS AND LIKE RUSHED THIS OUT OF IT. SO IT'S A GOOD PROCESS TO HONE FOR THE FUTURE. ONE THING THAT WE DID DETERMINE THROUGH THE INTERVIEWS IS THAT THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T OFFICIAL. THIS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE STAFF TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD ONCE THEY COME TO ME, IS THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION AS A NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS THAT THEY APPOINT OR WE RECOMMEND HILLARY SIMPSON AND HOWARD MCGINNIS FOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. THE TWO AVAILABLE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN THAT BOARD. AND SO IF YOU'LL SHARE THAT WITH THEM WHEN THEY MEET, BUT REALLY GREAT CANDIDATES IN OUR TOWN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO MEET IN ONE WEEK, SO. WELL, THERE YOU GO. 
          SHARE IT WITH THEM, PLEASE. JUNE 18TH. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THAT ITEM IS 
          [5.B. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, approving a Site Plan for  Henry East, a proposed 248,000 square-foot industrial building on a proposed 24.46-acre lot to be  platted in Henry East Addition, Lot 1, Block A, generally located on the south side of Whyte Road  approximately 500 feet west of Cleveland-Gibbs Road - Case # 26-SP00003  i. Public Hearing ii. Consider Approval ]
COMPLETE. AND NEXT WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF TOWN NORTH LAKE FOR A SITE PLAN OF A 248,000 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. WELCOME, NATHAN. AGAIN. THANK YOU. YOU MAY REMEMBER ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A SITE PLAN FOR A TRAMMELL CROW PROJECT THAT CAME BEFORE YOU FOR, I THINK, JUST OVER 1.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF PLANNED WAREHOUSE SPACE WEST OF THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT. THIS SITE IS ADJACENT TO THAT, JUST UNDER 25 ACRES. AND SHOW YOU THAT LOCATION. IT'S JUST WEST OF THE NORTH LAKE RV AND BOAT STORAGE FACILITY OFF OF CLEVELAND GIBBS ROAD. THIS PROPERTY WILL BE ACCESSED FROM EXTENSION OF WHITE ROAD, WHICH WILL BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE THE REMAINING TRAMMELL CROW PROJECT WEST OF THIS. SO WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING ON THIS SITE IS A WAREHOUSE BUILDING JUST UNDER 250,000FT■!. 
          THE SITE PLAN PACKAGE INCLUDES THE SITE PLAN, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THEY'VE ALSO GOT SOME EXAMPLE BUILDING PHOTOS. TYPICALLY IN A SITE PLAN, WE'D HAVE THE THE RENDERING OR THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION. THE. THE SITE PLAN IS KIND OF A COMPONENT OF THE ZONING. AND THAT IS WHY IT'S GOING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. IT HAS TO BE TREATED LIKE A ZONING PROCESS. AND SO IT'S, IT'S EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS EARLIER THAN YOU USUALLY SEE A SITE PLAN. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE FINAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS. BUT THEY WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLE PHOTOS HERE. THIS IS A PROJECT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THIS HAS TO BE PUT TOGETHER, WHY IT'S DIFFERENT. WHAT'S SPECIAL CASE FOR COUNCIL. YES. THIS IS IN A MIXED USE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND. IT'S A. THIS WAS ZONED MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE THERE WAS REALLY ANY ABILITY TO DEVELOP THIS AREA. THERE'S A LACK OF ANY INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S JUST NOW BECOMING POSSIBLE, GETTING REASONABLY CLOSE TO EXTEND. AND THE DEVELOPER WILL BE EXTENDING A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS PROPERTY, TO DEVELOP IT. SO AT THE TIME, IT WAS KIND OF UNKNOWN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN IN THE ZONING. 
          [01:25:03]
IT DOES ALLOW FOR USES SUCH AS OFFICE WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER LIKE AS PLANNED, BUT IT PROVIDES THAT SITE PLANS BE PROCESSED AS A ZONING APPLICATION. SO THAT WAY IT GAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY. YOU'D COME IN AND YOU WOULD SEE THE SITE PLAN AT THAT TIME. AND THAT WOULD KIND OF SET THE STANDARDS FOR THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THE APPROVED SITE PLAN THEN BECOMES AN EXHIBIT TO THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THIS SITE PLAN TONIGHT. OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING IN THIS PACKAGE MEETS ALL TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS. IF THIS WAS ZONED INDUSTRIAL. AND AS A REMINDER, THIS PROPERTY ACTUALLY WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR AN RV PARK. SO THIS WOULD BE COMING IN PLACE OF THAT RV PARK, POTENTIAL RV PARK. SO BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE HERE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT AFTER YOU HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, YOU CAN CONSIDER THIS SITE PLAN PACKAGE, BUT WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF IT WITH A CONDITION, A CONDITION THAT ANY ELEMENTS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SITE PLAN PACKAGE, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING SHALL MEET ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UDC AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO ACTING ON THE SITE PLAN. NOTICE HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS REQUIRED. NO WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR MEETING ON MAY 26TH, THEY HELD A PUBLIC HEARING. THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS AT IT, AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN AS IT WAS PRESENTED ALONG WITH THE RECOMMENDED CONDITION. SO BEFORE ACTING ON IT, YOU'LL NEED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN YOU CAN CONSIDER IT WITH THAT RECOMMENDED CONDITION. 
          THANK YOU. NATHAN. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME IS 6:58 P.M. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. JOEL MCGREGOR, 8921 ASSEMBLY LANE. FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW ME. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TELL THESE PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN DO AT ALL. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. 
          BUT SINCE YOU DON'T DO THAT, CONSIDER THE PARKING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE ON THE COUNCIL BACK WHEN THEY APPROVED THE WAREHOUSES OVER ON. 
          SAM LEE, THEY ASKED FOR LESS PARKING BECAUSE THEY SAID THESE KIND OF WAREHOUSES AREN'T GOING TO NEED IT. WELL, THAT DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE THE CASE. YOU KNOW, STANLEY, BLACK AND DECKER NEEDS WAY MORE PARKING THAN THEY'VE GOT. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE BIG PROBLEMS AND END UP WITH CARS LINED UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, LIKE AT SHIFT CHANGES BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY EMPLOYEES THERE. SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME. BUT JUST DON'T FORGET THAT THAT SOME OF THOSE WAREHOUSES DO END UP WITH A TON OF EMPLOYEES. THANKS. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC INPUT OR PUBLIC HEARING? SORRY. 
          SEEING NONE. IT IS 6:59 P.M. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. QUESTION. STAFF, IS THERE ANY REQUEST OR KNOWN REQUEST FOR CHANGES OF PARKING AT THIS TIME, OR JUST. I KNOW THAT WE GENERALLY KEEP OUR STANDARDS AND RARELY CHANGE. YES, THEY'RE THEY'RE PROPOSING, I THINK, INCLUDES 129 CAR PARKING SPACES, AND THEY HAVE 48 TRAILER PARK SPACES. SO THAT WELL EXCEEDS OUR, OUR STANDARDS. AND THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER BUILDING THAN THE STANLEY BLACK AND DECKER BUILDING AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL MENTION THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROJECT HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY THIS EVENING OR. WELL, IN LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, IS THERE IS THERE SPACE AND IT LOOKED LIKE IN THIS SITE OR IN THE THERE'S A LOT OF WATER DRAINAGE. SO IT'S IT'S LIMITED TO THAT. BUT ARE THERE OTHER AREAS FOR PARKING SHOULD THAT BECOME AN ISSUE AND NEEDED IN THE FUTURE? HI. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COLI KELLOGG WITH TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY. SO YES, YOU CAN SEE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THERE ARE STRIPED POSITIONS THAT WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO INSTALL AS PART OF THE BASE BUILDING, BUT THOSE ARE FUTURE PARKING SPACES, BOTH ON THE WEST SIDE AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER, PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING SPACES TO THE EXTENT THAT THE USER FOR THE BUILDING NEEDS THOSE, WE CAN ADD THOSE CAR PARKING SPACES, AND THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US. IF ANYTHING THAT'S NOT INCLUDED. IF IT DOESN'T MEET THE UDC STUFF. YES. I THINK JUST AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT STREET PARKING AND INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT MOVING FORWARD. MAYBE WE EVEN 
          [01:30:01]
LOOK AT THAT FOR UDC AT SOME POINT, THAT STREET PARKING SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED FOR THOSE TYPES OF USES, BUT PAIRWISE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL BACK HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PLAN HERE. IT LOOKS LOOKS PRETTY SOLID. THANK YOU AND THANKS, NATHAN. ALL RIGHT. 
          [5.B. VOTE]
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL OR SHALL WE TAKE MOTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION APPROVED FROM MR. GANS. SECOND. SECOND FROM MISS HOLMES. MOTION CARRIES. UNANIMOUS. DREW, ARE WE EXPECTING ANY ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS LATE? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AS DREW JUST SAID, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY ACTIONS COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. HOWEVER, IT 
          [6. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
IS ALWAYS A TINY POSSIBILITY. SO WE WILL CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:02 P.M. FOR SECTION FIVE, YEAH. OH, YEAH. YL RIGHT. IT IS 7:40 P.M. WE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION 
          [7. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION ]
WITH NO FURTHER ACTIONS TONIGHT. WE WILL ADJOURN
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