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WELCOME TO TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING FOR JUNE 26TH. WE HAVE FIVE COUNCILORS, SIX COUNCILORS PRESENT. AND MR. FOWLER IS NOT HERE TODAY. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT. SO EVERYBODY ELSE IS HERE AND WE WILL OPEN WITH PUBLIC INPUT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC INPUT TODAY? THAT'S JACOB FILLING IN FOR DENNIS. HE'S WITH HALF. I WAS CURIOUS. HE'S NOT PUBLIC. WE DO
[3.A. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, authorizing the Town Manager to enter into a developer participation agreement with PH Land Holdings, LLC for the construction of road improvements along Cleveland-Gibbs Road in an amount not to exceed $600,000.]
NOT. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE FOR PUBLIC INPUT. WE'LL MOVE ON. WE ONLY HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM TODAY.AND IS THIS BEING PRESENTED? WE CAN. THANK YOU. GOT ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, SINCE SINCE WE'RE RECORDING AND STREAMING LET'S PRESENT IT SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OKAY. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT ALREADY HAS EQUIPMENT OUT THERE TO HAVE SOME MORE TRAFFIC RELIEF. WE HAVE THIS CHALLENGE OF ALIGNING OUR LOCAL ROAD SYSTEM TO THE ULTIMATE STATE ROAD SYSTEM, BUT THE STATE ROAD SYSTEM IS BEHIND SCHEDULE. AND SO WE'RE MAKING A NUMBER OF INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS, WILL MAINTAIN THE TEXTILE ASPHALT ROAD AS A THROUGH LANE. AND HOPEFULLY GET MORE TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE. AND IT'LL IT WILL DIVERT TRAFFIC AWAY FROM A T INTERSECTION THAT IS IN THE THE MOST RECENT PART OF THE CANYON FALLS DEVELOPMENT AT THE FAR NORTH. AND TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF THAT INTERSECTION.
A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT IS ALLOWED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE UNDER CHAPTER 212. AS LONG AS IT BENEFITS THE AREA AND CAN HELP WITH FUTURE GROWTH. AND SO IN TALKING WITH OUR ATTORNEY, WE BELIEVE IT MEETS ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS. SO THIS IS NOT AVOIDING PURCHASING LAW. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPER. AND WE BELIEVE IT IS AN EXPEDITED WAY TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. WE KNOW THAT THIS ROUTE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES TRYING TO GET THEIR STUDENTS BACK AND FORTH FROM SCHOOL. WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE US COME UP QUICKLY. I APPRECIATE STAFF TAKING MY COMMENTS LAST MEETING ABOUT TRYING TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, AND JUMPING ON THAT WITHOUT ANY REAL DIRECTION AND FINDING A WAY TO HOPEFULLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO SUPER IMPRESSED WITH STAFF FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED. WITH THAT. ROGER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY? OKAY, I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS AND I'M FOR IT, BUT WE'RE BEING EXPECTED TO SPEND OUR TOWN'S MONEY TO CORRECT PROBLEMS THAT ARE CREATED BY OTHER TOWNS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC GOES THROUGH. THERE IS NOT PEOPLE FROM NORTH LAKE AND TEX-DOT IS WHO REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM FOR US. AND I KNOW IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT HERE, BUT WE NEED TO LET TEX-DOT KNOW THAT THEY OUGHT TO QUIT SENDING MONEY TO ROADS IN WEST TEXAS SO THAT THE OIL FIELDS CAN BE SUPPLIED AND TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE HERE, WHERE THERE'S PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GO BY. FOR EVERY ONE THAT GOES BY ON SOME OF THOSE ROADS OUT WEST. NUFF SAID, THAT'S I AGREE, I AGREE. THANK YOU ROGER. IT'S A VERY PERTINENT POINT. IN MY UPCOMING ARTICLE, YOU'LL THE RESIDENTS WILL SEE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF LONG TERM PLANNING TO MEET WHAT THE STATE HAS COMMITTED TO US, AND THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THE ROAD CHANGES. YOU SEE, THEY DON'T REALLY MAKE SENSE ON THEIR FACE VALUE. IT'S LIKE, THIS IS CRAZY. WHY ARE WE TAKING LEFTS? WHY ARE WE TAKING RIGHTS? WHY IS THERE A STOP SIGN? WHY IS THERE STOPLIGHTS? WELL, BECAUSE THE ROADS THAT THE STATE TOLD US TO DESIGN TO AREN'T HERE IN A TIMELY FASHION. SO I APPRECIATE STAFF AND ENGINEERING AND EVERYBODY GOING THROUGH THIS TO FIND. I DID KIND OF CHALLENGE DREW ON THE PHONE ONE DAY. I SAID, I SAID, HEY, THIS THIS NEW INTERSECTION, HOW IS THAT EVEN GOING TO WORK? I SAID, IT'S GOING TO JUST CREATE THE PROBLEM. WE JUST KIND OF SOLVED IN PECAN SQUARE. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT STAFF IS GOING DOWN THESE PATHS. OUR ENGINEERS FOUND THE SOLUTION ARE ATTORNEY FOUND A MECHANISM TO DO THIS. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A TEAM TEAM EFFORT AND IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. SO AND THE DEVELOPER IS WAS WILLING TO DO THIS AND WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US. THEY SAW THAT IT AFFECTED THEIR RESIDENTIAL AREA AS WELL. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW,
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GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR MOTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM LORENZ AND A SECOND FROM MISS HOLMES. AND THEN WE SAY LIKE, BOB'S YOUR UNCLE, SINCE WE HAVE ALL THESE EUROPEANS HERE. MOTION CARRIES. UNANIMOUS AND MOTION PASSES. WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE AGENDA. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED THAT TODAY FOR ANYTHING THAT'S POSTED. SO WITH THAT, WE NO FURTHER BUSINESS. WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.