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>> CITY COUNCIL CITY OF ANNA WILL MEET ON NOVEMBER 22ND,
[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.]
2022 6:00 PM AT THE ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX CHAMBERS LOCATED AT 120, WEST 7TH STREET TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON OUR OPEN SESSION ON [INAUDIBLE] ITEMS THIS EVENING, PLEASE FILL OUT THE OPINION SPEAKER REGISTRATION FORM AND TURN IT IN TO THE CITY SECRETARY BEFORE WE START WITH THE REGULAR MEETING [INAUDIBLE] EVENING.
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
NOW, OUR COUNCILOR CARVER IS GOING TO GIVE THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING AND FOLLOW WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE..
>> LORD, WE COME IN HERE WITH THE SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING, AND THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OF ANNA, AND [INAUDIBLE] PARDONED AND WE PRAY THAT EVERYTHING WE DO IS HONORABLE TO YOU.
PRAY OVER OUR COYOTES AS THEY CONTINUE ON VICTORIOUS STREAK.
I PRAY THAT EVERYTHING GOES SAFELY AND WELL AND THAT WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR US HERE IN THE CITY, AND BLESS US ALL.
>> [NOISE] FLAG IS RIGHT HERE.
>> I BELIEVE ON THE INDIVIDUAL ITEM THAT I WAS GOING TO MOVE UP THIS EVENING [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] FIRST THING.
>> CAN WE HAVE SOME OTHER TIME TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT? [NOISE] LET'S START WITH ITEM A FROM
[3. Work Session.]
THE WORK SESSION [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] PART OF THE AGREEMENT TO PARTNER WITH [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITIES.[INAUDIBLE] AN EXISTING SEWER LIFT STATION AND CONSTRUCT A REGIONAL SEWER LIFT STATION IN AN [INAUDIBLE] LOCATION FOR VARIOUS SIMULTANEOUS [INAUDIBLE].
>> MAYOR, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE OF THESE AND PASS IT AROUND.
THEY JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF HIGH POINTS HERE.
[BACKGROUND] I'LL JUST TOUCH ON THIS QUICKLY.
STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH BOTH, ASHTON WOODS WHO IS DEVELOPING THE COYOTE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION AND THEN ALSO [INAUDIBLE] HOLDINGS WHO IS DEVELOPING A PIECE OF THE AREA SHOWN IN PURPLE THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MAP.
THERE HAVE BEEN EXISTING SMALL SEWER LIFT STATION THAT IS IN THE SWEETWATER CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN IDENTIFY A REGIONAL SOLUTION FOR THIS AREA, WHICH WOULD BE A LARGER SEWER LIFT STATION TO SEWER THIS BROADER AREA.
THOSE TWO DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH STAFF AND THEY'RE SEEKING TO WORK TOGETHER, TO BUILD THIS REGIONAL LIFT STATION FOR THE CITY.
IT WOULD SEWER A TOTAL OF ABOUT 600 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES.
IF YOU ADD UP EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE RED AND THE ORANGE AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW.
[NOISE] PUT TOGETHER COST ESTIMATES ABOUT $4.8 MILLION TO BUILD THIS REGIONAL SOLUTION.
THEIR TOTAL SEWER IMPACT FEES THAT THEY WOULD BE GENERATING BETWEEN THEIR TWO PROJECTS ARE 3.8 MILLION ROUGHLY, SO THERE'S ABOUT A ONE MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE THERE AND THEN PLUS SOME FUNDING WE WOULD WANT TO SET ASIDE FOR CONTINGENCIES, THE TWO CAME UP WITH A SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR THAT.
BUT THE AGREEMENT COULD BE BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING, ON DECEMBER 13TH, WHAT IT WOULD STATE IS THAT THE CITY WOULD AGREE TO FUND ONE MILLION DOLLAR FROM OUR SEWER [INAUDIBLE] FUND BALANCE.
THEY WOULD PAY THE 3.8, AND BUILD THIS REGIONAL SOLUTION.
THEN AS THE OTHER ORGANS OF THE AREAS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS DEVELOP, THE CITY IS GOING TO RECEIVE EVEN MUCH MORE THAN JUST A MILLION OVER TIME.
DEPENDING ON DENSITIES, THIS LARGER AREA WOULD PROBABLY GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO POTENTIALLY FIVE MILLION DEPENDING ON DENSITIES AND WHAT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU AND JUST GIVE YOU A HEADS UP BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
I WANTED YOU TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL, AND JUST GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU.
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THE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS.WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A REGIONAL SOLUTION.
WE HAVE TWO DEVELOPERS THAT'S WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET IT DONE.
THERE'S TWO LOCATIONS YOU CAN SEE HERE [NOISE] GO.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO FINALIZE WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FINANCIALLY IN THIS LONG-TERM FOR GROWTH.
BUT EITHER WAY, THEY WOULD BE WITHIN THE DEVELOPER'S PROPERTY.
THEY'RE NOT TO BE ADDED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY.
AS LONG AS THEY GET PROPERTY FOR THIS, IT WOULD BE PARKED ON EITHER THE COYOTE MEADOWS OR THE [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT.
JUST LOOK INTO THE FEEDBACK IF YOU HAVE IT. [NOISE]
>> HONESTLY, THEY BOTH MAKE SENSE.
I THINK IT WILL BE EASIER TO DO OPTION 2, JUST BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTING LIFT STATION.
BUT DEPENDING ON SOME OF THE FEASIBILITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THE ELEVATIONS, I THINK OPTION 1 IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
IT COULD [INAUDIBLE] SOME ADDITIONAL AREAS, SO OPTION 1 IS BETTER FROM THIS LONG-TERM [INAUDIBLE].
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE IS [INAUDIBLE]?
>> CORRECT. WE WOULD ABANDON IT IN PLACE.
HONESTLY, THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE PROPERTY THAT'S JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF IT IS LIKELY GOING TO DEVELOP INTO A FUTURE COMMERCIAL.
WE COULD PROVIDE A SIDEWALK CONNECTION INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOME WORK WITH THE ADJACENT LANDOWNER, THE PURPLE AREA THERE.
BUT THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD TIE IT INTO SIDEWALKS, PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION.
>> [OVERLAPPING] IT'S NOT GOING TO STAY THERE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OPERATIONAL.
>> THE UNDERGROUND STUFF, WE WOULD CAP IT, WE WOULD FILL IT IN AND WASH DOWN.
THE FENCE, WE WOULD PROBABLY TAKE EVERYTHING OUT.
YOU COULD JUST SEE. BASICALLY, IT'D LOOK LIKE A CONCRETE SLAB ON THE GROUND.
>> WOULD THEY COST [INAUDIBLE]?
>> NOT PARTICULARLY, I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE, HONESTLY, IS GOING TO BE [NOISE] THE PLANNING.
OBVIOUSLY, THE COYOTE MEADOWS DEVELOPMENT ARE ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GRADING ACTIVITY, EVERYTHING.
WORKING WITH [INAUDIBLE] TO IDENTIFY WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET GOING SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE THERE'S COSTS INVOLVED IN GETTING [INAUDIBLE] TO THE COYOTE MEADOWS MORE AND/OR COYOTE MEADOWS GETTING TO THE [INAUDIBLE] ONES SO FROM A COST STANDPOINT, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT [INAUDIBLE].
>> DUE TO [INAUDIBLE] WOULDN'T THIS OPTION 2 MORE VIABLE OR IT DOESN'T MATTER?
>> WHAT'S INTERESTING IS IN THIS AREA, THE TOPOGRAPHY ACTUALLY GOES TO THE NORTHEAST, AND IN THE RED THERE'S A CREEK.
IT'S NOT REALLY MUCH OF A CREEK.
IT STARTS THEN GOES DOWN AND THEN ON THE FAR, AS YOU GO FURTHER EAST, IT GOES DOWN TO A POND.
THE TOPOGRAPHY, OPTION 1 IS ACTUALLY LOWER TOPOGRAPHICALLY THAN OPTION 2.
>> IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT WHEN WE TRY TO RELEASE INTO THAT CREEK?
>> THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK OF OVERFLOWS, BUT WE WOULD DESIGN THIS LIFT STATION TO HAVE, FIRST OF ALL BACKUP GENERATOR, SO WHEN WE LOSE POWER, IT COULD STILL CONTINUE TO WORK.
THEN SECOND OF ALL, WE WOULD ALSO DESIGN IT TO WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BYPASS PUMPING AVAILABLE AT THE SITE, SO THAT IF WE DID HAVE THE PUMPS GO DOWN, WE'D BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE WITH A TEMPORARY PUMP AND KEEP IT PUMPING TO PREVENT OVERFLOWS.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEWER OVERFLOWS, AT A LIFT STATION.
THOSE ARE THE TWO WAYS. ON THE NEW ONE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY DEAL WITH THAT A LOT BETTER.
>> YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE CREEK?
>> I DON'T. I THINK IT'S A TRIBUTARY, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A NUMBERED NAME.
>> I JUST DON'T WANT TO MESS UP MY FUTURE KAYAK ABOVE A CREEK.
>> [LAUGHTER] MY LAST QUESTION.
SINCE WE'RE SENDING THE LIFT TRUCK INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW OFTEN OR WHAT TRIGGERS THAT? IS IT A SENSOR THAT SAYS, HEY, IT'S TIME TO LIFT THIS OR IS IT JUST A SCHEDULED LIFT? HOW DOES IT WORK?
>> THERE'S FLOATS IN THERE, THEY TURN THE PUMPS ON, AND SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE AN INITIAL FLOAT THAT WILL TURN ONE PUMP ON, AND THEN FROM THERE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PUMPS AND THE SIZE THAT THEY ARE, YOU'LL HAVE A SECOND PUMP KICK ON.
IF THERE'S PEAK FLOWS, SUPER BOWL.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A THING WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF FLOWS DURING THE SUPER BOWL, YOU SEE THAT, YOU MIGHT HAVE A THIRD PUMP KICKED ON IF YOU HAVE A THREE-PUMP SYSTEM.
BUT THEY'RE STAGGERED BASED ON THAT LEVEL.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FLOATS ARE SET TO WHERE IT WOULD TAKE HOURS AND HOURS TILL IT WOULD GET TO THE TOP.
WE GET A NOTIFICATION IN OUR SCADA SYSTEM, AS SOON AS IT GETS PAST.
IF IT GETS TO THE SECOND PUMP, WE'LL GET A NOTICE.
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>> WE GOT THE MONEY. IT'S GOOD ROI.
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK UPDATE ON FERGUSON PARKWAY AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUNDING SITUATION THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED AND THE SAME SOLUTION THAT WE HAVE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT PROJECT I THINK IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS OR ON THE TABLE FOR AT LEAST 4 OR 5,6,7 YEARS NOW.
THE FUNDING WAS FORMALLY IDENTIFIED IN 2018.
WE DID OUR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, GOT THAT DONE.
WE DID THE FINAL DESIGN RFQ PROCESS, SELECTED THE ENGINEER.
WHEN THEY STARTED GETTING INTO WHAT ALL THE DETAILS OF THE REQUIREMENTS WE'RE GOING TO BE FROM TEXTS OUT.
WHEN WE HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EXISTING ROAD, IT'S A NEW ROAD, AND SOME OF THE CHANGES IN HOW THEY LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES.
WE START TO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY IN THE SCOPE TO ACHIEVE THE SCOPE OF GETTING US ALL THE WAY THROUGH DESIGN.
THAT INITIAL NUMBER WAS A LITTLE OVER 1.3 MILLION.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE GONE BACK TO COG AND SAID, HEY, WE DON'T FEEL THIS IS ENOUGH MONEY.
THEY SAID WE'LL REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WE DID, WE ACTUALLY WENT CONTACTED THIS SECOND-PLACE FIRM AND RFQ.
THEY SAID WE CAN'T DO IT TO THAT EITHER.
WE WENT BACK AND WORK WITH COG JUSTIN CLAIRE, CFP MANAGER HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DOING A LOT OF THE LEGWORK ON THIS COORDINATING BACK-AND-FORTH WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
THEY HAVE AGREED TO INCREASE THEIR FUNDING BY ABOUT $563,000.
THAT'S THE FULL 80 PERCENT, THAT WOULD BE THEIR MATH.
WE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE OUR FUNDING FOR OUR 20 PERCENT.
OUR INCREASE WOULD GO RIGHT NOW, OUR COST IS 264,000 OUT OF THE 1.3.
OUT OF THE 2.02, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT 405,000, GIVE OR TAKE.
THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THAT WE COULD DESIGN THIS FOR 1.323 IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FEDERAL FUNDING PROCESSES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT FEDERAL MONEY IS TIED TO.
THE BENEFIT THOUGH ON THE BACKS, ON THE FLIP SIDE IS YOU GET THE 80 PERCENT MATCH.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS, DO WE TAKE IT OFF SYSTEM AND JUST SAY WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THIS PROJECT AND GET RID OF SOME OF THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VALUE OF THAT 80 PERCENT MATCH AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT FLUSH WITH CASH AND OUR ROADWAY IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE.
IT STILL MAKES SENSE TO GO AND UTILIZE THE MATCH AND INCREASE THIS.
I KNOW THIS IS A BIT OF BAD NEWS, BUT I WANTED TO COME TO YOU WITH A SOLUTION AND NOT JUST A PROBLEM.
JIM AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS AND HE WANTED ME TO BRING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT SO YOU CAN GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK.
YOU ALREADY APPROVED A RESOLUTION FOR THAT FULL AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
WHAT THE ENGINEER HAS KNOWN, AS WE'VE SAID, RIGHT INTO THE AGREEMENT, THAT YOU WILL NOT GO PAST THAT NUMBER UNTIL COUNCIL AUTHORIZED ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
WHAT WE WANT TO ASK YOU IS, NUMBER 1, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS PLAN FOR COG TO INCREASE THEIR FUNDING AND INCREASE OURS? THEN NUMBER 2, ARE YOU OKAY WITH JIM SIGNING THAT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL NOT GO OVER OUR ORIGINAL 1.3 UNTIL THE COG IS GOING TO PASS THEIR FUNDING, THEY SAY IN THE JANUARY APPROVAL? YES. IT'LL GO ON THE TIP IN JANUARY AND I GET FUNDED.
WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU COUNSEL JANUARY OR FEBRUARY TO GET OUR FORTUNE FUNDED.
THEN WE'D BE FULLY FUNDED ALL THE WAY TO DESIGNING.
BUT BEFORE JIM SIGNED A DOCUMENT LIKE THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL AND THAT YOU ALL WERE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS, BUT I'M GLAD THAT COG WAS WILLING TO STEP UP AND GIVE US ANOTHER 500, 600 AND SO.
>> ANYTIME THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE COG FUNDS FROM REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCILS.
LUCKILY, WE'RE GROWING MORE IN THIS COUNTY AND THERE'S PLENTY MORE ATTENTION THAN A LOT OF THESE DOLLARS GO TO DALLAS STEEP LBJ.
IT'S PRETTY BIG DEAL TO HAVE A PROJECT SPECIFICALLY NAME [BACKGROUND].
>> YES. I'M GOING TO GET HUNG OUT TO [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY SO THEY SPECIFICALLY CAN'T GO OVER THAT 1.3.
EVEN IF COG CHANGES THEIR MIND IN JANUARY AND DOESN'T APPROVE IT,
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WE STILL ARE NOT OUT.THAT'S WHY I'M NOT GOING TO BRING TO YOU TO AUTHORIZE YOUR FUNDING UNTIL WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON AN RCC AGENDA SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
>> WE'VE GOT STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THAT GROUP OVER THERE.
BOTH OF US HAVE DONE WORK WITH THEM GOING BACK MORE THAN A DECADE, BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL THAN DOING STUFF IN FULFILLING OUR FORMER LIVES.
WE HAD JOINT THINGS THAT WE HAD WORKED ON NARROW ROAD AND THAT THOSE INTERCONNECTORS DOWN THERE ALONG THE TOLL ROAD STUFFS.
HAVING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PLACES IS WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF TRUST THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
>> THANKS AGAIN, GREG. [BACKGROUND] THANKS TO TAKE IT BACK FROM THE [NOISE] [BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING] C CORP IS NOT ONE CITY COVERING THE PRUDENT AS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT.
YEAH. I MEAN, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO GO OUT AND DO IT OUT THERE?
>> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR OUR PHASE 1 WAYFINDING PROGRAMS. REALLY BRIEFLY, I WANT TO GO OVER WHAT IS WAYFINDING, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE, WHAT PHASE 1 WILL LOOK LIKE AND THE NEXT STEPS OF THE SCHEDULE FOR PHASE 1.
AT A HIGH LEVEL, YOU CAN READ THE DEFINITION.
THERE'S THE WAYFINDING IS REALLY ABOUT A GUIDE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS AND NAVIGATE THE CITY COMFORTABLY.
I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S CREATES A SENSE OF PLACE.
FOR VISITORS OR EVEN FOR OUR NEIGHBORS ISN'T THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY OF VIENNA.
THEY HAVE A WALL COMPLAINT AT THAT GATEWAY, AND THEN THEY'RE WELCOMED AND THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT ALSO HELPS EMPHASIZE THE IMAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PROJECT ACROSS THE CITY AND THEN WE'LL ENCOURAGE THE CONNECTIONS TO DOWNTOWN.
JUST THE WAY THIS CONVERSATION WHEN WE STARTED BACK IN THE SPRING AND SO THE BUSINESS PARK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP HAD A JOINT MEETING WITH YOU AND OUR RCC AND IT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT PUTTING FORWARD GATEWAY ENTRANCES AND WAYFINDING PROGRAM.
WE CREATED AN IN-HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD, LOOKED AT SEVERAL EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT THE METRIC FLUX AND ACTUALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
PARTICULAR ADVICE ON HOW TO DO THIS.
WE DISCUSS AND WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORWARD A CONTRACT WITH LEE ENGINEERING, WHICH IS AN IMPROVED ENGINEERING FIRM THAT DOES ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR US AND THEY WOULD SUBCONTRACT WITH A GROUP CALLED MERGE DESIGN.
AGAIN, THEY'RE APPROVED VENDOR.
WE HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH TECH STACK, WHICH ALL FOUR OF OUR MAJOR ENTRANCES RIGHT NOW ALONG 455 OR TEXTS THAT ALREADY AND OPERATED WILBERFORCE STREET DOWNTOWN.
WE KNEW THAT THE STANDARDS FOR THE SIGNS WOULD BE VERY HEAVILY INVOLVING TYPES DOT, WANTING TO MEET WITH AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT WOULD THEN SUB WHAT THE SIGN DESIGNER FOR THIS PHASE 1 OR COST THERE FOR PHASE 1, WHICH INCLUDES EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN THIS FIRST PHASE, LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE ON THE GROUND NOW WHERE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS EXISTS OR TEXT DOT, WHERE THE BEST PLACE FOR THE SIGNS WOULD BE AT THOSE MAJOR ENTRANCES FOR THE GATEWAYS.
THEN THE SECOND PART OF THEIR TASK FOR PHASE 1 WOULD BE DESIGNING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
WHAT WOULD THE SIGNS AT A HIGH LEVEL LOOK LIKE? AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
THAT'S REALLY JUST THE EXTENT OF PHASE 1.
WE'D LIKE TO PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE THAT WOULD INCLUDE MEMBERS OF STAFF.
OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE AN INTERNAL PASSPORTS.
BUT THIS GROUP WOULD BE THE MAIN CONVERT TO WORK WITH.
WE EMERGE JUST TO PUT TOGETHER SOME MORE INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE HISTORICAL CONTEXTS.
SOME OF THE WAY THAT OUR ROADS ARE NAVIGATED.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN OPTION JUST TO GET COVERAGE ACROSS THE DIFFERENT BOARDS.
BUT AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE AN INTERNAL TASK FORCE THAT WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM SO WE CAN REDUCE THIS.
WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AN ODD NUMBER JUST SO IN CASE THERE'S ANY SPLITTING, WE CAN DO BOATS AND GO THAT WAY.
SCHEDULED WISE. WE'D KICK OFF THE PROJECT INTERNALLY WITH THE TEAM IN DECEMBER.
WE'D HAVE A KICKOFF WITH THAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
CONSULTANTS WILL BE ON-SITE IN JANUARY.
THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DO THE RESEARCH AND
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THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK TO US IN THE SPRING AROUND APRIL, AND THEN FINALIZE THE DESIGN IN LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE.WE WILL HAVE THIS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR DECEMBER.
THE CDC HAS APPROVED THIS AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING TO BE A CDC OR TYPE B PROJECT.
WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO DO TWO READINGS FOR THAT PROJECT AND THEN RECOMMEND ANY STAKEHOLDER NAMES TO ISOLATE TO KIMBERLY IN OUR OFFICE OR YOU CAN TALK TO JOE HERE.
I WILL GET THOSE ON A LIST AND BRING IN THOSE BACK AT YOUR DECEMBER MEETING.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THERE.
>> COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE TASKS FOR A SECOND? I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT IS THE EXACT SAME LIST THAT I SAW FOR A BRANDING ISSUE WAY BACK WHEN, WHICH ALWAYS MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS THAT THAT WHOLE PART OF IT RIGHT THERE AND ALL OF THAT WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS AND EVERYTHING, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN'T DESIGNING A LOGO OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST DIRECTIONS TO POINT.
HERE YOU GO AND THAT'S ALL IT IS.
>> YES AND IF YOU NOTICE THAT WE INCLUDED SOME PHOTOS OF THE WORK THAT MERCHANTS DONE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION AND WE CAN GET SOME MORE EXAMPLES OF THOSE AS WELL.
YES, THIS IS NOT A CITY BRANDING EXERCISE.
>> YOU'RE STILL LOOKING GOOD. [OVERLAPPING].
>> INCLUDING REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY'S IMAGE AS YOU COME INTO THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR, [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S A DESIGN QUESTION WE'LL COME FROM THE TASK FORCE IS WHAT IS THE.
ON WAYFINDING SIGNS, THE LIGHT STAND AND THAT'S HISTORY.
>> AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC LAND OR DESIGN.
>> THIS IS WHY WE ARE LOOKING TO DO PHASE 1.
WE WOULD ONLY INCLUDE ASSESSMENT AND THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
IT'S NOT DESIGNING A CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING ANY FURTHER, THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
IF WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH PHASE 2, WHICH WOULD BE RECOMBINES WITH INSTRUCTION.
>> I DID HAVE A CONSTITUENCY REACH OUT THIS PAST WEEK BY EMAIL JUST SAYING, WHY DID THEY NOT HAVE ANYTHING.
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS.
>> TAYLOR IS THERE ANY GUIDANCE REGARDING STAKEHOLDERS, WHAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING FOR, ATTRIBUTES, FORMER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OR WHERE WE SAY TO STAKEHOLDERS, WHAT COMES TO MIND?
>> WE NARROWED IT DOWN JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE ALREADY REPRESENTATIVES WE SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY ENDURANCE EFFORTS, SO THIS IS JUST A GOOD PLACE TO START.
A MEMBER FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, MEMBER FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WE REFER TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THEM TO CHOOSE TO DIVIDE OR WE COULD DIFFER.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR IN MIND FROM EACH OF THE BLOCKS YOU'D LIKE TO NOMINATE OR IF YOU'D LIKE US TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT'S A MEMBER.
>> I'D EXPECT THE BOARD TO CHOOSE.
WE DON'T KNOW THE SCHEDULE, WE MIGHT CHOOSE SOMEONE LIKE WE DID LAST TIME WE CHOSE TWO PEOPLE AND THEY WEREN'T CAPABLE.
WHY CAN'T WE JUST LET TO BOARDS CHOOSE.
>> [NOISE] HOW SOON DO YOU NEED IN THIS BUNCH?
>> DECEMBER 13TH, IN THE NEXT MEETING.
>> IF I CAN'T DO IT, THEN PICK SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> WELL, WE CAN HAVE THE P&Z AND CDC/EDC BY THEM, AND THE OTHERS ARE ADVISORY BOARD LIAISON, CONVEY WITH THEM.
>> JUST SEND OUT AN E-MAIL [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE CDC, P&Z THEY CAN CHOOSE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> MAYOR, IT'S THE WAY TO GET OVER MY PHOBIA.
>> I'M AGREEING WITH THAT PART HERE.
>> MAKE SURE BRANDING HAPPENS.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN MY HEART ON IT.
>> YOU'RE NOT ALL AND THAT'S OKAY.
>> ARON, ZONE DISCUSSION [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
>> COUNCIL I WOULD LIKE TO DECIDE A MOVEMENT TO PUT IN SESSION IN THERE HERE.
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>> [NOISE] FOR THIS WORK SESSION ITEM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM YOU IS THAT YOU VET FOR THE APPLICANT AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THIS WARBURG COMPANY WHO CAN DISCUSS WITH US.
WE GOT THIS PROJECT UNDER CONTRACTS, ZONE AND A RANCH AND I THINK IT WAS 2007.
ZONE THIS AREA BACK ON THE FURTHEST PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED ANNA RANCH, AND AS WE'LL SEE, THAT'S CHANGED OVER THE YEARS FROM WHAT THAT ORIGINAL ZONING WAS.
WE WANTED TO COME BACK WE'RE REALLY EARLY STAGES OF THIS PROJECT.
WE'VE STILL GOT SOME SEWER AND A LOT OF SEWER ISSUES TO FIGURE OUT.
BUT BEFORE WE'D GOT TO DUG DEEP INTO THIS PROJECT, WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL SAW AT THIS LOCATION.
WE CAME IN AND TALKED TO PLANNING STAFF.
JUST BUBBLE PLAN FOR SINGLE-FAMILY AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE MULTIFAMILY DOWN AS SKYWALKER, WE'RE MADE POSSIBLE.
MULTI-FAMILY [NOISE] COMMERCIAL. THERE'S A 25, THERE'S A LITTLE POCKET PARK THERE.
WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT SOME MULTIFAMILY AND THIS GENERALLY IS 70S, BUT ALONG WITH TOP HERE, AND THEN 50S, 60S AND THIS AREA AND THIS AREA IS IN 50S AND 60S ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
BUT THE FUTURE LAND-USE PLANNING SHOWS AS A MIXED MIXED RESIDENTIAL AREA.
DOWN HERE, SO WE JUST CAME AND SAID, WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING FOR? PLANNING STAFF AND PARKS ACTUALLY WALKED INTO THE MEETING AND WHERE WE CAME FROM THAT AS A POSSIBLE, LOOKING AT THIS AREA DOWN HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PROBLEM.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING A MIXTURE.
LITTLE HIGHER DENSITY UP HERE WITH A PARK, EITHER IN THIS LOCATION OR THIS LOCATION.
IT'S HARD TO SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN AREA FOR A 40 ACRE AT THE SIDE OF TOWN AND THIS MIGHT BE AN AREA FOR IT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 40-45 ACRES IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
POSSIBLY DO SOME CLUSTER HOUSING MULTIFAMILY DOWN THIS SIDE, WE'VE THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE FOR IT AND THIS AREA IS REALLY FLAT THROUGH HERE.
THERE'S A GROUP THAT RUNS ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THIS [NOISE] TREE LINE, BUT ALL OF THIS IS REALLY FLAT.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A PLACE FOR THAT MARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE THE AREA OVER THIS BECAUSE IT CAN CONNECT THROUGH THIS OPEN SPACE.
THERE'S A TRAIL THAT GOES ALONG THE SOUTHERN ROAD THAT WILL EXTEND OUT TO OUR SINGLE-FAMILY AND YOU'D HAVE MANY TRADE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO WORK ON.
SO WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK, SAY THIS IS A NO GO OR NO-GO, BELIEVES THIS STORY. [OVERLAPPING].
JUST THE FOUR ACRES WOULD BE PARKLAND THAT [INAUDIBLE] WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK YET, BUT THIS AREA RIGHT HERE BUILD OUT EVERYTHING.
IT'S ABOUT 15 ACRES, A MEDICATION THAT WE OWE, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY SOME LAND FEES OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUT A PARK.
BUT THIS AREA RIGHT HERE WOULD BE 44 ACRES OF PARK, HOW THAT WORKS OUT. THEN HIGHER-DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY.
>> THE TYPE OF PRODUCT ON 40S, 50S AND 60S? RIGHT NOW WOULD BE TYPICAL WINDSOR TYPE PRODUCT.
THEN THIS WOULD BE A MIXTURE PROPERTY OF SOME TOWN HOMES MULTIFAMILY [INAUDIBLE]
>> DOES PHASE 1 HAVE THE ADMIN CENTER FOR ANNA RANCH.
>> BUT THERE ARE PERSONS HERE WHO SAY ORIGINAL.
>> THIS IS ANNA RANCH PHASE 3.
WHATEVER THESE ANNA RANCH PHASE, IT'S ALL CHANGED ON THE CITY CENTER [OVERLAPPING].
>> I JUST WANTED TO ONE POINT.
IT WAS ALL ZONE AND THEN RANCH.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE THOROUGHFARE AS FAR AS FOSTER CROSSING, IS ANYBODY GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO WIDENING ROADWAYS.
>> FOSTER CROSSING COMES THROUGH ALONG HERE.
THIS PIECE HERE, PROBABLY WHAT WOULD LIKELY BELONG HERE AS PART OF FOSTER CARE.
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>> I WOULD THINK FOR ME, THE COMMENTS, THEY'RE SMALLER LOTS IN 40S AND 50S.
NOW I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT IF THERE'S A PRODUCT.
[OVERLAPPING] PRODUCT, MEANING WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FULL DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE SPACES THAT'S STARTED SCALING DOWN ON THE MOON.
SO QUALITY PRODUCT, FIRST PHASE AND THIS PHASE OVER HERE I'M LOOKING, I WAS LOOKING ON ELEVATIONS AND THE IDEA OF WORKING IN A PRETTY LARGE PARK AREA.
>> A LOT OF THESE, THESE ALWAYS COME IN WITH THE PRODUCT USUALLY FIGURED OUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF A PRODUCT COMES UP HERE.
>> THEN FOR ME, JOHN, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT WOULD BE, ONE THING WE HAVE TO HAVE GOING FORWARD AT THE RIGHT FOR GROWING, AND HOW SUCCESSFUL DO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN UNDER YOUR BELT AS WE'VE GOT TO HAVE COMMITMENT WORKED INTO THOSE AGREEMENTS AND NOT INTO STRUCTURE.
>> WE'VE GOT TO WIDEN THE ROADS AT THE TIME WE'RE DOING THAT.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF HERE EARLY ON.
>> YEAH, 100%. THE FIRST ONE WAS MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF IT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT WAS WHAT COULD WE PUT IN THE TIME TO GET US GOING AND LIVE HERE.
>> WE HAVE 34 MILES OF OF SEWER, WATER AND EVERYTHING.
>> IF YOU CAN TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE SINGLE-FAMILY TO RENT HOMES.
>> I LIKE TO CLUSTER MAYBE TWO.
>> I DON'T SEE THE SINGLE-FAMILY RENT MAYBE THAT CLUSTER.
>> JOHN HERE WOULD BE GONE FROM MIXTURE OF TOWN HOMES POSSIBLE, SOME SINGLE-FAMILY AND SOME MULTI-FAMILY.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE THING.
>> OH, NO. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT HERE.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT THEM TOO.
>> DON'T DO THE WHOLE THING. SINGLE-FAMILY TO RENT.
YEAH, I GOT ONE RIGHT BOX FOR EACH.
>> IS THIS THE SINGLE PAPER FOREVER OR IT'S NOT [INAUDIBLE].
>> EXECUTIVE FOREGO SEE WHERE TO FIGURE OUT SEWER SOLUTION, THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE REST.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME..
>> COUNCIL, WE'RE MOVING INTO THE COURSE TO OUR OPEN SESSION ON INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS EVENING IS MOVE OVER TO
[7. Items For Individual Consideration (Part 1 of 2)]
OUR ITEMS OF INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND GO TO ITEM 7G, WHICH IS CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACT ON AN ORDINANCE RENAMING THROCKMORTON BOULEVARD TO BUDDY HAYES BOULEVARD.I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF THE HAYES FAMILY HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
THIS ITEM IS TO OFFICIALLY CHANGE THE NAME OF THROCKMORTON BOULEVARD, TO BUDDY HAYES BOULEVARD.
THROCKMORTON BOULEVARD REQUIRES A NAME CHANGE DUE TO THE ROAD WITH THE SAME NAME BEING LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF US IN MELISSA.
IN ADDITION, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF ONE OF ANNA'S MOST DISTINGUISHED NEIGHBORS.
AS MENTIONED, THERE'S AN EXISTING ROAD IN THE CITY OF MELISSA NAMED THROCKMORTON, WHICH IS THAT THE EXIT ON US 75.
AS ANNA CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, THROCKMORTON WILL BE A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
THE MELISSA EXIT IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SOME CONFUSION AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS TO FIND ANNA'S BUSINESSES ON THE CORRECT STREET.
WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT IN THE PACKETS SHOWING THE TWO STREETS.
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IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO A DISTINGUISHED AND A NEIGHBOR.
HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2022.
HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 29TH, 1935 IN WESTERN TEXAS.
AS A YOUNG MAN, HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SPECIALIST FIFTH CLASS.
HE LIVED IN ANNA FOR MANY YEARS WITH HIS WIFE JUANITA, RAISING A FAMILY AND BEING A MAJOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT HE SERVED IN THE COMMUNITY BANKING INDUSTRY IN THE ANNA AREA FOR 69 YEARS.
INCREDIBLE. INCLUDING AT FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND ANNA, 1956-2001.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I HONESTLY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT BUDDY.
I KNEW BUDDY HAD SERVED IN MANY CAPACITIES FOR THE CITY OF ANNA.
WHEN I FIRST WANTING TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITY, IT WAS VERY QUICKLY EXPRESSED TO ME THAT I NEEDED TO GO SPEND SOME TIME WITH BUDDY HAYES.
MR. HAYES ALWAYS HAD AN OPEN DOOR, AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO TELL YOU TO PULL UP A CHAIR AND TALK.
BUT BUDDY SERVED ON THE ANNA CITY COUNCIL FOR 21 YEARS AND ALSO AS A TRUSTEE FOR THE ANNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SIX YEARS.
WHEN I HEARD THIS, HONESTLY HAD NO IDEA.
WE HAD RECENTLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FACT AND THE COUNCIL HAD BEEN DISCUSSING THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO CHANGE THROCKMORTON BOULEVARD.
AT MR. HAYES'S FUNERAL, I KNEW WHEN I HEARD THAT THIS IS THE PERFECT PERSON TO NAME THIS ROAD AFTER.
HE ALSO TAUGHT AN ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AT ANNA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
CHANGING THE NAME OF THROCKMORTON BOULEVARD TO BUDDY HAYES BOULEVARD WILL HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MR. HAYES, HIS WIFE, JUANITA, AND HIS FAMILY TO THE ANNA COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL., IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANY COMMENTS, I CAN TELL YOU I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER PERSON THAN TO NAME THIS THE STREET AFTER.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I KNEW BUDDY FROM ALMOST THE FIRST DAY OF BEING IN THIS TOWN.
I'VE NEVER MET ANOTHER MAN LIKE HIM.
I DON T THINK WE CAN DO ENOUGH TO HONOR HIS MEMORY. THERE'S JUST NO WAY.
>> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RENAME THROCKMORTON BOULEVARD TO BUDDY HAYES BOULEVARD.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN. ALL IN FAVOR?
IF THE HAYES FAMILY COULD COME UP AND JOIN ME, I DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU ALL ON.
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>> WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE ONE [INAUDIBLE] [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING OUR FAMILIES ESPECIALLY MY DAD.
IT WAS VERY SPECIAL. [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE]
>> WE HAVE ALL THESE PRINTED UP WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ONE.
>> LET'S MOVE ON. COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 4,
[4. Neighbor Comments]
WHICH IS NEIGHBORS COMMENTS.THIS TIME ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM ON THIS MEETING AGENDA THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
AS A REMINDER, WE LEAVE THESE COMMENTS OPEN FOR A THREE-MINUTE PERIOD.
IF YOU DO HERE THE TIMER GO OFF, WE PLEASE ASK THAT YOU END YOUR COMMENTS AT THAT TIME.
ALSO, AS A REMINDER, WE CANNOT MAKE COMMENTS BACK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THIS AGENDA.
THIS IS A PERIOD WHERE WE DEFINITELY LISTEN AND HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED UP ON WE CAN VISIT WITH THAT AFTERWARDS.
I'LL START. FIRST WE HAVE MRS. CULLY KELLY.
>> I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD START FIRST, BUT ANYWAY.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS HERE ABOUT THE METERING STATION.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ALREADY MADE A DECISION LAST MEETING, WHICH WE WERE UNAWARE THAT IT WAS ON THAT AGENDA.
THE P&Z MEETING THAT WE WENT TO WHERE THEY DENIED THE REQUEST WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE,
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SO WE ALL ASSUMED AND MY MISTAKE FOR ASSUMING THAT IT WOULD BE ON THIS MEETING, NOT THE ONE THE DAY AFTER.WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS METERING STATION.
WE ALL HAVE PROPANE, SO THIS DOESN'T BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN ANY WAY.
I UNDERSTAND IT BENEFITS ANNA.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT IT COULD BE PUT IN.
I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON WHY THE P&Z DENIED THE REQUEST, WAS HEARING OUR CONCERNS AND THERE'S OTHER LOCATIONS SO THAT THEY COULD PUT THIS.
I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE AS ALL OF YOU KNOW I'M ON THE EDC BOARD.
YOU GUYS APPOINTED ME ON THAT BOARD.
YOU APPOINTED EVERYBODY ON THE P&Z BOARD, SO I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT JUST THE LOGICAL THING WOULD HAVE BEEN THEY DENIED IT.
LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MEETING OR TALK TO THE P&Z BOARD AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS WERE AND WHY THEY DENIED IT VERSUS JUST APPROVING IT.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS SOMETIMES, BUT I JUST WISH THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSIDERATION THAN JUST DENYING IT THE DAY AFTER THE MEETING WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE NOTES AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT MEETING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MR. STUART BROWN.
>> COUNCILMAN, HELLO. MY NAME IS STUART BROWN.
I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASON THAT MS. KELLY IS BECAUSE OF THE VOTE THAT YOU ALL MADE TO PUT A GAS BREATHING STATION WITHIN 200 FEET OF MY BACKYARD.
THE P&Z COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO DENY THAT.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW YOU GUYS WERE LIED TO AND SO YOUR VOTE TO OVERTURN THAT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT.
YOU WOULD ACTUALLY DECEIVED THREE TIMES DURING THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT LED YOU TO YOUR VOTE.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS HERE TO GIVE YOU THE TRUTH.
NO HALF-TRUCE AND TO TELL YOU WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.
I URGE YOU-ALL TO PLEASE GO BACK AND WATCH BOTH VIDEOS FROM THE LAST TWO P&Z MEETINGS PRIOR TO YOU-ALL'S LAST MEETING BECAUSE THEY HAD TO FULL HEARINGS WITH US AND WITH THAT, MOST THERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR AT MOST SAY THEY STINK, THEY'RE LOUD, AND THEY HAVE CHEMICALS IN IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR UTMOST SAY, "YEAH IT'S EASY FOR US TO PUT THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THIS IS JUST WHERE OUR ENGINEER SAID WE SHOULD PUT IT.
WE CAN PUT IT ANYWHERE ON THIS LINE." YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR UTMOST SAY THAT, "IT PROBABLY WOULD BE BETTER IF WE BUILT THIS SOMEWHERE SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BUY PROPERTY NEXT TO IT, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BUYING." YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR UTMOST SAY, "WELL WE PUT THE FIRST ONE BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS FOR A REASON." THEY WERE HERE AT YOU-ALL'S MEETING.
NOBODY STOOD UP AND SAID ALL THAT.
COUNCILMAN CARVER, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THESE THINGS DON'T STINK.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING.
THEY DECIDED TO LET YOU GO WITH THAT.
THEY DIDN'T SAY "NO, MR. CARVER, MAYBE YOU HAVE IT A LITTLE WRONG." LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU.
MR. PIKE YOU ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION TOWARD THE END.
>> LET ME ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION.
JUST TO BE CLEAR SO WE TURN AROUND IN DEMANDS, WHAT HAPPENS IS WE'RE BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IT DOES NOT HAVE GAS SERVICE, CORRECT?
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY HAS HUNDREDS OF HOUSES IN IT THAT HAVE GAS SERVICE.
I THINK WE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALL OF THE CITY OF ANNA THAT DON'T HAVE GAS SERVICE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT IT IN MY BACKYARD.
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS THRIVING.
THERE'S HOUSES BEING FINISHED EVERY DAY.
IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T DRIVEN OVER THERE, YOU SHOULD GO SEE IT.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND YET YOU ARE TOLD THAT YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW ONE THING.
IF WE DENIED THIS, DOES A HUGE TAX INCENTIVE STOP AND YOU WERE TOLD IT DOES, IT DOESN'T.
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YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPTION TO, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT THING IS CALLED? ORDINANCE. YOU GUYS CAN FILE ANOTHER ORDINANCE TO REVOKE THE PRIOR ORDINANCE.ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT.
YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TO DO AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE.
FOR WHAT? LIFE, PROPERTY, HEALTH.
THIS IS THAT ONLY YOU GUYS HAVE THE CHOICE.
I ASK YOU THE ETHICAL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE PUT UP THERE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT AND TELL THE WORLD, TELL UTILITIES, TELL BUILDERS, IF YOU COME UP HERE AND DON'T TELL US ALL THE TRUTH, YOU'RE NOT GETTING WHAT YOU WANT. IT'S ALL I ASK.
>> THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. RICHARD ESPEROSA.
>> GOOD EVENING. IT'S ACTUALLY ESPINOSA.
>> JUST TO REITERATE WHAT MY NEIGHBORS ARE TELLING YOU.
LIKE, SAY THIS IS A LITTLE BIT SHOCKING TO US.
WE TALKED ABOUT CHEMICALS AND SMELLS AND NOISE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STARTED LOOKING INTO THIS, THEY TALK ABOUT COMPRESSOR STATION HAZARDS AND IT SAYS THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEALTH SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HARM RESULTING FROM NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR STATIONS ARE MANY AND SERIOUS.
SOME OF THESE INCLUDE EXPLOSIONS, FIRES, LEAKS, AND SPILLS.
AND I'VE ONLY BEEN WORKING ON MY SECOND YEAR HERE IN ANNA, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO, THERE WAS NO WAY ON EARTH I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THAT HOUSE WITH A GAS METERING STATION IN MY FRONT YARD IN STEWS BACKYARD.
IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SESSION, WE TALKED ABOUT OR YOU TALKED ABOUT FAMILY, COMMUNITY, CHILDREN, ALL THE NICE THINGS AND I THINK SOMEBODY AT THE LAST SESSION EVEN MADE A COMMENT THAT, WELL, IT'S GOT TO GO IN SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD.
I DON'T WANT IT IN MY BACKYARD.
AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US DESERVE IT.
SO HIGHLY OPPOSED TO THIS WHOLE THING.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BRIAN TASHMAN AND I LIVE AT 3037 CROSSING DRIVE.
AND THIS METERING STATION IS PROPOSED TO GO DIRECTLY BEHIND MY HOUSE.
LIKE EVERYBODY SAID AT THE LAST P&Z MEETING ON THE 7TH, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED DOWN 6 TO NOTHING ALL PANEL MEMBERS DISAPPROVED AND AGREED THIS STATION COULD AND EASILY SHOULD BE MOVED.
THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN FROM ATMOS HERE AS WELL THAT SAID IT COULD EASILY BE MOVED SOMEWHERE ALONG THAT GAS EASEMENT WHICH RUNS MILES AND MILES NORTH OR EAST AND WEST, EXCUSE ME.
THERE'S PLENTY OF AREAS IN ANNA UNINCORPORATED THAT THIS GAS METERING STATIONS CAN BE MOVED TO.
>> AN UNINCORPORATED AREA FOR A CITY DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS AN INCORRECT STATEMENT.
>> THIS METER STATION CAN BE MOVED A LOT OF PLACES EAST OR WEST. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> I CAN, ALONG ITS TRUNK LINE THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
>> SO LIKE I SAID, ATMOS WAS HERE AND AGREE THAT DEMEANOR SESSION DOES NOT HAVE TO GO IN THIS PLACE.
IT WAS JUST A PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS CONVENIENTLY GIVEN OR SOLD TO THEM FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR.
AND THIS THING, I KNOW YOU GUYS WON'T ADMIT IT, BUT YOU WOULDN'T WANT THIS IN YOUR BACKYARD.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR KIDS, I GOT THREE BOYS THAT WE PLAY OUTSIDE IN THE BACKYARD EVERY DAY. THIS THING STINKS.
IT'S GOT CHEMICALS THAT ARE DEADLY AND HARMFUL TO KIDS, IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF IT. I REALLY DON'T.
I CARE ABOUT THE HARMFUL CHEMICALS THAT MY FAMILY IS GOING TO BE EXPOSED TO.
ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING PACKET, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME.
BUT IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 20, WHICH IS EXHIBIT B, IT IS STAMPED IN RED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, APPROVED ON THE 7TH.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE IF YOU ALL MET ON THE 8TH? IT ALSO WAS APPROVED BY P&Z ON THE 8TH,
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BUT OUR MEETING WAS ON THE 7TH AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY DENIED.SO HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY COUNCIL PACKET, AND ON THE P&Z SITEMAP, PAGE 23, THERE'S A RED CIRCLE WITHIN 200 FEET EVERYBODY HAS TO BE NOTIFIED, WHICH WE DID BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A YELLOW CIRCLE.
MY HOUSE IS RIGHT WITHIN THAT YELLOW CIRCLE.
IN MY HOUSE IS THE ONLY ONE IN THAT CIRCLE.
I ASK SO YOU GUYS, PLEASE RECONSIDER AND DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND HOMEWORK ON THIS AND PLEASE RECONSIDER. THANK YOU.
I LIVE AT 3037 CROSSING DRIVE IN ANNA, TEXAS IN URBAN CROSSING ON 117.
THE RESIDENTS OF URBAN CROSSING ATTENDED THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING REGARDING THE PROPOSED GAS MAJORING IN REGULATING STATION OUR CONCERNS WERE HEARD, AND A UNANIMOUS NO WAS VOTED UPON.
WE WERE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THIS WILL BE BROUGHT UP IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TODAY.
SO WE WERE VERY UPSET TO HEAR WHEN THEIR APPROVAL WAS PUT IN PLACE ON 118.
THE GAS METERING AND REGULATING STATION IS GOING TO BE PLACED 20 FEET BEHIND MY LOT.
MY LOT IS SLOPE SO MY THREE YOUNG BOYS PLAY TOWARDS THE BACK OF MY LOT WHERE IT IS FLAT.
AS A REGISTERED NURSE, I RESEARCHED THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF MERCAPTAN, WHICH IS A FOUL-SMELLING GAS THAT IS ADDED TO NATURAL GAS TO DETECT A LEAK.
LOW LEVELS OF MERCAPTAN CAN CAUSE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM COMPLICATIONS INCLUDING HEADACHES, WEAKNESS, DIZZINESS, SEIZURES, AND MEMORY LOSS.
RESPIRATORY IRRITATION, WHICH INCLUDE PULMONARY EDEMA, PNEUMONIA, AND RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS.
PER THE CDC, GAS IS RAPIDLY ABSORBED IN THE LUNGS.
INDIVIDUALS WITH PREEXISTING RESPIRATORY, CARDIAC, NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND LIVER AND PYRAMID ARE MUCH MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO EXPOSURE OF MERCAPTAN.
TWO, MY CHILDREN, MY HUSBAND, AND MYSELF HAVE HISTORY OF ASTHMA.
CHILDREN ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO GAS EXPOSURE DUE TO THEIR HIGHER RESPIRATORY RATES.
OVEREXPOSURE CAN CAUSE FEVER, COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND DOUBLE VISION.
AND A STUDY ON ANIMALS, IT CAUSE INCOORDINATION, LASSITUDE, LIVER AND KIDNEY DISEASE, RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION, AND PULMONARY EDEMA.
THIS IS INFURIATING TO THINK A STRUCTURE THAT COULD CAUSE SUCH HARMFUL HEALTH CONDITIONS WOULD BE ALLOWED NEAR RESONANCE.
MY CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY OUTSIDE AND THEIR PARENTS NOT WORRY ABOUT THE HEALTH EFFECTS THE GAS METERING STATION CAN CAUSE.
WE HAVE LOVED LIVING IN URBAN CROSSING FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS SO MUCH THAT WE BUILT TWO HOMES ON THE SAME STREET.
WE KNEW GROWTH WOULD COME BEHIND OUR HOME, BUT NOT A STRUCTURE THAT COULD CAUSE US SO MUCH MENTAL ANGUISH OVER THE WORRY OF IMPENDING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
I VISITED ANOTHER MNR STATION LOCATED OFF MANCHESTER ROAD AND WILLOW WOOD THAT IS LOCATED IN A BRAND-NEW COMMUNITY.
THESE RESIDENTS CHOSE TO BUY THEIR HOMES KNOWING AN MNR STATION WOULD BE LOCATED IN THEIR BACKYARDS.
WE ASKED YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER LOCATING THIS GAS METERING AND REGULATING STATION TO AN OPEN AREA AWAY FROM RESIDENTS THAT MAY CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M TOM LONGMAN.
I LIVE AT 3032 TWO CROSSING DRIVE.
MY NEIGHBORS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, HAVEN'T THEY, SHARING WITH YOU OUR CONCERNS? I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW MORE.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO BE ANTAGONISTIC OR INSULTING.
WE'D LIKE YOU TO LISTEN TO US AND HEAR AND UNDERSTAND WHY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE DENIED THIS REQUEST UNANIMOUSLY.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF MERCAPTAN? HAVE YOU EVER SMELLED MERCAPTAN? SHE TALKED ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS OF IT.
BY THE WAY, 20 YEARS I SPENT WITH BP, RETIRED AS VICE PRESIDENT, I SPEAK WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THIS SUBJECT.
ATMOS TOLD US AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH MERCAPTAN HERE THAT THEY ONLY HAVE TO TREAT THIS AGAIN AT 18 MONTHS, 18 MONTHS WORTH OF A TOXIC, DEADLY, FLAMMABLE, EXPLOSIVE CHEMICAL IN OUR BACKYARD.
AS RYAN SAID, HE'S WITHIN THAT 300 RANGE.
HIS WHOLE HOUSE ALMOST SITS WITHIN IT.
MY GRANDKIDS WILL SIT WITH IT.
THOSE KIDS ARE BACK THERE IN THAT BACKYARD.
ATMOS DID NOT TELL YOU THAT THIS WAS A CHEMICAL INJECTION STATION.
THEY TOLD YOU IT'S A METERING STATION.
A METERING STATION LIKE THE ONE THAT THEY TOLD YOU AS AN EXAMPLE, IN MCKINNEY,
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WHICH IS 15 MILES AWAY BY THE WAY AND SERVES A HUGE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY, DOES NOT INJECT MERCAPTAN AT THAT LOCATION.IT SIMPLY IS A METERING STATION.
THIS IS A CHEMICAL INJECTION STATION AS WELL.
THEY COULD NOT TELL US IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER CHEMICALS THERE.
THE OTHER CHEMICAL THAT MIGHT BE THERE, BY THE WAY, IS ETHYLENE GLYCOL, WHICH IS ALSO DEADLY.
THEY USE THAT TO KEEP IT FROM FREEZING.
AGAIN, I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE.
THEY PROBABLY ALSO DID NOT TELL YOU THAT THIS METERING STATION WILL SERVE NOT ONLY THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF 75, BUT ON THE EAST SIDE OF 75, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS GOING IN THERE IN MANTUA.
NOW, IF IT'S SERVING THE EAST SIDE OF 75 AND MANTUA, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE IN THAT LOCATION? IT CAN BE ANYWHERE.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY LOCATION WHERE IT COULD BE, AS IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT, THERE'S MILES AND MILES OF GAS LINE.
IT'S GOING TO BE ALONG A FORELEG FUTURE.
YOU TALKED ABOUT ROSEMOUNT EARLIER, I BELIEVE, A FOUR-LANE ROAD THAT WILL CURVE RIGHT BY THERE, WHICH WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR AUTO ACCIDENTS.
AGAIN, 18 MONTHS WORTH OF EXPLOSIVE TOXIC CHEMICALS IN OUR BACKYARD.
THEY TOLD YOU OR THEY TOLD THE PLANNING ZONING COMMITTEE THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE GAS SERVICE TO URBAN CROSSING.
THEY WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE GAS SERVICE TO URBAN CROSSING, THEY DENIED IT.
MR URBAN CONFIRMED THAT WITH ME TODAY.
WE SINCERELY ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER.
I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF AS PRESIDENT OF THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION ON BEHALF OF THOSE FOLKS THAT CAN'T BE HERE BECAUSE IT'S A HOLIDAY. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS BENJAMIN ISO FROM 3040 CROSSING DRIVE, SIMILAR TO ALL MY NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE SPOKEN.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME MESSAGING YOU'RE GOING TO GET AS WELL.
BUT I WANT TO SAY I CAME HERE AS AN IMMIGRANT, MY DAD CAME HERE AS AN IMMIGRANT.
I MOVED TO THE CITY ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO BECAUSE I LOVED WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS CITY, BUT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS ROOM ON NOVEMBER 8TH, THOUGH.
I HAD A LOT OF TRUST AND FAITH IN ALL OF YOU THAT I VOTED FOR, WHERE I VOTED TWICE FOR SOME OF YOU AS WELL.
I HAVE FAITH AND I TRUSTED THE PROCESS WOULD WORK.
WHEN WE FIRST, THE MOMENT THAT WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS ATMOS AND THIS METERING STATION PROJECT BASICALLY, WHICH IS LITERALLY ABOUT 300 FEET FROM MY HOUSE, I HAVE EXPRESSED MY CONCERN, AND OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN, I'VE BEEN DOING MY PART AS A TAX-PAYING CITIZEN OF THE CITY BY FOLLOWING AND RESPECTING THE PROCESS.
ON OCTOBER 4TH, I EMAILED THE CITY THE FORM THAT THEY REQUIRED, STATING MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT.
TWELVE OF MY NEIGHBORS DID EXACTLY THE SAME AND I WAS PLEASED THAT THE CITY WAS WILLING TO HEAR MY VOICE, OUR VOICE, AND I TOLD MYSELF TRUST THE PROCESS.
WE FOUND THAT THIS MATTER WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE P&Z COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH, ME AND MY NEIGHBORS SHOWED UP.
WE EXPRESSED OUR OPPOSITION AND PRESENTED OUR REASONS, ATMOS WAS THERE.
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE [NOISE] P&Z COMMISSION ASKED QUESTIONS TO ATMOS REGARDING THE CONCERNS WE WERE RAISING AS WELL.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THEY COULD NOT ANSWER, NOT ONE OF THEM.
NOT ONE QUESTION WAS LEGIBLY ANSWERED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE P&Z COMMISSION, WHICH WAS THE REASON WHY UNANIMOUSLY ALL SIX OF THEM DENIED THE SPECIAL USE PERMITTING.
AGAIN, I WAS PLEASED THAT THE CITY WAS WILLING TO HEAR MY VOICE, OUR VOICE AND AGAIN, I TOLD MYSELF TRUST THE PROCESS.
SINCE THE NEXT DAY, WE HEARD ABOUT THE NOVEMBER 8TH MEETING, WE WATCHED THE VIDEO, I WAS SORELY DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.
SINCE NONE OF US COULD MAKE THE MEETING, WE ALL REALIZED LATER WHAT HAD HAPPENED OBVIOUSLY, AND THIS BLATANT INTENTIONAL DISREGARD OF WHAT OUR VOICES WERE, WHAT THE P&Z COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY STATED THAT EVENING AS WELL.
THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WAS FOR YOU TO JUST AT LEAST POSTPONE THE AGENDA ITEM ON NOVEMBER 8TH OF JUST TO UNDERSTAND FURTHER FROM THE CITIZENS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED DIRECTLY BY THIS TO GET A BETTER FEELING IN TERMS OF, HOW SHOULD WE VOTE ON THIS THING.
JUST LIKE STEVE SAID, ATMOS GAVE YOU A LOT OF HOT AIR.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU GUYS HAD TO GO ON SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATION WHAT THEY DID,
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BUT THAT WAS ELECTION NIGHT.THERE'S MANY OF US THAT WERE EITHER OUT VOTING OR SUPPORTING OUR PARTIES IN TERMS OF VOLUNTEERING ON A NUMBER OF THINGS AND WE COULD NOT MAKE IT, SO WE COULDN'T COUNT OR WHAT THEY WERE PROVIDING TO YOU, SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE ON THE P&Z COMMISSION.
TONIGHT, YOU GUYS HONORED A GREAT MAN IN TERMS OF MR BUDDY HAYES AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RENAMING THAT ROAD TO.
I THINK HIS LEGACY OF BEING 21 YEARS ON THIS COUNCIL SPEAKS A LOT AND I URGE YOU ALL TO TAKE THAT SAME LEGACY, CARRY IT FORWARD, WORK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND FOR THE CITIZENS THAT ELECTED YOU AND ARE WORKING FOR YOU IN THIS CITY AS WELL.
LIKE MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, HAVE SAID AND MAYOR PIKE, YOU MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THEY NEED TO FIND A LOCATION THAT'S RIGHT ALONG THE TRUNK.
THEY'VE GOT ONE RIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE, ABOUT 2,500 FEET, ON THE EAST SIDE OF 75, RIGHT OVER ON ROSEMOUNT, JUST GO STRAIGHT ON ROSEMOUNT OVER THE HIGHWAY WHERE THE BIG OLD ANTENNA TOWER IS, RIGHT UNDER THERE, THERE'S A WONDERFUL SPOT AND THE TRUNK CARRIES RIGHT ALONG THAT ROAD RIGHT THERE.
THEY CAN DIP INTO IT WITHOUT ANY ISSUES.
THERE'S NO OTHER RESIDENTIAL TYPE OF PROPERTY THAT'S COMING UP RIGHT BESIDE, SO THEY HAVE OPTIONS AND THEY'RE WILLING TO CONSIDER THOSE.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE CONSIDER OUR REQUESTS.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER NEIGHBOR COMMENTS?
>> I JUST HAD A SPECIFIC QUESTION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, I CAN'T RESPOND DIRECTLY.
EITHER TO KERRY OR JIM, WAS THAT MEETING PROPERLY NOTICED AS REQUIRED BY LAW? WAS THE THREE WITHIN THE 72 HOURS IT WAS POSTED SO THERE WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY?
>> THE MEETING WAS PROBABLY NOTICED IF YOU RECALL.
>> WHEN THIS TOPIC CAME UP ORIGINALLY TO YOU GUYS, IT WAS TABLED TO THAT MEETING IN A PUBLIC MEETING AND IT WAS PROPERLY NOTICED.
IN FACT, IT WAS PROBABLY FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE ACTION THAT YOU GUYS TOOK.
MOVING ON TO ITEM 5 REPORTS RECEIVED,
[5. Reports]
REPORTS FROM STAFF OR THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS.[NOISE] I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS EVENING REAL QUICKLY.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE CITY FACILITIES, AS A REMINDER, WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
THURSDAY ROUTES FOR TRASH SERVICES WILL BE PICKED UP ON FRIDAY, THE 25TH AND FRIDAY ROUTES WILL BE PICKED UP ON SATURDAY, THE 26TH.
IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE FRIDAY ROUTES, WHICH I'M IN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE TO OUR NEIGHBORS THAT IT WILL BE AT DAY LATE.
THE ANNA TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, CRUISING WITH CLAWS HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE 2022 IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY.
TOY DRIVE BENEFITS ANNA ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, YOU MAY BE SEEN AS YOU'RE OUT.
I SAW SOME IN WALMART THIS WEEKEND.
THOSE BOXES ARE THERE SO WE APPRECIATE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP THE SUCCESS OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN ANNA.
OUR RECREATION GUIDE IS NOW AVAILABLE.
THE GIFT OF AN EXPERIENCE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THAT OUT, AT ANNATEXAS.GOV/RECGUIDE FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, OUR CITY MANAGER, JIM PROCE, IS GOING TO HAVE A BREAKFAST HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AND HAVE SOME FRIENDLY CONVERSATION.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST UPCOMING PROJECTS OR THINGS CURRENTLY GOING ON, JIM WILL BE HERE TO GREET NEIGHBORS AND HAVE BREAKFAST WITH THEM AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
WELL, ACTUALLY, AND I THINK WE'LL TOUCH ON THIS AGAIN BUT DECEMBER 3RD IS ALSO THE KICKOFF DATE FOR 12 DAYS OF ANNA HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.
MORE INFORMATION OF COURSE ON THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
ITEM B, THIS EVENING IS RECREATION PROGRAM AND EVENTS REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 12 DAYS OF ANNA PROGRAM, SO I'LL [LAUGHTER] TURN IT OVER TO MR. FREE FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
>> MAYOR COUNCIL JEFFREY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING.
AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE OUR RECREATION GUIDE THAT IS OUT.
ALSO THIS WEEK, OUR NEIGHBORS COULD ANTICIPATE THE POSTCARD THAT WILL HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE FREE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
A LINK TO OUR REC GUIDE AS WELL.
ON THERE, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT DAYS.
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WE'VE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THERE WHAT THEY HAVE GOING ON.WE PUT THAT IN RECORDS SO OPERATIONS SANTA, ALSO, THE TOY DRIVE IS IN THERE.
OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING THAT WILL BE FROM 5:00 P.M.
TO 8:00 P.M. YOU COULD SEE THE CHRISTMAS TREE IS OUT THERE ALREADY AND THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING EVERYTHING SYNCED UP ALONG WITH OUR FIREWORK SHOW THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THAT EVENING.
WE'LL HAVE FREE ACTIVITIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE FROM 5-6 P.M. AROUND SIX, 6:15 IS WHEN WE'LL START THE CEREMONY AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LIVE REINDEER FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE PICTURES WITH SANTA AND SOME OTHER PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES.
ALSO HIGHLIGHTED WILL BE THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND ON DECEMBER THE 10TH AND 11TH, WE WILL HAVE AN ICE SKATING RINK.
IT'S SYNTHETIC ICE; IT WILL BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TREE.
THAT WILL BE FREE TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
THAT WILL BE 10:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. BOTH DAYS.
THEN ALSO THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT COMPETITION IS WHAT CLOSES THIS THINGS OUT AND OUR CODE DIVISION WILL BE WORKING ON THAT AND MAKING IT A PART OF THE WE NOTICE CAMPAIGN.
ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IS WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AND BEING A BOARDS, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORS IF THEY PICK UP A COPY OR IF THEY LOOK ONLINE WE DO HAVE ON PAGE 11, WILL BE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THAT WILL JUST LET NEIGHBORS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS PARKS AND PROJECTS GOING ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE.
WE'RE JUST USING IT AS AN INFORMATION GUIDE, NOT ONLY TO THE FUN STUFF THAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMING, BUT ALSO WHAT THEY'RE SEEING HAPPENING IN THEIR PARKS AROUND THE CITY.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO ANNOUNCE THOSE, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT.
>> ITEM C IS YOURS, I BELIEVE AS WELL.
>> YES, SO MY SECOND ITEM, WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO BEFORE I GET INTO THE RECOGNITIONS, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PLAY THAT.
[MUSIC] ON SATURDAY WE HAD A CEREMONY AND THAT MORNING I HAD COME ACROSS THE QUOTE.
THE QUOTE IS, IT IS NOT MORE BIGNESS THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL.
WE MUST ATTEMPT RATHER TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO THE WARMTH OF COMMUNITY, TO THE WORTH OF INDIVIDUAL EFFORT AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO BETTER THEIR LIVES AND THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS LAST WEEKEND, I THINK SHOULD BE VERY SYMBOLIC IN THAT IT'S ABOUT TWO YEARS SINCE OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT WAS AT FORMED.
IT ALL STARTED IN HERE AND BY CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT DECISION TO TAKE THE STEP FORWARD
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FOR THE RECREATION ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY OF ANNA.I THINK IT'S SYMBOLIC IN THIS LAST WEEK AND ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER, WE CONCLUDED AN AWARD CEREMONY HERE FOR OUR FIRST YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM.
THAT'S MEANT A WHOLE LOT TO ME AND BEING HERE LAST TWO YEARS AND I KNOW IT MEANS THAT EVERYTHING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT QUOTE EMBODIES EVERYTHING AND PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER.
I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT FOR TAKING THOSE STEPS FORWARD TO MAKING ALL THIS HAPPEN.
I ALSO WANTED TO BRIEFLY THANK OUR STAFF, LEAH AND MATT, AND HIS CREW FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND MAKING THE FIELDS AND THE LEAGUE POSSIBLE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS RECOGNIZE THE COACHES THAT MADE IT ALL HAPPEN.
WE HAD EIGHT FOUR-YOU COACHES AND FOUR SIX-YOU COACHES.
THE PROGRAM REALLY COULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THEM STEPPING FORWARD FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU BECAUSE AS WE BUILD PROGRAMMING AND WE TRY TO EXTEND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN AS THAT QUOTE SAID, AND THE WARMTH THAT BRINGS.
WE MAY HAVE HAD ONE LEAVE THAT ARE HERE TO REPRESENT OUR LEAGUE, AND I PROMISE YOU WE DID INVITE OTHER COACHES BECAUSE THAT'S MY WIFE, SO WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I GUESS IF THE VOLUNTEER COACHES WANT TO COME UP TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THEIR EFFORTS IN ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND AGAIN, FOLLOWING THAT TORCH AND CREATING ACTIVITIES FOR OUR YOUTHS.
THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEER COACHES.
>> THERE'S IS A REPORT ON THE NOVEMBER 21ST PARKS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.
>> [LAUGHTER] YES. THIS ITEM IS TO COVER OUR PARKS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING THAT WAS YESTERDAY.
PRIOR TO THAT MEETING IN OCTOBER MEETING, THE BOARD DID ELECT THEIR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND THEIR SECRETARY.
THAT WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING THAT THEY WERE TAKING PLACE IN THOSE ROLES, BUT YESTERDAY IN THE MEETING, WE DID COVER DIFFERENT PARKS MAINTENANCE UPDATES AS FAR AS PROJECTS GOING ON WITH MATT AND HIS CREW, AND WE ALSO GAVE A RECREATION, PROGRAMMING, AND EVENTS UPDATE.
MANY OTHER STUFF THAT WE COVERED IN ITEM A.
WE ALSO HAD OUR PARKS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, DAN WALKER PROVIDED UPDATES ON SOME OF THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE DO HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING THOSE DETAILED IN OUR GUIDE AS WELL.
WE ALSO COVERED AN AREA CALLED TELLING OUR STORY.
WE WANTED TO GET THE PARK'S BOARD INVOLVED IN PRESENTING IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN REACH OUR NEIGHBORS AS FAR AS GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT.
SOME OF THEM HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO GO OUT AND TAKE THEM TO VARIOUS STORES, BUT ALSO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HOW WE CAN BETTER TELL OUR STORY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PROGRAMMING AND OUR PARKS AND GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
THEY HAVE THE MINDSET OF THE NEIGHBORS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP US GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT AND ALSO DELIVERING IT.
THERE'S SOME ITEMS IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL REALLY ENGAGE IN THEM TO HELP US TELL OUR STORY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEEK AND SEE WHICH ONES THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SO THAT THE NEIGHBORS THAT AREN'T ACCESSING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION ARE ABLE TO ACCESS IT, BUT ALSO SO THAT THEY CAN BE JUST PRIDEFUL OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, WHETHER IT BE DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS OR OUR PROGRAMS AND EVERYBODY IS A PART OF THE PROCESS, SO WE DISCUSSED THAT.
THEN THE LAST ITEM THAT THEY COVERED WAS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT WE ALSO DID LET THEM KNOW.
ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE ON THE CONSENT IS FOR THE FIRST STEPS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTERS.
IF APPROVED AND WE DID DISCUSS HOW THEY POTENTIALLY COULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR DECISION AND THAT IS THE REPORT I HAVE FOR OUR PARTS ADVISORY BOARD.
>> I LIKE TO SAY THE LAST NIGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERACTIVE PARK'S MEETINGS WE'VE HAD.
I EQUATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK IS BEING LIKE A SEED.
YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF THE GROWTH AT FIRST.
ACTUALLY FOR QUITE A WHILE IF YOU'RE IN THE FARMING AND WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF ALL OF THAT.
CULTIVATING AN EFFORT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE RECEIVED QUESTIONS.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SPEND THE BOARD MONEY AND CIRCLE BACK TO THIS TIME NEXT YEAR AND LOOK BACK AND SAY,
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WOW, LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AS A CITY AND A PARKS AND IN A COMMUNITY.THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU, MARK DALY.
>> I NEED UPDATE FROM THE NOVEMBER 1ST DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMISSION.
THIS IS JUST A RECAP FROM OUR NOVEMBER I APOLOGIZE.
AT OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING, THE BOARD ASKED THAT WE GET SOME FURTHER DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ON WHAT THEY VIEW AS THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE BOARD, AS WELL AS SOME FEEDBACKS AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THEY HAD IDEAS ABOUT BEFORE THEY WENT ON TO MEET WITH YOU.
THE BOARD WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ON THE SAME PAGE OR THEY KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS THEY WERE GOING TO ASK JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S TIME MOST EFFICIENT.
FOR NOVEMBER, WE TALKED INTERNALLY ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD SAW AS IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD.
THEY TALKED ABOUT FOUR KEY PARTS OF WHAT THE BOARD POTENTIALLY WOULD DO, RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF THE DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE DESIRE TO FOSTER INCLUSION AS OUR CITY GROWS.
THEN TWO OTHER THINGS. THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A MORE FULLY ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
THEN THE ENHANCEMENT OF EVERYONE'S CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY HERE AND THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING.
THE BOARD ALSO TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN POTENTIALLY DOING SOMETHING LIKE A YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT DAY, AN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY, AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON NEW NEIGHBORS.
A CULMINATION OF A COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIST, POTENTIALLY TALKING ABOUT TRANSIT FOR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS AND DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS.
SOMETHING RELATED TO SISTER CITIES, WHICH IS A INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
OTHER THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT AS WELL FURTHER ALONG IN THE FUTURE COULD BE BOARD RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT, THINGS RELATED TO PUBLIC ARTS, ETC.
THE BOARD ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW OFTEN THEY MEET AND WHETHER THEY'D RATHER THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS A BOARD THAT MEETS MONTHLY OR A BOARD THAT MEETS WHEN THEY'RE CALLED, FOR INSTANCE, WITH SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD ASSIGN LIKE THE STATUTE DISCUSSION.
LET ME THINK, AND THEIR PREFERENCE IS TO MEET MONTHLY.
THEY THINK IT'S A BETTER FORMAT.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT FORMULA OR THAT FORMAT IS WORKING, THEY THINK IN SOME WAYS THAT MIGHT TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT THEY DO WITH THE ACTUAL BOARD MEETINGS.
THAT MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENT JUST TO DO IT ALL ALTOGETHER, BUT THEY DID WANT TO SAY THEY LOVE TALKING TO CHIEF HEBLE AND SO THEY REALLY WANT TO KEEP THAT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
LET ME SEE. THEN WITH THAT UPDATE, I INVITE COUNCIL TO OUR DECEMBER 6TH MEETING.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF IT HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE THERE SO IT'S POSTED CORRECTLY.
>> GO AHEAD AND POST IT [INAUDIBLE].
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, KIM. I JUST HAD A QUICK, DANNY, YOU ARE THE LIAISON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> WELL, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING ON BOARD AND TRYING TO GET THE WAY MEGAN ACCOUNT REST OF THE COUNCIL FOR THIS BOARD AGO.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME FEW MEMBERS OUT AND THINGS, BUT THEY'RE COMING AROUND AND WE'RE HELD WHEN DECEMBER EVERYBODY ELSE SHALL COME TO THE MEETING AND GET IT GOING.
>> ITEM 6 CONSENT ITEMS, THESE ITEMS CONSISTENT,
[6. Consent Items]
NON-CONTROVERSIAL, OR HOUSEKEEPING OUT AS REQUIRED BY LAW? COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM F THIS EVENING.I WANT TO PULL OUT E, G, H, AND L
>> COUNCIL, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS PULLED THIS EVENING, E, F, G, H, AND L, THEY HAVE A MOTION AND THE OTHER CONSENT ITEMS.
>> I MOVE. WE APPROVE A, THROUGH D, I, J, K, AND M.
>> MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM DO YOU HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. BY COUNCILMAN US. THREE. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. MOTION PASSES ITEM E, APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 23 OPERATING BUDGET AND
[6E. Approve an Ordinance Amending the FY2023 Operating Budget and Community Investment Program (CIP) Budget to appropriate funding for additional staffing, the Downtown Plaza, and the Wheeled Sports Park. (Budget Manager Terri Doby)]
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING, THE DOWNTOWN PLAZA, AND WILL SPORTS PARK.>> [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE] YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
>> WELL, I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY 763,000 DOLLARS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHUNK OF CHANGE THERE.
MY FIRST QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE TOP ITEM,
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THE 163,000 FOR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.MY UNDERSTANDING MIGHT BE THAT, THAT, WILL THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE EDC.
>> NO, SIR. UNTIL THE POSITION EDC IS FILLED, THE EMPLOYEE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THAT.
>> THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO BENEFIT OR LOSS OF SERVICE [OVERLAPPING]
>> IN FACT, THE EDC WILL PROBABLY BENEFIT BY THIS IN SOME BECAUSE OF THE TRANSITION.
MY INTENT IS THAT 40 HOURS A WEEK STILL GOES TO THE EDC REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE PAY IS COMING FROM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S KEPT HOLD.
WE'RE NOT LEAVING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POSITION OVER THERE, SO AS SOON AS THAT'S FILLED, THEN THE TRANSITION WILL BE COMPLETE.
THERE'LL BE SOME OVERLAP. IT'S IN THE SAME SUITE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE GROUPS.
>> I WAS JUST MAKING SURE BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT POOL.
>> THE OTHER TWO ITEMS ARE ONES THAT WE HAD WORK SESSION ITEMS THAT WE PROCEEDED FORWARD WITH DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. ACTUALLY, ALL THREE ITEMS.
>> THOSE ARE PART OF THE REST OF IT AS WELL.
I CAN GET THROUGH THOSE IN A SECOND.
THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT F AS WELL.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM E?
>> [INAUDIBLE] HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM E.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM E, DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> COUNCIL PETE CAIN, PUT THE SECOND ON ITEM E. ALL IN FAVOR?
ITEM F IS APPROVED RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A DEPOSITORY BANK SOLICITATION POLICY.
[6F. Approve a Resolution establishing a Depository Bank Solicitation Policy. (Finance Director Alan Guard)]
MR. GUARD, GOOD EVENING.I HAD JUST ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS.
I NOTICED THAT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> YES. THE ORIGINAL POLICY THAT WAS PASSED, I WANT TO SAY 2015, LIMITED US TO BANKS WITHIN 7 MILES OF THIS BUILDING.
WE'RE WORKING WITH VALUE CONSULTING ON THE, THEY CALL IT AN RFA AND THEY SUGGEST IN ORDER TO GET MORE BANKS INTERESTED IN PUTTING IN A PROPOSAL THAT WE OPEN THAT UP.
THEY PROVIDED LANGUAGE FOR A POLICY AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTION AND THIS IS SOMETHING THEY DO WITH MOST OF THEIR CLIENTS.
IF WE LIMIT IT, WE'RE LIMITING IT BASICALLY TO FOUR BANKS.
>> I READ SOME OF THE LANGUAGE.
THE ONLY CONCERNS THAT I HAD, IT SEEMS VERY BROAD AND OPENING.
I THINK ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT WITH 20 OR 30 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF TAXPAYER MONEY IS TO KEEP IT LOCAL LIKE MAYBE OPEN IT UP WITH A RANGE THOUGH.
THE METROPLEX IS 60-MILE RADIUS.
THE ONE THING THAT I DID SEE THAT ALARMED ME A LITTLE BIT IS JUST THE FACT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE OPENING IT UP PRETTY BROADLY ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I STILL FEEL LIKE, IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH RIGHTS AT BANKS, RELATIONSHIPS MATTER TO SOME DEGREE, BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD OPEN IT UP FOR SOME OF THE LARGER INSTITUTIONS IN THE METROPLEX TO BE ABLE TO BID ON THOSE SERVICES.
THE REASON I MENTIONED THAT I'M A HOMETOWN GUY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP IN THREE YEARS AND FIND OUT ALL THE CITY OF ANNA'S MONEY IS WITH FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN LAREDO, TEXAS.
>> I THINK THE INTENT BEING THAT BROAD IS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSALS AND SO WE CAN DECIDE WHAT CRITERIA WE USE THEM TO PICK.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE A POLICE OFFICER DRIVE TO THE LAREDO TO MAKE A DEPOSIT EITHER [LAUGHTER] AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE THE ONES DRIVING OUR DEPOSITS TO INDEPENDENT BANKS.
I THINK WE USE THE PROCESS TO NARROW IT DOWN THAT WAY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO MAYBE MCKINNEY MIGHT BE AS ABOUT AS FAR AS WE REALLY WOULD WANT TO GO, BUT WE CAN USE OUR CRITERIA TO SET THOSE LIMITS SO THAT IT'S REASONABLE.
>> THIS IS JUST TO START THAT CONSULTING PROCESS.
>> THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD ON ITEM F. I'LL MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM F.
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE, MAYOR I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> MAYBE MR. GUARD, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO DEFINE THE INITIAL SET OF
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PROPOSALS TO BE FROM BANKS TO RESIDE WITHIN COLLIN COUNTY OR HAVE PRESENCE WITHIN COLLIN COUNTY?>> IF YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT TO THE POLICY AND THEN PASS THAT AMENDMENT, THEN WE'LL AMEND THE POLICY TO SAY THAT.
>> BECAUSE THE CURRENT POLICY, WHAT IT REQUIRES IS BASICALLY THE ONLY DEPOSITS THAT CAN BE MADE ARE WITHIN INDEPENDENT TEXAS BANK, WILL SOON BE LAMAR BANK AND ANNA.
IT'S LOCAL TO ANNA, WHICH I UNDERSTAND.
THE INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING COMPETITIVE WITH INTEREST RATES, WHEREAS WE'RE LIMITED WITH ONLY TWO OR THREE, BUT MY CONCERN IS OPENING UP TOO FAR AND THEN WE LOSE ALL OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND WE'RE TRANSFERRING MONEY ONLINE ALL THE TIME, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T PRICE OUR SELF OUT OF THE RELATIONSHIP MARKET AS WELL. [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE WOULD WELCOME THAT AMENDMENT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE IT.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM F.
>> SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL IN FAVOR?
ITEM G, APPROVE RESOLUTION ON AN AGREEMENT FOR
[6G. Approve a Resolution on an agreement for project initiation services for an indoor recreation facility with Project Advocates. (Director of Public Works Greg Peters, P.E.)]
PROJECT INITIATION SERVICES FOR AN INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY WITH PROJECT ADVOCATES.>> THE ONLY THING I HAD ON THIS ITEM IS PRECISELY WHAT STAN WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT THERE'S 70,000 DOLLARS COMING OUT OF THE BOND FUNDS AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE MONEY, I JUST DON'T WANT TO JUST GENERALLY SEE THAT IN A CONSENT ITEM, I'D RATHER HAVE IT PULLED OUT, SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I REALLY DID THAT, SO I DON'T REALLY NEED TO PRESENTATIONS [LAUGHTER] IT'S ALL GREAT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE WE APPROVE ON THAT.
>> FOR ALL BOND-RELATED ITEMS, WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO BE AUCTIONIZED BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE FOR YOU.
>> I CAN'T OBVIOUSLY MAKE A UNILATERAL DECISION, BUT I WOULD RATHER SEE IT UPFRONT.
>> VERY AGREEABLE WITH THAT CONSIDERING THAT IS THE TAXPAYERS' BALLOT THAT VOTED IT THROUGH.
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THOSE THINGS AS INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM WHEN WE'RE MAKING THOSE LARGE PURCHASES.
>> JIM AND I'D ASK ONE OF THE THING WHENEVER OUR BOARDS ARE REPRESENTING, IF THEY LIKE TONIGHT, WITH MR. FREEZE IF THEY COULD JUST GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS.
>> WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS DOING FOCUS UPDATES ON [INAUDIBLE] ON A PERIODIC BASIS, SO YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE OF THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM G? HAVE MOTION ON ITEM G.
>> MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM. I'VE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN. ALL IN FAVOR?
ITEM H, APPROVAL RESOLUTION FOR A CONTRACT WITH KEEGAN AND PERKINS FOR LANDSCAPE,
[6H. Approve a Resolution for a contract with Teague Nall & Perkins for landscape architecture professional services on the Municipal Complex Plaza. (Director of Public Works, P.E.)]
ARCHITECTURE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ON THE UNITS FOR COMPLEX PLAZA.>> WHILE THIS ISN'T A BOND NECESSARILY RELATED ISSUE, IT IS ALMOST 141,000 DOLLARS.
IT'S COMING FROM THE EXCESS GENERAL FUND.
I'M REALLY BASICALLY JUST WANTING TO GET THIS STUFF OUT IN THE OPEN.
ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE MUNICIPAL PROJECT OR FIRE STATION, LARGE NUMBERS LIKE THAT.
>> THIS ONE AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN A WORK SESSION LAST MEETING INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S JUST OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW HERE, SO AS WE FINISH OUT THIS COMPLEX, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE LIBRARY AND THE EVENT SPACE OVER HERE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND I'M POINTING TO IT FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE AND IN THE AREA IS RIGHT OVER HERE TO MAKE IT A CIVIC AREA THAT'LL WIND UP BEING LANDSCAPE FOR AN ADVANCE LAWN, IF YOU WILL.
A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN USSERY. ALL IN FAVOR?
[6L. Approve a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a construction agreement with SPA Skateparks for the construction of a skatepark at Slayter Creek Park. (Neighborhood Services)]
APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH SBA SKATEPARK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SKATE PARK AT SLAYTER CREEK PARK.>> A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE THE SAME THING, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE OVERSHOT THIS BUDGET BY $300,000.
AGAIN, THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN CAIN HAD AN ISSUE WITH THAT,
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I DO AS WELL.I'M OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE IT CAME OUT THAT WAY, BUT AGAIN, IF I HAVEN'T BEAT THIS DRUM ENOUGH, I WANT THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S COMING,1.5 COMES OUT OF THE PARK BOND FUND AND 300,000 IS COMING FROM THIS, JUST SO WE GET IT OUT THERE, THAT'S IT.
>> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE ITEM.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN, ALL IN FAVOR?
7A IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE
[7. Items For Individual Consideration (Part 2 of 2)]
FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMANENT SUP FOR A HOTEL ON ONE LOT ON 2.9 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF STANDRIDGE BOULEVARD.SHOULD I SAY MOTOR HOTEL? 1,040 PLUS OR MINUS FEET NORTH OF SUSIE LANE. MISS PANKY?
>> THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A HOTEL.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, POSSIBLY PART OF THE ORIGINAL PD, A HOTEL WAS REQUIRED BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NOW, THIS LOCATION, ONE ANNA TWO, IS A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ALONG THE 75 FRONTAGE ROAD.
THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL IS GOING TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF FUTURE STANDRIDGE BOULEVARD, WHICH WOULD BE ACROSS THE STREET FROM VILLAGES OF HURRICANE CREEK SUBDIVISION, SOUTH OF THE VILLAGES OF HURRICANE CREEK MULTI FAMILY, AND NORTH OF THE MEDICAL OFFICES.
THERE'S NOTHING PLANNED CURRENTLY TO THE EAST OF THIS PROPERTY.
SPECIFIC USE PERMITS, THE PURPOSE OF THEM ARE FOR P&Z AND COUNSEL TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT IT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE.
IN THIS CASE, IT IS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO US HIGHWAY 75, AND THEN THE HOTEL WILL SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS UNANIMOUS, AND STAFF BELIEVES THAT DUE TO THE LOCATION THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE.
>> THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARINGS OPEN AT 07:39 P.M., A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM ME REGARDING THIS.
FIRST-OFF, I SEE AN ENTITLEMENT REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND WHEN I SEE THE WORDS MOTOR HOTEL IT REMINDS ME OF A MOTEL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE, BASED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA AS TO WHAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED OR IS THIS A SPECIFIC ZONING REQUEST?
>> I DO HAVE THE APPLICANTS PRESENTATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING, IT AS A PROTOTYPE FOR WYNDHAM, IT WOULD BE A FOUR-STORY BUILDING.
>> WAS IT A FOUR OR A THREE STORY? I REMEMBER WHAT THEY PRESENTED AT P&Z.
>> YOU'RE CORRECT, IT'S THREE STORIES.
>> BECAUSE I REMEMBER THEY SAID SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT THIS PICTURE AND THAT IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.
>> WHAT IS IN PLACE UNDER THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THAT AVOIDS US FROM A TWO-STORY PRODUCT WITH OUTDOOR ACCESS?
>> WELL, WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IT CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE, IT CAN'T BE LESS RESTRICTIVE.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS FOR THIS USE, YOU CAN PUT THAT ON THERE.
>> WHAT I DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO AND JUST SO THE COUNCIL'S AWARE OF, I DID ONE OF THESE PROJECTS A COUPLE OF YEARS OF CONCEPT PLAN THAT WENT REALLY WRONG.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS PEOPLE THAT WANT ENTITLEMENTS, THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW THE PICTURE, THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO PULL A PERMIT IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS AND START BUILDING IT.
I DON'T SEE THAT HERE, AND THAT CONCERNS ME.
THEY COME IN WITH PROPOSED TWO-STORY XYZ ECONOMY MOTEL AND PUT THE SAME THING ON THERE UNLESS WE ARE RESTRICTIVE IN THAT PERMIT AND THAT ACCESS TO PULLING THAT PERMIT.
>> WHEN YOU SAY MOTOR HOTEL, THAT IS A LITTLE DECEPTIVE.
I INSTANTLY WENT TO THE SAME PLACE THE MAYOR DID, I THOUGHT, OH, MAN. BUT [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THOSE DEFINITIONS CAN BE MODIFIED.
>> BUT WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY SPECIFIC ABOUT THESE TYPE OF ISSUES THAT WE WANT PLANS AND WE WANT SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO FLY,
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NOT JUST ENTITLED TO SELL.HOWEVER, WE'VE GOT TO WORK THAT OUT OTHERWISE. ABSOLUTELY.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPER AGREEMENT BEING DRAFTED ON THIS PROPERTY SHOULD [OVERLAPPING]
>> CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE GONE BEFORE THIS ITEM.
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT.
>> TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE ABLE TO FIND BRANDS OR ARE WE ABLE TO DEFINE BRANDS? WE'VE ALREADY BEEN BURNED JUST IN THE LAST YEAR OVER BY FERGUSON WITH SOME SLOPPILY WRITTEN SGPS AND ALL THAT AND ZONING.
ARE WE ABLE TO DEFINE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF ROOMS, MINIMUM NUMBER OF STORIES, MINIMUM NUMBER OF AMENITIES, AND MAYBE SPECIFIC AMENITIES IN THIS SO THAT IT CAN'T BE ABUSED IS REALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.
>> YES. JOEY GRISHAM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, DID STATE THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND THAT SOME OF THAT COULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THAT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.
>> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? CAN WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS OR SHOULD WE POSTPONE IT?
>> I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING UP UNTIL A FUTURE MEETING SO WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ANSWERS.
WHAT I DO NOT WANT TO DO ANY LONGER IN THE CITY OF ANNA IS ENTITLE PROPERTY FOR IT TO BE FLIPPED WITHOUT SOMEONE PUTTING IN WRITING WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD IF WE APPROVE IT.
>> THERE'S TOO MUCH LAND CHANGING HANDS RIGHT NOW, I SEE A PRETTY PICTURE AND LIKE I SAID, I SAW A PROJECT PICTURE FIVE YEARS AGO THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OVER THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO, AND THEY'RE STILL NOT EVEN CLOSE.
>> WE ARE ONLY VOTING ON A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THOUGH, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS OR INCENTIVE PROJECTS, AND THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO P&Z AND THEY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
>> BUT YOU'RE VOTING ON A ZONE, YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON A PRODUCT, THEY CAN PUT ANYTHING OVER THERE IN THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT RIGHT NOW.
>> RIGHT. BUT THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US WITH A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT, CORRECT?
>> NO, NOT IF YOU ZONE IT. IF YOU ZONE IT THEY CAN PUT WHEREVER THEY WANT ON IT.
>> WELL, THEN HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING SPECIFIC PERMITS WITHOUT AGREEMENTS TO PUT ON THE AGENDA? HOW ABOUT WE GET ALL OF IT ON ONE AGENDA ITEM?
>> SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TABLE OPEN HEARINGS.
>> I'VE WATCHED IT HAPPEN FOR YEARS AROUND HERE. [LAUGHTER]
>> I KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING [OVERLAPPING]
>> IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN FIX IN OUR ORDINANCES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN CHANGING?
>> I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO CLARK, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE.
>> WAS SOMEBODY FROM WYNDHAM AT P&Z?
>> I'M TRYING TO THINK IF IT WAS SPECIFICALLY WYNDHAM OR IF HE SAID THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH AIMBRIDGE HOSPITALITY TO STAFF THE HOTEL.
THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE ENTITLEMENTS BEFORE THEY PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
>> BUT SOMEBODY PRESENTED THEM SOMETHING [OVERLAPPING] PRESENTING US SOMETHING.
MY POINT IS ARE WE ON THE SAME PAGE AS P&Z BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY GOT A PRESENTATION AND THEN THEY LIKED IT, SO THEY APPROVED IT UNANIMOUSLY.
THEN IT COMES TO US, WE DON'T GET A PRESENTATION, WE JUST GET AN SUP.
>> THREE GENTLEMEN WERE THERE THAT NIGHT PRESENTING THIS.
>> MY ONLY POINT IS I COULD COME IN HERE TOMORROW AND SHOW YOU ALL A PICTURE OF WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, AND TURN AROUND AND DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT-
>> [OVERLAPPING] OR SELL THE LAND.
>> WE NEED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FIRST AND THEN DO AN SUP WITH THE AGREEMENT. CORRECT.
>> SOME KIND OF WORKING DOCUMENT.
>> JUST NEED SOMETHING MORE CONCRETE THAT SHOWS WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A FOUR-STORY WYNDHAM AND NOT A TWO-STORY MOTEL 6.
>> IN ORDER TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM, WHAT LANGUAGE DO WE NEED TO HAVE?
>> MAYOR, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IF THIS IS AN SUP, SPECIAL USE PERMIT,
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THEN CONDITIONS CAN BE PLACED ON THE ZONING, INCLUDING THE BID OF THE HABIT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE THE ZONING, BUT YOU CAN PLACE CONDITIONS ON THE ZONING.>> IT WOULD BE SAFE TO REQUEST POSTPONEMENT AND UNTIL A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT IS PREPARED?
>> THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION RATHER THAN TRY TO DO CONDITIONS ON THE FLY.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF NEEDS TO STUDY.
>> I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM A TO CONSIDER DISCUSSED ACTION ON A ORDINANCE FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A HOTEL ON ONE LOT 2.9 PLUS NINE ACRES LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF STANDRIDGE BOULEVARD.
>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE KEEP THAT PUBLIC HEARING OPEN UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING WHICH IS DECEMBER-
>> DECEMBER 13TH AT 06:00 P.M. AT THE ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. I HAVE A MOTION.
>> SECOND BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. MOTION PASSES, ITEM B IS CONSIDERED TO DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING, ONE ANNA, TWO ADDITION BLOCK A LOT 4 CONCEPT PLAN.
>> WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS ITEM, I BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TAKE NO ACTION.
>> COUNCIL, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM B.
>> WHO IS THE SECOND? MAYOR PRO TEM.
MAYOR WITH THE MOTION, MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?
ITEM C, TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE TO REZONE 1.2 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST 4TH STREET AND SOUTH SHERLEY AVENUE.
>> THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TABLED THIS ITEM THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN NOT MAKE A DECISION UNTIL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MAKES A RECOMMENDATION.
>> ITEM C, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:49 AM.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN UNTIL THE FUTURE MEETING DECEMBER 13TH, 6:00 PM AT THE ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.
HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO KEEP IT OPEN.
>> THIS WAS TABLED ON NOVEMBER 7TH?
>> MOTION MADE BY THE MAYOR, CAN I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?
>>YES. MOTION PASSES. ITEM D, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE SIGN VARIANCE.
>> THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU IS A SIGNED VARIANCE FOR A UNIFIED MONUMENT SIGN.
THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT MONUMENT SIGN IS TO HAVE A 15 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD 10 FEET.
THE REASON WHY STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST IS BECAUSE IT IS MORE THAN 85 FEET FROM THE NEAREST MONUMENT SIGN THAT'S CURRENTLY EXISTING, AND THERE'S NO DRIVEWAYS ALONG THAT PROPERTY.
THEY'LL HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY IN ORDER TO GET AROUND, SO IT WON'T BE BLOCKING ANYONE'S VIEW.
THEN THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO INCORPORATE MATERIALS FROM THE SIGN INTO EACH OF THE THREE BUILDINGS THAT ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THESE THREE LOTS.
THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
>> BUT THERE'S A 10 FOOT SETBACK.
>> THEY'RE REQUESTING TO GO FROM 15 FEET TO 10 FEET.
AS A TYPICAL MONUMENT SIGN DOESN'T HAVE A SETBACK REQUIREMENT, WHEREAS WITH A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SIGN, IT'S FOUR MULTIPLE LOTS.
THEREFORE, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY GOING TO BE A LOT BIGGER THAN A REGULAR MONUMENT SIGN.
>> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY CONCERNS? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
>> ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS HOW VALUABLE THESE ARE AND FOR CITIES THAT DENY THESE, HOW MUCH THEY HARM THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO OPERATE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARVER, DO I HAVE A SECOND?
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>> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN USSERY. ALL IN FAVOR?
ITEM E ACTING AS THE ANNA PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSIDER TO DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF THE APFC AS SOLE MEMBER OF THE APFC WATTERS CREEK MEMBER, LLC AS SPECIAL MEMBER AND LANDLORD.
[NOISE] IN A PUBLIC FINANCE CORPORATION WATTERS CREEK CONTRACTOR [NOISE] LLC AS GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND APFC WATTERS CREEK DEVELOPMENT, LLC IS CO-DEVELOPER, ALL IN RELATION TO THE FINANCING, ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEFFERSON VILLAGES AT WATTERS CREEK, MULTI-FAMILY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S A LONG WINDED AGENDA ITEM.
>> MAYOR, COULD YOU READ THAT AGAIN? I'M JUST KIDDING, THAT'S ALWAYS IT.
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE YOU WILL BE ACTING AS THE ANNA PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION BOARD. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
JOEY GRISHAM, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
A WHILE BACK, YOU ALL APPROVED AN MOU WITH JPI ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, VILLAGES WATTERS CREEK.
IT'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS SO TONIGHT FINALIZES THE PAPERWORK PROCESS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY SOMETIME, PROBABLY THE END OF THIS MONTH, EARLY DECEMBER SO YOU COULD SEE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PROJECT PROBABLY IN EARLY 2023.
VERY UNIQUE PROJECT, 325 UNITS RIGHT THERE, JUST THE EAST 75 AND 455.
AS YOU KNOW, JPI IS ALREADY WORKING ON PARMORE ANNA, WHICH IS A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.
THEY ALSO HAVE INTERESTS IN OTHER PROPERTIES, SO [NOISE] THEY'RE A VERY GOOD DEVELOPER.
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS AGAIN ARE A PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE PALLADIUM DEAL AS WELL AS THE PARMORE ANNA DEAL, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL? PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD. NO?
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
>> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARVER, DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN USSERY, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES.>> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.
I'M GOING TO READ THIS TO YOU, JOEY.
ACTING AS THE ANNA PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSIDER TO DISCUSS ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION AS SOLE MEMBER OF APFC WATTERS CREEK, MEMBER LLC AND APFC WATTERS CREEK CONTRACTOR LLC TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS AND THEY'RE ENTERING CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE FINANCING OF JEFFERSON VILLAGES AT WATTERS CREEK, MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL ON ITEM F. DO I HAVE MOTION ON ITEM F?
>> MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER. ALL IN FAVOR?
ITEM H, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION TO FILL AN EDC CDC BOARD VACANCY.
>> I'D MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THAT ITEM UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER, PLEASE.
>> I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER, ALL IN FAVOR?
ITEM I, CONSIDER TO DISCUSS ACTION TO FILL THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VACANCY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THAT ITEM AS WELL.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND?
>> COUNCILMAN ATCHLEY WITH THE SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. ALL IN FAVOR?
STAFFING NEW REASONS FOR A CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING?
[8. Closed Session (Exceptions).]
>> OKAY. CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER IN A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS ANY ITEMS LIST OR REFERENCED ON THIS AGENDA.
ITEM A IS CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNCIL REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.071.
B DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE AND EXCHANGE LEASE OF VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551.072, AND C IS TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.087 AND D,
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TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE PERSONNEL MATTERS, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.074.I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE GO TO CLOSED SESSION AT 7:57 PM. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> THERE'S NO OTHER MEETING OR NO OTHER [LAUGHTER] INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ON THE MEETING TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE WE ADJOURN.
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