Dec 13, 2022 City Council Meeting

[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum]

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I WELCOME THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA WILL MEET AT 6 P.M.

ON DECEMBER 13, 2022, ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX CHAMBERS LOCATED 120 WEST 7TH STREET.

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING.

ONCE AGAIN WELCOME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT AN OPINION SPEAKER REGISTRATION FORM AND TURN THAT INTO THE CITY SECRETARY AS WE GET THE MEETING STARTED.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS CALLING TO ORDER.

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING.

AT THIS TIME, COUNCILMAN CARVER IS GOING TO GIVE AN INVOCATION.

AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN THE WORK SESSION.

GOOD EVENING. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER.

[INVOCATION] OF ALLEGIANCE] MOVING ON TO WORK SESSION.

[2. Work Session]

THIS ONE COULD GET FUN.

MR. PETERS.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, THIS ITEM IS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM TO TALK ABOUT THE TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE ALONG US 75 AND WHAT WE WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL TONIGHT REGARDING IS SPECIFICALLY SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE JUST WANT TO PUT OUT THERE TO YOU PRELIMINARILY AND SEE IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME DIRECTION AND SOME FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN START TO TAKE A MORE FOCUSED LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOMETHING MORE FORMAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO AS YOU KNOW, HERE IN ANNA, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS REGARDING THE HEIGHT OF THE GRASS IN THE 75 CORRIDOR.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IT GETS PRETTY HIGH.

THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF TRASH OUT THERE IN THAT IN THAT CORRIDOR AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF 18 WHEELERS THAT HAVE BEEN PARKING OUT THERE ALONG THE ROAD THAT HAVE KIND OF RUTTED UP THE GRASS AND PUSHED MUD ONTO THE SHOULDERS AND KIND OF CREATED SOME MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS. SO CURRENTLY TXDOT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE 75 CORRIDOR, INCLUDING TRASH PICKUP AND MOWING.

PER TXDOT, PER THEIR STAFF, THEIR CONTRACT IS FOR MOWING TO HAPPEN THREE TIMES PER YEAR AT A MINIMUM, AND FOR THE TRASH CLEANUP TO HAPPEN MONTHLY.

NOW, FROM WHAT STAFF IS SEEING, WE DO NOT SEE THE TRASH CLEANUP HAPPENING ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

WE'VE KIND OF RELAYED THAT BACK TO TXDOT AND LET THEM KNOW THAT.

AND THEY HAVE NOT DISPUTED OUR OUR CLAIMS THAT THAT TRASH CLEANUP IS NOT HAPPENING MONTHLY.

BUT THEY HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SAID THAT ANYTHING IS LIKELY TO CHANGE ON THAT IN THE FUTURE.

SO AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN RECENTLY, THE CITY MANAGER, JIM PROCE, WORKED WITH TXDOT TO GET A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NO PARKING SIGNS PLACED ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

SO THEY DID PUT UP A LOT OF NO PARKING SIGNS.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY ENFORCING THAT.

BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THEY HAVE IS IT'S A NEW FACE EVERY TIME.

RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, WE LITERALLY HAVE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR EVERY DAY.

AND SO IT'S NOT A TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE IT'S 100 DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE MAKING CONTACT WITH.

EVERYONE GETS EDUCATED AND THEN IT STOPS.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS EVERY TIME THEY GO OUT THERE TO ENFORCE THE NO PARKING, THEY'RE SEEING SOMEONE WHO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT THEY'RE BEING SPOKEN TO.

AND OBVIOUSLY CITATIONS ARE BEING ISSUED.

THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, BUT IT'S NOT STOPPING IT FROM HAPPENING BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE TRUCK DRIVERS ARE NATIONWIDE TRUCK DRIVERS.

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AND SO IT JUST CREATES A BIG CHALLENGE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NOW, THERE'S NOTHING JUST TO BE HONEST, THERE'S NOTHING THAT STAFF CAN DO TO PREVENT THOSE TRUCKERS FROM STOPPING THERE.

RIGHT. WE CAN ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCES.

AND I THINK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REALLY FOCUSED ON DOING THAT.

BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM MAKING A POOR DECISION TO DO THAT.

BUT WHAT WE CAN LOOK AT IS WE CAN LOOK AT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THERE'S TRASH IS DEFINITELY A COMPONENT OF THAT.

AND THEN THE RUTS.

NOW, TXDOT DOES GO OUT AND CLEAN UP THOSE RUTS ON OCCASION, BUT THEY'VE BEEN VERY HONEST WITH US THAT THAT'S NOT A FOCUS AREA FOR THEM.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND CLEAN UP SOME RUTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN MONTHLY OR EVEN QUARTERLY.

IT'S GOING TO BE WHENEVER THEY HAVE TIME.

SO I SAY ALL THAT TO BRING YOU TONIGHT SOME SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU TO TO THINK ABOUT AND DISCUSS REGARDING WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS.

THE REALITY IS, THOUGH, IS THEY WOULD REQUIRE CITY FUNDING.

AND SO THAT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT NOTE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND AS YOU CONSIDER THESE, IS THAT THIS WOULD BE TAKING AN OBLIGATION THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE STATE.

IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATE AND PLACING IT ON THE CITY, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE EVER WANT TO DO, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU AS AN OPTION.

SO IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH TXDOT, WHAT THEY HAVE EXPLAINED TO ME IS THAT WE CAN DO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM WHERE THEY WOULD TURN OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE CITY AND THEY WOULD PAY US AN AMOUNT OF MONEY.

NOW, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IS ROUGHLY $16,000.

SO WE WOULD GET $16,000 A YEAR FROM TXDOT IF WE ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE MOWING, ALL THE TRASH CLEANUP.

THE RUTS ARE SEPARATE FROM THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE TOOK THAT ON, THERE WOULD BE NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT.

SO IT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THAT.

BUT THE MOWING AND TRASH CLEANUP, THEY WOULD GIVE US $16,000.

BASED ON OUR JS MANAGER ACTUALLY WENT AND WE MEASURED THE ACREAGE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IT'S JUST UNDER 90 ACRES OF, UNDER 90 ACRES.

SO IT'S 89.3 ACRES, I BELIEVE SOMETHING IN THAT RANGE, JUST UNDER 90 ACRES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MOW AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP TRASH ON.

AND BASED ON THE RATES, IF WE WERE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT, OUR ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS THAT EVERY TIME WE DO THAT, TO REALLY DO IT CORRECTLY WOULD BE ABOUT $9,000 EACH TIME.

SO, YOU KNOW, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND A MINIMUM OF FOUR TIMES A YEAR IF WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT.

BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO TAKE THIS ON, WE'D DEFINITELY WANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SEEING TODAY.

AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AT LEAST MORE OFTEN THAN TXDOT DOES, IN STAFF'S OPINION, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE'S ANY BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR US TO TAKE ON THAT BURDEN.

SO, BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN MULTIPLY THAT 9000 TIMES HOW MANY TIMES WE WOULD DO IT, AND THAT WOULD TELL YOU AN APPROXIMATE ANNUAL COST THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT FUNDING WITH TAXPAYER MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE STATE'S RIGHT OF WAY.

SO I SAY FOUR IS A MINIMUM.

I THINK IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT SIX TIMES A YEAR.

I THINK IF WE DID IT SIX TIMES A YEAR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GAP THERE IN THE WINTER WHERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO MOW.

BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND PROBABLY CUT WEEDS DOWN.

SO THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY GOING TO BE MOWING.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE TRASH CLEANUP, BECAUSE I THINK TRASH HAS BEEN A PROBLEM OUT THERE YEAR ROUND REGARDLESS OF WEATHER AND SEASON.

SO AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT, IN LOOKING AT THAT, IF THE CITY WERE TO TAKE ON THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL OF THOSE RUTS AND GOING OUT THERE AND TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE AND DO IT JUST ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, IT PROBABLY COSTS US $25,000 A YEAR TO GO OUT THERE EVERY THREE MONTHS AND CLEAN UP ALL THOSE RUTS AND FIX ALL THAT.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER $25,000.

SO IF YOU ADD THAT UP, YOU'RE GETTING JUST UNDER $80,000 A YEAR TO TAKE CARE OF THE RUTS, MOW AND TRASH CLEAN UP SIX TIMES A YEAR.

AND THAT WOULD BE AN INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY WOULD BE MAKING ON A RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS REALLY THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY.

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AND THEN STAFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO AND RESEARCH THIS FURTHER, GET PRELIMINARY DRAFT AGREEMENTS WITH TXDOT, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO, OBVIOUSLY GO OUT TO BID AND DO THOSE THINGS.

BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO PROCEED WITHOUT FIRST GIVING YOU ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SPEAK FOR THE COMMUNITY, TO LET US KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL WE SHOULD WE SHOULD CONSIDER DOING.

SO I'LL STOP TALKING NOW AND LET YOU ALL DISCUSS IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, ANY THOUGHTS? QUESTIONS FOR GREG.

SO LET ME JUST UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE.

I KNOW THERE'S AN OBVIOUS ANSWER SOMEWHERE.

SO WE ALREADY PAY THEM TO DO THIS, OUR TAXPAYERS ARE ALREADY DOING THAT.

BUT NOW WE HAVE, WE'RE GETTING DOUBLE TAXED FOR THIS, ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE THE CITY FUNDS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE GET THE $16,000 BACK, BUT WE'RE 63 GRAND IN THE HOLE, ROUGHLY.

IS. I SAW AN EMAIL THAT INDICATED THAT THEY'RE BETWEEN CONTRACTORS PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND ANYBODY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR 16 GRAND, WHICH THAT PROBABLY IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF IT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S 63,000.

AN OUTSIDE THE BOX THOUGHT.

HOW ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A, WE ALWAYS HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT LIKE TO WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

CAN WE DO IT OURSELVES? AND WE PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING, NOT OBVIOUSLY NOT THE RUTS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, BUT JUST COLLECTING THE TRASH.

GET SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER.

I'LL DO IT. I'LL GO OUT THERE.

YEAH, I'LL DO IT.

GET OUT THERE ON A SATURDAY OR SOMETHING.

COULD WE DO IT? PUT ON OUR ORANGE VESTS AND GO OUT THERE AND JUST TELL TXDOT WHAT WE THINK OF THEIR INABILITY.

SO, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET A TXDOT PERMIT, BUT WE WOULD COULD GET A PERMIT ANYWAYS.

I THINK THAT I WOULD DEFER MORE TO LEGAL COUNSEL ON THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CITY RIGHT OF WAY, IT'S TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS A HIGH SPEED FREEWAY.

AND EVEN ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS YOU HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SPEED.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS WITH CLARK AND JIM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON SPECIFICALLY.

IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT LIABILITIES.

OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER OR SOMETHING BEFORE THEY PARTICIPATED.

BUT WHAT I'M KIND OF WHAT'S WEARING ME OUT A LITTLE BIT IS THIS CONSTANT YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLAYING THE BUREAUCRATIC GAME.

WE'RE SAYING, OH, IT'S TXDOT'S PROBLEM.

OH, IT'S AND WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SUGGESTING, OKAY, IT'S FINE FOR LACK OF ANOTHER WORD, SCREW 'EM, LET'S DO IT OURSELVES.

AND WE KEEP HEARING THAT THEY'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS, SO LET'S GO TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE SPENDING 63 GRAND WHEN WE ALREADY GET TAXED FOR IT.

THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

SO IF WE GOT VOLUNTEERS, THAT'LL DO IT.

LIKE I SAID, I'LL DO IT.

GET OUT THERE.

SHOOTING FOR ME, I'LL MOW TOO.

YOU KNOW I'LL DO WHATEVER.

DOESN'T MATTER. I'VE DONE IT BEFORE.

[LAUGHTER] SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST MY $0.02.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE SIGNS ARE WORKING A LITTLE BIT.

THERE IS AN IMPROVEMENT ON THAT.

SO THAT'S A PLUS.

THEY'RE NOT SPENDING THE NIGHT.

THEY'RE NOT LEAVING THEIR TRUCK THERE ANYMORE.

A FEW OF THEM, I NOTICED THEY LEAVE TRUCKS THERE.

BUT THE TRASH, IT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY.

I'M WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN MILLER.

I MEAN, I'VE CLEANED UP MY OWN STREET OUTSIDE MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON FOSTER CROSSING, AND I THINK I'D RATHER STAND ON 75 THAN STAND ON FOSTER CROSSING AND CLEAN UP.

SO IT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY THAT IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.

AND I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DAILY WHAT DOES OUR, WHAT DOES THE AUSTIN DO? AND HERE, COLLIN COUNTY IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE STATE, IN THE COUNTRY.

AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE OUR OWN MAIN OFFICE FOR TXDOT.

SO I KNOW THEY'RE GROWING.

I TRAVEL. SO I KNOW TXDOT DOES SOMETHING TO HAVE MONEY BECAUSE I SEE OTHER HIGHWAYS EVERYWHERE ELSE GOING UP AND CLEAN.

SO AND IT'S NOT EVEN, IT JUST IT BLOWS ME.

I HOPE THEY'RE WATCHING OR HOPE SOMEONE SHOWS THIS RECORDING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS TOLD WHENEVER I GOT UP HERE, IT'S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.

IF I WANT TO GET ANYTHING DONE IN ANNA.

WELL, YOU GOT VOTED ON, SO DO YOUR JOB NOW.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, SIR.

WELL SAID, KEVIN.

WELL SAID [INAUDIBLE].

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BECAUSE AFTER THE MOWERS RUN, THE TRASH IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN UP.

AND I'VE WATCHED IT MANY A TIME WHERE THEY'VE JUST CHEW IT UP AND MAKE A PRETTY UGLY SIGHT.

JUST IT REALLY DEGRADES THE VALUE OF ANNA AS YOU'RE APPROACHING IN SEASON AND CARRY ABOUT IT ITSELF.

IF WE END UP TAKING IT OVER, WILL WE HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE GRASS TYPE AND LANDSCAPING THAT'S ON THERE? AND WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS IT HAS A LOT OF TALL GROWING GRASS AND I WONDER IF WE'RE ABLE TO PUT IN A MORE CARPET GRASS INSTEAD.

SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO MAINTAIN THAT NEARLY AS OFTEN OR IN SOME AREAS TO BE ABLE TO PUT DIFFERENT KIND OF LANDSCAPING.

SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT ALL.

THE OTHER PART IS, IS THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY.

DON'T MESS THE TEXAS PROGRAMS. I CAN'T IMAGINE WE'RE THE ONLY CITY HAS FOUND A SOLUTION FOR THIS.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES.

THERE'S A THOUSAND CITIES IN TEXAS, SO SURELY SOMEBODY HAS ALREADY DONE THIS.

SO. MELISSA.

MELISSA CURRENTLY PAYS $500 A WEEK FOR A CONTRACTOR TO CLEAN A PORTION OF 75 FOR THEM.

SO YOU CAN EXTRAPOLATE THAT ACROSS 52 WEEKS.

SO THEY'RE IN THE $26,000 RANGE FOR WHAT THEY PAY, BUT THAT DOESN'T CLEAN THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.

THAT'S JUST AN AREA.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THEIR CITY MANAGER SENT BACK TO US WHEN WE ASKED MELISSA KIND OF HOW THEY'RE HANDLING IT.

SO THAT JUST JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING.

AND IF WE USE CHARITABLE GROUPS LIKE ROTARY OR CHURCHES OR WHATEVER, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE.

NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

SO, YEAH. BUT IF YOU WENT OUT THERE AND CLEAN UP RUTS FOUR TIMES A YEAR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 16 TO 1700 BUCKS A MONTH.

RIGHT? AS LONG AS WE CAN GET, AND I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN GROUPS THAT WOULD VOLUNTEER RIGHT NOW TO GO OUT THERE AND DO THAT.

THE FACT THAT YOU NEED A PERMIT FROM PEOPLE THAT WE PAY TO DO NOTHING IS ASTOUNDING TO ME.

BUT I BET WE CAN GET IT DONE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.

NUMBER ONE. I'VE BEEN UP HERE FOR GOING ON FIVE YEARS AND ALL I'VE DONE IS HEARD ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH TXDOT.

CLEARLY, PEOPLE MOVE AROUND, BUDGETS MOVE AROUND, RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE OF GETTING ANYTHING COMPLETED WITH PRESSING TEXT. I'VE SENT LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR.

WE'VE DONE DIFFERENT THINGS.

THAT DOESN'T PRODUCE ANY RESULTS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND, WHEN I HEAR LIKE $500 A WEEK FOR A PORTION WHERE I THINK WE'RE SEEING OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES, OF COURSE, ARE ALONG 75.

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING.

OF COURSE, THE RUTS ARE ONE THING, BUT IT MAY BE WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAYBE CONTRACTING A PORTION LIKE 75 FRONTAGE.

BUT THE REST OF THE 90 ACRES HE'S SPEAKING ABOUT, WHICH IS 455, HIGHWAY FIVE, ALL OF THOSE AREAS, THERE MAY BE A PORTION WHERE YOU DO AN ADOPT. HERE'S THE PROBLEM, GUYS.

YOU DO AN ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

THAT'S GREAT. AND YOU SAY THE ROTARY CLUB WILL COME HELP AND WE'LL DO A SERVICE PROJECT.

WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT ONCE A YEAR.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COORDINATE QUARTERLY VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE STUCK WITH A GREAT IDEA WITH NO VOLUNTEERS.

SO I DO THINK IT WORKS ONCE A YEAR TO DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

I MEAN, I THINK MOST OF US PROBABLY UP HERE HADN'T DONE THAT.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, IF YOU WANT REAL RESULTS OF A CLEAN HIGHWAY, IS YOUR OTHER CITIES ARE HAVING TO GO [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD WANT TO DO.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON SOMETHING THAT COULD BE AVOIDED.

BUT MAYBE WE SPEND $16,000 ON A CONTRACTOR PICKING UP TRASH ON A THREE MILE FRONTAGE OF 75.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO HANDLE.

I DON'T THINK THE WHOLE CITY'S TRASHED OUT.

I THINK THERE'S A COMPONENT WHERE TRASH IS BEING THROWN OUT BY TRUCK DRIVERS ON THE HIGHWAY.

THAT'S A TWO MILE STRETCH THAT COULD BE PICKED UP PROBABLY PRETTY QUICKLY.

THE QUESTION IS WHO'S GOING TO COORDINATE THOSE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CITY STAFF.

SO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.

I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, MELISSA LOOKS VERY NICE.

AND PEOPLE ASK, HOW DOES MELISSA LOOK SO GOOD AND WE LOOK SO BAD?

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TXDOT NOT DOING THEIR JOB.

BUT CITIES STEPPING UP BECAUSE IT'S WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS WANT.

SO MAYBE ANOTHER SURVEY TOPIC.

WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS PAYING TO HAVE THE HIGHWAY? BECAUSE THEY WON'T DO IT. [INAUDIBLE] WAIT.

THERE WE GO.

KINDA IN BETWEEN DECISIONS BEFORE WE MAKE A MAJOR DECISION.

IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO? CAN WE DO A ONE TIME AND GET IT CLEANED UP NOW? BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY NASTY.

AND THEN I THINK WE NEED TO WRITE LETTERS TO OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, OUR NEW STATE SENATOR, ANGELA PAXTON, JEFF LEACH AND FREDERICK FRAZIER, AND TELL THEM THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE.

WHICH ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ALREADY HAS BEEN INFORMED BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN THEIR COMMUNITY WHERE SOMEONE JUST WON AN ELECTION.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE ONE MORE HARD PRESS AS A CITY COUNCIL TO THE STATE'S OFFICES, TO THE HIGHER BIDS.

AT SENATE LEVEL.

THE HOUSE LEVEL, YOU NEED TO WARN [INAUDIBLE] AND AUSTIN THAT'S ALL COMING BECAUSE WE'RE TIRED OF THIS.

SEE IF WE GET ANY RESULTS.

AND THEN FROM THERE, I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE ON WITH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CLEAN IT? BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, MEANING US WHEN IT COMES TIME TO GET THEM TO COME OUT SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE TRASH BAG IN 50 DEGREE WEATHER.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THEM. SO.

I DON'T KNOW. SO IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? IS WHAT THE LANGUAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE IN A CONTRACT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN PURSUING THAT JUST TO BEGIN WITH, AND THEN IF SO, AT WHAT? FUNDING LEVEL OR FREQUENCY? JUST JUST TO GIVE US KIND OF AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE THAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, IF AT ALL.

SO THEN WE COULD START TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE WOULD BASICALLY BE OFFERING A CONTRACT TO TAKE OVER SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING, RIGHT? SO THEY WOULD JUMP ON IT.

SO IT WOULD BE AN ANNUAL, SO TO SPEAK.

WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK AND APPROACH EACH YEAR FOR THE BUDGET.

HMM. MY CONCERN IS ONCE WE APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE MORE OR LESS LOSE OUR RIGHT TO BITCH DOWN DOWN THE ROAD.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THE WAY THAT THE STANDARD AGREEMENT WOULD SETTLE, THAT'S.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM. SO THE.

OR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

I APOLOGIZE. I'LL TAKE THAT.

THAT'S FINE. BUT THE CONTRACT, THE WAY IT WORKS IS IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

AND SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU YOU SIGN THE AGREEMENT FOR THREE YEARS, AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT THREE YEAR TERM, YOU CAN EITHER RENEW OR TEXT OUT WILL TAKE IT BACK OVER.

BUT THEN WE'VE SHOWN THE TEXT OF THAT.

WE'RE WILLING TO DO IT FOR THREE YEARS AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TURN AROUND AND DO ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW.

CORRECT. CORRECT.

AND THAT'S WHY SAS BRING THIS FORWARD IS WE DON'T SEE AT THE STAFF LEVEL NOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT AT THE STAFF LEVEL OF TEXT, WE DON'T SEE ANY MOVEMENT TOWARDS ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY IN ANNA.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TEAM BECAUSE WE'VE I THINK WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND REALLY PUSHED HARD AT THE STAFF LEVEL.

AND THERE'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING BACK IS BASICALLY IT IS WHAT IT IS UNLESS YOU WANT TO TAKE IT OVER.

YEAH. SO NEGOTIATE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT OR JUST IT'S GOING TO BE IT IS WHAT IT IS.

CAN YOU DO SOME SORT OF SAMPLING TO SEE WHAT THE PORTION IS LIKE? THE MAYOR SAYING MAYBE WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT EXACTLY HOW MANY MILES ON 75 WE WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF AND LIKE, WHERE DO YOU GET THE 89 ACRES FROM? SO THAT'S THE LAND AREA WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY ON US.

75, BASICALLY FROM THE EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND THEN FROM THE FRONTAGE ROAD TO THE MAIN TRAVEL LANE.

SO ALL THE GRASS FROM THE OUTER LOOP UP TO OUR NORTHERN CITY LIMIT.

SO THAT FULL AREA IS 89 ACRES.

SO NONE OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH FIVE OR 455.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE OFFERING.

SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS YOU'RE SAYING THE 89 ACRES IS 75 AND THAT'S GOING TO COST US 80,000 A YEAR.

SO THERE IS NO PORTION.

WELL, WHAT WE COULD DO IS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT TXDOT AN ALL OR NOTHING AGREEMENT.

SO BUT THEY OBVIOUSLY DO NOTHING.

WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. BUT WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD NOT JUST ANOTHER OPTION IS WE COULD NOT DO AN AGREEMENT WITH TXDOT.

LET THEM KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT CONTRACT OUT WITH A SEPARATE CONTRACTOR AND GET A PERMIT TO DO A SECTION ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT TEXT DOES.

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BUT YOU'RE REALLY NOT GIVING UP MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO GIVE YOU 16,000 A YEAR ANYWAYS.

SO THAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATE OPTION IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT, SAY, THE SPECIFIC ONE MILE STRETCH AROUND 455 WHERE THE TRUCK STOPS ARE AND WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THAT TRASH IS, WE COULD IDENTIFY THAT OR WE COULD GO OUT THERE AND SEE IF WE NEED GO FURTHER AND CONTRACT THAT OUT AND LET TXDOT CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AT THE LEVEL THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF IT AT.

BUT THEN IN THAT SECTION, WE PROVIDE ENHANCED MAINTENANCE.

WE COULD DO THAT AND THAT WOULD BE A LOWER COST FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

OKAY. SO I'M KIND OF TORN.

I'M LIKE, YOU GUYS, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE TAXPAYERS HAVE TO FOOT ANY PART OF IT.

BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLAIN ALSO, OBVIOUSLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE MELISSA GOT TIRED OF HEARING THE COMPLAINTS AND THEY ACTUALLY HANDLED IT AND NOW IT'S CLEANED UP.

SO I, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE HAVE 5 TO 7 YEARS WORTH OF EXPERIENCE UP HERE JUST BEING LEVELED BY TXDOT EVERYWHERE WE GO.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT STUFF WORKS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO.

KIND OF HAVING BEEN A TRUCK DRIVER IN A PREVIOUS LIFE, I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU I'VE NEVER SEEN A TRUCK DRIVER THROW A COUCH OR A BUNCH OF YARD EQUIPMENT OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE.

SO I DON'T APPRECIATE THEM GETTING BLAMED FOR ALL OF THIS.

THERE'S A LOT OF LITTERING GOING ON.

I'VE SEEN TONS OF CARS THROW STUFF OUT.

SO, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, SO DON'T BLAME THE TRUCK DRIVERS OVER THERE WHEN YOU NEED A DECISION.

THIS IS AT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.

SO THERE'S NO HARD DEADLINES HERE.

WE CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK FOR ANOTHER WORKSHOP.

IF YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO GET MORE DETAILS ON WHAT WE THINK THE WORST STRETCH IS, STEPH WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH FOR TO WORKSHOP IT AND SHOW YOU WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THOSE COSTS WOULD BE.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR THE OUTCRY FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL DO TOO.

AND SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH OPTIONS SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND START TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU FEEL.

THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST.

CAN YOU COME BACK WITH SOME SECTION AND SOME COSTS? YOU KNOW, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

THANKS. ON THE SECTION COMPONENT IS EVERY SUMMER WHEN IT COMES TIME TO MOW TXDOT DOESN'T KNOW UNTIL LATER IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE THEY CLAIM IT'S TEXAS WILDFLOWERS AND I CALL THEM TEXAS WEEDS.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CORNER OF 75 AND WHITE WHERE CVS IS, WHICH IS A TEXT RIGHT AWAY THAT DIPS DOWN AND THOSE SUNFLOWERS AND WEEDS GROW UP TO BE SIX FOOT TALL AT THE CORNER OF AN INTERSECTION.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT I LOOK AT.

AND I'VE CALLED HIM BEFORE GOING, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND MOW IT THIS WEEK.

YOU KNOW THAT MAYBE FINDING LITTLE CORNERS AND CORNER SECTIONS COULD BE MAINTAINED BY A CITY AT A VERY LOW COST.

YOU KNOW. OTHER THAN THAT, YOU LEAVE IT ALONE AND YOU TELL YOUR RESIDENTS TO GO COMPLAIN TO THEIR STATE OFFICIALS, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY GO.

WE'RE TIRED OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS AREN'T DOING ANYTHING THAT COMES BACK ON ALL OF US.

AND THEN I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE NOT TOO PROGRAM.

QUESTION IS, CAN YOU FIND VOLUNTEERS TO DO IT AND WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM AND QUESTIONS OF LIABILITY TO JIM.

IF YOU COULD FIND THAT SOMEBODY GETS 75, SOMEBODY GETS HIT.

ARE THEY GOING TO TURN AROUND, SUE THE CITY OR THE STATE? ABSOLUTELY. SO IF YOU COULD CHECK ON THAT.

HOLD ON. WE'RE HERE A LONG TIME.

YEP. THANKS, GREG.

THANK YOU, GREG. THANKS, GREG.

ALL RIGHT. THE UPDATE ON THE SIX CITY COUNCIL AND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

THIS PAST TUESDAY, SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE DNI BOARD MET TO DISCUSS THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE DNI BOARD, AS WELL AS SOME POTENTIAL PROJECTS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WORKING ON IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND THE STRUCTURE OF HOW THE BOARD, STAFF AND COUNCIL WORKS TOGETHER.

ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL OF THIS MEETING AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION WAS THAT THE BOARD HAS A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO BE USEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE TO BOTH THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY AND THAT THE BOARD ITSELF WILL CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN COMMUNITY INTEREST.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A FEW THINGS AT THE MEETING.

IT WAS A GOOD 2 HOURS AT LEAST.

SO I'LL GIVE A QUICK RECAP AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WITH THE GROUP.

AND I WOULD LOVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.

SO WE JUST WE WERE THROWING SOME IDEAS OUT THERE.

WE TALKED IN THE BEGINNING IN SOME WAYS ABOUT THE MISSION AND THE VISION.

ONE IDEA FOR A POTENTIAL MISSION STATEMENT WOULD BE THE MISSION OF THE DNI ADVISORY COMMISSION IS TO ENSURE ALL NEIGHBORS ARE SEEN, HEARD, ACKNOWLEDGED AND CELEBRATED.

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THE SECOND BEING FOSTERING INCLUSION AS OUR CITY GROWS.

THE THIRD BEING FURTHER CREATING A FULLY ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND THEN THE FOURTH BEING BUILDING NEIGHBORS CONNECTION TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY HAVE WITH EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.

OKAY, SO STOP ME AT ANY POINT IN TIME IF YOU NEED TO.

SOME DIFFERENT PROJECTS WE TALKED ABOUT WERE POTENTIALLY PUTTING ON AN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL WHICH CONNECTS WITH THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMPONENT OF THE POKO COMMUNITY SURVEY WE JUST DID. WE TALKED ABOUT A POTENTIALLY DOING A YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT DAY OR A YOUTH KIND OF NEIGHBOR ACADEMY TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED, CONNECTING WITH THE HOPE SQUAD AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SISTER CITY'S PUBLIC ARTS, NEW NEIGHBOR, WELCOMING BOARD RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER GAUGE ENGAGE WITH CITY LEADERS.

TRANSIT FOR ELDERLY SLASH DISABLED NEIGHBORS.

DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIST RELATED TO NONPROFITS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS.

MENTAL HEALTH. STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THEN LOOKING AT POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT RELATE TO DNI FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN THE BOARD TALKED ABOUT THE TWO THAT THEY ARE MOST INTERESTED IN KIND OF GETTING STARTED WITH WERE THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AND THEN SOMETHING WITH THE YOUTH.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY HERE AND THERE AND JUST WE THINK WE HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THE FAST OR THE MOST QUICKLY.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND INTERACTION BETWEEN BOARD, STAFF AND COUNCIL.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THESE ROUTINE UPDATES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE RECENTLY STARTED AND THAT GIVE US A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD AND COUNCIL TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE TALKED ABOUT DOING QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH THE COUNCIL LIAISON, THE STAFF LIAISON AND THE BOARD CHAIR TO KIND OF CHART THE PATH EVERY FEW MONTHS WITH WHERE THE BOARD WILL BE GOING, WHAT THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.

WE TALKED ABOUT REVISITING THE NAME OF THE BOARD AT A LATER POINT IN TIME AFTER GETTING THESE POTENTIAL CHANGES OR CHANGES, TIME TO TAKE SHAPE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS BETWEEN BOARD MEMBER GOING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN IDEA OR I HAD THIS OR SOMEBODY GAVE ME THIS IDEA.

HOW DOES THAT GET ON THE AGENDA? HOW DOES IT GO TO COUNCIL? AND THEN WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF HOW SMALL TO HOW BIG AND HOW FORMAL IT NEEDS TO BE? WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING OUR MEETINGS POTENTIALLY TO MONDAYS TO BETTER ALLOW COUNCIL TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS.

WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF THE BOARD HAVING A SMALL BUDGET IN THE FUTURE AND THEN WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE BOARD POTENTIALLY DOING SOME TABLING AT EVENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, TALKING TO NEIGHBORS ABOUT WHAT MAKES THEM FEEL WELCOME IN THEIR COMMUNITY, WELCOME AND ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE THERE, PLEASE SHARE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK YOU'VE GOT FROM OUR MEETING.

UM. YEAH. THANK YOU, KIMBERLY.

THIS WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET OF PEOPLE THAN WE HAD WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS.

I SAW A BUNCH OF ENGAGED INDIVIDUALS THAT REALLY WANTED TO DO THINGS FOR THE CITY.

THEY WERE BRIGHT, INTELLIGENT, FULL OF IDEAS.

I WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH IT.

WOULD THEY BE INTERESTED IN BEAUTIFY 75 TRASH CLEANUP? I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WANTED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

HERE YOU GO. BUT YEAH, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB AND IT'S A GOOD GROUP.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A COMMENT HERE.

I KNOW WE'VE [INAUDIBLE] ALL GET TOGETHER.

IT WAS GOOD. WE GOT A GOOD GROUP AND WE HAD A GOOD ROUNDTABLE.

WE GOT A LOT OF DISCUSSED.

AND THE BIGGEST THING I CAME OUT WITH AND I'M HOPING TO D AND OUR BOARD CAME OUT WITH IS NOW IT'S TIME THEY CAN COME AND BRING THINGS TO US AND BRING THINGS TO ME.

I'M THE REASON FOR THAT BOARD AND WE CAN GET THEM IMPLEMENTED.

ON IF WE CAN NEED SOME VENT, WE CAN GET IT ON A CALENDAR OR THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO HEAR AND THEY CAN COME AND PRESENT WITH US ON A WORK SESSION.

SO I THINK WE JUST NEEDED MORE OF A STRUCTURE AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT WAS THAT THEY REALLY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.

I KNEW WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW AND WE JUST DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THE STRUCTURE VERY WELL.

AND I THINK I EVEN MYSELF, I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND AS A COUNCILMEMBER, BUT NOW I FINALLY DO.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER, ALL FOUR OF US.

WE HAD THE MEETING PLUS AND OUR BOARD.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES. FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.

THAT WAS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE MEETING.

I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE SUCH DIALOG THAT OCCURRED.

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AND IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA.

IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE A, QUOTE, DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE ALL EXPRESS A GENERAL LOVE FOR ANNA AND A DESIRE TO DO GOOD FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS.

THAT MONITORED DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

IT SOUNDS KIND OF CONTENTIOUS.

I KNOW IT'S KIND OF POPULAR MONIKER FOR IT, BUT THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT HOW THAT MEETING WAS CONDUCTED.

SO THANK YOU. CAM, YOU DID A GREAT JOB THAT NIGHT TO.

KIMBERLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS ON THIS.

AND I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING, BUT I WAS REALLY THE ONE THAT THAT MOVED FORWARD AND WANTING TO.

OR WAS PART A BIG PART OF THE GROUP THAT AGREED THAT WE SHOULD CREATE THIS BOARD.

ALL I WILL MAKE AS FAR AS A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO ANY CITY BOARD.

AND THIS GOES FOR SITTING UP HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO EVER WASTE PEOPLE'S TIME.

I DON'T WANT TO EVER WASTE ANYONE'S EVENINGS WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO COME TO A MEETING THAT IS WORTHLESS AND OF NO VALUE.

SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THERE WERE SOME PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS AND DIALOG THERE.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY IT AGAIN BECAUSE I'VE SAID IT PRIOR AT THE TIMING, WHEN THESE THINGS WERE CREATIVE, WE WERE IN A VERY POLITICALLY CHARGED ENVIRONMENT IN THIS COUNTRY.

SOME OF THAT IS SETTLED DOWN AND PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP ANYMORE.

SO WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE CREATING SOMETHING THAT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS THAT INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.

PEOPLE SHARE IDEAS, DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT ARE MOVING TO OUR COMMUNITY WHICH ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING, THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, BUT THAT WE ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING FROM IT.

ONE THING I'M LEARNING EVERY YEAR AS I GET OLDER IS I'M TIRED OF WASTING TIME ON THINGS THAT PROVIDE NO VALUE TO ANYTHING.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WITH EVERYTHING WE ALL DO UP HERE IN THIS CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND EVERYONE.

LET'S BE PRODUCTIVE.

LET'S MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

LET'S ADD VALUE TO YOUR SITUATION.

I'M DONE.

[INAUDIBLE] SORRY.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD ACTUALLY THEY MENTIONED SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE WASTING THEIR TIME AND THEY WEREN'T INVOLVED ON ANYTHING.

SO THEY CALLED US OUT ON THAT.

AND I THINK THEY GOT THE ANSWERS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, AND SO DID WE.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THIS TIME.

WE'LL DO OUR NEIGHBOR'S COMMENTS.

CARRIE, DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS THIS EVENING? LOOKS LIKE.

OKAY.

OKAY, I DO HAVE ONE SHEET AND IT LOOKS TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, SO WE WILL ADDRESS THAT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

TIME IF THE APPLICANT WISHES TO SPEAK ANY NEIGHBORS COMMENTS.

LET'S GO. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO REPORTS, RECEIVE REPORTS FROM STAFF FOR CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

[5. Reports]

I WILL SAY THAT I WANT TO COMMEND OUR STAFF AND EVERYONE FOR A GREAT EVENING AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING EVENT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GREAT.

NEW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE MADE THE COMMENT THAT THE FIREWORKS IS A REALLY NICE TOUCH.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON THAT.

I KNOW THAT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK FOR MULTIPLE GROUPS WITHIN OUR CITY STAFF, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

OTHER THAN THAT, I YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME.

THIS IS OUR ONLY MEETING THIS MONTH.

SO I'D LIKE TO TO WISH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

HOPE YOU HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

I HOPE YOU HAVE TIME TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OFF, ENJOY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND CHEERS THIS TIME OF YEAR.

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STAFF, COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN REAL QUICK.

ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THE COUNCIL PARTICIPATED IN A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.

SO THESE GUYS GAVE UP A BIG CHUNK OF THEIR FRIDAY AND THEIR SATURDAY TO COME IN AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT THINGS WERE AND TO MAKE THE GOOD DECISIONS.

SO THE GROUP THAT PUT IT TOGETHER, JULIA AND THE THREE J'S, THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THEY DID A NICE JOB AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

THE WHOLE REASON I'M EVEN BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE DEDICATED, WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR THEIR TIME TO SPEND WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO COME OUT.

SO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST WANT TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? I WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT ITEMS.

[6. Consent Items]

COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY CONSENT ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON CONSENT.

I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

I HAVE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILMEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCILMEMBER CARVER.

YES.

COUNCILMEMBER MILLER. YES.

COUNCILMEMBER ATCHLEY, YES.

COUNCILMEMBER USSERY, YES.

COUNCILMEMBER CAIN, YES. MAYOR PIKE, YES MOTION PASSES.

SEVEN ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

[7. Items For Individual Consideration]

A LOT 4 OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

MR. ALTOBELLI YES, THANK YOU.

MAYOR. COUNCIL. ROSS ALTOBELLI DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO ITEM SEVEN A IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH ONE AND A TWO EDITION.

THIS IS THE SUP REQUEST FOR A HOTEL THAT IS LOCATED ON THE.

EXCUSE ME, THE 75.

AND SO SPEAKING WITH THE APPLICANT, I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL EXPRESSED CONCERNS AS IT RELATED TO NOT HAVING A DA.

SO WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT, WE LOOKED AT OUR EXISTING THORE OVERLAY REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE EXTENSIVE MASONRY REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPLICANT HAD NO CONCERNS WITH MEETING THOSE EXISTING REGULATIONS THAT ARE ON OUR BOOKS.

ALSO, CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES.

THEY HAVE AGREED TO THESE CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES WHICH THEY ACTUALLY SAID ARE MORE THAN THEY ACTUALLY NEED.

THEY'RE PLANNING ON CONSTRUCTING A LOT QUICKER THAN THAT TIME.

BUT ANYWAYS, WE GOT THESE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ON AN AGREEMENT.

SO THEREFORE APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AGAIN PUTS NO OBLIGATION ON CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ZONING REQUEST.

BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT THE GROUP AGREED TO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT BEFORE WE HEAR ANY.

ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.

THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE.

SECOND.

MOTION MADE BY THE MAYOR. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN USSERY.

ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILMEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCILMEMBER CARVER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCILMEMBER USSERY, YES. COUNCILMEMBER CAIN, AYE. MAYOR PIKE YES . MOTION PASSES. ITEM B IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER.

DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE FOR SUP FOR A HOTEL ON ONE LOT ON 2.9 PLUS MINUS ACRES LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF STANDRIDGE BOULEVARD, 1040 FEET NORTH OF SUZY LANE.

AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:46 P.M.

SO IF YOU RECALL, THIS ITEM WAS BEFORE YOU ON NOVEMBER 22ND AND WAS TABLED AND HELD OPEN TO THIS EVENING.

THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO THESE THREE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WOULD BE TIED TO THE SUP.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS CONCERNS AS IT RELATED TO THE HEIGHT THAT THE APPLICANT WAS PROPOSING.

AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING A MINIMUM THREE STORYS, SO THEY HAD NO ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH PUTTING THAT RESTRICTION ON THE SUP, AS WELL AS THE BUILDING DESIGN AND HAVING ALL INTERIOR ACCESS TO ALL THE ROOMS FROM THE MAIN LOBBY CORRIDOR.

BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

SORRY. AT THE NOVEMBER 7TH PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

THEREFORE THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE STIPULATIONS WITH INSIDE THE ORDINANCE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S OPEN TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

LET'S GO. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

6:47 P.M.

COUNCIL ANY DISCUSSION OF QUESTIONS.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM B.

MOVE WE APPROVE.

A MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.

ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILMEMBER TOTEN AYE.

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ITEM C CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING ONE AND A TWO EDITION BLOCKADE.

LOT FOR CONCEPT PLAN.

CITED AS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL IS SUBMITTED.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ITEM C. WE APPROVE. ITEM C.

SECOND.

MOTION BY THE MAYOR. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN USSERY.

COUNCILMEMBER TOTEN AYE. COUNCILMEMBER CARVER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCILMEMBER USSERY, YES. COUNCILMEMBER CAIN, AYE. MAYOR PIKE ? YES. MOTION PASSES.

ITEM D CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE ANNA STATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

RIGHT. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

PREVIOUSLY, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ZONING CASE APPROVED IN MAY WERE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND THEY HAVE FOUND A DEVELOPER WHO HAS REQUESTED TO MODIFY THE STANDARDS.

SO AS FAR AS THE CHANGES, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 20% MASONRY ON ALL SIDES OF THE BUILDING, WITH 50% OF THOSE BUILDINGS HAVING 70% MASONRY ON THEIR FRONT.

AND THEN IT INCLUDED STIPULATIONS ON WHAT'S CONSIDERED THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

AND THEN THEY HAVE MODIFIED THE CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES.

APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN NO WAY PUTS AN OBLIGATION ON APPROVING THE ZONING.

COUNCIL. WILL YOU GO BACK TO THAT PRIOR SLIDE.

IT'S A MINIMUM 20%.

NICE SCENARIO ON THE FRONT.

DUE TO THE STANDARDS.

SO THEY ARE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MASONRY ON THE OTHER THREE SIDES.

IT'S REDUCING THE FRONT ELEVATION, BUT THE OTHER THREE SIDES, IT'S GOING FROM 40% CUMULATIVE TO 20% PER SIDE.

SO THAT'S 60%.

AND THIS IS FOR A BUILD TO RENT DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S ALL ONE AND TWO STORY STRUCTURES.

OKAY. COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS? JUST REMEMBER, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE YOU DO HAVE CONTROL OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS OF THE PRODUCT.

MAYOR. THAT ACTUALLY IS MY CONCERN, CONSIDERING WHERE THE ENTRANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY IS, HOW VISIBLE THIS PROPERTY IS.

AND WHAT'S BEING PLACED ON THIS PROPERTY.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS SEEMS LIKE IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS ONE PRIOR.

SO, YEAH,[INAUDIBLE] I MEAN, IT HAD A LITTLE BIT CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE HEADED FOR.

JUST A QUESTION. WHAT FITS NEXT TO A RAILROAD TRACKS? WOULD A PRODUCT LIKE THIS.

IT'S KIND OF A SMALL PLOT AND GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE EXACTLY THIS LOCATION IS.

THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF OUR CITY LIMITS.

AND THE ZONING IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THE USE TYPE.

AT ONE POINT, WHENEVER THIS PROPERTY CAME TO US, IT WAS GOING TO BE APARTMENTS.

AND THEN IT CAME BACK.

AND NOW IT'S THE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.

IN MY OPINION.

IF I HAD TO CHOOSE, I WOULD CHOOSE THE SINGLE FAMILY RENT.

THEY ARE FINITE. SO IF THERE IS CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE ITEM NET NO ACTION BE TAKEN ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING, BE TABLED INTO YOUR NEXT MEETING DATE, WHICH WILL ALLOW STAFF THE ABILITY TO GO BACK TO THE APPLICANT, PROVIDED THE DIRECTION THAT IS GIVEN THIS EVENING, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE AGREED UPON OR VOTED

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ASKED TO BE ARTICULATE.

MY CONCERN. THIS IS NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRACK AND WITHOUT EVEN A MASONRY BUFFER.

THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IS IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.

AND SO THESE WERE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY WHEN THESE ZONING REQUESTS CAME BEFORE COUNCIL AND WHICH WAS APPROVED.

THE APPLICANT HAD AGREED TO INITIALLY WITH THE INITIAL ZONING, THERE'S A 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT WAS PRESERVED AS WELL AS THE EXISTING TREE LINE LOCATED ALONGSIDE THE RAILROAD TRACK.

AND SO THEN THE APPLICANT THEN WAS PROPOSING, OF COURSE, JUST THE BOARD ON BOARD FENCING IN THAT LOCATION.

SO THERE WAS ADDITIONAL BUFFERING.

TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION CONSIDERATION AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS PART OF THIS OWNER REQUEST.

THEY ARE ASKING TO REDUCE THAT VERY SLIGHTLY.

BUT AGAIN, THAT IS NOT BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES AS WELL AS THE BUILDING MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS.

A MOTION ON ITEM B, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS BE POSTPONED OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO THAT OUR STAFF CAN WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO IMPROVE THE PLANS.

SO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE.

NO ACTION ON ITEM D TO HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND. SO BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT.

SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I MEAN, CAN YOU GIVE THEM SOME GUIDELINES TO GO BACK TO? BECAUSE THIS IS ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF BEEN THROUGH THIS WITH THE FIRST SITUATION.

SO WHAT ARE THE COMPARISONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? BECAUSE WE CAN'T I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD RESULT THAT IN A DIFFERENT MANNER, BUT THAT'D BE A LITTLE AWKWARD.

I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN 20% BASIN AREA ON THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURES THAT'S FACING HIGHWAY FIVE.

I THINK WE'RE ADDING MASON AREA TO THE BACK ENDS AND THE SIDES OF THE PRODUCTS, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE MASONRY ON THE FRONT.

WHEN YOU SAY THE FRONT, YOU SAID HIGHWAY FIVE, SO THE FRONTAGE IS ON 1106, NOT HIGHWAY FIVE.

THERE'S THE RAILROAD AND THE LANDSCAPE WITH TREES, THE TREE BUFFER.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S IN BETWEEN IT.

SO THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.

SO THERE'S A DAYCARE IN BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

AND THEN THIS IS ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

I'M JUST SUGGESTING IF WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE IT TO HAVE SOMETHING DEFINITE TO GO BACK TO.

YEAH, BECAUSE THE MORE I'M LEARNING NOW, IT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE.

YEAH. I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.

WE NEED MORE MASONRY ALL THE WAY AROUND INSTEAD OF 20%, AT LEAST 50.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, MAYOR 50? I DON'T KNOW. WHAT? SO WE HAVE 50.

EVERYBODY ELSE HAPPY WITH I MEAN, JUST LOWERING OUR BUILDING STANDARDS.

WHAT WE'RE GOOD AT AROUND HERE? NO, I DO.

I GET IT. I JUST. WHATEVER WE WIN, LET THEM DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. IF I MIGHT, MAYOR.

SO THE CITY MANAGER MADE A GREAT POINT.

SO THE COUNCIL ALSO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE, WHICH HE CAN ADDRESS THE PRODUCT TYPE WHERE WE CAN AGREE UPON THAT PERCENTAGE AT THIS TIME.

IT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD WHERE THAT AGREEMENT COULD BE MADE.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S UNDER YOUR PURVIEW IF YOU'D RATHER HAVE THE SIGNED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING OR MAKE THOSE EDITS AT THIS TIME AND SEE UPDATED ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS AS WELL.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THIS.

SO WE'RE MAKING COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT WASTING PEOPLE'S TIME.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME TIME TO LOOK THIS OVER.

DID ANYBODY CHECK TO MAKE SURE I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO GET ON ANYBODY, BUT DID WE CHECK BEFOREHAND BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE HERE NOW.

SO NOW WE'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST THE PROBLEM.

SO, I MEAN, I GET IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING I DISAGREE THAT WORKS WELL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT RECONSTRUCTED WITH 50% MASONRY ON THE ENTIRE PRODUCT.

SO A CUMULATIVE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STRUCTURE.

NOT A 20% FRONT SIDE AND REAR ELEVATION.

THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT NO OFFENSE, AN APPLICANT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT.

THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THEIR MONEY ON IT.

THEY'RE GOING TO RUN OUT THE DOOR AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.

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THIS THING WILL BE RUN DOWN IN TEN YEARS AND LOOK HORRIBLE.

SO IT WILL BE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING.

TENANTS DO NOT LIKE SEEING MASONRY REQUIREMENTS LOWERED.[INAUDIBLE] I'M NOT GOING TO BE REVOLVING DOOR TENANTS WHEN IT'S ON THE RAILROAD TRACK.

NO ONE'S GOING TO GO THERE TO STAY THERE.

RIGHT. I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.

HOW IS IT NOT GOING TO BE NO MATTER WHAT YOU PUT THERE? I MEAN, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING WHERE IT'S THE DEFINITION OF OWNING THE PROPERTY AND RENTING IT, YOU'RE NOT MAKING A LIFE DECISION TO MAKE THAT [INAUDIBLE] I'M GOING TO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANT[INAUDIBLE] I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT PLEASE.

YEAH. WE'RE OFF IN THE WEEDS ANYWAY, LET'S DO IT.

IF IT'S ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.

RIGHT THERE. LOOK AT THE FRONT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

TRUE. IF IT'S NOT BRICK, IF IT'S NOT MASONRY, WHAT IS SIDING THAT YOU'RE USING? WHAT TYPE OF SIDING? SURE.

SO CAREFUL.

ROB MCCLAIN OWNED AND LIVING 1038 TEXAN TRAIL GRAPEVINE, TEXAS.

THANK YOU ALL. DON'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME.

SO THAT TOP PICTURE RIGHT THERE, WE ON THE FRONT.

WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO SIDING.

WE WANTED TO DO THE BOARD AND BATTEN, WE THINK BOARD BATTEN AS A CHARM FOR THESE COTTAGE COMMUNITIES THAT KIND OF POPS AND WE SEE WHERE PEOPLE ENJOY IT.

IT'S APPEALING WITH THAT ESTHETIC MIX.

AND THEN THE OTHER 50% OF THE UNITS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 70% MASONRY REQUIREMENT.

AND THAT'S REALLY ALL WE WERE TRYING TO ASK FOR IN THIS.

THE WAY IT WAS WORDED, I DON'T KNOW IF IT KIND OF LED INTO A MIS REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.

WE ARE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE RENDERINGS FOR ALL THE BOARD AND BATTEN PRODUCT THAT WE WANTED TO SHOW TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT JUST RAN UP AGAINST TIME.

BUT THAT TOP PICTURE RIGHT THERE AND THEN.

KIND OF THAT BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE.

WE GOT ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT COLOR TYPES AND THINGS THAT ARE BEING RENDERED AS WE SPEAK.

AND JUST THOSE THINGS TAKE TIME, COST MONEY.

WE'VE HAD TO MODIFY FOR ANNA BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE HERE AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU GUYS MORE OF WHAT OUR RENDERINGS WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ON THE FRONT, SO IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ANY OF THE SIDING.

WE JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE BOARD AND BATTEN PRODUCT ON THE FRONTS BECAUSE WE THINK IT LOOKS GOOD.

WHICH IS MADE OF WHAT? CEMENT. JUST BOARD.

[INAUDIBLE]? YES, SIR.

PRETTY MUCH. SURE.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT, THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE THAT.

THE FRONT OF IT, THE BOARDED, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.

MORTON BENTON. YES, SIR.

JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY.

SURE. AND AGAIN, IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T AGREE WITH OUR TAKE THAT IT LOOKS GOOD.

WE'RE HAPPY.

WE WANT TO BE HERE IN ANNA WE WANT TO BUILD ON THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE NOT JUST A DEVELOPER TRYING TO GET ENTITLEMENTS AND FLIP IT WHERE WE HAVE A 75 YEAR HISTORY.

WE'RE A SISTER COMPANY OF HISTORY MAKER HOMES OR THE OLDEST PRIVATE HOMEBUILDER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE CONTROL THE PROCESS FROM A TO Z, FROM DEVELOPING THE BUILDING TO THE LEASING.

I'VE GOT MY VP OF OPERATIONS OVERSEES ALL THE CONSTRUCTION HERE.

I'VE GOT MY ASSET MANAGER TO OVERSEES ALL THE MARKETING AND LEASING ACTIVITIES.

I MEAN, WE ARE THIS SISTER COMPANY WAS CREATED FOUR YEARS AGO AND WITH THE INTENT TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN AFFORDABILITY AND FROM SINGLE FAMILY OR APARTMENT RENTING.

AND WE FELT LIKE THE COTTAGE PRODUCT, WHICH YOU ALL VOTED ON THIS SUMMER, MEETS THAT GAP AND WE WANT TO HOLD IT FOR CASH FLOW FOUR TIMES THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE SPIKING AND A FOR SALE PRODUCTS ARE IN A DOWNTURN AND WHERE WE HAVE COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE CASH FLOWING, ASSETS CAN BRIDGE THAT GAP FOR OUR COMPANY SO WE CAN RETAIN EMPLOYEES AND HAVE FINANCIAL HEALTH.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE VISION BEHIND OUR COMPANY IN A QUICK SNIPPET.

DO YOU HAVE LOCAL PRODUCTS THAT.

SURE. YEAH. WE'VE GOT ASSETS IN FORT WORTH UP AND DOWN FROM THE SOUTH AND NORTH SIDE.

WE HAD A COMMUNITY IN LEWISVILLE, AND THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST COMMUNITY IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF DFW.

WE ALSO HAVE A HANDFUL OF COMMUNITIES IN HOUSTON THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS WELL.

SO NO STRUCTURES PLANO? NO. MCKINNEY.

NO, SIR. FRISCO.

PROSPER. NO, SIR.

THINK WE HAD A MOTION ON.

TAKING NO ACTION. BUT THERE WASN'T A SECOND.

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I WITHDRAW.

CALL A MOTION. [INAUDIBLE] . MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE. ITEM D.

SECOND.

MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ATCHLEY.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN.

COUNCILMEMBER TOTEN AYE. COUNCILMEMBER CARVER, NO.

COUNCILMEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER ATCHLEY, YES.

COUNCILMEMBER USSERY, NO. COUNCILMEMBER CAIN, AYE.

MAYOR PIKE NO. STILL PASSES, 3 NO'S.

MOTION PASSES.

SO ITEM E CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ZONING FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTS ON LOT ON ONE LOT 16.3 ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE COUNTY ROAD 1106 THIS ITEM IS A ZONING REQUEST TO AMEND THE EXISTING ZONING CHANGES TO THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IS INCREASING THE HEIGHT THREE FEET.

AMENDING THE FRONT YARD SETBACK FROM 1106.

REDUCING THE SIDE YARD ALONG THE RIGHT OF ALONG THE DART RIGHT OF WAY AND PROHIBITING MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT FIVE FEET WITHIN THE PROPERTY LINE, CHANGING THE DUMPSTER REQUIREMENT AS LONG AS THEY PROVIDE VALET TRASH SERVICE, WHICH IS WHERE THE TRASH IS PICKED UP AT THEIR DOORSTEP.

FENCING TO ALLOW TO BE WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.

THE WAY THAT OUR CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, FENCING IS NOT PERMITTED ALONG THE ROAD.

AND SO SINCE THEY HAVE PRIVATE BACKYARD FENCES, THIS WOULD BE WITHIN THAT FRONT YARD SETBACK.

AND THEN REDUCING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO TEN FEET AND REDUCING THE TREE BUFFER BY FIVE FEET.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT.

IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

LAST CALL WAS IN PUBLIC HEARING.

7:04. THE QUESTIONS, COUNSEL.

I THINK, EMOTION. MOVE.

WE APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION MADE BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER.

COUNCILMEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCILMEMBER USSERY, YES.

COUNCILMEMBER CAIN, AYE.

MAYOR PIKE, NO. MOTION PASSES.

ITEM F CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING AND THE STATION CONCEPT PLAN.

THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

AND QUESTIONS COUNCIL.

MOTION ON ITEM F. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.

ITEM SEVEN F.

MOTION BY [INAUDIBLE].

SECOND. SECOND COUNCILMAN ATCHLEY.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE ABSOLUTELY NOT.

BUT ADVANCES.

D CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE ONE POINT TO PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST FOURTH STREET AND SHIRLEY AVENUE.

YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO THE ZONING REQUEST BEFORE THIS IS FOR THE SHIRLEY HERITAGE PARK.

THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT STIPULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE UNDERLYING ZONING OF A CENTRAL BUSINESS REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT STAFF LOOKED AT THAT ZONING DISTRICT AND REALIZE THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PARK.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE THE PARK THERE AS WELL AS OUR GROUND STORAGE TANKS, BUT THE SETBACKS WOULD BE ZERO FOOT ALONG THE FRONT YARD.

THERE'S THREE FRONT YARDS, FIVE FOOT ALONG THE SIDE YARD.

ALSO SCREENING DEVICES.

THERE IS EXISTING BARBED WIRE, WHICH WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE CBD.

SO THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED.

AND AGAIN, SCREENING WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED ALONG THE EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY BECAUSE THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.

BUT AGAIN, FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD HOME, HOWEVER, THAT IS THE EXISTING PARK THAT IS THERE ALSO, THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENT ALONG ANY OF THE RIGHTS OF WAY.

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BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC HEARINGS OPEN AT 7:07 P.M..

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? LET'S GO. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM G.

7:07 P.M.

ROSS, THIS REQUEST SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE JUST TO PROTECT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.

IT'S TO PROTECT AS WELL AS FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE COMING ON SITE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A TRAIN ON SITE THAT IS GOING TO BE WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK RIGHT NOW.

SO THEREFORE, WE'RE ASKING TO AMEND THE ZONING TO ALLOW SUCH AS WELL AS THERE'S THE EXISTING RESTROOM FACILITY, THAT IS MAJORITY OF IT IS LOCATED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. YOU HAVE THE EXISTING, AS I MENTIONED, THE GROUNDWATER STORAGE TANKS THAT WERE IN THERE PRIOR TO THE ZONING ITSELF.

SO IT'S MORE OF A CLEANUP.

YES. OKAY, THANKS.

MAYOR I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM SEVEN G.

SECOND.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN. I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.

ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCILMAN TOTEN, AYE.

COUNCILMEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE.

YES, MOTION PASSES.

H. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER.

DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING SHIRLEY PARK.

CONDITION BLACK A LOTS ONE AND TWO IS THE RESIDENTIAL PLAT THEREFORE REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEMS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AT 7:09 P.M..

DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? LAST CALL.

CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

7:09 P.M..

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM H.

SECOND.

MOTION BY THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

I HAVE A SECOND. COUNCILMAN TOTEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM I. CONSIDERED.

DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING SHIRLEY PARK CONDITION BLOCK A LOTS ONE AND TWO SITE PLAN.

THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

SUBMITTED. ANY QUESTIONS? MOVE. WE APPROVE. SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR.

SECOND BY THE MAYOR. PRO TEM.

ALL IN FAVOR, COUNCILMEMBER TOTEN, AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES.

MOTION PASSES. ITEM J.

CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING NEXT METRO S WBC AND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM FROM A JOSH [INAUDIBLE].

AND I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:10.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

OKAY. WELL, IT'S LISTED HERE FOR ITEM J.

ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY.

IT SHOULD BE ITEM K.

IT'S LISTED WRONG ON THE SHEET.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT ON ITEM J.

A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE.

ITEM J. SECOND.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN USSERY.

A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

ALL IN FAVOR. ACTUALLY, I KINDLY REQUEST THAT IF YOU COULD AMEND THE MOTION JUST TO ENSURE THAT IT'S SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AS TO FORM BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BY CITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL. THERE WAS, AS IT RELATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS INSIDE YOUR PACKET, THERE WAS SOME SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS AS RELATED TO OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE NEEDED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED.

WE MADE A MOTION. IT IS NOT.

THERE WAS SOME CERTAIN SECTIONS WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, UNDERSTANDING THAT FUTURE BUDDY HAYES WILL NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. WE CAME TO THE UNDERSTANDING, SPEAKING WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, THAT IN ORDER FOR IF THE DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF THIS IS NOT CONSTRUCTED, WHICH HAS A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF BUDDY HAYES THAT SECTION NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN ORDER FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE FORWARD.

THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF THAT.

SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT LANGUAGE.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR REIMBURSEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT LANGUAGE AND WE'RE FINE TUNING IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUILDING MATERIALS, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.

IT WAS MORE SO JUST FOR A SAFETY FEATURE FOR THE APPLICANT AS THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD AND PURCHASING THE PROPERTY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I'LL MOVE.

WE APPROVE. SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AS TO FORM BY THE CITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL.

SECOND. SO YOU'RE THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

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I NEED TO REDO IT.

THEN I WANT TO REDO THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM J.

SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AS FORM BY THE LEGAL CITY LEGAL COUNSEL.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES. MOTION PASSES.

ITEM K IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE 65 ACRES.

LOOK AT IT. ON THE EAST SIDE OF EAST 75 SOUTH WEST WHITE STREET FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

SEE ONE RESTRICTED A COMMERCIAL PDQ, ONE ORDINANCE NUMBER 107 2003 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT 7:13.

SO THERE THE REQUEST IS OUTLINED HERE ON THE AERIAL MAP.

SO THE AN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL.

THE PRIMARY LAND USE IS RECOMMENDED ARE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL, AS WELL AS SECONDARY USES, AS CIVIC LAND USES AS WELL AS INSTITUTIONAL USES.

GRANTED, A LOT OF THESE USES ARE BASED UPON THE PICTURES, THE DIAGRAMS THAT WE SEE.

SO THE APPLICANT, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, IT'S A ZONING REQUEST THAT WILL INCLUDE THREE FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT.

YOU'LL HAVE THE COMMERCIAL ALONG THE FRONTAGE WHICH WILL BE ON TRACKS ONE A AND ONE B, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR TYPICAL THREE STORY, FOUR STORY MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT ON TRACK TWO, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT PRODUCT ON TRACK THREE.

SO AS PART OF THIS REQUEST, OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPMENT STIPULATIONS WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT.

THE CITY WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT THE C TWO AS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT, BUT THEN TO REDUCE THE TYPES OF LAND USES THAT WE FELT WERE NOT BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY. NO AUTOMATED AUTOMOTIVE USES WOULD BE ALLOWED AS IT RELATES TO THE C TWO.

IT'S CLEARLY MORE SO FOR SHOPPING, FOR RETAIL, FOR RESTAURANT FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT.

ALSO, THIS DEVELOPMENT WE FELT AS IT RELATES TO THE THAW OVERLAY, THE THORA OVERLAY REQUIRES ONE AT MINIMUM ONE ACRE LOTS.

THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE SOME FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SOME PAD SITES ALONG THE FRONTAGE.

ALSO ON THE COURT WE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT AS RELATED TO ENSURING THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS MORE OF A MIXED USE PRODUCT RATHER THAN A STANDALONE COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.

SO WE CREATED A STIPULATION THAT IS REQUIRING A QUASI PUBLIC STREET THAT WILL BE BUILT BETWEEN TRACT ONE A.

AS WELL AS THE TRACK TWO.

THIS QUASI PUBLIC STREET WILL ENSURE THAT.

THAT THERE'S A ROADWAY YOU'LL HAVE THE MULTIFAMILY THAT IS FRONTING.

ALONG THAT QUASI PUBLIC STREET AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON THE BACK SIDE OF ONE A WILL BE FACING.

SO IT'LL BE MORE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL WALKING ENVIRONMENT ON STREET PARKING.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE BASICALLY THOSE COMMERCIAL USES HAVING THEIR LOADING DOCKS IN THE BACK.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT AS PART OF THIS ZONING REQUEST RATHER THAN JUST LEAVING IT, THROWING UP A MASONRY WALL, HAVING THE BACKS OF THE MULTIFAMILY FACING THE HIGHWAY.

SO WE FELT AS IF THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ACHIEVABLE THAT WOULD BRING US TO A QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU SEE IN OTHER LARGER COMMUNITIES OF PLANO, FRISCO, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

ON TRACK TO THE MULTIFAMILY.

THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR A THREE STORY PRODUCT.

RIGHT NOW. OUR MOVE TWO ONLY REQUIRES OF TWO ALLOWS FOR A TWO STORY PRODUCT.

REDUCING THE PARKING, SIMILAR REQUESTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, THE COVERED PARKING AS WELL.

THE REFUSE FACILITIES.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO COMPACTORS ON SITE.

WE'RE PUTTING IN STIPULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THIS QUASI PUBLIC STREET IS BUILT ACCORDINGLY AND THAT THESE BUILDINGS FACE THAT QUASI PUBLIC STREET, AS WELL AS NOT HAVING SCREENING ALONG THE NORTH PROPERTY BOUNDARY, WHICH THE NORTH PROPERTY BOUNDARY IS ACTUALLY SHARED WITH THE MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT.

SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO WALL OFF THESE DEVELOPMENTS FROM EACH OTHER.

TRACK THREE IS A SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.

AGAIN, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TWO PARKING SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT.

THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE FOR THE GUEST PARKING, BUT IT'S A ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM PRODUCT, 50% COVERED PARKING.

THEY WILL BE PROVIDING A VALET TRASH SERVICE.

THIS AREA, THE DEVELOPMENT IS BORDERED BY HEAVILY VEGETATED LAND ALONG THE EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY AS IT RELATES TO THEIR SCREENING WALL, WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE A WROUGHT IRON SCREENING AS WELL AS ORNAMENTAL WITH

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BUILDING SEPARATIONS, THEY'VE ASKED FOR IN SOME INSTANCES, EIGHT FOOT SEPARATION.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE SITE PLAN.

THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE THAT CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THAT AS WELL AS SIGNAGE.

THEY'RE REQUESTING TO MONUMENT SIGNS ALONG.

THROCKMORTON AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'RE REQUESTING TO PUT THOSE TWO SIGNAGE.

SO AT THE NOVEMBER 7TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THIS ITEM WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

THEREFORE, IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO THE STIPULATIONS CONTAINED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE.

AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS HERE WITH A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT OR THE MULTIFAMILY OR THE COMMERCIAL.

THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARINGS OPEN.

7:18 P.M.

I DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SHEET.

FROM JOSH EADIE IF HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

IF I LOOK FAMILIAR, THEN IN FRONT OF YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES.

WE FIRST MET ON THIS PROJECT BACK IN AUGUST, I BELIEVE, AS A WORKSHOP ITEM.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS BASICALLY THE SAME FORM SINCE THEN.

MY NAME IS JOSH EADIE WITH NEXT METRO COMMUNITIES AND VICE PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT HERE IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH.

THIS WILL BE, I THINK, OUR 15TH PROJECT.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR PRODUCT.

WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS IN MELISSA, ONE IN MCKINNEY, TWO IN SALINA TO NAME THE COLLIN COUNTY PROJECTS.

AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS.

SO YOU'LL SEE SIMILAR FACADES, MASONRY REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

AS WE'RE ALSO MENTIONED, THE SITE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE TWO USES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.

THE COMMERCIAL USE IS CURRENTLY THERE IN ZONING TODAY IS NOT GOING TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE NEAR TERM BUT WAS BEING PRESERVED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

THE PRECEDING ITEM WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND BUDDY HAYS, YOU CAN SEE IT'S STILL LABELED THROCKMORTON BOULEVARD, BUT IT'S THE SAME ROAD.

THEY'RE REALLY OUR VISION FOR THIS SITE PLAN IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO MAYBE WATTERS CREEK AND ALLEN OR OTHER GATEWAYS TO CITY WHERE YOU HAVE A MIXED USE COMMUNITY AT THIS SCALE.

YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE THE WALKING TRAIL THAT MEANDERS ALONG FUTURE BUDDY HAYES.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO CONNECT TO THE NORTH TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY TO ALL THE LAND USES IN THE AREA AND EVENTUALLY EXTEND SOUTH AS WELL WHEN THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COMES IN.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS A ZOOM IN ON THE QUASI STREET WHICH ROSS IS ARTICULATING THAT WE FELT HELPS CONNECT THE TWO USES TO THAT RETAIL.

THEY'RE CREATING MORE STREET FRONTAGE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

JUST SOME DATA POINTS.

WE'VE ALREADY VISITED ON SOME OF THIS STUFF, BUT ABOUT 13 ACRES ON THE MULTIFAMILY, 20 ON THE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT, A LITTLE OVER 200 SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT HOMES, ALL ONE STORY, THE MULTIFAMILY.

A LITTLE OVER 300 HOMES, I THINK FOUR STORY WITH SOME TUCK UNDER GARAGES OR THREE STORY GARAGES.

YOU CAN SEE THE RENTS THERE.

A LOT OF THIS IS ALL PREMIUM PRODUCTS.

OUR PARTNER ON THE MULTIFAMILY PIECE TO IS ALSO HERE TONIGHT.

THEY'VE BUILT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE AND A COUPLE HERE LOCALLY.

TYPICAL RESORT STYLE AMENITIES ON BOTH PROJECTS AND PARKING OVER 2 TO 1.

THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS.

THESE ARE ALL 80% MINIMUM WITH 60% ON THE SIDES.

SO WE FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS BEING A QUALITY PRODUCT.

TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM EARLIER.

ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS, EACH ONE, TWO AND THREE WILL HAVE THREE ITERATIONS.

SO ALL OF THESE ELEVATIONS WILL BE BUILT IN SOME COLOR FORMAT, DEPENDING ON MATERIAL AVAILABILITY, BUT IT'S A MIXTURE OF STONE BRICK.

JAMES HARDIE BOARD, WHICH IS CEMENTITIOUS FIBER CEMENT BOARD.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE CEDAR WOOD AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, SO I'LL BE A LITTLE BIT BRIEF.

JUST BECAUSE WE SPOKE BEFORE, ALL OF WHAT WE DO IS SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT STYLE HOMES.

ALL ARE SINGLE STORY.

THEY HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN A MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY, BUT IT LOOKS AND FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY.

PROFESSIONAL ONSITE MANAGEMENT MONITORED PARKING.

OUR PROJECT WOULD BE GATED, ALL THOSE SORTS OF FEATURES ALONG WITH GRANITE, STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

HERE'S SOME SAMPLE PICTURES.

THE PROJECTS ON THE NORTH ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE, THOSE ARE IN SALINA.

SOME OF THE ONES IN THE MIDDLE ARE OUT IN JUST NORTH OF FORT WORTH THAT HAVE A MORE MODERN FARMHOUSE LOOK.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TYPICAL BACKYARD THAT'S ABOUT A TEN FOOT BACKYARD.

ON THIS PROJECT, WE'D HAVE 10 TO 20 FOOT BACKYARDS OF VARYING DEPTH, VARYING PRICE POINTS, AND THEN A POOL AND A GRILLING AREA AS WELL.

WE ALSO HAVE A DOG PARK THAT WAS A PICTURE ABOUT SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT FIT FOR ANNA AND THE GROWTH YOU ALL HAVE HAD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH US NEED FLEXIBILITY.

THEY MIGHT BE COMING FROM A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND WANTING TO STAY IN THE AREA.

THEY MIGHT BE NEW TO THE AREA AND WANT TO BUY A HOUSE, MAYBE NOT JUST RIGHT NOW, BUT IN GENERAL, THIS REALLY HELPS CONTAIN THE GROWTH AND KEEP THINGS ON THE RIGHT TRACK, IN OUR OPINION, FROM A PRODUCT STANDPOINT.

HERE'S AN AREA OF A SIMILAR PROJECT THAT WAS ACTUALLY OVER IN FORT WORTH.

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WE DO FIRE SPRINKLE ALL OF THESE.

WE PUT COMMON GREEN AREAS IN THE MIDDLE FOR HANGING OUT AND WE PUT AS LITTLE CONCRETE AS WE CAN ON THE GROUND JUST TO HELP WITH IT, MAKING IT FEEL LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MULTIFAMILY.

THESE ARE SOME PERSPECTIVE RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE INTENDING TO BUILD, WHICH IS VERY MUCH THE SAME AS SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE WON ACCOLADES.

A COUPLE OF THEIR PROJECTS HAVE SEEN CANDIDACY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR AND THAT SORT OF THING.

IT'S HARD TO TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING APARTMENTS, BUT THESE ARE PRETTY GOOD LOOKING ONES, IN MY OPINION.

AGAIN, THESE WILL HAVE GRANITE COUNTERTOPS, WALK IN CLOSETS, ALL THE SAME FEATURES YOU'D HAVE WITH A CLASS A PROPERTY ALONG WITH ONSITE MANAGEMENT RESIDENT SCREENING. AND THEY'LL BE GATED AS WELL.

SO THERE'S SOME COMMONALITY BETWEEN THE TWO USES.

AND THEN JUST SOME PICTURES OF TYPICAL AMENDMENTS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE EITHER ABOUT THIS OR THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION AND THAT SORT OF THING.

THANK YOU. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? LAST CALL. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

7:23 P.M.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE TRACK PLAN FOR A SECOND PLEASE? OH, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. THAT'S FINE.

I'M JUST. OKAY.

THAT ANSWERING MY QUESTION.

SO THE COMMERCIAL TRACT WAY AND ONE B IT'S ALL KIND OF ON THAT SIDE WHERE THAT COMMERCIAL COLLECTOR ROAD IS THAT GEOMETRY CAN CHANGE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF ON IS PULLING THE TEXT OFF RAMP OFF BACK SO THAT THIS WOULD BE A NICE SHORTCUT TO GET AROUND THE FLYING J CORNER.

SO THAT'S A GOAL. WE DON'T HAVE THAT SHOWN JUST YET BECAUSE WE TEXT DOT COORDINATION, BUT WE'LL WORK ON.

ANY OTHER, QUESTIONS, COUNCIL.

IT WAS ON MY LIST, TOO.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR JOEY.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE EATING INTO OUR COMP PLAN.

JOEY. IT'S LIKE WE'RE EATING INTO OUR COMP PLAN.

AND AS FAR AS DEPTH GOES, DO WE HAVE ANY? HOW MANY MORE PROPERTIES DO WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE THIS KIND OF DEPTH? YOU CAN ANSWER FROM THERE AS FAR AS RETAIL COMMERCIAL.[INAUDIBLE] THANKS. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

BUT ON THE BIG BOX COORDINATION, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN WITH JOEY ABOUT THIS AND I CAN'T CONTROL THE COMMERCIAL INTEREST AS WELL, BUT WE DID TRY TO SIZE THE REMAINING COMMERCIAL IN THIS PD TO ALLOW FOR A MIXTURE OF USES.

I WOULDN'T BE THE ONE TO PROMISE YOU THAT A MID-BLOCK BIG BOX STORE IS KIND OF IN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE LARGER STORES.

WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE A RANGE OF USES THERE FOR A GROCERY STORE OR BEST BUY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M NOT AN EXPERT AGAIN, BUT I DO THINK WE TRIED TO RETAIN SOME DEPTH ENOUGH WITHOUT USING THE WHOLE TRACK.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR APPROACH WITH THIS.

SO JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT.

THANKS FOR THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

IF WE HADN'T APPROVED.

THE DEVELOPMENT JUST NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY.

I WOULD BE REALLY HESITANT, BUT TO APPROVE THIS ONE.

BUT THIS ONE DOES SEEM VERY COMPLEMENTARY TO WHAT WE JUST RECENTLY APPROVED TO THE NORTH.

MY QUESTION WAS, YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL.

HOW FAST WOULD THAT COMMERCIAL COME IN? WOULD YOU DO THAT FIRST AND DID A SINGLE FAMILY OR WOULD YOU DO THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE RESIDENTIAL PART FIRST? SO I REPRESENT THE DEVELOPER FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPERS HERE AS WELL.

I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT UPON CLOSING ON THIS LAND SALE THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR, WE LOOK TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR ON THAT.

FIRST ALONG, I MEAN, BUDDY HAYES HAS TO GET BUILT FIRST.

SO THAT'S ALL KIND OF THE SCOPE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMERCIAL.

THAT'S ANYONE'S GUESS ON THE TIMING THERE REALLY WITHIN OF A REAL ESTATE CYCLE.

SO THAT MY GUESS WOULD PROBABLY BE 12 MONTHS AWAY FROM SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO LOOK TO COME IN WITH A PLATFORM THAT'S PART OF THE TRACK.

OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM K.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.

I HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN TOTEN.

ALL IN FAVOR. COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE.

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AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF A DESIGN.

THAT'S A GOOD LOOKING DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS A GOOD LOOKING ZONING.

I THINK IT FITS WELL.

THERE'S A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING AND WHAT WILL COME TO FOLLOW IT.

SO THANKS FOR PROVIDING SOME GOOD ELEVATIONS.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU ALL.

OK I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ILL CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING NEXT METRO S.W.

B.C. AND A CONCEPT PLAN CITED AS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED.

ANY QUESTIONS? MOVE WE APPROVE.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM. SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.

ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES . MOTION PASSES OUT OF ITEM M.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON EVERY POINT PHASE ONE BLOCKS YOU LOT SEE A 67 R AND 68 REPLY OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

7:28 ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:28 THEN.

MR.[INAUDIBLE] AGAIN, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL RE-PLAT.

THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO PLAT BOTH PROPERTIES AND THEN RE PLAT IN THE FUTURE FOR COMMERCIAL.

BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION BY THE MAYOR AND SECOND BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

ALL IN FAVOR . COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES. MOTION PASSES ITEM N.

FIRST READING OF RESOLUTION APPROVING A ANNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP PROJECT FOR PHASE ONE OF CITY OF ANNA WAYFINDING PROGRAM AND APPROVING THE CDC ENTERING INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LEE ENGINEERING.

MR. [INAUDIBLE]. YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THE NEXT COUPLE ITEMS ARE CDC ITEM SO WOULD NEED FROM YOU MAYORS TO READ TWO SEPARATE READINGS.

WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT THERE AND THEN I'LL COVER IT UNDER $0.07.

COUNCIL. I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANNA CITY COUNCIL RATIFYING AND IMPROVING THE ANNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.

PROJECT FOR PHASE ONE OF THE CITY OF ANNA WAYFINDING PROGRAM AND APPROVING THE CDC ENTERING INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LEE ENGINEERING.

SECOND THAT. IT'S THE FIRST READING OF A MOTION BY THE MAYOR AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.

ALL IN FAVOR. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S AN ACTION ITEM.

NO, THAT'S NOT.

JUST THE [INAUDIBLE] ITEM P IS THE SO ITEM N, WE'VE DONE OUR FIRST READING ITEM O.

I'M GOING TO DO A SECOND READING.

COUNCIL RECOMMEND WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, RATIFYING AND IMPROVING AND A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROJECT FOR PHASE ONE OF THE CITY OF ANNA WAYFINDING PROGRAM AND IMPROVING THE ANNA CDC ENTERING INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LEE ENGINEERING.

P IS CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ANNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.

PROJECT FOR PHASE ONE OF THE CITY OF AND WAYFINDING PROGRAM AND APPROVING THE CDC ENTERING INTO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LEE ENGINEERING.

MR. GRISHAM, THIS IS YOUR PRESENTATION UP HERE.

YEAH. NO, THAT'S FINE. WHILE KEVIN IS PULLING IT UP.

JUST A REFRESHER. SO I BELIEVE TAYLOR & LAW, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, GAVE A PRESENTATION HERE IN A WORK SESSION RECENTLY ON THIS ITEM.

JUST VERY BRIEFLY.

COUNCIL AND CDC EDC BOARD MET A WHILE BACK TO TALK ABOUT WAYS TO UTILIZE FUNDING FROM THE SALE OF THE BUSINESS PARK.

AND A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT WERE DOWNTOWN, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN ALSO WAYFINDING SIGNAGE AS WELL AS ENTRY SIGNAGE.

SO STAFF BEGAN WORKING WITH GREG KIND OF LIST OF VENDORS THAT WERE APPROVED AND THE STAFF AGAIN, TAYLOR AND KEVIN.

KIMBERLY WERE IN OUR OFFICE IDENTIFIED LEE ENGINEERING TO WORK ON PHASE ONE OF THE WAYFINDING STUDY.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS, AGAIN, IT'S WORKING THIS.

LEE ENGINEERING HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH TXDOT.

I'LL SAY THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY AREAS.

AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY SIGNAGE OF WHERE THE ACTUAL SIGNS, WHERE THE SIGNS WOULD BE LOCATED.

SO AN ASSESSMENT WOULD BE KIND OF UNDERTAKEN KIND OF INITIALLY AND AS WELL AS SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

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WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT FORMING A COMMITTEE TO KIND OF HELP IN THIS PROCESS.

WE CAN GO KIND OF A STAKEHOLDER TASKFORCE WITH COUNCIL SELECTED THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM.

THE CDC MEETS NEXT WEEK.

WE HAD TO POSTPONE SINCE WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO.

SO WE'LL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK TO IDENTIFY TO FROM THE CDC BOARD.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE KELLY PATTERSON HERNDON, ELIJAH NELMS, ELDEN BAKER, BECKY GREER AND ANGIE TOLES WILL MAKE UP THE BALANCE OF THAT COMMITTEE.

SO, AGAIN THIS GROUP WILL MEET STARTING PROBABLY EARLY NEXT YEAR.

IT'S KIND OF A TASK FORCE TO KIND OF HELP ALONG THIS PROCESS, WORKING WITH LEE ENGINEERING AND MERGE DESIGN, WHICH WILL BE, AGAIN, MORE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN PART OF THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN THING.

AGAIN, THE COST OF THIS IS JUST UNDER $36,000.

THIS IS COMING FROM CDC FUNDS.

SO THIS KIND OF GETS EVERYTHING IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FORM.

THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE IDENTIFYING THE SITES, OBVIOUSLY, AS WELL AS THE COST OF THE SCIENCE WOULD BE PHASE TWO.

SO THIS REALLY KICKS IT OFF AGAIN.

WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, FROM A LOT OF NEIGHBORS THAT SIGNAGE IS IMPORTANT AND YOU SEE THAT IN SOME COMMUNITIES AROUND US.

ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO PUT SIGNAGE OUT THERE, WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, GATEWAY ENTRANCE SIGNS, ALL OF THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE KIND OF CREATE KIND OF PLACEMAKING HERE IN THE CITY.

SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

OH, YEAH. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR A LONG TIME.

I'VE BEEN WONDERING WHY WE.

WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE OF THEM.

DID YOU SAY LEE ENGINEERING HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH TXDOT? THEY HAVE. CAN THEY HELP US WITH THE TRASH? WE CAN ASK OUT OF THAT.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE IS NO BRANDING THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE.

OH, THIS IS A THAT'S AN ASSESSMENT.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE DESIGN.

BUT NO, THIS IS NOT BRANDING PER SE.

YES, I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST CLARIFYING.

I MOVE. WE APPROVE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

COUNCILMAN TOTEN, SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES MOTION PASSES.

ITEM P OR Q IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LEVYING OF ASSESSMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER TWO WITHIN THE HURRICANE CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

7:35 P.M.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

7:35 P.M.

ON ITEM Q.

SO, MAYOR, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE DEALING WITH PED BONDS AND APPROVING SAP SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE HURRICANE CREEK DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT AREA.

NUMBER TWO, I KNOW MR. JIM SABONIS IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOND SELL TODAY AND HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YIELD AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS WILL DO THAT.

BUT THOSE WHAT THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED.

AND ACTION ITEMS ON ITEM MORE.

IT'S CONSIDERED A SUCCESS.

ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING OR APPROVING A SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR IMPROVEMENT.

AREA NUMBER TWO OF THE HURRICANE CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAKING A FUNDING OF A SPECIAL BENEFIT TO THE PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENT AREA.

NUMBER TWO OF THE DISTRICT LEVYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PROPERTY WITHIN IMPROVEMENT, AREA NUMBER TWO OF THE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING A LIEN ON SUCH PROPERTY, PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF THE ASSESSMENT AND THE PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372 TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AS AMENDED. APPROVING PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I HAVE A FEELING THAT MR. MCCOY PREPARED THAT LANGUAGE.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? ITEM R.

IF WE APPROVE ITEM R.

MOTION BY THE MAYOR.

SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

ALL IN FAVOR. COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES MOTION PASSES. ITEM S IS CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2022 HURRICANE CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.

PROVEN AND AUTHORIZING THE INDENTURE OF A TRUST, A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, A LIMITED OFFERING MEMORANDUM AND A CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AND OTHER AGREEMENTS AND

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COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM S? I'LL MAKE A MOTION WHEN I APPROVE THE ITEM.

SECOND. MOTION BY THE MAYOR.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN.

ALL IN FAVOR, COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES MOTION PASSES. ITEM T IS CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY NECESSARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HACKBERRY DRIVE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY FIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTIFIED APPRAISALS AND INFORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

MAYOR, COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED FOR OUR HACKBERRY DRIVE PROJECT.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.

DUE TO THE PRICE, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ONE WAS ON HERE FOR PUBLIC ACTION.

WE HAVE THREE PROPERTIES LEFT THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE RIGHT OF WAY CLEAR.

AND STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THAT TO YOU ALL AS WE ENTER THE NEW YEAR.

WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE ARE VERY CLOSE ON ONE OF THOSE THREE.

AND THEN THE REMAINING TWO, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO GET FINALIZED AND DONE BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT.

BUT FOR THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

THAT IS, WE FEEL VERY FAIR FOR ALL PARTIES AND IS BASED ON THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION AND ACQUIRE THE STRIP OF RIGHT OF WAY IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

THANK YOU.

MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 7T.

I'LL SECOND IT. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY.

MAYOR, THIS HAS BEEN A HOT BUTTON ITEM.

IT'S EVEN BEFORE YOU AND I WERE ELECTED WHEN WE FIRST RAN IT.

AND I'M GLAD THAT IT'S TAKEN, WHAT, TWO OR THREE COUNCILS TO GET TO COMPLETION OF THIS.

SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY, GREG, I'VE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA AND THEY HAVE SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH THEM AND TREATING THEM WITH RESPECT WHILE TRYING TO GET TO A SOLUTION HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

THREE. AND THIS WAS UNLIKE THE THIRD OR FOURTH ITEM ON THE FIRST MEETING I WAS AT.

FIRST WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED AND SAT DOWN, THIS IS REALLY OLD, SO YEAH, GOOD JOB.

[INAUSIBLE]. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS, I SAID 2.

DO WE HAVE ANY? YEAH, WE HAVE MOTION. I MADE A MOTION.

I MADE THE MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN [INAUDIBLE].

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.

ALL IN FAVOR. COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES, MOTION PASSES.

ITEM U CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING.

THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE RELOCATION OF OVERHEAD POLES AND UTILITIES LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN STREET IMPROVEMENT CAPITAL PROJECT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS TO HANDLE THE RELOCATION OF THE REMAINING POLES THAT YOU SEE THAT RUN ALONG THIS PROPERTY HERE THAT WE'RE AT TONIGHT. AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE ALREADY RELOCATED THE ONCOR OVERHEAD LINES, WHICH PREVIOUSLY CUT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY, LITERALLY WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

WE WRAPPED THOSE DOWN FIFTH AND DOWN FIVE AND AROUND.

BUT AT THE TIME, WE DID NOT RELOCATE THE AT&T LINES BECAUSE THOSE WERE ON A SEPARATE SET OF POLES THAT WERE OWNED BY AT&T.

AND THEY WERE NOT CRITICAL TO THE PROJECT TO GET THIS BUILDING AND THE FIRE STATION BUILT.

HOWEVER, NOW THAT WE ARE CONSTRUCTING THE LIBRARY, OBVIOUSLY THAT PROJECT IS STILL IN DESIGN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING THAT LIBRARY AND THE FAR NORTHEAST

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AND SO WE'VE WORKED WITH AT&T TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THE PROJECT SCOPE.

IT'S A LITTLE OVER $80,000 FOR US TO HAVE THEM DO THIS WORK.

SO THEY WILL REMOVE THE POLES AND BURY THEIR LINES.

AND SO THEN THAT THIS ENTIRE BLOCK WOULD THEN HAVE NO POLES ON IT.

AND SO THE FUNDING FOR THIS WOULD BE AS A PART OF THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE COMING TO YOU NEXT YEAR TO WHEN WE COME TO YOU WITH THE FINAL PLANS TO REBUILD FIFTH, SEVENTH AND RIGGINS AROUND THAT THAT SITE.

BUT THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THEM TO HAVE THEIR GET AT&T TO HAVE THE POLES TAKEN DOWN, HAVE THAT LINE BURIED AND HAVE THEM CLEAR AND OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT WHEN WE'RE READY TO AWARD THE ROAD PROJECT, WE DON'T HAVE UTILITY CONFLICTS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ITEM U? MOVE WITH APPROVE.

SECOND.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN.

ALL IN FAVOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE, YES, MOTION PASSES. ITEM V, CONSIDER.

DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION ORDINANCE BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX PARKING EXPANSION.

MAYOR AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST FOR YOU ALL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET SOME LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THIS ITEM.

OKAY. SO LET'S SKIP ITEM V, FOLKS.

UH, LET'S GO ON TO ITEM W.

THAT ITEM IS CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACTION FIELD OF EDC CDC BOARD VACANCY.

AND MR. MILLER IS THE LIAISON FOR THAT BOARD.

WE HAVE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AS COUNCIL MAY KNOW, WE RECENTLY HAD THE RESIGNATION OF SHANE WILLIAMS, WHO MOVED OUT OF TOWN, SO WE NEEDED TO FILL THE VACANCY THERE.

I DO HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR APPOINTMENT.

JODY BILLS, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A SECOND, JUST KIND OF.

I KNOW MOST OF YOU ALL HAVE MET HIM.

HE'S A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, BUT IF YOU JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND HE WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.

JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW MOST OF YOU.

SOME OF YOU I DON'T.

JODY BEALS. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2015.

I'LL KEEP IT REAL BRIEF.

WAS IN THE ARMY FOR 20 YEARS, RETIRED IN THIS AREA.

WASN'T SURE THAT I WAS GOING TO LIVE HERE AND THEN FELL IN LOVE WITH THE COMMUNITY LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE.

I'M A BUSINESS OWNER.

I OWN REAL ESTATE HERE AS WELL.

AND THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN JUST, GOLLY, WE'RE JUST BLESSED.

HONESTLY, THE COMMUNITY HAS TAKEN US ON.

THEY'VE TAKEN OUR BUSINESS ON AND WE HAVE GROWN EXPONENTIALLY.

AND UNLESS SOMEBODY ROCKET LAUNCHES ME OUT OF HERE AND I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE.

SO I'M JUST IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JODY. AND YOU SERVED. I THINK WE MET.

YOU SERVED ON A NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN.

I FORGET WHAT WE CALL THAT WONKY BOARD THAT ALREADY FORGOTTEN ABOUT, BUT I DID.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH I THINK.

THEY WERE DESIGN COMMITTEE.

YEAH. I THINK JODY WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE.

SO IF YOU'LL MAKE THE MOTION, I'LL SECOND IT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU, JOEY. AWESOME.

THANK YOU, GUYS. I APPRECIATE YOU.

DON'T GO TOO FAR.

WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER OPTION FOR YOU.

OKAY? YEAH.

MOTION BY ONE OF THEM AND A SECOND BY THE OTHER.

WHAT HE SAID. ALL IN FAVOR? YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP ME.

COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, YES.

COUNCILMEMBER ATCHLEY, YES.

COUNCILMEMBER USSERY, YES.

COUNCILMEMBER CAIN? ABSOLUTELY.

MAYOR PIKE JOEY, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE A MOTION WAS MADE, BUT I THINK YOU'D BE AN EXCELLENT FIT.

[INAUDIBLE] YES.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM X, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON FILLING THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VACANCY.

MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A QUICK SUGGESTION FOR THIS, AND I'M GOING TO ASK PERMISSION FIRST.

JOEY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WOULD YOU? THIS BOARD DOESN'T GET CALLED UPON MUCH, BUT WHEN IT DOES, WE MAY NEED YOU.

WOULD YOU MIND FILLING IN ON OUR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT JOEY BILLS TO A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

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IT IS A QUASI JUDICIAL BOARD.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN SERVE MULTIPLE.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S P AND Z TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

RIGHT. RIGHT.

YOU CAN'T BE ON THE P AND Z AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

WE DID HAVE SOMEBODY SERVE THAT WAS ON A PARKS BOARD AT ONE POINT.

SO THAT'S FINE.

WE CAN APPROVE IT.

IF THERE IS, THERE'S THE ATTORNEY TRYING TO COME IN ON HIS ZOOM.

WE, JUST WANTED TO SEE IF HE WAS AWAKE, SO.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD TO APPOINTING JODI BILLS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PENDING ANY LEGAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. SECOND.

[INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER? HE'S WATCHING THE SCREEN TO SEE IF OUR ATTORNEY CAN CHECK WITH THE ATTORNEY, PLEASE.

IS THIS HAPPENING OR NOT? YES. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY, I'LL PULL BACK THE MOTION AND POSTPONE.

I'LL PULL BACK OF MOTION AND POSTPONE IT TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING 10TH JANUARY 10TH AT 6 P.M.

HERE AT THE CITY HALL. I'LL BE THERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SECOND.

[8. Closed Session (Exceptions)]

[INAUDIBLE] CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE LOCATION TAX CHAPTER 551071.

THEY DISCUSSED THE [INAUDIBLE] PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE VALUE, REAL PROPERTY.

I MOVE WE ENTER INTO CLOSED.

MOTION BY [INAUDIBLE].

SECOND. SECOND BY [INAUDIBLE].

ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE ? [INAUDIBLE] AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION OVER TO REJECT ALL BIDS SECOND. [INAUDIBLE].

COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARVER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ATCHLEY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER USSERY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CAIN AYE. MAYOR PIKE?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.