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WELCOME THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA WILL MEET ON AUGUST 8TH, 2023, 6 P.M..
[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.]
ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX CHAMBERS COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED 120 WEST SEVENTH STREET, TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON SPEAK DURING NEIGHBOR'S COMMENTS, PLEASE FILL OUT AN OPINION SPEAKER REGISTRATION FORM AND TURN THAT INTO THE CITY SECRETARY AS WE GET STARTED.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS CALLING ROLE.
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING.
I WILL GIVE AN INVOCATION AND WE WILL FOLLOW WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD, I THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
LORD, WE WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRESENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
GOD, I JUST PRAY FOR OUR CHILDREN.
OUR NEIGHBORS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR THIS YEAR.
KEEP THEM SAFE. GOD, WE PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER THEM.
GOD, I PRAY FOR PROTECTION OVER THIS COMMUNITY.
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE US WITH YOUR WISDOM.
[3. Neighbor Comments.]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NEIGHBORS COMMENTS.AND MR. BROWN, ARE YOU NEIGHBORS COMMENTS OR PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ANY LAST CALL NEIGHBORS COMMENTS.
[4. Reports.]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, RECEIVE REPORTS FROM STAFF OR THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE, UH, SOME OFFICERS AND FIRE AND CITY STAFF THAT THROUGH OUR FIRST EVER, UH, BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AND THE MASTERMIND BEHIND ALL OF IT, OFFICER BIANCO.
AND I KNOW HE DOESN'T LIKE THE RECOGNITION, BUT HE IS GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF IT.
AND I KNOW HE'S VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THEM.
I, I MISSED THE CROWD AND I HEARD IT WAS A LOT OF KIDS SHOWED UP AND IT WAS A BIG HIT.
AND I'LL DEFINITELY ECHO THAT.
THE PRINCIPAL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, MATT BLANSETT, SENT ME A MESSAGE ON THAT SATURDAY.
JUST. JUST IN AWE OF HOW WELL THE PARTICIPATION WAS.
I WAS NOT PRESENT THAT DAY, BUT SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HOW MANY.
SO THANK YOU ALL. THAT IS A BIG DEAL.
AND. MAJOR SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS MAJORLY APPRECIATED.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT CONTINUE TO GROW.
ABSOLUTELY. THAT WERE ALL THERE.
SO JUST JUST SO YOU COULD BE RECOGNIZED.
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, JUST ON BEHALF OF STAFF, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY BUILDING, THIS THIS EVENT EPITOMIZED IT FROM THE WORK FROM COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS, POLICE NEIGHBOR ACADEMY, THE LAST GRADUATING CLASS VOLUNTEERS COUNCIL, WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT CAME OUT, PARTICIPATED.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE HERE AS WELL.
SUCH. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF WHAT WE HAVE MOVING INTO THE FUTURE OF ANNA, TEXAS.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IT'S THE ONE THING THAT'S BEEN MISSING IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A HANDFUL AS ANNA HAS STARTED TO GROW OVER TIME.
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BUT SEEING THESE ACTS ON A REGULAR BASIS, THERE'S NOTHING MORE REWARDING TO THE NEIGHBORS.THERE'S NOTHING MORE REWARDING TO YOU ALL WHO VOLUNTEER.
THAT'S COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF EVERYONE.
APPRECIATE IT. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNSEL UNDER REPORTS.
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS EVENING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP THIS WEEK AND COORDINATING WITH THE ISD.
THE START OF SCHOOL EACH YEAR IS VERY CHALLENGING.
FROM FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT AND PARENTS DELIVERING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AND THE CITY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE HERE KNOWS AS WELL THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HESITATE WHEN CALLED UPON BY THE ISD POLICE TO ASSIST, PARTNER AND HELP.
AND I SAW SOME COMMENTS THIS AFTERNOON OF NEIGHBORS THAT WERE THANKING OUR CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR USING OUR RESOURCES TO HELP DIRECT SOME TRAFFIC AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
SO GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT, CHIEF AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING THAT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO WORK.
[5. Work Session.]
SESSION ITEM A IS ANACAPRI LAGUNA BUILDING MATERIALS DISCUSSION.AND I'M GOING TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM FROM THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
WELL, ACTUALLY, THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION, SO THEY ARE NOT PRESENTING TONIGHT.
WE WILL BRING THIS BACK FORWARD ON THE 22ND.
OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B.
B, THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 137 ACRE TRACT ON THE WEST SIDE OR WEST WHITE STREET.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
MY NAME IS CECILIA HAMPTON AND I AM THE DEVELOPER PARTNER ON THIS PARTICULAR TRACK AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS TRACK FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND MATCHING THE CITY'S GROWTH PLAN AND THE VISION PLAN, AND ALSO HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS BACK AND FORTH WITH PLANNING AND ALSO EDC, ETCETERA.
GET THE FEEDBACKS THAT WITH THE CITY'S GROWTH PLAN.
NOW WITH ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE, ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL, THE LOCATION ITSELF, THIS IS THE LATEST PLAN THAT WE CAME TOGETHER AT THIS STAGE.
AND THIS AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT LOCATION WISE ON THIS MAP THAT SHOWS ON THE ORANGE COLOR THAT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE THE WALMART AND INTERSECTION OF 75 AND OUR MAIN ROAD.
AND THIS IS ALSO ADJACENT TO SOME QUITE A FEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR ALONG THE WAY THAT WILL PLANNED NOW WITH THIS LOCATION ALSO.
WE FLASH INTO THE GROVE AND WE WANT TO GROW THE HEALTHY COMMUNITY TOGETHER, THAT WE ACTUALLY PUT A MIXED USE TOGETHER, INCLUDING THE PROFESSIONAL CAMPUS SLASH LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND FLEX OFFICE AND RETAIL AND ON THE NORTH OF THE 455 AND ALSO THE IN THE LIGHT BLUE.
NOW THE SOUTH OF IT THAT BECAUSE THE ROADS THAT THE THE ROAD SEPARATE FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH THAT WE CONSIDERED A FEW USES INCLUDING ORANGE COLOR IS SENIOR LIVING APARTMENT THAT TYPE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ALSO ALONG WITH THE RED COLOR THAT IS COMMERCIAL NOW WITH THE LOCAL NATURE THAT WITH THE CREEK AND ALSO THE SEPARATION OF THE ROADS THAT WE CREATED THE
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TOWNHOME AND SINGLE FAMILY LOTS FROM 50'S TO 60'S THAT TYPICAL MID OR UPPER THAT TYPE OF THE RANGE OF THE LEVEL OF THE INDIVIDUAL HOMES THAT ALSO ADJACENT TO OTHERS NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY AROUND US. NOW WITH ALL THE THIS DEVELOPMENT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS IS BRINGING THE JOBS TO THE AREA THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT MORE COMMERCIAL LOCALLY AND ALSO HAVE THE GOOD COMMUTE THROUGH 75 ALL THE WAY TO YOU KNOW EVEN SHERMAN OR VAN AUSTIN THOSE CORRIDORS THAT ALONG WITH THOSE WORKERS THAT COULD COME HERE.ALSO THE PLAN ALSO HAS THE SENIOR LIVING CONCEPT IS FOR WE LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT WE GROW, THE FAMILIES HERE THAT MEANING WHEN YOU HAVE A YOUNGER KIDS, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS DECENT SIZE OF THE LOTS AND YARD AND AMENITY.
NOW WITH EMPTY NESTERS, THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE OUT, NOT GO INTO OTHER CITIES.
WE WANT TO TIE THEM INTO THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
NOW, PROVIDING THE TOWNHOME AND THE SENIOR LIVING APARTMENT.
THAT IS ANOTHER ULTIMATE GOAL THAT COULD PUT THOSE FAMILIES, GRANDPARENTS THAT SUPPORTING ALSO THEIR GRANDKIDS WHILE THE YOUNGER GENERATION GROW UP AND NOT THAT FAR.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT WORK, LIVE AND PLAY TOGETHER THAT ALSO PROVIDE A GOOD CONCEPT AND MIX TOGETHER WITH THE CITY.
SO AFTER QUITE A FEW MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ALSO EDC, I FEEL THIS COULD BE THE GOOD PLAN FOR COMING THIS USE AND THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.
SO WE'D LOVE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT AND ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU ALL.
UM, I'M GOING TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT HIGHLIGHTS REGARDING WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS, INCLUDING THE JOB CREATION THAT WHAT WE CAN BRING TOGETHER HERE.
THIS IS ALSO SOME KIND OF THE IMAGE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE DIRECTION WHERE WE ARE GOING IS TO BUILD QUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT.
THEN FOR THE SENIOR LIVING, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME SIMILAR PRODUCTS, INCLUDING AMENITIES AND ALSO THE FACILITY THAT IS VERY NICE AND WELL DESIGNED AS WELL BECAUSE THE WE'RE ALL GETTING OLDER.
NOBODY GETS YOUNGER. BUT THE THING IS THAT WHILE WE ARE ALSO LIVING HERE, WE WANT TO ENJOY OUR LIFE AND ALSO WITH OUR WALMART AND ERS, ET CETERA IN PLACE IN THE CITY THAT WE BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF ATTRACTION TO THE CITY AS WELL.
AND SO THIS IS THE LAST PART OF THE SINGLE FAMILY AND TOWNHOME.
AND WE ALSO FELT THE THE NATURE OF THE CREEK THAT ALONG THE WAY THAT WE COULD CREATE THE WALKING TRAIL, THAT CONNECTION THAT TWO DIFFERENT PARCELS INCLUDING EVEN THE FRONT OF THE COMMERCIAL PLUS SENIOR LIVING.
COUNCIL. ANY FEEDBACK FOR THE DEVELOPER? UH, WHAT DO YOU SEE YOUR TIMELINE, SO LET'S WHAT'S FIRST.
WHAT'S PHASE ONE? IN THE COMMERCIAL, THE MULTIFAMILY, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GUESS THAT'S FIRST, BUT OR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES PROPERTIES, ESTATE.
SO WE ARE ONCE WE GET THE UTILITY, SEWER, WATER, ETCETERA, GET IN PLACE, WE'RE GOING TO START FROM PROBABLY SOME OF THE SINGLE FAMILY SECTION ALONG WITH THE PROFESSIONAL FLEX OFFICE, THAT PLACE ALSO BECAUSE I THINK THE SINGLE SENIOR LIVING APARTMENT WILL BE PROBABLY
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THE ONE OF THE LAST PART THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.SO, I MEAN, THAT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER.
I WAS ASSUMING THAT WOULD MULTIFAMILY IS ALWAYS WHAT EVERYBODY YEAH WE DO GO TO THESE DAYS SO THE PURPLE IS TOWNHOMES.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE TOWNHOMES YOU SEE, IN OTHER CITIES THAT ARE I FORGET HOW WIDE THEY ARE, BUT THE SUPER SMALL, THIN TOWNHOMES THAT ARE ALL NICE? VERY NICE TOWNHOMES, WE DO HAVE THE SIMILAR TRACK IN DIFFERENT CITIES, INCLUDING CELINA AND SOME OTHER AREAS.
ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'VE BUILT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS.
AND OTHER THAN THE SENIOR LIVING PROPOSAL AND MULTIFAMILY.
SO THE TOWNHOME WOULD BE A FOR SALE PRODUCT FOR 50 AND ABOVE IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN CURRENT MARKET? YES, MAYOR. THAT'S CORRECT.
NO, NO RENTAL PRODUCTS? NO, WE DON'T CONSIDER THOSE BUILD TO RENT PRODUCTS OR OTHER TYPE OF THE MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE WE DO UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT IN PLACE IN CITY LIMITS ALREADY.
AND THE FIRST THING COME IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THE RETURN AS A DEVELOPER, IT'S THE FIRST THING WE CONSIDER IS WHAT REALLY CITY NEEDS AND THIS MARKET WILL SUPPORT.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM AND I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE, BECAUSE WHAT THIS CITY IS IN, IN VERY MUCH NEED OF RIGHT NOW IS DIVERSIFYING PRODUCT AWAY FROM THE WHAT I WOULD CLASSIFY AS STARTER HOME PRODUCT.
WE NEED TO UP THE QUALITY, UP THE STANDARDS, UP THE PRODUCT.
UM, THE MARKET WILL SHOW YOU THAT IT WORKS.
AND EVEN FROM QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, EVEN BEFORE STARBUCKS OPENED OR THOSE RETAILERS OPENED ALONG 75, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT LIKE POINT TO THOSE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT BUT WHICH AT THAT TIME I THINK THAT'S A DECENT PRODUCT OR THE MARKET COULD SUPPORT.
BUT NOW WITH ALL THE GROWTH AND HIGHER PEOPLE COMING THAT OUR VISION IS TOGETHER WITH THE CITY.
OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL THE PARTNERS TOGETHER BY THE END OF THE DAY.
MY PLEASURE. THIS LOOKS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
WHAT ARE, I DON'T SEE AMENITY CENTER OR SWIMMING POOL TO SUPPORT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS THERE A REASON THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PLAN? WE ARE WORKING ON THAT GREEN SPACE, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF HAVE THE ACREAGE RESERVED.
THEN WE WILL HAVE THE DECENT AMENITY CENTER, INCLUDING THE POOL OR THE FACILITY ALONG WITH THAT, BECAUSE QUALITY LIFE, THAT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND.
AND ALSO FOR THE SENIOR LIVING APARTMENT THAT WE WILL HAVE THEIR OWN FACILITY AND PROVIDING THOSE AMENITIES AS WELL BECAUSE THERE LATER DIFFERENT LIFE STAGE THAT YOU MAY NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT AS WELL BUT DEFINITELY WILL BE EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE OFFER IN THE SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITIES HERE. OKAY, GREAT.
IT CREATES A QUALITY OF LIFE PROBLEM.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THERE.
WILL THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY BE UNDER AN HOA OR IS IT JUST THE HOUSES? WILL THE TOWNHOMES BE PART OF THE SAME HOA? WHAT ARE THE PLANS THERE? FOR SURE, THE TOWNHOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY LOTS THAT WILL BE UNDER HOA AND OUR SENIOR LIVING, THAT PART WILL BE PROBABLY DIFFERENT.
SURE. AND AS PART OF OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN AMENITIES. AND THEN IN THE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON CHANGING.
SURE. I'M GLAD AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE REVISION SHOWING ALL THAT.
AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT SHE JUST PROVIDED.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.
THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
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SO ON THE. ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THE INDUSTRIALIST.DECISION WAS THE LAND OVER THERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN ON THE OTHER SIDE? I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE IN A WHILE.
UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CITIES VISION PLAN THAT ACTUALLY HAS THE PROFESSIONAL CAMPUS ON THE SECTION WHERE OUR SINGLE FAMILY HAS.
SO AFTER THE QUITE A FEW MEETINGS WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE FEEL LIKE MOVED TO THAT PART THAT KEEPS STILL THE PRIVACY AND ALSO, YOU KNOW GET ADJACENT TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT IS WE MAKE WAY MORE SENSE.
SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BUILD THIS ANYWAY.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO WELCOME YOU IN HERE.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. CAN I JUST GET CLARIFICATION FROM YOU ON SENIOR LIVING? IS IT ANY ANY WAY ASSISTED LIVING OR NURSING HOME TYPE? DO YOU HAVE NURSING STAFF ON CAMPUS? NOT THE ASSISTANT OR MEMORY CARE.
OKAY. AT THIS MOMENT, BECAUSE THE ASSISTED LIVING THAT WE CALL THE SENIOR LIVING 55 OR PLUS, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM.
BUT IF WE DO FIND MORE NEEDS IN THIS AREA BECAUSE THAT REQUIRE EVEN BIGGER, MAYBE HOSPITAL OR SOME STAFF OR PROFESSIONAL KIND OF SUPPORT, BUT BASICALLY THIS IS VERY COMMON ALONG WELL WITH MASTER DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PARENTS THAT OR GRANDPAS, GRANDMAS THAT WANT TO LIVE CLOSE BY, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE.
RIGHT. SO IT'S MORE OF A SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO KIND OF GET ALONG WITH OTHER LIKE REGULAR APARTMENTS.
THE KIDS WERE YELLING AROUND, THAT TYPE OF THING.
OKAY. YEAH, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
MY PLEASURE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL REQUEST.
YES. I REALLY LIKED THE CONCEPT PLANS.
I LIKED THE CONCEPT PICTURES OF THE SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR STAFF THOUGH.
CAN WE GET A LOOK AT SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME OF THOSE EXISTING PROPERTIES? YES, MAYOR. WE WILL ATTACH SOME OF THE IMAGES ALONG WITH OUR DIFFERENT AREAS AND ALSO THIS TYPE OF THE PRODUCTS WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE.
THANK YOU. OKAY, ADAM, SEE THIS ONE? EVERYBODY IS WAITING ON PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED FISCAL 23-24 BUDGET.
OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. RYAN HENDERSON.
ANNA COUNCIL, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FY 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION SINCE 2019, AND IT'S NOT A LONG TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE AMAZING GROWTH THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED, NOT JUST OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS, BUT WITHIN THIS ORGANIZATION.
IT REMAINS THIS ORGANIZATION REMAINS A PREMIER PLACE TO WORK.
WE HAVE INCREDIBLY TALENTED STAFF.
THIS PROPOSED BUDGET DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS.
IT REMAINS COMMITTED TO OUR STAFF.
UM, WE ARE ON SOLID FOUNDATION AND THIS BUDGET IS JUST BUILDING UPON THAT SOLID FOUNDATION.
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND MAINTENANCE.
THE PRIORITY HEADING INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS GETTING THINGS DONE.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PLANNING OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE PRESENTED CIP PLAN A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO.
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GOT OVER $100 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS TO BUILD, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING THOSE PROJECTS THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.GETTING DOWNTOWN READY FOR DEVELOPMENT TO COME.
GETTING OUR PARKS BUILT OUT, GETTING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT COMPLETED.
NUMBER NUMBER ONE HEADING INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THIS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENT.
WE CONTINUE TO BE A CHOICE EMPLOYER.
WE HAVE COMPETITIVE PAY AND WE HAVE COMPETITIVE BENEFIT STRUCTURES.
UM, JUST THIS PAST WE JUST COMPLETED OPEN ENROLLMENT WITH OUR NEW INSURANCE PROVIDER, AND WE ARE CONTRIBUTING INCREASING HSA MONEY TO OUR HSA ACCOUNTS.
WE ARE OFFERING POSITIVE CHANGES TO MEDICAL DEDUCTIBLES AND WE ARE ENHANCING BASIC LIFE COVERAGE.
UM, WE ARE ALSO WE ARE ALSO GIVING MERIT TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, NOT TAKING MERIT AWAY.
AND THEN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
WE ARE COMMITTED AGAIN TO OUR SERVICES.
REALLY, THE MESSAGE FOR OUR STAFF IS PERFECTING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY CREATED.
MADE OUR DOLLARS TO IT, COMMIT OUR STAFF TIME TO COMMIT OUR EXPERTISE TO IT.
AND SO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AGAIN, BUILDING UPON THAT SOLID FOUNDATION THAT WE'VE SET UP.
THE SUMMARY OF MAJOR REVENUES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT OUR PROPERTY TAX LEVY AMOUNT WE'VE COLLECTED ON PROPERTY TAXES HAS GONE UP AND PROPERTY TAX FUNDS OR CORE SERVICES BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST CONSISTENT REVENUE THAT WE COLLECT.
THE SALES TAX IN THE BUILDING PERMITS.
THAT REVENUE CONTRIBUTES TO THE NICE THINGS, THINGS THAT WE CAN ADD, THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO ADD.
BUT. THEY DON'T THEY DON'T COMBINED MAKE UP OUR CORE SERVICES.
THAT'S WHERE OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE COMES IN.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE HAS GONE UP THIS NEXT YEAR.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT SALES TAX AND BUILDING PERMITS, SALES TAX HAS REMAINED STAGNANT.
WE KNOW THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF GROWTH OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT THE ECONOMY, ESPECIALLY EARLIER THIS THIS CALENDAR YEAR, SLOWED DOWN.
AND WE'VE GOT A LOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, A LOT THAT'S COMING.
AND WE WILL REALIZE THOSE REVENUES IN FUTURE YEARS.
THAT'S BEEN THE APPROACH TO THIS BUDGET AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR STAFF, REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE PROJECTS AND CONTINUE COMMITTED TO OUR SERVICES, BUT ALSO TAKE A SMALL C CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO THIS BUDGET KNOWING THAT OUR SALES TAX RIGHT NOW IS STAGNANT.
SO THIS IS JUST A CALENDAR OF UPCOMING COUNCIL ACTION.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET AND WE SUBMIT OUR TAX RATES TO YOU.
BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN EVERYTHING GETS APPROVED FOR FEEDBACK, FOR COMMENTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE PROPOSED BUDGET.
BUT THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO LOOK THROUGH THE BUDGET THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE GROWING VALUE DRIVES OUR TAX RATE.
SO KEY POINT TO NOTE, BECAUSE THE VALUE GOES UP, THE TAX RATE GOES DOWN.
THAT IS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
$0.51. THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET DECREASES THE CITY'S TAX RATE TO $0.51.
THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS EQUAL TO THE DE MINIMIS RATE AND GREATER THAN THE NO REVENUE RATE OF $0.46.
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CONSTRAINTS THAT WE WILL FACE IN THE FUTURE AS A RESULT OF PROPERTY TAX CAP LEGISLATION.SO AS WE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, AS IT SAYS, VALUE GOES UP, THE PROPERTY, THE TAX RATE GOES DOWN.
IT'S GONE DOWN EVER SINCE FY 22 AND BACK.
BUT AT $0.51, THAT'S THE TAX RATE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
WE'RE PROPOSING THE DE MINIMIS BECAUSE WE CAN TAKE THE DE MINIMIS.
WE ARE LESS THAN A 30,000 POPULATION CITY.
NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE CASE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATES ARE BROKEN DOWN AS THIS.
ESSENTIALLY SAME AS LAST YEAR.
AND YOU HAVE OUR PROPERTY TAX, OUR O&M AT $0.37.
WE'VE ISSUED MORE DEBT, BUT OUR DEBT, OUR DEBT REMAINS CONSISTENT.
THAT'S A BOON FOR THE CITY, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ISSUED MORE DEBT.
AND THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE'VE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO SHOWING YOU OVER THE YEARS JUST ON WHAT THE ANNUAL TAX BILL WOULD LOOK LIKE, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL ANNUAL TAX BILL.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE MARKET AND THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE TAXABLE IS THE EFFECT OF YOUR LOCAL OPTION TAX EXEMPTIONS THAT YOU APPROVED.
THEN THAT THE TAX RATE, WHAT THE ANNUAL TAX BILL WILL LOOK LIKE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, IT IS $136 AVERAGE TAX BILL DIFFERENCE.
BUT IT'S STILL IT'S STILL MINIMAL COMPARED TO IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE IF YOU DIDN'T COUNCIL APPROVE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WAS A BIG A BIG POLICY DECISION IN THE LIFE OF THIS CITY AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.
RIGHT. BUILDING PERMITS DOWN OVER FROM LAST YEAR.
IT PROVIDE SERVICES AND PROVIDE SERVICES.
GOT TO HIRE STAFF. SO PAYROLL WILL ALWAYS MAKE UP THE BULK OF OUR EXPENSES.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STAFF AND HEADING INTO THE NEW YEAR.
WE ARE ADDING TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT IS THE THOSE ARE THE ONLY POSITIONS THAT WE ARE ADDING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE'RE ADDING THREE, THREE POLICE OFFICERS IN LINE WITH OUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC STAFFING PLAN.
WE'VE GROWN POPULATION WANT MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET.
AND AGAIN, IT'S IN LINE WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFFING STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND WE GOT A SECOND AMBULANCE THAT WE WANT TO RUN.
AND WE HAVE A LADDER TRUCK THAT WE WANT TO PUT INTO OPERATION.
AND SO THIS YEAR, WE ARE COMMITTING NINE FIREFIGHTERS TO OUR PAYROLL.
WE WANT TO HIRE SIX IN OCTOBER AND THEN THREE IN APRIL.
SO THAT IS 12 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS BACK IN 2019, WE AMENDED OUR PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND ORDINANCE TO ALLOW US TO BUILD OUR RECREATION PROGRAMING, IF YOU RECALL OVER HERE.
THIS YEAR WE WANT TO MOVE THOSE POSITIONS INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
BY DOING SO, WE'RE BUILDING REALLY OUR BASE FOR OUR LIBRARY AND OUR CONTINUED RECREATION SERVICES.
THAT'S A CLEAN UP, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING.
YEAR THAT I'M PROPOSING THAT WE DO DO IT JUST TO CLEAN UP AND MAKE SENSE OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
WE'RE NOT TAKING THAT APPROACH THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, TRY TO COME AT IT FROM A SMALL C CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.
PROPERTY TAX HAS GONE UP, JUST KIND OF STALLED.
FIRE STATION TWO, THOUGH, OPENING UP.
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WE NEED FIREFIGHTERS IN THERE RUNNING A SECOND AMBULANCE.THAT'S A PRIORITY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE ARE THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AS PART OF THIS BUDGET.
OUR UTILITY FUND REMAINS HEALTHY.
UM, THERE YOU CAN SEE 23.3 MILLION.
EVERYTHING HAS GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE EXPENSES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS, BUT THIS IS WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU, IS THAT WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR TAKING THOSE ON WITH, FOR INSTANCE, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY. WE EXPECT WE EXPECT THE RATES THAT OUR OUR NEIGHBORS PAY ON WATER WASTEWATER TO EVENTUALLY GO DOWN AS WE BUILD OUR OWN FACILITIES.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP AND THAT'S WHERE OUR CIP BECOMES.
SO SUCH A PRIORITY IS TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS BUILT SO WE CAN OFFER RELIEF WHEN IT COMES TO WASTEWATER, WATER, ALL THOSE FEES THAT CURRENTLY RUN THROUGH A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER.
TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING, CIP BEING A PRIORITY.
WE'VE GOT TO SPEND NEXT NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
GROUND STORAGE AND PUMP STATION.
GROUND STORAGE, SLATER CREEK PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
AND FINISHING OUT THE MUNICIPAL CAMPUS.
AND OPERATIONALLY, WE'VE DEDICATED INTERNAL RESOURCES.
THIS WHOLE CITY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S GREAT.
BUT. DEDICATING THE INTERNAL RESOURCES TO DELIVERING THESE IS CERTAINLY A PRIORITY.
PARENT COUNCIL. THAT'S THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
PLEASE DIGEST IT OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
HAPPY TO MEET AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS YEAR I THINK YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SEE IT.
AND CERTAINLY IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH, IT LOOKED A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRE.
BUT THE APPROACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO TAKE THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON THIS BUDGET AND TO WE'VE GROWN A LOT OVER THE PAST YEARS, NOT PUMPING THE BRAKES. WE'RE NOT SLOWING BACK.
WE'RE NOT REVERTING IN ANY SENSE, BUT WE ARE JUST BECOMING HYPER FOCUSED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND WHAT WE'RE DELIVERING NOW AND WHAT WE HAVE TO BUILD AND MAKING THAT THE PRIORITY WITHIN THIS BUILDING.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE OFFERING CONTINUALLY CONTINUING TO OFFER MERIT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
IT DOESN'T GO AWAY. COMPETITIVE STEPS IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DOESN'T GO AWAY.
WE'RE HEALTHY. THAT'S THE BUDGET.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS NOW.
ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR RON OR FEEDBACK THIS EVENING? I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING REALLY QUICK, SINCE I USUALLY GO THROUGH THESE BUDGETS PRETTY THOROUGHLY.
WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE.
OF $0.37 AND THE DEBT RATE AT $0.13.
WHEN WHEN I GOT ELECTED IN 2016, THAT NO RATE WAS $0.16 HIGHER.
AND. THE DEBT RATE WAS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT THE SAME.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
THAT'S JUST A SIGN WE'RE RUNNING LEANER THAN WE WERE, WHICH IS SOMETHING WHICH ALWAYS BOTHERED ME.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN GOING UP, WE'RE KEEPING THAT THAT DEBT RATIO FLAT.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
AND AND, YOU KNOW, IF I DIDN'T THINK SO, I'D BE SAYING THE SAME THING.
CAN I JUST ASK YOU REAL QUICK ON THE FIREFIGHTER NUMBER AND THE TIMING ON IT? SO I'M ASSUMING WE'RE NOT DOING NINE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE CAN'T HOUSE THEM ALL IN ONE STRUCTURE.
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IF YOU MAY, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY CALL CHIEF ISOM UP AND SHE CAN ANSWER THE OPERATIONAL.IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE FROM THE PRESENTATION FROM LAST MEETING, BUT.
YEAH. SO IF WE WERE TO OPEN BEFORE APRIL, WE WOULD.
SO WE WOULD WE WOULD RUN A LADDER TRUCK WITH THREE INSTEAD OF FOUR AND FOUR.
SO WE CAN SUPPORT THE SECOND MED UNIT OR IS THAT.
YES, WE'RE ACTIVELY RECRUITING PARAMEDICS.
THEY'RE KIND OF HARD TO COME BY.
OKAY. WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THE MARKET FOR PARAMEDICS.
SURE. CHIEF, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
BUT THERE'S NO THERE'S NOT AN EXTRA ENGINEER.
NO, THAT INCLUDES A RANK STRUCTURE AS WELL.
YEAH. OKAY. I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET THAT RON MR. HENDERSON PUT IN THERE. BUT SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW HIRING THREE LIEUTENANTS THAT WILL COME ON BOARD AND THEN THEY WILL BASICALLY WORK THEIR WAY, GAIN EXPERIENCE IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND JUST WORK THEIR WAY UP TO BEING THAT CAPTAIN POSITION SO THAT WHEN STATION TWO OPENS UP, THEY'LL TRANSITION.
OVER THERE. WELL, THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH CAPTAINS FOR BOTH.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL. YEAH.
PROFESSIONAL. I APPRECIATE IT.
AND I WILL DEFINITELY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF BUDGETS COME ACROSS.
ONE THING THAT I APPRECIATE IN THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN, IN THE PREPARATION WITH YOU AND MISS DOBIE, OF COURSE, ON TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT IS YOUR MARKET DOING.
WELL, CLEARLY, THINGS ARE CHANGING.
WE'RE VERY HEALTHY ON THE DEBT.
WE'VE ISSUED, OF COURSE, ON, ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING SIDE AT $0.14.
NOT TO MENTION OUR STELLAR BOND RATINGS WITH THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW.
UH, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
BACK TO WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM SAID.
I CAN GO BACK TO A TIME FRAME OF 2017 WHEN? I CAN PROMISE YOU WE WEREN'T EXPECTING $6 MILLION IN SALES TAX.
WE WERE LUCKY IF WE WERE CLEARING HALF A MILLION.
SO. THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT.
AND I THINK TAKING THAT APPROACH WHERE WE KNOW OUR NUMBERS ARE GROWING AS FAR AS A COMMUNITY AND POPULATION AND FOCUSES ON PUBLIC SAFETY IS FIRST AND FOREMOST.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, AS YOU MENTIONED, A LOT OF THINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ONE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ADDING.
HOMES AND THE PROPERTY TAX THAT COMES FROM HOMES.
I WANT TO ADD TO THE NUMBER THAT JOEY GRISHAM AND HIS TEAM.
AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WE'RE VERY HEALTHY AND WE'RE NOT SEEING SALES TAX NUMBERS DECLINE.
BUT I DO LIKE THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.
YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS SHOULD UNDERSTAND AS WELL.
WE LIKE TAKING A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO THESE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS AMEND THE BUDGET.
THINGS COME IN BIGGER, BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FULFILLED.
OTHER COMMENTS. WHAT I APPRECIATE IS THIS IS CONCISE.
WE HAVE BUILT A STRONG FOUNDATION, AND YOU'RE INVESTING IN YOUR PEOPLE.
THAT I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS CITY DOES NOT GO ON BECAUSE OF ALL OF US SITTING UP HERE.
IT GOES AND MOVES FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE STAFF IN PLACE.
SO INVESTING IN YOUR PEOPLE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, NO MATTER HOW THE MARKET.
THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE FIRST YEAR IN A LONG TIME.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT COME FORWARD TO US.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT YOU HAVE AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL YOUR TEAM.
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THIS THIS ORGANIZATION AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.BUT BUT THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND CERTAINLY TO MISS DOBIE AND TO ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS WHO DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE HELPED PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX CONSENT ITEMS.
[6. Consent Items.]
THESE ITEMS CONSIST OF NONCONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW.COUNCIL ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED OFF CONSENT.
NOT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT ITEM.
I MOVE. WE APPROVE ITEM SIX A THROUGH E SECOND MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN.
ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER TOTEN.
HI. COUNCIL MEMBER CARPER? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER.
ATCHLEY? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER.
YES. MOTION PASSES SEVEN IS ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
[7. Items For Individual Consideration.]
ITEM EIGHT CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE OUR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH COLLIN COUNTY FOR THE FUNDING OF LEONARD AVENUE.GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
JUSTIN CLAY, CIP MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF ANNA.
TONIGHT I BRING FORWARD TO YOU AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT I'M HOPING YOU GUYS APPROVE.
SO WE CAN GO IN AGREEMENT WITH COLLIN COUNTY.
THE ONE ROAD THAT WE DID HIT ON WAS LEONARD AVENUE.
I BELIEVE I HAVE A SLIDE HERE TO SHOW YOU GUYS.
IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE COUNTY IS GOING TO MATCH UP TO 70% OF THE OPC THAT WE GOT FROM THE ENGINEER.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $2.5 MILLION THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO PUT FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT.
WITH YOUR GUYS APPROVAL, I'D LIKE TO GET MR. HENDERSON TO SIGN THIS AND GET AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
THANK YOU, JUSTIN. AND I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER FORM.
OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I DO WANT TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW WE DO HAVE ONE IN SUPPORT ON THE SPEAKER REGISTRATION FORM, BUT I SEE A COUPLE OF MY NEIGHBORS. OUT THERE AS WELL THAT.
KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? GUARDING A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THAT'S A VERY GREAT QUESTION, MR. TOTEN. SO I'M FULL OF GOOD QUESTIONS.
WHAT'S THAT? I SAID I'M FULL OF GOOD QUESTIONS.
WELL. AND ENJOY YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
SO WE WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR ENGINEERING DESIGN OF THIS ROADWAY.
THE WAY THE AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN, I'M SORRY, WHEN I TALK, SOMETIMES I TALK REAL FAST.
THE WAY THE AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN, MR. TOTEN, IS ONCE WE COMPLETE PLAN REVIEW AND OUR AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE, WE WILL RECEIVE 50% OF THE 70% THAT THEY ARE GIVING US.
1.5 MILLION, I BELIEVE, IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH FOR THE REST OF THE.
I PULL UP, FULLY PLAN ON GOING TO CONSTRUCTION NEXT BUDGET.
BY 2024, WE'LL BE IN CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PROJECT.
I THINK THIS HAS BEEN I MIGHT SAVE THIS FOR.
CAN I ASK ABOUT THE ROAD ITSELF? PART OF IT, NOT SO MUCH THE ROAD, BUT WE KNOW THE ROAD IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED ON THE, LET'S SAY, THE INTERSECTION OF LEONARD AND FOSTER CROSSING.
SO ON THE WEST SIDE, FOSTER CROSSING IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED CURRENTLY.
YES, SIR. WHAT'S EAST SIDE GOING TO LOOK LIKE? LIKE HOW FAR DOES, HOW FAR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO REPAIR OR REDO SOME OF THAT OURSELVES? IS THAT PART OF THE PROJECT? SO, MR. TOTEN, I USED TO BE OVER OVER OVER THAT DEPARTMENT, OVER REVIEWING THE CIVIL CIVIL ENGINEERS FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
IS THAT IS THAT PART OF ANNA RANCH? POSSIBLY. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. IT WON'T BE PART OF THE COUNTY FUNDING.
IT WILL NOT BE THE COUNTY FUNDS.
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COUNTY WILL NOT BE PAYING FOR ANY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOSTER CROSS.AND AS WE RECALL, THIS IS A CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK.
IT WAS THE SECOND WAVE OF COUNTY BOND THAT PASSED 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO.
JUST REAL QUICKLY. SO THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS AS WELL.
WE WENT IN FOR THIS PROJECT AND FOR FERGUSON ROAD.
A YEAR AGO. WE MISSED THE CUT OFF FOR FUNDING.
OTHER CITIES WERE FAVORED IN SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS.
SO WE FELT VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT BEING AWARDED THIS FUNDING FOR AT A MINIMUM.
LEONARD. YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PROCESS FOR COLLEGE PROJECTS IS THEY WANT SHOVEL READY PROJECTS THEY WANT.
AND THAT'S WHY JUSTIN IS SAYING WE EXECUTE THIS.
HE'S TURNING THE PLANS IN TOMORROW TO HE'S READY TO GO.
AND UNLIKE OTHER CITIES THAT WERE AWARDED MONEY, WELL, IT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THE TIMING OF THIS PROJECT SHOULD MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
IT WILL MOVE AS QUICKLY AS THE COUNTY CAN GET THE FUNDS TO THE TO THE BANK.
SO WE ARE ANTICIPATED TO MOVE QUICKLY.
ANY QUESTIONS? THEN I HAVE ONE. SO I HAVE.
WITH THE COUNTY HELPING US AND IS CURRENTLY CALLED COUNTY ROAD 442.
DOES IT BECOME OUR PROPERTY AFTER THAT POINT? WELL, WE WILL BE GIVEN RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH THERE.
IT WILL BE OUR ROADS. YES, SIR.
AND SO THE 442 MONIKER GOES AWAY AND IT'S JUST LEONARD AVENUE.
I'M SORRY. IT'S HARD TO HEAR THE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
ITEM SEVEN A, THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOTEN.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.
I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN IMPACT FEE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH CANVAS ANNA OWNER LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ROADWAY AND WATER IMPROVEMENTS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TONIGHT I BRING A IMPACT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE CAMPUS AT ANNA PROJECT.
IT'S ACTUALLY SHOWN THAT EXHIBIT SHOWS IT.
SO THE WATERLINE EXTENSION WOULD BE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AND IT COMES DOWN TO FOSTER CROSSING.
AND THEN IT EXTENDS WEST FROM FOSTER CROSSING TO THE PALLADIUM AT EAST FOSTER CROSSING APARTMENT.
THERE'S A SMALL OFF SITE PIECE.
REMEMBER, WE GOT THE RIGHT OF WAY BACK IN THE SPRING.
THE DEVELOPMENT, IT'LL TIE IN WHERE THE ROAD CURRENTLY DEAD ENDS TO THEIR NORTH, THEIR PROPERTY.
COUNCILMAN ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM B? MAKE A MOTION, WE APPROVE ITEM B, SECOND, MOTION BY THE MAYOR, SECOND BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. ITEM C, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION NAMING THE DATE AND PLACE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 23-24 BUDGET.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SECTION SEVEN OF THE CITY CHARTER STATES THAT ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 15TH OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY MANAGER MUST SUBMIT THE BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND AT THE COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THE BUDGET IS SUBMITTED, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST NAME THE DATE AND PLACE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE RESOLUTION WILL SET THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 5TH AT 6 P.M.
HERE AT 120 WEST SEVENTH STREET IN ANNA, TEXAS.
ANY QUESTIONS? HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL HEREBY SET SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023, AT 6 P.M. AS THE DATE AND TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 23.
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MOTION PASSES. D, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION TO PROPOSE.PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.510717 PER 100 OF PROPERTY VALUATION FOR THE CITY THAT THE COUNCIL MAY ADOPT THE 2023 TAX YEAR AND SETTING DATE AND TIME FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE.
EVENING. THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS SUPPORTED BY A TAX RATE OF 51.071.
AND UNDER THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX REFORM AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2019, A CITY THAT ADOPTS A RATE EXCEEDING THE LOWER OF THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE MUST HOLD ONE PUBLIC HEARING.
CHAPTER 26 ALSO REQUIRES THAT NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING CONTAIN THE NAMES OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY, SHOWING HOW EACH VOTED ON THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU CANNOT DISCUSS WITH CITY STAFF THE IDEA THAT WE LOWER IT OR WE WE CANNOT RAISE IT BEYOND 51.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. MOVE WE APPROVE SEVEN D SECOND THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
ITEM E, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.
REJECTING ALL BIDS FOR THE DOWNTOWN STREET EXPANSION PROJECT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO REJECT ALL BIDS FOR THE CIP PROJECT TO RECONSTRUCT THE STREETS SURROUNDING THIS FACILITY, WHICH IS FIFTH STREET, SEVENTH STREET AND RIGGINS.
STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT WE REJECT ALL BIDS TONIGHT AND THAT WE RE-ADVERTISE IN NEXT WEEK'S PAPER AND RUN IT FOR THE MINIMUM LENGTH OF TIME THAT'S REQUIRED TO MEET ALL STATE PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS, PLUS A COUPLE EXTRA DAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE BIDDERS A CHANCE TO TO SEE IT AND REBID THE PROJECT.
THIS RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON SOME CONSULTATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY BASED ON THE BIDS RECEIVED AND THE FACT THAT WE HAD WE DID HAVE THREE BIDS RECEIVED, BUT ONE WAS RECEIVED LATE AND THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TIMING OF THE BID OPENING.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO START WITH A CLEAN SLATE, REBID IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO VALUE ENGINEER THE PROJECT AND REMOVE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES LOCATED ALONG FIFTH STREET AND SEVENTH, WHICH WE FEEL LIKE WILL NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE POSITIVE IMPACT FOR THE LIBRARY PROJECT AND THE EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT SURROUND THE SITE.
AND SO REMOVAL OF THOSE THOSE PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT WILL HELP TO ALSO BRING THE PROJECT COST DOWN TO A MORE SUITABLE LEVEL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FULLY FUND THE PROJECT AND GET IT DONE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
WELL, ALL OF THE BIDDERS THAT DID SUBMIT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONTACTED AND LET THEM KNOW, TOO, THAT THERE'S A NEW OPPORTUNITY AND RESUBMIT? YES, SIR. ACTUALLY, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED AND WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WERE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT TO TO REQUEST FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE THIS ACTION.
AND THEY'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT, YES, THIS IS A MODIFIED PROJECT.
SO THEY'RE NOT JUST SAYING, OH, HERE'S OUR BID AGAIN, CORRECT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT EXCELLENT REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAKE A MOTION, WE APPROVE.
SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARVER.
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MOTION PASSES.COUNCIL I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A NEED FOR CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING.
ANY OTHER ITEMS WE NEED TO ADDRESS? OKAY. WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:06.
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