[00:00:04] THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A CROWD TONIGHT. [1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.] THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA WILL MEET ON TUESDAY, MAY 12TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M. IN THE ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED AT 120 WEST 7TH STREET, TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN AN OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER. THERE YOU GO. REGISTRATION FORM AND TURN IT INTO THE CITY SECRETARY BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT NOW, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE DON'T NEED A ROLL CALL. WE HAVE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT, SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE A QUORUM. I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILMAN CARVER IF HE'LL DO OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGES FOR US, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TONIGHT THAN I NORMALLY PRAY. WE LOST A DEAR FRIEND THIS WEEKEND, DEAR FRIEND OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT WAS PRETTY TOUGH. MIKE KIRKENDALL HAS BEEN IN MANY OF OUR HOUSES, PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER, TAKING THEM APART, WHATEVER. AND THAT'S PAINFUL BY ITSELF. AND RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, I HAVE MY FATHER-IN-LAW, FRANK SAUNDERS, MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM BY HIS MILITARY MONIKER, PINKY. THOUSAND CARRIER LANDINGS. 89 YEARS OLD. VETERAN. I ASK THAT YOU ALL JOIN ME IN PRAYER FOR HIM, TOO, BECAUSE HE JUST GOT NOTICED THAT HE'S AT A POINT WHERE HE'S JUST CALLING OUT TO JESUS, PLEASE TAKE HIM HOME. SITTING IN A HOSPITAL. SO WITH ALL OF THAT, WE STILL HAVE BUSINESS TO DO TOO. SO I'M IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS, SO I APPRECIATE YOU JOINING ME. LORD, WE COME TO YOU ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY, NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE WE ARE VERY FOND OF AND WE ASK FOR YOUR HELP AS WE GO THROUGH LIFE FOR THE MOMENTS THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER, AS WELL AS FACING THAT INEVITABLE END WHERE WE HAVE TO LET THEM GO AND PUT THEM IN YOUR HANDS TO DECIDE THEIR FATE. I PRAY FOR OUR FATE AS A CITY THAT ANNA CONTINUE TO BE THE PLACE THAT PEOPLE LOOK TO AND SAY GLORY AND HONOR AND KINDNESS, OR UPON THAT CITY. AS ALWAYS, PRAY BE WITH OUR FIRE AND POLICE AND WATCH OVER US, OUR EMTS, AS THEY TAKE CARE OF US AND HANDLE OUR BUSINESS. BE WITH US COUNCIL AND OUR NEIGHBORS. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, STAN. TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. [3. Neighbor Comments.] NEIGHBOR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM ON THIS MEETING AGENDA THAT'S NOT SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. ALSO, AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM THAT IS ON THIS MEETING AGENDA. EACH PERSON WILL BE ALLOWED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. NO DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A CITIZEN'S INQUIRY, OR TO RESIDE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE QUITE A FEW. I'M TRYING TO KEEP THESE IN ORDER AND MAKE A RECORD. OKAY, SO THE NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. FIRST UP I'M GOING TO. WE'LL DO SHAWN SMITH. I LIKE Y'ALL JUST THIS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. HELLO MY NAME IS SHAWN SMITH. ADDRESS IS 11089 COUNTY ROAD 289 ANNA, TEXAS 75409. I'M HERE TO GO THROUGH AND DISCUSS THE PROCESS OF HOW THE CITY, FROM WHAT I'VE OBSERVED, DOES THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. YOU KNOW, LEE MILLER MADE A COMMENT ONE TIME WHEN WE WERE ARGUING THE LIBERTY HILLS DEVELOPMENT, THAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST WASTING YOUR TIME. IT'S A DONE DEAL. AND NOW I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT HE SAID. WHAT I'M SEEING THIS PROCESS IS, IS THAT IT GOES IN FRONT OF THE CITY. IT GOES IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY COME UP WITH A ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. EVERYTHING IS DONE. IT COMES IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THERE MAY OR MAY NOT GO THROUGH AND BE A PUBLIC HEARING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, BACK IN DECEMBER, THAT WAS THE LINE ITEM. FOR THIS ONE IT'S THIS BIG. THERE'S NO DESCRIPTION ON THIS. [00:05:03] IT WAS HIDDEN IN MY OPINION. SO ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS DONE, CHECKS ARE CASHED. THEN IT GOES IN FRONT OF THE P&Z WHERE WE START GETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE ZONING. BUT THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE ALREADY AGREED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IT'S A DONE DEAL. WE'RE GOING TO ZONE IT. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT. THEN IT GOES IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. PEOPLE COME HERE AND THEY GO THROUGH IN THEIR VOICE, THEIR OPINION. AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A DONE DEAL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CARD IS IN FRONT OF THE HORSE. WHY ARE WE NOT GOING THROUGH AND TRYING TO GET PUBLIC OPINION WHEN IT AFFECTS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHEN IT AFFECTS OUR PEOPLE AND IT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY? ALL I ASK IS FOR CONSIDERATION IN REGARDS TO LOOKING AT THE PROCESS. IS THIS RIGHT? DOES THIS REALLY GO THROUGH AND REPRESENT WHAT THE CITY WANTS, OR IS THIS DOING WHAT A SMALL MINORITY OF THE CITY WANTS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. LET'S GO WITH STEPHANIE DINGLE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CAIN, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILWOMAN. MADAM CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE DINGLE. 820 IN COURT AND ANNA APARTMENT SQUARE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ANNA TOWN SQUARE. I GUESS THEY BOTH HAVE THAT SQUARE IN THEIR NAME. HOWEVER, OUR SYMBOL IS A A WITH A T AND THEN A CIRCLE AROUND IT, BUT. SO WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SOME THINGS JUST DON'T MAKE SENSE. BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK FOR SOME HELP THAT MAKES SENSE. AND THAT IS THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED CROSSING GUARDS TO HELP OUR KIDS GET SAFELY TO SCHOOL. WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO ANNA, GETTING TO SCHOOL WAS LIKE PLAYING FROGGER. WALKING MY KID EVERY MORNING, HAND IN HAND. A QUICK PRAYER. WE SURVIVED. IT WAS SCARY. I SAW ONE ELEMENTARY STUDENT ALMOST GET HIT BY A BIKE, SORRY ON A BIKE ALMOST GOT HIT. THE DRIVER ROLLED DOWN HER WINDOW AND YELLED AT THIS NINE-YEAR-OLD. THIS WASN'T OKAY. EVERY STUDENT DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO SCHOOL SAFELY, WHETHER IT'S WALKING OR RIDING A BUS. WALKING TO SCHOOL IS A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY CULTURE. WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO SCHOOL WHO DO NOT HAVE A BUS OPTION. WE WANT THEM. WE WANT IT TO MAKE SENSE. WHEN I FIRST TALKED TO THE SCHOOL, THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMUNITY ISSUE. I LOVE MY COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY RALLIED TOGETHER AND HAD VOLUNTEERS TO HELP KIDS CROSS THE STREET THE REST OF THE YEAR. THIS WAS FOR THE INTERSECTION OF LEONARD AND SHARP. THE NEXT YEAR, WHEN THE CITY AND DISTRICT MET, EVERYONE STRONGLY AGREED. AGREED. WE NEEDED CROSSING GUARDS, JUST LIKE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM HERE TODAY. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BOUNDARY ISSUE. WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT? THE DISTRICT SAYS IT'S THE CITY'S AND THE CITY BLAMES THE DISTRICT. THE TRUTH IS, IT TAKES EVERYONE. IT'S CHANGING CULTURE. I KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING IS NOT EASY. OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE ALREADY, WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE THEM. TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 343.014 IS A SECTION OF TEXAS LAW THAT DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS. IT DETERMINES, IT SAYS CITIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHERE THE CROSSING GUARDS ARE NEEDED, PROVIDE AND FUND CROSSING GUARDS AT THOSE LOCATIONS. IT CLARIFIES THAT THE CITY, NOT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DECIDING IF CROSSING GUARDS SHOULD BE PLACED SUPPLYING PERSONNEL OR CONTRACTING FOR THEM. SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE ANNA ISD CAN PARTNER OR ADVOCATE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE FINAL AUTHORITY UNDER THIS LAW. I AM REQUESTING CROSSING GUARDS AT DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN ANNA LIKE THE LEONARD AND SHARP INTERSECTION NEAR HARLOW. THIS LAW SUPPORTS. THE CITY OF ANNA HAS THE LEGAL AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE AND IMPLEMENT IT. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY ITSELF IS SAFETY AND TO HELP MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. WE NEED A SAFE, HEALTHY, THRIVING ANNA FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP ROCHELLE STICKLEY. ROCHELLE. HOW BADLY DID I DO THAT? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROCHELLE STICKLEY. I LIVE AT 1223 ELIZABETH AND ANNA TOWN SQUARE. I'M HERE FOR THE SAME THING AND I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. BUT FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I'M HERE TO REQUEST A COLLABORATION, NOT JUST PUTTING THE BURDEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL. [00:10:02] I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES COULD COME TOGETHER. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE ANNA ISD DISTRICT, AND THE CITY COUNCIL. I, THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN HAS JUST BECOME SUCH A SCARE FOR ME. I AM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I SEE THE TRAFFIC. I SEE THE INATTENTIVE DRIVERS. AND THERE ARE NO CROSSING GUARDS AT LEONARD-SHARP DURING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HOURS. WE DO HAVE CROSSING GUARDS FOR THE ELEMENTARY, BUT THEY'RE NOT PAID THEIR TEACHERS ARE VOLUNTEERS. RECENTLY THREE WEEKS AGO. I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO GET EMOTIONAL. MY SON WAS HIT AT THAT INTERSECTION. THERE WERE NO CROSSING GUARDS. THE DRIVER WAS AN INATTENTIVE DRIVER. HE WAS CITED FOR SUCH. HE RECEIVED AN INFRACTION FOR FAILURE TO YIELD TO A PEDESTRIAN. A 13 YEAR OLD ON HIS BIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROSSING GUARD, I MEAN WALK HE WAS HIT. HE WAS ALSO CITED FOR DRIVER INATTENTION. THIS HAS BECOME SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US HERE IN ANNA AS MY NEIGHBORHOOD CONTINUES TO GROW. APARTMENTS OPENING UP. LEONARD OPENING THE WHITE STREET. THE REDISTRICT OF THE ANNA ISD. NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 300 MORE STUDENTS AT CLEMONS. SO I'M HERE TO PLEAD WITH YOU. AND I WILL BE ATTENDING A ANNA ISD MEETING TO REQUEST THE SAME. TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN GOING FORWARD. WE'RE A GROWING COMMUNITY. I MEAN, WE'VE GROWN 123% SINCE 2020. WE'RE GROWING AT 10% A YEAR. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. STEVEN DEPRIEST. HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. I KIND OF WAS HOPING. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN IN CITY COUNCIL WITH Y'ALL. SINCE I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. STEVE DUPRIEST. 9150 QUAIL CREEK RUN, ANNA, TEXAS, 75409. SO I LIVE RIGHT OFF OF THE, WHERE FERGUSON PARKWAY EXTENSION IS GOING TO BE. AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING, IT'S BEEN GOING ON A LONG TIME. I WAS TRYING TO THINK BACK. I WAS TELLING PEOPLE I GOT A LETTER MAYBE SEVEN YEARS AGO WHILE I PULLED OUT THE DOCUMENT THAT Y'ALL PROVIDED AFTER THE ORIGINAL SURVEY, AND IT'S DATED OCTOBER OF 2015. SO FOR 11 YEARS, I'VE BEEN WAITING AND WONDERING WHETHER I SHOULD DO IMPROVEMENTS, WHERE I SHOULD DO IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT I SHOULD DO IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S JUST GOING ON AND ON. I ASKED FOR ONE THING OUT OF THIS WHOLE THING, AND THAT'S ACCESS TO THE NEW ROAD WHEN IT'S BEING BUILT. PRETTY MUCH I GET AN AUTOMATIC NO. NOBODY'S CONSIDERING IT. THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT. THEY DON'T. ANYWAY, I'D LIKE THAT TO BE CONSIDERED. I'D ALSO LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED THE 11 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN PUT ON HOLD, AND I'D LIKE A REASONABLE TIMELINE FOR WHEN THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT IN HERE, BUT BOTTOM LINE, LET'S DO IT OR LET'S DON'T DO IT RIGHT. I'M NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER. THANKS. THANK YOU. MR. JIM LUSCOMBE. HELLO, I'M JIM LUSCOMBE. I LIVE AT 1303 WEST FOSTER CROSSING, AND I'VE BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN THE SAME 11 YEARS THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT. AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS FINALLY COMING TO THIS NEXT STEP AND THE MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE SPENT ON THIS PROJECT. AND THE ACTS THAT I WANT TO GRIND TONIGHT IS AS I LOOK THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS. WHAT I DID NOT SEE WAS THE ALIGNMENT OF WHERE THIS ROUTING IS GOING TO GO. AND WHAT I WANT TO ASK FOR TONIGHT IS FOR THAT TO BE MADE INTO A PUBLIC DOCUMENT. SO IT'S ALL VERY CLEAR IS EXACTLY WHERE THIS ROUTE IS GOING TO GO. SO WHEN WE SPEND THIS DESIGN MONEY, WE SPEND IT AT THE RIGHT PLACE. AND I GUESS THAT'S MY STORY. I'LL ASK, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. [00:15:08] THANK YOU. OKAY, THIS IS MAYBE LESLIE LUSCOMBE. OKAY. HI, I'M LESLIE LUSCOMBE, 8645 LUSCOMBE FARM DRIVE. I WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA AT 4:00 TODAY. SO MY QUESTION IS, I HAVE THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS STEVE DOES THAT THIS DESIGN AND EVERYTHING, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR 11 YEARS. THE PROPERTY THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS MY SON'S. HE HASN'T EVEN BEEN CAUGHT UP TO SPEED ON ANY OF THIS, AND I HAVEN'T EITHER. AS FAR AS HAS THE FINAL DESIGN BEEN APPROVED AND IF SO, WHEN, IS A QUESTION. I KNOW YOU CAN ANSWER ME RIGHT NOW, BUT. AND IT APPEARS THE ENGINEERING FIRM HAS BEEN PAID, AND WHEN WERE THEY PAID, IS A QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU ALL. AND AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SINCE 2015. SO WE NEED TO REGROUP IF WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE OWNING PROPERTY ALONG IN THE LUSCOMBE FAMILY. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME ANSWERS TO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK THE REST OF THESE CARDS ARE GOING TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS LATER THIS EVENING. THAT'LL TAKE US TO PRESENTATIONS. [4. Presentations.] PRESENTATIONS FROM THE STAFF TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. I HAVE THREE FOR THIS EVENING. FIRST OFF, I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. NATIONAL PUBLIC WORK WEEK, WHICH IS MAY 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD. PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO PUBLIC HEALTH. HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF ANNA. I, PETE CAIN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANNA, HEREBY DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 17TH THROUGH 23RD, 2026 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND CEREMONIES DESIGNED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND ADVANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR CAIN. IF WE COULD HAVE ALL OF Y'ALL COME DOWN. I HAVE A NUMBER OF GUYS HERE TONIGHT. A NUMBER OF FOLKS FROM PUBLIC WORKS. THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET A PICTURE WITH Y'ALL IF POSSIBLE. ARE WE ALL GOING TO HAVE? I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS. GROWTH USUALLY GETS ALL THE HEADLINES, BUT PUBLIC WORKS IS WHAT MAKES GROWTH ACTUALLY FUNCTION. SO THANK YOU GUYS. AND GALS. Y'ALL. Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION HERE FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. MAY 10TH THROUGH 16TH. [00:20:05] A PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2026 AND TO HONOR THE SERVICE OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THE SACRIFICES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2025 WHILE GUARDING OUR COMMUNITIES AND DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY. WHEREAS, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ANNA POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DEDICATED TO PROTECTING ALL CITY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY AGAINST DECEPTION, VIOLENCE AND DISORDER. I, PETE CAIN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANNA, CALL UPON ALL PEOPLE TO OBSERVE MAY 10TH, 2026 THROUGH MAY 16TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, AND TO SHOW SUPPORT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS GREAT REGION. PROBABLY. WE SHOULD JUST STAY DOWN THERE. JUST STAY DOWN. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. ONE. TWO. THREE. ALL RIGHT, LASTLY ON HERE, I'VE GOT A ALMOST. LASTLY, A AWARD RECOGNITION FROM TRUSTED WORLD - EXCELLENCE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD. SO THE EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECOGNIZES AN INDIVIDUAL, ORGANIZATION OR CORPORATION THAT HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF THROUGH MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT STRENGTHEN ITS COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD HONORS SUSTAINED SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND A COMMITMENT TO HELPING OTHERS. THE CITY OF ANNA HAS DEMONSTRATED A STRONG SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH TRUSTED WORLD. THE TEAM HAS CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED OUR MISSION BY ORGANIZING CLOTHING DONATIONS AND INVITING TRUSTED WORLD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY'S ANNUAL EARTH DAY CELEBRATION TO HELP COLLECT RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES IN NEED. THESE ACTIONS REFLECT A COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT ONLY WILLING TO HELP, BUT ONE THAT ACTIVELY LOOKS FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT OTHERS. IT IS THIS SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND COLLABORATION THE CITY OF ANNA IS DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, MR. FREETH. MAYOR COUNCIL. JEFF FREETH, ACTING DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. TO ADD TO THAT I'M HERE TO PRESENT THIS AWARD TO THE CITY. THIS TRULY IS AN AWARD THAT SIGNIFIES THE COUNCIL, PAVING THE PATH FOR OUR MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT AND OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. BUT MOST OF ALL, IS THE COMMUNITY COMING ALONGSIDE OF US THROUGH THE DONATIONS AND ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD COMMUNITY. AND THIS AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. HOWEVER, THIS IS A COMMUNITY AWARD, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF ANNA. [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILMAN BAKER TO GO AHEAD AND READ SOME OF THE PAST EVENTS WE'VE HAD AND UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE. YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS PAST WEEK, MAY 6TH, WE RECOGNIZED THE NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. WE HAD AN EVENT HERE AT THE EDC PUT ON HOSTED AND QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP. SO IF YOU WERE A PART OF THAT, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. THIS I DON'T REMEMBER THE STATISTICS NOW, BUT SMALL BUSINESSES MAKE UP LIKE 90% OF COMMERCE IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WITHOUT SMALL BUSINESS, WE WOULDN'T REALLY BE WHERE WE ARE. SO THANKS FOR THAT. AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. MAY IS ALSO MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH. SO KEEP YOUR MILITARY IN, IN MIND. [00:25:01] SO THANK YOU FOR THEM. COMING UP, WE HAVE THE TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT. THIS IS ALWAYS A VERY POPULAR EVENT. IT CAN BE LOUD, CAN BE A LOT OF FUN. LOTS OF SIRENS AND LOTS OF NOISE. THE KIDS OF ALL AGES WILL ENJOY THAT. IT'S COMMUNITY EVENT LINED WITH THE MAY RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC WORKS, ETC. FEATURES POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND OTHER CITY VEHICLES. IF THERE'S ANY AMOUNT OF KID IN YOU, YOU GOT TO GO TO TOUCH A TRUCK. I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S A BLAST. IT'LL BE SATURDAY, MAY 16TH. IT'LL BE FROM 10 TO 1 LOCATED OUT HERE IN THE PLAZA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. IT'S ALSO MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE TOLD THAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM 5. [5. Consent Items.] CONSENT ITEMS. THESE ITEMS CONSIST OF NONCONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW. ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING SUCH REQUESTS PRIOR TO A MOTION AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE ANYTHING ANY ONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THIS? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A-J. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT WILL BRING ME TO AGENDA ITEM 6, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND PUBLIC HEARINGS. [6. Items For Individual Consideration and Public Hearings.] AT THE TIME AND PLACE OF ANY PUBLIC HEARING HELD DURING THIS MEETING. ALL PERSONS WHO DESIRE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN OPPOSITION OR TO, IN OPPOSITION TO OR IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE, APPLICATION OR OTHER PROPOSED ITEM. 6.A. CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND ACT ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS CANVASING THE RETURNS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OF TWO CITY COUNCIL PLACES FOR FOUR-YEAR TERMS EXPIRING IN MAY OF 2030. MISS LAND. THANK YOU MAYOR. THE CANVASS IS A MANDATORY MINISTERIAL DUTY AND CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE TO CONDUCT THE LOCAL CANVASS NOT LATER THAN THE 11TH DAY AFTER THE ELECTION. SECTION 64.004 OF THE ELECTION CODE PROVIDES THAT THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE CANVASING AUTHORITY SHALL NOTE THE COMPLETION OF THE CANVASS IN THE MINUTES OR IN THE RECORDING REQUIRED BY SECTION 551.021 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. SO THE STANDING IS CITY COUNCIL, PLACE 3, FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM. MIKE ALVARES HAD 190 VOTES. JESSICA WALDEN HAD 399 VOTES. FOR CITY COUNCIL, PLACE 5, A FOUR-YEAR TERM. SUSAN JONES HAD 249 VOTES, AND ELDEN BAKER HAD 343 VOTES. AND THAT IS THE CANVASS FOR TONIGHT. OKAY. I MOVE, WE APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. I, WE HAD FOUR RECOGNIZED PEOPLE WHO RAN IN THIS ELECTION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THEY RAN THEIR RACES INSTEAD OF MUDSLINGING. SO IT WAS A GOOD MOMENT FOR ANNA. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TAKES US TO 5. SORRY. 6.B. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND ACT ON AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE ANNA 2050 PARKS, OPEN SPACE, TRAILS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE. MR. JEFF FREETH. ACTUALLY, JEFF, I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:34. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A TRAIL THROUGH THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE'VE GOT HERE. AND SO THAT PROCESS OR THAT TRAIL BEGAN. TRIAL BEGAN ON APRIL 27TH, 2021, IN WHICH WE BEGAN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN FIVE YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THEN IT WAS TIME FOR AN UPDATE. OUR GROWTH, OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH ACHIEVING A LOT OF THE GOALS IN THE PREVIOUS PARKS MASTER PLAN CALLED FOR AN UPDATE. AND SO ON JANUARY 14TH, 2025, IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT WITH FREESE & NICHOLS TO START THE UPDATE ON THIS 2050 PLAN. IN MAY TO SEPTEMBER, THERE WAS VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON INPUT BY OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT WAS BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE ISD, THE CHAMBER, BUSINESSES AND AGAIN, OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, ON FEBRUARY 17TH THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE PARKS MASTER PLAN ON [00:30:04] MARCH 10TH. THIS WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AS A WORK SESSION ITEM. THE FEEDBACK THAT WE, THERE WAS THREE ITEMS FOR FEEDBACK THAT CAME FROM COUNCIL DURING THAT WORK SESSION AND ONE WAS ABOUT A POTENTIAL AVATAR'S HISTORY EXPERIENCES VIRTUAL MARKERS IN THE PARKS. IF YOU NOTICE THAT WAS UPDATED ON PAGE 98, COLUMN TWO, PARAGRAPH ONE THAT ADDRESSES THAT QUESTION. AND THEN ALSO A COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED FOR HISTORICAL COMPONENTS TO THE TRAILS IN WHICH ON PAGE 98, COLUMN TWO, PARAGRAPH ONE THAT WAS ADDRESSED. AND THEN A COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED FOR THE ADDRESSING OF A SEGMENT OF TRAIL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF ANNA AND SOME CONNECTION QUESTIONS. SO THIS WAS ADDRESSED ON PAGE 98, COLUMN ONE, PARAGRAPH THREE. SO THERE WERE THE MAJOR THREE ITEMS THAT CAME FROM THAT EVENING ALL ADDRESSED HERE. SO THAT BROUGHT US TO APRIL 6TH IN WHICH THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, IN WHICH THEY APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS PARKS MASTER PLAN. SO THAT BRINGS US TO TONIGHT, IN WHICH WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE ADOPTION OF THE ANNA 2050 PARKS, OPEN SPACE, TRAILS AND RECREATION PLAN. BUT BEFORE WE GO TO THAT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PRESENT WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS. THIS IS JUST A PLAN. THIS IS TO GET US TO THIS MILE MARKER ON THE TRAIL. HOW DO WE GET TO THE NEXT MILE MARKER, THE NEXT MILE MARKER AND THE NEXT MILE MARKER? AND SO ON MAY 26TH, WE WILL HAVE A FIRM THAT WILL COME IN HERE AND WILL PRESENT THE COLLIN COUNTY TRAILS MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION. WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW ANNA FITS INTO THAT. NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES WHETHER IT BE GRANTS OR HOW DO WE WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES? AND THEN ALSO OUR DEPARTMENT WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PRESENTATION IN WHICH WE WILL GO AND PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH DATA FROM WHERE WE STARTED ON COMMUNITY SERVICES AND RECREATION, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND KIND OF THE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE AS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL ON THAT EVENING. AND WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY, SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN LIBRARY EXPANSION AND RESOURCE AND PROGRAMING DEPLOYMENT. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT PARK MAINTENANCE AGAIN, WHERE WE WERE YEARS AGO, WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE'RE HEADING INTO THE FUTURE. SO THAT WILL GET US TO THOSE NEXT STEPS AND GIVE YOU ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE TOP ITEM OF TRAILS. AND THEN ALSO WHICH WILL COME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT IS YOU'LL RECEIVE THE PARKS PORTION, THE PARK CIP PORTION OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING AND PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE. SO THAT WILL PROVIDE YOU A NEXT STEP WITH THAT AS WELL. AND THEN ALSO IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS WILL BRING BEFORE YOU A PRESENTATION ON THE COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO AGAIN, GIVING YOU SOME POINTS ALONG THE TRAIL ON. WE'RE NOT DONE HERE. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. SO THAT IS ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE FOR YOU. WE HAVE DANIEL HARRISON FROM FREESE & NICHOLS, SHOULD THERE BE QUESTIONS. AND DALAN WALKER, OUR PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD HAVE. ALL RIGHT, I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS. ANYBODY WISHING TO PUBLICLY SPEAK ON THIS? LAST CALL. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING THEN AT 6:38. COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. I HAVE A COMMENT. LOOKING AT PAGE 99. YOU HAVE THE MAP AND YOU HAVE FUTURE TRAILS. I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE TO THE VERY NORTH. YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL COMMUNITIES. NORTHPOINTE, GREEN MEADOWS, TARA FARMS, AND YOU HAVE A TRAIL GOING TO THE SOUTH OF THOSE, BUT NOTHING NORTH OF THAT BOTTOM TRAIL. HAVE YOU GUYS EVER CONSIDERED PUTTING SOMETHING, A CONNECTING TRAIL THROUGH THERE? SO AS FAR AS THE TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND ALIGNMENTS, AS A PART OF THE NEXT STEP PROCESS IS IN WHICH COLLIN COUNTY THEY WILL COME IN HERE. THIS IS A GREAT STARTING POINT AND IDENTIFIER, BUT WE CAN, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT, THERE ARE NEXT STEPS IN WHICH WE CAN LOOK AT THESE ALIGNMENTS AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES. AGAIN, THE COLLIN COUNTY MASTER PLAN, HOW WE ALIGN INTO THAT. THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT, BUT IT'S NOT THE END ALL BE ALL. SO THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE IN KIND OF A MICROSCOPIC LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND WORK WITH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR ANNA. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. JEFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND STAFF FOR ADDRESSING [00:35:08] SOME ENCROACHMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH THIS PLAN, WITH THIS REVISION. WE GAVE YOU A REQUEST YEARS AGO OR THE DEPARTMENT YEARS AGO TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE US AN INTERCONNECTED CITY. YOU REMEMBER THAT WE STARTED OFF WITH A BIG MAP AND A WHOLE LOT OF DOTS ON IT. AND I REMEMBER THE CITY PLANNER AT THE TIME WAS LIKE, WELL, WE DON'T OWN THIS PROPERTY. AND HE SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CONVERSATIONS TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM. AND HERE WE ARE, I GUESS ABOUT 15 YEARS LATER ISH AND YEAH. 14, AND YOU FIGURED IT OUT. SO AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE DEVELOPERS AND LANDOWNERS WHO PARTICIPATED. SO PROPS ACROSS THE BOARD AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. NOTHING ELSE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6.B. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TAKES ABOUT ITEM 6.C. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSSING AN ORDINANCE TO ANNEX 10.8 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD 290 AND COUNTY ROAD 290 AND COUNTY ROAD 1101 (FUTURE MANTUA PARKWAY) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHURCH TRACT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES KALEB KENTNER. I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:42 P.M.. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS THE COMPLETE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ANNEXATION REQUEST THAT'S BEFORE YOU. AS I STATED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO JUST BRING TO ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL WAS, IS THAT DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTIONS ON C AND D ARE COMBINED, BUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOESN'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY ON ACTIONS IN REGARDS TO ANNEXATIONS OR TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN THOSE PARCELS ARE HELD BY THE COUNCIL. AND SO WITH THAT, THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS, AND I'M JUST WANTING TO BRING THOSE CONCERNS TO YOU THAT WERE VOICED DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AS YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SAW, THE MINUTES AND IN THE IN THE COMMENTS OF, FROM THAT MEETING. WAS THERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE THIS TEN ACRES AND AND SOME OF THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS PROPERTY WAS, IS IS THAT THERE WAS A WAIVER GIVEN. AND THEY, THE DEVELOPER OF THIS IS ASKED AS PART OF THIS WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO BE THIS TEN ACRES TO BE INCLUDED WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND AND INCLUDE THOSE WAIVERS. THAT IS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR THIS EVENING. AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS WITH YOU GUYS ON THAT AS FAR AS HOW THAT WOULD WORK. BUT THIS IS A REQUEST FOR THIS TEN ACRES OF LAND AS PRESENTED TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AND BE MADE PART OF THE LIBERTY HILLS CHURCH TRACT DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AS WELL. I'LL GO AHEAD AND. I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THE PUBLIC COMMENTS STARTED WITH SHAWN SMITH. TO STATE MY NAME AGAIN. JUST KIDDING. SHAWN SMITH, 11089 COUNTY ROAD 289, ANNA TEXAS, 75049, 75409. IN REGARDS TO ANNEXATION, I REALLY DO NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF IT AFTER SEEING THE DEBACLE THAT'S GOING OFF OF 455 WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING A TRAILER HOME PARK THERE, IT GIVES THE CITY SOME CONTROL OVER IT. IT CAN GO THROUGH AND HELP DECIDE WHICH IS GOING TO GO INTO 60, WHICH WE'LL TALK IN ON THE NEXT ONE. BUT I AM, I THINK I PUT A POST TOO, BUT I AM ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF THE ANNEXATION OF THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH AND AS A COMMUNITY, TRY TO GO THROUGH AND DICTATE EXACTLY HOW IT'S USED AND HOW WE GO THROUGH AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME LEGAL IMPLICATIONS IN REGARDS TO HOW THE DECISIONS ARE MADE, [00:40:03] BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH AND DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR US. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. NEXT UP, TERRELL CULBERTSON. I BELIEVE I SAW 6.D. YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS ON 6.D, SO NEVER MIND, DISREGARD THAT. THANK YOU, TERRELL. UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TWICE. I'D LOVE TO, BUT I THINK I'LL JUST KEEP MOVING. LAST CALL. OKAY, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:45 P.M.. COUNCIL, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS. I HAVE A COUPLE AND I'M NOT SURE. I GUESS THIS QUESTION WOULD BE FOR MR. KENTNER. WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE TRIGGERS EXIST HERE. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE TRIGGERS EXIST HERE? WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THIS AREA? I, AS FAR AS THIS WILL BE PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND THERE WILL BE MANTUA WILL BE WIDENED AND THE STREETS WILL BE IMPROVED AND THIS WILL BE ANTICIPATED. I MAY SKIP FORWARD SO YOU CAN LIKE GIVE A BETTER VIEW OF WHAT THE ANTICIPATED IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE. SO AS SHOWN ON THIS TRACK SHOWS THE BOUNDARIES OF WHERE THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE ADDED TO IT AS PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. WHAT COSTS ARE DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPER FUNDED VERSUS CITY FUNDED? TYPICALLY EVERYTHING IS DEVELOPER DRIVEN EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY WRITTEN OUT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ORIGINALLY WAS IN 2024. AND THEN THE SECOND WAS UPDATED AGAIN IN 2025 FOR THIS THIS TRACT. THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED TREES, AND SO I'LL GO THERE. THIS IS IN GENERAL. THIS PROPERTY, OTHER CONVERSATIONS THIS EVENING, BUT IN GENERAL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ADDS TO ANNA'S BEAUTY IS THAT WE HAVE NOT STRIP MINED OUR ENTIRE CITY, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN FOLIAGE ALL OVER, STARTING FROM OUR SOUTHERN BORDER ALL THE WAY TO OUR NORTHERN EAST TO WEST. AND IT IS A DEFINING ITEM OF ANNA. IF YOU GO DOWN TO YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMEPLACE NEARBY THAT PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH. IF YOU GO TO CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH, THERE IS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE NORTH SIDE CARROLLTON, WHICH LEVELED EVERYTHING AND PUT IN SAPLINGS VERSUS FARMERS BRANCH, WHICH HAS A VERY MATURE TREE BASE, WHICH IS ATTRACTED A VERY NICE SET OF NEIGHBORS AND A VERY NICE SET OF HOUSING. SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND YOU'RE WORKING WITH OUR DEVELOPERS WE HAVE TREE ORDINANCES IN PLACE TO PROTECT WHAT WE CAN WITHOUT LIMITING TOO MUCH. BUT I DO WANT TO SEE THE MATURE TREES SAVED WHERE POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THEY ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY, THE ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THE PROPERTIES AND THEY MAKE FOR GREAT TRAIL SYSTEMS AND CLUBHOUSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IF YOU STRIP THEM DOWN AND PUT IN SAPLINGS. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN HERE IN THIS ROOM WHO'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEM BEING FULL GROWN TREES. SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF A LOT OF THE EMAIL THAT'S COMING THROUGH, IS DO WHAT YOU CAN TO PROTECT WHAT WE WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN IN OUR LIFETIME. SO, THE CITY HAS BEEN PRETTY FORWARD THINKING. AND IN PUTTING IN PLACE THE TREE MITIGATION PLANS AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OVER THE YEARS. AND WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THOSE. THOSE ARE LOOKED AT AND REVIEWED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND THE DEVELOPERS DO AT TIMES NEGOTIATE THOSE OUT. AND THERE WAS A WAIVER FOR THIS OVERALL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TREE MITIGATION. THE DEVELOPER HAS STATED IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR BEST TO SAVE SOME OF THOSE TREES THAT ARE THERE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS THE DRAWING OF THE TREE REMOVAL. IS THE AREA THAT ARE IN PINK THAT IS SHOWN ON THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY CANOPY REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL TREES IN THOSE AREAS. [00:45:03] AND THERE ARE THE ORANGE AREAS WHICH ARE REMOVED CANOPY WHICH THEY ANTICIPATE TRYING TO SALVAGE AS MANY OF THOSE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN AS WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US. THE DEVELOPER'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE. I THINK I WOULD TAKE THEIR DIRECT WORD AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO ASK THAT QUESTION TO THEM AS WELL ON THEIR TREE PRESERVATION SIDE OF THINGS. HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED DID GIVE A WAIVER FROM OUR TREE MITIGATION FOR THIS OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THAT. AND SO AS FAR AS THAT, THIS TEN ACRES IS BEING REQUESTED TO BE MADE PART OF THAT AND BE PART OF THE SAME WAIVER REQUEST AND REQUIREMENTS. AND FROM THAT PORTION OF IT, I WOULD DEFAULT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND ASKING ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AS FAR AS HOW THOSE DAS WOULD WORK. AND WITH THE REQUEST THAT'S FROM THE DEVELOPER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN YOU REMIND US, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THE TREE ORDINANCE? DO YOU HAVE IT HANDY BY ANY CHANCE, THE TREE ORDINANCE? AS FAR AS THE TREE ORDINANCE, I AM GOING TO BRING MY EXPERT PLANNER UP HERE. I'M GOING TO HAVE LAUREN COME UP HERE, AND SHE CAN PROBABLY RATTLE THAT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD. SO, LAUREN. HI THERE. LAUREN MECKEY, SENIOR PLANNER. THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT IS IN ARTICLE 9.07, TREE PRESERVATION? YES, CAN YOU GIVE US A GENERAL OVERVIEW FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT OUR TREE PRESERVATION. SURE. SO PRIOR TO ANY SORT OF GRADING ON A PROPERTY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GET A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT. AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS HAVE THEM SUBMIT A TREE SURVEY. WE DO ALLOW FOR WHERE THEY TAG EACH TREE AND THEY SAY WHAT THE SPECIES IS, WHAT THE NUMBER OF CALIPER INCHES IS. AND THEN I GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE TREE AND TELL THEM WHICH ONES HAVE TO BE EITHER PRESERVED OR MITIGATED. IT'S AN EITHER OR. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, THIS HAS TO BE PRESERVED. AND THEN IF THERE'S DIFFERENT ALLOWANCES AND EXCEPTIONS BASED OFF OF THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S DIFFERENCES FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT VERSUS A SUBDIVISION FOR SINGLE FAMILY. AND THEN WHEN WE LAST AMENDED THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IN 2023, WE HAD ADDED WHERE AFTER A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED FOR SINGLE FAMILY, THAT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE TO GET A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT. SO MOVING FORWARD, ANY COMMERCIAL, ANY HOA PROPERTIES, ANY MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES, EVEN AFTER THEY GET THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THEY STILL WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TREE REMOVAL PROCESS. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. NOW, SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE OLD DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THIS WAS WHAT WAS SPECIFICALLY CROSSED OUT. ALL TREE PRESERVATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS OF SUBSECTION H, IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE 9.07. NOW, WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN OR YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHAT WAS IN GREEN WAS TREES LOCATED WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION AREAS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT D.2, TREE PRESERVATION EXHIBIT, SHALL BE PRESERVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TREES THAT MUST BE REMOVED TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH SOME OF THAT I CAN SEE HERE. DEVELOPERS SHALL PLANT ONE LARGE TREE MINIMUM ONE INCH CALIPER AND SEVEN FEET HEIGHT AT THE TIME OF PLANTING PER-50 LINEAR FEET OF SCREENING WALL AND ORNAMENTAL TREE PER-30FT OF SCREENING WALL. TREES MAY BE GROUPED OR CLUSTERED TOGETHER TO FACILITATE SITE DESIGN. THE OTHER SECTION WAS THE DEVELOPER SHALL PLANT A MINIMUM OF TWO FRONT YARD TREES ON EACH RESIDENTIAL HOME AT THE TIME OF HOME COMPLETION. SO THESE ARE, I GUESS IT'S GOING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS IS FOR COUNCIL. SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF WAS DONE IN 2024. SO NOW WE HAVE A TREE PRESERVATION ACT. WE'VE CREATED THE RULES FOR IT. WALK ME THROUGH ON WHY THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY WAS PROVIDED A WAIVER. MAYBE THERE'S SOME CONTEXT THAT MAYBE WE OR THE PUBLIC ARE NOT AWARE OF. BUT IF ANYONE CAN FILL US IN, YOU KNOW I THINK IT WOULD BE A VALUE RIGHT NOW. WHY WAS THAT INITIALLY WAIVED? I DON'T MIND JUMPING IN ON SOME OF THIS. I THINK THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT THE CONVERSATIONS WERE HAD RIGHT HERE AT THIS PODIUM. PARTS OF IT THAT I RECALL BEING ENGAGED WITH AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN TOTEN WERE DIRECTED DIRECTLY [00:50:10] TO ALL PROSPER PARTNERS WHENEVER THEY CAME AND MET WITH US TO RESPECT THE AREA. AND I REMEMBER TEAGUE SPECIFICALLY SAYING THAT WHERE POSSIBLE, HE WOULD, MATTER OF FACT, HE. I BELIEVE HE WENT AND MET WITH MISS BETTY SHARP. GOT TO SEE HE DIDN'T MEET WITH, YOU. NO, HE NEVER MET. DID ANY OF THE, DID ANY OF THE OLD PROSPER PARTNERS OR ANY OF THE DEVELOPERS EVER MEET WITH YOU ABOUT THE TREES OR THE TOURS? BECAUSE THAT'S. THEY MET WITH MATT, MATT AND SHANNON BENTON. WENT TO OPPS OFFICE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TRIED TO BUY A STRIP OF LAND TO ABATE THE TERRIBLE FLOODING THAT WILL OCCUR IF ALL THE TREES ARE TAKEN OUT. MISS MACKEY VISITED US IN AUGUST OF 25 ON THAT ISSUE. I CANNOT SPEAK WITH WHERE THE BENTONS ARE NOW WITH MR. GRIFFIN, BUT NOBODY FROM OLD PROSPER PARTNER. AS FAR AS I KNOW. AND MR. SMITH KNOWS AND MR. CULBERTSON KNOWS. EVERETT CAME OUT TO OUR AREA TO DISCUSS TREES FOR HOW THEY COULD BE PRESERVED WITH US, AND THE ONLY THING I'M AWARE OF THAT DISCUSSED WITH THE VENDORS IS HOW THEY COULD, HOW THE VENDORS HOPED AND THE SMITHS HOPED THEIR HOMES WOULD NOT BE FLOODED BY THE CUTTING DOWN AND WAIVING OF ALL THE TREES IN THE AREA. GOTCHA. FOR THE RECORD MISS BETTY SHARP WAS ENGAGED IN THE COUNCIL. AND JUST KNOW THAT HER KNOWLEDGE OLD PROSPER PARTNERS, NO ONE, NO REPRESENTATIVE MET WITH ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS OUT THERE. MR. CARTER, MAY I SAY THAT ETHAN FRANCIS. I DO NOT KNOW IF HE'S HERE TONIGHT, OF VERITAS-LIBERTY HILLS DID COME TO MY HOME AND VISIT WITH MR. CULBERTSON AND I, AND AT THAT TIME THEY HAD NOT BOUGHT THE CHURCH PROPERTY, AND WE ASKED HIM TO CONSIDER SAVING THE TREES. BUT AS I READ THIS PACKET, THEIR PLAN IS TO TAKE EVERY TREE OUT. THERE ARE NO TREES ON THEIR PLAN. SORRY. NO, IT'S FINE. YOU WANT TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD? ALSO. READ WHAT? INTO HER COMMENTS. SO ONE OF THE POINTS I'M TRYING TO EMPHASIZE IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE DEVELOPER. IT'S WHAT CONTROL WE ABDICATED AWAY. WE SIGNED THAT POWER AWAY. AND I WANT THIS TO BE A CLEAR LESSON THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO BE SO EASYGOING, RIGHT. IF WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE A TREE PRESERVATION, YOU KNOW, RULE OR WHATEVER IT IS ORDINANCE, WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH IT RIGHT NOW. WHAT, NOW THE ISSUE IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A WAIVER PUT IN RIGHT NOW, IT CREATES A PRECEDENT FOR US TO GRANT ANOTHER ONE. POSSIBLY. AND NOW THAT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE. SO ONCE AGAIN, RACHEL, COUNCILMAN CARVER, I TRULY APPRECIATE YOU ADDING CONTEXT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO CAN PROVIDE CONTEXT? COUNCILMAN TOTEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONTEXT? I THINK YOU WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL. I DID WANT TO FINISH MY COMMENT ON THAT IT. SO, I MENTIONED COUNCILMAN TOTEN. AFTER, I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT SPARKED THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR TREE ORDINANCE. AND WE THE THEN CITY MANAGER, RYAN HENDERSON, BROUGHT IN A SOMEONE FROM. YEAH, TEXAS WILDLIFE, THANK YOU. AND THIS COUNCIL VOTED ON IMPROVEMENTS. I DON'T REMEMBER ANY MORE DETAILS SPECIFIC TO THIS, BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BECAUSE THESE ARE ASSETS TO THE CITY OF ANNA. COUNCILMAN TOTEN LOOKS LIKE HE'S ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING. I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND. I WAS ANSWERING HIS QUESTION ABOUT WHO WAS BROUGHT IN TO TRY TO, LIKE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CHANGED THROUGHOUT THAT WAS THE OWNER'S PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR HAVING TO PAY FOR A PERMIT TO GET A TREE CUT DOWN IN THEIR FRONT YARD. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DIDN'T SEE THAT BEING A NECESSARY THING. BUT IT'S JUST THIS WHOLE, THIS WHOLE LIBERTY HILLS PROPERTY OR DEVELOPMENT IS BEEN, HAS BEEN A [00:55:07] CONTENTIOUS FOR YEARS AND. I THINK BEYOND THE DEVELOPER CONTENTION, WHAT THE QUESTION I ULTIMATELY GET INTO IS WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DO WE AS A COUNCIL OWN, AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO, AND I'M TRYING TO HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU KNOW, THE CHICKEN IS BATTERED BEHIND THE SCENES. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? WE NEED TO HAVE A FRANK CONVERSATION BECAUSE THIS HAS COME UP SO MANY TIMES IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. YOU KNOW, FERGUSON, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT LATER ON HERE TONIGHT. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A COMPONENT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE THE TREE PRESERVATION AND THAT AS WELL, RIGHT. SO I'M PREEMPTING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WE DO NOT EVEN CLEARLY REMEMBER EXACTLY WHY THIS, YOU KNOW, WAS PROVIDED IN THE FIRST PLACE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN GIVEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION, BUT NOTHING SOLID UNLESS ANY OTHER STAFF MEMBER HAS ANYTHING ELSE. BUT AT THIS POINT, I WANT YOU GUYS TO REALLY CONSIDER THIS. RIGHT NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE YELLOW HERE AND SOME OF THE PINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT IS IN THE LOT LINE. RIGHT NOW THAT CREATES A LAYER OF COMPLEXITY. SO AT SOME LEVEL, GUYS, WE HAVE TO OWN THIS, RIGHT. NOW HOWEVER THIS LOOKS NOW I'M, NOW I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE ELSE. I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS DECISION WAS MADE. BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING I'M MISSING HERE. NO, I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON. YOU KNOW, WE INHERITED THIS. AND REGARDLESS, WE'RE SITTING HERE NOW AND WE'VE GOT TO FACE THIS. YOU KNOW, THIS CAN GOT KICKED DOWN THE ROAD AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT NOW SO. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I WAS THAT WAS IN MY EARLY DAYS. I WAS SITTING OUT THERE AT THE TIME, A LOT OF THIS STUFF CAME UP. I REMEMBER THESE CONVERSATIONS FROM THAT SIDE OF THE DAIS, SO. I WISH I KNEW A BETTER ANSWER. SO LAUREN, IF THIS THE ORDINANCE HAD STAYED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, HOW MANY TREES WOULD YOU HAVE HAD TO COUNT? IT'S 20 PLUS 150, 250. SORRY. I TURNED AROUND TO MR. SMITH BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN OUT THERE AND COUNTED THEM. THERE'S OVER 20 TREES ON THIS. I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. OH, THE ENTIRE. OH, IT'S THOUSANDS. TO A THOUSAND OR BETTER. THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, YEAH. HOW MANY TREES RIGHT NOW ARE IN QUESTION IN TOTAL? LIKE OUT OF. SO LET ME JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE CORRECTLY. SO WHERE THE ORANGE IS GOING, IT'S PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE BLOCKED OFF, RIGHT? AND THEN THE PINK, RIGHT. SOME OF THAT IS OVER RIGHT OF WAYS, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THAT BOTTOM, I GUESS ON THE BOTTOM L, I GUESS ON THE HANDLE PART. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF ORANGE AREAS THAT ARE NOT ART OR PLOTTED OUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT AREA. IS ANY OF THAT ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED ON THAT BOTTOM CORNER? I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT TO THE APPLICANT TO RESPOND TO THAT AND KIND OF ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. KEVIN LAZARES WITH VERITAS COMMUNITIES. ADDRESS IS 3860 WEST NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, SUITE 450, IN DALLAS, TEXAS. SO THE, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS PROPERTY SOMEBODY BROUGHT IT TO US BECAUSE WE HAD TRIED TO REACH OUT TO MR. CHURCH AND HIS WIFE. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING ON LIBERTY HILLS. AND SOMEBODY ELSE ENDED UP PUTTING IT UNDER CONTRACT AND THEY REACHED OUT TO US AND THEY WERE PLANNING ON DOING, KEEPING IT IN THE COUNTY AND BUILDING STORAGE BUILDINGS. WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT. AND, AND CANDIDLY, AS FAR AS THE CITY'S THOROUGHFARE PLAN GOES, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF RIGHT OF WAY AND ROADWAY AND UTILITY, UTILITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE CONSTRUCTED KIND OF LIKE ON THE NORTH, NORTH SIDE AND WEST SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY. AND SO WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE 10.8 ACRES, WHAT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED AS RIGHT OF WAY, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES IT REALLY WANT TO FIT IN WITH THE EXISTING, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY? HOW DO YOU FINISH OUT THAT INTERSECTION APPROPRIATELY? AND THEN HOW DO YOU TRY TO TIE IN WITH THE PROJECT ON THE WEST SIDE? THE INTERSECTION LOCATION THAT IS SHOWN HERE MADE THE MOST SENSE. AND SO WE WILL TRY TO SAVE WHAT IS SHOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT ROAD, THAT COLLECTOR ROAD. BUT REALISTICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOPOGRAPHY, YOU KNOW, IT'S SLOPING DOWN TOWARDS THE CREEK, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE CENTER LINE OF THE CREEK. THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT UP KIND OF AS AN INTERSECTION JUST FOR GEOMETRIC PURPOSES. AND SO WITH GRADING AND EVERYTHING. I DON'T WANT TO LIE TO YOU AND SAY THAT, HEY, AND SHOW THAT IN GREEN AND THEN HAVE THE SAME DISCLAIMER IN THE REST OF THE [01:00:08] DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT SAYS, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE, WELL, WE GOT BAITED AND SWITCHED BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO SAVE THIS, AND THEN YOU ENDED UP GRADING IT OUT BECAUSE IT'S THIS LIKE LITTLE GOTCHA LOOPHOLE. AND SO CANDIDLY, LIKE AS A DEVELOPER WHO SELLS LOTS TO HOME BUILDERS, WHO SELLS HOMES TO, YOU KNOW, CONSUMERS AND HOME BUYERS, BUYERS WANT BIGGER TREES, BUYERS WANT MATURE TREES. THEY DON'T WANT THE LITTLE THREE INCH TREES IN ALL OF THEIR FRONT YARDS. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN KEEP TREES, WE ARE TRYING LIKE HELL TO KEEP THEM. I KNOW IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THAT, BUT I PROMISE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING BECAUSE IT DOES ADD VALUE AND IT ULTIMATELY, IT RAISES THE PRICE ON WHAT I'M ABLE TO SELL MY LOTS FOR, BECAUSE THE BUILDERS WILL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT BACK IN THE HOME PRICE. AND SO I KNOW YOU CAN'T TAKE IT TO THE BANK OR ANYTHING, BUT LIKE WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO SAVE TREES WHERE WE CAN. BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING UP HERE AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE TREES EXCEPT FOR ASTERISK A, B, C, D, E, F, AND G, AND THEN AND THEN YOU COME OUT THERE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND YOU SAY, WAIT, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SAVING TREES UP HERE. WHERE, WHERE DID ALL THE TREES GO? I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER, RIGHT? AND RIGHT NOW HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IS KIND OF LIKE PUTTING TOOTHPASTE BACK INTO THE TUBE. YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, THE 11TH HOUR. YOU KNOW, ANY, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO PRESERVE OR MAINTAIN ANY OF THESE TREES WOULD BE APPRECIATED. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THIS DECISION IS ULTIMATELY ON COUNCIL. I MEAN, WE'VE GIVEN OUR WORD ON THIS PREVIOUS DA. WE'VE SET OURSELVES UP IN PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS INTO THIS POSITION. WE KIND OF PAINTED OURSELVES INTO THIS CORNER. AND THAT'S THE HONEST TRUTH, RIGHT? SO THERE'S NOT MUCH WAY FORWARD FOR THIS. BUT I WANT THIS TO BE, YOU KNOW, A REAL, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL STAFF AND COUNCIL TO THAT WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AWARE ON WAIVERS MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO, YOU KNOW, FLEXIBLE WITH US AND WORKING WITH US WHERE YOU CAN, BUT ULTIMATELY, THIS IS NOT ON YOU. WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME. AT LEAST ME. YOU KNOW, I WASN'T EVEN HERE, BUT I'LL TAKE I'LL TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP FOR IT BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I'LL LEAVE MY COMMENTS ON THAT, MISTER. BRIAN, I THINK YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS KIND OF DIRECTED TO ALL THREE OF YOU. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE DISPLAY HERE AT THE BOTTOM AND WHAT I'M READING, IT'S SAYING WHAT'S PRESERVED CANOPY IN GREEN. IT LOOKS LIKE AN OUTLINE OF HOUSING LOTS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HERE IN THAT GREEN SPACE. SO ARE THOSE AREAS OUTLINED AS TREES KEPT OR TREES TO BE DEMOLISHED? AND IF SO, THEY'RE LISTED AS GREEN AS PRESERVED CANOPY. SO I'M SORT OF KIND OF CONFUSED ON WHAT IS, WHAT ISN'T REALLY PRESERVED THERE. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ON A SEPARATE EXHIBIT AS PART OF THE LIBERTY HILL ZONING. THIS IMAGE IS USING THE SAME LEGEND FROM THE LIBERTY HILLS. SO THAT PORTION, THE, I'D HAVE TO PULL UP THAT SPECIFIC EXHIBIT AND LOOK AT THAT EXHIBIT. THIS ONE IS NOT PRESERVING ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE L SHAPE. RIGHT, AND I MEAN, I'M JUST FOLLOWING UP ON HIS POINT THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, AND NOT KNOWING ALL OF WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS BEFORE. AND WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE 1 10.815 ACRES TO THE TOP OF THE OF THE PICTURE HERE. BUT THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT WHAT WAS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL GREEN SPACE AND THERE'S BIG SWATCHES OF IT THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT FOR LOTS FOR HOMES. SO YEAH. SO IN THE APPROVED ZONING, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT HAVE A PRESERVED GREEN TREE LINE. SO WITH PHASE 1 OF LIBERTY HILLS, PHASE 1 AND 2, WHERE THE PERRY HOMES PORTION IS GOING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GOLF COURSE. THERE'S A PORTION OF TREES THAT WILL BE PRESERVED. ANYONE WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH THE HURRICANE CREEK ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD SUBDIVISION, THEY HAVE THE TREE CANOPY. THAT'S THE PORTION THAT IS BEING PRESERVED. AND THEN I'D HAVE TO FIND I HAVE TO FIND THE EXHIBIT IN ORDER TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PORTION. BUT THERE IS A PORTION ALONG THIS TREE LINE THAT IS BEING PRESERVED. THANK YOU. IT'S, ESSENTIALLY IN THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT'S BASICALLY WHAT I CALL THE CREEKS AND THE GREENBELT CORRIDORS THAT ARE BEING PRESERVED. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SCAN, EVERYTHING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT ROUGHLY LIKE 20FT FROM THE BACK OF WHERE THE LOTS WERE IS WHERE THEY SAID, OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR PRESERVATION AREA. I HAVE. OH, SORRY. I HAVE A REQUEST OF YOU. YES, MA'AM. WE HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM JANET SMITH TODAY. SHE HAS MAPPED OUT FOUR TREES OF SIGNIFICANT DIAMETERS. [01:05:07] TWO OF THESE, AT LEAST TWO OUT OF THESE FOUR, I FEEL LIKE PERSONALLY COULD BE SAVED BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED ON THESE LOTS AT THE TOP OF THIS HILL. I WOULD LIKE YOUR WORD THAT YOU WILL SAVE AT LEAST TWO OF THESE FOR THESE DOWN HERE. I SEE ONE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY. THAT'S A GIVEN THAT'S GOING TO GO. THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT HERE. THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE UNLESS YOU BUILD IT AROUND THE TREE, WHICH COULD BE COOL. BUT THESE TWO UP TOP, THOSE ARE AT THE BACK OF THE LOTS. I FEEL LIKE THOSE COULD BE SAVED. YOU COULD BUILD THE PERIMETER FENCE AROUND IT. I. THE PROPERTY THAT'S MORE ON THE NORTH SIDE. A LOT OF THAT IS TURNING INTO MANTUA PARKWAY AND THIS UTILITY CORRIDOR FOR THESE VARIOUS UTILITIES AND FRANCHISE EASEMENTS. AND SO DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT IS, IF IT'S ANY UTILITY EASEMENT OR FUTURE RIGHT OF WAY, LIKE THE. I DID NOT SET THE LOCATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT THAT'S BEEN DETERMINED BY THE CITY. AND COUNTY THOROUGHFARE PLANS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALSO THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN VAN ALSTYNE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MOVE THE, THE ROAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU MY WORD THAT I WILL SAVE TWO OF THEM. I CAN'T, BUT I GIVE YOU MY WORD THAT I WILL DO MY BEST TO SAVE WHAT I CAN. WELL, THIS LOOKS LIKE THE BACK FENCES ARE HERE, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE LANDSCAPING BUFFER FROM THERE TO THE ROAD. AND THAT'S WHERE THESE TWO TREES SIT. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. WE CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS. I'M SURE I CAN GET A COPY. YEAH, NO. AND HONESTLY, LIKE THE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN SAVE THINGS, WE ARE SAVING THINGS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CANNOT ELIMINATE A TREE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE A TREE. HERE'S WHAT SHE, HERE'S WHAT SHE'S LOOKING AT. AND THESE TREES, AND THAT LOCATION LOOK LIKE THEY'RE NOT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR ON, ON A PROPERTY LINE. YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. CULBERSON. YEAH, WE. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THESE. AND WE WILL WE WILL SAVE WHAT WE CAN. AT FIRST LOOK, TREE NUMBER 33. NUMBER THREE. LOOKS LIKE I WOULD AGREE THAT I COULD PROBABLY SAVE THAT. I'M STILL WORRIED ABOUT ONE AND TWO JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE THEY FALL ON THE BACK OF THE LOTS, LIKE IN RELATION TO UTILITY EASEMENT LANDSCAPE, BUFFER, MASONRY WALL REQUIRED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, KIND OF ALL THAT. WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. COUNCIL, ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR. IF I MAY MAYOR, JUST, THERE'S ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR EVERYONE IS WE'RE TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB IN PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY. THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS UP. THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AND STAFF. WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING OUR BEST. GOOD, BETTER, BEST. WE'RE AIMING FOR THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS POLICY ISSUES COME UP. WE WILL BRING THOSE TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST, BUT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT NOW. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH DECISION. BUT WE ARE HERE AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT ELECTED TO DO THE TOUGH THINGS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES 6-0. TAKES US TO ITEM 6.D. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND ACT ON AN ORDINANCE REGARDING 10.8 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND. OH, OKAY. OH, STAN HAD TO GO. I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN CARVER HAD TO LEAVE. HIS FATHER IN LAW'S NOT WELL. D. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON AN ORDINANCE REGARDING 10.8 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD 290 AND COUNTY ROAD 290-COUNTY ROAD 1101 (FUTURE MANTUA PARKWAY) TO CHANGE THE PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FROM A ESTATE RESIDENTIAL TO SUBURBAN LIVING AND AMEND EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT (ORDINANCE NO. 1111-2024-08) ZONING DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHURCH TRACT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. [01:10:04] MR. KENTNER. PUBLIC HEARING IS GOING TO OPEN AT 7:15 P.M.. MAYOR COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE COMPLETE STAFF REPORT IN YOUR PACKET. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO GO OVER IT AS SHOWN AND AS DISCUSSED, THIS IS A AREA OF EXPANSION OF THIS TEN ACRES ONTO THE REMAINDER OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. AND AS STATED, THIS IS TO MAKE IT AMENDMENTS TO BOTH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, THE ZONING DISTRICT TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS CONTAINED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. MR. CULBERSON. I GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR CAIN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TERRELL CULBERTSON. I LIVE AT 10429 COUNTY ROAD 289 ANNA, TEXAS. I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION THIS EVENING. I SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF YOU EARLIER IN THE DAY OUTLINING MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE TREE, THE TREES. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT COUNCILMAN SINGH SAID EARLIER IS A PRIOR COUNCIL GAVE AWAY THE TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT NOT FOR THE TEN ACRES. THE TEN ACRES WAS NEVER PART OF THE OF THE 2 500-ACRE TRACTS THAT WERE ANNEXED AND ZONED. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SEPARATE. IT WAS NEVER IN THE CITY LIMITS UNTIL THIS EVENING WHEN YOU JUST ANNEXED IT. I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE TIME THAT YOU CAN PUT THAT STAKE IN THE GROUND AND STOP THAT SLIPPERY SLOPE. I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CLAW BACK THOSE TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE TEN ACRES. JUST BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER ASKED TO INCORPORATE THE TEN ACRES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT. THIS CAN BE A NEGOTIATION. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND THE POWER AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE SOME OF THOSE 200-YEAR-OLD TREES. THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO YOU. I THINK COUNCILMAN CARVER SAID. YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT STICKS THERE, POSSIBLY, AND CALL IT A TREE. AND YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ARE NEVER GOING TO ENJOY THE TREES THE WAY THEY ARE THERE TODAY. THE HEALTH AND THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA, THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT FROM MAINTAINING AT LEAST SOME OF THOSE TREES. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ROADWAYS ARE GOING TO BE LAID OUT. I CAN ACCEPT THAT. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THERE THAT THAT I BELIEVE CAN BE PRESERVED. AND I HOPE THAT YOU MAKE THAT A REQUIREMENT AND NOT JUST ASK FOR A PROMISE FROM THE DEVELOPER, BUT MAKE THAT A WRITTEN REQUIREMENT OF THE AGREEMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SIR. [APPLAUSE]. MR. SMITH, YOU GOT 4 OR 5 OF THEM FOR YOU. GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK SOMEBODY LEFT THEIR GLASSES UP HERE. MY NAME IS SHAWN SMITH. ADDRESS IS 11089 COUNTY ROAD 289, ANNA TEXAS, 75409. IN REGARDS TO THE CHANGING OF THE DESIGNATION OF THIS, I AM OPPOSED TO IT. I THINK THERE'S A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PROPERTY. WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE TREE DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME BEAUTIFUL SHADE TREES. WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARKS EARLIER. AND PART OF THE PARKS IS WANTING MORE SHADE, MORE TREES, MORE AREAS LIKE THAT. AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. NOW I UNDERSTAND THERE'S RAMIFICATIONS NOT GOING THROUGH AND CHANGING THE ZONING OF THIS. OBVIOUSLY THE ANNEXATION CAN BE THROWN OUT. THERE COULD BE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS. THEY CAN GO THROUGH AND THREATEN TO MUD GO THROUGH AND THREATEN TO PUT IN, YOU KNOW, STORAGE UNITS, WHATEVER. I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, LET THEM THROW SOME TRASH IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT TO DEVALUE THEIR PROPERTY. AND I GOT TO SAY, EVEN IF THEY PUT IT IN A MUD, THAT'S TEN ACRES, THEY'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS TO GO THROUGH AND GET THAT DONE, WHICH IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS. AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, MAN, WE ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING GOOD. WHENEVER THEY WENT THROUGH AND DEVELOPED THEIR ROADS AS THEY ACTUALLY PUT A DIRT ROAD, A DIRT ROAD FOR ACCESS WHILE THEY WERE BUILDING THEIR MAIN ROADS, AS OPPOSED TO LIBERTY HILLS RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS PLANNING ON CLOSING DOWN 289 FOR ACCESS TO 75. [01:15:04] SO THAT MEANS IT'S GOING TO LIMIT ANYBODY WHO LIVES OUT THERE ACCESS TO THAT, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMING UP WITH A CONTINGENCY PLAN. SO I THINK THIS IS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT. I THINK THAT CHANGING THIS TO WAS IT SUBURBAN LIVING IS THE WRONG DECISION. I THINK THERE'S BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS LAND THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. MISS SHARP. BETTY SHARP, 10282 COUNTY ROAD 288, ANNA. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT COOKIES. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE, THEN IT WANTS A GLASS OF MILK. THEN IT WANTS A STRAW. THEN IT WANTS A NAPKIN. THEN IT WANTS THE RECIPE. LIBERTY HILLS WAS GIVEN A GIANT COOKIE, AS SOME OF YOU HAVE SO WELL BROUGHT OUT BY THAT TREE WAIVER. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I'M GOING TO ASK THAT I CHANGED IS, I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE DEVELOPER WHO WAS UP HERE, BUT WHY DON'T YOU ASK HIM TO TAKE JANET AND SEAN SMITH'S WORK AND THAT DETAILED TREE EMAIL THEY BROUGHT TO YOU, AND GO BACK AND LOOK AT HIS CONCEPT PLAN AND COME BACK FOR THIS ZONING? HE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THOSE TREES ARE IN MEASUREMENT. SO TO GET BACK TO CAUSE AND EFFECT, YOU KNOW THAT ONE GOOD THING, GIVING UP ONE GOOD THING OFTEN LEADS TO GIVING UP MANY GOOD THINGS. SO YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ALL THE BENEFITS OF TREES TIMES AND TIME AGAIN FROM ALL OF US AND FROM THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE REPORT, WHICH GIVES YOU FACTUAL INFORMATION. DON'T LET VERITAS-LIBERTY HILLS TAKE THE FEW COOKIE CRUMBS THAT ARE LEFT FROM THESE TREES FROM THE LIBERTY HILL EDITION. I'M GLAD YOU'RE STANDING UP AND SPEAKING UP TONIGHT. THAT MEANS I'VE HAD TO REDO MY SPEECH IN MY HEAD AS I STAND HERE. SO FORGIVE ME. BUT ALLOWING EVERY DESTRUCTION OF EVERY TREE ON THIS ANNEX, TEN ACRES WILL NOT ONLY BE UGLY, BUT IT IS GOING TO BORDER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH WITH HEAT ISLANDS. WE'VE WRITTEN ALL OF YOU ABOUT HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. I'VE SENT RESEARCH MATERIAL. IT'S NOT JUST US. IT'S ALL OF THE ANNA COMMUNITY. I ASK YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS. SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY STATED IT. IF VERITAS-LIBERTY HILLS GETS TO DO THIS, THEN IT'S JUST A GIANT COOKIE AVAILABLE TO EVERY OTHER DEVELOPER THAT COMES THROUGH HERE. A PRECEDENT THAT ENCOURAGES DEVELOPERS TO SCRAPE PROFIT OFF OF ANNA LAND TIME AND TIME AGAIN. NOW I KNOW THE LEGAL ADVICE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOU HAVE TO LET DEVELOPERS DO WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE THEY'LL SUE THE CITY. YOU KNOW WHAT, OPP LIBERTY HILLS. ALL OF THESE COMPANIES, THEY OWN THOUSANDS, THOUSANDS OF ACRES UP AND DOWN THE TOLLWAY, UP AND DOWN THE OTHER LOOP. LET'S GET REAL, DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO SUE OVER THIS TEN ACRES? MAYBE THEY WILL. EASY FOR ME TO SAY. I'LL BE DEAD PROBABLY IN ANOTHER YEAR. I WON'T BE HERE. I WON'T SEE THE TREES. BUT ALL THE REST OF ANNA CITIZENS NEED THESE TREES. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HOW AFFORDABLE IS A HOUSE IN TEXAS WITHOUT ANY SHADE AS THE TEMPERATURE GOES UP AND UP AND UP? HOW AFFORDABLE IS HOUSING IN TEXAS WHEN OUR WATER AQUIFERS ARE DESTROYED AND LESSENED BY TREE DESTRUCTION? HOW AFFORDABLE IS LIFE WHEN HEALTH IS AFFECTED BY AIR POLLUTION BECAUSE TREES AREN'T THERE TO CLEAN? SO FIND THE POWER THE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT. [01:20:05] HAVE THE GUTS. MY GOSH, THE OLDEST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM KEEP GETTING UP AND SPEAKING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE VERY MUCH LONGER. BUT YOUR CHILDREN, SOME OF YOUR CHILDREN WILL. IN REGARD TO VERITAS-LIBERTY HILLS. LET ME ASK THEM THIS DIRECTLY. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO A BUSINESS IF IT WANTS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROFIT, A DECENT REPUTATION. WHEN I RESEARCHED VERITAS LIBERTY HILLS MANAGEMENT, I LEARNED THAT THOSE EXECUTIVES, THE TOP TWO, HAD DEGREES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND NATURE PRESERVATION. WELL, WHAT DID THEY LEARN FROM THAT? I'M GLAD THEY SAID, WELL WE'LL GIVE OUR WORD. CAN YOU FIND ME AN EXAMPLE IN ANNA LATELY, WHERE A DEVELOPER HAS SAID, OH, I WON'T DO THAT, AND KEPT TO THAT WORD? I DON'T THINK SO. NO OFFENSE TO VERITAS. THEY TALKED NICELY TO US AND I SO APPRECIATED IT. BUT I WANT THEM TO THINK ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS REPUTATION. THE DIRT IS TURNING. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE TIDE, BUT IT'S BETTER. THE DIRT IS TURNING. NATURE PRESERVATION. TREE SHADE. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. TOPOGRAPHY FOR BIKING AND HIKING TRAILS. THAT'S WHAT 881 CITIZENS TOLD YOU THEY WANTED IN THE PARK SURVEY. SO ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. PLEASE. I'LL LEAVE YOU TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM. YES. MA'AM. WE'LL SEE YOU AT HOME. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT CARD I HAVE ON THIS. IS THERE ANY OTHERS OUT THERE? LAST CALL. OKAY, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:27 P.M.. COUNCIL ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO, I'M GOING TO BE VERY HONEST HERE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE 11TH HOUR. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PUSH THIS BACK. BUT I WILL SAY THIS MOVING FORWARD, IF THIS COUNCIL STRAYS AND ABDICATES OUR POSITION AGAIN, I WILL PERSONALLY STAND WITH ANY CITIZEN AGAINST COUNCIL MYSELF, AND I WILL CALL PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF THE FACT THAT WE CONSISTENTLY MAKE THESE ORDINANCES AND RULES AND THEN CHOP OUR OWN KNEES OFF. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE TONIGHT. TONIGHT IS A RIPPLE EFFECT OF DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE. NOW, I ASKED EARLIER TONIGHT HOW WAS THIS DECISION MADE? WHAT IS THE CONTEXT? THEY DON'T REMEMBER. I REMEMBER. AND I MENTIONED IT HERE TONIGHT WITH SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS, HOW SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR MOVING FORWARD. WE WILL NOT, OR AT LEAST I PERSONALLY WILL NOT VOTE FOR ANY ABDICATION OR WIPING OUT OF ANY TREES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY FALL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE TREE PRESERVATION. NOW, I SAY THIS VERY CLEARLY BECAUSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IS GOING TO BE FERGUSON ROAD, AND THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MANY OF OUR HEARTS, ESPECIALLY THAT TREE TUNNEL WE HAVE. RIGHT, SO I WANT TO SAY THIS TO EVERYONE IN THE CROWD, EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, EVERYONE IN THIS COUNCIL. I HOPE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE NOW THAT THIS PRESERVATION ACT FOR THE TREES IS GOING TO BE ENFORCED. IN FACT, WE SHOULD DOUBLE DOWN AND ADD MORE TEETH TO IT, AND WE SHOULD MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S A LOT MORE DIFFICULT FOR COUNCIL TO WAVE IT IN THE FUTURE. SO REGARDLESS OF WHO'S HERE, WE'RE GOING TO FUTURE PROOF IT. THOSE ARE MY FINAL COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I GUESS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THIS ONE TOO. ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. BUT HERE'S THE DEAL. I WAS VERY CLEAR HERE. THERE'S ONLY, YOU GUYS CAN CHOOSE WHO'S TAKING ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS DECISION TONIGHT. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO PUT THE TOOTHPASTE BACK IN THE TUBE, UNFORTUNATELY. [01:25:02] BUT HERE WE ARE. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT A MOTION TO APPROVE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO ANY DEVELOPER MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE LIGHTLY WITH ANY OF OUR TREES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY FALL WITHIN OUR ORDINANCE. AND IN FACT, I WOULD LIKE STUFF. YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO GO BACK AND ADD SOME MORE TEETH INTO IT. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM E. CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FERGUSON PARKWAY EXTENSION (ELM STREET TO COLLIN COUNTY OUTER LOOP). DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, JOSEPH COTTON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. E AND ITEM F ARE CONNECTED. THIS EVENING, ITEM E IS THE FIRST ACTION RELATED TO THE NEXT STEPS IN THE DESIGN OF FERGUSON ROADWAY. SO NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS HERE TONIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON A LONG TIME. SO PART OF IT IS THE INVOLVEMENT THAT TXDOT HAS IN THIS, THERE IS FUNDING FROM TXDOT THAT IS A PORTION OF THIS ROADWAY. THERE IS ALSO THE ABILITY FOR US TO GET A LOW INTEREST LOAN FOR OUR 20% MATCH. THIS AFA IS THE NEXT STEP. SO THERE WAS AN AFA FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN A FEW YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT AS IT RELATES TO TXDOT FOR THE FINAL DESIGN OR THE TAKING IT FROM CONCEPT TO FINAL DESIGN, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM WILL ACTUALLY BE APPROVING THE DESIGN CONTRACT WITH TEAGUE NALL AND PERKINS TO PERFORM THAT FINAL DESIGN. SO THIS IS JUST ONE STEP IN THAT DIRECTION TOWARDS HAVING THAT APPROVED. BUT THIS IS SORT OF THE IMPORTANT STEP FOR TXDOT. THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT WE ARE WILLING TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY WILL ULTIMATELY REIMBURSE AND HELP US WITH THE PROJECT IN THE FUTURE. SO, CLARIFICATION QUESTION. ARE WE THE ONES, THE CITY OR IS IT THE COUNTY? WHO'S THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE IN CONTACT WITH ALL THE AFFECTED LANDOWNERS? SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE WILL HAVE TO OBTAIN RIGHT OF WAY. AND THAT IS WHEN THAT DISCUSSION WILL HAPPEN WITH THE AFFECTED LANDOWNERS. RELATED TO THE ALIGNMENT IS WHEN WE GO TO NEGOTIATE THE PURCHASE OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY. SO IT WILL BE US OR OUR DESIGNATED LAND CONSULTANTS. THE COG IS JUST HELPING US. SO IT'S ACTUALLY NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT COLLIN COUNTY THAT'S INVOLVED. IT'S NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH THE 20% MATCH LOW INTEREST LOAN THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE TO FINANCE OUR PORTION OF THE PROJECT TO MATCH THE 80% THAT TXDOT IS PLEDGED TO THIS PROJECT. THE REASON I ASKED THAT POINT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT SAID THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE CITY. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE SPEAK TONIGHT. AND SOME OF THEM THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ALONG THE EXISTING FERGUSON. THAT SAID, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED IN FIVE YEARS PLUS ABOUT ANY CHANGES. SO, I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED, WHETHER THEY WANT TO OR NOT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE MADE AWARE OF THAT. YES, SIR. SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO A AGREEMENT SUCH AS THIS, WHEN WE'RE DOING THE DESIGN OF A ROADWAY, WE DO NOT. WHEN WE'RE BRINGING AN ITEM LIKE THIS, THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. NOW PRIOR TO ME GETTING HERE, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT A YEAR NOW. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS RELATED TO THE ALIGNMENT. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY BEHIND IT IS THERE WAS A CHOSEN ALIGNMENT, BUT WHEN WE TOOK THAT BACK TO TXDOT, IT DID NOT MEET CERTAIN SPEED REQUIREMENTS. IF FOLKS ARE NOT AWARE, THE ACTUAL ROADWAY THAT WE CALL THE COLLIN COUNTY OUTER LOOP TODAY IS [01:30:10] ACTUALLY JUST AN ACCESS ROAD. THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SET OF LANES FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND ANOTHER ACCESS ROAD ON THE MELISSA SIDE IN THE FUTURE. SO THE SPEED LIMIT OF THAT ACCESS ROAD, WHERE THE ORIGINAL CONNECTION POINT WAS AT THE TOP OF A HILL. I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE SOME OTHER MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED WITH SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. MR. LUSCOMBE IN GENERAL. I BELIEVE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LUSCOMBE FAMILY. THAT THE ALIGNMENT THAT I'M GOING TO BE SHOWING YOU TONIGHT, THAT IS IN MY PRESENTATION FOR ITEM A, B, C, D, E, F. SORRY, I WAS NEVER REALLY GOOD AT ALPHABET IN MY HEAD WITHOUT GOING THROUGH IT ALL. WILL SHOW AN ALIGNMENT THAT HAS IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. THE CONNECTION TO THE COLLIN COUNTY OUTER LOOP, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE WEST AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, WHICH IS A MUCH BETTER CONNECTION POINT FROM A DESIGN CONNECTION STANDPOINT FOR THE SPEED OF THAT ROADWAY. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT ALIGNMENT WAS PRESENTED, IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO TXDOT. THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT HAS SLOWED THIS DOWN BECAUSE TXDOT HAD TO GO THROUGH, VERIFY IT. WE JUST RECENTLY GOT DONE WITH THE, OR TXDOT RECENTLY GOT DONE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THAT ALIGNMENT TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OR OTHERWISE ALONG THAT ALIGNMENT. WE FINALLY GOT CLEARANCE FROM THAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO. SO THAT'S WHY WE PROCEEDED WITH THIS NEXT STEP. THIS ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED THROUGH TXDOT WAS ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED. I APOLOGIZE THAT IT WASN'T TOLD TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AT THIS POINT, BUT IT'S NOT A STATE REQUIRED REQUIREMENT WHEN WE BRING A OR EVEN A CITY REQUIREMENT WHEN WE BRING THIS SORT OF NEXT STAGE DESIGN TO COUNCIL THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE USUAL PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, SORT OF 200 FOOT RADIUS. SO THE TXDOT STARTS COME BACK WITH, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, NEW REQUIREMENTS AND A DIFFERENT RENDITION OF IT. IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THE PROPERTY OWNERS DIFFERENTLY? SO IT WILL AFFECT THE PROPERTY OWNERS DIFFERENTLY THAN WHEN IT WAS GOING TO COME IN FURTHER TO THE EAST, YES. IT DOES GO FURTHER TO THE WEST. LET ME JUST WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. IF I CAN FIGURE IT OUT. WE'LL JUST JUMP AHEAD. SO OUR CONNECTION POINT IS HERE. ORIGINALLY, IT WAS FURTHER TO THE NORTH. SO IT KIND OF TOOK MORE OF A STRAIGHT SHOT THROUGH HERE. THIS ALIGNMENT WAS DECIDED ON BEFORE I GOT HERE. IT WAS ALREADY IN ENVIRONMENTAL WHEN I ARRIVED. SO WE HAVE BEEN PROCEEDING WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS THE APPROVED ALIGNMENT. WE HAVE TALKED TO A FEW OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA. THEY HAVE EXPRESSED TO US THAT THIS WAS THE PREFERRED ALIGNMENT THAT WAS ULTIMATELY DECIDED UPON. NOW, I'M NOT SURE IT WAS PREFERRED BY EVERYBODY. BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO A FEW OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA ABOUT THIS ALIGNMENT. OBVIOUSLY IT WENT TO TXDOT. TXDOT HAS SINCE DONE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HEAD TO THE NEXT STEP TONIGHT. ARE YOU AT LIBERTY TO SAY WHICH PROPERTY OWNERS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT TO TALK WITH YOU BECAUSE. I PERSONALLY DO NOT WANT I'M GOING TO LOSE THE HOUSE IN THIS DEAL. OKAY. AND SHE'S BEEN TALKING, TRYING TO TALK TO Y'ALL FOR OVER A DECADE. JUST SAYING THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO SOMEBODY THAT BUT NOT US. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE BASED ON DISCUSSING. THESE TWO PEOPLE. IT'S NOT HARD TO GET CONTACT WITH TWO PEOPLE. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION ABOUT THE ONE OF THE HOUSE THAT'S GOING TO IS RIGHT AROUND IN HERE. IS THAT CORRECT? ONE AT 1ST AND THEN TAYLOR ON THE CORNER. FERGUSON AND TAYLOR. HERE. AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE THAT THAT ALIGNMENT THAT'S [01:35:06] GOING SOUTH, HAS THE ALIGNMENT CHANGED? SO THIS SECTION OF THE ALIGNMENT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, DID NOT CHANGE FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED YEARS AGO AND TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE ONLY PIECE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE ONLY PIECE THAT GOT ADJUSTED WAS THIS PIECE FROM HERE DOWN. EVERYTHING FROM THERE NORTH WAS A PRIOR ALIGNMENT. NOW AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YES, THERE WILL BE AFFECTED HOMES AND AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. WE HAVEN'T INTENTIONALLY NOT DISCUSSED WITH FOLKS ABOUT IT. IT HAS JUST BEEN AS, WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. LIKE I SAID, WHEN I GOT HERE ALMOST A YEAR AGO, THIS ALIGNMENT WAS ALREADY SET AND ALREADY IN MOTION AT TXDOT. SO WE ARE AT A POINT NOW THAT TXDOT IS ASKING US IF WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED OR THEY NEED TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDING SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO IF WE GO BACK AND START LOOKING AT NEW ALIGNMENTS, THEY WILL REALLOCATE THE FUNDING AND THIS WILL BE A FUTURE PROJECT. SO LET ME UNDERSTAND, HOW LONG IS THIS ALIGNMENT BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR? I THINK SOME PEOPLE SAID 11 YEARS, TEN YEARS. HAS IT CHANGED MUCH OVER THAT PERIOD? MY UNDERSTANDING, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR AND I BELIEVE THIS ALIGNMENT WAS THIS WAY AT LEAST A YEAR BEFORE THAT. SO ARE THERE ANY LANDOWNERS HERE WHO MAYBE WANT TO COME UP AND DESCRIBE, SINCE THERE WAS A NOTICE OF ABOUT A 10 OR 11 YEARS AGO, HAS THERE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED 10 OR 11 YEARS AGO? WE HAVE PAPERWORK. YEAH. MR. JIM, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A SECOND AND THEN. ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. I MEAN. I CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS, BUT NOT IN THIS SETTING. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPER SETTING? I THINK WITH THE CITY MANAGER. WHAT'S OUR TIME FRAME TO RESPOND TO TXDOT GO OR NO GO? TXDOT HAS BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS. WE WERE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH TEAGUE NALL AND PERKINS. I COULD PROBABLY PUT THEM OFF ANOTHER MEETING, BUT NOT MUCH MORE. SO WE CAN TAKE THIS TO THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY AND GIVE US SOME TIME TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO THAT. THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A VERY IN-DEPTH MEETING INSTEAD OF JUST HITTING WHAT WE HIT TONIGHT. YEAH, NO THAT'S FINE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF THE LANDOWNERS, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SAY IN THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS FROM THE LAST 10 OR 11 YEARS THAT THIS HAS NOT CHANGED, THIS HAS MAINTAINED. THERE WAS TALKS ABOUT IT CHANGING, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THIS HAS BEEN THE SAME ALIGNMENT FOR 10 OR 11 YEARS. SO IF THAT'S THE FACT. I MEAN, NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KIND OF TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ULTIMATELY. BUT ONCE AGAIN, HAVE PLEASE DO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE LANDOWNERS, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME FEEDBACK AND LET'S SEE IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN ADJUST. BUT THIS IS A VITAL ARTERY. AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, TIME IS TICKING. IT'S BEEN WHAT, 11 YEARS, YOU KNOW, 12, WHICHEVER IT'S BEEN. I MEAN, AT SOME POINT WE GOT TO FIND A RESOLUTION TO THIS. AND I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE. SO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO READING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THE LANDOWNERS. THANK YOU. SO, CLARK, WOULD THIS BE A TABLE OR TAKE NO ACTION? TAKING NO ACTION. JOSEPH. YES, SIR. DO YOU NEED ITEM? THERE'S TWO ITEMS. RIGHT? E AND F. YES. WHAT PART IS TXDOT WAITING ON E OR F? OR BOTH. BOTH. OKAY. YEAH. THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THE AFA IS IN PLACE, THAT WE WILL PROCEED. AND THEN THEY ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH SOMEBODY TO BEGIN DESIGN. IF WE APPROVE ITEM E THAT'S NOT NAILING DOWN THE ROUTE. YOU CAN STILL WE CAN STILL DISCUSS THAT, RIGHT? AND THAT MAY HELP YOU DELAY IT, DELAY THE NEXT ITEM FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO, I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT I NEED BOTH OF THEM TO TAKE ACTION PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ASKING SINCE JANUARY WHAT THE STAT. WHEN THEY FINISHED THE ESA, THEIR EXPECTATION WAS THAT WE WOULD PROCEED. IT TOOK US A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO NEGOTIATE OUR FEE OR TEAGUE NALL AND PERKINS OPEN FEE THAN WAS ANTICIPATED. [01:40:08] SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IN MAY VERSUS POSSIBLY HERE IN MARCH OR SO. SO WE'RE KIND OF AT A POINT WHERE TXDOT NEEDS TO KNOW WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH THIS OR THEY NEED TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDING TO OTHER PROJECTS. AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WILL TAKE IT AND REALLOCATE IT TO OTHER PROJECTS IN OUR CITY. THEY WILL TAKE IT AND REALLOCATE IT TO OTHER PROJECTS IN THE STATE. LIKE THEY DID WITH HIGHWAY FIVE. YEAH, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WE GO THROUGH ITEM E AND F, HYPOTHETICALLY GETS APPROVED TONIGHT. ARE THERE STILL ADJUSTMENTS OR MICRO ADJUSTMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE BEFORE IT GOES TO ENGINEERING, OR IS THIS THE FINAL LINE? THERE WOULD BE THE ABILITY TO DO MICRO ADJUSTMENTS, BUT WE'RE NOT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE ALIGNMENT SIGNIFICANTLY, BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD REALLY NEED IT WOULD BACK US UP AND MAKE US REDO THE ESA, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS. IT WOULD SET US BACK. AND AGAIN, THAT'S SORT OF HOW WE GOT HERE. THE ALIGNMENT CHANGED MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO REGARDING THIS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT ALIGNMENT CHANGED BECAUSE BASICALLY SAFETY FACTOR OF WHERE THAT INTERSECTION WOULD TURN OUT WITH THAT HILL INVOLVED. CORRECT. AND THEN ALSO THE DIRT WORK REQUIRED FOR THAT HILL, RIGHT. GOING OVER TO COLLIN COUNTY OUTER LOOP, RIGHT. SO YOU HAD TO, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A MORE FEASIBLE ROUTE FOR US. I MEAN, GUYS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE NEED IN THIS CITY IS ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS HAS BEEN 10 TO 11 YEARS BEHIND. NOW WE'RE DRAGGING OUR FEET. YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE LANDOWNERS THAT THIS EVEN TOOK SO LONG THAT THIS IS EVEN THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW. I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE TO YOU. THIS IS YOUR HOMES, YOUR LIVELIHOODS. MOST PEOPLE HAVE INVESTED EVERYTHING INTO THIS. SO FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, I AM SINCERELY SORRY THAT IT TOOK SO LONG. BUT MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, GUYS, WE CAN'T SIT ON THIS PROJECT FOREVER. THE LAST TIME. SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE LAST TIME 75 AND THIS WAS SOME STUFF I WAS READING. 75 WHEN WAS THE LAST EXPANDED THERE WAS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF ANNA TO EXPAND HIGHWAY 5 AT THE SAME TIME. BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS ANNA OR THE OFFICIALS AT THAT TIME WERE WORRIED THAT TWO OF THEIR NORTH SOUTH ARTERIES WERE GOING TO BE BOGGED DOWN WITH CONSTRUCTION. SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO 75 AND LEFT HIGHWAY 5 TO IT. AND NOW YOU SEE, ALMOST 10, 15 YEARS LATER, HIGHWAY 5 NEVER GOT ADDRESSED. IF WE MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY. GUYS, I'M TELLING YOU, THE BUDGET IS VERY TIGHT FOR A LOT OF THESE TXDOT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW RTC. AND, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER ISSUES KIND OF GOING ON. THERE'S GOING TO BE, THERE'S GOING TO BE POSSIBLE CHANGES THAT COME THROUGH. I JUST DO NOT WANT TO END UP IN A POSITION FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHERE LIKE HIGHWAY 5 TOTALLY SCREWED AND WE'RE WAITING ANOTHER DECADE. THAT'S ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS WHICHEVER ALIGNMENT GOES THROUGH, IF WE COULD JUST WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND SELECT ONE, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT HAPPY WITH THAT ONE. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WANT IT TO THE EAST. WELL, WE GOT A HILL TO CHOP DOWN A LOT OF DIRT WORK A LOT OF COST, PUTTING THE PROJECT OUT FURTHER. AND AGAIN, BACK TO LIKE WHAT COUNCILMAN SINGH WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND IN TEXAS, THAT'S GOING TO MOVE ON. IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED TO US BEFORE ON FIVE, WHEN WE REQUESTED THAT OUR ONLY TWO AT THE TIME, NORTH SOUTH EGRESS WAS GOING TO BE UNDER WORK, AND NOW 5 WAS STILL NOT FUNDED OUT PAST 2030. IF WE DON'T GRAB THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW, HOW LONG BEFORE WE GET OUR THIRD NORTH SOUTH EGRESS? IT'S NOT A GOOD ANSWER FOR EVERYBODY, BUT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. I WOULD SAY, GUYS, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, IT'S A HARD DECISION TONIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THERE ARE SOME POSSIBILITIES EVEN IF WE APPROVE ITEM E AND F FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MICRO ADJUSTMENTS HERE AND THERE. I RECOMMEND THAT'S THE BEST PATH FORWARD, A PATH FORWARD FOR US. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SINCERELY HOPE STAFF WORK WITH STEVE DUPRIEST ON HIS ENTRANCE INTO FERGUSON. I THINK. RIGHT. SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE WORK TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN WITH THAT. RIGHT, AND THEN MRS. LUSCOMBE AS WELL, LET'S, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN, BUT GUYS, WE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WHAT IS THE REIMBURSEMENT TIMING ON THIS. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA. SO IT WILL, THE REIMBURSEMENT WILL KICK IN ONCE WE ONCE WE GO TO FULL CONSTRUCTION. SO WE WILL HAVE TO CARRY THE $400,000 DESIGN CONTRACT UNTIL WE MOVE TO FULL CONSTRUCTION. [01:45:04] AND THE. I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ESTIMATE THAT I WAS BRINGING TO YOU ALL TONIGHT WAS ALMOST $4 MILLION. ANTICIPATED DESIGN COMPLETION IS NOVEMBER OF 2027. AND CURRENTLY IT IS ON TXDOTS LETTING SCHEDULE FOR MAY OF 2028. SO WHAT ARE THE TXDOT OBLIGATIONS? SO TXDOT IS PROVIDING 80% OF THE COST. IT'S ABOUT $40 MILLION. WE ARE GOING TO GET A LOW INTEREST LOAN THROUGH COG, WHICH IS WORTH ABOUT $8 MILLION. SO OVER THE LIFE OF THAT LOAN, WE WILL HAVE TO PAY BACK OUR 8 MILLION PLUS INTEREST. BUT TXDOT IS COMMITTED 40 MILLION TO THIS PROJECT ROUNDABOUT. THANK YOU. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR MOTION. THANK YOU. AND EXCELLENT POINTS. I WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE MORE THINGS. SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOSTER CROSSING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TREES EARLIER. NOW WHEN YOU GO TO FOSTER CROSSING, DOES THAT TREE TUNNEL, FERGUSON IS GOING TO AFFECT SOME OF THOSE TREES AS IT COMES DOWN THROUGH FROM TAYLOR OR ELM STREET ALL THE WAY DOWN. RIGHT. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING AS MANY OF THOSE TREES TO CREATE AN ACTUAL. I UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND, BUT AT LEAST ALONG THE SIDE, LET'S MAKE SURE WE CREATE AS MUCH OF A CANOPY ON THAT ROAD AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY TO COVER SOME OF THOSE SIDEWALKS. ALSO, YOU KNOW, KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE HAVE FOSTER CROSSING, EVENTUALLY THAT'S GOING TO BE EXPANDED IN A PERFECT WORLD, JUST MY INDIVIDUAL MINDSET. FOSTER CROSSING THAT'S IN THE TUNNEL ROAD. TWO LANES. ONE WAY WOULD BE IN THE TUNNEL OF THE TREES. ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT WOULD BE TWO LANES GOING THE OPPOSITE WAY. IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ISLAND, WHERE THE TREE CANOPY WOULD COME IN. WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED MORE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY AT THAT INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, THE MINDSET THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DESTROY THIS TREE CANOPY IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PRESERVE IT. WHETHER THAT JUST LOOKS LIKE NORTHBOUND LANES ON THIS SIDE, UNDER THE TREE CANAL AND ON THE OUTSIDE, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, UNCOVERED, BUT IT'S GOING SOUTH, RIGHT? LIKE WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT, BUT I WANT YOU TO LEAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN THERE. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE A COMPONENT OF A BRIDGE HERE, CORRECT? YES. IF YOU COULD GO TO THAT. PERFECT. SO NOW GUYS, WE HAVE HOW MANY BRIDGES DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE AN ANNA? NOT A LOT. THAT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US. ALL I WOULD REQUEST IS THAT WE ADD AN ESTHETIC APPEAL TO IT, ADD SOME COLOR, SOME DESIGN SOMETHING, SOME ARTISTIC APPEAL, SOMETHING THAT MAKES THAT BRIDGE STAND OUT. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING GRANDIOSE, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO KIND OF CONSIDER. AND THEN FINALLY, AS CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS ON TAYLOR, ON NORTH FERGUSON, COMING FROM WHITE AS THOSE DUMP TRUCKS COME IN, AS THEY COME IN FROM FOSTER CROSSING, CAN WE MAKE SURE WE'RE ALIGNING WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GET REPAVED AS SOON AS THAT CONSTRUCTION IS DONE? BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT IS FOR ALL THE CONSTRUCTION TO HAPPEN. AND THEN WE'RE COORDINATING TO GET FOSTER CROSSING IN ALL THESE AREAS THAT ARE RUTTED OUT, YOU KNOW, UPGRADED. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE, TRYING TO ALIGN SOME OF THAT, BUT. AMEN TO THAT. YEAH. INSTEAD OF THE CHIP AND SEAL, CAN WE GET SOME ACTUAL PAVEMENT. YEAH. I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. AND I, BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION OR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALREADY DID OR NOT, I APPRECIATE THE, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO, I'M GOING TO SECOND IT, BUT THE, THE LIKE APPRECIATING BRIDGES. THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S NEW TO ME, BUT I LIKE IT. I MEAN, THE ONLY MAN IN HERE, WE'RE. THERE'S ONE GENTLEMAN HERE ABOUT TO LOSE PECAN TREES. THAT'S HIS WAY OF LIFE AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL THAT. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A SECOND. GOODWILL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT PROTOCOL, GUYS, BUT I SAY WE AT LEAST HEAR HIM OUT AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD AS WE NEED. IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT INTEREST OF GOODWILL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOT A GOOD PROTOCOL, BUT OKAY. I APPRECIATE THE EXCEPTION. GUYS. I KNOW I'M KIND OF GOING OUT ON A LIMB HERE. YOU KNOW, DON'T LEAVE ME OUT TOO HIGH DRINK. DON'T LEAVE ME OUT TO DRY IF MISS LUSCOMBE, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST, I THINK. WHAT IS IT? TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES FOR SPEAKER. LET'S START WITH THE CLOCK AND LET'S GO FROM THERE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SPEAKING OF TREES. WE'RE TAKING THIS ALIGNMENT THROUGH THE PECAN ORCHARD. JIM DOESN'T EVEN OWN THAT LAND. HE OWNS THE TREES. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. AND YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THOSE TREES OUT WHEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER ROUTE TO GO. AND THAT THAT HAS BOTHERED ME. AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T TALKED TO US, BECAUSE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE, AND WE KNOW WHO THAT SQUEAKY WHEEL WAS, AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN TALKING TO THE RIGHT LANDOWNERS. AND THAT'S WHAT'S BOTHERING ME TOO. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE LUSCOMBE. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE JIM LUSCOMBE. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE LESLIE LUSCOMBE. [01:50:03] THERE'S ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER WHO IT'S REALLY GOING TO AFFECT. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A WHOLE AREA OF HIS PROPERTY THAT HE CAN'T DEVELOP. YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH IT. AND THAT'S YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN SOMEONE'S YOU'RE TAKING THEIR LAND. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET PAID FOR IT, BUT NOTHING LIKE WE WOULD GET PAID FOR IT. BUT I STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US HONORING PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN OWN THE LAND, HAVING SO MUCH SAY. SO THAT WENT ON CHANNEL 5 NEWS. THEY'RE TAKING MY TREES AND IS TAKING MY TREES. AND THEN NOW WE WANT THE PECAN. WE WANT TO TAKE THE PECAN ORCHARD. I DON'T GET IT. SO I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH MONEY. BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THAT AND I WANT IT ON PUBLIC RECORD. AND I WOULD HAVE SAID IT EARLIER, BUT I HAVEN'T WANTED TO BE THAT BLUNT. BUT YOU NEED TO BE TALKING TO THE LANDOWNERS, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO OWN TREES. I APPRECIATE THAT HONESTY. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT MOMENT, BECAUSE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS IS A FAMILY DISPUTE. WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILY. THAT IS NOT OUR PURVIEW. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. ALSO, ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THAT IS NONE OF THIS SHOULD BE A SURPRISE ON THE ALIGNMENT, RIGHT? THIS HAS BEEN FLOATING AROUND FOR MANY YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS CONCOCTED OVERNIGHT. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED OVER MANY YEARS NOW. UNDERSTAND ACTIONS WERE NOT TAKEN. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE'RE HERE TAKING ACTION TODAY, RIGHT? SO REGARDLESS OF IF WE APPROVE THIS, THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR FLEXIBILITY, RIGHT? I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU TALK TO STAFF AND GO FROM GO ON THAT ROUTE. YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YOUR PIECE IN PUBLIC. WELL, WE'VE GIVEN YOU THAT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BUT ONCE AGAIN, RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IF I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM 6.F. CONSIDER, DISCUSSING, ACT ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE FERGUSON PARKWAY EXTENSION PROJECT WITH TEAGUE NALL & PERKINS INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,996,310. MR. COTTON. THANK YOU. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS THE SECOND ITEM. I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT, BUT I THINK WE'VE COVERED MOST OF IT. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER COUNCIL? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6.F. I'LL SECOND. I HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE TOTAL PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION COST? 48 MILLION. 48 MILLION. THAT WOULD INCLUDE LAND ACQUISITION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. OKAY, WHAT IS THE CITY'S TOTAL EXPOSURE AFTER FEDERAL PARTICIPATION? IT'S 8 MILLION. IT'S THE DEAL OF A CENTURY, PEOPLE. WHAT HAPPENS IF FEDERAL TIMELINES SLIP? SO, AS WE KNOW WITH TXDOT THEY CAN MOVE, BUT IF WE STAY ON THE PATH THAT WE'RE ON, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL, WITH EVERYTHING WE KNOW TODAY, THAT IT'LL STAY AT THE MAY 2028 THAT DATE. WHAT SCOPE PROJECTIONS EXIST AGAINST FUTURE AMENDMENTS? SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WOULD BE CHANGE ORDERS. WE DO HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY BUILT IN TO THE DESIGN CONTRACT TO HELP COVER THAT. THAT WOULD GO BACK TO IF WE HAD TO DO MAJOR REALIGNMENT DESIGN CHANGES. WE'RE ABOUT AT A 30% CONCEPTUAL PLAN. SO THEY'VE GOTTEN INITIAL SURVEY THEY'RE CONFIDENT IN THEIR HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ALIGNMENT. SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING ANY HUGE CHANGES TO THIS NOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS PHASE. OUR IMPACT FEE IS SUFFICIENT WITHOUT CROWDING OTHER PROJECTS? SO THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE WHEN WE GO TO NTCOG, NCTCOG AND GET THE LOAN. HOW WE WILL DO THE DEBT SERVICE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE DEBT SERVICE IS, THAT WE WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO DO THE DEBT SERVICE ON THIS $8 MILLION LOAN, LOW INTEREST LOAN FROM COG WHEN IT DOES COME AVAILABLE IN 2028. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE FEES OR THE FUNDS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FOR FUNDING OF THE $4 MILLION DESIGN COST. [01:55:09] THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. MOTION STANDS AT I APPROVE OR MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6.F. SORRY, I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK. SO YOU POINTED OUT THAT PART OF THAT WAS LAND ACQUISITION. YOU HAVE SPECIFIC LAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACQUIRE IN. ALL THOSE PARTIES ARE INVOLVED THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THAT. WE HAVE NOT CONTACTED THEM YET. THAT'S THE DISCUSSION. WE WILL PREPARE THE EASEMENTS AT THIS POINT. THAT IS PART OF THE 400,000 OR THE 4 MILLION. IS TO DEVELOP EASEMENTS AND PROCEED WITH THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION. WE'LL HAVE APPRAISALS DONE AND GO THROUGH OUR TYPICAL PROCESSES WHEN IT COMES TO LAND ACQUISITION FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS. COUNCIL, ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, CAST YOUR VOTES. I WON'T SAY. IT'S NOT ON MY SCREEN. LET'S SEE IF I CAN PUT IT IN HERE IF YOU WANT TO TELL ME. SHE DON'T HAVE IT. YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHAT YOU WROTE IT AND I'LL PUT IT IN HERE? YES. YES. MOTION PASSES. TAKES US TO ITEM 7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. [7. Future Agenda Items.] REQUEST FROM THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON ANY UPCOMING AGENDAS BY A VOTE OF THREE OR MORE. DO I HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY. AGENDA ITEM 8, CLOSED SESSION. UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551. [8. Closed Session (Exceptions).] THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS ANY ITEMS LISTED OR REFERENCED ON THIS AGENDA UNDER THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074 AND TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.087. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED? I MOVE, WE GO INTO CLOSED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. PASSES. WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION AS OF 8:03 P.M.. READY? ALL RIGHT. WE ARE COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AT 9:02 P.M. AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. GRACE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.