[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. I WELCOME YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON. MONDAY, JUNE 27TH, 2022, AT 6:30 P.M. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE A CALL OF ROLL CALL. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE INVOCATION. WE HAVE WEST BROWN WITH COWBOY CHURCH, COLLIN COUNTY COWBOY CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. FATHER. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LOVING KINDNESS AND BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER TODAY. AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING TONIGHT. LORD, HELP US TO KEEP YOUR WORD IN MIND. LEAD US INTO CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE FRUITFUL AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY. WHEN WE'RE UNDECIDED, PLEASE LEAD US INTO YOUR WISDOM. WHEN OUR OPINIONS DISAGREE. HELP US TO REMAIN RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER MORE THAN ANYTHING. LORD, WOULD YOU HELP US BOTH TO SEEK YOUR WILL AND TO PURSUE YOUR GLORY THROUGH ALL THAT WE SAY AND DO IN JESUS NAME? AMEN. YOU MAY BE SEATED. [PUBLIC APPEARANCE] PUBLIC APPEARANCE SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS SESSION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC, FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THE SPEAKER'S INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY. FIRST WE HAVE WES BROWN, IF YOU WOULD, JUST APPROACH THE PODIUM AND MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONES TURNED ON. THANK YOU. I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE PRINCETON COMMUNITY AND THE CHURCH I PASTOR HAS BEGUN ITS 15TH YEAR OF MINISTRY. WE HAVE GREAT SCHOOLS HERE, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND AWESOME PLACES TO WORSHIP. REBECCA HATFIELD, PRESIDENT OF SECOND VOTE OF FAITH BASED NONPROFIT IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, SAID THE SUPREME COURT RULING IN FAVOR OF COACH KENNEDY'S RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS A HUGE VICTORY FOR OUR COUNTRY AT A TIME WHEN RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES AND FREE SPEECH HAVE BEEN GREATLY UNDER ATTACK. SHE ADDED, SECOND VOTE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SUPREME COURT FOR CORRECTLY INTERPRETING THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND CORRECTING THIS INJUSTICE TO COACH KENNEDY. WE REJOICE WHENEVER LIBERTY REIGNS IN OUR LAND. WE'RE JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, THE DAY IN OUR YEAR WITH THE MOST AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT, WHICH MEANS OUR DAYLIGHT IS NOW WANING. AND DOESN'T THAT SEEM LIKE AN APT METAPHOR FOR OUR CULTURE DECLINE? OUR WORLD HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW DECADES OR EVEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. BELIEF IN GOD OF THE UNITED STATES HAS FALLEN TO 81%. A NEW LOW. LEADING UP TO ROE V WADE'S OVERTURNING LAST WEEK. ABORTIONS INCREASEF IN AMERICA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS. AND THE 2022 STATE OF THE BIBLE REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY SHOWS THAT SCRIPTURE ENGAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS AT A HISTORIC LOW. JUST 19% OF ADULTS. YES. IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE DAWN, RIGHT? GOD'S PEOPLE LOST, WANDERING, COMPLAINING, REALIZE THE ERRORS OF THEIR WAYS AND IN THEIR DESPERATION TURN BACK TO GOD AND HE HEARS FROM HEAVEN AND FORGIVES THEIR SIN AND HEALS THEIR LAND. MY QUESTION TODAY IS, ARE WE DESPERATE NOW? DO WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, NOT JUST IN OUR OWN LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OUR FRIENDS, FAMILIES, COWORKERS, BUT IN THE LIVES OF POLITICIANS, OF CELEBRITIES, OF CEOS, OF THOSE WHO MOVE THE CULTURE NEEDLE? THE CULTURE IN AMERICA ITSELF. WE BELIEVE GOD CAN WE BELIEVE HE DESIRES TO. AND YES, IT'S A BIG ASK, BUT WE SERVE A MUCH BIGGER GOD. OUR COUNTRY IS FACING SO MANY TOUGH ISSUES RIGHT NOW, A LOOMING RECESSION, INCREASING GAS PRICES, SUPREME COURT RULINGS OF GREAT IMPACT, CONTINUED RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ISSUES, THE ADVANCE OF THE LGBTQ INFLUENCE, INCREASE IN PARTISAN DIVIDES. AND THE LIST GOES ON. AND AS EACH PERSON TURNS THEIR ATTENTION TO GOD, EVEN AS THE DARKNESS SEEMS TO GROW DAY BY DAY, GOD USES THEM TO CHANGE THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THAT'S HOW THE CULTURE CHANGES. THAT'S HOW THE WORLD CHANGES. AND THAT'S WHY JESUS CALLED US THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. THANK YOU. JOHN KOESTER BECK [00:05:17] ? JOHN KOESTER BECK, 103 FOREST GROVE. GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO COME TODAY AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THEY MISSED AN AMAZING AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT YESTERDAY. EVEN WITH THE HEAT, WE HAD A HUGE TURNOUT. IT WAS AWESOME. WE EVEN HAD PEOPLE COME ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTIN TO JOIN US. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OFFICER PARRIS, WHO'S NOT HERE IN OFFICER RIZZO. THEY'RE BOTH AWESOME. EVERYONE THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THAT WAS THERE HAD A GREAT TIME. EVEN THE KIDS, WHICH IS WHO WE DID THIS FOR. YOU DON'T REALLY CARE, THOUGH. YOU'VE MADE THAT OBVIOUSLY CLEAR. THAT MEANS THAT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THE COUNCIL PASSED A NEW SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE BACK ON APRIL 25TH. WAS THAT JUST TO BE ENFORCED FOR MY NONPROFIT OR FOR EVERYBODY OR AN ENTIRE CITY? BECAUSE IT APPARENTLY DOES NOT APPLY TO CINDY DARLAND AND HER ILK, SINCE THEY DIDN'T GET A PERMIT FOR THEIR PROTEST EVEN THOUGH IT WAS REQUIRED. THIS IS RIGHT OUT OF THE ORDINANCE. THE DEFINITION OF A PRE-PLANNED SPECIAL EVENT MEANS A SPECIAL EVENT FOR WHICH ONE OR MORE ORGANIZERS ARE HOSTS EITHER SCHEDULES TO OCCUR, ADVERTISE, DISTRIBUTES INFORMATION ABOUT OR OTHERWISE ACTS TO INVITE PEOPLE TO ATTEND 48 HOURS OR MORE IN ADVANCE. SHE POSTED ON FACEBOOK IN A MCKINNEY GROUP ON THE 13TH, JUNE 13TH. HER POST SAYS, AND I QUOTE, PRAYER PROTEST TO LGBTQ EVENT IN PRINCETON LAST YEAR WAS A MESS. PROFESSIONAL ADULT ENTERTAINERS WITH SMALL CHILDREN IN A PUBLIC PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF PRINCETON. PLEASE JOIN US TO PRAY. END QUOTE. SO SHE ADVERTISED IT WELL OVER THE 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE. SO IT WAS A PRE-PLANNED, SPECIAL EVENT. IT ALSO QUALIFIES AS A REGULAR SPECIAL EVENT BECAUSE IT MEETS NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER 11 UNDER THAT DEFINITION. NUMBER TWO, STATES BLOCKING OR RESTRICTING CITY OWNED PROPERTY BY SETTING UP CAMP WHERE THEY DID. THEY WERE DOING JUST THAT. NUMBER 11 STATES EVENTS IDENTIFIED BY THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT AS IMPACTING PUBLIC SAFETY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD AT LEAST FOUR OFFICERS DOWN THERE KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM. IF THEY WEREN'T IMPACTING PUBLIC SAFETY, THEN WHY WERE THE POLICE DOWN THERE? IF YOU LOOK AT SECTION 6680B, HER EVENT DOES NOT MEET ANY OF THE EXEMPTIONS. THEREFORE, SHE HAD TO HAVE A PERMIT WHICH THEY DID NOT HAVE. SECTION 6680I SAYS VIOLATIONS OF ANY SECTION OR SECTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR. WERE ANY TICKETS WRITTEN TO HER OR THE OTHERS THAT SHE RECRUITED? I'M SURE YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE. THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO ENACT ORDINANCES, THEN THEY NEED TO BE FOLLOWED 100% OF THE TIME BY 100% OF THE PEOPLE. BUT THE CITY AND COUNCIL HAS SHOWN MULTIPLE TIMES THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE RULES. IF YOU DID, THEN THIS ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED BY EVERYONE AND COUNCILMEMBER DEFFIBAUGH WOULD HAVE RESIGNED FROM THE CDC SINCE HE'S TWO TERMS OVER THE LIMIT SET FORTH BY THE CDC LAWS. THANK YOU. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A BIGGER, BETTER EVENT NEXT YEAR FOR OUR THIRD ANNUAL PRINCETON PRIDE. THANKS. THANK YOU. RANDY KOESTER BECK. BRANDI KOESTER BECK 103 FOREST GROVE, SOUTH PRINCETON. NOTHING I SAY IS GOING TO MATTER. IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THINKING ABOUT MAKING MACARONI AND CHEESE TONIGHT, ALONG WITH BEANS AND LEFTOVER HOT DOGS, THAT MIGHT MAKE MORE OF AN IMPACT THAN ANYTHING I HAVE TO SAY UP HERE. YOU'VE MADE THE POINT YOU'RE HOMOPHOBIC OR WHATEVER. YOU DON'T LIKE THE GAYS. WE GET IT. YOU HAVE PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN BY PUTTING RULES ON US, BY MAKING UP NEW RULES, BY IGNORING RULES JUST FOR US, JUST FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR LGBTQIA PLUS EVENT. I HAD A MAN THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HIT ME CLAIMING TO BE A CHRISTIAN THIS WEEKEND WHO THEY DID NOT HAVE A PERMIT, AS MY HUSBAND SAID. BUT THAT WAS OKAY. THEY'RE NOT GAY. SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BREAK THE RULES. CHURCHES ARE ALLOWED TO BREAK THE RULES. EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO BREAK THE RULES EXCEPT FOR THE LGBTQIA COMMUNITY. THESE CHILDREN WERE HARASSED BY THESE PEOPLE YESTERDAY. [00:10:03] THEY ARE CRYING, THEY ARE SCREAMING. THEY ARE YELLING AT THESE PEOPLE TO GET AWAY FROM THEM. MY KID IS A LESBIAN AND SHE'S THEY'RE GETTING YELLED AT ABOUT HOW SHE'S GOING TO HELL AND HOW SHE'S A BAD PERSON. AND SHE NEEDS TO GIVE AWAY HER SIN AND SHE NEEDS TO COME BACK TO JESUS. SHE'S NOT A CHRISTIAN. I WASN'T RAISED CHRISTIAN HALF THE TIME. IT'S NOT OUR OBLIGATION TO MEET THESE CHRISTIAN REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER YOU WERE RAISED, THAT'S FINE. BUT IF THESE CHILDREN ARE THERE, IF THESE PARENTS ARE THERE, TEACHERS ARE THERE, THEN THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON. THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET CHRISTIAN REQUIREMENTS TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING. THEY SHOULD JUST BE ALLOWED TO BE THEMSELVES. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DOING. AND THESE PEOPLE WERE INFRINGING ON THEIR RIGHTS TO JUST FRICKIN LIVE. AND THEY'RE YELLING AT THEM AND THINKING THAT I'M ABOUT TO GET JUMPED BY THEM BECAUSE THIS GUY IS SCREAMING AT ME. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMIT. AND THAT'S FINE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GAY, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GAY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT FOR EVERYTHING. SO ANYWAY, I'M REALLY THINKING I'M JUST GOING TO EAT OR MAKE THOSE HOT DOGS AND I'M GOING TO PUT THEM IN THE BEANS AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A LAZY NIGHT BECAUSE WHAT THE HELL, RIGHT? THAT DOESN'T MATTER. THIS DOESN'T MATTER. NOTHING WE DO MATTIRZ BECAUSE IT'S ALL JUST A WASTE OF OUR TIME. BECAUSE. YOU DON'T GIVE A [EXPLETIVE] ABOUT GAY PEOPLE. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO MESS THIS NAME UP. YES, YES, SIR. I'D RATHER YOU SAY IT THAN ME. THANK YOU. HEY, MAYOR. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I WAS HERE LAST, LAST MEETING, AND I'M HERE AGAIN TODAY. I'M SURE THE. I MEAN, MR. DEDDINAUGH, YOU KNOW ME, MAYBE. WELL, I'M HERE AGAIN TO REMIND THE PRINCETON COMMUNITY ABOUT 416, I THINK 416 EAST. NO, NORTH FOURTH STREET. IT'S THE COMMUNITY PROJECT BUILDING THAT'S BEEN CONVERTED TO COMMUNITY CENTER. RIGHT. SO IT'S CLEARLY A CHURCH. LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, I GUESS I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY THIS. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE PRECEDENTS WE SET IN THE SOCIETY, THAT BUILDING THIS CHURCH, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE NOT THINK IT SHOULD BE USED AS A CHURCH, YOU KNOW, SO I MADE OFFERS SEVERAL TIMES AT MEETINGS TO TO BUY IT AND USE IT FOR A CHURCH. AND THAT'S BECAUSE NOT EVEN IF I'M NOT A PASTOR, YOU KNOW, STILL THIS COMMUNITY, CONSIDERING THEY ARE GOD FEARING, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY, I THINK IT MAKES NO SENSE TO USE THAT BUILDING FOR ANYTHING ELSE. HISTORY HAS A WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF. AND IF YOU, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN EUROPE, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES IN EUROPE. AND THIS IS GOING TO REPEAT HERE, THE WAY I SEE IT, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF THIS. SO I'M BASICALLY MAKING AN OFFER APPEALING TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GODLINESS IS MAINTAINED. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT BUILDING IS A CHURCH BUILDING. IT SHOULD BE USED FOR CHURCH, YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN IT MAYBE THERE WAS NOBODY OFFERING TO USE IT FOR A CHURCH. I'M MAKING THAT OFFER. YOU KNOW, I MOVED OUT HERE TWO YEARS AGO AND WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO USE FOR CHURCH. AND I FOUND THAT BUILDING. I SAW THAT BUILDING. YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY I'M NOT USING IT AND I'M NOT USING IT. I MEAN, I'M USING SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT AGAIN, EVEN IF I'M NOT USING IT, IT SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE'S CLEARLY BUILT FOR THAT PURPOSE, A CHURCH BUILDING. AND CONSIDERING THE THINGS I'VE HEARD SAT HERE TODAY, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN GODLINESS, YOU KNOW, AND NOT COMPROMISE CHRISTIAN VALUES IN THIS NATION. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, SIR. AND SORRY TO SAY. I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF HOW TO GET ANSWERS TO THIS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR THIS. SOMEONE. SOMEONE FROM THE CITY WILL REACH OUT TO YOU, SIR. [00:15:02] JEANNIE GONZALEZ. I'M ASSUMING GREEN MEANS SIGN. I'M JENNY GONZALES, 760 CEDAR COVE DRIVE. I'VE BEEN A PRINCETON RESIDENT FOR A LITTLE OVER EIGHT YEARS NOW. THIS ACTUALLY IS MY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO COME TO BECAUSE LEAVING MY HOUSE GIVES ME GREAT ANXIETY. HOWEVER, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME TODAY. I AS FIRST OF ALL, JUST AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, AS A SUPPORTER OF LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS. ALSO SOMEONE WHO IDENTIFIES AS A CHRISTIAN. YOU KNOW, I WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT ME, WHEN YOU LOOK AT MY BACKGROUND, I PRETTY MUCH FIT THE STANDARD OF THE STEREOTYPE FROM SOMEONE OF A SMALL COMMUNITY IN TEXAS. YOU KNOW, I AM. MY LAST NAME IS GONZALES, BUT I'M CLEARLY WHITE. I'M STRAIGHT. I GREW UP IN CHURCH. HOWEVER, WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, DONE TO BLOCK DIVERSITY AND TO DISCOURAGE DIVERSITY, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE GAY COMMUNITY, JUST BREAKS ME. I'VE ATTENDED A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS HERE IN THE CITY THAT ARE PUT ON AT THE PARK. AGAIN, NOT A BIG FAN OF LEAVING MY HOUSE, BUT WE'VE GONE TO 4TH OF JULY. WE'VE GONE TO THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND I THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE GONE TO THE PRIDE EVENTS AS WELL. AND I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF ALL THESE EVENTS. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THESE RESTRICTIONS PUT ON ANY OTHER EVENT OR ANY OTHER GROUP. IT'S MIND BLOWING TO ME. AND EVEN IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO WHAT I HAVE SEEN CALLED THE GAY AGENDA. IT DOESN'T MATTER. AS A CITY, YOU ARE OPENING YOURSELF UP TO SO MANY LEGAL ISSUES. BY THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE PUT ON, BY THE FACT THAT I HAVE SEEN WHAT THE DIVERSITY GROUP HAS HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET PERMITS, THE STRUGGLE, THE TEARS, THE EXHAUSTION THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS. WHEREAS GROUPS SUCH AS CINDY DARLING'S WHAT SHE CALLED HER PROTEST. THERE WERE NO ISSUES THERE. THERE WAS NOTHING BROUGHT UP. THERE WAS NO BACKLASH. FOR EVEN THE JUNETEENTH EVENT, THERE WAS NO BACKLASH, NO STRUGGLES. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME RIGOROUS, RIDICULOUS PROCESS. AND IT JUST ON TOP OF US BEING ANGRY AND JUST HEARTBROKEN. I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT TIME IS MAYOR COMMENTS. THERE IS NONE. CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE, SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE COUNCILMEMBERS SO REQUEST IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA. SYNGENTA CONSIST OF MINUTES. OF JUNE 13 OF THE CITY COUNCIL, COLLIN COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. FY 22-26. A PRELIMINARY PLAT PL-2022-0392 PRELIMINARY PLAT CORE SPACES. FINAL PLAT FP2020-01933 FINAL PLAT WINCHESTER CROSS PHASE SEVEN RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-0627R-03 BRIDGEWATER 4A AND 4C ACCEPTANCE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-0627R-04 SHADE SALE AND RESTROOM. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-062705 IPO NUMBER 107 AMENDMENT AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-0627R-02 DOCUSIGN. SO, GENTLEMEN, IF YOU. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. [00:20:01] MOTION MADE BY MR. WASHINGTON. APPROVED. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. OBERA. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. [REGULAR AGENDA] REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 2022-179 RECOGNIZING LIEUTENANT HASTINGS RODRIQUEZ ON HIS GRADUATION COMPLETION FROM THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, AND STAND UP THERE, SIR. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I'M VERY EXCITED TONIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZING LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ FOR HIS GRADUATION FROM THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, LESS THAN 1% OF LAW ENFORCEMENT GET TO ATTEND THIS ACADEMY. AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE AND BENEFITS BOTH THE POLICE OFFICER AND THE AGENCY AS WELL. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, I'D LIKE TO READ YOU A LITTLE EXCERPT. THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY IS A PROGRAM OF THE FBI ACADEMY FOR ACTIVE US LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND ALSO INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO SEEK TO ENHANCE THEIR CREDENTIALS IN THE FIELD AND TO RAISE LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND KNOWLEDGE AND ALSO COOPERATION WORLDWIDE. THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY IS HELD FOUR TIMES A YEAR, A YEAR WITH UP TO 250 STUDENTS IN EACH ACADEMY. AND IT LASTS DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU GO 10 TO 11 WEEKS. THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY WAS MANDATED BY CONGRESS IN JULY 29TH OF 1935 IN RESPONSE TO A STUDY BY THE WIXOM COMMISSION THAT RECOMMENDED THE STANDARDIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THROUGH CENTRALIZED TRAINING. THE NATIONAL ACADEMY IS LOCATED ON THE MARINE CORPS BASE IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. IN 1935, CHINA, CANADA AND GREAT BRITAIN WERE THE FIRST NATIONS TO ATTEND THE ACADEMY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. ANOTHER REASON THAT I'M SO PROUD OF LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ AND HIS GRADUATION FROM THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY IS THAT HE IS THE FIRST PRINCETON POLICE OFFICER TO HAVE ATTENDED THAT ACADEMY. VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT. ONE OF THE LARGER PIECES OF THE ACADEMY, ALTHOUGH EACH STUDENT IS TESTED ACADEMICALLY AND PHYSICALLY, IS THE LARGER PIECE, IS REALLY THE NETWORKING PIECE. I ATTENDED THE ACADEMY IN OH EIGHT AND TO THIS DAY I STILL CONTACT MEMBERS OF MY ACADEMY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES FACING LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO IT'S A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE. I'M ALSO PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ EARNED 17 UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE HOURS WHILE ATTENDING THE ACADEMY, AND HE GOT A WEIGHTLIFTING BRICK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN TELL THAT, BUT HE'S TELLING ME HIS UNIFORMS ARE TOO BIG FOR HIM NOW AND THEN. THE BIGGEST PIECE IS HE EARNED THE YELLOW BRICK, YELLOW BRICK ROAD BRICK, WHICH MEANS HE COMPLETED THE 6.1 MILE RUN AND OBSTACLE COURSE AT THE END OF THE ACADEMY. SO WITH THAT, I GIVE TO YOU, LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION FROM THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY. THANKS FOR JOINING. [00:26:36] THE NEXT ITEM IS 2022-180 PRESENTATION OF RFP CANDIDATE PRESENTATION DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RFP CANDIDATE FOR DEI RECONNECT. GOOD EVENING. DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL. I AM SERETHA ROBINSON, THE OWNER OF ROBINSON ENTERPRISES. AND JOINING ME IS DEREK ROBINSON, PRESIDENT OF RECONNECT CONSULTING LLC. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON'S RFP FOR AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTING FIRM FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AD HOC COMMITTEE. [00:30:07] FOR THE CITIZENS THAT ARE LISTENING ONLINE, THERE IS SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES RIGHT NOW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT. SO JUST HAVE SOME PATIENCE, PLEASE. SLIDE NUMBER TWO. RECONNECT CONSULTING FIRM IS BASED IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, SERVING AS A BUSINESS COMMUNITY CONDUIT IN NORTH TEXAS. THE FIRM'S LONGEVITY AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BUILT A COHESIVE AND ROBUST SET OF VALUES, INCLUDING A REFLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND MAKING POSITIVE IMPACTS THROUGH A REPORT OF WORKINGS WITH LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER A DECADE. THE QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES INCLUDE CONSULTING FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, EQUITABLE CITIES, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION. THE FIRM HOLDS CERTIFICATIONS AS A MINORITY WOMAN OWNED, BUSINESS VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS DIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS AND SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTATIONS. NOW FOR A-HA MOMENTS. ADDRESSING SOME OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS. DEI IS A BROAD CONCEPT THAT CHALLENGES HOW WE ACKNOWLEDGE, EMBRACE AND SUPPORT ALL MEMBERS OF VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DEI IS NOT THE SAME AS CRITICAL RACE THEORY. THE OVERALL GOAL AND THE DREAM FOR DEI WORK ARE TO UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS AND COME UP WITH WAYS TO REMOVE THEM FROM THOSE WHO FALL INTO HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS. CRT AND DEI ARE NOT THE SAME. THE FOCUS IS ON THE NOW AND HOW MORE SO THAN THE WHEN AND WHY. DEI IS NOT A ONE AND DONE TYPE OF INITIATIVE. THE INITIATIVES ARE STARTING POINTS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES TO TEAM FOR TEAMS AND COMPANIES TO BEGIN ACTION PLANNING AND EMPLOYING STRATEGIES ON HOW TO COMBAT SOME OF OUR OWN BIASES. TALKING ABOUT DEI WILL NOT MAKE THINGS WORSE OR AMPLIFY INEQUITIES OR INEQUALITIES. IT'S VALUABLE TO TALK ABOUT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, ESPECIALLY AT WORK, SO WE CAN ELIMINATE INEQUALITY RATHER THAN PRETEND THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST. IT MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE IF IT MAY REQUIRE OUR ATTENTION TO BE PAID TO WORK. OTHER THAN WHAT'S OBVIOUS ON THE BALANCE SHEET, BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT WILL REAP SIGNIFICANT REWARDS AND CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE VOICES WHO ARE TYPICALLY LEFT BEHIND SO AS TO NOT HAVE ONE. DEI IS NOT FOCUSED ON RACE AND GENDER. DEI IS INTIRZECTIONAL, WHICH MEANS THE INTERLINKED NATURE OF SOCIAL CATEGORIES SUCH AS RACE, CLASS, AGE AND GENDER. REGARDED AS CREATING OVERLAP AND SEPARATE SYSTEMS OF UNFAIRNESS OR HARDSHIP. IN OTHER WORDS, INCLUSIVITY. DEI IS NOT A FAD. DEI BECAME MORE MAINSTREAM IN EDUCATION SPACE DURING 1960 AND 1970S. IT WAS CALLED MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION, WHEREAS TODAY IS CALLED BY SEVERAL NAMES, INCLUDING INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, ETHNIC STUDIES AND MORE. OVER THE YEARS, THE NAME FOR HOW WE TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY HAS EVOLVED AND CHANGED, BUT THE CORE OF THE WORK IS STILL THE SAME. EDUCATING ON POWER, PRIVILEGE AND DIFFERENCE TO ENSURE WE'RE CREATING THE BEST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MARGINALIZATION. THE SENTIMENT OF THE VALUES OF THE WORK HASN'T CHANGED, BUT SHIFTED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TIME, AS CHANGE OFTEN DOES. THE BENEFITS OF DEI IN PRINCETON. THE CITY OF PRINCETON IS INTERESTED IN IMPLEMENTING A DEI AD HOC COMMITTEE. OUR SOLUTION WAS BASED ON BEING AS COST EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE WHILE DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS FOR THE GROWING CITY. THE PROCESS BREAKS DOWN INTO FOUR CORE PHASES, WHICH COLLECTIVELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PLANNING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. [00:35:02] PHASE ONE IS A DISCOVERY CONSULTATION MEETING WITH THE POINT OF CONTACT TO GATHER TOGETHER REQUIREMENTS TO FINALIZE THE SCOPE OF WORK AND MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. PHASE TWO IS AN ASSESSMENT CYCLE. START CREATING ALL ASSESSMENT MEASUREMENTS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO PRINCETON. USE FINALIZED MEASUREMENTS TO CREATE LITERATURE AND DOCUMENTATION THAT WILL AID IN THIS PROCESS OF SELECTING CANDIDATES. PHASE THREE IS THE CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS TO PROMOTE COMMITTEE POSITIONS AND TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE NEWLY CREATED ASSESSMENT TOOLS. PHASE FOUR IS TO CONVENE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. AT THIS PHASE, YOU WILL OUTLINE THE COMMITTEE'S OBJECTIVES AND ALSO INTERJECT THE DEI PRESENTATION WITH A CERTIFIED DIVERSITY EXECUTIVE. DIVERSE CULTURES HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO REACH A WIDER, WIDER AUDIENCE, WHICH ATTRACTING WIN, ATTRACTING TALENT AND NEW BUSINESS. A DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT IS IMPERATIVE IN RETAINING EMPLOYEES, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF PRINCETON'S INVESTMENT. BEING DILIGENT AND COMBINING EFFORTS IN ALL FOUR PHASES WILL EQUAL THE FOUNDATION OF A PROSPEROUS CITY GOVERNANCE. PRICE COMPARISONS PROVED THAT THE SERVICE COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH RECONNECT CONSULTING IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN ANY OTHER FIRM. THIS ALSO SECURES PROJECTION OF 500 SERVICE HOURS, PROJECTION OF 12 WEEKS COMMITTEE COMPLETION AND EXPEDITED RESPONSE. TIME ON STAKEHOLDER PROGRESS. NOT ONLY WILL THE IMPLEMENTATION ENSURE. A THRIVING COMMUNITY. ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. BUT IT FACILITATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE ENRICHMENT GOALS WITH A FULL SCOPE DEI PROGRAM WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEED COMMITMENT AND STAKEHOLDER CERTIFICATION. IT PERMITS ACCESS TO SUPPLEMENT SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDING, INCLUDING GRANTS, SPONSORSHIPS, ETC. TO CONTINUE THE SUPPORT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM GOALS. MOST GRANTS WILL REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE A DEI CURRICULUM IN PLACE AS WELL AS A DEI CERTIFIED BOARD MEMBER. A SERVICE RECONNECT IS ALSO INTERESTED IN PROVIDING AS A COMPREHENSIVE PARTNER. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. SORRY THAT SHE'S SUCH THE PROFESSIONAL IN REGARDS OF ALL THE SLIDE SHOWS AND EVERYTHING. I PRETTY MUCH JUST WANT TO KIND OF KEEP IT SIMPLE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE DEI TASK FORCE BOARD FOR THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ALSO FOR TRUIST BANK, OF WHICH IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST BANK IN THE US. AND I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S MORE SO LOOKING AT COLLIN COUNTY AS A WHOLE AND AS WE GROW OF DIVERSITY AND EDUCATION, WORKFORCE ATTAINABLE HOUSING, ET CETERA, IS MORE SO TAKING THE PROACTIVE NESS AND SEEING IF THE CITY OF PRINCETON WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DEI HERE IN THE CITY. WE FEEL LIKE IN REGARDS OF PUTTING THIS TASK FORCE BOARD TOGETHER, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAP INTO YOUR TAXPAYERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHICH ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS WE CAN INTERVIEW TO BRING TOGETHER, TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS DEI TASK FORCE WOULD LOOK LIKE. YOU KNOW, IN A NUTSHELL, I THINK THE RAPID GROWTH OF PRINCETON, WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVELY IN REGARDS OF KNOWING WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAPPEN. SO WE WILL BE HONORED TO SEE IF YOU GUYS WILL BE OPEN MINDED TO HAVING A DEI HERE IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON WHEN I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH. AND IF YOU GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOUR RESEARCH AND SEE THE DEI AMONGST OTHER CITIES IN COLLIN COUNTY, YOU WOULD GREATLY SEE THE NEED OF HAVING AMONGST THE CITY AND ATTRACTIVENESS. AND REGARDLESS OF HAVING WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR HELP THE CITY OF PRINCETON MOVE FORWARD. SO WE ASKED YOU GUYS IF YOU WOULD JUST TAKE IN CONSIDERATION HAVING INDEED DEO TASK FORCE COMMITTEE HERE IN YOUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVOKE, TO PROPOSE TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE OPEN TO ANSWER THEM NOW. OKAY. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN THE. I SEE THE PROJECT COST AND ALSO THE ALL THOSE TERMS BECAUSE I THINK THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IS $61,800, BUT IS PAID OUT OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, AS IS THE DIFFERENT PHASES. BUT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT, THOUGH, WHENEVER WE WHENEVER WE DO CONVENE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THIS, IS SOMEONE FROM RECONNECT A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE OR DO THEY SIT IN OR DO THEY TRAIN SOMEONE? [00:40:01] YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT THE QUESTIONS I'M ASKING. YES. YES. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, ONCE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE CONVENES, WE WILL BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVE THAT IS A PART OF RECONNECT TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. THAT'S WHERE YOU BEGIN TO GET INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PROCESS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FOUNDATION OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. AND THAT PERSON IS AS WELL CERTIFIED AND CAN PROVIDE THOSE CERTIFICATIONS IF NECESSARY, IF REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF PRINCETON. BUT THEY WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, TO HELP WITH THE COMMITTEE AS THEY GO ALONG. FOR QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT ASK. BECAUSE TO BE QUITE HONEST, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING TO BE UNFAMILIAR. YES, IT IS VERY IT'S GOING TO BE A LEARNING PROCESS. YES. THEY WANT TO LEARN A CURVE THERE. YES. AND IT'S SET UP THAT WAY. IT'S VERY EDUCATIONAL. MEETINGS ARE CONSISTENT SO THAT THERE IS A CONTINUAL EDUCATION PERIOD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS ONCE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS CREATED. AND KEEP IN MIND, GUYS, OUR KEY THING IS IT'S NOT A COOKIE CUTTER. WHAT WE DO IN OTHER CITIES IS IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO FIT HERE IN PRINCETON. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE IS DESIGNED FOR YOUR CITY, YOU KNOW, AND HOW WE GO ABOUT MOVING THE NEEDLE FORWARD. SO THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE, LIKE SHE SAID EARLIER, STRATEGICALLY INTERVIEWING, PICKING THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER WHO'S GOING TO REPRESENT YOUR CITY. AND ONCE THAT PHASE IS PRETTY MUCH DONE OVER A THREE MONTH PERIOD, WE WOULD THEN LOOK AT GRANTS FOR YOU GUYS, SPONSORSHIPS FOR THE CITY. HOW DO YOU GO BACK UP GOING ABOUT APPLYING FOR FUNDING WITH SEVERAL BANKS AND BUSINESSES HERE LOCALLY? THEN THE THIRD PHASE WOULD BE BRINGING IN THAT PERSON YOU'RE JUST DESCRIBING ON COUNCIL DIFFERENT BALL IN REGARDS OF WHO WOULD TEACH THAT COMMUNITY HOW TO GO ABOUT THOSE CURRICULUM. SO THOSE CURRICULUMS WILL BE TAILORED TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON IN THIS COMMUNITY. YEAH. JUST LOOKING. JUST HEARING YOUR PRESENTATION AND LOOKING THROUGH THIS, I GUESS IN AN INITIAL STAGE AND REFERS TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. I KNOW YOU SAY EVERYTHING'S NOT GOING TO BE COOKIE CUTTER AND IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON THE CITY. HOW DO YOU, I GUESS, START HOW WOULD YOU I GUESS PRESENT GOING BY STARTING THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE? HOW WOULD YOU MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS AND HOW WOULD YOU MAKE SURE YOU GET THE APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIONS RIGHT? WHAT WE USUALLY DO, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH FOOT ON THE GROUND. KNOW FIND OUT WHAT YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER IS, YOUR LOCAL CITY EMPLOYEES OR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. YOU FIND OUT IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, WHERE IS YOUR LOCAL LEADERS AT? YOU KNOW, WITH ME SOMEWHAT ALREADY. YOU KNOW, I COME TO PRINCETON QUITE OFTEN AND KNOW WHO ARE THE PEOPLE DOING THINGS WITH INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER. OUR GOAL WAS FIND THE INDIVIDUALS AND START MOVING THE NEEDLE. I THINK FIRST WE LOOK AT THOSE THREE COMPONENTS YOUR WORKFORCE, LOOK AT YOUR YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU LOOK AT YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND SEE HOW DO WE FIND THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE EDUCATED ABOUT THE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SEE IT AND MAYBE I'M READ THROUGH IT. I MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE ON THE COMMITTEE FROM LOOKING AT THE RFP? I THINK IT'S 8 TO 10. AND I GUESS BEFORE WE GO A WHOLE LOT FURTHER THAN HAVE TO ASK, MR. BORG, DO WE HAVE FUNDS FOR THIS? YOU DO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THEY ARE. THEY ARE. IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THIS PROCESS, THEN WE WOULD BRING BACK A BUDGET STATEMENT AT A LATER DATE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT IT'S NOT A BUDGETED ITEM, SO IT REQUIRES COUNCIL TO GIVE DIRECTION. THANK YOU. HAVE YOU, HAVE THIS BEEN DONE IN A CITY THIS SIZE OF PRINCETON? DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ANOTHER CITY IN THIS SIZE? AND COULD YOU KIND OF TELL US HOW THAT WORKED AND THE END RESULT OF THAT? GREAT QUESTION. GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. WE ACTUALLY I'M CURRENTLY SITTING ON THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I ACTUALLY STARTED THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. GREAT. IN A DIFFERENT, UNIQUE WAY. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY LET THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER LEAD THE WAY. AND SO WHAT WE DID FIRST IS PUT AN ADVISORY COUNCIL TOGETHER. WE SELECT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. AND ONCE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE SELECTED, YOU THEN HAVE AN ASSESSMENT. WE HAVE TO ASSESS EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT FIT WITHIN THE MEANS OF THE MISSION AND THE VISION STATEMENT. AND THEN ONCE THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH HAVE BEEN SELECTED OVER A SIX MONTH TERM, THAT'S WHEN YOU START BRINGING IN YOUR CONSULTING AGENCY TO TEACH DNI. WHAT WE DID THERE. IN A NUTSHELL, WE TAP INTO OUR WORKFORCE WITH THE CORPORATE BUSINESSES HERE, THERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THOSE BUSINESSES WANTED TO WALK ALONG SIDE AND BE EDUCATED, BUT ALSO BE OPEN MINDED TO EDUCATE US ON WHAT DEI LOOK LIKE IN THE WORKFORCE. [00:45:02] ALSO, WE HAVE A HUGE INFLUENCE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE IMPLEMENT THAT BECAUSE AS THE CITY GROWS, AS THE CITY OF PRINCETON GROWS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS MOVING INTO THE CITY. SO IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE PHASE OF NOW JUST PRETTY MUCH BEING OPEN MINDED TO GO AND TRAVEL TO SEE WHAT DID I LOOK LIKE IN OTHER CITIES. ALSO, JUST TO GO A LITTLE BIT STEP FURTHER WITH YOUR QUESTION, I'M WORKING WITH TRUIST BANK. TRUIST BANK IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB TAKING THEIR BANKERS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF BEING EDUCATED ON WHAT DNI LOOKS LIKE. SO THEY'RE TAKING A DIFFERENT COMPONENT. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN IN THEIR IN THEIR COMPANY, IN THEIR BANK. AND HOW DOES THE BANK GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO WALK ALONGSIDE OF AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS THERE? SO CURRENTLY WITH MORE LIKE THIRD OR FOURTH PHASE WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. NOW THESE DATES YOU HAVE LIKE WEEK 1 TO 2 AND 3 TO 7, 8 TO 10, 11, 12. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 12 WEEK PROGRAM AND. IS THAT A. I DON'T THINK THE WORD IS THAT A GOOD GOAL. I MEAN, AT 12 WEEKS, IT CAN IT BE DONE IN 12 WEEKS OR IS IT SOMETIMES TAKES LONGER? YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK 12 WEEKS IS A GREAT GOAL TO SET BECAUSE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AGAIN WITH THAT PHASE IS PRETTY MUCH START THE INTERVIEW PROCESS THAT COMES WITH PUTTING TOGETHER THE APPLICATIONS, ALL THE PAPERWORK, AGAIN, ALL THE ASSESSMENT TOOLS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE TO GET PROPERLY ASSESSED. SO WE FELT LIKE DOING THIS IN THE PAST WITH OTHER CITIES AT 12 WEEKS WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD TIME FRAME. MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, WHAT'S YOUR MISSION AND VISION? HOW DO YOU MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY TO START APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIPS? AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ALSO APPLY AND HELP AS WELL WITH THE CITY. BUT YOU ALL DO HELP APPLY FOR GRANTS AND THINGS AND FUNDING. WE WILL GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL HELP TO CARRY THIS PROGRAM ON. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. AND KEEP IN MIND, COUNCIL, THIS IS PHASE ONE. WE'RE STRICTLY JUST TALKING ABOUT PUTTING PUTTING TOGETHER AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. THIS IS WHAT THIS RFP WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF PRINCETON WHEN YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FOR THAT RFP. SO THIS IS STRICTLY TO PUT TOGETHER A AD HOC COMMITTEE. THE OTHER PHASES OF WHAT WE OFFER, THERE IS OTHER PHASES WE DO OFFER. THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION TO ASK EARLIER WAS ABOUT WHAT PHASE TWO, THREE AND FOUR IT LOOKS LIKE. BUT RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON PHASE ONE THAT'S PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR AD HOC COMMITTEE, FINDING THE RIGHT INDIVIDUALS WITH THE RIGHT CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD WITH YOUR MISSION AND VISION. SO YOUR ORGANIZATION LEADS THE COMMITTEE. WHO'S GOING TO HEAD THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE TO GUIDE IT AND MAKE SURE IT STAYS ON? WE WILL. YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT HERE. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. YEAH, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION. SO THIS 12 WEEKS, THAT'S THE TIMELINE SPECIFICALLY FOR FORMING THE COMMITTEE. SO YOU SAY 8 TO 10. SO THAT WOULD BE MAYBE TWO PEOPLE FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION AND THEN EIGHT, EIGHT OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE. SURE YOU WANT TO ANSWER? YES. IT DEPENDS. IT CAN BE EIGHT AND IT CAN BE TEN. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE PARTICIPATION LEVEL OF THE CITY. THE INTEREST IN THE CITY TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD. SO IF WE DID GET EIGHT, THEN YOU DO HAVE ROOM TO ADD TWO MORE. AND THAT ALSO COMES BACK TO THE GOALS THAT THE CITY OF PRINCETON SETS FOR THEMSELVES TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THAT CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE COMMITTEE. BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE, COUNCILMAN, THAT YOU WILL HAVE US, RECONNECT, TO WALK ALONGSIDE THOSE EIGHT THE ENTIRE WAY. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND RIGHT FOOTING, ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE, I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CORPORATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING SOME SORT OF DNR COMPONENT TO THEIR INDUSTRIES. YOU KNOW, ALL THE BIG I KNOW ALL THE FORTUNE 500 AND FORTUNE TWENTIES ARE DOING IT. SO IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE REALLY PROPOSING HERE FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON TO KIND OF ADD THIS COMPONENT TO THE CITY? IS THAT, IN MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECTLY. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON. OUR GOAL IS TO THINK PROACTIVENESS. AS YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO GROW AS A CITY, HOW DO WE BE IN THE BEST POSITION TO BE PROACTIVE ON HAVING A DEI FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON? SO ABSOLUTELY, SIR. IF I MAY. THIS WAS IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THIS WAS A PROPOSAL FROM MAYOR CHACON, AND SHE HAD US REACH OUT AND PUT TOGETHER AN RFP, AND THESE FOLKS SUBMITTED AN OUTSTANDING PROPOSAL FOR THIS ENDEAVOR. [00:50:09] AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THIS PLACE. YEAH. I'M 45 THERE. I KIND OF. YOU GOT TO REMIND ME OF THE THINGS I HEARD. AS WE CLOSE. IT'S A PASSION. THAT'S THE REASON I HAVE IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PULL OUT A RESUME. WE'RE BELIEVE IN PUTTING FEET ON THE GROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT JUST OURSELVES, BUT YOUR TAXPAYERS HAVE AN OPEN VOICE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAVE THAT THAT SENSE OF URGENCY, BUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALSO THE CARE TO GO ALONG FOR THE CITY. SO WE WILL MAKE SURE WE DO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF PRINCETON IS REPRESENTED WELL AND NOT JUST SOMEONE GETTING ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE JUST TO BRING THE CITY OF PRINCETON DOWN. SO YOU GUYS WILL HAVE OUR WORD THAT IF WE'RE SELECTED, PICKING THOSE 8 TO 10 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE THE RIGHT INDIVIDUALS, THAT WE FEEL THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CHOICE FOR YOUR CITY. I GUESS A FINAL QUESTION, DEREK, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, IN ALL FAIRNESS, I HAVE TO ASK, HAS ANYBODY ELSE PRESENTED THEMSELVES OR SUBMITTED ANY INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THIS RFP? WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE THAT QUALIFIED FOR THE TO BRING FORWARD TO. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR OTHER QUESTIONS? I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO. I GUESS APPROVED AGENDA ITEM 2022 FOR THE RFP CANDIDATE. THIS RECONNECT CONSULTING TO APPROVE THEIR PRESENTATION. MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM. MOTION MADE BY MR. OBERA. I'LL SECOND THAT. AND SECOND BY MR. KLEIBER. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS AND WORKING WITH YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. ITEM 2022-181 PUBLIC HEARING EASTRIDGE TAX INCREMENT CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING ON CREATION OF EASTRIDGE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. SO THIS AT 7:23 P.M. THE OPENING UP A PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY OPPONENTS OR PROPONENTS TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. WE'LL SEE NO ONE RUSHING UP HERE TO THE PODIUM. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ALSO AT 7:23 P.M. ITEM 2022-182 TOURS THREE EAST RIDGE. DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A GEOGRAPHIC AREA WITHIN THE CITY AS A TAX INCREMENT AND OFFSET INVESTMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE UNDER A NUMBER OF THREE. DESCRIBING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONE. CREATING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE ZONE. ESTABLISHING A TAX INCREMENT FUND FOR THE ZONE CAN CONTAIN FINDINGS RELATED TO THE CREATION OF THE ZONE, PROVIDING THE TERMINATION DATE FOR THE ZONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL. THIS ORDINANCE. THIS IS THE ONE THAT ESTABLISHES THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE ZONE ULTIMATELY WILL BE DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL SUB ZONES. HERE TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THE OVERALL ZONE. AND THE SUB ZONES CAN BE MANAGED INTERNALLY BY A FINANCIAL TEAM AND RATHER THAN HAVING TO RECREATE ZONE AFTER ZONE. THIS ESTABLISHES A MANAGEABLE PROGRAM GOING FORWARD. YOU HAVE A FINANCE PLAN ATTACHED, AND MR. JIM SPONAS IS HERE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE BENEFITS THIS HAS FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THOSE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBER CITIZENS OF PRINCETON. I WANT TO STEP BACK IN AND GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE EAST RIDGE PROJECT. EAST RIDGE WAS A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY, WAS IN THE ETJ. UNDER CURRENT TEXAS STATUTE, CITY CAN'T FORCE THE DEVELOPER OR LANDOWNER TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY. BUT YOUR STAFF DID SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATION TO WORK WITH THIS DEVELOPER WHERE THEY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AND PROVIDED, IN RETURN FOR AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE, A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WITH THE TIRZ? IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED ON. THE WHOLE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE OVER 2400 HOMES. [00:55:06] IT WILL GENERATE ULTIMATELY ABOUT 4.6 MILLION AND AD VALOREM TAX ANNUALLY FOR THE CITY. THE KEY ASPECT THAT WE'RE HERE IS A NUMBER OF ITEMS 181, 182 AND 183. AND WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IS AS WE GET INTO THESE LARGE PROJECTS, THEY GET BUILT IN PHASES. AND PART OF THE PROCESS IS FUNDING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BONDS FOR EACH PHASE. IN FACT, PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE 309 HOMES. IT WILL HAVE A VALUE OF ABOUT $100 MILLION. IT'LL GENERATE ABOUT $600,000 FOR THE CITY. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS MOVING FORWARD AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT. HE CAN GO FORWARD IN PHASES AND WE WANT THEM TO GO FORWARD IN PHASES TO KIND OF MITIGATE RISK. OUR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS. BESIDES THE ACTIONS, ITEMS THAT YOU TAKE TONIGHT ON JULY 11TH, THERE WILL BE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PRELIMINARY OFFERING MEMORANDUM TO MARKET BONDS FOR THE PHASE ONE PROJECT. ABOUT 10.2 MILLION IS ESTIMATED TO BE ISSUED AND AFTER APPROVAL BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CLOSED IN AUGUST. SO WHAT DEREK INDICATED WAS WHERE WE HAD THIS VERY LARGE PROJECT, OVER 2200 HOMES THAT GET BUILT IN SECTIONS. EACH ONE OF THOSE PID BONDS THAT OVERLAP THE SECTIONS HAS A LIFE OF 30 YEARS AND A TIRZ THAT MATCHES IT. SO SITTING DOWN WITH YOUR PROFESSIONALS, THE THOUGHT WAS, DO WE DO INDIVIDUAL TIRZ? WHICH WOULD MEAN YOU'D HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT TIRZ BOARDS AND REDUNDANT MEETINGS AND ADMINISTRATIVE COST FOR THE STAFF. AND THE CONSULTANTS CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO SAY, LET'S HAVE ONE TIRZ, ONE TIRZ BOARD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEGMENTED ZONES. AND THIS FIRST ZONE WILL BE THE 309 HOMES ORIGINALLY. SO. BUT THE CITY'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND VERY SUCCESSFUL IN A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS OF BRINGING LAND INTO THE CITY LIMITS. IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE. WORKING WITH TIRZ IS AS AN INCENTIVE, AND THE GOAL HERE WAS TO OPERATE UNDER OUR TEXAS STATUTE, TO DO IT THE MOST EFFICIENTLY FROM BOTH A COST AND A TIME FOR BOTH ADMINISTRATION AND FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS. SO TONIGHT, WE'RE SETTING UP THE TOURS AND SETTING UP THE PROCESS FOR THE PHASE ONE TO BE PUT IN PLACE. THE TOURS ITSELF IS SET, BUT REALLY THE PLAN IS FOR THAT FIRST PHASE, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IT'S ALL CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WHEN WE PUT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN PLACE. JUST ONE STEP OF THE MANY PROCESSES THAT WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS. I KNOW YOU SEE A LOT OF THESE, BUT PART OF BEING A SUCCESSFULLY GROWING COMMUNITY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTION ON THESE ITEMS, BUT AS A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WE'VE WORKED WITH BOND COUNSEL AND YOUR STAFF. THIS IS COMPLIANT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND AGAIN IN LINE WITH THE GOALS OF THE CITY. ANY QUESTIONS? NOT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 2022-182 TIRZ THREE EAST RIDGE. MOTION MADE BY MR. WASHINGTON AND APPROVED. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. OBERA. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 2022-183 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06-27-R EASTRIDGE PID DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE RESOLUTION OR RESOLUTION NUMBER OF 2022-06-27-R DETERMINED COST AND CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE LABELING ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE EAST RIDGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THE THIS RESOLUTION CALLS IS THE CALLING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE ASSESSMENT HEARING TO BE HELD ON JULY 25TH, 22 AT 6:30 P.M. RIGHT HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND THEN WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTION, GENTLEMEN? AND IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-183 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06-27-R FOR EASTRIDGE [01:00:01] PID. I'LL SECOND THAT. MOTION MADE BY MR. OBERA, SECONDED BY MR. WASHINGTON TO APPROVE. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. NEXT ITEM IS 2022 DEVELOPMENT. 2022-184. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. WINCHESTER CROSSING. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE AMENDMENT TO WINCHESTER CROSSING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS AND D.R. HORTON, TEXAS. LTD. THANK YOU. THIS AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES THE INCREASE OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF PID BONDS FROM THEIR INITIAL $11.11 MILLION TO A MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 14 MILLION. AND MR. SABONIS IS GOING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE BENEFITS THIS BRINGS TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU. SOMETIMES HINDSIGHT IS, SOMETIMES HINDSIGHT GIVES YOU 2020 VISION. THE WINCHESTER PROJECT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PROJECTS WE HAVE, AND THE TIME THAT PROJECT WAS PUT IN PLACE, THERE WAS AN ESTIMATE OF THE PRICE POINT OF HOMES AND IT WAS HELD FLAT FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF DEVELOPMENT. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT HOMES HAVE INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY IN PRICE. AND IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE HAVE AGREED WITH THE DEVELOPER TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT EQUAL TO $0.43 ON A TAX EQUIVALENT BASIS. AND SO WHAT TOOK PLACE AS THE HOME PRICES WENT UP, LEAVING THE AGREED UPON ASSESSMENT LEVEL GENERATED MORE CASH FLOW THAN WOULD BE MONETIZED BY THE $11 BOND ISSUE. AND SO WHEN WE BROUGHT THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF YOUR CITY MANAGEMENT, THEY MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THEY HAVE AGREED UPON A PLAN TO MAKE THE ASSESSMENTS CONSISTENT. SO EVERYONE PAYS EQUIVALENT ASSESSMENT LEVEL, WHICH REQUIRES US TO MODIFY A COUPLE OF OUR ORIGINAL ITEMS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FORESIGHT IN THE PRICING OF THOSE HOMES. IT'S A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO THE CITY. THE HOMEOWNERS PAY THE AGREED UPON ASSESSMENT LEVEL. NO CHANGES TO THAT. BUT JUST BY CHANGING THE AMOUNT AND HOW WE ISSUE THESE BONDS. ULTIMATELY, THE DEVELOPER RECEIVES ABOUT $1,000,000 MORE IN PROJECT FUNDS, AND THE CITY RECEIVES A SLIGHTLY OVER $1,000,000 MORE THAN THE ORIGINALLY AGREED UPON PER RESIDENTIAL PAID FEE. IT ACTUALLY INCREASED FROM 1800 DOLLARS PER HOME TO $3,157. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS FOR THAT PROJECT AND THE CLOSING OF THAT BOND ISSUE. NOW, THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE $2,326,000 FOR THAT PROJECT. SO THIS AGREEMENT IS JUST TO UPDATE IT TO CURRENT FACTS. THE AGREEMENT BENEFIT IS SHARED 5050 BY THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER, AND WE THINK IT'S A WINDFALL. AS I TOLD DEREK, WHEN I WALKED IN WITH MY FAVORITE THINGS I HAD TO DISCUSS WITH $1,000,000 MORE FOR EVERYONE, AND EVERYONE IS TREATED EQUALLY. NO ONE'S HARMED. IT'S A WIN WIN. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT AGAIN, HINDSIGHT BEING 2020 WHEN WE DO PROJECTS NOW WE ANTICIPATE THOSE INCREASES. SO WE UNLIKELY YOU'LL SEE AN ACTION TAKEN FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE ALREADY BRING THOSE NEW CONCEPTS INTO NEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NO QUESTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2020 2-1 84 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHEN CHESTER CROSS. MOTION MADE BY MR. OBERA. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. KLEIBER. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. THE NEXT ITEM IS 2022-185, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-06-27 WINCHESTER NUMBER TWO DISCUSS POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2022 WINCHESTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO PROJECT APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AND INDENTURE OF TRUST A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, A CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AND OTHER AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH MAKING FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS. COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE AGENDA IS THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF 13,438,000 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT [01:05:03] DISTRICT BONDS SOLELY REPAID BY THE LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS IN WINCHESTER TWO. WE HAVE AN OFFER TO PURCHASE THE BONDS FROM MS, OUR UNDERWRITER AT A 5.43%. WE SPENT TIME OBVIOUSLY PREPARING FOR THE SALE AND WORKING WITH THE UNDERWRITER, AND I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. IT'S A VERY UNIQUE TIME IN OUR ECONOMIC HISTORY. YOU HEAR PENDING WHEN YOU WANT NEWS, YOU HEAR LOTS OF DIFFERENT POINTS. BUT I'M PLEASED TO SAY ROBERT REVERE IS HERE FIRST WITH FMS AND HE CAN ADD TO THIS. BUT WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM, THESE BONDS ARE PRICED BY LOOKING AT AN INDEX OF WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE AND PUTTING A RISK PREMIUM ON THEM. THE RISK PREMIUM IS RANGED FROM ABOUT 190 TO 235 BASIS POINTS OVER THE MMD, WHICH IS OUR INDEX THAT WE USED. THE PRICE THAT WE PROPOSED IS 200 BASIS POINTS OVER THAT. IT'S REALLY POSITIVE. IT'S IT INDICATES WHILE INTEREST RATES HAVE RISEN, THERE HASN'T REALLY BEEN IMPACT ON THE RISK. IN FACT, WHEN WE TALKED TO THEM, THEY RECEIVED ORDERS FOR THE FULL BOND ISSUE FROM NUVEEN, FROM GOLDMAN SACHS, HIGH YIELD FROM FRANKLIN AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS HAVE ORDERED SPECIFIC BOND AND PUT IN ORDERS FOR SPECIFIC MATURITIES. THEY SAID THAT SOME OF THE OTHER BIG FUND BUYERS ALL APPROVED IT, BUT THAT THE RATES WERE LOWER THAN WHAT THEIR INVESTMENT HURDLE WAS. SO IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL MARKETING AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR. AGAIN ACHIEVES THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE HERE, WE'D RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND THE KEY POINT IS, BESIDES THE DEVELOPER RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS THAT HE'S FUNDED, THE CITY RECEIVED A $2.3 MILLION CLOSING FOR ITS PID FEE. AND IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I CAN. GENTLEMEN, IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-185 ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-06-27. WINCHESTER NUMBER TWO. MOTION MADE BY MR. KLEIBER TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. OBERA. WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE. ITEM 2022-186 AUDITS NUMBER 2022-06-27-01 SAP WINCHESTER NUMBER TWO DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE IMPROVING AND UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR WINCHESTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS JUST AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE UPDATING THE SAP, THE SERVICES ASSESSMENT PLAN. SO THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. ANY QUESTIONS? SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AGENDA ITEM 2022-186 FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-06-27-01 FOR SAP WINCHESTER NUMBER TWO. MOTION MADE BY MR. OBERA TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND THAT. MR. WASHINGTON. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU, ADAM. 2022-187 PUBLIC HEARING CHILDREN'S LIGHTHOUSE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A REQUEST FROM THE CDR PROJECT MANAGEMENT LLC FOR A REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM M1 LIGHT MANUFACTURING TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT BEING A 2.05 ACRE TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE HARDIN WRIGHT SURVEY. TRACT NUMBER 957 IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING A PORTION OF LOT ONE BLOCK B OF PRINCETON BUSINESS PARK IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON, RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NUMBER 2017737 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBE THE MEETS AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS CONTAINING 2.5 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS SO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:40 P.M. AND INVITE ANY OPPONENT OR PROPONENT TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. PLEASE. [01:10:11] WE'LL SEE. AND NO ONE RUSHING UP TO THE PODIUM. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALSO AT 7:40 P.M. ITEM 2022-188. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-06-27-02. PD NUMBER 34 CHILDREN'S LIGHTHOUSE DISCUSSED POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-06-27-02 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON. PRINCETON FROM M1 LIGHT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL TO PD 34 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 34 AND A PORTION OF THE HARDIN WRIGHT SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER957. REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. THIS IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT YOU JUST HELD. THIS IS A REZONING FOR A TWO ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE EDC BUSINESS PARK. BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS ALLOWS FOR THE TRACK TO THE ZONING, FOR THE TRACK TO BE ADJUSTED TO ALLOW FOR DAYCARE USE. THERE'S NO OTHER NO OTHER RESTRICTIONS OR ANYTHING INVOLVED WITH THIS WITH THIS ZONING AMENDMENT. THIS WAS HEARD BY THE POWERS THAT ARE AT OUR MEETING ON TUESDAY, I GUESS IT WAS, AND RECOMMEND FOUR RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. BEYOND THAT, THERE'S NOT MUCH ELSE I CAN TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AND THERE'S REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEVELOPMENT HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 2022-188. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-06-27-02. PD 34. CHILDREN'S LIGHTHOUSE MOTION MADE BY MR. WASHINGTON TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. SECOND TO MR. KLEIBER. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION APPROVED AND CARRIED. ITEM 2022-189 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06-27-R01 TRUIST PROPOSAL DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2022-06-27-R01 TRUIST BANK. FOR THE FINANCIAL REQUEST BY THE CITY OF PRINCETON. THE CITY OF PRINCETON. FOR THE FINANCE AND VARIOUS VEHICLES. AND THE FINANCE OFFICER HAS NOW PRESENTED A PROPOSAL FOR THE FINANCING OF SUCH PROJECT. IF YOU REMEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BACK AT THE LAST MEETING, I BELIEVE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. THIS IS TO AT LEAST PURCHASE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES FOR THE PD. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BE MORE HAPPY TO ANSWER. IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-189 FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06-27-R01 TRUIST PROPOSAL. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOVED BY MR. OBERA. I'LL SECOND. SECOND, MR. KLEIBER. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. 2022-190 ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-06-27-03 SOLICITOR'S ORDINANCE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S ORDINANCES REGULATING THE ACTIVITIES OF SOLICITORS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. THIS ORDINANCE IS NOW THE ACTUAL TEXT FOR THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS. AS REQUESTED, THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES IMPLEMENTED TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE RESIDENT FRIENDLINESS OF THE REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT PROVISIONS. MORE LOOSE PROVISIONS REGARDING SIGNAGE MAKE MORE CLEAR THE EXTENT TO WHICH ENTITIES SUCH AS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS OR BUSINESSES MIGHT BE ABLE TO POST SIMILAR SIGNAGE OR PROHIBITING DOOR TO DOOR SOLICITATIONS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND CLARIFYING CERTAIN OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ORDINANCE AND UPDATING THE THE FEES THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO IT. AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE NOT THERE'S NOT ANY NEW CONTENT BASED ON THIS IN THIS VERSION, AS APPEARED IN OR AS WAS DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, THIS IS JUST IMPLEMENTING THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED OR RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL BEFORE. [01:15:05] AND SO NOW THIS IS THE JUST VERSION THAT PUTS THOSE INTO THE ORDINANCE FORMAT AND PUTS YOU PUTS IT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN SEE IT. SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT WE BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE IS READY FOR APPROVAL. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I DIDN'T FIND IT IN HERE. I MIGHT JUST MISSED IT. BUT DOES THIS. IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S ON A PARKING LOT AND JUST ASKING FOR MONEY. IS THIS COVERED ALSO? IF THEY'RE ON THAT PARKING LOT, WHAT WE WOULD GENERALLY CALL THAT AS JUST A PURE PANHANDLING SITUATION OR IT'S A SOLICITATION OF FUNDS, IT'S AN EFFORT TO TO GET MONEY FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT IS AN ACTIVITY THAT'S GENERALLY COVERED IN THIS ORDINANCE. THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN HERE ABOUT SOLICITING AND OR PANHANDLING IN RIGHTS OF WAY OR IN IN CITY OWNED OR MANAGED PROPERTY AREAS. YOUR PARKING LOT SCENARIO IS A LITTLE BIT OF A IS A LITTLE BIT OF A STICKY SITUATION BECAUSE IT WOULD DEPEND ON EXACTLY WHAT PARKING LOT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ZONED AS A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR NOT. THE DOOR TO DOOR SOLICITATION BAN OR THOSE REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE PERMITS AND THE LIKE ARE REALLY INTENDED TO APPLY TO DOOR TO DOOR SOLICITATIONS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS RATHER THAN A STREET SIDE STYLE SOLICITATION. SO, YES, THE ORDINANCE IS BROAD ENOUGH TO COVER SOME OF THAT SAME CONDUCT, BUT DIFFERENT RULES APPLY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS. AND THE REASON I WAS ASKING THAT IS I HAD SOME CITIZENS AT ONE TIME. THE AREA IS OVER BY JOSIE'S, THE PARKING LOT, PARKING LOT SPECIFICALLY. THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE PANHANDLING. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT THIS WOULD COVER THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD COVER THAT COMPLETELY OR IF THEY HAD TO BE ON A SIDEWALK OR IMPEDING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC OR IF THEY'RE LOCATED IN A PRIVATE PARKING LOT AT THE TIME THEY'RE CONDUCTING THEIR SOLICITATION ACTIVITIES, THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT GOING TO REACH THEM. THIS ORDINANCE DEALS WITH USE OF CITY RIGHTS OF WAY, INCLUDING THE SIDEWALKS, BASICALLY TO TRAVEL BETWEEN HOME AND HOME AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD, KNOCKING ON DOORS OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE. WOULD THE OWNERS, OWNERS OR SHOPKEEPERS THERE, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO TO MOVE ON DOWN THE ROAD, TRESPASSING OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS? OR DO THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF A CAN DO ANYTHING? AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE, PRIVATE LANDOWNERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO CONTROL, ACCESS AND ADMIT OR DENY PEOPLE TO THEIR PROPERTY. SO IN THE SAME WAY THAT MOST BUSINESSES CAN REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYBODY THEY WANT TO AND SAY, YOU'RE NOT WELCOME HERE, THEY COULD DO THAT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING UP SPACE IN THEIR PARKING LOT FOR A PURPOSE THAT THEY DON'T APPROVE OF. I HAVE TO SPEAK IN GENERALITIES, OF COURSE, BECAUSE EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS PERMISSION, WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE PERSON WHO'S RENTING PROPERTY IN ORDER TO LEASE IT FOR USE AS A BUSINESS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THERE CAN BE MANY FACTORS INVOLVED THAT MAKE THAT DIFFICULT TO ANSWER IN THE GENERAL SENSE. BUT BROADLY SPEAKING, WHENEVER YOU'RE DEALING WITH LOCATIONS THAT ARE ON PRIVATE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, THIS ORDINANCE ISN'T THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD GO ABOUT TRYING TO RESPOND TO THAT BEHAVIOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-190. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-06-27-03 SOLICITOR'S ORDINANCE MOTION BEEN MADE TO APPROVE BY MR. WASHINGTON. I'LL SECOND. AND SECOND BY MR. KLEIBER. WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 2022-191 BEAUCHAMP BOULEVARD. UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON THE COMPLETION AND OPENING OF BEAUCHAMP BOULEVARD NORTH REQUESTED BY COUNCILMEMBER WASHINGTON. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL REGARDING BEAUCHAMP BOULEVARD. TRY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I SAID THE LAST TIME. SO. FIRST OFF, THIS PROJECT IS TO BE CLEAR SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS PROJECT IS NOT IS NOT A CONTRACT THAT THE CITY IS OVERSEEING BEING THAT IT'S NOT WE DON'T HOLD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ON IT. THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT IS BEING DONE BY THE DEVELOPER AND IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER OF THE WHITE WING TRAILS PROJECT. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD IT. [01:20:03] WE ARE PARTNERS IN THIS, AND WE DO THE OVERSIGHT AND INSPECTIONS OF IT, BUT WE DON'T HOLD THE ACTUAL CONTRACTS IN AND CONTROL THE CONTRACTORS. SO THAT'S SOME OF WHY YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE DELAYS REGARDING THE PROJECT OR QUOTE UNQUOTE, DELAYS. THE DEVELOPER HAS SPECIFIC OBLIGATIONS THAT HE HAS TO MEET AND HE HAS TO AND HE HAS TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BY A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. THAT PERIOD IS TIME IS IS HE HAS TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BY THE TIME THAT THAT THEY ISSUED PERMITS IN THEIR PHASE TWO OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT WHICH THEY HAVE NOT REACHED THAT YET AND THEY'RE NOT YET READY TO APPLY AND RECEIVE BUILDING PERMITS ON THAT. ALL THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER RECENTLY AND WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I THINK SOME THINGS ARE MOVING PRETTY, PRETTY WELL. WE'VE GOT PAVING DOWN OUT THERE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH DRIVABLE AT THIS POINT. WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT TO WHERE WE'RE BUTTONING THINGS UP AND I'M THINKING THAT WE'RE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE THE 90 DAY RANGE BEFORE WE CAN SEE SEE IT FULLY OPENED IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. SO BUT MIND YOU, I DON'T CONTROL THAT TIMELINE. SO DON'T YOU KNOW I'M NOT SWEARING TO THAT. SO BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. SO WITH THAT, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. MR. FORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE. I WOULD MAKE A SUGGESTION, THOUGH, THAT WHENEVER WE DO THIS, THAT IT'S NAMED FOR BRUCE BEAUCHAMP, FORMER COUNCILMAN HERE, THAT PASSED AWAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHENEVER IT DOES OPEN UP, THAT MAYBE WE PLAN SOME TYPE OF DEDICATION AT THE PROBABLY MONTE CARLO END OF IT. OTHER THAN 380, BUT SOMETIMES DEDICATION FOR THAT ROADWAY. YES, SIR. NOTED. IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. OUT OF 2022-192 RAINTREE MUD DISCUSS POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PRINCETON AND RAINTREE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OF COLLIN COUNTY. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS THIS IS A COMPENSATION AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND EMS SERVICES FOR THE RAINTREE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT THAT'S LOCATED NORTH IN OUR OWN FIRE DISTRICT. IT'S CURRENTLY WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA. HOWEVER, WHEN THE DISTRICT IS CREATED, THE COUNTY WILL NO LONGER COMPENSATE THE CITY FOR FIRE PROTECTION. SO THIS AGREEMENT BASICALLY SETS OUT THE TERMS IN WHICH THE CITY WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR FIRE PROTECTION IN THAT AREA. IT'S ABOUT 113 HOMES. IT'S NOT A LARGE AREA, BUT WE WILL NO LONGER BE COMPENSATED BY COLLIN COUNTY FOR THAT AREA. SO THIS THIS LAYS OUT THE TERMS AND THE DEVELOPERS AGREED AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MORGAN? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-192 RAINTREE MUD. MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY MR. KLEIBER. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. OBERA AND WE'LL THE ROLL CALL VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 2022-193 DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN UPDATE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S JUVENILE CRIME POLICY REQUEST BY COUNCILMEMBER OBERA. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY THAT HAD SOME INFORMATIONAL UPDATE THAT WAS REQUESTED TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND SOME ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC ACTION PROPOSED TO TAKE ON JUVENILE CRIME ISSUES AT THE LAST MEETING. SO REALLY THIS ITEM, PLACE ON THE AGENDA REALLY JUST SERVES AS A PLACEHOLDER IN CASE THERE IS DISCUSSION DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT THEN REQUIRES FOLLOW UP ACTION AFTERWARDS. SO I THINK QUESTIONS WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INTERACTIONS ON THESE ISSUES BECAUSE THEIR SENSITIVITY. BUT THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES MORE FULLY IN OPEN SESSION AFTERWARD IF NECESSARY. OKAY. I GUESS WITH THAT, I NEED TO ASK THE DESIRE TO GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WOULD ASK FOR IT TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA, MAYBE FOR NEXT MEETING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO I CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OVER SOME OF THOSE RESPONSES AND GENERATE SOME GOOD [01:25:04] QUESTIONS. SO IT'LL BE A FUTURE AGENDA FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, CORRECT? THANK YOU. OUT IN 2022-194 ACTIVE SHOOTER PREPAREDNESS DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PREPAREDNESS TRAINING FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE PRINCETON ISD CHIEF MOYLE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER UNDERWOOD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE WERE IN CITY COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN UNDERWOOD ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN TEACHING OUR STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF HOW TO REACT TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY YES, 100%. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS DONE THROUGH OUR SRO PROGRAM. BUT WE WORK TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY AND COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATIVELY ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES. ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS IS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A TREMENDOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IRONICALLY ENOUGH, THE DIRECTOR OF SECURITY WAS ONE OF MY FIRST FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS AS A ROOKIE POLICE OFFICER IN MCKINNEY. SO WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR QUITE SOME TIME. BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL TONIGHT IN THAT REGARD IS AS MUCH LIKE THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD TO PUT STANDARDS IN PLACE TO MEET THE ACCREDITATION BY THE TEXAS CHIEFS OF POLICE ASSOCIATION THAT ENSURED THAT WE FOLLOWED BEST PRACTICES AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS IN TERMS OF HOW WE CONDUCTED BUSINESS. WELL, MUCH IN THE SAME WAY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEIR GOVERNOR, OUR GOVERNING BODY IS THE TEXAS STATE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER DOWN IN SAN MARCOS. AND THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER A TREMENDOUS PROGRAM THAT IS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION THEY PUT OUT AND HOW TO REACT TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AND HOW TO PROTECT THE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THE OTHER PIECE IS I MENTIONED THIS PUT ON BY THE SAN MARCOS UNIVERSITY. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS THE ALERT, WHICH IS THE TRAINING THAT IS CONDUCTED FOR POLICE OFFICERS. SO THE UNIVERSITY WORKS TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY ON HOW SCHOOLS ARE SUPPOSED TO RESPOND IN TERMS OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AND PROTECTING THE FACULTY AND STAFF AND STUDENTS. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS A TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TERMS OF OUR RESPONSE. AND YOU GUYS I KNOW RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT RESPONSES, AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT WE SHARE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO WORK VERY WELL WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EVERYBODY IS SAFE, NOT JUST WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AN EXAMPLE OF A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED COMING UP. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A TABLETOP EXERCISE REGARDING THESE EVENTS THAT WILL INCLUDE ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT REGARD. AND WE'RE ALSO PLANNING A REAL WORLD SCENARIO BASED TRAINING EVENT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS EVERYBODY'S RESPONSE AND ROLES, AND GOD FORBID, ONE OF THOSE EVENTS OCCUR. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. WELL, I WOULD JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION TO THAT. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE. YES. YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED, YOU KNOW, FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIO. MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THERE ANYTHING AS A COUNCIL THAT WE, THAT YOU NEED FROM US THAT WE CAN DO TO EXPOUND ON IT, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S ALL, YOU KNOW, TAKEN CARE OF? REALLY I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS POINT. BUT I MEAN, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BUDGET'S ALWAYS A STRUGGLE. BUT I THINK WE'RE VERY WELL PREPARED, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THAT REGARD. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. ITEM 2022-195 MYRICK LANE UPDATE CONCRETE FORCE DISCUSS REGARDING EARLY MORNING CONCRETE POUR ON MYRICK LANE. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. THIS IS MORE OR LESS AN UPDATE. I THINK THERE'S A LETTER INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AND WE WANTED TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT IS PROCEEDING WELL AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE POURING CONCRETE. THEY ACTUALLY POURED THE FIRST SECTION TODAY, BUT DUE TO THE CURRENT WEAR WEATHER CONDITIONS, THIS IS HAVING TO START AT MIDNIGHT, WHICH MAY BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE TO SOME OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS NEARBY. AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. BUT DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH OTHER OPTIONS. SO THIS IS REALLY AN INFORMATION ITEM. I CAN TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR IT, BUT THESE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO COMMENCE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AND IT'S NECESSARY TO KEEP THE PROJECT ON SCHEDULE. OH, AND MR. [01:30:01] FORD WAS POINTING OUT TO THAT CONCRETE AVAILABILITY IS VERY, VERY TOUGH RIGHT NOW IN OUR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION CLIMATE WHETHER SO SO THE CONTRACTORS REALLY YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT TO TAKE THE CONCRETE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE IT TO HIM. I THINK THEY POURED, WHAT WAS IT, 700? 700 YARDS. 700 YARDS OF CONCRETE TODAY. SO, YOU KNOW, UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY COULD AFFORD DOUBLE THAT. SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE WANT TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL SO THAT IF YOU'RE HEARING ANYTHING OUT THERE, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT'S WHY IT'S HAVING TO TAKE PLACE AT THE TIME THAT IT IS. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ITEM 2022-196 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06-27-R06 JJ BOOK RESTROOM FACILITY DISCUSS POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2022-06-27-R A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE PRE MANUFACTURED RESTROOM FACILITY TO BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THE JJ BOOK WILSON MEMORIAL PARK PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. THIS RESOLUTION IS IS FOR THE AWARD OF THE RESTROOM BUILDING FOR THE JJ BOOK PARK. THE WAY THAT PROJECT STRUCTURED THE CONTRACTOR WHO IS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS BUILDING THAT PROJECT DOES NOT PROVIDE THAT PROVIDE THAT, THAT STRUCTURED THAT STRUCTURE THE CITY WAS GOING TO PROVIDE THAT IT'S A PRE MANUFACTURED BUILDING THAT WILL COME AND JUST GET SET ON SITE AND BE A COMPLETE TURNKEY. SO THIS WE'RE PURCHASING THIS FROM PUBLIC RESTROOM COMPANY. THEY'RE APPROVED BY BOARD COMPANY AND WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND YOU AUTHORIZE US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE. AND I CAN TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-196 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06-27-06R JJ BOOK RESTROOM FACILITY MOTION MADE BY MR. WASHINGTON TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. SECOND MR. KLEIBER. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 2022-197 RESOLUTION 2022-06-27-R07 SHAMARR LANE WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR DISCUSSED POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2022-06-27-R07 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE ALLOW ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE ONE QAMAR LANE WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR AND AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. THIS PROJECT HERE IS IS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, VERY LARGE PROJECT. THIS IS FOR THE SHAMARR WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR. THIS WASTEWATER LINE IS BASICALLY COMES FROM THE MYRICK LANE ALL THE WAY TO DOWN WHERE THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT. THIS IS A GRAVITY LINE THAT SERVES ALL OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PENINSULA. THIS IS INTENDED TO SERVE PRINCETON THROUGH OUR BUILD OUT. WE HELD WE HELD A PUBLIC BID, A BID FOR THIS PROJECT. WE ENDED UP HAVING FOUR BIDDERS FOR THE PROJECT. SJ LEWIS CONSTRUCTION WAS THE WAS THE LOW BIDDER. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME FUNDING, SO WE'VE ACTUALLY KIND OF SPLIT THIS UP INTO TWO PHASES. AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE HOPING TO AWARD THE FIRST PHASE TO SJ LEWIS TONIGHT WITH WITH KIMBERLY HORNE, OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS. WE'VE REVIEWED THE REFERENCES PROVIDED AND THEY WERE ALL POSITIVE. I THINK THOSE MAY BE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING AN AWARD TO CK LEWIS CONSTRUCTION. MR. HAMBURGER AND MS. ROUSE ARE HERE TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR I CAN TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. IF NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-197 FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06-27-R07 FOR SHAMARR LANE. WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR. MOTION MADE BY MR. OBERA. I'LL SECOND THAT. SECOND BY MR. WASHINGTON. WE WILL HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE. [01:35:05] MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 2022-198. CERTIFICATE OBLIGATION SEWER BONDS. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE COMBINATION TAX REVENUE. CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBER CITIZENS OF PRINCETON. TONIGHT, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT STARTS THE PROCESS TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO FUND THE CITY'S UTILITY NEEDS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, I'VE GOT A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S PROPOSED. THE CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM INCLUDES $20 MILLION FOR CAP FOR UTILITY NEEDS. OUR PLAN IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY'S VERY HIGH CREDIT RATING TISSUE CERTIFICATES OBLIGATION. THEY'RE A DOUBLE BARRELED PLEDGE. THEY PLEDGE THAT LONG TERM. BUT THE CITY PLANS TO SELF SUPPORT THEM BY BY PLANNING AND BUDGETING THE NET REVENUES, THE UTILITY SYSTEM, JUST LIKE IT DOES FOR EXISTING DEBT. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE NO IMPACT ON THE CITY'S UTILITY. FEES. AT THE MOMENT, THOUGH, THE CITY'S IN THE MIDST OF A DUELING UTILITY STUDY. AND WE'LL SEE THROUGH SEE THAT PROCESS THROUGH. THE CITY CURRENTLY IS RATED BY TWO RATING AGENCIES, DOUBLE AA MINUS THE VERY HIGH RATINGS, VERY HIGH FOR THE CITY. IT WAS RECENTLY UPGRADED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND CURRENTLY THE INTEREST RATE, BASED ON THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE. 0.73%. ALL THE PLANNING OLD NUMBERS I'M SHOW YOU SHOW THE CURRENT RATES PLUS 50 BASIS POINTS TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN CASE INTEREST RATES CONTINUE TO MOVE UPWARDS. THE GOAL IN THIS WAS TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHARTS I PRESENT TO YOU THAT RATES ARE MOVING UP. IN SUMMARY, THE CITY HAS NEEDS. IT'S GOT EXCELLENT CREDIT. INVESTORS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR QUALITY BONDS. AS MY MENTOR TOLD ME EARLY IN MY CAREER, WHEN INVESTORS HAVE INTEREST RATE RISKS, THEY DON'T WANT CREDIT, RISK AND THE MOST CREDITWORTHY ENTITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, OUR CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. OUR ECONOMY IS GROWING. AND SO INVESTORS WHILE RATES ARE GOING UP. AS I INDICATED EARLIER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PRICING OF BONDS, THERE'S MORE BIDDERS THAN EVER BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR QUALITY CREDITS. IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY AS WE WERE PREPARING THIS. WE LOOKED AT THE CITY'S EXISTING RATINGS. OUR EXPECTATIONS THAT WE APPLY FOR BOTH RATINGS TO SHOW OUR INVESTORS OUR HIGH CREDIT QUALITY. THE DOUBLE A-MINUS IS A VERY HIGH RATING FOR A CITY YOUR SIZE AND YOUR STATE OF MATURITY. I LOOKED AT THE RATINGS AND I DISCUSSED IT WITH DEREK. IT'S SUCH A POSITIVE RATING. I COULDN'T WRITE A BETTER REPORT ABOUT THE CITY IF I DID MYSELF. EVERY DISCRETIONARY OR ITEM OR ITEM THAT YOU REALLY CAN INFLUENCE WAS CONSIDERED STRONG. I'M GOING TO QUOTE WHAT THE RATING AGENCIES, FITCH AND STANDARD POOR'S SAID. YOU HAVE A VERY STRONG ECONOMY. YOU HAVE SUPERIOR BUDGET FLEXIBILITY. YOU'VE HAD STRONG BUDGET PERFORMANCE. AND YOU HAVE VERY STRONG MANAGEMENT. IT'S THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE THOSE ITEMS. THEY INDICATED IN THE WRITE UP THAT EVEN THOUGH YOUR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE HAS DOUBLED IN THE PAST YEAR, BUDGET PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN STABLE. RAPID GROWTH HAS BEEN BOTH ANTICIPATED AND MANAGED, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH EXPENDITURES, CONTROLLED EXPENDITURES TO MANAGE THIS PROCESS. I EXPECT THAT AS STRONG AS THOSE RATINGS WERE WHEN THEY WERE DONE A YEAR AGO, THEY'RE GOING TO EVEN BE STRONGER NOW. THE CITY HAS NEVER BEEN IN A STRONGER FINANCIAL POSITION AND WITH THAT WE EXPECT THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF VERY COMPETITIVE BIDDERS FOR THE PROCESS. IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, IT TALKS ABOUT INTEREST RATES AND I PUT THIS THERE TOGETHER FOR TWO REASONS. LAST MONTH WHEN I WAS HERE, WE DISCUSSED MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BOND BUYER INDEX OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IS WHAT WE'RE SELLING HERE. LAST WEEK IT WAS 357 TO TELL YOU HOW FAST INTEREST RATES HAVE MOVED. WE WERE JUST ABOUT 212 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE'RE AT 357. 357 ITSELF ON THE INDEX IS HISTORICALLY PRETTY LOW. IT'S RIGHT ABOUT MIDPOINT. 50% OF THE TIME, THE LAST TEN YEARS, IT'S BEEN LOWER. ABOUT 50% HAS BEEN HIGHER. BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN GOING UP. AND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH I SAID A MONTH AGO AND WHEN I TALKED TO ERIC, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO CATCH RATES AS THEY'RE GOING UP [01:40:01] BEFORE THEY CONTINUE TO GO UP. OUR ECONOMISTS AND THE CONSENSUS OF THE WALL STREET ECONOMISTS BELIEVES THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF CONTINUED RATE INCREASES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. PROBABLY NOT SAYING ANYTHING TO YOU YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AT A TIME, AT THE SAME TIME. YOU KNOW, IN MY CAREER, THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LOW RATE AT TIME FRAME. BUT OUR GOAL IS TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE RATES WE HAVE. AND AS I'VE INDICATED BEFORE, THOSE ARE RATES ON A NATIONAL AVERAGE. I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SELL A LITTLE BIT BETTER. PEOPLE WILL LINE UP TO BUY OUR BONDS BECAUSE WE'RE A VERY STRONG COMMUNITY. ON THE NEXT PAGE IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT OUR ANALYSIS INCLUDES. IT INCLUDES SELLING 20 MILLION, 250,000 OF. PARAMOUNT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION TO FUND THE $20 MILLION PROJECT FUND. AND THE COST OF ISSUANCE WILL BE A 30 YEAR AMORTIZATION DEBT MAXIMUM. AS I INDICATED, CURRENT RATES PLUS 50 BASIS POINTS WOULD BE A 4.23, GIVING US ABOUT 18.8 MILLION OF INTEREST FOR A TOTAL COST EXCUSE ME, ABOUT 16.8 MILLION OF INTEREST FOR A TOTAL COST OF ABOUT 37 MILLION ANNUAL PENNY OF ABOUT 1.2 ADDED TO OUR ADDITIONAL OUR EXISTING DEBT. IF YOU LOOK ON THE NEXT PAGE IS ACTUALLY SHOWS YOUR AMORTIZATION. AND WHAT OUR GOAL HERE IS IS WHAT WE CALL A KIND OF A WRAPAROUND SCENARIO TO TAKE THE CITY'S EXISTING OBLIGATIONS, ITS DIRECT OBLIGATIONS AND ITS OBLIGATIONS. IT HAS THE GTUA AND WRAPPED AROUND IT. SO WE HAVE AS MINIMUM PAYMENTS INCREASE AS WE GO FORWARD. IT'S PRETTY STANDARD PROCESS WHEN YOU DO UTILITIES TO TRY TO BUFFER YOUR INCREASE AND TO AND TO. AND TO SPREAD IT OUT OVER TIME. A COUPLE OF POINTS I'D MAKE. WE ARE STILL EVALUATING SCENARIOS, BUT ONE UNIQUE ASPECT OF INTEREST RATES IS THE INTEREST RATES. ON THE 30 YEAR SCHEDULE, THE HIGHEST RATE IN OUR BOND MARKET IS ABOUT TEN YEARS. ACTUALLY, THEY GO DOWN SLIGHTLY. WE'RE IN AN INVERTED YIELD CURVE. AND SO THIS IS A TIME WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING WITH STAFF STAYING AT 30 YEARS BECAUSE ACTUALLY DOESN'T INCREASE OUR INTEREST RATES, BUT IT SPREADS OUT THAT COST OVER TIME. IN SUMMARY, ON THE NEXT PAGE, THIS TELLS YOU THAT OUR TIME FRAME AND I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER TONIGHT, YOU JUST AUTHORIZED THE NOTICE OF INTENT, WHICH DIRECTS THE CITY SECRETARY TO PUBLISH IT. IT'LL BE PUBLISHED AND 40 DAY NOTICE, 45 DAYS NOTICE PERIOD FROM THE FIRST PUBLICATION HAS TO EXPIRE AND THEN WE CAN ISSUE THE BOND. SO THE FIRST TIME WE REALLY CAN GO TO THE MARKET WOULD BE AUGUST 22ND AND WE EXPECT A COMPETITIVE SALE TO RECEIVE BIDS AND PRESENT THOSE BIDS FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR ORANGE THAT EVENING AND THEN SUBMIT THAT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL IS CLOSING IN SEPTEMBER 22ND. SUMMARY CITIES GOT NEEDS AS ALL GROWING CITIES HAVE. YOUR RATES ARE UP, YOUR EXCELLENT CREDIT, YOUR GOOD DEBT STRUCTURE ALLOW US TO ABSORB THIS, WE THINK, WITHOUT ANY PROJECTED IMPACT ON YOUR UTILITY BILLS, AND WE'LL FLUSH IT OUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS RATE STUDY. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS, FORMAL COMMENTS, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION HERE. IF NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-198 FOR CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION FOR SEWER BONDS. MOTION BEEN MADE TO APPROVE BY MR. OBERA. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. KLEIBER. WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT ITEM IS 2022-199 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? MY ONE AGENDA ITEM WOULD BE TO ADD THE THE JUVENILE DISCUSSION TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE NEXT MEETING. YES OR WHATEVER. I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO UPDATE ON. THE FOREST GROVE LIFT STATION IN THE COLLEGE STREET LIFT STATION. I KNOW WE GET INFORMATION ON PROJECT LIST, BUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF DRAWN OUT SO WE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE TWO PROJECTS. THANK YOU. MR. WASHINGTON. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING, SO WE'LL HAVE REPORT AGENDA. [REPORT AGENDA] MR. BORG. THANK YOU. [01:45:02] JUST A REMINDER, THE JULY SPECTACULAR IS SUNDAY, JULY 3RD, FROM 2 TO 10 AT THE JAM CALDWELL COMMUNITY PARK. NEXT HOME REAL CHARTER MEETING IS HERE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 6TH HERE AT 630. THE NEXT. THESE TWO ARE THESE ARE THESE ARE PUT TOGETHER SO THAT IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC THAT HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS, WATCH ONLINE, WHATEVER, IT'S GIVING THOSE FOLKS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TO COME AND AND VOICE THEIR OPINION, MAYBE GIVE SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS TO THE BOARD. AND THAT WILL BE ON SUNDAY, JULY 10TH, FROM 2 TO 4 RIGHT HERE. AND THEN THEN THE FOLLOWING ONE ON SATURDAY, JULY 16TH, FROM 10 TO 12, WE PICKED THOSE TIMES TO SORT OF WORK AROUND SOME CHURCH SCHEDULES THAT FOLKS MIGHT HAVE AND SOME ABILITY FOR THEM TO MAYBE HAVE SOME EXTRA COMMENT. AND OUR NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE IS ON JULY 11TH AT 6:30. NEXT ITEM IS CITY COUNCIL REPORT AGENDA. [CC REPORT AGENDA] CITY COUNCIL REPORTS ABOUT ANY ITEMS WITH COMMUNITY INTEREST REGARDING WITH WITH WHICH NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING? BUT I JUST NEED TO ASK MR. BORG. QUESTION ON THE HOME RULE CHARTER WORK SESSION. CAN CITY COUNCIL ATTEND THAT INDIVIDUALLY? THEY CAN. THEY CAN. SURE. THANK YOU. WE'LL PROBABLY BREAK BEFORE WE POST IT. WE'LL PROBABLY, DAVID, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY BE PRESENT, THERE WOULD BE NO ACTION TAKEN. WE INCLUDE A NOTICE OF QUORUM FOR ALL THE PRINCETON ELECTED BODIES AND APPOINTED BODIES ON THE CHARTER COMMISSION MEETINGS. AND THAT WILL BE DONE FOR THESE PUBLIC WORKS SESSIONS AS WELL. IT WILL ADVISE THE PUBLIC THAT THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A QUORUM OF PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE THAT BELONG TO THOSE BODIES, BUT THAT NO OFFICIAL ACTION BY THOSE BODIES WOULD BE TAKEN AT THOSE MEETINGS. SO THAT THAT WAY IT SHOULD BE SAFE FOR AS MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WANT TO ATTEND AND TALK TO THE COMMISSION ABOUT THEIR ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, COMMUNICATE WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS FEEL, THAT SORT OF THING, OR INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC THAT APPEAR FOR THOSE WEEKEND SESSIONS. THAT SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY A VIABLE THING TO DO. WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, HOW ARE WE HOW ARE WE PUTTING THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC? I'M SORRY. BY WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? HOW WE'RE ADVERTISING EXACTLY? I'M NOT. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS ON THAT. I THINK DEREK CAN PROBABLY SPEAK BETTER TO THAT. WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND AND THEN IT'LL BE PUT OUT THROUGH OUR TYPICAL SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. AND WE'LL WORK. WE'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS OUT AS BEST WE CAN. OF COURSE, THERE'S THE PAPER HERE. THEY'LL PROBABLY LET US LET US KNOW ALSO. SO WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO LET FOLKS KNOW. YOU BET. ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMEN? YES. I HAVE ONE MORE THING I NOTICED. WE'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY IN IN AUGUST. AND I WANT TO THANK CHIEF FOR GETTING THAT GOING, IMPLEMENTING THAT. I TOOK A FEW YEARS AGO. IT'S A VERY GOOD PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW IF I PASSED, BUT I ENJOY IT. OKAY. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MR. OBERA MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. KLEIBER. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.