[1. CALL TO ORDER; ROLL CALL] [00:00:02] IT IS 6:39, LET'S GET STARTED. SORRY WE'RE A LITTLE LATE, HAD SOME HOUSEKEEPING TO DO TONIGHT FOR POTENTIALLY THE FINAL MEETING. WE WILL BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE HAVE A FULL ROSTER AND NOW WE'RE AT ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE? SEEING NONE AND BY THE WAY, WE ALSO HAVE ALTERNATE MATTHEW KRUM HERE. THANK YOU, MATTHEW [3. Consent Agenda] ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE HRCC AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS AN HRCC VOTING MEMBER SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND BE CONSIDERED DURING THE COURSE OF THE REGULAR AGENDA. NUMBER A IS ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THE HCRC JULY 20TH, 2022, MEETING AS THE OFFICIAL MINUTES FOR SAID MEETING AND ITEM B WOULD BE ADOPTING UPDATES TO THE HCRC ROSTER TO REFLECT EXCHANGES OF ALTERNATES AND VOTING MEMBERS. AND FOR THIS EVENING, ALTERNATES SHELLY NUNLEY AND MICHAEL CRAWFORD SHALL REPLACE MELISSA NED AND LINDSEY KESSLER AS VOTING MEMBERS. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? KRUM HAS MADE A SECOND. IS THERE OBJECTION? HEARING NONE. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. AND WE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. WHICH WILL BE [INAUDIBLE] PRESENTATION BY MR. [4. Presentation by City Attorney regarding the evolution of the draft charter and Q&A with the HRCC members.] OVERCASH, CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE DRAFT CHARTER. AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION. AND THE MIC IS YOURS, MR. OVERCASH. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN SOLOMON, AND GREETINGS FOR WHAT I HOPE WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING OF THIS BODY. IT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A JOURNEY AND A SAGA TO GET HERE. YOU GUYS FIRST STARTED CONVENING IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE, AND NOW WE FIND OURSELVES AT AUGUST AT WHAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE THE END OF THE ROAD. SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE TOTAL OVERVIEW, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT, YOUR CURRENT LIVE VERSION AND THE PROVISIONAL FINAL, AS I'VE BEEN LABELING IT, ADDITION OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER IS VERSION THREE AND DENOTED BY A V3. AND WHAT THAT HAS IS IT WAS HARMONIZED JUST A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL LITTLE CHANGES THAT WERE THAT WERE NEEDED TO BE MADE TO CORRECT SOME, SOME ISSUES. SO THE TOTAL OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, OR AT LEAST IS WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE DRAFT SINCE THE LAST MEETING HAS BEEN WE HARMONIZED SOME DESIGNATIONS OF SEAT NUMBERS. THERE WAS ONE SECTION WHERE THEY WERE THREE THROUGH SIX AND THEY NEEDED TO BE FOUR THROUGH SEVEN. AND SO THAT EDIT WAS MADE. THERE WAS SOME COSMETIC CHANGES MADE IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE TERM MAYOR PRO TEM TO MAYOR PRO TEMPORE AND ADDING A CLARIFYING CLAUSE THAT WHILE SERVING AS MAYOR PRO TEMPORE, THAT MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT GIVE UP THEIR THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE ON CITY COUNCIL MATTERS. THERE ARE SOME GRAMMATICAL EDITS TO THE ELIGIBILITY, THE WAY THAT THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EDC WAS STATED AND THE TERM LIMITS IN SECTION 3.02 CHANGE THE REFERENCE. THE WAY THAT THE CANDIDATE FILING REFERENCE IN SECTION 11.04 WAS PHRASED IT PREVIOUSLY READ THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO APPLY FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL COULD FILE AN APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN NOW DELIMITED. SO IT'S NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO THOSE POSITIONS, IT'S JUST KIND OF AN ACCOMMODATION IN CASE LATER ON THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICES THAT WILL BE ELECTED. THE ONLY ONES THAT THE CHARTER PROVIDES FOR BEING ELECTED ARE STILL THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THAT DID NOT CHANGE. BUT IF AT A FUTURE DATE THE CHARTER WERE AFTER ADOPTION, THE CHARTER WERE LATER AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTION OF SOMEBODY ELSE. THE SAME CANDIDATE FILING RULES WOULD APPLY. AND THEN ALSO ADDED SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE TO THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT PROVISIONS TO SPECIFY THAT WHEN ONE OF THOSE SEATS BECOMES [00:05:05] VACANT AND NEEDS TO BE FILLED BY A SPECIAL ELECTION, THAT THAT SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE FROM THE DISTRICT RATHER THAN THE CITY'S VOTERS AT LARGE, WHERE IT WOULDN'T BE AT LARGE VOTERS VOTING TO FILL A SEAT THAT WOULD NORMALLY IN THE REGULAR ELECTION CYCLE BE FILLED ONLY BY A SINGLE DISTRICT TERRITORY. SO THOSE DON'T REFLECT ANYTHING THAT I WOULD CALL ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE DRAFT YOU SAW LAST TIME. SO NONE OF THAT LANGUAGE, I THINK, WARRANTS ANY NECESSARILY INDIVIDUALIZED DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TONIGHT. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS ANY OF IT. I'M JUST HIGHLIGHTING IT TO YOU IN CASE SOMEBODY HAS QUESTIONS. SO TO GO BACK AND AS PROMISED, DELIVER THE OVERVIEW. SO TO REMIND YOU ALL THE WAY THAT THIS PROCESS STARTED OUT, THE IDEA AND THE DIRECTION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO CITY STAFF WAS TO START OFF WITH A CHARTER THAT REPRESENTS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN MANAGE TO THE SAME AS BEING GENERAL LAW TYPE A GENERAL LAW, WHICH THE CITY OF PRINCETON IS RIGHT NOW AND REPRESENTED THE LEAST CHANGE TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN SIMPLY TOGGLING FROM TYPE A GENERAL LAW TO HOME RULE, CHANGING THAT CATEGORIZATION. AND THAT WAS KIND OF EVERYTHING ELSE WAS SUPPOSED TO STAY AS MUCH THE SAME AS IT POSSIBLY CAN BE. AND THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL CHARTER THAT WE STARTED OFF WITH AT THE FIRST MEETING. IT DIDN'T CONTAIN SOME DRAFT SUGGESTED PROVISIONS FOR INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL, WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANT NEW POWERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HOME RULE CITIES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN PRINCETON AS A TYPE A GENERAL LAW CITY. SO THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN THAT FIRST DRAFT THAT WE STARTED WITH AS A KIND OF STARTING POINT. AND TO HELP GIVE YOU GUYS A FRAMEWORK FOR DISCUSSIONS OF DO WE WANT THESE POWERS? AND IF WE DO WANT THEM, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO LOOK LIKE? SO WITH THAT AS THE STARTING POINT, WE THEN HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS WHERE WE WENT EXHAUSTIVELY THROUGH EVERY SINGLE SECTION OF THIS CHARTER AND GAVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND PROPOSE IDEAS FOR HOW THIS DOCUMENT OR HOW A CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON MIGHT BE FORMED. AND THEN WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF STAFF, WE ADAPTED THAT LANGUAGE AND EXECUTED THE VARIOUS DECISIONS YOU GUYS HAVE MADE AND REFLECTED THAT IN THE DRAFT CHARTER THAT WE'RE HOPING WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE FINALIZED TONIGHT. SO THE MAJOR MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU MADE, THOUGH, I THINK ARE WORTH HIGHLIGHTING. TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS DID NOT JUST RUBBER STAMP THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND THAT THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK AND EFFORT AND THOUGHT PUT INTO WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS GOING TO DO AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO SAY AND WHAT THE RULES ARE GOING TO BE GOVERNING THE CITY OF PRINCETON IF THIS CHARTER IS ULTIMATELY ADOPTED. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WAS DONE WAS THAT THE COMMISSION ADJUSTED THE PRESENTATION OF MATTERS RELATING TO ANNEXATION AUTHORITY TO HELP MAKE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY'RE REVIEWING THIS, THAT THE CITY'S ANNEXATION POWERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE EXPANDED MERELY BY THE ADOPTION OF THIS CHARTER. THIS CHARTER DOES NOT TAKE ACTION TO ADD NEW ANNEXATION POWERS TO ANY POWERS THAT ARE OTHERWISE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY UNDER CURRENT LAW. THE IDEA, THE CONCEPT OF HOME RULE CITIES HAVING GREATER ANNEXATION POWER WAS STRIPPED AWAY BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. IT IS NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE. THAT CHANGE IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. AND SO THIS CHARTER, THIS GO ROUND IS TRYING TO STATE THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THE COMMISSION HAS ALSO TAKEN ACTION TO EXTEND THE CITY COUNCIL TERMS FROM THEIR CURRENT THREE YEAR TIME LENGTH TO FOUR YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE STAGGERING INITIAL ELECTIONS PERIOD. TWO NEW SEATS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ADDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WILL IMMEDIATELY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VOICES THAT ARE GOVERNING YOUR MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND IN PARTICULAR, HELP CATCH UP FOR THE LONG GAP BETWEEN PRINCETON'S FIRST ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME RULE STATUS WHEN IT REACHED OVER 5,000 INHABITANTS MANY YEARS AGO. AND THE PRESENT DAY WHERE WE NOW HAVE THE SAME FIVE SEATS AVAILABLE FOR VOTING, COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING A MUCH, MUCH GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE, ROUGHLY TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CASE HAD THE THE CITY GONE HOME RULE MUCH EARLIER WHEN IT WAS FIRST ALLOWED TO. THE COMMISSION TOOK FURTHER ACTION TO INCORPORATE TERM LIMITS, WHICH NONE EXISTS RIGHT NOW UNDER TEXAS LAW FOR GENERAL LAW CITIES AND THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THIS BODY DETERMINED THAT THIS CHARTER, AS PRESENTED TO THE VOTERS, SHOULD INCLUDE TERM LIMITS. SO LIMITS ON CONSECUTIVE SERVICE TERMS FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WERE IMPLEMENTED ALONG WITH LIMITS TO AGGREGATE SERVICE BETWEEN FOR [00:10:09] MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THE PEDC AND CDC, THE TWO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS THAT THE CITY ALREADY MAINTAINS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOCATION OF A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE SALES TAX ARE MADE MANDATORY BOARDS IN THE CITY UNDER THE CHARTER WHERE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE IN EXISTENCE. AND SOME OF THE ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR APPOINTMENTS THAT WERE ARTICULATED BY THE BOARD OR BY THIS COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION ALSO MADE IT MANDATORY THAT THE CITY PUBLISH ITS ORDINANCES ONLINE, WHICH MAY SEEM LIKE A RELATIVELY SMALL THING, BUT MEANS A LOT FOR TRANSPARENCY TO LOTS OF PEOPLE. AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT TEXAS LAW NECESSARILY REQUIRES IN THE ABSENCE OF THIS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS AND THE COMMISSION OR ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WAS NOT BY ANY MEANS REQUIRED TO DO, BUT HAS DETERMINED THAT IT'S THE RIGHT MOVE FOR THIS FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CHARTER. YOU RATIFIED THE ADDITIONAL POWERS OF INITIATIVE REFERENDUM AND RECALL THAT I DISCUSSED EARLIER AND MODIFIED THE PETITION REQUIREMENTS AS COMPARED TO WHAT WAS JUST INITIALLY PUT BEFORE YOU AS AN EXAMPLE. AND ALSO, AND PERHAPS MOST CONTENTIOUSLY OR WITH THE MOST WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH, SO TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE ELECTION OF FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS BEGINNING IN 2030 AND PROVIDED SOME SENSIBLE GUIDELINES FOR HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE, WHICH I KNOW WAS ONE OF THE HARDER THINGS FOR EVERYBODY TO WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK. BUT YOU GUYS MADE SOME SOME DECISIONS ON THAT AND I THINK THE THE DRAFT IS IN GOOD STANDING FOR THAT. SO THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF GOT TO HERE. AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHER LITTLE OTHER THINGS DONE ALONG THE WAY. THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE BIG OVERVIEW. BUT THE POINT WAS TO TRY TO HIGHLIGHT TO Y'ALL THAT YOU HAVE MADE SOME SUBSTANTIAL DECISIONS HERE AND AND YOU WERE CALLING THE SHOTS AND I'VE JUST BEEN TRYING TO HELP YOU GET THERE. HOPEFULLY I THINK THIS DRAFT REFLECTS THE THE RULES OF GOVERNANCE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DISCUSSED AND DELIBERATED SO FAR, AND THAT THE TOTAL THING EMBODIES SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS A GOOD PRODUCT THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO THE VOTERS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO THEN RECEIVE SO THAT THEY CAN ORDER THE ELECTION. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF THE FORM FOR HOW THIS FINALIZES. SO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING TONIGHT, I'VE GOT A WISH LIST THAT I'VE GOT HERE OF THINGS TO DO. NUMBER ONE WAS ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA CHECK. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE ALREADY DOING GREAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO ULTIMATELY WANT TO ADOPT A MOTION THAT ADDS THE FINAL HRC LANGUAGE, THE FINAL LANGUAGE OF THE CHARTER AND THE FINAL ROSTER FOR THE HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION TO THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE ALMOST AT ANY TIME, BUT CAN BE DONE AS A PROCEDURAL THING NEAR THE END. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE THE DRAFT ITSELF AND THAT DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT, I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES AS A PORTION OF THEM AND INCORPORATED INTO THAT DOCUMENT ALONG WITH THE THE FINAL ROSTER THAT REFLECTS THE CHANGES ADOPTED TONIGHT ALSO AS AN EXHIBIT TO THE MINUTES. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ONE LITTLE KIND OF PROCEDURAL THING THAT I'D LIKE TO DO THERE. WE CAN DELIBERATE ON ANY FURTHER CHANGES THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO BRING UP NOW. I BELIEVE THAT ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED SINCE LAST MEETING, IT WAS ALREADY REFLECTED IN THIS DOCUMENT. THAT'S WHY IT HAD TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF ITERATIONS OF PROVISIONAL FINAL IS BECAUSE I WAS RECEIVING INPUT FROM A COUPLE OF Y'ALL REGARDING, HEY, I THINK THIS LANGUAGE NEEDS SOME ATTENTION. COULD YOU LOOK AT THIS PART? AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE QUESTIONS I ASKED. NOT ALL OF THEM REQUIRED AN EDIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK I'VE ADDRESSED ALL OF THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING THAT'S A REAL BIG SURPRISE THAT SOMEBODY IS BRINGING UP NOW. BUT IF WE DETERMINE THAT NO FURTHER EDITS ARE REALLY NECESSARY AT THIS POINT, WE'LL BE FINALIZING THE LANGUAGE OF THE DRAFT CHARTER AND DECLARING THE WORK COMPLETE AND ADOPTING A MOTION THAT RATIFIES THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING DURING THE MEETING, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE LAST MEETING, SO THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER ONE TO DO THAT DURING. SO THEN THE LAST THING ON MY WISH LIST IS ADJOURN AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. SO THAT AS FAR AS THE PROCESS, AS FAR AS THE EXECUTION GOES, THE IDEA IS THAT AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE COUNCIL MEETING, [00:15:09] IDEALLY THIS FOLLOWING MONDAY, WE'LL HAVE THE AN AGENDA ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO ORDER THE ELECTION THAT'S DISCUSSED IN SECTION 15. I BELIEVE THE LAST ONE, THE, THE RATIFICATION, THE LAST PAGE, I BELIEVE OF THE OF THE DRAFT DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT. YOU'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT CHARTER. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ORDERING THAT ELECTION BASED ON YOUR DRAFT, WHICH WOULD BE MAILED TO ALL THE VOTERS THAT WE HAVE REGISTERED IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON IN ADVANCE OF THAT ELECTION, SO THAT THEY CAN READ THE DOCUMENT AND HAVE GOTTEN ONE DELIVERED TO THEIR MAILBOX, OR AT LEAST WHATEVER MAILING ADDRESS THEY HAVE ON FILE WITH THE VOTER REGISTRAR. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BEST THAT CAN REALLY BE DONE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THAT'S THE IDEA WE'LL BE MAILING COPIES OF THAT TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY WAY TOO LARGE OF A DOCUMENT TO PUT ON THE BALLOT ITSELF. SO THEY'VE GOT TO COME EQUIPPED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON OR AT LEAST KNOW THAT THEY WHICH WAY THEY WANT TO VOTE WITHOUT HAVING READ IT. ONE OR THE OTHER BUT IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITES AND EVERYWHERE WE CAN PRETTY MUCH ADVERTISE. HERE'S WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT. SO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO EDIT THE DOCUMENT. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DECLARE IT DONE AND THEN HAVE THEM MAKE CHANGES TO IT AFTER THE FACT AND SUBMIT SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THE VOTERS. THAT IS NOT AN OPTION AVAILABLE UNDER THE LAW. SO THIS COMMISSION IS THE ONE FINALLY FINALIZING WHAT THE WHAT THE LANGUAGE OF THE CHARTER IS GOING TO BE. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES WHAT I HOPE WAS A NOT TOO PAINFUL OVERVIEW, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET SOME OF THAT STUFF SAID. AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME AND ATTENTION YOU SPENT ON EVERY TOPIC ALONG THIS WAY. I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR THIS KIND OF THING TO GET CONTENTIOUS AND NASTY, AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF BODIES OF SMALLER SIZE THAT GET THAT WAY WHEN THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS A CHARTER. BUT THIS BODY HAS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED A EXTREMELY HIGH DEGREE OF DECORUM AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. THEY WOULD LISTEN TO EACH OTHER UNTIL IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO BE SAID. AND THEN EVEN AT THAT POINT, THOUGH, YOU WOULD FIND THAT MOST OF THE TIME THIS BODY HAD AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY WILLING TO ACCEPT THE COMPROMISES REACHED BY THE FORM THE FINAL MOTION ENDED UP TAKING. THAT'S IS NOT ALWAYS A COMMON THING WHEN EVEN THOUGH TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AS BASIC AS HOW MANY CITY COUNCIL SEATS SHOULD THERE BE, WE DIDN'T HAVE VOTES THAT WERE LIKE A 7 TO 6 SPLIT OR A 6 6 WHERE THE CHAIR HAD TO BREAK THE TIE. PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S POINTS OF VIEW AND AND WERE DECIDING NOT JUST FOR THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES OR THEIR OWN PERSONAL PREFERENCES, BUT SEEMED TO REALLY BE TAKING TO HEART THE IDEA OF VIEWING THE ENTIRE PROJECT AS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND IS THIS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE COMMUNITY? IT MAY NOT BE PERFECT FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL PREFERENCES, BUT IT MIGHT BE THE DOCUMENT THAT IS RIGHT FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON AS A WHOLE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CERTAINLY OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY QUESTIONS AND TRY TO DO MY BEST TO RESOLVE THOSE. IN PARTICULAR, WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE FURTHER CHANGES TO THE CHARTER, NOW'S THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND IT'S ALSO YOUR LAST CHANCE TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF YOUR NAME OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT THAT MIGHT THAT MIGHT COME UP SO. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THE CHARTER. IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. DO WE KNOW FOR SURE IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA THIS COMING MONDAY OR? THE AGENDA FOR THAT MEETING HAS NOT YET BEEN POSTED. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY PLANNING TO INCLUDE IT ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA, BUT WE CAN'T SAY IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL YOU GUYS ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE. SO WE'RE KIND OF WAITING ON THAT TO KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN, BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE PLAN. THERE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE ROOM MADE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS ITEM, IF NECESSARY, TO AVOID HAVING ANY FURTHER DELAYS. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. THIS AGENDA IS QUITE FLEXIBLE, SO I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE THROUGH IT APPROPRIATELY. OBVIOUSLY ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. OVERCASH CAN BE BROUGHT UP AT ANY TIME. [00:20:02] MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE. [5. Discussions and deliberations regarding the formation of a charter for the City of Princeton, Texas. (Part 1 of 2)] DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS REGARDING THE FORMATION OF A CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY THE HRCCS MOTION TO ADOPT A CHANGE TO THE DRAFT CHARTER. ADOPTION OF MODIFIED LANGUAGE FOR ONE SECTION OF THE CHARTER SHALL INCLUDE ADOPTION OF HARMONIZING MODIFICATIONS TO OTHER SECTIONS, WHICH CONCERN THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER TO ELIMINATE CONFLICTS BETWEEN PROVISIONS AND ENSURE THAT THE HRCCS DECISION IS ACCURATELY REFLECTED THROUGHOUT THE DRAFT DOCUMENT. A LISTING OF SPECIFIC SECTIONS BELOW DOES NOT LIMIT THE HRCC TO DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATIONS REGARDING OTHER SECTIONS OF THE SAME CHAPTERS. THIS MEETING, AS TIME ALLOWS THE HRCC PLANS TO DISCUSS THE PROVISIONS FOR ALL SECTIONS. AT THIS MEETING HRCCS DELIBERATIONS MAY INCLUDE VOTES TO MODIFY THE LANGUAGE OF THE DRAFT CHARTER. IS THERE ANY REASON WE SHOULD NOT GO ON TO SIX? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION TO ADOPT THE DRAFT HRCC. [6. Discussion and potential action to adopt the draft HRC, subject to any revisions adopted during this meeting, as the final product of the commission and present it to City Council and declaring the HRCC’s work to be complete. If necessary, discussion and potential action regarding meeting calendar and setting agenda items for another HRCC meeting, tentatively scheduled for August 17, 2022. (Part 1 of 2)] SUBJECT TO ANY REVISIONS ADOPTED DURING THIS MEETING AS THE FINAL PRODUCT OF THE COMMISSION AND PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN DECLARING THE HRCCS WORK TO BE COMPLETE IF NECESSARY. DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION REGARDING MEETING CALENDAR AND SETTING AGENDA ITEMS FOR ANOTHER HRCC MEETING TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 17, 2022. ANY DISCUSSION UNDER THIS, OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY. YES, BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY SINCE IF THERE IS NO FURTHER WORK TO BE CONDUCTED AND NO FURTHER EDITS ARE NECESSARY TO THE DRAFT LANGUAGE OF THE CHARTER, THIS IS INTENDED TO BE THE FINAL MEETING OF THIS COMMISSION. AS SUCH, THERE WILL NOT BE A LATER MEETING TO RATIFY MINUTES AND THE LIKE. THE I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT THERE BE TO ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL REGARDING SETTING AGENDAS ITEMS FOR ANOTHER MEETING, ETC. IN ORDER TO DISPENSE WITH THE NECESSITY OF SAYING. FIRST, I WOULD ASK THE CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO INCORPORATE THE FINAL DRAFT CHARTER LANGUAGE AND THE ROSTER OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION. THE FINAL ROSTER ADOPTED TONIGHT OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION INTO THE MINUTES THAT ARE THEN GOING TO BE LATER RATIFIED FOR THIS MEETING. THAT IS THE FIRST PROCEDURAL ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER BEFORE FINALIZING THE AGENDA. THE DRAFT LANGUAGE ITSELF. OVERCASH, CAN YOU. I HAVE MAYBE ONE EDIT, BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK. YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT. [INAUDIBLE] WELL WE'LL GET TO THAT. BUT OK WE'RE LET'S LET'S WE CAN LOOP BACK AROUND TO THAT IN A SECOND, BUT WE'LL GET THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO, TO INCORPORATE THE ROSTER AND THE DRAFT LANGUAGE INTO THE MINUTES FOR THIS MEETING. THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF THE MOTION THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND ADOPTED OR MADE AND SECONDED. MR. KRUM HAS MADE THE MOTION AND [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER ELLIS SECONDED. AND I ASSUME THIS IS A NEED FOR A ROLL CALL. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A MOMENT TO SEE WHAT [INAUDIBLE] WAS REFERENCING, I'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT. MR. CHAIR, IF WE COULD RETURN BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA. [5. Discussions and deliberations regarding the formation of a charter for the City of Princeton, Texas. (Part 2 of 2)] THE DELIBERATIONS REGARDING THE CHARTER ITSELF. YES, I DON'T THINK [INAUDIBLE] WELL, YES, WE MAY. YES, THERE IS A STRAY WORD THE THAT DOESN'T BELONG IN SECTION [00:25:07] 3.05. THE CAPITAL E GABRIELLE COULD YOU PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE? THE DRAFT CHARTER AND PUT THAT SECTION UP. ARE WE TALKING TYPO HERE. IT IS THAT DEGREE OF OF ISSUE TO ADDRESS IN CAPITAL E IN THE FINAL SENTENCE. IT SAYS FOR ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHICH IS ELECTED FROM A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT, THE ONLY THOSE VOTERS AND THE RECOMMENDED EDIT WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE WORD THE WITH A COMMA AND THEN EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FINE. OH THE COMMA WAS ALREADY THERE. I OVERRODE IT WITH MY OWN LITTLE HANDWRITTEN NOTE ON HOW TO EDIT THIS. SO THEN JUST STRIKE THE SUPERFLUOUS WORD THE FROM SECTION 3.05 E THAT IS IT. THAT IS THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE CHANGE. GUYS AT THE START OF THIS MEETING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO DELETE THE SUPERFLUOUS THE FROM SECTION 3.05 E. I MAKE A MOTION THAT IN SECTION 3.05 PARAGRAPH E THE VERY LAST SENTENCE AFTER THE WORD DISTRICT AND COMMA, WE REMOVE THE WORD THE. UM. MS. ELLIS HAS MADE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. AND MR. REAGAN'S SECONDED. [INAUDIBLE] MR. CARR, SECONDED. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND WE WILL HAVE A VOTE. MOTION PASSES. ANY MORE HOUSEKEEPING? NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN RETURN TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA AND HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE TO COME BACK UP UP TOP AGAIN. HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US. OKAY, RETURN THEN TO ITEM SIX ON THE AGENDA. [6. Discussion and potential action to adopt the draft HRC, subject to any revisions adopted during this meeting, as the final product of the commission and present it to City Council and declaring the HRCC’s work to be complete. If necessary, discussion and potential action regarding meeting calendar and setting agenda items for another HRCC meeting, tentatively scheduled for August 17, 2022. (Part 2 of 2)] SO. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. I'M SORRY. THE THE ONLY OTHER HOUSEKEEPING MEETING OR ISSUE IS GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL MINUTES FOR THIS MEETING ITSELF, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY THE DRAFT VERSION IS ON THE SCREEN. BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION OTHER THAN THAT VOTE A SECOND AGO, WHICH NEEDS TO BE TYPED IN THERE. AND I WILL GO DO THAT IN A MOMENT. BUT ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THE ONLY THING THAT WILL NEED TO BE DONE IS GOING TO BE, IS GOING TO BE THE VOTE TO FINALIZE THE DRAFT CHARTER LANGUAGE AND THEN ADJOURN. THOSE SO THERE'S KIND OF TWO ITEMS BEFORE TO DO BEFORE ADJOURNING. AND SO SO WHAT'S CURRENTLY UP THERE FOR PRELIMINARY FOR THE PRELIMINARY MINUTES FOR THE MEETING IS NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU JUST FILLED IN THE RESULTS OF THAT LAST VOTE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE WORKING WHILE I'M TALKING. SO WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING ANOTHER MEETING TO RATIFY MINUTES, WE NEED TO HAVE YOU GUYS ACT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE ADJOURN THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR CAN SIGN THE DRAFT MINUTES ONCE WE FILL IN THE TIME OF ADJOURNMENT. THAT'S KIND OF THE LAST THING. IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD THING TO DO, BUT WHEN IT'S THE LAST TIME A BODY IS GOING TO MEET, YOU'VE GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF STRANGE THINGS SOMETIMES. SO THAT IS THE THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED TO DO. OTHER THAN THAT WE CAN I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T GO AHEAD AND DO THE VOTE ON THE FINALIZING THE DRAFT PART AND THEN JUST DO THE [00:30:02] MINUTES RATIFICATION AFTER WE KNOW THE RESULTS OF THAT VOTE AND CAN FILL IN THE MINUTES APPROPRIATELY. SO THERE IS PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT I BELIEVE THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF COPIES OF IT FLOATING AROUND. MR. REAGAN HAS IT I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW. THE TOP VERSION OF IT WOULD BE WOULD CERTAINLY BE THE I THINK THE ONE THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THAT FOR THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, IF I MAY. I MOVE THAT THE HRCC ACCEPT THE CURRENT DRAFT CHARTER SUBJECT TO THE CHANGES VOTED AS APPROVED DURING THIS MEETING AND ANY TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS NEEDED AS THE FINAL PRODUCT OF THE COMMISSION SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND DECLARE ITS WORK COMPLETE. COMMISSIONER REAGAN HAS MADE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MRS. KRUM HAS SECONDED THE MOTION. WE WILL HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES, IT'S ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT, SO SIT TIGHT FOR ONE VOTE AND AN ADJOURNMENT, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE DONE SO. [00:37:13] I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. THE DRAFT MINUTES ARE PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN, THOUGH IT MAY BE HARD FOR YOU ALL TO READ. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE RELEVANT ACTIVE PORTIONS ALOUD, WHICH SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG BECAUSE I CAN TALK FAST. SO A MOTION TO MODIFY THE HRC DRAFT TO DELETE A STRAY OCCURRENCE OF THE WORD THE FROM SECTION 3.1 FROM 3.05 E WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARR SAID MOTION WAS ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF 14-0 FOLLOWING A ROLL CALL VOTE. WE HAVE ALSO HAD IN THE MINUTES REFLECTING A MOTION TO INCLUDE THE FINAL DRAFT CHARTER LANGUAGE AND THE FINAL HRCC ROSTER. AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THIS MEETING WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER KRUM AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS SAID MOTION WAS APPROVED BY A VOTE OF 14-0 FOLLOWING A ROLL CALL VOTE. ALSO A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CURRENT DRAFT CHARTER SUBJECT TO THE CHANGES VOTED AS APPROVED DURING THIS MEETING AND ANY TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS NEEDED AS THE FINAL PRODUCT OF THE COMMISSION SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND DECLARE ITS WORK COMPLETE WITH THE ADJOURNMENT OF THIS MEETING WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER REAGAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KRUM SAID MOTION WAS APPROVED BY A VOTE OF 14-0 FOLLOWING A ROLL CALL VOTE. I ALSO HAVE THE PLACEHOLDER FOR THIS VERY MOTION THAT I'M SUGGESTING THAT YOU DO RIGHT NOW. PRELIMINARY MINUTES FOR THE MEETING WERE DISCUSSED AND A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE THE ADOPT IT SHOULD BE AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF THE PRESENTED DRAFT MINUTES. I'M SORRY OR THE MOTION ADOPTING. WE CAN JUST SAY ADOPTING THE PRESENTED DRAFT MINUTES. I BELIEVE THAT'S HOW I WROTE IT OR I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW I HANDWROTE THE MOTION, BUT ADOPTING THE PRESENTED DRAFT MINUTES AS THE FINAL OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THIS MEETING WITH THE TIME OF ADJOURNMENT NOTED PRIOR TO SIGNATURE, AND IT HAS BLANKS FOR WHO MADE THE MOTION, WHO SECONDED, AND WHAT THE RESULT IS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE FILLED IN BEFORE Y'ALL FINISH TAKING A COUPLE MORE BREATHS AFTER THE LAST VOTE ON THE ROLL CALL VOTE, AND THEN WE SHOULD BE RIPE FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO, MR. CHAIR, IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE MOTION HOOPER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO ADOPT THE PRESENTED DRAFT MINUTES AS THE FINAL OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THIS MEETING. MR. HOOPER HAS A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT AGAIN. AND MRS. KRUM SECONDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [00:40:03] ANYTHING ELSE? IF THERE IS NOT WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MRS. KRUM HAS MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WALKER. IS THERE OBJECTION? COMMISSION ADJOURNED [INAUDIBLE]. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.