GOOD EVENING. [00:00:03] I'D LIKE TO CALL THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:45 P.M. ON MONDAY, AUGUST EIGHT. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE ROLL CALL. INVOCATION TO BE GIVEN BY CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] I ALWAYS SAY [INAUDIBLE]. FROM CV.CHURCH. LET'S PRAY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND HEAR ABOUT OUR CITY AND BE ABLE TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. I ASK THAT YOU WILL HELP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE WILL DO SO WITH GRACE AND WITH JUST PROPER COURTESY OF EACH OTHER. I THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPAND OUR CITY IN A GREAT AND A WAY THAT WILL IMPACT THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE, BUSINESSES THAT WILL COME, AND LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL JUST CONTINUE TO OPEN UP DOORS FOR US TO BE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN GROW AND TO THRIVE AGAIN. BE WITH THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND YOUR BLESSINGS UPON IT. IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN. NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC APPEARANCE. SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK. COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS SECTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THE SPEAKERS INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY OR RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY. AND WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO DO A PUBLIC APPEARANCE THIS EVENING. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC APPEARANCE. NEXT ITEM IS MAYOR'S COMMENTS. THERE WILL BE NONE. CONSENT AGENDA. [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 DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO REQUEST IN WHICH THE EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA. FIRST ITEM IS MINUTES DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE MINUTES OF JULY 25TH, 2022 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FY 2022 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FY 2022 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON FY 2021-2022 FINANCIAL REPORT THIRD QUARTER FINAL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY OF PRINCETON FY 2021 2022 FINANCIAL REPORT ENDED JUNE 30, 2022. THIRD QUARTER FINAL AND LOCAL DISPATCH SERVICE AGREEMENT FY 2023 PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE INTER LOCAL DISPATCH AMENDMENT SERVICE AGREEMENT FY 2023 PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FY 2023 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE INTERLOCAL ENVIRONMENT SERVICE AGREEMENT. FY 2023 RESIGNATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION [INAUDIBLE] ACCEPT RESIGNATION FROM JUSTICE JUSTIN SCHULTZ [INAUDIBLE] THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP PLACE SEVEN. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-08-08R01 RENAMING OF [INAUDIBLE] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE RENAMING OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS [INAUDIBLE] PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD 4400 [INAUDIBLE] LANE PROVIDED AN EFFECTIVE DATE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-08 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS. ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL CODES AS [INAUDIBLE] CODES FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON [INAUDIBLE] ADOPTING THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL. GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODES AMENDING CHAPTER 35 PREVENTION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND [INAUDIBLE] STANDARDS AND AMENDMENTS THERETO REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-08-08R02 TRUIST BANK DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-08-08R02 RELATING TO THE FINANCING OF CERTAIN VEHICLES THROUGH LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH TRUIST BANK. REVISE REPLACE RESOLUTION 2022-06-27R01, WHICH PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE SAME EXPENDITURES. [00:05:02] GENTLEMEN. IF THERE'S NO [INAUDIBLE] BE TAKEN OFF, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSIDERATION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT OF GENERAL MOTION BE MADE BY MR. OBERA TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL SECOND THAT. SECOND BY MR. WASHINGTON. I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT IS THE REGULAR AGENDA 2022-227-HRCC RECEIVED REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE PRINCETON HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION'S FINAL MEETING [REGULAR AGENDA] OF AUGUST 3RD, 2022 AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SAME. MR. OVERCASH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DEFFIBAUGH, THERE'S A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO GO ALONG WITH THIS, BUT IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO TERRIBLY LONG. I HOPE SO, THESE ARE JUST SOME PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW AND JUST A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND KIND OF RECAPPING WHERE WE ARE NOW AND OUTLINING THE NEXT STEPS SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE TO THE FIRST SUBSTANTIVE SLIDE. SO TWO FORWARD FROM THIS, WE'VE BEEN WE HAD ENGAGED IN THE CITY OF MEETINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS COUNCIL'S DIRECTION THAT BEGAN IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WHERE WE CONVENED A COMMITTEE, THE HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION OF 15 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY LIMITS TO DISCUSS, DELIBERATE, FORMULATE ALONG WITH WHATEVER OTHER COMMUNITY INPUT WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDED AND AVAILABLE, AND THE OTHER ALTERNATES THAT WERE SERVING ON THE COMMISSION WHO ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO ITS WORK TO FORMULATE A HOME RULE CHARTER, THIS IS TO CARRY FORWARD THE WILL OF THE VOTERS THAT WAS EXPRESSED IN LAST NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT CHARTER COMMISSION SHOULD BE FORMED TO DRAFT A CHARTER , AND THAT COMMISSION, AFTER MEETING TWICE A MONTH FOR SINCE FEBRUARY, RECENTLY CONCLUDED ITS WORK AFTER A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SPECIAL WORK SESSIONS AND THEY HAVE FINALIZED THE LANGUAGE OF THEIR DRAFT CHARTER, DECLARED THEIR WORK TO BE COMPLETE AND SUBMITTED IT TO THIS BODY SO THAT AN ELECTION CAN BE ORDERED ON WHETHER OR NOT THE CITIZENS OF PRINCETON WILL CHOOSE TO ADOPT IT. SO JUST TO KIND OF RECAP THINGS, WHAT IS A HOME RULE CITY? WELL, A CITY STARTS WHEN IT'S INCORPORATED, WHEN A GROUP OF CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN A CERTAIN LIMITED GEOGRAPHIC AREA GROUPED TOGETHER AND SAY WE NEED POWERS OF GOVERNMENT TO HELP REGULATE OUR AFFAIRS, AND THAT CREATES A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT IS KIND OF THE BIRTH OF A CITY, AND IT CAN BE CONSIDERED A CHILD AT THAT POINT, AND CHILDREN UNDER TEXAS LAW, WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MATTERS, ARE GOVERNED UNDER WHAT THEY CALL GENERAL LAW. THAT IS THE EDICTS OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE THAT SAY THIS IS HOW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE RUN. THIS IS THE BACKDROP, THE KIND OF DEFAULT FRAMEWORK THAT WE SAY WILL APPLY TO EVERY CITY THAT IS FORMED IN TEXAS FOR AT LEAST THE EARLY STAGES OF ITS BEING. WHAT THEY RESERVE FOR LARGER CITIES IS WHAT THEY CALL THE MORE FULL POWERS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU GET ACCESS TO THROUGH ADOPTION OF A HOME RULE CHARTER. ONCE THE CITY REACHES THE LEVEL OF 5000 INHABITANTS OR MORE, IT IS ALLOWED TO CREATE ITS OWN RULES AND EXPAND ITS POWERS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT WITH IF THE VOTERS OF THE CITY CONSENT TO THAT. SO THAT PROCESS IS THROUGH THE HOME RULE CHARTER ADOPTION, AND IT REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 5000 INHABITANTS. CITY OF PRINCETON HAS BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME AND IS REALLY BEHIND THE HISTORICAL CURVE WHERE MOST CITIES OF THIS SIZE WOULD HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THAT AND BECOME GONE TO HOME RULE STATUS. THE HOME RULE CHARTER IS THE DOCUMENT WHICH ESTABLISHES THE STRUCTURE OF THE CITY'S GOVERNING BODY AND GOVERNS THE ACTIVITIES OF ITS OFFICERS. FOR EMPLOYEES TO OPERATE THAT THEY MUST OPERATE WITHIN WHILE THEY'RE EXECUTING THE ENACTMENTS OF THE CITY'S ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE CITY COUNCIL. SO IT'S ANALOGOUS TO A CONSTITUTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THIS DOCUMENT KIND OF PROVIDES THE BACKGROUND, THE STRUCTURE, THE FRAMEWORK BY WHICH THE OTHER MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS ARE CARRIED OUT. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT HAVE DISCRETION TO DEVIATE FROM ITS REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT AMENDING THE CHARTER. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RETAIN LOTS OF AUTHORITY TO PASS ORDINANCES AND GOVERN VARIOUS AFFAIRS, BUT THEY MUST OPERATE WITHIN THE BOUNDS SET FOR IT BY T HE CHARTER IF ADOPTED. SO WHAT CHANGES WHEN A CITY ADOPTS HOME RULE? WELL, WE GET THE FULL ARRAY OF POWERS AVAILABLE TO TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES AS LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT. [00:10:04] THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A WIDER RANGE OF POWERS AVAILABLE. IT'S STILL GOING TO BE LIMITED BY STATE LAW. IF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE SAYS THAT CITIES CANNOT DO SOMETHING, WE WILL STILL BE POWERLESS TO DO THAT THING. HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO ALWAYS LOOK FOR A SPECIFIC STATE LAW THAT SAYS A CITY IS ALLOWED TO DO SOMETHING. A CITY CAN DO THIS. THERE ARE LOTS OF GRAY AREAS IN THE LAW BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY OR WHITE SPACE, ONE MIGHT CALL IT IN MANY AREAS OF LAW WHERE IF AN ISSUE HASN'T COME UP BEFORE OR IF THERE'S NOT A WIDE RANGING NEED FOR IT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO BRING OUT A LAW THAT SAYS SPECIFICALLY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OR ALL GENERAL LAW CITIES SHOULD HAVE THIS POWER TO TO EXERCISE AND DURING. THOSE TIMES WHERE A NEED MIGHT MANIFEST, BUT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS YET TO ACT ON IT. TO GIVE CITIES DIRECT AUTHORITY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, A GENERAL LAW CITY HAS TO JUST SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING WHILE HOME RULE CITIES MIGHT BE ARE OFTEN ABLE TO ACT FASTER. ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS FROM RELATIVELY RECENT HISTORY WOULD BE SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS. FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF TIME, THERE WAS NO STATE LAW THAT GAVE MUNICIPALITIES THE DIRECT AND EXPRESS AUTHORITY TO ADOPT THOSE REGULATIONS. HOME RULE CITIES WERE DOING IT ALL OVER AND MANY GENERAL LAW CITIES DID AS WELL, BUT THEY DID SO KIND OF WITH THEIR FINGERS CROSSED, HOPING THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AUTHORITY IF A CHALLENGE AROSE. WELL, THE LEGISLATURE HAS SINCE THEN DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED TO ACT AND WENT AHEAD AND PUT A SPECIFIC LAW IN PLACE THAT SAID THAT TYPE CITIES CAN DO, SUCH AS PRINCETON CAN DO THAT. BUT THERE WAS THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THERE WAS A GAP, WHERE THERE WAS A NEED TO REGULATE THESE MATTERS. CITY OF PRINCETON DID NOT HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY AVAILABLE TO IT TO TAKE ACTION ON IT IN THE WAY THAT ANOTHER CITY THAT HAD ALREADY TRANSITIONED TO HOME RULE BUT MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY A LOWER POPULATION WAS ABLE TO DO SO. THE GENERAL LAW CITIES ARE EXEMPTED FROM SOME STATUTES THAT WOULD ONLY APPLY TO HOME RULE CITIES. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPOSED AND HAVE SOME MORE BURDENS PUT ON THE CITY OF PRINCETON IF THIS CHARTER IS ADOPTED, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THAT 5000 INHABITANTS LEVEL IS SOMETHING THAT STATE LAW HAS GOTTEN USED TO, TO BE KIND OF A BRUTE FORCE MECHANISM OF SEPARATING REALLY SMALL CITIES FROM BIGGER FROM BIGGER CITIES THAT HAVE MORE RESOURCES. SO THEY GAVE A LOT OF FORGIVENESS IN THE LAW FOR SAYING THAT CERTAIN THINGS GENERAL LAW CITIES DIDN'T HAVE TO DO BECAUSE IF THEY WERE UNDER IF THEY WERE STILL GENERAL LAW, THEY WERE PRESUMABLY STILL UNDER 5000 PEOPLE, AND IF THEY'RE BELOW 5000 PEOPLE, IT WOULD BE MORE OF A RESOURCE ASK AND MORE OF A STRAIN ON THEIR BUDGETS TO DO THOSE THINGS , AND THAT COMES WITH CERTAIN PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF PAPERS AND NEWSPAPER WEBSITES AND WEBSITES AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT WHAT WE REALLY WILL GET IS WE'LL GET THE ABILITY TO PLAY UNDER THE ADULT RULES, AND WE WILL NO LONGER BE THE KIND OF CHILD STATUS OF IMMATURE MUNICIPALITY AND WOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE WITH THE FULL POWERS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND IN PARTICULAR THE CITIZENS RETICENCE. GET ACCESS TO THREE POWERS WHICH ARE NOT AVAILABLE UNDER TEXAS LAW TO A GENERAL LAW CITY INITIATIVE, RECALL AND REFERENDUM. THOSE POWERS ARE SOMETHING THAT MANY TEXAS CITIES HAVE ADOPTED TO GIVE THEIR RESIDENTS MORE DIRECT CONTROL OVER THEIR MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND THEIR GOVERNANCE, BUT THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT SAID THAT THOSE POWERS ARE AVAILABLE TO A GENERAL LAW CITY. SO IN ORDER TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE VOTERS OF PRINCETON, A HOME RULE CHARTER WOULD HAVE TO BE ADOPTED. SO WHAT WILL STAY THE SAME? THE ENTIRE CHARTER WAS DRAFTED ORIGINALLY AS PRESENTED TO THE CHARTER WHEN THEY BEGAN THEIR WORK AS SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTED AS SMALL A DIFFERENCE AS POSSIBLE TO THE WAY THINGS ARE TODAY WITHOUT A CHARTER WITH REALLY TRYING TO MAKE ONLY THE TRANSITION, THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF CHANGE FROM WE ARE GENERAL LAW TO NOW WE'RE HOME RULE. SO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT TEXAS LAW IS SET UP, A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING TO BE REMAINING THE SAME ANNEXATION AUTHORITY IS NOT GOING TO BE EXPANDED BY THE CHANGE TO HOME RULE IF THIS CHARTER IS APPROVED. TEXAS LAW HAS CHANGED. THE LEGISLATURE STRIPPED AWAY THE EXTRA POWERS THAT USED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR HOME RULE CITIES TO ANNEX CERTAIN PROPERTIES. THOSE POWERS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY CHANGE IN THE ANNEXATION AUTHORITY OF THE CITY. [00:15:01] THE CITY LIMITS WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE. IT DOES NOT ADD ANY NEW TERRITORY FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] JURISDICTION DOESN'T CAUSE ANY ANNEXATIONS TO OCCUR. THE CITY'S TAXATION AUTHORITY REMAINS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME IN THAT WE DON'T GET ACCESS TO A NEW PERCENTAGE OF SALES TAX OR ANY PARTICULAR ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES OR CHANGE PROPERTY TAXES AT A DIFFERENT RATE THAN WE WOULD HAVE PRIOR. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CLAUSES INSERTED THROUGHOUT THE DRAFT CHARTER THAT SAY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW OR THE EQUIVALENT, WHAT ARE THOSE ARE OFTEN REPRESENT IS JUST A KIND OF RECOGNITION THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS AS MUCH AS STATE LAW LETS US, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT STATE LAW MAY ADDRESS SOME OF THE SAME TOPICS THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN THE CHARTER, AND SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE THE RULES OR TRY TO OVERRIDE THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. SO GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR READING A CHARTER. SO THE IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SUBORDINATE TO STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. SO THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT NO MATTER WHAT WORDS WERE CHOSEN BY THE CHARTER COMMISSION FOR INCLUSION IN THE CHARTER TO BE PRESENTED TO THE VOTERS, THEY WILL NOT CONTROL OVER STATE LAW OR FEDERAL LAW IF THERE'S A CONFLICT. IT'S BEEN DRAFTED BASED ON THE WAY THE LAW EXISTS TODAY, BUT IF THAT LAW CHANGES IN THE FUTURE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IT SAYS ARE PERMISSIBLE MAY NOT BE PERMISSIBLE LATER ON. WELL, IF THAT OCCURS, THOSE PROVISIONS FROM STATE AND FEDERAL LAW WILL CONTROL OVER THE CHARTER, AND THE CHARTER WILL JUST BE OUT OF DATE UNTIL IT CAN BE AMENDED TO TO CATCH UP, BUT IT'S BEST THOUGHT OF AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ORDINANCE, WHICH PROVIDE THE DETAILS FOR HOW THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TAKE PLACE. THERE'S A NUMBER OF SECTIONS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY, I WOULD SAY, EQUIVALENT TO ORGANIZATIONAL MARKERS FOR LATER AMENDMENTS. THEY ARE JUST KIND OF SETTING OUT WHAT PROVISIONS THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE AN OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL JUDGE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUNICIPAL COURT AND JUST LAY THOSE THINGS OUT, BUT AREN'T REALLY CHANGING ANYTHING FROM THE WAY THEY ARE TODAY, BECAUSE THE CHARTER COMMISSION DIDN'T SUGGEST THAT ANY CHANGES WOULD BE NECESSARY, BUT IF LATER ON, TWO OR THREE OR FIVE OR EIGHT YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THE CITY'S VOTERS DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO CHANGE SOME THINGS ABOUT HOW THOSE SYSTEMS OPERATE. THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE IN THE CHARTER THOSE PROVISIONS WOULD GO. SO, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT'S IN THE CHARTER? I'VE GOT THREE SLIDES ON THIS AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIT THE MAIN POINTS, THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO STAY WOULD BE STAYING THE SAME IF THIS CHARTER WERE ADOPTED. IT WILL STILL BE GOVERNED BY A MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THE GOVERNING BODY WOULD BE THE CITY COUNCIL. THE MAYOR WOULD SERVE AS THE COUNCIL'S PRESIDING OFFICER AND CEREMONIAL HEAD, BUT WOULD ONLY HAVE A VOTING POWER IF NECESSARY TO BREAK TIES. SAME AS EXISTS RIGHT NOW WITH OUR GENERAL LAW STRUCTURE. THE CITY MANAGER WOULD STILL BE THE HIGHEST RANKING EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY ADMINISTRATION AND DIRECTIVES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE CITY STAFF AND EMPLOYEES WOULD BE PASSED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER IN ORDER TO APPLY TO ALLOW FOR A MORE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION AND TO HELP KEEP THE APPROPRIATE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LOWER RANKING EMPLOYEES AND THE POLITICAL ELECTED OFFICERS. IT WILL BE ADDING TWO NEW COUNCIL SEATS TO YOUR NUMBER. SO WILL WE BE MOVING FROM FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEVEN TOTAL WITH THE ADDITION OF THE MAYOR? THE COUNCIL TERMS ARE PRESENTLY THREE YEARS. THIS CHARTER PROPOSES TO EXTEND THOSE TERMS TO FOUR YEARS EACH. THOSE WOULD BEGIN WITH THE SEATS THAT WITH THE ELECTIONS OCCURRING IN 2023 AND AFTER. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WEIRD HICCUP WHERE WE'VE GOT SOME SHORTENED TERMS FROM THE FIRST SET OF ELECTIONS IN ORDER TO STAGGER THE SEATS APPROPRIATELY, THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH A SYSTEM BY WHICH WITH FOUR YEAR TERMS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE SEATS COME UP, THEN THREE SEATS COME UP, THEN TWO SEATS COME UP, AND THEN AN OFF YEAR WHERE THREE OUT OF EVERY FOUR YEARS, THAT WOULD NOT BE A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS, AND THAT WAS FOUND TO BE PARTICULARLY CONVENIENT FOR ONE OF THE OTHER FEATURES THAT IS COMING UP, WHICH IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEM OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR THE ELECTION OF FOUR SEATS TO COUNCIL. THE DISTRICTS WOULD BE DRAWN IN 2029, WHICH IS ONE OF THE YEARS WHERE THERE WOULD BE NO REGULARLY SCHEDULED MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, NO SEATS TO FILL BASED ON [00:20:02] EXPIRING TERMS, WHICH MAKE IT A GREAT WINDOW IN WHICH TO DISCUSS AND FIGURE OUT WHERE DO WE WANT OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES TO BE? THE CHARTER IS GOING TO CALL FOR THE CITY TO BE A TERRITORY TO BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR DISTRICTS WITH APPROXIMATELY THE SAME NUMBER OF OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS IN EACH ONE TO BE THESE KIND OF STAND IN FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET EVEN DISTRIBUTION AS WELL AS CAN BE MANAGED BETWEEN THOSE FOUR DISTRICTS. THEN IN THOSE FOUR DISTRICTS, ONE PERSON FROM THAT DISTRICT CAN BE ELECTED TO A CITY COUNCIL SEAT THAT NO ONE ELSE FROM OUTSIDE THAT DISTRICT CAN RUN FOR AND ONLY THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT WOULD BE VOTING TO DECIDE HOW THAT SEAT IS FILLED. THE CHARTER IS ALSO OPTING TO INCLUDE TERM LIMITS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST AS A TYPE A GENERAL LAW CITY AND CANNOT BE IMPOSED ON THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHILE IT REMAINS A GENERAL LAW CITY. IT IS ONLY THE POWER OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT THROUGH TRANSITION TO A CHARTER THAT ALLOWS TERM LIMITS TO EXIST. THEY'RE REASONABLY COMMON, IN TEXAS HOME RULE CHARTERS, THE ONES THAT WERE AGREED BY THE COMMISSION AS SUITABLE FOR PROPOSAL. HERE WE'RE LIMITING TWO TERMS BACK TO BACK IS SERVICE AS MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER WITH FOUR YEAR TERMS THAT SHOULD ALLOW FOR EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE AND THEN YOU CAN'T KEEP RUNNING FOR THAT SAME POSITION. IF YOU WERE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU COULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK A TERM AS MAYOR OR IF YOU WERE MAYOR, YOU COULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK A TERM AS CITY COUNCIL, BUT YOU HAVE TO RUN FOR A DIFFERENT SEAT, AND IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN SWITCHING BETWEEN MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE TO SIT OUT. THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT AFTER YOU SERVE THOSE TWO TERMS, YOU HAVE TO SIT OUT AND WAIT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO ELAPSE BEFORE YOU'LL BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN AGAIN. THEN THEY ALSO IMPOSED A TOTAL AGGREGATE LIMIT OF 16 YEARS OF SERVICE ON AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS EITHER MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS TIME, THESE TIME LIMITS WOULD START BEING COUNTED FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER ONWARD. SO A SERVICE PERIOD THAT PREEXISTED THE ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER WOULD NOT BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE TERM LIMITS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY STARTS OFF AT THE SAME PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF ELIGIBILITY LEFT. AT THE TIME, THE CHARTER IS ADOPTED. SO THEN FINALLY, A FEW EXTRA BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT WERE THROWN IN HERE. THEY PROVIDED FOR THE MANDATORY PUBLICATION ONLINE OF ALL CITY ORDINANCES PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER TEXAS LAW, BUT THE COMMISSION FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN HERE AND TO MAKE PART OF OUR CHARTER. THEY ALSO INCLUDED MANDATORY PROVISIONS SAYING THAT THERE MUST BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD AND A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD AND ADJUSTED SOME OF THE ELIGIBILITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR THAT, AND THEN PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE NEW POWERS WERE ADDED FOR THE VOTERS. WE'VE ADDED THE CHARTER WOULD ADD THE NEW POWERS AND GIVE THE CITIZENS OF PRINCETON THE NEW POWERS OF INITIATIVE WHERE THEY GET TO DIRECTLY VOTE ON THEIR OWN ORDINANCES. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IF THE CITY COUNCIL WAS RELUCTANT TO DO SOMETHING, THAT WAS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. THEY CAN KIND OF FORCE THE ISSUE REFERENDUM, WHICH IS KIND OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT, WHICH IS WHERE IT ALLOWS THE VOTERS TO INTERVENE TO BLOCK AND ENACTMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. IF THEY WANT TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, WE DON'T LIKE YOUR DECISION THERE, WE THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH, AND THEN THE POWER OF RECALL, WHICH ALLOWS THE REMOVAL OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR TERM. ALL OF THOSE POWERS WOULD BE TRIGGERED BY CITIZEN PETITION OR CAN BE TRIGGERED BY CITIZEN PETITIONS IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN THE CHARTER. SO THE NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS WELL, WE'RE RECEIVING THIS REPORT RIGHT NOW AND THE DRAFT HOME RULE CHARTER. THERE'S A RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT IS FOR THE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE WRAP UP CLEANUP. IT'S JUST THE RATIFICATION OF THE FINAL ROSTER. THESE ARE THE SAME MEMBERS THAT YOU ALL SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION ORIGINALLY AS EITHER VOTING MEMBERS OR ALTERNATES, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, SOME OF THE VOTING MEMBERS WENT TO ALTERNATE STATUS AND SOME OF THE ALTERNATES CAME BACK UP. SO THIS IS JUST REFLECTING THEIR KIND OF FINAL ARRANGEMENT AS OF THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING. THEN THE NEXT STEP AFTER THAT RESOLUTION WILL BE TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE YOU, WHICH ORDERS THE ELECTION ON THE QUESTION [00:25:05] OF THE CHARTER FOR THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION DATE OF NOVEMBER 8TH. THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMPLY PUT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE VOTING EITHER FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER OR AGAINST THE ADOPTION OF A CHARTER. YOU OBVIOUSLY THE DOCUMENT IS 20 SOMETHING PAGES LONG. IT CAN'T BE PUT ON THE BALLOT ITSELF. SO IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A REFERENCE FASHION LIKE THAT, BUT TO KIND OF GUARD AGAINST THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, THE CITY WILL, ONCE THE ELECTION ORDER HAS ISSUED, BE MAILING A COPY OF THE DRAFT CHARTER TO EVERY REGISTERED VOTER AT LEAST A MONTH BEFORE ELECTION DAY. WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE OF THE TIMING ON THAT YET, BUT IT WILL BE HAPPENING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEDULE, AND IT WILL BE GOING OUT TO THE VOTERS AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY. WELL BEFORE THAT TIME. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF STUFF TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO IT AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, AND THEN FINALLY, AFTER THE CANVASS OF THE NOVEMBER 2022 ELECTION, IF A MAJORITY VOTED FOR ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD ENTER AN ORDER DECLARING THE CHARTER TO BE ADOPTED, AND THEN THE WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES AND WE WOULD BE A HOME RULE CITY FROM THAT POINT ONWARD. SO LET ME JUST SAY THAT IT'S BEEN IT'S TAKEN A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF TIME AND ATTENTION BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND BY STAFF TO GET US TO THIS POINT. WE'RE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PRODUCED. WHILE CITY STAFF CANNOT COMMENT OR RECOMMEND THE ADOPTION OR DENIAL OF THE CHARTER ITSELF. WE CAN SAY THAT WE BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT THE COMMISSION WAS DILIGENTLY DEDICATED TO DOING A GOOD JOB OF THIS, PAID A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT WERE OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY'S VOTERS AND TO HOW THEY THOUGHT THE SYSTEM WOULD WORK AND HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON. WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF THEM HERE WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF WATCH THE VERY CONCLUSION OF THE PROCESS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THEM FOR FOR THEIR EFFORTS. THEY WERE NOT COMPENSATED, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MEETINGS. THERE WAS A LOT OF MEETINGS. IT'S BEEN TWICE A MONTH FOR CLOSE TO SIX MONTHS NOW, AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE TIRED OF HEARING ME TALK AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS MATTER OVER WITH, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE MORE STEPS LEFT TO BE DONE. SO WITH THAT, MR. DEFFIBAUGH, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE, BUT THE TWO ITEMS FOR ACTION TONIGHT ARE THE RESOLUTION AND THEN THE ORDINANCE WHICH NEED TO PROCEED IN THAT SEQUENCE. MR. OVERCASH, I DO APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, AND WITH THAT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO HELPING FACILITATE THE HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EACH ONE OF THE MEMBERS HERE, AND IF YOU ALL WOULD, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO STAND UP IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THAT COMMISSION AND BE RECOGNIZED, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. OVERCASH? JUST SOME OF WHAT MR. DEFFIBAUGH SAID. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AS WELL AS EVERYONE THAT WAS ON THE COMMITTEE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS TOWARD THAT. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU'RE MOST WELCOME. IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE. OKAY WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 2022-228. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-0808R, DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-0808R. LET ME START THAT OVER, 2022- 0808R SELECTED AND APPOINTED AND RATIFYING THE FINAL ROSTER OF THE PRINCETON HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION. [00:30:15] I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-228 FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-08-08R. THANK YOU, MR. OBERA HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-08-08R. I'LL SECOND THAT. AND SECONDED BY MR. WASHINGTON, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. ITEM 2022. 229. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-0801. ORDERING SPECIAL ELECTION DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ACTION OF ORDINANCE ON AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-08-01 ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER EIGHT, 2022, ON THE QUESTION OF ADOPTION OF A HOME RULE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON. I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 2022-229 FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-08-01 ORDERING OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION. I'LL SECOND THAT. MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY MR. OBERA TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. 2022-08-08-01 ORDERING SPECIAL ELECTION IS TAKEN BY MR. KLEIBER. I'LL DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS 2022-230, PRINCETON STREETS, UPDATE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE STREETS OF PRINCETON REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLEIBER. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. I BELIEVE MR. KLEIBER BROUGHT THIS ITEM UP AND MR. KLEIBER CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK HE SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO KNOW THE STREETS THAT WERE GRAVEL IN THE CITY AS IT WAS THAT THE INTENT OR JUST. . [INAUDIBLE] IF THERE'S ANY TIME FRAME OF FIXING THEM. SO WE WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT WERE TECHNICALLY GRAVEL. WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE DETERIORATED. UH, OKAY, MR. BORG TO TELL ME THAT WE HAVE WOODY A PORTION OF WOODY THAT'S STILL GRAVEL AND WE HAVE SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE DETERIORATED AND MAY HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF GRAVEL. SO BUT THEY WERE EITHER CHIPPED SILL OR ASPHALT. I HAD AN EXHIBIT HERE THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO PULL UP FOR YOU HERE. SO I'M ADJUSTING ON THE FLY HERE. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES, SO FAR NOT VERY WELL. BEAR WITH ME A SECOND. [00:37:25] I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WING IT. I DON'T HAVE THE. I'M UNABLE TO PULL THE EXHIBIT UP RIGHT NOW. SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT SEVERAL SEVERAL STREETS THAT ARE THAT ARE ASPHALT. I'LL KIND OF GO OVER SOME. WE'VE GOT BOREMAN AND HAZELWOOD THAT ARE IN IN SOME SOME POOR CONDITION. SOME OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO SOME SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS AND ARE KIND OF ON A SCHEDULE TO BE IMPROVED AS THE DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN. TEAKWOOD, WHICH WE WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, WE JUST ARE IN THE PROCESS OF AWARDING THAT. SO THAT WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED TO SECOND STREET, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ONE, AND THEN THERE'S SEVERAL, SEVERAL OTHERS PRIMARILY IN THE OLD PART OF TOWN THAT ARE ASPHALT STREETS THAT NEED TO BE THAT NEED TO BE RECONSTRUCTED, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE I'M GOING TO GO ON WE'VE GOT FIFTH STREET, SEVENTH STREET, THERE'S SOME PORTIONS OF EAST COLLEGE, SOME PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON, SOME OF THOSE INTERNAL STREETS IN THE OLD PART OF TOWN THAT ARE ASPHALT AND HAVE KIND OF KIND OF DETERIORATED. WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING SOURCES TO TO RECONSTRUCT THOSE AT THIS TIME. SO IT'S KIND OF BEEN ON A AS NEEDED BASIS, YOU KNOW, OF SCHEDULE, AND WHEN FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE ON THE PRIORITY OF GETTING THOSE THOSE REPLACED. SO I APOLOGIZE. I COULDN'T PULL THE EXHIBIT UP KIND OF ON THE FLY HERE. SO BUT IF THERE'S ANY ANY SPECIFIC STREETS THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN TRY TO ADDRESS. IF THERE IS A TIMETABLE TO COMPLETE THESE STREETS TO FIX EVERYTHING. I KNOW IT'S MOSTLY THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND I JUST DON'T WANT A DOWNTOWN AREA TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE, AND WE'VE BEEN PUTTING A DENT IN OVER A YEAR, YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND I THINK MR. BORG HAS SOMETHING TO ADD HERE TOO, BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR WE'VE BEEN PUTTING A DENT IN THEM. WE DID. WE DID COLLEGE THIS LAST YEAR. WE'VE DONE PORTIONS OF I THINK WE'VE DONE WILLOW AND CHERRY AND SO SO WE KEEP PUTTING IT IN IN THEM EVERY YEAR AND GETTING SOME OF THOSE DONE. SO IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. OKAY, THANK YOU. [00:40:01] IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT. YES. THE STREETS ARE ONE OF OUR MAIN PRIORITIES, AND CERTAINLY DOWNTOWN, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE STREET REPLACEMENTS, AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO DO IS COMPLETE THE WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST BEFORE WE GO IN THERE AND PUT A STREET, BRAND NEW STREET OVER IT. SO SOME OF THOSE STREETS HAVE LAGGED BEHIND A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR OVERALL STREET REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES TO ALLOW US TO PROCEED WITH A COUPLE OF MORE OF THOSE STREETS. SO WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF THAT, AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY WE CAN CARRY THAT PROGRAM INTO THIS YEAR AND PICK UP A FEW OF THE OTHER STREETS. WE ARE ALSO CONSCIOUS OF JUST TEARING EVERYTHING UP AT ONCE AND WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON. SECOND STREET. THERE YOU GO. THERE'S THE EXHIBIT THAT'S COME UP NOW. SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY, BUT THERE IT IS. WE'RE WORKING ON SECOND STREET AND YOU KNOW OF THE TEAKWOOD PIECE AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. I THINK IT'S CHERRY WE'RE DOING. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING UP CHERRY STREET, SO.. WE FINISHED CHERRY, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT'S COLLEGE, AND TOMMY'S HERE, TOO. TOMMY CAN COME ON UP, AND TOMMY MAY WANT TO JUMP IN HERE. THERE ARE HIS STREETS THAT HE MAINTAINS ON A REGULAR BASIS. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. YEAH, SO WE BASICALLY TWO TIMES A YEAR, WE TRY TO DO IT AT LEAST ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS. WE DO WHAT'S CALLED A PSR OR SOME ENTITIES CALLED PSI REVIEW OF OUR STREETS, WHICH TAKES THEM AND AUDITS THEM AND RANKS THEM BASED ON THEIR PRESENT SERVICEABILITY RATING OR PRESENT SERVICEABILITY INDEX, DEPENDING UPON WHICH VERNACULAR YOU WANT TO USE THERE, BUT SO IT KIND OF RATES THE STREETS INTO THEIR TERMS OF HOW MUCH LIFE EXPECTANCY IS LEFT IN THAT STREET. AND WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND KIND OF EVALUATE THAT AGAINST THE BUDGET AND THROUGH OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER CIP PROGRAMS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT KIND OF GOES INTO COMPILING WHICH STREETS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO NEXT, DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE DO MONITOR ALL OF THE STREETS VERY CLOSELY. WE TRY TO MAKE REPAIRS AS BUDGET ALLOWS. IT'S THINGS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE, SO OUR FUNDS GO SHORTER AND SHORTER, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING OAK STREET. AS MR. PORT SAID, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER STREETS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON, THAT SECTION OF NORTH FOURTH STREET THAT IS CURRENTLY ASPHALT. WE HAVE SOME OTHER PLANS IN THE WORKS TOO, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF WE DON'T HAVE A TIME FRAME FOR THEM YET. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING OR, YOU KNOW, UPDATE OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER CIP PLAN. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF WORK SOME OF THOSE INTO THE STREET REHAB PROGRAM AS WELL. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. I SEE SOME OF THE NAMES ARE SOME OF THEM ARE COUNTY ROADS. DO WE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THOSE? HAVE THEY BEEN DEDICATED TO THE CITY OR ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THEM DEDICATED TO THE CITY? OR IS THE COUNTY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE ON THOSE? CURRENTLY, THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE COUNTY ARE MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY, ROAD AND BRIDGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE AS PROPERTIES ARE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. IF THEY ADJOIN A COUNTY ROAD, THE PORTION OF THE ROADWAY THAT IS ADJOINING THAT PROPERTY. SO WE INHERIT HALF OF STREETS AND IT'S KIND OF PIECEMEAL, AND SO IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE A SECTION OF STREET TO WHERE 100 YARDS OF IT'S OURS AND THEN THE NEXT HUNDRED YARDS OF THE COUNTY AND THEN THE THIRD 100 YARDS IS OURS. SO IT KIND OF JUMPS AROUND BASED ON WHO'S ANNEXING AND WHEN AND, BUT YEAH, THE ONES THAT ARE THAT WE INHERIT FROM THE COUNTY, WE, JUST WE KIND OF CROSS OUR FINGERS AND HOPE THAT IT'S AT THE END OF A MAINTENANCE CYCLE OR SO THAT WE'RE WE'RE INHERITING A PRETTY GOOD STREET, BUT THAT'S RARELY THE CASE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IF YOU DON'T MIND? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ON TO WHAT MR. MAPP HAS POINTED OUT ON THESE COUNTY ROAD SECTIONS. I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH COLLIN COUNTY AND QUITE OFTEN WHEN THEY GO OUT TO SERVICE THE STREET AND THERE'S A PORTION [00:45:07] THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR SECTION THAT THEY'RE REPAIRING, THEY'LL GIVE US A CALL AND LET US KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY'LL SOMETIMES WORK WITH US AND SAY, HEY, YOU WANT TO YOU WANT US TO TAKE CARE OF IT WHILE WE'RE OUT HERE, AND WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN VERY EASILY. SO JUST IF THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE LEVEL OF COMFORT, WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH COLLIN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU. ITEM 2022-231, FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS. POSSIBLE ACTION TO IMPROVE REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS. TIM DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE PLACED ON FUTURE AGENDA? YES, SIR, I DO. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADC AND CDC COME IN, GIVE US INFORMATION WHAT'S GOING ON, MAYBE SPEAK ON THEIR BUDGET. OK. MR. OBERA. NOTHING HERE. MR. WASHINGTON. NO I DON'T. THANK YOU. THIS EVENING. REPORT AGENDA. [REPORT AGENDA] THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. JUST ONE THING. THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS HERE ON AUGUST 22ND, 6:30. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL REPORT AGENDA. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS BY THE ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST REGARDING WHICH NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. GENTLEMEN, ANYTHING. NO, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT TOMORROW IS THE 78TH BIRTHDAY OF SMOKEY BEAR. HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST FIRE PREVENTION ICONS EVER DEVELOPED IN THE UNITED STATES AND KNOWN WORLDWIDE , AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BE MADE BY MR. WASHINGTON. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. CLAPPER. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.