ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
[CALL TO ORDER]
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I JUST GOT A CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.WE WILL START WITH A ROLL CALL MYSELF.
MR. DEFFIBAUGH? HERE. MR. KLEIBER? HERE. MR. OBERA? HERE. MR. WASHINGTON? HERE. AND MR. UNDERWOOD? HERE. THAT'LL TAKE US TO OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT.
WE HAVE MR. MARK HOOKS WITH US.
AND IF YOU'LL TURN YOUR MIC ON ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
LET'S PRAY. LORD, OUR GOD, KING OF THE UNIVERSE.
LORD, WE COME TO YOU NOW WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS.
LORD, WE'VE COME TO YOU WITH UNDERSTANDING YOUR BLESSINGS, WHICH ARE MIGHTY AND MANY.
AND LORD, WE COME TO YOU RIGHT NOW THANKING YOU FOR A BREAK IN THE HEAT.
WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE RAIN.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT IT WOULD FALL ON THE LAND AND REJUVENATE IT.
AND, LORD, WE PRAY THAT IN THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD RAIN UPON OUR SOULS AND REJUVENATE US AS WELL.
HEAVENLY FATHER, GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNING ONE ANOTHER WAS IN YOUR PLAN.
AND SO WE TURN THINGS OVER TO YOU, ASKING YOU FOR WISDOM AND DIRECTION.
HEAVENLY FATHER, BRING ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO US THIS EVENING AS WE GOVERN.
I PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
THANK YOU. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO OUR 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 THE SESSION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A SPEAKER'S INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.
TONIGHT, I HAVE MS. LINDA DILLARD.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS LINDA DILLARD AND MY DRESS IS 6954 COUNTY ROAD 398 PRINCETON, TEXAS.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS ON THE ITEM NUMBER 2022-240.
I THINK I PUT 41 ON THERE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S 240.
MY HUSBAND AND I RESIDE AT THAT ADDRESS.
HE PURCHASED THE LAND IN NOVEMBER OF 1980, WHICH IS A THREE ACRE PLOT.
AND HE LIVED THERE UNTIL WE GOT MARRIED IN 1999, 1998, AT WHICH TIME WE MADE THE DECISION TO TEAR DOWN HIS OLD HOUSE AND BUILD A NEW HOME, WHICH WOULD BE OUR FOREVER HOME.
AND WE BUILT THAT HOME AND MOVED INTO IT IN APRIL OF 2002.
OUR BACK PROPERTY LINE IS NOW THE MOST WESTERN CITY LIMIT FOR PRINCETON.
THAT WAS DONE TWO MEETINGS BEFORE, I BELIEVE.
SO TONIGHT I LOOKED AT THE PLAN THAT D.R.
HORTON HAS SUBMITTED FOR THE PHASE 11.
OUR HOUSE SITS UP ON A HILL AND WE'RE IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTION OF OUR THREE ACRES OF LAND.
AND OUR HOUSE BEING ON THE HILL, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT A 50 FOOT DEEP BACKYARD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE ON THIS CITY.
LIMIT LINE IS WHERE OUR HOUSE IS.
THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR WINCHESTER CROSSING PHASE 11 WILL BORDER THAT EAST PROPERTY LINE AND.
THEIR WEST PROPERTY LINE OF PHASE 11 BUTTS UP TO OUR HOME.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SEVEN HOMES IN THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR HOME.
AND I WOULD I LOOKED AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
IT SHOWS A MINIMUM OF 1300 SQUARE FOOT.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THESE HOMES PLANNED TO BE THAT ARE DIRECTLY BEHIND US WOULD BE SINGLE STOREY HOMES VERSUS A TWO STOREY HOME SO THAT WE COULD MAINTAIN SOME PRIVACY STILL.
THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF A BRICK WALL.
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BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND THEIRS.AND OF COURSE, OUR CONCERN IS THE LARGE TREES.
ONE OF THEM BEING A PECAN TREE THAT IS BIG AROUND AS THIS PODIUM.
SO IT WOULD CONCERN ME IF A TREE WAS BEING CUT DOWN FOR THE SAKE OF A BRICK WALL.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT YOU NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT WHEN I CALL FOR IT.
ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME BACK UP AND FINISH SPEAKING.
HELLO. I'M BRANDY CUSTERBACK 1034 SQUARE OF SOUTH PRINCETON, TEXAS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PUBLICLY LAUGH ON THE RECORD AT THE BLAME GAME AGAINST TEXAS DIVERSE AND MS. DARCEL JOHNSON'S RESIGNATION LETTER.
AND TO POINT OUT SOME TRICKLE DOWN LACK OF MORALS AND ETHICS.
SEE PRINCETON TEXAS DIVERSE WAS INITIALLY HOSTING JUNETEENTH THIS YEAR WITH THE HELP OF MS. JOHNSON, BUT AFTER SHE REPEATEDLY TOLD US SHE WOULD NOT ADHERE TO CITY ORDINANCES AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE A BUDGET NOR RECEIPTS FOR HER SPENDING OF DONATED FUNDS. WE DECIDED, DUE TO LEGAL AND ETHICAL REASONS, TO BREAK TIES SILENTLY AS TO NOT HURT THE EVENT WE FELT THE BLACK COMMUNITY OF PRINCETON NEEDED.
THOUGH WE HAD TRUTH AND ETHICS ON OUR SIDE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO DAMAGE.
FUNNY ENOUGH, THE CITY OF PRINCETON NEVER REQUIRED FOR HER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF INSURANCE VENDOR MAP OR FOOD PERMITS LIKE THEY DID FOR PRINCETON TEXAS DIVERSE'S EVENT THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. BUT AGAIN, WE STAYED SILENT, KNOWING ETHICS AND LEGALITIES DON'T MATTER IN THIS TOWN TONE AT THE TOP.
WE ALL CELEBRATED HER PASSING THE BAR IN 2021.
WHEN THE CDC BOARD CAN'T SUPPLY RECEIPTS FOR OVER $1,000,000 IN SPENDING FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER.
WHY WOULD A CDC MEMBER ACT ANY DIFFERENT? SO MS. JOHNSON CAN BREAK THE RULES THAT DON'T APPLY TO HER, APPARENTLY.
AND THE CDC CAN BREAK THEIR OWN RULES THAT DON'T APPLY TO THEM, APPARENTLY.
AND THE CITY OF PRINCETON CAN BREAK THE RULES THAT DON'T APPARENTLY APPLY TO THEM EITHER.
I'M NOT SURPRISED MS. JOHNSON BLAMES DIVERSE FOR HER LIES BECAUSE IT'S WHAT THE CITY OF PRINCETON DOES AS WELL.
WE ARE HERE DEFENDING THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE IN IT.
JOHN CUSTERBACH 1034 FOREST GROVE.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THAT IN DARCEL'S RESIGNATION FROM THE CDC LETTER WHERE SHE STATES BECAUSE OF UNSUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST ME BY TEXT.
FIRST, OUR NONPROFIT SAID ZERO.
SO IT'S LUDICROUS THAT SHE WOULD EVEN SAY THAT.
SO ALSO IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU HAVE IN THERE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING CHANGED.
I MEAN, LIKE LAST MEETING, YOU APPROVED THE FINAL ROSTER OF HRCC MEMBERS, WHICH WAS INCORRECT.
THERE IS ONE NAME ON THERE, SIR WOODS.
SO THAT WAS APPROVED AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO.
THAT'S IT. THANKS. CHARLESE LEE.
CHARLESE LEE 1801 PRAIRIE DRIVE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M ALSO ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF DIVERSE.
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OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, SINCE WE STARTED OUR ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE FED PEOPLE CLOTHES, PEOPLE PAID FOR PEOPLE'S RENTS, UTILITIES, HEALTH CARE NEEDS.WE'VE HELD VARIOUS DIVERSE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS EVENTS.
WE HAVE PLANTED TREES FOR OUR CITY AND OUR SCHOOLS.
IF YOU DON'T SEE THE AMAZING FEATS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR EYES OPEN.
I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE DIVERSITY BOARD IS.
THE ONLY THING THE CITY COULD BOTHER TO DO WAS GIVE US HELL AND HARASS US DAILY TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CROSSING EVERY T AND DOTTING EVERY I, WHILE THEY OPENLY SUPPORTED AND PROMOTED AN EVENT RUN BY SOMEONE WHO NOT ONLY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE RULES BUT LIED ABOUT THEIR ENTIRE CAREER.
DARCEL JOHNSON MANIPULATED SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND YOU ALL SAT BY AND SMILED AS SHE DID IT.
WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ANIMOSITY TOWARDS US IS PROBABLY BECAUSE WE COME HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CORRUPTION AND INJUSTICES ARE CONSTANTLY POINTED OUT, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL THEY NO LONGER EXIST.
CHANGING THE RULES TO FIT YOUR DESIRE OR JUST TURNING A BLIND EYE.
THE CITY IS GROWING FAST AND DESERVES MUCH BETTER.
I DON'T THINK JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WOULD APPROVE.
MY ADDRESS IS 903 EGRET STREET IN WHITE WING TRAILS.
SO WHITE RING TRAILS IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER.
I ASK NEIGHBORS SO THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I ASKED THE BUILDER WHO SOLD THE HOUSE TO ME.
IT IS MY CURRENT UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEVELOPER IS SUPPOSED TO FINISH IT.
I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT WITH DEVELOPERS, BUT IT IS MY CURRENT INSURANCE.
I DO NOT HAVE DOCUMENTS, SO IT IS MY CURRENT INSURANCE THAT THE CITY HAS SIGNED A DOCUMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER AND IT IS MY INFERENCE THAT THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THEY TAKE OUT PERMITS.
AGAIN, IN THIS MEETING, IN ONE OF THE MEETING BEFORE LIKE THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS BEFORE THE [INAUDIBLE] FOR DEVELOPMENT SAID THAT THEY WILL DRAW PERMITS AFTER WHICH I IS COMPLETED.
THEY ARE ALREADY DRAWING PERMITS.
SO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE [INAUDIBLE] OF DEVELOPMENT WAS TELLING EITHER THAT IS INCORRECT OR INCOMPLETE OR I HAVE NOT SEEN THE DOCUMENT. SO THEY ARE MOVING DIRT.
THEY ARE PUTTING ROADS SO THAT THEY ARE DRAWING PERMITS.
SO IF THERE IS AN ERROR TO THE FAVOR OF CITY THAT IT WAS WRITTEN AS A PERMIT, NOT A BUILDING PERMIT, THEN WE TAKE THAT UP WITH THE DEVELOPER AND ASK THEM TO FINISH THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU ISSUE THE NEXT PERMIT.
COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOT THERE, SO WE ARE A BUNCH OF LIKE FIVE FAMILIES WANTED TO MEET.
HEY, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO HAVE IN ONE OF THE HOUSES BACKYARD OPEN SPACE.
PLUS IT IS WE WANT TO HAVE IT IN SEPTEMBER.
WE DON'T HAVE AN AMENITY CENTER.
SO WE COME TO THE CITY AND ASK FOR THE CITY PARK AND IT'S COSTING US TONS OF MONEY.
I'M TRYING TO HAVE A POTLUCK IN THE EVENING WITH MY NEIGHBORS.
ALL OF THEM ARE CITY RESIDENTS.
SO IF IT IS POSSIBLE, I KNOW THAT IT MAY NOT BE IN THE ORDINANCE.
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I REQUEST THAT ANYBODY FROM WHITE WING TRIAL, MAYBE A COUPLE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IF THEY REQUEST.I WANT THE CITY TO WAIVE OUR FEES AND RELAX SOME OF THE RULES.
THAT'S WE ALSO WANTED TO CELEBRATE A HINDU FESTIVAL AND WE WERE EXPLORING THE THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WAS RECENTLY OPENED.
THE PRICES THAT WE SAW WAS DIFFERENT WHEN WE REALLY WANTED A BOOK.
AND ALSO LAST MEETING OR THE MEETING BEFORE THERE WAS A REQUEST.
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS REQUESTED THAT.
THAT'S YOUR 3 MINUTES AND I DO APOLOGIZE.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO FOLLOW UP WITH ME IN AN EMAIL.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS THEIR NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER.
WE'RE LOCATED AT 112 NORTH FOURTH STREET, RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER OF FOURTH AND 380.
I JUST WANTED TO COME OUT TODAY AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH BUDGET SEASON.
I KNOW. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CDC AND THE EDC TO REVITALIZE OUR PARTNERSHIPS THERE.
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO EXTEND KIND OF AN OLIVE BRANCH TO THE CITY AND SEE ABOUT GETTING YOU GUYS MAYBE TO JOIN THE CHAMBER AND IN SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND GETTING INVOLVED THERE.
AND WE MEET TWICE A MONTH WITH MEMBERS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.
THOSE ARE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH WITH OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND AND KIND OF FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PROS ARE, WHAT THEIR WOES ARE AND JUST GET INVOLVED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF LACKING WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS PRESENCE FROM OUR CITY LEADERS AND OUR COMMUNITY BOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE JUST LIKE TO EXTEND THAT.
I DO HAVE A COPY OF OUR MEMBERSHIP SCHEDULE HERE.
WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN AND JOIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED.
AND LIKE I SAID, JUST GET TO KNOW YOUR BUSINESS, COMMUNITY AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE FOR THAT.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DARCEL JOHNSON.
IF YOU'LL TURN IT ON ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, OTHERWISE IT WON'T BE IN THE FEED.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKED TO RESIGN FROM THE CDC BY MARLO OBERA.
I STARTED AUGUST 2ND WITH THE CONVERSATION ASKING ME WHAT WAS GOING ON.
IT IS NOW OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS.
NO, A WEEK HAS EVOLVED INTO SOMETHING THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE.
I'VE BEEN THREATENED. I HAVE THE PROOF AND I'VE ALREADY NOTIFIED THE AUTHORITIES.
THE LAST ONE CAME ON SATURDAY MORNING FROM CHARLESE LEE.
IT IS AGAINST THE LAW, NOT JUST YOU TALK ABOUT ME NOT KNOWING THE LAW.
OK TEXAS PENAL CODE 42.07 TALKS ABOUT HARASSMENT AND BLACKMAIL.
THEY HAVE BEEN BLACKMAILED ME.
THEY WANTED ME TO RECANT WHAT I SAID IN MY RESIGNATION LETTER.
I HAVE PROOF OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT ME.
I'VE GIVEN IT TO YOUR CITY ATTORNEY.
I'VE GIVEN IT TO COUNCILMAN OBERA.
I'VE GIVEN IT TO YOUR CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR CHACON.
I'VE ALSO GIVEN IT TO THE AUTHORITIES.
BRANDI GOT UP HERE AND LIED AND SAID I HAD NO PERMITS, I HAD NOTHING.
I WILL SUPPLY IT IF NEEDED, BUT THIS ISN'T OVER.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. CHAD CARNAHAN.
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HI, FOLKS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.IT'S AN EXTREMELY CONGESTED DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SECOND POINT IS IT'S GOT THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE TREMENDOUS TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. YOU'VE GOT AN EXPANSION OF LONG NECK ROAD OUT TOWARD ANA.
BUT IF YOU GO THE OTHER DIRECTION, YOU'RE GOING DOWN LONG NECK AND THEN SECOND AVENUE AND YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE WITH THIS KIND OF OF CONGESTION, 128 PROPERTIES ON THAT TINY CORNER RIGHT THERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE HUGE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. AND I SUGGEST TO YOU GUYS THAT YOU NEED A TRAFFIC STUDY AT THE VERY LEAST, AND YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME REAL PROBLEMS AND TURN THE CONGESTION.
THIRD POINT, DEVELOPERS DON'T ALWAYS CONSIDER THE LONG TERM IMPACTS OF THE THINGS THEY DO.
YOU'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH OUT IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES, A LOT OF FOLKS MOVING OUT BECAUSE THEY WANT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PRINCETON VERSUS THE CONGESTION OF THE CITY THEY'VE MOVED OUT OF. WE'RE CREATING CONGESTION HERE IN PRINCETON, GUYS, WITH THIS KIND OF INTENSE COMPACTED DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST KNOW YOU'VE GOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN PRINCETON RIGHT NOW, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT WITH THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT AT THAT LOCATION WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY GOT SO MUCH ELSE GOING ON.
MIGHT BE AN IDEA TO TO SLOW DOWN AND TAKE A BREATH.
SO IF YOU NEED TO COME BACK AND SPEAK AGAIN.
YES. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE THIS EVENING HERE FOR A PUBLIC APPEARANCE? IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
MAYOR'S COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT, SO WE WILL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT CONSISTS OF OUR MINUTES FISCAL YEAR 23 AND OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ANIMAL SERVICES FISCAL YEAR 23 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ANIMAL SHELTER FISCAL YEAR 23. IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR JAIL SERVICES RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-08-22-R FOR DOGWOOD UPGRADES PL-20220471 PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR PRINCETON LANDING.PL-20221230 PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR BEACH AND PLAZA.
PL-20221859 PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR BUSINESS PARK RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PL TWO PL-20221865.
PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR BUSINESS PARK COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FP-20200138 FINAL PLAT FOR THE ESTATES JOINT GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION SERVICE CONTRACT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-11 FOR AMENDING THE SPECIAL ELECTION ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-03 FOR CROSSROADS PID MAJOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-04.
WHITE WING TRAILS PID NUMBER TWO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-05 FOR WINCHESTER PHASES ONE THROUGH FOUR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-06 FOR ARCADIA FARMS FACES ONE THROUGH TWO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-07 FOR ARCADIA FARMS PHASES THREE THROUGH FOUR, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-10 FOR ARCADIA FARMS, PID PHASES FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN PROJECT. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-08 FOR ARCADIA FARMS, PID PHASES EIGHT AND NINE PROJECT.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-09 FOR BROOKSIDE PID PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO AND THREE PROJECT AND RESIGNATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A MOMENT TO LOOK OVER THIS WHEN YOU'RE READY.
IF I COULD GET A MOTION, PLEASE.
HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ORDINANCE 2022-08-22-11 AND MINI SPECIAL ELECTION.
LET MR. OVERCASH EXPLAIN THAT TO THE AUDIENCE.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'D MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.THAT'LL TAKE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[REGULAR AGENDA]
PRESENTATION BY CHIEF HARVEY AND DESHAWNA WALKER.GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND DOING THIS PRESENTATION FOR US.
DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS GOING TO GET PLUGGED IN.
DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE EDC CDC COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON, AND I'M HERE WITH OUR FIRE CHIEF, TOM HARVEY, TO PRESENT INFORMATION REGARDING A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PRINCETON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MEALS ON WHEELS.
THIS PARTNERSHIP/PROGRAM IS GOING TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE DETAILS TO YOU. BACK IN JUNE, MADAM MAYOR, MYSELF, CITY MANAGER DERREK BORG AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LISA GRONEMEIER MET WITH MARCELLA TYSON.
SHE IS THE CEO AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MEALS ON WHEELS, COLLIN COUNTY.
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NOW, WHILE I WAS WELL AWARE OF WHAT MEALS ON WHEELS WAS, I WAS NEVER FULLY AWARE OF HOW MUCH THEY TRULY POUR INTO THE 60 PLUS COMMUNITY.IT WAS GREAT TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THAT THEY OFFER AND PROVIDE BECAUSE BEING IN THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FIELD, ONE OF MY CURRENT GOALS IS TO BRING PROGRAMS, PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES INTO THE CITY THAT WILL ASSIST US INTO POURING INTO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS PARTNERSHIP TOTALLY ALIGNS WITH THAT.
THANK YOU. THE FIRST PART OF THIS PARTNERSHIP IS A MEALS ON WHEELS CONGREGATE PROGRAM, WHERE WE WOULD BE AN OFF SITE FOR THE ACTUAL MEALS ON WHEELS LOCATION.
WE HAVE A START DATE OF MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH.
IT WILL BE RUN OUT OF THE STEVEN AND JUDY DEFFIBAUGH COMMUNITY CENTER.
SENIORS 60 PLUS CAN COME TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 10 A.M.
THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO REDUCE ISOLATION AND INCREASE SOCIALIZATION AND INTERACTION.
THIS WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH FOOD INSECURITIES, SORRY, WITHIN THIS DEMOGRAPHIC.
SLIDE THREE. BEFORE I TURN THIS OVER TO CHIEF HARVEY TO EXPLAIN THE SECOND COMPONENT OF BRINGING IN THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE STEERS PROGRAM, AMONG SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS. HERE ARE JUST A FEW STATISTICS.
ONE IN TWO OLDER ADULTS ARE AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION.
ONE IN FIVE OLDER ADULTS LIVE ALONE AND STRUGGLE WITH LONELINESS.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 11,000 SENIORS WHO LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE COLLIN COUNTY AREA.
IN 2021, MEALS ON WHEELS DELIVERED 3000 I MEAN, I'M SORRY, 335,000 MEALS.
AND THE NUMBER OF PRINCETON RESIDENTS CURRENTLY BEING SERVICED BY MEALS ON WHEELS IS 60.
SO WE HAVE 60 SENIORS AT 60 PLUS YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE BEING SERVICED WITH MEALS ON WHEELS.
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE.
ALL RIGHT. SO ALSO ONE MORE THING.
I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT MEALS ON WHEELS ALSO HAS A CORPORATE TAKEOVER PROGRAM WHERE WE AS A CITY WOULD PARTNER TO ASSIST IN THE KITCHEN PREPARING AND OR DELIVERING MEALS ALL OVER COLLIN COUNTY TO SENIORS.
JUST ONE DAY WE CAN VOLUNTEER AS A CITY.
AND NOW I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO CHIEF HARVEY.
FIRST OF ALL, DESHAWNA CAME TO ME AND LET ME KNOW THAT SHE WAS WORKING WITH MEALS ON WHEELS TO PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS.
AND IT WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER UP AND EXPAND UPON OUR WELLNESS WELFARE CHECK PROGRAM AND THE STEERS PROGRAM THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO EXPAND WITHIN THE CITY.
WHAT WE SAW FROM A FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE, NUMBER ONE, WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH CITIZENS, EARN THEIR TRUST, PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION WHILE THEY'RE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT OF THIS CONGREGATE MEAL DELIVERY.
AS YOU KNOW, AND AS DESHAWNA INDICATED, MEALS ON WHEELS HAS 60 PEOPLE IN THEIR PROGRAM.
THEY'RE DELIVERING WITHIN OUR, I GUESS, OUR ZIP CODE AND THE STEERS PROGRAM.
THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM ONLY HAS 21 PEOPLE IN IT.
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AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE WE ONCE WE HAVE THAT LIST DEVELOPED, WE CAN START CHECKING ON SPECIAL NEEDS CITIZENS REGULARLY.IT'LL HELP REDUCE THE 911 RESPONSE IMPACT BY GETTING OUR PEOPLE OUT THERE INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO CALL 911 AND GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT SEGUES INTO THE CREATION OF FUTURE PROGRAMS WITH THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITY.
CPR INSTRUCTION WHICH HAS ALREADY STARTED OVER AT THE STEVE AND JUDY DEFFIBAUGH COMMUNITY CENTER AID STOP THE BLEED, GENERAL FIRE SAFETY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
WE'LL BE GIVING CLASSES ONCE A MONTH OVER THERE AND ALSO ASSISTING WITH THE MEALS ON WHEELS EFFORT.
PROGRAMS WILL BE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON THE ELDERLY, DISABLED, SPECIAL NEEDS.
CERTAIN AGES WILL BE TARGETED AS WE HAVE HIGH RISK AGES ON THE YOUNG SIDE AND THE OLDER SIDE.
WE'LL DO ON SITE TRAINING OR WILL GO TO, TO OR ON SITE.
AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE COULD ACTUALLY SATELLITE OVER TO OTHER AREAS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS WITHIN THESE COMMUNITY CENTERS WITHIN THE CITY.
THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO JUST MAKE THE DELIVERY ACCESSIBLE AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, GETTING THIS POPULATION TO AND FROM THESE AREAS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION, SOCIALIZE, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WOULD BE A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY, I THINK.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, FINALLY, THE GOAL WOULD BE IN THE END TO JUST HAVE A FUNDED AND STAFF MANAGED PROGRAM WHICH ADDRESSES THE HEALTH WELLNESS NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND EXPANDING BEYOND THE MEALS ON WHEELS, PERHAPS INTO SOME OF THE ASSISTED LIVING CENTERS HERE.
AND THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WE CAN EXPAND THAT THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM TOO. OH, THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS UP THERE THAT YOU PUT UP THERE. WE RECENTLY DID A CPR CLASS FOR THE ISLAMIC.
CHURCH. AND THERE ARE SOME PICTURES THERE SHOWING SOME OF THAT CPR INSTRUCTION.
THE DESIGN IS TO GET THE PUBLIC TO WHERE THEY CAN TAKE ACTION.
AND IN TODAY'S WORLD, NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO THE MOUTH TO MOUTH.
AND THEN A FEW OTHER PICTURES THERE SHOW SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE OUT THERE DOING IN THE WAY OF TEACHING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN PUBLIC SAFETY, TEACHING OUR OWN PUBLIC SAFETY, CPR, GETTING OUT TO BUSINESSES, TEACHING FIRE EXTINGUISHER SAFETY AND HOW TO USE THOSE.
THANK YOU. WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
AND AS CHIEF HARVEY WAS SAYING, IT CAN DEVELOP INTO SO MUCH MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS COVERED AND EVERYONE IS OKAY, ESPECIALLY OUR 60 PLUS SENIORS.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM, BUT ALSO SUGGEST THAT YOU TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK THEY I THINK IT'S CALLED CART OR CULINARY RAPID TRANSIT.
THEY ACTUALLY MAKE STOPS HERE IN PRINCETON.
AND YOU MIGHT INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY CENTERS.
IT'S PROGRAMS LIKE THIS THAT ACTUALLY MADE MY GRANDMOTHER MORE HEALTHIER BEFORE SHE PASSED.
WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M WILDLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND MS. WALKER, YOU KNOW THAT.
AND AS YOU SAID, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS SINCE JUNE.
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IT IS WILDLY UNDERSERVED IN OUR CITY.WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW THIS BENEFICIAL FOR OUR SENIORS.
SO I LOVE THE PARTNERSHIP HERE.
IT'S A GREAT UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES THAT WE CAN PULL TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS WHERE WE CAN PULL OUR DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER AND REALLY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT MARLO SAID AS FAR AS LOVING IT, AND YOUR GRANDMOTHER WOULD HAVE LOVED IT.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO TOUCH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY BRING THEM TOGETHER, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS A HUGE LEVEL OF DEPRESSION AMONGST THIS AGE GROUP BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATION AND ALL THE STATISTICS THAT YOU PROVIDED.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE'RE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.
ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. WELL, OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS HERE.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PULL UP AND I HAVE TO FIND IT AGAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-11, AMENDING THE SPECIAL ELECTION DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22 -1 TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-08-01 ORDERING THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF ADOPTION OF A CHARTER FOR THE CITY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE ORDINANCE WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ELECTION HAD ALREADY BEEN ORDERED AND WE HAD ALREADY DECLARED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PRINCETON ON THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER 8TH ELECTION.
THEY ARE DEADLINE FOR EVERYONE TO ORDER ELECTIONS FOR THIS NOVEMBER.
THIS TONIGHT, THIS CALENDAR DATE OF AUGUST 22ND.
SO EVERY CITY IN COLLIN COUNTY HAD TO WAIT TO GET FINAL INFORMATION ON STUFF LIKE POLLING PLACES AND EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING UNTIL THE COUNTY PUTS IT OUT.
THEY DIDN'T PUT IT OUT IN TIME FOR THAT INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.
SO THIS ORDINANCE IS AMENDED IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE THE VOTING DAY, THE EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS, THE ELECTION DAY VOTING CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE USED CHANGED BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, AND ALSO TO INCLUDE SPANISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OF THE BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST OF THE FIRST VERSION OF THE ELECTION ORDER.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES.
IT WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE MOST CURRENT AND MOST THOROUGH INFORMATION SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WHEN WE PUBLISH THE ORDINANCE AND POST NOTICES THAT THAT INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS CAN PROBABLY STILL BE SUITABLE FOR ADOPTION IN THE REGULAR AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDER, I'D LIKE TO MAKE MOST OF THE APPROVED ORDERS NUMBER 2022-08-22-11 AMENDING SPECIAL ELECTION. GRAB A SECOND.
OUR SECOND THAT WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
THAT MOTION CARRIES 5-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM.
THERE IS NO ITEM, BUT IT'S ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-11 FOR AMENDING THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
RIGHT. SINCE WE'RE OUT OF ORDER ON THE AGENDA, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND KEEP US OUT OF ORDER.
WE ARE GOING TO SKIP DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-238 FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT AND OR APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
IN ONE OF OUR LAST MEETINGS IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT JUSTIN SCHULTZ DID RESIGN THAT POSITION.
SO IT IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION TONIGHT.
I DID EMAIL EVERYONE THE APPLICATION FOR IT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT IN YOUR EMAIL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND MR. JEFF WATSON. AND HE IS HERE TONIGHT.
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SO I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.IF NOT. YOUR HONOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO RE-APPOINTMENT FOR GEOFFREY WILSON.
REAL FINE PRINT OK TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR PLACE SEVEN.
I'LL SECOND. THAT WILL GO INTO ROLL CALL VOTE.
THAT THE MOTION CARRIES 5-0 FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. JEFF WATSON TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
MR. WATSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR SERVING.
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK INTO ORDER.
SO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-233 FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22 FOR CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2022 AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
THIS EVENING WE HAVE MR. JEFF OR MR. JIM SABONIS FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES WITH US ON THIS TOPIC.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITIZENS OF PRINCETON.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A PRESENTATION AND YOU JUST GIVE IT A MINUTE TO COME UP.
AS A POINT OF PRESENTATION, I WANT TO INDICATE I'M VERY PLEASED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PRESENTING THIS OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR AS WE DO MANY DIFFERENT BOND SALES.
IF YOU WENT AS WELL AND EXCEEDED EVERY EXPECTATION AS THIS ONE DID.
IF YOU'D GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
THE GOAL THAT WE PRESENTED A FEW WEEKS AGO TO THE CITY COUNCIL WAS TO FUND $20 MILLION OF UTILITY PROJECTS BY ISSUING CERTIFICATES OBLIGATION, WHICH ARE COMBINATION AD VALOREM TAX PLEDGE BUT AND SURPLUS REVENUES OF THE UTILITY FUND.
BUT THESE ARE GOING TO BE SELF SUPPORTED BY THE EXISTING SURPLUS REVENUES OF THE UTILITY SIDE.
THE CITY HAS NEVER BEEN IN A STRONGER FINANCIAL CONDITION OR BETTER STRATEGIC POSITION.
PROSPECTS FOR GROWTH ARE TREMENDOUS.
THE RESULTS WERE VERY POSITIVE CONFIRMATION OF OUR STANDARD POOR'S RATING AND AN UPGRADE OF OUR FITCH RATING FROM STABLE TO OUTLOOK, AN INDICATION THAT THEY EXPECT IT WILL HAVE HIGHER RATINGS IN THE FUTURE.
I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT THOSE THREE BIDDERS WERE THE THREE MOST LIKELY COMPETITIVE BIDDERS IN OUR INDUSTRY FOR TEXAS BONDS OF THIS NATURE. AND THE BREAK THAT WAS BID WHEN I WAS HERE, WHEN WE GOT THE GO AHEAD TO GO FORWARD, WE ACTUALLY INDICATED A 4.3 TO 3% INTEREST RATE, AND THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE FED MOVING 75 BASIS POINTS ON THE INTEREST RATE AND TO THE INDICATION THEY'LL MOVE 50 TO 75 BASIS POINTS.
AND IF YOU TURN TO THE CREDIT RATING, S&P, I CONFIRMED OUR RATING.
CITIES LIKE PRINCETON SOMETIMES HAVE CHALLENGES WHEN THEY GROW, BUT WHAT THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THAT YOU'RE FORMALIZED PRACTICES AND YOUR POLICIES SUPPORT THE POSITIVE GROWTH WITH VERY POSITIVE BUDGETARY RESULTS.
THEY INDICATED WE HAVE STRONG RESERVES AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE STRONG RESERVES IN THE FUTURE.
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SO VERY POSITIVE.S&P. AND S&P, WHO WE'VE TALKED TO RECENTLY IN OUR RECENT SALES, FITCH, WE'VE DONE LESS OFTEN.
AND THERE'S A REASON WHY FITCH IS LESS OFTEN.
S&P IS A LITTLE BIT MORE WELL KNOWN AND WELL ACCEPTED.
AND SO WE WENT TO FITCH, AND I'LL BE FRANK WITH YOU, AND I'M REALLY PROUD ABOUT THIS.
I WAS ON VACATION WHEN MOST OF IT TOOK PLACE.
FITCH IS UNIQUE IN THAT FITCH REALLY LOOKS AT EMPIRICAL INFORMATION.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN MUCH SUBJECTIVE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT STATISTICALLY IS TAKING PLACE.
AND IN FACT, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IT'S CAUSED SOME OF MY CLIENTS SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE WHEN THEY LOOK AT STATISTICS, AS CITIES GROW OR OUR ECONOMY'S GROWN, IT STRUCK SOME CITIES OUT AND WE DISCUSSED IT.
BUT WE, AFTER LOOKING AT YOUR FINANCIAL DATA, DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A GOOD COURSE OF ACTION.
AND I'LL TELL YOU AS A REALLY POSITIVE TO GET THIS OUTLOOK.
AND WHAT I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU IS NOT JUST THE RATING THEY GAVE YOU IN THE OUTLOOK, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMPONENTS OF THE RATING AND IN THE REPORT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT I INDICATED THREE AND TWO OF THE THREE ARE TRIPLE-A AND THOSE TWO ARE THE ONES THAT YOU CAN REALLY CONTROL, WHAT YOUR REVENUE FRAMEWORK AND HOW YOU GENERATE REVENUES AND YOU MANAGE THE CITY AND WHAT YOUR OPERATING PERFORMANCE, HOW YOU BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY AND GENERATE PERFORMANCE.
IT INDICATES THAT WE HAVE HIGH OVERLAPPING DEBT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, I REPRESENT A NUMBER OF TRIPLE-A CITIES.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE ALSO WOULD BE RATED SIMILARLY.
AND THE REASON IN TEXAS ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS USE AD VALOREM TAXES TO FUND THEIR DEBT.
WHEN IF YOU TO GO TO OKLAHOMA, THEY USE SALES TAX.
OTHER PLACES USE DIFFERENT METHODS OF FUNDING YOUR DEBT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CONTROL.
SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS RATING AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S REALLY SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT YOUR STAFF HAS PUT IN PLACE, THAT THE WAY YOU MANAGE THE CITY, IT REALLY IS A TRIPLE-A ORIENTATION, JUST A MATTER AS YOU GO FORWARD.
AND THEY INDICATE WITH THEIR POSITIVE OUTLOOK THAT THEY EXPECT EVERYTHING TO STAY THE SAME.
YOU WILL BE UPGRADED. OUR NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE THE BIDS.
ALL OF THEM HAVE SHOWN INTEREST AND BID ON YOUR BONDS BEFORE MARKET TO THE CITY.
VERY CLOSE MARGIN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND AND A VERY COMPETITIVE BID, I WOULD SAY.
AS I INDICATED, THE MARKETS MOVED CONTINUE AGAINST US.
AND WHAT THEY MEAN IS THEY'RE REALLY PAYING US 20 MILLION, 500,000 FOR OUR BOND ISSUE.
AND THERE'S A REASON WHY IT'S PART OF OUR ROLE AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
WHEN INTEREST RATES ARE RISING, BOND INVESTORS RECEIVE A BENEFIT BY HAVING HIGHER COUPON BONDS.
SO WE GAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.
AND IT WAS IT WORKED OUT BECAUSE GOALS GET YOU THE LOWEST PRINCIPAL INTEREST PAYMENT OVER TIME.
ON PAGE SEVEN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR EXISTING DEBT, YOUR CASH FLOW FROM YOUR LAST ORDER REPORT.
AND FOR COUNSEL, YOU CAN BE COMFORTED THAT WITH THE ADDITION OF DEBT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A NICE LEVEL OVERALL DEBT PICTURE PUT IN PLACE AND THAT YOUR EXISTING AUDITED FINANCIAL SHOW THAT YOU CAN COVER THAT EASILY GOING FORWARD.
THE FINAL PAGES ARE SCHEDULED IF YOU PASS THE ORANGE TONIGHT.
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JEFF GULBIS HERE IS YOUR BUYING COUNSEL WILL PRESENT IT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND WITH THEIR APPROVAL, WE EXPECT TO CLOSE IN SEPTEMBER 22ND.SO IN SUMMARY, ON A NATIONWIDE BASIS, ECONOMY IS BEING CONCERNED.
INFLATION, ESCALATING INTEREST RATES.
THE SALE EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATION AND ALL THAT HAD WENT AGAINST US.
WE BEAT THE RATE THAT WE EXPECTED.
WE RECEIVED A TREMENDOUSLY POSITIVE RATING AND GOT A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON ONE OF THE RATING PORTS.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY COUNCILWOMAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU'D HAVE.
AND YES, KUDOS TO OUR STAFF FOR ONCE AGAIN DOING A REMARKABLE JOB.
WE ARE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE AND THANKFUL FOR YOU.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU? I KNOW ORIGINALLY WHEN WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT A 4.3.
YOU SAID WE BEAT THAT IN THE RATE.
WHAT DID WE ACTUALLY GET FOR OUR RATE? THE RATE THAT THAT WAS THE LOW BID WAS A TRUE INTEREST COST OF 4.202990.
IT'S ON PAGE TWO THIRD ROW FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PRESENTATION.
AND AND THAT RATE AGAIN COMPARES TO A 4.23 IS WHAT WE WERE INDICATING TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN WE DID THE PRESENTATION TO GET THE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.
GENTLEMEN, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-234 FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-08-22-R01 FOR TRUIST BANK DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION 2022-08-22R01. UPDATING THE TERMS FOR FINANCING OF CERTAIN VEHICLES THROUGH LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH TRUIST BANK TO REVISE AND REPLACE RESOLUTION 2022-06-27-R01 AND A RESOLUTION 2022-08-08-R02 RELATING TO THE SAME TRANSACTION.
MR. OVERCASH IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN REVISED TO REFLECT THAT.
BUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT TO BE FINANCED HASN'T CHANGED, NOR IS THE SUBJECT MATTER.
AND SO IT'S JUST REVISING THOSE DOCUMENTS AND EXECUTING THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
OR BOND COUNSEL JEFF GULBIS MAY BE ABLE TO HELP COMMENT ON IT AS WELL.
THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, ANY QUESTIONS? MADAM MAYOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-234 RESOLUTION 2022-08-22-R01 FOR TRUIST BANK, PLEASE.
THAT MOTION CARRIES 5-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 2022-234 FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-08-22-R01 FOR TRUIST BANK.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-235 FOR WATER RATE STUDY DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
REGARDING THE OVERVIEW OF INTERIM FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ONGOING WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY TO BE PRESENTED BY MATTHEW GARRETT OF NUGENT STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS, LLC. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE FOR YOU.
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IF YOU'LL TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE, MA'AM.WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MATTHEW GARRETT WITH NUGENT STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS.
I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH A LOT OF THESE SLIDES.
ARE YOU DRIVING FOR ME, AMBER? FANTASTIC. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE.
I WANT TO TOUCH ON JUST THE AGENDA REAL QUICK.
OBVIOUSLY, A LITTLE INTRODUCTION, A OVERVIEW OF OUR RATE STUDY NORMS. WE DID JUST UPDATE CULLEOKA AS WELL.
SO I WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT. SO YOU'RE AWARE IF YOU HAD ALREADY SEEN IT.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THOSE ARE IMPACTING YOU THIS YEAR? TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED RATE STRUCTURE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ENTERTAIN SOME DISCUSSION AT THE SAME TIME.
I PUT THE DISCUSSION AT THE END, PLEASE INTERRUPT ME IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY INCLINED TO DO SO, BECAUSE I'D RATHER TALK ABOUT IT IN CONTEXT MORE AS A CONVERSATION THAN ME JUST TALKING TO YOU. AH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEWGEN.
AGAIN, IT'S MORE THAN BECKY SCHAEFER.
I AM THE MANAGING PARTNER OF OUR WATER PRACTICE NATIONWIDE.
WE DO OPERATE IN A NUMBER OF STATES.
HAWAII IS ONE I DON'T GET TO GO, BUT NEWGEN'S BIGGER THAN JUST ME AND BECKY.
WE ALSO HELP AUTHOR SOME OF THESE PUBLICATIONS ABOUT BEST PRACTICES.
BUT WE HAVE A FEW WE'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT.
SO HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS LOOKED AT A MULTI YEAR RATE STUDY.
WE ALWAYS ADVISE YOU LOOK AT A MULTI YEAR BECAUSE SOMETHING COULD BE ON THE HORIZON.
YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT'S COMING UP, RIGHT? NO ONE WANTS TO FALL OVER THE CLIFF, UNAWARE OF WHAT'S COMING.
RIGHT. BUT WE DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPONENTS OF THE RATE STUDY.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOUR WHOLESALE.
CLEARLY, NORTH TEXAS MAKES UP A BIG PORTION OF YOUR BUDGET, YOUR OPERATING EXPENSES, COLLEGE DEBT.
YOU JUST HEARD FROM MR. SABONIS THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED AND FACTORED IN.
AND THEN LASTLY, SOME FORECASTED GROWTH.
AND SO BECKY LED THAT EFFORT ALONG WITH YOUR STAFF.
THE RATE CURRENTLY IS 4.137 PER 1000 GALLONS.
SO YOU SEE THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
AND SO THAT'S ABOUT A 17% INCREASE WITH THE NEW RATE RESOLVED AT 4.839 PER 1000 GALLONS.
RISING WHOLESALE COSTS ARE NOT NEWS, BUT THEY ARE BIG NEWS THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES SYSTEMWIDE IN NORTH TEXAS.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMER GROWTH.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU HAVE SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS, PART OF WHICH THAT 20 MILLION WILL FUND.
BUT WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THE WHOLESALE COST.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE ON SCREEN AND HOPEFULLY IN YOUR PACKETS IS YOUR WHOLESALE COST FORECAST.
THERE'S A GREEN LINE AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT WHOLESALE RATES WOULD BE.
SO IN 23, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS 3.2 TO 1 PER CABLE OR 1000 GALLONS.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOING UP TO 3.77.
JUST YEAR OVER YEAR, THAT'S AN 11% INCREASE FOR THE UNIT COST OF WATER.
SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE OVERALL.
ALL RIGHT. ALSO SHOWN ON BOTH OF THESE REALLY IS THE FORECAST.
THESE AREN'T THESE AREN'T SUBSIDING.
RIGHT. YOU SAW DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES ON THE WATER SLIDE HERE.
YOU SEE DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES GOING UP FOR YEARS.
ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, THE DISTRICT, LIKE YOUR ORGANIZATION, IS FACING INFLATION.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE TRENDS WILL BE ON BOTH SYSTEMS. YES, SIR. NO, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
SO I SEE YOU'RE NOT AT ALL THE WAY OUT HERE TO TO 2032.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INFLATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO ARE WE HOPEFULLY INFLATION DOESN'T GO TO 2032.
SO ARE THESE SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR IS THIS WHAT WE'RE SAYING IT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE?
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NO. SURE. WELL, INFLATION, OF COURSE, I DON'T HAVE THE CRYSTAL BALL.AND SO THESE ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE.
SO AGAIN, YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE UPPER EAST WORK INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM.
THOSE COSTS ARE INCREASING 13% OR 12%, RATHER, FROM 22 TO 23.
AND THE TREND KIND OF GOES UP.
THERE'S ONE CONVENIENT ZERO THERE IN 29.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE COST ARE GOING UP UNIFORMLY.
THIS UPPER EAST FORK SYSTEM IS VERY LARGE.
THIS ISN'T A PRINCETON SYSTEM.
THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM REACHING TO PROSPER AND BEYOND.
AND SO EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATING IN THESE RISING COSTS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM, THAT LOWER SECTION HAS EVEN MORE PARTICIPANTS.
HOWEVER, I WILL HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS IN A MINUTE.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF GROWTH COMING.
THAT GROWTH IS PROMPTING A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
IT'S ALSO BRINGING RATEPAYERS.
RIGHT. SO SOME OF THESE INITIAL CAPITAL COSTS ARE GOING TO HAVE A RATE BASE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CUSTOMERS TO TAKE MORE VOLUMES.
THEY'RE GOING TO PAY SOME IMPACT FEES.
I THINK YOUR ENGINEERING TEAMS IN THE BACK, THEY MAY BE WORKING ON THAT NOW.
AND SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE GROWTH, HELP PAY FOR GROWTH.
AND THIS RATE BASE THAT'S COMING TO TOWN HELPED PAY THE FREIGHT FOR THIS NEW CAPITAL.
SHOULD GROWTH SUBSIDE? THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN OUR FORECAST WE WOULD CHANGE, BUT RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE LOOKING STRONG.
I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE NEXT.
I WON'T READ EACH OF THESE BULLETS.
NOTABLY IN THE FIRST TWO, YOU SEE SOME OF YOUR PROJECTS ARE IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE, SOME ARE NOT.
WE'VE TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE FORECASTED WHAT YOU'D REALLY NEED.
THE 50,000 JUST WASN'T ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN A SYSTEM WITH AS MANY MILES AS WERE MENTIONED EARLIER.
SO THAT'S GOING UP TO THE 75,000 FOR WATERLINES, THE 54 INTERCEPTORS.
THOSE ARE THE SEWER LINE AND THEN 50,000 FOR LIFT STATIONS.
SO THOSE ARE FEW CHANGES THAT WE'VE BAKED INTO THE BUDGET.
YOU JUST SAW THE PRESENTATION ON THE $20 MILLION OF DEBT, SO KUDOS ON THE INTEREST RATE.
AGAIN, I'M NOT AN FA, BUT I'VE SEEN 5% THIS YEAR, SO YOU'VE DONE WELL.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DO HAVE FACTORED IN SOME DEBT INTO THE FORECAST THAT 12.1 MILLION YOU SEE IN 24.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE PLUGGED IN AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THE COST COMPONENTS FOR YOUR SYSTEM, WITH YOUR WHOLESALE PROVIDER, WITH YOUR OWN CAPITAL NEEDS AND YOUR OWN OPERATION DEMANDS GOING UP TO THE NEXT.
SO HERE'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S A PRETTY STEEP INCLINE AGAIN, BUT YOU HAVE SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH.
IF YOUR RESIDENTS NOW ARE PLUS OR -8000 AND YOU GROW 2000, THAT'S A QUARTER.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN THE COMING YEARS.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MIX OF CUSTOMER TYPES, MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL IN THERE.
BUT OVERALL, 2000 IS A BIG NUMBER NO MATTER HOW YOU GET IT.
AND WE DO SEE THE WHOLESALE COST AT THE BOTTOM GOING UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
SEE THAT BOTTOM BLUE SECTION MAKES UP A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUR BUDGET.
ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU ADD THE CAPITAL AND DEBT, YOU'VE NOW TAKEN WELL OVER HALF OF YOUR TOTAL NEED.
UTILITIES ARE VERY FIXED, COST INTENSIVE.
THE NEXT SILVER LINING IS, DESPITE ALL THOSE INCREASES, LITTLE GLOOM AND DOOM, THERE'S NO RATE INCREASE ANTICIPATED OR REQUIRED TO YOUR RATEPAYERS IN FISCAL 23. NOW SOME FORESHADOWING.
I SHOWED YOU MULTIYEAR INCREASES.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HOLD FOREVER.
BUT IN 23, IT SEEMS WE CAN GO WITHOUT A RATE INCREASE.
NOW, WHILE WE'RE NOT DOING A RATE INCREASE, WE DO THINK THERE ARE SOME BEST PRACTICES, SOME THINGS THAT YOUR RESIDENTS WOULD BENEFIT FROM, SOME THINGS THAT YOUR YOUR RATE STRUCTURE COULD BE BETTER ALIGNED WITH WHAT WOULD BE A BEST PRACTICE.
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SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE.ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RATE INCREASE OR NO RATE INCREASE? YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO METER EQUIVALENCY.
IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW WHAT THAT IS, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT DEMANDS PLACED ON YOUR SYSTEM.
THE ENGINEERS WILL DO BETTER JUSTICE WHEN THEY PRESENT LATER, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGER METER, IT TAKES MORE INSTANTANEOUS DEMAND POTENTIAL BECAUSE THE LARGER METER CAN TAKE MORE MAXIMUM FLOW IN ANY GIVEN MINUTE.
YOU HAVE TO BUILD SYSTEMS ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT IT IF IT OPENS UP.
YOUR IMPACT FEES ALREADY RECOGNIZE THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A THREE YEAR PHASE IN AND YOU'LL SEE THE IMPACTS ARE PRETTY MODEST.
WE GO FROM A TWO INCH METER AT $90 UP TO 100.8 AND MOST OF YOUR COMMERCIAL METERS ARE IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT'S ONE STRUCTURAL CHANGE THAT WE'D RECOMMEND.
ANY QUESTIONS ON MEDIA EQUIVALENCY OR WHY THAT MAKES SENSE? NIA, COULD YOU EXPOUND, OR COULD YOU PUT THAT A LITTLE MORE LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR ME, PLEASE? YES, SIR. NO PROBLEM.
SO YOU HAVE LET'S JUST GO BACK TO LIKE, ECONOMICS.
YOU HAVE A PLANT, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO BUILD THAT PLANT FOR PEAK NEED.
RIGHT. AND SO WHEN THEY ELEVATE WATER TO PRESSURIZE YOUR SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE SAFE IF IT WASN'T, THEY HAVE TO BUILD MORE ELEVATED STORAGE, CREATE MORE PRESSURIZED SYSTEM, MORE TOWERS.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE COMING ONLINE, ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.
RIGHT. SO BASICALLY BIGGER METERS HAVE A LARGER DEMAND ON OUR SYSTEM.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT.
ULTIMATELY, THESE FACTORS YOU CAN SEE ARE BASED ON A MAX FLOW.
THERE YOU SEE IS A ONE TIMES FACTOR.
SO IF YOU HAVE A TWO INCH METER, THAT WOULD BE A FOUR TIMES FACTOR.
BUT THIS IS THE SCHEDULE FROM THE CURRENT IMPACT FEE SERVICE UNIT EQUIVALENCIES.
I WOULD SAY THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON EQUIVALENCY? SO IS THAT AN ESSENTIALLY WAY OF TELLING US TO RAISE THE WATER BILLS? ABSOLUTELY. ON LARGER METERS.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PRACTICES.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED SOME MANUALS.
WE HAVE ONE CALLED THE AWA ONE.
BUT ONE OF THE STANDARD FEATURES OF THAT IS THIS VERY CONCEPT THAT THOSE THAT HAVE A GREATER DEMAND ON OUR SYSTEM SHOULD PAY MORE BECAUSE THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT WATER AT ANY GIVEN TIME IS GREATER FOR THE SIX INCH.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR JOE'S TAKE ON IT.
BUT THAT SAID, THAT IS A BEST PRACTICE.
THAT DOES IMPACT MORE OF YOUR COMMERCIAL USERS.
I'M GLAD. JOE, JUST FOR JUST A SECOND.
THEY'RE ACCEPTED ACROSS THE STATE.
JOE, TELL THEM WHAT A WWA IS, PLEASE.
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WE WE SET A FEE FOR THAT.AND THEN AS THE METERS GET LARGER, THEY DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PLACE MORE DEMAND ON YOUR SYSTEM.
SO THE BIGGER THE METER, THE BIGGER THAT COST WOULD BE TO RUN TO OWN AND OPERATE YOUR SYSTEM.
I MEAN, IT'S ACCEPTED PRACTICE.
WE DON'T BASE CAPACITY IN OUR ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS ON THE NEED FOR FIRE FLOW.
THERE ARE OTHER TC RULES THAT APPLY TO THAT.
PIPE SIZE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH VELOCITIES AND THEN PRESSURES IN THE SYSTEM ITSELF.
FIRE LINES AREN'T SUBJECT TO IMPACT FEES, PERIOD.
THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S NOT A CAPACITY ISSUE.
SO IMPACT FEES CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PROJECTS THAT INCREASE CAPACITY IN YOUR SYSTEM ITSELF.
THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PRESENTATION? ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PRESENTATION? I'LL BE GLAD TO. YES, MA'AM. GREAT.
AND JOE STAYED CLOSE BY IF YOU NEED THE AUTHORITY.
IT'S ACTUALLY JUST MR. MATT. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? SORRY, JUST TO KIND OF SIMPLIFY THE META EQUIVALENCY.
SO THE 5/8 BY THREE QUARTER INCH METER, THAT'S YOUR STANDARD ONE ONE SERVICE.
SO THEY ARE IMPACTING IT THE SAME AMOUNT AS FOUR METERS WOULD.
SO THAT TAKES AWAY FROM YOUR TOTAL METER COUNT THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE, BASICALLY BECAUSE IT IMPACTS THE AMOUNT OF STORAGE THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE ON HAND BECAUSE IT'S. ABLE TO CONSUME THE SAME AMOUNT AS FOUR METERS.
MAKE SENSE. SO I'M NOT JUST GOING TO WRITE ALL THAT DOWN IF I HAVE TO ANSWER IT AGAIN.
OVER THREE YEARS, YOU COULD CHOOSE TO RIP OFF THE BAND-AID AND DO IT ALL IN ONE.
BUT WE THINK THERE ARE SOME LARGER INCREASES, MAYBE A MULTIYEAR MAKE SENSE.
REALLY IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THREE MONTHS, PRIMARILY DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY USAGE.
SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR AVERAGE IN THE COMMUNITY AS I HAVE ON THE SLIDE HERE IS 4000.
SO I MAY HAVE A FOUR AND A SIX AND A SEVEN AND A THREE.
RIGHT? WE HAVE TO COVER OUR COST.
BUT THE WAY THAT YOU SLICE THE PIE IS DIFFERENT.
I THINK THE VERDICT'S OUT ON RICHARDSON.
I BELIEVE THEY DO HAVE A WINTER AVERAGE.
THOSE THAT DON'T ARE TYPICALLY EVALUATING IT AS WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
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ANY QUESTIONS IN PRINCIPLE ABOUT WHAT WINTER AVERAGING DOES? SO PROCEDURALLY SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS, HOW DO WE DO IT? WE HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT, RIGHT? WE NEED A SAMPLE PERIOD.SO WE NEED A DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TO PASS.
IT PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE CERTAINTY IN THE RESIDENTIAL BILL, SO WE THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE.
OTHER THAN THAT, THOSE REALLY ARE OUR FINDINGS.
A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
BUT THAT SAID, WE DO WANT TO COME BACK IN DECEMBER WITH SOME OF THIS SHORED UP, NOT JUST WE THINK IT'S GOOD, BUT WHAT IS THE REAL RATE? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE THAT STARTS AT I THINK IT'S FOUR, MAYBE GOES TO NINE ON YOUR WASTEWATER BILL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SET A SINGLE RATE, WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THAT.
SHOULD YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THE WINTER AVERAGE? SO. SO HERE IS THE DISCUSSION PART OF THE SECTION.
ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OF ME ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES OR THE RATE STUDY INPUTS? I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
YES, MA'AM. I APOLOGIZE THAT IT DID TAKE NUMEROUS TAKES AND TRIES TO BREAK IT DOWN TO US.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT IN THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE ACTUAL STUDY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR PROBABLY MAYBE CLOSE TO A YEAR AGO.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT AND TO SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR OUR USERS, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE CAN KIND OF SEE THE FORECAST OF THESE RATES AND OUR TEN YEAR FORECAST.
IF I'M JUST BEING BLUNT, IT'S A LITTLE DISHEARTENING.
I HURT FOR OUR CITIZENS NOW ALREADY WITH OUR WATER BILLS.
AND I MYSELF, I'M A CITIZEN HERE, TOO.
BUT TO SEE WHAT THAT TEN YEAR OUTLOOK IS GOING TO BE, I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US HERE, STAFF COUNCIL, EVERYBODY, TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT IN AND NOT HURT EVERYBODY SO MUCH SO.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO THIS ONE? ONE QUICK QUESTION. WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE IMPACT FOR THE COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL IMPACT FROM THE INCREASE THAT YOU WERE PROPOSING FROM, I GUESS, WHAT THE WANT OVER THE EQUIVALENCY ASPECT.
YES, SIR. SO IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE FOR THE EQUIVALENCY.
SO THE MAXIMUM IMPACT TO ANY GIVEN RATEPAYER IS THAT DELTA BETWEEN 1000 TODAY, A MINIMUM CHARGE TO 1800 IN 2024. AGAIN, THAT'S AN EIGHT INCH METER.
I'D HAVE TO GO CHECK. I COULD PULL IT UP IN THE DETAILED MODEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN EIGHT INCH METER THAT'S ACTIVELY BEING SERVED.
BUT THAT WASN'T AN EQUIVALENTLY RELATED MATTER.
THAT WAS JUST TO LOCK IN RATES THAT THAT SEEM MORE INTUITIVE.
AND SO IT'S A $10 CHANGE OVER THREE YEARS TO THEIR MINIMUM.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THESE CHANGES ARE SUBJECT ALSO TO YOUR OTHER INCREASES.
LOCK STEP. RIGHT. IT'S A PROPORTIONALITY OR EQUITABLE RATE AND SO SHOULD 2520 NOT BE THE BASE THAT 100.8 MAY BE 110 OR SOME OTHER HIGHER VALUE.
BUT THE IDEA IS JUST TO GET OUR EQUIVALENCY FACTORS THE PERCENT BETWEEN ALL OF OUR MINIMUMS IN LINE WITH I SAY INDUSTRY STANDARD HOPEFULLY YOUR SYSTEM VALUES.
AND THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR MR. MAPP. CURRENTLY, WHAT IS OUR BIGGEST SIZE THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING ABOUT A FOUR.
OKAY. AND JUST FUTURE CASTING HERE.
WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN FOR US TO NEED AN EIGHT CITY WISE?
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WHAT WOULD NECESSITATE THAT? OR ANYTHING BEYOND FOUR, RATHER.REALLY IT WOULD TAKE A PRIVATE COMMUNITY.
A LARGE HOSPITAL WOULD TAKE PROBABLY A SIX INCH METER.
SO. HOW ABOUT A LAGOON? WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH OF THEIR WATER IS GOING TO BE MAKE UP WATER FROM US.
I CAN'T COMMENT ON IT EXACTLY, BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THOSE TELL TOMMY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THIS TO A LOT OF THOSE FACILITIES, USE SOME REUSE AND FILTRATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO MAKE UP THEIR MAKE UP FOR THE THEIR WATER LOSS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO INSTALL SUCH LARGE METERS.
ANTICIPATE THAT TO ASSIST IN FILLING THE LAGOON, THEY WILL UTILIZE CONSTRUCTION METERS.
SO AGAIN, THOSE THOSE AREN'T VERY LARGE.
THOSE ARE 2 TO 2.5 INCH METERS.
SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR UPDATE.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK IN DECEMBER.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-236 FISCAL YEAR 22-23 PROPOSED BUDGET DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 PROPOSED BUDGET AND SETTING A DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I JUST LIKE TO GO OVER SOME KEY POINTS OF THE BUDGET AND AMBER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PULL THAT BUDGET DOCUMENT UP SO THEY CAN SCROLL THROUGH OR YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH IT IF NECESSARY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE.
ANTICIPATES RUNNING THE CITY FROM 131 EMPLOYEES TO UPWARDS OF 150 TO.
THE NEW TAX, THE NO NEW REVENUE, THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS JUST OVER $0.31.
THE DEBT RATE THAT THE BUDGET IS UTILIZING IS JUST OVER $0.22.
AND THE COMBINATION TAX RATE IS 50, JUST OVER $0.53, AND THAT'S DOWN FROM $0.60 FROM FY 22.
THE I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE GFA BUDGET AWARD AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE RECEIVED ACCREDITATION FOR THOSE TWO REPORTS FROM GFA.
THE THE BUDGET ALSO TAKES IN CONSIDERATION THAT THE CITY'S.
IMPACT TO ITS INSURANCE IS ABOUT 10% FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE BUDGETED IN THERE FOR FOR THE EMPLOYEE INSURANCE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CPI CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CURRENTLY IS IS SET AT 9.1%.
WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD HIKE FROM THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THAT'S BAKED INTO THE BUDGET WE HAVE WE'VE PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET TO TAKE ON 50% OF THE OF OUR EMPLOYEES DEPENDENT COVERAGE.
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT THIS IS THIS IS IMPORTANT.
A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES STRUGGLE WITH PURCHASING INSURANCE FROM OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE PROVIDERS AND TO TO TAKE THIS ON AND.
ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT IS AN IMPACT OF ABOUT 330,000.
HOWEVER, WE DO SEE FOLKS COMING IN TO THE SYSTEM OR TRYING TO COME IN THAT WE'D LIKE TO HIRE.
MANY CITIES ALREADY ALREADY PROVIDE THAT.
AND. WE SEE THAT BEING A KIND OF A DETERRENT WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE HIRING. WE WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS SOME FOLKS THAT WANTED TO COME ON BOARD FROM OTHER CITIES, BUT FOUND THAT EVEN THOUGH THE
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SALARY WAS REASONABLE AND COMPARABLE, THAT THE DEPENDENT INSURANCE PUSHED IT OVER THE EDGE WHERE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO MAKE THE SWITCH.IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE PROJECT WE'RE PROJECTING A PROJECT ACCOUNTANT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS.
AND IT'S TIME THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THOSE PROJECTS, THIS PROJECT OR THIS PROJECT ACCOUNTANT WILL BE PAID GENERALLY THROUGH THOSE PID, PID CONTRACTS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AS A MANAGEMENT COST.
SO THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE IMPACT TO THE CITY REGARDING THAT THAT EMPLOYEE.
OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT IS EXPANDING.
IT'LL BE EXPANDING TO TO TWO INDIVIDUAL FOLKS THIS YEAR.
THAT'S PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET.
SO WE DO HAVE THIRD PARTY SERVICES ENGAGED AND WE'RE COVERING IT AT THIS POINT.
HOWEVER, IT IS ALWAYS THE PREFERRED TO HIRE THE FOLKS INTERNALLY.
WE HAVE A LOT BETTER CONTROL OVER THAT AND OVERSIGHT, BUT WE ARE BUDGETING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS IN IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THERE'S TWO ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS THAT CAN COME ON MID-YEAR.
THERE'S A SLIGHT MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENT IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IN OUR UTILITY BILLING DEPARTMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING A TECHNICIAN.
IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL TECHS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE ADDITIONAL WATER AND SEWER MAINTENANCE TASKS THAT TOMMY ALLUDED TO EARLIER IN HIS PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE RESTRUCTURED THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
IT'LL IT'LL HAVE ONE LEAD TECH AND ONE ONE SUPPORT.
THEY WILL MANAGE THIS BUILDING AND THEY'LL EVENTUALLY BRANCH AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THE BUILDINGS.
BUT THEIR INITIAL TASK WILL BE HERE AT THIS BUILDING.
AND THAT'S BUDGETED FOR FOR 23.
IN FLEET, WE HAVE TWO FOLKS IN OUR FLEET DEPARTMENT.
AND AS YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT MR. BRYANT IN PARK AND REC.
HE STATED THAT THEY'RE UP 35% IN THEIR PARK AND REC ACTIVITIES AND SIGNUPS.
WE HAVE THE BUDGET THAT IS PROPOSED AT THIS TIME.
IT'S IT'S A BALANCED BUDGET AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ANTICIPATE GOING FORWARD AND ALIGNING WITH THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THIS YEAR.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS.
MS. PRIGMORE IS HERE FROM FINANCE.
AND AND WE'LL WE'RE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND FOLLOWING THIS EVENING WILL BE ANY DIRECTION GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL WILL BE READY TO PRESENT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER AND IT'LL BE READY FOR ADOPTION.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS BUDGET DOCUMENT IS NOT 100% COMPLETE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO TIE DOWN ALL THE LOOSE ENDS FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF IT.
SO FOR THE SUBMITTAL TO GFOA, WHICH WE STILL INTEND TO DO AGAIN THIS YEAR AND IT WILL INCLUDE A LOT MORE PAGES ONCE IT'S ADOPTED AND WE HAVE ALL THOSE NUMBERS TO FINALLY INSERT INTO THE DOCUMENT.
WITH THAT, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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FOR YOURSELF. FOR MS. PRIGMORE, I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET IS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED AND SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT IS POURED INTO THIS.SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
GENTLEMEN, ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET TONIGHT? I DON'T SO MUCH AS HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, I DO.
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN STRAIGHT AND FORTHRIGHT WITH US.
WE ALWAYS COME OUT WITH A NICE, BALANCED BUDGET.
I LOVE THAT WE'RE ADDING MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND MORE TECHNICIANS, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO TAKE OVER.
AND I REALLY LOVE THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF THIRD PARTIES AND DO MORE IN HOUSE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT.
YOUR HONOR, DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO EITHER ACCEPT IT OR SET A DATE AND TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING? BECAUSE WE WON'T ACCEPT IT, I GUESS, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TO SET THE THE DATE IN THE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED, WHAT, 22-23 BUDGET FOR THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING? REGULAR SCHEDULE. CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
LOOKS LIKE OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER THE 12TH.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU READ THIS ONE PAGE.
IF YOU COULD PULL IT UP ON THE.
YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. IT'S A PAGE THREE.
I THINK IT IS. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST PAGE OF THE RESOLUTION.
DO I NEED TO OPEN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM? NO, IT'S. IT'S JUST THE SAME BUDGET DOCUMENT.
THERE'S JUST A STATEMENT WE'D LIKE YOU TO READ.
WHAT PAGE IS THAT ON? THIS IS.
WE'RE ON WE'RE NOT ON THIS ITEM YET.
WE'RE ON THE BUDGET, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
THE DATES FOR THE PROPOSED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
THERE YOU GO. IF YOU COULD READ THAT, MR. DEFFIBAUGH.
I MAKE MOST OF THE CITY COUNCIL SET THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 AT 6:30 P.M.
IS THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2022 TAX RATE AND SAID HEARING TO BE HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE PRINCETON CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 2000 EAST PRINCETON DRIVE IN PRINCETON, TEXAS.
YES. HE ALSO DIRECT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE DIRECT NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY AND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AS REQUIRED BY TEXAS TAX CODE 26.06-065 AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAW.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PUBLICATIONS OF NOTICE IN SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM TO THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN FOR ALL PURPOSES.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AT THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL ANNOUNCE THE DATE AND TIME AND PLACE OF THE MEETING AT WHICH IT WILL VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
HE'S READING OFF FOR THAT PROPOSED TAX RATE.
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I MEAN, I SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.ARE WE SUPPOSE ANOTHER THERE'S ANOTHER STATEMENT HE NEEDS TO READ.
IT'S ON THE PAGE JUST PRIOR TO THAT.
THIRD PAGE. OR IS IT? NO, IT'S NOT ON THERE.
NO, THIS IS. IT'S NOT IN THERE.
THE SPECIAL LANGUAGE FOR THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE DOES NOT TO BE USED AT THIS MEETING.
SHE'S ON THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS IS A STATEMENT SHE'S ASKING TO TAKE THIS OVER TO DAVID.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT, DAVID.
WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THE TAX RATE, SO.
WE GO. THOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE? OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO DISREGARD YOUR FIRST MOTION.
YOU NEED TOTAL DISREGARD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE A NEW MOTION WITH THAT INFORMATION.
DO I MAKE THIS MOTION FOR THE TAX RATE? NO, THIS ONE. THAT'S FOR THE NEXT ONE.
SO MY MOTION STANDS THAT THE ONE I JUST DID.
YEAH. THEY SAID FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT.
YES, I NEED TO GET A SECOND VOTE ON IT AND THEN THIS'LL BE THE NEXT ONE.
MR. OVERCASH, CAN YOU WEIGH IN ON THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND? HE JUST NEEDS TO READ THAT STATEMENT WE JUST GAVE HIM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOR THE BUDGET.
AND WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED OUR TAX RATE.
NO, HE JUST HAND YOU THE ONE FOR THE BUDGET.
CAN I SEE THIS? PAUL GEORGE THAT'S THE IT'S THE YEAH HE WAS JUST HANDED SAYS PROVIDE A MOTION TO PROPOSE THE TAX RATE.
AND WE STILL HAVEN'T OPENED THE AGENDA ITEM TO EVEN DISCUSS THE TAX RATE.
DAVID WHAT DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO? I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS AS IF WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR IT.
THIS MOTION DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN THAT FORMAT, BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A MOTION THAT SETS THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE BY A SPECIAL FORWARD MOTION THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING.
SO THE MOTION THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED ON THE FLOOR, THE LENGTHIER ONE THAT MR. DEFFIBAUGH HAD READ, INCLUDED ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION I BELIEVE IS NECESSARY TO INCLUDE IN THE MOTION TO SET THE HEARING ON THE TAX RATE.
I THINK THAT THE DOCUMENT THAT IS BEING USED FOR VISUAL REFERENCE RIGHT NOW IS INCLUDING SOMETHING ELSE OR IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE ALL AT ONCE IN THAT FORMAT WHERE IT SAYS SET THE HEARING AND DISCUSS WHAT THE RATES ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE.
DOES NOT NEED TO INCLUDE NUMERIC REFERENCES TO THE RATES.
WE JUST NEED TO. IN WHICH I DID.
YES. SO WHICH I HAVE ALREADY DONE.
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OUR SECOND. THANK YOU.ROLL CALL VOTE.THAT THE MOTION CARRIES 5-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 PROPOSED BUDGET AND SETTING A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING OF SEPTEMBER THE 12TH, WHICH IS OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT'LL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-237 FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-08-22-R02 FOR PROPOSED TAX RATE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS.
ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU'RE NOW YOU'RE.
YOU'RE APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION.
OKAY. YOUR HONOR, I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF PRINCETON PROPOSE TO ADOPT A FISCAL YEAR 2023 TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.534543, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.
NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 0.482472 AND CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2022. FURTHER, A.
A RECORD VOTE ON THE TAX RATE.
ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2022.
THANK YOU. THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT DATE, IS IT? IT SHOULD BE SEPTEMBER THE 12TH.
THERE'S A TYPO. IT SHOULD BE THE 12TH.
CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE .
NUMBER 2022-08-22-R02 FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
WE DID IT. FIGURED THAT ONE OUT.
ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-238 FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENTS AND OR REAPPOINTMENT. NOTE WE ALREADY DID THAT WHEN WE WERE SKIPPING DOWN.
AGENDA ITEM 2022-239 FOR CDC EDC BUDGET DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CDC.
EDC BUDGET REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLEIBER.
I'M SORRY. WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST, STEVE OR SHERRY? YOU'RE THE ONE. EITHER OR.
OURS IS JUST A PROPOSED BUDGET THAT I BELIEVE WE PUT IT UP HERE.
THEY'RE BOTH PROPOSED AT THIS POINT.
THEY WILL GO TO THE CDC AND THE CDC AT THE NEXT CDC AND CDC TO BE FINALIZED, TO GO IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN PLACED UP THERE.
MS.. ANDERSON I'M GOING TO PULL IT UP HERE IN A SECOND SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.
SO. ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MR. KLEIBER, DID YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR QUESTION? I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS AS A PROPOSAL AND WE'RE COMING BACK TO THE NEXT CDC MEETING BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE IT READY AND WE'D HAVE AN ACTUAL BUDGET READY FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
DID YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND SEE THE ACTUAL APPROVED BUDGET? OKAY. OKAY.
SO. SO I GUESS WE'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.
WELL, JUST FYI, THE, YOUR NEXT CDC AND CDC MEETING IS JUST A DAY OR IT'S THE WEEK BEFORE THE BUDGET.
SO THERE'S NOT REALLY A TABLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A IN IN THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
IT'S ALREADY GOING TO BE ADOPTED.
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PROPOSED THAT SHE CAN SCROLL THROUGH AND YOU CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT.BUT IF YOU WANT A TABLE, IT THAT'S THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL.
WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN YOU GUYS.
SO WHAT WOULD SHE LIKE TO DO? WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TABLE IT IF YOU.
IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU, MR. CLARKE. OKAY.
WE'LL TELL YOU. ARE YOU GONNA CHANGE MUCH FROM WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW? THERE'LL PROBABLY BE SOME CHANGES IN THERE.
I KNOW. WE'VE GOT TO ADD SOME THINGS.
WELL, I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE CDC.
I MEAN, NEXT TO COUNCIL MEETING.
COUNCIL MEETING? FOR BOTH CDC AND CDC.
DOES THE EDC HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE BUDGET APPROVED, THE EDC IS PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME SITUATION AS EDC.
I MEAN, WE MET A FEW WEEKS AGO AND HAVE COME UP WITH AN OUTLINE THAT YOU SEE IN THE HANDOUTS.
SO WERE THERE ANY SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS? NO, NOTHING SPECIFIC.
IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT TONIGHT, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
I DON'T EXPECT TO SEE ANY CHANGES EXCEPT POSSIBLY ON THE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LINE, WHICH I THINK WE'VE GOT A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM FOR THAT NOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CUT IN STONE RIGHT NOW.
SIMILAR WHERE THE CDC DOES SO.
THIS JUST OUTLINES WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN OUR MEETING LAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I'LL TRY TO ELABORATE ON ANY SPECIFIC LIGHT.
YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN OVER THIS BEFORE THE INCENTIVE, SAID FRISCO.
THAT'S IT'S JUST EAST OF LOWRY CROSSING BORDER, BASICALLY JUST THE NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 380 THAT OUR THE OWNER OF THE PRINCETON PHARMACY IS DEVELOPING THAT AND THIS WAS AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT THAT WE ENTERED WITH THEM.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE'LL BE PUTTING IN THERE AND DISCUSSING THAT THE AMOUNT AND ALSO FOR THE CDC AND ABOUT THE SAME THING, BECAUSE IF WE'VE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY CENTER PROGRAMS, WE'VE ADDED, MADE A LINE ITEM FOR THAT AND SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FOR THAT.
AND ALSO WE PUT IN FOR THE REC CENTER ERECTED BUDGETED MONEY, ALTHOUGH THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE PROBABLY A CITYWIDE BOND ELECTION FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE, YOU KNOW.
BASICALLY. WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT TAKEN AWAY A LITTLE BIT.
SO IS THAT GOING TO BE YOUR BUDGET FOR TONIGHT? SO I DON'T HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT, SIR, IS THAT GOING TO BE YOUR BUDGET FOR TONIGHT? SO I DON'T HAVE TO ASK YOU BACK NEXT TIME.
I'LL BE GLAD TO BRING BACK THE ACTUAL APPROVED BUDGET.
THANK YOU DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. DEREK, WHERE ARE YOU SAYING THE NEXT MEETING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING FOR THE CDC AND CDC? IN THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, YOU'LL BE YOU'LL BE ASKED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR FY 23.
THESE COMPONENT UNITS ARE PART OF THAT BUDGET.
SO IF YOU HAD ANY IF YOU HAD ANY CHANGES THAT WERE NECESSARY, THAT WOULD BE
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BASICALLY ON THE FLY AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE EDC AND CDC FINALIZATION OF THEIR BUDGET.THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT THROW A LITTLE BIT OF A WRENCH IN THE WORKS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY OVER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, IT WOULD NOT FALL IN LINE WITH THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS AT THE NEXT EDC, CDC MEETING, THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THEIR BUDGET.
AND SO THAT THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE.
WILL BE SET TO DISCUSS THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THEIR BUDGET.
AND IF IF YOU GO BACK ON THAT AND MAKE A CHANGE, THEN TECHNICALLY YOU'D HAVE TO YOU'D HAVE TO EXTRACT THE CDC AND EDC OUT OF THE MAIN BUDGET AND GO BACK TO THE TO THE COMPONENT UNITS FOR A PROCEDURAL PROCEDURAL ADOPTION. AND THAT'S TYPICALLY NOT HOW WE DO IT.
SO. THE LAST MINUTE CHANGES CAN REALLY UPSET THE APPLE CART.
IF IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE CDC AND CDC GOING FORWARD WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE A LITTLE TWEAK OUT OF THEIR BUDGET FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT MS. CAMPBELL MENTIONED.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY MUCH STRUCTURED THE WAY YOU'D LIKE IT THEN.
I SEE NO REASON WHY IT SHOULDN'T JUST GO FORWARD.
SO IT MAY BE MOVE YOU TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THEN ADVISE SOME CHANGES AFTER THE FACT.
IF IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE AND WE CAN GO ABOUT IT THAT WAY, I WOULDN'T SUGGEST UPSETTING THE PROCEDURAL PROCESS FOR ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT.
IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE TIME AND WE'RE WE'RE TRACKING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER THAT WE GET FUNDED THROUGH SALES TAX, NOT AD VALOREM TAXES.
YEAH. SO IS IT A POSSIBILITY THEN JUST THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING, CAN WE JUST HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET PRIOR TO THIS DISCUSSION AND THEN WE CAN ADOPT THAT? AND AT THAT POINT IT'S DONE.
AND THEN WHEN WE GO TO DISCUSS THIS, WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED THE BUDGET.
YEAH, CERTAINLY YOU CAN, YOU CAN ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON, ON MAYBE SOME FUTURE CHANGES TO IT AND THEY'LL PROBABLY BE MY RECOMMENDATION RATHER THAN GET THIS THING OUT OF OUT OF KILTER.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE ALREADY HAD OUR MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
I'LL SAY IT. YOU WILL SECOND IT.
PERFECT. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
MEETING. THAT WILL PUT US AT AGENDA ITEM 2022-240.
PUBLIC HEARING WINCHESTER 910 AND 11 CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A REQUEST FROM DAVID L.
BOOTHE, D.R. HORTON, TEXAS LTD FOR REZONING A PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURAL AG TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT BEING A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, A PART OF THE HARDIN WRIGHT SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 957 BEING A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, A PART OF THE WILLIAM D THOMPSON SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 892 AND BEING A PART OF THAT CALLED 187.25250 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED TO D.R.
HORTON, TEXAS LTD AS RECORDED IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 20211201002443260.
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THE TIME IS 8:35 P.M.THIS WILL OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD.
STATE. YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 903 GRID STREET.
I WOULD REQUEST YOU TO DECLINE THIS IN LIGHT OF THE DOWNTURN IN THE HOUSING MARKET.
THERE ARE HOMES THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE THAT ARE NOT SOLD.
WE DON'T WANT TOO MANY HOMES WE CAN POSTPONE OR IF THERE IS ANY PROVISION, I DO NOT KNOW HOW.
WHAT ARE THE PROCESS BY WHICH THINGS ARE APPROVED? WHETHER THE MARKET CONDITION IS A FACTOR IN APPROVAL OF THE PROCESS, I REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO NOT APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
ANYONE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? AND MS. DILLER, JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
LINDA DILLARD, 6954 COUNTY ROAD 398 PRINCETON, TEXAS.
AS I STATED EARLIER, MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE PROPERTY LINE.
HORTON ACTUALLY PULLED ME ASIDE AND WE WENT OUTSIDE AND WE VISITED.
SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT HIM ON HIS EFFORT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND ALSO I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WATER THAT CURRENTLY RUNS OUT OF THOSE FIELDS ACROSS MY DRIVEWAY AND WITH HOMES GOING IN. HE DID INDICATE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME EROSION PREVENTION TO WHERE POSSIBLY I WON'T HAVE WATER COMING IN OUT OF THE FIELDS ANYMORE.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN EVEN WORSE PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HE DID DISCUSS THE FACT THAT PROBABLY IT WILL BE A WOOD FENCE BETWEEN THE HOUSES AND OUR HOUSE VERSUS A BRICK WALL LIKE THEY HAVE WHERE THE ROADWAYS ARE.
BUT THEN HE ADDRESSED SOME ISSUES ABOUT THAT.
I DO WANT TO THANK HIM FOR COMING FORWARD AND TALKING TO ME AND GIVING ME THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, EVEN THOUGH I'M VERY SAD TO HAVE.
NEIGHBORS RIGHT BEHIND ME IN THE COUNTRY NOW.
THANK YOU, MISS DILLARD. AND WHERE'S THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DR HORTON? THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING TO OUR CITIZENS AND DOING THAT.
THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. IF NOT, WE WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS WILL PUT US BACK INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING.
WE WILL GO TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-241.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-02.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2016-01-25-01 OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON FROM AG AGRICULTURAL TO PD 36 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 36 ON A PORTION OF THE HARD RIGHT SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 957 REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AS MOST OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS, BASICALLY ALL OF OUR NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME INTO THE CITY, CITY OR ARE CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND THE CITY STAFF USES ALL THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US TO KIND OF NEGOTIATE THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND BRING THEM INTO BRING THEM INTO THE CITY LIMITS.
AND MANY OF THEM COULD CAN DEVELOP IF MANY OF THEM, IF NOT ALL OF THEM CAN DEVELOP, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY BRINGS THEM IN OR NOT, WITH LITTLE TO NO OVERSIGHT.
SO WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THESE DEVELOPERS TO BRING THESE DEVELOPMENTS INTO THE CITY.
SO WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY.
AND THIS ZONING ORDINANCE IS IN IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND WAS HEARD BY P&Z AT THEIR MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. SO WITH THAT I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.JONATHAN, ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. IF I COULD GET A MOTION, PLEASE.
YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 2022-241 ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-02 PD NUMBER 36 WINCHESTER WEST. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
THAT MOTION CARRIES 5-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 2022-241 FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-02 FOR PD NUMBER 36 WINCHESTER WEST. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-242.
PUBLIC HEARING FOR GARDEN HOMES OF PRINCETON CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING REQUEST FROM STEVE TRUGLIO GARDEN HOMES OF PRINCETON FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY BEING A 7.763.
ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE DAVID CHERRY SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 166 COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS.
IN BEING PART OF A TEN ACRE TRACT AS CONVEYED TO DORIS AND DELLA STRICKLIN AND RECORDED IN VOLUME 579, PAGE 357 LAND RECORDS OF COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A 4.426 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE DAVID CHERRY 40 6005 ACRE SURVEY.
ABSTRACT NUMBER 166 COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS.
OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS 12.2 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS.
THIS IS GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT.
IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
PLEASE TURN YOUR MIC ON, PLEASE.
SORRY. THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN 72 YEARS OF THIS WORLD'S LIFE.
THE THE PAPERWORK THAT WAS SENT TO ME IN THE MAIL HAS SOME I APOLOGIZE.
I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
SORRY. PETE CORTEZ, 1520 NORTH FOURTH STREET.
THANK YOU, SIR. THE EXHIBITS THAT WERE SENT ARE MY 72 YEAR OLD EYESIGHT.
DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO DECIPHER WHAT'S ON THEM.
SO MY ONLY QUESTION TO YOU IS THE.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW FAR EAST IT'S GOING TO EXTEND? MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A QUESTION FOR MR. FORD. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SURE I CAN. I'LL CATCH YOU BEFORE I LEAVE.
ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR GARDEN HOMES OF PRINCETON? YEAH, I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IT BEFOREHAND, BUT IF AGAIN, YOU'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS EACH TIME.
TURN YOUR MIKE ON. NEVER GOT IT.
CHAD CARNAHAN. 203 EAST MONTE CARLO BOULEVARD.
IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM THE INFORMATION THAT'S HERE.
IS IT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX? IS IT. IS IT A ZERO LOT LINE HOME? IT'S HARD TO SAY, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THESE ARE EXTREMELY SMALL HOMES.
660 SQUARE FEET IS IS WHERE MANY OF THEM ARE SLOTTED.
IT'S IT'S NOT THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT YOU'VE GOT IN THAT PART OF TOWN AT THIS POINT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY JUST TRYING TO LOOK FOR DETAILS, YOU KNOW, AND I CAN ONLY REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER, WHICH IS THAT YOU'VE GOT AN EXTREMELY COMPRESSED DEVELOPMENT ON A CORNER WHERE YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY.
IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S THERE.
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AND SECOND STREET AND LONG NECK.JUST CAN'T HANDLE IT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S. AND, YOU KNOW, AND SO, AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, I THINK A TRAFFIC STUDY AT THE VERY LEAST WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF YOU'RE EVEN GOING TO CONSIDER THIS THING.
AND ASIDE FROM THAT, I'D REALLY LIKE FOR THE DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, I'D HOPE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION OR COMMUNICATION STAND BECAUSE THIS, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, LOOKING AT THE LITTLE PLOT THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED IN MAIL, IT IT LOOKS ALMOST LIKE SECTION EIGHT HOUSING.
AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS INAPPROPRIATE AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRUEL, BUT IT'S JUST HARD TO TELL ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S HERE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT'S REAL TIGHT, REAL COMPRESSED, AND IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT YOU'VE GOT IN THAT PART OF TOWN.
AND IT'S GOING TO CREATE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. AND FINAL POINT, AS I SAID EARLIER, QUALITY OF LIFE IS IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS THIS THIS TOWN AS RAPIDLY AS IT'S GROWING? IT'S A CHALLENGE. SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY, THAT IS THAT'S THE EXTENT AS I SAID, I'M SORRY I SAT THROUGH HERE THINKING I'D HAVE A CHANCE TO TO TALK TO THE DEVELOPER AND ACTUALLY ENGAGE THEM.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AT SOME POINT? THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A DIALOG BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN YOU AND THE DEVELOPER.
AND I AM NOT HEARING VERY WELL.
SO YOU MIGHT KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT WHEN WE'RE DONE.
IF YOU DO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MR. FORT, OVER HERE, IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR HAND, YOU CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW UP WITH HIM.
HE WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH THE DEVELOPER AND YOU CAN GET YOUR CONCERNS ADDRESSED THAT WAY AS WELL.
I DO. I THINK ONE OF THE ONE OF THE OFFICERS OR ONE OF THE LADIES WILL GRAB YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING INVOLVED.
IT IS ONLY ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY LIMITS.
YOU CAN CALL ME. ELAM ADDRESS IS 903 GREAT STREET.
SO, AS IT IS STATED, THIS IS JUST ANNEXATION OF LAND.
SO ANNEXATION CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT NOT THE THE PROJECT NEED NOT BE APPROVED.
SO WHEN THE PROJECT COMES UP, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE MORE.
BUT FOR NOW, APPROVING THE LAND.
I'M AMAZED THE CITY IS ABLE TO RUN, SO TOO MANY [INAUDIBLE] IS TOO DIFFICULT TO RUN.
IT'S JUST NOT EFFICIENT OR EFFECTIVE FOR THE PEOPLE.
SO HAVING A CONTIGUOUS LAND AREA IS A BENEFIT TO THE CITY.
SO APPROVING THE ANNEXATION BUT NOT HOLD FOR THE THE PROJECT PROPOSALS.
ANYONE ELSE THIS EVENING? IF NOT, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-243 AUDIENCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-01.
FOR ANNEXATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 12.189 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE DAVID TERRY SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 166 COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS.
ALL OF MY STATEMENTS THAT I HAVE MADE ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM REALLY APPLY TO THIS AS WELL.
THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION BY THE DEVELOPER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
AND I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2022-243.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-01 FOR ANNEXATION.
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THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.WITH THAT WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES 5-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 2022-243.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08-22-01.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2022-244 FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS.
WE DO HAVE TO BE PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOR EDC, CDC BUDGET.
ANYTHING ELSE? YES, MA'AM. I HAVE ONE, MR. BOARD. YES.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ON TO.
HOW COME THE CITY IS NO LONGER A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBER? IF WE COULD. THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE NEED TO ADD ANYTHING TO A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? YES, I'D LIKE TO ASK SOMETHING.
NOT THAT. I'LL TAKE US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
EXECUTIVE SESSION? UNDER THE TERMS OF CHAPTER FIVE FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 551.0712 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES AT PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER ON ANY POSTED AGENDA ITEM.
TONIGHT, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT.
THEREFORE, THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR REPORT AGENDA.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL IS OUR NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[REPORT AGENDA]
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 22 6:30.THE. LIKE HAVE SOME PARTICIPATION.
HOPEFULLY ALL THE FOLKS WILL GET OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH THE 30TH IS THE PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE.
THE CITY OF PRINCETON IS PARTICIPATING IN THE ANNUAL NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE THAT WAS BEING HELD THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER WITH THE GOAL OF RECEIVING £500,000 OF PEANUT BUTTER AND DONATIONS TO HELP FEED THE HUNGRY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
THERE'LL BE BOXES LOCATED AT ALL THE CITY BUILDINGS.
OCTOBER 22ND IS OUR ANNUAL FALL FEST.
PERFECT. WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON.
CITY COUNCIL REPORTS ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST REGARDING WHICH NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.
GENTLEMEN, IS THERE ANYTHING TONIGHT THAT YOU NEED TO REPORT? IF NOT, I THANK EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT IN A SOMEWHAT UNCONVENTIONAL MEETING.
ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO THROW IN LAST MINUTE, IF NOT FOREVER.
HOLD YOUR PEACE. IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.