[CALL TO ORDER]
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WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
THIS WILL BEGIN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL YOU WILL GO AHEAD AND STAND WITH ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THANK YOU. THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR PUBLIC APPEARANCE TONIGHT.
[PUBLIC APPEARANCE]
SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.THE COUNCIL IS ENABLED 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 A SPEAKER'S INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.
TONIGHT, I HAVE LAWRENCE RINGLEY.
THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS LAWRENCE RINGLEY WITH RINGLING & ASSOCIATES, 701 SOUTH TENNESSEE STREET, MCKINNEY.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY CLIENT, CHARLES W SMITH FUNERAL HOME.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO C TWO OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
IF ANYONE HAD ANYTHING TO SAY IN REGARDS TO THINGS OFF THE AGENDA.
BUT YOU'RE WRITTEN ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
CLINTON LORRANCE, 1304 EAST COLLEGE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE SHORT AND SWEET TONIGHT.
DON'T FIND FAULT IN ME BECAUSE I EXPECT THE TRUTH NOT TO BE CONCEALED WHILE IN THESE CHAMBERS.
THE TRUTH IS, LIKE THE SUN, YOU CAN SHUT IT OUT FOR A TIME, BUT IT AIN'T GOING AWAY.
SHARLISE LEE, 1801 PRAIRIE VIEW DRIVE.
I AM TIRED OF CITY OFFICIALS USING THEIR POSITIONS OF POWER TO PROSELYTIZE TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PANDER TO ONE RELIGION, YOU NEED TO PANDER TO ALL OF THEM.
ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A FAIR OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY RELIGION TO DO THE INVOCATION? OR ARE YOU GOING TO GO BACK TO ONLY ALLOWING CHRISTIAN PASTORS? I FIND IT INTERESTING COUNCILMAN KLEIBER THAT YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WASTING MONEY TO PUT WORDS ON A VEHICLE THAT WILL LITERALLY DO NOTHING TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.
YET YOU CAN'T IMAGINE SPENDING ANY MONEY ON A PROGRAM THAT WILL BENEFIT SO MANY IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE HERE TO VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WANTED.
PRINCETON IS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE AND YOU KNOW THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE ATTEND THESE MEETINGS.
USUALLY IT'S KIND OF PACKED TONIGHT.
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CONSERVATIVES REGARDED THAT AS GODLESS.THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE HERE TODAY.
WHY DO MANY REMAIN SILENT WHEN THEY COULD SAY SOMETHING? THEY HAVE FEAR. THEY FEAR BEING OPPOSED.
THEY FEAR ROCKING THE BOAT, PEER PRESSURE, MAKING A MISTAKE, STANDING UP HERE ALONE.
THEY FEAR GETTING INVOLVED IN NOT BEING ABLE TO EASILY GET OUT.
THEY FEEL THEIR EFFORT WILL NOT BE APPRECIATED.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SPEAK THAT CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
THEIR VOICE MAY BE IGNORED BECAUSE THEY ARE POOR, LOWER CLASS, YOUNG, THE WRONG RACE, THE WRONG SEX, DISABLED, A CHILD, LACKING PRIVILEGE, ELDERLY, INTIMIDATED BY THE SITUATION OR COUNTLESS OTHER REASONS.
I THINK YOU NEED TO RECONSIDER WHAT YOUR ROLE HERE IS.
TERENCE JOHNSON, 2049, SHADY GLEN TRAIL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW POINTS.
I WAS AWARE OF THE POST THAT WENT OUT.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD HERE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION OUT THERE.
THE MEGA SALE SITUATION, THIS WAS NOT A CITY FUNDED DONATION.
THAT'S WHERE OUR INTRODUCTION CAME IN ABOUT.
WE WERE ASKED. WE ASKED, HEY, LET'S DO A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS STATED THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT.
THE DONATION MONEY FOR $100,000 TO BUILD A LET ALONE A BUY LAND AND TO BUILD A FACILITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
THE DISCUSSION WAS, WOULD WE CONTINUE TO REMAIN AT PRINCETON? WILL WE USE THE NEWLY RENOVATED COMMUNITY CENTER TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE HUB? WE AGREED TO DO THAT.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION FROM CITY TO CDC.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE CDC TO GET THAT PROCESS STARTED, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THAT TO SETTLE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE MAYOR IS BEING TIED INTO IT.
THIS WAS A PRIVATE ENTITY TO A 501.C3.
THERE WAS NO CITY FUNDS AND NO CITY INVOLVEMENT OTHER THAN THE INTRODUCTION BEING MADE FOR MR. BORG TO MADAM MAYOR, AND THAT'S WHERE IT WENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE.
THIS WAS NOT A CITY FUNDED DONATION.
JOHN KUSTERBECK, 103 FOREST GROVE, SOUTH.
OKAY. THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
THE FIRST IS ABOUT THE INVOCATION.
IF YOU DECIDE TO BRING THEM BACK, THAT'S FINE.
THE ONE ISSUE WITH IT THAT I DO HAVE IS IF YOU BRING THEM BACK, THEY MUST BE OPEN TO ALL RELIGIONS.
PRINCETON HAS GROWN AND BECOME MORE DIVERSE.
THERE ARE A LOT MORE THAN JUST CHRISTIANS HERE NOW.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY OF MUSLIMS AND HINDUS HERE.
SO I WAS SURPRISED WHEN IT WAS REMOVED.
PREVIOUSLY, THE COUNCIL HAD ONLY ALLOWED SPECIFIC CHRISTIAN MINISTERS TO DO THEM.
IF YOU BRING THEM BACK AGAIN, ONLY IF YOU BRING THEM BACK AND ONLY ALLOW SELECT CHRISTIAN MINISTERS TO DO THE INVOCATION, THEN THE CITY WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT'S ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE, WHICH PROHIBITS GOVERNMENT FROM MAKING ANY LAW RESPECTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION.
THE SECOND IS THE NATIONAL MOTTO ITEM.
WHEN THE MAYOR WANTED TO ESTABLISH A DEI COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBER KLEIBER AFTER CHANGING HIS VOTES, SAID, AND GOT HIS BUDDIES HERE TO SAY THAT IT WAS A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY, THE MONEY SHOULD BE USED IN OTHER WAYS TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER, THEY SPECIFICALLY SAID TO PUT IT TOWARDS FIXING THE STREETS.
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HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER KLEIBER.HOW MUCH WILL IT COST THE TAXPAYERS? HOW WOULD SPENDING OUR MONEY IN THIS WAY ACTUALLY SHOW A TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO OUR CITY? WOULDN'T IT BE WISER FOR YOU TO SPEND OUR MONEY ON THINGS LIKE ROADS TO MAKE PRINCETON BETTER? OR ARE YOU JUST A HYPOCRITE? THANKS. DORINDA POWELL.
GOOD EVENING. DORINDA POWELL, 3792, COUNTY ROAD 770 PRINCETON.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, MAYOR, FOR THIS TIME TO SPEAK.
AND, MADAM MAYOR, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT WHITE SUPREMACY IS NOT WHAT WE SHOULD ALLOW, LEAVING INTIMIDATING INFORMATION ON DOORSTEPS.
OUR CONSTITUTION IS FOR IS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE.
WE ARE ONE RACE, THE HUMAN RACE.
GOD MADE US ALL LOVES ALL, NOT SOME, BUT ALL.
SO IN HIS WORD OF TRUTH, THE BIBLE, WHAT IS HIS TRUTH ON SEXUAL IMMORALITY? ARE WE TO EMBRACE IT? NO, GOD LOVES THE SINNER, NOT THE SIN.
WOULD YOU WANT SOMEONE LIKE IN THE PICTURE I SENT YOU OF THE DRAG QUEEN INTERACTING WITH YOURSELF OR YOUR CHILDREN? MINE WOULD HAVE NIGHTMARES.
LYING, STEALING, MURDER, SEXUAL IMMORALITY, OUR RACE SUPERIORITY.
IT BOILS DOWN TO ONE THING DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD.
OUR CHILDREN ARE THE VULNERABLE ONES.
THEY ARE CONFUSED AND TERRIBLY TROUBLED TODAY.
THEY ARE LISTENING TO THE WRONG VOICES.
MADAM MAYOR, THERE WAS AN EMOTIONAL CONCERN ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACY.
BUT WHERE IS THE CONCERN ABOUT SEXUAL IMMORALITY.
ACTIVITY WITH THE DRAG QUEEN EVENTS AND THE EFFECT ON OUR COMMUNITY? I CAN DRESS UP LIKE AN ELEPHANT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME AN ELEPHANT.
OK. HE ALSO GAVE US PURPOSE IN OUR LIFE.
WE JUST NEED TO ASK AND TO SEEK.
WHAT PRINCETON NEEDS IS A SPIRITUAL REVIVAL, NOT THE PRIDE OF ONE SIN.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
MY NAME IS MIKE KEATING AND I LIVE AT 705 RAWHIDE WAY.
I ALSO WANTED TO ECHO JOHN'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE INVOCATION.
I ALSO DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE INVOCATION OR THE RETURN OF IT.
AND IN FACT, I APPRECIATED THE MOMENT OF SILENCE IN TAKING ITS PLACE.
SO I ALSO THINK THAT IF I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE, THE IDEA THAT BY ENDORSING ONE RELIGION OVER ANOTHER, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE KIND OF MORE INCLUSIVE OF OTHER RELIGIONS THAT ARE HERE IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, OPEN IT UP TO MAYBE INVOCATION FOR MAYBE MUSLIMS OR OTHER RELIGIONS, BASICALLY.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT HAD BEEN CONSIDERED BEFORE ASKING ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE JUST BRINGING IN BRINGING BACK THE INVOCATION WITHOUT CONSIDERING OTHER RELIGIONS.
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I'M AT 2103 MEADOWVIEW DRIVE.I FEEL MAKE FOR SURE. I'M SORRY.
IF YOU'LL JUST SPEAK OVER THE MICROPHONE.
MY NAME IS ANNE BRUNER BRUNER.
I'M AT 2103 MEADOWVIEW DRIVE HERE IN PRINCETON.
I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I WILL NOT BE BEFORE YOU LONG, BUT I AM HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I'M READING INFORMATION AND I JUST WANT TO GET SOME INFORMATION BY LISTENING IN.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULD LIKE FOR MISS NEIL TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MY INFORMATION? SO ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR PUBLIC APPEARANCE? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THEN, MISS NEIL.
YES. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS WHAT WAS IN A POST ON FACEBOOK, A WELL WRITTEN POST.
BASICALLY, I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME POINTS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME.
IT WAS STATED THAT POLITICAL CRONYISM AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE VOTER.
CRONYISM, THE APPOINTMENT OF FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES TO POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY WITHOUT PROPER REGARD TO THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
HOW DID WE COME TO AT THE EXPENSE OF THE VOTER? BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT I KNOW TO HAVE HAPPENED THAT DIDN'T COME AT AN EXPENSE FROM THE VOTER OR THE RESIDENTS HERE.
THERE WERE BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING SERVICES, COLLEGE PREP CLASSES, COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOPS, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, GED PREP AND TESTING, JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT.
AFTERCARE AND REENTRY SERVICES.
REFERRAL SERVICES AND SPORTS CAMPS.
ALSO, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME OH, TURKEYS WERE GIVEN OUT, TOYS AND FOOD.
DONATIONS WAS GIVEN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER.
WE ARE AWARE THAT A CENTER DOES NOT MEAN LOCATION, CORRECT.
HERE IN PRINCETON, HOWEVER, 19 MONTHS LATER, NO MENTION OF THE YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER.
IT WAS STATED THAT THE YOUTH RESOURCE FACILITY WOULD BE HOUSED OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
I AM NOT COMPLETELY SURE WHO RUNS THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT THIS TIME, BUT I AM PRETTY SURE MR. BORG COULD KIND OF GIVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IT AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
WHY DID THE PRINCETON MAYOR HAND-PICK A NONPROFIT THAT'S BASED OUTSIDE OF PRINCETON AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF HER POLITICAL CRONIES TO RECEIVE THIS GENEROUS DONATION? I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE MAYOR, BUT I GOOGLED NONPROFITS IN PRINCETON, TEXAS.
I WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO THE SAME AND SEE.
ALSO, COULD SHE HAVE FOUND ANOTHER NONPROFIT SUCH AS LOCAL CHURCH AND OR THE ISLAMIC CENTER? HOW ACTIVE WERE THESE CENTER PEOPLE, THE CHURCHES? HOW ACTIVE WERE THEY AROUND PRINCETON.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT, KAYLA PACK.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AT A MEETING.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE LONG. I'M GOING TO LET MISS MISHA GO AHEAD AND USE THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME.
BUT JUST SITTING BACK AND JUST HEARING THE FIRST COUPLE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, I WILL BE BACK BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF THERE WERE DISTURBING POINTS THAT I NEED TO BE MORE EDUCATED ABOUT BEFORE I REALLY COME IN ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU. CAN I? OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO.
AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MS..
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MS..
HOW ACTIVE WERE THESE NONPROFITS, SUCH AS THE CHURCHES IN PRINCETON? ALSO, CHURCHES UNDER A 5013 ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ACCEPTING TO EVERYONE
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LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY LOOKING LIKE ME, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO ANY OF THE CHURCHES AROUND HERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WELCOME THERE. ALSO, WHEN THIS DONATION WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE MAYOR IN THE LAST MEETING ON MAY 22ND, 2023.UM, THE WAY THAT IT WAS EXPLAINED WAS AS IF SHE WAS SHUTTING IT DOWN.
BASICALLY, SHE ASKED FOR IT TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND ALLOWING THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THE FUNDS AND GAVE THE FUNDS TO COME AND SPEAK TO IT IF THEY WISHED.
I ALSO STARTED RECORDING BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE THE UNCOMFORTABLENESS OF THE PEOPLE BEFORE ME, THE PEOPLE WHO WE VOTED FOR, THE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF.
AND AS I LOOK BACK AT THAT VIDEO MULTIPLE TIMES, IT'S DISTURBING.
AND THERE WAS A HASHTAG RECALL CHACON.
RECALL HER FOR WHAT? BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T SPEAK TO MONEY THAT SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS INVOLVES THE VOTERS AND TAXPAYERS OF PRINCETON.
A PRIVATE COMPANY DONATED FUNDS TO AN ACTIVE NONPROFIT IN COLLIN COUNTY, AND WE ARE ON FACEBOOK SENDING OUT LONG MESSAGES AND EMAILS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE? OKAY. IF NOT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
[MAYORS COMMENTS]
THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR MAYOR'S COMMENTS TONIGHT.THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LENGTHY, AND I RARELY ADDRESS ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS VIA FACEBOOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA IN PUBLIC FORUM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD DICTATE CITY BUSINESS.
IN OCTOBER OF 2021, OUR CITY MANAGER HAD INFORMED ME THAT ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT WAS COMING INTO PRINCETON HAD A SIZABLE DONATION THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE TO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND WANTED TO KNOW IF I KNEW OF ANY ORGANIZATION THAT THAT COULD BE GIVEN TO.
BEING THE MAYOR LESS THAN A YEAR AT THAT TIME, I DID NOT KNOW OF A TON OF 501.C3S AND ORGANIZATIONS TO GIVE THAT TO NOW THREE YEARS LATER IN SURE I KNOW PLENTY BACK THEN, NO.
NOT ONLY THAT, THERE WERE NOT OTHER ENTITIES THAT WERE REALLY PRESSING AT PRINCETON TO BE INVOLVED.
HOWEVER, AEYL WAS ALWAYS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WANTED TO BE INVOLVED WITH PRINCETON, SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR YOUTH, AND I THINK OUR YOUTH ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE IN PRINCETON. THAT IS OUR FUTURE, RIGHT? SO IF I HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT DIRECTLY WANTS TO HELP OUR YOUTH, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
SO WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, WE DID HAVE MEGA-TEL THE ORGANIZATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS, ALONG WITH AEYL UP TO CITY HALL, TO DO A FORMAL INTRODUCTION, TO INTRODUCE TWO PARTIES TO SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MEGA-TEL STILL WANTED TO DO WAS TO GIVE BACK TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
THIS WAS NEVER MONEY THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY.
THIS IS NOTHING THAT EVER MADE IT INTO AN ACCOUNT IN PRINCETON.
THIS IS NOTHING THAT PRINCETON EVER HAD JURISDICTION OVER.
THIS IS MONEY FROM A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION WHO TALKED WITH ANOTHER PRIVATE ORGANIZATION AND HAD AN AGREEMENT BASED ON THAT AGREEMENT TWO YEARS AGO. THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT AND NOTHING HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT IT UNTIL RECENTLY.
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I WAS MADE AWARE THAT ON MAY THE 18TH IT DOES APPEAR THAT OUR CITY MANAGER DID REACH OUT TO ME INQUIRING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE FUNDS.SO I WAS MADE AWARE OF THAT TODAY.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT OUR CITY MANAGER WAS THE ONE WHO REINTRODUCED THIS BACK INTO PUBLIC EYE.
HOWEVER, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WE CANNOT DISCUSS SOMETHING AS A COUNCIL THAT IS NOT CITY BUSINESS.
I CAN'T HAVE ANYONE COME UP HERE AND DISCUSS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO THAT'S ME KEEPING ORDER IN OUR IN OUR ROOM HERE.
THAT IS ME MAKING FOR SURE THAT OUR MEETINGS GO THE WAY THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GO.
AND HAVING A SLIDE SNUCK IN LAST MINUTE TO DISCLOSE AN EMAIL BETWEEN TWO PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY OF PRINCETON IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AS A COUNCIL.
SO BOTH ORGANIZATIONS WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE BY EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT, THEY ARE NOT HERE.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
I WOULD IMPLORE YOU AT THAT POINT, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHY, ASK MEGA TEL.
ASK THEM. GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM TO SEE WHY THEY DID NOT WANT A PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
BUT I CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING.
SO THAT IS THAT ALL OF THIS IS ON FACEBOOK.
EVERYONE HAS SEEN IT. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, CONTINUE READING ABOUT IT.
WE ARE NOT A JUDGE. WE ARE NOT A JURY.
WE CAN'T TELL ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING.
AGAIN, MEGA TEL HAS NOT FOLLOWED UP WITH ME SINCE THEN.
TO ME, THERE IS TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO THERE IS NO ISSUE BETWEEN MEGA TEL AND AEYL.
SO THE ISSUES DO SEEM TO BE MORE INTERNAL AND NOW THE ISSUES ARE ON FACEBOOK FOR YOU TO DECIDE.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBERS SO REQUEST IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA.
TONIGHT WE HAVE MINUTES AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-06-1203 FOR SALE OF 228 NORTH SECOND STREET.
GENTLEMEN, IF THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU NEED TO BE REMOVED, IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE.
YOUR HONOR, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, YOUR HONOR.
OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT.
[REGULAR AGENDA]
FIRST ITEM WILL BE AGENDA ITEM 2023-110 FOR NOVEMBER 2023.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITIZENS OF PRINCETON.
TONIGHT I HAVE AN UPDATED ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF $109 MILLION PARK BOND PROGRAM.
IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
THIS IS A SUMMARY AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE'VE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR TO DO A PROFORMA OF WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS FAR AS TAXABLE, ASSESSED VALUE GROWTH.
AND I'M PLEASED TO INDICATE THAT WE BELIEVE, BASED ON VERY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS, THAT THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO FUND $109 MILLION BOND PROGRAM IN TWO PHASES OR IN PHASES THAT ARE REASONABLE BASED ON DEVELOPMENT .
PROJECTS, THE SPLIT OF PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE DONE WITHOUT IMPACTING THE CURRENT I&S TO S RATE.
WE ROUGHLY SIZE THE $50 MILLION PROGRAM TO BE FUNDED IN FEBRUARY.
THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 95 MILLION IN TOTAL PRINCIPAL INTEREST THAT WE DID VERY CONSERVATIVELY.
WE PUT A 20 YEAR DEBT ISSUE IN PLACE.
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AND PHASE TWO WOULD BE A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTERWARDS WITH A THOUGHT THE PROGRAM WOULD BE BROKEN UP INTO PHASES WITH THE ASSUMPTION YOU CAN'T FUND AND CONSTRUCT EVERY PARK IN THE CITY AT ONE TIME.WE JUST DID TWO PHASES, BUT AGAIN, THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISORS ARCHITECTS WOULD DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO FUND AND WE COULD FUND IT ACCORDINGLY. BUT THE SECOND PHASE WOULD BE THE REMAINING 59 MILLION OF PROJECTS.
AGAIN, WE FUNDED THAT AT 50 BASIS POINTS ABOVE OUR CURRENT RATES AND THAT WOULD BE ABSORBED.
AND I WANT TO ALSO INDICATE I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS TO COMFORT YOU.
BUT IN SUMMARY, BASED ON A VERY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTION OF GROWTH GOING FORWARD.
THE CITY'S EXISTING DEBT WITH NO REFUNDING OR RESTRUCTURING, ONLY 20 YEAR BOND ISSUES, EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE LONG TERM ASSETS FOR PARKS, IT WOULD BE ABSORBED WITHIN OUR CURRENT I&S TAX RATE.
IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, THESE ARE THE 12 PROJECTS THAT WERE INDICATED IN THE COST ESTIMATE.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, THESE ARE THE GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'VE INDICATED AND I'M USING A BENCHMARK TO BEGIN WITH, IS THAT THE CITIES ACTUALLY GROW GREW THIS YEAR FOR OUR PROJECTED UPCOMING 20 YEAR 2024 FISCAL YEAR 772 MILLION IN VALUE. SO THAT WAS WHAT WE'VE GROWN AND WHAT YOU'LL BE ACTUALLY USING FOR YOUR BUDGET GOING FORWARD.
WHAT OUR PLAN IS, IS WE WORKED WITH THE SENIOR STAFF TO SAY WHAT IS THE GROWTH? AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLUMN TWO, THE THREE COLUMNS TO THE RIGHT, THIS IS THE GROWTH THAT WE THINK OF POTENTIAL HOUSING STARTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FOR IN THE CITY OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE SHOW A DECLINING NUMBER OF HOMES JUST TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
WE SHOW PRICE POINTS THAT ARE LESS THAN THE CURRENT PROPOSED PRICE POINTS OF HOMES BEING BUILT.
BUT AGAIN, TRY TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
BUT. DOING SOME BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS.
OUR BOND PROGRAM WOULD ONLY REQUIRE ABOUT $1.6 MILLION IN GROWTH OVER THE NEXT THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE DON'T NEED ALL THIS GROWTH TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB THIS BOND ISSUE.
IT DOESN'T TAKE IN CONSIDERATION REAPPRAISALS OF EXISTING HOMES OR ANY COMMERCIAL VALUE.
ALSO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VALLEYS THAT WE DID, WE HAVE THREE EXISTING TERRACES.
AND TONIGHT YOU'LL BE DISCUSSING CREATING A FOURTH TOURS ON THE THREE TOURS IS WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE IS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO COLLAPSE THE FIRST TOURS AND PAY OFF ANY LIABILITIES WITH ALL THE VALUE COMING INTO THE CITY.
AND THEN IN TOURS TWO AND THREE, WE DIDN'T PROJECT ANY GROWTH.
SO THERE ARE ALSO SOME CONSERVATIVE CONSERVATISM BUILT IN THERE.
THOSE WILL BE GROWING AND WE'LL HAVE SOME SOME FUNDING.
SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM WORK, WE FIRE ELLIPSES BASED ON THESE VERY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A DETAILED SPREADSHEET.
WE USE YOUR THE VALUES THAT HAVE INDICATED AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN THAT OUR IRS TAX RATE BASED ON THESE PROJECTIONS WILL BE AT WHERE WE ARE OR LESS THAN THAT.
AND THEN GOING FORWARD, YOU'LL SEE THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS, EVEN WITH THESE CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS, WE'LL SHOW THAT WE'LL HAVE CAPACITY OR BE ABLE TO LOW LOWER OUR IRS TAX RATE.
IN SUMMARY, ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THESE FEW PAGES SUMMARIZE A NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A VARIOUS ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE DONE. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN REPRICED BASED ON CURRENT ESTIMATE OF PROJECTS AND COST.
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POINTS AND NO EXPECTATION THAT WE DO ANY REFUNDING OR RESTRUCTURING AND THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO FUND IT WITH NO INCREASE IN YOUR CURRENT IRS TAX RATE.MAYOR COUNCIL THAT CONCLUDES MY FORMAL COMMENTS.
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.
DID YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YOUR HONOR, I HAVE NONE, BUT JUST GREAT PRESENTATION.
DOES THIS REQUIRE A VOTE? AND IF SO, WHAT IS YOUR SPECIAL WORDING? IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A VOTE AT THIS POINT.
THE ACTION ITEM WAS PUT ON THERE JUST JUST IN CASE.
BUT THIS IS MORE INFORMATIONAL SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND AND HAVE OUR BOND FOLKS THAT ARE CREATING THE THE PRESENTATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC UTILIZE THE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE US OUT OF ORDER NOW ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU WILL, MOVE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 2023, DASH 119 FOR COMMENDATIONS, DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION BY CHIEF WATERS REGARDING COMMENDATIONS TO OFFICERS. YOU FORGOT TO TELL YOU I WAS GOING TO DO THAT.
I APOLOGIZE. WELL, IT'S A WELCOME SURPRISE.
YES, MA'AM. SO, YES, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OFFICERS AND I SEE SOME FAMILY MEMBERS HERE.
SO IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME TO COMMEND THE OFFICERS AND THE HARD WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
BACK IN THE DAY, WE USED TO DO IT ROUGHLY ONCE A YEAR FOR THE AWARD CEREMONY.
AND I THINK POSITIVITY PROMOTES POSITIVITY.
SO IF I COULD GET LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ.
YEAH. HE'S WORKING SECURITY FOR US.
HE'S DOUBLE DUTY. AND TONIGHT, SERGEANT PLATT.
WHERE ARE YOU AT? THERE YOU GO.
SO RECENTLY I MIGHT HAVE NOTICED SOME STUFF ON THE FACEBOOK POST.
WE'RE TRYING TO UPDATE FACEBOOK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T REALLY THINK THIS THROUGH, SO I'LL STAND ON MY TIPPY TOES.
ON JUNE 1ST, 2023 OFFICERS GOT INTO A PURSUIT WITH THE VEHICLE, WITH SUSPECTS INSIDE, AND THAT VEHICLE MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION FROM AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY THE NIGHT BEFORE THAT THE COUNTY HAD.
ONCE THE VEHICLE PURSUIT ENDED, THE FIVE SUSPECTS THAT WERE INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THEY FLED ON FOOT.
OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY SET UP A PERIMETER AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT WAS A MOVING PERIMETER AND WORKED TOGETHER WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT WERE OUT THERE TO QUICKLY APPREHEND THE SUSPECTS.
SO AFTER THE APPREHENSION OF THE SUSPECTS, MULTIPLE FIREARMS WERE ACTUALLY FOUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
AND ONE FIREARM THAT WAS ACTUALLY MATCHED TO THE AGGRAVATED ROBBERY WAS FOUND A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER THAT HE HAD DUMPED IN BETWEEN SOME OF THE FENCES THAT THEY WERE RUNNING THROUGH. SO, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE FORTITUDE AND QUICK THINKING AND THEIR ABILITY TO ACT AND GET OUT THERE FAIRLY QUICKLY, THEY WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY APPREHEND THE SUSPECTS AND GET THEM OFF THE STREETS.
SO WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
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WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD A FEW COUNCIL MEMBER THINK THAT THIS WAS A POTTY BREAK TIME.SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
WE WERE GOING TO WAIT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
SO USUALLY THESE WE HAVE PLAQUES AND WE HAVE SOME PINS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
BUT I HELD OFFICER DOMINGUEZ OVER.
SHE'S ONE OF OUR NEWER OFFICERS AND MAN HERE LATELY SHE HAS JUST BEEN RECEIVING AWARDS AFTER AWARDS.
SO ABSOLUTELY DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR A LIFE SAVING AWARD.
OFFICER DOMINGUEZ REFERRED BACK TO HER TRAINING AND IMMEDIATELY ADMINISTERED NARCAN TO THE VICTIM.
DOMINGUEZ I'M SORRY, BUT BECAUSE OF OFFICER DOMINGUEZ QUICK THINKING AND REACTIONS.
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IT IS BELIEVED THAT SHE SAVED THE VICTIM'S LIFE THAT NIGHT.DOMINGUEZ DON'T WALK AWAY JUST YET.
I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
FIRST OFF, I THINK YOU'RE AMAZING.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
BUT I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING FUNNY WITH YOU, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHO TOLD ME, BUT I DID HAVE AN OFFICER TELL ME ONCE THAT YOU WERE SO GOOD AND SO THOROUGH THAT YOU WOULD EVEN GIVE YOUR MOM A TICKET.
AND MAYOR SHOULD. SHE'D PROBABLY ALSO SMILE WHILE SHE'S DOING IT.
SHE WOULD SMILE WHILE SHE DID IT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR CHIEF AND EVERYBODY THAT BACKED ME UP.
I HOPE IT'S JUST A REFLECTION OF MY TRAINING AND WITH EVERYBODY WE'RE ALL A TEAM.
SO THIS IS THIS IS PART OF THEM, TOO.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR PRINCETON.
OTHER THAN THAT, I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHIEF WATERS ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SINCE CHIEF TOOK OFFICE HAS BEEN A GOOD CHANGE FOR US, A GREAT CHANGE FOR US.
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AND I THINK EVERYONE CAN SAY THAT.SO THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR PROMOTING US AND AND LEADING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
HE ACTUALLY APPREHENDED TWO OF THE FIVE SUBJECTS THAT WERE INVOLVED.
SO JUST THAT'S WHY IT'S A GREAT JOB, CHIEF.
THANK YOU. AND I LOVE THAT YOU GAVE HIM THE KUDOS THAT HE DESERVES.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND AS DOMINGUEZ ECHOED, IT'S A TEAM AND YOU'VE BEEN AN AMAZING LEADER OF THAT.
OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA NOW.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERING THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCE PLANS FOR THE CREATION OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOUR CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS, AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IF YOU'LL TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
THE CITY EXECUTED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH MEGA TEL FOR THE SICILY DEVELOPMENT.
THINGS ARE PROGRESSING AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND EXECUTE SOME OF THE PROVISIONS OF THAT.
ULTIMATELY, IT WILL BUILD 1875 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, 1500 MULTIFAMILY LIVING UNITS AND A LAGUNA AND MIXED USE COMMERCIAL.
IT'S EXPECTED THAT THIS IS ONLY DEALING WITH TWO SUB UNITS PHASE 4-1 AND 4.2, WHICH IS THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT AND THE FIRST COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.
BUT THOSE AREAS ALONE, THE RESIDENTIAL WILL GENERATE 440 MILLION OF TAXABLE VALUE GENERATING ANTICIPATED 2.3 MILLION AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY. THE COMMERCIAL WOULD BE ABOUT 205 MILLION AND BUILD OUT VALUE GENERATING SLIGHTLY OVER A MILLION.
SO THIS SETS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU HAVE THE DRAFT TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE PLAN.
IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS INITIALLY EXECUTED AND AMENDED.
VERY SIMPLE PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS TO ANSWER THEM NOW? BUT THIS, AGAIN, WAS ALL ANTICIPATED AND IS IN PARALLEL WHAT THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. SABONIS? YOUR HONOR, IF THERE'S NO QUESTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION IN FOUND AND ITEM 2023 111, RESOLUTION 2023 06 1203 SICILY PID.
I'LL SECOND. OKAY WITH THAT WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
2023-06-12-R03 FOR SICILY PID.
THAT'LL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-112.
PUBLIC HEARING PD NUMBER 14A, AGREEMENT ONE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A REQUEST RECEIVED FROM HAZLEWOOD VILLAS LLC FOR REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM PD 14 A TO PD 14 A1. BEING A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE HEART AND RIGHT SURVEY.
RIGHT OF WAY VARIES IN THE EAST LINE OF SAID QT PROPERTIES TRACT CITY OF PRINCETON COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND IT'S DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS 38.032 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS. THE TIME IS 7:31 P.M.
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THIS WILL BEGIN OUR PUBLIC HEARING.IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
OKAY. SINCE NO ONE IS HERE FOR THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2020 3-113 ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-06-12 PD14 A AMENDMENT ONE.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2016-01-25-01 OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON TO PD 14 A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 14 A TO PD 14 A1, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 14 A ONE ON A PORTION OF THE HARDENED RIGHT SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 957 REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE ON AN EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN PRINCETON.
THIS PROJECT IS JUST SOUTH OF THE HAZELWOOD APARTMENTS.
WHEN THE PROJECT PROGRESSED INTO THE CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PHASE, THE DEVELOPERS CAME TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE IN THE INITIAL ZONING DOCUMENT WEREN'T GOING TO WORK WITH THEIR WITH THEIR TWO FAMILY STYLE HOMES THAT THEY HAD.
SO THEY HAVE PROPOSED A REDUCED SETBACK REQUIREMENT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. YOUR HONOR, IF NO OTHER COUNCILMEMBER HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM 2023 113 I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20230612 PD14 A, AMENDMENT ONE.
AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
2023-113 ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-06-12 FOR PD 14A, AMENDMENT ONE.
THAT'LL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-114 PUBLIC HEARING FOR CHARLES SMITH FUNERAL HOME.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A REQUEST RECEIVED FROM CHARLES W SMITH AND SONS FUNERAL HOME FOR A REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM SF12C2 BEING A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE HEART AND RIGHT SURVEY.
ABSTRACT NUMBER 957 COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS BEING OF LOT FOUR OF THE CALDWELL EDITION IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME SIX, PAGE SIX, PAGE SIX PLAT RECORDS, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS PRCCT, AND IS DESCRIBED IN GENERAL WARRANTY DEED TO CHARLES W SMITH AND LORETTA R SMITH, RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NUMBER 20200302000300040, DEED RECORDS COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS DRCCT AND SAID LOT BEING PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS 0.252 ACRES TRACT OF LAND MORE OR LESS.
THIS WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AGAIN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
AND YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND WE'LL ASK YOU TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR THIS.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, SO YOU'LL BE ON THE VERY NEXT ONE.
ANYONE ELSE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO THIS.
OKAY. IF NOT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT THAT IT IS STILL 7:33 P.M..
THIS WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-115 ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-06-12-01 FOR CHARLES SMITH FUNERAL HOME DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2016-012-2501 OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON FROM SF ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ONE TO C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON A PORTION OF THE HARDENED RIGHT SURVEY.
MAYOR. I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THIS REAL QUICK.
THIS IS A STRAIGHT ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THIS IS FOR THE FUNERAL HOME, THE CHARLES SMITH FUNERAL HOME.
SO THIS WAS HEARD BY P AND Z AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AND I THINK THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S BEEN QUITE EAGER TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND THEY CAN ADDRESS YOU AS WELL.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
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YOUR HONOR. I'LL WAIT UNTIL AFTER YOU.YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER YOU SPEAK BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION MYSELF.
BUT I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS ZONING REQUEST.
WE JUST DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN MCKINNEY.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO SIT DOWN AND SHUT MY MOUTH.
GENTLEMEN, DID YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
YOUR HONOR, IN REGARDS TO ITEM 2023-115.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 202306 1201 CHARLES SMITH, FUNERAL HOME.
OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
2023-06-12-01 FOR CHARLES SMITH FUNERAL HOME.
SO THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-116 PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANNEXATION OF CITY PROPERTY.
CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING RECEIVING FROM THE CITY OF PRINCETON REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY BEING A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, A PART OF THE W.D. THOMPSON SURVEY ABSTRACT 892 BEING A PART OF THAT CALLED 12.15 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED BY DEED TO PRINCETON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS RECORDED UNDER DOCUMENT NUMBER 2020 0131000137460 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS OPRCCT AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS 1.787 ACRES TRACT OF LAND TIME IS 7:37 P.M.
THIS WILL BEGIN OUR PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN.
IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
OKAY. SINCE NO ONE IS HERE FOR THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT OUT.
AND WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER SMALL BREAK.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GET GOING AGAIN.
SO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-117.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-06-12- 02, ANNEXATION OF CITY PROPERTY.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS ANNEXING ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS, BEING APPROXIMATELY 1.787 ACRES.
THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THAT THE CITY OBTAINED WITH COOPERATION FROM THE PRINCETON ISD RELATED TO ONE OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THIS PROPERTY WAS DEEDED OVER TO THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
SO WE'RE ANNEXING CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER IT.
THIS IS THIS STRIP OF LAND IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN.
THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
IF I COULD GET A MOTION, PLEASE.
AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
MR. KLEIBER. YES. MR. OBERA. YES. MR. WASHINGTON. YES.
MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 2023-117.
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ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-06-1202 FOR ANNEXATION OF CITY PROPERTY.SO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-118, STREET REPAIR FOR GREENFIELD ACRES DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON THE STREET REPAIR IN GREENFIELD ACRES REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OBERA. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AMBER ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL THOSE PHOTOS UP? WE ALSO HAVE MR. MAPP HERE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
HE HAS SURVEYED IT AND I WANT TO START BY SAYING THIS.
THESE STREETS ARE ON OUR ON OUR SHORT LIST FOR REPAIRS.
MR. MAPP, DO YOU WANT TO STEP UP AND MAYBE DISCUSS A FEW OF THE RECENT THE RECENT REPAIRS THAT YOU'VE MADE? AND THEN AND THEN I CAN KIND OF DISCUSS WHERE WE INTEND TO GO FROM HERE.
SO WE TRY TO HIT THIS STREET AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE WITH ASPHALT.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT SITS NOW, AS MR. BORG REFERENCED, IT'S ON THE LIST TO FOR COMPLETE REHABILITATION.
BUT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
LIKE YOU SAY, THE ROUGH AREAS.
I WENT BY TO TAKE SOME PICTURES AND THE ROUGHEST AREAS OUT THERE.
THEY'VE RECENTLY BEEN PATCHED WITH ASPHALT.
SO WITH THAT, LIKE I SAY, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO ARE THESE PICTURES OF RECENT REPAIRS THAT WAS DONE SINCE OUR LAST? YEAH, WELL, THEY WERE DONE AROUND THE TIME OF OUR LAST MEETING.
SO IN THIS SHORT LIST, DO WE MR. BORG, CAN YOU ANSWER WHERE WE'RE AT ON THIS LIST, OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH. THIS IS A THIS IS A CANDIDATE FOR A SUBGRADE RESTABILIZATION AND REASPHALT OF THIS STREET.
WE HAVE HAD SOME REAL GOOD LUCK WITH THAT IN SOME OF THE AREAS IN TOWN.
THERE ISN'T FUNDING FOR A COMPLETE RESTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION WITH CONCRETE AND CURB GUTTER AND DRAINAGE, BUT IT IS A VERY GOOD CANDIDATE FOR A SUBGRADE RECONDITIONING AND NEW ASPHALT SURFACE AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT OF WIDENING IN THE PROCESS.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH COLLECTING SOME ESTIMATES, PUTTING THIS OUT TO BID.
OUR OUR ENGINEER IS HERE ALSO AND HE I'LL PUT HIM ON THE SPOT IF NECESSARY, BUT HE CAN SPEAK TO WHAT SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN SOME OF OUR OTHER STREETS HERE IN TOWN REGARDING SOME OF THESE SIMILAR ISSUES IF NECESSARY.
THANK YOU AND MR. MAPP, WHAT IS REALLY HARD FROM THESE PICTURES, WHAT IS THIS ALREADY ASPHALTED OR IT'S JUST OLD? WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE MATERIAL THAT ROAD IS MADE OUT LOOK LIKE A DIRT ROAD FROM THE PICTURE.
ORIGINALLY, THE ROADWAY WAS A GRAVEL ROAD.
SO THEY TAKE AND THEY WET THE SUBGRADE DOWN AND JUST GO OVER IT WITH SOME OIL AND SOME FINE GRAVEL.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WAS LEFT OUT THERE FOR MANY YEARS.
AND SO IT'S JUST KIND OF AS CHIP SEAL STARTS TO FAIL, IT DOESN'T FAIL SLOWLY.
ONCE THE WATER GETS TO THE SUBGRADE, THE ROADWAY IS PRETTY MUCH FINISHED.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT'S MADE OUT OF.
SO THOSE AREAS HAVE FAILED WITH THE SUBGRADE.
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HAVE YOU BEEN OUT THERE OR HAVE YOU I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD WELL, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF RAIN.HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT HAPPENS TO IT AFTER A BIG RAINSTORM? IS IT STILL? IT STANDS UP TO A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.
BUT ONCE WE HAVE A A PERIOD WHERE IT SETS IN AND RAINS SEVERAL TIMES OVER A FEW WEEKS, THEN, YES, YOU'LL START SEEING WHAT THEY CALL SPALLING OR THE ALLIGATOR SKIN CRACKS IN THE ROADWAY SURFACE.
AND ONCE ANY OF THOSE START TO FORM, ANY KIND OF CRACK WILL LET WATER DOWN UNDER THE ASPHALT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE RECOMMEND GOING BACK WITH CONCRETE.
IT'S MORE OF AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, SO IT DOESN'T ALLOW THE MOISTURE TO GET DOWN THERE.
SO THE THAT'S WHY CONCRETE ROADWAYS LAST LONGER.
SO, YEAH, ONCE WATER REACHES THAT SUBGRADE, THE ROADWAY IS GOING TO BEGIN TO FAIL.
GENTLEMEN, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? CAN I. MADAM MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, I UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION IS TO MAYBE CONTINUE TO RESEARCH GOING OUT THERE AND COMING UP WITH A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, I WOULD LIKE THE RECONSTRUCTION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT I MEAN, UNTIL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY PLAUSIBLE, THEN ABSOLUTELY.
ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS, NOT CONCERNS, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS THIS AREA HAS BARRED ITS DRAINAGE.
SO THE DRAINAGE REMAINS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY.
SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE BAR DITCH DRAINAGE, WE EITHER HAVE TO GO BACK WITH A CROWN ROAD AND ALLOW THE WATER TO RUN OFF ONTO THE INTO THE DITCHES WITH EITHER ASPHALT OR CONCRETE.
OUR ENGINEER MAY SAY THOSE THOSE ARE COMPARABLE PRICES AT THIS POINT.
THANK YOU, MR. MAPP. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON, GENTLEMEN? OKAY. IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-120 FOR AGENDA DEADLINE DISCUSSION AND RECEIVE DIRECTION IN REGARDS TO SETTING A DEADLINE FOR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA BY COUNCIL REQUESTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM DEFFIBAUGH.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS A SOME TYPE OF A POLICY FOR ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS, INCLUDING US COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DIFFERENT BOARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT TOO.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST OUR CITY COUNCIL, AGENDA BUT ALL BOARD AGENDAS ACROSS THE BOARD, SO TO SPEAK.
TO HAVE IT LIKE THE WEDNESDAY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE AGENDAS GO OUT MAINLY ON A FRIDAY TO HAVE THOSE AGENDA ITEMS IN WITH ALL BACKUP DOCUMENTATION BY WEDNESDAY. THAT GIVES THE STAFF MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THEM TO MAKE SURE ALL THE EVERYTHING IS PROPER, HAVE ALL THE BACKUP INFORMATION. THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS.
AND I BELIEVE IT WORKED PRETTY GOOD.
WE HAD TO HAVE THAT IF IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS AT LEAST THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND WE HAD A DEADLINE.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT IN, YOU DIDN'T GET IT ON THE AGENDA.
IT WAS A HARD, FAST RULE AND IT SEEMED TO WORK PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU GET IN GEAR.
I MEAN, WE MEET TWICE A MONTH AS A CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHAT'S THAT? I'M NOT TOO GOOD AT MATH, BUT, YOU KNOW A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN BETWEEN MEETINGS.
THE OTHER BOARDS, THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH.
AND I THINK IT'D JUST BE BE BETTER, MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE ESPECIALLY THE CITY STAFF WHO ARE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDAS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE AND CAN BE REVIEWED AND LOOKED AT BEFORE THEY APPROVE, YOU KNOW, TO GET IT APPROVED AND SENT OUT.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADOPT AS POLICY FOR BOTH STAFF DIRECTORS AS WELL AS COUNCIL.
I DO WANT TO MAKE FOR SURE, THOUGH, THAT WE ARE UNDERSTOOD.
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SO IF THAT COMES IN ON A WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE THE DEADLINE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN THAT THERE IS LIKE AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE PUT IN THERE.
CERTAINLY, IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
THE WEDNESDAY GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT ON ON FRIDAY, JUST SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR.
IT SEEMED LIKE THE COUNTY WE HAD LIKE SEVEN DAYS.
I'VE JUST GOING BACK BY MEMORY, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT WE'RE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AMBER, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GENERALLY TELLING OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT IN THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO THAT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
AND THEN AND THEN WE HAVE SOME STRAGGLING THINGS COMING IN AT THE END THERE.
SO BUT IF WE DON'T GET IT UNTIL WEDNESDAY OF THE TWO DAYS BEFORE THE AGENDA IS GOING TO GO OUT, THAT WILL ONLY ALLOW US TO GET TO PUT THE AGENDA OUT ON FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FRIDAY MORNING. RIGHT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE IT A GOOD, HARD, FAST RULE TO HELP EASE THE BURDEN ON CITY STAFF AND GET THESE THINGS DONE AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE AND EASIER, EASIER TO DO.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY TRANSITION, BUT MAKES IT A LOT BETTER.
AND THAT WAY EVERYONE, IT COULD BE REVIEWED.
SO SO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE VERY LATEST THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE IT GOES OUT ON FRIDAY.
THANK YOU. OKAY, GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE ALL IN AGREEANCE TO THAT, IF I COULD GET A MOTION, PLEASE.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A POLICY TO HAVE THE AGENDA ITEMS IN BY ALL BOARDS, ALL COUNCIL, ALL DEPARTMENTS FOR WHATEVER PARTICULAR MEETING IT MAY BE THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE AGENDA GOES OUT.
WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
OKAY. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? PARDON ME. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? JUST TO PULL IT FROM THE AGENDA? I DON'T NEED A MOTION BECAUSE I PUT IT ON THERE.
OKAY, THAT'LL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-122, NATIONAL MOTTO, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO PUT THE NATIONAL MOTTO IN GOD WE TRUST ON ALL PRINCETON EMERGENCY VEHICLES REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLEIBER.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO PULL 2023-122 FOR THE SAME REASON AND PUT IT ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
LET'S TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-123.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-06-12-R02, I'M SORRY, SOUTH EAST WATER LINE PROJECT.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING GREATER TEXOMA UTILITY AUTHORITY TO AWARD ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO A CONTRACT WITH BELT CONSTRUCTION OF TEXAS FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON WATER MAIN CIP PROJECT SIX, EIGHT AND 17.
WE EXPERIENCED SOME COST OVERRUNS ON SOME CONCRETE ITEMS ON THIS PROJECT AND NEED TO GET APPROVAL ON THESE SO THE CONTRACTOR CAN FINISH UP THE PROJECT. THIS IS A GTUA FUNDED PROJECT.
SO THIS NOT ONLY REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL BUT WILL REQUIRE GTUA APPROVAL AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
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WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL, THE CONCRETE OVERRUNS, THERE WERE SOME SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THE DUNKIN DONUTS THAT WASN'T INCLUDED DUE SOME TIMING OF SOME DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A SIDEWALK INCLUDED NEXT TO THAT PROJECT OVER THERE.IT IT WARRANTED A WIDER SECTION OF REPAIR SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE STRIP OF CONCRETE THAT WAS THAT WAS GOING TO CAUSE CAUSE MORE LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGE OR THINGS LIKE THAT DUE TO WEATHER AND TRAFFIC.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 2023-123 TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-06-12-R02 FOR SOUTHEASTERN WESTLAND PROJECT COMPANY.
AND I HAVE A SECOND. YOUR HONOR, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
OKAY. THAT WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-06-12-R02.
SO TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-124.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-06-12R01 FOR CALDWELL PARK SHADE SALE PROJECT DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS ESTABLISHING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CALDWELL PARK RESTROOMS AND SHADE STRUCTURE, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION. MAYOR, COUNCIL.
THIS PROJECT WE HELD BIDS FOR ON MAY 19TH.
THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE CALDWELL PARK.
THERE'S AN EXISTING CONCRETE SLAB DOWN CLOSE TO THE CREEK AREA DOWN THERE.
IT'S A PREFABRICATED RESTROOM AND THEN SOME OF THE SHADE SAILS THAT WE HAVE AT OTHER LOCATIONS AT THE PARK, WE HAD THREE QUALIFIED BIDDERS AND THE LOW BIDDER WAS MIKE ROGERS CONSTRUCTION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
AND WE HAVE OUR ENGINEERING TEAM HERE AS WELL.
ARE WE REPLACING SHADE STRUCTURES OR ADDING MORE? NO, THIS IS THESE ARE ALL NEW FACILITIES.
IT'D BE A GOOD ADDITION TO OUR TO THE JM CALDWELL PARK.
AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM 2023-124 RESOLUTION NUMBER 202306-12R01, CALDWELL PARK SHADE CELL PROJECT.
OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. THAT WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
2023-06-12R01. THIS WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-125 FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-06-12-R FOR EAST RIDGE BOOSTER STATION DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS ESTABLISHING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EAST RIDGE BOOSTER STATION AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 75 AND 1827 UP THERE NEAR THE EAST RIDGE DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAD THREE BIDDERS FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
AND SUMMIT SOLUTIONS WAS THE WAS THE LOW BIDDER ON THIS PROJECT? OUR ENGINEERS HAVE VERIFIED, VERIFIED SOME OF THEIR REFERENCES AND QUALIFICATIONS AND AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO OR RECOMMENDING AN AWARD TO SUMMIT SOLUTIONS FOR THIS PROJECT. WITH THAT, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND HAVE OUR ENGINEERING TEAM HERE AS WELL.
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THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, MR. PORTER. EXACTLY WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE AT THAT ON THAT PROJECT? IT'S WHEN YOU GET TO FM 75 AND 1827, IT'S JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 1827 IS IF YOU WERE HEADED TO THE HEADED TO THE WEST THERE.IT'S KIND OF A KIND OF A LONGER, LONGER TRACT OF LAND THERE THAT WAS THAT WAS NEGOTIATED THAT THE CITY RECEIVED THROUGH NEGOTIATION WITH MERITAGE ON OUR ON OUR EAST RIDGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IS IT GOING TO BE EAST OR WEST OF THE BRIDGE? THIS PROJECT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IF NOT, IF I COULD GET A MOTION, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY.
WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-06-12-R.
I AM ASKING THAT THIS BE PUT ON OUR NEXT AGENDA AFTER WE RECEIVE FULL LEGAL COUNSEL.
THAT'LL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-127, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS.
GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO ADD FOR A FUTURE AGENDA? I HAVE ONE ITEM, SOME MINOR OBSERVATION COMING INTO PRINCETON COMING EAST, DOWN 380.
THE CITY SIGN STILL SHOWS THE POLICE STATION TO BE DOWNTOWN.
CAN WE GET SOME KIND OF GUESS, GET SOME SORT OF CORRECTION ON THAT SO WE CAN POINT PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY CAN GET SOME HELP FROM? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND THAT'S THOSE ARE THE WAYFINDING, THE OLD WAYFINDING SIGNS THAT ARE IN THE TXDOT RIGHT AWAY.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT CORRECTED.
YOU BET. ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS. FIRST ONE, COULD WE GET SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THE APARTMENTS NEXT TO THE WALMART? AND ALSO, CAN I GET A WE GET A LIST OF HEALTH INSPECTIONS AND THE FINDINGS OF THOSE HEALTH INSPECTIONS WITHIN THE CURRENT YEAR.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMEN? OKAY. THAT'LL TAKE US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO THAT'LL TAKE US TO A REPORT AGENDA.
[REPORT AGENDA]
AND THAT'S YOU, MR. BORG THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.MONDAY, JUNE 26TH HERE AT 630.
TO NINE AT THE STEPHEN AND JUDY DEFFIBAUGH COMMUNITY CENTER.
ON JUNE 22ND, WE'RE GOING TO HOST MUSIC MOVIE IN THE PARK HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL PARK.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FREE GAMES, KONA ICE AND THE MOVIE WILL START AROUND EIGHT.
ON JUNE 24TH, WE'LL HAVE THE BEACH AND BOULEVARD ROAD DEDICATION, AND THAT'LL BE AT 10 A.M.
AT THE NEW ENTRANCE OF THE PARK.
THAT'S JUST ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN MONTE CARLO AND 3D ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
[CC REPORT AGENDA]
GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT TONIGHT? YOUR HONOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH, IS FLAG DAY.OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMEN? OKAY. IF NOT, IF I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
YEAH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND IT.
AYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.