>> THERE IT IS WITH THE MAYOR. [00:00:01] >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YEAH. >> WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. TODAY'S OCTOBER THE 10TH, [CALL TO ORDER] 2023, THE TIME IS 6:33 PM. THIS WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING. THIS IS OUR SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE ROLL CALL, MYSELF BRIANNA CHACON IS PRESENT, MR. DEFFIBAUGH? >> HERE. >> MR. KLEIBER? >> HERE. >> MR. OBERA? >> HERE. >> MR. WASHINGTON? >> HERE. >> MR. GERFERS? >> HERE. >> THANK YOU. IF YOU WILL PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. THAT'LL TAKE US TO OUR CITIZENS APPEARANCE TONIGHT. [CITIZENS APPEARANCE] CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS SECTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A CITIZEN'S INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THAT INQUIRY. TONIGHT I HAVE MR. KELLY CARR. >> HELLO, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE. MY NAME IS KELLY CARR AND I'M CITIZEN OF THE RESIDENT OF PRINCETON HERE ON JUNIPER STREET. I'D LIKE TO READ A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE FROM PSALM 122 IN LIGHT OF THESE RECENT EVENTS OVER IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS PARTICULAR PSALM WRITTEN BY DAVID, HE SAYS, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM. MAY THEY PROSPER WHO LOVE YOU. MAY PEACE BE WITHIN YOUR WALLS AND PROSPERITY WITHIN YOUR PALACES. PRAY FOR THE SAKE OF MY BROTHERS AND MY FRIENDS. I WILL NOW SAY, MAY PEACE BE WITHIN YOU FOR THE SAKE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD OUR GOD. I WILL SEEK YOUR GOOD. IF I COULD LEAD US IN A WORD OF PRAYER. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PAUSE TONIGHT THANKING YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS, FOR YOUR CONCERN. LORD, THAT YOU LOVE ALL MEN AND WOMEN, CHILDREN EVERYWHERE AROUND THIS WORLD. LORD, FOR THE RECENT TAX AND VIOLENCE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL, WE PRAY, DEAR GOD, WE PRAY THAT PEACE WOULD COME THERE SOON AND LORD THAT YOU WOULD SOMEHOW, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS, BRING PEACE AND ORDER. LORD, WE PRAY FOR OUR OWN PEOPLE THAT ARE HOSTAGES, WE PRAY FOR OTHERS THAT ARE HOSTAGES FACING ALL KINDS OF BRUTALITY, GIVE THEM PEACE AND HELP AND GRACE RIGHT NOW. LORD, WE PRAY FOR OUR SOLDIERS AROUND THE WORLD, BUT THOSE PARTICULARLY IN THAT REGION THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM COURAGE AND SAFETY, PROTECTION. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE RELATIVE PEACE AND SAFETY AND CALMNESS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN THIS PLACE AND SO WE WOULD ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO BE WITH US HERE IN PRINCETON. LORD, WE PRAY FOR OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND EMPLOYEES AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE AND HELP EACH ONE OF THEM AND GIVE THEM YOUR BLESSING AND PROTECTION. PROTECT AND HELP THEIR FAMILIES AND BE WITH US THIS EVENING AS WE DO YOUR BUSINESS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. >> AMEN. CLINTON LOWRANCE. >> CLINTON LOWRANCE, 1304, EAST COLLEGE. ON SEPTEMBER 11TH THIS COUNCIL VOTED TO HAVE THE INVOCATION PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA AFTER IT WAS TAKEN OFF UNANNOUNCED AND WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC EXPLANATION. HERE WE ARE TWO MEETINGS INTO THIS POLICY CHANGE, AND STILL NO INVOCATION. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE POLICY IS BEING LAWYERED. I'M HOPEFUL THIS WILL SOON BE [00:05:01] COMPLETED SO THE INVOCATION COULD BE PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA BY THE NEXT MEETING. THE ONUS IS ON THE LAWYERS TO GET THIS FIGURED OUT AND I'M HOPEFUL THEY WILL. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY'S VERY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WILL START RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WHICH WILL BE ON MAY, 2ND IN THE COMING YEAR. THE CITY'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WILL ALMOST RECOGNIZE ANY NATIONAL DAY EXCEPT FOR THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PUBLIC LAW PASSED BY CONGRESS. HOWEVER, FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, THIS DEPARTMENT EXCLUDES THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. TO CLOSE, I ASK OF OUR COMMUNITY TO KEEP THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. THANK YOU. >> TERRY GILMORE. >> TERRY GILMORE, 924, QUAIL LANE. I'M HERE FOR THE VFW AGAIN, ANOTHER MEETING. [LAUGHTER] I JUST HAVE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR US THAT ON THE 18TH WE HAVE WOMEN IN SERVICE THAT WE'RE HONORING AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AT THE LIBRARY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE IT OVER, IF THE CITY WILL LET US, OVER TO THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK ON THE 18TH AT SIX O'CLOCK. I'M WORKING ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. THEN NOVEMBER 11TH IS GOING TO BE VETERANS DAY AND THE DAY BEFORE IS THE 10TH AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO THE FLAG POLES OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AROUND HERE FOR CHILDREN OR TEACHERS WHO WANT TO COME OUT AND LEARN ABOUT THE FLAG AND LEARN ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ALONG WITH VETERANS DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT FOR CITIZENS APPEARANCE? IF NOT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO MAYOR'S COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TONIGHT. THEREFORE, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] ALL ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND IT WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE'LL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS, UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER SO REQUEST, TO 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 OUR LOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR SIMPSON CROSSING, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-10-10-RO1. NON-STANDARD WASTEWATER SERVICE AGREEMENT, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-10-10-RO2, AND NON-STANDARD WASTEWATER SERVICE AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-10-10-R. GENTLEMEN, IF THERE'S NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED OR PULLED FROM THAT, IF I CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. >> YOUR HONOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> THAT WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MR. DEFFIBAUGH. >> YES. >> MR. KLEIBER. >> YES. >> MR. OBERA. >> YES. >> MR. WASHINGTON. >> YES. >> MR. GERFERS. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES 5-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR SPECIAL AGENDA TONIGHT. [SPECIAL AGENDA] WE ARE GOING TO MOVE OUT OF ORDER TONIGHT, WE WILL SKIP DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-229 FOR SOUTH RICH PID PRESENTATION SUMMARIZING THE RESULTS OF SOUTH RICH PID'S SERIES 2023, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS PRICING. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE JORGE DELGADO HERE THIS EVENING FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES. HE'S GOING TO EXPLAIN THE PID RESULTS. >> YOU'LL TURN YOUR MIC ON. THERE YOU GO. >> HILLTOP SECURITIES. I WORK WITH JIM SABONIS AND ANDRE WHO YOU'VE MET MOST OFTEN THAN ME, BUT GOOD TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, THANKS FOR ACCOMMODATING US AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YOU HAD A SUCCESSFUL PID BONDS STILL THIS MORNING FOR YOUR SOUTHRIDGE RESIDENTIAL PID. QUICK OVERVIEW, WE WERE BACK HERE EARLY SEPTEMBER WALKING YOU THROUGH A PLANET FINANCE FOR SOUTHRIDGE PID BONDS. YOU DIRECTED US TO MOVE FORWARD ALONG WITH ALL YOUR CONSULTANTS WHO ARE HERE BEHIND US. WE'VE BEEN WORKING EVER SINCE ON THE OFFERING DOCUMENTS AND THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS TO GET YOU TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SALVAGE PID GREEN BRICK AND MARRIAGE HOMES ARE THE DEVELOPERS INVOLVED IN THIS PID DEVELOPMENT. YOU'VE GOT 223 UNITS, THIS IS PHASE 1 IMPROVEMENT EVERY ONE OF THE SOUTHRIDGE RESIDENTIAL PID. AVERAGE HOME VALUE OF $383,000 BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED FROM THE DEVELOPERS. EXPECTED BUILD-OUT OF THIS PROJECT IS $85.6 MILLION. AGAIN, BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THESE DEVELOPERS. TODAY, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BONDS STILL EARLY IN THE MORNING AND YOU HAD AN OVERSUBSCRIBED TRANSACTION, MEANING YOU HAD ORDERS FROM THREE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS. ONE INVESTOR PUT IN AN ORDER FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE BONDS AND TWO INVESTORS, PUT IN AN ORDER FOR A PORTION OF THE BONDS SO GREAT RESULT YOU HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION THERE, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GET A FINAL BOND PRICING OF 6.32% NOMINAL INTEREST RATE. THAT'S 200 BASIS POINTS SPREAD FROM THE MUNICIPAL MARKET INDEX, [00:10:02] WHICH IS THE LOWEST WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY ACROSS THE STATE AND PIDS. IT'S DIFFERENT MARKET TODAY, BUT IT'S GOOD THAT YOU GOT 200 BASIS POINTS BASED ON THE CHALLENGING AND GOING AWAY MARKET BASE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON OVERSEAS AND IN THE ECONOMY. YOU'RE ABLE TO HOLD THAT SPREAD AND YOU'RE ALSO ABLE TO SECURE A CALL DATE, WHICH IS A PREPAYMENT DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2031. THAT'S JUST ADDED FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU IF RATES COME DOWN IN THE FUTURE, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFINANCE IN 2031. A FEW KEY ITEMS TO NOTE, THE CITY IS PARTICIPATING WITH 45% TOURISTS PARTICIPATION. AT BUILD-OUT ONCE WE TAKE THAT TRUCE PARTICIPATION INTO ACCOUNT, WE CALCULATE THAT THE CITY WOULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OF $207,000 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AGAIN, BASED ON THE 85.6 MILLION BUILD-OUT OF ADDED TAX-BASED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BRING TO YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU DO HAVE A CITY PID FEE IN THIS TRANSACTION OF $401,000 AT OR BEFORE CLOSING OF THE TRANSACTION. THAT'S BASED ON THE $1,800 PID FEE PER LOT, 223 LOST TIMES 1,800 $401,000 AND YOU'LL RECEIVE THAT ADDER BEFORE CLOSING SO ANOTHER BENEFIT THERE FOR YOU. CLOSING DATE OCTOBER 31ST, 2023. THIS IS A GOOD TRANSACTION FOR YOU WE STAND BY IT AS YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. YOU'VE MET ALL THE PARAMETERS THAT YOU SET FORTH IN THE PLANET FINANCE AND SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GET A GOOD BIT FROM FMSBONDS, IN TODAY'S MARKET. ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> GENTLEMEN, DID YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-230 PUBLIC HEARING FOR SOUTHRIDGE TOURS NUMBER 6, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON CREATION OF PRINCETON TOURS. NUMBER 6. THE TIME IS 6:45 PM THIS WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. SINCE NO ONE IS HERE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND END THE PUBLIC HEARING THE TIME IS STILL 6:45 PM, THIS WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-231, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10-10. TOUR 6 SOUTHRIDGE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONCERN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A GEOGRAPHIC AREA WITHIN THE CITY AS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 6, DESCRIBING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONES AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. THIS IS THE OWNERS FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> YOU ALL ARE BASED ON THE PRESENTATION. GIVE THEM A BOND, COUNCIL, ITEM 2023 231. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10-10, TOURS 6 SOUTHRIDGE. >> THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND. >> I'LL SECOND. >> WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> MR. DEFFIBAUGH? >> YES. >> MR. KLEIBER? >> YES. >> MR. OBERA? >> YES. >> MR. WASHINGTON? >> YES. >> MR. GERFERS. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES 5, 0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 2023 231, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10-10. THIS WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-232 PUBLIC HEARING FOR SOUTHRIDGE. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING ON LOVEY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR SOFTWARE AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AREA NUMBER 1, THE TIME IS 6:46 PM, THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT, PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. SINCE NO ONE IS HERE FOR THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE TIME OF 6:47 PM. THIS WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-233. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10-10-01, SOUTHRIDGE A1 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE LOVING ASSESSMENTS FOR THE COST OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PROVIDED IN THE SOUTHRIDGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AREAS NUMBER 1, PROJECT FIXING A CHARGE AND LEAN AGAINST ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN AREA NUMBER 1 OF THE DISTRICT AND THE OWNERS THEREOF AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE, TOO. >> THANKS. AGAIN AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THIS IS THE ORDINANCE FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> GENTLEMEN, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IF I COULD GET A MOTION? >> YES YOUR HONOR I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2023-233 FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10-10-01 SOUTHRIDGE 1A1. >> DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND. >> I'LL SECOND. >> WITH THAT WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> MR. DEFFIBAUGH? >> YES. >> MR. KLEIBER? >> YES. >> MR. OBERA? >> YES. >> MR. WASHINGTON? >> YES. >> MR. GERFERS? >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES 5, 0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 2023-233, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10-10-01 FOR SOUTHRIDGE IA1. [00:15:06] TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-234, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10-10-O2 FOR BOND ORDINANCE SOUTHRIDGE IA1 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS. SERIES 2023, SOUTHRIDGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER 1 PROJECT. APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN INTEGER OF TRUST, A BOND PURCHASING AGREEMENT AND CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AND OTHER AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU'VE HEARD THE PRESENTATION BY HILLTOP SECURITIES. WE HAVE MR. JEFF GOLBUS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE. IF THERE ARE ANY. >> THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GOLBUS TONIGHT? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION, PLEASE. >> YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 2023-234, FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10-10-O2, BOND ORDINATE SOUTHRIDGE IE1. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND. >> I'LL SECOND. >> WITH THAT WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> MR. DEFFIBAUGH? >> YES. >> MR. KLEIBER? >> YES. >> MR. OBERA? >> YES. >> MR. WASHINGTON? >> YES. >> MR. GALFERS? >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES 5:0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 2023-234 FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10-10-02 FOR BIDEN ORDINANCE, SOFTER EDGE IA1. THIS WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-235 FOR BEECHAM BOULEVARD, DISCUSSION AND UPDATE REGARDING THE LIGHTS ON BEECHAM BOULEVARD REQUESTED BY MARRIAGE ICON. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MR. MAP IS HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD INFORMATION. >> YES. NOT ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON BEACH MORE WORKING. THERE WERE VARIOUS ISSUES ALL THE WAY FROM MANUFACTURER DEFECTS TO WIRING ISSUES, TO CONTRACTORS CUTTING WIRES. I WAS A LENGTHY PROCESS, BUT WE MOVED SOME PERSONAL AROUND AND JUST ASSIGN SOME PEOPLE. THAT WAS THEIR SOLE TASK WAS TO GET ALL OF THOSE UP AND GOING AND WE HAD GREAT RESULTS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. THANK YOU, AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY AND THAT WAS A DARK AREA AND IT WASN'T VERY SAFE, SO THANK YOU. MAN THAT UP AND GO IN. LOOK FORWARD, KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON OVER THERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> GENTLEMEN, ANY QUESTIONS? WITH THAT, WE WILL GO TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-236 FOR PROJECT UPDATE, UPDATE AND DISCUSSION REGARDING BRAHMS FIREHOUSE SUBS AND SECOND STREET PROJECT REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARRETT AND COUNCIL MEMBER, WASHINGTON. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL. YOUR DESK FOR AN UPDATE ON THESE PROJECTS. I'LL GO THROUGH THEM IN ORDER. THE BRAHMS PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED BACK IN 2021. THEY WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PERMANENT PROCESS AND GOT TO THE FINISH LINE OF WHERE IT WAS JUST JUST AWAITING PAYMENT OF FEES AND ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT. AT THAT TIME. THAT WAS THE TIME THE COUNTRY WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF HIGH INFLATION AND FOR OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE BRAHMS, THEY WEREN'T PROCEEDING WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE STORE AT THIS TIME, THEY DID. HOWEVER, PURCHASE PROPERTY IS STILL ON THE PROPERTY TO THIS DAY. THEY INSINUATED TO STAFF THAT THEY WOULD BUILD IT AT A LATER DATE AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I KNOW IN THAT PROJECT CURRENTLY. I CAN TELL YOU THE FIREHOUSE SUBS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE THE PERMIT FOR THE INTERIOR BUILD-OUT ON THAT PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED ON 105. STAFF HAD ALREADY COMPLETED THE INITIAL PLAN REVIEW AND RETURN TO THE APPLICANT ON 106, AND IT'S WAITING AWAITING RECENT MIDDLE SECOND STREET. THAT'S MOVING ALONG QUITE WELL. THE NORTH HALF OF THAT PROJECT IS CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO BE OPENED. WE GOT TO GET SOME FRIEND OR SOME FRANCHISE UTILITIES RELOCATE IT OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE WE CAN OPEN IT, BUT I EXPECT THAT TO BE SOON, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH WE CAN GET THE NORTH PORTION OPENED. THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. GENTLEMAN, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. FORD? >> YOU SAID ON BRAHMS'S THERE WAS AN INFLATION ISSUE? >> THAT WAS WHAT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS STAFF. THAT'S ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT WAS CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THEY GOT SO HIGH AT THAT TIME. THE COST HAS EXCEEDED WHAT THEIR BUDGETED WAS FOR THAT THEY HAD EXPECTED TO BUILD THAT STORE. >> THEY STILL OWN THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT? >> YES, SIR. >> MR. OBERA, I CAN DIRECTLY SPEAK TO THAT. I DID TALK TO THEM DIRECTLY AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID. THEY SAID THEY HADN'T ANTICIPATED THE INFLATION OF THE COST OF MATERIALS AND LABOR, AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT OFF UNTIL A LATER TIME. BUT THEY JUST SAID, LOOK, WE'LL BE BACK. WE OWN THE PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE A PERMANENT THAT'S READY TO PICK UP. >> MR. MORGAN, AND I BOTH REACHED OUT TO THEM, [00:20:02] SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM TO CONTINUE MOVING ON TO THE STORE AND THEY JUST WEREN'T READY TO MOVE ON WITH IT AT THAT TIME. >> I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU, SIR. >> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK UP TO THE TOP OF OUR AGENDA NOW. TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-227, SWEARING IN PD, SWEARING IN RAT BADGE PRESENTATION AND BADGE PINNING FOR SERGEANT CRAWFORD AS AN INTERNAL PROMOTION BY INTERIM CHIEF WHERAS. >> MADAM, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS. I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED DOING FOR PROMOTIONAL PROCESS, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN COMMUNITY POLICING. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET TO KNOW OUR SUPERVISORS. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER SUPERVISORS, BUT TO ACTUALLY BRING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TO AS WELL. THAT WAY WE KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE ON FRONT LINES REPRESENTING US SHOW IN THE FACE OF THE PD. IF WE'RE GOOD AT THIS POINT IN TIME, CAN DETECTIVE CRAWFORD STEP-UP? >> >> STICKING WITH TRADITION, WILL USUALLY HAVE A BADGE PRESENTATION. TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE A BADGE PINNING AND YOUR DAUGHTER, TALOU, WHO GRANTED US WITH HER PRESENCE, IS GOING TO PIN HER BADGE ON HER MOM [APPLAUSE]. WE USUALLY DO A TWO-MINUTE PRESENTATION FROM THE NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICER. BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR CONSERVING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE TWO MINUTES TO TAKE SOME PICTURES. IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, MAYOR WOULD LIKE AND WE CAN TAKE SOME PICTURES. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME POLICE OFFICERS IN THE BACK, VELMA GO AHEAD AND STEP ON OUT, WE'LL WIND UP. YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE A SPEECH? >> SPEECH. [LAUGHTER]. >> SHE'LL TALK WHY SHE'S TAKING PICTURES THAN OTHER OFFICERS GOT MUCH COME OUT TOO, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE PICTURES, COUNCIL. >> JUST GET THAT GOING. [BACKGROUND] [NOISE] >> YES. >> RIGHT HERE. >> 1, 2, 3. [NOISE] [LAUGHTER]. >> 1, 2, 3 [LAUGHTER] [NOISE] [BACKGROUND] YES. [00:27:55] >> [NOISE] THAT'S THE POINT. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 2023 228, COLLIN COUNTY BOND ELECTION PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION TO INFORM THE COUNCIL OF UPCOMING COUNTY BOND ELECTION PRESENTED BY COLLIN COUNTY PLANNING BOARD MEMBER TIM BENNETT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. BENNETT. TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON BUTTON ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. YOU GET. >> HOW ABOUT THAT? MY NAME IS TIM BENNETT. I'M THEM WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY PLANNING BOARD, GROUP OF ENGINEERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS THAT ASSIST AND ADVISE THE COLLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW. IT'S THE ROADS AND BONDS AND THE NEW BOND ELECTION. THEY ASKED THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASKED US TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE THE BOND ELECTION. YOU-ALL MAY ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT, BUT JUST HEAR TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. A LOT OF MONEY FOR ROADS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. I COULD JUST GO THROUGH THEIR REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY ALL PRETTY MUCH AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HERE. THAT COLLIN COUNTY IS GROWING VERY FAST. WE NEED ROADS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE ROOM FOR COURTS AND JAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS JUST ABOUT THE GROWTH, EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW FAST IT'S GROWING. WE CAN PROBABLY GO SCROLL ON THROUGH THAT PART, CAN SEE THE PROJECTED. OF COURSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT KEEPS GROWING FASTER THAN WE CAN KEEP UP WITH THEM. IF YOU STOP RIGHT THERE WITH THE FIRST PROPOSITION. I IS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE. [00:30:01] FIRST LOOK FOR NEW COURTROOMS AND NEW OFFICES AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THERE AT THE FACILITY IN MCKINNEY THERE THAT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING A NEW PARKING GARAGE, NEW CHORDS, AND NEW OFFICES FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TRY TO MOVE SOME OF THE CASES THROUGH THE COUNTY COURTS A LITTLE BIT FASTER. THERE'S A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THERE FOR THAT. THEN JUSTICE FACILITIES, THE ADULT ATTENTION INFIRMARY IS OVERCAPACITY. IT NEEDS TO BE REMODELED. THAT'S THE ADULT JAIL THEY'RE LEADERS WHO WORK ON THAT. THE JUVENILE FACILITIES ARE ALMOST AT CAPACITY. THEY NEED TO BE EXPANDED THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE BIGGER JAIL FOR THE KIDS, I GUESS YOU'D SAY THAT'S PART OF PROPOSITION B WILL BE ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE VOTE ON. THERE'S A, B, C AND I THINK IT GOES THROUGH E, THE ANIMAL SHELTER. I'M NOT SURE IF PRINCETON HAS ITS OWN ANIMAL SHELTER OR NOT, BUT I THINK WHILE HE DOES, I KNOW FRESCO DOESN'T. BUT FOR ALL THE CITIES THAT DON'T, THEY TAKE THEIR ANIMALS TO THE COLLIN COUNTY FACILITY, WHICH IS AT CAPACITY. THE CITIES PAY THE COUNTY TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS THAT THEY BRING IN. THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE THE ELECTION THERE. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $5 MILLION FOR THAT. JUST SCAN THE LIST OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING. IT'S $5.7 MILLION FOR THAT. PROPOSITION C IS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINERS FACILITY, I GUESS THAT'S THE COUNTY CORNER. THAT'S A VERY OLD FACILITY APPARENTLY IT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT READ DOWN. THAT'S A PROPOSITION, SAY FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, WITH CORONA A NEW BUILDING FUNDS FOR THAT $13 MILLION. PROPOSITION D IS FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. THIS WAS APPROVED FIVE YEARS AGO, AND I WAS APPOINTED TO THE PARKS BOARD. THEN I SERVED ON THE PARK'S BOARD FOR THREE YEARS. WE LOOK AT A LOT OF APPLICATIONS THE CITIES, THE CITIES ARE ALL INVITED TO SUBMIT UP APPLICATIONS FOR THESE PART FUNDS. THEY'LL BE ANOTHER $20 MILLION IS AVAILABLE TO THE CITIES AS A COST SHARING. THE THING THAT THE COUNTY LIKES TO PROMOTE AS FAR AS THE PARKS GHOST IS THE PURCHASE OF NEW LAND AND PARKS TRAILS. I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS ON THE PARK'S BOARD WOULD NEVER SAW ANYTHING FROM PRINCETON FOR PARKS, TRAILS, OR FOR LAND SO I CAN ASSURE YOU IF YOU FOUND A PIECE OF LAND THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU CAN GET, COLLIN COUNTY WOULD SPLIT THE COST OF THAT WITH YOU, THAT'S THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY IS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PURCHASE OF LAND. THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE. IF YOU HAVE A PIECE OF LAND THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD GET, THEN THE COUNTY WOULD SPLIT THE COST OF THAT WITH YOU. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THE OTHER IS IT'S TRAILS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU-ALL HAVE A TRAIL PLAN OR NOT. BUT IF YOU COULD GET A PLAN FOR TRAVEL TOGETHER, COLLIN COUNTY WOULD SPLIT THE COST OF THAT WITH THESE TWO FOR SURE BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY UP ON THEIR PRIORITY LIST AS FAR AS THE PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN. THEN OF COURSE, THE ROADS, THE BIGGEST PART OF THE PROGRAM IS FOR ROADS. EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW BAD WE NEED THOSE. WHEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY HAS IS LIKE I CALL IT A SOUTHERN LOOP. IT'S GOING TO COME AROUND THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AIRPORT, UP THROUGH LOWERY, CROSS AROUND LOWERY CROSSING UP THROUGH UP THE PRINCETON THROUGH COUNTY ROAD A 400. IT'S GOING TO BE A BYPASS FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO USE THREE IDEAS OF WHY FOR THEM TO COME AROUND TO THE SOUTH. THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT THE COUNTIES IS GOING TO BE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY IN. THAT'LL BE A BIG HELP FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN PRINCETON AND INCOME THROUGH PRINCETON. THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY ROAD PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW. IT'S REALLY NOT THAT THIS THIS $390 MILLION DOESN'T REALLY COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED, BUT IT'S ALL THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX. THAT'S THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE PROBABLY AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON THERE. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S JUST SOME STUFF ON THERE ABOUT FOR CITIZENS IN CASE THEY WONDER ABOUT THAT, THE TAX RATES AND THE TAXES AND ALL THAT. BUT THAT'S ALL PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY AND IT'S COMING UP PRETTY QUICK. NOVEMBER 7TH, AND YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE SIGNS AROUND TOWN ABOUT THE BONDS. JUST CAME TO JUST AS A COURTESY TO SAY AND RECOGNIZED CITY PRESTON, COLLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WANTED US TO COME OUT AND JUST PROMOTED A LITTLE BIT. [00:35:04] HERE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU-ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT OR NOT MAYBE YOU'RE ALREADY ON, BUT IF YOU DO, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER. >> THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR COMING OUT AND SHARING WITH US THAT INFORMATION. DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS LOVE THAT. THANK YOU FOR DOING IT. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> GENTLEMEN DID YOU-ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BENNETT WHILE HE'S HERE?THANK YOU FOR BEEN HERE, THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US BACK DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 2023 237, NEW BUSINESS PERMIT PROCESS UPDATE AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PERMIT PROCESS FEES FOR NEW BUSINESSES AND PRINCETON AND FOR SURROUNDING CITIES REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OF ERA. >> MAYOR COUNCIL. INCLUDED A ONE SLIDE IN THERE. IT'S A SIMPLE, BASIC SLIDE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE OUR NEW BUSINESS LICENSE FEES ABOUT $150 HIGHER THAN MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES OR COMMUNITIES OF SIMILAR STATUS. IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOSE TO WANT TO LOWER IT TO ONE OF THOSE OTHER RATES, IT'S NOT A HUGE REVENUE SOURCE FOR SO STAFF WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. THEN IF YOU HAD ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM. >> WHY WOULD OUR COST WILL BE INCREMENTALLY MORE THAN THE OTHER CITIES. WHY? >> MR. BORDEN I TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING AND THAT FEE THAT $250 WAS IN PLACE PRIOR TO MY EMPLOYMENT HERE. IT'S JUST BEEN THE RATE THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS. I DON'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SPECIFIC REASON WHY IT WAS SET AT THAT. >> WELL, I APPRECIATE THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU. I WAS ALSO LOOKING A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THE LINES OF PROCESSES BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION WITHOUT SPEAK WITH BUSINESS OWNERS ARE BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PROCESS. IF THEY'RE GOING TO SEND THINGS ARE GETTING HUNG UP SAYING THAT SADLY, THEY'RE NOT GIVEN ALL THE INFORMATION UP FRONT SAY THAT WANTS THEY PROVIDE ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION INSTEAD, SOMETHING ELSE IS NEEDED. I GUESS I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD NEED TO SEE, BUT I GUESS SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROCESSES ON HOW I GUESS STEP-BY-STEP OF THE WHOLE PERMITTING PROCESS. ANY SNAGS RANK. YOU PROBABLY CAN GET THIS WHAT IS THAT FOLLOW THE FORMAT. BUT YOU KNOW ANOTHER CITY THAT. >> IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLIFIED PROCESS. IT'S A ONE-PAGE FORM AND IT'S GOT THE STEPS LAID OUT ON THERE. IT'S REALLY SIMPLE. IT SHOULD BE VERY EXPEDITIOUS IF THERE WAS ANYBODY THAT'S SUFFERING ANY TYPE OF HANG-UPS, I WOULD LOVE TO CHAT WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS SO THAT I CAN MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT AS WELL, AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO AGREE WITH WHAT MR. OBERA SAYING. ANYTIME WE HAVE NEW BUSINESSES COME IN, I ALWAYS LIKE TO PERSONALLY GO AND SPEAK TO THEM. ONE THING I ALWAYS ASK WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS YOUR PROCESS LIKE. I THINK FOR OUR BIGGER BUSINESSES COMING IN THAT ARE ROUTINE AND THEY KNOW THE FLOW OF HOW TO WORK WITH CITIES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WE GET EXCEPTIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THEM THAT THIS WAS AN EASY CITY TO WORK WITH AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE. SOME OF OUR SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING IN, I OFTEN HEAR THE SAME THING THAT MR. OBERA IS HEARING IN THAT THERE'S NO LIKE SET ORGANIZATION ON HOW THEY GO ABOUT DOING THAT. THEY'RE TOLD ONE THING AND THEN THEY'RE TOLD ANOTHER THING AND IT COSTS THEM MONEY AND THERE'S A BACK-AND-FORTH. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT IS GREAT MAYBE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THOSE PROCESSES. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SIMPLIFY THAT FOR MAYBE SOMEONE WHO'S COMING IN THAT ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT. JUST TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T A MORE STREAMLINED. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NOT AFFECTING OUR BIGGER BUSINESSES, BUT THE SMALLER ONES I'VE DEFINITELY HEARD THE SAME THING. >> YES, SURE. I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND LEARN FROM THOSE AND TRIED TO STREAMLINE IT. IF I CAN. ABSOLUTELY. >> FANTASTIC. ANYTHING ELSE GENTLEMEN? >> I GUESS AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM. I WOULD LIKE TO, I GUESS, DISCUSS IF THERE'S NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE'RE CHARGING 250, AND VERSUS OTHER CITIES CHARGING AT MOST 100 IF WE CAN REDUCE THOSE COSTS. >> IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOSE, I COULD BRING ORDINANCE BACK TO CHANGE THAT TO THE RATE THAT LOOKS LIKE $100 IS ABOUT AVERAGE THERE. IF YOU ALSO CHOOSE I CAN BRING AN ORDINANCE BACK TO DO THAT. >> I THINK THAT'D BE WISE TO DO. IF IT'S NOT A HUGE HIT ON OUR BUDGET AND FINANCES THERE ANYTHING MAKES A LITTLE MORE COMPETITIVE, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. >> NO PROBLEM. WE CAN DO THAT. >> THANKS CHAIR. >> ANYTHING ELSE GENTLEMEN? IF NOT, THAT'LL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 2023-238. [00:40:01] FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE REQUESTS FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS. GENTLEMEN, IS THERE ANYTHING TONIGHT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLACE ON A FUTURE AGENDA? >> YOUR HONOR, JUST BASED ON THE ITEM WE JUST GOING THROUGH ABOUT THE CERTIFICATE AUSTIN BUSINESS LICENSE, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE A PRESENTATION GIVEN ON THE PERMITTING PROCESS STEP-BY-STEP VIA POWERPOINT, SO WE ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHEREVER A PERSON COMES IN AND APPLIES FOR A PERMIT, THE STEP-BY-STEP THINGS THEY GO THROUGH. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD. DO THAT. >> ANYTHING ELSE GENTLEMEN? >> ALSO, I'M SORRY. >> NO, YOU'RE FINE. >> ALSO, I'D LIKE TO ON 6TH STREET WORK TEXTILE HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH UP 1377 6TH STREET. NOW I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MR. BOARD, BUT I'D LIKE TO BRING EVERYONE ELSE UP TO DATE OR THE PEOPLE THERE. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LIVE ALONG THERE. THEY NEED CONCRETE PADS OUT THERE TO PUT THEIR TRASH CANS ON. IF NOT, THEY'VE GOT TO ROLL THE TRASH CANS DOWN YOUR SIDEWALK OUT INTO THE STREET IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE PICKED UP. THEY COULD HAVE SOME CONCRETE PADS UP THERE. THE COMPANY, WHOEVER IS DOING THAT, PUT THOSE IN. I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO JUST HAVE AN UPDATE OR A DISCUSSION ON THAT. >> I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT WE CAN EXPLORE LOOKING AT THE ENTRANCE TO 4TH STREET OFF OF MONTE CARLO. AS MONTE CARLO IS GETTING MORE CONGESTED, I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF CARS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME TURNING ONTO FOURTH. ANY TYPE OF REMEDY THAT WE COULD DO THERE, JUST EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS. >> THE INTERSECTION AT FOURTH AND MONTE CARLO. >> I HAVE A FEW ITEMS HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE STATUS ON THE WATER AT THE JJ BOOK. STILL LOOKING BONE DRY OVER THERE AND I KNOW WINTER IS COMING SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GO GET SOME WATER THERE SINCE THE PROJECT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF THE LAGOON. STILL DON'T SEE ANY GROUND MOVING OVER THERE THE LAST FEW TIMES I'VE CHECKED AND CITIZENS HAVE NOTICED AS WELL, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S THE STATUS, AND ARE THEY MOVING FORWARD ON THEIR LAGOON. >> WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR SURE. IT MAY VERY WELL BE AUTOMATICALLY ON THE NEXT AGENDA. >> [LAUGHTER] ALSO, ME, AND MR. DEFFIBAUGH AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH A COUPLE OF CITIZENS OVER AT THE WHITE RING NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S BEEN SOME COMPLAINTS OF SOME STREET RACING TOWARDS THE BACK ROW, TYPICALLY AT NIGHT, AROUND 11:00 PM TOWARDS MIDNIGHT AREA, HE SAYS HAPPENING PRETTY CONSISTENTLY, SCREECHING TIRES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ASK FOR ADDITIONAL POLICE PRESENCE OVER THERE OR SOMETHING TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO SLOW HIM DOWN BACK THERE. >> IT'S MAINLY AT THE NORTH END I BELIEVE IS WHAT IS TALKING ABOUT? >> YES, SIR. >> CHIEF SNYDER SAID, YES. >> WHATEVER THAT BACKSTREET IS I'M MEANT TO GO OVER THERE TO SEE WHAT IT IS, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT STREET BEFORE BACK. THANK YOU, CHAIR. [LAUGHTER] FINALLY FOR ME ANYWAY, AGAIN FROM NATIONAL NIGHT OUT SPOKE WITH SOME CITIZENS OVER IN ARCADIA FARMS. THERE'S A SMALL STRETCH OF STREET RATHER IS TORY ROAD AND BEACHAM. IT'S MAYBE NOT EVEN QUITE A BLOCK, MAYBE A HALF A BLOCK, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMPLAINTS OF PARKING THERE DURING SCHOOL PICKUP HOURS, PARENTS WILL SIGN THEIR KIDS UP TO BE A WALKER AND THEY PARK THEIR CAR THERE, JUST SO THEY CAN CROSS THE STREET SO THEY CAN SKIP THE PICKUP LINE. IT'S BEEN COMPLAINING THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVEY PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF TORY CREATING A TRAFFIC JAM MESH RIGHT THERE. IT'S REALLY HARD. IT HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A HAZARD. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME WE CAN CONSIDER MAKING NO PARKING OR WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO DO THAT OR NO PARKING BETWEEN THIS TIME AND THIS TIME. I DON'T WANT TO BE AN EXPERT ON IT, BUT LET'S SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP OR MAKE SITUATIONS WORSE, I DON'T KNOW. >> WE'LL TAKE THAT IN AND WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION INTERNALLY ABOUT THAT, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. >> THANK YOU, MR. BULLOCK. >> YEAH. >> ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMAN? >> YEAH. I HAD ONE THING LIKE MR. OBERA AND MR. DEFFIBAUGH. WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING WHAT THE STATUS IS ON CELL PHONE TOWERS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO GET CELL RECEPTION. IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THE CELL TOWERS AND IF THEY'RE COMING WHEN AND WHAT THAT PROCESS IS. [00:45:04] >> ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, WE WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER [EXECUTIVE SESSION] THE TERMS OF CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE OF 551-071, CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY. A GOVERNMENTAL BODY MAY NOT CONDUCT A PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH HIS ATTORNEY EXCEPT WHEN THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS THE ADVICE OF AN ATTORNEY ABOUT APPENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFER OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER. ANY AGENDA ITEM LISTED ELSEWHERE WITHIN THIS AGENDA AND/OR SUBJECT MATTER LISTED BELOW TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551-074, PERSONNEL MATTERS. THIS CHAPTER DOES NOT REQUIRE A GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO CONDUCT AN OPEN MEETING. ONE TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TWO TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. B(A) DOES NOT APPLY IF THE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DELIBERATION OR A HEARING REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME OF 7:19 PM. THIS WILL PUT US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANKS FOR WAITING FOR US. WE WILL GO BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR REPORT AGENDA. [REPORT AGENDA] >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JUST A REMINDER. THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 23RD HERE AT 6:30. DON'T FORGET THE MEALS ON WHEELS MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS FROM 10:00-1:00 AT THIS STEVEN & JUDY DEFFIBAUGH COMMUNITY CENTER. WE STILL OFFER THE CPR/AED FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION TRAINING CLASSES, AND THOSE ARE HELD ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH FROM 6:00-9:00 PM AT THE STEVEN & JUDY DEFFIBAUGH COMMUNITY CENTER. THERE'S A SENIOR EXERCISE PROGRAM STILL GOING ON. IT'S VERY POPULAR, WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAYS AT 10:00 AM LOCATED AT THE STEVEN & JUDY DEFFIBAUGH COMMUNITY CENTER. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE EARLY VOTING STARTS OCTOBER 23RD. THEY DON'T ALTER THEIR SCHEDULES FOR THAT. >> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU. >> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS. >> THAT'LL TAKE US TO OUR CITY COUNCIL REPORT AGENDA PURSUANT TO SECTION [CC REPORT AGENDA] 551.0415 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL MAYOR REPORT ON ADAMS COMMUNITY INTERESTS INCLUDING EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, OR CONDOLENCE. INFORMATION REGARDING HOLIDAY SCHEDULES, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS, REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS, INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE TO ADD IS THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE MOVIE IN THE PARK WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THANK OUR STAFF AND STEPHANIE, AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. OUR KIDS HAD A LOT OF FUN, THERE WERE TOO MANY S'MORES, AND CAME HOME VERY STICKY, BUT IT WAS FUN. ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS HAVE TO REPORT TONIGHT? IF NOT, I CAN GO AND GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> TO HAVE A SECOND. >> I'LL SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. [OVERLAPPING] >> HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.