Aug 12, 2024 City Council

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED TONIGHT.

THE TIME IS 6:31 P.M..

THIS WILL BEGIN OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

TODAY IS AUGUST 12TH, 2024.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL.

THANK YOU. THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR INVOCATION.

TONIGHT WE HAVE MR. WES BROWN WITH US.

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND TO MEET AS A CITY.

THANK YOU FOR OUR LEADERS, FOR OUR MAYOR, FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL.

GOD GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY LEAD OUR CITY.

I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO EXPRESS.

FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD REMIND US THAT FREEDOM IS NOT DOING WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT RATHER DOING WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO.

HELP US TO GOVERN OURSELVES ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD AND THE PRINCIPLES.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOUR WORD SAYS THAT THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.

AND I WILL HIDE ITS WORDS IN MY HEART THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST GOD.

THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THIS EVENING.

IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WILL JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE.

THANK YOU.

[E. PUBLIC APPEARANCE]

SPEAKERS 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 SPEAKER'S INQUIRY, OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.

TONIGHT I HAVE MS. DORINDA POWELL.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, MADAM MAYOR.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S MORE REGULATIONS, STIPULATIONS PUT ON DEVELOPERS.

I THINK IF I READ THE AGENDA RIGHT TONIGHT, I DIDN'T SEE ANY NEW DEVELOPERS HERE WITH SOMETHING TO BE APPROVED.

WOW. SOME DWELLINGS BRING A LARGE GROUP OF TEMPORARY RENTERS THAT WERE NOT ALWAYS VESTED IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE NEED CONCERNED, COMMITTED AND PARTICIPATING CITIZENS TO MAKE A COMMUNITY THRIVE.

TWO NEW SCHOOLS IN ONE YEAR.

WOW. THAT'S CRAZY.

THERE ARE MANY LAST MINUTE TEACHERS THAT WERE HIRED DUE TO THE EXPLODING POPULATION.

I THINK THE SCHOOLS FEEL THE HARDEST HIT WITH THIS KIND OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH.

BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR NEW REGULATIONS IN THAT AREA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THERESA MCGUINNESS.

HI, I'M THERESA MCGUINNESS.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M A CONCERNED CITIZEN.

I DID, I'M NOT A POLITICIAN.

I'M NOT A LAWYER.

BUT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

AND I HAD POSTED SOME OF THESE CONCERNS ON FACEBOOK TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD THE SAME LIKE MIND.

AND IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS A LOT.

SO I'D LIKE TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

I DID EMAIL ALL OF YOU IT, AND BY THE WAY, BEN LONG, THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING I APPRECIATE IT.

AND MASHBURN, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE TO THE EMAIL.

THERE WAS JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS IT SAYS EVERY TWO YEARS.

OKAY, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I AM ABSOLUTELY SURE OF.

SO IT'S LOOKING AT NOVEMBER 24TH OR SOMETHING AROUND THERE.

BUT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THINGS, AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU RIGHT UP FRONT BECAUSE YOU GOT THE BAD SPOTLIGHT IS THAT WE ARE A HOME RULE.

AND I VOTED FOR HOME RULE SO THAT WE COULD BE GOVERNED BY THE CITIZENS OF PRINCETON.

AND NOW, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, YOU'VE DONE GREAT STUFF, BUT YOU DON'T LIVE HERE.

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YOU BROUGHT IN, ARE YOU NORTH SHORE'S? NO. YES.

YOU'RE NORTH SHORE'S, YOU BROUGHT IN NORTH SHORES, WHO DOESN'T LIVE HERE? YOU'RE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND NOR ARE YOU, I DON'T KNOW, SORRY, BUT SO BETWEEN ALL OF YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OVER 500 GRAND A YEAR.

THAT'S DRIVING AWAY FROM PRINCETON.

THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR SCHOOLS.

THAT'S NOT HELPING TO PAY OUR TAXES.

AND I JUST THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD CONSIDER ON GOING FORWARD IS MAYBE SOME PROTOCOLS.

WHEN WE DO HIRE HIGHER OFFICIALS, WE'RE NOT TALKING EVERYBODY THAT WE PUT INTO ACCOUNT THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULD BECOME RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.

I JUST THINK THAT THEY'RE MORE INVESTED AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

IF WE WANTED TO BE RULED BY OTHER PEOPLE, WHY DID WE DO A HOME RULE IN THE FIRST PLACE? SO ONCE AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON THE HOT PLATE AND I FEEL BAD FOR YOU, BUT IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL, I PROMISE.

AND SO, ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

I AM NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORIST.

I DON'T THINK OF CORRUPTION ON ANYBODY.

I'M NOT SAYING ANYBODY IS CORRUPT, BUT YOU ALL HAVE TO STEP BACK AND LOOK RIGHT.

SO SOMEBODY'S LOOKING FROM THE OUTSIDE.

WE BROUGHT THREE PEOPLE IN AT THE HEAD OF OUR CITY, AND THEY DON'T LIVE HERE.

AND THEY'RE MAKING MORE MONEY THAN THE LAST ONES DID.

WE NEED AGAIN A PROTOCOL.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO PAY OUR, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO PAY OUR OFFICIALS? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BASE IT ON? MY RECOMMENDATION WAS MAYBE THE MEDIAN INCOME AND THEN ADD SOME PERCENTAGE TO IT.

I DON'T EXPECT EVERYBODY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE SAME.

THAT'S YOUR THREE MINUTES.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ABOUT 30S TO WRAP UP.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN I'M GOING TO SKIP EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE ON THERE.

BUT I DO WANT TO ASK MASHBURN SOMETHING AND I REALLY AM NOT I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU SENT ME AN EMAIL AND THE LAST THE LAST LINE ON YOUR EMAIL, IT WASN'T REALLY CONCERNING TO ME.

BUT THEN AS I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT IT, I THOUGHT I'D ASK YOU ABOUT IT.

IT SAYS THERE ARE CERTAINLY SEVERAL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES A CHANGE LIKE THIS CAN MAKE THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AS WELL.

WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT? WHAT KIND OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

SO FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE THIS IS NOT AN OPEN DIALOG.

HE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND BACK TO YOU.

HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM OFFLINE, YOU'RE ABLE TO EMAIL HIM BACK OR HAVE A CONVERSATION AFTERWARDS.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FINE.

IT JUST KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD ON THE BOTTOM PART OF IT.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, NO OFFENSE TO ANYBODY.

THAT'S JUST ME. I WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I DID POST THAT.

IT WASN'T A SECRET, AND I'M THE ONE WHO PUT IT OUT THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS MCGUINNESS.

HAVE A GOOD ONE.

CLINTON LAWRANCE.

CLINTON LAWRANCE, 1304 EAST COLLEGE.

MR. LARRY, WERE YOU AWARE THAT I REQUESTED THE SAME INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE ASKING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO WITHHOLD FROM PUBLIC RELEASE PRIOR TO MY JULY 20TH REQUEST? ON JUNE 26TH, I WAS TOLD THE INFORMATION DID NOT EXIST.

I RESUBMITTED THE REQUEST AND ATTACHED A SCREENSHOT OF THE OFFICIAL MEMO IN THE AGENDA.

ARE YOU ALSO AWARE THAT YOUR RESPONSE EXCEEDED THE TEN BUSINESS DAY THRESHOLD, AND THAT I HAD TO INITIATE A RESPONSE FROM THE CITY? THIS TIMELINE CAN BE VERIFIED.

MR. LARRY CITED SECTION 552.101 FROM THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN HIS PETITION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

IN HIS PETITION, HE STATES THE INFORMATION IS HIGHLY INTIMATE OR EMBARRASSING.

HE USES THE REFERENCE TO THE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION TEST.

HE SAYS THE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION AND THE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION.

THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT IDENTIFIED THE TYPE OF INFORMATION CONSIDERED TO BE INTIMATE AND EMBARRASSING, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INFORMATION RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, PREGNANCY, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE, ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN, TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, AND INJURIES TO SEXUAL ORGANS.

MR. LOWRY CONTINUES QUOTE HERE, THE INFORMATION IN EXHIBIT B IS HIGHLY INTIMATE OR EMBARRASSING AND NOT OF LEGITIMATE CONCERN TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THE QUOTE I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THE INFORMATION I'M SEEKING IS INTIMATE OR EMBARRASSING.

HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE IT IS CRITICAL OF CERTAIN ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

BUT. BUT THAT'S NOT PRIVILEGED INFORMATION.

AT LEAST IT SHOULDN'T BE.

I KNOW THE PUBLIC WILL NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE REFERENCE FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, BUT MY ADVICE TO THIS COUNCIL IS STOP MEETING BEHIND THAT DOOR.

THE ONLY THINGS THAT ARE BEHIND THAT DOOR ARE HURT FEELINGS AND BAD DECISIONS.

SPEND MORE TIME OUT HERE, LESS TIME BACK THERE AND I PROMISE THIS DRAMA WILL STOP, AND THIS COUNCIL WILL START MAKING BETTER DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.

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ALLISON GUERRERO.

HELLO. I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE BRING TO ATTENTION.

MAYBE JUST LIKE A PROCESS THAT MAYBE IS JUST LACKING A LITTLE BIT.

SO I HAD INITIALLY APPLIED FOR THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND WHEN I HAD APPLIED, I HADN'T GOTTEN REALLY A RESPONSE THAT SAID MY APPLICATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED OR NOT, BUT I ASSUMED IT HAD BEEN.

AND THEN I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PART OF THE AGENDA ON THE DAY THAT YOU GUYS HAD THE AGENDA TO COME AND SPEAK FOR THE ZONING AND PLANNING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE APPLICANTS COME AND TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES.

I HAD PLANNED ANYWAYS TO COME TO THAT MEETING, AND LUCKILY MAXINE WAS HERE, AND I WAS A COUPLE MINUTES LATE AND SHE LET ME KNOW THAT MY NAME WAS, THE NAMES WERE BEING CALLED, SO I JUST HURRIED AND CAME.

AND THEN I KNEW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT HAD APPLIED FOR THE EDC AND THE CDC, AND THEIR NAMES WERE CALLED, BUT THEY ALSO DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT DAY THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE AGENDA.

AND SO, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE THEY HAD ALREADY HAD PREVIOUS PLANS.

AND BY THE TIME THEIR NAMES WERE CALLED, IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE.

SO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE THAT MAYBE THERE NEEDED TO BE, BECAUSE AT LEAST ME, I COME TO MOST OF THE MEETINGS, BUT EVEN THEN I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT THE AGENDA IS ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

SO JUST MAYBE SENDING OUT EMAILS OR SOMETHING, LETTING THOSE APPLICANTS KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THAT THAT IS PART OF THE AGENDA AHEAD OF TIME SO THEY KNOW TO COME.

BECAUSE I KNOW PROBABLY AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE THAT MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND TALK IN PERSON BECAUSE OF THAT.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

WELL, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THIS EVENING FOR A PUBLIC APPEARANCE? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.

[F. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (Part 1 of 2)]

PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.0415 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, INCLUDING EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCE INFORMATION REGARDING HOLIDAY SCHEDULES, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS, REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY EVENTS, INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON ANY ITEM OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

FOR TONIGHT WE'VE GOT JOIN THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A HANDS-ON CPR CLASS DESIGNED TO TEACH LIFESAVING SKILLS.

THIS CLASS WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 15TH FROM 6 TO 9 P.M.

AT FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH.

SIGN UP ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

THIS CLASS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

ALSO, IMPROVE YOUR HEART HEALTH.

THE AMERICAN HEART, OKAY.

THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION OFFERS PRINCETON RESIDENTS A FREE HEALTH PROGRAM TO IMPROVE BLOOD PRESSURE.

PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A BLOOD PRESSURE KIT, MONTHLY HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES, AND MORE.

CLASSES WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE LIBRARY OR REMOTELY FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON.

TO CHECK AVAILABILITY AND SIGN UP, CALL (972) 972-8930.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT NUMBER IS CORRECT, SO WE WILL VERIFY THAT.

ALSO, JOIN THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A SPECIAL CELEBRATION AS WE HONOR A CHERISHED TRADITION.

THE FIRE TRUCK PUSH AND CEREMONY WITNESSED THIS TIME HONORED RITUAL TWICE ON AUGUST 21ST, AS WE OFFICIALLY WELCOME OUR NEW APPARATUS INTO SERVICE.

FIRST CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10 A.M.

AT STATION FOUR, AND THE SECOND WILL TAKE PLACE AT 1 P.M.

AT STATION THREE. EACH CEREMONY WILL LAST ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THRILLED TO SHARE TWO OF ITS OWN FIREFIGHTERS, JOE VEGA AND STEVEN CORTINAS, ARE STEPPING INTO FIRE AT THIS YEAR'S GUNS AND HOSES BOXING TOURNAMENT. WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US IN SUPPORTING OUR BRAVE HEROES AS THEY GO HEAD-TO-HEAD FOR A GREAT CAUSE, BENEFITING THE FAMILIES OF FALLEN FIRST RESPONDERS.

TICKETS FOR GUNS AND HOSES ARE AVAILABLE ON TICKETMASTER AND FINALLY GET CPR CERTIFIED.

THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL TEACH AN EIGHT HOUR CPR CERTIFICATION CLASS ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, FROM 9 TO 5 P.M.

AT THE MUNICIPAL CENTER. SIGN UP ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

THIS CLASS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

COUNCIL IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEEDED TO ADD FOR COMMUNITY INTEREST TONIGHT? YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO JUST COMMENT ON SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.

MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T PROBABLY KNOW IT, BUT WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, A SEVERE DROUGHT.

I MEAN, OUR DROUGHT INDEX, IF YOU LOOK AT IT TODAY WAS LET ME SEE HERE, 653.

THE MAXIMUM CAN BE 800 AND ZERO, OF COURSE, IS WHENEVER IT'S TOTALLY SATURATED.

SO WE'RE AT 653, WHICH IS VERY, VERY HIGH DROUGHT.

AND OUR EVAPORATION RATE THAT WE EVAPORATE THE MOISTURE OUT OF THE GROUND AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS FOR THE PAST MONTH OR SO.

TODAY WAS 3000/500 OF AN INCH.

SO THAT MAKES THINGS GO DOWN.

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YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A DROUGHT.

SO WATER CONSERVATION IS VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.

BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF ALSO THE WILDLAND FIRES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT HERE SHORTLY MAYBE.

BUT BECAUSE WHENEVER THE GETS A DROUGHT LIKE THIS, THE FUELS BECOME CURED.

AND WITH THE DROUGHT AND THE HEAT AND ANY WIND AND THE LOW HUMIDITY THAT WE'LL HAVE DURING THE DAY.

YOU CAN HAVE FAST MOVING WILDFIRES AND JUST PREPARE YOUR PROPERTY, BECOME FIREWISE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD? ALL RIGHT. IF NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[G. CONSENT AGENDA (Part 1 of 2)]

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO REQUEST IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEMS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA.

TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 AND MR. LONG, WHICH ONES DID YOU NEED TO DISCUSS? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL G3 AND G4 FOR FURTHER PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

OKAY. G3 AND G4.

COUNCIL DID ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY NEEDED TO PULL TONIGHT FOR DISCUSSION? OKAY. NOTHING FURTHER, YOUR HONOR WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY. AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SO WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, MINUS ITEMS G3 AND G4.

THAT WILL BRING US TO OUR CEREMONIAL ITEMS.

[H. CEREMONIAL ITEMS]

GOOD EVENING, CHIEF WATERS.

MISS WEST, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS JAMES WATERS, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE IMPLEMENTED OUR CORE PRINCIPLE VALUES WITH INSIDE THE CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT ROUGHLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

WITH INSIDE THESE CORE PRINCIPLE VALUES THAT WE IMPLEMENTED, WE DO HAVE THINGS THAT'S CALLED PILLAR AWARDS.

AND SO IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A PILLAR AWARD, YOU HAVE TO BE NOMINATED BY EITHER PEERS OR CITIZENS TO RECEIVE EACH PILLAR RESPECT, INTEGRITY, SERVICE OR EXCELLENCE. EACH PILLAR.

SO YOU HAVE TO DO A DEED THAT FALLS UP UNDERNEATH THE LINE OF ONE OF THOSE PILLARS, OR JUST GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL FOR SERVICE.

THESE OFFICERS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THESE PILLAR AWARDS TONIGHT HAVE RECEIVED ALL FOUR PILLARS RESPECT, INTEGRITY, SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE.

AND SO, WHENEVER THEY DO RECEIVE ALL FOUR PILLARS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WILL PRESENT THEM AN AWARD AND HAVE THEM COME BEFORE COUNCIL.

SO IF WE CAN AT THIS POINT IN TIME, CAN DETECTIVE BRADFORD, SERGEANT MATTHEWS, OFFICER STILTZ, AND OFFICER HEFLIN COME THIS WAY.

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PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING AUGUST 9TH, 2024, AS SMOKEY BEAR DAY.

AND FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE CITY OF PRINCETON HONORS SMOKEY BEAR, THE BLACK BEAR CUB THAT SURVIVED A FOREST FIRE IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST NEAR CAPTAIN NEW MEXICO IN MAY OF 1950 AND BECAME A NATIONAL SYMBOL FOR FIRE PREVENTION.

AND WHEREAS, THE NINTH DAY OF AUGUST 2024 MARKS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF SMOKEY BEAR POSTER LAUNCHING THE SMOKEY BEAR SMOKEY BEAR FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN.

AND WHEREAS SMOKEY BEAR LIVED AT THE NATIONAL ZOO IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE HE RECEIVED SO MUCH MAIL, HE WAS ASSIGNED HIS OWN PERSONAL ZIP CODE.

OVER 6 MILLION CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM, AND HE WAS THE ONLY BEAR TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

AND WHEREAS, UPON HIS DEATH, SMOKEY BEAR WAS RETURNED TO NEW MEXICO FOR BURIAL IN THE SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK IN CAPITAN.

AND WHEREAS THE SMOKEY BEAR CAMPAIGN CONTINUES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DANGERS OF UNWANTED HUMAN CAUSED WILDFIRES, WITH THE FAMOUS WORDS ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT WILDFIRES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR BREANNA CHACON, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST THE 9TH AS SMOKEY BEAR DAY AND MR. DEFFIBAUGH. I IMAGINE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT.

SO I IMAGINE YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT.

ALWAYS LIKE TO SPREAD THE WORD OF SMOKEY, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT SMOKEY WAS AN ACTUAL LIVING BEAR, BUT 80 YEARS OLD IN MAY OF 1950 IS NOT 80 YEARS.

SO WHERE THE ORIGINAL SMOKEY CAME FROM WAS THAT IN DURING WORLD WAR TWO, THE JAPANESE WERE SENDING INCENDIARY BOMBS OVER TO THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY ACTUALLY SET SOME FIRES. SO, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOREST SERVICE DIVISION, AND THE AD COUNCIL AT THAT TIME CAME TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO DO A FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES BECAUSE OF THESE INCENDIARY BOMBS.

AND THE AS A RESULT OF THAT, THEY BORROWED A CHARACTER FROM DISNEY AS THE FIRST SPOKESPERSON.

THEY COULD ONLY USE THAT CHARACTER FOR ONE YEAR.

DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT CHARACTER WAS? OKAY. ANYONE.

OKAY. ANYWAY, I WON'T ASK FOR SHOW OF HAND, BUT BAMBI WAS THE FIRST SPOKESPERSON.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU EVER WATCHED BAMBI, THERE'S A FOREST FIRE IN THE IN THE MOVIE BAMBI.

THEN AFTER THAT, THEN THE, THEN YOU GO TO AUGUST 9TH, 1944.

I GUESS IT WAS. YEAH, THEY CREATED SMOKEY BEAR, WHICH WAS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER.

THEN FAST FORWARD TO MAY OF 1950 AND THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST EL CAPITAN MOUNTAIN RANGE.

THERE WAS A FOREST FIRE CALLED THE CAPITAN GAP.

FIRE BURNED 17,500 ACRES.

SOLDIERS FROM FORT BLISS, TEXAS WERE THERE HELPING PUT OUT THE FIRE ALONG WITH THE PERSON BY THE NAME OF SPEED SIMMONS WITH THE NEW MEXICO GAME AND FISH.

THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE FIRESTORM.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FIRE SHELTERS LIKE THEY HAVE NOWADAYS.

SO, THEY SOUGHT SHELTER.

AND AS SOON AS THE FIRESTORM BLEW OVER, THEY WENT LOOKING AROUND.

THEY FOUND THIS BADLY BURNT BEAR CUB AT THE TOP OF THE TREE, AND THEY TOOK THE BEAR DOWN AND GAVE HIM THE BEAR TO RAY BELL, WHO WAS A PILOT WITH NEW MEXICO GAME, AND FISH, WHO FLEW THE BEAR TO SANTA FE AND SANTA FE, WHO WAS MET BY HIS WIFE, RUTH BELL, AND HOMER PICKENS, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MEXICO GAME AND FISH.

THEY TOOK THE BEAR TO DOCTOR EDWIN SMITH THERE IN SANTA FE, WHERE HE TREATED HIM, AND HOMER PICKENS AND HIS FAMILY AND RAY BELL AND HIS FAMILY TOOK THE BEAR.

THEY LIVED RIGHT THERE, CLOSE TOGETHER, AND THEY STARTED RAISING THE BEAR OR HEALING HIM BACK OR GETTING HIM, YOU KNOW, TREATING HIM.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MEXICO GAME FISH CALLED THE US FOREST SERVICE.

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SO, MR. PIPER, OWNER OF PIPER AIRCRAFT, DONATED A PIPER CUB AIRPLANE AND ARTIST PAINTED SMOKEY'S PICTURE ON THE FUSELAGE.

HOMER PICKENS AND THE PILOT, FRANK HINES, WHO WAS A PIPER DEALER, HOPSCOTCH ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND TOOK SMOKEY TO THE NATIONAL ZOO, WHERE HE WAS DEDICATED TO THE BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK IN CONSERVATION, AND SINCE THEN THAT SPOKE THAT PARTICULAR SMOKEY DIED AND THEY ACTUALLY REPLACED HIM.

BUT THERE'S NOT A SMOKEY UP THERE NOW.

HOMER PICKENS WENT ON TO BECOME THE DIRECTOR OF NEW MEXICO GAME AND FISH, AND HE ACTUALLY WROTE A BOOK CALLED TRACKS ACROSS NEW MEXICO, WHICH THERE'S A COPY OF IT BACK ON THE TABLE BACK THERE, AND HE'S MY GREAT UNCLE.

AND IN 2015, I RECEIVED THE A BRONZE SMOKEY FOR MY WORK AS I WAS WORKING PART TIME AT THE TEXAS INN AND FOREST SERVICE FOR MY WORK AND DOING FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS INVOLVING SMOKEY.

I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE SAID THAT BEFORE.

I'VE SAID IT ONCE OR TWICE.

ONCE BEFORE.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.

FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE, WE DO HAVE CUPCAKES OUT HERE SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE AND HONOR SMOKEY BEAR TONIGHT.

SO PLEASE INDULGE IN A CUPCAKE.

SAVE A FEW FOR US.

BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT.

I LOVE THAT LITTLE HISTORY LESSON ON IT.

AND THERE'S PLENTY OF THERE'S SOME BAGS BACK THERE AND PLENTY OF GIVEAWAYS, THINGS TO TAKE TO YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.

SO BE SURE YOU DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WILL TAKE US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER THE TERMS OF CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE

[I. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SECTION 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON A PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, A 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 ON ANY AGENDA ITEM LISTED ELSEWHERE WITHIN THIS AGENDA AND OR SUBJECT MATTER LISTED BELOW.

WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PEDC, PDC CCEO POSITION AND 599 WEST PRINCETON DRIVE.

WE WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PLACE FIVE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PLACE TWO AND THE CEO POSITION.

THE TIME IS 6:59 P.M..

THIS WILL PUT US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP BACK IN.

THE TIME IS 7:50 P.M..

THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN TONIGHT FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BEFORE WE GO INTO REGULAR SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP BACK INTO OUR CONSENT WITH ITEM G THREE.

[G. CONSENT AGENDA (Part 2 of 2)]

MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS JAMES WATERS, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MADAM MAYOR, DID YOU READ OFF G THREE 2024 160 FOR THE JAIL SERVICES? IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? YES.

OKAY. YES, MA'AM. AND THEN AFTERWARDS, G FOUR.

YES, MA'AM. AND SO, DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT ITEM TO BE OPENED UP OR JUST TALK ABOUT THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP G FOUR.

LET ME FIND THAT. CONSIDER APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 COLLIN COUNTY DISPATCH SERVICES AMENDMENT FOR THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

YES, MA'AM. SO THE JAIL SERVICES, SO THE REASON WHY THE INCREASE IN THE JAIL SERVICES IS JAIL STAFF, THE POPULATION WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, AS OF THE ALL OF COLLIN COUNTY IS STARTING TO RAISE UP.

SO JAIL SERVICES, WE ONLY GET CHARGED FOR CLASS C MISDEMEANORS.

SO ANYTHING THAT'S CLASS B MISDEMEANORS AND ABOVE THE COUNTY TAKES FOR FREE.

ANYTHING THAT IS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR I.E.

PUBLIC INTOXICATION, ASSAULT, BODILY CONTACT.

SOMEONE PUSHES SOMEBODY AND THEY NEED TO GO TO JAIL.

SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

THOSE ARE CLASS C MISDEMEANORS.

AND SO IT ROUGHLY RAISED UP ROUGHLY ABOUT $20 PER DAY.

A DAY IS WHATEVER TIME WE ARREST THEM DURING THAT DAY, ALL THE WAY UNTIL 11:59 P.M.

ONCE IT HITS 12:00 AM, THEN IT STARTS A NEW DAY AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT JAIL STAFF, THE INCREASE OF JAIL STAFF.

WE'RE LOOKING AT FOOD, ALL THESE DIFFERENT REVISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WITHIN THE DISPATCH OR I'M SORRY, WITH THE JAIL SERVICES AGREEMENT.

ARE WE SUFFICED WITH THAT? DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? YES, SIR. YEAH.

CHIEF, IF YOU DON'T MIND THIS DOCUMENT THAT IS UP, IT HIGHLIGHTS ALL THE VARIOUS CITIES AROUND OUR PRINCETON AND ALL THE VARYING DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE BASED ON THE VARYING INMATES TAKEN BY EACH JURISDICTION.

CORRECT? YES, SIR.

OKAY. SO THAT BASICALLY MEANS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE

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YES, SIR. SO IT'S ESTIMATED COST FROM PREVIOUS YEARS EXPERIENCE, TOO.

BUT THE REASON WHY THEY INCREASE THE $20 AN INMATE INCREASE IS BECAUSE THE ALLOCATION OF STAFF.

YES, SIR. SO WHAT WE ALSO TRY TO DO IS GO OFF OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ARREST NUMBERS.

I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU RIGHT HERE, BUT WHAT WE DO AS WELL IS GO OUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ARREST NUMBERS, AND THEN WE BASE THAT INCREASE OFF OF THAT, TOO, AS WELL.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

SO FOR THE COLLIN COUNTY DISPATCH COLLIN COUNTY DISPATCH, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT INCREASE BEHIND THERE, TOO, AS WELL.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING A GROWTH WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THESE ARE GOING OFF LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS.

GROWTH. AND SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE WENT FROM 16,114 CALLS FOR SERVICE TO 19,333 CALLS FOR SERVICE.

SO WE DO GET CHARGED PER CALL FOR SERVICE FOR COLLIN COUNTY DISPATCH.

BUT ALSO WE DO GET CHARGED PER RADIO WITHIN COLLIN COUNTY DISPATCH AS WELL.

SO COLLIN COUNTY DISPATCH THEIR FINANCIAL TEAM.

THEY DO HAVE A FORMULA THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER.

SO PER RADIO I WANT TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE ROUGHLY $107 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT PER RADIO THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, WE HAVE OVER 70 RADIOS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE 40 PLUS OFFICERS, PLUS A NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND THEN EXTRA RADIOS THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN ALSO OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE AMOUNT THAT'S OUT THERE TOO AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE FROM $16,114 TO 19,333.

SO THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE, OF COURSE, WHENEVER WE GET MORE OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE, THE COST OF SERVICE ARE GOING TO GO UP.

MORE RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, THE MORE TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING THROUGH.

THE CALLS FOR SERVICE IS GOING TO BE UP.

AND SO WE'RE PROJECTING THE COST FOR SERVICE TO GO UP ROUGHLY ABOUT 26 TO 32% THIS TIME NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

SO THERE WILL BE A POINT IN TIME TO WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT GETTING OUR OWN DISPATCH.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID.

SO GETTING YOUR OWN DISPATCH, EASY MATH, GETTING YOUR OWN DISPATCH, AND AVERAGE EMPLOYEE WITH ALL THE INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING FOR DISPATCHER IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $100,000.

OKAY, SO JUST FOR DISPATCHERS, WHAT YOU NEED TO RUN A 24/7 DISPATCH WILL BE $407,000.

255 IS ONLY HALF OF THAT.

AND YOU GET THE FULL DISPATCH USER NEEDS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

YOUR HONOR, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION ON THE DISPATCH THAT CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW THAT THE COLLIN COUNTY DOES NOT CHARGE FOR DISPATCHING FIRE SERVICE.

SO THAT'S NOT INCLUDED, IT'S NOT ON THE CALLS THING.

SO, IT'S A THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR MANY YEARS.

ONE OF THESE DAYS THAT MIGHT CHANGE.

BUT RIGHT NOW THEY DO NOT CHARGE ANYTHING FOR DISPATCH FOR FIRE FOR ANY OF THESE ENTITIES.

GREAT. AND SO IN JUST, JUST KIND OF PREPARATION WITH THE BIGGER THE CITIES GET ALL THESE CITIES WITHIN COLLIN COUNTY.

SO, THE PRINCETONS, MELISSA'S ALL LIST OUT THE BIGGER CITIES GETS, THE MORE INUNDATED THE DISPATCH GETS, THE HIGHER THE FEES ARE GOING TO END UP GOING.

SO, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT A POINT OF NO RETURN OF DOING DISPATCH SERVICES OR CONTINUING DISPATCH SERVICES WITH COLLIN COUNTY.

RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIME THOUGH.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, CHIEF.

YES, SIR. ON THIS DOCUMENT HERE, ALL THE VARYING CITIES HAVE A LOT OF DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS ALL FOLLOWING A A TYPE OF STANDARDIZED CALCULATION.

YES, SIR. CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? YES, SIR. SIR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MY MIC THAT WAS CAUSING THE FEEDBACK OR NOT.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, YES.

SO THERE IS A FORMULA THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE.

SO THE FORMULA WITHIN THE POM SYSTEM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE POM SYSTEM COST IS ROUGHLY $7,560 AND SO WE'RE ROUGHLY LOOKING AT $108 PER RADIO.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. HENCE THE REASON WHY WE HAVE NUMBER 7070 TIMES 108.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ANCILLARY TAX THAT'S INCLUDED THAT.

SO BUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A RADIO AND DISPATCH FEES.

SO I DON'T KNOW THE INITIAL PRICE OF THE RADIO AND DISPATCH FEE THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE.

BUT WHAT IT IS A CALL FOR SERVICE.

SO, THEY DO NOT CHARGE US FOR SPECIAL WATCHES, BUT THEY WILL CHARGE US FOR TRAFFIC STOPS.

THEY WILL CHARGE US FOR ANY TIME WE MAKE CONTACT OUT THERE FOR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

SO WHENEVER WE CHECK IN THE DISPATCH AND WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE WHATEVER INCIDENT THAT'S GOING ON AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND WE CREATE A CASE NUMBER, WE DO GET CHARGED PER CALL FOR SERVICE. I WANT TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE ANYWHERE ROUGHLY TO 120.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR CALL FOR SERVICE ON THAT 2013 $2,013.

SO $13.20 A CALL FOR SERVICE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, CHIEF.

THE CALLS FOR SERVICE, IS THAT WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OR DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CAD SYSTEM, COMPUTER DISPATCH WHERE YOU ACTUALLY WHERE THE OFFICER ACTUALLY

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IT'S GOING TO BE BOTH. AND SO WHENEVER THEY CREATE THAT CALL FOR SERVICE.

SO, OUR CALL FOR SERVICE IS USUALLY 6 TO 8 DIGITS LONG.

AND SO WHENEVER WE CREATE THAT CASE NUMBER.

SO ANYTIME WE MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP, ANY TYPE OF STOP, ANY PEDESTRIAN STOP, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE ACTUALLY GET A CASE NUMBER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THAT STOP.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK UP THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE OR WHENEVER WE GET FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS AND ALL THAT STUFF, WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LINK EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE DO BACK TO THE CALL FOR SERVICE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE GET CHARGED OFF OF.

SO NO MATTER IF THE OFFICER GETS ON THE CAD SYSTEM AND DISPATCHES THEMSELVES OUT, OR IF THEY DO IT OVER THE RADIO, IT STILL CREATES A CALL FOR SERVICE.

THERE'S ONLY LIKE 2 OR 3 THINGS THAT WE DON'T GET CHARGED ON.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHENEVER YOU DO THAT, IT GENERATES THAT.

IT GOES INTO THE CAD SYSTEM.

YES, SIR. THERE.

BUT THERE'S NO ACTUAL COMMUNICATIONS.

THE OFFICER'S NOT PICKING UP THE RADIO, AND HE'S NOT TALKING TO DISPATCH.

IT'S JUST ALL VIA COMPUTER.

CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND IT STILL CREATES THAT CALL FOR SERVICE.

THAT STILL CREATES A CALL FOR SERVICE.

YES, SIR. BECAUSE I'M ON THE END OF IT.

SO, DISPATCH STILL.

THERE'S A LOT OF ANCILLARY THINGS THAT DISPATCH DOES FOR US TO.

ON THE OTHER END, TOO.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE CAN CREATE A CALL FOR SERVICE ON THE CAD SYSTEM, DISPATCH WILL STILL RUN WHATEVER TAGS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CALL OR RUN THE HOUSE INFORMATION FOR US OR RUN PEOPLE AND ALL THIS STUFF ON THE BACK END.

SO YES, THERE STILL IS A CHARGE THAT'S THERE.

AND SO, CHIEF, THESE ARE ALL FOR LEGITIMATE CALLS.

IS THERE A FIELDER FOR CALLS THAT ARE NOT? WILL WE GET CHARGED FOR ALL CALLS REGARDLESS? NO, MA'AM, WE DO NOT GET CHARGED FOR ALL CALLS.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY THREE CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T GET CHARGED FOR.

ONE IS BUILDING CHECKS, ANOTHER ONE IS SPECIAL WATCHES.

AND SO I DON'T RECALL THE OTHER ONE BECAUSE THAT'S THE SERVICE THAT THE CITY OF PRINCETON WE PROVIDED THE CITIZENS AT NO COST AND ALL THAT.

BUT YES, EVERY OTHER CALL FOR SERVICE WE DO GET CHARGED FOR.

WELL, CHIEF, I APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THESE TWO COLLIN COUNTY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AND THE EXPLANATION OF THE INCREASE OF COST ASSOCIATED AND HOW IT HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR POPULATION.

SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, IF I GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION FOR G3, PLEASE.

YOUR HONOR, MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THOSE TWO ITEMS. ITEM G3 AND G4 2024 160 AND 2024 161.

MR. LOWRY, DO WE NEED TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS OR CAN WE COMBINE THOSE? YOU CAN DO ONE JOINT MOTION.

OKAY. AND I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT.

I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT.

THAT WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

THIS WILL PUSH US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

[K. REGULAR AGENDA]

CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 812 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS, ORDERING AND CALLING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER THE 5TH, 2024 FOR THE PURPOSE AND ELECTING A MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR C1 AND C2 AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SO THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AND CALLING A GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SEAT ONE AND TWO.

THIS HAS TO BE DONE BY AUGUST 19TH, WHICH IS THE DEADLINE SET UNDER STATE LAW.

PER YOUR CHARTER.

SECTION 11.01, A MAYOR, SEAT ONE AND SEAT TWO SHALL BE APPOINTED DURING THE UNIFORM ELECTION DATE IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, AND ALL THREE POSITIONS FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS.

AND IN PERTINENT PART, THIS ORDINANCE CALLS THE ELECTION, PROVIDES THE POLLING TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF THE ELECTION, PROVIDES CERTAIN STATUTORY DEADLINES, AND AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO ENTER INTO AN ELECTION CONTRACT WITH COLLIN COUNTY TO ADMINISTER THE ELECTION.

APPROVAL IS NECESSARY OF THIS ORDINANCE TO CALL THE ELECTION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. LOWRY.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.

SO IF I COULD GET A MOTION, PLEASE, YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE.

AGENDA ITEM K ONE, ORDINANCE 20240812.

AND I HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF K ONE.

ORDINANCE 2024 812.

SO TAKE US TO ITEM K TWO.

ORDINANCE 2024 EIGHT.

1201 CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 EIGHT.

1201 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE MUNICIPAL COURT AS A COURT OF RECORD.

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GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FELICIA MARGRAVES.

I AM THE COURT SUPERVISOR HERE.

WE ARE WANTING TO TRANSITION TO BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD.

I FEEL WE FEEL IT IS A BENEFIT TO THE CITY.

IT RECORDS ALL PROCEEDINGS.

NOT ALL, BUT IF THE DEFENDANT WOULD LIKE TO RECORD THE PROCEEDING, THEN WE CAN OFFER THAT TO THEM AS WELL.

I DO HAVE A SLIDESHOW.

IT KIND OF JUST GIVES A BREAKDOWN ON THE BENEFITS.

SO WHAT IS A COURT OF RECORD? A COURT OF RECORD? IT PROVIDES DEFENDANTS WITH A MORE EFFICIENT AND DISPOSITION OF ALL THE CASES IN THE CITY.

IT PROVIDES AN ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT FOR THE CITY ORDINANCE.

AND IT'S GOVERNED BY THE COURT OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES AND THE RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE.

SO THERE'S MORE BACKING ON IT.

THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THE JUDGE MUST BE A LICENSED ATTORNEY.

TWO OR MORE YEARS EXPERIENCE.

OUR CURRENT JUDGE IS HAS MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAN THAT.

THE COURT REPORTER.

WE'RE NEEDING A COURT REPORTER TO OR TO RECORD THE COURT PROCEEDINGS, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE OUR EQUIPMENT HERE, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEING USED CURRENTLY.

WE ARE WORKING ON A NEW COURT SEAL AND THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A COURT OF RECORD, WHICH IS WE DO HAVE THAT CURRENTLY ALREADY.

ADVANTAGES OF COURT OF RECORD, ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF CITY ORDINANCES, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE.

THE COURT ENFORCEMENT, COURT COMPLIANCE CODE COMPLIANCE TEAM HAVE MORE JURISDICTION AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO MORE FOR THE CITY. IT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF APPEALS THAT GO TO THE COUNTY.

RIGHT NOW, ALL APPEALS GO TO THE COUNTY.

COURT OF LAW.

THEY KIND OF HOP OVER US SOMETIMES WHERE WE DON'T EVEN GET TO HEAR THE CASE.

IF THEY FEEL THEY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT A NEW TRIAL DE NOVO IN COLLIN COUNTY.

I APOLOGIZE, PLEASE.

YOU'RE FINE. I'M GOING TO WATCH FROM THE SCREEN.

RIGHT NOW.

ALL OF OUR APPEALS.

THE COLLIN COUNTY RETAINS THOSE FINES AND FEES.

THE CITY WILL THEN RETAIN THAT.

HERE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SLIDE? RIGHT NOW, IT STILL DOESN'T PROHIBIT THEM FROM APPEALING THE CASE TO THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW.

DOES IT? YES.

IT KEEPS THEM FROM APPEALING IF THEY HAVE TO.

THEY STILL HAVE THAT RIGHT TO APPEAL TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY.

DON'T THEY ALWAYS? WE JUST HAVE TO BE ON A QUESTION OF WHAT DANA HUFFMAN, MAYOR, COUNCIL YOUR PRESIDING JUDGE FOR ABOUT 12 OR 13 YEARS, WITH MUCH MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, 28 TO BE EXACT.

THEY CAN ALWAYS APPEAL ON AN ERROR OF LAW IF YOU'RE A COURT OF RECORD, NOT DE NOVO.

DE NOVO MEANS IT'S JUST A START OVER.

OUR TIME HERE IS AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED.

RIGHT. SO YES, THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN, JUST WITH A MUCH HIGHER BURDEN FOR APPEAL.

ALSO BEING A COURT OF RECORD, IS THEY GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO ISSUE WARRANTS SUCH AS OH, I'M HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT NOW, EVIDENTIARY SEARCH WARRANTS, BECAUSE THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY A COURT OF RECORD.

AS A MAGISTRATE FOR COLLIN COUNTY, I COULD DO THAT FOR THE CITY, IN ANY EVENT.

BUT IT HAS TO BE A COURT OF RECORD IN ORDER FOR EVIDENTIARY SEARCH WARRANT FOR HERE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE SAVINGS THAT THE CITY WILL REALIZE FROM HAVING FROM ESTABLISHING THIS COURT? I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT I CAN WORK ON THAT.

SO CODE COMPLIANCE ADVANTAGES RIGHT NOW? THEY CAN THEY'LL RIGHT NOW, THEY CANNOT REMOVE JUNKED VEHICLES.

THEY CAN ONLY PUT A STICKER ON THERE LETTING THEM KNOW THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS TO GET THIS REMOVED.

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SAME THING WITH DANGEROUS STRUCTURES.

THEY INSTEAD OF DOING ABATEMENT WITH COLLIN COUNTY, THEY WOULD DO THE ABATEMENT HERE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SIDE? IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN TURNAROUND TIMES, LIKE FOR IN GOING WITH THE LOCAL COURT AS OPPOSED TO GOING WITH LIKE MCKINNEY? NO TURNAROUND TIME AS FAR AS WHAT? LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF I WANTED A DEMOLITION ORDER WHAT WOULD BE THE TURNAROUND TIME? IS IT DIFFERENT? NO, IT'S NOT DIFFERENT.

NO. OKAY.

SO POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WE COULD RUN INTO IS BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD.

THERE'S NOT REALLY A CHECKLIST MATERIAL TO KIND OF LEAD US.

BUT WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

YOU KNOW, OUR JUDGE IS EXPERIENCED WITH BE WITH COURTS OF RECORDS.

THE ORDINANCE ARE SPECIFIC TO EACH LOCATION, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW OUR ORDINANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.

AS FAR AS THE JURISDICTION SEE.

ADJUSTMENTS IN GENERAL PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES WITHIN THE COURT.

IT WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL OCA REPORTING.

IT WILL JUST BE ADDITIONAL TIME.

BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING WITH CIVIL MATTERS AS WELL.

SO BUT WHAT WE CAN HANDLE THAT.

WE'LL GET THAT KNOCKED OUT IMPACTS TO THE CITY WOULD BE COST OF UPDATING THE RECORDING DEVICE IF NEEDED, IF ANYTHING IS NEEDED.

BECAUSE WE ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE THE RECORDING DEVICES IN HERE, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.

THE COST OF TRANSCRIPTION FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS, INDIGENT DEFENDANTS WOULD BE THAT DEFENDANTS WHO CANNOT PAY, THEY PROVE THEIR SELVES AS INDIGENT.

THEN THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO ABSORB THAT.

WHATEVER IT LOOKS LIKE.

ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BEING THE TRANSCRIPTS FOR SOMEBODY.

THE PERSON WHO TRANSCRIBED THE VIDEO INTO A DOCUMENT, AND THEN THE CIVIL SOFTWARE MODULE THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO OUR ENCODE SOFTWARE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

WE ARE WAITING ON A QUOTE FOR THAT CIVIL SOFTWARE MODULE.

AND THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

JUDGE HUFFMAN.

YES, MA'AM. YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING ALL THE YEARS WITH US, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THERE'S BEEN MANY GROWING PAINS AND YOU'VE STUCK RIGHT THERE ALONGSIDE WITH US.

SO WITH YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION ON THIS, DO YOU THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR OUR CITY? I'M A FAN. I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF RECORD.

I TO COUNCILMAN LONG'S COMMENT.

I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

THE CITY HAS DONE NOTHING BUT GROW.

IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP.

WITH THAT, IT NEEDS THE RESPECTABILITY THAT COMES WITH BEING A COURT OF RECORD.

WE HAVE OVER 1400 MUNICIPAL COURTS IN THE STATE, AND YOU SAW HOW FEW OF THEM WERE COURT OF RECORD.

TYPICALLY, PEOPLE THINK OF THAT AS RESOLVED TO LIKE DALLAS OR HARRIS COUNTY OR TRAVIS COUNTY, BEXAR COUNTY, BUT WE'RE DESERVING OF THAT LEVEL OF RESPECT. WE TRY TO DISTRIBUTE THAT TO ANYBODY THAT'S HERE.

CERTAINLY WHEN I'M HERE, I'VE BEEN PRACTICING 29 YEARS AT THIS POINT, AND I WAS IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE INK DRYING ON MY LICENSE.

SO THIS IS WHERE I'VE BEEN.

I DO WORK WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE GONE FROM A NON COURT OF RECORD TO COURT OF RECORD.

IT IS DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO THE OCA.

SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE EASY TO ADJUST TO FOR ME PARTICULARLY TO HELP THE STAFF WITH I'M HERE, I'M AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THEY CALL ME, EMAIL ME ALL THE DAYS THAT I'M NOT HERE.

AND EVEN ON THE WEEKEND I'M PREPARED TO TALK TO THEM AND WALK THEM THROUGH IT.

IN TERMS OF THE QUESTIONS OF SOME OF THE APPEALS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE NOT A COURT OF RECORD.

IS IT PEOPLE JUST SKIP US ALTOGETHER AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE COUNTY.

WHAT THAT STRIPS US OF THE ABILITY TO DO HERE IS HELP THOSE PEOPLE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT JUST HERE TO PUNISH.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP IN A LOT OF WAYS.

AND WE SEE SOME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT ARE GETTING LOST.

THEY'RE JUST LOST AND THEY NEED SOME HELP AND WE CAN HELP THEM.

BUT WHEN THEY SKIP AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY IS INUNDATED WITH EVERY OTHER JURISDICTION HERE IN THE COUNTY THAT GETS HOPPED OVER TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO HANDLE DWI, ASSAULT, FAMILY VIOLENCE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

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SO GETTING ALL OF THOSE CLASS C MISDEMEANORS PILED ON TOP OF THE COUNTY, THEY JUST DON'T GET THE ATTENTION THAT THEY CAN.

SO THE RECIDIVISM RATE FOR THOSE PEOPLE IS HIGH.

ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS NOW THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US TO GIVE THEM AND HELP THEM AT THIS LEVEL, THAT THEY JUST SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO GIVE TO THEM AT THE COUNTY BY AN ERROR OF LAW.

COUNCILMAN WHAT I MEANT IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME PROCEDURAL ERROR.

HERE THEY CAN STILL APPEAL.

WE CAN ALWAYS ALL APPEAL OUR CASES, BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME PROCEDURAL ERROR.

THE OTHER THING I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LOST ON ANYBODY IS WHAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT IT IS THE RECORD.

I LIKE RECORDS, RECORDS CLEAR A LOT OF THINGS UP.

AND WHEN CITY MANAGEMENT RECEIVES COMPLAINTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS ROOM AND THERE'S A RECORD, WE CAN CLEAR THAT UP QUICKLY.

WHEN THERE'S NO RECORD, IT'S DIFFICULT TO CLEAR UP.

I ONLY WISH THERE WERE ALSO RECORDS AT THE WINDOW, SO THAT Y'ALL COULD HEAR HOW THE STAFF IS, JUST HOW THEY HOW THEY HAVE TO DEAL EVERY DAY, WHAT THEY RECEIVE AT THE WINDOW.

WE DON'T HAVE CUSTOMERS.

WE HAVE DEFENDANTS.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY NOT HAPPY.

SO A RECORD IS A BEAUTIFUL THING, AND I COUNT THAT FOR MYSELF.

WE ALL NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW WE PRESENT OURSELVES, WHAT WE SAY, HOW WE HANDLE THOSE CASES.

SO THE RECORD IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT IT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

BUT I LIKE IT FOR THAT REASON.

IT HELPS US KEEP OUR PEOPLE HERE SO WE CAN HELP THEM HERE.

AND IT DOES PROVIDE A RECORD FOR THE CITY AND THE DEFENDANT IF THEY NEED IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND I LOVE THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED YOUR STAFF, BECAUSE I SIT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND I HEAR IT IN MY OFFICE.

AND SO YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND YOU DO IT WITH GRACE. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND I LOVE THAT YOU ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE AND NOT JUST SEND THEM OFF.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

YOUR HONOR, I DO HAVE A HAVE A QUESTION.

YES. WHAT IS THE TURNAROUND IN ORDER TO GET THIS STARTED? I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEW HOOPS TO GO THROUGH TO DO THIS AND ALSO FUNDING.

DO WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO HIRE A COURT REPORTER.

NOW, I KNOW THE COURT REPORTER WILL PROBABLY JUST BE HERE DURING COURT DURING SESSIONS, BUT I'M SURE YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT THE SAME COURT REPORTER EACH TIME BECAUSE IT WORKS BETTER. WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

SO. WELL, THE TURNAROUND TIME STARTS HERE WITH YOU, WITH THE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE.

IN TERMS OF RESOURCES, I HAVE TO SAY THIS.

WE WON'T SEE AS MANY TIMES THE APPEALS COME FROM THE DEFENSE BAR.

THEY SIMPLY JUST WANT TO SKIP OVER AND NOT DEAL HERE AND GO TO COUNTY AND DEAL WITH A BUNDLE OF CASES AT ONE TIME.

WE WON'T SEE AS NEAR AS MANY OF THOSE ANYMORE.

THE APPEALS DO BOG THE STAFF DOWN IN TERMS OF HAVING TO GET THAT CERTIFIED RECORD OVER TO THE TO THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF BUDGET.

AS YOU KNOW I AM NOT A PART OF THE BUDGET MEETINGS.

I REALLY LIKE IT THAT WAY.

I AM EXPRESSLY TO BE CONCERNED WITH THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED AND NOT THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT YET.

FORTUNATELY FOR ME, I REALIZE THAT THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR BUDGET SEASON.

BUT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO ASSIST WITH AN INDIGENT TRANSCRIPT IS LESS THAN 1%.

I DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN AT ALL.

THE RECORDINGS ARE QUITE CLEAR.

THE RECORDING MATERIAL WE HAVE IS SO CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT THEY CAN BE TRANSCRIBED RELATIVELY QUICKLY, BUT WE ACTUALLY JUST DON'T HAVE THAT MANY WHEN THEY REALIZE IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AN ERROR OF LAW INSTEAD OF I JUST DIDN'T LIKE MY OUTCOME.

IT DRAMATICALLY REDUCES IT.

SO I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH AND I HOPE I'M RIGHT ON THIS, BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL AS THOUGH WE WILL EXPERIENCE A GREAT INCREASE IN THAT COST.

I THINK WHAT I WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS, DO WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO HIRE THE COURT REPORTER, MR. MASHBURN. MAYBE I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I MEAN, IS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKED ABOUT? BECAUSE IS IT GOING TO BE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET RIGHT NOW, IMMEDIATELY, OR IS IT IN OCTOBER? YES. THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU HAS THIS IN THERE.

I THINK TO HELP CLEAR THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

WHEN WE THINK, WHEN WE SAY COURT REPORTER, WE NEED TO BE MORE CLEAR.

WE WILL NOT HAVE A PERSON HERE WITH THE MACHINE.

IT IS DIGITAL AND WE SEND IT TO SOMEONE AND THEY DO IT, WHICH IS MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN HAVING A COURT REPORTER HERE IN THE ROOM.

NOWHERE THAT I GO.

DO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A COURT REPORTER COME TO THE COURT AND SIT WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT? IT'S RECORDED, THE RECORDING IS SENT OFF AND TRANSCRIBED OFF SITE, WHICH IS MUCH CHEAPER.

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SO IT GIVES IT GIVES THE COURT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO MAKE THE TRANSITION.

I EXPECT THAT WE'LL BE FINE WITH THAT TIME FRAME.

YES. HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, ANY RESOURCES TO HELP MAKE THIS TRANSITION SMOOTHER? YEAH. I THINK WHAT WOULD HELP IS IF STAFF AND WE'RE FORTUNATE NOW, I'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG.

WHEN I GOT HERE, WE HAD TWO PEOPLE IN THE COURT, AND WITH ALL THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, WE JUST WE JUST HAVE THREE, JUST ONE MORE.

BUT WITH THIS TRANSITION, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY COULD AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT EDUCATION CENTER TRAINING ON COURTS OF RECORD.

SOME OF THAT THEY CAN GET ONLINE.

THEY CAN DO OTHER HERE. SOME OF IT IS NOT SOME OF IT.

THEY WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE SEMINAR.

BUT THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

AND IT WOULD INSTILL THE CONFIDENCE IN THEM TO IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS ON A DAILY BASIS MUCH QUICKER.

I, OF COURSE, AM ALWAYS AVAILABLE EVERY DAY FOR THAT RESOURCE, BUT JUST TO GIVE THEM THAT DAY TO DAY COMFORT LEVEL WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THERE IS EXTRA TIME INVOLVED IN THE OCA REPORTING.

THE REPORTING THAT WE DO NOW WILL BE MUCH MORE DETAILED, WHICH AGAIN, I LIKE.

THAT WILL PROVIDE QUANTIFIABLE DATA FOR WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE COURT.

SO FOR THAT TRAINING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD DO LIKE MODULES AT HOME OR DO THEY ACTUALLY GO SOMEWHERE FOR A SPECIAL TRAINING? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SOME OF THEM CAN BE DONE.

WHAT WE CALL OLC CAN BE DONE ONLINE AND THEY'RE FREE OF CHARGE TO DO IT THAT WAY, WHICH IS EXCELLENT.

AND THEY CAN SEE AS MANY OF THEM AS THEY WANT, BUT THEY'RE REQUIRED TRAINING.

TYPICALLY THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE FOR THAT.

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS TRAINING AVAILABLE IN THE METROPLEX.

OKAY. WE'RE A LARGER AREA.

SO TYPICALLY THERE'S THINGS AVAILABLE IN THE DALLAS AREA OKAY.

IF THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE HELP WITH OKAY.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT TIM.

WE HAVE A VERY GOOD STAFF.

I TAKE GREAT COMFORT IN IT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME SINCE I'M NOT HERE DAILY TO WATCH THEM, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE EAGER TO LEARN.

THEY'VE ALWAYS ASKED ME, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHERE CAN WE GO? WHAT CAN YOU PROVIDE US TO READ? SO I THINK THEY WOULD GO TO ANYTHING THAT WE COULD AVAIL THEM OF.

GREAT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YOUR HONOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM K TWO ORDINANCE 2024-08 1201.

OKAY. AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

SEVEN ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM K TWO, ORDINANCE 202408 1201 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL TAKE US TO K THREE 202408 12 RO ONE.

CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 202408 12 RO1 ONE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE, CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS. CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING, PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

HERE WE GO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I'M JEFF GULBAS WITH MCCALL PARHURST.

WE ARE THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL.

THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU.

THIS IS A HEAVY DOCUMENT, THERE IS A LOT OF DETAIL, A LOT OF DATA, A LOT OF INFORMATION.

SO I WILL EXPLAIN IT.

BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT AND ASK QUESTIONS IF AT ANY POINT YOU NEED CLARIFICATION.

ALSO TONIGHT IS MITCH MOSESMANN WITH 3360.

HE'S THE CITY'S PID ADMINISTRATOR THAT PREPARES ALL THESE DOCUMENTS.

SO IF I NEED ANY REAL, REAL TECHNICAL HELP, I WILL OBVIOUSLY NEED MITCH'S ASSISTANCE.

BEFORE YOU, TONIGHT IS THE FIRST STEP IN ITEMS THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU ON THE 26TH OF AUGUST RELATED TO THE EAST RIDGE DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY, WHAT IS IMPROVEMENT AREA THREE? THIS IS GOING TO BE THE THIRD PHASE OF EAST RIDGE.

THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU ON THE 26TH WILL BE A PROPOSED BOND SALE, INCLUDING LEVYING OF ASSESSMENTS AND FINALIZATION OF THESE PLANS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. THIS ITEM TONIGHT DEALS STRICTLY WITH THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE OR TIRZ NUMBER THREE, WHICH OVERLAYS THE EAST RIDGE DEVELOPMENT.

LIKE I SAID, LIKE ALL THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OR MOST OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, THESE ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN PHASES.

SO WE ARE ON PHASE THREE.

SO THESE ARE PRELIMINARY PLANS.

THE RESOLUTION APPROVES THESE CALLS, A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON THE 26TH OF AUGUST AT WHICH POINT THE TIRZ BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL

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TIRZ, THIS SUBZONE RELATED TO PHASE THREE OF EASTRIDGE.

PHASE THREE COVERS APPROXIMATELY 100 ACRES.

THERE IS TO BE, AND I HAVE A LOT OF DATA HERE IN FRONT OF ME, SO FORGIVE ME IF I'M SHUFFLING PAPERS.

APPROXIMATELY 439 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN PHASE THREE.

CONSISTING OF 50 FOOT LOTS AND 40 FOOT LOTS.

IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THE TIRZ DOES IS IT ESTABLISHES A BASE VALUE FOR THIS SUBZONE, AND THE BASE VALUE IS ESTABLISHED IN THE TAX YEAR IN WHICH THIS CURRENT TAX YEAR OF THREE POINT APPROXIMATELY $3.75 MILLION.

THAT BASE VALUE IS FROZEN AS ANY TRS PROPERTY DEVELOPS AND INCREASES IN VALUE.

THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE BASE VALUE OF 3.75 AND THE ACTUAL TAXABLE VALUE.

THAT IS WHAT WE CALL THE TAX INCREMENT.

THE CITY'S TAX RATE ON THAT TAX INCREMENT IS USED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UP PROJECTS WITHIN THE ZONE, CONTINUE TO ENHANCE PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN THE ZONE.

IN THE CASE OF EAST RIDGE, SEVERAL OF YOUR OTHER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, AND FRANKLY, MANY OTHER NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITIES, THAT INCREMENTAL VALUE IS USED TO BUY DOWN THE PIT ASSESSMENTS OR PAY DOWN THOSE PIT ASSESSMENTS, WITH THE GOAL BEING TO KEEP THEM AS UNIFORM AND EQUAL AMONG COMPARABLE DEVELOPMENTS AS WE CAN. SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2021 STATES THAT WE WILL USE 45% OF THE INCREMENTAL VALUE OF THIS TIRZ TO BUY DOWN THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE CURRENTLY AS PROPOSED WHICH AGAIN, THIS WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU ON THE 26TH, THE ASSESSMENTS ON A 50 FOOT LOT, OR ABOUT 3300 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THE TIRZ INCREMENT WILL BASICALLY CREDIT THOSE ASSESSMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT $754 TO BRING THAT ANNUAL ASSESSMENT DOWN TO ABOUT 2500. I'M ROUNDING.

YOU'LL HAVE FIRM NUMBERS ONCE WE HAVE PRICING DATA AVAILABLE IN THE 26.

SIMILARLY, THE TIRZ INCREMENT WILL BRING A ROUGHLY $673 ANNUAL CREDIT ON THE 40 FOOT LOTS TO BRING THAT ASSESSMENT DOWN TO ABOUT $2,300 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

OVER TIME, IT'S PROJECTED THAT IT WILL GENERATE ROUGHLY 700,000 OF ADDITIONAL ANNUAL CITY REVENUE.

ONCE THIS OCCURS, JUST THIS PARTICULAR SUB ZONE OF 100 ACRES IS BUILT OUT.

SO WITH A BASE VALUE OF 3.75 MILLION, A PROJECTED TOTAL BUILD OUT VALUE ON THIS 100 ACRES IS ROUGHLY 172 MILLION.

SO THAT DOES ADD QUITE A BIT TO YOUR OVERALL TAX BASE ON THIS 100 ACRES.

AGAIN, THESE ARE PRELIMINARY.

THEY WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU IN FINAL FORM AS WELL AS TO THE BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

AGAIN, HEAVY DOCUMENT WITH A LOT OF DATA.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL, BEFORE YOU GUYS MAKE ANY DECISION ON THIS, I WOULD ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER NOT APPROVING THIS TONIGHT.

THE INFORMATION THAT YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR EMAIL BEFORE THE MEETING, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A SUBSEQUENT DOCUMENT.

THE ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA IS INCORRECT.

SO THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE FORMULA ON EXHIBIT E.

I DO WISH THAT THIS WOULD BE RESUBMITTED WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION THE NEXT TIME, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT MESSES UP TIMEFRAMES, BUT I JUST THINK FOR THE SAKE OF US AND OUR CITIZENS, I WOULD LIKE THE CORRECT INFORMATION TO BE THERE.

MAYOR. ABSOLUTELY.

AS YOU WISH AND JUST FALL ON MY SWORD A LITTLE BIT.

I DID LEARN OF THAT MESS UP AT ABOUT 6:00 PM TONIGHT, SO I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT EITHER.

I SENT YOU ALL THE DOCUMENT I THOUGHT WAS FINAL.

SO? SO WE'LL DO WHATEVER THE COUNCIL WISHES.

THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY A HUGE DOCUMENT TO GO THROUGH.

AND I, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE US AGAIN.

BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE AT HOME WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS, CAN YOU JUST GIVE LIKE A LAYMAN'S OVERVIEW SO THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING? ABSOLUTELY. AND IT IT IS VERY HEAVY.

I WISH THERE WERE A WAY TO MAKE THESE NOT SO HEAVY, BUT AND IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO PRINCETON.

IT'S COMPLYING WITH, WITH THE, THE STATUTE, THE INFORMATION THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE IN THERE AND DEALING WITH PARTICULARITIES OF CERTAIN APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.

SO YES, MA'AM, THIS IS THE GOVERNING DOCUMENT THAT IS GOING TO CONTROL ANY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

SO ANY CITY THAT'S ESTABLISHED AUTEURS THAT REQUIRED ANNUALLY TO MAINTAIN AND UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT AND REALLY WHAT IT I CALL IT A LIVING DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE UPDATED

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IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THE TIRZ, WHAT ARE ITS BOUNDARIES, WHAT IS THE SIZE OF IT, WHAT ARE THE AUTHORIZED PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DONE TO BENEFIT THE ZONE? WHAT ARE THE COST OF THOSE PROJECTS? HOW MUCH OF THAT INCREMENTAL REVENUE I MENTIONED IS TO BE PUT BACK INTO THE TIRZ, VERSUS HOW MUCH DOES IT GO INTO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND? AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES WITH IT BEING PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND BEING USED TO SUPPORT THE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF HEAVY DATA ON HOME VALUES, NUMBER OF HOMES THAT YOU MIGHT NOT FIND, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF A RETAIL SPACE OR A RETAIL TIRZ.

SO, IF FOR ANYONE LISTENING AT HOME TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION, WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW IS HOW DOES THIS IMPACT MY LOT? AND SO WHAT THIS CAN SAY, WHAT THIS DOCUMENT DOES SAY IS THIS IS THE ESTIMATE OF THE CREDIT THAT EVERY LOT IS GOING TO GET TO USE TO BRING DOWN THEIR PIT ASSESSMENT.

AND THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF WHAT THIS CHURCH IS ESTABLISHED TO DO.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND IF THAT DIDN'T HELP, ANSWER IT.

I'LL TRY AGAIN.

THERE'S A LOT I COULD ASK, BUT.

YES. AT LEAST THAT'S A GOOD OVERVIEW.

SURE. EXCUSE ME.

SO YOU REFERENCED IT BEING A LIVING DOCUMENT.

AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AS THEY BUILD EACH PHASE, THEY ADD IN EACH PHASE TO THIS LIVING DOCUMENT, THIS TIME FRAME, WE'RE ADDING IN PHASE THREE.

YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE DONE PHASES ONE AND TWO AND I'M REQUIRED BY LAW.

THESE PLANS GET UPDATED ANNUALLY.

SO WHILE MANY OF THESE HAVE PROJECTED FUTURE APPRAISED VALUES AS EVERY YEAR GOES BY AND WE KNOW THE ACTUAL APPRAISED VALUE THAT GETS UPDATED AND THAT CAN IMPACT PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE YEARS AND SO ON.

ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE.

YOUR HONOR, I GUESS THE MOTION NEEDS TO BE TO THAT WE APPROVE THE CORRECTED VERSION.

IS THAT WELL, THAT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT COME BACK AND ADD IT TO THE AGENDA WITH THE RIGHT ATTACHMENT.

OKAY. YEAH. INSTEAD OF JUST DOING THE CORRECT VERSION.

OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, I GUESS, TABLE UNTIL WE CAN BRING BACK THE CORRECT VERSION AND HEAR IT.

AND IF IT HELPS, MAYOR I MEAN, THAT'S THE MOTION.

THE MOTION CAN BE WHAT IT IS.

IF MITCH WANTS TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENTIALS IN THEM WE CAN DO THAT OR WE'LL BRING IT BACK ON THE 26TH.

WHATEVER YOU LIKE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK.

YEAH, SURE. THANK YOU THOUGH.

ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO FOR TABLING AGENDA ITEM K3 202408 1201.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO K4 2024 165, CONSIDER APPROVING OUR 2024 BUDGET PLANNING CALENDAR AND SCHEDULING A DATE FOR THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M CHARLES COX, THE INTERIM CITY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR PRINCETON.

IS, AS YOU KNOW, THE SUMMER MONTHS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN TEXAS ARE IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET AND HAVING A PROPERTY TAX APPROVED.

AND THE COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS CERTIFIED THE TAX ROLL FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

A BUDGET PROPOSED CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST THE 1ST AND WILL SOON BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW AS WELL.

STATE. BOTH STATE LAW AND THE CITY CHARTER HAVE VERY STRICT REQUIREMENTS AS TO HOW A BUDGET AND TAX RATE CAN BE ADOPTED.

AND BEFORE YOU IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, YOU HAVE THE PLANNING CALENDAR FOR FOR THIS SUMMER THAT PRESENTS THE THE PROPOSED DATES FOR BUDGET ADOPTION, TAX RATE ADOPTION, AND THE SCHEDULING OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.

ADDITIONALLY, IN ADDITION TO TO THIS PLANNING CALENDAR STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER SCHEDULING BUDGET

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OF COURSE, THESE WOULD BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC DURING THE WEEKS OF SEPTEMBER THE 2ND TO THE 16TH.

STAFF IS PREPARED TO HAVE AS MANY MEETINGS AS, AS COUNCIL DESIRES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE AND UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I MIGHT MENTION THAT ON THIS PLANNING CALENDAR, THE TWO KEY, TWO VERY KEY DATES ARE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY TO DISCUSS THE TAX RATES.

AND IN YOUR IN THE AGENDA ITEM, THERE IS ACTUALLY THE COUNTY HAS SIGNED OFF ON A TAX RATE WORKSHEET.

IN THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS SHOWS THE WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AND THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

THAT ON I'M SORRY, ON AUGUST 26TH, THAT MEETING WOULD BE TO FOR THE COUNCIL TO KIND OF GIVE DIRECTION AS TO WHAT WHAT RATE THEY WISH TO, TO CONSIDER ADOPTING.

AND THEN THAT WOULD SET FORTH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON SEPTEMBER THE 16TH, WHICH IS ALSO THE DATE THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR BUDGET APPROVAL AS WELL AS TAX RATE ADOPTION.

OKAY. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE WE HAVE OUR DO WE HAVE OUR MEETING ON THE 16TH ALREADY SCHEDULED THAT DAY? YES, IT IS.

OKAY. YEAH.

I BELIEVE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD TO MOVE THEIR MEETING TO MAKE THAT WORK.

THAT IS CORRECT. SO WHAT MONDAY'S THEN IN SEPTEMBER ARE WE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY FOR MOVING FROM SECOND AND FOURTH AND WE'RE INCLUDING THE 16TH.

WHAT DATES ARE WE DOING? I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED THE FOLLOWING WEEK AS WELL.

OKAY. SO WE'RE JUST DOING BACK-TO-BACK 16TH AND 23RD.

CORRECT. YEAH. LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION.

AND THESE REQUIRE MOSTLY A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE.

FOR THE TAX RATE OR FOR TO APPROVE THE TAX RATE IN THAT WE SEE HERE.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW.

YEAH. SO THE BUDGET IS JUST A RECORD VOTE, AND YOUR TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE A 60% VOTE.

YEAH THAT'S RIGHT.

OKAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING JUST TO SET THE DATES FOR THE 16TH AND THE 23RD.

MAKE IT OFFICIAL. CORRECT.

OKAY. WELL THEN IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE.

AND MAYOR, THERE'S IF YOU AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT DECIDED TONIGHT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETINGS, IT'D BE HELPFUL TO HAVE AT SOME POINT SOME DIRECTION ON THAT. COULD WE KEEP THEM THE SAME NIGHTS JUST BEFORE THE REGULAR MEETING? WOULD THAT WORK, OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE THEM A SEPARATE NIGHT? WE CAN DO IT EARLIER IF YOU WISH.

YOU ALL HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET RIGHT NOW, SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED MORE TIME, I'D SUGGEST A DIFFERENT DATE.

IF IT'S LESS TIME, WE CAN MAKE IT AS EARLY AS YOU'D LIKE THAT DAY.

I PERSONALLY DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL TIME.

WE'VE HAD THE BUDGET TO LOOK AT AND GO OVER.

SO I GUESS IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.

THIS IS FOR THE 16TH.

YES. SO MAYBE JUST 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ORIGINAL MEETING, WE'LL HAVE THE WORKSHOP GO OVER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE COME UP, AND THEN IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR MEETING.

EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? I'M SORRY. MAYOR. WAS THAT ON THE 16TH? YES. YES.

THE 16TH. THE ONLY THE ONLY CONCERN I WOULD HAVE ON THAT IS THAT THE 16TH IS THE DATE SCHEDULED FOR ADOPTION AS WELL.

SO IF COUNCIL HAD, SAY, IF COUNCIL HAD HAD A MAJOR CONCERN OR WANTED CHANGES IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

BECAUSE IF IT WAS A MAJOR CHANGE, OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ON THE BUDGET.

SO I JUST I THROW THAT OUT AS IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

I DIDN'T WANT TO PRESUME THAT YOU WOULD HAVE NO CHANGES.

RIGHT. SO THEN SEPTEMBER THE 2ND IS LABOR DAY.

WE WOULDN'T BE MEETING THAT DAY.

SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, I BELIEVE, IS CDC.

OR THE EDC. EDC MEETS THE NINTH.

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MONDAY. TUESDAY WOULD BE EDC AND THEN CDC.

SO THAT LEAVES US WITH WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE THE 16TH DATE OR THE PREVIOUS WEEK JUST AFTER LABOR DAY.

MAYOR, I SUPPORT HOLDING IT ON A DIFFERENT DAY SO WE CAN HOLD IT LATER IN THE INTO THE NIGHT, 6:30 OR 6:00 START TIME TO ALLOW MORE ACCESS FROM THE PUBLIC VERSUS STARTING EARLIER 5:00 OR SO.

ALL RIGHT. COULD EVERYBODY DO SEPTEMBER THE 12TH AT 6 P.M..

AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT CAME UP DURING THAT MEETING THAT NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED PRIOR TO THE 16TH, WOULD THAT GIVE YOU GUYS ENOUGH TIME? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT DATE? OKAY. SEPTEMBER 12TH.

THEN AT 6 P.M..

AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.

SO SEPTEMBER 12TH, 6 P.M..

AND THEN THE OTHER DATES ON THE 16TH AND THE 23RD FOR THE REGULAR MEETINGS.

ALL RIGHT, IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE.

GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM HALTOM 2024 165.

THE PLANNING CALENDAR AS DISCUSSED.

THANK YOU. AND HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO TO APPROVE K4 2024 165.

THANK YOU, MR. COX.

ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL TAKE US TO K5 2024 171, CONSIDER APPROVING JOHN REAGAN'S VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION FROM THE PRINCETON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

PLACE TWO AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM K FIVE 2024-171.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF K5 2024171.

WE WANT TO THANK MR. REAGAN FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND HIS TIME SERVED HERE.

ANYTIME WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER THAT'S WILLING TO PUT TIME INTO THEIR COMMUNITY, WE ALWAYS GREATLY VALUE THAT.

SO THANK YOU, MR. REAGAN.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO K6 2024 166.

CONSIDER APPROVING THE APPOINTMENTS AND OR REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALBERT LOTT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD AND MARY LOU PETTIS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD.

THANK YOU TO HAVE A SECOND ON THAT.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

ZERO FOR K6 2024 166.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SERVING.

I'M GLAD WE GOT TO MEET YOU TONIGHT.

AND THANKS FOR SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.

ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL TAKE US TO K 7 2024167 UPDATE AND PRESENTATION ON CURRENT AND FUTURE ROADWAY PROJECTS BY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOMMY MAPP.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MATT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TOMMY MAPP, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

JUST A REALLY QUICK BRIEF UPDATE ON THE ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND THE ONES THAT WE WILL HAVE UPCOMING VERY SOON.

SO FOR THE ONLY ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS THE SECOND STREET PROJECT.

IT'S SITTING AT APPROXIMATELY 95% COMPLETE.

WE WILL BE DOING A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WALK WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS WHERE WE GET ALL OF OUR TEAM TOGETHER, AND WE GO OUT AND WE INSPECT THE WORK, AND WE DEVELOP A PUNCH LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED.

AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR THEN HAS 30 DAYS TO COMPLETE THAT LIST SO THAT WE CAN GET A FINAL COMPLETION TOGETHER FOR THEM AND RELEASE THEIR PAYMENT FOR RETAINAGE. OKAY.

CAN I JUST INTERRUPT YOU REAL QUICK?

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IT'S NEAR A LAKE NEAR LACEY AT THE INTERSECTION THERE.

THEY SAY IT'S HARD TO MAKE A TURN THERE WITHOUT HITTING THOSE.

THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFYING.

WE'RE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE DELINEATORS.

THEY WERE PART OF THE CONTRACT.

SO WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN THERE.

THE REASON THAT THEY'RE IN THERE IS ANYWHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY DROP DOWN TO WHERE IT SHRUNK THE BIKE LANE DOWN TO FOUR FEET OR LESS.

IT ACTS AS A PHYSICAL BARRIER TO KEEP VEHICLES FROM IMPACTING ANY KIDS OR PEOPLE ON BICYCLES THAT ARE IN THE IN THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS.

SO WE WILL BE KIND OF REASSESSING THAT AND WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO WE WILL REMOVE A COUPLE OF THOSE.

BUT BUT THEY'RE THERE FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON.

AND THAT'S TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM PARKING IN THE BIKE LANE, FORCING PEOPLE TO RIDE THEIR BIKE INTO THE ROADWAY.

ONCE YOU DESIGNATE A BIKE LANE, YOU REALLY DON'T WANT THEM HAVING TO RIDE OUT INTO THE INTO THE LANES OF TRAFFIC.

SO BUT WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THOSE AND IDENTIFYING THE AREAS THAT WE CAN SAFELY REMOVE THEM.

AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT ONE IS PROBABLY ONE THAT CAN SAFELY BE REMOVED.

DOES THAT MEAN, THOUGH, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY PUT THERE ALL THE WAY TO 380.

THEY'RE THERE NOW AND THEY'RE MARKED.

BUT NO, SIR.

THE WHERE THEY ARE NOW IS WHERE THEY ARE.

THE BIKE LANE, BY DESIGN, ENDS AT BROWN STREET.

SO WHENEVER BROWN STREET IS REDEVELOPED AND THE BIKE LANES CAN CONTINUE AROUND AND ACCESS OTHER PORTIONS OF THE TOWN.

AND AS WE DEVELOP ROADWAYS DOWNTOWN, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE RIGHT OF WAY TO WHERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE REQUIRED.

BUT THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IN THE FUTURE.

BUT AS FOR RIGHT NOW, WHERE THEY ARE IS WHERE THEY ARE.

THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED TO BE OR THEY'RE NOT INTENDED TO BE INSTALLED IN ANY OTHER AREAS.

CLOSER TO THE PARK WHERE WE HAVE THE WIDER RIGHT OF WAY, BECAUSE THE CITY OWNED THE LAND, WE WERE ABLE TO JUST DO.

THE TWO FOOT BUFFER ZONE IS RECOMMENDED FOR BIKE LANES, AND SO THEY WEREN'T NECESSARY IN THAT AREA.

BUT FOR THE OTHER ONES, THE ROADWAY COMPRESSES DOWN SO THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE AS MUCH RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH THERE.

AND SO THAT CAUSED THE DELINEATORS TO NEED TO BE INSTALLED FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.

I HAVE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WALK.

IF YOU AND YOUR TEAM CAN PAY EXTRA ATTENTION TO THE FINAL GRADE, BACKFILL ALONG THE CURBS AND SIDEWALKS WAS ALWAYS TEND TO SINK INTO THE GROUND AND CAUSE TRIPPING HAZARDS.

AND ABSOLUTELY.

BEFORE YOU MOVE ON FOR A SECOND STREET, I WAS THERE THIS WEEKEND AND ACTUALLY SAW A PROPERTY AND CAN SEE NOW THAT IT IS VERY HARD FOR THEM TO GET THEIR MAIL.

WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THAT? WE ARE WORKING WITH THE POST OFFICE NOW.

WE HAVE A BANK OF TEMPORARY MAILBOXES INSTALLED AT THE PARK.

SO THROUGH WORKING WITH THE POST OFFICE, WE ARE MOVING TO INSTALL CLUSTER MAILBOXES AT THE BLOCK LINES TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAFELY PULL OFF THE MAIN ROADWAY, GET THEIR MAIL, AND THE MAIL PERSONNEL CAN ACTUALLY SAFELY DELIVER THE MAIL WITHOUT IMPACTING THE BIKE LANES AS WELL.

AND FOR THE TIME BEING, IS THERE MAIL JUST BEING HELD AT THE POST OFFICE.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT IS BEING DELIVERED TO THE TEMPORARY MAILBOXES THAT ARE AT THE PARK.

OKAY. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON SECOND STREET? MOVE ALONG TO FUTURE ROADWAY PROJECTS.

OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW NORTH BORMAN ROAD, GREENFIELD ACRES, COTTAGE STREET, YORKSHIRE AND MCKINNEY.

AND THOSE STREETS WERE INITIALLY PART OF A BOND PACKAGE THAT WE WERE GOING TO ISSUE A BOND TO RECONSTRUCT ALL OF THOSE STREETS.

WORKING WITH FINANCE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME ALTERNATIVE FINANCIAL MEANS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PHASING THOSE OUT OVER THE SPAN OF A FEW YEARS.

BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WITHOUT GOING OUT FOR BOND.

SO THAT'S A HUGE WIN.

SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. AND ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETING HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR, VERY FIRST PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS TO RECEIVE THE DATA BACK. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A ROADWAY PAVEMENT ANALYSIS UTILIZING A THIRD PARTY.

AND THEY HAVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYZING THE PAVEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH I'LL PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DATA ON THESE SLIDES HERE.

SO THIS IS A PILOT RUN THAT WE DID WITH ONE PARTICULAR COMPANY.

IT IS THE PAVEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CREEKVIEW SUB DEVELOPMENT.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE ON THE PROJECTED PROJECTS.

YOU HAVE MCKINNEY STREET DOWN THERE.

IS THAT MCKINNEY STREET IN THE ABBOTT EDITION OR THE MCKINNEY STREET? IT'S MCKINNEY STREET FROM THE SEVENTH MCKINNEY INTERCHANGE, BECAUSE MCKINNEY IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO TURN SOUTH AND TIE INTO SEVENTH STREET RIGHT THERE.

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AND SO LOOKING AT THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, NOW THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED OTHER WAYS OF FUNDING THESE PROJECTS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO IS IMPROVING THE ROADWAYS AND OTHER AREAS OF DOWNTOWN, SUCH AS THE ABBOTT ADDITION OR MABEL OR, YOU KNOW, DOGWOOD, YOU KNOW, STREETS LIKE THAT ALL OVER TOWN.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, SAY, THE ABBOTT ADDITION HAS SOME VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS OVER THE ROADWAYS, PROBABLY WORSE THAN ANYPLACE ELSE IN TOWN.

YES, SIR. AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING TO NEXT WILL HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS AND PROPERLY PLAN AND BUDGET FOR THEM.

SO THIS PAVEMENT ANALYSIS, LIKE I SAY, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE LEFT, THERE IS A PICTURE OF WHAT THE DATA.

AND I REALIZE IT'S KIND OF SMALL.

THAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CREEKVIEW SUB DEVELOPMENT.

THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION OF WHAT THOSE ROADWAYS WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH ZERO MAINTENANCE.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ROADWAYS, THE REDS, BAD GREENS.

GOOD. SO THE, THE RED IS EXPANDING AND IS ACTUALLY AREAS WHERE IT'S CRITICALLY FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

SO THOSE PROJECTS AND USING THIS SOFTWARE WILL HELP US IDENTIFY WHICH ROADWAYS ACTUALLY NEED THE MOST HELP.

WHICH ONES ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CRITICAL FAILURE AND WILL ACTUALLY HELP US PROVIDE A BUDGET FOR WHAT IT WILL COST TO REPLACE THESE STREETS. SO AS FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK PRIOR TO PRIORITIZE THESE ROADWAYS BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO COLLECT YEARLY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, ENSURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY WISELY, BUT WE'RE ALSO SPREADING THE MONEY AND THE ROADWAY MAINTENANCE AROUND TO THE PARTS OF TOWN THAT ACTUALLY NEED IT THE MOST.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL GREEN STREETS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THAT'S A VERY LONG GOAL TO TO ATTAIN.

BUT I THINK WITH WITH PROPER PLANNING, WE CAN WE CAN GET CLOSE.

THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THIS AI TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF DATA.

ARE WE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT THAT DATA AND COMPARING IT TO WHAT CODES WERE FOLLOWED IN CONSTRUCTING THOSE ROADWAYS, VERSUS WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR LOCAL ORDINANCES ON ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION, SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THESE FAILURES IN THE FUTURE? YES, SIR. AND THAT THAT WILL HELP US, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADJUSTING DIFFERENT THOROUGHFARES, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO THE DIFFERENT PAVEMENT DIMENSIONS THAT THAT MAY GIVE US, YOU KNOW, A LONGER DESIGN LIFE.

SO YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IT WILL TIE BACK INTO HOW WE DESIGN THE ROADWAYS AND THE LIFE EXPECTANCY TO I MEAN, SUSCEPTIBILITY OR SUSTAINABILITY IS THE GOAL.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD A ROAD AND THEN HAVE TO COME BACK WITHIN THE AVERAGE OF 20 YEAR LIFESPAN AND HAVE TO REBUILD IT.

THE GOAL IS TO MAKE IT LAST AS LONG AS POSSIBLE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, DO IT, DO IT RIGHT, DO IT TO THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.

AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND SPEND MONEY ON IT AGAIN.

THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL.

AND FOR THIS SURVEY AND TO COLLECT THE DATA, THIS COMPANY THAT WE GOT THIS QUOTE FROM IS ABOUT $45,000.

SO IT'S REALLY A SMALL AMOUNT WHENEVER IT'S GOING TO GIVE US SO MUCH INFORMATION AND ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY PLAN HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MONEY WISELY AND CARRY THIS VISION FORWARD. THANK YOU, MISTER MATT, DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TONIGHT? OKAY. IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US TO K8 2024 168 UPDATE AND PRESENTATION BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT UPDATING CITY COUNCIL ON SPECIAL EVENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL.

MEGAN PETTER, SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER.

THERE WE GO. SO WHEN I WAS HIRED IN MAY, WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TO PREPARE FOR OUR FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS EVENT.

AND OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH PLAY AND EVENTS WITH THE EVENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO, WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, AND THEN HAVING A PURPOSEFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH PRINCETON ISD.

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WE HAVE DONE A FEW THINGS OF WHAT WE WANT TO BRING.

SO AS WE GO FORWARD THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL LOOK AT THE EVENT SCHEDULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25 AND WHAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD. MAYBE.

JUST KIDDING.

OKAY.

OKAY. WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS.

OKAY. AND WE CAN DO THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO SORRY.

SO, AS YOU MAY SEE ON YOUR COMPUTER, SCREENS ARE PROPOSED EVENTS CALENDAR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.

WE DID A SURVEY ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO ON WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED TO SEE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, GIVING SOME OPTIONS AND INSTEAD OF JUST CHOOSING ONE, WHY COULDN'T WE DO A COUPLE? SO FALL FEST, WE WANT TO REIMAGINE THAT.

WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

STILL KEEP SOME OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE LOVED ABOUT FALL FEST BUT DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WHICH IS WHY YOU WILL SEE PUMPKIN PALOOZA.

WHAT IS PUMPKIN PALOOZA? JUST THINK A THOUSAND PLUS PUMPKINS AND FUN HAYRIDES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO AT A FALL FEST.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE PLANNING, BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULDN'T COME.

THE RESIDENTS WATCHING ONLINE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW TEASERS FOR EACH.

THEN WE'D GO TO DECEMBER AND HAVE A NORTH POLE CHRISTMAS.

AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS DO SOMETHING THAT PRINCETON HAS NEVER DONE BEFORE IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.

MAKE A DESTINATION CHRISTMAS OUT HERE AT MUNICIPAL PARK THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY, AND THEN HAVE AN EVENT IN DECEMBER, THE FIRST SATURDAY, WHERE WE WOULD BRING OUT A DRONE SHOW AND FINISH THE EVENING WITH A GRAND FINALE OF FIREWORKS, AND THEN HAVE A FUN PARTY BAND SINGING AND PLAYING ALL OF OUR FAVORITE TOP 40 HITS, AS WELL AS HOLIDAY SONGS WITH ALL SORTS OF KIDS ACTIVITIES.

AND WITH BOTH OF THESE EVENTS, WE ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH PRINCETON ISD TO ENHANCE THEIR THINGS THAT THEY CAN'T DO ANYMORE.

BASED ON THAT JUNE 6TH MEETING, LIKE TRUNK OR TREATING.

THEY'VE SAID THEY'VE OUTGROWN THAT.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO AS THE CITY? WE CAN TAKE THAT ON AND WE CAN HELP, AND THEY CAN PARTNER AND STILL HOST A BOOTH OR TWO.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS FOR EACH EVENT TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN PRINCETON FEST RESIDENTS SAID THEY WANTED MUSIC.

SO WHAT DOES MUSIC LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW? PRINCETON FEST IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER OF WHAT THAT COULD BE.

BUT BRINGING MUSIC AND BRINGING SOME SORT OF MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT TO THE CITY AND THEN BRINGING IN MAY, WHICH IS A TRUE PARKS AND RECREATION EVENT WHERE WE PROVIDE RESIDENTS FISHING POLES TO FISH OUT HERE AT MUNICIPAL PARK.

AND FISHING FRENZY.

IT'S IT HOLDS A PLACE IN MY HEART.

IT'S JUST A TRUE PARKS AND RECREATION EVENT WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY, YOU CAN PROMOTE PLAY, YET YOU CAN STILL HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT.

THEN WE'LL COME INTO JUNE FOR FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS.

WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE IN JUST A MINUTE TO DISCUSS FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS.

BECAUSE WITH FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS, MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, YOU HAVE TO START PLANNING A YEAR IN ADVANCE, AND WE NEED TO BE MAKING SOME DECISIONS RIGHT NOW.

LIKE YESTERDAY. SO I WILL BE LOOKING FOR SOME ADVICE ON THAT.

AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE OUT THE FISCAL YEAR WITH NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

AND SOME OF YOU CAME OUT TO THE 15 POP UP EVENTS THAT WE DID IN OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, DID A SUPERB JOB HOSTING THOSE 15 EVENTS THROUGH THE MONTH OF JULY, AVERAGING 150 PLUS PEOPLE AT EACH EVENT.

AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A HUGE SHOUT OUT BECAUSE IT WASN'T EASY, BUT IT WAS FUN.

AND WE SAW RESIDENTS COME AND PLAY AND WE SAW THE NEED FOR PLAY IN OUR PARKS.

AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

SO FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS.

BASED ON THE POLL WE TOOK LAST MONTH OR ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, COUNTRY MUSIC WAS THE WINNER AND PARTY BANDS CAME IN CLOSE SECOND.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE WE DO IT AGAIN.

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IT WAS FUN WATCHING ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

BE BOP INTO ALL OF TODAY'S HITS.

AND THEN WE SAW PEOPLE WHO CAME JUST TO PRINCETON TO SEE AARON WATSON.

SO YOU BRING IN A BIG NAME, YOU'RE GOING TO BRING PEOPLE TO OUR PARKS AND YOU'RE GOING TO PROMOTE PRINCETON.

SO I WILL BE LOOKING FOR SOME RECOMMENDATION AT THE END OF THIS AND THEN BACK TO CHRISTMAS.

SO WHAT IS A DESTINATION CHRISTMAS.

IT'S COLD IN HERE TONIGHT.

SO LET'S PRETEND IT'S A COLD CHRISTMAS EVENING.

AND LET'S TAKE A WALK THROUGH MUNICIPAL PARK.

AS YOU ENTER MUNICIPAL PARK, YOU WILL WALK THROUGH A 75 FOOT STAR ARCH.

AND THEN AS YOU WALK ALONG THE TRAILS, YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME STAR AT THE ARCH EMBEDDED IN BETWEEN THE LIT UP TRUNK TRAILS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A 40 FOOT CUSTOM CHRISTMAS TREE WITH A BASE THAT'S DESIGNATED TO PRINCETON CUSTOM MADE TO US.

AND ALONG THAT TRAIL, WE WILL ALSO HAVE SELFIE STATIONS.

AND WITH THIS STAR, WE'LL BE THE ONLY ONE IN THE NATION TO HAVE IT.

SO IT'S A CUSTOM MADE PIECE AND IT WILL BE PRINCETON UNIQUE.

AND WE'LL BRING PEOPLE TO THE CITY.

PEOPLE WILL WANT TO COME TO US.

THE LIBRARY HAS ALREADY TOLD ME, HEY, IF YOU CAN DO THIS, I WANT TO HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT OUT THERE.

I WANT TO HAVE CHRISTMAS READING WITH MRS. CLAUS. WE WILL DO THINGS AT OUT HERE TO BRING PEOPLE TO THIS DESTINATION.

SO WITH THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? IF NOT, CAN WE GO BACK TO FREEDOM AND FIREWORKS TO DISCUSS MUSIC? YES. GO AHEAD AND GO BACK.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

DID YOU HAVE ANY BANDS IN MIND TO GIVE US ANY OPTIONS? I DO HAVE A COUPLE WE WOULD WORK WITH.

KHYI, WHO WOULD GIVE US KIND OF OUR PRICE RANGE AND START NEGOTIATING ON BEHALF OF US AS THE CITY.

BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHEN A BIG HEADLINE OR ARTIST SEES A CITY, THEY'RE GOING TO JUST BRUSH IT OFF.

BUT IF THEY CAN SEE SOMEONE NEGOTIATING ON OUR BEHALF, THEN THEY'RE LIKELY TO HAVE DISCUSSION WITH US.

SO WE'VE LOOKED AT A COUPLE.

WE'VE MADE A LIST.

TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OTHERS, BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN'T AFFORD SOME OF THE HEAVY HITTERS IN COUNTRY MUSIC.

THEY'RE SELLING OUT AT&T STADIUM IN IN 2020 FOUR MINUTES.

ONE OF THEM DID SO.

SO NO CHRIS STAPLETON.

NO CHRIS STAPLETON, NO CODY JOHNSON, NO ZAC BROWN I THINK IS ONE.

SO WE CAN'T GET A TON OF THE HEAVY HITTERS, BUT WE CAN STILL GET SOME BIG HEADLINE NAMES.

WELL I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT ON THAT? I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO ANOTHER COMPANY THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP SOURCE THAT FOR US, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

BUT NO, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE WOULD BRING PEOPLE TO PRINCETON SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT.

SO IF THIS IS WHAT THE DATA SAYS AND THEY WANT THE COUNTRY MUSIC WITH A PARTY BAND, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

THE PARTY BAND WAS A HUGE SUCCESS THIS YEAR, SO I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT ELEMENT IN.

IT WAS FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY DANCE AND JUST HAVE FUN WITH THAT, SO I AGREE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON ONE SPECIFIC BAND.

I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT ON THAT.

OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH.

I DO APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE INVOLVE THE CHILDREN OF OUR SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, IN ALL THE VARIOUS TALENTS THEY CAN BRING TO THESE EVENTS THE CHOIRS, THE DANCE TEAMS, THE BANDS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP.

YES. AND THEY FULLY SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT WE DECIDE TO DO.

THEY'RE ON BOARD. AND WE SPOKE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THIS AFTERNOON AND HE SAID, YOU NAME IT, WE'RE DOING IT.

WE'RE TOGETHER IN THIS ENDEAVOR.

LOVE THAT. THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO CHRISTMAS.

LET'S DO IT.

I KNOW IT'S 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE, SO JUST PRETEND IT'S COLD.

IT'S PRETTY COLD IN HERE.

IT'S LIKE TEN. SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF REFERENCE ON THAT 40 FOOT CHRISTMAS TREE.

DID WE DECIDE THIS BUILDING WAS 30FT? SO THE BUILDING IS 30FT TALL.

THE CHRISTMAS TREE WOULD BE 40.

BUT IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STAR, THE STAR WILL BE TALLER THAN THE BUILDING, AND IT WILL GO 75FT LONG.

SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO KIND OF KNOW THAT FOR SCALE.

IT'S A DRAMATIC ENTRANCE.

YES. I THINK THIS IS AMAZING.

I LOVE THIS AGAIN. ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE TO OUR CITY AND MAKE THIS MORE OF A DESTINATION.

SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS LEAVE EACH YEAR TO GO TO OTHER CITIES, TO TAKE PICTURES AND TO HAVE THE WHOLE CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE.

SO IF WE CAN KEEP OUR RESIDENTS HERE, PLUS BRING IN MORE TRAFFIC AGAIN, THAT'S HELPING WITH OUR TRAFFIC FLOW AND REVERSING THAT TRAFFIC FLOW TO BRING PEOPLE HERE.

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THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN THIS GIVES OUR FAMILIES SOMETHING TO DO.

YES IT DOES. AND IT WILL IDEALLY BE UP FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER.

SO YOU CAN START TAKING PICTURES BEFORE THANKSGIVING IF YOU CHOOSE TO.

AND IT WILL BE UP THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY.

DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? WE ARE CRUSHING IT.

THANK YOU. WHOEVER COORDINATED THE HOT DOGS LAST YEAR, THEY WERE VERY DELICIOUS.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU GETTING THE SAME HOT DOG.

WAS THAT YOU? WAS THAT ME? YES.

I DIDN'T RECOMMEND HIM. I JUST ATE THEM.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF IT'S YOU THAT I GET INTO CONTACT WITH YOU.

SO YOU CAN DO THAT AGAIN, WITH HOT DOGS.

WOULD YOU PLEASE USE THEM AGAIN? SO, MR. MAFF, YOU NORMALLY GET STUCK BEHIND THE GRILL.

SO THERE'S SAM'S HOT DOGS.

CORRECT? THERE WE GO.

OKAY, PERFECT. WE CAN BUY IN BULK.

SO, SAM'S HOT DOGS AND A BIG CHRISTMAS TREE.

YES. PERFECT.

HOWEVER, LET ME JUST DISCLOSE.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING CHRISTMAS AT CALDWELL PARK BECAUSE WE ARE DOING IT BIGGER THIS YEAR.

SO JUST A HEADS UP, IT'S HARD TO LAUNCH FIREWORKS AND DRONES FROM THIS LOCATION.

SO. SO IN THE PAST FOR OUR CHRISTMAS EVENT, WE'VE ALSO DONE A FEED THE COMMUNITY EVENT THE SAME NIGHT.

IS THAT AN ELEMENT WE'RE KEEPING OR.

NO. YES WE CAN.

I AM JUST LEARNING ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE CAN DO ANYTHING.

YES. NO. THAT'S OKAY.

THE HOT DOGS? YES. YEAH.

WE CAN. WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. AND JUST TO GIVE PARKS AND REC A SHOUT OUT.

JULY WAS AMAZING.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID FOR THAT.

I HAD AMAZING FEEDBACK ON THAT.

OUR RESIDENTS REALLY LOVED THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

ALL RIGHT. THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US TO K9 2024 169 DISCUSSION AND UPDATE REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE PEDC PCDC CEO POSITION AND HIRING PROCESS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING, MR. WATSON.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ON HERE.

ACTUALLY, I THINK LET ME GET MY NOTES PULLED UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT. AM I GOING TO DIE FROM THIS? OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.

SO QUICK AGENDA ON IT.

ON THE CEO UPDATE.

WE'VE RECENTLY MET WITH SOME OF THE CITY STAFF, ALSO OUR COUNCIL LIAISONS, AND DONE A LITTLE BIT OF A REDEFINE ON THE OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF THIS SEARCH ALONG WITH THE TIMELINE, AND THEN IDENTIFIED SOME GOOD ACTION ITEMS AND NEXT STEPS FOR US THAT WE'LL COVER FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGH LEVEL THIS EVENING AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THAT YOU HAVE.

OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE FOR THE CEO, SEARCH IS FOCUSED ON THE NEED FOR CANDIDATES WITH STRONG TIES AND AND NETWORK AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE THIS WILL HELP SERVE BOTH BOARDS EQUALLY.

THE SEARCH WILL TARGET POTENTIAL CANDIDATES STARTING IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA AND THEN PERMEATE OUT FROM THERE.

BUT IT'S CRITICAL THAT THEY DO HAVE EXPERIENCE AND A STRONG NETWORK WITHIN THE STATE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON IN TEXAS, AND IT'S SUCH A COMPETITIVE MARKET.

WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE APPROACH FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AS WELL AS LEVERAGING PERSONAL INDUSTRY CONTACTS, OUR NETWORK WITH TEDC, AND HAVE A SOLID PLAN ON WORKING THROUGH BOTH EXISTING AND YET UNIDENTIFIED CANDIDATES.

WE'RE LOOKING TO EXECUTE THE SEARCH THROUGH.

OFFER FROM SEARCH THROUGH OFFER AND HIRE.

YOU KNOW, IF THE IF EVERYTHING FELL INTO PLACE FAIRLY QUICKLY, WE COULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT HAVING SOMEBODY AS SOON AS OCTOBER.

BUT I THINK MORE REALISTICALLY, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THE DECEMBER TIMEFRAME.

AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO GET THAT OFFER DONE, AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN ADEQUATE NOTICE THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY ROLL INTO THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. BUT THAT'S REALLY I THINK A MORE REALISTIC TARGET IS THAT DECEMBER ROLLING INTO JANUARY TIME FRAME.

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SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THAT WE THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE TIMELINE.

FIRST THING FIRST ON THIS IS DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A RECALIBRATE.

WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO WORK TO TAKE DOWN ANY AND ALL CURRENT POSTINGS ON THIS POSITION AND ACTUALLY DO A REBRAND.

WORKING WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND THE COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR ON THAT.

AND WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT REALLY HAVE A MUCH STRONGER INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE AND DESCRIPTION OF THIS SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY GIVEN HERE IN PRINCETON.

AND THEN ALSO EXPAND THAT POSTING TO OTHER INDUSTRY SITES LIKE TDC SITE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL OUTLETS.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL GET MORE INTO THAT HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS.

BUT FROM A TIMELINE PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT CURRENT STATUS AND PIPELINE OF, OF EXISTING CANDIDATES AND SOME OF THE NEW CANDIDATES THAT WE'RE STARTING TO ALREADY CULTIVATE.

I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE THOSE IDENTIFIED AND START THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHASED APPROACH TO THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.

THE INITIAL INTERVIEW WILL BE VETTING BY MR. LAND AND MISS COOK ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BASIC QUALIFICATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THOSE FOLKS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND OTHER AREAS BASED ON THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE, THEY'RE REALLY ABLE TO DIG INTO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, AND IT MAKES SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST INTERVIEWING WELL, BUT IS ACTUALLY GONE OUT AND DONE THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO HERE WITHIN OUR CITY.

THE NEXT PIECE OF THAT WOULD BE A BOARD CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIR INTERVIEWS.

SO WE WOULD DO THAT FROM BOTH.

SEE, THE BOTH THE CDC AS WELL AS THE EDC BOARDS, BOTH THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR BE ENGAGED IN THOSE INTERVIEWS AND HAVE THAT SECOND LEVEL OF INTERVIEW WITH THE CANDIDATE. EXCUSE ME.

AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WILL BE FINAL PRESENTATIONS.

WE'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO DO THESE SEPARATELY SO THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND ACTUALLY PRESENT IN FRONT OF THE CDC, BUT THEN ALSO PRESENT IN FRONT OF THE EDC AS WELL TOO, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE VERY SIMILARLY ALIGNED.

PLUS, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER ON THE CANDIDATE TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF SEVEN PEOPLE INSTEAD OF 14 AND HAVING TWO DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO JUGGLE AT THE SAME TIME. SO WHICH I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE THIS A MUCH MORE PROFESSIONAL WAY TO REPRESENT PRINCETON AND HOW WE'RE INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES AS PART OF THE ATTRACTION PROCESS ON IT.

AND THEN YOU KNOW, FINAL, FINAL CONSIDERATIONS IS TO RECONVENE BACK WITH CITY STAFF AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO OUR LEAD CANDIDATE IS AND WHY. AND IS IT A CULTURAL FIT WITH THE CITY? IS IT A CULTURAL FIT WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE AND THAT PERSON ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE CORE MISSION AND VISION OF THE THAT THE CITY HAS PUT FORTH AS WELL.

AND THEN DETERMINE THE SALARY POSSIBLE INCENTIVES AND OFFER AND THEN HAVE THAT WITHIN BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DONE WITHIN A WEEK IN FRONT OF THE BOARDS AS WELL.

SO ALL IN ALL, I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO, FOUR, SIX 8 TO 10 WEEKS OF, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO REALLY MOVE THROUGH THIS.

I THINK BOTH BOARDS ARE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THESE MILESTONES SET UP IN PLACE, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.

SO I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT.

MISS COOK AND MISS IS IT MOODY I BELIEVE I ALWAYS CALL HER AARON.

I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A USER LAST NAME YET, BUT HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN A JUMP START ON THE REBRANDING OF OUR MESSAGING AND WORKING THROUGH THE THROUGH THE JOB POSTINGS. MISS COOK AND MISTER LAND ARE ALSO WORKING ON SOME INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AS WELL AS A SCORECARD.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ASKING THE APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS AT THE APPROPRIATE PHASES OF THE INTERVIEW.

I'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY REACHED OUT TO AND HAVE STARTED SOME DIALOG WITH THE EXISTING THREE CANDIDATES THAT WE HAD IN THE PIPELINE.

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, THEY'RE ALL STILL INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT WHAT THE NEW OPPORTUNITY LOOKS LIKE AND THE NEW THE NEW BRANDING, AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION AND CONSIDERATION HERE.

SO WE WERE REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM.

AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A CALL SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK WITH MR. SCHWAB, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE TDC BOARD AS WELL.

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AS MENTIONED EARLIER IN OUR RECALIBRATION PIECE, WHERE WE'VE REMOVED THE CURRENT POSTINGS, REBRANDED WITH MORE INSPIRATIONAL OPPORTUNITY HERE IN PRINCETON.

THIS IS JUST A WORKING DRAFT, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING TO EXPAND TO POSTINGS ACROSS LIKE TED SITE AND THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SITES THAT YOU SEE HERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY OUT AND LOOKING, PERUSING THROUGH THAT.

WHILE THIS CURRENTLY IS IN DRAFT STATUS, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE A FINAL COPY THIS WEEK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE READY TO TO SHARE OUT.

SO PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKING ON THIS, BUT THIS GIVES YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BOTH VISUALLY AS WELL AS VERBALLY HELPED ATTRACT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE BEST TALENT THAT'S OUT THERE.

SO GIVEN THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE, WHICH HAS BEEN MOSTLY POSITIVE ON THIS POSITION, THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS AROUND ATTRACTING SOMEBODY THAT'S ALREADY A RESIDENT IN PRINCETON OR SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE INCENTIVIZED TO POSSIBLY MOVE HERE, WHICH WE WOULD WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND ANYBODY THAT EITHER ALREADY LIVES OR IS LOOKING TO MOVE TO PRINCETON.

THERE WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THIS.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM COME FORWARD AND THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING SO THAT WE COULD TALK WITH THEM.

THAT WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE SOMEBODY, I THINK, A LEG UP.

BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE FAR OFF FROM OUR ORIGINAL RANGE ON WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FROM A COMPENSATION STANDPOINT.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND CONSIDERING THINGS LIKE INCENTIVES FOR BEING A RESIDENT HERE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO WHICH IS PRETTY CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THIS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE, TAKE A BREATH AND OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND MOVING THIS FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.

I KNOW THIS HASN'T BEEN EASY.

I DO THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO SAY JUST FOR OUR EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS PROCESS UP TO THIS POINT, BOTH ON THE EDC AND CDC SIDE, FOR THE PAST YEAR, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS.

AND SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS REBRANDING IS NOT TO DISCOUNT WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

SO WE LOVE THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT FOR US TO RECALIBRATE IN A WAY THAT'S DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S A WAY FOR US TO REALLY TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS A YEAR AGO, PRINCETON IS JUST IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.

SO WHEN WE STARTED A YEAR AGO, I THINK ALL OF US WERE A LITTLE BIT NEW AND GREEN AS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A CEO POSITION AND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE PAST YEAR, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE A CITY THAT WE CAN SELL OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT BETTER BY COMING BACK AND SAYING, WE'VE GOT AN EXPERT TEAM NOW OF LEADERSHIP.

WE'VE IMPROVED OUR BOND RATING IN A WAY THAT IS UNHEARD OF.

WE'RE THE THIRD FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE NATION.

WE'VE QUALIFIED ON THE LIST TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO THOSE ARE HUGE SELLING POINTS FOR OUR CITY THAT A YEAR AGO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEAK TO.

SO THIS IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY NOT TO JUST REBRAND, BUT REALLY JUST PUSH A DIFFERENT INITIATIVE OUT THERE ON WHO WE ARE TO GET THE BEST HELP POSSIBLE.

ABSOLUTELY. DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH. IF NOT, THANK YOU AGAIN.

VERY WELL. THERE'S ONE.

SORRY. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU, SIR, AND ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT ONLY THE PAST SERVICE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THE CURRENT.

MY CONFIDENCE LEVEL IN THIS PROCESS IS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED IN THE IN THE CREATION OR IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'RE SHOWING US TONIGHT IN THE PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE REFINING OF THE PROCESS AND JUST OVERALL IMPROVEMENT.

SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND THE CDC BOARD AND ALSO THE EDC.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE IT. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND STAFF, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US REALLY CRAFT THIS IS WHAT IT WHAT IT SHOULD BE LOOKING LIKE. SO THE BOARD'S REALLY BOTH BOARDS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S BEEN PUT IN BY THE CITY STAFF, EVEN JUST UP TO THIS POINT. SO DEFINITELY A TEAM EVENT.

AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO APPLAUD YOUR APPEAL TO RESIDENTS OF PRINCETON TO APPLY.

WE DO HAVE SOME QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY AND THEY DO HAVE A STAKE HERE.

SO YES, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION AS WELL.

[01:55:04]

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY. WE'RE THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM STILL.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT UP.

K10, ORDINANCE 202408 1202 CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 202408 1202, RATIFYING AND APPROVING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S FISCAL YEAR 23-24 BUDGET TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR NECESSARY REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AT THE STEPHEN AND JUDY DEFFIBAUGH COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THE WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A PRETTY HOT TOPIC AROUND TOWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE COME BEFORE YOU READY TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE CLOSURE EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE BOARD'S ASSESSMENT DISCUSSION, AND ULTIMATELY OUR RECENT DECISION, WHICH HAS LED US TO CONSIDERATION FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, YOU HEARING US OUT ON THIS.

YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE A MEMO FROM ATTORNEY LOWRY IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL ABOUT THAT BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL RESERVE SOME TIME AT THE END FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.

AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.

WE'VE RECEIVED MANY REQUESTS AND ARE AWARE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

AS A RESIDENT OF PRINCETON, I TOO SHARE IN THE DESIRE TO HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER THAT IS OPERATIONAL AND HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPACTED BY ITS CLOSURE AS WELL.

OUR DAUGHTER'S BABY SHOWER WAS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN MARCH, AND ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE WHO GOT THOSE PHONE CALLS, I ALSO RECEIVED A PHONE CALL ABOUT THE CLOSURE.

MINE WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

MY PHONE CALL WAS FROM MY WIFE, WHO HAD ALSO, JUST THAT DAY, RECEIVED THE INVITES THAT WERE PRINTED WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER ADDRESS ON THEM, AND MY PHONE CALL WAS PROBABLY NOT AS PLEASANT AS THE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE CITY STAFF.

SO I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOUR IMAGINATION OF HOW THAT PHONE CALL WENT, BUT RIGHTFULLY SO.

UPSET ON THAT. SO THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS, THOUGH, PRESENTED AS NEEDING REPAIR OR ADDRESSED FOR THE CONTINUED USE OF THE FACILITIES.

I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH A BUILDING OF ITS AGE AND CHARACTER, EVEN GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INITIAL INVESTMENT, GETTING THAT THAT COMMUNITY CENTER REFURBISHED AND OPENED INITIALLY, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, ONGOING COSTS, MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONAL COSTS, IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, AN OCCASIONAL REPAIR HERE AND THERE.

I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE THE NECESSARY TIME TO COLLECT THE INFORMATION AND CONSIDER EVERY POSSIBLE AVENUE AND OPTION, NOT EXCUSE ME, NOT ONLY FOR TODAY, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND ITS PURPOSE.

IN THE PAST, WE HAVE APPROVED AND EXPENSED REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN VARIOUS STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL NEEDS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONS LIKE THE ON PREM GENERATOR, WHICH HAS HELPED THAT FACILITY FACILITY BE ABLE TO STAND ON ITS OWN AND SUPPORT ITSELF AND BE SELF-SUSTAINED.

IN THE INTERIM, WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT SOME OF THE REPAIRS HAVE MERELY BEEN ADDRESSING THE SYMPTOMS, YET HAVE FAILED TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

THAT IS WHY THIS BOARD HAS TAKEN A MORE IN-DEPTH LOOK, TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPTIONS TO FIX THE ROOT PROBLEM, AND NOT JUST CONTINUE TO PUT A BAND-AID ON THEM AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO PAY FOR REOCCURRING REPAIRS.

THESE STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL REPAIRS INCLUDE THE FOUNDATION AND FLOORING AS WELL AS FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, AND WE'VE WORKED METICULOUSLY ON ENSURING THIS IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE AND MAINTAINING THE BUILDING REQUIREMENTS.

MANY OF US AS HOMEOWNERS CAN RELATE.

I'M SURE THERE IS NEVER A GOOD TIME FOR REPAIRS LIKE THIS, JUST AS SUCH MANY HOMEOWNERS CAN ATTEST THERE IS AMPLE CONSIDERATION WHEN NEEDING TO LOOK AT THESE, INCLUDING INVESTIGATING, ASSESSING, AND OBTAINING QUOTES FOR REPAIRS.

I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS BOARD HAS TAKEN IT JUST AS SERIOUS AS OUR OWN HOMES.

WHICH IS WHY, WHILE THIS HAS MANY INTRICACIES FROM A STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL STANDPOINT, THERE IS ALSO PROPERTY CONSIDERATIONS WHICH ARE AS INTRICATE AS THE REPAIR CONSIDERATIONS.

I CAN PROMISE YOU, GIVEN THE ORIGINAL INVESTMENT THROUGH THE BOND UNDERSTANDING, EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE BUILDING AND MANY OTHER LONG TERM CONSIDERATIONS OF POTENTIAL VALUE.

WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO SELL YOUR HOME? IS A QUESTION THAT EVERY HOMEOWNER CAN RELATE TO, ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S ECONOMY.

HOWEVER, CURRENTLY IT IS THE OPINION OF THE BOARD THAT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE GREAT.

[02:00:03]

AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

BUT JUST TO NAME SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT USES, AS THE COMMUNITY HAS FELT ALONG WITH US, WITH THEM, THERE IS LIMITED EXISTING AVAILABLE SPACE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO SERVE THOSE NEEDS.

AND IT'S THE BOARD'S POSITION THAT WE ARE DILIGENT IN OUR EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE CENTER AS MUCH AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE, AND IT CONTINUES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

AND TO NOTE, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER TO HELP OVERSEE THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO TAKE THIS ON OUR OWN BUT USING THE PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES OF THAT MANAGER TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING THE APPROPRIATE STEPS AND VETTING EVERYTHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

THAT'S WHY THE BOARD BELIEVES THIS IS A PERFECT TIME FOR THIS ASSESSMENT, GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN BUDGET SEASON.

WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE REVIEW OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE VERY HEALTHY AND IN A TERRIFIC POSITION TO MAKE THIS DECISION BASED ON WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST ON FINANCIAL RESTRAINTS.

LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM FIX OF THIS AND NOT JUST A SHORT TERM SOLUTION THAT WILL COME BACK AND REAR ITS HEAD LATER ON.

SO ON AUGUST 6TH LAST WEEK, THE CDC BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING AND THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF UP TO $500,000 TO UNDERTAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH NECESSITATES AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 BUDGET, WHICH WOULD BE RATIFIED AND APPROVED BY YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL.

FUNDING FOR THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL COME FROM THE DCS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

AND I'LL NOTE OUR OBJECTIVE IS VERY CLEAR.

WE WANT TO REOPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, GIVEN THE VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER SERVICING THE IMMEDIATE NEED WITHIN PRINCETON TO HOST AND PROVIDE SERVICES, MEALS, ACTIVITIES, SENIORS, COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND AT A TIME OF GREAT NEED WHEN NEEDED, SHELTER.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING A PATH FORWARD FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AS A BOARD, WE ARE HUMBLED BY THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AND CONFIDENCE THAT THIS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THIS CORPORATION, ITS FINANCES AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERING KEEPING THIS OPEN FOR OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, THE NEEDS ARE GREAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THOUGHT WENT INTO THIS AND JUST WEIGHING EVERYTHING OUT, SO.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED THE BUILDING, FLOORING AND FOUNDATION WORK HAD TO BE DONE AT THAT TIME.

WHAT HAPPENED? SO I WASN'T.

WHAT? WHY? THEY HAD TO BE DONE AGAIN.

SO THE FOUNDATION QUOTE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IS TO PUT A GREAT NUMBER OF PIERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

THE WAY THAT IT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY IS REALLY ALL I CAN SPEAK TO IS THAT IT WAS DONE WITH LIKE, SHIMS, AND IT WAS MADE WITH SOME FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, SOME QUICK FIX ADJUSTMENTS THAT LEVELED IT AT THE TIME.

BUT ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT FOUNDATION REPAIR, USING SHIMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE NOT REALLY ADEQUATE FOR THAT.

AND I MIGHT DEFER TO CHASE TO HELP ME FIELD SOME OF THIS.

NO PROBLEM. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

CHASE BRYANT. SORRY.

CHASE BRYANT, PARKS, DIRECTOR, CITY OF PRINCETON.

SO ORIGINALLY, THE FOUNDATION WAS MORE SO LEVELED OFF WITH JACKS AND PIERS.

THERE WERE PIERS PUT ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING, BUT NOT SO MUCH ON THE INTERIOR.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS FROM THE ENGINEERING REPORT, WE HAVE A NINE INCH INDIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1 AND 1 SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE OTHER.

AS MR. WATSON WAS SPEAKING TO WITH THE FOUNDATION.

NOW THEY WOULD GO WITH HELICAL PIERS, SPIRAL DOWN INTO BEDROCK.

THAT WAY YOU'RE TALKING FOR ZERO MOVEMENT MOVING FORWARD.

SO THAT WOULD BE ON THE FOUNDATION SIDE.

[02:05:02]

AS FAR AS THE FLOORING WAS THERE, WAS THERE NO WARRANTY ON THIS OR ANYTHING? WHEN THEY WORKED ON IT? WELL, WHAT I CAN SPEAK TO ON THE FLOORING, THE FLOORING IS THERE.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU MOVE INTO NEW HELICAL PIERS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE INTERIOR.

SO ALL THE FLOORING ACTUALLY HAS TO COME UP TO GET INTO THE INTERIOR PIERS FOR NEW RECONSTRUCTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BRYANT? WHAT KIND OF TIME FRAME WOULD BE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE REPAIRS? HAVE ANY IDEA? THAT I DO NOT.

BUT AS MR. WATSON MENTIONED THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH A MANAGER PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS.

SO HE IS VERY FAST.

HE'S BEEN GREAT CITY WORKS WITH HIM ON SOME OF OUR BOND PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT FOR HIM TO PICK UP AND GET GOING IMMEDIATELY.

OKAY. AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE FOUND ALL THE PROBLEMS. RIGHT. YES.

SO I MEAN, I CAN'T BE CONFIDENT IN ANYTHING ON A 100-YEAR-OLD BUILDING.

RIGHT? BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DID HAVE A THIRD-PARTY ENGINEERING FIRM INSPECT THE ENTIRE FACILITY, SCOPE ALL PLUMBING ISSUES. AND IN THEIR ENGINEERING REPORT, THESE WERE THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.

SO THESE WOULD BE PLUS, I WILL SAY A SAFETY HAZARD INSPECTION IS BEING DONE ON THE FACILITY AS WELL.

THIRD PARTY.

SO ANYTHING THAT COMES UP FROM LIFE SAFETY OR WHICH THE BUILDING IS IN, IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE FROM THAT ASPECT.

BUT IT'S REALLY THE FOUNDATIONS.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE ASSESSMENTS WITH THE FIRE SUPPRESSION, THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SO, WITH THIS $500,000 EXPENDITURE, IS THAT ON THE HIGH END.

HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING BUILT IN FOR THAT CHANGE ORDER OR SOMETHING AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT MAY COME THROUGH? I WOULD SAY THAT IS ON THE HIGH END WITH CONTINGENCIES.

SO. THE TOTAL COST COME BACK FROM CONTRACTORS, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN THIS 500,000.

THIS IS THE NOT TO EXCEED.

SO ON THE HIGH END OF EACH ONE OF THESE BIDS, THAT IS THE HIGH END.

PLUS I'M GOING TO SAY ROUGHLY A 25% CONTINGENCY BUFFED INTO THAT AS WELL.

SO IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR THAT LOCATION.

WELL I KNOW WE ARE IN STARTING THE PROCESS WITH MULTI GEN FACILITY AND FROM THE BOND PROJECTS.

BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS THAT'S THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW THE BOARD AND CDC COULD TAKE A LOOK AT.

BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I COULD ANSWER.

I COULD DEFER TO MR. MASHBURN. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BUILDING THAT THE COMMUNITY USES, SO I MEAN THAT WOULD BE FOR THIS BOARD, THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE.

YEAH. THERE'S ACTUALLY NOT TOO MANY OPTIONS FOR THAT PROPERTY.

THAT MAKES SENSE FEASIBLY IN AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT.

THAT PROJECT ITSELF IS ACTUALLY TIED TO OTHER BONDS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TAKE A HUGE CHUNK AND PAY THE BONDS OFF AND GO THAT ROUTE OR KEEP IT, MAINTAIN IT IN OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, COURSE OF HOWEVER LONG WE WANT IT TO BE.

LET THAT SERVICE THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN AT LEAST THAT'S LAND AND THAT'S AN ASSET THAT THE CITY WOULD OPERATE IN A DOWNTOWN THAT WE EVENTUALLY WANT TO SEE REVITALIZED VERSUS LETTING THAT GO.

AND IT TURNS INTO SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF.

SO IT SERVES MULTIPLE BENEFITS NOW OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN BEING SOMETHING POTENTIALLY EVEN GRANDER IN THE FUTURE.

MY RECALL IS THAT THERE ALSO WAS AN ISSUE WITH EITHER THE PLUMBING OR THE SEWER SYSTEM.

IS THAT ALSO BEING CONSIDERED IN THE REPAIRS? THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE ENGINEERING REPORT.

I'LL LET THE PROJECT MANAGER IDENTIFY EVERYTHING.

[02:10:01]

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IF I COULD ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE JUST UNDER $3 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE CDC.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, AS MR. BRYANT MENTIONED, WITH A MULTI GEN FACILITY COMING ON, THAT COULD SERVE A LOT OF NEEDS THIS HAS TODAY.

WE'RE STILL SEVERAL YEARS OUT FROM COMPLETION.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM SENIORS, FOLKS THAT WANT TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESS HERE IN PRINCETON.

WE DON'T KNOW THE TIME FRAME ON THESE REPAIRS, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU WITH WHO WE HAVE ON IT, THEY WOULD GET THEM DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT WOULD BE UP TO CHASE TO, TO CERTAINLY BE AS KIND AS POSSIBLE AND RELAYING THAT MESSAGE.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IF NOTHING ELSE, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT OF KNOWING TO GO TO AN OUTSIDE SERVICE, OUTSIDE ENTITY, TO BE ABLE TO CONTRACT WITHOUT CONTRACT THAT OUT AND GET THAT DONE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FAIR TO HAVE THE ENTIRETY OF THAT PROJECT FALL INTO MR. BRYANT'S LAP TO DO.

AND THEN ALSO FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU GUYS MEET ONCE A MONTH.

SO A PROJECT OF THAT MAGNITUDE DOES NEED TO BE EXECUTED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

SO THIS IS A GOOD WAY AND A GOOD PATH FORWARD INTO THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR IT.

COUNCIL, WE DO NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS TONIGHT.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN ONE NOW PLEASE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM K10 FOR ORDINANCE 2024-08-12-02.

I SECOND THAT MOTION.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM K10, ORDINANCE 2024-08-1202 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. WATSON. THAT WILL TAKE US TO K 11 2024 170.

CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS.

DID ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA? OKAY, IF NOTHING, WE WILL GO TO OUR REPORT AGENDA.

[L. REPORT AGENDA]

AND OUR NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH AT 6:30 P.M.

THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

YOUR HONOR, CAN I SAY JUST ONE OTHER THING.

[F. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (Part 2 of 2)]

WELL, IN REGARDS TO SIXTH STREET PROJECT.

SO DO YOU WANT TO BACK UP TO THE TO THE.

I SHOULD HAVE SAID IT EARLIER.

THAT'S OKAY. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, I GUESS.

OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MR. MATT, MR. FISHER AND I MET WITH OFFICIALS FROM TXDOT CONCERNING THE SIXTH STREET PROJECT AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE UP THERE AND MOVING THE MAILBOXES. AND WE CAME TO A RESOLUTION THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO COME OUT, HOPEFULLY THIS STARTED THIS WEEK OR THIS NEXT WEEK, MOVING THE MAILBOXES AND CLEANING THOSE DITCHES OUT AND GETTING THEM SO THEY CAN BE MAINTAINED.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE APPRECIATE YOURS AND EVERYONE ELSE'S HELP ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYTHING ELSE TONIGHT.

AND WITH THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.