Sep 16, 2024 Pre-Council & Special City Council

ALL RIGHT, TAKE TWO.

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[A. CALL TO ORDER]

TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL.

. THANK YOU.

WE ARE GOING TO SKIP OUT OF ORDER AND GO STRAIGHT TO EXECUTIVE UNDER THE TERMS OF CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION OR

[C. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WE WILL BE DISCUSSING MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT UNIVERSAL.

ALSO, SECTION 551.072, WHICH WILL INCLUDE PROJECT PEARL AND PROJECT UNIVERSAL.

THE TIME IS 5:47 P.M.

AND THIS WILL PUT US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU WAITING.

THE TIME IS 6:40.

THIS PUTS US BACK INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION FOR THE BREVITY OF TIME.

WE WILL NOT BE GOING TO ITEM B, DISCUSS AND REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS. SO AT THIS TIME I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I MAKE THAT MOTION, YOUR HONOR, TO HAVE A SECOND.

I SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

THE TIME IS 7 P.M.

THIS IS GOING TO START OUR SPECIAL MEETING.

I WILL BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL.

. THANK YOU.

THAT IS GOING TO BRING US TO OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT.

WE HAVE MR. WES BROWN WITH US.

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO COME TO YOU IN PRAYER.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS WITH US.

YOU SAID I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.

I PRAY FOR MAYOR CHACON.

I PRAY FOR EACH OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

LORD, IN A VERY RAPID GROWING CITY, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY LEAD US.

I PRAY GOD FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I THANK YOU GOD FOR ALL THAT THEY DO FOR US 24 OVER SEVEN AND I PRAY, FATHER, THAT AS A CITY, THAT WE WOULD MEET THEIR NEEDS ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL.

LORD, THIS WEEK IS PRINCETON ISD'S HOMECOMING AND I PRAY ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FACULTY.

I PRAY GOD THAT YOU WOULD GUARD THEM AND PROTECT THEM.

I THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY AND HELP US, LORD, TO BE THAT BEACON OF LIGHT THAT OTHERS CAN LOOK TO FOR HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND STRENGTH.

BLESS US THIS EVENING.

IN CHRIST'S NAME I PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US TO OUR PUBLIC APPEARANCE TONIGHT.

[E. PUBLIC APPEARANCE]

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. HI, MR. KENNETH JOHNSON.

GOOD EVENING.

IF YOU'LL JUST TURN THE MICROPHONE ON, THERE'S A BUTTON ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS KENNETH JOHNSON.

302 STONE COURT, PRINCETON, TEXAS.

CAN I START? YES.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY LIFE IS SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, BEING EX-MILITARY, YOU KNOW, SAFETY IS PRIORITY ONE EVERY DAY.

LGI IS BUILDING BAD PRODUCTS, DOING BAD THINGS, AND THEY'RE BULLYING PEOPLE.

MY I CALLED THEM AND I SAID, HEY.

I SAID, HEY, MAN, THE CLOSETS ARE FALLING.

AND THE GUY GOES, NO.

I SAID, EVERY CLOSET IS FALLING.

HE SAID, YOU GOT TOO MUCH STUFF IN THE CLOSET.

AND I TELL HIM, I SAID, I SAID, FIRST OF ALL, I READ THE CONTRACT.

THERE IS NO WEIGHT LIMIT.

THE CLOSET IS FALLING.

COME FIX IT, PLEASE.

SO HE COMES OUT AND HE FIXED, THEY FIXED THEY PUT A PATCH WORKING.

THEY DID NOT FIX IT.

SO I'M GETTING READY TO HAVE EYE SURGERY.

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I TELL HIM, HOLD ON. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHOLE CLOSET JUST FALL BOOM.

AND I GO AND I CALL THE GUY, AND I SAID, HEY, YOU DIDN'T FIX THE CLOTH.

HE SAID, YES, WE DID. I SAID, NO, YOU DIDN'T.

SO I SENT HIM PICTURES.

I SENT HIM PICTURES.

SO I GO TO THE GUY LIKE A, LIKE A CUSTOMER AND SAY, HEY, ARE YOU GOING TO FIX IT? AND HE SAID, I DON'T HAVE TO FIX ANYTHING.

I FIX THE ONES. I SAID, NO, I READ THE CONTRACT, I SAID IT'S WARRANTY AND I SAID NO WORDING THE CONTRACT.

IT SAYS IT HAD TO BE A SPECIFIC WEIGHT OR WHAT YOU COULDN'T PUT IN YOUR CLOSET.

I SAID, I DON'T SEE THAT, AND YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT.

AND HE LOOKS AT ME AND HE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? AND I GO, ARE YOU SERIOUS? AND HE SAID SO I WENT BACK TO HIM AGAIN AND JUST LIKE A PEACEFUL MANNER, AND HE SAID, WHY ARE YOU HARASSING ME? I SAID, FIRST OF ALL, I'M PRETTY UPSET BECAUSE IT ALMOST FELL ON MY GRANDSON.

YOU KNOW, HE YOU KNOW, AND YOU DID NOT FIX IT.

AND I SAID, AND I SAID, NOWHERE IN THE CONTRACT.

HE SAID Y'ALL WAS OFF THE HOOK.

FIX THE CLOSET. SO I SAW THE GUY WHO FIXED IT THE FIRST TIME.

YOU KNOW, HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, LGI TOLD US, JUST PUT IT BACK UP THERE.

IF IT FELL WITHIN THREE DAYS, WE DO.

I DO THEM LIKE WE DO THE REST OF THEM.

WE SAY WE ONLY SUPPOSED TO FIX IT ONCE, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT.

AND I GO THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING HOUSES OVER 25 YEARS.

TRUST WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR 25 YEARS, YOU KNOW WHAT'S FAILING.

DON'T WORK. AND EVERYBODY I TALKED TO OVER THEIR CLOSET AND FELL.

AND THEY TELLING ME TO GO GET A RACK.

NO, I DIDN'T PAY OVER $300,000 WITHIN 14 MONTHS TO GO GET CLOTHES RACKS.

AND THEY'RE NOT HONORING THEIR CONTRACT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY PUT IT ON ME.

AND THE GUY TOLD ME HE CUSSED AT ME AND SAID, WHO TOLD YOU TO READ THE DAMN CONTRACT? I SAID, BECAUSE I HAD A RIGHT TO.

I SAID, MAN, JUST FIX IT.

AND HE ASKED ME WHAT I GOING TO DO.

SO I COME BEFORE Y'ALL AND SAY, THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

THAT'S A MENTAL ISSUE BECAUSE I'M SCARED TO LET GO THEM IN CLOSET.

NOW, I DO HAVE TO STOP YOU RIGHT THERE AT THREE MINUTES.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'LL DO ME A FAVOR, WILL YOU GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW BACK UP WITH YOU? YES. OKAY. THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

YES. SO WRITE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON HERE.

AND THEN IF YOU WILL HAND IT OVER HERE TO MISS ANDERSON, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY REACH OUT TO YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAXINE ELLIS.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MAXINE ELLIS, 914 BLUEWOOD STREET.

TONIGHT I COME TO YOU ON BEHALF OF ARCADIA FARMS AS THE HOA PRESIDENT.

ON OCTOBER THE 1ST, I THINK IT'S TUESDAY NIGHT IS TEXAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND WE WILL BE HAVING OUR ANNUAL TEXAS NIGHT OUT EVENT.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO STOP BY FOR OUR EVENT THAT NIGHT.

AND IT'S FROM 6:30 TO 8:30 AT THE ARCADIA FARMS POOL AREA.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE? OKAY. IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.

[F. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

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

I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.

COUNCIL DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? YOUR HONOR, WOULD THIS BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO CONGRATULATE FIREFIGHTER JOE VEGA? ABSOLUTELY. FOR HIS WIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

AT THE ANNUAL GUNS AND HOSES.

THANK YOU. VEGA, DID YOU BRING THE BELT? DID YOU BRING THE BELT? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, MADAM MAYOR, KOCH O'BRIEN.

WASHINGTON. ABSOLUTELY.

MR. WASHINGTON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND.

HEY. HEY, JOE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE BELT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

NEXT YEAR, WE'LL JUST. WE'LL JUST BRING ALL THREE, RIGHT? BRING ALL THREE NEXT YEAR. THERE WE GO.

GET A THREE PEAT GOING.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE TONIGHT? OKAY. IF NOT, THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[G. CONSENT AGENDA]

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THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO, REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM 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, G6, G7, G8, G9, G10, G11, AND G12.

AND IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR ITEMS TO BE REMOVED, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

YOUR HONOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION OR ANY ITEMS TO BE REMOVED, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

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

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THIS WILL TAKE US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE WILL NOT BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT AS WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT.

SO WE WILL JUST GO INTO ACTION PERTAINING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[I. ACTION PERTAINING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? I SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT.

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

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROJECT PEARL FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[J. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

GOOD EVENING, MR. COX.

MAYOR, COUNCIL. CHARLES COX, INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS KIND OF THE FIRST THE KICKOFF FOR THIS EVENING IN TERMS OF ADOPTING THE BUDGET.

THE CITY HAS HAD A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, A NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS RELATED TO THE BUDGET, THE LAST ONE BEING JUST LAST WEEK.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE FOR ANYONE TO LOOK AT FOR APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AND A HALF.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST STAGE OF SETTING THE BUDGET FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NO QUESTIONS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE TIME IS 7:10 P.M.

IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FOR THIS, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD.

OKAY. AND IF NOT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.

THE TIME IS STILL 7:10 P.M.

NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON THAT.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO J2-2024-190.

PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE.

PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.440226 FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS THE SECOND STEP OF ESTABLISHING THE BUDGET AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE BUDGET.

THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

THIS AGENDA ITEM PROVIDES FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION I RECEIVED SEVERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT THE NEW PROPERTY TAX RATE, AND I WAS WONDERING, MR. COX, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, WHY IS IT THAT THE PROPERTY TAX IS REMAINING THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, BUT RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN THE IN THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT THEY'RE PAYING? YES, MA'AM. OVERALL, THERE WAS AN APPROXIMATELY 8% INCREASE IN VALUES OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY IN NEW CONSTRUCTION ON EXISTING RESIDENTIAL.

THE AVERAGE HOME, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE, TAXABLE VALUE IN PRINCETON IS $328,000.

AGAIN, THAT'S TAXABLE VALUE.

SO ON AVERAGE BECAUSE THE VALUES WENT UP EVEN THOUGH THE TAX RATE IS REMAINING OR PROPOSED TO REMAIN THE SAME, THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT ON AVERAGE, THAT THAT PARTICULAR HOMEOWNER WOULD SEE AN INCREASE OF $109.07 ANNUALLY ON THEIR BILL. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAX AND THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN, THE PROPERTY TAX IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PORTIONS.

PART OF IT FUNDS THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE OTHER PART FUNDS THE DEBT SERVICE OF THE CITY.

THE MAIN PLACE THAT THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE IS GOING IS TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL DEBT THAT'S BEEN AUTHORIZED BY,

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THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT ARE COMING UP AND ULTIMATELY THE $109 MILLION FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

SO, YES, THE RATES STAYING THE SAME.

REVENUES ARE COMING IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S GOING INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

BUT THE PORTION THAT'S GOING INTO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.

SO THAT'S MY EXPLANATION FOR, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE RATE REMAINS THE SAME.

YES. THERE ARE RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO SEE A SMALL INCREASE TO THEIR ACTUAL BILL.

SO THAT INCREASES THE OFFSET OF LIKE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THE VAST MAJORITY IS NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUT ON AVERAGE FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL HOME, IT'S ABOUT $109 PER YEAR.

OKAY. SO THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE.

YES, MA'AM. WHY ISN'T THAT OFFSET BY SALES TAXES? THE SALES TAX I MENTIONED PROPERTY TAX IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

PROPERTY TAX REPRESENTS $1 MILLION MORE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

SALES TAX IS ABOUT $700,000.

THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING WILL BE THE INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S $1.7 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE'RE FORECASTING BETWEEN PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAXES.

A LOT OF MONEY.

ADMITTEDLY, HOWEVER, I WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE BUDGET THAT IS PROPOSED THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, WITH COUNCIL MAKING SURE WE MEET, YOU KNOW, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF COUNCIL TWO, TWO MAIN DRIVERS OF THE REASON WHY WE NEED THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO COVER EXPENDITURES IS NUMBER ONE, THE ADDITIONAL THERE'S SEVEN ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET. THERE ARE THREE ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAD THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY OF PRINCETON ADEQUATELY AND COMPETITIVELY COMPENSATES THEIR EMPLOYEES, PREDOMINANTLY POLICE AND FIRE.

AND IF YOU MIGHT RECALL, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCIL HAD IS THAT CURRENTLY FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE IN TERMS OF THE CITIES WE COMPETE AGAINST, WE ARE AT THE VERY LOWEST END OF THE SCALE.

AND SO FROM A COMPETITIVE STANDPOINT, IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO HIRE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS.

THE COST OF THE COMP STUDY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING BE PUT IN PLACE NEXT YEAR IS $2 MILLION BY ITSELF.

SO I MENTIONED HIRING TEN MORE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.

$2 MILLION FOR A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXISTING PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPETITIVELY COUNCILMAN CONTEMPLATED, COMPENSATED.

THOSE NUMBERS AND EXPENDITURE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO IN TERMS OF THE NEW OFFICERS AND THE COMP PLAN.

THAT'S CLOSE TO 300, I MEAN, $3 MILLION IN ITSELF.

AND IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT INCREASED EXPENDITURE AND YET ONLY HAVE $1.7 MILLION IN INCREASED REVENUES, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TO HAVE SOME DIVERSIFICATION.

AND SO OTHER REVENUES ARE HELPING WITH THAT.

BUT I'VE KIND OF GIVEN YOU A LONG STORY TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT JUST THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAXES DO NOT OFFSET THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PRIORITIES OF COUNCIL.

AND AND OF COURSE, TO PAY FOR THE ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE THAT IS COMING UP.

AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY DID DECREASE, COUNCIL DECREASED, THE TAX RATE BY $0.09 THE YEAR BEFORE LAST OR THE YEAR BEFORE THIS YEAR.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN A TREND OF DECREASING THE TAXES IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT PAST.

I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THIS BECAUSE VERY OFTEN JUST LISTENING AND NOT FULLY HAVING THE FULL PICTURE CAN CREATE THE ILLUSION THAT THE CITY IS NOT HANDLING FUNDS WELL.

BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PRINCETON AND THE RATE OF GROWTH, THE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT NEED TO OCCUR, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING ALL OF THE AMENITIES THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.

THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

THANK YOU. CERTAINLY.

THANK YOU. WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. IF NOT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.

THE TIME IS 7:17 P.M.

IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FOR THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

AND SINCE NO ONE IS HERE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT.

THE TIME IS STILL 7:17 P.M.

THIS WILL TAKE US TO J3 ORDINANCE 2024-0916.

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BEING PART OF THE THOMAS A ROAD SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 741 AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CRAIG FISHER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THIS REQUEST IS FOR ANNEXATION OF 180 ACRE TRACT OF PROPERTY.

IT'S ON ME.

YEAH. PLEASE ADVANCE. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF FM 75, JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 831.

THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF WILL CONSIST OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND A SITE FOR A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE ISD.

THE COUNCIL APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON JULY 22ND OF THIS YEAR, AND THIS ANNEXATION REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. FISHER? GO AHEAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY DOING WHAT THEY'RE TOLD TO DO THROUGH THE AGREEMENT FOR THIS ANNEXATION.

IS THE 12 ACRE PROPERTY GOING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ARE THEY MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT? YES, I MET WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK PRIOR, AND THAT AGREEMENT IS THAT SALE IS MOVING FORWARD.

MR. LAND, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT? CORRECT. THANK YOU.

THAT'S A VITAL PORTION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A SECOND SITE THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF THIS.

AND I THINK THOSE TERMS HAVE BEEN CONSUMMATED.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA THIS EVENING.

WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. IF NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE TIME IS 7:20 P.M.

IS THERE ANYONE FOR THE PUBLIC FOR THIS? GOOD EVENING. YES, MA'AM.

HI. OH, PUSH IT AGAIN.

RIGHT HAND SIDE.

THERE YOU GO. HI, I'M ELIZABETH BENTLEY.

I'M WITH LENNAR HOMES AT 1231 GREENWAY DRIVE, IRVING, TEXAS.

I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ISD YOU BROUGHT UP.

I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.

THE 12 ACRES HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD TO THE SCHOOL.

SO LENNAR CLOSED AT THE END OF JULY, AND WITHIN THE SAME WEEK, WE SOLD THE 12 ACRES TO THE ISD.

SO THAT WAS ALSO IN OUR DA, WHICH WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH.

AND THEN THE ANNEXATION IS ALSO A PART OF THAT.

DA. THERE IS WE ARE DISCUSSING ANOTHER TRACK WITH THE ISD, BUT IT IS NOT RELATED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AT ALL.

IT IS FURTHER DOWN AND IS IN THE COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM ALREADY AND ARE IN DISCUSSION.

SO EVERYTHING WITH THIS PROPERTY THOUGH HAS GONE SMOOTHLY.

AND YES, THE ISDS IS A BIG PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR BOTH US AND I KNOW FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO IMMEDIATELY GET THAT WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY.

SO. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ELIZABETH? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. IF NOT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE TIME IS 7:21 P.M.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM J3 ORDINANCE 2024-0916 FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY BEING 180 TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS.

AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT.

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

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2020 40916.

THIS WILL TAKE US TO J4 ORDINANCE 2024-091609.

CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-091609 THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCING PLAN FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE, EAST RIDGE, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? AND THEN WE'LL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AS SOON AS I'M DONE TALKING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

JEFF GOLDBLUM WITH MCCALL, PARKER AND HORTON.

WHERE THE CITIES BOND COUNCIL.

THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT APPROVES THE FINAL PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE WITHIN THE CITY.

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THE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AND THE TERM WAS CREATED IN 2021.

LIKE MANY OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY.

EAST RIDGE IS GOING WITH A PHASED DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE, THE CITY HAS APPROVED BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENT AREAS ONE AND TWO AND THE SUBZONES WITHIN THAT TIRZ HAVE BEEN CREATED.

IN LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AUGUST 2026, COUNCIL APPROVED BONDS FOR EAST RIDGE IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER THREE.

IN CONNECTION WITH THAT, WE HAVE TO UPDATE THE PLANS FOR THE SUBZONE THAT GOES IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER THREE.

AS PART OF THIS, WE GO THROUGH LEGAL PROCESS TO PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN THIS ITEM IS THE FINAL STEP IN THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED PLANS, THE TOURS THAT OVERLAYS EAST RIDGE.

THE IDEA IS THAT VALUE GROWS AS THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS WITHIN THE ZONE, GENERATES A GREAT SIGNIFICANT TAXABLE VALUE OVER THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ZONE WAS CREATED.

THAT INCREMENT IS USED, 55% GOES INTO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND FOR USE AS THE CITY DEEMS FIT.

UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ORIGINALLY, 45% OF THE INCREMENTAL VALUE REMAINS WITHIN THE ZONE, PRIMARILY TO BUY DOWN THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ON THE PID FOR THE EASTRIDGE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

BASED ON BACK UP.

ONE MORE, AMBER.

I THINK ONE MORE.

GO BACK. THANK YOU.

THE PLANS HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY MISS MOSESMANN, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT WITH 30-60.

BASED ON ESTIMATED VALUES, JUST THIS SUBZONE, WHICH GOES WITH EASTRIDGE IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER THREE, IS GOING TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 21.153 MILLION IN INCREMENTAL REVENUE TO THE CITY.

OF THAT, 45%, LIKE I MENTIONED, ARE 9.52 MILLION IS GOING TO GO BACK INTO THE ZONE AND USED FOR PROJECT COSTS AND TO BUY DOWN THOSE ASSESSMENTS. LIKE I SAID, THE IDEA OF BUYING THOSE DOWN IS TO KEEP THE ASSESSMENTS GENERALLY AS UNIFORMLY AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR LIKE DEVELOPMENTS.

EASTRIDGE IMPROVEMENT AREA THREE HAS TWO LOT SIZES 40 FOOT LOTS AND 50 FOOT LOTS.

SO THOSE THAT INCREMENT WILL BE USED TO CREDIT THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

$779 PER YEAR ON THE 50 FOOT LOTS AND $696 PER YEAR ON THE 40 FOOT LOTS.

THESE PLANS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AMENDED AS WE DO FURTHER, NOT AS WE AS THE DEVELOPERS DO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN EASTRIDGE AND THEN AGAIN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

IT'S A THICK DOCUMENT. IT'S A HEAVY DOCUMENT.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY PERTINENT TO THE IMPROVEMENT AREA.

NUMBER THREE, LIKE I SAID, ONE AND TWO, THOSE HAVE BEEN HANDLED IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND AS WE AS COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH FURTHER PLANS, IT WILL BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY.

SO HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE TIME IS 7:26 P.M.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. IF NOT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT.

THE TIME IS STILL 7:26 P.M.

AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE.

AGENDA ITEM J4 ORDINANCE 2024-091609.

THANK YOU. AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, YOUR HONOR.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2024-091609.

THAT'LL TAKE US TO J5 2024-195.

PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND FIRST READING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-0923 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS.

ENACTING AND IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE, AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE SUBDIVISION, PLATTING, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, OR OTHER ALTERATION OR IMPROVEMENT THEREOF FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL EXTRA EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

ADOPTING WRITTEN FINDINGS JUSTIFYING THE MORATORIUM, PROVIDING FOR APPLICABILITY, EXPIRATION, EXTENSION, LIMITED EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE FIELD.

GOOD EVENING, MR. LOWRY.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

SO AS MADAM MAYOR, JUST GRACEFULLY READ OFF THE LANGUAGE.

THIS IS A PROPOSED MORATORIUM.

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SO, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, CITY OF PRINCETON IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING MUNICIPALITIES NOT ONLY IN IN TEXAS, BUT ALSO ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

RECENTLY DEEMED THE THIRD FASTEST GROWING MUNICIPALITY BY POPULATION IN THE US CENSUS.

SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND KNOW VERY WELL, THE CITY IS FACING LAND USE CHALLENGES AND HAS VARIOUS CONCERNS WITH ITS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES AND THE CAPACITY THEREOF.

SO IN RESPONSE, CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT PUTTING FORTH CERTAIN SAFEGUARDS IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE CITY'S YOU KNOW, UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH.

AND SO ONE OF THOSE POTENTIAL AVENUES IS VIA A MORATORIUM.

SO COOL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO WHAT IS A MORATORIUM IN GENERAL? A MORATORIUM CAN BE IMPLEMENTED ON RESIDENTIAL AND OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT'S EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER 212, SUBCHAPTER E OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

A MORATORIUM OVERALL STOPS PERMITTING, SUCH AS ANY ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, OR OTHER FORM OF AUTHORIZATION RELATED TO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME.

AND I'LL GET TO THE DURATION AND EXTENSION STUFF HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

A MORATORIUM CAN BE JUSTIFIED UNDER ONE OF TWO AREAS OR BOTH, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON THIS EVENING.

SO ONE WOULD BE A NEED TO PRESENT A SHORTAGE OF ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES.

SO, THINK YOUR WATER, WASTEWATER, ROADWAYS, STORM DRAINAGE.

AND IT'S WHERE YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY IDENTIFYING AREAS, CERTAIN PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT ARE OPERATING AT NEAR OR BEYOND CAPACITY.

AND THAT IS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 212 135 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE OTHER IS IF THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES.

SO THINK POLICE, FIRE PARKS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, ET CETERA.

ESSENTIALLY MEANING THAT THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE THOSE FACILITIES WOULD RESULT IN AN OVERCAPACITY THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS, AND THAT IS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 212, 1351 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

SO OVERALL, A MORATORIUM IS A PROCEDURAL MECHANISM AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW THAT, IF IMPLEMENTED, WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO KIND OF PLAN, PREPARE, AND PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.

AND IF AND WHEN THIS MORATORIUM IS PUT INTO EFFECT, IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL, IT.

CITY STAFF WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TO UPDATE THEIR DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES, ZONING ORDINANCES, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES, AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.

SO I HAVE MR. TOMMY MAPP, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND CHIEF WATERS, CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY, TO PRESENT THE NEXT TWO SLIDES JUSTIFYING THE MORATORIUM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

TOMMY MAPP, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AS MR. LOWRY SAID, WE ARE A VERY RAPIDLY GROWING CITY AND WE ARE QUICKLY OUTGROWING AND GROWING AT A MORE RAPID PACE THAN WHAT WE ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND IMPACT FEE STUDIES THAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY.

WE ARE ON TARGET TO JUST PRINCETON ALONE TO HIT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN OUR SYSTEM WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

BUT IF WE FACTOR IN HOLYOKE, WHICH WE HAVE A DUTY TO SERVE THEM, I KNOW THEIR SERVICE COUNTS DON'T ACTUALLY COUNT TOWARDS OUR SERVICE CAPACITY, BUT WE DO HAVE A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN ADEQUATE WATER FOR THEIR CONNECTIONS AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO HIT THAT TARGET FACTORING THOSE IN NOW.

LIKE I SAY, THEY DON'T COUNT AGAINST US AS FAR AS TCEQ GOES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HIT THAT NUMBER CLOSER TO THREE YEARS FROM NOW.

AND SO LOOKING AT THIS, WE'VE INITIATED THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND IMPACT FEE STUDIES FOR WATER, WASTEWATER AND ROADWAYS. WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW THOROUGHFARES FOR OUR ROADWAYS BECAUSE THEY'RE BECOMING CONGESTED AND OVERCROWDED.

THEY'RE DETERIORATING AT A MORE RAPIDLY, MORE RAPID PACE BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO UPDATE THIS PLAN TO IDENTIFY THESE PROJECTS AHEAD OF TIME.

AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER STUDIES WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO GROW WHAT WE NEED AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE WISE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY AND ETJ, AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL GROWTH IN THE FUTURE.

WE DO HAVE SOME MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON TO INCREASE THIS PUMPING CAPACITY AND TO INCREASE OUR STORAGE CAPACITY AS WELL.

WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A LARGE EXPANSION OF OUR DOGWOOD PUMP STATION TO INCREASE THE FIRM PUMPING CAPACITY TO HOW MANY GALLONS PER MINUTE WE CAN PUT OUT OF THAT PUMP STATION.

WE ALSO HAVE A 3 MILLION GALLON ELEVATED STORAGE TANK THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR, AND AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 MILLION GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK AT DOGWOOD, AND A 5 MILLION GALLON

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NOW, THE TIMELINE TO GET THE INITIAL ADDITIONAL STORAGE ONLINE IS MID 2027.

SO THE MORATORIUM WILL GRANT US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET FURTHER ALONG IN THAT PROCESS AND BEAT THE BEAT THE CURVE, GET THE STORAGE IN PLACE BEFORE THE GROWTH IS HERE IN THAT TIME FRAME.

IT WILL ALSO HELP US TO IDENTIFY OTHER MEANS OF CAPACITY, SUCH AS LARGER INTERCEPTOR MAINS FOR OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM OR LARGER TRANSMISSION MAINS FOR OUR WATER SYSTEM, AND HOW WE CAN GROW THE CITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, BUT UNDER THE VISION OF THE COUNCIL.

SO I'M PREPARED TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING OUR CURRENT CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES.

BUT SO.

SO ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT? DURING THIS MORATORIUM IT'S 120 DAYS.

AND WE POTENTIALLY COULD EXTEND IF WE APPROVED IT.

YOU WHAT.

AND JUST QUICK TERMS. WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS TO GET ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT TIME FRAME.

TO PREVENT EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION, OUR PRIMARY GOAL WILL BE PARTNERING.

WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SEE THE NEEDS THAT THEY THAT THEY HAVE.

HOW? HOW DO WE NEED TO GROW TO MEET THOSE NEEDS? AND IT'S COMING UP WITH THAT BASELINE PLAN.

THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND OUR IMPACT FEES TO.

DETERMINE WHERE AND HOW THESE PROJECTS NEED TO GO INTO PLACE.

AND SO IT'S NOT THE 120 DAYS.

ISN'T THE DATE THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE SOLVED.

BUT IT'S A TIME MARKER THAT WILL GIVE US THE ADDITIONAL.

IT WILL GIVE US TIME TO PLAN FOR WHAT THAT SOLUTION IS.

AND SO, I MEAN, DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. BECAUSE, BECAUSE IN MY MIND, 120 DAYS, EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT POINT.

AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A GOOD, STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT 120 DAYS.

PLANNING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR RAPIDLY GROWING.

SO I CAN SEE THE NEED FOR CAUSING A LITTLE DELAY IN DEVELOPMENT SO YOU CAN HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO PLAN WITHOUT HAVING TO KEEP UP AT THE SAME TIME.

ABSOLUTELY. AND, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THIS CURRENT CFP THAT WE'RE WORKING UNDER AN IMPACT FEE PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING UNDER WAS DEVELOPED, THE IDEA WAS FOR THE CITY TO DEVELOP AT FOUR LOT PER ACRE DENSITIES.

AND WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THAT CAME OUT WAS NOW WHERE THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE HAPPENING AT, AT EVEN GREATER DENSITIES OF SEVEN HOMES PER ACRE.

AND OUTSIDE OF THE ETJ AND OUR OBLIGATED SERVICE AREAS, THEY'RE EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT.

I MEAN, SOME OF THEM I DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL NUMBER, BUT I'M ESTIMATING CLOSE TO TEN LOTS PER ACRE.

AND WE'RE OBLIGATED TO SERVE THOSE RESIDENTS.

AND SO WE NEED TIME TO ADJUST OUR PLANNING TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT EVERYTHING, TO SEE HOW WE NEED TO GO.

YES. THE CIP AND THE IMPACT FEE STUDIES WILL NOT BE DONE WITHIN THIS 120 DAYS, BUT THE PLAN FOR WORKING WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT OR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND, AND CITY MANAGEMENT WILL BE TO MAKE THAT PLAN TO WHERE WE CAN FINALIZE THE CIP AND THE IMPACT FEE STUDIES TO WHERE WE'RE COUNTING FOR THIS DENSER GROWTH, OR THE VISION THAT'S BEING REALIZED AT THAT TIME.

TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OKAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER LONG.

JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO WHAT MR. MAPP SAID. SO IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT UPDATING AND REVISING OUR DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES, OUR ZONING ORDINANCES, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND IF AN EXTENSION IS NEEDED AFTER THE 120 DAYS, ONCE WE START APPROACHING THAT 120 DAY DEADLINE, STAFF WILL COME BACK TO YOU, GIVE YOU AN OUTLINE OF WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHY WE NEED AN EXTENSION.

IF AN EXTENSION IS JUSTIFIED AND VALID.

SO WE WILL MAKE SURE TO KEEP COUNCIL UPDATED ON THE STEPS.

THAT AND YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME MORE OF THESE ITEMS. IF THE MORATORIUM IS PASSED AND YOU KNOW YOU'LL START TO SEE MORE OF THESE IN FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP COUNCIL UPDATED ON ALL THE STUFF THAT STAFF'S BEEN DOING IN ORDER TO POTENTIALLY JUSTIFY AN EXTENSION TO THE MORATORIUM.

OKAY. YEAH.

THEN WE HAVE A CHIEF OF POLICE.

CHIEF WATERS, TO DISCUSS THE NEXT SLIDE.

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AS YOU'RE AWARE, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A FAIRLY BUSY YEAR FOR US, AND WE PROJECT IT TO KEEP ON GETTING BUSIER.

THIS LAST YEAR, WE RAN A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE PD ON HOW MANY OFFICERS.

I'M SORRY. IF YOU COULD SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WE CAN'T HARDLY HEAR YOU RIGHT NOW.

YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. I'M A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW.

SO, MY VOICE IS IT'S A LITTLE BIT HOARSE RIGHT NOW.

IS THIS OKAY, OR DO I NEED TO GET UP CLOSER? THIS LAST YEAR. IS THAT OKAY? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS LAST YEAR, WE RAN A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE PD TO FIND OUT HOW MANY OFFICERS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT CURRENTLY.

AND FROM WHAT THE PLAN REVEALED, WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 28 TO 30 OFFICERS UNDER WHERE WE NEED TO BE AT EACH YEAR.

IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS NEXT YEAR.

WE PLAN ON DOING ANOTHER ONE, ONLY WE'RE GOING TO GO FIVE YEARS OUT, AND SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN COME INTO PLACE WITH THAT.

BUT WITH THAT BEING STATED, YOU KNOW, THE REASON FOR THE MORATORIUM WOULD BE TO WORK WITH STAFF, WORK WITH THE ATTORNEYS, AND WORK WITH Y'ALL TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE ORDINANCE, INSTEAD OF JUST RELYING ON A TAX BASE TO TRY TO CONTINUOUSLY GROW THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT OF IT, BUT FIND OUT SOME SPECIAL REVENUE FUND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY COME IN AND HELP OUT, LIKE A PUBLIC SAFETY DISTRICT OR COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION DISTRICT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN START BOLSTERING THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT.

SO AS YOU ARE AWARE, THIS LAST YEAR WE WERE RATED THE 55TH SAFEST CITY WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OH, THERE IT GOES.

IT KIND OF GOES UP.

IF WE DON'T START DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WE'RE GOING TO START SLIPPING A LITTLE BIT, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON GOING DOWN, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS, THE POPULATION IS GOING UP MORE AND MORE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO START COMBATING IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF WATERS? THANK YOU.

ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU, MR. MAPP AND CHIEF WATERS.

OOH. GOT LOUD ON ME.

ALL RIGHT, SO AS WE JUST ESTABLISHED, THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING, NAMELY WATER, WASTEWATER AND ROADWAY AND A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES, NAMELY POLICE FACILITIES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO DOES IT NOT AFFECT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL LOOK AT FOR A POTENTIAL EXTENSION TO WE HAVE A THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD POINT.

EXHIBIT B TO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

WE HAD A STAFFING REPORT THAT WAS DONE BY JUSTICE RESEARCH LLC, KIND OF SHOWING THAT WE UNDER ALL THE CALCULATIONS, WE FALL BELOW THE STATE STANDARDS FOR STAFFING.

SO RIGHT NOW POLICE THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE THAN JUST POLICE.

BUT THAT SERVES AS THE MAIN JUSTIFICATION FOR THE MORATORIUM UNDER THE OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES PORTION.

SO, AMBER, DO YOU MIND GOING BACK ONE SLIDE FOR ME? SORRY. SO THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW IN ORDER TO ADOPT A MORATORIUM.

THE FIRST BEING THAT THERE HAS TO BE A PUBLISHED NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH HAS TO HAVE BEEN DONE FOUR DAYS BEFORE TONIGHT'S P&Z HEARING, WHICH THAT WAS DONE ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. IN THE PRINCETON HERALD, THE CITY'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.

THE SECOND BEING A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE P&Z, AND RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD EARLIER THIS EVENING, AND THE P&Z DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL AT THAT MEETING. THIRD STEP IS WHERE WE ARE HERE TONIGHT IS PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO, NO ACTION TO FORMALLY AND FINALLY IMPLEMENT THE MORATORIUM TONIGHT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO READINGS UNDER STATE LAW.

THE FIRST BEING TONIGHT AND THEN POTENTIALLY A SECOND ONE ON SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 23RD.

SO THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM WOULD GO INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, BEING FIVE BUSINESS DAYS POST HEARING.

AND AT THAT TIME, THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO STOP ACCEPTING PERMITS, AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPROVALS UNDER THE MORATORIUM.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING, SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE ACTION BEING NEXT MONDAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE QUESTION BEING THE QUESTION THAT WE'LL GET ASKED A LOT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ASKED IS WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THE MORATORIUM? SO THE MORATORIUM AFFECTS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT.

SO NOT COMMERCIAL, JUST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS AND ETJ.

AS I MENTIONED, THE MORATORIUM IF, IF IMPLEMENTED, WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS, ASSESS THEIR LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM PLANNING, ZONING, SUBDIVISION

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NEXT SLIDE. SO AS WAS TOUCHED ON EARLIER, I THINK, BY COUNCIL MEMBER LONG, THIS MORATORIUM IS FOR 120 DAYS POST ADOPTION.

POST ADOPTION BEING SEPTEMBER 23RD.

IF WE PROCEED TO THAT AT THAT POINT AND THAT TIMEFRAME IS SPECIFIED UNDER STATE LAW.

SO, IT'S 120 DAYS JUST FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN YOU CAN EXTEND IT THEREAFTER, AS LONG AS THERE'S JUSTIFICATION TO SUPPORT AN EXTENSION TO THE MORATORIUM, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROPER NOTICE, PUBLIC HEARINGS, ET CETERA.

THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS TO THE MORATORIUM.

EXCEPTIONS TYPICALLY FALL UNDER THREE CATEGORIES, THE FIRST BEING AN ONGOING PROJECT OR WHAT'S CALLED A PROJECT IN PROGRESS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A VALID ACTIVE PERMIT. THAT'S IN EFFECT PRIOR TO THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM DATE OF SEPTEMBER 19TH.

THE SECOND BEING GRANDFATHERED PROJECTS OR PROJECTS WITH VESTED RIGHTS OR ENTITLEMENTS UNDER CHAPTER 245 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND EXECUTED FINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ARE ACCEPTED.

THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE MORATORIUM, BUT THEY'RE ACCEPTED FROM THE MORATORIUM.

THERE'S ALSO WAIVERS, TOO.

SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY COMES TO THE CITY SEEKING A PERMIT OR APPROVAL.

AND IT DOESN'T FALL UNDER ONE OF THOSE THREE CATEGORIES THAT I MENTIONED TO YOU GUYS.

AS AN EXCEPTION.

THEY CAN SEEK A WAIVER.

AND THAT WAIVER WOULD, BY STATE LAW, HAS TO BE VOTED ON BY COUNCIL WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE DATE THE REQUEST IS RECEIVED.

AND I FAILED TO MENTION FOR THE EXCEPTIONS, THOSE ARE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED OR DENIED.

IF THEY'RE DENIED AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.

SO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT THE APPLICANT CAN APPEAL TO, TO COUNCIL FOR A DETERMINATION ON THE EXCEPTION. LAST SLIDE.

SO ESSENTIALLY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, THE MORATORIUM TO ALLOW THE CITY TO ADEQUATELY PLAN, PREPARE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.

AS I MENTIONED, PNC RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

AS WELL, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD EARLIER TODAY.

AND SO WE WILL NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING HERE AFTER THIS PRESENTATION.

HERE ANY INTERESTED PROPERTY OWNERS OR DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPERS AND THEN PROCEED AS FOLLOWS.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WE ALSO HAVE DIRECTOR MAPP AND CHIEF WATERS HERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU. MISS ANDERSON, IF YOU WILL.

BACK UP ONE SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTATION OF THIS UNDER EXCEPTIONS JUST SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW AND THEN COUNCIL YOU AS WELL, IF YOU GET APPROACHED WITH THIS QUESTION.

SO FOR ONGOING PROJECTS AND PROJECTS IN PROGRESS ON OUR WEBSITE, NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TAB ON THERE FOR ENTITLED SUBDIVISIONS.

THAT WAY YOU CAN DIRECT PEOPLE THERE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT PROJECTS ARE ALREADY ONGOING WHEN THOSE PROJECTS STARTED, AND THEN KIND OF COMPARE THEM TO WHAT THIS MORATORIUM WOULD BE.

SO YEAH, AND THE MORATORIUM IS, AS MADAM MAYOR MENTIONED, IT'S THERE ARE THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ENTITLED VESTED RIGHTS.

AND THIS IS NOT WE CAN'T LEGALLY IMPLEMENT THIS TO HALT THOSE VESTED RIGHTS.

THIS IS TO POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME ON BOARD TO MAKE SURE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS UP TO PAR AND ADEQUATE FOR SOME OF THE NEW, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES INTO THE CITY.

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO YOU KIND OF TOUCHED BASE ON THE VESTED RIGHTS.

WHAT WOULD YOU REFER TO AS A GRANDFATHERED PROJECT? YEAH. SO ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING THAT HAS A VESTED RIGHT UNDER CHAPTER 245.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO WE'LL LOOK AT THEM THERE.

IT'S VERY BROAD. UNDER CHAPTER 245 ON WHAT A VESTED RIGHT.

SO IF YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE ALREADY OBTAINED APPROVALS PERMITS ET CETERA.

NOW WITH THE EXCEPTION WAIVERS AND APPEAL PROCESS THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WOULD NEED TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO IS THERE A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION? YES. IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS MORATORIUM.

YES. YEAH. WE'LL WORK WITH CITY STAFF.

AND THERE'S ALSO WE'LL HAVE SOME FORMS FOR EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS THAT HAVE TO BE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO STAFF FOR REVIEW.

AND THEN POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, FORWARD TO YOU GUYS TO SEE AT A LATER COUNCIL MEETING.

BUT YES, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET THE WORD OUT.

WE'VE ALREADY THIS EVENING AND EVEN FRIDAY HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME INQUIRIES FROM OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS.

AND SO WE'VE WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET THE WORD OUT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE REGARDING THE BUILDING

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WE HAD TO DO STUDIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, ALL AT A COST, I WOULD ASSUME, TO THE CITY.

SO WITH THAT TRANSLATE TO ANY FORM OF EXTENSION, HOW WOULD THAT LOOK FOR THE CITY TO GET AN EXTENSION? DO WE HAVE TO DO THOSE TYPES OF STUDIES AND HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS? I DON'T WANT TO SAY THERE WON'T BE ADDITIONAL COST, BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE CAN RELY ON A LOT OF THE AS LONG AS THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NOT CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY.

WE CAN RELY ON A LOT OF THESE REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, BUT IT'S NOT ONLY THE REPORTS THAT CAN JUSTIFY MORATORIUM, IT'S ANY AND ALL REASONABLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, TOO. SO YES.

AND I AND, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW THE JUSTICE RESEARCH REPORT THAT WAS I BELIEVE, ALREADY BUDGETED FOR AND PLANNED FOR AND USED TO KIND OF HELP BOLSTER THE MORATORIUM.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY FOR ME PERSONALLY, I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A COUNCIL ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE KNOWN NOW TO BE THE THIRD FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE NATION THAT WE GROW RESPONSIBLY WITH SUSTAINABILITY. AND THIS PROVIDES US A MECHANISM TO DO THAT.

AS WE ARE GROWING SO FAST THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY STOP TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEEDS, TO ADDRESS THOSE, TO LOOK AT OUR BUILDING ORDINANCES, TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING.

AS IT WAS STATED TONIGHT.

IT'S VERY, VERY CHALLENGING TO DO THAT WHILE YOU'RE ALSO MOVING AT SUCH A FAST PACE.

SO THIS IS GREAT FOR OUR CITY.

I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW.

ME PERSONALLY, I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO IT FOR A LONG TIME.

I WENT BACK AND LOOKED THROUGH MY EMAILS, AND THE VERY FIRST EMAIL THAT I HAVE IS DATED IN APRIL OF 2021, REQUESTING A MORATORIUM.

SO HERE WE ARE SEVERAL YEARS LATER, AND IT TOOK A WHILE.

BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE HERE TO HAVE THIS BREATHING ROOM THAT WE CAN START BUILDING BETTER AND HAVE A BETTER CITY.

SO AGAIN, NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON THIS TONIGHT.

THAT DOES GO IN EFFECT IN A FEW DAYS FROM NOW.

AND THEN WE RECONVENE NEXT WEEK ON THE 23RD FOR THIS ITEM.

SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE TIME IS 7:50 P.M.

IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD.

OKAY. AND SINCE NO ONE IS HERE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

THE TIME IS STILL 7:50 P.M.

THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US TO ITEM K, SPECIAL AGENDA.

WE WILL BEGIN. MADAM MAYOR, THERE WAS A MOTION FOR J5 FOR IT, I APOLOGIZE.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM J5, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-9-23.

ENACTING AND IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS AND ETJ ON THE FIRST READING.

AND I HAVE A SECOND.

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

THANK YOU. I'M SO EXCITED.

I'M SKIPPING OVER IT.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE WILL GO TO OUR SPECIAL AGENDA K.1 ORDINANCE 2024-09-1602 WATER AND SEWER RATE ORDINANCE.

[K. SPECIAL AGENDA]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHARLES COX, INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR PRINCETON.

BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT AN INCREASE IN WATER AND SEWER RATES.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN INCREASE IN PRINCETON SINCE 2019, FIVE YEARS AGO.

THE RATE INCREASE THAT IS PROPOSED IS MODERATE.

WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED A MAJOR WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY BY NU GEN STRATEGIES.

AND MATTHEW GARRETT WITH NU GEN IS HERE TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, IF THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THAT'S GOT IT.

THEY ARE TO THE RIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MATTHEW GARRETT WITH NUGENT.

STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS.

GOOD TO BE BEFORE YOU AGAIN.

BEFORE THIS MEETING, I MET IN THE OLD PLACE.

AND THIS IS NICE DIGS.

SO YOU'VE DONE WELL.

BECKY SHAFFER COULDN'T BE HERE.

MUCH TO OUR CHAGRIN, BECKY SHAFFER, WHO'S WORKED WITH YOU FOR YEARS, IS GOING TO BE RETIRING AND JOINING HER GRANDBABY AND LIFE.

SO WE WISH HER WELL, BUT I KNOW SHE WOULD RATHER BE HERE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT THAN ME.

BUT SHE'S ON TO NEW AND BETTER THINGS, PERHAPS.

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TO BE BRIEF, I'M GOING TO GO OVER A QUICK AGENDA.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG OBJECTIVES, THE BIG ROCKS OR THE KEY DRIVERS THAT ARE MOTIVATING ANY RATE CHANGE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL REVENUE REQUIREMENT OR COST LOOK LIKE IN THE HORIZON? WHAT ARE THOSE PROJECTED RATES THAT GET US OVER THE HUMP, AND THE MODERATE INCREASES THAT WE NEED IN 25? OF COURSE, WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR REGIONAL COMPARATORS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

AND THEN LASTLY WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS WHICH YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE IN YOUR BUDGET.

ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN BIG ITEMS HERE.

WE DEFINITELY WANT OUR SYSTEM TO BE SUFFICIENT.

THIS IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.

SO WE'D LIKE THE REVENUES TO COVER EXPENSES.

ADDITIONALLY THIS AS A BUSINESS HAS OTHER EXPENSES I BELIEVE YOU HAVE IN YOUR BUDGET SOME TRANSFERS WHERE YOU HAVE A FINANCE PERSON AND A PAYROLL PERSON, AND AN HR PERSON WHO ALL SERVE AND ASSIST THIS UTILITY OPERATE.

SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER TRANSFERS THAT ARE BAKED IN AS WELL.

WE NEED RESERVES.

SO WE START OFF THE YEAR IN OCTOBER.

IT'S A GOOD MONTH RIGHT.

AND THEN WE IMMEDIATELY GO INTO OUR WORST SEASON FOR WATER SALES.

AND SO THIS ENTERPRISE FUND NEEDS SOME DOLLARS IN RESERVE TO GET US OVER THE MODEST REVENUE MONTHS.

ADDITIONALLY, THINGS HAPPEN.

AND SO IT MAY NOT JUST BE THAT SEASONALITY THAT AFFECTS YOU.

IT COULD BE SOME LARGER CHANGE, PERHAPS IN A FAST GROWING COMMUNITY.

OUR GROWTH STOPS DRAMATICALLY, AS IT DID FOR ME.

I WAS A FINANCE DIRECTOR IN 2008, IN PROSPER, AND EVERYTHING STOPPED FOR A LOT LONGER THAN A FEW MONTHS.

SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT AS A BACKUP.

SO OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY FOR YOU AS A BOARD, RIGHT.

WE'RE DEVELOPING A LONG TERM PLAN.

WE WORKED WITH YOUR STAFF TO DO SO.

WE'RE FUNDING ABOUT $4 MILLION OF CAPITAL IN THE VERY NEAR TERM.

WE'RE DOING SO WITH CASH.

WE'RE NOT ADDING TO THE DEBT BURDEN.

WE ARE MEETING AND EXCEEDING YOUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AS UPDATED.

AND LASTLY, WE'VE LOOKED AT GROWTH, TRIED TO STAY CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDED EXPENSES WITH MODEST INCREASES OVER THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON.

SO, THIS IS A VERY STEEP CHART RELATIVE TO YOUR COST.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, YOU HAVE AN AVERAGE RATE OF GROWTH OF 20% ANNUALLY IN THE TOTAL EXPENSES IN THIS UTILITY.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THE BULK OF THESE EXPENSES ARE FOR YOUR WHOLESALE COSTS TO NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.

WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION THOUGH, TO CAPITAL COSTS.

THESE ARE TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAYS PRETTY SMALL IN 24, GROWING IN 25 AND INCREASING EVER MORE IN FISCAL 29.

WE'RE DOING SO WITH CASH.

SO WE'RE NOT INCREASING OUR DEBT BURDEN.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN TO CASH FUND A PAYGO OR NON-BOND FUND.

AND WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH THIS UTILITY.

BACK TO THE WHOLESALE COST.

THE WHOLESALE COST FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER ARE RISING SUBSTANTIALLY.

YOU ALSO HAVE THE GROWTH FROM COLA AND YOUR OWN GROWTH TO SUPPORT BY WAY OF YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. THAT SAID, YOUR COST FOR WHOLESALE IS GOING FROM ABOUT 40% ANNUALLY TO ABOUT 57% OF YOUR TOTAL UTILITY BUDGET BY THE END OF OUR PLANNING HORIZON.

ALL RIGHT. SOME OF THE DRIVERS FOR THAT INCREASED COST.

CERTAINLY WE HAVE OUR OWN GROWTH.

SO WE HAVE 1100 NEW CONNECTIONS ASSUMED FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IN OUR OWN CITY LIMITS.

WE DO HAVE SOME FORECASTS OF NEW COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY ACCOUNTS, BUT WE'VE ONLY FORECASTED THOSE TO BE MINIMAL.

THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL FOR A NEW RATE STUDY.

WE ASSUME THE ROOFTOPS ARE COMING.

AS YOU HAVE MANY DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS, WE DON'T ALWAYS ASSUME THEY'RE BRINGING ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL WITH THEM.

WHEN THEY COME, THAT WILL BE A SURPLUS.

AND IN FUTURE YEAR RATE STUDIES YOU'LL TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION.

SO AGAIN, ONE OTHER CONSERVATIVE MEASURE THAT WE'VE APPLIED NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH OF YOUR GROWTH IS THE HOLYOKE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION BRINGING IN 7000.

I'VE LOST. ARE WE TRACKING? THERE WE GO. AM I CONTROLLING OR SOMEONE ELSE CONTROLLING? I THOUGHT SO BECAUSE I'M REALLY STRUGGLING.

YOU MADE ME THINK I HAD CONTROL, CHARLES.

I KNEW I DIDN'T. MY WIFE TELLS ME, SO ABOUT 7000 ACCOUNTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

NOW THESE ARE OUTSIDE CITY CUSTOMERS, BUT THEY ARE HELPING YOUR SYSTEM AND THAT THEY'RE PAYING RATES ACCORDING TO THEIR CONTRACT.

YOU'LL SEE LATER. WE HAVE UPDATED THAT RATE STUDY AS REQUIRED IN THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.

AND SO WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THAT.

SO IN ADDITION TO BEING WATER CUSTOMERS YOU ALSO HAVE NONSTANDARD IS OUR PHRASE FOR THOSE WASTEWATER CUSTOMERS IN THE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION.

SO YOUR RATE STRUCTURE AND I SAY THIS IN ALMOST EVERY COUNCIL MEETING I LIVE IN MCKINNEY TEXAS.

I DON'T KNOW MY WATER RATES BECAUSE I DON'T DO THEIR WATER RATES.

AND SO AS A COUNCIL, YOU MAY NOT LOOK AT YOUR RATE SCHEDULE.

OFTEN YOU HAVE A METER EQUIVALENCY.

THAT MEANS FOR SMALLER METERS YOU PAY LESS, FOR LARGER METERS YOU PAY MORE.

THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH YOUR IMPACT FEE STUDY.

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ADDITIONALLY, YOU HAVE AN INCLINING BLOCK RATE STRUCTURE, SO THE MORE WATER YOU USE, THE MORE YOU PAY PER UNIT.

SO GOOD STEWARDS, GOOD RATE PLAN, NOT REALLY CHANGING THAT.

OKAY. ON WASTEWATER, SIMILARLY YOU DO HAVE THE SAME STRUCTURE.

SO NOT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING I JUST SAID, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE VOLUMETRIC TIERS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

THAT FIRST BLOCK WAS 0 TO 4 HERE AT 0 TO 3.

OTHERWISE IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PLAN.

ONE OTHER NUANCE THOUGH ON YOUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS THEY'RE CAPPED AT 10,000 GALLONS OF ASSUMED FLOW.

SO WHEN THE WATER BILL IS OVER 10,000, THE WASTEWATER BILL IS CAPPED AT 10,000 GALLONS.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON YOUR RATE DESIGN AS IT IS? NO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU MA'AM. SO AS WE DUG INTO THE DATA, WE HAVE ABOUT THREE YEARS OF WORKING DATA FROM YOUR UTILITY BILLING DEPARTMENT.

WE LOOKED AT THE AVERAGE CONSUMPTION, OBVIOUSLY.

OBVIOUSLY, TO PROJECT YOUR REVENUES, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND YOUR CUSTOMER BASE.

SO YOU'LL SEE PRETTY SMALL RESIDENTIAL AVERAGES 5600.

ABOUT 5700 OUTSIDE, SO PRETTY CONSISTENT.

COMMERCIAL IS VERY LARGE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY YOUR SCHOOLS AND LARGE ACCOUNTS PRIMARILY.

AND THEN YOUR SPRINKLERS ARE AVERAGING PRETTY HIGH AT 36,000, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE SEASONAL GENERALLY AND NOT RUNNING 12 MONTHS A YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE DETAILS.

SO THIS IS THE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION FOR YOUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER.

A COUPLE THINGS TO POINT OUT.

THE COLORS ARE YOUR RATE TIERS OR THE BLOCKS.

YOU HAVE JUST A LITTLE OVER HALF EXCEEDING THE 4000 GALLON MARK THAT TAPERS OFF SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND ONLY ABOUT 12% ARE EXCEEDING YOUR SECOND TIER.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT RUNS DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY TO A VERY SMALL TAIL OF ACCOUNTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY USING OVER 30,000 GALLONS.

SO AS EXPECTED, WITH THE CONSERVATION SORT OF PRICE SIGNAL THAT YOU'VE SET.

SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

PEOPLE ARE TAKING HEED.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE THE COMMERCIAL CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION HERE.

COMMERCIAL USERS ARE LESS DISCRETIONARY GENERALLY, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT QUITE USING THE SAME LEVEL OF WATER ON THEIR LAWNS.

THEY HAVE A LOT MORE PROCESSED WATER.

YOU SEE MORE CONSISTENT USE THROUGHOUT THE BLOCKS, WHICH IS ALSO BENEFICIAL.

THAT SERVES TO HELP YOUR RESIDENTS IN THE LONG RUN, BECAUSE YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL USERS HELPING PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE HIGHER RATES.

SO THAT'S MORE GOOD NEWS FOR PRINCETON AFTERNOON.

SO WE SAID THERE ARE MINIMAL RATE CHANGES.

WE DO NEED SOME RATE CHANGES.

SO THE TWO KPIS OR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU KIND OF YOUR DASHBOARD FOR THE RATE STUDY.

THE TOP ONE IS JUST REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES.

AND SO WHERE THE REVENUES ARE SHOWN BY THE LINE ARE AT OR ABOVE EXPENSES, YOU'RE DOING FINE.

BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU'RE UNDER WORSE STILL THE RESERVES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HIT, WE MISSED THE MARK BY FISCAL YEAR 2028.

SO IF WE DON'T TAKE RATE ACTION, WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESERVES TO FUND THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR STRATEGIC NEEDS, BOTH FOR CAPITAL AND FOR OPERATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE DID PROMISE NO MAJOR RATE CHANGES.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SHAKING UP THE WAY YOU CHARGE WHERE YOU CHARGE THE RATE PLAN.

WE'RE NOT MOVING YOUR TIERS AROUND OR ADDING EXOTIC STRUCTURES FOR YOUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND.

ALL WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS FOR THE UTILITIES TO COVER THEIR OWN WAY OVER SOME TIME.

AND SO AS INDICATED HERE IN THE SECOND BULLET, YOU'LL SEE THAT WATER REVENUES ARE DOING JUST FINE FOR THROUGH FISCAL 28.

WASTEWATER NOT SO MUCH.

AND PRETTY TYPICAL.

YOU'LL SEE THIS ON YOUR COMPARATOR GROUP.

WASTEWATER EXPENSES ARE JUST HIGHER PER UNIT.

AND GENERALLY THE WASTEWATER BILL FOR SIMILAR CONSUMPTION IS HIGHER IN MANY COMMUNITIES.

MOREOVER, YOU HAVE A PRETTY LOW MINIMUM CHARGE FOR WASTEWATER.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRING UP THE TOTAL REVENUES YOU ACHIEVE THROUGH YOUR MINIMUM RATES, BECAUSE YOUR OPERATIONS, 90% FIXED COST AND YOUR REVENUES ARE LESS THAN 30% FIXED.

SO JUST TRYING TO BRING THAT UP A BIT.

AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS ONE.

THANK YOU. SO THE REAL PLAN IN THE COMING YEAR AND AS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET WILL BE A SINGLE CHANGE TO THE WASTEWATER CHARGES, $1.55 TO THE MINIMUM BILL.

SO THAT'S $1.55 PER MONTH.

NO OTHER RATE ADJUSTMENTS ARE NEEDED OR RECOMMENDED FOR FISCAL 25.

THAT SAID, TO CONTINUE THE PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR 2% INCREASES TO BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES, EXCEPT THE MINIMUM CHARGE IN WASTEWATER.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING INCREASED BY $2 PER YEAR, OR $2 FOR EACH MONTH FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR.

SO OVER FIVE YEARS, THE MINIMUM WILL HAVE GONE UP $10 OR 9.55, ACTUALLY.

SO WITH THAT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE AGAIN ARE ACHIEVING THE TOP METRIC JUST FINE.

OUR REVENUES ARE AT OR ABOVE EXPENSES.

WE'RE ABLE TO FUND MILLIONS IN CAPITAL WITHOUT ISSUING DEBT, WHICH COST US EVEN MORE, AND WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR MINIMUM RESERVES AT OR ABOVE TARGET.

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SO WITH A 5000 GALLON BILL IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SEE THAT CHARGE STAYS 9734.

THAT WOULD GO UP BY, I SAID TO $1.55.

IN THE NEXT YEAR FUTURE INCREASES ARE ALL AT OR BELOW THAT.

365 TOP INCREASE PER MONTH.

SO PRETTY SMALL INCREASES IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.

I'M IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES TALKING ABOUT DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES.

AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE IN PRINCETON.

SO GLAD TO SHARE.

FOR 10,000 GALLONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SAME CHARGE AS THAT MINIMUM DOLLAR 55.

SO NO CHANGE ON THE VOLUMETRIC.

YOU WILL SEE VOLUMETRIC DIFFERENCES IN FUTURE YEARS THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAD THAT 2% ADJUSTMENT ON EACH OF THE VOLUMETRIC RATES.

SO AGAIN, THAT BILL TODAY AT 173 UP TO 195, IN THE FIVE YEARS FOLLOWING THIS PLAN, THAT'S FOR 10,000 GALLONS OF CONSUMPTION.

SO FOR RATE COMPARISONS AND THE CAVEAT IS YOUR SYSTEM ISN'T THEIR SYSTEM.

WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD IN THIS MEETING ALONE A HANDFUL OF TIMES, THAT YOU'RE GROWING AT A DIFFERENT RATE THAN EVERYONE ELSE.

THAT MEANS YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL DEMANDS MUCH DIFFERENTLY THAN A BUILT-OUT COMMUNITY LIKE PLANO, OR ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT HAS SOME SUNK COST THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE SAME LEVEL OF ANNUAL INVESTMENT.

THAT SAID, YOU'RE STILL IN A VERY GOOD POSITION.

ALL THINGS EQUAL, FOR 5000 GALLONS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER, YOU'RE IN THE BOTTOM THIRD.

NOW, THE RATES THAT YOU'RE SEEING FOR COMPARATORS ARE NOT THE RATES THEY'RE CONSIDERING IN BUDGET.

THEY'RE THE RATES IN ACT IN ACTUALLY NOW AS OPPOSED TO THOSE RATES THAT THEY WILL ADOPT.

AND I DO KNOW BECAUSE WE WORK WITH MANY, IF NOT MOST OF THESE COMMUNITIES THAT MANY ARE LOOKING AT RATE ACTION THEMSELVES.

THEY TOO ARE SERVED BY NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.

THEY TOO HAVE COST INCREASES FOR CHEMICALS FOR PEOPLE AND THE LIKE.

SO THAT SAID, YOU MOVE FROM ABOUT THE BOTTOM THIRD TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK FOR THIS CUSTOMER, AND IF YOU'LL ADVANCE TO THE NEXT, PLEASE, AT 10,000 GALLONS, YOU ARE A LITTLE HIGHER. SO, YOUR TOP MIDDLE AND YOUR RELATIVE POSITION DOESN'T CHANGE, AS THAT DOLLAR 55 INCREASE IS NOT A BIG DELTA FOR THE RATEPAYERS IN THIS COMING YEAR.

SO RELATIVE POSITION STAYS THE SAME INCREASING BY THAT DOLLAR 55.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPARISONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THESE ARE ALREADY ENCAPSULATED IN THE ORDINANCE.

BUT WE WANTED TO FIRM UP THE WAY THAT WE'RE CHARGING MULTI-UNIT.

THE PRINCIPLE HERE AND I WON'T READ THROUGH THE WHOLE SLIDE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF WORDS THERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT CHARGE PER UNIT PER WEEK.

EVERY DOOR IN AN APARTMENT IS CONSIDERED A CONNECTION, AND OUR CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE ALLOWS FOR THAT TO START BILLING.

THAT WAY, WE NEED TO BUILD EACH UNIT AS IF IT'S ITS OWN STANDALONE PROPERTY.

SO WHAT'S PROPOSED IS THAT EACH UNIT WOULD BE CHARGED THE MINIMUM RATE AND THEN ALL VOLUMES, FOR INSTANCE, 20 UNITS SERVED BY ONE LARGE METER.

ALL VOLUMES WOULD BE DIVIDED BY 20.

AND THEN THE CALCULATION WOULD BE AS IF 20 HOMES ALL HAD THAT QUOTIENT.

TOTAL VOLUMES OVER 20 AS THEIR OWN CONSUMPTION.

GENERALLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE AN APARTMENT UNIT GOING INTO YOUR SECOND TIER AS A RESULT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MULTI-FAMILY CHARGING METHODOLOGY REASONING.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE PROVIDED SOME SAMPLE LANGUAGE.

I BELIEVE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED.

WE ARE WORKING THROUGH WITH YOUR UTILITY BILLING DEPARTMENT.

THERE ARE SOME DATA HICCUPS.

IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO CHARGE THIS WAY FULLY, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE DATA YOU NEED TO DO SO.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF OUR UNITS MAKING SURE WE'RE CHARGING APPROPRIATELY, I DON'T WANT TO GET THAT WRONG.

WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM CAN BILL CORRECTLY.

AND SO YOUR UTILITY BILLING TEAM, ALONG WITH YOUR FINANCE SHOP ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WORKING.

THAT'S WHY IT HAS A PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF JANUARY 1ST AS OPPOSED TO OCTOBER 1ST.

SO IN THE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES ALREADY PAY A PORTION OF THE WATER.

IT'S DIVIDED BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

AND SO, WE WILL THIS BE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERY APARTMENT.

THERE ARE SOME APARTMENTS WHERE UTILITIES ARE COVERED.

BUT IN YOUR EXAMPLE, IF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS ALLOCATING A SUB METERED OR NON-SUB METERED BILL, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT IT'S ON THE PUC WEBSITE.

IT MAY BE GOOD TO POST AND THEY HAVE ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOUR TENANTS, YOUR RESIDENTS, CAN ASK OF THEIR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE THERE ARE WAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO DIVIDE THE BILL.

[01:10:02]

THEN THEIR BILL WOULD GO UP.

YES, MA'AM.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE BECAUSE I'VE DONE THIS MULTIFAMILY THING A LOT OF PLACES.

MY GRANDFATHER LIVED IN A TINY CABIN IN THE MIDDLE OF WACO, AND HE PAID A STANDARD BILL AND PROBABLY USED VERY LITTLE WATER.

WE ALSO HAVE THIS TINY HOME PHENOMENON HAPPENING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT IN PRINCETON YET.

IT'S VERY INTERESTING. I'VE GOT A FEW DOWN THE ROAD FROM ME, MCKINNEY, BUT EACH OF THOSE PROPERTIES WILL BE CHARGED JUST LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A THREE PERSON FAMILY LIVING IN AN APARTMENT, THEIR INDOOR WATER IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO A DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THE DELTA OR THE DIFFERENCE REALLY, FOR THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS WHAT THEY PUT ON THE LAWN.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT FROM YOUR OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE HIGHER TIERS OR INCLINING BLOCKS THAT YOUR APARTMENT UNIT FOLKS WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE.

SO THAT'S WHY, IN PRINCIPLE, THEY'RE ON PARITY.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES. OKAY.

BUT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ADJUSTMENT.

SEEING HEADS NODDING NO.

EXCELLENT. SO A QUICK TOUCH ON YOUR WHOLESALE AGREEMENT WITH HOLYOKE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION.

THIS IS A LONG STANDING AGREEMENT.

YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL YEARS TO GO.

SO WE HAD IT BACK IN 2018.

I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE I THINK WE'RE GOING THROUGH 2047, IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT.

BUT EFFECTIVELY EVERY THREE YEARS BY CONTRACT YOU HAVE TO PERFORM A RATE STUDY TO ALLOCATE THE PORTION OF THE BILL THAT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO HOLYOKE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION, PER THE TERMS OF THAT ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.

ON THE LEFT BAR OF THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOUR UNIT RATE FROM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT IS 385.

YOUR CONTRACT RATE IS 5.684 PER 1000 GALLONS TO HOLYOKE.

SO NOT ONLY DOES THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR THE RAW MATERIAL, THE WATER, RIGHT? THAT TO PASS THROUGH YOUR SYSTEM, YOU'RE WHEELING THAT OVER TO THEIR SYSTEM.

YOU HAVE PERSONNEL COSTS, YOU HAVE STORAGE COSTS AND PUMPING COSTS.

ALL THOSE HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND I BELIEVE A LETTER WILL BE SENT OR HAS BEEN SENT TOMORROW MORNING NOTIFYING THEM OF THIS RATE CALCULATION.

THIS DOES GET UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS.

SO WHEN I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT YOU'RE BEING A GOOD PARTNER AND YOU'RE ALSO RECEIVING A NICE RETURN FOR YOUR INVESTMENT, I WOULD SAY THAT YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CULLEOKA IS BENEFICIAL TO PRINCETON, INASMUCH AS THEY'RE HELPING PAY THEIR FULL SHARE OF WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR SYSTEM, PLUS HELPING YOU BEAR THE BURDEN OF YOUR WHOLESALE COST.

SO A LOT OF WAYS TO LOOK AT IT, BUT THAT'S MY UNSOLICITED OPINION ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. SO AS I SAID, PROBABLY TWICE ALREADY THAT THE RATES THAT WE'VE PROPOSED HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN AN ORDINANCE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.

I BELIEVE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, AT LEAST TO REVIEW.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S AN ACTION ITEM.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY AN ITEM NEEDED TO NOTIFY YOUR CUSTOMERS IN THE FUTURE AND ADDITIONALLY NOTIFYING HOLYOKE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION.

AND THE LAST POINT I'LL REITERATE IS, WHILE MOST OF YOUR RATES HAVE A TEN ONE EFFECTIVE DATE, WE ARE ASSUMING THAT YOU'LL NEED THROUGH JANUARY TO LOOK AT AND TO ADJUST THE MULTIFAMILY ACCOUNTS TO MAKE SURE THOSE BILLS GO OUT CORRECTLY, IF EDITED.

BUT HAPPY TO HANDLE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME WITH ME AND USING NUGEN FOR THIS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

COUNCIL. DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE ONE IF YOU CAN TOUCH BASE ON.

YOU MENTIONED INCURRING DEBT.

SO IF WE WERE TO LEAVE WATER RATES, THE SAME IS SHOWED IN BY 2029, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH RESERVES TO FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IS THAT A SCENARIO THAT WE WOULD INCUR DEBT TO MAKE UP? ARE YOU SAYING IF WE WERE TO ISSUE DEBT, WOULD WE NOT NEED A RATE INCREASE? AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT OR WRONG? WELL, IF WE DON'T DO THIS RATE INCREASE NOW, YES, SIR.

WE'RE GOING TO FALL BEHIND OR ISSUE MORE DEBT AS OPPOSED TO AND HAVE TO ISSUE MORE DEBT, WHICH IN TURN COSTS MORE.

YES, SIR. GENERALLY ABOUT TWO THIRDS OR 60 PLUS PERCENT WITH INTEREST.

SO YOU CAN CHANGE THAT $1 MILLION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF CASH INTO A $75,000 ANNUAL PAYMENT.

BUT OVER TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THAT 1.6 MILLION INSTEAD OF THE 1 MILLION.

SO WHERE YOU CAN IMPLEMENT PAYGO WITH MODEST INCREASES.

WE DO RECOMMEND IT, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY AT THE DRUTHERS OF COUNCIL.

SO THIS PLAN HERE WITH THE RATE INCREASE WOULD PREVENT US FROM INCURRING DEBT OR ISSUING DEBT WITH THE CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN THAT WE'VE ASSUMED.

YES, SIR. I DID HEAR ABOUT SOME MASTER PLANS AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND SOME OTHER SCARY ITEMS THAT I DON'T HAVE IN MY STUDY.

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I ALSO UNDERSTAND THROUGH YOUR DAS, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS THAT ARE INVESTING IN THE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE THEM.

SO WITH THE CAVEAT FROM MY OWN CIP, ABOUT $4 MILLION YOU'RE COVERING THAT IN THE NEAR TERM.

YOU'RE ALSO BUILDING A SMALL BALANCE INTO YOUR NON-BOND ACCOUNT THAT COULD BE USED TO CASH FUND THINGS IN THE FUTURE, CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO YOUR CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS LATER ON. THE TRUTH IS THOUGH, WHEN YOU SET UP THESE CAPITAL NON BOND FUNDS IN THE UTILITY IT GOES VERY FAST.

WE WORKING WITH FATE A FEW YEARS AGO BUILT THIS UP I DON'T KNOW SEVEN YEARS AGO WE STARTED AND WE STARTED TO THINK WE WERE ROLLING CASH BECAUSE WE HAD 6 MILLION, BUT THE VERY NEXT YEAR WE NEEDED AN $8 MILLION MANHOLE PROJECT.

RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A COUPLE PROJECTS.

YOU HAVE YOUR US 380 RELOCATES, AND YOU HAVE SOME INI OR INFILTRATION AND INFLOW ISSUES IN YOUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS.

I DON'T KNOW THE FULL COST OF THOSE, AND I'LL DEFER TO STAFF IF THERE ARE OTHER COSTS THAT NEED TO BE SHARED WITH YOU.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, FOR MY OWN CAPITAL COST.

COUNCIL MEMBER LONG, THAT IS TRUE.

WE CAN DEFRAY AND NOT ISSUE DEBT WITH THE PLAN WITH THESE INCREASES.

SO ONE THING I WAS LOOKING AT IS THAT YOU GAVE ON PAGE 19 AND 25,010 THOUSAND GALLON PER MONTH USER AVERAGES.

AND WHAT KIND OF RATE INCREASE? YES, SIR. SO NATURALLY I GO TO MY WATER BILL AND SEE A DIFFERENT NUMBER.

SURE. IT'S A UNIT NUMBER.

DOESN'T REFERENCE ANYTHING ABOUT GALLONS.

SO THIS IS JUST MORE OF A STATEMENT I LEARNED ABOUT THE MY WATER ADVISOR, WHICH IS THE PART OF THE BILL PAY SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR, AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY SHOW YOU THE GALLONS THAT YOU'RE USING.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR BILL AND DON'T SEE A GALLON NUMBER, YOU GO TO THAT MY WATER ADVISORY.

YOU CAN SEE THE GALLONS YOU'RE USING.

AND THAT WAY YOU CAN COMPARE IT TO THOSE TWO MONTHLY AVERAGE INCREASES.

YEAH, DEFINITELY GOOD INFO, VERY GOOD INFORMATION.

AND IF ANYONE HERE HAS NOT EVER SIGNED UP FOR THAT, PLEASE GO SIGN UP FOR THAT.

IT IS VERY HANDY ANY TIME.

MAYBE YOU'VE GOT A LEAK, IT WILL NOTIFY YOU BECAUSE YOU'LL GET A SPIKE IN YOUR USAGE, SO PLEASE SIGN UP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM PROBABLY EVERY SINGLE PERSON UP HERE, NO ONE WANTS A WATER RATE INCREASE BECAUSE WE ALL PAY A WATER BILL.

WE ARE RESIDENTS HERE.

SO WHILE I CAN'T SAY NONE OF US ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT, I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION TO EXPLAIN IT.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE SLIGHT SILVER LINING, IF THERE IS ONE IN THIS, IS THAT I THINK OUR INITIAL STUDIES PREVIOUSLY CAME OUT THAT THERE WAS AN ANTICIPATED $7 INCREASE. AND SO IF WE'RE DOWN TO WHAT WAS IT? 155 ON THAT.

I THINK 155.

155 IS AN EASIER PILL TO SWALLOW THAN $7.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT IF THERE'S SO, THANK YOU FOR NOT BEING $7.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW, PLEASE.

WELL, YOUR HONOR, NO ONE WANTS TO JUMP OUT HERE TO DO THIS, BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2020 409 1602.

SO EVERYONE CAN BLAME YOU NOW? YEAH. TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

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

. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ONE FOR THE APPROVAL OF K1 ORDINANCE, 2024-09-1602.

AND NOW WE KNOW WHO TO BLAME, MR. DEFFIBAUGH. TAKE US TO K2 ORDINANCE 2024-09.1603 FOR FEE ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A, CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-09.1603 AMENDING APPENDIX A ENTITLED FEE SCHEDULE SECTION ONE ENTITLED FEES OF THE PRINCETON MUNICIPAL CODE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AN ORDINANCE THAT MODIFIES THE APPENDIX A FEE, ORDINANCE OR FEE SCHEDULE OF THE CITY.

WE HAVE THE WE HAVE A LIST OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THESE FEES HAVE BEEN AMENDED, AND SO WE'VE RECOMMENDED THEM FOR AMENDMENT.

IN TOTAL THAT'S ABOUT ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDED CHANGES WE ESTIMATE WILL BE ABOUT $100,000 MORE TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

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I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

AT THE VERY BOTTOM ON HERE, TOURNAMENT'S BOTTOM LINE ITEM, DISC GOLF.

THAT ONE IS NOT SPECIFIED PER GAME.

DOES THAT NEED TO BE SPECIFIED PER GAME? LET ME LET ME CHECK WITH OUR PARK AND REC DIRECTOR.

GINA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.

THIS IS ACTUALLY UNDER THE TOURNAMENT SECTION, SO IT IS NOT PER GAME, IT WOULD BE PER TOURNAMENT.

IN THE. IN THE PAST THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL FEE, BUT NOW WE JUST SET IT AS ONE FLAT RATE FOR A TOURNAMENT.

BUT FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WE'RE DOING IT PER GAME.

PER TOURNAMENT.

CORRECT. OKAY.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT THE JUSTIFICATION IS FOR ALL THESE CHANGES? I'M SO SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

WHAT DO JUSTIFY THESE CHANGES? BECAUSE IF THESE ARE INCREASES IN FEES, LIKE WHY ARE WE INCREASING.

SO THE USAGE AND THE MAINTENANCE ON THE FACILITIES.

SOME OF THE FIELDS IS GOING UP JUST AS THE FERTILIZER, THE PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES AND SOME OF THE FEES DID NOT GO UP.

THEY'RE JUST ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED MORE SO CLEARLY.

SO WHAT YOU SEE AS FAR AS LIKE THE ATHLETIC FIELDS OF THE HOURLY RATES AND SO FORTH, SOME OF THESE STILL ARE THE SAME.

THEY'RE JUST CLEARER AND MORE EXACT AND EXHIBIT A VERSUS IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

SO MORE OF A DETAILED FEE EXHIBIT MORE OF JUST AN UPGRADED FEE EXHIBIT.

NOT NECESSARILY FEE INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD.

CORRECT. THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST SIMPLIFIED ALL IN ONE LOCATION FOR ANY PARK USER FEES.

THE SPECIAL EVENTS, AS MR. COX MENTIONED IN THE FEE SCHEDULE, IS THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN MORE SO IDENTIFIED.

MOST OF THE FACILITY RENTALS, THE FIELDS AND COURTS AND THE REGISTRATIONS, THOSE ACTUALLY ARE PRETTY CLOSE AND RELATIVELY THE SAME AS PREVIOUS.

THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY HAS GONE UP ARE TOURNAMENT FEES, AND THAT IS FOR THE USAGE ON THE FIELDS DIRECTLY.

THIS ABOUT THE POLICE AND FIRE FOR OUR MINIMUM $125 PER PER PERSON PER HOUR.

THAT'S PER FIREFIGHTER OR POLICE OFFICER.

IS THAT DOES THAT GO DIRECTLY TO THE OFFICER OR THE FIREFIGHTER? OR DOES THAT COME TO THE CITY AND THEN YOU JUST PAY THEM ANOTHER? I CAN HANDLE THAT. THANK YOU.

YEAH. COUNCILMAN, THE THAT'S ON THE SECOND PAGE.

AMBER, DO YOU HAVE A CAN YOU GO DOWN ONE? THERE YOU GO. YEAH.

ON THE ON THE POLICE AND FIRE.

THAT'S THAT'S TO RECOUP THE COST OF THE PERSONNEL AS WELL AS THEIR VEHICLE.

AND. NO, IT DOESN'T GO TO THE OFFICER.

IT COMES IT GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THE CITY IS PAYING TO HAVE THE THE OFFICER AT THAT EVENT.

SO IT'S TO HELP RECOUP THAT COST.

THANK YOU. AMBER, IF YOU'LL BACK UP ONE SLIDE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, CHASE, I APPRECIATE YOU.

JUST DEFINING THESE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS.

I KNOW SO MANY TIMES WE HAVE DIFFERENT USERS SIGN UP FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, AND THOSE PRICES ARE OFTEN A LITTLE BIT JUST THEY'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND SO THIS IS MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY AND UPFRONT SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OUR FEES AHEAD OF TIME.

SO I APPRECIATE HAVING THIS IN ONE CONCISE LOCATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. IF NOT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS PLEASE.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM K2 ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 091603 OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

THAT WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, MR. DEFFIBAUGH. YES. MR..

OBERA. YES.

MR. WASHINGTON? YES.

MR.. GERFERS. YES.

MR.. LONG. YES. MR..

DAVID GRAVES. YES.

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM K TWO.

ORDINANCE 2020 409 1603.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO K THREE ORDINANCE 2020 409.

1604. PROPOSED 2425 BUDGET ADOPTION ORDINANCE.

CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 409.

1604 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2425 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

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THIS IS THE OFFICIAL BUDGET ADOPTION ORDINANCE WE HAD EARLIER THIS EVENING.

A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS.

THE BUDGET HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW FOR FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AND A HALF.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE RELATED TO THE BUDGET.

I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP LAST WEEK, THAT I WAS RECOMMENDING THAT WE MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE.

THAT AMENDMENT RELATES TO THE ELIMINATION OF THE GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY TO THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.

EXCUSE ME? THE PART OF THAT SUBSIDY, EFFECTIVELY $2.9 MILLION, CAN COME IN AS EITHER A REVENUE, WHICH THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN POSTED HAS IT COMING IN AS A REVENUE, OR YOU CAN TAKE IT AS A NEGATIVE EXPENDITURE.

THE RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT FROM STAFF IS THAT THAT BE THE CASE THAT WE MOVE IT FROM REVENUES TO A NEGATIVE EXPENDITURE.

AND WITH THAT, THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE A RECOMMENDED MOTION TO MOVE PROPOSED WATER AND SEWER FUND TRANSFERS OF 2,932,000 TO THE GENERAL FUND, FROM A GENERAL FUND REVENUE ACCOUNT TO A GENERAL FUND CONTRA EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THIS THE BUDGET ADOPTION.

THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCIL, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS, PLEASE.

THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM K3, ORDINANCE NUMBER (202) 409-1604.

APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

MOVING $2,932,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

CHARGES FOR SERVICE REVENUE TO GENERAL FUND NON-DEPARTMENTAL AS A CONTRA EXPENDITURE.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL.

VOTE. MR. DEFFIBAUGH. YES.

MR. OBERA. RIVERA? YES.

MR. WASHINGTON? YES.

MR.. GERFERS. YES.

MR. LONG. YES, MISS.

DAVID GRAVES. YES.

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR K-3 ORDINANCE, 2020 409.

1604. THAT WILL TAKE US TO K FOUR ORDINANCE 2020 409.

1605 PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE ADOPTION ORDINANCE.

CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE 2409.

1605 APPROVING AND ADOPTING A TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425 TAX YEAR 24, AND LEVYING TAXES TO BE ASSESSED ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE HAD THE STATE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THAT ADOPTION.

AT THIS POINT, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC STATE REQUIRED LANGUAGE TO BE USED WHEN, IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES TO APPROVE THIS THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, THE OFFICIAL MENU MEMO, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S UNDERLINED IS THAT'S THAT IS THE ACTUAL MOTION HAS TO BE EXACTLY LIKE THAT.

ACCORDING TO STATE LAW.

ADDITIONALLY, I DO WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, BECAUSE IT IS RECOMMENDING A PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, IS BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, BUT IT EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

IT REQUIRES A 60% SUPERMAJORITY APPROVAL.

AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? YOU KNOW, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, JUST LIKE MISS DAVID GRAVES SAID EARLIER AND GOT THE EXPLANATION THAT ALTHOUGH OUR TAX RATE IS STAYING THE SAME, THERE'S AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE.

ALTHOUGH WE ALWAYS SAY THIS EVERY TIME WE MAKE A MOTION TO DO THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RAISING OUR TAX RATES, BUT WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE JUST RAISING THE REVENUE IS INCREASING BECAUSE OF THE EVALUATIONS HAVE INCREASED.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT WE WE WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR PROPERTY TAXES.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, OUR ROADS AND SCHOOLS, AND JUST ENSURING THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING THE RESOURCES OF THE CITY TO MATCH THE GROWTH THAT THIS IS NECESSARY.

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YOUR HONOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT I MOVE, THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.440226, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 5.4% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? I'LL SECOND THAT, YOUR HONOR.

OKAY. THAT WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MR. DEFFIBAUGH. YES.

MR. OBERA. YES.

MR. WASHINGTON? YES.

MR.. GERFERS. YES.

MR.. LONG. YES.

MR.. DAVID GRAVES. YES.

MOTION CARRIES 604K FOR ORDINANCE 2020 409.

1605. THAT WILL TAKE US TO K FIVE ORDINANCE 2020 409.

1606 BUDGET AND TAX RATE RATIFICATION ORDINANCE.

CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE 2020 409.

1606 RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

2425 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

AS A RESULT OF THE CITY RECEIVING MORE REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES IN PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS THE.

YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING TIRED OF SEEING ME HERE TONIGHT, BUT THIS IS THE LAST BUDGET ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

AND IT ESSENTIALLY IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

IT RATIFIES WHAT YOU'VE JUST DONE IN TERMS OF ADOPTING THE BUDGET AND ADOPTING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION GOING.

WELL, YOUR HONOR, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFICALLY AS IT HAS TO SAY, BUT I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024 NINE 1606, THE BUDGET AND TAX RATIFICATION ORDINANCE ETRUSCANS RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASES IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025. ANNUAL OPERATION BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

AS A RESULT OF THE CITY RECEIVING MORE REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.

AND TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU.

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

OBERA. YES.

MR.. WASHINGTON YES.

MR.. GERFERS YES.

MR.. LONG. YES. MISS DAVID GRAVES.

YES. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR K FIVE ORDINANCE 2020 409 1606.

MR. COX, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. YOU PRESENTED A BEAUTIFUL BUDGET.

AGAIN, YOU HIT ON EVERYTHING THAT COUNCIL DESIRED.

AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL.

SO SINCERELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'LL TAKE US TO CASE SIX 2024-192.

CONSIDER APPROVING A NONSTANDARD WASTEWATER SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS AND AUSTIN.

TWO TRACKS LP AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNCIL. CRAIG FISHER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S ETJ OR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

IT'S LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 392.

AND THE DEVELOPER IS SEEKING TO ENTER INTO A NONSTANDARD SANITARY SEWER AGREEMENT TO RECEIVE SEWER SERVICE FROM THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

THE PROPERTY THEY'RE PROPOSING, A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BEING THAT IT'S OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS, OUTSIDE OF OUR ETJ.

WE HAVE NO LAND USE CONTROL OVER THIS PROPERTY.

WE WOULD JUST BE SERVING SEWER TO THE PROPERTY.

THEY'LL BE RECEIVING WATER FROM CULLEOKA.

PER THE AGREEMENT, THE DEVELOPER WILL BUILD THE NECESSARY SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.

A LIFT STATION AND A FORCE MAIN.

AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CONNECT INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN ONCE IT'S THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, THE CITY WOULD ACCEPT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTAIN IT.

THE FUTURE TENANTS OF THIS PROPERTY WOULD PAY PART OF THE PORTION OF THEIR BILL WOULD COME TO THE CITY TO HELP MAINTAIN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN OUR SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT OR CCN.

SO WE ARE OBLIGATED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AND SERVE THIS PROJECT.

PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET.

THE CITY SERVES OTHER SIMILAR PROPERTIES OUTSIDE OF THE ETJ.

IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THIS ITEM.

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I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE DEVELOPER.

MR. HUFFINES IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE JUST A GENERAL QUESTION.

WOULD THE ETJ AFTER THE DEVELOPERS PAY THE IMPACT FEES? IS THAT A ONE TIME FEE OR IS IT DOES IT CONTINUE EVERY YEAR OR IS JUST THAT ONE TIME IMPACT FEES ARE ONE TIME.

ONE TIME? CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BUT IN THIS CASE, THE PROPERTY IS OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS AND OUTSIDE THE ETJ.

THEY WILL PAY A ONE TIME SEWER CONNECTION FEE PER UNIT.

JUST TO. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT ONCE ALL THESE 390 RESIDENCES ARE BEING SERVED BY OUR SEWER SYSTEM, THEY WILL BE PAYING A SEWER BILL TO PRINCETON.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WILL WE BE WILL WE ALSO BE PROVIDING FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION? FIRE SERVICES? POLICE PROTECTION? NO, NOT ONLY FOR SEWER.

JUST SEWER ONLY.

YES. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL? OKAY. IF NOTHING ELSE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.

MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO.

BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE ITEM UNDER SECTION FOUR OF THE NRSA.

WE'RE ACTUALLY.

THEY WILL NOT BE PAYING CONNECTION FEES.

INSTEAD, THEY WILL BE CONVEYING AN EASEMENT.

I THINK IT'S APPROXIMATELY AN ACRE OR SO TO THE CITY IN LIEU OF CONNECTION FEES UNDER THE PROPOSED NSCR.

THEY WILL BE PAYING MONTHLY WASTEWATER BILLS, BUT THE WASTEWATER CONNECTION FEES ARE NOT APPLICABLE UNDER SECTION FOUR.

JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE SAYING LIKE A TRADE OFF WAS EASEMENT LAND? CORRECT. WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THIS OVER TIME FOR THE CITY? HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT IN THE LONG RUN? I SEE THE BENEFIT AS NEUTRAL.

WE WILL SERVE SEWER TO THE SITE.

THE RESIDENTS WILL PAY THEIR SEWER BILL.

THERE'S NO.

I DON'T SEE A BENEFIT NECESSARILY.

SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

STATE FARM IS THERE, OR PRINCETON IS THERE? YEAH, SURE.

AND AS THE PROPERTY IS IN OUR SEWER SYSTEM, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE THEM.

IF WE WERE TO FIGHT IT, CHANCES ARE NOT GOOD WE WOULD NOT WIN.

SO, YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S PRECEDENT SET THAT WE'RE COMPELLED TO DO THIS BY LAW? I DID WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT BEING THAT THOSE RESIDENTS WILL BE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS, THEY WILL PAY ONE AND A HALF TIMES THE RATE FOR THEIR SEWER BILL.

AND, MR. LONG, IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR QUESTION.

SORRY. JUST IS THERE LIKE THERE'S A PRECEDENT SET THAT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH COMPELLED TO DO THIS? CORRECT. YEAH. WE SERVE OTHER SUCH PROPERTIES.

IF WE WERE TO DENY THIS TONIGHT, THE DEVELOPER COULD APPEAL TO THE PUC OR PUC AND WE WOULD LOSE THAT FIGHT.

AND IF WE WERE TO DENY AND IT WAS APPEALED, THE PUC WOULD MOST LIKELY REQUIRE US TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT STANDS TODAY. IF WE APPROVED IT, THE DEVELOPER IS ON THE HOOK TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

INTERESTING. OPPOSITION.

ARE YOU WAITING FOR A MOTION? I AM, OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 2024-192A NONSTANDARD WASTEWATER SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS AND AUSTIN.

TWO TRACKS LP.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

[01:40:02]

. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR K6 2024-192.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO K SEVEN.

ORDINANCE 2024-09.1607 CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-09.1607 AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-08.

1401 BY CORRECTING THE BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION OF TURN NUMBER FOUR AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].

I'M WITH THE FIRM OF 3360 PUBLIC FINANCE.

THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU PERTAIN TO CORRECTING THE BOUNDARY FOR TIRZ NUMBER FOUR, AS WELL AS CERTAIN SUBZONES 41 AND 42 WITHIN THE TOURS.

IF YOU WILL RECALL, TOURS NUMBER FOUR OVERLAYS THE SICILY PROJECT AND THE TOURS IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES.

EACH PHASE CORRESPONDS TO A SUBZONE, AND AS MR. GULBIS HAD INDICATED PREVIOUSLY IN TALKING ABOUT EAST RIDGE, THE SAME CONCEPT APPLIES HERE.

PROPERTY TAX OR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT THAT IS GENERATED WITHIN EACH SUBZONE AS IT DEVELOPS, WILL BE USED TO OFFSET THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN LEVIED WITHIN THAT SAME SUBZONE.

SUBZONE 4.2 IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE LAGUNA AREA, AND IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE NO ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN LEVIED, BUT THE TAX INCREMENT WILL BE USED AS FUNDING FOR CERTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS.

AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TIRZ AND THE SUBZONES, WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND IN THAT PROCESS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN SCRIVENER'S ERRORS OR INADVERTENT ERRORS IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.

AND SO, I CONFIRM THAT WITH THE DEVELOPER'S ENGINEER WHO PREPARED THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A TECHNICAL FIX THAT WOULD ALLOW THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOURS.

AND THEN THAT WORK TRANSFERS OVER TO THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, WHO THEN CALCULATES THE ACTUAL TAX INCREMENT EACH YEAR WITHIN THE TOURS AND WITHIN THE SUBZONES.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? YOUR HONOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024-09.1607, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-08.1401 BY CORRECTING THE BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION IN TIRZ NUMBER FOUR.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT.

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

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR K SEVEN.

ORDINANCE 2024-09.1607.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO K EIGHT.

ORDINANCE 2024-09.1608.

CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-09.1608.

AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-09.

1105 BY CORRECTING THE BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION OF TIRZ FOUR WITH THE PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCING PLAN FOR TIRZ NUMBER FOUR AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

SO, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, THIS THIS IS THE COUNTERPART TO THE FIRST ORDINANCE.

THE FIRST ORDINANCE AMENDED OR THE FIRST ORDINANCE AMENDED THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE TOURIST CREATION ORDINANCE.

THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS THE BOUNDARIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE TIRZ PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN.

SO WE HAVE TWO DOCUMENTS FOR WHICH WE NEED TO CORRECT THE TIRZ BOUNDARIES.

WITH THAT, YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024-09.1608.

APPROVED AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-09.1608 AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-09.1105 BY CORRECTING THE BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION OF TIRZ NUMBER FOUR WITHIN THE PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCING PLAN FOR TOURIST NUMBER FOUR.

THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

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

[01:45:02]

THAT'LL TAKE US TO K.9 2024-09 1609.

CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-09.1609 PRINCETON POLICE COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT RELATED TO AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ARPA FUNDS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.

MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JAMES ROGERS, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

RICK IRVINE, DIRECTOR OF IT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND I WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT WE'VE BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS GRANT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THIS GRANT IS GOING TO DO FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON AND COMMUNICATIONS AND MAKING IT SAFER FOR THE COMMUNITY, TOO.

SO, MR. IRVINE HAS REACHED OUT TO US, I GUESS ROUGHLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO IN COMMUNICATION REFERENCED THIS GRANT COMMUNICATIONS GRANT AND JUST SEEING HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THE CITY PRINCETON JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER, A LITTLE BIT SAFER.

AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE GOT TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE OFFICERS AND FOUND OUT SOME OF OUR NEEDS.

WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUND OUT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE WERE ABSOLUTELY STRUGGLING IN AND WHAT WAS GOING TO END UP COSTING OUR TAX DOLLARS A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY. SO IF WE CAN GET THIS APPROVED THROUGH THE GRANT, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SAVE US SOME OF THAT MONEY MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE'RE NOT WORKING. THERE WE GO.

SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP LOOKING AT IS OUR RADIOS.

SO RIGHT NOW OUR RADIOS, THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING OUT OF DATE OR OUT OF SHELF LIFE FOR US RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING EVERY SINGLE RADIO THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.

THIS RADIO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS AN APX N70 OR I'M SORRY, APX N70.

WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING 60 RADIOS, 80 MICROPHONES, 60 EARPIECES, 80 EXTRA ANTENNAS, AND 20 ADDITIONAL BATTERIES WITHIN THIS RADIO.

THE REASON WHY THIS RADIO IS APPEALING TO US.

AS YOU KNOW, OUR MOBILE DATA COMPUTERS WITH INSIDE OF OUR CARS HAVE GPS IN THEM.

HERE LATELY WE'RE KIND OF EXPERIENCING A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOOT PURSUITS.

WE'RE GETTING OUT IN SOME OF THE WOODED AREA AND SOME OF THE BACK TRAILS.

THESE RADIOS HAVE A CLEAR TOUCH SCREEN ON THE BACK END OF THE RADIOS THAT ACTUALLY TRACKS THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICER WITH THE RADIOS.

SO IF YOU WERE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BACK TRAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT OFFICER IS.

ALSO, THIS RADIO HAS WI-FI CAPABILITY.

SO WHENEVER WE'RE TESTING THESE RADIOS OUT, THE ACTUAL SPOKESMAN CAME UP, HE GOT ON THE RADIO AND HE WAS ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY IN CHICAGO.

SO IF WE'RE EVER OUTSIDE OF COLLIN COUNTY OR OUTSIDE OF THE PRINCETON DIGITAL RANGE AREA, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH OVER AND BE ABLE TO STILL COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

SO THERE ARE SOME TIMES THAT WE DO GET IN PURSUITS THAT GO OUTSIDE OF PRINCETON MCKINNEY? MAYBE IN SOME OF THE WOODED AREA DOWN OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY TO WHERE WE LOSE RADIO RECEPTION WITH INSIDE OF OUR CARS? NOT WITH THESE RADIOS.

AND SO IT'S AN OFFICER SAFETY ISSUE.

WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK AND SEE EXACTLY WHERE THEIR OFFICER IS.

ANY PERSON OR DISPATCH AND ANY PERSON WITH COMMAND ACCESS CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE BLUE DOTS ARE ON THE MAPS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST THING.

THE SECONDARY THING I'M SORRY THE REMOTE DON'T WORK.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE.

WITH OUR RADIOS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, WE LOOK AT REPURPOSING THESE RADIOS.

SO I'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH MR. MAPP. WHERE'S HE AT? MISTER MAP.

WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO REPURPOSE OUR RADIOS BY GIVING THEM OUR CURRENT RADIOS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

WE GOT TO SCRUB SOME OF THE DISPATCH OFF.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SIEGE OF STUFF, ALL THE OTHER JUNK THAT'S ON THERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SCRUB THOSE, SCRUB THOSE CHANNELS OFF, BUT LEAVE PROBABLY TWO CHANNELS ON THERE.

OUR PRINCETON PD CHANNELS.

AND SO WHENEVER WE EITHER ARE RUNNING SPECIAL EVENTS OR MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, PUBLIC WORKS HAS ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US AND FIRE AS WELL. AND SO THAT KIND OF SHORES UP THE TEAM ALL THAT MUCH MORE.

ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE, I'M SORRY.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.

I KNOW EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE BIT TIRED, BUT WE'LL KIND OF GO FROM THERE.

ONE OF THE NEXT THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS GOING TO BE THE SRT COMMUNICATION EARPIECE.

AS WE'RE AWARE, CDC WAS ABLE TO GIVE US A GRANT FOR OUR SRT TEAM TO BE ABLE TO GET THE VESTS, HELMETS, ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF.

SO THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE'RE MISSING OUT ON NOW ARE SOME OF THE EARPIECES.

SOME OF THE EARPIECES ARE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT DOES COME NOT ONLY WITH THE EARPIECE, BUT A COMMUNICATIONS BOX.

AND COMMUNICATIONS BOX IS PRETTY MUCH THE DESCRAMBLER, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE DEALS.

WHILE THESE GUYS OR WHILE THESE TROOPS ARE OUT THERE, IT DOESN'T GET BROKEN ALL THAT MUCH MORE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 18 EARPIECES WITH EACH ONE HAS COMMUNICATION BOX OF A TOTAL OF $4.

EXCUSE ME. CHIEF. LET ME ASK A QUESTION THERE.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR EARPIECES? MY MILITARY EARPIECES GOT MY EARS RINGING NOW.

SO ARE THESE KIND OF CUSTOMIZED? DIFFERENT? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DONE CHANGED THE DESIGN ON THEM OR ANYTHING FOR DAMAGE TO YOUR EARS.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING, AND FROM WHAT I'M BEING RELAYED, AND ALSO, I HAVE ONE OF THE SWAT TEAM MEMBERS, SERGEANT CODY TRIM.

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THEY DID END UP LOOKING INTO ALL THESE ASPECTS OF THE EARPIECES AND ALL THAT, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY KIND OF MOVE FORWARD.

SERGEANT CRIM, DO YOU HAVE ANY PERTINENT INFORMATION REGARDING THAT QUESTION AS FAR AS THE EARPIECES EAR COVERAGE, DOES IT HELP OUT WITH THE RINGING OF THE EAR, EAR PROTECTION, ALL THAT STUFF? YEAH.

SO THE REASON WE WENT WITH THESE IS THAT LITTLE FOAMY PIECE.

IT PROVIDES HEARING PROTECTION AS WELL, UP TO A CERTAIN DECIBEL, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO THE SET THAT WE LOOKED AT WITH THIS GRANT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET KIND OF THE TOP OF THE LINE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO IN A YEAR OR TWO, GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SPEND MORE MONEY. AND SO THESE WILL ALLOW US REALLY GOOD COMMS AS WELL AS HEARING PROTECTION.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. AND THE FOLLOW ME PIECE.

SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SO THIS IS ANOTHER OUT OF DATE WITH INSIDE OUR CARS, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE WEAR CHEST CAMERAS.

OUR CHEST CAMERAS ARE OUT OF DATE, AND THEY ARE GOING OFF OF SERVICE.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE UNREPAIRABLE RIGHT NOW, ON LIEUTENANT CABRERA'S DESK.

I HAVE ROUGHLY EIGHT CHEST CAMERAS.

AND FOR THEM, SINCE THEY'RE OUT OF DATE FOR THEM JUST TO LOOK AT IT, IT'S GOING TO COST ME ABOUT $300 A CAMERA WHENEVER I SEND IT IN, JUST FOR THEM TO START TEARING IT APART, TO LOOK AT IT, TO TELL US THAT IT'S UNFIXABLE.

SO WE ARE ROUGHLY LOOKING AT STARTING TO REPLACE ALL THOSE CHEST CAMERAS WITH EVERY SINGLE NEW VEHICLE.

WE'RE GETTING THE NEWER CHEST CAMERAS, EVERYTHING THAT IS STARTING TO COME DOWN THE LINE, BUT WE HAVE TO START REPLACING THE OLD CHEST CAMERAS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO I'M LOOKING AT A REPLACEMENT OF TEN BODY WORN CAMERAS, AND I'M DOING A CONVERSION KIT ON TEN IN-CAR VIDEO CAMERAS AS WELL, FOR A TOTAL OF $93,311. SO ONE OF THE NEW FEATURES ON THESE NEW CAMERAS AS WELL, IS YOU CAN GET TO THE COMMAND SYSTEM ON THAT, AND YOU CAN START REVIEWING FOOTAGE IF WE HAVE A MAJOR INCIDENT.

LET'S SAY THE SRT TEAM IS OUT DOING ANOTHER RAID OR SOMETHING, AND THEY'RE WEARING THESE CAMERAS.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOG INTO IT FROM THE EOC SYSTEM AND SEE EXACTLY REAL TIME WHAT'S GOING ON.

NEXT, LPR LICENSE PLATE READER FROM MOTOROLA.

SO AS EVERYBODY IS AWARE, WE RECENTLY HAD AN ARSON SLASH HOMICIDE.

ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO DID THIS IS WE USED LICENSE PLATE READERS FROM OTHER CITIES AGENCIES.

AND SO WHENEVER WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT VEHICLE THAT PERSON WAS IN, WE WERE ABLE TO START TRACKING THAT VEHICLE WHERE THEY WERE HEADING TO, AND THEN START MAKING AN INVESTIGATIVE GUESS AS FAR AS WHAT LOCATION THAT THEY WOULD END UP IN.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS TURNED OUT ULTIMATELY WORSE AT THE END OF IT.

BUT WE WAS ABLE TO TRACK DOWN EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE AT RIGHT NOW.

I'M PROPOSING A TOTAL OF SEVEN FIXED UNITS IN A FIXED UNIT IS I WANT TO PUT THEM AT EVERY MAJOR INTERSECTION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PRINCETON AND THREE DETACHABLE DEPLOYABLE UNITS.

SO THAT WAY IF WE START HAVING MORE AND MORE BURGLARY MOTOR VEHICLES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I CAN MOVE THEM AROUND THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A LICENSE PLATE.

READER DOES.

IF WE HAVE EITHER STOLEN CARS OR ANYTHING THAT WE ENTER INTO NCIC, TCC, NATIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE CENTER, OR SAME THING WITH TEXAS SIDE, IT'LL PICK UP ON THAT AND IT'LL SEND MESSAGES OUT TO DISPATCH.

THEY'LL SEND MESSAGES TO THE OFFICERS ON THE MVCS ON THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT LETS THEM KNOW, HEY, WE JUST HAD THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AT THIS TIME HEADING THIS DIRECTION.

JUST HIT FOR EITHER A STOLEN VEHICLE OR A WANTED OR SOMETHING.

A LOT OF BROADCAST INFORMATION.

SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE MORE AND MORE AGENCIES AS THEY GET BIGGER.

WE'RE DEFINITELY USING THIS SYSTEM.

SO RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING FOR SEVEN FIXED UNITS, THREE DETACHABLE ONES.

FOR FIVE YEAR FIVE YEAR TOTAL AT $150,000.

IS THIS THE SAME THING AS THE SEVERAL YEARS AGO? AND I HAVEN'T SEEN MANY OF THEM.

THEY ACTUALLY OWN THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES, THE POLICE VEHICLES AS THEY PASSED, CARS PASSED BY, AND IT ACTUALLY PICK UP OF THE VEHICLES ARE STOLEN.

YES, SIR. YEAH.

AND SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LICENSE PLATE READERS ACTUALLY ON THE CARS.

SO, ACTUALLY, THE COOL THING WITH THE MOTOROLA SYSTEM IS THEY WILL GIVE US A COUPLE OF THOSE FOR FREE.

TO KIND OF TRY OUT.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE CMB UNIT THAT WAS RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF WORK ON THAT ASPECT OF IT AS WELL.

BUT I DO FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY NECESSARY TO PUT IT OUT ON 380.

I DO FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S OUT THERE, BUT ALSO IT DOES HOLD A FIVE YEAR RETENTION PLAN.

SO ALL THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE, I'M SORRY, FIVE YEAR RETENTION PLAN, A FIVE YEAR RETENTION ON THE LICENSE PLATES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH.

SO IF LET'S JUST SAY WE DO HAVE A BUNCH OF BURGLARY MOTOR VEHICLES, IT ALL GETS REPORTED ONE DAY AND THEN TWO DAYS LATER WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE VEHICLE IT WAS OR LICENSE PLATE IT

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WE CAN ACTUALLY PLUG IT IN THERE, ASSIGN IT A CASE NUMBER, AND IT'LL TELL US WHEN THAT VEHICLE WAS OR WHENEVER IT WAS THERE.

WHEN WE START KIND OF USING IT AS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL OR TOOL TO GET BACK.

THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT PRIVACY ISSUES AND STUFF ALONG THOSE LINES.

TXDOT OR I'M SORRY, TEXAS DPS.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OVER THE LICENSE PLATE.

THE LPR IS THE RECOGNITION PART OF THE LICENSE PLATES.

SO THE SAME THING WITH OUR MOBILE DATA COMPUTERS.

HOW WE'RE HELD TO THAT HIGHER STANDARD.

IF WE MISUSE THAT, WE CAN AND WILL GET CHARGES FILED AGAINST US.

SAME THING WITH THE LPR.

WE CAN'T BE JUST CHECKING ANY LICENSE PLATE OUT THERE WITHOUT HAVING AN ASSIGNED CASE NUMBER OR A REASONABLE SUSPICION THAT'S OUT THERE.

IT'S JUST A MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

WHO MONITORS THAT? WHO TAKES THE DPS? SO THEY RANDOMLY AUDIT THAT MISUSE OF THE SYSTEM? YES, SIR. OKAY. 100%.

AND THEN ALSO AT THE END.

SO WE WILL BE REQUIRED, I WANT TO SAY TWICE A YEAR TO DO A RANDOM AUDIT AS WELL.

SO SAME THING WITH THE MDC.

SO OUR MDC WE ACTUALLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.

WE DO ONCE A MONTH ON THE MDC.

WE JUST CHECK ANYBODY'S AUDITING SYSTEM AND ALL THAT.

SO BUT IT'S THE SAME THING.

WHENEVER WE HAVE A THING CALLED ACCURATE THAT JUST IS ABLE TO CHECK PEOPLE, WE DO RANDOM AUDIT ON THOSE AS WELL.

CHIEF, THERE IS A AGREEMENT THAT YOU'LL BE SIGNING WITH TEXAS DPS TO DO THIS.

AND THAT'S KIND OF CAN YOU KIND OF JUST TOUCH BASE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH. SO THE AGREEMENT ON THE TEXAS DPS AGREEMENT, SO LIKE I STATED THERE, OVERALL, THE LPR, SO THE AGREEMENT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING THAT WE SIGNED FOR IN DCS, MOBILE DATA, COMPUTERS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE NOT TO MISUSE OR MISUSE ANY OF THE INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS THAT'S PROVIDED TO YOU IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, FORM.

IT GIVES SOME DIFFERENT LINE OUTS AND ALL THAT, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE.

IT'S A WARNING. IT'S A CAUTIONARY TALE IF YOU DO, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

AND SO IT'S THINGS THAT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN LINE.

BUT BEING A PART OF THE TEXAS BEST PRACTICES PROGRAM, WE ARE ALSO HELD IN LINE BY MAKING SURE THAT THE POLICIES AND ALL THAT ARE UP TO DATE.

AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING POLICIES THAT HAVE THESE THINGS COVERED, EITHER WITHIN A POLICY OR INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS THAT COME UP UNDERNEATH OUR PURVIEW.

IS IT KIND OF LIKE THE SAME THING WITH YOUR TERMINALS AND YOUR VEHICLES OR OFFICERS? THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TOILETS AND INLETS TRAINING AND AND SHOULD THEY ABUSE THAT, THEY COULD GET PUNISHED BY FINES.

BUT ALSO YOU COULD LOSE YOUR PERMISSION TO USE THOSE THAT EQUIPMENT.

YES, SIR. YES.

IT'S THE EXACT SAME THING.

IT'S JUST THAT IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TOOL.

AND SO THIS LPR SYSTEM AS WELL WORKS WITH SOME OF THE NEW TOOLS THAT Y'ALL RECENTLY JUST APPROVED WITHIN THE BUDGET, WITHIN OUR INVESTIGATIVE UNIT AS WELL.

SO WHENEVER WE'RE PUTTING OUT OUR BOLOS, WHICH I'VE SEEN MORE AND MORE OF THOSE HERE LATELY, THOSE ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED IN.

AND THEN EVERYTHING IS JUST INTEROPERABLE BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF LOOKING FOR THAT FAST COMMUNICATION ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.

CHIEF, SORRY.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING TO BE OVERSEEING THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL AREN'T ABUSING THE POWER WITH THESE WITH THESE CAMERAS. IS THERE AN ONGOING MAINTENANCE PROTOCOL THAT GOES ALONG WITH THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY? BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T LOOK THROUGH THESE WITHOUT ASSIGNING A CASE NUMBER, HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY'RE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY? 100%. SO THAT'S PART OF THE 150,000 IS A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY.

AND SO IT'S A MAINTENANCE WARRANTY WITHIN THERE.

AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU CAN PLUG IN EITHER TEST RUNS TEST KITS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ASSIGN IT TO BOLO AND JUST SEE WHAT IT PICKS UP AND WHAT IT DOESN'T PICK IT UP.

YES, THERE ARE TEST CASES OUT THERE THAT YOU DO IT, BUT SINCE THEY ARE MAINTAINING THOSE, THAT COMES WITH PART OF THAT FIVE YEAR WARRANTY, IF ONE OF THESE DOES GO DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING FOR SEVEN PLUS THREE PORTABLE, IF ONE GOES DOWN AND IT NEEDS MAINTENANCE AND IT NEEDS FIX, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW LONG THE TURNAROUND ON FIXING ONE OF THOSE IS? BECAUSE IF ONE OF THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND IT'S NOT WORKING, AND THAT'S THE INTERSECTION THAT THE PERSON GOES THROUGH TO GO DOWN A BACK ROAD OR WHATEVER.

IT DOESN'T WORK THAT YEAH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF WE.

IF ONE OF THE FIXED UNITS DOES GO DOWN, THEN WE JUST TAKE THAT OFF.

PUT A DETACHABLE.

OR A MOVABLE UNIT UP UNTIL THE FIXED UNIT COMES BACK.

SO DEPENDING UPON EVERYTHING.

SOFTWARE OR IT JUST KIND OF VARIES ON WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG WITH IT, WHAT MIGHT NOT, BUT.

USUALLY IT'S A PRETTY GOOD TIME FRAME.

TIFFANY, DO YOU HAVE A BETTER ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? NO, IT IS LOCAL TO US.

IT'S HERE IN TEXAS. SO THE TURNAROUND TIME ON THE OTHER PRODUCTS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGH THAT SAME COMPANY HAVE BEEN 4 TO 6 WEEKS, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT AT END OF LIFE.

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CHIEF. TWO THINGS.

YOU. CAN YOU REITERATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR PRINCETON PD POLICY ON THIS? AND THEN ALSO, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I SAW IS THE CONCERN THAT THIS WILL BE USED FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT? YEAH, SO I DON'T. OKAY.

SO THE PRINCIPAL PD POLICY WE ALREADY HAVE WITHIN POLICY THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO UTILIZE ANY INVESTIGATIVE TOOL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITHOUT REASONABLE SUSPICION OR PROBABLE CAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THEY DO USE IT FOR ANY PERSONAL GAIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

I MEAN, AND I'LL AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE TO DO AN AUTOMATIC REPORTING TO TEXAS DPS.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME, EITHER THE RANGERS OR DPS, SOMEONE STARTS GETTING INVOLVED.

AND THAT'S JUST IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

RIGHT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, NO ONE WANTS TO HAVE CRIMINAL CHARGES ONLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE THIS FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN'T GO LET'S JUST SAY THE RED SUBARU IS DRIVING AT 50 MILES AN HOUR ON THIS DATE AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE I ALWAYS HAVE TO PROVE UP THE DRIVER WHO THE DRIVER IS, RIGHT? I CAN'T JUST ISSUE A CITATION TO A VEHICLE.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOT TO BE A DRIVER THAT'S THERE.

SO THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITHOUT PROVING WHO THE DRIVER IS BEHIND THE VEHICLE FOR ANY SORT OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT.

I JUST WANTED TO TO HEAR THAT CLARIFIED PUBLICLY.

THAT'S ALL. IT'S JUST A CONCERN THAT IF YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE ME SAY IT PUBLICLY, IF YOU IF YOU RESEARCH THIS STUFF ON THE INTERNET AND YOU SEE ALL SORTS OF CONCERNS, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REPETITIVE CONCERNS IS THAT THIS WOULD BE USED FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

YES, SIR. SO IT'S JUST NICE TO KNOW.

NO, SIR. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, YOU KNOW THAT THAT SOME.

I THINK SOME CITIES STILL HAVE THOSE, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE PROPERLY MARKED.

WELL, THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM.

BUT A LOT OF THOSE, THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS AND STUFF, IT HAS TO BE A CIVILLY ENFORCED.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, HELD WITHIN A COURT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD.

WE JUST CAN'T WE CAN'T DO IT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO PROVE UP WHO THE DRIVER IS OF THE VEHICLE FOR ANY TYPE OF MOVING INFRACTIONS.

I THINK THIS IS ON THE RECORD.

I THINK THIS IS GREAT THAT YOU ALL ARE BEING ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS THAT AREN'T OUR TAX DOLLARS.

IT'S THE FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS COMING TO US.

SO I THINK IT'S NEAT THAT WE GET TO USE THESE FUNDS TO HELP IMPROVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LIKE THIS. THIS IS GREAT.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS BOTH.

RICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING THROUGH THE ORIGINAL PLAN ON WHAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS DIFFERENTLY AND GIVING US THE SURPLUS THAT WE CAN DO THIS.

SO BOTH YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.

I LOVE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR OUR PD.

THAT HELPS YOU GUYS, THAT KEEPS YOU SAFE AND IT HELPS US.

SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR BOTH OF YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I DO APPRECIATE I BELIEVE YOU KNOW, MR. RICK AND MISS ALLISON COOK OVER THERE.

THEY BOTH HAD A HAND IN IT AND THEY JUST CAME TO US.

AND I JUST I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT COSTS.

IT WILL TAKE US YEARS UPON YEARS TO ACTIVELY GET THIS STUFF.

AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PREPPING FOR THE FUTURE.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GOING. WE'RE PRAYING FOR THE FUTURE.

AND SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN HERE.

A LOT OF AGENCIES DON'T EVEN HAVE THESE ITEMS YET.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE A STEP AHEAD OF THOSE AGENCIES.

SO WHENEVER WE START GETTING ALL THESE OTHER OFFICER POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN, IT'S JUST MORE RECRUITMENT TOOLS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

YEAH, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE TAKING.

IF WE THINK ABOUT WHERE WE WERE JUST NOT SO DISTANT PAST, THAT WE WERE USING BORROWED EQUIPMENT AND HAND-ME-DOWNS, AND NOW WE'RE IN A POSITION THAT WE'RE LEADING THE WAY IN THESE ASPECTS.

SO I THINK IT'S AMAZING.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANKS, CHIEF. WITH THAT, YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 409 16.

ROWE OH NINE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT RELATED TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

I SECOND.

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

VOTE. MR.. DEFFIBAUGH.

YES. MR.. OBERA.

YES. MR. WASHINGTON? YES. MR.. GERFERS. YES.

MR.. LONG. YES. MISS DAVID GRAVES.

YES. MOTION CARRIES 604K9 2020 409 16 ROWE NINE.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO K 1020 2409 16 R TEN.

CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 409 16 R TEN REQUEST FOR PURCHASE APPROVAL OF 49 LOAD BEARING VESTS.

AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE VEST PURCHASE AND FOR USE BY THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR.

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

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING IS REPLACING OUR VESTS.

CURRENTLY, THIS IS OFFICER HERNDON.

OFFICER HERNDON REALLY DID NOT WANT ME TO CALL ON HIM TONIGHT.

APPARENTLY, HE IS PETRIFIED ABOUT GETTING UP AND SPEAKING IN PUBLIC, SO I WON'T ASK HIM TO SPEAK, BUT I WILL ASK HIM TO MODEL.

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THE THROWER VEST CURRENTLY THAT THEY HAVE ON IS A LEVEL TWO TO A.

AND SO REALLY OUTSIDE OF THAT IT'S JUST KIND OF A BASIC UNIFORM STYLE LOOK.

SO IF EVER ONE OF THE OFFICERS RESPONDS TO AN ACTIVE ATTACK SCENE IN ACTIVE ATTACK SCENE NOW MEANS ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENE OR ANYTHING, THEY HAVE TO PUT ON AN ACTIVE SHOOTER VEST. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEY WILL TAKE THAT VEST OFF AND THEN WE HAVE A VEST THAT IS RIGHT THERE THAT'S GREEN, THAT WILL PASS AROUND HERE IN A SECOND.

THAT IS OUR ACTIVE SHOOTER VEST.

SO THEY'LL TAKE THAT STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TAKE THIS VEST OFF, PUT THAT SHOOTER VEST ON.

SO WE'RE TAKING ONE OFF TO PUT THE OTHER ONE ON.

THE ACTIVE SHOOTER VEST IS A LEVEL THREE RIFLE PLATED LEVEL 33A RIFLE PLATED.

I'LL STOP 306 ROUNDS.

ANGEL ARMOR AND SOME OTHER VARIOUS CARRIERS HAVE STARTED SAYING, MAN, WE'RE WASTING TIME OUT THERE.

OFFICERS ARE STOPPING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PUT THESE VESTS ON.

THEY EXPERIENCED THAT WITH ALAN.

I'VE TALKED WITH CHIEF DYER OVER AT THE CITY OF ALAN, AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT DOING THE SAME THING THAT I'M PROPOSING THAT WE DO.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE MIX.

AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, PUTTING A RAFFLE PLATE WITHIN THE EVERYDAY WEAR OF THE OFFICER.

BUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROBLEMS WAS, IS A LITTLE BIT TOO HEAVY.

ANGEL ARMOR JUST RECENTLY CAME OUT WITH A PRODUCT THAT'S TESTED UP ALL THE WAY TO THREE 306.

I'M SORRY, 308 TESTED UP TO A PRODUCT TO WHERE EVERYTHING TOTAL.

SO PRETTY MUCH THE EQUIVALENT OF THAT VEST WITH THE RAFFLE PLATE INSIDE OF IT IS ONLY 4 POUNDS.

AND WE'LL PASS THAT OUT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

SO ONE OF THE BACKSTORIES WITH THE CITY OF ALLEN.

WHENEVER ALLEN HAD THEIR MASS SHOOTING INCIDENT AT THE ALLEN OUTLET MALL THEY HAD 14 OFFICERS ON DUTY FOR THAT DAY.

14 OFFICERS ON DUTY FOR THAT DAY.

UPON ARRIVAL OR HEADING TO THE SCENE, EVERY SINGLE OFFICER IS TRAINED TO STOP, PUT ON THEIR ACTIVE SHOOTER VEST AND THEN GET BACK IN THE CAR AND GO OUT OF 14.

ONLY THREE OFFICERS DID IT.

ONLY THREE OFFICERS DID IT BECAUSE IN THESE OFFICERS MINDS, WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THOSE PATROL CARS, EVERY SECOND COUNTS.

AND THEN THEM HAVING TO STOP TO TAKE THIS STUFF OFF, TO RERUN THEIR MICROPHONES, TO REDO ALL THEIR STUFF UP HERE, TO PUT ALL THE MAGAZINES AND EVERYTHING BACK IN THE VEST AND ALL THAT. IT'S JUST THAT'S THAT'S ON AVERAGE ABOUT 3 TO 4 MINUTES.

SO A LOT OF STUFF CAN GO DOWN WITHIN 3 OR 4 MINUTES.

AND A LOT OF STUFF DID GO DOWN WITHIN ALLEN OUTLET MALL WITHIN 3 TO 4 MINUTES.

AND SO WHAT THE WHAT THE CONCLUSION CAME TO THAT.

AND I WAS AT THE ONE OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS SCHOOLS THAT WE WERE ALL SITTING DOWN TALKING ABOUT THIS WAS TRYING TO MORPH.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY MORPH IS TRYING TO PUT THE RIFLE PLATE WITHIN THE EVERY DAY WHERE THE OFFICER, BUT SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T ABSOLUTELY HURT THEM OR KILL THEIR BACK OR KILLED THEIR SHOULDERS OR ANYTHING.

SO THE VEST THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW Y'ALL, IT ACTUALLY HAS AN UNDER GIRDLE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF IT, SO THAT WAY IT TUCKS TIGHT AGAINST THE STOMACH.

SO ALL THE WEIGHT'S JUST NOT HERE ON THE SHOULDERS, BUT ALSO HAS THE SHOULDER PADS UP HERE AS WELL.

SO THAT WAY WHATEVER WEIGHT IS ON YOUR SHOULDERS RIGHT IS TAKING IT OFF YOUR SPINE AS WELL.

SOME OF THE LOAD BEARING PART.

WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT HERE IN A SECOND.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE MOLLY SYSTEM.

IT'S THOSE SLITS THAT'S FROM THE FRONT.

WE'RE GOING TO END UP RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO END UP PUTTING I BELIEVE MAGAZINES, VESTS OR.

I'M SORRY, NOT VESTS. IT IS A VEST, MAGAZINES, HANDCUFFS AND A TOURNIQUET.

UP FRONT IS WHAT THE FRONT PART OF IS GOING TO END UP WEARING.

OKAY. AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO, OFFICER HERNDON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU TAKE AROUND THE GREEN ACTIVE SHOOTER VEST AND JUST LET THEM FEEL HOW HEAVY THAT IS? IF YOU JUST WANT TO WALK UP ON THE BACK END, THAT IS OKAY.

IF HE APPROACHES RIGHT FROM THE BACK END, THAT'S THE FRONT.

YEAH. YOU WANT TO FOLLOW SERGEANT CRAWFORD WITH THAT VEST? AND SO SERGEANT CRAWFORD IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWING RIGHT BEHIND HIM WITH THE VEST THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING TO.

BE.

I SEVERELY UNDERESTIMATED THE WEIGHT OF THAT GREEN VEST.

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S VERY HEAVY.

SO IMAGINE STANDING OUT THERE ON AN ACTIVE SCENE FOR ABOUT 8 OR 9 HOURS WHERE YOU'RE SITTING THERE WEARING THAT.

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I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

WHAT WAS IT? COULD THEY HAVE.

COULD THE POLICE USE THAT AS THE GUNS AND HOSES? AND ALLEN SATURDAY NIGHT? WHAT THE.

I GUESS THE VEST FOR THE IMPACTS.

ANYBODY SHOT? I DID, I MISS IT OR NO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE FEEL THE WEIGHT DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY ABOUT 30, 35 POUNDS DIFFERENCE IN WEIGHT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING IS THAT OUR PATROL OFFICERS LOSE THIS VEST, THESE VESTS I DON'T MIND STANDING UP HERE.

SO I KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE WITH IT.

IT'S COTTON. THE UNDERSIDE KIND OF ROLLS UP UNDERNEATH AND IT GETS WORE OUT PRETTY QUICK TO WHERE THAT'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT MATERIAL.

BUT YEAH, ZIPPERS GO OUT.

BUT ALSO WHAT'S INSIDE THIS VEST RIGHT HERE ALSO INSIDE OF THESE VESTS AS QUICK RELEASES TOO.

SO WHEN THE OFFICERS NEED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.

IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.

IN AND OUT. THAT'S RIGHT.

THE BREATHING CAPABILITIES.

SO THESE ARE THE AIR VENTS ON THE BACK END RIGHT HERE.

SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT JUST SUCTIONED UP AGAINST THE OFFICER'S BODY AT ALL POINT IN TIME.

WITH INSIDE HERE THERE IS A BAFFLE PLATE.

IT'S ONLY ROUGHLY ABOUT 4 POUNDS.

AND SO WE'LL BE ASKING OFFICERS TO WEAR THE RIFLE PLATED VEST ALL DAY.

SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT HAVING TO STOP.

WE'RE NOT HAVING TO RUSH OUT SOMEWHERE WITHOUT HAVING THE PROTECTION OF THE OFFICERS.

AND THEN THEY'LL BE FULLY LOADED DOWN AT THAT TIME, A.

CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT FROM THE FIRST ONE I EVER WORE.

I'M SORRY. CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT FROM THE FIRST ONE I EVER WORE.

YES, SIR. DEFINITELY.

AND SO WITHIN THAT VEST, IT IS A THE SOFT PANELS ARE A LEVEL THREE A, AND THEN THE HARD PANEL IS A RIFLE PLATED THREE AS WELL.

SO YOU HAVE PROTECTION ALL THE WAY AROUND.

CHIEF, WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF INJURY THAT OFFICERS SUSTAINED WEARING THAT HEAVY VEST? AS FAR AS BACK INJURIES, AS FAR AS SHOULDER INJURIES, AS FAR AS WHATEVER IT DOES, IT TAKES A TOLL ON YOU.

IT TAKES A TOLL ON YOUR BODY ALL THE WAY AROUND.

I MEAN, SO IF YOU'RE JUST OUT THERE IN THE HEAT AND LET'S JUST SAY YOUR BACK'S NOT GETTING INJURED, YOU'RE STARTING TO GET HEAT DEPRIVED ALL THAT MUCH MORE WHENEVER YOU'RE STARTING TO WEAR ALL THESE VESTS. BECAUSE THE VEST DON'T REALLY BREATHE NEITHER.

AND SO IF YOU GOT MORE AND MORE STRAIN THAT'S GOING ON, YOU START GETTING A LITTLE BIT HEAT DEPRIVED, BUT ALSO SOME OTHER THINGS YOU GOT TO START THINKING ABOUT.

WHENEVER ALL THESE OFFICERS ARE OUT RUNNING AND CHASING AFTER PEOPLE AND ALL THAT, IT'S JUST THAT MOMENTUM IS JUST GONE.

YEAH, I THINK SHE MIGHT BE MEANING ALSO THAT IF YOU WERE RECEIVED A GUNSHOT, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU RECEIVE SOME INJURIES? YEAH. EITHER WAY, IT'S GOING TO HURT.

SOMETIMES BRUISING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT YEAH I KNOW THE FIRST BODY ARMOR HAD A THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT LIKE AN ICE PICK IN OBJECTS LIKE THAT COULD ACTUALLY PENETRATE SOME OF THE BODY ARMOR.

SO THE FRONT PART, THE FRONT PART OF THIS VEST, ICE PICKS CAN'T PENETRATE BECAUSE OF THE STYLE OF THE MATERIAL THAT'S WITHIN THAT VEST.

ICE PICK WON'T GO THROUGH IT.

AND SO IT'S PICK RESISTANT CUT RESISTANT.

SO IT WON'T ACTUALLY GO THROUGH IT.

BUT WITH ANY GUNSHOT TO ANY I MEAN YOU'RE TAKING THE POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH.

YOU'RE ABSORBING THAT.

RIGHT. SO NO MATTER WHAT'S OUT THERE, EVEN IF IT'S A BIG STEEL PLATE, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO ABSORB THAT CONCUSSION.

IT'S STILL GOING TO HURT. ONE OF THE BEST DESCRIPTIONS THAT IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME IS YOU CAN PUT ON A VEST AND JUST LET SOMEONE STAND ABOVE YOU WHILE YOU'RE LAYING ON THE GROUND.

SOMEONE JUST HIT YOU WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER AS HARD AS THEY CAN.

THAT'S WHAT YOUR BODY'S GOING TO FEEL KIND OF LIKE VEGA DID TO HIS OPPONENT THE OTHER NIGHT.

WOULD THAT BE? WHO'S THAT? WELL, I DON'T WHAT? THAT'S ANOTHER GUY. WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU, CHIEF.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

YES, SIR. THE VEST, THE BLACK VEST THAT YOU BROUGHT UP HERE, IS THAT AN EXACT REPLICA OR.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES TO THAT VEST AT ALL.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. THE ONLY CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THAT VEST IS THE POUCHES THAT WE WILL PUT UP FRONT, AND THEN THE NAME TAG THAT WE PUT UP.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING TO TURN AROUND, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S ANOTHER STRIP ON THE BACK THAT WE ARE PUTTING POLICE ON THE BACK, BECAUSE I WANT MY OFFICERS TO BE NOTICED FROM BEHIND, FROM OTHER PURSUING OFFICERS AND OR BOTH THE CANINE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S USUALLY GOOD IF OUR CANINE HANDLER CAN SEE WHO'S A POLICE OFFICER BEFORE HE RELEASES THE DOG OR NOT.

AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION ACTUALLY WOULD BE IF ONE OF THE OFFICERS WANTED TO ANSWER IS TAKING WEIGHT OUT OF THE EQUATION BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS THE LIGHTER VEST IS GOING TO BE BETTER FOR YOU.

IS THERE ANY DRAWBACK TO WEARING THAT VEST? COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'RE WEARING RIGHT NOW.

I WOULD TAKE THAT ALL DAY LONG.

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I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE TO SEW ON THESE.

THESE WERE OUT PRETTY QUICK.

AND ALL DAY LONG AND ON CALLS, YOU'RE HAVING TO PULL THEM UP.

WEAR THOSE LIKE A CUMMERBUND.

KIND OF LIKE HE SHOWED YOU.

IT'S THERE. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

GOT IT. YEAH, I WOULD TAKE THAT ONE ALL DAY LONG.

OKAY. CHIEF, IS THERE ANY? CHIEF, IS THERE ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT'S ACTUALLY CURRENTLY WEARING THEM ALL DAY LONG RIGHT NOW.

WELL, IS IT FLOWER MOUND.

LITTLE LAMB. LITTLE LAMB IS CURRENTLY WEARING THEM RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK ALLEN IS FALLING IN BETWEEN THAT ONE.

AND WHO WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT THEY WERE POINT BLANK.

SO ALLEN'S PICKING BETWEEN THAT ONE AND POINT BLANK.

AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER AGENCY THAT WAS CURRENTLY GOING, BUT THIS IS LIKE THE BRAND NEWEST OF MATERIAL AND ALL THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW I WANT TO BE A LEADER.

I WANT TO BE AN INNOVATOR. I WANT PEOPLE TO WANT TO TRY TO FOLLOW US.

I DON'T WANT TO SIT THERE AND KEEP ON FOLLOWING OTHER PEOPLE'S PATHS.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

WHAT IS THE SERVICE LIFE? FIVE YEARS CHIEF.

I LIFT UP, LIFTED BOTH VEST AND I JUST STILL AM HERE REELING AS TO HOW DO OFFICERS RUN WITH THAT HEAVY VEST AND THE INJURY, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF MAYBE JUST HAVING A BULLET HIT THEM, JUST THE INJURY TO THEIR PERSONAL BODY STRUCTURE. AND I WONDER, DO YOU HAVE A RESIDENT CHIROPRACTOR THAT SERVES THE POLICE FORCE? OUR INSURANCE COVERS IT.

BUT NO, WE DON'T JUST HAVE A RESIDENT CHIROPRACTOR.

I BELIEVE THE SRT TEAM DOES HAVE A DOC ON THEIR CALLS AND ON THEIR STANDBY AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT NO, MA'AM, WE DON'T HAVE A RESIDENT CHIROPRACTOR.

I THINK WE NEED ONE.

YES, MA'AM. ONE LAST THING IS, WILL ALL THE OFFICERS RECEIVE THIS? WELL? IS THIS LIKE A POPULAR THING FOR.

SO ONE THING THAT I DO, I DON'T JUST GO AND IMPLEMENT DECISIONS.

I'LL BRING IN OFFICERS.

I BRING IN COMMAND STAFF AROUND WHAT WE CALL A ROUND TABLE.

WE HAVE A BIG CONFERENCE ROOM IN THERE, AND WE BRING PRETTY MUCH A GOOD MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE.

AND SO NO BADGES ON AT THE ROUND TABLE.

EVERYBODY JUST CUSSES AND DISCUSSES AND THEY CHOOSE FROM A REGULAR LINE LEVEL PATROL OFFICER ALL THE WAY UP TO COMMAND STAFF.

AND I LET THEM PICK WHAT THEY WANT TO WEAR.

ALL RIGHT. TWO THINGS.

ONE, I THINK IT'S A NO BRAINER THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SIMPLY JUST FOR THE SHEER FACT THAT FOR YOU GUYS, I NEVER, EVER, EVER WANT YOU TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER IN THAT SPLIT SECOND MOMENT.

WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IN MY LIFE OR EVERYBODY ELSE'S THAT I'M SERVING RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF YOU AND I KNOW YOUR HEARTS, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, AND I NEVER WANT YOU TO SACRIFICE PUTTING THAT VEST ON.

SO IF YOU CAN HAVE THAT ALL DAY LONG, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED YOU IN.

SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY, EVEN HERE.

JUST TALKING ABOUT A SIMPLE VEST TO KEEP YOU SAFE.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND WE'RE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR YOU.

I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMMITMENT FROM ALL OF US, THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY WANT TO BE A CITY, THAT WE GIVE YOU GUYS THE VERY BEST IN CLASS, CONTINUOUSLY THAT WE ARE DONE WITH THE DAYS OF HAND-ME-DOWNS AND, AND JUST BROKE DOWN THINGS THAT YOU NEED THE VERY BEST BECAUSE YOU ARE THE VERY BEST.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM K.10 2024-091610.

AND I HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND, YOUR HONOR.

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

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM K10 2024-0916 R10.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL TAKE US TO K11 2024-191.

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

COUNCIL DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA? YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND HOW IT STANDS IF THEY'VE BEEN CATEGORIZED OR WHATEVER, AND WHERE WE STAND AT THAT.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY ELSE? I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT.

OH, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT TONIGHT WE PROCESSED 72 REMOVALS.

WE DISCUSSED ITEM K7, THE SEWER SYSTEM THAT WILL BE HELPING WITH THE

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AND THEN WE ALSO DISCUSSED WATER SERVICES.

AND I REMEMBER SOME TIME AGO WE SPOKE ABOUT THE ETJS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH SERVICES.

BUT THEY GET THE RIGHT.

AND I KNOW THIS IS STATE LAW TO DE-ANNEX FROM THE CITY.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING SERVICES.

SO I AM PROPOSING THAT WE LOOK AT MAYBE AN ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE FEE BECAUSE FIRE AND POLICE, THEY'RE NOT FREE.

AND OF COURSE, IT DOES COST THE CITY.

AND WE HEARD THE GENTLEMAN WHEN HE SPOKE ABOUT THE WATER INCREASE.

TALK ABOUT THE INCREASE IN COST.

SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN ASSESS SOME TYPE OF FEE ON THE ETJ OR RESIDENCES, OR JUST IN THE ETJ THAT THEY COULD ASSIST THE CITY OR AT LEAST PAY THE COSTS THAT WE INCUR FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. IF NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR REPORT AGENDA.

THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION WILL BE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024 AT 530.

[L. REPORT AGENDA]

WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, PLEASE.

SO MOVED.

I MAKE THAT MOTION.

THANK YOU. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EVERYONE, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.