[00:00:02] CALL TO ORDER PRE-COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY IS MONDAY, JANUARY 13TH, 2025. [A. CALL TO ORDER-MAYOR] THE TIME IS 5:36. LET'S START WITH A ROLL CALL. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE A WORK SESSION, SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THAT. LET'S MOVE TO DISCUSSION AND REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS. [D. DISCUSS AND REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS] COUNCIL. ANYBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS. I HAVE A FEW ITEMS. FIRST, I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO MENTION ON ITEM H 13. I WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO CLINTON LAWRENCE, WHO HAD POINTED OUT TO US THAT THERE WAS A BOND IN PLACE IN REGARDS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER. AND AFTER REVIEW, THE CITY FOUND THAT THAT WAS IN FACT CORRECT. AND HE HAS SAVED US 9348 TAX DOLLARS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THANK HIM FOR THAT. YES. THANK YOU CLINT. HE'S USUALLY HERE, BUT HE'S NOT HERE. BUT HE'S PROBABLY WATCHING LIVE. AND THEN ALSO FOR H 15, I WANT TO THANK MASHBURN AND THE CITY STAFF FOR IDENTIFYING THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO LOOK FOR BETTER PRICES FOR OUR ELECTRICITY. AND THAT CAN HELP SAVE US SOME MORE TAX DOLLARS. SO THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING ACTION. YEAH, I THINK THAT SAVES US, WHAT, 60,000 PER YEAR? YEAH. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME AGENDA ITEMS THAT I WANT TO PULL. OH, OKAY. WELL, THEN WE'LL WELL, WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT, THE AGENDA ITEMS. YEAH. JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION, YOU CAN DISCUSS ANY ITEM DURING THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING AND THE PRE COUNCIL MEETING. JUST WHEN WE GET TO IF IT'S A CONSENT ITEM, WHEN WE GET TO THE REGULAR MEETING, YOU'LL JUST NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO, TO, TO PULL THOSE ITEMS AND THEN APPROVE ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE PULLED. BUT YOU CAN DISCUSS ANY ITEM RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATE. FOR SUCH AS H2 AND H3. WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR ACCEPTING THEIR IMPROVEMENTS AND THE MAINTENANCE BOND. DOES THE CITY CURRENTLY HAVE AN ENGINEER CERTIFICATE FROM OUR ENGINEER STATING THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED? YES. OKAY. AND FOR H EIGHT. FOR FINAL PLAT. DO WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT? TO APPROVE A FINAL PLAT? YES. ALL OF THE ABOVE. ALL THREE PROJECTS WERE INSPECTED BY THE CITY'S ENGINEER, AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION THAT THEIR PUNCH LISTS OR THEIR ITEMS OF CONCERN HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. ALL THREE ARE THE CITY'S ENGINEER HAS VERIFIED ARE ACCEPTABLE AND MEET CITY'S REGULATIONS. CAN YOU TOUCH BASE ON H2 AND H3 ARE APPROVING MAINTENANCE BONDS, AND I BELIEVE THAT LEAVES THEM STILL WITH A WARRANTY PERIOD. AND THEN ALSO THE FINAL PLAT. IF YOU CAN KIND OF TOUCH BASE ON WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FINAL PLAT WITH WARRANTY. CORRECT. OKAY. SO FOR H2 AND H3 THOSE ITEMS, THOSE PROPERTIES OR DEVELOPMENTS ARE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. SO GENERALLY WHEN WE'RE WHEN YOU ALL ACCEPT A FINAL PLAT, YOU'RE ACCEPTING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE TWO YEAR MAINTENANCE BONDS ON THOSE FINAL PLATS. SO THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC STREETS, PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER LINES, STORM LINES FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS. WE DON'T WE'RE NOT THE PLANNING AUTHORITY FOR THE PROPERTIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. SO THAT'S AGENDA ITEM TWO, H2 AND H3. FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. YOU'RE ACCEPTING THOSE MAINTENANCE BONDS. AND IT DOES PROVIDE A TWO YEAR PERIOD WHERE THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THAT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO JUST PRIOR TO THE TWO YEARS EXPIRING WE DO A MAINTENANCE WALK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THEIR ENGINEERS. OUR ENGINEERS COME OUT AND WE WALK THE PROPERTY. WE'RE INSPECT ALL THE SEWER MANHOLES. WE MAKE SURE ALL THE WATER VALVES ARE STILL OPERATIONAL, AND WE CHECK THE PAVEMENT AND ANY NEEDED REPAIRS. WE HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTED MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLETE BEFORE THE TWO YEARS IS UP. ALL RIGHT. THE THAT QUESTION REGARDING AGENDA ITEM OR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM H8, H9 AND H10, [00:05:02] THEY ALL KIND OF HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. SO KIND OF LOOKING INTO THESE, THE FINAL PLAT APPROVAL FOR THESE SEEM TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING MORATORIUM. IS THERE LIKE A WHEN WE'RE DOING THE MORATORIUM. AND THIS IS JUST ME ASKING A GENUINE QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. IS THE FINAL PLAT THE DATE THAT WE GO BY BASED ON IF WE EXCEEDED THAT MORATORIUM, HALT ON THESE, OR IS THERE DO WE GO BASED ON WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED? SO PROPERTIES THAT HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MORATORIUM ARE EXEMPT FROM THE MORATORIUM. SO ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS THE SERENITY PROJECT, WESTRIDGE AND SOUTHRIDGE, ALL THREE PROPERTIES HAD DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MORATORIUM APPROVED BY COUNCIL OR P&Z, LIKE WHICH ONE OF THE APPROVALS DOES IT GO BY? CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THE ON THE MEMOS, YOU'RE ADDING SOME OF THAT DETAIL OF WHEN THESE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WERE MADE AND APPROVED BY WHICH COUNCIL AND SUCH. SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO NAVIGATE THE WATERS OF WHAT IS ALLOWED THROUGH THE MORATORIUM AND WHAT IS EXEMPT OR NOT. WE'LL KEEP DOING THAT. IS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SPEAK ABOUT FROM THE AGENDA? I HAVE ON ITEM H 11. SO THIS IS ON THIS ONE. IT SHOWS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION HERE, SHOWS THE ONE BID FROM CANARY CONSTRUCTION. AND THIS WAS A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS. SO IS IF FOR ANY REASON SOMEONE WANTED TO SEE THE OTHER BIDS, ARE THEY AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING? THERE WERE NO OTHER BIDS TURNED IN FOR THIS PROJECT. JUST ONE BID. JUST ONE BID WENT THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS. AND WITH THE DEADLINE THAT WAS IN PLACE FOR THE FOR THE ALL CLEARANCE FOR TXDOT WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REBID THE PROJECT, SO WE PUT IT OUT TO BID. WE HAD I BELIEVE IT WAS 12 INTERESTED PARTIES. SHOW UP TO THE PRE-BID MEETING, ASK QUESTIONS, ACCEPT THE PLANS, AND ONLY ONE TURNED IN A BID. WELL, I'M GLAD THEY TURNED IT IN. SO IS THAT, DOES THAT SATISFY EVERYBODY? OKAY, FOR AGE 12? SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE, WILL THAT INCLUDE THE STORMWATER FOR YOUR NO. SO OUR STORMWATER PLAN IS THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED AN MS4 PERMIT, AND THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AND APPROVED BY THE T-C-E-Q. AND SO THOSE GO IN A FIVE YEAR CYCLE THAT WAS ON A SEPARATE TIMELINE. A SEPARATE BID. NOW, THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REEVALUATING AND REDOING OUR DESIGN STANDARDS AND DETAIL STANDARDS WITH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL INCLUDE THE STORMWATER APPURTENANCES THAT GO UNDER THE ROADWAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING CONSTRUCTED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS. CAN SOMEONE TOUCH BASE ON AGE 16 WHEN IT COMES TO THE ATMOS? I BELIEVE THIS IS THE OR. NO. I'M SORRY. LET ME GO BACK TO MY NOTE REAL QUICK. AGE 16. YEAH. AGE 16. THAT'S THE ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION. CAN WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF. I MEAN, AN ELEVATOR STORY ON THAT ONE. SURE. SO I CAN GIVE YOU JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A MEMO PROVIDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE AGENDA THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM THE HERRERA LAW AND ASSOCIATES. THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS IT. BUT ESSENTIALLY ATMOS THEY ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE RATES BY APPROXIMATELY 12%. THOSE GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 20TH OF THIS YEAR BY OPERATION OF LAW, UNLESS WE ESSENTIALLY DENY THEIR REQUEST. SO THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES AN INTERVENTION IN THE CASE WHICH IS CURRENTLY PENDING BEFORE THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. AND WE'RE KIND OF APPOINTING SPECIAL THAT REPRESENTS NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT ALSO WHAT'S CALLED THE ATM OR ATMOS TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES. THERE'S, GOSH, MAYBE TWO DOZEN CITIES INVOLVED. AND SO WHAT IT IS, IS YOU'RE FIGHTING THAT RATE INCREASE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RATES ARE REASONABLE AND JUST BASED ON INVESTMENTS. THEY'RE NOT BEING ELEVATED ARTIFICIALLY. SO THE STATE LAW UNDER THE GAS UTILITY REGULATORY ACT PROVIDES THAT ATMOS IS TO [00:10:03] PAY FOR ALL LEGAL FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED. SO BY INTERVENING IN THE CASE, THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE OUT OF POCKET. ANY LEGAL FEES OR COSTS? BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT JUST ENSURES THAT THE RATE INCREASE OF WHAT, ONCE AGAIN, IS APPROXIMATELY 12% THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT. NEXT WEEK. UNLESS WE INTERVENE AND JUST FULL TRANSPARENCY, THERE'S MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE ATM CITIES HAVE PASSED A SIMILAR RESOLUTION UP TO THIS DATE. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER ITEMS TO ITEMS TO DISCUSS. NO, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK CRAIG FOR ATTACHING ALL THE DRAINAGE PLANS WITH THESE ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW ALL OF THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT IN. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT WILL MOVE US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. [E. EXECUTIVE SESSION] EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER TERMS OF CHAPTER 5.51 OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING. SECTION 551.071 GOVERNMENT CODE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY. A MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT. MOYLE VERSUS THE CITY OF PRINCETON. NORTH COLLINS SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT VERSUS THE CITY OF PRINCETON. LOPEZ VERSUS THE CITY OF PRINCETON. SICILY DEVELOPMENT PRINCETON TEXAS PUC DOCKET NUMBER 56697, SECTION 551.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY 33 ACRE PARCEL OR REAL PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF CR 622. EAST OF CR 623. WEST OF CR 1216 AND SOUTH OF CR 825. COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. THE TIME IS 548, AND THIS TAKES US TO EXECUTIVE. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE WAIT, BUT THE TIME IS 6:56. AND THIS WILL END OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE WILL BE NO ACTIONS TO TAKE AT THIS TIME. CAN I GET LET'S MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT. CAN I GET A MOTION? YEAH, THAT'LL BE TAKEN IN THE REGULAR. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.