[A. CALL TO ORDER-MAYOR]
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WE'LL JUMP INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING.
TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2026.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR INVOCATION BY WES BROWN.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING AND WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION.
I PRAY, LORD, FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AS THEY TAKE ON THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
I PRAY THAT, LORD, YOU WOULD GUIDE THEM AND GIVE THEM WISDOM.
FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY.
THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE GROWTH THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT HERE AND ALL THE GROWTH PAINS THAT GO WITH THAT.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
LORD, BE WITH THEM, PROTECT THEM ON EVERY CALL THAT THEY MAKE, THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO, LORD, RETURN TO THEIR OWN HOMES SAFELY.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US AND THE MANY, MANY BLESSINGS.
WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND GLORY IN CHRIST'S NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[F. PUBLIC APPEARANCE]
DO YOU HAVE ANY FORUMS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, FIRST EZEKIEL HARRELL.ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF PRINCETON, TEXAS.
I GUESS I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GET UP HERE AND JUST WELCOME MYSELF INTO THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
I'M A NEWLY LOCATED RESIDENT HERE AT PRINCETON, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE POLICE, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID DURING PRAYER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING FORWARD IN CONTROLLING THE CRIME AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON HERE IN PRINCETON, TEXAS.
I FEEL THAT HERE IN PRINCETON, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE HALF A YEAR.
I'M TALKING LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE A BUNCH OF YEARS.
BUT FOR THE SIX MONTHS I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S BEEN GREAT.
IT FEELS LIKE A SAFE COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I FEEL THAT THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO IMPROVE, SUCH AS THE WORK WORKS THAT GO ON AND THE COMPLETION OF PROJECTS, AND ALSO KEEPING THE COMMUNITY INFORMED ON THE UPDATES ON THE WEBSITE OF THESE PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.
I KNOW THERE'S A PROJECT GOING ON ON BORMAN LANE.
I LIVE IN THE PRESTON STATE'S COMMUNITY.
AND I I KNOW THAT THE DEDICATED PROJECT WAS FOR NORTH BORMAN, AND IT SEEMS LIKE SOUTH BORMAN HAS GONE PRETTY MUCH ABANDONED OR HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP AT ALL WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS WEBSITE OR THE PROJECT'S WEBSITE.
I FEEL THAT ALSO EAST HAZELWOOD IS A STREET WHERE THERE'S TWO BIG APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE STUDENTS STAND OUT IN THE MORNINGS.
FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE AND DURING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS WHEN I MOVED IN THE FALL, IT WAS PRETTY DARK.
SO THE STUDENTS ARE KIND OF LIKE INVISIBLE ON THE BACK STREET OF EAST HAZELWOOD.
I'M JUST BRINGING THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
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BECAUSE ADEQUATE LIGHTING IS IT'S LIKE A DETRIMENT TO THE CITY WHEN YOU HAVE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY WITHIN A CITY BLOCK OF EACH OTHER SO THERE'S TONS OF KIDS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT JUST THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY OVERALL AND WHAT IT COULD DO FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON I FEEL THAT ENTERTAINMENT SHOULD BE A BIG THING THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP.I THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR WORKING TO POSSIBLY BUILD A REC CENTER.
THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE UPDATES ON THE WEBSITE.
I THINK ALSO THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE UPDATES ON THE WEBSITE WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND LET'S JUST DRIVE PRINCETON FORWARD.
WE'RE IN A BIG DISTRICT THIS YEAR.
WE'RE PLAYING SCHOOLS LIKE ALLEN, A BUNCH OF OTHER BIG CITIES.
MCKINNEY'S GOING TO COME UP HERE AND POSSIBLY PLAY OUR BOYS.
SO LET'S JUST BEAUTIFY PRINCETON.
AND LET'S JUST CONTINUE TO BE ALL IN FOR THE SAME THING, TO CREATE A GOOD OF PRESTON AND IMPROVE THE CITY.
PRESTON, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE PUBLIC WORKS CHECK OUT HOW DARK IT IS OVER THERE? THANK YOU.
I JUMPED RIGHT INTO PUBLIC APPEARANCE WITHOUT READING.
MS. COOK, IF YOU CAN FOR ME, PLEASE.
THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS SET ASIDE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM OF BUSINESS THAT IS NOT FORMALLY SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA AS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC MEDIA APPEARANCE CARD PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PRESENT IT TO CITY SECRETARY.
SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO RESPOND OR TO DISCUSS ANY ITEMS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS PORTION AND 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.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTLY, NOT CITY STAFF, OR OTHERWISE BE COURTEOUS, RESPECTFUL, AND CORDIAL, AND REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL, DEMEANING, INSULTING, THREATENING, OR ANY OTHER DISPARAGING REMARKS AS TO MAINTAIN THE QUORUM AND SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY FLOW OF THIS MEETING.
ACCORDING TO 6.3 PUBLIC APPEARANCE A, THEY HAVE FIVE MINUTES NOW.
AND ACCORDING TO OUR NEW BYLAWS.
OKAY, YEAH, WE CAN UPDATE THIS ON OUR AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT, AND THAT WILL GO TO MEXICAN ELLIS.
MS. ELLIS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.
ONE, WE HAVE AN ELECTION MAY 2ND. IT'S NOT ABOUT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS MENTION THAT CHAMBER WAS THINKING OF DOING A DEBATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HOST AT THE ARCADIA POOL AREA JUST A MEET AND GREET.
THERE ARE SO, AND INVITE ALL OF THE CANDIDATES BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE.
THAT DON'T KNOW WHO OUR CANDIDATES ARE.
AND I FEEL THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF FORUM SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GET TO MEET THEM IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A DEBATE OR THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THE FOUR CANDIDATES.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO ANSWER THIS.
THE CONSENT AGENDA? I THOUGHT THE CONSENT AGENDA IS FOR...
NON-FINANCIAL ITEMS. IT'S TO BE FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO SPENDING MONEY, ACCORDING TO WHAT I'VE BEEN READING.
BUT I SEE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA QUITE FREQUENTLY THAT THERE ARE ITEMS WHERE THEY'RE WANTING THE CITY TO PAY FOR THINGS, BUT THEY WERE NEVER ACTUALLY PRESENTED HERE.
THE ONE OTHER ITEM, AS AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN, THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES BETWEEN THE STAFF, THE COUNCIL, THE RESIDENTS, AND WE ARE NO LONGER A 10,000-RESIDENT CITY.
IT SHOULDN'T BE THE JUST BECAUSE STAFF SAID SO, COUNCIL SHOULD BE SAYING YES.
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YOU GUYS ARE NOT UP THERE TO BE CEREMONIAL.YOU ALL ARE UP THERE REPRESENTING ME.
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO ALL THESE OTHER RESIDENTS.
AND THEN GO TO THE STAFF AND PRESENT THINGS AND ASK THE STAFF TO DO THINGS FOR THE RESIDENTS.
NOT THE STAFF SAYING, OH, HEY, YEAH, WE SHOULD DO THIS.
AND YOU ALL JUST BEING LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, I AGREE.
SO Y'ALL, THE STAFF NEEDS TO FLIP THE SWITCH.
IT'S NOT A GOOD OLD BOY CITY ANY LONGER.
SO WE ARE GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING AND WE NEED TO FLIP A SWITCH SOMEWHERE.
AND WE NEED TO MOVE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND NOT STAY BACK IN THE 1900S AND 2000S.
SIRI? IF YOU CAN TURN THE MIC ON, YOU SEE THE ON BUTTON? YEAH.
I'M HERE TO, I MOVED TO PRINCETON 2022.
AND I HAVE A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, AND HE'S IN LOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HE LOVES LOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL A LOT.
AND HE IS USING PROBELT MARSHALS IN PRINCETON AND HE LOVES FOOD ALL OVER THE FOOD SHOPS IN PRINCETON.
I'M HERE ESPECIALLY WE ARE SERIOUSLY THANKFUL FOR FROM EVERY GIVING OUR CHILDREN A SPACE TO LEARN AND GROW THROUGH CHESS EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 5 P.M.
THE LIBRARY ALLOCATED SPACE FOR ALL THE CHESS INTERESTED STUDENTS AND WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WE HAD A 10 STUDENTS AND SHARE THE INFORMATION IN PUBLIC GROUPS WITH JUST ONE WEEK NOTICE.
TODAY, BY YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT, OUR CHESS LIBRARY SUPPORT CHESS FAMILY HAS GROWN 70 PLUS CHILDREN.
IN ADDITION, 30 PLUS MORE CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT YET ABLE TO ATTEND THE LIBRARY SESSIONS ARE ALSO CONTINUING CHESS PRACTICE ON SUNDAYS IN THEIR OWN PARKS OR SOME HOMES.
WE ARE NOT AT COLLECTING THEIR INFORMATION BUT FOR PRINCETON WEDNESDAY WE HAVE 70 PLUS STUDENTS.
I AM TUTORING FOR ALL THE BEGINNING STUDENTS WHO ARE INTRODUCTION TO THE CHESS AND ONE MORE TWO TUTORS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING TO THE CHESS STUDENTS AND THIS GROWTH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT LIBRARY KINDNESS AND SUPPORT AND WILLFULNESS TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR CHILDREN.
AND LIBRARY HELP HAS CREATED A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING SO MANY KIDS, DISCIPLINE, CONFIDENCE, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR SUPPORTING OUR PRINCETON CHESS CLUB AND FOR ENCOURAGING YOUNG MINDS IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL WAY.
AND WITH GRATITUDE, THIS IS SIRI ABU-VEMURU, AND VOLUNTEERING IN LIBRARY AS A CHESS TUTOR.
YOU CAN TURN THE MIC OFF AND BACK ON SO THE TIME RESTARTS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS A MATTER OF FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REGARDING OUR PIDS.
I REALIZE I'M BRINGING THIS TOPIC UP EARLY AS THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLANS, THE SAP DOCUMENTS, ARE NOT TYPICALLY SUBMITTED AND APPROVED UNTIL AUGUST.
HOWEVER, STARTING THIS CONVERSATION NOW GIVES OUR PID ADMINISTRATOR, MOONEY CAP, MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE THE NECESSARY DATA TO INCLUDE IN THIS YEAR'S FILINGS.
CURRENTLY, WHEN A RESIDENT IN A PID PAYS THEIR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT, LET'S SAY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS EIGHT PERCENT OF THAT GOES TOWARDS ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES THESE FEES ARE APPROVED ANNUALLY AS
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PART OF THE SAP DOCUMENTS, USUALLY PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA.THE REALITY IS THAT ONCE A PID REACHES FULL BUILD-OUT, THESE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS SHOULD STABILIZE AND EVENTUALLY BEGIN TO DECLINE.
YET, UNDER A CURRENT PROCESS, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE PRESENTED WITH A YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON OF THESE FEES.
WITHOUT A CLEAR TREND ANALYSIS SHOWING LAST YEAR'S ADMIN COSTS VERSUS THE CURRENT YEAR'S PROPOSAL.
THE COUNCIL IS ESSENTIALLY RUBBER-STAMPING THESE DOCUMENTS WITHOUT FULL VISIBILITY INTO THE FINANCIAL BURDEN PLACED ON US RESIDENTS.
US PID-PAYING RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW IF OUR FEES ARE STABILIZING AS PROMISED.
BY ACTING NOW, WE ENSURE THAT WHEN AUGUST ARRIVES, THIS COUNCIL HAS THE DATA IT NEEDS TO MAKE AN INFORMED, TRANSPARENT DECISION FOR THE PID-PAYING RESIDENTS.
ONE MORE TOPIC, THE PRINCETON'S PLAYBOOK, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT CONSISTS OF TWO PLANS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
I LISTENED INTO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING, THE RECENT ONE THAT JUST HAPPENED A FEW DAYS AGO.
IN THAT, I HEARD THE PARKS AND TRAIL MASTER PLAN WOULD BE PRESENTED IN A FEW WEEKS TO THE COUNCIL, AND MOST LIKELY US RESIDENTS CAN VIEW IT AS WELL.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SO ANY HELP AND VISIBILITY THAT YOU ALL CAN PROVIDE ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
MICHAEL, CAN YOU? GOOD EVENING.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN PRINCETON FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS, AND WE LIVE IN ARCADIA FARMS. THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS I WANTED TO PROPOSE THE CREATION OF A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON'S POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEIR ONLY JOB WOULD BE TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAWS AND WRITE CITATIONS AND TICKETS.
WHAT BROUGHT THIS ABOUT? EVERY DAY I SEE POLICE, EVERY DAY I SEE PEOPLE BREAKING TRAFFIC LAWS AND I DON'T SEE A LOT OF ENFORCEMENT THAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.
SO I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR I SUBMITTED AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST TO THE CITY AND WHAT I RECEIVED WASN'T VERY HELPFUL.
IT WAS IN A FORMAT THAT CAME AS MUNICIPAL COURTS ACTIVITY REPORT.
IT WAS A ROLLING MONTH TO MONTH.
AND IT LISTED CRIMINAL CASES, LISTING OFFENSES BY CODE.
SO I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK UP EVERY CODE, WHETHER IT WAS A PENAL CODE, A STATE LAW, OR A CITY ORDINANCE.
SO IT DIDN'T REALLY HELP ME, SO I KIND OF GAVE UP.
HOWEVER, LAST WEEK I MET WITH BOTH JASON RUTLEDGE AND JAN GORIA, BOTH RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY ENCOURAGED ME TO MEET WITH YOU TODAY AND TALK.
SO I CONTINUED MY OWN RESEARCH, AND GOOD OR BAD, I USED AI BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET INFORMATION FROM THE CITY.
AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND, IS THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC STOPS IN PRINCETON FOR 2025.
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TRAFFIC COLLISIONS AND CALLS TO SERVICE WERE UP OVER 134% YEAR-TO-YEAR, SO 24 TO 25.
THIS SHOWS THAT TRAFFIC IS A MAJOR WORKLOAD FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ENFORCEMENT IS REACTIVE AND NOT PROACTIVE, AND CITY GROWTH IS OUTPACING STAFFING.
I PROPOSE CREATING A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT THAT CONSISTS OF THREE OFFICERS, TWO THAT WORK DURING THE DAY AND ONE THAT WORKS AT NIGHT.
AND THEIR ONLY JOB WOULD BE TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAWS AND WRITE CITATIONS.
THE DATA ASSUMPTIONS I'M USING DO COME FROM AI, BUT AN AVERAGE TRAFFIC FINE IS ABOUT $325, AND AN AVERAGE TICKET WRITTEN PER SHIFT IS ABOUT $13,000.
SO, EXAMPLE, THREE SHIFTS IS 40 TICKETS.
FORTY TICKETS TIMES $325,000 IS ABOUT $13,000 A DAY.
IT'D BE $4.6 MILLION OVER THE YEAR, AND THEN ON AVERAGE THE CITY KEEPS ABOUT 50% OF THAT REVENUE, SO ROUGHLY $2.3 MILLION WILL BE KEPT IN THE CITY.
OFFICERS AND EQUIPMENT, I SET ASIDE A NUMBER OF $500,000.
THAT ROUGHLY LEAVES $1.8 MILLION REVENUE EVERY YEAR.
THERE'S WAYS TO OFFSET THE COST, INCLUDING GRANTS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.
HAS GRANTS AS WELL AS THE STATE TEXAS DOT HAS A STEP PROGRAM.
THE PRIMARY REASON FOR CREATING THIS DIVISION IS SAFETY.
AS I SEE VIOLATIONS EVERY DAY.
RECENT ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SCHOOL STUDENTS.
AND SATURDAY I HEARD THERE WAS A TEENAGER HIT ON MONTE CARLO ON AN E-BIKE AND HAD TO BE LIFELIGHTED.
ALSO OTHER TOWNS HAVE THESE DEDICATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENTS.
YOU CAN TURN YOUR MIC BACK ON.
INCLUDING MCKINNEY, PLANO, AND
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ALLEN, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE LARGER CITIES, THEY STILL HAVE THEM.MAYBE WE CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, ABOUT HOW TO BEGIN.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT REVENUE SIDE THAT CAN'T BE OVERLOOKED.
EVEN THOUGH I'VE GIVEN MY VISION, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT JUMPING IN WITH BOTH FEET COULD BE AN ISSUE, SO I SUBMIT.
THE POSSIBILITY OF A PILOT PROGRAM USING EXISTING OFFICERS AND EQUIPMENT, MAYBE ONLY TWO OR THREE DAYS A WEEK, AND SEE IF THERE'S A VIABILITY FOR FULL DIVISION.
IN CLOSING, THE CREATION OF A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT IS A PROACTIVE AND NECESSARY STEP TO ADDRESS THE GROWING DEMANDS IN PRINCETON.
THE INITIATIVE WILL IMPROVE SAFETY, ENHANCE EFFICIENCY, AND SUPPORT THE CITY'S CONTINUED GROWTH IN A RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE WAY.
ILAM? MY NAME IS ILAMURUGU VAYAPURI.
ADDRESS 903 EGRET STREET, PRINCETON, TEXAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE LIBRARY FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO TEACH AND PLAY GAME OF CHESS AT LEWIS NELSON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SPECIAL APPRECIATION GOES TO DIRECTOR GLENDA PUKAT.
ALONG WITH THE TECHNICIANS AMY MASSEY, REGGIE BAIN, AND MARY WOODSON, WHOSE SUPPORT MAKES THIS INITIATIVE POSSIBLE, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER PLACE 6, SAMI AYAMIN, FOR HER ENCOURAGEMENT.
A SINCERE THANK YOU TO OUR DEDICATED CHESS INSTRUCTOR AND ORGANIZER, SIRI VEMURU.
SHE IS HERE TODAY, A TRUE COMMUNITY LEADER AND WHOSE PASSION AND FEARLESS COMMITMENT CONTINUE TO INSPIRE OUR YOUNG PLAYERS.
AND OF COURSE MANY THANKS TO THE PARENT VOLUNTEERS WHO GENEROUSLY GIVE THEIR TIME AND ENERGY.
IT IS ON WEDNESDAY 5 P.M TO 6 P.M.
PLEASE BRING CHESSBOARD AND PIECES, THOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE EXTRA TO PLAY.
PLEASE REGISTER IN THE LIBRARY'S OFFICIAL PAGE SO THE ORGANIZERS KNOW.
JUST IMAGINE WHAT IF IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS PRINCETON PRODUCES A DOZEN CHESS GRANDMASTERS.
WITH THIS KIND OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A SILLY QUESTION.
WHO CARES ABOUT THE CITY FOLLOWING THE LAW? WE GOT ONE THAT CARES ABOUT THE CITY FOLLOWING IN THE LAW.
I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT AND GETTING PUBLIC INFORMATION FROM THE CITY.
MYSELF, PERSONALLY, I HAVE THREE PIRS RIGHT NOW, TWO OF WHICH THAT I'VE EMAILED ALL OF YOU ABOUT, AND I'VE HAD NO FOLLOW-UP ABOUT IT.
AND THESE ARE BLATANT, I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY BLATANT.
VIOLATIONS OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, WHERE IT'S CLEAR AND OBVIOUS THAT INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED.
THOSE TWO ARE ACTUALLY FROM MAYOR ESCOBAR.
THERE'S ALSO A THIRD ONE THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CITY EMPLOYEES.
THERE'S ALSO A HANDFUL OF THEM THAT ARE VERY QUESTIONABLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM, WHETHER I GOT THE RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS THAT I REQUESTED.
I SEE OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY WHO MAKE COMMENTS LIKE THIS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE CITY.
WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, THOSE WORDS THROWN AROUND IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET THEM.
SO I DID WANT TO BRING IT UP TO YOU GUYS AND HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY.
SEE MAYBE AS WE HAD THE TURNOVER A CHANGE IN THIS BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT THESE THESE ARE RECENT ISSUES AS WELL AS OLD SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN MAKE THAT A PRIORITY IN THE MEANTIME SINCE I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT SOME RESIDENTS AND I ARE IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF STARTING OUR OWN PROJECT FOR TRACKING PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS AND MAKING THOSE SO THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN ALL SEE THE SAME DOCUMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THE SAME REQUEST AS ME AND GOTTEN DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAN ME.
LET'S ALL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SAME DOCUMENTS, BE ABLE TO SEE THE SAME INFORMATION, AND BE ABLE TO SEE HOW LONG IT'S ACTUALLY TAKING.
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OF US THAT...REALLY CARE ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WHO ARE BEING TARGETED BY THIS WE IT'S HARD TO TELL I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DATA PRESENTED BY THE CITY AND THE ONLY WAY THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS IF YOU ALL BEHIND THE DAIS MAKE THE DIRECTIVE FOR THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU I BELIEVE THAT IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT OUR PUBLIC APPEARANCE I APOLOGIZE THIS WILL TAKE US TO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP A FEW SECTIONS FOR NOW.
[H1. 2026-077 Presentation and recognition of Commendation to the Princeton Community Development Corporation. Presented by Police Chief James Waters.]
WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE CEREMONY ITEMS, AND THIS WILL START WITH H1, MS. COOK.PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION OF COMMENDATION TO THE PRINCETON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PRESENTED BY POLICE CHIEF JAMES WATERS.
MAYOR, COUNCIL, JAMES WATERS, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR CITY OF PRESTON.
WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE KIND OF COMING UP RIGHT NOW.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAD AN OFFICER NOT TOO LONG AGO PASS AWAY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CDC DIRECTOR AND BOARDS TO DO SOME THINGS TO KIND OF MEMORIZE OR PUT INTO, I'M SORRY GUYS, PUT INTO MEMORIALIZATION FOR THOSE OFFICERS.
SO THE PRINCETON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THEY RECOGNIZED THE PROFOUND IMPACT AND LEGACY OF OFFICER NANCY DOMINGUEZ AND SHARED A VISION TO HONOR HER SERVICE IN A MEANINGFUL AND LASTING WAY.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT COLLIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION, THE CDC HELPED ESTABLISH THE OFFICER NANCY DOMINGUEZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP TO SUPPORT PRINCETON STUDENTS PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION AT COLLIN COLLEGE, PARTICULARLY THOSE INTERESTED IN CAREERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, OR RELATED FIELDS.
THE COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING OFFICER DOMINGUEZ'S MEMORY WHILE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF LOCAL STUDENTS WHO ASPIRE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES.
AND WHILE DOING THAT, WE ALSO ENDED UP WORKING IT OUT WITH CDC.
ONCE THEY END UP ROLLING THROUGH THE COLLIN COLLEGE BOARD AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING DOWN FOR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TO COME ON BOARD INTO THE CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF RAISING OUR NEXT GENERATION TO KIND OF HELP COME PROTECT AND SERVE THE CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHILE DOING THAT, COLLIN COLLEGE WAS SO HONORED AND INSPIRED, THEY ENDED UP NAMING A ROOM, A TRAINING ROOM, FOR OFFICER DOMINGUEZ.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE ATTENDED THAT, I WANT TO SAY, LAST MONTH AND THE MONTH BEFORE, AND ENDED UP PUTTING A FLAG OUT THERE.
SO BECAUSE OF THIS, WE WOULD LIKE TO...
TO HONOR THE CDC DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBERS THAT HELPED PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
IS EVERYBODY HERE FROM CDC? YEAH, I THINK WE'RE MISSING ANN.
IT'S KIND OF AN AWKWARD SETUP.
SO IF WE HAVE WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL CALL THE INDIVIDUAL NAMES UP AND TAKE PICTURES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ONE BIG GROUP PHOTO TOO, IF Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH THAT.
AND NEXT UP WILL BE MARY LOU PETTIS.
NEXT UP, MS. SAMUEL WILL COME UP.
MS. BATES, I DIDN'T SEE HER NEITHER.
I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE IT TONIGHT.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL END UP TAKING PICTURES.
CAN WE CALL THE OTHER TWO? CAN THE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS COME UP AND JOIN US FOR A PICTURE, PLEASE? AND ALSO, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO BRAND NEW BOARD MEMBERS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP.
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AND YOU HAVE H2 AS WELL, RIGHT? I'M SORRY, SIR? YEAH, H2.[H2. 2026-078 Presentation and recognition of officers receiving their RISE awards. Presented by Police Chief James Waters.]
ARE YOU READY FOR H2? YEAH.ALL RIGHT, THIS WILL TAKE US TO H2.
MS. COOK? PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION OF OFFICERS RECEIVING THEIR RISE AWARDS PRESENTED BY POLICE CHIEF JAMES WATERS.
MAYOR, COUNCIL, JAMES WATERS, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR ME TO GET THROUGH THAT BIT.
JUST EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE OFFICERS.
SO AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, WE DO HAVE THE CORE PRINCIPLES WITH US AT THE CITY OF PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, SERVICE, AND EXCELLENCE.
AND WITH THOSE CORE PRINCIPLES, THESE OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD, A NOMINATION AWARD FOR EACH ONE OF THESE CORE PRINCIPLES SO YOU CAN EARN ONE FOR RISE IN THE CITY.
SERVICE AND OR EXCELLENCE AND ONCE YOU RECEIVE ALL FOUR OF THESE CORE PILLAR AWARDS THEN YOU RECEIVE THE BIG AWARD AND SO THESE OFFICERS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LIST OUT HAVE RECEIVED ALL FOUR AWARDS AND THEN RECEIVING THE PILLAR AWARD OR NOT.
SO CAN SERGEANT TRILL COME UP? DETECTIVE HOOKS, OFFICER LEWIS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OFFICER MORALES.
SO I JUST KIND OF NOTICED A TREND.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SWAT GUYS TOO.
SO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BROKE MY HAND SHAKING.
[H3. 2026-075 Proclamation honoring Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month for April 2026.]
THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM H3, OUR PROCLAMATION HONORING SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH.AND THIS WILL BE READ ACTUALLY BY MS. DAVID GRACE.
I AM HONORED TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH IS INTENDED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS WIDESPREAD AND IMPACTS EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER OF PRINCETON, AND WHEREAS RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, AND STATISTICS FOR TEXAS SHOW TWO IN FIVE WOMEN AND ONE IN FIVE MEN HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES, AND WHEREAS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION MUST BE A PRIORITY TO CONFRONT THE REALITY THAT ONE IN FOUR GIRLS AND ONE IN 20 BOYS IS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY THE AGE OF 17, AND WHEREAS WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION, SUPPORTING SURVIVORS, AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HARMFUL ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS AND WHEREAS THE TURNING POINT RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF CULLEN COUNTY STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PARTNERS AND OF EVERY CITIZEN
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TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS TO PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE.MAYOR EUGENE ESCOBAR OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS, JOINED ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IN PLAYING AN ACTIVE ROLE TO PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE, ALONG WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND STATE OF TEXAS, HEREBY PROCLAIMS APRIL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH, AND THAT THE CITY OF PRINCETON SUPPORTS THE CAMPAIGN BUILDING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES.
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, AND ENCOURAGED...
STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE WHEN REQUESTING A PROCLAMATION.
THIS WAS SIGNED ON 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026.
I HAD THE HONOR OF DELIVERING THIS PROCLAMATION LAST SATURDAY AT THE TURNING POINT RAPE CRISIS CENTER IN PLANO, TEXAS, OF WHICH I ALSO SERVE AS A BOARD MEMBER.
THE TURNING POINT CENTER PROVIDES SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS OR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND DOES SO IN A WAY THAT DIGNIFIES THE INDIVIDUAL, IN A WAY THAT EXEMPLIFIES THE UTMOST KINDNESS AND COMPASSION.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE BURDENED ABOUT.
AND REALLY WOULD LIKE TO AND REALLY SUPPORT SOME OF THESE VICTIMS. THE ABUSE THAT THEY SUFFER IS BEYOND THE IMAGINATION, AND IT IS JUST ONE OF THESE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT AS A SOCIETY WE SHOULD SUPPORT REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, OR CLASS, BECAUSE IT TOUCHES EVERY FACET OF OUR EXISTENCE.
AND SOMETIMES, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SEE, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
BUT MANY, SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM, ARE VICTIMS. AND WE NEED A VOICE.
WE NEED SOMEONE TO STAND UP FOR US.
[I. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THIS WOULD TAKE US TO ACTIONS PERTAINING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
YOUR HONOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR MAKE A MOTION FOR YOU, THE MAYOR, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH NICHOLS AND JACKSON LAW FIRM.
I'M GOING TO STAY WITH A SECOND.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD CLARIFICATION TO THAT MOTION IS TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR INTERIM LAW FIRM.
YEAH, DO WE NEED TO REDO THAT MOTION OR TO REVOTE? YEAH, WE CAN REVOTE, PLEASE.
YES, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH NICHOLS & JACKS FOR AN INTERIM LAW FIRM.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE NEED A SECOND.
THIS WILL TAKE US INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE TERMS OF CHAPTER 551 OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING.
SECTION 551.071, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY.
ON PENDING OR CONTEMPLATING LITIGATION.
THIS WILL INCLUDE SISSY LAGUNA VERSUS THE CITY OF PRINCETON, NORTH COLLINS SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT VERSUS THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
AND DO WE NEED TO GO IN FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THAT STUFF ANYMORE? OKAY, SO THAT WILL BE THE ONLY ITEMS THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR.
ALL RIGHT, THE TIME IS 8:46, AND THIS WILL TAKE US OUT OF EXECUTIVE.
[G. CONSENT AGENDA]
THERE ARE NO ACTIONS TO TAKE FROM EXECUTIVE.THIS WILL TAKE US INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION
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OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS.IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEAT.
SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA G1 THROUGH G3. I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE REMOVAL OF ITEM G1.
SECOND. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A SECOND. I'M MISSING ONE VOTE MOTION PASSES 5-0.
[K1. 2026-079 Conduct a Public Hearing on the Levy of Assessments in Whitewing Trails PID No. 2 for Improvement Area Number 3C.]
THIS WILL TAKE US INTO OUR REGULAR, NO I'M SORRY, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.K1, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS IN WHITE WING TRAILS, PIT NUMBER 2 FOR IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER 3C.
IS THERE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS? WE HAVE MS. KELLY WILSON AND ABDI WITH MUNICAP.
WELL, I'M NOT JEFF GOLDWIST TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE WHITE WING TO BE ABLE TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS.
I'LL HEAR TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE TIME IS 8:48, AND THIS WILL OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
THE TIME IS 8:49, AND THIS WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANY ACTION TO TAKE PERTAINING TO THIS? YOU'LL HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS ON L3 AND L4, WHICH IS APPROVING THE LEVY AND THE PID
[G1. 2026-04-13-R01 Consider approving Resolution No. 2026-04-13-R01 that authorizes the purchase of a 10ft bed, 6 cubic yard dump truck from Custom Truck One Source, Inc. for the total cost of $92,440.00; and take appropriate action.]
BOND SALE.THIS WILL TAKE US INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, STARTING WITH THE ITEM THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT, H1.
MAYOR, COUNCIL, PRESTON JONES, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A DUMP TRUCK FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DUMP TRAILERS THAT ONE HAS A STRUCTURAL FAILURE THAT NO TRAILER YARD WILL FIX DUE TO WHERE IT HAS FAILED AT.
IT'S NOW BEEN PUT ON THE RENEE BATES WEBSITE OR AUCTION WEBSITE TO GET RID OF.
SO THIS WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE OUR OUTPUT AS FAR AS OUR WORK THAT CAN BE DONE DUE TO THE MINIMAL CAPABILITIES OF THOSE DUMP TRAILERS.
I WENT BEFORE THE BIRF COMMITTEE PRIOR TO COMING TO COUNCIL FOR THIS SO IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BIRF AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS A BUDGETED FOR ITEM AND THE BIRF HAS APPROVED IT.
ALL RIGHT, I DIDN'T KNOW QUESTIONS.
MS. TODD? SO WHEN WOULD YOU EXPECT TO HAVE THE NEW TRUCK? LIKE, WHAT'S THE ET ON THAT? THEY HAVE THEM ALREADY ON HAND.
ACTUALLY, ONE OF THEM IS BEING RESERVED FOR US OUT OF, I BELIEVE, IT'S KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET THE GO-AHEAD, THEY CAN SHIP IT DOWN TO US.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS TIME I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WHAT'S THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE COST FOR THIS TRUCK? I DON'T HAVE THE FIGURES OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE AVERAGED 50 GALLONS OF FUEL A WEEK, WHICH WAS OVERESTIMATING THE FUEL, SO THAT HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.
FOR AND WE ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR TWO SPARE TIRES IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF THAT AND DEPRECIATING FROM THERE AS FAR AS INCREASING THAT VALUE FOR MAINTENANCE DUE TO OIL CHANGES AND JUST YOU KNOW LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE VEHICLE BUT I SAID I DON'T HAVE THOSE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOUR EQUIPMENT GETS USED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SOMETIMES PARKS AND REC BORROWS SOME OF YOUR EQUIPMENT.
IS THIS ALSO SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE BORROWING POTENTIALLY? AND IF SO, DOES THE COST FULLY COME FROM YOU, OR IS THERE A JOINT? THE COST FULLY COMES FROM PUBLIC WORKS, BUT THE MENTALITY IN PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND REC, AND PRETTY MUCH ANY PART OF THE CITY YOU SPEAK TO, WE'RE ONE TEAM.
WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL.
AND THAT GOAL WITH THE GROWING PAINS, AS WE ALL KNOW, GETS MORE AND MORE CHALLENGING EVERY DAY.
OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING IT AS WELL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BURDEN THE COST OF THAT.
ALL RIGHT, JUST NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM G1-2026-041301.
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I'LL SECOND.THE MOTION PASSES 5-0. THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM L1.
[L1. 2026-080 Consider approval of the acceptance of the 6th Street Lift Station and associated public improvements, and take appropriate action. Presented by Preston Jones, Assistant Director of Public Works.]
MS. COOK? L1, CONSIDER AN APPROVAL OF AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE 6TH STREET LIFT STATION AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.PRESTON JONES, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
WE'RE SEEKING ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL FOR THE 6TH STREET LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS.
US AND OUR ENGINEERS HAVE CONDUCTED SEVERAL WALKTHROUGHS AND FOUND THAT ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE PUNCH LIST HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND EVERYTHING IS UP TO CITY STANDARDS.
YOUR HONOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM L1-2026-080.
[L2. 2026-04-13-R03 Consider approving Resolution No. 2026-04-13-R03 authorizing on-call professional service contracts to support public work projects through September 30, 2028 with up to two one-year contract renewals; and take appropriate action.]
I'M SORRY, THE MOTION PASSES 5-0.MS. COOK? CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION 2026-0413-R03, AUTHORIZING ON-CALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2028, WITH UP TO TWO ONE-YEAR CONTRACT RENEWALS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
MAYOR, COUNCIL, AGAIN, PRESTON JONES, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS WAS PRESENTED BACK TO YOU ALL IN JULY OF 2025.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO HAVE A POOL OF ENGINEERS THAT ARE EXPERTS IN MULTIPLE FIELDS.
SO NOT ONE ENGINEER IS A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL.
YOUR CONCERNS AND ALSO CITIZEN CONCERNS, SO WENT OUT FOR A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS BACK IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL OF 2025.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN JULY THIS POOL OF ENGINEERS I'D LIKE TO CHOOSE FROM.
THIS HAS NO FISCAL IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET.
ALL THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS PUT THEM UNDER CONTRACT TO UTILIZE THEM GOING FORWARD, WHICH WILL HELP EXPEDITE PROCESSES AS WE MOVE ALONG WITH CIP PLANS, ETC.
HOW ARE WE MOVING ALONG WITH CIP PLANS? WE DON'T HAVE A CIP COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THINGS AND DO THE ANNUAL AUDIT FOR THE FINANCES.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE SEAC COMMITTEE? YES.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE CORRECT...
APPLICANTS TO FILL THOSE SEATS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW HAS TO BE CERTAIN AMOUNT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS AS WELL AS REGULAR CITIZENS THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN FILLED YET THESE ARE WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW OFF OF THE OLD CIP PLAN WHICH HAS SOME SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH BARRING THIS CONTRACT AND THEN MOVING FORWARD ONCE THE COMMITTEE IS SET AND WE FINISH OUR WATER WASTE FOR OUR STUDIES AND ALL THAT THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD NEW ONES ALRIGHT, SO THESE CONTRACTS, THE CONTRACT SERVICES HERE WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY USED NOT JUST FOR CIP PLAN, FOR OTHER THINGS ADDITIONAL, RIGHT? THIS IS BASICALLY JUST UPDATING OUR OWN CALL FOR ASSISTANCE PERTAINING TO WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT ALSO PERTAINS TO PARKS AND REC.
OTHER DIVISIONS CAN UTILIZE THAT.
IT WAS LAID OUT IN THE, I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF PAGES, BUT IT WAS ALSO LAID OUT IN THERE THAT OTHER DIVISIONS WILL BE UTILIZING THIS AS WELL.
WHICH CIP DOCUMENT ARE WE ACTUALLY USING? BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE WE'VE LAST HAD A COMMITTEE MEET.
UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT SO IT'S THE I BELIEVE IS THE 2021 OR 2022 WHENEVER THE ORIGINAL ONE CAME OUT OR SAY THE ORIGINAL LAST ONE CAME OUT AND THERE ARE PROJECTS ON THERE THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SUCH AS YORKSHIRE IMPROVEMENTS ETC THAT WE FEEL WOULD STILL BENEFIT THE CITIZENS AND WE HAVE YOU KNOW WE IDENTIFIED THE FUNDING BACK THEN FOR THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE THE YORKSHIRE IS THAT THE WIDENING OF YORKSHIRE YES MA'AM HAVE WE OBTAINED IS THIS TO OBTAIN THE EASEMENTS THERE FOR A LONG I DON'T HAVE A PLAN SET SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL WHAT I WAS GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE THAT THAT'S PART OF THIS IS TO GET THE PLANS ENGINEERED WHICH KNOW WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED OKAY ALL RIGHT, THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
IF THERE ARE NO, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM L2026-0413, R03 AS SUBMITTED.
I MISS THE MORE SECOND I MOTION PASSES 5-0 THIS WOULD TAKE US
[L3. ORD-2026-04-13 Consider approving Ordinance No. 2026-04-13, levying assessments for the costs of certain improvements to be provided in the Whitewing Trails Public Improvement District No. 2 Improvement Area 3C; fixing a charge and lien against all properties within Improvement Area 3C of the district, and the owners thereof; providing for the manner and method of collection of such assessments; making a finding of special benefit to property in Improvement Area 3C of the district; approving a service and assessment plan; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date, and take appropriate action.]
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TO ITEM L3 MISS COULD CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2604 13 LIVING ASSESSMENTS FOR THE COST OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PROVIDED IN THE WHITE WING TRAILS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO IMPROVEMENT AREA 3C FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN IMPROVEMENT AREA 3C OF THE DISTRICT AND THE OWNERS THEREOF PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER AND METHOD OF COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS MAKING A FINDING OF SPECIAL BENEFIT TO PROPERTY IN IMPROVEMENT AREA 3C OF THE DISTRICT APPROVING A SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN PROVIDING A SERVABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS, YOU HAD A PUBLIC HEARING EARLIER, AS WELL AS YOU WILL HAVE TO, WE'VE GOT ABDI WITH MUNICAP HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LEVY OF THE ASSESSMENTS FOR WHITE WING PID.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ABDI ASINA WITH MUNICAP, YOUR PID ADMINISTRATOR.
THIS IS THE THIRD KIND OF PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR WHITE WING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 2.
THIS THIRD PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT HAS THREE SUB-PHASES IN IT, 3A, 3B, AND 3C.
SO COUNCIL APPROVED THE ASSESSMENT LEVY FOR PHASES 3A AND 3B BACK IN NOVEMBER.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST PHASE OF THE THIRD PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE PID WAS CREATED BACK IN 2019.
SO FAR, LIKE I SAID, PHASE 1 AND 2 WERE DEVELOPED, AND THIS IS THE THIRD PHASE THAT HAS 3A, 3B, AND 3C IN IT.
PHASE 3C IS APPROXIMATELY 45.2 ACRES AND HAS ABOUT 175 50-FOOT LOTS.
AND THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THOSE 50-FOOT LOTS AND THE RELATED ASSESSMENT TO BE LEVIED ON THOSE 175 LOTS.
ONCE IT'S FULLY BUILT OUT, PHASE 3C IS EXPECTED TO BRING IN ABOUT $74.375 MILLION IN BUILD-OUT VALUE, AND THE ASSESSMENT ON PHASE 3C IS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT $2,048.
I THINK THE FINAL NUMBER ACTUALLY AFTER THE BOND ISSUANCE WILL BE 2008.
THAT NUMBER IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS LEVIED IN PHASES 3 AND 3B.
JUST TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS IN A SUMMARY FORMAT, 175 50-FOOT LOTS, THE HOMES ARE PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 425,000 EACH, AND THE LOTS ARE ABOUT 88,500.
THAT BRINGS IN ABOUT 74.375 MILLION.
THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT TO BE LEVIED IN 3C IS ACTUALLY 3,830,000 AFTER FINAL BOND ISSUANCE.
AMOUNT WILL BE REFLECTED IN IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THE ASSESSMENT PER UNIT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 22,000.
ACTUALLY, THIS WAS THE PRELIMINARY NUMBER.
AND THAT AMOUNT TRANSLATES TO AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT PAYMENT OF ABOUT 2041 AFTER THE FINAL BOND ISSUANCE AND THEN THE FINAL NUMBERS.
THIS ASSESSMENT IS STRUCTURED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TAX RATE EQUIVALENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO THE TAX RATE EQUIVALENT FOR THIS BID IS UNDER, ACTUALLY, THE MAXIMUM CAPITAL OF $5,505.
SO THEY'RE AVERAGING ABOUT $5,000.
53 AND 55 CENTS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL IMPROVEMENT AREAS.
HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
IF NOT, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND THE ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE FOR THE REVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS.
YOUR HONOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE UNDER L3, ORDINANCE 20260413.
MS. DAVID GRAVES, SECOND? SECOND.
[L4. ORD-2026-04-13-01 Consider approving Ordinance No. 2026-04-13-01, authorizing the issuance of the "City of Princeton, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2026 (Whitewing Trails Public Improvement District No. 2 Improvement Areas #3A-3C Project)"; approving and authorizing an indenture of trust, a bond purchase agreement, a continuing disclosure agreement and other agreements and documents in connection therewith; making findings with respect to the issuance of such bonds; and providing an effective date, and take appropriate action.]
THIS MOVES TO ITEM L4.CONSIDER APPROVING ORDINANCE 2026-04-1301, AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2026, WHITE RING TRAILS, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT NO.
02, IMPROVEMENT AREAS 3A THROUGH DC PROJECT, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN INDENTURE OF TRUST.
BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT A CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AND OTHER AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THEREOF MAKING FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND PROVIDING AN
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EFFECTIVE DATE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR COUNCIL HERE TONIGHT OR THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I'VE JUST SENT THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD FROM THIS MORNING ON THE PID BOND SALE.
AND JASON HUGHES WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WILL PRESENT THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU.
WE ARE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES UPLOADING THE FILE, SO JUST PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH US.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JASON HUGHES, SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HILLTOP SECURITIES.
IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
ALSO HAVE WITH ME MY PARTNER ANDRE AYALA HERE AS WELL.
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE SALE THAT WE UNDERTOOK THIS MORNING AND THIS IS A...
OF COURSE AGAIN FOR WHITE WING TRAILS NUMBER 3A THROUGH 3C LET ME START WITH A QUICK RECAP SO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 850 ACRES IT HAS 2,549 ANTICIPATED SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, 400 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, A COMMUNITY COMPLEX, AND A FIRE STATION.
THE CITY HAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED THREE ROUNDS OF BONDS, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE FIRST BEING IN 2019 FOR PHASE ONE.
THAT WAS JUST OVER $7.8 MILLION.
AT THAT SAME TIME, YOU ALSO ISSUED BONDS FOR WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA.
THAT WAS THE FUTURE PHASES, AND IT WAS THE PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITED THE ENTIRE PID.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, FEBRUARY 2023, 13.6 MILLION THAT WAS FOR PHASE TWO.
SO ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS REIMBURSED BY THAT WAS COMPLETED AND DEDICATED TO THE CITY.
NOW FOR TONIGHT, AGAIN, AS ABBY WENT THROUGH, THIS IS FOR IMPROVEMENT AREAS OR IA, AS WE CALL IT, 3A THROUGH 3C.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, IN TOTAL IT'S 770 SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS.
UPON BUILD-OUT, WHAT'S ANTICIPATED IS $336 MILLION OF TAXABLE VALUE TO THE CITY.
I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS SPECIFIC...
PIT DOES NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF CURVES OFFSET, SO THERE'S NO TAX REVENUES GOING TO OFFSET THE ASSESSMENT TO THE HOMEOWNERS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING, AS YOU DO HAVE WITH ALL OF YOUR PIDS, THERE IS A ONE-TIME PID FEE DUE AT CLOSING.
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LIKE TO JUST REMIND COUNCIL IS, OF COURSE, THESE BONDS ARE SECURED BY AND REPAYABLE SOLELY FROM THE ASSESSMENTS LEVIED WITHIN 3A, 3B, AND 3C.THERE ARE NO AD VALOREM TAX REVENUES OF THE CITY, NO UTILITY REVENUES OF THE CITY.
THE CITY NO OTHER NON-PIT REVENUES THAT GO TO REPAY OR SECURE THIS DEBT.
IT IS AGAIN SOLELY THE ASSESSMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH 3A THROUGH 3C.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD ALSO JUST REMIND YOU IS THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT VEHICLE.
AND IT WILL BE USED TO REIMBURSE AND CAN BE USED TO REIMBURSE ONLY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE, IT'S STREETS, WATER, SEWER, DRAINAGE, AND THOSE RELATED SOFT COSTS.
AND FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISM, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE DEVELOPER PUTS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND, SO TO SPEAK.
THEY ULTIMATELY OR YOU ULTIMATELY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT.
THE DEVELOPER PROVES UP THEIR COSTS, AND IT'S ONLY AT THAT POINT, ONCE ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS COMPLETED THAT IT'S REIMBURSED.
SO IT'S NOT SIMPLY ISSUING DEBT AND CUTTING A CHECK TO THE DEVELOPER.
AGAIN, WE UNDERTOOK THIS MORNING.
WE HAD A BID TO UNDERWRITE FROM THE UNDERWRITER, WHICH IS FMS BONDS BY ROUGHLY ABOUT 11:30.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL IS $18,368,000 IN TOTAL OF BID BONDS.
AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE DO HAVE THE SOURCES AND USES SEGREGATED AS WELL AS THE CASH FLOWS.
THOSE AREN'T SHOWN, BUT WE HAVE THOSE SEGREGATED BY 3A, 3B, AND 3C.
THIS WILL PROVIDE, ASSUMING YOUR APPROVAL, JUST OVER $15.2 MILLION.
FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO THE DEVELOPER, AGAIN, FOR THOSE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
THERE IS A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND THAT'S EQUAL TO ONE YEAR OF MAXIMUM ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE.
CERTAINLY WHILE NOT ANTICIPATED, IF THERE WAS EVER A SHORTFALL IN THE REVENUES, THOSE ASSESSMENT REVENUES, THEN THAT RESERVE FUND COULD BE TAPPED TO MAKE TIMELY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE DEBT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE COSTS ARE WRAPPED IN THERE AS WELL.
SO THE PIT IS MEANT TO BE SELF-CONTAINING, AGAIN, WITH NO DOLLARS COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND, OR OTHER FUNDS.
ON AN AGGREGATE BASIS, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, AMORTIZATIONS OVER 30 YEARS.
THE NOMINAL RATE OR THE AVERAGE RATE, IF YOU WILL, IS 5.44%.
THAT IS FIXED, SO EVEN IF RATES WERE TO GO UP IN THE FUTURE, YOUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS DO NOT.
THAT AVERAGE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT, THE TOTAL THERE FOR ALL THREE IS JUST UNDER $1.6 MILLION.
AND THEN AS ABDI REFERENCED, IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, YOU HAVE A 55 CENT MAXIMUM, JUST OVER 55 CENT MAXIMUM TRE OR TAX RATE EQUIVALENT ASSESSMENT.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY BELOW THAT.
THE LAST THING I WOULD POINT OUT THERE IS THERE IS A CALL DATE OR A CALL FEATURE THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THESE BONDS.
AND WHAT THAT SIMPLY MEANS IS WHENEVER INVESTORS BUY THE BONDS, THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE BONDS FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU TELL THEM THAT AT THAT DATE OR ANY TIME THEREAFTER, YOU CAN TAKE THOSE.
BONDS AWAY FROM THEM IN THE FORM OF A REFINANCING.
SO IN THE FUTURE, IF INTEREST RATES ARE LOWER, WE COULD ACTUALLY REFINANCE THESE BONDS, WHICH WOULD DRIVE DOWN THE DEBT SERVICE, DRIVE DOWN THE PAYMENTS THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM THE HOMEOWNERS AT THE TIME.
THAT'S SOLELY AT YOUR CHOICE IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
SO AGAIN, PRICING WAS THIS MORNING.
WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT FOR THE BOND ISSUANCE.
ASSUMING YOUR APPROVAL, EVERYTHING WILL GO DOWN TO THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
HIS OFFICE REVIEWS ALL PUBLIC DEBT BOND ISSUES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND THEN MAY 13TH WOULD BE CLOSING AND AT THAT TIME AS I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, ALL OF THOSE FUNDS, ALL OF THE PROJECT FUNDS WOULD GO TO THE TRUSTEE BANK TO BE HELD FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO THE DEVELOPER.
THE LAST SLIDE HERE AND I CERTAINLY WON'T GO THROUGH IT, WE JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE IT, THESE ARE ALL OF THE ACTIONS IN THE MEETINGS FROM WHICH COUNCIL HAS TAKEN ACTION SPECIFIC TO 3A THROUGH 3C AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED THAT SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION I'D CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SO THE CALL DATE, THAT'S JUST, SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2034 BEFORE WE CAN TRY TO RENEGOTIATE RATES ON A TAX-EXEMPT BASIS? YES, SIR.
YOUR HONOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD OF 2026-04-1301.
I HAVE TO PULL UP THE FINAL PLATS ON THOSE BECAUSE I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA.
AND YOU JUST SECOND THAT MOTION WHEN YOU SPOKE.
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THOSE QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER, IF NOT, AN EMOTIONAL STAND.SO YOU'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSIONS? NO, IT'S STILL OPEN.
CAN STAFF PULL UP THOSE FINAL PLOTS FOR ME ON THIS PHASE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO AT THIS TIME.
WELL, I THINK MY VOTE IS STAYING.
I JUST PERSONALLY, I KNOW WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED AS COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON THIS, AND I JUST DON'T SUPPORT THE...
THIS STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF THE REPAYMENT OBLIGATION FOR THE RESIDENTS, JUST IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, I CAN'T VOTE YES ON THIS PERSONALLY.
[L5. 2026-074 Consider approving a request for items to be placed on a future agenda and NOT for discussion of these request.]
SO TAKE US TO L-4, MS. COOK.L5, CONSIDER APPROVING YOUR REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS.
I'M GONNA, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE ABOUT THE ROADWAY STUDY THAT WE DID.
I'M GETTING EMAILS, FACEBOOK MESSAGES ABOUT THE ROADWAYS AND WHAT OUR PLANS ARE.
AND I KNOW WE DID THAT A YEAR AGO.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT CUZ I'M BEING HOUNDED NOW, SO.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, AND THE GENTLEMAN CAME HERE TONIGHT, MICHAEL, AND HE TALKED ABOUT CREATING A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
THIS POINT BECAUSE TWO SATURDAYS AGO MY DAUGHTER'S CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF OUR HOME AND A DRIVER COMING UP A STREET RAN INTO HER CAR GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE, LOOKED AT THE IMPACT, GOT BACK IN, REVERSED AND DROVE AWAY.
AND WE DO NOT AT THIS MOMENT KNOW WHO THAT DRIVER IS AND WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE VEHICLE.
AND SO WE ARE LEFT WITH HAVING TO REPAIR OR REPLACE A VEHICLE.
ON A DAILY BASIS THAT OUR STREET IS USED AS A 380 BYPASS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND DRIVERS DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET VERY FAST SOMETIMES UPWARDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT WE START THINKING ABOUT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ANY OTHER ITEMS YES, THERE WERE THREE ITEMS ON THE WORK SESSION THAT WE TABLED TODAY IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION WITH OUR NEW LEGAL TEAM ON BOARD.
IF THEY'RE PREPARED, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THESE WORK SESSION ITEMS, THE DISCUSSION AND PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT TO THE CURRENT CITY OF PRINCETON SEX OFFENDER ORDINANCE ADDED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA SO THAT WAY WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND THEN TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THE DISCUSSION REGARDING CREATION OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AS WELL AS DISCUSSION REGARDING SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
IF NECESSARY, I CAN PROVIDE THOSE DETAILS AND EMAILS TO THE NEW LEGAL COUNSEL IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE OUR NEW BYLAWS TO BE UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE AND FOR ALL OF COUNSEL TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN THE NEW BYLAWS.
THE FUTURE AGENDA LIST THAT WE HAD GOING, THE LINK IS DISCONNECTED.
IT WOULD BE COOL IF THAT WAS REDONE.
I WOULD LIKE A DATA CENTER ORDINANCE DRAFTED AND BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.
I HAD GIVEN OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL AN ORDINANCE FOR NOTARY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
WE'VE HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH THAT IN THE PAST.
SO I WOULD LIKE THAT ORDINANCE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO REPORT NO LATER THAN MAY 25TH, SO THAT'S GIVING US FIVE WEEKS.
STATUS OF UPLOADING ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE COLLIN COUNTY WEBSITE AS WE SHOULD BE TO INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS,
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PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR PIDD AND TERS.I KNOW WHEN KELLY CAME ON SHE KIND OF LIKE STARTED CATCHING US ALL UP ON ALL THOSE THINGS, SO FINANCE IS DOING PRETTY GREAT, BUT IF WE COULD GET THE REST OF THE DOCUMENTS UP THAT WOULD BE
[M. REPORT AGENDA]
FANTASTIC. IF THAT IS ALL, THIS WILL MOVE US TO ITEM M, REPORT AGENDA. NEXT REGULAR P&Z MEETING, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026 AT 6:30 P.M. NEXT REGULAR PARK AND REC BOARD MEETING, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026 AT 6:30 P.M. NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2026 AT 6:30 P.M. NEXT REGULAR CDC MEETING, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026 AT 6 P.M. NEXT HRC REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE DATED AT 6:30 P.M. NEXT LIBRARY. A VARIETY BOARD MEETING. IT WILL BE THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026 AT 6:30 P.M.NEXT, REGULAR EDC MEETING, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2026 AT 6 P.M. APRIL IS BEAUTIFICATION MONTH, UNLIMITED GARAGE SALES DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL. AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. I'M GOING TO STAY IN GRIP. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS? TIME IS 9:18. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.