[A. CALL TO ORDER-MAYOR] [00:00:04] THAT WILL TAKE US RIGHT INTO OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. THE TIME IS 6:42. THIS IS THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON, MONDAY, JULY 27TH. AND WE WILL START OFF WITH OUR ROLL CALL. MS. TODD. PRESENT. MS. DAVID-GRAVES. HERE. MR. JOHNSON IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING. MYSELF, BRYAN WASHINGTON IS PRESENT. MAYOR ESCOBAR IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING. MR. RUTLEDGE. HERE. MR. DEFFIBAUGH. HERE. AND MR. LONG. HERE. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE OUR QUORUM. NEXT WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION. PASTOR STAN FIKE. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT AND AWESOME GOD WHO HAS GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO COME TOGETHER IN FREEDOM AND AND LORD, TO JUST CELEBRATE LIVING IN A NATION WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS THINGS, WHERE WE CAN SEEK COUNSEL. AND LORD, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW WE ASK FOR IS YOUR WISDOM. LORD, YOU SEE THE FUTURE, YOU SEE THE PAST, YOU SEE THE PRESENT. AND SO WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE GREAT WISDOM TO OUR LEADERS, THOSE WHO ARE SERVING US BOTH VOLUNTARILY AND ON STAFF. LORD, YOU WILL WATCH OVER THEM, GIVE THEM THE HEALTH THAT THEY NEED, BE WITH THEM AND THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE AT THEIR OWN PRIVATE HOMES. BUT LORD, ALSO TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS. LORD, BLESS THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. LORD, WE ALWAYS ASK THAT YOU GIVE PROTECTION TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, TO OUR POLICE FORCE AND OUR EMS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS. LORD, BLESS THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. AND LORD, HELP US AS A COMMUNITY BE KNOWN FOR THE UNITY PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. HELP US TO ABIDE BY THE GOLDEN RULE TO TREAT ONE ANOTHER THE WAY WE WANT TO BE TREATED. LORD, BLESS THIS COUNCIL. BLESS THEIR DECISIONS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. [F. PUBLIC APPEARANCE] THIS WILL TAKE US TO PUBLIC APPEARANCE. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS SET ASIDE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE 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 MEETING APPEARANCE CARD PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY. SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THE CITY COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO OR DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS PORTION 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. 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, AND OR DISPARAGING REMARKS AS TO MAINTAIN DECORUM AND SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY FLOW OF THE MEETING. MAXINE ELLIS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM. THIS EVENING I WANT TO ACTUALLY USE A FEW MINUTES TO THANK ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE END, APOLOGIZE TO THEM AS WELL. IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD ON JUNE 2ND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S IDEA OF HAVING A HISTORIC DISTRICT HERE IN PRINCETON. BEST IDEA EVER. WE NEED A HISTORIC DISTRICT. NOT ALL OF YOU MAY KNOW, SOME OF Y'ALL MIGHT KNOW, THAT THE FIRST HOUSE WAS BUILT IN PRINCETON IN THE LATE 1880S. W. A. HARLSON WAS THE FIRST RESIDENT OF PRINCETON, AND HE [00:05:01] CONSTRUCTED HIS OWN HOME. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE POST OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1888. WE HAVE THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, BUILT IN 1940 WITH ROUGHLY 76 CABINS THAT THE CAMP HOUSED GERMAN PRISONERS. THE FIRST COTTON GIN WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1895. SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, IT WAS APPROACHED TO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD ABOUT A HISTORIC DISTRICT. I POSED A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING IT. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HIS VISION? DOES HE ENVISION? HOUSES, BECAUSE HOUSES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS. ANY HISTORIC DISTRICT I'VE EVER BEEN IN, YOU HAVE HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT FIRST AND BACK THEN. SO WITH THAT VISION AND THOSE QUESTIONS I HAD ASKED FOR HIM TO JOIN OUR MEETING, UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS NOT ABLE TO, BUT DID SEND SOME EMAIL RESPONSES, BUT OUR BOARD DIDN'T FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THAT. IN OUR JULY MEETING. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON FOR NOT LETTING IT GO, AND OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF WATERS FOR, HE TOOK THE BALL, HE RAN WITH IT ALL THE WAY TO THE EDC. I HAPPENED TO BE AT THEIR MEETING THIS PAST WEEK, AND HE DID AN AWESOME PRESENTATION ON SETTING UP A HISTORIC DISTRICT. SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APOLOGIZE THE PARKS AND REC BOARD DID NOT CONTINUE WITH IT, BUT THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING WITH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PRINCETON SHOULD HAVE WITH EVERYTHING HISTORICAL WE HAVE HERE IN PRINCETON. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THE BELL ZIPPED? GOOD? YES. GOOD EVENING, HONOURABLE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM. I JUST WANTED TO DO, ACTUALLY, TWO COMMENTS. SO ONE WAS IN RELATION TO THE COLLINS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THE CAD. WE HAVE AN EVENT, I SIT ON THE BOARD, AND WE HAVE AN EVENT WHERE ALL OF THE TAXING ENTITIES ARE INVITED AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CAD DOES AND WE CAN HEAR FROM THE TAXING ENTITIES AND I MET A FEW EMPLOYEES FROM THE CITY OF PRINCETON AND WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION AND I COMPLIMENTED THEM AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEY SAID YOU SHOULD COME TO CITY COUNCIL SOMETIME AND AND SAY THAT SO I WANTED TO COME HERE AND THANK THE STAFF OF THE CITY IN GENERAL I KNOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY DIFFICULT CONSIDERING THE GROWTH THAT THE CITY IS EXPERIENCING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND GREAT WORK. SO THAT'S MY FIRST COMMENT. AND THEN I HAD A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THE CONSIDERATION OF PURSUING AN ESCROW AGREEMENT INSTEAD OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EAST HAZELWOOD STREET. AND IT WAS JUST BASICALLY I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE FIGURE THAT IS PROVIDED OR SUGGESTED IN THE ESCROW AGREEMENT, HOW THAT FIGURE WAS DETERMINED, AND IF THERE WAS A PROJECTION INVOLVED IN ESTABLISHING THAT FIGURE. SO IF THE COST OF A FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN OR WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT IS IN 2026 IF THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THAT FIGURE WAS ESTABLISHED. THAT WAS BASICALLY MY MAIN QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THAT. AND IF, I GUESS, IF IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BASICALLY A STOPGAP MEASURE OR, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR NOW. BUT I WAS WONDERING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, SAY IT'S, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS DOWN THE LINE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, IF YOU HAVE THE SAME ISSUES THAT YOU'RE FACING TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHERROD ROMANI. [00:10:39] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE MY FEEDBACK ON THE BUDGET RETREAT MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST FRIDAY. PLEASE NOTE THAT MY COMMENTS ARE BASED ON THE FIRST HALF OF THE SESSION, AS I WAS ONLY ABLE TO ATTEND UP UNTIL THE LUNCH BREAK. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE VIDEO AND ALL THE PRESENTATION MATERIALS BEING MADE FULLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, SO WE CAN REVIEW THE REMAINDER OF THE SESSION. FIRST, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE CITY STAFF. A LOT OF EFFORT GOES INTO COMPILING THIS INFORMATION AND IT IS INCREDIBLY VALUABLE FOR US RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND CHALLENGES OF EACH DEPARTMENT. MY FAVORITE PART OF THE RETREAT WAS THE PRESENTATION BY OUR CFO. SHE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OUTLINING THE CITY'S FINANCIALS AND BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT OUR UPCOMING CHALLENGES. SPECIFICALLY THAT OUR EXPENSES WILL BE EXCEEDING OUR REVENUES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. I WANT TO GIVE HER KUDOS FOR MAINTAINING THE FISCAL DISCIPLINE NECESSARY TO KEEP HEALTHY RESERVES ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING A 120-DAY WORKING CAPITAL RESERVE ON THE UTILITY SIDE. SHE ALSO PROVIDED A GREAT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, SHOWING HOW OUR TAX RATE HAS DROPPED FROM AROUND $0.60 DOWN TO TODAY'S $0.44, EVEN AS THE CITY HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY. THE BIGGEST EYE-OPENER FOR ME WAS WHEN SHE SHOWED THAT THE CITY DECIDED TO DROP THE TAX RATE BY 9 CENTS DURING THE VERY SAME YEAR THAT IT DECIDED TO TAKE ON A $109 MILLION BOND. NOT SURE WHETHER TO LAUGH OR TO CRY. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD BE LIKE ME QUITTING MY JOB TO CELEBRATE WINNING A SMALL STORE GIFT CARD WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY TAKING OUT A MASSIVE BANK LOAN TO BUY A MANSION. THE MATH IS SOBERING. HAD THAT NINE CENTS BEEN LEFT IN PLACE, THE GENERAL FUND WOULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVING AN ESTIMATED $4.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL REVENUE. THAT AMOUNT ALONE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PAY THE ANNUAL INTEREST ON THAT $109 MILLION BOND. THE LESSON HERE FOR THIS COUNCIL IS THAT YOU MUST MAKE PRUDENT DECISIONS BASED ON FINANCIAL REALITIES, NOT ON POPULISM. THE CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF YOU ARE NOT EASY. YOU ARE TASKED WITH SHORING UP THE GENERAL FUND AND GETTING OUR BUDGET BACK TO BEING BALANCED AT A BARE MINIMUM. DOING THIS WILL REQUIRE DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT POLITICALLY POPULAR RIGHT NOW. BUT I ASSURE YOU, IN THE YEARS TO COME, PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE YOUR LEGACY FOR MAKING FINANCIALLY SOUND CHOICES. TO THAT END, THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE NEED TO BE BOLD. WE NEED MOVES THAT SHIFT THE NEEDLE. BIG TIME. PLEASE DO NOT SETTLE FOR SMALL INCREMENTAL CHANGES THAT BARELY MAKE AN IMPACT. WE ALSO NEED AN ALL-HANDS-ON-DECK APPROACH TO ATTRACT MORE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY APPROVED, WE MUST FIND WAYS TO EXPEDITE THEM SO THAT THEIR SALES TAX REVENUES START FLOWING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. EVERY DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY THE EDC, NEEDS TO HAVE A... FIRE IN THE BELLY ATTITUDE AND GET AGGRESSIVE ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. FINALLY, I HAVE ONE FEEDBACK REGARDING THE PRESENTATIONS BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS. WHEN OUR CFO PRESENTS HER INFORMATION, SHE SHOWS WHAT WAS PLANNED OR BUDGETED AND COMPARES THAT DIRECTLY TO THE ACTUAL. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ADOPT THE SAME EXACT, SORRY, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ADOPT. THIS EXACT SAME STANDARD FOR THEIR STRATEGIC GOALS. WHEN THEY PRESENT THEIR OBJECTIVES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, THEY SHOULD ALSO DISPLAY THE GOALS THEY PRESENTED LAST YEAR AND REPORT ON HOW THEY ACTUALLY PERFORMED AGAINST THEM. THIS ACCOUNTABILITY CYCLE SHOULD BE REPEATED AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET RETREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR THIS CITY. THANK YOU. [00:15:01] THANK YOU. [G. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. PURSUANT TO SECTION 5510415 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, INCLUDING EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, OR CONDOLENCE, INFORMATION REGARDING HOLIDAY SCHEDULES, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS, REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY EVENTS, INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. MS. DAVID GRAVES, YOU HAVE THESE. GRAB YOUR SWIMSUITS AND TOWELS AND JOIN US ON TUESDAY, JULY 28TH FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON AT J.M. CALDWELL SENIOR COMMUNITY PARK FOR OUR ANNUAL SPLASH BASH. GET READY FOR A MORNING FULL OF WATER, FUN, GAMES, AND EXCITEMENT. EXCITEMENT AS WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. VISIT THE PRINCETON WEBSITE ON THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH FOR MORE INFORMATION. JOIN US FROM 8 TO 10 A.M. EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AS WE MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AT J.M. CALDWELL SENIOR COMMUNITY PARK. WE'LL OFFER HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES FOCUSED ON NATIVE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT GARDENING, COMPOSTING, WATER CONSERVATION, AND GENERAL GARDEN MAINTENANCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE EMAIL DVICKERS AT PRINCETONTEXAS.US. TEXAS SUMMERS BRING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE BUT THE EXTREME HEAT AND INCREASED TIME AROUND WATER CAN CREATE SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS. STAY HYDRATED, RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES, PRACTICE WATER SAFETY, AND KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON LOVED ONES. THESE THINGS CAN HELP EVERYONE ENJOY THE SEASON SAFELY. CHECK OUT OUR SUMMER SAFETY PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SUMMER HEAT SAFETY AND DROWNING PREVENTION AT PRINCETONTEXAS.GOV, SUMMER SAFETY. THESE ARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TODAY, MONDAY, JULY 27, 2026. THANK YOU, MS. DAVID GRAVES. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT. FIRST OFF, THIS PAST SATURDAY WAS THE ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL BASH THAT WAS AT PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL PUT ON BY THE CHAMBER. BETH, VERY, VERY NICE JOB. APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO, YEAH, YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND CLAP OVER THERE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CHAMBER, ALL OF THE VENDORS, THE SPONSORS, AS WELL AS OUR EDC AND CDC AS WELL FOR BEING SPONSORS OF THAT EVENT, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND MOSTLY MRS. BIANCA WASHINGTON. I WANT TO THANK HER FOR ALL OF HER EFFORTS. HOPEFULLY I'M STILL MARRIED AFTER THAT. ANYWAY, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS… THE PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB, THEY PUT ON AN INCREDIBLE EVENT SATURDAY EVENING WITH A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT THAT WAS OVER AT THE LOBELO RESTAURANT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. A REAL GOOD EVENT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT JUST GROWING NEXT YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE TWO ITEMS AS WELL. MAYOR PRO TEM, I HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR. AN ORGANIZATION I BELONG TO WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET A PROGRAM. PERMIT TO DO SOME ELECTRICAL UPGRADES AND ACTUALLY TRIED LAST WEEK THAT WAS GOING TO DO THE WORK TODAY BUT WASN'T ABLE TO GET THE PERMIT AND LIKE HE SAID YOU KNOW HE'S OLD I'M OLD AND WE'RE USUALLY COMPUTER ILLITERATE AS FAR AS GOING ONLINE AND GETTING THINGS DONE BUT HE ACTUALLY CAME TO CITY HALL TODAY AND HE SPOKE WITH BECKY IN PERMITTING HE SAID SHE WAS EXCELLENT VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY HELPFUL, AND GOT THE JOB DONE, AND HE JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS HIS GRATITUDE FOR THAT. I'D LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR PRINCETON PD. WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY. I WON'T GO INTO FULL DETAIL, BUT IT WAS PRETTY LENGTHY. IT INVOLVED A LOT OF COORDINATION. AS I WAS READING THIS EMAIL WHEN IT CAME THROUGH ON SATURDAY, I IMAGINED MYSELF BEING IN SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT THESE OFFICERS ARE IN. I'M THANKFUL THAT I WAS NOT BECAUSE IT WAS A SCARY THING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, PRINCETON PD, FOR KEEPING US SAFE. IT INVOLVED AIRCRAFT, DRONES, EXTRA TROOPERS, ALL KINDS [00:20:01] OF THINGS TO CAPTURE SOMEONE WHO POTENTIALLY IS AN UNWANTED, UNSAVORY FIGURE IN OUR CITY. SO OUR PD DEFINITELY HELD US DOWN. SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I WANT TO ECHO ON COUNCILMAN WASHINGTON'S COMMENT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO I ACTUALLY RAN INTO HIS WIFE AND SONIA AT WALMART AS THEY ARE MANUALLY COUNTING EVERY ITEM ONE BY ONE, PUTTING IT IN MULTIPLE CARTS TO GET READY FOR IT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY JUST HAVE SOMEONE ELSE GO OUT THERE AND DO IT FOR THEM. THEY WERE LITERALLY THE ONES AT THE STORE COUNTING THE ITEMS AND GETTING THEM READY FOR THE EVENT. AND THAT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU KNOW, ON THE FRONT LINE DOING THIS. TO GET READY FOR AN EVENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [H. CONSENT AGENDA] ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL REQUEST, IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA. TONIGHT WE HAVE ITEM H1, H2, AND H3, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. YOUR HONOR, IF NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE ANYTHING OFF FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS GIVEN. I'LL SECOND. I'M NOT SURE WHO SECONDED THAT, BUT I HEARD MR. RUTLEDGE, SO I'LL SAY MR. RUTLEDGE SECOND. MOTION PASSES 6-0. THAT'LL TAKE US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL NOT BE GOING BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT WE DO HAVE ACTION TO TAKE [J. ACTION PERTAINING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION] FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN THAT AT THIS TIME. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS AMENDED WITH SERENITY DEVELOPMENT. I SECOND. MS. DAVID GRAVES SECOND. MOTION PASSES 6-0. CAN I SAY THAT IT WAS REALLY REFRESHING TO HAVE A DEVELOPER SO WILLING AND UNDERSTANDING TO COME TO THE TABLE AND TALK TO US ABOUT MAKING AN AMENDMENT. IT WAS REALLY NICE. THANK YOU MS. [K1. 2026-177 Consider the Third Quarter FY2025-2026 Budget and Investment Report (unaudited); and take appropriate action.] TODD. THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. FIRST ITEM UP IS ITEM K-1 2026-177. CONSIDER THE THIRD QUARTER. FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET AND INVESTMENT REPORT UNAUDITED AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. MS. WILSON. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO TEM. TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IS YOUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT WHICH IS ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026. HERE IN AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY LEVEL, WE ARE REMAINING IN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION WITH ALL FUND BALANCES AND RESERVES IN COMPLIANCE. CASH AND INVESTMENTS DO TOTAL $268.4 MILLION AND WE HAVE GENERATED $7.2 MILLION IN INTEREST TO DATE. PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS REMAIN STRONG AT $98.96 OF THE CURRENT LEVY AND OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS CONTINUE TO EXCEED OUR BUDGET PROJECTIONS. THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE BELOW OUR BUDGET PRIMARILY DUE TO SLOWER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. REDUCE PERMIT VOLUMES AND THE TIMING OF THE PERMIT RELATED REVENUES. THEREFORE, FINANCE HAS IMPLEMENTED EXPENDITURE CONTROLS AND ENHANCED COST RECOVERY MEASURES TO BALANCE THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. UTILITY OPERATIONS REMAIN STABLE AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S 120-DAY WORKING CAPITAL RESERVE. HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES. WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE BAR IS LAST YEAR'S YEAR-TO-DATE COLLECTION. THE BLUE BAR IS IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THE BUDGET AND DO 75% OF YOUR BUDGET, AND THE GREEN IS YEAR-TO-DATE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, PROPERTY TAX IS EXCEEDING OUR BUDGET AS WELL AS LAST YEAR. SALES AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAX, THERE IS AN INCREASE. IT'S JUST VERY MINOR, OF COURSE, PROPORTIONALLY WITH THIS GRAPH. AND THEN OUR BUILDING PERMIT REVENUE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS BELOW. PROJECTIONS AT THIS TIME. OTHER, THOSE THINGS THAT WHY THEY ARE BELOW IS DUE TO THE MUDS WHICH ARE BILLED IN ARREARS SO I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. ALSO OUR FRANCHISE TAX USUALLY COMES IN AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR ENERGY SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE AT THE END THE NEXT QUARTER REPORT SO AGAIN I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER. SO AGAIN TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THE PROPERTY TAX AGAIN COLLECTED AT 98 SALES TAX TRENDING AND THEN THE PERMITS. REVENUES ARE TRAILING BEHIND [00:25:02] BUDGET AND THEN AS I MENTIONED THE OTHER REVENUES. HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AS WELL AS SHOWING YOU EXCEEDING THE BUDGET OF OUR PROPERTY TAX THAT WE BUT ADOPTED LAST YEAR AND THAT IS DUE TO THE LEVY CHANGE. THE TIME WE ADOPT THIS BUDGET IT IS ALWAYS IN SEPTEMBER AND THE TIME THAT WAS 4.5 BILLION IN ASSESSED VALUES. OBVIOUSLY, WE STILL HAVE PROPERTIES UNDER PROTEST. SO AS THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THEIR PROTEST STATE, WE ARE NOW AT $4.88 BILLION IN ASSESSED VALUES. THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE CURRENT LEVY EXCEEDING THE BUDGET. ALSO, I'VE DISCUSSED IN MY LAST QUARTERLY REPORT THE DELINQUENT LEVY. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IF I NEED TO GO BACK INTO THAT. CONTINUING ON, PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AND EVALUATIONS. AGAIN, WE RECEIVED THE MAJORITY OF THAT BETWEEN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY. TAXABLE VALUE, AS I MENTIONED, $4.88 BILLION, NET OF EXEMPTIONS, AND AGAIN, STRONG COLLECTION RATE. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT TERS PROPERTY TAX REPORTING HAS BEEN RECORDED IN THIS QUARTER, WHICH TOTALS $1,054,388. SO HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE TERS, OF THE VARIOUS TERS THAT WE HAVE, THEIR PARTICIPATION RATES, AND HOW MUCH... HAS BEEN SENT TO THE VARIOUS TERS. SO IN TERS 2, WHICH IS THE WHITE WING DEVELOPMENT, AT A 4.866 PARTICIPATION, WE HAVE SENT OVER $25,471.26 ON A PRAISE VALUE OF $120.8 BILLION. TERS 3 IS AT A 45% PARTICIPATION RATE. THEY HAVE RECEIVED $581,864.74 ON A VALUE OF $200. 270.37 BILLION. I DO NEED TO CORRECT MY SLIDE. I'M VERY SORRY. TERS 4, I SHOULD HAVE PUT 55%, NOT 4.866. THAT IS THE SICILY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH MARRIES UP TO THE $201,500.66 FOR AN ON AN $81.6 BILLION APPRAISED VALUE. AND THEN TERS 5 SHOULD HAVE FLIPPED TO THE 4.866. THAT IS FOR WHITE WING. NUMBER TWO, PID, WHICH HAS RECEIVED $37,450.24 ON A $209.8 BILLION APPRAISED VALUE, AND TERS 6, AT A 45% PARTICIPATION, RECEIVED $208,101.45 ON A VALUE OF $115 BILLION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SLIDE, SINCE I DO HAVE A CORRECTION? CAN YOU JUST REFRESH ME? WHICH ONE WAS, WHAT, UM... NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTS TERSE 3. TERSE 3 IS EASTRIDGE. EASTRIDGE, THANK YOU. HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF OUR SALES TAX TRENDS. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S TRENDING JUST THE SAME PATTERN AS IT HAS FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS, BUT EXCEEDING. SO IF WE SEE ANY CHANGES, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL NOTIFY COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY, BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD, AS WELL AS WHAT I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT ON FRIDAY WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGETS. HERE IS OUR INDUSTRY SEGMENT WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT 49% IS RECEIVED THROUGH THE RETAIL TRADE, THAT BEING SUCH AS CONVENIENCE STORES, AUTO ZONES, WALMARTS, THOSE SORT OF THINGS, AND THEN THE VARIOUS OTHER ONES. WHOLESALE TRADE, WHICH IS COMING IN VERY SMALL AT 3%, THAT'S JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT IS BUILDING SUPPLIES BY DISTRIBUTORS. AND THEN THE OTHER SEGMENTS COULD BE HEALTHCARE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, MANUFACTURING, REPAIR SERVICES, AND OR ENTERTAINMENT. WE ARE 66% OF THE BUDGET COLLECTED, WHICH IS EIGHT MONTHS BECAUSE, AGAIN, SALES TAX IS REPORTED TWO MONTHS IN ARREAR. THIS IS A 6.01% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR AND, AGAIN, STRONG GROWTH AND CONTINUED POSITIVE TREND EXPECTED. FOR QUARTER THREE, YOU CAN SEE... SEE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR OUR PERMITS. THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION. FOLLOWING THE FLOW, YOU CAN SEE THE LAST QUARTER WE HAVE DIPPED DOWN IN THE PERMITS FROM WHERE WE SPIKED WAY BACK IN 2023. JUST WANTED TO SHOW THIS GRAPHICALLY. BUT ON AVERAGE, 94 PERMITS FOR THE MONTH WITHIN THIS QUARTER, THIS WAS A DECLINE FROM THE PRIOR QUARTER, WHICH WAS ON AVERAGE 168 PERMITS PER MONTH. AGAIN, THE REVENUE LAG DUE TO REDUCED PERMIT ACTIVITY AND THE DELAYED BILLING FOR [00:30:02] REIMBURSABLE SERVICES IS WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. NOW TO LOOK AT OUR EXPENSES. AGAIN, SAME BARS WITH... THE ORANGE BEING 2025 BUDGET, AND THEN YEAR-TO-DATE BEING IN THE GREEN. PUBLIC SAFETY IS DOING A LITTLE BIT, EXCEEDING A LITTLE BIT BUDGET. I'LL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE AS TO WHY. COMMUNITY SERVICES, WE'RE SEEING JUST THE UPTICK WITH REGARD TO THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. THE PROGRAMS ARE STARTING TO COME ONLINE. PUBLIC WORKS IS BELOW PROJECTED BUDGET, AND THAT'S THE STREET MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. AGAIN, WE'VE ONLY SPENT 34% OF THAT BUDGET. I ALSO HAD IN THE BUDGET A MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER TO THE CIP, BUT DUE TO THE REVENUE SHORTFALL, I HAVE NOT PROCEEDED WITH THAT. THEREFORE, I PROBABLY WILL NOT BE MOVING THAT OVER TO THE CIP FOR STREETS. THAT IS WHY THAT IS LOWER THAN WHAT OUR BUDGET WOULD BE. EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS GOOD. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS WITH EXPENDITURES. I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS REALLY LOOKING AT THEIR EXPENSES AND SEEING WHAT IS NOT. NEEDED BY THE END OF THIS QUARTER JUST TO GET US THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE SHORTFALL. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING EXPENDITURES AT 74% OF OUR BUDGET. PRIMARY EXPENDITURE DRIVERS, WE ARE SEEING FIRES OVER TIME AT $579,000. THAT IS A BIG ONE. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE ARE SEEING OUR ENGINEERING COSTS THAT WE OUTSOURCE OF $915,000 THROUGH THIS QUARTER. AND OUR LEGAL SERVICES ARE COMING IN AT $391,000. BUT DEPARTMENTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED THEIR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND COST RECOVERY MEASURES, AS I MENTIONED, AND APPRECIATE THOSE MEASURES THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING, AS WELL AS FIRE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THEIR OVERTIME AND LOOKING AT CHANGING SOME OPERATIONS. AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS DOING ADVANCED BILLING NOW WITH DEVELOPERS TO HELP FUND ENGINEERING SERVICES. FINANCE HAS STRENGTHENED. THE EXPENDITURES CONTROL BY DISCRETIONARY SPENDING OVERSIGHT TO PRESERVE OUR BALANCE AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GENERAL FUND BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE UTILITY FUND? I JUST WANT TO ASK, WITH THE $915,000 FOR ENGINEERING, ARE WE STILL LOOKING TO PURSUE GETTING OUR OWN ENGINEER FOR THE CITY? I BELIEVE THAT POSITION IS STILL OPEN. YES, THE POSITION IS STILL OPEN. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILWOMAN TODD'S QUESTION, QUESTION IS THERE ANY PLAN TO MAYBE HAVE A FIRM HELP US TO FIND SOMEONE BECAUSE THAT POSITION HAS BEEN OPEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME ALMOST A YEAR AND DO WE KNOW WHAT MAY BE THE ISSUES THAT'S PREVENTING US FROM GETTING SOMEONE GETTING THAT POSITION FIELD YES COUNSEL MR. GRAVES, YES. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO OUTSOURCE TO THE FIRM. AND SO PART OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO AS FAR AS TRYING TO BACKFILL AN ENGINEER IS WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE AN ENGINEER BROUGHT INTO THE MUNICIPAL SIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT WORK WHENEVER THE MONEY IS NOT NECESSARILY THERE. A LOT OF THE MONEY IS OUTSOURCED TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS GO OUT TO PRETTY MUCH THE SAME COMPANIES THAT WE'VE AGREED WITH, I BELIEVE IT'S CPSHR, AND SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND THE ENGINEERS THAT WAY TOO AS WELL. BUT WE'RE ALSO WAITING FOR OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THAT WE ISSUED OUT A CONDITIONAL JOB OFFER FOR. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ABLE TO RELEASE HIS NAME JUST QUITE YET, BUT HE DOES HAVE AN ENGINEERING DEGREE. AND SO HIM AND SHAI, WORKING BACK IN DEVELOPMENT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK HAND-IN-HAND TOGETHER TO REALLY PINPOINT. EVERYBODY KIND OF WORK TOGETHER TO FIND OUT THE BEST STRATEGIC PATH FORWARD. DO WE HAVE ANY PROJECTION ON HOW MUCH WE COULD BE SAVING WITH HAVING THE ENGINEER IN-HOUSE AS OPPOSED TO OUTSOURCING? I HAVE NOT TAKEN THAT, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK WITH YOU. I HAVE. GO AHEAD. ONE THING. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT. IT HAS A LOT OF DETAILS IN HERE, ANSWERS A LOT OF QUESTIONS RIGHT OFF THE GET-GO. IN PART OF IT, YOU MADE A COMMENT IN HERE ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE PROPERTIES WEREN'T TAXED CORRECTLY, AND WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THAT TAX INCOME. THIS IS JUST MORE OF A GENERAL QUESTION. ARE WE SURE THAT WON'T EVER HAPPEN AGAIN? HAVE WE SHORED THAT FLAW UP SUCCESSFULLY? YES, WE'VE DEFINITELY BUILT SOME SOPS SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT ALL THESE ORDINANCES, WHEN WE ANNEX PROPERTIES, IMMEDIATELY GO TO THOSE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES TO BE NOTIFIED. THANK YOU. JUST THIS REPORT BROUGHT THAT BACK UP TO THE FOREFRONT AND I JUST I HATE [00:35:01] TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. SO I APPRECIATE THE SOPS. I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THOSE ARE. SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THAT. SO THIS ITEM SENTENCE HAS PRESENTED ITSELF TWICE IN YOUR PRESENTATION HERE. FINANCES STRENGTHEN EXPENDITURE CONTROLS AND DISCRETIONARY SPENDING OVERSIGHT, PRESERVE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN OR WHILE MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES. I GUESS ONE, THANK YOU FOR OUTLINING THIS. I THINK IT'S SMART FOR US TO TIGHTEN OUR BELT. MY QUESTION IS, FROM A RESOURCE STANDPOINT, I KNOW THAT WE'VE MENTIONED DIFFERENT ROLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING FILLED. THAT'S JUST KIND OF GETTING, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, JUST THE NECESSARY HOLES PLUGGED. FUTURE STATE, WHAT IS YOUR FORESIGHT AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK A YEAR FROM NOW AT THE PACE THAT WE'RE GOING? WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, AS I MENTIONED ON FRIDAY, WE'RE SEEING A STRUGGLE WITH OUR BASIC SERVICES AS THEY ARE TODAY. NOT FOR TOMORROW EVEN, BUT AS OF TODAY. IN THE FORESIGHT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING, OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND OUR SALES TAX, IT IS A STRUGGLE TO BALANCE THE GENERAL FUND FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THERE IS SOME ACTION ITEMS THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE BASE BUDGET. AS OF TODAY, IS GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THESE THINGS POTENTIALLY, IF I UNDERSTOOD, ARE BUDGET RETREAT HAVE IMPLICATIONS TO PARKS PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE REC CENTER, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AM I CORRECT THERE? YES. SO THEN, OF COURSE, THESE PARK PROJECTS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE REC CENTER COMING ONLINE, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS OUT, JUST THE OPERATIONS ALONE. I MEAN, WE CAN BUILD LOTS OF THINGS THROUGH THE INS RATE, BUT THEN THERE'S MAINTAINING IT, STAFFING IT. SO THERE'S COST OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED WITH THAT, AND THAT IS COMING. SO WE'VE GOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE FUND THAT. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE OFFSETTING WITH THE REC, CHARGES FOR FEES. SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. BUT THERE'S JUST THE STAFFING NEEDS. YEAH, I APPRECIATE. I WOULD ECHO WHAT THE RESIDENT'S ROD CAME UP AND MENTIONED. I THINK THAT YOUR OUTLINE ON FRIDAY WAS EXTREMELY DETAILED. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS COUNCIL MAKING SOME SMART DECISIONS AND SOME VERY DIFFICULT ONES HERE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. HEY KELLY, YOU MENTIONED THAT PERMITS WENT DOWN FROM LIKE 168 TO 94. DO WE KNOW THE REASONS FOR THAT? AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER, I DO ALSO WANT TO ECHO JUST HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING TO BRING TRANSPARENCY AND CLARITY TO THE BUDGET PROCESS. IT HAS REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE AND WE'RE JUST SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. I WILL LET SHAI WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DISCUSS THE PERMITS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. SO PERMITS DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO DOWN. WE HAVE NOT YET ISSUED THEM. SO BACK IN APRIL, WE UPGRADED HOW WE REVIEW OUR RESIDENTIAL PERMITS. WE'VE GOT A VERY ROBUST CHECKLIST NOW, WHICH MEANS IT TAKES TIME FOR OUR PERMIT TAX. WE HAVE TWO PERMIT TAX AND SO IT TAKES 45 MINUTES PER PLAN REVIEW AND WITH PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS AND WALK-IN CUSTOMERS WE BARELY CAN GET SEVEN TO TEN PERMITS OUT A DAY. SO WE CAME TO YOU AND ASKED FOR SOME MONEY SO WE COULD HIRE A THIRD PARTY TO GET THIS DONE. THERE IS A BACKLOG OF ALMOST 400 PERMITS THAT WE HAVE TO ISSUE. SO NEXT WEEK WE ARE GOING TO GET, WE'RE TRYING TO GET WORK DONE BY GETTING EVERYBODY ON MY STAFF WORKING TWO HOURS EVERY DAY DOING EITHER BILLING OR NOW NEXT WEEK WE'LL DO PERMITTING. SO WE WILL GET THE PERMITS OUT BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT THIRD PARTY HAS SENT THEIR REVIEW THEY'RE APPROVED BUT IT STILL TAKES OUR PEOPLE TIME TO GET THEM OUT SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM OUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BUT TO DO IT RIGHT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE UM YOU DON'T HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN YOUR DEPARTMENT IS THAT CORRECT THAT'S CORRECT. SO YOUR STAFF IS CURRENTLY, LIKE, BOUNCING THAT AROUND, TRYING TO PICK UP THAT, AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE KIND OF GETTING STRETCHED? SO BASICALLY OUR PLANNING TECH AND OUR PERMIT TECHS ARE ALSO DOING ADMIN WORK, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN'T DO THEIR TECHNICAL WORK, WHICH MEANS THE PLANNERS AND PLANS EXAMINERS ARE DOING THE TECHS' WORK, WHICH MEANS THE MANAGERS ARE DOING THE... PLANERS AND PLAN EXAMINATION WORK, SO IT'S, WE'RE WORKING. WE HAVE SOME IDEAS IN THE NEW BUDGET THAT WE HAVE SHARED WITH YOU ALL, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN TIME WE WILL GET IT DONE PROPERLY AND AS [00:40:01] FAST AS WE CAN. SO NEXT, WHEN I BRING THE FEES, WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO. WITH THE FEES BECAUSE WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WAITING TO START WORK FOR NOW SINCE APRIL. AND SO WE'RE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS IT. I HAVE, I GUESS, A TAG-TEAM QUESTION FOR THE TWO OF YOU. WOULD, IN YOUR OPINION, IT BE, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT BUDGETS SOON, LIKE FINALIZING IT, THE BENEFIT OF THAT ONE PARTICULAR POSITION BY OFFSETTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES, BUT TO STOP THE TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, WOULD THAT BE ACTUALLY A FINANCIAL BENEFIT IN THE LONG RUN TO ENABLE US TO BE FUNCTIONING MORE EFFICIENTLY? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT DISCUSSION ITEM DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY TO MAKE THAT DISCUSSION ITEM ADDRESS. I THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AS WELL. YOU'VE COME IN AND JUST HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF CHANGES AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR NOT RECRUITING COUNCIL TO COME AND DO THE PERMITS. YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT HERE. THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS ON THE GENERAL FUND. I'LL MOVE TO THE UTILITY FUND. HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF THE REVENUE THROUGH THIS QUARTER. WATER IS TRENDING A LITTLE BIT BELOW PROPORTIONAL BUT THAT'S MORE OF A SEASONAL ISSUE. IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT COLLECTING WATER REVENUE, IT'S JUST A SEASONAL THING. WASTEWATER, I HAVE THE THREE ASTERISKS THERE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THIS IS THE QUARTER THAT WE DO SEE THE FIRST WQA IMPACT ON THE COLLECTIONS BUT A LOT OF THAT IS WITHIN THE WASTEWATER REVENUE IS GOING TO BE THOSE OUTSIDE AGENCIES SUCH AS COLYOKE AND MILLIGAN THAT PAY 1.5 TIMES AS WELL ON THE WASTEWATER. THIS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS HERE LAST FRIDAY. SOLID WASTE, WE'RE TRENDING RIGHT ALONG, STORMWATER AND THEN OTHER WHICH IS GOING TO BE YOUR INTEREST AND SO FORTH. AGAIN, IT REMAINS FINANCIALLY STABLE. WATER REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW BUT THAT'S JUST DUE TO THE SEASONAL USAGE AND TIMING AS I MENTIONED. SEASONAL CONSUMPTION IMPACTS OUR PERFORMANCE, SO WE ALWAYS NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MONITORING THAT. AND THEN THE WQA, AS I MENTIONED. HERE'S THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. WE'RE SEEING OUR WATER PURCHASES. THAT'S THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THE BUDGET, SO WE'RE ALWAYS MONITORING THAT. WE ARE EXCEEDING OUR TAKER PAY, BUT I'LL DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. WE'RE SEEING OUR TREATMENT IN LINE. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE IN LINE. TRANSFERS I HAD JUST HELD OFF JUST TO MAKE SURE THIS WQA DID NOT IMPACT THE 120-DAY RESERVE BEFORE I MADE TRANSFERS TO THE CIP AND THE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, WHICH IS IN THE BUDGET. I JUST WANTED TO OUTLINE THAT. EXPENDITURES ARE 57% OF THE BUDGET, WHICH IS BELOW A PROPORTIONAL BENCHMARK. YEAR-OVER-YEAR, THOUGH, OUR INCREASES ARE DRIVEN BY THOSE WHOLESALE WATER, OUR DEBT SERVICE. AND TRANSFERS. HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF OUR TAKER PAY, THE $8.76 MILLION IN 2026, AND WE ARE PROJECTED TO EXCEED THAT. I'M PROJECTING AT $9 MILLION. AGAIN, BUT WE ARE SEEING OUR 120-DAY CAPITAL RESERVE REMAINS INTACT. AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE CIP. I WILL BE MAKING THAT TRANSFER IN THIS NEXT QUARTER. HERE'S OUR WATER PURCHASES AND OUR AVERAGE DAILY DEMAND. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR AVERAGE DAILY GDP IS EXCEEDING LAST YEAR AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE PURPLE LINE OVER THE RED, BUT WE ARE EXCEEDING ALSO AS WELL OUR CONSUMPTION. TAKE OUR PAY AGAIN. THE OBLIGATION IS $8.76 MILLION. OUR AVERAGE GALLONS PER DAY IS $5.8 MILLION IN THIS QUARTER, AND OUR AVERAGE CONSUMPTION DID INCREASE 6% OVER LAST YEAR. I ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT THE UTILITY BILLING AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR ACTIVE ACCOUNTS HAVE INCREASED ALMOST 13% OVER THIS TIME LAST YEAR. NEW METER SETS, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE NEW ACCOUNTS. YOU MIGHT SEE THAT IT'S GOING DOWN, BUT IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT [00:45:01] WE'RE NOT HAVING A PROBLEM. IT'S JUST AT THAT TIME THINGS WERE SPIKING WITH MORE NEW ACCOUNTS. WE STILL DID GET 358 NEW ACCOUNTS THIS QUARTER. SAME WITH NEW ACCOUNTS HERE OF 9%. AND THEN JUST THE ONLINE PAYMENTS, WE'RE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ONLINE PAYMENTS. SO THOSE ARE SOME GOOD GROWTH INDICATORS AS WELL AS CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR ON HOW PAYMENTS ARE MADE. SO KEY TAKEAWAYS, KEY FINANCIAL, OUR CITY'S FINANCIAL CONDITION REMAINS STABLE. THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES ARE BELOW THE BUDGET DUE TO THE SLOWER DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVITY AND REVENUE TIMING, BUT STRONG RESERVES AT THIS POINT IN PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS SUPPORTING THE FINANCIAL STABILITY. AND STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE BUDGET AND UPDATE COUNCIL AND ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. MOVING ON TO THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO, OUR PORTFOLIO IS VALUED AT $268.3 MILLION. OUR YIELD TO MATURITY IS HOLDING AT $3.66. WE ALSO INCREASED OUR NET PORTFOLIO OF $1.2 MILLION FROM MARCH INVESTMENTS AND OUR PORTFOLIO REMAINS LIQUID AND VERY CONSERVATIVE. SO HERE'S SOME BENCHMARKS. 3.66, IT IS DOWN FROM THE 3.68. WE ARE BASICALLY TRACKING WHAT MARKET IS DOING. OUR T-BILL IS AT 3.74. THOSE ARE SOME GOOD BENCHMARKS. THE T-BILL ONE YEAR IS 3.81 AND 4.19. BUT AGAIN, WE REMAIN STABLE ACROSS OUR SHORT-TERM HORIZON. NOW THE FEDS, THEY'RE STEADY AT THE 3.5 TO 3.75 AT THE TIME I DID THIS. THEY PROBABLY HAVE CHANGED. YOU NEVER KNOW. BUT INFLATION IS EXCEEDING THEIR TARGET OF 2%, BUT THEY ARE SPLIT ON THE BOARD AS TO HOW THEY ARE GOING TO, IF THEY WANT TO CUT OR HOLD STEADY AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THOSE ARE ALWAYS INDICATORS OF THEN HOW THE INVESTMENT MARKET WILL RESPOND. HERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, THE VALUE AS OF JUNE 30TH COMPARED TO MARCH 31ST. AGAIN, VERY LIQUID PAR VALUE. JUST A LITTLE NOTE ABOUT WHAT PAR VALUE IS, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INVESTMENTS AT ALL IN STOCKS OR BONDS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PIE CHART, THAT ALMOST 30% ARE IN BANK ACCOUNTS AND 70% ARE INVESTMENT POOLS. THIS IS NOT HOW I PREFER TO DO INVESTMENTS. I LIKE IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIVERSIFIED, BUT I'M KIND OF WAITING UNTIL COUNCIL FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THESE INVESTMENT REPORTS THAT I'M GIVING BEFORE I MAKE ANY FURTHER ACTIONS. BUT THIS IS... SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE OF INVESTING IN OTHER AVENUES. COURSE WAS ALL WITHIN THE INVESTMENT POLICY, WHICH IS VERY SAFE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FEDERALLY BACKED INVESTMENTS. SO AGAIN, MINIMAL CHANGE IN OUR PORTFOLIO GROWTH, BUT AGAIN, VERY LIQUID. HERE IS A GREAT SNAPSHOT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE. WHOSE EQUITY WITHIN THIS TREASURY? EVERYBODY THINKS, OH, $268 MILLION. WELL, IT'S DESIGNATED IN CERTAIN FUNDS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER 80% OF THESE ARE IN RESTRICTED FUNDS. SO, AGAIN, WHAT I CONSIDER WHAT IS UNRESTRICTED IS YOUR GENERAL FUND AND YOUR UTILITY FUND. THEY WILL STAY IN THOSE VARIOUS FUNDS, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS OR IMPACT FEES, WHICH ARE RESTRICTED IN THEIR NATURE OF HOW THEY CAN BE SPENT. SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR POLICY. WE ALWAYS FOCUS ON SAFETY, LIQUIDITY, AND YIELD, AND NO COMPLIANCE EXCEPTIONS TO BE NOTED. AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR INTEREST EARNINGS FROM EVERY QUARTER TO EVEN THE MONTHLY FOR THIS QUARTER OF WHAT HAS BEEN EARNED, WHICH WAS A LITTLE OVER $2.4 MILLION EARNED WITHIN THIS QUARTER AND EXCEEDS THIS TIME EVEN LAST YEAR OF $7.1 MILLION WHEN LAST YEAR. TOTAL WAS 6.8, BUT THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THOSE TWO BONDS THAT WE ISSUED LAST SUMMER. SO MORE INVESTMENTS WERE ABLE TO EARN THOSE EARNINGS. SO AGAIN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT OUR INTEREST EARNINGS, 7.197 MILLION. MAJORITY IS IN THOSE POOLED INVESTMENTS. STRONG RETURNS ARE DRIVEN BY THE RATE ENVIRONMENT, AND WE DO HAVE HIGHER CASH BALANCES FROM LAST YEAR'S BONDS ISSUANCE, HENCE WHY WE HAVE MORE INVESTMENT EARNINGS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY FINANCIAL REPORT. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR SUCH A DETAILED REPORT, KELLY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? FOR ME, I SEE A LIST HERE THAT TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. IS THERE AN EXPECTED ACTION THAT WE'RE TO TAKE JUST TO APPROVE WHAT WAS REVIEWED? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO DO AT THIS POINT? TAKING ACTION TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL REPORT, [00:50:01] WHICH WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. GOT YOU. AWESOME. ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS? IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO... HOW CAN I SAY THIS? I THINK ADDRESS OUR CURRENT GENERAL FUND SITUATION. I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN SEEING INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO, I THINK WE MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET RETREAT, YOU MENTIONED THE CITY'S TAXABLE VALUE AND HOW THE ADJUSTING OF OUR TAX RATE, HOW THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR TOTAL GROWTH. OF THE PROPERTY TAX AMOUNT AND I'D LIKE TO SEE LIKE SOME SOME CHARTS OR SOME INFORMATION AROUND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE SO WE CAN AS A COUNCIL I GUESS START TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DO SO AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE WE'LL DO THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE THIRD QUARTER BUDGET INVESTMENT REPORT. I SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MS. DAVID GRAVES, I CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT. WE'RE MISSING ONE. MOTION PASSES 6-0. [K2. ORD-2026-07-27-01 Consider Ordinance No. 2026-07-27-01 updating the Development Services and Fire Department Fee Schedule to 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 of these items unless a Councilmember so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. CC WS & CC Regular Meeting Minutes 07.13.2026.pdf CC Memo - PTC Notice of Assignment - 07.27.2026.pdf City Consent - PTC Notice of Assignment.pdf CC Memo - Pell Land Notice of Assignment - 07.27.2026.pdf Wastewater NSSA - Pell Assignment.pdf Executive Session: Under terms of Chapter 551 of Texas Government Code the City Council may enter into Closed Session or Executive Session to discuss the following: Section 551.071 (2) Texas Government Code. Consultation with the City Attorney on pending or contemplated litigation, a settlement offer, or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter on any agenda item listed elsewhere within this agenda, and/or the subject matter listed below: Pending or contemplated litigation Serenity Development Agreement Amendment CC Memo - Quarterly Financial and Investment Report as of 06.30.2026 - 07.27.2026.pdf CC Presentation - Quarterly Financial & Investment Report - 07.27.2026.pptx more accurately recover the City's cost of providing development review, permitting, inspections, and fire prevention services associated with development projects; and take appropriate action.] THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM K-2, ORDINANCE 20-26-07-2701. CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026072701 UPDATING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT FEE SCHEDULE TO MORE ACCURATELY RECOVER THE CITY'S CAUSE OF PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PERMITTING INSPECTIONS AND FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. GOOD EVENING AGAIN MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED IN THE WORK SESSION AT THE LAST MEETING AND WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS, SO I IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PRESENTATION WE COULD GO THROUGH IT OR I COULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER LONG HAD AND AND IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO THE PRESENTATION AND TAKE OR JUST TAKE QUESTIONS I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON SOME OF THE PERMITS AND THE FEES AND THINGS. AND THIS IS FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL, I GUESS. I SEE A FIREWORKS PERMIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $300 THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. WHAT IS THAT FOR? THIS IS ON THE LIST OF EXISTING THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF. WE'RE CONSOLIDATING AND COMBINING ALL THESE ONES. SO ALL THE ONES ON THAT PAGE, THOSE ARE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY STANDING THAT WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH. OKAY, WELL, IT SAYS DID NOT EXIST, AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT PROPOSED, AND IT SAID IT PROPOSED OF $300, AND I JUST WONDERED WHAT THE FIREWORK, WHAT A... FIREWORKS PERMIT IS FOR THE CITY, IN THE CITY, WITHIN THE CITY, BUT WE DON'T PERMIT THE POSSESSION OR THE SALE OF FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY. OH, THAT'S FOR, THAT FIREWORKS PERMIT IS FOR WHEN COMPANIES COME IN AND PUT ON FIREWORKS SHOWS. OH, FOR FIREWORKS SHOWS. YES, SIR. SO IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE. NOT, NOT A, NOT A. SO, SO IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT INSTEAD OF, BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE, WELL, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SELL FIREWORKS IN THE CITY. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT PERMIT FEE, SO PROBABLY FOR FIREWORKS SHOWS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. ONLY THE LICENSED CONTRACTORS CAN EVEN APPLY FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE COULD CHANGE THE NAME OF IT IF IT WOULD HELP. I DO, IF YOU DON'T MIND ANSWERING A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. A COUPLE OF THESE, YOU HAVE RE-INSPECTIONS, THE FEE GOES UP, OR RESUBMITTALS. I MEAN, IT COULD BE FOR INSPECTIONS FOR FIRE OR IT COULD BE PLAN REVIEW. RESUBMITTALS AND THE PRICE GOES UP. SO MY QUESTION IS, WE'RE TRYING TO CHARGE PEOPLE WHAT IT COSTS US. LIKE WE'RE NOT HERE TO MAKE MONEY, WE'RE HERE TO PAY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO IF I GO INSPECT AN ENTIRE BUILDING PER SE, OR I DO A PLAN REVIEW OF AN ENTIRE SET OF PLANS, THE FEE... [00:55:02] PAYS FOR THAT. BUT THEN TO HAVE A RESUBMITTAL I HAVE TO PAY A HIGHER FEE WHEN IT'S GOING TO TAKE LESS TIME TO DO THE INSPECTION AND LESS TIME TO DO THE REVIEW. SO ONE OF THE REASONS TO DO THAT IS SO THAT PEOPLE WILL SUBMIT WHEN IT IS DONE CORRECTLY BECAUSE IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SAME PROJECT OVER AND OVER YOU JUST HEARD HOW SHORT STAFFED WE ARE. SO WE THEN HAVE TO PUSH ANOTHER PERMIT OR PLAN REVIEW TO A THIRD PARTY BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET TO IT, BECAUSE WE WERE DOING RE-INSPECTION, RE-PLANS CHECK. NOW WE HAVE DETAILED CHECKLISTS ON OUR WEBSITE THAT SHOW PEOPLE. SO IF YOU DON'T EVEN FOLLOW OUR DETAILED CHECKLIST AND YOU'RE SUBMITTING SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK ALL THE TIME FOR, SOMETIMES... THERE WAS A PLAN WE JUST FINISHED, 15 RESUBMITTALS, 15. YEAH, AND THAT'S A PRETTY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON PRACTICE IN MOST CITIES JUST BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE DOES RESUBMIT SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND PUT ALL THE NOTES AND UPDATE AND ALL OF THAT, IT THROWS THE WORKFLOW OFF. SO TECHNICALLY IT DOES COST MORE FOR US TO LOOK AT SOMETHING AGAIN OFTEN. SO THAT'S THAT. I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON THING YOU SEE ACROSS MOST CITIES. YES, SIR. AND SOME OF OURS, BECAUSE OF STATE LAW, ARE ON A TIMELINE. SO THEN OUR STAFF HAS TO WORK OVERTIME, WHICH WE HAVE TO PAY TIME AND A HALF FOR. SO THOSE WERE THE CONSIDERATIONS TAKEN FOR RESUBMITTAL AND REINSPECTIONS. SO ESSENTIALLY THIS IS TO RECUPERATE MAN HOURS. THAT AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JUST PAY ATTENTION AND DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. SURE. THERE ARE SOME SUBMITTALS THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN DENY, MEANING NOT ONLY WOULD YOU, YOUR STAFF HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT, THEN THEY HAVE TO GO BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING. THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BEFORE US SO THAT WE CAN DENY IT, BECAUSE CERTAIN DENIALS CAN ONLY COME FROM PLANNING AND ZONING AND COUNCIL. SO I THINK THAT THIS ADDS TO THE WHOLE MAKE SURE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DOTTING YOUR I'S, CROSSING YOUR T'S, AND GETTING IT RIGHT SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO FILL OUR AGENDAS WITH THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, LIKE, DENY AND KEEP SENDING BACK OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FEES, THEY DON'T COVER, EVEN COVER OUR COST. THEY ARE LESS THAN WHAT IT COSTS FOR A PLANNER OR A PLAN REVIEW PERSON TO REVIEW THE PLAN. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IT'S REALLY NOT RECOVERING MORE THAN 25 TO 30 PERCENT OF THE COST. AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, DOING PLAN REVIEWS. AND WHAT IT TAKES, WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE YOU JUST GOT THROUGH SAYING THAT YOU WORKED ON ONE LIKE FOR 15 WEEKS, YOU HAD A LOT OF SUBMITTALS. IF YOU RETURN SOMETHING ON A PLAN REVIEW AND SAY, WELL, IT NEEDS THIS, THIS, AND THIS, ARE YOU RETURNING THEM FOR ANOTHER REVIEW BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS? OR DO YOU FIND SOMETHING ELSE IN THE PLAN REVIEW? I MEAN, DO YOU CATCH EVERYTHING THE FIRST TIME? YES, SIR. AND WHEN PEOPLE, YOU MUST HAVE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH, WE GET NEW COMMENTS EVERY TIME. WELL, THE THING IS, IF YOU WERE ADDRESSING THE COMMENT WE SENT AND CHANGED SOMETHING LITTLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS COMMENT, WELL, THEN THAT WOULD CREATE ANOTHER COMMENT BECAUSE YOU DID IT THAT WAY. IF YOU'D DONE IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, WE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE ISSUE THE FIRST TIME. BUT YOU CHANGED THE DRAWING. WHICH CREATED THE NEXT COMMENT. SO REALLY IT'S TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, WE'RE NOT COMING UP WITH NEW COMMENTS. IT'S YOUR WORK THAT CREATED THAT NEXT COMMENT. AND ONE THING I DO LIKE IS WHEN I'VE DONE RECORDS REQUESTS TO KIND OF SEE THOSE THINGS, YOU END UP COLOR CODING ACTUALLY. SO EVERY TIME THERE'S A SUBMITTAL, Y'ALL ARE CHANGING THE COLOR OF YOUR RESPONSE TO KIND OF TRACK THAT OF LIKE, I ANSWERED THIS QUESTION AT THIS POINT AND I SUBMITTED IT AND IT'LL BE LIKE... FINISHED AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WILL BE IN THAT SAME COLOR WHAT THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH SO IT'S EASY TO TRACK AT WHICH POINT IN THOSE BACK AND FORTH DID THEY ACTUALLY DO WHAT THEY WERE ASKED TO DO VERSUS YOU KNOW DID YOU KNOW HOW QUICKLY ARE THEY COMING BACK HOW MANY TIMES YOU'RE COMING BACK I MEAN I'VE SEEN ONES WHERE LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF COLOR CHOICES AND IT GETS A LITTLE CRAZY THERE AND AND I WILL DEFEND OUR APPLICANTS IN THE SENSE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE GOOD CHECKLIST FOR THEM TO GO BY EITHER SO EVERYONE WAS [01:00:01] PLAYING A GUESSING GAME OF WHAT DOES THE STAFF WANT TO SEE ON THIS? SO NOW WE'VE TAKEN RID OF THE GUESSING GAMES WE LITERALLY HAVE PUT A CHECKLIST THAT OUR STAFF USES TO REVIEW IT SO THE APPLICANT CAN SEE WHAT THE STAFF IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING AND PUT IT ON THE DRAWINGS ANY THOUGHT OF MAYBE ADJUSTING THE FEES TO INCLUDE, JUST AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, MAYBE AN AMENDMENT TO THE TUNE OF IF THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE ADJUSTMENTS, THERE WILL BE LIKE A $75 ADMIN CHARGE PER CHANGE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT? SO WE'VE INCLUDED THAT HERE, THAT EVERY FOURTH REVIEW, YOU WILL PAY THE FULL FEE AGAIN AS IF YOU'RE SUBMITTING A NEW PROJECT. WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE IN THE FIRST FEE, THREE REVIEWS, FOURTH ONE, IT'S A NEW APPLICATION. MAINLY IT'S JUST ANOTHER LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR APPLICANTS, RIGHT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE RIGHT SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY REVIEWING AND MAKING CHANGES AND SO FORTH. NOW THE APPLICANT SAYS, HEY, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET THIS RIGHT BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO PAY THIS ADDITIONAL FEE. AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE REVIEW COST IS NOT JUST ONE PLANNER REVIEWING IT. IT'S THE PLANNING TECHNICIAN MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S THERE, THE FEES HAVE BEEN PAID, THE PLANNER REVIEWING IT, THE PLANNING MANAGER MAKING SURE THE PLANNER REVIEWED IT, THE FIRE MARSHAL REVIEWING IT, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS, OUR THIRD PARTY ENGINEER. THERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE REVIEWING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO IF YOU COUNT THE COST OF THAT, IF WE STARTED CHARGING LIKE PRIVATE SECTOR. YEAH, THAT'LL BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A REVIEW. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SANITATION PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEES. I SEE THERE'S THE NEW ANNUAL INSPECTION FEE. IT'S IN RED, AND I BELIEVE THAT MEANS IT'S A NEW ONE. AND THEN DIRECTLY BELOW IT, YOU HAVE VARYING ESTABLISHMENTS. WOULD THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS, SAY THE CONVENIENCE STORE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE $300 ANNUAL INSPECTION FEE AND THE $375 INSPECTION? NO, SIR. SO WHEN YOU POINT IT OUT, WE PROBABLY SHOULD CLARIFY IN THE NAME THAT THAT ANNUAL INSPECTION IS FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE NOT COVERED HERE. WE HAVE TO DO A HEALTH INSPECTION FOR ANYBODY SELLING. FOOD AND IF WE MISSED FIGURING OUT WHO ELSE COULD SELL FOOD THEN THAT'S AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WE WANT TO DO FOR FOR ITEMS NOT COVERED AND THEN I I MUST SAY I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU ALL WENT THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE WEREN'T CATCHING A LOT OF THESE FEES AND SO IT'S A IT'S A POSITIVE THING OVERALL SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE PUT INTO UPDATING THIS LIST FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I'VE GOT JUST A LITTLE MAYBE CLARIFICATION EVEN ON THE HEALTH AND SANITATION PERMITTING INSPECTIONS. SAYS ANNUAL INSPECTION, YOU HAVE A FEE. AND THEN LATE ANNUAL INSPECTIONS, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT? DO WE DETERMINE WHEN THE ANNUAL INSPECTIONS BE DONE? AND IF WE'RE LATE DOING IT, WE CHARGE THEM? OR ARE THEY REQUIRED TO? TO CALL IN FOR AN INSPECTION ANNUAL INSPECTION HOW'S THAT DONE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL IN BUT THEN IF THEY DON'T BECAUSE EVERYONE'S ANNUAL INSPECTION IS SEPARATE IT DEPENDS ON YOUR CO TIME WHEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR CO WILL HAVE INSPECTED SO THEN WE COME DO IT ANNUALLY SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL IT IN BUT IF THEY DON'T WE ANYWAYS GO OUT ONCE IN SPRING AND ONCE IN FALL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE COVERED EVERYBODY SO THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED OH YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR ANNUAL INSPECTION SO DO WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM AND IT'S ALL COMPUTERS AND THINGS THAT WOULD FLAG THOSE TYPE OF PERMITS TO AND SAY THIS PERSON'S DO THAT AND MAYBE THEY GET A NOTIFICATION OR OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS HEY YOU'VE GOT AN ANNUAL COMING UP OR WE CAN LOOK INTO IT YEAH, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT, BUT USUALLY WHEN WE GIVE A CO TO A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, WE WILL LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO. ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT JUST ONE ANNUAL. [01:05:01] WE HAVE TO GO TWICE TO CHECK IT. AND THAT'S WHY WE SAID WE'LL KEEP THE FEE THE SAME, BUT IT'S PER YEAR. I'VE ADDED PER YEAR PER INSPECTION BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE DOING IS IF WE WERE GOING TO RE-INSPECT, AND WE DO THIS THIRD PARTY, SO IT'S NOT OUR INSPECTOR, IT'S A THIRD PARTY INSPECTOR BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A LICENSE. THE THIRD PARTY CHARGES US THE SECOND TIME THEY GO OUT, BUT WE ARE NOT CHARGING THAT BUSINESS, SO WE'RE NOW OUT OF... MONEY BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY SO THAT'S WHY FOR INSPECTION OKAY I KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT BUT IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF LIKE GETTING A DRIVER'S LICENSE YOU'RE NOTIFIED AHEAD OF TIME WHEN YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE IS GOING TO BE UP AND IF YOU PASS ALL THAT UP AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN NOTIFIED I CAN UNDERSTAND A PENALTY I'LL DOUBLE CHECK BUT IF YOU'RE IF I THINK WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF OBLIGATION TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND WE MIGHT BE LETTING THEM KNOW. I JUST NEED TO CHECK WHETHER WE DO OR NOT. AND IF WE DON'T, THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. ONE, THANK YOU FOR SEPARATING THE SITE PLAN FROM THE LAND STUDIES. THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN TOGETHER. SO I LOVE THAT THOSE ARE SEPARATED. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FEE, THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PUTTING... HAVING STAFF PUT HOURS INTO THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND THE WAY THEY IMPACT RESIDENTS AND STUFF, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE PAID FOR. I APPRECIATE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING. THERE'S ONLY THREE THINGS TO JUST MAKE SURE AFTER THIS WE DO. WE'LL NEED TO UPDATE THE SITE PLAN LAND STUDY ORDINANCE TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED A BIT AND THEN UPDATE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ZONING SIGN BECAUSE I SEE THAT WE'RE NOW GOING TO MAKE THEM PAY US TO ENSURE THAT THAT LAW IS FOLLOWED. AND THEN WE NEED TO UPDATE THE TREE ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THE FEES, WHICH ALSO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE TREE ORDINANCES, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE FEES FOR THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE FEES IN PLACE. SO THE TREE ORDINANCE ACTUALLY IS PERFECT. THE ONLY THING WAS IT SAYS FEE IN LIEU OF, BUT. WE NEVER HAD IT IN OUR FEE SCHEDULE. SO ONCE WE GET IT IN OUR FEE SCHEDULE, IT MATCHES OUR ORDINANCE. WE DON'T HAVE TO, LIKE, ATTACH IT INTO THE ORDINANCE OR ANYTHING? NO. OKAY, PERFECT. YEAH, I LIKE, THANK YOU, SHAI, FOR THIS. I LIKE THIS DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH IT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. JUST THE BANDWIDTH THAT WE HAVE I THINK WE DEFINITELY SHOULD BE SHOULD BE MOVING THIS DIRECTION, SO THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME MAYOR PRO TEMP I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEE SCHEDULE AS LISTED HERE IN THIS CURRENT ITEM K2. I'LL SECOND. MS. TODD SECOND IT. MOTION PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU, MS. [K3. ORD-2026-07-27 Consider Ordinance No. 2026-07-27 amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Princeton, Texas, Chapter 74, "Traffic and Vehicles," by adding Article IX, "Operation of Micro-Mobility Devices," to establish regulations governing the operation of micro-mobility devices; repealing Section 66-2, "Prohibited Use of Sidewalks"; providing for a savings clause, a severability clause, and a penalty not to exceed $100.00 per offense; providing an effective date; and take appropriate action.] RUE. SO TAKE US TO ITEM K-3. AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE AUGUST 10TH MEETING. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM K-3. UH TO THE NEXT UH COUNCIL MEETING SECOND MISS TODD SECOND MOTION PASSES 6-0 THIS WILL [K4. 2026-180 Receive an update regarding the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee (CIAC) applications; and provide direction to staff. (Part 1 of 2)] TAKE US TO ITEM K4 2026-180 RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF THIS IS MS. ROOS AGAIN. SO, ME AGAIN. THIS ONE, WE'RE DOING IT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DO OUR IMPACT FEES, OR OUR CIP, ACTUALLY, PROGRAM. THE STATE LAW CHANGED, AND IT NOW REQUIRES 50%. OF THE MEMBERS TO BELONG TO DEVELOPMENT OR BUILDING OR REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY. WE GOT SEVEN APPLICATIONS. TWO OF THEM WERE NOT EVEN IN OUR ETJ, SO THOSE GOT [01:10:03] DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE OF THAT. ONE PERSON IS A BROKER, SO THEY MEET IT. BUT OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE, WE NEED THREE THAT BELONG TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT. SO WE WERE HOPING THAT WE DO HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. SO IF WE COULD JUST OPEN IT BACK UP TO JUST THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT BELONG IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING YOU A FULL. SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY, WE COULD MEET THE LAW AND HAVE AT LEAST THREE PLACES THAT WERE. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THAT. THE 50% OF THE CIA'S MEMBERSHIP MUST CONSIST OF REPRESENTATIVES OF REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING INDUSTRIES. THEY DON'T HAVE TO RESIDE IN THE CITY OR IN THE ETJ, DO THEY? OR DO THEY? I BELIEVE THEY DO. BECAUSE THAT MAY BE HARD TO DO. I MEAN, LOTS OF THESE DEVELOPERS, IF YOU ASK FOR DEVELOPERS, THERE ARE SO MANY DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE CITY. LET'S ASK THE ATTORNEY. THEY WOULD NEED TO RESIDE WITHIN THE CITY. THEY WILL NEED TO RESIDE IN THE CITY LIMITS OR THE ETJ IF WE HAVE THE PLAN GOING TO ETJ, WHICH I BELIEVE WE DO, SO THEY COULD BE IN THE ETJ OR THE CITY LIMITS. MY QUESTION IS, AND MAYBE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING FOR YOU, MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS HANDLED THROUGH SOME OTHER MEANS, BUT FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION, LIKE YOU MENTIONED THERE'S THE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT MEETS THAT CRITERIA, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE... KIND OF NOTIFYING THEM, LIKE, IF WE EXTEND THIS, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT ONE WHILE WE'RE OPENING IT BACK UP, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT KIND OF PUTS US BACK BEHIND. SO I WAS WONDERING HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT NOTIFYING THOSE THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION THAT WE ARE STILL REVIEWING AND THAT THEY'RE IN CONSIDERATION. AND WE COULD SEND OUT EMAILS TO EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER. OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP AND CLARIFY. SO IF IT'S A PERSON THAT'S A DEVELOPER, THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY, OKAY? YES, SIR. DOES THAT MEAN THEY HAVE TO DEVELOP IN THE CITY OR JUST A DEVELOPER THAT LIVES HERE? THEY CAN DEVELOP ANYWHERE. THEY JUST HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY. THAT'S THE SAME WAY WITH A REALTOR. IT COULD BE A REALTOR THAT LIVES HERE BUT MAYBE WORKS FOR A REAL ESTATE COMPANY THAT SELLS PROPERTY IN DALLAS OR DENTON COUNTY OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT, BUT AS LONG AS THEY LIVE HERE. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IT'S 50% OF THIS BOARD HAS TO COME FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY? YES, SIR. AND SO BECAUSE THE BOARD IS FIVE PEOPLE, THAT'S TWO AND A HALF, SO IT BECOMES THREE. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I THINK I'VE HEARD IT, THEY CAN LIVE IN THE CITY OR ARE ETJ? YES, SIR. WHAT IF WE CANNOT FIND THE DEVELOPERS, THREE DEVELOPERS, TO FIT THAT CRITERIA? BROKERS WILL WORK? REAL ESTATE AGENTS, BROKERS, BUILDERS? PRINCETON HAS NO SHORTAGE OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS. YEAH, WE HAVE PLENTY OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS IN PRINCETON AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. I THINK FOR US, SITTING HERE WOULD BE UP TO US TO MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS AND REALLY... PUT THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET THIS BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT UH AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACT ON THINGS IN THE FUTURE IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS BOARD SO I MEAN I DEFINITELY THINK WE KEEP THE THE APPLICATION PROCESS OPEN BUT FOR US WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ON THIS ONE YEAH I AGREE I THINK THAT THIS IS UM IT'S A PIVOTAL YOU KNOW BOARD SEAT AND I THINK THAT WITH THE INFLUENCE THAT'S SITTING UP HERE, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROBABLY SOURCE THE THREE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NEEDING. JUST TO CONFIRM, SORRY, GO AHEAD. I'M JUST APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE I FIRST BROUGHT UP THE NEED FOR THIS COMMITTEE. AND AT THAT TIME, OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COULD HAVE DONE IT, WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A LOT OF OUR CIP PROJECTS. AND WE'RE SHOT DOWN BECAUSE AT THE TIME, LEADERSHIP DIDN'T WANT PLANNING AND ZONING TO HAVE A PART IN THIS. AND THAT HAS PUT US IN THIS POSITION RIGHT NOW OF NEEDING TO FIND THESE INDIVIDUALS. SO I APPRECIATE CURRENT STAFF, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE PUSH AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO KEEP PUTTING THIS OUT THERE TO TRY AND GET THIS BOARD TOGETHER BECAUSE IT IS SO [01:15:01] IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY AND WE NEED THIS. I DO HAVE TO SHARE THAT CREDIT WITH DR. SHARIDA SWEETODAME. SHE'S THE ONE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND GETTING THIS DONE. AND ON THIS AGENDA. SORRY, JUST TO CONFIRM AGAIN, THE 50% CAN BE ALL REAL ESTATE AGENTS OR ALL DEVELOPERS OR ALL BUILDING INDUSTRY PEOPLE? OR DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE ONE FROM EACH OF THOSE INDUSTRIES? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY COULD BE, BUT KELLY, DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT? COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? I JUST, THE 50% NEEDS TO CONSIST OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT OR BUILDING INDUSTRIES. IS THAT, CAN ALL 50% OF THOSE COME FROM ONE OF THOSE INDUSTRIES, OR DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A MEMBER FROM ALL THREE OF THOSE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES? CONCEIVABLY, THEY COULD ALL COME FROM ONE INDUSTRY. SO, QUICK THING. OTHER CITIES ARE ALLOWING THEIR ORDINANCE IN THE MAKE AND HOW THEY DESIGN THE MAKEUP OF THEIR COMMITTEE TO ALLOW OUTSIDERS TO BE ON THE BOARD SO LONG AS THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS WITHIN CITY LIMITS AND THOSE ADDITIONAL SEATS THAT ARE NOT BOUND TO THOSE RULES ARE REQUIRED TO BE FROM RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO. SINCE OTHER CITIES ARE FINDING THAT WORKAROUND TO ALLOW OUTSIDERS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. I CAN LOOK AT THAT AND I CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING IF WE WERE TO TAKE THAT ROUTE, WOULD THERE NEED TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT LIKE IN THE BYLAWS, HOME RULE CHARTER, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. I'D ALSO BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THAT. SO THIS ITEM WAS JUST TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO I THINK THE DIRECTION IS WE WILL CONTINUE TO SOURCE APPLICANTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, COMMUNICATE TO CURRENT APPLICANTS ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL SOURCING, AND THEN IN OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR JUST LIKE, EVEN IF IT'S A QUICK JUST UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE. WILL DO. THE CHAMBERS ARE HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE TO EVERYONE. THAT'D BE AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THIS ITEM. THAT'S IT? YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU, MS. HURT. ALL RIGHT, THIS WILL TAKE US [K5. 2026-07-27-R Consider Resolution No. 2026-07-27-R determining costs and calling a Public Hearing to consider an ordinance levying assessments on property located within the Princeton-180 Public Improvement District (Serenity PID); and take appropriate action.] TO ITEM K5-2026-0727R. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-0727R, DETERMINING COST AND CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE PRINCETON 180 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SERENITY PID, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SERENITY PIDS BY CALLING THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND LEVYING ASSESSMENTS THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR AUGUST 24TH. ABDI WITH MUNICAP, HE IS OUR PID ADMINISTRATOR, WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. ABDI IS IN WITH MUNICAP, HE'S OUR PID ADMINISTRATOR. SO THERE'S A RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU THAT IS BASICALLY SCHEDULED TO ONE, ACCEPT THE PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN THAT WE PREPARED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PID, THE FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PID, AND CALL A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 24TH TO CONSIDER LEVYING AN ASSESSMENT ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SERENITY PID. THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE PIT IS PRINCETON 180. THAT PIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN FEBRUARY OF 2025. IT COVERS ABOUT 167 ACRES. THE PIT IS PLANNED TO BE DEVELOPED INTO ABOUT 700 LOTS ALTOGETHER, SO THIS FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT WILL COVER ABOUT 213 LOTS. SO PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, WE ACTUALLY PREPARED THAT PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN THAT OUTLINES THE DEVELOPMENT. THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT AS PART OF THIS FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT, THE PROJECTED ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE, AND HOW THE [01:20:01] ASSESSMENTS ARE GOING TO BE BASICALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE 213 LOTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AS PHASE ONE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE LOTS ARE 50-FOOT LOTS IN THIS PARTICULAR PHASE. EACH LOT WILL BE VALUED AT ABOUT $80,000 AT COMPLETION, AND THEN THE HOMES, ONCE THEY'RE BUILT, THEY'LL AVERAGE TO ABOUT $375,000. SO THIS FIRST PHASE 213 LAST WILL BRING IN ABOUT ALMOST CLOSE TO 80 MILLION DOLLARS IN VALUE ONCE IT'S FULLY BUILT. THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 24TH, 2026 TO CONSIDER THAT LEVY OF ASSESSMENT ON PHASE ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL ALSO BE PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL PAPER AND ALSO A NOTICE WILL BE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IS THE DEVELOPER. SO THE TOTAL COST OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS ABOUT $14 MILLION, ABOUT $13.6 MILLION. SO THE DEVELOPER WILL BE COVERING ABOUT $11 MILLION OF THAT COST, AND THE PIT ASSESSMENT WILL COVER ABOUT $3.36 MILLION. AND THE ASSESSMENTS, ONCE THEY ARE BASICALLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS, THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE PAYING ABOUT $1,500 A YEAR, WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE TO ABOUT $0.40 PER $100 OF VALUATION. HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. SO, IT SAYS 50 FOOT LOTS. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE PLANS, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE 50 FOOT. IS THE ACREAGE, OR I GUESS IT'S NOT ACTUAL ACREAGE, BUT THE LOT SIZE, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THEM GOT A LITTLE BIT LONGER. IS THAT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE FACT THAT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE EXACTLY THE 50 FOOT AS STATED? WE HAVE A DEVELOPER HERE THAT COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THAT BETTER THAN I. WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE IS AN AVERAGE, SO LOOKING AT THE 213 UNITS, AGAIN, THE HOME PRICES THEMSELVES WILL BE SLIGHTLY MORE OR LESS THAN $375,000, BUT THE BEST ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS IT WILL BE AVERAGING ABOUT $375,000, AND THE FRONT FOOTAGE DIFFERENTIAL USUALLY IS ABSORBED IN THAT AVERAGE, BUT IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT SOME WILL BE LESS THAN $50,000, SOME WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER, BUT THEY'LL STILL AVERAGE ABOUT $50,000. AT LEAST THAT'S THE EXPECTATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AROUND THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR PRO TEM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FIRST TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS STATED. I'LL SECOND. MOTION MADE BY MR. REDLICH, SECONDED BY MR. LONG. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MISSING ONE. MOTION PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU. THIS WILL TAKE US [K6. 2026-07-27 R01 Consider Resolution No. 2026-07-27-R01 an escrow agreement in lieu of the reconstruction of East Hazelwood Street, thereby satisfying the roadway improvement condition associated with the City Council’s approval of the Hazelwood South Addition Final Plat; and take appropriate action.] TO ITEM K6-2026-0727-R01. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 20260727-R01. AN ESCROW AGREEMENT IN LIEU OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EAST HAZELWOOD STREET. EAST HAZELWOOD STREET. THEREBY SATISFYING THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THE HAZELWOOD SOUTH EDITION FINAL PLAT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. MS. ROOS. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. SO AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE ATTACHMENT OF THE STAFF REPORT, THIS FINAL PLAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN APRIL OF 2024. THE DESIGN OF THE STREET THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE FINAL PLOT. REQUIRED A RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FROM A PROPERTY THAT THE DEVELOPER DIDN'T OWN. THERE WERE MANY CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER. WE'RE NOT FULLY PRIVY TO ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS OTHER THAN WHAT THE DEVELOPER'S BEEN TELLING US. BASICALLY, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DESIGN OR BUILD THE STREET THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED RIGHT NOW. AND ALSO BASED ON TWO YEARS OF CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT THE STREET SHOULD BE. SO WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG. ONE OF THE IDEAS IS WE DON'T WANT IT BUILT SUBSTANDARD. WE WANT IT BUILT CORRECTLY AND WE HAVE A PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET THAT'S COMING IN THAT ALSO WILL HAVE TO GIVE HALF. SO MAKING THEM BUILD THEIR HALF OF THE STREET AND THE OTHER HALF IS NOT UPDATED DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT WE ESCROW THE AMOUNT SO THAT WHEN THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT COMES WE CAN [01:25:01] JUST GIVE THEM THAT ESCROW MONEY AND HAVE THEM BUILD IT TO OUR STANDARDS OR WE CAN BUILD IT. WE'LL HAVE THEM GIVE US THE MONEY AND BUILD IT. BUT IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO DO IT AT ONE TIME THAN PIECEMEAL. AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE DEVELOPER HELD UP. AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WAS THEY CANNOT GET CEOS OR BUILDING PERMITS UNTIL THE STREET IS CONSTRUCTED. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THE... ESCROW IN LIEU OF AND CONSIDER THAT CONDITION SATISFIED. SO THE GENTLEMAN CAN GO AHEAD AND START ACTUALLY BUILDING. YOU MENTIONED THAT IT REQUIRED RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM A PROPERTY THE DEVELOPER DIDN'T OWN. IS THIS PROPERTY A RESIDENCE PROPERTY? AND IF SO, DOES THIS MEAN WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IMMINENT DOMAIN TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS AVAILABLE? SO, NO. THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE ETJ. THE STREET DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE DESIGNED THAT WAY. THAT WAS SOME KIND OF A DECISION BETWEEN... THE PREVIOUS STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER AND WE HAVE A DESIGN THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM A DIFFERENT PROPERTY SO WE DON'T REALLY NEED IT THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE TO COME IN FRONT OF YOU IS BECAUSE IT SPECIFICALLY SAID AS ATTACHED WHAT WAS ATTACHED WITH COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE DESIGN WAS VERY SPECIFIC, AND SO WE'RE JUST HERE TO... WE COULDN'T GIVE THEM A PERMIT IF IT DIDN'T MEET THE EXACT MOTION. SO MY QUESTION IS, AGAIN, ONCE WE ACCEPT THIS ESCROW, THAT ROAD WILL BE COMPLETED ACCORDING TO ALL LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS THAT WE SHOULD... YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BE ABIDED BY, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A, LIKE YOU'VE MENTIONED, A SUBSTANDARD PRODUCT AT THE END OF THE DAY AND NOTHING THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT TO COUNCILWOMAN TODD'S POINT, RESIDENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, AS OF RIGHT NOW, HAZELWOOD STREET IS NOT ONE OF THE BEST STREETS TO BEGIN WITH. HOWEVER, THE MONEY THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR ESCROW WOULD IS WHAT THEIR PROPORTION WOULD BE TO BUILD THAT STREET. THEIR PORTION OF THE STREET TO OUR STANDARDS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAD A RESIDENT WHO HAD COME BEFORE US AND BROUGHT UP SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ESCROW AMOUNT. AND A GOOD QUESTION WAS THE CONSIDERATION OF OVER TIME THE COST. SO IF WE'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT NOW FOR THE ROAD AND WE'RE ESTIMATING HOW MUCH TO PUT IN ESCROW, ARE WE ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE COST... THE LONGER WE WAIT MAY INCREASE, AND IF SO, IS THAT EMBEDDED INTO HOW MUCH WE'RE ASKING FOR ESCROW? OR IS THIS POTENTIALLY SOMETHING OUR TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO EAT AS WE MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE CANNOT ASK FOR MORE MONEY BASED ON WHAT THE INDUSTRY MIGHT DO, WHAT THE INTEREST RATES MIGHT DO. THE IDEA BEHIND ESCROW IS... CITY GETS TO PUT IT IN AN ACCOUNT AND GET THE INTEREST. SO WHATEVER PRICES VARY, THE HOPE IS THAT THE INTEREST WILL COVER IT. BUT IF IT DOESN'T, YES. AND HOW IS THE COST FOR THE AMOUNT DETERMINED? WAS THERE A TIA COMPLETED? SO THIS COST CAME FROM OUR ENGINEERS BASED ON THE ROADWAY THAT WOULD BE NEEDED. IN THE PAST, WE WERE NOT ASKING FOR A TIA FOR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS. YOU MENTIONED PORTION OF HAZELWOOD. WHAT PORTION ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HOW MANY FEET? IS IT A MILE WORTH OF IT? IS IT ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2ND STREET? IS IT... IT'S JUST BELOW BECAUSE... OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRES EVERYONE HAS TO IMPROVE THE STREET ALL ALONG THEIR PROPERTY LINE SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DRAWING OR THE FINAL FLAT THAT'S THE PORTION THAT WE COVER AND HALF OF THE STREET FOR THAT PORTION THE THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT OUT THAT CURVE BASICALLY YES SO IT'S [01:30:01] JUST A SHORT PORTION OF THE ROAD IT'S NOT YEAH, IT'S LIKE FROM THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY TO, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, TO THE CURVE RIGHT THERE. HERE. SO IT WOULD GO HERE AND THIS IS, SO JUST THIS MUCH. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO CONTINUE BACK TO THE NORTH TO TIE INTO THAT NEW PORTION? SO BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE JUST THIS MUCH AND HALF OF IT, THIS PROPERTY WILL BE BUILDING ALL OF THIS. AND CITY WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR HALF OF RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT AND WE DIDN'T TAKE IT FROM THEM. SO THERE'S THREE PROPERTIES, THIS PROPERTY, THIS PROPERTY AND CITY TO COVER THIS. THAT'S HOW WE WILL COMPLETE THE COST. SO THE COST WAS CONSIDERED ALL THE WAY FROM UP HERE TO DOWN. WHERE IT BECOMES A COUNTY ROAD. SO COST IS ALL THE WAY FROM HERE DOWN TO HERE AND THEN THIS PORTION IS COUNTY, THIS IS CITY. SO THAT WHOLE PORTION HAS BEEN CONSIDERED IN THIS ESCROW CALCULATION OF WHAT THAT WHOLE STREET WILL BE AND WHAT THIS PROPERTY'S PORTION OF THAT WHOLE STREET IS GOING TO BE. LET'S BRING IT, WELL, ON THAT SITE THERE, IT SHOWS SOME BUILDINGS LIKE APARTMENTS AND THINGS. IS THAT ALL PART OF THE SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S TO THE NORTH? NO, SIR. SO THERE'S TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES. ONE IS TO THE NORTH THAT WE CAN SEE THAT'S NOT COLORED, AND THEN THE YELLOW HAS THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO THAT'S SEPARATE. WE'RE INCLUDING IT. IT'S NOT ALL ONE COMPLEX? NO. SO THERE ARE TWO PROPERTIES, BUT THEY'RE BOTH FOR THIS FLAT, SO THEY'RE HAVING TO BUILD THE WHOLE THING. SO THIS IS JUST AN ADDITION TO THAT PARTICULAR APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S THERE? YES, BUT THIS IS SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND DUPLEXES, NOT APARTMENTS. OKAY. WHERE'S THE... THE SECOND POINT OR THIRD POINT OF EGRESS OUT OF THAT AREA, IS IT TO THE WEST OR TO THE EAST OR WHERE? SO THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE ON THIS SIDE AND THERE'S ONE ON THIS SIDE. ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PROPERTY, THERE'S LIKE SOME EXITS. THERE'S ALSO A CONNECTION DOWN HERE TO THIS PROPERTY. SO THERE ARE A FEW WAYS OF GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT PROPERTY. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY CAN EITHER COME IN FROM THE NORTH ON HAZELWOOD, THEY TURN SOUTH AROUND THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX AND GET ONTO A VERY DILAPIDATED SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD TO GET INTO THE NICE FRESH PAVEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. OR THEY CAN COME IN FROM 2ND STREET ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG WOOD STREET. SO WOOD STREET AND HAZELWOOD ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE HEAVILY TRAFFICKED. IN WOOD STREET'S COUNTY ROAD, IS IT? IT'S UNINCORPORATED. I'M NOT 100% SURE. I CAN FIND OUT. JUST A SECOND, I'LL ASK. I BELIEVE PART OF IT IS. THE CITY MANAGER, IT'S UNINCORPORATED, ISN'T IT? WOOD STREET? CORRECT. SO THAT'D BE A COUNTY-DEVELOPED ROAD, AND IT'S NOT THE BEST. WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET MESH OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN WITH THEIRS. I KNOW THE ESCROW IS FOR HAZELWOOD, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE FUNDS IN THERE TO DEVELOP, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GOING TO USE WOOD STREET AS A MAIN EXIT OR ENTRY. ALSO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE ENTRANCES OR EXITS FROM THERE THAN JUST THOSE. TO MAKE IT, I MEAN, I KNOW WOOD STREET, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN IN GOOD CONDITION ENOUGH FOR A FIRE APPARATUS TO GO DOWN, AND I DON'T THINK IT IS. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'D BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THE PROBLEM IS THIS PLAT WAS APPROVED. AND SO WE CAN'T ASK THEM TO DO ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT THE APPROVAL CONDITION WAS, AND WE CAN'T USE THE ESCROW MONEY FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT PORTION. [01:35:48] SO IF IT COSTS US LESS, WE HAVE TO GIVE THE ESCROW BACK. I UNDERSTAND. SO THAT MAY BE ON US TO DETERMINE ALL THAT. WELL, ONE THING ABOUT IT, THAT SECTION OF HAZELWOOD DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. SO THIS IS, I MEAN, FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS EVENING, THIS IS ACTUALLY A POSITIVE FOR THAT PORTION OF HAZELWOOD, THAT'S FOR SURE. GOING FORWARD, WE'RE DOING THE TIAS FOR ALL THINGS IN REGARDS TO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. YES, MA'AM. GOING FORWARD. NOBODY DOES ANYTHING WITHOUT THE TIA. OKAY, BECAUSE THE WAY A ROAD IS RATED FOR THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT WE'LL BE PASSING THROUGH KIND OF DETERMINES THE LEVEL OF, LIKE, THE STABILITY THAT THE ROAD NEEDS TO HAVE AND THE DIFFERENT PACKING AND WHATNOT, BECAUSE THE CONCRETE HAS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT MANY CARS GOING OVER IT. SO OUR ORDINANCES ARE A LITTLE LAX ON HOW WE DETERMINE THE RATING FOR THE ROADS. YOU A TIA WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO HELP US DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF ROAD WE NEED TO BE HAVING THERE TO SUPPORT THAT MANY CARS SO WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY ROADS FALLING APART. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TIA DOES NOT SAY WHAT THE QUALITY OF THE ROAD IS. TIA WILL JUST SAY WHAT DO YOU NEED, AS IN HOW MANY LANES OR WHERE SHOULD YOU. HAVE A CURB CUT OR NOT. THOSE ARE THE THINGS TIA DOES BASED ON HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS THERE. YOUR QUALITY OF YOUR ROAD IS DETERMINED THROUGH YOUR ENGINEERING DESIGN MANUAL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE. I'LL ADD THAT TO MY LIST. WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AROUND THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE... ITEM K-6 AS STATED. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. ITEM PASSED IS 6-0. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. ROOS. MAYOR PRO TEM, IF I CAN INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU REOPEN UP K-4. CITY ATTORNEYS ADVISED THEY HAVE FOUND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU. OKAY. AWESOME. WITH THAT, WE WILL REOPEN ITEM [K4. 2026-180 Receive an update regarding the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee (CIAC) applications; and provide direction to staff. (Part 2 of 2)] K4-2026-180, RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS, AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF. YOU HAD ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE WAS ABOUT THE ETJ AND WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE FROM THE ETJ COULD BE ON THE COMMITTEE ITSELF. AND YES, IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPLY, IF THIS IS GOING TO APPLY TO THE ETJ, THEN NOT ONLY CAN THEY, BUT SOMEBODY FROM THE ETJ HAS TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE. AND THEN LOOKING AT IT AS WE DRAFT THIS ORDINANCE, WE CAN DECIDE TO ALLOW NON-RESIDENT BUILDERS IF YOU SO CHOOSE. AND SO YOU CAN LIMIT IT TO BUILDERS WHO BUILD WITHIN THE CITY. YOU CAN LIMIT IT AS YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU GIVE ME, I CAN DRAFT IT THAT WAY. YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY. IN THE CITY AND ALLOW SOMEONE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY TO BE ON THAT AS WELL. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMEONE THAT BUILT, MAYBE THEY DON'T LIVE HERE, BUT THEY BUILD HERE. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A COMBINATION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON THE COMMITTEE. WERE YOU ABLE TO SOURCE WHETHER OR NOT THAT CHANGED WHAT HAPPENED, HAVE AN IMPLICATION ON THE HOME OR CHARTER OR BYLAWS? IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN ORDINANCE. JUST AN ORDINANCE ONLY? OKAY. SO I WOULD AGREE. SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT SOMEONE ON THERE IS FROM OUR CITY. AND YOU SAID THAT WE NEED THREE THAT BELONG TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. [01:40:01] SO MY THOUGHT WOULD BE ONE REQUIRED TO BE WITHIN CITY LIMITS, AND THE TWO CAN BE CITY LIMITS OR OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, SO LONG AS THEY DO BUSINESS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE ETJ CAN BE ANYONE FROM THE ETJ. AND THEN HAVE, BECAUSE IT SAYS WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN WE NEED FOUR, NO, HOW MANY DO WE NEED THEN? SO IN TOTAL FIVE, SO WE NEED TWO MORE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE. SO WE NEED TWO RESIDENTS, REGULAR RESIDENTS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ON THERE. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. ARE THE MUDS IMPACTED BY OUR FEES? AND DO WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? I KNOW THAT'S WHY THE ETJ HAS TO HAVE SOMEBODY ON OUR BOARD. BECAUSE OUR FEES IMPACT THEM. DOES THAT RULE CARRY OVER TO THE MUDS, AND DO THEY NEED TO HAVE REPRESENTATION AS WELL OR NOT? THE STATUTE DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE MUDS, AND THE MUDS HAVE A REPRESENTATION ON THEM. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEEDED ON THAT? WAS THAT A SATISFACTION DIRECTION? WAS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION? I'M SORRY. IS THAT WHAT Y'ALL WERE KIND OF PUSHING FOR, FOR THE ATTORNEY TO MOVE THE RECOMMENDATION? YEAH. ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON KIND OF WHAT MS. TODD OUTLINED AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE OF THE... OKAY. I'M KIND OF SLOW ON SOME OF THIS, BUT THE DEVELOPER CAN LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. AS LONG AS HE'S DOING SOMETHING HERE. HOW ABOUT A REALTOR WHO LIVES OUTSIDE THE CITY, BUT THEY DO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS HERE? IT WOULD BE THE SAME BECAUSE IT'S A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. IT WOULD BE THE SAME? YEAH, THEY'D FALL UNDER THE SAME CATEGORY. AS LONG AS THEY GOT THE BEST INTEREST. SO IT WOULD BE ONE, REQUIRED IN CITY LIMITS, TWO, CAN BE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, ONE FROM THE ETJ WITH NO REQUIREMENT OF A JOB, AND THEN TWO RESIDENTS WITHOUT REQUIREMENTS AS WELL FOR THEIR JOB TYPE ON THE BOARD. EVERYBODY IN AGREEANCE WITH THAT? I AGREE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. [K7. 2026-181 Consider approving a request for items to be placed on a future agenda and NOT for discussion of these requests.] I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT ITEM. RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THAT'LL TAKE US TO ITEM K72026181. CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS. ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING FOR A FUTURE AGENDA? MAYOR PROKOFIEV, I HAD REQUESTED LAST TIME, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT, AND I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE THE BAR DITCHES OR THE DRAINAGE DITCHES ALONG 6TH STREET OR 1377, I THINK TXDOT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF THAT. IT'S GOING TO GROW UP AGAIN AND THEY MAY NOT COME BACK OUT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE NEED TO GET THAT RESOLVED FOR THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE. AND FOR ME, THE LIGHTS ALONG CYPRESS BEND HAVE BEEN... ASKING ABOUT THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW AND STILL NO RESOLUTION. STARK DOWN THERE. I'D LIKE TO ADD UNDER ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN ITEM THAT OUTLINES THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITH THE LIBRARY. THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITH THE LIBRARY. AND THEN... I KNOW THAT WE JUST STARTED WORKING ON THIS, CHIEF, SO DON'T BEAT ME UP, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US ON THE UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING TO SPEAK TO THE FORMAL RECOGNITION PROCESS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A WHOLE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS WANT ADDED? VERY GOOD. [L. REPORT AGENDA] THAT'LL TAKE US TO ITEM L, OUR REPORT AGENDA. NEXT REGULAR P&Z MEETING IS MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 2026 AT 630 P.M. NEXT REGULAR PARKS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH AT 630 P.M. NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2026 AT 630 P.M. NEXT REGULAR EDC MEETING IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M. NEXT REGULAR CDC MEETING. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M. AND THE NEXT REGULAR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 2026 AT 6 30 P.M. AND WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. I SECOND. WE DO HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NAYS? HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THE TIME IS 826 P.M. [01:45:07] Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.