EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.
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EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ANY NAYS? ALL RIGHT.[A. CALL TO ORDER-MAYOR]
THE TIME IS 7:23.THIS WILL START OUR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS GOING TO BE MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026.
MS. TODD? CRISTINA TODD: PRESENT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: MR. JOHNSON IS NOT HERE.
MR. WASHINGTON? BRYAN WASHINGTON: HERE.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: MR. RUTLEDGE? JAISEN RUTLEDGE: HERE.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: MR. DEFFIBAUGH? STEVEN DEFFIBAUGH: HERE.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: AND MR. LONG IS NOT HERE.
THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR INVOCATION BY WES BROWN.
WES BROWN: LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
MOST KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND GRACE TO US.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS FALL SEASON, AS THE CLIMATE CHANGES, LORD, AND WE GET MORE RAIN.
AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR MANY, MANY BLESSINGS.
YOUR WORD SAYS, FOR THE LORD IS GOOD, HIS MERCY IS EVERLASTING, AND HIS TRUTH ENDURES TO ALL GENERATIONS.
I ASK YOU, FATHER, TO GIVE OUR MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, LORD, WISDOM AS THEY DIRECT OUR CITY IN THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO COME.
THANK YOU, GOD, AGAIN FOR YOUR BLESSINGS.
I PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WHO STAND WATCH FOR US ALL AROUND THE CLOCK.
PROTECT THEM, FATHER, AS THEY SERVE OUR CITY.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
ALL: 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.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
[F. PUBLIC APPEARANCE]
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 MEETING APPEARANCE CARD PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
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 STATEMENT 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 CITY COUNCIL DIRECTLY, NOT CITY STAFF, OR OTHERWISE BE COURTEOUS, RESPECTFUL, CORDIAL, AND REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL, DEMEANING, INSULTING, THREATENING OR DISPARAGING REMARKS TO MAINTAIN DECORUM AND SUPPORT THE EFFICIENCY AND ORDERLY FLOW OF THE MEETING.
AND I WON'T CALL YOU FIRST, AS TOM CAN I'M JUST SAYING.
I LIVE HERE IN PRINCETON AT SOUTHRIDGE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT WAS, I THOUGHT THAT PLASTIC ROAD PRESENTATION WAS COOL.
AND I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN A HOUSE ON STATE HIGHWAY 205.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TELL MY PARENTS THAT THERE'S A PLASTIC ROAD OUT THERE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.
BUT I WANTED TO JUST SPEAK ABOUT THE SAFER GRANT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT.
OF COURSE, YOU ALL KNOW BEST, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT I HAVE AS A RESIDENT AND A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE, IS THAT WE HERE IN PRINCETON HAVE FULLY FUNDED FIRST RESPONDERS, SO OUR FIRE AND OUR POLICE.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES, OF COURSE, AND WITH THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH HERE IN PRINCETON.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO CALL 9/11, WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN RESPOND AND THAT WHOEVER IS RESPONDING IS NOT EXHAUSTED.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER LOOKING AT THE MEMO AND THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ON THIS ISSUE, THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS STRETCHED PRETTY THIN.
YOU'RE ALSO HAVING TO PAY A LOT OF OVERTIME.
AND I DO THINK THAT THE NEW FIGURES THAT CAME OUT SUBSEQUENTLY ABOUT-- OR MAYBE THE ACCURATE FIGURES ABOUT WHAT THE GRANT IS GOING TO COVER, I THINK IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY ON GETTING THE GRANT.
I'VE HAD TO DO A LOT OF GRANT WRITING MYSELF IN THE PAST, AND IT'S REALLY AWFUL APPLYING FOR A FEDERAL GRANT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: THANK YOU.
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IS THERE A PATRICIA HERE? YOU CAN TURN YOUR MIC.PATRICIA GOLKAR: I'M SORRY PATRICIA GOLKAR.
I OWN 1316 CROOK POST DRIVE IN THE DR HORTON WINCHESTER CROSSING PHASE 11, THE NEW ONE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO READ PARAGRAPH.
I WROTE FOR INFORMATION, IF I CAN.
I REMOVED TWO TREES THAT WERE IN MY FRONT YARD WITH THE HOA APPROVAL, BUT NOT THE CITY OF PRINCETON CODE APPROVAL BY A MISUNDERSTANDING.
I WAS TOLD BY THE CITY OF PRINCETON TO REPLACE ONE SHADE TREE ON MY 14 BY 16 FOOT FRONT LAWN.
THE SIENERGY GAS LINE, SEWER LINE, AT&T LINES, AND WATER LINES WILL HAVE INTERFERENCE WITH THE TREE ROOTS.
FOR GAS LINE, THE PHYSICAL STRESS CAN LEAD TO HAZARDOUS LEAKS, FRACTURES, CRACKS, ESPECIALLY IF THE TREE ROOTS WRAP AROUND THE PIPES.
THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS AT RISK, TOO.
SIENERGY GAS LINE IS-- AND I CHANGED IT FROM DIAGONAL TO HORIZONTAL ACROSS THE LAWN NEAR THE PUBLIC'S SIDEWALK, REQUIRING 10 TO 15 FEET AWAY FROM A TREE.
SEWER LINE IS DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE LINE TOWARDS THE FRONT PORCH, REQUIRING 10 TO 15 FEET AWAY FROM A TREE.
THE AT&T-- AND I CHANGED IT TO HORIZONTAL LINE ACROSS THE LAWN NEXT TO THE GAS LINE REQUIRES 10 TO 15 FEET AWAY FROM A TREE.
AN ORNAMENTAL REDBUD TREE WITH NON-AGGRESSIVE ROOTS OR ANY TREE IS NO LONGER RECOMMENDED WITH SO MANY LINES CROSSED TOGETHER.
THE RISK OF ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKING OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S INTERNET, CAUSING A GAS LEAK, OR BACKING UP YOUR SEWER IS SIMPLY TOO HIGH FOR THE SPACE OF 14 BY 16 FEET LAWN.
I CAN'T ESTABLISH A SAFE BUFFER.
I AM TRAPPED BETWEEN A GAS LINE, A SEWER LINE, AND A SHALLOW TELECOM LINE-- WIRE.
ALSO, THE PLUMBING COMPANY SAID THE WATER LINE RUNS VERTICAL NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE YARD, WHERE THE BOX IS LOCATED.
I'M ADDING TO THE DR HORTON GARDEN AROUND THE PORCH AREA WITH MATCHING GRAY PAVER STONES TO HELP KEEP THE MULCH IN THE GARDEN WHEN IT RAINS, AND DID RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE HOA.
IT WOULD BE A SOFT LANDSCAPING ZONE, WITH DR HORTON ALREADY HAVING PLANTED SMALL PLANTS AND BUSHES.
I'M FILING A FORMAL VARIANCE AND HARDSHIP EXEMPTION FOR THE STANDARD WAIVER DUE TO OVERLAPPING UTILITY LINES AND THE STANDARD RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT REGARDING THE MANDATORY FRONT YARD SHADE TREE INSTALLATION FOR MY PROPERTY.
IN ADDITION, ANY FUTURE MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY TRENCHING BY SIENERGY, AT&T, OR SEWER PIPE WITHIN THEIR LEGAL RIGHT OF WAY WOULD REQUIRE CUTTING A TREE'S ROOT SYSTEM, RENDERING THE TREE UNSTABLE OVER MY HOME OR THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK.
I SPOKE TO ASTAR PLUMBING THAT LOCATED AND MARKED THE SEWER LINE, AND SHOWED WHERE THE WATER LINE WAS LOCATED.
SIENERGY MARKED THE GAS LINE IN THE FRONT AND THE SIDE OF THE YARD.
AT&T LINE WAS MARKED IN THE FRONT AND THE SIDE OF THE YARD FOR SAFETY IN NOT PLANTING A TREE IN THE 14 BY 16 FRONT YARD.
THE BACKYARD HAS A ROCK WALL THAT HELPS HOLD UP THE GROUND TO THE HOUSE BEHIND MY HOUSE THAT IS WELL BELOW MY YARD AND WOULD BE TOO CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.
AND THIS IS INFORMATIONAL OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO BECAUSE THE CITY OF PRINCETON'S CODE, AND IT'S FOR SAFETY.
AND ALL THREE COMPANIES, WHEN I CALLED THEM, GAS, AT&T, AND THE PLUMBING, ASTAR PLUMBING TO MARK THE SEWER LINE, BECAUSE I HAD NO WAY OF MARKING IT-- 811 DOESN'T MARK IT-- ALL STATED 10 TO 15 FEET AWAY, AND IT WAS NOT SAFE TO PLANT A TREE.
SO I'M TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN-- I'LL DO OPTIONS.
YOU CAN PUT IN A PLOT UP LIKE A POT ABOVE THE GROUND.
THAT WOULD BE SAFE, BUT ANYTHING NOT TO HAVE ANY DANGER IN THE FUTURE 20 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THOSE TREES ARE BIG, WITH BIG ROOTS.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: QUESTION FOR YOU ALREADY PUT IN A VARIANCE? PATRICIA GOLKAR: PARDON? EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: HAVE YOU ALREADY APPLIED FOR A VARIANCE? PATRICIA GOLKAR: I GAVE HIM THE LETTER TODAY.
HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A MEETING TO SEE IF I WOULD NOT HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO A FORMAL VARIANCE.
BUT I GAVE HIM MY LETTER, AND I DO HAVE IT WITH ME.
I DIDN'T GIVE IT TO YOU ALL, BUT THAT'S THE LETTER.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: YEAH, AND I GOT IT.
I GOT A COPY OF WHAT YOU WROTE, TOO.
PATRICIA GOLKAR: YOU GOT THE LETTER FROM MCDOWELL? EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: NO, NO, NO.
THAT'S THE ONE I GAVE THE CITY TODAY.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: MS. TODD? CRISTINA TODD: HOW OLD IS YOUR HOUSE? PATRICIA GOLKAR: MY DAUGHTER--
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I'M SORRY.I BOUGHT IT IN JUNE OF-- JUNE 23, THIS YEAR.
CRISTINA TODD: DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT WAS BUILT? PATRICIA GOLKAR: PARDON? CRISTINA TODD: WHEN WAS IT BUILT? PATRICIA GOLKAR: I CAN'T UNDERSTAND? CRISTINA TODD: DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT WAS BUILT? PATRICIA GOLKAR: YEAH, THIS YEAR.
CRISTINA TODD: IS IT A BRAND-NEW HOUSE? PATRICIA GOLKAR: YEAH, IT'S A BRAND-NEW HOME.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR DEVELOPMENT? CRISTINA TODD: I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: SORRY, I KNOW.
KELLY, IS THIS ALLOWED DURING-- CRISTINA TODD: CAN I ASK? EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: JUST FOR A STATEMENT OF FACT, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO-- KELLY: NOT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
CRISTINA TODD: OK I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AND I HAVE YOUR INFORMATION, TOO.
YOU CAN HAND IT TO THE SECRETARY.
OK, WE'LL HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
PATRICIA GOLKAR: [INAUDIBLE] EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: YEAH, NO, I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE HAVE TO LET STAFF GO THROUGH IT.
AND WE HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL HERE, SO WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOU.
JAISEN RUTLEDGE: DAVID, WHENEVER WE COME TO A CONCLUSION WITH REGARDING THE MATTER, CAN YOU COPY ME ON THAT AS WELL? I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING WHERE IT FALLS.
DAVID HALL: WE'LL UPDATE YOU, THE WHOLE COUNCIL.
KEN SELIGMAN: KEN SELIGMAN, 512 BUCKEYE AVENUE, PRINCETON.
I, TOO, THOUGHT THE DISCUSSION OF THE ASPHALT MIX AND THE ROADS, HIGH-DENSITY PLASTIC AND PLASTIC, WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND ALL THE DISCUSSION ABOUT CONSIDERING DRAINAGE WHEN DOING THIS WAS REALLY GOOD.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FORESIGHT AND CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS.
I HAD A QUESTION AS I WAS LISTENING TO IT, BECAUSE I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THIS CONCEPT, AND A LOT OF THE NEW ROADS THAT WE SEE PUT DOWN IN PRINCETON ARE CONCRETE ROADS.
AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE DISCUSSION ABOUT LAYING THESE ASPHALT ROADS IS OLDER ROADS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ASPHALT OR BITUMINOUS ROADS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS DISCUSSED, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASPHALT AND THE CONCRETE.
DID HE MENTION THAT AT ALL? EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT-- END OF THE MONTH.
KEN SELIGMAN: SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT.
AND WHEN I LOOKED, THE PROFESSOR WAS TALKING ABOUT THE APPLICATION IN SOME OTHER AREAS ON HIGHWAYS, AND IT WAS WHAT I JUST A QUICK GEMINI SEARCH SHOWED THAT THEY WERE USING THAT IN A COMBINATION, CONCRETE, ASPHALT, ASPHALT BASE, CONCRETE OVERLAY ON HIGHWAYS, IS WHAT I SAW.
BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT IT, FOR AS FAR AS THE COLD, IT WOULD SEEM THAT ASPHALT IN THE MIX WOULD BE MORE DURABLE, FLEXIBLE, IN COLD, THINKING ABOUT THERE WAS CONCERN FOR COLD.
SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO BRING BACK-- TALK ABOUT THE DRONES.
WHEN THE DRONES WERE PASSED, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME AND DIDN'T WANT IT.
THEY COMPLAINED WHEN THERE WAS PRESENTATION, A REQUEST FOR MAYBE IMPOSING SOME ADDITIONAL NOISE RESTRICTION, NOISE ORDINANCE RESTRICTIONS, AND THEY RECEIVED AN EXCLUSION FROM FAA REGULATIONS.
THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PRESENTATION.
AND SO I KNOW WHEN IT CAME TO A VOTE, THE BOTTOM LINE WAS, I KNOW TERRANCE VOTED.
I REMEMBER CLEARLY WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID, I'M NOT AGAINST THE IDEA OF THE DRONES.
I JUST THINK IT'S NOT NOW, THAT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE NOW, I THINK A LOT BECAUSE OF PUBLIC OPINION AND SOME OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING.
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I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE VOTED WITH HIM, BUT I THINK THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WHO VOTED AGAINST IT.I LIVE RIGHT IN THE PATH OF THOSE THINGS, AND WHEN THEY LEAVE WALMART AND THEY GO SOUTH, THEIR FLIGHT PATH IS RIGHT OVER OUR HOUSE.
AND THOSE THINGS, THEY'RE GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER.
AND THE NOISE OF THEM, IT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE A SMALL ENGINE AIRPLANE FLYING AT 500 FEET, BUT THESE THINGS ARE FLYING LOWER THAN THAT.
AND I'D REALLY LIKE YOU GUYS TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND ADDRESS IT, BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM THE CHANCE TO TEST THIS IN THE MARKET, AND THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY PLACES IN THE METROPLEX USING IT AT THE TIME.
AND WE'VE HELPED THEM LEARN TO DEVELOP THEIR PRODUCT.
AND THE USE OF IT, I CAN JUST TELL BY HOW FREQUENTLY THEY'RE FLYING, IS GREATLY INCREASED.
AT NIGHTTIME, IT LOOKS LIKE A DRONE SHOW.
AND ESPECIALLY I DON'T KNOW IF THE HEIGHT OF THEM IS GETTING LOWER WHEN THEY'RE APPROACHING A HOUSE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, OR JUST THAT THEY'RE JUST SOMETIMES NOT FLYING AS HIGH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE PRETTY LOW.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BRINGING IT BACK AND LOOKING AT IT, TALKING.
IF NOTHING ELSE, ALTERNATE THEIR PATHS SO THEY DON'T CONTINUALLY FLY-- WHEN THEY'RE GOING SOUTH, THEY DON'T CONTINUALLY FLY OVER THE SAME HOUSES.
I DON'T SEE THEM COMING OVER MY HOUSE, HIGH TRAFFIC EVERY DAY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY ALL THE TIME I HAVE.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: THANK YOU.
MS. SPEAKER 2: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE AT THE SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND EVERYONE.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, CHIEF WATERS, PLEASE THANK OFFICER TRIM FOR ME.
MY HUSBAND HAD NOBODY TO REACH OUT TO AND REACHED OUT TO OFFICER TRIM TO REACH OUT TO SOMEONE HERE AT THE MEETING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OK, EVEN THOUGH I SAID IT WAS, BUT.
ALSO, THANK YOU, CITY STAFF, POLICE, FIRE, COUNCIL, FOR COMING TO OUR OCTOBER 6 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT ARCADIA FARMS. OUR RESIDENTS CANNOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR COMING OUT.
IT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT WAS THIS YEAR, SO FAR WITH THE EVENTS WE'VE HAD, OUR LARGEST EVENT.
BUT HAVING ALL OF YOU JOIN AND COME TO OUR EVENT MEANT A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS ME, BUT OUR COMMUNITY GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU JOINING.
ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS ITEM K.3, CROSSMILLS, I WILL SAY, AT P&Z I VOTED AGAINST THIS ITEM.
THERE WAS NOBODY HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND IT SEEMS THAT THEY LEFT THE CITY AND WENT TO THE ETJ.
THERE'S OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS.
WHY? WHY BE IN THE ETJ, LEAVE THE ETJ, BECOME PART OF THE CITY, LEAVE THE CITY, AND BECOME ETJ AGAIN? SO JUST AN ITEM TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING WITH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OUR FOURTH YEAR, BIGGER AND BETTER, AND HOPEFULLY MORE YEARS TO COME.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: THANK YOU.
AND THAT WILL BE THE END OF OUR PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[H. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA, ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER SO REQUESTS.
AND THEN THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA.
AND IT WILL START WITH H1, AND THAT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE HAVE.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
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BRYAN WASHINGTON: YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: MR. RUTLEDGE SECOND.
THIS WILL TAKE US-- WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE.
THIS WILL TAKE US TO A SPECIAL AGENDA STARTING WITH K1,
[K1. 2026-237 Consider a request from Cope Equities, LLC, to approve a preliminary plat in relation to 0.912 acres of land called Princeton Integrity 1st, located on the North side of East Monte Carlo Boulevard, and approximately 364 feet East of Longneck Road, Princeton, Texas; and take appropriate action. Presented by Shai Roos, Director of Development Services]
2026-237.CONSIDER REQUEST FROM COPE EQUITIES LLC TO APPROVE A PRELIMINARY PLAT IN RELATION TO 0.92 ACRES OF LAND CALLED PRINCETON INTEGRITY FIRST, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST MONTE CARLO BOULEVARD AND APPROXIMATELY 364 FEET EAST OF LONGNECK ROAD, PRINCETON, TEXAS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
SHAI ROOS: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT, AND IT IS FOR A MINOR AUTO REPAIR THAT IS ALLOWED IN PD 18, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT AHEAD WITH REVIEWING IT FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT.
STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR THIRD-PARTY ENGINEERS, HAVE REVIEWED THIS AGAINST ALL OUR REQUIRED CODE REQUIREMENTS, AND IT MEETS IT, SO OUR ANALYSIS SAYS THAT WE'RE MEETING IT.
THEY'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE DRAINAGE.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: MS. TODD.
CRISTINA TODD: I SEE THAT ON THIS AGENDA, WE'RE CALLING IT THE INITIAL PLAT APPLICATION.
I KNOW DURING PLANNING AND ZONING, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE PLAT WAS-- OR THE APPLICATION ITSELF WAS DONE IMPROPERLY BECAUSE IT HAD THE WRONG NAME OF THE OWNER APPLYING.
AND PREVIOUSLY, AND THIS HAS COME BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MATCH.
SHAI ROOS: WE DO HAVE THE NEW APPLICATION.
CRISTINA TODD: DO YOU HAVE COPIES OF THE NEW APPLICATION TO PASS OUT TO COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN SEE THIS NEW APPLICATION? SHAI ROOS: YES, MA'AM.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAUSE UNTIL BRYAN COMES BACK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
CRISTINA TODD: AND A NEW APPLICATION WAS REQUIRED BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MATCH.
SHAI ROOS: WE DO HAVE THE NEW APPLICATION.
CRISTINA TODD: DO YOU HAVE COPIES OF THE NEW APPLICATION TO PASS OUT TO COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN SEE THIS NEW APPLICATION? SHAI ROOS: YES, MA'AM.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAUSE UNTIL BRYAN COMES BACK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
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ALL RIGHT.THIS WILL TAKE US OUT OF RECESS.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: SHE'S RIGHT THERE.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: MS. ROOS? I'M GOOD TO GO.
SHAI ROOS: OUR NEW APPLICATION DOES HAVE SPACE FOR THE-- NOTARY STAMP.
I FORGOT TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE.
CRISTINA TODD: HOW IS THIS A NEW APPLICATION WITH A NOTARY STAMP FROM MAY 4 OF 2026? SHAI ROOS: I'VE ADDED THE AUTHORIZATION LETTER.
SO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SIGNED AND GOT HIS SIGNATURE NOTARIZED IS THE SAME GENTLEMAN.
THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME ENGINEER.
SO THE PREVIOUS COPE EQUITIES GAVE AUTHORIZATION TO CRAIG,
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AND SO DID THE NEW OWNERS.EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
SHAI ROOS: SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PLAT ITSELF, BESIDES THE APPLICATION? CRISTINA TODD: CAN I ASK HOW IT WAS SOLD BY METES AND BOUNDS WHEN IT'S NOT.
THE STATE DOESN'T ALLOW THE SALE OF LAND BY METES AND BOUNDS, WHEN IT'S BEEN PLATTED THE WAY THAT IT WAS? SHAI ROOS: SO THE WAY OUR CODE IS WRITTEN-- AND FIRST, LET ME SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDING THE UDC TO OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR.
WE WILL FIX THE CODE, BUT THE WAY OUR CODE IS WRITTEN, IT SAYS IT'S NOT ALLOWED, BUT IT HAS NO REPERCUSSIONS.
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO IF SOMEBODY GOES AHEAD AND SELLS IT BY METES AND BOUNDS, BECAUSE BY THE TIME THEY COME TO US FOR PERMITS, THEY WILL HAVE A FINAL PLAT.
SO THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IN THE NEW CODE WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE TO PREVENT IT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
THERE IS NO FURTHER QUESTIONS? OK.
CRISTINA TODD: CAN YOU PULL UP THE MEMO FOR THIS ITEM? EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
CRISTINA TODD: SO IT USED TO BE A 17.95 ACRE TRACT.
CORRECT? SHAI ROOS: YES, MA'AM.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: WITH THE DRAINAGE STUDIES.
SO THE 4.099 ACRES OF THE SAME TRACT, WHICH IS THE SHOPS OF MONTICELLO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE TRACT STUDY.
AND IT SAYS THAT THE RULE IS NOW APPLIED CONSISTENTLY TO ALL PLAT APPLICATIONS.
CRISTINA TODD: SO THE LAND STUDY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT IS STILL VALID BETWEEN THE SPLITTING OF THE PROPERTY? SHAI ROOS: WOULD YOU MIND ASKING THAT QUESTION.
CRISTINA TODD: SO ON, WHAT IS IT, FEBRUARY 4 OF 2026, YOU GAVE THE ENTIRE 17.95 ACRE TRACT.
YOU SAID THAT THEY NEEDED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE STUDIES.
AND THEN ON 3/23/2026, STAFF RECOMMENDED AND COUNCIL APPROVED, WITH SIX NO, THE AMENDED PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE 4.099 ACRES OF THE SAME TRACT WITH NO WHOLE TRACT STUDY, BUT OUR MEMO IS SAYING THAT THE RULES NOW APPLIED CONSISTENTLY TO ALL THE TRACTS.
SHAI ROOS: ALL OF THOSE FOUR LOTS THAT WERE PRELIMINARY PLATTED OR WHATEVER WAS DONE WERE STARTED WHEN THE OLD SYSTEM WAS IN PLACE, PRIOR TO MY TENURE.
SO ONCE WE FIXED OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, NOW WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: AND THIS IS JUST A MATTER OF PROCESS, I GUESS? SHAI ROOS: IT'S JUST A PROCESS.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: INVOLVING ANY CODES OR ANY ORDINANCES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SHAI ROOS: NO.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
CRISTINA TODD: ALSO, MY NEXT QUESTION IS THAT ON PLAT NOTE
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17, IT SAYS THAT INTEGRITY FIRST SUBDIVISION AND SUBJECT IN THE DOCUMENT 2019-1600910, IT SAYS THE PLAT'S POINT OF BEGINNING IS A HALF IRON ROD, AND THE DEED SAYS IT'S A 5/8-INCH ROD.AND THE MEMO GIVES 17.93 ACRES FOR THE DEED.
SO THERE'S AN INCONSISTENCY IN HOW THAT'S BEING DETERMINED FOR THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINES.
SHAI ROOS: HOW ABOUT I GIVE YOU AN ANSWER LATER ABOUT THAT? I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR ENGINEERING FIRM FOR THAT.
CRISTINA TODD: AND THEN CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE DRAINAGE IS GOING TO BE HANDLED OVER THERE, SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEN SOMEHOW WAS ALLOWED PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DRAINAGE OVER THERE? AND MCDONALD'S HOLDS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DETENTION AND ALL OF THAT.
SO HOW IS THAT IMPACTING THIS PROPERTY? SHAI ROOS: IT DOESN'T.
THIS PROPERTY TAKES CARE OF ITS OWN DRAINAGE.
CRISTINA TODD: AND WHERE IS IT GOING TO GO? SHAI ROOS: IN THE BACK OF THE LOT, UNDERGROUND.
CRISTINA TODD: INTO THE POND, OR INTO THAT AREA? SHAI ROOS: ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
IT WILL NOT TOUCH THE POND THAT IS BEHIND MCDONALD'S.
CRISTINA TODD: SO PRINCETON CODE 3511E, IN THE FIRST SENTENCE, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY OWNER OR AGENT OR ANY OWNER TO LAYOUT, SUBDIVIDE, OR PLAT ANY LANDS ONTO LOTS, BLOCKS, STREETS IN THE CITY, OR TO SELL PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY THERE WITHIN WHICH HAS NOT BEEN LAID OUT, SUBDIVIDED, AND PLATTED ACCORDING TO THESE REGULATIONS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS.
AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY NOT BE SET CONSEQUENCES FOR SOMEONE NOT DOING IT, JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES, LIKE A FEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHAT JUSTIFIES ALLOWING US TO GO AGAINST OUR OWN ORDINANCE AND NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE IN A CORRECT MANNER, WHEN JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NO FEE TO CHARGE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO-- EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY SOLD.
THEY CAN'T SELL IT TO RESELL IT.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S ALREADY SOLD, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS PROPERTY, I THINK, THAT YOU CAN'T UNDO THE SALE.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND UNDO IT.
ONE THING WE DO IS WE HAVE THE PROCESSES MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE KNOW IS WRONG, OR WAS DONE WRONG POTENTIALLY.
BUT IT'S AT THIS POINT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? I MEAN, I THINK YOUR VOTE WOULD JUST SHOW WHAT IT IS AT THIS POINT.
CRISTINA TODD: WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE IS WE HAVE A DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO COME IN AND HAS PUT A LOT INTO THIS.
AND YET, ON OUR END, WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS TO DAVID, THAT I'M HOPING THAT NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, THAT YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCEDURES AND THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE BEING FOLLOWED, AND THOSE THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED ARE BEING ADJUSTED AND BROUGHT TO US IN A QUICK MANNER, SO WE CAN PUT THOSE THINGS INTO PLACE, BECAUSE THIS ENTIRE AREA HAS BEEN DONE IMPROPERLY, FROM BUILDING PERMITS BEFORE FINAL PLATS TO SEPARATING AND SELLING LAND WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE.
ALL OF IT, THAT ENTIRE AREA, EACH DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING IN THAT AREA HAS FAILED TO FOLLOW THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THIS CITY AND SOME OF THE STATE.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT YOU WILL BE ENFORCING THESE THINGS AND HELPING TO BRING THINGS TO ORDER, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT, WE NEED TO DRAW THE LINE IN THE SAND AND SAY, IF IT SAYS NO, IF THE LAW SAYS THIS IS NOT HOW IT GOES, IT'S A HARD NO, BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE TO JUST BEND THE RULE HERE AND BEND THE RULE THERE, WE ARE NEVER GOING TO GET BETTER.
DAVID HALL: SO YOU MAKE A COMPLETELY VALID POINT THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH OUR PROCESSES.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
BUT I WANT TO DISTINGUISH THAT FROM BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE A REGULATION THAT'S PRACTICALLY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INTERACTION WITH THE PRIVATE TRANSFER OF LAND.
AND SO WHILE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST ALLOWING PEOPLE TO IGNORE THE REGULATIONS, IN SOME WAYS THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, AS STAFF, WE HAVE A MINISTERIAL DUTY.
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YOU ARE THE JUDGE.AND OFTEN I'VE HEARD STAFF-- NOT JUST THIS, BUT THIS IS THE LARGER CONTEXT OF COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT THIS.
WE REALLY PRACTICALLY CAN'T STOP THEM FROM COMING BEFORE YOU.
AND YOU GET TO HOLD THE LINE IF YOU'RE NOT PLEASED, IF IT COMPORTS WITH LAW OR IF IT DOESN'T.
BUT ONCE IT MEETS A CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AND MINISTERIAL STANDARD, THEN WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BRING IT FORWARD.
YOU CAN ANALOGIZE THAT TO PD REGULATIONS, THAT ONCE THAT PD APPLICATION HAS MET ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, MUCH LIKE PLATS, ONCE THE PLAT HAS MET THE ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COMES FORWARD.
NOW, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT, AGAIN, IT INVOLVES THE PRIVATE TRANSFER OF LAND, AND THERE IS NO PLACE IN WHICH WE'RE INTERJECTED INTO THAT CONVERSATION.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PRACTICALLY ENFORCE THIS KIND OF REGULATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, SET REALISTIC EXPECTATION, AND ISN'T THAT WE'RE IGNORING OR DOESN'T MATTER.
I THINK YOU'RE COMPLETELY RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH OUR PROCESSES.
BUT THERE ARE SOME REGULATIONS WE HAVE WHICH, WHILE PEOPLE MAY IGNORE THE STATE LAW, WE'RE NOT THE ENFORCEMENT ARM FOR THAT.
CRISTINA TODD: BUT HOW IS IT FAIR THAT WE WENT TO TOWN CENTER AND SAID, YOU MUST DO A CONVEYANCE PLAT TO SELL THESE PROPERTIES OFF, AND THEN THE NEXT DEVELOPER COMES UP, AND WE'RE LIKE, IT'S COOL.
DAVID HALL: AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSISTENT.
CRISTINA TODD: MY NEXT THING IS THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MEMO.
I BELIEVE WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY CODE 12.002C AND THE LGC 212.004A, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 212.002C THERE IS ACTUALLY ACCURATE FOR THAT.
SHAI ROOS: I WILL DOUBLE CHECK.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
BRYAN WASHINGTON: I'M FINE, YOUR HONOR.
I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM K1.
STEVEN DEFFIBAUGH: I'LL SECOND.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: MR. DEFFIBAUGH SECOND.
[K2. 2026-234 Consider a request from RERR LLC, to approve a conveyance plat in relation to 10.013 acres of land called Princeton Business Park, located on the North side of Corporate Drive and East of South Beauchamp Boulevard, Princeton, Texas; and take appropriate action. Presented by Shai Roos, Director of Development Services]
THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM K2, 2026-234.CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM RERR LLC TO APPROVE A CONVEYANCE PLAT IN RELATION TO A 10.013 ACRE OF LAND CALLED PRINCETON BUSINESS PARK, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CORPORATE DRIVE AND EAST OF SOUTH BEAUCHAMP BOULEVARD, PRINCETON, TEXAS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
SHAI ROOS: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S IN OUR BUSINESS PARK.
NOW THEY WANT TO SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO DEVELOP IT.
PLEASE NOTE, THE PROPERTY IS OVER 10 ACRES.
BUT THEY'RE COMING TO US BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
THEY WILL NOT BE GIVEN A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALL OUR PRELIMINARY PLAT AND STUDIES WHEN THE NEW OWNER IS READY TO BUILD.
SO THIS IS JUST SO THEY CAN SELL THE PROPERTY.
CRISTINA TODD: SO WE'RE DOING A CONVEYANCE PLAT SO THAT THEY CAN SELL THE PROPERTY PROPERLY.
SHAI ROOS: SO HERE'S JUST A DISTINCTION.
WE CAN'T MAKE ANYBODY DO ANYTHING.
THESE PEOPLE CAME FORWARD TO DO IT CORRECTLY.
THOSE PEOPLE NEVER TALKED TO US, AND THEY DID IT BEHIND OUR BACK.
SO WHEN THEY COME TO US AND ASK, WE TELL THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING, LIKE WE DID WITH THE PREVIOUS ONES TOO.
BUT WE REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
CRISTINA TODD: SO AS LONG AS THEY DON'T COME TO US AND ASK, THEY CAN BREAK THE RULES, IS WHAT I'M HEARING RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE NOTHING IN PLACE TO ENFORCE THIS.
IT'S LIKE, IF YOU'RE AN HONEST DEVELOPER AND YOU COME FORWARD, WE CAN ENFORCE IT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? DAVID HALL: I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM WITH THIS PROVISION THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE REALLY IS.
CRISTINA TODD: WELL, I HAVE APPRECIATION
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FOR THEM COMING FORWARD AND DOING THIS THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE.SHAI ROOS: STAFF APPRECIATES IT ALSO.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: IF THERE'S NO QUESTION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
BRYAN WASHINGTON: YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM K2.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT, MR. RUTLEDGE SECOND.
[K3. 2026-235 Consider a request from Forestar (USA) Real Estate Group Inc., to approve a final plat for 31.852 acres of land called Crossmill Phase 1B, located at the Northeast corner of the intersection of Cypress Bend Parkway and Myrick Lane, Princeton, Texas; and take appropriate action. Presented by Shai Roos, Director of Development Services]
THIS WILL TAKE US TO K3.CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM FORESTAR REAL ESTATE GROUP INC.
TO APPROVE A FINAL PLAT FOR A 31.825 ACRE LAND CALLED CROSSMILL 1B, LOCATED AT NORTHEAST CORNER OF INTERSECTION CYPRESS BEND PARKWAY AND MYRICK LANE, PRINCETON, TEXAS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
SHAI ROOS: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS A FINAL PLAT FOR PHASE 1B.
YOU ALL MIGHT REMEMBER, YOU ALL APPROVED PHASE 1A.
THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS PHASE 1A, PHASE 1B AND PHASE 2.
SO THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE, PHASE 1B.
IT'S AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CYPRESS BEND AND MYRICK.
THIS IS SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, AND REALLY THAT'S ABOUT IT.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PLATTING.
WE ARE THE PLATTING AUTHORITY, BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR ETJ.
BUT ALL THE PERMITS WILL BE DONE BY COLLIN COUNTY.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: WASN'T THERE SOMETHING WITH THIS ONE? CRISTINA TODD: THERE'S MANY.
JUST FOR A POINT OF REFERENCE, IF I MAY ASK, DAVID, GOING FORWARD, CAN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THEM, CAN THOSE BE ATTACHED TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS WHEN THEY'RE BEING PUT OUT THERE? IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION, SO THE PUBLIC SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM, BECAUSE THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT WHERE THEY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
JOINED THE CITY, LEFT THE CITY, STILL HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW THESE ITEMS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PRIOR TO COMING TO A MEETING, WITHOUT HAVING TO DO AN INFORMATION REQUEST FROM STAFF.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: THIS QUESTION IS THIS NOT THE ONE THAT TURNED INTO A MUD? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A VALID DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IT'S NOT VALID NO MORE, CORRECT? SHAI ROOS: MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IT'S NOT VALID, BUT I WILL NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK IT.
WHEN THEY WENT OUT OF THE CITY, THEN-- EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: IS THE APPLICANT HERE? EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: YEAH, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT ONE TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A DEAL LAST YEAR WITH FORMER MANAGEMENT THAT IT WASN'T TOO CLEAR.
BUT THAT'S AN INTERESTING TAKE.
YEAH, I THINK IF THERE'S AN ENFORCEABLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT SHOULDN'T BE PROBLEMATIC TO INCLUDE THAT.
NUMBER 2, IF THERE IS A VALID AND ENFORCED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE SHOULD BE VERIFYING ANY OF THE POTENTIAL REQUIREMENTS THEREIN AGAINST ANY POTENTIAL PLATTING.
HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE ON THIS? I KNOW THERE'S THE SHOT CLOCK.
DO WE HAVE A SHOT CLOCK ON THIS ONE? CAN THIS BE SOMETHING THAT WE TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING? SHAI ROOS: I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU MAY TABLE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: I'M GOING TO REQUEST TO, JUST TO VERIFY, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAT, IF WE DO HAVE A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT, IT DOES APPLY WITH ALL STANDARDS, OR TO VERIFY THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
CRISTINA TODD: IT WAS 1/21/2025 IS THE LAST TIME WE'VE HAD A THING PUT ON.
SO IT WAS AMENDED AND REINSTATED-- OR AMENDED AND RESTATED CROSSMILL'S DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND IT WAS-- SO THIS IS RECORDED ON 11/20/2024 WITH A CORRECTION TO EXHIBIT A. I DUG FOR THIS.
SO THIS WAS FINALIZED RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME IN, BUT THERE'S NO OTHER RECORD OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS DISSOLVED OR NOT.
AND IT WAS RECORDED ON JANUARY 21 OF 2025 AT 2:19 PM WITH THE COUNTY.
SO YES, I THINK WE SHOULD REVIEW THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIT A SHOT CLOCK, IF WE CAN TABLE THIS,
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I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.SHAI ROOS: IF WE CAN BRING IT ON THE 26TH, WE'LL STILL MAKE THE SHOT CLOCK.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: YEAH, I THINK SO.
SO COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE ITEM-- DAVID HALL: SIR, I HATE TO INTERRUPT, BUT I JUST WANT TO, FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
CAN WE MAKE THE 26TH? SHAI ROOS: YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I-- DAVID HALL: CAN YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH IN TIME TO MAKE THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA, IS THE REAL QUESTION.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: WE HAVE UNTIL THE 20TH TO POST FOR THE 26TH, WHICH I HOPE WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER BY THEN.
DAVID HALL: I MEAN, AS LONG AS SHE CAN-- IF YOU'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
CRISTINA TODD: DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT, AND DO I NEED TO SEND IT TO ANYONE? BECAUSE I HAD TO DIG FOR THIS TO FIND IT, GOING THROUGH ALL OF OUR RECORDS.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: SO ALSO, JUST TO PUT ON RECORD, I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPERTY ALSO PAID $5 MILLION FOR JJ BOOK.
BRYAN WASHINGTON: THAT IS CORRECT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING.
THERE'S BEEN MONEY TRANSFERRED BETWEEN THIS DEVELOPER AND THE CITY.
SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT AGREEMENT IS, WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT AGREEMENT IS TOO.
DAVID HALL: WE CAN, BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD.
WE DON'T WANT TO CONFLATE THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE PLAT IF IT'S NOT A COMPONENT OF THE PLAT.
DAVID HALL: BUT WE'LL LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: I JUST WANT SOME MORE INFO TO JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING EVERYTHING, BECAUSE THAT AGREEMENT MIGHT NULLIFY THE PREVIOUS ONE.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
JAISEN RUTLEDGE: I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM K3, 2026 DOT-- SORRY DASH 235 UNTIL THE 26TH, WAS THE DATE? BRYAN WASHINGTON: I'LL SECOND.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
AND IF YOU CAN HAVE THE APPLICANT SHOW UP THE NEXT MEETING, PLEASE, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO CLEAR UP A LOT OF THINGS, TOO.
SHAI ROOS: I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE THAT CALL.
[K4. 2026-236 Consider a request from Cross Engineering to approve a Final Plat for approximately 1.640 acres of land known as Princeton Micro-Hospital, located west of South Beauchamp Boulevard and approximately 750 feet south of the intersection of South Beauchamp Boulevard and U.S. Highway 380, Princeton, Texas; and take appropriate action. Presented by Shai Roos, Director of Development Services]
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM K4, 2026-236.CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM CROSS ENGINEERING TO APPROVE A FINAL PLAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.64 ACRES OF LAND KNOWN AS PRINCETON MICRO-HOSPITAL LOCATED WEST OF SOUTH BEAUCHAMP BOULEVARD AND APPROXIMATELY 750 SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF SOUTH BEAUCHAMP BOULEVARD AND US HIGHWAY 380, PRINCETON, TEXAS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
SHAI ROOS: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS, AGAIN, A FINAL PLAT FOR A MICRO-HOSPITAL, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM WALMART, ACROSS BEAUCHAMP.
STAFF CHECKED DRAINAGE, WORKS FOR THEM, AND UTILITIES ARE CITY OF PRINCETON.
SO OUR THIRD-PARTY ENGINEERS HAVE REVIEWED THE PLAT, AND THE PLAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAT.
AND IT COMPLIES WITH THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: QUESTION FOR YOU.
I DON'T REMEMBER THIS COMING TO US FOR THE PRELIMINARY.
SHAI ROOS: PARDON? EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: I DON'T REMEMBER THIS COMING TO US FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THIS MICRO-HOSPITAL.
SHAI ROOS: IT DIDN'T COME TO YOU, SIR.
IT WAS DONE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WITH-- WELL, SOMEWHERE BEFORE ALL OF US WERE HERE.
AND THE OTHERS-- THE DEVELOPMENT WAS A FULL DEVELOPMENT, SO IT STILL HAS ONE PROPERTY LEFT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: SO THIS IS A PART OF A LARGER-- SHAI ROOS: YES, IT'S PART OF A LARGER.
ALL THOSE OTHER PAD SITES THAT ARE IN THE FRONT, THIS WAS PART OF THAT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MS. TODD? CRISTINA TODD: MICRO-HOSPITAL, OK.
SO WE HAD AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT, AND I DIDN'T SEE A RESPONSE GO OUT TO THEM.
SO I'M CURIOUS THAT THEY NOTICED THE LANGUAGE THAT PROVIDE A COPY OF EASEMENTS BY SEPARATE INSTRUMENT.
THEY'LL NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED PRIOR TO BEING FILED.
ONCE FILED, FILING DATA WILL NEED TO BE ADDED PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT.
BUT ON THE P&Z MEETING, WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION DID NOT CONTAIN THIS EASEMENT RELATED TO THE REQUIREMENT,
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AND THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE ITEM SOLELY CONDITIONED ON THE APPROVAL OF THE DAP, AND NO EASEMENT LANGUAGE WAS DISCUSSED OR INCLUDED AT THAT TIME.AND SO THE RESIDENT WAS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY THE EASEMENT REQUIREMENT WAS NOT PART OF EXHIBIT A, REVIEWED BY THE P&Z.
AND WAS THIS CONDITION ADDED AFTER THE P&Z MEETING? IF SO, WHAT TRIGGERED THE CHANGE? THEN THEIR LAST ONE WAS, SHOULD THE COMMISSION HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE FULL SET OF CONDITIONS? SHAI ROOS: I'LL JUST RESTATE THAT.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE ISSUE IS THAT THE EASEMENT NUMBER IS NOT ON THERE.
USUALLY, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES NOT REVIEW EASEMENTS BY SEPARATE INSTRUMENT.
THE ENGINEERS DO, AND SO DOES OUR CITY ATTORNEY LOOKS AT THE LANGUAGE, AND THEN THEY GO GET IT RECORDED.
AND THEN THEY COME AND PUT IT ON THE PLAT.
SO IT IS THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSIBILITY.
WE WOULD NOT BRING IT TO THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE PLAT UNLESS IT HAD THOSE RECORDED.
IT TAKES TIME TO DO THOSE THINGS, WHICH IS WHY WE MEET THE SHOT CLOCK BY BRINGING THE FINAL PLAT.
BUT WE WOULDN'T EVER LET THEM RECORD IT WITHOUT HAVING IT ON THERE.
CRISTINA TODD: SO THE DOCUMENT THE MAYOR WILL SIGN HAS THIS ON IT? SHAI ROOS: THE MAYOR HASN'T SIGNED IT.
CRISTINA TODD: BUT WHEN-- SHAI ROOS: WHEN THE MAYOR WILL SIGN, IT WILL ALL BE THERE.
CRISTINA TODD: SO CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, IF HE WAS TO SIGN DOCUMENTS AFTER THE MEETING TODAY-- SHAI ROOS: WE DON'T HAVE IT FOR HIM TO SIGN IT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNTIL THEY PUT IT.
THEN THEY'LL PRINT IT, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO THE MAYOR.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
BRYAN WASHINGTON: AND I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM K4.
STEVEN DEFFIBAUGH: I'LL SECOND.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT, MR. DEFFIBAUGH SECOND.
CRISTINA TODD: JUST BEFORE I VOTE, THE DOWNSTREAM ASSESSMENT, DID WE ACTUALLY GET THAT BACK FROM THEM? SHAI ROOS: YES, MA'AM.
CRISTINA TODD: ALL RIGHT, YOU RUSHED ME THROUGH, SO I'M JUST CHECKING MY NOTES TO MAKE SURE I'VE ASKED EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO ASK BEFORE I CAST THIS VOTE.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: I MEAN, THE MOTION ALREADY PASSED, BUT YEAH.
WHEN YOU RUSH THROUGH, IT DOESN'T HELP.
THE DEFECT WITH THE ENGINEERING APPROVAL, WAS THAT CORRECTED? SHAI ROOS: YES, MA'AM.
SO THE PLAT THAT IS ATTACHED WITH YOUR PACKET, IT HAS THAT CORRECTED VERSION.
CRISTINA TODD: ACTUALLY, SORRY, SINCE I WAS RUSHED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY VOTE NO ON THIS, BECAUSE I WASN'T GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK EVERYTHING.
[K5. 2026-10-13-R Consider approving Resolution No. 2026-10-13-R, repealing Resolution No. 2026-06-08-R06, adopted on June 8, 2026, and Rescinding Authorization to File an Application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s FY25 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (Safer) Grant, and take appropriate action. Presented by Interim Fire Chief Steve Gammons]
SO TAKE US TO ITEM K5 2026-10-13-R.CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-13-13-R, REPEALING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-06-08-R06, ADOPTED ON JUNE 8, 2026, AND RESCINDING AUTHORIZATION TO FILE AN APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FISCAL YEAR '25 STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SAFER GRANT, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
JAMES WATERS: MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, JAMES WATERS, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
AS MS. [INAUDIBLE] STATED EARLIER, THERE WAS SOME IDENTIFIED NUMBERS THAT WAS WITHIN THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS NOT ACCURATE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO TABLE WE ARE ASKING TO TABLE THIS UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 26TH.
SO THAT WAY, WE GET ACCURATE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: AT THIS TIME HE'S ASKING COUNCIL
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TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING, THE 26TH.BRYAN WASHINGTON: YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO TABLE ITEM K5 TO THE 26TH.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT, MR. RUTLEDGE SECOND.
THERE'S NO EXECUTIVE, RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH WE HAD KIND OF LANGUAGE IN THERE, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE? EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: OK.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
[I.EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SO AT THIS TIME, THE TIME IS 8:23, AND THIS WILL TAKE US INTO EXECUTIVE.EXECUTIVE SESSION, UNDER TERMS OF CHAPTER 551 OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE 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.
YOU DON'T HAVE AN ITEM FOR THAT? IS THIS ALL RELATED TO CYBERSECURITY? EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: OK, YEAH.
SO SECTION 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY, AND SECTION 51.0761, CYBERSECURITY, AND SECTION 551.089, SECURITY DEVICES.
AND ACTUALLY, THE TIME IS 08:24 TO TAKE IT TO EXECUTIVE.
THE TIME IS 8:44, AND THIS WILL TAKE US OUT OF EXECUTIVE.
THERE'S NO ACTIONS PERTAINING TO EXECUTIVE.
CONSIDER APPROVING REQUESTS FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS-- I'M SORRY, OF THESE REQUESTS.
ANY ITEMS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.
MR. RUTLEDGE? JAISEN RUTLEDGE: I'D LIKE TO-- AGAIN, I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS ITEM UP, BUT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING IT UP UNTIL I SEE IT ON THE AGENDA.
HOME RULE CHARTER COMMITTEE, I THINK WE'VE MET, AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FINALIZE THAT PROCESS, I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE CHARTER AND HOW IT RELATES TO OUR ORDINANCES.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE KIND OF A COMPARE MATRIX TO WHERE OUR ORDINANCES STAND IN COMPARISON TO WHERE OUR CHARTER SITS, AND IF THERE'S ANY NECESSARY CLEANUP TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE BOTH SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK THE RESIDENT, KEN SELIGMAN SPOKE ABOUT THE DRONES.
I MYSELF HAD A SCENARIO WHERE A DRONE BASKET DROPPED UNINTENTIONALLY IN MY BACKYARD.
LUCKILY, IT WAS AT A SAFE DISTANCE.
AND I'VE CONNECTED WITH THE COMPANY THROUGH SUPPORT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND.
THEY CLOSED MY ADDRESS OFF FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
NOW I'M CONCERNED, HOW MANY INSTANCES OF THAT HAS THAT HAPPENED, AND I CAN'T GET ANY INFORMATION FROM THEM.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY AN ITEM WORTH LOOKING INTO.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO A SURVEY, OR IF WE TRY TO HAVE SOMEONE REACH OUT TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT NOW I'M WORRIED ABOUT, IF IT'S DROPPING FROM 10, 15 FEET, THE KIDS IN THE BACKYARD, THAT'S PROBABLY A BIG DEAL.
SO WE PROBABLY WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN LOOK INTO IN REGARDS TO THAT.
THOSE ARE MY ONLY TWO ITEMS. EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: MS. TODD? CRISTINA TODD: SO I WOULD LIKE AN AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS CONSENT AGENDA STANDARDS FOR WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT GO ON CONSENT VERSUS REGULAR AGENDA.
THE CIP STATUS BYLAWS TO ALIGN THE PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PUBLIC APPEARANCE TO HAVE BOTH BE FOR FIVE MINUTES, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REVIEW OF THE QUESTIONABLE ZONING THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST YEAR.
SINCE I DID NOT GET THAT UPDATE THAT I ASKED FOR IN AN EMAIL, I'LL ASK FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED HERE FOR THE CITY.
AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES THE ATTACHMENTS TO AGENDAS BE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC.
I WOULD LIKE THE ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FROM CURRENT AND PRIOR YEARS UPDATED ON THE MUNICODE, AND A PRESENTATION SHOWING THAT IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
PRESENTATION ON THE PROGRESS WE ARE ON PUTTING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ONLINE, MUCH LIKE WE HAVE FOR THE PDS.
THAT MIGHT BE A GIS PRESENTATION.
AND SINCE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO MY EMAIL, I'LL TAKE A PRESENTATION ON THE MATH FOR THE $4 MILLION FIGURE STAFF QUOTED TO COUNCIL AS THE IMPENDING BUDGET SHORTFALL, IF WE DIDN'T WITHDRAW AND REVOTE
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AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE BUDGET, COMPARING TO THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED THAT WAS POSTED ONLINE SHOWING A DISCREPANCY, IF I COULD JUST HAVE THAT PRESENTED.AND THEN THERE'S A LOT HERE THAT I'VE ASKED FOR THAT NEVER HAPPENED, SO I'M TRYING TO GO BACK THROUGH.
A REVIEW OF THE ADMIN ORDINANCES, PARTICULARLY THE ONE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS.
AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS AND THE MANNER IN WHICH COUNCIL GETS INFORMATION TO BE PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA, AS WAS DECIDED WHEN IT WAS TABLED AT THE LAST MEETING.
OH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ETHICS BOARD.
CAN WE HAVE THAT PLEASE PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE APPLICATIONS PUT OUT THERE? THAT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE BYLAWS, AND IT HAS BEEN MANY MONTHS, AND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INITIATED.
ALSO, A DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL AND HOW WE SHOULD BE REFRESHING OUR TOMA AND PIR CERTIFICATIONS ANNUALLY, AND NOT SIMPLY ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.
IF WE CAN GET THE HYPERLINKS TO THE TOMA AND PIRS AND STATE LAWS MENTIONED IN THE BYLAWS ON THERE, BECAUSE THEY JUST SCANNED A PDF, AND IT'S NOT ACTUAL DOCUMENT, SO THE HYPERLINKS FOR THOSE LAWS ARE NOT USABLE.
AND THEN SINCE WE'RE HAVING THESE QUESTIONABLE DISCREPANCIES ON WHEN AND HOW THE NOTARIES SHOULD BE USED ON DOCUMENTS, I'LL TAKE A PRESENTATION ON THE APPLICATION OF NOTARIES AND THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THAT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL?
[L. CITY MANAGER UPDATE]
ALL RIGHT.AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO TO ITEM L, CITY MANAGER UPDATE.
SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK.
WE'VE PLACED THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
AS YOU KNOW, WE SEND OUT CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE.
CONTAINS MYRIAD INFORMATION, SO THE IDEA IS TO COMPILE THIS INFORMATION AND DISCUSS WITH YOU THINGS OF NOTE THAT WERE CONTAINED IN SOME OF THOSE UPDATES.
AND SO TO START WITH, THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, BUT CHIEF WATERS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE POSITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS MAYBE A BAD TIME TO MENTION, THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THAT.
IF ONE RESEARCHES THE CHARTER AND EXISTING ORDINANCES, THOSE THINGS ARE COMPLETELY LEGAL.
I THINK THE QUESTIONS MAY HAVE REVOLVED AROUND BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS, BUT AGAIN, ADMINISTRATIVELY, THERE ARE OFFSETS.
SO HE HAS STEPPED INTO THAT ROLE.
HE WILL OVERSEE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL THE IT FUNCTIONS AND THE FIRE FUNCTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE CHIEF'S RESPONSIBILITIES, THE IT DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY.
WHAT IT DOES, IT PROVIDES A HIGHER LEVEL OF MENTORSHIP AND CONNECTION.
SO I THINK, THUS FAR, IT'S BEEN PAYING SOME DIVIDENDS, EVEN ALREADY.
RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THE FIREFIGHTER HIRING IS MOVING FORWARD.
THERE ARE FOUR CANDIDATES WHO QUALIFIED ON THE WRITTEN EXAM ON THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER AND HAVE TAKEN THE AGILITY TEST OCTOBER 10, AGAIN, TO FILL THOSE FOUR VACANCIES.
ADDITIONALLY, IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIEUTENANT CANTRELL STARTED AS THE TRAINING CHIEF TODAY, OCTOBER 13, AND THE CITY HAS MADE AN OFFER TO A NEW FIRE MARSHAL.
ORIGINALLY, YOU WERE TOLD THAT PERSON WOULD BEGIN ON OCTOBER 19, BUT BECAUSE OF REQUIRED NOTIFICATION TO THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYER, THEY WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL NOVEMBER 2.
MOVING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC WORKS UPDATES, I THINK EVERYONE IS AWARE GREENFIELD ACRES IS ONGOING.
THAT PROJECT WILL INCLUDE MILLING, GRADING, COMPACTION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY A HOT MIX OVERLAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE WAS THE PARKING SPACES IN DOWNTOWN BEING DESIGNATED AS POLICE PARKING.
IF YOU'VE DRIVEN PAST, CREDIT TO PUBLIC WORKS, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE THINGS CORRECTED REMOVED, AND THEY'RE NOW JUST REGULAR PARKING SPACES.
THEY DID THAT ON OCTOBER 9, WHICH WAS AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE THAT WAS PROMISED TO YOU.
MOVING FORWARD TO FINANCE, THEY'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING, AGAIN, FORWARD FACING.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
THEY USED IT TO HELP COMPILE THE CURRENT BUDGET,
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BUT IT ALSO HAS A FORWARD-FACING COMPONENT THAT WILL COMPARE REAL-TIME BUDGET EXPENDITURES COMPARED TO BUDGETED EXPENDITURES.AND SO THAT IS BEING UNDERTAKEN NOW, AND THE GOAL IS THAT WE'LL LAUNCH THIS QUARTER.
SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, MORE ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT I THINK WERE WORTH MENTIONING, IS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT P-CARDS AND OUR PROCESS FOR THAT AND RECONCILIATIONS.
AND SO I'VE MET WITH FINANCE AND WITH PROCUREMENT, AND SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE COME FROM THAT.
NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GOING TO STRENGTHEN SOME OF THE CONTROLS WITH THE P-CARDS.
WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT SOME OF THE P-CARD ACCESS AND WHO HAS THEM.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE ALSO STRENGTHENED SOME OF THE PROCUREMENT POLICIES, AND SO THAT'S BEEN A RECENT CONSTRUCT.
MOVING TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GOTTA THANK DR. SHERETA.
SHE HELPED THAT DEPARTMENT DEVELOP THE KPIS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORKLOAD, THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS KIND OF A FOCAL POINT, NOT JUST HERE, BUT IN EVERY CITY, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COULD DEVELOP LEGITIMATE KPIS IN ORDER TO SHOW YOU AND TO SHOW US HOW WE'RE PERFORMING.
IT, NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVERS ONLINE, SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A CIP MAP THAT'S BEING WORKED ON.
WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A CIP MAP APPLICATION THAT WILL BE FORWARD-FACING.
THE GOAL IS TO ROLL IT OUT MID-NOVEMBER.
MUNI COURT, JUST KIND OF A TIDBIT.
I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT OFFLINE, BUT THEY HAD THEIR OCTOBER DOCKET ON THE SIXTH.
THEY HAD 123 CASES, INCLUDING A BENCH TRIAL AND A JURY TRIAL.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY BUSY COURT, IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WORKLOAD REALLY MEANS.
ADDITIONALLY, I THOUGHT THIS WAS PRETTY COOL.
THEY'VE PUSHED FORWARD-- IT'S CALLED IMPACT MONTHLY, AND IT'S THE MUNICIPAL COURT'S COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER THAT THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, KIND OF PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURT, HOW COURT OPERATES.
AND SO THAT'S A PRETTY COOL THING.
YOU RARELY SEE THAT, SO THAT'S A COOL THING.
HERE'S SOMETHING I'M PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH, WITH EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHEN I GOT HERE ABOUT WORK FROM HOME, AND WE DO NOT HAVE A POLICY.
AND SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY EASY INITIALLY TO ASK THE DIRECTOR TO DEVELOP A POLICY.
BUT WHAT I TYPICALLY LIKE TO DO IS TO HAVE A EMPLOYEE POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND SO I'M PRETTY PLEASED THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RECRUITING FROM THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF EMPLOYEE GROUPS, BECAUSE REALLY WHAT IT IS, IS WHEN YOU DEVELOP THESE POLICIES, THEY'RE THE PARTIES THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED.
AND SO I LIKE TO RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK.
ALSO FROM EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE, OCTOBER 6 THEY HAD A WELLNESS CLINIC.
I'M SORRY, THERE WAS A FLU CLINIC.
AND COMING FORWARD ON 22, THERE'LL BE A WELLNESS HEALTH SCREENINGS.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE PREPARING AND GEARING UP FOR THE GALLUP ENGAGEMENT SURVEY THAT WILL ALSO COME OUT THIS MONTH.
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, AGAIN, SOME MORE FORWARD-FACING STUFF.
THEY'VE BEGUN THE ACCOUNT SET UP FOR WHAT THEY CALL ENGAGE PRINCETON.
IT'S THE PUBLIC-FACING ENGAGEMENT DASHBOARD.
THE HOPE IS TO HAVE THAT LAUNCHED BY DECEMBER 1.
THEY'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF LAUNCHING COMMUNICATIONS TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW THAT VOTING WILL NOT BE HAPPENING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND ALMOST EVERY CITY DEALS WITH THIS, WHERE RESIDENTS EXPECT IT TO BE ONE PLACE AND THEN THEY COME HERE.
SO ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM, HAS DEVELOPED A MARKETING PROGRAM, AND WILL BEGIN TO SEND THAT OUT.
TRYING TO RUSH THROUGH THIS TO GET EVERYONE OUT OF HERE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PARKS AND REC.
EVERYONE IS AWARE, PUMPKIN PALOOZA WILL BE THIS SATURDAY FROM 5:00 TO 8:00, SO EVERYONE WILL BE THERE.
A COUPLE OF QUICK CAPITAL UPDATES.
PARKS ADMIN BUILDING IS IN ITS FINAL STAGES.
I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, THOUGH.
THEY'RE RUNNING THROUGH PUNCH LISTS AND SOME OTHER STUFF, SO THEIR OCCUPANCY OF THAT IS IMMINENT.
JJ BOOK PARK, CREWS HAVE BEEN ON SITE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
SPORTS COURT WALLS ARE COMPLETE.
THEY'RE GOING TO PAINT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SHADE SAILS AND PLAY EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED, AND THE RESTROOM IS NEARING COMPLETION.
LIGHT POLES SHOULD GO UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
LAST, CALDWELL PHASE 2 LIGHTING IS OPERATIONAL, SIDEWALKS AND FENCING ARE GOING IN, AND FINAL GRADING AND LANDSCAPING HAVE STARTED.
AND PHASE 3 PRICING, THE NEXT PHASE, IS UNDERWAY.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: AND YOU NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO-- CRISTINA TODD: YES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR CLARIFICATION FOR MY PIR REQUEST.
I WANT IT WITH DATA, NOT JUST SOME PRESENTATION ON HOW THINGS ARE DONE.
CRISTINA TODD: FOR THE PIR, I'M CLARIFYING MY REQUEST FOR STAFF.
CRISTINA TODD: YEAH, JUST CLARIFYING THIS
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THAT I WANT DATA, BECAUSE WE SAW THAT THERE'S A PRESENTATION OF JUST THE PROCESS.AND THEY WERE COMPILING THE DATA, AND I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BRYAN WASHINGTON: YEAH, WE CLARIFIED THAT.
DAVID HALL: SO BE HERE ON THE 26TH.
IT'LL BE HERE ON THE NEXT MEETING.
CRISTINA TODD: MAY I ADD ONE THING, ONE LAST ITEM? THIS IS FOR FALLAN.
THE EMPLOYEE HOLIDAY CALENDAR, I KNOW WE HAD MADE ADJUSTMENTS LAST YEAR FOR STAFF TO MAKE IT BENEFICIAL FOR THEM.
I JUST WANT TO GET AHEAD OF IT AND BRING IT BACK TO US FOR THIS YEAR'S APPROVAL.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: THAT WORKS.
[M. REPORT AGENDA]
THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR REPORT AGENDA.CITIZENS GOVERNMENT ACADEMY WILL BE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 21, AND 28, 2026, FROM 06:00 PM TO 8:30 PM.
PUMPKIN PALOOZA-- BOOLOOZA, SORRY, WILL BE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2026 FROM 05:00 PM TO 8:00 PM.
THIS WILL BE AT 500 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE.
NEXT SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, OCTOBER-- WE'RE NOT DOING 19, RIGHT? SO SORRY, THAT'S BEEN CANCELED.
NEXT EDC/CDC JOINT MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2026, 06:00 PM.
NEXT SPECIAL LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2026 AT 6:30 PM.
NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2026 AT 6:30 PM.
NEXT REGULAR P&Z MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7-- I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER 02, 2026 AT 6:30 PM.
AND NEXT REGULAR PARKS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026 AT 6:30 PM.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
BRYAN WASHINGTON: YOUR HONOR, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ALL RIGHT.
EUGENE ESCOBAR, JR.: ANY NAYS? THE TIME IS 8:59.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.