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HEY, WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:32.YEAH, I REMEMBER YOU SIGNING OFF ON THAT VETERANS FLAG.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT GETS US TO OUR WORKSHOP.
FIRST UP IS THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS THIS EVENING, SIR? GOOD, GOOD.
I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A REVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS LAST YEAR AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
214 OF THOSE WERE IN HOUSE, WITH 11,699 GUESTS AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER THIS YEAR.
WE HAD 53 EVENTS WITH 50 PLUS GUESTS, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE FOR US OF 15 PERCENT.
THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I GOT A COUPLE THINGS HERE JUST SHOWING REVENUE IN COMPARISON TO 2020.
2020, WE HAD 224,627 FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, NOT THE FISCAL YEAR 21 AGAIN FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR CAME OUT TO 278,683.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW ENHANCEMENTS.
WE PURCHASED AN INSTALLED ELECTRONIC METERS FOR THE GREAT HALL CHISHOLM SUITES AND THE BOARD ROOM FOR DIRECTIONAL SIGNS FOR MEETINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE PURCHASED AND INSTALLED A 70 INCH TV IN THE BOARDROOM FOR PRESENTATIONS AND ZOOM MEETINGS, CONTINUOUS PAINTING OF ALL INTERIOR GENERAL AREAS AS NEEDED.
CONTINUOUS MAINTENANCE ON ALL OF OUR HVAC SYSTEMS AS THEY'RE AGING.
AND WE DID HAVE TO REPLACE TWO OF THOSE UNITS THIS LAST YEAR REDIRECTED GREAT HALL LIGHTING TO COVER MAIN ENTRANCE AND DANCE FLOOR.
THEN I'VE GOT OUR TOP 10 CUSTOMERS THIS LAST YEAR BY SALES FOR 21.
DECATUR CHAMBER WAS OUR TOP CUSTOMER WITH 23,350.
TWISTED X BOOTS CAME IN SECOND WITH 22,989.
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE, 11,298.
WE HAD A QUINCEANERA, WHICH SEEMS TO BE VERY PROFITABLE FOR US.
WE HAD TWO OR THREE IN OUR TOP 8,946.
TARGA RESOURCES CAME IN AT 8,246.
AND OUR VETERANS GROUP AT 7,516.
OUR TOP FIVE EXPENSES FOR 2021 WAS SYSCO FOODS, DECATUR HEAT AND AIR STAFFING NETWORK, BEN E.
SO YOU CAN SEE MOST OF OUR EXPENSES, OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE RELATED ON THE NEXT ONE.
I JUST HAVE A COMPARISON FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.
FOR SALES, THINGS ARE PICKING UP QUITE A BIT FOR US.
LAST YEAR WAS WAS PRETTY DISMAL FOR US.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, BUT THINGS ARE REALLY STARTING TO PICK UP, BUT WE ARE STILL GETTING CANCELATIONS.
I'VE HAD FOUR OR FIVE CANCELATIONS THIS MONTH, BUT THE MONTH OF JANUARY LAST YEAR WAS UNDER $6,000.
WE'RE PROJECTING OVER 35,000 IN SALES FOR THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND ROUGH REVIEW OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU THIS EVENING? DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL EXPENDITURES VERSUS SALES FOR LAST YEAR? I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME, JACK, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON IN YOUR HEAD WHERE WE IN THE DID WE LOSE A LOT OF MONEY, A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY NOW BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ORDERING NEAR AS MUCH AND
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STUFF, OUR EXPENDITURES WERE WAY DOWN FOR THAT.BUT I CAN GET YOU THOSE NUMBERS, SIR.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD, I THINK THAT'D BE APPROPRIATE.
ANYTHING ELSE? JUST MIGHT ANNOUNCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW BOSS NEXT MONDAY.
I WILL HAVE A NEW BOSS NEXT MONDAY.
CARLA JOHNSON WILL BE JOINING US AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.
THE NEXT DEPARTMENT IS MAIN STREET, [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE UP.
SO AS A WAY TO REVIEW LAST YEAR AND THEN ALSO INCORPORATE WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS THAT RECUR.
I HAVE A FEW PICTURES TO SHOW YOU HERE AND THERE, BUT IT IS NEAT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE ENTERING INTO OUR 28TH YEAR AS A TEXAS MAIN STREET CITY, WHICH IS PRETTY NOTABLE BECAUSE A LOT OF CITIES DON'T MAKE IT THAT LONG.
AND SO WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO CONTINUE AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM WITH THE STATEWIDE AGENCY OF TEXAS MAIN STREETS AND PROUD OF THAT.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW SONGS THAT WENT UP ON EITHER END OF MAIN STREET, A PICTURE TO SHOW YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO WATCH FOR THEM.
THAT ANNOUNCED THAT FACT THAT WE ARE A TEXAS MAIN STREET.
SO THAT'S A NEAT NEW THING THAT WE HAVE THAT.
UM, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR SWIRL.
THIS LAST YEAR IN 2021 WAS OUR TENTH ANNUAL SWIRL.
WE HAD OVER 13 LOCATIONS AND THEN THAT MEANS WE HAD A WINERY AT EAST H HOUSE LOCATION.
EVEN WITH OUR NUMBERS DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON TICKET SALES, WE STILL MADE OVER FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR FOR US AS FAR AS FUNDRAISING FOR THAT EVENT, WHICH IS OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER AND.
IT'S ALSO NOTABLE THAT SPONSORS WERE NOT TOO FAR DOWN, CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE IN 2020 OUR NUMBERS WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT STARTED TO PICK BACK UP AGAIN.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WILL BE ANOTHER BANNER YEAR AND WE'LL GET OUR NUMBERS BACK UP EVEN FURTHER.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF OUR CONTINUING EVENTS WITH THE CAR SHOWS WE HAD TO CANCEL ONE IN 2021 BECAUSE OF RAIN.
AND THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WILL HOLD OUT FOR US, BUT THOSE ARE THE DATES FOR 2022 TO PINETOWN PEAK WILL HAPPEN.
IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE FOOTBALL GAME IS THE HOME FOOTBALL GAME THAT LAST ONE OF THE SEASON WHEN THEY HAVE PINK OUT, WE TRY TO ALWAYS DO SOMETHING ON THAT DATE AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THE COACH YET TO KNOW WHAT THAT DATE IS GOING TO BE.
SO THE MAIN STREET BOARD MET THIS LAST WEEK AND DETERMINED THAT THEY WANT TO DO A CONCERT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
SO LIKE THE ONE WE HAD IN 2019, WE HAVEN'T CONFIRMED ANYTHING YET, BUT THAT IS A TENTATIVE DATE WHEN WE WANT TO HAVE IT.
WE STILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS WITH SAFETY PERSONNEL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY TO CONFIRM EVERYTHING ON THAT SIDE AND THEN MOVE FORWARD, HOPEFULLY FIND AN ARTIST AND GET THAT GOING AND GET SPONSORS AND EVERYTHING LINED UP.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE AN EQUAL CROWD TO THAT DOWNTOWN.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR EFFORTS TO CONTINUE WITH THE TRADITION OF PUTTING OUT ALL THE PIECES THAT HAVE SENTIMENTAL VALUE THAT BELONGED TO HOLLIS AND SUE JONES AND TO GEORGE KING, SOME EVEN BELONGED TO JERRY FLUSHING AND HIS FAMILY.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE IN STORAGE, AND EVERY YEAR I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON MAINTENANCE, JUST ON CERTAIN PIECES THAT GO OUT EVERY YEAR.
BUT THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO DIG SEVERAL MORE OUT THAT WE HADN'T USED IN A VERY LONG TIME.
MINNIE AND MICKEY GOT A TOTAL FACELIFT IF YOU SAW THEM IN THE FRONT YARD.
AND THEN THESE ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT.
WE REDID WE HAD QUITE A FEW VOLUNTEERS COME AND HELP WITH THAT PROCESS.
JED BOYD DOES A LOT OF WOODWORKING WITH HIS FAMILY, AND SO HE CUT OUT SOME NEW ONES FOR US AND THOSE WERE ON THE SQUARE CLOSE TO THE TREE IF HE SAW THOSE WITH THE FACE CUT OUTS.
AND SO WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF THAT EFFORT, AND THE GOAL FOR 2022 IS TO GET ALL THE REST OF HOLLIS JONES'S DISNEY OUT.
SO WE'LL PLASTER THOSE ALL ALL AROUND THE VISITOR CENTER THIS COMING CHRISTMAS SEASON AND BE HAPPY TO SHOW THOSE OFF.
THE NEXT SLIDE TELLS A STORY ABOUT OUR HISTORIC MARKER.
SO WE RECEIVED THIS LAST FALL, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE A PARTY AND A DEDICATION, AND TOMMY WAS JUST BAD TO TRY TO DO THAT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
SO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A DEDICATION PARTY AND PUT THIS MARKER OUT IN MAY, WHICH IS PRESERVATION MONTH STATEWIDE.
SO WE HAVEN'T SET A DATE YET, BUT THIS WILL BE THE GOAL.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE, WHICH WE HAVE SOME REALLY NEAT HISTORY THAT WE'VE FOUND OUT.
WE KNOW WHO THE SENATOR WAS AT THAT TIME AND WE KNOW WHERE HIS DAUGHTER LIVES.
AND SO THERE'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO INVITING PEOPLE TO COME
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AND PARTICIPATE.HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET PEOPLE LIKE EDDIE SAMPLER TO COME BACK AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTY.
HE DONATED SOME STAMPS, A STAMP COLLECTION TO US THAT'S HANGING ON THE WALL AND JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE TO DECATUR WHAT IT MEANT, WHAT IT MEANT IN 1930, AND HOW TO HAVE IT BE BUILT HERE, TOO, AS A WORKS PROJECT ADMINISTRATION PROJECT.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE ART GLASS AND HAVE A DISPLAY FROM TEX GLASS, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS DECATUR GLASS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEDICATION PARTY.
UM, THEN I WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SIGN GRANT PROGRAM.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
MOST PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SIGN PART OF IT AND ARE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSEMENT UP TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR HALF THE COST OF THEIR SIGNAGE.
WE'VE HAD MORE PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PAINT GRANT AS WELL, WHICH IS THE SAME PRICE.
AND THEN JUST THIS LAST YEAR, WE ADDED THE FACADE GRANT TO THAT.
SO NOW WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THAT $5000.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY MAKE APPLICATION FOR THAT YET, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS IN LINE THAT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN THE IN-PROGRESS SLIDE SHOWS YOU A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN THE LOOP.
ONE OF THOSE IS ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT WITH THE REROUTE OF THE TRUCK TRAFFIC OFF THE SQUARE.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU SEE THAT.
AND THEN OUR DISTRICT EXPANSION, HISTORIC OVERLAY.
THE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN HELPING US WITH THE WORDING ON THAT.
SO THAT'LL BE BACK TO YOU, HOPEFULLY BEFORE TOO LONG.
AND THE ATM/ITM, WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THE REPLAT OF OUR BUILDING AND OUR PROPERTY.
AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE WORDING BACK ON THAT AND ALL THE FIELD NOTES, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR THE TIME OR EVENTS TO START IN THE SUMMERTIME.
THERE IS A TRAINING THAT WILL BE OFFERING COMING UP IN MARCH, STARTING THAT FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.
THIS IS A TRAINING THAT I ATTENDED ONLINE DURING TOTAL TO BECOME A TRAINER FOR THIS TRAINING PROCESS, AND IT'S CALLED DESTINATION BOOTCAMP.
[INAUDIBLE] THIS IS A MARKETING PROFESSIONAL THAT I'VE BEEN HERE AND SPEAK FOR A LONG TIME AND A LOT OF YEARS AND ALWAYS WANTED TO SEND MY MERCHANTS TO HIS CLASSES.
IT'S A COSTLY CLASS OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ATTEND.
PLUS THE COST OF TRAVEL AND THEN YOUR STAY WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
AND SO TO BE ABLE TO BE THE TRAINER SITE AND OFFER THAT TO OUR PEOPLE IS WORTH A LOT.
AND THE WAY THAT WE'VE STRUCTURED THAT THE FIRST 10 TO SIGN UP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE CLASS FOR FREE WITH THE WORKBOOKS FOR A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS, I THINK WAS THE PRICE ON THAT.
SO WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT IN OUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR, WE CAN DO SO MANY PER YEAR FOR THE CLASS LESSONS AND FOR FREE.
IT'S A BENEFIT TO BE DOWNTOWN, TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS KIND OF TRAINING FOR THEM THAT OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO TO.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOUR CURRENT MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, HERE THEY ARE AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM FOR ALL THEIR TIME AND EFFORT AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY PUT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF THAT PARTICIPATE EVERY DAY IN MAIN STREET, BECAUSE AS A STAFF OF ONE PERSON, I CAN DO EVERYTHING I NEED TO DO WITHOUT CALLING PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SAY, HEATH, I NEED YOUR HELP OR CALLING GREG AND SAY, HEY GREG, LIKE THIS MORNING, THERE'S A SIGN DOWN AT THE CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND OR WALNUT AND TRINITY.
SOMEONE RAN OVER WITH THEIR TRAILER OVER THE WEEKEND, SO I CAN DO IT WITHOUT ALL OF THEM.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, [INAUDIBLE] LIKE EVERYBODY AT CITY HALL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM.
UM, THE PRIMARY GOAL FOR TAKING THE CLASS AND BECOMING A TRAINER WAS, OF COURSE, FOR OUR DOWNTOWN.
THE THOUGHT PROCESS SO FAR IN TALKING WITH THE MAIN STREET BOARD HAS BEEN THAT ONCE WE OFFER IT TO OUR MAIN STREET COMMUNITY FOR NO COST, THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO CHAMBER MEMBERS, ET CETERA, AND LET THEM PAY FOR THEIR OWN WORKBOOKS.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP TO THAT.
AND THEN IF, I THINK IT COULD BE OPENED UP TO WHERE IT COULD BE OFFERED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
ESPECIALLY LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, WHATEVER.
AND IT'S A REALLY NEAT FORMAT, TOO, SO I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED ON THAT.
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OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.THE NEXT DEPARTMENT IS THE LIBRARY AND DAWN IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT SHE ZOOMED IN AND SO DAWN, IT'S ALL YOURS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, THANK YOU.
DO YOU HAVE MY SLIDES UP? OH, YEAH.
OK, SO MY FIRST SLIDE IS ABOUT THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'VE GIVEN THE LIBRARY.
THIS YEAR, THE TOTAL THAT THEY GAVE WAS FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE DOLLARS AND THAT WENT TO BOOKS FOR WISE GIVES.
FOR OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAMS AND ALL THE PERFORMERS THAT WERE THERE, AS WELL AS PURCHASING ADDITIONAL BOOKS FOR BOOK CLUBS, THEY ALSO GAVE OUT OVER A THOUSAND BOOKS TO CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THROUGH THEIR FUNDRAISERS.
THEY RAISED $7563 AND THAT WAS THROUGH THEIR END OF YEAR BENEFIT, AS WELL AS BOOK SALES THAT THEY'VE HAD THIS LAST YEAR.
DO YOU NOT HAVE IT? [INAUDIBLE].
SO THIS SHOWS OUR TOTALS FOR THE END OF THE YEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF ITEMS CHECKED OUT, ITEMS TO BORROW AND ALL THAT, SO I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AND THE ITEMS THIS YEAR THAT WE CHECKED OUT WERE 63,666, AND THAT IS ABOUT TWICE AS MUCH AS WE CHECKED OUT LAST YEAR.
BUT THIS IS STILL DOWN FROM PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS.
MATERIALS THAT WE CHECKED OUT THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD 19,181 PEOPLE VISIT THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS REALLY LOW COMPARED TO 2019, WHICH WAS 95,741.
AND WE HAD 904 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAMS. AND SO FAR WE HAVE HAD 1,459 NEW LIBRARY CARDS FOR THE YEAR AND WE ARE STILL PROCESSING WELL CARDS.
SO WE DECIDED JUST PROBABLY BACK IN NOVEMBER TO START ASKING OUR PATRONS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE'VE HELPED THEM, SO WE DON'T INTERACT WITH EVERYBODY TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR TOTAL IMPACT IS, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT SINCE NOVEMBER, WE DID HELP THREE PEOPLE GET JOBS.
THEY CAME BACK IN AND TOLD US THAT THEY DID RECEIVE THE JOBS THAT WE ASSISTED THEM WITH.
AND THEN JUST A STATEMENT ABOUT A 70 YEAR OLD WHO REALLY APPRECIATED THE HELP THAT HE WAS GIVEN AT THE LIBRARY.
SO JUST SOME MORE SOCIAL IMPACTS THAT HELPING SOMEBODY APPLY FOR A PASSPORT HELPED PEOPLE PUT THINGS ON FILES, AND ALL THESE THINGS SEEM TO BE REALLY SIMPLE, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED HELP WITH AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED WHEN WE HELP THEM AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
SO JUST SOME ON SITE PROJECTS THAT WE COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
WE DID SOME LANDSCAPING IN THE FRONT AND AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND WE'VE GOTTEN LOTS OF COMPLIMENTS ON THAT.
IT'S AROUND THE STATUES THAT WE HAVE OUT FRONT.
WE'VE ALSO PUT, LET'S SEE, ADDED LIGHTING TO THE BRONZES THAT WERE OUT FRONT AND CREATED ART IN THE READING GARDEN, THE CHAINSAW ART.
AND WE'VE ALSO FINALLY GOTTEN THE LIGHTS AROUND THE BUILDING TO WORK AGAIN.
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I DON'T THINK THEY'VE WORKED SINCE I STARTED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, SO THE LIBRARY LOOKS REALLY NICE AT NIGHT NOW.I THINK OUR ROOF REPAIR IS HOLDING, SO.
SO HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP THIS NEXT YEAR, JUST, OF COURSE, WORKING ON SOME GRANTS WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WE'VE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE FAMILY PLACE LIBRARY GRANT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO HAVE PROGRAMS FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND PURCHASE THINGS FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS TO HELP MORE PLAY TO LEARN.
AND THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL WILL COME IN FEBRUARY.
BUT TO BE RECOMMENDED IS WE'VE ALMOST GOT THAT IN THE BAG, I WOULD EXPECT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE OTHER TWO GRANTS I'M STILL WORKING ON, AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND UPDATING THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIBRARY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE 2050 PLAN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BEEF UP OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS ALSO GETTING ART INTO THE LIBRARY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE LARGER MUSEUMS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME ART ON DISPLAY UP HERE AT OUR LIBRARY.
AND THAT'S THE PICTURE LIBRARY, SO ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, LOOK, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE ARTWORK FROM OTHER MUSEUMS THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR DATA.
ANYONE ELSE GOT SOME OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR THE JOB.
AND THE LAST DEPARTMENT ON TONIGHT'S WORKSHOP AGENDA IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, CHIEF CAMPBELL, YOU'RE ALL.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS WILL BE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 2021 YEARLY.
WE'RE GOING GET MOVED A LITTLE BIT FARTHER DOWN.
I PROBABLY HAVE MORE DATA THAN ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT TO THROW AT YOU.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY CONDENSED VERSION TONIGHT AS WE GO FORWARD.
WELL, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, YOU'RE GOING HAVE TO.
BUT I JUST GO BACK ONE DAY AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU NEXT, THAT ANNOYS ME, BUT WE'LL DO THAT.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND OUR GALA THIS PAST, NOT THIS PAST SATURDAY, BUT THE PREVIOUS, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT ON THE END IS THE ATTITUDE.
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'VE REALLY WORKED ON REALLY HARD THIS PAST YEAR WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S THE ATTITUDE THAT WE HAVE JUST WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT ITSELF, BUT ALSO THE ATTITUDE THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR OTHER AGENCIES AND ALSO WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE, WHICH HAS KIND OF BEEN THE MANTRA THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THIS PAST YEAR AND ALL THE OFFICERS HAVE REALLY COME ON BOARD WITH THAT.
ONCE AGAIN, I KIND OF SPOKE OF THAT AT THE GALA AS WELL AND THAT REALLY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE, IT'S ALL ABOUT A COMMITMENT.
IT'S COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO YOURSELF, TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO A COMMITMENT TO THE CITY AND TO YOUR COWORKERS.
AND THAT COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE REALLY STRIVED TO DO THIS YEAR.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF KIND OF CATCHING ON TO THAT AND OUR OFFICERS REALLY RUNNING WITH THAT AND WORKING WITH THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I CHOSE TO REALLY PUT THE PICTURE HERE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PICTURES FROM NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT THE END THAT WE TOOK WHERE WE INCORPORATED PRETTY MUCH ALL OUR PARTNERS THAT WE WORK IN.
YOU'VE GOT SOME OF OUR EXPLORERS THERE.
YOU'VE GOT OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL, FOLKS THERE, AND YOU HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALLY DONE A LOT THIS YEAR TO STRIVE TO DO.
YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS FIRST.
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THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF INCREASE IN THE SHEER NUMBER OF CALLS AND VOLUME OF THOSE CALLS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.SO IN 21 DECATUR PD COMMUNICATIONS CENTER SAW ITS LARGEST NUMBER OF TELEPHONE CALLS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT THEY ANSWERED 7,540 9-1-1 CALLS ALONE AND THEN 105,845 PHONE CALLS.
SO IF YOU DO THE MATH TO THAT, THAT'S ROUGHLY JUST SHY OF 300 PHONE CALLS A DAY TO AVERAGE OUT OVER THE WHOLE YEAR THAT COMES IN TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
MOST OF THE TIME RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE STAFF THAT IS INSIDE THERE, AND SO THEY ARE HOPPING EVERY SINGLE DAY INSIDE THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER NOW.
SO AS YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE SOME OF THAT AS IT'S BROKE DOWN MONTH BY MONTH, THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE SAW THE LINES ON THE TOP OR THE 9-1-1 CALLS THAT ARE TACKED ON TO EACH OF THOSE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT A GREATEST CALL VOLUME THAT WE SAW WAS IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND THEN KIND OF TOWARDS OCTOBER WAS OUR NEXT LARGEST CALL.
THAT'S A LOT OF CALLS IN ONE MONTH THAT'S COMING INTO OUR CALL CENTER.
NEXT TO OUR INVESTIGATIONS, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE BUSY SPOTS THAT WE'VE KIND OF NOTICED AND HAD AN UPTICK IN.
SO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT IS NIBRS SO NIBRS IS THE NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE SYSTEM THAT THE FBI USES TO TAKE ALL THE REPORTS.
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO THROWS THEM INTO A SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN PULL DATA AND REALLY LOOK AT THE STATISTICS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR CITY, SURROUNDING CITIES, BUT JUST PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT FOR US IS WE LOOK AT OUR NIBRS, OUR CASES THAT WE TURN INTO NIBRS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS IS THAT IN 2020, WE WERE HAD 397 NIBRS CASES.
SO YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S A STACK OF ABOUT 40 TO 50 CASES FROM WAL-MART THAT WE HAVE NOT GOT TO YET FROM THE YEAR 21.
SO WE'RE STILL RUNNING ABOUT THE EXACT SAME AS FAR AS NIBRS.
BUT THEN YOU LOOK OVER OUR SHEER CASES THAT WE DO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE IN THOSE.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT NUMBER ALSO DOES NOT COUNT THE STATISTICS FROM THOSE 40 OR 50 CASES THAT WE STILL HAVE OUTSTANDING FROM WAL-MART.
SO YOU SEE, OUR CASELOAD HAS GONE UP AND IT'S INCREASED AS WELL.
THE NEXT PAGE WILL BE A BREAKDOWN KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT STATISTICALLY ON YOUR CHART, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM 20 TO 21.
THE NEXT, AS WE START GETTING INTO INVESTIGATIONS, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS REALLY GONE UP FOR US IS OUR SEXUAL ASSAULTS, WHICH YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BAD THING.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING BECAUSE OF THIS AND THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER THAT WE HAVE NOW IN WISE COUNTY.
THERE'S A LOT OF THESE CASES THAT WERE NOT BEING REPORTED.
SO BECAUSE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER, WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO GET MORE OF THESE REPORTS.
IT'S STILL A HORRIBLE THING, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THESE REPORTS NOW AND WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THESE VICTIMS. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE NOW HAVE WITH THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER IN WISE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
I WOULD ASSUME THIS RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND SO OUR STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE THE ASSAULTS.
THEY ALSO INCREASED A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
THE NEXT THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THREW IN.
SO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT NIBRS AND WE START TALKING ABOUT THOSE PART ONE, CATEGORY A REPORTS.
SO THIS IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN US AND BRIDGEPORT, BECAUSE YOU MAY SEE LATER ON, YOU KNOW THAT, HEY, SOME AGENCIES HAVE ALL THESE CALL FOR SERVICES.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT IS HOW BUSY WE REALLY ARE COMPARED TO OTHER AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PART ONE REPORTS, THE OFFENSES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MURDERS, THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, SEXUAL ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES, MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS, BURGLARIES, THEFTS AND ARSON CASES.
SO YOU CAN SEE COMPARED WITH 397 COMPARED TO 86 CASES THAT WERE FILED BY OUR WESTERN FRIENDS.
AND SO THIS REALLY SHOWS YOU HOW BUSY WE ARE COMPARED TO WHAT OTHER AGENCIES IN THIS COUNTY ARE DOING THAT ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE.
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TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OBVIOUSLY CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE GROWTH IN THE COUNTY AND IN THE CITY.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO NEED SOME ATTENTION.
YOU CAN SEE IN 21, WE HAD 345 ACCIDENTS.
OUR TRAFFIC CITATIONS WERE 6,391 AND OUR WARNINGS WERE 3,583.
AS YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE ACCIDENTS AND CITATIONS BROKE DOWN.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THESE ARE INCREASES FOR US.
SO WE INCREASED QUITE A BIT FROM 20, AS FAR AS ON OUR ACCIDENTS.
WITH OUR TRAFFIC, WE CONTINUE TO DO A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS CALLED STEP.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT, WHICH BASICALLY WE PAY OFFICERS OVERTIME TO COME IN AND TO WORK.
BASICALLY, WHAT WE CONSIDER HOT AREAS OR HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS THAT NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION, EITHER THROUGH TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS OR THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT ON CITATIONS.
THIS CONTINUES TO BE A BIG THING FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD.
THIS IS JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP HAPPENING WITH MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC THAT GOES ON CITATIONS TOTAL WITH WARNINGS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE CONTINUALLY IMPROVING IN THAT AS WELL.
WE GOT GUYS GETTING OUT AND REALLY HELPING ENFORCE THE TRAFFIC AND THE VIOLATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE CITY.
INTOXICATION THIS WAS A BIG ONE THIS YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS HOW THIS CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE HAD 57 ARRESTS FOR DATA DWIS.
IT'S A CONTINUATION OF PI ARREST AS WELL.
AND THEN JUST OUR SHEER CALL FOR SERVICES.
YOU CAN SEE IN 21, WE HAD 46,697 CALLS FOR SERVICE ALSO WITHIN THOSE CALLS OF SERVICE AS THAT BEING AN INCREASE.
WE ALSO HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR ARREST NUMBERS.
SO IN 2020, WE HAD 609 ARRESTS.
IN 21, WE HAD 865 TOTAL ARREST.
WARRANT SERVED? IN 2021, WE HAD AN 184 WARRANTS THAT WE SERVED AS COMPARED TO 115 IN 2020.
SO WITH ALL THIS, WE CONTINUE TO STAY BUSY.
YOU KNOW, WE JOKE ALL THE TIME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY ASKS, YOU KNOW, HEY, HOW WAS THE WEEKEND OR HOW WERE THINGS OUR NORM ANYMORE IS BUSY.
THAT'S JUST WHERE WE ARE ANYMORE AS FAR AS ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE.
SO AS WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL AND OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
THIS IS THE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT COME OUT HELP SUPPORT US IN OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AND OUR FUNCTIONS.
CAPTAIN GASTINEAU OVERSEES THIS PROGRAM, AND AS WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE HOW VALUABLE THESE GUYS AND GALS ARE TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 18 CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR CITIZENS PROGRAMS. THERE'S A TOTAL OF 18 MEMBERS AND THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN THERE'S 13 OF THOSE 18 MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR COP PROGRAM.
IN 21, THEY PROVIDED OVER 656 VOLUNTEER HOURS, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT $18,722 THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE BECAUSE OF THE VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO BACK TO THE CITY.
ONE OF OUR OTHER BIG PROGRAMS WE DO EVERY YEAR IS OUR SANTA COPS PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO HELP 125 KIDS OUT AT CHRISTMAS, WHICH THE OFFICERS REALLY LOVED DOING EACH AND EVERY YEAR THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A HUGE SUPPORT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET TOYS AND GIFTS AND MONEY, TO BE ABLE TO SPEND ON THE KIDS AT SANTA COPS THAT WE HAVE.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THIS PAST YEAR THAT WE DID FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY WAS WE ACTUALLY HAD A BADGE PINNING CEREMONY THAT WAS A REAL NICE CEREMONY FOR SOME NEW PROMOTIONS, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAD AT THE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO AS A FUTURE.
IT'S EXTREMELY NICE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS THEY'VE MOVED THROUGH THEIR CAREERS.
THE GLOBAL SCHOLARSHIP ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS A HUGE, HUGE EVENT FOR US.
WE ALWAYS HAVE A PHENOMENAL TURNOUT FOR GLOBAL AND THE GLOBAL TOURNAMENT THAT GOES DIRECTLY BACK TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH WE PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OR AT THE END OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR.
WE USUALLY DO TWO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATING SENIORS OF DECATUR.
AND THEN WE ALSO DO ANOTHER SCHOLARSHIP FOR A STUDENT IN THE COUNTY.
ONE OF THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS IS A $2500 SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH IS IN HONOR OF PONCHO BENNETT, THE ONLY OFFICER WE'VE EVER LOST IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
SCHOOL FUND, WE CONSTANTLY HAVE A PRESENCE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL, WHETHER IT BE WITH OUR SROS
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OR JUST OUR OFFICERS.WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING SOMETHING WITH SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON AT THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE HELPING PARTICIPATE IN OR BE A PART OF, WHETHER IT BE TOURS.
THERE'S CONSTANTLY KIDS HANGING OUT IN MY OFFICE, CRAWLING ALL OVER MY DESK, PLAYING WITH THINGS THAT MY KIDS LEAVE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REVOLVING DOOR IN THERE.
THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ON, WHICH WAS ONCE AGAIN JUST A GREAT TURNOUT THAT WE HAD.
I THINK EVERYBODY ENJOYED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
IT'S PACKED FROM OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
THIS WE WERE ABLE TO GET GOING AGAIN.
THAT IS CAPTAIN GASTINEAU SPORTING THE DONUT TEE THERE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT AS WELL.
THIS IS ONE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO JUST TO UNITE AND CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AS THEY COME UP FOR A HEALTHY CAUSE.
YOU'LL SEE HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS HEALTHY THAT WE GET TO BE A PART OF, SO WE KIND OF USE THE CARDIO WITH COPS FOR THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IN A SECOND.
SO WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO HAVE OUR SUMMER VACATION DAY AGAIN WITH DECATUR PD, IN WHICH WE INVITE ALL THE KIDDOS UP AND WE SPEND TIME WITH THEM.
WE HAVE INFLATABLES, WE TEACH BICYCLE RODEO, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE SAFETY PROGRAM FOR THEM.
WE TEACH A LOT OF SAFETY ASPECTS TO THE YOUNG KIDS.
THE NEXT SLIDE THIS IS WHERE THE CARDIO WITH COPS REALLY COMES IN.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN TELL HOW MUCH YOU'RE APPRECIATED BY YOUR COMMUNITY, BY THE SHEER VOLUME OF FOOD THAT YOU'RE BROUGHT.
AND SO WE ARE EXTREMELY BLESSED AND LOVED BY OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT SHOWS CONSTANTLY FROM THE FOOD THAT WERE BROUGHT.
WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR RECOGNIZED STATUS WITH THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE TO RESEARCH UP ON THAT.
AND SO WE'RE CONTINUALLY MAINTAINING THAT RECOGNIZED STATUS THROUGH THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION.
THE LAST PICTURE IS A PICTURE THAT I'M REALLY KIND OF PROUD OF THIS YEAR.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE HONOR GUARD FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT VERY QUICKLY.
AND OUR GUYS DID A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH NATE AND HIS CREW AND THE GUYS FROM MY STAFF.
THEY'VE REALLY DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THIS, AND SO KUDOS TO THEM ON THAT.
AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS AND OTHER THINGS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.
WE'RE STAYING BUSY AS YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NOT, NOT REALLY A QUESTION.
CHIEF CAMPBELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US THE OTHER NIGHT, CHIEF MARA.
THE STORIES YOU ALL TOLD ABOUT YOUR OFFICERS KIND OF HIT HOME.
IT SHOWS ME THAT WE HAVE A YOUNG DEPARTMENT, BUT LUCKILY WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE ALSO LIKE MS. HILTON'S HUSBAND.
THEY'RE STILL TRAINING AND SEEING NATE TELLS STORIES ABOUT HIS OFFICERS FIREMEN.
IT KIND OF MAKES ME THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE TWO GUYS IN CHARGE WE NEED AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
AND IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT AND THINK THAT THE TWO OF YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO FOR US.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE WORKSHOP PORTION OF THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
NOW WE MOVE INTO THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:11.
YEAH, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT EDDIE JUST MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT AND JUST EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FEEL OUR COMMUNITY HAS.
GREATER THAN OTHERS IS THE COLLABORATION AMONG ALL OF OUR LEADERS, AND THIS MOST RECENT EVENT WITH OUR GALA THAT WAS OVER SAFETY WAS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN CHIEF MARA AND CHIEF CAMPBELL.
AND IT WAS THE FIRST SAFETY GALA THAT WE HAVE HAD, AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE SAVED MY INVITATION AND I HAVE IT IN ONE OF MY LITTLE CUBBIES AND I'VE GOT MY FIRE MEDALLION AND MY POLICE MEDALLION RIGHT BY THOSE BECAUSE I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF YOU TWO, YOUR DEPARTMENT, THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED AND TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY BRINGING TO THE CITY OF DECATUR, NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT OUR
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ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN WISE COUNTY.[1. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING FEBRUARY 6 TH THROUGH 12TH, 2022 AS NATIONAL BURN AWARENESS WEEK.]
NOW IT'S A PROCLAMATION TIME.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON BEFORE I GO INTO THE PROCLAMATION? IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, MAYOR, I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST START READING.
ALL RIGHT, SO PROCLAMATION NATIONAL BURN AWARENESS WEEK 2022.
WHEREAS BURN INJURIES CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND INJURY IN OUR NATION, WHERE TRAGICALLY CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO BURN INJURIES, AND ALMOST ONE THIRD OF ALL BURN INJURIES OCCUR IN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15.
ANNUALLY IN THE UNITED STATES, APPROXIMATELY 400000 PEOPLE RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR TREATMENT OF BURN INJURIES.
IN 2018 ALONE, THERE WERE THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE DEATHS FROM FIRE AND SMOKE INHALATION, AND ANOTHER 40000 PEOPLE WERE TREATED IN HOSPITALS FOR BURN RELATED INJURIES.
AND WHEREAS COMPARED TO THE OVERALL POPULATION, CHILDREN UNDER FIVE WERE TWO TIMES AS LIKELY TO BE SEEN FOR BURN INJURIES AT A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
YOUNG ADULTS FROM 20 TO 29 HAD 1.4.
IS THIS UP HERE, TOO? NO, THAT WAS, I GUESS, SHOULD SEE YOU READING THAT.
IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, GOSH, I DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD ALL READ ALONG.
YOUNG ADULTS FROM 20 TO 29 HAD 1.4 TIMES THE RISK, AND THOSE IN THE 30 TO 39 AGE GROUP HAD 1.3 TIMES THE RISK OF GENERAL POPULATION.
AND WHEREAS THE PRIMARY CAUSES FOR INJURY INCLUDE FIRE FLAME, SCALDS, CONTACT WITH HOT OBJECTS, ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICALS.
MOST OF THE INJURIES OCCUR IN THE HOME.
TODAY, 96.8 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO SUFFER BURN INJURIES WILL SURVIVE.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THOSE SURVIVORS WILL SUSTAIN SERIOUS SCARRING, LIFELONG PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND ADJUSTMENT DIFFICULTIES.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL BURN AWARENESS WEEK, AN INITIATIVE OF THE AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION, IS COMING TOGETHER OF BURN FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY EDUCATORS TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THE FREQUENCY, DEVASTATION AND CAUSES BY ERRANT BURN INJURY, AS WELL AS CONSISTENT AND AUTHORITATIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT THESE INJURIES AND HOW TO BEST CARE FOR THOSE THAT ARE INJURED.
AND WHEREAS THE THEME OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BURN AWARENESS WEEK IS BURNING ISSUES IN THE KITCHEN, WHERE A COMMON RISK OF INJURY EXISTS, FROM UNCOVERED POTS AND PANS, IMPROPERLY USED HEATING DEVICES, FLASH BURNS AND IMPROPER AND UNATTENDED MICROWAVE USE.
AND WHEREAS SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH AND MEDICAL ADVANCES HAVE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED, BURN CARE AND TREATMENT, AIDED REHABILITATION, SHORTENED HOSPITAL STAYS AND INCREASED BURN SURVIVAL RATES AFTER CARE SUPPORT FOR THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL EFFECTS OF BURNS HAS ALSO PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SUCCESSFUL RESTORATION OF BURN SURVIVORS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
FURTHERMORE, BURN SAFETY, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION EFFORTS CONTINUE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER BURNS EACH YEAR.
AND WHEREAS MANY PEOPLE DEVOTE THEIR LIVES AND CAREERS TO TREATING, CARING, SUPPORTING REHABILITATION, BURN INJURY SURVIVORS, INCLUDING THOSE PERFORMING VITAL WORK IN BURN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE DEDICATED FIREFIGHTERS WHO RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES EVERY DAY TO PROTECT OTHERS, AS WELL AS BURN FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER LIFE SAFETY PROFESSIONALS WHO PROMOTE BURN INJURY AWARENESS AND PREVENTION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MIKE MCQUISTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THIS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 12TH, 2022 AS BURN AWARENESS WEEK THROUGH THE CITY OF DECATUR, AND I ASK ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY COMMIT TO SNUFFING OUT THEIR BURNING ISSUES IN THE KITCHEN.
AND I DO PROMISE THAT'S THE LONGEST PROCLAMATION YOU'LL HAVE THIS YEAR.
AS IN IT MAY BE THE ONLY PROCLAMATION? THERE WILL BE A COUPLE MORE.
BUT THEY'LL BE SHORTER? SHORTER.
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YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HYDRATING.ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CONSIDERING TAKING ACTION ON A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT
[2. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS AND EZRA ZION, LLC, A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.]
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS AND EZRA ZION LLC.IT TAKES HIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY EDC, MET LAST WEEK AND TOOK ACTION TO APPROVE THIS, AND I'LL LET KEVIN EXPLAIN ALL THE DETAILS.
SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS CITY MANAGER JUST PRESENTED TO YOU THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EDC AND EZRA'S RAGLAND LLC, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT AS REZAIAN.
THEY ARE A CIGAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
MANUFACTURER A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BRANDS HAVE WON A GOOD NUMBER OF AWARDS AND THEY ARE IN MAXIMUM GROWTH MODE RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S WHY THEY APPROACHED US AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING IN DECATUR, TEXAS.
SO FIRST, I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THEIR FINAL LOCATION WILL BE AT 103 MAIN STREET, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN A TEMPORARY SPACE LEASING AT 117 MAIN STREET WHILE THEY WAIT FOR A CURRENT TENANT TO FINISH OUT THEIR CONTRACT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHENEVER WE BRING A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT TO YOU, THEY CONSIST OF THREE PRIMARY PARTS THAT THE STATE REQUIRES.
THE COVENANTS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AS WELL AS CLAW BACKS AND CLAW BACKS, ARE THE EFFECT OF AN EVENT DEFAULT.
AND SO LET ME OUTLINE THOSE FOR YOU REALLY QUICKLY.
AND THEN THE OWNERS AND EVERYDAY OPERATORS, I BELIEVE, ARE HERE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AS WELL.
SO ON THE DEVELOPER COVENANTS, THERE'S A MINIMUM OF 570 THOUSAND DOLLARS OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, AND REQUIRED TO CREATE A MINIMUM OF 10 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
SO THE COVENANTS ON THE EDC, THESE ARE ALL PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVES, MEANING ONCE THEY PERFORM, THEY THEY RECEIVE THE INCENTIVE.
SO $100000 REIMBURSEMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF DOCUMENTATION FOR REAL PROPERTY EXPENSES OF 550000.
A $15000 REIMBURSEMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF DOCUMENTATION FOR EQUIPMENT.
EXPENSES OF $30000 AND $1000 REIMBURSEMENT FOR EACH FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITION, EARNING A MINIMUM OF $55000 PER YEAR, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $20000.
AND THEN FOR THE FINAL PORTION OF THE AGREEMENT, THE CLAW BACKS THE COMPANY SHALL REPAY THE EDC, THE FULL INCENTIVE RECEIVED FOR JOB CREATION SHOULD THE COMPANY NOT MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS, AS WELL AS THE COMPANY SHALL REPAY THE EDC $120000 SHOULD THE COMPANY VACATE PROPERTY OR ARE NOT OPERATIONAL IN THE PROPERTY DURING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
BUT AS I MENTIONED, THE FOUNDERS AND OPERATORS ARE HERE.
THEY'RE CHRIS KELLY AND KYLE HOOVER.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW THEM.
A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD GUYS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE ON THIS PROJECT, BUT THEY'RE HERE AS WELL.
AND IF YOU ALL DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'LL JUST LET THEM TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT.
IN WHICHEVER ORDER, YOU GUYS WANT ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, THAT'S TRUE.
MET SOME OF YOU ALL BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH THIS GUY, BUT WE'RE JUST VERY, VERY HONORED TO BE IN DECATUR.
AND IT'S PLACE THAT WE'VE LOVED AND VISITED A LOT.
SO TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND WORK, AND IT'S JUST BEEN IT'S BEEN AWESOME.
WE'VE LOVED OUR TEAM HAS LOVED IT.
I THINK IT'S EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS.
SO WE'VE ALREADY MOVED IN THE WEEK BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S.
WE PACKED UP AND MOVED DOWN HERE AND GOT SET UP.
WE'RE STILL KIND OF GETTING OUR FEET UP UNDERNEATH OF US, BUT OUR TEAM SETTLED IN.
WE'RE MANUFACTURING, WE'RE DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND IT'S BEEN GREAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS GUY SAID, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN DOING GOOD FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
WE'RE GOING REALLY, REALLY FAST.
SO WE JUST HOPE TO CONTINUE THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH WE FEEL HERE IN DECATUR.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANKS FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING AND FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
LIKE KYLE SAID, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN WISE COUNTY FOR THE BETTER PART OF 10 YEARS.
BOUGHT A RANCH OUT THERE IN THE GRASSLANDS AND BUILT OUR WAREHOUSE OUT THERE AND PRAISE THE LORD.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK FOR A HOME TO MOVE AND GROW BEYOND THAT, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A NATURAL CHOICE.
WE HAVE ROOTS HERE AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WITH ALVORD AND VERY INTIMATELY, NATE TRAINED ME, KNOW THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT VERY, VERY WELL.
WE WANT TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY AND WE ALSO WANT TO BRING OUR TAX REVENUE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE
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OTHER, PERHAPS THAT YOU'VE HEARD COME IN BEFORE YOU AS WE'RE START TO STOP.SO WE NOT ONLY MANUFACTURE, BUT WE ALSO WHOLESALE, WE DISTRIBUTE AND WE RETAIL.
AND WE RETAIL NATIONALLY AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY.
AND SO ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT WE ALSO BRING TO THE CITY IS ALL THE RETAIL SALES FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY FLOW THROUGH THE CITY OF DECATUR AS WELL.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 12 PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR US RIGHT NOW, FIVE OF WHICH ARE FULL TIME.
AS KYLE SAID AND KEVIN SAID, WE'VE BEEN GROWING.
WE'VE BEEN BLESSED DURING THIS TIME OF COVID, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO HELP SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES WITH THEIR SPOUSES DURING LAYOFFS OF COVID AS WELL.
AND THAT'S ALL IN PART TO, YOU KNOW, JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
AND SO AS AS KYLE AND KEVIN SAID, WE WANT TO COME IN HERE AND JUST BE A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR.
WE WANT TO BRING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TO BEAR AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO SUCH A WONDERFUL TOWN.
YOU CHOSE WISE COUNTY AND THEN SPECIFICALLY DECATUR FOR YOUR RECENT OPERATION GROWTH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS? OK, WELL, LET'S WE'LL JUST STOP THERE.
WE NEED A MOTION FOR THIS, DON'T WE? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
WHAT WOULD YOUR MOTION BE? MY MOTION WOULD BE TO MOVE TO APPROVE FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR AND EZRA ZION TO GET INTO THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT THAT WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF US.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
[3. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MEADOWS CREEK DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPER’S REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE; CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH TODD McCARLEY AND RICK McCARLEY, FOR THE MEADOWS CREEK DEVELOPMENT; AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. ]
ITEM THREE, HIS PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE METIS CREEK DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER, IT'S THE DEVELOPER'S REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH TODD MCCAULEY AND RICK MCCAULEY FOR THE MEADOWS CREEK DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
PATRICIA AND I'M ASSUMING THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR METIS CREEK HAS BEEN WORKING, AND THIS IS THE RESULT, SO YOU WANT TO LEAD US THROUGH IT, PATRICIA.
THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH.
AND DREW SLOANE IS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEVELOPER.
SHE'S PRESENTED OR PREPARED A POWERPOINT TONIGHT TO GO THROUGH THE DEAL POINTS.
THIS IS ANOTHER TERS COMBINATION DEVELOPMENT FOR PROPOSED FOR SOME MORE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT, WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TO GO THROUGH THIS JUST TO KEEP IT MOVING ALONG, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE DEAL POINTS WITH YOU.
GIVE US ANY INPUT SO THAT WE CAN KNOW IF WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD OR IF WE NEED TO REGROUP, OR ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CLARIFY FOR YOU? SO WITH THAT, IF DREW, IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP AND.
WE'VE MET BEFORE, BUT HI, I'M DREW SLOAN, I AM WITH WINSTEAD PC, AND I REPRESENT THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
I ALWAYS LOVE COMING ON THE NIGHT WHEN THERE'S A PRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE IN FRONT OF YOU.
BUT FOR A RIDE ALONG THAT OCCURRED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND A LOCAL COP BROUGHT ME HERE TO TEXAS NOW, WHO'S NOW A FEDERAL AGENT.
SO I ALWAYS LOVE WATCHING THIS HAPPEN AND IT HITS CLOSE TO HOME.
SO IN ANY EVENT, YOU'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT RELATED TO THE MEADOW CREEK DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, START OF THE PRESENTATION.
BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS WE'RE COMING BACK WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT THAN WE DISCUSSED FOR THE VISTA PARK DEVELOPMENT.
SO YOU'LL RECALL THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
WE WENT THROUGH THAT QUITE A BIT IN EARLY DECEMBER.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO ADD ON ANOTHER FEATURE, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS AFTER.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I CALL MY CLIENTS UP TO PROBABLY TELL YOU THE PARTS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE EXCITING TO YOU, WHICH IS WHAT EXACTLY THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BRING, HOW MANY HOUSES, THE TYPES OF BUILDERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO GENTLEMEN, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TALK MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR VOLUNTEERING FOR CITY COUNCIL.
I KNOW IT'S SOMETIMES A THANKLESS JOB, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, PATRICIA, AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE'RE ANNEXING PROPERTY HERE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT METHOD THERE.
SO WANT TO BE SURE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT TO THOSE FOLKS DIRECTLY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE'S OUR LAND PLAN FOR MEADOW CREEK, A COUPLE OF THE DESIGN
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ELEMENTS AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE, WORKING WITH EARL AND THE STAFF.HIGHWAY 730 IS ON OUR EASTERN BORDER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT A THOROUGHFARE COLLECTOR THROUGH OUR PROJECT THERE.
THAT'S THE MAIN ENTRANCE OFF OF HIGHWAY 730.
IT'S NEARLY 100 FEET WIDE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
IT'S A TWO LANE UNDIVIDED WITH THE CENTER TURN LANE THAT'S GOING TO CONNECT HIGHWAY 730 WITH HIGHWAY 51 OFF TO THE WEST EVENTUALLY AS THE DEVELOPMENT GOES TO THE WEST.
WE'LL HAVE HIKING BIKE TRAILS ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT MAIN THOROUGHFARE WITH GREEN SPACE LANDSCAPING.
PART OF THE ISSUES WITH THIS SITE IS THE OIL AND GAS PIPELINE AND WELLS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO REROUTE SOME OF THE OIL AND GAS PIPELINE ALONG THAT THOROUGHFARE, SO THEY'LL BE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE THOROUGHFARE AS WE GO FROM EAST TO WEST, BUT ALSO BE TREES, SIDEWALKS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT IS LOTS OF OPEN SPACE FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE HAVE A 17.5 PERCENT OPEN SPACE WITH POCKET PARKS, YOU KNOW, OPEN SPACE ALONG THE THOROUGHFARE.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE THOROUGHFARE IS THOSE HOMES WON'T FRONT ONTO THE THOROUGHFARE.
THEY'LL GO TO THE EITHER SIDE OF THE THOROUGHFARE.
SO THAT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MASONRY WALL ON EACH SIDE OF THAT THOROUGHFARE AS YOU KIND OF COME IN THERE AT 730.
WE'VE GOT SOME TXDOT STUFF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO.
THERE'LL BE A TURN LANE, A RIGHT DECEL LANE, LEFT CENTER TURN LANE AND A STOPLIGHT THERE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT OF IMPROVEMENTS ON HIGHWAY 730 THERE AT OUR ENTRANCE.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ENHANCE THE ENTRANCE.
WE'LL HAVE LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AS YOU TURN IN TO THE SUBDIVISION.
PART OF OUR OPEN SPACE, AS WELL AS IS AN AMENITY CENTER.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS SITE IS THERE'S A LITTLE HILLTOP, ACTUALLY NOT A LITTLE HILLTOP.
IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST POINTS IN THE CITY IN WISE COUNTY.
WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT ELEVATION AND PUT OUR AMENITY CENTER ON THE TOP OF IT.
WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS AN INFINITY POOL.
WE'RE NOT 100 PERCENT THERE YET, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO DO AN INFINITY POOL THERE.
WE'LL HAVE PAVILION WITH RESTROOMS, SHADE AREA SPOT FOR FOLKS TO SIT DOWN, HAVE A PICNIC, COOK SOME BARBECUE OUT THERE AND REALLY A CENTRALIZED LOCATION FOR THE RESIDENTS TO COME AND GATHER.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE UNIQUE FEATURES.
IS THAT HILLTOP THERE? I ALWAYS JOKE WHEN WE GO OUT THERE, YOU CAN SEE AUSTIN FROM UP THERE, SO IT'S PRETTY NICE ON THE TOP OF THAT THING.
AGAIN, 17 AND A HALF PERCENT OPEN SPACE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR PLANNERS REALLY GOOD ABOUT CURTIS YOUNG IS POCKET PARKS AND TRAILS.
SO THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION, WE HAVE LITTLE POCKET PARKS THAT'LL HAVE HIKING BACK TRAILS THAT GO THROUGH THEM.
WE PULLED THE HOUSES OFF OF THE CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE TO GIVE A REALLY NICE GREEN BELT BEHIND THOSE HOUSES.
SO YOU REALLY COULD WALK THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION, A BIG CIRCLE THERE.
SO LOTS OF OUTDOOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GATHER, TO GO OUTSIDE, EXERCISE AND JUST ENJOY NATURE OUTSIDE.
SO HOA IS GOING TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THE OPEN SPACE AND ENSURE THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SUBDIVISION? YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT.
THAT'S A CRUCIAL PIECE TO MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE SUBDIVISION.
WE'RE ASKING FOR STRAIGHT ZONING.
HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE UPGRADED STANDARDS FROM ROOF PITCH TO 100 PERCENT MASONRY FACING THE RIGHT OF HAYES 80 PERCENT MASONRY THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE HOUSES.
SO THE STANDARDS FROM THE STRAIGHT ZONING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WILL ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT BASED ON THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT A CLEAR POINT ABOUT THAT.
ANOTHER POINT THAT I WANT TO STRESS AND THIS IS TREES.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE EVERY HOME TO PUT AT LEAST ONE SIX INCH CALIPER TREE IN THE FRONT YARD OR TWO THREE INCH CALIPER TREES.
SO BETWEEN THE OPEN SPACE AND THE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE ADDING 1000 NEW TREES TO THE SUBDIVISION AT THE TIME OF FULL BUILD OUT.
I GREW UP IN THE NURSERY BUSINESS, PLANTED TREES ALL OVER THE TOWN.
I LIKE WEARING MY KIDS OUT WHEN WE DRIVE AROUND AND SAY, OH, DAD PLANTED THOSE TREES BACK IN THE 80S, SO WE GET SOME MORE TREES HERE AS WELL.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE FENCING.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP AND MRS. LONG IS HERE TONIGHT.
I'M SURE SHE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
WE SPOKE WITH THEM AFTER THE P&Z MEETING.
ALSO, SHE REACHED OUT TODAY AS WELL.
ALONG OUR SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE IS THE LONG'S PROPERTY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE AGREED TO DO.
UPGRADED STANDARDS FOR THE FENCING ALONG THAT SOUTH PROPERTY LINE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD WOOD FENCE THERE ON METAL POSTS IN ORDER TO KIND OF DELINEATE THEIR PROPERTY.
KEEP FOLKS AND KIDS FROM GOING OUT THERE UNDER THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE AND AGREED TO WITH THE LONGS WITH.
SHE'S REQUESTED MASONRY ON THAT SIDE, BUT YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY MASONRY FENCES ARE RESERVED, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF SEPARATE COMMERCIAL FROM RESIDENTIAL.
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BUT WE ARE WILLING TO DO AN EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD FENCE THERE.SO WE WANT TO MENTION THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED IS WE'VE KIND OF GONE OUT AND SPOKEN WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THE EDC HAS BUSINESSES LOOKING TO COME HERE ALL THE TIME.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT THIS PRODUCT ENTRY LEVEL HOMES IN THE $300000 RANGE IS A PERFECT COMBINATION FOR THE BUSINESSES COMING HERE TO THE CITY OF DECATUR.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
I'LL STAND BY FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE SOME MORE TECHNICAL DREW HERE FOR MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
WE APPRECIATE THE CITY OF DECATUR AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING ANOTHER QUALITY SUBDIVISION.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT, VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE WORKED THROUGH IN DECEMBER.
IT'S GOT AGAIN WORKING THROUGH A ZONING PIECE NOW.
WE HAD ALREADY ADOPTED THE ZONING IN OUR DECEMBER ONE HERE.
WE OBVIOUSLY EXPECT TO ANNEX AND ZONE SUBSEQUENT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
BUT AS WE MENTIONED, WE'LL CONSTRUCT THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON THE ZONING THAT WE'VE PUT IN.
WE'VE GOT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN.
AS IS TYPICAL, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'VE PUT IN ALL THE LITTLE TICK BOXES THAT WE TALK THROUGH LAST TIME.
CRITICAL TO THIS ONE IS THE ADDITION OF A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT IN ADDITION TO LEVYING THE ASSESSMENTS, WE'RE ALSO ASKING THE CITY TO WORK WITH US AND ENTER INTO A CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH WE WILL GET A PORTION OF THE ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUES GENERATED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ALL RIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR THE COUNCIL IS WITH TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PID PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE DID THAT IN DECEMBER, BUT WITH THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, THIS IS THE BASIC DIAGRAM OF HOW IT WORKS.
THE LAND IS ESSENTIALLY IN AG.
WHAT WE ASK IS FOR PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITY.
BASICALLY, THAT BLUE LINE UP TOP TO GIVE US A PORTION OF THAT INCREMENT.
FORTUNATELY, THIS DIAGRAM ALREADY SAYS 50 PERCENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A 50 PERCENT PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITY WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS TO BE TO BE GIVEN TO US AS A GRANT, IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
SO WE'LL UTILIZE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE TERS, ESSENTIALLY TO FUND THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE DEAL, OTHERWISE THE TENETS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ARE ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE ALREADY LAID OUT.
HEIGHTENED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, ISSUANCE OF PET BONDS, FORMATION OF A PID.
BEYOND THAT, THERE'S NOT MANY SIGNIFICANT DEAL POINTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, JUST THE STANDARD INDEMNITY LANGUAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO TONIGHT AGAIN, ON YOUR AGENDA, WE'VE GOT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE HAVE THE ANNEXATION, WE HAVE THE ZONING.
DID I SEE ACTUALLY ENGAGING A PID AND TERS ADMINISTER TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA? WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL.
BUT AFTER THAT, OF COURSE, THE SAME AS WE SPOKE ABOUT WITH VISTA PARK.
YOU'D GO BACK THROUGH, ENGAGE YOUR BOND TEAM, YOUR UNDERWRITER, ET CETERA.
YOU'D ALSO ENTER INTO THE ACTUAL TEXT OF THE CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SUBSUMED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
YOU'LL CREATE THE PID WITH A PETITION FROM US AND AT YOUR OWN ACCORD JUST WITH THE WAY THE STATUTE WORKS.
YOU WOULD ALSO CREATE THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, WHICH IS JUST COTERMINOUS WITH THE PIN.
I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL TEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT.
YOU MIGHT JUST REITERATE THAT THE 50 PERCENT PARTICIPATION ONLY ENCOMPASSES THIS TERS, THE BOUNDARY OF THE OF THE SUBDIVISION IS THIS TERS.
AND SO THE ONLY REBATES WOULD BE FROM PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY.
SO AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
WE'VE GOT TO ACTUALLY PUT THE VALUE PUBLIC DOESN'T THINK WE'RE GIVING AWAY SOME OF THEIR TAX DOLLARS.
THIS IS ONLY AFFECTING THE PROPERTIES.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE TAX DOLLARS WITHIN THERE FOR 30 YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE PROJECTED? THAT'S WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SIXTEEN YEARS, 16 YEARS.
EXCELLENT 16 YEARS, I THINK I'VE WRITTEN 30, SO AND.
WHEN YOU SAID 30 AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, 30 IS THE TYPICAL TERM OF THE TERM?
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YES.JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, IT'S 50 PERCENT OF THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN VALUE.
SO THEY HAVE TO INCREASE THE VALUE AND THEN THEY'LL GET 50 PERCENT OF THAT INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN VALUE.
SO WE'VE SET THE BENCHMARK ON THE DIFFERENCE? WHERE IS THE STARTING POINT? AND SO IT STARTS IN THE FIRST YEAR, SO.
SO THE YEAR IN WHICH THE TERS IS FORMED IS THE BASE YEAR.
SO WHATEVER VALUE WAS ON JANUARY ONE OF THIS YEAR IS WHERE THE BASE VALUE IS AND THEN THE CAPTURED INCREMENTAL VALUE 50 PERCENT OF THAT.
WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE DOLLARS, WHERE DO THOSE GO TO, TYPICALLY? TYPICALLY THEY'RE USED TO FUND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT TO THERE'S A SPECIFIC LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE FUNDED UNDER CHAPTER 311 OF THE TAX CODE, WHICH IS THE GOVERNING STATUTE FOR TAX INCREMENT ZONES.
AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT TO THE EXTENT NOT FUNDED WITH PID DOLLARS, THEY WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY MADE UP FOR WITH THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE DOLLARS.
THOSE DOLLARS CAN ALSO BE USED TO OFFSET THE PID ASSESSMENTS THAT THE RESIDENTS PAY.
SO IT'S A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE NOT GONE THROUGH YET WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, GET ALL THOSE THINGS WORKED OUT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE THE PID/TERS ADMINISTRATOR ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN GET THE FINANCIAL TEAM WORKING AND MOVING TOWARDS THAT AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN THE USES FOR THOSE.
AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE TO THAT, TYPICALLY WHEN THERE'S AN OFFSET.
SO THERE'S KIND OF TWO METHODOLOGIES WHERE THESE ARE TYPICALLY EMPLOYED.
ONE, IS THIS THE STRAIGHT WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR A CHAPTER 380 GRANT.
IN THE OTHER SCENARIO WHERE IT'S USED TO OFFSET ASSESSMENTS.
SO WHEN YOU ISSUE PID BONDS, YOU LAYER A TERS OVER THEM AND YOU INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF DEBT ON THE LAND, BUT THEN YOU OFFSET IT WITH THE ADDITIONAL TAX DOLLARS.
SO THE EFFECT TO THE HOMEOWNER IS AS IF YOU DID NOT BUMP UP THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE DEBT SO THAT IT LOWERS THE ANNUAL BURDEN ON THE HOMEOWNER.
WE HAVE NOT ASKED FOR THAT ARRANGEMENT TO BE DONE HERE.
WE'VE ASKED FOR JUST THE SEPARATE 380 AGREEMENT, BUT THEY CAN BE EMPLOYED IN THOSE TWO METHODS.
WE'RE JUST CHOOSING THE FORMER.
SO THE QUESTION FOR YOU TONIGHT IS IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE IN DOING SO, CONSIDER APPROVING THIS DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND MAYOR COUNCIL, IF WE'RE DOING THAT TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, THEN I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE IT SUBJECT TO FINAL LEGAL REVIEW SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CORRECT WITHIN IT.
WE WERE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE THE ANNEXATION AND EVERYTHING WAS ALREADY HAPPENING, AND IT WAS SIGNIFICANT TO THE DEVELOPER TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS COMPONENT DONE.
SO WE DID KIND OF EXPEDITE THIS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL TIME TO GO THROUGH AND AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, AND WE'VE ALL AGREED UPON IT.
WELL, IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE THE INCOME OR THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE TALKING THROUGH THIS IS IS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
IT IS ONLY ON TOP OF WHAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE INITIAL.
AND SO IN THE EVENT THAT IT WAS FLAT, IT WOULD JUST BE FLAT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ALL COMING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
AND IT'S VERY SPECIFIC FOR WHERE THOSE FUNDS GO, WHICH IS BASICALLY TO ASSIST TO THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, THIS COUNCIL HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANT TO TALK THROUGH ABOUT THIS PRIOR TO ANYONE MAKING A MOTION.
SO IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN MAKING A MOTION? YES, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MEADOWS CREEK DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AFTER LEGAL REVIEW, NICELY WORDED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WANT A SECOND, PLEASE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[4. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ROCKWATER DEVELOPMENT, LLC FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CITY OF DECATUR EXPENSES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE VISTA PARK DEVELOPMENT; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]
RIGHT, ITEM FOUR IS CONSIDERING TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A PROFESSIONAL[01:10:03]
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ROCK WATER DEVELOPMENT LLC FOR REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE CITY OF DECATUR, EXPENSES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE VISTA PARK DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS THE SAME.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM FOR NUMBER FIVE THAT RELATES TO THIS MEADOW AND WE'VE ALL BEEN SAYING MEADOWS IN ITS MEADOW CREEK, SO I'M TRYING TO GET THAT STRAIGHT.
THIS IS FOR THE VISTA PARK DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED.
WHAT A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT DOES IS IT BASICALLY REQUIRES THAT THE DEVELOPER PAY FOR ALL THE COSTS OF THE PID FORMATION AND THE EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS LEGAL ENGINEERING.
EVERYBODY THAT DOES WORK ON THIS PROJECT SO THAT THE GENERAL TAXPAYERS DO NOT PAY FOR THAT.
SO THIS IS A MECHANISM THAT WE PUT IN PLACE JUST STANDARDLY AS WE ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH DEVELOPERS.
THEY WILL BASICALLY PAY ALL OF YOUR FEES.
THEY GET REIMBURSED THROUGH VARIOUS MECHANISMS WITH THE PID AND THOSE TYPES OF FUNDING MECHANISMS. BUT THIS KEEPS IT AGAIN AS TO THE MAYOR'S POINT EARLIER WHERE THE FUNDS ARE ALL ON THAT DEVELOPMENT AND NOT SPREAD TO YOUR GENERAL TAX BASE.
SO THAT'S WHAT AGENDA ITEM FOUR IS FOR.
FOR VISTA PARK THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AN AGENDA ITEM FIVE IS FOR THE MEADOW CREEK DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WE APPRECIATE OUR LEGAL TEAM TO DO THOSE THINGS FOR US, THANK YOU.
SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? OR OTHER QUESTIONS? SO LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR? YES? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ROCKWATER DEVELOPMENT IN REGARDS TO THE VISTA PARK DEVELOPMENT, AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE OK ON THIS.
ARE YOU? YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS? JUST BE? THIS IS REALLY STANDARD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSE SAME SIGN AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[5. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ROCKWATER DEVELOPMENT, LLC FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CITY OF DECATUR EXPENSES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE MEADOWS CREEK DEVELOPMENT; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS]
OK.THIS IS MEADOW CREEK MEADOW CREEK.
SO ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? LOOK FOR A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROCK WATER DEVELOPMENT IN REGARDS TO THE MEADOW CREEK DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSE SAME SIGN AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.
[6. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE RETENTION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT/TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE ADMINISTRATOR AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. ]
ALL RIGHT, ITEM SIX.CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE RETENTION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE ADMINISTRATOR AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
PATRICIA, YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT THIS ONE AS WELL, AREN'T YOU? IN THE PACKET, AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE ENDED UP MAYBE IN A WRONG PLACE, BUT IN THE PACKET THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION FROM AN ORGANIZATION CALLED P3 WORKS, AND IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THEY ARE.
THEY DO BOTH PID ADMINISTRATION AND TERS ADMINISTRATION.
THEY ARE HAVE HEAVY CREDENTIALS, FINANCIAL CREDENTIALS.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ASSIST THE CITY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THEY WILL HELP WITH THE FORMATION OF THE TERS.
ONCE THAT IS FORMED, THEY HELP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TERS.
THEIR FEES AGAIN ARE PAID BY THE DEVELOPER AS PART OF THEIR COST FOR THE FORMATION.
THIS IS A GROUP THAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING UP IN WISE COUNTY.
THEY WORK ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH BOYD AND ROME, SO THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR AREA UP HERE.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THESE THERE.
THERE ARE THREE THAT ARE VERY QUALIFIED.
BRETT AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE VARIOUS ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST OUTING FOR DECATUR DOING THIS.
THERE'S SOME VERY STRONG LEADERSHIP AT THIS ONE, AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL TO KIND OF GET THE STAFF UP AND MOVING AND TRAINED IN THAT DIRECTION ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH PID TOURS FOR THE FUTURE.
BUT THIS IS A GROUP THAT HAS BACKGROUND IN FINANCE AND CITY MANAGEMENT.
AND SO I THINK THEY'RE A REALLY STRONG LEADERSHIP FIT TO GET US KIND OF OFF THE GROUND ON THE FIRST ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? A MOTION?
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MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE RETENTION OF PID AND TRS ADMINISTRATOR AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID DOCUMENTS.
AND THAT ADMINISTRATOR WOULD BE P3 WORKS? AND THEY WOULD BE P3 WORKS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SEVERAL ITEMS ARE LONG CAPTIONS, SO IF IT'S OK WITH EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO JUST CALL THEM OUT BY NUMBER.
AND SO ITEM 7 IS-- THESE ARE ALL SECOND READINGS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THINGS THAT
[7. CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF AN APPROXIMATE 10.852 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY’S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DECATUR. THE PROPERTY TO BE ANNEXED IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF CROSSROADS CHURCH’S SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, APPROXIMATELY 118.4’ NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF WEST THOMPSON STREET, AND APPROXIMATELY 98.9’ WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF DEER PARK ROAD, ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS IN DECATUR’S WESTERN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (ETJ), WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ON THE SURVEY LOCATED AT THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICE BUILDING, 1601 S. STATE ST., BLDG. C, DECATUR, TEXAS]
WERE ON THE LAST AGENDA.AND SO DEDRA AND EARL AND ALL THE STAFF ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY COMMENTS, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY CHANGES SUBMITTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WE DID GET A LETTER, AND I THINK ALL OF Y'ALL GOT IT TO AN EMAIL TODAY, OF A PERSON WHO WISHED TO COME TONIGHT AND SPEAK POTENTIALLY.
SO, THIS IS THE ANNEXATION PIECE OF THE PIE.
SO, DEDRA, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
ITEM 7 IS THE CHISHOLM EDITION, AND AS BRETT MENTIONED DIDN'T HAVE ANY FURTHER INPUT CONCERNING THIS PARTICULAR ANNEXATION COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONING CHANGE.
SEBASTIAN, IF YOU COULD GO TO SLIDE 12, PLEASE OF THE POWERPOINT ? THESE DEPARTMENTS DID PROVIDE INPUT SERVICE ANALYSIS, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THE ANNEXATION AND WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS.
I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON HOW THIS PARTICULAR ANNEXATION WILL IMPACT THEIR DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL GO IN THE ORDER THAT'S LISTED.
FINANCE HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
NEXT WILL BE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, DEDRA, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY HERE.
I WANT TO LEAD OUT WITH OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR THESE PROJECTS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WON'T BE DOING AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF IS ENSURING YOU THAT THE EIGHT OF YOU GUYS AND MYSELF WERE ON THE EXACT SAME PAGE WITH WHAT THESE TYPE OF COMMITMENTS GET US INTO.
SO, THE LAND ANNEXATION IS GREAT, BUT THE PROJECT THAT'S INTENDED HERE IS THREE STORY APARTMENTS.
WE DO NOT HAVE A LADDER TRUCK.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO RUN OUT TODAY AND BUY A LADDER TRUCK, BUT WHAT I WANT TO PUT BEFORE YOU IS THE CURRENT BUILD TIME IS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT.
COST IS AROUND A MILLION AND A HALF JUST TO GET IT HERE.
AGAIN, I WANT TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOU.
OUR ISO RATING WILL BE UP IN 2025.
THINGS LIKE THIS WILL AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT THAT ISO RATING.
WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO DO THAT, BUT IT IS A CONCERN I HAVE FOR YOU.
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS PARTICULAR ANNEX AND HOW IT MAY RELATE TO FIRE DEPARTMENT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT IN PRIOR DISCUSSIONS, THIS IS SOMETHING EVEN BEFORE THIS ANNEXATION, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN STRONGLY ENCOURAGED BY YOUR DEPARTMENT, I THINK, FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE REGARDLESS.
AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING US POSTED ON WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS ARE, AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON--.
AGAIN, WE THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS A CITIZEN, I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS PROJECT AND WE PROBABLY NEED A COUPLE MORE OF THEM.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE CHIEF OF POLICE, CHIEF CAMPBELL.
JUST KIND OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS OF NATE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START LOOKING
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AT ALL THESE PROJECTS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF.WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THAT SAME PAGE WITH YOU GUYS.
WE SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS 100 PERCENT.` FOR SOME OF US, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS FOR MONTHS.
AND SO WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN COMING AND WE SUPPORT THEM WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, WE'RE THE SAME WAY AS FIRE, UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN POPULATION, WE'VE GOT TO GO AHEAD AND ADD MORE OFFICERS WITH THE ADDITION OF MORE OFFICERS, TYPICALLY ON A NATIONAL AVERAGE, OR A NATIONAL STANDARD, WHAT WE LOOK AT IS FOR EVERY 1000 ADDITIONAL CITIZENS THAT ARE ADDED, YOU NEED TO ADD ONE OFFICER.
THAT'S ON A NATIONAL STANDARD.
SOME PLACES DO A LOT BETTER JOB OF THAT, AND THEY'LL BUMP DOWN TO TWO FOR A THOUSAND.
BUT JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ONE PROJECT ALONE, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF 714 OCCUPANTS GIVE OR TAKE, DEPENDING UPON HOW ALL THAT PLAYS OUT.
SO THAT'S ROUGHLY GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL OFFICER THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED.
ALSO WITH THAT, THE REASON FOR THAT IS, IS THE SAME WAY OF NATE, AS WE START LOOKING INTO STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS THAT INCREASE START GOING UP.
THAT CREATES A HIGHER DANGER FOR OUR OFFICERS AS THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THESE CALLS.
SO TYPICALLY, SOME CALLS ON A SINGLE RESIDENCE, WE MAY ONLY NEED ONE OFFICER, BUT WHEN IT STARTS GOING UP, SOMETIMES THAT REQUIRES US TO HAVE TWO OFFICERS.
AND SO WITH THIS ADDITIONAL JUST OFFICER FOR THIS PROJECT ALONE THEN WHAT WE START LOOKING AT IS YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR CARS TO OUTFIT AS WELL.
FOR US, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE TIME FRAME THAT IT TAKES FOR US WITH STAFFING, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HIRE RIGHT NOW, OFFICERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCED OFFICERS.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS FOR US IS WE'RE TYPICALLY HIRING 20-21 YEAR OLD KIDS THAT ARE COMING IN.
WE HAVE TO SEND THEM TO AN ACADEMY.
THOSE ACADEMIES USUALLY WILL RUN 5-6 MONTHS.
THEN WE HAVE AN FTO PERIOD, WHICH IS ANOTHER THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
SO ROUGHLY WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 MONTHS BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO GET A NEW OFFICER OUT ON THE STREET.
SO JUST UNDERSTANDING, AS THESE PROJECTS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, IT'S IMPORTANT AS A CITY TO KNOW THAT THESE OFFICERS NEED TO--.
WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT THESE NOW AS WE GROW.
SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, PROBABLY TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE TO BE A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AHEAD OF THAT PACE.
I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH BEING PROACTIVE AND I THINK THIS COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO BEING PROACTIVE.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING US YOUR ISSUES.
I'M NOT SURE IF DAWN IS STILL ONLINE.
SHE HAD SAID SHE WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPACT TO THE LIBRARY, BUT I DON'T SEE HER.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S LEFT US.
AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS HAS STATED THAT THEY'RE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SEBASTIAN.
AND AS BRETT MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL SIX TO ZERO OF THE ANNEXATION SERVICE ANALYSIS AND SERVICE PLAN.
IN ADDITION, THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONING CHANGE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE] EARL, MAYBE YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON, BUT ANYONE CAN ANSWER THIS SO THE EGRESS FOR THIS PROPERTY, WHAT WAS THERE ANYTHING DONE REGARDING THAT TURN LANE, ET CETERA? YES, MAYOR.
THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSION, THE [INAUDIBLE] IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN [INAUDIBLE] INTO [INAUDIBLE] FOR REVIEW, THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME REVISIONS MADE TO THE TIA, BUT THOSE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE THAT ALMOST SURELY BASED ON THE FIRST TIA WAS [INAUDIBLE] TIMELINE IMPROVEMENTS WERE WARRANTED AND WILL OCCUR.
IT DID SAY THAT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE AT FM 730 WOULD BE REQUIRED, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'LL COME MORE TOWARDS THE END BUILD OUT ON
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THE [INAUDIBLE].I DON'T KNOW IF WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT IMMEDIATELY.
SO YES, AND THEN WE, AS THE DEVELOPER POINTED OUT, THE MAIN ENTRANCES [INAUDIBLE] THOROUGHFARE PLANS A MAJOR COLLECTOR [INAUDIBLE] IT'S A MINOR ARTERIAL AND INTERSECTS [INAUDIBLE] WEST AND THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 51 AND [INAUDIBLE] INTERSECTION OR [INAUDIBLE] INTERSECTS HIGHWAY 51.
SO AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND THAT'S ON THEIR MASTERPLAN ALSO AND HE CONCURS AND SUPPORTS THE PLANS.
VERY GOOD, YEAH, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THE COMMENTS THAT WE GET ARE REGARDING SAFETY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT OUR CHIEF OF POLICE AND CHIEF OF FIRE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT PROCESS AND COUNCILS.
AND WE HAVE-- AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, THE TRAFFIC AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTED, SO THOSE HAVE BEEN BEING LOOKED AT AND ADDRESSED.
SO, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GETTING ASKED TO REVIEW AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S REVIEW OF THAT.
DAWN HAS RETURNED BACK AND DAWN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHISHOLM EDITION ANNEXATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL.
SO, BASED ON THE POPULATION INCREASE, CURRENTLY OUR BUILDING IS SMALLER THAN WHAT WE REALLY NEED.
SO, WITH THIS NEW POPULATION COMING IN AND THE LOCATION BEING RIGHT NEAR THE LIBRARY, I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE FACILITY AND POTENTIAL STAFF MEMBERS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON OUR USAGE.
WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW AND JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A HEADS UP THAT, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING DOWN THE LINE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
SO DEDRA DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO BE ADDED ON THIS ITEM? NO, NOT ON THIS ONE.
THIS IS THE SECOND READING? YES, BUT DID WE-- DID I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS GOING TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS OR WAS THIS JUST A? I THINK IT WAS JUST [INAUDIBLE].
THIS IS SECOND READING, SO THE NEXT THREE ITEMS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, ARE ALL RELATED TO THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY IS DEDRA SAID ON THAT SLIDE.
THE FIRST THING IS THE ANNEXATION ITSELF.
THE SECOND ITEM WOULD BE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO REFLECT THIS, AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE WOULD ACTUALLY ATTACH THE ZONING TO THIS PROPERTY.
SO, IT IS SECOND READING TONIGHT, SO YOU CAN TAKE ACTION IF YOU SO DESIRE.
BEFORE YOU [INAUDIBLE], ONE LAST QUESTION.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT TIMELINE FROM ANNEXATION TO CONSTRUCTION? FINALIZATION.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE APPLICANT IS THERE, DARLENE.
THEY WOULD BE THE ONES, THE BEST ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
DARLENE, WOULD YOU CLARIFY IF YOU MEAN FROM ANNEXATION TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT TO BREAKING GROUND OR FROM ANNEXATION TO ITS COMPLETION AND READY TO HAVE RESIDENTS.
TILL WE HAVE WARM BODIES IN HOUSE.
AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER, YOU'RE ON RECORD.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE WE CAN GO BACK TO THIS EASILY, RIGHT? WELL, I COULD SPEAK TO THE PERMITTING SIDE OF IT AND THEN CHARLIE'S THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE SO HE CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
I'M JOSH JEZEK WITH PACHECO KOCH, I'M THE ENGINEER WORKING WITH THE LANDOWNER AND THE DEVELOPER ON THE PROPERTY, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET THIS PUT TOGETHER.
BUT FROM A YOU KNOW, THE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS ONCE WE GET THROUGH THESE, THESE STEPS IS TO START THE PERMITTING SIDE AND THAT-- WORKING WITH STAFF THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE BY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS TO GO THROUGH ENGINEERING, REVIEW PLATTING, ET CETERA, AND THEN PULL PERMIT.
AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, ONCE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PERMIT.
CHARLIE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE TIMING OF CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING AND EVERYTHING
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LIKE THAT? HI, I'M CHARLIE MOUSSA, I'M THE DEVELOPER.THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
SO, YES, WE UNFORTUNATELY, FINANCING IS TIED TO ALSO CONSTRUCTION, SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE PERMITTING PROCESS MAY MOVE FASTER THAN FINANCING, WHICH IS USUALLY NOT THE CASE.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE LOVE THE CITY OF DECATUR.
IF I HAD TO PUT A TIME ON IT, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO FINISH THE PROCESS OF FINANCING AND ACTUALLY GET ON THE GROUND AND START CONSTRUCTION.
BECAUSE OF HOW SLOW THE WHEELS ARE TURNING, PEOPLE ARE OUT WITH COVID.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HELP EXPEDITE WITH THE FINANCING.
THE SECOND PART IS CONSTRUCTION IN THE PAST BEFORE COVID AND MATERIAL SUPPLY, HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THINGS SHOWING UP.
RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET WINDOWS.
THERE'S NO RESIN LUMBER PRICES OR CLIMBING.
IT USED TO TAKE 14 TO 16 MONTHS TO FINISH A PROJECT.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 20 MONTHS AND THEN FINDING SUPERINTENDENTS.
THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WERE GOING TO AND TRYING TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO USE IN-HOUSE, VERTICALLY, INTEGRATE THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, LONG STORY SHORT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 23 YEARS.
I'VE DONE 120 PROJECTS AND NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
SO ANYWAY, IT'S A CHALLENGE WE HAVE TO OVERCOME, BUT 20 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION AND POTENTIALLY A YEAR TO GET ON THE GROUND WITH FINANCING, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO SPEED IT UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE'RE EXCITED TO GET STARTED.
SO BASICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MAXIMUM OF THREE YEARS TOTAL? [INAUDIBLE] OK.
SO, CHIEFS, WITH THAT BEING IN CONSIDERATION, EIGHT MONTHS OF GETTING A TRUCK IN PLACE BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY CANNOT, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCT A THREE STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT YOU CAN'T SAVE THE RESIDENTS-- OH, WAIT, WE JUST HAD A PROCLAMATION ON THIS.
SO, 18 MONTHS FOR A FLAT [INAUDIBLE], IT'S NOT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW ARE WE WORKING THROUGH THIS? BUCKET BRIGADE.
I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF EVERYONE'S TIME HERE TONIGHT, THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING TO DO IS MAYBE A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS TO GET OUR PLANS TOGETHER.
THE REALITY ON THAT SPECIFIC PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS IF YOU TOLD ME TO ORDER IT TONIGHT, WE COULD SAY GO IN 60 DAYS.
OUR APPARATUS COMMITTEE NEVER STOPPED WORKING FROM WHEN YOU BOUGHT OUR REPLACEMENT ENGINE AND WE HAVE A SPEC READY TO GO.
OBVIOUSLY, FINANCING WOULD BE THE PIECE.
STAFFING WERE, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, WE'RE TRYING TO LEVERAGE A GRANT TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THE STAFFING SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT WOULD LAND VERY NICELY WITH THESE GENTLEMAN'S TIMELINE ON HAVING PEOPLE IN BEDS.
CAN I MAKE ONE JUST CLARIFICATION FROM EARLIER? I THINK WHEN EARL WAS SPEAKING ON THAT ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, I DON'T THINK HE WAS SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR PROJECT.
I THINK IT WAS THE MEADOW CREEK.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT JUST FOR THE RECORD, EARL, THIS IS THE PIECE ON THE ON DEER PARK.
OK, I'M WITH YA, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE ERROR.
HOWEVER, THIS IS A SIMILAR STORY.
DEER PARK, THIS PROJECT, [INAUDIBLE] INCLUDED THE EXTINCTION OF DEER PARK, WHICH DOES APPEAR ALSO ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLANS I [INAUDIBLE].
SO IT'S SET IN STONE [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT [INAUDIBLE].
SO, THE DEVELOPER'S BEEN MADE AWARE OF THAT AND INCLUDES THAT ON A SITE PLAN AND IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.
CORRECT, EARL? THAT'S DEER PARKS ALREADY TO SPEED.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME BEING HERE.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS MS. HILTON'S QUESTION, TOO, ABOUT THE TIMELINE ON MR. [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT ON THIS PROPERTY.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROJECT UNDERWAY-- UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW AT ROSE AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 380.
SO, THAT'S A SECOND APARTMENT PROJECT [INAUDIBLE] THREE STORY BUILDINGS THAT KIND OF REINFORCE [INAUDIBLE] PRESENTATION BEFORE.
SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS DON'T FORGET WE GOT OTHER PROJECTS VERY SIMILAR.
THIS IS SECOND READING TONIGHT, SO Y'ALL CAN TAKE ACTION IF YOU SO DESIRE.
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OH, I'M SO SORRY, I JUST HEARD CITY MANAGER SAY YOU COULD TAKE ACTION.SO YES, IS THERE ANYBODY FOR A MOTION? MY APOLOGIES.
MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AN APPLICATION, A2021-01.
APPROVING THE ORDINANCE? I DIDN'T CATCH THE LAST PART.
SORRY? APPROVING THE ORDINANCE? APPROVING THE ORDINANCE, YES, MA'AM.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
ITEM 8, IS CONSIDER SECOND READING AND APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN
[8. CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “D,” “COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY, FOR AN APPROXIMATE 11.224 ACRES OF LAND WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY BUT FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY’S CORPORATE LIMITS, TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION ON THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIVING (AR - ETJ) TO A ACTIVITY CENTER (AC) LAND USE DESIGNATION. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF CROSSROADS CHURCH’S SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, APPROXIMATELY 83.5’ NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF WEST THOMPSON STREET, AND APPROXIMATELY 65.2’ WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF DEER PARK ROAD, ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS IN DECATUR’S WESTERN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (ETJ), WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ON THE SURVEY LOCATED AT THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICE BUILDING, 1601 S. STATE ST., BLDG. C, DECATUR, TEXAS, THE “PROPERTY”. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM IS SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION.]
ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.DEDRA YOU WANT-- THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH TO ADD, THIS IS JUST AMENDING THE COMP PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO ADD? NO, SIR.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION 2021-02.
QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.
[9. CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “B,” “ZONING,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY, TO REZONE AN APPROXIMATE 11.224 ACRES OF LAND WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY BUT FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY’S CORPORATE LIMITS. UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANNEXATION, THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ZONED AS MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (MF) ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF CROSSROADS CHURCH’S SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, APPROXIMATELY 83.5’ NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF WEST THOMPSON STREET, AND APPROXIMATELY 65.2’ WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF DEER PARK ROAD, ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS IN DECATUR’S WESTERN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (ETJ), WISE COUNTYTEXAS, AND BEING DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ON THE SURVEY LOCATED AT THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICE BUILDING, 1601 S. STATE ST., BLDG. C, DECATUR, TEXAS, THE “PROPERTY”. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM IS SUBJECT TO ITS APPROVAL OF BOTH THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT.,]
ALL RIGHT.AND NUMBER NINE IS CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ATTACH TO THE ZONING TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO ADD TO THAT, DEDRA? NO, SIR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING CHANGE 2021-03.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.
[10. CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF AN APPROXIMATE 137.02 ACRES OF LAND WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. THE PROPERTY TO BE ANNEXED IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF SOUTH MARTIN BRANCH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT’S SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, APPROXIMATELY 628.3’ EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF OLD REUNION ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 51.1’ WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF FM 730 IN DECATUR’S SOUTHERN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (ETJ), ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ON THE SURVEY LOCATED AT THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICE BUILDING, 1601 S. STATE ST., BLDG. C, DECATUR, TEXAS. ]
ALL RIGHT, ITEM 10, IS CONSIDERED SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR ANNEXATION OF 137.02 ACRES OF LAND.THIS IS MR. TROY LEWIS ON BEHALF OF RICK AND DERRICK MCCARLEY.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, RECOMMEND APPROVAL SIX TO ZERO.
THIS IS SECOND READING TONIGHT, SO YOU CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON THIS ONE IF YOU SO DESIRE.
YOU DID HAVE IN YOUR PACKET INFORMATION FROM SEVERAL CITIZENS WHO HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ANNEXATION.
THE LONGS, MR. CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] AND, AS BRETT MENTIONED, A MS. MORRIS SENT YOU GUYS AN EMAIL.
SHE'S NOT WITHIN 200 FEET, BUT I UNDERSTAND SHE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LAND PTO, SO SHE DOES HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH THE AREA OVER THERE.
IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT COMPLETED THE SERVICE ANALYSIS, THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
AGAIN, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SEBASTIAN, SLIDE 27 AND THEN WE'LL GO TO SLIDE 28 WITH CHIEF MARA.
AGAIN, IN THE INTERESTS OF EVERYONE'S TIME, MY ANALYSIS ON THIS PROJECT PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET.
I JUST HUMBLY ASK THAT YOU GLANCE AT PAGES 151 THROUGH 155 AT SOME POINT.
MY CONCERN WITH THIS PROJECT, AGAIN, I LEAD WITH MY SUPPORT.
HOUSING IS A TREMENDOUS NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MY CONCERN HERE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WITH MORE RESIDENTS, THIS ONE SHOULD GIVE US AROUND 1700 IF THEIR PLANS GO AS PRESENTED TODAY.
WITH PEOPLE BRING CALL VOLUME.
WE ESTIMATE THAT TODAY, RIGHT NOW, IF NOTHING ELSE WERE TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, GIVING US AN EXTRA 600 OR 700 CALLS.
JUST BECAUSE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, GREAT PROJECT, BUT I WOULD BE NOT DOING THE CITY OR YOU GUYS JUSTICE IF I
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DIDN'T BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.THAT'S THE KIND OF DECISION MAKING THINGS IN MY WHEELHOUSE THAT I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM.
HEAR ME SPEAK TO YOU ON SAME STANDARD THAT CHIEF CAMPBELL ADDRESSED.
WE STICK TO THAT ONE PER 1000 AND THAT'LL GET US IN THE AREA THAT WE NEED TO BE IN TERMS OF SERVICE.
SO, IF YOU APPLY THAT LOGIC AND THAT CONCEPT TO TODAY'S POPULATION, YOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE SEVEN FIREFIGHTERS ANSWERING HOUSE FIRE CALLS AND WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE, DEPENDING ON A VOLUNTEER COMMITMENT.
THANKS FOR THE PLUG IN AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
I'LL MAKE IT EVEN SHORTER THAN NATE.
SAME THING, JUST UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE'RE GOING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS MEAN JUST INCREASE FOR US ON EVERYTHING WE DO.
PARTICULARLY THIS ONE [INAUDIBLE] 730 AND THAT INTERSECTION OF GETTING IN AND OUT OF THIS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A TXDOT THING AS WELL.
AND SO I KNOW THEY HAVE FUTURE PLANS OF THAT EXPANSION OF THAT ROADWAY AS WELL.
BUT JUST ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS, THEY INCORPORATE JUST MORE STAFFING, BASICALLY.
AND I THINK FOR ME AND NATE, THE BIGGEST THING WE DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO THINK WE'RE LIKE DEBBIE DOWNER HERE AND JUST NEGATIVE.
IT'S NOT THAT IT'S JUST THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE ENOUGH PROTECTION TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS THAT WE SERVE EACH DAY.
AND SO WE'RE JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE TO YOU, JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE GOING FORWARD LONG TERM AS COUNCIL.
THESE ARE CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT FOR US AS FAR AS STAFFING AND JUST TOOLS AS WE GO FORWARD.
EARL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A SUMMARY FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS? I'M SORRY, [INAUDIBLE].
YEAH, JUST I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE-- I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF-- MAYBE YOU WANT TO RESTATE THE EGRESS ENTRANCE, ET CETERA, FOR THIS PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES.
THERE WAS [INAUDIBLE] DONE FOR THIS PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE TURN LANES [INAUDIBLE] 730, PROBABLY A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, BUT PROBABLY THAT WILL OCCUR [INAUDIBLE] TOWARDS THE END OF THE BUILD OUT.
THE SECTION THAT PASSES THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION IS ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLANS [INAUDIBLE] WEST OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 51 AT ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF [INAUDIBLE] STREET AND HIGHWAY 51 SOUTH.
SO, I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, I FEEL LIKE ALL OF US HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER CITIZENS ABOUT CONCERNS ON SAFETY OVERALL, WHETHER IT BE POLICE, FIRE OR TRAFFIC, AND BUT ALSO TO A PERSON, I FEEL LIKE MOST EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THIS GROWTH AND GROWTH IS GOOD.
IT'S GOOD FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE NEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT COMING AND DECIDING TO COME TO DECATUR.
SO, I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE IS 100 PERCENT WITH THESE, BUT ALSO WITH SOME CAUTION, AND HEY, LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO THIS CORRECTLY.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IN AN APPROPRIATE FASHION.
[INAUDIBLE] THE OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD IS DAWN.
SHE MAY WISH TO SPEAK AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BASED ON THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS I'D MADE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
NUMBER 10, IT IS SECOND READING, SO THIS IS THE ANNEXATION PIECE, THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE JUST LIKE THE LAST THREE ITEMS. THE FIRST PIECE IS ANNEXATION.
THE SECOND IS A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE THIRD IS ZONING, AND THEY'LL NEED TO BE ACTED ON SEPARATELY.
I'M MOVED TO APPROVE ANNEXATION APPLICATION A2021-02.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION SAY AYE.ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 11 IS CONSIDERED SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE AMENDMENT TO
[11.CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “D,” “COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY, FOR AN APPROXIMATE 137.02 ACRES OF LAND WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY BUT FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY’S CORPORATE LIMITS, TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION ON THE PROPERTY, FROM AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIVING (AR - ETJ) TO A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL (CC) AND COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD (CN) LAND USE DESIGNATION. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF SOUTH MARTIN BRANCH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT’S SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, APPROXIMATELY 628.3’ EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF OLD REUNION ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 51.1’ WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF FM 730 IN DECATUR’S SOUTHERN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (ETJ), ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ON THE SURVEY LOCATED AT THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICE BUILDING, 1601 S. STATE ST., BLDG. C, DECATUR, TEXAS. COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION. ]
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR-- ON THIS? ALL RIGHT WE'LL WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2021-03.
OKAY, SIR A MOTION IS FOR 2021-02, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE.
THAT THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS CP 2021-03 AND THE ZONING CHANGE IS ZC 2021-04.
IN THE PACKET, WE'RE READING RIGHT OUT OF THE--.
IT'S AN ORDINANCE, SO YOU'RE MOVING TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
IT'S EITHER-- AND THAT'S WHY I ADDED ORDINANCE A WHILE AGO.
SO TYPICALLY EITHER GOING TO SAY WE'RE APPROVING THE ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION OR YOU CAN CALL IT OUT BY THE CASE NUMBER, WITH THE ORDINANCE.
SO, I GUESS I'M UNCLEAR NOW WHAT THE CASE NUMBER IS.
SO, THE MOTION WOULD BE TO JUST APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS PRESENTED, ITEM NUMBER 11.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY, AYE.
AND THEN ITEM 12 IS SECOND READING AND APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN
[12. CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “B,” “ZONING,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY, TO REZONE AN APPROXIMATE 11.224 ACRES OF LAND WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY BUT FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY’S CORPORATE LIMITS. UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANNEXATION, THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY-2 RESIDENTIAL (SF-2) AND RESTRICTED BUSINESS (C-1) ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF SOUTHMARTIN BRANCH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT’S SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, APPROXIMATELY 628.3’ EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF OLD REUNION ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 51.1’ WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF FM 730 IN DECATUR’S SOUTHERN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (ETJ), ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ON THE SURVEY LOCATED AT THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICE BUILDING, 1601 S. STATE ST., BLDG. C, DECATUR, TEXAS. THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM IS SUBJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL’S APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT]
ORDINANCE REGARDING THE ZONING AMENDMENT.MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION AS IN OUR PACKET 2021-03.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
SO WE'VE BEEN GOING AT THIS ALMOST TWO HOURS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO TAKE A VERY SHORT RECESS OR DOES ANYONE THINK WE NEED TO CLIMB THROUGH A COUPLE MORE OF THESE QUICKLY OR--.
ITEM 13, CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN
[13. CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “D,” “COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY, FOR AN APPROXIMATE 23.03 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 3472 S. US HIGHWAY 81/287, DECATUR, TEXAS, AND AN APPROXIMATE 3.15 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF US HIGHWAY 81/287 SERVICE ROAD, DECATUR, TEXAS, FROM COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD (CN) LAND USE DESIGNATIONS TO AN ACTIVITY CENTER (AC) LAND USE DESIGNATION. THE PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 3472 S. US HIGHWAY 81/287, DECATUR, TEXAS.]
ORDINANCE-- REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX D.[INAUDIBLE] IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND DEDRA, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE? THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE CONCERNING THIS ONE.
IT WAS ALREADY IN THE CITY LIMITS, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONING ATTACHMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE COMP PLAN 2021-04 AS PRESENT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
[14. CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6.1.2, “ALLOWED USES AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS”, OF ARTICLE 6, “USE REGULATIONS”, OF APPENDIX “B”, “ZONING”, OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES, CONTAINING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, TO AMEND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, INCLUDING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISES AND OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AND THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION IN VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS, TO ALLOW THOSE USES IN THE CONVENTION OVERLAY DISTRICT (CD) UPON CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (“SUP”) AND PROVIDING CRITERIA FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. ]
ALL RIGHT.OUT OF 14 IS CONSIDERED SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ALLOWED.
THIS IS ALLOWED USES AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH-- I THINK THIS FOR-- OH, IS THIS-- DEDRA? IS THIS THE ONE FOR-- ONE OF THE ONES IN REGARD TO CEFCO? NO.
WELL, IT'S TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN THE CONVENTION OVERLAY DISTRICT WITH AN SUP.
ONE OF THE STEPS NECESSARY TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN, IF YOU WANT CEFCO TO MOVE
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FORWARD.ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE APPLICATION SI2021-06.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NOW THAT YOU'VE APPROVED, THE ALLOWED USES OF PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, THE ITEM 15 IS
[15.CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “B,” “ZONING” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS TO GRANT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A CONVENIENCE STORE IN A CD, CONVENTION OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT, ON AN APPROXIMATE 6.7245 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 1, BLOCK 1, CEFCO ADDITION, OR MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 2202 W. US HIGHWAY 380 BYPASS, DECATUR, TEXAS. ]
AN APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE SOLD AT 2202 WEST U.S.AND THIS IS ON BEHALF OF CEFCO.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS OR THIS ACTION ITEM? ACTUALLY 15, IS FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE FOR THERE TO BE ALLOWED A CONVENIENCE STORE IN THE CONVENTION DISTRICT FOR THE CEFCO PROPERTY.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? MR. MAYOR.
MAY I MAKE A PROPOSAL? YES, THAT WE APPROVE SUP 2021-02 FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE FOR CEFCO.
NOT ONLY A PROPOSAL, BUT A MOTION? YEAH, THAT TOO.
I WAS LIKE, I WAS WAITING LIKE, THIS WAS INTERESTING.
SO WHY IS [INAUDIBLE]? [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION SAY AYE.
AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A GREAT PROPOSAL MOTION.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS?
[16.CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “B,” “ZONING” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS TO GRANT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION IN A CD, CONVENTION OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT, ON AN APPROXIMATE 6.7245 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 1, BLOCK 1, CEFCO ADDITION, OR MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 2202 W. US HIGHWAY 380 BYPASS, DECATUR, TEXAS.]
LOOK FOR A MOTION.MR. MAYOR CAN [INAUDIBLE] MOVE THAT WE APPROVE SUP 2021-03.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
[17. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING LANDSCAPE ESCROW AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF DECATUR AND MALIBU HOMES FOR THE CITY TO ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT FOR 312 COLLEGE CT; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.]
ITEM 17 CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A LANDSCAPE ESCROW AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND MALIBU HOMES FOR THE CITY TO ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT FOR 312 COLLEGE COURT AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT.EARL OR DEDRA YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS ONE? SURE, THE HOMEBUILDER, BEFORE HE PUTS IN THE LANDSCAPING, THE HOMEOWNERS WANTED TO ALSO INCLUDE A SWIMMING POOL.
AND SO THEY WANTED TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET THE PERMIT TO CLOSE ON THE HOUSE BEFORE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO PUT THE LANDSCAPING IN.
SO, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT.
AND ONCE THE FUNDS ARE SUBMITTED, THE BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED AND THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN WE'LL USE THE ESCROW MONEY TO ENSURE THAT IT'S BUILT.
ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS? LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, THE ESCROW AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND MALIBU HOMES BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED FOR 312 COLLEGE STREET AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? AFTER ALL, THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE ABOUT A THREE MINUTE BREAK.
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ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S TAKE A THREE MINUTE BREAK.OR VERY CLOSE TO THREE MINUTE BREAK.
ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK THAT WAS THREE MINUTES ISH, SO LET'S-- 18, RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON SELECTION CRITERIA.
[18.RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SELECTION CRITERIA, PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY FOR SERVING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.]
RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON SELECTION CRITERIA, PROCESS METHODOLOGY FOR SERVING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.THERE'S REALLY-- I AM SO SORRY.
WE-- PLEASE ADDRESS THE GROUP WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT REALLY AT THIS POINT? AND I'M SPEAKING FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, IS THAT THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT TO UPDATE AT THIS POINT.
WE'VE ONLY MET ONCE SINCE YOU HAVE APPROVED MASON WOODRUFF TO JOIN THE COMMISSION, BUT DECLINED THE OTHER PERSON APPLICANT THAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED.
WE DID TALK ABOUT OUR PROCESS QUITE A BIT.
AND FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO, THE PROCESS THAT WE WERE USING, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH STRUCTURE TO IT.
I THINK WE WENT WAY OVERKILL ON THE OTHER SIDE AND MADE IT WAY TOO COMPLICATED AND WAY TOO INVOLVED.
AND I THINK FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO REACH A MIDDLE GROUND THERE AND SIMPLIFY THAT AGAIN, AND SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN AND PROVIDE YOU WITH ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ARE-- TERRY BERUBE, WHO IS ALSO ON THE COMMISSION, WENT OFF AND DID A BUNCH OF RESEARCH ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING APPLICATION PROCESS FOR OTHER CITIES RANGING FROM CITIES OUR SIZE TO WELL ABOVE OUR SIZE AND REALLY CAME BACK WITH A LOT OF INTERESTING INFORMATION.
I THINK SHE INDICATED THAT NONE OF THOSE CITIES ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE AN INTERVIEW PROCESS.
THAT WE ARE, I GUESS, THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES.
NOW I'M IN FAVOR OF INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DON'T.
BUT FROM HER STANDPOINT, THESE OTHER CITIES TAKE APPLICATIONS.
THESE APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, ARE IN A WRITTEN FORMAT ANSWERING SEVERAL BASIC QUESTIONS, AND THOSE GO BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING, THEY MAKE A DECISION AND THEN IT GOES ON FROM THERE.
SO, I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.
AND THEN MAKE A DECISION ON THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
I DID TALK TO THE CITY HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT, HEY, CAN WE GET A REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICES ON APPLICATIONS AND PROCESSES FOR NOT JUST THIS COMMITTEE, BUT FOR ALL BOARDS? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A CONSISTENT PROCESS FOR-- EXACTLY.
SO, IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD, PROBABLY FOR HER TO, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER, MAYBE YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT SHE CAN CONTACT TERRY BERUBE JUST TO GET KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF HER INPUT AND INSIGHT FROM THAT.
THAT WAS MY INPUT AS WELL, IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF ATTENTION IS ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE PAST 10 MONTHS.
AND I DON'T HEAR THIS TYPE OF TALK WITH A NUMBER OF THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT SERVE HERE IN DECATUR.
AND I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THIS WILL CARRY OVER TO THOSE, BUT THAT'S MORE OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
NO, I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF THIS GROUP AGREES IS LIKE, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD FOR US TO ASSESS THAT ENTIRE PROCESS FOR ALL THOSE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES TO LOOK AT HOW THEY DO THAT.
SO, EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND THEN EVEN LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS ON THOSE EXCEPTIONS.
THAT CAME UP TO AS A PROCESS LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU SHOULDN'T BE ON HERE BECAUSE
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OF, YOU KNOW, THIS RELATIONSHIP OR THAT RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE.SO, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A GOOD REQUEST FOR US TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOMETHING FROM THE CITY ON BEST PRACTICES AND MAYBE GET-- ABSOLUTELY.
AN APPROVED PROCESS THAT THIS GROUP FEELS GOOD ABOUT.
AND I THINK ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS THAT AS WE GROW, IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
WE JUST DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL THAT-- WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL THAT OUR PROCESS IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE.
AND THAT'S REALLY OUR ONLY CONCERN AS A COUNCIL, I BELIEVE.
AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU, MELINDA.
SO, IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE NEXT TIME THAT WE DO MEET THAT WE WILL SOLIDIFY SOME OF THESE THINGS.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES ARE ASKING OF APPLICANTS IN THEIR CITIES.
SO, WE CAN HONE IN AND GET A REALLY GOOD APPLICATION TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION AND PASS THAT ON TO YOU.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT, BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY HARD ON YOU ALL.
IN A LOT OF WORK, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, I GOT NOTHING OUT OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING THAT I KIND OF LOOK BACK AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF TERRY WAS BEFORE MYSELF OR I WAS BEFORE TERRY, BUT AS WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH AND WE HAD CECIL AND WE HAD CURTIS AND WE HAD YOURSELF AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHEN PEOPLE JUST STOPPED SHOWING UP, AND BECAME AN INTERVIEW PROCESS BECAUSE FOREVER IT WAS LIKE, OH, WILL KLOSE IS WITH US TONIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW-- YOU KNOW, IT WAS JOHN OR EILEEN AND PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
AND BUT I THINK AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO FIND PEOPLE TO SERVE, YOU KNOW, TO GO, HEY, I NEED TO SHOW UP ONCE A MONTH AND.
YEAH, AND YOUR POINT'S TAKEN, AND I THINK MAYBE WITH SOME BOARDS, IT MAY STILL BE THAT CASE WHERE YOU'RE STILL LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO SERVE, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN A FORTUNATE POSITION IN THE LAST TWO TIMES WE'VE LOOKED AT APPLICANTS, WE'VE HAD MORE APPLICANTS THAN THE SLOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND I DO ECHO WHAT I SAID LAST TIME IS IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY, ALWAYS TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME BACK AND APPLY AGAIN.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
BUT AGAIN, I'LL WELCOME ANY INPUT OTHERWISE HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE A NEW PROCESS SOON FROM US, SIR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM 19 IS CONSIDERING TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST BY THE DECATUR
[19. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST BY THE DECATUR MAIN STREET PROGRAM FOR APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC RE-ROUTE REQUEST TO TXDOT IN ORDER TO DIVERT TRUCK TRAFFIC (EXCLUDING DELIVERIES) AWAY FROM THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN]
MAIN STREET PROGRAM FOR APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC REROUTE REQUEST TO TXDOT IN ORDER TO DIVERT TRUCK TRAFFIC, EXCLUDING DELIVERIES, AWAY FROM THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.FRIEDA, BRIEFLY MENTIONED IN HER MONTHLY REPORT.
THIS IS JUST A FORMAL REQUEST.
SHE'S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL TXDOT OFFICE AND THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT, I THINK, WITH THIS IDEA AND THEY WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE AND RUN IT DOWN THE FLAGPOLE WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
AND MAYBE IN FIVE YEARS WE'LL GET A RESPONSE.
IF IT'S FAST TRACK, BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY WE'RE TRYING TO GET NON-DELIVERIES OFF THE SQUARE.
I THINK TXDOT GETTING MORE AND MORE AWARE BECAUSE, LIKE FRIEDA SAID, THIS MORNING, THERE WAS A HIGHWAY SIGN LAYING ON THE SIDEWALK.
THIS MORNING IT-- WAS AT TRINITY AND MAIN OR TRINITY AND WALNUT? FROM OVER THE WEEKEND.
SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE REPLACED THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF THREE YEARS.
SO, THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE] THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM IS ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH THIS.
WHERE'D IT GO? NUMBER WE ON? 19.
I MOVE APPROVE FOR THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM TO PROCEED WITH THE TRUCK TRAFFIC REROUTE REQUEST TO TXDOT.
I THINK I GOT WILL IN ON THAT ONE, SO--.
WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE ON WHICH ONE HERE OR IS THAT ANOTHER?
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OK, SO IT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY CHOOSE THAN WHAT? OK.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY WILL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
ITEM 20 IS CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH SWAGIT
[20.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH SWAGIT TO ADD CLOSED CAPTIONS POST MEETING TO THE ARCHIVED VIDEOS; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT. WHICH COMES WITH A TRANSCRIPT. ]
TO ADD CLOSED CAPTIONS.POST-MEETING FOR THE ARCHIVE VIDEOS AND AUTHORIZE ME TO SIGN IT IF YOU SO DESIRE AND IT COMES WITH A TRANSCRIPT.
SWAGIT EVIDENTLY HAS NOW DECIDED, YOU KNOW, DUE TO HEARING IMPAIRED ADA, NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING CLOSED CAPTIONING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.
THIS PROJECT WAS CHAMPIONED BY DIANNA COCKRELL BEFORE SHE RETIRED.
SHE FELT THAT, SOME OF THE ADMIN FUNCTIONS IN IT WOULD HELP SUSIE GOING FORWARD, AS WELL AS HELP US MEET FCC ADA COMPLIANCE [INAUDIBLE].
WE CURRENTLY PAY ABOUT $1,545 A MONTH FOR THE 50 MEETINGS WE HAVE PER YEAR.
THIS WOULD BE ADDITION OF $670 PER MONTH, MAKING THE TOTAL $2215 A MONTH.
BUT IT WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE SUSIE ADMIN FUNCTIONS TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD CAPTIONS TRANSCRIPTS, HELP DO CERTAIN ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS THAT SHE CURRENTLY DOES, SO SHE'S ONLY A ONE PERSON SHOP, SO THIS WOULD HELP HER OUT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE OUR WEBSITE AND OUR LIVE CAPTION OR OUR LIVE STREAMING ADA COMPLIANT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM? DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ACCESS THE SWAGIT FEED? I CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THAT, BUT I CAN'T GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND ALSO, IF I RECALL WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING WITH SWAGIT, YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE AND TYPE IN KEY WORDS AND IT BRINGS UP THAT MEETING.
IS THAT--? SIR HAS THAT DEVELOPED? IS THAT? YES, THAT-- THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL TO THAT, THAT KEY WORDS AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO GO ONTO THE SITE, CLICK ON WORDING OF THE AGENDA AND IT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO THAT VIDEO PORTION AND ALLOW THEM TO STREAM THAT IS STILL IN THERE.
WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO IS FOR THE ADA COMPLIANT FOR THEM TO THAT-- WHEN THEY CLICK ON THAT WORDING, IT WOULD TALK BACK TO THEM AND TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, IN LANGUAGE.
BUT IT ALSO GIVE SUSIE THE ABILITY TO DOWNLOAD THAT TRANSCRIPT AND TO BE ABLE TO DO HER MINUTES.
RIGHT NOW, SHE HAS TO SIT AND LISTEN TO EACH MINUTE OR GO BACK OVER THE RECORDING TO MAKE UP THE MINUTES.
WHEN THIS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY DO THAT FOR HER, IT WOULD GIVE HER A TRANSCRIPT NOT ONLY IN WRITING, BUT ALSO AUDIBLE.
BASICALLY, I THINK IT'LL END UP BEING LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN HIT THE BUTTON ON YOUR TV, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PROGRAMS GOT CLOSED, CAPTIONING ON THE SCREEN, SO FOR THE PUBLIC, WHO'S WATCHING AN EVENT OR A MEETING, IT WILL HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING ON IT, AND THEY ARE GOING BACK TO DO THE EXISTING ARCHIVES, PLUS THEY WOULD GO FORWARD, SO.
I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
YES, IT MAKES IT SEARCHABLE BY WORDING AND ALL THAT.
CURRENTLY, IT DON'T REALLY DO THAT, BUT THIS WOULD ENABLE THAT PORTION.
FROM WHAT I READ, IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOUR TO FIVE DAYS FOR THIS TO BE UP? FOUR TO FIVE DAYS AFTER THE MEETING BEFORE IT'S ONLINE? GOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE JUST KIND OF WONDERING WHY WE JUST DECIDED WE NEEDED THIS NOW AND WHY WE DIDN'T BUILD IT IN LAST YEAR WHEN WE STARTED WITH SWAGIT.
AT THE TIME, DIANE DIDN'T FEEL THAT SHE KNEW ENOUGH ABOUT IT.
IT'S A DIFFERENT-- IT'S AN ADD ON MODULE.
SHE DIDN'T FEEL THAT SHE KNEW OR SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE NEEDED IT.
SHE THOUGHT, OKAY, LET'S JUST START WITH THE BASICS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
THEN AFTER TIME WENT ON AND SHE TALKED TO OTHER CITIES THAT USE THIS FUNCTION, SHE SAID, OH, THAT WOULD HELP ME TREMENDOUSLY.
AND SO WE GOT TOGETHER, AND SHE SAID, WELL, BEFORE I GET OUT OF HERE, I LIKE TO GET THIS RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL TO HELP SUZY OUT GOING FORWARD.
IS THAT A SET COST? IT'LL BE THE SAME COST EACH YEAR GOING FORWARD OR IS THIS ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL ALSO CHANGE BASED OFF OF THE AMOUNT OF USAGE? NO MA'AM.
THAT'S THE COST GOING FORWARD.
THAT'S FOR 50 MEETINGS PER YEAR IF WE USE IT OR WE DON'T USE IT.
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SO IT'S JUST A MONTHLY COST.AND WE FIGURED RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WE FIGURED IF WE DID THE PNZ MEETINGS OR WHATEVER, WE COULD ACCUMULATE THAT IN A YEAR TIME FRAME.
WE USE UP TO 50 MEETINGS AND IF WE NEEDED MORE, WE COULD ADD IT.
BUT IF YOU ADDED IT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE COST.
ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH SWAGIT TO ADD CLOSE CAPTIONS AND ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ITEM 21 IS CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
[21. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A POLICY SETTING A TIME PERIOD FOR SIDEWALK, CURB AND GUTTER VARIANCES TO REMAIN IN PLACE AFTER APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL AND DIRECTING STAFF TO BRING FORWARD PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY. ‘]
ITEM 21 IS CONSIDERED AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A POLICY SETTING A TIME PERIOD FOR SIDEWALK, CURB AND GUTTER VARIANCES TO REMAIN IN PLACE AFTER APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND DIRECTING STAFF TO BRING FORWARD A PROPOSED ORDINANCE, AMENDMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY OF-- THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE KIND OF TIED.AND SO PATRICIA WILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS, I'M SURE, ON BOTH OF THESE.
I THINK THIS FIRST ITEM IS PRIMARILY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ASKED IN THE PAST FOR CURB AND GUTTER VARIANCES OR SIDEWALK VARIANCES, AND THEY'RE GRANTED, THEY GO TO THE PERSON.
AND IF THE PROPERTY SELLS, THEN THE NEW OWNER HAS TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER VARIANCE.
SO, I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE ON HERE.
SOMEBODY APPROACHED ME AND THEY'RE BUYING A PROPERTY THAT WE JUST APPROVED A VARIANCE LIKE A YEAR AGO THIS MONTH AND THEY'RE DOING THE SAME PROJECT, BUT THEY ASKED FOR THE VARIANCE BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING IT RE-PLATED, BUT NOW THEY'RE PUTTING A HOME ON IT.
IT WAS-- ANYWAYS, IT WASN'T GOING WITH THE PROPERTY, SO THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO COME GET THE SAME VARIANCE AGAIN WHEN WE JUST GAVE THEM THE VARIANCE.
SO, I FEEL LIKE THE VARIANCE SHOULD GO WITH THE LAND, BUT I WAS TALKING TO PATRICIA AND DEDRA, AND THEY MADE SOME GOOD POINTS ABOUT WHY IT DOESN'T GO WITH THE LAND.
SO AT A MINIMUM, IT SHOULD HAVE A TIMELINE ON IT, IN MY OPINION FIVE-- THEY RECOMMENDED TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS, WHATEVER.
THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE A TIMELINE ON IT, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT SEEMS-- WE JUST APPROVED IT LAST YEAR.
I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED AGAIN IF THEY ASK FOR IT AGAIN.
SO, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BOGGING DOWN-- IT BOGGED DOWN THE SYSTEM.
SO ANYTHING TO ADD? THAT'S REALLY IT, IT'S A MATTER OF WITH THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, AS BRETT MENTIONED, JUST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT AS THE COUNCIL IS ACTIVELY LOOKING AT TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE AND STREAMLINE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES JUST WHERE THE ISSUES COME UP, THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR.
SO, THIS IS A UNIQUE TYPE OF VARIANT.
IT'S VIA THE CITY'S ORDINANCE.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH IT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVES FOR ESCROW AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT IS REALLY BEING TREATED AS SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH A PERSONAL REQUEST FOR A PROPERTY AND TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY, WHICH DOVETAILS INTO, I DON'T WANT TO HOP TO THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, BUT DOVETAILS INTO THE NEXT TWO ITEMS WHERE I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF STAFF CAN GET SOME DIRECTION, THEN THAT WILL HELP THE OVERALL GOAL OF US TRYING TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THESE PROCESSES.
BUT WHAT WE CAME UP WITH IN TALKING TO COUNCILMAN HAYES WAS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP HAVING PEOPLE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IF IT'S REDUNDANT, ESPECIALLY.
COME UP WITH THE TIME PERIOD THAT WE THINK IS GOOD AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DEAL WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WAY AND WE CAN GET THAT FIX IN PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THAT ARE COMING FORWARD NOW.
AND AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE OTHER TWO QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP, MAYBE IT WILL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL GET IT WORKED OUT.
WHAT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON TIME? I THINK TWO YEARS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AND THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT.
I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S REALLY UNCOMMON FOR PEOPLE TO GET A VARIANCE AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THEY SELL THE PROPERTY OFF, AND IN MY MIND, IT'S BOGGING DOWN THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] DEPARTMENT PNZ, US GOING THROUGH THIS
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PROCESS AGAIN FOR REALISTICALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT-- WE'RE 99 PERCENT OF THE TIME, WE'RE JUST GOING TO APPROVE AGAIN.TWO YEARS, I DON'T KNOW, I MIGHT HONESTLY GO TO THREE AS WE LISTEN TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER THERE, TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS IS SIX MONTHS JUST IN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY HICCUPS IN FINANCE, THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER COULD BE TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY TURN AROUND.
SO, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THREE IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE AT.
BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO JUST TO STOP DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER JUST TO PROVE THAT WE CAN DO IT.
OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS, LEGAL COUNSEL? NO, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU'RE WANTING TO GO, THEN THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE A POLICY ESTABLISHING A THREE YEAR TIME PERIOD FOR SIDEWALK CURB AND GUTTER VARIANCES TO REMAIN IN PLACE AFTER APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND HOW-- WOULD THAT JUST BE FOR-- I MEAN, THAT'S A-- WOULD THAT RETRO OR WOULD THAT BE? THAT WOULD BE FROM THIS POINT-- WELL, FROM THIS POINT FORWARD ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN GRANTED WITHIN--.
CAN I JUST SAY APPROVE WHAT PATRICIA SAID? [LAUGHTER] I SAY AS A-- WELL, OBVIOUSLY.
YEAH, YOU IT-- WE'LL CATCH IT UP.
APPROVE A POLICY NAMING THE TIME PERIOD AND--.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A POLICY WITH A THREE YEAR TIME PERIOD FOR VARIANCES, AS DESCRIBED IN NUMBER 21 ON THE AGENDA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
ITEM 22 IS HOLD A DISCUSSION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A POLICY SETTING.
YEAH, I KNOW I'M READING 21 AGAIN.
CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF SUBDIVISION VARIANCE REQUESTS THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDE
[22. HOLD A DISCUSSION, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF SUBDIVISION VARIANCE REQUESTS THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO CITY MANAGER REGARDING SAME.]
DIRECTION TO CITY MANAGER REGARDING THE SAME.AND I THINK, JAKE, YOU ASKED FOR THIS TOO.
AND AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT PATRICIA HAD-- IF THEY HAD A DISCUSSION WITH DEDRA TOO.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU GO TO REQUEST A VARIANCE, ESPECIALLY FOR CURB AND SIDEWALK GUTTER, YOU HAVE TO APPLY ON A CERTAIN DAY OF THE MONTH BETWEEN 8 A.M.
THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION YOU HAVE.
AND I KNOW IT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE 30 DAY SHOT CLOCK, BUT IT SEEMS UNFAIR TO ME THAT WE-- I MEAN, YOU HAVE A WINDOW OF LITERALLY WHAT, FOUR HOURS A MONTH THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR A VARIANCE.
AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN WHEN PATRICIA AND I AND DEDRA TALKED ABOUT IT, I UNDERSTAND THEIR POINT ON IT.
AND SO THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE IT OVER INTO A PUBLIC WORKS TO GIVE GREG SOME MORE WORK [LAUGHTER].
I UNDERSTAND THE 30 DAY SHOT CLOCK.
BUT AT NO POINT IN TIME IS THERE A FOUR HOUR WINDOW OUT OF A HUNDRED AND [INAUDIBLE].
THAT EVERY DEVELOPER, EVERY HOMEOWNER, EVERY PERSON.
THAT WAS THAT FOUR HOUR WINDOW AND WHAT IT CAN COST AN INDIVIDUAL TO HOLD A $300,000 HOUSE FOR ANOTHER MONTH, MAYBE TWO MONTHS, IS [INAUDIBLE] TO.
[INAUDIBLE] AND YOU'VE GOT FIGURE OUT A WAY.
TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE TODAY, IT'S REALLY NOT.
THE STAFF DID [INAUDIBLE] ON SOME PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT FOUR HOURS OUT OF 160 [INAUDIBLE].
OR EVEN IF YOU HAD TWO DAYS A MONTH AT THE FOUR HOURS OR MAKE IT A WHOLE EIGHT HOUR, I MEAN, THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVENIENT.
THERE'S-- ARE DEADLINES, WHETHER YOU'RE A CITIZEN OR A DEVELOPER.
BUT FOUR HOURS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO THIN OF A DEADLINE, IN MY OPINION.
IT WOULDN'T BE HARD TO DO TWICE A MONTH, AND IT'D BE AN ALL DAY PROCESS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THINGS COME UP, YOU GET IN TRAFFIC AND WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND YOU'RE 30
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MINUTES PAST AND THE WORD IS SORRY, YOU'RE 30 MINUTES PAST, I'LL SEE YOU SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, NEXT MONTH, BUT DON'T BE LATE.MY GUESS IS EARL AND GREG ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THESE NOW.
AND PART OF THE PROCESS MAY BE TO GIVE THEM MORE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THEM ON THEIR OWN.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE BAGGAGE THAT HAPPENS INEVITABLY WHEN THE STATE DECIDES TO GET IN THE BUSINESS OF REGULATING THE WHOLE STATE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS.
YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS GREAT TO A VOTER THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT MEAN OLD CITY.
WELL, ALL THAT DID WAS CREATE THESE KIND OF PROBLEMS. AND FOR A LOT OF CITIES, THEY JUST AUTOMATICALLY DENY THEM TO BUY THE EXTRA MONTH.
SO, THAT NEVER MAKES THE STUMP, AND THAT NEVER MAKES THE PRESS, SO HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A PENDULUM SWING AT THE LEGISLATURE SOON TO WHERE WE'RE NOT QUITE SO MUCH THE ENEMY.
AND THAT'LL BE THE END OF MY LECTURE FOR TONIGHT.
[23. HOLD A DISCUSSION, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY ENGINEER AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO BRING FORWARD A PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE LOCATION OF SIDEWALKS WITHIN THE CITY AND A PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE LOCATION OF CURB AND GUTTER WITHIN THE CITY.]
SO, IS THE COUNCIL GOOD WITH THE CITY PROVIDING US FEEDBACK ON AN ADJUSTMENT OR DO WE WANT TO-- THAT SEEM REASONABLE FOR THE? OK.MAYOR, I THINK IT SEEMS REASONABLE, BUT I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH SO THAT, LIKE JAKE SAID, A HOMEOWNER IS NOT FORCED TO WAIT AN ENTIRE MONTH.
GREG IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WOULD NEED A SHOT CLOCK ON? [INAUDIBLE] WANT TO SEE.
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU GUYS, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ONLY MEETS ONCE A MONTH.
THEY CAN TURN THE APPLICATIONS IN TWICE A MONTH, BUT THE PNZ ONLY MEETS ONCE A MONTH.
SO LET ME TRY TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT HERE.
SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT CITIES ARE DOING IS IF THEY HAVE A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT MEETS ONE TIME A MONTH, THEY HAVE ONE DAY THAT THEY'RE ALLOWING YOU TO SUBMIT BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THAT 30 DAY SHOT CLOCK.
IF THEY MEET TWICE A MONTH, THERE'S TWO DAYS.
FOR A WHILE THE PNC WAS MEETING TWICE A MONTH AND I THINK WE ENDED UP NOT REALLY NECESSARILY NEEDING THOSE MEETINGS, SO WE BACKED OFF OF THAT.
BUT I THINK THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON HERE.
YOU KNOW, ONE IS THE SHOT CLOCK, WHICH ARE THE PLATS, THE OTHER ARE ALL THESE OTHER TYPES OF SUBDIVISION VARIANCE TYPE OF EXCEPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WHEN COUNCILMAN, HAYES AND DEDRA AND I WERE TALKING AND WHEN BRETT AND I WERE SUBSEQUENTLY TALKING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN KIND OF BIFURCATE THAT PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN-- WE KNOW WE HAVE ONE CENTRAL AREA FOR FILING OF PERMITS THAT FALLS UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SORT OF SEGMENT THAT ONE PORTION OFF SO THAT THERE'S MORE LATITUDE TO FILE THOSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT STUCK WITH THOSE DAYS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO A SHOT CLOCK? BUT AS FAR AS-- SO, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO TO TRY TO SPEED THINGS UP AND MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY.
THE OTHER COMPONENT OF THAT AS GREG MENTIONED, IF YOU WANT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THOSE THINGS MORE FREELY RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH A PROCESS THAT LEADS US TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS GIVE SOME INPUT AND SET UP WHERE YOU ALL BELIEVE OR POLICIES THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE APPROPRIATE FOR WHERE YOU WANT SIDEWALKS AND WHERE YOU WANT CURB AND GUTTER OR FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE EARL, WHERE EARL THINKS WE NEED CURB AND GUTTER.
YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN SET UP THAT FRAMEWORK, THEN THAT TAKES IT OFF AT THE FRAMEWORK SET STACK STAFF CAN ADMINISTER THAT FRAMEWORK AND THEN THE ONLY THINGS THAT GO THROUGH THAT OR WHERE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM IN THAT FRAMEWORK AND THEY WANT AN EXCEPTION AS OPPOSED TO JUST GENERALLY RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT EVERYWHERE.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, YOU GO THROUGH A PROCESS.
IF WE CAN TELL FOLKS THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S VISION, THIS IS WHERE THE COUNCIL THINKS IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE SIDEWALKS.
THIS IS WHERE OUR CITY ENGINEER AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BELIEVE CURB AND GUTTER IS GOOD AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT.
I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LOT EASIER.
SO, THE PURPOSE WAS REALLY TO GET SOME INPUT FROM EVERYBODY TONIGHT ON WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS WERE WITH THIS SO THAT IT WASN'T TO-- SO THAT EARL AND GREG DON'T TRY TO BEAT ME AND DEDRA UP AFTERWARDS, THAT IT WASN'T TO DUMP IT ON THEM.
IT WAS JUST TO KIND OF TRY TO GO, HOW CAN WE MAYBE PULL THIS PROCESS OFF, MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER, MAYBE GIVE STAFF MORE AUTHORITY WITH COUNCIL GUIDANCE?
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WELL, I KNOW THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGN ORDINANCE, THAT WAS A LOT OF IT IS GIVING STAFF SOME ABILITY TO APPROVE THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND ALSO EXPANDING IT SO THAT IT'S NOT SO NARROW.WE PAY THESE PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY.
I WOULD ASSUME THEY COULD MAKE SOME DECISIONS FOR US ONCE WE GAVE LATITUDE OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
YOU KNOW HOW FAR AWAY IN THEORY FROM THE NEXT SIDEWALK OR MULTIPLE SIDEWALKS? BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THE RANDOM SIDEWALK THAT LOOKS LIKE GRASS.
BUT IN MY MIND, AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT MORE ON GREG BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY TAKEN ONE OR TWO THINGS, BUT IF WE CAN MAKE THE PROCESS A LOT SIMPLER SO THAT HE CAN LOOK AT IT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY A LOT EASIER AND STOP SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON CREATING A 300 PAGE AGENDA.
AND SO IF WE DO THAT, IF WE COME UP WITH A PLAN ON WHERE THE COUNCIL SEES THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SIDEWALKS OR WHERE, I GUESS MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE IT DOESN'T WANT SIDEWALKS, THEN GREG OR DEDRA, WHOEVER THEY CAN SAY, YEAH, YOU'RE APPROVED FOR THE VARIANCE.
BUT IF IT'S IN A LOCATION THAT WE DON'T COME UP WITH, THEY CAN STILL GET A VARIANCE FROM US.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A WORKSHOP TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WANT IT OR--.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE MADE MYSELF CLEAR THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD--.
I JUST DON'T THINK THE CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY.
I AGREE WITH YOU, JAKE, I THINK WE NEED A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS IT AND COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON.
WELL, YOU GUYS NEED, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO COME TO A CONSENSUS AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE TAKE IT FROM THERE AND DEVELOP THE INSTRUMENT THAT REFLECTS THAT WILL AND THEN YOU APPROVE THAT.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR NEW MARCHING ORDERS.
WHEN I THINK IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY IF THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING IS IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF THOSE THAT WE'VE EVALUATED, IT'S BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANYTHING IN THE AREA OR ADJACENT TO SPEAKERS].
WELL, IT'S ALMOST LIKE OUR ACTION IS KIND OF OUR WORD.
MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF IT NECESSARILY HAS TO BE-- I MEAN, WE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS IT AS A GROUP, BUT I KIND OF FALL IN THAT SAME PLACE.
IT'S LIKE, GOSH, IF THE ASSESSMENT IS THIS, THERE'S NO OTHER PROPERTIES LIKE THIS IN THE GENERAL AREA THAT I'M LIKE, THERE'S NO REASON TO ASK THIS PERSON TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE FOR THESE OTHER--.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IN OUR MASTER PLAN, WE ALSO HAVE AREAS WHERE OUR CITIZENS WANT IT TO BE ABLE TO WALK.
OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT IS ONE OF THOSE.
AND THERE ARE PLACES IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WHERE IT DOESN'T MEET THAT CRITERIA.
I MEAN, MY HOUSE IS AN EXAMPLE, BUT IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO PUT THAT IN TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT AND SO OUR CITIZENS CAN WALK.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN'T REALLY WALK FROM MY HOUSE TO THE SQUARE WITHOUT IT BEING DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF WHAT'S THERE.
SO, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.
[INAUDIBLE] YOU COULD JUST SAY IF IT'S IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THEY NEED TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO GET A VARIANCE.
OTHERWISE-- OR WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE PARAMETERS LATER, OR.
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NOT, IN MY OPINION--.
WHAT ABOUT AROUND SCHOOLS? AND I MEAN, THINK THIS IS WORKSHOP-- THIS IS EVIDENCE OF A WORKSHOP.
[INAUDIBLE] THE ONLY OTHER THING IS EITHER, YEAH, LET'S DO A WORKSHOP OR THE OTHER IS IF THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT KIND OF THAT PROPOSAL BASED ON THESE GENERAL COMMENTS THAT WE MADE.
I'M HAPPY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, TOO.
I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO PROLONG THIS MEETING, BUT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE IT INVOLVES SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, INVOLVES SEVERAL ORDINANCES.
PLUS IN THIS DAY AND AGE WITH ADA, IT TAKES ONE PERSON TO FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ADA COMPLIANT SIDEWALKS OR RAMPS TO MELINDA'S QUESTION WHEN YOU'RE ON THIS HILL.
IT'S HARD TO GET A FOOT OR AN INCH PER FOOT, AND IN ADDITION, THE SIDE SLOPES.
THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO PROVIDE IT, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEBODY FILED A COMPLAINT ON YOU AND THEN THE FEDS COME IN INVESTIGATING AND [INAUDIBLE] WHAT IT DOES.
SO, IT'S A LOT MORE INVOLVED THAN WE JUST NEED TO FIX IT.
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WELL, LET'S DO HAVE A WORKSHOP.WHY DON'T WE GO AND GET ONE OF THOSE SCHEDULED? IT WOULD BE NICE FOR SOME OF THESE BASIC THINGS.
SO IT COULD BE FACILITATED TO GO THROUGH SYSTEMICALLY WHAT THESE DIFFERENT AREAS ARE SO WE CAN PROVIDE INPUT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PUT THESE ITEMS-- OR WE'LL HAVE THESE ITEMS ON THE WORKSHOP.
AND WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT IT'S YOUR PLEASURE.
ITEM 24 IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD
[24. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING HELD JANUARY 10, 2022.]
JANUARY THE 10TH AND ALL OF US SHOULD HAVE COPIES OF THOSE MINUTES IN YOUR PACKET.HAVE A SECOND AND ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[25. ACCEPTANCE OF QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.]
ITEM 25 IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF THIS.WE'RE JUST REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IT TO YOU ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
ANYBODY SIGN UP TO GIVE PUBLIC INPUT TONIGHT? THANK YOU.
[27. COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM 27, IS COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AS ALWAYS JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL GET IT ON THERE.
I BELIEVE THAT GETS US TO ADJOURNMENT AND WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8:08.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.