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AND YOU COULD JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.I WAS JUST TELLING NATE THIS PAST WEEK, IT'S LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DO THE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE IT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE WHY WAIT TILL SIX TO DO THAT? AND I'M SO GLAD EVERYBODY HERE WAS READY TO DO THAT.
SO ITEM NUMBER ONE IN OUR WORKSHOP DISCUSSION OF CITY DECATUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
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MR. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT TO PROVIDE COUNCIL? ACTUALLY YOUR HONOR, ON CANADA WILL BE PROVIDING THAT REPORT TO US.MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF HERE TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2023.
SO LET'S START WITH THE NEXT PAGE.
HERE THIS IMPORTANT CALENDAR DATES.
JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
AND THE REASON WHY WE WERE MEETING TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO PROPOSE THE BUDGET AND ALSO THE TAX RATE.
AND IF YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS TAX RATE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WE NEED TO SET UP A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST THE 22ND AND THE SECOND ONE FOR SEPTEMBER THE 12TH.
PROBABLY GOOD TO NOTE THAT FOR SOMEBODY MOTION COMING SHORTLY.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ON OUR BUDGET.
OF COURSE. THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
WE HAD AN OPERATING REVENUES ARE GREATER AND EQUAL TO OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURE.
THE PROPERTY TAX RATE THIS CURRENT YEAR'S .586092.
AND WHAT THE STAFF IS PROPOSING IS 0.645258, WHICH IS OUR VOTERS APPROVAL RATE AND IS BROKEN DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING OF .443658 AND INTEREST AND THINKING IS .2016 AND THAT ONE ACTUALLY GRADUALLY WENT UP BECAUSE OF OUR NEW BOND OF 33 MILLION.
AS FAR AS PERSONNEL, WE KEEP A 3% SALARY INCREASES FOR EVERYBODY.
WE CONTINUE WITH THE LONGEVITY PAY, WHICH WE STARTED LAST YEAR.
WE KEPT THE STEP RACES OVER TIME FOR POLICE AND FIRE.
AND WE STILL HAVE A $10,000 FOR EMPLOYEES ON HEALTH CARE COSTS.
UM. SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR COMMITTEE IS TO BRING UP THE SALARY TO THE $15 FOR PART TIME EMPLOYEES AND 18 FOR FULL TIME POSITIONS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SOME OF THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
WE ADDED A GRAND RIDER, REMEMBER WE HAD THAT ONE TWO YEARS AGO, SO WE BROUGHT THAT ONE BACK.
AND THIS IS FOR ANYTHING THAT IS FOR FUNDING CITYWIDE.
UM. WE HAVE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE AT CITY HALL.
EXPANDING CLASSES OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ADDED MORE ADVERTISING FOR THE CONFERENCE CENTER AND A CONTRACT FOR THE DESKTOP TECHNICIAN IS FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT.
THE NEXT PAGE. SOME OF THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD SOME PAY TIED DOWN AREA OF THE AIRPORT.
WE HAVE FOUR POLICE VEHICLES FOR LEASING OVERLAY, MULBERRY ASPHALT LAID DOWN AND TRUCKS FOR STREETS. WE HAVE SOME TRAINING ROOM UPDATED THE FIRE STATION AND THIS IS OUR SECOND PAYMENT FOR THAT PUMPER.
SO WE HAVE THAT ONE IN THE BUDGET AS WELL.
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MORE GENERATORS OF THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT.SO WE JUST THAT WAS THE ADDED DEBT AS FAR AS THE FUND BALANCE THERE, THE GOALS CONTINUE BEING THE 25% FOR BOTH GENERAL FUND AND THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER OUR DEBT FOR THE YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR AS FAR AS REVENUES, THE 13 MILLION INCREASE OF 825,000 AND SOME OF THAT WAS INCREASING THE PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.
ALL THE FINES AND FEES, TRANSFERS, CONFERENCE CENTER RECEIPTS ALL REMAINED THE SAME FOR THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A 20,000 POLICE GRANT REIMBURSEMENT AND I FORGOT WHAT THAT WAS FOR THE PAPERS.
AS FAR AS FOR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, THAT WAS 13 MILLION AND IT WAS AN INCREASE OF $1 MILLION.
SOME OF THAT WAS THE 3% SALARY INCREASE.
YOU CAN SEE 633,000 ADDITIONAL FOR NEW POSITIONS, STEP RACES AND OVERTIME.
AND OF COURSE, THE LONGEVITY PAY.
BUT WE ARE PROJECTING IN CASE THAT THE FUEL STILL IS UP 93 FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE WRITER IS 35,000 AND CONTINUE WITH THE LONG RANGE MASTER PLAN AT 28 500 FOR THE YEAR AND REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER FOR 311,000.
AND HERE IS JUST ALL ABOUT PROPERTY TAX.
THE .645258 IS OUR VOTERS APPROVAL RATE AND COMPARED TO LAST YEAR TO THE .58 WE HAD HIGHER.
THIS PARTICULAR RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 0.57803.
AGAIN, THIS IS BROKEN DOWN, BUT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING AND INTEREST AND THINKING.
AND OVERALL THERE WAS AN INCREASE ON THE TAX RATE OF 13.74.
SO WE STILL CONTINUE WITH THE 65 OVER 65 EXCEPTION AND DISABILITY REMAIN.
NEXT PAGE. AND HERE'S THE TABLE THAT IT SHOWS.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE SINCE 2019 REGARDING ALL THE DIFFERENT RATES AND COMPARED TO 2021, WE HAVE SOME CHANGES, AS YOU CAN SEE, LIKE FOR THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
YOUR THIRD LINE FROM THE TOP, IT WENT DOWN FROM .564692 TO POINT .507803.
BUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE BORDER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF .645258, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE TABLE RIGHT BELOW, IS JUST WITHIN OUR YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
SO ANY IT WILL NOT TRIGGER ANY PETITION FOR AN ELECTION SO WE CAN STILL DO THE POINT.
AND IS THAT POINT .645258 IN COMPARISON WITH A NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE? THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND IN THIS ONE, WE JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT HAS GRADUALLY GONE UP AND DOWN IN REGARD TO THE TAX RATE. AND ON THE LAST YEAR, YOU CAN SEE .645258.
I MEAN, THE HIGHEST YEARS WAS FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND 2018.
SO GRADUALLY CHANGE FROM 2019 THROUGH 22 AND THEN PICKED UP FOR THIS YEAR.
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FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.AND HERE'S THAT SHOWING THAT CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUE.
YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED FROM 2015 TO NOW, IT ALMOST DOUBLED THAT NUMBER.
AND TAX COLLECTIONS, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2015, WE WENT FROM 4.08 TO 6.704. THE NEXT FLIGHT.
THIS ONE IS JUST SHOWING THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES WITHIN THE TAX RATE WHERE SOME OF IT GOES TO REAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE FIRST SET OF BARS.
THE SECOND ONE IS PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND THE NEXT ONES ARE MINERALS AND INDUSTRIAL.
AND THEN THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST IS ALL THE TOTAL OF THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
YOU'RE SHOWING HOW IS LOOKING AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S KIND OF BEEN STEADY FROM THE FEW YEARS BACK.
THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS OUR SALES TAX.
SO AS WE'RE GOING UP FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR, FROM 3.8 TO 4.2.
NEXT SLIDE. AND FOR THE BUDGET AND FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND, THEY HAVE A REVENUE OF 6.468 THOUSAND FOR 55 INCREASE OF 417,000 AND EXPENDITURES 6 MILLION 671 INCREASE OF 620,000, SOME OF IT WITH THE BOND.
SO THE PORTION THE ALLOCATED PORTION IS 566,185.
THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER REVENUES.
ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS IS A TOUGH RINDER 30,000 AND FILTER MEDIA REVAMP.
C12 COVERS CYLINDER 70,000 AND THEY HAVE ALSO UNDER BUDGET OF TRUCK WELL MIXER FOR 50,000 AND MORE AND TRUCK GENERATORS AS WELL.
THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S ALL THE OTHER SMALL DEPARTMENTS, THE AIRPORT FUN.
THEY HAVE JUST THE REVENUE OF 138,200.
WE BUDGETED REVENUE 691 AND SAME FOR EXPENDITURES.
THE CONFERENCE CENTER HAVE REVENUES OF 290,000 AND EXPENDITURES OF 1,000,278, WHICH THEY HAVE 225,000 FOR PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND OPERATES THE FACILITY.
AND ON THE MAIN STREET WE JUST HAVE REVENUES 162 AND EXPENDITURES 161.
THE NEXT SLIDE. AND A FEW OF THE OTHER ONES.
OF COURSE, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS ALL THE BOND PAYMENTS.
SO WE HAVE 2 MILLION, 2,057,000 FOR THERE, TWO CURRENT BONDS THAT WE HAVE, PLUS THE NEW ONE.
HERE. WE'RE PROPOSING THE TAX RATE OF 0.64 TO 52.58.
AND WE HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS, WHICH IS .507803.
AND TONIGHT, IF YOU ACCEPT THE ADOPTED TAX RATE, WE WILL SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 22ND AND SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 12 AND THE SAME FOR THE BUDGET.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? A LOT OF THE INFORMATION.
WELL, VERY GOOD DETAILED REPORT.
I THINK ALSO THIS YEAR WE'VE IN PARTICULAR HAVE PROBABLY GOT A LOT MORE DETAIL ABOUT.
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ALL OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WITH OUR CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION AS BEING IN FRONT OF US AND THEN BEING PASSED BY A COUNCIL.SO I FEEL LIKE WE WERE PROBABLY PRETTY WELL ATTUNED TO ALL THE ITEMS. SO BUT AGAIN, A GOOD REVIEW.
I KNOW JAKE HAS JOINED US ONLINE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF HE HAS QUESTIONS THAT HE CAN JOIN US.
YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO APPROVE HIM FOR? AUDIO. THANK YOU.
MIKE, I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK THOSE OF US THAT SERVED ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND TO ESPECIALLY THANK, ANA AND NATE AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT CHAIR. IT WAS A REALLY STRUGGLE THIS YEAR TO GET TO WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE.
AND IT CAME DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, A ONE LAST MEETING AND ASKING THEM TO GIVE UP A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.
AND THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON HERE THAT WAS NOT A TOTAL TEAM PLAYER AND DIDN'T GLADLY DO IT.
AND I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU GUYS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE TEAMWORK THAT THIS CITY HAS.
WELL, THANK YOU. I WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO ECHO THAT.
OUR EXPERIENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT THIS CITY IS MADE UP OF VERY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS, AND PARTICULARLY IN OUR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, BEING VERY COMMUNICATIVE AND COLLABORATING AND BEING VERY MUCH, LIKE YOU SAID, TEAM PLAYERS.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SETS DECATUR APART.
FOR YOU SPENDING TIME WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
ANA. AND AGAIN, FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOU.
AND AGAIN, ALL DIRECTORS AND STAFF AND NATE APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I CAN'T SEE JAKE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE I'M ASSUMING HE DOESN'T HAVE A COMMENT EITHER.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING IT UP ON THE BOARD FOR US.
WELL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ON DISCUSSION FOR ONE.
JUST REMEMBER, WHEN WE GET INTO A REGULAR MEETING, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SCHEDULE.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD TO PUT UP THE FINAL SLIDE BECAUSE IT HAS THE PROPOSED RATE AND PROPOSED DATES THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THOSE MAKING A MOTION.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ACTION.
ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR A WORKSHOP IS DISCUSSION REGARDING DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE.
WE'LL STAND BY TO LISTEN FOR STAFF REPORT ON THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT. DO WE HAVE A WEATHER TEAM THAT UP? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR LEGAL TEAM JOIN US VIA ZOOM TO HELP WALK THROUGH THE FIRST LOOK AT OUR SIGN ORDINANCE REWRITE.
AWESOME. HEAR FROM, I BELIEVE, CYNTHIA, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
ATTORNEY AT OUR FIRM HERE USED TO BE A PLANNER.
AND SO SHE'S THE ONE HELPING YOU GUYS WITH YOUR SIGN ORDINANCE.
AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET HER ONLINE REAL QUICK.
WELL, I LIKE THE IDEA. I WAS CURIOUS.
I WAS CURIOUS WHAT THE PAUSE WAS FOR THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION FILIBUSTER, IF YOU WILL.
ALL RIGHT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
OKAY. DO YOU ALL HAVE THE PRESENTATION? [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.
IT'S UP AND RUNNING, SO I CAN'T SEE.
I'M ONE OF THE SENIOR ATTORNEYS WITH MR.
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FORT MCDONALD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SLIDE TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
AND THEN HOW DOES DECATUR COMPARE WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS? GO OVER A FEW OF THE IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS WITH THE EXISTING SIGN ORDINANCE AND OFFER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THOSE PROBLEMS. GIVE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF A FEW OF THE ASPECTS OF A NEW DRAFT SIGN ORDINANCE THAT I PUT TOGETHER AND THEN GO OVER NEXT STEPS.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THAT.
THERE WERE INITIALLY THE CITY CONTACTED THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THE SIGN ORDINANCE.
THERE WERE TOO MANY VARIANCES.
THERE WAS ALSO A COMMENT THAT THE CITY ORDINANCE WAS NOT USER FRIENDLY AND A CONCERN THAT THE SIGN ORDINANCE NEEDED TO ALLOW LARGER SIGNS ON HIGHWAY 287 AND THEN ALSO DEAL WITH THE REID VERSUS TON OF GILBERT US SUPREME COURT CASE THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ABOUT, WHICH SAID THAT THE CITY CANNOT REGULATE SIGNS BASED ON WHAT THE SIGN SAYS.
AND LASTLY, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THE CITY AND FORUM, THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT WAS A CONCERN WAS HAVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNS IN THE DOWNTOWN.
SO WHEN I MET WITH CITY STAFF, THE CONCERN IS THAT THE CITY NEEDED A WHOLE NEW SIGN ORDINANCE.
THE CITY STAFF SUGGESTED, ADDING.
A NUMBER OF SIGNS TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE, PARTICULARLY TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN THE DOWNTOWN, ADDING LIKE A-FRAME SIGNS, THE SIGNS THAT YOU SEE OUT ON THE SIDEWALK, CANTILEVERED SIGNS, SIGNS THAT ARE PROJECTING OVER THE SIDEWALK ITSELF ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING AWNING OR CANOPY SIGNS, ROOF SIGNS, DIGITAL SIGNS, MENU BOARDS, AND THEN TRYING TO ADDRESS MURALS AND WHAT ARE CALLED GHOST SIGNS. AND THOSE ARE SIGNS THAT ARE PAINTED ON THE SIDE OF A BRICK BUILDING THAT HAVE FADED.
AND JUST SOME CITIES WITH HISTORIC DOWNTOWNS HAVE A REGULATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE GO SIGNS TO BE PRESERVED AS IS.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO I LOOKED BACK AT THE VARIANCES THAT WERE.
REVIEWED BY COUNCIL FROM 2017 TO MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE 39 VARIANCES.
MOST OF THEM WERE WALL SIGNED VARIANCES.
A COUPLE WERE FOR JOINT USE SIGNS.
A FEW WERE FOR MONUMENT SIGNS.
AND THERE WERE ALSO A COUPLE OF SIGNS FOR VARIANCES FOR ELECTRONIC SIGNS.
I'M SORRY. THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO READ.
BUT THE INTENTION OF THIS SLIDE WAS TO COMPARE DECATUR WITH A COUPLE OTHER CITIES AND WEATHERFORD AND DENTON WERE WERE SELECTED. I SELECTED TO COMPARE DECATUR WALL SIGNS, MONUMENT SIGNS AND POLE SIGNS BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE SIGNS THAT HAD, I THOUGHT, HAD THE MOST VARIANCES.
WEATHERFORD SIGN ORDINANCE ALLOWS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE WALL TO BE COVERED WITH SIGNAGE.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN DECATUR.
DECATUR USES THE BUILDING SETBACK TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH OR HOW LARGE THE WALL SIGN CAN BE.
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DENTON HAS A DIFFERENT A COMPLEX FORMULA.DECATUR HAS REGULATES MONUMENT SIGNS BY BY ZONING DISTRICT, AND WEATHERFORD HAS DIVIDED BY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL.
IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, THE SIGN CAN BE 180 SQUARE FEET AND 12 FEET IN HEIGHT.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT DECATUR ALLOWS IN LIKE A HIGHWAY FOR THE CITY'S HIGHWAY MONUMENT SIGNS AND FOR THE POLE SIGNS.
AND I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN HOW DECATUR DOES IT.
BUT IT IS JUST I THINK THE INTENT OF THIS SLIDE WAS JUST TO SEE IF DECATUR IS IN LINE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES AND A COUPLE OF OTHER CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS.
SO AS I POINTED OUT, THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS THERE ARE MANY VARIANCES THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNCIL, THE HISTORIC SIGNS, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNS IN THE DOWNTOWN.
A COUPLE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD OFFER IS TO PROVIDE RELIEF PROCEDURES IN THE SIGNED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE THE NUMBER OF SIGN VARIANCES THAT THE COUNCIL SEES AND THEN ADD MORE TYPES OF SIGNS IN THE DOWNTOWN TO ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEN ALSO INCREASE THE POLE SIGN HEIGHT FOR EITHER THE FOR THE HIGHWAY POLE SIGN OR THE JUST THE REGULAR POLE SIGN HEIGHT AND SIGN AREA ADJACENT TO 287 I PUT TO 87, BUT IT COULD BE THREE HERE, ANY OTHER TYPE OF ARTERIAL ROADWAY THAT THE COUNCIL DESIRES.
SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT THE STAFF HAS PROVIDED TO ME, I PREPARED A I WOULD SAY THE FIRST DRAFT OF A SIGNED ORDINANCE, AND I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE ASPECTS OF THE SIGN ORDINANCE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT I ADDED DEFINITIONS TO THE DRAFT ORDINANCE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION TO THE TO THE APPLICANTS AND ALSO TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT TYPE OF SIGNS ARE ALLOWED.
IT'S NOT ALL REAL IMPORTANT FOR THIS IN TERMS OF OUR CONVERSATION TONIGHT, BUT JUST TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO THE APPLICANT SO THEY KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM AND WHAT THEY CAN INSTALL FOR SIGNAGE.
THAT THIS RELIEF PROCEDURE WOULD ALLOW THE STAFF TO APPROVE SORT OF A WAIVER OF UP TO 20% OF THE MAXIMUM SIZE ALLOWED OR THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED BY THE SIGNED ORDINANCE.
SO LONG AS THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATES THESE THE THE FOUR ITEMS, THE FOUR ELEMENTS THAT I HAVE LISTED HERE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER OR SIGNER OWNER HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY HAVE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES IN COMPLYING WITH THE THE SIGN ORDINANCE.
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THE MODIFICATION IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE SIGNED ORDINANCE, AND THE MODIFICATION DOES NOT LESSEN PUBLIC SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT LAST ONE WOULD BE THAT IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH TRAFFIC, OR IF IT'S A SIGN THAT IS ELIMINATED, DOESN'T SOMEHOW INTERFERE OR DISTRACT DRIVERS. AND IF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IS USING THIS SECTION AS THIS PROPOSED SECTION TO GIVE THE SIGN APPLICANT OR THE SIGN OWNER RELIEF, THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO DOCUMENT IN THE FILE IN THE IN THE CITY RECORDS.SO THAT'S ONE OPTION TO GIVE MORE RELIEF OR MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE SIGN OWNERS OF THE BUSINESSES.
I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE SIGN PROPOSED SIGNS THAT I ADDED TO WHAT I'M CALLING IT.
IT'S A SEPARATE HISTORIC SIGN DISTRICT.
SETBACK WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED.
THAT'S HOW THE CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCE IS SET UP.
THE SIDEWALK SIGNS WOULD BE ALLOWED AND THE CANTILEVER AND THE AWNING AND THE ROOF SIGNS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION ARE ALSO INCORPORATED AND A FEW OTHER SIGNS ARE ADDED TO THIS DRAFT SIGN ORDINANCE.
PAINTED WALL SIGN WHERE THE SIGNS ACTUALLY PAINTED RIGHT ON TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
KIND OF LIKE A HISTORIC MOVIE THEATER WHERE THEY HAVE THE MARQUEE OVER THE SIDEWALK AND MURALS AND GHOST SIGNS, WHICH I'VE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
BUT IN TALKING WITH STAFF EARLIER TODAY, THESE TYPES OF THE SIGN PERMITS FOR THE DOWNTOWN WILL PROCEED THE SAME WAY AS OTHER SIGN PERMIT APPLICATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
A FEW OTHER THINGS I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS.
THE DRAFT SIGN ORDINANCE IS ORGANIZED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE EXISTING SIGN ORDINANCE.
I TRY TO DIVIDE IT BY TYPE OF SIGNS.
I LISTED ALL THE SIGNS THAT ARE PROHIBITED.
OFF PREMISE SIGNS ARE STILL PROHIBITED.
OFF PREMISE SIGNS OR BILLBOARDS.
THE SIGNS THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHOUT A PERMIT LIKE SIGNS THAT ARE INSTALLED BY UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY SIGNS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHOUT A SIGN PERMIT.
AND THEN I SEPARATED THE TYPES OF SIGNS BY THE SIGNS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND THEN SIGNS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND THE SETBACK IS NOT USED TO DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE SIGN.
AND I ADDED SOMETHING CALLED THE MENU BOARD.
AS YOU'VE ALL SEEN, IT'S THE SIGN THAT'S INSTALLED IN A DRIVE THRU FOR RESTAURANT OR SIMILAR USE.
IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL SIGNS, I ADDED THE ABILITY TO INSTALL A MONUMENT SIGN, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN A SUBDIVISION ENTRY SIGN ACCORDING TO YOUR SIGN ORDINANCE, ORDINANCES FOR A SUBDIVISION HAS TEN OR MORE LOTS, SO THIS WILL BE AN OPTION FOR A RESIDENTIAL USE TO HAVE A MONUMENT SIGN, LET'S SAY AN APARTMENT BUILDING OR LIKE A CONDO BUILDING OR A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SIGN.
I SEPARATED THE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD SIGN FROM THE REST OF THE TYPES OF SIGNS.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE CONSIDERED A BONUS SIGN ON POLE SIGNS.
AND THE WHAT'S CALLED CHANGEABLE VARIABLE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SIGNS ARE CURRENTLY PROHIBITED IN THE EXISTING SIGN ORDINANCE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO ASK THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHETHER THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD CAPABILITY FOR A SIGN OWNER OR A BUSINESS TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF SIGN. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I CATEGORIZE THIS AS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SIGN, AS WELL AS SIGNS THAT ARE IN
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A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.OR YOU MAY HAVE A MIXED USE OF YOU CAN HAVE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL TOGETHER IF THEY WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNS THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR PLAN, DEVELOPMENT, ZONING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER.
SO THIS IS THE NEXT STEPS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WHAT OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SIGNED ORDINANCE DOES THE COUNCIL WANT TO CHANGE OR REVIEW? AND THEN AGAIN WITH THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY INTEREST IN ADDING THE CAPABILITY FOR ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL SIGNS? AND THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD THIS EVENING AND I DEFER TO WAYNE TO ADD ANY, ANYTHING HE'D LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT THE DRAFT SIGN ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
MAYOR I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I WENT KIND OF FAST.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG AGENDA TONIGHT, SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME.
I THINK OVERALL, WHAT YOU COMMUNICATED TO US IS VERY SOUND AND I THINK IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE PROBABLY AS A TEAM WOULD LIKE.
I DO THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME LEVEL OF DISCUSSION ON THE ELECTRONIC SIGNS.
THE IDEA OF FLEXIBILITY FOR ELECTRONIC SIGN IS GOOD.
ALSO, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD, I'VE READ A FEW THINGS ABOUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ETJ IS GOING AWAY.
ARE WE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST TAKE THAT OF OUR SIGNED ORDINANCE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TURN AROUND IN A YEAR AND CHANGE IT AGAIN? ANDY. I'LL TAKE THAT ONE.
YES. WE'RE MOVING THIS BACK INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF DECATUR IS ALL THAT THIS WILL APPLY TO.
THAT WAS THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE THAT I NOTED FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THIS.
AND SOME OF THESE WERE GONE SIX, EIGHT, TEN MONTHS AFTER THE DAMAGE.
WHAT IS THE RECOURSE FOR REPAIR OR IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN INCORPORATE IN OUR ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS THOSE? THERE IS RECOURSE IN THE NEW SIGNED ORDINANCE.
THERE'S RECOURSE IN THE EXISTING SIGNED ORDINANCE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS.
AND WE'VE STARTED THAT PROCESS ON SEVERAL OF THE SIGNS THAT ARE UP AND DOWN.
I CAN THINK OF RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, ONE, TWO, THREE.
WHEN ARE WE DOING THE NEW EXPEDITED PROCESS? ARE WE DOING THE LENGTHY RED TAPE PROCESS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCE? OKAY. YEAH, THAT IS A JOKE.
YEAH, I LOVE THAT ANSWER AND THE QUESTION AS WELL.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TEAM, WAYNE, SINCE YOU'RE KIND OF THE ONE HERE TONIGHT AND AS WE'RE WRITING THIS, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WOULD PREFER IN THE PLANNING SIDE OR IN THE BUILDING SIDE? IT DEALS A LOT WITH ZONING IN THIS.
IT WORKS REALLY WELL IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
FOR THAT SIGNS ARE ADDRESSED ABOUT BUILDING CODE AND NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE.
AND SO THERE'S STILL THAT ASPECT THAT'S IN THERE, THE WAY WE BRING THOSE IN.
NOW, WHENEVER A SIGN APPLICATION COMES IN, IT'S REVIEWED BY PLANNING AND BUILDING.
AND SO WE GET A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO CHANGE THAT PROCESS WHERE WE'RE BRINGING THAT IN.
AND ALSO, I MEAN, WE ARE HERE TO REVIEW THOSE WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, TOO.
I MEAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
BUT I LIKE THE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED WELL.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT.
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GOING TO BE VERY VISIBLE FROM OUR ROUTE WAYS AND FROM OUR CITY.I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN A 100 FOOT POLE SIGN GOES UP.
BUT WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE, CYNTHIA HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COMING UP WITH SOME WAYS TO MANEUVER AROUND THIS AND TO MAKE IT AN EASIER PROCESS.
ABSOLUTELY. SO CYNTHIA MENTIONED IN THERE, SHE ADDED DEFINITIONS IN THERE.
SHE ADDED A LOT OF DEFINITIONS.
AND SO THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG HELP.
THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER ASPECTS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW. I'M STILL IN THE REVIEW PROCESS ON THIS.
OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THE WALL SIGN'S NOT BEING CALCULATED BY SETBACK BACK AND FRONTAGE.
NOW THEY'RE BEING CALCULATED BY AN AREA OF YOUR WALL.
THE BIGGER YOUR WALL AREA, HEIGHT AND WIDTH.
NOW YOU COME UP WITH A LARGER SIGN AREA.
CYNTHIA HAD PUT IN THERE, I BELIEVE.
AND BOTH THOSE END UP WITH VERY LARGE SIGNS THAT.
TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE PROBABLY MORE THAN WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE IN THERE.
MONUMENT POLL SIGNS AND JOINT USE AND CALCULATION IN THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS CONSTRUCTED NOW HAVE NOT CHANGED THOUGH THE SAME SIZES AND HEIGHTS THAT ARE IN THERE.
WE MAY WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
AND OF COURSE, WHENEVER YOU GET THOSE.
A LOT OF THE SIGNS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DILAPIDATED SIGNS.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE REALLY TALL SIGNS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND THE CONTRACTORS AREN'T ABLE TO GET HERE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO BRING IN SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT AND ALL THOSE THINGS. AND SO WHENEVER YOU HAVE THOSE REALLY TALL SIGNS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES LIKE THAT.
UM. CONSIDERATION IS BE GIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY POLE SIGNS.
THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED ALONG 81 TO 87 AND THE 380 BYPASS AT THIS POINT, THE POLE SIGNS AND MONUMENT SIGNS, THOSE ARE LARGER SIGNS THAT GO IN THERE. IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER THOSE IN OTHER AREAS, WE COULD.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME LANGUAGE IN HERE.
RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE TO HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG THOSE TWO HIGHWAYS.
SO IF IT'S ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY QUALIFY FOR THAT.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING SOME LANGUAGE IN THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALONG THAT RUN ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT SENSE.
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO DESIGNATE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW THOSE SIGNS ARE INTERPRETED THROUGH THE SIGNED ORDINANCE WHENEVER WE HAVE A PD DISTRICT THAT COMES IN.
SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR THE HISTORIC OVERLAY THAT PLACES APPROVAL ON THE MAIN STREET BOARD AND MAIN STREET MANAGER VARIANCE FOR THAT IS STILL TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH MAIN STREET REALLY CLOSE ON THAT.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS INCORPORATING WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THAT HISTORIC DISTRICT AREA.
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ON THAT, I'VE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO TO NAIL DOWN ON WHAT WE WANT FOR THESE SPECIAL SIGNS, THE ELECTRONIC SIGNS, THE DIGITAL SIGNS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THAT THERE IS THAT THE PROHIBITION FOR OFF PREMISES ADVERTISEMENT IS STILL IN THE SOUND ORDINANCE.SO TO HAVE A A DIGITAL SIGN THAT GOES UP AND WANT TO ADVERTISE FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD STILL BE PROHIBITED BY THIS, IF WE WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT LANGUAGE TO LIMIT THAT OR TO ADD DEALS IN THERE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED BY THE AUDIENCE IS DIGITAL BILLBOARDS.
YOU KNOW THAT THOSE EVERYWHERE YOU GO, YOU SEE THOSE NOWADAYS DOESN'T ALLOW ANYTHING.
SO WHAT BILLBOARDS WE HAVE IN DECATUR WOULD BE THE ONLY BILLBOARDS THAT WE WOULD HAVE.
IF YOU'RE WANTING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE DIGITALS, AN IDEA THAT WAS PASSED ON TO ME BY EARL SMITH ABOUT IT WAS A CITY AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THE CITY IS, BUT HE PASSED ON AN ARTICLE THAT I READ ON THIS, AND THE CITY STARTED ALLOWING THE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS TO COME IN.
BUT WHENEVER THEY BROUGHT IN A DIGITAL BILLBOARD, THEY HAD TO REMOVE TWO OTHER STANDING BILLBOARDS.
SO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BILLBOARDS THAT WERE THERE, BUT ADDED A DIGITAL BILLBOARD IN ITS PLACE.
SO JUST A THOUGHT, JUST SOME IDEAS TO MOVING FORWARD TIME FRAME ON THIS.
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
I'M SURE SHE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IN TALKING TO HER TODAY.
SHE SAID TWO WEEKS WAS A GOOD TIME FRAME FOR HER WHEN SHE GOT IT BACK.
WE CAN ALSO BRING IT BACK FOR A FULL WORK SESSION IF DESIRED, BUT AT LEAST GET TWO OR THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME IN AND SET ON A WORKGROUP TO REVIEW THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S TWEAKS OR CHANGES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE GOING IN.
VERY GOOD. WELL, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH THE SOONER PLAN THAN THE LATER PLAN.
SO I LIKE THE TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.
THE OTHER WOULD BE YOUR REQUEST FOR COUNCIL INPUT FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE, OR DO YOU WANT SOME NAMES TONIGHT? SO I WILL.
ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE ON COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A NO. WELL, IT'S A IT'S.
I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM THE MAYBE I'M NOT ANSWERING YET.
I SAW MRS. HILTON'S HAND COME UP.
SO I THINK SHE WOULD I WOULD NOMINATE HER TO BE TAKE MY PLACE ON IT.
YES? ARE YOU AN INTERESTED PARTICIPANT? OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT TWO GO UP TO THREE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, UNLESS WE DO A FULL WORK.
RIGHT. WELL, AND IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN WE CAN POST THAT.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT ONCE WE GET THIS BACK TOGETHER AND IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKING ON IT, WE'D BRING IT BACK FOR A WORK SESSION HERE TO GO OVER IT AND BE ABLE TO PRESENT IT AGAIN AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE END UP WITH IN THAT IF YOU NEED A THIRD OR WHATEVER, I WOULD MORE THAN BE HAPPY TO HELP.
ALL RIGHT. I WILL GET SOME DATES EMAILED TO YOU AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS.
WE'LL GET A ROUGH DRAFT, A ROUGH REVIEW DONE ON THIS AND LET YOU KNOW WE'LL PULL YOU TOGETHER MAYBE FOR 30 MINUTES AN HOUR JUST TO GO THROUGH AND KIND OF LOOK WHAT WE'RE SENDING BACK TO THEM AND WHAT THOSE ARE.
SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS.
SO PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WEEK, LATE NEXT WEEK, EARLY THE FOLLOWING WEEK, GET WITH YOU AND SEE IF WE CAN GET TOGETHER FOR A SHORT WORK SESSION TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE'LL GET IT BACK TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SO THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT THAT STUFF.
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SOUNDS GOOD. SO I'VE GOT THREE VOLUNTEERS FOR YOU AND LET YOU PROCEED WITH THAT.AND I KNOW I WILL JUST THINK THE PARTICIPANTS FOR YOUR AVAILABILITY, I KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE I CAN MAKE 100% OF THE MEETINGS BASED ON WHEN THAT IS, BUT ABSOLUTELY YOUR INPUT WHEN YOU ARE AVAILABLE IS GOING TO HELP IN THE PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER TONIGHT? NO, I COMMENT.
I FEEL LIKE ALL OF US ARE EXCITED ABOUT.
I WONDER IF WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ABOUT THAT SOON.
SO THAT GETS US TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR WORKSHOP.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO COVER ON THE WORKSHOPS? I'M SHOWING THAT WE'RE PAST OUR REGULAR MEETING TIME OF 6:00, SO IS EVERYONE GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD OR.
VERY WELL. WELL, LET'S PLAN TO DO THAT.
ON CUE, LIKE WE'RE PLANNING TO MOVE.
ARE YOU GOING TO BRING WATER FOR ME? THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
[1. CONSIDER AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY OF DECATUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023.]
WITH ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY OF DECATUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 AND.IF YOU CAN POP THAT SLIDE BACK UP FOR US.
I KNOW THAT WAS NICE FOR ME TO ASK THAT.
WHY YOU JUST POPPED UP THE AGENDA.
BECAUSE I'M FEELING LIKE IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE LITTLE BUTTON WHERE IT SAYS, PLUS, PLUS, PLUS, I LIKE THAT BUTTON AND OR THE MAGNET THAT MAKES IT WORK WITH THE MAGNIFYING GLASS.
THANK YOU. SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SCHEDULE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND A PROPOSAL.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING AND TO ADOPT A NEW TAX RATE OF 0.645258.
THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE ON AUGUST 22ND AND THE SECOND MEETING WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
AND IF YOU'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB, CAN YOU BRING JAKE BACK UP? I'M HERE, SO I'M GOING TO WAIT ONE MOMENT FOR OUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER.
OUR JEOPARDY MUSIC IS PLAYING.
JAKE, I'M SURE YOU HEARD ME SAY, ARE WE READY TO PRESS ON? AND EVERYONE SAID WE'RE READY TO PRESS ON.
IT'S REALLY UNBELIEVABLE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UNBELIEVABLE. THAT WAS KEY WEST.
THANK YOU, SIR. YAY! HERE HE IS.
TRYING TO GET ALL CUTE WITH ME.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR YOU AND BACK THE SCREEN OF THAT PROPOSED TAX RATE AND THAT HEARING DATE.
AND I'M GOING TO CUE YOU BACK TO JAKE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSE SAME SIGN? ALL RIGHT. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[2. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, APPROVING THE 2022 CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX VALUES FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS; DESIGNATING AN OFFICER TO SUBMIT THE NO NEW REVENUE AND VOTER APPROVAL RATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE SAME OFFICER BEING AUTHORIZED TO ALSO CERTIFY THE RATES WITH THE COMPTROLLER PRIOR TO PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL; AUTHORIZING THE OFFICER TO SUBMIT THE CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX RATES TO THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
REVENUE AND VOTERS APPROVAL RATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL.SAME OFFICER BEING AUTHORIZED TO CERTIFY THE RATES WITH THE COMPTROLLER PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE OFFICER TO SUBMIT THE CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX RATES TO THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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OKAY. SO THIS RESOLUTION'S JUST TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THOSE PRELIMINARY TAX MATTERS LIKE ANNA PRESENTED TO YOU THE NO NEW REVENUE, VOTER APPROVAL RATES.SO THIS JUST PAPERS UP THAT WE'VE COMPLIED AND ALL RESPECTS TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE TAX CODE.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FOLLOW THIS COMMUNICATION, BUT ADOPT A PERSON TO DO THAT.
AND I'M HEARING ANA IS OUR PERSON TO DO THAT.
IT SEEMS VERY APPROPRIATE AND ANA WOULD AGREE TO DO THAT.
AWESOME. LOOK FOR A MOTION? MR. MAYER. YES, I MOVE THAT.
WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2022-08-14 APPROVING THE 2022 CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX VALUES FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR AND DESIGNATING ANA AS OUR OFFICER TO SUBMIT THE NO NEW REVENUE FOR VOTER APPROVALS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
[3. CONSIDER PROPOSING AN AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023, IF PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL EXCEED THE VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE OR THE NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE, TAKE A RECORD VOTE AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING]
THAT GETS US TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.CONSIDER PROPOSING AN AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023.
ON THIS ONE YOU GUYS ARE JUST TAKING ACTION TO ACCEPT YOUR PROPOSED RATE.
SO IF WE PULL THAT LAST SLIDE BACK UP, I THINK IT'S THE FIRST NUMBER AT THE TOP.
I GUESS FOR FUN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND THINK IT WAS INCLUDED WITHIN OUR LAST PRIOR MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE AT 0.645258%.
THE PROPOSED. PROPOSED? YES. HYPOTHETICAL PROPOSED TAX RATE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? AND WE HAVE A MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY, AYE, AYE.
ALL RIGHT. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[4. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, AMENDING VARIOUS SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION 303, “PARKLAND DEDICATION AND DEVELOPMENT”, OF CHAPTER 3, “GENERAL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT”, OF APPENDIX A, “SUBDIVISIONS”, OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION REGARDING APPLICABILITY OF THE CITY’S PARKLAND DEDICATION REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF PREMISES; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF AND EACH AND EVERY DAY A VIOLATION OCCURS ON CONTINUES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE VIOLATION; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, AMENDING VARIOUS SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION THREE OR THREE PARKLAND DEDICATION AND DEVELOPMENT.ANY CHANGES TO THAT FROM THE LAST TIME? JUST IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED IN WORKSHOP.
NOTHING NEW. ANY OTHER PRESENTATION BY CITY STAFF FOR THIS? ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL.
I SAW YOU MOVE, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
WE'RE GOOD TO GO. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? OKAY, I JUST SAW YOU MOVE YOUR HAND THERE, AND I THOUGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN YOUR MIC UP.
MY APOLOGIES. WANT TO MAKE SURE? ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ACTION ON NUMBER FIVE.
[5. HEAR STAFF REPORT AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE, SECTION 15-7(A)(17) HIGHWAY POLE SIGNS. SPECIFICALLY, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CUMULATIVE HIGHWAY POLE SIGN AREA THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA OF 170 SQ. FT. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A TOTAL OF 260 SQ. FT. FOR A HIGHWAY POLE SIGN, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM CUMULATIVE ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA BY 90 SQ. FT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2203 W. US HIGHWAY 380, DECATUR, TEXAS. (APPLICATION V2022-04—GUY SLIMP, ON BEHALF OF CEFCO)]
HERE'S STAFF REPORT AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE SIGN ORDINANCE.SO THIS IS MR. GAS LAMPS REQUEST ON BEHALF OF SAFECO FOR A HIGHWAY POST SIGNED VARIANCE FOR SIZE OF THE SIGN.
THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE SIGN TO 260 SQUARE FEET IS DENIED DUE TO BEING IN EXCESS OF THE ALLOWED AREA BY 90 SQUARE FEET. THIS IS A 45 FOOT HIGHWAY POLE SIGN.
AND REQUEST TO REQUEST A VARIANCE DOES NOT VIOLATE THE INTENT AND SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE.
THERE ARE SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED AREA SHAPE, TOPOGRAPHY OR PHYSICAL FEATURES.
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THE BUSINESS HAS LIMITED VISIBILITY AS THERE ARE TREES AROUND THE PROPERTY AND RELATIVE TO THE SECLUDED SITE.SO THIS IS THE HIGHWAY POLE SIGN THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT IN FRONT OF THERE.
BUT IT IS. I LIKE YOUR PRICES.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM BACK TO THAT.
SOUNDS GOOD. I LIKE THE PLAN BEING THIS SIZE AND HEIGHT.
IT WOULD BE AN ENGINEERED DESIGN.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SIGN VARIANCE FOR APPLICATION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE UP FOR A FEW OF THESE ACTION ITEMS COMING UP.
SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, SO AT THIS SITE, WE'RE A TOTAL OF EIGHT SIGNS SUBMITTED ON THIS FIVE I'M SORRY, THERE'S THREE WALL SIGN VARIANCES AND THEN THE PULSE SIGN VARIANCE.
VERY NICE. THE NEXT THREE ARE THE WALL SIGN THAT ARE ON THERE.
THERE WERE FIVE WALL SIGNS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THIS.
THE TOTAL ALLOWED AREA OF 118 SQUARE FEET WAS EXCEEDED.
ABOUT 151.21 SQUARE FEET OFF OF THAT.
AGAIN, THERE'S IT DOES NOT REQUEST A VARIANCE DOES NOT VIOLATE THE INTENT.
THERE ARE SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND THE HARDSHIP IS NOT A RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S ACTIONS.
AND IT PROVIDES A LARGE ENOUGH AREA TO BE VISIBLE FROM THE HIGHWAY.
YEAH. LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS FOUR, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT.
BUT WE'LL VOTE ON SIX HERE IN A MOMENT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ANY OTHER ITEMS ON OUR SCREEN WE WANT TO LOOK AT? VERY GOOD. AND YOU CAN RING JAKE BACK, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
[6. HEAR STAFF REPORT AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE, SECTION 15-7(A)(13) WALL SIGNS. SPECIFICALLY, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CUMULATIVE WALL SIGN AREA THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA OF 118.79 SQ. FT. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A 60 SQ. FT. WALL SIGN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH, IN TOTAL, IS IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA BY 46.21 SQ. FT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2203 W. US HIGHWAY 380, DECATUR, TEXAS. (APPLICATION V2022-05—GUY SLIMP, ON BEHALF OF CEFCO)]
THIS IS APPLICATION V20.YES. OUR ATTORNEY ADVISES WE DO THEM ONE AT A TIME.
WE'RE ON ACTION ITEM NUMBER SIX.
AND THIS IS FOR APPLICATION V 2020-205.
SO LOOK FOR MOTION, MR. MAYOR. I'LL LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SIGN VARIANTS, 2022-05.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO, NUMBER SEVEN, I BELIEVE YOU'VE GIVEN US THE RUNDOWN ON SEVEN, FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN.
[7. HEAR STAFF REPORT AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE, SECTION 15-7(A)(13) WALL SIGNS. SPECIFICALLY, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CUMULATIVE WALL SIGN AREA THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA OF 118.79 SQ. FT. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A 45 SQ. FT. WALL SIGN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH, IN TOTAL, IS IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA BY 91.21 SQ. FT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2203 W. US HIGHWAY 380, DECATUR, TEXAS. (APPLICATION V2022-06—GUY SLIMP, ON BEHALF OF CEFCO)]
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE VARIANCE.202206. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[INAUDIBLE]. THAT BRINGS US TO NUMBER 8 OR 7.
[8. HEAR STAFF REPORT AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE, SECTION 15-7(A)(13) WALL SIGNS. SPECIFICALLY, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CUMULATIVE WALL SIGN AREA THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA OF 118.79 SQ. FT. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A 60 SQ. FT. WALL SIGN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH, IN TOTAL, IS IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA BY 151.21 SQ. FT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2203 W. US HIGHWAY 380, DECATUR, TEXAS. (APPLICATION V2022-07—GUY SLIMP, ON BEHALF OF CEFCO)]
OKAY. I'M SORRY.I'M LOOKING AT ALL THESE FOUR, FIVE AND SIX ON SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT.
WE'LL GET TO EIGHT HERE IN A MINUTE.
I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ACTION ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VARIANCE 202207
[01:05:05]
. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN? ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS US TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
[9. HEAR STAFF REPORT AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE, SECTION 15-7(A)(13) WALL SIGNS. SPECIFICALLY, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CUMULATIVE WALL SIGN AREA THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA OF 108.22 SQ. FT. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A 188.69 SQ. FT. WALL SIGN ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH, IN TOTAL, IS IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA BY 164.30 SQ. FT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 601 W. THOMPSON ST., DECATUR, TEXAS. (APPLICATION V2022-08—CODY DISHMAN, ON BEHALF OF CANDLEWOOD SUITES)]
VARIANCES 2022208, MR. CODY DISHMAN REQUEST ON BEHALF OF CANDLEWOOD SUITES FOR WAL SIGNS VARIANCE.VARIANCE. THESE ARE REPLACEMENT SIGNS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING BACK ON THE HOTEL.
THERE WERE TWO SIGNS SUBMITTED FOR THIS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE OF THEM TO FIT IN THERE WITHOUT ANY ISSUE, BUT WASN'T ABLE TO FIT BOTH OF THEM AND KEEP IT WITHIN THE ALLOWED AREA THAT WAS ON THERE. IT'S IN EXCESS OF THE ALLOWED AREA, ABOUT 164.3 SQUARE FEET.
THE SIGN ITSELF THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A VARIANCE FOR THE TOTAL SQUARE TOTAL AREA ON THAT IS 188.69 SQUARE FEET, FOUR STORY BUILDING VERY LARGE.
OF COURSE, THE VARIANCE REQUEST VARIANCE DOES NOT VIOLATE THE INTENT OR SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND THERE ARE SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF THE RESTRICTED AREA.
THE HOTEL HAS LIMITED VISIBILITY, IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL ALONG WEST THOMPSON STREET AND THE BUILDING THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE AND THOMPSON STREET.
THE HARDSHIP IS NOT THE RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S ACTIONS.
IF A SIDE IS MADE SMALLER, IT WILL NOT BE LARGE ENOUGH TO FOR BOTH NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND U.S.
ALL RIGHT. SO QUESTION NEW SIGNING ORDINANCE, WOULD THIS AUTOMATICALLY APPROVE? WITH THE 20% OF WALL AREA.
YES. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I DID SOME CALCULATIONS ON THIS EARLIER BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THIS BUILDING BEING A FOUR STORY BUILDING.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE.
WELL MATTER OF FACT, I THINK IT'S RIGHT HERE.
AND WE FIGURED IT AT 40 FEET IN HEIGHT.
AND BY THE TIME YOU COME OUT WITH THAT, YOU END UP WITH 1700 SQUARE FEET OF SOUND AREA.
AND SO WE MIGHT WANT TO ADJUST THAT NUMBER GOING IN THERE.
BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
MR. MAYOR, I REQUEST WE APPROVE VARIANCE 2022-08.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
[INAUDIBLE] TO ACTION ITEM TEN VARIANCE 202209.
[10. HEAR STAFF REPORT AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR SIGN ORDINANCE, SECTION 15-7(A)(13) WALL SIGNS. SPECIFICALLY, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CUMULATIVE WALL SIGN AREA THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA OF 430 SQ. FT. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A 188.69 SQ. FT. WALL SIGN ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH, IN TOTAL, IS IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA BY 33.55 SQ. FT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 800 S. US HIGHWAY 81-287, DECATUR, TEXAS. (APPLICATION V2022-09—JOSH JANKOWSKI, ON BEHALF OF WALMART)]
MR. JOSH JANKOWSKIS REQUEST ON BEHALF WALMART FOR A NEW FOR A WALL SIGN VARIANCE.THIS IS FOR WALL SIGN SEVEN WHICH IS 40.83 SQUARE FEET AND IT'S DENIED BEING IN EXCESS OF THE ALLOWED AREA BY 33.55 SQUARE FEET IS THE WALMART.
THERE WERE 14 SIGNS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE ALL OF THE OUTSIDE SIGNAGE ON THAT.
NONE OF THEM ARE VERY LARGE SIGNS THAT ARE THERE, BUT THE TOTAL CUMULATIVE AREA ON THAT, THEY RAN OUT OF AREA TO USE ON THAT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE DOES NOT VIOLATE THE INTENT SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE.
THE ONLINE SIGN PRECIPITATING THIS VARIANCE IS DIRECTIONAL AND THE INTENT OF THE SIGN IS TO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS VISIBILITY AND EASE TO THEIR DESIRED DESTINATIONS.
WAL-MART IS A LARGE CORPORATION AND THEIR SIGNAGE IS LARGELY DICTATED BY THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.
THERE ARE SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED AREA SHAPE TOPOGRAPHY.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED C TO THOROUGHFARE BUSINESS.
THE USE IS A MAJOR RETAIL STORE FOR ALL TYPES OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
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THE HARDSHIP IS NOT A RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S ACTIONS.THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE COULD DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF RIGHTS COMMONLY ENJOYED BY OTHER PROPERTIES WHEN TRYING TO GET TO THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION. ADEQUATE VISIBILITY IS CRITICAL.
CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SIGNAGE FROM A GREAT DISTANCE.
GIVEN THE STORE SIZE AND AREA OCCUPIED.
THIS IS FOR THE ONE PICKUP SIGN THAT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING OVER THERE FOR THE ONLINE PICKUP.
AND AGAIN, WE WERE ABLE TO GET 13 OF THOSE 14 SIGNS APPROVED WITHOUT A VARIANCE IN THERE.
AND THEN THIS WAS THE ONE THAT THEY RAN OUT OF ROOM ON.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE. WE APPROVED VARIANCE 2022-09.
WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL RIGHT. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE FOR SIGN VARIANCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT.
[11. CONSENT AGENDA]
IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND C IS APPROVAL OF BILLS AND INVOICES.DOES ANYBODY DESIRE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT SAY AYE, AYE.
AND THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN? ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[12. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO DESIGNATE AN ACTING CITY MANAGER TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER IN HIS ABSENCE. ]
ACTION NUMBER 12.OUR CHARTER CHAPTER FOUR REQUIRES A LETTER TO BE SUBMITTED VIA THE CITY SECRETARY AND APPROVED AT COUNCIL LEVEL FOR ME TO OFFICIALLY NAME AN ACTING CITY MANAGER IN MY ABSENCE, SUCH AS HAVING A BIRTH OF A CHILD, OR SHOULD I BECOME INCAPACITATED FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME? I'VE SPOKEN WITH STAFF AND I WOULD HUMBLY RECOMMEND TO YOU PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR GREG HALL TAKE ON THE ACTING ROLE IN MY ABSENCE.
HE AGREES, AND IF YOU MOVE AND APPROVE TONIGHT, THAT'LL BE THE WILL.
MOVING FORWARD OUT OF MY OFFICE AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. LOOK FOR A MOTION.
ACTING CITY MANAGER?THAT, TOO. OKAY.
OKAY. SO, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY [INAUDIBLE] MOTION? ALL RIGHT. SO FOR CLARITY, WE ARE CONSIDERING MR. HALL TO BE THE ACTING CITY MANAGER IN THE ABSENCE NATE.
YEAH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN? THAT WAS AN AYE. CORRECT, SIR.
YES, SIR. AYE OR NAY? THANK YOU FOR CLARITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THEN.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC FORM OR PUBLIC INPUT? OKAY. AND THEN ITEM 14 IS, AS ALWAYS, THE COMMUNICATION.
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, NOTIFY US OR THROUGH THE CITY AND THAT GETS US TO THE ADJOURNMENT AND WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. AND WOW, THANK JAKE, FOR GETTING ONLINE.
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING ONLINE.
THAT'S REALLY GREAT. AND WE'LL ADJOURN AT 6:45.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.