Oct 10, 2022 City Council Workshop

WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

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AND AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'RE ABLE, IF YOU WOULD, RISE AND JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL START OUR WORKSHOPS 5:30 OR QUARTERLY DEPARTMENT REPORTS WILL BEGIN WITH THE CONFERENCE CENTER AND WITH DIRECTOR CARLA JOHNSON.

[Conference Center report by Conference Center Director Carla Johnson, including relevant information and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]

I THINK THE HAZING PORTION OF MY JOB SHOULD BE OVER.

I'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THE MICROPHONE.

GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER.

YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS IN YOUR PACKET, I HOPE.

WE DO HAVE OUR WALK IN FREEZER ON ORDER FOR DELIVERY THIS MONTH.

THAT WAS FUNDED BY EDC.

WE'RE LOOKING REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT.

AND WE HAVE ADDED TWO SECURITY CAMERAS.

WE DID NOT HAVE A 360 DEGREE VIEW OF OUR EXTERIOR, AND SO WE HAVE ADDED A CAMERA ON OUR PARKING LOT AND A CAMERA ON THE FRONT SIDE OR THE SOUTH SIDE OF OUR BUILDING. AIR CONDITIONING.

YOU'VE HEARD ME WHINING ABOUT AIR CONDITIONING SINCE I GOT THIS JOB SEVEN MONTHS AGO.

WE HAVE NOW WE'VE TRADED ONE COMPLETELY OUT.

WE HAVE A BRAND NEW UNIT IN THE GREAT HALL AND WE ARE EXPECTING THREE MORE IN THE COMING MONTHS.

THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE ON AVAILABILITY OF WHEN WE CAN GET THE PARTS AND PIECES.

WE HAVE MADE A COUPLE OF PROCEDURAL CHANGES, A FEW PROCEDURAL CHANGES RECENTLY.

SO WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOTEL, WE DID HAVE A 90 DAY CLAUSE IN OUR CONTRACT WITH OUR CLIENTELE THAT IF A PARTY CAME IN WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THEIR EVENT THAT WAS GOING TO BOOK HOTEL ROOMS, THEN THE ORIGINAL EVENT WOULD BE BUMPED.

THAT IS NO LONGER IN OUR CONTRACT.

WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING ANY CASH.

IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR FOLKS TO COME IN ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PAY $1,000 TOWARDS A WEDDING RECEPTION OR A QUINCEANERA, AND THAT JUST MAKES US REALLY NERVOUS.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ACCEPTING CASH LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

CASHIER'S CHECKS, CHECKS, MONEY ORDERS, CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS IS HOW WE WILL HANDLE THAT BUSINESS.

WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH LARGE PARTIES, FAMILY GATHERINGS OF MINORS SORT OF RUNNING AMOK WITHOUT PARENTAL SUPERVISION.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE CRACKING DOWN ON THAT, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE EVENT, THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED IN PARADISE WITH THE LITTLE GIRL AT THE QUINCEANERA.

SO WE WILL NOW BE REQUIRING THAT MINORS STAY WITH THEIR ADULT SUPERVISION.

AND OUR ALCOHOL POLICIES.

I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT WE ARE CLOSING THE BAR AN HOUR BEFORE AN EVENT IS DUE TO END, JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO FIND A SAFE RIDE HOME, HAVE SOME COFFEE, THAT SORT OF THING, AND TO HELP MOVE THE PARTY OUT BY THE TIME THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

WE ALSO AREN'T POURING STRAIGHT SHOTS OF LIQUOR, SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HAVE TO HAVE IT MIXED WITH SOMETHING.

OUR PLANTS FOR 23.

HERE WE GO. OUR PLANS FOR 23.

WE STILL WILL BE GETTING WE WILL BE GETTING SOME NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD THE BUDGET FOR.

THANKS TO YOU GUYS. WE'RE GETTING A REACH IN FREEZER, A NEW ICE MACHINE, A NEW PROOFER/WARMER, A FRYER FILTER, A NEW AUDIO BOARD, AND AV UPGRADES FOR THE CHISHOLM SUITES. WE ARE RENOVATING THE KITCHEN BY ADDING SOME STAINLESS STEEL WALL COVERING BEHIND THE COOKING AREA.

IT'S A LOT EASIER TO KEEP CLEAN, A LOT MORE IN LINE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE SOME REPAIRS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ON OUR LOWER ROOF FOR SURE, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMPANIES COMING TO LOOK AT THAT AND THEN WE WANT TO REPAIR OUR STAGE FLOORING SO THAT WE ARE NOT UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING THEATRICAL DANCE RECITAL TYPE THINGS UP THERE.

WE DO PLAN ON MAKING AN APPLICATION TO TABC FOR A MIXED BEVERAGE LICENSE, SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE SELLING ALCOHOL.

AND WE ARE ALSO PURCHASING SOME SOFTWARE CALLED CVENT THAT WE THINK WILL BE VERY USEFUL TO OUR CLIENTELE.

IT IS A DIAGRAMING SOFTWARE SO WE CAN SAY WE WANT SET UP FOR IN THE BALLROOM AND THEN WE CAN OPEN THAT SET UP TO THE CLIENT AND THEY CAN MAKE THEIR TABLE ASSIGNMENTS, THEY CAN MOVE, YOU KNOW, MOVE TABLES AROUND, PUT EIGHT CHAIRS AT THIS TABLE AND TEN CHAIRS AT THAT TABLE AND EVEN ASSIGN PARTICULAR PEOPLE.

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AND IT AUTOMATES IT ALL AND MAKES IT REALLY PRETTY FOR THEM.

THEN THEY CAN HAVE THAT A CHICKEN AND IT WILL HELP US A LOT WITH KEEPING TRACK OF OUR INVENTORY OF TABLES AND CHAIRS AND LINENS AND THINGS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THAT INSTALLED.

FOR OUR MARKETING EFFORTS.

WE CONTINUE TO POST ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, INCREASING OUR LIKES AND FOLLOWS OUR YOU CAN DO THIS VIDEO SERIES IS CONTINUING.

WE'VE BEEN DOING HOMETOWN HOME GAME SPAGHETTI SUPPERS ON THE FRIDAY NIGHTS AT THE EAGLES ARE PLAYING IN TOWN WE'VE HAD I WAS HOPING FOR STRONGER TURNOUT FOR THAT BUT IT'S GETTING THERE. I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS NEXT OUR LAST FRIDAY NIGHT HOME GAME, NOT THIS FRIDAY, BUT OCTOBER 21ST, WE'RE GOING TO DO CHICKEN FRIED STEAK SUPPER.

SO I'LL BE SELLING TICKETS OVER HERE IN THE CORNER.

WE HAVE ALSO WE HAVE TAKEN ON SPONSORSHIP FOR THE EAGLE DOLLS AND WE PURCHASED AN AD IN THE VARSITY FOOTBALL CALENDAR, WHICH I WAS EXPECTING THAT TO BE ON EVERYBODY'S REFRIGERATOR, BUT IT IS THE SIZE OF A GARAGE DOOR, SO IT WAS PROBABLY VERY WELL SPENT, IF YOU CAN FIND IT.

WE ARE ALSO HAVE A NEW EFFORT FOR THANKSGIVING.

TO GO SO YOU CAN GET A TURKEY DINNER FOR EIGHT PEOPLE, $450.

AND WE WE AUDITIONED THAT AND OR PREMIERED THAT AT THE TASTE OF WISE LAST MONTH.

AND WE'RE STARTING TO GET THOSE SALES IN.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE EXPECTING A TURKEY SHORTAGE, SO DON'T DELAY ON GETTING YOUR ORDERS IN IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT.

YEAH, WE DO INVITE EVERYONE HERE AND EVERYONE WATCHING ONLINE TO LIKE AND FOLLOW DECATUR CONFERENCE CENTER AND TO SHARE OUR POST. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK MR. REEVES AND MS. JACKSON FOR DOING THAT ALREADY AND ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT MORE AND MORE.

OUR NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A BUNCH OF DOLLAR FIGURES.

SO SO THIS IS THE LAST FIVE YEARS STARTING IN 2018 AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 22.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW JUST WHAT THE FIGURES LOOK LIKE.

I LIKE PICTURES.

I'M A PICTURE GAL.

SO YOU'LL DO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE GRAPHICALLY.

I JUST THINK THAT MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN IMPACT THAN JUST THE DIGITS ON THE PAGE.

SO YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY WHERE COVID WAS AND THEN WE'RE WE'RE MAKING A COMEBACK NOW.

THE NEXT SLIDE TO ME IS EVEN MORE INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS TELLS US WHERE OUR PEAKS AND VALLEYS ARE.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN TELL YOU NOVEMBER IS A VALLEY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE HOLIDAY AND THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING EXTRA IN NOVEMBER. THEN DECEMBER IT GOES AWAY UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN ALL THE EXTRA HAPPENS.

WE GO BACK DOWN AGAIN IN FEBRUARY.

POST-HOLIDAY BLUES WEATHER IS UNPREDICTABLE.

NOBODY WANTS TO PLAN AN EVENT WHEN, YOU KNOW WE MAY HAVE ICE ARMAGEDDON AGAIN, COMING BACK UP TO MAY, ANOTHER PEAK.

THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SCHOOL EVENTS, OUR BAND BANQUETS, OUR CHOIR BANQUETS OR SPORTS BANQUETS, AND THEN SUMMER VACATION HITTING JULY.

SO THIS TELLS US THAT WE NEED TO REALLY HIT MARKETING IN THOSE VALLEYS TO TRY TO BRING THAT UP AND LEVEL THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT.

I DID WANT TO ADD THE EXCAVATION OF CITY HALL WITH BRETT SHANNON'S RETIREMENT.

I HAVE INHERITED THIS DECATUR CIVIC CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY BY THE UNT CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH DONE IN JUNE OF 95.

AND BACK THEN THEY WERE EXPECTING MORE THAN 50% OF BOOKINGS TO COME FROM FAMILY SOCIAL GATHERINGS LIKE WEDDINGS AND QUINCEANERAS.

I JUST DID A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF OCTOBER.

THIS MONTH WE ACTUALLY ARE 56% CORPORATE EVENTS, 17% CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, 17% PRIVATE SOCIAL EVENTS LIKE THE WEDDINGS AND THE JARED MORRIS CONCERT AND 10% GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND FUNDRAISERS.

SO IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO ME THAT FROM 95 TO 2022 HOW MUCH THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

UPCOMING EVENTS.

THERE IS A JOINT CHAMBER WITH THE DECATUR IN BRIDGEPORT CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ON OUR CAMPUS ON OCTOBER 20TH, ON OUR CAMPUS, ON ON OUR PROPERTY ON OCTOBER 20TH.

THE CHICKEN FRIED STEAK SUPPER IS OCTOBER 21ST.

THE CHAMBER AUCTION IS OCTOBER 29TH.

CASA THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY GROUP, WILL BE HAVING A FUNDRAISER ON NOVEMBER 4TH.

AND THEN WE HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY HOLIDAY PARTIES COMING UP.

Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? CARLA. YES, MA'AM. ON THIS EVENT, ARE YOU LOOKING AT PURCHASING THE OTHER SIDE WHERE FOLKS CAN DO THEIR PAYMENTS THROUGH IT AS WELL? NO [INAUDIBLE] WHAT WE'VE SEEN OF CVENT DOESN'T OFFER A PAYMENT PROCESSING THAT THEY DID NOT MARKET THAT TO US.

WELL THERE'S A SECOND SIDE TO IT. IS THERE? WELL, WE'LL PROBABLY BE GETTING HIT UP FOR THAT SOON, I'M SURE.

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BUT THEY DIDN'T GO BEYOND THAT IN THEIR PITCH TO US.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE USING THE SAME PAYMENT PLATFORM AS THE CITY.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND KEEP TRYING TO FIND NEW THINGS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KEEP THROWING THINGS AGAINST THE WALL AND THEY'LL STICK AND JUST KEEP DOING IT.

AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

IT TAKES TIME. IT DOES KNOW TO BUILD.

I MEAN, I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.

OH, SPAGHETTI SUPPER. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

BUT THEY DIDN'T BUY A TICKET, SO I'VE GOT TO TURN THOSE.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA INTO BUYING TICKETS.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU TRY IT.

DON'T DO IT. CHICKEN FRIED STEAK. CHICKEN FRIED STEAK SHOWS UP WITH.

WELL, IT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING TOO TO LOOK AT 2022 BEING AHEAD OF 2021 AND 2020.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD INDICATION AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE BOOKINGS ARE UP.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING PEOPLE INTERESTED.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR CONFERENCE CENTER. THANK YOU.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT GOOD JOB WILL? YES, WE WE HAVE WILL WILL ONLINE.

SO, HEY, WILL. GOOD.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.

[Library report by Library Director, Dawn Wilbert including relevant information and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]

HELLO. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? GOOD. OKAY, SO I HAVE MY INFORMATION PREPARED.

I'M SURE YOU WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT STATISTICS, BUT I'VE BEEN SPENDING MY TIME A LOT DOING BOOK CHALLENGES, SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STATISTICS FOR YOU TODAY.

I DID WANT TO COME TO YOU WITH SOME DETERMINATIONS THAT WE CAME UP WITH AT THE LIBRARY BASED ON OUR LIBRARY POLICIES.

THREE BOOKS WERE FORMALLY CHALLENGED, AND THE FIRST ONE WAS IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL.

THE SECOND ONE WAS FLAMER.

AND THE THIRD ONE IS LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

SO BASICALLY, THEY WERE ALL PRETTY MUCH CHALLENGED FOR THE SAME REASONS.

AND BASED ON OUR POLICIES, WE CHOSE TO KEEP THE MATERIALS IN OUR LIBRARY TRYING TO PULL AT MY.

INFORMATION HERE.

SO IT SAYS THE CONTROVERSIAL NATURE AND THIS IS JUST ONE THING OF MATERIALS IS NOT SUFFICIENT REASON TO REMOVE THE ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION WITHOUT A FORMAL REVIEW.

SO WE REALLY FOUND NO FAULT WITH THE CONTENT, WITH THE MATERIALS, THE FLAMER.

WE DECIDED TO KEEP THAT IN BECAUSE THAT IS THE GENTLEMAN'S PERSONAL BASED ON HIS PERSONAL STORY.

SO THAT ONE WAS LEFT IN THE GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR THE YA SECTION, THE TEEN SECTION.

IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL.

WE TOOK OUT OF THE LIBRARY.

IT HAD BEEN IN THE LIBRARY SINCE 2008, HAD ONLY 24 CHECKOUTS.

WE DECIDED TO REMOVE THAT MATERIAL, THOUGH, BECAUSE THE INFORMATION WAS NOT ACCURATE.

IT'S A NONFICTION BOOK, AND SO WE TOOK THAT THAT BOOK OUT OF THE LIBRARY BECAUSE OF ROE VERSUS WADE AND SOME OF THE BIRTH CONTROL THINGS WERE NOT UP TO DATE.

AND THE LAST ONE, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

WE DECIDED TO KEEP THAT ONE AS WELL.

THIS ONE WE HAD ORIGINALLY PUT IN THE ADULT SECTION, AND I CHOSE TO KEEP IT IN THE ADULT SECTION.

SOME OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE IT BACK TO THE TEEN SECTION BECAUSE THAT'S WHO IT IS GEARED TOWARDS.

BUT I CHOSE TO LEAVE IT IN THE ADULT SECTION.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE DETERMINATIONS WERE FOR THOSE.

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE? WHATEVER OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE FOR US.

SO OUR FAMILY PLACE LIBRARIES HAVE STARTED.

WE ARE IN OUR FOURTH WEEK OF DOING THOSE.

LET'S SEE.

WE ARE MIGRATING OUR SOFTWARE ON MONDAY, THIS NEXT MONDAY, IT'S COMING UP.

AND OUR ONGOING PROJECTS ARE THE PRETTY FOUNDATION GRANT, WHICH THAT ONE IS FOR THE LET'S SEE [INAUDIBLE] THAT ONE IS FOR THE BUILDING RENOVATIONS.

AND THEN SINCE [INAUDIBLE] WE DID GET A NEW DOOR COUNTER, THE RURAL LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY GRANT WE RECEIVED FOR OVER $160,000 HAS WE'VE STARTED IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

WE'VE GOT OUR CAMERAS UP SO THAT WE CAN SEE EVERYTHING AND IT RECORDS SO WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL THAT INFORMATION.

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AND WE ALSO JUST RECEIVED A NEW GRANT THROUGH THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF LIBRARIES OF MEDICINE, AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE OWL SENIOR CENTER TO DO SOME PROGRAMS OVER THERE. WE'VE GOT THEM, SOME TECHNOLOGY TO USE.

WE PLAN ON DOING SOME TECHNOLOGY CLASSES TO HELP THEM, AND THOSE CLASSES WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE HELD AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

LET'S SEE, OCTOBER 13TH THIS WEEK WE HAVE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE.

IT'S A VIRTUAL EVENT THAT'S GOING ON AND OF MONTH WE ARE DOING OUR CULTURAL CONNECTIONS AGAIN, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST ONE.

THIS ONE WE HAVE WE RECEIVED A GRANT TO GET FLAMENCO DANCERS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALPACAS AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.

WE PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND WE GAVE OUT CLOSE TO 500 BAGS TO KIDDOS AND OUR TEEN BOOK CLUB WAS REALLY POPULAR.

ALSO, WE HAD OVER 12 TEENS AT THAT EVENT.

SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

WELL, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS YOU BROUGHT TO US THAT YOU HAD A REVIEW PROCESS.

SO WE HAVE A POLICY ON EVALUATION OR IF THERE'S A BOOK OR LITERATURE OR MATERIAL THAT'S IN QUESTION.

THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT.

YES, GO AHEAD.

SO YOU HAVE THAT IF THERE IS AN APPEAL LIKE.

YES, YES, I DO HAVE THE APPEAL HERE.

AND I HAVE STARTED TALKING WITH PEOPLE TO PUT TOGETHER THE COMMITTEE.

I HAVEN'T TALKED TO EVERYBODY THAT I WANT TO HAVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AS OF TODAY, BUT THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAPPENING.

BUT THAT'S A QUESTION OF MINE WHO IS ON THIS COMMITTEE AND WHO SELECTS THAT COMMITTEE? I SELECT THE COMMITTEE BASED ON THE POLICIES.

IT SAYS THAT THE LIBRARY BOARD, I THINK I LEFT THOSE AT MY SEAT, BUT THE LIBRARY BOARD IS ON THERE.

I'M ON THERE OTHER LIBRARIANS IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE SEE FIT.

SO I HAVE REACHED OUT TO A PASTOR, THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN AT DISD.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH HER AND THEN I'VE RECEIVED SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SOME OF THE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S SO I REVIEWED I READ THE ARTICLE THAT WAS WRITTEN BY THE TEXAN.

I'M SORRY THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS.

I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO BESIDES REVIEWING BOOKS, BUT THROUGH THAT ARTICLE, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.

I ALREADY ASKED THE ONE.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THE BOOKS COMING INTO THE LIBRARY? LIKE, HOW DO THOSE ARE THOSE BOOKS REVIEWED OR ARE THEY ORDERED OR DO THEY JUST SHOW UP? SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE ORDERING BOOKS, ME AND THE SERVICES LIBRARIAN.

SO WE WILL GO THROUGH, WE LOOK AT REVIEWS, WE LOOK AT SUGGESTIONS FROM OTHER LIBRARIES, WE LOOK AT POPULARITY, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.

WE ALSO LOOK AT DO WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR LIBRARY THAT IS LIKE THAT AND THEN WE WILL MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT.

THE AND ALSO I KNOW WE'RE GETTING A PRESENTATION LATER ON WHAT THESE BOOKS DETAILED.

I LOOKED AT THAT PRESENTATION AND WHAT MY ONE QUESTION IS ON THE INTERNET, WHEN YOU COME TO THE LIBRARY AND GET ON THE INTERNET, IS THERE A FIREWALL ON THE INTERNET ANY LIKE CAN YOU LOOK AT ANYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR DOES IT BLOCK YOU FROM CERTAIN? RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FILTERING SOFTWARE BECAUSE IT WAS BLOCKING THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEEDED TO GET TO.

IT WAS OVER FILTERING AND IT BECAME A PROBLEM.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR ADULT COMPUTERS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN'S COMPUTERS.

AND YEAH, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THE YES. SO THE WE ACTUALLY HAVE SIGNS THAT SAY KIDS 18 AND UNDER NEED TO BE OKAY THAT ONE MORE TIME I'M SORRY THAT'S OKAY WE HAVE SIGNS THAT SAY THAT THE KIDS NEED TO BE ACCOMPANIED IF THEY'RE 18 AND UNDER.

ACCOMPANIED AT THE AT THE COMPUTERS THAT DON'T HAVE FILTERS ON THEM.

RIGHT. AND RIGHT NOW, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE IN THE IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA EITHER.

THEY WERE NOT THE ONES THAT WE HAD WERE NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

SO IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA, THOSE COMPUTERS HAVE FILTERS ON THEM.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPUTERS IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA.

OKAY. SO THEORETICALLY, IF A CHILD WANTED TO GO ON A COMPUTER, THAT COMPUTER WOULD HAVE A FILTER ON IT.

NO, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PARENT PARENTAL SUPERVISION.

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SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE SIGNS ON THE COMPUTERS THAT SAY YOU NEED AN ADULT WITH YOU TO GET ON THE COMPUTER BECAUSE THERE IS NO FILTER OR.

YES. OKAY.

SO. THERE'S NO COMPUTERS WITH THE FILTER ON IT.

CORRECT. ARE THERE SIGNS WHERE THESE BOOKS ARE THAT SAY YOU NEED A PARENT WITH YOU TO VIEW THESE BOOKS? BECAUSE I, I SAW THESE PICTURES.

I WOULD DEFINITELY IF MY KID WAS HERE AND THEY WERE COMING UP TO DO THIS PRESENTATION, I WOULD TELL MY KIDS TO LEAVE BECAUSE, I MEAN, THOSE IMAGES ARE REALLY GRAPHIC IN THOSE BOOKS. SURE. SO IF YOU CAN'T GET ON A COMPUTER AND GOOGLE STUFF, WHICH I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK UP PORNOGRAPHY AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY.

SO IF THERE IS A FILTRATION OR A FILTER SYSTEM ON THERE AND YOU GOOGLE SOME OF THESE IMAGES AND IT BLOCKS YOU FROM SEEING THESE IMAGES, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY.

SO WHATEVER THIS PROCESS IS, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE [INAUDIBLE] WHATEVER THIS PROCESS IS, WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO LOOK AT THIS PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THESE IMAGES, BUT THEY ARE OUTRAGEOUS.

I JUST I THINK MAYBE TO PUT TOGETHER SOME SORT OF A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE THAT CAN SERVE ALONG WITH DAWN THAT PEOPLE CAN BECOME A PART OF.

I'M GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STARTING THAT COMMITTEE ALREADY AND THAT YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A WE'RE MONITORING MORE CLOSELY WHAT IS COMING IN AND OUT THROUGH A COMMITTEE.

I MEAN, WE ARE A FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE COMMITTEE.

AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I DON'T BELIEVE IN BOOK BANNING AND THAT SORT OF THING.

I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE NAZI GERMANY.

BUT I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TRY TO GOVERN WITH SOME COMMON SENSE AND LOOK AT WHAT IS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IF WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A DIVERSE COMMITTEE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT REPRESENT DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES AND WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND AGREE ON APPROPRIATE AGES AND SECTIONS, THEN THAT COULD MAYBE BE AN ADVANTAGE AND HELP US TO NOT COME BACK TO THIS POINT AGAIN.

YES. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT SERIES ABOUT I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO CENSOR WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIBRARY.

WE ARE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME THERE AND RESEARCH PROJECTS AND BE ABLE TO SEE ALL SORTS OF LIFE.

BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO MY MY KIDS GO FROM STEM SCHOOL TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OFTEN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY AT THE STEM SCHOOL.

AND I DON'T WANT THEM LOOKING AT A HUSTLER MAGAZINE IN THE LIBRARY.

SO THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT YOU CAN HAVE IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY.

AND THAT'S WHY I JUST THINK THAT A VERY DIVERSE PUBLIC COMMITTEE COULD HELP US MAKE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY ON WHERE DIFFERENT MATERIALS ARE APPROPRIATE AND MAYBE WHERE THEY'RE NOT.

BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE ARE A CONSERVATIVE COMMITTEE AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE PROCESS OF BANNING ANYTHING, BUT I DO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US COME BACK TO JUST PUTTING TOGETHER SOME GOOD COMMON SENSE POLICIES WHERE WE GET OUR INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

ONE LAST COMMENT. I MEAN, DAWN, I THINK YOU DO A GREAT JOB.

I THINK THE LIBRARIES RUN WELL.

AND BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS DAWN SHOULD NECESSARILY BE DAWN'S RESPONSIBILITY.

WE ARE THE ELECTED BODY.

THE BUCK KIND OF STOPS HERE WITH US.

I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE THE ONES THAT PUT TOGETHER THE COMMITTEE.

IF WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE THAT SITS ON THAT COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, AND SOME BOARD MEMBERS OFF THE LIBRARY BOARD, I MEAN, WE WE COULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE A DIVERSE COMMITTEE.

I THINK IT PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON DAWN AND, I AGREE, THAT'S UNDUE.

I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO SERVE HOWEVER I'M NEEDED.

YOU KNOW THAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE UNHAPPY.

SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE HAPPY.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SMALL CHILDREN UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU COMING FROM.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF BOOKS THAT ARE BESTSELLERS THAT GO TO THE LIBRARY EVERY DAY AND THAT ARE READ BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEALS AND I THINK.

I AGREE WITH MELINDA, MR. REEVES, 100%.

IT NEEDS TO BE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT REPRESENTS EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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AND I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE TABLE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

LUCKILY, WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP UP HERE, AND I'M SURE WE CAN GET IT DONE.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE DO NOT WANT TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES OF THE LIBRARY AT THIS POINT.

THAT IS NOT I THINK BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT PUTTING A SEPARATE COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO REVIEW ON A SEPARATE LEVEL, I THINK WHAT JAKE WAS SAYING WAS, LET US HELP YOU PUT TOGETHER THAT COMMITTEE AND TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF YOU.

SO YOU'RE NOT THE ONE TAKING IT AND IT'S NOT ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

SO WHEN THE ARROWS START FLYING, IT'LL BE FLYING AT US AND NOT AT YOU.

OKAY. BECAUSE, DAWN, I THINK YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.

AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT EDDIE SAID, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY HAVE WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 38 YEARS.

AND I KNOW YOU NEVER MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO SERVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO DO.

AND WE'LL TRY TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO THE FAMILIES OF THIS COMMUNITY.

OK.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS? MAYOR MIKE, CAN I JUMP IN HERE JUST FOR A SECOND? WILL. YES.

HI. HELLO, EVERYBODY.

I'VE NEVER BEEN ONE TO TRAMPLE OVER SOMEBODY'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WITH FREE SPEECH.

BUT WHEN SOME OF THOSE IMAGES WERE SHARED AND OF COURSE, I DON'T HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN LIKE JAKE OR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DO ANYMORE I HAVE TEENAGERS NOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT IT COMES DOWN KNOW, I'M A CENTER RIGHT GUY.

I'M NOT GOING TO HIDE THAT.

BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE FAMILY UNIT AND WHEN YOU EXPOSE YOUR CHILDREN TO THAT TYPE OF I WOULDN'T CALL IT OBSCENITY, BUT THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR ALL THAT.

SO I THINK HAVING THIS HONEST CONVERSATION AND GESTURE AND, YEAH, HAVING A WELL ROUNDED COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE, NOT HAVING A FIREWALL WITH COMPUTERS AND WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IT TEAM, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT.

THERE'S SO MANY INTERNET AND URLS OUT THERE AND WEBSITES THAT I'D HATE TO THINK THAT THESE ARE BLOCKED, BUT THESE AREN'T BLOCKED.

AND I'M NOT ONE TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO COMMUNITY STANDARDS OR HOW YOU RAISE YOUR FAMILY.

BUT I DON'T KNOW.

THIS IS GOOD DIALOG TO HAVE.

BUT YES, BASED OFF OF THE IMAGES THAT I SAW AND THE FACT THAT ONE OF THOSE BOOKS WAS CHECKED OUT 24 TIMES, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, TALK TO YOUR MOM AND DAD.

IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, TALK TO YOUR PASTOR.

IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, TALK TO SOME TYPE OF FAMILY MEMBER.

I DON'T THINK THAT THE FILTRATION OR THE THESE BOOKS THAT COME THROUGH, I'M A LITTLE BIT PERTURBED ABOUT THAT.

BUT I STAND ALONG WITH ALL OF YOU, AND I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, WILL. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING NOT RELATED TO THIS.

OKAY. SOME OF US WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO THE FOUNDATION DINNER AND THE DINNER THEATER, AND WE REALLY ENJOYED IT.

AND I'M CURIOUS HOW WE DID ON THAT.

WE DID REALLY WELL.

WE MADE I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $6,000, SO A COUPLE THOUSAND ON THE SILENT AUCTION ITEMS AND THEN ABOUT $4,000 ON TICKET SALES.

AND I HEARD IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT [INAUDIBLE].

SORRY YOU HAD TO MISS IT.

WELL, I BOUGHT FOUR TICKETS.

I HOPE SOMEBODY WENT IN MY PLATE.

THANK YOU, DAWN. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP FOR OUR QUARTERLY REPORT IS MAIN STREET, AND THAT WOULD BE DIRECTOR FRIEDA LASATER.

[Main Street report by Main Street Director, Frieda Lasater including relevant information and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]

PARDON ME. HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY.

OH, HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY TO EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU.

FOR MY REPORT FOR OCTOBER.

FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU, SO WE'LL RUN DOWN THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS AT THE END.

BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME PROGRESS AND SOME UPDATES.

WE HAVE OUR ATM FINALLY IN PROGRESS.

THEY'VE STARTED A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION.

A COUPLE OF HOOPS HAVE TO BE JUMPED THROUGH, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING THERE.

WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE WE HAVE TAKEN OVER DECATUR DECATUR TOWN SQUARE.COM, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK THAT UP AND SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLACED ON THE WEBSITE. AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL BE COMBINING THE DECATUR DECATUR MAINSTREET.COM DOMAIN TO THAT.

SO BOTH OF THOSE WILL FEED INTO THE SAME PLACE.

AND SO JUST BE LOOKING FOR THE CHANGES ON THAT.

IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT AND IT'S ALREADY LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

OUR HIGHWAY 51 REROUTE, WE'RE DOWN TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT FINALLY AND GREG HAS BEEN HELPING WITH FINALIZING WHERE SIGNS NEED TO GO AND WHAT SIGNS NEED TO GO WHERE AND HE'S WORKING WITH TXDOT ON THAT.

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BUT IT IS TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS GREAT.

OUR MAINSTREET DISTRICT EXPANSION.

YOU HAVE A MAP INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THAT SHOWS THE DISTRICT AND OUR GIS SPECIALIST WILLIAM WAS ABLE TO HELP ME WITH THIS MAP.

AND WHAT THIS MAP SHOWS IS THE FOUR, FOUR QUADRANTS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST THAT WERE ADDED BASED ON YOUR DECISION TO EXPAND THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT.

AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS IS NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS AND PIECE TOGETHER THESE 491 ADDRESSES IN THIS AREA AND GET THE WORD OUT TO THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY WILL BE PART OF THE MAINSTREAM DISTRICT.

BUT THE FIRST STEP TO THAT IS DETERMINING WHAT STRUCTURES ARE RESIDENTIAL, WHAT ARE COMMERCIAL, IF THEY'RE HISTORIC IN NATURE, AND TAKE PICTURES AND SEND THOSE ALL TO THE STATE MAIN STREET OFFICE.

SO THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO SEND THAT TO THE STATE AND THEN COME BACK AND BE OFFICIAL WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS MAIN STREET PROGRAM AND GO FORWARD FROM THERE. SO THIS IS THE NEXT PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE IS THIS MAP.

THEN OUR FALL EVENTS FLYER, YOU'LL SEE THAT ALSO WE HAD ANOTHER GREAT CAR SHOW IN OCTOBER WITH 90 VEHICLES ON THE SQUARE, NOT OUR BIGGEST ONE OF THE SEASON, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER EVENTS GOING ON ON THAT FIRST SATURDAY IN OCTOBER.

BUT THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT.

THEN SEVERAL OTHER EVENTS ON THE SQUARE AND THEN WE HAD OUR PAINT THE TOWN PAINT THIS LAST FRIDAY.

AGAIN, THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT.

THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT SEASON SO FAR FOR EVENTS AND WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT.

I DO HAVE SOME T-SHIRTS IN THE BACK IF ANYBODY WANTS A T-SHIRT.

AND THEN COMING UP, WE HAVE BOO BASH ON THE 30TH.

THAT'S ON A SUNDAY.

AND THEN OUR DECATUR SWIRL IS COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 5TH.

TICKET SALES DID GO LIVE.

SO EVERYBODY GET YOUR TICKETS FOR SWIRL.

THAT'S OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR.

WE ALREADY HAVE NINE HOSTED LOCATIONS AND NINE WINERIES IN PLACE, SO WE'RE READY TO GO.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE VENING, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

[Police Department report by Police Chief Delvon Campbell including relevant information and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET SO WE CAN STAY, HOPEFULLY ON TRACK.

[INAUDIBLE] BASICALLY, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE MET.

SO YOU'VE GOT THE JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER TOTALS AND THEN YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE YEAR TO DATE TOTALS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

ONE OF THE VERY INTERESTING THINGS TO LOOK AT PARTICULARLY IS ON THE DWI ARREST THROUGH JULY AND SEPTEMBER, WE HAD 19 ARRESTS FOR DWI.

THE REST OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.

YOU COULD SEE THERE WAS 33.

SO BETWEEN JULY AND NOW, ROUGHLY HALF OF ALL OF OUR DWI ARRESTS WERE DURING THAT SMALL PARTICULAR TIME.

WE WERE VERY, VERY BUSY WITH DWIS THROUGH JULY AND SEPTEMBER.

SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY MUCH ON PAR TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN.

WE'RE STILL TREADING ABOVE STATISTICALLY OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, WHICH THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED WITH THE GROWTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT.

SO HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

OBVIOUSLY, NATIONAL AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS A IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT WE HAVE EACH YEAR AT THE PD.

THIS YEAR I THINK WE COOKED ABOUT 1,800 HOT DOGS AND BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, ALL OF THOSE HOT DOGS WERE GONE.

SO THAT IS THE MOST HOT DOGS THAT WE HAVE COOKED TO DATE AS WELL.

AND SO LOWES MARKET HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH US AT OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

AND EACH YEAR THEY HAVE SPONSORED PROVIDING THE HOT DOGS AND THE HOT DOG BUNS.

SO THERE WERE 1,800 HOT DOGS THAT WERE DONE.

I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER HILTON WAS THERE SLINGING A BUNCH OF THEM DOGS AROUND AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO A VERY, VERY GOOD TURNOUT FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

OBVIOUSLY, THE CLOWN SHOW FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WAS THERE ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS THAT EVERYBODY ENJOYED.

BUT JUST A HUGE TURNOUT AGAIN FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR IS WE MAY HAVE TO OPEN UP TRINITY STREET AND CLOSE IT DOWN FOR NEXT YEAR JUST BECAUSE IT'S GETTING TO BE SUCH A BIG EVENT FOR US, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

SO AND THEN WE HAD OUR BACK THE BLUE GOLF TOURNAMENT.

SO THE FOURTH WAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

OCTOBER 1ST WAS OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH THE BACK THE BLUE GOLF TOURNAMENT IS THE MAIN FUNDRAISER FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT WE DO EACH AND EVERY YEAR. AND SO WE WERE WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON, YOU KNOW, THE TWO PICTURES ARE, OF COURSE, OF MY TWO LITTLE ONES.

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AND SO WE REALLY GEAR THAT AND CATER TO THAT TO BE A GOOD FAMILY EVENT TO WHERE WE HAVE JUST EVERYBODY'S KIDS ON.

WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME WITH IT.

AND THEN THE ONE HOLE WE DO SHOOT IN IN ARE WHICH WE SHOOT A GOLF BALL OUT OF AN AR 15.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS A FUN THING FOR OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT AS WELL.

AND THEN WE'RE I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR ARCHITECT AS WELL.

SO I'LL BE MEETING I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM EVERY TWO WEEKS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THEM.

SO THAT'S CONSTANTLY WORKING AND CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING.

I KNOW THE MESSENGER DID A REALLY GOOD ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE PAPER OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL, JUST KIND OF LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT.

SO BUT WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS WITH THAT.

A LOT OF TEDIOUS WORK IS TO BE DONE WAY AHEAD OF ACTUALLY GETTING DIRT FLOWING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO WE DO HOPE MAYBE BY JANUARY OR SO TO HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT, BUT WE'RE PUSHING ON AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO THAT POINT SO.

VERY GOOD QUESTIONS COMMENTS FOR CHIEF CAMPBELL.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, MS.

[16. COUNCIL TO HEAR PUBLIC INPUT (please complete a Speaker Registration Form before speaking) each speaker will be limited to 3 minutes, the Open Meeting Act does not allow for discussion in response to the comments, comments should be directed to the Council as a whole rather than to individual members, and no action will be taken by the Council.]

AND WE'LL WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HEAR PUBLIC INPUT.

SUSIE, DO YOU MIND GIVING US JUST A RUNDOWN ON THE ON THE RULES OF PUBLIC INPUT SESSION? JUST BASICALLY YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION AND I'LL KEEP TRACK WITH THE TIMER AND THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WHO DO WHO DO WE HAVE FIRST? LEAH CARTA. OKAY, VERY GOOD.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.

WHICH MICROPHONE? WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE.

THERE'S ONE THAT'S PROBABLY WORKING AND ONE WASN'T.

YEAH. SO MAKE SURE IT'S GREEN, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

ONE OTHER COMMENT ABOUT PUBLIC FORUM IS THAT YOU'RE HERE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION.

THIS IS HOW THAT IS ON THE AGENDA PROCESS.

THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING FOR US TO COMMENT ON UNLESS THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT CLARITY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. LEAH CARTA, AND MY ADDRESS YOU SAID, YES PLEASE.

997 JELAVIC ROAD IN DECATUR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

HI. MY NAME IS LEAH CARTA AND I AM A MOM OF THREE.

WE RELY HEAVILY ON THE DECATUR PUBLIC LIBRARY TO SUPPLEMENT OUR HOMESCHOOL.

IT'S COMMON FOR US TO CHECK OUT 30 PLUS BOOKS EACH WEEK.

LAST MONTH, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE WAS A BOOK WITH EXPLICIT AND PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION OF THE LIBRARY.

UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, WE FOUND TWO OTHER EXPLICIT BOOKS GEARED TOWARDS CHILDREN.

THE MOST DISTURBING IS A BOOK CALLED LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

IN THIS BOOK, YOU WILL FIND IMAGES NORMALIZED OF MEN WITH PENISES WHO ALSO HAVE BREASTS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL IMAGES OF PEOPLE HAVING INTERCOURSE WITH THE SAME AND OPPOSITE SEX.

I'D LIKE TO READ A FEW QUOTES FROM THIS BOOK.

AND I WANT TO AGAIN REMIND YOU THAT THIS BOOK IS GEARED TOWARDS CHILDREN.

DIP JUST THE TIP OF YOUR FINGER INSIDE YOUR ANUS.

LET YOUR ANUS PULL IT IN WHEN IT'S READY.

DIVE DEEPER WITH YOUR FINGER OR A BUTT PLUG.

TRY A SEX TOY FOR BONUS FUN, VIBES AND STOKERS ARE AWESOME.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ENJOYING SOME PORN.

IT'S A FUN, SUGARY TREAT.

LOOK UP INTERVIEWS WITH YOUR FAVORITE PORN PERFORMERS.

GO TO SITES THEY RECOMMEND AND PAY FOR YOUR PORN.

A GREAT PLACE TO RESEARCH FANTASIES AND KINK SAFELY IS ON THE INTERNET.

THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES OUT THERE WHO SHARE YOUR INTERESTS AND HAVE ALL KINDS OF ADVICE.

THERE'S ALSO AN ENTIRE CHAPTER DEDICATED TO TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO SEND SEXY NUDE PHOTOS TO ONE ANOTHER.

THIS IS A GRAPHIC NOVEL, SO EVERYTHING IS ILLUSTRATED IN DETAIL.

WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE LIBRARIANS ATTENTION, WE WERE TOLD TO FILL OUT A RECONSIDERATION FORM.

WE HAD OVER 100 TURNED IN.

I WAS ASSURED TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND THAT THE SQUEAKY WHEEL USUALLY GETS THEIR WAY.

THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE BOOKS CHOSEN AT HER DISCRETION.

AFTER A WEEK, SHE CALLED ME WITH THE RESULTS.

FLAMER, WHICH WAS ANOTHER GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING BOOK, WOULD STAY ON THE SHELF, AS WOULD LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

THE ORIGINAL BOOK THAT CAUSED US TO BECOME AWARE OF THE PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES IN THE LIBRARY WOULD BE REMOVED BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE FOUND THE DEPICTION OF ROE VERSUS WADE INACCURATE. WITH THE LATEST RULING AND THE SUGGESTED METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL WERE OUTDATED.

I PERSONALLY TURNED IN OVER A HUNDRED RECONSIDERATION FORMS THAT I COLLECTED FROM DECATUR TAXPAYERS.

NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON WROTE ANYTHING ABOUT ROE VERSUS WADE.

I ASKED THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, DAWN WILBERT, AND THIS IS A DIRECT QUOTE.

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YES. SHE DIDN'T COMMENT FURTHER.

AND THAT TOLD ME ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW.

I HAVE FOLLOWED THE LIBRARY PROCESS ALONG WITH THE OTHER HUNDRED CONCERNED DECATUR RESIDENTS, AND THAT PROCESS HAS FAILED US.

NOW WE ARE HERE FOR YOUR HELP AS ELECTED CITY REPRESENTATIVES, PLEASE PARTNER WITH US.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY THIS DANGEROUS AND HARMFUL MATERIAL SHOULD BE IN OUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

I PERSONALLY LEFT CALIFORNIA SO I COULD COME TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAD GREAT, STRONG MORAL VALUES.

THIS IS NOT A LEFT OR RIGHT ISSUE.

THIS IS A RIGHT VERSUS WRONG ISSUE.

THESE BOOKS VIOLATE THE TEXAS PENAL CODE, SECTION 43.22 AND 43.24, WHICH CLEARLY DEFINES OBSCENITY AND PROHIBITS THE DISTRIBUTION OF HARMFUL MATERIAL TO A MINOR.

WHY IS THIS AN EXCEPTION FOR OUR LOCAL LITTLE LIBRARY? THIS IS GROOMING.

IT'S ENCOURAGING THE DISMANTLING OF TRADITIONAL FAMILIES AND IT'S NOT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT, SUSIE, WHO DO WE HAVE NEXT? AMY LARUE.

OKAY. SO IT'S AMY LARUE AND WE LIVE AT 204 MEADOWBROOK LANE IN DECATUR.

THANK YOU. AND THE MOTHER OF TWO KIDS, FIVE AND NINE YEARS OLD AND THE CHILD OF A 40 YEAR EDUCATOR.

MY MOM INSTILLED A LOVE OF READING IN ME.

I BEGAN HOMESCHOOLING MY KIDS FOUR YEARS AGO.

MY HOPE WAS TO INSTILL A LOVE OF READING TO MY KIDS MUCH THE WAY MY MOM DID FOR ME.

THE READING BUG BIT MY DAUGHTER.

WE GO TO THE LIBRARY ALMOST WEEKLY TO FEED HER LOVE.

SHE'S GETTING A LITTLE INDEPENDENT THESE DAYS AND LIKES TO BROWSE AND PICK HER OWN BOOKS.

I LOVE THAT SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE LIKES AND ENJOYS THE THRILL OF A HUNT FOR A GOOD BOOK.

IT WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE IS SOME QUESTIONABLE MATERIAL IN THE VARIOUS SECTIONS THAT I ALLOW HER TO SEARCH FOR BOOKS IN.

HOW BAD COULD IT BE? I THOUGHT, THIS ISN'T DALLAS.

WE'RE NOT AUSTIN.

THIS IS DECATUR, TEXAS.

I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE BOOKS AND TO SAY THAT I AM DISGUSTED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

THEY ARE NOTHING SHORT OF PORNOGRAPHY.

IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A PARENT TO TEACH MY CHILDREN.

I CHOOSE HOW THAT IS DONE.

IF MY DAUGHTER HAD FOUND ONE OF THESE BOOKS WHILE BROWSING, THAT JOB WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF MY HANDS.

SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN IMAGES OF MEN AND WOMEN NAKED IN BED WITH EACH OTHER IN COMPROMISING POSITIONS.

SHE WOULD HAVE LEARNED STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.

SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN MEN TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT ARE UNNATURAL AS WELL AS WOMEN.

SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF MEN'S PENISES.

SHE WOULD HAVE LEARNED THAT IT IS OKAY TO NOT TALK TO HER PARENTS.

SHE WOULD HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE IS AN ONLINE COMMUNITY OF ADULTS WILLING TO TEACH HER SEXUAL THINGS.

SHE WOULD HAVE LEARNED WHAT A BLOWJOB IS.

SHE WOULD HAVE LEARNED WHAT A BUTT PLUG IS AND HOW TO USE IT.

JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THE MORE DISTURBING THINGS.

MY DAUGHTER IS NINE YEARS OLD, NINE.

SHE LOVES PRINCESSES AND UNICORNS, DRAWING AND COLORING.

SHE IS INNOCENT AND PURE.

SHE IS A CHILD.

AS HER MOTHER, I TEACH HER AGE APPROPRIATE THINGS ABOUT HER BODY, WHAT THE LIBRARY IS ALLOWING IN OUR CHILDREN'S SECTION, AND QUITE FRANKLY, IN THE LIBRARY AS A WHOLE IS APPALLING. IN A WORLD WHERE SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL TRAFFICKING IS AN EPIDEMIC.

IT IS OUR JOB AS PARENTS AND A COMMUNITY TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.

THE WORLD IS AFTER OUR CHILDREN.

IN MATTHEW 19, VERSE 14, JESUS SAID, LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME AND DO NOT FORBID THEM FOR SUCH AS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THAT KINGDOM OF HEAVEN INNOCENT AS LONG AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

WHO DO WE HAVE NEXT? [INAUDIBLE] LARUE.

HOW YOU ARE DOING? WELL, I AM AMY'S HUSBAND.

WE LIVE AT 204 MEADOWBROOK LANE, AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THE SAME ISSUE THAT YOU JUST HEARD.

WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROVERSY GOING ON IN THE LIBRARY.

WE NO LONGER HAVE WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS OR THE LITTLE PRINCESS.

WE HAVE BOOKS LIKE THE FLAMER WHO DESCRIBE FANTASIES, FANTASIZING ABOUT ONE BOY GIVING ANOTHER BOY A BLOWJOB.

THESE BOOKS ALSO ENCOURAGE MINORS TO GET ONLINE.

LITTLE KIDS, NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO GO AND RESEARCH WHO THEIR FAVORITE PORN STAR MIGHT BE.

TO TALK TO THEM.

HEY, HOW DO YOU DO THIS? HEY, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? IT'S. IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE EVEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, IT BLOWS MY MIND.

IT'S MIND BOGGLING.

HMM. I COULDN'T EVEN FINISH THIS.

IT JUST MAKES ME SICK AT MY STOMACH.

I GOT TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY, WHY DO WE HAVE BOOKS THAT A KID COULD WIN AND GOT A HOLD OF?

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THIS WORLD ISN'T PERFECT, BUT WE'RE NOT THAT FAR GONE YET [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, SIR. WHO'S NEXT SUSIE? LESLIE [INAUDIBLE].

HI, I'M LESLEY [INAUDIBLE].

I LIVE AT 8389 NORTH FM 51 DECATUR, TEXAS 76234.

I'M A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I'VE BEEN DOING SOME VOLUNTEERING.

THIS IS MY DESIRE TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS YEAR I HAVE BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW WISE COUNTY HORTICULTURE CLUB AND AND MY PARTICIPATING IN OTHER CLUBS HERE IN TEXAS, THE FRIESIAN HORSE CLUB.

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THAT CLUB AS THE SECRETARY NEWLY APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT.

AND NOW I JUST RECENTLY JOINED THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY CLUB.

SO I AM REALLY TRYING TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, I AM REALLY APPALLED AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LIBRARY. AS PART OF THE WISE COUNTY HORTICULTURE CLUB.

WE DO SOME VOLUNTEER WORK AT THE LIBRARY AND I'VE BEEN THERE DOING THE BEDDING, THE BEDS THERE THAT THE FLOWER BEDS THAT WE HAVE THERE.

SO. BUT BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION REALLY MAKES ME WANT TO PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT WITH THE VOLUNTEERING AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH I DON'T WANT TO DO, BECAUSE NOW I ALSO SIGNED UP TO HELP WITH THEIR NEW HOME STUDYING PROGRAM BECAUSE I DO A LOT OF HOMESTEADING THINGS THAT ARE RANCH.

AND SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON AT THE LIBRARY FOR BOOK SELECTION AND HOW IT'S BEING DONE.

AND IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.

I'D BE WILLING TO STEP UP AND HELP WITH THAT SELECTION.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT EVEN THOUGH OUR CHILD IS ADULT AND WE HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, THEY'RE UP IN MINNESOTA.

I'M A YANKEE. AND SO ANYWAY, I FEEL LIKE I COULD GIVE A VIEW OF WHAT THAT IS LIKE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF RAISING A CHILD AND NOW WE HAVE GRANDCHILDREN AND I COULD HELP WITH THAT.

SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED MY INPUT.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. ANGELA NELSON.

[INAUDIBLE] WHAT AM I DOING? MY NAME IS ANGELA NELSON.

I'M FROM AURORA.

MY ADDRESS IS 108 WEST AURORA VISTA TRAIL IN AURORA, AND WE SPEND ABOUT 4 HOURS A WEEK. MY KIDS, I HAVE THREE KIDS AND WE SPEND ABOUT 4 HOURS A WEEK AT THE LIBRARY EVERY WEEK.

AND MY KIDS IN THE SECTION RIGHT A LEGO SECTION RIGHT BY THE BOOK, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL FLAMER.

AND SO AND MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS EIGHT THIS IS HER, SHE LOVES GRAPHIC NOVELS.

AND WE LOVE THE LIBRARY.

WE LOVE THE DECATUR LIBRARY.

WE THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMS ARE AWESOME, BUT THIS.

HOW THIS WAS APPROACHED BY DAWN.

I KNOW SHE DOES A GREAT JOB IN A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I AM SERIOUSLY NOT HAPPY WITH HER PUTTING THAT BOOK BY THE LEGOS, BY THE LEGOS, CHILDREN PLAYING WITH LEGOS.

AND MR. ALLEN. IT'S NOT ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND RAISING THINGS, YOU KNOW, RAISING PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY.

THAT'S NOT OKAY TO PUT IT BY THE LEGOS.

WE'VE GOT TO GET IT AWAY FROM THE LEGOS.

AND THEN THE IDEA THAT, OH, IF IT'S A BIOGRAPHY, THEN IT'S OKAY.

THAT'S NOT AN OKAY.

YOU KNOW, IF JEFFREY DAHMER, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO PUT HIS SECTION, HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

RIGHT, BY THE THREE YEAR OLD SECTION? ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

WE NEED TO HAVE STANDARDS.

AND I DON'T LIKE MEIN KAMPF.

I'M NOT A FAN OF COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THOSE BOOKS SHOULD BE IN THE LIBRARY.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE NO MATTER WHAT WE BELIEVE.

I ACTUALLY LEARNED A LOT FROM THOSE BOOKS, A LOT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I DON'T LIKE.

BUT THESE BOOKS SHOULD NOT BE AROUND OUR CHILDREN.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A MATTER OF OPINION OF THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE RAISED LIKE THIS.

AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE RAISED LIKE THIS.

ALL CHILDREN SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT.

AND ALSO, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD A SON THAT WAS KICKED OUT OF A CLASS BECAUSE HE SAID THE WORD BEND OVER IN A SEXUAL

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BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS BOOK, OKAY, THIS IS FROM FLAMER.

OKAY. WHO WANTS MY HOT WIENER? OH, YEAH, BABY. SLIDE IT RIGHT INTO MY BUNS.

THIS IS THE BOOK THAT WAS NEAR MY CHILDREN.

AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE'S CHILDREN DESPITE THEIR WHATEVER THEY BELIEVE.

THERE'S A GOOD AND A BAD.

AND THIS IS BAD.

AND I THINK DAWN DOES NEED TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR, EVEN AFTER HAVING BEEN ASKED TO STILL KEEP THIS BY MY CHILDREN.

I OBJECT TO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.

AND I, I LOVE MY LIBRARIANS.

I'M A HOME SCHOOLER. WE HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LIBRARIANS.

WE LOVE THEM. AND THIS IS JUST NOT APPROPRIATE.

AND THERE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY THERE.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. PHILLIP PUTNAM.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PHILIP PUTNAM.

I LIVE AT 997 COUNTY ROAD 1111.

I MOVED HERE THREE YEARS AGO WITH MY WIFE AND SEVEN KIDS.

AND LAST YEAR WE ADDED ONE MORE FOR OUR CATER FROM DECATUR.

OUR ROOTS HERE THOUGH, GO BACK TO THE FIFTIES.

WHEN MY GRANDFATHER GRADUATED FROM DECATUR BAPTIST COLLEGE AND SPENT HIS YEARS AS A PASTOR.

THOUGH WE ARE NEW TO THIS AREA, WE QUICKLY EMBRACED THIS COMMUNITY AND THE VALUES THAT IT REPRESENTS AND BECAME VERY INVOLVED IN LIFE HERE IN CHURCH AND IN HOMESCHOOLING AND AS HOMESTEADERS.

AS HOMESCHOOLERS WE ARE ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIBRARY AND WE DO LOVE IT.

MANY OF OUR DAYS HAVE BEEN SPENT THERE AND THEREFORE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECENT DECISION TO KEEP OBSCENE BOOKS ON THE SHELVES.

THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE BOOKS WERE THERE.

IT'S ABOUT SOMETHING MUCH DEEPER.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR DISCUSSION ABOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THESE LIBRARY DECISIONS, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN HEAR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN OUR OWN RESEARCH AND STUDY.

BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN THOSE THREE BOOKS.

THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE LIBRARY LEADERSHIP.

THEY EXAMINED THE BOOKS AND FOUND THEM TO BE ACCEPTABLE.

THEY LOOKED CLOSELY AT BOOKS WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN WITH GRAPHIC IMAGES OF SEX ACTS, BOOKS THAT DEPICT ANAL SEX TOYS AND VIBRATORS, BOOKS THAT ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO LOOK FOR ONLINE COMMUNITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SEX FETISHES.

BOOKS THAT ENCOURAGE MY CHILDREN AGE 1 TO 19 TO LOOK UP PORN AND ENJOY IT AS A SUGARY TREAT.

NOT ONLY DID THEY KEEP THEM, THE LIBRARY WANTED TO MOVE THEM TO THE TEEN SECTION.

MY CHILDREN WHO LOVE TO READ COULD HAVE BROWSED THE SHELVES AT THE DECATUR PUBLIC LIBRARY IN WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND READ THOSE AND SEEN THOSE IMAGES.

HOW ARE WE EVEN HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MERITS OF THAT CONTENT? JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE DIRECTOR SAID, WE REALLY FOUND NO FAULT WITH THE CONTENT.

LET ME REPEAT THAT.

WE REALLY FOUND NO FAULT WITH THE CONTENT.

THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE.

THEY EXAMINED THOSE BOOKS AND FOUND THEM TO BE ACCEPTABLE.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT BANNING OR CENSORSHIP.

IT'S ABOUT REFLECTING OUR VALUES.

PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THOSE BOOKS IN MANY OTHER WAYS, INCLUDING INTERLIBRARY LOAN IF THEY NEED THEM.

THEY DON'T NEED THEM ON THE SHELVES OF OUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

IF THE LIBRARY DIDN'T BELIEVE IN A STANDARD OF SOME TYPE, THERE WOULD BE PLAYBOY AVAILABLE.

THE FACT IS, THERE IS A LINE.

THE QUESTION IS WHERE WILL THAT LINE BE ENFORCED? THEY EXAMINED THOSE BOOKS AND FOUND THEM TO BE ACCEPTABLE.

THAT IS A BETRAYAL OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THAT IS A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP THAT DOES NOT REFLECT THE VALUES OF WHO WE ARE.

WE'VE SEEN THE SHIRTS AND BUMPER STICKERS.

DON'T CALIFORNIA, MY TEXAS.

WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE IMPORTING VALUES THAT ARE CONTRARY TO THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO LIVE HERE AND THE LIFE THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE.

IT TURNS OUT WE NEED TO BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT WHO IS ALREADY HERE.

THEY ALREADY EXAMINED THOSE BOOKS AND THEY FOUND THEM ACCEPTABLE.

DO YOU FIND THAT TO BE ACCEPTABLE? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, SIR.

ANDREA [INAUDIBLE], DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? THAT'S OKAY. I'M SORRY.

THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. HI FRIENDS, MY NAME IS ANDREA [INAUDIBLE].

MY ADDRESS IS 183 PRIVATE ROAD 2639, DECATUR, TEXAS.

WE LIVE OUT NEAR GREENWOOD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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I AM OF THE FIRM OPINION THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR GREATEST ASSET, WHICH ARE OUR CHILDREN, FROM VOLUNTARY AS WELL AS ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE TO PORNOGRAPHY.

I WOULD APPRECIATE OUR LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL TO BE PROACTIVE IN NOT PROVIDING PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL THROUGH OUR VERY, VERY IMPORTANT LIBRARY.

I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. RICK [INAUDIBLE].

I'M RICK [INAUDIBLE] I LIVE IN 183 PRIVATE ROAD 2639, DECATUR.

I DON'T HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN, BUT MY WIFE AND I, WE HAVE GRANDCHILDREN IN WISE COUNTY, IS THIS THE ONE? IN WISE COUNTY. AND WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION OF THE PORNOGRAPHY AND THE LIBRARY, I THOUGHT HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN? I KNOW A COMMUNITY STANDARDS START WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND TO LET THIS HAPPEN LOWERS OUR STANDARDS.

I JUST I'M NOT GOING TO POINT A FINGER AT ANYBODY BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DECISION, BUT GOD WILL JUDGE US AND WHATEVER WE SAY OR DON'T SAY AND WHATEVER WE DO OR NOT DO.

I JUST. GOD WILL JUDGE US.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

JUSTIN CRANE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DUSTIN CRANE AND I AM A CONCERNED DAD, CITIZEN LIBRARY PATRON AND 2009 IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. AUGUST.

OOH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I SWORE AN OATH TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CONSTITUTION TO PROTECT US FROM THREATS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

AND RIGHT NOW, I FEEL OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT IS BEING VIOLATED AND ATTACKED.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I AM HEARING A LOT OF OUTRAGE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO TO THE LIBRARY AND TRY TO CHECK OUT THESE MATERIALS, YOU CAN'T GET THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING CONTESTED.

SO HOW DO SO MANY PEOPLE KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THIS BOOK WHENEVER WE CAN'T EVEN GET IT RIGHT NOW AND I'M SORRY, JUST ATTACK ON OUR RIGHTS.

AND I AM NOT ARGUING FOR PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS IN ANY WAY TO BE IN OUR LIBRARY OR EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR CHILDREN AT ALL. I BELIEVE THAT, AND IT IS MY MOST BELIEF THAT IT IS UP TO US AS AN INDIVIDUAL, AS A PARENT, AS A GUARDIAN, TO BE THERE FOR OUR CHILDREN, TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE, TO LET THEM UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL NUDITY IS PORNOGRAPHIC.

YOU CAN'T HAVE SEXUAL EDUCATION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

I'VE HEARD QUOTES ABOUT FLAMER.

IT IS AN ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL.

THE LIBRARIANS WILL TELL YOU THAT IT IS NOT OUT THERE FOR CHILDREN.

THE JOKE ABOUT HOT DOG AND BUNS WAS ABOUT THE BULLIES PERSECUTING THE MAIN CHARACTER IN HIS LIFE.

AND I'M SORRY I CAN'T GET INTO MORE.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. CHAD MILLER.

WELL, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHAD MILLER.

I LIVE AT 211 HIDDEN MEADOW COURT.

I'M FRIENDS WITH A NUMBER OF Y'ALL ON FACEBOOK, SOME OF YOU IN PERSON.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THE THANKLESS JOB BEING ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AND I JUST WANT LET YOU GUYS KNOW EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN ROME, THAT DECATUR IS THE HUB OF THIS COMMUNITY, AS YOU GUYS KNOW.

AND Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB THAT DECATUR SWIRL, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY YEAR AND WILL KNOWS I SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN WISE COUNTY AND SPECIFICALLY IN DECATOR, BUT HE WON'T

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BUT. BUT I DO.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO.

I THINK OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE IS WAY BETTER THAN GRAPEVINE.

WE NEED TO GET THAT TITLE HERE BECAUSE YOU ALL KILL IT EVERY YEAR.

SO THERE'S MANY THINGS I LOVE ABOUT DECATUR, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIVE IN TOWN.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I TRULY LOVE ABOUT WISE COUNTY IS THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? AND THE TRADITIONAL VALUES THAT WE HAVE.

AND I AM SOMEONE WHO I HOLD THE FIRST AMENDMENT SO CLOSE TO MY HEART.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, SIR.

I TRULY DO.

PORNOGRAPHY FOR CHILDREN IS NOT A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

IT'S JUST NOT.

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS NOT A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

AND ALL I WANT TO SAY IS I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING IN ADVANCE.

AND THAT'S IT. I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. AND GOD BLESS YOU [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. STEPHANIE COOK, LAST ONE.

HI. I WOULD ACTUALLY JUST LIKE TO.

DO YOU HAVE MY.

I JUST WANTED TO ACTUALLY GIVE YOU GUYS MY 3 MINUTES SO THAT YOU CAN REVIEW THE IMAGES AGAIN, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY IS FULLY AWARE OF HOW INCREDIBLY INAPPROPRIATE THEY ARE.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A POWERPOINT IF WE WANT TO THROW THAT UP.

BUT I KNOW WE'VE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN COPIES BEFORE THE MEETING, SO THANK YOU.

WELL, I SENT ONE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.

DO YOU HAVE THAT BY CHANCE OR I THINK WE WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA THE NEXT MEETING? CORRECT. AND AT THAT POINT, WE'LL WE CAN PUT IT UP FOR EVERYBODY.

IS THAT ACCURATE? I'M SORRY. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDED TO THIS AGENDA.

AND THEN WE WERE NOT SO NEXT AGENDA, WHICH IS IN TWO WEEKS WE'LL BE ADDED.

CORRECT. AND THEN OUR POWERPOINT CAN BE PRESENTED TO EVERYBODY.

OKAY. SO LET ME JUST CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR COMMENT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE AREN'T USUALLY ANY TYPE OF POWERPOINTS OR ANYTHING THAT ARE DISPLAYED.

WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR ITEMS GOING ON THE AGENDA THAT INVOLVES THE MAYOR COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER.

IF THAT IS SPONSORED IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY, THEN IT WOULD BE ADDED.

IF NOT, IT WILL NOT BE ADDED.

SO WE DECATUR DOESN'T HAVE A PROCESS FOR CITIZENS TO JUST ADD SOMETHING ON.

WE DO HAVE A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH FOR ITEMS TO BE ADDED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT, I THINK, OF ALL AUDIENCES WATCHING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WHAT IS SHOWN SO.

I THINK WHERE WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF ALL AUDIENCES THEN AT THAT POINT IS OUR CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY.

IF THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ALL OF THE ADULTS IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW, IT SHOULD BE REMOVED.

IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE AT THAT POINT [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND THAT CLOSES OUR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC INPUT.

SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE.

[1. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PALOMA TRAILS DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED BY TWS LAND PARTNERS LP.]

MS. SLOANE WILL BE PRESENTING IN JUST A SECOND.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M DREW SLOAN WINSTEAD, PC.

WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO, IF I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

SO APOLOGIES. I HAD TO GRAB THE GENTLEMAN FROM OUTSIDE.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK THIS PRESENTATION IS IN YOUR PACKET.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A CLICKER OR AM I JUST GOING TO DIRECT IT? OKAY, I'LL SAY NEXT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE BACK AGAIN WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT FOR YOU TO SEE.

I BELIEVE THIS WENT BEFORE P&Z.

LAST WEEK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO THIS MAY BE SOME REVIEW FOR YOU, BUT WE ARE COMING BACK AGAIN.

THIS TIME. YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH PIDS, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH TIRZ, SOME ACRONYMS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

BUT IF THAT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU REMEMBER FROM EIGHT MONTHS AGO, DON'T WORRY, THERE ARE SOME SLIDES AT THE END FOR THE BORING STUFF.

BUT BEFORE I GET TO THE KIND OF BORING STUFF, I DID WANT TO BRING UP TODD WINTERS WITH TWC LAND TO TALK MORE WITH YOU ABOUT THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TERMS THAT WILL BE BEFORE YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS TODD WINTERS WITH ENGINEERING CONCEPTS AT 201 WIND CO CIRCLE IN WYLIE, TEXAS.

SO I GET TO DO THE FUN PART.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TO SHOW YOU GUYS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I APPRECIATE DREW AND RICK AND ALL THE NUMBERS AND THE AGREEMENTS AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS.

BUT REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO FIRST IS TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

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WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH THOSE GUYS LAST WEEK.

BASICALLY, WE'RE THE SHELL STATION THAT IS COMING IN ON 380 ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

WE'RE ADJACENT TO THAT.

SO ABOUT EIGHT ACRES AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER IS IN THE CITY LIMITS CURRENTLY AND WE'RE ANNEXING 157 ACRES ADJACENT TO THAT, WHICH IS ABOUT 2000, A LITTLE OVER 2000 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG 380 THERE.

SO IT IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL AND A TRANSITION INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE QUARTERBACK THERE.

WE'LL GET INTO THE ZONING LATER, BUT WE HAVE A VARIETY OF LOT SIZES SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSES, DIFFERENT SIZED HOUSES, DIFFERENT ENTRY FEATURES, DIFFERENT SIDE ENTRIES ADJACENT SWINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED INTO THIS.

SO WE DO HAVE A LANDSCAPE PACKAGE THAT SHOWS THE SCREENING ON HERE TOO.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU SEE THAT THERE'S ABOUT SIX ACRES OF OPEN SPACE HERE, WHICH WILL BE BASICALLY A PUBLIC PARK, BUT MAINTAINED PRIVATELY, BY THE HOA, SO THAT NO, NO BURDEN TO THE CITY ALONG THOSE OPEN SPACES WE'LL HAVE LIKE SOME WROUGHT IRON FENCING WITH WITH COLUMNS.

AND WE'LL HAVE A NICE SENTRY FEATURE RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU SEE THE LITTLE RED SPOT YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO DONATE THAT TO THE CITY FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I BELIEVE IT'S 2.3 ACRES.

SO YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN THAT WILL HELP THEM TO GET IN AND OUT.

SO WE'RE ALSO DONATING A SITE FOR A WATER TOWER SITE THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH YOUR CITY ENGINEER, WHICH IS ENCOUNTERED IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER THERE, WHICH IS ALMOST THE HIGHEST POINT IN TOWN RIGHT THERE.

SO IT'D BE A GREAT SPOT FOR A WATER TOWER THAT WILL LOOP THIS.

JUST BRIEFLY, WE ARE EXTENDING UTILITIES OUT HERE AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND A 16 INCH WATER LINE OUT HERE THAT WILL FEED THAT WATER TOWER LOOP AND BACK WITH A 12 INCH ALONG OLD DENTON ROAD.

WE'LL HAVE A LIFT STATION AND THAT NORTHEAST CORNER UP IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY WHERE YOU SEE THE GREEN AREA THERE, EVERYTHING WILL GRAVITY FLOW TO THAT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 90 FOOT OF FALL ACROSS THE SIDE.

SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME SOME CHARACTER.

WE'LL HAVE SOME RETAINING WALLS AND IT'LL HAVE SOME FALL TO IT AND SO IT'LL BE REALLY NICE.

SO BUT EVERYTHING WILL GO TO THAT LIFT STATION.

WE'LL HAVE A FORCE MAIN THAT WILL BRING IT ALL THE WAY BACK INTO FM 51, WHERE THERE'S A SEWER SYSTEM THAT HAS A SEWER LINE THAT HAS A CAPACITY FOR THIS.

SO WE'VE KIND OF VETTED THROUGH THAT WITH YOUR CITY STAFF, AND THEY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN HELPFUL THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE COME UP WITH GOOD IDEAS THAT HAVE HELPED US THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED INTO THIS.

SO IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROCESS TO GO THROUGH WITH THEM.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRODUCT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO REALLY BE PROUD OF IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN FROM THE EAST OVER THERE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE AGENDA WITH THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONING AND ANNEXATION, KIND OF ALL THE PRELIMINARY STUFF TO GET THIS PROCESS STARTED. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE HERE.

SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OR COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

LOOKS. LOOKS VERY NICE.

THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

SO WITH THE FRENCH BEING COMMERCIAL, IS THERE TXDOT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PUTTING A LIGHT IN? SO GREAT QUESTION.

THAT WAS A LOT OF A LOT OF CONVERSATION AT P&Z ABOUT THAT.

WE DO FEEL LIKE THAT THERE WILL EVENTUALLY BE A LIGHT THERE WHEN THE TRAFFIC WARRANTS IT.

WE ARE DOING A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY THAT WE'VE ALREADY HIRED A CONSULTANT TO DO.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE THE TRAFFIC COUNTS ALREADY.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT REPORT SOMETIME THIS MONTH.

WHEN WE TURN IN THE ENGINEERING PLANS, WE WILL HAVE THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

WHAT IT DOES, IT LOOKS AT IT IN PHASES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD 418 LIGHTS AT ONE TIME.

IT'S GOING TO BE OVER A 5 TO 7 YEAR PERIOD PROBABLY OR MORE.

AND SO AS WE DO PHASE ONE AND THEN HOUSES ARE STARTING TO BE BUILT, IT'LL IT'LL SAY IN THERE WHEN THAT'S TRIGGERED AND OBVIOUSLY TXDOT WHETHER WE SUBMIT THE TRAFFIC STUDY WITH OUR ENGINEERING PLANS TO THE CITY THE CITY REVIEWS IT SENDS IT TO TXDOT.

WHENEVER WE HIT THAT WARRANT, WHATEVER THAT THRESHOLD IS, THAT WILL BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE.

WE'VE ALSO TALKED TO THEM ABOUT REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT THROUGH THERE POSSIBLY.

AND ONCE WE ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE ANNEXATION PROCESS AND WE ANNEX THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEN THE CITY CAN COME BACK AND ANNEX 380 OR THE CITY COULD ENFORCE THAT. SO THE CITY WOULD HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT POWER THERE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TODAY.

SO WE'VE ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT OLD DENTON ROAD.

AND SO WHILE WE'RE KIND OF ON THAT TOPIC, WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO DO AND IT'S SOME SUGGESTION WITH THE CITY STAFF, IF YOU SEE THESE NORTH SOUTH COLLECTORS, IT'S CALLED A MINOR ARTERIAL. THEY'RE 68 FOOT RIGHT AWAY ON BOTH SIDES.

WE'VE ACTUALLY ACTUALLY WE'RE ONLY REQUIRED TO DEDICATE HALF THE RIGHT OF WAY ON OUR SIDE AND BUILD HALF THE ROAD.

BUT WE'VE AGREED TO DEDICATE THE ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY AND BUILD THE ENTIRE ROAD BECAUSE WE DO FEEL LIKE THOSE NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDORS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

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WE COULDN'T DEDICATE THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ON OLD DENTON ROAD WE WILL ACTUALLY BE BUILDING A SECTION OF 24 FOOT CONCRETE PAVEMENT THE ALONG OUR PERIMETER.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH AND TO THE WEST ABOUT THE CONDITION OF OLD DENTON ROAD.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS OVER TIME OR THE CITY CAN CAN LOOK INTO ONCE THE TRAFFIC IS THERE FOR THAT.

SO WE DO FEEL LIKE OUR TRAFFIC STUDY IS GOING TO SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS TRAFFIC IS GOING TO FLOW NORTH TO 380 SO THAT THEY CAN GET IN OR OUT.

WE DO HAVE AN EAST WEST COLLECTOR THERE THAT DIVIDES THE COMMERCIAL BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL THERE.

THAT IS A 37 FOOT BACK TO BACK STREET AS WELL.

AND BASICALLY THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY AS YOU SEE THE NORTH SOUTH.

SO THERE THERE WILL BE GOOD, GOOD WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO A COLLECTOR AND TO GET OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE 400 CARS A DAY COMING DOWN TO OLD DENTON ROAD AND COMING BACK INTO TOWN.

SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL HAVE SCHOOL TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY WILL ADDRESS THAT.

IT WILL ADDRESS IT IN PHASES AS TO WHEN CERTAIN THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN.

AND SO AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO MENTION TOO WITH ALL OF THESE COLLECTORS COMES AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE TRAIL.

SO WE'LL HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE RED LINES IN THE PARKS.

THERE WE'LL HAVE SIDEWALKS OR TRAILS THROUGH THE PARKS AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN WALK OUT OF ANY DOOR IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WALK AROUND THIS ENTIRE LOOP AND NEVER GET OFF OF A TRAIL.

SO WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT AS A COMMUNITY ASPECT THAT WILL BE, I THINK, A GREAT BENEFIT HERE THAT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW.

SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

HOW MANY DRIVEWAYS WILL YOU HAVE ENTERING ON 380 FROM THE COMMERCIAL AREA? TWO. WELL, I KNOW YOU SEE THE TWO ARTERIALS RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST ONE ACCESS POINT ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THAT COMMERCIAL THERE.

WELL, PROBABLY AT THE MIDPOINT, BUT IT WILL BE A RIGHT TURN IN ONLY AND A RIGHT TURN OUT ONLY.

SO IT WILL GIVE THEM ACCESS SO THAT THEY DON'T ALL HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE COLLECTOR TO GET THERE.

BUT THERE'S NO WAY, BECAUSE OF THE SPEED LIMIT OUT THERE, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANOTHER MEDIUM BREAK.

SO IT WILL BE THE TWO COLLECTORS THAT YOU SEE AND HOPEFULLY A RIGHT IN AND A RIGHT OUT ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THERE.

CHIEF, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? BECAUSE AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS, THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF THOSE DRIVEWAYS.

THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

YEAH. SO A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED IS KIND OF LATER DOWN THE ROAD.

WORKING WITH TXDOT ON ANY PROJECT HAS SOME CHALLENGES AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE TRIGGERED FOR LOTS AND OTHER THINGS TO COME INTO PLAY, BUT ALSO BY US BEING ABLE TO GET ACCESS ANNEX THAT THAT ALSO HELPS BY BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE THE TRAFFIC OUT THERE, LOWER THOSE SPEED LIMITS AS WELL.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP GREATLY AS WELL.

SO WE'VE I MEAN, WE'VE HAD CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERY ASPECT OF THIS.

A LOT OF IT I MEAN, IT JUST IT IT'S DEPENDENT UPON WHAT TXDOT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON.

ONCE YOU REALLY GET THAT TRAFFIC STUDY IN, THEN THAT KIND OF DICTATES A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH THEM FROM DAY ONE, PROBABLY BEEN ONE OF THE BEST GROUPS TO WORK WITH SO FAR AS FAR AS CONSTANT JUST BACK AND FORTH. SO THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME FOR YOUR TRAFFIC UNIT? 100%. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GO ON, THAT THAT'S WHERE THOSE OTHER ASPECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE COME INTO PLAY.

IS IT GOING TO. IS IT GOING TO REQUIRE THIS OTHER WATER TOWER OR THAT'S JUST A IMMEDIATE WON'T BE AN IMMEDIATE NEED, BUT IT WOULD BE A FUTURE NEED.

THE CITY HAS A FUTURE PLAN FOR EXPANSION AND LINES.

AND IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE THERE IS A VERY HIGH POINT RIGHT THERE, IT SHOWS A FUTURE WATER TOWER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DONATE THAT SITE.

SO WHENEVER THE CITY GETS READY AND NEEDS IT AND IT WARRANTS IT, BASICALLY YOU'LL HAVE THE SITE TO DO IT.

I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WOULD PAY FOR THE WATER TOWER.

WE'RE BRINGING A WE'RE BRINGING A 16 INCH WATER LINE OUT THERE.

SO WE ARE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE LINE THAT WILL THAT WILL BRING THE WATER TO IT FOR SURE.

AND WE WILL LOOP THAT LINE, OF COURSE.

ALL RIGHT. AND AS I LOOK AT IT, YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE.

AND FROM WHAT I READ AND I LOOKED AT, IT WILL BE MAINTAINED BY AN HOA.

THAT IS CORRECT. IT WON'T BE ADDED.

WE'VE TALKED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND HE WAS LIKE, NO, WE LIKE A LOT OF PARKS TO TAKE IT.

I KNOW. AND I KNOW HE HAS A SMALL STAFF AND IT WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA AND IT'S IN THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT.

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VERY GOOD. YEAH, I GUESS I WOULD WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK FROM CITY PERSONNEL ABOUT THE INTERACTION AND WORKING WITH YOUR GROUP AND AND YOUR TEAM.

SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO.

WELL, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT'S HELPED US TO, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SO RESPONSIVE AND SO HELPFUL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

AWESOME. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

NEW CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT TOO.

ALWAYS DOUBLE OUT, TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING FOR FREE [LAUGHTER].

YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

THAT GETS US TO ACTION ITEM TWO CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH TWS LAND PARTNERS.

MAYOR WHO HAD LET MS. SLOANE [INAUDIBLE] COULD CONTINUE ON HER ALONG HER JOURNEY.

[INAUDIBLE] WELL, LET ME LET ME EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT YOU HAVE THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR STAFF TO HEAR BACK ON TONIGHT IS THERE IS A PROPOSED TERM SHEET WHICH VERY THANKFUL APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THEM PROVIDING THIS AND IT'S THE OUTLINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN AT LEAST GET MS. SLOAN TO GO THROUGH THAT SO THAT THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS WE DON'T HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, HASN'T BEEN FULLY VETTED THROUGH STAFF.

SO BUT THESE ARE THE DEAL POINTS.

SO WE'D LIKE TO KNOW KIND OF YES OR NO HOW YOU'RE FEELING ON THESE, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT BEFORE WE CONTINUE FORWARD TRYING TO FINALIZE THAT AGREEMENT.

SORRY TO BRING YOU BACK TO AGENDA ITEM ONE, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE ON OUR JOURNEY.

SO AS YOU SAID, I THINK A LOT OF THIS WAS COVERED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE PUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THE DONATION OF SITES FOR BOTH THE WATER TOWER AND THE FIRE STATION, SO WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

THE MAIN ITEMS, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, ARE GETTING A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

AS YOU RECALL, MOST OF THIS PROPERTY IS NOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

AND SO WE ARE ANNEXING A LARGE PORTION OF IT AND THUS BRINGING IN A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TAX BASE.

WITHIN THAT, WE ARE ASKING FIRST FOR THE CITY TO ASSIST US IN FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE BY PUTTING A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN PLACE AND ISSUING BONDS WITH THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

WE ARE ASKING TO TAKE A PORTION OF THAT ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE TO OFFSET THE ASSESSMENTS TO THE HOMEOWNERS, THUS MAKING THEM MORE AFFORDABLE WHEN THEY GET THEIR EVENTUAL TAX BILL. SO THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, I THINK, THAN SOMETHING WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.

SO TO TOUCH ON HOW THAT WORKS, IF YOU ARE A HOMEOWNER WITHIN THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND YOU GET A TAX BILL FOR YOUR HOUSE IN 2022, YOU'LL PAY A PORTION OF YOUR CITY TAXES AND YOU'LL ALSO PAY AN ASSESSMENT.

THE NEXT YEAR THE CITY WILL SAY, WE'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONCEPT AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE TAXES THAT WERE PAID IN 2022 AND HOLD THEM BACK AS A CREDIT FOR THE ASSESSMENT THAT COMES IN 2023.

SO LET'S JUST FOR EASE OF DISCUSSION, YOUR [INAUDIBLE] ASSESSMENT IS $1,500.

SO IN 2022 THE FIRST YEAR YOU'D GET A $1,500 DOLLARS BILL.

IN 2023, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE 500 FROM THE CITY'S TAXES THAT WERE PAID IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF 2023 AND THEN BILL THE HOMEOWNER IN 2023, $1,000.

SO WE NEED $1,500 DOLLARS PER HOUSE PER YEAR TO SERVICE THE DEBT.

WE TAKE SOME FROM TAXES, WE TAKE SOME FROM ASSESSMENTS, AND WE PUT IT TOGETHER SO THAT THE OVERALL TAX BURDEN, IF YOU WILL, TO THE HOMEOWNER IS SLIGHTLY LESS BECAUSE YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN THAT WITH THE INCREMENTAL TAX VALUE.

WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS A 65% TIRZ PARTICIPATION.

SO WHAT THAT WOULD BE, I BELIEVE IT WORKS OUT TO SOMETHING LIKE $0.34.

IT'S IN ANOTHER SLIDE. BUT YEAH, YEAH.

SO 65% PARTICIPATION IN THE TIRZ TO OFFSET THE BURDEN TO THE HOMEOWNER.

THOSE ARE THE REAL MAIN FINANCIAL POINTS HERE.

I THINK WE'VE COVERED THE ROADS, WE'VE COVERED THE DONATION OF THE SITES.

THE ONLY OTHER THING ARE IMPACT FEE CREDITS, WHICH WE ARE POTENTIALLY OVER SIZING ONE OF THE OFF SITE WATER LINES, AND THAT IS NOT A COST THAT CAN BE PAID FOR THROUGH A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN APPLICABLE BENEFIT, AS WE SAY TO THE OWNERS THERE.

IT'S REALLY A BENEFIT TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY.

SO THAT PROJECT IS A CITY PROJECT AND THUS IMPACT FEES THAT WOULD HAVE ORDINARILY BEEN USED TO BUILD THAT WE'RE USING FOR US TO BUILD IT AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT. SO THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE HIGH POINTS OF THE BUSINESS TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT SOME WERE COVERED BY TODD AND THE REST ARE COVERED BY ME.

IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE FINANCIAL SPECIFICS OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN LIKE IN TERMS OF ADDITION TO TAX BASE, WHAT THE BURDEN LOOKS LIKE TO HOMEOWNERS, THAT IS IN THE

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WE DO HAVE RICK ROSENBERG FROM DPFG THAT CAN GO THROUGH THEM IF YOU LIKE.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL SLIDES ABOUT COVERING PIDS AND TIRZ THAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.

BUT IN CASE YOU NEED A REFRESHER, I CAN OR WE CAN JUST GO ON TO WHAT KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

SO I'LL LET YOU DECIDE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING TO GO TO NEXT.

NATE I KNOW YOU'VE LOOKED THROUGH ALL THESE NUMBERS.

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE NATE, GREG WITH WHAT THESE PRESENT FOR US AND THE LIABILITY FOR US? YOU GET A COMFORT LEVEL ON THE PROJECT.

OVERALL, IT'S HIGH COMFORT LEVEL.

THE NUMBERS IS GOOD.

I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THE 65% ON THE TIRZ AND PULL THAT DOWN TO A NUMBER CLOSER TO 50%.

THANK YOU. JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, MAKE SURE IT'S IN MY MIND.

IT ONLY AFFECTS THIS AREA? CORRECT. SO DOES IT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON ANYBODY ELSE'S TAXES ACROSS THE CITY? NO, IT DOES NOT. AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT THIS METHOD IS USED, BECAUSE DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIALLY PAYING FOR DEVELOPMENT.

YOU LIVE HERE AND ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY DIDN'T ASSIST US, IT WOULD BE A DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A DEVELOPMENT COST TO THE DEVELOPER, SO THE HOMEOWNER PAYS FOR IT REGARDLESS.

BUT THIS JUST BRINGS THE BURDEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE HOMEOWNER, QUITE FRANKLY.

WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL? DO YOU WANT TO REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY OR.

JUST PLEASE. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR TALK MORE? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SO, RICK, I'LL LET YOU WALK THROUGH THE NUMBERS.

THAT SHOULD BE THE NEXT SLIDE IS NUMBERS.

AGAIN, THIS IS RICK ROSENBERG WITH DPFG, AND I'M [INAUDIBLE] SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.

GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS THE NET TAX REVENUES AFTER THE USE OF THE TIRZ TO EACH OF THE TAXING JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CITY BUILD OUT WILL BE GENERATING OVER $660,000 A YEAR.

TOTAL TAX REVENUES ARE ALMOST $5 MILLION A YEAR, BUT WE HAVE A NET EFFECTIVE TAX RATE OF $2.84.

THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ESTIMATED PID RATE LESS THE IMPACT OF THE 65% TIRZ.

OBVIOUSLY, IF PER THE CITY MANAGER WE END UP AT A 50%, WE WILL REDUCE THE PID RATE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO ANY HIGHER THAN $2.84. WE WANT TO BE MARKETABLE WITH OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA AND OTHER PROJECTS NEARBY.

NEXT. THIS SHOWS THE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS THAT A HOMEOWNER WILL HAVE OR A COMMERCIAL USER, AND THIS IS NET OF THE TIRZ THAT THEY WILL BE PAYING.

ANYWHERE FROM 20 $700 A YEAR TO 30 $200 PER YEAR FOR THE PID NET OF THE TIRZ.

AND IT'S BASED ON HAVING A NET 76 CENT EQUIVALENT TAX RATE.

AND THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED RELATIVE TO MARKET OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA AND THAT IS COMPETITIVE AND ANYTHING THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY TEAM AS WELL AS THE BUILDERS WHO WILL BE PART OF THE PROJECT.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS SHOWING THAT WE PROJECT OVER $290 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL TAXABLE VALUE TO THE CITY BASED ON MULTIPLE LAND USES, THREE DIFFERENT LOT TYPES, A MULTIFAMILY PARCEL AND FOUR DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL PARCELS.

AND THESE ARE IN TODAY'S DOLLARS AND OBVIOUSLY HOPEFULLY GROW OVER TIME.

THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE.

THIS LOOKS AT A SERIES OF BOND ISSUES THAT ARE ARE PROJECTED AT THIS TIME TO BE OBVIOUSLY REVIEWED BY YOUR TEAM AND FINE TUNED WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

WE'RE LOOKING INITIALLY AT TWO BONDS TO START WITH.

ONE WOULD COVER THE MASTER IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND THE OTHER WOULD COVER COSTS RELATED TO THE FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THEN COME BACK LATER AND DO SUBSEQUENT BONDS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN BACK TO DREW.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALWAYS A PLEASURE. THANK YOU.

BEFORE. BEFORE I TURN HER BACK TO DREW, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIALS? SO ON THE SINGLE FAMILY, 50 FOOT.

YOU'RE AVERAGING YOUR YOU'RE ESTIMATING VALUE AT $358,760 AND THEIR TAX RATE WOULD BE $2,723.

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YES. AND THEN ADDING THE OTHER TAXES ON TOP OF IT CAN YOU ESTIMATE WHAT THAT TOTAL TAX WOULD BE WOULD BE? $2, 2.84% OF THAT VALUE.

I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

SO. OKAY.

RIGHT. AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. BUT AS I GET PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN FROM THE METROPLEX AND THEY AND NOT VERY FAR, WHEN YOU'RE TAKING PART OF THE NORTHWEST ISD THAT FALLS INTO DENTON, THAT FALLS INTO FORT WORTH, ALL IN THIS WEIRD LITTLE SPOT.

THEY WOULD JUMP THROUGH HOOPS FOR A $2.84 TAX RATE.

MOST COMPETITIVE PROJECTS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA ARE PROBABLY 3% OR HIGHER.

MY CHILDREN LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THEY PAY THAT, AND IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT.

AND IF YOU IF YOU GO TO HOUSTON, IT'S $3, 3.5% OR HIGHER.

SO JUST WHATEVER IS THE FINAL DECISION IN TERMS OF THE RATE HAS TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE MARKET.

THE BUILDERS WILL TELL THE DEVELOPERS, HEY, YOU GOT TO BRING THAT DOWN OR WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.

IT'S IT DOESN'T DO ANYONE GOT TO PUT TOGETHER A PID THAT HAS A FINANCING STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T WORK IN A MARKET.

OUR CLIENTS DON'T WANT TO BE PAYING THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SELL THOSE LOTS TO BUILDERS, AND THE BUILDERS WANT TO SELL THOSE HOMES.

SO THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF RESEARCH TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT IS OUT THERE IS COMPETITIVE.

OTHER QUESTIONS [INAUDIBLE] AND JUST A REMEMBER JUST A REMINDER THAT ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE PID SINCE THE FINANCIAL [INAUDIBLE] IS IT THAT'S BASED ON A FLAT PAYMENT. I MEAN THE IS A FLAT PAYMENT.

SO AS THAT HOME GOES UP IN VALUE, THE EFFECTIVE RATE GOES DOWN.

SO THAT'S EVEN ONE OF THE BETTER ATTRIBUTES OF THE PROJECT.

OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

YEAH. I MEAN, TERRY, TO REITERATE WHAT RICK SAID, I THINK THAT JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS FOR 283, BASED ON WHAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH LATELY, WOULD THERE BE BIGGER HOOPS? THEY'D BE LIKE EXPLOSIONS.

BUT IN ANY EVENT, AGAIN, WE HAVE COVERED THIS, SO YOU CAN SAY WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS.

BUT JUST COUNCILMAN HAYES, YOU WERE ASKING, DOES THIS ONLY AFFECT FOLKS WITHIN THIS SPOT? AND YES, OF COURSE, THAT'S WHY WE GO THROUGH THIS FINANCING MECHANISM TO BASICALLY DRAW A LINE TO ALLOW A SOLELY WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY TO LEVY THESE ASSESSMENTS, REAFFIRMING.

YES, I KNEW YOU WERE JUST REAFFIRMING IT, PROBABLY ONE THAT SAID SO.

BUT PUTTING IT OUT THERE AND RICK DID DID MENTION BONDS AND MAYBE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE AND NOT SO MUCH YOU ALL WITH RESPECT TO BONDS, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD YOU VOTE ON BONDS THAT ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE PAID BY GENERAL OBLIGATION TAXES, TAXES ON YOUR HOUSE, THAT IF YOU DON'T LIVE HERE, THE BONDS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE ONLY PAID BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT BONDS, DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS MY TAXES GOING UP BECAUSE THE CITY REALLY CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT WITHOUT AN ELECTION.

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THIS PROCESS HERE WHERE WE COME AS LANDOWNERS AND AFFIRMATIVELY ASK FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN FOLKS WHO MOVE IN, THERE'S A VERY SPECIFIC PROCESS UNDER STATE LAW WHERE THEY HAVE TO SIGN PAPERWORK MULTIPLE TIMES SAYING THEY UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS.

IT'S FILED ON THE PROPERTY RECORD.

SO PEOPLE COMING TO LIVE HERE SORT OF UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU WANT TO LIVE HERE, THIS IS A CHOICE THAT YOU ACTIVELY MAKE AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.

SO FOR CLARITY, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ALL RIGHT. SO TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK YOU TO GO TO ONE MORE SLIDE.

AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS FUN GRAPH.

BASICALLY, WE'RE SHARING IN THAT ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE.

WE'VE PROJECTED THIS ADDITIONAL $292 MILLION WORTH OF VALUE.

IT'S GOING TO GENERATE SOME MONEY TO YOU.

WE'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT AND HELP OFFSET THAT BURDEN TO HOMEOWNERS.

SO THAT, TOO.

SO WHAT WAS OVER $3 NOW BECOMES THE $2.83 THAT PEOPLE WILL JUMP THROUGH HOOPS FOR.

ONE MORE SLIDE.

AND YOU CAN HIT IT AGAIN.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT COMING UP.

OH, WELL, IT'S NOT COMING UP.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TONIGHT? TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH WE'VE DONE.

WE ALSO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH I'LL GO AHEAD AND TOUCH ON.

YOU'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE.

THIS BASICALLY JUST THIS IS A LOT OF CITY STAFF TIME.

THIS IS PATRICIA'S TIME.

WE'VE GOT OTHER CONSULTANTS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO HIRE.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD PAY FOR BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF HELPING US OUT.

SO WHAT THAT AGREEMENT DOES IS OBLIGATES US TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THAT.

SO I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY DELIVERED THE CHECK, SO WE HOPE YOU'LL SIGN IT SO YOU CAN KEEP THE MONEY.

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IT'S JUST OBLIGATING US TO PAY FOR THE STAFF AND CONSULTANT TIME THAT'S RELATED TO THIS.

SO I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO ACTION.

[2. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TWS LAND PARTNERS, LP FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CITY OF DECATUR EXPENSES INCURRED FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE PALOMA TRAILS DEVELOPMENT; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]

SHE TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF HER MOUTH.

AND UNLESS PATRICIA HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, IN THE SPIRIT OF DEVELOPMENT, PAYING FOR DEVELOPMENT, THEY'VE ALREADY PUT UP $10,000 TO GO TOWARDS LEGAL SERVICES.

AND WE ARE ALREADY WELL ON OUR WAY TO USING THOSE FUNDS.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE A MOVE TO LET US USE THOSE FUNDS.

VERY GOOD. SO LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, IT DOES HAVE STATEMENTS IN FORM OF A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TWS LAND PARTNERS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CITY OF DECATUR EXPENSES INCURRED FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE PALOMA TRAILS DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

AS ALWAYS, WELL WORDED.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

A SECOND, SECOND.

I HAVE A SECOND HERE BY EDDIE.

AND ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN AND WE'VE GOT WILL AS A AYE AND A AND A HAND UP.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A TAPE DELAY, BUT WILL YOU WERE JUST THAT JUST A SKOSH OFF ON THE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ACTION.

[3. CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS ABANDONING A UTILITY EASEMENT LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A; PROVIDING FOR RECORDATION IN THE WISE COUNTY LAND RECORDS TO SERVE AS A QUITCLAIM DEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECT THE ABANDONMENT OF THE UTILITY EASEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR INDEMNIFICATION. ORDINANCE 2022-10-24]

ANY ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON THIS? NO CHANGES SINCE LAST TIME.

THIS IS THE EASEMENT THAT USED TO GO TO THE CITY WELL, THAT'S NO LONGER NEEDED.

VERY GOOD. WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO ABANDON THE UTILITY EASEMENT AND PROVIDE FOR INDEMNIFICATION. SORRY.

WAIT, AM I ON THE RIGHT ONE? YES, SIR. YEAH. OKAY.

THERE YOU GO. THERE'S MY MOTION.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. AND THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ACTION.

[4. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PETITION FOR AND CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADVISABILITY OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND CREATION OF VISTA PARK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 WITHIN THE CITY OF DECATUR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 372, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND AUTHORIZING THE MAILING AND PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. RESOLUTION 2022-09-19]

CREATION OF VISTA PARK.

PUBLIC INFORMATION DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

MAYOR ARE YOU ON ITEM FOUR OR FIVE.

I AM. I HAVE AN ITEM FOUR.

I MEAN, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO LEGAL AT THIS POINT.

THANKS. OH, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY I'M READING FROM A IS THAT NOT THE SAME ITEM THAT YOU HAVE FOR FOUR? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU'RE CORRECT. OKAY.

ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THIS IS THE COUNCIL THE COUNCIL TOOK SOME ACTION ON THIS A FEW MONTHS BACK WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE VISTA PARK DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS FOR THE FORMATION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOME NOTICES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLISHED AFTER THE FACT WERE NOT PUBLISHED, SO THE CREATION WAS NOT PROPERLY DONE.

AND SPEAKING TO MS. SLOAN, THE DEVELOPER'S LAWYER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIME HAD PASSED AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY GREAT NEED FOR IT TO HAPPEN, I GUESS, VERY QUICKLY.

SO THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A HOUSEKEEPING MATTER.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS VOICED BY STAFF WITH REGARD TO THE TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

I'VE SPOKEN TO STAFF ABOUT THOSE ISSUES.

THIS REALLY IS JUST CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO HAVE A PID FORMED.

AND SO THIS IS STEP ONE TO GET THIS DONE.

AND I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE I'VE LOST HER.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TIME FRAME IS.

YES. OKAY.

RIGHT. THE HEARING? YES, MA'AM. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS IS THERE.

THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETIME IN 2023.

OKAY. OKAY. SO EARLY 2023, THEY WOULD COME BACK FOR SOME TYPE OF BOND ISSUANCE.

ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, WE WOULD APPROVE A MOTION FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

YES. AND THEN YOU WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING NEXT TIME AND YOU'LL HAVE A PRELIMINARY SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN THAT WILL LAY OUT WHAT THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE.

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YES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2022-09-19, SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND BY DARLENE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE, AYE.

YEAH. AND I HEARD WILL SAY AYE SO THAT MOTION PASSES.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND CONNIE T ARNOLD.

[5. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND CONNIE T. ARNOLD, FOR AN OUT-BUILDING LOCATED IN PUBLIC ACCESS, DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS LOCATED AT 3002 SOUTH FM 51, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.]

VERY GOOD, EARL.

RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] SO THIS IS A RESULT OF A REPLAT ON SOME PROPERTY IN THE [INAUDIBLE].

AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT THERE WAS AN ALLEY AND HALF OF THE ALLEY WAS REPLATED TO THIS LAW, BUT THERE WAS AN OUTBUILDING ON THE LOT THAT WENT ACROSS THE PROPERTY LINE.

AND NOW THAT THE REPLANT HAS BEEN OR WILL BE EXECUTED, THIS OUTBUILDING THEN CROSSES INTO AN EASEMENT LINE OUR USUAL PROCESSES TO ALLOW THAT BUILDING TO STAY AND EXECUTE ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER SO THAT CAN PROVIDE A RESOLUTION TO THE ENCROACHMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

IT'S A STANDARD ENCROACHMENT FORM TEMPLATE PREPARED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

WE JUST CHANGE NAMES AND SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT THE ENCROACHMENT INVOLVES.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR EARL? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LOOK FOR MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FOR THE ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND CONNIE T.

ARNOLD, FOR THE OUTBUILDING LOCATED ON THE PUBLIC ACCESS.

AND I'LL SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE, AYE.

VERY GOOD. THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THAT GETS US TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING ACTION.

ITEM NUMBER SIX. HEAR COMMENTS AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF AN APPROXIMATE 157.31 ACRES OF

[6. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, HEAR COMMENTS, AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF AN APPROXIMATE 157.31 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY’S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DECATUR; GRANTING TO ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROPERTY ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS AND BINDING THE INHABITANTS BY ALL OF THE ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, ACTS, AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY; ADOPTING A MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENT; PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING THIS ORDINANCE AND FOR CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL MAP AND BOUNDARIES OF SAID CITY. THE PROPERTY TO BE ANNEXED IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE H.D. DONALD SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1158 AND THE JOHN C. LOGAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 494, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS AND GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 380 AND BUSINESS U.S. 380, ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS IN DECATUR’S EASTERN 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. (ANNEXATION APPLICATION A2022-01— MR. SAM SATTERWHITE, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNERS JAMES CHRISTOPHER KNAPP, DARCY LEE KNAPP FRICKS AND SHELLY LYNN KNAPP, ET AL.]

EVENING. THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT BY MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND MS. SLOAN. THE TOTAL PROJECT IS ABOUT 166 ACRES.

THERE IS 8.2 ACRES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE CITY AND EXCEED 157 ACRES OF THAT.

INCLUDED IN THIS IS FOUR COMMERCIAL LOTS.

EIGHT COMMON AREAS THAT TOTAL 16.78 ACRES, A MULTIFAMILY LOT AND TWO MUNICIPAL LOTS THAT TOTAL 2.78 ACRES BETWEEN US HIGHWAY THREE AND OLD DENTON ROAD.

VERY GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION REQUESTED BY MR. SAM SATTERWHITE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

THESE THREE ITEMS WILL TAKE SEPARATE ACTION FOR ALL THREE OF THEM.

VERY GOOD. THIS GIVES YOU THE GENERAL AREA THAT THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THERE.

AND THEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE TRACK'S CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION IS AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL LIVING, AND THE DESIGNATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY ARE BEING CHANGED TO ACTIVITY, CENTER AND COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD AND BASED ON THE USES THAT ARE INTENDED FOR THAT.

THE ZONING CURRENT ZONING IS EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION A LOT INDUSTRIAL, THE PORTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONING DISTRICTS AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMERCIAL SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS REQUEST IS BEING PROCESSED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.

APPROVAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND MUST OCCUR BEFORE THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MAY BE APPROVED.

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WE HAVE SOME MAPS THAT SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN THE ANNEXATION SCHEDULE THAT IS HAS BEEN USED TO BRING THIS IN TO INTO THE CITY.

NEXT ONE IS THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED LAND USE MAPS THAT AFFECT THE PROPERTY.

NEXT ONE ARE THE ZONING MAPS EXISTING AND PROPOSED.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE RESPONSE MAP.

39 PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED WITH THIS, WE RECEIVED THREE RESPONSES THAT WERE NEUTRAL TO THIS.

THE MAIN CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE AND THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IS OLD DENTON ROAD AND THE CONDITION OF THAT AS IT COMES INTO TOWN.

THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT IS CURRENTLY ADDRESSED WITH THE PROPERTY AS AS IS BEING DEVELOPED.

STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE SERVICE ANALYSIS AND SERVICE PLAN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6 TO 0 FOR THE SERVICE ANALYSIS AND SERVICE PLAN AND TO TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME.

YEAH, I MEAN, YOU BASICALLY HAVE COVERED ALL ALL THREE.

COVERED ALL THREE. SO I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS DID ANYONE SIGN UP FOR ANY KIND OF COMMENT FOR THESE SIX, SEVEN OR EIGHT? SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ANNEXATION? ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE HEARING NONE.

WE'LL JUST MOVE ON. THIS IS A FIRST READING.

NUMBER SEVEN IS CHANGES, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

[7. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, HEAR COMMENTS, AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF 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 165.51 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED PRIMARILY WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY, BUT FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY’S CORPORATE LIMITS, TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS ON THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL LIVING (AR - ETJ), ESTATE LIVING (EL - ETJ), COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL (CC - ETJ), COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD (CN - ETJ) AND TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD (TN - ETJ) TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD (CN) AND ACTIVITY CENTER (AC) LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE H.D. DONALD SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1158 AND THE JOHN C. LOGAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 494, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS AND GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 380 AND BUSINESS U.S. 380, ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS IN DECATUR’S EASTERN 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 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM IS SUBJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL’S APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION. (COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION 2022-02— MR. SAM SATTERWHITE, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNERS JAMES CHRISTOPHER KNAPP, DARCY LEE KNAPP FRICKS AND SHELLY LYNN KNAPP, ET AL.]

ALL RIGHT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A FIRST READING.

SO ACTION.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS THIS PROPERTY IS REGARDS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

[8. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, HEAR COMMENTS, AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF 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 ZONE AN APPROXIMATE 165.51 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED PRIMARILY WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY, BUT FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY’S CORPORATE LIMITS, TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (PD) ZONING DISTRICT WITH BASE ZONING DISTRICTS OF SF-1, MF, AND C-2. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE H.D. DONALD SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1158 AND THE JOHN C. LOGAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 494, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS AND GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 380 AND BUSINESS U.S. 380, ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS IN DECATUR’S EASTERN 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 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. (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION 2022-01— MR. SAM SATTERWHITE, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNERS JAMES CHRISTOPHER KNAPP, DARCY LEE KNAPP FRICKS AND SHELLY LYNN KNAPP, ET AL.]

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON ON SEVEN OR EIGHT? [INAUDIBLE] YOU JUST OPENED PUBLIC HEARING FOR SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WILL SEE IF ANYONE SIGNED UP? ALL RIGHT SO WE'LL OPEN UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYONE THAT'S OPENED UP FOR OR SIX, SEVEN OR EIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE'VE DONE OUR FIRST READING FOR SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT, SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS US TO ITEM NUMBER NINE HEAR COMMENTS AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE AMENDMENT IN APPENDIX B.

[9. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, HEAR COMMENTS, AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF 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 0.195 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 1203 S. STATE STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, AN APPROXIMATE 0.062 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF STATE STREET AND 0.047 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF PRINCE STREET AND ADJACENT TO 1203 S. STATE STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, FROM A SF-1, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, TO A 2F, TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 1203 S. STATE STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS. (APPLICATION ZC2022- 03—MR. STEN JUHL, ON BEHALF OF MORNING GLORY INV. GROUP AND SCJM LLC]

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF A DUPLEX HOME DEVELOPMENT.

THE ZONE CHANGED TO 2F TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT DECATUR 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND USE MAP.

LAND USE DESIGNATION ON THE PROPERTY IS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

WE ARE AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS.

ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL WE WILL WE'LL CLOSE THAT FOR ACTION.

ITEM FOR NINE, THAT IS A FIRST READING.

SO THAT GETS US TO NUMBER TEN.

[10. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, HEAR COMMENTS, AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST TO FINAL PLAT LOT 13R AND LOT 14R, BLOCK 6, LIPSEY ADDITION, BEING APPROXIMATELY A 1.1184 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING A REPLAT OF LOTS 13 AND 14, BLOCK 6, LIPSEY ADDITION AND MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 3107 AND 3109 S. MURVIL ST., DECATUR, TEXAS. (REPLAT APPLICATION 2022-08—MS. KIMBERLY CHAMBERS, ON BEHALF OF KIMBERLY CHAMBERS ET AL AND KEITHA D’ANN STONE]

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LOTS 13R AND 14R BLCOK 6, LIPSEY ADDITION PROPERTY IS BEING REPLATED DUE TO THE TITLE COMPANY REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROPERTY PROPERTY TO BE PROPERLY PLATTED PRIOR TO THE SELL OF THE LOTS 14R.

THE ADDRESS ON THIS IS 3107 AND 3109 SOUTH MYRTLE STREET.

THERE WERE 27 PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED AND NO RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FOR THAT.

THE PLAT EXHIBIT IS IN YOUR PACKET.

ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS.

AND THIS WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC INPUT. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'LL CLOSE THAT.

AND THIS IS FOR CONSIDER FOR ACTION ON THIS ITEM.

IS THAT. I THINK THAT'S CORRECT.

I'LL. YOU READY FOR ONE? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REPLAT APPLICATION 2022-08.

ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A AND A SECOND.

SECOND. I'VE GOT ONE ALREADY WILL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

AND WE HAVE WILL AS AN AYE AS WELL.

VERY GOOD. SO THAT PASSES NUMBER 11 HEAR COMMENTS AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST FOR FINAL PLAT LOT 1R, BLOCK

[11. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, HEAR COMMENTS, AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST TO FINAL PLAT LOT 1R, BLOCK 8, LIPSEY ADDITION, BEING APPROXIMATELY A 0.560 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING A REPLAT OF LOT 1, AND THE SOUTHEAST TEN (10) FEET OF THE ALLEY, BLOCK 8, LIPSEY ADDITION AND MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 3002 S. FM 51, DECATUR, TEXAS. (REPLAT APPLICATION 2022-09—MR. ALLEN ARNOLD, ON BEHALF OF CONNIE ARNOLD]

THIS WAS THE ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT THAT YOU JUST LOOKED AT.

TEN PROPERTY OWNER OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE RE PLAT AND WE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE TO THAT.

PLAT EXHIBIT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

PLAT MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR ZONING ORDINANCE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL 6 TO 0.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? AND WE'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING ANY INPUT FROM PEOPLE ON THIS.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL CLOSE THAT AND WE'LL STAND BY FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RE PLAT APPLICATION 2022-09.

SECOND. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED, AYE. WE GOT WILL AGAIN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. SO NOW WE GET TO ACTION ITEM 12 CONSENT AGENDA.

[12. CONSENT AGENDA – ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE RECOMMENDED IN ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER SO REQUESTS, IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA. (]

AS ALWAYS, WE CAN PULL ANY ONE OF THESE ITEMS AND VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY OR WE CAN APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IN GENERAL.

AND JUST A QUICK REVIEW ACTION ITEM A IS A REQUEST TO FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT APPLICATION PP 2022-03 . ACTION ITEM B IS A REQUEST FOR FINAL PLAT FOR APPLICATION RP 2022-07.

CONSIDER REAPPOINTMENT FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CANDIDATES IS NUMBER C AND D IS REAPPOINTMENT FOR ZONING BOARD ADJUSTMENT CANDIDATES AND ITEM E IS A REAPPOINTMENT FOR AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE ZONING BOARD CANDIDATES AND ITEM F IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND G IS APPROVAL OF BILLS AND INVOICES.

SO DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? AND IF NOT, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? DID HE LOOK DISAPPOINTED? HE DIDN'T GET THAT. I'M SO SORRY.

MAYBE WE NEED TO. MAYBE WE SHOULD PAUSE.

OKAY, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE, AYE.

ALL RIGHT. THE SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES.

ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM 13, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON INTERLOCAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE EMERGENCY

[13. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN INTERLOCAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND WISE COUNTY TEXAS ON BEHALF OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR MITIGATION AND RECOVERY COORDINATOR SERVICES; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND ANY NECESSARY COUNTERPARTS.]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL IF YOU REMEMBER, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE ASK YOU TO CONSIDER A SHARED POSITION WITH WISE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DECATUR FOR MITIGATION AND RECOVERY.

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WHEN WE HAVE A HAZARD COME OVER TO THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO MITIGATE THE HAZARD AND THEN BY NATURE RECOVER FROM THE HAZARD.

THIS PERSON WOULD SPECIALIZE IN DOING THAT.

THEY ALSO WOULD HAVE THE SKILL SET FOR GRANT WRITING FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS.

SO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE DEAL WITH, SUCH AS FLOODING OR STORM DAMAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

ANYTHING THAT WOULD LEND US TO NEED PUBLIC FUNDS THROUGH THE GRANT PROCESS, THIS PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP US OUT WITH.

ALSO, IT IS A SHARED POSITION.

WE PAY $35,000 A YEAR FOR IT.

THE COUNTY TAKES CARE OF THE REST TO INCLUDE THE STAFF'S BENEFITS.

THERE'S A MUTUALLY AGREED UPON TIME FOR US TO MEET TO GO OVER PERFORMANCE METRICS BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY.

GOOD. AND THE ILA HAS BEEN APPROVED BY LEGAL.

VERY NICE. I LIKE THE I LIKE THE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL.

IT'S VERY GOOD. I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP A PICTURE OF WILL SO WE CAN SEE IF HE WANTS TO MAKE ANY KIND OF AS ANY OTHER COUNCIL PERSON CAN MAKE A MOTION.

SO WE'RE ALL WAITING WILL IN THE EVENT THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION? MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE RECIPROCAL RECIPROCITY EVERYTHING THAT [INAUDIBLE] JUST SAID.

ALL RIGHT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

SO, YES, WE DO THAT MOTION.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT.

THAT IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

NUMBER 14, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON YOUR LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN WISE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DECATUR FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES.

[14. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN WISE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DECATUR FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.]

THE ONLY CHANGES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE'RE GETTING MORE MONEY.

IT BASICALLY THEY CARVE OUT TWO AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE COUNTY, WHICH THAT THIS YEAR RAISED THAT AMOUNT.

LAST YEAR, OUR OVERALL PAYMENT WAS $50,940.

IT'S GOING TO $60,258.

SO ALMOST A $10,000 INCREASE.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE THAT I REALLY WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, IF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, IS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT CREATED A CARVE OUT FUND TO BE GIVEN OUT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS BASED ON A MATRIX AT THE END.

HAPPILY, TO REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED THAT CHECK LAST MONTH AND WITH OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND REPORTING, WE MET ALL THE NEEDS OF THE CONTRACT.

OUR PORTION OF THAT WAS $30,992.58.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S ABOUT 40% OF THE FUND THAT WAS SET UP.

SO WE WE DID REALLY WELL THERE AND THE NUMBERS LOOK GOOD AND WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING ABOUT 30% OF OUR OVERALL CALL VOLUME IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

VERY GOOD. YEAH, I WAS THINKING WE WERE PROBABLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $85,000 AND MAYBE THE PRIOR YEAR OR SO.

SO $95 TOTAL IS.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

AGAIN, THAT'S FANTASTIC ONE.

HAVING A MEASURING MATRIX THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT THAT AND PROVIDE EXTRA FUNDING.

SO THAT'S GREAT WORK.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ABOUT ENTERING OR LOOKING FOR A MOTION? NOW JUST THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND JUST KEEP IT UP AND EVERY PENNY COUNTS.

SO LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN WISE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DECATUR FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 202 2-23 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

SORRY, WILL, YOU WERE JUST A JUST JUST A JUST A TAD BEHIND IS PROBABLY THE CONNECTION'S, BUT IT'S A T-MOBILE INTERNET.

PROBABLY WHAT THAT IS.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION BEFORE US.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED, AYE. VERY GOOD.

SO THIS GETS US TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER 15, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND WISE COUNTY FOR

[15. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND WISE COUNTY FOR EXPANSION OF RENSHAW PARK; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND ANY NECESSARY COUNTERPARTS.]

SO THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS HASHED OUT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY ATTORNEYS, EXPANDS RENSHAW PARK.

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KIND OF THAT AREA. IT'S ABOUT 12, 13 ACRES.

IT PRACTICALLY DOUBLES THE SIZE OF RENSHAW PARK.

THIS IDEA WAS BORN AT A PARKS BOARD MEETING BY COUNCILMAN ALLEN AND [INAUDIBLE] BOND KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT AND THEY GOT WITH JUDGE CLARK AND FINALLY GETTING TO THE DETAILS HERE. SO THIS IS A TEN YEAR AS A TEN YEAR INITIAL TERM WITH 10, 10 YEAR RENEWALS.

SO. I THINK THAT IF MY MATH IS RIGHT THAT'S A HUNDRED YEARS.

OKAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A DOG PARK IN THIS AREA, SOME HIKING AND BIKING TRAILS THAT ARE MORE NATURE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WALKING AND BIKING TRAILS.

AND THEN ALSO THE CONCRETE PAVED TRAILS AROUND THERE TO CONNECT TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

SO IT'S A GOOD PROJECT AND I HOPE YOU GUYS APPROVE IT.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD UTILIZATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ENTER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL CORPORATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND WISE COUNTY, FOR THE EXPANSION OF RENSHAW PARK AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND ANY NECESSARY COUNTERPART.

SECOND, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, A VERY FAST SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

AND WE'VE DONE ACTION ITEM 16.

ANYONE ELSE SIGN UP IN THE INTERIM? SO. OKAY, SO THAT GETS US TO 17.

AS ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE AGENDA OR APPROACH CITY MANAGER AND OR MYSELF AND THAT GETS US TO ADJOURNMENT AT 7:27.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.