1. ZC2024-04 CONSIDER FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND A PUBLIC HEARING GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON AN AMENDMENT TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 20.68 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 300 BENNETT ROAD AND 0.7 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF BENNETT ROAD FROM A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT (SF-2) TO THOROUGHFARE BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT (C-2). (ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION 2024-04—GREG HALL, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER CITY OF DECATUR) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 6-0.)

[1. ZC2024-04 CONSIDER FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND A PUBLIC HEARING GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON AN AMENDMENT TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 20.68 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 300 BENNETT ROAD AND 0.7 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF BENNETT ROAD FROM A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT (SF-2) TO THOROUGHFARE BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT (C-2). (ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION 2024-04—GREG HALL, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER CITY OF DECATUR) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 6-0.) ]

ORDINANCE. PUBLIC HEARING, GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON AN AMENDMENT FOR REZONE APPROXIMATELY 20.68 20.68 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 300 BENNETT ROAD.

SO DO WE HAVE A REPORT ON THAT? GOOD AFTERNOON.

AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED AT 300 BENNETT ROAD.

IT'S A ZONING CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY TWO TO COMMERCIAL C-2.

THIS IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 300 BENNETT ROAD, AND IT IS CITY OWNED PROPERTY. GREG HALL IS REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DECATUR WITH THIS APPLICATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE ZONING CHANGE, AS I MENTIONED, IS FROM SF TWO TO C TWO.

THE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON THE PROPERTY IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED C-2 THOROUGHFARE BUSINESS REZONING IN TERMS OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OBJECTIVES, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS CHARACTERIZED BY FREESTANDING BUILDINGS CONTAINING USES SUCH AS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR OFFICES AND JOBS.

THE PRIMARY LAND USE IS HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, MEDICAL SERVICES, LIGHT MANUFACTURING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND INDUSTRIAL OFFICE AND SERVICE USES.

THE SECONDARY LAND USES TRAILS AND SPORTS FIELD.

BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS WHICH THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING.

NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE THE MAPS.

EXISTING LAND USE, EXISTING ZONING.

THE PROPOSED ZONING AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EXISTING ZONING IS ACTUALLY OUT OF PLACE.

SO IT DOES NEED TO BE REZONED TO C2.

WE DID NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WERE WITHIN 200FT.

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WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSED IN FAVOR OR NEUTRAL TO THE REQUEST.

GO BACK PLEASE, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL 6 TO 0.

NEXT SLIDE AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR THAT APPLICATION.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DID WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

WELL WE WILL CLOSE ITEM ONE OR THIS ITEM AT 6:20, AND WE'LL OPEN UP OUR NEXT

[2. RP2024-02 HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST TO FINAL PLAT LOT 4R, BLOCK 75, SOUTH DECATUR ADDITION, BEING A REPLAT OF LOT 4, BLOCK 75, SOUTH DECATUR ADDITION, AND THE EAST HALF OF A VACATED ALLEY, TO THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS. PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1304 SOUTH STRATTON STREET. (REPLAT APPLICATION 2024-02—DAVID HULSEY) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 6-0.)]

ITEM AT 6:20.

THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR OPEN PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST TO A FINAL PLAT ON LOT 4R BLOCK 75 SOUTH DECATUR ADDITION.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A REPLAT APPLICATION FOR 1304 SOUTH STRATTON STREET.

LOT 4R, BLOCK 75 OF THE SOUTH DECATUR ADDITION.

THE PROPERTY IS BEING REPLANTED TO BUILD A DETACHED GARAGE AND WORKSHOP, AND THE PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 1304 SOUTH STRATTON STREET. THIS IS THE PLAT EXHIBIT, AND WE DID NOTIFY 17 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT.

WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE BACK IN FAVOR.

NO RESPONSES IN OPPOSITION OR NEUTRAL TO THE REQUEST.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

6 TO 0 AND YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS APPLICATION TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

DID WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL STAND FOR A MOTION AND I THINK THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HERE IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS OKAY.

DOES ANYONE COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS.

SEEMS COMMON SENSE TO ME.

LOOK FOR A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE.

REPLAT 2020 402.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

SAY AYE, OPPOSED SAME SIGNS.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES. THANK YOU.

WE WILL CLOSE THAT ITEM AT 6:22.

NOW WE'LL GO INTO OUR NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS.

[3. CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IN APPENDIX B — “ZONING,” ARTICLE 6 “USE REGULATIONS,” SECTION 6.1 “USE CHART,” SUBSECTION 6.1.2 “ALLOWED USES AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS,” TABLE 7 “PERMITTED USE CHART,” TO ALLOW VETERINARIAN CLINIC OR KENNELS, INDOOR PENS ONLY, WITH AN APPROVED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, IN THE C-O, OFFICE ZONING DISTRICT. (STAFF INITIATED APPLICATION 2024-01—CITY OF DECATUR) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 6-0.) ORDINANCE 2024-07-17]

ITEM 4 CONSIDER A SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

APPENDIX B ZONING ARTICLE SIX.

THIS IS ORDINANCE 202407- 17.

THERE'S NOTHING NO NEW INFORMATION.

THIS. WE GAVE YOU THE PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

ALL RIGHT, SO NO CHANGES TO THAT, COUNCIL.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 202407-17.

I SECOND THAT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? SAME SIGNS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

NEXT ITEM, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROPOSAL BETWEEN THE DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FITZPATRICK DESIGN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP,

[4. CONSIDER AND TAKE CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROPOSAL BETWEEN THE DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FITZPATRICK DESIGN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP, LLC FOR THE PRE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF DECATUR’S FIRE STATION 2 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.]

LLC CHIEF.

OH, THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE.

AWESOME. VERY.

SNUCK BEHIND HIM THERE.

BOOM! GOOD EVENING.

THE FIRST THING THIS, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, IN THE LAST BOND PACKAGE, THERE WAS ALLOCATION IN THERE TO START DESIGN AND ENGINEERING TO GET OUR PROJECT TO STATION 2, TO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT AT THIS POINT.

IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT COMPANY.

FDCS IS A COMPANY, WHAT I CALL A PARTNER OF THE CITY.

THEY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

I CALL THEM OWNER AGENT.

IT MAKES MOST SENSE TO ME.

WHEN I FIRST RAN ACROSS THIS COMPANY AND STARTED DOING RESEARCH, THE FIRST THREE FIRE CHIEFS I TALKED TO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS SAID THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY'LL EITHER BRING YOUR PROJECT IN ON BUDGET OR UNDER BUDGET AND I LIKED BOTH OF THOSE.

SO WE STARTED TALKING A LOT MORE.

SO THIS CONTRACT WILL GET WITH THEM AND BEING OWNER AGENT FOR ALL OF US THROUGH EVERY STEP UNTIL IN THIS PIECE UP UNTIL GMP GUARANTEED MAX PRICE.

THAT WAY, WHEN WE DECIDE TO GO TO THAT BOND PACKAGE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IT, WE KNOW WHAT OUR COSTS ARE.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF THAT.

BOTH PRINCIPALS ARE HERE.

WELCOME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I BELIEVE, ACTUALLY KERRY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

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SO. ACTUALLY JERRY TOLD KERRY SHE WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

I'M JERRY FITZPATRICK, THIS IS KERRY CRIMMINS, AND WE ARE THE PARTNERS OF FDCS.

FIRST OFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONSIDERING OUR FIRM.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HELP YOU THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND AS CHIEF SAID, OUR BUSINESS IS TO GET YOU THE BEST DEAL AND TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE INS AND OUTS AND HANDLE THE CONSTRUCTION, HANDLE THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PART.

SO TO MAKE SURE WE STAY WITHIN THAT BUDGET, BECAUSE THAT ALWAYS IS A TASK IN TODAY'S MARKET ANYWAY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET STARTED AND JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE IT A SHOT.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

QUESTIONS, COUNCIL.

WELL IS THAT A GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER BUDGET.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING AS MUCH AS I CAN.

BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A GUARANTEE.

ALL RIGHT. WE WATCH THE PURSE REALLY TIGHTLY.

ALL RIGHT? WE TREAT YOUR DOLLAR LIKE IT'S OUR DOLLAR AND WE CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY WISH WE WEREN'T QUITE AS DILIGENT IN WHAT WE DO. SO CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITIES YOU'VE WORKED WITH? YES, MA'AM, WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS GOING IN MESQUITE FINISHING UP ONE IN CEDAR HILL.

HAVE ONE GOING IN ROWLETT AND HAVE ONE GOING IN FORNEY.

SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL COMING OUT OF THE GROUND COUPLE BEING BIT OUT AND SOME IN DESIGN.

SO WE'RE KIND OF LIKE IN ALL PHASES RIGHT NOW.

SO AND IT'S ALL FIRE STATION POLICE SUBSTATIONS AND FIRE AND POLICE TRAINING FACILITIES.

SO IT'S A MIXTURE OF NOT JUST FIRE STATIONS.

YOU KNOW, OUR WHOLE COMPANY.

WE MADE THE DECISION WHEN WE STARTED WHERE STRICTLY MUNICIPAL WORK AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHERE OUR PASSION IS TO HELP THOSE FOLKS GET A LITTLE BETTER PLACE TO WORK OUT OF, IF POSSIBLE.

VERY GOOD. COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXCLUDED SERVICES? SO THE 180,000 DOES NOT INCLUDE THESE EXCLUDED.

CAN YOU GIVE AN IDEA AROUND WHAT THAT COST MIGHT LOOK LIKE? I CAN'T REALLY THINK OF WHAT EXCLUDED SERVICES WOULD BE.

FEES FOR PERMITS? TDLR REGISTRATION, PEER REVIEWS.

IT'S LIKE BUILDING PERMITS.

REGISTRATION IS IS MOST NORMALLY PAID BY THE OWNER.

SO WE WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET STUCK IN THAT LOOP THERE.

CAN YOU REMEMBER YOUR REVIEWS? PEER REVIEWS? YES.

ON OCCASION, WHAT WE'VE HAD, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP ONE RIGHT NOW IN STRUCTURAL.

WE REVIEWED PLANS FOR ONE PARTICULAR FIRE STATION AND FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOME ISSUES THERE.

SO WE WE TALKED TO OUR CITY PARTNER AND THEY AUTHORIZED TO GO GET A PROFESSIONAL PEER REVIEW DONE.

SO WE DID THAT AND WE GOT BACK A SEVEN PAGE REPORT.

SO LUCKILY WHEN WE GOT THAT PEER REVIEW BACK, IT VALIDATED OUR CONCERNS.

AND THE CITY IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO DEAL WITH THAT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

WE'VE ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME VEIN, HAD SOME ISSUES WITH WHAT WE FELT LIKE WERE ERRORS AND OMISSIONS ON AN ARCHITECTURAL SIDE THAT RESULTED IN A LIST OF 71 ITEMS THAT WE FOUND THAT NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH.

SO WE GET NITPICKING AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT, BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA AROUND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT COST WISE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $180,000 TO $500,000.

WE JUST KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT.

YEAH. PEER REVIEW IS PROBABLY WITH A STRUCTURAL.

WE PAID LIKE $9,000 FOR THAT.

OKAY. TDLR REGISTRATION.

IT'S ON A SCALE, BUT FOR MOST FIRE STATIONS, MOST BUILDINGS WE DO.

IT'S NEVER MORE THAN 2500, AND IT'S USUALLY AROUND 18.

IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH SOME PARTICULARS ON THAT AND ON OUR FEES.

IT'S A COST PLUS THING.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE COST IS PLUS OUR 10%.

SO I MEAN IT'S NOT IT WOULDN'T GO FROM 180 TO 500.

IT COULD BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIALTY CONSULTANTS.

SO IT CERTAINLY COULD GO AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT SURVEYS AND THE PROCESS AS WELL AS GEOTECHNICAL.

SO AND THAT'S USUALLY PAID.

THAT IS PAID FOR BY THE CITY.

LET'S SEE SURVEY AND TOPO ON THE LAST JOB WHICH WAS ABOUT SEVEN ACRES, WAS $10,000.

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THE GEOTECH, REMEMBER, WENT TO GEOTECH WAS IT WAS ABOUT 16, ABOUT 16,000.

BUT THIS WAS A VERY LARGE AREA AS WELL.

SO PLUS HAD A WATER TANK ON IT.

SO WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF EXTRA STUFF.

SO IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE OVER 150,000, WITH ALL OF THOSE INCLUDED? I WOULD THINK SO, YEAH.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

MISS HILTON, ONE THING IS THEY'VE ALREADY DONE A STUDY ON WHAT WE'RE GETTING TO IN THE DOCUMENTS AND ALL OF THAT AND ALL MOST OF THOSE FEES EXCEPT FOR PEER REVIEW WERE ALL IN THAT AND WE'RE WELL UNDER THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD IN THE BOND.

BUT NEW CONSTRUCTION, AS THEY BOTH CAN ATTEST TO.

UNTIL YOU GET INTO THIS PROCESS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AND SO ALL OF THAT COULD POP INTO THAT'S A KEY POINT THERE, IS THAT WE'RE GETTING DOCUMENTS.

WE'RE NOT GOING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE YET.

THAT WILL BE A WHOLE NOTHER CONTRACT AND IN THE NEXT BOND.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES THERE THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO GET TO.

BUT I AGREE 100%.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME UP.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. HEY, CHIEF, REAL QUICK I'M GOING TO ASK AN IGNORANT QUESTION.

WHO WAS THE DESIGN OR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER FOR STATION NUMBER ONE, RANDALL SCOTT? OKAY. WAS HE NOT A CONSIDERATION OR.

OBVIOUSLY I'M SO.

OKAY, SO THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT.

THEY WORK FOR US.

AN ARCHITECT.

THERE WILL BE AN ARCHITECT SELECTED TO DESIGN THIS PROJECT.

GOT IT AND THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH ME ON THE RFQ FOR THIS PIECE.

IN ORDER TO SELECT THAT, IF RANDALL SCOTT SUBMITS, THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE A PART OF THAT.

YES, SIR. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A ITEM FOR ACTION.

LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROPOSAL BETWEEN THE DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FITZPATRICK DESIGN CONSTRUCTION SERVICE GROUP FOR THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF DECATUR'S FIRE STATION TWO AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN CONTRACT DOCUMENTS SECOND.

VERY WELL WORDED AND A GREAT SECOND.

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

I OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT AND THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU. ITEM SIX.

[5. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND THE CITY OF FORT WORTH REGARDING FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. ]

CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND THE CITY OF FORT WORTH REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.

I FORGOT I HAD ONE, SO I WENT AND SAT DOWN.

GOOD PART IS THIS COSTS NO MONEY.

THIS IS AN MOU BETWEEN US AND FORT WORTH.

WHO OPERATES TARRANT COUNTY RADIO SYSTEM AND TRUNKING.

HAVE YOU HAVE YOU HEARD ME SAY? OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR ALMOST A YEAR TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND INTEROPERABILITY WITH DENTON COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN MOU IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR IT TO GO BEFORE THEIR COMMISSIONERS COURT AND BE VOTED ON TO APPROVE THE MOU, AND THEN ALLOW US TO OPERATE ON THE SYSTEM DURING ANY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY RESPOND TO US OR WE RESPOND NEAR THEM OR VICE VERSA AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STEPS AS WE REPLACE NEW RADIOS, WE'VE BEEN BUYING RADIOS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF OPERATING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT FREQUENCY BANDS, SO THAT IF DECATUR WE EVER GO TO AN 800 TRUNKING SYSTEM, THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE ALREADY SET UP WITH THAT IN OUR RADIOS AND CAPABILITIES AND AS I SAID, THIS IS JUST AN MOU AND FIRST STEP IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, PROBABLY SIX WEEKS, I'LL BE COMING WITH ANOTHER MOU FROM DENTON COUNTY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MAYOR, TO APPROVE A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND THE CITY OF FORT WORTH REGARDING FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. I HAVE MOTION SECOND.

HAVE A SECOND.

YOU GOT THAT, SUSIE? ALL RIGHT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES.

ITEM SEVEN. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO CLOSE THE REMAINDER OF AUCTION STREET, WHICH FRONTS LOTS 13, 14, AND 15

[6. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO CLOSE OF THE REMAINDER OF AUCTION STREET WHICH FRONTS LOTS 13, 14, AND 15 AT THE RESERVE AT DECATUR.]

AT THE RESERVE AT DECATUR.

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IF YOU WILL REMEMBER, A FEW MONTHS BACK WE DEALT WITH PARTIAL CLOSURE OF A STREET THAT IT JUST UNINTENTIONALLY GOT MISSED. HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, THIS IS A SIMILAR ACTION THAT YOU'D BE TAKING.

BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2007, THE COUNCIL ISSUED AN ORDINANCE THAT ABANDONED THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY RELATED TO AUCTION STREET.

NOW, AUCTION STREET, GEOGRAPHICALLY, IS LOCATED ON CHICO AVENUE AT THE FUTURE SITE OF A PROJECT THAT WE'RE CALLING THE RESERVE.

RONIS PULLING IT UP ON THE MAP THERE.

THANK YOU, AARON. THE IDEA BACK IN 2007 WAS THAT AUCTION STREET WOULD BE ABANDONED IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND THERE WOULD BE NO REASON FOR CITY, THE CITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO ANY TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.

SO THIS ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE ON PAGE 79 AND 80 JUST BASICALLY COMPLETES THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THAT 2007 ORDINANCE TO CLOSE THAT STREET IN ITS ENTIRETY.

WE HAVE NO NEED TO ACCESS IT.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE INTERRUPTED OR TERMINATED, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY TO TACKLE THIS.

WE DID AGREE WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF THE RESERVE THAT WE WOULD PUT THIS BEFORE OUR ELECTED BODY FOR CONSIDERATION, AND THIS IS US FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THOSE PROMISES AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ALLOW STAFF TO CORRECT ME WHERE I MAY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS OUR FIRST READING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERED FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING JURY PAY.

[7. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING JURY PAY FOR THE DECATUR MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD. ]

AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A HANDOUT.

IT IDENTIFIES ITSELF AS ITEM SEVEN.

WE WILL HAVE AN ORDINANCE WHERE WE WILL HAVE A FIRST READING.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU IN MUNICIPAL COURT FINDS THERE IS A CONSOLIDATED COURT COST, AND A PORTION OF THAT IS BY LAW ALLOCATED TO PAYMENT FOR JURY SERVICE.

OKAY. BUT IT INTERACTS WITH THE OTHER STATUTE THAT SAYS THAT THE GOVERNING BODY WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO PAY COMPENSATION FOR JURY SERVICE.

SO WE HAVE A FUND FOR IT.

IT'S REQUIRED.

IT'S PULLED, IT'S ALLOCATED, IT'S SET APART AND IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PAYMENT FOR JURY SERVICE.

BUT UNTIL YOU SAY THAT IT WILL BE PAID FOR JURY SERVICE, WE ARE NOT PAYING THE JURORS.

SO WE WANTED TO GET FROM YOU IF YOU WANT TO PAY THE JURORS AND HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO PAY THEM FOR JURY SERVICE, SOME COMMUNITIES PAY JURY SERVICE FOR EVERYBODY THAT SHOWS UP, THAT APPEARS.

SOME COMMUNITIES PAY ONLY THOSE THAT ACTUALLY SERVE ON THE JURY AND YOUR RANGE FOR PAYMENT, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO, IS BETWEEN $6 AND $20.

DOES IT HAVE TO BE THE SAME THING FOR EVERYBODY? YES. SO THE PEOPLE THAT SERVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T, IT HAS TO BE THE SAME.

ACTUALLY, YOU COULD SPLIT THAT.

OKAY. WELL, YEAH. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIKE PEOPLE WITH BROWN HAIR GET 20, YOU KNOW.

BUT SO IF YOU SHOW UP, WE CAN DETERMINE THAT'S ONE AMOUNT AND IF YOU ACTUALLY SERVE, IT'S ANOTHER AMOUNT.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

PER DAY IT IS PER DAY.

WE DON'T I DON'T KNOW OF ANY MUNICIPAL COURT JURY SERVICE THAT LASTS BEYOND ONE DAY, BUT IT IS PER DAY.

WELL, I KNOW FOR FOR ME, I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY REGARDING THAT.

I MEAN, I SEE $6.

BY AND LARGE.

OKAY. YOU MAY THINK THAT'S LOW.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

ATTORNEY LISTON, ON AVERAGE, HOW MANY CASES REQUIRE A JURY? WE'VE HAD ONE RECENTLY.

FOR MANY YEARS THERE WAS NO JURY TRIAL.

MUNICIPAL COURT, JUST DIDN'T EVOLVE THAT WAY.

BUT WE HAD ONE RECENTLY AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL SLATED COMING UP.

SO IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR US TO HANDLE THIS.

SO IS THERE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY IN THE FUND FOR ONE REASON OR.

YES. SO BECAUSE IT CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON JURY SERVICE.

THE FUND IS ABUNDANT AT THIS POINT.

THERE'S $2,207.76 IN THE FUND AT THIS POINT.

WELL, I KNOW AGAIN, FOR ME, I'M FINE WITH DOING SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, PER DIEM OR WHATEVER THAT'S NORMAL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HERE THAT IT'S JUST.

HOW LONG ARE THEY USUALLY HERE FOR THE JURY TRIALS LIKE IT CAN RANGE, BUT THE ONE WE HAD RECENTLY LASTED THREE HOURS

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AND THAT WAS A FAIRLY TYPICAL TRANSPORTATION CASE AND THAT'S THE BULK OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OR TRANSPORTATION CODE CASES.

BUT OF COURSE, WE CAN TRY THE CLASS C MISDEMEANORS FROM THE OTHER CODES, LIKE THE PENAL CODE, LIKE ASSAULT OR DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

THOSE ALL FALL WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL COURT JURISDICTION.

SO THIS $14 IS ALREADY BEING COLLECTED.

YES AND SO HOW LONG HAS IT TAKEN US FOR THIS $2,000 THAT WE HAVE IN THE ACCOUNT? HOW LONG HAS THAT IS FROM 2020 TO 2024 AND WE HAVE THREE TRIALS COMING UP.

THREE. YOU SAID THREE.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE 3.

I DON'T THINK I SAID THAT, BUT YES, I BELIEVE THERE ARE 3 TRIALS SET COMING UP.

OKAY. I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS $20, BUT THEN IF WE HAVE A BUNCH OF TRIALS AND THEN WE EMPTY THAT ACCOUNT, HOW DO WE PAY THEM OUT OF AND YOU WOULD PAY OUT OF ANOTHER FUND.

ANOTHER COURT FUND OR ANOTHER GENERAL FUND.

IT WOULD PROBABLY PULL FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN ALL THESE OTHER FEES.

SO THE $4 FOR MUNICIPAL COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND, THE LOCAL YOUTH DIVERSION DIVERSION FUND, WE CAN'T DRAW OUT OF THOSE.

YOU CANNOT.

EACH ONE OF THESE FUNDS IS A DEDICATED FUND THAT CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE FUNDS.

SO WHERE? SO LIKE THE LOCAL YOUTH DIVERSION FUND, THE ALLOWED USES OVER HERE, THERE'S SEEMS LIKE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENT PLACES THAT MONEY CAN GO.

WE ALREADY HAVE THAT ALLOCATED TO GO TO SPECIFIC PLACES OR THAT'S NOT REALLY BEING UTILIZED YET.

THAT FUND AND I DON'T HAVE THE BALANCE OF THAT FUND, BUT THAT WILL BE A THAT SHOULD BE A VERY HEALTHY FUND, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT'S $5 OUT OF IT, EACH ONE OF THEM AND THIS IS ONLY $0.10 THE JURY FUND.

I THINK WHAT JAKE IS REALLY TRYING TO SAY IS WE HAVE A BUNCH OF UPSTANDING YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY, THE FACT THAT THIS FUND ISN'T UTILIZED IS A TESTAMENT ON HOW WE DO WELL WITH RAISING OUR KIDS AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

WELL, THAT'S NO WE NEED TO USE THE OTHER FUNDS TO WE NEED TO BE USING THEM FOR THEIR PURPOSES AND RECENTLY WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE AN EXPENDITURE.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, NATE, ON SECURITY, COURT SECURITY OUT OF THE COURT SECURITY FUND.

YES. WE UPDATED THE SECURITY IN THIS SPACE AND THE BUILDING AS A WHOLE USING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND I DON'T WANT TO GO ON RECORD AND SPEAK INCORRECTLY HERE, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A LOCAL GROUP THAT WE PARTNER WITH SOME OF THESE FUNDS GO TO AND I BELIEVE I JUST RECEIVED THAT CONTRACT LAST WEEK TO REVIEW.

SO I THINK SOME OF THE LOCAL YOUTH DIVERSION FUNDS DO GET PAID TO OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, I THINK, AND NOT BY NAME ON THE CONTRACT, BUT THINK CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY'RE A PARTNER OF OURS IN A MUNICIPAL SETTING WHERE THEY BENEFIT THE AREA.

THEY DO RECEIVE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS, THOSE TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC WITH YOU AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING IF THERE'S A DESIRE FOR THAT.

ARE THESE PERCENTAGES IS THAT STATE LAW? YES. OKAY. WELL, I THINK ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ANY KIND OF DEFICIT OVER THE PROCESS.

SO AND OBVIOUSLY WHATEVER THAT FUND THAT GOES IN THERE, IF YOU'RE COMMITTED TO HAVING THAT MONEY GO TO SOMETHING AND IF IT'S ONLY THIS ONE THING TO JURORS, I MEAN, MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO WHATEVER THAT BALANCE IS TO PAY OUT.

I MEAN, I'M HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO US SINCE WE'RE JUST AT A FIRST.

WE'RE NOT. THIS ISN'T EVEN A FIRST READING.

IT IDENTIFIES IT AS FIRST READING.

THE ORDINANCE HAS NOT BEEN CREATED.

SO WE COULD WAIT FOR THAT TO COME FROM YOU OR FROM THE TEAM.

CAN WE CHANGE THE PAYOUT? DEPENDING ON THE BALANCE? LIKE SO. IF WE GET TO A NEW ORDINANCE TO CHANGE THAT AMOUNT YOU'D HAVE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? OR YOU WOULD NEED A NEW ORDINANCE TO SET THAT AMOUNT.

AND PERHAPS THAT'S WHY MANY COMMUNITIES GO WITH THE $6.

YEAH. PAM, WHAT DID YOU SAY THE RANGE WAS 6 TO 2020.

IT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE $6 IS LIKE A IT'S NOT GOING TO PAY THEIR GAS TO GET HERE.

CONSIDER TEN LIKE SPLIT THE MIDDLE.

TEN. EASY MATH.

I'D RATHER DO 14.

WHAT'S ENTICE PEOPLE NOT TO SKIP JURY DUTY? HAS THAT BEEN AN ISSUE OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE JURORS WHEN THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAID? YES IT IS. IT IS AN ISSUE, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RELATED TO JURY PAY.

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THEY NEED IN MOST SITUATIONS PEOPLE ARE PAID BY THEIR BUSINESSES TO ATTEND JURY DUTY, SO THEY'RE GETTING PAID WHEN THEY GO ON JURY DUTY.

SO I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE $6, AND THAT WAY, YES, YOU'RE GIVING THEM A CONSIDERATION FOR THEIR TIME, BUT IT IS BETTER THAN WHAT IT HAS BEEN OF ZERO.

BUT IT ALSO WILL NOT PUT US IN A DEFICIT WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE MONEY FROM OTHER FUNDS AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SET IT AT SIX AND WE CAN WATCH THIS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND REVISIT, WE CERTAINLY COULD DO THAT.

I THINK $6 IS A SLAP IN THE FACE.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DISSUADE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO REMEMBER WE'RE AT ZERO RIGHT NOW.

WELL, SO YES, $6 OF SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN $0 OF NOTHING.

HOWEVER, IT IS A STIPEND.

IT ISN'T BEING IT'S NOT AN HOURLY RATE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, 1026 I MEAN, NO ONE'S GOING TO GET YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET RICH ON ON THAT.

SO I DON'T THAT'S NOT THE INTENT.

IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, I CAN CERTAINLY DRAFT THE ORDINANCE WITH THAT AMOUNT BEING LEFT BLANK AND THEN WE CAN REDISCUSS WHEN YOU HAVE THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU CAN GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO IT.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE HEARING OF THIS.

SOUNDS INCREDIBLE.

OKAY. HOW MANY JURORS ARE REQUIRED? OKAY, SO FOR A MUNICIPAL COURT CASE, SIX JURORS SERVE ON THE JURY AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 12 JURORS APPEAR BECAUSE EACH SIDE GETS THREE PEREMPTORY STRIKES, WHICH CAN BE A STRIKE FOR NO REASON AT ALL.

BEYOND THAT, IT HAS TO BE A STRIKE FOR CAUSE AND SO YOU NEED AT LEAST 12 JURORS TO SHOW UP IN CASE BOTH SIDES WANT TO EXERCISE THEIR PEREMPTORY STRIKES.

THIS IS THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO DECATUR ALL OVER.

IT'S SHOWING UP THIS WAY WE WILL SUMMON 60 PEOPLE AND WE MAY GET 18 TO SHOW UP AND THAT REALLY IS THAT'S AT THAT POINT IT BECOMES A JUDGE GREEN PROBLEM.

IF JUDGE GREEN WANTS TO THEN REQUIRE ALL THOSE THAT DID NOT APPEAR TO COME TO A SHOW, CAUSE HE CAN FIND THEM UP TO $100 EACH FOR NOT APPEARING FOR THEIR SUMMONS, FOR THEIR JURY DUTY.

SO THE SO WE HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO PAY EVERYBODY WHO APPEARS OR ONLY THOSE WHO SERVE.

YES, THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

SO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IF 60 PEOPLE COME AND YOU HAVE TO PAY 60 PEOPLE $6 EACH, THERE'S $360 RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

OUR MATH IS GOOD FUN, RIGHT? RIGHT AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE CASES, WE MAY HAVE THREE COMING UP, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S ALL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT COULD BE THEIR SET BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

YES. IT COULD BE DEPLETED VERY QUICKLY.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ONE OF THE CONSENSUS THINGS I'M GETTING FROM THIS GROUP IS NOBODY WANTS TO GET INTO A DEFICIT SITUATION OVER THIS.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT DOES MAKE SENSE PROBABLY TO MINIMALLY PAY THOSE THAT ARE RESPOND AS JURORS OR HAVE TO BE JURORS AND THEN IT SEEMS MINIMALLY OKAY TO SAY THE $6 RATE BECAUSE THAT'S THE MINIMUM RATE FOR PAYMENT AND THEN WE COULD PROBABLY JUST ASSESS THAT GOING FORWARD.

MAYBE THERE COULD BE A SOME, YOU KNOW, REPORT LATER ABOUT THAT.

YES. OKAY.

SO LET ME DRAFT AN ORDINANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND IT'LL APPEAR ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

HOW DO YOU PAY THE.

IS IT A CASH PAYMENT? A CHECK? IT COULD BE, BUT YOUR BODIES.

YOUR STAFF IS.

I'M SURE GOING TO WANT TO DO CHECK ISSUANCE.

YES. WE WOULD PREFER A CHECK AS A RECORD OF IT BEING ISSUED AND TO WHOM? ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? COUNCIL? AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ITEM CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER FOR THE TO 12 INCH WATER LINE.

[8. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER FOR THE TA 12” WATERLINE REROUTE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. ]

REROUTE AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THIS NECESSARY DOCUMENT.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL I AM REPORTING FROM PAGES 81 AND 82 OF YOUR COUNCIL PACKET WE HISTORICALLY DON'T SEE A LOT OF CHANGE ORDERS COME OUR DIRECTION, BUT THIS ONE WAS KIND OF UNIQUE IN THE WAY IT PLAYED OUT.

WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TA TRAVEL CENTER PROJECT THAT IS GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED AT HIGHWAY 27 AT THE 2264 EXIT.

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CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING AWAY AT A 12 INCH WATER LINE, AND THE BLUE LINE ON YOUR SCREEN REPRESENTS THE ORIGINAL PATH OF THAT 12 INCH WATER LINE.

WELL, AS THEY NEARED THE PROPERTY THERE, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT WAS NOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE PATH OF TRAVEL.

WE AGREED WITH THE CONTRACTORS, THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHO, THE NEW LINE WOULD HAVE FRONTED AGREED WITH BOTH THE CONTRACTORS AND US. YOU GUYS HELPED US, ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL LAND PARTNER, TO SECURE AN EASEMENT KIND OF SITUATED WEST AND SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY THERE, WHICH IS REPRESENTED BY THE RED LINE.

SO WHAT THAT TRIGGERED IS AN ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE OF WE I THINK WE CALL IT PIPE FOOT.

IS THAT CORRECT, GREG? YEAH.

LINEAR LINEAR FOOT. YES AND SO WE AGREED TO WE AGREED TO FOOT THE COST FOR THAT CHANGE TO GO AROUND THAT SITE AND THAT DID A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR US.

IT ENSURED THAT 12 INCH WATER LINE WAS GOING THE FULL DURATION OF THE PROJECT, EVEN WITH THE CHANGE OF DIRECTION AND PLAY THERE.

IT ALSO IN OUR MINDS, ALLOWED FOR FUTURE LAND USE IN THE AREA TO BE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD WHEN IT COMES TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND AND SO FOR US, IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO COME ALONGSIDE AS A PARTNER HERE AND COVER THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THAT 1400 AND SOMETHING FEET OF PIPE, I BELIEVE, OR 1100 FEET RATHER AND IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT, I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT TO KEEP US FROM USING IMPACT FEE FUNDS, WHICH THIS IS AN IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE PROJECT, I WOULD ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE US TO USE LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM THE STATE STREET WATER LINE THAT CAME IN WELL UNDER THE ANTICIPATED BID.

SO YOU DO HAVE BOND FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO COVER THIS $102,000 COST, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO USE THAT, AS IT IS ALSO IN THE SPIRIT OF PUTTING THE RIGHT SIZE WATER UTILITY IN THE GROUND AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND SO FORTH AND GREG HAS BEEN A HUGE HELP TO ME IN GETTING THIS PROJECT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND I THINK GREG COULD SPEAK PROBABLY MORE TECHNICALLY IF YOU NEED THAT.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER FOR THE TA 12 INCH WATER LINE.

REROUTE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE, OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT ITEM CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE AN EASEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH POCO GRAPHITE.

[9. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE AN EASEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH POCO GRAPHITE, INC. FOR A 12” WATERLINE. ]

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M REPORTING TO YOU AGAIN IN THE SPIRIT OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT SEEMS TO BE A HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW.

PAGES 83 THROUGH 88 OF YOUR COUNCIL PACKET, IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR IN THE CO 2024 DEBT ISSUANCE.

WE COMMITTED TO THE STATE STREET WATER LINE, WHICH I JUST MENTIONED.

WE ALSO COMMITTED TO THE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE POCO WATER LINE THAT CONNECTS TWO 12 INCH PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TOGETHER WITH AN ADDITIONAL 12 INCH HERE ON THE CITY'S IT'D BE KIND OF THE EAST SIDE HERE.

THIS IS JUST A STANDARD EASEMENT DOCUMENT THAT WE NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF THE POCO TEAM TO SIGN OFF ON SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH AWARDING A BID, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN AN UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING AND KEEPING THE PROJECT ON TIME AND ON TRACK.

VERY GOOD COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? LOOK FOR A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE EASEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH POCO GRAPHITE FOR THE 12 INCH WATER LINE.

SECOND. YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES. THANK YOU.

CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ANIMAL NUISANCE ORDINANCE.

[10. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ANIMAL NUISANCE ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE A REASONABILITY STANDARD FOR ENFORCEMENT.]

YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND THE SIMPLICITY OF THIS IS THAT FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES, THE ADDITION OF A STANDARD THAT THE PERSON OFFENDED BY THE NOISE BE A PERSON OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES IS REALLY THE FACTOR HERE.

IT'S A STANDARD THAT'S HELPFUL.

WELL, REALLY CRITICAL IN PROSECUTION BECAUSE IF IT'S SOMEONE THAT IS NOT A PERSON OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES, THEN THEY WOULDN'T MEET THE STANDARD OF THE ANIMAL NOISE DISTURBANCE.

SO THAT'S THE SIMPLE WAY THAT I CAN EXPLAIN.

STAFF APPROACHED ME SOME TIME AGO ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE AND THIS IS A VERY COMMON STANDARD THAT WOULD APPEAR IN AN ANIMAL NOISE NUISANCE ORDINANCE.

VERY GOOD. YEAH. THAT WAS GOING TO BE I WAS GOING TO INQUIRE.

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IT'S A VERY SUBJECTIVE WAY OF SAYING IT.

IT WAS IT'S MORE A SUBJECTIVE.

SUBJECTIVE AS IT IS.

I'M TAKING COUNCIL FEELS LIKE THIS IS A GOOD DIRECTION TO MOVE INTO.

OKAY, IT SEEMS SENSIBLE.

IT DOES. SOUNDS SENSIBLE.

VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LOOK FOR A MOTION.

NO, IT'S A FIRST READING.

OH, SORRY.

LET'S WAIT UNTIL ANOTHER FUN TIME TO GET TOGETHER FOR THAT.

NEXT ITEM CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY.

[11. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY FOR A 2024 HONDA PIONEER 1000 DELUXE VEHICLE FOR THE DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. ]

BACK FOR NUMBER THREE IN THE LAST.

THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMON LEASE AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT WE'RE ALL DOING NOW.

I WILL LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS IS KIND OF MONUMENTAL.

IN 15 YEARS, I'VE PUT THE COST ESTIMATES ON THIS TOGETHER SEVEN TIMES THAT WE'VE HAD TO PULL OUT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS BECAUSE THE BUDGET DOESN'T HANDLE IT.

THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.

THIS WAS BUDGETED FOR IN OUR LEASE LINE AND THE 2324 BUDGET.

SO THE FUNDS THERE.

FORTUNATELY, WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOCAL DEALER.

OUR INCREDIBLE SALES PERSON HAS BEEN ABLE TO PUT THE PACKAGE TOGETHER WITH THE INCLUDING THE ADD ONS.

IT WILL HAVE A SKID UNIT IN THE BACK WITH WATER FOAM LOCATION FOR PATIENTS TO EXTRICATE.

SO IT'S A GOOD UNIT AND WE WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE'RE EXCITED TO PUT THIS ON THE ROAD.

SO, [INAUDIBLE] TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO USE THIS.