Nov 12, 2024 City Council

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AND AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE WOMEN'S CLUB.

[PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITION ]

IF YOU WOULD JOIN.

MIKE, THEY'LL BE THEY'LL BE HAND-DELIVERING THAT PROCLAMATION AFTER.

OKAY. I JUST THINK IT'S LIKE SURELY SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM IS PART OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL DELIVER THIS.

WHEREAS THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT HAS ENHANCED THE LIVES OF OTHERS SINCE 1890.

WHILE DIVERSE IN AGE, INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCES, THE MEMBERS ARE UNITED IN A DESIRE TO CREATE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY WITH THEIR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AS THEY ENRICH THEMSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS, AND WHEREAS, THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUB OF TEXAS MEMBERS WORK TO SUPPORT THE ARTS, PRESERVE NATURAL RESOURCES, ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, AND ENCOURAGE CIVIC INVOLVEMENT. THEY ALSO DEVOTE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO ENRICH THEIR MEMBERS ABOUT TEXAS HERITAGE, AND WHEREAS, THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS OF TEXAS INCREASE AWARENESS OF AND HELP PREVENT THE WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR SIGNATURE PROGRAM, AND PROVIDE A VOICE FOR CHILDREN AS THEY TEACH AND ENCOURAGE PARENTS AND OTHER CAREGIVERS TO BE ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR NEEDS AND WHEREAS, THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS OF TEXAS DEVELOPS LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN WOMEN TO GAIN THE CAPABILITIES, CONFIDENCE, AND COMMITMENT NECESSARY TO PURSUE, PURSUE AND SERVE THIS DISTINCTION TO ADVANCE THEIR CAUSES, AND WHEREAS, THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUB OF TEXAS SUPPORTS THESE EFFORTS AS PART OF THE GREATER ORGANIZATION, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR 90 YEARS.

SO THEREFORE I, MIKE MCQUISTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, DO PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024 AS DECATUR WOMEN'S CLUB DAY. SO CONGRATULATIONS.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER PRESENTATIONS TO MAKE TODAY.

YES, SIR. MAYOR, ITEM ONE, YOU CAN MOVE RIGHT ALONG.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, SUSIE, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, DID WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC

[CITIZENS COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

DOING WELL. SO I'M KYLE GILL.

I GUESS SINCE YOU GUYS KNOW, MAYBE ONE OF THE PARTNERS OF THE NATURE CREEK RESERVE DEVELOPMENT.

WE FELT COMPELLED TO COME SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.

WE UNDERSTAND WE'VE GOT A ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING THAT WOULD MODIFY THE RESIDENTIAL LOT SIZES.

YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE MET, YOU GUYS AUTHORIZED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A BIG CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

WE APPRECIATE, AND YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGED US TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR DEAL, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING OUR PRELIMINARY PLAT, AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS, BUT WE MADE APPLICATION FOR OUR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING REQUEST BACK IN MAY.

WE GOT COMMENTS BACK FROM CITY STAFF AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER.

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SO, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DEAL FOR 11 MONTHS NOW WE WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING US TO BE GRANDFATHERED INTO THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF OUR APPLICATION.

SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

APPRECIATE. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS.

THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT.

JUST THE ONE? NO SIR.

WE HAVE MR. CASON CARAWAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS.

SO I'M ON HERE BECAUSE I'M REPRESENTING THE SELLER OF THAT DEVELOPMENT OR THE LANDOWNER FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT HE WAS JUST REFERRING TO.

SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE LISTED THE PROPERTY IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION AND REALLY QUICKLY AND GOT THAT THING UNDER CONTRACT WITH A LETTER OF INTENT AND LONG NEGOTIATIONS ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO GO WITH A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH THE COMPANY THAT'S HERE TODAY. SO I'M NOT HERE FOR THEM TODAY.

I'M JUST HERE FOR MY SELLERS, WHO POTENTIALLY COULD BE LOSING A DEAL IF THIS PROPERTY IS NOT CONTINUED TO STAY WITHIN THE ORDINANCE OF 5000 SQUARE FOOT VERSUS THE POTENTIAL 8000 SQUARE FOOT.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK AND SAY THAT I DON'T COME TO THESE OFTEN.

SO FOR ME TO BE HERE, IT IS A BIG DEAL.

I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I NEED TO MAKE FEEL INFORMED AFTER THIS MEETING, BECAUSE IT'S CHANGING A LOT OF THINGS.

SO WE DID HAVE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT MOVING FORWARD AND POTENTIALLY HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AGREED UPON, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME LACK OF AGREEING TO FROM THE CITY OF, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PID TO THE MMD.

WE THEY AGREED TO THE PID.

THAT WENT THROUGH JUST FINE.

THAT WASN'T A PROBLEM. IT'S JUST THE NEXT STEPS NEEDED TO GET TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO, SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE A FINAL PLAT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS SO THEY COULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET GRANDFATHERED IN, BUT WE'VE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT IN COMMUNICATIONS FOR A LONG TIME, SO THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT THE BUYER HAS DONE ON MY SELLER'S PROPERTY IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, MORE THAN I WOULD HAVE EVER EXPECTED.

NOW THAT THEY HAVE SPENT THAT MONEY AND NOW THEY HAVE TO REDESIGN IT AND REDO IT, IT COULD POTENTIALLY TERMINATE THE DEAL BECAUSE THE PROFORMA JUST DOESN'T WORK THE SAME AS IT WAS WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY OR GOT UNDER CONTRACT OR WHEN THEY STARTED THE PROCESS.

SO THE TIMELINE GOES BACK QUITE A WAYS.

I MEAN, FROM MARCH 1ST TO EVEN APRIL 12TH, WHEN I WAS HERE IN THIS BUILDING WITH THE MEETING TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE LAID OUT THE BUYERS POTENTIAL PLAT OR THE DESIGN, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THESE LOTS WERE SMALL ON SOME OF THEM, BUT I REMEMBER SPEAKING TO A FEW MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL THAT GUYS WERE NOT GOING TO DO THAT TO YOU.

YOU KNOW, WE WON'T CHANGE BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT UNDER CONTRACT BASED ON THE CURRENT CITY ORDINANCES.

WELL, HERE WE ARE TODAY.

THIS ALL GOT THROWN ON ME TODAY.

THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SPEAK TO SOME OF YOU GUYS BEFORE.

IT'S A BIG CHANGE THAT WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR.

I'M NOT REPRESENTING THE BUYER, BUT I'M REPRESENTING THE SELLER THAT'S ABOUT TO HAVE A DEAL FALL THROUGH BECAUSE OF THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE.

SO ALL THE REQUEST IS IF YOU HAVE IT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD BE CHANGING IT FOR THE FUTURE.

JUST I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THESE THIS IS JUST A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON, AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AGREED UPON, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF SOME SITUATIONS WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO, BUT JUST DIDN'T GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD TO.

I MEAN, THERE WAS AN EMAIL SAYING, I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH YOU GUYS ANY LONGER.

THAT WAS TOUGH BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M ALL FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH YOU GUYS AND I APPRECIATE YOU, BUT WE DO HAVE A TOPIC TO DISCUSS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SUSIE, ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

[1. SWEARING IN CEREMONY OF DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTERS: • JAMES “DALLAS” HUDGINS • WILLIAM MARTIN • COLE EFT]

MAYOR, COUNCIL.

I'M PLEASED TO BRING BEFORE YOU OUR THREE NEWEST HIRES TONIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE IS JAMES DALLAS HUDGENS.

HE'S BEEN WITH US ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

AFTER HIM IS WILLIAM MARTIN.

HE'S BEEN WITH US IN ALL SINCE 8:00 THIS MORNING, AND COLE IS ALSO 8:00 THIS MORNING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANKS, GUYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU SIR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

WELCOME. THANK YOU.

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IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.

FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

FIREFIGHTER. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

STATE OF TEXAS, AND I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS.

YEAH. WELCOME IN BOYS.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

NICE TO MEET YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU. LET'S TAKE A QUICK PICTURE.

AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.

[2. RP2024-06 HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST TO FINAL PLAT LOT 4R, BLOCK 26, ORIGINAL TOWN OF DECATUR, BEING A REPLAT OF LOT 4, BLOCK 26, ORIGINAL TOWN OF DECATUR TO THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 406 N. CHURCH STREET. (REPLAT APPLICATION 2024-06—BRENDAN MITCHELL) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 5-0, COMMISSIONER LANIER ABSENT.)]

WE'LL OPEN THAT UP AT 6:13.

THIS IS RP2024-06.

GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

AGENDA ITEM TWO IS REPLAT APPLICATION 2024-06.

CONSIDER TAKING ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST FOR FINAL PLAT LOT FOR BLOCK 26 OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF DECATUR.

THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.201 ACRES OF LAND.

IT'S A RE-PLAT OF LOT FOUR, BLOCK 26 ORIGINAL TOWN OF DECATUR.

THE PROPERTY IS BEING PLATTED TO DEDICATE THE YARD AS A SIDE YARD.

THERE'S A FRONT YARD.

HE'S PROPOSING TO DEDICATE AS A SIDE YARD PER SECTION 7.1.17 OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS.

THE PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 406 NORTH CHURCH STREET.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS THE PLAT EXHIBIT THAT WAS ALSO IN YOUR PACKET.

WE DID NOTIFY 24 PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES BACK.

NEXT SLIDE.

THE PLAT DOES MEET OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND THE DESIGN STANDARDS.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 5 TO 0, WITH COMMISSIONER LANIER ABSENT.

THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE REPLAT 2024-06.

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

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

AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES, AND WE WILL CLOSE THAT ITEM AT 6:15.

[3. SUP2024-08 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 APPENDIX “B,” “ZONING” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS TO GRANT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING IN A SF-2, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, ON APPROXIMATELY 0.22 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 406 N. CHURCH STREET. (SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION 2024-08—MR. BRENDAN MITCHELL) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 5-0, COMMISSIONER LANIER ABSENT.)]

WE'LL OPEN THAT UP AT 6:15, AND THIS IS SUP2024-08.

YES. THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE PROPERTY THAT YOU JUST MADE YOUR DECISION ON FOR THE REPLAT AND ITS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, HEAR COMMENTS AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX B, ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE. THIS IS MR. BRENDAN MITCHELL'S REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING IN AN SF-2 SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT.

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IF YOU'LL RECALL, THE DECATUR ZONING ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED AND ADOPTED MARCH 23RD, 2015.

ARTICLE SIX USE REGULATIONS TABLE SEVEN PERMITTED USE CHART OF APPENDIX B PROVIDES THAT ACCESSORY DWELLINGS ARE PERMITTED WITH AN APPROVED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS, AND THAT INCLUDES THE SF-2 ZONING DISTRICT.

THE PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING AND SITE PLAN ARE IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTING AN SUP, AND STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING ANY ADDITIONAL CRITERIA OR STIPULATIONS.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF SUP2024-08.

THESE ARE THE MAPS, THE EXISTING LAND USE AND EXISTING ZONING.

AGAIN, WE NOTIFIED 24 PROPERTY OWNERS AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES BACK.

THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND THE FLOOR PLAN.

PROPOSED RENDERINGS.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL 5 TO 0 WITH COMMISSIONER LANIER ABSENT.

THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SUP2024-08.

THIS IS A FIRST READING.

OH, WELL, SHOOT, BUT I LIKE TRYING TO GET AN EARLY START.

I'M WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM AT 6:18.

THANK YOU SIR.

[4. SUP2024-09 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 APPENDIX “B,” “ZONING” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS TO GRANT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A DAY CARE IN A SF-1, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, ON APPROXIMATELY 7.56 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 2601 S. FM 51. (SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION 2023-09—MS. ALEXANDRIA GILLISPIE, ON BEHALF OF DECATUR CHURCH OF CHRIST) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND 4-0, COMMISSIONER HICKS RECUSED AND COMMISSIONER LANIER ABSENT.)]

SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 2024-09 HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, HEAR COMMENTS, AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AN AMENDMENT, AGAIN TO APPENDIX B, ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THIS IS MISS GILLESPIE'S REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE DECATUR CHURCH OF CHRIST, FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW DAYCARE IN AN SF-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

PROPERTY IS 7.5 ACRES OF LAND IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE DECATUR CHURCH OF CHRIST ADDITION AND IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 2601 SOUTH FM 51.

THE DECATUR ZONING ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED AND ADOPTED AGAIN IN 2015, MARCH 23RD, AND IT PROVIDES THAT DAYCARES ARE PERMITTED WITH AN APPROVED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS, INCLUDING THE SF-1 ZONING DISTRICT.

THE PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR DAYCARE AND SITE PLAN ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH GRANTING THE SUP, AND STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING ANY ADDITIONAL CRITERIA BE IMPOSED ON THE SUP. THESE ARE THE MAPS, THE EXISTING LAND USE AND EXISTING ZONING.

WE DID NOTIFY 13 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT, AND WE HAD TWO RESPONSES THAT WERE IN FAVOR.

THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND FLOOR PLAN.

NEXT SLIDE.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL 4 TO 0, WITH COMMISSIONER HICKS RECUSING AND COMMISSIONER LANIER ABSENT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THAT ITEM AT 6:20.

ITEM FIVE IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, AND WE'LL OPEN THAT UP AT 6:20 SI2024-04.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THE SUP.

OH, IT SAYS FIRST READING.

OH I'M SORRY.

IT IS.

YOU CAN BLAME IT ON ME.

I THREW YOU OFF. YEAH.

[5. SI2024-04 CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AND A PUBLIC HEARING GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IN APPENDIX B — “ZONING,” ARTICLE 5 “ZONING DISTRICT STO REVISE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM 5,000 SQUARE FEET TO 8,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE SF-2, TH, 2F, MF, MHD, C-1, C-1A, C-2 AND PD ZONING DISTRICTS. (STAFF INITIATED APPLICATION 2024-04—CITY OF DECATUR) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 5-0 WITH A PROVISO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE TO SIXTY (60) DAYS FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE, COMMISSIONER LANIER ABSENT.) SF-2 = SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT C-1A = DOWNTOWN DISTRICT 2F = TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT C-1 = RESTRICTED BUSINESS DISTRICT MHD = MANUFACTURED HOME DISTRICT C-2 = THOROUGHFARE BUSINESS DISTRICT TH = TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL PD = PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MF = MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT]

WELL. THANK YOU. NO.

THAT'S FINE. ITEM FIVE IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, AND WE'LL OPEN THAT UP AT, AND THIS IS ALSO A FIRST READING AT 6:20 SI2024-04. GO AHEAD.

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

THAT WAS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

YOU GUYS ARE HAVING YOUR FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING.

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MF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

MHD MANUFACTURED HOME DISTRICT C-1 RESTRICTED BUSINESS DISTRICT.

C-1A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.

C-2 THOROUGHFARE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT, AND THIS IS A STAFF INITIATED APPLICATION.

NEXT SLIDE.

OUR ZONING ORDINANCE CURRENTLY ALLOWS A MINIMUM OF 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO REVISE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE TO 8000FT² IN THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ZONING DISTRICT. THERE'S GROWING CONCERN THAT THE DENSITY OF SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN DECATUR IS BECOMING EXCESSIVE, AND COULD BE ADVERSELY IMPACTING THE CITY'S RURAL CHARACTER AND CHARM.

PRIOR TO THE 2015 ZONING ORDINANCE REWRITE, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE WAS 8400FT².

AT THAT TIME, MANY OF THE INNER CITY LOTS, WHICH WERE UNDER 8400FT², COULD NOT BE DEVELOPED IN THE INTERIM.

BEFORE THE 2015 REWRITE, STAFF CREATED AN INFILL OVERLAY DISTRICT, ALLOWING 5500 SQUARE FOOT LOTS TO BE DEVELOPED.

THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE IS 5000FT², AND THERE ARE SOME INFILL REGULATIONS FOR LOTS OF RECORD.

THERE ARE SOME IMPACTS WITH REGARDS TO LARGER LOTS.

YOU GET LESS DENSITY AND SMALLER SEWERS, LOWER PRESSURE AND WATER MAINS, SMALLER PUMPS NEEDED.

THERE'S LESS AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC.

IT'S BELIEVED TO BE NOT CONDUCIVE TO AFFORDABILITY.

SMALLER LOTS HAVE LESS IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

THEY CONSERVE FORESTS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND BY USING LESS OF IT, AND URBAN SPRAWL IS IMPACTED.

THERE'S AN INCREASE IN IMPERMEABLE SURFACES, POOR RUNOFF MANAGEMENT, WHICH OVERALL LEADS TO DOWNSTREAM FLOODING ISSUES.

NOW, IT'S NOT THE CITY'S INTENT TO DISCOURAGE INFILL DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT SMART GROWTH STRATEGY.

THERE ARE INFILL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES THAT MAKE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CORE PARCELS MORE ATTRACTIVE AND AFFORDABLE TO A DEVELOPER BY ADDRESSING COMMON BARRIERS SUCH AS INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE, LENGTHY PERMITTING PROCESSES, OBSOLETE ZONING PROVISIONS AND DIFFICULT PARCEL ASSEMBLY, AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE ZONING ORDINANCE DOES ADDRESS INFILL DEVELOPMENT, SO WE'RE NOT DOING AWAY WITH IT COMPLETELY WITH THIS CHANGE IN LOT SIZE.

ARTICLE SEVEN, SECTION 7.1, SUBSECTION 7.11 TALKS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL LOT DIMENSIONS AND IT SAYS RESIDENTIAL LOT DIMENSIONS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE EIGHT RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AREA REGULATIONS.

HOWEVER, A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THESE REQUIREMENTS MAY BE GRANTED WHEN AN INFILL LOT IS UNABLE, UNDER REASONABLE MEANS TO MEET THE AREA WIDTH OR DEATH REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, SO THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT.

NEXT SLIDE, AND THEN THE COUNCIL MAY WITH THIS CHANGE IN LOT SIZE ALSO DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE AN INFILL INCENTIVE POLICY, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU COULD DESIGNATE A SPECIFIC DISTRICT AS A PRIORITY FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT, POSSIBLY SIX BLOCKS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST OF THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE.

BUILDING PERMITTING AND PLANNING APPLICATION FEES COULD BE REBATED.

WE COULD FAST TRACK OR STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING OF INFILL LOTS.

REFUND OF WATER AND SEWER TAP FEES, TAX ABATEMENTS, LIEN WAIVERS ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF CONDEMNATION, DEMOLITION, SANITATION, OR OTHER CITY IMPOSED.

NONE. PROPERTY TAX LIENS ON PREPARATION OF AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT GUIDE TO HELP PEOPLE AS THEY GO THROUGH THE INFIELD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, CREATION OF AN INFIELD PROJECT REVIEW TEAM AND OR OFFER GRANTS AND LOW INTEREST INFIELD LOANS, AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW INCENTIVES THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER.

THIS, OUR GIS ANALYST PROVIDED TO US, IS A POTENTIAL INFILL PARCELS WITHIN SIX BLOCKS OF THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE IN WHICH THOSE INCENTIVES THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY COULD BE TARGETED.

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THERE'S 786 NON VACANT INFILL PARCELS AND 340 POTENTIAL VACANT INFILL PARCELS AND PARCELS ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM LOTS.

WE DIDN'T CALL THESE LOTS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE VERY VERY SMALL AND THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING YOU CAN DO ON THEM.

OF THOSE POTENTIAL VACANT INFILL PARCELS.

THERE'S 32 THAT'S GREATER THAN 8000FT², AND THEN THERE'S 49.

THAT'S LESS THAN 8000FT².

NEXT SLIDE.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF STAFF INITIATED APPLICATION 2024-04.

AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE REVISING THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FROM 5000FT² TO 8000FT².

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL 5 TO 0, WITH A PROVISO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE 60 DAYS FROM ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.

COMMISSIONER LANIER ABSENT, AND THE REASON FOR THE PROVISO OR PROVISO IS TO GIVE STAFF TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THE MEADOW CREEK APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT STARTED IN THEIR PLAT.

PRELIMINARY PLAT IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO ASKED FOR THIS TO BE TAKEN FROM 5 TO 8 FOR, I THINK, OBVIOUS REASONS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT INITIALLY WAS THAT PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE AND WORKING WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN, THAT WE WOULDN'T THESE PEOPLE WOULDN'T SPEND THE MONEY FOR NO REASON, AND MAYBE IT'S NOT AS FAR ALONG AS MAYBE THE GRANDFATHERS WERE THOUGHT TO BE OR WHAT WE KIND OF THOUGHT WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT COMING IN, ESPECIALLY THAT HAVE ALREADY INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY.

I LOOK AT OUR LONG TERM FUTURE, AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THIS.

THAT'S WHY SOME OF US ASKED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT IN MY MIND, I DON'T THINK IT REALLY AFFECTED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS, AND I JUST WANT TO DITTO WHAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, IN NO WAY DID WE INTEND TO AFFECT ANY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE COMING ON BOARD, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.

OKAY, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS, BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF PUTTING IT BACK TO WHERE THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON IT CANNOT GO WITH WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THE OUR ZONING WAS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO IF WE CAN PUT A TIMELINE ON IT SO THAT THIS ISN'T DRAGGED OUT OVER A YEAR OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN WORK WITH STAFF, THE DEVELOPER, THE LANDOWNER, THOSE TWO DEVELOPMENTS.

WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS SUBMITTED.

WE'RE STILL WE WOULD STILL BE APPROVING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

IS THAT CORRECT? REGARDLESS OF THE LOT SIZES.

THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I THINK IT'S BEEN ROLLED OUT TO US.

SO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS ITS OWN ZONING.

IT IS CONTEMPLATED IN THE REWRITE THAT EVEN IN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONES, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE WOULD SIZE WOULD BE 8000FT², AND THERE IS A THERE IS A LINE BETWEEN WHAT PROJECT HAS BEEN STARTED.

YOU DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS WHERE THE PLATS ARE APPROVED.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED THAT HAS NOT STARTED YET, BUT OF COURSE I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

WE ARE HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON THAT, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROJECTS WHERE PLATS HAVE BEEN APPROVED, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ARE IN PLACE VERSUS WHERE THEY ARE NOT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I JUST THINK IT WAS ALL OF OUR INTENTIONS TO ALLOW THE MEADOWBROOK AND THIS ONE TO COME IN UNDER THE OLD STANDARDS, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM PUNISHED BECAUSE WE'RE CHANGING THIS HERE MIDSTREAM, AND I THINK THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE A TIMELINE.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T JUST BE GRANDFATHERED FOREVER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW PRELIMINARY PLATS EXPIRE AND IF YOU I MEAN AND I KNOW THE ONES COMING UP.

YEAH, AND HAS IT HAVE THEY ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION FOR IT YET.

CAN IT BE EXTENDED ONCE OR JUST ONCE.

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YES, YES. OKAY, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THAT ONE IT'S THERE'S PIPELINE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT TOO, YOU KNOW.

SO I WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE PLANNING AND ZONING DISCUSSION ON THIS, AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY MARTIN'S CONCERN ALSO IS THE WELL, HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MEADOW CREEK, BUT WE HAVE ALL DISCUSSED AT LENGTH, MAKING SURE THESE ARE GRANDFATHERED IN AND I DON'T KNOW HOW.

I UNDERSTAND PAM'S POINT OF, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALREADY APPLIED FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT, NOT WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO TO APPROVE THAT.

MAYBE WE NEED TO REWRITE THIS TO WHERE WE PUT A DATE OF JULY 1ST OR WHAT? WHATEVER A REASONABLE TIMELINE IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PRELIMINARY PLAT IN, MAYBE WE COME UP WITH THAT AND IS THERE A REASONABLE TIMELINE? WELL, AND THAT'S REALLY THE UNKNOWN, TO ECHO WHAT PAM WAS SAYING.

THEY SUBMITTED THEIR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY DID IT IN ADVANCE OF HAVING THE PROPERTY ANNEXED.

SO IT NEEDS TO BE ANNEXED.

THEN THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AN APPROVAL OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND THEN A PRELIMINARY PLAT.

RIGHT. SO WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN PUTTING A TIMELINE ON IT.

YES. WELL, IT'S JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THE PIPELINES THAT A LOT OF THAT IS SLOWED UP BY THE OIL COMPANIES, THAT IT'S OUT OF THEIR CONTROL, THE DEVELOPER'S CONTROL.

I LIKE THIS THERE'S TWO CONCERNS.

ONE, THE GRANDFATHERED IN AND THE OTHER THIS MAYBE WE COME BACK TO IT, BUT THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING SOME OF THAT BUT GO AHEAD WILL.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD A MUD OR AN MMD BEING PLACED ON OUR LAPS.

SO FOR THE CITY TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE TO DO THE RESEARCH, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

HANG ON, I JUST LOST IT.

OH, THIS WAS EPIC.

HANG ON, HOLD ON, I'LL COME BACK IN A SECOND.

HANG ON.

WELL, OKAY, YOU GOT IT? NO, YOU GOT IT.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. NO, WE'RE DEFERRING TO YOU, SIR.

I'M REACHING DOWN DEEP. OH, SO WITH AS WHEN IT CONCERNS INFILL AND THE DOWNTOWN.

WHEN I WAS REWATCHING THAT MEETING, MASON KEPT BRINGING UP A DISTRICT THAT THEY USED TO HAVE IN PLACE THAT WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, WHICH I THINK THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO.

I THINK YOU SAID YOU GO TO BOA IS THAT BOARD OF--THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

SO WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, SIX BLOCKS EACH WAY.

WOULD YOU NOT HAVE TO GO TO THAT IF YOU'RE ABOVE 5500 BUT BELOW 8000? NO, YOU WOULD STILL BECAUSE YOU'RE CHANGING YOUR MINIMUM LOT SIZE TO 80 OR 8000, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS WITH THE INFILL LOTS.

YES. SO IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN DO AN OVERLAY OR DO SOMETHING WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THAT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT EXTRA STEP.

YOU COULD I MEAN, THOSE LOTS ARE SO I MEAN IRREGULAR.

WELL, THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOREVER.

YEAH. YEAH, BUT ONE OF OUR THINGS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN BUDGET AND AT LENGTH IS INFILL TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO INFILL.

SO THE LESS RESTRICTIONS WE PLACE ON THEM WHEN THEY INFILL, THE MORE LIKELY THEY WILL TO BUILD ON THESE LOTS. SO WHATEVER.

HAVE YOU ALL COME UP WITH AN IDEA ON HOW TO DO THAT, HOW TO DO THE INFILL? NATE. MAYBE.

YEAH. GOOD QUESTION JAKE.

GOOD DISCUSSION. SO STAFF HAS BEEN DISCUSSING WHAT INFILL LOOKS LIKE INDICATOR FOR ACTUALLY QUITE SOME TIME.

DEDRA STARTED THE KIND OF THE TOOLKIT, IF YOU WILL.

TOOLKIT CONVERSATION.

DO WE OFFER THEM A FAST TRACK TO PERMITS? DO WE OFFER THEM SOME SORT OF REBATE ON THEIR FEES THAT HAVE BEEN PAID? IF THEY ARE IN THAT SPECIFIC ZONE THAT WE TALK ABOUT BEING SIX BLOCKS FROM THE COURTHOUSE, IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A TOOLKIT THAT FOLLOWS THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT INFILL WILL BE DONE AND IT'LL BE ON TO THE NEXT PRIORITY THAT THE COUNCIL BODY GIVES TO STAFF.

I THINK I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.

THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE TOOL KITS THAT WE CAN ASSEMBLE IN-HOUSE THAT SPEAK TO THE INFILL PROJECTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN CORE, AND THERE'S ALREADY A PATH FORWARD FOR SMALL LOTS, AND WAYNE AND DEDRA HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AT CREATING AN EXAMPLE OUT OF A CURRENT LOT THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.

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I THINK WE JUST CREATE AN ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLKIT THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR BUDGET ABILITIES EACH YEAR, AND THEN WE FUND THAT TOOLKIT ANNUALLY.

SO WOULD WOULD THIS AFFECT THE CURRENT TOOL TO WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE BRADY STREET. ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS ON RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'LL SEE IT COME BEFORE YOU IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

WE'RE PLATTING IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON ON THAT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PROCESS FOR THE LOT SIZE, BUT GENERALLY WITH THESE LOTS AND THE SMALLER SIZE LOTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN SOME OF THESE, THIS PARTICULAR LOT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS 3600FT² TOTAL IN LOT SIZE, AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF SPECIAL EXCEPTION THROUGH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AND THIS ONE THAT WE ENDED UP WITH TWO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, THEY'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH. ONE OF THEM IS A REDUCED FRONT YARD SETBACK AND THE OTHER ONE IS FOR THE LOT SIZE.

WE COMBINE THEM TOGETHER INTO ONE ITEM SO THAT IT CAN MOVE FORWARD.

IT WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY, BUT RECORDED AS ONE.

ON ON THE PLAT, AND WE WILL RESET.

WHAT OUR IDEAL IS IS THAT RATHER THAN AN ENCROACHMENT INTO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE SETTING THAT FRONT YARD SETBACK AT 20FT SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OBTAINING A LOAN TO BUILD A HOUSE ON, THAT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY ENCROACHING INTO ANYTHING ON THAT, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REMOVED AT A LATER DATE.

SO WE'RE COMING UP WITH A PROCESS AND A PROCEDURE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS, BUT IT'S KIND OF A NEW PROCESS, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD PATH FORWARD WITH IT, AND WE'RE UTILIZING THIS SUBSECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT ISN'T INTENDED TO CHANGE. OKAY WE WERE GETTING TO THAT.

THIS WILL PROVIDE A PATH TOWARD ANY LOT THAT IS LESS THAN WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE ON THERE.

THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS.

VERY GOOD. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY COUNCIL'S CONCERN IS NOT TO PUT OURSELVES IN A BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL BY OUR OWN ORDINANCES TO NOT ALLOW SOMEBODY INDIVIDUALLY THAT'S VERY LIMITED BASED UPON THE HISTORICAL ACTIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED VERSUS SOMETHING OF A, OF A LARGE DEVELOPMENT WHERE YOU HAVE PROCESSES AND THAT YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN GOING FORWARD FOR THE VIABILITY OF OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

SO DO YOU NEED SOME MORE COMMENTS FROM US TO GO FORWARD? SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS ARE, IN THEORY, GRANDFATHERED OR CAN GIVE A TIMELINE OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, WE'LL GET YOU AND APPROVE EVERYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GRANDFATHERING THIS DEVELOPMENT.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S, OH GO AHEAD.

LET'S LET WILL TALK.

YEAH. 100%.

GOOD. I REMEMBER THREE SECONDS AFTER I SAID I FORGOT.

SO HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE WENT WITH THE 8000 MINIMUM SQUARE FOOT LOT, COULD THEY FOLLOW VARIANCE THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE PUT IN FRONT OF US TO VARIANCE TO HAVE A DECREASED LOT SIZE TO THE PD? WELL, A PD WAS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.

OKAY. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THEIR.

WELL NO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO AMEND IT BECAUSE AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WELL I'M NOT.

I'VE NEVER HAD THAT QUESTION.

I KNOW THIS COUNCIL'S GOT A COMMENT.

THAT'S THE CRUX OF IT, IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE MET.

SO FOR A LARGE OPEN PIECE OF LAND, THERE WOULD BE NO SUCH CONDITIONS THAT WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA OF NEEDING TO GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A SMALLER LOT. RIGHT.

SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT SITUATION WITH A NEW PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COMING IN.

WERE YOU ASKING ABOUT VARIANCES OR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT.

SO HYPOTHETICALLY, WITH THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD NOT BE GRANDFATHERED AND WE STICK WITH THE 8000, WE DECIDE TO VOTE ON THAT.

WOULD THERE BE ANY RECIPROCITY OR ANYTHING THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO ON THE BACK END IN ORDER TO AFFORD THEM TO KEEP, WHAT THEIR SAME

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WELL, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BETTER DEFINE WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AN APPLICATION IN THE WORKS BECAUSE ONE HAS A PRELIMINARY PLAT AND THE OTHER ONE DOES NOT.

WELL. WELL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, LET'S THIS IS OUR FIRST READING.

I THINK WE COULD GO FORWARD.

WE'VE COMMUNICATED TO STAFF WHAT OUR DESIRE IS, AND LET'S LET THEM PUT THEIR WORK TOGETHER TO PRESENT THAT TO US ON OUR FOR APPROVAL.

SO I THINK WE'VE.

YEAH. SO I THINK WE'VE COMMUNICATED WHAT TO START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH THE FIRST READING.

IT CAN JUST GO INTO A SECOND.

WELL, YOU'D HAVE TO BE DIRECTED TODAY.

YOU'D HAVE TO REREAD THE FIRST READING, RIGHT, IF IT CHANGES? NOT NECESSARILY IF WE CAN CREATE.

WHAT IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL? MY CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE THE LEGAL DIVIDING LINE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF THOUGHT TO, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE, HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS CAN BE APPLIED WITH EQUALITY. RIGHT, AND SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY GIVE SOME THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO CREATE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, BUT I'M COMMITTED TO DOING THAT, AND IF IT COMES OUT IN A WAY THAT YOU DON'T LIKE IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT, BUT IT STILL COULD BE A SECOND READING.

VERY GOOD.

COUNCIL GOOD WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT.

DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, SIR. OKAY.

THAT WAS ITEM FIVE, AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THAT ITEM AT 6:43, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPEN PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ITEM SIX.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THAT IF UNLESS I HEAR ANYTHING FROM OUR COUNCIL.

HEARING NONE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON SIX.

ITEM SEVEN.

[7. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY AND MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SB1893 PROHIBITING THE USE OF TIKTOK ON GOVERNMENT ISSUED DEVICES. RESOLUTION R2024-11-24]

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BRINGING THIS ITEM TO YOU ON BEHALF OF HUMAN RESOURCES WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT, AND OF COURSE, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

2023 LEGISLATURE PASSED SENATE BILL 1893 THAT BASICALLY SAID CERTAIN APPS CAN'T BE DOWNLOADED ONTO GOVERNMENT DEVICES, AND SO THIS POLICY IS CONFORMING TO THAT LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE, AND IT'S ALSO ADDING SOME GUIDELINES FOR OUR STAFF TO DEAL WITH HOW WE ADD OR DELETE APPS FROM GOVERNMENT OWNED TECHNOLOGY.

SO IT'S IT WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A POLICY ADDED TO OUR CITY HANDBOOK.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

SOUNDS STRAIGHTFORWARD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NOT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SUSIE'S TIKTOK.

YOU PROBABLY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO BAN THAT.

MAYOR, IT IS A RESOLUTION.

PARDON ME? IT IS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION.

OKAY. THE POLICY, NOT THE TIKTOK.

GOTCHA. SO WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.

YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R2024-11-24.

I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BEFORE US ON THIS RESOLUTION.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM EIGHT, DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND PROCESS.

[8. DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND PROCESS.]

ITEM EIGHT IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF PAM AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WE WANTED TO KIND OF GET THIS OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, AND TO HAVE YOU START THINKING ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS MAY LOOK FOR YOU AND FOR CITY STAFF AND FOR THOSE STAKEHOLDERS.

IT'S TIME TO REVIEW OUR CHARTER AND UPDATE THAT CHARTER AND THE MEMO THAT I SENT TO YOU, WHICH IS ON PAGE 69 OF THE PACKET, HAS ONE TYPO.

OUR LAST MAJOR CHARTER UPDATE WAS NOT IN 2022.

IT WAS IN 2002 WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED AND VOTED ON, AND SO A HUGE THANK YOU TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO DO THAT BACK IN 2002 BUT IT'S TIME FOR US TO GRAPPLE WITH THAT AGAIN, MODERNIZE IT SO THAT IT FITS NOT ONLY HOW THE CITY IS DOING BUSINESS TODAY, BUT HOW WE CAN DO BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE. VERY GOOD.

SO THE MEMO TALKS ABOUT NEXT STEPS, BUT THE BASICS ARE WE JUST NEED TO HAVE IT ON OUR MIND SO THAT WHEN THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR ROLLS AROUND, WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS WITH A CLEAR CALENDAR AND EXPECTATIONS.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

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[9. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR DECEMBER 9, 2024, AT 6:00 P.M. TO CONSIDER CREATION OF TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NO. ONE. RESOLUTION R2024-11-25]

CONSIDER CREATION OF A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE'VE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH THE TIRZ PROJECT FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

IT'S COME TIME TO PASS A RESOLUTION GIVING US A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT'S GOING TO START ON DECEMBER 9TH.

SO THIS IS JUST THAT FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE NEXT OF MANY STEPS IN CREATING OUR FIRST TIRZ DISTRICT.

VERY NICE. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R2024-11-25.

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

AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT RESOLUTION PASSES.

ITEM TEN. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WISE COUNTY FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES.

[10. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WISE COUNTY FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]

THERE'S BEEN VERY BASIC CHANGES.

THERE WERE SOME VERBIAGE CHANGES, JUST MORE NECESSARY UPDATING THAN CHANGING ANY OF THE INTENT OF IT.

THE ONLY CHANGE IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE MONTHLY, AND IT WENT FROM $5441.17 LAST YEAR TO $5765.69. SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $324.52.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S ALL THE SAME.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

SO YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF IT? YEAH. I THINK WE SHOULD BE OKAY.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE WISE COUNTY FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND. I THINK I GOT IT HERE BY JAKE, JUST BY A TOUCH.

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

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

[11. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A WISE COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRE SERVICES PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT WISE COUNTY AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]

MAYOR COUNCIL.

THIS IS NOT ANNUAL.

THIS IS A NEW THING.

I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY AND EXPLAINING, SO, YOU KNOW.

RECENTLY, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THAT ESD THREE WAS FORMED.

DURING ALL OF THEIR PROCESS, SOME OF THEIR ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL CITIES AND DEPARTMENTS.

ONLY WITH THIS COUNTY CONTRACT, WHICH IN THEIR WORDS, AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO UNDERSTAND THIS AND BE QUITE FRANK, I ARGUED ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE.

BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS WITH US NOT HAVING ONE WITH EACH DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE SOME LEGAL THINGS AND LIABILITIES IN WHICH ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT RESPONDS TO DECATUR WOULD HAVE NOT HAVING A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH US AND VICE VERSA WITH US AND THEM, AND THAT'S FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES AND WORKER'S COMP THINGS AND SUCH AS THAT.

SO IT REALLY CLEANS SOME IT UP.

WHAT HAPPENED IS THERE WAS A COMMITTEE FORMED OUT OF THE WEST COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION WITH SEVERAL CHIEFS.

THE ONE THAT HIT A DEAD END WAS OUR BRIDGEPORT CHIEF.

SO THEY WENT THROUGH ANOTHER LEGAL COUNTY ATTORNEY.

OUTSIDE OF SB THREE TO CONFIRM ALL OF THIS.

AS I KNOW, WE ARE THE LAST ONES TO TAKE IT BEFORE A COUNCIL, AND THAT'S BECAUSE MYSELF AND NATE AND PAM HAVE BEEN GOING OVER VERY DETAILED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RIGHT.

SO THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN ANNUAL.

THE ONLY TIME WE WOULD COME BACK IS IF WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT.

SO, AND WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR COMMENTS? I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK ON THAT.

I'LL TAKE THIS ONE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR, TO APPROVE A WISE COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATION SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRE

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SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT, AND THAT PASSES.

ITEM 12. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPOINT RESIDENTS OF THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL JURISDICTION LIMITS OF THE CITY.

[12. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPOINT A RESIDENT OF THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (ETJ) LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DECATUR TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CIAC).]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, ABOUT TWO COUNCIL SESSIONS AGO, WE APPROVED THE RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE WORKING GROUP OR THE HANDLE OF OUR IMPACT FEE PROGRAM AND THE ESTABLISHMENT BASED ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OFFERED UP FOUR OF THE FIRST MEMBERS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEN STATE RULES REQUIRED US TO FIND SOMEONE FROM THE ETJ.

WE OPENED UP THE APPLICATION PERIOD AND THAT CLOSED WITH MISS KRISTY CAMPBELL BEING THE LONE CANDIDATE THAT LIVES IN OUR ETJ AND IS WILLING TO SERVE HAVE A VALID APPLICATION FROM HER.

JUST A QUICK HISTORY. SHE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, AND THE ONLY REASON THAT SHE GOT OFF WAS BECAUSE THEY CHOSE TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT HOUSE, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE OUT OF THE CITY. SO SHE'S EXPRESSED INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THIS GROUP AND STAFF WILL BE RECOMMENDING HER APPOINTMENT, AND OUR FIRST MEETING IS THIS THURSDAY, RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM AT 6 P.M..

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL.

LOOK FOR A MOTION.

SO KRISTY CAMPBELL? KRISTY CAMPBELL. YES, SIR.

OKAY, SO I'LL MOVE TO APPOINT KRISTY CAMPBELL OF THE ETJ LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DECATUR TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SMART MOVE. I'LL SECOND THAT.

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

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

AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WELCOME, KRISTY.

[13. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A 60-MONTH LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CANON SOLUTIONS AMERICA, INC.]

CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A 60 MONTH LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CANON SOLUTIONS OF AMERICA.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS ITEM IS ON BEHALF OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, AND I ASKED [INAUDIBLE] IF HE WANTED TO PRESENT IT, IN WHICH HE ABRUPTLY TOLD ME, NO THANK YOU, BUT I WANT TO SAY--IS HE STILL HERE? HE MIGHT BE HIDING IN THE BACK SOMEWHERE.

I WANT TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO [INAUDIBLE] AND JOSEPH, BOTH FOR TACKLING THIS.

WE HAVEN'T RENEWED A PRINTER CONTRACT IN QUITE SOME TIME, AND IT SHOWS IN THEIR WORK, AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT OUR ANNUAL COST IS ONLY GOING UP ABOUT $2,100. SO OUR CURRENT COST TO OPERATE OUR PRINTERS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS $25,306.

OUR NEW CONTRACT ANNUAL COSTS WOULD BE $27,489, AND THAT'S WITH ADDING EIGHT DEVICES AND CHANGING THE WAY SOME OF OUR PLANS, FOR EXAMPLE, SHIP THE INK AND PROVIDE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WE WOULD BE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A 60 MONTH FAIR MARKET VALUE LEASE CONTRACT FOR IN THE IN THE VALUE OF $27,849 PER YEAR.

SO IT IS BELOW OUR $50,000 ANNUAL SPENDING THRESHOLD PER ITEM, PER TRANSACTION, BUT THE TOTAL VALUE OVER FIVE YEARS GOES WELL ABOVE THAT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.

PLUS, IT IS A CONTRACT IN WHICH WE'LL SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR REDIRECT THEM TO JOSEPH.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN APPROVE THIS WITHOUT [INAUDIBLE] BEING OUT HERE TO DO IT.

WE WARNED HIM OF THAT.

IF YOU SO MOVE, WOULD YOU ASK? I WOULD ASK THAT YOU INCLUDE THAT.

THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, I LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 60 MONTH LEASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH CANON SOLUTIONS, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES. THANK YOU.

ITEM 14.

[14. CONSIDER SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. ORDINANCE 2024-11-30]

[00:55:03]

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024 1130.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION BEFORE US.

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

AYE. OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.

THAT PASSES.

ITEM 15.

[15. CONSIDER SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ADOPT THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND THE FOLLOWING 2021 INTERNATIONAL CODES: BUILDING, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, RESIDENTIAL, FUEL GAS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, EXISTING BUILDING, AND SWIMMING AND SPA ALONG WITH RELATED LOCAL AMENDMENTS. ORDINANCE 2024-11-31]

THERE ARE NO CHANGES, AND IT IS THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL CODES ALSO ALSO.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024 DASH 1131.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND.

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

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU. ITEM 16 IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[16. CONSENT AGENDA]

OTHERWISE, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

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

SECOND, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

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

AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT, AND AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL WILL ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION

[17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

NEGOTIATIONS TO DELIBERATE OFFERS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

INCENTIVES REGARDING THE PALOMA TRAILS DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH LIBERTAS DECATUR, LLC, AND WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:58.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.