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WAS WAITING ON JOHN. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS IS MONDAY, JUNE
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16TH, 2025. THE TIME IS 630, AND THE QUORUM IS PRESENT FOR THE WORK SESSION. WELCOME, EVERYONE.THIS MEETING IS STREAMING LIVE AND PLEASE BE AWARE, LIVE STREAMING IS CONTINUOUS DURING BREAKS AND BETWEEN SESSIONS. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE PRESENT. BE AWARE THAT THE MICROPHONES IN THE ROOM CAN CAPTURE BACKGROUND CONVERSATIONS AND NOISE. COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE FOR THE AUDIENCE. AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS RECEIVED PRESENTATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL FINANCIALS. MISS GAIL FINCH. COME ON DOWN. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE. I'M GLAD TO BE BACK. I'VE BEEN OUT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, SO I'M GLAD TO BE BACK. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIALS. I CAN GET THIS GOING. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. I'LL START WITH THE REVENUES FIRST. FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OUR TOTAL REVENUES ARE $13,454,432. PROPERTY TAXES HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST LION'S SHARE OF THE REVENUES AT 66%, FOLLOWED BY SALES TAX AT 18%. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PERMITS AND FEES AND OTHER ITEMS. THIS IS A CHART SHOWING THAT OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES WERE BUDGETED AT.
$16,582,189. THIS IS A CHART SHOWING OUR SALES TAX COMPARISON FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. TO DATE, THE TOP LINE IS 2025. SO IT DOES SHOW THAT WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR SALES TAX FOR THE YEAR. THIS IS A CHART SHOWING OUR PERMITS AND FEES. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE COMPARISON CHART BELOW FOR 2425 IS DIFFERENT THAN THE AGENDA PACKET, BECAUSE I MADE A MISTAKE. SO THE ONE ON YOUR POWERPOINT HERE IS THE CORRECT COMPARISON. IT SHOWS THAT OUR BUILDING PERMITS ARE AT 68% FOR THE YEAR. AND THAT'S A I'M SORRY. IT'S THE BIGGEST LION'S SHARE OF THE PERMITS AND FEES IS THE BUILDING PERMITS. AND AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE RECEIVED $441,584.
WITH AN INCREASE OF $246,000. OKAY. ARE YOU CHANGING THAT? YEAH. THIS WASN'T WORKING. OKAY.
I'M SORRY. OKAY. SO OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, IT SHOWS OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER. AND THIS INCLUDES TRANSFERS AND ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. $11,067,887. WITH PUBLIC SAFETY HAVING THE BIGGEST LION'S SHARE THUS FAR AT $4.5 MILLION. SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR ONGOING EXPENDITURES BUDGETED AT $16,396,125, AND OUR ONGOING EXPENDITURES AT $8,137,886. THE BREAKDOWN BELOW SHOWS SOME OF THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES SUPPORT SERVICES HAS A CAD SYSTEM. THERE'S POLICE EQUIPMENT AND POLICE VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED. WE'VE PURCHASED TWO CODE ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. ALSO, THERE'S PARK EQUIPMENT, FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT. SOFTWARE UPGRADES AND OTHER EMERGENCY REPAIRS ON THE ROOF AT STATION ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND ALSO ASPHALT REPAIR ON SIMONDS ROAD. SO A QUESTION ON THE POLICE USE.
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THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE. YES. THIS IS JUST FOR THE FIRST.RIGHT. A LOT OF TIMES I ORDER THE VEHICLES AND THEY ARE NOT THEY HAVEN'T COME IN YET. I DON'T KNOW THE SITUATION, BUT THAT'S HOW MUCH WE'VE HAD AS OF MARCH 31ST. SO WE MAY HAVE HAD SOME MORE. WE ARE A LITTLE BIT LATE ON THE SECOND QUARTER PRESENTING TO YOU, SO THERE MAY BE MORE ON THE BOOKS BY NOW. MISS GAIL? YES. YOU SAID THE ASPHALT ON SIMONS. WAS THAT EAST SIMONS OR WEST SIMONS? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. THERE WAS A QUESTION. SO THEY SAID THAT ASPHALT WORKED. BUT I WAS WONDERING IF IT'S EAST SIMONS OR WEST SIMONS. OH, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT I CAN GET. I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SIMONS ROAD PROJECT FUND SET ASIDE. BUT THAT'S THE MAJOR, MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECT. OKAY. THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR SUMMARY OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. WE ARE AT 81% OF THE BUDGET ON OUR REVENUES. MAINLY BECAUSE WE DO RECEIVE OUR PROPERTY TAXES AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR YEAR. AND THEN EXPENDITURES. WE'RE AT 49.6%, WHICH THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD BE AT THE 50% MARK. BUT AT THE SECOND QUARTER. AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE WATER AND SEWER SUMMARY OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. THE REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW. AND EXPENDITURES ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW AT 45.3%. USUALLY THE WATER SALES PICK UP DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. AND THIS IS JUST A CHART JUST TO SHOW YOU. WHERE WE ARE. THIS SLIDE IS ALL OF OUR OTHER FUNDS, AND THESE INCLUDE ALL OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT WE HOLD FOR PARK PROJECTS OR THE TOY DRIVE DONATION. ALSO, WE HAVE OUR DEBT SERVICE HERE AND OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. AS I WAS SPEAKING OF BEFORE, OUR ANIMAL SHELTER POLICE STATION MONEY THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS. THIS SLIDE IS OUR CASH REPORT FOR THE YEAR. WE'RE RIGHT AT $18.6 MILLION. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF OUR OPERATING ACCOUNTS, OUR INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS, AND OUR MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MOST OF OUR FUNDS AT TEXSTAR AS THEY HAVE A HIGHER INTEREST RATE AT THIS TIME. AND THOSE ARE MAINLY FOR THE BONDS THAT WE HOLD AND FOR MONEY THAT WE'VE SENT INTO SEPARATE PROJECTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGHER INTEREST. AND OUR LAST SLIDE IS OUR EDC CASH POSITION AT 3 MILLION. AND OUR CASH FINANCIAL RESERVE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. FRENCH. THANK YOU. MOVING TO WORK. SESSION ITEM NUMBER THREE IS CONDUCT BOARD APPLICANT INTERVIEWS TO DISCUSS APPOINTMENTS OF THE CITY'S BOARD'S COMMISSION. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THESE PER BOARD AND WE'RE GOING TO LET.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE ANIMAL SHELTER. AND THERE'S THE THREE PLACES THAT'S OPEN IN ALL THREE PLACES HAS ASKED TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THE BOARD. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER HERE TONIGHT. DO WE WANT TO SPEAK NEXT ONE, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. THERE'S TWO PLACES THERE THAT'S OPEN FOR 2025. IT'S JOHN ROSS AND LAURA MULLINS. AND PLACE THREE IS VACANT. JOHN ROSS HAS. IF YOU'D COME UP TO THE FRONT AND. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE
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NO IDEA WHAT I'M. HOW THIS SUPPOSED TO GO. BUT I'M GONNA DO THE OBVIOUS. MY NAME IS JOHN RICE. I LIVE AT 420 WATER STREE, SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS. I CURRENTLY OPERATE OR SERVE ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. I'M AVAILABLE TO DO ANOTHER BOARD IF POSSIBLE. IF THERE'S SOME IF THERE'S A NEED THAT THE CITY NEEDS SOMEONE TO BE APPOINTED. I THINK I'M PRETTY SHARP AND HAVE THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST IN MIND. I GUESS I'M TAKING QUESTIONS, BUT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS? YES, SIR. OKAY. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RICE? THANK YOU SIR.JUST TELL US WHY YOU YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. YOU KNOW, AS I'VE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS HERE IN SEAGOVILLE, THIS IS THE FIRST CITY BOARD I'VE ACTUALLY SERVED ON. AND AS I BEGAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS, IT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS, VERY FAST WHAT THE NEED WAS. AND HAVING BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND KIND OF ARTICULATE WITH MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CREATING HARDSHIPS AND WHAT THE CITY NEEDS AND HOW IT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO STICK BY OUR RULES TO HELP THE CITY BETTER. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ADJUST OR GIVE VARIANCES FOR BECAME VERY INTERESTING TO ME. AND I UNDERSTOOD AND I FEEL THAT ME BEING ON THAT BOARD, I REALLY HELPS KIND OF HELP THE GROUP GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT OUR JOB IS AND HOW WE DO IT, ON THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. SO I ENJOY BEING A PART OF THAT, AND I ALSO FEEL THAT I'M NEEDED.
SO I ENJOY THAT PART TOO, THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED. I'M AN ASSET TO THAT BOARD. JUST KIND OF A COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IS OUR MOST POWERFUL LEGAL BOARD THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. THEIR DECISION IS FINAL. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONTESTANTS WITH THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN A COURT OF LAW. IN DALLAS COUNTY, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT OVERRIDE THEIR DECISIONS. I DID NOT KNOW THAT. THAT'S IT'S THAT'S VERY NICE TO KNOW. BUT WITH THAT SAID, WHEN WE DELIBERATE, WE DO MOST CERTAINLY TAKE OUR TIME. SO THIS THAT THAT MOST CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE. I THINK WE HAD TO GO TO A CLASS WITH AN ATTORNEY WITH THE STATE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS AND HOW LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS IF WE DO ONE THING FOR ONE, ONE CUSTOMER OR, YOU KNOW, OR PRETTY, YOU KNOW, OR PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT DO THE SAME THING FOR THEM. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO FOR ALL. SO DID NOT KNOW THAT. THANK YOU FOR SCARING ME. KIND OF A ANOTHER SIDE NOTE TO THAT I SPENT A WEEKEND. I THINK MR. HERNANDEZ WAS WITH ME. I SPENT CLASS ALL DAY SATURDAY IN MCKINNEY YEARS AGO ON BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. WE HAD TWO GENTLEMAN SPEAKERS THAT WERE AT MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THAT, AND THEIR COMMENTS WAS TO US THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES, 95% OF THE CASES THAT COME BEFORE THE BOE SHOULD BE DECLINED. MOST OF THEM ARE WHAT THEY CALL SELF-IMPOSED SITUATIONS. SO, I MEAN, IF YOU BUILD YOUR FENCE ON YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY, WELL, THAT'S NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR.
SELF-IMPOSED HARDSHIP. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S YOUR HARDSHIP, NOT HIM. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU SHOULD BE ON OUR BOARD. YOU'VE GOT SOME EXPERIENCE. I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE OPENING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. WE HAVE. MISS MULLINS. SHE'S UP IN. SHE'S. SHE'S NOT HERE, MR. MULLEN. LAUREN. YES. ASKED TO BE ON THE BOARD AGAIN, AND THEN WE HAVE A VACANCY ON PLACE NUMBER THREE. THE VICE CHAIR GOING. BUT WE HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS THAT HAS STATED THAT THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THESE. AND YOU ALL HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU. SO I JUST NEED A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR COUNCIL. THEY CANNOT SERVE ON ANY OTHER BOARD. THAT'S RIGHT.
RIGHT. BUT LIKE KSB OR LIBRARY BOARD, CAN THEY SERVE ON THOSE BOARDS? I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE SEAGOVILLE CODE OF ORDINANCES. LET ME LET ME LOOK WHILE YOU'RE DISCUSSING THAT. THANK YOU. MOVING TO. KEEP SEAGOVILLE BEAUTIFUL. WE HAVE FOUR PLACES THERE. THAT'S UP. MISS HERNANDEZ, FOR PLACE FIVE.
WOULD YOU COME UP AND SPEAK? I PROMISE YOU, JOJO CAN'T ASK YOU ANYTHING. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS
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CHARLOTTE HERNANDEZ, 737 FAIRVIEW AVENUE. I AM ASKING TO RENEW MY KEEP SEAGOVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD. TERM. I LOVE JUST BEING IN AMONGST THE FELLOW PEOPLE. AND I'M SORRY. AND I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT TALKING IN PUBLIC, SO I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB AT TRYING TO PROMOTE THINGS THAT HELP BEAUTIFY THE CITY. AND, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MAJOR THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. YOU KNOW, THE BIG CLEANUP AND OUR ARBOR DAY. AND I JUST I FEEL LIKE I. HELP WITH THAT BOARD QUITE A BIT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. YOU CAN'T SPEND THE NIGHT AT MY HOUSE. MISS SANDRA WAGNER, YOU HEAR? YEAH. I'LL SEE YOU. SANDRA WAGNER, NEW ADDRESS, 710 PUTNAM STREET HERE IN SEAGOVILLE. AND I'VE BEEN ON THE CSSB FOR. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE MY SECOND TERM. AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN IT WHILE I WAS WORKING, BUT TOO MANY CONSTRAINTS WITH MY JOB. SO NOW THAT I'M RETIRED, JOINED A COUPLE OF THE BOARDS HERE, AND I ENJOY SERVING THE CITY AND WITH KEEP SEAGOVILLE BEAUTIFUL LIKE CHARLOTTE, I'M I'M VESTED IN THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF MY PASSIONS IS GARDENING AND I LOVE TO MAKE THINGS BEAUTIFUL. AND I DONATE SOME OF MY TIME AT MY CHURCH AT FIRST BAPTIST TO HELP MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY UP THERE, TOO. AND AS A DOG WALKER, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY, I IT'S BOOTS ON THE GROUND. YOU SEE A LOT WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING AS OPPOSED TO DRIVING. AND, AND SO I, I DO SUBMIT SOME REPORTS SOMETIMES OF THINGS THAT I SEE THAT RAISES A CONCERN WITH ME THAT I KNOW THE CITY EMPLOYEES CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE. AND SO I DO SUBMIT THOSE REPORTS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY LOOK BETTER. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO SHE SERVES CURRENTLY ON ASB. LIBRARY. YES. WE HAVE SEVERAL INTERESTING KSBY. BOTH BOTH OF THOSE ARE UP FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH SHE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO GIVE OTHERS THAT AREN'T SERVING ON THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AS THEY APPLY FOR IT.HERE'S WHAT HE'S SAYING. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR FIRST CHOICE? YOUR FIRST CHOICE BETWEEN KSBY AND WHICH I DO WANT TO GIVE OTHERS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST OR OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, I UNDERSTAND. I SUPPOSE KSBY WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE OVER THE TWO, BUT I, I ENJOY BEING ON THE LIBRARY BOARD TOO. I'M AN AVID READER AS WELL. SO. SO IS THAT IT? THANK YOU. GORDON HUDSON, ARE YOU HERE? HE DID CONTACT ME AND SAY THAT HE WAS STILL INTERESTED. THESE THREE THAT I'VE MENTIONED, THEIR TIME IS UP ON THE CASB, BUT THEY HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN BEING TO BE REELECTED OR REAPPOINTED TO THAT POSITION. AND WE HAVE PLACE NUMBER SEVEN THAT IS VACANT. MR. BROWN DOES NOT WANT TO BE ON IT, AND WE HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS FOR THAT ALSO. THAT'S A REPEAT. SO IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR IN FRONT OF YOUR PACKET. ARE THOSE APPLICANTS HERE SIR? ONE OF THEM. MARY. BUT AS MARY. NO SHE. YOU SIGNED IN. I KNOW SHE'S HERE. YEAH I'M HERE. HOW ABOUT MARY SCHIMMEL? YES. YES, SIR. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ONLY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING. YOU CAN CONFLICT. YES. BUT, MISS SCHIMMEL'S. SHE'S NOT ON THERE. NO, I'M. I HAVE ANOTHER YEAR
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LEFT. YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ANOTHER MATTER? NO, NOT. I CALLED HER UP BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONES I KNOW. ANOTHER YEAR. YES. OKAY. UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR. HE WAS ON THE DEAL, SO I THOUGHT SHE WAS UP. BUT I JUST NOW BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT YOU'RE NOT UP, SO YOU'RE FINE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO PLACE NUMBER SEVEN IS UP. YOUR TERM BECAUSE.COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. NO, SHE'S STILL GOOD TO 2026. OKAY. POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE REMEMBER WE DID A REALIGNMENT. IT'S LOCATED. HAVE THE ODD PLACES. BALANCE WITH THE STAGGERED TERM. RIGHT. BUT ON THE PAPER IT SHOWS THAT SHE STILL IS OLD PAPERWORK MAY HAVE HAD. IT COULD HAVE. RIGHT. EXACTLY. OKAY, SO SHE'S STILL GOOD, RIGHT? OKAY. YOU UNDERSTAND? YES. THANK YOU. NEXT ONE UP IS THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. HOLD ON. MAYOR, ARE ANY OF THE APPLICANTS VARGAS. CYRUS. GAIL. DARBY. THEY'RE NOT HERE. THEY'RE NOT SIGNED IN. THEY WERE ASKED TO BE HERE TO SPEAK. YES. BUT HERE AT SEVEN. WHAT WERE THEY? IN HERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SORRY, MAN. I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE MISS WAGNER. WE ALSO HAVE STEPHANIE BROWN. ARE YOU HERE? AND WE HAVE MISS PAT BEARDEN. WOULD YOU COME TO THE FRONT? OKAY. SHE HOLDS THE CHAIR ALSO OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND TELL ME THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING. OKAY. I AM PAT BEARDEN. I LIVE AT 106 CUNDIFF HERE IN SEAGOVILLE, AND I IN FACT, I'VE LIVED IN SEAGOVILLE ALMOST 65 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN A REAL ESTATE BROKER SINCE 1970. I DON'T REALLY REAL ESTATE THAT MUCH ANYMORE, BUT I KEEP MY LICENSE AND I LOVE BEING INVOLVED WITH THE CITY AND OR ANY ORGANIZATION REALLY. I LIKE TO STAY BUSY, SO I'M ASKING THAT I YOU REINSTATE ME FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. THANK YOU. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU KNOW HER WELL. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. DOING A GREAT JOB. PLACE SIX IS VACANT AND IT'S WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A ONE TERM FOR THIS ONE. SO IT REALIGNED RIGHT. AND. THE FOUR APPLICANTS ARE FROM THE OTHER BOARDS. YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR YOUR PACKET PLANNING AND ZONING. WE HAVE FOUR COMING UP. AND TOMMY LAMONT IS THE CHAIR. ROB BOYETTE THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT. THEY HAD A FAMILY DEAL THAT HAVE TO ATTEND. AND BUT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING REELECTED TO THEIR POSITIONS. AND WE HAVE SHELLEY CIPRIANO. SHE'S HERE. IF YOU'D COME TO THE FRONT PLEASE. MY NAME IS SHELLEY CIPRIANO. I LIVE AT 815 COLUMBINE ROAD HERE IN SEAGOVILLE. AND I'M ASKING TO KEEP MY PLACE ON THE BOARD. I'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER. I DO. SHELLEY, I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE POSITION. HOWEVER, THERE'S OTHERS THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST ON THIS BOARD. WHICH BOARD DO YOU. PREFER? IF WE WERE TO. HAVE TO OR ALLOW OTHERS TO? PLANNING AND ZONING. IF I HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE OR Y'ALL MAKE THE CHOICE. BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHICH OF YOU. RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
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AND WE HAVE PLACE ONE PHILLIP PELAYO. HE HAS EXPRESSED THAT HE NEEDS TO STEP DOWN FROM THAT BOARD. AND WE HAVE A APPLICANTS ON. MULLINS AND WILLIAMS. AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HERE.WE'LL MOVE INTO THE SEQUEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE MR. HERNANDEZ, HAROLD MCGILL, PHILLIP PALAU AND BARBARA SHERMAN IS UP AND THEY'VE ALL EXPRESSED INTEREST TO CONTINUE SERVING. AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, MR. HERNANDEZ, YOU WANT TO GIVE US YOUR SPIEL? SURE. AS CHAIR OF THE EDC, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THIS. GOT SOME. ASK AND WE CONTINUE MOVING THAT DIRECTION AND BRING IN NEW BUSINESS JOBS. ON THE CITY. IVAN, QUESTIONS FOR MR. HERNANDEZ, SIR. NEXT UP IS MR. HAROLD MCGILL IS A VICE CHAIR. YES. I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE ON THE EDC BOARD. WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MANY THINGS IN THIS CITY. WE BROUGHT MANY BUSINESSES. WE'VE ASSISTED MANY EXISTING BUSINESSES WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR BUSINESSES. WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING AT US NOW THAT ARE WE CAN'T REALLY DIVULGE WHO THEY ARE, BUT THEY'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY. I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR SOME TIME. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT BOARD FOR NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT BRINGING FINANCIALS AND TAX BASE TO THE CITY AND SUPPORTING THE BUSINESSES AND IMPROVING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN OUR CITY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU STAY ON THIS BOARD IN THIS POSITION. I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MCGILL. IF NOT, PHILIP, WOULD YOU COME UP? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PHILIP PELAYO. I'M AT 1221 SECOND STREET HERE IN SEAGOVILLE. IF I MAY FOR A SECOND DID WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. BUT AS I MOVE FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO CONTINUE MY FOCUS SERVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY I SERVE CURRENTLY AS THE PRESIDENT OF MY SCHOOL'S PTO. I'M ALSO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE SEAGOVILLE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION. AND SO MY TIME GETS LIMITED AND IT GETS THIN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM ALSO, I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, AND BECAUSE I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, I REALLY FEEL LIKE I BRING A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE. I'M ABLE TO SEE THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE CITY, HOW IT AFFECTS LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY ENJOY DOING IS BEING ABLE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND SEE THOSE BUSINESSES THRIVE WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY BIGGEST PASSIONS. WHEN ANYBODY ASKS ME WHAT I DO WITH THE CITY, BESIDES WORKING WITH THE YOUTH AND YOUTH SPORTS, TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I. I ALSO WORK WITH SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. I HELP GROW THE CITY AND I ALSO CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EDC BOARD AND LEARN HOW THOSE THINGS OPERATE AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE OUR CITY NOT JUST GROW, BUT ALSO GROW FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL. SO I AM ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AGAIN ON THE BOARD. I'VE ENJOYED MY TIME THERE. I DO NEED TO. I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO FOCUS ON ON, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT I REALLY ENJOY THE MOST, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WHY I CHOSE NOT TO CONTINUE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD THIS YEAR. BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD AND I HOPE TO GET, YOU KNOW, ELECTED OR APPOINTED ONE MORE TIME ON THE EDC. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. BARBARA SHERMAN, 2215 EAST SIMMONS ROAD, SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS. I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY AGAIN FOR EDC. I FEEL LIKE I WOULD ADD A LOT A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE. I HAVE BEEN IN SALES. I WAS A MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE. I'VE DONE INTERIOR DESIGN. I'VE BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER. I'VE BEEN A TEACHER, A PASTOR'S WIFE, AND I LOVE SERVING THE COMMUNITY. SO I'D APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IN A HURRY TO MOVE THE PODIUM. I AM NOT SPEAKER. AM I TALKING TO KIDS? THANK YOU. I'M FINE. THANKS. I WOULD REMIND THEM THAT THESE FOUR THAT JUST SPOKE ARE
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INTERESTED IN BEING REAPPOINTED. WE HAVE PLACED FOUR THAT'S VACANT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I ENJOYED MY TIME ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD, AND WHEN I MADE MAYOR, I HAD TO STEP DOWN OFF THAT BOARD. AND BUT I HAVE ENJOYED BEING THERE AND THAT'S WHY I PLACE FOUR IS VACANT. AND Y'ALL HAVE THE FOUR APPLICANTS FOR THAT IN FRONT OF YOU. AND THEN. AND THOSE FOUR APPLICANTS ARE HERE? NO. WE CAN MOVE ON TO NUMBER FOUR. RIGHT. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING FROM HERE. OKAY. NO MOTION. DO NOT DISCUSS REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. DOES THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REGULAR SESSION ITEMS AT THIS TIME? I HAVE NOTHING THERE.I WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IT IS NOW 7:01 P.M. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED TILL.
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7:10 P.M. ON JUNE 16TH, 2025. IF YOU WOULD STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION, BE BY MISS BETTY SLOAN SAND HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, IF YOU'D COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. SHALL WE PRAY? FATHER GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU NOW, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU HAVE CARED FOR US, WATCHED OVER US, AND PROTECTED US. NOW, FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU BLESS THIS MEETING AS IT MOVES FORWARD. HELP GOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT YOU GIVE CALM SPIRITS. LET EVERYTHING GET WORKED OUT IN ORDER. GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THIS COUNCIL, BLESS THE MAYOR, BLESS EVERYONE THAT IS TRYING TO MAKE THIS CITY BE WHAT IT SHOULD BE. THAT YOU MAY BE GLORIFIED. WE ASK THIS AND ALL THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS THE MAYOR'S REPORT, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1ST. CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE WILL BE THE SECOND AND THE FOURTH MONDAYS OF THE MONTH. MEETING TIMES REMAIN THE SAME WITH WORK SESSION AT 6:30 P.M, REGULAR SESSIONS AT 7 P.M. ALSO, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICIALLY WELCOMED DOUGH BELLIES LAST WEEK AND A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT SHOWED UP FOR THAT SUPPORT AND THE CITY FACILITIES WILL BE CLOSED JUNE 3RD. THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH IN OBSERVANCE OF JUNE 10TH.MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW EACH SPEAKER UP TO SIX MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, BUT STAFF MAY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION AS NEEDED.
THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK TONIGHT WILL BE MISS MILDRED CHAMBERS. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE A QUESTION.
WELL, NOT A QUESTION. AND ADDRESS. MILDRED CHAMBERLAIN, 713 JUDY LANE. THANK YOU. MY STATEMENT IS TONIGHT. I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER TO HAVE AN OFFICER AND AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER SENT TO MY HOUSE. WE HAVE OUR DAUGHTER'S DOG THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REHOME. SHE IS ON A RUNNER AND SECURED IN OUR FRONT YARD BY OUR FRONT PORCH.
AND FROM THE TIME TILL DARK, BECAUSE SHE DON'T LIKE DARK. THEN SHE GOES IN HER CAGE. THIS EVENING, THE LADY DOWN THE STREET, A HOUSE AWAY FROM ME. HER DOGS ARE LOOSE AGAIN.
RUNNING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ATTACKED MY DOG. NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF FAIR THAT IS.
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IT'S NOT. I HAVE YET TO NOT SEEN AN OFFICER OF ANY SORT IN MY HOUSE. I'M NOT. I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I'M A WHOLE HEARTEDLY SUPPORTER OF ALL OF OUR OFFICES HERE. BUT TONIGHT WAS VERY DISHEARTENING FOR ME TO NOT GET A RESPONSE. AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL, YOU NEVER GET ONE. MY PHONE MESSAGE LEFT TWO WEEKS AGO STILL AIN'T BEEN ANSWERED. WE NEED TO DO BETTER, GUYS. THANK Y'ALL, THANK YOU. MISS CHAMBERLAIN. IF YOU'LL TALK TO CHIEF CALVERLEY AT THE BACK RIGHT THERE AND LET HIM HELP YOU. NEXT UP IS LARRY WEAVER. COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. YES, SIR. MY NAME IS LARRY WEAVER. I LIVE AT 2414 SEAGOVILLE ROAD. I'M. WELL, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A CONCERN SO MUCH THAT IT'S A QUESTION. THE. LAND DEVELOPMENT DEAL IS, IS THIS APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE TIME TO QUESTION THAT OR. LAND AND TAYLOR FARMS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ZONING REQUEST. IS MY TIMING OFF? YEAH.OH, OKAY. SORRY A PUBLIC HEARING OKAY. ITEM NUMBER. 14. 15 IS THERE FOR 2401. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO I'LL BE HEARD HEARING AFTER. AFTER THE FACT. YES. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES. NO PROBLEM. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN. DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY BOARDS COMMISSION FOR THE TERMS TO START JULY 1ST, 2025. SARAH WILL PRESENT THESE. IS THAT RIGHT? ANSWER A QUESTION BEFORE WE GET STARTED. SO, HAVE WE HEARD FROM MISS VARGAS, MISS CYRUS? WHY? THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT? YES. AND. MISS WILLIAMS. YES. MR. MICHAEL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SARAH EGAN. I'M THE CITY SECRETARY HERE. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE ONLY OTHER APPLICANT THAT DID REACH OUT WAS MISS GAIL. SHE DID NOTIFY ME THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT. SHE'S OUT OF TOWN. AS FAR AS THE OTHERS. NO, THEY HAVE NOT REACHED OUT OR PROVIDED ANY KIND OF NOTIFICATION. I HAVE MET WITH ONLY ONE OTHER APPLICANT. MR. CYRUS. I BELIEVE SHE APPLIED FOR THE KEEPSEAGLE BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION, BUT SHE DID NOT INDICATE WHEN I MET HER THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TODAY.
OKAY, SO JUST VERY QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP WITH WE CONTINUED WITH THE SAME RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN FROM LAST YEAR. CONNECT WITH YOUR CITY, JOIN A BOARD, SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 23 APPLICATIONS. ALL 23 APPLICATIONS WERE VETTED AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE APPOINTED. WE DO HAVE 23 PLACES TO APPOINT, SO THEORETICALLY, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT APPOINTED TO A SPECIFIC BOARD OF INTEREST, EVERYONE DOES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE SHOULD THE COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE APPOINTMENTS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THERE'S THREE POSITIONS. NEEDS TO BE REAPPOINTED. AND ALL THREE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN BEING REAPPOINTED. MAYOR I MOVE WE APPOINT MR. HARLEY. PAGE THREE, MISS BOYETTE, PLACE FIVE AND MR. BAILEY AND PLACE ONE SECOND. YOUR MOTION. MOTION BEEN MADE AND SECONDED FOR THE ADVISORY ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY AS. AS COMMENTED BY MR.
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HERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED MOVING TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. MR. JOHN RICE AND LAURA MULLINS HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN. RE BEING RE ELECTED OR RE APPLIED THERE, AND PLACE NUMBER THREE IS VACANT. MR. GOINS HAS NOT SHOWN INTEREST IN TAKING THAT POSITION, BUT WE HAVE THOSE FOR CYRUS DARBY VARGAS AND. GAIL. WE ACTUALLY HAVE. FOUR POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN. AND WE HAVE APPLICANTS FOR TWO. IS THAT CORRECT? ON THE BOARD OF VOA? NO, WE HAVE ONE ONE VACANT. WE HAVE THREE OPEN, BUT TWO OF THEM WANTS TO BE REAL. SO WE HAVE ONE VACANT, ONE VACANT, ONE VACANT. SO BUT WE ONLY HAVE IF WE WERE TO NOMINATE RICE AND MULLINS, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TWO VACANCIES. ONE VACANT, ONE VACANT VACANCY. SORRY, I GOT IT NOW. OKAY, I MOVE WE.REAPPOINT JOHN RICE. PLACE ONE. SECONDED. LAURA MULLINS, PLACE FIVE. 319. SECOND. DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY I SECOND THAT. YOU HAVE SOMEONE FOR THE PLACE. THREE WE HAVE AN APPLICANT. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN MY PAPERWORK THAT SHOWS ANYBODY ELSE. I MEAN, NOBODY'S APPLIED. NOBODY'S APPLIED. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OPEN. WE HAVE THOSE FOR PLACE THREE WILL BE VACANT. THOSE FOUR FOR KSWB. NOBODY'S EXPRESSED NO OTHER APPLICANTS EXPRESSED INTEREST ON VOA. BUT WE HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS. YOU GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. LET ME TAKE CARE OF THAT. GOT A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? DID WE GET A SECOND? YES. REAPPOINT JOHN RICE AND LAUREN MULLINS FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. THAT LEAVES A VACANCY FOR PLACE THREE.
WE HAVE CYRUS DARBY, GAIL VARGAS, AND. MULLINS. WE HAVE FIVE THAT HAVE SHOWN INTEREST TO SERVE ON BOARDS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WANT TO BE ON KEEP SECRET. BEAUTIFUL. DON'T HAVE ANY RUN FOR BOE. NO. SO I MAKE A MOTION. WE'RE ON KSB, RIGHT? NO, NO. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. STILL, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THERE, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY. YOU COULD ALSO COME BACK AFTER YOU IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT LATER. YEAH. BECAUSE NONE OF THESE THAT ARE ON KSB ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THEM IF THEY WANT TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. SO, I MEAN, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT LATER. OKAY. WE'LL JUST PUT ONE OF THOSE. WE'LL COME BACK TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT LATER. WE'LL MOVE ON TO KEEP SEAGOVILLE BEAUTIFUL. WE HAVE MR. HERNANDEZ, MISS HERNANDEZ PLACED FIVE. MISS WAGNER PLACE ONE. AND GORDON HUDSON PLACED THREE. AND THEY'VE ASKED TO BE REAPPOINTED. AND WE PLACED SEVEN IS VACANT. AND THEY HAVE THIS. CYRUS, DARBY, GAIL AND VARGAS HAD MADE A INTEREST IN THIS BOARD HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN THIS BOARD.
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION, I MOVE, WE APPOINT MISS WAGNER. MR. HUDSON, I'M SORRY, MISS WAGNER. PLACE ONE, MR. HUDSON, PLACE THREE. MISS HERNANDEZ, PLACE FIVE. AND MISS GAIL, PLACE SEVEN. SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY, IS BE. GOT A MOTION A SECOND FOR THE KEEPSEAGLE. BEAUTIFUL. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. NOW, THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE
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MISS PAT BEARDEN AS CHAIR. STEPHANIE BROWN AND MISS SANDRA WAGNER. THEY THEY HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN STAYING ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. MOVE. WE REAPPOINT SENATOR WAGNER PLACE ONE, STEPHANIE BROWN, PLACE THREE, PAT BEARDEN, PLACE FIVE. HAVE A DISCUSSION OR A DISCUSSION. FURTHER DISCUSSION. MISS WAGNER, WE JUST PUT HER ON KEEP SEAGOVILLE BEAUTIFUL. OKAY.AND WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT MAYBE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT MAYOR, MY CONCERN IS THAT IS THEY'VE NOT THEY DIDN'T EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ON THESE BOARDS WHEN THEY APPLIED. SO MY CONCERN IS PUTTING SOMEBODY IN THERE THAT DOESN'T REALLY WANT TO SERVE THERE. THEY'RE NOT HERE TO ASK THEM, WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO CONSIDER THIS BOARD. SO I THAT'S MY CONCERN OF GETTING ONE OF THESE APPLICANTS THAT ARE ON ANOTHER BOARD TO PUT IN HERE. YES. IF, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, MISS WILLIAMS WAS HERE TONIGHT AND SHE SAYS YES, I WANT TO SERVE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, I'D HAVE NO PROBLEM. BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE. THEY WERE ASKED TO BE HERE AT 630 TO BE INTERVIEWED.
SO I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY WANT TO BE IN THE LIBRARY BOARD OR ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. OKAY.
SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT THAT'S MAKE SENSE. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR MOTION, SIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT MISS WAGNER BE ASSIGNED. PLACE ONE. EXCUSE ME, STEPHANIE BROWN. PLACE THREE, PAT BEARDEN, PLACE FIVE. THANK YOU. PAT GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE PEOPLE FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. THAT LEAVES PLACE SIX STILL VACANT. MOVING THE PLANNING AND ZONING. TOMMY LAYMAN AND STEPHANIE BOYETTE, I MEAN, ROB BOYETTE HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN BEING REELECTED THERE AT A FAMILY FUNCTION. THEY DID CALL ME AND MISTER CIPRIANO ALSO HERE. WE SPOKE WITH HER A WHILE AGO, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE PLACE ONE THAT WOULD BE VACANT AND THAT AND MISS MULLINS AND MISS THIS. WILLIAMS HAS APPLIED FOR THAT. BUT THEY ARE NOT HERE NOW. MR. MULLINS, HE'S ON BOA. HE CANNOT SERVE ON BOTH BOARDS. CORRECT. OKAY. BY BY STATUTE, BY STATE LAW. AND SO IF YOU APPOINT MR. MULLINS, THEN YOU AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE HIM FROM BOA. SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. BUT I WILL BE WILLING TO MOVE TO ACCEPT. MR. LAMOND PLACE SEVEN, MR. BOYETTE. PLACE THREE. MISS CIPRIANO AS FIVE.
AND BECAUSE SHE'S EXPRESSED INTEREST, MISS WILLIAMS ON PLACE ONE ONE. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. MOVING TO THE CIVIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE HAVE FOUR THAT NEEDS TO BE WANTS TO BE REAPPOINTED. IT'S JOSE HERNANDEZ, HAROLD MCGILL, PHILIP PELAYO AND BARBARA SHERMAN. THAT LEAVES VACANT FOR PLACE VACANCY FOR PLACE FOUR. MAYOR I MOVE WE REAPPOINT FOUR EXISTING APPLICANTS IN THEIR PRESENT POSITION. PLACE FOUR WOULD BE SONIA DARBY. SECOND PLACE FOR SONIA DARBY. OKAY. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. SO THAT LEAVES US ONE VACANCY, TWO VACANCIES, ONE LIBRARY AND BOA. VACANCY. SO THAT'S BEEN IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO THOSE THAT APPLIED BUT WERE NOT HERE, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THOSE BOARDS. THEN WE CAN BRING THEM BACK UP IN THE NEXT MEETING. YES. SO I'LL REACH OUT TO THOSE THAT WERE NOT APPOINTED TONIGHT, LET THEM KNOW WHICH OPENINGS ARE STILL AVAILABLE, AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME FEEDBACK SOON ENOUGH FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO MAKE THOSE LAST FEW APPOINTMENTS
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HERE. BECAUSE THAT'S A RED FLAG FOR ME, BECAUSE THEN THEY WON'T POSSIBLY COME TO THEIR MEETINGS.SO. UNDERSTOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOVING TO CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ROUTINE IN
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NATURE GENERALLY. AND ACTS ENACTED IN ONE MOTION FULLY. DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SCREEN FOR ITEMS 11 THROUGH 14 AND THE CITY. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR EMOTION? MR. MAYOR? YOU, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE. WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 11, 12, 13 AND 14. SECOND GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 11 THROUGH 14. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. ITEM NUMBER 11, CONSIDER APPROVING THE CITY COUNCIL.FOR NUMBER 11. 15. THAT WAS WRITTEN DOWN. OH, I THOUGHT I GOT IT RIGHT HERE. NEVER MIND.
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THANK YOU. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON NUMBER 15 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FOR APPROXIMATELY 236.344 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE HARMON HINDER SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 541 DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2401 SIMONS ROAD FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH A BASE ZONING OF LIGHT MANUFACTURING TO USE TO ALLOW DATA CENTER USE. I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT. 731.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WHERE'S OUR CLICKER? SARAH? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE ITEM I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A DATA CENTER, FACILITY OR CAMPUS AT 2401 SIMONS ROAD. YOU MAY HEAR THIS PROPERTY REFERRED TO AS THE TAYLOR TRACT COMMONLY. SO THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE OUTLINED IN RED TO THE INTERSECTION OF SEAGOVILLE ROAD AND SIMONS ROAD KIND OF SURROUNDS THE NEW POLICE STATION AS WELL AS THE NEW FIRE STATION. IT'S ALSO DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET OR NORTH OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DATA CENTER CAMPUS TO THE TO THE EAST, AS WELL AS BEING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF MERITAGE HOMES STONEHAVEN DEVELOPMENT. SO HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM OUR ZONING MAP. NOW, THIS MAP IS STILL A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED. THE LARGE AG ZONING RECTANGLE THAT YOU SEE THERE, THE HUERTA TRACT, WAS RECENTLY REZONED LAST YEAR TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR A DATA CENTER AS WELL DATA CENTER FACILITIES. THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY INCLUDES A 11 BUILDINGS, UP TO 11 BUILDINGS BEING 257,000FTā !S IN SIZE EACH OVER THE COURSE OF 236 ACRES. THE PROPOSED PD WILL HAVE A BASE ZONING OF LIGHT MANUFACTURING.
HOWEVER, THAT BASE ZONING IS VERY LIMITED. ONLY A DATA CENTER USE AND ACCESSORY USE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DATA CENTER IN ORDER FOR IT TO OPERATE, SUCH AS GENERATORS. I THINK I SEE WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE FOR THE DATA CENTER USE WOULD BE PERMITTED. SO WHILE IT DOES HAVE A BASE ZONING OF LIGHT MANUFACTURING, THAT USE IS VERY LIMITED IN WHAT CAN OCCUR THERE.
WHEN THE PREVIOUS DATA CENTER FACILITY COMMONLY REFERRED TO THAT AS PHASE ONE. WHEN THAT CAME BEFORE THIS BODY, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT LIMITING BITCOIN OR CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING BECAUSE THAT CAN BE PARTICULARLY NOISY. IT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT USE THAN DATA CENTERS THEMSELVES. SO WE WENT AHEAD, WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT AHEAD OF TIME, MADE SURE THAT A DATA CENTER IS THE ONLY ALLOWABLE USE HERE, DOES NOT INCLUDE CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING OR BITCOIN MINING OR ANY SIMILAR USE LIKE THAT. VERY DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S CALLED OUT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT
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YOU HAVE TONIGHT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SECTION 2.2 A FOR REFERENCE. OTHER THAN THAT, THIS ORDINANCE IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR, ALMOST MIRRORS THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ORDINANCE, WHICH INCLUDES A FOUR FOOT TALL LANDSCAPE BERM AROUND THE PROPERTY, 70% MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE, SAME MAXIMUM OR MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS. SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE SITE. THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKET SHOWS A DEDICATION OF FIVE ACRES TO THE CITY FOR FUTURE FACILITIES. IF WE EVER NEED TO EXPAND, THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO OUR PD AND FIRE STATION. THE DEVELOPER WOULD ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPROVING THREE LANES OF CONCRETE ALONG SIMONS ROAD, AS WELL AS REPAIRING SEAGOVILLE ROAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE ACCESS TO THE FACILITY. THERE'D BE ABOUT PLUS OR -80 EMPLOYEES. THAT PARKING RATIO IS ABOUT 1 TO 10,000FTā !S. THERE WOULD ALSO BE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE AROUND THE FACILITY. DATA CENTER FACILITIES ARE HIGH SECURITY, VERY LIMITED. WHO CAN GET IN, WHO CAN RECORD ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO YOU DO HAVE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND. AND IT'S VERY COMMON TO HAVE LIKE SECURITY GUARD HOUSES AND ADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE LIKE THAT GOING ON INSIDE THE FACILITY. ENCLOSING ON MY PRESENTATION HERE, WE DID RECEIVE THREE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION. I'VE INCLUDED ALL THREE OF THOSE IN YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING. AND OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS THAT THIS ITEM CONTINUE TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY. THERE'S SOME PENDING LITIGATION AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY NEEDING TO BE FINALLY CLOSED ON AND TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP NEEDS TO OCCUR. WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATION A LITTLE BIT EARLY, TRYING TO BE ANTICIPATORY FOR THE APPLICANT, KIND OF MOVE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT SINCE WE'RE WAITING ON A FEW DOCUMENTS, WE STILL NEED A LETTER FROM THE RECEIVER CERTIFYING THAT THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY IS CLOSED, AS WELL AS A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE DEED, WHICH HAS BEEN RECORDED WITH THE LAND RECORDS OVER IN DALLAS COUNTY. SO UNTIL WE GET THOSE DOCUMENTS, WE KIND OF WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE RECEIVE EVERYTHING UNTIL I CAN LOOK AT THEM AND MISS VICTORIA HERE. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THIS ITEM CONTINUE TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THAT THERE'S NO ACTION TONIGHT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES, SIR, ON THIS ONE. I KNOW THE OTHER ONE. THEY GOT A SETBACK. DO WE HAVE A SETBACK ON THAT ONE ALSO? YES. I DON'T HAVE THE 35 TO 40 FOOT SETBACK. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IT SHOULD BE IN THE PD IF IT'S NOT COVERED IN THE PD ITSELF BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIGHT MANUFACTURER BASED ZONING, THERE'S A STANDARD SETBACK ANYWHERE YOUR ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. NOW, YOU PROBABLY WON'T HAVE A SETBACK WHENEVER YOU'RE NEXT TO OTHER COMMERCIAL, LET'S SAY OVER NEAR SIMON'S. I'M GOING TO WALK OVER HERE TO POINT IT OUT. KIND OF RIGHT HERE. BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE THAT YOU'RE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SETBACK.OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS UP. THIS ALSO WILL NEGATE THE EXTENSION OF FARMERS ROAD AS THE ANTICIPATED PLAN WE HAD BEFORE THIS APPLICATION. YES, SIR. THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO THIS IS THESE ARE SOME SLIDES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. I'M GOING TO LET HIM GO THROUGH AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS SO THIS IS A GOOD CONCEPT PLAN OR OF THE LAYOUT HERE. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BUILDINGS OUTLINED. THIS IS ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE. DOES REQUIRE SITE PLAN APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS AS WELL AS CIVIL ENGINEERING APPROVAL. BUT LASSITER ROAD, THE APPLICANT, HAD SAID THAT HE THEIR TEAM DID NOT WANT NOT LASSITER FARMERS ROAD TO CONTINUE ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT BEING A SECURITY ISSUE. OUR TEAM WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO OBLIGE THAT AND KIND OF WORK AROUND THAT REQUEST. WITH THIS. IF THIS GOES THROUGH WITH THESE TWO DATA CENTER LOCATIONS, WOULD THAT DESIGNATE THESE TWO AREAS AS PRIME SUPPORT FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICE, JUST LIKE CITY HALL IS, THE EXPANSION OR THE ADDITION OF DATA CENTERS WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THE EXPANSION OF ELECTRICAL SERVICE. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THEY WOULD RECEIVE PRIMARY SERVICE IF THERE WAS AN INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE, WOULD THEY HAVE BACKUP GENERATORS? SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON BACKUP GENERATORS. THIS FACILITY WILL HAVE A GAS POWERED NATURAL GAS POWERED BACKUP GENERATOR. OKAY. SO OF THE THREE OPPOSITION LETTERS, ONLY ONE KIND OF TOLD US WHY THEY WERE AGAINST. AND IT'S THE TRAFFIC IS OUT OF CONTROL ALONG THE ROAD.
SPEEDING, OVERSIZE TRUCKS, TRASH, ETC. NONE OF THESE WOULD BE AN ISSUE WITH THESE DATA CENTERS BECAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE TRUCKS GOING IN OTHER THAN DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, BUT THERE'S NOT. THERE'S BE MINIMAL TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DID WE SAY WE ESTIMATE 80, 80 PLUS OR MINUS,
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YOU KNOW, GIVE OR TAKE. IT IS A 24 HOUR FACILITY, BUT THREE SHIFTS, PROBABLY 2 TO 3 SHIFTS.YES, SIR. SO CUT THOSE NUMBERS IN 2 OR 3. A GOOD REFERENCE THAT I'D LIKE TO USE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCALE FOR HOW LARGE THIS PROPERTY IS, THIS PROPERTY IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE, IF NOT BIGGER THAN STONEHAVEN, WHICH HAS CLOSE TO 800 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC COUNT, A DATA CENTER SHOULD PROVIDE MINIMAL ROADWAY IMPACTS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
LESS COST ON CITY SERVICES, NOT A WAREHOUSE WHERE THERE'LL BE TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT. MAYBE 80 TO 90 CARS A DAY BECAUSE THEIR EMPLOYEES DOUBLE IT. THEY HAVE LUNCH EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? THEY LEAVE FOR LUNCH, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. AS FAR AS SECURITY, THEY'RE SELF SECURED. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PATROL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS, PATROL THIS LARGE AREA. TRASH. TRASH IS JUST IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP THE TRASH IN THEIR AREA. DON'T SOUND LIKE THEY'LL BE GENERATING MUCH TRASH. SO. THESE ARE THE ONLY THREE OPPOSITION LETTERS WE GOT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUST TO WRAP UP HERE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER, PLEASE. YES, SIR. ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE INTERNAL FIRE APPARATUS FOR FIRE PROTECTION? IS THAT GOING TO BE UP ON THE CITY? I HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT ANY INTERNAL FIRE APPARATUS. THE FIRE MARSHAL MAY REQUIRE THAT THE FACILITIES BE SPRINKLED. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR IN, BUT THESE ARE PRETTY LARGE FACILITIES, SO I'D IMAGINE SO.
THAT BEING SAID, THEY ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THREE SIDES SURROUNDING OUR FIRE STATION. SO OUR GUYS ARE PRETTY CLOSE IF THEY EVER NEED TO GET THERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO MR. DOUG DONALD. HE IS THE APPLICANT. LET HIM KIND OF GO THROUGH HIS SLIDES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DOUG DONALD. I'M. I LIVE AT 444 EAST DALLAS ROAD, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AND I WORK WITH THE COMPANY. LAND, AND I GUESS I WORK FOR CW AND FOR TAYLOR FARMS. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT CART BEFORE THE HORSE HERE. WE NEED TO CLOSE ON THE LAND DEAL BEFORE WE BRING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT SINCE WE WERE ALREADY SCHEDULED, WE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP. THERE'S SOME EFFORTS TO BE DONE STILL WITH FOLKS AT ONCOR, WITH FOLKS AT ERCOT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONSISTENTLY PUSH FORWARD AND NOT LET THAT SLOW US DOWN. SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT I THINK. I KNOW THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN END USER. THE CITY OF SEAGOVILLE HAS BEEN VERY PRO-BUSINESS IN ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS SO FAR, SO YOU HAVE A VERY ATTRACTIVE OPPORTUNITY FROM ONE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD NAMES OUT THERE, WHETHER IT'S YOU, WHETHER IT'S THE FOLKS THAT YOU SEARCH ON THE INTERNET WITH, WHETHER IT'S GOOGLE OR ORACLE OR MICROSOFT OR SOME OF THESE BIG FOLKS LIKE META, THEY'RE ALL TAKING POSITIONS IN IN THE GREATER DALLAS AREA, AND THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH OF THEM FOR THEM.
THIS IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY. WHY? BECAUSE OF THAT BIG SUBSTATION AND SWITCHYARD YOU SEE NORTH OF HUERTA OFF SIMON'S. ONE OF THE COUNCIL MENTIONED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL UPGRADE. YES, SIR. IT CERTAINLY IS. THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONDUCTIVITY UPGRADES. THERE'S TRANSMISSION UPGRADES, DISTRIBUTION UPGRADES, RIGHT OF WAY UPGRADES. I'M WITH A NUMEROUS NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS WITH THE CITY FOLKS AT ONCOR. I WISH WE WERE MOVING QUICKER AND I'M NOT GOING TO HACK ON ENCORE. I THINK THAT BACK IN THE DAY, TWO YEARS AGO, THEY SAW 15 REQUESTS A YEAR, NOW THEY GET 140 A MONTH. SO THEY'RE GROWING. THEY'RE SUFFERING THROUGH THE GROWING PAINS THEY'VE BEEN AT ALL TIMES VERY PROFESSIONAL TO WORK WITH. AND THEY WILL SAY THE SAME THING EVERY TIME THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES FOR THEM BEING ABLE TO MEET THE DEMAND. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS A THIS DRAWING HAS YET AGAIN MORPHED. IT IS NOW PROBABLY NINE BUILDINGS, NOT 11. YOU CAN SEE. AND I'LL SEE IF THE LITTLE POINTER WELL, YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER ONE SUBSTATION THAT IS NOW THREE SUBSTATIONS THROUGHOUT BECAUSE ENCORE NEEDS MORE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT SITE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. TRANSMISSION ALONE, DISTRIBUTION. AND THEN WITH THE ROADWAY ON SIMON'S WORKING WITH THE WHERE TO PROPERTY, WE'RE
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GOING TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THAT LITTLE CURVE THERE AND MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT SAFER. WE'LL TAKE THAT MORE ONTO THE WHERE TO TRACK. BUT YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE WHERE TO TRACK 7 OR 8 MONTHS AGO. WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH ENCORES RIGHT AWAY, FOLKS, LAST TUESDAY HERE IN SEAGOVILLE. IT'S TAKEN THAT LONG. AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE I'M HACKING ON ENCORE. IT'S JUST IT'S A BUSY GROUP RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE OVERWHELMED, THEY'RE UNDER-GUNNED. AND ANYWAY, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING HERE ON TUESDAY WITH WITH THE STAFF AND THE TEAM. GOOD THINGS ALWAYS START WITH A GOOD FIRST STEP. SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY THAT'S FINALLY US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GET THAT CHALLENGE LOOKED AT AND SOLIDIFIED AND MOVING FORWARD.SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THERE AS WELL. SO. THESE ARE BUILDINGS ARE NOT CHEAP. THE BUILDING ALONE IS ABOUT 500 BUCKS A SQUARE FOOT. AND THE EQUIPMENT AND THE MATERIAL THAT GOES INTO THEM IS ABOUT 1500 BUCKS A SQUARE FOOT. SO YOU BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S 250,000FTā !S, D IT COSTS YOU 2000 BUCKS A SQUARE FOOT. YOU DO THE MATH, AND WITH THAT COMES SOME NICE TAX REVENUE. I THINK IF YOU WERE TO LOOK INTO RED OAK, WHERE I, I CUT MY TEETH ON A NUMBER OF DEALS THERE IN RED OAK, I WAS WITH THE FOLKS THAT SOLD TO GOOGLE, AND I THINK THE CITY OF RED OAK WOULD SAY THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY GOOD PARTNER. THEY THEY LIKE TO BE VERY, VERY METICULOUS WITH THEIR PROPERTY, GREAT STEWARDS OF THE LAND, IN MY OPINION, THEY'RE A HIGHLY, HIGHLY SECURED AREAS AND THEY'RE WELL LIT WITHOUT BEING 50 YARD LINE ON A FOOTBALL FIELD AT FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, THE LIGHTS ARE DONE. WELL, YOU MENTIONED FIRE SUPPRESSANTS.
EVERY BUILDING WILL HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT FIRE SUPPRESSANT IN THERE, AND THAT'S A BIT BEYOND ME WHEN YOU GET INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING. BUT THAT IS PART OF OUR THAT IS PART OF OUR PROGRAM GOING FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT'S IN THE PD AS WELL. THIS IS ONE OF THE SAMPLE BUILDINGS THAT THIS IS DONE BY CORBIN ARCHITECTS. THIS IS ONE OF THE DESIGNS THEY USE. THIS IS TWO STORIES GOOD LOOKING BUILDING. YOU KNOW IT'S VERY PLEASING. IT'S NOT LIKE AN EYESORE LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. AND THIS IS WHAT THESE THINGS LOOK LIKE INSIDE. EVENTUALLY A WHOLE BUNCH MORE PROCESSING UNITS COME INTO THESE THINGS AND THEY RUN 24 OVER SEVEN. A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS NOW ADVANCEMENT IS USED TO BE EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS. YOU WERE THINKING OF HOW DO WE LOOK AT NEW DESIGN. NOW IT'S GETTING ANYWHERE FROM 18 MONTHS TO 24 MONTHS THAT THERE'S THIS AREA IS JUST SO RAPIDLY MOVING. BUT SMALLER CPUS, LESS POWER, LESS LESS NOISE. SO A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE POSITIVE FOR US AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS. SO WE THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE THING FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACTS, AND THIS WOULD CERTAINLY WALK YOU THROUGH THE NUMBERS. LIKE I SAY, YOU START BUILDING SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS AGAIN, IT WON'T BE 11. I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY BE CLOSER TO 8 OR 9 AND MORE AND MORE OF THESE CAMPUSES THIS SIZE ARE DONE IN 3 TO 4. MANY CAMPUSES INSIDE THAT CAMPUS, WHICH GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE USER IN THERE, WHICH WOULD BE EXCITING FOR THE CITY OF SEAGOVILLE. WE HOPE TO CONTINUE AGAIN. LIKE I SAY, I BELIEVE WE ARE A BIT CART BEFORE THE HORSE TO COME IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. WE DO NEED TO GET A DEED DONE WITH MISS TAYLOR. WE NEED TO WRITE A SIGNIFICANT CHECK THERE. WE NEED TO GET THAT DEED RECORDED AND WE NEED TO HAVE OUR OUR FOLKS ON THE LEGAL SIDE GET SOME LETTERS SIGNED AND IN FRONT OF YOUR YOUR TEAM HERE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING TEAM. SO WE'RE NOT THERE YET. BUT LIKE I SAY, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD. SO I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WHAT KIND OF DB LEVELS DO WE EXPECT OUT OF THESE FACILITIES RIGHT NOW AT 50 MAX AND EVERYBODY PUSHING FOR MORE THESE IT'S USUALLY THE DIESEL GENERATORS THAT CAUSE MOST OF THE NOISE. WE'RE GOING WITH NATURAL GAS. SOME OF THE FANS ON THESE ARE TWO STORY BUILDINGS. SOME OF THE FANS ON THE ROOFS ARE NOW ALL MAGNETIC AND NEW DESIGNS. AND THAT'S CHANGING ALL THE TIME AND TRYING TO KEEP THAT QUIETER. SO WILL THE GENERATORS BE RUNNING 24 OVER SEVEN? NO, SIR. GENERATORS WILL BE RUNNING WHEN WE NEED THEM. AND PART OF WHY THIS IS SUCH AN ATTRACTIVE THING FOR ENCORE IS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO UPGRADE THAT SWITCH AND SUBSTATION THAT WE SAW ON SIMONS. THAT IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE FOR PROVIDING POWER TO SEAGOVILLE. YOU HAVE 10,000
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SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING PERMITS. YOU NEED SOME UPGRADES. AND THIS IS WHAT WE GET. THIS WORD PUT THIS PHRASE PUT IN FRONT OF US FROM ONCOR. THERE IS GREAT BENEFIT TO THIS PROJECT FOR THEM. SO THEY HAVE A BIG USER WITH SEAGOVILLE. AS YOU ADD MORE HOUSES, THEY HAVE A USER HERE WITH WITH THESE PROJECTS SO THEY CAN RAMP THAT UP. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY IN, IN, IN ANY WAY TAKING FROM WHAT SEAGOVILLE NEEDS, WE'RE A REASON FOR THEM TO ADD THIS AND DOUBLE UP THE SWITCHES TO MAKE IT A BIGGER OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY. SO REGIONALLY, WE PROVIDE A SOLUTION. I, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF UNIQUE. AND THEY THEY CALL THIS PROJECT AN ENCORE, A BIT OF A UNICORN BECAUSE OF THAT. SO. ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST FROM A SCHEDULING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE AND LEAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO ANOTHER MEETING. RIGHT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT TO DO. WOULD IT BE RUSHING IT TO CONTINUE IT TO THE JULY 21ST MEETING? I, WE WOULD TAKE WE WOULD TAKE THE SEVENTH OR THE 21ST, BUT I, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS. DO YOU WANT US TO COME BACK TO PNC AND PRESENT AGAIN, WHICH WE'LL HAPPILY DO, BE COMING BACK HERE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT CONTINUED AGAIN. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR. WE WILL WE WILL HAPPILY TAKE THE TIME, LIKE I SAY, I MEAN, I'M NOT HACKING ON ENCORE AND ENCORE HAS TO RESPOND TO ERCOT. ANYTHING THAT IS 75MW AND OVER NEEDS A LARGE LOAD ASSESSMENT, AND THEY'RE JUST OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW. SO THAT ISN'T THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, REALLY. WE JUST NEED A COMFORT ZONE WITH WITH OUR END USER. AND WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THAT. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS CLOSE WITH MISS TAYLOR.AND SO YES, THE 21ST WOULD GIVE US 14 MORE DAYS WITH THE SEVENTH. SO YES, WE WOULD WE'D BE OKAY WITH THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY WISH SPEAK, LARRY, THIS IS YOUR TIME, SIR. OKAY. MY NAME IS LARRY WEAVER. I LIVE AT 2414 SEAGOVILLE ROAD. MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. I HAVE NOT SO MUCH AN OPPOSITION, BUT MORE SO A QUESTION FOR, I SUPPOSE, MR. DONALD, IN THAT THE NOISE REDUCTION, IF THERE'S IF THERE'S ANYTHING HE MENTIONED THAT IT'S 50DB NOISE LEVELS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE REDUCE OR BUFFER THE NOISE ANY FURTHER RETAINING WALL OF SOME SORT? I NOTICED THEY HAVE SECURITY FENCING, BUT IS THERE A THERE THERE BASICALLY ABOUT 300 TO 400FT OUTSIDE MY BACK DOOR. SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT OF 50DB HOWEVER I HAVE, I HAVE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THIS. AND THEY DO YOU KNOW, THEY DO DRAW COMPLAINT. SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE CITY CAN DO TO HELP REQUIRE SOME KIND OF NOISE BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENT ON THE, ON THE TRACT. AND I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ADDRESS THIS.
I'M ASKING I'M BASICALLY ASKING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE CITY CAN DO TO REQUIRE SOME SORT OF NOISE BUFFER. OR MAYBE MR. DONALD CAN, CAN ADDRESS MY YOU COULD ADDRESS HIM LATER WITH THAT, BUT NOT NOW. OH, OKAY. YES, SIR. JUST TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT, OKAY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON THE DEAL. YEAH. OKAY. YOU CAN ASK HIM NOW. OKAY. OKAY. SO MUCH OF THE DECIBEL CHALLENGES THAT, YOU KNOW, IN MY YOUNG CAREER WITH THIS CAME SIGNIFICANT NOISE FROM THE DIESEL GENERATORS. AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING IS THEY WERE FIRED UP AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, ARE, ARE STILL WORKING GOOD WORKING ORDER AND THAT THEY ARE IF THEY'RE NEEDED TO, AS A SECONDARY SUPPLY. SO YOU HAVE 20 SOME DIESEL GENERATORS AND YOU FIRE THOSE THINGS UP. THERE'S NOISE. WE'RE NOT USING DIESEL. WE'RE USING NATURAL GAS. IT'S EASIER ON THE ATTAINMENT FOR THE EMISSIONS AND IT'S QUIETER. ANOTHER THING AGAIN LIKE I SAY, IS TAKING THIS UP A SECOND FLOOR AND KEEPING AS MUCH OF THE OF THE COOLING PROCESS IN THESE FANS. AND LARRY'S NOT WRONG, YOU KNOW, 300FT FROM A FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA I THINK IS ALMOST A STANDARD NOW. SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AS WELL. BUT THOSE WILL BE CLOSER TO THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THINGS. AND, AND IT'S, IT'S OUR INTENT TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TEN YEARS.
WE'RE NOT BUILDING THESE IN TWO AND A HALF OR THREE. SO IT'LL BE A WHILE. WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, ETC, IT'S
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WELCOME HERE. SO CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT GIVES ABOUT 50DB I, I COULD I PUT THAT INTO ONE OF OUR PACKAGES AT ONE POINT. I MEAN THEY HAD SOME SILLY THINGS LIKE THE NOISE OF A BIRD TWEETING. I COULD PROVIDE THAT. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK FOR IT. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW. NOW. I'D HAVE TO GO LOOK. SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DIESEL GENERATOR IS? MORE OR LESS. WHAT THEY'RE. YEAH. THE DIESEL GENERATORS WERE ALMOST 75, I THINK. YEAH. SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO TO SOME OF THESE OLDER AND THEY'RE ALL GETTING, YOU KNOW, RETROFITTED NOW THEY'RE ALL GETTING CHANGED. SO WHAT'S MORE EFFICIENT. IT'S CHEAPER TO RUN WITH NATURAL GAS. SO AND YOU'RE SEEING THOSE CHANGES HAPPENING.BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN CO-GENERATE YOUR POWER WITH NATURAL GAS BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUCH AN EMITTER LIKE THE DIESEL. SO BUT I CAN I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION I CAN SEND THAT TO BILL OKAY. AND WE REVIEWED THAT TOGETHER. I THINK AT ONE POINT WE ACTUALLY AND I THINK, BILL, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I THINK BILL AND THE TEAM WENT OVER TO THE RED OAK WITH, WITH ONE OF THE POLICE DB FINDINGS WERE, BILL, DO YOU RECALL WHAT Y'ALL READ ON THE ON THE METER WHEN Y'ALL WENT OVER TO RED OAK BACK FEBRUARY OR WHENEVER THAT WAS. I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD UNFORTUNATELY. IT WAS PROBABLY BACK IN NOVEMBER, MAYBE AROUND BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS. BUT I DO HAVE A STUDY WHICH I CAN I CAN MAKE SURE IS INCLUDED IN IN THE NEXT PACKET COME JULY. THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN REVIEW ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS AGAIN WITHIN THAT SPAN OF TIME, THE TECHNOLOGY SHOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED MUCH. IT SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IS BEING BUILT OR HAS BEEN BUILT IN RED OAK. BUT WE STOOD AT THE PROPERTY LINE WITH THE DECIBEL READER THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT USES, AND THEY ISSUE TICKETS OFF THAT. SO IT'S A HIGHLY CALIBRATED, HIGHLY ACCURATE MACHINE. AND WE WERE GETTING DECIBEL READINGS WELL BELOW THE MINIMUM THAT WAS REQUIRED AND OUTLINED IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE ORDINANCE. I MEAN, I WE WENT ONE TIME BEFORE Y'ALL WENT WITH THE METERS AND WE WROTE OUR WINDOWS DOWN. I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS WHEATLAND OR WHATEVER THEY WROTE THAT WAS NEXT TO THE DATA CENTERS IN IN RED OAK, AND THEY WERE VERY MINIMAL IN NOISE. I MEAN, YOU DON'T HEAR A CONSTANT HUMMING, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE WE TOOK CRYPTOCURRENCY AND DATA, THOSE OTHER OPERATIONS, OUT OF OUR ORDINANCE BECAUSE THOSE ARE LOUD. I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A GRANBURY I THINK HAS OR CLEBURNE HAS A FEW OF THOSE AND NEIGHBORS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THOSE. BUT THIS IS A TOTAL DIFFERENT OPERATION.
BUT IF YOU COULD, ON THE JULY 21ST MEETING, BRING BRING THOSE NUMBERS, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. I CAN INCLUDE IT. AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, IT WAS WE WERE GETTING OUR DATA WAS GETTING A LITTLE SKEWED BECAUSE EVERY TIME A CAR WOULD GO BY OR WE'D HEAR AN AIRPLANE OVER ABOVE, IT WOULD SPIKE THE METER. SO THOSE THINGS ARE LOUDER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD HEAR STANDING THERE JUST ON A NORMAL DAY. BUT I'LL MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THAT. HERE'S FIVE ITEMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED 50DB A QUIET CONVERSATION, A QUIET OFFICE OR HOME, A QUIET RESIDENTIAL STREET, A QUIET REFRIGERATOR, A MODERATE RAINFALL, THE WALMART DRONES BUZZING OVER US OR LOUDER THAN THOSE DATA CENTERS. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS CONTINUING THIS ITEM. I NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS OPEN PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL JULY 21ST. I MOVE, I MOVE. WE CONTINUE. ITEM 15 TILL JULY THE 21ST, 2025. AND CAN YOU SPECIFY THAT WE'RE LEAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN? THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING THIS TIME. I SECOND WITH THE AMENDMENT, GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE THIS OPEN PUBLIC HEARING TILL JULY 21ST. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED MOVING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS. IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER THREE WITHIN THE STONEHAVEN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. OPEN THE. THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT. 7:58 P.M. AND. JULIE PARTAIN WILL BRASWELL WILL BRIEF THE CITY COUNCIL. UTAH. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL JULIE PARTAIN WITH BRACEWELL, YOUR BOND LAWYER FOR THIS TRANSACTION. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO ISSUE BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENT AREA ONE AND IMPROVEMENT AREA TWO FOR THE MERITAGE STONEHAVEN PID. THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE LEVY ASSESSMENTS ON PHASE THREE. SO WE'RE DOING THREE THINGS TONIGHT. WE'RE ISSUING BONDS FOR
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PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, AND WE'RE LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON PHASE THREE. WE'RE NOT ISSUING BONDS FOR PHASE THREE JUST YET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LEVY THE ASSESSMENTS ON AND WE'LL ISSUE THOSE LATER IN TIME. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ABOUT LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON ON PHASE THREE. IF YOU REMEMBER WE COME BEFORE YOU, WE PASS A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A DRAFT SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN. WE MAIL NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. WE PUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER AND THEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE CAN LEVY. SO THE FIRST STEP IS THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN THE ITEMS THAT DIRECTLY FOLLOW ACTION ARE GOING TO BE RELATED TO ISSUING THE BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENT AREA ONE AND IMPROVEMENT AREA TWO OF STONEHAVEN, AND THEN LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON IMPROVEMENT AREA THREE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.COUNCIL. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. CONTINUANCE OF ONE AND TWO. DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8 A.M. A PM. I'M SORRY, I'M SLEEPING HIS
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BREAKFAST. MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. JULIE PARTAIN WILL PRESENT THIS ALSO. COME ON BACK.OKAY, SO WHEN YOU LEVY ASSESSMENTS FOR, WE HAVE TO EITHER DO 1 OR 2 THINGS. WE EITHER HAVE TO BE ISSUING BONDS OR WE HAVE TO HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. SO WE ARE LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON PHASE THREE. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. SO THIS REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT AGREES THAT WE'RE GOING TO REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER FOR THE COSTS OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN PHASE THREE IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS AGREEMENT, THAT'S WHAT THIS AGREEMENT IS DOING. QUESTIONS. QUESTION. NO. WE WANT TO MAY I MOVE WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. SECOND GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. ALL IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. MOVING TO AGENDA NUMBER 18. I JUST STAY UP HERE. WOULD THAT BE EASIEST? OKAY. 18. THIS IS THE ACTUAL LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS ON IMPROVEMENT AREA THREE IT'S AN ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE. AND WHEN YOU APPROVE THIS IT WILL LEVY ASSESSMENTS AND ADOPT THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN WHICH IS THAT BIG THICK DOCUMENT THAT LEVIES ASSESSMENTS ON ALL OF THE PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENT AREA. THREE MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AGENDA ITEM 18. SECOND, GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. MOVING AGENDA NUMBER 19. THIS IS MURRAY WILL PRESENT. THIS IS A THIS IS THE BOND SALE. STEPHEN'S GOING TO COME UP FROM HILLTOP AND TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE SALE. REMEMBER WE SOLD BONDS TODAY FOR IMPROVEMENT AREA ONE AND IMPROVEMENT AREA TWO. THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT APPROVES THAT BOND SALE. AND HE'S GOING TO COME UP AND TELL YOU WHAT THE PRICING WAS TODAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, STEPHEN MURRAY WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES. I'VE GOT THE DISTINCT PRIVILEGE OF STEPPING IN AS PINCH HITTER FOR JASON HUGHES TONIGHT. I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD HAVE. SARAH HAVE LEFT YOU A LITTLE HANDOUT LIKE THIS. SO AS JULIE MENTIONED, WE SOLD BONDS THIS MORNING. THIS IS AGAIN FOR IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER ONE AND TWO OF THREE TOTAL. SO THREE WILL COME LATER.
AS JULIE MENTIONED THE BONDS WERE SOLD OVER A TOTAL 30 YEAR TERM. SO THE TWO IMPROVEMENT AREAS HAVE THEIR OWN DISTINCT TERMS. RIGHT. SO NUMBER ONE WAS FOR 29 YEARS. NUMBER TWO WAS SOLD OVER 30 YEARS. JUST REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. AND I SHOULD I SHOULD SAY TOO, THAT THAT INCLUDES YEAR ONE WOULD BE THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PAYMENT. THE PAYMENTS BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE'RE 6 OR 3 MONTHS AWAY FROM PAYMENTS BEGINNING ON THAT. SO 29 YEARS AND 30 YEARS FOR NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO RESPECTIVELY.
THE TOTAL BOND AMOUNT $12,768,000. YOU SEE THAT TO THE FAR RIGHT. THE BONDS WERE SOLD AT A SLIGHT DISCOUNT TO PAR. SO THAT'S THE $23,863 YOU SEE THERE. WE ALSO FUNDED A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND AT $874,000. YOU SEE, THE OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSACTION, INCLUDING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE ADMINISTRATION FEE FUNDED FROM BOND PROCEEDS, AS WELL AS THE UNDERWRITERS DISCOUNT, WHICH WENT TO THE UNDERWRITER FOR THE FOR THE SALES CREDIT FOR ESTABLISHING WITH INVESTORS THE SALE PRICE AND DISTRIBUTING THE BONDS TO INVESTORS. ALL TOLD, YOU SEE THE TOTAL NET BOND PROCEEDS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF 10,000,008 22 149. THIS ALL EQUATES TO A VALUE TO LIEN BASED UPON THE APRIL VALUES OF JUST OVER 3 TO 1 AT THE BOTTOM THERE YOU SEE THE TOTAL TAX STACK. AGAIN, THESE ARE ASSESSMENTS THAT HOMEOWNERS
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ARE LEVIED AN ASSESSMENT, NOT A TAX. BUT WE EQUATE THAT ASSESSMENT TO A TAX RATE EQUIVALENT. AND YOU SEE AN IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER ONE THAT'S JUST OVER $0.51 AND 46.5 CENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER TWO. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL TAX STACK TAX RATE EQUIVALENT STACK OF 2.75 AND 2.71, RESPECTIVELY. TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS.THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT I MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT AGENDA 19. SECOND A MOTION TO ACCEPT AGENDA NUMBER 19. AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20 JAMIE WILL PRESENT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM JAMIE SCHULTE WITH P3 WORKS, THE CITY'S INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR. AGENDA NUMBER 19 IS THE OR. SORRY, 20 2020. MY APOLOGIES.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20 IS FOR THE CONTRACT WITH P3. WORKS IN THE CITY TO DO WORK ON THE LAKES OF ROLLING MEADOWS DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD STARTED A WHILE BACK AND THEN HAD GONE A LITTLE QUIET. AND IT'S BACK STARTING AGAIN. SO WE JUST HAVE THIS CONTRACT IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION SERVICES ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. THIS CONTRACT IS OUR STANDARD FORM, SAME AS THE ONE THAT WAS ENTERED INTO FOR STONEHAVEN, SANTORINI, ETC. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU I MOVE WE ACCEPT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22ND. YOUR MOTION, SIR, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. MOVING AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 21. POLICE CHIEF RAY COWLEY WILL PRESENT THIS.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER. I STILL FIND IT A LITTLE HARD TO TALK ABOUT, BUT. WHEN I AN IDEA WAS PRESENTED TO US SHORTLY AFTER THE SUDDEN PASSING OF PAT STALLINGS TO NAME THE NEW PD BUILDING AFTER HIM, WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE AND THOUGHT, WELL, THE BUILDING IS COMPLETE. SO WHY NOT JUST NAME THE OLD PD? THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW COMMUNICATIONS AND DETENTION CENTER AFTER HIM. IT MADE PERFECT SENSE BECAUSE HE STARTED HIS PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER IN IN COMMUNICATIONS. HE WENT ON TO BE A POLICE OFFICER FOR BOTH RED OAK AND LANCASTER. AND WHEN HE CAME TO HERE, CAME HERE AS THE CHIEF. THAT'S THE BUILDING HE STARTED IN. AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, PAT DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HIS FAMILY, HIS CAREER IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT HE SERVED. AND WE THOUGHT IT ONLY APPROPRIATE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIM IN THIS MANNER. IN DOING SO, BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE PRETTY INFANT STAGES OF REMODELING THIS BUILDING. AND I REACHED OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR TO GET PRICING ON WHAT IT WOULD COST TO DO THIS, GIVE YOU SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO LOOK AT. OPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS ONE AND TWO DEPICT THE SIGNAGE ON AFFIXED TO THE BUILDING. THIS IS A DAYTIME RENDERING. THIS IS A NIGHTTIME RENDERING. THE NEXT OPTIONS WERE FOR MONUMENT SIGNING SIGNAGE, WHICH WOULD GO IN THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE ROADWAY AND THE SALLY PORT DRIVE ENTERING THE BUILDING. WE PICKED OUT, AND I SAY WE BECAUSE IT WASN'T IT WASN'T JUST ME. WE GOT TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY AND LOOKED OVER ALL OF THIS AND PICKED OUT THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNS. FOR MONUMENT MONUMENT STYLE SIGNAGE, AND IN THAT THEY GIVE THREE OPTIONS WITH THREE DIFFERENT PRICES RANGING FROM 19,500 ALL THE WAY UP TO 23,500 FOR THE
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MONUMENT STYLE SIGNAGE, WHICH WOULD THEN ALSO REQUIRE LANDSCAPE STYLE LIGHTING TO LIGHT IT UP AT NIGHT, AND ANOTHER $2,300 FOR THAT. THE LETTERING THAT WOULD BE USED IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHERE IT SAYS CAVE OR CRAVE. I'M SORRY, DOWN HERE IT'LL BE A FLAT ACRYLIC STYLE LETTERING IN WHITE. THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY STAND OUT, STAND OUT. SO I'M JUST BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT THE DIFFERENT COSTS ON DOING THIS AND SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AS FAR AS EVEN DOING THIS. I MEAN, YOU IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE THE BUILDING AS IT IS, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD TRIBUTE TO HIM, TO CARRY ON THE LEGACY THAT HE'S. THAT HE BROUGHT TO THIS CITY AND THE WORK AND COMMITMENT THAT HE BROUGHT TO THIS CITY. QUESTION ANY QUESTION, CHIEF. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR EITHER ON THE BUILDING OR MONUMENT, NOT BOTH. RIGHT? TRUE. YES. IT'S EITHER ONE. EITHER OR. I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE OPTIONS TO LOOK AT, TO SEE WHAT YOU THOUGHT. AS FAR AS THE GOVERNING BODY, WHICH HOW YOU WOULD WANT THAT BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S YOUR BUILDING, A MONUMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUT HERE. YES, SIR. THERE'S THREE OF THEM CHECK MARKED. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE ALSO NUMBERED ONE, TWO AND THREE. SO IT GIVES THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF BRICK AND THE I GUESS THE LETTER FACING. AND THEN. THE ONE ON THE BUILDING LOOKS PRETTY NICE. YEAH I LIKE THE ONE ON THE BUILDING. I LIKE THE ONE ON THE BUILDING. BE LESS CHANCE OF DAMAGE. YEAH.I'M AFRAID SOMEBODY HIT THE MONUMENT SIGN AND MOWING OR SOMETHING. IT'S BACKLIT.
BACKLIT. IT WOULD STAND. AND AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, THE LETTERING FOR THE BUILDING, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER IS ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING, SO, I MEAN, IT'S BACKLIT. WOULD BE SEEN AT NIGHT. VERY EASY. LESS CHANCE FOR DAMAGE. I THINK THE LETTERS THAT USED THERE ON THE BUILDING WOULD BE MORE RESISTANT TO WEATHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THIS WOULD BE THIS WOULD BE BACKLIT, JUST LIKE IT'S JUST AS IT'S SHOWN IN THE YELLOW KIND OF YELLOW GOLDISH COLOR AND YELLOW GOLDISH COLOR SIGNIFIES COMMUNICATIONS, JUST LIKE THE BLUE. THE MONUMENTS ARE IMPRESSIVE, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT MAINTENANCE AROUND THEM. AND SURE, LIKE COUNCILMAN SAID, AND SOMEBODY COULD RUN OVER THEM OR JUST VANDALIZE THEM. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. MOTION WE ACCEPT. NUMBER 2121 SECOND. WELL, BUT DON'T WE NEED A YOU NEED YOU NEED TO PICK WHAT YOU WANT ON YOUR MOTION. BUILD THE BUILDING WHICH WHEN YOU CALL IT JUST BUILDING THE BUILDING SIGNAGE. YEAH, I'M WITH THE FIRST ONE. GOT A MOTION. SECONDED, SECONDED. OKAY. MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. THANK YOU. CHIEF, FOR PRESENTING THIS TO US, SIR.
LOOKS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I'VE CIRCLED THE LETTERING SIGN FOR THE BUILDING OVER HERE FROM THE HIGHWAY TO. THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. CHIEF. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22, CITY ATTORNEY VICTORIA TOWNS WILL PRESENT THIS. YOU'RE UP TO BAT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT IT. YOU'VE. I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH EASEMENTS. WE'VE DONE ENCORE EASEMENTS BEFORE. THIS IS AN EASEMENT WITH EASEMENTS, FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS. AND THIS IS A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH ATMOS ENERGY. IT'S A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT WHICH IS STANDARD FOR FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS. BASICALLY, WHAT IT DOES IT WHAT IS OH, SORRY, IS IT ALLOWS IS IT ALLOWS ATMOS TO USE THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO LAY ITS LINES AND PUT ITS FACILITIES IN THERE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY OF GAS IN THE CITY. AND, OF COURSE, THE CITY RECEIVES A FRANCHISE FEE FOR THAT, I'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE ATTORNEYS FOR ATMOS, AND WHAT WE'VE ARRIVED AT, I BELIEVE,
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COVERS ALL THE BASES FOR THE CITY, PROTECTS US AS WELL AS WE CAN BE PROTECTED UNDER THE CURRENT STATE OF THE LAW. WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, I MOVE.WE APPROVE. AGENDA ITEM 22 A SECOND, A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22.
ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 23. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. COUNCILMAN.
REPORT. DOES THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST OR REPORTS? YES, SIR.
BILLY'S IS HAVING THEIR GRAND OPENING ON THE 19TH OF THIS MONTH. ON THURSDAY, THEY'LL HAVE BANDS AND CAR SHOW AND SPECIALS, SO PLEASE SUPPORT THEM. IN THAT. THE 19TH JUNETEENTH, THAT'S THIS THURSDAY. YOU'RE OFF. I'M OFF. I GOTTA WORK, BUT YOU'RE OFF. I'M WORKING. OH MY GOD, NOTHING GETS TRIPLE PAY NOW, MR. MAGOO. JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THE DATA CENTER. THINKING ABOUT THAT, WE WILL HAVE VERY LIMITED CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES ON THAT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PLUS FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. MR. GRAHAM I'M GOOD. MR. EPPES. YOU'RE UP. MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THE THING YOU SAID LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THE FIREWORKS IN THE PARK COMING ON THE 27TH FROM 5 TO 10. EVERYBODY COME AND ENJOY. THAT TIME. SO DURING THE 27TH IT IS. I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN. I'LL BE MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM 24, DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA. WE'LL GO THE OTHER WAY. MR. EPPS, I THINK WE ALREADY GOT IT DOWN, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. KIND OF TOUCH BASE. MAYBE LOOK AT HAVING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING OFFICIAL KIND OF. I THINK WE DID IT BEFORE TO WHERE THEY DO A MONTHLY THING TO WHERE ON WEEKENDS THEY KIND OF GO AND CHECK EVERYTHING. WE HAVE THEM LOOK AT EVERYTHING, BECAUSE A LOT OF STUFF'S KIND OF GETTING OUT OF HAND ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEY'RE NOT. WE CAN'T CATCH THAT ON THOSE CERTAIN DAYS OF THEY'RE OFF. SO IF WE CAN MAYBE LOOK INTO THAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING BACK AND CHECKING CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY'RE STILL DOING GOOD. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, MR. GRAHAM. I'M HERE. I KIND OF PIGGYBACK WHAT MR. EPPS BROUGHT UP. REMEMBER, WE CAN USE OUR LITTLE APP THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL ISSUES IN TOWN, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE PARKING DIESEL TRACTORS IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES. YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE. IT GIVES GPS LOCATIONS, AND IT GIVES THEM A LOT OF INFORMATION THEY CAN USE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. HOWARD I'LL PIGGYBACK THAT ONE. IT'S GOOD. GOOD STUFF. MR. HERNANDEZ.
NO, SIR. MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25.
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