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THE TIME IS NOW 6:00, AND I'M CALLING OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
[A. CALL TO ORDER ]
PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGES.SHALL WE PRAY? OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
WHAT A BLESSING THAT IS, FATHER.
AND FOR EVERY ONE OF THAT, THOSE BLESSINGS, WE SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT GIVE SO DILIGENTLY OF THEIR TIME.
FATHER, BE WITH ALL THOSE THAT ARE A PART OF THIS MEETING.
YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN OUR LIVES WITH YOU.
WITH YOU. WITHOUT YOU, WE HAVE NOTHING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
[D. PRESENTATION(S)]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATIONS PORTION OF THE AGENDA.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME BY THE BANNER.
AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ EVERY WHEREAS.
SO FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS STAFF SERGEANT PARKER MCKENNA MOVED TO FLOWER MOUND IN 1997.
HE ATTENDED MARCUS HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE JUNIOR ROTC FOR ALL FOUR YEARS, WHEREAS HE COMMITTED TO THE AIR FORCE DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR AND UPON GRADUATING IN 2015, WENT TO BASIC TRAINING IN SAN ANTONIO.
AFTER SERVING OUR COUNTRY OVERSEAS.
PARKER WAS STATIONED AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS IN MARYLAND AND SERVED ON THE PRESIDENTIAL DETAIL.
WHEREAS PARKER HAS A PASSION FOR TEACHING AND WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETAIN, RETRAIN INTO A DIFFERENT AIR FORCE SPECIALTY CODE AND IS NOW STATIONED AT LUKE AIR FORCE BASE IN ARIZONA, WHERE HE IS THE TRAINING MANAGER FOR F-35 F-15 MAINTAINERS.
PARKER'S NEXT DUTY STATION WILL BE IN SOUTH KOREA.
DEREK FRANCE MAYOR IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF YOUR TOWN COUNCIL AND ALL OF OUR CITIZENS DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR OUR OWN HOMETOWN HERO, PARKER MCKENNA, AND EXTEND TO HIM OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED AND COMMITTED SERVICE.
WE WISH HIM EVERY SUCCESS IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS, PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED THIS 17TH DAY OF JULY 2023.
PARKER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
THERE'S REALLY NOT A MILLION PEOPLE WATCHING, BUT.
I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY.
JUST THANKS A LOT FOR PUTTING THIS ON AND EVERYTHING.
THE BANNER LOOKS GREAT AND HAVING IT OUTSIDE AS WELL WAS DEFINITELY TRIPPY.
EXPERIENCING THE FIRST TIME, LIKE DRIVING AND BEING LIKE, THAT'S ME UP THERE.
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BUT YEAH, REGARDLESS.THANK YOU EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[E. PUBLIC COMMENT]
JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS ITEM IS TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE TOWN COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM ON THIS AGENDA THAT IS NOT MARKED AS A PUBLIC HEARING.ISSUES REGARDING DAILY OPERATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS SHOULD FIRST BE DEALT WITH BY CALLING TOWN HALL AT (972) 874-6000 DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR STATE LAW.
SPEAKERS TONIGHT WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
A TONE WILL SOUND WHEN YOU HAVE 30S LEFT AND AGAIN WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
ALSO TONIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A FEW POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A FEW WITH DONATED TIME.
AS A REMINDER, WHEN THE PERSON SPEAKING HIS NAME IS CALLED, IF YOU HAVE DONATED YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE, YOU MUST BE PHYSICALLY IN THE ROOM AND PRESENT IN ORDER FOR US TO ADD THE TIME.
STARTING US OFF THIS EVENING WILL BE CLAIRE HARRIS, WHO HAS DONATED TIME FOR MISS MARY JO L.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. TOTAL TIME WILL BE SIX MINUTES.
I ALSO HAVE A NOTE THAT YOU HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, SO IF YOU WANT TO GET THAT PULLED UP.
HOW DO I GET OUT OF OR GO? GOT IT. THANK YOU.
FOUR AND SIX. NORTHWOOD DRIVE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT ZPD 2200001 AND 0003.
HOMEOWNERS BOUGHT THE LOTS IN BETWEEN 2018 AND AUGUST OF 2021 WITH APPROVED PLAN IN PLACE.
WE KNEW IT WAS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND BELIEVED WE KNEW WHAT THAT ENTAILED.
THE DEVELOPER PURCHASED FOUR PADS IN DECEMBER OF 2021 WITH THE SAME APPROVED PLAN IN PLACE.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING WHAT WAS APPROVED, NOT WHAT IS PROPOSED.
THE DEVELOPER'S OPINION IS THAT THERE IS NO DEMAND FOR A SMALLER 2 TO 3 STORY OFFICE BUILDING.
IN ADDITION, THE DEVELOPERS SEEM TO THINK THERE IS DEMAND FOR SMALLER SCALE OFFICE BUILDINGS.
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THE FRONT ALONG 2499 AND FOUR ONE STORY OFFICE BUILDINGS TO THE REAR.THE OFFICES WILL NOT HAVE VISIBILITY FROM 2499.
THEY ARE STILL VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THE CURRENTLY APPROVED PLAN WITH TWO SMALLER OFFICE BUILDINGS NESTLED IN THE CENTER OF THE LAKESIDE CROSSING SITE OVERLOOKS THE EPHEMERAL CREEK AND GREEN SPACE, PRESERVING SEVEN SPECIMEN TREES.
AS DEVELOPER WANTS TO DESTROY, THE APPROVED PLAN WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO PRESERVE ALL THE SPECIMEN TREES WITH BUILDING AND PARKING STRATEGICALLY PLACED TO AVOID IMPACT TO THE TREES AND CREEK.
THEY ARE ALL POST OAKS OF LARGE CALIPER.
THIS POST OAK IN PARTICULAR WOULD BE DESTROYED TO MOVE THE DUMPSTER OVER TO THE LEFT.
THEY WOULD OVERLOOK THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA.
IN FACT, OUTDOOR SEATING AND PATIO STANDARDS WERE WRITTEN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PD 153 AND TO QUOTE, TO CREATE A SERENE OUTDOOR SPACE THAT BLURS CONNECTIVITY WITH INDOOR SPACES.
IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THAT CONNECTION WITH A 100 FOOT BUILDING IN BETWEEN.
THIS AREA OF LAKESIDE CROSSING COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEVELOPERS PROPOSED 100 FOOT BUILDING.
BUTTING RIGHT AGAINST THE NATURAL GREEN SPACE POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE EPHEMERAL STREAM.
A BUILDING OF THIS SCALE AND HEIGHT ALSO TRAPS HEAT AND POLLUTANTS.
THE QUESTION HAS BEEN RAISED ABOUT WHAT COULD BE BUILT ON THESE TWO PADS.
THE FIRST OPTION IS WHAT WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY APPROVED BY PNC AND COUNCIL IN 2017.
TWO SMALLER SCALE OFFICE BUILDINGS OVERLOOKING THE CREEK, PRESERVING THE TREES AND HABITAT.
WE ASK YOU TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE ALL PLEDGED.
DON'T GIVE EVERYTHING TO THE DEVELOPER.
BALANCE THE RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SITE.
WE ARE AGAINST THE WRONG DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS SITE.
NEXT WILL BE MR. FRED VINCENT, WHO HAS DONATED TIME FOR MISS AMSTERDAM.
THERE YOU ARE. I THOUGHT I SAW YOU EARLIER.
MR. VINCENT, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.
BARDO CIRCLE FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
DIRK FRANCE MAYOR, COUNCIL PEOPLE.
JUST LOOK AT THE LAST 24 MONTHS.
IT'S JUST FANTASTIC WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS TOWN.
AND WE SEE FROM THE SURVEYS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
THE PASTOR PRETTY MUCH SAID IT ALL.
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IT'S A GIFT.THIS QUALITY ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE, OUR LIFESTYLE.
IT'S A VERY UNUSUAL PLACE AND CERTAINLY WE ALL WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
SO WHAT'S INTERESTING AND I'LL GET TO THE GOOD NEWS SWEET FLOWER MOUND, I BROUGHT THIS BEFORE.
MANY OF YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS BOOK IS IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1995, SO IT'S ABOUT 27 YEARS OLD.
SO ONE PART OF THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AND IT SAYS HERE, FLOWER MOUND HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
SO. THE CURRENT HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS COMPILING THE INFORMATION FOR A NEW UPDATED BOOK, HOPES TO BE IN LIKE 2 OR 3 YEARS.
AND I'M PRAYING THAT IT INCLUDES THE 2022, 2023 COUNCIL THAT HAS DONE SO MUCH TO.
FORM UP THE MASTER PLAN AND THE OPEN SPACE AND THE WILDLIFE, AN AREA THAT NEEDS SOME WORK AND YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF IT IS OUR AIR QUALITY.
AND IT'S ACCORDING TO EPA, NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, T-C-E-Q WE ARE WHAT'S CALLED NON-COMPLIANT. I WOULD SAY EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY WELL.
I MEAN, JAMES CHILDRESS HAS AWARDS FOR HIS IMPROVEMENT IN HIS FLEET FOR AIR.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US? YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO? CAN WE WAIT SEVEN YEARS UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT TELLS US WE HAVE 50% ELECTRIC CARS AND 50% GASOLINE CARS AND THEN IT'S ANOTHER 7 TO 10 YEARS THAT THOSE GET TRANSITIONED INTO THE FLEET OR.
CAN WE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT I KNOW ABOUT ENVIRONMENT AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT.
LOS ANGELES. 8 MILLION PEOPLE GO THERE IN THE 70S YOUR EYES STUNG, YOUR LUNGS HURT.
IT'S A THEIR AIR QUALITY IS EQUAL TO OURS.
BRIAN TAYLOR WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOU FLY IN FROM THE WEST ON THE DECATUR TRANSITION COMING IN THE STAR, YOU SEE A BROWN UMBRELLA THAT STARTS ABOUT WEST FLOWER MOUND.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO? WE WENT TO LIONS CLUB MEETING.
JOIN THE LIONS CLUB, TALKED WITH THEM.
THEY WANTED TO HAVE A CAR SHOW.
WE GOT TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND SAID, LOOK, WHY DON'T WE ORGANIZE A ENVIRONMENTAL VEHICLE, SHOW EVERYTHING FROM BICYCLES, ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES, GOLF CARTS THAT ARE ARE ACTUALLY RUNNING AROUND HERE RIGHT NOW, ROADABLE GOLF CARTS LIKE THEY HAVE IN TROPHY CLUB, HIGH FUEL MILEAGE VEHICLES.
AND SINCE THE AIR MOVEMENT STARTS IN FLOWER MOUND, OKAY, WE KNOW THERE'S A TREE RIGHT ON OUR FLAG.
SO WHAT'S OUR REPUTATION? WHAT'S OUR DNA? IT'S IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO AS THE AIR MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST AND WE'RE ON THE EDGE OF THIS, WHY NOT BE THE LEADERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS FOR OUR AIR? SO HERE'S THE PROPOSAL.
FROM PEDAL POWER TO DELIVERY TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
CARS AND TRUCKS, MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN COVERS EVERYBODY.
IT'S A VEHICLE FAIR AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT AT LAKESIDE, WHERE WE HAVE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL AND PARKING, AND WE CAN BRING PEOPLE IN.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR FLOWER MOUND.
IT'S FOR SIX COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS, 8 MILLION PEOPLE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME INFLUENCE AS LEADERSHIP IN HOW WE HANDLE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR QUALITY.
I HOPE YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR HELP WHENEVER YOU CAN.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THE WORD OUT.
IT'S A WIN FOR THE LIONS CLUB AND THEIR DIFFERENT CHARITIES.
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IT'S A WIN FOR LAKESIDE.IT'S A WIN FOR OUR AIR, OUR LIFE QUALITY.
IT'S A WIN FOR THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY.
SO WE JUST HOPE THAT THIS BECOMES AN ANNUAL EVENT PROMOTING OUR TOWN AND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND THANK YOU.
NEXT TO SPEAK WILL BE JULIE HUTCHINS, WHO HAS DONATED TIME FROM KEVIN HUTCHINS.
ARE YOU PRESENT? THANK YOU, SIR.
JULIE, YOU WILL HAVE SIX MINUTES.
I LIVE AT 4200 BROADWAY AVENUE, HOPING SOON TO BE AT 370 NORTHWOOD DRIVE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR FRANCE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOWN STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE 20 2-001 AND 003.
WE HAVE CHOSEN LAKESIDE CROSSING TOWNHOMES, WHICH SEEMED LIKE A PERFECT LOCATION.
WE APPRECIATE THE ORIGINAL ZONING THAT ADHERES TO THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND STANDARDS, FOCUSING ON THE TOWN'S COUNTRY, ATMOSPHERE, VISION AND CONTINUED SUPPORT AND CONCERNS FOR ITS RESIDENTS LIFESTYLE.
THIS COMMITMENT IS SHOWN IN THE ORIGINAL ZONING PLANS FOR THIS AREA AND THEN AGAIN WHEN THE CURRENT ZONING PLAN WAS APPROVED IN MAY 2017 AND REAFFIRMED IN JULY 2021 TO ADDRESS A FEW POINTS THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE, A SEVEN STORY, 100 FOOT REFLECTIVE GLASS RECTANGULAR BUILDING DOES NOT FIT IN THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE.
IT WILL BE A SOLO BUILDING STICKING OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB.
ALSO, THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE WOULD HUGELY BE ALTERED WITH PROPOSED CLEAR CUTTING OF TWO ACRE SITE, INCLUDING SEVEN SPECIMEN POST OAK TREES WITH OVER 1000 YEARS GROWTH AMONG THEM.
AND JUST NOTE, THE SEC UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED THE TREE REMOVAL IF THIS THAT THEY REJECTED IT.
IF THIS PROPOSED BUILDING IS APPROVED, IT WILL ALSO HIGHLY REDUCE THE SUNLIGHT AND ALTER THE SURFACE WATER FLOW THAT WILL CERTAINLY DAMAGE THIS OPEN, IRREPLACEABLE GREEN AND PROTECTED SPACE.
IF REALTY CAPITAL WAS ASKED IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO A TREE, ONE OF THE TREES, WOULD YOU REPLACE IT? THE SAME HEIGHT AND SAME SIZE.
I'M SURE THERE'S SOME SMILES OR GIGGLES WITH THAT, BUT.
EXACTLY. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AND IT CAN'T BE PROMISED.
AND IT MAY SHOW A LOT THAT THEY WOULD NOT AGREE TO THIS BECAUSE THEN IT DOESN'T SAY IT'S POSSIBLE.
IT SAYS IT'S PROBABLE THAT IT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.
IT SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THIS SEVEN STORY BUILDING DOES NOT BLEND WITH THE SURROUNDING AND WE ARE THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.
TO ADD, THE MASTER URBAN DESIGN STATES THAT OUTWARD FACING MIRRORED GLASS MAY NOT BE USED.
THE TOP FOUR STORIES OF THIS PROPOSED BUILDING ARE COVERED WITH GLASS REFLECTIVE NATURE, WHICH SOUNDS TO ME LIKE MIRRORED GLASS, NOT TO MENTION ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WE BOUGHT FOR THE WONDERFUL GREENBELT AND PRIVACY TO FINALLY ENJOY.
AND THEN I AND WE ALL VIEWED THIS AS A WIN WIN FOR BOTH THE BUSINESSES AND THE HOMEOWNERS.
TO ME IT WOULD BE SEEM PRESUMPTUOUS TO PURCHASE PROPERTY, AS REALTY CAPITAL DID, AT A DEEPLY DISCOUNTED PRICE AND QUICKLY, ONLY WEEK AFTER THEIR PURCHASE OF THE TWO PARCELS THEN APPLIED FOR A HUGE ZONING CHANGE.
WE, THE RESIDENTS, HAVE COMPETITIVELY COMMITTED NORTH OF 13 MILLION FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT PER ACRE.
SO I ASKING THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS AREA, WHO IS REALLY DOING THE INVESTING? WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT IN THIS SPACE.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHOICES TO BE BUILT, LIKE CLAIRE SHARED TOWNHOMES, AN EMERGENCY CLINIC.
YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ALL OF US ARE GETTING OLDER.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOMEWHERE TO GO QUICK, BUILD ANYTHING TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN, AND WE ARE ALL IN.
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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMPLETELY CHANGES THE STANDARDS AND LIFESTYLES OF THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.IF THEY GET IT GREAT, THEY MAKE A REALLY GOOD RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT.
IF THEY DON'T, THEY'RE ON TO THE NEXT THING.
TO US, THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY, OUR TOWN WE TRUSTED AND OUR LIVELIHOOD.
AND AT MID-YEAR THERE WAS NO SIGN OF AN UPTICK IN NORTH TEXAS OFFICE BASED DEMANDS.
THIS IS NOT OUR IN OUR BACKYARD PROBLEM.
THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED ANYWHERE.
OUR REQUEST IS THAT THE APPROVED PLAN BE UPHELD AND GIVE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS A CONFIDENCE IN THAT.
THE TOWN SUPPORTS ITS RESIDENTS BY UPHOLDING THE ORIGINAL ZONING APPROVAL, SHOWING THEY CAN COUNT ON THE TOWN WHEN MAKING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS, THE PLACE WE WILL CALL HOME.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE REBECCA COX.
I ALSO HAVE A NOTE THAT KARINA IS WITH YOU AND WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC.
ARE YOU EACH SPEAKING INDIVIDUALLY? ARE YOU? BUT I WAS GOING TO PRESENT HER.
OH, THAT'S FINE. I CAN SAY WHO I AM.
I'M REBECCA COX, SO I'LL LET YOU GUYS SPEAK INDIVIDUALLY.
MY QUESTION WAS, DID YOU INTEND TO DONATE REBECCA, YOUR THREE MINUTES OR DID YOU EACH WANT THREE MINUTES? OKAY, SO YOU'RE DONATING YOUR THREE MINUTES TO REBECCA.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MAKE THAT NOTE ON THE CARDS AND YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME.
SO WHAT IS VICTORY THERAPY CENTER? WE ARE A THERAPY CENTER TO CARE FOR THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN, ADULTS, VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE HEALING POWER OF THE HORSE. SO WHAT WE DO.
WE WERE BLESSED TO SERVE OVER 125 RIDERS AND 2022 WITH OVER 3750 SESSIONS.
AROUND 40% OF OUR RIDERS ARE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ABOUT 28% ARE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, WHICH IS THE LARGEST POPULATION THAT WE SERVE.
SO WHAT WE DO FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY, INCORPORATING HYPNOTHERAPY, WE INCREASE FLEXIBILITY, DEVELOPMENT OF BALANCE AND CORE STRENGTH, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR KIDS THAT HAVE DEVELOPMENT DELAYS. THIS IS VERY USEFUL.
THEY BUILD CONFIDENCE, HELP TO LEARN, COMMUNICATE, BOOST SELF ESTEEM AND DEVELOP FOCUS AND PATIENCE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE WRITERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED AT A VERY YOUNG AGE WITH A DISABILITY THAT CAUSED DEVELOPMENTAL, BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL. AND THIS IS SOPHIE TODAY, TAKING HER STEPS IN OUR ARENA.
HER FAMILY HAS JUST AND THERAPISTS HAVE NOTICED A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HER MUSCLE TONE, HIP MOBILITY.
SOPHIE, HER MOM, SAYS SOPHIE WILL ONLY TOLERATE ABOUT TEN MINUTES ON A REGULAR THERAPY CLINICAL SETTING, BUT SHE RIDES FOR 40 MINUTES AND JUST THINKS SHE'S HAVING A GREAT TIME BUT RECEIVES THOSE SAME LEVEL OF THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS.
SO WE DON'T JUST SERVE CHILDREN.
WE ALSO SERVE OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY, OUR LOCAL VETERAN AND FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE ACTUALLY JUST RE INITIATED.
IT'S SUCH AS THE ONES WE HEAR ACTIVELY KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE RIGHT NOW.
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IT EVIDENCE HAS SHOWN THAT WORKING WITH ANY ANIMALS REALLY, BUT EQUINES IN PARTICULAR IS VERY THERAPEUTIC AND HEALING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THAT.SO HOW CAN FLOWER MOUND HELP? WE RUN ON VOLUNTEERS, SO EVERYONE IS WELCOME FOR TO COME DO BARN WORK.
OUR HORSES NEVER CEASE TO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO SERVE IN THEIR STALLS.
THEY'RE CONSTANTLY PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE CONSTANTLY NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT.
IF YOU NOTICE IN THE PICTURE OF SOPHIE, SHE HAD 3 OR 4 INDIVIDUALS SURROUNDING HER.
AND ALSO, I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND STAFF TO COME VISIT US.
THIS IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
EXCELLENT. REBECCA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT ON FRIDAYS.
YEAH. SORRY TO RUIN HIS UNDERCOVER NESS, BUT SO TWO THINGS.
ONE, IF WE COULD MAKE SURE WE GET THAT SLIDE DECK SENT TO US.
ALSO, IF WE COULD TRY TO OFFLINE COORDINATE, MAYBE A GROUP THING OUT THERE WOULD BE GREAT.
YOU CAN JUST LEAVE THEM EITHER WITH THE TOWN SECRETARY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO MR. PATRICK MARTIN.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
PATRICK MARTIN, 4700 OAK SPRINGS DRIVE.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE TOWN FOR THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT.
ELI YOUNG BAND IS A FORMER ROLE WITH LOGISTICS AND PLANNING.
THIS THIS IS NOT TOUGH TO PULL OFF, SO HATS OFF TO THE PARKS, REC., FIRE, CHIEF WAS OUT THERE HANDING OUT WATER BOTTLES, TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE COOL.
YOU KNOW, THE POLICE COORDINATING ALL THE EVENT, THE VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE AND ALSO ALL THE STAFF, EVERYBODY, THE TOWN GIVING UP THEIR TIME TO BE OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THE TOWN HAD A GOOD EVENT.
THANK YOU, FLOWER MOUND. SO I LOVE LIVING HERE.
THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR STAFF WHO DID A GREAT JOB ON 4TH OF JULY.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE MR. JOE BERNARD. MR. BERNARD, PLEASE REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY PLEASURE. MY NAME IS JOE BERNARD.
I LIVE AT 100 605 SUNRISE CIRCLE FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS 76226.
THE TOWN HELD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING FOR MY COMMUNITY LAST THURSDAY FOR THE SUNRISE CIRCLE IN OAK RIDGE LANE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS ZONING AND SEPTIC ISSUES WE'RE HAVING.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE IT NOTED, AS I SAID IN THE EMAIL TODAY TO YOU, THAT THERE IS STILL AN ACTIVE SEPTIC SYSTEM FAILURE ON SUNRISE CIRCLE THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. SO WE'RE OVER THE ONE YEAR MARK FOR AN ACTIVE SEPTIC SYSTEM WITH SEWAGE ON THE GROUND.
SECONDLY, THAT ACTIVE SYSTEM LIES.
WHAT I DO SUSPECT IS WITHIN A SANITARY CONTROL EASEMENT FOR OUR PUBLIC WATER WELL.
OUR WATER IS SERVED BY MONARCH UTILITIES.
IT'S NOT SERVED BY THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, AND MONARCH UTILITIES CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN DO ANYTHING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IS TOWN COUNCIL.
YES. SO I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY.
QUITE LITERALLY ON THE BRINK OF TEARS.
THE PEOPLE WITHIN MY COMMUNITY DON'T HAVE MONEY.
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NEIGHBORHOOD, TO ELIMINATE THE POTENTIAL FOR WATER CONTAMINATION.AND YOU SEE, I SAY THIS WORD WATER CONTAMINATION.
WHENEVER I REFERENCE WATER CONTAMINATION, I SPEAK OF TOTAL COLIFORM.
ON 9/10 OF 2010, ON 4/12 OF 2011 AND ON 5/8 OF 2014.
I CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME THERE? YEAH. FIVE EIGHT OF 2014 WE HAD TOTAL COLIFORM COME BACK IN OUR WATER SAMPLING FROM TECQ.
SO THE WATER COMPANY ACTUALLY SUBMITS RESULTS TO CEC AND THEY CAME BACK WITH TOTAL COLIFORM.
TOTAL COLIFORM IS SEWAGE WITHIN OUR WATER.
SO THE INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON SUNRISE CIRCLE IN OAK RIDGE LANE AND THOSE WITHIN THE [INAUDIBLE] ETJ AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE SERVICED BY THIS WATER WELL NOT JUST THOSE WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE ONES IN THE COMMUNITY NEXT DOOR TO YOU DON'T HAVE POTENTIALLY ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER.
SO WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS.
AND NOW WE'RE HEARING OF REPORTING ISSUES AS WELL.
SO I COME TO YOU TONIGHT TELLING YOU THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR FURTHER MEETINGS.
THE TOWN MANAGER HAS STATED THE FURTHER MEETINGS WOULD HAPPEN.
AND WE'VE REQUESTED THAT YOU COME.
YOU YOU HEAR THESE PEOPLE, YOU HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
JAMES, I'M SURE, MR. RIGGS, AND YOU MADE SOME NOTES FOR THAT, AND WE'LL NEED TO PROBABLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT AGAIN AFTERWARDS.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE ANDREA GERACI.
MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT, UH, TO MY COMMENTS.
I WAS JUST ASKING STAFF TO FOLLOW UP ON THE CONCERNS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION.
SO IT'S UP TO YOU ALL WHETHER YOU WANT TO ALLOW FOR A REDIRECT.
ESSENTIALLY THE ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S POSTED FOR CLOSED SESSION AND SO THE TOPIC HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED.
GO AHEAD. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS AND IT CAME UP DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING ON THURSDAY THAT THERE IS NO ACTIVE CONTAMINATION. AGAIN, MR. BERNARD IS CORRECT THAT THE WATER SUPPLY IS PRODUCED BY MONARCH WATER SUPPLY.
IT IS NOT A TOWN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.
AND THE THE REPORTS THAT HE MENTIONED TONIGHT AND HE ACTUALLY EMAILED THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING DO SHOW THE PRESENCE OF I ALWAYS MISSPELL MISPRONOUNCE THE WORD COLIFORM COLIFORM, WHICH IS NOT INDICATION OF ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.
IT INDICATES THAT THERE'S A CONTAMINATION WHICH FURTHER WHICH REQUIRES FURTHER TESTING.
AND IN THOSE TWO CASES, WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO TECQ EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR THE ONE THAT DID HAVE THE POSITIVE TEST, THEY THE WATER SUPPLY CORP HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE WELL AND NEVER MADE IT THROUGH TO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, SANITIZE IT, RETEST AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING UP THE WELL ONCE IT PASSED THE TESTING, THE OTHER TWO VIOLATIONS THAT WERE NOTICED WERE REPORTING VIOLATIONS.
THEY FORGOT TO SUBMIT A REPORT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
ALL RIGHT, TOMMY, THANKS FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
AND WE'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BASICALLY, WE'RE THE GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? AND SO THEY'RE COMING TO ASK FOR HELP.
THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL HAVE ANDREA GERACI.
HI, COUNCIL. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
I LIVE AT 2906 RIVERBEND TRAIL.
CONSERVATION. DOESN'T THE WORD CONSERVATION MEAN ANYTHING? IT APPEARS AS THOUGH TOLL BROTHERS IS RUNNING THIS TOWN.
IT SEEMS THE NEIGHBOR WHO APPROACHED ME EXPRESSED.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. CAN YOU JUST STAND BY ONE MINUTE? BUT ISN'T THIS.
I COULD BE CONFUSED, BUT THERE'S.
THAT WAS A DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM.
OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE MOVED TO FLOWER MOUND FOR THE TREES AND FARMS MIXED IN AMONG THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
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I WANTED TO CRY AND I MIGHT JUST NOW.AFTER ALL, THERE ARE PLENTY OF BETTER USES FOR THE LAND.
WHY HASN'T ANYONE CONSIDERED A TOWN LAND TRUST, WHICH I CAN GO INTO IN AREAS WHERE I USED TO LIVE.
I URGE YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THE PLANS FOR THIS AREA AND ALL OF FLOWER MOUND, FOR THAT MATTER.
OUR LAND IS WHAT SETS OUR TOWN APART FROM ALL THE REST.
SO I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK.
I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
SUP? I THINK HER NAME IS ALSO LISTED AS HANG ON APPLICANT.
OR AN ITEM COMING FORWARD IN A BIT.
SORRY. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING YOU UP HERE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE YOU HOLD FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TRY MATTHEW HEARST.
GOOD EVENING. FLOWER MOUND TOWN COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MATTHEW HURST AND I LIVE AT 4158 MEADOWVIEW DRIVE ARGYLE, TEXAS.
NUMBER ONE IN MARCH, OUR GROUP WAS ASKED BY TOMMY DALTON AND LEXIN MURPHY TO STOP COMING TO THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SPEAKING ON THESE CONCERNS AND TO LET THE TOWN COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS.
THE ONLY NEW SOLUTION ON TOMMY DALTON'S PRESENTATION WAS ON SLIDE NUMBER TEN UNDER SEWER EXTENSION, WHICH STATED, NUMBER THREE, DO NOTHING, DO NOTHING WAS A BULLET POINT, NUMBER THREE.
A CHEAP COP OUT FOR THE TOWN NOT TO SPEND ANY MONEY ON NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE TOWNSPEOPLE WERE AFRAID TO STEP FOOT IN THIS ROOM, BUT WANT YOU TO HEAR THEIR VOICE.
WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE ATTEND OUR NEXT SUNRISE CIRCLE COMMUNITY MEETING.
HOW DO I KNOW THIS IS A LIE? YOU ASK, BECAUSE I PERSONALLY HAVE GONE TO THE TECQ REGIONAL OFFICE IN FORT WORTH, AND I RESEARCHED THE MULTIPLE ACTIVE TOTAL CHLOROFORM REPORTS IN THE ARCHIVES FOR THE WELLS THAT SERVICE OUR COMMUNITY.
AND TO TOMMY AND CLAY, THE NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO STAND UP AND SAY THAT THE WATER IS CLEAN AND THAT MONARCH UTILITIES WOULD NEVER LIE, GO WATCH THE MOVIE ERIN BROCKOVICH AND LET ME KNOW HOW THAT SITUATION PLAYED OUT.
ALL RIGHT NEXT, WE'LL HAVE DAKOTA STARNES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DAKOTA STARNES.
MY ADDRESS IS 4353 MEADOW VIEW DRIVE, ARGYLE, TEXAS.
AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE I'M THE LAST REPRESENTATIVE FOR MY FAMILY ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OF ARGYLE, BECAUSE MY FATHER HAS CANCER AND MY AUNT AND GRANDMA HAVE BOTH DIED.
THE WATER SERVICES IN OUR HOME THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT UP BY MATTHEW AND JOE ARE NOT SAFE.
I ACTIVELY LIVE THERE AND TASTING THE WATER.
IT DOES NOT TASTE LIKE CLEAN WATER.
AND ON TOP OF IT IS AN ACTIVE SEPTIC SYSTEM.
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I CAN TELL BECAUSE WHEN WALKING DOWN THE ROAD, I'M STEPPING THROUGH SEWAGE WATER.THE WATER HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THESE BAD THINGS IN THE PAST, AND MY DAD'S HEALTH HAS NOT GOTTEN ANY BETTER WHILE DRINKING THE SEPTIC WATER OR NOT THE SEPTIC WATER, THE TOWN WATER.
WE FEEL AS THE WATER SHOULD BE CLEAN LIKE IT IS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE SPACE BETWEEN SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND OUR WATER THAT WE DRINK.
IT'LL HELP PROTECT MY FAMILY AND THE NEIGHBORS FROM ANY DISEASES CAUSED BY THAT.
IT'S MY DREAM TO MAKE MY COMMUNITY AS GOOD AS THE REST OF FLOWER MOUND AND TRY TO AND PROVIDE SEWAGE AND CLEANER WATER FOR THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORS.
IT WILL HELP THE APPEAL OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO LOOK AS GOOD AS THE REST OF FLOWER MOUND.
AND IT WILL, UH, FULFILL THE PROMISE YOU MADE FOR MY GRANDMOTHER'S GENERATION THREE GENERATIONS AGO TO PUT THE SEWAGE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I HAVE ASKED YOU FOR AND THAT OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ASKED YOU FOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. STARNES. JAMES WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THAT LATER TONIGHT IN CLOSED SESSION.
SHE WANTED IT TO BE NOTED SHE IS IN OPPOSITION.
THERESA DO WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENT CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO NOT. WHILE WE'RE AT IT, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? DO NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[F. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
WE'LL START WITH MY RIGHT WITH MR. SCHIESTEL. AND SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.AND ANYONE WHO'S IN CLASS THERE AND PRODUCING ART WILL BE ON DISPLAY.
AND I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PIECES THERE MYSELF.
SO SATURDAY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING A FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTION AND PINNING CEREMONY, WHICH WAS IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. SO WE NOW HAVE A NEW DEPUTY CHIEF IN CHARGE OF TRAINING FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE PROMOTED THREE FIREFIGHTERS, TWO DRIVER ENGINEERS ON FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE PINNED FIVE NEW FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH WAS PRETTY REMARKABLE.
WE STOLE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, WHICH WAS A GOOD IDEA.
I KNOW. DIDN'T DON'T WANT TO PUBLICIZE THAT.
UM, PLUS, WE NOW HAVE OUR THIRD ACTIVE FEMALE FIREFIGHTER IN THE RANKS AS WELL.
UM, WHITNEY OR WHITNEY WADDELL, WHO IS A FLOWER MOUND RESIDENT, JOINED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND GONE THROUGH TRAINING SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO IT'S KIND OF EXCITING TO SEE ANOTHER FEMALE MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT SO THAT WAS A GOOD EVENT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING IT, CHIEF HENLEY.
SECONDLY, REAL QUICK, PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
AND SO TWIN PARK IS GOING TO DO AN OPEN HOUSE THIS COMING SATURDAY.
OH, DID I STEAL YOUR THUNDER? OKAY. SORRY.
CHECK THE TOWN'S WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? NOPE. ALL RIGHT, MISTER DREW.
I HAD THAT ONE ON MY LIST, TOO.
SO. SO SOME THINGS GOING AROUND THE TOWN THIS WEEK.
THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU, SIR.
BRIAN. JUST TO ECHO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID, GREAT JOB BY THE STAFF FOR INDEPENDENCE FEST.
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IT WAS TRULY A REMARKABLE EVENT AND JUST GREAT JOB.FIRST TIME A SCHOOL HAS ADVANCED TO A HIGHER CLASSIFICATION AND WON THE LONE STAR CUP.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
THE OTHER THING WITH ARGYLE ISD, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 23 YEARS, DR.
WRIGHT, RECENTLY RETIRED AND THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
CARPENTER, JUST TOOK THAT POSITION.
SO JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON AS WELL.
THANK YOU, SIR. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE LISD STUDENTS.
ACTUALLY, AMANDA AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE DALLAS ART DISTRICT DOWNTOWN ON SATURDAY TO PROPER ART SHOW THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTING AN ART COMPETITION BY LISD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL AND MARCUS WERE VERY WELL REPRESENTED THERE.
SO I APPRECIATE LOVE FOR KIDS PUTTING THAT ON AS WELL AS THE GALLERIA.
AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE ASPIRING ARTISTS.
THEY GOT TO ACTUALLY SEE THEIR ART HANGING IN A PROPER ART GALLERY.
IT WAS PRETTY COOL. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO OUR TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT.
[G. TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT]
MR. CHILDERS.JOSE IS OUR NEW IT DIRECTOR WITH THE TOWN AND HE COMES TO US FROM CITY OF IRVING.
IMAGINE THAT. BUT WE'RE JOSE AND I DID WORK TOGETHER WHEN I WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY, BUT IN ADDITION TO HIS TIME WITH IRVING, WHERE HE SERVED AS THE ORGANIZATION'S CYBERSECURITY AND NETWORK SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR, HE'S ALSO SERVED AS IT DIRECTOR IN CELINA PREVIOUS TO COMING TO FLOWER MOUND.
SO HE HAS A HOST OF EXPERIENCE.
WE HAD A GREAT APPLICANT POOL WITH A LOT OF GREAT CANDIDATES OUT THERE, BUT JOSE WAS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST, NOT JUST FOR HIS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HIS CULTURAL FIT INTO OUR ORGANIZATION.
SO HE'S GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB WEAVING INTO OUR ORGANIZATION.
SO I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE THE COMMUNITY TO JOSE.
JUST WAVE. WELCOME, MR. MENDEZ. SO NEXT UP, I ASKED BRITTANY BARNETT TO COME UP FRONT.
WE'RE TAKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS.
WE HAVE THESE THINGS KIND OF IN STONE, SO TO SPEAK.
SO WITH THAT, BRITTANY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER SO SHE CAN RUN YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
LIKE YOU SAID, I'M HERE TO PRESENT KIND OF AN UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM.
JUST KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS UP TO THIS POINT.
APPLICANTS WERE REQUIRED TO TURN IN THEIR APPLICATIONS BY MAY 1ST.
THAT COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING POLICE, FINANCE, LIBRARY, PARKS, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE AND THE TOWN MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO THAT COMMITTEE MET ON JULY 7TH TO DISCUSS THESE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM.
SO THIS SLIDE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR THIS YEAR.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE VALUABLE MISSIONS THAT SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.
HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS IN ON WHAT ARE THEY DOING FOR THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.
SO ON OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT SOCIAL SERVICE APPLICATIONS, WE REQUEST A NUMBER OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO TOWN RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE PERCENTAGE OF THEIR SERVICES PROVIDED TO TOWN RESIDENTS.
WE SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF TOWN RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN THEIR ORGANIZATION AND LIKE A VOLUNTEER PERFORMANCE ROLE, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES HELD IN THE TOWN AND THE PERCENT OF ATTENDEES WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE BASE MOST OF THOSE FUNDING DECISIONS.
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THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH WE WILL SUBMIT TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL.AND THEN ONCE THAT IS APPROVED, THE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE NOTIFIED.
I DID WANT TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH KIND OF A FIVE YEAR LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM JUST AS A COMPARISON AS WELL AS A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE REQUESTED AMOUNTS AND THEN THAT MAX BUDGET THAT IS ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE GUIDELINES FOR THE PROGRAM.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS YEAR'S REQUESTS FALL IN COMPARISON TO THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH AN UPDATE SINCE THEY MADE THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO YOU ALL.
THANKS FOR ANY COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK.
SO THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IS HOW YOU GET TO THOSE NUMBERS.
LIKE IS THERE A AND I SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS, SO HOPEFULLY I'M NOT I'M NOT CATCHING YOU OFF GUARD.
JUST A SENSE OF HOW MANY RESIDENTS FROM FLOWER MOUND ARE WE SERVING? WHAT'S THE COST TO SERVE A CLIENT? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS FLOWER MOUND BEING ASKED TO COVER SO THAT WE CAN GET SORT OF A STANDARD OF YOU KNOW, AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THEM, THERE'S A PRETTY BIG DELTA BETWEEN ONE ORGANIZATION GETTING 27,000 AND ANOTHER ONE GETTING 5000.
I KIND OF WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS? AND YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO FOR THOSE REQUESTING AN INCREASE, WE DID THINGS LIKE COMPARE, OKAY, HOW MUCH HOW MANY SERVICES WERE PROVIDED LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR? IF WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THOSE SERVICES, THEN WE COULD JUSTIFY POSSIBLY INCREASING THEIR AMOUNT.
SO WE JUST HAVE A MORE QUANTIFIABLE LOOK AT WHAT ARE THEY DOING FOR US.
SO IT IS KIND OF AN ONGOING PROCESS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN THING.
UNLESS THEY COULD DEMONSTRATE SORT OF AN INCREASE IN THE SERVICES THEY WERE PROVIDING.
RENEE I'M A KIND OF A VISUAL GUY.
CAN YOU FLIP BACK TO THE LAST? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO JUST SO I'M READING THIS, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW I'M REALLY GOOD AT FINANCE AND NUMBERS.
SO THE MAX BUDGET, IT LOOKS LIKE WE LEFT.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE LEAVING SOME ON THE TABLE? SO LIKE, I DON'T I DON'T SEE VICTORY LIKE ON HERE.
RIGHT. SO LIKE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING IN FLOWER MOUND, DO WE NEED TO PROMOTE THAT MORE OR DO WE NEED IS IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO APPLY? OR WHY IS THERE SUCH A BIG DELTA THAT WE'RE LEAVING? SURE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE DO HAVE ROOM FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY.
SO THAT NEXT ROUND OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BUT WE'LL BE NEXT MAY.
AUBREY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, THANKS SO MUCH.
MR. CHILDERS, WHAT'S NEXT? SO WOULD IT BE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS? A LOT OF PEOPLE SOMETIMES FORGET THAT WE ARE STILL IN STAGE TWO WATER RESTRICTIONS.
MR. RIGGS. NOT USED TO GETTING THIS MICROPHONE ON.
SO AS JAMES SAID, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DAYS OF 100 PLUS DEGREE WEATHER.
OUR UTILITY BILLING FOLKS HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS ON WATER, HIGH WATER USAGE.
AND WHEN THEY START DIVING INTO IT, THEY REALIZE THAT IT'S ALL IRRIGATION.
AND SO FOLKS ARE IRRIGATING JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK IN SOME CASES, AND OTHERS A LOT MORE.
SO THIS IS MORE OF JUST A REMINDER THAT WE ARE STILL IN OUR STAGE TWO RESTRICTIONS, WHICH MEANS WATERING NO MORE THAN TWICE A WEEK AND WATERING IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF TEN AND SIX.
SO FOR FOR EVEN NUMBER ADDRESSES, THAT MEANS YOU'RE WATERING DAY IS SUNDAY AND THURSDAY AND FOR ODD ADDRESSES THAT ADDRESS THAT DAY IS WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
SO THIS IS JUST MORE OF A FRIENDLY REMINDER.
THANK YOU, SIR. WHAT I'LL ADD TO IS THAT WE HAVE SOME GREAT RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT JUST TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT WATERING TECHNIQUES AND DIFFERENT APPROACHES YOU CAN TAKE.
SO WE HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE AND JUST ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WATERING THEIR LAWNS AND ADHERING TO OUR WATER RESTRICTIONS. EXCELLENT, SIR.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE FOR US? THAT IS IT, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.
[H. FUTURE AGENDA ITEM(S)]
I'LL START WITH MY LEFT WITH MR. TAYLOR. OKAY.I DON'T EITHER. SO COORDINATION OF CALENDARS.
[I. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS]
IS EVERYONE PLANNING TO BE AT THE JULY 20TH WORK SESSION, WHICH IS, GOSH, IT'S THURSDAY AND THE AUGUST 7TH REGULAR MEETING.[01:00:02]
I WILL NOT BE HERE FOR THIS MEETING ON THE SEVENTH.AND YOU'LL BE LATE. ALL RIGHT.
I MIGHT GET TO VOTE THAT NIGHT.
I'M JUST KIDDING. IT WAS A JOKE. IT WAS A MAYOR JOKE, RIGHT?
[J. CONSENT ITEM(S)]
SO WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. DOES ANYONE WISH TO MOVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS FROM CONSENT TO REGULAR? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN.I MOVED TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN AS WRITTEN.
SECOND. THERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND CONSENT ITEMS PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
MOVING ON TO REGULAR ITEMS. SO I'M GOING TO CALL AN AUDIBLE IF THAT'S OKAY WITH STAFF.
SO DO CHARTER REVIEW MAY TAKE A WHILE.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME APPLICANTS AND SOME FOLKS HERE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD IT BE OKAY TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE CHARTER REVIEW COUNCIL TO THE LAST ONE? THAT'LL BE ALL RIGHT. I LIKE TO HAVE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO BE A DICTATOR.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE CHARTER REVIEW TO THE LAST NUMBER ONE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH NUMBER TWO.
[K.B. RP23-0001 - CNIK Addition Lots 1R & 2, Block A ]
AGAIN, SORRY FOR CALLING THE AUDIBLE.RP 23-0001, C AND IK ADDITION LOTS 1R AND TWO BLOCK A.
STARTING US OFF WILL BE MISS LEXIN MURPHY.
AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A REPLAT APPLICATION.
HERE IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN HERE SEE IT'S HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SCENIC DRIVE.
SO CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS ONLY DEVELOPED WITH THIS DRIVEWAY AND A BARN.
THE LAND USE. IT'S WITHIN THE CROSS TIMBERS CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AREA PLAN.
THE LAND USE IS RURAL RESIDENTIAL AND THE ZONING IS AGRICULTURAL USES.
WHICH YOU ALL KNOW HAS A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF TWO ACRES.
SO HERE IS THE PROPOSED REPLAT.
BOTH OF THE LOTS ARE MEETING THE TWO ACRE MINIMUM SIZE.
SO AGAIN, THERE IS AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
THIS WOULD BECOME THEIR DRIVEWAY ACCESS.
LOT TWO BLOCK A SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS SHOWING 250 FOOT DRIVEWAY SPACING.
SO THAT IS THE NORMAL DRIVEWAY SPACING REQUIREMENT THAT THE TOWN HAS FOR DRIVEWAYS ON A COLLECTOR.
THE REASON WHY THIS HAS TO GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS BECAUSE THE TOWN'S ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND CRITERIA POLICY ALSO REQUIRES THAT OR WOULD NORMALLY PROHIBIT YOU FROM HAVING A RESIDENTIAL LOT WITH DIRECT ACCESS ONTO A COLLECTOR STREET.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS HAS TO GET APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL.
SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES FROM THE SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS SCENIC.
HERE'S THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY AND THIS IS LOOKING DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF SCENIC HERE.
AS A REMINDER, THE BARN IS LOCATED HERE, CLOSE TO THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY.
IT COULD ONLY BE USED AS AN ACCESSORY BUILDING.
A BARN WOULD HAVE TO BE 50FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE JUST BECAUSE IF IT WAS BEING USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SMELLS, NOISES, THAT SORT OF THING THAT MIGHT IMPACT ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF THAT CONDITION AND WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.
SO THE APPLICANT WON'T KEEP HIS HORSE IN THE INN? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE APPLICANT HERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. LEXIN CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE TWO DRIVEWAYS?
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AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE PROHIBITED USE OF DIRECTLY OPENING OR DISCHARGING ONTO A COLLECTOR.FACING FRONT BECAUSE THEY COULD LIKE BACK AROUND AND DO A U-TURN IN THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY.
I ASSUME THAT THAT'S WHY THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE PROHIBITED.
YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE BACKING OUT? YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK JUST IN GENERAL, A COLLECTOR TEND TO TEND TO HAVE MORE TRAFFIC ON IT.
AND SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT JUST DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY ON A ROAD.
AND IF IT CAN COME OUT FACE FORWARD, THEN THE SAFETY ISSUE WOULDN'T BE AS BAD AS IF BACKING OUT.
YES, THAT'S CORRECT. AND YOU THINK THAT'S ACHIEVABLE WITH THE WAY IT'S DRAWN HERE? I DO. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND IF IF THIS IS AN EXCEPTION THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO APPROVE, THAT YOU APPROVE IT WITH A CONDITION THAT THAT 250 FOOT SEPARATION DOES HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED WHEN THE ACTUAL DRIVEWAY IS ESTABLISHED.
THAT WOULD BE, YES, BUT THEY'D STILL BE DRIVING THEIR CARS OFF.
IT WOULD JUST BE TWO HOMES BEING SERVED BY ONE ROAD.
YES. THAT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE REALLY THEN.
ANYBODY ELSE? WE HAVE MR. DIXON IN THE AUDIENCE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DIXON? IF YOU'D LIKE TO APPROACH AND HAVE A CHAT, I'D BE OPEN, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, SIR.
WELL, NO. WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
NOW, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY THAT YOU HAVE.
WE'VE HAD THIS PROPERTY SINCE 2000, LATE 2017, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MY OUR HOUSE.
AMANDA AND I. SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE STARTING PRETTY SOON.
TOWN STAFF IS A HAS APPROVED THE APPLICATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE ALREADY SETTING SILT FENCES RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S GOING TO START PRETTY SOON.
WHAT'S THAT? NICE TO SEE YOU BACK.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE.
YOU KNOW THE MICROPHONE, YOU KNOW.
OKAY. OH, STEVE DIXON, 4604, WISDOM CREEK COURT OR 2701 SCENIC.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.
THERESA, DO WE HAVE ANY GREEN COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING? I DO NOT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? PLEASE STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE TIME IS NOW 7:08 AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
DISCUSSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF SECONDS, BUT WE'LL WATCH.
FIGURE OUT WHO DID IT FIRST ON THE TAPE.
THERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ITEM 20 3-001 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[K.C. SUP23-0002 - Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)]
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, SUP 23-0002, VETERINARY EMERGENCY GROUP.LEADING US OFF, OF COURSE, WILL BE MS. LEXIN MURPHY.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST.
HERE IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF LONG PRAIRIE, SOUTH OF CROSS TIMBERS AND NORTH OF CHURCHILL.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT IS AN ALREADY EXISTING BUILDING, IT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED SITE.
AND SO THIS IS A NEW PROPOSED USE FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPOSAL IS FOR THE VETERINARY EMERGENCY GROUP, SO IT IS VETERINARY INSIDE PENS.
THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS OFFICE.
THE ZONING IS RETAIL DISTRICT ONE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA BEFORE WE SEE THE PICTURES, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THERE'S AN ACCESS EASEMENT RUNNING ALONG THE SIDE HERE.
IT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED WITH PARKING AS WELL.
AND THEY ARE PROPOSING A PET RELIEF AREA HERE TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
[01:10:03]
SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE SITE.THIS IS LOOKING EAST DIRECTLY AT THE BUILDING.
HERE IS LOOKING AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE CONVERTED INTO THEIR PET RELIEF AREA IS WHAT'S PROPOSED.
AND THIS IS LOOKING DIRECTLY WEST THROUGH THE BACK OF THE PARKING LOT.
AGAIN, HERE IS THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
THERE IS THAT PET RELIEF AREA YET AGAIN.
SO AGAIN, HERE'S THE CONCEPT PLAN.
IT'S AN EXISTING 6500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
THE BASED ON THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH PARKING.
THEY ARE. MEETING THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY IMPROVING THEM, COMING CLOSER TO MEETING THE TOWN'S CURRENT STANDARDS. THEY WERE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE AT THE TIME, BUT THEY HAVE PUT IN SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING SURROUNDING THE DUMPSTER AREA AND THE REAR, AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN SOME SCREENING FOR THE HEAD IN PARKING THERE ALONG THE STREET OF LONG PRAIRIE.
SO GETTING GETTING CLOSER TO CURRENT STANDARDS.
HERE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING.
IT JUST LOOKS DARKER IN THESE ELEVATIONS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE REMOVED THAT FRONT ENTRANCE PIECE HERE AND WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.
AND SO HERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED WITH THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ARE ONE THAT AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION IS REQUIRED TO SHOW THE ADDITION OF THE PET YARD AND FENCING THE FENCE.
ANY USE OF THE FENCED YARD WOULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF ONE EMPLOYEE BE PRESENT TO MONITOR THE USE OF THIS AREA, AND THERE SHALL BE A LIMITATION OF AT LEAST ONE EMPLOYEE PER TWO ANIMALS IN THE YARD.
THE APPLICANT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THEM AND THEN ALSO THE BUILDING MUST BE TREATED ACOUSTICALLY SO THAT NOISE GENERATED BY THE ENTERPRISE IS NOT PERCEPTIBLE AT THE BOUNDING PROPERTY LINE. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT OF THE TOWN'S ORDINANCES.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A VETERINARY USE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN SOUND DAMPENING.
SO AGAIN, HERE IS THAT CONCEPT PLAN.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE WITH THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNSELOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT, MS.. HANLON AND MR. GONZALEZ. I HAVE THAT.
SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT EARLIER.
NO WORRIES. IT DOESN'T COUNT FOR THE TIME EITHER.
GOOD EVENING, MISS HANLON. GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER HANLON, 44 SOUTH BROADWAY, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK.
THANK YOU. TOWN COUNCIL MAYOR.
FRANCE AND TOWN STAFF FOR HEARING ME TONIGHT.
AS I MENTIONED, MY NAME IS JENNIFER.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE FOR VETERINARY EMERGENCY GROUP, ALSO KNOWN AS VEG.
AND WHAT IS VEG AND WHAT DO WE DO? SO VEG IS A NATIONWIDE GROUP OF EMERGENCY AND URGENT CARE HOSPITALS FOR PETS.
WE CURRENTLY OPERATE 51 LOCATIONS ACROSS 17 STATES AND WASHINGTON DC.
WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU SEE A DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY.
WE ACTUALLY TRIAGE IN UNDER 60S.
SO IF YOU'RE HAVING A REAL EMERGENCY, YOU'RE SEEING A DOCTOR THE MINUTE YOU WALK IN THE DOOR.
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IF THEY'RE GETTING AN X RAY DONE, YOU CAN BE OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM.IF THEY ARE HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT, WE GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO STAY WITH THEM.
IF YOU CAN'T STAY WITH THEM, WE TRY TO FIND A WAY TO SAY YES SO THAT YOU CAN YOU WANT TO FACE TIME WITH YOUR PET? SURE. YOU WANT US TO SEND PHOTOS? OF COURSE WE WILL. WE WILL SEND YOU TEXT UPDATES.
IT'S A VERY CUSTOMER CENTRIC TYPE OF BUSINESS MODEL THAT WE RUN.
AS I MENTIONED, ALL OF OUR HOSPITALS ARE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
WE LIKE TO JOKE THAT THE DAY WE OPEN, WE LITERALLY NEVER CLOSE.
AND ALL OF OUR HOSPITALS ARE BUILT OUT WITH THE NEWEST VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S A VERY BOUTIQUE, UPSCALE TYPE OF FEEL.
ADDITIONALLY, AS YOU HEARD, WE ARE PROPOSING AN OUTDOOR PET RELIEF AREA.
SO THIS IS TO ALLOW THE PETS UNDER OUR CARE TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES.
UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF THE PETS THAT WE DO SEE ARE TOO SICK TO GO OUTSIDE.
SO THIS IS FOR THE PETS THAT ARE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO MAKE THAT TRIP OUTSIDE AND BACK INSIDE.
MOST PETS WILL SPEND PROBABLY 2 TO 5 MINUTES IF THAT.
AND IT'S ONE PET WITH ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
WHEN YOU COME INTO A VEGE, YOU ACTUALLY WALK DIRECTLY INTO THE TREATMENT AREA.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE VESTIBULE DOWN AT THE FRONT.
THAT IS OUR DOUBLE ENTRY SYSTEM.
SO THEY ARE BACK IN THERE IN THE TREATMENT AREA.
AND THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THE MAGIC HAPPENS.
YOU COME DIRECTLY INTO A VEG AND BOOM, YOU ARE IN THE BACK.
WE LIKE TO JOKE THAT YOU KIND OF GET TO SEE THE SECRET SAUCE AS IT'S BEING MADE AND THE DESIGN OF OUR VEG IS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS TOGETHER FOR EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. YOU SAW THE SITE PLAN EARLIER.
BUT AGAIN, THAT IS THE PET RELIEF AREA THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THE BACK.
AND AGAIN, OUR EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS.
WE ARE MAKING LANDSCAPE UPGRADES.
THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT LARGE.
WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE TYPES OF MATERIALS THAT WE WOULD BE USING.
I'M NOT GOING TO WALK THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME BIG QUESTIONS WE GET ARE WHAT TYPES OF ANIMALS DO WE TYPICALLY TREAT? ABOUT 90% OF OUR PATIENTS ARE CATS AND DOGS, BUT WE ALSO DO TREAT SMALL HOUSEHOLD MAMMALS AND EXOTICS SUCH AS BIRDS, REPTILES, ETCETERA.
IS THERE OVERNIGHT BOARDING? NO, THERE IS NOT. WE ARE NOT A BOARDING FACILITY.
SO SIMILAR IN THE HUMAN WORLD.
SO WE DON'T DO ANY TYPE OF BOARDING.
AND YES, WE DO SOUNDPROOF ALL OF OUR HOSPITALS.
OUR ODOR AND WASTE MITIGATION.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, JENNIFER. COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
BUT YOU HAVE PICKED A LOCATION THAT'S ONE THIRD OF A MILE FROM AN IDENTICAL BUSINESS.
THE ONLY OTHER ONE WE HAVE IN TOWN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOK AT IN SOUP IS SATURATION OF THE SAME KIND OF BUSINESS IN A SMALL AREA.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE BROUGHT THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT POINT UP.
I JUST WALKED YOU THROUGH THE STEPS OF COMING TO A VEG.
IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN GOING TO ANY OTHER TYPE OF ER PROVIDER.
YOU CAN STAY WITH YOUR PET ALONG THE WAY.
WE PROVIDE VERY LENGTHY UPDATES.
SO I DID GO AHEAD AND PULL SOME MARKET RESEARCH FOR YOU GUYS.
SO WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR SITE SELECTION, WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT ABOUT A 21 MINUTE DRIVE TIME.
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FOR OUR SPECIFIC SERVICE, IT'S ABOUT 21 TO 24 MINUTES, WHICH EQUATES TO ROUGHLY ABOUT TEN MILES DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE.FOR SOME OF OUR MORE POPULAR HOSPITALS IN A 21 MINUTE DRIVE TIME OF FLOWER MOUND, THERE ARE AROUND 420,000 INDIVIDUALS WITH ONE DIRECT COMPETITOR FOR FOR VEG.
BUT FOR FLOWER MOUND SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE CONSIDERING THIS.
THERE IS ONE OTHER PROVIDER IN THIS MARKET.
IF WE COMPARE THAT TO SOME OF OUR OTHER MOST OUR BUSIEST HOSPITALS, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR BUSIEST HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK, OUR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN WHITE PLAINS, HAS ABOUT 360,000 PEOPLE WITH ONE DIRECT COMPETITOR.
AND THEY ARE THE FIFTH BUSIEST LOCATION OF OUR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO.
AND THEY HAVE TWO DIRECT PROVIDERS IN IN ADDITION TO VEG WHO PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE.
IF WE COMPARE THAT TO OUR ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, LOCATION, WHICH HAS ONLY 133,000 PEOPLE AND ONE OTHER PROVIDER, THEY ON TRACK TO DO 10,000 CASES A YEAR JUST AT OUR FACILITY ALONE.
ER RIGHT. SO LIKE PEOPLE AREN'T COMING JUST FOR LIKE A RABIES SHOT.
RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOME OF OUR CONCERNS AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
RIGHT. BUT WE ALSO LIVE HERE, RIGHT? I MEAN WE DRIVE AND I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED INITIALLY WITH JUST MAKING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE FAIL.
AND SO WE WERE JUST INITIALLY A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO US LIKE THE LAY FOLK, RIGHT? LIKE THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF VETERINARY PLACES AROUND.
AND SO BUT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT, UM, THAT YOUR SERVICES ARE QUITE DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE A REGULAR VETERINARY LOCATION, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO AGAIN, WE PROVIDE EMERGENCY ONLY SERVICES.
YOUR PET NEEDS THEIR RABIES VACCINE, ETCETERA.
WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES.
WE DO PROVIDE THE TOENAIL SERVICE THOUGH, BUT WE WE DON'T DO SPAYS, WE DON'T DO NEUTERS, WE DON'T DO YOUR TYPICAL DAY TO DAY CARE, WHICH IS WHAT MOST OF THE PROVIDERS IN FLOWER MOUND EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE OTHER PROVIDER DO.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN BE SEATED.
723 AND I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SUP 20 3-0002.
SO THIS CARD ACTUALLY DOESN'T NEED TO GO THERESA DO WE HAVE ANY GREEN COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING? DO NOT. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? PLEASE STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
SIR, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO.
I LIVE AT 3017 WOOD HOLLOW DRIVE IN FLOWER MOUND.
I STARTED VINTAGE REALTY IN 1995.
I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WERE HERE IN 1995.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU, 2499 WAS A TWO LANER AT THAT TIME.
THE KEY TO FLOWER MOUND IS THAT WE HAVE ACCEPTED.
EVERYBODY THAT HAS A REASONABLE DESIRE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE AND MAKE THIS TOWN A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.
WHEN I WAS FIRST HERE, YOU COULDN'T BUY A PAIR OF PANTS IN FLOWER MOUND.
IT'S COOL. I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY THAT MY EFFORTS HAVE BEEN VERY
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BENEFICIAL TO THE TOWN BECAUSE MOST OF THE BUILDINGS BETWEEN 30, 40 AND 24, 99 ON 24, 99 AND 1171, I'VE GOT MY FINGERPRINTS ON.SOME OF THE BUILDING, MOST OF THE SOME OF THE BUILDINGS I HELPED BUILD AND LEASED.
AND I HAVE MY FINGERPRINTS ON THIS PROJECT, BUT IN A VERY REMOTE POSITION.
THE THE FIRST FAST FOOD IN THIS TOWN WAS MCDONALD'S DOWN AT 3040.
AND THEY PAID AT THAT TIME A WHOPPING $9.85 A SQUARE FOOT FOR THAT PROPERTY.
WHEN WILL IT STOP? YOU GOT MCDONALD'S, YOU NOW HAVE WENDY'S.
YOU. WE DID HAVE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, WHICH IS WHICH IS NOW DAIRY QUEEN AND CULVER'S AND CHICK FIL A. HAVING A VARIETY AND HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE THAN JUST ONE OPTION TO FULFILL YOUR NEEDS IS IMPERATIVE.
AND I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT SHOULD GO FORWARD.
THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? PLEASE STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THE ASSIST, AS ALWAYS.
SEEING AND HEARING NONE THIS TIME IS 7:27 AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
SURE. SO SEVEN YEARS AGO I WAS AT THE POLLS RUNNING FOR ELECTION ON A FAILED BID, AND MY WIFE CALLED ME BECAUSE MY DOG WAS LETHARGIC.
AND SO SHE TOOK HER TO THE VET.
AND THE VET DID SOME TESTS ON HER AND SAID, YOU NEED TO GET THIS DOG TO AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL.
AND THE ONE THAT WE HAVE TODAY WAS BUSY AT THE TIME.
BUT IT WAS A GOOD 20, 25 MINUTE DRIVE.
AND MY WIFE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF THE DOG WAS GOING TO MAKE IT AT THAT POINT.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE A SECOND OPTION.
AND IN TOWN AND, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERYBODY I KNOW HAS 1 OR 2 DOGS OR CATS OR SOMETHING.
BUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOADED WITH ANIMALS.
AND I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF DEMAND FOR THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE.
AND I WOULD HIGHLY, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT APPROVAL ON THIS.
YEAH. AND I LOVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE BUILDING.
AND I'VE BEEN A CUSTOMER OF THEIRS.
AND SO HEARING FROM THIS APPLICANT THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY A LITTLE UNDERSERVED IN THIS AREA IS KIND OF WHAT I NEEDED THE REASSURANCE I NEEDED THAT WE WEREN'T DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE OTHER IDENTICAL BUSINESS AND OR NOT JUST ASKING FOR SOME SEPARATION IN SPACE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THEY PICKED A GREAT LOCATION AND THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S NOT BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD TO.
THAT'S A GOOD DESCRIPTION. ANYONE ELSE? SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION VERY MUCH.
AND CLEARLY YOU DID YOUR HOMEWORK VERY WELL.
I APPRECIATE THAT MARKET RESEARCH.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE BUILDING LOOKS VERY ATTRACTIVE.
CERTAINLY AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT'S THERE NOW.
AND I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE NOISE ABATEMENT THAT YOU'VE PROPOSED, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ABOUT IS, IS THIS A GOOD NEIGHBOR? WILL IT BE DISRUPTIVE TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE? AND I THINK YOU'VE TAKEN CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
YEAH. MY MY CONCERN WAS ALSO SATURATION OF THE MARKET.
AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE KIND OF CATTY CORNERED AT THAT ONE INTERSECTION.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING TO ME, BUT I THINK YOU KIND OF PUT THAT CONCERN TO REST.
A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE BUILDING IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS.
WHAT IF THEY MAKE IT? WHAT IF THEY DON'T? NOT WANTING TO PUT OUR HANDS ON THE FREE MARKET HERE.
SO THE TOWN SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER PROPERTY THERE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND YEAH, I'M CONGRATULATE YOU ON ON DOING THIS.
SO, JENNIFER, WELCOME TO FLOWER MOUND ALL THE WAY UP FROM THE NORTH EAST, RIGHT? SO HOPEFULLY YOU STAYED AT ONE OF OUR TWO WONDERFUL HOTELS.
BY THE WAY, WE DO NEED TO VOTE FIRST.
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I KNOW THESE ARE MY COMMENTS.UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY MORE DELIBERATION? OTHERWISE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE SUP 20 3-0002 VETERINARY EMERGENCY GROUP AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION.
THERESA. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ITEM NUMBER THREE. SUP 23-0002 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK UP TO NUMERO UNO.
NOTICE HOW I ACTUALLY REMEMBERED THIS TIME TO GO BACK UP AND THEN JUST MOVE ON.
EXPERIENCE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CHARTER REVIEW AND MS.
[K.A. Charter Review]
THERESA SCOTT'S GOING TO KICK US OFF.IN 2024, IT WILL BE FIVE YEARS SINCE THE LAST CHARTER REVIEW.
AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CHARTER REQUIRES A FIVE YEAR REVIEW.
AND EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT UNTIL MAY OF 2024, WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BALLOT ITEM FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO COME FORWARD, THE DEADLINE FOR DOING SO IS FEBRUARY 16TH.
SO YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THE OPTION FOR EITHER OR.
SO TONIGHT I'M MAINLY LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION.
IF YOU WANT A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO BE TAKING ON THIS TASK.
IF WE DID IT OURSELVES, WOULD ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE TO PARTICIPATE? OR WOULD IT BE A CERTAIN NUMBER? WELL. SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING PERHAPS A SUBCOMMITTEE COULD SERVE AS THE ORIGINATING SOURCE FOR SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS? I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT IDEA BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE MORE TIME THAN OTHERS, SO.
SORRY TO BUTT IN, I USUALLY WAIT TILL I'M LAST.
BUT ON THAT LINE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR 1 OR 2 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO BE PART OF THE ACTUAL CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE? YES, I THINK THAT'S FINE.
AND SO I KNOW BRITTANY'S NOT HERE, BUT WHAT'S THE APPROXIMATE COST ON SOMETHING LIKE IS THERE A COST DIFFERENCE? LIKE WE'RE NOT WE'RE DOING THIS OURSELVES, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO HIRE A CONSULTANT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONSULT AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAN AND THEN PREPLAN AND THEN CONSULT AND THEN ALL THAT.
RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT.
SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT COST, MAN.
THE ONLY COST IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE MYSELF OR SOMEONE FROM MY OFFICE TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS.
OKAY. THERE WOULD BE I WOULD RECOMMEND AT SOME POINT DURING THE PROCESS, NOT NECESSARILY EVERY MEETING, BUT THERE ONCE THEY START BUBBLING UP QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE MORE LEGAL INPUT, WE WOULD TYPICALLY BRING THEM IN.
I PERSONALLY SIT WITH EVERY CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND TAKE MINUTES, SO I'M THERE AS WELL.
BUT I WOULD ACTUALLY PUT A HOLD ON ANYTHING THAT WAS LEGAL RELATED THAT I COULDN'T ANSWER.
EXCUSE ME, HAVE ALL OF THOSE STACKED UP FOR ONE TIME.
BUT YOUR PARTICIPATION THERESA THAT WOULD BE REGARDLESS OF IF IT WERE COUNCIL VERSUS THE COMMITTEE.
SO AND THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS THAT ONCE THIS GETS GOING AS FAR AS HOW WE KICK THINGS OFF AND WE GET THAT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS STAFF FOR ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A POSSIBLE CHARTER AMENDMENT.
JUST WE'LL TALK ABOUT MORE LATER.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF WHEN THERE ARE ITEMS THAT COME FORWARD FOR THE BALLOT, YOU CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION FOR TWO YEARS, A CHARTER REVIEW ELECTION FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS UNLESS EVERYTHING ON THE BALLOT FAILED.
THE I'M NOT GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF CREATING SUBCOMMITTEES.
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IF WE CAN JUST KNOCK IT OUT OURSELVES QUICKLY, BUT IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW MANY MEETINGS AND HOW MUCH WORK, LIKE WHAT'S GENERALLY HOW MANY MEETINGS IS A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE GOING TO HAVE? IT VARIES.BUT BASED ON THE TIME SCHEDULE HERE, I'M ACTUALLY THINKING PROBABLY IT COULD BE AS LITTLE AS SIX, BUT IT COULD BE AS MUCH AS 12, 6 TO 12, YOU KNOW, JUST DEPENDING.
YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT THERE'S ALSO LIKE HOMEWORK TO DO.
YES. IT'S NOT JUST THE MEETING, IT'S THERE'S A BUNCH OF READING AND SO FORTH.
6 TO 12 MEETINGS IS A LOT OF MEETINGS.
THAT'S MORE, I THINK, THAN YOU COULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO TAKE ON THEMSELVES.
BUT NORMALLY YOU APPOINT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTS ONE PERSON.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, WOULD THAT BE AN ACCEPTABLE.
THAT'D BE ACCEPTABLE. SO IS THE NUMBER LIMITED TO SIX ON THAT LINE? IS IT SIX OR IS WHAT'S THE LIMIT? SO YOU DON'T HAVE A LIMIT? AS FAR AS I KNOW YOU CAN ESTABLISH IT.
I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE SEVEN.
I'M KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS LOOK, WE'VE GOT AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY BE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND, YOU KNOW, AND AND ALSO THE LAST TIME WHEN WE DID IT IN 19, IT WAS KIND OF INPUT FROM SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS.
PUSHBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WEREN'T INVOLVED IN IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST THE COUNCIL DRIVEN.
YEAH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A MIX OF SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO YOU CAN MAKE IT AS LARGE AS YOU'D LIKE.
AND I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND HAVING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING OF FOLKS TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE REFER TO AS THE BIBLE FOR THE TOWN AND THAT BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS THAT GOES IS HELPFUL.
BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY YOUR PREROGATIVE.
BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DECIDED TONIGHT.
JUST BE PREPARED ON AUGUST 7TH TO BRING FORWARD THOSE NAMES AND THEN I'LL GET TAKE IT FROM THERE AND GET THE GROUP TO START THEIR FIRST MEETING AND THEN BE THINKING ABOUT ALSO A CHARGE, SPECIFICALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT THEM TO LOOK INTO.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT IT'S VERY HELPFUL SO THAT THEY HAVE ANYTHING FROM YOU, ALL THAT DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE REALLY SAY, TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS.
SOMETIMES IT'S BEEN AS SIMPLE AS ANY KIND OF ITEMS THAT INTERFERE WITH STATE LAW.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE CHARTER THAT INTERFERES WITH STATE LAW, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO HAVING THEM TAKE A CLOSE LOOK? SO KIND OF 50,000 FOOT LEVEL, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO JUST BE THINKING OF THAT AS WELL.
ALL THE ABOVE IS THAT IT DOES IT'S BEEN IT'S KIND OF BEEN A MIX.
SOMETIMES COUNCIL HAS ADDED THINGS TO THAT.
SOMETIMES IT'S BEEN A MODIFICATION OF WHAT THEY RECOMMEND.
IS THERE A CONFLICT IF WE HAVE A MEMBER OF AN EXISTING BOARD OR COMMISSION? IF WE WERE TRYING TO GET SOME KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF SOMEBODY WHO'S ON A CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION, IS THERE A CONFLICT TO HAVE THEM ON ON THE CHARTER REVIEW ALSO, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR A WHILE AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD.
THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. DO WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS BEFORE WE COME INTO MAY TO AUGUST? WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT IS THAT WHAT THERESA IS LOOKING FOR NOW OR ARE WE JUST LOOKING FOR.
WELL, I THINK WE KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE A DIRECTION OF HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE WE LOOKING FOR? I MEAN, EACH ONE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT EACH ONE OF US GIVES A NAME.
YEAH. BUT ALSO, IF WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING NINE.
I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
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I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I WANTED MORE VOICES.YOU'RE RIGHT. P AND Z HAS NINE MEMBERS, AND IT DOES STIFLE.
LIKE, YOU CAN'T BE LONG WINDED AND HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION.
I WOULD STICK WITH WHAT WE'VE WERE DOING, WHICH IS EACH COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTS ONE PLUS THE MAYOR APPOINTS THE CHAIR, AND THEN I WOULD SUPPORT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT A QUORUM, OF COURSE, WHO WANTED TO APPOINT THEMSELVES AS MAYOR.
I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE WHAT ARE WE HELD TO ON A TIMELINE LIKE? SO THIS HAS TO GO.
IT WOULD BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
WE'RE TOO LATE. WE'RE TOO LATE.
SO IS THIS LIKE A 12 MONTH THING? IS THIS A THIS ANOTHER TASK FORCE OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THE WAY THROUGH? IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD BE CONCLUDED BY DECEMBER 18TH.
THERE YOU ALL ARE REVIEWING THE EDITS AND THEN YOU'RE CALLING THE ELECTION ON JANUARY 16TH.
SO YOU HAVE KIND OF THAT TIME.
SO THEY'RE DONE BY END OF DECEMBER.
THE GOAL IS IF THEY START KIND OF NOW, WE'RE NOT BUMPING UP AGAINST THE HOLIDAYS AND WITH THE PLAN OF BEING, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT COMES FORWARD THAT IT GOES ON THAT MAY 2024 BALLOT BECAUSE YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT TO BE ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 24 BALLOT.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT MAKES THIS HAPPEN.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, IN MY OPINION.
OH, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 24TH.
YEAH, WE COST WISE AS WELL AS THAT'S BEING A PRESIDENT YEAR, I THINK ARE FIGURING THAT YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY AND AS THEY'RE DOING THE COMMISSION REVIEWS WE CAN SUGGEST THINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS ABSOLUTELY PROBABLY THAT'S IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO REALLY, YOU KNOW HAVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BY AUGUST 7TH ON WHAT YOU ALL HAVE IN MIND.
BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S NOTHING THAT PROHIBITS FROM ADDING SOMETHING IN THERE ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU THINK OF SOMETHING THAT'S JUST LIKE I SAID, WHEN THEY DO THEIR INTERIM REPORT, LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY ON NOVEMBER 6TH, THEY DO THIS INTERIM REPORT.
AND THEN THEY STILL HAVE TIME TO WORK ON THAT AND THEN PROCEED.
YEAH. SO IS THERE ANYTHING PROHIBITING A MEMBER OF COUNCIL FROM BEING THE CHAIR? NOPE. AND IS THERE ANYTHING PROHIBITING ME NOT NAMING THE PERSON THAT I NOMINATE AS CHAIR AND NOMINATING SOMEBODY ELSE? YOU ALL MAKE THE RULES.
OKAY? SO I THINK WE SHOULD NOMINATE ANNE TO BE THE CHAIR NUMBER ONE.
AND I NOMINATE ANNE TO BE THE CHAIR.
SO YOU NOMINATE ANNE TO BE THE CHAIR.
ANNE CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE REST OF US TO NOMINATE ONE.
SO IT'S STILL SIX? NO, SEVEN, SEVEN ME.
YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE TAKING THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION AND NOMINATING.
HE'S NOMINATING YOU AND YOU'RE NOMINATING SOMEONE.
I'M SAYING THE PERSON THAT I NOMINATE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THE CHAIR.
NO. EVERYBODY NOMINATE ONE PERSON.
THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH. YOU'RE NOMINATING YOURSELF.
YEAH. SO. BUT THEN YOU'RE LIMITING IT TO SIX.
YOU COULD NOMINATE ANNE AND THEN SHE COULD NOMINATE WHOEVER SHE WANTS TO NOMINATE.
BUT NOT ADDING AN EXTRA SEVENTH PERSON.
YOU DON'T WANT SEVEN? I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD PLAN, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
NO MORE THAN SIX. HE WANTS NO MORE THAN SIX.
OTHERS MIGHT BE OPEN TO SEVEN.
BUT NO, I'M OPEN TO SEVEN MYSELF.
BUT IT IS AN ODD NUMBER FOR VOTING.
JUST DOES THE CHAIR VOTE? CAN OR CAN'T. THAT'S UP TO COUNCIL.
THE CHAIR SHOULD VOTE. I THINK YOU SHOULD VOTE TOO.
THERE SHOULD BE SEVEN SO THAT THERE'S ALREADY A BROKEN TIE EVERY TIME.
I JUST THINK SEVEN IS MORE PEOPLE.
IT'S AN ODD NUMBER. CHAIR GETS TO VOTE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S CRAZY NOT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE.
UM, SO SMALLER NUMBER OF SIX, TO BE HONEST.
THAT'S A TOUGH DECISION BETWEEN 6 AND 7.
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LOOMING COULD BE PROVIDED TO ME AFTER THE SEVENTH.CAN WE GET THREE PEOPLE TO DECIDE ON A NUMBER? LIKE THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
CAN WE GO? SEVEN, PLEASE? SIX.
EVERYONE PICKS ONE SIMPLE FARE.
DO I HAVE THREE SEVENS? I HAVE TO ABSTAIN, I THINK.
DO I? WELL, IF YOU NOMINATE ME CHAIR.
IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH. WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE ON JUST 6 OR 7.
CAN WE JUST PICK 6 OR 7? 6 OR 7? I THINK SIX. SIX IS FAIR.
OKAY. EVERYBODY GETS ONE. I GOT YOU AND ADAM AT SIX.
I'M LOOKING FOR THREE WITH NUMBER SEVEN.
LADIES FIRST. OH, WE'VE NEVER WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS, LIKE, YOU KNOW.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HOT POTATO THING BEFORE.
OKAY, LET'S. LET'S DO SIX AND CALL IT GOOD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO SIX. EVERYBODY GETS TO NOMINATE ONE PERSON.
IF YOU SHOULD CHOOSE FOR MAYOR, PRO TEM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, EXCUSE ME TO BE THE CHAIR THAT YOU CAN JUST SELECT A PERSON TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE IF YOU.
YEAH, THE BIGGEST HURDLE WAS JUST DECIDING BETWEEN 6 AND 7.
I THINK I CAN HELP DECIDE THE REST PROBABLY.
NO, WE HAVEN'T MADE THE DECISION ON CHAIR YET.
WE WERE STILL DECIDING ON THE NUMBER, BUT SO WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH SIX.
WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.
BOY, THAT WAS EASY. OKAY, LET ME MAKE SURE I GOT ALL THE REGULAR ITEMS. ONE, TWO, THREE.
[L. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS]
FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.WE USUALLY HAVE WAY MORE APPLICATIONS THAN WE DO SLOTS OPEN BUT CONTINUE TO APPLY AND ALL THE DETAILS ARE ON FLOWER MOUND DOT COM. SO THE TIME IS NOW 7:47 AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS CONVENING INTO A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
[M. CLOSED MEETING]
CHAPTER 551, SECTION 071072074 AND 087.ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 10:24 AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS RECONVENING INTO AN OPEN MEETING.
[N. RECONVENE]
SO THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED MEETING THIS EVENING.10:24 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.