Feb 19, 2024 Town Council Archive

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GOOD EVENING FLOWER MOUND.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGES.

CHAPLAIN MIKE LYLES, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.

SHALL WE PRAY? OUR FATHER, OUR GOD IN HEAVEN.

WHAT AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE IT IS TO COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE OF GRACE THIS EVENING, KNOWING YOU'RE FULLY AWARE OF ALL OUR SITUATIONS WE'RE IN, AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL TOWN, OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE, AND OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY THAT YOU BLESSED US WITH, THAT WE CAN LIVE PEACEFULLY AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES IN COMFORT AND SECURITY.

AND BY THE WAY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY SO WELL AND KEEP US SAFE IN ALL SITUATIONS.

FATHER, WE ARE SO BLESSED.

AND FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU BLESS THIS MEETING.

BLESS THE COUNCIL, TOWN STAFF AS THEY WORK TOGETHER TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR TOWN A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

BLESS EACH ONE THAT'S A PART OF THIS MEETING.

AND BLESS US TO YOUR SERVICE, FATHER, AND ALL THAT WE DO.

WITH YOU, WE HAVE IT ALL.

WITHOUT YOU WE HAVE NOTHING, AND FATHER, WE CLING TO YOU EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES BECAUSE YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF STRENGTH, LIFE AND HOPE.

WE LOVE YOU IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN. THANK YOU CHAPLAIN.

IF YOU WOULD REMAIN STANDING, AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO OUR TEXAS FLAG.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS OF THE 2023 RED KETTLE CHALLENGE REPORT.

[D. PRESENTATION(S)]

ANSWER AND I HAVE CHANGED MY APPEARANCE.

MAJOR DUANE DURHAM HERE WITH SALVATION ARMY.

I, ALONG WITH MY WIFE, MAJOR MARION.

SORRY YOU GOT THE LESS ATTRACTIVE OF THE TWO.

WE BOTH SERVE WITH THE SALVATION ARMY BASED IN LEWISVILLE, AND WE GREET YOU TONIGHT, AND I HAVE BRIDGET MCINTOSH WITH ME.

SHE'S OUR VOLUNTEER SPECIALIST FOR COLLIN AND DENTON COUNTIES FOR THE SALVATION ARMY, NORTH TEXAS.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR DEREK FRANCE AND, CITY LEADERS, FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 2023, AREA, MAYORS RED KETTLE CHALLENGE.

SO YOUR LEADING, INSPIRED THREE OTHER MAYORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHALLENGE IN 2023.

WE HAD, LEWISVILLE MAYOR TJ GILMORE, BARTONVILLE MAYOR JACQUELINE CARRINGTON, AND HIGHLAND VILLAGE MAYOR DANIEL JAWORSKI.

AND SO WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE THAT I WANT TO PRESENT YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.

AND WE'RE, PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND WE ALSO HAVE, A LITTLE BIT BIGGER BELL THAN WHAT WE GIVE YOU OUT THERE IN THE FIELDS TO RING WITH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A NICE BIG BRASS BELL TO KEEP.

AND IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT THIS YEAR, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD, JOIN US AGAIN IN THIS, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT, WE HAVE OUR YEAR ROUND PROGRAMS ADDRESSING POVERTY AND STABILITY, FOR FOLKS AND HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE WITH ADDICTIONS AND YOUR, EFFORTS WITH THE RED KETTLE CHALLENGE, WITH THE MAYORAL CHALLENGE RAISED $800 IN ONE DAY.

AND SO 690 WAS RAISED RIGHT THERE IN ONE OF OUR BEST SPOTS, I MIGHT SAY, HOBBY LOBBY RIGHT HERE IN FLOWER MOUND.

AND, AND THEN $110 RAISED THROUGH THE VIRTUAL, RED KETTLE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

ALL FOUR OF THE TEAMS TOGETHER RAISED A TOTAL OF $5,391 IN DONATIONS.

AND SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US TO GIVE HOPE AND HELP TO NEIGHBORS IN NEED.

AND JUST VERY QUICKLY, I'LL SHARE A STORY OF NEIGHBORS SAM AND DONNA.

AND THEY'RE IN THEIR 80S AND THEY NEEDED, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO MAKE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THEIR, VERY SMALL INCOME GOES. AND THEY NEEDED PRESCRIPTION HELP, THEY NEEDED HELP WITH UTILITIES, AND THEIR HOME AND

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AND SO, OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST WAS ABLE TO GO TO, SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND HELP THEM, TO, HAVE SOME FOOD AND PAY FOR SOME UTILITIES AND SOME PRESCRIPTIONS, SO THAT THEY CAN BE, HELPED AND, HAVE A BETTER LIFE.

AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL BECAUSE SUPPORT LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THROUGH THE RED KETTLE CHALLENGE MAYORAL CHALLENGE HELPS US TO DO THIS.

SO, AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE CONTINUE TO SEE DEMANDS FOR HELP.

AND OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THE COSTS OF LIVING.

AND SO YOUR HELP, IT GIVES HOPE TO OTHERS.

SO ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT WE ARE HAPPY THAT IN LEWISVILLE, WITH OUR FACILITY AT 880 FOX AVENUE, WE FINALLY HAVE THE RENOVATIONS COMPLETE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE, AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME AND TOUR THAT, EIGHT AGAIN, 880 FOX AVENUE, SALVATION ARMY, AND YOU CAN SEE YOUR GENEROSITY IN ACTION.

SO, MAYOR, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU AT THIS TIME A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AND A NICE BIG BELL THAT YOU CAN USE THIS SEASON.

YOU COULD EVEN USE IT NOW IF YOU WANT.

I GUESS YOU'RE THE MAYOR.

SCOOT OVER A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN LOOK UP THERE.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE EVERYONE AT HOME IS WATCHING.

THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM E PUBLIC COMMENT.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENT]

AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW, THE TOWN COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA.

TO SPEAK TO TOWN COUNCIL TONIGHT PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THESE GREEN COMMENT FORMS. SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

A TONE WILL SOUND WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT AND AGAIN WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TOWARDS US, YOUR TOWN COUNCIL.

STARTING TONIGHT WILL BE MISS CHERYL MOORE.

HI, I'M CHERYL MOORE.

I LIVE AT 1900 TENNYSON DRIVE IN FLOWER MOUND.

THANK YOU, TOWN COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

I AM RUNNING FOR THE CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.

I'M INVITING YOU TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION ON MAY 4TH AND CHOOSE YOUR CANDIDATE BY EVALUATING WHO WE ARE. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

I'VE LIVED IN FLOWER MOUND FOR 18 YEARS.

I HAVE A 20 YEAR OLD AND AN 18 YEAR OLD NOW.

I NO LONGER HAVE LITTLE KIDS.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 25 YEARS.

PROFESSIONALLY, I'M A PHYSICAL THERAPIST.

EVERYBODY COMES UP TO ME AND SAYS, MY BACK HURTS.

MY NECK HURTS.

CAN YOU MASSAGE ME? THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT I DO.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE, THOUGH, AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST, PAST AND PRESENT, I'VE BEEN A CLINICAL CONSULTANT.

I ENSURE COMPLIANCE STANDARDS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

I'VE BEEN A REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.

I'VE MANAGED FACILITIES, EIGHT FACILITIES WITH 16 EMPLOYEES, DIRECTING MEETINGS, PROVIDING TRAINING.

I'VE WORKED WITH ADMINISTRATORS FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETING.

I'VE DONE MARKETING ACCREDITATION FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES FOR HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE.

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I'VE BEEN TRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES AND PROVIDE TRAINING TO STAFF.

I'VE BEEN TRAINED IN SOCIAL TRAFFICKING, PROFILING VIOLENCE.

I DEAL WITH THIS ALL THE TIME WITH PATIENTS THAT I HAVE AND MAKING SURE THAT I IDENTIFY THIS AND I KEEP UP MY TRAINING.

I'VE BEEN TRAINED IN ROBOTICS AND I'M CERTIFIED IN THIS, AND I'VE WORKED WITH VETERANS AND NEUROLOGICALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS TO WALK AGAIN.

I'M CERTIFIED IN WORK STEPS, AND I PROVIDED THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE EMPLOYEES WITH ALL THEY'RE FIT FOR DUTY TRAINING.

SO I'M VERY ADEPT WITH WORKING WITH, STAFF AT ALL LEVELS, INCLUDING EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED IN SAFETY, OUR FIRE FIGHTERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

EDUCATION IS BIG FOR ME.

THEN I BESIDES, PROFESSIONALLY, I GOT INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY I'VE BEEN ON, I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED, JUST IN MY COMMUNITY, WITH MY NEIGHBORS IN THE LISD.

I'VE WORKED WITH THE HOA.

I WAS A PRESIDENT OF OUR HOA, AND THEN I RAN FOR MAYOR BECAUSE I GOT SO INVOLVED.

AND THERE WERE FIVE OF US AT THAT TIME.

THERE'S ONLY TWO OF US THAT I'VE REALLY SEEN OUT AND ABOUT.

SO I'M STILL HERE.

I GOT INVOLVED IN THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CITIZENS ACADEMY NOW.

MY PLATFORM IS THE SAME AS IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO.

PUTTING RESIDENTS FIRST PRESERVE OUR GREEN SPACES AND HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES THRIVE.

THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS ONE THAT I SUPPORT.

AND NOW I'VE BEEN ON THE, PNZ COMMISSION AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.

I THINK YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY EVALUATE.

OH, IT HAS. SORRY.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TIME DONATED TO ME.

BUT ANYWAY, I WANTED TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENCES, AND I'M SORRY WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND I DO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL.

MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

OKAY? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT WILL BE MR. JOE BERNARD.

MY NAME IS JOE BERNARD.

I LIVE AT 10605 SUNRISE CIRCLE FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS 76226.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AGAIN, BRINGING A DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE SEEN QUITE A FEW TIMES NOW.

2022 CONSENT ITEMS. THESE CONSENT ITEMS WERE PUSHED THROUGH BY THE MAJORITY OF TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.

SOME OF YOU ARE NEW NUMBER 12 SUNRISE CIRCLE WASTEWATER CONNECTION DESIGN.

CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH JONES AND CARTER, INC.

FOR THE DESIGN PHASE OF SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUNRISE CIRCLE WASTEWATER CONNECTION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000.

SUNRISE CIRCLE AND OAK RIDGE LANE, OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, WERE ANNEXED IN 1999, 24, 25 YEARS AGO NOW.

WHENEVER THEY WERE ANNEXED IN, THE TOWN COUNCIL PROMISED THE CITIZENS THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE US WASTEWATER SERVICES.

IT'S JUST WHAT WE WERE PROMISED.

YOU AS A TOWN COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR, HAVE NOW REFUSED TO PROVIDE US WITH WASTEWATER SERVICES.

YOU SPENT $40,000 IN TAXPAYER FUNDS TO DESIGN A PROJECT THAT ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE UNWILLING TO PUT IN.

MY COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE POOREST WITHIN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE.

THEY WANT, THEY DON'T HAVE.

THEY NEVER HAVE. THIS IS THE PROJECT.

THIS IS WHAT WAS SPENT $40,000 OF OUR TAXPAYER FUNDS.

YOU ANNEXED US IN IN 1999.

YOU'VE COLLECTED TAXPAYER FUNDS FROM US AS A COMMUNITY SINCE THEN, AND PAID $40,000 OF THEM TO PRODUCE THIS.

YET YOU ARE UNWILLING TO PUT IT INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

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WE QUESTION HOW WE GOT THIS FAR, $40,000 WASTED.

IT WAS TO PUT IN SEWAGE LINE APPROXIMATELY LOOKING AS THE GREEN LINE ABOVE WOULD.

I AND MY FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OVER WHAT IS OCCURRED WITHIN OUR TOWN.

I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.

I HAVE I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO.

TWO NIGHTS A MONTH.

YES. BUT THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE AS A TOWN NEED TO BE RAISING.

AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, I SUPPORT ANYONE WHO RUNS FOR MAYOR WHO IS WILLING TO IMPLEMENT A RESIDENCY AND OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT TO BE THE MAYOR OF OUR TOWN.

PERIOD, I SUPPORT ANYONE.

WE CANNOT HAVE JORGE SANTOS RUNNING OUR TOWN.

THANK YOU SIR. THERESA DO WE HAVE ANY MORE GREEN COMMENT CARDS? DO NOT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? PLEASE STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING AND HEARING NONE.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[F. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

IF YOU LIKE VOTING, IF THE PROCESS OF VOTING IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ENJOY, BUCKLE UP, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO VOTE THIS YEAR.

AND THE FIRST ONE STARTS TOMORROW.

EARLY VOTING FOR THE PARTISAN PRIMARY STARTS TOMORROW.

IT CONTINUES UNTIL MARCH 1ST, AND ELECTION DAY IS ON MARCH 5TH, AND YOU WILL HAVE FIVE LOCATIONS IN FLOWER MOUND TO VOTE AT THE, CANYON FALLS COURTHOUSE, THE CAC, THE MUNICIPAL COURT, THE LIBRARY, AND THE SENIOR CENTER.

SO PLEASE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOTING IN THESE PRIMARIES, VOTE EARLY.

IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TURNOUT.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY LOCATIONS.

SO GO KNOCK IT OUT TOMORROW IF YOU CAN.

AND, THEN YOU'LL BE VOTING AGAIN IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

THANK YOU. SO LAST MEETING I TALKED ABOUT THE CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY.

WELL, THIS WEEK IT'S TIME TO OPEN UP THE APPLICATION FOR THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.

A COURSE THAT I'VE TAKEN, A WONDERFUL COURSE.

GOT AN INSTRUCTOR SITTING, STANDING RIGHT IN THE BACK.

ANYWAYS, THE APPLICATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN UNTIL MARCH 14TH, AND THE CLASS WILL START THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON THE 21ST.

AND YOU CAN APPLY BY GOING TO FLOWER-MOUND.COM/CITIZENSFIREACADEMY.

FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.

ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT. IT'S A GREAT COURSE.

YOU GET TO CUT UP CARDS, YOU GET TO PUT OUT FIRES.

BE A REAL FIREFIGHTER FOR A DAY.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

MR. DREW.

YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE.

LAST FRIDAY, I HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE LEWISVILLE LAKE SYMPHONY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE NONPROFITS THAT WE SPONSOR, THROUGH GRANTS EVERY YEAR.

AND WE GOT TO WE AS THE TOWN, I REPRESENTED THE COUNCIL TO GIVE THEM A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING THEIR 40TH YEAR, IN OPERATION.

THE SHOW WAS FANTASTIC.

AND I'D ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT'S NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO SEE ONE OF THEIR PERFORMANCES TO CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE, LEWISVILLESYMPHONY.ORG AND CHECK THEM OUT.

THANK YOU SIR. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WE HAVE A BUNCH GOING ON THIS WEEKEND AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK FLOWER-MOUND.COM/EVENTS FOR OUR EVENTS CALENDAR.

ONE OF THOSE THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IS THE FATHER DAUGHTER PROM ON MARCH 16TH.

SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS ALL THERE.

[G. TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT]

I HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR YOU.

THE FIRST ONE. I'M VERY EXCITED.

LAST WEEK WE PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING OUR NEXT CFO IS BEEN HIRED, AND, HE'S WITH US TONIGHT, AND I'M ASKED, JOHN ZAGORSKY TO TO STAND AND HIS FAMILY TO STAND WITH HIM.

HE. YEAH. I'M SORRY.

I'M. YEAH THE DAUGHTER HAD THAT LOOK ON HER FACE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH.

BUT, NO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE JOHN ON BOARD.

WE'VE, APOLOGIES TO DREW CORN, MY COUNTERPART OVER IN NORTH LAKE.

WE POACHED THEM FROM NORTH LAKE, WHERE HE WAS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

AND PREVIOUS TO THAT, HE WORKED IN THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB.

AND JOHN BRINGS A LOT OF GREAT EXPERIENCE ON BOARD.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF INNOVATION.

IN ADDITION TO THE ROLES THAT I SHARED WITH YOU, JOHN IS ALSO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS OF TEXAS, OR GFOT.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE HAS A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND, HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET STARTED.

HIS START DATE IS ON MARCH THE 18TH.

HE'S ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A BUDGET DIRECTOR.

I THINK YOU'RE DOING INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK, SO HE'S RARING TO GO AND READY TO GET IN PLACE.

BUT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE JOHN COME ON BOARD, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE, AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO BE FULLY ENGAGED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IS ABOUT

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WITH THAT BEING SAID, TAMMY IS OVER THERE.

I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING, TAMMY.

BUT, TAMMY IS GOING TO BE WITH US, PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

SHE'S HELPING CLOSE OUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SHE'S GOING TO ASSIST JOHN IN THE TRANSITION.

BUT AT THE AT THE GIVEN TIME, WE WILL APPROPRIATELY CELEBRATE TAMMY AND ALL HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TOWN, BUT VERY EXCITED TO GET TO THIS POINT.

IT'S A BIG HIRE. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE BIG HIRES COMING UP, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE LINE.

BUT, IF YOU WERE AN EAGLE EYE, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT JOHN WAS ACTUALLY HERE LAST WEEK.

PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

AND SO, HE'S WINNING BROWNIE POINTS BEFORE HE EVEN STARTS BECAUSE HE'S SUPER ENGAGED AND TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH EVERYTHING.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE JOHN AND HIS FAMILY AND JUST WELCOME HIM TO FLOWER MOUND.

THANK YOU. WELCOME, JOHN.

UP NEXT AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND, TIM, EITHER YOU OR THERESA, IF Y'ALL CAN SET UP, SET UP THE CLICK SHARE, PLEASE.

GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

HERE WE GO. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO IS TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING INTERNALLY.

AND WHAT I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OUR STARS, SO TO SPEAK.

AND WE YOU SEE THE WOI CHAMPS AND YOU SEE A BELT IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, IS THAT WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT A FUN WAY TO LEAN INTO OUR VALUES AND OUR VALUES ARE WE ARE AUTHENTIC, WE ARE EXCEPTIONAL, WE ARE DEDICATED, WE ARE FAMILY AND ALL THAT COMES TOGETHER AS WE OWN IT.

AND SO WOI STANDS FOR WE OWN.

AND SO LITERALLY THAT BELT YOU SEE ME HOLDING, THAT IS WHAT WE GIVE TO OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER WHO EXHIBITS ALL THESE VALUES.

AND IN ADDITION TO GETTING TO HOLD THE COVETED BELT FOR A QUARTER, THEY ALSO GET AN ADDITIONAL $100 ON THEIR NEXT PAYCHECK AND A LITTLE TRINKET AS A SIGN.

AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT EMPLOYEES HERE, AND THEY NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE.

AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO TONIGHT IS HIGHLIGHT OUR OUR FOUR WINNERS NOW AND HIGHLIGHT OUR CURRENT WINNER.

AND I'M GOING TO SHOW A VIDEO.

MAYBE WE'LL SEE TIM IF IT GOES THROUGH.

BUT I'M GONNA ASK ANDREA SCHRICKER TO, TO TO STAND ANDREA THE GIANT.

SO WE REALLY LEAN INTO THIS WRESTLING THEME AND SHE GAVE HERSELF THAT NAME, AND ANDREA WORKS IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS GROUP AND IS A RIGHT OF WAY INSPECTOR.

AND SHE'S OUR INAUGURAL WOI CHAMP.

AND, WHAT ANDREA DID IS THAT WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT HER IS THAT SHE IS A TOWN RESIDENT, AND SHE JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON NEXT DOOR, AND WE HAD AN ELDERLY RESIDENT HERE THAT WAS ON NEXT DOOR JUST KIND OF SHARING THIS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE SHE HAD, WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT QUOTED HER AN EXORBITANT PRICE TO HAVE TO REMEDY A SEWAGE ISSUE THAT SHE HAD IN HER HOME.

SHE WAS BASICALLY FREAKING OUT AND THINKING, OH MY GOSH, I'M ABOUT TO SELL MY HOUSE.

ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS.

ANDREA TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO REACH OUT TO THAT RESIDENT, TELL HER SHE WORKS WITH THE TOWN, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, AND WITH ANDREA'S HELP, SHE WAS ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD DO ON OUR END WITH OUR UTILITY MAINTENANCE CREWS.

BUT ALSO, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE KIND OF GAVE HER A SENSE OF WHAT SHE TRULY NEEDED FROM A PLUMBING CONTRACTOR.

AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT WASN'T WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY QUOTED.

SO SHE WAS ABLE TO REMEDY THAT SITUATION, WITHOUT HAVING TO SELL HER HOME OR DOING ANYTHING SHE WAS UPSET ABOUT.

AND THIS LADY WAS, CAME TO THE O&M AND BROUGHT COOKIES AND CAKES AND TREATS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

I MISSED OUT ON THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS IS THAT ANDREA JUST SHE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF, AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

SHE TOOK HER OWN TIME AND ENERGY TO REACH OUT TO, ANOTHER RESIDENT AND HELP REMEDY HER SITUATION.

SO, ANDREA GETS TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS OUR INAUGURAL WOI CHAMP.

SO LET'S GIVE ANDREA A HAND.

SO OUR SECOND WOI CHAMP IS STEPHANIE BILLARREAL.

STEPHANIE, RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE BACK.

SHE'S ONE OF OUR FIRE PREVENTION OFFICERS.

AND, YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE.

A COMMON THEME IS, IS OUR EMPLOYEES GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND ANDREA DOES A, EXCUSE ME, ANDREA.

EXCUSE ME, STEPHANIE DOES A LOT OF WORK.

A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS, FIRE CITIZENS ACADEMY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT AND WHY SHE WON THE AWARD FOR OUR SECOND QUARTER IS THE FACT THAT SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND WORKING WITH ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE AUTISM.

AND AS THOSE IF WE HAVE LOVED ONES THAT THAT ARE ON THE SPECTRUM, WE KNOW THAT COMFORT LEVEL AND BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS IS KEY.

AND WHAT STEPHANIE DID IS SHE REACHED OUT TO THE MOTHER AND THE CHILD, HAD THEM COME IN AND GET VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE SETTING.

AND WHAT'S REALLY COOL AND VERY IMPACTFUL ABOUT THIS IS NOT ONLY WAS THIS YOUNG MAN COMFORTABLE, THE CONFIDENCE THAT HE HAD WITH IT IS HE CONTINUED TO VOLUNTEER FOR US AFTER THE FACT. AND SO WE WENT FROM A SCENARIO WHERE WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROGRAM TO WHERE THEY FELT EMPOWERED AND CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO CONTINUE

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AND SO, STEPHANIE, WENT THE EXTRA MILE.

AND SO, STEPHANIE, WHAT DID WE SAY YOUR WRESTLING NAME WAS STUNNING STEPHANIE.

OKAY, STUNNING STEPHANIE.

AND SO SHE WAS OUR SECOND QUARTER WOI CHAMP.

SO LET'S GIVE STEPHANIE A HAND.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, WE HAD AUGUSTINE SANASEROS WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT.

AUGUSTINE WAVE IN THE BACK.

HE'S BACK THERE TRYING TO LOOK COOL.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT AUGUSTINE? AND JUST WHAT SHOWS WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS THAT AUGUSTINE PULLED OFF A REAL COOL TRIFECTA.

ONE OF HIS CUSTOMER DEPARTMENTS SUBMITTED FOR HIM, ONE OF HIS PEERS SUBMITTED FOR HIM, AND ONE OF HIS BOSSES SUBMITTED FORM THREE TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.

AND IT'S ALL REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK SPIRIT THAT AUGUSTINE HAS.

HE'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT WE HAVE IN ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS WHERE YOU JUST SAY THEIR NAME AND EVERYBODY NODS AND SAY, YEAH, HE'S HE'S THE GUY, AND HE JUST GOES TO EXTRA MILE OF SUPPORTING HIS CUSTOMERS.

HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL DURING OUR TRANSITION.

WHEN WE BROUGHT JOSE ON BOARD, HE WAS KIND OF LIKE THE CALMING PRESENCE ON OUR IT DEPARTMENT, AND THEN HE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OUT.

ONE OF HIS BOSSES, THEY WERE WORKING ON A NETWORK PROJECT.

A ONE OF HIS BOSS'S KIDS EVENTS CAME UP, AND AUGUSTINE JUST SAID, I GOT IT, MAN.

GO. YOU KNOW, HE HE HANDLED THAT AND HELPED OUT THAT BALANCE.

AND SO AUGUSTINE IS JUST A REAL CALMING AND GREAT PRESENCE WE HAVE ON OUR IT DEPARTMENT.

AND HE IS OUR THIRD QUARTER WOI CHAMP.

SO LET'S GIVE AUGUSTINE A HAND.

AND SO, TIM, IF YOU'RE IN THERE, CAN WE PLAY THE VIDEO FOR THIS ONE? WE HAVE ABOUT A 3 OR 4 MINUTE VIDEO.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN BAIL OUT OF THIS AND PUT THAT VIDEO UP.

IF NOT, I'LL DESCRIBE IT.

AND THIS WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW WE APPROACH THESE THINGS.

SO LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS.

[VIDEO] FOR SO.

YOU SEE THAT I RULE. ALL RIGHT TY, HEARD YOU WAS GUNNING FOR THE BELT.

YOU'RE GUNNING FOR THE BELT.

AND SO, UNFORTUNATELY, THE AMAZING AUGUSTINE, I GUESS HE GOT ROUGHED UP IN HIS LAST MATCH.

SO WE HAVE, NO WAY JOSE HERE WITH OUR WOI CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND I'M GIVING IT TO YOU, TY, FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DID.

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S REALLY COOL? AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE KEEPING OUR WRESTLING THEME.

SO YOU GOT OLD SCHOOL CLASSIC MINISTRY OF DARKNESS, UNDERTAKER.

SO YOU GOT YOU GOT YOU GOT A FLOWER MOUND BACK HERE.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT YOURS IS THAT ASSISTANT CHIEF DUFFIELD, SUBMITTED.

YOU AND ALSO CURTIS, THEY REFERENCED A WRECK THAT Y'ALL CAME UPON BACK IN NOVEMBER.

WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE WAY THAT CHIEF DUFFIELD DESCRIBES IT, HE SAW THE TOWN VEHICLE KIND OF PARKED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND HE JUST ASSUMED, OH, GOD, WE WERE IN A WRECK. AND HE CAME UP AND HE FOUND THAT YOU GUYS, NOTICE A MOTHER AND A CHILD THAT WAS PART OF THAT WRECK AND IT WAS RAINING.

AND RATHER THAN THEM SITTING OUTSIDE, YOU PUT THEM IN THE TRUCK, Y'ALL STOOD OUT IN THE RAIN.

AND THAT'S REALLY COOL.

AND I HAD TO KIND OF CATCH MYSELF BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S REALLY EPITOMIZES WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

AND WHEN WE GO ABOUT OUR VALUES, WE ARE AUTHENTIC, WE ARE EXCEPTIONAL, WE ARE DEDICATED, WE ARE FAMILY.

YOU CHECK ALL THOSE BOXES.

I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER CASE OF AUTHENTICITY, OF SOMEBODY JUST SAYING THAT.

IT'S VERY EASY AND WE'RE ALL GUILTY OF THIS AND SOMETIMES WE COME ACROSS A WRECK.

YOU JUST SEE OTHER PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR PHONES AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE, OKAY, SOMEBODY HAS IT.

I CAN KEEP MOVING.

JUST THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, YOU JUST WERE YOUR AUTHENTIC SELVES AND WENT OUT THERE AND, AND GAVE THEM COMFORT.

AND IT'S THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU CAN NEVER ACCOUNT FOR BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS A BAD WRECK.

THEY HAVE TO BRING OUT THE JAWS OF LIFE FOR SOME OF THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT COMFORT AND THAT TIME THERE.

THAT'S REALLY COOL.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S EXCEPTIONAL.

THAT SHOWS A HIGH LEVEL OF DEDICATION, BUT ALSO THE FAMILY COMPONENT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT FOR THE 800 PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.

IT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, 82,000 WHO LIVE IN THEIR RESIDENCE IN THIS TOWN AND THE PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO COME TO, THEIR PART OF THE FAMILY, TOO.

SO I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER RECIPIENT THAN YOU TY.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

IN ADDITION TO YOU GET TO HOLD ON TO THE BELT FOR A QUARTER.

DON'T DO ANYTHING CRAZY WITH IT.

BUT ALSO ON YOUR NEXT CHECK, YOU'LL GET $100 POST TAXES.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE FULL AMOUNT SO YOU'LL HAVE AN EXTRA 100 ON YOUR CHECK.

AND, ALSO YOU NEED TO BE DOING IS THINK OF YOUR WRESTLING NAME, BECAUSE AT NEXT QUARTER YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME AND JOIN ME.

HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T GET ROUGHED UP LIKE AMAZING AUGUSTINE DID.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SEND MANNY IN YOUR PLACE.

MANNY HAS TO COME UP WITH A WRESTLING NAME.

BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, MAN.

EVERY QUARTER I JUST KEEP, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST FIGURE OUT HOW CAN IT GET BETTER, HOW CAN IT GET BETTER? AND THE UNIQUE THING IS EVERYTHING'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

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AND, JUST EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS SOMEBODY LIKE YOU TY.

CONGRATULATIONS MAN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

SO Y'ALL CAN CONTINUE WITH YOUR FAKE MEETING OR Y'ALL HAVE LEGIT STUFF TO DO, BUT, NO, MAN.

GREAT JOB, GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.

YEAH. GOOD JOB. TIM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT DOWN SO YOU GET A SENSE OF THE GIST OF KIND OF THIS AMBUSH STYLE THAT WE HAVE.

AND EARLY ON I USED TO TRY TO DO THE WRESTLING VOICE AND I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T KEEP IT UP.

SO I JUST, I JUST GAVE UP AND TALK NORMAL.

BUT AGAIN, TY, I HAVE STAND UP AND TY TY IS TRYING TO BE BASHFUL IN THE BACK.

LET'S GIVE TY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THESE FOUR ARE THE RECIPIENTS, BUT THERE'S COUNTLESS OTHER FOLKS THAT, WE STILL, WE GET SOME MEDALS FOR, AND WE RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY DO.

I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH THAT WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HERE, THAT WORK VERY HARD TO TO PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE THAT, WORK HERE IN TOWN.

AND, AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO START DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE TO KIND OF SHOW OUTWARDLY THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING INTERNALLY AND HOW WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

AND AGAIN, WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO REWARDING THE NEXT QUARTER OVER OF THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL THAT COMES FORWARD.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PROMOTE OUR VALUES AND RECOGNIZE OUR GREAT EMPLOYEES.

SO THANK YOU.

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO DO BEFORE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW UP, IS, IS THAT, CHIEF HENLEY, WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP IN THE BACK? SO DON'T.

DON'T ACT LIKE YOU.

IT'S LIKE, WHAT DO YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

BUT, CHIEF HENLEY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO GREAT CHIEFS.

SO A GREAT POLICE CHIEF, AND A GREAT FIRE CHIEF.

AND CHIEF HENLEY, GOT A GREAT RECOGNITION FROM THE TEXAS FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION.

HE IS THE 2024 RECIPIENT OF THE LONE STAR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

AND THAT JUST REFLECTS NOT ONLY WHAT HE DOES HERE IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, BUT WHAT HE'S DOING TO THE FIRE PROFESSION ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO I THINK IT'S REMISS THAT WE DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO CELEBRATE, WHEN YOUR PEERS RECOGNIZE YOU FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND HIS PEERS RECOGNIZED HIM WITH THE LONE STAR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO CHIEF HENLEY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I KNOW I WENT THROUGH A LOT PRETTY FAST.

DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR WOI PROGRAM OR ANYTHING THAT I SHARED TONIGHT? COUNCIL. NO JOB WELL DONE JAMES.

THANK YOU AND ALL THE STAFF.

THANK YOU MAYOR. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

[H. FUTURE AGENDA ITEM(S)]

I WANT TO HAVE A WORK SESSION ITEM TO DISCUSS EXPANDING SPAN, SERVICES TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL NEEDS FOR FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS, SPECIFICALLY GOING TO THE AIRPORT, OR GOING TO BUSINESSES OUTSIDE OF OUR TOWN, OR EVEN BRINGING SENIORS AND DISABILITY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS INTO OUR TOWN TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

COUNCIL. IS IT JUST A WORK SESSION TO TALK? YEAH, JUST TO UNDERSTAND COST.

WE'LL KNOW THE COST. YEAH. WHAT OPTIONS WE DO HAVE.

OKAY. YEP. OKAY.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT.

JAMES, IF YOU COULD, ADD THAT TO ONE OF THE FUTURE WORK SESSIONS.

I KNOW THIS TIME OF YEAR THEY'RE STARTING TO BACK UP, SO I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU AND OUR TOWN SECRETARY AND STAFF TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE CAN GET THAT ON.

WELL, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO.

SO, MARCH IS FILLING UP PRETTY QUICK.

WE'LL, TRY TO GET IT ON THERE.

APRIL IS GOING TO BE DESIGNATED, FOR OUR, BUDGET WORK, WORK SESSION.

SO WE CAN MAYBE WORK IT INTO THAT SINCE IT'S A BUDGETARY ITEM, OR WE CAN WAIT TILL MAY, BUT WE'LL GET IT ON THE NEXT THREE WORK SESSIONS FOR SURE.

AND I THINK I UNDERSTOOD FROM MR. DREW THAT WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACT VEHICLE AND AND HOW IT GOES, YOU KNOW, ABOUT MAYBE EXPANDING IT AND WHAT ADDITIONAL COSTS, WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YEAH. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS.

[I. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS]

IT'S A REGULAR MEETING. WILL EVERYONE BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING DATE? EXCELLENT. NO ZOOMING.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM J.

[J. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS]

SO RECENTLY THE TOWN CONDUCTED A CALL FOR APPLICANTS TO SERVE ON EITHER THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION OR VETERANS LIAISON BOARD.

TONIGHT WE'LL BE HEARING FROM SOME OF THOSE APPLICANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY THEY CHOSE TO SERVE ON A TOWN BOARD.

JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HEARD FROM MR. JOHN TRAVIS LAST THURSDAY WHO HAD APPLIED TO SERVE ON THE VETERANS LIAISON BOARD.

ALSO, EACH APPLICANT HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT DURING THEIR REMARKS, TOWN COUNCIL WILL BE LISTENING FOR GENERAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, WHY THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON

[00:35:02]

FIRST UP, WE'LL HAVE MISS DAWN SHAPLEY, WHO APPLIED TO SERVE ON OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU SIGNED TO SERVE ON THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS DAWN SHAPLEY, AND I'VE BEEN IN THE AREA.

I LIVED HERE SINCE 1990 WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A&M.

I HAVE A BACHELOR'S IN, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SO I THINK THAT CAN HELP WITH JUST PULLING DATA TOGETHER.

ALSO, CURRENTLY, I'M ALMOST WRAPPED UP WITH MY MBA FOR, WITH A FOCUS ON NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT.

AND SO ANYWAY, I JUST THINK A LOT OF THOSE, EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND SKILLS CAN, HELP THE COMMISSION.

SO WE'VE BEEN IN FLOWER MOUND SINCE 1997, AND THROUGH THAT, I'VE WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT.

I'VE SERVED AS THE CHILDREN'S PASTOR AT VALLEY CREEK CHURCH FOR MANY OF THOSE YEARS.

SO I KNOW LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE IN FLOWER MOUND.

AND MOST RECENTLY, I'VE HAD THE ROLE OF OVERSEEING ALL THE LOCAL MISSIONAL WORK THAT WE DO.

SO AGAIN, I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT.

THAT IS MY JOB, AND I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

I LOVE OUR TOWN. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A YOUNG TOWN, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE COULD CAPTURE, AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO PRESERVE THAT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. YOU KNOW, I LIVED OVER CLOSER TO WHERE WE'RE IN WEST FLOWER MOUND.

SO WHERE THE GIBSON GRANT HOUSE IS, AND I JUST THINK WHAT A HERITAGE THAT IS FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR GRANDKIDS.

AND SO ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ON THAT FRONT, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

THAT'S ME. AWESOME.

THANK YOU DAWN. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANY. ANY TOUGH ONES? I HOPE IT'S NOT TOUGH.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS NOW FOR FOCUS AREAS FOR THEM.

YOU KNOW, I HAD NOT, BUT I DID LOOK INTO IT ONCE I SAW THAT THIS CAME ACROSS MY PATH OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SO I DID LOOK INTO IT.

AND I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME, OBJECTIVES THAT COULD BE AND JUST SOME, SOME GOALS.

SETTING SOME OF THOSE AND GETTING THOSE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TO SAY, ARE THESE ARE THEY ON THE RIGHT PATH.

SO THERE'S I LOOKED INTO SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING SIMILAR THINGS AND THOUGHT OTHERS REALLY A LOT OF GOOD OBJECTIVES THAT YOU CAN PUT OUT THERE AND JUST SUBMIT TO YOU GUYS FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL HAVE MR. DAVID BRUTON. HE IS APPLIED TO SERVE ON THE VETERANS LIAISON ON BOARD.

MR. WOOTEN, PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO MAYOR.

SORRY. MAYOR.

YES? I JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT MR. WOOTEN WAS ON HIS WAY HERE, AND HE RECEIVED AN URGENT PHONE CALL WHERE HE HAD TO RETURN HOME FOR A CHILD SITUATION SO HE WOULD NOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THERESA. COUNCIL.

WE'VE HEARD FROM ONE APPLICANT FOR THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

WE'VE RECEIVED NO OTHER APPLICANTS.

YOU HAVE A MOTION BEFORE YOU.

DO YOU WISH TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS TO THIS EVENING? MAYOR, WOULD WE LIKE TO GIVE OUR OTHER APPLICANT FOR THE VETERANS BOARD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK SO. I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

I JUST WAS THAT ONE'S EASIER.

SO, I THINK THERESA SO, YOU HAD INDICATED THAT THE VETERANS LIAISON BOARD IS NOT REALLY SUFFERING ANY SERVICE DISPARITY OR ANYTHING HAVING AN OPEN POSITION.

SO I THINK, THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO, PROVIDE MR. WOOTEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE-INTERVIEW ON THAT MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR WORK SESSION, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN, LEAVING IT UP TO COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE LOOP ON, THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

JUST ONE NOTE ON THE, VETERANS LIAISON.

CAN WE LET, MR. TRAVIS KNOW THAT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN TONIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK HAD THE EXPECTATION HAD NO THIS WEEK.

THAT IS TRUE. CORRECT. I WOULD A GOOD POINT, BRIAN.

THANK YOU. I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM FIRST THING.

ANYONE ELSE.

I'M COMFORTABLE APPOINTING, MRS. SHAPLEY TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I CAN MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY, COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

FOR THIS, THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

I MOVED TO APPOINT DAWN SHAPLEY PLACE TWO.

AND WITH THE TERM BEGINNING MARCH 6TH, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 FOR EVEN NUMBERED PLACES.

SECOND. ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION? THERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

APPOINTMENT OF MISS DAWN SHAPLEY TO OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

MOVING ON.

[00:40:10]

[K. CLOSED MEETING]

YOU SAID. I'M SORRY.

WE'RE MOVING INTO A CLOSED MEETING.

ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 8:10 AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS RECONVENING INTO AN OPEN MEETING.

[L. RECONVENE]

SO WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM M, CONSENT.

[M. CONSENT ITEM(S)]

I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS M ONE THROUGH M FOUR AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION? THERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MOVING ON TO LETTER N, REGULAR ITEMS, NUMBER ONE, MERCHANT CARD SERVICES.

[N.1. Merchant Card Services (Open Edge Pavments LLC) ]

AS WELL AS MISS JULIE TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF TREASURY OPS.

SHE'S AVAILABLE.

BUT I THINK SHE MAY HAVE LEFT.

SHE'S COMING DOWN.

OH. MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS AT THE WORK SESSION ON THURSDAY.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO OUR NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHY ARE WE HERE TONIGHT? TOWN COUNCIL HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, RISING CREDIT CARD FEES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 23-24 BUDGET CYCLE.

SO STRATEGIC SERVICES, ALONG WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES, DID A FULL REVIEW OF CREDIT CARD FEES AND PAYMENTS.

REALLY, JULIE TAYLOR DID A LOT OF WORK.

OUR DIRECTOR OF TREASURY OF OPERATIONS.

AND, SO RIGHT NOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW, TOTAL, CREDIT CARD FEE COST RECOVERY IS AT 50%.

SO THAT TAKES THE TOTAL CREDIT CARD FEES CHARGED TO THE TOWN.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR CONVENIENCE FEE.

IT'S A $3 CONVENIENCE FEE, BUT THAT'S ONLY TOWARDS ONLINE PAYMENTS.

AND SO IN TOTAL, WE'RE RUNNING AROUND A 50% COST RECOVERY.

SO HOW DO WE IMPROVE THAT RECOVERY? YOU REALLY HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

CUT THE COSTS, INCREASE REVENUES.

IN THIS CASE, IT'S LOWER THOSE CREDIT CARD FEES AND OR INCREASE THE CONVENIENCE FEE.

SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT? WE DID THAT FULL REVIEW.

I'M NOT GOING THROUGH THE FULL REVIEW TONIGHT BECAUSE WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA ARE THESE TWO, THESE TWO ITEMS, THE CLIENT SATISFACTION OFFER AND ALSO A UTILITY MERCHANT ADDENDUM AND QUESTIONNAIRE.

WE PLAN ON BRINGING THE FULL PICTURE TO YOU ON MARCH 21ST WORK SESSION.

BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD THESE ITEMS BACK AS A PART OF THIS FULL REVIEW.

WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER RATES.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD ON TO THAT SAVINGS.

WE WANT TO BRING IT FORWARD TO TOWN COUNCIL TONIGHT, AND THEN WE CAN GO OVER KIND OF EVERYTHING AT A LATER DATE.

SO THAT CLIENT SATISFACTION OFFER WOULD, LOWER OUR, OUR RATES.

THAT UTILITY MERCHANT ADDENDUM AND QUESTIONNAIRE IS ACTUALLY AN APPLICATION TO REVIEW OUR UTILITY BILLING, OVER THE COUNTER RATES.

AND SO THAT PART IS AN APPLICATION TO REVIEW.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE, NEEDED YOUR SIGNATURE FOR THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE FOR.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MERCHANT CARD SERVICES, THERE ARE SEVERAL FEES THAT ARE INVOLVED.

SO THERE ARE INTERCHANGE FEES.

AND THESE COME FROM THE SPECIFIC CREDIT CARDS.

THERE ARE ASSESSMENT FEES.

THAT'S GOING TO BE VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER, AMEX.

AND THERE'S ALSO PROCESSING MARKUP FEES.

AND THAT REALLY COMES FROM YOUR PROCESSING PROVIDER.

IT'S A NICE LITTLE ILLUSTRATIONS HERE, ON TO THE RIGHT.

THOSE THREE DIFFERENT LAYERS BEING KIND OF ADDED ON TOP OF AND CHARGED, AS IT GETS TO THE MERCHANT.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO BRING UP THE NEXT SLIDE AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS HUGE, CUTOUT OF OF ALL THE FEES.

I DON'T EXPECT YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO READ THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE.

THESE ARE ALL THE FEES THAT WERE CHARGED.

AND SO.. FITTING THAT ALL ON THE SLIDE, JP, I APPRECIATE YOU.

I KNEW THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO READ IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT STILL HAS THE IMPACT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEES, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO LET'S TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS.

AND, A LOT OF THIS DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF CARD YOU'RE USING.

YOU KNOW, SPEAKING WITH JULIE AS WELL, SHE WAS LETTING ME KNOW THROUGH ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT SHE'S HAD TOO, YOU KNOW, THOSE REWARDS THAT YOU GET ON YOUR CREDIT

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SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENT FEE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CREDIT CARDS.

AND SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.

AND SO WHAT THE CLIENT SATISFACTION AGREEMENT.

SO THAT ONE, ONE OF THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO GO AHEAD AND LOWER THE, TO A DISCOUNT RATE OF 0.2% AND $0.10 PER ITEM. SO WHAT'S THAT IS REFERENCING HERE IS REALLY ALL OF THESE SEPARATE CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS DOWN TO AROUND RIGHT HERE. WE CAN GET THAT RATE AND THAT PER ITEM ON IT, WHICH IT CURRENTLY ISN'T, IS NOT THERE TODAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE THESE TWO OTHER FEES, THE SETTLEMENT FEE, FUNDING FEE AND THE RISK ASSESSMENT FEE.

NOW I PULLED THESE OUT.

I BLEW THESE UP.

THEY ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT DOWN HERE.

THESE ARE WHERE OUR OVERALL FEES ARE DOWN HERE.

THESE TWO FEES, THE RISK ASSESSMENT FEE.

WE HAVE A NOTE ON THAT ONE.

WE. JULIE.

EXCUSE ME. JULIE REALLY SAW THIS FEE START TO INCREASE.

AROUND THE END OF 2021 WHEN INQUIRING ABOUT IT, IT WAS DUE TO WHAT THEY HAD SAID COVID.

I'M SURE THERE'S, WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS IN THAT THAT TIME ON REIMBURSEMENTS, AND THIS IS A FEE THAT THEY HAD TO RAISE TO HELP, FUND SOME OF THEIR COSTS.

AND OF COURSE, THEY PUSH IT ON TO THE, TO THE MERCHANT.

AND SO, AGAIN, THIS WOULD GET US A RATE OF 0.2% FOR EACH OF THESE ITEMS AND A PER ITEM, A POINT 10%.

NOW, WHEN WE ASKED GLOBAL PAYMENTS TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE, THEY DID A FULL ASSESSMENT ON NOVEMBER 2023.

AND THIS PARTICULAR MONTH, THEY ESTIMATED A SAVINGS OF $9,472.34.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE SECOND ITEM TONIGHT IS A SIGNATURE FROM THE MAYOR FOR A UTILITY MERCHANT ADDENDUM AND QUESTIONNAIRE.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN APPLICATION.

SO WE CAN START THIS PROCESS ON OUR IN-PERSON FEES AND HOPEFULLY GET THOSE RATES LOWERED AS WELL.

SO. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE NO COST TO THE TOWN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF WORK THAT JULIE TAYLOR HAS DONE WITH GLOBAL PAYMENTS ON GETTING THESE LOWER RATES IN.

WE ESTIMATE AROUND 100,000 IN ANNUAL SAVINGS.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THOSE THOSE COSTS.

AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE AND THOSE CHANGES.

SO WE WANT TO STAY ON TOP OF IT.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WANT TO BRING THIS ENTIRE DISCUSSION BACK TO YOU AT THE MARCH 21ST TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION.

THERE'S MORE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COST RECOVERY AND WHAT TOWN COUNCILS IDEAL COST RECOVERY IS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE $3 CONVENIENCE FEE FOR ONLINE PAYMENTS.

AND ALSO WE CURRENTLY DO NOT CHARGE THAT A FEE FOR THE OVER THE COUNTER TRANSACTION.

SO I WILL TELL YOU, THOUGH, 82% OF ALL OF OUR CREDIT CARD FEES AND ALL OF OUR REVENUES COMING IN FROM THIS ARE 82% COMES FROM UTILITY BILLING, ONLINE PAYMENTS.

SO THAT IS A BIGGEST CHUNK OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING YOU TONIGHT WOULD ACTUALLY AFFECT THOSE COST ON THOSE, SO.

WE WANTED TO MAKE A POINT BECAUSE COUNCIL MADE A POINT OF LETTING US KNOW THAT YOU WANTED US TO LOOK INTO THIS.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF BRINGING IT UP TO YOU.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

WELL DONE, WELL DONE.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SO WHEN YOU'RE SAYING ONLINE PAYMENT, IS THAT BECAUSE I MEAN I THINK WHEN I SET UP MY BILL I WENT TO THE THE OFFICE AND SET UP AN AUTOMATIC TRANSACTION.

IS THAT AN ONLINE PAYMENT.

SO AND I APOLOGIZE.

THAT IS PROBABLY ME USING THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY, ONLINE CREDIT CARD PAYMENT.

SO WHEN YOU MAKE AN ONLINE, ONE TIME CREDIT CARD PAYMENT, WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE THAT FEE.

IF YOU HAVE THAT SET UP THROUGH YOUR BANK, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A DRAFT.

GREAT. OKAY. SO RESIDENTS HAVE A WAY TO AVOID THESE CHARGES IF THEY WANT TO.

YES THEY DO CURRENTLY.

YES. RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOVED TO APPROVE ITEM N1 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION? THERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

ROLL CALL] ITEM N1, MERCHANT CARD SERVICES PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEMS TWO AND THREE WILL BE OPENING THEM CONCURRENTLY.

[Items N.2 & N.3]

STARTING OFF WITH A STAFF PRESENTATION BY MISS LEXIN MURPHY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE ALSO HAVE MR.

[00:50:03]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PROPOSED CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S A HIGH END CONSERVATION, ALSO CALLED FM 1171.

AND I THINK THEY ARE ALSO NOW CONSIDERING THE NAME CROSS TIMBERS.

AS WELL AS AN ASSOCIATED TREE REMOVAL PERMIT.

HERE'S THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S NORTH OF CROSS TIMBERS AND WEST OF MONTESINO AND ALSO PEPPER CREEK.

HERE'S A MORE DETAILED VIEW.

THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS RURAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND THE CROSS TIMBERS CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE ZONING IS A PROPOSED ZONING IS PD 196 FOR AGRICULTURAL USES WITH CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED INTERIM HOLDING IN AG.

HERE'S THE OVERALL CONCEPT PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A TOTAL OF 74 RESIDENTIAL LOTS PROPOSED.

THERE'S ALSO SEVEN, WELL, FIVE OPEN SPACE LOTS AND TWO X LOTS FOR A TOTAL OF SEVEN UNBUILDABLE LOTS.

THAT'S 81 LOTS IN ALL, 20 OF THE 74 RESIDENTIAL LOTS ARE GREATER THAN ONE ACRE.

THAT'S 27%.

SO THAT'S MEETING THE 25% REQUIRED FROM THE NEW CROSS TIMBERS REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN 54 OF THOSE LOTS ARE LESS THAN ONE ACRE, BUT THEY ARE ALL A MINIMUM OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE.

AGAIN, MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE CROSS TIMBERS, THERE IS A GREATER THAN 45% OPEN SPACE.

IT'S A MORE THAN 47%.

SO MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL.

JUST TO GIVE A RECAP OF SOME OF THE MEETING DATES UP UNTIL THIS POINT, THEY HAD THEIR FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AS REQUIRED.

WITH THAT ENHANCED NOTIFICATION PROCESS BACK IN MARCH, THEY HAD A P&Z WORK SESSION IN AUGUST, THE SECOND NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST, AND P&Z PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 13TH, AND THEN THE TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 16TH.

THERE WAS A GOOD BIT OF FEEDBACK THAT CAME FROM COUNCIL AT THAT MEETING, AND SO THE APPLICANT HAS TOOK THE APPLICATION BACK AND WORKED ON SOME REVISIONS.

AND SO THEY'RE HERE TO PRESENT THOSE TONIGHT.

SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS TO SLOPE THAT ARE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 5% AND LESS THAN 12%, IT WENT FROM 61 ACRES TO CURRENTLY 50 ACRES AND IMPACTS THE SLOPE, THAT'S OVER 12% WENT FROM 6.64 ACRES TO THREE ACRES.

PERCENT OF LOTS THAT ARE GREATER THAN AN ACRE WENT FROM 37% TO 27%.

SO THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS SOME OF THAT LAND THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY WITHIN LOTS.

SO YOU HAD MORE LOTS THAT WERE OVER AN ACRE, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME OF THAT LAND THAT WAS WITHIN THE SLOPED AREA WAS BEING CONTAINED WITHIN THOSE LOTS.

AND SO THEY PULLED IT OUT AND PUT IT INTO OPEN SPACE.

SO THE OPEN SPACE WENT UP AND THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT WERE OVER ONE ACRE WENT DOWN.

BUT EVERYTHING'S STILL WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS.

LOCK COVERAGE MODIFICATION.

ORIGINALLY, THE APPLICANT WAS ASKING FOR 35% FOR ALL LOTS.

THEY'RE NOW ASKING FOR 25% FOR THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE FOR ALL LOTS AND 35% FOR THE PRIMARY, AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES FOR LOTS THAT ARE LESS THAN AN ACRE. MODIFICATION TO SUBDIVISION SIGN STANDARDS.

ORIGINALLY THEY WERE ASKING FOR THAT MODIFICATION AND THEY ARE NO LONGER REQUESTING THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A MISUNDERSTANDING OF JUST, WHAT WAS REQUIRED FOR WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING IN RELATION TO THE SIGNAGE.

BUT WE STAFF DID NOT HAVE A FINAL EXHIBIT AT THAT TIME, AND THEY STILL DON'T HAVE A FINAL EXHIBIT, BUT JUST UNDERSTANDING THE PARAMETERS, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DO NOT NEED TO MODIFY THE SIGN STANDARDS.

HEIGHT OF RETAINING WALLS.

SO IN THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME FROM P&Z SAID RETAINING WALLS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO EIGHT FEET WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL OF AN EXCEPTION.

THAT LANGUAGE IS STILL INCLUDED.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED SOME LANGUAGE BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER, DURING THEIR KIND OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THE APPLICANT, TALKED ABOUT HOW THEIR GOAL WAS TO TERRACE RETAINING WALLS SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MORE SHORTER WALLS AS OPPOSED TO ONE REALLY TALL WALL.

AND SO THERE WAS A REQUEST TO INCORPORATE SOME LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO, STAFF HAS ADDED SOME LANGUAGE.

THE RETAINING WALL SHALL BE TERRACED TO REDUCE IMPACTS UNLESS PRESERVING AN ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE.

BUT WE STILL RETAINED THAT LANGUAGE ABOUT RETAINING WALLS GREATER THAN EIGHT FEET REQUIRE APPROVAL OF AN EXCEPTION, BECAUSE THAT CAME FROM THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

I DO THINK THE APPLICANT WANTS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE INVITED THEM TO DISCUSS THAT WITH COUNCIL AND GET YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS ON IT.

SPECIMEN TREE REMOVAL.

SO THERE ARE STILL THERE ARE STILL 18 TREES OF 135 TOTAL THAT BEER ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR REMOVAL.

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SO THREE OF THE TREES CHANGED FROM ONE APPLICATION VERSION TO THE NEXT.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO ECC IN FEBRUARY, BECAUSE THERE WERE THREE NEW TREES THAT WERE BEING IMPACTED BASED ON THEIR REDESIGN, BUT THREE TREES WERE NOW BEING SAVED.

SO THE TOTALS DIDN'T CHANGE.

BUT THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THEM GOING BACK TO ECC.

SO HERE'S THE TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE MAP JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT WOULD BE IMPACTED.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE.

BUT THESE ORANGE AREAS, THESE ARE ACTUALLY HATCHED.

SO THESE ARE THE 5 TO 12% IMPACTS.

THE AND THEN THE THE LIGHTER KIND OF YELLOWY ORANGE IS NOT IMPACTED IN 5 TO 12.

AND THEN WITHIN RED YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTER RED COLOR OR SLOPES GREATER THAN 12% THAT ARE BEING PROTECTED.

AND THE DARK RED THAT'S ACTUALLY HATCHING.

SO THAT'S THE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED THAT ARE THOSE LARGER SLOPES THAT ARE MORE THAN 12%.

SO THE THE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE WOULD APPROVE BASICALLY THE IMPACT OF SLOPES THAT REQUIRED PER THE DESIGN OF THIS SUBDIVISION.

ANOTHER MODIFICATION THAT THE APPLICANT MADE WAS TO THE 200 FOOT SCENIC CORRIDOR SETBACK.

SO WITHIN THE STANDARDS OF THE NEW VERSION OF THE CROSS TIMBERS AREA PLAN, IT REQUIRES THAT 200 FOOT SETBACK ALONG SCENIC.

AND THE APPLICANT HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT JUST THEIR ENTRANCE AND WHERE THEY NEEDED TO LOCATE IT AND TRYING TO PRESERVE SOME OF THAT TOPOGRAPHY. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY WERE ENCROACHING SOMEWHAT INTO THAT 200 FOOT SETBACK.

THIS WAS THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST, AND THEY HAVE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE CURRENT REVISED VERSION, SO WHERE IT'S ONLY THERE RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE AND THEY'VE PULLED THIS PIECE THAT WAS FURTHER SOUTH, OUT OF THAT IMPACT AREA.

THIS IS JUST TO DISCUSS THE DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS, WHAT'S CURRENT AND WHAT'S PROPOSED.

SO WITH A TYPICAL AGRICULTURAL ZONING, IT'S NOT PART OF A CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT.

MINIMUM LOT AREA WOULD BE TWO ACRES AS PROPOSED.

THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE.

MINIMUM LOT WIDTH AND AG WOULD BE 200FT.

IT'S 150FT IN A STATE.

AND SO THAT IS THE STANDARD FOR THE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND THAT'S WHAT'S PROPOSED HERE.

MINIMUM FLOOR AREA IN AG IS 1800 SQUARE FEET.

THEY'RE PROPOSING 2100 KEEPING THE SAME FRONT SETBACK.

MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK IS 25FT IN AG.

THEY'RE PROPOSING 25FT FOR MOST, BUT 20FT FOR THESE SEVEN LOTS THAT ARE REQUESTING SIDE SETBACK MODIFICATIONS. AND THEN REAR YARD IS STAYING 20FT.

AND WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE CHANGE.

JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE OVERALL AREA.

SO HERE'S THE CONCEPT PLAN BUT A FEW OF THESE.

SO IT JUST GIVES YOU A MORE DETAILED LOOK AND BROKEN INTO SECTIONS.

SO THIS IS A.

THIS IS COMING UP. CROSS TIMBERS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS TO THE EAST WHERE THE WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT STARTS.

SO AGAIN, THEY SOMEWHAT CHANGED THIS DESIGN OF THIS AREA.

I KNOW ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS COUNCIL HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS KIND OF THEIR CONCERN OF THE VIEW AS YOU WERE COMING UP CROSS TIMBERS AND WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AS FAR AS PEOPLE'S BACK OR BACKYARDS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND SO THEY'VE TRIED TO REDUCE THAT VIEW.

SO YOU SEE MORE, OPEN SPACE AREA INSTEAD.

THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW AGAIN, THIS THIS MAIN AREA.

THIS IS WHERE THE HIGHEST SLOPES ARE.

AND THOSE ARE BEING PRESERVED WITH SOME TRAILS WITHIN.

THEY ARE PROPOSING ALSO A PLAYGROUND THAT IS NOT PART OF THE THE OPEN SPACE.

AGAIN, NEXT SECTION.

TRAILS LOCATED THROUGHOUT.

AND THIS IS THE VERY TOP.

THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA IS OPEN SPACE.

HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

SO THEY ARE PROPOSING TO PLANT THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG CROSS TIMBERS.

AND SEE THE EXISTING TREES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.

HERE'S THE OPEN SPACE PLAN.

THEY'VE IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ZONES WITHIN THEIR OPEN SPACES ONE, THE WOODED NATURAL OPEN SPACE AREA.

THOSE ARE HEAVILY TREED AREAS THAT WILL PRIMARILY REMAIN UNDISTURBED WILDLIFE CORRIDORS.

ORANGE IS NOT ON THIS PLAN, BUT THAT'S ZONE B NATIVE OPEN SPACE.

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ZONE C IS TRANSITION OPEN SPACE.

SO THIS IS TRANSITIONING BETWEEN SOME OF THE, MORE NATIVE OR WOODED AREAS TO THE ZONE D ESTATE, OPEN SPACE.

ZONE D IS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

IT'S GOING TO BE MORE MANICURED BECAUSE IT'S ADJACENT TO TRAILS OR ROADWAYS, THAT SORT OF THING.

SO IT'LL ACTUALLY BE MAINTAINED.

THE TRANSITION OPEN SPACE I THINK IS, JUST MAINTAINED QUARTERLY.

SO THIS SHOWS YOU AGAIN THE AGAIN, THE ORANGE SPACES WERE THE AREAS THAT WERE NOT AS HEAVILY WOODED, BUT STILL INTENDED TO BE PRIMARILY NATIVE AND UNDISTURBED. HERE IS THE TREE SURVEY.

SO AS MENTIONED THERE ARE 135 TOTAL SPECIMEN TREES ON THE SITE.

YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE, THE GREEN CIRCLES ARE THOSE SPECIMEN TREES THAT ARE BEING PRESERVED.

RED ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED.

AND THEN THESE ORANGE PLACES OR TREES THAT, WERE REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED.

BUT THAT ECC RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF AND THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK MORE TO THIS.

I BELIEVE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS THEIR INTENTION TO TRY TO PRESERVE THE TREES THAT ECC RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF, BUT IT IS STAFF'S BELIEF THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THEY WILL SURVIVE.

AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND, IF THE PROJECT WAS TO BE DEVELOPED AS PROPOSED, THAT THOSE SPECIMEN TREE PERMITS BE APPROVED FOR REMOVAL.

SO THAT THE DEVELOPER IS NOT UNDULY PENALIZED BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO SURVIVE.

THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THEY DON'T SURVIVE AFTER THE FACT, WE DON'T GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT.

SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE TWO RIGHT HERE.

ACTUALLY, THEY'RE KIND OF ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT THERE.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE HERE ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY LINE.

AND THEN THIS IS THE FOURTH ONE.

THAT'S VERY CLOSE.

WHAT WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIMEN TREES AGAIN? 135. SO AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A SUMMARY OF THE TWO ECC MEETINGS.

THE REASON THE SECOND MEETING WAS NECESSARY, BUT I THINK WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THAT.

LEXIN DO YOU HAVE THE DESIGNATIONS OF THOSE TREES, THE NUMBERS, SO THAT IF WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR SOME OR NOT THE OTHER, WE CAN MAKE THAT? I KNOW THAT ONE'S 1300.

THAT WAS THE ONE FROM THE LAST MEETING.

BUT THESE TWO. THIS IS 1270.

I MIGHT CALL MATT WOODS UP HERE 1274, 1275 OR 1275.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ONE 600 SOMETHING.

RIGHT? 632 I THINK SOMETHING.

OKAY. SO I JUST DID SOME QUICK MATH.

SO 18 JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW IS 13%.

THE TREE NUMBERS THAT WERE DENIED ARE 632, 1274, 1275, AND 1300.

SO WHICH ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY LINE? WAS THAT 13 OR 6, 32 1300.

THAT'S THE SIX.

THAT'S 632.

BUT THEN OKAY, WAIT, WHERE TO GO? 1300 NORTH.

THIS ONE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE, CLOSER TO THE STREET.

SO IN THE RIGHT OF WAY? NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S WITHIN THE PROPERTY.

PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS WITH THOSE THEY'RE IN THE EASEMENTS.

OKAY. SO THERE WILL BE GRADING WHETHER IT'S DRAINAGE OR UTILITY WORK OKAY.

NOW THEY DID INDICATE IN THE APPLICANT MAY SPEAK TO THIS, BUT THEY DID COMMIT TO POSSIBLY BORING TO HELP SAVE THOSE TREES.

BUT THE IMPACT STAFF FELT THE IMPACT THERE COULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT TO THE DRIP LINE OR CRITICAL ROOT ZONE.

SO OKAY, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU.

SO YOU SAID THIS IS IN AN EASEMENT.

IS THAT SO? I SEE THE, THE BUILDABLE AREA AND I SEE THESE DASHED LINES CLOSER TO THE STREET.

IS THAT THE PORTION OF IT THAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE EASEMENT, DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT.

OKAY. SO THE SO YOU HAVE THE, THE CURB, THEN YOU HAVE TWO EASEMENTS, A DRAINAGE AND A UTILITY.

YEAH. WITHOUT. YEAH, I BELIEVE I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT THOUGH.

SO IF THE, IF THE ROAD WAS A LITTLE BIT A FEW FEET MORE TO THE WEST, WOULD THAT PUT THIS TREE OUT OF THE EASEMENT.

BUT IF YOU. POTENTIALLY YOU STILL HAVE THE OVERHANG WITH THE DRIP LINE, THE ROOT ZONE.

IT'S NOT JUST THE TRUNK, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S THE CANOPY SPREAD THAT COULD HELP SOME.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW FAR YOU'D HAVE TO MOVE IT OVER TO GET OUT OF THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONE.

OKAY. AND IN GRADING TO MAKE IT SLOPE SO IT DRAINS PROPERLY.

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TRUE. DEPENDING ON HOW FAR NORTH YOU WENT, YOU WOULD IMPACT THAT SPECIMEN TREE TO THE NORTH IN THAT LOT, POSSIBLY PUTTING THAT ONE IN AN EASEMENT.

FEEL LIKE YOU COULD CURVE THE ONE NORTH, TO THE NORTH, TO THE NORTHWEST.

THAT GREEN TREE ON LOT 20, OR IS THAT FOR THAT ONE? IF THE ROADWAY SHIFTED WEST, YOU JUST WANT IT.

I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT OPEN SPACE HERE IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST.

YOU'VE GOT OPEN SPACE HERE IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH.

SO THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO RECONFIGURE THE LOT.

AND IF THE ROAD WERE JUST KIND OF STRAIGHTENED OUT THERE, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD PULL.

NOT SHIFTING IT MORE, STRAIGHTENING IT DOWN.

YEAH. JUST I'M JUST LOOKING AT THERE.

SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ROOM HERE WITH THE OPEN SPACE ON TWO SIDES OF THIS PROPERTY TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

AT THIS POINT IN THE PROJECT, WE HAVEN'T BROKEN ANY GROUND YET.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT 632 AND WHY THAT ONE IS DESIGNATED FOR REMOVAL? THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO SAVE THAT TREE.

IT WAS JUST POTENTIAL FUTURE WORK IN THE EASEMENT.

SO THAT IS AN X SLOT.

BUT THERE THEY INDICATED THAT THERE COULD BE WORK THERE THAT COULD SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACT THAT TREE IF THEY HAD TO DO A LOT OF WORK IN THAT EASEMENT.

BUT THEY DID COMMIT TO SAVING THAT TREE.

IT WAS JUST. JUST IN CASE.

IS THERE DRAINAGE? WHAT WAS, IT'S SAME.

I BELIEVE IT'S A DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT.

THAT MAYBE THAT ONE MAYBE DESIGNATED MORE FOR DRAINAGE, I BELIEVE.

YEAH, BUT I THOUGHT WE CAN'T DRAIN LOT TO LOT.

THAT HAS TO COME TO THE FRONT.

RIGHT. THAT'S AN X LOT WHERE IT MAY BE TAKING IT TO THE WEST.

I'M NOT POSITIVE THE APPLICANT MAY KNOW THE DETAILS ON HOW THAT LOT DRAINS.

OKAY. THE OTHER TWO TREES ARE RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT, AND THOSE SEEM LIKE THEY'RE THE HARDEST ONES TO SAVE OR EVEN TRY TO CONTEMPLATE SAVING.

WHAT WAS THE ECC? WHAT WAS THEIR RATIONALE FOR DENYING THAT? THAT WAS DUE TO THE OCTOBER RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL WHEN THE LOTS SWITCHED.

I THINK THOSE JUST ENDED UP IN A A SPOT WHERE, THEY PROBABLY COULD HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION AT IT, BUT I BELIEVE, OKAY, IF WE DID, AGAIN, ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE, THEY MAY HAVE RECOMMENDED ANOTHER.

OKAY I SEE, VERY GOOD.

OKAY.

AND THEN FOR THE PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDATION, THE PARKS BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND CASH IN LIEU OF LAND TO SATISFY THE PARKLAND DEDICATION AND THE AMOUNT OF 124,003 20, AND PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES OF 102,712.

SO HERE AGAIN IS THE OVERALL CONCEPT PLAN.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT I KNOW ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION.

LEXIN. SORRY.

GO AHEAD. SORRY MAYOR. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LEXIN ON SLIDE SEVEN, YOU TALKED ABOUT LOT COVERAGE 25% FOR SMALLER LOTS, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES EXTENDING THAT TO 35%.

WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURES WOULD BE ALLOWED WITH THAT? 25 TO 35%.

I MEAN, ANY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WOULD COUNT TO THE 25% WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE ONLY.

SO ANY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT THEY WANTED TO PUT IN.

IT DOESN'T. BY SAYING THIS, I'M NOT SURE IF IT IF YOU WERE THINKING OF THAT, IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OR.

NO, I THINK I UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

SO IT'S LIKE A POOL CABANA, A CARPORT, A DETACHED GARAGE, A POOL HOUSE KIND OF THING.

OKAY. YES. ANY ANY TYPE OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE TOWN.

OKAY. DRIVEWAY COUNTS FOR THAT TOO.

NO, WE DO NOT COUNT.

FLAT WORK TOWARD LOT COVERAGE.

ANYONE ELSE. THANK YOU.

LEXIN. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL BRING UP THE APPLICANT FOR A PRESENTATION.

WE ALSO HAVE RANDY AND JAMESON WITH US TONIGHT.

NO COWBOY HAT.

YES. IT'S CASUAL.

GOOD EVENING. WELCOME BACK.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BACK.

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.

AND RANDY RIVERA, LAND PLANNER, MCADAMS, 4400 STATE HIGHWAY 121.

YEAH JAMISON PENSON IS HERE.

WE'LL TAG TEAM THIS.

WE PROBABLY WILL RUN THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.

AND THEN PATRICIA FANT, WHO DID A LOT OF THE LEGWORK, PULLED THIS TOGETHER, TOO.

SO, WE'RE PLEASED.

VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

VERY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU THE CHANGES.

DUSTIN DAVIDSON FROM HANES IS ALSO OUR CLIENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS, UNEXPECTEDLY NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, DUE TO SOMETHING THAT JUST THAT CAME UP.

AND SO, HE MAY BE WATCHING.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'LL BE TEXTING HIM THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

SO YOU MAY NOTICE A DIFFERENT VISUAL HERE FOR THE ENTRANCE.

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AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE VISION THAT IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CROSS TIMBERS GOAL, AND VERY MUCH EVOKES THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THIS RURAL CHARACTER AS YOU COME INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE CROSS TIMBERS.

AND YES, WE ARE WOULD LIKE TO NAME THE PROPERTY OR THE PROJECT CROSS TIMBERS.

I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THERE'S NO OTHER PROJECT WITH THAT NAME IN THE TOWN THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, BUT WE DO NEED TO LOOK THROUGH THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO JUST QUICKLY, PROBABLY THE MOST TECHNICAL, TOPOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED SITE IN FLOWER MOUND.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A VERY UNIQUE, ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE SITES THAT WE HAVE IN THE TOWN.

SO STARTING THERE AND, I ALSO WANT TO, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AND TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE NOVEMBER, I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INPUT THAT YOU GAVE AT THAT MEETING.

I KNOW THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH.

AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SOME MORE COLLABORATION IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS THAT REALLY HELPED INFORM THIS PLAN, TO EMBODY THE VALUES THAT ARE EXPECTED. WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS REALLY DOES SET THE BAR FOR THE NEW, CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

AND IT'S THE NEW KIND OF, ONE THAT WE CAN ALL POINT TO AND BE VERY PROUD OF FOR FOR DECADES OR LONGER.

SO HERE IS THE PREVIOUS PLAN.

LEXIN DID A GOOD JOB OF RUNNING THROUGH THOSE, THE FEATURES, THE COMPONENTS THAT MADE UP THAT PREVIOUS PLAN.

SO I DON'T HAVE TO, TO TALK ABOUT THAT TOO MUCH AND THEN JUST JUMPING STRAIGHT INTO THE NEW PLAN, THE WHITE BOXES WILL SHOW THE AREAS THAT CHANGED.

SO I DO THINK IT'S ROUGHLY MAYBE 10% OF THE PLAN OR MORE.

AND YES, WE TOOK, SQUARE FOOTAGE OUT OF THE OVERSIZE LOTS, PUT IT INTO THE OPEN SPACE SO THAT WE COULD PRESERVE MORE OPEN SPACE AND STRATEGICALLY LOCATED OPEN SPACE THAT HAD STEEP SLOPES IN THOSE AREAS.

SO YOU'LL SEE OPEN SPACE WENT UP BY THREE ACRES, AND THE IMPACT WENT DOWN BASICALLY BY THREE ACRES OF THE STEEP SLOPE AREA.

SO WE WERE VERY STRATEGIC IN WHERE WE PUT THOSE CHANGES TO MEET THE GOALS AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED.

AND ONE OF THEM BEING THIS BUFFER, THE 200 FOOT SCENIC BUFFER.

IT WAS, A GOOD COMMENT AND INPUT TO WORK THROUGH THE ROAD THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY.

COMING UP, UP HIGHER UP ON THAT HILL, BEHIND THAT GROVE OF TREES AND TO WHERE ALL THESE HOUSES ARE LOOKING OUT TO THE WEST.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OUT ABOUT 455FT OF STREET THERE THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN WITHIN 200FT TO 1171. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP JAMESON TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THE TREES AND PROBABLY ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP JUST A BIT AGO.

GOOD EVENING, JAMISON PENSON WITH MCADAMS. SO AS LEXIN WAS STATING, THERE'S, 135 TOTAL SPECIMEN TREES, WE'RE STILL REQUESTING, THE REMOVAL OF 18.

SO THAT'S PRESERVING 117 WITH A 87% PERCENT PRESERVATION RATE.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE PREVIOUS PLAN AND THE THE NEW PLAN KIND OF SHOWING WHAT ACTUALLY CHANGED.

SO IN THAT TOP CIRCLE WE'VE BASICALLY FLIP FLOPPED.

WHICH TREE IS GOING TO BE PRESERVED, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LOT CONFIGURATION THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT'S OCCURRED THERE, THAT'S CAUSED THAT TO FLIP.

AND YES, THAT THAT TREE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, IT DOES HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE DRIP LINE UNDER THE FRANCHISE UTILITY EASEMENT.

AND WE DO HAVE NOTES, ON OUR ZONING SPECIMEN TREE PLAN TO BORE THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES.

BUT IN CASE THOSE THINGS AREN'T SUCCESSFUL OR THEY AREN'T NECESSARILY ABLE TO, MANAGE THAT OR REQUEST REMOVAL AHEAD OF TIME, DOWN IN THE SECOND CIRCLE, THAT USED TO BE A PRESERVED TREE.

NOW IT'S BEING REMOVED BECAUSE THE BUILDING PAD AND THE PROXIMITY THERE, AFTER SOME FURTHER, LOOKING INTO THAT WITH OUR SCHEMATIC GRADING, WE'RE FINDING THAT THAT TREE IS GOING TO NEED TO BE REMOVED.

THE THIRD CIRCLE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, THAT USED TO BE WHERE THERE WAS A LOT LOCATED.

WE'VE SINCE REMOVED THAT LOT TO PRESERVE SOME MORE OF THE, 12% SLOPES, WHICH HAS LEFT THAT TREE NOW IN THE OPEN SPACE.

SO GAINING THAT TREE BACK AND THEN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CIRCLE, JUST A FLIP FLOP OF THE TWO TREES AS WE HAVE SOME RECONFIGURATION OF THE LOTS WITH THE NEW PLAN. SO THIS SLIDE IS GOING INTO THE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM EC ON

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AND TREE 1300 UP AT THE NORTH.

THAT WAS AT THE ADVISEMENT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR THE REMOVAL OF THAT TREE WITH ITS OVERHANG OF THAT TEN FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT.

WE DO PLAN TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SAVE THAT.

BUT IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL, WE'RE ASKING, APPROVAL THERE, FOR REMOVAL.

THE SAME THING WITH 1632.

THAT ONE'S RIGHT ON THE THE LOT LINE.

WE DO FEEL, GOOD THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE, BUT THAT 17 FOOT EASEMENT THAT'S UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT IS THE TOWN'S EASEMENT.

AND IF THEY EVER NEED TO COME IN AND MAKE ANY GRADING ADJUSTMENTS OR UTILITY WORK THROUGH THERE, THAT TREE COULD BE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE ROOT ZONE. SO, TO START OFF, THOUGH, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO SAVE THAT, BUT DO NEED A REQUEST, REMOVAL AT THIS TIME AS A PRECAUTION. AND THEN THE TREES, NUMBER 1274 AND 1275, THAT CAME FROM THE FIRST, THE FIRST PLAN THAT YOU SAW BEFORE, THESE USED TO BE LOCATED, ON THE SIDE OF THE LOT LINE.

AND WE DID HAVE TO, TURN THOSE TO REMOVED, AND CONTINUE TO ASK, TO REMOVE THOSE.

BUT NOW THEY'RE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF WHERE THE BUILDING PAD IS GOING TO BE.

SO THOSE WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO COME OUT AT THIS TIME.

JAMISON, WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO TREE 1300 TO THE NORTH SIDE AND OFFER YOUR OPINION ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIESTEL WAS SAYING ABOUT STRAIGHTENING OUT THAT ROAD TO POTENTIALLY SAVE THAT TREE? SO WE DID MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THIS ROAD, EARLIER ON BETWEEN THE TWO REVISIONS.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN, GO BACK.

MAYBE IT HAPPENED, JUST PREVIOUS TO THE SET, BUT WE DID MAKE ONE REVISION TO THIS ROAD.

BUT NOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING HERE, THE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT PUSHING THE ROAD FURTHER TO THE WEST IS THE PROXIMITY TO THE CREEK AND THE CREEK BANK THAT OCCURS THERE.

SO THIS IS A BARDIC ROAD SECTION.

SO THERE'S A 17 FOOT PUD EASEMENT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THAT'S WHERE THE BARDIC WILL OCCUR.

AND THERE'S TEN FEET ON EITHER SIDE, WHERE THE LOTS ARE OCCURRING TO SERVE THAT FRANCHISE UTILITY THERE.

SO PUSHING THIS FURTHER WEST, WE FEEL LIKE IT WOULD IMPACT SOME OF THAT STREAM BANK, THAT'S OCCURRING THERE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO STAY, A LITTLE FURTHER EAST TO GIVE THAT SOME CUSHION.

OKAY. OKAY IMPACT SLOPES GREATER THAN 12%.

SO THERE WAS A REDUCTION OF OVER HALF OF THE IMPACTS THAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY MAKING THAT HAD LOT COVERAGE OVER THE TOP OF THEM.

THERE COULD STILL BE SOME SLOPES THAT COULD STILL OCCUR ON THE LOT THAT MAINTAIN THE SLOPE.

BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE PRESUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE LOT THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BEING GONE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE AREAS IN PURPLE, THOSE ARE SHOWING THE IMPACTS.

AND YOU CAN REALLY START TO SEE WITHIN THE RED BOXES WHERE A LOT OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS MADE.

SO UP ON THE TOP SIDE, THE FIRST BOX, REALLY LOOKING AT THE RECONFIGURATION OF WHAT WAS LOT 13 AND TAKING THAT OUT AND RECONFIGURING THAT.

SO WE PUSHED A LOT OF THAT, 12% OR GREATER SLOPE INTO THE OPEN SPACE, THE SAME ONE DOWN TO THE LEFT.

THAT WAS THE LOT SEVEN, WHICH ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO SAVE ONE OF THE SPECIMEN TREES THERE, AS WELL AS REMOVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF STEEP SLOPES THAT HAPPENED, ON THAT LOT, LOT SIX DOWN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

THAT'S WHERE LOT SIX WAS, HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THERE.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE CUL DE SAC THAT COMES DOWN TO THE SOUTH THAT WE HAVE NOW PUT THAT, IN OPEN SPACE AS WELL.

AND THEN AGAIN, DOWN AT THE FAR SOUTH, LOT ONE, THERE IS A CONSIDERATION ABOUT WHAT WAS THE BACK OF THAT HOUSE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HAVE A RETAINING WALL WITH, AN OPTIONAL FENCE THERE THAT MAY NOT HAVE LOOKED AS SIGHTLY THERE.

SO WE'VE AND RECONFIGURED THOSE SO THAT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSES ARE FACING 1171 AND EVEN THE SIDE OF THAT'S REALLY, BLOCKED MOSTLY BY A LOT OF NATIVE VEGETATION THERE.

AND SO WE ALSO LIMITED THE IMPACT, THERE ON LOT LOT ONE.

SO LEXIN WAS GOING OVER SOME OF THE EXCEPTION REQUESTS FOR THE RETAINING WALLS OF EIGHT FEET AND HIGHER.

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THEY CAN ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY WHENEVER YOU'RE ABLE TO USE THE THE RIGHT TOOLS THAT CAN MAKE THIS A REALLY DYNAMIC AND UNIQUE, SUBDIVISION.

BUT HERE, THE BOTTOM BOLD LANGUAGE.

THIS IS, THE RECOMMENDATION MADE FROM PNC WAS JUST TO LIMIT THE THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL TO EIGHT FEET AND THEN TALKING THROUGH, SOME OF THE MEETINGS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS, TERRACING WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TO KIND OF EASE THE APPEARANCE OF A LARGER RETAINING WALLS AND ALSO TO LIMIT, WHEN WE DO NEED TO, HAVE A RETAINING WALL OF EIGHT FEET OR HIGHER.

SO THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT VAGUE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO ALWAYS TERRORISTS LIKE, SAY, IF IT WAS A TWO FOOT WALL AND A TWO FOOT WALL, ONE FOUR FOOT WALL IS THE BEST SOLUTION IN MOST CASES.

SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF RELOOK AT THAT LANGUAGE AND, AND THEN ALSO ASK THAT STAFF BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND MAKE THE APPROVAL OF ANY INSTANCES WHERE A EIGHT FOOT WALL MAY NEED TO BE MADE, AND THAT THE ONLY TIME THAT A WALL EIGHT FEET OR LARGER SHOULD BE USED IS IN THE INSTANCE OF PRESERVATION.

SO THIS IS WHAT THIS LANGUAGE IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT.

AND I THINK KEEPS TRUE WITH WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS TALKING ABOUT.

AND USING THE RETAINING WALLS AS A BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE TO TRANSITION THE GRADES EFFECTIVELY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING STEEP SLOPES, ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVE AREAS, EXISTING TREES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO, THE EIGHT FOOT WALL, THAT WAS DISCOURAGED IS REALLY AS A SCRAPE AND BUILD CONCEPT THAT NOT JUST A LEVEL OFF THE TOP OF A HILL AND, AND HAVE A LARGE EXPANSE OF GRADE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH FLAT AND THEN JUST TAKE OFF A EIGHT FOOT WALL THERE AT THE END. SO THIS IS REALLY DIRECTING THAT, THAT WE USE WALLS FOR THEIR CORRECT INTENTIONS AND THAT STAFF BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND GRADE US TO SEE.

YES. ARE YOU USING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS? AND IF SO, THEY COULD HAVE THE THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY THERE.

THIS WAS JUST A QUICK CONCEPT SKETCH THAT I THREW IN AT THE LAST MOMENT TO HELP DEPICT WHAT THAT LANGUAGE WAS SAYING.

SO THE TOP SECTION CUT IS SHOWING WHERE TERRACED WALLS WOULD, BE HAPPENING WHEN THERE'S AN ADJACENT LOT OR OPEN SPACE THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PRESERVATION ASPECT TO THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE COULD DEFINITELY USE TERRACED WALLS AND SOFTEN THE, THE EFFECTS OF WHAT THAT SHEAR WALL MAY OCCUR.

BUT THEN WHEN SITE CONSTRAINTS ARE GETTING PRETTY TIGHT AND, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFINED ON HOW MUCH ROOM WE HAVE, AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO PRESERVE, THEN, YES, EIGHT FOOT RETAINING WALL, WOULD BE THE PROPER TECHNIQUE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THAT ZONE.

SO THIS IS JUST A DEPICTION OF WHAT WHAT THAT LANGUAGE WAS TRYING TO SAY.

OKAY, THE ENTRY SIGN.

SO WE'VE COME BACK AND REWORK THE ENTRY SIGN.

LOOKING AT MONOLITH, STONE BOULDER SIGNAGE AND MAYBE DOING SOME ENGRAVING ON THAT JUST TO GO AHEAD AND STEER CLEAR FROM, THE METAL. WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME.

IT MAY COME BACK AS PEN LETTERS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THE ENGRAVING, AND THIS WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME UPLIGHTING THAT OCCURS ON IT.

BUT THE CROSS TIMBERS NAME THAT YOU'LL SEE, THERE IS KIND OF DISPLAYED ALONG WITH, SOME OF THE LOGO OPTIONS THAT MATCHBOX, PREPARED THAT WE KIND OF SHOWED IN SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO YOU LAST TIME.

SO THIS IS THE NEW THING IS TRYING TO LET THE LANDSCAPE KIND OF SPEAK MORE OF, TO THE ENTRANCE AND HAVE A MORE SUBTLE APPROACH ON THE ACTUAL SIGNAGE ITSELF.

SO, REALLY TRYING TO COME BACK WITH, MORE OF THAT NATIVE LOOK, THE ROLLING HILLS AND ESCARPMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN NATURE THAT ARE STARTING TO BUILD UP TO THE THE FOOTHILLS OF A LARGER SYSTEM.

SO KIND OF MIMICKING THAT ON A SMALLER SCALE.

AND THERE'S JUST A FEW IMAGES, HERE ON SOME OF THOSE OF HOW THE BERMS, YOU CAN SEE THE EQUESTRIAN TRAILS, PUT IN THE

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THAT'S JUST KIND OF FOR SAFETY TO KIND OF TRY TO KEEP A BARRIER BETWEEN THEM AND THE TRAFFIC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AT LEAST ALONG 1171.

AND THEN THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SIGNS FOR THE EAST AND WEST TRAFFIC FOR THE CROSS TIMBERS.

AND THEN AS YOU MAKE YOUR DRIVE UP, THERE'S, THE LOGO OR THE BRAND FOR THE CROSS TIMBERS DEVELOPMENT THERE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, AND THEN HAVING THE TERRACE RETAINING WALL TO HOLD BACK THAT THAT AREA AT 12% SLOPES AND THEN HELP KIND OF REESTABLISH WHERE THAT WASHOUT IS ON THE HILL. HERE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THE ROLLING HILLS AND THE BERMS, THAT PARALLEL PARKWAY THAT'S KIND OF RUNNING UP ON THE NEXT TERRACE OF THE HILL IS GOING TO KIND OF ALL BUT DISAPPEAR AS YOU'RE LOOKING UP.

SO IT'S GOING TO EXTEND YOUR VIEW NOT ONLY BEYOND THE TO THE 200 FOOT, SCENIC BUFFER, BUT EVEN BEYOND.

SO THAT VIEW WILL CARRY ON QUITE A BIT FURTHER WITH THE WAY THE LANDSCAPES KIND OF DISGUISING THE SIDE OF THAT HILL.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT HERE AS WELL, BUT A FEW SHOTS OF THE ENTRANCE.

WHERE IT IS AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU JAMISON.

COUNCIL. QUESTIONS.

I HAD A QUESTION ON THE LANDSCAPING ALONG 1171, THE TRANSITIONS FROM THE NATURAL AND MANICURED.

HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE? IT LOOKED LIKE KIND OF LIKE HARD CUTS WHEN IN LEXIN SLIDE.

IS IT GOING TO BE MORE TRANSITIONS? I MEAN, THE PICTURES KIND OF LOOK LIKE MOST OF ITS NATURAL LANDSCAPING.

IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE GRAPHIC ON THE THE 2D PLAN VIEW, IT'S JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE PLACEMENT OF WHERE THE THE BOULDER WALL MAY BE.

AND THIS IS THE SAME PLACEMENT OF THAT WALL, BUT IT'S JUST SOFTENED UP WITH THE LANDSCAPE.

IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE THE WALL ALONG IT WAS ON LEXIN SLIDE.

SHE HAD THE DIFFERENT ZONES.

YEAH. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE TIME WHEN I'M DRIVING ALONG, I'M 71.

YOU CAN SEE SOME HARSH TRANSITIONS BETWEEN MANICURED AND.

YEAH. HERE WE HAVE THE ZONE D'S THAT ARE KIND OF TRANSITIONING FROM THE ZONE A'S.

HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? BECAUSE THE PICTURE IS KIND OF I DON'T THINK THEY QUITE SHOW THAT.

OKAY, SO THE ESTATE OPEN SPACE, HERE, WHICH IS JUST ALLOWING FOR MORE MAINTENANCE.

SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE REFERRED TO AS MOWING, BUT IT CAN ALSO MEAN THAT YOU'RE COMING IN AND PLANTING, NEW PLANT MATERIAL.

IT'S NOT.

I GUESS THERE COULD BE A BETTER BLEND BETWEEN THE PURPLE AND THE GREEN THROUGH SOME OF THIS ZONE, BECAUSE SOME OF IT'S GOING TO BE MADE OF MAYBE, NATIVE WILDFLOWER SEED MIXES ON TOP OF THE BERMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH THOSE WON'T TAKE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE, PROBABLY LIKE BIANNUAL, TYPE MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THE PURPLE IS. BUT WHAT THE GREEN IS JUST SAYING IS THAT REGULAR MAINTENANCE CAN OCCUR IN THAT ZONE, WHETHER IT BE GOING IN AND WEEDING, WHETHER IT BE GOING IN AND PLANTING NEW PLANT MATERIAL THAT MAY HAVE DIED OUT.

THERE'LL BE SOME SEASONAL COLOR THAT COMES BACK IN THROUGH THIS ZONE, THAT THEY'LL COME PLANT FOR THE ENTRY FEATURE SO THAT YOU GET POPS OF COLOR THROUGH THE SPRING OR THROUGH THE FALL.

SO IT'S JUST A MAINTENANCE ZONE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO COME IN AND MAINTAIN ON A REGULAR BASIS..

MOWED LAND. IT'S. YEAH.

IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE MOWED.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE THE 25% LOT COVERAGE.

SO ON ONE ELECTION SLIDES, IT SHOWED 25, 27% WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE 25% LOT COVERAGE.

SO IT'S ONLY ONE IN EVERY FOUR LOTS.

WAS KIND OF IN THAT SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES.

WHICH ONE WAS THAT LEXIN? 74. I THINK IT'S THE THE SLIDE SEVEN.

YEAH. THERE WE GO.

SO IS THAT ONLY ONE IN EVERY 27% LIKE ONE IN EVERY FOUR LOTS WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO THE 25% LOT COVERAGE.

THIS NUMBER HERE IS THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT ARE GREATER THAN ONE ACRE.

YEAH. SO THAT THOSE LOTS WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 25%.

YEAH. YES. WELL THE LOTS THAT ARE THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE OR LARGER ARE ALSO LIMITED TO 25% FOR THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE.

OKAY. THE ONLY TIME THE 35% WOULD KICK IN IS IF IT'S ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

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I'M ALL RIGHT. MATT, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT TREE.

632 THAT WAS IN THE TOWN'S EASEMENT.

SO THE APPLICANT MENTIONED THAT IF THE TOWN REQUIRED SOME GRADING OR SOMETHING, AND THAT MAY RESULT IN THE REMOVAL OF THE TREE, IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WOULDN'T WE JUST REMOVE IT? DO WE NEED TO APPROVE A TREE REMOVAL NOW IN CASE THE TOWN HAS A NEED FOR THAT? WELL, IT'S NOT IN A PLATTED EASEMENT YET.

IT'S BASICALLY EXEMPT.

ONCE YOU PLANTED A TREE IN AN EASEMENT, THEN IT BECOMES EXEMPT, WHETHER IT'S TOWN OR OTHERWISE.

SO DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE TOWN IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE IT'S PLOTTED? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF TIFFANY DOES OR NOT.

I WAS DISTRACTING HER.

OH. DO YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO WORK IN THAT EASEMENT IN THE FUTURE, THE WHERE THERE'S A TREE REMOVAL 632 ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE PROPERTY LINE.

IS IT IN THE UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT? I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE.. THE APPLICANT SAID THAT THE TOWN MIGHT DO SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES THE REMOVAL OF IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTENTION OF DOING THAT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE NEED TO APPROVE A REMOVAL NOW IN CASE THE TOWN DOES SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE COULD PROBABLY JUST REMOVE IT IF WE NEEDED TO ONCE IT'S PLATTED. IS IT DOES HE KNOW IS IT IN A UTILITY EASEMENT OR DRAINAGE EASEMENT? IS THAT IS IT FOR MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE? SO A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE CANOPY? LET ME SEE IF I CAN POINT TO IT HERE.

THIS IS THE 17 FOOT PUD EASEMENT THE TOWN WILL OWN.

SO A LARGE PERCENTAGE, THE TRUNK IS NOT LOCATED IN THE EASEMENT, BUT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS RIGHT IN WHERE THE SWALE IS.

THAT'S CARRYING THE DRAINAGE THROUGH THERE.

CORRECT. SO, IN THE FUTURE, IN THE EVENT IF THE TOWN NEEDS TO COME THROUGH AND, DO ANY, GRADING OR ANYTHING IN THAT EASEMENT, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO.

AND IT'S JUST ADVISED THAT WE REMOVE THE TREE.

IF IT'S IN THE DRAINAGE PATTERN ALREADY, THAT MEANS THAT IT COULD COLLECT ANYTHING THAT'S IN THAT DRAINAGE SWALE THROUGHOUT.

AND WE'D BE CLEANING OR TAKING CARE OF THAT TREE, AND IT COULD HOLD DRAINAGE IN THERE.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY KILL THE TREE ANYWAY.

SO THAT MAY BE WHY ENGINEERING WAS LOOKING AT IT FOR THAT REASON FOR REMOVAL.

ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR STAFF? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT YOU PUT IN BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME MARKET CHANGES AND I THINK THERE IMPROVEMENTS.

I ESPECIALLY LIKED SLIDE 11, YOUR ENTRY SIGN.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE, LIKE YOU SAID, KEEPING WITH THE NATURE OF THAT AREA.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. I'D KIND OF LIKE TO ECHO THOSE COMMENTS AS WELL.

I THINK, I LIKE THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.

YOU KNOW, IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THE MONUMENT SIGN.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WORKING NOW WITH THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THAT, THAT NICE HILL.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT USE ALSO MOVING THAT ROAD INSIDE THE, 200 FOOT EASEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M, I LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THE WAY THE REASON THAT IS IN ENCROACHING INTO THAT 200 FOOT EASEMENT IS TO PRESERVE THAT TOPOGRAPHY YET AGAIN.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TRADE OFF.

I THINK THAT'S THE WAY THE SYSTEM OUGHT TO WORK.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO SAY THAT TREE 1300.

BUT I UNDERSTAND WITH THE STREAM JUST TO THE WEST OF THAT THAT THAT WOULD ENCROACH THAT.

SO IT'S YOU HAVE TO PICK, YOU KNOW, THE TREE OR THE STREAM.

AND AGAIN THAT'S AGAIN STICKING WITH THAT NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY IN THAT AREA.

SO I THINK IT'S A PRETTY GOOD COMPROMISE ON ALL THESE THINGS.

THANK YOU BRIAN. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 9:03, AND I AM OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM N TWO AND N THREE.

THERESA, DO WE HAVE ANY GREEN COMMENT CARDS? WE DO NOT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? PLEASE STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND.

SEEING AND HEARING NONE, THE TIME IS 9:04 AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. AND AS A, JUST TO REMIND YOU, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ENTERTAIN SEPARATE MOTIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE.

ARE WE CLEAR ON WHICH TREES OR DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? I THINK THE WORD THAT OR I THINK THAT THE RATIONALE FOR EACH TREE, AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO TRY TO SAVE 1300 AND 632.

THERE'S A RATIONALE FOR EACH ONE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE APPLICANT WILL TRY TO SAVE THEM BY BORING.

IF YOU CAN'T MOVE THE ROAD, THEN I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE RIGHT DECISION.

AND IF I'M TAKING YOUR WORD FOR IT THAT THE ROAD IS IT FAR WEST, AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY PUT IT, BUT IF THERE'S SOME WIGGLE ROOM THERE, MAYBE THAT COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

SO I THINK I'M, I'M WE I THINK WE COVERED THAT.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION IS, AND YES, GREAT JOB ON ALL THE CHANGES.

I THINK YOU DEFINITELY CAPTURED OUR INTENT.

I PREFER THE STAFF LANGUAGE ON THE RETAINING WALL TO THE LANGUAGE PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT.

OTHERWISE, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE AND THEY'VE ADDRESSED MY CONCERNS.

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SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME ADVANTAGE TO DOING THE EIGHT FOOT WALL.

DEPENDING UPON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

YEAH. EXACTLY. YEAH.

SO THE THE IDEA BEING THAT IF YOU, YOU'RE DOING A FOUR FOOT WALL TERRORIST.

UNLESS THERE'S AN INTENT TO SAVE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE, IN WHICH CASE THE EIGHT FOOT WALL IS A GOOD TRADE OFF COMPROMISE.

IF IT GOES ABOVE EIGHT FEET, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION.

BUT STAFF UP TO THAT POINT HAS DISCRETION.

I THINK THE APPLICANT SAID THAT HE'S CONCERNED THAT A FOUR FOOT WALL MIGHT BECOME A TWO FOOT WALL.

LEXIN, I DON'T I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT WITH THIS LANGUAGE? NO, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT.

AND THE LANGUAGE WAS JUST GENERALLY TO SAY THAT TERRACING WILL BE USED, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT PRESENTED IS THAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO USE TERRACING.

THAT WAS THEIR INTENTION.

THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, THE BEST BENEFIT TO THEM.

ALSO, JUST IN THE REDUCED COST OF NOT HAVING TO ENGINEER A WALL AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO, NO, I MEAN, WE COULD CLARIFY IT TO SAY THAT.

I DON'T KNOW. I CAN TRY TO CLARIFY SOMETHING IN THERE.

SO IF Y'ALL WANT ME TO TWEAK THAT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE FINALIZE IT, TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING EVERY SINGLE RETAINING WALL MUST BE TERRACED, IT WAS MORE OF JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS OPEN ENDED ENOUGH TO GIVE STAFFS THE DISCRETION.

I ASSUME THAT STAFF WILL USE THAT DISCRETION TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE APPLICANT AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND, AND IT WOULD BE STAFF GRANTING THE EXCEPTION IN EITHER CASE, RIGHT? NO, IT WOULD NOT. NO.

AND THE THE THE STAFF LANGUAGE THAT INCLUDES THE THE GRANTING OF AN EXCEPTION, WHICH IS WHAT P&Z RECOMMENDED.

THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO TO P&Z AND COUNCIL.

IT WOULD BE WITH THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN.

OKAY. SO STAFF DOESN'T GRANT EXCEPTIONS ABOVE EIGHT FEET, ONLY ABOVE EIGHT FEET.

SO UP TO EIGHT FEET STAFF HAS TOTAL CONTROL WITH THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IS THAT STAFF HAS DISCRETION ABOVE EIGHT FEET.

AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT THAT THAT WASN'T WHAT P&Z SUGGESTED.

AND I THINK WE KIND OF WANT TO LIMIT WE WANT TO SET A CAP SOMEWHERE ON THESE RETAINING WALLS.

SO WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED TONIGHT, THOUGH, TO US IS THAT STAFF THAT IF IT'S OVER EIGHT FOOT, IT COMES BACK TO P&Z AND COUNCIL.

YES. OKAY.

SO IF WE MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED, IT WILL GO THAT ROUTE AND NOT JUST GO TO STAFF.

THAT'S CORRECT OKAY.

MAKE SENSE.

IT HAS TO BE APPROVED.

YEAH. OKAY.

I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM N TWO.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM N TWO AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION.

THERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

BY. UNANIMOUS VOTE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS N THREE AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION.

THERESA WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THE TIME IS NOW.

9:08 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.