Jun 17, 2024 Town Council Archive

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HELLO. THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 AND WE WILL START OUR TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING FOR JUNE 17TH, 2024.

[A. CALL TO ORDER ]

DECLARE THAT YOU ARE A GOOD, AWESOME FATHER.

WE COME TO YOU AS ELOHIM WHO HAVE CREATED US ACCORDING TO WHAT DAVID SAID, FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY YOU HAVE MADE US, AND WE BELIEVE THAT, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

GOD. SO IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATION, GOD, WE KNOW YOU TO BE THE ALMIGHTY GOD, THE ALMIGHTY HEALER, JEHOVAH RAPHA, YOU WILL HEAL US.

YOU WILL PROVIDE FOR US GOD.

AND WE ARE NEVER TO BE WEAK IN YOUR ARMS BECAUSE YOU BEING EL SHADDAI YOU HAVE THE POWER TO HELP US IN ALL AND ALL WISDOM.

SO GOD, IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE SIN IN MY HEART, THIS CIRCLE, I ASK YOU TO TAKE IT OUT TOTALLY, COMPLETELY BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST SO THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WILL MANIFEST HIMSELF IN, THROUGH, AND AROUND GOD, AND THIS PEOPLE WILL BE BLESSED.

GOD, I THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

GOD, I THANK YOU. HAVE YOU PLACED US INTO THIS WORLD GOD, YOU'VE PLACED US INTO ONE OF THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD, INTO THE GREATEST STATE IN THE NATION, AND THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD NATION. GOD, I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

I THANK YOU FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND HOW THEY WORK AND HOW THEY HELP PEOPLE.

GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT THEY DO TO HELP US GOD.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR OUR TEACHERS, GOD, FOR OUR HOSPITALS, AND ALL THE BUSINESSMEN AND ALL THAT'S INVOLVED AND ALL THE CITIZEN GOD.

THANK YOU FOR THEM, GOD, AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING.

GOD HELP IT TO GO WELL AND WE ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH SO THAT WE CAN EVEN BE BETTER IN JESUS CHRIST NAME, AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

[D. PUBLIC COMMENT ]

I THINK WE HAVE A FEW.

JUST ONE THERESA.

OKAY. NICHOLAS UNDERWOOD.

HELLO. HELLO, MY NAME IS NICHOLAS UNDERWOOD AND I LIVE AT 5800 DAYFLOWER DRIVE.

I SPOKE BEFORE THE COUNCIL TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT SYMBOLICALLY VOTING TO PASS A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO PRESSURE OUR STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES TO DO THE SAME.

WHEN I REACHED OUT TO CONTACT Y'ALL AFTER SPEAKING, I WAS MET WITH SILENCE FROM ADAM SCHIESTEL, BRIAN TAYLOR, AND JOHN WERNER, AS WELL AS A HARD NO FROM ANN MARTIN AND MOST DISAPPOINTINGLY, A NOTHING RESPONSE FROM CHERYL MOORE, WHO SAID IT WAS NOT THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL TO, QUOTE, PUSH POLITICAL AGENDAS.

I GUESS I DIDN'T REALIZE BEING ANTI-GENOCIDE CONSTITUTED PUSHING A POLITICAL AGENDA.

IN THE TIME SINCE WE LAST SPOKE, THE UNITED STATES HAS VOTED AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TO PUSH FORWARD A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPLY ISRAEL WITH WEAPONS THAT THEY HAVE USED TO COMMIT WAR CRIMES, SUCH AS THE ATTACK ON REFUGEES IN RAFAH ON MAY 27TH, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S RED LINE, AS WELL AS ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE NUSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP ON JUNE 8TH, IN WHICH THE US USED THE AID PEER TO ASSIST THE IDF IN POSING AS WORKERS AS AID WORKERS IN ORDER TO ATTACK PALESTINIAN REFUGEES.

POSING IT AS AID WORKERS IS CALLED PERFIDY, AND IT IS CONSIDERED A WAR CRIME.

I BELIEVE THAT WE STILL HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO OPPOSE THIS TYPE OF UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR A COUNTRY THAT, ACCORDING TO THE ICJ, HAS SHOWN INTENT TO DESTROY PALESTINIANS IN GAZA AS PART OF THE BROADER PALESTINIAN NATIONAL, RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP.

THAT REPORT ALSO STATED, QUOTE, ISRAEL HAS ENGAGED IN, IS ENGAGING IN AND RISKS FURTHER ENGAGING IN GENOCIDAL ACTS AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN GAZA.

AND THAT REPORT WAS FROM DECEMBER.

THE HALF OF YOU WHO DID RESPOND MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE BETTER FIT FOR OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES.

AND IN FACT, THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I START COMMENTING.

I STARTED COMMENTING HERE TWO WEEKS AGO.

I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT THEM ABOUT ABOUT THIS, BUT MY REQUESTS HAVE BEEN MET WITH BUREAUCRATIC NOTHINGS THAT AMOUNTED TO A CUT AND PASTE RESPONSE FROM A WEBSITE FROM THEIR WEBSITE PENNED BY THEIR ASSISTANTS.

AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ACTUALLY REACH MY REPRESENTATIVES DIRECTLY.

WHEN THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS FAIL TO REPRESENT US, DOES IT NOT FALL UPON THE SHOULDERS OF OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES TO SET THEM RIGHT? I URGE THE TOWN COUNCIL TO DRAFT A LETTER TO OUR TEXAS FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES, MICHAEL BURGESS, JOHN CORNYN AND TED CRUZ REQUESTING A WITHDRAWAL OF US MILITARY SUPPORT AND

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I AM TIRED OF SEEING US BOMBS BEING USED ON CHILDREN AND REFUGEES.

I AM TIRED OF BEING LIED TO BY MY GOVERNMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM TIRED OF UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR A GENOCIDAL APARTHEID STATE AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, RIGHT DOWN TO MY LOCAL OFFICIALS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU NICK.

THERESA DO WE HAVE ANY MORE? THAT IS ALL. DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME BEFORE I CLOSE THAT?

[E. ANNOUNCEMENTS ]

[INAUDIBLE] DO YOU WANT TO START? I HAVE NOTHING. OKAY.

SO SO TWO WEEKENDS AGO, WE OPENED CANYON FALLS PARK.

SO I WANT TO JUST THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND TOWN STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DID TO TO GET THAT PARK OPEN.

I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, AND IT WAS GREAT TO PUSH THAT TO THE FINISH LINE.

THE RESIDENTS OVER THERE ARE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

COMING UP, WE'VE GOT OUR JULY 4TH CELEBRATION.

SO I THINK THIS IS THE LAST TOWN COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THAT.

SO THAT'S ALSO HOSTED BY PARKS.

SO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH THE TOWN.

WE HAVE A CHILDREN'S PARADE IN THE MORNING AND THEN INDEPENDENCE FEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO THANK YOU ALL. I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

JUDGE, JUDGE TASKER OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE.

HE HE IS OPEN FOR US TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE IS HE HAS RESIGNED AS OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE.

AND AS SUCH, HE HE WAS VERY OPEN FOR US TO DISCLOSE WHY HE WAS LEAVING.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH FLOWER MOUND ITSELF.

HE LOVES FLOWER MOUND.

HE LIVES IN FLOWER MOUND.

BUT AT THIS TIME HIS BUSINESS PARTNER DID PASS AWAY.

AND IN IN THAT HE IS MERGING WITH ANOTHER FIRM.

SO THIS IS TAKING AWAY SOME OF HIS TIME.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT REPLACING HIM.

HE'S BEEN VERY OPEN WITH WORKING WITH US ON THAT.

THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT I HAVE IS JUNETEENTH, THE SECOND INDEPENDENCE DAY OF AMERICA.

THAT WAS THE ENDING OF SLAVERY.

THAT IS, JUNETEENTH IS JUNE 19TH.

THE WOMEN OF FLOWER MOUND ARE THEY ARE DOING A AN EVENT AT HAROLD DEAN SMOKEHOUSE.

SO YOU CAN REGISTER AT WOMEN OF FLOWER MOUND.

ORG IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT.

[F. TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT ]

I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON AN UPDATE AND A PRESENTATION THAT WE DID LAST MEETING ON JUNE THE 3RD.

AS EVERYONE WELL KNOW, WE HAD A PRETTY BAD STORM BLOW THROUGH TOWN THE DAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, LEFT A LOT OF BRUSH OUT.

AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS JUST HAD CONCERNS OF HAVING MORE BRUSH THAT'S LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BE SET OUT, PER OUR CONTRACT FOR BULK PICKUP AND BRUSH PICKUP WITH REPUBLIC AND ALSO PEOPLE JUST HAVING ISSUES WITH BEING ABLE TO BUNDLE IT AND MAKE THE SIZING REQUIREMENTS. AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOU ALL AS A TOWN COUNCIL, I ENGAGED YOU AND JUST SAID, HEY, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH US STEPPING UP AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE RESIDENTS? AND YOU GAVE ME THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE WORKED WITH REPUBLIC AND WE DEPLOYED TWO ADDITIONAL TRUCKS THE WEEKS OF JUNE 3RD AND JUNE THE 10TH.

THE UNFORTUNATE THING ABOUT IT, IT DIDN'T MAKE THE IMPACT QUITE WHAT WE EXPECTED.

THERE'S A MYRIAD OF REASONS WHY, PART OF WHICH WAS JUST MAINLY THAT AFTER OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT, AFTER THE STORM, MORE BRUSH CAME OUT.

I GUESS MORE PEOPLE WENT AND WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE STUFF DOWN AND SET IT OUT.

AND WE HAD SOME MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH ONE OF THE GRAPPLE TRUCKS THAT REPUBLIC WAS USING, AND WE FELL VERY FAR BEHIND.

LAST WEEK WE MADE A DECISION TO AND THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION OF REPUBLIC.

THEY'RE STRETCHED THEN EVERY EVERY COMMUNITY IN THIS REGION IS DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE THAT FLOWER MOUND IS WITH STORM DEBRIS.

AND WHAT WE OPTED TO DO IS, IS CALL AN AUDIBLE AND WORK WITH A STORM OR DISASTER RECOVERY GROUP THAT WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT.

THEY MOSTLY SPECIALIZE IN RECOVERY AND AND REMOVING DEBRIS AFTER A TORNADO OR A LARGE SCALE EVENT THAT WAY.

BUT THEY HAD THE CAPACITY TO COME IN AND HELP US MAKE A BIGGER DENT IN THAT IN PICKING UP THE DEBRIS.

TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WE'RE WORKING WITH REPUBLIC.

IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN AN ADDITIONAL MONTH TO PICK UP THE REST OF THE MATERIALS IF WE KEPT ON THE CURRENT PACE THAT WE WERE ON.

AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE FELT THAT THAT THAT WASN'T APPROPRIATE.

A LOT OF FOLKS I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO YOU.

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THEY WE CONTACTED THEM FRIDAY MORNING AND THEY WERE IN TOWN AND ALREADY STARTING TO PICK UP ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THEY HAVE DONE MORE WORK OVER THE COURSE OF FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY THAN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR DID IN THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS.

AND YOU CAN'T MISS THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE 75 CUBIC YARD GRAPPLE TRUCKS GOING THROUGH TOWN.

AND SO I WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH THE PUBLIC JUST SO THEY'RE AWARE.

IF YOU STILL HAVE ITEMS SET UP.

WE'RE WORKING WE'RE WORKING FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOWN TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN TO GET THE REST OF THOSE MATERIALS UP.

AND SO FAR, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE TRENDING VERY WELL AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ESTIMATED THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN 4000YD³ OF STORM DEBRIS AND BRUSH THAT THAT'S OUT THERE TO BE COLLECTED.

AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND, WE GOT 1200 OF THOSE CUBIC YARDS PICKED UP.

AND AND SO IF THAT TREND HOLDS, WE, YOU KNOW, FINGERS CROSSED WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP MOST OF THOSE MATERIALS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

AND SO WHAT I ALSO WANTED TO DO IS JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME, SOME, SOME SPECIFIC TOWN TOWN STAFF MEMBERS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN RESPONSE TO THIS.

I SEE , I GUESS IS CHIEF HENLEY STILL ON VACATION? OKAY, SO DEPUTY CHIEF BRANDON BARTH IN THE BACK HE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US COORDINATE.

HE WORKING ALONG CLAY RIGGS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

THEY'VE WORKED ROUND THE CLOCK WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF THIS, AND AND I, I'M GOING TO SPARE THE PUBLIC AND THE INTRICACIES THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THIS, BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO PICK IT UP.

THEN YOU GOT TO TAKE IT SOMEWHERE.

AND BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH A LOT OF OUR LANDFILLS, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CAPACITY AND THERE'S SOME PRETTY EXORBITANT PRICES BEING PLACED IN OUR LANDFILLS FOR DUMPING THESE MATERIALS.

AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT NEXT SHELLEY WILSON, WHO'S OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER.

AND SHE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH LIVING EARTH HERE IN TOWN, AND WE'RE DIVERTING A LOT OF THOSE MATERIALS TO LIVING EARTH RATHER THAN THE DUMP, AND, WELL, I GUESS THE LANDFILL. EXCUSE ME.

BUT I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THOSE THREE IN PARTICULAR.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK HARD, BUT THOSE THREE IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, WORKING VARIOUS ANGLES OF THIS.

AND IT FEELS LIKE WE WERE GOING TO BE IN THIS INVOLVED IN WEEKS AND WEEKS AND WEEKS, AND WE SEE A PATH FORWARD.

SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT IF YOU ARE IN THE EASTERN SIDE OF TOWN, YOU SHOULD HOPEFULLY SEE THOSE TRUCKS COMING THROUGH.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD GIS TO FIND THOSE LOCATIONS, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WESTWARD THROUGH TOWN AND HOPEFULLY GET ALL THAT DEBRIS UP BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANYBODY.

WE'RE WE'RE GOING IN WE'RE DOING ASSESSMENTS, BUT PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN SHY ABOUT REACHING OUT TO US AT OUR 6000 NUMBER AND, AND EMAILING US IN.

AND JUST IF YOU HAVE ISSUES, CONTINUE TO DO SO.

AND WE'LL TRACK THOSE AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT, THAT DEBRIS GETS PICKED UP.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO STRESS TO EVERYBODY IS THAT MAINLY IS THAT WHAT THE TOWN HAS DONE IS, IS THAT WE'VE SEEN A NEED BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT DEBRIS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY.

BUT I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE, GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE, IF WE COULD STEP UP AND PLAY A ROLE TO HELP FACILITATE THAT, THAT THAT'S THE ROLE THAT WE STEPPED UP IN.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE TIME THAT IT'S TAKEN.

BUT DO SOME GREAT PROBLEM SOLVING.

I THINK WE FOUND A PATH MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO GET THAT DONE.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT PUBLICLY AND SHOUT OUT THOSE THREE EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR GREAT WORK.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.

AND MY HOPE IS THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK, WE CAN HAVE A DATE CERTAIN WHERE THAT WRAPS UP.

AND, AND WE GO BACK TO, TO STATUS QUO.

SO JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE WHEN IT COMES TO THE STORM DEBRIS AND BRUSH COLLECTION.

AND THE LAST ITEM THAT I WANTED TO SHARE IS, IS THAT IT'S OFFICIAL TODAY, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE CONCEPT.

WE'RE OFFICIAL NOW. OUR WEB ADDRESS HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED.

HISTORICALLY WE'VE BEEN FLOWER-MOUND.COM AND IT'S VERY TRICKY BECAUSE PEOPLE FORGET THE HYPHEN AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMPONENTS, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY FLOWERMOUND.GOV NOW.

AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL. SO WE HAVE SOME STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA TALKING ABOUT WE'RE OFFICIAL NOW AND ALL THAT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT STILL, IF YOU GO TO.COM YOU'LL GET REDIRECTED TO.GOV.

BUT ULTIMATELY ALL OUR EMAIL ADDRESSES AND EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE TO THE.GOV SITE.

AND SO MOVING FORWARD, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO HAVE LITTLE REMINDERS ON THE BOTTOM REMINDING FOLKS TO GO TO GOV.

BUT I WANT TO THANK JOSE MENDEZ, OUR IT DIRECTOR, FOR HELP MAKING THAT SHIFT.

IT'S VERY NEEDED.

BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE NATURALLY GO TO.GOV FOR THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND WE WERE KIND OF THE LAST FEW OUT THERE TO STILL HAD A.COM ADDRESS.

AND SO WE'RE NOW FLOWERMOUND.

GOV NOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT OUT THERE TOO.

GREAT. THANK YOU JAMES, AND THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF AS WELL FOR ALL THE ALL THAT YOU DID FOR THE DEBRIS PICKUP.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM G, OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE ANY ITEMS?

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WE'LL WORK ON ITEM H NOW, COORDINATION OF CALENDARS.

[H. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS]

AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING IS JULY 1ST.

IS EVERYONE PLANNING ON BEING THERE? I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN, SO.

OKAY, EVERYONE BUT CHRIS.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM I, CONSENT ITEMS.

[I. CONSENT ITEM(S)]

I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS I1-5 AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. THERESA CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL FOR THAT? ALL RIGHT. SO EARLY ON IN THE SESSION, WE ARE NOW GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION.

[J. CLOSED MEETING ]

BUT WE'LL TRY TO BE OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR ITEMS AFTER THAT TIME IS NOW 6:16.

AND WE WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.

551 AND 074.

IS THAT 551.074? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OF COURSE I CAN'T SEE THAT.

[N. RECONVENE (Part 1 of 2)]

WE WILL NOW RESUME INTO OUR OPEN SESSION.

THERE WAS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.

WE WILL GO INTO ITEM K REGULAR ITEMS. SO THE FIRST ITEM TO TALK ABOUT IS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

OUR STAFF PRESENTER IS JULIE TAYLOR.

TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND REFUNDING BONDS.

I'M SORRY, JULIE, WE DID NOT OPEN BOTH OF THEM.

SO ITEMS ONE AND TWO.

I'M SORRY. JUST. THAT WAS A NOTE.

OH. I'M SORRY. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL UNDER THAT SAME.

[Items K.1. & K.2.]

AND THEN ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS.

I THINK THAT'S IT. YEAH.

OKAY. AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING. FIRST I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH GOING OVER THE TIMELINE FOR THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

IN OCTOBER ON THE 16TH, WE DID A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.

THIS WAS BASED OFF THE NEW CIP FOR THE BUDGET YEAR, AND IT HAD PROJECTED THAT THERE WOULD BE $9,125,000 ISSUED IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

AND WHAT THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION DOES IS IT ALLOWS STAFF TO ENGAGE IN CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY CONDUCT THE SALE, AND WE REIMBURSE IT THROUGH THE WORKING CAPITAL OF THE UTILITY FUND OR THE FUND BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND AT THE TIME OF THE DEBT IS SOLD.

SO THAT OCCURRED IN OCTOBER AND THEN IN APRIL 1ST COUNCIL APPROVED A NOTICE OF INTENTION RESOLUTION TO GIVE THE CITIZENS THE NOTICE THAT THE TOWN WOULD BE GOING OUT FOR AN ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.

AND THIS REQUIRES A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF TWO CONSECUTIVE TIMES IN THE PAPER OF RECORD, WHICH IS THE DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE FOR 46 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ORDINANCE BEING PASSED, AND ALSO 45 DAYS ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.

AT THAT TIME, STAFF REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF ISSUANCE DOWN TO $7,715,000.

DURING THE JUNE 4TH THROUGH THE 6TH, WE CONDUCTED RATING CALLS WITH FITCH RATING AND STANDARD AND POOR'S.

TONIGHT IS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION OR FOR YOUR APPROVAL CONSIDERATION THE PARAMETERS ORDINANCES.

ON THURSDAY WE'LL HAVE THE PRICING OF THE BONDS AND ON JULY 11TH WE'LL HAVE THE CLOSING DELIVERY WHERE WE RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS.

THE CERTIFICATES ARE BEING ISSUED IN THE AMOUNT OF $7.7 MILLION.

IT INCLUDES $400,000 FOR A STREET PROJECT, $2.96 FOR WATER AND $4,250,000 FOR WASTEWATER.

WE ESTIMATED CLOSING COSTS AT $105,000 FOR A DEBT DEBT AMOUNT OF $7,715,000.

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THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT CANNOT EXCEED $7,715,000.

IT CAN'T HAVE A TRUE MAXIMUM INTEREST COST.

THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT CAN BE CANNOT EXCEED 5%.

AND THE MAXIMUM MATURITY CANNOT EXCEED MARCH 1ST, 2044.

AND WITH THAT APPROVAL, WE HAVE 180 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE IN WHICH TO ISSUE THE DEBT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR ANY MARKET CONDITIONS THAT WE MAY NOT BE FAVORABLE.

NOW, THE GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS ARE BASICALLY A REFINANCING OF THE COS THAT WERE ISSUED IN 2015, THE ISSUE A.

THE REFUNDED BONDS ARE $5,575,000.

THE INTEREST RATES WERE CURRENTLY PAYING ON THESE BONDS RANGE FROM 2 TO 5%.

AND THE REFUNDED YEARS WILL BE YEARS 2025 THROUGH 2027 AND 2031 THROUGH 2035.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THE ORDINANCE HAS CERTAIN PARAMETERS.

THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OR THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT CANNOT EXCEED THE $5,575,000.

IT MUST PRODUCE A NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OF AT LEAST 3.5%.

THE MAXIMUM INTEREST COST CANNOT EXCEED 5%, AND THE OBLIGATIONS CANNOT EXCEED A MATURITY PAST MARCH 1ST, 2035, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL MATURITY STRUCTURE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE 180 DAYS FROM TONIGHT IN WHICH TO ISSUE THE DEBT.

IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US TONIGHT IS JOHN AND MICHAEL MARTIN, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS FROM HILLTOP, AND ALSO ROBERT DRANSFIELD AND KRISTEN SAVANT, OUR BOND COUNSEL FROM NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK JOHN TO COME UP AND SHARE SOME GREAT NEWS AND TELL US ABOUT THE PROJECTIONS OF THE SALE.

THANKS, JULIE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

THE GREAT NEWS IS, IF YOU HADN'T ALREADY HEARD, IS THAT THE RATING AGENCY STANDARD AND POOR'S AND FITCH RATINGS HAVE AFFIRMED YOUR TRIPLE-A RATING.

WE GOT THE LAST NEWS FROM S&P THIS MORNING AND IN OUR CONVERSATION WITH THEM, I ASKED, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WHATSOEVER FOR THE TOWN TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR RATING? AND THE ANSWER WAS NONE WHATSOEVER.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR GREAT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND THE WAY THAT YOU ALL HANDLE YOUR FINANCES AND HANDLE YOUR DEBT ISSUANCE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND, AND GENERAL FUNDS AS WELL.

SO AS JULIE SAID, IN TERMS OF THE CALENDAR, WE'RE AT PARAMETER SALE TONIGHT.

THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT.

THE THE UNDERWRITERS PRE MARKETED TODAY.

WE HAVE KIND OF ODD A HOLIDAY WHERE THE MARKETS ARE CLOSED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

SO THERE'LL BE SOME MORE PRE MARKETING TOMORROW AND THEN THE ACTUAL PRICING WHERE THEY'LL GO OUT AND TAKE FORMAL ORDERS WILL BE THURSDAY MORNING.

SO THE INITIAL INDICATION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IS THAT THE SAVINGS, THE NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS WILL WELL EXCEED THOSE PARAMETERS.

AND IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 7.5% NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS.

SO GROSS SAVINGS TO THE TOWN IS OVER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

IN THE NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS IS ABOUT $400,000.

SO IT'S REALLY A GREAT STRATEGY TO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE SOME OF THE DEBT ON THE OLDER BONDS AND PAY THEM OFF EARLIER AND REDUCE THE OVERALL AVERAGE LIFE OF YOUR DEBT. FOR THE COS THAT IS LOOKING TO BE AT ABOUT 3.8% FOR, FOR THOSE FOR THAT PIECE.

SO OVERALL, THE OVERALL COMBINED TRUE INTEREST COSTS.

I DON'T HAVE THAT HERE. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE OH, HERE IT IS, 3.88 FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE COS AND THEN 3.38 BASICALLY FOR THE GEO REFUNDING, IT'S A SHORTER DEAL.

SO AGAIN THE MARKET HAS SEEMED TO CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A RALLY IN THE TREASURY MARKET, THE LITTLE OFF TODAY.

BUT LAST WEEK WAS A VERY GOOD WEEK.

AND THE MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET KIND OF FELL IN LINE WITH TREASURIES.

YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT WILL OR NOT THESE DAYS, BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD.

IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD TIME TO SELL BONDS.

AS JULIE SAID, MONEY IN THE BANK ON JULY THE 11TH.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AT, SAY, A YEAR FROM NOW? WE HAVE A PRETTY BIG BOND ISSUANCE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING GOING TO THE VOTERS.

DO WE FEEL LIKE THE INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO BE MORE FAVORABLE A YEAR FROM NOW THAN THEY ARE TODAY?

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A LOT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WE'RE IN AN ELECTION YEAR.

THINGS CAN GET KIND OF CRAZY.

WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER.

BUT ALL THINGS ARE STARTING TO POINT.

WE'RE STARTING TO HEAR THE FED MAY ACTUALLY HAVE A MAY ACTUALLY CUT RATES AFTER ALL, M AYBE IN SEPTEMBER.

BUT THE BOND MARKET TENDS TO BUILD THAT STUFF IN SO EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR HEDGES IN PLACE ALREADY.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS LATE TO THE PARTY IF YOU, WHENEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO GUESS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAD A QUESTION FOR JULIE.

WHY DID THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REDUCE BY SUCH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT? WELL, TIFFANY AND HER STAFF, THEY REVIEW THE CIP, AND THERE MAY BE SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE PUSHED OUT, SOME RESCHEDULING.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANY OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? SOMETIMES PROJECTS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE JUST SCHEDULED FOR THE YEAR OMSETHING MIGHT DELAY THE CONSTRUCTION WHERE WE'RE RIGHT ON THE BUBBLE, WHERE WE COULD MOVE FORWARD AND PUT IT OUT FOR BID IN THE SUMMER, OR WE CAN WAIT TILL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GET TOGETHER WITH JULIE'S GROUP AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS WE DELAY IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THAT GIVES HER THE ABILITY TO PUT OFF THAT, THAT AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.

SO SOMETIMES THAT'S THE CHANGES WE USUALLY MEET AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT THE BEST SCHEDULING IS THAT BENEFITS THE TOWN THE BEST FINANCIALLY TOO, AND LETTING THOSE PROJECTS IF THEY'RE REAL CLOSE.

RATHER THAN LETTING THE PROCEEDS JUST SIT AND THEN YOU COME INTO ARBITRAGE WITH THE IRS TYPE ISSUES AND STUFF, TOO.

SO WE ALWAYS ANALYZE IT RIGHT BEFORE WE GO TO SELL IN APRIL.

THANKS, JULIE. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO MAKE OR DOES ANYONE WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? IF WE DO THIS, WE'D HAVE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION SEPARATELY UNLESS IT'S I GUESS WE COULD DO IT TOGETHER.

IF NOTHING'S CHANGED, DO DO WE NEED THAT SEPARATE? I WOULD DEFER TO BOND COUNSEL IF YOU PREFER TO HAVE IT AS A SEPARATE VOTE.

SEPARATELY. OKAY, OKAY.

VERY GOOD. DOES ANYONE WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WANT TO DELIBERATE ON? YEAH I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE REGULAR ITEM K1 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. OKAY.

WE CAN TAKE A ROLL.

OKAY. REGULAR ITEMS K1 AND TWO PASSED BY UNANIMOUS.

THAT WAS ITEM K1 I'M SORRY.

WE JUST. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K2 AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. OKAY.

WE CAN CALL THE ROLL.

THEY THEY PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

[K.3. TPWD Grant Application (Trotter Park) - Public Hearing to consider approval of a resolution authorizing the application of a grant proposal to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, for funding assistance for the development of Trotter Park; and authorization for the Mayor to execute same on behalf of the Town. ]

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CHUCK JENNINGS, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

AND TONIGHT, WE ARE ASKING THE TOWN COUNCIL TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION BY PUBLIC HEARING ALLOWING STAFF TO APPLY FOR A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT THROUGH THEIR LOCAL PARK GRANT PROGRAM.

THIS WILL BE FOR TROTTER PARK, AND THEN ALSO TO DESIGNATE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN.

SO I'LL JUMP IN.

AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR IS THE NON-URBAN OUTDOOR RECREATION GRANT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET UP TO $750,000 WITH THIS GRANT. THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH PETERS COLONY MEMORIAL PARK.

AND SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT WE HAVE TO DO A 50% MATCH.

SO IT'LL BE UP TO $750,000.

AND WE KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF TROTTER PARK IS GOING TO FAR EXCEED $750,000, SO WE'LL EASILY BE ABLE TO MATCH THAT AMOUNT.

IT'LL HAVE TO BE DEDICATED AS PARKLAND IN PERPETUITY, WHICH IT IS, AND THEN PROPERLY MAINTAIN.

THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR AND CLAYTON AND ALL HIS GUYS WILL MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN IT THE WAY WE DO ALL OF OUR PARKS, AND THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE THE FUNDING THAT WE'LL HAVE THROUGH THIS GRANT IS THROUGH SALE SALES TAX, A PORTION OF YOUR SALES TAX WHEN YOU GO AND YOU SHOP AT DICK'S AND ACADEMY TO BUY THOSE TENNIS RACKETS AND PICKLEBALL PADDLES AND BASKETBALLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THAT A PORTION OF THAT GOES TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.

AND IT ALSO HELPS IF YOU DO IT HERE IN FLOWER MOUND, OUR 4B SALES TAX FUND.

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AND THEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO THEY HAVE TWO SOURCES OF MONEY THAT THEY GET FOR THESE GRANTS.

AND A MAJORITY OF IT IS THROUGH THE STATE FUNDS THROUGH THE SPORTING GOODS TAX.

BUT THEN THEY ALSO GET MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THAT'S OFF OF OFFSHORE GAS ROYALTIES THAT THEY RECEIVE, LIKE OUR PETERS COLONY ONE IS FEDERAL MONEY.

SOMETIMES THEY'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER BEFORE YOU GET THE FUNDS, WHICH WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE PETERS COLONY ONE FOR A WHILE.

BUT THAT HELPS FUND THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

AND THE TIMELINE. SO WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THE GRANT BY AUGUST 1ST.

SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MONTHS TO GET IT READY AND PACKAGED AND SENT OFF.

AND WE'RE MHS PLANNING AND DESIGN IS ASSISTING WITH THOSE.

THEY'VE HELPED ASSIST WITH THE THREE GRANTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

WE'VE GOT TWO AT TWIN COAST PARK, ONE FOR A BOAT RAMP.

THAT WHEN WE REDID THE BOAT RAMP THERE AND THEN PHASE ONE OF TWIN COAST PARK, THERE WAS LIKE ONE WAS LIKE $200 SOMETHING THOUSAND FOR THE BOAT RAMP AND AN ALMOST $500,000 FOR TWIN COAST PARK. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE PETERS COLONY, ONE WHICH I MENTIONED AT $750,000.

AND THEN NOTIFICATION ONCE WE SUBMIT THAT AUGUST 1ST, WE USUALLY HEAR SOMETIME BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY IF WE GOT THAT OR NOT.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS SUPPORTING THIS GRANT WILL BE FOR TROTTER PARK.

JUST I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT THE FOLKS AT HOME AND WATCHING HERE TROTTER PARK'S A 13 ACRE PARK.

IT'S LOCATED WITHIN TOWN LAKE PHASE FOUR SUBDIVISION IN BETWEEN ROCK POINT CHURCH AND THE FOUNDERS ACADEMY.

THE SCHOOL THERE AND THE MASTER PLAN WAS APPROVED.

MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

WE WENT TO THE PARKS BOARD IN JUNE.

THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION.

WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU GUYS IN JULY TO DISCUSS THAT AND TALK MORE ABOUT TROTTER PARK AT THAT TIME.

AND THEN ONCE THAT IS APPROVED AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO START WITH THE DESIGN NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU.

SO THE THE DEADLINES AUGUST 1ST.

I MEAN IF YOU GET THE APPLICATION IN EARLIER DOES THAT MAKE IT GIVE ANY PREFERENCE? I WOULD THINK NO I WILL SAY MHS HAS ALREADY KIND OF SHOWED THEM A KIND OF A THE A DRAFT CONCEPT THAT WE TOOK TO THE PARKS BOARD FOR THE WORK SESSION.

YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THINGS AND THEY SAID THAT IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

THEY THINK IT'S GOT A GOOD CHANCE.

SO WHAT KIND OF PARAMETERS DO THEY LOOK AT FOR THAT? SO THEY'LL LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THERE'S LIKE A SCORING MATRIX THAT THEY HAVE.

AND WE HAVE AN APPROVED MASTER PLAN THAT HELPS US GET POINTS.

THEY'LL LOOK AT DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

THE PARK IS GOING TO SCORE SOME POINTS.

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY LOOK AT.

AND WORKING WITH MHS.

IS GOOD BECAUSE THEY DO THIS FOR A LOT OF OTHER CITIES AS WELL, AND THEY HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD AND A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOLKS THERE.

SO THEY'LL HELP US GET AS MANY POINTS AS WE CAN GET AND MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE BEEFING UP THE APPLICATION, I LIKE THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND YEAH, PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.

SO. WELL, THAT WAS SHORT AND SWEET.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WELL. NO.

OH, THAT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, ISN'T IT? OH, GOSH. OKAY, WELL, THEN WE NEED TO OPEN THIS TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYONE. DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING TROTTER PARK AND THE PROPOSED GRANT? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC SESSION.

AND DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY DISCUSSION THEY, THEY WANT TO MAKE? ANYONE WANT TO? YEAH I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF REGULAR ITEM K3 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. OKAY.

THERESA YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL.

THE GRANT APPLICATION PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

[K.4. CSP24-0002 - HTeaO Comprehensive Sign Package - Public Hearing to consider a request for a Comprehensive Sign Package (CSP24-0002- HTeaO Comprehensive Sign Package) to allow a larger wall sign and additional wall signs on the building. The property is generally located south of Cross Timbers Road and west of Morriss Road. (PZ recommended approval by a vote of 5 to 1 at its June 10, 2024, meeting.)]

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUESTED COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PACKAGE FOR HTEAO.

HERE IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

IT'S BASICALLY JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE'S TOWN HALL RIGHT THERE.

THIS IS JUST A MORE CURRENT PICTURE, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS STILL NOT AS AS UP TO DATE AS TODAY BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS ACTUALLY UP.

HERE'S A MORE DETAILED LOCATION.

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SO HERE'S THE GENERAL SIGN EXHIBIT.

I'LL KIND OF TALK YOU THROUGH THIS AND THEN GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SITE PICTURES, AND THEN WE'LL REVISIT THIS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO THE TWO SIGNS IN RED ARE THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY APPROVED.

ONE IS FOR THE MONUMENT SIGN THERE NEXT TO MAURICE.

AND THEN THERE IS AN INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN THAT'S HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND SO THERE IS THEY ARE ALLOWED ANOTHER WALL SIGN ON ANOTHER SIDE, BUT THEY HAVE ELECTED TO MAKE THAT THE EAST SIDE, BUT BECAUSE THEY WANT IT TO BE LARGER THAN WOULD TYPICALLY BE ALLOWED, THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PACKAGE ALSO.

AND THEN THEY WANT TO DO THAT SAME SIZE AS 6 FEET TALL ON THE OTHER TWO ELEVATIONS, THE NORTH AND THE WEST AS WELL.

SO THOSE THREE OR THOSE FOUR WOULD ALL BE MATCHING IN SIZE.

THE 6 FOOT HIGH SIGN, AS OPPOSED TO 4.5FT IS WHAT THE THE SIGN WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO NORMALLY ON ONE OF THOSE SIDES. AND AGAIN THEY ONLY GET TWO BY RIGHT.

AND THEN THESE OTHER THREE BLUE CIRCLES ON THE SOUTH SIDE ELEVATION.

THOSE ARE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL KIND OF DESCRIPTIVE IMAGERY FOR SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THAT THEY SELL THERE.

THOSE THREE WERE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT STILL, OF COURSE, YOU WOULD MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION ON THAT.

SO HERE IS LOOKING WEST AT THE SITE.

HERE WE ARE LOOKING SOUTH.

THIS IS LOOKING EAST AND THIS IS LOOKING NORTH.

SO JUST A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF A COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PACKAGE TO ALLOW FOR A SPECIALIZED REVIEW OF SIGNS WHICH MAY HAVE MERITORIOUS DESIGN, SEEK TO PROMOTE A UNIQUE QUALITY FOR AN EXISTING OR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AND SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL.

SO AGAIN, HERE'S THAT EXHIBIT AGAIN.

I CAN I CAN GO OVER IT ONE MORE TIME.

JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE THE MONUMENT SIGN THAT IS ALREADY APPROVED THAT'S IN RED.

WE HAVE ONE WALL SIGN ON THE EAST ELEVATION.

PROVIDING SOME VISIBILITY TO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER.

AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE, THEY WOULD REQUEST THAT SAME SIX FOOT HIGH SIGN.

AND THEY FEEL THEY WILL GET SOME VISIBILITY THERE FROM 1171.

SO HERE'S THE PHOTOS OF THE SIGN.

THIS IS FOR THE EAST ELEVATION.

THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION.

THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION.

IN TURN TOWARD THE SHOPPING CENTER.

AND THEN THIS IS WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR THE SOUTH ELEVATION.

AND SO THEN THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE THREE DIFFERENT SIGNS, EACH 4X4 GOING THROUGH THOSE.

SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A QUESTION LEXIN.

SO SOME OF THE OTHER STORES I'VE NOTICED AROUND HAVE SIGNAGE IN THE WINDOWS.

WILL THIS HAVE THAT OR NO.

THEY WILL THEY ARE ALLOWED TO.

THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE UP TO 20% OF THE WINDOW AREA CAN BE USED FOR WINDOW SIGNS.

BUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES I'VE SEEN LOOK LIKE THEY'RE 100%.

IT MIGHT BE 100% OF A WINDOW, A WINDOW PANEL IF THERE'S LIKE THREE.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHICH ONE YOU WERE SEEING, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE HAS MORE WINDOW SIGNAGE THAN THEY'RE ALLOWED.

THE TOWN'S CODE WOULD ALLOW FOR 20% OF AN ELEVATION.

OH, SO 20% OF THE WHOLE WALL SPACE OF WINDOW.

OH, OF WINDOW.

OKAY. WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THAT.

SO IF I HAD, OH, GOSH, A 10X10 WINDOW, I COULD ONLY HAVE A 20 SQUARE FOOT SIGN IN IT, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. NOT THE WHOLE WHOLE WINDOW.

RIGHT. OKAY.

IT SHOULDN'T BE.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS FAMILIAR WITH OUR LIMITATIONS ON WINDOW SIGNS, BUT SINCE WE BROUGHT IT UP TONIGHT, EVERYONE SHOULD BE FULLY AWARE, CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU.

I WATCHED I WATCHED THIS ON.

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SO I WATCHED THIS ON P&Z AND THE B1, B2,B3.

THOSE ARE THE INTERCHANGEABLE SIGNS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THOSE ONLY CHANGE LIKE TWICE A YEAR MAYBE.

RIGHT. I MEAN, THE THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK TO THAT.

I THINK THEY SAID THEY WOULD PROBABLY TYPICALLY ONLY CHANGE THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR MORE WHEN THEY GO TO LIKE HOT DRINK SEASON AND THEN TO COOLER DRINKS.

AND THOSE STAY THE SAME SIZE AND THE SAME QUALITY OF COLORS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

I MEAN, I COULDN'T SPEAK TO THE QUALITY OF COLOR.

THAT WOULDN'T BE A REQUIREMENT, BUT THEY WOULD.

I MEAN, THE SAME QUALITY, I SHOULD SAY, SAME QUALITY OF SIGN.

CORRECT. WELL, I MEAN IT.

IT'S INSERTS.

YEAH. SAME SIZE.

SAME. BUT IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE THE SAME.

OH IT'S AN INSERT OKAY.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S HOW THEY'RE SWITCHING THEM OUT.

OKAY. SO LEXIN, IF WE APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED, THEN THOSE THREE SIGNS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM P&Z? JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T WITH COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PACKAGES, I THINK IT WOULD BE CLEARER IF YOU JUST SAID IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO INCLUDE THEM.

NOT INCLUDING THE B SIGNS.

THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID, NORMALLY WE WE MAKE THE ORDINANCE MATCH WHATEVER P&Z RECOMMENDED.

SO IT IT'S CLEARER THEN.

BUT THERE ISN'T ACTUALLY AN ORDINANCE FOR COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PACKAGES.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANKS LEXIN.

TOWN STAFF, COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WHAT SHE SAID, BUT THIS IS THE SAME GRAPHIC THAT WAS SHOWN BEFORE REGARDING WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

AGAIN, HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF OUR SITE.

AND THEN AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPARISON ON THIS IS THE EAST ELEVATION FACING MORRIS ROAD.

AND SO ARGUABLY, WHAT WOULD BE OUR MOST IMPORTANT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

BECAUSE IT'S THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC.

AND SO WE JUST FEEL LIKE HIGHER VISIBILITY THERE, NOT ONLY SAFER FOR PEOPLE DRIVING BY BECAUSE THEY CAN MORE QUICKLY SEE WHO WE ARE.

BUT AGAIN, IT HELPS OUR BUSINESS OUT.

AND SO THOSE, THOSE SMALL LETTERS WHERE IT WOULD SAY BORN IN TEXAS, 2009, AS APPROVED BY THE CITY WOULD JUST BE ABOUT 8 INCHES TALL. SO NOT NECESSARILY READABLE FROM, FROM THE ROAD.

AND SO THAT IS THE SIZE DIFFERENCE ON THAT SIGN ON THE EAST ELEVATION.

NORTH ELEVATION, WHICH WOULD BE FACING CHASE BANK DRIVING DOWN MORRIS ROAD, I MEAN, NOT MORRIS ROAD, CROSS TIMBERS.

I DIDN'T EVER FEEL LIKE THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING WAS EXTREMELY VISIBLE UNTIL I WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO IT, AND BOTH COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS DOWN CROSS TIMBERS, AS WELL AS SITTING AT THAT LIGHT.

IT WOULD DEFINITELY JUST BE A BLANK WALL.

THAT WOULD BE PRETTY APPARENT.

AND SO WE FELT LIKE A SIGN ON THAT SIDE WOULD WOULD HELP VISIBILITY AS WELL.

THIS IS THE APPROVED SIGN.

AND THEN THE PROPOSED WALL WALL SIGNS THAT I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY AFTER TALKING WITH WITH OTHER FRANCHISEES AS WELL AS THE SIGN COMPANY ON THOSE, WHILE THEY ARE INTERCHANGEABLE, THEY RARELY ARE CHANGED OUT.

NOT MANY FRANCHISEES CHANGED THEM OUT AT ALL.

AND SO THEY ARE NOT SLIP IN THEY'RE PRINTED.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY.

AND THEN THEY ARE NOT LIT THEMSELVES.

BUT BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LIGHTING PENDANTS WOULD BE INSTALLED ABOVE THEM AND TURNED OFF AT NIGHT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST GLOWING.

AND AND SO THAT'S ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THERE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, FROM THE SHOPPING CENTER, JUST SO THAT IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE SHOPPING CENTER, WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC OVER THERE.

AND SO WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AND, AND, AND WHAT OUR SIGN IS.

AND SO THAT THAT'S A REASONING TO MAXIMIZE THE EXPOSURE ON THAT SIDE.

THERE'S A MENU BOARD. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL JUST KIND OF A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE SITE.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER HERE.

AND SO THAT ONE WITH THE MENU BOARD AND LOGO IS FACING TOWARD MAURICE.

THIS IS IN BETWEEN CHASE BANK AND CROSS TIMBERS.

AND THEN MOVING LOOKING FROM THE PARKING LOT SIDE.

YOU CAN DISCOUNT THE WATER MACHINES ON THE WALL.

WE ARE NOT HAVING THOSE INSTALLED.

THAT WAS AN OLD RENDERING THAT THEY USED.

AND THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE STORE ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION.

SO SO, YEAH, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

WE'RE EXCITED TO GET STARTED.

SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS HAPPY TO ANSWER? I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I UNDERSTAND FROM P&Z THESE ARE NOT NEON SIGNS.

[00:45:01]

SO REVERSE LIT.

AND WHAT HOURS WILL THEY BE LIT? ONLY DURING OPENING HOURS.

ONLY DURING OPENING HOURS.

AND WHAT IS THE LATEST DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE CLOSING? 9:00 IS THE LATEST WE CLOSE.

OKAY. IN THE THAT'S MAY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

OH, AND THEN OTHER TIMES? CLOSE AT 8. SO JUST AN HOUR EARLIER.

OKAY. AND THEN WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WINDOWS.

SO SOME OF THE OTHER STORES HAVE FULL WINDOW COVERAGE.

AND YOU'RE AWARE THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE THAT HERE.

ARE YOU GOING TO COVER THE 20% OF THE WINDOWS.

WE WILL UTILIZE SOME, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST ELEVATION AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE, SOUTH ELEVATION, BUT IT WILL BE WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE 20%. OKAY.

DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE THE BOTTOM PORTION BASED ON THIS RENDERING? WE HAVEN'T DECIDED ON THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO YOU MAY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOTHING. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO THERESA DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS? DOES ANYONE OUT HERE WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT HTEAO HOW GREAT THE TEA IS? OKAY. DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A A MOTION? WELL, I'LL GO FIRST. NEED TO DELIBERATE.

YEAH. SO, I MEAN, I FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE THE MAIN SIGN.

I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S BIGGER THAN WE ALLOWED MAKES PERFECT SENSE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A BORDER AROUND IT.

IT'S REALLY WELL EXECUTED.

I LIKE IT NOW.

PUTTING IT ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE BUILDING IS FINE.

YOU ALSO HAVE A MONUMENT FACING NORTH SOUTH, SO THAT SEEMS A LITTLE REDUNDANT.

THEN THERE'S A ORDER BOARD FACING MAURICE, I THINK IS WHAT YOU SAID.

AND SO I JUST THINK P&Z GOT IT RIGHT.

I THINK THE B1,2, AND 3 SIGNS ARE A LITTLE MUCH.

SO I WOULD BE INCLINED TO SUPPORT P&Z RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ONE.

I'M NOT REALLY A FAN OF THE FOUR SIDED SIGNS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE PRECEDENT THAT IT SETS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY WILL ONLY BE TURNED ON OR BACKLIT DURING OPEN HOURS, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A SIGN ORDINANCE FOR A REASON.

WE WANT TO LIMIT OBTRUSIVENESS OF SIGNS, AND I DON'T SUPPORT THE FOUR SIDED.

I THINK THE TWO MAIN ONES ARE FINE.

I PROBABLY, ALTHOUGH I FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE 50% INCREASE IN SIZE.

I COULD PROBABLY COMPROMISE ON THAT, BUT I DO NOT WANT FOR SIDES.

AND I DON'T LIKE THE B 123 POSTER TYPE DISPLAY EITHER.

IT'S A LOT OF BUSYNESS, I THINK.

YEAH, I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.

WHEN I FIRST SAW THE SIGNS, I THOUGHT THEY WERE VERY SUBTLE AND ATTRACTIVE.

THE THE THE HTEAO SIGN, THE NAME SIGN.

I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THEM AS OBTRUSIVE, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

WHEN IT'S LIT, IT MIGHT CHANGE THINGS A LITTLE.

BUT CERTAINLY THE B SIGNS I WOULD NOT AGREE THAT WE NEED.

AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY IT'S A LOGO TYPE SITUATION.

I THINK IT'S EASILY RECOGNIZABLE.

I THINK IF SOMEONE WANTS HTEAO, THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH GPS, AND THEN IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE TO FIND IT, BUT I HAVE A VERY GRAVE CONCERN WITH PRECEDENT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CITING THIS AS THE OPEN DOOR TO MANY, MANY SIGNS.

YEAH, BUT I MEAN, WE THE ORDINANCE IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME.

THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO COME TO US FOR A ONE TIME APPROVAL.

AND TO ME I'M OKAY WITH THE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE, THE LARGER ONE.

THE ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THE ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE.

SO IF WE GOT RID OF THE ONE FACING EAST INTO THE PARKING LOT, WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? I COULD LIVE WITH THE BIGGER ONE FACING MORRIS.

IF WE ONLY HAVE TWO SIDES AND BECAUSE THERE IS A MARQUEE SIGN AS WELL.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF SIGNAGE IN MY OPINION.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE IS SET OUT TO HELP US EASILY GUIDE PEOPLE THROUGH WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY'RE ASKED TO BRING THIS SEPARATELY, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH YOUR FIRST STEPS AND THEN COME BACK FOR THIS PIECE.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO SET THE PRECEDENT, BUT I COULD GO FOR THE BIGGER SIGN, BUT NOT THE REST OF IT.

SO I KIND OF AGREE WITH BRIAN HERE ON THIS ONE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT REALLY SETTING A PRECEDENT.

EVERY CHANGE IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE CAN SAY THAT, OH, WELL, THEY DID THIS, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS SAY THEY CAN SAY, WHY DID YOU DO IT FOR THIS AND NOT FOR ME?

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IT'S REALLY LITTLE MINIMUM IMPACT TO ANY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

AND IF YOU'RE IN THE PARKING LOT DRIVING FROM SPROUTS, IT KIND OF IDENTIFIES WHERE IT'S AT.

SO IT DOES GIVE THEM THAT EXTRA LITTLE BIT OF MARKETING TO DRIVE PEOPLE OVER.

SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH THE FOUR SIDES.

I'M OKAY WITH REMOVING THE B SIGNS, BUT YEAH.

I LIKE THE SIZE OF IT.

I'VE SEEN. I'VE SEEN THESE HTEAO'S AND THEY'RE VERY TASTEFULLY DONE.

THAT TEXAS SIGN IT, IT LOOKS IT LOOKS VERY TASTEFUL TO ME, BUT I'M NOT VOTING ON THIS, SO JUST STATING MY OPINION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY ALLOWED TO DELIBERATE ON THE CONTENT OR THE DESIGN NECESSARILY.

IT'S MORE OF THE BLACK AND WHITE PARAMETERS OF THE SIGN, RIGHT? YOU CAN SO YOU CAN DELIBERATE REGARDING THE LOOK OF THE SIGN.

IT'S JUST THE MESSAGE ON THE SIGN THAT YOU CAN'T DELIBERATE.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WOULDN'T SAY I WOULD APPROVE THE THREE ON THE SIDE IF IT SAID THE FOLLOWING.

OH NO, OF COURSE, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY GUARDRAIL THAT WE HAVE.

IT HAS TO BE THIS SIGN, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT IS SUBJECTIVE AS TO WHAT IS TASTEFUL AND WHAT IS NOT.

SO IT'S JUST OPINION.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE REGULAR ITEM K4 EXCLUDING SIGNS B1, 2 AND 3.

SECOND. OKAY, THERESA, WE CAN CALL THE ROLL.

IT PASSES 4 TO 1.

CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT.

[K.5. ZPD24-0002 - Oncor Dunham Substation - Public Hearing to consider an ordinance for rezoning (ZPD24-0002 - Oncor Dunham Substation) to amend Planned Development District No. 195 (PD-195) with Single Family Estate (SF- E) uses to modify conceptual plans. The property is generally located south of Dunham Road and east of Haynes Road. (PZ recommended approval by a vote of 6 to 0 at its June 10, 2024, meeting.)]

LEXIN IS GOING TO GIVE THAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THIS IS A REQUESTED AMENDMENT TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ZONING PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

HERE'S THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S EAST OF HAYNES ROAD AND SOUTH OF DUNHAM ROAD.

HERE'S A MORE DETAILED VIEW.

PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED AT THIS TIME.

YOU MAY RECALL THIS CAME BEFORE COUNCIL ON ITS ONCOR'S PROPOSED FUTURE SUBSTATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOCATE OUT HERE.

THE LAND USE IS ESTATE RESIDENTIAL AND THE CURRENT ZONING IS PD-195 WITH SF-E USES.

SO HERE'S THE ZONING EXHIBIT.

AND SO MOSTLY WHAT'S CHANGING HERE IS CHANGING THIS BOUNDARY BETWEEN TRACT ONE AND TRACT TWO.

SO I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT THIS WAS, WHAT WAS THE APPROVED ZONING EXHIBIT WITH THE LAST PD.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THIS LINE WENT STRAIGHT ACROSS RIGHT HERE SEPARATING TRACT ONE AND TRACT TWO.

AND SO NOW WHAT'S PROPOSED IS TO DO ANOTHER STAIR STEP THERE.

SO IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN AND THEN ACROSS AGAIN.

AND THIS WILL BE A LARGER AREA THAT'S PART OF TRACT ONE.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO GET TRACT ONE TO EXACTLY 97 ACRES.

SO AGAIN, IT ORIGINALLY THAT AREA WAS 97.19 ACRES WITH THE FIRST EXHIBIT, BUT ONCE THEY WENT THROUGH AND PLATTED IT THERE WAS LAND THAT WAS TAKEN FOR RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO THEN IT REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE IT WAS UNDER THE 97 ACRES.

AND THAT IS AREA THAT IS POTENTIALLY PROPOSED FOR FUTURE PARKLAND DEDICATION TO THE TOWN.

I THINK THE APPLICANT WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT THAT HAD BEEN AGREED UPON, AND SO WANTED TO ADJUST THAT BOUNDARY.

AND SO IT DOES.

IT JUST MAKES CHANGES TO THE PD STANDARDS IN THAT IT'S CHANGING THE AGAIN, THE LINE BETWEEN THE TWO TRACKS.

SO THE WHICH STANDARDS APPLY TO THIS, THIS LITTLE SECTION RIGHT HERE BASICALLY BECAUSE BEFORE IT SAID EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IN TRACK TWO COULD ONLY BE USED FOR THE SUBSTATION UTILITY PURPOSES, THAT SORT OF THING.

AND THEN NOW IF IT WAS GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE DEDICATED TO THE TOWN FOR PARKLAND, THAT WOULD CREATE AN ISSUE.

SO AND THEN ALSO JUST TO ADJUST, THERE WAS ALSO SOME LANGUAGE THAT TALKED ABOUT THAT BUFFER, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AREA THAT WOULD BE UNDISTURBED.

AND SO AGAIN, IF IT'S GOING TO THE TOWN, THEN IT'S NOT FOR CERTAIN WHAT THE TOWN MIGHT DO WITH THAT AREA.

SO WE JUST HAD TO CLEAN UP THE PD TO GET ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS AND THE BOUNDARIES OF TRACK ONE AND TRACK TWO UPDATED.

HEY LEXIN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOTAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TRACK ONE AND TRACK TWO DON'T AREN'T THE SAME ON THIS TWO, CAN YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT DIFFERENCE? YEAH, IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE SO IN IT'S LIKE 97 ACRES THAT IS DEDICATED IN TRACT ONE AND THEN 57 IN TRACT TWO.

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IT'S LIKE I THINK FOUR OR SOMETHING ACRES.

SO THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT I, I REALIZE IT DOES LOOK A LITTLE CONFUSING THERE.

BUT THAT'S THE REASON IS BECAUSE THAT ACREAGE HAS BEEN PULLED OUT ALREADY FOR RIGHT OF WAY FROM THOSE NUMBERS.

OKAY. THANKS. SO HERE'S THAT OVERALL CONCEPT PLAN.

IT'S JUST SHOWING YOU AGAIN WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.

NOT THIS IS NOT A CHANGE TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED FOR THE LOCATION OF THE SUBSTATION.

JUST AGAIN BEFORE IT WENT DIRECTLY ACROSS RIGHT HERE.

AND NOW IT'S IT'S COMING DOWN THERE, BUT NO CHANGE TO WHERE THIS WAS PROPOSED TO BE, HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, THAT SORT OF THING.

SO THIS JUST SHOWS YOU THAT THIS IS NOT CHANGING THE SITE.

HERE'S SOME PICTURES FROM THE SITE.

THIS IS LOOKING EAST ACROSS DUNHAM.

NOW, HERE WE ARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF DUNHAM AND HAYNES.

THIS IS LOOKING EAST INTO THE PROPERTY.

AND THIS IS LOOKING EAST AGAIN DOWN AT THE ON THE SOUTH BORDER OF THE PROPERTY.

SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE MORE CLOSE UP VIEW TO SHOW YOU HOW THE NATURAL BUFFER AND THE FENCING IS GOING TO WORK.

SO IT WILL BE A MASONRY WALL TO HERE ALL THE AREA IN BLUE.

AND THEN THIS WILL BE THE CHAIN LINK FENCE.

IT WILL BE VINYL COATED EITHER GREEN OR BLACK CHAIN LINK FENCE GOING IN THAT AREA.

AND AT THIS AREA KIND OF DROPS OFF ALSO.

THAT WAS THE REASON WHY THEY WANTED TO DO THE CHAIN LINK FENCE THERE AS OPPOSED TO THE MASONRY WALL, BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE MASONRY DUE TO THE DROP OFF IN THE AREA AND THEN THIS NATURAL BUFFER ZONE AGAIN, THE ORIGINAL BUFFER WAS THIS 250FT UP FROM THAT SOUTH PROPERTY LINE.

SO THEY'RE STILL MAINTAINING THAT AS WELL AS ALL OF THIS AREA THAT'S STILL WITHIN THE ON CORE PART OF THE PROPERTY TRACK TWO IS MAINTAINING DUE NORTH IN THE NATURAL BUFFER ZONE.

ONE MORE VIEW OF THE CONCEPT PLAN.

THAT'S JUST A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERING ORDINANCE FOR REZONING.

SF-E USES SAYING THE SAME JUST MODIFYING THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DOES ANYBODY ELSE? NO. OKAY.

WE WILL THIS IS PUBLIC PEERING.

SO IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS.

THERESA. WE DON'T AGAIN.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS PUBLIC SESSION? OKAY, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THIS TO DELIBERATION.

ANYONE WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM K5 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. OKAY, THERESA TAKE THE ROLL.

THIS PASSES. ONCOR DUNHAM SUBSTATION PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

OKAY, SARAH, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE TREES.

[K.6. Public Tree Planting and Tree Guides - Presentation and discussion regarding FY 2023- 24 Strategic Initiatives 1.2 & 1.3 on Public Tree Planting and Tree Guides. ]

OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

MY NAME IS SARAH LUXTON.

I AM THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST HERE AT THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT TREES.

SOMETHING I KNOW THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

SO I WILL BE PRESENTING FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR POTENTIAL TREE PLANTING, AS WELL AS SOME GUIDES THAT ARE VERY MUCH IN THE DRAFT STAGE. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY MUCH IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE, SO I WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE.

TO GET STARTED.

THIS ALL BEGAN WHEN WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT AND WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK ABOUT EXPANDING THE TREE CANOPY.

SO OUR FIRST OBJECTIVE IN THE 23-24 STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO PROTECT AND EXPAND THE TREE CANOPY.

THE SECOND INITIATIVE OF THAT OBJECTIVE IS TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL TREE PLANTING SITES, WHICH AGAIN BRINGS ME HERE TODAY.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, TO FIGURE OUT WHICH SITES, WHICH PUBLIC SITES WOULD BE A GOOD POTENTIAL PLANTING SITE.

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THAT GRANT IS AROUND $10,000, WHICH WILL MOSTLY GO TOWARDS THIS TREE PLANTING.

SOME OF THAT FUND WILL GO TOWARDS A PUBLIC EDUCATION OR COMMUNICATION PLAN TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD AND SPREAD EDUCATION ABOUT PLANTING TREES.

FIRST I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE TREE SPECIES.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL AT A DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE.

SO THESE ARE IN NO WAY SET IN STONE.

THIS IS JUST A LIST THAT WAS PROVIDED BY OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF THAT WILL LIKELY BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS TREE PLANTING DURING THE TIME OF PLANTING, AND WILL LIKELY DO GOOD IN THIS AREA AT THESE VARIOUS SITES, BUT IT MAY CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE MARKET, DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY AND DEPENDING ON WHICH SITE YOU SELECT.

I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY JUST BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE ARE STILL A LITTLE BIT UP IN THE AIR, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE VARIETY THAT WE WOULD BE SEEKING. SO THE FIRST IS A TEXAS RED OAK.

NEXT IS A LIVE OAK.

THEN WE HAVE A CEDAR ELM, A BALD CYPRESS, A REDBUD.

HAD TO GET A PRETTY ORNAMENTAL GET SOME COLOR IN THERE.

A LACEBARK ELM AND THEN A PINE.

NOW, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE FUN PART OF THE PRESENTATION? GREAT. SO NEXT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE LOCATIONS.

AND FOR THIS WE WANTED TO TRY AND FIND SOME PUBLIC LOCATIONS THAT WOULD SUPPORT A LARGE TREE PLANTING.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 50 TREES.

THE LOCATIONS ALSO, WE TRY TO GET LOCATIONS THAT ALREADY HAD SOME FORM OF IRRIGATION, WHICH WOULD HELP REDUCE THE COST SIGNIFICANTLY.

IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THESE TREES WERE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND VIEWABLE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, AND IDEALLY PROVIDED SOME KIND OF SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, SUCH AS SHADE AT A PARK.

THE FIRST SITE IS COLONY PARK.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT OF THE TREES AROUND THE PERIMETER, AS WELL AS SOME AROUND THE PLAYGROUND.

OBVIOUSLY THESE TREES, THIS IS NOT THE EXACT LOCATION THEY'LL BE PLANTED.

THIS IS JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU A GOOD VISUAL OF WHAT IT LIKELY WOULD LOOK LIKE OR WHAT WE'RE THINKING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM ARE THE ONES CURRENTLY THERE.

RIGHT? SO THEY'RE THE GREEN ONES ARE ARE WOULD BE ONES THAT WE ARE PLANTING.

BUT THE ONES THAT ARE RED OR BLACK, THOSE ARE EXISTING TREES OKAY.

THIS ONE, I DO WANT TO NOTE THE PARKS BOARD.

WE WE PRESENTED THESE SITES TO BOTH THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION.

COMMISSION AND THE PARK BOARD.

AND THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION FROM ONE OF THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS.

THE NEXT ONE IS BAKERSFIELD PARK, SO THIS ONE IS THE LARGEST SITE.

WE DID RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE PARK BOARD THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN THAT SOME OF THE TREES WERE WE HAVE IN THE PLAN WOULD BE IN THE PRACTICE ZONES.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKELY CHANGE AND AMEND AND LOOK OUT FOR IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR SITE.

I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR RECOMMENDATION ON ONE SITE.

THAT'S THE HARD PART ABOUT TODAY IS WE WOULD LOVE TO DO ALL FIVE OF THESE, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY CUMBERSOME BECAUSE THESE WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE AROUND OCTOBER NOVEMBER TIME FRAME, AND PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO HELP SUPPORT AND TAKE CARE OF WHICHEVER PLANTING SITE WE TAKE OR WE MOVE FORWARD WITH.

BUT IF WE TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL FIVE, THAT WOULD JUST BE TOO CUMBERSOME.

THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF WORK TO INTRODUCE.

SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO SETTLE ON POSSIBLY ONE RECOMMENDATION.

THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BAKERSFIELD PARK.

JUST SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF SOME OF THOSE AREAS, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT IDEAS WITH THIS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.

YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE IN DOUBLE ROWS.

THOSE ARE FOR ESTHETICS.

IT'LL LOOK REALLY NICE FROM AN ESTHETIC POINT OF VIEW, I DO WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE WOULD BE PLANTING THESE AND ALLOWING THE TREES PLENTY OF SPACE TO THRIVE.

SO WE WOULD, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS FROM HIGH UP LIKE THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, THESE WOULD BE SPACED OUT ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GROW TO THEIR MAXIMUM HEIGHT.

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NEXT YOU HAVE GERAULT.

THIS ONE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A MICRO FOREST.

THE BENEFIT OF GERAULT IS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT THIS WOULD REALLY ADD TO THE ESTHETICS AS PEOPLE ARE DRIVING INTO THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

AND THEN THE LAST SIGHT IS THE ANIMAL SERVICES PROPERTY.

AND THIS WOULD BE MAINLY ON THE THE BACK PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY.

WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF AND WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT THIS WOULDN'T AFFECT ANY OF THEIR OPERATIONS.

BUT WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

AND THE ANIMAL SERVICES ONE, THAT WOULD THAT END UP SHADING, YOU KNOW, THE TURNOUT AREAS THAT THEY HAVE NO SCREENING. IT WOULDN'T REALLY PROVIDE A LOT OF SHADE TO THE ACTUAL BUILDING.

AND AND THE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE WALKING THE DOGS.

JUST BECAUSE THIS IS MORE AROUND THE DRAINAGE DETENTION POND AREA.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

COULD YOU GO BACK, SARAH, TO SLIDE 13? I WAS TRYING TO COMPARE THE NUMBER OF TREES AND THE COST TO EACH OF THESE.

SO THAT WAS 50 TREES AT $33,000 FOR THIS.

AND THEN I WAS ALSO MISSING THE SHADOW RIDGE PARK.

I HAD 30 TREES.

BUT WHAT WAS THE COST OF THAT 25? THESE COSTS ARE ESTIMATED.

THE PRICE MAY VARY BECAUSE WE WILL BE UTILIZING A CONSULTANT TO HELP WITH THIS PLANTING.

THESE ARE ALSO 30 GALLON TREES, SO THE COST MAY VARY QUITE A BIT.

THIS IS JUST OUR BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN YOU WOULD DECIDE AMONG THE VARIETY WHICH ONES WOULD GO WHERE.

AND YOU JUST WOULD LIKE US TO BASICALLY SELECT THE LOCATION.

YES. DO WE NEED TO SELECT IT TONIGHT.

IS THAT PREFERABLE? IF I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'RE READY FOR, GREAT.

IF IF YOU'RE NOT READY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, OBVIOUSLY I CAN COME BACK.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANY OF THESE SITES, I CAN COME BACK WITH FIVE MORE.

I DO LIKE THEM.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'LL KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT ONE OF THE CRITERIA WAS TO HAVE VALUE, YOU KNOW, VIEWING TO THE PUBLIC.

DO WE KNOW APPROXIMATELY WHAT THE UTILIZATION OR ATTENDANCE NUMBERS ARE FOR EACH OF THESE, TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE PUBLIC WOULD REALLY BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT ON A GO FORWARD BASIS? I DO NOT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS WITH ME RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW.

OH, NO. NO. YOU'RE FINE.

I KNOW SOME OF THESE WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

ANIMAL SERVICES IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE A LOT OF A LOT OF HELP TO THE RESIDENTS AS FAR AS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PARKS ALL THESE PARKS ARE GOING TO OFFER A LOT OF THEM.

GO AHEAD. ALTHOUGH, I MEAN, RIGHT NEXT TO ANIMAL SERVICES IS [INAUDIBLE] CHAPEL SOCCER COMPLEX.

BUT YOU'RE DRIVING RIGHT UP BY THEM.

WE'LL SEE IT. LIKE I SAID SO THEY'RE ALL ADJACENT TO A PARK.

AND AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, MOST OF OUR PARKS ARE VERY BUSY, ALONG WITH THE, THE DRIVE, THE ROADS THAT GO BY THEM.

SO THEY'RE VERY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

AND ALL OF THESE HAVE IRRIGATION ALREADY.

SO THEY ALL THESE THAT Y'ALL SEE DO NOT HAVE AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

SO THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BORE THE STREET, WHICH IS THE SUPER EXPENSIVE PART, OR HAVE ANOTHER METER THAT WE COULD USE THE EXISTING METERS AND TILE ADD ON TO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

AND FOR SOME OF THESE SPECIES OF TREES, ONCE THEY GET ESTABLISHED, DO ARE WE ABLE TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, DRAW DOWN ON THE IRRIGATION? YES. OKAY, GOOD.

A COUPLE YEARS, MAYBE COUPLE YEARS.

AND YOU CAN DEPENDING ON CONDITIONS.

UNLESS YOU'RE GETTING INTO A DROUGHT SITUATION, YOU GOT TO TURN THEM BACK ON.

BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS THE IRRIGATION IS OFF.

GOOD. THANK YOU.

SO YOU HAD SAID THAT THE PARKS BOARD HAD RECOMMENDED ONE SITE AND THAT WAS THE COLONY SITE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THERE WAS ONE PARK BOARD MEMBER THAT.

HE VOCALIZED THAT THIS WAS HIS FAVORITE.

DID YOU ASK THE PARKS BOARD ALSO TO MAKE A SINGLE RECOMMENDATION? I, I CAME TO THEM AND ASKED FOR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO THEM FOR ANY FEEDBACK.

SO, I MEAN, I'VE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING A LITTLE LEAGUE GAME IN THE SUMMER AND SEEING PEOPLE HUDDLED UNDER THE TREES TRYING TO FIND ANY BIT OF SHADE.

SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME, THE BAKERSFIELD PARK LAYOUT, WHERE IT KIND OF SOLVES THAT PROBLEM.

BUT I'M IF THE PARKS BOARD DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, I'M KIND OF SURPRISED.

I'D KIND OF LIKE TO KNOW WHY.

THEY JUST THEY THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE ROOM TO PLAY CATCH RATHER THAN SHADE FOR THE THE SPECTATORS.

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OKAY. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE WARMING UP RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE SITTING WATCHING THE GAMES.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE I THINK THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE THIS SITE WORK AND STAY OUT OF THE PRACTICE ZONES WHILE STILL PROVIDING RESIDENTS SHADE WHEN THEY'RE WATCHING THEIR CHILDREN PLAY.

SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT I THINK THIS ONE MAKES THE MOST SENSE IN TERMS OF BENEFITING YOU KNOW, LITTLE LEAGUE SPECTATORS.

BUT GERAULT PARK WOULD PROBABLY BE MY OTHER CHOICE, BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE THAT THE MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE.

I REALLY LIKE THE GERAULT PARK JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE SEE IT, LIKE YOU SAID, DRIVING INTO TOWN.

I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO THAT.

AND I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS ALTHOUGH WE'RE TRYING TO ASK YOU TO PICK ONE SITE THIS YEAR, WE ARE HOPING THAT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THIS IF THIS IS CONTINUING TO BE AN ISSUE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS, WE COULD COME BACK NEXT YEAR WITH MORE SITES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE SITES PROPOSED.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M SUPER FAN.

I THINK IT WILL LOOK REALLY NICE, BUT AS FAR AS ACTIVE ENJOYMENT OF THESE TREES ON GERAULT PARK, IT'LL BE PRETTY TO LOOK AT, BUT NO ONE'S GOING TO BE SHADING UNDER IT AS MUCH AS SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS I THINK, LIKE COLONY PARK, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE. IT'S QUITE BARREN.

HAVE TREES ON ONE SIDE.

YEAH. AND THEY HAD SOME STORM DAMAGE I THINK TOO MAYBE.

I THINK YEAH THERE'S A BIG LOOP TRAIL.

YEAH. THAT GOES AROUND AND THAT MIGHT BE NICE TO ENCLOSE THAT.

I MEAN, THE OTHER I MEAN, THESE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT BENEFITS.

BUT ANIMAL SERVICES, THE THE FIELDS RIGHT THERE, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TREES AROUND THEM.

IT'S PRETTY DESOLATE OUT THERE.

AND I WILL SAY THIS WAS MY NUMBER ONE PICK, MY PERSONAL ONE.

AND IT'S FOR ONE REASON IT'S A PART OF TOWN THAT ALWAYS SAID, WE DON'T EVER GET NOTHING UP HERE IN OUR PART OF TOWN.

IF WE DO IT IN BAKERSFIELD, EVERYTHING GOES TO BAKERSFIELD.

SO THIS IS WHY I CHOSE COLONY AS MY NUMBER ONE SO.

I KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.

I MEAN, IT'S THE LEAST LIKE, I THINK THE LEAST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO SEE IT, BUT I DON'T OBJECT TO THAT.

IF THIS IS THE PARK I'M THINKING OF, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PRETTY BARREN.

I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE.

YEAH, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS OVER THERE USE A LOT OF THOSE TRAILS.

SO, I MEAN, THE TIMBER CREEK RESIDENTS AND THE ONES ON THE SOUTH WALL KIND OF UTILIZE IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD USE SOME ATTENTION.

YEAH. AND PARKS BOARD DID LIKE.

YEAH.

OKAY. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE TREES.

THE LACE BARK ELM.

IS THERE I'M JUST IS THAT A NATURAL SPECIES IN THE AREA? IT IS. OKAY.

IS THERE ANY I KNOW WITH THE RECENT FREEZE, WE LOST A LOT OF LACE BARK ELMS. IS THERE ANY CONCERN WITH.

WE LOST SOME, BUT WE LOST SOME OF ALL SPECIES.

THE LACE BARK SEEMS TO DO WELL HERE.

ALL THE TREES WE SELECTED ARE FROM OUR APPROVED TREE LIST.

GREAT. AND LIKE I SAID, THESE MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

WE MAY PUT MORE VARIETIES IN THERE.

A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PLANT.

BUT YEAH I MEAN WE WE DID LOSE SOME LACE BARK, BUT WE LOST SOME RED OAKS TOO.

WE LOST SOME. YEAH.

CRAPE MYRTLES. I DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD KILL A CRAPE MYRTLE, BUT APPARENTLY YOU CAN.

IT'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

FROM THE ROOTS MAYBE.

SARAH, IF WE DO, I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IF WE WANTED TO INCLUDE SOME MEDIANS OR SOME ROADSIDE IMPROVEMENTS, THE FLOWER MOUND ROAD BEING LIKE THE GOLD STANDARD OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ROAD IN TOWN, IF WE COULD TRY TO MAYBE DO THAT IN SOME OTHER PLACES TOO, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THIS LIST AS WELL.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

THE BOULEVARD ASPECT OF THAT WITH THE PLANTINGS IS SPECTACULAR.

NOW, TIFFANY, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE HAVE UNDERNEATH.

RIGHT? FOR THE BOULEVARDS, FOR PLANTINGS.

AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE PLANTING.

YEAH, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE OUR UTILITIES ARE AND MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT ROOM IN CASE WE'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN IT.

WE LOOK AT ALL OF THAT WHEN WE.

BUT WE ARE, WE WORK WELL WITH THEM.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'D GIVE INPUT IN.

AND MOVING THEM SLIGHTLY IS NORMALLY WHAT WE END UP DOING OR OR POSSIBLY CHANGING OUT SPECIES.

AND VALLEY RIDGE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT LOOKS PRETTY ATTRACTIVE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE STREETS KIND OF EXECUTED TO THAT LEVEL.

AND NONE OF THESE TREES ARE DECIDUOUS.

RIGHT? THEY ALL ARE.

THEY ALL ARE PINE TREES.

NOT. THEY'RE NOT, BUT THE OTHERS ARE.

THEY LOSE THEIR LEAVES.

NOT THE LIVE OAK OR THE PINE, BUT THE REST ARE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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WE WILL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON SOME GUIDES.

NOW, THESE GUIDES CAME AT THE DIRECTION DURING OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT.

WE HEARD FEEDBACK THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE INTERESTED INTERESTED IN VISUALIZING OUR TREE ORDINANCE.

SO IN DISCUSSING THAT WITH STAFF, WE WE TRIED TO TAKE THE APPROACH OF CREATING TWO DIFFERENT GUIDES, ONE WITH AN AUDIENCE OF RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO ANOTHER THAT MIGHT HELP WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STAFF WHEN THEY'RE DOING TREE INSPECTIONS.

SO THE FIRST IS THIS DEVELOPMENT GUIDE.

AND WE MAY WE'RE DEFINITELY STILL IN THE DEVELOPMENT EDITING PHASE SO ANY FEEDBACK IS WELCOMED.

BUT THIS ONE IS OUR APPROVED TREE SPECIES LIST.

AND IT'S HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT INSPECTION THE TREE STAFF CAN USE DURING INSPECTIONS AND JUST KIND OF HELP WITH HOME BUILDERS UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE APPROVED LISTS OR THE APPROVED TREE LIST.

THE NEXT IS THE RESIDENTIAL GUIDE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE PROTECTED TREE LIST.

AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LIST TO HELP VISUALIZE FOR RESIDENTS, THOSE THAT ARE EAGER TO SEE WHAT IS NATIVE TO OUR REGION AND KIND OF HELP THEM DECIDE.

WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN INTO SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE TREES SO THAT THAT WAY THEY CAN MAYBE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR IF THEY PICK A TREE.

SARAH THE PROTECTED TREE LIST DOESN'T INCLUDE POST OAKS.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? WE DID NOT INCLUDE POST OAKS OR LACE OR THE EAVES NECKLACE ON THIS.

IT TECHNICALLY, THOSE TWO ARE ON OUR PROTECTED TREE LIST, BUT THEY'RE VERY, VERY HARD TO FIND.

AND THEY'RE ALSO REALLY SLOW GROWING.

SO WE LEFT THEM OFF THIS LIST, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THOSE ON.

SO I GUESS I MEAN, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT THE PROTECTED TREE LIST INCLUDES TREES THAT ARE PROTECTED, BUT YOU COULD ALSO PLANT AND THAT MAKES SENSE.

BUT I JUST I FEEL LIKE A PROTECTED TREE WHEN I THINK OF A PROTECTED TREE IN FLOWER MOUND, THE FIRST THING I THINK OF AS OPPOSED TO, AND IT'S A VERY CONSPICUOUS OMISSION.

AND I THINK IF I WERE A RESIDENT LOOKING AT THIS, I'D BE LIKE, WELL, THE ONE TREE THAT WE ALL THINK OF WHEN WE THINK OF FLOWER MOUND TREES IS MISSING FROM THIS LIST.

AND IT SEEMED STRANGE TO ME SO, WELL, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD THAT BACK IN AND ADD IN THE EAVES NECKLACE JUST SO WE'RE CONSISTENT.

OKAY. BUT ALSO FOR THE PROTECTED VERSUS THE SPECIMEN TREES, IT'S THE SIZE OF THE TREE FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE SPECIES, IT'S THE SIZE FOR THOSE TERMS SPECIFICALLY.

I GUESS I'M ALSO JUST SENSITIVE TO TREES THAT HAVE A DEEP CENTRAL ROOT, HAVING LOST SOME THAT DIDN'T YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPING THAT WE'RE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND THEN WOULD THIS ALSO TALK ABOUT CONDITIONS THAT THEY WOULD FAVOR.

LIKE, I KNOW SOME LIKE WET FEED, SOME LIKE MORE SUNSHINE, YOU KNOW, SOME ARE AN UNDERSTORY TREE.

WE'VE ADDED SOME DETAILS, BUT WE HAVE NOT ADDED THOSE DETAILS.

AND WE ARE PLANNING TO ADD MORE DETAILS TO THESE RESIDENTIAL GUIDES.

WE, FOR INSTANCE, WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO ADD INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROOT SPREAD SO THAT THAT WAY SOMEONE KNOWS DON'T PLANT THIS NEXT TO A SIDEWALK OR TOO CLOSE TO YOUR HOUSE, OR TOO CLOSE TO YOUR HOUSE, OR YOUR FOUNDATION, OR YOUR SEWER LINE.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD, YOU KNOW, MORE DETAILS ABOUT SOME THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DROUGHT TOLERANT.

TECHNICALLY, ALL OF THESE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DROUGHT TOLERANT, BUT SOME THAT LIKE MORE WET FEET AND SOME THAT ARE JUST MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE FINICKY OR SLOW GROWING.

I KNOW TEXAS A&M DOES A LIKE A WRITE UP ON WHAT WHAT EACH TREE DOES.

SO EVEN YOU KNOW, IT'S USUALLY VERY DETAILED.

YES. BUT MAYBE PUTTING A LINK IF A RESIDENT DOES WANT TO READ ABOUT THAT, THEY CAN.

YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY HYPERLINK.

WE DO HYPERLINK TO RIGHT TREE, RIGHT PLACE.

AND SOME OF THE OTHER RESOURCES WE HAVE ONLINE SO DEFINITELY.

AND WHEN DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE DONE? OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND DO AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN SURROUNDING TEXAS ARBOR DAY, WHICH IS USUALLY AROUND THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER.

OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

IT WAS A PLEASURE SPEAKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SARAH. GREAT JOB.

THESE ARE GREAT DOCUMENTS I APPRECIATE IT.

YEP. OKAY.

SO JOHN ZAGORSKI IS GOING TO GIVE OUR NEXT PRESENTATION ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ITEM L.

[L. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS ]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO DO IT ACTUALLY, FROM HERE, JUST BECAUSE I HAVE SOME OF MY NOTES PULLED UP.

SO AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, YOU GUYS INDICATED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MAY 2025 BOND ELECTION.

AND SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE CORRESPONDENCE BACK AND FORTH PASSED THEN.

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SO TYPICALLY A BOND COMMITTEE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER ELECTS TWO TWO PEOPLE PER PERSON, AND THE MAYOR APPOINTS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.

AND SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HIT THAT TIMELINE AND GIVE YOU GUYS ENOUGH TIME TO EVALUATE THE PROPOSAL OF THE BLUE RIBBON BOND COMMITTEE WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU GUYS APPOINT PEOPLE TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN START THE PROCESS OF EDUCATING THEM AND AND MOVING THE PROCESS FORWARD.

OKAY. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT YOUR.

ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS IF WE HAVE A QUORUM FROM ANOTHER BOARD? YES, YES.

SO YOU WOULD NEED TO DO A DUAL POSTING FOR THE OTHER BOARD IF, IF YOU DO ACHIEVE A QUORUM SO IT CAN BE MANAGED, IT CAN BE DONE.

IT'S JUST. YES. GOTCHA.

OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT WE CAN STILL DISCUSS RIGHT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS IT.

I THINK WE HAVE TO BECAUSE HOW WILL WE KNOW WHAT IF? I'M JUST CONCERNED I MIGHT HAVE PICKED A PERSON THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO PICK, AND THEN I NEED MORE TIME.

SO CAN I GO LAST? WELL, YEAH, I'M SORT OF IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT.

I GOT A COMMITMENT FROM SCOTT LANGLEY AND TODD BAYOU.

SO THOUGH BOTH OF THEM AGREED, WAS THAT ONE OF YOUR NAMES? IT WAS WAS. I'M GOING TO NEED MORE TIME.

OKAY. WHO IS YOUR OTHER NAME? WELL, I'M GOING TO VOLUNTEER MYSELF.

OKAY. FOR ONE SLOT.

ALL RIGHT. SO ACTUALLY, I WAS THINKING THE SAME TOO.

YEAH, ANYONE. MAYBE THERE IS SOMEONE, BUT BUT WE ONLY ONE OF US CAN CHOOSE THAT PERSON WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED.

WELL, SO TALK TO THEM AHEAD OF TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE.

CAN WE JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS TO ANOTHER TO THE NEXT MEETING? YES. OKAY.

LET'S DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF HOW MANY WE HAVE FROM ONE COMMISSION.

LET'S GET THE NAMES OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE SO THAT WE CAN.

YEAH, I CAN GIVE YOU MY NAME.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE DUPLICATES.

I DO.

LAVERNE AMSTERDAM AND MICHELLE JACKSON CHANDLER.

I HAVE TWO PEOPLE SANDEEP SHARMA AND STEVE LYDA.

MURTHY MONTHA AND CLAIRE HARRIS.

SO WE NEED TO OH, AND YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD SOME ADAM TOO THAT ARE UNIQUE.

YOU SAID SCOTT LANGLEY AND TODD.

SO THERE WOULD BE A QUORUM? YEAH, OF P&Z.

JOHN, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ARE PARTICULARLY FAVORABLE TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH TRANSPORTATION AND PARKS BACKGROUND.

YES, SIR. BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY VETTING THE PARKS MASTER OR THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, THE TRAILS MASTER PLANS THE CAC AND THE STREET PROGRAM AND ALL OF THOSE WOULD HELP IN THE EDUCATION PROCESS IF THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THOSE AREAS.

SO THAT IS HELPFUL FOR ME.

BUT I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A FEW MORE PEOPLE THAT JUST CAME TO MIND BEFORE I ANNOUNCE IT PUBLICLY.

YEAH, I ACTUALLY DO TOO, BECAUSE I NEED TO GET THEIR OKAY, BEFORE I THROW OUT THEIR NAMES.

YEAH. SO WE'LL JUST PUT THIS ON THE NEXT THE JULY 1ST MEETING.

SURE. NO, WE CAN FINISH IT UP THEN.

BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

YEAH, THERE'S A FEW NAMES I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT I CHECKED.

SO BOTH FOR YOU, MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN, YOU BOTH INTEND TO SIT AND HAVE ANOTHER PERSON PARTICIPATE.

ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE SAME? I'LL DO PROBABLY 1 OR 2 SLOTS.

YEAH. OKAY.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, WHAT WAS THE I GOT LAVERNE AMSTERDAM.

WHAT WAS THE SECOND NAME THAT YOU HAD? MICHELLE JACKSON CHANDLER.

SO WE'RE TALKING FOUR MEMBERS ARE CURRENTLY P&Z MEMBERS OF THE NAMES THAT I GOT AS WELL.

SO WE NEED TO. OKAY.

HOW DO WE. WELL, YOU SAID YOU HAD TO DUAL POST.

IF THAT'S TRUE, THAT IT WOULD BE ALLOWED.

IT WOULD BE ALLOWED. WHAT I'D RECOMMEND IS YOU JUST POST A NOTICE OF POSSIBLE QUORUM OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO MEET AT THE SAME TIME AND LOCATION AS THE BOND COMMITTEE. OKAY. AND THEN, CHRIS, SINCE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE ON JULY 1ST, CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS RECOMMENDATIONS OR CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF THEM THAT ARE KNOWN AT THIS POINT? AND THEN WE JUST COME BACK AND NAME OURS THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, HE CAN HAVE HIS REPRESENTATION EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE.

WE'VE GOT CHRIS, WE'VE GOT YOUR NAME.

SO WE'LL JUST MAKE THE MOTION WITH WE'LL JUST ADD HIS NAME.

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ALL RIGHT. IT IS.

[M. CLOSED MEETING ]

IT'S NOW 9:03.

WE ARE GOING, THE TOWN COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, SECTION 071, 072, 074 AND 087.

OKAY. THE TIME IS NOW 9:49 AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS RECONVENING INTO AN OPEN SESSION.

[N. RECONVENE (Part 2 of 2)]

SO AT THIS TIME, AT 9:49 THE TOWN COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.