Nov 04, 2024 Town Council Archive

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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WELCOME, FLOWER MOUND.

WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 4TH REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

TO PRESENT OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT IS CHAPLAIN RICHARD PLUNK, AND WE'LL JUST REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SHALL WE PRAY? DEAR LORD, WE COME TONIGHT ON THIS EVE OF A NATIONWIDE ACTIVITY.

SO, FATHER, I PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY TONIGHT.

I PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS. I PRAY YOUR WISDOM.

I PRAY YOUR PEACE TOMORROW, AND MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE.

BUT, LORD, TONIGHT WE HAVE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN FLOWER MOUND.

WE THANK YOU WE GET TO LIVE HERE.

WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE THAT ARE HERE.

AND WE PRAY NOW THAT YOU'LL GIVE OUR LEADERS WISDOM ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES THAT TELL US TO PRAY FOR THESE WHO HAVE AUTHORITY OVER US.

I PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE THAT SERVE US IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.

BUT NOW, LORD, AS WE TURN TO THE BUSINESS DEALINGS I PRAY YOUR WISDOM WOULD BE OURS, THAT PEACE WOULD REIGN AND GLORY WOULD BE LIFTED UP TO THE GOD AND FATHER OF US ALL. WE THANK YOU TONIGHT AND WE ASK THIS IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME AND EVERYBODY SAID AMEN, AMEN.

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

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

THANK YOU CHAPLAIN.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.

[D. PRESENTATION(S)]

MIC] OKAY, SO THE FIRST PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS FOR THE ELM FORK CHAPTER OF THE TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST, AND ACCEPTING FOR THIS IS KATHRYN WELLS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON UP.

YEAH COME ON UP.

OKAY, SO THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST ELM FORK CHAPTER IS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF DENTON COOK AND WISE COUNTY, AND THE MISSION IS TO DEVELOP A CORE OF WELL INFORMED VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND SERVICE DEDICATED TO BENEFICIAL MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND NATURAL AREAS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS MEMBERS OF THE ELM FORK CHAPTER HAVE VOLUNTEERED ON PROJECTS SUCH AS FLOWER MOUND POLLINATOR GARDEN, THE FLOWER MOUND AND GREEN ACRES, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF MANAGING NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

AND WHEREAS THE CHAPTER HAS HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON THE [INAUDIBLE] TO PROVIDE INCREASED ACCESS TO NATURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL RESIDENTS AND POSITION ITSELF AS A UNIQUE DESTINATION FOR BUSINESSES AND VISITORS INTERESTED IN THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE CONSERVATION OF GREEN SPACES,

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MIC] [APPLAUSE] MIC].

MIC] THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

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CAN YOU PLEASE START OVER? I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY CAN HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THAT MIC SHOULD BE WORKING NOW.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND STARTING OVER AGAIN SO THE PEOPLE WATCHING CAN ACTUALLY HEAR YOU.

DIWALI, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS IS A MAJOR HINDU CELEBRATION, SYMBOLIZING THE TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL AND LIGHT OVER DARKNESS MARKED BY COLORFUL DECORATIONS, FESTIVE MEALS AND THE LIGHTING OF OIL LAMPS.

IT BRINGS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER IN JOYOUS CELEBRATION.

[INAUDIBLE] IS AN INITIATIVE BY THE HINDU AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO SERVE PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGH FOOD DRIVES AND OTHER ENDEAVORS.

SEVA IS AN ACT OF SELFLESS SERVICE EMBEDDED IN HINDU TRADITION AND CULTURE.

DIWALI IS A HINDU FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS THAT CELEBRATES THE VICTORY OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS.

LAST YEAR IN 2023, WHILE CELEBRATING DIWALI, THE HINDU AMERICAN COMMUNITY COLLECTED AND DONATED OVER 510,000 POUNDS OF FOOD FOR 245 FOOD PANTRIES, SOUP KITCHENS AND FOOD BANKS AROUND 235 TOWNS AND 34 STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

OVER 2000 VOLUNTEERS, RANGING FROM AGE 7 TO 70, REPRESENTED APPROXIMATELY 450 HINDU, JAIN, AND SIKH TEMPLES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY PARTICIPATED IN SEVA DIWALI AND THEY BRING LIGHT AND JOY TO THOSE IN NEED.

THE VOLUNTEERS INCLUDED HUNDREDS OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS UNIQUE INITIATIVE, PROVIDING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE LESS FORTUNATE AS THEY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THE HINDU AMERICAN COMMUNITY INTENDS TO CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT TRADITION OF FOOD DRIVES, AND SO FAR HAS GIVEN 2.2 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO OVER 350 FOOD PANTRIES AND SOUP KITCHENS AND FOOD BANKS.

IT COLLECTS NONPERISHABLE FOODS AS THE RISING NEED FOR FOOD ACROSS SEVERAL STATES [INAUDIBLE] JUST DURING THIS MONTH OF THE FOLLOWING [INAUDIBLE].

DUE TO ENORMOUS SUCCESS OF THIS INITIATIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHERE DALLAS ALONE COLLECTED MORE THAN 150,000 POUNDS IN 2023 AND OVER 500,000 POUNDS IN THE LAST 3 YEARS OVER THESE 4 TO 6 WEEKS OF DIWALI.

THE HINDU AMERICAN COMMUNITY PLANNED TO EXPAND THIS HUNGER FIGHTING PROGRAM ACROSS MANY OTHER STATES IN AMERICA [APPLAUSE].

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SO, MAYOR MOORE, AS YOU AS YOU RETURN TO YOUR SEAT, ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL ASK IF WE COULD HAVE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

WE DO HAVE THAT TEMPORARY MEASURE, BUT WE WANT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO SEE IF WE HAVE TO OPERATE WITH THIS MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GAVE US FIVE MINUTES TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

GOOD. SO.

[BREAK]

[E. PUBLIC COMMENT]

[F. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

[G. TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT]

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WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM E, PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

MIKE HENNEFER, IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

MY NAME IS MIKE HENNEFER AND MY ADDRESS IS 4265 HARVEST HILL ROAD, CARROLLTON, TEXAS.

WELL, THERE I AM.

I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND YOU MIGHT ASK WHY.

IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO BE NOMINATED TO DEKALB'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY FIVE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THE COUNTY OF DENTON, THE CITY OF CARROLLTON, THE COLONY, AND LEWISVILLE ISD AND FARMERS BRANCH/CARROLLTON ISD.

I'M HERE BECAUSE I SEEK YOUR VOTES.

I THINK I'M QUALIFIED BECAUSE 1990 OR SO I STARTED A COMPANY, A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRM.

SINCE THE BEGINNING, WE HAVE MANAGED 30 MILLION FT².

DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE PERSONALLY HANDLED MANY PROTESTS, BOTH INFORMAL AND FORMAL, AND EVEN INITIATED SOME LAWSUITS.

I UNDERSTAND THE APPRAISAL PROCESS AND THE VALUATION PROCESS.

THAT DOESN'T REALLY QUALIFY ME TO BE ON THE BOARD.

WHAT QUALIFIES ME IS THAT I THINK I COULD DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.

THERE IS AN ISSUE, HOWEVER, IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK TURKEY FOR A MINUTE AND THAT IS, YOU NOMINATED A VERY GOOD PERSON, A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HIS NAME.

RIGHT. SANDEEP.

SANDEEP. SHARMA.

YEAH SHARMA. AND HE'S VERY, VERY QUALIFIED TO BE ON THE BOARD.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN AGENDA ITEM TODAY, BUT THERE'S 5000 VOTES OUT THERE THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED BASED ON YOUR PERCENT OF LEVERAGE OF LEVY.

HALF THE ENTITIES DON'T VOTE.

ABOUT 2500 VOTES COME IN, 5 ARE GOING TO BE ELECTED, THERE'S 2 VACANCIES, I SEEK ONE OF THOSE VACANCIES.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 750 800 VOTES TO BE ELECTED.

NOW, YOUR NOMINEE, I THINK IS GOING TO COME SHORT OF THAT BY A LONG DISTANCE.

AND SO I RESPECT HIM.

I, ALMOST HESITATE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND SAY IF YOU VOTE FOR HIM, THEY MIGHT BE EMPTY VOTES BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY WILL GET HIM ELECTED.

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[I. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE BEING HERE.

THE CITY OF OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND IS FANTASTIC.

[J. CONSENT ITEM(S)]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. HENNEFER.

THAT'S GOING TO BE PASSED AROUND.

OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? DOES ANYBODY OUT IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM F ANNOUNCEMENTS.

DO YOU WANT TO START DOWN THERE, BRIAN? SURE. THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT I WAS GOING TO HAVE WAS REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE CITIZENS ACADEMY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ALREADY FULL.

[K.1. Z24-0005 - Sunrise Circle Lot 7, Block 2 - Public Hearing to consider an ordinance amending the zoning (Z24-0005- Sunrise Circle Lot 7, Block 2) from Interim Holding (IH) uses to Single Family District-10 (SF-10) uses. The property is generally located east of Stonecrest Road and south of Sunrise Circle. (PZ recommended approval by a vote of 6 to 0 at its October 28, 2024, meeting.)]

I DID THE CITIZENS ACADEMY A FEW YEARS AGO AND FOUND IT VERY BENEFICIAL.

TEACHES YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE TOWN, HOW THE TOWN WORKS.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY A NICE PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

SO DON'T APPLY FOR THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR.

I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT FOR THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY YESTERDAY.

IT WAS EXCELLENT.

I KNOW TOWN STAFF REALLY WORKED HARD MOVING THE VENUE FROM THE OUTDOORS TO THE INDOORS, BUT IT WENT OFF VERY WELL AND APPRECIATE IT.

MAKE SURE YOU THANK A VETERAN.

VETERANS DAY IS NEXT MONDAY.

YOU WANT TO GO NEXT.

YEAH, I'LL JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW AND YOUR POLLING PLACE IS UNIQUE TO YOUR PRECINCT.

IT'S NOT VOTING ANYWHERE YOU WANT.

SO DON'T FORGET TO VOTE AND WIN OR LOSE, MAKE SURE YOU BEHAVE.

THANK YOU. OKAY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.

OKAY, JAMES, IF YOU WANT TO DO THE TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST BRIEFLY, I'M GONNA ASK JP TO COME FORWARD.

HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT A SPECIAL RECOGNITION THAT THE TOWN RECEIVED.

WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE AND BLESSED COMMUNITY IN THE SENSE THAT WE GET RECOGNIZED AN AWFUL LOT.

AND I THINK THIS MOST RECENT RECOGNITION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED WILL HAVE A FOND PLACE IN A LOT OF FOLKS HEARTS, BECAUSE IT'S TIED IN JUST TO THE THE ESTHETIC BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AS IT POURS DOWN.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JP.

THANK YOU JAMES.

AND IT IS COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT TO IT.

GUESS WHAT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND IS THE 2024 SCENIC CITY OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO, YEAH, LET'S GET A LITTLE ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

SO HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE WERE ACTUALLY HAD TO RECERTIFY THIS YEAR AS A PLATINUM SCENIC CITY.

NOW, PLATINUM IS THE TOP LEVEL THAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE.

THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND HAS BEEN A CERTIFIED SCENIC CITY WITH SCENIC TEXAS SINCE 2010.

WE FIRST QUALIFIED FOR THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PLATINUM IN 2014 AND SINCE THEN HAVE KEPT OUR DESIGNATION.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS RUN BY A NONPROFIT GROUP CALLED SCENIC TEXAS.

IT WAS ACTUALLY FIRST INSPIRED BY THE VISIONARY LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS FORMER FIRST LADY, LADY BIRD JOHNSON.

AND IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT'S DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE STATE'S VISUAL ENVIRONMENT.

SO THEY DO THIS ALL AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THEN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THE SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, IT ESTABLISHES A FOUNDATION OF REALLY COHESIVE SCENIC STANDARDS ACROSS A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES HERE IN TEXAS, AND LAND PLANNING PRACTICES THAT ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO SHARE THIS.

THEY DEFINITELY HAVE THE SCENIC CITY OF THE YEAR GO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

HAVING SAID THAT, THIS WAS OUR YEAR TO RECERTIFY.

I THINK THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY WIN EVERY YEAR.

BUT WE DECIDED THAT THIS IS THE YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A BIG PUSH.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO VOTED FOR THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

WE ARE THE 2024 SCENIC CITY OF THE YEAR IN TEXAS.

[Items K.2. & K.3.]

IT'S GOING TO BE A ROAD SIGN.

WE'LL BE RECEIVING THAT.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A MARKETING VIDEO FOR US AS WELL.

YOU COULD SEE I BELIEVE IT WAS HORSESHOE BAY WHO WON LAST YEAR.

AND THEY PUT TOGETHER A NICE MARKETING VIDEO FOR THEM.

SO THEY'LL DO THE SAME FOR US AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO RELEASE THAT ONCE WE HAVE IT.

SO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

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OKAY. SHORT AND SWEET.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD? YEAH. NOTHING.

ALL RIGHT. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS IS NEXT ITEM.

I WE HAVE MEETINGS, REGULAR MEETINGS, A REGULAR MEETING ON NOVEMBER 18TH, A WORK SESSION ON NOVEMBER 21ST, A REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER 2ND, AND ANOTHER ONE ON DECEMBER 16TH.

IS THAT DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? OKAY, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE RIGHT ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT ITEMS? IF NOT, DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE? I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. OKAY.

THERESA, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE ROLL? OKAY CONSENT ITEMS PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AND THEN WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM K REGULAR ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS Z24-0005 SUNRISE CIRCLE, LOT SEVEN, BLOCK TWO.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING FROM INTERIM HOLDING USES TO SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT 10, SF-10 USES AND LEXIN YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT.

YES. THANK YOU MAYOR.

AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A STRAIGHT REZONING REQUEST.

HERE IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

HERE'S A MORE DETAILED LOCATION, CURRENTLY AN UNDEVELOPED LOT WITHIN THE SUNRISE CIRCLE SUBDIVISION.

THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS OFFICE OR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND THE ZONING IS INTERIM HOLDING, AND SO THE COUNCIL MAY RECALL THIS CAME UP LAST YEAR WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SUNRISE CIRCLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED STAFF TO DO THIS IS THAT IF ANY PROPERTY OWNERS CAME FORWARD, SINCE THIS IS AN ALREADY PLATTED SUBDIVISION, IF THEY JUST REQUESTED TO HAVE IT REZONED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MASTER PLAN OF MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, THEN IT WOULD BE A TOWN INITIATED REZONING, AND SO STAFF WOULD TAKE THAT FORWARD.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.

THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER DID REQUEST THAT.

AND SO LIKE I SAID, WE CAN REZONE IT JUST SPECIFIC TO THAT LOT.

SO THERE'S NO SURVEYING WORK REQUIRED ON THE PART OF THE TOWN, IT'S AN ALREADY PLATTED SUBDIVISION.

HERE IS JUST TO SHOW YOU WHERE THAT LOT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE PLAT.

HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE SITE LOOKING SOUTH ON SUNRISE CIRCLE.

AND SO AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS IN RELATION TO THIS.

IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

IT WILL HELP THE THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER BETTER BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.

IT WILL REDUCE THE SIDE SETBACKS AND ALSO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE FROM 25% TO 40%.

AND THE SIDE SETBACKS WILL GO FROM I BELIEVE IT'S 25FT TO 10FT.

SO IT WILL OVERALL MAKE IT MORE OF A DEVELOPABLE LOT WITHIN THOSE STANDARDS.

DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL THE THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE AGAIN BECAUSE BASICALLY THE TOWN IS THE APPLICANT WHERE IT'S TOWN INITIATED.

SO NO PRESENTATION ON THEIR PART.

IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT [INAUDIBLE] FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANY DO WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENT CARDS? OKAY. DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO COME FORWARD TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? OKAY. NO ONE'S COMING FORWARD.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

AND IF ANYONE ON THE DAIS WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IF NOT, SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K1 AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. OKAY.

THERESA IF YOU'LL TAKE THE ROLL.

REGULAR ITEM K1 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, MPA24-0004 WATERMERE AT FLOWER

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AND I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ARE WE OPENING THIS TO THE THIRD ONE TOO, RIGHT.

WE CAN OPEN BOTH OF THOSE, CAN WE? YEAH. YES. OKAY. I CAN DO THAT.

SO WE'RE DOING BOTH PHASE TWO'S.

OKAY. AND THEY'RE BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THANK YOU MAYOR. AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT WITH AN ASSOCIATED ZONING PLAN DEVELOPMENT REQUEST.

HERE IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S WEST OF WHYBURN AND SOUTH OF DIXON LANE.

HERE IS A MORE DETAILED VIEW.

THAT LOT IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED EXCEPT FOR THIS ACCESS DRIVE.

THE LAND USE IS OFFICE USES AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S COMING FORWARD FOR A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT.

THE ZONING IS CURRENTLY TRACT 1 OF PD 167 WITH OFFICE DISTRICT USES.

SO THE COUNCIL MAY RECALL WHEN THE WATERMERE DEVELOPMENT CAME FORWARD.

SO THAT'S IT TO THE SOUTH HERE, SO IT IS ZONED MULTIFAMILY.

IT'S HIGH DENSITY FOR AGE RESTRICTED MULTIFAMILY UNITS, AND SO THEY ARE NOW WISHING TO EXPAND.

AT THE TIME THE ORIGINAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT CAME FORWARD, WATERMERE DID NOT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE OFFICE PIECE, SO THE WHYBURN FAMILY WAS TRYING TO MARKET THAT FOR OFFICE USES.

BUT I THINK THEY'VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL WITH THE WATERMERE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN EXPANDING.

AND I GUESS THE WHYBURN FAMILY WAS OPEN TO THAT, THEY HAD NOT HAD ANY TAKERS, I GUESS, TO MOVE FORWARD, YES, YET WITH DEVELOPING THAT FOR OFFICE USES.

SO FIRST FOR THE MASTER PLAN EXHIBIT, AGAIN SO THIS IS JUST IDENTIFYING THE AREA.

IT'S CURRENTLY MASTER PLAN FOR OFFICE.

AND IT WOULD CHANGE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

HERE'S THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN.

SO IN GENERAL 9 BUILDINGS ARE PROPOSED.

THESE WOULD BE ONE STORY VILLAS.

THERE WOULD BE 24 OVERALL UNITS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THOSE 9 BUILDINGS.

THE TOWN CODE REQUIRES 2 PARKING SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL USES, SO THERE IS A PROPOSED MODIFICATION WITH THIS FOR THE PARKING RATIO.

THEY'RE REQUESTING AN ALTERNATE RATIO OF 1.5 SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT, FOR A TOTAL OF 38 SPACES THAT WILL INCLUDE BOTH GARAGE SPACES AND VISITOR SPACES.

THE RATIONALE FOR THIS IS BASED ON THEY'VE BASED IT ON THEIR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, BASICALLY, AND FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD RATIO THAT WORKS FOR THEM.

AND THEIR AVERAGE, THEY SEE 1.06 AVERAGE SPACES.

WHAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE FIRST PHASE WAS 1.2 SPACES, BUT IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THERE WILL NOT BE ON STREET PARKING, THESE WILL BE BASICALLY FIRE LANES.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY WANTED TO BUMP IT UP A LITTLE BIT TO THE 1.5 SPACES.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

SO THE TOWN STANDARD HAS A 2800FT² PER UNIT KIND OF LOT SIZE PER LOT PER UNIT IN THE MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT, THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO HAVE A STANDARD THERE.

ALSO NO STANDARD FOR MINIMUM LOT WIDTH.

THIS MINIMUM FLOOR AREA.

SO WE CHANGED THIS SINCE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

INITIALLY IT JUST MIRRORED WHAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE, WHICH WAS THE.

IT WAS A MINIMUM OF 600 INSTEAD OF THE 700FT², BUT THEN HAD A LARGER NUMBER FOR THE OVERALL AVERAGE.

BUT IN TALKING TO THE APPLICANT AND HEARING THEIR PRESENTATION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, IT WAS CLEAR THEY WEREN'T PLANNING TO GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER.

SO WHILE THAT WAS THE STANDARD FOR THE MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO TO WRITE IN A SMALLER STANDARD FOR THE VILLAS BECAUSE THEY WERE, I THINK, SPOKE TO BE AT LEAST 1000FT² FOR ALL OF THESE.

AND THE TOWN'S NORMAL MINIMUM IS 700FT².

SO WE JUST TOOK OUT THAT THAT ADDITIONAL STANDARD THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE THE PD.

SO JUST IN CASE Y'ALL WATCHED THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CLARIFICATION.

WE REMOVED THAT IN BETWEEN P&Z IN HERE WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WOULDN'T REALLY BE NECESSARY.

A MINIMUM FRONT YARD BEING REDUCED FROM 25FT TO 15FT, AND THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD INSTEAD OF 10 FEET WOULD HAVE NO MINIMUM SIDE YARD STANDARD FOR MINIMUM REAR YARD INSTEAD OF 20FT WOULD NOT HAVE A STANDARD THERE EITHER, AND THE REMAINING STANDARDS WOULD BE THE SAME.

SO ANOTHER STANDARD OF COURSE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO THIS IS WITH THE FIRST SITE PLAN OR SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN APPLICATION, THE DEVELOPER WILL SUBMIT COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR THE TOWN'S REVIEW AND APPROVAL THAT RESTRICT THE AGE OF THE RESIDENTS TO PERSONS AGED 55 OR OLDER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSON ACTS OF 1995.

SO THAT'S THE SAME PROVISION THAT WAS ADOPTED WITH THE PHASE ONE OF WATERMERE.

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SO HERE ALONG WHYBURN THERE IS ACTUALLY A UTILITY EASEMENT.

AND SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PLANT THE LARGER CANOPY TREES WITHIN THE UTILITY EASEMENT.

SO HAD TO FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND THEY MOVED A NUMBER OF THE TREES ONTO DIXON LANE INSTEAD.

SOME ALSO ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.

THEY ALSO PUT SOME KIND OF ORNAMENTAL TREES KIND OF ORNAMENTAL TREES ALONG THE FRONTAGE THERE, WHICH WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO 3 CANOPY TREES AND JUST SOME ENHANCED LANDSCAPING.

SO OVERALL, WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE REQUIRED WHEN YOU LOOK AT AT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE 32 TREES AND THEY'RE PROVIDING 36 TREES PLUS 2 MITIGATION CANOPY TREES, PLUS THE 10 ORNAMENTAL, WHICH ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF 3 CANOPY TREES.

SO BASICALLY AN EQUIVALENT OF 41 CANOPY TREES.

SO EXCEEDING THE STANDARD, THEY JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO PUT IT IN THE PLACE IT WOULD NORMALLY BE.

SO AGAIN TOTAL CANOPY [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY, SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE SITE.

HERE WE ARE LOOKING EAST ACROSS THE PROPERTY.

YOU CAN SEE CURRENTLY VACANT HERE, HERE'S THAT ACCESS DRIVE THAT EXISTS TODAY.

HERE WE ARE LOOKING WEST FROM WHYBURN DRIVE.

AND THIS IS LOOKING WEST FROM THE SITE ONTO THE ADJACENT VALLEY CREEK PROPERTY, VALLEY CREEK CHURCH.

AND THEY DID PROVIDE AN EMAIL OF SUPPORT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THIS PROJECT.

SAID THAT WATERMERE WAS A GREAT NEIGHBOR, THEY'D BE HAPPY TO SEE THEM EXPAND.

AND THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM WHYBURN.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING WATERMERE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING AND THEN THIS PROPERTY IN FRONT OF IT WHERE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD GO.

AND THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHEAST.

AND SO AGAIN, JUST TO SHOW YOU THERE ARE SOME VILLAS ALSO THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED WITH THE FIRST PHASE OF WATERMERE.

SO IN THIS WAY YOU CAN SEE BOTH THE MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE AS WELL AS THE EXISTING VILLAS.

SO AGAIN HERE IS THAT CONCEPT PLAN.

THE 9 STRUCTURES, 24 UNITS COVERING THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WE ALREADY DISCUSSED.

THIS WAS THE PREVIOUS CONCEPT PLAN.

SO IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000FT² OF OFFICE DEVELOPMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO IN HERE.

YOU KNOW, ONE I GUESS ONE THING YOU CAN SEE WITH IT, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO FILL THE WHOLE SITE, YOU KNOW, WITH CONCRETE, JUST BASED ON HOW THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DESIGNED IN THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF SPACE, IT WAS A LITTLE OVER, A LITTLE OVER THREE ACRES.

SO HERE IS AGAIN, THAT CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN ALSO SHOWS YOU ENTRY SIGNAGE CONCEPT SCREENING WALL.

AND THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS.

THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT MODELS THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED ELEVATIONS FOR.

THEY'RE ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TOWN'S URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.

HERE'S ONE. SO WE HAVE THREE DUPLEXES AND ONE QUADPLEX MODEL.

AND THEN THERE'S THE LARGER WITH THE FOUR UNITS.

SO AGAIN THAT'S THE SITE PLAN.

ALSO THE PROJECT DID GO BEFORE THE PARKS BOARD.

PARKS BOARD VOTED TO RECOMMEND CASH IN LIEU OF PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR $106,560 AND PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES OF $33,312. HERE ARE THE CAPTIONS.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THE APPLICANT ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION.

SO THE EXISTING FIRE LANE, THAT'S ALL COMING OUT AND IT'S GOING TO GET REPLACED? YES. WHY WAS THAT PUT IN? IT WAS TO PROVIDE A SECONDARY POINT OF ACCESS TO THE THE WATERMERE DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT, IT WORKED WITH SEE IT WORKED WITH HOW THIS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED.

IT WOULD GO AROUND THE OFFICE BUILDING.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT RAMP IS I DON'T THINK THAT ACCESS OFF DIXON IS THERE.

IS THAT THAT THAT'S THERE.

OKAY. SO YOU HAD TO PUT THAT IN IN ORDER TO HAVE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS ON.

BOY, WHAT A WASTE. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'LL PULL UP THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.

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GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH THIS TONIGHT.

WE WORK WITH A LOT OF TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO I WANTED TO START WITH SOME KUDOS.

WHEN WE WERE WORKSHOPPING THIS IDEA, WE REACHED OUT TO EVERYBODY TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO COME TO WATERMERE AND SEE WHAT WE PROVIDE AND SEE WHAT WE DO.

ALL OF YOU DID THAT.

ALL OF YOU CAME BY TO SEE WHO WE SERVE, HOW WE OPERATE, HOW WE DO BUSINESS.

THAT'S VERY RARE, RIGHT? IN FACT, I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN ANY OTHER CITY OR TOWN 100% TAKE US UP ON THAT OFFER.

SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THAT.

IT ALSO HELPED US WORKSHOP THE PHASE TWO IDEA TO GET IT TO THE APPLICATION THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TODAY, WHICH WE SEE AS APPROPRIATE FOR BOTH THE SITE AND THE CURRENT NEED OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

SO BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL WATERMERE EXPERTS ALREADY, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION.

JUST TWO SLIDES, A REMINDER SLIDE AND AN UPDATE SLIDE.

THE FIRST ONE JUST AS A REMINDER, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALWAYS GET LUMPED IN WITH MULTIFAMILY DURING PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS.

SO IN THE REALM OF SENIOR LIVING, WATERMERE IS CONSIDERED INDEPENDENT LIVING MEANING WE ARE AGE RESTRICTED, BUT WE PROVIDE A VAST AMOUNT OF AMENITIES AND SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION AND A FULL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM.

WE HAVE ABOUT 26,000FT² OF AMENITY AND LIFESTYLE SPACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

WE DO STOP SHORT OF PROVIDING ANY CARE.

SO WE ARE A NON-LICENSED COMMUNITY.

ONE DAY WE HOPE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO ROUND OUT THE CAMPUS.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT WATERMERE AND THE 24 VILLAS, THOSE WILL ALL BE CLASSIFIED AS INDEPENDENT LIVING.

AVERAGE AGE, THE WATERMERE FLOWER MOUND IS 80.7 YEARS OLD, FAR FROM YOUR TYPICAL MULTIFAMILY.

WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A THIRD OF THEM ARE MARRIED AND 71% OF THEM CURRENTLY DRIVE, MEANING THEY HAVE A SINGLE VEHICLE ON SITE.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO OVERBUILD CONCRETE AND PARKING SPACES.

WE WANT TO TRY TO THREAD THE NEEDLE JUST RIGHT.

SO SECONDLY, WANTED TO JUST UPDATE.

WE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THIS WATERMERE AT FLOWER MOUND PROJECT SET RECORDS NOT JUST WITHIN OUR COMPANY, BUT ANYTHING WE'VE EVER HEARD OF IN TERMS OF THE VELOCITY THAT IT FILLED UP WITHIN EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS FROM OPENING THE FIRST SECTION, WE WERE ALREADY 100% FULL, WHICH AGAIN WAY EXCEEDED ANY EXPECTATIONS WE COULD HAVE SEEN.

PART OF THAT WE ATTRIBUTE TO OUR REPUTATION AND THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS, SURE.

BUT THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS JUST THE PENT UP DEMAND IN FLOWER MOUND AND IN DENTON COUNTY AS A WHOLE, REALLY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FOR SENIOR LIVING. THE WAITLIST WAS A TOPIC THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING EVERYBODY'S VISIT.

CURRENTLY, AND I SAY CURRENTLY AS OF LAST WEEK, WHEN I SUBMITTED THIS AT ABOUT 3 P.M., IT WAS AT 36, BY 5 P.M.

ON FRIDAY, IT JUMPED UP TO 38.

THE TEAM LET ME KNOW THAT EARLIER, SO WE'LL GO WITH THE 36 FOR NOW.

BUT I WANTED TO SHARE JUST AN INSIGHT INTO WHO THOSE 36 PEOPLE ARE THAT ARE WAITING TO MOVE INTO WATERMERE FLOWER MOUND, 19 ARE CURRENT FLOWER MOUND RESIDENTS, 13 LIVE OUT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WHY DO THEY WANT TO MOVE TO WATERMERE FLOWER MOUND? BECAUSE THEIR ADULT CHILDREN LIVE IN FLOWER MOUND, RIGHT? AND THEY WANT MOM AND DAD CLOSER TO THEM.

THEY ARE. MOST OF THEM ARE ALSO WAITING FOR OUR LARGER FLOOR PLANS.

OUR TWO BEDROOMS, THREE BEDROOMS AND VILLAS.

SO AGAIN, WHILE THE 24 VILLAS WON'T SOLVE ALL THE THE DEMAND FOR SENIOR HOUSING IN FLOWER MOUND OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS, WE SEE THIS AS A VERY GOOD START.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AGAIN, I'LL BE ON STANDBY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

[K.4. 2027 Pierce Aerial Quint Fire Apparatus - Consider approval of the purchase of a 2027 Pierce Customer Enforcer Aerial Quint for Fire and Emergency Services Department from Siddons Martin Emergency Group in the amount of $1,641,746.00 and authorization for the Mayor to execute same on behalf of the Town.]

AND THAT'S THE VILLAS AS THEY KNOW IT.

AS WE DISCUSSED, WE ALSO ADDED A SMALLER VILLA.

AND BY THE WAY, OUR AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THESE IS 1577FT², WHICH IS WHY THE THE TOWN JUST WENT AHEAD AND UPPED THE MINIMUM.

SO 14 WAITING FOR VILLAS.

AND THOSE ARE THE TWO EXISTING LARGER VILLAS THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT.

NOBODY REALLY KNOWS ABOUT THE SMALLER VILLA PLAN YET.

I SEE. THANK YOU.

OKAY, IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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SO WE'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

AND ANYBODY ON THE DAIS WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENT OR QUESTIONS.

CAN I CLARIFY THAT THAT PUBLIC HEARING WAS FOR BOTH ITEMS. JUST SO WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD? YEAH, YEAH, IT'S FOR BOTH ITEMS K OH K2 AND 3.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

IF NO COMMENTS WE CAN GO AHEAD.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.

AND THAT IS TO THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO ATTEND.

I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS ON A CRUISE SHIP OR A LUXURY HOTEL.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF IT.

SO THANK YOU.

I DON'T THINK YOU EVEN MENTIONED THAT YOU WON, YOUR CHEF WON THE COMPETITION RIGHT? ALONG WITH UPDATING ME ON THE WAITLIST NUMBERS, THE TEAM ALSO LET ME KNOW.

YOU KNOW, DAVID WEEKLEY'S BUILDING TO THE EAST OF US.

THEY'VE CLEARED ALL THAT LAND.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CALLS ALREADY SAYING, HEY, IS THAT YOU GUYS, IS THAT YOUR PHASE TWO? SO PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PRIMED FOR IT.

YEAH. AND LET'S I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEED, LIKE YOU SAY, THAT THERE'S DEMAND FOR THIS PRODUCT.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE VOTERS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING, HOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE EAST SIDE TO DEVELOP.

SO THERE IS WE DO RECOGNIZE THE NEED IN THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN IS WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT NEED SHOULD BE FILLED FOR THIS KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY WITH THE LARGER STRUCTURE. BUT THE VILLAS ARE A GREAT KIND OF AN IN-BETWEEN PRODUCT.

I THINK THAT I'M A NEARBY RESIDENT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OFFICE IN THAT LOCATION IS PRETTY UNLIKELY.

[K.5. Property Exchange - Consider a resolution authorizing the sale of approximately 23 acres of Town property located at 10300 Dunham Road in consideration for the transfer of title to an approximately 97-acre parcel of land to the Town at 3900 Haynes Road for future recreational purposes, both properties being located within the Town’s Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 2.]

THIS IS A YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD IT FILLS A NICHE OF SENIOR HOUSING THAT I THINK WE WANT TO SEE.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S VERY COMPATIBLE FOR THE NEIGHBORS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY HAPPY WITH IT.

SO IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL DENSITY.

YEAH. IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL DENSITY, BUT IT'S ALSO THE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE TYPE OF DENSITY THAT MAYBE A SENIOR I COULD SEE WOULD REALLY APPEAL TO SOMEONE MOVING FROM A HOUSE. AND I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO FIND IT TO BE A PRETTY GOOD NEIGHBOR.

SO THIS IS A THIS IS AN EASY ONE.

YEAH. THANKS FOR LISTENING AND BRINGING US WHAT WE ASKED FOR.

APPRECIATE IT.

I'D JUST LIKE TO ECHO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO COME SEE WATERMERE, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.

YOU COULD TELL IT'S A IT'S A WORLD CLASS FACILITY.

YOU CAN TELL ALL THE RESIDENTS VERY MUCH ENJOY IT.

AS ADAM MENTIONED, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDINGS.

SO WELL DONE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.

YEAH, IT WAS REALLY GOOD VISITING WITH YOU ALL AND LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WATERMERE AND EVERYTHING.

AND I APPRECIATE THE BACK AND FORTH TO COME TO THIS, THIS CONCLUSION AND YEAH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK ONE OF THE P&Z COMMISSIONERS ARTICULATED MY FEELINGS THAT NORMALLY I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT OFFICE BEING CONVERTED TO HIGH DENSITY, BUT I THINK IT ABSOLUTELY FITS THIS AREA.

AND I CAN SEE WHY A SENIOR WOULD WANT TO LIVE THERE.

THE AMENITIES RIGHT THERE ARE AMAZING.

YEAH, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD, I LOVE IT.

I CAME OUT FOR THAT VISIT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GREAT.

GREAT PLAN. I LIKE THAT IT'S A ONE ONE STORY BUILDINGS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO DETRACT FROM THAT AREA.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LANDSCAPING, IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE TRAFFIC OVER THERE.

SO DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.

DO WE NEED TO DO THEM SEPARATELY BRIAN? THERE'S DIFFERENT VOTING THRESHOLDS FOR THEM.

SO OKAY I'LL DO IT SEPARATELY.

SO I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K2 AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. OKAY THERESA YOU CAN TAKE THE ROLL.

OKAY ITEM K2 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AND THEN THE SECOND ONE I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K3 AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. OKAY.

OKAY. ITEM K3 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO WELCOME CHIEF HENLEY, AND HE IS GOING TO DISCUSS THE 2027 PIERCE AERIAL QUINT FIRE APPARATUS.

[00:55:01]

A QUICK WEATHER UPDATE.

EVERYTHING IS SUBSEVERE.

TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.

SO THE RAIN YOU'RE HEARING IS JUST RAIN.

SO NO WORRIES BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE MONITORING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.

TODAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AN ITEM THAT I CAME UP SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND TALKED ABOUT US CHANGING OUR CONCEPT A LITTLE BIT.

AND THIS QUINT ACTUALLY WILL REPLACE A 2012 QUINT THAT WE HAVE NOW.

IT IS ON THE VERVE.

WE HAVE TO ORDER IT NOW BECAUSE THE LEAD TIMES ARE 41 TO 48 MONTHS OUT.

SO BY THE TIME WE GET IT, THE THE OLDER APPARATUS WILL BE PAST ITS USEFUL LIFE AND FLEET WILL TAKE THAT ON AND AND MOVE IT THROUGH.

WE USUALLY GET ABOUT 15 YEARS OUT OF THIS AND THAT'S WHAT IS EXPECTED FROM THIS ONE.

AND WE'RE REPLACING A 75 FOOT ARROW UNIT.

WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT WITH A 107 FOOT AERIAL UNIT, MUCH LIKE YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE THERE.

THE PRICE IS WAS $1.8, BUT SINCE WE PREPAY FOR THAT, IT GETS IT TO $1.6.

CHIEF [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT 20 POLICE CARS WITH THAT.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE PRICE.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO LAST US QUITE A LONG TIME.

THIS IS ONE THAT WILL SERVICE THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THAT GIVES THAT THOSE CREWS MULTIFUNCTIONAL ABILITY TO PROTECT OUR WAREHOUSE DISTRICT WITH THIS LADDER AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT'S SORELY NEEDED.

SO WE'RE ANXIOUS TO GET THIS IN, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'T HAVE ANY.

ALL RIGHT. YOU READY FOR A MOTION? YEAH. MOVE TO APPROVE REGULAR ITEM K4, AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. OKAY.

THERESA.

ITEM K4 ALSO PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ON.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS ALL FAST.

I THOUGHT CLAY RIGGS WAS GOING TO PRESENT ON THE PROPERTY EXCHANGE.

THAT'S ME. OKAY.

I HAD TO CHECK. YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME YOU'RE DOING IT? OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNCIL, THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO PRIOR ITEM THAT WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, J6 REGARDING THE PARK NAMING ITEM. IT'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE.

PRETTY EXCITING PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

IT'S OUT IN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, TIRZ NUMBER TWO.

THAT'S ALL THE BLUE AREA YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED.

AND ALL THE LINES IN THERE, ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITHIN THAT TIRZ TWO.

BUT THE BLACKOUT LINE IS FURST RANCH THAT THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO.

AND THE PROPERTY EXCHANGE IS OCCURRING WITHIN THAT BOX THERE.

AND I'LL GET INTO SOME DETAILS SINCE IT'S FAR OUT THERE.

SO THIS EVENT VICINITY MAP WAS LOCATED IN THE PACKET.

AND THE TOWN CURRENTLY OWNS THE DUNHAM RANCH RECREATIONAL AREA THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE.

THE 97 ACRE PARCEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SWAP WITH THE APPLICANT OF FURST RANCH, JACK FURST IS IDENTIFIED THERE, AND IT'S ADJACENT TO OR NORTH OF THE ONCOR SUBSTATION.

I'LL ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SO YOU CAN SEE THIS.

I'VE SUPERIMPOSED THE ONCOR SUBSTATION THERE ON THE MAP IN THIS 97 ACRES THERE IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SWAPPING THE 23 FOR THE 97.

I DID GET A CALL FROM OR EMAIL FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAD HEARD FROM A RESIDENT ABOUT THE HAYNES ROAD CEMETERY AT THE BOTTOM OF HAYNES.

SO IF I BACK UP HERE, IT'S LOCATED IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY, AND THAT RESIDENT WAS WONDERING IF THAT CEMETERY WAS IMPACTED BY THIS LAND SWAP.

SO THIS IS THE DENTON COUNTY OR DENTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT WEBSITE THAT SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENT PARCELS THERE.

I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN.

THERE'S NO PROPERTY INFORMATION FOR THAT PARCEL, THE CEMETERY PARCEL.

I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND DENTON COUNTY IS LOOKING INTO, BUT THIS IS AN OLD ABSTRACT JUST TO SHOW YOU FROM 1986.

AND IF YOU ZOOM IN ON THAT, IT'S EVEN IN 1986, IT WAS NOTED AS NOT BEING ON THE ON THE ROLL.

SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU ZOOM BACK OUT AND LOOK AT THE PLAT FOR THE PROPERTIES ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY, THE GREEN AREA.

THERE IS A 250 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT WAS PROVIDED AS PART OF THAT ONCOR SITE PLAN, AND THE PROPERTY IS PRESERVED SO IT'S NOT BEING IMPACTED.

THIS IS A SUPERIMPOSED SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS ALL THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE ONCOR SUBSTATION WELL NORTH OF THE CEMETERY SITE.

AND BACK TO THE LAND SWAP, IN TERMS OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AS ANY TYPE OF PROPERTY A MUNICIPALITY GETS AS PART OF DEDICATION, IT USUALLY COMES WITH RESTRICTIONS ON ITS USE. THERE ARE A FEW ON THIS ONE, BUT IT'S LIMITED TOWARDS WHAT THE TOWN WANTS TO USE IT FOR, FOR THE PARKLAND OR BALL FIELDS.

[01:00:09]

AS YOU KNOW, THIS AREA IS ADJACENT TO LAKE GRAPEVINE AND THE CROSS TIMBERS TRAILHEAD, SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE IF THE TOWN CHOOSES AT THAT TIME TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING.

AS I MENTIONED, THE WATER REUSE, IF WE NEED IT, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME TYPE OF WATER DETENTION IF WE NEED A WATER WELL.

AND THE CELL TOWERS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT'S OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CELL SERVICE.

AND WHEN THESE CELLULAR COMPANIES START LOOKING FOR PLACES TO GO, THEY WILL ROUTINELY REACH OUT TO MUNICIPALITIES FIRST TO SEE IF THERE'S PUBLIC LAND AVAILABLE.

SO WE WANTED TO TRY TO PRESERVE THAT OPPORTUNITY SHOULD IT COME TO PASS.

AND THE FINAL COMPONENT OF IT, AS YOU TOOK UP WITH THE PRIOR AGENDA ITEM, IS NAMING OF THE PARK AS THE SAMUEL G.

TATE ATHLETIC COMPLEX AT FURST RANCH.

THIS IS THE DEED EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS, AS I INDICATED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THERE IS SOME ENCUMBRANCES BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE ONCOR SUBSTATION COMING ACROSS THE PROPERTY ABOUT 340FT.

WITH PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH ONCOR WE WERE PLANNING TO USE THIS AREA FOR PARKING.

THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT THERE IS A FORMAL PROCESS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, THAT INCLUDES AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT THAT AS WE GET CLOSER THROUGH AND DESIGN A PROCESS FOR THIS PARK.

AND CHUCK IS HERE, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT PROCESS.

BUT THIS COUNCIL HAS SEEN THAT PUBLIC PROCESS WITH PLANNING, A PARK WE'LL ENGAGE WITH ONCOR AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE OUR NEEDS FOR PARKING FOR THIS PARK OUT THERE.

THE WASTEWATER REUSE FACILITY WOULD BE GENERALLY LOCATED IN THIS AREA JUST FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE.

AND IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO THOSE DETAILS, TIFFANY CAN CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND THIS HATCHED AREA WOULD BE THE LOCATION OF OUR ROUTINE PARK MAINTENANCE STORAGE USES AS WELL AS THE CELL TOWER SITE.

SINCE THIS PROPERTY IS BEING DEDICATED TO THE TOWN AS PART OF THE FURST RANCH DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING A 1 TO 1 PART CREDIT FOR THE NET DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE OBTAINING AND THE PROPERTY WE'RE SWAPPING WITH THE APPLICANT.

[K.6. FY 24-25 Strategic Plan - Consider approval of the FY 24-25 Strategic Plan for the Town of Flower Mound.]

AND IN NEGOTIATION, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH ONCOR, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, ONCOR IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT WE NEED BASED ON THAT, WE WOULD REDUCE THAT CREDIT COMMENSURATE WITH WHATEVER ONCOR IS NOT ALLOWING THE TOWN TO USE THE THE EASEMENT.

AS WE WOULD OTHERWISE WE WOULD BUILD ANY KIND OF TRAILS THAT ARE ON THE MASTER PLAN.

WE WON'T HOLD ANY APPROVALS FROM THE APPLICANT TO BUILD TO HAVE TRAILS BUILT ON TOWN LAND.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE RESOLUTION MENTIONED THE TOWN MANAGER EXECUTING THE LAND SWAP, IF YOU DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE IN THAT MOTION THE MAYOR AS WELL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BRING BRING CAN ADDRESS THAT.

SO THIS BUNCH OF INFORMATION I'M HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

AS I MENTIONED TIFFANY CAN SPEAK TO ANYTHING YOU ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE REUSE.

AND CHUCK IS ALSO AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT PROGRAMING OR PLANNING PROCESS.

TOMMY, CAN YOU BEFORE I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR CHUCK.

BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT ROAD, DUNHAM ROAD, AND HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE AS THIS BECOMES A MORE WELL-TRAVELED AND VISITED AREA? YES. SO DUNHAM ROAD IS IF I GO BACK TO THIS PLAN HERE.

DUNHAM ROAD IS WITHIN THE PROJECT PLAN.

IT'S ALSO PLANNED TO BE UPGRADED.

I THINK IT IS A COLLECTOR STREET, SO IT WOULD BE BROUGHT UP TO A COLLECTOR STANDARD AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS.

AND IT REMAINS TO SEE AT THIS POINT WHO WOULD BE FIRST, ESSENTIALLY, WHETHER IT BE THE FURST RANCH WITH IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 1171 OR DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE TOWN WAS ABLE TO PROGRAM AND START BUILDING THE PARK.

BUT YES, DUNHAM ROAD SPECIFICALLY WOULD BE UPGRADED.

SO, CHUCK, I'VE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS HOW THIS MIGHT BE PROGRAMED AND HOW LONG IT MIGHT TAKE.

AND SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IF WE, THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT AND ONCE THIS TRANSACTION IS COMPLETE, WHAT'S THE TIME INTERVAL TO GET THIS TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING EVENTS OUT THERE? AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH BASEBALL AND SOCCER.

[01:05:03]

SO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM, PROBABLY MEET WITH THEM BEFORE THAT AS WELL, TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

AND AS FAR AS EXPANSION AND WANTING TO GROW, WHAT THEIR FIELD NEEDS WOULD BE ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL AND SOCCER AS WELL.

AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE'LL DO THE MASTER PLAN AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE DESIGN, WHICH USUALLY TAKES TEN MONTHS.

AND THEN TO CONSTRUCT IT JUST DEPENDS UPON HOW MUCH WE'RE DOING.

IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF TO LONGER DEPENDING ON WHAT'S ALL GOING IN.

AND THE BIG, BIG THING IS THE FUNDING FOR IT.

SO UNTIL WE HAVE THAT, I CAN'T REALLY GET STARTED ON IT.

SO ONCE WE HAVE FUNDING AND IT'S IN A BUDGET, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE AN 18 TO 24 MONTH PROCESS OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH, I MEAN, THE MASTER PLAN PART WOULD PROBABLY TAKE MAYBE SIX MONTHS.

OKAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD PROBABLY DO AS SOON AS WE HAVE THIS PART OF IT COMPLETED.

YEAH. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE BIG STEP.

YEAH. THE LAND. AND THEN WORKING THROUGH THE ONCOR, I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THAT PROCESS WOULD TAKE TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN GET THE PARKING UNDERNEATH THERE, THAT MIGHT ADD A LITTLE MORE TIME TO IT AS WELL.

AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AS FAR AS WATER AND SEWER THAT ALSO GO.

AND THE ROADWAY ALL WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS COST THAT WOULD GO INTO THAT FUNDING FOR THE PARK TIMELINE.

YEAH, AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SPACE AND NEEDS THEY HAVE AS WELL.

I WAS THINKING WE'RE AT LEAST FIVE YEARS FROM REALLY HAVING ANYTHING.

I THINK SO, BUT THAT SEEMED LIKE THE SHORT, A SHORT OR A NEAR STRETCH ESTIMATE, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.

DOES THAT SEEM ACCURATE? IF I WERE TO ASK ABOUT THAT.

ARE WE LOOKING AT FIVE YEARS PLUS? I WOULD AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

YEAH. OKAY. THANKS, CHUCK.

YOU BETCHA. OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION POINTS, YOU CAN DO THOSE NOW OR MAKE A MOTION.

COULD YOU PUT THAT SLIDE UP THAT HAS THE SPECIFIC WORDING, PLEASE? I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE SECOND TO THE LAST MAYBE.

OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K5, ALSO ALLOWING THE MAYOR AND TOWN MANAGER TO BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE LAND SWAP.

SECOND. OKAY.

THERESA IF YOU'LL TAKE THE ROLL.

ITEM K5 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM K6 FISCAL YEAR 24-25 STRATEGIC PLAN.

JP WALTON IS GOING TO PRESENT.

MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS THE LAST ITEM ON REGULAR TONIGHT.

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO YES, WE ALL SEE THIS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT POSTED UP HERE IN TOWN HALL.

WE'RE WORKING ON A REDESIGN WITH SOME SOME GOOD TIPS FROM JAMES OVER HERE.

HE WANTS TO SEE A FEW THINGS DIFFERENT.

SO HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME YOU'RE HERE IN TOWN HALL YOU'LL SEE THE THE NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION.

JUST TO GO THROUGH THIS FOR OUR AUDIENCE AT HOME, THIS IS THE TOWN'S STRATEGIC GOALS.

THESE WERE REAFFIRMED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE TOOK A REAL BIG, DEEP DIVE INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENSURE THAT IT'S A PLAN THAT STILL MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY TODAY. SO I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THIS A LOT, BUT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM REAL QUICK.

FROM TALKING WITH TOWN COUNCIL WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT IS OUR GOAL HERE AT THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THIS DESIRED OUTCOME OF, OF A SUPERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS KIND OF THE ULTIMATE GOAL, THE DESIRED OUTCOME FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

AND SO THEN WE STARTED TALKING, OKAY, IF THAT'S THE END GOAL, WHERE DO WE START? AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THIS FOUNDATIONAL GOAL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, REALIZING THAT, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE? IF NOT, IF WE'RE NOT ENGAGING WITH THEM, IF WE'RE NOT GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO TO MOVE UP I WANT TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT OUR CORE GOALS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND OPERATIONAL SOUNDNESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THESE THREE GOALS PUBLIC SAFETY, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND OPERATIONAL SOUNDNESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO FIND THESE FOCUSES IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITIES, NOT ONLY IN TEXAS BUT ACROSS THE NATION.

REALLY, I THINK THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AS YOU KNOW, ARE PROBABLY THE BACKBONE OF ANY COMMUNITY.

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AND SO WE HAVE TO BE EFFICIENT WITH THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE LIKE TO PUT THESE INTO A GROUP CALLED COMMUNITY GOALS.

AND THIS THESE ARE GOALS THAT THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND IS FOCUSED ON THAT MAY BE UNIQUE TO THIS TOWN.

YOU CAN SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY GOALS OF ENVIRONMENT AND COUNTRY FEEL, PARKS AND RECREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE THREE ITEMS THAT THE TOWN IS DEFINITELY FOCUSED ON.

YOU CAN SEE IT IN OUR MISSION VISION STATEMENT AS WELL.

THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GOALS.

BUT HERE IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT THAT ENVIRONMENT AND COUNTRY FEEL, PARKS AND RECREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON.

SO JUST TO TAKE A QUICK STEP BACK REAL QUICK, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AT THE 2024 STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT THAT WAS HELD ON JULY 18TH OF 2024.

IF YOU SEE UP HERE, WE DID INCLUDE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR'S PLAN.

WE'RE PLANNING ON BRINGING FORWARD A PROGRESS REPORT THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP FISCAL YEAR 23-24 AND GIVES EVERYBODY A REPORT OF HOW THE TOWN ACHIEVED THOSE INITIATIVES.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IN COORDINATION WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF THESE REPORTING METRICS ARE VERY SIMILAR.

I WILL GO OVER A FEW THINGS.

YOU COULD SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

YES. YOU APPROVED THE DECISION PACKAGE TO FUND THAT FALL FESTIVAL.

WE HAVE THE [INAUDIBLE] SALES TAX ANALYSIS WAS A SOFTWARE THAT WE IMPLEMENTED TO GIVE US MORE INSIGHTS ON HOW OUR SALES TAX IS ACTING.

YOU AS A TOWN COUNCIL, ALSO INCREASED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AGAIN.

AND YOU'LL FIND THAT IS ANOTHER INITIATIVE IN THIS YEAR'S PLAN.

WE'VE ALSO DID A CYBER SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER ONE, A MORE DETAILED ONE IN THIS YEAR.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ABOVE AS WELL SOME OF OUR METRICS.

ALSO YOU CAN SEE THESE ON THE PERFORMANCE METRIC DASHBOARD YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK IN TO THAT.

WE UPDATE THOSE QUARTERLY.

YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED THAT WE'RE USING A LOT OF SHORT GO LINKS BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO REMEMBER.

SO GO FLOWER MOUND.

GOV/METRICS.

WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT DASHBOARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TRY TO PULL OUT A LOT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES SO WE CAN THEY'RE ALL IN THERE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PULL THEM OUT AND PUT THEM UP FRONT SO YOU CAN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT DASHBOARD, YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT ON ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GOALS.

WE'RE GOING TO HOP INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 24-25 OBJECTIVES.

NOW I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION FAIRLY QUICKLY.

SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE STOP ME.

WE CAN RESERVE TIME AT THE END OF ALL THESE SLIDES, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

SO OBJECTIVE ONE FOR THE TOWN'S STRATEGIC PLAN IS PROTECT AND EXPAND THE TOWN'S TREE CANOPY.

AS A PART OF THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT CAN THE TOWN DO TO PROTECT AND EXPAND THE TREES, CAN THE TOWN'S TREE CANOPY.

BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET THE RIGHT MATERIALS, HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO PLANT NEW TREES? AND SO YOU CAN SEE AT 1.1 THE ANNUAL TREE PLANTING PROGRAM, WE JUST WE JUST HAD KIND OF THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE COLONY PARK JUST LAST FRIDAY TO CELEBRATE TEXAS ARBOR DAY.

IN THAT TREE PLANTING PROJECT, THE TOWN PLANTED 50 NEW TREES TO INCLUDE TWO NEW POST OAKS.

WE LOOK TO CONTINUE THIS ANNUAL TREE PLANTING PROGRAM.

THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BRING FORWARD DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS SOME OPTIONS ON PARKS THAT WE CAN DO ANOTHER PROJECT ON FOR NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT PROJECT I THINK A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT ON FRIDAY WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT TOWN COUNCIL AND TOWN STAFF HAS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RETRIEVE A PARK THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL PARK, BUT I THINK IT LOOKS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL TODAY.

1.2 ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PLANT NEW TREES.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A RESIDENTIAL TREE REBATE PROGRAM.

AND THE IDEA IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TREES GIVEN AWAY.

BUT ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE ARE EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS ON HOW TO PLANT AND TAKE CARE AND MAINTAIN THOSE TREES.

AND THEN ON THE 1.3 IS TO PURCHASE LAND TO PRESERVE THE TREE CANOPY.

SO THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND FOR A LONG TIME.

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SO THAT'S WHAT 1.3 IS LOOKING TO DO, IS TO IDENTIFY UNDEVELOPED LAND FOR SALE WITH LARGE TREE CANOPIES THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO PRESERVE.

MOVING TO OBJECTIVE TWO TO INCREASE OPEN SPACE, PARKLAND AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

YES, WE HAVE 2.1 TO ACQUIRE THAT ADDITIONAL TOWN PARKLAND AS OUTLINED BY THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN.

BUT TOWN COUNCIL THIS YEAR MADE AN EMPHASIS ON IDENTIFYING KEY TRAIL LINKAGES WITHIN THE TOWN.

2.2 IS GOING TO BE THE TOWN'S SIGNATURE FALL FESTIVAL.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT OCCURRING IN OCTOBER OF 2025 AND GETTING THAT OFF THE GROUND.

THAT'S GOING TO BE CHUCK BACK THERE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AN AWESOME FALL FESTIVAL.

2.3 INCENTIVIZE OPEN SPACE DEDICATION.

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING TO BRING FORWARD SOME POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL PARKING CODE CHANGES IN ORDER TO INCREASE OPEN SPACE IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO EXPAND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON LAKE GRAPEVINE.

WE THINK OUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO BE WITH THE TWIN COVES EXPANSION.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON OBJECTIVE ONE AND TWO? I'M GOING TO KEEP MOVING.

THE TREE PLANTING.

SO I UNDERSTAND THIS YEAR WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE WHERE WE PUT THOSE TREES FOR THE GRANT.

BUT I THINK NEXT YEAR IS IT CORRECT WE HAVE TO PRE-APPROVE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THOSE BEFORE THEY APPROVE THE GRANT, CORRECT? YES. WE ARE GOING TO BE REAPPLYING FOR THE TEXAS A&M FORESTRY GRANTS AS A PART OF THE TREE CITY USA GROWTH AWARD.

THAT APPLICATION, YOU ARE CORRECT, IS IN FEBRUARY, AND THEY'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE APPLICATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SELECT THE PARK PRIOR TO APPLYING.

AND SO WE'LL ACTUALLY I MISSPOKE EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING THOSE PARK OPTIONS TO YOU SOONER THIS YEAR.

YOU ARE CORRECT. OKAY.

AND WE WILL BE APPLYING AGAIN FOR THAT GRANT MONEY.

IT WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN ASSISTING US TO DO THAT PROJECT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY THIS YEAR.

FOR THE FIRST YEAR, IT YEAH, FOR THE FIRST YEAR WE ASKED FOR A LOWER AMOUNT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET IT ALL DONE.

AND WE DID, AND WE REALIZED WE COULD HAVE ASKED FOR MORE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY BE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY AS A PART OF THE GRANT NEXT YEAR.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DO HAVE TO MATCH ANYTHING THAT WE ASK FOR IN THE GRANT, ONE FOR ONE.

SO JP, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SEVERAL MORE SLIDES, BUT IN REGARDS TO THESE PERFORMANCE METRICS, WHO'S THE RESPONSIBLE ENTITY.

DOES EVERYTHING ROLL UP UNDER YOU FOR ALL OF THESE ITEMS? IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF WORK FOR ONE SMALL TEAM.

SO HOW DOES WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS? THANK YOU. THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE OWNING THESE METRICS.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT REALLY IS TASKED TO DO IS TO GO INTO THOSE DEPARTMENTS, ASSIST THEM WITH SOME OF THEIR METRICS AND DATA REPORTING TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS IN PLACE.

AND THEN THEY REPORT THOSE TO US TO DISPLAY ON OUR DASHBOARD.

AND ALSO WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME METRICS THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE SOME BACK AND FORTH IN ORDER TO GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS.

I THINK ANOTHER GOOD ONE AND OR WE MIGHT HAVE SOME CHANGES.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE PLANTED 220 TREES LAST YEAR, 196 OF THOSE WERE REPLACEMENTS.

AND SO MAKING THOSE CHANGES AND WE'RE GOING TO START TRYING TO DIVE FURTHER AND FURTHER IN.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

THE DEPARTMENTS REALLY PUT A LOT OF WORK IN ENSURING THAT THEIR METRICS THAT THEY ARE REPORTING ARE CORRECT.

SO HOW ARE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS BUYING IN TO THIS STRATEGY, OR IS IT JUST ONE MORE THING THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO ON TOP OF ALL OF THEIR NORMAL ROUTINE DUTIES? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BECAUSE THIS CAN OFTEN BE PUT INTO THE I THINK THE LATTER OF WHAT YOU SAID IS JUST ANOTHER THING OR CHECK THE BOX.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ON, ON NOT CREATING THIS, THIS GO ROUND.

AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'VE NOTICED IS, IS IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME.

AND I THINK PART OF TAKING THAT TIME IS BUILDING THE CULTURE AROUND THESE PERFORMANCE METRICS.

AND I WILL HAVE TO GIVE THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND AND THE STAFF AND THE ORGANIZATION HERE A LOT OF PROPS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.

BUT I DO FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE REALLY TAKING IT ON AND ALSO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JAMES CHILDRESS.

WE'VE DEFINITELY BEEN PUSHING INNOVATION, BEING ABLE TO GRADE OURSELVES AND ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE PERFORMANCE METRICS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE

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SO I'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECT IN JP.

SO WHEN I REORGANIZED THE ORGANIZATION 18 MONTHS AGO OR SO, THE REASON WHY I MADE JP THE CHIEF STRATEGIC OFFICER IS SO THAT THE ORGANIZATION UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.

AND SO WHEN THE STRATEGIC SERVICES TEAM IS ENGAGING THEIR DEPARTMENTS, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT I HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMMITTED TO THIS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND PART OF THE SOLUTION.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU SAID IS VERY TRUE.

I EXPERIENCED IT IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS I'VE BEEN IN, AND SOMETIMES THE ORGANIZATION CAN VIEW THIS AS A DRAG OR JUST SOMETHING THAT'S UNIMPORTANT THAT TAKES THEM AWAY FROM THEIR CORE OFFERING.

BUT SO FAR, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, EVERYBODY'S BOUGHT IN.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, JP ALSO WITH SARAH AND BLAKE, THEY'RE JUST A GOOD TEAM TO COLLABORATE WELL WITH OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO I'VE NOT SEEN ANY TYPE OF FRICTION IN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.

BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.

PEOPLE SEE THAT AND THEY SAY THAT IT'S REALLY SPOT ON, AND IT REALLY SEEMS TO CAPTURE WHAT OUR RESIDENTS THINK THE TOWN IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE.

AND I THINK WE'VE HAD CONSULTANTS COME UP HERE AND SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER STRATEGIC PLANS THEY'VE SEEN WHEN THEY GO OUT TO THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IF IT'S JUST WORDS ON PAPER IT'S NOT GOING TO GET US VERY FAR.

SO AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SWIMMING UPSTREAM TRYING TO GET THIS THING ROLLED OUT, THEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHY THAT IS.

BUT IF EVERYONE'S BUYING IN IN THE IN THE ORGANIZATION AND DOING THEIR PART, THEN I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. AND I SHARE THAT.

I WILL ALSO ADD SOME MORE INFORMATION TOO, IS I THINK IN THESE SMALLER CITIES IN A POSITION LIKE THIS, YOU ARE KIND OF HAVING MORE OF AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE FRONT END OF A LOT OF THIS.

AND THEN LARGER CITIES IS THEY MAY NOT HAVE ANY ROLE IN THE ACTUAL PROJECTS ITSELF.

WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS WE KIND OF HAVE A HYBRID GROUP HERE WHERE WE ARE ALSO WORKING A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO I'LL GET TO A COUPLE WHERE AFTER WE PASS THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, SOME OF THEM WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON SOME OF THEM WERE GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME MORE PROJECT MEETINGS AND GETTING DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO WORK TOGETHER, BECAUSE WHAT JAMES HAD JUST SAID IS WE REALLY ARE A COLLABORATOR TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO THE SAME TABLE, WORKING ON THE SAME THINGS.

AND IN FACT, 1.2, THE TREE REBATE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON WITH FINANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, AND WE'LL BE WE'LL BE SETTING SOME MORE OF THOSE MEETINGS COMING UP.

SO OBJECTIVE THREE, IMPLEMENT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PASSED RECENTLY.

SO WHAT WE HAVE PULLED OUT IS 3.1 TO EVALUATE OPTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING THAT MEDICAL DISTRICT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PRESENTING SOME OPTIONS TO TOWN COUNCIL.

AND THEN 3.2 TO BOLSTER OUR, BRE, OUR BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION EFFORTS, THAT AGAIN COMES FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

FOR OBJECTIVE FOUR IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS.

I BELIEVE THIS WAS JUST AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT YOU PASSED.

THE TRAFFIC ANALYTICS SOFTWARE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO INSTALL THE ANALYTICS CAMERAS AND DETECTION EQUIPMENT AND THAT TRAFFIC ANALYTICS SOFTWARE THAT YOU HAVE PASSED IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

SO 4.2 WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH THIRD PARTY NAVIGATION APPS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.

THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE COULD SIGN WITH GOOGLE, WAZE, AND APPLE AND OTHER PROVIDERS IN ORDER TO USE SOME OF THEIR TRAFFIC DATA THAT THEY HAVE.

AND ALSO IT'S A TWO WAY STREET SO WE CAN LET THEM KNOW PREFERRED ROUTES, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DON'T WANT THEM GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS, ETC..

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HOPE TO BRING TO YOU FAIRLY SOON.

YEAH, I LIKE I JUST TALKED TO MATT HOTELLING ABOUT THE ANALYTICS CAMERAS.

AND IT'S REALLY NICE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AI, BUT IT'S, IT'S A STEP BEFORE THAT A LITTLE BIT, I GUESS, WHERE YOU CAN DETECT ALL THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY BECOME PROBLEMS. SO YOU KIND OF MITIGATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, WHICH IS, I THINK MONEY WELL SPENT.

AND WE APPROVED THAT TONIGHT.

SO THAT WAS GOOD. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT IS ONE OF MY THE ONES I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE OF WORKING WITH MATT AND THAT TRAFFIC GROUP.

YEAH, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND YOU ARE CORRECT.

SOMETIMES I LIKE TO USE THE TERM AI ASSISTED, BUT WHAT IT WILL DO IS LOOK THROUGH ALL OF OUR METRICS AND IT WILL IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND POTENTIALLY MAKE TWEAKS.

SO OBJECTIVE FIVE IS TO IMPLEMENT OUR FUTURE FACILITIES.

STRATEGY 5.1 IS TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR IMMEDIATE FACILITY NEEDS.

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I KNOW WE HAVE A BLUE RIBBON BOND COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKING ON WHAT THOSE PROJECTS COULD BE, AND ALSO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

5.2 ACQUIRE LAND FOR FUTURE NEEDS.

THIS IS ON THE BOOKS HERE BECAUSE WE WE KNOW THAT THROUGH OUR FUTURE FACILITY STRATEGY, THAT THERE ARE SOME SITES AND LOCATIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE LAND FOR MORE PARTICULARLY PROBABLY OUT WEST.

AND SO THIS IS ON OUR DOCKET HERE.

SO IF THAT LAND BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND INVESTIGATE IT AND SEE IF IT MEETS OUR FACILITY NEEDS.

OBJECTIVE SIX IS TO IMPLEMENT THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL STRATEGY, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT ON THIS ONE.

SO 6.1 IDENTIFY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR RESIDENTS.

SO THIS WAS A BIG PUSH FROM COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY TAX RELIEF AND ALSO TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION TO SHIFT TAX BURDEN AWAY FROM RESIDENTS.

SO SOME BIG THINGS WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO CONTINUE INCREASING THAT HOMESTEAD AND TO ALSO IDENTIFY OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT WE CAN FUND THROUGH SALES TAX.

6.2 IS A PART OF OUR LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLANNING, LOOKING TO PERFORM A COST ALLOCATION STUDY, PERFORM A LONG TERM OPERATIONAL PLAN WITH FIVE YEAR STAFFING ANALYSIS.

ALSO LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT CIP FROM A FIVE YEAR TO A TEN YEAR SCHEDULE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IMPLEMENT A MORE ROBUST TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

SO OBJECTIVE SEVEN RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY STAFF.

SO 7.1 IS TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE TWO PART, ONE THE FIRST PART IS GOING TO BE OUR COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CALLING FMU RIGHT NOW OUR FLOWER MOUND UNIVERSITY. AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT A FLOWER MOUND GROWTH ACADEMY.

WHAT THIS WOULD BE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR SOME OF OUR HIGH PERFORMING STAFF.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT AREA WITH THIS PROGRAM.

WE'RE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH LEADERSHIP SKILLS, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, ETHICS TRAINING, LOTS OF TRAINING FOR THESE FOLKS BEFORE THEY TAKE THAT NEXT JOB. RIGHT.

WE WANT TO GET TO THESE FOLKS AND BEFORE THEY'RE MANAGING MORE, DIRECTING MORE.

THIS IS KIND OF THAT MIDDLE MANAGEMENT AREA IS WHERE THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON.

7.2 PERFORM ANNUAL COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS.

THAT IS A COMMITMENT WE MADE IN LAST YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT.

7.3 RECOGNIZED HIGH PERFORMING EMPLOYEES CONTINUE THE WI RECOGNITION PROGRAM, AND ALSO TO CONTINUE HOLDING THOSE TWO TOWN WIDE STAFF EVENTS THIS YEAR. FOR OBJECTIVE EIGHT MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL.

CAN I GO BACK? SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT ON THE FLOWER MOUND UNIVERSITY WILL THAT WILL SOME OF THAT TRAINING BE APPLICABLE FOR LIKE CERTIFICATIONS OUTSIDE OF A TOWN JOB OR TOWARDS A DEGREE PROGRAM? WILL THAT BE CONSIDERED? SO REALLY IT'S GOING TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING.

AND SO PART OF THAT BEING ABLE TO GO FOR DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS IS GOING TO BE ON THIS.

WE USE NEOGOV AS OUR HR SYSTEM AND IT WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK AS A PART OF FMU ALL THOSE DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS THAT PEOPLE DO GET.

SO IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY APART OF THIS PROGRAM.

BUT IF PEOPLE ARE DOING CERTIFICATIONS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A WAY THAT THEY CAN KIND OF BUILD THEIR PROFILE AND THEIR RESUME.

AND THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN TRACK ALL THE DIFFERENT TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS HAVE.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS FMU WILL HAVE A LOT OF ONLINE TRAINING OPTIONS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH NEOGOV, BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SETTING UP SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT GOES THROUGH PURCHASING 101 ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS.

WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THAT AND WRAP IT INTO THIS FMU.

BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING A TRAINING SCHEDULE AND TRYING TO HAVE TRAININGS ALMOST EVERY WEEK, BUT POTENTIALLY EVERY DAY WITH OUR ONLINE OFFERINGS. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

I THINK A LOT OF THESE CERTIFICATIONS THAT YOU'LL ARE DIFFERENT IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND SO THEY WILL TIE IN.

THEY WON'T BE OFFERED THROUGH US, THOUGH.

OKAY. ON OBJECTIVE EIGHT, MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY AND RESILIENCY.

WE'RE AGAIN, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT FIVE YEAR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IN PUBLIC WORKS.

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WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT ALL OF THE UPGRADES, 100% FOR FOR NEXT YEAR AS 8.2 RESILIENT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND RESPONSE.

WE'RE GOING TO PERFORM ANOTHER EOC EXERCISE THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PERFORM DISASTER RECOVERY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS OVER AT AT THE POLICE STATION.

8.3, OUR CYBER HYGIENE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE CSA CYBER HYGIENE PROGRAM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PERFORM A MORE ROBUST CYBER HYGIENE RISK ASSESSMENT POTENTIALLY THIS SUMMER. AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST TWO OBJECTIVES THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT.

ONE OF THEM IS NEW. SO OBJECTIVE NINE PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

IMPROVE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY PLATFORM.

SO AS WE RELEASE THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25, YOU SAW IT WITH WITH THE BUDGET EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE A DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK.

ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING TO CREATE A POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH IS A LITTLE EASIER TO LOOK AT.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE VISUALLY APPEALING FOR THOSE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO EASILY, MORE EASILY, HOPEFULLY DISCERN OUR BUDGET.

9.2 CONTINUE TO EXPAND FLOMO CONVOS.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PERFORM DIFFERENT FLOMO CONVO SESSIONS THIS YEAR.

WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOME CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE TO FLOMO CONVOS.

WE REALIZE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT COMMUNITY GROUPS HERE IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE NOT SHORT OF.

AND THE IDEA IS WHY DON'T WE BRING FLOMO CONVOS TO THEM? SO THAT ITERATION IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON.

ALSO, AS A PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING ONE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THIS SUMMER.

9.4 IMPROVED THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS PLATFORM.

SO THIS IS A CHARGE FOR US TO IDENTIFY A DIGITAL SOLUTION TO IMPROVE OUR 539 SERVE PLATFORM.

IT'S A GREAT PLATFORM, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE A WAY TO IMPROVE AND MAKE A DIGITAL SOLUTION THAT'S EASIER FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK AND TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW OBJECTIVE FOR THIS YEAR, OBJECTIVE TEN.

PROVIDE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT POLICE, FIRE AND EMS RESPONSE.

10.1 IS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.

IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SURVEYS, WE KNOW THAT TRAFFIC IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS AS A PART OF THAT.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT SAFETY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS.

AND SO CHIEF KULLEN COMING ON BOARD RECOGNIZED THAT FAIRLY EARLY ON.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT THESE HIGHLY TRAFFICKED ROADWAYS.

10.2 TO EXPAND PUBLIC SAFETY COVERAGE IN WEST FLOWER MOUND THROUGH THE BUDGET, THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND HAS ADDED A FOURTH AMBULANCE TO BE STATIONED AT FIRE STATION SIX.

SO THIS WILL DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

IT SHOULD IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TIME OUT WEST.

ALSO, THEY KIND OF HAVE TO WITH A FOURTH AMBULANCE THEY NOW DON'T HAVE TO PULL ANOTHER AMBULANCE FROM THIS SIDE TO GO OVER.

[M. CLOSED MEETING]

SO 10.3 PROACTIVE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION.

AND THIS IS A CHARGE TO IMPLEMENT A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCE THAT MEETS REGULARLY TO MONITOR COMMUNITY RISKS AND TO IMPLEMENT PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE

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SO THERE'S A THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD RECENTLY THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAD THIS TASK FORCE UP AND RUNNING, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE HANDED OFF TO THIS TASK FORCE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE MITIGATE SOME OF THESE WELL, THESE RISK FACTORS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY IT TOO, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OPIOID RESPONSE AS AN EXAMPLE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL EXAMPLES, JUST TONIGHT WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON DRAINAGE AND SOME OF THE CHANGING RAIN PATTERNS.

ALL THESE THINGS WILL HAVE A TASK FORCE AVAILABLE TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO, TO GIVE SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS TO, TO HAVE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE BOARD LOOKING AT IT. SO IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU SEE THE RETAIL CRIME RINGS AND THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING, EVEN IN DALLAS AND SOMETIMES EVEN IN FLOWER MOUND, IS THAT THE KIND OF THING WHERE THIS TASK FORCE WOULD TRY TO BE ON TOP OF THAT? YES. YES, SIR.

AND REALLY, IF THIS TASK FORCE IS OPERATING THE WAY WE WANT IT TO, WE SHOULD BE USING OUR DATA AND OUR METRICS TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE TRENDS THAT WE MAY NOT BE

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SO YES, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE VERY PROACTIVE AND WE REALLY WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THINGS.

BUT THIS TASK FORCE IS THERE FOR JUST THAT.

IF YOU'RE SEEING THAT AROUND TOWN AND YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT HERE IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TASK THIS GROUP WITH LOOKING INTO.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS A LOT.

AND I KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT PRETTY FAST, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR ME, THAT I HAVE SOME TIME HERE AT THE END AND I WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW AS WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING A LOT OF THOSE CHANGES TO OUR PERFORMANCE METRIC DASHBOARD.

WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO MAKE PULL OUT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN REPORTING AND KIND OF PUT IT RIGHT UP FRONT.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

NOW, I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE ON THIS.

YOU AND THE STAFF. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME IT SEEMS LIKE.

SO GREAT JOB PRESENTING THAT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY KUDOS TO JAMES AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TO STAFF, TO COUNCIL TOO BECAUSE I KNOW TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, WE ALL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR A LONG TIME IN DEVELOPING THIS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ARTICULATED BEFORE, AND I THINK IT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORT, WHICH I THINK WE ALL VERY MUCH WANT TO ENGAGE IN.

AND I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE METRICS, BECAUSE IF WE CAN SET ALL THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE WANT, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ELEMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY, IT'LL JUST BE LIKE ADAM SAID, YOU KNOW, WORDS IN THE WIND.

AND THEN OF COURSE, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT 10.3 THE PROACTIVE COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION INITIATIVE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, IT'S A LOT. BUT NOTHING, NONE OF IT'S A SURPRISE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

AND THIS REALLY CAPTURES THE VISION.

AND IF WE EXECUTE IT'S GOING TO BE A HOME RUN.

SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU.

COMPLETELY AGREE. THIS IS JUST ONE MORE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND YOU'RE HITTING ALL THE RIGHT STEPS.

SO THIS IS GOOD.

I AM ANXIOUS AS WELL TO SEE THE METRICS THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

AS WE'VE TALKED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, HAVING ACTIONABLE METRICS THAT ACTUALLY MEAN SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REACT TO OR PLAN BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE. SO I THINK YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH.

I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ALL OF OUR INPUT AND THEN TAKING THE INITIATIVE AND LEADING IT WITHIN THE STAFF.

SO EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS GOES AND EXCITED FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION NEXT SUMMER AS WELL.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

AWESOME JOB. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IMPLEMENTED.

AND YEAH, AND THE NEXT STEPS.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH TOO.

AND I JUST WILL ADD ONE MORE THING AND IT GOES BACK TO I THINK TO YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIESTEL IS THIS IS EVER EVOLVING.

WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON IT AND WE'RE NEVER DONE.

WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE IMPROVING.

WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHANGING AND TWEAKING AS WE NEED TO RESPOND TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO ALSO THE THINGS THAT THIS PLAN IS GOING TO BE LASTING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

SO IT HAS TO CHANGE.

IT HAS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS PLEASE BRING THEM OUR WAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K6 AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. OKAY.

THERESA CALL THE ROLL.

VOTE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO DISCUSS, SO WE WILL GO INTO A CLOSED MEETING.

THE TIME. THE TIME IS NOW 7:38.

THE TOWN COUNCIL IS CONVENING INTO A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, SECTION 071, 072, 074 AND 087. OKAY.

THE TIME IS NOW 9:48.

WE ARE, THE TOWN COUNCIL IS RECONVENING INTO AN OPEN MEETING, AND THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AFTER THIS CLOSED MEETING.

SO AT THIS TIME, AT 9:49 P.M., WE ARE ADJOURNED.

GOOD NIGHT FLOWER MOUND.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.