[A. CALL TO ORDER ] [00:00:11] PUT MY MICROPHONE ON. GOOD EVENING FLOWER MOUND. THE TIME IS NOW 6 P.M. AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE RISE AT THIS TIME, AND WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY CHAPLAIN PLUNK AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES. SHALL WE PRAY? LORD GOD, SCRIPTURE TELLS US TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN LEADERSHIP OVER US. SO WE PRAY TONIGHT FOR THIS MEETING, FOR THOSE THAT LEAD OUR TOWN, FOR THOSE THAT SERVE OUR TOWN. AND I PRAY YOUR ANOINTING UPON THEM. GIVE THEM WISDOM, GIVE THEM DIRECTION, AND I PRAY PEACE. OVER THIS MEETING. WE INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT YOU'D KEEP THEM SAFE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COLD WEATHER. BLESS THEM NOW AND BLESS OUR MEETING. IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, CHAPLAIN. OKAY, I'M GOING TO COME ON DOWN. [D. PRESENTATION(S)] WE'LL DO A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS. OKAY, SO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN. AND OUR CHIEF PAUL HENLEY IS COMING. AND DEPUTY CHIEF BRANDON BARTH IS ALSO GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU. ACCEPT THIS. HERE YOU GO. I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO YOU. AND I HAVE THE BIGGER WRITING FOR MY BLIND EYES. SO WHEREAS TEXAS IS EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS THAT WERE ONCE RURAL, COUPLED WITH AN INCREASE IN THE OCCURRENCE OF WILDFIRES. AND IT IS IN THESE AREAS WHERE DEVELOPMENTS MEET VEGETATION OR THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE THAT THE GREATEST RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROPERTY FROM WILDFIRES EXISTS. AND THE BEST DEFENSE IN PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION CONCERNING THE DANGERS THAT WILDFIRES POSSESS, OR POSES, SORRY, TO THE RESIDENTS AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND. AND A COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN IS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OUTLINED IN THE TITLE 1 OF THE HEALTHY FOREST RESTORATION ACT OF 2003. AND THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN IS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT IDENTIFIES HOW A COMMUNITY WILL REDUCE ITS RISKS FROM WILDLAND FIRE. AND THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN. YOU'LL MAKE THIS DIFFICULT. ADDRESSES STRUCTURAL IGNITABILITY PRIORITIZES HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION EFFORTS ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS AND ITS AND IS DEVELOPED COLLABORATIVELY. AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN GIVES A COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE THE MANNER IN WHICH HAZARDOUS FUELS ARE REDUCED ON FEDERAL LANDS IN PROXIMITY TO COMMUNITIES. AND COMMUNITIES WITH A COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN OFFER THE BEST SOLUTION FOR COMMUNITIES AT RISK FROM WILDFIRE TO MITIGATE SAID RISKS. SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHERYL MOORE, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THIS DAY TO DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 AS THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN. SO WE URGE YOU, ALL RESIDENTS OF FLOWER MOUND, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLANS. [00:05:17] OKAY. WE HAVE SOME OTHER SPECIAL PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WATCHING OUR BANDS, OUR LOCAL BANDS HERE, FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL AND MARCUS HIGH SCHOOL. THEY'VE DONE EXTRAORDINARY. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES TONIGHT ACCEPTING A COUPLE CERTIFICATES ARE SOME OF THE DRUM MAJORS AND STAFF FROM FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP BRANT. BISHOP. BISHOP. COME ON UP. AND IF YOU'LL KIND OF INTRODUCE US TO EVERYBODY, BRING THEM ON UP HERE. GOOD EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I'LL START WITH THE STUDENTS. THIS IS ETHAN. COME ON UP HERE. AND IRENE AND CHRIS AND EVELYN AND SHALOM. THESE ARE THE DRUM MAJORS. THE SENIOR MOST, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY, LEADERS OF THE ENSEMBLE. AND THEN SOME OF THE STAFF. DAVID GRONNEBERG, TRISTAN WILLARD AND IAN LEWIS. THESE STUDENTS THEY'VE BEEN ON KIND OF AN ADVENTURE THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY'VE TAKEN TWO SEPARATE TRIPS TO SAN ANTONIO. THE FIRST TRIP WAS FOR THE UIL STATE CONTEST, AND THEY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE SECOND TRIP WAS FOR A LARGE REGIONAL THAT HAPPENS AT BANDS OF AMERICA IS A CIRCUIT THAT WE COMPETE IN. SO WE WENT BACK TO SAN ANTONIO, COMPETED AGAIN AT SAN ANTONIO AND WE WON, BUT WE SHARED THAT CHAMPIONSHIP. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FRIENDS FROM THE EAST SIDE, HEBRON. SO THEY WERE THEY WERE CO-CHAMPIONS. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT'S EVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THAT CONTEST. AND THEN A WEEK LATER US AND OUR FRIENDS FROM MARCUS JUMPED ON BUSSES AND TOOK A VERY, VERY LONG BUS RIDE UP TO INDIANAPOLIS. WE COMPETED AT LUCAS OIL STADIUM, WHERE THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PLAY. AND WE WERE SECOND AT BOA GRAND NATIONALS, AND OUR FRIENDS AT MARCUS WERE SEVENTH. WELL, YOU PRETTY MUCH SAID IT ALL. OKAY, SO HERE'S THE TWO CERTIFICATES. I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU ALL. SO WE HAVE CERTIFICATE NUMBER ONE, FIRST PLACE UIL 6TH STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THEN CERTIFICATE TWO. WE HAVE SECOND PLACE BANDS OF AMERICA GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS. I KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE EVER WATCHED THE REHEARSALS OF THESE, THE BAND, THE HIGH SCHOOL BANDS, IT IS INCREDIBLE. MY SON USED TO BE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND, SO I KNOW I USED TO BE IN PUSH CREW DOWN THERE, PUSHING ALL THE EQUIPMENT DOWN ON THE FIELD, BUT YOU GUYS BLOW IT AWAY. YOU REALLY, REALLY DO. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS FOR COMING. OUT. OKAY, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. [E. PUBLIC COMMENT ] SO AT THIS TIME THIS GIVES US AN YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT IN A PUBLIC HEARING, ANY PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON TONIGHT THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THAT WILL BE HEARD AT THAT TIME. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN YOU HAVE 30S LEFT, YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BUZZER GO OFF, BUT YOU STILL HAVE 30S. AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND THE TOWN THAT YOU'RE FROM. WE HAVE ROBERT CHICK. OOPS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. HOWDY, FOLKS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS ROBERT CHICK. I'M FROM SANGER, TEXAS. THE REASON I'M DOWN HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE I'M RUNNING TO REPRESENT YOU, YOUR FAMILIES, THE REST OF FLOWER MOUND, [00:10:06] AND ALMOST ALL OF NORTH TEXAS IN THE TEXAS 26TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, RUNNING AS A REPUBLICAN. MARCH 3RD. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO THAT. THAT'S NOT MY JOB. MY JOB IS TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR. THE REASON I'M RUNNING 30, 31 NOW. PRETTY YOUNG, NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE. I JUST ASK THAT YOU HOLD ME TO THE SAME STANDARD AS MY OPPONENT. BUT THE REASON I'M RUNNING, THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT, IS TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE RUN OUT OF THIS NATION'S MOST PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS RESOURCE. IT'S NOT OIL. IT'S NOT MISSILES. IT'S IMAGINATION. IT'S VISION. BOLDNESS. IT'S COURAGE. COURAGE TO IMAGINE A BETTER FUTURE, A FUTURE WHERE OUR CHILDREN GROW UP AND THEY CAN OWN A HOME. THEY CAN START A FAMILY. THEY CAN BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES. THAT'S WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT, AT LEAST TO ME. THAT'S HOW I WAS RAISED. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS. I DON'T THINK IT'S NEWS TO ANYONE ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE. IT'S DIFFERENT TO EVERYONE, BUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS SOLUTIONS. WE DON'T HAVE LEADERS THAT ARE WILLING TO BE BOLD. GO OUT THERE, STAND AGAINST THE GRAIN AND GET THINGS DONE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING. RIGHT NOW, I WANT YOU TO ASK YOURSELVES A COUPLE QUESTIONS. JUST ONE. WELL, WHAT WAS THE PRICE OF THE FIRST HOUSE YOU PAID FOR WHEN YOU WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR FIRST HOME? CAN I GET A TRUCK FOR THAT? THAT'S A RHETORICAL ONE. ANOTHER RHETORICAL ONE. AND THE LAST ONE I'LL ASK IS, WHAT FUTURE AWAITS YOUR CHILDREN, OR YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN? IN FIVE YEARS, I BELIEVE 5 TO 10. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ENTIRE GENERATIONS OF MILITARY AGE MALES WHO DON'T OWN A HOME, DON'T HAVE A FAMILY, AND ARE NOT UNEMPLOYED, BUT BECAUSE OF AI UNEMPLOYABLE. IS THAT A FUTURE YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN? OR THEY OWN NOTHING, DON'T OWN A HOME. I'M AT 50S AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME TIME ON HERE. BUT WE NEED LEADERS WHO ARE GOING TO STAND UP FOR THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS ATTAINABLE TO OUR YOUTH. THEY'RE OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, AND WE NEED TO USE THEM. I SUGGEST THAT WE START BY BANNING FOREIGN CHINESE, SAUDI ARABIAN, QATARI. THANK YOU. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BILLIONAIRES, YOUR BLACKSTONE, YOUR BLACKROCK, YOUR LEON BLACK FROM PURCHASING AMERICAN HOMES. AMERICAN HOMES BELONG TO AMERICAN FAMILIES. MY NAME IS ROBERT CHICK. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ME, GO TO STICK WITH CHICK.ORG. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU, MR. CHICK. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME BEFORE I CLOSE IT? OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM F. ANNOUNCEMENTS. [F. ANNOUNCEMENTS ] DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE? OKAY. THERE'S ONE. DURING ONE OF OUR LAST MEETINGS, I HAD RECEIVED SOME EMAILS, SOME COMMENTS ABOUT VAPING IN PUBLIC PLACES. SO STAFF WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PULL UP THE INFORMATION ON THAT. AND THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN IN FLOWER MOUND ARE THAT ANYWHERE THAT SMOKING IS PROHIBITED, VAPING IS ALSO PROHIBITED. SO YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN FIND THE INFORMATION UNDER THE ORDINANCES FOR SMOKING AND VAPING. AND THIS WAS CHANGED IN 2014. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT, JAMES. NO, MA'AM. OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE? OKAY, NO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AT THIS TIME. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO COORDINATION OF CALENDARS. [I. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS ] THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE HAVE IS DECEMBER 15TH. THAT'S A REGULAR MEETING, AND DECEMBER 18TH IS OUR WORK SESSION. IS EVERYONE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE MEETINGS? ALL RIGHT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AND THAT WILL BE THE FINAL MEETINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR OR FOR BEFORE THE NEW YEAR. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE CONSENT ITEMS J.1 THROUGH 7. [J. CONSENT ITEM(S) ] DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE ANY OF THESE OR APPROVE AS WRITTEN? MAYOR I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7. SECOND. TRACY, IF YOU'LL TAKE THE ROLE. COUNCIL MEMBER WARNER. AYE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR. AYE. OKAY. CONSENT ITEMS J.1 THROUGH 7 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. [00:15:08] WE'LL MOVE ON TO REGULAR ITEMS. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LINDA BOLITHO PRESENT. [K.1. Reinsurance Contract (Town Health Plan) - Consider approval of a reinsurance renewal for the Town's Group Health Plan with Voya Financial for the amount of $2,072,401; and authorization for the Mayor to execute the same on behalf of the Town.] SHE'S GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION ON REINSURANCE, ON OUR REINSURANCE CONTRACT FOR OUR TOWN HEALTH PLAN. I APOLOGIZE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM LINDA BOLITHO, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND TONIGHT WILL BE PROVIDING YOU A PRESENTATION ON OUR RENEWAL FOR OUR STOP LOSS REINSURANCE PROGRAM. SANDY BROWN IS OUR VICE, IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF MCGRIFF, MARSH & MCLENNAN AGENCY. AND SHE WILL BE PRESENTING FOR US TONIGHT. AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE OF THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE 2026 MEDICAL BENEFITS PLAN. STOP-LOSS RENEWAL. ON THE AGENDA WE'RE GOING TO COVER, WHAT IS STOP-LOSS INSURANCE? THE TYPES OF STOP-LOSS COVERAGES, OUR CURRENT STOP-LOSS COVERAGE IN PLACE, HISTORICAL STOP-LOSS CLAIMS ANALYSIS, OUR RFP RESULTS AND CONSIDERATIONS, QUANTIFY SPECIALTY CARE, WHICH WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS. SO WHAT IS STOP-LOSS INSURANCE? STOP-LOSS LIMITS THE TOWN'S SELF-FUNDED HEALTH PLAN LIABILITY TO A SPECIFIED AMOUNT, AND HELPS TO PROTECT THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY OF THE TOWN'S SELF-FUNDED HEALTH PLAN. STOP-LOSS HELPS TO PROTECT THE TOWN FROM FINANCIAL LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS OR A MULTITUDE OF UNANTICIPATED CLAIMS, AS WELL AS HIGH COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH UNKNOWN MEDICAL CLAIM RISKS AND RISING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ITEMS SUCH AS CANCER, PREMATURE BIRTHS, TRANSPLANTS, HIGH-COST PHARMACEUTICAL THERAPIES, ETC. THE CONTRACT IS BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE STOP-LOSS CARRIER. THE TYPES OF STOP-LOSS COVERAGE INCLUDE SPECIFIC OR INDIVIDUAL STOP-LOSS COVERAGE. SPECIFIC STOP-LOSS REIMBURSES THE TOWN FOR A CATASTROPHIC CLAIM ON ANY COVERED INDIVIDUAL DURING THE CONTRACT PERIOD. THE TOWN MUST FIRST SATISFY THE PER PERSON DEDUCTIBLE BEFORE THE REIMBURSEMENT OF CLAIMS BEGINS BY THE CARRIER. AGGREGATE STOP-LOSS INSURANCE IS TYPICALLY PURCHASED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPECIFIC COVERAGE, AND THE AGGREGATE REIMBURSES THE TOWN FOR TOTAL PLAN CLAIMS THAT EXCEED EXPECTED PLAN CLAIM COSTS BY MORE THAN AN ESTABLISHED PERCENTAGE. USUALLY, THAT'S 125% OF EXPECTED CLAIMS. AND THEN THE TERM LASERING IS THE PRACTICE OF ASSIGNING A HIGHER SPECIFIC DEDUCTIBLE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A KNOWN CONDITION THAT IS LIKELY TO EXCEED THE SPECIFIC DEDUCTIBLE. SO OUR KNOWN HIGH COST CLAIMANTS OFTEN WILL GET A HIGHER DEDUCTIBLE BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERY YEAR THEY'RE HITTING THOSE LARGE LOSS CLAIMS. OUR CURRENT STOP-LOSS COVERAGE IS WITH VOYA. THE STOP-LOSS DEDUCTIBLE IS 165,000 PER CLAIMANT. THE ATTACHMENT FACTOR, OR AGGREGATE STOP-LOSS, IS AT 125% OF EXPECTED CLAIMS. OUR CURRENT STOP-LOSS PREMIUM IS JUST OVER $2 MILLION ANNUALLY. AND THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2025, THE TOWN HAS HAD THREE CLAIMANTS EXCEEDING THE CURRENT DEDUCTIBLE OF 165,000, AND THE TOWN HAS COLLECTED 720,000 IN REIMBURSEMENTS. A HISTORICAL LOOK BACK ON THE TOWN'S STOP LOSS INSURANCE. WE HAVE A CHART HERE GOING BACK TO 2018. THE CARRIER SHOWN IT WAS BLUE CROSS. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR MANY YEARS. THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PUT VOYA IN PLACE, THEY CAME IN COMPETITIVELY. WE HAVE A HISTORY OF OUR DEDUCTIBLES, WHICH WAS 150. IT'S NOW 165. AND THEN IF YOU MOVE ALONG, YOU COULD SEE THE MONTHLY PREMIUM AND THE ANNUAL PREMIUMS THAT WE HAVE PAID BY YEAR. WE ALSO SHOW THE CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN REIMBURSED THROUGH YOUR STOP-LOSS POLICY FOR EACH OF THOSE YEARS. AND THE L/R IS YOUR LOSS RATIO. SO AS YOU CAN TELL STARTING IN 2019 ALMOST EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN, THE TOWN HAS HAD A LOSS RATIO OVER 100%. [00:20:01] SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE PREMIUM THAT THE TOWN HAS PAID TO THE STOP-LOSS CARRIER HAS BEEN LESS THAN WHAT THE CARRIER HAS REIMBURSED THE TOWN IN CLAIMS OVER THAT SPECIFIC DEDUCTIBLE. SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WE HAVE GONE OUT TO BID, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT FINDING CARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE. ON JULY 31ST, 2025, THE HR DIVISION AND MCGRIFF DID GO OUT TO BID FOR THE STOP-LOSS INSURANCE. WE WENT TO 17 CARRIERS IN THE MARKETPLACE. MCGRIFF RECEIVED PROPOSALS FROM THREE VENDORS, VOYA, WHICH IS YOUR INCUMBENT, WELLPOINT AND SUNLIFE. 14 VENDORS DECLINED TO QUOTE DUE TO UNCOMPETITIVE RATES OR ONGOING LARGE CLAIMS THAT ARE ON THE HEALTH PLAN. PROPOSALS WERE REVIEWED BASED UPON OVERALL FIXED COSTS OR YOUR PREMIUMS. CONTRACT TERMS THE TIME FRAME IN WHICH COVERAGE IS PROVIDED, RISKS SUCH AS YOUR DEDUCTIBLE LEVELS AND INDIVIDUAL LASERS, WHICH ARE THE ADDITIONAL DEDUCTIBLES FOR KNOWN LARGE CLAIMANTS. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ANALYSIS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THE OPTIONS THAT THAT WE HAD IN PLACE. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH VOYA, THEY DID PROVIDE AN OPTION AT $175,000 DEDUCTIBLE AT A 4.64% INCREASE. AND THEN AN ALTERNATE OPTION AT $185,000 AND A 1.17% DECREASE TO PREMIUMS. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER VENDORS, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AS COMPETITIVE. AND SO WE KIND OF NARROWED DOWN OUR FOCUS ON VOYA AND EVALUATED THE STOP-LOSS DEDUCTIBLE OPTIONS TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST ROUTE FOR THE TOWN TO TAKE FOR 2026. ONE QUICK NOTE IS THAT WE DO HAVE QUANTIFIED SPECIALTY CARE IN PLACE. IT'S A FULLY INTEGRATED SPECIALTY INFUSION THERAPY SOLUTION THAT SPECIALIZES IN HIGH TOUCH THERAPIES, BIOLOGICS AND PHARMACEUTICAL TO PATIENTS WITH RARE DISEASES AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS. THEY ENSURE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE, BUT ALSO HELP ON THE SPEND AND HELP TO MITIGATE THE COSTS. AND WE PUT THAT IN PLACE BECAUSE THE TOWN HAS HAD SOME LARGE, ONGOING HIGH COST CLAIMANTS WITH SOME RARE CONDITIONS. AND THIS HAS BEEN ABLE TO HELP US ON A COUPLE OF THOSE CLAIMANTS. INFUSION THERAPY. IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANY MEMBER ON ANY OF YOUR HEALTH PLANS. CORRECT. BUT IT DOES HAVE TO BE IT IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETING CERTAIN CONDITIONS LIKE INFUSION THERAPY. SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS IS GOING TO BE TO RENEW WITH VOYA. WHEN WE DID THE DEDUCTIBLE ANALYSIS THE $185,000 SPECIFIC DEDUCTIBLE MADE THE MOST SENSE. IT DID RESULT IN A 1.17% DECREASE IN PREMIUM OR A 25,000 REDUCTION IN YOUR ANNUAL FIXED COSTS. ONLY PAY LASER CLAIMS AS THEY ARE INCURRED VERSUS A FIXED MONTHLY PREMIUM. AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE QUANTIFY SPECIALTY CARE FOR INFUSION THERAPY SERVICES SINCE IT IS PROVIDING THE TOWN A SAVINGS AND AND GIVING MEMBERS KIND OF A CONCIERGE WITH THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS. THIS IS A EFFECTIVE DATE OF ONE ONE OF 2026. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL IS TO APPROVE THIS RENEWAL WITH THE $185,000 DEDUCTIBLE, AND WE WILL GET THE CONTRACTS IN PLACE. ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU BACK UP ONE SLIDE. SO I WANT TO JUST KIND OF COVER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT, AND WE REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY IT IS WE'RE BEING ASKED, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED TOPIC. I THINK IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND. WE'VE GONE OVER THIS EVERY YEAR AND I STILL GET CONFUSED GOING THROUGH IT. SO WE'RE SELF-INSURED, WHICH MEANS WE PAY ALL OUR COSTS, BUT WE HAVE A FEW INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH COSTS. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE MITIGATE OUR RISK. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? YES. SO WHEN IT SAYS MOVE TO 185,000 SPECIFIC DEDUCTIBLE WITH FOUR LASERS. SO THAT MEANS THAT FOR THOSE FOUR PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE 185,000 DEDUCTIBLE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS. IS THAT CORRECT? NO. SO THE $185,000 DEDUCTIBLE, THE DEDUCTIBLE IS GOING TO BE ON ALL OF YOUR MEMBERS. SO EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS, EXCEPT THERE ARE FOUR LASERS. THOSE FOUR LASERS ARE GOING TO BE LASERED AT 1 MILLION EACH. OKAY. SO EACH OF THOSE FOUR INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE ON, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRST MILLION. CORRECT. AND THEN FOR EVERYONE ELSE, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRST 185,000. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE SIX? [00:25:03] ONE MORE. OH NO. THIS IS OKAY. THIS IS THE CHART. GOOD. OKAY. SO WHAT I SEE HERE IS THAT IN 2018, BASICALLY THE SAME. WE WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION THEN, BUT IT WAS ONLY THE ANNUAL PREMIUM WAS ONLY 441,000. I WOULD SAY IN 2018, WE DID NOT HAVE THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS EITHER ON THE PLAN OR THEY WEREN'T INCURRING HIGH COST CLAIMS. SO WHAT CHANGED BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022 MOSTLY THAT RESULTED IN THIS EXTREMELY HIGH COST, IS THIS RELATED TO PERSONNEL CHANGES OR IS THIS RELATED TO COST IN THAT HEALTHCARE SECTOR? SO PROBABLY A LITTLE OF BOTH. RIGHT. SO Y'ALL EITHER HAD NEW MEMBERS COME ON OR MEMBERS THAT HAD RARE DISEASES THAT MAYBE THAT WEREN'T IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME, AND THEN THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THEIR CLAIMS ARE UPWARDS OF A MILLION PLUS PER YEAR. BUT THEN ALSO THE COST OF HEALTHCARE IS INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR, AS WELL AS NEW PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS ARE BEING BROUGHT TO THE MARKET AND THEY ARE HIGH COST PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS. BUT IT IS TO TREAT RARE CONDITIONS THAT PREVIOUSLY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO THESE MEMBERS. AND YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE BAD RESULTS, OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THESE DRUGS OR INFUSIONS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. YEAH. AND THE REASON WHY I'M GOING THROUGH THIS, EVERYTHING HERE LOOKS GREAT IN THE SENSE THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, I MEAN, I GUESS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BECAUSE WE WERE UP TO $3.2 MILLION A YEAR FROM 441,000 JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WHICH IS ALMOST A TEN TIMES INCREASE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING COSTS AND HOW CRAZY THEY ARE, BECAUSE PRIVATE EQUITIES COME IN AND BOUGHT UP ALL THE HOUSES AND NOW THE HOUSING COSTS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF. WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT HEALTH CARE COSTS WHERE SOMEBODY COMES WITH SOME CRAZY DRUG AND SAYS, I'M GOING TO CHARGE YOU $100,000 A MONTH FOR THAT DRUG, AND NOW WE HAVE TO PAY IT. THE TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY IT. SO THEN WE HAVE TO GO AND GET THIS $2 MILLION A YEAR INSURANCE POLICY. SO THERE ARE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT SECTORS. HEALTHCARE IS OUT OF CONTROL. HOUSING IS OUT OF CONTROL. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THIS $2 MILLION TO GET IT. BUT I JUST WANT ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING WHO MIGHT HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO KNOW, THIS, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. IT HAS TO BE DONE AT THE LEVEL WHERE THIS RISK IS, OR SOME KIND OF CAP IS PUT ON, HOW MUCH WE CAN SPEND, OR WE HAVE TO HAVE OPTIONS OTHER THAN $1 MILLION PER PERSON PER YEAR WITH NO END IN SIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TO MANAGE THESE COSTS FOR US. BUT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE WE CAN KEEP IT AROUND THIS LEVEL. AND IT DOESN'T JUST START GOING UP AGAIN. I MEAN, IF WE GET 2 OR 3 MORE EMPLOYEES, VALUABLE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE CONDITIONS, AND THEN SOMETHING COMES TO THE MARKET AND IT'S $1 MILLION A YEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO GO UP PRETTY FAST. SO IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. AND YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WE HAVE A LONGER TERM STRATEGY THAN JUST RENEGOTIATING OUR CONTRACT EVERY YEAR. NO, WE DO. AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT IN QUANTIFY IT DID HELP WITH WITH A COUPLE OF THE MEMBERS. WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY OUT THERE SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR SOME OF YOUR OTHER MEMBERS BECAUSE WE'RE JUST HAVING A HARD TIME HELPING THEM FIND THEIR MEDICAL CARE AT A AT A BETTER COST. WE ONLY GOT THREE RESPONSES OUT OF HOW MANY BID REQUESTS? 17. YEAH. SO MOST OF THE STOP LOSS PROVIDERS DON'T EVEN WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US. BUT THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE LOSS RATIO HAS EXCEEDED 100% FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEARS. SO WE CAN'T EXPECT THEM TO TAKE US ON AND CONSISTENTLY LOSE MONEY, OF COURSE, YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR. WHY WOULD THEY. SO I MEAN, IT'S A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH. SO THERE'S THE PREVENTION ASPECT, WHICH IF YOU WANT TO TALK, LINDA AND MAYBE ADDRESS COUNCILMAN SCHIESTEL CONCERNS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, I'M SURE WE'RE DOING THINGS ON THE PREVENTION SIDE. WE'RE PROBABLY DOING THINGS ON THE RISK MITIGATION SIDE. AND ALSO LIKE NURSE CASE MANAGERS, I'M SURE THEY HAVE DOCTORS ON STAFF WHO ARE LOOKING AT EVERY TREATMENT MODALITY AND EVERY DRUG PRESCRIBED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING THE MOST EFFICIENT WITH THE BEST OUTCOMES. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF IT'S ALMOST A PERFECT STORM IN THIS SITUATION WITH THESE LASERS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL PHARMACEUTICALS IN THIS SITUATION. HOWEVER, ON THE MEDICAL SIDE, IF YOU REMOVE THAT, WE WOULD BE DOING GREAT, HONESTLY. AND I THINK IT'S EVERYTHING, ALL THE OTHER PIECES THAT WE'VE ADDED TO OUR HEALTH PLAN, WE'VE BEEN DOING REALLY SOLIDLY. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE REVAMPING OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM ON THE PREVENTATIVE SIDE. WE'RE SEEING MUCH BETTER CLAIMS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE TYPES OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS LIKE HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WITH OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM. AND WE'RE ABOUT TO REVAMP IT AND TRY TO GET MORE EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM. SO WE'RE SEEING GREAT OUTCOMES THERE. IT JUST SO HAPPENS YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS WHEN WE GOT HIT WITH THOSE GENETIC BIOGENETIC TYPE OF DRUGS THAT JUST ARE CRAZY HOW EXPENSIVE THEY ARE. [00:30:02] AND IT'S ONE OF THE NEWER DRUGS TO THE MARKETPLACE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS EXPECTED THAT AS TIME GOES ON AND OTHER COMPETITORS CAN GET INVOLVED AND THEN THE COSTS WILL LIKELY GO DOWN. IF WE CANNOT FIND OTHER SOLUTIONS LIKE WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR. RIGHT. BUT I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT'S, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THIS BUSINESS FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE, IT'S IT CAN BE REALLY FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU GET THOSE. YEAH, AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN. THERE'S JUST A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY THAT'S BEING REPLICATED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES THROUGHOUT OUR ECONOMY, OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW BASICALLY THE TAXPAYERS ARE GETTING FLEECED TO MAKE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES RICH, AND IT FRUSTRATES ME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE RIGHT NOW. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH ATTENTION ON THIS PROBLEM THAT IT STARTS TO GET THE RIGHT EYEBALLS ON IT, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, AND I WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THE BEST HEALTH CARE AND GET ALL THE TREATMENT THEY DESERVE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. SO BUT I ALSO WANT OUR TAXPAYERS TO GET A GOOD DEAL, TOO. AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. I APPRECIATE THE DUE DILIGENCE YOU WENT THROUGH IN QUALIFYING, ALL THE BIDS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE JUST NOT IN A POSITION TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE, SO I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE US AN OFFER. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU WHAT YOU DID AND THE EXPLANATION YOU GAVE, BECAUSE IT IS COMPLICATED. AND WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL. AND I THINK THE OPTION YOU ENDORSE SEEMS FINE. GREAT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THAT? I WOULD AGREE TO DO YOU ALL WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K.1 AS PROPOSED. SECOND. OKAY, WE CAN TAKE THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER WARNER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. AYE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL. AYE. OKAY. K.1 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN SEVERAL ITEMS K.2, 3 AND 4 AT THE SAME TIME. [Items K.2 - K.4] K.3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE WILL OPEN THAT LATER FOR PUBLIC FOR COMMENTS. THIS IS ON THE MONTALCINO ESTATES PHASE IV. THIS WAS A TOPIC THAT WE DISCUSSED ON OUR MEETING ON NOVEMBER 17TH. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON THIS WITH LEXIN. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS INITIALLY FOR THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN AND THEN ALSO HAVE A SLIDE AT THE END FOR THE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT AND THE PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDATION. ALL RELATED TO THIS SITE PLAN. THIS IS PHASE FOUR OF THE OVERALL MONTALCINO DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE FINAL PHASE. HERE'S THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY HERE ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN, IN THE VERY CENTER WITHIN THE CROSS TIMBERS. AND THERE'S A MORE DETAILED VIEW. IT'S CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED, AS IS PHASE III OF THAT INITIAL ROAD HAS STARTED GOING IN, BUT THOSE LOTS ARE NOT DEVELOPED. AGAIN, THIS IS AS WE HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE. THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE THEY, FOR THE PREVIOUS PHASE III HAD GOTTEN THE EXCEPTION TO NOT BENCH THE PADS. SO THESE LOTS WILL BE DEVELOPED AS THEY'RE PURCHASED AND THERE'S A PROPERTY OWNER INTERESTED IN BUILDING THAT THEIR SPECIFIC HOUSE. THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROJECT IS CROSS TIMBERS CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. IT'S BOTH FLOODPLAIN AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL LAND USES WITHIN THE CROSS TIMBERS, AND THE ZONING IS PD-198, A CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN INITIATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO PUT IN PLACE THE STANDARDS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS STILL OUTSIDE THE TOWN IN OUR ETJ. HERE'S THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN. IT'S IN TWO SHEETS. IT'S 18 BUILDABLE LOTS OVERALL THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. AND HERE'S THE OTHER PAGE. LIKE I SAID, 18 TOTAL. THEY'RE EACH A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE IN SIZE, AS IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE ZONING. THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST, AS I MENTIONED, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO CONTINUE THAT HOUSE PAD BENCHING EXCEPTION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PREVIOUS PHASES. IF THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN APPROVING THIS EXCEPTION, THESE ARE THE ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS THAT STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND. [00:35:05] THESE ARE STANDARD WE PUT THEM IN PLACE WITH OR RECOMMEND THEM WITH ALL REQUESTED HOUSE PAD BENCHING EXCEPTIONS. THERE'S ALSO A LOT-TO-LOT DRAINAGE EXCEPTION. IT'S JUST, IT'S BASICALLY JUST FOR THIS ONE LOT BECAUSE THIS LOT 49 KIND OF NATURALLY DRAINS ACROSS LOT 48. THERE'S A CREEK THERE AND IT DRAINS INTO OPEN SPACE. AGAIN, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THAT, THERE'S A RECOMMENDED CONDITION THAT STAFF WOULD SUGGEST THE REQUIREMENT OF A DRAINAGE SYSTEM LOCATED WITHIN A DRAINAGE EASEMENT DEDICATED TO THE HOA, MEETING MINIMUM PRIVATE STORMWATER SYSTEM STANDARDS CONTAINED IN OUR DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL. ALSO AN EXCEPTION FOR TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SLOPE ON THE PROPERTY. THERE IS BOTH 5 TO 12% AND OVER 12% SLOPE. THESE LITTLE HATCHED RED AREAS OR THE GREATER THAN 12% THAT'S IMPACTED. THE TOTAL NUMBERS STATE THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE WILL IMPACT APPROXIMATELY SEVEN ACRES OF LAND BEYOND FIVE FEET OF THE FOOTPRINT OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES. TOTAL OF 17 ACRES CONTAIN SLOPES GREATER THAN 12%. AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 1.88 ACRES OF LAND THAT HAVE SLOPES GREATER THAN 12%. AS THE APPLICANT HAD INDICATED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, THIS IS KIND OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. IF ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THOSE LOTS WAS IMPACTED AND VERY LIKELY COULD BE LESS THAN THAT IF WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER TAKES POSSESSION. THEY DON'T FULLY GRADE OUT THE LOT, AND THEY ALLOW SOME OF THAT NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY TO STAY IN PLACE. AS MENTIONED, THERE IS A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. THE ECC RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REMOVAL OF SEVEN SPECIMEN TREES AND DENIAL OF THESE FOUR TREES. WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL SLIDES FOR THE TREE REMOVAL IF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS FOR THAT. AND WE HAVE JAKE, THE TOWN'S ARBORIST HERE, WHO CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. THEN FOR PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDATION, THEY RECOMMENDED CASH IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,680, BE ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF OTHERWISE REQUIRED PARKLAND DEDICATION AND THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF 24,984. SO AGAIN, I HAVE SEVERAL SLIDES RELATED TO TREES. I WAS JUST GOING TO FINISH MY PART AND THEN SEE IF Y'ALL HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREES, JAKE WILL COME UP. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? QUICK ONE ON THE SLOPE, EXCEPTIONS GREATER THAN 12%. DO WE KNOW HOW TALL THE RETAINING WALLS ARE PROPOSED TO BE? I DO NOT KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN. THE APPLICANT COULD PERHAPS ANSWER THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, DARREN ANDREWS, 3917 VICKSBERRY TRAIL, FLOWER MOUND. IN REGARDS TO THE RETAINING WALLS, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO WANT THEM TO BE AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE A COST. AND I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, UNTIL THEY FIND OUT WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT THE HOMES, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW TALL THEY WOULD BE. BUT TYPICALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, I MEAN, MOST OF THE WHERE YOU'RE DEALING WITH A GREATER THAN 12% ARE AT THE CREEKS. SO WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE BUILDING RIGHT OUT OF THE CREEK. THEY'LL BE BUILDING AWAY. SO THAT NUMBER WILL GO WAY DOWN. BUT I WOULD PROBABLY ESTIMATE IN, YOU KNOW, 3 TO 4 FOOT HIGH AT THE MAX AND SOME OF THESE AREAS BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO BE ABLE TO. OH, GOOD. SO IF WE PUT A STIPULATION NO HIGHER THAN 5-FEET, YOU COULD LIVE WITH THAT? WOULD YOU BE? YEAH. SO YEAH, I WOULD THINK SO. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. LEXIN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MORE UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME. I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH A FEW OF THE TREES. MOSTLY THE ONES THAT. JAKE, DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? I WAS KIND OF FOCUSING ON THE TREES THAT THE ECC HAD DENIED. HAD DENIED. OKAY. SO ALL THE ONES THAT ECC HAS DENIED ARE THESE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. AND THEN THE GREEN HIGHLIGHT REPRESENTS THAT THEY APPROVED IT OR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. SO SHOULD BE THIS ONE. THIS ONE AND THAT ONE. [00:40:10] ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW PICTURES OF THE TREES? YES I CAN PULL THAT UP TOO. I THINK IT WAS IN THE ATTACHMENT. OKAY. SO TREE 1184 WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. SO MULTI TRUNK. SO THIS ONE WAS ONLY ONE PART OF IT WAS OVER 22IN. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S REPRESENTED AS THAT ON THE TREE SURVEY. THEN TREE 1206 ANOTHER POST OAK WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. 1217 ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. ANOTHER POST OAK. THEN 1282 RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. AND THEN THE REST WERE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. IS THAT FOR YES OKAY. CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY? THAT'S ALL I HAD ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. JAKE, CAN YOU JUST GO BACK THROUGH THE MAP ONE MORE TIME, NOW THAT I'VE SEEN HIM? DID YOU LIKE THE FULL OVERVIEW? I JUST WHERE WAS 1184? THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE. I'M NOT SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT ONE'S. THAT ONE'S GOING TO STAY, THOUGH, RIGHT? 1184. 1184 WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND I SHOULD CLARIFY THE YELLOW TREES, THOSE WILL BE RETAINED. THEY'RE STILL ASKING FOR REMOVAL ON THOSE, BUT THEY'LL BE RETAINED UNTIL THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING PERMIT COMES THROUGH. OKAY. IF THERE AND THEN IT'LL BE UP TO THE HOMEOWNER AT THAT POINT. OKAY. COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR JAKE? I DON'T, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE. WHAT? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION. YEAH. THERE'S NO OTHER PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO WE HAVE CINDY CLARK. SHE'S GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY. I'M CINDY CLARK AND I LIVE ON BALTUSROL. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL AND STAFF REGARDING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND THE MULTICHANNEL DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF TOUR 18, SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING THE BACK FENCE ALONG THE BACK OF BALTUSROL DRIVE. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR THEIR HELP WITH THIS ISSUE AND FACILITATING WITH THE HELP OF GETTING US IN CONTACT WITH THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE. I'VE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, PERSONAL VISITS FROM LANCE PROCTOR AND RODERICK MIDDLEBROOKS WITH LEONHARDT DEVELOPMENT AND JACK DAWSON WITH CENTURION AMERICAN. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR HOA PRESIDENT, JEFF REDDIG. TAYLOR HOELSCHER, I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID THAT RIGHT. BOB PEGG AND JAKE SPECKLES ALL CAME TO LOOK OVER OUR ISSUES. ALL HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE THE FENCE ISSUE IS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FOR US ALL OF THIS TIME. MY FENCE. AS OF THIS TIME, MY FENCE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY FINISHED, AND LANCE AND RODERICK ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING ALL OUR NEIGHBORS TO GET THE ISSUES RESOLVED. WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE ARE A FEW PROPERTY LINE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED, AND THAT A COUPLE OF HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD SINCE OUR INITIAL PETITION WAS FILED FOR THE FENCE. JEFF REDDICK AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CONTACT INFORMATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO LEONARD. RODERICK HAS LET ME KNOW THAT HE HAS RETAINED A SERVICE THAT WILL COME AND CLEAR AWAY ALL THE DEAD, FALL LIMBS, ETC., THAT HAVE COLLECTED ALONG THE FENCE OVER THE YEARS AND DO SOME LIMBING UP OF TREES. IN FACT, THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT TODAY AND THEY APPEARED TO BE WORKING ON MY NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST OF ME ALSO. I TELL YOU THIS WITH SOME RESERVATION. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD THIS FENCE ISSUE BEEN HANDLED BACK IN 2024, WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN TOLD THE ORDINANCE STATED THAT THE FENCE DID NOT HAVE TO BE IN UNTIL THE ROAD WAS COMPLETED. THAT WAS NOT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH OUR HOA AND OUR NEIGHBORS, NOR WAS IT THE SPIRIT OF THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS AT THE TIME. WE WERE GRANTED THE FENCE FOR OUR SECURITY. AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD ALSO BY JACK DAWSON THAT THEY'LL PUT A [00:45:10] TRAIL CAM AT THE WEST END OF BALTUSROL TO CHECK FOR KIDS CUTTING THE FENCE LINE TO BRING THEIR DIRT BIKES IN ONTO THE GOLF COURSE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME DAMAGE THAT WAY AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY'S DONE AND CONTACTED ME. SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE HANDLED. THANK Y'ALL. ALL. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK. OKAY. DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. OKAY. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC SESSION. AND COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE ANY DELIBERATION AT THIS TIME, NEED TO SPEAK. THE APPLICANT IS THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE. DID YOU HAVE A PRECEDENT? COME ON UP. NO, NO, JUST COME ON UP. I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MRS. CLARK BROUGHT UP. SINCE WE ASKED YOU TO COME BACK THIS TIME. I FIGURED I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU. SO THE ADJACENCY ISSUES, THE CONCERNS THAT SHE HAS, THE CONCERNS THE NEIGHBORS HAVE. IS THERE A PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE THEY CAN REACH OUT TO YOU AND GET ASSISTANCE MOVING FORWARD? YES, THERE IS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING PROPERTY OWNER TO PROPERTY OWNER FIRST AND IN IDENTIFYING ONE WHO I AM. I'M RODERIC MIDDLEBROOKS, RESIDE IN FRISCO, TEXAS, BY THE WAY. I'M ONE OF TWO PROJECT MANAGERS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES FOR THIS SITE. TO DATE, INCLUSIVE OF MRS CLARK, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET FACE TO FACE WITH THREE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE PROJECT. THERE ARE TWO PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD, AND THEN THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR THAT ARE WE ARE PENDING FEEDBACK, TRICKY TIME OF THE YEAR GIVEN THE HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I HAVE LEFT FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS OR PHONE NUMBERS, IF YOU WILL, AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE THAT PROCESS. AS MRS. CLARK STATED, WE STARTED A CONTRACTOR OUT THIS PAST WEEKEND TO BEGIN CLEARING ALONG THAT THAT COMMON PROPERTY LINE, ALL OF THE THE UNDERBRUSH, DEBRIS AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT'S COLLECTED OVER TIME IS BEING ADDRESSED. CONTRACTOR HAS GIVEN ME A TENTATIVE COMPLETION SCHEDULE OF WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK. BEYOND THAT WE'LL PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE FENCE ADJUSTMENTS AS THE PATHWAY IS CLEARED. WE HAVE ROUGHLY 2000FT OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE TO INSTALL. SIMPLE MATH. WE CAN DO ROUGHLY 200FT OF FENCE PER DAY. SO THAT GIVES US TWO WEEKS FROM TEN DAYS, WEATHER PERMITTING, OF COURSE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MRS. CLARKE KNOWS ME. FIRST NAME BASIS. AT THIS POINT, I EXPECT TO BE INVITED OVER FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER. HOPEFULLY. BUT AT ANY RATE, SHE SHE'S SHE'S KNOWS HOW TO GET AHOLD OF ME. SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET AHOLD OF JACK DAWSON, WHO'S STANDING NEXT TO ME. AND I HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF STAYING ON ON SITE UNTIL THE JOB IS FINISHED. YEAH, AND THERE'S NOTHING UNIQUE. I MEAN, WHEN WE SEE THIS IN NEW CONSTRUCTION ALL THE TIME THAT THE EXISTING ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, A LOT OF TIMES FENCES IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN AND THE GAP IN TIME FROM THE OLD FENCE BEING REPLACED WITH THE NEW FENCE IS ALWAYS VERY, YOU KNOW, IT CREATES A LOT OF CONTENTION. BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS JUST THAT RESPONSIVENESS, THAT KIND OF CARE, THAT LEVEL OF CARE, ESPECIALLY IN A HIGH END DEVELOPMENT LIKE MONTALCINO, BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE NEW RESIDENTS. WE WANT THE CURRENT RESIDENTS TO BE HAPPY. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GIVING THEM THAT HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE THAT THEY DESERVE. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING YOUR EMAIL AS WELL SO THAT IF I HEAR ANYTHING BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL JUST EMAIL US, THEY EXPECT THE TOWN TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS, AND I CAN JUST REACH OUT TO YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS TAKEN CARE OF QUICKLY. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANKS FOR COMING IN TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT. AND THANKS FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE ON IT. YEAH. IT'S BEEN FORECLOSED. YEAH. THERE'S ONE JACK DAWSON WITH CENTURION AMERICAN. THERE'S ONE POTENTIAL THAT COULD NOT MAY NOT HIT HIS TIMELINE. THERE'S ONE HOME THAT'S IN FORECLOSURE. AND THEY'RE RETAINING WALLS ON OUR PROPERTY. SO WE GOT TO OBVIOUSLY TALK TO SOMEBODY, GET THEIR PERMISSION TO FIGURE OUT THAT WALL AND EVERYTHING. SO I MEAN, THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING IS. WHAT DO THEY WHAT DO THEY DO ON THAT IN THAT SITUATION? TOMMY. GO TO THE BANK. THEY'LL NEED TO COORDINATE WITH WHOEVER THE PROPERTY OWNER IS IF IT'S IN FORECLOSURE, ASSUMING THAT IT'S WITH THE BANK. WHATEVER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. NEED TO NOTIFY THE BANK THAT THEY'RE REMOVING IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ON THEIR PROPERTY. OKAY. THAT'S REASONABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:50:01] ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE DELIBERATION OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'M OKAY MAKING A MOTION IF NO ONE WANTS TO DELIBERATE. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I INCLUDED THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE STIPULATIONS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. AND SO YOU'LL HAVE TO. YEAH. YOU'LL HAVE TO DO EACH ONE SEPARATELY. RIGHT. BUT EACH. SO THAT WAS APPLICABLE TO THE HOUSE PAD BENCHING. AND I THINK BRYN CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT BECAUSE I PRESENTED THAT AS PART OF THIS, I THINK YOU CAN JUST SAY AS PRESENTED AND IT WILL. IT WILL ABSOLUTELY INCLUDE ALL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY, GREAT. SO I'LL START WITH UNLESS DO YOU WANT TO DELIBERATE? WELL, I WAS HOPING TO INCLUDE THAT WE EXCLUDE THE, THE THE FOUR TREES THAT WERE DENIED. YES. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. I WAS GOING TO GET TO THAT, BUT. OKAY. YES. AND THEN I ALSO WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING, AS DISCUSSED BY STAFF FOR THE SLOPE EXCEPTIONS AND ALSO THE STIPULATION THAT NO RETAINING WALL BE GREATER THAN FIVE FEET TALL. ARE YOU ALL GOOD WITH THAT? YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. SO THE AS PRESENTED WILL MEAN THAT THE PRIVATE DRAINAGE EASEMENT LANGUAGE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE MOTION. OKAY. PERFECT. NUMBER ITEM 3. WAIT, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I HAVE MY ITEMS RIGHT. SO ITEM 2 IS THE SITE PLAN. AND THE LOT-TO-LOT DRAINAGE AND THE AND THE SLOPE. SO, I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THAT ALL IN K.2, YES? OKAY. SO I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K.2 AS PRESENTED, INCLUDING STAFF STIPULATIONS WITH THE ADDITION THAT RETAINING WALLS BE NO GREATER THAN FIVE FEET TALL. SECOND. OKAY. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE ROLL. OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER WARNER. AYE. OKAY. ITEMS K.2, 3 AND 4. NO. NO, NO. JUST ITEM K AT A TIME. YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD TO DO ONE AT A TIME. OKAY. OKAY. TWO. SO I'LL GO. THAT WAS K.2. K.2 PASSES BY. I'LL GO ON TO K.3 AND THAT IS THE TREE REMOVAL REQUEST, AND I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K.3 WITH THE EXCEPTIONS. NO. WITH THE EXCLUSIONS STIPULATED BY THE ECC FOR TREE NUMBER 1184, 1206, 1217 AND 1282. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER WARNER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. AYE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL. AYE. OKAY. K.3 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. LAST ONE. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM K.4 AS PROPOSED. SECOND. OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER WARNER. AYE. OKAY. K.4 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING INTO OUR WORK SESSION. WE HAVE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. [L. WORK SESSION ITEM ] SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING. BOB PEGG IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING FIRST. THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, GROWTH RATES AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. PRESENTATION. WHICH ONE IS YOURS? I THOUGHT IT WAS. I THOUGHT HE SENT AN EMAIL. SO IT WAS ALREADY ON THERE? NO, I THOUGHT YOU WERE ENGINEERING PRESENTATION IS ON THERE. ALL THAT STUFF'S TREES. NO, LISA EMAILED AND SAID IT WAS UP. OH, OKAY. SO I DON'T SEE IT, THOUGH. YOU GOT A SEPARATE. YOU GOT A SEPARATE? I DO. OKAY. YEAH. NO, LISA, IT WAS UP HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE IT. I WAS GOING TO GO. YEAH. MAYOR, COUNCIL. BOB PECK, TOWN ENGINEER. WE GOT A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY HERE. I THOUGHT WE HAD IT UPLOADED, BUT. SO GIVE US A MOMENT. ALL RIGHT. OR CAN YOU DO IT ON THIS SIDE? IS GOING TO SING A SONG. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE WAITING. YEAH. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE. THIS STARTS THE IMPACT FEE UPDATE FOR THE TOWN AND INITIAL THE INITIAL PAPERWORK WE HAVE TO DO, [00:55:01] OR THE INITIAL PARTS WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO KIMLEY-HORN IS GOING TO PRETEND THAT THIS IS A WORK SESSION, BUT THIS LAYS THE BACKGROUND FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO Y'ALL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. THAT. MAYBE. WE CAN WRITE. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO NEED HELP. HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO NEED? I'LL NEED A BREAK. INITIALLY IDENTIFIED THAT. NOT LONGER THAN THAT. I DON'T KNOW. MAYOR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. DO YOU NEED A FEW MINUTES? GIVE US. GIVE US FIVE MINUTES. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A BREAK. IT'S 6:56. WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. SO IT'S KIND OF WEIRD. THEY'RE NOT RELOADED. [01:00:15] GOOD EVENING. FLOWER MOUND. IT'S 7 P.M. WE ARE BACK. WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, SO WE'RE GOING TO RESUME OUR WORK SESSION. BOB PEGG'S GOING TO PRESENT ON LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, GROWTH RATES AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR, COUNCIL. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIMLEY-HORN. WE'RE MAKING THIS PRESENTATION. THEY'RE GOING TO START WITH THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, BUT THEY'LL COVER ALSO ROADWAY WATER AND WASTEWATER. THIS IS A LEAD INTO THE IMPACT FEES PROCESS WHICH WILL WHICH WE'RE STARTING TONIGHT AND GO INTO EARLY NEXT YEAR AND LEAD TO ADOPTION OF NEW IMPACT FEES. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET PETE KELLY WITH KIMLEY-HORN. HE'LL BEGIN WITH THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND THEN AND THEN KYLE CARRY ON WITH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PART. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL. THANKS, BOB. LIKE BOB SAID TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL COVER INFORMATION ABOUT LAND USE, ASSUMPTIONS, AND GROWTH RATES AS IT PERTAINS TO YOUR IMPACT FEE UPDATE FOR ROADWAY, WATER, AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES. IT ALSO CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT IS PREREQUISITE TO YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN. SO THERE'S THOSE TWO EFFORTS BRANCHING FORWARD FROM FROM HERE. SO A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IS GOING TO BE AROUND IMPACT FEES. BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS BASED OFF OF INPUTS THAT GO INTO THOSE MASTER PLANS AS WELL THAT THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD HERE SHORTLY. JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PRIMARILY LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANS. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SERVICE AREAS AS THEY PERTAIN TO IMPACT FEES FOR THOSE AGAIN, THOSE THREE SERVICE AREAS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY OF HOW THOSE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS WERE DEVELOPED AND SHOW YOU THE SUMMARY AND RESULTS. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR ROADWAY, WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES, HOW THOSE WERE DEVELOPED, AND A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THOSE PROJECT LISTS WERE DEVELOPED. TO START OFF WITH THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS JUST AS AN OVERVIEW AND A REMINDER YOU'RE AWARE THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS IMPACT FEES NEED TO BE UPDATED AND THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT ARE THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS PART OF THAT UPDATE. AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. AND ALSO AS A REMINDER, WE LOOK OUT FOR IMPACT FEE PURPOSES. WE LOOK AT A TEN YEAR GROWTH WINDOW AND WE TALK ABOUT MASTER PLANS. WE LOOK FURTHER OUT TO WHAT IS THE NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO BUILD OUT. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT CAN BE RECOVERED THROUGH IMPACT FEES. THAT'S A TEN-YEAR WINDOW BY CHAPTER 395 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SO TO SHOW YOU THE SERVICE AREAS FOR ROADWAY IMPACT FEES FOR THE TOWN, WE HAVE THREE SERVICE AREAS WITH A, B AND C GOING FROM EAST TO WEST. AND THESE SERVICE AREA BOUNDARIES REMAIN THE SAME THAT THEY WERE IN THE LAST THE PREVIOUS UPDATE. AND THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED THE WAY THAT THEY ARE. BECAUSE THE CHAPTER 395 REQUIRES A ROADWAY, SERVICE AREAS BE NO MORE THAN SIX MILES APART. THE SAME REQUIREMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE AREAS. THAT BEING SAID, YOU YOU HAVE HAD FOUR WASTEWATER SERVICE AREAS HISTORICALLY. WE'VE COORDINATED AND DISCUSSED WITH TOWN STAFF THE BENEFITS OF COMBINING THE EXISTING PRAIRIE VISTA AND DENTON CREEK SERVICE AREAS INTO ONE SERVICE AREA FOR THE WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES. SO THAT IS BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THE WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE UPDATE. AND THE UPDATED SERVICE AREA MAP SHOWS THOSE TWO SERVICE AREAS BEING COMBINED TO FORM THE DENTON CREEK SERVICE AREA. SO ALL FEES COLLECTED AFTER THIS UPDATE AND THAT SERVICE AREA WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO SPEND ANYWHERE WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA. AND THE WATER SERVICE AREAS ARE SIMPLY THE TOWN LIMITS. JUST DISCUSSING THE METHODOLOGY FOR THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS THE WAY THAT WE CONDUCTED THIS, WE STARTED OFF BY INVENTORYING YOUR PARCELS AS THEY WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, AND 2025 LOOKING AT PARCELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AND NOT CANDIDATES FOR REDEVELOPMENT OR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN LOOKING AT PARCELS THAT ARE CANDIDATES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE CATEGORIZE THOSE AS AS UNDEVELOPED. THAT DOES INCLUDE SOME PARCELS WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENT THAT WERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED. AFTER INVENTORYING THE EXISTING PARCELS, WE CATEGORIZE THOSE INTO FOUR BROAD LAND USE CATEGORIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPACT FEES. [01:05:09] THOSE CATEGORIES ARE BASIC SERVICE, RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL. SO YOUR BASIC SERVICE AND RETAIL COMPRISE YOUR ESSENTIALLY YOUR EMPLOYMENT OR NON RESIDENTIAL USES. AND THE BASIC USE ENCOMPASSES INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL USES. SERVICE ENCOMPASSES OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL USES. AND RETAIL ENCOMPASSES COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT USES ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT IN BASIC OR SERVICE. AND THEN FOR RESIDENTIAL, THAT INCLUDES SINGLE AND MULTI-FAMILY USES. SO AFTER THE CATEGORIZATION OF PARCELS INTO DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPED AND THOSE FOUR LAND USE CATEGORIES, WE GO AHEAD AND ESTIMATE THE EXISTING HOUSEHOLD POPULATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT AS OF 2025, AND THAT'S OUR BASELINE. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE NEAR AND THE NOT SO NEAR FUTURE. STARTING WITH LOOKING AT YOUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT MAP, WHICH HAS A LOT OF GOOD DETAIL. WE WORK WITH WITH PLANNING STAFF ON THE PLAN DEVELOPMENTS AND MAKING SURE WE HAD THE, THE UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND ARE UNDER REVIEW. CONSIDERED FOR THE TEN YEAR DEVELOPMENT WINDOW. SOME OF THOSE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS WILL NOT BE FINISHED BY THEN. AND SO WE INCLUDE, INCLUDED A PORTION OF THOSE IN THE TEN YEAR WINDOW. SOME OF THE SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS, WE INCLUDED THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT WINDOW. SO ESSENTIALLY PROJECTING OUT THOSE CATEGORIES FROM 2025 TO 2035. WE ALSO DID A BUILD OUT PROJECTION, AGAIN, FOR THE PURPOSES OF DEVELOPING THE WATER WASTEWATER MASTER PLANS. AND THE BUILD OUT PROJECTION CONSISTED OF THOSE KNOWN DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR BEYOND THE TEN-YEAR WINDOW. LOOKING AT THOSE BEING FULLY BUILT OUT, PLUS ADDITIONAL UNDEVELOPED PARCELS, ASSUMING THAT THEY WOULD BUILD OUT PER THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. SO JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS. TASK OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, WE'RE ESTIMATING ADDITIONAL POPULATION OF JUST UNDER 12,000 ADDITIONAL PERSONS FOR HOUSEHOLDS, JUST UNDER 5000 ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS. AGAIN, THAT'S INCLUDING SINGLE AND MULTI-FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS IN THAT TIME PERIOD. AND THIS DOES LINE UP WITH A 1.4% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE SAW WHEN LOOKING AT HISTORICAL GROWTH RATES FROM 2020 TO 2024. THAT WAS ABOUT 1.48% GROWTH PER YEAR. SO THOSE PROJECTIONS LINE UP WITH THAT. AND THEN IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT, WE'RE PROJECTING ADDITIONAL 4.37 2,000,000FT² OF EMPLOYMENT USES IN THE BASIC SERVICE AND RETAIL CATEGORIES FROM 2025 TO 2035. WE GO STRAIGHT FROM THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS BECAUSE AGAIN, FOR IMPACT FEES, WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS FUNDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE DUE TO GROWTH AND DUE TO THE IMPACT OF GROWTH BECAUSE THESE ARE FEES THAT ARE ASSESSED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. THEY'RE NOT, FOR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT OR EXISTING DEFICIENCIES. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SERVE TEN-YEAR GROWTH. AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS ARE, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE LIMITED TO A TEN-YEAR WINDOW. AND SO WE LOOK AT THAT, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE BETWEEN THE FIVE-YEAR TOWN CAP, WHICH MAY HAVE PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT WILL BE BUILT OR, AND IT MAY ALSO INCLUDE EXISTING NEEDS. THE IMPACT CIP IS MERELY A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE FUNDED WITH IMPACT FEES. THEY'RE NOT A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WILL BE BUILT OR ARE PRIORITIZED LISTED PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT WITHIN A CERTAIN ORDER. AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR ROADWAY WATER AND WASTEWATER ARE ALL BASED ON THEY NEED TO BE BASED ON ADOPTED PLANS BASED OFF OF CHAPTER 395 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SO FOR THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, WE UPDATED THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR ROADWAY IMPACT FEES BASED OFF OF YOUR LATEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN UPDATE, WHICH INCORPORATED SOME CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLANS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER. THE WATER WASTEWATER CIPS, THOSE ARE BASED OFF OF THE NEW WATER WASTEWATER MASTER PLANS, WHICH WILL BE AGAIN COMING FORWARD FOR ADOPTION HERE SHORTLY TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE IMPACT FEE ADOPTION PROCESS. SO THE METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE CIP WE START BY INVENTORYING EXISTING ROAD NETWORK LOOKING AT WHAT WAS ASSUMED IN THE 2020 IMPACT FEE STUDY AND WHAT HAS POTENTIALLY BEEN CHANGED OR BUILT SINCE THAT TIME FRAME. [01:10:03] AND THEN WE FROM THERE, WE CATEGORIZE OUT EVERY PROJECT, EVERY SEGMENT OF ROAD ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. THERE'S ACTUALLY A FIFTH CATEGORY HERE I LEFT OFF, AND THAT IS PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE INCLUDED. BUT THE FOUR YOU SEE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE INCLUDED AS IMPACT FEE RECOVERABLE. THAT WOULD BE NEW PROJECTS THAT ROADS HAVE NOT BEEN BUILT BUT ARE ON YOUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN WIDENING PROJECTS THAT ROADS THAT DO EXIST TODAY BUT NEED TO BE WIDENED TO MEET THOROUGHFARE CLASSIFICATION MEETING LANE PROJECTS. SO EXISTING FOUR LANE ROADS THAT HAVE ROOM IN THE MEDIAN TO ADD THE EXTRA TWO LANES. FOR EXAMPLE, LAKESIDE PARKWAY IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN COMPLETED PROJECTS ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BEFORE AS PART OF THE IMPACT FEE PROGRAM, BUT HAVE EXCESS CAPACITY TO SERVE FUTURE GROWTH SO THAT EXCESS CAPACITY IS MAINTAINED TO BE RECOVERABLE. SO STEP THREE, AFTER IDENTIFYING THE PROJECTS FOR THE CIP IS, WE ALSO IDENTIFIED INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF YOUR THOROUGHFARE NETWORK. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND AND TURN LANES THAT CONSIST OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. HERE'S A MAP OF THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE CIP. YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS COLORS OR DENOTE THE CATEGORIES THAT WE DISCUSSED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE FOR NEW WIDENING MEDIAN LANE AND COMPLETED PROJECTS, ALL THE BLACK LINES ON THE MAP ARE NOT IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE. THERE'S ALSO YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ON THE MAP TO SHOW WHICH INTERSECTIONS MAY BE RECEIVING SIGNALS VERSUS OTHER TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS, AND WHICH ONES ARE COMPLETED VERSUS PARTIALLY COMPLETED OR ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME. A LOT OF THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED TO THE CIP WERE IN SERVICE AREA C, WHERE WE HAD SOME CONCEPT PLAN UPDATES AND WHICH DROVE UPDATES TO THE MASTER PLAN, SO THIS IS ALL BASED OFF OF THE LATEST MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO MY PARTNER, KYLE SANDERSON, TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE CIPS. ALL RIGHTY. THANKS, PETE. SO, AS PETE MENTIONED, MY NAME IS KYLE SANDERSON. I SIT IN OUR DALLAS OFFICE. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE WATER IMPACT FEE CIP TODAY. SO WATER SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF BOTH POTABLE AND REUSE SYSTEMS. SO ON THE POTABLE SIDE OF THINGS WE PULLED THE PROJECTS FROM TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES. THE FIRST WAS WE LOOKED AT THE 2020 IMPACT FEE UPDATES AND PULLED PROJECTS DOWN FROM THERE THAT WERE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR THIS NEXT UPDATE. AND THEN WE ALSO WENT THROUGH THE 2025 MASTER PLAN UPDATE PROCESS, AND FROM THERE, WE IDENTIFIED ANY NEW PROJECTS THAT WOULD IMPACT THE ELIGIBLE AND PULLED THOSE PROJECTS IN AS WELL FROM THE REUSE STANDPOINT. THE TOWN HAS TWO DIFFERENT REUSE SYSTEMS. THEY'VE GOT THE DENTON CREEK REUSE SYSTEM THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE, AND THEN THE LAKESIDE REUSE SYSTEM THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE. SO FOR THESE SYSTEMS, WE RELIED ON THE MASTER PLANS THAT WERE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THOSE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE DESIGN REPORTS, AND FROM BOTH OF THOSE SOURCES, WE PULLED RELEVANT PROJECTS INTO THE IMPACT FEE CIP. SO HERE'S A MAP OF THE POTABLE WATER PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED. SO IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THIS MAP TO THE MAP FROM 2020, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WILL STAND OUT. FIRST, ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, THERE'LL BE A FEW LESS PROJECTS IN THE WE'RE BACK IN 2020, AND THAT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF THE EAST PART OF TOWN IS CONTINUING TO GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO BUILD OUT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THESE PROJECTS FALL OFF AS WE GO THROUGH FUTURE UPDATES AS WELL. AND THEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN UP THE LINE WORK HERE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE MOST RECENT MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. MOVING ON TO THE REUSE SYSTEM. SO THE TWO MAPS HERE, THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS WEST PART OF TOWN. AGAIN, THIS IS THE DENTON CREEK REUSE SYSTEM. VERY SIMILAR TO THE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM. THE LINE WORK HERE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE LAYOUT AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT WE'VE SEEN COME THROUGH. THE OTHER BIG CHANGE FOR DENTON CREEK IS EARLIER THIS YEAR WE WORKED THROUGH CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE DENTON CREEK REUSE PUMP STATION. AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, WE REEVALUATED ALL THE DEMANDS IN THE WEST PART OF TOWN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PUMP STATION COULD POTENTIALLY SERVE. AND SO WE'VE UPDATED THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIZING BASED OFF OF THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SO THIS IS THE LAKESIDE SYSTEM IN THE EAST PART OF THE TOWN. BIGGEST CHANGE HERE FROM 2020 IS BACK IN 2020. WE HAD IDENTIFIED THREE OF THE FIVE PHASES AS BEING WITHIN THAT TEN YEAR IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE WINDOW. THIS TIME AROUND, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT AND IDENTIFIED THAT ALL FIVE OF THOSE PHASES CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE TEN-YEAR WINDOW. MOVING INTO THE WASTEWATER CIP. SO FROM AN IMPACT FEE PERSPECTIVE, IT'S DIVIDED INTO THREE SERVICE AREAS. IN THE EAST SYSTEM, WE'VE GOT LONG PRAIRIE AND LAKESIDE, AND IN THE WEST SYSTEM WE'VE GOT DENTON CREEK. [01:15:03] SO LOOKING AT LONG PRAIRIE AND LAKESIDE, SIMILAR TO THE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM, WE PULLED THESE PROJECTS FROM TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES. THE PREVIOUS 2020 IMPACT FEE UPDATE THAT WE'RE STILL APPLICABLE. AND THEN THE, ANY NEW PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR MASTER PLAN UPDATE. FOR THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, DENTON CREEK SERVICE AREA. AS PETE MENTIONED, WE DID COMBINE THE SERVICE AREAS THIS TIME AROUND. SO PREVIOUSLY PRAIRIE VISTA AND DENTON CREEK, HAS NOW BEEN COMBINED INTO A SINGLE DENTON CREEK SERVICE AREA. AND THEN THE OTHER BIG CHANGE HERE, SO HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE NOT HAD A MASTER PLAN FOR THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. THERE WASN'T ENOUGH DEVELOPMENT, REALLY TO WARRANT THAT TYPE OF PLANNING. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF DEVELOPMENT INCREASING OVER THERE, WHICH WARRANTED, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO MORE DETAIL AND DEVELOPING A MASTER PLAN FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED THROUGH BUILD OUT. SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE'VE INCORPORATED THOSE PROJECTS INTO THE CIP THIS TIME AROUND. AND SO HERE ARE THOSE MAPS AGAIN. ON THE LEFT IS DENTON CREEK. AND THE PURPLE LINES ARE THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, THIS MAP WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS THERE IN 2020, JUST WITH A FEW PROJECTS EITHER ADDED OR REMOVED. SO, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE WITH A TIMELINE OF THE NEXT STEPS. SO FOR THE NEXT TWO MONDAYS, WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE P&Z, AND THEN BACK HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL. THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATES WITH THE INTENT HOPEFULLY TO ADOPT THOSE ON 12/15. LATER IN THE MONTH 12/22, WE'LL MAKE THE DRAFT IMPACT FEE REPORTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF CHAPTER 395. AND THEN MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE WORK SESSIONS TO TALK THROUGH THE ACTUAL IMPACT FEE REPORTS. THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GET INTO THE DOLLARS OF THE IMPACT FEES WITH THE INTENT ULTIMATELY, HOPEFULLY TO ADOPT NEW IMPACT FEES AS WELL AS THE CIP AND THE LAND USE ON THE APRIL 6TH COUNCIL MEETING. SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. ARE YOU DOING THIS ANALYSIS FOR ANY CITIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE ZONING BILLS THAT PASSED THE LAST LEGISLATURE, LIKE THE ONES THAT ALLOW APARTMENTS TO BE BUILT ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR LIMIT LOT SIZES. HAVE YOU DONE ANY OF THIS ANALYSIS FOR ANY CITIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THOSE BILLS? THE IMPACT OF THE LAND USE. WELL, WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS IF YOU WERE TRYING TO PUT THESE ESTIMATES TOGETHER, THESE PROJECTS THAT WERE NEEDED, AND YOU SUDDENLY HAD A BILL THAT PASSED THAT SAID ALL YOUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CAN BE CONVERTED TO MULTIFAMILY, HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? WHAT'S YOUR HOW DO YOU PROJECT THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE PROJECTS AND TRYING TO SET YOUR IMPACT FEE RATES? SHORT ANSWER IS WE HAVEN'T DONE MANY SO FAR WITH THE THE AGE OF THE BILLS BEING FAIRLY YOUNG AT THIS POINT. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS TO CONTEMPLATE METHODOLOGIES FOR HOW TO ADDRESS THAT. WE TRIED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH TOWN PLANNING STAFF TO ANTICIPATE ANY, ANY AND ALL POSSIBILITIES, AND WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT LANDING ON THE ONES WE FEEL LIKE ARE MOST LIKELY. THERE MAY BE A CHANCE THAT THERE ARE SOME REDEVELOPMENT DUE TO THESE, THESE BILLS AND SOME INCREASED DENSITY FOR MULTIFAMILY COME DOWN THE LINE. AND I, WE POINT BACK TO CHAPTER 395, WHICH SAYS, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN IN FIVE YEARS. AND IF, AT IF TRENDS HAVE CHANGED, THEN WE'LL LOOK AT IT AT THEN AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGIES TO TRY AND LOOK AT THAT, AT THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OTHER CITY PLANNING AGENCIES IS THAT WE THERE'S NOT A GREAT WAY YET TO PREDICT HOW AND WHERE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AND DEVELOP METHODOLOGIES, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INCORPORATE THAT. SO WHEN YOU'RE SAYING WHAT POPULATION TO BUILD OUT IS GOING TO BE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE PROJECTS, YOU'RE SAYING BASED ON OUR MASTER PLAN, WE CAN PREDICT WHAT THE INTENSITY OF THE USE IS GOING TO BE. AND THEREFORE WE KIND OF KNOW HOW MANY UNITS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, HOW MUCH COMMERCIAL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY SAY EVERY SINGLE-FAMILY LOT CAN BE, NOW HAVE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING IN IT? WHAT DOES THAT DO TO YOUR CALCULATIONS? DO YOU DO YOU ESTIMATE THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BUILD A SECOND HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN THEY'RE ENTITLED TO AND THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE. OR DO YOU JUST SAY, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT, SO WE'LL JUST TAKE OUR BEST GUESS. I MEAN, WHAT'S YOUR STRATEGY THERE? YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE THING IS IT'S GOING TO BE MARKET DRIVEN AND MARKET BASED. RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE MARKET'S GOING TO GO WITH IT. WE COULD GO VERY CONSERVATIVE AND ASSUME ESSENTIALLY EVERY SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS GOING TO HAVE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE TOO CONSERVATIVE TO ASSUME. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THE TRENDS ARE FORMING AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND OUR ESTIMATES ARE FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE, I WOULD SAY, WITH WHAT WE'VE PUT IN THE TEN-YEAR GROWTH. WE HOPE THAT CAPTURES IT. BUT AGAIN THAT'S THESE ESTIMATES. [01:20:01] THESE ASSUMPTIONS CAN BE UPDATED EARLIER THAN FIVE YEARS IF IF WE FEEL IT'S NECESSARY. BUT WE JUST TRY TO KEEP KEEP A CLOSE LOOK AT IT AND DEVELOP NEW STRATEGIES AS WE RESPOND TO WHAT THE MARKET DOES. SO WE'RE ASSUMING THAT IN TWO YEARS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN THERE AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME BILLS AGAIN. AND WE'RE TRYING TO ARTICULATE TO THESE STATE REPRESENTATIVES WHAT THE RISK IS OF PUTTING IN A TEN INCH WATER LINE. AND THEN YOU GUYS COME IN AND SAY, EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A SECOND HOME, AND THERE CAN BE APARTMENTS ON EVERY COMMERCIAL LOT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A TEN-INCH WATER LINE IS INSUFFICIENT. AND NOW WE HAVE TO START OVER. AND THAT'S A HUGE COST. SO IT WOULD HELP IF WE COULD SOMEHOW MODEL WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE BASED ON THESE, THESE BILLS, SO THAT WE COULD GO AND SAY, IF YOU PASS THIS BILL, WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR $1.2 BILLION IN REDEVELOPMENT RE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND OUR IMPACT FEES ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF. AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER BILL THAT SAYS WE CAN'T RAISE THEM WITHOUT A SUPERMAJORITY. SO WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A COMPELLING ARGUMENT TO THEM. THEY JUST THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND THEY'RE GOING TO INCREASE DENSITY AND DRIVE HOUSING COSTS DOWN. AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIVING A FREE HOUSE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S 30 YEARS WORTH OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED BASED ON THIS BUILD OUT NUMBER THAT'S DESIGNED AROUND A MASTER PLAN. SO IT WOULD REALLY HELP US IF YOU GUYS COULD MODEL THE IMPACT OF, YOU KNOW, SB15 AND WHAT THAT DOES. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IT'S REALLY EARLY, LIKE YOU SAID. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER CLIENTS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY HAVING TO CONFRONT THIS ON. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE TO PUT IN FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. SO I'M REALLY LOOKING TO YOU GUYS TO HELP US MAKE THAT CASE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO AVOID AS WELL, WHEN YOU GET TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH YOUR GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS, IT CAN ACTUALLY LOWER THE FEE THAT YOU CAN ULTIMATELY COLLECT. AND IF THAT GROWTH DOESN'T COME IN, THEN THEN THAT YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON POTENTIAL DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE COLLECTED FOR IMPACT FEES. IN THIS CASE, ANY UNITS THAT COME IN AND PULL A BUILDING PERMIT WOULD STILL PAY AN IMPACT FEE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WERE PROJECTED TO COME IN IN THE GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS OR NOT. SO WE AGAIN, WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS BEING A FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE GROWTH ASSUMPTION FOR THE IMPACT FEE PURPOSES AND THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST RECOMMEND TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK AND REEVALUATE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AS TRENDS CHANGE. YOU'RE SAYING IF WE PROJECT TOO HIGH THEN IT REDUCES EVERYONE'S SHARE BASICALLY? IT CAN, IT CAN JUST DEPENDS ON, AGAIN IT IF IT'S TOO LOW THEN YOU CAN'T RECOVER THE FULL COST OF YOUR CIP. BUT IF IT'S WELL ABOVE 100% WHEN YOU COMPARE THE COMPARE THE TWO TOGETHER, THEN IT CAN LIMIT HOW MUCH YOU CAN RECOVER PER. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND IS FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID THIS, I WAS HERE THEN, AND AT THAT TIME THE IMPACT FEES, FOR THE MOST PART WERE DEEPLY, DEEPLY DISCOUNTED BASED ON WHAT THE EXPENSES WERE FOR US TO BEAR, COSTS INCURRED. BUT THE FEES THAT WE PASSED ALONG, SOME ONE OF THEM, I REMEMBER I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH ONE, BUT IT WAS 90% DISCOUNTED. SO WE HAD A HUGE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. AND THE CONCLUSION WAS WHEN YOU DEEPLY DISCOUNT THE IMPACT FEES, YOUR RESIDENTS BEAR THE BRUNT OF MAKING UP THE DIFFERENCE. SO AT THAT TIME, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WE DID RAISE QUITE A FEW OF THEM. NOT WE CANNOT EXCEED THE COSTS, BUT WE BROUGHT THEM MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WAS INCURRED SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS DIDN'T HAVE TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THAT. BUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS COMING IN DID. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN SCHIESTEL, WE I WOULD THINK, WOULD WANT TO KEEP THAT GOING, THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO OFFER BROAD BASED DISCOUNTS, THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THEM IN LINE WITH WHAT THE REASONABLE PREDICTION IS. SO WE HIT VERY CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER. THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY BECAUSE IF WE DO HAVE THAT OVERTURNED, AND THEN WE'RE SUBJECT TO THIS ENORMOUS GROWTH THAT WE HAVE A PRECEDENT FOR SETTING THE IMPACT FEES ACCORDING TO WHAT IT COSTS. I'M SURE IN YOUR UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS WHEN YOU COME BACK. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL YOU'LL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IN YOUR PRESENTATION. YEAH. THAT POSSIBILITY. YEAH. WE'LL HAVE THAT AS A. YEAH. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME OF THE DETAILS THEN TOO, ABOUT THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS THAT YOU USE TO PREDICT, YOU KNOW, LIKE ARE YOU PREDICTING WITH 80% CONFIDENCE, 90% CONFIDENCE. SORRY, FOR THE GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS? FOR THE, YES. WHERE YOU'RE PROJECTING THESE THINGS BASED ON PRIOR HISTORY AND THEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THERE'S SO MANY EXTERNAL FACTORS, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY BASE YOUR PREDICTION ON FUTURE GROWTH BASED ON THE FIVE YEARS OF PAST EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE CONDITIONS ARE CHANGING, RIGHT? YEAH, WE OUR PROJECTIONS ARE BASED OFF OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. AND SO DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED APPROVED, SOME THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW AND GUESSING ESTIMATING WHETHER THOSE WOULD WILL BE APPROVED. [01:25:05] AND THEN THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE GROWTH WAS REJECTED. SO STUFF WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT WITH CONCEPT PLANS ATTACHED TO IT. AND THEN SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL GROWTH IS PARCELS AROUND THAT WHICH WE WORKED WITH STAFF TO IDENTIFY THAT MAYBE LIKELY TO RECEIVE DEVELOPMENT INTEREST AFTER THAT. SO RATHER THAN BEING STATISTICAL BASED, IT'S MORE DEVELOPMENT BASED AND MARKET BASED OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THAT. THANK YOU. AGAIN. AGAIN MAYOR, YOU'LL SEE THEM NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THEY'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANS FOR ADOPTION. THAT THAT PIECE HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE CAN MOVE INTO IMPACT FEES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON, MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT WORK SESSION ITEM. SO WE ARE DOING PRESENTATIONS ON THE VALUE OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES, AND EACH DEPARTMENT IS DOING THEIR PRESENTATIONS. TONIGHT, LEXIN MURPHY IS GOING TO PRESENT ON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON WHERE THEY THERE AT THIS PAST YEAR. AND THIS HELPS US WITH OUR PLANNING FOR THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN. THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNCIL. I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT I HAVE POORNIMA, OUR PLANNING MANAGER, AND JOEL, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE AS WELL, IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS. BUT I'LL INITIALLY GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. SO, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW. OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE FLOWER MOUND QUALITY OF LIFE IS MAINTAINED THROUGH THE IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION OF TOWN CODES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO PLANNING, ZONING, PERMITTING, AND INSPECTIONS OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. AND THEN THE FOCUS AREA IS THAT THE TWO DIFFERENT DIVISIONS LOOK AT FOR PLANNING SERVICES. THAT'S DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PLANNING. SO THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE YOU, SUCH AS THE MONTALCINO APPLICATION TONIGHT AND THEN ALSO LONG RANGE PLANNING. SO THAT'S, FOR EXAMPLE, WORKING WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO UPDATE OUR LAND USE AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THEM. COMING UP WITH THE OVERALL STATISTICS FOR WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT POPULATION BUILD OUT TO BE. IT'S ALSO JUST UPDATING OUR WEBSITE IN WAYS THAT ARE HELPFUL TO THE PUBLIC, TO TRY TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND MAKE THEM MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH DEVELOPMENT IN FLOWER MOUND, AND THEN WITH BUILDING AND INSPECTION SERVICES. THERE ARE TWO MAIN FOCUS AREAS ARE REVIEW AND INSPECTIONS, SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN THERE. WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCT, THEY FIRST HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS. STAFF REVIEWS THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET ALL OF OUR BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO AND DO INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED IN A WAY THAT MEETS THOSE PLANS. SO OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS MADE UP OF THOSE TWO DIVISIONS, PLANNING SERVICES AND BUILDING AND INSPECTION SERVICES. SO LOOKING AT STRATEGIC LINKAGES WITH THE TOWN'S ADOPTED PLAN THIS IS ONE FROM 24-25. SO I DON'T THINK WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE WE DO EXPECT IT TO BE COMPLETED. BUT THIS WAS INCENTIVIZED OPEN SPACE DEDICATION, PRESENT POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL PARKING CODE CHANGES TO INCREASE OPEN SPACE. SO IT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR AREA IS LOOKING AT, WHICH IS REALLY ONE PERSON AND ME, BUT AND THAT PERSON LEFT FOR A WHILE. OUR, OUR CURRENT PERSON MOVED ON TO ANOTHER POSITION. VERY HAPPY FOR HIM, BUT IT TOOK A WHILE TO FILL THAT. SO WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY SENDING STAFF OUT TO GO AND COUNT CARS AND PARKING SPACES IN PARKING LOTS IN FLOWER MOUND SO THAT WE REALLY CAN COME UP WITH WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AS RATES TO USE SPECIFIC TO FLOWER MOUND. YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE STUFF, WE SEE IT MORE OF A NATIONAL LEVEL, BUT WHAT ARE WE REALLY SEEING ON THE GROUND HERE WHEN YOU HAVE KIND OF THESE MULTI-TENANT DEVELOPMENTS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES AND HOW MANY PARKING SPACES THERE OVERALL USING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR, AND USING THAT INFORMATION TO COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT A TIME BASED PARKING STUDY WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT. THE GOAL IS TO BRING THAT FORWARD THIS SPRING. AND THEN FOR THE FUTURE, DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING AND ENGAGING ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENT OR LANGUAGE WAS ESTABLISH A STRUCTURED FRAMEWORK TO IDENTIFY AREAS IN TOWN THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM A TARGETED STRATEGY TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, STRATEGIC INVESTMENT, IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABILITY, AND FOSTER COMMUNITY CHARACTER. [01:30:04] SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT AND MAKING, LOOKING AT WHEN WE REACH OUT TO COMMUNITIES, WHAT ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WE CAN MAKE TO SEE IF THOSE ARE OF INTEREST TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, OR GETTING THAT FEEDBACK AND SEEING HOW WE COULD IMPLEMENT THOSE THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY UPDATING REGULATIONS, POTENTIALLY. SO WE WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT INITIATIVE FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN. HERE'S THE OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND LIKE I SAID WE GO OFF TO THE LEFT. WE HAVE THE BUILDING SERVICE AND INSPECTION SERVICES SIDE WITH BUILDING OFFICIAL, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, BUILDING, OR BUILDING INSPECTION SUPERVISOR AND THEN THE ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL OVER INSPECTIONS, AND ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL OVER PLAN REVIEW. WE ALSO HAVE, WHEN WE GO TO THE PLANNING SIDE, WE HAVE THIS PRINCIPAL PLANNER POSITION. THIS IS REALLY KIND OF OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING RIGHT THERE. IT'S KIND OF ON ITS OWN. AND THEN HERE WE GO INTO MORE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING WITH OUR PLANNING MANAGER AND THE INDIVIDUAL PLANNERS AND PLANNING TECHNICIAN. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN REVIEWING PROJECTS. SO LOOKING AT CORE FUNCTIONS, WE'LL START WITH PLANNING SERVICES. CORE FUNCTIONS ARE REVIEWING DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS SUCH AS ZONING SITE PLANS AND PLATS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE MASTER PLAN ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TO ENSURE DEVELOPMENTS ARE OF ENDURING AND EXEMPLARY QUALITY AND DESIGN. ALSO ASSISTING CITIZENS, PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS AND APPLICANTS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AND SO I HAVE UP THERE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OVERVIEW. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED ON. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE LONG RANGE AND MORE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING. AND SO IT WAS LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STEPS, WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, WHAT ARE KIND OF BEST PRACTICES WE COULD PUT IN THERE, LINKS TO APPLICATIONS, JUST TYING ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE. SO THAT AND LIKE I SAID, THIS CAN BE HELPFUL TO CITIZENS, PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS AND APPLICANTS TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN FLOWER MOUND. AND WE ALSO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP REVISED POLICIES AND REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO STAY ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENT TRENDS. SO THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE US LOOKING AT THIS TIME BASED SHARED PARKING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OTHER CITIES LOOKING AT AROUND THE COUNTRY OF KIND OF HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE'RE RIGHTSIZING PARKING, NOT REQUIRING TOO MUCH SO THAT YOU HAVE UNNECESSARY CONCRETE, BUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH. AND SO, LIKE I SAID, WE WE WORK ON THAT AGAIN THROUGH THE LONG RANGE SIDE AS WELL RESEARCHING WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, WHAT TYPE OF REGULATIONS THEY'RE USING, HOW THEY MIGHT WORK HERE. GATHER, ANALYZE AND PREPARE REPORTS RELATED TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPERS. AND LASTLY, SUPPORT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS FOR 2025 PLANNING SERVICES WAS AGAIN RECOGNIZED WITH THE RICHARD R LILLIE PLANNING EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR THE 6TH YEAR IN A ROW. WE WERE RANKED EIGHTH NATIONALLY FOR OVERALL DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF FLOWER MOUND RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS, AND 9TH FOR WELL-DESIGNED NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS WAS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT RESIDENT SURVEY RESULTS. WHEN THAT COMPANY, POLCO, I THINK, KIND OF LOOKED AT ALL OF THE CITIES NATIONALLY THAT THEY WORK WITH AND HOW THEIR RESIDENTS RANKED THOSE THINGS. WE CAME UP EIGHTH AND NINTH. WE PROCESSED 206 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT APPLICATIONS AND BROUGHT FORWARD TWO LDR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION AMENDMENTS IN 2025. WE ALSO ACCOMMODATED A REQUEST FROM THE LOCAL AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION CHAPTER TO HOST A TRAINING EVENT IN LAKESIDE VILLAGE, HIGHLIGHTING THE PLANNING SUCCESS OF THAT OVERALL PROJECT. SO THAT WAS GOOD EXPOSURE FOR FLOWER MOUND. AND THEN MET REVIEW TIME GOALS MORE THAN 98% OF THE YEAR. OUR 2026 GOALS IMPLEMENT A REALTOR TRAINING WORKSHOP. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. THIS IS BOTH PLANNING AND BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, HEALTH SERVICES, ENGINEERING. I'M SURE I'M FORGETTING PEOPLE, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T SAY ME. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S A WHOLE, LIKE, TOWN WIDE EFFORT WITH COMMUNICATIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT KIND OF TOUCHES THIS SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A TRAINING THAT WILL HELP REALTORS THAT WORK IN FLOWER MOUND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION IS THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO THEIR CLIENTS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ROLL OUT IN THE NEW YEAR. WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN OF INTEREST TO COUNSEL IN THE PAST. ALSO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STAFF REPORT TEMPLATES FOR P&Z PACKETS. [01:35:04] WE TRY TO BE PRETTY CONSISTENT IN HOW INFORMATION IS PRESENTED, BUT COMING UP WITH TEMPLATES I THINK WILL JUST HELP THAT EVEN MORE SO PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR STAFF. BRING FORWARD WORK SESSION AND LDRS TO MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INFRASTRUCTURE. SO AGAIN, I KNOW THAT'S AN INTEREST FROM COUNCIL AND HOW WE CAN BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, MINIMIZE UNNECESSARY CONCRETE, THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING INTO AGAIN, LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES, WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS HERE. BUT LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PUT IN MORE REQUIREMENTS FOR BIOSWALES LIMIT MORE CONCRETE IN PARKING LOTS, THAT SORT OF THING. ALSO BRING FORWARD AN LDR ADDRESSING NECESSARY ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS DUE TO LEGISLATIVE CHANGES. SO WE JUST KEEP THAT AS A GOAL BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF AN ONGOING REQUIREMENT. WE ARE WORKING ON AN LDR RIGHT NOW. THAT AGAIN, WILL PROBABLY COME FORWARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. TECHNICALLY, IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED IT. SO WE'RE JUST UPDATING OUR ORDINANCE TO MATCH SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. LOOKING AT DEPARTMENT WORKLOAD BREAKDOWN, JUST OUR PERSONNEL STAFFING PLAN FOR FIVE YEARS. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING TO NEED TO HIRE ANY ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITH PLANNING, WITHIN PLANNING SERVICES. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT COULD CHANGE THAT. WE COULD NEED ANOTHER PLANNER IF THINGS REALLY DO BLOW UP ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT AT THIS POINT WE FEEL LIKE WE'LL BE GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS. SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING. SO THEN MOVING TO BUILDING AND INSPECTION SERVICES. CORE FUNCTIONS ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY ENFORCING BUILDING ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL CODE REGULATIONS WITHIN THE TOWN. REVIEW COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PLANS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE TOWN ZONING REGULATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CODES ADOPTED BY THE TOWN. PERFORM BUILDING ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL INSPECTIONS AND REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE CODES AND ORDINANCES. ISSUED CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY FOR BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN. REVIEW, APPROVE AND ISSUE SPECIAL PERMITS SUCH AS STRUCTURE MOVING, TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, BUILDING DEMOLITION AND MORE, AND SUPPORT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. AND WHILE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY LISTED AS A CORE FUNCTION, I DID INCLUDE THIS PICTURE KIND OF THIS VIDEO THAT STAFF PUT TOGETHER ON HOW TO USE E-TRACK IT. I THINK CUSTOMER SERVICE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT CORE FUNCTION FOR BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES, AND THEY REALLY PRIDE THEMSELVES ON, YOU KNOW, HOW RESPONSIVE THEY ARE, HOW AVAILABLE THEY ARE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, FROM CONTRACTORS. AND WE TRY TO PUT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN OUT ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE. IF SOMEBODY IS LOOKING FOR IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A SECRET. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2025 ISSUED 5447 PERMITS, COMPLETED, 11,796 PERMIT REVIEWS, AND PERFORMED 12,531 INSPECTIONS. ALSO DEVELOPED LOCAL AMENDMENTS. WROTE THE ORDINANCE AND ADOPTED THE 2024 I-CODES AND 2023 NEC. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. HOW MUCH WE STAY ON TOP OF THAT AND MAKING SURE WE ADOPT THE MOST UPDATED BUILDING AND ELECTRICAL CODES WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE. I'VE WORKED IN OTHER PLACES WHERE WE WERE YEARS BEHIND. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE USING THE ONE FROM LIKE EIGHT YEARS AGO. AND SO EVERYBODY ELSE HAS MOVED ON TO A NEWER THING. AND YOU'RE STILL HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE TO OLDER CODES THAT MAYBE AREN'T AS SAFE, AREN'T AS UPDATED. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY UP TO DATE WITH THAT. AND UPDATED ALL INFORMATION PACKETS TO ENSURE ACCURACY AND CREATE A UNIFORM LOOK THAT JUST GOES TOWARD THE FOCUS ON CUSTOMER SERVICE. TRYING TO MAKE ALL THIS INFORMATION AS EASY TO UNDERSTAND AS POSSIBLE. LIKE I SAID, TOOK THE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE PACKETS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE UNIFORM AND CONSISTENT SO THE INFORMATION WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND. DEVELOPED REVIEW CHECKLISTS FOR MULTIPLE PERMIT TYPES. THAT'S AN ONGOING PROJECT, SAID. WE HAVE DONE A FEW OF THOSE YOU'LL SEE IN OUR 2026 GOALS THAT THE GOAL IS TO UPDATE THOSE FOR ALL OF OUR PERMIT TYPES. OBTAINED EIGHT NEW ICC CERTIFICATIONS. THAT WAS STAFF MEMBERS WITHIN BUILDING AND INSPECTION SERVICES. AGAIN, IT'S REALLY A SOMETHING THAT WE HIGHLIGHT IS THAT PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION. AND THEN MET REVIEW TIME GOALS 99% OF THE YEAR. SO THOSE 2026 GOALS AGAIN ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT REALTOR TRAINING WORKSHOP DEVELOP AND THE REVIEW CHECKLIST FOR ALL PERMIT TYPES. ALSO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT INSPECTION CHECKLISTS FOR ALL INSPECTION TYPES. SO WANT TO CARRY IT OVER NOT JUST FROM REVIEW CHECKLISTS BUT ALSO INSPECTION CHECKLISTS. AND THEN PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GO LIVE WITH BI PAGES AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DASHBOARD. [01:40:04] SO, I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE WHERE I CAN SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION RIGHT NOW ON OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DASHBOARD THAT COMES FROM BUILDING PERMIT DATA. BUT WOULD REALLY LIKE TO EXPAND THAT SO THAT ALL OF THIS, THERE'S SO MUCH DATA THAT WE ALREADY COLLECT, BUT WE'RE MAKING IT AVAILABLE JUST KIND OF THROUGH SPREADSHEETS ON OUR WEBSITE. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE INTERACTIVE, MAYBE HELPFUL TO PEOPLE IF YOU COULD MORE VISUALLY SEE IT, WHERE PERMITS ARE HAPPENING IN TOWN, THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT AS WELL. FIVE-YEAR STAFFING PLAN. SO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS STAYING AT 16 IN 27-28 LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY HIRE A SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR FOR TRACK IT. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED. WE DO, WE ARE LOOKING TO GO TO THE CLOUD RIGHT NOW FOR TRACK IT. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT CAN SOMEWHAT MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME THAT'S PUT INTO MANAGING THAT. BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET. AND LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW, IT'S KIND OF JUST SPREAD OVER MULTIPLE DIVISIONS THAT USE THE SOFTWARE. SO YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE TRYING TO SET THINGS UP AND DO THINGS THE WAY THEY THINK IT SHOULD BE, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS AS EFFECTIVE AS IT COULD BE. AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE ARE THINKING THAT WE'LL NEED A NEW RESIDENTIAL PLANS EXAMINER, COMMERCIAL PLANS EXAMINER AND BUILDING INSPECTOR AGAIN, AS THINGS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN START TO REALLY SPEED UP, YOU KNOW YOU'LL SEE IT FIRST ON THE PERMITTING SIDE RATHER THAN THE PLANNING SIDE, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE KIND OF ONE SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN FOR 50 LOTS, WELL, THAT'S ONE PLANNER THAT HAS TO REVIEW THAT. BUT THEN THAT TURNS INTO 50 PERMITS FOR HOMES, 50 PERMITS FOR FENCE PERMITS. YOU KNOW, IT'S MULTIPLIED WHEN YOU GET TO THE PERMITTING SIDE. LOOKING AT OVERALL DEPARTMENT METRICS FOR PLANNING AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS. SO THIS SHOWS YOU THE DARKER ORANGE HERE FOR PLANNING IS NUMBER OF REVIEWS INVOLVED. AND THEN THE LIGHTER COLOR IS PROJECTS PROCESSED. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF REVIEWS INVOLVED IN GETTING ONE PROJECT APPROVED. AND THEN IT'S THE SAME THING IN BUILDING INSPECTION SIDE. YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL REVIEWS VERSUS THE NUMBER OF PERMITS ISSUED. IS THAT SMALL OR MIDDLE LINE. AND THEN THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS IS THE THE LIGHTER BLUE LINE TO THE RIGHT. SO THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES, THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS OF REVIEW THAT'S GOING THROUGH STAFF, THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE CORRECTLY AND MEETING THE TOWN STANDARDS. BUT LIKE I SAID AGAIN, IN THAT 98 AND 99% COMPLETED WITHIN THE TARGET RANGE FOR BOTH OF THOSE. SO PLANNING SERVICES, JUST FIVE YEAR OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS. I KIND OF GENERALLY GROUPED THEM BY THE DARK BLUE LINE IS PLATS. THE ORANGE IS SITE PLANS, ZONING IS GREEN AND BLUE IS MISCELLANEOUS. SO SITE PLANS IS SUCH A HIGHER NUMBER BECAUSE THAT ALSO INCLUDES ASPS OR AMENDED SITE PLANS. SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL MAKE SMALL CHANGES TO THOSE THAT DON'T REALLY CHANGE THE OVERALL SITE AND THEY CAN BE PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY. SO THAT'S BY FAR THE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, AND WE DO HAVE CRITERIA FOR WHAT CAN BE DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY VERSUS IF IT HAS TO GO TO BACK AS A SITE PLAN TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. BUT IT'S BEEN, LET'S SAY, IT'S BEEN RELATIVELY STEADY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THEN LOOKING AT BUILDING AND INSPECTION SERVICES. SO THIS BLUE IS ALL OTHER. IT'S A HUGE NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO MANY LITTLE INDIVIDUAL PERMITS. BUT THEY, EACH ONE IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT. BUT YOU JUST ADD THEM ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY INDICATE LIKE A WHOLE NEW PROJECT. SO THE LIGHT BLUE, WHICH IS THE FIRST COLUMN THERE THAT'S NEW COMMERCIAL, THAT'S REALLY THAT'S OUR SMALLEST. WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION COMING IN. THEN THE ORANGE IS FINISH OUT. AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY FINISHING OUT A SPACE IF YOU JUST KIND OF BUILD A SHELL BUILDING. SO YOU PUT THE BUILDING UP BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO GO IN THERE YET. THE FINISH OUT IS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY COME TO FINISH IT OUT. OKAY. THIS IS THE TENANT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THE SPACE. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS. THEY FINISH THAT OUT. SO IT'S NOT JUST A SHELL ANYMORE. THE GRAY IS NEW RESIDENTIAL. THE YELLOW IS RESIDENTIAL REMODELS. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, THAT BLUE IS ALL OTHER. [01:45:01] SO WE HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NEW RESIDENTIAL. YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER TIME. AND SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING KIND OF FOCUSING MORE ON THOSE MAIN FOUR CATEGORIES. I THINK THE NEW COMMERCIAL FINISH OUT NEW RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL REMODEL. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT NEW RESIDENTIAL HAS GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER TIME. THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL REMODEL AS THE NUMBER OF NEW RESIDENTIAL HAS GONE DOWN. I DO THINK THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT NEW RESIDENTIAL TO INCREASE MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A COUPLE OF LARGE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED AND JUST KIND OF TAKEN THEM A WHILE TO GET STARTED. BUT I THINK WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THOSE FINALIZED. SO WE'LL CAPTURE MORE OF THAT PERMIT DATA. SHOWING OTHER DEPARTMENT METRICS. SO THIS WAS THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DASHBOARD THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE THE OVERALL POPULATION DATA. WE ALSO THEN SHOW, LIKE I SAID, PLANNING BUILDING INSPECTION AND ENGINEERING SERVICES TABS. THOSE ARE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF DATA THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE GREEN BOX. IT'S THE KIND OF ANNUAL GROWTH REPORT DATA THAT WE LOOK AT AS FAR AS NUMBER OF NEW LOTS APPROVED AND SUBDIVISIONS APPROVED, ACTUAL BUILDING PERMITS THAT WERE APPROVED OR FINALIZED, AND THEN NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PERMITS, WHICH GOES THROUGH ENGINEERING SERVICES. SO RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHAT'S SHOWING UP IN THOSE THREE TABS. IF YOU CLICK ON THOSE, I SAID, I DO HOPE TO FOR US TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARD GETTING MORE OF THAT PERMITTING DATA LIKE THE OTHER STUFF OUTSIDE OF JUST THE HOMES GETTING FINALIZED THAT WE WERE SEEING IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES AND BEING ABLE TO SHOW SOME OF THAT ON OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DASHBOARD AS WELL. AND THEN HERE, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR DEVELOPMENT MAP. AND SO THAT ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR NOTIFY ME TO GET NOTIFIED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS THEY GO FORWARD. WE HAVE 3231 NOTIFY ME SUBSCRIBERS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT. LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FINANCIAL OVERVIEW. SO OVERALL FOR THE DEPARTMENT, THE BUDGET IS A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF DATA, SO IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION. NOW IT'S UP TO A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION. BUT WHEN YOU SEE THIS BREAKDOWN, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS PERSONNEL SERVICES LIKE 92.5% OF OUR BUDGET IS PERSONNEL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IS THE NEXT LARGEST AT A LITTLE OVER 6%. BUT VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS PASS THROUGH COSTS. SO ONCE YOU TAKE OUT PERSONNEL AND PASS THROUGH COSTS FOR THIS CURRENT BUDGET CYCLE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUDGET IS $88,280. THAT'S ABOUT 27,000 IN PLANNING AND 61,000 IN BUILDING INSPECTIONS. AND THOSE PASS THROUGH COSTS I TALK ABOUT ARE, FOR ONE THING THERE, CREDIT CARD FEES. SO WE HAVE TO PUT MONEY FOR THAT IN THE BUDGET FOR BUILDING INSPECTIONS BECAUSE THEY GET PROCESSED THROUGH THERE. SO WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE MONEY FOR IT. AND THEN WE HAVE TO ASSUME A CERTAIN AMOUNT WILL COME IN WHEN PEOPLE. SO IT'S IT'S ALL KIND OF OFFSETTING EACH OTHER. IT'S THE SAME THING WITH FOR PLANNING. WE DO THE SIGN PERMITS. SO PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR SIGN PERMITS THROUGH US FOR TO FOR THE SIGN SHOP TO MAKE THEIR ZONING NOTIFICATION SIGNS. SO WE KIND OF ESTIMATE HOW MUCH WE THINK PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO PAY US FOR ZONING SIGNS. AND THEN WE HAVE TO PUT AN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN OUR BUDGET THEN TO PAY FOR THOSE SIGNS. SO IT'S ALL JUST KIND OF GETTING PASSED THROUGH. LOOKING AT OUR REVENUE BY FISCAL YEAR, LIKE I SAID, IT'S DEFINITELY GONE DOWN. AGAIN, I THINK SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH JUST THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS FOR NEW HOMES. SO DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY. WE ONLY HAD A NON-DISCRETIONARY PACKAGE THIS YEAR. WE DIDN'T HAVE A DECISION PACKAGE. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE TRYING TO GO TO THE CLOUD WITH TRACK IT. IT WAS A RELATIVELY SMALL COST INITIAL MIGRATION COST OF 2000, ONGOING INCREASE OF A LITTLE OVER $20,000. SO WE DO HOPE THAT THAT WILL BE HELPFUL IN TAKING UP LESS OF STAFF TIME IN TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE SOFTWARE WHEN IT'S NOW HOSTED BY THE TOWN AS OPPOSED TO BY THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT WE'RE GETTING THE SOFTWARE FROM WHERE WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM TODAY, ACTUALLY. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD THAT. AND THAT WAS REALLY IS NECESSARY JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO IN THE FUTURE, STOP SUPPORTING THE NON-CLOUD VERSIONS. [01:50:07] THEY WANT TO MOVE EVERYBODY TO THAT. SO, YOU KNOW FUTURE CHALLENGES REALLY FUTURE CHALLENGE THAT WE THOUGHT OF WAS LOOKING AT TRAVEL TIME TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. YOU KNOW, IF WE CONTINUE TO JUST HAVE THE MAIN BASE HERE ON THE EAST SIDE, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 45, 45 MINUTE ROUND TRIP FOR OUR INSPECTORS. SO THAT JUST IMPACTS THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS THEY CAN GET DONE IN A DAY. YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOW THEY HAVE TO KIND OF SPACE OUT THEIR TIME. IF THEY HAVE ONE OVER HERE, AND THEN IT CAN'T BE JUST RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO. AND SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AS IT COMES UP. THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PER SE, BUT YOU KNOW, I GET A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT AND HOW EFFICIENT YOU ALL ARE, HOW RESPONSIVE YOU ARE. AND SO I WAS SURPRISED THAT YOU WOULDN'T NEED MORE STAFF THIS EARLY ON TO MEET THE DEMANDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE THAT YOU WOULD NEED THAT IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. FOR SURE, WITH THE GROWTH. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING SPECIFIC. DOES ANYBODY HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? SELECTION. THE E-TRACK IT, CLOUD MIGRATION WOULD BE IN LIEU OF HIRING AN FTE. OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE AN FTE SYSADMIN IS STILL GOING TO BE NEEDED EVEN AFTER THE CLOUD MIGRATION? I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. SO THAT'S WHY I SAID WE PUT IT OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS TO SEE HOW WELL THE CLOUD MIGRATION WORKS. LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST NOT SURE. IT'S STILL MULTIPLE DIVISIONS USING ONE SOFTWARE. AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT GOES. I MEAN, MAYBE WHEN WE DO THE CLOUD MIGRATION, IT SOLVES SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. AND IT'S MOSTLY JUST US UTILIZING CENTRAL SQUARE, THE COMPANY, TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS. I JUST DON'T KNOW FOR SURE YET. OKAY. SO I ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID. I DID GET ONE. THIS IS A WHILE AGO, BUT I DID GET ONE BIT OF FEEDBACK REGARDING, YOU KNOW, LARGE MIXED USE PROJECTS AND THE PLAN REVIEW, WHICH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEING THE POST ZONING, JUST REVIEWING THE PLANS, THAT BEING A LITTLE BIT OF A PAIN POINT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WOULD HELP US NOT BE A BOTTLENECK? OR DO YOU EVEN AGREE THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE? I DON'T, IT WOULD BE HARD TO GIVE A DEFINITE ANSWER WITHOUT KNOWING MORE SPECIFICS. I HAD HEARD FROM SOME OF THE, THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH LAKESIDE, FOR EXAMPLE. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM. THAT THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS CHALLENGING THE LEVEL OF DETAIL. YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S HOW THAT ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN. AND IT WASN'T WRITTEN BY STAFF. IT WAS WRITTEN BY A CONSULTANT. AND THERE WAS JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT. AND SO WE HAVE TO REVIEW TO THAT LEVEL. I THINK SOMETIMES FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THEY'RE FRUSTRATED. AND WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING ME WITH ALL THESE DETAILS? YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY CAN'T WE STREAMLINE THIS MORE? I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE. I DO THINK WE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE TRIED TO LOOK AT THAT MOVING FORWARD, JUST TAKING THAT, KEEPING THAT FEEDBACK IN MIND. SO WE'LL IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE THE TOWN NECESSARILY HAS AN INTEREST IN, IT WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO NOT INCLUDE THAT AS A STANDARD. YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT PART OF YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES THAT YOU ENFORCE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY MAKING IT PART OF YOUR ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO ENFORCE IT IF YOU MAKE IT PART OF AN ORDINANCE. WOULD IT HELP IF THERE WAS A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT SO THAT THE PLANS FOR ONE LARGE PROJECT ARE REVIEWED BY THE SAME RESOURCE EVERY TIME, RATHER THAN, THAT WAS SORT OF THAT WAS WHAT WAS MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY. WE DO TRY TO DO THAT. AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ALWAYS THAT WAY. I'LL SAY WE HAVE TRIED TO IDENTIFY FROM THE PLANNING SIDE, DEFINITELY. YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT MANAGER. THAT'S OKAY. YOU YOU ARE GOING TO HANDLE ALL OF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAKESIDE PROJECTS. YOU ARE GOING TO HANDLE ALL OF THE RIVERWALK PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. YOU SO THAT THAT WAY YOU HAVE SOME CONTINUITY OF KNOWLEDGE FROM WHAT WAS DISCUSSED THE LAST TIME SOMETHING SIMILAR CAME THROUGH. SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO THAT. GREAT. YEAH. SO I MEAN, I, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID ALL THE FEEDBACK IS EXCELLENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL YOU NEED SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THOSE GUYS NEED FROM US. SO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LEXIN. OKAY, BOB, PEG'S COMING RIGHT BACK UP HERE. HE'S GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE VALUE OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES REGARDING ENGINEERING SERVICES TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FOLLOWING. IT'S GOOD TO FOLLOW LEXIN BECAUSE BUT BASICALLY THE PART WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT SUPPORTS [01:55:04] DEVELOPMENT. SO ENGINEERING IS PART OF PUBLIC WORKS. THEREFORE, PUBLIC WORKS MISSION STATEMENT UP THERE. Y'ALL SEEN THAT, I THINK IN SEVERAL BRIAN'S BRIEFINGS. SAME SLIDE HERE. SPECIFICALLY FOR ENGINEERING SUPPORT OF STRATEGIC GOALS. FIRST ONE, PRETTY OBVIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO. WE REVIEW IT AND WE INSPECT IT WHEN IT GOES IN. PARKS AND REC MIGHT COME MORE OF A SURPRISE, BUT ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORKS IN OUR SECTION REVIEWS ALL THE, ALL NEW PARK STUFF THAT'S BUILT BY DEVELOPMENT. SO WE LOOK AT MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME STANDARDS THAT PARKS THAT'S BUILT BY CIP. SO AND WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT COMES INTO A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PARK RELATED IS LOOKED AT BY US. OKAY. IN GENERAL, ENGINEERING IS BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. BUT THE SIP PIECE IN THE CENTER WAS TALKED ABOUT BY BRIAN GAVE TALKS ON THE UTILITIES. ALSO, THAT PART COVERS PARKS. THEY LOOK AT THE TOWN PARK PROJECTS DOWN, PAID FOR PARK PROJECTS. AND SO THAT WAS THAT WOULD BE BRIEF WITH PARKS AND THEN THE TOURS, THE SIP TOURS. THAT'S KIND OF THE FINANCIAL PIECE. WE HAVE A SECTION THAT LOOKS AT THERE'S A LOT OF THE SIP AND THEY'LL GET BRIEFED ON THAT WITH THE BUDGET. AND ALSO WE HAVE THE TOURS. SO ALL THE ALL THE MONEY RELATED TO THE TOURS, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE STARTING OUT WEST, WE'VE GOT IT. THEY LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. AND SO WE HAVE ONE ANALYST THAT'S LOOKING PRETTY MUCH ONLY AT CIP AND ONE THAT WORKS AT PRETTY MUCH TOURS. AND THEN WE GOT A MANAGER THAT OBVIOUSLY KNOWS BOTH. BUT FOR TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENGINEERING SERVICES. AND AGAIN ENGINEERING SERVICES IS DIRECTLY SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. OKAY, SO OUR FUNDING ALL FUNDED UTILITY FUNDING FOR THIS SECTION. AND THEN GOT OUR CORE FUNCTIONS THERE, KIND OF COPIED OUT LEXIN LEAD THIS PIECE OUT. BUT SO WE REVIEW JUST LIKE THEY JUST LIKE BUILDING DEPARTMENT REVIEWS BUILDING PLANS, WE REVIEW SUBDIVISION PLANS, LIKE ALSO LIKE PLANNING DOES. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE SAME THINGS, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT IN. WE ALSO REVIEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE IS, YOU KNOW, DO THEY DO IT RIGHT? DO THEY HOOK UP TO OUR SYSTEM? RIGHT. IS IT SIZE? RIGHT. SECOND ONE IS WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENTS THEMSELVES, THEY GOT THE RIGHT LINES AND THE RIGHT PLACES. THE FIRE HYDRANTS, THE SEWER CONNECTION. EVERYTHING'S AGAIN TO THE TOWN STANDARDS. WE REVIEW PARK FEES, LAND DEDICATION. SO THE PARK BOARD RECOMMENDATION COMES IN. THAT'S PRESENTED BY A MEMBER OF THE SECTION HERE. AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE PARK BOARD FOR A NEW RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. WE ADMINISTER, ISSUE, ADMINISTER SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, DEV PERMITS. YOU MAY HEAR A LOT OF TIMES TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. THAT'S WHEN THE WORKS GOING IN BEFORE THE BUILDINGS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRE LANES OR IF IT'S A SUBDIVISION, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ROADS AND THE WATER AND THE SEWER, THE DETENTION, THE DRAINAGE, ALL THAT'S LOOKED AT, INSPECTED BY US. AND THAT'S ALL GENERALLY UNDER A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. AND YOU GET SO WE REVIEW THE LANDSCAPE PLANS, AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE PARKS PIECE. GOT A PARKS DEVELOPMENT AND LANDSCAPE. SAME PERSON DOES BOTH. THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S PUT IN PER TOWN STANDARDS ON ON HOW MANY TREES ALL THE, ALL THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. AND WE DO AND THEN WE DO THE INSPECTIONS. ONCE THE PERMIT IS ISSUED, WE INSPECT ALL THAT AND THEN WE'LL ISSUE AN INSPECTION, ANYTHING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO ANYTIME YOU SEE WORK GOING IN OR ONE OF MS CELL PHONES WHEN OR CELL TOWERS WERE BIG. WE WERE DOING ALL THAT. BUT ANYTIME YOU SEE SOMEBODY OUT THERE WORKING ON A TOWN ROAD, PUTTING IN FIBER, PUTTING IN A GAS LINE, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT TOWN UTILITIES, WE'VE ISSUED THE PERMIT ON THAT, AND WE MAKE SURE THEY CLEAN UP WHEN THEY'RE DONE AND DON'T BLOCK THE ROAD AS BEST WE CAN. SO ANYWAY, WE COVER THAT SECTION AS WELL. OKAY, SO HERE'S THE LAYOUT. LIKE I SAID, IT'S 11 FTE. I SHOWED YOU, BASICALLY IN THREE GROUPS. WE'VE GOT A GROUP THAT DOES REVIEWS. I'VE GOT THREE ENGINEERS AND THE PARKS, TRAILS, LANDSCAPE SPECIALISTS. THEY'RE LOOKING AND, THEY WORK WITH PLANNING FOR THE REVIEW OF THE PLANS. THEY ALSO WORK THEN WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT PERMITS COME IN, LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND LANDSCAPE PLANS. GOT FIVE INSPECTORS. YOU GOT THE CHIEF AND FOUR INSPECTORS. THEY LOOK AT ALL THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION ON THE GROUND. ONCE THE PERMITS ARE ISSUED, THEY'RE LOOKING WHEN THE WATER LINE GOES IN, WHEN THE SEWER STORM, ALL THAT STUFF GOES IN THERE, THEY'RE DOING THE INSPECTIONS. WE USE THE SAME TRACKING SYSTEM THAT BUILDING DEPARTMENT USES. [02:00:01] WE ALSO DO SOME INSPECTIONS ON REGULAR BUILDING PERMITS. SO LIKE WHEN A HOUSE GOES IN, WE HAVE A CERTAIN SET OF INSPECTIONS THAT OUR INSPECTORS WILL ACTUALLY LOOK AT ON A HOUSE. NOTHING INSIDE BUILDINGS, BUT WE DO ALL THE DRAINAGE AROUND THAT AND THEN ALSO THE LANDSCAPING. SO IN A NOT A HOUSE, SO MUCH TO SPEAK, BUT A BUILDING GETS BUILT A BANK OR SOMETHING. THEY HAVE THE FOUNDATIONAL PLANTINGS OR PARKING LOT TREES OR THINGS THEY'VE GOT TO DO. WE INSPECT THAT AS WELL. SO FOR EVERY BUILDING, EVERY HOUSE, ALL THOSE. AND THEN RIGHT AWAY, LIKE I SPOKE ABOUT JUST A MINUTE AGO, WE'VE GOT A RIGHT OF WAY, INSPECTOR, WHO ISSUES ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITS AND INSPECTS THEM. SO WE GOT ONE PERSON DOING ALL THE INSPECTION, AND THEN THE ENGINEERING TECH HELPS HER OUT. BUT THEN SHE ALSO WE HAVE REVIEWS ON ALMOST ANY KIND OF PERMIT THAT COMES THROUGH BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE REVIEWS ON THEM AT LEAST, AND WE PUT IN THE IMPACT FEES, HE'S DRAINAGE FEES, SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THOSE PERMITS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT OUR TECHNICIAN DOES. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE LAST YEAR. IT SHOULD BE FOR LAST YEAR. ANYWAY, SO WE'VE GOT INSPECTIONS, DEVELOPMENT PERMITS WERE ISSUED RIGHT AWAY. PERMITS QUITE A FEW MORE OF THOSE. WE ACTUALLY HAD FIVE SMALL CELLS LAST YEAR. PROBABLY NO ONE NOTICED THEM, BUT THERE WERE A FEW THAT CAME IN. AND THEN WE CONDUCT INSPECTIONS, OUR INSPECTIONS, TYPICALLY, WE HAVE A LOT LESS ON A PROJECT THAN ON A HOUSE OR ON ALL THE DIFFERENT PERMITS, YOU SEE. SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE LESS, BUT THEY MAY INVOLVE AN INSPECTOR BEING ON SITE THE WHOLE DAY TO DO IT IF THEY'RE POURING CONCRETE OR IF THEY'RE PUTTING A PIPE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE SPECTRUM MAY BE THERE THE WHOLE DAY DOES ONE INSPECTION, BUT HE SPENDS THE WHOLE DAY AT THE SITE WHILE THEY'RE WORKING. AND THEN WE DID JUST A RECENT UPDATE THAT CAME IN ON THE WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE. WE RAN THAT AS WELL. AND THEN THERE'S OUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR. WE'RE HOPING TO UPDATE OUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND GET THAT INTO ALL THE REVIEW NEXT YEAR. OKAY. SO HERE'S AGAIN, WE'RE OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND. THIS IS JUST, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT INCLUDING PERSONNEL, SO THIS IS JUST OUR OPERATIONAL COST. AND THIS IS OUR REVENUES, PRIMARILY IMPACT FEES. WE GET A LOT OF INSPECTION FEES THAT COME IN, BUT ALL OF OUR, A LOT OF OUR PERMIT FEES ACTUALLY GO TO ARE ACTUALLY COLLECTED BY BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THAT'S HOW OUR FEES GO THAT WAY. BUT THESE ARE PRIMARILY HERE IMPACT FEES. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND THEN FUNDING PACKAGES WE HAD WE DIDN'T REQUEST A FUNDING PACKAGE AND FOR THIS YEAR AND WE HAD ONE WE HAD AN UNFUNDED ONE, WHICH WAS THE PARKS, TRAILS AND LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR. AND YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO REVIEWS EVERY SINGLE FOR EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN. THEY REVIEW EVERY SINGLE SET OF PLANS. SO THEY DO. THEY WORK WITH ALL THE PLANNERS TO REVIEW THE PARK PLANS FOR EVERY, EVERY SINGLE BUILDING, EVERY SINGLE SUBDIVISION THAT COMES IN. THEY ALSO INSPECT ALL THE LANDSCAPING THAT GOES IN. SO, LIKE WHEN WE BUILD, WE GET THE MONTALCINO, WHEN YOU COME, IT WON'T HAVE MUCH, BUT ANYTHING IT HAS ON IT, SHE'LL REVIEW IT AND THEN SHE'LL GO OUT AND INSPECT IT WHEN IT COMES IN. AND THAT GOES FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PERSON DOING BOTH JOBS. IN ADDITION, THEY PRESENTED PARKS BOARD AND THEY WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. SO IF WE GOT A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, Y'ALL HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF THOSE THAT COME IN. THEY HAVE THE PARKS LIKE WE JUST HAD OVER THERE AT DIXON ESTATE, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT WAS JOHN HEBERT HAYWARD AT THE TIME. HE'S MOVED UP, BUT HE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN PLANNING OF THE PARK THERE OF THE, THE PARK ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEN THE ENTRANCES AND ALL THAT. DID, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH REVIEWS, DID ALL THE INSPECTIONS ON THAT. HE DID ALL THAT. ALL THE TRAILS. THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE, THE TRAILS, INSPECTOR. SO THAT PERSON WORKS A LOT ANYWAY, AND THAT THE IDEA WOULD BE TO GET AN INSPECTOR THAT COULD DO THE FIELD WORK AND ALSO MAYBE SUPPORT THE CIP SIDE. AND SO THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS COULD FOCUS ON THE PLAN REVIEW AND MAKING ALL THE MEETINGS, GOING TO THE BOARDS, DOING THE OTHER THINGS. AND OBJECT TO YOUR QUESTIONS. THAT'S FINE. I DON'T HAVE ANY. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST REAL QUICK ON SLIDE FIVE. SO CORE FUNCTIONS, DRAINAGE REVIEWS. THAT PART OF THIS CORE FUNCTION. THAT WOULD BE WITH OUR WITH OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT. YES. WE SEE DRAINAGE AS PART OF THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. SO THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S SUCH A HUGE TOPIC THAT EVERYONE THE NEIGHBORS ARE FENCES AND DRAINAGE IS ALWAYS WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. CAN YOU JUST TAKE ME THROUGH THE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE WHEN THE DRAINAGE GETS ANALYZED AND HOW THAT'S HANDLED? [02:05:04] OKAY. SO INITIALLY WHEN A SUBDIVISION OR, WELL, LET'S SAY A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, INITIALLY WHEN THEY COME IN, LIKE MONTALCINO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE WE SAW TONIGHT, DURING THEIR ZONING, THEY'LL ACTUALLY DO A CONCEPT, MORE OF AN OVERVIEW. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE DRAINAGE AREAS, WHICH WAY THE WATER GOES IN GENERAL IF THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO DETAIN OR NOT, AND WHERE IT WOULD PROBABLY BE LOCATED, THEY KIND OF SIZE IT KIND OF A THEY LOOK AT ANY STRUCTURES THEY MIGHT NEED IF THERE'S A BRIDGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THE ZONING, THEY'RE TAKING A BROAD LOOK AT IT. ONCE THE SUBDIVISION IS APPROVED, ZONING IS APPROVED. THEN THEY COME BACK FOR THE SITE PLAN FOR THE SUBDIVISION SITE. AT THAT POINT, WE'LL TAKE A DETAILED LOOK. THEY'LL HAVE TO DO FULL CALCULATIONS. THEY'LL HAVE TO SHOW THEY'RE MEETING OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR. SO WE GET DOWN TO THE REAL NUMBERS. IT'S VERY BROAD TO KEEP THE COSTS DOWN AND THE ZONING PIECE BECAUSE THAT'S DISCRETIONARY. BUT ONCE WE MOVE INTO THEY GOT TO BUILD IT, THEN YES. AT THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE FULL DETAILED ENGINEERING. THEY'LL NEED TO SHOW ALL THEIR PIPE SIZES, ALL THEIR FLOWS, ALL THEIR CALCS. THEY'LL HAVE TO SHOW DETENTION WHERE IT'S AT, WHERE IT IS. THEY HAVE TO ANALYZE DOWNSTREAM, UPSTREAM, YOU KNOW, PASS THE WATER THAT'S PASSING THROUGH THEIR SITE, AS WELL AS THE WATER THAT ADDITIONAL WATER THEY'RE CREATING. SO ALL THAT'S LOOKED AT THIS SITE PLAN. ONCE THE PLANS ARE APPROVED, THEN IT CONSTRUCTION WILL ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING THEIR PLANS. THEY'RE PUTTING IT IN PER PLAN. EVERYTHING'S SIZE RIGHT. IF IT'S BAR DITCHES, THEY'RE PUTTING THE BAR DITCHES IN AND THEY'VE GOT THEM GRADED OUT. SO THEY DRAIN CORRECTLY AND THEY'RE VEGETATED SO THEY WON'T ERODE IF IT'S UNDERGROUND PIPING. WE INSPECT ALL THAT, PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE OF THE SUBDIVISION. AND THEN WHEN THE HOUSES COME IN, WE'LL LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSE LOT IN THAT CASE. AND AGAIN THEN YOUR THEN YOUR PRIMARY MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT FLOODING THEIR NEIGHBORS, SHOULD GET DOWN TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. IF EVERYTHING WAS BUILT CORRECTLY THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL HANDLE IT. BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM. LOT ONE GOING OVER ONTO LOT TWO CAUSING THAT PERSON A PROBLEM. YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. THANKS, BOB, I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU BOB. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. THOSE ARE OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM M. [M. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS] AND OUR TOWN SECRETARY, TRACY HENDERSON HAS A PRESENTATION ON CANDIDACIES FOR THE TARRANT COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION CASTING ONE VOTE IN THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT OR TAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ELECTION. THE TOWN IS ALLOTTED ONE VOTE. THE VOTE MUST BE CAST FOR A PERSON THAT WAS NOMINATED AND IS NAMED ON THE BALLOT. THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR A WRITE IN CANDIDATE. THE TWO NOMINEES RECEIVING THE MOST VOTES SUBMITTED BY ALL ENTITIES WILL SERVE A FOUR YEAR TERM ON THE TAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2026. THE CANDIDATES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING ARE MIKE ALFRED, WENDY BURGESS, ERIC CRILE, SAYEDA SYED. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION MAYOR. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS? DOES ANYONE WANT TO CAST A VOTE? I KNOW WE HAVE ONE VOTE, SO I DON'T. I MEAN, IF WE DON'T, WE CAN BYPASS THAT AND PASS IF WE DON'T KNOW THE CANDIDATES THAT WELL. I'D RATHER NOT JUST VOTE AT RANDOM. I KNOW EXACTLY, I FEEL THE SAME WAY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEM, HOW DO YOU VOTE? YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON THAT ITEM. OKAY. WILL NOT BE CASTING A VOTE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM, MAYOR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, IS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION NOMINATING ONE CANDIDATE TO FULFILL A VACANCY CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF ALAN BLAYLOCK FOR THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE PROPERTY TAX CODE PROVIDES THAT A VACANCY BY AN APPOINTED MEMBER THAT THE TAXING UNIT SHALL SUBMIT THE NAME OF A NOMINEE TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER. THE CHIEF APPRAISER SHALL PREPARE AND DELIVER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS A LIST OF THE NOMINEES THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL APPOINT, BY MAJORITY VOTE OF ITS MEMBERS, ONE NOMINEE TO FILL THE VACANCY. THE INDIVIDUAL WILL SERVE A ONE-YEAR TERM, FULFILLING THE VACANCY OF MR. BLAYLOCK ON THE TAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 26 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST OF 2027. AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE A NOMINEE. DOES ANYONE HAVE A NOMINEE? OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE NO NOMINEES FOR THAT, SO WE WILL NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT. [02:10:05] YES. WAS THAT ALL YOU HAD? YES. MAYOR, IF I MAY, COULD I ASK THE COUNCIL'S PREFERENCE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT ITEMS? I KNOW WITH DENTON COUNTY WE HAVE MORE VOTES. AND I JUST WANTED YOUR FEEDBACK ON BRINGING THIS THESE ITEMS TO YOU. I MEAN, I DON'T MIND. IT SHOULD BE AN OPTION. I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU'RE YOU'RE THE YEAR THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO. I MEAN, IT IS A VOTE. BUT SOMETIMES THE NOMINEE WILL COME HERE AND SPEAK TO US, AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ENOUGH TO WIN MY VOTE. SO, YEAH, I DON'T MIND HAVING THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, TRACY. THE TIME IS NOW 8:10. THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, [N. CLOSED MEETING] INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTIONS 071, 072, 074 AND 087. WE WILL RETURN SOON. THE TIME IS NOW 9:17 AND THE [O. RECONVENE ] TOWN COUNCIL IS RECONVENING INTO AN OPEN MEETING. THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED MEETING. I AM NOW ADJOURNING THIS MEETING AT 9:17. GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.