Mar 25, 2025 City Council on 2025-03-25 3:00 PM (SPECIAL CALLED)

[WORK SESSION BEGINS AT 3:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION ROOM]

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I DIDN'T BRING THAT ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS MARCH 25TH, 2025. IT IS 3 P.M. WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. I SEE NO CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA REQUEST. THAT TAKES US TO A REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION ON AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARING OR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ANY QUESTIONS ON PUBLIC HEARING OR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS?

[A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding an overview and update of the City of Denton Solid Waste and Recycling Department. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 45 minutes]]

CITY OF DENTON SOLID WASTE RECYCLING DEPARTMENT. AND BEFORE WE GO ON, JUST CAN I CLARIFY SO THE TWO BECAUSE THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS, THE TWO CLOSED SESSION ARE THOSE PLACEHOLDERS.

SO WE WON'T GO INTO THOSE. GOT IT. SO JUST FOR TRACKING WE WON'T GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

THOSE THOSE ITEMS AREN'T NEEDED. OKAY. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON HONORABLE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL BRIAN BURNER, SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR. AND IT IS WITH GREAT JOY AND ENTHUSIASM THAT I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND OVERVIEW OF OUR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DEPARTMENT. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WOULD BE REMISS IN NOT SAYING THANK YOU TO A FEW FOLKS. FIRST OF ALL, CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF DENTON. THEY ARE REMARKABLE. THEY HELP US DO OUR JOB. WE HELP KEEP THE CITY CLEAN TOGETHER. I THINK CITY OF DENTON IS A MUCH CLEANER PLACE. SECOND OF ALL, MY STAFF FIRST, AND YOU KNOW THE FRONTLINE FOLKS THAT ARE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, GOING TO EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY HOUSEHOLD, SERVING THE CITIZENS, THEY COME IN, THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR WHAT THEY DO. BUT IT WOULD BE REMISS WITHOUT INTRODUCING PROBABLY THE BEST SOLID WASTE TEAM IN NORTH AMERICA HERE, IF YOU ALL WOULD STAND, PLEASE. THESE ARE THE MANAGERS THAT THAT HELP US DO OUR JOB AT THE. AT THE FAR END TO MY RIGHT IS BRENDA HANEY. SHE IS OUR NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE. WE HAVE RANDALL MORRIS, WHO IS OVER THE LANDFILL AND DISPOSAL. OUR GARCIA, WHO IS OVERSIGHT OPERATIONS. JJ TIPS WHO IS OVER OPERATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES SCALE HOUSE, VALET, BULK AND OTHER COLLECTIONS.

BRANDON NEAL, WHO'S OVER OUR ADMINISTRATION GROUP. AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, ADRIAN HILL, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR COLLECTIONS. SO HE'S IN CHARGE OF THE FOLKS THAT THAT DO THE COLLECTIONS, YOU KNOW, CURBSIDE. SO WITHOUT THIS TEAM, A LOT OF THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE JOB THAT YOU ALL DO. OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.

KNOW WE'VE GOT KNOW WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THERE DOING THEIR JOB. THE. SO KNOW OUR YOU KNOW, OUR COMMERCIAL. THEY END UP THEY START SO EARLY. THEY'RE DONE BY NOON. SO BUT WE'RE OUT THERE GOING PAST THE HOUSES AS WE SPEAK TODAY. MY PURPOSE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS THREEFOLD. TODAY, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SOLID WASTE RECYCLING SYSTEM OVER THE PAST FISCAL YEAR. SO OCTOBER 2023 TO NOVEMBER OR EXCUSE ME, SEPTEMBER 2024, PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGHER PROFILE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN ALSO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE CONTEMPLATING FOR THE SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT 2 OR 3 YEARS. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED. AND THERE WE GO. SO IN FY 2324, FROM OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF DENTON, WE COLLECTED OVER 35,000 TONS OF WASTE CURBSIDE. THAT'S THE WEIGHT OF ABOUT TWO BROOKLYN BRIDGES. THAT IS A LOT OF MATERIAL. YOU THINK CITY IS A SMALL TOWN, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, IT'S LIKE THAT IS A LOT OF LOT OF MATERIAL. SIMILARLY, FROM A RECYCLING STANDPOINT, WE COLLECTED OVER ALMOST 5200 TONS OF MATERIAL THAT WAS ACTUALLY DIVERTED AND USED AND TURNED INTO BRAND NEW BOTTLES, PAPER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO AGAIN, ABOUT 23 STATUE OF LIBERTY'S WORTH OF MATERIAL FROM A YARD WASTE STANDPOINT, CLOSE TO 88 OVER OVER 8800 TONS OF MATERIAL. SO ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF AN EIFFEL TOWER OF BRUSH, LIMBS, LEAVES, GRASS CLIPPINGS AND ALL THAT MATERIAL WE SEND OVER TO OUR PARTNERS OVER AT WASTEWATER AND THE BENEFICIAL REUSE, THEY TURN INTO THE DINO DIRT. AND AGAIN, SO IT'S THAT THAT FULL CYCLE OF TAKING WASTE, TURNING IT INTO INTO TREASURES AND MAKING IT HAPPEN. YOU MAY REMEMBER HERE, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED OUR COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND ONE OF THE STATISTICS, ONE OF THE STATISTICS THAT WE POINTED OUT AT THAT POINT WAS THAT THE EPA, THEY THEY THE WASTE GENERATION RATE ACROSS AMERICA IS ABOUT 4.9 POUNDS PER PERSON PER DAY. AND AT THAT TIME WHEN WE FIRST INITIATED OUR OUR COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, CITY OF DENTON RESIDENTS WAS ABOUT 6 POUNDS. SO AGAIN, ABOUT A POUND MORE. AND WE'RE

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SO A HALF POUND LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. SO, YOU KNOW, NOT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE USING LESS, BUT WE'RE DIVERTING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MATERIAL FROM OUR LANDFILL. WHY IS THIS? WELL, PEOPLE MAY BE BUYING LESS DUE TO THE ECONOMY. BUT ALSO YOU LOOK AT PACKAGING REDESIGN, MORE EFFICIENT USE OF WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN AGAIN, RECYCLING, DIVERTING CORRECTLY.

WE HAVE THAT MATERIAL. WE MAKE THOSE THOSE THOSE GOALS HAPPEN. OUR HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION COLLECTION, WE HAD 163 TONS OF MATERIALS COLLECTED AND EITHER RECYCLED OR BENEFICIALLY REUSED OR ENVIRONMENTALLY DISPOSED OF IN THE PROPER MANNER ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF A BLUE WHALE. SO AGAIN, COMMERCIAL WASTE. AGAIN. WE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER OF BOTH RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL WASTE SERVICES IN THE CITY OF DENTON. SO FROM OUR BUSINESSES, APARTMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I COLLECTED OVER A LITTLE OVER A LITTLE OVER 101,000 TONS OF MATERIAL ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF A NIMITZ CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER. AGAIN, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT WE'VE TAKEN FROM THE CURB FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SIMILARLY, COMMERCIAL DIVERSION, THEY HAVE STEPPED UP ABOUT 16,000, ALMOST 16,000 AND A HALF TONS OF MATERIAL, OR NINE EYES OF LONDON FERRIS WHEELS IN LONDON. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL CITY OF DENTON DIVERSION THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE ACTUALLY HIT 26%. YOU MAY REMEMBER THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY I THREW OUT.

OUR GOAL IS 30% DIVERSION BY 2030, 40% BY 2040, 75% BY 2075. WE'RE WELL AHEAD OF WHERE OF WHAT OUR GOAL IS RIGHT NOW. AND WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WE'LL MEET THAT 30% AND THEN BE WELL ON OUR WAY TO THE 40% BY 2040. WHAT HAS THIS DONE TO OUR LANDFILL? WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE LANDFILL, THE JEWEL THAT WE HAVE, THAT THAT REALLY KEYSTONE THAT THAT MAKES A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN HERE. CURRENTLY OUR PERMITTED CAPACITY, WE'VE USED ABOUT 28% OF THAT MATERIAL OF THAT AIRSPACE. AT THE CURRENT DISPOSAL LEVEL, WE'VE GOT CLOSE TO 80 YEARS OF CAPACITY LEFT IN THE FACILITY. IF YOU COUNT IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS AREA. WE'RE STILL NORTH OF 50 YEARS. SO AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT.

SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE EFFECT ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE AS A RESULT OF OUR DIVERSION EFFORTS.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DOING HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO HELP MAKE THAT THAT LAST EVERY EVEN LONGER. SO WE CAN CAN SQUEEZE EVERY YEAR OUT OF THE USE OF THAT FACILITY THAT WE POSSIBLY HAVE. TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR HIGHER PROFILE PROGRAMS, COMMERCIAL DIVERSION. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE PASSED A COMMERCIAL DIVERSION PLAN ORDINANCE AND INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE WE HAVE 21, A LITTLE OVER 2100 COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS AS OF JANUARY 31ST. WE HAD APPROVED 1120 PLANS WITH 70 PLANS PENDING THROUGH THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY. WE HAD ALMOST 300 MORE PEOPLE FILE PLANS GET IN CONTACT WITH US.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 600 OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE NOT EITHER CONTACTED US OR FILED PLANS. SO WHAT WE ARE DOING THROUGH MARCH AND EARLY APRIL IS ACTUALLY VERY INTENSIVELY GOING OUT. AND FIRST OF ALL, CHECKING OUR LIST. ARE THESE FOLKS STILL CUSTOMERS? WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO CONTACT A VIABLE ENTITY. BUT SECONDLY, WE WANT TO MAKE THAT DIRECT CONTACT. SO AGAIN, GO BACK OUT, IDENTIFY THE FOLKS THAT THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE'LL TRY TO GET EVERYBODY IN COMPLIANCE. IF WE CAN'T GET THE FINAL LIST KNOCKED THROUGH BY THE FIRST PART OF APRIL, THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WORKING WITH OUR FRIENDS OVER AT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND START THE ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM PROCESS TO BRING THEM IN. ONE INTERESTING THING IS CITY OF CITY OF DENTON. EXCUSE ME, IS CONTRACTED WITH ALMOST A THOUSAND OF THESE ENTITIES TO MANAGE THEIR RECYCLING. A LOT OF THESE ARE MULTIFAMILY AND OFFICE BUILDINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHAT YOU DO NOTICE HERE THOUGH, IS THAT THERE THERE'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO 275, 280 OF THESE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE EITHER SELF HAULING OR USING A THIRD PARTY, I.E, YOU KNOW, A PALLET RECYCLER, SOMEBODY DOING SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WE DON'T TAKE IT IN OUR PROGRAM, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS A BENEFICIAL USE FOR IT BASED ON ON THIS THIRD PARTY HAULING THAT THAT'S HAPPENING SINCE OCTOBER 1ST, WE HAVE ADDED ALMOST SEVEN DAYS OF LIFE TO THE LANDFILL. JUST THROUGH THAT DIVERSION, YOU DOUBLE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS YEAR FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, SO WE DOUBLE THAT TO ACCOUNT FOR A FULL YEAR, 14 DAYS, 14 DAYS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT 14 DAYS OVER 50

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AND WHEN WE HAD TO SUBMIT THIS, I WASN'T ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER AN UPDATED SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2025 HELD JANUARY 2025. WE ACTUALLY HAD A RECYCLING CONTAMINANT RATE CONTAMINATION RATE OF 14%. THAT IS TREMENDOUS ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AND BACK IN 2021, WE WERE AT 68%. SO JUST IN THOSE FOUR YEARS AND FIVE YEARS, JUST TALKING WITH CUSTOMERS, MAKING THAT CHANGE, GOING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT, THAT INTIMATE EDUCATION HAS REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE THOUGHT, WELL, 14%. WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT OTHER SHOE TO DROP. WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NUMBER TO SKYROCKET. FEBRUARY OF 2025, WE HAD 8% CONTAMINATION. THAT THAT IS THE CLEANEST CONTAMINATION MARKET IN THE ENTIRE NATION. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO GIVE THE CITIZENS OF DENTON A ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR EFFORT AND REALLY ETHIC TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN THIS, I'M GOING TO CLEAN THIS UP. THIS THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS OF DENTON. I WANT TO THANK TYLER AND THE AUDITORS ON OUR STAFF THAT THAT MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO IT'S US WORKING TOGETHER THAT THAT MADE THIS THIS A SUCCESS. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ABOUT OUR VALET PROGRAM ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AROUND, WE TOOK ALL THE DUMPSTERS OUT OF DOWNTOWN, GAINED ABOUT 20 PARKING SPOTS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE CLEANED UP DOWNTOWN. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ILLEGAL DUMPING. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CONTAMINATION IN THE RECYCLING AND VICE VERSA. WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE LIQUIDS ON THE ON THE STREET. WE GAVE CARTS TO 144 TOTAL CUSTOMERS IN THE DOWNTOWN FRYE STREET AREA. THIS IS A VERY LIMITED PROJECT. WE'LL NEVER GET ANY LARGER. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BACK DOOR SERVICE OF BOTH OF ACTUALLY THREE WASTE STREAMS. WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, GARBAGE, RECYCLING AND ORGANICS. CURRENTLY, WE COLLECT A LITTLE MORE THAN A TON A WEEK OF ORGANICS MATERIAL FROM THE DOWNTOWN VALET AREA. THIS WEEK, WE KICKED OFF A PILOT IN A SCHOOL, A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN DENTON, TO START TAKING THAT NEXT STEP FOR COMMERCIAL ORGANICS DIVERSION. SO WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK RESULTS OF THAT AS WE START TO IMPLEMENT THAT. BUT ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT THE VALET SERVICE IS IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET BIGGER AS WE START WORKING WITH, WITH OUR FOLKS, OVER AT OUR FRIENDS, OVER AT DEVELOPMENT ON THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN AND THAT IMPLEMENTATION, NEW DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT AREA, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO INCORPORATE SPACE AND DESIGN STREET SPACE FOR TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL TYPE COLLECTION. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPLEMENTING, YOU KNOW, AND WHATEVER REDESIGN HAPPENS, IT'S GOING TO BE NEED TO BE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT ARE PUT INTO PLACE. FINALLY, AS WE DIP OUR TOE INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET SEASON, WE WANTED TO SORT OF LAY OUT A FEW ITEMS THAT THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN TO HELP US WITH OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, BUT ALSO LOOKING TWO AND THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FAR AHEAD BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME LARGE CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM PLACED RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF SOME THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT. FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, GROWTH IS FOREFRONT ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. WE'RE WE'RE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND IF NOT NORTH AMERICA, BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF REALLY MAKING OUR PROGRAM EFFICIENT, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR ROUTE DRIVERS HAVE AS

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FINALLY, OUR HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION. CURRENTLY WE SERVICE ABOUT 6000 RESIDENTS A YEAR THROUGH THIS FACILITY. WE DO IT IN A BIFURCATED MANNER. WHEN IT STARTED, WE DID EXCLUSIVELY POINT TO POINT. SO WE WENT TO YOUR HOME. ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE STARTED DOING DROP OFF.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF OUR CUSTOMERS ACTUALLY DO IT USING DROP OFF AT THE FACILITY. THREE QUARTERS OF THE WEIGHT THAT WE GET OF MATERIAL ACTUALLY COMES FROM OUR DROP OFF CUSTOMERS. SO THE REMAINING THIRD, ABOUT 1500 FOLKS THAT WE WOULD SERVICE A YEAR, WE ACTUALLY GO TO THEIR HOMES AND PICK UP AND YOU FIND JUST BASICALLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SITTING ON THE CURB IN A BOX. THAT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE FOR US TO DO THAT. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO GO AHEAD AND CEASE THE POINT TO POINT SERVICE AND BASICALLY DRIVE EVERYBODY TO THE HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION AT THE LANDFILL. BUT WE WANT TO AUGMENT THAT ALSO BY CREATING DROP OFF WEEKENDS ONCE A YEAR WITHIN EACH OF THE THREE QUARTERS, EACH OF THE FOUR QUADRANTS THAT WE SERVICE. SO WE STILL HAVE SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE CONVENIENT TO BRING TO US. BUT BUT REALLY FOCUS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MATERIAL AT OUR HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION. WE ALSO SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS WANTING TO BRING HOME CHEMICALS TO US. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS EITHER CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES, OR CHARGE THESE FOLKS DIRECT TO DUMP THE MATERIAL, AND SO FORTH FOR DISPOSAL. THE REASON WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IS THAT OUTSIDE OF ANY ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE WAY PLACE TO PUT THIS MATERIAL, IT'S GOING TO END UP IN THE TRASH. WE'RE GOING TO GET AT THE LANDFILL ANYWAY. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE DISPOSED OF IN THE LANDFILL. SO IF WE CAN TAKE IT, MAKE IT A FULL COST RECOVERY SYSTEM, THEN WE'RE NOT LOSING ANY MONEY OFF OF IT. AND SOMETIMES WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE SHIP A FULL LOAD, IT ACTUALLY COST US LESS. SO WE GET TO THAT, THAT, THAT VOLUME THAT WE NEED. AND THEN FINALLY OUR STYROFOAM DENSIFIER PROJECT. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN ON THE LIPS OF SEVERAL FOLKS HERE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HOPEFULLY DOTTING I'S AND CROSSING T'S ON THE CONTRACT AND GETTING THAT UP TO SPEED VERY, VERY SHORTLY. A COUPLE OF OTHER PROGRAMS WE'RE LOOKING AT AT, AT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WANT TO TRY TO DO IS CENTRALIZE ILLEGAL DUMPING, CLEANUP INTO SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DEPARTMENT. CURRENTLY IT'S GOT FINGERS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WE HELP PARKS AND REC HELPS DRAINAGE HELPS, COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT HELPS. AND SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, FINGER POINTING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S ON FIRST. SO WHAT WE THINK IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RESOURCES OR, OR WE'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO

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AND, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WERE STANDING HERE GOING, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD EVER DO COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THE CONTAMINATION WAS SO HIGH.

CORRECT? YEAH. SO IT'S REALLY JUST JUST AMAZING. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ONE ABOUT THE CHEMICAL COLLECTION, THE POINT TO POINT, BECAUSE YOU SAID LIKE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO PICK IT UP, BUT IT WASN'T OBVIOUS TO ME WHY IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I GATHER I GATHER IT'S COSTLY TO DO IT. VERY COSTLY. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT STRIKES ME AS POSSIBLE THAT A REASONABLE FEE COULD BE ATTACHED. BUT DON'T YOU THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T GET 100% OF THOSE FOLKS TO MOVE OVER TO DROPPING IT OFF, AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET CHEMICALS IN THE, IN THE LANDFILL, THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT POTENTIAL EXISTS. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSEST PORT IN A STORM TYPE OF THING RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. IF WE TAKE THAT, THAT, THAT SERVICE AWAY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WE REDUCE THAT SERVICE. THEN, YOU KNOW, YOUR NEXT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THEY'RE PICKING UP THE PHONE AND CALLING US RIGHT NOW ANYWAY. SO YEAH, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO US. AND BY, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER, ONCE A YEAR, GOING OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND, YOU KNOW, DOING THESE TYPE OF COLLECTION EVENTS, IT GIVES THEM SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE TO HOLD ON TO IT FOR A LITTLE LONGER, BUT AT LEAST THEY CAN BRING IT TO US IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE TOO UNWIELDY TO DO THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, I'D JUST TOSS OUT FOR CONSIDERATION, LIKE A TRIAL WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THEM TO JUST SEE WHAT YOU'RE YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH YOU DO SUCCESSFULLY CANNIBALIZE. AND JUST SO YOU DON'T LIKE, PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE COMING BACK AND SAYING, WE HAVE TO BACK OUT OF THIS. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT. IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. THE OTHER ONE I WANT TO ASK ABOUT WAS THE GRINDING. YES. AND I MAY BE REMEMBERING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT BACK WHEN TODD WAS HERE, REMEMBER, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT WERE FOUND TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT TO PENCIL OUT. AND I THOUGHT GRINDING WAS ONE OF THEM. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? YOU WERE CORRECT ON THAT.

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CURRENTLY, THERE'S A COUPLE CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS THAT ARE DOING THIS AND THEY'RE GETTING TREMENDOUS RESULTS. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, LOOKING AT WHAT THEIR OPERATIONS ARE, THEIR FINANCES. AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT DIDN'T PENCIL OUT IN THE PAST. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT PENCILS OUT NOW FOR US. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S MAY I ASK ONE MORE MAYOR? YEAH. THANKS. YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT AT A AT A FORUM EVENT. HEARD IT SAID BY SOMEBODY THAT THAT IF WE WERE TO DO AWAY WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OTHER RESOURCES THAT THAT COVER THAT DUTY OF TRASH PICKUP. I MEAN, TO WHAT EXTENT IS THAT TRUE OR NOT TRUE? AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR PARTNERS OVER AT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND PARKS TO FIND OUT WHAT RESOURCES THEY WOULD HAVE DEDICATED TO COME BACK AGAIN. FROM THE VALET STANDPOINT, WE'RE VERY TIGHT IN WHERE WE WORK. IT IS DIFFERENT THAN AMBASSADOR, CORRECT.

BECAUSE YEAH, THE AMBASSADOR IS MUCH BIGGER. THEY DO POWER WASHING. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A PARKS RESPONSE BEFORE THE AMBASSADORS CAME IN. AND AGAIN, THEY DID IT ON A MUCH LESS FREQUENT BASIS. SO THERE WOULD BE SOME LOSS IN SERVICE BY ELIMINATING THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD IT WOULD ALSO. REQUIRE US TO, TO REPROGRAM SOME, SOME EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN DISPLACED BY THEM BEING HERE. OKAY. I GUESS WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET TO THOSE, LIKE ON THE EDGE OF THE POSTING THERE. BUT YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUST YEAH, JUST SO IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU. VERY HEARTENING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, LONG ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO SEE LIKE TREMENDOUS SWING IN RESULTS. THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. THEN TWO. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO BE ON THE SHORT LIST AFTER YOU CALLED YOUR FAMILY ABOUT THE STYROFOAM DENSIFIER. I WANT YOU TO CALL ME BECAUSE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AND I WANT TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ON THAT AND GET AS MUCH GET AS MUCH PARTICIPATION IN THAT AS POSSIBLE. TWO THINGS. YES. TELL ME. GIVE ME THE WHAT IS IT, 30,000 FOOT. LOOK AT THE LANDFILL. RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROGRAM. WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, YOU KNOW, IN IN SHORT TERMS, YOU KNOW, THE LANDFILL IS NOTHING BUT A BIG COMPOST PILE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WITHOUT A LID ON IT. YOU KNOW, IT HAS A LID ON IT BECAUSE WE COVER IT EVERY DAY WITH DIRT. BUT WE GENERATE, YOU KNOW, NATURAL GAS. AND IF WE DID NOT CAPTURE THAT WHICH IS A PERMIT REQUIRED ACTIVITY, THEN IT WOULD JUST RELEASE TO THE ATMOSPHERE. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE THIS THIS MASSIVE PIPING SYSTEM IN THE LANDFILL AND IT GOES TO A FLARE AND WE BURN IT OFF. LANDFILL GAS CONSISTS BASICALLY 50% METHANE AND THEN 50% OF OTHER MAKEUP GASES. THIS THIRD PARTY COMPANY WOULD COME IN AND ESTABLISH A FACILITY. THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SPLIT THE GAS, REFINE IT DOWN TO WHAT, 99.98% METHANE REMOVED AND THE OTHER MAKEUP GASES, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE WE'D BE TREATED AND RELEASED. BUT THAT THAT FRACTION OF, OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS WOULD BE SOLD BACK TO ATMOS, TO THE PIPELINE THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE LANDFILL. AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO IS IT WOULD BE USED IN HOMES THAT HAVE NATURAL GAS RIGHT NOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU TURN ON YOUR STOVE, YOUR HOT WATER HEATER, ANYTHING THAT USES NATURAL GAS INSTEAD OF BEING, YOU KNOW, MINED FROM THE FROM THE EARTH AT A DRILLING SITE, WE WOULD BE MINED FROM THE LANDFILL. SO THE COLLECTION PIPELINE IS IN PLACE. IT IS IN PLACE. AND AS THE LANDFILL CONTINUES TO GROW, THE THIRD PARTY COMPANY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTRACTING WITH, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO EXPAND IT. VERY INTERESTING. THANK YOU. I WAS SURPRISED 20% OF CUSTOMERS USE A CARDED YARD WASTE. THAT SEEMS REMARKABLY LOW. WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS IN THE CITY OF DENTON THAT HAVE A LOT OF TREES AND A LOT OF BRUSH.

A LOT OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS, YOU KNOW, HAS LITTLE TREES, VERY LITTLE, VERY SMALL LAWNS.

THEY'RE ABLE TO GET BY WITH A YARD BAG. SO WE, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T COUNT ALL THE EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE SERVICING USING THE CRAFT BAGS. BUT YOU KNOW 20%, 25% THAT'S IT'S A LITTLE LOWER THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING FROM A COLLECTION STANDPOINT.

OKAY. IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM FOR US. I HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION WITH THE WITH SOME, SOME SOLID WASTE PEOPLE THIS MORNING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

VERY GOOD. I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. SORRY TO COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND'S NEIGHBORS THAT HAD THEIR TRASH PICKED UP LATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN IN SOME OF THE SORT OF SAMPLING OF THE

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YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST BULK COLLECTION. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT TWO, TWO ARTICLES OUT EVERY WEEK. WE WILL PICK IT UP. AND PART OF, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR PARTNERS OVER AT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DISPATCH, THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, DO A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT IS IT MATERIAL. AND THEN WE'LL MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER WE CAN COLLECT IT OR WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE COLLECTED FOR REUSE OR IT NEEDS TO BE COLLECTED FOR DISPOSAL. WE DO HAVE A WAREHOUSE. 651 MAYHILL, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT HALF OF IT LEASED OUT TO DME RIGHT NOW. AND THEN WE USE THE OTHER HALF FOR STORAGE AND FOR OUR USES. BUT WE'D STORE THAT MATERIAL THERE AND THEN WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, WORK TO DONATE THAT MATERIAL THROUGH THEM SO THEY COULD GET IT BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AGAIN TO HELP PEOPLE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE, HOUSE BURNS DOWN JUST IF THERE IS A NEED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT AGAIN, IT NEEDS TO BE HARD TYPE MATERIAL BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT VECTOR AND OTHER THINGS LIVING, YOU KNOW, IN THE SOFT AND SUCH. SO AS YOU WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS, I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A ASPIRATIONALLY IT'S AN AWESOME GOAL. I REALLY APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS SORT OF DIVERSION, AND I'M JUST SORT OF REAL CURIOUS ABOUT THE DEVIL AND THE DETAILS OF, ARE YOU GOING TO REFURB IT? ARE YOU GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GET IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM REFURBISH? I MEAN, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND SORT OF THE MECHANISMS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FUTURE REPORTS ON THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE? BRIAN I'M I'M CURIOUS. YES, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A QUESTION THAT KIND OF BEEN PERMEATING ALL WEEKEND FOR ME TO TRY TO BREAK THIS DOWN INTO SOMETHING THAT DIGESTIBLE, THAT FOLKS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE GOAL VERSUS WHERE WE ARE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMERCIAL WASTE COLLECTION, COMMERCIAL WASTE DIVERSION, LIKE, WHAT WAS THE GOAL VERSUS WHERE WE ARE? THE NUMBERS SOUND GREAT, BUT ARE WE ARE WE MEETING WHATEVER GOALS THAT THAT YOU ALL SET UP? YEAH. YES WE ARE. BECAUSE AGAIN WE DID NOT WE DID NOT BREAK IT DOWN BY SERVICE SECTOR. IT WENT BACK INTO BASICALLY SAYING AS A CITY OF DENTON, WE WANT TO DIVERT 30% OF OUR WASTE BY 2030, 40% OF OUR WASTE BY 2040. SO IT'S A VERY IT'S A IT'S A MUCH LARGER GOAL LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO THE LITTLE PIECES OF THE. SO THEN WITH I'M CURIOUS WITH THE DIFFERENT SECTORS, WHERE IS THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT? IF YOU KNOW. WELL AND AGAIN WE'VE GOT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA ALL THE TIME ON THAT. LOOK, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HEAR THE CHATTER THAT'S OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE SOLID WASTE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE NATION. ORGANICS RECYCLING IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND LOWEST HANGING FRUITS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE VALLEY, IN THE VALLEY AREA, BASED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, IN THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, DOING THAT PILOT AND THEN WORKING ON UP TO THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY OVER THE NEXT 2 OR 3 YEARS TO REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THAT, THAT DIVERSION EFFORT. WHEN WE LOOK AT, AT AT RESIDENTIAL ORGANICS MANAGEMENT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AND THIS GOES BACK TO THAT THAT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, BUY WHAT YOU NEED, EAT WHAT YOU BUY, HAVE NOTHING TO THROW AWAY. OR IF YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING TO THROW AWAY, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES TO COMPOST IT AT HOME. WE DON'T NEED TO PUT ANOTHER SET OF TRUCKS GOING BY EVERY HOUSEHOLD TO PICK UP ORGANIC MATERIAL.

JUST THE NUMBERS DON'T WORK ON THAT. SO IF WE CAN WORK, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIALLY, HAVING PEOPLE MANAGE THEIR OWN MATERIAL AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING TO, TO MANAGE THAT, THAT BIGGER ORGANIC LOADING ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE THAT WILL GET US, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL GET US AHEAD MUCH QUICKER. I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. I AND THIS THIS IS ANOTHER QUESTION FOR I WILL ACCEPT WE'RE WORKING ON IT. BUT AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT REIMAGINING OUR DOWNTOWN, WHAT

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THANK YOU. I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE MY FRIEND HERE, MR. HOLLAND, OUT SO YOU CAN SHOW HIM THE FLIER. YOU CAN SHOW HIM SOME OF THE PIPING, JUST LIKE YOU DID WITH ME A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

IT'S SUPER INTERESTING. AND I PROMISE THE NEXT TIME YOU TALK ABOUT IT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN YOUR MIND'S EYE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THEY SPENT WITH ME OUT DURING THE SOLID WASTE TOUR. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US EVERY DAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. I JUST TO CLOSE OUT. A THOUGHT ON THE HOME COLLECTION SIDE OF THINGS. I THINK MAYBE THE ANOTHER OPTION IS AS IT WINDS DOWN TO THEN THINK ABOUT MAYBE SOME SORT OF CONTAINER. RIGHT LIKE THAT WE OFFER WE CAN BRAND THAT. I MEAN, BECAUSE THE, THE OPERATION ON THE DELIVERY SIDE IS SO SIMPLE, RIGHT? YOU PULL IN, YOU SHOW YOUR ID, THEY GRAB IT OUT FOR YOU DO ALL THOSE THINGS. IT'S FANTASTIC THAT THAT OTHER COMPONENT WOULD BE JUST MAYBE IF THERE'S CONCERNS OR PUSHBACK ON PUTTING YOUR VEHICLE, MAYBE THERE'S SOME KIND OF DENTON BRANDED FILL IN THE BLANK THAT THEY CAN KIND OF SET IT IN JUST FOR THE DRIVE OVER, AND THEN IT'S SEAMLESS, RIGHT? IT'S JUST KIND OF INCENTIVIZES MAYBE PEOPLE. I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT TO PUT IT IN MY CAR. THERE'S A SEALED FILL IN THE BLANK THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO GO, AND IT COULD BE REUSABLE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE OUR FREQUENT FLIERS LEVERAGE THAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, BUT OTHERWISE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT

[B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the FY 2023-24 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and annual audit. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

EXCUSE ME. HONORABLE MAYOR AND ESTEEMED COUNCIL. MY NAME IS REBECCA DEPEW, AND I'M THE COMPTROLLER FOR THE CITY OF DENTON. I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE BRIAN SANCHEZ. HE'S WITH WEAVER AND TIDWELL, AND HE'S GOING TO OFFER YOU SOME INSIGHT INTO OUR 2023, 2024 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND ALSO SPEAK TO SOME OF THEIR REVIEW AND FINDINGS, IF ANY, AND OFFER UP SOME OPPORTUNITIES. AT THE END OF HIS HIS DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION. FOR QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND A HUGE THANKS TO THE ENTIRE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THAT WE MAKE IN OUR DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WHEN WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM OUR AUDITORS, WE REACH OUT AND EVERYONE IS ALWAYS VERY QUICK TO RESPOND AND PROVIDE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION, WHICH WE GREATLY APPRECIATE. SO ON THAT NOTE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND EXTEND OFFER UP TO BRIAN WITH HIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO AS BECKY MENTIONED, I'M BRIAN SANCHEZ, SENIOR MANAGER WITH WEAVER AND TIDWELL. I'LL BE GOING OVER THE RESULTS OF THE EXTERNAL AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR TEAM. SARAH DEMPSEY SERVED AS YOUR ENGAGEMENT PARTNER. SARAH SERVES

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SO BASED ON OUR JOURNAL ENTRY TESTING WHERE WE INCORPORATE AND OTHER PROCEDURES WHERE WE INCORPORATED ELEMENTS OF UNPREDICTABILITY INTO OUR TESTING AND REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES FOR BIAS, WE HAD NO AUDIT FINDINGS TO REPORT THERE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER AS WELL, THE RISK FOR IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION WAS IDENTIFIED RELATED TO CHARGES FOR SERVICES OR UTILITIES AND GRANTS FEDERAL AND STATE. SO FOR THERE WE PERFORMED ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND DETAILED TESTING ITEMS, INCLUDING ITEMS THAT WEREN'T JUST BASED ON MATERIALITY. AND AGAIN, NO AUDIT FINDINGS TO REPORT THERE EITHER. IN ADDITION, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE TESTED, WE REVIEWED PROCESSES AND CONTROLS RELATED TO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, TO IT, THE SYSTEMS RELATED TO THE ACCOUNTING FINANCE FUNCTION. WE PERFORMED RECALCULATIONS OF A SAMPLE OF UTILITY BILLS. WE REVIEWED THE REPORT THAT WAS PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT FOR THE ADEQUACY, ADEQUACY OF DISCLOSURES. WE REVIEWED THE NEW DEBT ISSUANCES AS WELL AS TAX REVENUES AND COLLECTIONS. AGAIN, WE REVIEWED SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES, MATERIAL CAPITAL, ASSET ADDITIONS AND DISPOSALS INVESTMENTS. WE LOOKED AT YOUR DISBURSEMENT AND PAYROLL PROCESSES AS WELL AS WELL AS UTILITY REVENUES AND EXPENSES. AND FINALLY, THE LANDFILL CLOSURE AND POST CLOSURE ESTIMATE. SO FOR THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH ARE ALSO LISTED IN THE GOVERNANCE LETTER THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA ITEM, A SUMMARY OF THE CITY'S ACCOUNTING POLICIES AS AS ADOPTED ARE IN THE NOTE ONE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE ACCOUNTING POLICIES IN FISCAL YEAR 24. WE DID IMPLEMENT A NEW GASB STANDARD, BUT THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT RELATED TO THAT. NO OTHER MATTERS HAVE COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE US, UNDER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, TO INFORM YOU OF THE METHODS USED TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS, OR THE EFFECT THAT THOSE WOULD HAVE ON ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES FOR WHICH THERE WAS A LACK OF AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE OR A CONSENSUS. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES THAT WE REVIEWED PENSION AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, LIABILITIES AND EXPENSES, AS WELL AS ANY DEFERRED BALANCES RELATED TO THOSE. IN ADDITION, WE ALSO REVIEWED THE INCURRED BUT NOT REPORTED OR THE IBNR LIABILITIES. SO WE EVALUATED THE KEY FACTORS AND ASSUMPTIONS USED TO DEVELOP THOSE ESTIMATES, DETERMINE THAT THEY WERE REASONABLE IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TAKEN AS A WHOLE, AND IN RELATION TO THE APPLICABLE OPINION UNITS. SO RELATED TO THAT, WE ALSO AGAIN REVIEWED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT DISCLOSURES, THE MOST SENSITIVE OF WHICH WERE AGAIN RELATED TO REVENUE RECOGNITION CONTINGENCIES AND ESTIMATES. AGAIN, NO UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT. WE DID NOT HAVE THERE WAS NO IDENTIFIED OR SUSPECTED FRAUD THAT WAS NOTED AS A RESULT OF OUR PROCEDURES OR INQUIRIES. WE ENCOUNTERED NO DIFFICULTIES WITH MANAGEMENT RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AUDITS, AND THERE WERE NO DISAGREEMENTS THAT AROSE DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT. IN ADDITION, PRIOR TO ISSUANCE, WE RECEIVED WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS FROM MANAGEMENT THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO US. IN ADDITION, WE PERFORMED INQUIRIES AND MANAGEMENT INFORMED US AND THAT TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THERE WERE NO CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS REGARDING AUDITING OR ACCOUNTING MATTERS. AND AGAIN, NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT MATTERS. FINDINGS OR ISSUES TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU ALL AT THIS TIME. SO JUST TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT BECKY MENTIONED EARLIER, FANTASTIC FINANCE TEAM THAT YOU ALL HAVE HERE AT THE CITY OF DENTON. WE APPRECIATE WORKING WITH THEM. WE APPRECIATE WORKING WITH ALL THE OTHER VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, INCLUDING SOLID WASTE. SO WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR THEM REGARDING SOME OF THE THINGS WE SAW THERE, BUT APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COOPERATION. AND WITH THAT, OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN. ANY QUESTIONS. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. HI, JILL JESTER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND ALL OF THE BACKUP MATERIAL,

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SO YOU FOUND ADEQUATE CHECKS AND BALANCES AS FAR AS WHO IS DOUBLE CHECKING EACH OTHER'S WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T SILOED AND THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WITH ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION AND ALL OF THAT. OKAY, CORRECT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND ASK ALL THE PERTINENT QUESTIONS. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR FABULOUS CITY. AND CONGRATS TO THE FINANCE TEAM, BECAUSE THIS IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. SO WELL DONE.

OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO AND THEN THREE. THANK YOU. SO I KNOW IN THE BACK OF MATERIALS AND THE NARRATIVE THERE, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY SIGNIFICANT AREAS THAT. BUT WERE THERE AREAS THAT AND THIS IS THIS IS JUST ME ASKING WERE ANYTHING THAT ROSE UP NEAR THE THRESHOLD OF SIGNIFICANCE BUT DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE. AND IT KIND OF GOES TO THE SAME SORT OF QUESTION THAT THAT COUNCILOR JESTER WAS ASKING OF. IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT TO DO IF YOU IF YOU GIVE US A 99 OUT OF 100 AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO WHERE WERE THOSE PLACES THAT WERE 90 TWOS? GOODNESS, TRYING TO THINK THROUGH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WAS ALL THE AREAS THAT WE LOOK AT. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST EVEN THINKING JUST OF AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS. I DON'T THINK WE EVEN HAD ANY THIS YEAR. SO NOT TO SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD SOME IN THE PAST, BUT ANY ANYTHING THAT WE DID IDENTIFY IN YEARS PAST, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF A ONE AND DONE. AND WE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FINANCE TEAMS KIND OF TAKEN CARE OF IT. NOT NOT A SYSTEMIC, NOTHING SYSTEMIC, NOTHING SYSTEMIC FROM WHAT WE NOTED. NO OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE. JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ON AN ADMIRABLY BORING REPORT. YEAH. YOU KNOW I WISH I COULD THROW IN SOMETHING THERE ABOUT YOU KNOW, WEIGHT OR SOMETHING. COMPARATIVE SCALE TO LANDMARKS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY NUMBERS ARE NUMBERS. YEAH. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW FINANCE. YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTING IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT NOT THE MOST INTERESTING OF SUBJECTS. SO NOT MEAN IN A GOOD WAY, BUT YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. IF YOU COULD JUST FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE THIS, THIS CHALLENGE WHEN YOU TALK, YOU LOOKED AT IT AND I WAS TRYING TO PULL UP THE PAGE BUT COULDN'T FIND IT IN TIME. BUT FROM THE FIREMAN'S RETIREMENT FUND, ETCETERA, CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE US JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT YOU KNOW FROM WHAT YOU RECALL? OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT CAN YOU ADD MORE COLOR TO THAT? OR AND IF NOT STRAIGHT AWAY YOU CAN, YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH. BUT JUST SO WE HAVE IT, THAT IS A BIG, BIG THING FOR PEOPLE TO TRACK ALONG WITH. RIGHT. SO I MEAN, AS PART OF OUR PROCEDURES, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE JUST WE'RE REVIEWING THE ACTUARIAL VALUATIONS RELATED TO THAT. AND BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE OUTLOOK OF THAT, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A THAT MAY BE MORE OF A QUESTION. SO YOU WOULD HAVE VERIFIED WITH WHAT WAS REPORTED TO YOU. EXACTLY. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT

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[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

[A. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton determining the public use, need, and necessity for acquisition of various (i) permanent drainage easements, (ii) temporary construction easements, (iii) permanent slope easements, and (iv) Rights-of-Way parcels, generally located along North/South Westgate Drive and Windsor Drive situated in the Francis Batson Survey, Abstract No. 43, and the Nathan Wade Survey, Abstract No. 1407, all in the City and County of Denton, Texas, and more particularly described in the attached Exhibit(s) “A” (collectively, the “Property Interest(s)”); authorizing the City Manager and City Attorney to acquire the Property Interests by agreement if possible, including making all offers required by law; authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain proceedings if necessary; authorizing the expenditure of funding; making findings; providing a savings clause; and providing an effective date.]

REAL ESTATE SERVICES UNDER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ALSO WITH ME TONIGHT IS JESUS PEREZ, PROJECT MANAGER. HE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT PROJECT DESIGN, ALIGNMENT OR CONSTRUCTION. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON IS WEST GATE DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT PHASE TWO. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF PHASE ONE. IT WILL REQUIRE THE CITY TO PURCHASE EASEMENTS TO WIDEN. SEE IF I CAN DO THIS. WIDEN WINDSOR DRIVE FROM I-35 NORTHBOUND TO NORTH SOUTHWEST GATE AND TO RECONSTRUCT AND WIDEN NORTH SOUTHWEST GATE FROM WINDSOR UP TO BRONCO WAY. UPGRADE TO STORM DRAIN LINES AND STORM MANHOLES AND A CULVERT BRIDGE. PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY FROM NORTH SOUTH WEST GATE TO BRONCO WAY. AND ALSO THIS IS, I WANTED TO SAY, THE MAJORITY OF THESE ACQUISITIONS ARE TEMPORARY AND WILL ONLY BE NEEDED DURING THE PROJECT PROCESS. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL MAP THAT REALLY JUST SHOWS YOU WHERE THE ACQUISITIONS LIE, AND THEY'RE COLOR CODED. SO YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW ONES. ARE ALL THOSE TEMPORARY. THIS LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, IT STARTS HERE AT I-35 NORTH AND GOES TO WEST GATE. YOUR SECOND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. THERE IS WEST GATE THAT GOES UP TO BRONCO WAY. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT

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STAFF RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE. UPON READING OF THE MOTION, STAFF WILL BEGIN DISPLAYING THE 20 SUBJECT PROPERTIES. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FIVE. THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND THE LAW REQUIRES US TO MAKE OFFERS, OFFERS TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG ALONG THE EASEMENTS. I KNOW THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. HOW IS THAT NEGOTIATING PROCESS GOING? I'M NOT ASKING FOR NUMBERS OR ANYTHING, BUT IN GENERAL, HAVE THEY BEEN AMENABLE TO THIS THIS WIDENING? SO IN CONTACTING THE CONSULTANTS, CONTACTING THEY'VE SENT OUT A PROJECT INFORMATION LETTER. THEY'VE SENT THAT OUT.

THEY'VE CONTACTED ALL OF THEM. THAT'S GOING WELL. THEY'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT. OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. NO OFFERS HAVE GONE OUT YET. I GUESS JUST A GENERAL QUESTION. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS BEFORE THAT HAS HAPPENED? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IS THAT WHAT'S THE GENERAL PRACTICE AROUND HOW WE DO THIS TIMELINE WISE? OKAY.

SO NORMALLY WHAT WE DO WHEN WE GET A PROJECT, WE'RE GETTING THE APPRAISALS IN, WE'RE GETTING THE SURVEYS IN, WE'RE GETTING READY, WE'RE INFORMING ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THIS PROJECT IS COMING. ALONGSIDE OF THAT, WE'RE COMING HERE TO YOU COUNCIL, IN ORDER TO GET READY, IN CASE WE NEED TO GO TO EMINENT DOMAIN. IT'S TO KEEP THIS PROJECT MOVING IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER THE PARCELS ON TIME. THAT I ASSUME THAT'S HOW WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT. I'VE BEEN HERE SIX MONTHS. THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR. OKAY. THAT'S AWESOME. I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY OKAY. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DO YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. NO. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT. AND JUST TO CLEAR THAT UP, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WHAT SINCE BEFORE THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS WAS UP AND RUNNING RIGHT AFTER. RIGHT. IT'S BEEN LIKE TWO YEARS.

THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BECAUSE WE HAD THE WHOLE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER TO PUNCH IT THROUGH AND ALL THOSE THINGS. RIGHT? SO THIS IS THIS IS EVERYONE KNEW THIS WAS COMING. RIGHT. AND THEN ALSO. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE OUT THAT WEIRD WINDSOR JOG WHERE YOU STOP AND HAVE TO IT'LL CONNECT. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN UP TO BRONCO WAY. YEAH. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN MAKE THAT A HISTORICAL MARKER LIKE THAT, THAT STREET IN THAT WEIRD TURN IN THAT ROAD THERE? THAT'D BE NICE. WE NEED TO SAVE THAT. THAT'S MAYBE WE CAN PUT HERE, LIKE, THIS WEIRD TURN, BUT IT'S GONE NOW. OKAY. VERY GOOD. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF DENTON, AFTER HAVING MADE THE OFFERS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, USE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN IF NEEDED, TO ACQUIRE VARIOUS ONE PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENTS TO TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS, THREE PERMANENT SLOPE EASEMENTS, AND FOUR RIGHTS OF WAY PARCELS GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG NORTH SOUTHWEST GATE DRIVE AND WINDSOR DRIVE. SITUATED IN THE FRANCIS BATSON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 43 AND THE NATHAN WADE SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1407, ALL IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A TO THE ORDINANCE NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION ON THE SCREEN TO BE DISPLAYED TO THE AUDIENCE, ALL OF WHICH ARE FOR VALID PUBLIC USE NECESSARY FOR IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE PERMANENT CONNECTIVITY OF NORTH SOUTHWEST GATE DRIVE TO BRONCO WAY, THE WIDENING OF WINDSOR DRIVE FROM WESTGATE DRIVE TO INTERSTATE 35 ACCESS ROAD, AND UPGRADES TO STORM DRAIN LINES, STORM DRAIN MANHOLES, A CULVERT, BRIDGE, AND DRIVEWAY APPROACHES. I'LL NOW DISPLAY THE SURVEYS FOR YOU. OKAY. TEMPORARY

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PARCEL 41 DRAINAGE EASEMENT. PARCEL 41 RIGHT OF WAY. PARCEL 41 SLOPE EASEMENT. PARCEL 41 TCE. PARCEL 42 TCE. PARCEL 43 TCE. PARCEL 45 TCE ONE AND TWO. PARCEL 46 TCE ONE AND TWO.

PARCEL 47 TCE. PARCEL 48 TCE. PARCEL 49 TCE. PARCEL 50 TCE ONE AND TWO. PARCEL 51 TCE ONE AND TWO. PARCEL 53 TCE. PARCEL 59 TCE. PARCEL 60 TCE. PARCEL 61 TCE. PARCEL 61 DRAINAGE EASEMENT. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. I SECOND THE MOTION OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IS THIS.

YEAH. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE PROCESS.

I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD THIS UP BY VOTING NO, BUT IT DOES GIVE ME SOME PAUSE CONSIDERING OFFERS HAVEN'T GONE OUT, LET ALONE WE HAVEN'T CONTAINED. WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED ANYTHING YET. SO AND I'M SAYING THIS FROM THE, THE POTENTIAL OF BEING AND MAYBE A HOMEOWNER IN THAT AREA. HEY, THIS IS ALREADY COMING. NOW I GOT PRESSURE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY. SO I'M GOING TO VOTE YES. JUST FOR THE RECORD, LODGING MY RESERVATIONS AS WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU STAFF, BY THE WAY. GREAT JOB Y'ALL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE THIS VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

[A. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with NorthStar Energy Solutions, LLC, for substation construction services for Denton Municipal Electric; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (CSP 8574 - awarded to NorthStar Energy Solutions, LLC, in the not-to-exceed amount of $22,090,000.00).]

CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, A HOME RULE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH NORTHSTAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC FOR SUBSTATION CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR DENTON MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC, PROVIDING FOR AN EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS THEREFOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MARK ZIMMER, DME ENGINEERING. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, TODAY IS A CONTRACT FOR SUBSTATION CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. DME HAS SEVERAL APPROVED SUBSTATION PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT REQUIRE SUBSTATION CONSTRUCTION SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDE CONDUIT INSTALLATION, FOUNDATION INSTALLATION, STEEL ERECTION AND BUS INSTALLATION. ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE A LISTING OF THE PROJECTS PER YEAR AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, AS WELL AS A MAP SHOWING THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THESE PROJECTS. SO DME PREPARED AN RFP TO SOLICIT SUBSTATION CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. SEVEN BIDS WERE RECEIVED. THEY WERE EVALUATED BASED ON SAFETY, QUALITY, SCHEDULE, AND PRICE. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE NORTHSTAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS EVALUATED THE HIGHEST OVERALL PRICE OR VALUE. SO DME RECOMMENDS AWARD OF A CONTRACT WITH NORTHSTAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC FOR SUBSTATION CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR DENTON MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC, AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 22,090,000. AND THIS WAS VOTED ON YESTERDAY AT THE PUB SIX ZERO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE STAFF'S FEEDBACK ON ON MY QUESTIONS TO STAFF. AND SO THIS IS IN WAY OF JUST SORT OF HAVING YOU KIND OF REPEAT SOME OF THAT IN PUBLIC. THIS IS GENERAL MAINTENANCE. IS THAT CORRECT IN TERMS OF KEEPING UP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN RESILIENTLY AND CLEANLY, NOT CLEANLY, BUT APPROPRIATELY APPLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS UTILITY IN OPERATION, CORRECT? YES, SIR. CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE DRAWBACKS ARE IF WE DON'T DO THIS? I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS KIND OF MAINTENANCE. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE. YEAH. THESE PROJECTS, AS YOU MENTIONED, ARE NEEDED FOR SERVING NEW CUSTOMERS AND FOR SYSTEM RELIABILITY. SO IF THE PROJECTS ARE NOT DONE, THEN THOSE ARE AT JEOPARDY, WHICH COULD MEAN MAYBE YOU DON'T SERVE NEW CUSTOMERS IN THE FUTURE, OR

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[6. CONCLUDING ITEMS]

SO GET THOSE READY. BUT AFTER THIS IT'S 5C5A NO. WE JUST DID 5AI THINK THAT IS IT IS THAT YEAH. CONCLUDING ITEMS IS WHAT IT IS. I DIDN'T MARK THAT OFF. ALL RIGHT. SO CONCLUDING ITEMS ANYONE HAVE ANY CONCLUDING ITEMS. WE'LL TAKE THOSE UP. I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE MR. CITY MANAGER. TODAY WE LEARNED THAT OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. NOT TO BE OUTDONE, NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY SOLID WASTE, OUR WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OUR LADIES TOOK THE NUMBER ONE POSITION FOR HOW FAST THEY COULD PUT TOGETHER A FIRE HYDRANT TOOK FIRST IN THE STATE. OUR BIOSOLIDS ARE THE PRETTIEST IN THE STATE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY I MEAN, YES, WAS THAT NOT DID I MISUNDERSTAND? I WAS RIGHT, AND ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IS WAS ENTERED INTO A SOCIETY THAT'S A SECRET SOCIETY WHEN IT COMES TO WATER. I MEAN, IT'S NOT A SECRET. THAT'S RIGHT. I'M NOT NAMING HER NAME, SO. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, BUT OUR WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS REALLY, REALLY DID SHINE AT THE STATE, THEIR STATE WATER CONFERENCE CONFERENCE. AND TO HAVE OUR BIOSOLIDS BE THE PRETTIEST IN THE STATE, THAT'S A SPECIAL. SURPRISE. EXCELLENT. ANYONE ELSE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR? THANK YOU. ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALL TIME TEACHERS IN THE DENTON ISD PASSED AWAY. ROSE HARPOOL. SHE WAS 99 YEARS OLD. TAUGHT ME SPEECH, DIDN'T TEACH IT TO ME PARTICULARLY WELL. BUT.

BUT SHE DID THE BEST SHE COULD. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL LADY. FRIEND OF MY OF MY MOM AND DAD'S. AND SHE'LL BE MISSED. ALSO, THE VOICE OF THE MEAN GREEN, BILL MERCER, PASSED AWAY AT AGE 98. EVERYBODY I KNOW IS 98 OR OLDER. BILL MERCER BROADCAST FOR THE TEXAS RANGERS.

THE DALLAS COWBOYS, AS I SAID, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN. HE WAS A GOOD FELLOW, A GOOD FRIEND. AND HE'LL BE MISSED TONIGHT AS NORTH TEXAS TAKES THE COURT AT 8:00 TO DEFEAT THE OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS. GO MEAN GREEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER CONCLUDING ITEMS? THEN I'LL WRAP US UP WITH THIS AND THEN WE'LL BE ADJOURNED TILL 630. SO IT'S I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH TWU AND UNT ALL THE WAY AROUND. SO TO USE BASKETBALL SEASON CAME TO AN END. BUT THEY HAD A GREAT SEASON. UNT MEN AND WOMEN PLAY ON. I HAD THE WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEATING UTA LAST NIGHT. SHOUT OUT TO MAYOR JIM ROSS IN ARLINGTON MY BUDDY. BUT IT WAS AN AMAZING GAME. THEY BROUGHT UTA, BROUGHT THEIR BAND DOWN AND SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT ATMOSPHERE. IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN TO WELL, THEY DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY MORE HOME GAMES, BUT IT'S A REALLY GREAT TEAM TO WATCH. THE UNT, BOTH WOMEN'S TEAMS. AND THEN DENTON BOYS BASEBALL WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE START OF THEIR LEAGUE. BUT TO THAT END, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT HAS A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES, THE DENTON MIRACLE LEAGUE IS LOOKING FOR PLAYERS. THEY THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE A SEASON THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS. SO JUST ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO PUT OUT THE WORD, PUT OUT THE CALL IF YOU HAVE IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES BUT WANTS TO PLAY BASEBALL, THIS LEAGUE IS AMAZING. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET OUT AND ENJOY THE WEATHER, AND YOU CAN MEET OTHER PARENTS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION YOU ARE AND GET SOME. JUST GET THE WIGGLES OUT, ALL THOSE THINGS. IT'S AN AMAZING LEAGUE.

THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS, SO I WANT TO SUPPORT THEM IN ANY WAY WE CAN. SO THE DENTON LEAGUE COULD USE PLAYERS AND IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO PLAY OR OPEN TO PLAYING, PLEASE REACH OUT. YOU CAN EMAIL ME AND I'LL GET YOU CONNECTED. OR YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP DENTON MIRACLE LEAGUE AND FIND THEM. THERE'S ALSO LEAGUES IN FLOWER MOUND AND THERE'S ANOTHER LEAGUE SOMEWHERE. BUT ANYWAY, DOING DOING AMAZING WORK SO WANT TO SUPPORT THEM. SO IT IS. 424 OH, AND I DO HAVE TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING. SO I'VE ADDED ANOTHER GRANDBABY. SO WE

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SO I GOT TO GET A NEW HANDPRINT ON MY MAI TAI WITH THE GRANDBABIES. BUT AT 425 WILL CONCLUDE TONIGHT'S OR WE'LL

[A. Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas regarding a change in the zoning district and use classification from Residential 7 (R-7) District to Planned Development - Residential 7 District (PD-R7) including but not limited to establishing uses and standards and adopting a Development Plan on approximately 6.5 acres of land generally located on the east side of North Bonnie Brae Street approximately 1,165 feet south of Riney Road in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas; adopting an amendment to the City’s official zoning map; providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000.00 for violations thereof; providing a severability clause and an effective date. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-0 to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval by Commissioner Padron and second by Commissioner Riggs. (PD23-0006a, Family Justice Center, Julie Wyatt)]

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FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO MAY BE IN SCHOOL IN THAT IN IN THAT LOCATION. AND HERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER VISUAL OF HOW THE SITE IS GOING TO FUNCTION AT FULL BUILD OUT AND

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AND WE'VE MET WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A TRAIL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CAMPUS AND NORTH LAKES PARK, AS WELL AS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TONY NOW TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. TONIGHT, DENTON COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY, WE CELEBRATE 45 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THIS PROJECT. IT HAS BEEN DEFINITELY A LABOR OF LOVE FOR US, AND WE ARE IMMENSELY GRATEFUL FOR THE RAZR FAMILY FOR STEPPING UP AND SUPPORTING US AGAIN. THEY GAVE US OUR CURRENT, ONE OF OUR CURRENT FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE OWNED FOR ABOUT 38 YEARS. SO FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF RACERS TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE THEIR FAMILY LEGACY OF GIVING AND SUPPORTING THE WORK OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS VERY FEELS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO US. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR IT. AND SO WE ARE. THIS WILL BE THE IMPACT OF THIS ORGANIZATION, OF THIS PARTICULAR CAMPUS WILL BE ONE THAT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE. IT REALLY WILL BE A CO-LOCATING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO PROVIDING SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. IT ALLOWS FOR A VICTIM TO COME TELL HER STORY ONE TIME, AND RECEIVE ACCESS TO ALL SERVICES THAT SHE WILL NEED, SO SHE NO LONGER HAS TO GO TO A FOOD PANTRY ACROSS TOWN AND TELL THEM I WAS BEATEN OR I WAS RAPED, AND I DON'T. AND I MISSED WORK AND NOW I HAVE TO HAVE FOOD FROM YOU. SHE SIMPLY TELLS HER STORY. ONE TIME, SHE IS CLEARED THROUGH THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER AND ALL OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS AND THAT ARE THERE PRESENT LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHOMEVER THEY MAY BE, ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT WE HAVE. WE'LL HAVE A DATABASE, A CENTRAL INTAKE SYSTEM, AND SHE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO MEDICAL SERVICES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS CHILDCARE, LOW COST OR FREE HOUSING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY SAFE. SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT AND ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR US. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING SEEING NONE. THIS IS OPEN HEARING. ANYONE THAT CARES, CARES TO SPEAK CAN COME DOWN AND FILL OUT A CARD AFTER THE FACT. ANYONE CARE TO SPEAK? OKAY THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND I DO. I'M SURE YOU'VE ALREADY CHECKED THIS BOX AND I'M SORRY, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, TONY. I JUST FORGIVE ME. I KNOW YOU ALREADY CHECKED THIS BOX, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. RIGHT. SO IN PROXIMITY TO THE PARK, WHICH IS PUBLIC, RIGHT. AND THAT ACCESS, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE FENCE PERMIT YOU HAVE, THE HEIGHT YOU CAN GO AND SECURITY AROUND ALL THAT WE DO. WE'VE ALWAYS TAKEN EXTRAORDINARY SECURITY MEASURES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

THIS WILL BE A CAMPUS THAT'S VISIBLE. AND SO WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THOSE ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES. AND THAT'S A GREAT DEAL OF THE PLANNING THAT GOES INTO IT THAT WE WILL ALSO INCLUDE WITH DENTON PD, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS, TO HELP US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. RIGHT. GOT IT, GOT IT.

WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PARK THERE AND IT'LL BE ADEQUATE HEIGHT ON THE FENCE IN THE BACK OF IT. PERFECT. OKAY. GOT IT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. OKAY. SO.

OH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. THANK YOU, MISS MISS SIMPSON. WE'RE JUST MESSING WITH YOU. WE WAIT TILL YOU GET ALMOST SEATED. AND THEN I'VE BEEN RUNNING BEHIND THIS PROJECT FOR SEVEN YEARS. I'M OKAY. OKAY. WHAT? WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE NORMAL LENGTH OF STAY THAT RESIDENCE. IS THAT. IS THAT THE CORRECT TERM? SO RESIDENTS IN OUR EMERGENCY AREA THEN THEY TYPICALLY WE HAVE AN AVERAGE. OUR AVERAGE LAST YEAR WAS 51 DAYS. I WILL SAY THAT IT IS HIGHER THAN THE KIND OF IN OUR INDUSTRY ACROSS THE STATE. TYPICALLY WE LOOK AT ABOUT OUR AVERAGE ACROSS THE STATE IS ABOUT 19 DAYS, BUT WE REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WITH HOUSING AS WELL AS WHEN WE ARE HELPING FAMILIES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE LEGAL

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AND SECOND, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE AMAZING THINGS YOU ALL DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. YOU ALL ARE YOU ALL ARE HEROES IN THE SHADOWS. SO TODAY WE SALUTE YOU. WE RECOGNIZE YOU. WELL DONE TONY. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WITH DISCUSSION? I'LL SAY THIS AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK I WANT TO THANK THE DENTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR THAT, FOR THAT SUPPORT AND FOR THEM TAKING THAT EXTRAORDINARY STEP AND TAKING CARE OF THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED. JUST THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DOLLAR GO SO FAR, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOUR WORK WITH THE EXPLORIUM IS UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE KIND OF THE CHANGE AND KEEP THAT LEADERSHIP IN PLACE WITH YOUR TRAINING AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT TOOK A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF. AND THAT'S ANOTHER ASSET FOR OUR COMMUNITY AMONGST MANY THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE PLUGGED INTO. SO AND TO YOUR STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AMAZING. JUST EVERYWHERE PLUGGED IN AT EVENTS, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

AND IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED AND IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. THE CITY NEEDS OTHER PEOPLE TO KIND OF STEP UP AND FILL THOSE GAPS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. YEAH YEAH.

OH YEAH. YEAH. NO, I'M A BIG FAN OF PHILIP AND THE RAZOR FAMILY. SO SELWYN IS A IS A REAL PERSON, RIGHT? I GREW UP IT WAS A SCHOOL. IT'S A SCHOOL. SHE'S A REAL PERSON. BUT SHE'S SHE'S AMAZING. PHILIP'S AMAZING. SO YEAH. AND AS A PROUD NEWTON RAZOR GRADUATE, THEY DO GOOD WORK AT THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL. SO WITH THAT LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. AND THAT PASSES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU JUST MADE HISTORY I APPRECIATE IT

[B. Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding a change in the zoning district and use classification from Residential 3 (R3) district to Residential 6 (R6) district on approximately 8.47 acres of land generally located north of Mingo Road, approximately 230 feet west of Nottingham Drive, in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas; adopting an amendment to the City’s official zoning map; providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000.00 for violations thereof; providing a severability clause and an effective date. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted [4-0] to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval was made by Commissioner Padron and seconded by Commissioner Riggs. (Z25-0001a, Sequoia Park-R3 to R6, Erin Stanley)]

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THIS IS ABOUT A HALF ACRE PARCEL RIGHT HERE. SO THE CURRENT REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS FOR 8.47 ACRES FROM R THREE TO R SIX. THIS WOULD ALLOW AN ADDITION TO SINGLE FAMILY WHICH IS ALLOWED IN R3. THIS WOULD ALLOW TOWNHOME, DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND FOURPLEX USES AND WOULD ALLOW SLIGHTLY SMALLER LOT SIZES FROM 10,000FT■!S TO 6000FT■!S AND SLIGHTLY SMALLER SETBACKS TO GO OVER SOME OF THE ADJACENT AREA. THE R3 THAT YOU DO SEE TO THE NORTH AND WEST. THIS IS ALREADY SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THE R3 DISTRICT TODAY. THOSE TEN THAT 10,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOT SIZE THAT YOU SEE IN R3 TODAY, THESE LOTS WOULD NOT MEET THAT MANY OF THEM, WOULDN'T. THEY RANGE BETWEEN 7200 AND ABOUT 13,000FT■!S, AND THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE IS 8550. SO AS TODAY, THEY WOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED UNDER R3. WITH ANY REZONING, STAFF DOES REVIEW THE GENERAL CRITERIA AND THIS ZONING SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL CRITERIA OR THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF R6, AND IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE DENTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS REZONING DOES NOT LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT DEVELOPMENT PLANS, BUT WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES FORWARD, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH ALL DDC CRITERIA AND THE ZONING IS NOT EXPECTED TO GENERATE ANY ADVERSE FISCAL, ENVIRONMENTAL OR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS.

CONSISTENT WITH THE R6 PURPOSE STATEMENT. THE R6 DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, ENSURE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER IS MAINTAINED, AND SERVE AS A TRANSITION AREA BETWEEN ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY AND ADJACENT MIXED USE TYPE. USES R6 IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS AREA, AS THE ALLOWED USES WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THE DDC TO INCORPORATE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES SUCH AS COVERED PORCHES, PILLARS, RECESSED ENTRIES, THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY. THIS WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A TRANSITION FROM THE DENSER MULTIFAMILY AND FUTURE MULTI-FAMILY TO THE SOUTH. MANGO AND NOTTINGHAM ARE BOTH DESIGNATED AS ARTERIAL ROADWAYS, SO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THROUGH THE CITY AND FROM DENTON BIBLE COLLEGE TO THE EAST. AS FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, SO THE SITE IS DESIGNATED FOR LOW RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS INTENDED FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY AND UP TO FIVE UNITS AN ACRE AND DISTINCT SUBDIVISION.

DEVELOPMENT. WHILE R6 DOES ALLOW SLIGHTLY MORE DENSE THAN FIVE UNITS PER ACRE AT ABOUT SEVEN UNITS PER ACRE. THIS IS A UNIQUE LOCATION, SO IT IS ADJACENT TO TWO OTHER FUTURE LAND USE MAP OR FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS MODERATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY MIXED USE, WHICH DO

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WE DID MAIL NOTICES AND POST ONLINE, AND WE DID RECEIVE SIX OPPOSITE RESPONSES IN OPPOSITION AND 13 IN FAVOR COMING FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ITSELF. SO THAT WAS NOT CALCULATED INTO THAT.

THAT 200 FOOT PERCENTAGE THERE. AND THEN THE APPLICANT DID HOLD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IN FEBRUARY, WHICH FIVE PEOPLE ATTENDED. SO THE REQUEST DID GO BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHO RECOMMENDED 4 TO 0 APPROVAL. AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ZONING CHANGE TO R6 AS IT COMPLIES WITH ALL CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT WE HAVE THAT DONE.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'LL KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD THIS NOT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH THE REST OF SEQUOYAH PARK? THERE ARE SEVERAL EASEMENTS THROUGH THE SITE. WHY IT DIDN'T GET DEVELOPED BACK THEN, I'M NOT SURE. BUT SINCE THE 80S WITH THAT, WITH THOSE PLATS, IT DID REALIGN THE PROPERTY A BIT. SO IT DID TAKE AWAY THE INITIAL INTENDED ACCESS. THE PROPERTY ITSELF STILL HAS ACCESS, BUT IT WOULD NEED TO NEED TO BE REPLANTED. IN ADDITION TO THE EASEMENTS THAT COULD COMPLICATE THINGS. PERHAPS THAT WAS THE OBSTRUCTION. OKAY, THIS IT GOES BACK TO THE 50S, DOES IT NOT? CERTAINLY THE EARLY 60S. SINCE THE EARLY 1900S, IT HAS BEEN UNDEVELOPED. THAT WAS AS FAR BACK AS I COULD TRACK AERIALS, AT LEAST. PARDON ME. I'M IN SEQUOYAH PARK. SEQUOYAH PARK WAS PLATTED IN 1958. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU. WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE PLANNING BOARD, EXPANSION OF MINGO, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DEFINITIONS FOR RIGHT OF WAY FOR SECONDARY ARTERIALS, BUT WE'RE A LITTLE TIGHT IN THERE. DO WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY? I KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST A ZONING, BUT CONSIDERING SOME OF THE NARRATIVE IN THE BACKUP WAS, WAS THERE SUFFICIENT RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE CAN WE CAN GET ALL THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY, SIDEWALKS, THAT SORT OF THING IN THIS, THIS AREA AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED, IF NEEDED, TO DEDICATE RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO ANY REQUIRED STREET TREES OR RIGHT OF WAY SCREENING WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED. JUST FURTHER BACK, BEHIND THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION. OKAY. AND SIMILARLY, THEY'D BE REQUIRED TO THE STANDARD 30% QUALITY AND HERITAGE TREES. OKAY, I WANT TO I WANT TO PRAISE. I KNOW IT WAS JUST A NARRATIVE PLAN AND NOT PART OF THE ZONING APPLICATION, BUT I WANT TO PRAISE THE SORT OF CLUSTERING OF THE TREE CANOPY THAT MAKES IT MUCH MORE FUNCTIONAL. SO I APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPERS WORKING ON THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. THE APPLICANT. IS IT HAYDEN? YOU CAN COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME IF YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. GOOD EVENING Y'ALL. THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR CONSIDERING THIS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY OF COURSE I'M IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THIS PIECE HAS BEEN SUPER TRICKY. IT'S BEEN IT'S GOT MULTIPLE EASEMENTS ISSUES, LOTS OF TREES, DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. AND I WANT TO SAY APPRECIATION FOR THAT AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS AT THIS TIME. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREG JOHNSON. YOU WANT TO COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME? YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR WHAT IS PUBLIC. FOUR MINUTES. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. COUNCIL, AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR I'M GLAD THIS SLIDE IS ALREADY UP HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO PUT UP. SO I REPRESENT THE CURRENT LAND OWNER. THEY COULDN'T FIND A GOOD PEOPLE. ACTUALLY. SHE WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE YELLOW PAGES. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT YELLOW PAGES ARE. NOBODY ELSE WILL. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP MISS SORRELLS SELL THIS PROPERTY FOR A LONG TIME. AND I ACTUALLY JUST WANT TO PRAISE THE STAFF FOR HELPING US FIGURE THIS OUT. SO, AS YOU MIGHT SEE, YOU SEE, PLATTED LOTS. THERE'S 29 PLATTED LOTS,

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SO SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, NOBODY IS ALIVE WHO WAS INVOLVED. SO NO BLAME OR SHADE HERE. BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, SOMEBODY ALLOWED THOSE LOTS TO GET PLATTED, THUS CUTTING OFF THE ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY, MAKING THIS PLAT UNUSABLE. OTHERWISE YOU COULD JUST GO DEVELOP IT JUST LIKE IT IS. THERE'S 29 LOTS TODAY. I THINK WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IS SOMETHING LIKE 33, 34 LOTS. SO YOU WOULDN'T GO THROUGH ALL THE BRAIN DAMAGE OF REZONING AND REPLANTING AND ALL THE STUFF AND HAVE TO ABIDE BY TODAY'S CODE. IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY ACCESS THE PROPERTY WITH THE CURRENT PLAT, BUT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO REPLAT IT AND THEREFORE THEN GO BY TODAY'S CODE. SO, YOU KNOW, IF I OWN THIS PROPERTY, I'D BE RAISING A BIG STINK ABOUT, WELL, LIKE I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP UNDER THE VESTED PLAT THAT I'VE GOT BECAUSE IT'S PLATTED, WHICH WOULD BE A WHOLE MUCH EASIER SET OF RULES TO DEVELOP UNDER. BUT THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH, AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. WE HAVE A SEWER LINE EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY, AND THEN WE HAVE A SEWER LINE ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S NOT IN AN EASEMENT. THERE'S EASEMENTS. THIS THING'S LIKE SWISS CHEESE. SO THE WORK IS THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK YET TO BE DONE TO GET ALL THAT STUFF FIXED. AND I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WE'VE GOT AN APPLICANT WHO'S WILLING TO GO DO ALL THE WORK BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE WORK AND A STAFF THAT'S WILLING TO HELP THEM FIGURE IT OUT. SO ON BEHALF OF MISS SORRELLS, I JUST WANT TO PRAISE THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE SO FAR TO HELP HIM FIGURE IT OUT AND TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, YOU GOT 29 LOTS. AND UNDER A REZONE TO NR6. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE 34 OR SOMETHING. IF IT'S NOT TOWNHOMES, WHICH THERE'S BEEN SOME FEEDBACK THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS FEEL LIKE TOWNHOMES ARE MORE LIKE APARTMENTS. AND SO THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY RECONSIDERING AND HAS A NEW SITE PLAN WORKING ON MORE OF A SINGLE FAMILY KIND OF LAYOUT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE STAFF AND TO THE APPLICANT FOR STICKING WITH US ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT SIX JILL JESTER, DISTRICT SIX I JUST BEFORE THE VOTE, I WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT READS EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF INPUT THAT COMES IN FROM THE NEIGHBORS. AND THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITION, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC OR PROPERTY VALUES. HOWEVER, WHAT I HEAR MORE THAN THAT FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS THIS TYPE OF HOUSING, THE DUPLEXES, FOURPLEXES SOME KIND OF VARIETY FOR OUR YOUNG FAMILIES AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TRANSITION FROM APARTMENTS BEFORE THEY TAKE PERHAPS THE STEP TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I RAN, I DEFINITELY HEARD IS A NEED THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WITH THE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX JUST SOUTH OF THERE, IT IS, I MEAN, TEXTBOOK THE TRANSITION FROM THE MULTIFAMILY TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING THAT IS APPROPRIATE AND IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SO STARK AS FAR AS A MULTIFAMILY RIGHT NEXT TO A GROUP OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO I THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION. I CAN APPRECIATE ALL THE TROUBLE IT'S BEEN TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT IN MY OPINION, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SERVES OUR COMMUNITY VERY WELL AND THAT IS WHY I AM MAKING THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. I FULLY INTEND TO MAKE THE A SECOND. I WONDER IF THE MOTION WOULDN'T MIND ADDING A VERY SMALL A CONDITION TO HER MOTION.

AND THAT IS. I THINK THE APPLICANT HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AS AS MR. JOHNSON MENTIONED, WITH THE SWISS CHEESE NATURE OF THE ROAD ACCESS, THE EASEMENTS, THE DRAINAGE OF, OF CLUSTERING, THE DEVELOPMENT, ALL TO SORT OF THE REASONABLE SIDE OF THE PLAT AND, AND SUPPORTING HOUSING EXACTLY THE WAY YOU SUGGESTED. I WILL ASK IF YOU MIGHT CONSIDER PUTTING A CONDITION ON THE REZONE OF MAINTAINING 30% QUALITY AND HERITAGE TREES SO THAT THEY CAN LOCK THAT IN FOR THIS R6 AND AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. ONE SECOND IS THAT NOT ALREADY IN THE CODE WITH.

LET ME, LET ME, LET ME MAKE ONE SMALL ADDITION 30% PRESERVATION WITH WITHOUT THE REDUCTION

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HOWEVER, I LIKE I SAID, DOCTOR BECK, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M NOT WILLING TO PUT THAT ONUS ON THEM AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. BUT I'M GOING TO REJECT IT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION DISCUSSION REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. QUIGLEY. YES. THANK YOU. I WONDER IF WE IF WE COULDN'T GET THE APPLICANT TO JUST SAY WHETHER THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT OR NOT, BECAUSE IT'S A SIMPLE THING AND WE CAN FIND OUT. AND THEN THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY OTHER STEPS IF THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE THAT THAT STEP. OKAY. GOT IT. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. CAN WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? YES. AND WE ALSO HAVE A PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN SEND THE QUESTIONS IN IN ADVANCE. IF YOU CAN COME ON DOWN, PLEASE. WELL, UNFORTUNATELY HE DIDN'T SEND ME ANY QUESTIONS SO I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO CONSIDER IT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION 100%, WE ARE WILLING. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN TREES AS WELL. I GREW UP IN AUSTIN, SO AS MANY AS WE PRESERVE, WHETHER IT'S MORE THAN THAT, LESS THAN THAT, WHATEVER IT IS, WE WILL, WE WILL TRY AND COMPLETELY IN OUR ATTEMPT TO SAVE AS MANY. IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE CONCEPTUAL, I THINK WE'RE WELL ABOVE THE 30 RIGHT NOW. THAT BEING SAID, I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO REALLY DIG INTO IT. BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION 100%, I'M WILLING. YEAH. OKAY.

GOT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I STILL HAVE THE FLOOR, CORRECT. NO. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE. NO, SIR. OKAY. REPRESENTATIVE, IN DISTRICT FIVE, THE STAFF HAVE AN OPINION ON DOCTOR BECK'S AMENDMENT. NO, WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THIS EITHER. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE UNFAIR FOR US TO MAKE AN OPINION STATEMENT AT THIS TIME. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO GIVE STAFF TIME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY TILL THE NEXT MEETING.

OH MY GOODNESS. YES. YOU GET TO DO THAT. ROBERT'S RULES. SO I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS STAFF CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND GIVE US AN OPINION ON THIS. IS THERE A SECOND? I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT SAYING THAT. CLEAR THE BOARD FOR ME. PLEASE REMOVE YOUR NAMES. I APPRECIATE THAT THE APPLICANT IS THERE A SECOND? I'M GOING TO FINISH MY. IF YOU DON'T MIND. I THOUGHT YOU'D MADE A MOTION. YEP. AND I'M GOING TO FINISH MY STATEMENT. WELL, YOU CAN MAKE A STATEMENT IF WE GET A SECOND. BEING WILLING TO IF WE CAN GET A SECOND REQUEST. SO THAT'S MY MOTION. LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A VOTE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO POSTPONE. IS THERE A SECOND ONE MORE TIME. IS THERE A SECOND MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND? REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE THAT UNDERLYING MOTION BY REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. SECOND BY THE MAYOR. DISCUSSION ON THE UNDERLYING MOTION. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE. YEAH, THESE THESE THINGS ARE NEVER 100 ZERO IN TERMS OF CONSIDERATIONS. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND. MY ASSESSMENT IS IT'S NOT LOW RESIDENTIAL, NOT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SURROUNDED BY OUR THREE. I KNOW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WELL I THINK IT YOU KNOW, I THINK IT OUGHT TO I THINK IT OUGHT TO DEVELOP AND I THINK IT OUGHT TO DEVELOP AS OUR THREE.

I'LL BE A NO REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO, IN LIGHT OF THE APPLICANT'S COMMENTS OF ACCEPTANCE, I'M GOING TO ASK IF THE ORIGINAL MOTION WOULDN'T AMEND HER MOTION. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT SIX. THANK YOU, BUT NOT AT THIS TIME. I'M JUST AFRAID THAT IF THERE'S ONE TREE AND

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IT'S. I'M JUST READY. RIGHT. I THIS. MR. DIRECTOR, COME ON DOWN HERE, PLEASE. LET'S JUST BE DONE WITH THIS. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE DISCRETION? WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU WITH THAT? THE APPLICANT. THIS PROPERTY IS 30%. THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE DOWN TO 20%. THEY HAVE EVERY INTENT OF MAINTAINING WHAT THEY HAVE. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A SITE PLAN, SO I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW. THE APPLICANT I THINK IS WORKING TO KIND OF GET TO THAT POINT. BUT. RIGHT. AND SO, SO BECAUSE OF THIS PHASE, WE ARE WITH THE ZONING, WE'RE NOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE DRAWING, LIKE IT WAS SAID EARLIER, GOT EASEMENTS. YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE THINGS THAT HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. SO IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO THEN SAY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO BEFORE YOU ADDRESS THE OTHER THINGS. RIGHT. THERE'S I'M ASSUMING THERE'S SOME KIND OF PRIORITY LIST OF THINGS. WE'VE GOT TO CHECK THIS BOX. CHECK THAT BOX, CHECK THIS BOX AND THEN TALLY IT ALL UP.

MAKE SURE IT ALL FITS. WE PUT THE FLEXIBILITY IN THERE FOR THAT VERY REASON. AND THE 30% IS THERE. BUT ULTIMATELY THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY THROUGH MITIGATION. IF NOT SO WE'RE PRESERVING OR WE'RE PUTTING INTO A TREE FUND TO BE ABLE TO PLANT ADDITIONAL TREES. SO THE GOAL IS 30%. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO SPEAK ON IT, I JUST I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD FORCE SOMEONE TO WHY WOULDN'T WHY WE WOULDN'T TAKE YES FOR THE ANSWER AND IGNORE THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. IT JUST IT IS A FACT OF THE PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO THEN PLOT IT OUT. AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD JUST SAY. GIVE ME SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ACCURATE, THAT THAT JUST SEEMS WEIRD TO ME TO THEN FINALIZE THAT SAYING, HEY, GET IN FRONT OF THIS NATURAL PROCESS. BUT THAT THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE WE ARE. AND IF STAFF CAN COME UP FOR. I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE BASED ON THE BASED ON WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, AND CORRECT ME WHERE I'M WRONG, THE HOUSES THERE RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THE STRICT STANDARD OF R-3, NEED TO BE REMOVED OR DON'T QUALIFY. THEY'RE THEY'RE NONCONFORMING CURRENT R-3 RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THEM NOT ALL SOME.

RIGHT. SO THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT THEY THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE HOUSES. THEY LIKE THAT IT'S A VERY GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT. RIGHT. AND THAT THAT TO ME IS THAT'S COMPELLING. RIGHT. BECAUSE TO THEN SAY THAT THE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS DON'T DESERVE THE SAME FLEXIBILITY THE CURRENT HOMEOWNERS HAVE SEEMS WRONG TO ME. IT'S THE IT'S THE VERY DEFINITION OF CONSISTENT THAT THEY HAVE VARYING THINGS. I'M SURE THESE LOTS WILL HAVE VARYING DEGREES AND THEY'RE ALL IN THE SAME GENERAL CATEGORY. BUT FOR SOMEONE THAT'S IN A HOME THAT'S BENEFITING FROM THAT FLEXIBILITY, I DON'T THINK THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THEY WOULD SAY IS DON'T GIVE SOMEONE ELSE THE SAME ADVANTAGE I HAVE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, TO COUNCILMEMBER JESTER'S POINT, THAT THEY SAID VERY MUCH THE OPPOSITE. THEY SAID WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IS WHAT WE'RE HAPPY WITH. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTIVE FOR THAT CONSISTENCY. ANYTHING ELSE WOULD BE INCONSISTENT. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU. THE ISSUE IS NOT NOT WITH THE TOWNHOMES, WHICH WHICH I CONCUR WITH COUNCILOR JESTER ON. THE ISSUE IS THE ASK THE REZONING ITSELF DOES DOES NOT PUT IN THE QUALITY CONCEPT. THE NARRATIVE PLAN THAT WE SAW IN THE BACKUP ASKS ITSELF IS JUST THE ZONING PLAN. AND ANYONE THAT IF THIS FALLS THROUGH, ANYONE CAN COME ALONG WITH OUR SIX AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS WAS A WAY OF NOT FORCING ME TO VOTE NO ON ONE CHARACTERISTIC, BUT RATHER SPLIT THE BABY AND SAY YES, I WANT BOTH CHARACTERISTICS. HERE'S A WAY TO LOCK THIS IN AT ONE AT THE SAME TIME. SO THE CONSISTENT CONDITION WOULD BE THAT OF MAYOR PRO TEM, OF STICKING WITH R-3. AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE

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WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING WHAT HOUSE TYPE GOES ON HERE IS THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. LIKE THAT NARRATIVE IS NOT TO BE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE BECAUSE THAT WOULD COME IN A PLAN AT A FUTURE DATE. CORRECT. THAT WAS CONCEPTUAL ONLY. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IF SO, WHAT'S BEFORE US IS A ZONING NOT STRAIGHT REZONING. YES. OKAY. GOT IT. AND PLANNING AND ZONING EVALUATED THIS. AND WHAT WAS THAT VOTE 4 TO 0 APPROVAL OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. AND THAT PASSES FIVE ONE. GOOD LUCK

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