[A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction to reallocate expiring economic development incentives to the Catalyst Fund. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

QUESTIONS ON THOSE TWO? SEEING NONE TAKES US TO OUR WORK. SESSION THREE A I'D 25490.

RECEIVE REPORT, DISCUSSION. GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO RELOCATING EXPIRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND TO CATALYST FUND. AND I'LL NOTE THAT FOR THOSE THAT ARE TRACKING ALONG THAT ITEM, WHAT IS THAT ONE ITEM WAS PULLED. LET ME GET THERE. YEAH. ITEM C PLANNING AND ZONING APPOINTMENT WAS APPROVED. ITEM C WAS PULLED FOR SEPARATE VOTE. DON'T NEED A PRESENTATION. OKAY.

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COMPETITIVENESS? SO THIS FORECAST SHOWS WE COULD ACHIEVE THAT $9 MILLION IF WE ROLLED THE INCENTIVE PORTION ANNUALLY OVER TO THE CATALYST FUND FOR THE NEXT NINE YEARS. THIS FURTHER BREAKS DOWN THE THAT COMBINES THEM TOGETHER. SO THIS WOULD BE THE TOTAL OVER THE TEN YEAR PERIOD. APOLOGIZE TEN YEAR PERIOD TO GET TO CLOSE TO $9 MILLION. SO THIS COMBINES THIS SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF OVER EACH YEAR WHAT INCENTIVE WE HAVE BUDGETED THAT WOULD BE EXPIRING AND BE ELIGIBLE TO ROLL TO THE CATALYST FUND. SO QUESTION HAS COME UP PREVIOUSLY OF WHAT TYPE OF THINGS WOULD WE UTILIZE THIS FUNDING FOR. SO JOB BASED GRANTS RIGHT NOW WE DO OFFER A CASH INCENTIVE FOR VARIOUS JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED FROM EXPANSIONS OR RELOCATIONS. THE AVERAGE ESTIMATED COST PER JOB IS AROUND 1700. SO AN EXAMPLE IS IF A COMPANY IS GOING TO CREATE A POSITION THAT OFFERS A SALARY, A NEW SALARY TO THE CITY OF OVER $100,000, WE COULD OFFER A $5,000 GRANT FOR THAT JOB. SO IT INCENTIVIZES HIGH PAID SALARIES COMING TO THE COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEUR TECH GRANT, WE ESTIMATE AROUND $25,000 ARE THE TYPE OF GRANTS, AND WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE AROUND 18 OF THOSE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE. AS WE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUTSIDE ON THE UNDEVELOPED AREAS OF OUR CITY, WE HAVE SEEN REQUESTS COME IN, QUESTIONS COME IN OF IS THERE ASSISTANCE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PRIOR TO HAVING THE CATALYST FUND? WE'VE NOT ACTUALLY FUNDED A GRANT LIKE THAT, BUT WE HAVE HAD REQUESTS AND QUESTIONS COME IN. SO WE HAVE BUDGETED AND TALKED ABOUT DOING ONE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE TEN YEARS HEADQUARTERS GRANTS, WE WANT TO DO A REAL PUSH ON HAVING HEADQUARTER COMPANIES RELOCATE HERE. YOU MAY REMEMBER ENGINE TECH, WHO IS A SUPPLIER OF PETERBILT, WHO WE RECENTLY RELOCATED HERE, AND THEY RECEIVED THIS HEADQUARTERS GRANT DEAL CLOSING FUNDING. ANOTHER JUST WAY TO MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE. IF THEY ARE LOOKING AT NEIGHBORING CITIES WHERE WE COULD OFFER AROUND $250,000, DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT THEY'RE BRINGING, AND THEN LAND ACQUISITION. THESE WOULD HAVE TO BE LAND ACQUISITION, OF COURSE, HAS A BIGGER PRICE TAG THAT WOULD REALLY HAVE TO BE FOR VERY LARGE CATALYST TYPE PROJECTS, BUT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE AROUND TWO OVER THE TEN YEAR PERIOD. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO RELOCATE EXPIRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES TO THE CATALYST FUND.

AND THE CAVEAT HERE IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THE WORDING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IT'S CONTINGENT UPON ANNUAL BUDGET EVALUATIONS. SO WE'D SHOW THE AMOUNT OF THE EXPIRING INCENTIVE DURING BUDGET PROCESS, BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL. WHAT IS THE GENERAL FUND LOOK LIKE? IS THIS A GOOD DECISION TO MAKE AND BE ABLE TO ROLL A PORTION OF THAT? SO IF WITH AND THIS WOULD PUT IN THE CATALYST FUND A MAXIMUM OF 9 MILLION. IF COUNCIL RECOMMENDS MOVING FORWARD, STAFF WOULD BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP BOARD AND THEN TO

COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR

STAFF. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. >> THANK YOU. SO I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO A BUNCH OF THESE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR THE ROLLOVER WOULD JUST BE FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR. IT WOULDN'T BE IN PERPETUITY. CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> SO IF THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE COUCH CUSHIONS THAT WOULD

THE PROPOSALS TO ROLL THAT IN SORT OF OUR CONCEPT. YES. OKAY. >> THIS CHART MIGHT HELP THAT TOO. SO NEXT YEAR OR IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE AN EXPIRING INCENTIVE OF ABOUT $38,000. SO WE'D BE CONSIDERING RECOMMENDING THE ONE TIME OF THE 38 OVER TO THE CATALYST FUND.

>> OKAY. AND RIGHT NOW WHEN THERE'S MONEY LIKE THAT AVAILABLE, IT JUST GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND THE OTHER WAY, THE INCENTIVES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. IS THAT ALSO CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. BUT THEY HAVE AN OFFSETTING REVENUE. SO WE SHOW THE INCREASED REVENUE AND

THEN HAVE THE EXPENSE BUDGETED. >> AND SO HAVE WE. IS THERE GENERALLY BEEN BARRIERS TO US.

CREATING INCENTIVES. YOU KNOW I YOU KNOW, I DON'T RECALL PARTICULAR BARRIERS TO US PUTTING INCENTIVES OUT THERE. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS, ARE WOULD THIS ARE WE LOWERING BARRIERS OF MOVING MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO INCENTIVES BY BY SEARCHING THE COUCH CUSHIONS AND ROLLING THEM ALL AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE FUND? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IF THEY'RE COMING OUT OF GENERAL OR THEY'RE COMING OUT OF ROLLOVER, THEY'RE STILL WE'RE STILL DOING IT. SO I

GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHY CREATE THE EXTRA PIECE? >> WELL, THE EXTRA PIECE IS THAT WE'RE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUDGET THIS AND HAVE DEDICATED FUNDING INTO THE CATALYST FUND. WITHOUT THAT, I THINK THE BARRIER WOULD BE IT'D BE A SUPPLEMENTAL AS PART OF THE

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BUDGET PROCESS, COMPETING AGAINST OTHER ITEMS. SO THERE'S NOT A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE AT THE MOMENT OTHER THAN $150,000 MIXED BEVERAGE TAX. SO THIS IS SAYING WE'RE JUST GOING TO ROLL WHAT WE'RE ALREADY BUDGETING FOR ONE MORE YEAR, YEAR 11 OF THAT INCENTIVE AND DEDICATED OVER IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN. THE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW DOES NOT SAY THAT IT CAN ROLL OVER. IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, I IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF WE GET AN INCENTIVE APPLICATION AND THERE'S A NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE, WE'D BE COMING TO COUNCIL INDIVIDUALLY FOR THAT ITEM AND ASKING FOR EITHER A DRAWDOWN OF FUND BALANCE, OR IT COULD BE UNPLANNED. THERE'S NOT

GOING TO BE READILY AVAILABLE FUNDS TO BE COMPETITIVE. >> OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT. I'LL LISTEN TO THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE I GIVE DIRECTION. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE.

>> DON'T HATE IT. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY TRUE THAT THAT WE CAN DO OR COUNCIL CAN DO WHATEVER IT WANTS TO IN TERMS OF TAKING THINGS FROM GENERAL FUND. I HEARD YOUR RESPONSE THAT IT'S SORT OF, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SAVING A STEP TO HAVE A DEDICATED AMOUNT. THE MAIN THING THAT I, YOU KNOW, WEIGH AND I EXPRESS THIS AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP BOARD, IS THAT THE PREMISE OF THESE INCENTIVES IS THAT AT SOME POINT, THIS DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND IT STARTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE GENERAL FUND AND ULTIMATELY TAKES PRESSURE OFF OF PROPERTY TAX. SO, YOU KNOW, I DO GET THE IDEA THAT IT'S A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE. YOU WANT TO KEEP IT GOING. BUT, YOU KNOW, I I'D BE INTERESTED IN HAVING SOME OF IT GO INTO, YOU KNOW, BACK INTO CATALYST FUND AND SOME OF IT GO TO GENERAL FUND, I.E. TAKING PRESSURE OFF PROPERTY TAX.

>> AND I THINK THAT SO ON OUR ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PITCHING THAT ANNUALLY COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC ROLLOVER OF THE INCENTIVE. WE'D BE ABLE TO SAY IF WE'RE IN NEXT YEAR, HEY, THERE'S POTENTIALLY $220,000, $220,000 AVAILABLE. DO WE WANT TO ROLL ALL 220,000, OR SHOULD WE ROLL A PORTION OF IT? BECAUSE THE REVENUE FROM THOSE PROJECTS IS STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE AND GO INTO THE

GENERAL FUND. >> SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M TRACKING. SO WHAT YOU'RE REALLY PROPOSING THAT IS ESSENTIALLY AUTOMATICALLY KNOWING WHAT THE AMOUNT IS AND HAVING A

CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. >> CORRECT. WE KNOW THE AMOUNT. THIS IS THE ONE THROUGH TEN BECAUSE WE PLAN FOR THESE ARE EXISTING INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS. SO AS THEY TERM WE KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO IT'S NUMBER ONE CREATING THAT IT IS AN ELIGIBLE TO ROLL TO THE CATALYST FUND. AND THEN TWO, ADDING IN THAT FLEXIBILITY JUST DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE ECONOMICALLY, CAN WE ROLL OVER ALL OF IT OR DOES IT NEED TO BE

A PORTION OR DOES IT NEED TO BE NONE OF IT? >> YEAH. AND I SUPPOSE, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THE WAY WE TEND TO RESPOND TO LIKE THE OPTIONS BEING FRAMED UP FOR US, IF I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE OPTIONS WILL INCLUDE A PORTION, YOU KNOW, ALL OF IT, A PORTION, NONE OF IT,

THEN YEAH, I CAN GET COMFORTABLE WITH THIS. OKAY, OKAY. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

ONE, THEN SIX. >> I'M UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING. AND YOU KNOW, SO FAR I'M AGREEING WITH EVERYTHING. I THINK IT'S JUST SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY REASONABLE TO ME, BUT MY QUESTION AND I GUESS A BIT OF A CONTENTION AT THIS POINT UNTIL I FIND OUT OTHERWISE, IS I HEARD I HEARD YOU ALL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS POSSIBLY COMING FROM THE DATA CENTER. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS JUST PART OF YOUR CONVERSATION. AND I JUST HEARD DATA CENTER.

AND I AUTOMATICALLY WENT BACK TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S STILL SOME PAYMENTS OUT THAT NEED TO BE MADE, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR HURRICANE YURI SITUATION THAT WE HAD. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING ALONG THOSE TERMS OVER IN THAT SECTOR OF THE CITY, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIGEST, YOU KNOW, WHERE SPECIFICALLY THAT IS ROLLING OVER FROM, IF WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT ARE UTILITIES. YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING TO THAT WE'RE STILL UNDER THE GUN FOR THOSE KIND OF THINGS. ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE

TO PICK AND CHOOSE IF THERE IS A CHOICE? >> IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT DATA CENTER REVENUE SEPARATELY. WHERE IS THAT FUNNELING TO? AND THEN ALSO THE INSPIRED EXPERIENCE IN

IT. >> OKAY. SO THIS IS THIS IS PRETTY MUCH. SEPARATE SEPARATE.

BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW I HEARD THAT WAS MENTIONED. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND THE OTHER THING I THINK YOU ANSWERED IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IN THERE.

THANK YOU. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX.

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>> THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON JESTER. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL TO YOU FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYONE THAT PUT ALL OF THE INFORMATION TOGETHER FOR US SO WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IF YOU'LL RECALL FROM THIS TIP STRATEGIES REPORT VERY EXTENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT THAT THEY DID. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR EVEN CONTIGUOUS AND SURROUNDING CITIES HAVE SOME KIND OF DEDICATED SALES TAX SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO BE PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO OFFER DIFFERENT KINDS OF INCENTIVES THAN WE ARE NOW, WE ONLY WE HAVE THE CHAPTER 380. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, OKAY, WE'LL GIVE YOU A BREAK ON TAXES FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME WHILE YOU PUT A STREET IN, BUT NOTHING THAT SAYS YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS AMAZING PLACE AND HAVE THESE AMAZING JOBS. YES WE CAN. WE'VE GOT THE MONEY SET ASIDE TO PUT IN ROADS TO HELP GET WATER TO YOU LIKE THESE OTHER CITIES ARE, AND THE OTHER CITIES DEDICATE AND HAVE THESE KINDS OF FUNDS SITTING IN ACCOUNTS READY TO MOVE FOR A REASON BECAUSE IT WORKS AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT. SO THIS BUILDS IN A SAFETY NET THAT SAYS EVERY SINGLE YEAR THIS COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THE ROLLOVER, THE ROLL OFF FUNDS FROM INSTEAD OF THEN WHAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED ANYWHERE. BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN RECEIVING THESE FUNDS, JUST ROLLS INTO THIS CATALYST FUND THAT WE HAVE CREATED, BUT HAVE NO DEDICATED FUNDING MECHANISM TO WHERE WE CAN GET TO THE POINT THAT WE CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE. AND I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES WE GIVE LIP SERVICE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A START. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A START, BUT IT'S A BIG START TO SAY EVERY YEAR WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THESE AMOUNTS THAT WE ALREADY DIDN'T HAVE COMING TO US. WE'RE NOT CUTTING FROM ANYWHERE ELSE. WE'RE NOT CUTTING FROM ANY OTHER PROGRAM OR DEPARTMENT THAT WE LOOK AT IT AND SAY, YES, WE WANT TO PUT THIS TOWARDS THE CATALYST FUND.

AND IT'S LIKE, AGAIN, PUTTING THESE FUNDS IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF A CHECKING ACCOUNT.

YOU DON'T DO IT UNLESS IT'S GOING TO MAKE US MORE MONEY BY PUTTING IT IN THIS CATALYST FUND VERSUS SPENDING IT OR PUTTING IT IN THE CHECKING ACCOUNT. AND AS WE'VE SEEN AGAIN AND AGAIN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENTS COME TOGETHER AND VERY RIGOROUSLY, AND WE HAVE DATA TO PROVE AND SHOW THAT IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING THEIR GOALS, THEN THEY DON'T.

THERE ARE CONTINGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING MORE THAN WE'RE GIVING IN THIS TYPE OF TRANSACTION. SO I'M VERY EXCITED FOR NOT ONLY THE PROSPECT THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FUNDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EACH BUDGET SESSION, BUT THIS IS A WAY, AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T TAKE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT IS ALREADY USING IT. WE'RE NOT CUTTING POSITIONS ANYWHERE. WE'RE NOT DRAWING IT FROM ANYWHERE THAT IT'S BEING USED RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S THIS NOW NEW MONEY THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THAT WE'RE GUARANTEED THAT WE CAN PUT TOWARDS THIS FUNDING. SO I THINK IT'S JUST IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL AND FOR THE CITY TO SAY, YES, THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. AND THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR COMING UP WITH IDEAS THAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE IN MY PITCH AND I DIDN'T HAVE, BUT I THINK ARE VERY HELPFUL JUST FOR THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE IN HOW WE SPEND TAXPAYER FUNDS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP.

>> OKAY. ANYONE ELSE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR THEN FIVE.

>> THANK YOU. >> I THINK IT'S INTRIGUING. AND THE THING THAT I LIKE BEST ABOUT IT PERHAPS, IS THAT WE GET TO TEST DRIVE IT FOR A YEAR AND SEE AND SEE HOW WE HOW WE LIKE IT.

I, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTRIGUED WITH THE IDEA OF PEOPLE WAKING UP IN DENTON, GO TO WORK IN DENTON AND THEN GO BACK TO THEIR HOME IN DENTON. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD WOULD HELP WITH THAT. SO PLEASE COUNT ME AS A YES REPRESENTATIVE.

>> DISTRICT FIVE. I KIND. >> OF THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY WE SHOULD PUT IT BACK IN THE

ROADS. >> WELL, THAT WASN'T. >> THE PITCH. THAT WASN'T THE PITCH THAT CROSSED MY MIND. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION. EASY TO FOLLOW OVER THE WEEKEND. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HAD. SO WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY DOING WITH INSPIRING INCENTIVES? NOW WE'RE PUTTING THEM BACK IN THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? CORRECT. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE PITCH. I SUPPORTED IT WHEN IT CAME. SO BUT MY QUESTION IS WHY WOULD WE NOT JUST WANT TO KEEP THIS FUNDING IN THE GENERAL FUND RATHER THAN AND GIVE OURSELVES

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EVEN GREATER FLEXIBILITY IF THERE IS A NEED FOR SOME STIMULI FOR A PROJECT, WE CAN JUST TAKE

IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND. >> WELL, WE BUDGET. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD ACT. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD WORK LIKE THAT. SO THE WAY WE WROTE THE ORDINANCE, OR THE WAY WE'RE PROPOSING IT, IS TO BUILD IN THAT FLEXIBILITY SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION ANNUALLY AND SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS 38,000, CAN WE MOVE OVER THE ENTIRE THING, OR CAN WE MOVE OVER A PORTION OF IT? THE ALTERNATIVE IS IT EXPIRES OFF AND FALLS INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO WE WOULD ALREADY BUDGET. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SITTING THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER TO USE IF WE NEED IT, THAT IT WOULD FALL BACK IN AND WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON, WE WOULD

BUDGET IT. IT WOULDN'T BE HELD ANYWHERE AS A SAFETY NET. >> I APPRECIATE THAT THAT THAT PIECE IS KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR. WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE IN FOR SOME SOME TOUGH ECONOMIC SLEDDING COMING UP THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY. WHAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IS TO HAVE US LOCKED IN. AND THEN A SINGLE CITY EMPLOYEE LOSES THEIR JOB BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE MONEY COMMITTED ELSEWHERE. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT.

LAST QUESTION IS I'M GLAD YOU INCLUDED THE SLIDE. THE SLIDE ABOUT WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ARE DOING. AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I WANT TO ASK IT ANYWAY. ANY IDEA HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO APPROPRIATE SO MUCH MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? AND WE

ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. >> THEY DEDICATED THEIR SALES TAX PORTION OURS IS DEDICATED TO DCT. DCT. THEY HAVE TAKEN A PORTION OR THAT ENTIRE 2% TO DEDICATE TO ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT. >> I ASSUME THAT THAT THAT IT WAS THAT FROM PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD AND, AND EARLIER IN MY TIME ON COUNCIL, SO.

>> AND SO WE ARE MAXED OUT ON THAT. WE DID DO THE 2%. SO IT'S NOT EVEN AN ELIGIBLE OPTION

UNDER THE CURRENT SITUATION. >> SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY DIRECTION IS YES. MOVE FORWARD.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THE PITCH AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY MADE. THANK STAFF.

>> OKAY. GREAT. YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED. YES, SIR. OKAY. REPRESENTATIVE FROM

DISTRICT THREE. >> YEAH. JUST BRIEFLY, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHEN WOULD THE CONVERSATION HAPPEN? WOULD IT HAPPEN WITHIN THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO IT'S NOT JUST HERE'S A GOOD THING. DO YOU WANT ALL OF IT OR HALF OF IT OR NONE OF IT, OR WOULD IT BE HERE IS THIS

AMOUNT. AND BY THE WAY, HERE ARE THE OTHER BUDGET PRESSURES. >> YES, IT WOULD HAPPEN DURING THE BUDGET CONVERSATION WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT GETTING THE ENTIRE PICTURE OF WHAT THE GENERAL FUND LOOKS LIKE, ALONG WITH THE OTHER QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER BYRD HAD OF LIKE, DATA CENTER REVENUES. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ENTIRE CONVERSATION AT ONE TIME.

>> YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, YOU HAVE IT. YES,

[B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the 89th State Legislative Session and the City’s State Legislative Program priorities. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

SIR. GREAT. THANKS. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM B ID 25840. RECEIVE REPORT DISCUSSION. GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE 89TH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND CITY CITY STATE LEGISLATIVE

PROGRAM PRIORITIES. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHRISTY FOGLE, CHIEF OF STAFF HERE WITH ANOTHER 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. UPDATE TODAY IS THE 113TH DAY OF THE 140 DAY SESSION. SO WE'RE JUST UNDER 30 DAYS LEFT, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS IS CRUNCH TIME, MAKE OR BREAK TIME FOR A LOT OF BILLS. WE HAVE OVER 8000 BILLS FILED IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. THE CITY IS TRACKING 709 OF THOSE BILLS, AND ABOUT 142 OF THOSE BILLS HAVE RECEIVED A COMMITTEE HEARING SO FAR, AND 30, 34 OF THOSE 142 BILLS ARE BILLS THAT RELATE DIRECTLY TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM PRIORITIES. AND WE HAVE, AS SUCH, REGISTERED A POSITION ON THEM IN WHATEVER HOUSE OR SENATE COMMITTEE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH. REMINDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S PRIORITY ITEMS. THOSE IN BOLD HERE RELATE TO THE GOVERNOR'S PRIORITY ITEMS FOR SESSION, AND ALL OF THEM IN GREEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, INDICATE THAT THEY HAVE ALL PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE, BUT HAVE ARE KIND OF VARYING IN THE HOUSE. AND THEN THE SPEAKER'S PRIORITY ITEMS, SOME OF THOSE OVERLAP, THOSE IN BOLD RELATE TO THE GOVERNOR'S PRIORITIES. AND THEN THOSE IN GREEN HAVE PASSED THE HOUSE AND THOSE IN YELLOW HAVE NOT PASSED THE HOUSE JUST YET. A QUICK NOTE ON HB NINE THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. INITIALLY, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAD TWO DIFFERENT IDEAS ON HOW TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TAX PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. THE SENATE HAD A BILL THAT WOULD RAISE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO 140,000, AND THEN THE HOUSE HAD A PROPERTY EXEMPTION FOR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY UP TO 220 500,000. THEY HAVE, APPARENTLY, IN THE LAST DAY OR SO, COME TO AN AGREEMENT WHERE THEY WILL FILE AND PASS A BILL TO DO BOTH.

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SO THAT IS VERY PRELIMINARY. BUT THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. AND THEN WATER AND A COUPLE OF THESE BILLS I WILL SPEAK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT ALSO WANTED TO TOUCH ON HOUSE BILL, SENATE BILL THREE, WHICH WAS THE BAN ON THC. THE SENATE PASSED A FULL BAN ON ALL THC PRODUCTS. THE HOUSE HAS RETURNED THAT BILL TO THE SENATE WITH SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE SALE OF SMALL, LOW LEVEL DOSES OF THC AND SMOKEABLE PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS EDIBLE AND DRINKABLE PRODUCTS. WE HAVE HEARD THROUGH NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS THAT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WILL NOT AGREE TO ANYTHING EXCEPT A FULL BAN, SO THE FATE OF THAT EFFORT IS STILL IN PLAY, AND I'LL KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED AS WE MOVE ALONG. SO GOING THROUGH AT A HIGH LEVEL OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THE ONES THAT HAVE GAINED TRACTION AND HAVE SOME BILLS OR INITIATIVES THAT HAVE PASSED, EXPANDING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MENTAL HEALTH CARE THROUGH LEGISLATION AND FUNDING. WE WERE PLEASED TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE BEN BUMGARNER FILE AND PASS TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS, ONE FOR $75 MILLION FOR THE CREATION OF A DENTON COUNTY STATE HOSPITAL AND 20,000 FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN DENTON COUNTY. MILLION. MILLION. SORRY.

THANK YOU. 75,000,020 MILLION. MY BAD. AND THEN ON PROTECTING AUTONOMY OF LOCAL OFFICIALS TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE ITEM THAT COUNCIL ADDED IN MARCH ON REGISTERED LOBBYISTS. SB 19 RESTRICTS THE MUNICIPAL USE OF REGISTERED LOBBYISTS, BUT DOES ALIGN WITH WHAT WE PASSED AS A COUNCIL THAT WOULD STILL ALLOW US TO UTILIZE LOBBYISTS FOR LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OUTSIDE OF LOBBYING, AND THAT HAS PASSED THE SENATE, BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY TRACTION IN THE HOUSE THUS FAR. ON CITY SERVICES, WE HAVE HAD SOME TRACTION WITH HB 3458, THE ETHICAL PET SALES BILL BY REPRESENTATIVE PATTERSON THAT WAS REPORTED TO THE CALENDARS COMMITTEE OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE JUST THIS MORNING. AND THE SENATE BILL HAS BEEN HEARD IN COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE STILL THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT DOES. AND THEN OPPOSING LEGISLATION THAT LIMITS THE FRANCHISE FEE AUTHORITY FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES. A BILL, HB 1227, WAS HEARD IN COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT WOULD LIMIT THAT TO 2%. THE CITY CURRENTLY LEVERAGES A 5% FRANCHISE FEE FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES, SO THAT WOULD BE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT TO THE CITY.

SO FAR, IT HAS NOT BEEN VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT IT STAYS THERE AND THEN OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT RESTRICTS LIBRARIES AUTHORITIES TO MAKE DECISIONS. SB 412 HAS BEEN THE BILL THAT HAS GAINED THE MOST TRACTION THIS SESSION, AND IT'S CONCERNING TO OUR LIBRARY STAFF AND OUR LEGAL STAFF, BASICALLY REVISING THE CONDITIONS OF AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR PROSECUTION. AND IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO LIBRARIANS. SO IT WOULD APPLY TO BOOKSTORES OR ANYWHERE THAT SELLS MATERIALS AND CHANGES THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FROM EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO JUDICIAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, OR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES. SO WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THAT AND WORKING WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THE CITY. ON LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRACTION ON THESE BILLS RELATED TO ETJ. SB 2522 WOULD LIMIT THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE DEVELOPMENT IN OUR ETJ. WE ALREADY HAVE PRETTY LIMITED AUTHORITY HERE, AND SO THE BILL ALSO DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY REFERENCE TO DEVELOPMENT OR AGREEMENTS OR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. SO THAT'S ALSO CONCERNING TO US. SO IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW THAT WOULD APPLY. AND THAT BILL WAS LEFT PENDING IN COMMITTEE ON APRIL 23RD. SO STILL MONITORING THAT. AND THEN ON 80 USE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS SB 673 WOULD LIMIT CITY'S REGULATIONS OF THESE, AND WOULD ALLOW FOR AN ADU ON ANY SINGLE FAMILY OR RESIDENTIAL LOT. WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BILL AUTHOR TO ALLOW FOR SOME EXCEPTIONS ALLOWING CITIES TO REGULATE, MAYBE DRAINAGE OR PARKING OR SETBACKS, HEIGHTS,

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THAT SORT OF THING, AND THEY ARE AMENABLE TO SOME CHANGES, BUT STILL WAITING ON THAT. AND THEN ON ZONING REGULATIONS, HB 24 WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFY PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSING CHANGES TO REGULATIONS AND PROTESTS, AND IT WOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE AND MAKE IT TO WHERE THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT SET OF STANDARDS FOR WHAT A PROTEST REQUIRED, WHICH WE THINK WOULD SEVERELY CONFUSE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, A PART OF THIS PROCESS. OFTEN IT WAS HEARD ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AND POSTPONED FOLLOWING SEVERAL POINTS OF ORDER. SO IT HASN'T MADE IT BACK UP TO THE HOUSE FLOOR YET. BUT WE'RE STILL WATCHING THAT ONE. AND THEN HB 23 WOULD ALLOW FOR THIRD PARTY REVIEW OF PLATS, WHICH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE QUALITY AND CITY INVOLVEMENT IN REVIEWING THESE THINGS. IT WAS PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH SEVERAL POSITIVE AMENDMENTS THAT STAFF WERE IN SUPPORT OF, INCLUDING A CARVE OUT FOR MAS AND INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR THOSE THIRD PARTY REVIEWERS. SO THAT'S A POSITIVE THING. ON THE TAXATION AND FINANCIAL STRATEGIES. SB 1173 WOULD INCREASE THE THRESHOLDS FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING FROM 50,000 TO 100,000. SO TEXAS LAW REQUIRES THAT CITIES UTILIZE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES LIKE RFPS, RFIS FOR ITEMS OR SERVICES THAT EXCEED $50,000. THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN MANY YEARS, AND SO THIS WOULD JUST BRING IT CLOSER IN LINE WITH THE INFLATION AND RISING COSTS OF THINGS, AND GIVE OUR STAFF AND OUR COUNCIL MORE FLEXIBILITY TO PAY FOR GOODS AND SERVICES THAT ARE BELOW $100,000. THAT HAS PASSED THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. SO IT WILL HEAD TO THE HOUSE FLOOR NEXT AND HOPEFULLY MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AND THEN HB 19 IS A BIG ONE THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OR GOTTEN SOME EMAILS ABOUT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. IT IS A BIG BILL THAT WOULD LIMIT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ISSUE DEBT AND LEVY NECESSARY FEES. MOSTLY, IT LIMITS OUR ANNUAL DEBT TO 20% OF PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION AVERAGE, AND THEN REQUIRES ALL DEBT RELATED TO BE MOVED DEBT ELECTIONS TO BE MOVED TO NOVEMBER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS INITIALLY IN THE ORIGINAL BILL WAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE CITY OF VERY LIMITED USE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AT ALL THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED, AND A COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE SO WE COULD UTILIZE COS FOR THINGS THAT THE CITY OF DENTON HAS REGULARLY USED US FOR, LIKE STREETS AND ROADS, POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT SORT OF THING. AND THE BILL WAS HEARD IN COMMITTEE AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE. THE BILL AUTHOR IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. IT HAS STALLED IN THE COMMITTEE, I SUSPECT, BECAUSE THEY HEARD FROM SO MANY CITIES. DENTON INCLUDED ON ON THIS ISSUE AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE REWORKING IT AND BRINGING IT BACK IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. AND THEN TRANSPORTATION AND AVIATION. HDR 58 WOULD ALLOW FOR STATE HIGHWAY FUND TO BE USED FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED PROJECTS. THAT ALLOWS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND GETS ALLOCATED FOR. AND THEN HB 4906 WOULD ALLOCATE 50% OF COLLECTED FEES FROM PERMITS FOR OVERSIZE AND OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES TO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND, INCREASING THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND INCREASING INCREASING OUR ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THOSE COSTS THROUGH GRANTS AND LOANS. AND SB 1277 WOULD EXTEND THE EXPIRATION FOR STREET MAINTENANCE TAXES AND CITIES ALSO EXPANDING FLEXIBILITY FOR FUNDING AND LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. ON THE WATER SIDE, WE HAVE SB SEVEN AND HJR SEVEN. BOTH OF THESE ARE SPEAKER AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR.

PRIORITIES. THEY WOULD CREATE A TEXAS WATER FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PROTECT FRESHWATER AQUIFERS, PRESERVE LOCAL CONTROL OVER SURFACE WATER RIGHTS, AND EXPAND PROJECT ELIGIBILITY FOR NEW WATER SUPPLY FUND. AND THEN THE HJR SEVEN WOULD BE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD GO TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, IF PASSED, AND WOULD BE UP TO ONE $1 BILLION A YEAR

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FOR THE TEXAS WATER FUND. AND THEN SB 480 WOULD ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER ENTITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN JOINT RESEARCH OR PLANNING PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO DO REGIONALIZATION PROJECTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND THEN SB 1253 WOULD ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO LEVERAGE CREDITS AGAINST IMPACT FEES FOR WATER CONSERVATION AND REUSE PROJECTS. AND THEN ON THE UTILITY SIDE, IF YOU WANT TO GET DEEP INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS, TONY CAN PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION. BUT FOCUSING MAINLY ON SB 2434 BY REPRESENTATIVE PARKER, WHICH WOULD REFORM OUTDATED RAILROAD COMMISSION RULES RELATED TO WINTER WEATHER EMERGENCIES. UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS STALLED IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, BUT WE'RE STILL PUSHING FOR THAT. AND THEN SB SIX WOULD INCREASE GRID CAPACITY THROUGH LARGE LOAD INTERCONNECTIONS. SO WITH THAT, YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE. IMPORTANT DEADLINES JUNE 2ND IS THE LAST DAY OF SESSION. IF IT HASN'T PASSED BY, THEN IT'S DEAD. JUNE 22ND IS WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S VETO PERIOD ENDS, AND THEN MOST BILLS EFFECTIVE DATE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 1ST. I'LL END ON SOME POSITIVE NEWS. HCR 86. THE RESOLUTION TO NAME DENTON THE HALLOWEEN CAPITAL OF TEXAS, IS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ON THE HOUSE FLOOR TOMORROW. SO THAT'S EXCITING.

AND THEN WE'LL GET IT OVER TO THE SENATE AND GET IT THROUGH THE SENATE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE THEN TWO.

>> THANKS FOR ALL THAT ONE POINT. I DIDN'T QUITE JUST GET CLEARLY ON THE TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH. I MEAN, MOST OF THESE THINGS WERE IN SOME STATE OF FLUX OR ANOTHER. WERE THOSE WERE AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET. IS THAT PASSED? ARE THOSE

AMENDMENTS? >> IT'S NOT FINAL. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND I MEANT TO MENTION THAT IN MY PRESENTATION. SO WHERE IT'S WHERE THE BUDGET IS AT IN THE PROCESS NOW IS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAVE APPOINTED CONFEREES, WHICH IS FIVE SENATORS, FIVE REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET AND BASICALLY AGREE UPON A FINAL BUDGET. SO WE HAVE THE BILL.

THOSE TWO BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE IN THE FINAL BUDGET THAT THEY'RE REVIEWING. ONCE IT'S PASSED BY THE CONFEREES, THEN IT WILL BE FINAL. SO WE'VE HAD OUR CONSULTANT WORKING WITH THOSE TEN CONFEREES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF OUR POSITION ON THAT.

>> THANK YOU. >> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT TWO. >> THANK YOU. CHRISTI, I, I ASK YOU ABOUT THE ENERGY BILL, SB 388 AND THE OTHER ONE ON MANAGING HOUSING RESOURCES. HB 4726 SO THAT THE REST OF COUNCIL KNOWS ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION. CAN YOU CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHERE THOSE BILLS STAND AND MAYBE I'D LIKE TO ADD ON TO THAT, IF TONY COULD TALK ABOUT HOW SB 388

MIGHT AFFECT OUR RENEWABLES CENTRIC PORTFOLIO. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. TONY, DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT FIRST OR DO YOU WANT OKAY, SO SB 388 IS A BILL RELATED TO DISPATCHABLE ENERGY. AND IT HAS BEEN STALLED IN THE HOUSE FOR A COUPLE OF FOR ABOUT A MONTH. TWO WEEKS AGO, IT WAS REFERRED TO STATE AFFAIRS HASN'T BEEN SET FOR A HEARING. SO IT'S NOT NOT LOOKING GOOD AT THIS POINT, BUT THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR IT TO PASS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON

THAT? >> DO I KNOW THAT WITH WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON THE RATIOS OF RENEWABLES TO OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY, AND WITH OUR EMPHASIS ON 100% ON ONE OF THOSE RATIOS ENTIRELY, IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT US OR NOT AFFECT US IN GOING FORWARD?

>> COUNCIL? TONY POINT, THE GENERAL MANAGER I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THIS, BUT THAT'S ONLY ONE FACTOR OF A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO HAVE THE TYPE OF PORTFOLIO THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING FEDERAL TARIFFS. AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THERE'S A FEDERAL TARIFF ON SOLAR PANELS COMING FROM ASIA NOW THAT ARE SET AT 3,000%. AND SO THAT COUPLED WITH ONGOING SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, MATERIAL THAT'S THAT'S UTILIZED TO MANUFACTURE SOLAR PANELS ON ON THE WIND SIDE, WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS ALL FORMS OF TURBINES. NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST A 5 TO 6 YEAR DELIVERY TIME FRAME. SO ANYTHING THAT IS IN THE PIPELINE TODAY, DELIVERIES ARE PROBABLY NOT

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GOING TO BE OUT UNTIL 2030, 2031, NOT JUST FOR TURBINE ENGINES, BUT ALL TYPES OF GENERATION TYPE ENGINES, WHETHER THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, JET TYPE ENGINES OR EVEN THE RECIPROCATING ENGINES LIKE WE HAVE AT THE DEC. SO CERTAINLY A LOT OF A LOT OF FACTORS THAT

CERTAINLY THIS DOES NOT HELP EITHER. >> SO I DON'T WANT TO HIJACK THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY POSTED FOR, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE STAFF FEEDBACK ON ON THOSE THE FEDERAL AND STATE BILLS 388 THAT I JUST MENTIONED, AND WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON OUR POSITION SHOULD BE SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY TAKE THAT UP AT SOME

FUTURE TIME. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FIVE.

>> TONY, WHILE YOU'RE THERE, I KNOW IN PREVIOUS SESSIONS THERE HAVE BEEN BILLS FILED TO TRY TO PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FREE FLOW OF FUNDS FROM MOU S TO THE GENERAL FUND. IS THAT STILL

HAPPENING? >> THERE'S A COUPLE OF BILLS OUT THERE THAT CERTAINLY WOULD LIMIT THAT. YOU KNOW, GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE OF, NONE OF THOSE HAVE GAINED ANY ANY TRACTION. OKAY. BUT ANY OF THOSE ARE BEING OPPOSED BY A NUMBER OF CITIES. MOU TEND TO TRY TO TAKE A KIND OF A WASTE. WE TEND WE TEND TO SIT BY THE WAYSIDE. BUT CERTAINLY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS A LARGE PLAYER IN THAT THAT CERTAINLY ADVOCATING FOR THAT TO BE A

LOCAL DECISION. >> OKAY. THANK YOU TONY. >> CHRIS. QUESTIONS. OH GO

AHEAD. >> THANK YOU CHRISTIE. SENATE BILL 1209. THAT BILL JUST PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE. THAT'S TO MOVE ELECTIONS TO NOVEMBER. HAVE WE REGISTERED A POSITION ON

THAT? >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. NO, IT IS NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING ON

OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM PRIORITIES. >> ANY IDEA IF THAT'S BILLS GOING TO GAIN ANY TRACTION IN THE HOUSE. AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S PRETTY BIPARTISAN. YOU'VE GOT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ON BOTH SIDES. I THINK HUGHES OFFERED AUTHORED THAT BILL. BUT I THINK IN PREVIOUS YEARS ROYCE WEST HAS AUTHORED THOSE BILLS LIKE THAT.

SO AND OBVIOUSLY, GIVEN THAT WE ARE IN MUNICIPAL ELECTION TIME RIGHT NOW, IT DOES AFFECT US

WHETHER OR NOT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER. >> I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE. IS THERE A HOUSE COMPANION? AND IF IT'S BEEN HEARD? IF NOT, IT'S DEFINITELY LESS LIKELY TO PASS. BUT LET ME LOOK AT IT AND I CAN SEND SOMETHING OUT.

>> THANK YOU. >> MA'AM. >> THANK YOU MAYOR, OFFICIAL.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? REPRESENTATIVE. DISTRICT FOUR. >> IF YOU KNOW HOW COMMON ARE COUNTY STATE HOSPITALS? I CAN ONLY THINK OF TWO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

>> THEY'RE BECOMING MORE COMMON. IN RECENT YEARS. THERE'S BEEN KIND OF SOME MOVEMENTS BACK AND FORTH ON WHERE AND HOW TO TREAT INDIGENT AND FOLKS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SO THEY THEY HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY. SO EACH TIME A STATE HOSPITAL IS CREATED, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE FULL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, WHICH CAN OFTEN TAKE MORE THAN ONE SESSION. SO I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HOW MANY THERE ARE, I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, BUT I DO.

I SEE THEM COMING UP MORE AND MORE OFTEN IN RECENT SESSIONS. >> AND THIS IS WAY, WAY PREMATURE. BUT HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION AS TO THE LOCATION IN DENTON COUNTY?

>> I'M NOT ADVISED TO THAT. >> AGAIN, WAY, WAY PREMATURE. >> I THINK THE COUNTY IS WORKING

ON A LOCATION. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UNDERSTAND? ANYONE ELSE? NO. REPRESENTATIVE. DISTRICT

FIVE. >> ONE OTHER BILL THAT WE DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT WHEN WE WERE DENTON COUNTY DAYS MAYOR PRO TEM. HELP ME. HOUSE BILL 500, AUTHORED BY RICHARD HAYS.

DO WE? IS THAT RIGHT? >> I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBERS OF BILLS.

>> DO YOU REMEMBER 500? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS BY RICHARD HAYS. I THINK HE'S THE

ONE WHO TOLD US ABOUT IT. >> OKAY. >> HOUSE BILL 500 IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. SO HB R SB ONE IS THE BUDGET. AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET BILL. AND HB 500 WAS PASSED AS THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. IT'S A HUGE BILL WITH

TONS OF PROVISIONS IN IT. >> OKAY. WELL NOT FOR TODAY, BUT I JUST COUNCILMEMBER HOLLAND REMINDED ME, WE TALKED ABOUT HE'S TRYING TO GET MORE MONEY FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR MENTAL HEALTH. AND DENTON COUNTY. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT BILL THAT WAS, BUT HE SAID HE WROTE SOMETHING AND WE DISCUSSED IT. SO COULD YOU MAYBE JUST KIND OF TRACK THAT AND STICK SOMETHING IN THE NEXT REPORT? I'M JUST INTERESTED IF THAT WAS ABLE TO GET A HEARING IN OKAY OR.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> IT'S RINGING A BELL. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

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THREE. >> YEAH. I'M DONE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THERE HAD BEEN. YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE I'M JUST GUESSING. THAT'S RIGHT.

>> CARRY ON. >> I'LL FIND OUT AND I'LL SEND SOMETHING OUT THIS FRIDAY.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT ONE.

>> IN REGARDS TO THE MARIJUANA THC PROPOSITION, DO YOU ALL DO YOU ALL CONSULT WITH THE BUSINESSES HERE IN DENTON, IN PARTICULAR OF THE OPINION DOES THAT KIND OF THOSE KIND OF BUSINESSES, DO THEY GET A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON ON THESE DISCUSSIONS.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. >> SO WE, THE CITY AND OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY LOCAL BUSINESSES RELATED TO THAT BILL. BUT IN EACH COMMITTEE, WHEN IT WAS HEARD IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE COMMITTEES, I WOULD SAY DOZENS IF NOT CLOSE TO 200 PLUS FOLKS CAME OUT AND REGISTERED AND TESTIFIED BOTH FOR AND AGAINST

BOTH BILLS. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY.

[1. Closed Meeting:]

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT UP WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION THAT COMPLETES OUR WORK SESSIONS. SO LET ME CALL THIS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW AT 2:47 P.M. CONVENE IN CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE CLOSED MEETING ITEMS SET FORTH ON THE AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEM AD25633.

DELIBERATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES. COMPETITIVE MATTERS. ITEM B I'D 25787 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 ITEM C I'D 25839. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071. ITEM D2568 FOR DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087, I'D. ITEM ED25685. DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.087 AND ITEM F, I'D 25879. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE DENTON CITY

[AFTER DETERMINING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE AT 6:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 215 E. MCKINNEY STREET, DENTON, TEXAS AT WHICH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED:]

COUNCIL. TODAY IS IT IS THE SIXTH, TUESDAY THE SIXTH. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA. AND IT IS 630 NOW. AND THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA PLEDGES TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAG. PLEASE STAND WITH ME IF YOU'RE ABLE.

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

>> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. >> TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE

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UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> OKAY, SO WE HAVE A FEW PROCLAMATIONS. FIRST UP, THE IF YOU'RE HERE WITH THE CITY OF DENTON TEEN COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN MEET ME RIGHT DOWN THERE BY THE

ENVELOPES, I'LL BE RIGHT THERE. FOLDERS, I GUESS. >> I GOT.

>> OKAY. AWESOME. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WHO WANTS TO. WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR THE GROUP AND THEN ANY. EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO SAY SOMETHING IF YOU WANT, BUT IS THERE IS THERE A SPEAKER THAT WANTS TO TELL US WHAT Y'ALL DO? AWESOME.

>> THANK YOU. >> HI, I'M JODY MCLAREN. I'M THE RECREATION COORDINATOR FOR THE REC CENTER, AND I HELP OVERSEE THE DENTON TEEN COUNCIL. THEY ARE A VERY ACTIVE GROUP. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR OVERSEEING THEM. WE HAVE 14 MEMBERS. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN BEING VOLUNTEERING IN THEIR COMMUNITY, GIVING BACK. THEY HELP A LOT WITH DIFFERENT EVENTS, INCLUDING WITH LIKE KEEP DENTON BEAUTIFUL, SUCH AS THE REDBUD FESTIVAL. THEY ALSO HELP OUT WITH DIFFERENT LIKE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP AND DOING TRASH PICKUP. THEY ALSO GIVE BACK WITH DOING TEEN EVENTS AND TRYING TO GET OTHER TEENS INVOLVED, AND THEY WORK ON DOING LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING AND WORKING WITH EACH OTHER. SO THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE GROUP. SO THEY DID GET OVER 700 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS THIS YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL KEEP THAT GOING.

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>> ANY OF Y'ALL WANT TO TALK ANYBODY. >> NO. NO TAKERS OKAY. YOU SURE? ANYBODY? OKAY. AND THEN DO Y'ALL STILL DO THE, LIKE, THE GARAGE SALE THING? DO Y'ALL DO THAT STILL EVERY NOW I THINK NO. AM I OKAY? GOT IT. OKAY. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A GARAGE SALE. NO. JUST KIDDING. BUT NO, THAT'S GREAT. AND SO THE WHAT IS THAT GOING TO BE ABOUT? IS THAT JUST OTHER TEENS COMING IN, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE GROUP DOES OR JUST TOPICS TO THE GROUP? WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE FOCUS OF THE HOPEFULLY THE FOCUS OF THE CONFERENCE.

>> SO THE TEEN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE ONES TO PLAN THEIR OWN CONFERENCE FOR OTHER TEENS. THEY GET TO CHOOSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO OTHER TEENS, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEIR GROUP THAT THEY COULD USE FOR THE FUTURE. SO THAT GIVES THEM EVENT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE. AND THEN THEY ALSO GET TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO COME AND BE THE SPEAKERS AT THEIR GROUPS FOR THEIR SESSIONS. AND THEN AND ALSO ASK US LIKE A FUNDRAISER FOR THEM. SO IT HELPS, YOU KNOW, FUND THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO OR, YOU KNOW, MAKE CONNECTIONS FOR AFTER

HIGH SCHOOL. >> AND THEN LASTLY, IF SOMEONE WANTS IF YOU'VE INSPIRED SOMEBODY, HOW DO THEY LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO SIGN UP OR BECOME A TEEN COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS

THAT WHAT Y'ALL ARE? NICE, I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT. >> SO FOR TEEN COUNCIL, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN, YOU CAN GO TO DENTON PARKS.COM. IT OPENS JULY 1ST FOR THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WHAT IT WILL DO IS THERE'S AN APPLICATION, THEY CAN FILL IT OUT. AND THEN WE'LL DO INTERVIEWS TO SELECT FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE GETTING INVOLVED OVER THE SUMMER WITH DOING BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE AND A BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, SO THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND GET INVOLVED PRIOR TO SCHOOL STARTING UP. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE SOCIALS FOR ANY NEW MEMBERS AND CURRENT MEMBERS TO KIND OF GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL

YEAR STARTING. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND IT READS A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF DENTON A PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO UNITE, GROW AND PLAY AND TAKE TAKE PRIDE IN ITS SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND YOUTH INVOLVEMENT.

AND WHEREAS THE MISSION OF THE DENTON TEEN COUNCIL IS TO DEVELOP YOUTH LEADERSHIP COMMITTED TO THE LEARNING AND ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RULES, THEY PURSUE AND EMPOWER, ENLIGHTEN AND INSPIRE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY OF DENTON COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY'S PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, THE MEMBERS OF THE DENTON TEEN COUNCIL STRIVE TO PRESENT POSITIVE SOLUTIONS, ACQUIRE NEW SKILLS, DEVELOP A GREATER SENSE OF CONFIDENCE, AND FORGE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF DENTON RECOGNIZES THE TEEN COUNCIL'S HARD WORK, COMMITMENT AND INNOVATION IN IN IN ALL OF THEIR ENDEAVORS AND ALSO APPRECIATE THEIR THEIR VOLUNTEER HOURS. THAT'S REALLY GREAT. AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE 18TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT TEEN COUNCIL DAY IN THE CITY OF DENTON AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CONTINUE BEING ROLE MODELS AND APPLAUD THE TEENS YOUTH, THE PARDON ME AND APPLAUD OUR TEEN YOUTH IN THEIR LEADERSHIP ENDEAVORS AS THEY ARE

OUR FUTURE LEADERS IF WE GIVE THEM A HAND. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. REPEAT

THAT EXPRESSION. OKAY. >> ARE WE GOING TO LOAD BALANCE? SOMEBODY COME.

>> OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE. HERE WE GO. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE IN.

>> DISCRETION. >> HOW'S THAT. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. OH YOU GOOD OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I.

>> HAVE THESE. >> YEAH. OH YEAH. >> THOSE.

>> AND. >> THEN ARE THERE MORE. THERE'S ANOTHER SET. NO. GOT IT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE. APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. APPRECIATE IT.

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THANK YOU. OH, SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OH.

>> ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MISTER BYRON WOODS. WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE HIM. THANK

YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISTER.

HOW ARE YOU, SIR? DOING FINE SIR. GOOD TO SEE YOU. SAY A FEW WORDS. YES. HOW YOU DOING? FOR

SURE. YEAH. >> OKAY. >> HERE WE GO.

>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT'S. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR AND REALLY A JOY FOR ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MY FRIEND HERE, BYRON WOODS. BYRON AND I MET BACK IN 1979 AT VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, WHERE WE WERE IN PILOT TRAINING TOGETHER. AND FROM DAY ONE, HE'S THE KIND OF GUY THAT LEADS WITH HIS HEART, AND HE FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH ACTION. WE SHARED SOME FLIGHT HOURS TOGETHER AND FLY IN FORMATION TOGETHER. AND ACTUALLY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LAUGHS AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF NOT ONLY KNOWING HIM, BUT HIS LOVELY WIFE LOIS HERE, WHO STOOD BY HIM THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS. WHAT STANDS OUT MOST ABOUT BYRON ISN'T JUST HIS AIR FORCE SERVICE AND HIS DEDICATION TO HIS CIVIC LIFE HERE IN DENTON, BUT THROUGH BOTH OR BOTH OF THEM ARE IMPRESSIVE, OF COURSE, BUT EVERYTHING HE DOES, HE DOES WITH QUIET STRENGTH, HUMILITY, AND A DEEP SENSE OF PURPOSE. WHETHER IT'S SERVING, SERVING ON THE ON THE CITY BOARD, COUNSELING YOUNG COUPLES, WHICH THEY BOTH DID FOR A WHILE, OR WALKING DOGS AT THE LINDA MCNABB ANIMAL SERVICES RIGHT HERE, WHICH MISS NIKKI IS HERE FROM THE ANIMAL SERVICES, ALONG WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF CAST OF CHARACTERS OUT HERE IN THE IN THE LOBBY HERE, HE DOES EVERYTHING. HE SHOWS UP, HE GIVES HIS TIME, AND HE NEVER ASKS FOR BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT. HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS COMING HERE TONIGHT. HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DINNER WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS. SO TODAY, AS WE RECOGNIZE HIM WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT COULDN'T HAPPEN TO A BETTER MAN. BYRON, THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND, A MENTOR, AND A ROCK IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I'M PROUD TO STAND HERE TODAY WITH THE MAYOR TO SEE YOU GET THIS PROCLAMATION.

>> YEAH. THANK YOU. >> VERY MUCH. I SURE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. >> ANYTHING YOU WANT TO YOU WANT

TO SHARE? >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN TOTALLY SURPRISED IN A LONG TIME. I SAID WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND EAT AFTER THIS. I SAID, WHY ARE WE MEETING IN THE

PARKING LOT OVER HERE TO GO EAT? >> THAT IS. >> THAT'S GREAT. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL VERY MUCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. OKAY, SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION REACHED BY PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.

GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF DENTON, DENTON ANIMAL SERVICES AND THE CITY COUNCIL WISH TO RECOGNIZE BYRON WOODS FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS BYRON VOLUNTEERS DAILY TO WALK AND PLAY WITH THE SHELTER DOGS AT THE LINDA MCNATT ANIMAL CARE AND ADOPTION CENTER AND HAS SERVED ON THE 2024 BOND COMMITTEE, THE ZONING BOARD, AND CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND WHEREAS BYRON EXEMPLIFIES THE QUALITIES OF A TRUE COMMUNITY, OF A TRUE COMMUNITY LEADER, SOMEONE WHO'S DEDICATED, COMPASSIONATE AND STEADFAST IN HIS EFFORTS TO MAKE DENTON A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL RESIDENTS, HUMANS AND ANIMALS ALIKE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, FORMALLY CONVEY THE COMMUNITY'S SINCERE AND WARM APPRECIATION OF BYRON WOODS IN A PERMANENT MANNER BY READING THIS PROCLAMATION INTO THE OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, AND FORWARD HIM A TRUE COPY THEREOF. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY OF DENTON, ON THIS DAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY, 2025, HEREBY OFFICIALLY EXTENDS ITS THANKS TO BYRON WOODS FOR HIS CONTINUED SERVICE AND DEDICATED LEADERSHIP IN THE DENTON COMMUNITY. IF WE CAN GIVE HIM A HAND AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO YEAH, WE HAVE LOTS OF FAMILY HERE. YES. PLEASE. ALSO. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW GUYS. THANKS FOR SHOWING UP. FANTASTIC. THAT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER. NICE TO MEET YOU. YEAH. I'M SURE. YEAH.

THIS IS GREAT. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. HENRY. COME HERE. YES. THERE WE GO.

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WELL, HERE, Y'ALL WANT TO HOLD THAT FOR ME? AWESOME. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. OKAY, HERE WE GO. WITH JESUS. THEN WE JESUS SAID EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR. THANK YOU. WE'RE ALL SET. THANK YOU. GO GET DINNER. FOR REAL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. YEAH THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, SIR. WELL SAID. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> SO WHY DON'T WE PIVOT A BIT? IF YOU ARE HERE WITH THE RHINE RAIDERS, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN?

>> ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. >> YES. >> EXCELLENT.

>> THANK YOU. AND Y'ALL CAN COME DOWN. THERE'S SOME MORE SPACE OVER HERE, IF THAT'S OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT, TWO ROWS, TWO ROWS, TWO ROWS, TWO ROWS. Y'ALL COME IN TWO ROWS. THERE YOU GO.

>> WE NEED A. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE TALL PEOPLE ON THE EDGES SO THEY DON'T MAKE ME LOOK

SHORT. CHRIS. >> HOLD ON. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> HERE WE GO. RIGHT OVER HERE. 123. ONE MORE. LAST ONE. >> OKAY, SO I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING. I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS THIS IS IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. I WAS I WAS WATCHING I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK AT HOME. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IN THE STADIUM AND ON THE COURT. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. BUT

WHAT DO WE RECOGNIZE. >> YOUR 2025 LADY RAIDER STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> YEAH. >> NOT ONLY. NOT ONLY ARE WE STATE CHAMPIONS, WE MADE HISTORY. THERE'S WE WERE THE FIRST TITLE FOR GIRLS IN THE ISD. SO THERE'S FOUR SCHOOLS AND IT'S 100 PLUS YEARS OF EXISTENCE. I DON'T KNOW THE YEARS. THE FIRST TITLE ON THE

GIRLS SIDE. SO REALLY EXCITING. >> YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AWESOME. ANYBODY ELSE CARE TO

WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU MIGHT WANT TO. >> SAY SOMETHING. SAY HELLO. ME?

YES. YOU DID. I GOTTA SAY, SAY HELLO. >> WE HAVE THE BEST COACH IN ALL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. BEST POINT GUARD, BEST, BEST FIVE, BEST FOR YOU. NAME IT, WE GOT THE BEST TEAM. WE'RE STACKED. WE'RE READY FOR NEXT YEAR. WE'LL RUN IT BACK.

>> SO. >> WHO'S THE POINT GUARD? WHO'S THAT?

>> WHO'S THAT? YEAH. >> HELLO? >> HEY, THERE YOU GO. SAY SAY

HELLO. >> HELLO? HELLO. >> YEAH.

>> WHY Y'ALL PUT ME ON THE SPOT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. >> YEAH.

>> SO HOW WAS IT? SO YOU'RE. THEY WERE PRESSING, RIGHT? A LOT OF GAME. HOW DO WE. WHAT WAS

THAT? I MEAN, DEFENSE. TOUGH STATE. >> CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> ALL THOSE THINGS. WHAT WAS WHAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, IS IT JUST PRACTICE THAT GETS YOU READY FOR

THAT? WHAT KIND OF HELPED YOU PREPARE YOU THINK, OR WHAT. >> GAVE YOU THE. I HAD A LOT OF FOULS THAT GAME. SO I'D SAY I SAY WE JUST STAYED AS A UNION. WE STAYED TOGETHER. WE STAYED

THROUGH THE THING. SO WE DID IT. WE DID IT. YEAH. WE WANTED. >> YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOULS. I CAN DO THAT. WELL, WELL THAT'S GREAT. YEAH THAT'S THAT'S. AND

SO YOU ALWAYS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN DENTON. >> NO. OKAY. NO. THIS IS LIKE MY MAMA. LIKE THREE. YEAH. I JUST GOT DOWN HERE. YEAH, YEAH, I JUST GOT DOWN HERE. YEAH.

>> GOOD. >> OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? >> ANYBODY ELSE?

>> HEY. >> GIVE ME THE MIC. >> OH, GOD. I'M COMING RIGHT

OVER THERE. >> WHY ARE YOU CLAPPING? AND YOU BETTER GET DEEP IN THE TALK.

>> SAY, MAN. HEY. >> YEAH. >> SO, LIKE, SO YOU. WHAT YOU'RE

FOR IS THAT FIVE? >> YEAH. >> THREE. FOUR. OKAY.

>> I KNOW FIVE. >> YEAH. YOU GOT IT. NO. >> SO WHAT.

>> ARE YOU WHAT WHAT. >> WHAT JUMPED OUT AT YOU. YOUR EXPERIENCE AT THE AT STATE FINALS. THAT WHOLE EXPERIENCE. IS THERE ANYTHING. THAT YOU REMEMBER WELL OR JUST STOOD OUT

TO YOU? >> I MEAN, WE STEPPED UP BECAUSE OUR POINT GUARD WAS OUT. WE

BROUGHT IT HOME. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. >> GOT IT, GOT IT. OKAY. THANK

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YOU. >> HOLD ON. ONE MORE. >> YES. LET'S DO IT. OKAY. YEAH.

>> HEY, GUYS. >> I'M THE GAME OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SHARE.

>> THE GAME DEFINITELY STOOD OUT. WE FACED A LOT OF ADVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THAT GAME. AND WE WERE JUST ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH. YOU KNOW GO BACK AT HALFTIME. WE SEE EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, BUT WE'RE STILL UP. SO IT GIVES US THE CONFIDENCE. AND THEN OUTSIDE VOICES YOU KNOW RANKINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. JUST ADD ON TO IT. AND WE WERE

ABLE TO DO IT AS A TEAM. EVERYBODY STEPPED UP GUYS. >> AND THEN GOT THANK YOU.

>> WE WERE 34 AND SEVEN. AND FROM DAY ONE COACH SAID LET'S LET'S THINK OF SOMETHING AND LET'S SAY LET'S PUT THE VISION TOGETHER. AND SHE PUT UP NUMBER ONE. RIGHT. AND OUR WHOLE SEASON WAS EPITOMIZED BY PUTTING OURSELVES TOGETHER AND THINKING ONE, WE LITERALLY STARTED WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING A BANNER DAY ONE, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING CULMINATE TO THAT TYPE OF. EVOLUTION. WE WENT THROUGH SOME HARD STUFF. WE STUCK TOGETHER, PRAYED TOGETHER, CRIED TOGETHER, FOUGHT TOGETHER. AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING BECAUSE AGAIN, I WOULD TELL THEM I HAD A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND I WOULD TELL THEM HOW IT WAS, THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE IT WAS NOTHING THAT ANYONE EVEN THOUGHT OF. THEY NEVER RANKED US. THEY DIDN'T RANK US TO THE END, THEY DIDN'T RANK US AT THE END AND STILL HADN'T BEEN RANKED. AND SO I LOVE THAT TYPE OF STORY BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY ABOUT NEVER, EVER GIVING UP. AND IT WAS AMAZING JOURNEY.

>> WOW. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S AWESOME.

>> AND LAST THING I'LL COME BACK TO YOU COACH. SO HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD AT THIS TO COME TO THIS MOMENT. SO HOW LONG YOU BEEN COACHING. JUST TELL US ABOUT THAT. THAT JOURNEY

TO THIS, TO THIS MOMENT. >> THIS IS YOUR 29TH. SO I STARTED OUT.

>> YEAH. >> SO I STARTED OUT AT DENTON HIGH HERE BACK IN THE DAY. AND YOU JUST YOU JUST DREAM OF THIS MOMENT. I PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOL. DIDN'T GET IT IN HIGH SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, YOU JUST KEEP FIGHTING AND YOU FINALLY FIND A GROUP OF GIRLS THAT THAT CAN COME TO COME TOGETHER AND DO THE LITTLE THINGS. AND IT'S TRULY A JOURNEY. AND LIKE COACH SAID, FROM DAY ONE, WE TOOK A PICTURE IN THE SHAPE OF A ONE AND THE KIDS REALLY DIDN'T GET IT. I WAS JUST TALKING TO DEZ THE OTHER DAY AND SHE WAS LIKE, COACH, I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T SEE THAT. AND I WAS LIKE, THAT WAS IT. LIKE WE LITERALLY AS A AS A TEAM, AS A COACHING STAFF, BELIEVED THAT WE

COULD BE NUMBER ONE WITH WHAT WE HAD AND IT CAME TO BE EXCELLENT. >> EXCELLENT. OKAY. WELL, AND THEN I'M GONNA READ THIS, BUT I HAVE ONE MORE IMPORTANT THING TO DO. IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF SOMEBODY STANDING UP HERE, COULD YOU PLEASE STAND? LET US RECOGNIZE YOU, PLEASE? YEAH.

YEAH. AND THAT THAT'S A LOT OF BEING AT TWO PLACES AT ONCE AND EARLY MORNINGS. LATE NIGHTS. AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. SO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE RYAN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THE CLASS FIVE, A DIVISION ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON MARCH 1ST, BECOMING THE FIRST GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM IN DENTON ISD HISTORY TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WHEREAS THE LADY RAIDERS BEAT SAN ANTONIO WAGNER HIGH BY A SCORE OF 58 TO 47 TO WIN THE TITLE. RYAN COMPLETED THE SEASON ON A 13 GAME WINNING STREAK WITH THE LADY RAIDERS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE DEFENSE, PAVING THE WAY TO THEIR THEIR HOSTING HOISTING THE TROPHY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DENTON COMMENDS THE LADY RAIDERS FOR THEIR TEAMWORK, ATHLETICISM AND GRACE IN THE SPORT OF BASKETBALL. NOW THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH 2025 AS RYAN RAIDER DAY AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DAY IN THE CITY OF DENTON, AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE SUCCESS OF THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR COACHES. IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A

HAND. >> OKAY. FOR A. PICTURE HERE AND THIS WILL BE.

>> THE VIDEO IS ARCHIVED ONLINE, SO Y'ALL CAN. >> HAVE. THAT AS WELL.

>> CAN Y'ALL HOLD. >> THAT FOR ME? AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW HURRY HURRY, HURRY. GO AHEAD AND MOVE. I CAN'T OKAY. ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON. HOLD ON. TWO, THREE. MORE. ONE.

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TWO. THREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S AWESOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. WE'LL SEE

YOU NEXT YEAR. YES, SIR. >> I'LL HOLD. >> YOU TO IT. OKAY. THERE YOU

GO. SO THAT'S EVERYONE'S COPY. OKAY. YES. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE GUYER WILDCATS, IF YOU COULD, YOU CAN COME ON DOWN. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. HEY, HOW ARE YOU,

MAN? GOOD, GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU VERY. >> MUCH, MAN.

>> HEY, HOW ARE YOU, MAN? GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> HEY, CONGRATULATIONS. HEY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. THANK YOU. HEY, MAN. >> HOW ARE YOU? HEY, WHAT'S

GOING ON? HEY, COACH. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? THANK YOU SIR. >> MAN. YES, SIR.

>> YOU GOT TWO GROVES, COACH? YES. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> HERE WE GO. SCOOCH IN TOGETHER. LET'S GET TWO ROWS, COACH. THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. OH. MAN. HEY. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, NOW I GOT ALL THESE. ALL RIGHT. I'M COUNTING.

ONE. TWO, THREE. WILDCATS! ONE, TWO. THREE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY. SO TELL US WHAT WE'RE

RECOGNIZING. >> THIS IS THE SIX A DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPION GUYER

WILDCATS. >> YES. THAT'S AWESOME. SO WHAT ELSE?

>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SHARE ABOUT THIS SEASON UPON REFLECTION OR WHATEVER? OR WHAT? WHAT IS IT THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW OUTSIDE LOOKING IN THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THIS,

THIS JOURNEY TO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP? >> KIND OF LIKE THE GIRLS. IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE I DIDN'T. BOYS TEAM WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO A LONG TIME COMING FOR THAT. BUT AS WE WERE THERE, DOWN THERE, WE GOT TO SEE THEY WERE HONORING EVERY 25 YEARS THEY HONOR A PROGRAM. THEY WERE HONORING. RON. WE WERE THERE. SO IT'S PRETTY PRETTY COOL TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AND KNOW THAT THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO GET TO BE CELEBRATED IN 25 YEARS.

AND JUST CONNECTEDNESS, CONNECTEDNESS THAT THIS GROUP HAD, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW THAT'S GOING TO LAST FOR A LONG TIME. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE MEMORIES FOREVER.

>> YEAH. >> AND THEN I NEED YOU TO COACH ME UP SO YOU GET A BAD CALL, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE THERE. BUT YOU ALWAYS SEEM LIKE YOU, YOU YOU HANDLE IT VERY WELL. SO WHAT'S

THE. NEVER MIND. NO, I'M WORKING ON IT. I'LL EMAIL YOU. >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WORKING ON

IT. >> OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO WANT TO SAY? ANYBODY WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING ELSE? COACH IS IN THE BACKYARD. SAY, ANYBODY WANT TO? OKAY. THERE WE GO.

>> I'M HAPPY WE GOT IT DONE. YOU KNOW, ALL YEAR WE WANTED TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT WAS OUR ONE GOAL. THAT'S THE ONE THING WE PREACHED AND PRACTICES AND GAMES. WE HAD ONE GOAL, AND WE WERE GOING TO SACRIFICE WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THAT. AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE IT

PAID OFF. >> EXCELLENT. ANYBODY ELSE? >> GOOD JOB. YOU WANT TO TALK?

NO, I'M NOT TALKING. >> GO AHEAD. >> YES. IT WAS A FUN YEAR FOR SURE. STARTED LIKE SUMMER WORKOUTS. JUST WORKING HARD TOGETHER AND JUST SEEING IT PAY OFF AT THE END. REALLY SHOWS CHARACTER IN ALL OF US. HOW WE STAYED TOGETHER THROUGH THICK

AND THIN. AND I'M JUST GLAD IT PAID OFF. REALLY? THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ANYBODY?

>> ANYBODY OVER HERE? OKAY. >> GOT IT. >> YOU GOOD? OKAY, GREAT. SO.

BUT THE SCORE IS THIS, RIGHT? IT WAS. >> 48, 47.

>> YEAH. ONE POINT. WOW. WHO HAD. AND I DON'T REMEMBER. I WATCHED IT, BUT I DON'T

REMEMBER. SO WHO HAD WERE WE ON DEFENSE AT THE END OR. >> WELL I WOULD THIS IS THE BEST DEFENSIVE TEAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. BIG ATTRIBUTION TO OUR DEFENSIVE COACH AARON ROBERTS.

HE'S PHENOMENAL. WE ONLY GAVE UP 60 POINTS MORE THAN 60 POINTS TWICE THIS ENTIRE YEAR, WHICH WAS HUGE. BUT THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE IT. DYNASTY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPACT THAT ATHLETICS HAS ON THE CULTURE OF OUR SCHOOL AND OUR PROGRAM, SO WE APPRECIATE THEM. FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. SO WE APPRECIATE THEM, BUT THEY GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COACH THESE BOYS, BE WITH THEM. THEY HAVE EVERY EVERYTHING THEY CAN NEED TO BECOME THE BEST ATHLETES THEY CAN BE. SO THEY'RE VERY BLESSED AND WE'RE VERY BLESSED

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IN THAT. BUT JUST HAPPY ALL THESE BOYS JUST PUT IN THE WORK WITH THAT FROM MORNINGS AND HOURS IN THE GYM, SHOOTING IN THE MORNINGS, AFTER SCHOOL WORKOUTS. JUST VERY PROUD OF

THEM AND WHAT THEY ACHIEVED. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND SO PARENTS, ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU'RE HERE WITH SOMEBODY DOWN HERE STANDING UP, PLEASE STAND UP AND LET US RECOGNIZE

YOU. PLEASE. >> YEAH. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. >> WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THE PROCLAMATION. PROCLAMATION READS. GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE GUYER HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THE CLASS SIX, A DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, ON MARCH 8TH. THE WILDCATS DEFEATED KATY JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL 48 TO 47 TO WIN THE TITLE, EARNING THE FIRST STATE BASKETBALL TITLE IN SCHOOL HISTORY. AND WHEREAS GUYER WILDCATS ENDED THE SEASON ON AN 11 GAME WINNING STREAK, FINISHING THE YEAR WITH A 34 AND SEVEN OVERALL RECORD, BRINGING THE COVETED TITLE TO THE SOUTH SIDE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DENTON COMMENDS THE WILDCATS FOR THEIR TEAMWORK, ATHLETICISM AND GRACE IN THE SPORT OF BASKETBALL. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE EIGHTH DAY OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN MARCH 2025 AS WILDCATS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DAY IN THE CITY OF DENTON AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION AND THE SUCCESS OF THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR COACHES. IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A HAND AGAIN.

>> ALL RIGHT. HOW'S THAT? FOR MORE? WELCOME. ONE. TWO. THREE AND FOUR. ONE. TWO. THREE.

GOOD JOB. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE HAVE THOSE FOR Y'ALL. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. THANK WELL DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GREAT TO SEE YOU. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU GUYS.

>> ALL RIGHT. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR EARTH DAY, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR EARTH DAY, YOU CAN COME ON DOWN.

ANYBODY HERE FOR EARTH DAY? NO. OKAY. VERY GOOD. WELL, I'LL. I'LL ACCEPT IT ON THEIR BEHALF.

WE'LL GIVE THEM A MINUTE. OKAY. SO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS APRIL 22ND, 2025 MARKS THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY AND GLOBAL MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO THE RAISING AWARENESS AND PROMOTING ACTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR PLANET AND ITS RESOURCES. AND WHEREAS THE THEME OF FOR EARTH DAY 2025 OUR POWER, OUR PLANET UNDERSCORES THE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND POTENTIAL OF THE CITY OF DENTON TO ADDRESS URGENT CHALLENGES. AND WHEREAS TODAY, WITH THE DEEP, WITH THE HELP OF THE DENTON MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC, THE CITY IS PROUD TO SHARE THAT IT SERVES 64,000 CUSTOMERS WITH 100% RENEWABLE CLEAN ENERGY. DENTON IS THE ONLY CITY IN TEXAS TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE EACH TO OPERATE EACH RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS ON 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND LEADS THE NATION WITH MORE WIND POWER PER CAPITA THAN ANY OTHER CITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 2025 AS THE DATE TO RECOGNIZE EARTH DAY 2025. OUR POWER, OUR PLANET. GIVE HIM A HAND. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE ARE RECOGNIZING BUILDING SAFETY HERE

FOR BUILDING SAFETY. EXCELLENT. >> THANK YOU ALL. HI. HEY. HOW ARE YOU? HEY. GOOD TO SEE ME.

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HOW ARE YOU DOING? YEAH. MISS YOU. >> IT'S ALL GOOD. OKAY. WHO'S

THE. WHO'S THE SPOKESPERSON? OKAY, GREAT. >> GOOD EVENING. WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, WHERE WE CELEBRATE OUR ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND OUR INSPECTORS, ESPECIALLY. AND PLANS EXAMINERS THAT ARE THE REALLY THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS. BEFORE THE FIRST RESPONDERS GET THERE. WE WORK ON PROTECTING YOUR HOME AND YOUR YOUR PLAY PLACE OF BUSINESS AND WHERE YOU PLAY. YES. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

>> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD DEAL. HERE TODAY WE HAVE OUR HEALTH INSPECTORS, OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS, PLAN REVIEWERS, PERMIT TECHS, AND I THINK THAT'S IT. AND EVERYBODY HERE PLAYS A ROLE IN IN PROTECTING OUR CITY. I DON'T.

>> THINK I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. >> DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR NUMBERS?

>> I DO HAVE A FEEL FOR NUMBERS. >> SORRY. >> SURE. SO WE PROCESS OVER 12,000 PERMITS PER YEAR. WE INSPECT AT LEAST. WE HAVE AT LEAST A 50,000 PLUS INSPECTIONS PER YEAR. AND WE DO THIS, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY. SO IF PEOPLE NEED INSPECTIONS, WE. THAT'S

WHAT WE DO. >> YES. EXCELLENT. >> WELL, THANK YOU. VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE. ANYONE ELSE MAKE SURE. YEAH. THERE YOU GO.

>> SO THIS TEAM DOES ALL OF THAT WORK. MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEE THEM. THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS REALLY THEY'RE THE SILENT DEFENDERS. BUT OVER $2 BILLION WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION IN DENTON LAST YEAR, $2 BILLION THAT THEY WENT OUT AND REVIEWED, INSPECTED, PERMITTED AND MADE SURE. AND IT'S NOT THE PERMIT FOR THE SAKE OF THE FEE. IT'S PERMITS PROTECT. SO THEY'RE HERE JUST AS CIVIL SERVANTS TAKING CARE OF EVERYBODY WHERE THEY EAT, SLEEP, WORK, PLAY WITHOUT KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. SO WONDERFUL TEAM. LOVE IT.

>> OKAY. >> ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. AND I'LL SAY I'LL ADD TO THAT. TO SAY I'D CALLED ABOUT SOMETHING WAS TAKEN A BIT AND I WAS LIKE, HEY, WHY ISN'T THIS OR THAT OPEN ALREADY? AND LIKE, WELL, IT FAILED INSPECTION. AND SO THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND REDO IT. SO THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES ON AGAIN THAT PEOPLE JUST OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, YOU MAY NOT KNOW. SO BUT I DO APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE WE KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE AND EVERYTHING IS BUILT TO CODE. AND SO TRULY GRATEFUL FOR EVERY ROLE. AND THEN THE AND THEN THE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO LOOK FOR IT. I JUST SEE IT ON THE SCREENS HERE AND NOW AND AGAIN. BUT THE HEALTH INSPECTIONS ARE POSTED, THOSE SCORES AND ALL THAT INFORMATION IS PUT IS POSTED. SO VERY TRANSPARENT THAT WAY. AND SO I APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. AND SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, BUILDINGS, AND THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR OCCUPANTS ARE PARAMOUNT CONCERNS FOR THE CITY OF DENTON. AND WHEREAS OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE RESILIENCE OF OUR BUILDINGS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH DEVOTED CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS WHO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY CODES AND STANDARDS TO PROTECT US IN BUILDINGS WHERE WE LIVE, LEARN, WORK AND PLAY. WHEREAS EACH YEAR, IN OBSERVANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, WE ENCOURAGE A COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE BUILDING SAFETY AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY, AND BY ADHERING TO THE SAFEST STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, WE CONTRIBUTE TO A SAFER AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE. NOW. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM MAY 2025 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IF WE GIVE

THEM A HAND. >> SURE. YES. >> SORRY, I JUST.

>> YEAH, IT. >> IS OKAY. JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING. WE ARE HAVING A COLORING CONTEST, SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE BUILDING SAFETY, IT'S PROBABLY CITY OF DENTON BUILDING SAFETY. IF YOU WANT TO PRINT THE COLORING SHEET AND SEND IT TO OUR OFFICE, WE'RE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE ALL YOUR KIDS GREAT

COLOR SKILLS. >> IS THERE. >> IS THERE A AGE LIMIT.

>> TO 12? >> REALLY? DO YOU CHECK IDS? OKAY.

>> OKAY. >> LET'S SLOT. >> IN HERE.

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>> YES. Y'ALL SLIDE IN. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. GREAT TO SEE YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT OKAY. >> AND WE HAVE ONE MORE HERE AND THAT'S DRINK WATER WEEK. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR DRINK WATER WEEK YOU CAN COME ON DOWN. OH. OH MAN. THAT'S GREAT. WHAT A SWEETIE. THAT IS GREAT. OKAY, OKAY. LOOK AT THAT. YEAH. FOR SURE.

>> WE'RE STARTING THE TRAINING PROGRAM. >> THAT'S GOOD. WE NEED IT.

>> HI. >> OKAY. WHO WANTS TO TELL US WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE

RECOGNIZING? >> OH. >> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT. WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE DRINKING WATER WEEK, AND I HOPE YOU'VE TRIED OUR WATER. IT'S PRETTY GOOD. I'VE HEARD IT'S THE BEST TASTING, BUT, YEAH, THIS IS AN ANNUAL. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. AN ANNUAL RECOGNITION OF DRINKING WATER ACROSS, I BELIEVE THE NATION AND MAYBE EVEN THE WORLD, I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO ANYWAY, DENTON DOES HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD TASTING WATER. I HOPE YOU ALL TRIED IT AND LIKE

IT. AND, YEAH, WE'RE ALL HERE FOR THAT, SO. >> GOT IT. OKAY.

>> ANY ANY. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S FANTASTIC. LOOK AT THAT. ANYTHING TO ADD?

>> NO OKAY. >> OKAY. GREAT. AND SO HOW MUCH WATER ARE WE. USING ON AVERAGE.

SO HOW MUCH HOW MUCH WATER WE USE AS A CITY ON AVERAGE EITHER WHATEVER NUMBER, YOU KNOW OR

KIND OF WHAT'S A SENSE OF THE SCALE OF WATER. >> WHAT KINDS OF NUMBERS.

>> YEAH, GIVE US A FEW. >> SO I GUESS IN OUR I THINK BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE PEAKED AT AROUND 40, 42 MILLION GALLONS IN ONE SINGLE DAY, WHICH IS A LOT. 42 MILLION GALLONS IS A UNFATHOMABLY JUST A LARGE NUMBER. RIGHT. AND THEN FOR AVERAGE FLOWS, WHAT DID WE DECIDE? WAS THAT SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 20 AVERAGE DAILY FLOWS AROUND 20 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. SO IF YOU CAN PICTURE 20 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER FLOWING TO TOWN.

>> EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE PRODUCED OVER 8,000,000,008.5 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER. WOW. WE DELIVERED TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> WOW. >> OUTSTANDING. OKAY, WELL, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS ACCESS TO SAFE, RELIABLE DRINKING WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF DENTON. AND WHEREAS, DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE WATER INDUSTRY SUCH AS ENGINEERS, OPERATORS AND FIELD CREWS WORK DILIGENTLY EVERY DAY TO SOURCE, TREAT AND DISTRIBUTE HIGH QUALITY DRINKING WATER TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

ADHERING TO THE STRINGENT SAFETY STANDARDS. AND WHEREAS 2025 MARKS THE 55TH 51ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENACTMENT OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT. NOW, NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THIS WEEK, MAY 5TH THROUGH THE 11TH, 2025, AS DRINK WATER WEEK IN THE CITY OF DENTON, AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF DENTON TO HELP PROTECT OUR SOURCE WATER FROM POLLUTION, PRACTICE WATER CONSERVATION AND TO GET INVOLVED

THROUGH EDUCATION IF WE GIVE THEM A HAND. >> ALL RIGHT, SO CAN I. CAN I GET YOU TO HELP ME HOLD THIS? IS THAT ALL RIGHT? YES. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT YOU. THERE WE GO. THANK

YOU. OH, MAN. YOU'RE AMAZING. ALL RIGHT, COME. >> ON, I HAD. HIGH.

>> THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> BY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> IS THAT IT? MOTION TO ADJOURN. YEAH. >> YOU GOT A FEW MORE THINGS TO

DO. >> OKAY. GO WORK ON. IT. >> OKAY. IF WE CAN PLAY THE

VIDEO FOR ADDRESSING COUNCIL, PLEASE. AND THANK YOU. >> THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL HAS

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ADOPTED RULES OF PROCEDURE, INCLUDING A CODE OF CONDUCT THAT APPLIES TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. THESE RULES WERE ENACTED TO PROMOTE AN ORDERLY PROCESS AND TO PRESERVE DECORUM. SPEAKERS WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO GIVE A SCHEDULED REPORT AND FOUR MINUTES TO GIVE AN OPEN MIC REPORT. A BELL WILL RING WHEN TIME HAS EXPIRED. IF THE REMARKS ARE NOT CONCLUDED BY THAT TIME, THE SPEAKER WILL BE ASKED TO STOP SPEAKING. IF THE SPEAKER DOES NOT CEASE AND A SECOND REQUEST IS MADE, THE MAYOR MAY REQUEST TO HAVE THE SPEAKER REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER. SPEAKERS SHOULD NOT APPROACH THE DAIS. IF A SPEAKER HAS MATERIALS FOR THE COUNCIL, PLEASE NOTIFY THE CITY SECRETARY IN ADVANCE FOR SCHEDULED REPORTS. THE COUNCIL MAY INITIATE DISCUSSION OR ASK QUESTIONS FOR NONSCHEDULED OPEN MIC REPORTS. THE COUNCIL MAY LISTEN, HOWEVER, BECAUSE NO NOTICE OF THE SUBJECT OF THE OPEN MIC REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE. THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR DECISION BY THE COUNCIL ON NONSCHEDULED ITEMS. AS A RESULT, THE COUNCIL MAY ONLY PROCEED AS FOLLOWS ON NONSCHEDULED ITEMS PROPOSED TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA. MAKE A STATEMENT OF FACTUAL POLICY OR A RECITATION OF EXISTING POLICY. SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO DIRECT ALL REMARKS AND QUESTIONS TO THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, AND NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM MAKING ABUSIVE, PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS. ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THE COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE MAY BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. COPIES OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CITY SECRETARY. I.

[3. PRESENTATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC]

>> HAVE ONE CARD WISHING TO SPEAK, AND IT IS. GREG PAULUS. IS THAT HOW YOU SAY? OKAY, YOU

CAN COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME. YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. >> I HAVE A PHOTO.

>> OKAY. IF WE CAN GET THE DOCUMENT CAMERA, THEY'LL THEY'LL PULL IT UP FOR YOU IN JUST A

BIT. YOU CAN ORIENT IT. >> HELLO. >> MY NAME IS GREG PAULUS.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. COUNCIL PERSONS. I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD NEWS THIS EVENING, SO I'M GOING TO ADD TO IT I AND A NUMBER OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO STARTED A TRASH PICKUP AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE LIVE ON OAK AND HICKORY STREET, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS FROM STUDENTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND IN AUGUST AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF COUNCIL PEOPLE JOIN US, BY THE WAY, AND IN AUGUST, COUNCIL PERSON MCGEE AND COUNCIL PERSON BECK JOINED US ON THE TRASH PICKUP, AND WE WERE DISCUSSING SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ISSUES AND DOCTOR BECK RECOMMENDED THAT WE REACH OUT TO ONE OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SPECIFICALLY FARHAN BUTT, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE AND IN THE TRAFFIC. AND I BELIEVE, SAFETY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SO I EMAILED HIM AND MENTIONED THAT WE HAD SOME CONCERNS AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY, IN PARTICULAR OF PEDESTRIANS WALKING NEAR THE CAMPUS. AND HE SAID, LET'S GET TOGETHER. AND SO HIS TEAM CAME OUT. WE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD MET WITH THEM, SHOWED THEM OUR CONCERNS. AND FAST FORWARD SEVEN MONTHS LATER, WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL CROSSWALK, WHICH IS RIGHT BY WELCH AND OAK STREET, WHICH IS HIGHLY FREQUENTED BY PEDESTRIANS, NAMELY STUDENTS AT UNT. AND NOW WE HAVE A SAFE CROSSWALK AS A RESULT OF THAT. AND I JUST WOULD SAY THAT IT'S EXCITING. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK THAT DOCTOR BUTT AND HIS TEAM HAVE PROVIDED. I GUESS THEY ALSO WORKED WITH TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF. AND THEN OF COURSE, THANK YOU, DOCTOR BECK, FOR POINTING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT I THINK THE POINT WE WANT TO MAKE TONIGHT IS THAT IN A GREAT CITY SUCH AS DENTON, WHEN THE CITIZENS REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO CITY DEPARTMENTS, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND GET THINGS DONE. NOT THROUGH CONFLICT, NOT THROUGH FIGHTING, NOT HAVING TO MAKE IT A BIG DEAL. WE CAN DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THIS IS EVIDENCE OF THAT. SO THANKS FOR

YOUR TIME TODAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> APPRECIATE IT.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> COULD THAT TAKES US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL TAKE A MOTION. BUT FOR ITEM C.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. SO MOVED REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR EVERYTHING ON CONSENT. BUT

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FOR ITEM C ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

[C. Consider a nomination/appointment to the City’s Planning & Zoning Commission.]

THAT TAKES US TO ITEM C, WHICH IS D25080. CONSIDER NOMINATION APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY OF CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND I WILL TAKE A MOTION REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

THREE. >> I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD SUCH AN OUTSTANDING NOMINEE. MARIANNE MACDUFF IS HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR DECADES, RESPECTED BY ALL QUARTERS. ADMINISTRATOR EVEN UP TO VERY RECENTLY, LEADERSHIP ROLES IN VERY SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT BENEFIT LEAGUE. AND OTHERS. SHE'S WISE

AND CANNY AND I THINK WILL SERVE US VERY WELL. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

FIVE. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WILL JUST SAY THIS BEFORE WE VOTE. THE REASON I PULLED THIS AND THE REASON I DID IS BECAUSE THIS IS A NOMINEE BY A OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I JUST WANT TO HAVE A CLEAR RECORD THAT SAYS WHILE ALTHOUGH IT'S AN UNEXPIRED TERM, MEANING IT'S NOT A FULL TWO YEAR TERM, I BELIEVE IF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER THAT COMES IN TO FILL THAT, WHAT WILL BE VACATED SEAT WANTS TO APPOINT SOMEONE ELSE, I THINK THEY'VE EARNED THAT RIGHT TO DO SO. I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS SET A PRECEDENT THAT THAT IS OKAY. ONE ONE BOARD MEMBER WAS REMOVED WITH ONE MEETING TO GO. AND SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY TO IN ADVANCE THAT IF THAT PERSON COMES ON AND IS SERVING, THEY'VE EARNED THAT RIGHT. THEY HAVE A TWO YEAR TERM. AND IF THEY WANT TO REPLACE SOMEONE THAT WAS JUST PLACED A MONTH PRIOR, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO JUST WANTED TO HAVE A CLEAR RECORD THAT SAYS, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT IF THEY SO DESIRE. IF THEY DON'T, THEN GREAT. BUT I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CLEAR RECORD THERE. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THAT

[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 2 (R2) zoning district to Overlay Planned Development with Mixed-Use Neighborhood (PD-MN) and Public Facilities (PD-PF) base zoning districts. The subject site is generally located at the southeast corner of the I35-W and Corbin Road intersection 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 [5-0] to recommend denial of the request. Motion for denial by Commissioner Dyer and seconded by Commissioner Riggs. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THIS ITEM BE POSTPONED TO A DATE CERTAIN OF JUNE 3, 2025. (PD23-0001d, Denton 195 Planned Development Overlay, Angie Manglaris)]

TAKES US TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING, PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE. AND THAT IS PUBLIC HEARING IS FIVE A PD 230001D HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS REGARDING A CHANGE IN THE ZONING DISTRICT AND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM RESIDENTIAL TWO ZONING DISTRICT TO OVERLAY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH THE MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD PD AND PUBLIC FACILITIES BASED ZONING DISTRICTS. OH YES. SO BUT I GOT I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE AND I'LL CONTINUE IT TILL THE WHEN JUNE 3RD AND SO BUT SO JUST THAT'S ALL I GOT TO DO. OKAY. GREAT. AND THEN THAT TAKES US TO

[B. Conduct the second of two public hearings and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton approving a strategic partnership agreement between the City of Denton and Sanctuary Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County providing for a limited purpose annexation and the terms for eventual full-purpose annexation of property located in the City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction; and providing an effective date.]

ITEM B IS ID 25188. CONDUCT THE SECOND OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON APPROVING A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND SAINT SANCTUARY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.

>> MR. MAYOR, THIS IS A PRESENTATION FOR BOTH ITEM B AND ITEM C.

>> OKAY, LET ME GET THERE AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM B. AND THEN I'LL CALL ITEM C WHICH IS D25239. CONDUCT THE SECOND OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS IN. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON APPROVING A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND SANCTUARY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, DENTON COUNTY,

PROVIDING FOR LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHARLIE ROSENTHAL WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE SANCTUARY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. AS A REMINDER, THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT THAT'S CREATED TO PROVIDE WATER, WASTEWATER, AND DRAINAGE SERVICES TO AN AREA AND HAS TAXING POWERS. YOU CAN SEE OUR HISTORY WITH THE SANCTUARY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. MOST RECENTLY, ON FEBRUARY 4TH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THIS MUD AND IT INCLUDED THIS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

SO THIS IS OUT ON US HIGHWAY 380, JUST WEST OF FM 156. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE TOTAL ACREAGE FOR THE PROPERTY IS 273. FOR THE FIRST SANCTUARY MUD, AND 563 FOR THE SECOND. THEY HAVE A TOTAL OF

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APPROXIMATELY 3100 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THEY EXPECT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS INITIATED BY THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 4TH. IT REQUIRES TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WAS ON APRIL 15TH, AND THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. IT ALLOWS FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION FOR THE COLLECTION OF SALES TAX, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR FUTURE FULL ANNEXATION OF THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, AS IT'S IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S POLICY AND IS ALSO WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF SEEING NONE, WE'RE REFERRING TO ITEM B. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU CARE TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME DOWN AND SPEAK AND FILL OUT A CARD AFTERWARDS. SEEING NO SUDDEN MOVEMENTS, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM B AND TAKE A MOTION AGAIN FOR ITEM B. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> I MOVE APPROVAL. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM B. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

[C. Conduct the second of two public hearings and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton approving a strategic partnership agreement between the City of Denton, and Sanctuary Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Denton County providing for limited purpose annexation and the terms for eventual full-purpose annexation of property located in the City’s extraterritorial Jurisdiction; and providing an effective date.]

AND THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THEN THAT TAKES US TO ITEM C. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO SPEAK IF YOU WOULD. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST COME ON DOWN. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL TAKE A MOTION. REPRESENTATIVE FROM

DISTRICT TWO. >> I MOVE APPROVAL. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND QUESTION. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

FOUR. IS THAT NOT A QUESTION? >> NO, SIR. >> OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THEN WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

>> BE FAST. >> AND THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM D. I'D 25831. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, A HOME RULE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND MARIO SINACOLA AND SONS EXCAVATING. AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THAT RIGHT? NO, NO. DID I GET AHEAD OF MYSELF?

>> YEAH. >> SORRY. LET ME SEE. HOLD ON. I'M IN. I'M IN. I THINK ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL NO SEE. OH, GOT. IT WRONG. WRONG ONE. GOT IT. OKAY. IT IS THE. JUST NOT THE

[D. Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding a change in zoning district and use classification from Rural Residential (RR) district to Residential 7 (R7) district on approximately 4.99 acres of land generally located north of Pockrus Paige Road, approximately 325 feet west of Swisher 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 [5-0] to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval was made by Commissioner Riggs and seconded by Commissioner Dyer. (Z25-0003b, Wild Haven Woods-RR to R7, Erin Stanley)]

ITEMS. OKAY. GOT IT. DZ25003B HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS REGARDING A CHANGE IN ZONING, DISTRICT AND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL RR DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL SEVEN RR SEVEN DISTRICT ON APPROXIMATELY 4.99 ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF PARKER'S PAGE. SORRY.

>> THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AARON STANLEY, ASSISTANT PLANNER. THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL SEVEN DISTRICT FOR APPROXIMATELY 4.9 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF PARKER'S PAGE AND WEST OF SWISHER ROAD. THIS IS A BIT OF AN UNUSUAL REZONING REQUEST, AS THIS PROPERTY IS ALREADY CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AND THE APPLICANT DOES NOT WISH TO REDEVELOP AT THIS TIME. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S A VARIETY OF USES ON SITE TODAY TWO SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS, TWO TRIPLEXES AND A VARIETY OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND ACCESSORY BUILDING BUILDINGS. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS REALLY TO PLAT, WHICH IS A NECESSARY STEP IN ORDER TO SERVICE EXISTING FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEM ON SITE AND CONNECT AT LEAST ONE LOT TO CITY WATER. SO THE PURPOSE IS REALLY JUST TO FACILITATE THESE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND PLATTING IS A NECESSARY STEP. WHEN THE REQUEST CAME IN, STAFF DID EVALUATE THE REQUEST TO SEE WHICH ZONING DISTRICTS COULD BE APPROPRIATE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE APPLICANT. AND WITHIN OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, ONLY R SEVEN WILL ALLOW THE EXISTING USES ON SITE TO BE PLATTED AS THEY ARE USED TODAY. SO YOU SEE, IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, THE STAR IS THE EXISTING SEPTIC SYSTEM, AND THERE ARE TWO TRIPLEXES IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT WISHES TO PLOT THESE ON THE SAME PROPERTY AS THEY'RE USED TODAY ON ONE ONE PARCEL, AND ONLY HOUR SEVEN WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO DO THAT, AS TWO TRIPLEXES ON ONE LOT WOULD CONSTITUTE A MULTI-FAMILY USE, EVEN IF THERE'S TWO TRIPLEXES. SO WHILE

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THE APPLICANT DOES NOT WISH TO REDEVELOP AT THIS TIME, IF THE REZONING IS APPROVED, ANY OF THE USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN R SEVEN COULD BE PERMITTED ON THE SITE TODAY UNDER RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED IS AN ALLOWABLE USE AS WELL AS A FEW AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL USES, INCLUDING VETERINARY CLINICS AND KENNELS. THERE IS ALSO A MINIMUM FIVE ACRE LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT, SO AS IT IS TODAY WITH BEING 4.9 ACRES, IT WOULD NOT MEET THIS MINIMUM ZONING REQUIREMENT FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND COULD NOT BE PLOTTED EVEN UNDER RR.

ON APRIL 9TH, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO SPEAK.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. >> THANK YOU. A SINGLE OWNER

OWNS THE ENTIRE PARCEL. >> CORRECT? THERE ARE. >> THERE OWNS ALL THE USES THAT ARE ON THAT PARCEL. THE TWO HOMES, THE ADU, THE ALL THE OTHER USES ARE OWNED BY THE SINGLE OWNER. CORRECT. AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY OR NOT TO SUBDIVIDE FOR THIS PARCEL IN THE

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FUTURE? IF THERE WERE DIFFERENT OWNERS OR A CONDO AGREEMENT OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WENT ON, IS

THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBDIVIDE THIS PARCEL? >> YES. THE APPLICANT DOES INTEND TO SUBDIVIDE KEEPING THE EXISTING USES. IT WOULD BE THEIR THEIR INTENT CURRENTLY IS SIMILAR TO HOW THOSE PARCEL LINES ARE DESIGNED TODAY TO SEPARATE OFF SOME PROPERTY, SOME

OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE RENTED AND SOME THAT SHE SHE LIVES IN. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. >> DID THE APPLICANT MEET WITH

SPEAK WITH THE ONE PERSON WHO REGISTERED OPPOSITION? >> I BELIEVE SO, BUT I'LL LET

HER ANSWER THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> IF YOU CAN COME DOWN. YOU GOT

IT? YEAH. PLEASE. AND THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN GIVE YOUR NAME. >> AND YES, I'M PAIGE SMITH.

THIS IS MY LAND, SO I DID. I REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBOR, I HE DIDN'T RESPOND. I THINK HE JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIX MY LAND. SO I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PROPER STEPS TO GET THE PERMIT TO FIX THE SEPTIC, WHICH IS

REQUIRING REZONE REPLAT. YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

THREE. >> FOR STAFF, ACTUALLY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> IT WAS WAS R7 THE LEAST INTENSIVE ZONING THAT COULD MEET

THE GOAL OF ACCOMMODATING THE EXISTING USES. >> UNDER OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. YES. WE DIDN'T LOOK NECESSARILY AT ALL OF THE MIXED USE DISTRICTS THAT WOULD ADD MORE USES THAT COULD BE ALLOWED. BUT WE DID CONSIDER R6 AND INITIALLY THE APPLICANT DID APPLY FOR R6, BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK TO BE ABLE TO PLAT THOSE TWO TRIPLEXES TOGETHER, BECAUSE THAT CONSTITUTES THAT MULTIFAMILY USE, WHICH WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED IN R7.

>> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF SEEING NONE. MY QUESTION IS THIS THOUGH. IT'S R6 WITH ACP, IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THOSE TWO.

>> R6 DOES NOT ALLOW MULTIFAMILY WITHIN CEP. >> OKAY. GOT IT. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS IT WITHIN OUR RIGHTS TO PUT A RESTRICTION THAT THEY CAN'T TEAR DOWN ANY EXISTING HOMES. BECAUSE THAT THAT'S THE PROBLEM, RIGHT. IF YOU IF YOU CAN'T TEAR IT DOWN, YOU CAN'T ADD MORE BECAUSE OF THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS. RIGHT. SO I JUST HAVE I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PUTTING R7 IN THE MIDDLE OF R6 IN THE MIDDLE OF R5, AND JUST I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I WANT TO FIND A SOLUTION. CAN WE PUT A RESTRICTION ON.

>> TINA FERGUSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PLANNING DIRECTOR. SO THIS IS A STRAIGHT REZONING REQUEST. SO NORMALLY WE WOULD NOT CONDITION THEM. IF YOU WERE TO PUT THAT KIND OF CONDITION, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO BRING AN ORDINANCE BACK IN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, TO PUT THAT TYPE OF RESTRICTION, THAT THEY COULD NOT TEAR DOWN ANY OF THE STRUCTURES, I THINK COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE PROBLEMS LATER ON, THOUGH, IF THE STRUCTURES WERE IN A CONDITION WHERE THEY MIGHT NEED TO BE REMOVED AND REBUILT FROM THE PROPERTY. SO YOU WOULD ESSENTIALLY REQUIRE THE PROPERTY OWNER TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER ZONING APPLICATION AT THAT TIME TO TRY AND REMOVE THOSE

RESTRICTIONS. >> CERTAINLY, AND I'M SENSITIVE TO THAT. BUT I'M BUT I'M ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE BEING TOLD AT THIS TIME. I DON'T PLAN TO, BUT PLANS CHANGE.

AND THEN IF THERE'S NO TRIGGER FOR THEM TO COME BACK, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAT WE AGREED TO IS NOT WHAT'S ON THE GROUND. AND SO I'M TRYING TO MEMORIALIZE. YOU. TELL ME HOW, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'S ANY WAY TO CODIFY WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD. THAT. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY REASON NOT TO BELIEVE IT. I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S NO AFTER THIS. THERE'S NO WAY TO CODIFY THAT AND LOCK THEM INTO SOME MECHANISM WHERE, OKAY, THINGS HAVE CHANGED. NOW THE NEIGHBORS

HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. >> I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN. I MEAN, THAT'S THE RISK WITH ANY POTENTIAL ZONING CASE THAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THERE'S ALWAYS AN ELEMENT OF RISK. WE TRY TO TAKE OUR APPLICANTS ON FACE VALUE. THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. I THINK IN THIS CASE, BASED UPON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, THEY'RE TRYING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A NEED FOR THE UTILITIES AND TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CURRENT SITUATION AND ANY RESIDENTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE WITHIN THE TRIPLEX.

>> YEAH. NO, NO. AND I, I DO AS WELL. BUT THERE THERE'S A ROAD THAT COMES IN, THERE'S LIFE CHANGES. THERE'S YOU NAME IT. RIGHT. AND SO BASED ON INFORMATION WE HAVE TODAY, I'M SUPREMELY COMFORTABLE. A YEAR FROM NOW, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, BUT FOR IN THIS SPACE. SO I'M JUST TRYING

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TO LOCK IN. AND SO I HEAR YOU, I THINK SAYING THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE, WE

JUST GOT TO HOPE AND. I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT. >> I UNDERSTAND.

>> SO REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT THREE. >> YEAH I THINK MAYOR MAKES AN INTERESTING POINT. AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A BAD IDEA. PROBABLY, BUT I WONDER IF IT WOULD GET YOU TO A BETTER IDEA. IT WOULD LIKE SPOT ZONING I KNOW IS CONSIDERED A BAD IDEA, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ZONE THE PORTION THAT HAS THE TRIPLEXES DIFFERENTLY THAN THE REST SO THAT IT'S R6? BUT THEN YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATE THE

MULTIFAMILY JUST WHERE IT IS? >> I THINK GIVEN THE SITUATION WITH THE PROPERTIES AND THE WAY THEIR ACCESS IS, I'D BE A LITTLE HESITANT TO TRY AND REZONE A PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY TO A DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICT. I THINK THE ONE THING TO REMEMBER IS WITH THE R7 DISTRICT, THE MORE INTENSIVE USES, SUCH AS THE COMMERCIAL USES AND MULTIFAMILY DO REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO IF THIS APPLICANT WERE TO CHANGE THEIR MIND IN THE NEAR FUTURE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY OR SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR THESE MORE INTENSIVE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED ON R7, THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THAT TIME WOULD COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL AND HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION. SO ULTIMATELY YOU STILL HAVE A SAY ON ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH SOME

OF THOSE MORE INTENSIVE USES? >> WELL THEN HELP ME. WHAT IS THIS? WHAT IS THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT FOR? LET'S SAY THAT THE MOST INTENSE IS A FOURPLEX THAT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT. AND ARE

ARE SEVEN. >> A FOURPLEX. THERE'S A COUPLE COMMERCIAL USES THOSE MEDICAL

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE. >> BUT JUST FROM A RESIDENTIAL USE FOURPLEXES IS MOST, MOST INTENSE TOWNHOMES. YEAH. SO BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE MOST EXTREME THING THAT CAN HAPPEN. RIGHT. SO HOW MANY OF THOSE WHAT'S THE SETBACK DISTANCE BETWEEN

FOURPLEXES IN OUR CODE UNDER R7? >> I HAVE. >> IT OR JUST HOW MANY CAN YOU.

YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE HOW MANY YOU CAN GET THERE. SO IF YOU TORE DOWN.

>> SO THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT. IT'S THIS IS COMPARED TO RR. SO IT IS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THAN THAN RURAL RESIDENTIAL. BUT IT WOULD BE A SIDE YARD SETBACK OF FIVE FEET. IT'S DIFFICULT TO

ESTIMATE HOW MANY FOURPLEXES UNITS. >> OKAY. GOT IT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE CAN SPEAK IF THEY IF THEY CARE TO. YOU CAN JUST FILL OUT A CARD AFTERWARDS. ANYONE CARE TO SPEAK? OKAY. ALL RIGHT THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

SIX. >> COUNCILPERSON JESTER, CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT'S AVAILABLE, AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, I MOVE

APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. >> REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT TWO.

>> YEAH, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE. ALTHOUGH I TAKE THE MAYOR'S CONCERNS, I THINK WE ALL SHARE A LOT OF THAT CONCERN. BUT I THINK WE HAVE OPTIONS. SO I'LL SECOND.

>> OKAY. >> GOT IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR SO. REFLECTING ON OUR TREE CODE. DOES DOES IT CURRENT RESIDENTIAL. DOES IT APPLY THE 30% PRESERVATION. DOES THAT APPLY IF IT'S IF IT'S YOUR

HOMESTEAD. >> SO IF THERE IS A EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE ON THE SITE, THEN THEY CAN REMOVE TREES WITHOUT SUBMITTING THAT PRESERVATION PLAN AND MEETING

30%. >> HOW MANY TREES? >> IF THERE'S AN EXISTING

RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, THEY THEY COULD REMOVE ALL THE TREES. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT. YEAH.

>> I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, MAYOR THAT OUR CODE IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATE LAW IN THAT FACT THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS ARE ALLOWED TO REMOVE TREES ON THEIR PROPERTY BY.

RIGHT. >> SURE. YEAH. NO NO NO NO DOUBT. BUT I THINK THERE'S CODE PROVISIONS THAT WE USE TO ADDRESS THAT. BUT AM I WRONG? LIKE, IS THAT NOT NOT IN THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE, BUT JUST GENERALLY DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR TOOLS THAT ALLOW US TO

ADDRESS THAT CONCERN? >> IF THE HOMES ARE DEMOLISHED, THEN OUR TREE CODE COMES INTO APPLICABILITY FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND THEN THE LOTS THAT ARE NOT SINGLE FAMILY USES.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THE TRIPLEXES ARE THAT IS CONSIDERED MULTI-FAMILY AND THE TREE CODE

WOULD APPLY WITH THE PRESERVATION OF 30%. >> RIGHT. BUT WE'RE NOT

CODIFYING ANY OF THAT. >> THAT WOULD BE FOR ANY PROPERTIES THAT WOULD APPLY

TODAY WITH THOSE GIVEN USES. >> YEAH. >> OKAY. YEAH. SO MY COMMENT IS

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THIS I'M JUST REALLY STRUGGLING. SO. FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, JUST TO I, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THE APPLICANT DOESN'T WANT TO BE HERE. BUT FOR A SCENARIO THAT FORCES THEM TO BE HERE TO ADDRESS A CONCERN, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE A DUTY TO THEM TO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO THEN SOLIDIFY THAT AND MAKE SURE BEST WE CAN. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND IT'S INDIVIDUAL. THEY'RE NOT I MEAN, IT'S THERE'S A HUGE COST TO GO THROUGH ALL THE THINGS. SO I'M I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST JUST BECAUSE I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DONE TO PROTECT THE FUTURE USES BECAUSE THEY, THEY NEVER HAVE TO COME BACK. NOT THIS APPLICANT. IT COULD BE THE HOMEOWNER, THREE HOMEOWNERS FROM NOW THAT SAYS, OH, THERE'S A HOMESTEAD HERE. SO I CAN CLEAR CUT ALL THESE TREES IN THE CITY OF DENTON HAS NO REPERCUSSIONS. SO FORWARD LOOKING. I JUST HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT THAT AREN'T CAPTURED OR AREN'T CODIFIED. AND SO I CAN'T GET THERE WITH THE INFORMATION I HAVE TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT I JUST NEEDED TO EXPLAIN HOW I GET THERE. IT'S JUST TOO TOO MANY CONCERNS FOR ME TO GET GET BEYOND. AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP MORE TIME. SO WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. IN THAT PASSES SIX ONE. THAT TAKES US TO OUR LAST PUBLIC

[E. 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 Overlay Planned Development - Suburban Corridor (PD-SC) District to Public Facilities (PF) District on approximately 3.158 acres of land generally located at the northwest corner of Teasley Lane (F.M. 2181) and Hunter’s Creek 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 was made by Commissioner Padron and seconded by Commissioner Riggs. (Z25-0005a, Denton Fire Station 6, Matt Bodine)]

HEARING, WHICH IS ITEM E, Z250005A HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS REGARDING A CHANGE IN THE ZONING DISTRICT AND USE CLASSIFICATIONS FROM OVERLAY PLAN DEVELOPMENT, SUB SUBURBAN CORRIDOR DISTRICT TO PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT ON

APPROXIMATELY 3.158 ACRES. AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MATT BURDEEN, ASSISTANT PLANNER, HERE TO PRESENT A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF TEASLEY LANE AND HUNTERS CREEK ROAD, FROM THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO A PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT. THIS IS FOR THE PURPOSES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A NEW FIRE STATION. SIX ALSO WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT THEY DID APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY FOR A NEW FIRE STATION FACILITY IN DECEMBER OF 2023. SO IN COMPARING THE CURRENT ZONING TO THE PROPOSED ZONING, BOTH ZONING DISTRICTS DO ALLOW THAT FIRE STATION USE. HOWEVER, THAT PD DISTRICT WAS INTENDED FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THUS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING BUILT INTO IT, AND STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEVELOPERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS. IT'S BECOME APPARENT THAT THOSE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS DO CREATE A SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE OPERATION OF THIS FIRE STATION.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONING DISTRICT IS MEANT FOR THOSE PUBLIC SERVICE USES, AND IT WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SITE DESIGN THAT WOULD TAKE THOSE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF THE FIRE STATION INTO ACCOUNT. THE REQUEST WAS REVIEWED AGAINST OUR GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING REZONING CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL, AND IT WAS FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE DENTON 2040 PLAN TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES AS WELL AS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATIONS OF COMMUNITY, MIXED USE, AND RESIDENTIAL. THOSE DESIGNATIONS PURPOSES ARE TO PROMOTE A MIX OF USES AS WELL AS SUPPORT LAND USES THAT ARE MEANT TO SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS REZONING REQUEST WAS NOTIFIED TO THE PUBLIC ACCORDING TO THE CITY STANDARDS. STAFF DID RECEIVE TWO WRITTEN RESPONSES IN FAVOR WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT BUFFER. AND THEN AT PNC, ONE PERSON DID SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOUR ZERO AT THE APRIL 23RD

MEETING, BUT HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT, WHAT IS CALLED NOT

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT THREE THEN FOR. >> YEAH. WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE PERSON WHO SPOKE IN OPPOSITION? WAS THE NATURE OF THE OPPOSITION?

>> YEAH. SO IN THE AS THEY SPOKE ABOUT CONCERNS OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY S THE NOISE AND LIGHT IMPACT, THE FIRE CHIEF DID SPEAK AT THE EVENT AND DID SPEAK

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THAT PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT, THEY DO GIVE THE DRIVERS DISCRETION TO ONLY TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND

KEEP THE SIRENS OFF WHEN THERE'S NO TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. >> THANK YOU.

>> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FOUR. >> THAT WAS EXACTLY MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. >> YOU ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS AT ONCE, MAN. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

THAT'S A SKILL SET. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. >> I'M EXCITED TO MAKE TO MOVE

THE APPROVAL OF THIS. >> FROM DISTRICT. OH. I'M SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. SORRY.

REPRESENTATIVE. FROM DISTRICT THREE. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. AND

[A. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, authorizing the City Manager or designee to amend the Building Safety schedule of fees to reorganize existing fees and adopt new fees on a schedule of fees including fees for permits, health and food safety permits, fence and retaining wall permits, mobile home moving fees, temporary permits, and investigation and administrative fees; providing for severability; and establishing an effective date.]

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS SIX A I'D 25707. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO AMEND THE BUILDING SAFETY SCHEDULE OF FEES TO RECOGNIZE EXISTING FEES AND ADOPT NEW FEES ON A SCHEDULE OF FEES, INCLUDING FEES FOR

PERMITS. >> AND MR. MAYOR, THIS IS A PRESENTATION FOR ITEM B AS WELL.

>> B AS WELL. OKAY. AND THAT ITEM SIX B IS D25708. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND ENGINEERING REVIEW SCHEDULE FOR FEES TO RECOGNIZE THE EXISTING FEES AND ADOPT NEW FEES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS, AND

AUTHORIZE THE DENTON DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THE CITY OF DENTON. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL CHARLIE ROSENTHAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO OUR BUILDING SAFETY FEES AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW FEES. HERE'S A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE HISTORY OF OUR ADOPTION OF FEE SCHEDULES. SO PRIOR TO COST OF SERVICE STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019, WE HAD NOT ADOPTED UPDATED PLANNING AND ENGINEERING REVIEW FEES SINCE 1999. AND THE LAST UPDATE TO THE BUILDING FEES WAS IN 2014. SO WE DID COMPLETE IN 2019 A COST OF SERVICE STUDY AND UPDATED INCREASED FEE AMOUNTS AS A RESULT OF THAT STUDY. AND THEN WE BROUGHT SOME MINOR AMENDMENTS BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN 2022. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT CITY STAFF IS WORKING ON UPDATING THAT COST OF SERVICE STUDY. ALSO RIGHT NOW, WITH THOSE FEES TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET. SO TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME MINOR CHANGES, INCLUDING ADDING IN NEW FEES FOR NEW PROCESSES OR PERMITS, MODIFYING SOME STRUCTURES RELATED TO FEES, WHERE WE WERE CHARGING AN INCREASED AMOUNT BASED ON STAFF TIME FOR A PROCESS THAT DID NOT TAKE AS LONG. AND SO WE'VE MODIFIED THOSE, AND THEN WE'VE UPDATED AND REMOVED SOME FEES BASED ON CHANGES IN STATE LAW. WE'RE ALSO ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING REVIEW SIDE, LOOKING TO UPDATE FEES TO REMOVE REMOVE A DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT. THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN TO ADMINISTER AND THEN ALSO MODIFYING THE FEE STRUCTURES HERE TO REFLECT MORE ACCURATELY STAFF'S EFFORT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO REMOVING FEES THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED AS A RESULT OF CHANGES IN STATE LAW. AND THEN UPDATING SOME FEES BEING CHARGED FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION USES TO SUBSIDIZE THE FEE AMOUNT THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE 2019 FEE STUDY. SO CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF BOTH ITEM A AND B, AND AS A REMINDER, WE'RE UPDATING THAT 2019 COST OF SERVICE STUDY TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> MR. MAYOR, DO YOU WANT SEPARATE QUESTIONS FOR THE TWO ITEMS OR TO.

>> I THINK IT'S FINE TOGETHER. >> PUT IT TOGETHER. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO MY QUESTIONS I HAVE A QUESTION ON A AND THAT IS ON THE PARKING FEES THAT WE ARE ADDING FOR THE ADDITIONAL LARGE LOTS. I GUESS MY QUESTION THERE IS, IS IT IS IT MORE CHALLENGING FOR STAFF TO DESIGN BIG LOTS THAN MEDIUM SIZED LOTS. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL COST STRUCTURE FOR

THE LARGE LOTS, >> YEAH, WE JUST FOUND THAT WE WERE HAVING PARKING LOTS COME TO US FOR PERMITTING THAT WE THERE WAS NO THERE WAS A MAXIMUM SET ON THAT PARKING LOT FEE. SO THE ADDITIONAL COST IS FOR US TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PARKING STALLS IN THE REVIEW OF THOSE PERMITS.

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>> BUT I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION. I'M JUST CONFIRMING THAT IT TAKES MORE STAFF TIME TO REVIEW A LARGER LOT. THAT'S THAT'S TRUE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT ANSWERS THAT ONE. AND THEN ON THE B. I, I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE SWITCHING FROM ACREAGE TO TREES, BUT WE'RE LEAVING THE FEE STRUCTURE ALONE. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'VE MISUNDERSTOOD

THAT THE ACREAGE IS CANOPY ACREAGE, IS THAT CORRECT? >> IT'S ACREAGE OF THE PROPERTY.

>> ACREAGE OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. SO IF IT'S ACREAGE OF THE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, A 35, 40 FOOT TREE WOULD BE PI R SQUARED. IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE LIKE 900FT■!S PER TREE. AND THAT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH THE TREES THAT ARE IN THE 1 TO 50, ONE, 50 TO THAT. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CONVERTED FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER TO GET TO THE FEES. AND THEN SECONDARILY, THE SAME SORT OF QUESTION I ASK ON THE ON THE PARKING LOTS. IS IT IF IT'S MORE STAFF TIME TO DO MORE TREES AND THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE THEN THAN WHY DO WE PLATEAU AS WE GET THE FEE STRUCTURE IS PLATEAUS OFF SO THAT YOU CAN DO THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TREES FOR THE SAME STRUCTURE AS, AS A MEDIUM OR SMALL AMOUNT OF TREES. SO, SO

HELP ME UNDERSTAND THOSE ISSUES. >> YEAH. SO, SO IN REGARDS TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATED FEE STUDY, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN THE STRUCTURE OF THE PREVIOUS STUDY AND HAD STAFF GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT TIME ARE YOU TAKING WITH THESE NUMBER OF FEES. AND THEN WE'VE ADOPTED THAT TO THE STRUCTURE IS HOW WE ARRIVED THERE. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO AS, AS FAR AS THE COMPLICATION WITH ADDITIONAL TREES, THERE IS MORE COMPLICATION IN THE REVIEW. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT TIERED STRUCTURE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TREES ON THE PROPERTY.

>> NO, NO, IT COMPLETELY MAKES SENSE THAT THE MORE TREES THAT YOU HAVE TO DESIGN AND MAP AND TAKE CARE FOR AND FIGURE OUT THE HERITAGE AND SECONDARY AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ON A TREE PLAN, THE MORE COMPLICATED IT WOULD BE. BUT THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PLATEAUS, AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE BETTER TO SORT OF PICK, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A BASE RATE OF, I DON'T KNOW, 2700. I FIT YOUR DATA. YOUR DATA FITS TO 2700 FOR A BASE AND THEN $22 A TREE AND THAT THAT YOUR FEE STRUCTURE HITS THAT. EXACTLY. AND BUT MAKES IT EASIER. SO, SO WHY MAKE IT

EASIER TO DO FOR THE STAFF TO HAVE TO DO MORE WORK. >> SO AS CHARLIE MENTIONED, WITHOUT THE FULL STUDY AT THIS TIME, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK WITHIN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR THE STUDY. SO THE FEES ON THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU SEE TODAY ARE BASED ON A NUMBER OF HOURS OF EFFORT THAT GO INTO PLAN REVIEW. SO THE 2019 STUDY BRACKETED THAT, I BELIEVE, INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO WE HAD STAFF TAKE JUST AN AVERAGE SET OF PLANS WITH DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TREES ON THEM, AND FIGURE OUT HOW MANY HOURS THEY WERE SPENDING, REVIEWING EACH ONE, INSPECTING EACH SITE SO THAT WE COULD WORK BASED ON HOURS INTO THE CURRENT FEE AMOUNTS THAT ARE ON THE SCHEDULE USING THOSE SAME BREAKDOWNS. THAT'S NOT TO SAY, WITH A NEW STUDY LATER THIS YEAR, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FURTHER EVALUATE IF THOSE CATEGORIES MAKE SENSE. BUT WE WERE WORKING WITHIN THE EXISTING CATEGORIES BASED ON THE HOURS ALLOCATED TO EACH FEE BRACKET.

>> NO? SURE, THAT MAKES SENSE. DO WE KNOW WHEN THE STUDY IS GOING TO COME BACK TO US?

>> WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT CITY COUNCIL DATE, BUT IT WOULD BE COMING FORWARD AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH THE INTENTION TO BE ADOPTED WITH THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER.

>> IN SEPTEMBER. YEAH, YEAH, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT ELEMENT. ALL THE REST OF THOSE IN IN SECTION B OR AGENDA ITEM B MAKES MAKES SENSE TO ME. BUT THE THESE DON'T SEEM CONNECTED TO ANY SORT OF FEE FOR SERVICE STRUCTURE OR THE AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE REUSING EXISTING CATEGORIES, BUT I'D RATHER SEE US BE MORE PURPOSEFUL THAN THAT. SO I THANK YOU.

>> APPRECIATE IT. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FIVE. >> I THOUGHT I KNEW THE ANSWER TO THIS. I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID LOOKED AT OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT I ALSO JUST HEARD WHAT DOCTOR BECK SAID. HELP ME WITH THE WITH THE PERMIT. ARE WE ADDING A FEE WHERE THERE WAS NOT ONE IN THE

PAST, OR ARE WE INCREASING AN ALREADY EXISTING FEE. >> FOR WHICH, SORRY, WHICH PERMIT OR JUST IN GENERAL IN GENERAL? SO THERE WAS SOME NEW PROCESSES. FOR EXAMPLE, DONATION BOXES WERE ADDED AS A NEW PROCESS. ALSO A GOLF CART PERMIT THAT RECENTLY CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. WE DIDN'T HAVE FEES ADOPTED FOR THOSE ITEMS. SO THOSE ARE TO ADD THOSE.

>> WE'RE CREATING A FEE. THERE WAS NOT ONE IN THE PAST. CORRECT? OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I

THOUGHT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX.

>> COUNCILPERSON JESTER, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THE RED LINE IS SO HELPFUL. SO WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE'RE VOTING ON. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. AND SO I'M IN FAVOR. AND THANK

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YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNS OKAY THEN.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. >> SIMILAR QUESTION TO WHAT I LED WITH. DO YOU WANT THESE AS SEPARATE MOTIONS OR COMBINED MOTIONS SIR.

>> YES. >> SEPARATE SEPARATE MOTIONS. >> YES. SO SIX A IS WHERE WE

ARE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO I MOVE APPROVAL OF A.

>> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR SIX A ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US TO ITEM SIX B I'LL TAKE

[B. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, authorizing the City Manager or designee to amend the Development Services and Engineering Review schedule of fees to reorganize existing fees and adopt new fees for the Development Services and Engineering Departments as authorized by the Denton Development Code for the City of Denton, Texas; providing for severability; and establishing an effective date.]

A MOTION. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT. >> TWO.

>> I MOVE APPROVAL OF B ACCEPTING THE TREE ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE COME BACK IN

THE BUDGET SECTION. AFTER WE'VE HAD THE COSTS OF OUR STUDY. >> I NEED SOME HELP THERE.

>> YOU NEED TO DO THE MOTION AS PRESENTED. >> OKAY, SO IS THERE A SECOND FOR. SIX B MINUS THE TREE FEES REPRESENTATIVE? NO REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

THREE. >> YEAH I'LL SECOND THAT. >> GOT A MOTION A SECOND FOR SIX B. SO IF THIS FAILS. WE TAKE A MOTION OKAY. GOT IT. 66B. BUT FOR THE CAN YOU PULL UP WHAT

WE'RE REFERRING TO SO THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE. >> I'M SORRY MR. MAYOR. I

ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A. >> YOU DON'T HAVE THE RED LINES. >> I DON'T HAVE THE RED.

>> OKAY. GOT IT. WELL IT'S IN OUR BACKUP. THEY CAN THEY CAN LOOK AT IT ON THE IPAD. SO OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR SIX B BUT FOR THE TREE FEES DISCUSSION REPRESENTATIVE FROM

DISTRICT FIVE. >> MAYOR. CAN I ASK HIM ONE MORE TIME TO EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE

EXCLUDING THE TREE FEES BEFORE I VOTE YES. >> I'M ASKING FOR THESE TO COME BACK UP TO THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY. WHERE IN THE, WHERE WE WE ACTUAL TIME AND EFFORT CALCULATIONS THAT THEY SAID THEY HAVEN'T DONE RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY'RE JUST KIND OF SHOEHORNING INTO THE EXISTING FEE STRUCTURE, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT ANALYSIS DONE BEFORE WE ASSIGN

FEES TO IT. >> OKAY, I HEAR YOU. I'M SORRY. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT HE SAID IT'S GOING TO COME BACK AROUND BUDGET TIME, CORRECT? OKAY. THAT'S WHY I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, BUT HE SAID IT'S ALREADY COMING BACK.

>> YES. THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY WILL COME BACK THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

>> AND THE FEES THE TREE FEES WILL BE IN THERE. >> CORRECT.

>> OKAY. THANKS, MA'AM I DON'T. >> OKAY, BUT WHY ARE YOU THERE? I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS BASED ON REAL TIME? YOU LOOKED AT HOW MANY HOURS IT TOOK OR WHATEVER AND CALCULATED THAT

INTO THESE FEES. >> YES. IN OUR IN OUR 2019 STUDY, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF HOURS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EFFORT FOR EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES. AND THEN THAT'S ALSO BEEN DONE BY STAFF RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF TREES IN THOSE SAME CATEGORIES.

>> YEAH. SO IT'S CALCULATED BASED ON THE NUMBERS. ANTIQUATED. BUT THE MATH IS, IS THERE'S A MATH EQUATION THAT SUPPORTS THAT NUMBER OKAY. GOT IT OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS A VOTE FOR ITEM SIX B. BUT FOR THE TREE FEE UPDATES VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT FAILS 4 TO 3 I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE. >> MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE

MOTION AS A AS STATED OKAY. >> REPRESENTATIVE. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

FIVE. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR SIX B AS AS WRITTEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US. TO C6C I'D 25596. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF

[C. Consider approval of a resolution of the City of Denton, Texas approving the sale of certain transmission system assets by the Texas Municipal Power Agency (“TMPA”); and providing an effective date. The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (7 - 0).]

DENTON, TEXAS APPROVING THE SALE OF CERTAIN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS ASSETS BY THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL

POWER AGENCY. >> MAYOR. >> CITY COUNCIL TONY PUENTE, THE GENERAL MANAGER. THIS IS THE PRESENTATION ON A PROPOSAL FOR TMPA TO SELL SOME TRANSMISSION ASSETS. SO TMPA, JUST BRIEFLY, IS A JOINT POWERS AGENCY OWNED BY THE CITY OF DENTON, BRYAN, GREENVILLE AND GARLAND WAS CREATED BACK IN 1975. THE PURPOSE WAS FOR GENERATION SALE

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OR EXCHANGE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY AND THE PROVISION OF WHOLESALE TRANSMISSION SERVICE. AND JANUARY 21ST, TMPA SOLD THE GIBBONS CREEK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, SO NO ADDITIONAL GENERATION ASSETS ARE CURRENTLY OWNED BY TMPA. ALL THE MINE PROPERTY, EXCEPT FOR 723 ACRES, ARE STILL OWNED BY TMPA, CURRENTLY BEING MARKETED FOR SALE. THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY HIGH VALUED PIECES OF ACRES. AND SO THERE'S STILL ONGOING MARKETING FOR THAT PROPERTY. AND THEN THE BULK OF WHAT TMPA OWNS ARE TRANSMISSION ASSETS. SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE OVER THE COURSE OF, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS ASSETS GET COMMINGLED.

OWNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, GETS MIXED BETWEEN DIFFERENT ASSETS. SO FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

AND SO REALLY THE IMPETUS FOR THIS SALE IS TO CREATE OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE AND REGULATORY EASINESS FOR BOTH BRYAN AND TMPA BY MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ASSETS ARE DELINEATED AS FAR AS OWNERSHIP AND WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND THOSE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE ACTUAL PURCHASE OR THE SALE OF ABOUT $3.2 MILLION WORTH OF TRANSMISSION ASSETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OWNED BY TMPA THAT WOULD BE SOLD TO THE CITY OF BRYAN. AND THEN NOT PART OF THIS, BUT ALSO PART OF THIS ENTIRE DEAL, IS THAT TMP WOULD PURCHASE FROM BRYAN $2.2 MILLION OF ASSETS RELATED TO THE GIBBONS CREEK PROPERTY, BUT ALSO A PROJECT TRANSMISSION PROJECT THAT BRYAN IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN, GOING TO COMPLETE VALUE AT $4.7 MILLION, WOULD ALSO BE TRANSFERRED AND PURCHASED BY TMPA, SO IN TOTAL, TMPA WOULD SELL $3.2 MILLION WORTH OF ASSETS TO THE CITY OF BRYAN AND WOULD ACQUIRE $7 MILLION WORTH OF ASSETS. AND SO IT'S AN INCREASE IN VALUE TO TMPA ABOUT $3.8 MILLION FOR DME. DME OWNS 21.3% SHARE OF TMPA, AND SO THAT TRANSLATES TO ABOUT AN $800,000 WORTH OF VALUE THAT THAT WOULD BASICALLY BE OWNED BY THE CITY OF DENTON. SO CERTAINLY I THINK THERE'S A GOOD VALUE PROPOSITION IN THIS DEAL FOR ALL PARTIES. AND PER THE JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THE AGREEMENT THAT ALL MEMBER CITIES HAVE AGREED TO OR THAT AGREED TO BACK IN JANUARY OF 2016, IT DOES REQUIRE THAT THE SALE OF TRANSMISSION ASSETS WITH NET BOOK VALUE IN THE AGGREGATE, IN EXCESS OF $500,000 IN A SINGLE FISCAL YEAR, COME TO THE MEMBER CITIES FOR APPROVAL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. SELLING THAT $3.2 MILLION WORTH OF ASSETS TO THE CITY OF BRYAN THAT STAND FOR

ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SELL THIS THE SALE OR THE THIS IS WHAT, 800 K OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE WE'RE GIVING DIRECTION OR MAKING A VOTE ON TODAY. BUT BUT JUST FOR CLARITY, SINCE YOU HAD IT IN THE PRESENTATION, DO WE HAVE ANY DOES THE CITY AS A MEMBER OF THE TMPA HAVE ANY? FINANCIAL IMPACT FROM THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE DON'T WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TODAY? DOES THAT DOES THAT HAVE ANY FINANCIAL IMPACT ON US IN

THE FUTURE? >> SO CERTAINLY WHILE THESE DO SOUND LIKE LIKE VERY LARGE AMOUNTS, CERTAINLY BY WAY OF EXCESS REVENUE THAT WE GET FROM TMPA FOR, FOR TRANSMISSION REVENUE, THERE IS EXCESS REVENUE. WE GET ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR. THIS ADDITIONAL $800,000 WORTH OF ASSETS, PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE VERY MUCH ON THAT $2 MILLION, BECAUSE IT DOES EBB AND FLOW FROM YEAR TO YEAR, DEPENDING ON RETIREMENTS AND NEW ADDITIONS.

AND WHEN TMPA FILES INTERIM CASES AND SUCH. SO AGAIN I KNOW IT'S I KNOW IT'S A IT IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR OUR RATEPAYERS. BUT IN TOTAL IT DOESN'T REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AS FAR AS REVENUE

THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

>> YES, SIR. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR.

>> THANK YOU. WHERE IS GIBBONS CREEK. IS THAT IN IN IN BRYAN. >> IT'S OUTSIDE OF BRYAN. IT'S

IN GRIMES COUNTY OKAY. >> SO IT'S IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY.

>> YEAH. I'M NOT FAMILIAR. >> BRYAN IN BRYAN COUNTY. >> I'M FROM WEST TEXAS. I'M NOT

REALLY FAMILIAR. >> WITH THAT. I THINK IT IS. I THINK IT IS MOST ALL THE CITIES DENTON, BRYAN, GREENVILLE AND GARLAND. MUST THEY ALL VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR THIS, FOR

THIS DEAL TO GO THROUGH? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND EACH CITY IS ON DIFFERENT TIME SCHEDULE BASED ON THEIR COUNCIL MEETING DATES, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL ALSO APPROVE IT.

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>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET. REPRESENTATIVE

FROM DISTRICT SIX. >> COUNCILPERSON JESTER I MOVE APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

>> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT ONE. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES 7 TO 0 TAKES US TO ITEM D I'D 25831. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF

[D. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 2 to the contract between the City of Denton and Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating, Inc., for the construction of Hickory Creek Road Phase 3 for the Capital Projects Department; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (CSP 7909 - Change Order No. 2 in the not-to-exceed amount of $7,931,684.69, for a total contract award aggregated to $59,954,118.57).]

ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS HOME RULE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND

MARIO SINACOLA AND SONS EXCAVATING. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SETH GARCIA, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, I HAVE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO FOR THE MUCH ANTICIPATED HICKORY CREEK ROAD PHASE THREE PROJECT.

SO FOR A QUICK PROJECT OVERVIEW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY A TWO LANE RURAL ROADWAY TO A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY WITH A LARGE BRIDGE STRUCTURE. THAT BRIDGE STRUCTURE IS GOING TO SPAN OVER THE NEWLY FORMED CP CASEY RAILROAD, AS WELL AS THE FLOODPLAIN SEEN THERE ON THE SCREEN. SO A FEW MILESTONES AND DELAY HISTORY THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH SO FAR, SO FAR. SO COUNCIL AWARDED THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN MAY OF 22. OUR ORIGINAL NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS LOOKING LIKE SEPTEMBER 28TH OF 22. WE ACTUALLY BEGAN CONSTRUCTION IN FEBRUARY OF 23. IN APRIL OF 23, WE HAD A RAILROAD MERGER WHICH FORCED US TO START OVER ON THE RAILROAD AGREEMENT. AND ULTIMATELY WE COMPLETED AS MUCH WORK AS WE COULD UNTIL WE WERE FORCED TO SHUT THE PROJECT DOWN IN SEPTEMBER OF 23RD DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY EXECUTE THE RAILROAD AGREEMENT BEFORE COUNCIL ON THE 17TH, AND WE ARE LOOKING TODAY FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AS WELL AS STARTING CONSTRUCTION, HOPEFULLY ON MONDAY. SO FOR THIS CHANGE ORDER, WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY $9.8 MILLION. OF THAT, 7.8 IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT, WITH THE ORIGINAL CONTINGENCY STILL BEING UNUSED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY OF IT IS BUILT IN ESCALATION. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LABOR, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS. ANOTHER BIG TICKET ITEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THERE IS THE OUTSIDE EQUIPMENT RENTAL. SO MARIO SINACOLA WAS PLANNING ON USING A LOT OF THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT. THAT EQUIPMENT HAS NOW BEEN TRANSFERRED TO OTHER JOBS AS WE HAVE BEEN DELAYED.

AND SO WE'RE USING ESSENTIALLY THAT AS A NOT TO EXCEED ALLOWANCE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE RENTAL EQUIPMENT TO GET THE JOB DONE. SO IN TOTAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY $9.8 MILLION FOR THIS CHANGE ORDER PROJECT SCHEDULE. SO AGAIN, WITH Y'ALL'S APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE WILL BE ISSUING A NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR CONSTRUCTION TO COMMENCE ON MONDAY, MAY 12TH. AND WE'RE STILL ANTICIPATING TO HAVE A FINAL COMPLETION IN Q4 OF 26. SO AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $7.9 MILLION. AGAIN, THE TOTAL CHANGE ORDER IS 9.8. WE HAD JUST OVER $2 MILLION REMAINING IN THE ORIGINAL CONTINGENCY THAT'S

BEING APPLIED. AND WITH THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. >> SO. WE WERE GONNA THEY WERE GOING TO USE THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT, BUT THEIR EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO OTHER JOB SITES. IS A HUGE COMPANY CORRECT. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE EQUIPMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO PAY $4.4 MILLION TO RENT EQUIPMENT FOR THEM TO DO CONSTRUCTION FOR US.

>> SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE RENTING THE EQUIPMENT. ESSENTIALLY HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK IS IT WILL BE KIND OF A NOT TO EXCEED ALLOWANCE. SO AS WE GO THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING ANY EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE. THAT IS WITH THAT THEY OWN. OUR INSPECTORS WILL BE TASKED WITH DOCUMENTING WEEKLY WHAT EQUIPMENT IS OUT THERE. WE HAVE NEGOTIATED EQUIPMENT RATES FOR ALL THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE PART OF THE BACKUP INFORMATION FOR THIS CHANGE ORDER. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT, THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING COULD BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A FIXED LUMP SUM PRICE. IT IS JUST THE ESTIMATE FOR THE AMOUNT OF RENTAL EQUIPMENT WE THINK

THEY'RE GOING TO NEED. >> AS A SITUATION LIKE THIS HAPPENED BEFORE. IS THIS KIND OF

A IS THIS A THING THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES? >> SO DELAYS HAPPEN? I WOULD SAY

YES. AS FAR AS THE MERGER OF TWO RAILROAD COMPANIES. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT

THIS EQUIPMENT RENTAL FEE. >> OH, THE EQUIPMENT RENTAL FEE. YES. SO OFTENTIMES WE DO SEE WE SAW A RECENT ONE WITH BONNIE BRAE PHASE THREE TO WHERE AS CONTRACTORS GO FORWARD, THEIR EQUIPMENT RATES GO UP BASED OFF OF FUEL PRICING MAINTENANCE OTHER ITEMS. SO WE DO SEE

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EQUIPMENT ESCALATION AGAIN AS RESOURCES ARE ALSO MOVED TO OTHER JOBS. I BELIEVE MARIO CINCO IS WORKING ON DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY 35 W AS WELL. THOSE ASSETS THAT WERE PROGRAMED FOR THIS JOB HAVE BEEN MOVED ELSEWHERE JUST DUE TO THE DELAY IN TIME.

>> OKAY, SEEMS A LITTLE CRAZY FOR ME TO HIRE JOE TO PAINT MY HOUSE AND THEN GO BUY HIM THE EQUIPMENT TO DO IT. I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I APPRECIATE THE

ANSWER. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> THANK YOU. YEAH, I I'M GOING TO PICK RIGHT BACK UP THERE. EDUCATE ME. WHY. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO A CONTRACTOR. I MEAN THAT'S WHY WE SWITCHED TO SEEMA AND OTHER THINGS. WHY IS IT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS? WHY IS IT NOT JUST A CONTRACT THAT DO THIS THING, BUILD THIS THING AND IT COSTS $7 MILLION? WHY? WHY IS IT $15 MILLION NOW?

>> YEAH. SO AGAIN, THE. >> I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE ADDITIONAL THE ADDITIONAL MONEY,

BUT WHY IS IT THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY. >> SO ULTIMATELY OUR CONTRACT HAS LANGUAGE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS NO FAULT OF THE CONTRACTOR. AND WE WERE TO PROVIDE THE RAILROAD PERMIT AS THE CITY, THAT RESPONSIBILITY FALLS ON TO US. SO IN FORCE MAJEURE EVENTS OR OTHER EVENTS, THE CITY'S RISK IS LIMITED. BUT ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE WE WERE PROVIDING THE AGREEMENT WITH THE RAILROAD TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER THE RAILROAD, THAT THAT MAKES THE CITY AT

FAULT. >> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT. >> FOUR. >> I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET YOU ALL STARTED WORKING ON IT. BUT THIS THIS MADE ME SWALLOW HARD. THAT'S A THAT'S THAT'S QUITE A BIT. HOWEVER, I WILL MOVE. MOVE THE APPROVAL OF

THIS CHANGE. ORDER. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX.

>> I AGREE WITH ALL THE SENTIMENTS. HOWEVER, WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE COMING IN RIGHT THERE, IT'S REALLY NECESSARY AND NECESSARY NOW. SO I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. >> IS THIS A NEW QUESTION, REPRESENTATIVE? DISTRICT FIVE.

>> JUST A SPECULATE REAL QUICK. THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY BID WHEN THIS WAS PUT IN, WERE THEY?

>> WE HAD TWO BIDS ON THIS. THEY WERE I BELIEVE THEY WERE THE LOWER OF THE TWO BIDS. SORRY.

THREE BIDS. >> IF WE HAD KNOWN AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE GOING TO PAY 4.4 MILLION TO FOR HELP THEM RENT EQUIPMENT TO DO THIS JOB, WOULD THEY HAVE STILL GOTTEN THE BID?

>> YEAH. SO WE RAN THOSE NUMBERS AND I BELIEVE WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION THE ISR LAST WEEK.

SO LOOKING AT OVERALL INFLATION, HAD WE NOT BID THE PROJECT UNTIL TODAY OR UNTIL WE HAD THE RAILROAD AGREEMENT, WE'RE STILL ANTICIPATING WHERE SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, ON THE CHEAPER SIDE, AS OPPOSED TO IF WE BID IT TODAY AND TAKING THE 2022

PRICING. >> BUT. >> BUT WHAT? THIS COMPANY HAS

STILL BEEN AWARDED THE BID. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK. >> YEAH. I DON'T.

>> KNOW THE OTHER COMPANIES. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD SPECULATE ON THAT.

>> I MEAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER, BUT YOU SAID WE COME OUT A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, THIS IS $4.4 MILLION. THAT'S NOT A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

>> CORRECT. SO THAT'S TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL ITEMS. SO IF WE HAD COMPLETELY STOPPED AND WAITED UNTIL WE HAD THE EXECUTED RAILROAD AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND BID THAT PROJECT, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT THAT PROJECT WOULD BE NORTH OF $60 MILLION TO COMPLETE TODAY IN OUR 2022 BID WAS ROUGHLY, I THINK, 49 MILLION PLUS. THE CHANGE ORDER THAT WE'RE AT NOW, WE'RE STILL, WE BELIEVE, ON THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THOSE COST IMPACTS.

>> NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME. I'M GOING TO VOTE YES. DON'T WANT TO UNDERSTAND. WE GOT TO DO A CONSTRUCTION'S GOT TO START. WE'VE BEEN NEEDING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

>> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. UNDERSTOOD. >> GOT TO BARE YOUR TEETH AND DO IT SOMETIMES.

>> CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON SCREEN?

[E. Consider approval of a resolution of the City of Denton, Texas, to establish the limits of the certain public roadway transferred by the Texas Department of Transportation and described herein on Exhibit “A” as City of Denton public roads. The limits of the certain public roadway described above are Elm Street and Locust Street from Eagle Drive to University Drive.]

PASSES SEVEN ZERO. TAKES US TO ITEM SIX E 82 5763. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS TO ESTABLISH THE LIMITS OF THE CERTAIN PUBLIC ROADWAY TRANSFER BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DESCRIBED HEREIN ON EXHIBIT A AS CITY

DENTON PUBLIC ROADS. >> SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN. SETH GARCIA, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO THIS IS THE ELM AND LOCUST TURN BACK AGREEMENT. SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE SECTION OF US 77 OR ELM AND LOCUST BETWEEN 380 AND EAGLE DRIVE. CURRENTLY THOSE ARE ON SYSTEM TXDOT ROADWAYS. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE CITY OF DENTON TO GET INTO THOSE ROADWAYS AND DO MAJOR REPLACEMENTS, AS THEY'RE NOT CITY OWNED FACILITIES. THE CITY OF DENTON HAS REQUESTED THOSE

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PORTIONS OF ELM AND LOCUST FROM 382 EAGLE TO BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CITY FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. SO SOME PREVIOUS STEPS WE'VE COMPLETED THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REQUEST MEMO AND TXDOT MAPPING THAT WAS REQUIRED. CITY COUNCIL DID PASS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT TO REQUEST THAT TRANSFER IN JANUARY OF 2024, TXDOT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION FROM EAGLE TO MCKINNEY ON BOTH ELM AND LOCUST. THAT WAS DONE. IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHT BEFORE OUR OCTOBER HALLOWEEN EVENTS. SO WE FINISHED UP RIGHT IN TIME IN SEPTEMBER, THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION CONSIDERED APPROVAL FOR LOCUST STREET ON OCTOBER 15TH OF LAST YEAR BY ACCIDENT.

ELM STREET WAS LEFT OFF OF THAT, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK AND DO THAT PORTION OF ELM STREET, WHICH WAS JUST COMPLETED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, 2025. AND THEN TONIGHT WE'RE HERE FOR FORMAL ADOPTION OF THAT ROADWAY. SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ELM

AND LOCUST BETWEEN US 380 AND EAGLE DRIVE AS CITY ROADWAYS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR.

>> THANK YOU. AND WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION COMMENCING.

>> SO THE SOUTH PORTION FROM MCKINNEY TO EAGLE IS COMPLETE. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH DESIGN ON THE NORTH SECTION. THE DENTON COUNTY TRIP 2022 IS PROVIDING PART OF THAT FUNDING FOR THAT SECTION. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE FUNDING PIECES. I WOULD ANTICIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT PROBABLY 18 MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO MOVE TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION WITH ROUGHLY A TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE TO COMPLETE FROM 380 TO MCKINNEY.

>> BUT NOT COMMENCING FOR UP TO 18 MONTHS. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> OKAY. THAT I'M DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

TWO. >> THANK YOU. WHEN WE REBUILD THE NORTHERN PORTIONS, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING WE DO EVERYWHERE. ARE WE GOING TO COMPLETE STREETS WHERE WE DO GAS AND SEWER AND WATER AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S SUBSURFACE?