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          THIS MEETING OF THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS TODAY'S DATE TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH, 2026. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. I'M GOING TO TAKE THE FIRST. IF THERE'S CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, ANYTHING. OKAY, GREAT. THEN THAT TAKES US TO 
          [2. Requests for clarification of agenda items listed on this agenda for public hearing and individual consideration.]
REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION ON AGENDA ITEMS LISTED. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE EITHER ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSENT OR PUBLIC HEARING. SEEING NONE. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TAKE CHAIR'S PRIVILEGE AND TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          >> I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTINE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHRISTINE TAYLOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO WE WANTED TO, FROM TIME TO TIME, SHARE SOME GREAT NEWS THAT'S GOING ON IN THE ORGANIZATION BEFORE WE HOP INTO WORK SESSIONS. SO RECENTLY, WE LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN THAT IS RECOGNITION OF THE GREAT WORK GOING ON IN OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          SO WE HAD A SPRING, WE HAVE A QUARTERLY AWARD. WE HAD OUR SPRING INTO SUCCESS AWARDS AND HAD OVER 130 NOMINATIONS. THOSE NOMINATIONS COME FROM EMPLOYEES WANTING TO RECOGNIZE THEIR FELLOW EMPLOYEE. SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THE GALLERY IS FULL OF OUR AWARD WINNERS, AND WE WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO SHARE WHAT CATEGORY THEY WERE SELECTED FOR AND WHO THE WINNERS WERE. SO OUR FIRST AWARD WAS A CULTIVATOR OF CREATIVITY, AND LONNIE MCWILLIAMS FROM SOLID WASTE WAS DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? LONNIE WAS SELECTED FOR THIS AWARD. 
          LONNIE. LONNIE CAME INTO THE ORGANIZATION AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP ONE AND HAS WORKED HERSELF UP INTO SEVERAL HIGHER POSITIONS AND IS NOW THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE. AND SHE WAS SUBMITTED FOR HAVING JUST THE EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND THEN CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. SO SHE MADE A BIG IMPACT ON DIVERTING METAL FROM THE LANDFILL, WHICH HELPS OUR LANDFILL AND ALSO INCREASE REVENUE. AND THEN SHE'S IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN DISPATCH AND THE COMMERCIAL ROLL OFF DIVISION. SO CREATING SMOOTH WORKFLOWS IS WHAT SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR AND HER OVERALL WONDERFUL ATTITUDE. SO CONGRATULATIONS, LONNIE. YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP THERE. OUR NEXT AWARD WAS A GREEN THUMB AWARD, WHICH WAS SARIAH HESKETT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. AND OUR GREEN THUMB AWARD. WE WE COME UP WITH REALLY GREAT CATEGORY NAMES WAS FOR SOMEONE WHO NURTURES THE TEAM. AND SO SARIAH HAS A IS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF SUPPORTING OTHERS IN THE CITY. SHE RECENTLY BECAME THE INTERNAL INSTRUCTOR FOR TCEQ CREDIT HOURS. SO SHE IS INSPIRING STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF OUR LICENSED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CITY OF DENTON. CONGRATULATIONS, SARAH. OUR SUNNY SERVICE AWARD IS RACHEL GARY AND SHE IS AT NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY. I DON'T SEE HER HERE, BUT SHE WAS NOMINATED BY THE BRANCH MANAGER AT NORTH BRANCH. AND AS YOU KNOW, NORTH BRANCH IS OUR HIGH TEEN ACTIVITY. SO SHE HAS A BIG JOB GETTING ALL THOSE TEENS WHAT THEY NEED. BUT SHE CONSISTENTLY HAS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND HER HER SUPERVISOR NOMINATING HER FOR MULTIPLE COMPLIMENTS FROM PATRONS WHO COME INTO THE LIBRARY. AND RACHEL GIVES THEM THAT EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE. SO THOSE ARE OUR THREE INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS FOR THE SPRING. AND THEN OUR TEAM AWARD IS THE BUILDING SAFETY TEAM. AND AMBER IS COMING UP HERE FOR THAT ONE. CONGRATULATIONS, AMBER. AND THIS WAS A TEAM AWARD. THEY ACTUALLY GET AN ARMADILLO THAT WE'RE GOING TO PASS AROUND EACH QUARTER. AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT GETS TO DRESS IT UP WITH FLAIR. SO SOLID WASTE WON IT AND PUT A LITTLE VEST ON HIM. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO A CONSTRUCTION HAT. AND SO AS WE PASS THEM AROUND, HE'S GOING TO GAIN MORE AND MORE FLAIR. BUT THE BUILDING SAFETY TEAM IS THE FIRST TEAM YOU SEE WHEN YOU COME INTO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, NOT PART OF YOUR NOMINATION. 
          BUT WE DID HAVE A BUSINESS OWNER DOWNTOWN STOP US AT THEIR RESTAURANT AND SAY WHAT A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE THEY'VE HAD WHILE UNDERGOING RENOVATION. SO GREAT JOB TO THE BUILDING 
          SAFETY TEAM. >> ALL RIGHT. >> SO WE'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS STUFF QUARTERLY SO YOU CAN SEE THE GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY 
          [A. ID 26-0625 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on pending City Council requests for:
1)	EMS Lieutenant Positions
      [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]
THEN THAT TAKES US TO OUR FIRST WORK SESSION. ITEM THREE A I'D 260625. REPEAT RECEIVER REPORT WHOLE DISCUSSION GIVE STAFF DIRECTION ON PENDING CITY COUNCIL REQUEST. 
          >> DID YOU WANT TO DO IT? OKAY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WE HAVE SOME STAFF CHANGES THIS AFTERNOON SO I'LL BE PRESENTING THE TWO MINUTE PITCH ITEM. WE HAVE ONE ITEM THIS WEEK FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHENS ON EMS. LIEUTENANT POSITION. THE WORK SESSION PROCESS IS THAT WE CAN 
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HAVE UP TO SEVEN REQUESTS PER MEETING. STAFF WILL INTRODUCE A REQUEST, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES TO DESCRIBE AND JUSTIFY THE REQUEST. REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF ONE MINUTE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND INDICATE THEIR LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THE ITEM. IF THE ITEM IS SELECTED, THE AGENDA COMMITTEE WILL ASSIST IN SCHEDULING THE ITEM. ITEMS RECEIVING CONSENSUS BASED ON PRIORITY WILL HELP US, AND, ALONG WITH THE AVAILABILITY AND READINESS OF THE ITEM, WILL BE LOOKING FOR HIGH, MODERATE OR LOW. SO WE WILL TURN THIS ITEM OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER. STEPHENS. 
          >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU SIR. I'LL READ IT AND THEN JUST PUT SOME NARRATION ON IT. I'M REQUESTING A WORK SESSION DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY AND CREATION OF 1 TO 2 EMS LIEUTENANT POSITIONS FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DURING THE UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE, INCLUDING A DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS, THE POTENTIAL EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF ADDING THESE POSITIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DENTON FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION HAS HAS WANTED FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND I'D LOVE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          THE REASON I LISTED IT AS A HIGH PRIORITY IS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN TIME FOR THE BUDGET DISCUSSION. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS HAVE A DISCUSSION OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET CYCLE, WHERE I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE CAN RATIONALLY OR FAIRLY HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, PARTICULARLY WITH ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE DOES IN THAT BUDGET. AND SO BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION HAS REQUESTED, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUBLICLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ALONGSIDE OF 
          THEM. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          >> I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM, AND I AGREE THAT DOING IT WITHIN THE BUDGET DISCUSSION 
          MAKES SENSE TO ME. SO I'M HIGH PRIORITY AS WELL. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 
          FOUR. >> I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. 
          >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX AND THEN ONE. >> I'M IN FAVOR AS WELL AND APPRECIATE THE APPROPRIATE TIMING OF THAT. SO WE'RE NOT DOUBLING UP WHILE WE'RE TALKING 
          NUMBERS. WE'RE TALKING NUMBERS. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE 
          DISTRICT ONE. >> I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. HIGH PRIORITY. THANK YOU. 
          [1. Closed Meeting:]
          >> OKAY. VERY GOOD. YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED. YES. EXCELLENT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT TAKES US TO OUR CLOSED SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW, AT 4:10 P.M. CONVENE IN CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE CLOSED MEETING. ITEMS SET FORTH ON THE AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEM A I'D 260939 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071 AND THEN ITEM B, I'D 260950. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND THEN WE WILL NOT BE TAKING UP ITEM C THAT WAS JUST A PLACEHOLDER THAT WAS NOT IS NOW NOT REQUIRED. SO WE WON'T BE TAKING UP C, SO JUST A AND B BLESS YOU. 
          [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:]
GOOD EVENING. WELCOMES MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY. TODAY'S DATE, JUNE 16TH IS TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH, 2026 AT 6:30 P.M. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'LL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER FIRST THING ON OUR 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 UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. 
          [2. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS]
          >> OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS. AND SO FIRST IS THE JUNETEENTH DAY. IF YOU CAN MEET ME AT THE PODIUM THERE, WE'LL WE'LL START WITH THAT. THANK YOU. 
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE THIS. AND SO HOW ABOUT WHO'S OUR WHO'S OUR SPOKESPERSON THAT'S GOING TO HELP US RECOGNIZE. YEAH. FOR SURE. OKAY. TELL US WHAT WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING AND WELL, FIRST LET'S INTRODUCE EVERYBODY AND WELL, TELL US WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING. WE'LL INTRODUCE EVERYBODY AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AND IT STARTS ON THURSDAY. OKAY, YOU CAN GO. THERE'S A POEM READING ARTWORK RIGHT OVER HERE AT THE ART CENTER ON THURSDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY NIGHT, WE'LL HAVE GOSPEL NIGHT AT THE PARK AND THEN AFTER THE PARK ALL DAY SATURDAY, WE WILL PARTY, PARTY, PARTY AND R&B ALL NIGHT LONG. NOT ALL NIGHT. I'M SERIOUS. 
          10:00, 10:00 OKAY. AND HERE WE HAVE MISS ROBBIE, MISS BEATRICE, MISS MARIELLA, ANTHONY, MEREDITH, MR. CUT, WE'RE ALL MEMBERS OF THE JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT, BUT WE WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE ON JUNETEENTH WE GET A GREAT CELEBRATION. WE WOULD LOVE IF EVERYBODY WOULD COME OUT AND JOIN US. THERE'LL BE 
          PLENTY OF FOOD, FESTIVITIES, GAMES, WATER SLIDES. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. YES. GOOD MAN. SO IS 
          THERE ANYTHING? YES. >> I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN. SO IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT JUST JUNETEENTH IS A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM AND INTEGRITY FOR ALL OF US. SO COME SUPPORT OUR VENDORS AND 
          THE CHILDREN WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME. YES. >> EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. AND THEY GUARANTEE IT'LL BE 60 DEGREES. NICE AND COOL. YEAH, THAT'S NOT TRUE. SO AND THEN 
          PARADE, RIGHT. >> THE PARADE WAS THE PARADE WAS LINED UP AT 830 OVER RIGHT HERE AT THE POLICE PARKING LOT HERE ON HICKORY STREET. WE'LL GO THROUGH. CITY HALL, CITY HALL, EAST DOWN EAST. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL KNOW WHICH WAY EAST IS. OKAY? GOOD. CITY HALL EAST AT 830. WE WILL LINE UP FOR THE PARADE. WE HAVE A ROUTE THAT'S ALREADY ON THE INTERNET THAT WILL GO. WE'LL GO THROUGH SOUTHEAST. DENTON ENDED UP PASSING THROUGH FRED MOORE PARK AND END UP COMING OUT THAT WAY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL DISPATCH. BUT THE PARADE IS WELCOMING ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY. THIS CELEBRATION IS FOR DENTON, THE CITY OF DENTON. WE'RE CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH, BUT IT'S FOR ALL. IT'S JUNETEENTH, CITY OF DENTON FOR THE WHOLE CITY. COME OUT, BRING THE KIDS WE GOT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF VENDORS, FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT. PLEASE COME JOIN US. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE LORD ABOUT THE HEAT AND THE 
          RAIN, SO EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. SO I HAVE A I HAVE A PROCLAMATION. FIRST I'LL RECOGNIZE MY NEIGHBOR. HEY, REVEREND LOGAN, HOW ARE YOU, MAN? GREAT TO SEE YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. YEAH, THAT'S THE BEST NEIGHBOR GOING. OKAY, 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 JUNE 19TH, 1865 MARKS A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY. WHEN GENERAL GORDON GRANGER ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, AND ANNOUNCED TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE OF THE UNITED STATES, ALL SLAVES ARE FREE. MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH SERVES AS A PROFOUND REMINDER OF THE LONG JOURNEY FOR FREEDOM, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE, CELEBRATING THE RESILIENCE, STRENGTH AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE ENRICHED SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH, FOSTERING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND COMMITTING OURSELVES TO BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL. NOW THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR, THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE 19TH DAY OF JUNE 2026 AS JUNETEENTH IN THE CITY OF DENTON, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THE SPIRIT OF CELEBRATION AND FRIENDSHIP FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY, IF WE CAN GIVE A HAND AGAIN. 
          >> WE'LL TAKE WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE FORCE AND. 
          >> AND THEN WE'LL SHARE IT TO OUR MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS ONLINE. ALRIGHT. 
          >> YOU GOOD? OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HEY, GREAT TO SEE YOU. 
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GREAT TO SEE YOU FOR SURE. HEY, MAN. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK, MAN. SOCIAL MEDIA MASTER RIGHT THERE. AND HE'S DOING GREAT THINGS. HEY, HOW ARE YOU, MAN? HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD. 
          YES, SIR. THANK. >> OKAY, OUR NEXT THING THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING IS COMPLEX NEURO COGNITIVE TISSUE CONDITION AND AWARENESS MONTH. OKAY. EXCELLENT. 
          >> YEAH. >> YOU SURE? COME ON UP. ARE YOU SURE? OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU WANT TO TELL US WHAT WE'RE 
          RECOGNIZING OR. >> YEAH, SURE. SO I DID PREPARE VERY QUICK, LIKE A WEB PAGE. SO. 
          HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ABBY HILLER. I ACTUALLY A VIOLINIST, A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT UNT. 
          AND RIGHT NOW I'M 35 YEARS OLD. AND FIVE YEARS AGO AT THIS TIME, ACTUALLY EXACTLY JUNE 16TH. 
          THAT MARKS THE DAY I STARTED EXPERIENCING PARALYSIS, PARALYSIS, AND A YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS LATER, I BECAME A SCI COMPLETE MOTOR, COMPLETE QUADRIPLEGIC. SORRY, THIS TOPIC IS NOT AS FUN, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT A LIGAMENT INJURY CAN REALLY MAKES A WHOLE DIFFERENCE TO A PERSON. AND WHEN I SHARED MY STORY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, I REALIZED HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING EXACTLY SIMILAR THINGS ARE BEING DISMISSED, GASLIT. AND THEY ARE NOT HAVING A PATHWAY TO THEIR CARE, IS NOT EVEN COVERING THEIR SURGERIES AT THIS MOMENT. SO ON AUGUST 25TH, LAST YEAR, I FOUNDED INCLUSIVE EYE FOUNDATION IS TRYING TO REALLY ADVANCE THE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY AND TRY TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE A CARE PATHWAY. MANY OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY DENSER MUSICIANS JUST LIKE ME, AND THEY ACTUALLY LOST THEIR FUNCTION. THEY ARE UNABLE TO PLAY ANYMORE. SO WE REALLY WANTED TO HELP THIS POPULATION AND LETTING THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK ON STAGE AND BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY LOVE. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING IT. 
          >> YES, THANK. >> YOU FOR REACHING OUT. I APPRECIATE IT, YEAH. AND AND 
          YOUR NAME? YEAH. >> MY NAME IS JASON HILLER. I'M THE CAREGIVER. BUT WE ALL WORK 
          HARD, ESPECIALLY MY WIFE. >> EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. FANTASTIC. FANTASTIC. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SO YEAH. AND WHERE DO WE GO TO LEARN? I KNOW YOU HAVE A FOUNDATION. WHERE DO WE GO TO LEARN MORE OR FIGURE OUT IF HOW WE CAN HELP? 
          >> YES. PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE INCLUSIVE.ORG. SO IT'S TWO WORDS. IT MAY BE INCLUSIVE. 
          AND WE WANT THIS KIND OF VIBE. BE EMBRACING ANY KIND OF DISABILITY, INVISIBLE DISABILITIES. AND SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE MORE. AND ESPECIALLY THIS MONTH HAS BEEN THE AWARENESS MONTH. WE ACTUALLY OPENED A PAGE THAT UNDERNEATH THE AWARENESS DASH BOX, ALL THE 
          DETAILS WILL BE THERE. >> OKAY, GREAT. AND MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT BECAUSE I'LL READ IT. BUT JUST SO EVERYONE HAS A SPELLING, INCLUSIVIBE.ORG. GOT IT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          AND SO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS JUNE INCLUDES NATIONAL OBSERVANCES FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH, MIGRAINE AND HEADACHE AWARENESS MONTH, AND SCOLIOSIS AWARENESS MONTH. YET THERE REMAINS A NEED TO RECOGNIZE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHERE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS INTERSECT WITH INJURIES TO THE BRAINSTEM AND SPINAL CORD. AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, AND. CAN THESE THESE CAN LEAD TO SEVERE AND IRREVERSIBLE NEUROLOGICAL INJURY AND HAVE AN AVERAGE DI DIAGNOSTIC DELAY OF MORE THAN 14 YEARS, WITH PATIENTS OFTEN EXPERIENCING A MISDIAGNOSIS BEFORE RECEIVING AN ACCURATE ONE. AND WHEREAS THE INCLUSIVE FOUNDATION, A DENTON BASED 501 C THREE FOUNDED BY AMY WANG HILLYER, ADVANCES DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY AND HUMANE CARE OF THOSE OF THESE DISORDERS THROUGH PATIENT EXPERIENCE RESEARCH, CLINICAL EMPATHY PROGRAMS ROOTED IN MUSIC AND 
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HEALTH, AND PROVIDED PROVIDER EDUCATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM JUNE 2026 AS COMPLEX NEUROCOGNITIVE TISSUE CONDITIONS AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF DENTON AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE CONDITIONS. SUPPORT SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED, ADVOCATE FOR DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY AND CELEBRATE THE RESILIENCE OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH COMPLEX NEUROCOGNITIVE TISSUE CONDITIONS IN THE IN OUR COMMUNITY, LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, CLINICS AND HOSPITAL SYSTEMS AND FURTHER ENCOURAGE, SUPPORT, AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ABOUT THESE CONDITIONS. IF WE CAN GIVE HER 
          A HAND. >> OKAY, HERE WE GO. SLIDE IN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND WE HAVE SOME EXTRA COPIES THERE, SO WE LEAVE THOSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. 
          YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. >> AND WE'LL ALSO. RECOGNIZE WASTE AND RECYCLING WORKERS WEEK IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT IF YOU CAN COME ON DOWN. 
          >> OH MAN. >> YEAH FOR SURE. FOR SURE. I KNOW THAT'S GREAT. RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. WELL TELL US WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY NAME IS BRENDA HANEY. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING. THIS IS PART OF OUR TEAM. I'M SO PROUD THAT THEY'RE ALL HERE. THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION. NATIONAL WASTE AND RECYCLING WORKERS WEEK WAS FOUNDED ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO TO RECOGNIZE THOSE IN THE WASTE INDUSTRY AS FIRST RESPONDERS. AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE EACH OF THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT, TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S OUR LANDFILL STAFF OR OUR ROLL OFF CREW, OR OUR COORDINATION AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TEAM, OUR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION, OUR LANDFILL STAFF, IT TAKES ALL OF THEM TO MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN. HCC AND VALET TAKES ALL OF THEM TO MAKE THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE CITY FUNCTION ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO I'M REAL PROUD OF ALL OF THEM. AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THEM 
          TODAY. >> SURE. AND SO GIVE US YOUR BEST STAT. LIKE IF WE'RE, IF WE WERE GOING TO BE LIKE THE, JUST THE VOLUME YOU DEAL WITH, RIGHT? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK. PEOPLE 
          REALLY UNDERSTAND. >> ANNUALLY, WE ACCEPT OVER 400, 000 TONS OF WASTE AT THE LANDFILL. ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS FROM THE CITY OF DENTON ITSELF. AND OUR RECYCLING CURBSIDE RECYCLING RATE IS AT ABOUT 25%. SO WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. OUR GOAL IS 40 BY 40, 30 BY 30. I'M BEHIND. YEAH. SO WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND. WE'RE GOING TO CATCH UP. WE ALSO FUNCTION ON IT'S NOT JUST GETTING THE MATERIAL IN OUR RECYCLING CAMPAIGN, BUT IT'S ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTAMINATION. SO WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK AND EDUCATE AND KEEP THAT CONTAMINATION RATE LOW, BECAUSE IT COSTS US MONEY IF WE HAVE CONTAMINATION IN OUR MATERIALS. 
          >> GOT IT. AND THEN SO ONE MORE THING I'M GONNA HAVE YOU TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I LIKE TO BRAG ON IT. SO THE, THE AND I'M GOING TO GET IT WRONG, RIGHT WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH AND DROP OFF. SO HERE'S WHAT I NORMALLY DO. ONCE EVERY BLUE MOON, I GET A NEW TV AND THEY ALWAYS GET BIGGER, RIGHT? AND THEN I FIGURE THE THIEVES ARE GOING TO SEE THE BOX OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE AND THINK I HAVE A BIG TV. SO I TAKE THE BIG BOX AND TAKE IT TO MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND PUT IT BY THEIR HOUSE. BUT NOW WE HAVE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN DROP IT OFF AND IT TAKES THE FOAM. AND SO MY NEIGHBOR DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR HOUSE GETTING BROKEN IN IN A FEW YEARS WHEN I GET A NEW TV. BUT TELL US ABOUT THAT, THAT FACILITY AND BATTERIES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE 
          PEOPLE KNOW. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP BATTERIES. SO WE HAVE A HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION PROGRAM. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. IT'S ALL THE DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF ITEMS. YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF THAT YOU'VE HAD HIDDEN IN THE BACK OF YOUR GARAGE FOR DECADES. WE'LL ACCEPT THOSE MATERIALS PAINT, OILS, TIRES, BATTERIES. PLEASE KEEP YOUR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES OUT OF YOUR TRASH. WE WILL ACCEPT THOSE FROM YOU AT JJ'S HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION PROGRAM. THE STYROFOAM WILL ACCEPT AS LONG AS IT'S CLEAN AND SEPARATED FROM OTHER MATERIALS. WE HAVE A DENSIFIER, SO WE MAKE THESE LARGER BRICKS OF THAT STYROFOAM. IT'S ABOUT 98% ERROR WHEN IT COMES OUT OF YOUR TELEVISION PACKAGE. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THAT DOWN. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR RECYCLING MARKET FOR THOSE MATERIALS. AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS FOR RECYCLING THOSE BOXES. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO 
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WHAT I DO, WHICH IS GET MY BOX CUTTER OUT AND BREAK IT UP SO IT'LL FIT MY RECYCLING CART, BUT YOU CAN TAKE IT EITHER TO NORTH LAKES OR OUR FACILITY. SORRY, MAN. IT'S JUST IT'S MY, MY, MY NEIGHBORS LAUGH AT ME WHEN I'M STANDING OUT THERE STOMPING ON IT AND CUTTING IT 
          ALL UP TO GET. >> IT IN THERE. >> YEAH, YEAH. 
          >> WELL. >> JUST SLICING. >> AND DICING, MAN. 
          >> YOU GOT TO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. SO EITHER IN NORTH LAKES OR AT OUR HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE LANDFILL 
          PROPERTY. >> EXCELLENT. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. AND I WANT TO BRAG ON HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAN. I GO TO A LOT OF I GO TO A LOT OF CAREER DAY THINGS AND MAN, THE TRASH TRUCK IS A HIT. I DON'T KNOW WHO I MEAN ALWAYS LIKE ALWAYS MAN. THE KIDS. I MEAN, YEAH, THE KIDS WILL RUN STRAIGHT TO THAT. I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE A TRUCK FULL OF GOLD OR A TRASH TRUCK. THEY'RE GOING TRASH TRUCK EVERY TIME. IT'S AMAZING. IT'S REALLY GREAT PROGRAM THOUGH. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. AND IF YOU'VE IF YOU'VE NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO GO THROUGH LIKE DENTON 360 OR SOMETHING AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE STUFF THEY DO, THEY I MEAN TO KEEP US SAFE. THEY, THEY ALTERNATE ROUTES AND TIMES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE, IF YOU'VE BEEN THAT PERSON THAT, HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHY THEY CAME AT SEVEN. IT'S SO THEY CAN STAY ON TOP OF THINGS, STAY ALERT, NOT GET FAMILIAR IN THE ROUTES. I MEAN, JUST A LOT OF DETAIL GOES INTO EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO. TRULY TRULY GRATEFUL. SO THANK YOU. 
          AND SO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS IN THE WASTE MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY PROVIDE AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICE THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO MAINTAINING THE HEALTH, HYGIENE AND ESTHETIC BEAUTY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND WHEREAS THESE FRONTLINE PROFESSIONALS CONSISTENTLY BRAVE DEMANDING CONDITIONS TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITY'S DISCARDED MATERIALS ARE MANAGED SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY. AND WHEREAS, THEIR COMMITMENT TO RECOVERING RESOURCES AND REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AND PROTECTION OF OUR NATURAL ECOSYSTEM, NATURAL ECOSYSTEM. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR, THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF JUNE 15TH THROUGH JUNE 20TH AS WASTE AND RECYCLING WORKERS WEEK IN THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AND CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO EXTEND THEIR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THESE WORKERS FOR THEIR VITAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR QUALITY OF 
          LIFE, IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A HAND. >> YOU KNOW EACH OTHER. 
          >> I'M SURE. YEAH, YEAH. >> WATCH OUT. GUYS CAME. SQUEEZING. 
          >> YEAH, ON THE SIDE MAYBE. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO, THERE WE GO. WELL DONE. 
          123. ONE MORE FOR TWO. ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU SIR. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH THANK YOU. YES THIS IS GREAT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. HEY MAN. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          [3. PRESENTATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC]
          >> OKAY. IF WE CAN PLAY THE VIDEO FOR ADDRESSING COUNCIL, PLEASE. 
          >> THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL HAS 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 
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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. >> OKAY. FIRST SPEAKER THAT REGISTERED TRACY DUCKWORTH. IF 
          YOU CAN COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS TRACY DUCKWORTH. EVERYONE CALLS ME MAMA T. WELCOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. HELLO. GLAD Y'ALL ARE HERE A LOT. SO I WAS HOMELESS IN TOTAL FOR FIVE YEARS. MY LAST LIKE ONE AND A HALF YEARS WAS ON THE STREETS OF DENTON. I GOT HOUSED, SORRY, I GOT HOUSED THROUGH GIVING GRACE IN AUGUST OF, I MEAN, APRIL OF 2022. I VOLUNTARILY EXITED THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM IN MARCH OF 2025 BECAUSE I STARTED COMING HERE, SPEAKING OUT, EXPOSING THE TRUTH OR TRYING TO PARDON ME. AND FOR THAT I WAS RETALIATED AGAINST. I CAME HERE AND TOLD COUNCIL I WAS BEING RETALIATED AGAINST AND THEY ALLOWED IT. IT CONTINUED SO. I WAS IN FEAR FOR MY SAFETY. AND SO I VOLUNTARILY EXITED THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM, AND I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO NOT GET EVICTED EVER SINCE. AS SOON AS I GOT HOUSED, I TURNED MY APARTMENT INTO A STOREHOUSE OF SUPPLIES. EXCUSE ME SO MUCH. I TURNED MY APARTMENT INTO A STOREHOUSE OF SUPPLIES. I STARTED TO. IT'S NOW WALL TO WALL SHELVES. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, FULL OF SUPPLIES, BECAUSE I CAME THROUGH THE SYSTEM HERE AND THROUGH THE SHELTERS, THROUGH THE PROGRAMS, AND I SAW WHAT WAS BEING DONE. I SAW THE TRUTH. I SAW WAY TOO MUCH. I SAW THEM NOT GIVING SUPPLIES THAT THEY HAD TO PEOPLE. SO I STARTED COLLECTING SUPPLIES AND I TURNED MY HOUSE INTO A SUPPLY HOUSE. AND NOW I, I HAVE FOUNDED A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED MAMA T'S BUTTERFLIES. I AM VERY BOOTS ON THE GROUND. I'M VERY IN TOUCH WITH MY PEOPLE. MY HOUSE IS FULL OF SUPPLIES. THAT'S WHERE THEY COME WHEN THEY NEED ANYTHING. AND JUST LIKE RECENTLY, I PUT OUT A VERY NICE BACKPACK ON THE STREETS. WORD GOT OUT THAT MAMA T WAS THE ONE WITH THE NICE BACKPACKS. ALL SIX THAT I GOT THAT I FOUGHT FOR ALL SIX OF THEM THAT I FOUGHT FOR TWO WEEKS TO COLLECT WERE GONE WITHIN TWO WEEKS NOW. 
          IN THE WORK SESSION TWO WEEKS AGO, JESSE KENT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS ARE SHOWING THAT HOMELESSNESS IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW. IT'S NOT THERE EVERYWHERE. BUT I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT. IT WAS ALSO SAID THAT WHEN THE CHANGES TO THE COMMUNITY SHELTER WERE MADE, THAT THERE WERE MEETINGS HELD WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BOOTS ON THE GROUND GROUPS AND PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. I WANT TO KNOW HOW ALL THREE OF THOSE. BUT I MISSED THAT MEETING AND THE AUDIT REPORT THAT WAS DONE LAST APRIL PROVES THAT THE. OUR DAILY BREAD. ORGANIZATION HAS BROKEN THE CITY CONTRACT. NO ONE HAS YET TO TALK TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ABOUT ANYTHING. 
          SO WHAT I DID WAS I WENT TO I WENT TO FACEBOOK, TO THE AROUND TOWNERS, AND I ASKED, DO Y'ALL THINK THAT HOMELESSNESS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED IN THE LAST YEAR? THE CITY SAYS IT HAD. 
          SO 163 COMMENTS, 45 PEOPLE LAUGHED AT ME. ABSOLUTELY NOT. IF ANYTHING HAS GOTTEN WORSE, 71 PEOPLE AGREED WITH THAT. AND I COULD GO THROUGH LIKE, THAT'S ALL OF THEM. THAT'S THE COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, MINUS THE PEOPLE THAT HAD SIDE QUESTS, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS EACH OTHER. 
          BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS CONSENSUS IS, NO, NO, IT'S NOT. SO. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO 
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          SAY ANYMORE. THIS IS MY 14TH TIME HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PRUDENCE SANCHEZ. IF YOU CAN COME DOWN, GIVE YOUR NAME. YOU HAVE FOUR 
          MINUTES. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS PRUDENCE SANCHEZ. I LIVE AT 711 JACKSON STREET HERE IN DENTON IN SOUTHEAST DENTON. SO TODAY I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ABOUT MOWING LIENS AND HOMELESSNESS. WE. WHAT I WOULD REQUEST FROM THE CITY IS WHEN THERE ARE SHERIFF. 
          SALES AND PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD AT A SHERIFF'S SALE THAT THE CITY WOULD COME IN AND PUT THEIR CLAIM FOR THESE MOWING LIENS THAT ARE OUT THERE BECAUSE JUST THIS YEAR, MY HUSBAND AND I APPLIED FOR A HOME EQUITY LOAN ON A HOUSE THAT WE HAD BOUGHT AT A SHERIFF'S SALE AND COME TO FIND OUT, THERE WAS $4,000 WORTH OF MOWING LIENS DATING BACK TEN YEARS TO A TIME WHEN WE DID NOT OWN THE PROPERTY. THE CITY WAS. THEY DID HELP US TO FIND ALL THE MOWING LIENS BECAUSE THE TITLE COMPANY REQUESTED IT, AND THE CITY REALLY WANTED TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION ONLY TO THE TITLE COMPANY, AND THEN GIVE US THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEEDED TO PAY IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, CLEAR TITLE ON THE PROPERTY. SO WHAT I WOULD REQUEST IS THAT IF THE CITY FOLLOWS THESE MOWING LIENS, THAT THEY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO COLLECT ON IT WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. I THERE'S SOME OTHER PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT AT SHERIFF'S SALES, AND I CONTACTED THE PERSON THAT HAD HELPED TO FIND THE MOWING LIENS ON THE, ON, ON MY HOMESTEAD, AND I WAS TOLD I NEED TO DO A PUBLIC INFO REQUEST BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NO IDEA WHAT MOWING LIENS THEY HAVE OUT THERE. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ABOUT THAT IT'S NOT GOOD AND IT'S NOT BEST PRACTICE. I DON'T BELIEVE, AND IT'S NOT GOOD TO THE CITIZENS TO HAVE THIS BLIND SIDE YOU WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO. THE ONLY TIME THAT THESE MOWING LIENS GET TRIGGERED IS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR PROPERTY AND A TITLE SEARCH HAPPENS. ANOTHER THING I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE HOMELESSNESS. WE HAVE TALKED TO THE CITY BEFORE ABOUT PEOPLE CAMPING ON OUR PROPERTY, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN RESPONSE FROM THE CITY. WE MET WITH THE A COUPLE OF POLICE OFFICERS AND THE SOCIAL WORKER ON OUR PROPERTY ONE MORNING THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED. AND LO AND BEHOLD, THERE WERE HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE. ONE WOMAN NEEDING MEDICAL ATTENTION AND EMS SERVICES HAD TO BE CALLED. ALSO, SOMETIMES THESE PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS FECES ON THE PROPERTY, TOILET PAPER IN DIFFERENT AREAS. AND THE FACT THAT THE LANDOWNER IS THE ONE THAT HAS TO PAY BELIEVE IS PROPI THINK THE COUNTY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO. I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY COFFERS HAS MONEY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THE CITY HAS, BUT IF THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ON OUR PROPERTY, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF FUND THAT THE LANDOWNER CAN TAP INTO TO MITIGATE THIS TYPE OF CLEANING. IT'S BIOHAZARDOUS AND IT'S DANGEROUS. SO TO PUT THE BURDEN ON THE PROPERTY OWNER WHEN, AS WE'VE HEARD BEFORE, MOST PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT ENOUGH ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TO ALLEVIATE THIS HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT. 
          I DO LIVE IN SOUTHEAST DENTON. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT 
          THE CITY HAS COME OUT AND TALKED TO US ABOUT THE PLANS. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALFREDO SANCHEZ. >> MY NAME IS ALFRED SANCHEZ. 
          I'M I'M A SMALL INVESTOR HERE IN HERE IN DENTON. SO A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT I PICKED UP HAVE BEEN THROUGH SHERIFF SALES. ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS WHEN THOSE PROPERTIES GO UP FOR SALE, THEY USUALLY START BASED BASED ON THE HOW MUCH IS OWED ON THEM ON TAXES. SO BUT A LOT OF TIMES THOSE PROPERTIES SELL FOR MUCH MORE. MY CONCERN IS THAT MONEY, THE EXTRA MONEY, SAY A PROPERTY IS TAXED FOR $2,000 AND IT SELLS FOR $60,000. A LOT OF THE THAT THAT MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE OWNER, BUT THEY NEVER. BUT A LOT OF THE OWNERS DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND THESE PEOPLE ARE POOR, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY OR A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THE CITY ENDS UP HOLDING THAT MONEY. AND AFTER TWO YEARS THEY POCKET THAT MONEY. AT LEAST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. SO MY CONCERN IS WHY DOESN'T 
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THE CITY EDUCATE OUR POPULATION, ESPECIALLY THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING THEIR HOUSE TAKEN BECAUSE OF LIENS AND TELL THEM, OKAY, AFTER THAT, AFTER YOUR PROPERTY GETS SOLD, IF YOU CAN'T PAY THE TAXES, WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE TAX OFFICE? OR I KNOW YOU CAN AND SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK SO YOU CAN GET THE, THE OVERAGE ON THAT PROPERTY. I DON'T THINK IT'S CORRECT. IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT THE CITY DOES THAT. I UNDERSTAND THE CITY SAYS, WELL, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THEY'LL KIND OF JUST THROW THAT OUT AND SAY, WELL, TOUGH LUCK. WELL, THAT'S NOT THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE. THOSE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE CITY SHOULD BE EDUCATED TO, TO HELP THEIR CITIZENS RATHER THAN JUST SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU LOST IT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR TOUGH LUCK. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I COME FROM. OKAY. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO TAKE MONEY FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY LOSING THEIR HOME WHEN THERE'S 40, $50,000 THAT CAN GO BACK TO THAT FAMILY. ALL RIGHT. 
          THE OTHER THING MY WIFE TALKED ABOUT IS MOWING LIENS. AGAIN, THAT'S A SITUATION WHERE THE CITY DOES NOT TALK TO THE SHERIFF WHEN THEY'RE GETTING READY TO SELL THESE PROPERTIES, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY HAS SUBMITTED THE PAPERWORK SAYING, OKAY, THERE'S MOWING LAWNS, WHY DON'T THEY COORDINATE WHEN THAT SALE COMES UP? IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT LATER ON, PEOPLE FIND OUT THAT THERE'S A LIEN ON THAT PROPERTY. AND SO NOW THEY HAVE TO PAY TWO, 4 OR 5 YEARS LATER, OR EVEN WHENEVER THEY WANT, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PAY 4 OR 5 OR $6,000 ON A MOWING, ESPECIALLY IF THERE WAS 60,000, SAY, THERE WAS 40 OR $60,000 OVERAGE ON THAT PROPERTY. THE CITY GETS THAT MONEY. NOW. THEY'RE GOING TO COLLECT MORE TAXES, MORE MONEY ON THE MOWING LIENS. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HONESTY THAT HAS TO BE DONE HERE. AS FAR AS THE CITY, WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST MAKING IT OR PEOPLE THAT, 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU BUY SOMETHING, DON'T TAX THEM TWICE. ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. AND WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK WE GET THAT MONEY. I'VE NEVER SEEN A LINE ITEM THAT SAYS THAT COMES TO US, BUT I WILL RESEARCH IT AND GET BACK WITH ME. BUT I DON'T THINK 
          THAT'S THE CASE. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. YEAH, THAT IT WAS THAT IT GOES TO IT STAYS IN A COFFER FOR TWO YEARS. AND THEN IT GOES THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT AGENCY, BUT THE CITY TAKES THAT MONEY BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S IT'S OVER A SHOT. 
          >> SO I'LL HAVE I'LL HAVE THEM CONFIRMED AND THEN THEY'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, IS IT A STATEMENT OF. WELL IT'S POSTED. YEAH. 
          REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. >> SORRY, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YOU MIGHT CHECK UNCLAIMED FUNDS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT GOES INTO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT. THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING FILED BEFORE OUR HOUSE IS FORECLOSED ON. THERE IS AN AD LITEM APPOINTED THAT TRIES TO FIND THAT PERSON. IT'S NOT A PERFECT PROCESS, BUT IT GOES TO EVERYONE GETS PAID. THE REST GOES INTO THE REGISTRY OR COURT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. THEN IT'S WHAT'S CALLED ESCHEATS TO THE STATE. BUT YOU MIGHT GOOGLE AND I SUGGEST ACTUALLY EVERYONE GOOGLE THEMSELVES AND GO INTO UNCLAIMED FUNDS. YOU'D BE VERY SURPRISED WHAT YOU CAN FIND THERE. AGAIN, I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND IT'S NOT A PERFECT PROCESS, BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. IF MAYBE AFTERWARDS YOU SHOOT 
          ME AN EMAIL, I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE COFFEE. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. AND THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, SEAN BLACKWOOD. YOU CAN COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR 
          NAME. YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. >> SIR. >> ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL FOR SERVING THIS COUNTRY OR THE STATE. I KNOW IT'S A THANKLESS JOB, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I ALSO WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY LACK OF SLEEP. MY FATHER DIED TWO DAYS AGO. SO GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SEAN WILLIAM BLACKWOOD. 
          I'M A DISABLED, HONORABLY DISCHARGED ARMY VETERAN, A UN TEA STUDENT AND A DENTON RESIDENT. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND A PATTERN OF NUMBERS THAT I BELIEVE DESERVES ATTENTION. MY FATHER, WILLIAM RUSSELL SCOTT, PASSED AWAY FROM LUNG CANCER ON JUNE 12TH, 2026 AT 5:20 P.M. HE LOVED DENTON, BUT BEFORE HIS CANCER BECAME TOO SEVERE, HE STILL ENJOYED WALKING AROUND THE DENTON SQUARE. EVEN AS AN OLDER ARMY VETERAN WITH COPD, HE ENJOYS BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT EVENTUALLY HE TOLD ME HE NO LONGER FELT SAFE DOING THAT. 
          THAT REALLY STAYED WITH ME. I HAVE ALSO HAD NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES MYSELF, INCLUDING TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHILE WALKING MY CORGI WHERE INDIVIDUALS BEING ERRATIC, THREATENING AND SEEMS TO BE ON A SUBSTANCE, TRIED TO ATTACK MY DOG ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. 
          BOTH INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED. THE CONCERN CAUSED ME TO START LOOKING INTO THIS DATA. SO ALSO 
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I TRIED FORWARDING A LOT OF THIS DATA TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I COULD. I DIDN'T SET THIS UP PROPERLY, SO I APOLOGIZE. BUT. BUT LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, THERE ARE THREE INDICATORS THAT MOVE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. PART ONE CRIME DECREASED BY 15.5%. SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTS INCREASED BY 13.3%. OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITY DECREASED BY 9.4%. THESE NUMBERS DO NOT TELL A SIMPLE STORY. MAJOR CRIME WENT DOWN, SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTS INCREASED AND OFFICER INITIATED ACTIVITY DECREASED. I'M NOT SAYING ONE NUMBER PROVES ONE CAUSE I'M SAYING THE PATTERN DESERVES REVIEW GOING FORWARD. WHEN I LOOKED WHEN I LOOKED AT THE STATEWIDE CONTEXT, TEXAS RAPE RATES DECLINED FROM 2023 TO 2024, WHILE DENTON SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTS INCREASED. THESE ARE MEASURED DIFFERENTLY, AND THAT DIRECTION MATTERS. BUT THE DIRECTION THAT DISTINCTION MATTERS. BUT THE DIRECTION STILL MATTERS TO. STATEWIDE. THE TREND WENT DOWN LOCALLY, DIDN'T WENT UP. THAT MAY HAVE AN EXPLANATION, BUT I BELIEVE IT DESERVES A CLOSER LOOK AND PART OF A BOARD. PUBLIC SAFETY. ALL RIGHT. ALMOST DONE. SO SLIDE FOUR. THE FRY OAK AREA IS NOT IMAGINED. SORRY. THE FRY AND OAK AREA IS NOT AN IMAGINED CONCERN. THE CITY'S OWN REVIEW DOCUMENTED 1266 CALLS FOR SERVICE, 274 CRIMES, 17 AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, 54 ASSAULTS AND THREE SEXUAL ASSAULTS. THESE ARE THE CITY'S NUMBERS. SO WHEN RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT SAFETY AROUND FRY STREET DOWNTOWN IN THE AREA SURROUNDING UNT, THERE'S ALREADY DOCUMENTED REASONS TO TAKE THOSE CONCERNS VERY SERIOUSLY. ALMOST DONE, I PROMISE. SO I AM NOT ASKING ANYONE TO ACCEPT A CONCLUSION BEFORE THE DATA IS CHECKED. I'M ASKING THE CITY TO REVIEW THE PATTERN. THAT MEANS LOOKING AT OFFICERS INITIATED ACTIVITY REPORT ONLY OUTCOMES. CITATION VERSUS ARREST OUTCOMES, CLASSIFICATION CHANGES, AND CASE OUTCOMES. IT ALSO MEANS LOOKING AT FRY STREET LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY FOR SAFETY. 
          DENTON SQUARE PUBLIC SAFETY, UNT ADJACENT ACTIVITY CAMP ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE, AND LOWER LEVEL PUBLIC DISORDER. SOMETIMES PATTERNS PATTERNS DEVELOP. GENERALLY, THE PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW IS TO SEE IF THE FULL PICTURE OF THE PROBLEM CAN BECOME WORSE, IS GOING TO BECOME WORSE. AND FINALLY, THE REQUEST FOR REVIEW. MY REQUEST IS SIMPLE. I AM ASKING DENTON TO CONDUCT A FOREST PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW OF OFFICERS INITIATED ACTIVITY. SELECTED ENFORCEMENT CONCERN, ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE, AND LATE NIGHT SAFETY AROUND FRY STREET, UNT AND DENTON SQUARE. COMPASSION AND PUBLIC SAFETY ARE NOT OPPOSITES. WE CAN CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE STANDARDS THAT PROTECT THE RESIDENTS, STUDENTS, BUSINESSES, VISITORS AND FAMILIES. I'M HERE BECAUSE MY FATHER LOVED THIS CITY. I'M HERE BECAUSE I STILL LIVE IN THIS CITY. I AM HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE DENTON CAN ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS EARLY BEFORE THEY BECOME WORSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WELCOME QUESTIONS AND I AGAIN, I 
          GREATLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. SEEING NO QUESTIONS. WITH OUR CONDOLENCES 
          [4. CONSENT AGENDA]
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES. APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS TAKES US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL TAKE A MOTION. EVERYTHING WAS NOTHING WAS PULLED. SO 
          REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE. >> MOVE APPROVAL. 
          >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. >> I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT 
          [A. Z26-0005a 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) district to Light Industrial (LI) district on approximately 2 acres of land generally located on the south side of FM 377, approximately 1,025 feet east of the intersection of FM 377 and North Trinity 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 for a severability clause and an effective date. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted (6-1) to recommend approval. Motion for approval by Commissioner Dyer and second by Commissioner Ketchersid (Z26-0005a, Winston-Cox Waterworx, Sean Jacobson).]
PASSES 6 TO 0 TAKES US TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS A Z260005A HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, REGARDING A CHANGE IN ZONING DISTRICT USE CLASSIFICATION FROM RESIDENTIAL TO DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ON APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FM 377 APPROXIMATELY 1025FT EAST OF INTERSECTION 377 AND TRINITY ROAD IN THE CITY OF DENTON, 
          DENTON COUNTY. AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SEAN JACOBSON, SENIOR PLANNER HERE TO PRESENT Z265A WINSTON COX WATER WORKS REZONING. SO THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM THE R-2 ZONING TO THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT ON A TWO ACRE PROPERTY ON EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE. THE GOAL HERE IS TO BRING AN EXISTING NON-CONFORMING OFFICE AND OUTDOOR STORAGE LAND USE INTO COMPLIANCE. SO THIS WAS DEVELOPED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION AND PERMITTING. 
          BUT THEY'RE NOW PURSUING A REMEDY TO THAT, WHICH BEGINS BY PURSUING ZONING THAT WOULD ALLOW THEIR USE. CURRENTLY, THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TO THE EAST, SOUTH AND NORTH, RESIDENTIAL TO THE WEST. WE DID CONSIDER THIS AGAINST ALL OF OUR APPROVAL CRITERIA, BOTH FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS WELL AS SPECIFICALLY FOR ZONING CHANGES. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE LOOK AT IS OUR FUTURE LAND USE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO AS YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CHANGE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE IN THIS 
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AREA LAST FALL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THIS IS INTENDED FOR THINGS LIKE WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION, SUPPORTING OFFICES AND IN AREAS THAT HAVE ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. SO VERY MUCH DESCRIBING THE 380 CORRIDOR THERE. THE ZONING IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND EMPLOYMENT USES AND TO ENSURE ADEQUATE LAND FOR FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH, ZONING CHANGE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING IN A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FUTURE. LAND USE IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IN ADDITION, WE WANT TO CONSIDER WHETHER THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO WARRANT A ZONING CHANGE. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE IN INQUIRIES IN SUBMITTALS IN THIS AREA. 
          INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, PARTICULARLY IN THE REALM OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL. 
          SO AGAIN, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THE AREA AS WELL AS TECH STOCKS PLANS FOR FUTURE FREEWAY CONVERSION IN THIS AREA. SO WE'RE SEEING SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. ZONING CHANGE IS JUSTIFIED. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MINIMIZING ADVERSE IMPACTS. THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT ALREADY IS PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL. AND IN ADDITION, AN SUP WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY OUTDOOR STORAGE USES ON THIS SITE. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF REVIEW THAT WILL HAVE TO COME TO YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE HAS BEEN DESIGNED CORRECTLY. IN ADDITION, OUR BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE STANDARD IN THE CODE, ARE IN PLACE. WE DID DO OUR STANDARD PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES. THE APPLICANT ALSO HELD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. THERE WERE NO ATTENDEES. WITH THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED REZONING BECAUSE IT DOES MEET OUR CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6 TO 1 AT THEIR MAY 27TH MEETING. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. 
          >> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WAS READING THE BACKUP MATERIAL AND I THINK A LITTLE CONFUSED JUST ON HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. AND SO I THINK I'M JUST, I'M GOING TO REPEAT SOME STUFF TO YOU TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE STORY CORRECTLY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING. SO THERE WAS AN OWNER WHO, FIRST OFF, IT'S R-2 AND DECIDED TO PUT OTHER THINGS ON THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT THE CITY'S APPROVAL. IS 
          THAT CORRECT? >> ESSENTIALLY THERE WAS THERE WAS A PROCESS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE FOLLOWED, AND WE DETERMINED THAT SOME OPERATIONS HAD TO BE DONE WITHOUT THAT PROCESS BEING FOLLOWED, AT WHICH POINT WE REACHED OUT AND INDICATED THEY WOULD NEED TO PURSUE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, AT WHICH POINT THEY DID BEGIN THAT PROCESS. 
          >> BEFORE OR AFTER IT WAS BEING BUILT OR DURING. >> SO THEY DID BEGIN THAT 
          PROCESS AFTER THEY HAD BEGUN OPERATING. >> I GUESS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING, THOUGH. BUT AND AGAIN, UNLESS I MISREAD IT WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING IT, YOU HAD INFORMED THEM THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT. THEY CONTINUED ANYWAYS, IS THAT 
          RIGHT? >> SO WE HAD HAD A MEETING WITH THEM TO KIND OF LAY OUT THE PROCESS. WE HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING AND WE OBSERVED THAT IT APPEARED THEY WERE NOW IN OPERATION. AND AT THAT POINT, WE THEN DID REACH OUT AND INFORM THEM THAT WE WOULD NEED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THAT THEY COULDN'T OPERATE WITHOUT THAT. 
          >> AND DO THEY HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW? >> SO THEY CAME IN AND SUBMITTED THAT APPLICATION WITHIN THE TIME REQUIRED, AT WHICH POINT WE LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY NEEDED THE ZONING CHANGE AND THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO THAT IS WHY THEY'RE 
          PURSUING THE ZONING CHANGE IN ORDER TO GET TO THE C L OKAY. >> SO THEY DON'T HAVE A CO. 
          >> THEY DO NOT. >> HAVE THE C, OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS SOLD BACK IN 25, I BELIEVE IT WAS 25. THIS ALL STARTED WITH THE FIRST OR THE PREVIOUS OWNER IN. 24 IS 
          THAT CORRECT? >> WE DID HAVE A NUMBER OF INQUIRIES ON THIS SIDE ABOUT 
          VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. >> SO WHAT I'M ASKING THOUGH, IS THE PEOPLE THAT CURRENTLY OWN THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT BUILT WHAT'S 
          CURRENTLY THERE. CORRECT. >> THE CURRENT OWNERS ARE THE ONES WHO DEVELOPED THE THEY DID 
          THE BUSINESS ON THE SITE. YES. >> OKAY. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW. 
          >> OKAY. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE. >> COUNCILMAN STEVENS ASKED MY 
          QUESTION. >> OKAY. REPRESENTATIVE. >> DISTRICT FOUR. 
          >> WHAT WHAT IS THE BUSINESS THAT'S THERE CURRENTLY? >> SO THEY ESSENTIALLY ARE A PIPE SUPPLY COMPANY. SO FOR FOLKS DOING INFRASTRUCTURE WORK, THEY'LL ORDER VARIOUS SIZES OF PIPES, AND THEN THEY GO THERE TO PICK UP THE PIPES TO TAKE TO A JOB SITE. 
          >> I SEE. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO ANYONE CAN SPEAK AND FILL OUT A CARD AFTER THE FACT IF YOU'D LIKE SEEING NO SUDDEN MOVEMENTS, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECORD. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT SIX. 
          >> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. >> OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SO WE HAVE A 
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MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION. I'LL JUST SAY THIS. SEAN, HELP ME OUT. I THINK THE THE ALWAYS 
          THE GOAL IS TO GAIN COMPLIANCE. IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. 
          >> AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF THESE INSTANCES THAT HAPPEN. I SERVE ON A NUMBER OF BOARDS IN THE COUNTY. IT HAPPENS THERE PRETTY REGULARLY IN THE CITY. IT HAPPENS. I JUST HELPED SOMEONE IN ANOTHER CITY NAVIGATE THIS EXACT SAME THING, A CHURCH THAT GOT STARTED IN THEIR COMMENT TO ME WAS, OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS. I FORGET WHAT THEIR WORD WAS, BUT BASICALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS THOUGHT THE PROCESS MADE SENSE IS WHAT THEY SAID IN SUMMARY. BUT WE HELPED THEM GET BACK ON TRACK. AND SO BUT HELP ME JUST CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT? WHAT 
          STAFF'S GOAL HERE? >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU SAID IT. OUR GOAL IS TO REACH COMPLIANCE. 
          GIVEN THAT THIS IS A USE THAT HAS A PATH TO OPERATING ACCEPTABLY HERE, WE JUST WANT TO HELP FOLKS GET ON THAT PATH AND GET DOWN THAT PATH TO WHERE THEY'RE OPERATING LEGALLY. 
          >> OKAY. >> AND HELP ME TRACK WITH YOU. WE WE REZONED THAT AREA OR, OR 
          THE FUTURE ZONING CHANGE. >> FUTURE LAND USE WAS CHANGED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE ZONING 
          REQUEST IS TO MAKE THE ZONING ALSO BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. >> OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I. OKAY, I'M TRACKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. 
          >> YEAH. I'M SORRY. >> I THINK IT'S JUST FAIR TO AT LEAST PUBLICLY STATE WHY I'M VOTING NO RATHER THAN JUST SAYING NO, WHICH IS I DO FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING THIS BACKWARDS. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PRECEDENT OF. STAFF WORKING HARD AND EVERYONE WORKING HARD TO, TO, TO HAVE THE RULES THAT WE HAVE. AND, AND THEN SOMEONE NOT FOLLOWING THOSE GUIDELINES AND ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS LATER. I JUST DON'T LOVE THAT PRECEDENT. SO I AT LEAST WANTED 
          TO EXPLAIN WHY I'LL BE VOTING NO TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. I DIDN'T 
          [B. DCA26-0002b Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas regarding proposed revisions to the Denton Development Code; specifically by amending Subchapter 4 - Overlay and Historic Districts, to establish Section 4.11, Southeast Denton Area Plan Overlay Districts, including the Southeast Denton Residential Overlay Subdistrict (SEDRO), the Southeast Denton Height Overlay Subdistrict (SEDHO), and the Southeast Denton Live/Work Overlay Subdistrict (SEDLWO), and providing applicability, dimensional standards, design standards, allowed uses, and/or use-specific standards for each district. The Southeast Denton Residential Overlay Subdistrict includes 375.94 acres generally bounded by East McKinney Street to the north; North Bradshaw Street, East Prairie Street and the MKT Railroad to the west; Smith Street, Kerly Street, and Morse Street to the south; and South Woodrow Lane to the east; the Southeast Denton Height Overlay Subdistrict includes 39.77 acres generally bounded by East McKinney Street to the north, Exposition Street to the west, East Sycamore Street to the south, and North Bradshaw Street to the east; and the Southeast Denton Live/Work Overlay Subdistrict encompasses 27.58 acres and generally includes properties along the north and south sides of East Prairie Street between Oakwood Cemetery and the MKT Railroad, properties along the west side of Skinner Street, properties along the north and south side of Robertson Street situated between Wye Street  and the Stream PEC 4 drainage channel, and  properties along the east and west sides of Cook Street north of Wye Street 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 7-0 to recommend approval of the request with a revision to extend the hours of operation for the Live/Work Overlay District. Motion for approval by Commissioner McDade and second by Commissioner Riggs. (DCA26-0002b, Julie Wyatt and Mia Hines)]
SEE IT. THERE WE GO. AND IT PASSES FOUR TWO. THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS. 
          FIVE B, AND THAT IS DCA260002B. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, REGARDING PROPOSAL REVISIONS TO THE DENTON DEVELOPMENT CODE, SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING SUBCHAPTER FOUR OVERLAY OF HISTORIC DISTRICT AND TO ESTABLISH 4.11 SOUTHEAST DENTON AREA PLAN OVERLAY DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST DENTON RESIDENT OVERLAY SUBDISTRICT, THE SOUTHEAST DENTON HEIGHT OVERLAY SUBDISTRICT, AND THE SOUTHEAST DENTON LIVE WORK OVERLAY SUBDISTRICT AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS. DESIGN STANDARDS ALLOWED USES USE SPECIFIC 
          STANDARDS FOR EACH DISTRICT. >> ALL RIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE I FORGET. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M JULIE WYATT AND I AM A PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF DENTON. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH MIA HINES. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST DENTON OVERLAY DISTRICTS. SO WE'LL GET STARTED. SO THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU IS TO AMEND SUBCHAPTER FOUR OF THE DENTON DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ESTABLISH THREE NEW OVERLAY DISTRICTS. THE HEIGHT OVERLAY DISTRICT IS THE AREA IN BLUE ON YOUR SCREEN. THE LIVE WORK SUBDISTRICT IS THE AREA IN PINK, AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY IS THE AREA IN YELLOW. ALL OF THESE ARE NESTED INSIDE THE SOUTHEAST DENTON CORE BOUNDARY. AND THAT'S THAT OUTLINE IN ORANGE. THIS THIS PROPOSAL TONIGHT STEMS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN AREA PLAN. THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT KICKED OFF IN 2023. IT EMPHASIZED COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A VISION AND GOALS FOR THE SOUTHEAST DENTON COMMUNITY. AS PART OF THAT, IT INCLUDES 53 ACTION ITEMS. AND TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE OF THEM. AS I MENTIONED, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WAS A HUGE PART OF THE AREA PLAN. SO AS PART OF THE THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE HAD 40 ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE COMMUNITY OVER 18 MONTHS AFTER ADOPTION OF THAT. AND AFTER WHEN WE STARTED THE OVERLAY DISTRICTS, WE STARTED WITH A BLOCK PARTY IN MARCH OF 2025 TO START TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MORE SPECIFICITY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICTS. FROM THERE, WE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY PRESENTING THE PROPOSAL, TALKING TO FOLKS ABOUT WHAT 
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WE'RE THE WHAT IS WRITTEN IN IN THE PROPOSAL AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, HOW COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, AND THEN ALSO A COMMUNITY MEETING FOR NON-OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTY OWNERS. IT CULMINATED IN A COMMUNITY MEETING ON MAY 18TH THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE. AND THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE SUBSEQUENT ONES. SO THE RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY IS THAT AREA IN YELLOW. 
          AND THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO CREATE REGULATIONS THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE SCALE AND CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN SOUTHEASTERN, WHILE FOSTERING COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. 
          AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE. WHEN YOU BUILD A HOUSE IN THE CITY OF DENTON, THERE ARE REGULATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT THE HOUSE HAS IS DRESSED UP AT THE FRONT, THAT IT MEETS OUR QUALITY AND DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN, IN THE CITY. THAT INCLUDES THE ZONING, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 40FT. WINDOWS AND DOORS ARE REQUIRED, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT 15% WINDOWS HAVE TO HAVE TRIM OR BE RECESSED. AND THEN AND THEN A PROPERTY OWNER CAN CHOOSE THREE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES FROM A FROM A MENU THAT'S REQUIRED CITYWIDE. THE PROPOSAL FOR THE SOUTHEAST DENTON RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY IS TO TAILOR THOSE STANDARDS SPECIFIC TO SOUTHEASTERN FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE AREA PLAN, AS WELL AS THE THE BLOCK PARTY, THE OVERLAY OVERLAY DISTRICTS. WE HEARD OVER AND OVER FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE SCALE AND CHARACTER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THEY WANTED ANYTHING BUILT THERE TO KIND OF LOOK LIKE IT. IT, IT'S BEEN THERE AND IT GOES THERE. AND SO THAT IS THAT PURPOSE OF THIS. AND IT STARTS WITH THE HEIGHT. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT SCALE. 
          WE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY FELT LIKE ONE AND TWO STORY HOMES WERE WERE APPROPRIATE FOR SOUTHEASTERN. BUT SOMETHING LIKE THREE STORIES WAS NOT APPROPRIATE. 
          40FT THAT IS ALLOWED IN ALL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS COULD ALLOW SOMEBODY TO BUILD A THREE STORY HOME. SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO LIMIT THAT MAXIMUM HEIGHT TO 30FT. THAT WOULD ALLOW A NICE TWO STORY HOME, BUT IT WOULDN'T ALLOW EITHER A THREE STORY OR AN OUT OF SCALE THREE OR OUT OF SCALE TWO STORY. AND THAT'S FOR THE PRIMARY DWELLING, FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING. SO FOR SOMETHING LIKE A LIKE A DETACHED GARAGE, THAT MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE 20FT. AND 
          >> AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE TAILORING THE REGULATIONS FOR KIND OF THAT EXISTING CHARACTER OF SOUTHEAST DENTON, AND THAT COMES TO THESE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AS WELL. WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST DENTON, YOU SEE A LOT OF ARCHITECTURAL THEMES, THINGS LIKE BUNGALOW HOMES, CRAFTSMAN HOMES, AND RANCH STYLE. THESE REGULATIONS REALLY, REALLY PULL OUT SOME OF THOSE FEATURES IN THOSE HOMES AND THEN ENCOURAGE NEW STRUCTURES TO HAVE THOSE SIMILAR FEATURES. SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT ALL NEW HOMES EITHER HAVE A PORCH OR A STOOP, THAT WINDOWS AND DOORS WOULD BE OVERSIZE ON THE FRONT FACADE SO THAT INSTEAD OF THE 15%, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE 25% AS WELL AS PROVIDE THAT TRIM ROOFS SHALL BE GABLED, HIPPED, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF. AND THEN PROPERTY OWNERS CAN CHOOSE TWO ITEMS FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL MENU THINGS LIKE DORMERS, PROJECTION WINDOWS, MULTI-PANE OR MISSION STYLE WINDOWS. SO SOME OF THOSE AGAIN, THOSE THEMES FROM THE FROM THE STANDARD KIND OF CHARACTER THAT WE SEE IN SOUTHEASTERN. AND THESE REFLECT WHAT THE COMMUNITY PREFERRED. AND THESE ARE KIND OF THE RESULTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE BLOCK PARTY IN, IN, IN MAY OR IN, SORRY, IN MARCH OF 2025, REALLY TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF FEATURES THEY WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY IS APPLICABILITY. AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS OR EXISTING HOMES. SO ANY LEGALLY ESTABLISHED LOT STRUCTURE OR SITE FEATURE WOULD NOT BE MADE NON-CONFORMING. SO IF YOUR HOUSE DOES NOT MEET THIS, YOUR CONFORMING, WHAT IT WOULD APPLY TO IS NEW CONSTRUCTION. SO IF YOU HAVE A VACANT LOT OR IF YOU TEAR DOWN YOUR HOUSE, IT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THESE REGULATIONS. IT WOULD APPLY TO EXPANSIONS IN A LIMITED CAPACITY AND THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OR ROOF FORMS, AND THEN MAINTENANCE NOT REQUIRED. SO THAT'S THE THAT IS THE RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY. THE HEIGHT OVERLAY IS VERY SIMPLE. IT IS THAT AREA OUTLINED IN BLUE. IT IS KIND OF A TRANSITION AREA BETWEEN THE D, C, T, A TRAIN, TRAIN STATION AND AND KIND OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL PARTS OF SOUTHEAST DENTON. AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AGAIN, WERE CONCERNED ABOUT DOWNTOWN STYLE DEVELOPMENT ENCROACHING INTO 
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THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCALE. THAT IS OUT OF CHARACTER. AND SO THE HEIGHT OVERLAY IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN. SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO LIMIT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IN THE AREA IN BLUE TO 40FT. SO IT'S A IT'S A STEP UP FROM THE RESIDENTIAL. SO IT ALLOWS A LITTLE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT, BUT IT DOESN'T GO TO THE THE MAXIMUM THAT THE EXISTING ZONING WOULD ALLOW, WHICH COULD BE UP TO 100FT, AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT AND THEN 65FT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN THE DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT GENTLE TRANSITION FROM THE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL, THAT 30FT HEIGHT TO THE TO TO AREAS TO THE WEST. SO THAT CONCLUDES THOSE TWO OVERLAYS. AND NOW ME IS GOING TO COME UP FOR THE FINAL ONE. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MIA HINES, SENIOR PLANNER. AND YES, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE LIVE WORK OVERLAY SECTION OF THE SOUTHEAST DENTON OVERLAY. SO WHAT OUR PROPOSAL AND I START WITH THIS SLIDE TO REMIND YOU GUYS LIKE JULIE MENTIONED, THIS ALL COMES FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN AREA PLAN. AND ONE OF THE ACTIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS TO CREATE A LIVE WORK OVERLAY DISTRICT. SPECIFICALLY, THE PURPOSE WAS TO CREATE A LIVE WORK OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT FOCUSED ON ALLOWING SMALL MOM AND POP RETAIL SUCH AS BOOKSTORES, TOY SHOPS, COFFEE SHOPS, MUSIC STORES, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND A PORTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH A PORTION BEING USED AS A RESIDENCE SIMULTANEOUSLY. PART OF THAT WAS ALSO, OR PART OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, WAS ALSO WANTING THE RESTORATION OF THE SORT OF MAIN STREET DISTRICT WITHIN THE SOUTHEASTERN AREA THAT WHERE RESIDENTS HAD LIVED THERE A LONG TIME AND HAD GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES ALONG EAST PRAIRIE STREET. THEY WANTED TO KIND OF SEE THAT REESTABLISHED. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE CAME UP WITH THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WITH THAT INTENT. AND I REMIND YOU JUST OF WHAT THAT ACTION SAYS, BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THAT ACTION CALLED FOR. BUT WE HAVE SOME REASONS FOR IT. SO WHY IT'S DIFFERENT. WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED DRAFTING THIS PROPOSAL FOR YOU ALL, WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE CURRENT DDC REQUIRES FOR LIVE WORK DWELLINGS, AND ESSENTIALLY FOUND IN SO MANY WORDS THAT WHAT THE DDC REQUIRES IS A LITTLE BIT OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE REQUIRES IN TERMS OF WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHEN MIXING THE USES. SO THAT LIVE WORK DWELLING AS LAND USE WASN'T REALLY BEING UTILIZED ACROSS THE CITY OF DENTON AS AN OPTION, AND DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR KIND OF TRYING TO ESTABLISH OR TRYING TO REACH THE INTENT OF THESE GOALS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO WITH THAT, WE KIND OF REASSESSED. WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE AREA AGAIN FOR THE LIVE WORK OVERLAY AND, AND WENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME MORE QUESTIONS AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE LIVE WORK OVERLAY. WE FIRST LOOKED AT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP LIKE WE DO WITH A LOT OF ZONING CASES OR OVERLAY DISTRICT REQUESTS THAT WE GET. WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE AREA PLAN CALLED FOR AS FAR AS CHANGING IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION, AS WELL AS WHAT OUR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLED FOR. AND WHAT WE SEE IS THAT IN CERTAIN AREAS, SPECIFICALLY ALONG EAST PRAIRIE STREET, WE HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A MIX OF FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS, AS WELL AS A MIX OF EXISTING LAND USES. MANY MUCH OF IT IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME VACANT PROPERTIES OUT THERE. I THINK THERE'S A BARBER SHOP AND A RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY FACILITY IN THERE AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE TO THE NORTH OF THIS, LIKE JULIE CALLED OUT, WE HAVE SOME SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY EITHER DEVELOPING AS MULTI-FAMILY OR KIND OF DESIGNATED FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. SO WITHIN SECTION A, WE HAVE COMMUNITY MIXED USE AS A AS A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. WE ALSO HAVE LOW RESIDENTIAL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A MODERATE RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION IN THAT AREA. SO WITH SECTION A, WE KIND OF FIGURED THAT THAT'S A, A, A, A EXCUSE. MY TECHNICAL TERM HODGEPODGE MIX OF, OF, OF LAND USES THAT COULD BE PERMITTED THERE. AND WITH THAT, WE WENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASKED SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT WITHIN THIS AREA. SECTION B, AS I'LL GET INTO HERE IN A SECOND, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS MOSTLY MODERATE RESIDENTIAL. SO WE KIND OF GROUPED THOSE PARCELS TOGETHER FOR A MODERATE RESIDENTIAL TYPE OF ADDITION TO THE OVERLAY. AND THEN FOR SECTION C IS LOW RESIDENTIAL. SO A LOT OF THAT IS, IS THE INTENT IS THAT TO STAY LARGELY LOW RESIDENTIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SO WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WE ASKED THEM SPECIFICALLY WHAT TYPES OF LAND USES, FOR INSTANCE, WOULD THEY THINK WOULD BE, WELL, ONE, DO THEY FEEL LIKE LAND USES COULD STAND ALONE AS COMMERCIAL LAND USES ALONG EAST PRAIRIE STREET? AND IF THEY DID, WHAT TYPES OF USES DID THEY WANT TO SEE IN? THIS CHART HERE SHOWS THE RESULTS OF SOME OF THE RESPONSES WE ASKED THE QUESTION SPECIFICALLY. FOR EXAMPLE, DO YOU FEEL THAT GENERAL RETAIL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AS A STANDALONE USE ALONG THIS SECTION? AND 85% OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED SAID, YES, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. OF COURSE, WE ASKED THEM ALSO, WHAT WERE SOME OF YOUR POTENTIAL AREAS OR TOPICS OF CONCERN WITH REGARD TO BRINGING COMMERCIAL OR NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA? AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED WERE PARKING, TRAFFIC, HOURS OF OPERATION, NOISE AND LIGHTING. 
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AND SO WITH OUR PROPOSAL, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING OR REQUESTING THAT A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS BE PUT INTO PLACE. AS FAR AS THE EXISTING ZONING ALONG SECTION A OF EAST PRAIRIE STREET. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S A MIX OF EXISTING USES, BUT LARGELY THE ZONING IS R4 AND R7, AND THERE'S ONE PARCEL HERE TO THE WEST THAT ZONE M IN. AND THE REASON THAT I SHOW YOU THAT IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT COMPARED TO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING VERSUS WHAT IS PERMITTED, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THIS SECTION HERE. ALL THOSE THOSE P'S JUST STAND FOR PERMITTED. THE PLUS MEANS IT'S PERMITTED WITH A USE SPECIFIC STANDARD THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY APPLICABLE TO THESE USES IN THIS OVERLAY TO ALL NONRESIDENTIAL USES THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED WITHIN THIS OVERLAY WE WOULD APPLY THESE OPERATIONAL STANDARDS. 
          SPECIFICALLY, HOURS OF OPERATIONS WOULD BE LIMITED TO MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 8 A.M. 
          TO 8 P.M. AND THEN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 8 A.M. THROUGH 10 P.M. ARCHITECTURALLY SPEAKING, THE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY. NEW STRUCTURES WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT JULIE MENTIONED, AND THEN LANDSCAPE AND SCREENING, BUFFERING WISE, ALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE A DOUBLE DOUBLE FACE FENCE OR A 15 FOOT AND A 15 FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER WHEN ADJACENT TO RESIDENCES. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT ARE INTENDED TO SORT OF LIMIT THE SCALE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD OCCUR IN THIS AREA, OR THE NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD OCCUR IN THIS AREA. AND THEN ONE OTHER KIND OF DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR DAYCARE IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW THAT THEY BE OPEN 6 A.M. TO 8 P.M. DAILY, JUST TO GIVE PARENTS AND PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN BEFOREHAND TO, TO OPEN AND DROP KIDS OFF. THIS SLIDE IS JUST SHOWING MORE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THOSE USES, THOSE NONRESIDENTIAL USES TO SORT OF PROTECT THE SCALE, MAXIMIZING THE BUILDING SIZE AND ENSURING THAT IT DOES MAINTAIN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE. AND THEN FOR THAT LIVE WORK DWELLING USE, THE PROPOSED USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR THAT USE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE MAKING IT MORE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE REQUIRES, SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE MORE OF AN OPTION. AND HOPEFULLY THIS ALLOWS FOR MORE OF THE OR INCENTIVIZES MORE OF A USE OF THE LIVE WORK LAND USE FOR SECTION B SKINNER, THIS ONE IS MUCH MORE SIMPLER. OF COURSE, THE FUTURE LAND USE. EXCUSE ME, FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IN THIS AREA IS MODERATE RESIDENTIAL. OF COURSE, THIS IS THE PROPERTIES JUST WEST OF SKINNER. AND SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE IS TO ALLOW FOR THOSE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES TO BE PERMITTED WITHIN THIS AREA. SAME WITH ANY COMMERCIAL BECAUSE SOME OF THAT PROPERTY IS ZONED IN MEN AND SOME OF ITS OWN ARE FOR WE WE WOULD APPLY THE SAME OPERATIONAL STANDARDS FOR ANY NEW COMMERCIAL USE WITHIN THAT AREA ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, LANDSCAPE AND SCREENING STANDARDS, AS WELL AS THE STANDARDS THAT WE APPLY TO KEEP THE SCALE AND OPERATION GOING. AND THEN FINALLY, IN SECTION C, OF COURSE, THIS AREA IS SINGLE OR LOW RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATED. SO WE ARE SIMPLY PROPOSING IN THIS AREA NOT MANY CHANGES AT ALL. WE ARE JUST PROPOSING THAT THAT LIVE WORK, DWELLING LAND USE BE MORE IN COMPLIANCE OR MORE ALIGNED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE. AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A LAUNCHING PAD TO SEE HOW USEFUL THAT LIVE WORK DWELLING UNIT LAND USE ACTUALLY IS. ONCE WE. ONCE WE SORT OF MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THAT INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE REQUIRES. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, WE DID PERFORM THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY REQUIRE FOR REGULAR ZONING CASES. WE SENT THAT TO PEOPLE WITHIN THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS 200 AND 500FT. COURTESY NOTICE IS 500FT OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY. WE GOT A COUPLE OF RESPONSES IN FAVOR AND A FEW RESPONSES OPPOSED. I THINK FOR THE LIVE WORK SECTION, SOME OF THE OPPOSITION WAS RELATED TO THE HOURS OF OPERATION, BUT THEY WERE GENERALLY CONSISTENT OR GENERALLY AGREED TO THE PROPOSED USES AS WELL AS OTHER STANDARDS. AND THEN ON THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE, SOME PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT LIMITING CREATIVITY OF ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS. BUT OF COURSE, ALL THIS COMES FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS. WITH THAT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF WHAT WE PROPOSE. WE DID PRESENT THIS CASE TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A MODIFICATION TO THE LIVE WORK OVERLAY HOURS OF OPERATION INSTEAD OF THE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. AND THEN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 8 A.M. TO 10 P.M. THEY ARE PROPOSING SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 6 A.M. TO 10 P.M. AND THEN FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 6 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT. AND OF COURSE, THAT THAT WOULD BE FOR ALL ANY 
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OF ANY NONRESIDENTIAL USE THAT WOULD BE IN THAT AREA. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU AS THE OPTIONS OR YOU AS CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE OPTION TO APPROVE THIS AS PROPOSED BY US OR AS PA OR WITH SOME OTHER MODIFICATION AS YOU ALL DISCUSS AND THEN POSTPONE OR DENY WITH THIS, IF YOU SO CHOOSE. WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ABOUT THE 
          RESIDENTIAL OR HEIGHT, I MIGHT HAVE TO PING. JULIE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. 
          >> THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. EARLY. EARLY ON IN THE PRESENTATION. I DON'T THINK THERE'S. MAYBE THESE ARE NUMBERED. LET ME FIND IT. LET 
          ME FIND IT. THE PHRASE SLIDE 11. MAINTENANCE NOT REQUIRED. >> OH. 
          >> STANDARD PROPERTY MAINTENANCE WOULD BE REQUIRED. WHAT THAT'S TALKING ABOUT IS THIS THE THE OVERLAY STANDARDS. THE PROPOSAL WOULD NOT BE A PROPERTY OWNER WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THIS IF THEY'RE JUST MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTY. 
          >> OKAY, OKAY. >> SO IF YOU'RE LIKE, YOU'RE REPLACING YOUR WINDOWS IN THE FRONT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO INCREASE THE SIZE. YOU COULD, YOU COULD KEEP THEM THE SAME. 
          >> SIZE AND, AND. TO USE ME AS TERM MOM AND POP STORES, WOULD THEY, WOULD THEY NOT HAVE TO 
          PROVIDE PARKING OFF STREET PARKING? >> YES. ALL, ALL NON RESIDENTIAL USES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO, TO MEET THE MINIMUM PARKING AS REQUIRED UNDER THE WHATEVER THAT USE IS UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT CODE AND NO USE CAN PROVIDE LESS THAN FOUR SPACES. SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE LIKE A SMALLER STRUCTURE, SOMETIMES PARKING IS BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE YOU HAVE TO AT LEAST PROVIDE FOR ON SPACE PARKING. IF YOU'RE 
          PROPOSING A NON RESIDENTIAL USE. >> AND WE'RE TALKING OFF STREET PARKING OFF STREET. OKAY. YES. 
          OKAY. GOOD GOOD. THANK YOU. VARIANCES ARE STILL ARE STILL ALLOWED ON A ON A ONE BY ONE 
          BASIS. >> IT DEPENDS ON I GUESS THE. >> AN UNUSUAL SIZE SHAPE OR 
          SLOPE PROPERTY THAT. >> YEAH, IF YOU HAVE A HARDSHIP, YOU CAN OF COURSE APPEAL TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. IF THAT'S THE CASE FOR THE PROPERTY OR IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED, THEN TYPICALLY WE CAN CONSIDER VARIANCE. 
          >> YES. AND AT AT, AT WHAT POINT DOES REMODELING AN EXISTING HOME HAVE TO COME? 
          WHEN WHEN DOES IT HAVE TO BECOME CONFORMING? >> IT ONLY WOULD COME INTO IT. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO IT WOULD BE THE BUILDING HEIGHT AND ROOF FORM. 
          SO IF YOU HAD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND YOU WANTED TO ADD A SECOND STORY, YOU COULDN'T EXCEED THAT 30FT IN HEIGHT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT MAXIMUM HEIGHT. AND THEN AND THEN THE, THE ROOF LINE, YOU'D HAVE TO EITHER HAVE A GABLED OR A HIPPED ROOF. 
          >> SUPPOSE THERE WAS A FIRE AND, AND, AND AFTER THE FIRE, THE HOMEOWNER WANTED TO IMPROVE THE 
          PROPERTY. >> IT WOULD. SO AT THAT POINT, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS. SO IF YOU. WELL, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY IF YOU SCRAPE THE 
          LOT, IF YOU SAID IT'S COMPLETE. >> I. >> GET THAT. YES. THEN THEN IT 
          WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WITH THE REGULATIONS. >> OKAY. THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE KITCHEN, SEVERE FIRE IN THE KITCHEN. WOULD YOU, COULD YOU, COULD YOU. COULD YOU MAKE MAKE THE MAKE THE FOOTPRINT BIGGER. SURE. ON ON THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO, WITHOUT HAVING TO COMPLY. 
          OTHERWISE. >> SURE. IT WE WERE EXPRESSLY YOU KNOW, WE, WE BANDIED THIS ABOUT A LOT TO SEE WHAT AT WHAT THRESHOLD SHOULD COMPLIANCE COME INTO PLAY? AND IN THIS WE FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANY EXISTING HOME, IT'S CONSIDERED CONFORMING. SO IF IF THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE KITCHEN, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO EXCUSE ME, COMPLY. THEY'D STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AND BUILDING AND ROOF LINE. SO THAT WOULD STILL BE APPLICABLE. 
          BUT THE PORCH, THE WINDOWS AND DOORS, THE, YOU KNOW, THE TRIM THAT WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE. 
          >> OKAY, SO I'M HEARING MOST OF THIS IS ROOF LINE AND AND OVERALL HEIGHT. 
          >> FOR EXISTING HOMES. >> EXISTING HOMES. YES, SIR. YES. OKAY. OKAY. SLIDE 17. WHAT 
          IS A MOBILE FOOD COURT? >> SO THAT IS THAT IS JUST A LOT THAT WE WHAT WAS IT. 17 THIS ONE. OKAY. THAT IS JUST A LOT THAT WHERE THE PRIMARY, THE ONLY USE ON THE LOT IS MOBILE FOOD TRUCK SALES. THAT WOULD REQUIRE A. WITH WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO THAT WOULD COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CITY 
          COUNCIL. >> I SEE OKAY, OKAY. LAST ONE, I PROMISE. THE WHERE AM I? EXTENDS HOURS OF OPERATION SATURDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SIX TO MIDNIGHT. SLIDE 2027. 
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          >> THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. >> OKAY, WAS WAS THAT WAS THAT 
          TALKED ABOUT AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. >> SO WE HAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. WE HAD A FINAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT ON MAY 18TH. WE HAD A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN APRIL. AND THEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DIRECTED US TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE ONE FINAL MEETING. WE HAD THAT MEETING. THERE WAS DISCUSSION AT THAT MEETING ABOUT THOSE HOURS, AND THEN AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE HOURS AND WANTING TO. THE COMMISSION VOTED TO 
          EXTEND THE HOURS PAST WHAT STAFF WAS PROPOSING. >> OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. >> THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I'M ALWAYS EXCITED WHEN WE HAVE AN AWARD WINNING PLAN. AND THEN WE ACTUALLY ARE IMPLEMENTING IT. WE'RE STILL MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT. SO I APPRECIATE STAFF'S HARD WORK ON MOVING THIS FORWARD. I HAD A QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE HOURS. I DID WATCH THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. SO I KIND OF SAW THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND HOW IT WENT DOWN WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS. WHAT CONCERNS DO STAFF HAVE ABOUT PLANNING AND ZONING HOURS AMENDMENT? SO, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BOTHER NEIGHBORS. AND I AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LOGIC BEHIND IT WAS THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY WANTING TO OPEN A BUSINESS. THEY WERE HOPING FOR MORE HOURS THAN WHAT WAS BUILT IN. SO THE GOAL WAS TO HELP THIS BUSINESS OWNER. BUT OF COURSE, OTHER PEOPLE CAN COME IN LATER AND WE WANT TO PROTECT FROM NUISANCES. SO IN TERMS OF WHAT PLANNING AND ZONING PROPOSED, WHAT CHALLENGES WOULD STAFF ANTICIPATE BASED ON THOSE LARGER HOURS? 
          >> MAYBE SOMEONE WHO'S IN CHARGE OF ENFORCEABILITY, MAYBE SPEAK TO THAT. BUT I WILL ANSWER FROM WHY STAFF PROPOSED THE HOURS THAT WE DID AND KIND OF HOW WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM STANDPOINT. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE RETOOLED THE LIVE WORK OVERLAY PIECE, WE WENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, ASKED THEM ABOUT THOSE ADDITIONAL USES. OF COURSE, THEY RECOMMENDED OR SAID THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE THINGS, THE PARKING, THE NOISE AND ALL THOSE THINGS. AND THEN WE WENT BACK AND OR WE POSTED AN ONLINE SURVEY AND ASKED THEM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE TIMES THAT STAFF IS PROPOSING, AND THAT THERE WAS KIND OF A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT THAT WAS A GOOD A REASONABLE TIME TO, TO THEM. AND THEN THAT GOT, YEAH, AMENDED BY ONE RESTAURANT OWNER WANTING TO WANTING TO GO A LITTLE LONGER. 
          >> CHARLIE, DID YOU HAVE MORE ABOUT, I GUESS, THE ENFORCEABILITY AND WHERE THAT MIGHT BE CHALLENGING WITH THE HOURS PROPOSED BY PLANNING AND ZONING? 
          >> YEAH. CHARLIE ROSENTHAL, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I THINK, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY AS WE GET LATER IN THE EVENING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE ON THE SITE CAN MAKE IT A MORE CHALLENGING AND BECOME MORE OF A NUISANCE ON THE PROPERTY. I THINK IS ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS WITH EXTENDING THE HOURS. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND ENFORCE THESE. WE'LL GO OUT AND TAKE MEASUREMENTS OF THE SOUND LEVELS OF CERTAIN THINGS. OFTENTIMES, OUR POLICE WILL GET CALLED OUT FOR ENFORCEMENT. AND SO I JUST THINK THOSE ARE ALL CONSIDERATIONS THAT GO INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE WERE TO EXTEND HOURS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? COULD WE DO IT JUST INDOORS? AND SO AFTER PNC AND DISCUSSING IT FURTHER, IF CITY COUNCIL DID WANT TO EXTEND THE HOURS FURTHER, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO LIMIT THOSE ACTIVITIES TO INDOORS. IT WOULD JUST HELP FURTHER WITH ENFORCEMENT SO THAT IF, YOU KNOW, STAFF WERE TO GO OUT THERE OR THE POLICE WERE NEEDING TO GO OUT THERE TO CONDUCT SOME TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT, AT LEAST THEY WOULD HAVE A MECHANISM THEN TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE OUTSIDE OF DOORS. YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO 
          DO THIS INSIDE. >> SO IT'D BE MORE CLEAR THAN COMING OUT THERE MEASURING DECIBELS AND ALL THAT. CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN ACTUALLY, CHARLIE, I MAY NOT BE DONE, I DON'T KNOW. SO YOU WOULD SAY THAT THE BEST WAY TO MITIGATE THE CONCERNS WHILE ALLOWING LONGER OPERATING HOURS COULD BE THE INDOOR OPTION OF LIMITING TO INDOORS 
          WOULD BE THE CLEAREST POTENTIALLY. >> YEAH. I THINK IF COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING EXTENDING THE HOURS. LET ME BRING UP THE OPTIONS. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO SO OBVIOUSLY MAKING THAT INDOORS WOULD HELP WITH ENFORCEMENT. I ADDITIONALLY, I THINK STAFF'S PROPOSAL WITH THE SPECIFIC USE PERMITS, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EXTRA ADMINISTRATIVE STEP FOR THIS FOR AN SCP TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THIS BODY, BUT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, THERE COULD BE WITH THIS COMING IN A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITH ADJACENCY TO A RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT RESIDENTIAL PERSON'S BEEN LIVING THERE A LONG TIME, AND THEN A USE COMES IN NEXT TO THEM WITH EXTENDED HOURS. AND SO IT JUST ADDS IN FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION 
          FOR THIS BODY RATHER THAN JUST BUY. RIGHT, RIGHT. >> AND I KNOW THAT'S AN ADDED 
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BARRIER ADDED COST. SO I'M, I'M A LITTLE HESITANT ON THAT RIGHT NOW. I'M INTERESTED IN PROBABLY THE FIRST OR SECOND. I'M LOOKING FOR A WAY BASICALLY TO ALLOW THE OPERATING HOURS TO BE EXTENDED A LITTLE BIT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE USES IN OTHER AREAS, CREATING AN ISSUE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, CHARLIE AND MIA. THANK YOU. 
          >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN SPEAK AND FILL 
          OUT A CARD AFTER THE FACT. ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO. >> MA'AM? 
          >> YES, SIR. PLEASE. >> I CAME TO TELL YOU FAREWELL AND TO WELCOME JORDAN TO THE BOARD. I DIDN'T COME, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A DONE DEAL. PARDON MY WALKING AND TALKING. MY NAME IS REVEREND LOGAN REGINALD THOMAS LOGAN. I LIVE ON 705 PARK LANE IN THE CITY OF DENTON. A LONG TIME CITY RESIDENT HERE. HIGH SCHOOL. THE WHOLE THING RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY RETURNED BACK IN 1984. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY TO THE TO THE BOARD AND TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. I'VE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES, YOU GUYS. I TELL YOU, YOU'RE PHENOMENAL. I'M NOT TRYING TO BUTTER YOU UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND BUT I ALSO. BUT 
          THE STAFF. >> YES, SIR. >> THAT HAVE COME TO SOUTHEAST DIDN'T TIME AND TIME AGAIN I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY INTERACT WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN THERE SO MANY TIMES TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND THEY'VE BEEN BACK AGAIN. MATTER OF FACT, I TALKED TO THE MANAGER AND SAID, DON'T SEND THEM BACK DOWN THERE AGAIN. THEY HAVE GOT EVERYTHING OUTLINED. YOU SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FOR IT. WHEN I GREW UP AS A CHILD THERE WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED THERE. WHEN I'M 78 YEARS OLD, I'M THE MAYOR. 
          >> I DON'T BELIEVE YOU. I THOUGHT YOU. >> WERE 50 YEARS OLD. NOW, IN THAT SAME PLACE WHERE THEY TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING THE HOURS. IT WAS 2:00 WHEN I WAS GOING UP. I MEAN, WE HAD TIME TO GET HOME FROM THE FOOTBALL GAME OUT AT OUT AT THE STADIUM, AFTER WE'VE DRIVEN IN FROM PILOT POINT AND DALLAS PLAYING WITH THE FRED MOORE DRAGONS, WE NEED TO COME DOWN ON THAT VERY CORNER AND EAT THE BARBECUE AND HAVE SANDWICHES. I LOVE GOING TO OUTBACK. I LOVE GOING TO THE. I GO TO ALL THE BUSINESS. I EAT OUT A LOT. I'M TELLING YOU, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GO DOWN AND EAT OUT IN MY OWN COMMUNITY. AND IF I WANT TO GO DOWN THERE AND EAT A SANDWICH AT 11:00 AT NIGHT, I WANT TO GO OUT AND EAT ME A SANDWICH 11:00 AT NIGHT. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE COME THERE TO SET UP REGULATIONS THAT ARE GERMANE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHERE I LIVE, I DON'T LIVE FAR FROM THIS LOCATION. MY UNCLE, BUT ACTUALLY HAD A RESTAURANT UP THE STREET ON SKINNER AND ROBINSON STREET, THE LOGAN BARBERSHOP AND THE LOGAN CAFE. AND NOW THIS YOUNG MAN IS GOING TO BRING A BUSINESS THERE. AND I'M HOPING IF I WAS JUST TEN YEARS YOUNGER MAYOR, I TELL YOU, I'D OPEN UP ME A SNOW CONE STAND. I'D OPEN UP ME SOMETHING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIM. I WOULD DO THAT. I'M TOO OLD TO DO IT NOW. AND I'M HOPING BY HIM DOING THIS, IT WILL OPEN UP THAT COMMUNITY TO COMMERCIALIZE AND BRING BUSINESSES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ON PRAIRIE STREET AND SKINNER AND ROBINSON, LIKE IT WAS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AS A CHILD, AND I'M GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND EAT, AND I'M GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE CONDUCTED, NOT THAT I'M A POLICEMAN. I DO SERVE ON THE ON THE CHIEF ADVISORY COMMITTEE, JUST TO DROP THAT IN, AND I'LL BE TALKING ON THAT COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOWN THERE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS ENFORCED PROPERLY, REGULAR AND IT'S HONEST. BUT LET THIS HAPPEN AND SEND THESE PEOPLE HOME SO THEY CAN GET SOME REST. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OH, WE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, REF. YEAH. HE 
          WANTS TO ASK YOU ABOUT HOW THE SANDWICHES WERE. TOMMY CRAFTS. >> OH, MAN. TOMMY CRAFT ON THE 
          CORNER. >> THEY DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT. 
          >> TOMMY CRAFT ON THE CORNER OF SKINNER AND PERRY STREET. >> THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. 
          >> ABOUT THOSE HOLIDAYS. THE HOLIDAYS YOU USED TO GET AND HAVE THE SKIN STILL ON IT WITH THAT GOOD BARBECUE SAUCE SOAKED INTO IT, THAT THAT BUN WAS TOASTED. GET YOURSELF AN ORDER OF FRENCH FRIES, SOME ONION. HEY, MAN, I'M TELLING YOU, JUST IN A LITTLE PLACE. I'M GOING TO GET YOU A GOOD SANDWICH. LOOK, I'D HAVE YOU'D HAVE A MEAL. YEAH. GET IT ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY, COME BACK AFTER 11:00 HOUR, OPEN UP THAT CONTAINER AND COME 
          ON HOME AND EAT BARBECUE SANDWICH. >> YOU LOST THEM AT SKINNER. 
          BUT GO AHEAD. RALPH. >> WOW. >> I'M GONNA. 
          >> I'M GONNA SO REGRET THIS, I KNOW I AM. >> GO AHEAD JUDGE. 
          >> GO AHEAD. I HAVE EATEN WITH YOU. YES, SIR. AND YOU'RE RELATIVELY QUIET WHEN YOU CHEW. 
          >> CHEW? YES, SIR. >> I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE FOOD PART. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE MUSIC PART. ARE YOU GOING TO BE OKAY WITH MUSIC GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL MIDNIGHT? AND THAT'S. AND THAT'S WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO STOP. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHEN IT STOPS. THAT'S SUPPOSED. THAT'S WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO STOP. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, 
          SIR? >> I'M GOING TO BE THERE. I CAN'T DANCE, I'M A PREACHER. I ONLY CAN DANCE IN THE CHURCH. BUT I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING ABOUT IT. 
          >> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT EITHER. OKAY. >> BUT I WILL BE THERE. AND I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THERE THAT COMES. AND EVEN THE GUY THAT OWNS THE ESTABLISHMENT. 
          WE WANT TO BE GOOD CITIZENS AND WE. AND IT WILL BE, YES, IT CAN STAY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY 
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CAN PLAY THE MUSIC. THE HOUSES THAT ARE LOCATED THERE HAVE. THE HOUSES THAT WERE THERE ARE GONE BECAUSE MORRIS AND MILL BOUGHT UP THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET AND REMOVED THE HOMES. 
          OKAY, HOMES ARE THERE. >> BUT I JUST YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY WITH MUSIC UNTIL 
          MIDNIGHT. >> UNTIL MIDNIGHT. >> OKAY. 
          >> BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I STAY OPEN, I STAY UP UNTIL 3:00 IN THE MORNING. 
          THAT'S JUST WHAT I DO. >> OKAY, BUT OKAY. >> BUT MIDNIGHT IS NOT A 
          PROBLEM. >> NOW TELL ME ABOUT THE FRENCH FRIES AGAIN. WELL, THE. 
          >> FRENCH NO. PLEASE DON'T. NO, NO, NO. >> ANYTHING ELSE? 
          >> NO. I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD. THANK YOU. THEY'LL BRING A CARD TO YOU. WE'LL NEED YOUR 
          AUTOGRAPH. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK. >> YOU, THANK YOU. 
          >> AND SO IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE CAN COME DOWN AND SPEAK IF YOU'D LIKE. I'M SEEING NO OTHER MOVEMENT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION OR. BUT 
          REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE. >> FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY PUT INTO THIS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. YOU KNOW, I WENT TO ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITY MEETINGS Y'ALL HELD WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE SOUTHEAST DENTON AREA PLAN THREE YEARS AGO. AND TO HAVE THIS COME TO FRUITION IS, IS JUST FANTASTIC. AND I JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT Y'ALL WENT MULTIPLE TIMES BACK TO SOUTHEAST END TO, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN THE CHANGES AND DISCUSS THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. SO 100% SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. AND I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE THIS WITH THE EXTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION, AS RECOMMENDED BY P AND Z, WITH THE SPECIFICATION THAT IT MUST OCCUR INDOOR FOR THOSE EXTENDED HOURS. 
          >> OKAY. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. >> THANK YOU AND DITTO TO THE COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE OVER THE YEARS THAT HAS PUT INTO THIS, AND I WILL. 
          SECOND. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE RECOMMENDATION WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IT'S INDOORS ADDED ANY. AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY 
          OTHER DISCUSSION? YES, YES. >> BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO BACK AND AMEND THE ORDINANCE FOR Y'ALL. IS THAT INDOOR ONLY FOR THE EXTENDED HOURS OR INDOOR ONLY IN GENERAL, AS 
          NONRESIDENTIAL BUSINESS. >> JUST FOR THE EXTENDED HOURS. OR. 
          >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VILLARREAL. 
          SO YOU'RE YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT AT 10:00 EVERYBODY PICKS UP ALL THEIR STUFF AND TAKES IT 
          INDOORS? I THINK THAT'S UNWORKABLE, SIR. >> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT ONE. 
          >> I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND HAVE THIS BE FOR ALL ACTIVITIES IN 
          NONRESIDENTIAL. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> OKAY, SO WE HAVE A FRIENDLY 
          AMENDMENT AND THAT'S ACCEPTED. >> YES. IT'S ACCEPTED BY THE SECONDER. 
          >> YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE HAVE MOTION SECOND. AND AGAIN THE MOTION IS THE EXTENDED HOURS RECOMMENDED BY SUGGESTED BY PLANNING AND ZONING. THE CAVEAT THAT IT'S ALL INDOORS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THOSE HOURS. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US. DISCUSSION. 
          NO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. WHAT DID I MISS? 
          >> A POINT OF CLARIFICATION AS I UNDERSTOOD THE MOTION AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 
          HE ACCEPTED THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WHICH TOOK AWAY THE CAVEAT THAT ALL THE ACTIVITIES HAVE TO TAKE PLACE INDOORS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL UNWORKABILITY OF ALLOWING THE MOBILE FOOD COURT. YOU KNOW, THE SUP RESTAURANT, ETC. HAPPENING OUTSIDE EXCEPT FOR THE EXTENDED HOURS. MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I SECONDED WAS THE AMENDMENT WAS TO ALLOW NOT TO RESTRICT ANYTHING TO JUST INDOORS. IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? 
          >> NO. THAT'S WRONG. SO IT WAS IT WAS THE OPPOSITE. IT WAS THE MOTION INITIALLY WAS TO RESTRICT TO ALLOW OUTDOOR TILL TEN AND THEN EXTENDED HOURS BE GO INDOORS, COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND SAID. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT TRANSITION WORKS, WHICH I AGREE FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES. AND SO THEN THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WAS, OKAY, EVERYTHING'S INDOORS. THE ENTIRETY OF THE TIME IS IS WHERE THE CONVERSATION LANDED. SO DO YOU DO YOU SECOND THAT? 
          >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE WITH SOMETHING LIKE A MOBILE FOOD COURT. 
          >> YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THIS. WELL. I THINK THAT'S SEPARATE AND APART. RIGHT. WE 
          TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, RIGHT. >> THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE REGULATION. THERE'S STATE LAW NOW INVOLVED WITH THE MOBILE FOOD COURTS. SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT REGULATION REGIME ENTIRELY UNDER THE STATE LAW. SO BUT WE CAN CONTROL IS THOSE NON MOBILE FOOD COURTS. SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S BASICALLY MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALL NON RESIDENTIAL USES WOULD HAVE TO BE INDOOR IN THIS AREA. 
          >> IF THAT'S THE IS THAT THE MOTION. THEN I SECOND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
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          SORRY FOR THE DELAY. >> SO WE HAVE MOTION. SECOND DISCUSSION. MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          >> TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE SAYING DURING THE DAY A RESTAURANT COULD NOT HAVE AN OUTDOOR SPACE. 
          IS THAT WHAT THIS MOTION IS SAYING? >> NO IT'S NOT SAID SAID SAID. 
          JUST TO REPEAT WHAT MAX SAID, THE MOBILE FOOD COURT, THINGS ARE NOT SOMETHING THE CITY CAN REGULATE. THE STATE'S TAKING AWAY THAT REGULATION ABILITY. SO WHEN YOU TALK MOBILE FOOD COURT, WE CAN'T REGULATE THOSE THINGS. THAT'S NOT BEING CONSIDERED HERE. WHAT'S BEING 
          CONSIDERED IS NON RESIDENTIAL USES INDOORS. >> SO A RESTAURANT COULD NOT HAVE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SEATING. IT WOULD ONLY BE INDOOR SEATING. SO IF HE WANTED TO HAVE YOU KNOW HE HAD SOME INDOOR SEATING. BUT HE ALSO WANTED TO HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING DURING THE DAY. 
          HE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO UNDER THIS CURRENT MOTION. >> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. YES, STAFF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED. YEAH. 
          >> I DO FEEL LIKE THAT LIMITS HIS ABILITY TO OPERATE POTENTIALLY DURING THE DAY. 
          WOULD WOULD YOU HAVE ANY OPENNESS TO I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO YOUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL OF INDOORS AFTER A CERTAIN TIME OR JUST REMOVING OR JUST ACCEPTING PLANNING AND ZONING 
          RECOMMENDATION AT FACE VALUE? >> AND LET ME BEFORE YOU ANSWER. GO AHEAD, CHARLIE. ADD TO THE 
          DISCUSSION. >> YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT THAT IF IF CITY COUNCIL CHOSE TO THAT WE COULD ALLOW FOR THE INDOOR ACTIVITY TO OCCUR ONLY WE COULD WRITE IT IN A WAY THAT THE INDOOR ACTIVITY COULD ONLY OCCUR AFTER THE HOURS OF OPERATION. SO IF YOU WANTED, IF CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO, WE COULD DO THE REGULAR HOURS OF OPERATION AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF. AND THEN AFTER HOURS AFTER THOSE HOURS, THEN THAT WOULD HAVE TO 
          OCCUR INDOORS. >> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT ONE. >> I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR STAFF IS, DO YOU ALL BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE UNTENABLE TO MANAGE THE TRANSITION FROM ALLOWING OUTDOOR USE TO ONLY ALLOWING INDOOR USE AFTER A CERTAIN HOUR? 
          >> YEAH, I THINK WE WOULD STILL WE WOULD STILL GO ON SITE AND OBSERVE THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OCCURRING. IF IF WE GOT A COMPLAINT OR IF WE PROACTIVELY WENT OUT. AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE WOULD OBSERVE IF SOMEBODY WAS OUT OUTSIDE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. 
          >> GOTCHA. BUT YOU DON'T THINK IT'S UNTENABLE? >> I DON'T. 
          >> THINK SO. I'M FINE WITH GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND ACCEPTING MAYOR PRO TEM RUMOR'S AMENDMENT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION OF ONLY ALLOWING THE EXTENDED HOURS INDOORS, BUT ALLOWING OUTDOOR USE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS 
          HOURS. >> OKAY, SO WHAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US? IS THIS MOTION AT RECOMMENDATION WITH THE EXTENDED HOURS. BUT FROM THAT TEN TO MIDNIGHT TIME PERIOD INDOORS, ONLY 6 A.M. TO 10:10 P.M. THEY CAN HAVE OUTDOOR COMPONENTS. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US. THAT'S THE MOTION. COUNCILMAN. JESSIE, DO YOU SECOND THAT? 
          >> YES. >> GOT IT. REPRESENTATIVE. DISTRICT FOUR. 
          >> MAYOR, I'M LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SUPPORT THIS, I TRULY AM, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUSINESS THAT'S VERY LIKELY NEXT DOOR TO A HOUSE WHERE A GUY'S GOING TO SLEEP. HE'S GOT HIS BABY ASLEEP. FINALLY. HE'S GOT TO GET UP IN THE MORNING, AND. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ME BELIEVE THAT AT 10:00, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TELL THIS GUY THAT HE NEEDS TO PICK UP HIS HIS FOOD AND TAKE IT INSIDE. AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CAUSE A CONFRONTATION. I THINK THIS IS 
          FRAUGHT WITH WITH PROBLEMS. >> SO THANK YOU. AND AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS, I WOULD IN THE DISCUSSION, I WOULD I WOULD ASK SOMEONE TO SHOW ME WHERE THAT WORKS. LIKE YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE TO TAKE THE TABLES THAT ARE OUTSIDE, INSIDE WHO'S PICKING UP AND YOUR BUSINESS IS STILL GOING INSIDE. SO BUSINESS IS GOING INSIDE. I HAVE TABLES OUTSIDE. I GOT TO TELL THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUSINESS TO MOVE SO I CAN BRING THESE TABLES IN AT TEN SO WE CAN KEEP GOING TILL MIDNIGHT. THE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF IT, JUST THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU LOSE ME. ON WHO'S BRINGING TABLES INSIDE. ARE YOU SAYING THERE'S TABLES LEFT OUTSIDE THAT SOMEHOW SOMEONE'S NOT GOING TO SIT AT? YOU KNOW, I GET IT. YOU CAN CHAIN UMBRELLA, BUT YOU CAN'T. 
          YOU CAN'T DUCT TAPE A TABLE TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S SITTING THERE. THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IF A TABLE IS OUTSIDE, I'M HANGING OUT. I'M SITTING AT THE TABLE LIKE THERE'S NO THAT. 
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SO I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT FUNCTIONALITY OF IT. AND THE POLICING OF IT WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE. IT NEEDS TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER. MY ESTIMATION. AND YEAH, THAT I HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT OTHER STUFF. BUT JUST THIS DISCUSSION, THAT'S WHERE YOU LOSE ME. IT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL TO HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING THAT'S NOT PERMANENTLY OUTSIDE. AND THEN WITHOUT SOME SORT OF BARRIER TO OFF SET, SHUT THAT OFF, THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SIT THERE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO POLICE THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE BUSY IN THE KITCHEN DOING ALL THE THINGS. 
          SO IT JUST DOESN'T FUNCTION. BUT MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT 
          TWO. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO ADD A PERSPECTIVE TO THAT. I MEAN, I CAN I HEAR THAT CONCERN? I WOULD ADD, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PLACES THAT THAT HAVE PRACTICED THINGS LIKE THIS. I'M GOING TO A PLACE THIS WEEK LIKE THAT, PORTLAND, MAINE, THAT HAS REGULATIONS LIKE THIS WHERE IT'S REASONABLE TO ACRES OR THESE TYPES OF OVERLAYS TO EXPECT. IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T EAT OUTSIDE AT EIGHT. 
          THEY STOP SEATING PEOPLE AROUND 630. I MEAN, THAT'S COMMON IN MAINE. IT'S COMMON IN MEXICO CITY. IT'S COMMON IN FRANCE. I THINK WE'RE NOT THOSE PLACES. AND I TAKE THAT POINT, BUT I 
          THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD SUPPORT. >> OKAY. YEAH, NO, I WOULD. I'M GONNA SAY THIS. BORN AND RAISED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW EVERY ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED AND SOME PERSONALITIES, IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET WITHOUT LIKE STREET CRED, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE IF REV SHOWED UP AND SAID, HEY, DO THIS, IT'LL GET DONE. BUT IF IT'S ONE OF YOUR PEERS, YOU'RE ASKING FOR ISSUES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, JUST THAT CORNER. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEONE LOST THEIR LIFE AND IT WAS REAL OVER NONSENSE, RIGHT? IT SKINNER IN PRAIRIE RIGHT AT THAT CORNER. 
          ABSOLUTELY SENSELESS. AND SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. SO LIVED EXPERIENCE, JUST DIFFERENT ANIMAL. I RESPECT YOUR YOUR TAKE. BUT THAT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO. SO 
          REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. >> THANK YOU AGAIN. I AM LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SUPPORT THIS. IS THERE GOING TO IS THERE ANY WILL ALCOHOL POSSIBLY 
          BE SERVED AT THESE PLACES? >> YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY WITH TATA, B, C FOR THEIR LICENSE AND MAKE SURE THEIR. RESPECTING DISTANCES FROM SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AND THINGS 
          OF THAT NATURE, BUT THEY THIS WOULDN'T PROHIBIT THEM FROM. >> BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER BUSINESSES THAT SELL ALCOHOL. I GET THAT, I GET THAT, BUT THAT EXACERBATES THIS PROBLEM. NOW YOU'VE GOT A PATRON WHO MAYBE HAVE HAD ONE BEER TOO MUCH. 
          IT'S 10:00. HEY, PAL, YOU GOT TO TAKE IT INSIDE, MAN. WHAT A WHAT A CHALLENGE. WHAT A 
          CHALLENGE. THAT'S GOING TO BE. >> OKAY. >> SO THANK YOU. 
          >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. YOU'RE BACK OR IS THAT. >> YEAH. NO THANK YOU. I TAKE YOUR POINT AND APPRECIATE THAT. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE SOME PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT 
          YOU THINK THE BEST PATH FORWARD WOULD BE FOR THIS. >> NO, I'M WITH I'M WITH JUDGE HOLLAND. I WANT TO SAY I AGAIN, I KNOW ALL THE PLAYERS AND AND REVEREND LOGAN IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE IN THE AREA WITH SIMILAR SITUATIONS. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE EASY TO POLICE. AND SO TO THAT END, IT NEEDS. AND I DON'T I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE OUTDOOR SEATING JUST BECAUSE OF THE PARKING COMPONENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE WAY I SEE THIS FLOWING IS THE THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT HANG OUT AT THE PARK EVERY NIGHT AND THE PARK CLOSES AT TEN, SO THEY NEED SOMEWHERE TO GO. SO THOSE SAME 20 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO FROM THE PARK TO HUBS, WHATEVER HE CALLS IT, GRUB HUB. IS THAT RIGHT? HUB GRUB HUB GRUB. AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO THERE AND HANG OUT TILL MIDNIGHT. SO IT GIVES THEM AN EXTENDED PLACE TO HANG. THERE'S PEOPLE OUT ALL THE TIME, I GET IT. AND SO I THINK YOU'LL NEED THAT PARKING. AND I THINK IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SIT ON THEIR CAR OR HANG OUT OR DO ALL THOSE THINGS, THEY CAN DO THOSE THINGS. I JUST THINK THAT FUNCTIONS BETTER OR I GUESS TO, TO UPON MORE REFLECTION, MAYBE IT'S TEMPORARY FOLDING TABLES OR SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED TO THE OWNER AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OUTSIDE SEATING, MAKE IT SUCH THAT YOU CAN COLLAPSE IT AND PUT IT IN THE BACK AND THEN PROBLEM SOLVED, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S REALLY THAT TRANSITION. I'M THINKING MORE WOODEN TABLES, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING, HEY, WE CAN CLOSE IT UP, TAKE IT IN THE BACK. DONE, DONE. GREAT. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY ABOUT COMMUNICATING NOW THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CODIFIED, BUT I JUST THINK WE NEED TO. EXPRESS OUR OUR HOPES, IF YOU WILL. 
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          >> THAT'S HELPFUL. I DON'T WANT TO OVERCOMPLICATE THIS. I GUESS WHAT I'LL ADD TO THAT THEN IS I DO THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS RADICALLY DIFFERENT FOR THE CITY. IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. I'D BE OPEN TO EASING INTO IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD ALWAYS BE CHANGED. AND SO IF WE WANTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, I'M OPEN TO THAT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING IF IF A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD WE SEE IT'S WORKING GREAT, WE COULD ADJUST IT. BUT I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER THE MOTION OR AND SECONDER WANT 
          TO DO. BUT I, I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. >> YEAH. NO, THAT WAS GOOD. 
          GOOD DISCUSSION. SO I'LL GO. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT SIX. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS. AND, AND I, I APPRECIATE WHAT LANE YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW, AND I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THAT AND MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. I WHAT I DON'T WANT IS TO PUT OFF ALL OF WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION OVER THIS ONE PART. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE, THE EXTENDED HOURS, WE APPROVE EVERYTHING ELSE AS PRESENTED, AND THAT IT BE INDOORS, KNOWING AGAIN THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND CHANGE THIS ANYTIME. AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WANTS, CERTAINLY WE CAN DO THAT. WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE MOVEMENT? 
          >> I ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, YES. >> ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S JUST IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING THIS FORWARD NOW. SO WE'VE GOT THESE THINGS IN PLACE. WE CAN ALWAYS, 
          I THINK, DEBATE THAT LATER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY. GOT IT. YES, SIR. 
          STATE YOUR POINT. >> SO SO NOW WE'RE WE'RE BACK TO TO TO TO MIDNIGHT. IS THAT 
          WHAT I UNDERSTAND? >> WE'VE BEEN AT MIDNIGHT AND WE'RE ALL INDOORS CURRENTLY. SO MIDNIGHT ALL INDOORS MOTION AND SECOND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. YEAH. 
          >> INDOORS. >> YES. >> ONLY. 
          >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH. YOU TRACKING WITH ME MATT. OKAY. SO THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COUNCIL MEMBER VILLARREAL IS THAT WE TAKE THE PLANNING ZONING'S RECOMMENDATION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THE EXTENDED HOURS THAT IT BE ALL INDOORS AND ALL THE TIME. YEAH. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. GOT IT. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO PIVOT FROM THAT TO. SO THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO PIVOT FROM THAT AND. CAN YOU IS THERE A SLIDE THAT HAS ROBERTSON STREET ON IT? BECAUSE THIS COVERS THAT. YEAH. IF YOU CAN JUST THAT THAT YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. THAT TRIANGULAR PIECE THAT WAS REZONED. IS THERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A SLIDE THAT SHOWS IT WELL. 
          >> IT'S HERE. THIS IS I'M IN NOW. IT WAS OUR SEVEN OR OUR FOUR. 
          >> WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS. GO TO THE FUTURE MAP THAT LISTED ALL AS AS RESIDENTIAL. THAT WORKS. 
          LET'S SEE. YEAH THAT THAT WORKS. SO YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE THAT SECTION SEE THIS, THIS BODY DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I JUST CALL OUT THAT I WOULD ASK THIS COUNCIL TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THE PROPERTY AT ROBERTSON ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS IN 2021, IT WAS TAKEN FROM RESIDENTIAL. IT'S FOR 18 ROBERTSON STREET. IT WAS TAKEN FROM RESIDENTIAL TO M IN. AND THAT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER MELTZER THAT VOTED. YEAH, I MEAN A THAT VOTED I FOR THAT I WAS AGAINST. AND IF YOU LOOK AT. SO STAFF IGNORE STAFF'S NUMBERS ON THE RESIDENTS. I ASKED FOR PROPERTY, LAND VALUE AND THEY GAVE ME THE FULL TOTAL VALUE. IGNORE THAT. 
          LOOK UP THE ADDRESSES, BUT I'LL READ IT TO YOU. SO THIS REQUEST WAS MADE IN 2021. AND SO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST IS STAFF PROVIDED. THAT'S 332. WHAT IS, IS ARE. 14 ROBERTSON RIGHT. AND SO THE THE VALUE IN WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED ORIGINALLY WAS JUST. AND I'M ASKING YOU TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS TO, TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T DO THIS TO THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS OVERLAY TO THOSE THAT ARE TRACKING ALONG IN 2021, WHEN THAT LAND WAS PURCHASED, IT WAS THE LAND, NO IMPROVEMENTS WAS 17000. SO ROUND NUMBERS, $18,000. THEN IT 
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GOT PURCHASED AND THEY CAME AND LIED. THE ORIGINAL OWNERS LIED TO THE COUNCIL AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING, AND THEY WERE GOING TO HELP AND DO ALL THE THEY USED ALL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LANGUAGE. THEY OPENLY LIED, AND THEN THEY TURNED AROUND AND SOLD IT. SO THEY SOLD IT IN 23. THE PROPERTY VALUE GOES FROM 18,000 TO 71,000 A ROUND NUMBER. IF YOU ROUND UP $72,000 IN ONE YEAR. SO IT WENT UP. AND THAT PUTS PRESSURE ON ALL THE RESIDENCES, RIGHT? WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE. IT'S IT'S STUFF LIKE THIS, BAD DECISIONS LIKE THIS WHERE WE MAKE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND RESIDENCES. SO IT GOES UP IN 2022 TO 71, 000. THEN THEY SELL IT AGAIN. SO THEY BOUGHT IT, GOT THE ZONING, SOLD IT, FLIPPED IT, AND THEN THEY FLIP IT AGAIN. SO ROUND NUMBERS LIKE, LET'S SEE, IT SAYS IN. 22, ULTIMATELY BEING CONVEYED TO THE DENTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION IN 24. SO IF YOU LOOK AT 24 THROUGH 26, THAT SAME $18,000 PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH NOTHING ON IT, THE LAND GOES TO $143,000 JUST TO LAND. SO LET'S LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORS AND LET'S SEE IF THAT'S COMPARABLE. SO THEN YOU GO TO THE HOUSE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. 328 ROBERTSON AND NO, NO, LET'S GO. 332 46,000 IS WHAT IT'S WORTH TODAY. 26 AND 21 IT WAS 36,000. SO $10,000 OVER THAT TIME FRAME VERSUS ALMOST OVER $100,000 INCREASE. GO TO THE HOUSE, TO THE FURTHER TO THE TO THE WEST, ONE HOUSE OVER 48,000 NOW 38,000 IN 2021, AND THEN THE NEXT HOUSE OVER 51,000, NOW 40,000 IN 21. SO ALL OF THOSE ARE IN RANGE ROUND NUMBERS, $10,000 INCREASE THIS ONE BECAUSE THEY DUPED THE COUNCIL AND THEY WENT FOR IT. AND IT WENT UP OVER $120,000 OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD VERSUS 10,000 NATURALLY. SO I SAY TO SAY I APPRECIATE STAFF DOING THIS WORK BECAUSE THIS BODY DOESN'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND NEIGHBORHOODS AS MUCH AS THEY TRY. AND THIS IS A GREAT INJUSTICE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT'S A GREAT INJUSTICE TO THOSE NEIGHBORS. THAT'S LAND VALUE IS GETTING THAT'S UNIMPROVED LAND THAT WENT UP $100,000 OVER THE SAME PERIOD. AND SO IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. AND THIS OVERLAY HOPEFULLY WILL DISCOURAGE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY. SO I APPRECIATE IT. AND I WATCH THIS PROPERTY LIKE A HAWK BECAUSE WHENEVER SOMETHING COMES THERE, IT NEEDS TO BE SINGLE FAMILY AND IT NEEDS TO BE AFFORDABLE. AND THIS TYPE SHENANIGANS WHERE THEY BOUGHT IT AND FLIPPED IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND IT PAINED ME THAT IT PASSED. AND SO THIS IS MY PASSION PROJECT. IT'S A CORNER. IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE AND I WATCH IT. I WATCH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS THERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. THAT SAID, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR SOME GREAT WORK. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID IN THE COMMUNITY. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. AND THAT PASSES SIX ZERO. AND I DO NEED TO NOTE THERE THAT THERE WAS ONE CAR DIDN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IT WAS IN SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL. SO THAT THAT'S WE RECEIVED THAT 
          [C. ID 26-0906 Hold a public hearing inviting citizens to comment on the 2026 Action Plan for the 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development.]
THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT ITEM. LET ME GET THERE. AND THAT'S ITEM C, OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING ID 260906. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING INVITING CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON THE 2026 ACTION PLAN FOR THE 2023 2027 CONSOLIDATED PLAN OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JESSE KENT, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE A LONG ONE. SO THIS ONE HAS NO VOTING ACTION FOR YOU. IT'S JUST A PUBLIC HEARING TO TALK ABOUT OUR ACTION PLAN. EVERY YEAR. THE CITY OF DENTON IS A PARTICIPATING JURISDICTION IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND THE HOME PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES FUNDS. THE CITY, PUTS TOGETHER A CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS OVER FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND EVERY YEAR WITHIN IT, WE PUT TOGETHER AN ACTION PLAN THAT CONSISTS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RESIDENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS MONEY TO INVEST IT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO COMBINE GENERAL FUNDS WITH THESE THESE CDBG AND HOME FUNDS TO HELP PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HUMAN SERVICES AND OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEWS APPLICATIONS 
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AND MAKES FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CSAC REVIEWED APPLICATIONS AND FINALIZED FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAY 8TH. THEY TOOK ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN THROUGH THE NOSE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE PUT TOGETHER A ACTION PLAN FOR FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER. I'VE GOT IT HERE ON THE SCREEN AND IT'S IN YOUR BACKUP AS WELL. I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT THEY ARE HERE. THEY THEY RANGE BETWEEN HOUSING, PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND ALSO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. CSAC RECOMMENDED $1.68 MILLION OF FUNDING TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, WITH $187,000 OF HOME FUNDS LEFT. UNPROGRAMED AT THIS TIME. WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND IT GOES THROUGH JUNE 23RD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN COME AND SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON THE ACTION PLAN. AS WE PUT IT TOGETHER. THIS WILL ALL COME BACK AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER CONTRACTS AND COUNCIL WILL HAVE FINAL SAY ON WHICH PROGRAMS WE CHOOSE TO FUND. WE ALSO HAVE SOMEONE HERE WHO CAN TRANSLATE AND COMMUNICATE IN SPANISH. IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD PREFER TO COMMUNICATE THAT WAY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL 
          STAND FOR FOR QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK CAN COME DOWN AND SPEAK AND FILL OUT A CARD AFTER THE FACT. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M LOOKING. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT WORK. 
          [A. ID 26-0317 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton establishing a Main Street Advisory Board to advise the City Council on matters relating to the City of Denton Main Street Program including downtown revitalization, economic development, design improvements, promotion strategies, and preservation efforts; providing for its purpose, powers, and duties; and providing an effective date.]
          >> THANK YOU ALL. >> AND THAT TAKES US TO OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS. FIRST IS SIX A I'D 26103 20. PARDON ME 260317. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON. ESTABLISHING A MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD TO ADVISE CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF DENTON MAIN STREET PROGRAM, INCLUDING DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS, PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND PRESERVATION 
          EFFORTS. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BRITTANY SOTELO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. I'M HERE TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE DENTON MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD CREATION. SINCE 1990, THE CITY OF DENTON HAS ADMINISTERED TO MAINTAIN A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS MAIN STREET PROGRAM UNDER THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION THROUGH PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY IMAGE FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND SERVE AS A UNIFYING FACTOR TO ENCOURAGE AREA MERCHANTS AND BUILDING OWNERS TO REINVEST IN DOWNTOWN THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM. BOTH NATIONAL AND STATE FOCUS ON A FOUR POINT APPROACH, WHICH INCLUDE ECONOMIC VITALITY, DESIGN, ORGANIZATION AND PROMOTION. A BRIEF HISTORY FROM 2019 TO 2023, THE CITY OF DENTON CONTRACTED WITH THE DENTON MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS DMSA 501 C SIX, TO MANAGE MAIN STREET PROGRAMING AND EMPLOY A FULL TIME MAIN STREET MANAGER THROUGH AN ANNUAL $100,000 CONTRACT WITH THE CITY PROVIDED IN 2023 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE DESIGN DOWNTOWN PLAN AND TO BETTER ALIGN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION WITH CITY LED DOWNTOWN INITIATIVES, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO TRANSITION THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM MANAGER POSITION BACK UNDER THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATION BY BOTH THE ASSOCIATION BOARD AND CITY LEADERSHIP. SO IN NOVEMBER 2023, KRISTEN PULIDO, THE MAIN STREET MANAGER, SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE ASSOCIATION, AND NOW SHE'S STILL EMPLOYED BY THE CITY. SHE MOVED UNDER THE CITY'S UMBRELLA IN 2023. THE DMSA 501 C SIX WAS ACQUIRED BY THE DENTON DOWNTOWN DENTON FOUNDATION, AND PROGRAMING DUTIES WERE SPLIT AMONGST THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE FOUNDATION, PER THE TEXAS MAIN STREET CONTRACT, THE DENTON MAIN STREET BOARD MUST OPERATE UNDERNEATH THE CITY'S OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE THE TEXAS MAIN STREET PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND CITY GOVERNANCE PRACTICES ARE ACHIEVED. SO EVERY YEAR WE MAINTAIN A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE, THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, TO MAINTAIN THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM, AS WELL AS MAINTAIN THE MAIN STREET ACCREDITATION. WE'VE HELD THIS ACCREDITATION SINCE 1990, AND WE LOST IT TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE THE STATE ORGANIZATION CHANGED THEIR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. AND KRISTEN PULIDO WORKED HARD TO GET US REACCREDITED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT REQUIRES US TO HAVE A MAIN STREET BOARD. THE DENTON MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD WILL MEET QUARTERLY AND CONSIST OF SEVEN VOTING MEMBERS AND TWO NON-VOTING, EX OFFICIO MEMBERS WHO ARE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WILL CONSIST OF A HISTORIC PRESERVATION OR HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE, A GREATER DENTON ARTS COUNCIL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE DOWNTOWN DENTON FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP STAFF OR STAFF. I'M 
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SORRY. THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT PROPERTY OWNER, TWO MAIN STREET DISTRICT BUSINESS OWNERS, A HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM REPRESENTATIVE AND TWO EX OFFICIO, CONSISTING OF DENTON COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE AND A UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVE. BOARD MEMBERS WILL SERVE A TERM OF TWO YEARS AND SERVE NO MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS, AND THE BOARD WILL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THE CITY OF DENTON HANDBOOK FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES. THIS IS THE MAIN STREET SERVICE AREA DEPICTED IN THE MAP TO THE RIGHT. THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE CONTRACT THAT WE MANAGE WITH THE STATE, AND EACH BOARD MEMBER SHALL BE COMPRISED OF ALL BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT OWN OR LEASE REAL PROPERTY, MAINTAIN A PLACE OF BUSINESS, OR THAT RESIDE WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES SET FORTH IN THIS MAP. SO THE CURRENT MAIN STREET BOUNDARY IS OUTLINED IN ORANGE ON THE MAP. COMPARED TO THE DESIGN DOWNTOWN BOUNDARY, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PARCELS. 
          THE FUTURE OF MAIN STREET WILL CONSIST OF EXISTING >> PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO GROWING THOSE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMING AND OUTREACH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION EFFORTS, PLACEMAKING IMPLEMENTATION TOURS, ONE DOWNTOWN REINVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM, CATALYST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, AND INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION, COORDINATED PLANNING AND UNIFIED EXECUTION OF THE DESIGN DOWNTOWN'S PLAN GOALS. AND SO KRISTIN POLITO, SINCE COMING ON BOARD THE CITY, SHE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB. THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN. SHE'S ALSO INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF DOWNTOWN REINVESTMENT GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO BUSINESSES. AND WE WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INTEREST FROM BUSINESSES AS WELL. SO WE ONLY SEE AN UPWARD PROJECTION FOR DOWNTOWN PROGRAMING. TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD. FOR QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE AS WELL AS KRISTIN POLITO, OUR MAIN STREET MANAGER, AND KRISTEN KENDRICK BIGLEY ARE NOW THE FORMER MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION BOARD CHAIR, NOW DENTON FOUNDATION BOARD 
          CHAIR, AND CHRISTINE TAYLOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 
          REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. >> HI. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, WERE THERE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING UTILIZING OUR DOWNTOWN TOURS, ONE BOARD OR OUR DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD? IT JUST SEEMS THAT SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES ARE DUPLICATING EFFORTS. AS FAR AS WE HAVE A HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME ITEMS. SO IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC MAKEUP THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO COMBINE SOME OF THESE? I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE A IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BOARDS ADDRESSING A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS. AND WHAT I JUST I JUST WANT TO BE EFFICIENT AS WELL AS PRODUCTIVE. 
          >> NO, YOU ARE EXACTLY CORRECT. CHRISTINE TAYLOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHEN WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE BOARDS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT DUTIES OVERLAP MAIN STREET AND DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE DO HAVE ITEMS THAT CROSS OVER. SO THE WITH THE MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION DISSOLVING AND TURNING INTO THE FOUNDATION, WE ARE REQUIRED FOR ACCREDITATION TO HAVE A STANDALONE MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THIS BOARD BE CREATED, BE A STANDALONE. AND WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION IN THE FALL ABOUT BOARD CONSOLIDATION, WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING DISSOLVING THE DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
          PARTNERSHIP BOARD. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. ALSO, ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES INCLUDED THE TOURS GRANT PROGRAM. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THIS 
          BOARD WOULD DO AND WHAT THE BOARD DOES? >> SURE. 
          >> SO THE THE TOURS BOARD IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AND THEY DO APPROVE ALL THE TOURS FUNDS. 
          THIS BOARD WILL APPROVE SPECIFIC PROGRAMING THAT WE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT REGARDING THESE INITIATIVES RIGHT HERE. FUTURE MAIN STREET OBJECTIVES. SO THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. 
          >> SO THIS BOARD WOULD RECEIVE THE TOURS FUNDS. >> NO. THEY WOULD SERVE AS AN ADVISORY TO ANY TYPE OF UPDATES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE DOWNTOWN REINVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM. 
          >> OKAY. WELL, MY MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ARE LET'S TRY TO UTILIZE AS MANY MEMBERS OF THE DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN THIS AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN KIND OF SAVE SOME OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WHILE WE CREATE SOMETHING ELSE. AND, AND THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE 
          THE CLARIFICATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 
          FOR STAFF? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. REPRESENTATIVE. >> DISTRICT FOUR. 
          >> SO MOVED. MAYOR PRO TEM. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A 
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SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SIX ZERO 
          [B. ID 26-0664 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc., for engineering services for Clear Creek Water Reclamation Plant for the Water Utilities Department as set forth in the contract; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (RFQ 8213-019 - Professional Services Agreement for engineering services awarded to Carollo Engineers, Inc., in the not-to-exceed amount of $45,528,839.00). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (5 - 0).]
TAKES US TO ITEM SIX B, WHICH IS ID 260664. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, A HOME RULE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CAROLLO CAROLLO ENGINEERS INC FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR CLEAR CREEK WATER RECLAMATION PLANT FOR THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. AS SET 
          FORTH IN THE CONTRACT. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M KYLE PEDIGO, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING DIVISION MANAGER FOR WATER UTILITIES. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF A DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THE CLEAR CREEK WATER RECLAMATION PLANT. THIS FACILITY WILL ALLOW WATER UTILITIES TO REGIONALIZE WASTEWATER SERVICES WITHIN THE CLEAR CREEK BASIN. THE CLEAR CREEK BASIN IS LOCATED NORTH OF LOOP 288, GENERALLY BETWEEN I-35 AND THE LAKE RAY ROBERTS GREENBELT. AND COMPARED TO PREVIOUS STUDIES, WE'VE NOTICED AN ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT TREND IN THIS AREA. CURRENTLY, ALL OF THE WASTEWATER COLLECTED IN THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE PUMPED DOWN TO THE PECAN CREEK WATER RECLAMATION PLANT. BY CONSTRUCTING A PLANT AND TREATING THE WASTEWATER WITHIN THE BASIN, WE CAN ALLEVIATE STRAIN ON OUR EXISTING CONVEYANCE INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS OPEN UP CAPACITY AT THE PECAN CREEK PLANT. TO PREVENT DEGRADATION OF OUR SURFACE WATER. THE CITY OF DENTON IS ALSO PURSUING A REGIONALIZATION STRATEGY TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SMALL, INDEPENDENT PLANTS CONSTRUCTED BY DEVELOPERS WITHIN THE OUTSKIRTS OF OUR SERVICE AREA. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS STRATEGY, TWO PROJECTS ARE CRITICAL, WHICH ARE THE CLEAR CREEK INTERCEPTOR, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT 60% DESIGN, AND THE CLEAR CREEK WATER RECLAMATION PLANT. THIS FACILITY WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HARTLEY FIELD ROAD AND COLLINS ROAD, AS PICTURED FOR CLARITY, WE ALSO INCLUDED THE ROUTE OF THE CLEAR CREEK INTERCEPTOR, WHICH WOULD COLLECT WASTEWATER FROM WITHIN THE BASIN AND CONVEY IT TO THE PLANT LOCATION. IN THE NEED FOR A SEPARATE WATER RECLAMATION PLANT WITHIN THIS BASIN WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE 1998 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANNING REPORT IN 2000. THIS PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THAT FACILITY AND WAS PURCHASED BY THE WATER UTILITY FOR THAT PURPOSE. IN 2002, THE PRELIMINARY DISCHARGE PERMIT WAS GRANTED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR OPERATING A PLANT AT THAT SITE, AND DESIGN WAS STARTED ON A CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT PLANT. BY 2003, THAT DESIGN HAD REACHED 85% COMPLETION. HOWEVER, IT WAS PAUSED DUE TO A SLOWDOWN OF DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. WITH THE RECENT UPTICK IN DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE IN THAT AREA, WATER UTILITIES SUBMITTED FOR A FULL 10 MILLION GALLON PER DAY DISCHARGE PERMIT IN 2025, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY TCE Q. THIS THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES FOR AN ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT INCLUDES HIGH EFFICIENCY SCREENING AND GRIT REMOVAL, BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL, MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR TECHNOLOGY AND ODOR CONTROL SYSTEM, ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION, AND ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS. THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE PLANT IS RIGHT AT $455 MILLION. THIS. 
          THE TIMELINE FOR THIS. WE ANTICIPATE A TWO YEAR DESIGN TIMELINE STARTING THIS YEAR AND FINISHING AT THE END OF 2028 AND FOLLOWED BY A FOUR YEAR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES PORTION THAT WOULD WRAP UP AT THE END OF 2032. DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE PLANT ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS. MINIMIZING IMPACT ON THOSE TRAILS IS A TOP PRIORITY IN THE PLANNING AND DESIGN. THIS PLANT WILL UTILIZE THE LOWEST SEGMENT OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WILL IS IDEAL, BOTH IDEAL FOR DRAINAGE, AND WOULD HELP TO KEEP THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY INTACT FOR ALL ALTERNATE USES, IMPACTED TRAILS WOULD BE REROUTED AND WE ARE EXPLORING ADDING EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS ALONG THE FENCING SURROUNDING THE PLANT SO THAT TRAIL USERS COULD LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT GO INTO WASTEWATER TREATMENT ON A MUNICIPAL LEVEL. 
          SIX FIRMS WERE EVALUATED FROM THE 8213 PREQUALIFIED LIST. OUT OF THOSE, CAROLLO ENGINEERING WAS SELECTED BOTH FOR THE MULTIFUNCTIONALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF THEIR PROPOSED 
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SITE PLAN, AS WELL AS THEIR PROPOSED OUTREACH EFFORTS AND MITIGATION OF IMPACT ON THE ALTERNATE USES ON THE PROPERTY. THIS DESIGN CONTRACT WOULD AMOUNT TO $45,528,839, WHICH IS AT APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST AND WOULD INCLUDE FOUR YEARS OF BASE CONTRACT SERVICES AND TWO YEARS OF SPECIAL SERVICES. ALTERNATE ALTERNATE FUNDING STRATEGIES ARE BEING PURSUED TO LESSEN THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON RATEPAYERS WHEN COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL DEBT FUNDING, AND THIS PROJECT WILL UTILIZE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK DELIVERY METHOD, AND COROLLA'S PRICING INCLUDES ALL OF THE NECESSARY COORDINATION FOR THAT PROCESS. ONCE A CMAR IS ADDED. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND CAROLLO ENGINEERS FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES FOR THE CLEAR CREEK WATER RECLAMATION PLANT, AND A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 
          $45,528,839. AND I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF SEEING NONE. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. 
          >> I ONCE AGAIN APPRECIATE THE FORWARD THINKING AND THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF DENTON HAS BEEN A LEADER IN OUR REGION, ENSURING THE QUALITY AND ACCESS TO WATER IN THIS AREA. AND SO 
          WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE 
          MAYOR PRO TEM. >> I'LL SECOND. >> HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND 
          REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT. >> FOUR, MAYOR, WHEN I TOOK A TOUR OF THE RAY ROBERTS WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM THERE, I SAW PLAQUE AFTER PLAQUE AFTER PLAQUE OF OF PEOPLE WHOSE KIDS I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH BACK IN THE 50S. THAT MADE THE DECISIONS IN THE 50S THAT THAT AFFECT US TODAY. AND I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD TO BE ON THE TO, TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT TO, TO JOIN WITH THOSE KIND OF VISIONARIES, TO PROVIDE, 
          TO PROVIDE WATER FOR OUR, FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. >> THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE. 
          DISTRICT SIX. >> SORRY, THIS IS A PERSONAL INDULGENCE. MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THOSE. AND I GOT TO SEE HIS NAME ON THOSE PLANS WHEN I TOURED THE FACILITY. AND SO I. 
          I'M WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PERSONAL INDULGENCE. >> YEP. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES 
          [C. ID 26-0724 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Rush Truck Centers of Texas, L.P., through the Buy Board Cooperative Purchasing Network Contract No. 723-23, for the acquisition, repairs, and maintenance of Peterbilt Trucks for the Fleet Services Department; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (File 9009 - awarded to Rush Truck Centers of Texas, L.P., for one (1) year, with the option for four (4) additional one (1) year extensions, in the total five (5) year not-to-exceed amount of $14,679,000.00). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (5 - 0).]
SIX ZERO TAKES US TO OUR LAST ITEM. ITEM C I'D 26074. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, A TEXAS HOME RULE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS LP THROUGH THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE. COOPERATIVE PURCHASING NETWORK. CONTRACT NUMBER 723-23. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NICOLE BRASHER, ADMINISTRATION MANAGER FOR FLEET SERVICES. TODAY I'M SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL FOR A CONTRACT WITH RUSH TRUCKS CENTER. AS THE MAYOR STATED THROUGH THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE NETWORK, THE CITY OF DENTON FLEET SERVICES DEPARTMENT PURCHASES, REPAIRS AND MAINTAINS VARIOUS TYPES OF HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT UTILIZED BY DEPARTMENTS LIKE SOLID WASTE STREETS, WASTEWATER AND WATER, AND SUPPORT CITY SERVICES SUCH AS STREET CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE, REFUSE PICKUP, DEBRIS REMOVAL AND WATER LINE FLUSHING. THE REPAIR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS CONTRACT ENSURE THAT ASSETS REQUIRING SPECIALIZED DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE REMAIN OPERATIONAL. THE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS WILL BE PROCESSED THROUGH THE CITY'S BUDGETING PROCESS, AND THE CITY WILL ONLY PAY FOR SERVICES RENDERED. IT IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY THE FULL CONTRACT AMOUNT UNLESS NEEDED. THE CHARTS HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRACTS, ESTIMATED COST BREAKDOWN ASSETS AND THE UTILIZATION RATE BY FUND FOR ACQUISITIONS AND SERVICES, ALL OF WHICH ARE ROUTED THROUGH THE CITY'S COLLABORATIVE BUDGETING PROCESS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSION IN THE TOTAL OF FIVE YEAR NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT WITH RUSH TRUCKS CENTER OF TEXAS FOR 
          $14,679,000. QUESTIONS? >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, MAYOR PRO 
          TEM. >> MOTION APPROVAL. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 
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SEEING NONE BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE SCREEN, HELP ME OUT BECAUSE IT ALL RUNS TOGETHER. HAVE YOU 
          PRINTED PRESENTED? >> NO. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. >> MAN CITY COUNCIL. GREAT. YOU DID GREAT. WELL, HERE, I'M GONNA COME DOWN AND MEET YOU THERE. 
          >> THANK YOU. OH, IS THERE LIKE A AN EXTRA? THANK YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME. OH, NO. NOT 
          PREPARED. OKAY. OH, OKAY. >> YEAH. IT'S AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER US BY. I REMEMBER YOU FIRST. OH, LOOK AT THAT. YEAH. YOU CAN DRILL A HOLE IN HIM AND ADD. NO. YEAH. SO YEAH, JUST TO REMEMBER YOUR FIRST TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'RE GOING 
          TO GET A PICTURE HERE. OH YES. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. AND THAT PASSES 
          [7. CONCLUDING ITEMS]
SIX ZERO. THANK YOU. TAKES US TO CONCLUDING ITEMS. ANY CONCLUDING ITEMS? MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          >> THANK YOU. MAYOR. JUST AS A REMINDER AGAIN, JUNETEENTH IS COMING UP THIS THURSDAY. AS SPEAKERS EARLIER SAID, THAT STARTS THURSDAY AND IT ENDS ON SATURDAY. THE PARADE BEGINS SATURDAY, 9:30 A.M. FROM CITY HALL EAST BY THE POLICE STATION, GOES TO FRED MOORE PARK, AND THEN THERE WILL BE FESTIVITIES ALL DAY LONG. ALSO, ERIC, THIS IS ERIC'S LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          I'VE BEEN TOLD BEFORE LEAVING US TO GO TO ANOTHER CITY. CONGRATULATIONS, ERIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE IN DENTON. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND BEST 
          WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE. >> THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. THANK YOU. 
          REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO. >> YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. I OBVIOUSLY I KNOW WE'LL HAVE SWEARING IN CEREMONIES. WE CONGRATULATE OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THAT TIME THAT I'M VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH. BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, I THINK, 11 YEARS OF OF LEADERSHIP. IS THAT RIGHT? 
          >> 11 SO NOT LET ME GET THERE. NINE. NINE SO THREE AND. SIX OKAY. 
          >> YOU WERE MY. I'VE ONLY LIVED IN DISTRICT 1 OR 2 SINCE I'VE LIVED IN DENTON. SO I HAD KEVIN RODEN AND I HAD YOU. AND I DON'T THINK YOU'LL REMEMBER IT, BUT BACK WHEN I LIVED ON BRADSHAW STREET FOR A LONG TIME, I THINK YOU WERE THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER TO EVER ENGAGE ME. WE HAD A BUNCH OF BREAK INS ON THE STREET, AND YOU WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MY PARTNER AT THE TIME AND I, AND CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO MAKE IT SAFER. I APPRECIATE THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT IT FEELS LIKE I'VE ONLY WORKED WITH YOU FOR A MONTH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I HAVE. AND BUT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS ENGAGED ME IN GOOD FAITH, EVEN AT TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AND WE HAVEN'T AGREED. 
          THERE WERE TIMES WHERE YOU'D ASK OR EMAIL ME TO SO WE COULD TALK ON THE PHONE AND FIND COMMON GROUND. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE SERVED THE 
          CITY. >> APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          >> AND I APPLAUD THAT. >> YES. OH, YEAH. YOU'RE YOU'RE AWESOME. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ANY CONCLUDING ITEMS? ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY? YEP. OKAY. WELL, YES. NO, THIS IS IT. 
          SO WE THOSE THAT PLEASE MARK IT DOWN IN YOUR PALM PILOT OR TYPE IT INTO YOUR BLACKBERRY. SO 623 3 P.M. WILL SWEAR IN THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE LAST TWO THE MAYOR AND THE DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE. AND OFF WE GO. SO PLEASE. AND WE WILL HAVE A RECEPTION AFTERWARDS. SO THOSE TRACKING ALONG, PLEASE STOP BY FOR THAT TUESDAY AND THEN STAY FOR THE RECEPTION AFTERWARDS AND VISIT WITH STAFF. VISIT WITH ALL THE ELECTEDS, ALL THOSE THINGS, MEET FAMILIES, THAT SORT OF THING. SO YEAH, NO, IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE THE MAYOR OF MY HOMETOWN. 
          WE'LL STILL BE THAT FOR ANOTHER FOR ANOTHER WEEK. REV, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME ANYTHING WITH TWO HEADS IS A MONSTER. SO? SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE HEAD AT A TIME. BUT BUT ANYWAY, WITH THAT, AT 641, WE'LL CON
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