Apr 27, 2021 City Council

[Call to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of Allegiance.]

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>> MAYOR RENO: GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6:00 P.M., APRIL 27, 2021. I NOW CALL THE SESSION OF THE MIDLOTHIAN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE TWO COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WON'T BE HERE TONIGHT. COUNCILMAN TED MILLER AND COUNCILMAN CLARK WICKLIFFE. AT THIS TIME IF WE HAVE OUR INVOCATION.

>> I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE WATCHING AND THOSE HERE TO A TRADITIONAL EVENT WE HAVE HERE IN MIDLOTHIAN. THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS NEXT THURSDAY. MAY 6 AT 12:00 NOON. IT ENDS AT 1:00. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO COME SUPPORT THE CITY AND PRAY FOR THE NATION. LET'S PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, YOUR WORD SAYS WE MOVE AND LIVE IN YOU AND HAVE OUR VERY BEING. I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT WHETHER WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU OR NOT BUT WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR WISDOM AND YOUR SPIRIT. WE THANK YOU FOR BREATH. WE HOPE YOUR SPIRIT IS FELT IN THIS MEETING TONIGHT. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.

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>> MAYOR RENO: BEFORE WE START, I'D LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT SATURDAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR VOTING. SO FAR WE HAVE HAD OVER 2,500 PEOPLE EARLY VOTE. THAT IS AN EXCELLENT TURNOUT. I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED. PLEASE VOTE. THEN PRAY PRAY AND VOTE. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN ANY TOP I CANNOT SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. CITIZENS WISH TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORM AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY. YOU ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETING. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT TAKE ACTION BUT THE STAFF WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE NOTES AND ACTION. NEXT, WITH

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THERE ARE SIX ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT DEAL WITH THE COUNTYWIDE RADIO SYSTEM. I WOULD LIKE MIKE TO EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS WHAT THIS ENTAINS.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD TO BE HERE.

THESE ARE PART OF THE EXPANDED RADIO SYSTEM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. TWO WEEKS AGO, WE BROUGHT ON THE LAST FEW SIGHTS TO GIVE US FULL COVERAGE FOR ELLIS COUNTY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH ELLIS COUNTY WAXAHACHIE CAME ON PREVIOUSLY IN NOVEMBER. SO, AS WE HAVE EXPANDED COVERAGE AROUND THE COUNTY WE ARE ADDING IN NEW USERS IN THE AREAS THAT BEFORE WE COULDN'T SERVE. SO ELLIS COUNTY, SOME OF THE ISDS, WE ARE IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CROSS COUNTRY, HELPING WITH COVERAGE.

AND THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. >> MAYOR RENO: DO YOU HAVE

QUESTIONS FOR MIKE? >> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR RENO: WE'LL MAKE A NOTE WHAT WE HAVE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY OF OUR SIZE. SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON

THE -- >> MOVED.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION -- >> AND A SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES.

WAYNE, DID -- HOW DO YOU VOTE, WAYNE? IT'S UP HERE NOW. 5-0.

LITTLE SLOW THERE. PUBLIC HEARINGS. OPE

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>> THIS IS THE TIRZ. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR 6:00 BRIDGEWATER AND ZONING FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. SO THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF US ESTABLISHING A TIRZ. DICTATED AS THE AGREEMENT AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THIS IS FOR THE 28% OF THE .675 TAX RATE. THAT IS EQUIVALENT OF THE .195 FOR $100 ASSESSED VALUE. THAT WILL BE ASSESSED ON THE GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE NEXT THING WHAT WE WILL DO IS SEND CREATION ORDINANCE TO THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS. THEN WE WILL FILE CREATION FORM 50-807 WITH THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER. THEN WE WILL ADOPT THE FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN. THEN IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE PURSUING, WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ELLIS COUNTY TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TIRZ WITH US WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS NOT THE FINAL VOTE?

>> NO, SIR. THE FINAL PLAN WILL COME BACK.

>> I WANT TO CONFIRM IT INCLUDES ALL PHASES OF THE BRIDGEWATER?

>> AT THIS POINT, YES. >> IF THEY ACQUIRE THE OTHER PROPERTY NEARBY, AROUND IT, THE CURRENT DEFINED ZONE, WOULD THAT, WOULD THEY HAVE TO EDIT THE TIRZ?

>> THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND AMEND THE TIRZ. IT'S A GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AND THAT IS WHAT IS ESTABLISHED CURRENTLY

AS BRIDGEWATER. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR RENO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION

TO CLOSE? >> SO MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC

HEARING. >> SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR RENO: PLEASE VOTE TO CLOSE. OKAY. CLOSE 5-0. ANY COMMENTS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO

APPROVE. >> I'LL SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 5-0.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU, CLYDE.

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HAWKINS SURVEY, 5 ABSTRACT NO. 465 AND THE B F HAWKINS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 464 AND BEING A PORTION OF LOT 2RC, BLOCK 1, CREEKBEND PLAZA ADDITION, PRESENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT; ADOPTING CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ABUTS GEORGE HOPPER ROAD TO THE SOUTH, BETWEEN EAST MAIN STREET AND THE FUTURE WEAVER WAY. TRENT IN

>> TRENTON: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS ZONED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. IN CONNECTION TO 2.04 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE IT STATES THAT IF AN ESTABLISHMENT WOULD LIKE A DRIVE-THRU SERVICE IT DOES REQUIRE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THE PROPOSED USE ON THIS PROPERTY IN ADDITION TO DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT WITH NO APPLICABILITY. IT'S A RESTAURANT BY RIGHT. THE WAY THIS RESTAURANT IS DESIGNED, THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED TO BUILD IT BY RIGHT WITHOUT THE DRIVE-THRU SERVICES. IT'S UNDER 1,000 SQUARE FEET. THE RESTAURANT IS OVER 1,000 SQUARE FEET. IT TRIGGERS THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REGULATION. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED OFF THE NEW TOWN MODULE. IT ENCOURAGES THE REDEVELOPMENT. USES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH COMMERCIAL, SOMETHING THAT IS ACTIVITY. SURROUNDING AREA. JUST DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH. WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OF THE METHODIST HOSPITAL. RIGHT BEHIND YOU, YOU HAVE A BROOKSHIRE GROCERY STORE. VARIOUS NON-RESTAURANTS, DOCTOR OFFICES IN THE VICINITY. SCHOOLS DOWN THE ROAD ON GEORGE HOPPER ROAD. STAFF DOES FIND THAT THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEWTOWN MODULE. THIS SITE IS TRICKY TRYING TO DEVELOP IT. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER. ONE THING WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO DO IS REARRANGE THE SITE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ONE ISSUE THEY HAVE IS DEALING WITH THE RESTRICTED DEEDS IN THE COVENANTS WHICH THE CITY CANNOT BE PART OF. BETWEEN THE PRIVATE ENTITIES. BUT IT HAS AN EFFECT ON THE DEVELOPMENT. BROCKSHIRE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED HAS A CLEAR VISION RESTRICTING THE COVENANTS SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T BUILD A STRUCTURE IN THE VISION OF BROOKSHIRE RESTAURANT. OR THE BROOKSHIRE GROCERY STORE. AT ONE TIME IT WAS OWNED BY THE

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WE HAD TO SHOVE THIS FURTHER SOUTH, WHEN YOU HAVE THIS UNWITH AND THEN YOU HAVE WHATABURGER AND BROOKSHIRE. WE FELT IT WOULD CAUSE MORE ISSUES THAN IF WE WERE ABLE TO LINE IT UP. THE SUP FOCUSES ON THE DRIVE-THRU PORTION, THERE ARE DIFFERENT LANES AND THEY MEET THE FIVE-CAR QUEUE FROM THE POINT OF ORDER AND PICKUP. THE MEETING MEETS THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. IT MATCHES THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE SURROUNDING VICINITY. THERE IS A NEW COMPLEX BY THE 7-ELEVEN. THAT IS NEAR COMPLETION.

WAITING FOR THE FINAL SEAL WITH A MINIMALIST DESIGN AND THEY ARE DOING A SIMILAR DESIGN TO STRUCTURE. THEY ARE MEETING, AGAIN, IT'S NOT -- THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE FOR DRIVE-THRU SERVICE BUT THEY ARE EXCEEDING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. THEY HAD THIS ALL LANDSCAPED HERE ORIGINALLY BUT THE STAFF FELT IT WASN'T PRUDENT TO KEEP THIS LANDSCAPE BECAUSE IT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE TORN OUT FOR THE FUTURE ACCESS TO THE SOUTH.

HERE IS THE PROPOSED DESIGN FOR THE WHITE RHINO COFFEE SHOP.

THERE IS MINIMAL SIGNAGE. THEY ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS BUT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE HOUSE BILL HB-2439, I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL WE CANNOT ADOPT OR ENFORCE THE BUILDING MATERIAL FOR RESIDENTIAL OR THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING. THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE LAND. SHOWING HOW THEY EXCEED THE LANDSCAPE. THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND THE ZONING THAT RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF IT. WE MAILED OUT NOTICES TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WITNESS 200 FEET ZERO CAME IN FAVOR AND ZERO CAME BACK IN OPPOSITION. THE STAFF IS SUPPORTING THIS. AND DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS

TIME. >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: SO WE ARE JUST DISCUSSING THE DRIVE-THRU TONIGHT?

>> TRENTON: THAT IS THE REQUEST DRIVE-THRU SERVICES.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: ON IF DRIVE-THRU, AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY IT'S TWO SEPARATE DRIVE-THRUS SO THEY ARE SERVING FROM BOTH SIDES, BOTH DIRECTIONS?

>> TRENTON: YES. THERE IS A QUEUE, FIVE-CAR QUEUE AND AN ADDITIONAL QUEUE SHOWING AN ADDITIONAL FIVE-CAR QUEUE.

>> MAYO >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DRIVE-THRU. BUT WHAT IS THIS

ZONED? >> IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL

DISTRICT. >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR RENO: SO THERE ARE NO

TABLES IN THIS REQUEST? >> TRENTON: THEY HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING FOR THE WALK-UP TRAFFIC IN DISCUSSING WITH THEM, THEY REALIZE THAT CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HOSPITAL, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DOWN THE ROAD. THEY WANT TO MAKE IT WALKABLE FOR THE FUTURE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COMING TO THE COFFEE SHOP.

>> MAYOR RENO: IS THAT FOR PEOPLE WAITING FOR COFFEE OR CAN THEY GET COFFEE SIT DOWN AND DRINK IT?

>> TRENTON: THEY CAN SIT DOWN AND DRINK IT, ORDER IT AND ENJOY IT. WALK-UP WINDOW THEY CAN ORDER AT.

>> MAYOR RENO: WHERE DID THE OVERFLOW CARS GO?

>> TRENTON: PARKING AND WAITING? >> MAYOR RENO: NO. YOU HAVE THE

TWO QUEUES OF FIVE. >> TRENTON: IF THEY GO ABOVE FIVE IT WOULD WRAP AROUND HERE. THIS ONE WOULD WRAP UP TO HERE.

>> [INAUDIBLE] >> TRENTON: THIS IS SET FOR FIVE RIGHT HERE. I APOLOGIZE. FIVE-CAR QUEUE FROM THE ORDER WINDOW. THEY COULD PROBABLY FIT EIGHT IN THIS ONE. AND

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>> MAYOR RENO: ALL RIGHT. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: MY ONLY QUESTION IS HOW MANY -- I HAVE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE BUT THIS, SO THIS IS TRAVELING THIS WAY. RIGHT? THIS LANE IS TRAVELING

THIS WAY. >> TRENTON: RIGHT.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: THIS LANE IS TRAVELING THIS WAY.

>> TRENTON: HMM-MM. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE REALLY EITHER GO ALL THE WAY BACK THIS WAY OR CUT BACK THROUGH AND GO OUT THAT WAY, RIGHT?

>> TRENTON: YES, SIR. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: SO WE HAVE TWO INTERSECTING DRIVE-THRUS. IF YOU HAVE THE EXITING TRAFFIC TRYING TO GET BACK THIS WAY AND DRIVE-THRU

TRAFFIC COMING IN THIS WAY. >> TRENTON: COMING DOWN LIKE THIS, AROUND BUT THIS ONE WOULD WRAP AROUND LIKE THIS.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: SO IS THERE ANY, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY CURBING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO PREVENT -- MY CONCERN IS YOU HAVE A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY HERE. ESSENTIALLY U-TURNING OR, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS THAT? 90-DEGREE TURN TO THE RIGHT? WITH INBOUND TRAFFIC? LET'S JUST SAY SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN THROUGH HERE. THIS LANE STACKED UP. THEY COME THROUGH HERE.

THEY BRING IT AROUND THIS WAY. HOW ARE WE CONTROLLING -- I'M NOT OPPOSED TO TWO DRIVE-THRUS BUT I'M SEEING POTENTIAL -- I MEAN A TRAFFIC JAM WITHIN THEIR OWN PARKING LOT BECAUSE OF THE

WAY THEY HAVE IT SET. >> TRENTON: WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SET UP FOR IN THE EVENT THIS IS ALL THE WAY FILLED UP.

AND THIS IS FILLED UP -- >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: NO, I'M NOT SAYING -- SAY THIS IS FILLED WITH FOUR CARS OR A FIFTH CAR.

I'M COMING HERE. I'M GOING TO GET MY COFFEE HERE. YOU HAVE AN EXITING PERSON HERE AND SOMEONE COMING IN HERE. AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE WALKING ACROSS RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE BACKUP AT THE STARBUCKS. IT BACKS UP ON TO --

>> TRENTON: THE FRONTAGE ROAD. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: EXACTLY.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRACT WE ARE REVERSING TRAFFIC LANES.

>> MAYOR RENO: THE TWO GOING THE SAME DIRECTION.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: CORRECT. I'M NOT A DESIGNER BUT THAT IS MY CONCERN. IF YOU TAKE THIS ELEMENT AND PUT IT HERE INSTEAD OF HERE, YOU ARE MOVING THE PEOPLE AWAY FROM INGRESS/EGRESS YOU HAVE LIKE I SAID A 90 OR 180 RIGHT HERE.

>> RIGHT. >> TRENTON: ONE THING WE DID LOOK AT THAT WAS TRYING TO SHIFT THE BUILDING OVER THE ADDRESS

SOME OF THE ISSUES. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: NOT EVEN THE NECESSARILY THE BUILDING BUT OUTDOOR SEATING. IF YOU PUT THE OUTDOOR SEATING HERE, IT WILL SPLIT IT UP SO WE'RE NOT

CONVERGING TO THE SAME SPOT. >> TRENTON: I WOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE APPLICANT TO RESPOND TO THAT. REAVIANING THIS AREA OVER

HERE. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: OKAY.

AND THE STUDIES THAT -- THE REVIEW WE HAVE DONE, NOBODY ELSE

BROUGHT UP CONCERN FOR -- >> TRENTON: THERE IS ANOTHER CONCERN WITH THE FIRING OR ENGINEERING WHEN IT CAME ABOUT

THE PARKING. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: HOW WIDE

IS THIS DISTANCE HERE? >> TRENTON: RIGHT THERE I BELIEVE IT'S 24 FEET. MEETING THE FIRE LANE REQUIREMENT.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: SO WHEN YOU TAKE A CAR AND YOU ROLL IT 180 DEGREES, AND THEN YOU BRING IN A CAR IN HERE I CAN ALREADY SEE THAT BEING -- THAT WILL BE A PROBLEM.

>> TRENTON: FIRE MARSHAL HAS BEEN INVOLVED. HE SAID IT WOULD MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS HOW IT'S LAID OUT.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I GET THAT FROM A TRAVEL LANE PERSPECTIVE. SORRY, BACK THERE GUYS. BUT I'M JUST, LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE START TURNING 180 DEGREES WITH THE INCOMING OR THE IT XING T EXITING TRAFFIC I DONK IT'S ENOUGH SPACE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR RENO: THIS IS ALL PRIVATE LAND, RIGHT?

>> TRENTON: CORRECT. >> MAYOR RENO: SO WHO DOES THE

STRIPING FOR THE -- >> TRENTON: FOR DRIVE-THRU

SERVICES? >> MAYOR RENO: FOR THE WHOLE

THING, TWO DOES THE STRIPING? >> TRENTON: THE DEVELOPER.

>> MAYOR RENO: SO YOU HAVE A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY THERE. WILL THAT BE STRIPED? DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY? OR DO THEY

HOLD THEIR OWN LEGALLY? >> TRENTON: I WOULD NEED TO TURN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. OR THE POLICE CHIEF. WHO WAS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY VERSUS A VEHICLE --

RATHER HAVE THEM ANSWER. >> MAYOR RENO: CHIEF?

>> YOU SHOULD SAY PEDESTRIANS. >> MAYOR RENO: IT SHOULD. YEAH

IS IT ENFORCEABLE? >> PEDESTRIAN ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ONCE THEY ARE IN A CROSSWALK. OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HIGH-SPEED ENVIRONMENT.

>> MAYOR RENO: BUT IT'S NOT A GOVERNMENT CROSSWALK. IT'S A --

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DOES IT MATTER? >> IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WEIGH IN TO ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE COULD IF WE HAD THE ISSUES WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ISSUE. WE COULD WEIGH IN ON THE POTENTIAL THAT IS THERE. IT'S NOT NORMALLY WHERE WE COME IN TO A SITUATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. DESIGNING OR INFLUENCING HOW THEIR TRAFFIC FLOWS IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. THAT IS NOT -- I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THE PERSPECTIVE TO INFLUENCE THAT.

>> MAYOR RENO: OKAY. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.

>> THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR DEVELOPER DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE WHEN WE SHUT OFF THE ENTRY POINT TO GEORGE

HOPPER? >> TRENTON: THERE IS NOTHING, NOTHING THAT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPER. THE ONLY THING IN THE LANGUAGE STATES WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT DOWN HERE OCCURS TO MAKE THIS ACCESS AVAILABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO REMOVE THAT.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR RENO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOES THE DEVELOPER WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY. MOTION TO CLOSE THE --

>> MOVE TO CLOSE. >> WAIT.

>> SORRY. >> IS IT YOURS?

>> IT MINE? >> COME ON DOWN.

>> MAYOR RENO: COME UP IF YOU WANT TO TALK THERE.

>> I KNOW YOU HAVE PROBABLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

>> ROSS WEAVER, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS. I'M REPRESENTING THE WHITE RHINO COFFEE SHOP. THERE WAS STUDY DONE WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL AND THE DESIGN PROCESS TO ALLOW FOR THE CROSS TRAFFIC THERE AND PROVIDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. IT WILL BE STRIPED EITHER WITH THE PAINT OR PREFERABLY WITH A PAPER SYSTEM TO DESIGNATE THE CROSSWALK AREA AGAIN, NO DIFFERENT THAN WALKING IN TO THE KROGER GROCERY STORE OR IN TO THE MCDONALD'S. THE WHATABURGER, THE BROOKSHIRES, WHATEVER YOU PICK AROUND TOWN.

EVERY RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT WE HAVE YOU CROSS TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE FRONT OF IT. IT'S LITERALLY NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WITH IT HAVING A PEDESTRIAN SCALE WALKUP FEATURE WITH THAT DENOTED WITH THE SIGNAGE AS WELL. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL BE MORE COGNIZANT THAT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH THERE. WE ANTICIPATE MOSTLY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ON SET. UNTIL MORE OF THE AREA AROUND DEVELOPS UP. VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY THE MIDTOWNE DEVELOPMENT WAS. FUZZIES FIRST CAME IN IT WAS VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. AS MORE AND MORE COME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES. I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE SPECIFIC OPPOSITION TO REDIRECTING THE TRAFFIC TO FLOW BOTH FROM EAST TO WEST. I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE QUEUING TO FACILITATE BOTH OF DRIVE-THRU LANES GOING THAT DIRECTION. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL FEELS IS IMPORTANT AND THE NECESSARY FOR DRIVE-THRU APPROVALS THEN I FEEL LIKE IT

WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I'M PRO DRIVE-THRU. I HAVE A LOT OF KIDS. I LOVE IT. RIGHT? I'M SAYING WHEN WE ARE CROSSING HERE. ANY TRAFFIC GOING THIS WAY. WE HAVE TO STEP THAT. AND MOVE IT. SAME THING OVER HERE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THAT IN THE WORDS WE CAN GET SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY ENGINEER TO ALLEVIATE ONE OF THE CROSSES OR CHANGING THE

DIRECTION LIKE YOU SAID. >> I THINK THE EASIER FIX IS TO TAKE TWO ARROWS ON BOTTOM DRIVE THE SITE PLAN AND SHIFTING THEM TO GO BOTH TO THE SAME DIRECTION WHERE YOU ENTER BOTH LANES ON THE SIDE AND EXIT BOTH LANES ON THAT SIDE. DOES THAT ADDRESS

YOUR CONCERN? >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: IT DOES.

NOW I FEEL FOR THE APPLICANT IN THE SENSE HOW DO YOU SERVE COFFEE OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDOW. THAT IS THE

CHALLENGE. ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR RENO: COULD WE LEAVE IT

UP. >> SORRY TO INTERJECT HERE.

LESS QUEUING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUEUING. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT

INTERSECTION. THAT IS IT. >> I THINK TO THAT IDEA YOU WILL HAVE A LOT LESS QUEUING THERE, OUT ON THE STREET --

>> THE OTHER THING WHEN WE LOOK LONG-TERM. NOT JUST WHAT IS RIGHT FOR TODAY BUT FOR TOMORROW. ONCE THE GEORGE HOPPER INTERSECTION GOES AWAY AND THE CITY BUILDS WEAVER WAY AND IT'S ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE IMPACT FEE CREDITS WILL GO TOWARD THAT AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS WHEN THE PROJECT COMES ONLINE. THAT ENTRANCE GOES AWAY. SO IF WE DESIGN TODAY LIKE THAT IS THERE TOMORROW, THAT CREATES A PROBLEM DOWNSTREAM. PLUS YOU WILL HAVE A LONG ACCESS DRIVE THAT COMES DOWN 240 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION TO MEET THE CITY CODE. WHERE THE TRAFFIC COMING FROM THIS DIRECTION WILL COME IN. SO YOU ARE QUEUING WILL ACTUALLY IN THE END COME FROM

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HERE. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: ROSS, I'M SORRY. I WAS USING THE POINTER MY APOLOGIES.

>> MAYOR RENO: HOW MANY SLOTS IN THE QUEUE?

>> SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ROOM TO QUEUE THE CARS THAT DIRECTION.

BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE LIKE I SAID, YOU WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COUPLE HUNDRED OF THE FEET OF PAVING TO GET WHERE THE

ENTRY POINT IS. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST.

MY APOLOGIES. RIGHT-HAND SIDE WHERE YOU HAVE THE TWO DRIVES COME TOGETHER THAT GO OUT TOWARD, WHAT IS THAT STREET

HERE? >> GEORGE HOPPER. THAT ENTRANCE

WILL GO AWAY. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: THAT ONE IS GOING AWAY TO THE LEFT, RIGHT?

>> OVER HERE? THAT IS THE ACCESS.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: ACCESS ROAD. SO CAN WE NOT PLANNING FOR FUTURE PUT IN SOME LANGUAGE THEN THAT WOULD STIPULATE THAT THAT EXIT ONLY. MEANING THEY CAN'T TURN BACK AROUND OR PUT A CURBING IN TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE GET WEAVER WAY ACCESS SORTED OUT, WHEN YOU TRAVEL FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT YOU HAVE TO EXIT OUT THAT WAY. YOU CAN'T GET, YOU CAN'T CIRCLE BACK THROUGH. THUS, MOVING PEOPLE THROUGH WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A DRIVE-THRU COFFEE STOP AND NOT TURNING IN TO A PARKING LOT.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE? SAME THING HERE. WELL, YOU ARE STILL CROSSING TRAFFIC. THAT IS THE CONCERN. HOW DO YOU AT LEAST

TAKE ONE OF THE CROSSES OUT? >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: I UNDERSTAND UP HERE. WHEN THIS GOES AWAY IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE OF WHAT YOU ARE TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANYBODY COMING HERE AND GOING OUT THAT WAY. THEY WILL HAVE TO COME OUT THIS WAY. MY QUESTION WAS WHY IS IT SO FAR OVER? WHY NOT GO TO THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE EAST OR THE WEST?

>> THERE IS A DRAINAGE FEATURE AND CONCRETE HEAD WALL BY THE

CITY. >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: THAT

EXPLAINS THAT. >> PLUS A CORNER CLIFF TRIANGLE THERE THAT THE ENGINEER REQUIRES DEDICATED IN THE PLAT. YOU DON'T SEE IT ON THIS DRAWING BECAUSE THE PLAT HASN'T BEEN AMENDED THAT. THAT CORNER THAT LOOKS LIKE A SHARP 90 IS --

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: OKAY. >> SO THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN THE TEMPORARY ACCESS POINT GOES AWAY FOR THE LONG-TERM IS YOU WILL SEE THE TRAFFIC FLOW THAT CAN COME OUT OF THE DRIVE LANE AND TURN LEFT. WHERE YOU ARE SEEING A CAR BLOCKING THE TRAFFIC AT THIS POINT, IT WILL ACTUALLY BE QUEUING HERE. YOU WILL HAVE A CLEAR PATH THIS DIRECTION FOR THE EASY EXIT POINT HERE. WHICH WILL GO BACK TO TIE IN THE HOSPITAL. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU WILL SEE THE TRAFFIC DIVING OFF THAT DIRECTION TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE HIGHWAY AND THE EASIER ACCESS POINTS THAN TRYING TO GO BACK THROUGH THE BROOKSHIRE PARKING LOT.

>> MAYOR RENO: IT HANDLES TWO WAY TRAFFIC?

>> YES. BOTH OF THEM ARE FIRE LANES, 24-FOOT WIDE. IF YOU GO TO EXISTING WHATABURGER WITH ONE DRIVE-THRU LANE MOST OF THE PARKING IS UNUSABLE IN THE PEAK TIME. WITH THE INTENTION HERE IS WE ARE DEFINED FOR THE DRIVE-THRU. THE POINT IS GET THEM IN AND OUT QUICKLY. NO INSIDE SEATING. LIMITED PEDESTRIAN SEATING TO FOCUS ON MOVING THE VEHICLES THROUGH. SO THE CROSS TRAFFIC IS PREFERABLE SO WE ARE NOT TRYING TO WALK AROUND THE CARS AND DELIVER THE COFFEE TO THE DRIVERS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. BUT AGAIN, THIS WORKS. IT MEETS FIRE CODE.

COULD THERE BE A PERFECT STORM IF, YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT AFTER A FOOTBALL GAME AND EVERYBODY WANTS COFFEE? YOU BET. THERE COULD BE. IT WILL BE THAT KIND OF A 1 IN A MILLION THING VERSUS

THE REGULAR EVERYDAY THING. >> MAYOR RENO: ANYONE?

>> I HOPE WE ARE THAT POPULAR THAT --

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I'M SURE YOU WILL BE.

>> WE CONSTANTLY HAVE PROBLEMS AND WE CAN HIRE SOMEONE TO

DIRECT TRAFFIC. >> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO CLOSE

THE OPEN PORTION? >> MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC

HEARING. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM IS CLOSED. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL?

>> ONE MORE QUESTION. ROSS MENTIONED WEAVER WAY -- I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT -- BUT MIGHT BE ON THE CITY TO BUILD OUT. WOULD IT BE ON THE CITY TO CLOSE OFF THE ENTRY POINT TO GEORGE HOPPER? OR THE DEVELOPER?

>> TRENTON: A WHERE IT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT DEVELOPER HAS TO

CLOSE IT OFF. >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: OKAY.

>> TRENTON: BRING IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL STATE.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION? >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS

PRESENTED. >> MAYOR RENO: AND SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 5-0. OPEN ITEM 2021-200, CONDUCT A

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9TH STREET. >> TRENTON: THANK YOU. THIS IS THE EXISTING LIGH LIGHTHOUSE CH THIS IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 46 THEY ARE REQUESTING TO EXPAND THE PD-6 TO INCORP -- PD-46 TO INCORPORATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING AND THE PLACE OF WORSHIP. IN THIS VICINITY. THE REASON IT CAME ABOUT IN OCTOBER OF 2019 WHEN THE TORNADO HIT, THEY WERE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THAT. MOST OF THEIR CHURCH WAS DESTROYED BY THE TORNADO. AND MONUMENTS SIGN WAS FLOWN THROUGH THE SECOND STORY OF THE CAFÉ TO THE GATHERINGS PLACE. IN THE RESIDENCE. THEY CAME IN TO REBUILD THE STRUCTURE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECTION 9 AND 10 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE CANNOT BE EXPANDED UPON. IN TALKING WITH MR. COOPER REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT, HE IS WILLING TO BUILD IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT. THE STAFF ENCOURAGED HIM. RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME HE MENTIONED HE WANTS TO EXPAND IT INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH BUILDING AND LATER ON COMING BACK TO REEXPAND AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL COSTS. TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET THIS AS PART OF EXPANSION AS PART OF IT SO IT'S PERMITTED BY RIGHT. ALL THREE PERMITTED IS WHAT HE WANTS BUT ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRY MONUMENT SIGNS TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER, CONSISTENT WITH THE SIMILAR SURROUNDINGS AND THE USES. THE ONE THEY PROPOSE SAG IS SMALLER THAN -- PROPOSING IS SMALLER THAN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MESSAGE CENTER. THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE PD THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DO, ON THE SITE PLAN, THERE IS ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE REAR OF THE CHAPEL. WHEN IT'S TIME TO CONSTRUCT IT, THAT IS WHEN IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE NECESSARY LANDSCAPING IN THE BACK. THEY ARE MAKING THE CHAPEL MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TO HELP THEIR CHURCH BETTER FACILITATE THEIR OWN NEEDS ENHANCING THE ENTRY WAY, PUTTING IN A BETTER LOCATION FOR THEM AND THE USERS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REQUEST. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. WE MAILED OUT NOTICES AND ZERO CAME BACK IN FAVOR. THE PEOPLE TALKING TO US THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. WE DID RECEIVE LETTERS FROM ONE PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AS WELL. THIS REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. I CAN ANSWER

QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR RENO: ARE YOU APPROVING

THIS OR RECOMMENDING -- >> TRENTON: WE RECOMMEND

APPROVAL. >> MAYOR RENO: FOR THE SIGNS AS

THEY REQUESTED? OR -- >> TRENTON: ALL THREE MONUMENT SIGNS WERE PERMITTED BY RIGHT WHEN THESE WERE ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED. IT WAS PROPOSED FOR GENERAL PROFESSIONAL AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE THE OWN MONUMENT SITE THERE. WHEN THE PD WAS APPROVED THEY COULD HAVE TWO MONUMENT SIGNS. THE ONLY CHANGE THEY ARE ASKING, THEY ARE ADDING STONE TO IT AND ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURE FEATURES TO MAKE THE SIGNS LOOK BETTER BUT ON ONE OF THE SIGNS THEY WANT TO PUT ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER. WHICH WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF.

>> MAYOR RENO: OKAY. MISSION TO CLOSE OPEN?

>> MOVE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. CLOSE 5-0 IN THE DISCUSSION AND THE COMMENTS. MOTION?

>> COMMENT I THINK IT'S GOOD AND EXCITING TO SEE THIS CHURCH BEING ABLE TO RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF. IT'S TOUGH TO STRETCH A DOLLAR ESPECIALLY FOR CONSTRUCTION SO DUE COAS FOR CHURCH FOR REBUILDING. UNLESS THERE IS FURTHER DISCUSSION I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND APPROVE AS PRESENTED AND SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 5-0. PASTOR DAN COOPER, THANK YOU. WE ARE GLAD. WE MISSED YOU AND GLAD

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>> THIS IS ESTABLISHING A REINVESTMENT ZONE. THE ZONE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY. WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATION. WHAT IS BEFORE SUS THE PROPOSED REINVESTMENT ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT. AS MENTIONED IN THAT DESCRIPTION, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE REAL PORT BUSINESS PARK IN THE TIRZ, LOCATED THERE. HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE. THAT WE HAVE. AT POWER WAY AND BROOKHOLLOW DRIVE. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF

APPROVAL OF THE ZONE. >> MAYOR RENO: QUESTIONS?

>> HOW MANY ACRES TO THE TIRZ? >> IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE TIRZ AT ALL. THIS IS A REINVESTMENT ZONE. THE REINVESTMENT ZONE INCLUDES 30 ACRES. THIS IS TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT THE CREATION OF TIRZ. OR IMPACTING THE TIRZ. THIS IS A CREATION OF A REINVESTMENT ZONE WITHIN THE TIRZ WHICH IS NEEDED FOR A TAX

ABATEMENT AGREEMENT. >> MAYOR RENO: SO IT WILL BE MANAGED BY THE BOARD OF THE TIRZ?

>> NO. THIS WILL BE A REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 16.

>> MAYOR RENO: OKAY. >> THE BOARD HEARD THIS AND

RECOMMENDED APPROVAL? >> RIGHT.

>> MOTION TO CLOSE, FIRST. >> IS THIS A PUBLIC HEARING?

>> IT IS. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE

THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> PASS 5-0 TO CLOSE.

>> MOVE TO APPROVAL. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. >> APPROVED.

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>> MAYOR RENO: REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 2021-202, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH SUNOPTA GRAIN AND FOODS, INC., TO PROVIDE POSSIBLE INCENTIVE.

>> WITH THE ESTABLISHED REINVESTMENT ZONE IN PLACE WE WILL PRESENT TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE PACKET. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE REPRESEREPRESENTATIVES FROM SUN CHRIS WHITEHEAD WITH THE PROJECT AND CONSULTANT PARTNERS HERE AS WELL AND THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THIS IS A FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURER WHICH EXPANDS AN INDUSTRY WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IN THE AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSAL BUILD 275,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.

THEY HAVE PLANS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE SITE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE THEM DO THAT WHICH INCREASES THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT. THAT WOULD BE 125,000 SQUARE FOOT AND ALL IN THE 30-ACRE TRACT. PROJECT IS $200 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND THE JOBS AND THE WAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT ARE TO BE NOTED. THESE JOBS IN EXCESS OF THE COUNTY AVERAGE WAGE. WHICH WAS SEEN BY MIDLOTHIAN BOARD AND THE COUNCIL WHEN WE PULLED TOGETHER OUR PLAN AS WE GO OUT AND TRY TO REALLY ATTRACT HIGHER PAYING JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT HAS

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THEY THEN WILL MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO VERY AGGRESSIVE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WHICH THEY HAVE TO BE COMPLETE BY THE DECEMBER 31, 2022. THEY WILL HAVE TO MOVE QUICKLY IN ORDER TO HIT THAT TIMELINE. SO THEN THE NEXT COMPONENT IS A PHASE ONE ABATEMENT AGREEMENT TO EXTEND, WE PROPOSE FOR EIGHT YEARS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, HOW THAT EIGHT-YEAR PERIOD WOULD LAY OUT THERE IS POTENTIAL EXPANSION ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.

THAT WOULD CREATE AN ADDITIONAL PHASE, PHASE ABATEMENT. THAT WOULD HAVE TO START ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE. IT HAS THE ABILITY TO MOVE UP EARLIER. BUT PHASE TWO ONLY FOR EIGHT-YEAR

ABATEMENT PERIOD. >> THE LAST ONE AND THIS IS THE KEY TO AGREEMENT THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF THE JOBS, PAYROLL AND THE TAXABLE VALUE REQUIRED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN ESTABLISHING THIS BASELINE WE BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER. SO WE ADJUST THE JOBS AND THE WAGES PROPORTIONALLY.

GIVEN TIGHT LABOR MARKET. IT GIVES A BUFFER. IN ESTABLISHING THAT MINIMUM PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. THE TAXABLE VALUE THERE. THAT IS WHAT THE COMPANY WILL HAVE TO HIT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE ABATEMENT. THEN AS DISCUSSED THAT EXPANSION WOULD HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $30 MILLION IN THE NEW TAXABLE VALUE. 44 JOBS THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO BEFORE THE END OF THE 2026. PHASE TWO DOES NOT HAVE A MINIMUM ANNUAL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA THEY WILL HAVE TO DO FOR THE SCHEDULE. IN PART IN OUR EXPERIENCE IN DOING THESE, THE FURTHER YOU GO OUT, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO KNOW AND NAIL DOWN THE NUMBERS SO WE HAVE A FIRM NUMBER THAT THEY HAVE TO HIT. AFTER THAT, IT WOULD ENSURE THAT THEY ARE THERE AND OPERATIONAL. SO THE LAST PIECE IS THE ABATEMENTS. TO BE CLEAR, THE ABATEMENTS IS A LOWERING OF THE ASSESSED VALUE. SO, THEY WILL HAVE A MARKET VALUE THAT DETERMINED BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THE ABATEMENT APPLIES TO THE ASSESS VALUE SO IT LOWERS THE AMOUNT OF THE VALUE THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE CITY TAXES. THAT NUMBER ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE

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EACH PHASE OUTLINED IN THE AGREEMENT. THE OTHER KEY THING THAT THIS IS FOR THE REAL AND THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, EXCLUSIVE OF THE INVENTORY. THEY WILL PAY THE FULL TAX AMOUNT ON THE INVENTORY. SO PROPOSED PERCENTAGES WE HAVE FOR THE PHASE ONE IS 65%. FOR THE FIRST FOUR YEARS AND DECREASE TO 55%.

PHASE TWO WOULD BE AT THE 70%. ONE THING WE HAVE ADDED TO THE AGREEMENT THINK OF IT LIKE A CARROT APPROACH. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT BY THE COMPANY. SO, IF THEY CONSTRUCT THAT FACILITY EARLIER, THEY WOULD RECEIVE THAT ADDITIONAL VALUE OF THE 70% FOR THE REMAINDER OF PHASE I. AND THE ENTIRETY OF PHASE II. THEN OUR NOTE THERE THAT THIS IS DEALING WITHIN THE TIRZ SO FUNDING DISTRIBUTED THAT WAY.

THE NET BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE FIRST NUMBER IS EASIER TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT VALUE IS. YOU HAVE $2 MILLION THAT WILL GO TO THE CITY AND DISTRIBUTED OUT. TO BE CLEAR, THE CITY FROM DAY ONE IN AN ABATEMENT COVERS THEIR COST.

AND IS IN THE BLACK FROM DAY ONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGREEMENT.

FINAL ITEM, STAFF WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND EVALUATE AND REVIEWED THE PROJECT. THIS IS A STRONG PROJECT. BOTH IN TERMS OF THE TAXABLE VALUE. IN TERMS OF THE JOBS AND THE WAGES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THIS IS ABOVE AND THE BEYOND THE PROJECT, MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS WE SEE. HAS DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE CITY. BUT THEN ALSO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE BOARD IN CONSIDERATION WITH THE NEXT ITEM WE WILL DO, THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND EVALUATED THE PROJECT. THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT. THEN THE ACTION ON YOUR PART WOULD BE APPROVAL OF THIS

ITEM. QUESTIONS YOU HAVE? >> MAYOR RENO: GO BACK THREE SLIDES. PHASE II, THE 70% IS ONLY FOR PHASE II, RIGHT?

>> IT WOULD KICK IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF PHASE I. SO THEY DO THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE 70% FOR THE REMAINDER OF PHASE I AS

WELL. >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: DO PHASE

II QUICKER. >> THAT IS THE CARROT WE PUT OUT

TO DO IT SOONER. >> MAYOR RENO: PHASE ONE ENDS AND THE PHASE TWO STILL GOING, WHAT THE ABASEMENT FOR THAT?

>> SO UNDER THE SCENARIO THEY DID BOTH PHASE ONE AND PHASE

TWO -- >> GO BACK WHERE YOU HAD A

FOUR-YEAR OVERLAP. >> THERE ARE FOUR YEARS WHERE BOTH OF THE ABATEMENTS ARE HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY. IN THE PERIOD FROM, YOU KNOW, 2031 TO 2034. IF IT WORKED OUT IN THAT WAY, THE COMPANY WOULD PAY 100% OF THE PHASE 1 TAX VALUE. NO ABATEMENT ON THAT. PHASE 2 PORTION THE $30 MILLION THEY

WOULD HAVE THAT 70% ABATEMENT. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECONDED. >> MAYOR RENO: PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM APPROVE 5-0. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU. ITEM 2003, CONSIDER AND ACT

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-- >> THIS IS RECRUITMENT FOR THE

PRIMARY JOBS. >> THIS IS THE PROJECT WE

DISCUSSED BEFORE. >> THEY MET TO APPROVE THIS 5-0 FOR THE IN FAVOR OF ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF

THE VOTE. >> THIS IS THE SAME TIMELINE SO

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AGREEMENT? >> IF THEY DON'T MEET THE TARGET AND THEY DON'T COMPLETE THE TIME WHAT DOES IT COST?

>> SO, PER THE AGREEMENT IF THEY DO NOT MEET THEIR TIMELINE THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THE OPERATION GRANT. OPERATIONS GRANT AND THE ABATEMENT. SAME TIMELINE.

>> COME TO THE MIC. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: TO RECAP THAT SIMPLY, POTENTIALLY LOSE THE AGREEMENT OF THE ABATEMENT IF THEY DON'T MEET THE TIMELINE AS WE SPELLED OUT IN THE

PREVIOUS DEAL? >> CORRECT.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: WHY ARE WE GIVING THEM $200,000 MORE?

WE KNOW THEY WILL MAKE IT. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IN PART AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE LOOK AT THE PROJECTS. WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE. I WILL SAY PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT AND THE OPERATIONS GRANTED COMPARED TO AN ABATEMENT, AN ABATEMENT LOWERS AN OPERATING COST THAT THEY DON'T EVER ACTUALLY RECEIVE THAT. THIS IS TRULY CASH THAT IS RECEIVED. THAT THEY CAN PAY FOR A NUMBER OF THE QUALIFYING EXPENSES. THIS IS CASH THAT THEY USE WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM AN ABATEMENT WHICH LOWERS THE TAX LIABILITY THEY HAVE.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO IN A BUSINESS LEDGER, MONEY FREED UP IS THE MONEY FREED UP.

>> SURE. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: SO MONEY THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GET LIKE YOU SAID PREVIOUSLY VERSUS THE MONEY WE GIVE THEM IS STILL THE MONEY IN THE LINE.

>> CORRECT. SO ULTIMATELY, WE GO THROUGH AND STRATEGICALLY TRY TO LOOK AT THE PROJECT HOLISTICALLY WITH THE DIFFERENT TOOLS WE HAVE. THE $200,000 GRANT HITS THE PROJECT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU KNOW ULTIMATELY FROM THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF THE PARTNERING. AND PULLING TOGETHER WHETHER IT IS THE "A" AND THE "B" CORPORATION COMING TOGETHER OR THE "A" CORPORATION AND THE CITY. SO FOR THIS DEAL, THIS WAS THE TOTAL PACKAGE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF PARTICIPATING WITH THE PERFORMANCE GRANT IN

ADDITION TO THE ABATEMENT. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: HOW DID YOU GET TO THE $200,000 GRANT AMOUNT?

>> SURE. SO WE LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT UPFRONT COSTS THAT THE COMPANY WILL FACE. WHETHER THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OR PERMIT FEES, IMPACT FEES AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THAT IS WHERE TRULY HAVING A GRANT THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE OPERATION THAT CASH GRANT ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION. TRULY BENEFITS THE COMPANY IN THE DIFFERENT WAYS AND ALLOWS US TO BE COMPETITIVE AND AGGRESSIVE AS THE COMPANY LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SITES AND WHERE TO

LOCATE A FACILITY. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: THANK

YOU. >> MAYOR RENO: INVOICE IS

ALREADY PAID, CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: THIS IS COMING, THE $200,000 COMING

OUT OF THE MED? >> CORRECT.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: EXPLAIN HOW YOU FUND IT.

>> MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE RECEIVE THE SALES TAX DOLLARS FOR THE AND WE CAN USE THE FUNDS IN THE SPECIFIC WAYS. THIS ONE IS FOR A COMPANY THAT CREATES PRIMARY JOBS WHICH MEANS THEY EXPORT A PRODUCT OR A SERVICE. AS THIS COMPANY WILL CREATE THE PRODUCT THAT ULTIMATELY IS SOLD THROUGHOUT OUR REGION AND BEYOND. IT BRINGS NEW MONEY, NOT TAX

DOLLARS BUT NEW MONEY TO THE -- >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND WHICH IS THE TAXES I PAY ON MY

HOUSE. >> CORRECT.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: FROM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BUCKET.

>> YES. >> MAYOR RENO: WOULD YOU CARE TO

DEFINE WHAT A PRIMARY JOB IS? >> YEAH. A PRIMARY JOB, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THEY GIVE US A VERY SPECIFIC DEFINITION.

SO THE COMPANY HAS TO MEET CLASSIFICATION. THAT IS THE FIRST ONE. THEN THE SECOND ONE IS A BOARD HAS TO MAKE A FINDING

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COMES FROM OUTSIDE. >> MAYOR RENO: MOTION?

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I HAVE A QUESTION. FORGIVE ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW I HAVE DONE ONE OF THE ABATEMENTS YET BEFORE IN THIS POSITION. DO WE NORMALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AFTER THE FACT? WITH THE GRANT AND FURTHER INCENTIVIZING?

>> YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS DEALS THAT WE HAVE DONE, IT IS COMMON TO COMBINE THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. THAT IS DONE WITH THE SUN RIDER FACILITY AND IT WAS DONE WITH THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. WHETHER IT WAS THE "A" CORPORATION AND THE "B" CORPORATION WORKING TOGETHER. THE TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES. WHETHER IT'S THE "A" CORPORATION AND THE CITY.

WHETHER IT'S THE MIDLOTHIAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE CITY. WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE USE TO PULL TOGETHER TO PUT AN OFFER TOGETHER.

>> IT IS VERY COMMON. BASICALLY LOOKING FOR A WHOLE PACKAGE.

INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL FUND -- [INAUDIBLE] ALL THE DIFFERENT AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES WE HAVE.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT IN MY OWN THINKING IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY -- GRANTED I UNDERSTAND HOW THE ABATEMENT WORKS. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMPANY WILL BENEFIT FROM IN RETAINING THAT OPERATIONAL FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE ABATEMENT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE I DON'T KNOW LIKE IF I GAVE YOU $100. AND I SAID BY THE WAY, HERE IS A $1. AT THAT POINT YOU ARE KIND OF LIKE -- IT'S ALMOST LIKE INCONSEQUENTIAL, I WOULD SAY. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A $200,000 GRANT TO A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL SWAY IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND I FEEL LIKE IF IT IS, MAYBE IT WASN'T A GOOD FIT TO BEGIN WITH. I DON'T SEE IT. THAT IS WHERE I'M AT. THANK YOU.

>> I WILL SAY IN OUR, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU KNOW TRULY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL PACKAGE, THE GRANTS ARE OFTENTIMES A SMALL PERCENTAGE. IF YOU THINK OF THE BUSINESS, BUSINESSES OFTEN DONE AT THE VERY LOW PERCENTAGES TO MAKE THINGS WORK. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD IS TO ATTRACT THE COMPANY TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY FOR CERTAIN THAT THIS IS A PROPOSAL WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD TO ENTICE THE COMPANY TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY OVER ANOTHER LOCATION. IN PART EACH DEAL IS NEGOTIATED INDIVIDUALLY. WE DON'T KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE. WHICH IS WHY, YOU KNOW, TRULY THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH AND NEGOTIATE OUT THE PROJECTS. WE LOOK FOR THE PARTNERS THAT TRULY ARE, YOU KNOW, SIGNING UP FOR PARTNERS THAT ALLOW, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY TO BENEFIT BY RECEIVING THE JOBS AND THE NEW TAXABLE VALUE. BUT THERE ARE ALSO THESE INCENTIVES VERY REAL IN THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING UPFRONT MONEY TO GO TOWARD THE PROJECT. THEY ARE LOWERING THE LONG-TERM

OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. >> MAYOR RENO: BUT WALTER, I'M TRYING TO THINK SOMETHING ANALOGOUS TO MY WORLD. THIS TO ME IS A GOOD WILL OFFER. AS WE WORK WITH THE CARRIERS COMING OUT OF COVID, WE HAVE DONE SOME SMALL CONCESSIONS WHICH BUILD GOOD WILL. WHICH HELPS THE OVERALL --

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I GET IT I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP.

>> MAYOR RENO: OKAY. WITH THAT SAID, NO MORE QUESTIONS. DO WE

HAVE A MOTION HERE? >> MOVE APPROVAL.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND?

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>> I'LL SECOND. >> MAYOR RENO: SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 5-0. ITEM 2021-204, CONSIDER AND ACT

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>> A QUICK UPDATE OR OVERVIEW FOR THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT ITEM WE ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH AN EASEMENT. THERE IS VALUE THERE BEHIND IT.

AND SO STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THE EXPENDITURE WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE IN DISCUSSION ABOUT TODAY. MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD RECOGNIZES AS THE DEVELOPER OF THE MIDLOTHIAN BUSINESS PARK, WE HAVE EASEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE LAST PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE BUSINESS PARK. SO RATHER THAN HAVING THEM GO BACK AND DO THAT INTERMEDIARY STEP OF MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVAL, THEY APPROVED THE RESOLUTION 2021-009. WHICH ALLOWED ME AS PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. TO BRING IT DIRECTLY FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL ALLOWS US TO HELP SAVE TIME. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE EVALUATE EACH OF THESE. WE WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF. WE WORK WITH THE LEGAL COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SUPPORT THEM. THIS PARTICULAR EASEMENT THAT IS REQUESTED, THIS IS NEEDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOAP CREEK INTERCEPTOR PROJECT THAT THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY IS IN THE WORKS OF DOING. THIS IS AN EASEMENT NEEDED ON TOP OF A PREVIOUS ONE APPROVED LAST FALL ULTIMATELY THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A GRAVITY MAIN TO BE PUT IN AND ALLOW THE CITY TO ELIMINATE THE LIFT STATION THAT IS CONSTRUCTED AT THE MIDLOTHIAN BUSINESS PARK HERE IS A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WHERE THAT PROPERTY WILL BE. THIS IS A PROPERTY WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER THE CONTRACT TO SELL IT'S INCLUDED IN THAT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GRANT THIS EASEMENT. ANY

QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE? >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: THIS IS A BUDGETED EXPENSE? UP TO $50,000.

>> THE EXPENSES THAT WE USE ARE REALLY JUST FOR ENGINEERING AND SO THERE IS, YOU KNOW -- THERE IS REALLY NO COST ASSOCIATED

WITH -- >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: THAT IS WHAT CAUSED CONFUSION FOR ME I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> MAYOR RENO: ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS? MOTION? >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: MOVE

TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES. 5-0.

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DELIVERY COMPANY. >> SAME THING, A DIFFERENT USER THIS IS ONE THAT IS MOVING QUICKLY. SO WE HAD TO INCLUDE A GENERAL MAP IN THE PACKET. SO THAT THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT WE HAVE DIFFERENT. THIS IS THE EASEMENT NEEDED TO RUN THE POWER TO SUN RIDER FACILITY AND THEN ALSO FURTHER DOWN THE NORTH SIDE OF CHALLENGER AND ALONG DISCOVERY TO CONNECT THE VISION ENGINEERING FACILITY AND THE LIFT STATION. WHAT IS UP FOR APPROVAL IS THE NORTHERN PORTION WHICH INCLUDES THE 20-FOOT EASEMENT ALONG THE NORTHSIDE OF CHALLENGER. THOSE UTILITIES WILL ALL BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER GROUND. IF FOR SOME REASON AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET IS NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE SEPARATION THAT WE NEED BETWEEN THOSE ELECTRIC LINES WE MAY COME BACK. THE OTHER ONE IS A 15-FOOT ALONG DISCOVERY. THAT WILL EXTEND FROM THE VISION ENGINEERING SIDE TO THE LIFT STATION.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION? >> NOTION APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR RENO: SECONDED. PLEASE

VOTE. ITEM PASSES 5-0. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU, KYLE. >> THANKS, KYLE.

>> MAYOR RENO: EXCELLENT WORK BY 4A.

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TRENT? >> TRENTON: THANK YOU.

ACCORDING TO CONSTRUCTION CENTER DETAILS IT STATES FOR PARKING LOTS REQUIRED TO BE CONSTRUCTING SIMILAR TO LOCAL ROADS. WE RECEIVED A REQUEST ABOUT 511 NORTH 9 STREET. A COMPLAINT.

WE WENT TO LOOK AT IT AND OUR RESEARCH WE WENT AS FAR BACK AS THE IMAGES COULD GO TO THE 1995 SATELLITE IMAGES. SHOWING THAT THERE WERE CARS PARKING ON THIS RIGHT NOW THERE ARE CARS PARKING. AT ONE TIME IT LOOKS LIKE A PAVEL BASE THAT THE GRASS HAS GROWN THROUGH. -- GRAVEL BASE THAT THE GRASS HAS GROWN THROUGH. THEY ARE ASKING FOR EXCEPTION TO USE ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL THAN WHAT IS NORMALLY REQUIRED. I CAN ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. >> YOU FOUND THIS PICTURE FROM

1995? >> TRENTON: NO. THIS IS RECENT BUT WE HAVE SATELLITE IMAGES FROM GOOGLE.

>> I WAS ABOUT TO BE IMPRESSED THAT YOU FOUND IT SOMEHOW.

>> TRENTON: I'M REALLY GOOD AT WHAT I DO. [LAUGHTER] BETWEEN THIS AND THE COUNTY, COMPANY CALLED EAGLE EYE. THEY DO THE SATELLITE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA. WE GOT IMAGERY. 1995 FOR THE LOT. SHOWING THAT CARS WERE PARKED ON IT. THERE IS A CONTROL CULVERT CONSTRUCTED AT ONE POINT IN TIME. THIS WAS IN EXISTENCE SINCE LATE '80S WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN PERMISSION. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY.

>> MAYOR RENO: WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS. SO BEFORE YOU GET TOO DEEP IN YOUR QUESTIONS, OR THE COMMENTS, WE'LL LET THE SPEAKERS COME FORWARD. WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS AND ONE NONSPEAKER.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MARVIN CALHOUN.

>> HOW DID THIS COME TO LIGHT? >> THE APPLICANT --

>> MAY I SPEAK? >> MAYOR RENO: YES, YOU MAY.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: CAN WE ANSWER THIS REAL QUICK, MAYOR?

>> MAYOR RENO: PLEASE. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I WANT TO

KNOW HOW CAME UP. >> TRENTON: WE RECEIVED A

COMPLAINT. >> MAYOR RENO: YEAH. STARTED BY A COMPLAINT. KATHY ARMSTRONG. ARE YOU THE APPLICANT?

>> I'M SMIKE SPILLERS -- I'M MIKE SPILLERS. I'M THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER 51 NORTH 9TH STREET. PARKING LOT THAT IS IN YELLOW THERE. WE HAVE OWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS. MY DAD AND I HAVE. I HAVE ASKED KATHY TO COME ALONG TONIGHT. MY PUBLIC SPEAKING ABILITIES DON'T SEEM TO BE THE BEST AND I ASKED HER TO COME HELP ME AND I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO HER TO MAKE SOME SENSE OUT OF IT.

>> PERFECT. I'M NOT SO GOOD WITH THE POINTER THING. BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, HAND THIS OUT TO EACH ONE OF YOU IN CASE I SCREW THIS UP, WHICH IS HIGHLY LIKELY [INAUDIBLE] GRAB TWO MORE. DO YOU HAVE ONE YOU NEED ONE MORE?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> ONE MORE.

>> OKAY. I DID COUNT RIGHT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE LOOKED AT THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT DEALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO REALLY BRING UP RIGHT NOW IS FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE HEARD SO MUCH CONVERSATION ABOUT NEW PROJECTS RIGHT? NEW DEVELOPMENTS. NEW PEOPLE COMING IN. NEW ROADS, YOU KNOW, TAX ABATEMENTS. EVERYTHING IS NEW, RIGHT? SO I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE THAT THIS DEAL COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT ANYTHING NEW. IT'S ABOUT OLD MIDLOTHIAN. WHEN I MEAN "OLD" I MEAN I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE PAPERWORK WITH YOU. IT REALLY GOES BACK TO '85 AND '88. WE HAD TO DRAW POOR MR. OSBORNE UP HERE, WHO WAS THE MAYOR THEN TO HELP US OUT. IF WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BASICALLY WHAT IS GOING ON IS

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>> MAYOR RENO: KATHY? >> YES.

>> MAYOR RENO: DO ME A FAVOR. >> SURE.

>> MAYOR RENO: FIVE MINUTES. I WILL GIVE YOU A MINUTE MORNING.

IF YOU NEED MORE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

>> I CAN GET THERE. QUICKLY. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT A LOT HERE.

511 NORTH 9TH. THEY HAVE OWNED IT SINCE '85. MIKE AND JERRY SPILLERS. EVERYONE KNOWS WHO THEY ARE. THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOREVER, RIGHT? THERE WAS A HOUSE ON IT. WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THE LOT. THEY TORE IT DOWN. THE TENANTS, THE STRIP CENTER NEXT TO IT. THE BUILDING THERE. THAT IS 517 NORTH 9TH. THEY JOIN EACH OTHER. THERE IS A SIGN THERE.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT THERE IS THAT IT SUPPORTS A BUNCH OF TENANTS THERE. WE HAVE THREE MINORITY CHURCHES AND A DOUGHNUT HOUSE.

THEY ARE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT US TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE BUYERS ENGINEERING THERE AS WELL. SO THEY STARTED USING THIS LOT HERE AS THE OVERFLOW. RIGHT? THERE ARE PICTURES HERE MORE DESCRIPTIVE. THE CITY CAME TO THEM AND I GUESS SOMEWHERE AROUND '88. MR. ROSENTRADER WAS A GUY JERRY REMEMBERED COMING TO HIM. THEY SAID, "HEY, THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK." IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. THEY WORKED WITH THE CITY. FINE, WHAT DO YOU WANT IN? THEY SAID WE WANT A CULVERT ACROSS THE FRONT, GRAVEL AND ALL THIS STUFF. SO MIKE AND JERRY SAID FINE, GREAT. WE'LL DO IT. THEY HIRED BOB FOXX. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO HE IS. FOXX CONTRACTORS. HE PUT ALL OF THAT IN. TO THE TEXAS SPEC, AND THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING ON IT EVER SINCE. 35 YEARS. OKAY? IN DECEMBER, IN DECEMBER MIKE GETS A NOTICE IN THE MAIL HE IS IN VIOLATION FOR PEOPLE PARKING ON IT. SEE IF I CAN GET IT TO THE -- YEAH. WELL. SHE IS

GOING TO PULL IT UP. >> DON'T WORRY. YOUR CLOCK IS

STOPPED. >> I WAS FIXING TO ASK FOR THAT THANK YOU. IT'S A PDF. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I CAN WORK IT NOW. OKAY. SO HERE IT IS. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. RIGHT? STRIP CENTER ACROSS THE FRONT. CARS PARKING ALONG THE SIDE HERE. SIGNAGE HERE TO SHOW WHAT IT IS.

CULVERT THEY PUT IN, IN 1988. SINCE WE TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING HERE I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THEY GOT AN ALLEY GOING IN THE BACK. HERE IS A PROPERTY LINE RIGHT HERE. THE CITY DOESN'T EVEN REALLY HAVE AN ALLEY THERE THEY ARE HAVING TO COME IN ON MIKE AND JERRY'S PROPERTY TO GAIN ACCESS. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTIES IN THE MARKET AREA. WE COVERED IT.

RIGHT? IT'S 40 YEARS OLD. WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PROPERTIES IN THIS AREA? ARE THEY LIKE THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS? DO THEY HAVE CONCRETE? WHAT DO THEY HAVE? LET'S LOOK AT THEM. I'M GOING TO BRING ALL THIS HOME. IF I CAN GET THIS THING TO WORK. [LAUGHTER] OKAY, THIS CHURCH IS RIGHT BEHIND THE STRIP CENTER. IT'S NOT FIVE MILES DOWN THE ROAD. RIGHT BEHIND IT. THEY HAVE A GRASS, A PARKING LOT THERE. VISITOR PARKING SIGN.

>> MAYOR RENO: KATHY? >> YES.

>> MAYOR RENO: IF YOU DON'T MIND, TRUST ME. DO Y'ALL HAVE

ANY QUESTIONS? >> I'LL PROBABLY BUY YOU DRINKS

LATER. I'LL MEET YOU. >> WE'LL LET YOU GO IF YOU WANT TO GO. I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE --

>> I MADE THIS PERFECT SLIDE HERE.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I DON'T SEE WHY WE NEED TO BE MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO, YOU WILL ALLOW IT, UNLESS THERE IS ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS? THAT WE ALLOW A

PROPERTY TO STAY HOW IT'S BEEN. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

>> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

>> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> MAYOR RENO: SECOND. PLEASE

VOTE. 5-0. >> THANK Y'ALL.

>> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: YOU SEE

HOW MUCH TIME IT SAVED YOU? >> I WAS WORRIED I'D HAVE TO RIDE HOME WITH HIM. [LAUGHTER] PUTTING IT ALL IN. THANK Y'ALL

[LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR RENO: I MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE LATER. WHO KNOWS? ITEM 2021-208, REVIEW AND DISCUSSION

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>> IT'S 207. >> DO WE WANT TO DO THE

STRATEGIC PLAN FIRST? >> MAYOR RENO: WE DO. THANK YOU. WE'LL BACK UP. ITEM 2021-207, CONSIDER AND ACT

[2021-207]

>> REMINDER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS THE FIRST SHOT OUT OF THE GATE. IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PLAN. SO IT'S A LONG-TERM PLAN THAT WE USED FOR ESTIMATES FOR THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. PERSONNEL. OUR EXPENDITURE NEEDS WE'LL NEED.

IT DOESN'T AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF ANY FUNDS. WE ASK STAFF TO GO THROUGH IN EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. AND LOOK AT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WE GENERALLY DO NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING UNDER $5,000. SO IT IS YOUR LARGER ITEMS. YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION. AGAIN, WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTUAL BUDGET. WHICH WILL BE LATER IN THE YEAR. WE ACTUALLY WILL START THE COUNCIL MEETINGS IN JULY. THEN WE WILL COME BACK AND PROPOSE A BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. SO IT IS A PRELIMINARY PLANNING DOCUMENT. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING TO UNDERSTAND. YOU WILL SEE THERE IS AN OVERALL FOR ALL FUNDS. GENERAL FUND BROKEN DOWN WITH THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. THE EXPENDITURES ARE BY DEPARTMENT. THERE IS A DETAIL. AN EXAMPLE OF SOME ITEMS. IF YOU LOOK ON THE FIRST DETAIL PAGE, YOU WILL SEE UNDER DEPARTMENT 12 ALONE THERE IS $394,000 THAT ARE PLACEHOLDERS FOR THE CITY HALL. THAT IF BOND PASSES THOSE ITEMS WOULD NOT BE NEEDED. BUT WE HAVE TO PLAN JUST IN CASE. SO THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DETAIL IN HERE.

ALSO WE HAVE AN IT. SEVERAL ONGOING PROGRAMS, REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION OF THE STORAGE. AS WE GROW. WE HAVE MORE FILES THAT WE ARE HAVING TO KEEP. SOME OF THOSE ARE VERY LARGE. THEN YOU GO BACK TO THAT IS YOUR CAPITAL THE LAST THING INSIDE YOUR GENERAL FUND IS YOUR PERSONNEL. I'LL BE GLAD TO -- I'LL GO THROUGH SUMMARY THINGS BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO COME BACK TO THESE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE. THE UTILITY FUND SECTION SET UP THE SAME WAY. YOU HAVE YOUR FIVE-YEAR MULTIYEAR FINANCIAL DATA. THEN BEHIND THAT YOU HAVE IT BY DEPARTMENT. AND YOU HAVE IT BY THE EXPENDITURE LINE ITEM. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THAT.

CAPITAL COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER. THOSE ARE ONGOING. THOSE ARE THE GOOD SIZE DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. THEN WE HAVE POTENTIAL PLAN EXPANSIONS THAT WILL BE GOING FORWARD. YOU WILL BE GETTING YOUR WATER AND THE WASTEWATER RATE STUDY SOON. THOSE ARE PROGRAMMED IN TO THAT PROGRAM. I'LL POINT OUT THAT I NOTICE IT RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME IN BUT THE TOTALS ARE CORRECT ON THE UTILITY FUND CAPITAL AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL BY DEPARTMENT.

TOTAL PAGE. THAT LAST LINE FOR THE GAC FILTERS DOES NOT FIT ACROSS BUT THE TOTALS ARE CORRECT. THERE ARE NO ERRORS IN THE ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING USED. AND THEN AT THE VERY LAST OF THE PACKET, VERY SMALL FUNDS. YOU HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER. YOU HAVE THE CONFERENCE CENTER. THE SENIOR CENTER, I BELIEVE, THERE IS A VEHICLE THAT IS REQUESTED IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS. THEN THE CONFERENCE CENTER, THERE IS JUST SOME MAINTENANCE FOR AN HVAC --N HVAC UNIT WE HAVE TO REPLACEMENT

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CHARGES FOR THE SERVICES RUNS FROM THE AMBULANCE FEES TO CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION FEES. ALL OF THOSE WE HAVE USED THE 4% PER YEAR INCREASE. COURT FINDS OF THE 3%. THEN GENERAL OTHER REVENUES ARE AT 5%. AT THIS POINT WE ARE CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS ON THE PROPERTY TAX.

THE LARGEST VALUE. WE DON'T GET THE CERTIFIED VALUE UNTIL JULY 25, WELL IN THE BUDGET YEAR. BUT WE'LL GET PRELIMINARY AMOUNTS, OR ESTIMATES WE WILL BEGIN TO WORK OFF OF. WE WILL CHANGE BASED ON WHAT THOSE ACTUALLY COME IN AT. IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO SEE THE SALES TAX TRENDS. AND THE IMPACTS OF COVID. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT. WE ALSO HAD A PRIOR ONE-TIME SALES TAX REVENUE ADJUSTMENT FOR GOOGLE. SO WE DON'T WANT TO, WE LOOK AT THOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT COUNTING ON SOMETHING WE MAY NOT GET IN A FUTURE YEAR. WE ARE CONSERVATIVE. JUST OVERALL NOT ABOVE 6%. WE HAVE A LARGE INCREASE OVER ADOPTED IN THE FY21-22 FOR THE LICENSE AND PERMIT. 32% OF THE $400,000 INCREASE. WE PARED IT DOWN LT YEAR. REVENUES ARE HOLDING STEADY. THERE IS NOT A CONCERN THERE RIGHT NOW. I'LL POINT OUT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ASKED THIS IN THE PRIOR YEARS. WE DO -- WELL, I GUESS I SHOULD GO THROUGH THE EXPENDITURES AS WELL BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT WE BUDGETED BY THE END OF TIS FISCAL YEAR 2021 THAT WE WOULD HAVE A -- END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 WE'D HAVE $5 MILLION AND WE BUDGETED TO DRAW DOWN THE FUND BALANCE BY $700,000. THAT REPRESENTED 1878 DAYS OF THE FUND BALANCE. THAT WAS BASED ON THE $104,000 EXPEND PER DAY. SO IF ANYONE WONDERS HOW THAT IS

CALCULATED. >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: SORRY AFTER YOUR PARED IT DOWN IS 187 DAYS AFTER YOU DRAW IT DOWN?

>> WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR LAST YEAR. WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A FUND BALANCE AT ANY ONE GIVEN POINT IN THE YEAR BECAUSE IT FLUCTUATES. THERE IS ACCRUALS AND THINGS. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR. WHEN YOU ARE SEEING IN THIS DOCUMENTED, OF THE DRAW DOWN OF EXPENDITURES OR EXCESS OF THE REVENUES, WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THAT. WHEN YOU SEE THIS CURRENT YEAR NUMBER THAT WE ARE IN. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, OUR INITIAL REQUESTS WERE $8.7 MILLION FROM DEPARTMENTS. REPRESENTED $5.7 MILLION IN THIS PLAN. THAT REDUCED -- WE REDUCED THE ACTUAL REQUEST DOWN ALMOST $3 MILLION. SO THAT WAS -- WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. WE DO SOME VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR THE STREET REHAB. YOU HAVE SEEN THAT EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE FIRE AND POLICE. NEED CENTER AND IT I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS EARLIER. WE ALSO HAVE CRITICAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMING UP. CITYWIDE COMPENSATION STUDY WE DO EVERY FIVE YEARS. THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE VETERINARIAN SERVICES ENHANCEMENTS REQUESTS IN HERE.

WE HAVE LITTER CLEAN-UP AND BEAUTIFICATION. WE ALSO HAVE

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IN SUMMARY ON THE PERSONNEL, THIS IS ALL GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE 71 NEW POSITIONS REQUESTED OVER THE FIVE YEARS TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH. NOT ALL THE FIRST YEAR. 12 NEW POSITIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-22, PRIMARILY IN THE POLICE AND FIRE. WE HAVE THREE NEW POSITIONS IN FIRE AND THREE NEW POSITIONS IN POLICE. PLUS TWO RECLASSES OF THE EXISTING PART-TIME POSITIONS. IF YOU WILL RECALL, OUR WHOLE BUDGET LAST YEAR WE ONLY ADDED ONE SRO SO WE ARE FALLING BEHIND IN SEVERAL OF THE AREAS. AND KEEPING STAFFING UP.

>> MAYOR RENO: OPEN THIS CITYWIDE?

>> I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THAT I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER. THEY GO ACROSS THE FUNDS. WE HAVE SOME IN THE UTILITY FUNDS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND. ANYBODY KNOW HOW MANY?

>> COUNCILMAN HARTSON: DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WILL BE SRO

POSITIONS? >> DO YOU HAVE ONE? JUST ONE.

>> COUNCILMAN HARTSON: OVER THE NEXT YEAR?

>> YEAH. THAT IS NEXT YEAR'S. I BELIEVE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE, I BELIEVE, THERE INVESTIGATORS. TWO INVESTIGATORS INCLUDED IN THERE RIGHT NOW.

>> DO THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS REFLECT US STAYING UNDER THE 3.5% THAT THE STATE GRACIOUSLY SUFFOCATED US WITH?

>> WELL, WE ARE HOPEFUL WITH THE INCREASED VALUE BUT WE DON'T KNOW. I WILL SAY THE FURTHER YOU GO OUT IN THE PLAN THE LESS ACCURATE IT WILL BE. SO I FEEL MORE CONFIDENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN THE NEXT YEAR. BUT EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, IF ANYTHING CHANGES, GROWTH, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY DRIES UP ALL OF A SUDDEN. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE PERMITS AND THE PLAN REVIEWS. THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD AS MANY

THINGS. >> THE COURT POINTS OUT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND THERE ARE DEFICITS EVERY YEAR. SO ALL OF

THIS LIKELY CANNOT BE FUNDED. >> RIGHT.

>> WHEN WE GET IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THERE WILL PROBABLY BE MORE PAINFUL CUTS. YOU MENTIONED THE 3.5%. THAT WILL WEIGH IN TO THIS. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT. THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IS A PLANNING TOOL TO SEE WHAT WE THINK WE NEED. WE KNOW THE REALITY IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THAT WE WILL BE BEHIND. 3.5%

HELPS TO PUT US FURTHER BEHIND. >> MAYOR RENO: PARDON THIS QUESTION, BUT RIGHT NOW HOW DO YOU PROJECT YEAR-END BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSES? ARE WE ON TRACK TO DO WHAT YOU BUDGETED OR

WHAT? HOW ARE WE DOING? >> WE THINK WE ARE. WE LOOK AT IT. WE ARE ON TRACK. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE WILL SEE THE EXCESS IN THE REVENUE OR THE AMOUNT OF THE SAVINGS AND THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST. WE ARE A LOT TIGHTER TO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR A LOT OF IS IT WE DIDN'T ADD ANY NEW PERSONNEL. ANNE MENTIONED WE HAD ONE SRO. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD THE VACANCIES FROM THE EMPLOYEES' STANDPOINT. SO IT WILL BE TIGHTER TO THE EXPENDITURES THAN WE

TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN. >> MAYOR RENO: WOULD YOU SAY ADDRESSING EMPLOYMENT NEEDS WILL BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN THE

NEXT GO-AROUND? >> EMPLOYMENT NEEDS?

>> MAYOR RENO: YEAH. >> WE ARE -- GOING A YEAR WITHOUT AND STILL SEEING THE GROWTH OF THE POPULATION THAT WE ARE. WE WILL BE. WE WILL BE PLAYING CATCH-UP.

>> STAFFING IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM ALWAYS.

>> IT'S PARTICULARLY TROUBLESOME THIS YEAR AS WE GO IN TO THE UTILITY FUND DISCUSSION. WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE FILLING THE MAINTENANCE WORMER POSITIONS. IT'S -- MAINTENANCE WORKER POSITION. IT'S THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL BUT THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE POSITIONS THAT YOU SEE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT IS A PLUMBER CAN MAKE A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN THEY CAN WORKING FOR US. I HATE TO ADMIT. BUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS ECONOMY. BUT AS THE ECONOMY GOES DOWN WE OFFER SECURITY THAT WORKING FOR YOURSELF OR WORKING FOR SOMEONE DOES NOT. SO, IT'S RATHER CYCLICAL. BUT WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW OPENINGS RIGHT NOW. IT'S MOSTLY THE LABOR CATEGORIES THAT WE ARE HAVING THAT PROBLEM. JUST REAL QUICKLY ON THE UTILITY FUND BECAUSE IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND. THE REVENUES

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AFTER THAT AS THE REVENUE IS VOLATILE BASED ON THE SEASONAL FACTORS. CHRIS AND I BOTH EVERY YEAR WONDER WHAT WE WILL SAY ABOUT THE REVENUES BECAUSE IT'S VERY HARD TO PREDICT THEM. HOW MUCH RAIN YOU GET OR DON'T GET HAS A BIG SWING IMPACT ON IT.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN UTILITY FUND, WE HAVE OVER $58 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL EXPENSES I MENTION EARLIER WE HAVE THE PLAN EXPANSIONS. WE HAVE IMPROVEMENT TO PROCESSES. LINES THAT NEED REPAIR. CAPITAL IS ALMOST OVERWHELMING. NIBBLE MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS WE WILL HAVE TO SELL BONDS TO COVER SOME OF THOSE EXPENDED. WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BUDGET SO WE CAN PROBABLY CASH SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YEAR WE LAST ISSUED THE BONDS FOR FUNDS?

>> THE LAST UTILITY FUND BOND ISSUE IS 2008. WHERE WE BILL THE -- OR WE BUILT TREATMENT PLANT -- AUGER TREATMENT PLANT.

REVENUE BONDS ARE NOT TRADITIONALLY VOTING. WE ARE NOT A BOND REFERENDUM. BECAUSE THESE ARE UTILITY RELATED THEY

DON'T HAVE TO BE VOTED. >> THEY ARE PAID BY THE FEES

THAT ARE PAID. >> WILL IT COME BEFORE COUNCIL?

>> YES. IT COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

>> THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE A 3.5% RULE FOR UTILITY FUND?

>> NOT YET. >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: DON'T MAKE

IT TOO LOUD. >> SAY IT QUIETLY.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: ON THAT TOPIC. I WOULD ASSUME MOST CITIES TIGHTENED THE BELT IN 2020 AS WE DID WITH COVID AND ALL THAT WAS GOING ON. BUT STATE STILL -- ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY LEGISLATION FOR THE STATE TO FREE THAT UP FOR A ONE-YEAR EXCEPTION KIND OF THING TO PLAY CATCH-UP?

>> TIGHTENING. THERE IS LEGISLATION THAT IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO CLOSE SOME OF THE LOOPHOLES IN THE, AS RELATED TO THE DISASTER DECLARATION IN THE 3.5% CAP. THEY TRIED TO TIGHTEN IT. NOT FROM PERCENTAGESTANDPOINT TO INCREASE ABOVE 3.5 FOR THE DISASTERS. THEY WERE NOT INTENDING THERE WOULD BE A DISASTER LIKE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE GO OVER THE 3.5 VIA THE PANDEMIC. TRYING TO CLOSE THAT.

>> THEN WE ALSO IN THE UTILITY FUND HAVE $1.1 MILLION IN THE PERSONNEL COSTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS PROPOSED. THE BIGGER WE MAKE THE PLANTS THE MORE STAFF WE HAVE TO HAVE. WE HAVE LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR CAPITAL AND DISTRIBUTION COLLECTION. WE NEED NEW DEIMENT. WE NEED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER PLANTS WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS AND THE STUDIES AND ENGINEERING THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE DONE. IT'S NOT A SHORT LIST. I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PLAN AS IT

SITS RIGHT NOW. >> MAYOR RENO: I THINK NOT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MOTION OR -- I'LL MAKE A

MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES 5-0. >> THANKS, ANNE.

[2021-208]

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR RENO: TRY AGAIN.

ITEM 2021-208, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PHASE 1 CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TRANSITION PLAN AND DIRECT STAFF AS NECESSARY. ANNE?

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF YOU WILL RECALL I CAME TO COUNCIL MARCH LAST YEAR. RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME COVID WAS STARTS. YOU APPROVED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KEMLY HORN FOR ASSISTANCE OF THE SELF-EVALUATION OF THE PHASE ONE TRANSITION PLAN FOR THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT." WE HAVE A POWER POINT. AND WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. I WANT TOO BRING THIS BEFORE WE BRING THE PLAN TO

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AND PATHWAYS AND ESTIMATES TO CORRECT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

NOTE, IF THE BOND REFERENDUM -- HERE I GO WITH THE BOND AGAIN.

IF THE BOND REFERENDUMS ARE APPROVED FOR THE CITY HALL AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY SOME OF THE ISSUES WILL BE CORRECTED WE WON'T HAVE TO, BECAUSE AS YOU BUILD A NEW FACILITY, YOU BUILD IT TO THE ADA REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME. WE ALL WANT TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR DISABLED CITIZENS. SO, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. THE FUTURE PHASES WE HOPE TO INCLUDE CITIZENS GROUP. SO ALSO IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE HANDICAPPED OR WHO WORK WITH A GROUP THAT HAS A CERTAIN DISABILITY, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO THE CITIZENS TO HELP WITH THAT. BECAUSE IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO EVALUATE THE ACCESSIBILITY AND THE PATHWAYS THAT IT IS FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T HAVE THOSE CHALLENGES. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN AND LET HIM DO THE PRESENTATION.

>> THANKS, ANNE. MAYOR. >> MAYOR RENO: PRODUCE YOURSELF

AND WHO YOU ARE WITH. >> YES, SIR. BRIAN SHAMBERG.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS. MAYOR AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE BEEN EVERYONE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE BEEN BUSY WRAPPING UP THE EVALUATIONS AND THE DEVELOPING THE DRAFT PLAN. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WILL INCLUDE TONIGHT. WE WILL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ADA AND WHY WE ARE EVEN, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DISCUSS. AND THE REQUIREMENTS.

BUT ALSO THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE DID. THE EVALUATION FINDINGS.

AND REALLY HOW SOME OF THE COSTS LIKE ANNE MENTIONED AND WHERE WE WILL GO AND THE NEXT STEPS POTENTIALLY. SO THE ADA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1990. THERE HAS BEEN A LAW ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE THEN BUT IN 1990, THE ADA WAS ESTABLISHED AS A CIVIL RIGHTS LAW. SO IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS THAT ALL THE PROGRAMS AND THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY OFFER NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND ABLE TO USE BY ALL CITIZENS OF ALL DIFFERENT ABILITIES. SPECIFICALLY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. THERE IS SOME RISK IN FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ADA. IT CAN RESULT, WE ARE DOING THIS TO HELP MINIMIZE YOUR RISK. WITHOUT A PLAN IN PLACE YOU COULD RISK NOT HAVING THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING. THERE SIN CREASED LITIGATION THAT IS OUT THERE. WE DON'T WANT THE DEPARTMENT JUSTICE BREATHING DOWN YOUR NECK. SO DEVELOPING THIS PLAN IS YOUR BEST WAY TO AVOID THOSE KIND OF THE, THAT TYPE OF THE INFLUENCE OR EVERYONE PRIVATE LITIGATION. DRIVE-BY LAWSUITS HAPPENING NOWADAYS. MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE PROVIDE IS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITIZENS AND CITIZENS WITH THE DISABILITIES AND VISITORS. PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO YOUR CITY AND AS THEY COME THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND USE FACILITIES.

WHEN THEY CAN'T IT BECOMES A PROBLEM. SO THERE ARE FIVE TITLES OF THE ADA. I'M ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON ONE. TITLE I TALKS ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT SIDE TITLE II YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. TITLE THREE IIS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY. WE WILL FOCUS ON YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A TITLE II AGENCY. THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS. WE TALK ABOUT THE EVALUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED. BARRIERS WE IDENTIFIED. THERE IS AN OVERALL PLAN. YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

THAT IS WHAT THEY CALL THE ADA COORDINATOR. ANNE SERVES AS

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ANYONE TALKS ABOUT WHO DO I TALK TO AT THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN? I WILL GO TO THE WEBSITE. YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS. YOU HAVE VIDEOS AND THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THEY NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE.

PEOPLE WITH THE DIFFERENT DISABILITIES WHETHER THEY NEED A SCREEN READER OR IF YOU ARE AT A PUBLIC MEETING AND YOU NEED SOMETHING PROVIDED AND SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHAT ARE THE POLICIES AND THE PROCEDURES DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO PRESIDE THOSE SERVICES TO SOMEONE IF THEY ATTEND ONE OF THE MEETINGS WE SUMMARIZE THIS. AND NOW STAFF UNDERSTANDS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE DOCUMENTS AND POLICIES AND THE PROCEDURES ARE ACCESSIBLE. THE INVENTORY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE SUMMARIZE. YOU HAVE 12 BUILDINGS AND THE 14 PARKS. SIDEWALKS AND THE TRAILS AND BRIDGES ON THOSE LOCATIONS.

THEN, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THAT INCLUDES TRAFFIC SIGNALS. FROM THE SIDEWALKS YOU HAVE OVER, ALMOST, OVER 150 MILES OF THE SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES. MOBILITY FOR ALL. PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE SURE IF THEY TRY TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE ARE THEY BARRIERS WHERE MAYBE THERE IS NOT A CURB RAMP. WE DOCUMENT ALL THESE THINGS AND SUMMARIZE IT AND WE DID EVALUATION OF THE HIGHER PRIORITY AREAS. SO HERE IS A SUMMARY. ALL OF THAT NOW IS IN GIS. THIS IS YOUR DATA BASE. THE STAFF HAS THIS AS A RESOURCE TO NOT ONLY USE IT FOR THIS PLANNING BUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT. MAYBE WHERE GAPS IN THE SYSTEM ARE, WHERE ARE WE MISSING SIDEWALKS? SO YOU KNOW THAT AS WELL. WE HAVEM EXAMINED THE PARKS AND THE BUILDINGS AND NOW WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE IDENTIFIED. THE CITY HALL, I MENTIONED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS PRIORITIES. PARKING. PATH OF TRAVEL. BEING ABLE TO GET IN A FACILITY. ENTRANCE. ACCESS TO THE GOODS AND SERVICES. THEN BATHROOM AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND DIFFERENT THINGS INSIDE. THEY DON'T CARE IF THE BATHROOMS ARE ACCESSIBLE IF THEY CAN'T PARK, RIGHT? THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. WE START LOOKING AT THE AREA. SO AT CITY HALL, OUTSIDE, THERE IS A RAMP IN THE ACCESS AISLE. THAT ACCESS AISLE NEEDS TO BE CLEAR. SO THERE IS AN EASIER FIX. THE RAMP NEEDS TO BE ON THE SIDEWALK AREA. SAME WITH THE TRANSACTION COUNTER THERE. THERE IS A HEIGHT REQUIREMENT. IT CAN'T BE HIGHER THAN 36 INCHES. THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A MODIFICATION

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YOU DON'T HAVE A REQUEST FROM AN EMPLOYEE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CHANGE AND PHYSICALLY RELOCATE THE NEED TO A LOWER LEVEL. ALSO, IF THE BOND PASSES AND THE NEW BUILDINGS BECOMES A NONISSUE. YOU WON'T INVEST A LOT OF DOLLARS TO DO THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FACILITY. AT RIDGEVIEW PARK, WE NOTICE THE PARKING, IT'S THE SURFACES THAT NEEDS TO BE FIRM, STABLE AND SLIP RESISTANT. GRAVEL IS NOT ACCEPTABLE SERVICE MATERIAL. IF YOU HAVE GAZEBOS, GRASS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE USE FOR A PATHWAY.

IT NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF A TREATED SURFACE OR A PAVED PATH TO DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE PARK. LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE PARKWAY. WE LOOK AT THE CURB RAMPS. WE WERE GOING TO SHOW YOU COMPLIANT AND THE NONCOMPLIANT CONDITIONS. THERE ARE EXAMPLES THAT YOU HAVE THE BRAND NEW FACILITY. GREAT CONSTRUCTION WORK. MEETS ALL THE STANDARDS. THEN THERE ARE AREAS THERE ARE SLOPE ISSUES AT THE TOP. IT NEEDS TO BE 2% IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR TURNING. IF YOU WERE IN A WHEELCHAIR. SAME THING ACCESS TO THE PUSH BUTTONS AT AN INTERSECTION. THERE ARE REACH REQUIREMENTS AN LEVEL SLOPE REQUIREMENTS THAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PUSH THAT, THEY NEED AN ACCEPTABLE PATH AND A PLACE TO DO THAT. THERE ARE AREAS WHEN YOU HAVE THE GAPS OR THE POLES ARE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL PATH, THAT IS A NONCOMPLIANT CONDITION. SIDEWALKS. WE LOOK TO THE 1.2 MILES OF THE SIDEWALKS ALONG AVENUE "E" AND "F." THE FIRST, SECOND AND 8TH STREET. SO WE LOOK AT THE HIGH PRIORITY AREAS. WE HAVE FOOD TRAFFIC. WE IDENTIFY CHALLENGES ALONG THERE. YOU EXPECT THIS. YOU SEE IT WITH THE BRAKE PAVERS IN THE AREA WHERE THEY SETTLE AND IT POPS UP AND IT'S A TRIPPING HAZARD. OR WATER WILL POND THERE. VEGETATION SOMETIMES EXTENDS TO THE ROUTE. THAT IS A VIOLATION. IT'S AN EASY FIX.

YOU CAN TRIM BACK THE BUSH AND YOU WILL HAVE A 36-INCH PATH OF THE TRAVEL. ALONG THE SIDEWALK CORRIDOR. BACK TO CURB RAMP.

YOU WANT A SMOOTH TRANSITION. YOU CAN GET SEVERELY INJURED IF YOU'RE IN, IF YOU CAN'T SEE. OR IF YOU HAVE WHEELCHAIR AND YOU COME UP AGAINST A ROAD AND A CURB RAMP AND THEN THERE IS A LEVEL CHANGE THERE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AND EVEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TYPE OF THE NONCOMPLIANT CONDITIONS. WE WANT TO POINT THESE THINGS OUT AND IDENTIFY THEM TO BE FIXED. ALL THE THINGS WE EVALUATED AND IDENTIFIED. WE HAVE A LIST OF THE BARRIERS THAT WE SUMMARIZE IN THE TRANSITION PLAN AND DOCUMENT. YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AT. WE PRIORITIZED IT BASED ON WHETHER THEY ARE THE EXISTING COMPLAINTS. IF YOU ARE ALREADY ON RECORD AND SOME ONE FILED A GRIEVANCE OR COMPLAINT THAT IS SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON FIRST.

BUT ALSO SEVERITY OF THE NONCOMPLIANCE IS USED ON A FREQUENT BASIS? MAYBE YOU HAVE IT'S ALREADY PROGRAMMED WITH THE EXISTING FUNDING SO MAYBE IT WOULD INFLUENCE HOW QUICK WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED OR IMPROVED. WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT BARRIERS AND WE PRIORITIZE THOSE BY THE FACILITY TYPE. WE DEVELOP COST WE PRIORITIZED THEM. FACILITIES THAT WE LOOKED AT. I MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THOSE WAS, YOU KNOW, $500,000. $250,000 OR $300,000 OF THAT IS LET'S POTENTIALLY PUT IN THE ELEVATOR. THAT MAY GO AWAY. NEW CONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW FACILITY, UP NEXT.

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NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS AND YOU START TO DEVELOP THE PLAN. THIS IS A PLAN EXTENDED. IT'S JUST REASONABLE BASED ON THE RESOURCES. THAT CAN BE FIVE, TEN, 20 YEARS. YOU WILL AGAIN, LIKE ANY OTHER PLAN, YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT.

MAYBE YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES. YOU WILL ADD TO THIS. THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. THESE IS THE AREA, THE HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES ARE THINGS YOU WANT TO START OFF WITH FIRST AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO DO THAT AND AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE. THOSE ARE THE NEXT STEPS. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS OR WHATEVER TIME FRAME YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE TO EVALUATE SOME FACILITIES AND THE HIGH PRIORITY LOCATIONS AND INTEGRADE THIS WITH THE OTHER PLANNING ACTIVITIES. THE CIP, AND THEN TO DEVELOP A TRACKING SYSTEM TO HOW WELL YOU ARE DOING. IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU CAN SAY I HAVE A PLAN. HERE IS MY PLAN. WITHOUT YOUR PLAN, THAT IS WHEN IT'S A PROBLEM TO DEFEND WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU HAVEN'T MADE IT PART OF THE BUSINESS. BUT YOU HAVE. THINK ABOUT IT DOING THE NEW PROJECTS AND THINKING ABOUT THE WHETHER A PARK MASTER PLAN OR BUILDING PROGRAM. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND HOW TO IMPROVE WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO AND WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCT AND WHAT YOU HAVE. IT ESTABLISHES SOMEWHAT OF A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND A PLAN TO BUILD AND IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY FOR EVERYONE. AND THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME

OR ANNE? >> MAYOR RENO: ARE THERE FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES TO HELP PAY FOR THIS?

>> SOME PEOPLE CALL IT AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS. THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THROUGH THE STATE, MAYBE IT'S TXDOT. THEY HAVE SOME SAFETY DOLLARS. THEY HAVE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. THERE ARE FUNDING FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. EVEN EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS THINGS FOR PROGRAMS THINGS THAT DON'T REQUIRE IMPROVEMENTS BUT HOW WILL YOU HANDLE SOME THINGS.

YOU HAVE TO BE CREATIVE ON HOW YOU APPLY FOR THAT. THE STATE HAS SOME DOLLARS TO APPLY FOR. AND USE TOWARD ALL THE DOLLARS, THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ADA IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S STATE AND

FEDERAL DOLLARS. >> MAYOR RENO: ANY PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE MOTIVATED TO HELP?

>> IT DEPENDS. WE HAVE SEEN THERE ARE -- YOU CAN PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL AGENCIES. NOW, WHEN AREAS ARE REDEVELOPED, AND YOU HAVE ADJACENT FRONTAGE THAT WE HAVE THE NONCOMPLIANCE CONDITIONS. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE THINGS TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS. THEY COULD CREATE PARTNERSHIP WITH

THE AGENCIES. >> WE DEALT WITH ONE. A PARKING

LOT. >> ANNE DO WE HAVE -- HOW OFTEN DO WE GET COMPLAINTS FOR ADA ACCESSIBILITY?

>> WELL, SINCE I HAVE BEEN DOING IT, I HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR SOMEONE COMPLAIN BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE -- OUR VIDEOS WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE CLOSED CAPTIONING. BUT WE DID ADD THAT. WE HAVE PROGRAMMED -- IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT. BUT WE HAVE PROGRAMMED ABOUT $50,000 A YEAR FOR THIS ALREADY. IN TO THE BUDGET. WE STARTED THAT LAST YEAR. LIKE SAID THE CLOSED CAPTION WAS ANOTHER $13,000 OR SO AND WE ADDED THAT BUT IT IS SOMETHING AS WE GO FORWARD -- AND I DIDN'T MENTION EARLIER THAT WE HAVE A COMMITTEE OF ALL THE DIRECTORS. YOU MIGHT ASK WHY DID WE PICK RIDGEVIEW

BECAUSE IT'S THE WORST PARK. >> WE HAVE PLAY EQUIPMENT TO ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES.

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>> BUT THE IF THEY CAN'T GET TO IT --

>> I GOT THAT COMPLAINT IN AN E-MAIL.

>> BUT WE HAVE AN ADA PAGE ON THE WEBSITE. I'M IDENTIFIED AS THE ADA COORDINATOR AND WE HAVE A GRIEVANCE FORM WE HAVE SET I.

I DIDN'T GET FORMAL GRIEVANCES EXCEPT FOR THE ONE E-MAIL ABOUT

THE CLOSED CAPTIONING. >> WE HAVE HAD SOME IN THE PAST ON CERTAIN SIDEWALKS. THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO REPAIR THEM.

>> ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO THE STATE FOR LIMITING OUR 3.5%.

TRUTHFULLY IT MAKES ADDRESSING THE ISSUES, IT DRAWS THEM OUT TO A LONGER TIME FRAME UNLESS ALTERNATIVE FUNDING CAME AROUND WHICH MAKES ME THINK THAT POTENTIALLY THIS MIGHT BE A 4B ISSUE TO TACKLE THESE THINGS. THEY WERE MOTIVATED FOR THE INCLUSIVE PLAY EQUIPMENT FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

>> I HAVE ALREADY THOUGHT OF THAT. WE DEFINITELY DO NEED FUNDING. I WILL SAY I HAVE HAD INFORMAL, NO FORMAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE PARKING HERE. BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT RAMP SITS RIGHT IN THAT AREA WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO PUT YOUR WHEELCHAIR OR WALKER OR WHATEVER.

>> I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. I DO THINK WE SHOULD POTENTIAL HOLD OFFSETTING PRIORITIES UNTIL AFTER THE MAY 1 BONDS. NOW HOPEFULLY THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEY POTENTIALLY WILL HAVE TO GO IN THE FACILITIES AND IT COULD

IMPACT THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR IT TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION. BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AFTER MAY 4.

>> YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: IT'S WORTH

SHOWING AND DOING SOMETHING. >> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR RENO: OKAY.

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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL. SO, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO OCTOBER 13, THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOUR ATTENTION. WE TALKED ABOUT RESTRIPING AND GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT PUSHING SOME OF THE PARKING AREAS THAT ARE RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTIONS BACK. WE HAD KINLEY HORN LOOK AT THAT. SORRY, THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.

ENHANCED SAFETY AT 8TH AND AVENUE F. THERE IS OPTIONS THERE. BEACON STANDARD STOP SIGN AND A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WHAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO DO IS GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHEN WE RESTRIPE THIS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION, THESE ARE THE KEY INTERSECTIONS. IF YOU PULL UP THERE, YOU CAN'T SEE. AND LATELY, IT'S EVERYONE BOTH DIRECTIONS. SO YOU PULL UP TO THE INTERSECTION. FOR THE MOST PART YOU COULD ALWAYS NOT SEE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC. BUT RECENTLY, I MEAN BE THE PARKING AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKING HERE YOU CAN'T SEE EITHER WAY. SO YOUR ARE GETTING YOUR NOSE OUT THERE QUITE A BIT. IN DOING THIS, IF YOU NOTICE, WE HAVE 55 -- WE HAVE 55 SPOTS NOW. TAKING THIS DOWN TO WHERE WE WOULD SEE AND INCREASE VISIBILITY. THAT WOULD TAKE IT DOWN TO 40 SPOTS. SO REDUCING THAT AREA, THIS AREA ALONG 8TH BY THE 15 PARKING AREAS. WE ARE ALSO CHANGING THAT ANGLE OF THE PARKING FROM THE 60 DEGREE TO THE 45-DEGREE TO MAKE THAT BACKING UP EASIER. SO, WE SAID, WELL, I DON'T REALLY WANT, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. SO WHAT WE DID, WE LOOK AT THE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON THIS IS IN MANSFIELD. THIS IS A LARGE ROAD. A WIDE ROAD. I DON'T KNOW IF OURS WOULD COST THIS MUCH. BUT IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE. THIS IS $150,000.

THAT IS PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED. YOU GO UP AND YOU HIT THE BUTTON. THEN LIGHTS ACTIVATE. ALERTING THE TRAFFIC THAT SOMEBODY IS THERE. SO WHAT WE LOOK AT. I BROUGHT THIS UP THE LAST TIME. WE HAVE HAD THIS SEVERAL TIMES. BLINKING FOUR-WAY STOP. THIS WOULD BE AT AVENUEF AND 8. IT WOULD BE STOP AND GO. WE LOOK AT THE STOP SIGNS BUT THE WAY THE INTERSECTIONS ARE IT'S HARD TO SEE THE STOP STOP SIGN. TO MAT

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THIS HAS NOT BEEN BUDGETED FOR 2021-'22. BUT IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL DESIRES THE WAY OF COMING AND GOING DOWN THE PATH WE'D BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT DOWN TO THE NEXT MEETING. WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS. ADAM AND MIKE ARE PROBABLY HERE AND THEY CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL.

>> THIS IS FLASHING RED? >> YES. ALL FOUR WAYS.

FOUR-WAY STOP. >> IT'S IRONIC. I GREW UP AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND FLASHING YELLOW. THE ONLY THING

IN THE CITY AT THE TIME. >> THE ONE LIGHT. YEAH.

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA, I THINK SO

MYSELF. >> THIS IS PROBABLY A DUMB QUESTION. IS IT PROGRAMMABLE TO CHANGE TO YELLOW SHOULD WE NEED

IT TO AT CERTAIN TIMES? >> I WOULD DOUBT IT SERIOUSLY -- I WOULD DOUBT IT. ONCE YOU START SOMETHING YOU, IT'S HARD TO CHANGE. PEOPLE WILL GET USED TO WHAT, THEY WILL GET USED TO SEEING THE RED OR THE YELLOW. AND JUST THAT KNOWLEDGE AND THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE. YOU WANT TO KEEP IT THE SAME. SO PEOPLE WILL GET USED TO THAT. EVERYBODY GETS USE TO STOP AN

THE INTERSECTION TO GO ON. >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: USED TO BE YELLOW AT THE OTHER INTERSECTION. THEY CHANGED IT TO FLASHING RED. IT DIDN'T STOP TRAFFIC. LONG TIME BEFORE

PEOPLE GOT USED TO THAT. >> IT TAKES PEOPLE A LONG TIME.

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: WE NEED TO PUT IN WHAT WE PLAN TO KEEP

THERE. >> YES, SIR.

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: I THINK RED IS BEST.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: THAT IS MY CONCERN WHAT WE PLAN ON KEEPING THERE. SO LET'S SAY POST-MAY, BOND ELECTION, CITY HALL PASSES. WE ARE ADDING A CITY HALL DOWNTOWN. MAKES A SQUARE. AREN'T WE TRENDING TOWARD LIKE -- LIKE A WAXAHACHIE DOWNTOWN. THEY DON'T HAVE THESE. THEY HAVE STOP SIGNS ON

THE CORNERS. >> EVERYTHING IS BUILT DIFFERENTLY THERE. I MEAN THE BULB OUTS ARE CONSIDERABLE THERE. TO WHERE I MEAN YOU BARELY HAVE ON THE BULB OUTS YOU BARELY HAVE THE 15 FOOT TO GET BETWEEN THEM AND IT'S A ONE-WAY TRAFFIC. HERE IS TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON BOTH INTERSECTIONS.

YOU HAVE A LOT MORE GOING ON, ON OUR INTERSECTIONS. PLUS THEY

ARE WIDER. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. NOW I'LL ASK A QUESTION. HAS ANYONE THOUGHT IN DOWNTOWN MASTER PLANNING OF ONE-WAY TRAFFIC

COMING IN? >> WE HAVEN'T. NONE OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, I THINK IT WAS -- WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN DOWNTOWN PLAN. BUT NOBODY WANTED TO GO THERE. IF CITY HALL HAPPENS ACROSS THE STREET, THIS PROBLEM I THINK WILL GET WORSE. THERE ARE MORE PEDESTRIANS AND MORE PEOPLE CROSSING OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND WHATEVER FACILITY THAT IS. COMING HERE, THIS WILL MOST LIKELY BE UTILIZED FOR PARKING. SO I THINK YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC --

>> WE'D NEED ONE ON 7TH AT ONE AT SOME POINT.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE OLD SINGLE FLASHING LIGHT OPTIC, I DON'T THINK THIS IS PERMANENT. I THINK IF IT GETS INCREASINGLY MORE BUSY, WE ARE LOOKING AT PROBABLY A MORE -- AS THAT DOWNTOWN REVITALIZES TO JUST HAVE A HANGING FOUR-WAY STOP. I JUST DON'T SEE IT FITTING AESTHETICALLY. WE MAY WANT T TO -- IF THE TRAFFIC FLOW GETS UP HIGH ENOUGH LIKE YOU SAY. AT THAT POINT YOU MAY WANT A STOP AND GO. $35,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A BLINKING LIGHT.

THAT I POTENTIALLY SEE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW BEING A PROBLEM AND NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT CHANGING IT AGAIN. ESPECIALLY IF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPS WITH THE PASSING OF BONDS AND THE REVITALIZATION AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A FULL SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION LIKE ON

"E"? >> YEAH.

>> IT SEEMS OVERKILL TODAY. >> EXPENSIVE TODAY.

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>> THIS IS STEPPING IN TO THAT. SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEDESTRIAN BEAKING, THAT IS $150,000.

>> I UNDERSTAND. >> I THINK A FULL INTERSECTION,

$250? >> KIMLY HORN SAYS 250.

>> I SAY LET'S MAKE A STOP SIGN WORK UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEP. I SEE IT AS AN EXPENSIVE --

>> I DON'T THINK A STOP SIGN HAS WORKED. WITH WE HAVE TRIED A

STOP SIGN THERE? >> WE HAVEN'T.

>> MAYOR RENO: PERSON WHO HAS AN OFFICE DOWNTOWN, AND WATCH THIS EVOLVE FOR 20-PLUS YEARS. ONCE I THINK THE COST IS REASONABLE.

WE ARE PROBABLY ONLY LOOKING TO A 3-5 YEAR SOLUTION BECAUSE MASTER PLAN WILL AT SOME POINT TAKE OVER. THE NEED IS GROWING.

>> THIS IS THE MASTER PLAN -- THIS IS PART OF THE MASTER

PLAN -- >> MAYOR RENO: I KNOW BUT I MEAN AS THINGS DEVELOP AND CITY HALL DEVELOP AND WE'LL COME BACK.

BUT PEOPLE TURN -- PEOPLE HEADED WEST ON MAIN TURN RIGHT TO GO NORTH. IT'S LIKE A DRAG STRIP. THEY TURN THE CORNER, THEY HIT THE GAS PEDAL. THEY ARE GOING TO THE BRIDGE. PEOPLE ARE BACKING UP. PESTERING ACROSS. THE NEED IS THERE NOW. IT'S WORSE. IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE. TO ME THIS IS A VERY APPROPRIATE STEP AT THIS POINT TO THE $35,000.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE PARKING WHERE THE NEW TWISTED SISTERS TAP HOUSE WILL BE? IF YOU ARE TRAVELING NORTH ON 8TH AND HIT THE STOPLIGHT THERE, THE STOP-AND-GO. I IMAGINE THE TRAFFIC WOULD PROBABLY BACK UP.

>> IT WOULD BE GOING SOUTHBOUND AT THE MAIN STREET LIGHT. THAT

BACKS UP AT TIMES I THINK. >> YEAH. BUT AT THAT POINT, IN THAT SCENARIO, YOU HAVE THE OPEN FLOOD GATES. YOU GET A GREEN LIGHT. YOU CAN CLEAR IT OUT. HERE YOU DON'T. GET ANOTHER CAR STOP. ANOTHER CAR AND STOP. YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TO

BACK OUT OF THE TAP HOUSE. >> YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO RELY ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS AT SOME POINT TO LET YOU OUT.

HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WANT THAT SPOT. >> YEAH.

>> MAYOR RENO: THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM, PROBLEMATIC INTERSECTION FOR A LONG TIME. THERE IS NO PERFECT SOLUTION.

AT SOME POINT YOU RELY ON THE COMMON SENSE AND THE DECENCY.

THIS IS A STEP WE NEED TO TAKE. WELL, I JUST THINK THIS IS A STEP WE NEED TO TAKE. IF IT'S ONLY A 3- TO 5-YEAR SOLUTION, THAT IS $20 $10,000 A YEAR -- IS $10,000 A YEAR.

>> IT SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE A SOURCE TO DRILL THE FOUNDATION AND INSTALL THE 34-FOOT POLES. WE COULD RECOMMEND A CONTRACTOR FOR THE CITY TO HIRE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. IT ALSO SAYS IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE COST OF RUNNING THE CABLE.

>> WE GOT THAT PRICE. >> WE HAD PRICES. EXCUSE ME.

WE HAD PRICES, LOCAL CONTRACTORS. PREFAB, PUREIZEN AND HANG THE POLES. DRILL THE HOLE WITH THE PREFAB CONCRETE PEERS IN A PATTERN THEY SENT TO US AND IT'S SELF-SUPPORTING

AFTER THAT. >> IT'S THE $35,000.

>> SO THE $22,000 AS PRESENTED PLUS $13,000 TO GET US FOUR POLES IN THE GROUND LIGHT UP, ET CETERA.

>> $35,000. WE WILL HAVE A BETTER, TIGHTER NUMBER BECAUSE THE PRICES CHANGE EVERY DAY OR EVERY WEEK. BUT MOVE FORWARD HERE TO GET A PRICE ON IT. THIS IS A GENERALIZED IDEA.

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: SOMETHING ELSE. THIS RED FLASHING LIGHT WILL SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE AS STOP SIGNS.

>> YES, SIR. >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: BUT YOU

CAN SEE IT. >> YES.

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: YOU CAN'T SEE THE STOP SIGN VERY WELL.

>> YES, SIR. AS WELL AS LOSING PARKING PLACES.

>> DO WE KNOW HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN AT THE INTERSECTION?

>> NO. NO. LOOKING AT CARL, WE DON'T.

>> I CAN GET THE NUMBER FOR YOU. >> THERE PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE LOT. IT'S JUST PEOPLE ARE INCHING OUT THERE AND PEOPLE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW. THERE PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN A LOT. A LOT OF THE

NEAR-MISSES. >> I DON'T SEE IF WE AREN'T HAVING A PROBLEM WITH ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE WHY IT'S

NEEDED. >> I THINK IT'S THE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING. I KNOW THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY HIT. BUT YOU JUST KIND OF TAKE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN HAND. BOTH WAYS. PEDESTRIANS AND THE CARS. YOU JUST EDGE YOUR NOSE OUT THERE. I MEAN, YOU TAKE A RISK WHEN YOU GUN IT NOT THAT I DO THAT.

>> THERE IS CONFUSION, TOO. PEOPLE STOP NORTH AND SOUTH.

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HELP. >> IS THERE ANY ALTERNATIVE?

>> HAVE WE PUT THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGN?

>> YEAH. >> PEOPLE JUST RAN OVER THEM AND EVERYTHING. SO, I MEAN, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID WHEN PEOPLE HIT THAT LIGHT, A LOT OF TIMES THEY ARE FLOORING IT. THERE IS NOT A

PERFECT SOLUTION. >> MAYOR RENO: I HAD ONE CAR GOT HIT BACKING UP IN FRONT OF MY PLACE. THE PERSON DRIVING PANICKED AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND RAN THROUGH MY FRONT DOOR.

THEY MISSED BY TWO INCHES THE FRAME ON EACH SIDE. SO TOOK THE

DOORS OUT. >> GOOD CLEAR SHOT.

>> MAYOR RENO: THEY DID. IT HAD TO GO UP OVER --

>> THEY HAD TO JUMP TO GET UP THERE.

>> MAYOR RENO: YEAH. THE POTENTIAL IS THERE. IT'S GETTING WORSE FROM THIS UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY. YOU WATCH.

>> THE DOWNTOWN PLAN CALLS FOR A CALMING OF THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIANS TO BE DOWN HERE. THIS IS A STEP OF

GETTING GOING THAT DIRECTION. >> I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED LAST YEAR. FORMER COUNCILMEMBER MIKE RODGERS HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. DIDN'T Y'ALL REMEMBER? I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A STRAIGHT POLE. THE LIGHTS COME OUT. BUT NOT THAT. SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.

>> A POLE, SINGLE MAST POLE WITH ONE ARM GOING ACROSS. MAYBE THAT IS WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

>> COULD YOU DO THAT HERE? >> IT'S ALL EXPAND AND THAT

COULD CAUSE -- >> I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE HISTORICALLY APPROPRIATE. I MEAN, THIS ONE.

YEAH, I THINK, I MEAN, WHERE I GREW UP THESE WERE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS. I GUESS HERE THERE WERE AT SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS AT LEAST ONE INTERSECTION.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: HERE, LOOK. PEOPLE PROBABLY LOOK AT US AND THINK THIS IS SO EASY. IT'S NOT IS THAT EASY. I TOTALLY SYMPATHIZE. EVERY TIME I GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SUPPOSED TO STOP OR GO. I GET THAT, BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT. I'M JUST TRYING TO PLAN THE NEXT STEPS OF DOWNTOWN. AND NOT WANT SOMEBODY TO COME TO US AND SAY YOU JUST PUT THAT UP THERE AND SPENT ALL THAT MONEY.

>> THEY WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS. WE WILL GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. I GUARANTEE YOU. WE WILL GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. BUT I MEAN, THE GOAL IS TO CALM TRAFFIC DOWN. MAKE IT

SAFER. >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: THE COMPLAINT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STOP TOO MANY TIMES.

>> YEAH. YEAH. PEOPLE USE THE DOWNTOWN AS A WAY TO GET THROUGH MIDLOTHIAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS BYPASSING ALL THE BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS OUR GOAL.

>> IT IS DIFFICULT. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES.

>> THIS IS AT LEAST TWO OR THREE YEARS INTO THIS.

>> MAYOR RENO: HAVE WE EVER SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED MAKING IT A

ONE-WAY STREET? >> I DON'T KNOW. MIKE, ADAM?

>> I DON'T RECALL. >> WE BRIEFLY LOOKED AT IT.

PARTLY TO SET UP ON THE AVENUEF AVENUEF. YOU CAN COME IN AND ME MODIFICATIONS. IT'S SET UP FOR THE ANGLED PARKING FROM THE VARES DIRECTIONS -- IN THE VARIOUS DIRECTION.

>> $80,000 FOR THE RESTRIPING. >> ASPHALT AND NICE CLEAN --

>> MULTIPLE STRIPES. >> MAYOR RENO: IF IT WAS SOUTHBOUND, YOU COULD PROBABLY ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR THE LIGHT. IT'S GOING NORTHBOUND. IF YOU HAVE THE RACETRACK.

>> YEAH. BUT SOUTHBOUND YOU GET IT, TOO.

>> MAYOR RENO: NOT AS BAD. IF THE LIGHT, MAYBE THEY ARE SPEEDING UP TO MAKE THE LIGHT. THAT IS PROBABLY TRUE.

>> IS THERE ANY ARGUMENT AGAINST -- IF WE ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY GO TO A POLED LIGHT THERE EVENTUALLY, WHY WOULD WE

NOT GO AHEAD AND DO IT NOW? >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL EVENTUALLY GO THERE. TO WALTER'S POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO GO TO THAT POINT. HUD, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. IF WE BUILD A NEW CITY HALL AND A LIBRARY AND WE START TO GET 30,000 TO 40,000 PEOPLE IN A DAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS FAR BEYOND THESE BLOCKS. IT'S HARD TO TELL.

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>> MAYOR RENO: MY POINT IS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN IN THE SHORT-TERM. WE HAVE KICKED AROUND -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WE HAVE THAT IS VIABLE.

WE NEED, IT'S, THE TRAFFIC IS GOING THROUGH MUCH TOO FAST. WE ARE FORTUNATE WE HAVEN'T HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM. BUT AGAIN, THAT IS UNSCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION FROM SITTING ON A SIDEWALK.

>> SPEED BUMPS ARE NOT AN ISSUE. >> WE DON'T, SO MY CASE, IF I WAS TO MAKE THE CASE, IS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN. AT THE EXCESSIVE SPEED. EVERYTHING WE HAVE CONSIDERED HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.

MAKE IT 20 MILES PER HOUR. >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: I WOULD PREFER TO GET A FOUR-WAY LIGHT PROGRAMMABLE. TO ME, FOUR-WAY STOP IS AN EXTREME MEASURE. IT MAY BE A WARRANTED EXTREME MEASURE. BUT AT LEAST YOU COULD ATTEMPT TO DO ON 8TH STREET A YELLOW LIGHT TO GIVE A WARNING TO SLOW DOWN AND THE BLINKING-RELATED LIGHT TO TELL PEOPLE TO STOP ON AVENUE F.

>> THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. I MEAN WITHOUT THE YELLOW LIGHTS. WE DON'T HAVE YELLOW LIGHTS BUT WE HAVE A STOP SIGN. BUT I MEAN THE YELLOW LIGHTS A LOT OF TIME TELL

PEOPLE TO SPEED UP. >> DO THEY?

>> WELL, SOME PEOPLE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: THEY

DON'T FOR ME, CHIEF. >> RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE BANNED

SO YOU ARE OKAY. >> IT GIVES US PLEXABILITY. IF THE ADDED -- FLEXIBILITY. IF THE ADDED COST FOR PROGRAMMABLE LIGHT IS NOT THAT MUCH GREATER THIS WILL GIVE US FLEXIBILITY TO

PLAY WITH IT. >> IS KIMLEY HORN STILL HERE?

>> CAN WE DO A FOUR-WAY PROGRAMMABLE LIGHT?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO THAT -- [INAUDIBLE] INCREASING COST. WE HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT IT COSTS.

>> I'M JUST -- >> WE COULD CHANGE LANES IF WE

WANT TO CHANGE IT. >> HOW THEY USED TO DO IT

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: WHEN DID WE CHANGE THE LIGHT ON MAIN

STREET TO A RED LIGHT? >> ON 8TH?

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: YEAH. ON 8TH.

>> 8TH AND 9TH. >> I WASN'T HERE. IT WAS BEFORE

MY TIME. OVER 30 YEARS AGO. >> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: I COULDN'T

REMEMBER WHEN IT CHANGED. >> MAYOR RENO: I THOUGHT IT WAS YELLOW LIGHT WHEN WE MOVED HERE I THOUGHT IT WAS IN '96. YOU

THINK IT'S -- >> I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

>> ME, TOO. >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: DOWNTOWN WAS A GHOST TOWN LIKE AT 8:00 AND IT WOULD START

BLINKING. >> MAYOR RENO: IT WAS A GHOST TOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THAT IS A GOOD POINT. WE HAVE ALL THIS TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH HERE. WE HAVE MORE CARS. WHEN PEOPLE CAME HERE FROM CONTINENTAL TO SEE THE STATE THEY WOULD STOP AND TURN AROUND BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE OUT IN THE WILDERNESS. THEY DIDN'T TRUST THE GPS. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY -- I DON'T -- WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC. IT'S COMING THROUGH HERE. PICKING UP MORE. THE SPEED, I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. TO ME THIS IS THE SIMPLEST AND THE CHEAPEST OPTION. THE ASSUMPTION IS JUST THIS INTERSECTION RIGHT NOW THAT

IS A PROBLEM. >> I HOPE WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS.

>> MAYOR RENO: WE WILL! >> THE DOWNTOWN PLAN SHOULD

BRING MORE PROBLEMS. >> MAYOR RENO: EXACTLY. BUT RIGHT NOW IN THE NEAR-TERM THIS IS A PROBLEM. GO BACK TO WHAT MIKE WAS SAYING. MIKE SAID, "I CAN'T GET ACROSS" ON F STREET.

>> I'M IN AGREEMENT. I'M JUST MAKING A STATEMENT TO CONSIDER A

PROGRAMMABLE IF NOT MUCH COST. >> WE'RE NOT DOING FUNDING

TONIGHT. >> MAYOR RENO: RIGHT.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: THAT WOULD BE MY -- SINCE IT IS CONSIDER AND DISCUSS, AND NOT CONSIDER AND ACT I GUESS THE OUTCOME OF THIS CONVERSATION IS WE WANT TO A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION TO OPTIONS TO HONE THIS IN.

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: I THINK WE NEED A LIGHT. PERIOD.

>> YEAH. >> OKAY. BRING IT BACK NEXT

TIME. TALK SOME MORE. >> I THINK WHAT I HEARD, WE CAN TRY TO PULL THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AS ONE OPTION. WE HAVE A PROGRAMMABLE YEL YELLOW AND REDE CAN LOOK AT YOUR DISCUSSION, YOUR REQUEST A FULL-BLOWN INTERSECTION. WE KNOW GENERALLY. LOOKING AT A FOUR-WAY -- JUST LIKE ON AVENUE

E. >> MAYOR RENO: HOW MUCH TO GET THE MAYORS OUT THERE WITH THE ORANGE FLAG?

>> IT'S FREE. >> MAYOR RENO: I WAIT FOR THE PERSON RUNNING OVER THE MAYOR AS HE IS CROSSING.

>> YEAH. THE ISSUE IS MORE SO FAR HAS BEEN MORE THE

NEAR-MISSES THAN THE ACCIDENTS. >> MAYOR RENO: IT IS. THERE IS

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>> TRYING TO SUMMARIZE. YOU WANT ACCIDENT DATA, YELLOW LIGHT, FULL INTERSECTION. ANY OTHER MORE INFORMATION?

>> WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN SIX MONTHS.

>> I KNOW IT'S A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. I'M JUST CURIOUS.

>> MAYOR RENO: HUD, IT'S THAT WHOLE STRIP THERE OF THE CARS

THAT ARE BACKING OUT. >> THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THE PARKING. VISIBILITY. IT'S HARD TO SOLVE. A LOT HARDER TO SOLVE THAT THAN PUTTING UP A STOPLIGHT.

>> WE PUT PAUSE ON RESTRIPING IDEA?

>> YEAH. ALMOST YOU WANT TO ELIMINATE 15 SPOTS.

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: PICKUP PARK AT THE END.

>> I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT BETWEEN THE VEHICLES.

>> MAYOR RENO: ALL RIGHT, CLYDE THANK YOU.

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. ONE MORE QUESTION. CAN YOU ADD TO THAT LIST THE COST DIFFERENTIAL TO ADD THAT POLE IN THE MIDDLE AND HANG THE LIGHT OFF OF THAT

INSTEAD OF THE -- >> FULL BLOWN?

>> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: NO. SEE THE MIDDLE ONE? SAY THE POLE HAS A FOUR-WAY LIGHT HANGING OFF OF IT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT

HAVING CABLES THERE -- >> THERE ARE CABLES ALL OVER THE PLACE. YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE ANOTHER ONE.

>> IS THERE? >> YEAH.

>> MAYOR RENO: BANNER UP THERE. >> COUNCILMAN DARRACH: IS THERE

CABLES ACROSS THE INTERSECTION? >> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU,

GENTLEMAN. >> GET THE COST.

>> MAYOR RENO: OKAY. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE

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