[Call to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of Allegiance.]
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>>> GOOD EVENING. IT IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH AT 6:00 P.M. I CALL THIS SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
IF COUNCILMAN COFFMAN WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES AND
INVOCATION. >> FATHER GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE BLESSINGS YOU'VE BESTOWED ON US. THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE SO BLATANTLY OBVIOUS IN THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN.
WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT CALLS MIDLOTHIAN HOME. I PRAY THAT TODAY WOULD BE A GOOD DAY FOR EACH PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
GOD, WE GIVE THIS MEETING TO YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE WISDOM YOU PUT ON US, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US AND DIRECT US AS WE ATTEMPT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD REFLECT YOUR WILL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. >>> AGENDA ITEM 2021-484,
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CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A FORM AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY.CITIZENS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL WILL NOT COMMENT ON THE ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP.
MR. MUNOZ. GOOD AFTERNOON, NAME.
>> MY NAME IS JACE MUNOZ. I LIVE ON HILLCREST WHICH YOU ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE FOREVER. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD I AM THE FUTURE TO BE INVOLVED IN. I'M DEEPLY AWARE ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR CITY AND THOSE AROUND US. I WANT TO IMPRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHICH WILL HAPPEN WHILE ALSO STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDING UPON THAT AND IMPROVEMENTS WHAT WE DO HAVE AT THE MOMENT AND NOT JUST BUILDING, BUILDING, BUILDING NEW STUFF. WAXAHACHIE DOES THAT AND TRAFFIC IS AWFUL. YOU HAVE PANHANDLERS, THAT STRICTLY IS A MESS. SECONDLY AND LAST OF COURSE I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS HOW ELLIS IS NOW A VACCINE SANCTUARY.
MANY PEOPLE WORKED HARD TO MAKE IT SO.
THIS SHOULD INCLUDE CHILD CARE AND SCHOOLS AS WELL.
THE FDA IS TRYING TO PREY ON OUR CHILDREN.
I ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACT ON THIS, NOT IN A WORKSHOP BUT A CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 2021-486 HAS BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE WILL CONSIDER IT FIRST AND THEN WITH THE REGULAR PUBLISHED AGENDA.
SO 2021-486 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ELLIS COUNTY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO UTILIZE THE MISD FFA AG BUILDING BARN FOR PET ANIMAL SHELTERING DURING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS. DO WE HAVE A PRESENTER? THEN WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THEM ONE AT A TIME.
THERE ARE ALSO 12 PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED FORMS ALL IN OPPOSITION BUT NOT ALL WERE IN THE CITY LIMITS.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. SO BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A REQUEST FOR A REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AN MOU BETWEEN ELLIS COUNTY, THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AND MISD OR MIDLOTHIAN ISD TO UTILIZE THE
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FFA AG BARN AS A PET OR ANIMAL SHELTER.AS YOU KNOW DURING DISASTERS WE MAY HAVE TO EVACUATE A PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEN WE DO THAT WE DO THAT WITH INDIVIDUALS IN SHELTERS, BY STATE LAW AND FEDERAL LAW THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EVACUATE WITH THEIR PETS SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO. OVER THE SUMMER, ELLIS COUNTY WHICH IS HERE TODAY TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BASICALLY WORKING WITH TEXAS A&M VETERINARY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TO DEVELOP A COUNTY-WIDE PLAN FOR ANIMAL SHELTERING FOR ELLIS COUNTY. DURING THAT PROCESS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL FACILITIES, ONE BEING THE EXPO CENTER IN WAXAHACHIE, THE OTHER BEING THE FFA AG BARN. AS PART OF THAT PLANNING PROCESS, THE VERY FIRST STEP IS TO HAVE AN MOU WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FACILITY DURING DISASTER TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE BOTH OWNED PETS AND WE PUT PEOPLE IN A SHELTER, THEY WILL ACTUALLY PUT THEIR ANIMALS AT THE AG BARN OR AT THE PET SHELTER TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO GET UTILITIES RESTORED TO BE ABLE TO BASICALLY GET PEOPLE BACK HOME WHERE THEY START WORKING WITH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANIES, WORKING WITH VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER TO START THAT ROAD TO RECOVERY. BUT THAT USUALLY TAKES A FEW DAYS, COULD BE A WEEK OR SO REALLY DEPENDING UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE DISASTER, IF IT'S A TORNADO, A FLOOD, AN EXPLOSION, WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE.
SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A PLAN. ONCE WE HAVE AN MOU, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH ELLIS COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THEN WE HAVE A DRAFT PLAN DEVELOPED BY TEXAS A&M TO SORT OF BUILD UPON THAT PLAN TO MAKE IT FUNCTIONAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO AS A PART OF THAT IDENTIFYING SPACE. SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS IS THAT THE AG BARN IS FULL A LOT OF THE TIME.
BUT THERE ARE SOME TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT THEY HAVE CAPACITY. SO THE CHALLENGE IS DEPENDING ON WHETHER WE HAVE A DISASTER IS IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT FACILITY OR NOT. AS A PART OF THAT, I WANT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AGAIN I HAVE ELLIS COUNTY HERE WHO IS HELPING SPEARHEAD THAT
FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. >> COUNCIL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE HEAR FROM OUR SPEAKERS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL ASK QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT, WHO'S UP FIRST? >> WHO'S UP FIRST? Y'ALL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH. I WILL GIVE YOU A 30 SECOND WARNING TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS.
CODY SHOOK. >> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS CODY SHOOK. I LIVE AT 3421 BRIGHTON DRIVE.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS DEVOID OF ANY HYPERBOLE.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP ANY HYPERBOLE OUT OF THIS.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT DURING THE WEATHER EVENT OF 2021, WE GOT A PRETTY NICE DRESS REHEARSAL OR HARBINGER OF WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. IT WAS NOT A NICE TIME FOR ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE AREA AT THE TIME, BUT IT WAS AN ESPECIALLY HARD TIME FOR THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHO HAD EXHIBIT SHOW ANIMALS. SOME OF THE PARENTS CAN GO MORE INTO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, WHICH I'M NOT QUITE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF HOW STAGGERING THE COST OF CARING FOR THESE ANIMALS CAN BE. BUT DURING THE EVENT THAT I THINK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE WERE FAIRING WATER BACK AND FORTH, PARENTS WERE RELAYING BACK AND FORTH KEEPING BREAKERS ON. THE HEAT DEMAND WAS TRIPPING BREAKERS. WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH HEAT.
WE HAD ANIMALS VERY NEARLY FREEZING TO DEATH.
I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT AN ADDED INFLUX OF UNKNOWN SPECIES OF ANIMALS WITH UNKNOWN PEDIGREE AND VACCINATION RECORDS WITH LITTLE OVERHEAD. I THINK A LITTLE MORE THOUGHT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN. I'M NOT MAKING THE CASE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY RECOURSE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, BUT I HOPE IT'S CAREFULLY CONSIDERED IF THIS IS GOING TO BE EVEN A BACK UP. SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT DECISION WAS ARRIVED AT VERY EASILY WITHOUT CONSIDERING WHO IT IMPACTS MOST WHICH IS THESE STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHICH AGAIN HAVE ALREADY FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM TAKING SHORTS THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH COVID-19 AND WHAT IT'S DONE TO THE LIVESTOCK SHOWS AND THEIR PROJECTS. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO WHOEVER IS NEXT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIC WOFFORD. NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
>> ERIC WALKER, AT 1830 COTTON CREEK TRAIL IN MIDLOTHIAN,
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TEXAS. I KNOW WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE POINTS. BUT THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR IN THE AG BARN. WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH COMMERCIAL CATTLE FOR YEARS AS A HOBBY MY KIDS HAVE TAKEN DIFFERENT PATHS. MY DAUGHTER IS IN CHOIR NOW ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM A&M WITH HER MASTERS.MY SON BASEBALL NOW PLAYING AT SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WHICH I WAS PLANNING TO BE AT THE GAME TONIGHT BUT CHOSE TO BE HERE INSTEAD. AND MY THIRD NOW CHOSE AG.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE TO SAY BY FAR THE AG IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING WE'VE DONE BY FAR IN MISD. THESE ANIMALS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISEASE, BY THE TIME WE SELL THE STEER WE HAVE, WE WILL BE NORTH OF ABOUT $10,000 WITH THIS PARTICULAR ANIMAL, IN HOPES OF RECOUPING SOME OF THAT BACK BY WAY OF A SCHOLARSHIP AND ALSO SOME GREAT EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOR MY SON.
THE PERSON IN THE PEN NEXT TO ME HAS SEVEN PIGS, SO OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A REALLY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THOSE.
THESE COSTS ARE NOTHING LIKE BASEBALL AND CHOIR AND I WANT TO INSURE THEIR INVESTMENT IS SAFE, PROTECTED, AND WELL THOUGHT OUT ANY PLAN THAT'S DEVELOPED WITHIN THE BARN.
AS THE BARN SITS TODAY, WE STRUGGLE WITH KEEPING ALL OF THE ANIMALS VACCINATED BEFORE THEY COME IN.
WE STRUGGLE WITH SPACE, AND WE ARE STILL REELING FROM SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF THE FREEZE LAST YEAR AND MANY OF THE THINGS IN THE FACILITY THAT DON'T FUNCTION, THEY HAVE YET TO BE PREPARED. I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THIS EMERGENCY PLAN WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK, AND I CONTACTED THE BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS SITTING ON THE BOARD AND SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST THEY HAD HEARD OF THE PROGRAM. GETTING TO THE AG BARN AFTER THAT, I DECIDED TO REACH OUT TO OUR AG DEPARTMENT AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE PLAN EITHER.
SO IT CLEARLY SEEMS DIFFICULT TO ACT ON SOMETHING THAT HAS A LACK OF INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND THE DEFICITS WITHIN THAT BARN. SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO ANIMALS, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN THIS. IT'S A GREAT SPACE OUT THERE AND CREATING A PASTURE IN THERE USING THE AG MECHANICS GROUP TO FENCE OFF ONE SECTION IN THERE AND YOU CAN KEEP LARGE ANIMALS IN THAT AREA VERY EASILY AND ALSO GIVING THEM THE BENEFIT OF LEARNING AT THE SAME TIME. JUST AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK THERE'S MORE TO BE LEARNED FROM THIS AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE A BRENDA SMITH? MAYA?
>> MY NAME IS MAYA FIGUEROA, I LIVE AT 413 SALT CEDAR DRIVE IN MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS. THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR SHOWING FOR MIDLOTHIAN FFA. ALL FIVE YEARS I'VE KEPT MY ANIMALS AT THE AG BARN. I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THE ELLIS COUNTY EMERGENCY ANIMAL SHELTER PLAN USING THE FFA AG BARN AS A SECONDARY SITE FOR AN EMERGENCY INCIDENT.
THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES EXHIBITING AG PROJECTS IN 2020 AND 2021 HAVE ALREADY ENDURED ENOUGH FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SETBACKS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. THE CITY MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT MANY COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOWS HAVE BEEN CANCELED ESSENTIALLY SINKING THE HOPES OF RECOUPING THEIR INVESTMENTS OR RECEIVING THE SCHOLARSHIPS THEY STRIVE FOR.
SURPRISINGLY THE RESULT HAS BEEN MORE STUDENTS THAN EVER HAVE TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION.
2022 IS THE MOST ANIMAL EXHIBITS WE HAVE EVER SEEN IN THE BARN.
THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE CURRENTLY HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 75 PIGS, 50 SHEEP AND GOATS, AND ANOTHER 20 PLUS CATTLE.
THE ACTUAL BARN STRUCTURE IS ALREADY NEAR CAPACITY.
IT IS PACKED WITH LIVESTOCK IN EVERY CORNER AND WE ARE CERTAINLY GLAD TO SEE IT. A QUICK VISIT TO THE SITE TODAY WOULD SHOW THAT THERE IS LITTLE TO NO ROOM FOR AN INFLUX OF LIVESTOCK OR PETS WHOSE HEALTH AND VACCINATION RECORDS ARE UNKNOWN. IT SEEMS ODD THAT TEXAS A&M WOULD THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO EXPOSE HIGHLY PEDIGREED LIVESTOCK TO OTHERWISE UNKNOWN STOCK OR PETS WITH LITTLE MORE THAN AN OVERHEAD DOOR TO SEPARATE THEM.
ON PAGE 54 AND 55 OF THE PROPOSAL UNDER MIDLOTHIAN FFA AG BARN, IT STATES IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER ALL FFA HOUSED ANIMALS WILL BE RELOCATED BY THEIR OWNERS TO ALTERNATE LOCATIONS IF POSSIBLE. IT ALSO SAYS IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LIVESTOCK IN THE BARN DURING THE DISASTER THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHELTER OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK IN THE
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BUILDING. MORE TIMES THAN NOT THE BARN IS AT FULL CAPACITY MAKING OUR FACILITY UNUSEABLE.I PROPOSE YOU DENY THE MOU UNTIL THEY COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN
AND SEND IT OUT FOR REVIEW. >> THANK YOU.
MELISSA SHOOK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING.
MELISSA SHOOK, I RESIDE AT 3421 BRIGHTON DRIVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL AS WELL. WHILE I RESPECT THE CITY FOR THINKING AHEAD AND HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE, I BELIEVE THAT SOME CRITICAL OVERSIGHTS HAVE BEEN MADE OR AT LEAST THERE IS A BROAD MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE MIDLOTHIAN FFA AG BARN CAN AND SHOULD BE USED FOR. I ASK ANOTHER SECONDARY SITE BE INVESTIGATED. WE ASK THAT EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER, WE LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS AND WORK WITH US ON FINDING AN ALTERNATE SOLUTION AND GETTING CLARIFICATIONS ON OUR CONCERNS. FIRST AND FOREMOST IMPORTANTLY THE MAJOR ISSUE IS THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS.
THE AG BARN IS A LEARNING FACILITY FOR OUR FAMILIES EVERY MORNING AND EVERY EVENING. IN ADDITION HIGH SCHOOL AG CLASSES FOR BOTH HERITAGE AND MIDLOTHIAN ARE HELD EVERY AFTERNOON DURING SCHOOL HOURS. OUR FAMILIES INVEST 1 TO 4 HOURS EVERY DAY WORKING ON THE ANIMALS AND CARING FOR THEM.
OUR BARN HAS A GATE WITH A CODE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE ROAD TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN AND ANIMALS SAFE.
BY ALLOWING VOLUNTEERS, RANDOM PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THEIR PETS AND VARIOUS STAFF ON OUR FACILITIES, THIS WILL HIGHLY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS' LEARNING AND SAFETY.
WHERE WILL OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS GO TO CONDUCT THEIR CLASSES IF THE FACILITY IS USED IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY DISASTER. SPEAKING TO A COUPLE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY HAVE STATED THIS WOULD ONLY HAPPEN IF A CATASTROPHIC EVENT WOULD OCCUR.
IT'S STATED AS A DISASTER INCIDENT WHICH COULD INCLUDE FIRES, FLOODING, WINTER STORMS, EXPANSIVE SOILS, ET CETERA.
THESE TYPE OF DISASTERS COULD LEAD TO THE USE OF OUR FACILITY OR THE EXPO CENTER. WITH THE EXPO CENTER BEING THE PRIMARY SHELTER, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET A STORM LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR AND THE EXPO IS USED FOR AN EVACUATION SITE.
WITH THE LIVESTOCK USE SHOW BEING SHOWN IN MARCH, WHAT WOULD THIS DO FOR US IF THE CENTER IS IN FULL USE AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SHOW? THIS AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST MIDLOTHIAN ISD, THIS IS ELLIS COUNTY.
THIS WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO NOT ONLY US BUT EVERYONE.
I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER OPPOSING THIS AND WORKING WITH US AND THE COMMUNITY TO FIND A BETTER SOLUTION.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS BRENDA SMITH, DID SHE SHOW UP? BRENDA IS IN OPPOSITION FOR THE COMPARABLE REASONS OF THE INVESTMENT AND THE IMPACT UPON THE ANIMALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE BARN. I TAKE IT THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
AT THIS POINT? >> I HAVE A BUNCH, BUT I CAN
WAIT. >> TAKE THEM IN SMALL CHUNKS.
>> A COUPLE NOW, A COUPLE LATER. >> FORGIVE ME, WE'VE NEVER MET.
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU. >> NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR.
>> AND YOUR POSITION WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?
>> CORRECT, I'M THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, THAT'S
CORRECT. >> WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT?
>> I HANDLE ALL OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING, RESPONSE, I OVERSEE THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER FOR THE CITY SO COORDINATING ALL OF OUR CITY PLANS WITH EXTERNAL AGENCIES AND OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ON OUR CITY'S RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES AND
DISASTERS. >> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THIS IS A NEWLY FILLED POSITION IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT?
AND WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? >> I WAS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR CEDAR HILL, LANCASTER, DUNCANVILLE.
>> HOW WAS ELLIS COUNTY MEETING THIS REQUIREMENT PREVIOUSLY?
>> SO ELLIS COUNTY HAD A PLAN THAT'S DATED 2015, BASICALLY IN MAY OR JUNE WE HAD A TORNADO HERE IN ELLIS COUNTY THAT IMPACTED THE CITY OF FORRESTON, DURING THAT PROCESS THEY IDENTIFIED SOME SHORTFALLS WITH THE ANIMAL ISSUES PLAN FOR ELLIS COUNTY, HENCE THE NEED TO UPDATE THAT PARTICULAR PLAN.
SO ELLIS COUNTY DEVELOPED A PLANNING TEAM, ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION, OUR TEXAS AGRI-LIFE EXTENSION AGENT, SPCA FOR ELLIS COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY, THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS FOR MOST OF THE JURISDICTIONS WITHIN ELLIS COUNTY.
>> OURS INCLUDED? >> OURS INCLUDED.
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TEXAS A&M, SO THE VETERINARIAN TEAM GOES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, THEY ARE THE LEAD VETERINARIAN AGENCY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, THEY RESPOND TO MOST HURRICANES, TORNADOS, AND FLOODS, THEY ALSO TOOK CARE DURING EBOLA.SEEING BEST PRACTICES AND THAT SORT OF THING, SO THEY GO ACROSS THE STATE DEVELOPING ANIMAL RESPONSE PLANS OR ANIMAL SHELTER PLANS FOR COUNTIES AND CITIES JUST LIKE OURS.
SO MOST CITIES AND COUNTIES DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN ANIMALS HENCE WHY TEXAS A&M WAS CONTACTED THROUGH ELLIS COUNTY TO HELP ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN UPDATE TO THE
CURRENT PLAN. >> AND REAL QUICK, IN THAT 2015 PLAN WHERE WAS OUR SELECTED SITES FOR --
>> THERE WERE NONE. THAT'S THE REASON WHY THERE WAS A NEED FOR AN UPDATE. SO IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS A DISASTER THAT REQUIRED AN EVACUATION, SIGNIFICANT EVACUATION, WE'VE HAD IN MIDLOTHIAN SEVERAL TORNADOS THAT DID NOT IMPACT US TO THE POINT WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO SHELTER ANIMALS. SO HENCE THE WORDING, DISASTER, CATASTROPHIC WHERE WE WOULD NEED ASSISTANCE FROM MUTUAL AID PARTNERS, ELLIS COUNTY, THE STATE OF TEXAS, MAYBE FEDERAL RESOURCES TO BE BROUGHT IN, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A CATASTROPHIC EVENT WHERE YOU HAVE FATALITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE LOOKED AT THE AG BARN BECAUSE IT'S A 30 ACRE SITE. IT IS FENCED IN, IT HAS WATER FOR SANITATION, THEY'RE USED TO HANDLING ANIMALS.
THE CITY DOES NOT OWN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO PARTNERING WITH MISD, WE REGULARLY EXERCISE WITH THEM.
WE JUST HAD AN ACTIVE SHOOTER EXERCISE, BEFORE THAT WE HAD A TORNADO EXERCISE THAT IMPACTED THREE SCHOOLS AND HOW WE WOULD EVACUATE THOSE FACILITIES AND WE DID A PARENT/STUDENT REUNIFICATION EXERCISE. WE'RE USED TO WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON DISASTER RESPONSE.
SO IT'S NATURAL TO REACH OUT TO MISD TO SEE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE AG BARN. SO DURING THAT PROCESS, COMMANDER HICKS WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO'S ALSO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DIRECTOR FOR MISD REACHED OUT TO HIS COUNTERPARTS TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST TO DO THIS.
THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH ELLIS COUNTY THAT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH THEIR LEGAL TEAM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS THE DA'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY THE REIMBURSEMENT.
SO IF WE HAD A CATASTROPHIC DISASTER WHERE IT'S DECLARED A DISASTER, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MIDLOTHIAN ISD TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE USE OF THE FACILITY, UTILITIES, ANY EQUIPMENT THAT THEY MAY USE DURING THAT PROCESS.
DURING THAT PROCESS WE WOULD ALSO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE WE'RE PART OF THAT AGREEMENT PLUS WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
THAT IS SORT OF A NATURAL PARTNERSHIP AND AGAIN THEY WERE WILLING TO ALLOW FOR TEXAS A&M TO COME AND TOUR THAT FACILITY.
THE VETERINARY EXPERTS THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT FACILITY.
YES FROM TIME TO TIME WE WILL HAVE MORE ANIMALS, BUT SOME OF THE AREAS, THERE ARE IDENTIFIED AREAS IN THE PLAN SUCH AS THE ARENA THAT WE COULD PUT DOGS. THEY HAVE A CLASSROOM THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR CATS OR FELINES OR EXOTIC.
SO THE ISSUE IS WE IN THE PLAN ADDRESSES ANIMAL DISEASE, THE SEGREGATION OF THOSE ANIMALS. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO PUT DOGS WITH THE LIVESTOCK. JUST CLEARLY SEPARATING THOSE ANIMALS. SO IN THE PLAN IDENTIFIES THAT, BUT THE FOCUS THOUGH IS ON THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT TO ALLOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY AND THEN DEVELOP THAT PLAN FURTHER ON HOW WE WOULD UTILIZE THAT DURING THE
I'LL TAKE MY FIRST BREAK. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHO IN OUR MISD AG DEPARTMENT WAS CONSULTED DURING THE
PLANNING OF THIS? >> I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COMMANDER HICKS AS THE MISD SAFETY AND SECURITY DIRECTOR.
>> TEXAS A&M WAS ABLE TO COME DOWN AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL ALL OF THESE FOLKS TOGETHER. GREG PRUITT, WHO WAS OUR LEAD INSTRUCTOR AT THE AG BARN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
HE WAS OFF THAT WEEK. SO HE KNEW OF IT BUT WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND SO WE TOLD HIM WE WERE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE MEETING. AS I EXPLAINED TO HIM, THIS IS JUST A DRAFT AND AS TONYA HAS EXPLAINED AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A ZOOM MEETING WITH A FEW PARENTS EARLIER TODAY WITH GREG PRUITT, SOME INDIVIDUALS WITH THE CITY AS WELL AS THE COUNTY TO FURTHER EXPLAIN OUR PURPOSE IN MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO ESTABLISH THE MOU TO GET TEXAS A&M VETERINARY SERVICES TO CONTINUE TO HELP US CONSTRUCT THIS PLAN WHICH IS HIGHLY DETAILED, JUST A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO IT.
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WE GOT THIS DRAFT AND WE JUST WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOU IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THIS WORK AND THEN THERE'S THINGS IN THERE THAT I PERSONALLY WANT TO STRIKE, A YOUNG LADY SPOKE EARLIER TODAY AND MENTIONED PAGE 54 AND 55 AND SHE IS CORRECT. SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE I WANT TAKEN OUT, I ALREADY MADE THAT KNOWN.FOR EXAMPLE I DON'T WANT ANY OF OUR FAMILIES THAT HAVE ANIMALS AT THE AG BARN TO BE ASKED TO MOVE THOSE ANIMALS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THAT. MR. PRUITT HAS NOW BEEN BROUGHT IN JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AND HAS LOOKED AT THE DRAFT AND GIVEN SOME INPUT. HIS INPUT HAS BEEN TAKEN AGAIN, WE'VE STARTED TO TAKE OUT CERTAIN VERBAGE BASED ON HIS RECOMMENDATION AND HE'LL BE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS
GOING FORWARD. >> WHAT'S HIS TITLE WITH MISD?
OR RESPONSIBILITY? >> I DON'T KNOW HIS LEAD TITLE, HE IS THE MAIN INSTRUCTOR AT THE AG BARN FOR ALL OF OUR AG
CLASSES. >> IS HE AN MISD EMPLOYEE?
>> YES, SIR. >> EXACTLY WHAT, TONYA, ARE YOU ASKING US TO DO TONIGHT? ARE YOU ASKING FOR APPROVAL, RECOMMENDATION? WHAT IS IT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
COUNCIL? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE PLAN THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED IS A CITY AND A COUNTY PLAN.
SO IT IS A COUNTY PLAN FOR OUR OPERATIONS AS A CITY TO BE ABLE TO SHELTER ANIMALS. SO WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY IS THE MOU BETWEEN ELLIS COUNTY, THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AND MIDLOTHIAN ISD TO ALLOW FOR THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN TO UTILIZE THE AG BARN AS AN EMERGENCY ANIMAL SHELTER IN THE EVENT THAT
THERE'S A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. >> SO YOU'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO
>> APPROVE THE MOU? >> YES, SIR AND ALLOW FOR YOU TO
SIGN IT. >> YOU HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS,
I HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS TOO. >> NO, GO AHEAD.
>> IS AND I'LL ASK THIS THEN GO BACK TO Y'ALL.
WHAT ANIMALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO COME TO THE BARN AND DO THEY PREEMPT THE ANIMALS ALREADY THERE? WHAT OBLIGATION DOES THE CITY HAVE TO SHELTER?
>> SO WHEN WE HAVE AN IMPACT TO A PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY, LET'S SAY A TORNADO HAS IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO GET PEOPLE OUT, SO WE'RE SENDING THEM TO A SHELTER.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO THEN IS IF THEY'RE EVACUATING WITH THEIR ANIMALS, SOME MAY HAVE CATS, DOGS, SOME MAY HAVE IN MY OPINION NONTRADITIONAL PETS SO THINK ABOUT SNAKES, BIRDS,
>> I THINK THAT'S AGAINST OUR CITY ORDINANCE.
>> WE USED TO HAVE LAMAS OUT HERE.
>> SO THE GOAL THEN IS TO WHEN THEY EVACUATE WITH THEIR ANIMALS, IT'S TO BRING THOSE ANIMALS TO THE PET SHELTER LOCATION. SO THINK ABOUT A TORNADO, SOME PEOPLE'S CARS WILL BE IMPACTED, SOME WILL NOT BE.
SO WE MAY HAVE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FROM THE SHELTER TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER TO ALLOW FOR THOSE RESIDENTS TO GO AND WALK THEIR ANIMAL, CARE FOR THEIR ANIMAL AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE RUN A VERY LEAN ORGANIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY NEED ASSISTANCE SO THAT WOULD BE ASSISTANCE THAT I WOULD REQUEST ON OUR CITY'S BEHALF THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE SPCA OF TEXAS, YES, SIR.
>> MY QUESTION IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IF THERE'S NOT ROOM THERE, ARE THE AG PEOPLE OBLIGATED TO REMOVE THEIR
ANIMALS? >> NO, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE PLAN CHANGES. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE PLAN IS TO REMOVE THAT TO ALLOW FOR THE FFA STUDENTS TO HAVE THEIR ANIMALS THERE. IF THERE'S AVAILABLE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD BRING THOSE INDIVIDUAL PETS THAT ARE BEING SHELTERED THERE.
>> THANK YOU. SO MY QUESTION IS, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE HERE JUST TO CREATE THE PLAN.
DOES COUNCIL GET TO APPROVE THE PLAN? BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF ASKING US TO SIGN OFF ON SOMETHING THAT I
DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT SAYS. >> THAT'S CORRECT.
SO ONCE THE PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY AND BY ELLIS COUNTY, ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT, WE'LL TAKE IT TO COUNCIL FOR IT TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
SO IN OUR JULY 27TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING APPROVED OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN ATTACHED TO IT IS THE ELLIS COUNTY PLAN AS IT STANDS FOR 2015. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT PLAN WITH MORE DETAILS ABOUT ANIMAL SHELTERING IN THE CITY OF
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MIDLOTHIAN, WE WILL UPDATE THAT PLAN, TAKE IT TO COUNCIL ANDTHAT WILL BE AN ATTACHMENT. >> WILL MISD HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THE PLAN AS WELL OR SINCE THEY ALREADY SIGNED THE RIGHT TO USE
THE FACILITY -- >> THERE IS NOT THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN, THIS IS THE CITY'S PLAN AND THE COUNTY'S PLAN ON HOW WE AS A JURISDICTION ARE GOING TO HANDLE ANIMALS
DURING EMERGENCY OR DISASTER. >> OKAY.
>> THE MOU BEFORE YOU IS DATED 2021-2023.
SO IT WOULD BE UP FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL IN TWO YEARS OR ANY PARTY IS ABLE TO BASICALLY SIGN THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE AGREEMENT. >> SO IF A NATURAL DISASTER HIT, LET'S SAY THIS WAS IN PLACE TODAY AND IT HIT TOMORROW, YOU WOULD FIRST TAKE ALL OF THE ANIMALS TO THE EXPO AND ONLY AFTER THE EXPO WAS AT CAPACITY YOU WOULD MOVE TO THE AG BARN? OR YOUR FIRST LOCATION WOULD BE AG?
>> NO, WHAT I WOULD DO THEN IS I WOULD BE CONTACTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ASK IF WE CAN, BECAUSE PRIOR TO THIS WE DIDN'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO ASK PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY AS AN EMERGENCY ANIMAL SHELTER FOR A DISASTER THAT'S HAPPENED HERE IN OUR CITY.
>> IF IT WAS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AND A DISASTER HIT TOMORROW ARE WE GOING TO THE EXPO CENTER FIRST OR THE AG BARN?
>> NO, WE WOULD GO TO THE AG BARN WITH MISD'S PERMISSION.
>> OKAY. >> THAT'S IF IT'S AVAILABLE.
SO IF THERE IS NO ROOM, THEN THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IN THE PLAN WOULD BE TO GO TO THE EXPO CENTER.
>> I MEAN, SO I GREW UP SHOWING. STEERS ARE THERE YEAR ROUND PRETTY MUCH. THE OTHER ANIMALS THERE'S PROBABLY 3 OR 4 MONTH GAP IN THE SUMMER AFTER THE ELLIS COUNTY EXPO PROBABLY FROM MARCH UNTIL JUNE/JULY-ISH UNTIL THEY START REBUYING THOSE ANIMALS WHICH WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
DISASTERS IN THE SUMMER. >> WE'RE IN TORNADO SEASON YEAR ROUND. WE'VE HAD THEM IN DECEMBER AND
OCTOBER. >> BUT JUST KNOWING THAT IT'S FULL 9, 10 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR --
>> SO IT'S FULL IN THE STALLS. STALLS THAT ARE COMMITTED FOR PIGS AND STEERS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THERE ARE OTHER AREAS OF THE FACILITY AND KEEP IN MIND IT IS A 30 ACRE FACILITY. SO IT'S TO SAY THAT WITH PERMISSION OF MISD TO ERECT A TENT TO PUT UP PORTABLE KENNELS AND CARE FOR ANIMALS ON THE PROPERTY.
>> THAT'S MY OTHER -- I GREW UP SHOWING IN THAT BARN AND SO MY THING IS WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST ASK TO USE THE LAND BESIDE IT SO WE DON'T MESS WITH WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT GOING ON IN THE
BARN? >> THE AGREEMENT THOUGH IS TO USE THE FACILITY AS THE 30 ACRE PROPERTY TO INCLUDE THE
>> HOW MANY OTHER CITIES OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS COUNTY PLAN? IS IT JUST MISD WITH THE COUNTY?
>> I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO SAMANTHA PICKETT WITH ELLIS COUNTY, SHE'S WORKING WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA PICKETT WITH ELLIS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE ARE STARTING WITH YOU GUYS FIRST SINCE TONYA WAS PART OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO START WITH Y'ALL, BUT WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO ALL OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS BECAUSE ALL DISASTERS START LOCAL THEN WE WORK OUR WAY UP TRYING TO GET TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT LEVEL.
IF WE CAN'T HANDLE IT, WE REACH OUT TO THE STATE, IF STATE CAN'T, WE GO FEDERAL. OUR AGREEMENT IS SPECIFICALLY PRIMARY IS THE EXPO CENTER. IF THERE'S OVERFLOW OR ANY OTHER ISSUES, THEN WE WILL GO TO THE AG BARN.
BUT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS SPECIFICALLY IN MIDLOTHIAN, WE WANT YOU GUYS TO STAY LOCAL INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BRING YOU ALL TO THE EXPO CENTER. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO KEEP TRUCKING YOU DOWN THE ROAD WHEN YOU HAVE RESOURCES HERE YOU COULD POSSIBLY UTILIZE. BUT WE WILL BE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION REACHING OUT TO THE SMALL JURISDICTIONS, MAYPEARL, PALMER, FERRIS, TO GET THIS SOLIDIFIED.
>> YOU'RE SAYING IT'S EXPO FIRST THEN AG BARN --
>> EXPO FIRST IS MY PLAN IF WE HAD SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC WHERE IT AFFECTS MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS.
IF SOMETHING LOCAL, THE CITY PLAN WOULD BE TO STAY LOCAL UNLESS GUYS CANNOT HANDLE THE CAPACITY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE THE EXPO CENTER. IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> THANK YOU. >> I HEARD MS. HUNTER SAY THAT BASICALLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THE RIGHT OF REFUSAL IF THEY'RE FULL. WHAT'S THE BACK UP PLAN IF
THEY'RE FULL? >> WELL THERE IS NO FACILITY LIKE THIS, WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP WORKING ON THAT.
BUT WITH VETERINARY SERVICES AND ALREADY A GOOD LAYOUT, WE DON'T
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HAVE TO NECESSARILY USE THE INTERIOR, BUT WE NEED A FACILITY AND ACCESS TO THE WATER OR THINGS LIKE THAT.WE WOULD NEED PERMISSION AND THE FIRST THING TO DO TO SOLIDIFY A PLAN IS TO GET THAT AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
>> IF THE BARN IS NOT AVAILABLE AND YOU GO TO THE 30 ACRES, WHO PROVIDES THE TENTS AND THE OTHER EQUIPMENT?
>> SO WE WILL BE REQUESTING ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO HELP IF THEY HAVE PENS AND TRAILERS AND ALL OF THAT NECESSARY EQUIPMENT. IF THEY DON'T, THE COUNTY WILL BE PURCHASING WITH OUR DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE AND THEN WE'LL BE SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SINCE IT IS A DISASTER.
>> IS THERE ANY ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY ANIMALS OR DIFFERENT TYPES YOU CAN HOUSE AND ANY ESTIMATE HOW MANY ANIMALS YOU HAVE IN THE COUNTY? THIS COULD BE LOCAL, ANY
DISASTER WOULD BE LOCAL. >> FOR US IN MIDLOTHIAN, IF WE ARE ACTIVATING THE PLAN TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, THEN OUR FINANCE TEAM WOULD BE TRACKING THE COST ON THE RENTAL OF THOSE
TENTS. >> BUT HOW MANY, WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE ANIMALS? WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF THE BARN AND WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF THE
EXPO CENTER? >> SO IN THE ARENA OF THE AG BARN, IT WOULD BE SET UP IN A U SHAPE WHERE THERE'S I THINK 15 PER POD. LET ME LOOK AND SEE.
>> BUT IF NEED BE, COULD YOU GO OUT TO 30 ACRES AND HOUSE --
>> YES, SIR. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY ON HOW MANY ANIMALS THAT WE WOULD SHELTER AT ANY ONE PARTICULAR TIME. SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS WE WOULD HAVE CRATES, SO THERE IS AN ANIMAL RESPONSE DISASTER TRAILER NEXT DOOR IN CEDAR HILL AT THE TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER AND IT HAS 70 TO 80 KENNELS IN IT.
IT ALSO HAS DOG LEASHES, IT ALSO HAS LITTER, IT HAS FOOD, IT HAS MICROCHIPPING EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT WOULD BE SORT OF THE FIRST THING THAT WE WOULD BRING HERE.
BECAUSE OUR ANIMAL SHELTER ONLY HOLDS 37 DOGS, THAT'S IT.
>> SURE. >> SO IN THE NEED OF A DISASTER, WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN ASSISTANCE, SO THAT WOULD BE SORT OF THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE ALONG WITH BRINGING IN OTHER GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST WHETHER IT BE ON THE PROPERTY OR IN THE FACILITY. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SPACE AND SITE OF THE AG BARN WHETHER THE FACILITY WHOA YOU WOULD NEED TO BE USED OR WHETHER WE WOULD ERECT TEMPORARY QUARTERS OUTSIDE.
BUT THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER FOR SANITATION AND WATERING PURPOSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE BARN TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE UTILITIES AND THEN ALSO THE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO WALK THOSE ANIMALS AND CARE FOR THOSE ANIMALS.
SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE OWNED, WE WOULD CARE FOR THOSE, THE OWNERS COULD COME AND CARE FOR THEM AS WELL UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO GET BACK HOME. THERE WILL BE FROM TIME TO TIME, STRAYS, DOGS OR ANIMALS THAT ARE OWNED BY SOMEONE, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHO. I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE AGAIN THAT TORNADO THAT GOES DOWN AND KNOCKS DOWN A BUNCH OF FENCE, WE
MAY HAVE LOOSE ANIMALS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT DID WE DO EARLIER THIS YEAR AS FAR AS PLACING ANIMALS? WAS THERE A NEED FOR IT, WAS THERE NOT A NEED FOR IT?
. >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
>> NO, SIR, WE DID NOT DO ANY OF OUR EVACUATIONS.
ALL OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS WERE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POWER LOSS.
WE WERE RUNNING ON EMERGENCY GENERATOR.
WE ALSO DID NOT WANT TO GET PEOPLE OUT IN THE ICE AND THE SNOW INTO A FACILITY THAT COULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE ROLLING POWER OUTAGES. WE DID OPEN UP A WARMING SHELTER AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER TO GET PEOPLE THAT WERE NEEDING A PLACE TO STAY WARM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE DID NOT SHELTER ANY ANIMALS AT THAT POINT.
>> SAMANTHA, ARE THERE EMERGENCY GENERATORS AT THE ELLIS COUNTY YOUTH EXPO RIGHT NOW TO HANDLE THE PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICITY?
>> NO, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
WE MET WITH ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND LOOKED AT THEIR HOOK UPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WOULD REQUEST RESOURCES.
>> YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT NOW?
>> YES. >> AND THEN FOR THE AG BARN WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS ON GENERATOR ON WHEELS TO BRING THEM OUT THERE AND PROVIDE EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND POWER IN THE EVENT THAT THE AG BARN DOESN'T HAVE POWER --
>> WORKING WITH WHO? >> WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS
SO IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER, WOULD PRUITT JR. BE OVER
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OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY SINCE HE KNOWS ALL OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED THERE AND THE STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE COMINGAND GOING? >> SO UNDER THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE PLAN IS THERE WOULD BE BASICALLY LIKE AN INCIDENT COMMANDER, IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE MORE OF A UNIFIED COMMAND WHERE IT WOULD BE A CITY MAYBE A COUNTY OR AN ANIMAL REPRESENTATIVE TO INCLUDE MISD ON THE CRITICAL DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE AS IT RELATES TO ANIMAL CARE.
SO THERE WOULD BE A WHOLE ANIMAL CARE BRANCH ON CARING FOR THOSE ANIMALS. THE FFA STUDENTS WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO ACCESS THE FACILITY AND CARE FOR THEIR ANIMALS AS THEY WOULD NORMALLY. BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE A DISASTER IT IS OUR MIDLOTHIAN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WOULD BE ON SCENE TO SORT OF ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENT SAFETY AS WE WOULD HAVE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON SCENE TO PROVIDE SITE SECURITY AND ESCORTING INDIVIDUALS ONTO THE PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR ANIMALS AND THAT SORT OF THING DURING DESIGNATED HOURS.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME AND GO, IT WOULD
BE DURING DESIGNATED HOURS. >> BUT THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO ALL OF THAT WOULD BE NO, MR. PRUITT WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OVERSIGHT OF
THE FACILITY. >> HE WOULD HAVE -- IT WOULD EITHER BE HIMSELF OR A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MISD.
>> OKAY, I'M FOLLOWING YOU NOW. >> BECAUSE THEY DO OWN THE FACILITY, BUT WE WOULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE CARE OF THOSE ANIMALS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT IN SECONDARY DUE TO THE
DISASTER. >> DO PUBLIC WORKS CURRENTLY HAVE AVAILABLE GENERATORS TO POWER THE AG BARN AREA IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY? IF NOT --
>> ADAM, DO YOU WANT TO COME ANXIOUS -- ANSWER THAT?
>> SURE. WE HAVE PORTABLE GENERATORS.
WE HAVE SOME 100KS, SOME 8KS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR LOAD IS AT THAT BARN. SIMPLE ENOUGH TO HOOK UP TO A BUILDING WITH A PIGTAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE SOME GENERATORS, AND CONTRACTORS ON STANDBY WITH GENERATORS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.
>> WERE THOSE RESOURCES EXHAUSTED THIS LAST WINTER
WE HAD SOME ON STANDBY. BUT THE 100K WE WERE LETTING THE GENERATOR WORK AND TAKE IT OFF AND GO ON.
>> HOW ABOUT THE PERSONNEL TO MAN THOSE GENERATORS?
>> THE WAY WE HAVE TO MAN THEM IS BY FUELLING, THAT'S IT.
WE KIND OF TRUST THE EQUIPMENT, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO KIND OF TRUST YOUR EQUIPMENT. BUT WE DO HAVE GO BY AND LIKE GOING TO CITY HALL, GO BY AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE FUELED UP.
THERE'S WAYS WITH SCATA SYSTEMS AND MONITORING FOR FUEL.
BUT THEY'RE SIMPLE ENOUGH IF THEY'RE WELL MAINTAINED.
>> COUNCIL, PLEASE BE RECOGNIZED WE'RE GETTING OFF DISCUSSION.
>> I DIDN'T WATCH THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT, WHAT DID THEY SAY? IT'S THEIR BUILDING.
>> LAST MONDAY NIGHT, WE JUST BROUGHT IT FOR INFORMATION.
>> SO WE MIGHT BE MAKING A DECISION ON SOMETHING THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO LET US HAVE ANYWAY. >> THAT'S A POSSIBILITY FROM
WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING. >> NO, I HEARD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT ON SCHOOL BOARD, I JUST WAS ASKING
THE QUESTION. >> BUT THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T GIVE THEM THE PLAN BEFORE THE MEETING AND SO IT WAS JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION, THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD SENT ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THE PLAN AND THEY SENT IT TO THEM AFTER THE MEETING. SO THEY HADN'T SEEN THE PLAN ONCE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING STARTED.
JUST AN OVERSIGHT. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SEEN
IT AND HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT. >> COMMANDER, DO YOU THINK MAYBE OUR BEST BET IS TO STOP, NOT STOP THIS AT THIS MOMENT, WE'RE HAVING A GREAT DISCUSSION. BUT NOT DO ANY SIGNING OF ANY PAPERWORK TONIGHT, LET MISD APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE PLAN, THEN WE GO TO OUR STEP OF THE PLAN.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE OVER THEIR BUILDING IF THEY DON'T LET US
>> SO THERE'S NO USE IN US MAKING A DECISION TONIGHT.
WE LET THOSE SEVEN PEOPLE OVER IN THAT BUILDING MAKE THE DECISION. IT'S THEIR BUILDING, IT'S THEIR ANIMALS, IT'S THEIR KIDS, IT'S THEIR EVERYTHING.
I PERSONALLY WOULD RATHER LET THEM MAKE THAT DECISION RATHER THAN US. NOW IT'S OUR CONFERENCE CENTER, WE CAN OPEN THAT UP TO WHOEVER WE WANT TO, THAT'S OUR CONFERENCE CENTER, BUT THAT'S THEIR BUILDING.
>> AGREED. >> I PERSONALLY WOULD RATHER JUST KIND OF WORKSHOP THIS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT AND GO ON ABOUT MAYBE MAKING A DECISION AFTER THE MISD.
>> GREAT IDEA. >> I'VE GOT JUST ONE THING TO ADD TO THAT, I STILL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS, YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN I CAN GET GOING ON THAT. BUT EVEN BEFORE WE CAN PUNT THIS TO MISD SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IF WE GO TO MISD AND THEY SAY YES YOU CAN USE IT AND THEN WE PUT IT IN OUR PLAN, NOBODY HAS LOOKED AT THAT BUILDING AND I WENT TO THAT BUILDING YESTERDAY. IT'S BARELY HOLDING ON IN NORMAL
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OPERATION. I WOULD REALLY HATE TO TAKE IT AND TURN IT INTO AN EMERGENCY FACILITY.I WAS WONDERING HOW IT DIDN'T CATCH ON FIRE YET.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR IN THE FACT OF THE SITUATION,
BUT I HAVE MORE IF I CAN GO YET. >> WE CAN GO PRETTY DEEP HERE.
CLARK, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT SUGGESTION --
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM.
>> SECOND. >> HAVE A WORKSHOP.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS ITEM AND MOVE IT TO A WORKSHOP SO ONE, WE CAN REVIEW THE PLAN, TWO WE CAN REVIEW HOW IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND HOW IT WOULD TRULY IMPACT NOT ONLY THE ISD, THE FFA PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, AND THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AT THE FFA BARN, THE AG BARN, THE CAPABILITY OF THE AG BARN AND THE CAPABILITY OF THE CITY TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. I'LL TAKE A SECOND ON THAT.
>> I'M NOT INTERESTED IN DOING A WORKSHOP UNTIL AFTER WE HEAR
FROM THE ISD. >> WORKSHOP DEPENDING UPON MISD
INPUT? >> YOU COULD TAKE NO ACTION TONIGHT AND DIRECT STAFF TO BRING IT BACK FOR A WORKSHOP
ONCE THE MISD. >> THERE YOU GO.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE, COMMANDER HICKS, BEING A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S REPRESENTATIVE.
IS THERE A SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING TONIGHT?
A SPECIAL CAUSE MEETING? >> YES, SIR.
>> REGARDING THIS? >> NO, SIR.
>> THIS ISN'T ON THE -- DID THE CITY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE AT LAST WEEK'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE
>> DO WE NEED A MOTION? >> YOU STILL HAVE THE MOTION TO
TABLE IT AND FOR STAFF TO -- >> WELL WE MEET AGAIN IN
NOVEMBER. >> TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM AND MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THE ITEM ON THE DIRECTION STAFF BRINGS BACK FURTHER DISCUSSION.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION, THIS IS THE SECOND MOTION I'VE EVER MADE. WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE NO ACTION TONIGHT AND HAVE A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THIS ONCE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MADE A DECISION.
>> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE VOTE.
ITEM PASSES 7-0. SO WE TAKE NO ACTION TONIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE APPRECIATE Y'ALLS TIME.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
>> SO WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK INTO ORDER.
THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE TAKEN WITH ONE ACTION, ONE MOTION AND A VOTE.
ANY DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, WE CAN PULL THAT ITEM OUT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. EXCLUDEING 486.
EXCLUDEING 486 WHICH WAS COVERED PREVIOUSLY BY NO ACTION.
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REGULAR AGENDA. 2021-491, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES CREATED BY RECENT RESIGNATIONS AND CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF THE TWO NON-VOTING MEMBERS TO VOTING MEMBERS.DO YOU HAVE THE NAMES? >> NO, SIR, I DON'T.
I GAVE YOU ALL OF THAT PAPERWORK, I'M SORRY.
>> DO WE HAVE THE NAMES? SO WE HAVE TWO NOMINEES.
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>> CLARK AND I SERVE ON THIS WITH THE MAYOR.
WE HAVE A DIRE NEED FOR TWO PEOPLE FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE ONE MORE MEETING THIS YEAR.
SO WE SAT DOWN WITH EVERYBODY IN THE SAME ROOM AND FOUND TWO NAMES OUT OF SIX THAT WOULD QUALIFY, THEY WANTED TO BE A PART OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO NOMINATE THESE TWO TO GET IT STARTED AND GET THAT BOARD FINISHED SO THEY CAN HEAR THAT CASE.
>> WE HAVE RICHARD AND KEVIN CONAY.
RICHARD IS A, HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN WITH THE CITY?
>> DOESN'T MATTER. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> MOTION AND SECONDED.
>> OH I'M SORRY, HUD, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT?
>> MY ONLY CONCERN IS I'VE ASKED IN THE PAST TO BE INFORMED ON WHO THE PEOPLE ARE BEING NOMINATED FOR THESE POSITIONS.
IF I UNDERSTAND, WE ROTATE ON THE COMMITTEE BEING INFORMED OF WHO WE'RE VOTING ON IS PARAMOUNT AND BECAUSE OF THAT I WILL ABSTAIN MY VOTE BECAUSE I WAS NOT INFORMED WHO THEY WERE, WHAT
POSITIONS AND SO FORTH. >> HUD, I APOLOGIZE.
>> DO YOU MIND REPEATING THE NAMES FOR MY OWN PERSONAL.
>> RICHARD M-O-S-C-I-C-K-I. AND KEVIN C-O-Y-N-E.
>> THE ITEM PASSES 6-0 WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
[2021-492]
ITEM 2021-492 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RECOMMENDATION FOR MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH PROVIDENT REALTY ADVISORS INC AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY CLOSING DOCUMENTS.>> THIS IS AN ITEM WITH CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT APPROVED BY COUNCIL BACK IN MARCH.
THE REASON THAT WE HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK, CITY COUNCIL IS THE AUTHORIZING UNIT OF MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ANY CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM WOULD REQUIRE US TO COME BACK.
AND SO AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO CLOSING AFTER PROVIDENT HAS RECEIVED THEIR BUILDING PERMIT AND ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT THEY NEED FOR CLOSING, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SUBORDINATE THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN TO OUR ABILITY TO REPURCHASE AND THAT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS CALLED OUT IN THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
THE MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD WENT THROUGH AND REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND BELIEVED THAT IT REALLY DOES NOT CHANGE OUR REPURPOSE OPTION IN OUR LIKELIHOOD OF THIS BEING A SIGNIFICANT ITEM. THEY VOTED TO APPROVE THAT ITEM 5-0. ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE,
HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >> YOU HAVE NO COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE.
[2021-493]
ITEM PASSES 7-0. >> THANKS, KYLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 2021-493, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN AGREEMENT WITH VIDAURRI MANAGEMENT GROUP, VMG, TO PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PHASE 1 WHICH INCLUDES THE DESIGN, PRE-BID, AND GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF THE CITY HALL/LIBRARY AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING
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PROJECTS FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $697,424.>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IF YOU RECALL BACK IN MAY WHEN WE KIND OF BROUGHT FORTH THE SCHEDULE TO PROCEED ON THESE TWO BUILDING PROJECTS WE TALKED ABOUT AN OWNER'S REP.
WE DID BRING VIDAURRI MANAGEMENT GROUP TO THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE WENT THROUGH THE RFP SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE ARCHITECTS. NOT ONLY DID THEY AID US IN THE SELECTION PROCESS, BUT THEY ALSO HELPED NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT WITH OUR TWO ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS, ONE FIRM.
IN THE END THEY DID WIND UP SAVING US OVER $1 MILLION ON ONE CONTRACT. SO THEY DID HAVE THEIR BENEFIT.
THIS IS FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT, MAINLY DESIGN.
AND IT IS FOR A PRICE NOT TO EXCEED $697,424.
WITH THAT THEY WILL HELP US IN THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF THE SCHEDULE, IN THE DESIGN PHASE, MANAGING THE DESIGN TEAMS, DEVELOP PROGRAM AND ALTERNATES AND COMPRESSION AND SHELL SPACES FOR OUR FUTURE GROWTH, HAVE STRATEGIES FOR PHASING AND MOVE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO ENSURE UNINTERRUPTED SERVICES FOR BOTH PROJECTS, FF & E, DESIGN COORDINATION, SECURITY TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY ACCESS CONTROL, INPUTTING A STORM SHELTER. THEY'LL ALSO ASSIST THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, ARCHITECT, AND THE CONTRACTOR IN THE VALUE ANALYSIS PROCESS TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION METHODS OR MATERIALS AT A REDUCED COST AND/OR CONSTRUCTION TIME.
THEY'LL ALSO GO INTO THE PHASE OF MANAGING THE CMAR PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT PHASE THAT WE WOULD ENTER INTO WITH THIS CONTRACT. THEY'LL PREQUALIFY ALL CONTRACTORS, PREPARATION OF THE CMAR BID PACKAGE, CONDUCT A PRE-BID CONTRACT, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN ALSO LEAD NEGOTIATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE CMAR CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION. AT THAT POINT THEY'LL ENTER INTO THE GEOTECHNICAL SUB SURFACE IN TESTING RFQ AND THEN ALSO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TESTING RFQ SOLICITATION, AT THAT POINT THEY WILL GET US THROUGH THE GMP, THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE ON THOSE PROJECTS AND AT THAT POINT IT WOULD BE HANDED OFF TO INTERNAL STAFF. BUT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROLONG THEIR CONTRACT OR ACTUALLY JUST BE ANOTHER CONTRACT WITH VIDAURRI MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS WE SAW FIT. WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS WITH THIS CONTRACT. >> IS THERE ANY POINT WHERE WE GET TO PUT SOME INPUT IN AS FAR AS ARCHITECTURAL?
>> YES, SIR. THAT'S COMING UP PROBABLY I WANT TO SAY IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO AMBITIOUS. THAT MIGHT BE IN DECEMBER.
>> THAT'S FINE. >> THERE WILL BE SEVERAL FOR THE
CITIZENS AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL. >> SEEMS LIKE YOU SAID THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PROVEN THEIR WORTH AND I AGREE.
>> YEAH, JUST IN THAT NEGOTIATION FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT, VERY VALUABLE.
>> AS LONG AS THIS HELPS US AVOID SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'M ALL FOR IT.
>> YOU SAID THIS, BUT WHAT IS THE TERMINATION ACT OF THE
AGREEMENT? >> UNTIL WE GET TO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. THIS AGREEMENT GOES THROUGH THE GMP PHASE. SO THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE GMP PHASE, THEN ONCE WE ACTUALLY START THE CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S WHEN THEY WON'T BE UNDER CONTRACT ANY LONGER.
SO RIGHT UP TO THE POINT WHERE -- NOW THERE COULD BE SOME EARLY OUT PHASES IN THIS THAT WE'RE GOING IN DOING SOME DEMO WORK, SOME OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
THEY WOULD STILL BE ON FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT COMPLETING THE ENTIRE CONTRACT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT.
BUT ONCE WE REALLY GO VERTICAL, THEY'LL BE DONE.
>> OKAY. >> FOR THIS CONTRACT.
>> FOR THIS CONTRACT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE.
ITEM PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU, CLYDE.
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AT THIS TIME COUNCIL WILL BREAK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN PURSUIT OF THE FOLLOWING CODE SECTION 551.071 LEGAL CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON ANY AGENDA ITEM LISTED HEREIN, SECTION 551.072, REAL ESTATE WALNUT GROVE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE MCALPIN RIGHT OF WAY. AND SECTION 551.087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DELIBERATE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT AND TO[01:00:01]
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