[Call to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of Allegiance.]
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MAY 9, 2023, CALLED THE SESSION OF THE MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. WE WILL BEGI WITH INVOCATION.
>> >> THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO YOUR PEOPLE, IS THE COUNSEL TO DO THE GREATER WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE THANK YOU YOU CALL US TOGETHER WITH OUR COLLECTIVE RESOURCES AND WISDO TO COME AND BE ABOUT ADVANCING YOUR WORK, AND YOUR KINGDOM , HERE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL O THOSE WHO FEEL A CALL TO LEADERSHIP AND WHO COME AND OFFER THEIR GIFTS AND GRACES FO SERVICE , WE ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE AND THANK YOU FOR MAYOR REYNAUD WHO HAS GIVEN SO MUCH OF HIMSELF OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO HELP LEAD OUR CITY WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC OFFICE COME AT A COST MANY TIMES, ESPECIALL IN THE DAYS IN WHICH WE LIVE. WE KNOW THAT HE HAS LED FAITHFULLY AND HAD A GREAT VOICE, CALMING VOICE, THROUGH TURBULENT TIMES, EVEN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE, AND WE WANT TO PRAY FOR THE TRANSITION OF THI NEW LEADERSHIP COUNSEL COMING IN. WE PRAY FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND CONTINUED GUIDANCE IN YOUR SPIRIT TO BE AT WORK IN OUR GREAT CITY. WE KNOW YOU HAVE INCREDIBLE PLANS FOR US, AND YOU WANT MIDLOTHIAN TO BE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN PROSPE AND THRIVE. THAT IS OUR DESIRE AND WE NEED YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR THAT WORK. WE GIVE YOU THIS TIM AND SPACE TO MOVE IN YOUR SPIRIT. WE PLAY THIS IN YOUR WONDERFUL, NAME .
>> AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDE GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FO
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OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE GORDON B JONES. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WIL
GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GORDON GEORGE, I LIVE AT 303 DOUBLE OAK IN DENTON COUNTY.
>> I AM A MARRIED FATHER OF THREE GROWN CHILDREN, ALL THREE CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY AND I A A MEMBER OF A GROUP CALLED, "N HATE IN TEXAS." WE ARE PROTESTING AGAINST THE ALL-STATE STEADFAST CHURCH, THE ARE A REGISTERED HATE GROUP, AND THEY BRING SOME THINGS AND HOPEFULLY NONE OF YOU WOULD AGREE WITH. I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW PASSES OF THIS, AND IF THIS OFFENDS ANYBODY, BUT THESE ARE THE WORDS OUT OF THE PASTOR ,
JONATHAN SHELLEY'S MOUTH. >> YET WE CHRISTIANS TO REALIZ OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN IS. YET TO GET THEM TO REALIZE THAT THE FACTS AND JUICER OF THE DEVIL, AND WE WANT TO HAVE THEM WE HAVE TO NOT ALLOW THEM TO SURVIVE. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DIE. WE ARE IN A CRASH COURSE. IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN THE INDISCERNIBLE ] , BECAUSE HIS ASSOCIATE PASTOR DYLAN HALL'S STATED QUOTE, COUNCILMEMBER JUSTIN COFFMAN SHOULD BE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL AND SHOT I THE BACK OF THE HEAD. KILL TRAN YOUTH, HE SAID. MAYBE YOU REALIZE WHY WE PROTEST AGAINST THIS GROUP. THEY WERE FIRST IN FORT WORTH THREE YEARS AGO, THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THEIR LOCATION THERE, AND THEN THEY WENT TO HEARST, AND THEY STATED ONCE THERE, THEN THEY WENT TO ONE TALKER, WHETHER CONVICTED IN 2022. AFTER THAT,
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THEY WENT TO HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOMS, AND WE FOUND OUT WHERE THEY WERE DOING, WE FOLLOWED HI AND HAD IT SHUT DOWN. NOW THEY'VE GONE UNDERGROUND COMPLETELY. THEY SAID THEY WANT TO PLAY FIND A PLACE TO OWN SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET KICKEDOUT BY US. >> WE'VE HEARD RUMOR THAT AND I CAN'T CONFIRM IT YET, THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT OR HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED PROPERTY IN MIDLOTHIAN. I'VE SPOKEN TO MELISSA, AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TOLD HER ABOUT IT. YO CAN LOOK INTO THAT. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A HEADS UP .
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM IN YOUR TOWN, AND I HOPE YOU DON'T, OR YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, OR BE THE FOURTH IN THE COUNSEL OF TEXAS KNOW THAT YOU WANT THAT. I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST RUMOR, BUT IF IT'S NOT, YOU CAN CRAFT YOUR CONSTITUTION TO HOPEFULLY DISCOURAGE GROUPS LIKE THAT FRO COMING HERE. IF YOU DECIDE TO HAVE IT HERE, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS, BUT NO WITH HIM COMES US. I'M A MENDER OF THE GROUP AND WHERE THOUSAND STRONG. BU WE WON'T ALL SHOW UP, BUT SOME ARE MORE COLORFUL THAN ME. YOU DON'T WANT THESE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE YELLING IN YOUR TIME. AN SOMETIMES WE BEEN ARRESTED FOR TESTING. WERE NOT AFRAID TO MAK SOME NOISE. I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SUR
>> FIRST, I'M TRYING TO BREATHE. DYLAN PEACOCK. 3816 HEARST, TEXAS. I NEED A LITTL LIQUID COURAGE APPEAR, HOPE YOU KNOW CPR. U.S. AIR FORCE VETERAN, FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY THINKING THAT I WAS DEFENDING ALL THE PEOPLE BACK HOME AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T STAND UP FOR TOO MUCH MORE SINCE THEN, BUT I DO STAN UP FOR THIS. IT'S A STEADFAST COLD, AND I DON'T CALL THEM THE CHURCH. IT'S A CALL. THE PASTOR GETS UP BEHIND HIS PULPIT AND SAYS A CERTAIN PEOPLE NEEDS TO DIE, THAT IS NOT A CHURCH. THAT'S NOT ABOUT LOVE. THAT'S ABOUT HATE. WE DON'T BEHIND NO HATE IN TEXAS.
>> I HOPE YOU CAN PUT SOMETHIN IN YOUR CHARTER , IN YOUR CONSTITUTION FOR THE CITY, THE CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN NICE. I'VE GOT FRIENDS HERE IT'S ALWAYS WENT HOME. I HOPE IT WILL STAY THAT WAY. IF YOU LET THIS COLD HOW SHOULD I SAY THIS? SLITHER INTO THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME FO YOU TO GET THE STAIN OUT FROM YOUR CITY. THEY ARE A LISTED HATE GROUP. THE ACL A, ACLU, THEY DO AND NOT TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. THEY ARE A HATE GROUP AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO WHAT ARE YOU CAN TO KEEP THEM OUT OF YOUR CITY. THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO POINT TO WHAT WAS MADE EARLIER, WE DO NOT COUNSELOR, CITIZEN SHOULD BE HEARD BECAUSE OF THE OPEN
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MEETING ACT. THEREFORE, THERE I NO DISCUSSION.>> BUT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR POINTS. THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM COUNCIL 166 IS BEING REMOVE SO WE JUST HAVE THE ONLY OTHER THREE ITEMS. THESE ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY A SINGLE VOTE. IS
THERE A REQUEST OR EMOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCEPT FOR ONE ITEM, PLEASE VOTE.
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>> PASSES, 6-0. CONSIDER AN ACTIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $140,00 TO BE AWARDED BY THE MIDLOTHIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO MANOR HOUSE FO EXTENT CAUSE AND THE PURCHASE OF PREPACKAGED SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. W HAVE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT
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HAVE RECUSED THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF INVOLVEMENT.>> GOOD EVENING, GUYS. SO, WE APPROVE RB MEETING, SO WE BRIN IT TO YOU GUYS, BECAUSE IT'S OVER $10,000, BEING HUNDRED 40,000. IT IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST THE FIFTH, FROM 10:00 TO 2:00 AT THE MULTIPURPOSE STUDIO WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVA
TONIGHT FOR THAT PROJECT. >> COUNSEL, QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS? MOTION? >> I WAS TO APPROVE. SECOND ?
>> SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES 4-0. I HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING EVENT EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S WHA IT SAYS, BACK TO SCHOOL, AND THEY BRING IN SUPPLIES AND
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ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TO PRECIPITATE. THANK YOU.>> OPENING ITEM 2023-167. CONSIDER A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SECONDARY DWELLING READILY ZONED AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT THE PROPERTY IS LOCATE ON PLUS OR MINUS 2.8970 ACRES ON THE NORTH GRASP CORNER OF SOUTH WALNUT GROVE ROAD IN
CLANCY LANE. >> THIS IS A CASE PERMIT AT 49 -- 4091 CLANCY LANE TO HAVE A SECOND HOME BUILT ON A PROPERTY. THE PEOPLE WOULD LIK TO LIVE IN THE CURRENT HOME, S THIS IS THE CURRENT HOME. THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN THAT HOME WHILE THEY BUILD A NEW ONE. IT' GOING TO BE BUILT IN APPROXIMATELY THIS LOCATION. WE DON'T HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENTS FOR WORKING PEOPLE SO, WE WERE USING OUR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT APARTMENTS, AND LAND MANAGEMEN WOULD ALLOW IT TO ACTUALLY ACCESS THE LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION AGAIN, THE MAIN IDEA HERE IS WITH THIS SUP WE ARE SAYING, WE APPROVE IT AND YOU CAN LIVE IN THE SOUTH WHILE YOU BUILD THIS OUT . ONCE HIS HOUSE IS BUILT, ALL THIS GOES AWAY, THERE IS A HOUSE, A CARPORT, A GARAGE, AN THOSE OF THE PERMANENT STRUCTURES THAT WOULD NEED TO G AWAY FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE NEW HOUSE IS BUILT. THEN THIS IS JUST A TRAMPOLINE AND A KIDS PLAYHOUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE RELOCATED TO THE BACKYARD. THE MAIN IDEA HERE REALLY COMES TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TO ALLOW THEM TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME WHILE THE BUILD THEIR NEW HOME THIS IS WHAT THE END PRODUCT WOULD BE A IF NONE OF THAT EXISTED LIKE I WAS JUST A VACANT PIECE OF LAND THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET ALL THE REQUIRED, THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY EXCEPTIONS, VARIANTS, WAIVERS SO THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A 2600 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, 600 SQUARE-FOOT GARAGE, AND MEE ALL THE SET BACKS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TONIGHT AND IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> DO YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
>> IF WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE.
>> MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. PLEASE VOTE .
>> OF THE KEYRINGS CLOSE. IS THERE MOTION?
>> MOVE. SECOND, MOTION IS APPROVED, SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
PASSES, 6-0. THANK YOU. >> REGULAR AGENDA. 2023, 168,
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ACTIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING I A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $580,000 FOR THE MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO THE CITY OF METHODOLOGY PARTS DEPARTMENT OFFUN THE TRAIL. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, AND COUNSEL. I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO REQUEST APPROVA OF A MCDC GRANT FOR THE REGIONAL TRAIL PROJECT. IT ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTS SEGMENTS TWO AND THREE OF THE
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PLAN. SEGMENT THREE WILL TIE INTO LOXAHATCHEE'S PORTION OF THE HIKING TRAIL. SO WE WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILES I MIDLOTHIAN, AND THAT WILL TIE T LOXAHATCHEE'S APPROXIMATE 5.3 MILES OF TRAIL. THIS WILL CREAT A REGIONAL CONNECTION ALLOWING CITIZENS TO BIKE AND RUN ON A BEAUTIFUL TRAIL ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CREEK TOTALING UP PROXIMATELY 9.8 MILES WHEN AL SEGMENTS FOR BOTH CITIES ARE COMPLETE. THIS FUNDING WILL PROVIDE A 20% PORTION THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL MATCHING GRANT. THE CIT HAS BEEN OFFERED A CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT OFF SYSTEM GRANT, SORRY FOR THE LONG TITLE, FOR $2,454,426. EQUALS APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE IDENTIFIED BUDGET THAT WILL COMBINE WITH OUR 20% MATCH OF $580,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 3 MILLION, $34,426. THIS IS IDENTIFIED AS A PORTION OF THE REGIONAL ADOPTED BY THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL AS PART OF THE MOBILITY 2045 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. MIDLOTHIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DISCUSS THIS PROJECT IN SEVERAL MEETINGS AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS REQUEST AT THE APRIL 27TH MEETING, AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.>> CLARIFY, SO IT IS ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION O
>> AND THE 580,000 FROM THE SALES TAX DOLLARS AND THE REST IS GRANT MONEY FROM THE STATE GRANT.
>> YES THE REST OF IT. THESE PRICES ARE FROM 2020, SECOND TO BUILD THE WHOLE THING, AND I WILL TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND SAFE STREETS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ALL OF THESE ARE OPTIONS FOR
ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING. >> I GUESS WE ARE GOING TO COM
BACK TO DISCUSS IT? >> YES, WE WILL GO BACK TO OU FATE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE NEXT CALL FOR THAT ONE,
AS WELL. YES SIR. >> I'M CURIOUS. WHERE IS IT AT ON THE 3.5 MILES. THEY ARE IN THE SAME PLACE WE ARE. THEY RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING, SO THEY ARE WORKING ON THEIR FUNDING FO NEXT YEAR, AND WORKING ON THEIR AFA AGREEMENT. THEY ARE BOTH
WORKING IN CONJUNCTION. >> THEIR PORTION WILL CONNECT UP TO OUR END OF PARK SECTION?
>> YES. THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY SURE THEY ARE STARTING ON, BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNS MOST O THEIR PROPERTY, SO THEY HAVE A GREAT OPTION TO DO IT QUICKLY WITHOUT TRYING TO GAIN ANY
RIGHT-OF-WAY ISSUES. >> DOES THIS FUNDING INCLUDE
TRAILHEADS? >> THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE TRAILHEADS. THERE ARE THREE OPTIONAL TRAILHEADS, AND THIS FUNDING IS JUST TRULY FOR THE TRAIL, AND THE ENGINEERING OF
THE TRAIL. >> WHAT ARE THE ESTIMATES FOR
THE COST OF TRAILHEADS? >> THE TRAILHEADS, HOPEFULLY, THERE'S ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE , AND I DIDN'T BRING THAT ONE WIT ME. LET ME SEE IF IT'S IN HERE BUT I BELIEVE IT'S 1.5 MILLION
>> ITEM PASSES 6-0. >> 2023- 169. CONSIDER AND AC
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UPON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE TH VANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS FOR CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT OF SYSTEM IN AMOUNT OF $2,454,426 . THIS WOULD ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTS SEGMENTS TWO AND THREE OF THE MIDLOTHIAN WALKSHATCHERY REGIONAL TRAIL. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S A
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MOUTHFUL. >> I AM VERY EXCITED TO DISCUSS THIS LONG-AWAITED REGIONAL TRAIL. AS WE ARE IDENTIFYING I AS LIMESTONE TRAIL. HIS REGIONAL TRAILS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR YEARS, AND I'M THRILLED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS DREAM COULD ACTUALLY COME TRUE. THE PLANNING FOR THIS TRAIL HAS TAKEN YEARS OF WORK FROM BOTH COMMUNITIES OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND PARK HILL, THE DESIGN FIRM TO EVALUATE ALIGNMENTS, RECOMMEND AROUND AND CONDUCT A 50% ENGINEERING DOCUMENT FOR REGIONAL DEL WEBB SHARED TRAIL.
IN 22 NEED TO, GRANT REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED TO NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO ASSIST IN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION FO PORTION OF THE REGIONAL TRAIL. THE GRANT REQUEST WAS APPROVED, AND ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WAS PROVIDED IN DETAILS FOR A MATCHING GRANT , REGULATIONS WERE THE PROCESSES AND IDENTIFIED THAT THE CITY WILL B RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE PROJECT , AND ALL FUTURE MAINTENANCE MUST BE EXECUTED TO
START THE PROJECT. >> THE FUNDING IS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED FOR THE REGIONAL TRAIL PROJECT ENGINEER AND CONSTRUCT SEGMENTS TWO AND THRE OF THE PLAN. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO CITIES COMPLETE TRAIL SYSTE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 9.8 MILE FOR ALL TO ENJOY. I KNOW YOU KEEP HEARING ME REFER AND SAY, PROXIMATELY, BECAUSE WE ARE BOT STILL ENGINEERING, HENCE THE EXACT ROUTE ISN'T THERE BUT THE
BASIC PLAN, IS IDENTIFIED. >> THE CONGESTION IN MITIGATIO AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CONSISTS OF A GRANT FO $2,000,454 AND $426 WILL COMBINE A MATCH OF $580,000 PROVIDED BY MCDC. PLEASE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FO STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS I THE AMOUNT OF $2,454,426. IT WOULD ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTS SEGMENTS TWO AND THREE OF THEM MIDLOTHIAN WALKS A HAPPY REGIONAL TRAIL. WITH THAT I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> MOVE.
>> SECOND. >> ITEM PASSES, 6-0. THANK YOU , COUNSEL. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MIDLOTHIAN TRAIL.
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>> IT HAS BEEN UP IN THE AIR FOR A LONG TIME. ITEM 2023 -170, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 202 THROUGH 2028 STRATEGIC PLAN A A PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR THE CIT OF MIDLOTHIAN TO INCLUDE PERSONNEL IN CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND, ELLIS COUNTY RADIO FUND, CONFERENCE CENTER AND SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER.
>> HERE WE ARE AGAIN. WE ARE STARTING ALL OVER. WE ARE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF THE BUDGET, AND THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I WILL POINT OUT IT IS PURELY A PLANNING DOCUMENT, IT IS NOT APPROPRIATING ANY FUNDS. YOU AR NOT APPROVING ANY SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES AT THIS POINT. SO I'M GOOD TO GO THROUGH IT REAL QUICK AMENDED IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS CALL BE GLAD TO ANSWE ANY.
>> AFTER THE VERY FIRST PAGE, I YOU LOOK, THERE'S A ALL FUND SUMMARY THAT SHOWS YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDS ON THE SIDE COMING OF THE GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND, THE RADIO FUND, THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE CONFERENCE CENTER, AND THEN THERE IS A GRANT TOTAL. I WANT TO POINT OUT SALARY AND BENEFIT FOR THE FIRST YEARS PLAN ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 1.997 MILLION, AND THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE I'M SORRY -- THE
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CAPITAL IS 11 MILLION 863 . AND THEN, I DON'T LIKE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE LATER YEARS, BECAUSE THE FURTHER OUT WE GO, THE LESS PRECISE THOSE ESTIMATES ARE. BUT, IT DOES GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'R LOOKING. AND THESE ARE ESTIMATE BY THE DEPARTMENTS BASED ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TH RESOLUTE'S REQUESTED SERVICES AND WHAT IS GOOD TO TAKE TO PROVIDE THOSE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE USED PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES AN CERTIFIED VALUES THAT ARE RECEIVED FROM ELLIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS A DATE O 4/30. AS OF THE 31ST, THE CIT HAS 8493 HOMESTEADS WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF WHAT WE HAD. WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE INCREASE.THE SALES TAX PROJECTED 21% INCREASE OVER CURRENT BUDGET.
PRIOR-YEAR, WE HAD A 25% INCREASE IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
10% FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, 202 AND THE PRIOR-YEAR ESTIMATIN
INCREASE WAS ESTABLISHED . >> IT WAS 12%. THE TWO HAVE ONE TIME USE OF ARPA FUNDS THA WE DID IN FISCAL YEAR IN 2022, AND IF YOU WILL CALL IT WAS 7.660 MILLION , SO WE DID USE THAT 666,000 THAT WAS AN OFFSET IN IT ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THA WERE ADDED IN THE CURRENT FISCA YEAR WE ARE IN NOW. WE USE THE MILLION WHICH WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS OR THE PUBLIC SAFETY AWARDS PROGRAM. WE DO HAVE 638,000 OR SO LEFT OF THAT THAT CAN BE USE AS REQUESTED AT SOME POINT. I THIS IS IN THE GENERAL FUND, OVERALL, WE HAVE 30,486,000 ROUGHLY IN CAPITAL OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND IN PERSONNEL, OUT OF THAT SAME FIV YEARS, IS APPROXIMATELY $38,833,000. AS FAR AS I AND SINCE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE SOME VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY , BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, STREETS, WE HAVE OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND I.T., AND SOME CRITICAL PROGRAMS FOR OUR NEW CITY HALL LIBRARY. WE HAVE ACCOUNT SYSTEM UPGRADES JMS, RMS UPGRADES. SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REWRITES, STATE ROAD REHABILITATION, SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM CONVERSION.
>> UNDER THE PERSONNEL, WE HAVE 92.5 POSITIONS OVER FIVE YEARS 10 POSITION RECLASSIFICATIONS OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, AND FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE 17 NEW POSITIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024. FIV OF THOSE ARE LIBRARY, AND 10 AR
IN PUBLIC SAFETY . >> THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT ON THAT ONE. IF WE LOOK AT THE UTILITY FUND, THAT PARTICULAR ONE, REVENUES REMAIN SOMEWHAT STEADY. WE HAVE OUR NEW GROWTH PRIMARILY BASED ON TRENT INCREASES , SEWER, AND WATER, EXPECTION NEEDS WERE INCREASED LAST YEAR, AND ADOPTED, BUT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE WON'T BE SHORT ON THOSE FEES. 90% OF OU GROWTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/202 IS LARGELY BASED ON THE MAIN REVENUES OF SEWER WATER AND CONTRACT WATERS DOORS. VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE PAST. EXPENSES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEAR OF UTILITY ARE EXPECTED TO BE $69,758,000, AND PERSONNEL COST FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AT $3,072,000. CAPITAL FEES AND
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UTILITY FUND, ARE PRIMARILY CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION. WE ARE CONTINUING THE EXPANSION PROJECT WITH THE AUGER WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT AND REPLACEMENT FOR THE WATER PLANTS, AND WE HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT PROGRAM , BYPASS PUMPIN INSTALLATION, SLUDGE DRAWING, DEWATERING TOWERS, AND A MASTER PLAN FOR RETIREMENT. AND WE INCLUDED HERE ENGINEERING STUDIES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPOROUR FUTURE GROWTH. >> EXPENSES TO INCLUDE MAJOR EXPENDITURES INCLUDING THE EAS LIFT STATIONS, GRAVITY MAIN UPGRADES, AND DREDGING THAT WE MAY HAVE TO FUND BY FUTURE BONDS OR CASH. POSITIONS AND ANTICIPATED ONCE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THERE ARE SEVEN POSITIONS IN THIS FUND, AND THREE POSITIONS IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
>> I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT O STATS ON THE ELLIS COUNTY RADI FUND. IT IS FAIRLY SMALL , IF YOU LOOK AT YET WE ARE ACTUALL SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO STAY AROUND THIS FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AND OUR FUN TUNNEL FUND TOTAL IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $50,000 AND IT WILL GROW A LITTLE BIT MORE IN OUTER YEARS.
BUT PRIMARILY LOW GROWTH EXPENDITURES. THE SENIOR CENTER AGAIN, WE HAVE MET THAT PROPOSED INDUSTRIES INC. PLAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WE HAVE A FAN REPLACEMENT IN 2425, AND THAT IS THE ONLY ITEM WE HAVE I THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND FOR THE COMPENSATOR, WE HAVE FIRE ALAR REPLACEMENT, AND ROOF REPAIRS IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND IN THE SECOND YEAR, REPLACEMENT OF THE DANCE FLOOR. AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR THEM, AS WELL
>> SO I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER TH QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT
HAVE. >> IS IS UPDATED EVERY YEAR, O IS IT VIEWED ON THE FIVE YEA TERM?
>> IT'S UPDATED EVERY YEAR. THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE CHANGING DYNAMICS AND WE ARE SUCH A HIG GROWTH POSITION RIGHT NOW, STILL. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THING COMING ACROSS TO THE COUNCIL, DIGESTION CHANGES. SO WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO PROJECT FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT, AND LOOK AT IT FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND SEE THAT SOME THINGS ARE VERY CLOSE, AND SOME THINGS
>> AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS, WHAT IS THE ASSUMPTION ABOUT TH
POPULATION OF MIDLOTHIAN ? >> WELL, I DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT IT
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> NOT FULL BUILDOUT, COUNSEL
>> MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND?
>> PLEASE VOTE. >> ITEM PASSES 6-0. THANK YO
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FOR YOUR WORK. >> ITEM 2023 -171, REVIEW, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE LITIGATION REGARDING THE INTENT OF SECTION I , ITEM 13 OF THE BOARD REQUIREMENT AND RULES AND RECENTLY ADOPTED POLICY ON GOVERNANCE PROCESS-REQUIRING ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO ATTEND MIDLOTHIAN UNIVERSITY.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE POLICY OBVIOUSLY GOT APPROVED AND WE WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING, AND WE HAD A QUESTION WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY, AND THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WAS THIS FOR MOVING FORWARD NEWLY
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APPOINTED, OR RETRO ACT OF, TO ALL WHO SERVED. WE HAD A COUPL OF COUNCILMAN COMMENT, AND ACTUALLY THERE'S ENOUGH CONFUSION AROUND THIS BUT IS I ONLY FOR THOSE PERSPECTIVE MOVING FORWARD, OR GOING BACK? ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN OFFER AND I WANT THE COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN ON THIS AS WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT ONCE WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE UNIVERSITY, WE CAN VIDEO THOSE SESSIONS , D THEY HAVE TO ATTEND IN PERSON? OR, CAN THEY WATCH ON VIDEO AN HAVE THAT APPLY? WE DO GET APPOINTMENTS LATER, ETC., SO REALLY CLARIFYING THOSE TWO POINTS AROUND THAT SECTION OF THE GOVERNANCE POLICY, AS WELL.>> I'LL GO FIRST. >> WHILE OBVIOUSLY, WE STRONGL ENCOURAGE, AND WOULD VOTE EVERYONE GOING THROUGH MIDLOTHIAN UNIVERSITY, I THINK IT'S A FAIR SIMULATION TO ASK CURRENTLY SEATED BOARD MEMBERS TO ATTEND A CLASS HAVING NOT KNOWN AT THE BEGINNING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO. I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR DRAWING A LINE IN THE SAND FOR GOING FORWARD NEWL APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND MIDLOTHIA
UNIVERSITY. >> THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
>> I THINK WE HAVE AGREEMENT -- I DO HAVE A SECOND QUESTION
ON THE VIDEO. >> IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THA WE HAVE PEOPLE ATTEND IN PERSON, BUT WE ARE ASKING A LOT OF VOLUNTEER GROUPS. HOW DO WE KNOW IF THEY WATCH THAT VIDEO? OBVIOUSLY, WON'T BE A PROBLEM THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR, I THINK --
>> YOU TAKE A TRAINING SESSION, YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, AND MAYBE HAVE THOSE AND ANSWER THOSE, CENTER, AND I WILL SAY, HEARD THAT THEY MIGHT MISS OUT ON SOME OF THE TIME, BUT YOU CAN'T CARRY A FIRE HOSE ON IT , SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU CAN' GET ON THE TRACK OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO LOOK INTO THAT, IF YOU DON'T TAKE A PERSO CAPABLE WHICH IS ONE SAY THAT THE COUNCIL HAS IT.
>> I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH VIDEOTAPING AND WATCHING IT. I
HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. >> I JUST THINK THAT THE POINT BEHIND IT IS, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE BEING APPOINTED TO BOARDS, THEY ARE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN THE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR RANGE. HAVING THEM BE AS EDUCATED AS POSSIBLE IS IDEAL, AND I THINK PREFERABLY THEY GO THROUGH PHYSICALLY, BUT IN CAS HAVE TO MISS A CLASS OR TWO MAKING IT UP ONLINE OR SOMETHIN IS ACCEPTABLE.
>> IF THEY TAKE THE CLASSES AFTER THEY ARE ON BOARD, ARE W SURE WE DON'T CONFLICT WITH ACTUAL MEETING DATES?
>> THAT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC WITH SOME BOARDS. THERE COULD B
CONFLICTS. >> SO MAYBE IN THE CASE LIKE BU THEY ARE GOING IN PERSON, BUT I YOU HAVE TO MISS ONE OR TWO, HOWEVER MANY, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD DO. SO IT'S KIND OF A
HYBRID DELIVERY. >> I DON'T THINK WE EVER INTENDED THIS REQUIREMENT TO GE CREDIT, DO WE?
>> I WAS ABOUT TO ASK, TIMMY HOW MANY CLASSES THERE WERE?
>> SIX. >> WE DID NOT WRITE AND ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS SAYING THAT THEY MUST ATTEND. IF WE ARE CONSISTENT, WE CONTINUALLY SAY, WE CONTINGENTLY SAY BEING ON THE BOARD, REQUIRES DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT. SO, I WOULD THINK THAT THERE IS A EXPECTATION .
>> I AGREE. THEY ARE COMPETITIVE. WE HAD SEVERAL APPLICATIONS FOR SOMETIMES, TW OR THREE SPOTS AVAILABLE.
>> IS INCREASINGLY GOT MORE COMPETITIVE.
>> FOR THOSE COMING FORWARD, AT THE TIME, THE MEETING TIME WHERE YOU COULD MEET AND COMMIT AND IF YOU COULD COMMIT TO IT, BUT WE DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACADEMY, IN THE INTERVIEW, OR IN THE PROCESS BUT WE PICK SOMEBODY THAT'S GOO
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BE THERE, WE HAVE THE MEETING, YOU THAT YOU'VE GOT THE ACADEMYTHAT YOU HAVE TO ATTEND. >> WE HAVE A ONLINE VERSION, S I THINK ALL SIX CLASSES & IS DOABLE.
>> DO WE WANT TO MAKE IT A MINIMUM OF REQUIREMENTS IS GOT ME HALF OF THEM ARE SIX, OR SEVEN? SO AT LEAST IT SOUNDS LIKE, WE HAVE MOST OF YOU WANTING PEOPLE TO ATTEND AS
MANY IN PERSON AS IS POSSIBLE. >> I'M FINE. WE CAN DO IT ALL ONLINE, AND YOU SOME KIND A QUESTIONNAIRE AT THE END.
>> THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE .
>> I DO WHAT ASK IT SHOULD ARTIE COME OUT OF THE NEW POLICY, BUT SINCE WE ARE ONLINE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN FIT INTO
THIS PROGRAM? >> I'M WORRIED ABOUT IF WE HAVE A LOAD OF APPLICATIONS, HOW MANY NEW PEOPLE CAN WE FI
>> I WOULD THINK 10 WOULD BE THE MOST PEOPLE.
>> 11? OKAY. AND DO WE GIVE CONSIDERATION FOR CLASS? IT THINK NEXT YEAR WOULD BE A TRIA RUN, AND IF YOU HAD TO INCREAS THE CAPACITY -- I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNNY, JUST THINK A 70 PEOPLE YOU CAN GET THROUGH. I THINK ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN RUN THROUGH IT A TIME TO REALLY GET THE BENEFIT OF IT. I GUESS, IT MIGHT BE ONE THING I YOU ARE SITTING IN A CONFERENC LISTENING, BUT FINE, WE'RE LOOKING AT FINANCE STUFF AND I' SURE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT MAY MATTER IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, BUT IF IT'S A MORE INTERACTIVE PART OF THE LESSON, OR SESSION, --
- OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> FINANCES THE ONE THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL SKIP AND WATCH ONLINE.
>> TAKING IT -- A PERSPECTIVE WE ARE NOT GOING RETROACTIVE. WE GOT THAT DOWN HERE. WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO ATTEND AT LEAST HALF OF IT IN PERSON AND THE REST CAN BE WATCHED ONLINE. FAI
] >> THIN OUT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM , JUSTIN HOFFMAN, HE WILL TAKE US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE
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CLOSED SESSION OF THE COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. AT THIS POINT, THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED IN CLOSE SESSION, BU ANY AND ALL ACTION IS TAKEN A REGULAR OPEN SESSION. NUMBER TWO IS THE ABLATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY TO LIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHAN
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