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P.M. ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. I CALL THIS MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL OF MIDLOTHIAN TO ORDER. I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS WE ARE RUNNING JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON ANY SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE ROOM AND GET THAT TURNED INTO THE CITY SECRETARY WHO IS APPEAR TO MY LEFT AND PROBABLY CHEER RIGHT. AND WITH THAT I WILL ASK COUNCILMEMBER HAMMONDS TO LEAD US AN INDICATION AND PLEDGES.
I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND BE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HAVE THIS ROOM TO DISCUSS MATTERS AT HAND AND WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY OF MIDLOTHIAN. I PRAY THAT YOUR WITH US IN THE CONVERSATIONS IN DECISION-MAKING AND ULTIMATELY WE GLORIFY YOU IN ALL WE DO WE LOVE YOU AND PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON'S NAME, AMEN.
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ITEM 2023-344 AND THAT IS PRESENTATION A PROCLAMATION FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SANDRA CONNOLLY HERE.THE RECORD. WHERE AS IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND DUTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO COMMEMORATE 236 ANNIVERSARY OF DRAFTING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH THE PURPOSE CELEBRATIONS AND WHERE AS PUBLIC ON 915 GUARANTEES ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION IT'S EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES DESIGNATED SEPTEMBER 17-23 IS CONSTITUTION WEEK. NOW THEREFORE I COMMAND MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF 17 -- SEPTEMBER 17, 2023 IS CONSTITUTION WEEK AND I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO REAFFIRM THE IDEALS AND THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION HAD IN 1787 AND WITNESS THEREOF SIGNED BY MAYOR COFFMAN .
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PRESENTATION OF AN AWARD TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WILL ASKTHE FIRE CHIEF TO COME UP. >> THAT WAS A COMPLEMENT TO THE POLICE CHIEF, WASN'T IT? WE DON'T DO THIS OFTEN ENOUGH BUT TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO BRAG ON THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR HERE WHO WILL PRESENT A WARD -- AN AWARD TO OUR CREW FROM STATION ONE.
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER . >> I AM THE EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AT METHODIST MANSFIELD AND I ALSO WORK AT METHODIST MIDLOTHIAN AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR MIDLOTHIAN EMS AND IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO AWARD THIS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. IT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT AT -- FOR THE PARAMEDICS. IT SOLIDIFIES WHAT THE PARAMEDICS DO FOR OUR CITY. THEY PROVIDE EXCELLENT CARE AND THIS REITERATES EXCELLENT CARE THAT THEY PROVIDE EVERY DAY FOR THE CITIZENS.
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AWARD ITSELF, IT DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS IN THE PREHOSPITAL SETTING WHO ARE HAVING HEART ATTACKS. SOME OF THE BENCHMARKS THAT ARE MEASURED IN THE AWARD IS HOW FAST WE MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT AND GET THEM ON A 12 LEAD MONITOR TO DETERMINE IF THERE HAD BEEN A CARDIAC EVENT. IF WE DETERMINE THE CARDIAC EVENT IN THE NEXT MEASURES HOW QUICKLY WE NOTIFY THE CATH LAB TO BE READY FOR THE PATIENT. THE THIRD BENCHMARK IS WE ALWAYS ARE HITTING A LESS THAN 90 MINUTES FROM THE TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY MAKE PATIENT CONTACT TO THE TIME THAT THEIR ARTERY IS NOW BEING CANNULATED AND REOPEN FOR BLOOD TO PERFUSED BACK INTO THE MUSCLE. TIME IS MUSCLE AND THE LONGER IT TAKES FOR US TO GET THAT VESSEL BACK OPEN , THE MORE MUSCLE DIES AND THE MORE MUSCLE THAT DIES, THE LESS THE PATIENT WILL HAVE USE OF THAT HEART MUSCLE OR PART OF THE HEART MUSCLE MOVING FORWARD AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE CAN BE IMPACT DID. WE FAR EXCEED THE 90 MINUTES . BY THE TIME WE MAKE PATIENT CONTACT ON THE FIELD TO GET THEM VESSEL BACK OPEN AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE CARE AND ALSO PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THE DOCTOR ALLOWS US TO DO THINGS PREHOSPITAL SETTING THAT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES DON'T DO ONE OF THEM IS WE DO HEPARIN TREATMENT AS A PART OF THE PROCESS AND IN THE PREHOSPITAL SETTING WE START GIVING HEPARIN FOR THE PATIENTS THAT MAY START TO ALLOW THE CLOCK TO BE BROKEN UP PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL . WE SEE GOOD RESULTS OF THAT. WE TRY TO BE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE ALL THE TOOLS NECESSARY SO THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A GOOD QUALITY OF>> I'M CONVINCED MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY THAT WE HAVE THE VERY BEST MEN AND WOMEN OF SERVICE WITH FIRE, EMS, PARAMEDICS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, THERE IS A FIRST RESPONDERS
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APPRECIATION LUNCH HELD BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOMORROW AND WE WANT ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND. IT'S AT NOON AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER. WE WILL MOVE ON AND OPEN UP ITEM NUMBER 2023-346 WHICH IS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. WE INVITE YOU TO TRUST ACCOUNTS ON ANY TOPIC AND CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZENS PARTICIPATION FORM AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE ITEM BEING OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES. IS ANYONE SCHEDULED TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME UPFRONT.SAY THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU TO OUR ADMINISTRATION. FIVE YEARS AGO GOD GUIDED ME HERE TO DO DRUG ENFORCEMENT AND IN MY 20 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT IS MY PASSION AND I FOUND THAT IS WHAT I LOVE . I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL THAT APPROVED IT BACK THEN AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND THE CHIEFS FOR LETTING US WORK TO THE LEVEL THAT WE CAN EXCEL. MY GOAL IS TO BE A RESOURCE IN THE CITY BUT NATIONALLY GIVE THE CITY THE BEST NAME AND COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT THAT WE CAN . I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AT A NATIONAL LEVEL AND BRING IN THE CITY'S NAME TO THAT LEVEL. I COULD NOT DO THAT ON MY OWN.
IT IS YOUR SUPPORT AND THE CITIZEN'S SUPPORT IN THE CHIEFS AND ADMINISTRATION GIVING US THE TOOLS IN TIME WE NEED TO EXCEL AT THAT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I WORKED IN A PLACE WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE SUPPORT BEFORE AND I COULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED WHAT I DO OR PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT I DO WITHOUT THAT. THANK YOU AND I HOPE WE GET YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT . I KNOW OFTEN WE JUST GO DO OUR WORK AND IT'S NEVER SAID AND I DO THE WORK AND I'VE SEEN WERE
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GUYS DO NOT GET THE SUPPORT AND THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO EXCEL. YOU GUYS GIVE THAT TEST SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. WE APPRECIATE THE CHIEFS AND ADMIN THAT LET US DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE GOOD AT IT.>> ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY. YOU WILL HAVE
3 MINUTES. >> KELLY OSBOURNE AND I DO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS. TONIGHT I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. LAST YEAR WE HAD THE FIRST ANNUAL HOMECOMING PARADE AND IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. WE HAD OVER 50 ENTRIES LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS MOST OF THE STUDENT BODY , LITTLE LEAGUE SPORTS, CLUBS AND THIS YEAR WE EXPECT IT TO BE LARGER . I WANTED TO COME UP AND SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND HOPE THAT WE CAN DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND IT CAN BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. SINCE WE HAD A FEW KINKS GETTING STARTED UP LAST YEAR THAT WE THINK WE'VE GOT IT IRONED OUT. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE
>> MR. MITCHELL ? >> I'VE GOT A LOT TO SAY.
KELLY OSBOURNE AND I DO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS. THE SECOND ITEM THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS FLOODING IN THE STATE AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME ABOUT THIS BUT WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE AND THAT ISSUE GOT A LOT WORSE AFTER THE 14TH STREET EXPANSION AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE A LOT OF THE FLOODING. ESPECIALLY SINCE 2018. I SHARED WITH A FEW OF YOU THAT MY HUSBAND HAS ACTUALLY FOLLOWED FLOODWATERS FROM THOSE LOCATIONS DOWN THE 287 ACCESS ROAD FROM MOUNT ZION TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND INTO MY FRONT YARD. I HAVE EXPERIENCED ONLY TWO SIZABLE FLOOD ISSUES, PERSONALLY. MY HOUSE IS ELEVATED BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION STARTING WHERE THIS BEGAN AND THAT SOLUTION DOESN'T COME TO MY FRONT YARD WHERE HUGE INDUSTRIAL PIPES WOULD BE NOT ONLY AN EYESORE BUT IN NOISY NUISANCE. THE RUSHING WATER WE HAVE NOW IS REALLY, REALLY LOUD. I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING BUT IN MY OPINION, THE RESPONSIBILITY IS WHERE IT BEGAN AND I'M HOPING WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION TO THAT AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON IS, IF ANY CHANGES ARE MADE AND IF YOU DO DECIDE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU WOULD NOTIFY THE RESIDENCE FIRST. I DO WANT THAT. AND THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU. >> WE WELCOME ME BACK ANY
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TIME. ANY FURTHER SPEAKERS? OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE I THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION WITHOUT SEPARATE DISCUSSION. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED THEN THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION . PLEASE VOTE . IT DOES PASS 6-0.[2023-354]
ITEM NUMBER 2023- 354 HAS BEEN PULLED AND I BELIEVE IT WILL BE[2023-355]
REVISITED IN NOVEMBER. WE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING THAT TONIGHT.[00:15:01]
ONTO THE REGULAR AGENDA OPENING ITEM 2023-355 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTING THE FY 2023-2024 PAY PLAN FOR THE APPROVED POSITIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BUDGET BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER30, 2024. >> I DO HAVE ONE CORRECTION TO THIS ITEM AND AS MENTIONED IN THE AGENDA ITEM THE PAY SCHEDULE IS A PART OF THE BUDGET ITSELF. WE ARE JUST BRINGING THIS FOR REVIEW . HOWEVER, THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT IS MISSTATED ON THE PAY SCHEDULE. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANALYST IS LISTED AS GRADE 23. HOWEVER, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AS A GRADE 24. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS APPROVED WITH THAT ONE CHANGE. AND THAT CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 2 OF THE REDLINE VERSION.
>> ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CASE? QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A
MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH -- WHAT WAS IT? WITH THE ONE SUGGESTED CHANGE.
>> WE HAVE THEM MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER HAMMONDS AND THE SECOND . PLEASE VOTE. THE ITEM DOES PASS. 2023-356
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>>CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN. TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3 TITLED "BUILDING REGULATIONS" BY REPEALING ARTICLE 3.12 TITLED "FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION" IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACING ARTICLE 3.12 TITLED "FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION" WITH A NEW ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS TO MINIMIZE FLOOD LOSSES AND TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY .
IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS FLOOD INSURANCE TO BE OFFERED TO RESIDENTS, WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE THAT BASICALLY COMPLIES WITH THE ORDINANCE WHICH ARE ORDINANCE DOES. IN 2013 THE COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE WHICH MIRRORS THAT WE STILL HAVE IN PLACE BUT SINCE THAT TIME, FEMA HAS TAKEN ALL THE STUDIES, AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES BETWEEN 2013 AND NOW AND UPDATED THE MAPS AND FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY AND HAVE COMPILED THAT AND MADE IT EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 19, 2020 30 -- WE DO COMPLY AND WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR STATE COORDINATING AGENCY. THE DRAFT SHOWS WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND UPON ADOPTION MAKE SURE WE SUBMIT A SIGNED COPY TO THEM AND STAY PARTICIPATING MEMBER WITHIN THE PROGRAM. I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE? IS THERE SOME KIND OF REPERCUSSIONS?
>> WE WOULD NOT BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM SO ANY RESIDENT THAT HAS FLOOD INSURANCE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET FLOOD
INSURANCE. >> ANY FLOOD INSURANCE?
>> IT'S THROUGH THE FEDERAL INSURANCE.
>> A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMEMBER GARDNER AND THE SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER HAMMONDS . PLEASE PLACE YOUR VOTES. IT DOES PASS. 2023-357
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CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC. FOR ENGINEERING-RELATED SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DREDGING OF SEDIMENT WITHIN THE INTAKE CHANNEL AT THE CITY'S RAW WATER PUMP STATION AT JOE POOL LAKE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $391,499.>> BACK IN THE MID-80S WHEN THE MIDLOTHIAN WATER DISTRICT WAS HELD IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL THE ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS THERE WAS INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE AND YOU CAN SEE BEFORE THE LAKE WAS IMPOUNDED, THE INTAKE IS RIGHT HERE AND WITHIN THE LAKE OF THE RAW WATER PUMP STATION IS ON THE SHORE . YOU SEE THE INTAKE CHANNEL THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION. WITH THIS INTAKE STRUCTURE , THE RAW
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WATER PUMP STATION AND THE CHANNEL RENTS WITHIN THE ACTUAL LIMITS OF JOE POOL LAKE ITSELF AND THAT'S WHERE WE PULL THE WALL -- RAW WATER AND PUMP IT INTO THE TREATMENT PLAN AND SEND IT INTO TOWN FOR USE ACROSS THE CITY. OVER THE YEARS AS THE WATERSHED HAS DEVELOPED AROUND THE AREA, SILT AND SEDIMENT IS BEING TRANSPORTED TO JOE POOL LAKE OVER TIME. SINCE THE MID-80S TO NOW, WE STARTED EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE RAW WATER PUMPS AND HAVING ISSUES WITH SILT AND SEDIMENT BEING PULLED INTO THE PUMPS FROM THE INTAKE CHANNEL. WE HAD A SURVEY COMPLETED ON JOE POOL LAKE ALONG THE LONGER INTAKE CHANNEL AND IT MAPPED THE BOTTOM OF THE CHANNEL AND AS A RESULT AND THIS IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE BUT WHAT BASICALLY HAS HAPPENED IS THE BOTTOM OF THE CHANNEL IS AT ELEVATION 480 AND WE NOW HAVE SEDIMENT THAT'S ROUGHLY IT ELEVATION 494. SOMEWHERE BUT TWEEN 12 AND 14 FEET OF SILT AND SEDIMENT THAT'S FILLED UP. WE HAVE THE BOTTOM GATES AT ELEVATION 480 AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GAIT WAS EVER OPERATED BECAUSE IT WAS SET AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHANNEL AS WELL. YOU WOULD HAVE A LOT OF SEDIMENT AND SO TRANSPORTED AND WE OPERATED OFF OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER GATES AND THE UPPER GATE IS AT ELEVATION 509. THE MIDDLE GAIT IS AT ELEVATION 494.5 AND TYPICAL ELEVATION OF JOE POOL LAKE IS 522. YOU SEE WHAT WE HAVE THERE AND RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT TWO FEET LOW. WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 11 FEET BEFORE WE GET INTO GAIT ONE AND THEN ANOTHER 14 FEET BUT FOR YOU GET INTO GAIT 2. THE INTENT IS IT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN THE AREA AROUND THE INTAKE STRUCTURE ABOUT 20,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SEDIMENT AND SILT AND OVERALL THE CHANNEL IT'S ABOUT 52,000. ABOUT 72,000 CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL OVER THE PAST 35 OR SO YEARS HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED WITHIN THE CHANNEL. AS PART OF THE STEPS NOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO BECAUSE IT IS UNITED STATES CORPS OF ENGINEERS LAKE WE HAVE TO GET IT PERMITTED THROUGH THE CORE. THIS IS AN AGREEMENT AND WE ARE GOING TO DO THE PERMITTING, COORDINATION THROUGH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND GET THE PROJECT OUT SO WE CAN GET A DREDGE HER IN TO DO THE NECESSARY DREDGING THAT'S NEEDED TO BE ABLE -- WE WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ON HOW MUCH WE RESTORE THE CHANNEL. THE MAIN THING WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS THE AREA THAT IS AROUND THE INTAKE STRUCTURE TO KEEP THAT SEDIMENT FROM COMING INTO THE PUMP STATION. THERE HAVE BEEN MODIFICATIONS TO THE RAW WATER PUMP TO HANDLE THAT SEDIMENT AND SILT. LONG TERM IT'S NOT GOOD TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF MATERIAL GOING AGAINST YOUR PUMPS. WE HAD BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SIDE CASTING WHICH IS TAKING IT OUT FROM THE CHANNEL ITSELF AND KEEPING IT IN THE LAKE BUT TAKING IT OUT OF THE CHANNEL WHICH WE RECEIVED FAVORABLE RESULTS FROM THE CORPS BUT ALSO IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO . THE OTHER OPTION IS YOUR DREDGING AND YOU HAVE BOXES AND DRYING IT AND LETTING THE WATER GO BACK INTO THE LAKE BUT THEY HAVE TO TRANSPORT AND DISPOSE OF THAT MATERIAL. AT A PERMITTED LANDFILL OR OTHER TYPE OF SITE.ALL THAT WILL BE EXPLORED AS PART OF THE PROCESS. THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE CAN DO THE SIDE CASTING THAT'S ALREADY THERE IN THE LAKE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE AND PRETTY EASY TO DO COMPARED TO COMING IN AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU DISPOSE OF ALL THE MATERIAL AND HOW DO YOU DRY IT OUT AND DISPOSE OF IT AND TRANSPORT IT.
WE NEED TO DO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. WE TOOK THIS ITEM TO THE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE UAB WAS TO BRING IT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
>> ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? QUESTIONS?
>> THIS SHOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE?
>> THE INTENT WOULD BE WE WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE
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AND STARTING TO PUT IN A STRATEGIC PLAN AND IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT AND WILL NOT WAIT 30 OR 35 YEARS. WE CAN CONTINUE TO STOP SEDIMENT TRANSPORTED. IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT FROM A MAINTENANCESTANDPOINT. >> THE FUNDS ARE COMING OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND AND ARE BUDGETED?
>> YES, SIR. >> DURING THE UAB MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT DOING IT IN DIFFERENT STAGES . IS THIS ESSENTIALLY THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT OR IS IT JUST FOR THE INTAKE?
>> WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SCALE BACK AND IT'S ALSO BASED ON DREDGING AND PULLING IT AND DRYING IT OUT AND TRANSPORTING IT IF THE COURT DOES ALLOW FOR THE SIDE CASTING THEN THAT WILL BE REFLECTED ON THIS AS WELL.
>> THIS IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO?
>> YES, SIR. >> FURTHER QUESTIONS?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
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>> PLEASE VOTE . IT DOES PASS. ITEM 2023-358 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A PUBLIC ROAD DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MIDLOTHIAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND KDC OEDC DEVELOPMENT TWO, LLC FOR THE REALIGNMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION OF VV JONES ROAD, FROM US HIGHWAY 67 TO POWER WAY AND AUTHORIZE THE TEMPORARY CLOSING OF A SEGMENT OF VV JONES ROAD NECESSARY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
THE ONCOR FACILITY. >> THIS IS MY LAST ITEM. AS PART OF THE PROJECT AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE ON THE MAP BUT ESSENTIALLY IT IS GETTING RECONSTRUCTED FROM 67 ACROSS THE RAIL AND COMING DOWN AND RIGHT NOW IT MAKES THAT HARD CURVE AND THAT IS BEING FLATTENED OUT. SO THAT IS A PROJECT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND SO IT IS MOVING FORWARD AND AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS, THERE IS ALSO THE ENCORE FACILITY THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR THE ZONING. IN ORDER TO ESSENTIALLY BUILD SOME OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE ONCOR SITE WITH KDC BEING THE DEVELOPER, IT INVOLVES THIS OLD SEGMENT OF VV JONES ROAD. WINS THIS AREA -- ONCE THIS AREA STRAIGHTENED AND WE NO LONGER HAVE THE HARD S CURVE THIS WILL BE ABANDONED AND WILL GO BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WHICH IS UNDER CONTRACT FOR ONCOR FOR USE OF THE SITE .
THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU AS FOR KPC MANAGING THE PROJECT AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE PROJECT WITH MDA FUNDING IT. YOU WOULD STILL HAVE REVIEWS BUT THIS WOULD FALL UNDER THE SCHEDULE OF KDC AND IT WILL MEET THEIR SCHEDULE AND NEEDS WITH MDA PROVIDING THE FUNDING. IT DID GO FOR THE MDA BOARD AND THE BOARD DID UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE THE AGREEMENT. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS BASED ON KDC CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY FOR THIS TO BECOME A FACT OF AND THEY ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME THINGS THAT THIS WOULD BE ONE THAT KDC WOULD OVERSEE. AS PART OF THE WORK AS WELL, ONE OF THE REQUESTS IS TO SHUT THE SEGMENT OF VV JONES ROAD DOWN FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION SO WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON THE SITE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT SAFELY. THEY DID SHOW THAT THERE ARE DETOURS THAT WILL BE PUT IN AND YOU WOULD HAVE FULL ACCESS TO POWER WAYS ARE PARKWAY AND AN AREA SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO DOWN COUNTY ROAD 109 BACK 157 FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA AND YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH. THERE'S REALLY NOT THAT MUCH OF A DELAY ON THIS SEGMENT. THERE WOULD BE SOME HAVING TO GO BACK AROUND THIS AREA BUT FROM OVERALL OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT, THAT IS THE REQUEST THAT'S BEEN MADE BY AND THAT IS BEFORE YOU AS WELL. IT WAS ORIGINALLY LOOKED AT AS AN MDA PROJECT UNDER THE CITY'S REVIEW. THIS PROPERTY WAS NOT COMING INTO PLAY SO THE ROAD WAS INTENDED TO BE LEFT OPEN AS PART OF THAT PROJECT BUT IT NOW INVOLVES PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED THAT WILL INVOLVED -- INVOLVE THAT ROAD.
>> ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? COUNSEL?
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>> HOW LONG WILL THE RED BE SHUT DOWN?
>> NINE MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS. >> THERE WON'T BE AN ERUPTION TO TRAFFIC ON FORBES AND POWER WAY , IT WILL BE NORTH OF THAT
INTERSECTION WE >> YES. AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION THEY WILL BE REBUILDING TWO LANES OF FORBES ROAD THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT TO THE NORTH. THE INTENT WOULD BE TO LEAVE FORBES OPEN ON THE NORTH SIDE. THIS WOULD REALLY BE THE MAIN AREA THAT WILL BE CLOSED TO THREE TRAFFIC.
>> FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. AND MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMEMBER HAMMONDS AND SECONDED FROM COUNCILMEMBER RODGERS. PLEASE VOTE. IT DOES
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PASS. ITEM 2023-359 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ADOPTION OF A REVISED JOINT AIRPORT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE FOR THE OPERATION OF MID-WAY REGIONAL AIRPORT.>> GOOD EVENING. THIS PROJECT STARTED 18 TO 24 MONTHS AGO WITH THE FORMER MAYOR AND LIAISON FOR THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE MEMBERS AND REALIZE THAT 30-YEAR-OLD AGREEMENT WAS NOT WORKING. WE MOVED TOWARDS CHANGES WHAT WE STARTED THE MASTER PLAN AND STARTED THE BUSINESS PLAN AND THAT BROUGHT US TO THESE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR FOUR MONTHS FOR THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE STAFF AS WELL AS WITH THEIR ATTORNEY. THE BIG CHANGES IS THE AIRPORT BOARD WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY ADVISORY ROLE AND THE CITIES WILL DIRECTLY CONTRACT OR HIRE AN AIRPORT MANAGER. CURRENTLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT AMBIGUOUS BUT CURRENTLY THE BOARD SERVES IN THAT PURPOSE. THE AIRPORT MANAGER WILL WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE CITIES, DESIGNATED STAFF AND MEETING AGENDAS REPAIRED BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER. FINANCE PERSONNEL WILL STILL BE HANDLED BY WAXAHACHIE. LEGAL WILL BE HANDLED BY MIDLOTHIAN. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HANDLED BY BOTH CITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH AIRPORT MANAGERS. PURCHASING PROPERTY WILL BE HANDLED BY THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AND OFFICERS WILL BE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND CURRENTLY HAVE A SECRETARY ROLE AS WELL. LEASES WILL COME TO CITY STAFF AND THEN BE REVIEWED AND FIRST-TIME LEASES WILL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS . WE DO HAVE THREE ONLINE SUBMITTALS FOR THE RECORD. JOHN HAS BEEN ISSUED IN IN OPPOSITION AND IS A NON-SPEAKER OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. KENNETH LANCE INSIDE CITY LIMITS IS A NON-SPEAKER AS WELL SUGGESTED IN OPPOSITION AS WELL AND COREY AND THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE NON-SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION. WILL YOU CALL IT THE SPEAKERS ON THIS CASE?
>> IF YOU CAN STATE WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND YOU WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES.
>> I'M DR. MICHAEL WILLIAMS AND WE LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS.
I'M A GERIATRIC PHYSICIAN IN THE AREA AND I WAS ALSO POINTED THE TO THE BOARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE BOARD IN AIRPORT FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND MY WIFE AND I ARE INVOLVED WITH AVIATION AND BOTH HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEER ASPECTS WITH AIRPORT. I BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND MOST PEOPLE FROM ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. THE DOCUMENT IS QUITE OLD. I'M SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT SO LONG. WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT ON THE BOARD WHICH SEEMS QUITE ODD. THIS TYPE A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT WOULD BE WOULD BE ALTERED WITHOUT ANY BOARD INPUT AND MY BIGGEST THING IS TO ASK YOU TO PAUSE AND CREATE A COMMITTEE. YOU'VE GOT FOR MIDLOTHIAN BOARD
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MEMBERS WITH EXTENSIVE AVIATION AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE. WHY THEY ARE NOT BEING TAPPED INTO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. THESE ROLES AS THEY ARE BEING CHAINED -- CHANGE WILL ESSENTIALLY TAKE AWAY THEIR POWER AND MAKE THE BOARD AN HONORARY BOARD. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE ACTUALLY NOT OCCURRED AT THIS AIRPORT BECAUSE OF A RED TAPE AND BUREAUCRACY . THIS DOCUMENT IS GOING TO MAKE THAT WORSE. I'M OBVIOUSLY IN OPPOSITION OF THIS AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF COMMITTEE MADE UP OF PAST AND PRESENT BOARD MEMBERS TO DEVELOP A PROPER DOCUMENT THAT WILL HELP THE BOARD -- AIRPORT GROW INTO THE FUTURE . IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LAST AIRPORTS THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL. MOST HAVE BEEN GROWN UP AND BUILT UP ON TOP OF UNTIL THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO A LOTS AND UNFORTUNATELY SOME BIG COMPANIES HAVE RUN AWAY BECAUSE OF BUREAUCRACY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CANBRING IT BACK. >> KEVIN, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND STATE WHETHER YOU LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND
THEN YOU WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES. >> MY NAME IS KEVIN GRIFFIN AND I DO LIVE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I GREW UP IN THE AVIATION COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN IN AVIATION AS A PROFESSIONAL FOR JUST OVER TWO DECADES, 23 TO 24 YEARS. I HAVE AN EMPHASIS IN AIRPORT MANAGEMENT AS MY DEGREE. IN SHORT, THIS DOCUMENT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISED AND MODIFIED. I'M IN OPPOSITION THE WAY THE CURRENT FORM IS TODAY. I THINK THERE'S A COMPROMISE THAT CAN BE HAD THAT ALLOWS THE BODY OF AVIATION EXPERTS TO ACT AS A BODY AND REPRESENTATION. I'M HERE TODAY AND HAVE BEEN IN AIRPORT TENANT AND A BOARD MEMBER TO SAY, WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND TAKE A PAUSE AND SAY, WHAT IS THE RIGHT STEPS AND HOW DO WE MAKE THE RIGHT COMMITMENTS FOR OUR CITIZENS. I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE BEING HAD AND I'M ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND I WAS NOT CONSULTED, NOT THAT I HAD TO BE THAT I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE COULD TAP INTO RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE INSIDE THE COMMUNITY THAT'S PROFESSIONAL . SOME CONCERNS I WOULD HAVE IS WHAT IS THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE LOOK LIKE IF THE BOARD GOES AWAY IN A CAPACITY THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE INFLUENTIAL DISCUSSION AND CHANGE AND IT COMES BACK TO CITY STAFF. WILL THEY HAVE THE SAME EDUCATIONAL STANDS AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE THE OUTSIDE PIECE? JUST AS WE ARE CONSIDERING THESE THINGS, I DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT OF RUSHING TO A CONCLUSION VERSUS STEPPING BACK AND HAVING A GOOD CONSOLIDATED EFFORT FOR CONSISTENT AND QUALITY CHANGE FOR HOW WE GO FORWARD IN THE
FUTURE. >> IS A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER WE KNOW THAT YOU LIVE WITHIN THE CITY.
>> I HAVE PREPARED REMARKS THAT WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE AND HALF MINUTES SO I WILL TAKE SOME OFF. GOOD EVENING. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AND A RECENT FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN AND THE PREVIOUS BOARD LIAISON. MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IS AVIATION ASSET MANAGEMENT AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND I WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN VOCAL, CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO IMPROVE THE AIRPORT AND THE STAKEHOLDER RESPONSIBILITIES . I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS VERSION IS THE BEST. I WAS PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, AS WERE YOU, MAYOR KAUFMAN -- MAYOR COFFMAN AND WE WERE SPECIFIC IN OUR DESIRE AND EVENTUAL SUCCESS TO RECRUIT THE HIGHEST CALIBER AVIATION PROFESSIONALS AND TODAY WE HAVE JOHN PERRAULT AS WORD PRESENT IN A CAREER AVIATION EXPERT AND AMERICAN AIRLINES 737 TRAINING CHIEF AND PREVIOUS AIRPORT MEMBER IN LOUISIANA AND A FORMER EAGLES NEST AIRPORT BOARD PRESIDENT. A CAREER AVIATION EXPERT AND CEO OF AIRBORNE IMAGING ALONG WITH AVIATION REPAIR RESOURCES AND THE COMPANY IS THE LARGEST PART SUPPLIER AND AIRBORNE
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CONTRACTS WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ENTITIES FOR RADAR SYSTEMS , TESTING IS THE SINGLE LARGEST BUSINESS ASSET WE HAVE. KEVIN GRIFFIN IS A CAREER AVIATION PROFESSIONAL AND ATP RATED PILOT AND ASSET MANAGER AND EXPERT IN PERSONNEL AND AVIATION OPERATIONS. JOSHUA TATE IS A CAREER AVIATION PILOT AND TEST SYSTEMS PILOT. BELL HELICOPTER AS WELL AS THE EAGLES NEST AIRPORT BOARD PRESIDENT. HE IS ALSO GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT BUILDER. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO KNOW AVIATION, AIRPORTS, PERSONNEL, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES NULLIFY THE BOARD AND ALL ITS EXPERIENCE TO ACHIEVE, OVERSEE AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE ANYTHING REGARDING THE AIRPORT , ITS CURRENT OR FUTURE SUCCESSES. THE CHANGES MAKE THE SOUL AIRPORT MANAGER RESPONSIBLE TO A CITY STAFF REPRESENTATIVE WHO WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE NO AVIATION KNOWLEDGE. THE PROPOSED CHANGES PROVIDE FOR CITY FUNDING OF WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A NEWLY CREATED AVIATION DEPARTMENT SPLIT BETWEEN TWO CITIES. MAKING IT NOT ONLY -- MAKING IT THE ONLY NON-FUNDED APARTMENT IN CITIES WITH NO PROTECTION TO THE FUTURE REVENUE INCREASES FROM BEING ALLOCATED TO OTHER CITY MEETINGS AND KEEP IN AIRPORT WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY GROW AND INCREASE IN REVENUE PERPETUALLY FOR CASH STRAPPED.AND NO AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD SHOULD THERE BE ANY DISPUTE OR NEED OF ATTENDANT OR BUSINESS OWNER AT THE AIRPORT THAT FALLS DEFTLY OR IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE CURRENT MANAGER AT THE TIME OF THE DISAGREEMENT. NO FURTHER COURSE OF ACTION OR RESOLUTION TO THE SITUATION . I ASK THAT THE AGREEMENT BE MODIFIED LAST YEAR AND JUST THAT PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WAS ATTENDED BY BOTH MAYORS, SEVERAL COUNCILMEMBERS, AIRPORT MANAGER , BOTH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND BOARD PERSONNEL AND AT THAT TIME I WAS TOLD THAT NO CHANGES WOULD BE NEEDED. THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE DID NOT SUPPORT ANY ADJUSTMENTS AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE AIRPORT AGREEMENT AS WRITTEN , THE CHANGES BEING PRESENTED WITH NO INVOLVEMENT OF THE BOARD , NO STUDY OF FUTURE IMPACT, NO IMPACT FROM CURRENT STAKEHOLDERS AND THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT GET CHANGED OFTEN. TWICE IN THE LAST 40 YEARS AND THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE PLACED ON HOLD UNTIL THE PROPER GROUP CAN BE ESTABLISHED AND A PLAN WORK OUT WITH ALL NECESSARY AND EXPERIENCED PARTIES. A YEAR AND HALF AGO AS THE RESIDENT EXPERT ON COUNSEL FOR AVIATION , THE VERY BODY ASKED ME TO BREAK DOWN AND EXPLAIN TWO CASES AND THE FIRST WAS WHETHER OR NOT SPRINKLERS WOULD BE REQUIRED IN A CERTAIN HANGAR PROJECT AND HOW IT APPLIED TO THE SCENARIO PUTTING SAFETY FIRST FOR CITIZENS, THE AIRPORT AND THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE . AND SECOND WAS TO PROTECT AIRPORT FROM A STIPULATION THAT WAS SNUCK INTO DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR THE FOREVER OWNERSHIP OF THE AIRPORT LANDS BY PRIVATE PARTIES CAUSING AT SOME POINT THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EXORBITANT COST TO THE TAXPAYERS AND BOTH CITIES SHOULD THE CITIES AND AIRPORT EVER MADE THE LAND BACK , THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO BITE BACK A MARKET VALUE. I LEANED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE,
PLEASE HONOR IT. >> TIFFANY ? IN OPPOSITION .
NOTED. NON-SPEAKER OPPOSITION , NOTED. THANK YOU. STACEY MAYFIELD, OPPOSITION. NOTED AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. COUNSEL -- DID YOU FILL OUT THE FORM? MR. MITCHELL IN OPPOSITION, THANK YOU. COUNCIL, LET'S BEGIN DISCUSSION ON THE CASE . IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE SPECIFIC LEGAL ADVICE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION SHOULD WE NEED TO. IF NOT WE WILL HAVE A
DISCUSSION OUT HERE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO START TO GET CLARITY ON SOME THE COMMENTS MADE. WAS THE BOARD OF AIRPORT NOTIFIED ABOUT THE CHANGES PRIOR TO THE AGENDA BEING
POSTED? >> FOR CLARIFICATION IT DID GO
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TO THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE LAST TUESDAY EVENING AND WAS PASSED.>> ARE WE AWARE OF THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE BEING NOTIFIED?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAD. >> OR ANY OF THE VENDORS OR STAKEHOLDERS OR WAS ANYBODY NOTIFIED OUTSIDE OF THE AGENDA BEING POSTED THAT WE WERE AWARE OF?
>> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. >> I'M NOT IN AVIATION EXPERT AND I DON'T PRETEND TO BE. I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE, THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERTISE. I FEEL GRATEFUL THAT AS A CITY THAT WE HAVE SUCH QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO DIRECT AND GUIDE OUR AIRPORT. WE ARE TRULY FORTUNATE FOR THAT. I AGREE WITH THE FORMER COUNCILMAN AND THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TWEAKED BUT I DON'T THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE RUSHED. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE JOINT MEETINGS TO DISCUSS SUCH ACTIONS AND THE REPERCUSSIONS. 49 YEARS OLD AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED IS WHEN YOU'RE NOT AN EXPERT AT SOMETHING, DON'T ASSUME YOU KNOW ANYTHING. TURN TO THOSE THAT ARE THE EXPERTS AND LEAN ON THEM AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. THEN BASE YOUR JUDGMENT ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THIS SITUATION. LIEN ON THE EXPERTS BEFORE WE MAKE RUSH DECISIONS THAT MAY HAVE REPERCUSSIONS THAT WE DID NOT
WANT. >> WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS BRINGING THE BOARD AND MORE ALIGNMENT WITH MANY OF THE OTHER BOARDS IN THE CITY AND TO THE ADVISORY. WE JUST HAD A TWO HOUR LONG JOINT WORKSHOP WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEY UNDERSTAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY GROWTH. THEIR ADVICE MATTERS TO THE COUNCIL AS IT SHOULD AND SHOULD BE WEIGHED AND ALL DECISION-MAKING SO I AGREE THAT WE DO HAVE QUALIFIED AIRPORT AVIATION SPECIALISTS THAT SERVE ON THE BOARD AND ALL OF THE NAMES MENTIONED ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED TO ADVISE US. WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS FOR THEM TO SIMPLY ADVISE US AND NOT BE THE FINAL DECISION-MAKING BODY.
THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS WISDOM IN NOT RUSHING INTO ANYTHING AND FURTHER CONVERSATION COULD BE HAD.
>> I DEFINITELY WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS AND I THINK WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE BOARD AND THAT IS IT'S A JOINT BOARD BETWEEN TWO CITIES. IT DOES NOT SOLELY REPORT TO US OR WAXAHACHIE AND THEREFORE IT NEEDS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AUTONOMY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE WATERS BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES AND PREVENT A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY. I CAN IMAGINE HAVING TO DEAL WITH TWO COUNCILS. IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE FOR A DEVELOPER WHO ACTUALLY WANTED TO COME IN AND PUT IN A NEW HANGAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THE WATERS. WHEN COUNCIL IS HORRIBLE ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH AND YOU PUT TWO IN PLACE AND THAT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. ONE THING I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY THOUGHT TOWARDS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WAXAHACHIE AND MIDLOTHIAN DISAGREE ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE AND HOW DO WE SOLVE THE ISSUES WITHOUT IT LEADING TO A FIGHT AND POSSIBLY LEGAL ACTION BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES. I REALLY FEEL -- I THINK THAT THE AGREEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY -- IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND REVISED. I THINK THE PATH THAT WAS TAKEN TO DO THIS AND PUT THIS FORWARD WAS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND IN NO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT ANY STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT.
EVERYTHING WE DO, WE DO A WORKSHOP , PUT OUT A CALL TO THE PUBLIC AND TALK ABOUT IT. WE DO IT IN THE OPEN IN THE LIGHT OF DAY AND DISCUSSED OPENLY BECAUSE THROUGH DISCUSSION, WE LEARN. THIS WAS NOT DONE LIKE THAT AND IT WAS DONE ALMOST LIKE A BACKROOM DEAL AND I DON'T LIKE IT. I THINK IT WAS DONE WRONG AND WE NEED TO STEP BACK FROM THE EDGE
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ON THIS. AND TAKE ANOTHER APPROACH. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WE NEED TO CLEAN UP AND TIGHTEN UP THIS AGREEMENT. BUT WE CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT BUILDING THE FUTURE FOR MIDLOTHIAN AND SETTING A FRAMEWORK. IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DECENTRALIZE IN ORDER TO MAKE MAKE MORE GOVERNMENT PRESENCE. WE NEED TO HAVE THE POWER PLACED IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WE TRUST . IN THIS CASE WE AGREE THAT WE TRUST THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THERE, THEY ARE EXTREMELY TALENTED AND INTELLIGENT AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, THAT'S WHERE WE COME INTO PLAY. WE SHOULD BE SETTING THE VISION AND GUIDANCE AND WE SHOULD BE TRUSTING THEM TO ENACT THAT GUIDANCE AND BE ABLE TO CARRY IT OUT. AS THE CITY GROWS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MICROMANAGE EVERY SINGLE DECISION. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DECIDE IF BOB GETS HIS HANGAR OR NOT. THAT IS JUST GOING TO BE AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. LOOK WHAT WE HAVE GROWN FROM. WHEN I CAME HERE THERE WERE 6000 OR 7000 PEOPLE AND NOW WE ARE 40,000 AND WE KEEP HEARING 80,000 OR 90,000.THE AIRPORT IS GROWING TEE AND WE NEED TO BUILD A FRAMEWORK.
IT DOES NOT HELP THAT THIS -- I TRULY BELIEVE THAT TAKING THIS ACTION WOULD BE A CHOKEHOLD. NOT EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO COMMENT BUT ONCE YOU HAVE, I DEFINITELY
HAVE A MOTION ON THIS. >> I WILL SAY THAT A FEW DAYS AGO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SIMPLER THAN IT IS BUT AFTER I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY READ THE EXISTING CONTRACT AND STUDY WHAT I CAN OF THE NEW CONTRACT, I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. I DO HAVE SOME QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THESE AND IF YOU CAN'T, THAT'S FINE. AS I STUDIED THE EXISTING AGREEMENT, THE BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO STUDY THE PROPOSED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND THERE WOULD BE A MASTER PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS BACK ON MARCH 20 AND PREPARE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO INCLUDE GRANT REQUESTS OR OTHER DEBT OBLIGATIONS TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCILS. AND THE BUDGET FOR THE SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ITS BUDGET AND EACH CAN APPROVE THE SHARE AND FUNDS NECESSARY . I WAS EXCITED AND I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GETTING A PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMP PLAN IS THEY THINK OF IN A LONG-TERM PLAN THAT GIVES THE BOARD JUST LIKE WE HAVE A LONG-TERM COMP PLAN FOR CITY THAT PROVIDES MUCH APPRECIATED GUIDANCE ON WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE COME TOGETHER ON A COMMITTEE AND GIVEN US GUIDANCE FOR HOW THEY WANT US TO GO THROUGH THE MODULES AND ALL TYPES OF DEFINITIONS. THERE IS ALSO A PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE FAA THAT IS NOT AS BROAD. IS THE PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED DID AS I'M THINKING THE COMP PLAN, IS THAT THE FAA DRIVEN PLAN --
>> IT WOULD NOT BE. IT'S OVERALL MASTER PLAN THAT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN AT LEAST A DECADE.
>> WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS WHERE WE PRESENTLY ARE BEFORE THE PLAN SECTION C HAS GIVEN OUT QUITE A FEW DETAILS WHICH MAKE SENTENCE TO ME ON WHAT WOULD ALLOW THE BOARD AND BODY TO OPERATE IN A POSITIVE FORWARD MOTION TO LOOK LIKE THEY ARE ACHIEVING SOME SUCCESS FOR THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO GRANT REQUEST AND THE CITY COUNCIL -- IS THAT EXISTING
AND ONGOING? >> YES, SIR. WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET OF THE AIRPORT BOARD. THEY ARE REVENUE NEUTRAL . WE DON'T SUBSIDIZE THEN AND WAXAHACHIE DOES NOT
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SUBSIDIZE THE AIRPORT. ALL THE THINGS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.WE HAVE CHOSEN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND
BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT. >> HAVE WE HAD A BUSINESS PLAN
BEFORE? >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO. IT HAS BEEN DECADES. A LOT OF THAT WAS BASED ON THE DESIRE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHAT BEST INDUSTRIES COULD BE SUITED.
>> WHAT IS THE TIMING ON THAT?
>> AIRPORT MASTER PLAN WE ARE 10 MONTHS OUT AND THE BUSINESS PLAN I DON'T THINK THERE IS AS MUCH TO DO ON THAT. THEY PROBABLY COINCIDE ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
>> AS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH SOME FORMS OF FRICTION WERE CREATED FROM THE BOARD THAT DID NOT FEEL LIKE IT HAD A DIRECTION. IT SEEMED TO INTERPRET ITSELF INTO AT TIMES THE BOARD TRYING TO TAKE DIRECTIONS IN WAYS AND TIMES THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY TOTALLY IN THE PLAN AND IT CAUSED MORE FRICTION. I'M CONFUSED IF WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS HOW TO APPROPRIATE , EXECUTE AND REQUEST GRANTS, FUNDS AND GETS 50% MONEY AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND SECTION T ROLLS INTO THE PREBUDGET MUTUALLY ADOPTED BY THE TWO CITIES AND GOES ON TO EXPLAIN ABOUT FUNDS BEING DISTRIBUTED AND IF THEY WERE TO STAY WITHIN THE BUDGETARY ALLOTMENTS AND IF THEY COULD NOT EXCEED THEY COULD GO TO THE COUNCIL FOR SUCCESSION. I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL , IS THIS COMING UP IN CONSENT AGENDA IS OR WHERE
IS THIS COMING UP? >> THE BUDGET ITEMS ARE COMING UP IN THE BUDGET AND THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS THE CAPITAL PLAN. WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE AIRPORT. RENT GRANTS, HOW WE WILL SPEND THE RENT GRANTS AND HOW WE WILL REHAB THE RUNWAYS AND BUILD DEFENSES TO PROTECT FROM WILDLIFE. AS FAR AS THE FUNDS, I'M THINKING IT WAS JUST PROBABLY WITHIN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS THAT WE BROUGHT THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS PLAN TO THE COUNCIL AND THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET. IT WAS SPLIT 50-50 BETWEEN US AND THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE. I THINK IT WAS IN THE PAST 4 TO 5 MONTHS THAT IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL. THAT IS HOW THE OUTSIDE THINGS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL FOR FUNDING.
>> AS I LOOK AT THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE CITY , I CAN SEE THE FULL BUILDOUT OF THE CITY AND SO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT HANGERS , THE MORE HARD ASSET INVESTMENT
AND IS THERE A PLAN FOR THAT? >> THAT'S THE MASTER PLAN.
>> THERE WAS A PLAN BEFORE? >> YES AND IT LAYS OUT WHERE THE HANGERS WILL BE. THERE'S A LAYOUT AND A PLAN AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND A PLAN FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT IS WHERE THE PAIN HANGAR COMES IN FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS AIRBORNE AVIATION. THERE IS PLENTY OF LAND OUT THERE FOR
ADDITIONAL HANGERS. >> I CAN ONLY ECHO WHAT WAS MENTIONED AND IT'S AT LEAST A CONCERN , I WILL SAY THAT THE AIRPORT IS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION AND AS I LOOK AT THE OTHER BOARDS AROUND THE CITY, THE ONLY THING I CAN COME CLOSE TO COMPARING IT TO OUR THE BOARD TO TAKE FUNDS AND THAT THEIR SALES TAX DOLLARS. THE AIRPORT BOARD OR THE AIRPORT ITSELF IS A SELF-CONTAINED , SELF PAID ENTITY , FOR THE MOST PART. IT CREATES A WHOLE DIFFERENT BUT ON THE FLIPSIDE YOU HAVE A BOARD THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE BEST ALLOCATION AND GROWTH OF THE AIRPORT WHERE IT COULD BECOME PERSONAL AT TIMES. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HATE TO USE THE WORD CONFUSION , TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND CITIES THAT MANAGE WHAT IS A PUBLICLY OWNED FACILITY AND I DON'T
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KNOW WHAT THE BALANCES. I DO ECHO AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A WAY TO GET THE BOARD TOGETHER WITH THE CITIES , WITH THE STAFF. I DO FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. IT'S REALLY NOT THAT FAR OFF OF WHAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD AND THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME IMPROVEMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AND I FEEL LIKE WE COULD BE CLOSER TO WHAT WE HAD AND WHERE WE WERE HEADED. AT LEAST TRY THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE .AND AS KEVIN MENTIONED, I'M FEELING MORE AND MORE LIKE IT'S A TIME TO PAUSE. I'M NOT TALKING LONG-TERM BUT WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE QUICKLY. I THINK WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN A
LITTLE BIT. >> THERE IS A NEED FOR FURTHER GUARDRAILS. WE HAVE SOME PRETTY STRICT OVERSIGHT AND WE WERE VERY INVOLVED IN ANY EXPENDITURES OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY. IN THE AIRPORT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MORE OVERSIGHT AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD TO GET MORE COUNCIL ENGAGEMENT AND BUY-IN . I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH PUSHING PAUSE.
>> I DEFINITELY WANT TO COME FROM A STANCE OF WANTING TO HONOR OUR BOARD AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE THAT THEY HAVE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BEHIND-THE-SCENES STUFF GOING ON THAT WE ARE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING PUBLICLY. THAT AFFECT OUR DECISIONS APPEAR TEE. BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVE VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR JOE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
>> I WILL MAKE A COUPLE BRIEF COMMENTS. WITH THIS AIRPORT BOARD AND THE CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT, IT'S PROBABLY THE AREA OF THE CITY THAT I HAVE THE LEAST FAMILIARITY WITH I'VE TRIED TO CATCH UP QUICK OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS. I'M STILL CERTAINLY NO EXPERT IN THESE DOCUMENTS BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS DO ECHO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ECHOED. WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS OVER THE WEEKEND , I WAS READING MY BIBLE AND I HAD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND WAS READING IN EXODUS AND I CAME ACROSS A STORY ABOUT MOSES WHO FINDS HIMSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE HE IS HAVING TO MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF DECISIONS AND GET IN THE WEEDS WITH A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE GROWING AND EXPANDING AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT MIDLOTHIAN. A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON WITH A LOT MORE PEOPLE COMING HERE AND THE STORY, JETHRO, HIS FATHER-IN-LAW COMES TO HIM AND SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOME HELP AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOME FOLKS WHO CAN HEAR SOME OF THESE THINGS AND MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND HELP YOU WITH ALL THESE FOLKS AND SITUATIONS. THE STORY GOES THAT HE APPOINTS A BUNCH OF FOLKS TO HELP HIM . I SEE THE BOARDS AND THE CITY IS A GREAT ASSET AS I KNOW THE REST OF COUNCIL DOES AS WELL . SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS BOARD, IT'S VERY UNIQUE AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, A GROUP OF FOLKS WITH THE UNIQUE SPECIALTY OF KNOWLEDGE. I THINK WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PUT SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS AT THE BOARD LEVEL. THAT IS JUST ME SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. IF WE TRY TO CENTRALIZE EVERYTHING UP HERE , NOT THAT WE ARE DOING IT THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT BUT ALL THESE STEPS, IF WE CENTRALIZE MORE AND MORE IT CAN CREATE MORE CHALLENGES AND GET US IN THE WEEDS. I LIKE THE IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED TO LOOK
FURTHER INTO THIS. >> I WILL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN CURRENTLY HAS THREE AIRPORT
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BOARD MEMBERS AS ONE RESIGNED AND WE ARE DOWN TO THREE. THE COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO PURSUE THE EXECUTIVE ITEMS AND ANY AND ALL ACTION IS TAKEN AND OPEN REGULAR SESSION. SECTION NUMBER 551.071 2, LEGAL CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON ANY AGENDA ITEM LISTED HEREIN AND REGARDING TO ITEM 2023-359. WE WILL ALSO[01:05:04]
HIT SECTION 551.004 AS WELL AS SECTION 551.071, LEGAL CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY PENDING LEGAL LITIGATION CAUSE NUMBER 111504 .THEIR PATIENCE. IT IS 8:09. IF YOU RECALL WE LEFT ON ITEM NUMBER 2023- 359. AIRPORT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE FOR OPERATION OF MIDWAY REGIONAL . BEFORE ANY MOTIONS ARE MADE, I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT CANCEL -- COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ? HEARING NONE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I HAVE A MOTION , I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A JOINT MIDLOTHIAN AIRPORT BOARD -WAXAHACHIE AND STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP . AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMITTEE TO GUIDE THE PROCESS AND REWRITE
THE JOINT AIRPORT AGREEMENT. >> SECOND.
>> THERE IS A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM. AND I HAVE A SECOND.
THE ITEM PASSES. MOVING ONTO THE EXECUTIVE ITEM THAT -- EXECUTIVE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED ON CASE NUMBER 551.074 , THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO . ON SECTION 551.071 , LEGAL CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE PENDING LITIGATION AND THE COUNCIL, IS THERE MOTION ON THE
CASE WE >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT LETTER FOR REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY AS EARLY -- FOR THE CASE.
>> ENGAGEMENT LETTER, LET THE RECORD NOTE.
>> A MOTION AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE. THE ITEM DOES PASS. WITH TH
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