Aug 13, 2024 City Council

[Call to Order, Pledges, and Invocation]

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>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS 6:00 P.M., TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH. WE HAVE A QUORUM SO I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCILMEMBER MOORMAN IS OUT. A LITTLE FAMILY TRIP. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TRANSIT LEADERS IN OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE FOR THIS EVENING.

>>'S JOIN US AS WE PRAY. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT LOOK OVER US AND HELP US IN EACH WAY AND EVERY DAY TO PROVIDE US WITH THE SAFETY THAT WE SO DESERVE AND NEED. WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS US IN OUR DECISIONS TONIGHT NOT ONLY HERE TONIGHT TO HELP US TO ALWAYS IN THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY TO BE PLEASING TO YOU IN YOUR SITE. BLESS US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AND BLESS US THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE OF THIS WEEK AND THROUGH ALL TIMES TO ALWAYS REACH OUT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO ALWAYS REPRESENT YOU , IN JESUS'S NAME, I PRAY. AMEN.

>> AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND

INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN

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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL. WE HAVE A FEW AWARDS SO IN ADDITION TO -- ACTUALLY I CAN PROBABLY LET COMMANDER HICKS TALK ABOUT THE REWARD . COULD YOU COME UP AND TALK

ABOUT THAT FIRST? >>

>> ABOUT THAT AWARD AND WHAT IT MEANS AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT REAL QUICK BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT OUR WARDS TONIGHT?

>> YES, SIR. OR RESOURCE OFFICERS CONTACTED ME AND FIRST OFF WE WERE GOING TO AWARDED THE PSO'S. AWARDED THE BEST DIVISIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE STATE CAN SEND IN SUBMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON THINGS THAT THEY BELIEVE IS DOING GOOD. ONCE THEY RECEIVE ALL THE NOMINATIONS, THE BOARD MEETS , GETS TOGETHER, READ ALL THE NOMINATIONS AND THEN THEY VOTE AND HE SAID IT WAS OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PD'S AND SRO DIVISIONS GOING TO RECEIVE THE DIVISION AWARD. SO AGAIN, WE INVEST IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS . OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M SORRY I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANYDIVISIONS AS WELL AS ISD AND THE STATE IT IS A LOT.

IT IS A GREAT HONOR AND GOES TO SHOW YOU JUST THE GREAT WORK THAT THESE OFFICERS DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO KEEP THE STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE. VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE STUDENTS AS WELL SO, IT

IS VERY WELL DESERVED. >> THANK YOU.

>> SO, WITH TIM'S HELP, -- COME OVER.

>> DEPARTMENT'S RECOGNITION INTERNALLY, -- COME AROUND THIS

WAY. JUST BEHIND ME. >> THIS IS THE SAFEST I'VE EVER

FELT. >>

>> HIRING . A SERGEANT COMMANDER, --

>> PROUD ON BEHALF OF THIS DEPARTMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT. THE LEADERSHIP COMMANDER HICKS HAS GIVEN OVER THE YEARS. IT WAS A CUTTING EDGE PROGRAM FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WHEN IT BEGAN AND IT IS PROBABLY GROWN INTO ONE OF

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>> YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. WHAT WE ISSUED TODAY, WHICH WILL GO ON A PLAQUE AND PROBABLY HEAD OUT TO THE STATION IS A UNIT CITATION FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE UNIT. UNIT CITATIONS FOR SCHOOL USES RESOURCE UNITS BEING SELECTED AND 2024 TEXAS ASSOCIATIONS OR RESOURCE OFFICER UNIT OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION FOR STANDING SERVICES. AWARDED THE STATE ON THE 13TH DAY OF AUGUST 2024. SO, THIS IS A UNIT CITATION AND REALLY PERSONALLY ISSUED TO A UNIT, WHICH PROCEEDS THE INDIVIDUAL COMMENDATIONS THAT YOU WILL EACH GET FOR THE 2023 /2024 SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE ISSUED ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EACH OFFICER WEAPON DEBATED IN THE LAST YEAR THAT WILL GO INTO THEIR PERSONAL FILES AND IF YOU WOULD HELP ME, WERE ISSUING A CHIEFS ACCOMMODATION APPOINTED TO EACH ONE OF THE OFFICERS HERE TONIGHT THAT WERE HERE DURING THIS LAST YEAR. WE KNOW THAT THE LAST TWO OFFICERS I JUST CAME ON WILL GET THERE AWARD NEXT YEAR. SO, ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL HAND OUT THE ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE OFFICERS. OR DO YOU WANT TO DO

ACCOMMODATIONS? >> SURE.

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>> YEAH. WE JUST RECENTLY HIRED OFFICER ERIC BROWN IN THE COUNCILMAN RODGERS DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HIRED OFFICER BRIAN WILLIAMS . SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST, WE ONLY HIRE THE BEST OF THE BEST. A REPEAT OF THE STATE STARTS TOMORROW. ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS WITH LEADERSHIP -- I APPRECIATE WHAT THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT ME BUT WITHOUT A GREAT TEAM, THERE IS NO GREAT LEADER. SO, THESE OFFICERS MAKE MY JOB EXTREMELY EASY . I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO MUCH.

BECAUSE OF THE HARD-WORKING EFFORT AND THEN SERGEANT HOWARD FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER, HE HAD PLAYED THE ROLE OF SERGEANT AND ALSO THE ROLE OF SRO AND MHS BECAUSE WE HAVE A TWO OFFICER AND MSS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO HE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AND ALSO OUR SUPERVISOR FOR THE YEAR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR. HE DID GREAT WORK AND NOW THAT I HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO ANOTHER POSITION, AT MEDINA AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM IS NOW THE SAFETY SECURITY AND NEW COMMANDER OFFICER OF THE SAFETY PROGRAM.

HE HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY OVER THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND

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>> ME A FEW MORE MINUTES. ONE OF THE ACTUAL THING THAT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION. AS WE BECAME AWARE OF THE AWARD, WE HAD AN OFFICER FROM THE SRO UNIT SAYING HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE OUR COMMANDER? SO, SOLDIER ALBERT PENN, A LETTER OF ACCOMMODATION FOR COMMANDER HICKS AND IT WAS SIGNED BY EACH ONE OF THE SROS.

WE WILL READ THAT. IT IS PRETTY LONG BUT IT TALKS ABOUT ALL OF THE COPPERSMITHS THAT HICKS HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS LAST FIVE YEARS. SO BASED ON THAT, WE ARE ISSUING A MERITORIOUS CONDUCT AWARD TO TIM HICKS FOR FIVE YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK BEGINNING IN AUGUST FOR FIRST , 2019 TO JUNE 1ST, 2024.

REPRESENTING THE MIDLOTHIAN POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU BROUGHT GREAT CREDIT UPON YOURSELF AND ORGANIZATION. SO ON THIS DAY WE AWARD A MERITORIOUS SERVICE ON THIS DAY THE 13TH OF AUGUST

2024. >>

>> LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE. COUNCILMAN, I KNOW YOU ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS UNIT SO YOU CAN ALSO STAND UP.

>> COULD WE HAVE YOU GUYS COME IN FRONT A LITTLE BIT?

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>> LET'S HAVE HIS GREAT SCHOOL YEAR, SROS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

SERVICE, SROS. >> WE WILL GIVE THEM A MOMENT TO CLEAR OUT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD STUFF. OPENING ITEM 2024-282,

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>> THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS CAME TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE BEST SUPPLIES REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL NEEDS, BUT TO DO SO, IT WAS A VERY GOOD SUCCESS AND A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS WORKED HARD ON THAT.

>> ANNA? >> I WAS JUST GOING TO BE BACK ON THAT. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TWO. AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH, 12,000 POUNDS HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT. 1200 SCHOOL SUPPLIES. 1200 STUDENT RECEIVED SCHOOL SUPPLIES. 4000 VISITORS . THE ONLY NEGATIVE OF THE ENTIRE EVENT I AM PRETTY SURE, THE MAYOR DIDN'T GET DUNKED THIS YEAR. SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR,

BUT IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT. >> YEAH. WE WILL KEEP THAT IN

MIND. THANK YOU. >>

>> DUNKED IN THE DUNK TANK. >> WE ACTUALLY HAD A LONG TIME RESIDENT PASS AWAY WAS A PAST COUNCIL MEMBER. JAMES WEBB, ALSO KNOWN AS JIMMY WEBB GRADUATED IN 1960. HE SERVED ON THE WESTERN AUTO IN TOWN AND ALSO WORKED AT THE BILL. SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL AND WAS ACTUALLY THE COMMITTEE THE WORLD OUR CHARTER AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT.

THANK HIM AND HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

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>> YES. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT. WE ALTERNATELY RECOGNIZE IT . THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE

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THE CITY COUNCIL INVITE CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORM AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE ITEM BEING OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? MISS ROSS, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THEN YOU WILL HAVE THREE

MINUTES. >> MY NAME IS BARBARA ROSS. I DO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS. I AM AN 81-YEAR-OLD WIDOW IS TAKING CARE OF A ONE ACRE HOME AND EQUALS NEXT FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL THAT HOUSE LAST YEAR AND PROCEEDED TO BUILD A HOME IN THE LATEST EDITION AND MIDTOWN.

I AM ONLY FIVE MINUTES FROM BLISTERS, MAINSTREAM GEM AND SIX MINUTES FROM OUR CHURCH, FIRST THAT'S THE SPIRIT I GET AROUND REAL EASILY. MY BUILDERS AND I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TRYING TO GET THIS HOUSE FITTED SO I CAN GET OUT OF MY APARTMENT BY THE 24TH OF AUGUST. WE THOUGHT WE HAD A PLAN TO GET MY CERTIFICATION OCCUPANCY ON MONDAY, BUT THIS FELL THROUGH BECAUSE THERE WAS NO IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN PLACE.

WELL, NOW THERE IS. IT WILL BE BY THURSDAY, BUT THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM. THE CITY HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT THEY ARE FORCING ME TO PUT TREES AND SHRUBS IN NEXT WEEK. LET ME QUOTE TO YOU WHAT I FOUND ABOUT PLANTING TREES IN TEXAS. IT SAYS, THE TEMPERATURE GETS OVER 90 DEGREES IN THE SUMMER TO AWAIT SOME REPLANTING. I FOUND ABOUT 60 OF THESE ARTICLES FROM AG AND ORACLE TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE AREA. THERE IS NO ONE THAT ONCE A MORE BEAUTIFUL YARD THAN I DO. I WILL PROBABLY EVEN BY BATTERY-OPERATED LAWN MORE AND TAKE CARE OF IT MYSELF. BUT PRAY TELL WHO WOULD PLANT TREES IN TEXAS NEXT WEEK WHEN IT IS GOING TO BE 105. NIELS IS VERY WOULD NOT. HOWARD GARRETT WOULD NOT. I WAS HOPING AND PLANNING TO DO MY LANDSCAPE IN LIND OCTOBER WHEN THE WEATHER COOLS. ASKED. THE TREES THEY ARE ASKING FOR IS $600 A PIECE, IF YOU CAN EVEN FIND THEM. THEY TAKE 45 GALLONS OF WATER THREE TIMES A WEEK. THAT IS 955 GALLONS OF WATER A WEEK AND NO INSURANCE IF THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE OR NOT. I CAN GIVE YOU 10 TO 20 NAMES OF REFERENCES OF MEN AND WOMEN OF INTEGRITY, ONE OF WHOM IS SITTING ON THIS BOARD, WHO WILL VOUCH FOR ME THAT IF I PLAN OFF PLANT TREES IN OCTOBER, I WILL PLANT TREES IN OCTOBER. I DO NOT PROCRASTINATE ABOUT ANYTHING I SET OUT TO DO. I AM ANXIOUS TO GET INTO MY NEW HOUSE AND HOPE WHATEVER COMMITTEE OR BOARD WIELDS THIS POWER WILL LET ME POSTPONE THIS PLANNING UNTIL COOLER WEATHER. I AM ALSO A TWO-TIME CANCER SURVIVOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND MY LAST DAYS IN THIS BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE WILL TAKE IT UP WITH STAFF.

>> WANT JUST COME FORWARD TO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS.

>> ROBBIE MORRIS AND I LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS. SO, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. ON THE EVENING OF FRIDAY OCTOBER 23RD 1987, MIDLOTHIAN POLICE OFFICER GEORGE WILLIAM RAYFIELD JUNIOR 21 YEARS OLD WAS MURDERED BY TWO SUSPECTS WHO HAD DISCOVERED HE WAS UNDERCOVER NARCOTICS OFFICER INVOLVED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE TWO LURED HIM TO A REMOTE FIELD ON FM 875, SHOT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, AND LEFT HIM TO DIE IN THE CODE WET GRASS UNTIL HE WAS DISCOVERED THE FOLLOWING MORNING AFTER EXTENSIVE SERVICE. OFFICER RAYFIELD IS, THANK GOD, THE ONLY MIDLOTHIAN POLICE OFFICER TO ONLY BEEN MURDERED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO PROTECT PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. HE SURRENDERED ALL HE HAD OR ALL HE EVER WOULD HAVE SO THAT WE COULD SLEEP IN PEACE AT NIGHT IN OUR BEDS. MANY PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSIBILITY THE POLICE HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY, SERVICE, ACCOUNTABILITY, REVERIE, COURAGE, AND MANY OTHER VIRTUOUS TRAITS THAT ALL CITIZENS SHOULD EXPECT AND ALL POLICE SHOULD STRIVE ON SEIZING TO PROVIDE. BUT IF YOU EVER MENTION OUT LOUD THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE AS CITIZENS HAVE TO OUR POLICE. WE OWE THEM OUR PRAYERS, OUR RESPECTS, OUR SUPPORT , AND WHEN WE LOSE AN OFFICER IN THE LINE OF DUTY, WE OWE THEM OUR SOLEMN, UNDYING

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AND, IT WOULD HELP TO FULFILL OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS CITIZENS TO NEVER FORGET THIS BRAVE YOUNG OFFICER WHO GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION FOR US. SO LONG AS HE IS NOT FORGOTTEN, HIS SACRIFICE WILL NOT HAVE BEEN MADE IN VAIN. GOD

BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU OFFICER. WELL SAID. APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. IS THERE ANY OTHERS? OKAY. WE

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>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON 2024-286.

>> WE WILL PULL 2024-2864 DISCUSSION. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHOUT ITEM 2024-286. AN MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT

AGENDA MINUS 2022-286. >> THE ITEM PASSES 6-0. I WILL

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INVESTMENT POLICIES. >> SO, I WAS JUST READING THROUGH THE READING MATERIAL THAT IS HERE AND I THINK IT IS ITEM 15 UNDER THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN THAT THE POLICY INDICATES THAT THERE WILL BE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE COVERS ITEMS A THROUGH H TO BE PRESENTED FOR THAT. HAS THAT OCCURRED QUARTERLY AND I HAVE MISSED IT

-- >> NO. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE IN STAFF AND THAT IS NOT BEEN OCCURRING. I HAVE ONE FOR 630 THAT I CAN SEND Y'ALL BEFORE THE WEEK IS OUT, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT . AND, YEAH. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I DID NOT REALIZE THEY WERE NOT GOING OUT. WE USED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A FOREIGN COUNTY PRESENT THAT THE COUNCIL . SOMETIMES IT WOULD GET INTO A REALLY LONG PRESENTATION AND SO WE WOULD PUT YOU ON THAT AND I THINK THAT SOMEHOW STAFF DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD TO DO THAT. BUT IT IS DEFINITELY IN OUR POLICY SO, I TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT THAT

THAT SHOULD NOT CONTINUE. >> ALL RIGHT. MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR THAT IS I DON'T SEE ANY SIMILAR REQUIREMENT -- I SEE IT FROM THE BOARD OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, BUT NOTHING AS FAR AS ON A QUARTERLY OR ANNUALLY BASIS WITH DISREGARD

TO THE OTHER FUNDS. >> ACTUALLY, THAT WAS COMBINED THAT WAS SENT OUT SO IT SHOULD HAVE ALL OF THOSE QUERIES IN

THERE AS WELL. >> PERFECT.

>> I WILL SAY FOR THOSE OTHER GROUPS, IT IS ALSO IN THEIR BUT WE DO ROUTINELY MAKE REINVESTMENTS AND I SIT ON THAT

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WILL NO LONGER GET UPDATES FROM --

>> IF YOU AS A COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT, WE CAN.

THE REPORTS THAT LINDA USED TO GO THROUGH ARE THE REPORTS THAT WE WILL SEND OUT AND I CAN SEND THEM OUT ANY QUARTER Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PAST, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE COME, LINDA IS NO LONGER DOING IT. WE HAVE

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>> I WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING A BY YEARLY UPDATE.

>> I WILL I CAN DO THAT. >> I WAS THINKING ONCE A YEAR.

WE CAN REVIEW AND HAVE ACTUAL PERSON MANAGING THAT GIVE US A

VERY DISTINCT -- >> DO YOU HAVE ANY PREFERENCE

OF WHO YOU WANT TO SEE? >> I DON'T.

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>> WELL, I CAN HAVE HIM COME IN. IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT IT MORE OFTEN, JUST LET ME KNOW BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF OUR

CONTRACT THAT HE CAN COME. >> I MIGHT I WANT TO DO IT IN

DECEMBER. >> OH, THAT IS TRUE.

>> BABY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR THAT WOULD BE BETTER.

>> OKAY. I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.

>> MOTION TO APPROVED BY COUNCILMAN MOORMAN . COUNCILMAN WEAVER. ITEM PASSES, 6-0. THANK YOU, ANN. MOVING ONTO THE

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>> THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE FROM THE JULY 9TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING . THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO ADD AN ACRE TO THE PD 118 ZONING DISTRICT AND THEY ARE ALSO ASKING THAT A BANK OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BE ALLOWED WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY ON ANY PAST SITE. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED COMMERCIAL RETAIL AN ACRE TO THE NORTH AND AN ACRE -- THE OTHER ACREAGE IS PD 18. THIS IS A NEW TOWN MODULE WHICH ALLOWS AND MAKES A SINGLE-FAMILY COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY FACILITY USES . THE THIRD PLAN SHOWS THAT 14TH STREET IS AN EXISTING ARTERIAL 90 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY . THE PROPERTY WILL HAVE ACCESS ON THE EXISTING FRONTAGE ROAD AND ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAY ON 14TH STREET. WHEN THEY CAN IMPROVE 14TH STREET, THEY ADDED A RIGHT TURN LANE SO, BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, THEY ARE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMANDS FOR THE TRAFFIC FOR THE SITE. THE BASE ZONING FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS GENERAL PROFESSIONAL AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY ARE

REQUESTING FOR THE SITE. >> WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS MODIFY WHICH IS BUILDING AND THE PAD SITE WILL COME IN LATER WITH A SITE PLAN TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL. SO, IT WILL BE A 33,000 SQUARE FOOT PACT SITE WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER PAST SITES ON THE DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE REQUESTING ONE EXCEPTION FOR THE DUMPSTER LOCATION TO BE ALONG 14TH STREET , HOWEVER, THEY ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL SHRUBS AROUND IT, AND THEN THEY ARE ALSO DOORS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE MAIN DOORS TO BE SHUT EXCEPT WHEN THEY ARE ON TRASH DAYS AND THEY ARE PICKING UP THE GARBAGE. THERE WAS A DOWNSTREAM STORMWATER ASSESSMENT THAT WAS UPDATED AND IT IS ADEQUATE FOR THE FACILITY. THE PLANS ARE TO BUILD THE PROJECT IN TWO PHASES. PHASE ONE WOULD BE THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL BUILDINGS ON SITE AND THEN THE BANK WILL BE PHASE TWO AND THEY WILL COME BACK WITH A SITE PLAN WITH THAT. THERE IS AN EXISTING WHERE THE BUILDINGS WAS BUILT AND THEIR PLAN IS TO HAVE

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>> OKAY. THANK YOU, MARY. DOES THE COUNTY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS CASE? WITH NOBODY SIGNING UP TO SPEAK ON THIS I MAINTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING?

>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMAN RODGERS.

>> SECOND. >> I WILL TAKE WEAVER AS A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES 6-0. COUNCIL, WASHES WITH MARY AND/OR THE APPLICANTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO SO NOW. ANYTHING YOU CAN ADD OR JUST BE AVAILABLE FOR

QUESTIONS? >>

>> THANK YOU, SIR. ROSS? >> WHAT IS THE BUSINESS BETWEEN

THE SERVICE ROAD? >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS

DRIVE? >> I CAN'T SEE THAT ON THE CHART. I'M SORRY. V. I'M SORRY. CONNECT THE DRIVER GO

THROUGH THE BANK SITE. >>

>> RIGHT HERE. >> THE SPACING BETWEEN THAT AND

THE SERVICE ROAD. >>

>> TO THE MICROPHONE? WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE AND WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN HEAR. IF YOU

COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF -- >> MY NAME IS BLAINE LEE.

BLAINE MCKINNEY TEXAS. AND BASICALLY, WE ARE NOT MOVING THE EXISTING DESIGN APPROACH , IT IS JUST BEING ERODED AND THAT WILL BECOME OUR NEW SECONDARY OFF OF 14TH STREET.

AND THEN, WE HAVE AGREED TO WRITE AND WRITE OUT RIGHT ONTO THE ROAD IN THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY , SO, I THINK PROBABLY BY THEM BY US NOT HAVING THE FULL INTERCHANGE THERE BY DESIGN, I THINK IT IS SOUTH OF US TWO. OR EAST OF US.

EAST OF US TWO. SO, ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC SHOULD HELP IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO 287.

>> THEY SAID THE MEETING WILL BE THE SAME. IS THAT A CITY PROJECT OR WILL BE DONE BY THE DEVELOPER?

>> IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. >> IT IS ALREADY BEEN DONE?

>> THE ALREADY HAD A POSITIVE EFFECT .

>> YES, SIR. THANK YOU. >> DOES THE BUILDING SEE THE BANK? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID, MARY?

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ANYMORE QUESTIONS? >> WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE OF THE DUMPSTER? WAS IT ON THE OTHER SIDE?

>> THE CENTER DRIVE IS BASICALLY OUR MAIN CONNECTOR FOR ALL SIX OF OUR BUILDINGS. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY DUMPSTERS OFF OF THAT TRACTOR BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE ALL THE TRUCKERS WOULD BE AND THERE WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS HINDRANCE TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW TO HAVE TRUCKS BACKING IN AND PULLING IN THERE, PLUS, THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK CONNECTS AND GOES DOWN

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>> ASKING HOW MY GOING TO GET TO HAVE LUNCH SO THAT IS OUR SIDEWALK COLLECTIONS CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE CENTER DRIVE. BUT IT WOULDN'T BE VERY PLEASANT TO BE WALKING BY DUMPSTERS. ALL OF OUR DUMPSTERS .

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>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ON THE DOCTORS AS WELL. SO, WHEN I LOOK AT EXHIBIT E, IT SHOWS A SINGLE PEDESTRIAN BOARD, BUT ON THE SITE YOU SHOWED EARLIER, IT SHOWED TWO PEDESTRIAN DOORS AND THE SINGLE PEDESTRIAN DOOR ON EXHIBIT B MOVES TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF WEIGHT.

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>> RIGHT, BUT THAT IS NOT WITH THE EXHIBIT E ELEVATION SHOWS.

IT SHOWS A SINGLE DOOR AND SHOWS THE DOOR ON THE RIGHT OF

WAY SIDE. >>

>> OKAY. WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ELEVATION OF THAT AREA.

>> FOR THE SINGLE DUMPSTER? >>

>> OKAY. >>

>> MR. WEAVER WAS SAYING HE DOESN'T WANT A PEDESTRIANS NOR

DOOR FACING THAT -- >> THAT WAS PREDICATED ON WHETHER IT IS A SINGLE DOOR OR A DOUBLE. THE ONLY EXHIBIT TO THIS ORDINANCE SHOWS THE SINGLE CONFIGURATION SO WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE AT EXHIBIT UPDATED TO SHOW BOTH CONFIGURATIONS.

>> YOU CAN CALL THAT OUT IN A MOTION IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

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PERMITTED ONES. >>

>> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF

THERE IS NOT ANY. >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THE DRIVE-THROUGH USE WOULD BE LIMITED.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. PART OF HIS NARRATIVE FOR HIS REQUESTS STIPULATED THAT HE WOULD ONLY BE ASKING IT FOR THE BANK AND THAT IT WON'T BE AS DEEP FOR THE DIVE DREW DRIVE-THROUGH FOR

THE RESTAURANT. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED WITH STAFF WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE BE AN EXHIBIT E DIMENSION OF BOTH THE SINGLE AND DOUBLE DUMPSTER

CONFIGURATION. >> OKAY. DO HAVE ANY MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT ? A SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WEIMER SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES, 6-0. THANK YOU, MARY. OPENING ITEM 2024-291. CONDUCT

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DISTRICT. BRIAN? >> EVENING. SO, WITH THIS REQUEST, THE APPLICANT FOR PERSONAL REASONS HAS A NEED TO

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THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE I BELIEVE IS 204 SEAT AIR-CONDITIONED SPACE SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT IS LEFT NOT CONFORMING. SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE THE ZONING. BUT AGAIN, THOUGH THE PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, IT IS NOT AS THOUGH THE AG ZONING WAS CONFORMING EITHER SO IF YOU WERE TO OF APPROVED A SINGLE-FAMILY TOO, IT WOULD BE MORE CONFORMING. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE WITH THEM.

>> THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? >> YES. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS

APPROVAL AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, BRIAN. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? WITH NO PUBLIC INPUT, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. PLEASE VOTE. COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS? AND IF THE EPIC AND WISHES TO SPEAK, THEY ARE WELCOME OR IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT

THEY ARISE. >> WITH THE ADJACENT LOTS IN THE AREA, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THE LOT?

>> I DID NOT CALCULATE AN AVERAGE. I DO NOT HAVE A GOOD AERIAL BUT FOR THE TWIN -- WHAT IS A CALL, THE TWIN OAKS SUBDIVISION? I BELIEVE. IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE ARE THE 1 TO 2 ACRE RANGE BUT THERE ARE ONE ACRES IN AREA. THERE IS ALSO A SINGLE-FAMILY TWO TO THE NORTHWEST, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. MAYBE 800 FEET OR SO AWAY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE

PROPERTY. >> SO IT CONFORMS TO THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE PROPERTY?

>> YES. >> COUNCIL?

>> ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE PRESENTED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS AND SECONDED BY ROGERS. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU,

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BRIAN. >> THANK YOU.

>> MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA -- NO. SORRY. MORE PUBLIC HEARING. 2024-292. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN ZONING ORDINANCE BY AMENDING SECTION 3.5700 SECONDARY DWELLING UNITS. KERRY?

>> OKAY. OKAY. SO, COUNCIL ASKED US THAT STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT SECONDARY DWELLING UNITS . PRETTY MUCH, THE PATTERN IS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THESE WHEN THEY COME BEFORE YOU. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MEET 11 CRITERIA AND OF THE PAST 10 CASES WE HAVE HAD OVER HOWEVER MANY YEARS, THEY HAVE OFTEN APPROVED . APA, AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PEOPLE DID A STUDY AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS BE CONSIDERED AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE MIDLOTHIAN APPLICANTS WHO HAVE ASKED FOR SECONDARY DWELLING UNITS HAVE REFLECTED THIS TREND. THEY USUALLY ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO HAVE FAMILIES MOVE NEAR THEM. SOMETIMES, THEY WILL

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SO, THERE IS A STIPULATION IN THE EXISTING ORDINANCE THAT IF YOU CAN'T MEET SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS OUT OF THE 11 THAT YOU COULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND REQUEST AN S U.P., WHICH IS WHAT YOU GUYS TYPICALLY SEE . CITY COUNCIL, ON JULY 9TH, YOU HAD ASKED US TO LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE REQUESTED IN THESE APPLICATIONS , LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION FOR THE ONE ACRE/2 ACRE LOTS. SO, THE CITIES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT, WE HAVE LOOKED AT LARGER CITIES. AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES THAT ALSO HAVE LARGE LOT SUBDIVISIONS LIKE WE DO. MANSFIELD, SOUTHLAKE, HAZLET, DENVER. SO, WE FOUND THAT GENERALLY, MOST OF THEM HAVE EITHER CHANGE THEIR RULES RECENTLY TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE OR THEY HAVE JUST LEFT THEM ALONE. SO, IN TERMS OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE , FORT WORTH WILL ALLOW A SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT TO BE ANYTHING THAT IS LESS THAN THE PRIMARY . SAN ANTONIO HAS THE 1600 MAXIMUM. HOUSTON HAS A 1500 AND MAXIMUM. HASLET WILL ALLOW 500 SQUARE FEET BUT YOU CAN GO TO COUNCIL FOR MORE. AND MANSFIELD ALLOWS 1000 OR 75% OF THE PRIMARY. WHICHEVER IS GREATER. SO , WHAT WE HAD LOOKED AT WAS AN AVERAGE OF THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE HAD . SO, THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING . THERE IS A STIPULATION IN STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CONSTRUCT ON PROPERTY WITHOUT PLANNING IF IT IS GREATER THAN FIVE ACRES AND DOESN'T REQUIRE PUBLIC FACILITY. SO FOR A COUPLE OTHER SECTIONS, WE ADDED TRACT OR PLOTTED LOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ALL LOTS ARE PLANTED. AND THEN, WE LEFT THE REQUIREMENT ALONE THAT 50% OF AIR-CONDITIONED AREA FOR A LOT THAT IS LESS THAN ONE ACRE, HOWEVER, WE GAVE A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY THAN SAY ABOUT THAT IS GREATER THAN AN ACRE. 75% OF THE AIR-CONDITIONED AREA OR 1800 SQUARE FEET. AND AS FAR AS THE ON-SITE SEPTIC FACILITIES, GENERALLY, THEY CAN HAVE UP TO AN ACRE AND YOU HAVE A TWO ACRE LOT, THEN IT IS EASY TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE CONNECTED AS ONE UNIT, WE REQUIRE THAT THEY HAVE A LICENSED ENGINEER SAYING HERE CEMETERY AND OR GSI REVIEW SCIENTIST REVIEW. SO, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST LEAVE THAT UP TO THEM TO DECIDE ON THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT WE DON'T GO INTO. SO, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT FOR THE TWO ACRE LOTS, THAT WE NOT REQUIRE THAT IT TO BE ON ONE UNIT. WE ADDED A DEFINITION FOR THE SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITIES AND THEN, JUST MADE THE LANGUAGE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE OCCUPANT SINCE WE WERE INTERCHANGEABLY USING DIFFERENT WORDS THERE. THE ONE THING THAT WE ADDED AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS C, ITEM C, WHICH WE HAD TWO CASES WHERE THEY CAME IN AND THEY PROPOSED A SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT AND THE PRIMARY WAS A SMALL SO, THE PERSON WHO LIVED THERE A LONG TIME, THEY HAD ASKED -- IN BOTH CASES,

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WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, MARY. ANYONE ELSE DECIDE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? WITH NO OTHER DISCUSSION, MOTION TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC HEARING?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RODGERS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER. PLEASE VOTE. 6-0. THANK YOU, MARY. WITH NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A

MOTION. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE IS PRESENTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM

WICKLIFFE. >> SECONDED.

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>> SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER. PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU, MARY. MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. OPENING ITEM 2024-293.

CONSIDER AND DISCUSS A RECORD VOTE TO ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF 0.65 CENTS AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR SEPTEMBER

10TH, 2024. TAMMY? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL GO THROUGH THIS BRIEFLY. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I LIKE TO POINT OUT EVERY YEAR AS WE DO THIS. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR TAX RATE. OFFICIAL ITEMS. SO, THIS ONE IS MAXIMUM AD VALOREM TAX RATE. THIS IS NOT SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE A TAX RATE BUT IT IS SETTING WHAT YOUR MAXIMUM CAN BE. I WILL JUST EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT RATES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HERE. THE TOTAL PROPOSED TAX RATE IS $.65 . THAT IS THE CURRENT TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE. CASE OF PROPOSED MAINTENANCE OPERATION COMPONENT, THE TAX RATE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO COMPONENTS OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND INTEREST IN SEEKING FUND WHICH IS YOUR DEBT PAYMENTS THAT BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE CITY. THE NOMINAL REVENUE RATE IS ONE I TO EXPLAIN FOR THE PUBLIC THAT IS AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON OF THE PRIOR YEAR AND THE CURRENT YEAR PROPOSED TAX RATES AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR VOTE TO APPROVAL TAX RATE . IT STATES IN YOUR IT IS INCLUDED AND USED IN INCREMENT RATE. IF WE DON'T USE THE MAXIMUM, WE GET TO CREATE AN INCREMENT OVER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND THAT IS CALCULATED BASICALLY TAKING YOUR MAX TAX RATE THAT IS ALLOWED WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL SO IT IS THE NOMINAL REVENUE RATE PLUS YOUR INS RATE THAT THAT CITY IS COMMITTED TO FOR DEBT. THIS DOES REQUIRE THAT WE HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLISH AN NEWSPAPER AD BEFORE ADOPTING THE ACTUAL TAX RATE AND IF THAT EXISTS EXCEEDS THE NOMINAL REVENUE RATE, FOR THE VOTER APPROVAL OR NOMINAL REVENUE RATE WHICH IS LOWER. SO THIS IS IS BASICALLY A NEW COUNCIL TO FORMALLY PROPOSE THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE AND TO DO A RECORD VOTE AND THEN, IT NEEDS TO BE NOTED THAT ONCE THAT IS ESTABLISHED, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BELOW THAT RATE, BUT IF WE CHOOSE TO GO ABOUT THAT RATE AT A LATER DATE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO START THE WHOLE TAX RATE PROCESS OVER. AND THEN, THE SECOND THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR SEPTEMBER THE

10TH. >> IS THAT A SEPARATE MOTION OR

ALL IN ONE? >> THEY ARE SEPARATE I BELIEVE.

IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. WE WILL DO THEM TOGETHER.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU, AND. TAMMY DECIDE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE.

COUNCIL, DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? THIS WILL REQUIRE RECORD VOTE SO TAMMY WILL CALL ROLE IN A MOMENT WHEN WE ARE READY. ANY QUESTIONS OF ANN BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT? HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO FOR TAMMY FOR ROLL CALL VOTE. WE WILL TAKE A

MOTION. SORRY. >>

>> TO SET A MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF POINT $.55 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR

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>> SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. AND WE WILL CALL

ROLE. >>

>> YES. >>

>> YES. >>

>> YES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, ANN.

>> I HAVE THE NEXT ONE. THAT IS ALL FOR THAT ONE.

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>> STICK AROUND. >> YEAH.

>> OPENING ITEM 2024 -294, CONSIDER AND ASK AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,254,376 FROM THE UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE FOR THE ERISA PROPERTY FOR 50 MOUNT ZION ROAD IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 102 LOCAL GOVERNANCE CODE.

>> IF YOU REMEMBER, MOUNT ZION WAS PURCHASED AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO CLOSE IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND WE ACTUALLY DID NOT CLOSE AND TAKE POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY UNTIL AFTER.

THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE CHOSE PERSONALLY NOT TO DO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT EARLY IN THE YEAR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TRANSACTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE WITHIN CBC OR WHAT KIND OF EXPENDITURES THEY WOULD HAVE IN THE SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND, BUT HERE, RECENTLY, THEY HAVE GONE FOR THAT AND WE NEED TO MODIFY THE BUDGET TO COVER THIS PARTICULAR VERSION.

>> OKAY. COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WISH TO SPEAK?

>> I JUST WANT TO READ IT CORRECTLY. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY

BUDGETED IN THE PRIOR YEAR? >> IN THE PRIOR YEAR. YES.

>> FOR THE AVERAGE IS GOING INTO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> I HEAR A MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION HEARD BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RODGERS.

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>> PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 6-0.

>> ITEM 2024-295. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING ARTICLE 1.10 TITLED ÊELECTIONEERING AT POLLING LOCATION ON CITY PROPERTYÎ TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR PLACEMENT OF A TENT, CANOPY OR TE CITY-OWNED PROPERTY. CLYDE?

>> MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS UP FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT PROPOSED FOR ADOPTION. THE COUNCIL, IT REQUESTS THAT I BELIEVE WE SHRINK THE AREA BEFORE IT WAS DOWN HERE AND WE DID SHRINK THE AREA FOR THE COLLECTION AREA AND WE SPLIT THAT I'LL FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM IN HALF.

SO, THIS IS WHERE THE TENDS AND STRUCTURES ARE ALLOWED NOW, SO THEREFORE, YOU HAVE ONE REAL PARKING, TWO REAL PARKING, THREE REAL PARKING, SO ESSENTIALLY FOUR ROWS OF PARKING AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER . OF COURSE, THE SIGN AREAS ARE THE SAME AND WITH THAT, THAT WILL PROBABLY ANSWER

YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL. >> COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS? DISCUSSIONS? >> PARKING HAS TO BE AT A

DESIGNATED SPOT. >> THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I HAVE IS THE LEGEND ON THE ILLUSTRATION IS SO SMALL . THE DRAFT ORDINANCE MAKES IT VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T PUT A TENT IN THE MEDIUM.

>> SO THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE EXPENDED. AGAIN, I AM FAVORABLE OF ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS FOR PARKING TO RECUR IN THE PARKING LOT AS THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF A MUNICIPAL FACILITY, WHICH TAXPAYERS DOLLARS BUILT FOR THE USE OF THE BUILDING TO BE ABLE

TO PARK. >>

>> I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION BECAUSE IT COMES UP EVERY YEAR.

ON THE TWO SIGNS. IS IT TWO SIGNS PER YELLOW SPACE? TWO

SIGNS TOTAL? >> TWO SIGNS TOTAL.

>> AT LEAST NOW I AM EDUCATED ON THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I WILL

ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> SO MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM

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WICKLIFFE. >> PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES, 6-0. THANK YOU. ITEM 2024-296. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON

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AND LIBRARY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, MAYOR, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OR ANOTHER PROPOSAL WE HAVE FROM WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS WE HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WE HAVE BROUGHT ALL OF THEM AT INTERIOR FURNITURE. WITH THIS IS FOR IS FOR THE EXTERIOR FURNITURE. THIS IS THE NORTH SIDE. THIS WILL BE WHERE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ARE. FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL HAVE SOME PICNIC AREAS OUT HERE AS WELL AS BENCHES AND THIS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY HALL AND THEN, DOWN HERE, WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES HAD AROUND THOSE CHAIRS RIGHT NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE INTO THE LIBRARY AS WELL. THERE IS ALSO $9540 FOR A BUS THEY HAD ON THE WALLS. THEY MISSED ABOUT TWO FEET SOLELY TO GO UP ALL THE WAY TO THE CEILING SO, THAT DOES BRING US TO $72,241 AND A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? >>

>> YES. I AM SORRY. RIGHT IS NORTH. LEFT IS SOUTH. EAST IS

AT THE BOTTOM. ROSS? >> IS THIS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS VOTED OR IS THIS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET?

>> IT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

>> SO WE ARE NOT SPENDING MORE OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL IS?

>> THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE DMV KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

IT IS OUTSIDE OF CONSTRUCTION. OUTSIDE OF THAT. IF THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY. MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I ENTERTAIN A

MOTION. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES, 6-0.

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>> EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE ARE MOVING SOME EQUIPMENT FROM THIS CURRENT CITY HALL IN ORDER TO SAVE COSTS. SO, THE SWAGIT QUITMAN FOR RECORDING AND STREAMING THE MEETINGS WILL BE MOVE OVER TO THE NEW FACILITY TO RE-COMMISSIONER AND INTEGRATE IT WITH THE NEW AV SYSTEMS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEN, SIMILARLY, WE HAVE TWO MICROWAVE LINKS ON THIS POLL IN CITY HALL. WE WILL MOVE THAT ONTO A SMALL ROOF MOUNT UNIT IN NEW CITY HALL. SO THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A BIG TOWER BEHIND IT . AND THAT IS ON FIRE STATION TWO AND FIRE STATION THREE. I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

>> COUNCIL? COMMENTS? QUESTIONS?

>> I MOVE TO APPROVAL. >> TO HAVE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> ITEM 2024-298. CONSIDER AND

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BUTTON FOR ME. >> IT IS ALL YOU.

>> IS GOING TO CONTINUE. SO, JUST REQUESTING THAT USE OF THE MONIES IN THE FUND BALANCE TO FUND THIS PROGRAM. IT JUST ALLOWS THE OFFICERS TO BUY GUNS UP FRONT , DO THE CITY AND PAY THE CITY BACK OVER 26 PAYCHECKS . THESE RIFLES AND ACCESSORIES ARE PRETTY EXPENSIVE SO, BUYING IN BULK, WE DO GET A DISCOUNT AND IT HELPS THOSE OFFICERS OUT TO BE ABLE TO PAY THAT OVER

TIME. >> TAMMY, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO

SPEAK ON THIS? >> DO WE BID THIS OUT TO THE

ULTIMATE BUILDER BITTER? >> WE DO NOT AT THIS TIME.

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>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MOTIONS? MOTION TO

APPROVE AS PRESENTED. >> MOTION TO APPROVE BY PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU, COMMANDER. ALL RIGHT.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT AND/OR (2) TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT. PROJECT 2406 . AND FINALLY, SECTION 551.076 SECURITY DEVICES. OPERATIONS

>> ALL RIGHT. IT IS 8:04 P.M. WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON ITEM NUMBER THREE ,

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>> I MOVE TO THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN REELS TO PURCHASE .005 ACRES TRACT OF LAND AT THE STREET RIGHT AWAY LOCATED WITHIN LOT 11 LOT TWO PHASE ONE AND MISSION IN ADDITION, THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF $2000 AND CAN ASSOCIATION OF THAT MOCKINGBIRD LANE PROJECT PLUS PAYMENT FOR ALL RELATED CLOSING COSTS THE CITY MANAGERS FOR THE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY . SUCH ADDITIONAL'S CLOSING DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY SUCH AGREEMENT AND TITLE COMPANY AS NECESSARY

TO CLOSE THIS TRANSACTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION . DO WE

HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES. 6-0. SECOND MOTION?

>> I AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED AN AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDIAN B AND REGINE KATE TO PURCHASE A .10 TRACT OF LAND FOR STREET WATERWAY AND 8.088 TRACK OF LAND FOR PERMANENT WATERLINE EASEMENT AND A .088 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT ALL LOCATED WITHIN A W TUCKER SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 1096 CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN COUNTY TEXAS WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF 17,500 IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF MOCKINGBIRD LANE RAILROAD PROJECTS LESS PAYMENT OF ALL RELATED CLOSING COSTS AS CITY MANAGERS AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL CLOSING DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY SUCH AGREEMENT AND THE TITLE COMPANY AS NECESSARY

CLOSES THIS TRANSACTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE VOTE. SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SHUFFIELD. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 6-0. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 806 P.M. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA

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