Oct 27, 2020 City Council

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>> MAYOR RENO: GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6:00 P.M.

[Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance and the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution]

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE HIM BACK. SAYING OUR PRAYER IS CHAPLAIN ROBERT DENAGE. HE IS A CHAPLAIN OF THE METHODIST HOSPITAL, WHICH IS A FAITH-BASED OPERATION THAT WILL SOON TO OPEN HERE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HOSPITAL BEING HERE. AND THE CHAPLAIN BEING WITH US.

AND AFTER THE PRAYER, WAYNE SIBLEY WILL LEAD US IN THE

PLEDGES. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON. LET US PRAY.

ETERNAL GOD WHO IS ALL WISE, ALL POWERFUL AND EVERYWHERE PRESENT, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS AND THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR GRACE, YOUR LOVING KINDNESS AND YOUR TENDER MERCIES.

WE ARE INDEED MOST BLESSED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK, PLAY IN THE GREAT CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, THE SHINING STAR IN THE D.F.W. ESTABLISHED WITH THE RICH HISTORY, TRADITIONS, LEADERS, PAST AND THOSE PRESENT AND THE PERSONS OF MAYOR RICHARD RENO, THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WAYNE SIBLEY, MIKE RODGERS, TED MILLER, CLARK WICKLIFFE, JUSTIN COFFMAN AND ART PIERARD. ALL PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY, THE FAITH LEADERS AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE MEN AND THE WOMEN WHO PROUDLY WEAR THE UNIFORM OF THIS GREAT AND WONDERFUL COUNTRY AND OUR MILITARY. GOD, WE ARE EVER SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SACRIFICE AND THE SERVICE AND HOW THEY KEEP US SAFE IN THE MIDST OF THE NATIONAL PANDEMIC. GRANT, OH, GOD, WE PRAY, YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GUIDANCE REGARDING TODAY'S AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. AND FOR FUTURE MEETINGS AS WELL AS FOR THE FUTURE LEADERS. REMINDING US ALL OF THE PROMISE THAT THE THOUGHTS AND THE PLANS YOU HAVE FOR US ARE THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT EVIL. THAT WE MAY HAVE A HOPE IN OUR FUTURE. IT'S IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR PLEDGE WE ARE ONE NATION, UNDERGOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND THAT THE TREASURE THAT LIES WITHIN OUR HERITAGE THROUGH THE PEOPLE WITH PROGRESSIVE HEARTS WE 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. >> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU, CHAPLAIN. I APPRECIATE THAT GREATLY.

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>> I GUESS I'M FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM EVERYBODY I CAN TAKE MY MASK OFF FOR A SECOND. GOOD EVENING.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE BACK HERE.

ALTHOUGH, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF GOOD NEWS IN THE MARKETS RIGHT NOW. NOR IN YOUR PORTFOLIO AND THE RESULTS FROM THE PORTFOLIO, IT'S A VERY DISMAL TIME.

BUT AS THE MAYOR KNOWS I'M AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST SO I SEE SOME GOOD COMING THROUGH. IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT FIRST SLIDE. OH, I HAVE THE CONTROL.

THE STAKES ARE INDEED VERY HIGH. OF COURSE, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE MAJOR ISSUES HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ARE THE

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THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. THE MARKETS DON'T LIKE UNCERTAINTY. SO, PEOPLE STAY TO THEIR MONEY MARKET FUNDS. THEY STAY IN THE POSITIONS.

NOT A LOT GOING ON. YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS INCREASING EVEN MORE THIS TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DOWN DAYS IN THE DOW. AND THE S&P BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY THAT IS CREATED. I THINK THAT PROBABLY WHAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE IS THE CONTINUE WATION IF WE HAVE A SEPARATION -- CONTINUATION IF WE HAVE A SEPARATION THAT WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF THE CONTINUING LOWER RATES.

IT'S JUST A SITUATION THAT IS A NATURAL ONE FOR US.

THE FED ON THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE THERE YOU CAN SEE HAS TAKEN THE OVERNIGHT RATES, JUST THE OVERNIGHT RATES, TAKEN THEM DOWN TO ZERO. THAT HAPPENED IN MARCH QUICKLY WHEN THEY TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO CUT A POINT AND A HALF.

WE HAVE A SITUATION WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN OUR EMPLOYMENT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM THERE.

THAT IS THE JOBLESS CLAIMS. STILL A LOT OF CLAIMS. BUT CONTINUING CLAIMS ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THAT IS OF A CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT, TO THE FED AND TO THE TREASURY IS INFLATION.

THE FACT THAT THERE ISN'T ANY OUT THERE.

WE DON'T HAVE INFLATION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE GOING OUT AND BUYING. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR THE GOODS. AND SO THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE PRICES TO BE RISING. THAT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

BECAUSE INFLATION ALTHOUGH A LOT OF US DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE OF WHAT IT DOES TO OUR POCKETBOOKS, IT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE IF WE GO THE OTHER WAY TOO FAR WE GET IN A DEFLATIONARY SPIRAL.

THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF.

SO NOT A SITUATION THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT.

NOW THE FED AND CONGRESS HAVE BEEN OPENING UP FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ALL THE TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE. THEY WENT BACK IN TO QUANTITATIVE EASING WHICH WAS A NEUTRAL BROUGHT OUT IN 2008 AND 2009. THEY HAVE DONE A LOT TO SUPPORT THE LIQUIDITY IN THE MARKETS. IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE MARKETS ALL THE TIME, YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT LIQUIDITY IS.

IT'S TRULY THE OIL THAT DRIVES THE ECONOMY.

THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING IT IN MUNICIPAL BONDS, THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING IT IN CORPORATE PAPER AND EVEN DOWN TO JUNK AT SOME POINTS. SO THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT TO TRY TO BRING IT FORWARD. BUT POWELL HAS BEEN VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT THE CENTRAL BANKS OF THE WORLD CAN'T DO IT ALL.

THEY SIMPLY, MONETARY POLICY CAN'T DO IT ALL.

WHAT WE NEED IS FISCAL MONETARY AND FISCAL COMING TOGETHER.

I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE MARKET HAS BEEN DOWN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS SEVERELY IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW NOW WE WILL NOT GOING TO GET A STIMULUS PROGRAM.

WE HAVE TO GET ANOTHER STIMULUS SUPPORT TO THE ECONOMY.

IT IS SIMPLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN NOW BECAUSE WE'VE PASSED, CONGRESS HAS LEFT. NOW WE HAVE A LAME DUCK CONGRESS. NOTHING WILL HAPPEN UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY. THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE ACCUMULATION OF DEBT GOING FORWARD.

BECAUSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING GENERALLY WITH THIS DIVISION BETWEEN THE TREASURY, THE MONETARY AND THE FISCAL EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING ON. THERE IS -- I ALWAYS HAVE TO BRING YOU THE GOOD NEWS. IN FACT, WE HAD GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING. DURABLE GOODS, WHICH IS THE BIG PRODUCTS, THE AIRLINE BUYS, ANY OF THE PRODUCTS LIKE YOUR WASHERS AND DRYERS THAT WILL LAST MORE THAN A COUPLE OF YEARS WAS IN A VERY, VERY UNEXPECTED RISE TODAY.

WE HAVE STRENGTH THERE. WE HAVE STRENGTH IN THE

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WE HAVE STRENGTH IN HOUSING, WHICH IS AMAZING.

AND THAT IS PROBABLY COMING MORE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE RATES ARE SO LOW. SO PEOPLE KNOW IT MAKES SENSE TO BUY A MORTGAGE WHEN IT'S VERY LOW RATES.

IF THEY CAN GET 3% OR 4% ON THE MORTGAGES THEY WILL DO IT NOW.

SO THAT HAS ENCOURAGED THE HOUSING INDUSTRY.

WHICH THEN USES COMMODITIES WITH ALUMINUM AND WOOD AND COPPER AND MAKES YOUR WIVES WANT A NEW DISHWASHER.

SO, THERE IS A LOT OF GROWTH THAT COMES FROM HOUSING.

SO THAT IS A VERY, VERY POSITIVE PART OF WHAT IS GOING ON.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT IS GOING ON IS THAT MUNICIPALITIES -- AND WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT BONDS GOING FORWARD.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS UNUSUAL.

JUST TAXABLE BONDS ALONE THIS YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, $92 BILLION WORTH OF TAXABLE BONDS FROM THE GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE USING THE LOW RATES TO GET THE FINANCING COST DOWN. REFUNDINGS AS WELL AS THE NEW BONDS. THAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE.

THAT IS MORE WHEN WE HAD THE BUILD AMERICA BONDS IF YOU REMEMBER THOSE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN THE BIG RASH OF BONDS COMING OUT. SO THAT THE SCENARIO THAT WE SEE HERE. IT'S NOT A PRETTY ONE.

AND THE RATES ARE REFLECTING THIS.

IT'S A DISMAL CURVE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS ON THE FAR LEFT-HAND SIDE, THAT IS THE OVERNIGHT RATES. THAT IS THE FEDS FUND RATE WHICH IS BASICALLY SET AT 0. SO IF YOU HAD AN INVESTMENT OVERNIGHT YOU WILL MAKE LITERALLY NOTHING ON IT.

BUT THE FED HAS ALSO SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT GO NEGATIVE.

THAT IS VERY POSITIVE THING. A LOT OF COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD -- JAPAN, CHINA DID FOR A WHILE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, EUROPE WENT IN TO THE NEGATIVE RATES SO THAT YOU WOULD BE PAYING FOR SOMEBODY TO HOLD YOUR MONEY FOR YOU.

THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK ANYWHERE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE ZERO. THEY ARE SAYING PROBABLY, AND I BELIEVE THEM IT WILL BE THROUGH 2022, MAYBE IN TO 2023 WHERE THE FRONT END IS GOING TO STAY AT ZERO.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OF THE CURVE WON'T MOVE UP A LITTLE BIT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS HOLDING IT THERE NOW AND YOU CAN SEE IT OUT TO THE TWO-YEAR, FIVE-YEAR, TEN-YEAR. YOU ARE GETTING JUST A LITTLE OVER HALF A PERCENT TO INVEST FOR TEN YEARS.

THAT IS NOT GOING TO HOLD FOREVER.

ONCE WE GET MAYBE SOME GOOD NEWS ON A VACCINE.

SOME OTHER MOVEMENT IN THE ECONOMY.

BUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SITTING WITH THE POWDER DRY HERE OUT TO THE ONE-YEAR AREA IN MONEY MARKET FUNDS, THAT IS HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, TRILLIONS AMOUNTS OF MONEY GOING AFTER CERTAIN SETS OF SECURITIES.

THERE IS YOUR COMPETITION. THEY ARE PUSHING THE PRICES UP.

IN MY WORLD OF FIXING IN WHEN THE PRICES GO UP, THE RATES GO DOWN. SO THAT SAYS THAT OVER THE PERIOD OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU MAY HAVE IT DOWN HERE AT ZERO OVERNIGHT. BUT, IT MAY START TO COME UP AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT FOR US. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE ELECTIONS. COVID, AND THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE MARKETS RIGHT NOW. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE SINCE MARCH.

THAT ONE DOESN'T GO BACK. IF I HAD TAKEN IT BACK TO DECEMBER I WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE MATRIX BECAUSE WE WERE OVERNIGHT AT 1.5. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE HAVE COME DOWN. OCHES AS ASO AS A RESULT THE POS DRAGGED DOWN, TOO. THIS IS A QUARTERLY BASIS.

YOU CAN SEE IT BACK THERE TO DECEMBER OF 2019, WHERE THE BENCHMARK YIELD WAS 1.6. IT'S NOW .7.

THAT IS JUST THE NATURAL FLOW OF THE ECONOMY SLOWING DOWN.

THE AVERAGE YIELD WAS 1.8. IT'S COME DOWN TO 1.3.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE NONCASH PORTION.

YOU PAY THE BILLS WITH YOUR PORTFOLIO.

SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP A LARGE PART OF THE PORTFOLIO LIQUID ALL THE TIME. THAT IS JUST NATURAL.

BUT HOLDING ON TO LONGER TERM, LOCKING IN THE LONGER TERMS WHEN THEY WERE UP THERE A MUCH HIGHER, YOU ARE ABLE TO HOLD, WE

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YOU HAVE A LOT OF LIQUIDITY AND YOU SAW THAT FLAT CURVE.

THERE IS NO PLACE ELSE TO GO UNLESS WE LOCK IN MONEY.

WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE CASH FLOW.

OVER THE YEAR IN DECEMBER, WE WERE AT 105 MILLION.

NOW UP TO 110. BUT IT GOES UP TO 122 WHEN YOUR TAXES COME IN. A NATURAL FLOW OUT OF THE PORTFOLIO. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP THE PORTFOLIO AS YOU SEE HERE AT 106.

THAT MEANS WE ARE BAR BELLING -- NOT BARBELLING BUT LADDERING OUT THE SECURITIES. WE ARE TRYING TO JUMP OVER.

YOU WILL SEE THIS ON THE MATURITY ANALYSIS OF HOW WE ARE TRYING TO GET SOME MORE VALUE IN TO THE PORTFOLIO.

BASICALLY, SAME DIVISIONS ON THE PORTFOLIO AS WE HAD BEFORE.

A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE IN AGENCIES.

AND TREASURIES. BECAUSE THOSE ARE SO EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW AND THERE IS NO VALUE THERE.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM FROM JUNE, I HAVE KEPT THE AVERAGE RATES ON THE PORTFOLIO IN JUNE AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FALLING DOWN OF THE RATES WHERE AS IN JUNE EVEN WE HAD POOLS AT A .47. NOW THEY ARE DOWN TO .25.

SO EVERY RATE THROUGHOUT HAS COME DOWN QUITE A BIT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMERCIAL PAPER ON THE PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THAT IS NOT BECAUSE -- IT WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY VALUE OUT THERE.

YOU WILL SEE IT PROBABLY COMING BACK.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS COMING BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW.

IT'S HEAVILY IN TO THE LIQUID PORTION.

BECAUSE OF THAT FRONT END CURVE BEING SO VERY FLAT.

THERE IS THE MATURITY ALLEGATION.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE WERE HOLDING ON TO THINGS THAT WERE COMING TOWARD MATURITY.

HERE WE STARTED IN JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER TO BUILD OUT AGAIN WHERE WE CAN GET -- THESE ARE MOSTLY CALLABLE BONDS.

MOST OF THEM WILL BE CALLED BACK IN.

BUT TRYING TO JUMP OVER THAT MIDDLE SECTION WHERE THERE IS NO VALUE. THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE WHAT NORMALLY WOULD BE A MORE OF A LADDER LOOK.

WHERE WILL YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BARBELL HERE.

BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU HAVE TO USE THE OVERNIGHT FUNDS.

THE LIQUID FUNDS IN ORDER TO COVER THE PAYABLES, THE DEBT SERVICES, AND THE NORMAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY.

YOU DO HAVE IN THE POLICY DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

OF COURSE, WE ARE VERY LOW ON ALL OF THOSE.

THE BANKS AND THE POOLS AND THE MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE TOTALLY LIQUID YOUR POLICY ACUMES 100% ON THERE.

EVERYTHING IS LOW. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD VALUE.

THE CITY PICKED UP SOME THIS WEEK.

HAWAI'I BONDS. SOME COMMERCIAL PAPER.

BASICALLY VERY, VERY LOW. VERY HIGH ON THE LIQUID.

MEDC, MCDC, MDA, THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SPENDING MONEY.

THIS IS EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS, THE FOUNDERS LANE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THE HOSPITAL.

ALL THE OTHERS. BUT THAT HAS REQUIRED US TO STAY A LITTLE MORE LIQUID BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TIMINGS WERE COMING UP. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE STAFF TO KNOW THAT. YOU WILL SEE IT IN EACH ONE OF THESE, TOO. WE STARTED WITH THE $6 MILLION AND WE GOT UP TO $9 MILLION. BACK DOWN TO $8.2 MILLION.

SOME BIG PAYMENTS COMING OUT SOON.

THAT IS WHY THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY ON THE PORTFOLIO HAS BEEN COMING DOWN PREPARING FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE PAYMENTS COMING UP. THE AVERAGE YIELD JUST LIKE THE MARKET COMING DOWN. ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

IF THIS IS YOUR FISCAL YEAR AVERAGE.

ENDING UP THE FISCAL YEAR AT .24.

BUT STILL HOLDING ON TO GOOD VALUE.

YOU CAN IMAGINE IT WOULD BE LESS THAN THAT WITHOUT THE SECURITIES THAT ARE HOLDING THE YIELD ON THE PORTFOLIO UP.

ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T MENTION BEFORE ON THE GENERAL PORTFOLIO BUT I'M SURE YOUR EYES WENT THERE IMMEDIATELY WAS THAT THE EFFECT OF THIS IS FOR INSTANCE HERE IN 1819.

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IT'S JUST AS THE RATES GO DOWN IT'S SOMETHING VERY, VERY REAL AND TANGIBLE. IT'S THE MONEY WE CAN GET OFF THE PORTFOLIO. ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY GOAL OF ALL OF OUR INVESTING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FUNDS ARE SAFE.

THIS IS MEDC ON THE ALLEGATION. AGAIN, THE BIG -- WHAT DID WE USED TO CALL THOSE? THE GUY THAT CAME ALONG AND MUNCHED ON EVERYBODY. PACMAN! THEY ARE SQUEEZING OUT THE VALUE FROM THE REST OF THOSE.

BUT A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE AT EXPENDITURES ARE COMING UP.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RATES YOU CAN SEE AGAIN IT'S JUST DROPPING. IT CAN'T GET MUCH LOWER.

MAYBE THAT IS THE GOOD PART. BUT IT WILL STAY ABOUT THIS LEVEL FOR THE NEXT YEAR AT LEAST.

THIS IS MCDC. THE SAME STORY BUT MORE DRASTIC.

KEEPING IT UP TO BE HIGHER AND LONGER IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. PORTFOLIO WILL BE LIQUID IN FOUR DAYS. COULD BE.

THE YIELD IS BETTER HERE. .8.

BUT CLOSING OUT SEPTEMBER AT .17 AND .14.

WHICH MEANS, OF COURSE, THAT YOUR EARNINGS WERE CUT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 27,000, QUARTER, DOWN TO 3,000 A QUARTER. I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE DISMAL.

I LAD TO WARN YOU. SAME THING -- I HAD TO WARN YOU.

SAME THING THERE, PACMAN GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE.

M.D.A. SAME STORY.

W.A.M. IS HIGHER HERE. 92 DAYS DOWN TO 65.

THE YIELD AT .2 AND ENDED A LITTLE HIGHER BECAUSE THERE WASN'T THE SAME LIQUIDITY ON THE PORTFOLIO.

INSTEAD OF THE .14 OR THE .17, WE HAVE A .36 THERE.

WHICH HELD THE EARNINGS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.

ENDING THE YEAR AT $411,000 EARNINGS FOR THE M.D.A.

ALMOST AN IDENTICAL PORTFOLIO HERE.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE TREASURIES AND THE AGENCY, THE TREASURIES WERE LONGER AND THEY ARE STILL IN THE PORTFOLIO.

THE AGENCY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE COMMERCIAL PAPER.

THIS ONE ALWAYS TAKES A BEATING BECAUSE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK.

AND AN OVERALL LOOK. ALTHOUGH SOME OF MY DOLLAR SIGNS HAVE GONE CRAZY THERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE EARNINGS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THIS YEAR.

'17 AND '18, 1.4. THEN INTEREST RATES WERE HIGHER BEFORE THE COVID STARTED IN AT 2.3.

IT'S DOWN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR EARNINGS AT -- THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT RIGHT. AT 1.9.

WE FULLY EXPECT THE INTEREST RATES TO CONTINUE TO STAY ON THIS ROUTE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

BUT UNTIL WE GET THE ECONOMY MOVING, UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THE ELECTIONS AND MAYBE IN TO A VACCINE, THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NEXT QUARTER ALSO.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> WHEN WILL YOU GET US SOME

MONEY? >> I AM TRYING EVERY SINGLE DAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO? OKAY. STAY SAFE.

>> MAYOR RENO: SHE IS CORRECT. SHE IS VERY OPTIMISTIC.

WE HAD A CONVERSATION BEFORE COUNCIL.

[Citizens to be heard]

THE COUNCIL INVITE CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOP I CANNOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO IS SIGNED UP.

IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE SUBMIT A FORM WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. KATHY ALTMAN WILL COME FORWARD.

GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ORGANIZATION.

AND/OR ADDRESS. WHATEVER YOU LIKE.

>> ALL RIGHT. I'M KATHY ALTMAN WITH TANYA HAITH. WE BOTH LIVE IN MIDLOTHIAN.

WE ARE REPRESENTING THE MIDLOTHIAN KICKBALL LEAGUE.

THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES AND DECADES.

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KICKBALL LELEAGUE WAS BORN. I'M -- KICKBALL LEAGUE WAS BORN.

I'M COME BACK TO THE SHOWCASE GAME AT THE END OF THE COMMENTS BUT THERE IS A SHOWCASE GAME FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKENDS AND WE NEED YOU TO SPREAD THE WORD. THIS WEEK MANOR HOUSE VERSUS MENTORS CARE. WE'LL BRING SNACKS.

THE TEAMS WILL FIGHT FIERCELY. I HEARD THEY ARE BRINGING IN RINGERS. MAYBE CELEBRITIES.

THAT IS THIS WEEKEND. THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND TANYA WHO IS A VETERAN ARRANGED FOR ALL FAMILIES WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE MILITARY OR THE VETERANS TO COME AND WE'LL HAVE BACK-TO-BACK GAMES WITH THE FOLKS FROM THE MILITARY.

SO COME SHOW YOUR SUPPORT. THAT IS CLOSE TO VETERANS DAY.

AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE GUYS IN THE UNG FORM AT THE BACK BUT WE'LL LET THEM -- UNIFORM AT THE BACK BUT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO COMMIT. WE HAD A FIRST GAME THIS WEEKEND. SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY THANKS TO JUSTIN'S CHALLENGE.

YOU CITY TEAM ARE THE BIG WINNERS SO WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAM AND WE HAVE A REALLY EXPENSIVE TROPHY THAT IS GOING TO PASSED FROM WEEK TO WEEK TO THE WINNERS.

SO, MAYOR RENO, COUNCILMAN WICKLIFFE, COUNCILMAN COFFMAN AND CLYDE WHO I HEARD WAS THE REAL STAR OF THE SHOW TOOK THE SCHOOL BOARD DOWN AND WE WANTED TO PRESENT YOU WITH A TROPHY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO IS OFFICIALLY -- I HEARD CLYDE

WANTED IT. >> NO, I THINK IT'S THE MAYOR.

>> HOW DO WE DO THAT? >> MAYOR RENO: TAKE A PICTURE.

>> OH, MAN. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR

HE THIS WEEKEND, GUYS. >> I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL

SUNDAY AFTERNOON. >> I HAD TO SLIDE IN TO SECOND

BASE. >> I DID FORGET TO THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC.

I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT KICKBALL. THEY SET US UP AND THEY HAD THE FIELDS LOOKING GREAT. AND WE HAD A SPONSOR FOR THE VESTS AND IT WAS A GREAT COMMUNITY EFFORT.

>> NO, NO, NO. >> I WILL LET YOU DO THE

PRESENTATION. >> I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A CAMERA

HERE. >> CLYDE JR.

>> MAYOR RENO: SO IT'S 2:00 P.M. ON SUNDAYS.

WE HAVE OPEN COMPETITION. PLEASE BRING YOUR KICKBALL TEAM OUT. AND PARTICIPATE.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SETS UP THE FIELDS AND DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE. I THINK OUR YOUNGEST PLAYER WAS 9. THE WEEK BEFORE WE HAD 6-YEAR-OLDS. I WON'T TELL YOU MY AGE BUT I WAS OUT THERE. I HAVE A DESIGNATED RUNNER TO GET ME TO FIRST BASE. SO THAT WAS GOOD.

CLYDE CLARK AND JUSTIN WERE THE BIG GUNS.

MURDER'S ROW. THEY DROVE THE BALL IN TO THE OUTFIELD EVERY TIME. OF COURSE, I WENT FOR THE OLD CHICAGO WHITE SOX SMALL BALL. BUT I GOT TO FIRST.

SO ANYWAY, EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE.

IT A IS LOTS OF FUN. IT'S MORE OF AN AMATEUR SPORT THAN COMPETITIVE. WE GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[Consent Agenda]

IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISHES TO MOVE AN ITEM TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, WE CAN DO THAT. OTHERWISE, DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOVED APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 6-0.

THANK YOU. OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS.

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MARCOS? >> MARCOS: THE CITY'S

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SO ON SEPTEMBER 22, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVED THIS REQUEST TO REMOVE THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, OR THE THOROUGHFARE FROM THE COUNTY, OR FROM ELLIS COUNTY'S THOROUGHFARE PLAN. THE FUTURE PLANS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY SHOULD BE CONSISTENT.

ON OCTOBER 20, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. I CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

>> MAYOR RENO: DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? >> MOVE TO APPROVE TO CLOSE

PUBLIC HEARING. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES 6-0. DISCUSSION?

>> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES 6-0. OPEN ITEM 2020-389, CONDUCT A

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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL DOESN'T SEE MUCH OF. THIS IS APPROVED AND IT STOPS AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LEVEL.

BUT THIS IS PRELIMINARY PLATS. PRELIMINARY PLAT PRESENTED BOND A ROUGH SCHEMATIC OF HOW A DEVELOPMENT IS LAID OUT.

CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS COME IN. IN THEORY THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT. WHEN ACCEPT IT.

WE MAY ISSUE A FINAL PLAT. IT READS THAT IT HAS TO HAPPEN IN A YEAR BUT WE ARE PROPOSING IT TO TWO YEARS.

AT THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THEY HAD FOUR PRELIMINARY PLATS THAT HAD TO BE EXTENDED OR RENEWED.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY JUST GIVING THEM AN EXTRA YEAR.

RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD TO GET THE CONTRACTORS LINED UP.

THIS IS REALITILY HARD TO GET ANYTHING -- REALLY HARD TO GET ANYTHING ABOVE 5 TO 8-LOT SUBDIVISION COMPLETED WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING. THIS IS GIVING THEM AN EXTRA YEAR TO COMPLETE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TURN IN A FINAL PLAT TO HAVE THE PROCESS DONE.

WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> ARE THE DEVELOPERS HAPPY WITH THAT?

>> I WOULD EXPECT SO. TYPICALLY IT REQUIRES THEM TO COME IN AND BRING IN ANOTHER PRELIMINARY PLAT AT THE 12-MONTH PERIOD. ASK FOR AN EXTENSION.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER LAYER OF THE BUREAUCRACY THAT HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T HAVE TO DO IF THEY CAN GET IT DONE IN THE, IN AN ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS. THIS ISN'T TO SAY EVERY PLAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE 24-MONTH PERIOD.

THERE IS STILL GOING TO BE THE OPTION TO EXTEND THAT BEYOND THE 24 MONTHS. BUT THIS GIVES THEM 24 MONTHS TO BE GET IT IN HERE AND GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLETE AND FILE

FOR THE FINAL PLAT. >> OKAY.

>> WILL THIS HELP THE STAFF BE, HELP EVERYBODY IN THE

STREAMLINING OF THE PROCESS? >> YES, SIR.

I SAID AT THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING WE HAD FOUR PRELIMINARY PLATS THAT HAD TO BE EXTENDED.

IT SAVES THE DEVELOPERS AND IT ALSO SAVES THE STAFF TO HIT AND REVIEW, THE STAFF REPORT AND CARRYING IT FORWARD TO THE

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES 6-0. DISCUSSION?

AND/OR MOTION? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECONDED. VOTE.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR RENO: PASSES 6-0.

THANK YOU, CLYDE. OPEN ITEM 2020-390, CONDUCT A

[2020-390]

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>> MARCOS: THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH.

THEY HAVE MADE CHANGES. ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION OF THE 149-LOT DEVELOPMENT.

SINCE THAT TIME, THE PLAN HAS BEEN REVISED.

A NUMBER OF THE LOTS HAVE BEEN REDUCED.

DOWN TO ACTUALLY 144 LOTS. THE PARK HAS BEEN SHIFTED CLOSER TO THE ENTRANCE WAY. YOU WILL NOTICE THERE ARE 11 AND THE 12,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS THAT RUN ALONG THE EASTERN AND THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IN THE BLUE LOTS. MASONRY WALL IS STILL PLANNED BUT THE APPLICANT WIDENED THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG 14TH STREET TO 20-FOOT WIDE. THIS WOULD CONTAIN A BERM AND A SIX-FOOT TALL LIVING SCREEN AREA.

LOCATED WHERE THERE IS NOT A MASONRY WALL.

AS A SEFRESHER IT'S SURROUNDED TO THE NORTH THERE IS AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY. THIS MODULE CALLS FOR THE LOTS THAT RANGE IN THE SIZE FROM 20,000 SQUARE FEET OR LARGER.

SO WE ARE TALKING HALF-ACRE SIZE LOTS.

SIMILAR TO BRANDY RIDGE ACROSS THE STREET OF 14TH STREET.

THIS TABLE HERE IS A SHORTENED VERSION OF WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE STAFF REPORT. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING AT LEAST 65% FRONT-ENTRY GARAGES. WHEN WE TOOK THIS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON THE 15TH, THEY LOWERED THAT, OR THEY RECOMMENDED THAT BE LOWERED FROM THE 65% TO 50%.

ANYTHING THAT IS NONFRONT-ENTRY WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY A J-SWING GARAGE OR SIDE-ENTRY GARAGE.

IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT REQUESTING FRONT-ENTRY GARAGE BE FLUSH OR CAN BE FLUSH WITH THE FRONT FACADE OF THE HOME.

IN ADDITION THE J-SWING GARAGES MAY EXTEND FORWARD OF THE FRONT FACADE. SIDE ENTRY GARAGES MAY BE FLUSH OR FORWARD FROM THE HOME AS WELL.

THIS SLIDE HERE DOES SHOW THE TYPES OF THE GARAGES THAT ARE PROPOSED. TO DATE, WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVEN LETTERS IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

BUT DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE LOTS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS MAINLY THE REASON WHY STAFF HAD BROUGHT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE DENIAL INITIALLY WHEN WE WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, TRACK "A" SHOULD REALLY CONTAIN LARGER TRANSITIONAL LOTS, SIMILAR TO THE LOTS THAT YOU FIND IN THE TRACK "B" AREA. FRONT-ENTRY AND THE J-SWING GARAGES SHOULD BE PROHIBITED. THAT WAS STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE.

THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION ON SEPTEMBER 15 IS SHOWN UP HERE ON THE SCREEN. THIS WAS BASED ON, BASED ON WHEN THEY SAW THE ORIGINAL PLAN. THEY DID INCLUDE 50% OF THE DWELLING UNITS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH FRONT-ENTRY GARAGES. AND THEY AGREED THAT THE LARGER TRANSITITRANSITIONAL LOTS SHOULN THE EASTERN AND THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. LAST MONDAY, I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER 19. THAT IS WHEN WE RECEIVED THE REVISED SITE PLAN. AND AFTER REVIEWING THAT REVISED SITE PLAN, STAFF DID COME UP WITH THREE MORE CONDITIONS.

THOSE CONDITIONS ARE OUTLINED ON BOTTOM THERE.

ALL THAT IS BASICALLY SAYING THAT THE HOMES THAT DO NOT HAVE A MASONRY WALL ADJACENT TO THEM BUT ARE ADJACENT TO A LIVING SCREEN WALL, THOSE CONTAIN SOME ROD IRON FENCE WITH THE STONE COLUMNS MAYBE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE 20-FOOT WIDE BUFFER THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING ALONG THE 14TH STREET CORRIDOR, THAT REMAIN CONSISTENT ALONG THE ENTIRE 14TH STREET CORRIDOR. ALSO THE FRONT ENTRY AND THE J-SWING GARAGES BE PROHIBITED. THIS SCREEN RIGHT HERE, KIND OF SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THIS AREA HERE KNOWN AS STREET "E." WE NOTICE THAT THE BERM AREA OR I GUESS THE 20-FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE AREA DOES NARROW DOWN. FROM 20 FEET TO I'M NOT SURE HOW WIDE THAT IS. THAT IS OF SOME CONCERN.

ALSO WHERE YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL CUL-DE-SAC WE LOSE THE 20-FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. THE AREA IN RED WON'T HAVE A

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THAT IS IF AGAIN THE COUNCIL DOES MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PARTICULAR SITE PLAN. WITH THAT, CAN CONTINUE TO STAND

FOR QUESTIONS. >> I STILL HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT-ENTRY GARAGES. HE DID ELIMINATE THAT, RIGHT?

>> MARCOS: STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ELIMINATE FRONT-ENTRY GARAGES. WHEN WE WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY DID AGREE WITH THE APPLICANT TO JUST LOWER IT FROM 65% FRONT ENTRY TO 50% FRONT-ENTRY.

SO THEIR RECOMMENDATION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR 50% FRONT ENTRY.

>> OKAY. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT-ENTRY GARAGE NOT BEING AT LEAST NINE FEET BEHIND THE FRONT

OF THE HOUSE. >> MARCOS: UNDERSTOOD.

I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING FOR THE FRONT-ENTRY GARAGES TO BE FLUSH WITH THE HOME.

NOT BE FIVE-FOOT SETBACK. >> I DO FEEL LIKE THEY MADE A GOOD EFFORT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE THE LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE.

I GUESS THE LAST MEETING IT WAS. MAYBE TWO MEETINGS AGO.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE. COULD YOU POINT OUT -- MY MAIN CONCERN WAS THE HOUSES THAT BACKED UP TO 14TH STREET.

AND REALLY CREATING A NICE SCENIC CORRIDOR AS PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH THERE. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF LARGE TWO-STORIES WITH THE WINDOWS AND BACKING UP TO 14TH.

I SEE THEY HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS.

DO YOU KNOW WHICH OF THE LOTS WOULD ACTUALLY BACK UP, TRULY

BACK UP TO 14TH? >> MARCOS: AS FAR AS THE REAR

BACK? >> YEAH.

THE REAR BACK OF THE HOUSE. >> MARCOS: THE REAR BACK OF THE HOUSE. LOOKING AT THAT, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THESE HOMES HERE WHICH HAVE A MASONRY WALL.

THESE HOMES HERE IN THIS LOCATION.

THOSE ACTUALLY TRULY DO BACK UP TO THE 14TH STREET.

YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A GREEN BUFFER IN THIS AREA.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I BELIEVE YOU WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO VISUALLY SEE COMING DOWN 14TH STREET THIS AREA.

AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS AREA AS WELL.

BUT THE APPLICANT AGAIN PROPOSING A SIX-FOOT LIVING SCREEN WALL IN THIS AREA SO THEY WOULD PLANT NELLY R. STEVENS SO MANY FEET OR SOMETHING THAT CREATES A SOLID SCREEN.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY REGULATIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT THOSE HOUSES ARE TWO-STORY OR ONE-STORY? I DRIVE UP AND DOWN HARVEST HILL ROAD ALL THE TIME WHERE HUNTERS GLEN IS AND THOSE HOUSES BACK UP TO HARVEST HILL ROAD, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, I THINK.

IT'S NOT TOO BAD BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE-STORY HOMES.

IS IT ON THIS PLAN WHAT, IF THOSE HOUSES OR ONE OR

TWO-STORY? >> MARCOS: NO, SIR.

NO, SIR. WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGULATION THAT SAYS WHETHER YOU CAN'T HAVE A TWO-STORY HOME BACKING UP TO A THOROUGHFARE OR, YOU KNOW, BACKING UP TO A MAJOR ROAD LIKE

THIS. >> GOTCHA.

>> WHAT ARE THE HEIGHTS OF THE HOME?

>> THOSE SHOULD BE 35 FEET. 35 FEET OR TWO AND A HALF

STORIES. >> MAYOR RENO: ARE THERE ANY

ONE-STORY HOMES IN THE PROPOSAL? >> MARCOS: I DEFER TO THE

APPLICANT. >> MAYOR RENO: IF THE APPLICANT COULD SPEAK TO THE DISTRIBUTION.

>> THANK YOU, MARCOS. CHIP BOYD WITH THE JOHN HOUSTON DEVELOPMENT, 421 CENTURY WAY RREDOAK, TEXAS.

AS FAR AS THE LINE-UP OF THE CATALOG.

I CAN SAY WE DO OFFER ONE-STORY PROGRAMMING.

NOT KNOWING WHETHER WE WILL BE ALLOWED THE FRONT ENTRY PRODUCT OR NOT I COULDN'T SPEAK TO HOW MANY.

THERE ARE DEFINITELY ONE-STORY PRODUCTS OFFERED WITHIN THE THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. J-SWING, SIDE-ENTRY AND FRONT-ENTRY. HOW MANY ONE-STORIES WE COULD OFFER IS DEPENDENT WHETHER WE GET THE FRONT ENTRY ALLOWED.

[INAUDIBLE] IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DESIGN.

A DIFFERENT CATALOG BEING FRONT ENTRY.

SO THE WAY THAT THE ARCHITECTURE IS SET UP THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT PRODUCT LINE UP IN EACH OF THE DIFFERENT GARAGE ORIENTATIONS.

SO, TYPICALLY YOU WOULD SEE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE 25 TO 30% OF THE CATALOG IN ONE STORY.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT IS STILL TWO STORY.

BUT SPEAKING TO THAT, I WILL THROW OUT AN OFFER UP THERE HAS ALSO BEEN TIMES WHEN WE HAVE REQUIRED THROUGH THE CC&RS THAT ANYTHING BACKING UP TO A THOROUGHFARE HAD PARTICULAR MASONRY REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER ITEMS REQUIRED OF THOSE LOTS.

IF A SINGLE STORY REQUIREMENT FOR THE LOTS BACKING UP TO IT MAKES IT MORE PALATABLE, THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD ENTERTAIN.

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>> MAYOR RENO: OF COURSE, MY STATED CONCERN IS THE SIZE OF THE LOTS. YOUR AREA ACROSS TO THE BEST, YOU HAVE HALF ACRES. THAT IS THE SPOT WHICH YOU ARE ADJACENT TO, IF YOU GO AROUND YOU ARE DEALING WITH.

SO I AM STILL WRESTLING WITH THAT.

>> RIGHT. I THINK, MR. MAYOR, TO THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOAL BEING QUALITY OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> MAYOR RENO: I UNDERSTAND. >> WANTING TO FOCUS ON THE OVERALL PROGRAM VERSUS THE LOT SIZE.

I UNDERSTAND. >> MAYOR RENO: BUT LISTEN, THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE LIFESTYLE IS DEBATABLE.

IT'S AFFECTED GREATLY. THIS IS PRETTY FAR SOUTH.

YOU ARE GETTING DOWN IN TO THE AREA WHERE I AM BECOMING MORE AND MORE SET ON STICKING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

>> UNDERSTOOD. >> A LOT MORE COUNTRY.

>> MAYOR RENO: YES. >> JUST REAL QUICK.

I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

I APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.

ACROSS THE STREET, AND I GUESS JUST NORTH THERE IS A NEWER DEVELOPMENT. I'M CURIOUS IF THE DENSITY OF THAT DEVELOPMENT IS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE.

>> ACROSS THE STREET? ARE WE LOOKING AT --

>> ON THE SOUTH. >> I THINK IT'S HILL STONE

ESTATES. >> YES.

DO YOU KNOW IF THAT IS A SIMILAR DENSITY?

>> MARCOS: I DON'T THINK IT'S --

>> SMALLER LOTS. >> THAT IS SMALLER.

>> SMALLER LOTS. >> YEAH.

I MEAN THAT IS LITERALLY FEET AWAY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT.

>> WELL, THAT IS ONE, THAT WAS A DECISION I HELPED MAKE BACK A FEW YEARS AGO. THE PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS SO ODDLY SHAPED THAT THEY WAS THE ONLY WAY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, THE DEVELOPER TO BUY IT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A HOUSE ON IT AND TURN A PROFIT AT THE END. BECAUSE THEY HAD THE TWO AND THE THREE-ACRE LOTS ON THE NORTH. THEN THE CHURCH PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH. WE DID HAVE A FEW PEOPLE COME IN FROM THE NORTH SIDE THERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW IT WAS ABOUT ALL WE COULD DO WITH THE WAY IT WAS LAID OUT. CROSS THE STREET, THE UTILITIES BASED ON HOW MANY LOTS AND HOW MANY HOUSES YOU COULD BUILD.

>> SURE. >> I WAS WANTING TO ASK ON THE FRONT ENTRY, IF YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT 50% IS WHAT P&Z RECOMMENDED. WHAT IS THE DEVELOPER'S LOW NUMBER? I MEAN COULD WE GO A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THAT, MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE?

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? >> OF COURSE.

ABSOLUTELY. >> IT'S ALL A GIVE AND A TAKE

TYPE OF DEAL. >> YOU BET.

>> I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOUR NUMBER WAS TO MAKE IT STILL PROFITABLE AND PALATABLE FOR YOU AND HELP MR. SIBLEY WITH THE FRONT-ENTRY GARAGES. MAYBE WE GO 50 TO 35 OR 40 OR

SOMETHING LIKE IS THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY.

WE'D ENTERTAIN THAT. >> OKAY.

>> YES, SIR. OUR GOAL IS VARIETY.

AND GETTING THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OUT TO THE MARKET.

>> I KNOW THE CONTRACTORS YOU GOT THEM DOWN TO DIMES AND

PENNIES TO BUILD. >> GOT TO COUNT DOORSTOPS.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> YES, SIR.

>> MAYOR RENO: WHAT WAS YOUR COMMENT ON WAYNE'S FIVE-FOOT

SETBACK FROM THE FRONT? >> WE WERE OFFERING THE, BEING FLUSH. IT'S FOR THE DESIGN OF THE FLOOR PLAN. I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT BUT I DID TALK TO THEM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS.

WHAT THAT ENDS UP DOING WITH THEIR DESIGN IS PINCHING, I FORGET IF IT'S THE MASTER BEDROOM OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WHEN THEY ARE OFFSETTING THAT.

WITH THE THIRD BAY, DEFINITELY WE WERE PROPOSING TO OFFSET THE FIVE FEET. SO IT WOULD BE THE FLUSH WITH THE FIRST TWO BAYS AND THE THIRD BAY WOULD BE OFFSET FIVE FEET IF THERE WAS A THIRD CAR GARAGE OPTION.

WE ARE OPEN TO THAT. IT'S THE DEVINE OF THE FLOOR PLAN IS -- DESIGN OF THE FLOOR PLAN.

>> MAYOR RENO: WHAT PERCENT OF YOUR HOUSES HAVE THREE BAYS?

>> THEY OFFER THEM ON ALL ON THE FRONT ENTRY.

>> MAYOR RENO: SO IT'S UP TO THE --

>> MOST CONSUMERS ARE TAKING THAT.

THAT IS BECOMING A HIGHER AND HIGHER TAKE RATE.

SO I'D SAY IT'S PROBABLY 70%. >> WHAT ABOUT THE TWO GARAGES?

>> IT WOULD BE 400 SQUARE FEET. SO 20 WIDE BY 20 DEEP.

>> WHAT SIZE IS THE OTHER ONE? >> IT WOULD BE A 10-FOOT BAY.

AND THEN AGAIN, 20 DEEP. BUT A FIVE-FOOT OFFSET.

>> MAYOR RENO: WHAT OPTIONS DOES THE BUYER HAVE OR THE COLOR OR THE SHADE OF THE BRICK? BECAUSE WHEN I SEE MOST OF THEM, BASICALLY THE SHADES ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT.

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>> WELL, PART OF THAT IS BY DESIGN.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE SEEN SOME AREAS WHERE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A FREE-FOR-ALL AND YOU RUN WILD ON THE PALATE, THEY TEND TO CLASH. SO THEY WANT TO STEER THE PALATE SO IT'S CLOSE AND LOOKS GOOD ACROSS THE STREET THOUGH THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. IT'S MULTIPLE OPTION.

STONE, BRICK, ALL THAT. >> MAYOR RENO: ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS? >> I HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

WE TALK A LOT NOW ABOUT IF WE MOVE AWAY FROM WALLS.

BRICK WALL ARE WHERE WE STARTED. UNDERSTANDABLY SO, WE MOVE AWAY FROM THE WOOD BECAUSE OF THE MAINTENANCE ISSUE.

SO WE ARE MOVING TOWARD ROD IRON.

I WOULD ASSUME IS THE BERM HEIGHT ON THIS PROBABLY AROUND

FOUR FOOT? >> MARCOS: THE BERM SHOULD BE THREE FOOT. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT,

TODD? >> GO AHEAD.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS TODD WINTERS WITH THE ENGINEERING CONCEPTS 201 WINCO CIRCLE IN WYLIE, TEXAS.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN.

I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BERMS AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. WE HAVE LISTENED TO WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE. WE MADE THESE ADJUSTMENTS.

WE HAVE PUSHED THINGS BACK TO GIVE IT MORE OF AN OPEN FEEL.

OBVIOUSLY THE WHITE AREA THAT YOU SEE ON THE 14TH STREET, THAT IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT'S NOT ALL PAVERRING.

THERE IS SOME GREEN SCAPE, SIDEWALK.

THEN WE HAVE A 20-FOOT, MINIMUM OF 20 FOOT, A LITTLE MORE IN MOST AREAS. WE WILL MOVE THE STREET BACK AND PULL THE CUL-DE-SAC BACK SO THERE IS MORE OF A SEPARATION THERE. THE 20-FOOT BUFFER IF YOU TAKE IN TO THE ACCOUNT THIS DAIS HERE IS 20 FEET.

IF YOU COUNT THE CEILING TILES. THAT IS EXACTLY 20 FEET.

THE BERM WILL INUNDATE FROM THREE OR FOUR FEET IN THE MIDDLE. I THOUGHT I SENT AN EXHIBIT SHOWING THIS. BUT IF THE STREET IS OUT HERE, WE HAVE THE BERM, SMALLER LIKE ORNAMENTAL TREES OUT HERE AT A CERTAIN SPACING. THE BERM COMES UP TO BE THREE OR FOUR FEET TALL. WE PUT THE DECORATIVE CEDAR TREES. YOU WON'T SEE THROUGH THEM.

WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN YOU WILL SEE THE GREEN SPACE.

YOU WON'T SEE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS.

AS THE BERM COMES DOWN WE PUT AN OAK TREE EVERY 50 FEET OR SO TO OFFSET FROM THE COLUMNS SO THEN WE HAVE A ROD IRON FENCE WITH A 50-FOOT COLUMN. SORRY, COLUMN EVERY 50 FEET.

YOU WILL SEE ORNAMENTAL TREE, AND BERM WITH THE CEDAR TREES.

NOT THE ONES IN THE WILD. THEY ARE A DEFINED CEDAR TREE.

THE BIGGER TREE BEHIND IT. AS YOU SEE IT FROM THERE IT COMES UP. YOU SEE A BIGGER TREE.

THERE IS A ROD IRON FENCE. FOR A BARRIER.

ONLY SIX FOOT TALL. YOU WON'T SEE IT BECAUSE OF THE BARRIER ON THE BERM. I THINK THIS WILL BE A BETTER OPTION. WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES YOU WILL SEE A LIVING SCREEN.

GREEN YEAR-ROUND. IT WILL BE IRRIGATED.

AND MAINTAINED. YOU WON'T SEE A MASONRY WALL.

THE ONLY REASON WE SHOW MASONRY WALL HERE AT THE BEGINNING IS THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO STILL DO THE LIVE SCREENING THERE AS WELL.

WE DID MOVE THE PARK AS MARCOS SAID.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT ENTRY FEATURE THERE TO COME ACROSS FROM THE MEDIAN BREAK THERE, TOO.

DOES IT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: VERY

MUCH SO. >> GREAT.

>> MAYOR RENO: TODD, WHAT IS THE FRONTAGE SIZE OF YOUR LOTS

AND WHAT IS THE NUMBER BY? >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GO BACK ONE SLIDE. THERE IS A TABLE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND SIDE. SORRY.

I GUESS I CAN DO THAT. THAT SHOWS THE YELLOW LOTS ARE THE 72-FOOT WIDE BY 125-FOOT DEEP.

WE HAVE A GOOD SETBACK ON THESE. AND THE HOUSE STEPS WHICH ALLOWS FOR A REALLY NICE BACKYARD. THE RED LOTS ARE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. THE PURPLE YOU SEE ON THERE ARE OVER 11,000. SO ALL OF THOSE ARE 80-FOOT WIDE. ALL THE ONES AROUND THE PERIMETER YOU SEE THERE ARE 80-FEET WIDE.

STILL HAVE 120 FEET DEPTH. SOME ARE THEM ARE 130.

ALSO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP ALL THE TREES ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE THAT EXIST ON THE SOUTH LINE, AS WELL AS THIS LOWER NORTHWEST CORNER HERE. THAT IS GOING TO BE A TREE PRESERVATION AREA. WE WILL KEEP THE TREES AND TRIM THEM UP TO MAKE IT A NICE, USABLE PARK AREA THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY WALKING THE DOGS AND USE THAT SPACE TO MAKE IT USABLE AREA THERE. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

WE HAVE OVER SIX ACRES OF OPEN SPACE ON THIS SITE.

11 TO 12% OF THIS IS OPEN. WE'LL HAVE TRAILS THAT WILL

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BUT THE POSTMASTER SETS THAT. >> MAYOR RENO: IS THERE AMENITY ON EACH OF THE GREEN SPACES?

>> NO, SIR. THIS WILL BE AN OPEN PARK AREA, THE AMENITIES WILL BE THERE AT THE ENTRY.

WE'LL HAVE A TRAIL THAT WILL CIRCUMVENT THE GAS LINE THERE.

THERE WILL BE A PLAYGROUND. ALSO IT ALLOWS FOR A STRAIGHT PARKING TOO, FOR -- STREET PARKING FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DRIVE THERE. BUT IT IS STILL FIVE-MINUTE WALK

OF EVERY LOT. >> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF. THE ONLY QUESTION FOR YOU, MARCOS, WE GO BACK TO THE SUBJECT OF THE ROD IRON FENCES.

WHICH I LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE.

BECAUSE WE HAD SCREENING OF THE BERM.

WHICH AT A THREE OR FOUR-FOOT HEIGHT WITH THE SHRUBBERY ON TOP DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, WHICH IS MY PRIMARY CONCERNS WHICH BRINGS ABOUT THE SUBJECT. I TRAVEL TO OTHER TOWNS WITH ROD IRON FENCES ALONG THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES WHEN THE HOUSES BACK UP TO THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES OR YOU WOULD PERHAPS BE LOOKING IN THE SIDE OF THE LOT.

DOWN THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE. YOU CAN'T DO IT, IT DOESN'T APPEAR IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE BUT I HOPE THAT COUNCIL CAN TAKE OFF ON THIS AND THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.

I'M ASSUMING THAT THE ENTITY THAT WILL BE IN CONTROL OF MANAGING THE CLEANLINESS OF THE -- LET'S GO 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. THIS IS WHERE I SEE THE PROBLEM AND THE OTHER CITIES THAT I VISIT.

WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BACKYARD. IT'S TRASHED UP.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT RESPONSIBILITY FALLS ON THE

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION? >> MARCOS: FOR SOMEONE'S BACKYARD? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A GREAT ANSWER.

YOU KNOW IT BEING IN SOMEONE'S PRIVATE BACKYARD, UNLESS IT BECOMES SOME SORT OF SAFETY OR I WOULD THINK LIKE A NUISANCE THAT DEALS WITH HEALTH OR SAFETY, THAT IS WHERE THE THINGS CAN

MAYBE FOLKS CAN GET INVOLVED. >> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR THIS EVENING BUT WE ARE COMING MORE IN THE AGE WHERE THE FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY

VALUES. >> MARCOS: SURE.

>> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: WHERE 20 YEARS AGO WE WEREN'T AS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE NEIGHBORS DID DOWN THE STREET.

NOW WE LOOK UPON IT AS THOUGH WHAT SOMEONE MIGHT BE DO IN A SUBDIVISION DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE MINE IS AND IF I CAN SEE THEY HAVE THE THREE DEER LEASE VEHICLE IN THE BACKYARD WITH THE FOUR-WHEELERS BEINSIDE THEM, THROUGH THE ROD IRON FENCE SITTING THERE FOR THREE YEARS. THEY HAVE TARPS OVER THEM.

THERE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IS THAT.

THAT IS WHY I'M LIKING WHAT I'M SEEING HERE BECAUSE IT GIVES DIVERSITY. I'M NOT A BIG WALL FAN.

SO WE DON'T TURN IN TO OTHER CITIES LIKE ON THE SOUTHWEST PARKWAY. I HATE TO USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE BUT I CALL IT "THE CANYON." I LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH THIS. IT OFFERS DIVERSITY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE WALLS ON EITHER END.

I THINK THEY WILL HAVE A MONUMENT WALL AT THE ENTRY, THAT

IS GOOD. >> MARCOS: YES, SIR.

>> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: TO SET THAT ASIDE AND GIVE THAT FOCAL POINT AS YOU COME IN. I LIKE THE LARGER LOTS ALONG THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES. I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF ONCE WE START CLIMBING BELOW SO,000 SQUARE FEET DEFINITELY IN THIS ZONE ONCE WE GET SOUTH OF ASHFORD.

BUT 9,000 IS JUST 1,000 SQUARE FEET SHORT OF THE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOW-END THRESHOLD. SO THEY HAVE COME A LONG WAY WITH IT AND PUSHED IT IN A GOOD DIRECTION, I THINK, WITH WHAT ALL THEY HAVE DONE HERE. I LIKE THE BERM AND WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE WITH THAT. THANK YOU.

>> I LIKE WHAT IS THERE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE

FRONT-ENTRIES. >> WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT?

>> COUNCILMAN SIBLEY: THE FRONT-ENTRY GARAGES.

LEVEL WITH THE HOUSE. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM

WITH. >> WAYNE, IF THEY GO TO THE THREE-CAR, WHICH THESE ARE HALF A MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.

THEY ARE NOT STARTER HOMES. WAY OUT OF MY PRICE RANGE.

>> MAYOR RENO: CAN YOU SHOW ME A PICTURE OF A THREE-CAR GARAGE?

>> MARCOS: I DON'T THINK THEY PROVIDED A THREE-CAR GARAGE HERE. TYPICALLY AGAIN, MAYOR, YOU WOULD HAVE FOR INSTANCE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS.

LOOKING FROM TOP DOWN. YOU WOULD HAVE ANOTHER BAY OFFSET IN THIS AREA SHOOTING OUT FROM THIS AREA.

IT WOULD BE SET BACK FIVE FEET. THAT IS OUR TYPICAL STANDARD

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SO THAT THIRD BAY HAS ITS OWN, WELL, YOU WILL HAVE I GUESS THE STAMP STAINED CONCRETE IS THE BEST TERM TO USE.

IT WOULD SEPARATE THE DRIVEWAY OUT.

SO THAT IS A TYPICAL REQUIREMENT WE HAVE IN THE ORDINANCE.

>> MAYOR RENO: I HAVE A CURIOSITY QUESTION.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TO THE DESIGNING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IS THERE A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF BAYS AND THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE AND THE SIZE OF THE LOT? BECAUSE WHO IS --

>> I COULDN'T SPEAK TO THE EXACT NUMBERS ON THAT.

BUT BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE IT'S LESS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE LOT AND MORE ABOUT THE PRICE POINT. WHEN YOU GET IN TO THE THREE AND THE FOUR AND THE $500,000 HOMES, THOSE ARE THE BUYERS THAT ARE ASKING FOR THE THREE BAYS. BECAUSE YOU ARE TYPICALLY HAVING

MORE VEHICLES IN THE FAMILY. >> MAYOR RENO: IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD, AGAIN, MAKE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSE

INCREASE. >> WELL, THE GARAGE SQUARE

FOOTAGE, I MEAN -- >> MAYOR RENO: NO, NO.

IF I NEED A THREE-CAR GARAGES IT SEEMS LIKE I NEED MORE LIVING SPACE. THIS IS A CURIOSITY QUESTION.

>> GOT IT. NO IT'S PRICE-POINT DRIVEN TYPICALLY. A LOT MORE THREE CAR.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF A FRONT-ENTRY WHERE THEY ARE NOT FLUSH. TO YOUR POINT, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT NOT EVERY HOME WE HAVE THAT IS FRONT-ENTRY IS FLUSH. IT'S JUST THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE. SO, THIS JUST ADDS TO THE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.

>> PERCENTAGE WISE? >> PROBABLY 35% ARE GOING TO HAVE OFFSET. THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE FLUSH.

THE THIRD CAR IS THE FIVE-FOOT OFFSET.

THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT HAS THE BUILT-IN ARTICULATION. SO IT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY

FOR IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> MARCOS CAN YOU GO TO RECOMMENDATIONS PAGE WHERE THE STAFF MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE PLANNING AND THE ZONING RECOMMENDED? I GUESS I SHOULD ASK DEVELOPER TO STAY UP HERE. I KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH NUMBER THREE. DO YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH THE

NUMBER ONE OR TWO? >> NO PROBLEM WITH NUMBER ONE.

OR NUMBER TWO? >> OKAY.

I WAS GOING TO DEFER TO THE ENGINEERING FOR NUMBER TWO.

IF HE SAYS WE CAN MAKE IT WORK, WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.

>> IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT EACH OF US HAVE A STICKING POINT OR TWO.

I THINK THAT BETWEEN THE GROUP HERE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS.

I THINK WE COULD COME TO A RESOLUTION.

>> MAYOR RENO: YEAH. I WOULD LIKE IF HOUSES BUTT UP

AGAINST THE STREET BE ONE STORY. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND MR. MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE SLIDE AND DISCUSS THEM SPECIFICALLY IF YOU DON'T MIND.

BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GENERAL NOTE THAT I'D LIKE TO GET SPECIFIC ON IT. BECAUSE AS I WAS LOOKING AT

IT -- DO YOU HAVE THE POINTER? >> SURE.

>> IF YOU DON'T MIND. THANK YOU, MARCOS.

WHICH ONE? >> THAT GUY.

>> YES, SIR. >> THIS IS JUST OPEN DIALOGUE.

I WOULD LOVE TO GET Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK.

THIS MAKES SENSE TO ME. TO LIMIT TO ONE STORY.

THIS ONE WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME. AS YOU GET TO THESE THREE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO FAR OFFSET FROM THE ROAD I WOULD SAY IT'S

LESS IMPORTANT. >> MAYOR RENO: WHAT IS THE

OFFSET? >> WELL, THAT IS PROBABLY APPROACHING A 250-FOOT DEEP LOT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

TODD, YOU COULD HELP ME. SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE OVER 100

FEET OFF THE ROAD. >> MAYOR RENO: OKAY.

>> ON THE SIDE, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SITE PLAN TO LIMIT LOOKING IN THE BACKYARD SO ALL OF THESE WOULD BE OPEN TO THE TWO-STORY BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE BACKING TO 14TH. WHICH THEN LEAVES US REALLY HERE. TO THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE 14 ST. AND BACKING. WE HAVE ALREADY GOT A MASONRY WALL. I'M OPEN TO ANYTHING FROM 8 OR 9 OVER. TO LIMIT TO ONE STORY.

IF WE COULD AGREE TO THAT. AND THEN THESE TWO WE COULD

TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT. >> MAYOR RENO: OKAY.

I THINK SOMEBODY CAN GET THE NUMBERS.

HOW SPECIFIC DO WE HAVE TO BE? >> WELL, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CALL THEM OUT. 9 THROUGH 14.

>> 9 THROUGH 14 BLOCK "C." >> THAT IS ALL WE NEED.

>> MAYOR RENO: THREE MORE. >> LOT 17 BLOCK "E." LOT 1, BLOCK "H." I BELIEVE THAT WAS IT.

DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? >> 17, BLOCK WHAT?

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>> "E." AS IN "EGG."

IF MY 50-YEAR-OLD EYES ARE -- >> LOT 1, BLOCK "H."

>> MAYOR RENO: JUSTIN, YOU ARE THE CLOSEST AND THE YOUNGEST.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN: I CAN'T SEE THEM EITHER BUT I'LL WRITE THEM DOWN AND PREPARE FOR A MOTION.

>> 17, "E." 1, "H."

9 THROUGH 14 BLOCK "C." >> WHAT IF I SUGGESTED 35% ON THE FRONT ENTRY? OKAY WITH THAT?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> FOR THE FRONT-ENTRY.

35% FRONT-ENTRY. >> OKAY.

>> MAYOR RENO: DO WE WORRY ABOUT THE SETBACK AT THAT POINT?

>> 35% OF THAT AND THEN 35% OF THAT.

SO YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT -- SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?

>> I'M WITH YOU NOW. >> MAYOR RENO: 35 ACROSS.

>> I CAN GO WITH THAT. >> GO BACK TO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. I'M TRYING TO TAKE NOTES, SO HE DOESN'T GET MAD AT ME. HE GETS MAD AT ME ENOUGH AS IT

IS. >> HERE WE GO.

NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE UP IN ONE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO 35.

NUMBER TWO, THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT.

NUMBER ONE ON THE SECOND SECTION.

WE'RE GOOD, CORRECT? >> ONE OR TWO?

>> AS IT READS WE ARE GOOD WITH ONE AND TWO.

THEN IF WE GO ON THE NUMBER THREE, 35% FRONT ENTRY IS GOOD, CORRECT? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY?

>> MAYOR RENO: YEAH. >> MAKES SENSE.

>> EVERYBODY CAN AGREE TO THAT? >> NO J-SWING?

>> WE HAVE THE ONE STORIES. ONE STORIES ON THE LOT 9-14 "C," 17, "E"; AND 1, "H." THAT IS MY MOTION.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE J-SWING? >> MAYOR RENO: I THINK THE 35%

WE ARE NOT -- >> 35%.

>> I THINK WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> FIRST. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> MAYOR RENO: IT'S SECONDED. NOT SURE WHAT ORDER THAT WAS.

>> UNLESS THERE ARE SPEAKERS. >> MAYOR RENO: DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

5-0. FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMAN WICKLIFFE RECUSED HIMSELF FOR AN INTEREST IN THE OFFER.

SO, DISCUSSION? >> TED, YOU GOT THE MOTION.

WANT ME TO CALL IT OUT? >> COUNCILMAN MILLER: I

THOUGHT I GOT IT DONE. >> YOU WANT ME TO REHASH IT?

I'M IN AGREEMENT. >> COUNCILMAN MILLER: YOU

REHASH IT. >> I WILL.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE WITH NO MORE THAN 35% OF THE DWELLINGS CONST CONSTRUCTED WITE FRONT-ENTRY GARAGES.

THAT LOTS EAST OF 14TH STREET THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE LIVING SCREEN WITH THE BERM CONTAIN H.O.A. MAINTAINED ROD IRON FENCE WITH COLUMNS. WOOD FENCE MATERIAL PROHIBITED.

WE INCLUDE THE 20-FOOT WIDE COMMON AREA WITH THE LIVING SCREEN BERM EXTENDED BETWEEN THE PROPOSED CUL-DE-SAC AND 14TH STREET. 25-FOOT COMMON AREA WITH THE LIMITED STREET BERM. LIMITED "E" AND 14TH STREET.

IN THE CC&R.S THAT ONE-STORY DWELLING SHOULD BE BUILT ON THE BLOCK "C," LOT NUMBERS 9-14. ALSO ON BLOCK "E," LOT NUMBER 17. AND THEN BLOCK "H," LOT NUMBER ONE. DID I GET ALL THAT?

>> MAYOR RENO: WE HAVE A MOTION --

>> AND THEN 35%. >> MAYOR PRO TEM COFFMAN:

YEAH. >> MAYOR RENO: THAT IS WHAT HE SAID. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECONDED TO

APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH THE -- >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THEM

ALL AGAIN. >> MAYOR RENO: OKAY.

AS STATED. PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM PASSES 5-0. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR RENO: BEST TO Y'ALL.

>> I APPRECIATE. >> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. NOW WE'LL GO TO THE REGULAR

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TAYMAN. >> MARCOS: THIS IS TO ABANDON THE TEN-FOOT WIDE EASEMENT THROUGH THE NORTHSIDE PROPERTY ON THE SCREEN. IT'S NOT UTILIZED.

THE APPLICANT OBTAINED DOCUMENTATION FROM THE UTILITY

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THE PURPOSE IS THIS POOL ENCROACHMENT IN THE EASEMENT, CONSTRUCTED TO PRIOR TO 2014 WHEN THE EASEMENT WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY BY THE SURVEYIER. THE POOL WAS THERE BEFORE.

WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.

I CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR RENO: COUNCIL,

QUESTIONS? >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM PASSES 6-0. ITEM 2020-392, PRESENTATION BY

[2020-392]

>> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO DO AN OVERVIEW OF MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST YEAR.

I WAS SITTING BACK THERE, IT'S BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR FROM WHEN I CAME A YEAR AGO TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS THE NEW PRESIDENT AND THE C.E.O. OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DAVID HURST, THE VICE CHAIR FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WATCHING ONLINE. SO, REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE COMING HERE TONIGHT IS TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION AS WE WANT TO CONTINUE AND MAINTAIN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

THE MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM THE CITY. MANAGED AND OVERSEEN BY THE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL.

THOSE MEMBERS ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND REPORT AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN GROWING THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

SO, A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST IN OVERVIEW.

TO UPDATE AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE ORGANIZATION. MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE ARE TASKED IN GROWING THE MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMY.

SPECIFICALLY, BY UNDERTAKING THE QUALIFIED PROJECT THAT THE STATE ALLOWED US TO USE FUNDING FOR. SPECIFICALLY WE FOCUS ON THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE GO OUT AND TRY TO ATTRACT THOSE COMPANIES THAT CREATE NEW JOBS AND BRING NEW MONEY IN TO THE REGION.

WHETHER THEY ARE LARGE COMPANIES OR SMALL COMPANIES, THAT IS NOT THE MAIN OBJECTIVE. BUT THE KEY THING IS THAT THEY BRING NEW MONEY IN TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY EXPORT A PRODUCT OR SERVICE. THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE FUNDS FOR IS JOB TRAINING.

ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT ALLOWS THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO BE EMPLOYED AND GET OUT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE GOOD LIVINGS FOR THE FAMILIES.

BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMPANIES HAVE THE JOB, OR THE WORKERS AND THE EMPLOYEES THEY NEED THAT THEY HAVE THE SKILLS.

THE OTHER THING IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO, YOU KNOW AS WE WANT TO BRING IN THE COMPANIES WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE FUNDS TO HELP WITH THE COSTLY IMPROVEMENTS AND PARTICIPATE WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BRING NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. THE LAST THING IS THE CAREER CENTERS VERY MUCH TIED TO THE WORKFORCE.

THE EXAMPLE BEING THE FACILITIES THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED OVER AT THE CAMPUS AT NAVARRO AND TARLETON.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE FUNDS FOR THE CAPITAL EXPENSES THERE. SO, OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT.

AT THE BEGINNING. TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE IS SET OUT A WORK PLAN TO SET OUT THE WORK WE'D TRY TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE FISCAL YEAR. OVER THE LAST YEAR WE CHOSE TO FOCUS REALLY IN FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS.

THE NUMBER ONE KEY AREA WAS MIDLOTHIAN BUSINESS PARK.

SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE. SO THAT WAS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE AS WE WENT OUT AND WE REALLY TRIED TO ACHIEVE THAT OBJECTIVE OF BRINGING THE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

CREATING THE SPACE THAT YOU KNOW THE SMALLER INDUSTRIAL USERS IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GROW AND EXPAND TO.

AND THEN ALSO GROWING OUR ECONOMY.

OVER THE YEAR, WE ENDED OUR FISCAL YEAR HAVING OVER 85% OF

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THE LARGEST COMPANY, THE LARGEST PIECE OF THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS SUN RIDER. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE GROUND BREAKING LAST FRIDAY. SO, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK WE HAD AT THE BUSINESS PARK.

AND HOW THAT REALLY IS HELPING TO GROW OUR LOCAL ECONOMY HERE.

YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT THAT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS.

NOT ONLY FOR THE ORGANIZATION BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

DEPARTMENTAL FUNDAMENTALS, EXPANSION, WORKFORCE, PARTNERSHIP. EACH OF THOSE ITEMS WE HAD SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE WOULD GO OUT AND FOCUS IN THAT HELP OUR ORGANIZATION TO BE BETTER ORGANIZED, BE BETTER EFFICIENT AND BETTER STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE.

THE EXPANSION WE CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND WE SEEK OUT PROSPECTS THAT WERE PROACTIVE IN SEEKING OUT THE KIND OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE GOOD FITS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WORKFORCE, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE AGAIN THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND THE WORKFORCE NEED.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHT THERE IS WE WERE ABLE TO, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FILL 20 OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE TSTC.

SO A GREAT PROGRAM WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

THEN THE LAST THING IS PARTNERSHIPS.

SO WITHIN THE MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY THERE ARE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH MCDC, THE M.D.A., THE CITY, THE COUNTY. ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER AND ULTIMATELY WORK TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO GROW THE COMMUNITY. WITH THE CITY, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT AND THE UPDATING OF THE TAX ABATEMENT POLICY. AGAIN, HELPING US TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN ULTIMATELY GROWING OUR COMMUNITY. SO COUPLE OF THINGS, MOVING IN TO 2021, AS PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY WORK PLAN WE WILL WORK THROUGH IN THE NEXT MONTH WITH THE BOARD. BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON.

SO, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON AS WELL, WE LOOK FOR THAT INPUT.

SO THE FIRST ONE RESPECTS TO THE POLICE OFFICER POLICY AND THE EFFICIENCY. WE ARE ULTIMATELY A SMALL STAFF BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE SOME BASIC POLICIES AND THE PROCEDURES WE WILL REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THE ORGANIZATION WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

THE SECOND ONE IS THE MAJOR EFFORT WE WILL UNDERTAKE.

THIS IS UPDATING OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO RATHER THAN COMMUNITY-WIDE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WE HAVE A CONSULTANT GO THROUGH AND WORK WITH THE MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD. ALSO CITY COUNCIL TO GO THROUGH AND REALLY HELP US TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS? AGAIN THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, PER STATE GUIDELINES THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS THAT ULTIMATELY MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD WHERE WE WANT TO.

AND SO, THAT IS AN EFFORT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUPPORT AND THE INPUT BY THE COUNCIL. THE THIRD ONE OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RECRUITING AND BRINGING NEW SPACE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WHERE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS GOING TO BUILD SPECULATIVE SPACE OR THE INDUSTRIAL SPACE THAT THERE IS NOT ALREADY A TENANT WE KNOW IS GOING TO MOVE IN THERE. SO, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE WILL DO IS GO OUT AND REALLY BE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR MARKETING EFFORTS TO FIND THE COMPANIES. SO, OVER THE LAST YEAR WE SPENT A LOT OF OUR TIME AND THE EFFORT WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS, MOVING FORWARD TO THIS CURRENT YEAR.

WE HOPE TO FIND COMPANIES THAT WILL INVEST AND BRING JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY. THE LAST ONE IS INTENTIONAL PROMOTION. WE HAVE THE ABILITY OF SPENDING 10% OF OUR REVENUE WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON PROMOTION. WE DON'T SPEND ANYWHERE NEAR THAT. NOR WOULD I RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THAT. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO. SO, WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, REFOCUS THOSE EFFORTS IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS.

ENHANCING MIDLOTHIAN'S IMAGE TO THE PROSPECTS.

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WITH THAT, QUICK OVERVIEW AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE BEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR AND WHERE WE HOPE TO GO NEXT YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE? >> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: I HAVE

ONE. >> WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT A STEAKHOUSE? SALT GRASS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> OUR FUNDING IN THE SPECIFIC OF OUR FUNDING WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO A DIRECT INCENTIVE WITH A RETAILER LIKE A STEAKHOUSE. HOWEVER, AS WE CONTINUE TO ATTRACT NEW PRIMARY JOB EMPLOYERS TO THE COMMUNITY, ONE THING THAT DOES IS IT HELPS TO INCREASE THE DAYTIME POPULATION.

IF YOU TALK TO ANY RESTAURANT OWNER THAT IS OUT THERE, FOR THEM TO SUR SURVIVE, THEY CAN'T SURVIVE JUST ON THE EVENING CROWD. MIDLOTHIAN, WE HAVE GOOD, WE HAVE THE DEMAND THERE IN THE EVENING.

IT'S THE DAYTIME POPULATION WE NEED.

SO THAT COMES WITH JOBS COMING IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO IN TIME. >> I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD YOU DON'T

HAVE ENOUGH ROOFTOPS. >> AND JOBS.

DAYTIME POPULATION IS A SIGNIFICANT THING AS WELL.

>> I UNDERSTAND. >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT FITS IN TO THIS.

IF NOT, COME LET ME KNOW AND I'LL COME MEET YOU AT YOUR OFFICE ONE DAY. WHEN YOU BRING THE PROJECTS FORWARD AND WE TALK ABOUT THE COUNTY WAGE AND BEING ABOVE THE COUNTY WAGE, HAVE YOU GUYS STARTED TO LOOK AT THE CITIES THAT MORE COMPARE TO US? I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WELL, WE ARE PAYING ABOVE THE COUNTY PAGE WHEN SALARIES IN MIDLOTHIAN ARE A LOT HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

>> SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE USE THE COUNTY AVERAGE WAGE.

WE KNOW THAT OUR EMPLOYERS ARE PULLING FROM A WIDER AREA.

SO THAT WAGE THAT SPECIFICALLY IS USED IN THE CITY'S TAX ABATEMENT POLICY IS ONLY REFLECTIVE OF THE COUNTY AVERAGE WAGE. THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENT.

SO IN SOME PROJECTS IT MAY MAKE MORE SENSE TO USE ANOTHER

FUNDING SOURCE FROM THEM. >> THAT MAKES SENSE.

WHEN I SEE THE WAGES AND THE PROJECTS WE HAVE LOOKED AT, TO ME IT'S THAT WE ARE DOING IT IF FOR TAX DOLLARS.

NONE OF THE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ON THAT SALARY.

FOR HOUSING. SO THAT IS WHY I'M CURIOUS IF WE WENT TO START LOOKING OUTSIDE THE COUNTY AT THE WAGES WHEN WE

BRING COMPANIES HERE. >> THE DATA SOURCES THAT WE USE, THEY DON'T, AT THE STATE LEVEL THEY DON'T, AT THE PUBLIC DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE, THEY DON'T BREAK IT DOWN TO THE CITY LEVEL. SO THAT IS ANOTHER REASON OF

USING THAT COUNTY AVERAGE WAGE. >> COUNCILMAN WICKLIFFE: THANK

YOU, SIR. >> WHAT IS THE COUNTY AVERAGE

WAGE? >> RIGHT AT $45,000.

>> MAYOR RENO: WHAT STRUCK ME IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WAGE EARNERS. ONE THING TO SAY YOU ARE ABOVE THE AVERAGE, HOW FAR DOWN DOES THE TAIL GO? IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN CAP THAT TO SAY YOU CAN'T GO MORE THAN THE DEVIATION DOWN OR SOMETHING?

>> THERE IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT.

WE JUST LOOK AT IT AS THE AVERAGE.

I WILL SAY THAT EACH PROJECT THAT WE LOOK AT AND WE EVALUATE, WE DO BREAK IN THE NUMBERS FURTHER.

WE HAVE MENTIONED AS WE WENT THROUGH THE TAX ABATEMENT PROPOSAL THAT, YOU KNOW, EACH PROJECT IS DIFFERENT.

THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT DO HAVE THE HIGHER WAGES THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY AS A COMMUNITY WOULD BE MORE AGGRESSIVE FOR ONE PROJECT OVER ANOTHER.

>> KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> MAYOR RENO: YEAH.

KYLE HAS DONE EXCELLENT. THE 4A BOARD IS A SOLID BOARD AND THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR.

BUSINESS PARK WILL BE FULL EVENTUALLY.

>> WE HAVE A GREAT BOARD. >> MAYOR RENO: YEAH.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

[2020-393]

>> MAYOR RENO: ITEM 2020-393, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RECOMMENDATION FROM MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

[01:25:03]

CITY OF VENUS. >> SO THIS IS A 15-FOOT SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT THAT ACTUALLY FITS WITHIN ANOTHER EASEMENT THAT WE APPROVED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT WAS TO THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY. THIS IS A LINE THAT WILL BE USED TO, YOU KNOW, BRING NEW SEWER TREATMENT FROM THE CITY OF VENUS. PRIMARILY SERVICING THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED THAT WILL THEN FLOW TO THE RAIL PORT LIFT STATION. THE BOARD IN GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PROJECT DOES IS HELPS TO BRING NEW HOUSING IN THE AREA WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THE COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING G IN THE RAIL PORT AND THE NID MIDBUSINESS PARK. THE BOARD MET ON OCTOBER 19.

THEY APPROVED THE ITEM 7-0. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE WERE NO CONFLICTS WITH THE OVERALL PROJECT OF T.R.A. AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE?

>> T.R.A. IS PAYING FOR THE LINE?

>> THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE CITY OF VENUS WITH THIS PROJECT.

>> OH, OKAY. T.R.A. IS DOING A FUTURE PROJECT

IN THE SAME AREA. >> WELL, IF THEY TIE IN AND IT IMPACTS THE CAPACITY OF THE LIFT STATION ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE --

>> THE LINE THAT T.R.A. IS LOOKING TO DO IS A GRAVITY MAIN THAT WOULD TAKE THE LIFT STATION OFFLINE.

>> EVEN BETTER. >> POTENTIALLY.

>> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM PASSES 5-0. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU, KYLE.

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PD 98. >> GOOD EVENING.

IN 2017, MASSEY MEADOWS GOING THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED.

AT PART OF THAT WE LOOK AT WALNUT GROVE ROAD AND 1387.

BASED ON THE STIS THE RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT -- BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THE RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT MADE FOR THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC TO TURN IN TO THE DEVELOPMENT BUT STAFF HAD CONCERNS ABOUT NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS PLANNED.

BUT WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO GO AHEAD THOUGH THE T.I.A. DID NOT RECOMMEND A LEFT TURN TO BUILD A LEFT TURN ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREE WITH THE CITY.

THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEFT TURN LANE.

SINCE THEN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS ENTERED INTO AND PART OF IT WAS A CONDITION THAT THE MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT WOULD BE UP TO $350,000. THAT WAS BASED ON THE ESTIMATE THAT WAS PREPARED BY THE CONSULTANT FOR THE DEVELOPER.

IT WAS BASED ON A NUMBER THAT DILLED NOT INCLUDE AS MUCH OVERLAY AND THE IMPROVEMENT AS TXDOT REQUIRED WHEN TXDOT GOT THE PLAN AND REVIEWED THE PLAN.

SO THE COST IS A LITTLE OVER $450,000.

SO THE DEVELOPER REACHED OUT TO THE STAFF AND ASKED TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE REIMBURSEMENT FROM TO $350,000 TO $450,000 OR THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS WHEN THIS WAS FIRST DISCUSSED EVERYONE LAST YEAR WE DID NOT HAVE A BETTER TIME FRAME ON THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG 1387. AGAIN, THIS IS TENTATIVE BUT AT THE LAST MEETING THAT STAFF ATTENDED WAS A VIRTUAL MEETING, TXDOT TENTATIVELY HAS THIS SCHEDULED FOR 2024.

SO, IT WOULD BE LATE 2024. SO REALLY THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO REIMBURSEMENT AND SPEND THE MONEY THE $450,000 FOR THIS LEFT TURN LANE THAT ULTIMATE PLAN THAT TXDOT HAS IS THIS IS AT LEAST A FOUR-LANEFACILITY TO ST? SO MORE THAN LIKELY THAT TURN LANE WILL COME OUT.

SO THAT $450,000 WOULD HAVE BEEN SPENT BUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS FROM NOW IT WILL BE REMOVED. SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT. THIS AMENDMENT THAT IS BEFORE YOU DRAFTED IS TO REMOVE THE CONDITION OF DOING THE LEFT TURN LANE SO THERE IS NO REIMBURSEMENT.

THE CITY WOULD COLLECT THE ROW IMPACT FEES AND THEY COULD BE

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THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT FALLS IN, WHICH IS THE SERVICE AREA 2.

350,000 WOULDN'T BE REIMBURSED. THE DEVELOPER WOULDN'T BUILD THAT AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE THE IMPACT FEE MONEY TO SPEND IN ANOTHER PROJECT, IN ANOTHER PART OF THE SERVICE AREA.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

>> SO THERE IS NOT A LEFT TURN THERE?

>> NO. >> IN MY MIND I FEEL LIKE THERE

IS WHEN I DRIVE PAST IT. >> NO, SIR.

RIGHT NOW IT TRANSITIONS AND IT JUST BECOMES THE TWO LANES IN

THIS AREA. >> WE HAVE SERIOUS TRAFFIC ISSUES ALONG THE 1387. I'M CONCERNED IT WILL TAKE UNTIL 2024 BEFORE TXDOT DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I'M APPREHENSIVE TO TAKE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO ALLEVIATE THE TROUBLE AWAY.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THE REASONING BEHIND SAVING THE MONEY.

I GUESS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD ACCESS WALNUT GROVE ROAD AS

WELL. >> YES, SIR.

YOU AN ACCESS POINT HERE AND HERE AS WELL.

>> I THINK IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE NOT TO DO IT NOW.

>> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: HOW FAR DO YOU SAY THE DEVELOPMENT IS

BUILT OUT? >> AT THIS POINT I BELIEVE ALL

THE LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD. >> BUT AS FAR AS INFLUX OF PEOPLE? COMPLETED HOMES, PEOPLE LIVING

IN THEM? >> 60?

>> 60%. >> 60%.

>> 60% AS FAR AS THE OCCUPIED HOMEOWNERS.

>> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: OKAY. REALLY, SINCE THAT IS TWO LANE, PROBABLY GOING TO BE AT LEAST ANOTHER SEVERAL YEARS, WE DON'T SEE THAT AS A POTENTIAL -- I GUESS THE TRAFFIC IN A WAY WHERE IT WOULD BE TURNING THE CROSS TRAFFIC.

IT'S A SLOWDOWN AREA BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT COMING THROUGH THERE.

NOT SUPER SLOW BUT I GUESS MY CONCERN -- AND THEN THAT LIGHT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH BACKUP FROM THE LIGHT GOING EAST.

IN OTHER WORDS IF THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO TURN IN TO THE SUBDIVISION, IS THERE ENOUGH BACKUP FROM THE LIGHT GOING EAST TO SURPASS THOSE FOLKS AND MAKE PROBLEMS TO WHERE YOU HAVE A LOG JAM GOING ON THERE? DO YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

>> UP, SO YOU TALK ABOUT TURNING LEFT?

>> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: IF THERE IS SOMEBODY COMING THIS WAY AND THEY WANT TO TURN LEFT TO GO IN HERE.

A YEAR FROM NOW. >> YES, SIR.

>> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: BUT THIS LIGHT IS RED AND AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE TO SEE, DOES THE LIGHT ACCUMULATE ENOUGH TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE EAST IN THIS PICTURE TO STACK UP TO THAT POINT?

SO THAT THE -- >> IN THE MORNING TIME THERE WOULD BE. BUT YOU USUALLY HAVE THE FOLKS

LEAVING VERSUS COMING IN. >> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: I'M THINKING IF THIS IS STACKED UP THIS IS TURNING.

THESE CARS ARE COMING. THEY ARE WAITING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH. THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO

LESSEN THAT PROBLEM? >> NO, SIR.

>> UNLESS SOMEONE LEAVES A GAP. >> COUNCILMAN RODGERS: THAT IS WHAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN. OKAY.

I'M CURIOUS. >> STSTAFF WANTS TO BRING THIS O COUNCIL SO SAY WE WANT TO DO THAT AND REIMBURSE AND HAVE A LEFT TURN LANE BUILT OR HOLD OFF AND USE FUNDS LATER SOMEWHERE

ELSE. >> DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT WHERE YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED WHERE YOU WANT TO USE THE FUNDS?

>> NO, SIR BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE CAN FIND ONE.

I MEAN WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA. EVERYTHING ON THE NORTHSIDE OF 1387. WE HAVE A BOND PROJECT, THE HAZE RODE EXTENSION. THAT IS LISTED ON THERE.

MOCKINGBIRD MAY BE ON THERE AS WELL.

IT WOULD COVER A PORTION OF DIFFERENT COSTS OR TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS FROM THE DESIGN STANDPOINT OR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONS. THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> MAYOR RENO: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PUT IN A LEFT TURN

LANE FROM WHEN YOU START? >> LOOKING TO A TWO OR THREE-MONTH TIME FRAME. ROUGHLY.

ON THIS ONE THERE IS NOT MUCH DRAINAGE.

SO IT SHOULD BE STRAIGHTFORWARD ON IT.

>> THE REASON MIKE THIS IS COMING TO US BECAUSE IT $400,000 WASTE OF KNOWN PUT IT IN TONIGHT.

>> YEAH. >> IS THAT THE BASIC PRINCIPLE?

>> I WOULDN'T SAY A WASTE OF MONEY.

ULTIMATELY IT WILL SERVE A PURPOSE.

IT WAS JUST IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE AMOUNT OF MONEY I HATE TO SEE GET TORN OUT FOUR YEARS FROM NOW AND LIKE WE SPENT THIS.

BUT AGAIN IT'S A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.

AN IMPROVEMENT TO HELP HERE. IF YOU GO TO THIS ITEM AND YOU HAVE GOING IN TO LONG BRANCH, SOME OTHER AREAS THAT ARE NO

TURN LANES IN THE AREA AS WELL. >> THEN YOU TURN IN TO TWIN CREEK AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOREVER AND EVER.

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>> YES, SIR. AND IF COUNCIL REMEMBERS WE CAME BACK AND AMENDED THAT AGREEMENT AND WE TOOK THAT LEFT TURN FOR WESTBOUND TRAFFIC OUT. WE JUST DID A DEACCEL LANE AND HAYES ROAD PART OF THAT AGREEMENT.

>> WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? >> THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU IS BASICALLY REMOVING THAT REQUIREMENT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO PROCEED WITH IT OR KEEP IT AS IT IS.

WE WOULD NEED A NEW AMENDMENT. >> YOU HAVE GIVEN THE COUNCIL CHOICE SO IN TWO YEARS WHEN IT'S RIPPED OUT WE SAY MIKE, WHY DID YOU DO THAT? GIVING US THE CHOICE.

HE IS A SMART MAN. >> MAYOR RENO: WITH THAT SAID,

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING?

>> THE MOTION HASN'T BEEN MADE YET.

MAKE A MOTION NOT TO SPEND THE $400,000.

NOW WE HAVE TO MOVE TO APPROVE. >> THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

>> YES, SIR. IF YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT THAT IS BEFORE YOU, THAT REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE LEFT TURN LANE.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMOVAL OF THE EXPENDITURE OF THE $450,000. SEPTSECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE. IT PASSES 6-0.

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

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>> THE AGENDA ITEM BEFORE YOU I'M ASKING TO PROCEED.

WITH GUYING THE EQUIPMENT TO OUTFIT THE SUBSTATIONS, STATIONS TWO AND THREE WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT WE HAVE PUT IN TO FIRE STATION ONE. THIS WOULD MAKE THEM THE SAME FOR DISPATCHING THE INFORMATION TO THE STATIONS.

THIS EQUIPMENT AND THE INSTALLATION HAS TWO FUNDING SOURCES. THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THE FIRE STATION ONE BOND PROJECT.

WHICH WAS $81,000. THEN WE ALSO AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PUT THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET.

THIS WOULD LET US DO ONE STATION THIS YEAR.

YOU'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 6-0.

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

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IN THE AMOUNT OF $56,779.41 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL UTILITIES AND THE TRANSFORMERS AT THE MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY PARK PHASE II.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

COMMUNITY PARK PHASE II. I KNOW THAT IS TRAUMATIC.

I HAVE TO BRING IT UP ONE MORE TIME.

IF YOU RECALL WE DISCUSS COST AND EVERYTHING.

ONE PART OF THE CON CONTINGENCYS THE TRANSFORMERS THAT NEEDED TO GO IN. AT THAT POINT, THE GREG FIREBALL WITH DEAN CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATED $200,000.

THE DESIGN CAME IN WITH A LITTLE OVER $56,000.

THIS IS A GOOD PRICE FOR THE UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC AS WELL AS THE TRANSFORMER. THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ONCOR. ONCE WE HAVE THE FUNDING, THEY DESIGN THE SYSTEM. AND THAT IS THE POINT WE ARE AT.

MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, THEY WILL BEGIN INSTALLATION AFTER THIS IS APPROVED. IF IT'S APPROVED.

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE APPROVED? IF WE APPROVED THE BOND AND THE

CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK. >> BECAUSE WE DIDN'T APPROVE THE ONCOR PORTION OF THAT PARK. SO WE HAVE THAT IN THE CONTINGENCY ASPECT. WHEN THE CHANGE ORDER COMES IN, IF IT'S ABOVE $50,000 WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

>> OKAY. MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM PASSES 6-0. ITEM 2020-397, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH DEAN ELECTRIC,

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$56,779.41 FOR THE COST >> SO NOW WE PAY FOR IT.

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>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR RENO: MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECONDED.

VOTE. ITEM PASSES 6-0.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR RENO: THANK YOU, CLYDE. IT'S 7:41, WE STAND ADJOURNED

[Executive Session]

SECTION 55.1071(2) LEGAL,

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