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A GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE JANUARY 8TH, 2024, UH, WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK.
WE HAVE NOT MET SINCE, UH, MID-DECEMBER, SO WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
HOPE WE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT NEW YEAR'S.
UH, JUST ONE POINT REAL QUICK, UH, COUNSEL, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, AND TO THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FORMAT THAT OUR AGENDAS ARE BEING, UH, PRESENTED IN.
AND ONE THING ON OUR, OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA, UH, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE NUMBERED AGENDA ITEMS THAT WILL JUST NOW BE, THEY WILL JUST BE ON THE AGENDA.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING.
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UH, THING IS TO THE, UH, CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, LIKE I SAY BEFORE, THAT WAS A NUMBERED ITEM, BUT IT IS JUST, IT IS JUST PART OF THE, UH, PART OF THE HEADING AND, AND IF WE'LL CONSIDER IT AND IT'LL WORK THE SAME WAY.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO WRITTEN
[3. WRITTEN BRIEFINGS]
BRIEFINGS.ITEM ONE, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
ITEM TWO, AMENDING THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CODE OF ORDINANCES TO COMPLY WITH RECENT CHANGES TO STATE LAW.
ITEM THREE, UH, POLICE STAFFING REALIGNMENT.
AND, AND ITEM FOUR, OPTIONAL REDEMPTION OF TAX NOTES.
I'M MOVING ON TO VERBAL BRIEFINGS.
UH, FIRST UP TONIGHT, ITEM FIVE
[5. Charter Review Committee Report]
IS CHARTER COMMITTEE OR CHARTER REVIEW, COMMITTEE REPORT.THERE IS ALSO, UH, SOME HANDOUTS THAT HAVE MADE THEIR WAY AROUND, AND WE WILL INVITE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHARTER REVIEW TO COME FORWARD AND COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE, THE IDEA FOR WHILE THEY GET SETTLED, UH, THE IDEA, THE, FOR TONIGHT, UH, IS FOR THE REVIEW PROCESS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, YES, THERE'S CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE CAN HAVE QUESTIONS AND THINGS, BUT WE WILL BRING THIS BACK AT THE JANUARY 22ND, I BELIEVE, WORK SESSION FOR DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO, UH, IF FOR ITEMS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON.
BUT WITH THAT GENTLEMEN, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, WE WILL START OFF BY MAKING INTRODUCTIONS.
UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW STAFF MEMBERS.
I'M TREY LANCE FOR DEPUTY CA, ATTORNEY AND
SO, UM, SITTING HERE WITH US TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CHARTER REVIEW, UH, COMMITTEE, UM, MR. ROBERTS AND MR. JOHN SMITH, WHO I BELIEVE Y'ALL ARE ALSO FAMILIAR WITH.
WELL, UH, IF I MAY, BEFORE YOU GET GOING, I THINK I'VE TOLD SOME OF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BY ACCIDENT OR BY DESIGN.
Y'ALL PUT TOGETHER ALMOST THE PERFECT GROUP FOR THIS JOB BECAUSE WE GOT VIEWPOINTS FROM ALL ASPECTS OF THE CITY.
AND LEMME GO THROUGH AND, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC WHO LET 'EM KNOW WHO WAS ON THIS COMMITTEE.
WE HAD TWO FAR FORMER GARLAND CITY STAFF MEMBERS, DOROTHY WHITE, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MEDIA DIRECTOR.
AND MARTIN GLENN, HE WAS A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
SO WE GOT TO SEE THE VIEWPOINTS FROM WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE.
AND WE HAVE TWO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A MAYOR.
LORI DOTSON WAS A MAYOR AND A COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN HERE, ROBERT SMITH, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO WE GOT TO SEE THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF ALL THESE ISSUES.
AND THEN PEOPLE KNEW HER TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
UH, GAIL OWENS, SHE'S ON THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S BEEN IN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND THIS IS HIS FIRST, UH, FORAY INTO THIS.
SO YOU JUST THROW HIM INTO THE DEEP END OF THE WATER.
AND STEVE SILAS, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER AT YOUR LAST MEETING, YOU FOLKS HONOR THEM FOR THE WORK HE'S DONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN YOU HAD TWO LONG-TERM VOLUNTEER SERVANTS, UH, MIKE ROSE AND MYSELF.
AND I FIGURED BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE HAVE 50 TO 70 YEARS OF GIVING BACK TO THE CITY.
SO I WOULD KEEP THESE FOLKS ON YOUR SHORT LIST OF APPOINTEES IN THE FUTURE.
AND WE DISCUSSED ALL THE ITEMS FROM EVERY ANGLE.
IT WAS FREEWHEELING DISCUSSIONS, BUT IT ALL CON GELLED TOGETHER.
AND ALMOST ALL ITEMS, EVERYTHING WAS UNANIMOUS VOTE.
IF THERE WAS DISSENTING VOTE, IT WAS USUALLY ON A, JUST A TECHNICAL ITEM OR TWO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A NUMBER HERE AND A NUMBER THERE.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF MEMBERS AND TRACY ALMOND DINGER.
SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT THESE FOLKS HAD THE ANSWERS WHEN WE NEEDED THEM.
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EVEN DID SOME RESEARCH BEFORE WE ASKED THE QUESTION.I REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING A COUPLE TIMES.
YOU GUYS PUT TOGETHER A GOOD GROUP.
SO, UH, JUST A SLIDE FOR, TO REVIEW THE BACKGROUND.
UM, Y'ALL CHARGED THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE BACK IN SEPTEMBER WITH 15 SPECIFIC ITEMS YOU WANTED THEM TO REVIEW, BUT THEN YOU WERE ALSO SPECIFIC THAT YOU WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THEIR OWN ITEMS IF THEY HAD THOSE FOR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
AND THEY HAPPILY DID THOSE OVER SEVEN MEETINGS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER.
UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE TONIGHT IS THE PRESENTATION OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH HOW WE'VE SET THE PRESENTATION UP IS JUST THROUGH YOUR CHARGE ORDER.
UH, THE ITEMS WENT THROUGH 15, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS TO MAKE THAT WERE NOT PART OF YOUR CHARGE, BUT THAT THEY CONSIDERED AND THEY WOULD RECOMMEND YOU, UH, TAKING UNDER ADVISEMENT FOR, TO PUT TO A VOTE.
UM, SO WE WILL, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE WILL GO THROUGH THESE TONIGHT AND THEN WE WILL PLACE ANOTHER WORK SESSION AT THE SECOND WORK SESSION HERE IN JANUARY SO THAT Y'ALL CAN DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL AMONGST YOURSELF AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN GIVE PHIL AND I DIRECTION AS TO WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE SENT, UM, AS PART OF THE ELECTION SO THAT WE CAN START DRAFTING THAT ORDINANCE TO CALL THE ELECTION IF COUNCIL DECIDES YOU WANT ONE IN MAY.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT PROCESS NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE AND FOR THE DISCUSSION AND THE BACKGROUND AND, AND WHY THEY DID WHAT THEY DID? THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE TWO FINE GENTLEMEN SITTING HERE, BUT, UM, START WITH CHARGE ITEM ONE.
UH, THEY WERE ASKED TO CONSIDER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TERM LINKS AND LIMITS, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, LENGTHENING THE CURRENT TERM FROM TWO TO THREE YEARS, AND THEN REDUCING THE TERM LIMITS FROM THREE TO TWO AFTER EXTENSIVE DETAILED DISCUSSION BY THE, BY THE COMMITTEE, UM, THAT I AM A WITNESS TO.
UH, THEIR ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ONE WAS NO CHANGE.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO THROW IN THERE, YOU TWO, NO, SOME OF THIS WAS DUE TO STATE LAW TOO AND THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS IT HAS IN THE CITY AND ITS ELECTIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE AT TWO YEAR OR THREE YEAR TERMS, AND THEY CAN GET INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT IF YOU WANT LATER.
UM, LET'S GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO QUESTIONS THAT WAY WE JUST KIND OF KEEP A FLOW GOING HERE.
UH, CHARGE ITEM TWO WAS THE, UH, CONSIDER THE ELIGIBILITY WAIT TIME FOR ALTERNATIVE COUNCIL POSITIONS.
UM, THE, UH, COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NO CHANGE BASED ON THAT.
NOW, I DID DROP A FOOTNOTE ON THIS SLIDE THAT THERE IS A CHANGE RECOMMENDED TO THIS SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE CHARTER, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF A DIFFERENT REASON.
SO THAT WAS ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 1D AND THEN ITEM THREE WAS RELATED TO THE SAME SECTION ABOUT A WAIT TIME FOR, UH, A POSITION ON A BOARD COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION.
AGAIN, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NO CHANGE BASED ON THAT CRITERIA, BUT THIS IS THAT SAME SECTION THAT WE DO HAVE A CHANGE THAT WE'LL BRING UP LATER IN CHARGE.
ITEM FOUR, UH, WAS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER COMPENSATION.
UM, THE COMMITTEE DID DECIDE THAT, UH, THEY WOULD RECOMMEND RAISING THE COMPENSATION TO THE MAYOR AND THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, WE HAVE IN HERE, AND YOU'LL SEE THIS AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, A RED LINE OF THE CHANGES THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, COUNSEL TO CONSIDER.
UH, BASED ON THEIR DISCUSSION.
UH, THEY CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU MORE, UH, DETAILS AS TO WHY THEY CHOSE THE AMOUNTS THEY DID.
UH, GENERALLY THOUGH, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS, UH, IN LINE WITH THE INFLATION RATE, AND THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.
UM, WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THE, UH, THE METHOD OR THE REASONING BEHIND THE COMPENSATION, BUT WE DID WANNA KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, FOUR ADDITIONAL PAID MEETINGS PER YEAR, UH, COVERING HELPING Y'ALL COVER, UH, FUEL DRY CLEANING, CHILDCARE COSTS FOR, UH, THE SUMMER AND WINTER, UH, RETREATS AND THE, UH, OPERATING AND THE CIP BUDGET WORK SESSIONS.
UH, BUT WE DO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PAID MEETINGS TO 52 PER YEAR.
SO SOMEBODY CAN'T GO AND CALL A BUNCH OF EXTRA MEETINGS FOR PAY.
UH, WE JUST RECOGNIZE THAT THESE, THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING EVERY YEAR FOR A VERY LONG TIME, UH, AND THAT WE SHOULD, UH, HELP DEFRAY COSTS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND MAYOR, IF I MAY AS WELL, WE, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO PULL ALL OF THE COMPENSATION FROM OUR SISTER CITIES THAT WE TYPICALLY COMPARE FROM.
AND IF THE COUNCIL WISHES, WE CAN SHARE THAT AS WELL.
WE DID NOT PUT THAT IN THIS, IN THIS PACKET, BUT WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL IF THEY WISH.
I, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT WE DID LOOK INTO THAT AND CITIES OF COMPARABLE SIZE WERE RIGHT WELL WITHIN THE RANGE.
AND IT WAS A THOUGHTS WE DIDN'T WANNA MAKE IT TO WHERE IT WAS A JOB FOR SOMEBODY.
Y'ALL ARE SERVANTS AND EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE REALIZED THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT, MANY, MOST ALL OF YOU, EVERYBODY PUTS IN AND WE KNOW THIS DOESN'T
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REALLY COMPENSATE FOR IT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE A JOB THAT YOU'RE STRIVING FOR AN INCOME FOR.SO IT WAS A TRICKY BALANCE THERE.
CHARGE ITEM FIVE WAS, UH, RELATED TO ADDING IN THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM, NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT POSITION, UM, THIS WAS A PRETTY TEXTUAL CHANGE, BUT IT ADDS IT IN THERE, UM, IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.
AND THEN, BECAUSE WE WERE CHANGING THE SECTION ANYWAY, UM, THEY ADDED, UH, RECOMMEND ADDING THE GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE TO THE, UH, FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THAT SECTION SINCE WE'RE CHANGING THE SECTION ANYWAY.
SO MOST OF THE GENDER NEUTRAL CHANGES WERE MADE THE LAST TIME.
YEAH, I THOUGHT WE, YEAH, ONE SLIPPED THROUGH.
MOST OF MOST OF THEM WERE MADE.
ONE OF THEM SLIPPED THROUGH AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE A SECTION WE WERE CHANGING ANYWAY.
AND IT DOES KIND OF BRING UP AN KIND OF ANOTHER TOPIC.
WE DIDN'T MAKE A BUNCH OF CHANGES HERE AND THERE JUST FOR VERBIAGE AND STUFF, BECAUSE WHEN THE STATE PASSED THEIR NEW LAWS, THEY REQUIRED A NEW NOTIFICATION, WHICH GETS INTO A LARGE EXPENSE IN PUBLISHING AN ITEM FOR VOTING ON.
SO IF IT REALLY WASN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT IMPORTANT, JUST CHANGING WORD HERE AND THERE, WE OPT NOT TO DO IT TO BUDGET-WISE.
ALRIGHT, JUST BRIEFLY, PART OF THE CHANGE THAT, UH, CHAIRMAN ROBERTS IS REFERRING TO IS THAT LAST TIME, UH, WHEN Y'ALL WENT THROUGH THIS IN 2018, YOU COULD KIND OF CONSOLIDATE WHAT YOUR CHANGES WERE WHEN YOU WERE EXPLAINING WHAT THOSE WERE IN YOUR PUBLICATIONS AND, UH, ITEMS LIKE THAT THAT WE HAVE WOULD'VE TO PAY FOR SPECIFICALLY.
NOW WHEN WE PUBLISH IT, WE'VE GOTTA PUT IT ALL OUT IN VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS.
SO THE PUBLICATION CHARGE FOR THESE CHANGES IS GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE NOW HAVE TO, ARE REQUIRED TO PUT OUT THERE, MULTIPLE COLUMN INCHES IN USED IN THE BUSINESS.
CHARGE ITEM SIX WAS, UM, ELIGIBILITY.
OH WAIT, TIME FOR THE INTERIM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE KITTY COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS AND RECOMMENDS NO CHANGE RELATED TO THAT ONE.
UH, SEVEN WAS RESTRICTION ON RESIGNATION FOR CANDIDACY.
I WANNA SAY THE DISCUSSION FOR THIS ONE ACTUALLY SPANNED TWO EVENINGS, BUT AT THE END OF IT, THE COMMITTEE CAME DOWN WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF NO CHANGE, UH, CHARGE ITEM EIGHT WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ROADS.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS A TEXTUAL CHANGE.
UM, BECAUSE OUR CHARTER SPECIFICALLY USES THE WORD STRAIGHTEN WHILE STRAIGHTEN IS IN THERE, WE'RE NOT LIMITED BY THAT.
AND THE COMMITTEE DECIDED THAT THEY THINK THE OTHER CHANGES ARE MORE IMPORTANT AND THAT THE, FOR THE CITY TO FOCUS ON.
AND SO THEY RECOMMENDED NO CHANGE HERE.
UM, JUST FOR THAT REASON, THAT WAS ONE TO SAVE A BUCK ON.
SO
UH, THIS ONE, THEY DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE CHANGE.
UM, THEY DID NOT WANT TO MAKE IT A UNILATERAL DECISION OF A SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE, UH, APPOINTEES ARE, UH, CONFIRMED BY FULL COUNSEL.
THEY WANT 'EM TO STILL BE REMOVED BY FULL COUNSEL, BUT THEY WANTED IT TO BE A LITTLE MORE BROAD AS TO WHAT IT COVERED IN THE SECTION.
SO THAT'S THE CHANGE YOU SEE ABOVE YOU THIS EVENING.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD ON THAT ONE.
JUST KIND OF FIGURED IT TAKES FIVE TO PUT US ON SOMETHING.
SHOULD BE FIVE TO TAKE US OFF.
AND JUST A SIMPLE CALL AND NO NOTIFICATION IS NOTED OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST LIKE YOUR APPOINTMENT.
IT'D BE A LINE ITEM ON YOUR, UH, AGENDA.
SO CHARGE ITEM 10 WAS COUNCIL MEMBER INTERACTIONS WITH APPOINTMENTS.
UH, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS AND DECIDED THAT THE COUNCIL THERE, THERE IS THE COUNCIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT YOU ADOPT AS A BODY THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CHARTER THAT HAS A FULL SECTION RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE WITH STAFF.
SO THE COMMITTEE DECIDED THAT, UH, THEY DID NOT WANNA RECOMMEND A CHANGE RELATED TO CHANGING WHAT THAT POLICY WOULD BE BECAUSE THAT COMES BEFORE Y'ALL ANYWAY.
BUT THEY THINK THAT A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH IT WOULD BE UNDER THE CITY'S CODE OF ETHICS, UM, FOR DISCIPLINARY PURPOSES.
YEAH, THE WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS BECAME KIND OF TRICKY LEGAL LEGALLY.
AND GOING BACK TO EACH OF THE PREVIOUS CHARTER CHANGES, WE ARE ALWAYS CHASING STATE LAW ON THIS.
UM, AND SO IT SEEMS, UH, IT SEEMED TO US AT THE TIME IT MIGHT BE MORE WISE TO, UH, JUST REFERENCE A DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN CHANGE A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY, UH, TO KEEP, KEEP UP WITH STATE LAW.
AND THE ETHICS ORDINANCE SEEMED TO BE THE CORRECT, UH, PLACE TO GO TO FOR THAT CHARGE.
ITEM 11 WAS THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT LENGTH.
UM, CONSIDER REVISING IT TO ALLOW FOR A LONGER TIME THAT THE CONTRACT COULD BE FOR, UH, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSS, DISCUSSED IT AND DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND A FIVE YEAR, UM, ALLOWANCE UNDER THE CONTRACT.
UM, WE'LL GET TO IT LATER, BUT THEY THEN EXPANDED THAT AND DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE OTHER COUNCIL APPOINTED CONTRACTS, UH, BE SIMILAR.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT COMING UP FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY AUDITOR.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS HERE TO REMEMBER WITH THE CITY MANAGER IS THAT HE IS, OR SHE, UH, WOULD, IS REQUIRED TO LIVE INSIDE THE CITY
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LIMITS.AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE WE DID VOTE TO EXTEND THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO MOVING.
SO, UH, CHARGE ITEM 12 WAS, UM, ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON COUNCIL, UM, POTENTIALLY TO ADD A WAIT PERIOD, UH, FOR PERSONS WHO HAD BEEN SERVING ON THE MAYOR COUNCIL BEFORE THEY COULD SERVE ON A, ON THE PLAN COMMISSION.
UH, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED IT AND DECIDED THEY WOULD RECOMMEND NO CHANGE AT THIS SECTION AS WELL.
UH, CHARGE ITEM 13 IS AN INCREASED VOTE TO OVERRIDE THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED IT.
THERE WERE LOTS OF DETAILED DISCUSSION OVER THE PROCEDURE FOR THINGS TO BE REVIEWED BY PLAN COMMISSION.
AND THEN WHEN THEY COME TO COUNCIL AND THE POTENTIAL THAT THEY'RE, WITH THE SHOCK CLOCK BEING ROLLED OFF FOR A LOT OF THINGS, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR LOTS OF ITEMS TO CHANGE BETWEEN PLAN, COMMISSION AND COUNSEL IN THE DETAILS.
AND SO THEY WANT COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ITS AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DENY SOMETHING WHEN IT COMES TO COUNSEL.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTS BEHIND IT AND EVERYTHING.
WHAT YOU SEE MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN FROM WHAT WE SEE WITH THAT.
WITH THE SHOT CLOCK, IT MIGHT HAVE MADE MORE SENSE, BUT WITH THE SHOT CLOCK IN YEARS PASSED, SOME APPLICANTS TAKE TWO TO THREE MONTHS TO GET BACK TO YOU.
'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE READ 'EM THE RIOT ACT.
THE CITIZENS WILL HAVE JUMPED ON 'EM AND THEY COME BACK AND REDESIGN AND NO POINT HOLDING THEM TO A STANDARD THAT'S NO LONGER THERE.
UH, CHARGE ITEM 14 WAS, UM, CLEANING UP THE LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE, UH, CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING POWERS.
UM, IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS COULD BE SIMPLIFIED AND NOT MADE TO SEEM SO EXCLUSIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE, IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE EXCLUSIVE.
IT KIND OF READ THAT WAY TO SOME PEOPLE.
SO IT WAS DECIDED THIS SHOULD JUST BE AN INCLUSIVE, SIMPLIFIED GRANT OF AUTHORITY TO THE CITY.
SO THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT IS HERE.
SO IT TAKES OUT A LOT OF THE SPECIFIC STUFF AND MAKES IT AS BROAD AS WE CAN MAKE IT.
AND THEN CHARGE ITEM, UH, 15 WERE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS BY LEGAL AND STAFF, UM, A LOT OF TIMES RELATED TO EITHER VERY PRACTICAL ISSUES OR, UH, ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN STATE LAW.
UH, SO THE FIRST ONE WAS A, UH, CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF TERM AND ARTICLE THREE, UH, BECAUSE TERM WAS DEFINED AS, UM, A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE ELECTIONS IN MAY, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR, SOMETIMES A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR.
AND SO THAT COULD RAISE PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO THE RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDED CHANGE FOR THAT IS JUST THE TIME BETWEEN THE ANNUAL STATUTORY ELECTION DATES IN MAY.
UH, THE SECOND STAFF CHANGE IS, UH, RELATED TO, UH, DELEGATION OF CERTAIN PLATT APPROVALS.
THIS IS A RECOMMENDED ADDITION TO THIS SECTION, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY CHANGED DURING THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, THAT ALLOWS FOR THIS DELEGATION THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY THERE.
AND IN ESSENCE, WHAT THIS ONE DOES IS ALLOWS THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO SIGN ALL PLATTS.
AND IF THEY TURN DOWN A PLATT, THE PLAN COMMISSION BECOMES IN ESSENCE THE APPEALS BOARD FOR TURN DOWN OR EVEN APPROVED PLANS.
AND, AND THIS SECTION IN AND OF ITSELF DOES NOT GRANT THAT APPROVAL.
THAT WOULD, THAT DELEGATION OF APPROVAL WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME FROM COUNSEL INDEPENDENTLY.
THIS SECTION WOULD JUST ALLOW YOU TO THEN MAKE THAT DELEGATION UNDER STATE LAW.
UH, THE THIRD ONE IS, UH, FLEXIBILITY IN THE ELECTION DATE ITSELF.
UH, THE RE BECAUSE OF ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH COVID AND OTHER ISSUES, SOMETIMES WE CANNOT MAKE THAT ELECTION DATE IN MAY, OR THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION OF TAKING OUT THE ELECTION DATE IN MAY AT THE, UH, HIGHER LEVELS THAN US.
SO IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, UH, WE WOULD TECHNICALLY NEED TO CHANGE THE CHARTER TO MOVE TO A NOVEMBER ELECTION DATE.
SO THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE HERE IS TO JUST MAKE IT EACH YEAR ON A STATE DECLARED UNIFORM ELECTION DAY, SO THAT WAY WE CAN PROCEED AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN MAY, UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING OUT OF OUR CONTROL OR THE STATE DECIDES TO CHANGE IT ON US, WE WOULD NOT THEN HAVE TO COME BACK AND CHANGE THE CHARTER.
AND THOSE WERE YOUR CHARGE ITEMS. SO NEXT WE HAVE ARE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON OTHER TOPICS THAT THEY RAISE THEMSELVES.
AND THE FIRST IS RELATED TO REDISTRICTING AND MA UH, GERRYMANDERING.
UM, IN ARTICLE THREE, UH, THERE WAS, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECTION, THERE'S A THING THAT WE WOULD, UH, EVERY FIVE YEARS CONSIDER REDISTRICTING WHEN THAT'S NOT THE LAW.
AND WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY ALL WHEN THAT HAS AND HAS NOT.
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WITH IT, BUT THE CITY HAS NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS COMPLIED WITH THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS.AND SO RECOMMENDED REMOVAL ON THAT ONE.
AND THEN THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANTED TO ADD GERRYMANDERING LANGUAGE IN THIS REDDIC REDISTRICTING SECTION.
THE DEAL ABOUT THE FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, THE STATE PASSED A LAW RECENTLY THAT WE HOPE IS GONE BY THE TIME WE HAVE TO DO IT, BUT WHENEVER THERE'S REDISTRICTING, EVERYBODY'S UP FOR ELECTION.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR CYCLE IS.
AND SINCE WE'RE A BUILT OUT CITY AND THE POPULATIONS AREN'T GONNA SHIFT TO GREAT ENOUGH MERIT OF THE CHANGE OF DISTRICTS THAT OFTEN TAKE THAT OUT.
AND THAT ALSO TAKES OUT A FIVE YEAR CHANCE OF HAVING TO CALL ELECTIONS ALL OVER AGAIN.
AND THEN, UH, THE GERRYMANDERING LANGUAGE IS PRETTY BOILERPLATE.
LET ME, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE SAID THAT YET.
THIS IS TO PREVENT GERRYMANDERING, NOT TO ENCOURAGE IT
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO THAT ON CAMERA, SCOTT.
UH, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT, UH, WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURES IS INTENDED TO MOVE OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS TO BEING ON A PARTISAN BASIS.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF THAT AND JUST, UH, DROP IN SOME LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS FROM INTENTIONAL GERRYMANDERING OR EVEN UNINTENTIONAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK AT THE, THE PREVIOUS UH, CYCLE THAT WE DID WITH THE REAPPORTIONMENT, WE DID FINE.
AND, AND WE'D LIKE TO, TO KEEP THAT PATTERN OF SUCCESS AND TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY WITH OUR CITIZENS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DRAW ANYBODY INTO ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST, UH, WE'RE KEEPING IT SIMPLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE LANGUAGE HOPEFULLY ACHIEVES AND A NU NU NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES USE VERY SIMILAR TO IDENTICAL LANGUAGE.
UM, COMMITTEE ITEM TWO WAS THE QUALIFICATION TO RUN FOR COUNSEL.
UH, WE HAD IN THERE ALREADY THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER COULD BE REMOVED IF CONVICTED OF A FELONY ERROR CLASS, A MISDEMEANOR, AND THEY WANTED THAT TO BE ADDED TO A QUALIFICATION TO RUN THAT YOU COULD NOT BE PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A FELONY OR A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
AND THEN WE RECOMMEND THE REMOVAL OF THE LANGUAGE OF BEING IN ARREARS FOR PAYMENT BECAUSE OF, UM, PROBLEMS ON THE LEGAL SIDE OF ENFORCING THAT.
UM, ITEM THREE WAS THE LENGTH OF THE CITY AUDITOR CONTRACT.
WELL, I REFERENCED THIS EARLIER THAT AFTER LOOKING AT THE CITY MANAGER SECTION, UH, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED IT AND DECIDED THAT TO MAKE THINGS KIND OF EVEN ACROSS THE BOARD, THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT CHANGE AS WELL FOR THE CITY AUDITOR AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.
SO THAT'S THE CITY AUDITOR ON THERE CHANGING TO NOT EXCEED FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF TWO.
AND THEN FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, IT WOULD BE NOT TO EXCEED FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF NOT TO EXCEED THREE.
WE DID HAVE ONE SLIGHT PROBLEM YEAH.
WHERE THE CITY ATTORNEY TRIED TO SNEAK IN A 35 YEAR YEAH.
THE RED LINES ARE TRICKY SOMETIMES.
HE WAS TRYING TO BE TRICKY, BUT WE CAUGHT IT.
AND THEN COMMITTEE ITEM FIVE WAS CLARITY REGARDING, UH, APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES OF SPECIFICALLY ON THE PLAN COMMISSION.
UM, THERE WAS, THEY WANTED, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AD LANGUAGE JUST FOR CLARITY THAT THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT TO FILL A VACANCY WOULD BE IN CASE OF THE AT LARGE MEMBER SPECIFICALLY, INSTEAD OF JUST IT BEING THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE AFFECTED DISTRICT, OR THE MAYOR MAY DO THIS.
IT'S THAT IT'S THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE AFFECTED DISTRICT, OR IF IT'S THE, AT LARGE IT WOULD BE THE MAYOR
AND THOSE ARE YOUR RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE HOLIDAY SCHEDULES AND, AND SOME OF YOUR MEMBERS, UH, BEING PLAN COMMISSIONERS AND BALANCING ALL THOSE MEETINGS AROUND, AND OUR MEETINGS GET MO GETTING MOVED AROUND BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE HOLIDAYS THAT WE'VE GONE THAT WE SAW YOU HERE A LOT,
UH, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL OBVIOUSLY FOR, FOR THE TIME, UM, AND, UH, ALL OF THE EFFORT.
SO IS THERE, ARE THERE ANYTHING ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS EVENING? UH, JUST SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS TO ANY OF THE, WHAT YOU'VE HEARD.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA BRING THIS BACK FOR, FOR MORE IN DEPTH.
JUST ONE QUESTION ABOUT POSSIBLE CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO OF THE ITEMS YOU'VE MENTIONED IS ONE IS THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM, AND THEN LATER YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, MAY ELECTION DURING COVID, THAT ELECTION IN MAY WAS CANCELED AND PUSHED BACK.
THAT WOULD CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF TERM FROM THAT.
HOW IS THAT ADDRESSED WITH THOSE CHANGES THAT YOU HAD? THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT WHEN COUNCIL LOOKS AT THIS ITEM.
UM, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH IT, THAT WASN'T CAUGHT AS PART OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THE RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT IT,
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WITHOUT THE BODY VOTING ON IT.UM, BUT THAT'S LANGUAGE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT FOR THAT SECTION.
SORRY, I'M NOT, AND THAT MAKES BE VERY TRICKY.
I REMEMBER AT THE LAST CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, MR. ENGLAND AND THE, WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE 365 DAYS, WHAT ABOUT LEAP YEARS AND ALL THE, IT CAN GET VERY INVOLVED, RIGHT? YEAH.
I, I JUST WORRY ABOUT IF WE DEFINE TERM BETWEEN MAY AND THERE'S NO MAY ELECTION, IT'S A GOOD CATCH.
AND JUST AS A GENERAL BACKGROUND IS WHAT WE CONSIDERED, UM, WE CONSIDER WHAT VALUE DOES THIS ADD TO THE CITIZENS IN TERMS OF CHARTER CHANGES? WHAT PROBLEM ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE? IS IT A MAJOR PROBLEM? IS IT ONE-OFF? AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ARE, ARE WE IN CONFLICT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW? AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE STATE DROVE A LOT OF THIS AND EVERY TWO YEARS THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA DO SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THEN THE COST, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OTHER AREAS WHERE WE CAN CONTROL CITY GOVERNANCE.
THE CHARTER IS ONE ORDINANCES AND THE GENERAL LAW POLICY, AND THAT'S THE COUNCIL POLICY AND PROCEDURES.
A LOT OF THIS STUFF CAN BE COVERED IN POLICY AND PROCEDURES TOO.
SO YOU'VE GOT THOSE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN WHICH QUITE FRANKLY, AS MENTIONED, THERE'S MORE FLEXIBILITY TO YOU.
AND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING AND GENTLEMEN, WELL, JOB WELL DONE.
UM, JUST, JUST TO
IT TALKS ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM, I THINK IT'S WANT WAIT, UH, 15 A SIR.
FROM THE TERMS TO THREE YEARS TO NO, THE VERY FIRST ONE.
I'M LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO WATCH YOUR SCREEN TOO.
I DIDN'T WANT, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WAS CONSIDERATION AND, AND BOTH WILL REFERENCE, UM, WAS THE DRIVER HERE IN YOUR DISCUSSION, STATE LAW OR ANTICIPATION OF, UH, A KRISTA BALDING OF STATE LAW, WAS THAT THE DRIVER THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION OR, OR, UH, ANY CONSIDERATION WAS OR ANY DISCUSSION, UH, REGARDING THOUGHTS ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A LEARNING CURVE THAT WOULD IMPACT THIS RECOMMENDATION? THOSE THAT, MY QUESTION, THIS ONE WAS VERY THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED, IF I RECALL.
AND THERE WAS TALK ABOUT IT ALMOST TAKES A YEAR TO GET GOING AND THEN YOU'RE IN AN ELECTION YEAR, SHOULD WE MAKE IT THREE YEARS? AND THEN THERE'S THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN IT WENT THREE YEARS.
AND IN TERMS OF STATE, DOESN'T THAT TREAT, UH, CERTAIN PARTS OF AN ELECTION OR ELECTING A REPLACEMENT DIFFERENTLY, WHETHER IT'S A THREE OR TWO YEAR, YOU'D MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AND I DIDN'T TAKE DETAILED NOTES ON THAT.
THERE, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IF YOU HAVE TWO YEAR TERMS VERSUS THREE YEAR OR FOUR YEAR TERMS. UM, AND WE RAN INTO THAT BACK IN 20 17, 20 18.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE BIG DRIVER WITH THIS, UH, WAS HB UH, 36 13, UH, WHICH CAME OUTTA THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS LAST SESSION, UH, WHICH DOES THE REAPPORTIONMENT RULES.
SO ANYTIME, UH, SEE IF I CAN PAINT THIS PICTURE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE I HAD A LOT OF SPREADSHEETS? YES.
IN, IN THE CHARTER RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE, THE FIVE-YEAR RULE THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO REAPPORTION, WE REAPPORTION EVERY 10 YEARS, UH, BASED ON THE CENSUS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY FIVE YEARS, EACH OF YOU HAVE TO STAND FOR ELECTION UNDER CURRENT LAW.
AND WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THE LAW AS IT IS TODAY IS GONNA BE WHAT IT IS A YEAR FROM NOW OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
UH, WE HOPE THEY'LL REVISIT IT, BUT, EH,
AND SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TODAY IS EACH OF YOU WOULD SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM, A TWO YEAR TERM, AND A ONE YEAR TERM.
BECAUSE THEN YOU'D ALL HAVE TO STAND FOR ELECTION AND EVERYBODY WOULD BE IN THE SAME ELECTION, UH, DATE.
OR IT COULD BE A THREE, A TWO AND A ONE OR A THREE AND A TWO.
AND IF IT'S, IF IT'S 10 YEARS, IT'S 3, 3, 3, 1.
WE LOOKED AT THE MODELS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE A WRECK.
AND SO WHAT WE DECIDED WAS IF WE PUT EVERYBODY ON TWO YEAR TERMS, THAT'S CLEANLY DIVISIBLE INTO 10.
SO WE HAVE FIVE TWO YEAR TERMS, NOT FOR A SINGLE COUNCIL PERSON, BUT EVERYBODY GETS ALIGNED IN THE 2030S.
AND THEN EVERYBODY'S ON A TWO YEAR CYCLE FROM
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THEN ON.IF YOU TRY AND MOVE SOMEBODY TO THREE, OR YOU TRY AND MOVE SOMEBODY TO FOUR, NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT 3, 3, 3, 1, OR 4, 4, 2.
AND IT, IT, IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
UH, BUT SOMETHING SCOTT SAID, UH, ABOUT HOW WE WENT INTO THE CHARTER AS A WHOLE IS WHAT BENEFIT DOES THIS PROVIDE THE CITIZENS CHARTER IS THE CITIZENS DOCUMENT NOW, HAVING HAD TO RUN EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND RIGHT AS YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING THAT FIRST TIME, YOU'VE GOTTA RUN AGAIN.
BUT WHAT BENEFIT DOES IT PROVIDE TO THE CITIZENS TO EXTEND THE COUNCIL TERMS LONGER? AND WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
SO, UH, BETWEEN THE, THE NASTINESS OF THE ELECTION YEAR MODELS, OUR FIVE YEAR REQUIREMENT, THE 10 YEAR REQUIREMENT, IT DID NOT MAKE SENSE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
AND OVER THE YEARS, I'VE SEEN COUNCIL PEOPLE BURN OUT AT FOUR YEARS TOO.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE ON A SIX YEAR CYCLE, YOU'VE GOT TWO YEARS OF, YOU KNOW, OH MY KIND OF STUFF.
SO IT ALSO GIVES YOU ALL A CHANCE, COUNSEL, PEOPLE, A CHANCE TO MAKE THAT DECISION EVERY TWO YEARS FOR YOURSELVES.
'CAUSE IT IS A COMMITMENT, FAMILY AND TIME AND MONEY ARE QUESTIONS.
LET'S NOW YOU NO SPREADSHEETS, PLEASE.
I WAS PROPOSING SOMETHING AND I DID A BLOODY SPREADSHEET AND I'M GOING, WHAT HAPPENED? NO, NO SPREADSHEET.
BUT THANKS FOR THAT CLAR CLARITY.
THE C CLARITY AND PARDON? I ASKED THAT QUESTION FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO MAY BE WATCHING THAT QUESTION THAT'S COME UP AND, UH, NOBODY COULD HAVE EXPLAINED IT, UH, BETTER.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.
I SEE WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE OUT.
SO AGAIN, UM, GIVE EVERYBODY TIME TO SORT OF DIGEST THIS AND, AND THINK IT THROUGH.
UH, WE WILL COME BACK ON THE 22ND.
UM, HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THESE ITEMS AND START GETTING OUR, OUR BE PREPARED TO MAKE OUR FORMAL, UH, FORMAL LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD ON OR NOT MOVE FORWARD ON.
AND IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES, I CAN BE HERE AT YOUR NEXT MEETING IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT WE THOUGHT OUR PROCESSES.
AND HOPEFULLY, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT MEETING DOESN'T FALL ON A PLAN COMMISSION MEETING EVENING.
BUT, UH, WITH THAT, UH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TO THAT MEETING, BE ABLE TO EAT.
SO AGAIN, WE THANK YOU, UH, FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND, AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY YES ON THE 22ND, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU BACK.
I APPRECIATE IT AND EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
AND, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU HAD A GOOD GROUP AND THEY ALL HAD INPUT AND THEY ALL CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, JUST TO HELP WITH Y'ALL'S REVIEW OF THIS, AS YOU THINK OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, YOU SHOULD HAVE A HANDOUT AT YOUR LOCATION THAT IS THE WORD DOCUMENT WITH THE RED LINE CHANGES.
AND FOR ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME, IT SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE BACKUP IF YOU GO THROUGH THE WEBSITE AGENDA.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM UNDER THIS SECTION, ITEM SIX,
[6. Preview and Presentation of the 2024 Proposed Capital Improvement Program ]
EXCUSE ME, PREVIEW AND PRESENTATION OF THE 2024 PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.AND WE COUNSEL, UH, YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED YOUR VERY WEIGHTY BINDERS, UH, THAT CONTAIN ALL THIS INFORMATION.
AND, UH, WE WILL BE REVIEWING THIS OVER THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AT SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, BUT TONIGHT WE WILL START WITH JUST A, UH, A PREVIEW.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO START OFF, MR. REX? GO AHEAD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THERE'S $560 MILLION WORTH OF PAPER IN HERE.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE WORD PROPOSED BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, BUT REALLY THIS IS JUST TO KICK OFF THE PROCESS AND, AND KICKOFF COUNCIL'S REVIEW OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR 2024.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, ALLISON AND HER TEAM, OUR CFO, MATT WATSON AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR, UH, WORK IN PREPARING THE CIP LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK IS AS, UH, USUALLY GOES ON IN THIS TYPE OF, UH, IN THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.
UH, THEY WERE SPECTACULAR AND, AND CONTINUE TO PERFORM AND, AND HELP KEEP US ON TRACK AND KEEP US ON SCHEDULE WITH THESE THINGS.
UH, ALSO THERE'S, UH, DOZENS OF DEPARTMENTS THAT HELP PROVIDE INPUT INTO THE CIP AS WELL THAT, UH, I WANT TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE AS WELL.
UM, I JUST GET TO SHOW UP AND MAKE THE COMMENTS AT THE END.
SOMETIMES IT FEELS THAT WAY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MEETINGS THAT THAT GO INTO, INTO CREATING WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE START OF THE PROCESS, NOT THE END.
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JANUARY 20TH, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE THE CIP WORKSHOP WITH, WITH CITY COUNCIL.WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE FEEDBACK FROM YOU AT THAT TIME.
UH, WHAT I WANNA DO BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO ALLISON IS JUST PROVIDE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE CIP AND TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE COMING INTO THE 2024 CIP.
UH, SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, SO I'LL, I'LL KIND OF SUM UP WHAT THE PRIMARY GOALS ARE IN, IN THREE DIFFERENT STATEMENTS.
UM, AND THEY'RE ELABORATED BETTER ON THE SLIDE, BUT ESSENTIALLY IS WE WANT TO FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED.
WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WE WANT TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, THAT'S WHAT THE 2024 CIP BOILS DOWN TO.
UH, WE WANT TO FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED.
SO THAT'S CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE BOND PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED, WHETHER THAT'S THE 2019 PROGRAM OR THE 2004 PROGRAM.
UH, WE WANNA FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED.
UH, AND MOST OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, 50 PLUS PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY OR FINISHED.
UM, WE'RE REALLY IN THE HEART OF THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM AS FAR AS, UH, COMPLETING THOSE PROJECTS.
WE WANT TO FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED.
UH, WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE.
SO, SO THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, REPLACING THE EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ALREADY THAT HELP US DELIVER THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF GARLAND.
UH, AND THEN WE WANNA PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE DEBT SERVICE CAPACITY, UH, UH, RESERVED FOR UPCOMING INITIATIVES, WHETHER THAT'S A FUTURE BOND PROGRAM, UH, WHETHER THAT'S TAKING CARE OF OUR STREETS AND DRAINAGE OR OUR FACILITIES.
UH, SO ON, ON THOSE THREE ITEMS, I'LL, I'LL MENTION IN PARTICULAR THAT OUR, UH, WE ARE FINISHING UP A MASTER PLAN FOR OUR FACILITIES.
ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THE HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS THAT THE CITY OWNS AND OPERATES AND DONE A TOP TO BOTTOM ASSESSMENT OF THOSE FACILITIES SO THAT WE HAVE SOME SENSE FOR WHAT, UH, WHAT EXPENSES WE HAVE FOR THE UPCOMING FUTURE CIPS.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA OBVIOUSLY HELP SHAPE, UH, WHAT HAPPENS IN FUTURE CIPS.
WE WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD SENSE FOR THAT.
UM, ON STREETS AND DRAINAGE, UM, WE'RE DOING A, A CITYWIDE CITY, A CITYWIDE STREET AND ALLEY ASSESSMENT THAT WILL, UH, THIS SUMMER GIVE US RESULTS THROUGH A PCI FOR EVERY STREET AND ALLEY SEGMENT IN THE CITY.
AND THAT'S GONNA HELP, UH, HELP COUNCIL MAKE POLICY DECISIONS AND FUNDING DECISIONS ABOUT, UH, OUR STREET PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD.
WE NEED TO HAVE CAPACITY FOR THAT.
AND WE'RE DOING THE SAME ON THE DRAINAGE SIDE.
WE HAVE, UM, AN EROSION, UH, STUDY UNDERWAY FOR EVERY STREAM SEGMENT IN GARLAND.
UH, LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN SHORE THOSE UP AND, AND, UH, ADEQUATELY HANDLE THE STORM DRAINAGE, UH, THAT COMES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER LONG-TERM FUNDING NEEDS THAT, THAT ARISE AS WELL.
SO, UM, AGAIN, FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED, TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, REALLY WHAT THE GOALS ARE FOR THE 2024 CIP UH, GETTING INTO THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT.
AND YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, I SAID $560 MILLION WORTH OF PAPER.
THAT'S OUR CIP IS AROUND $560 MILLION.
UH, YOU'LL RECALL THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE HAD, UH, SORT OF RECORD CIP, UH, DOCUMENTS, UM, AND PLANS WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AT A RECORD THIS YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY AN INDICATION THAT WE'RE ON THE BACKSIDE OF IMPLEMENTING THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM AND, AND COMPLETING PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE PLANNED.
SO AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 559.3 MILLION FOR THE FIVE YEAR CIP.
UM, THAT BREAKS DOWN TO, UM, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE LOOK AT THIS IS HOW MUCH OF THAT 560 MILLION IS SUPPORTED BY OUR TAX BASE, UH, SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, AND THAT NUMBER IS 245.6 MILLION.
SO, UM, AGAIN, MOST OF THAT OVER 70%, ALMOST 80% IS, UH, COMPLETING THE, THE 2004 AND 2019 BOND PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXISTING PROJECTS IN THE CIP AS WELL THAT MAKE UP ALMOST 20% OF THE, OF THE CIP AND THERE'S VERY FEW NEW PROJECTS IN THE, IN THE CIP THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED AND TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE, UH, FROM THAT ASPECT ON THE TAX SUPPORTED SIDE, OUTTA THAT 245.6 MILLION, THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN BY, UM, A PROGRAM AREA.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, PARKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LIBRARY, PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ACROSS THE OPERATION ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, UH, WITH EMPHASIS BASED AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROJECTS WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM.
SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHERE THOSE, WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING, UM, ON THE UTILITY AND INTERNAL SERVICE PROGRAM AREAS.
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OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TAX SUPPORTED SIDE, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR UTILITY AND INTERNAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. UM, AGAIN, MOST OF THIS IS ELECTRIC WATER AND WASTEWATER, THAT'S OUR, OUR, OUR BIG UTILITIES.AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE FUNDING SPENT ON THIS SIDE OF THE CIP.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ALLISON.
SHE'S GONNA HELP YOU NAVIGATE THIS $560 MILLION BINDER, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND, AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL IN PREPARATION FOR THE WORKSHOP ON JANUARY 20TH.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME UP HERE AND TEACH YOU HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS BIG DOCUMENT.
UM, SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SECTIONS IN OUR DOCUMENT.
UM, BEGINNING AT THE TOP YOU HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, CIP MESSAGE GOES OVER THE PRIORITIES AND A SUMMARY OF OUR DOCUMENT.
WE HAVE OUR OVERVIEW, AND THE KEY SECTION IN THIS OVERVIEW IS OUR NARRATIVE OF THE CIP.
THIS IS WHERE WE WRITE ABOUT THE MAJOR PROJECTS AND REALLY SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THIS DOCUMENT.
WE HAVE OUR DEBT ALLOCATION SECTION, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS.
WHAT ARE THE ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH TYPE OF DEBT, WHAT YEAR THEY TAKE PLACE IN, AND WHAT IS THAT DEBT BEING USED FOR THE PROJECT BREAKDOWN FOR THAT.
OUR NEXT SECTION IS OUR 2023 CIP STATUS.
THIS IS WHERE WE BREAK DOWN OUR COMPARISON OF THIS 24 CIP TO LAST YEAR'S 23 CIP.
SO THAT WOULD BE OUR COMPLETION RATES.
OUR COMPARISON ON THE PROJECT SCHEDULE AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS OUR MOST DESIRED SECTION IS OUR COMPARISON AND THE STATUS OF ALL OF OUR 2004 AND 2019 BOND PROJECTS.
THIS SHOWS WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE COMPLETION OF THOSE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS WHAT'S REMAINING TO BE SPENT FOR THOSE PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEAR PLAN, AS WELL AS THEIR, UH, EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE.
THE CORE OF OUR DOCUMENT IS OUR PRO SECTIONS.
THIS IS BY CATEGORY, PARK STREET AND TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE, ET CETERA.
YOU HAVE A SUM SUMMARY INFORMATION AS WELL AS DETAILED PROJECT SHEETS FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE OUR APPENDICES, WHICH HAS MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE EXPENDITURES IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN SPECIFIC PROJECT LOCATIONS, OUR PROJECT LOCATION MAPS, AND SOME SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
DIVING INTO OUR OVERVIEW IN A LITTLE MORE DEPTH, UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE, THE CORE SECTION OF THIS IS OUR 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OVERVIEW.
THIS IS OUR SUMMARY OF COSTS, UTILITY RATE IMPACTS, AND OF COURSE A SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS BY SECTION.
WE ALSO GIVE A SUMMARY OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING DEBT BASED ON THIS PROPOSED 24 CIP AS WELL AS A FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY OF OUR EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS AS WELL AS OUR DEBT PROJECTIONS.
MOVING INTO OUR NEXT SECTION, WHICH IS OUR DEBT ALLOCATION, WE HAVE OUR ESTIMATED GO BOND SALES, OUR ESTIMATED CO CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION BOND SALES, THE PROPOSED 2024 CO ISSUE.
THIS IS DETAILED BY PROJECT AND THE PROPOSED 2024 REVENUE SUPPORTED COMMERCIAL PAPER ISSUE BY PROJECT.
MOVING INTO OUR STATUS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE OUR COMPLETION RATES PROJECT SCHEDULE COMPARING BACK OF OUR PROGRESS COMPARED TO WHAT WE PROJECTED IN THE 23 CIP.
AND THEN FINALLY, I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, THE STATUS SECTION UP ON THE SCREEN SHOWING ALL THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE OH FOUR AND 19 BOND PROGRAMS, THE REMAINING EXPENDITURES OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, AS WELL AS THE COMPLETION DATE IN OUR APPENDICES.
WE HAVE OUR PRIOR YEAR CIP AMENDMENTS, THE BOND REFERENDUMS BY PROPOSITION.
SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION ON THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, UH, SOME WHICH IS THE SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A SUMMARY OF THE 2024 PROPOSED SPEND, UH, FOR EACH PROGRAM AREA, OUR CIP ALLOCATION, WE HAVE OUR 2019 BOND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
OUR LOCATION MAPS FOR PARKS, STREET AND TRANSPORTATION AND WATER AND WASTEWATER.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A LISTING OF OUR ROADWAY CLASSIFICATIONS AS THIS IS REFERENCED THROUGHOUT THE TREAT STREET AND TRANSPORTATION SECTION.
SO LOOKING AT AN EXAMPLE PROJECT SECTION, WE'LL PICK ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, THIS IS THE APPROVED PROJECT SUMMARY.
IT'S REALLY MEANT TO SUMMARIZE ALL PROJECTS WITHIN THAT SECTION.
YOU'LL NOTICE THIS 2024 COLUMN.
THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE COMING TO COUNCIL TO ASK FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AS WELL AS THE AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE DEBT FOR IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, COUNCIL, THIS IS WHAT WE PROJECT TO SPEND ON THESE PROJECTS IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
WHAT WE ALSO DETAIL IS THE MULTI-YEAR IMPACT OF THESE PROJECTS AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE COMING FORWARD IN FUTURE YEARS OF COUNCIL TO COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS OR THESE PROGRAMS. SO NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE CURRENT YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, WHICH
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IS WHAT'S APPROPRIATED, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.THIS IS CIP, AS YOU ALL KNOW, MUST BE VIEWED IN A MULTI-YEAR PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAVE A SIMILAR OUTLAY ON OUR DEBT ISSUANCE REQUIREMENT.
WE SHOW OUR 2024, UH, PROJECTED DEBT ISSUANCES.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEKING THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THIS CIP, THAT WE WILL GO TO ISSUE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AS WELL AS OUR PROJECTED DEBT ISSUANCES BASED ON THE PROJECT SCHEDULES FOR THE FUTURE YEARS.
AND WE HAVE OUR PROJECT SHEET.
THIS IS WHERE THE MEAT OF THE DOCUMENT IS, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU GET MOST OF YOUR INFORMATION.
SO WE START WITH OUR PROJECT STATUS.
THIS WILL TELL YOU IF IT'S A NEW PROJECT, A CONTINUING PROJECT, OR IF IT'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM.
WE HAVE OUR PROJECT DESCRIPTION.
THIS IS SUBMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT TELLING YOU WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY THIS PROJECT OR PROGRAM, WHAT THE EX, UH, 20, 24 OR FUTURE PLAN IS.
WE HAVE OUR IMPACT ON THE OPERATING BUDGET, IF THERE IS ONE, OR IF WE ARE FAR ENOUGH AND ALONG FAR ENOUGH ALONG IN THE PROJECT TO QUANTIFY THAT.
UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE THROUGH, UH, THE PHASES OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE REACHING THE NEAR THE PROJECT END, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT COME OPERATING BUDGET TIME, WE MAY SEE THOSE REQUESTS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECTS.
THIS IS OUR PROJECTED SPEND BY YEAR TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY HOW WE'RE FUNDING THE ANNUAL SPENDING TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BY TYPE.
IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, WE HAVE OUR LOCATION MAP ONE AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE OUR FUNDING SCHEDULE, WHICH IS STATED BY QUARTER AND YEAR.
AND THEN TO THIS RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE A SUMMARY OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, THIS WOULD BE THE TOTAL OF EVERYTHING THAT'S SHOWN IN THE SUMMARY, UH, SOURCE OF FUNDS.
SO JUST TO SHOW THAT, SHOW THE RELATION.
UM, WE HAVE FOR THE GEO BONDS ISSUED, THAT'S A TOTAL OF ALMOST 1.8.
THAT WOULD BE THE SUM OF THE 2004 BOND AND THE 2019 BOND FUNDS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 2019 BOND FUNDS UNISSUED OF 5.2 CORRELATES WITH THAT SAME LINE OF THE GOS UNISSUED, JUST SHOWING YOU THESE WERE OUR APPROVED FUNDING SOURCES OR PROJECTED FUNDING SOURCES.
AND WHEN WE PLAN TO COME TO COUNCIL TO GET THOSE APPROPRIATED, WE ALSO SHARE THE SAME THING WITH OUR UNFUNDED.
THIS UNFUNDED IS NOT TRULY UNFUNDED.
WE HAVE IT IN OUR PROJECTED DEBT MODEL DEBT CAPACITY.
WE'RE JUST LETTING COUNCIL KNOW THAT IN THE, IN A FUTURE YOU'RE CIP, WE WILL, IF WE CANNOT FIND A CASH OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCE OPTION FOR THIS, WE WILL LIKELY BE COMING TO ASK YOU TO AUTHORIZE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE TOTALS AT THE VERY BOTTOM ROW.
REAL QUICK, WE DO UPLOAD A PDF OF OUR ANNUAL CIP ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AND WE'LL ALSO MAKE IT AVAILABLE ON YOUR COUNCIL'S BOX TO THINGS THAT WE TAKE PRIDE IN.
AND WE SPEND, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HOURS DOING IS CREATING SOME BOOKMARKS NOT ONLY FOR THE MAIN SECTIONS THAT ARE CLICKABLE ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEBSITE AS, AS WELL AS IF YOU DOWNLOAD THE FILE.
SO YOU CAN NAVIGATE THE MAJOR SECTIONS, BUT WE ALSO CREATE CLICKABLE LINKS WITHIN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
SO IF YOU WERE TO COME AND CLICK ON TUCKER PARK, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN APPROVED SUMMARY, UH, APPROVED PROJECT SUMMARY, IT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THAT PROJECT SHEET PAGE.
AND WE DO THIS FOR ALL OF OUR SECTIONS.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE THE DOCUMENT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND HELP OUR END USERS GET TO WHERE THEY WANT MORE QUICKLY.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JUDD TO TALK ABOUT THE CALENDAR AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, SO I MENTIONED ABOUT THE JANUARY 20TH WORKSHOP.
THAT'S REALLY THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY AND THE, AND THE KEY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, UH, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO COME AND PRESENT THEIR PROJECTS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
AND THEN FOR YOU ALL TO, UH, DELIBERATE AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CIP OVERALL.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE NEXT BIG OPPORTUNITY COMING UP.
UH, FOLLOWING THAT WE'LL HAVE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION ON THE 22ND, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 23RD AND IF REQUESTED BY COUNCIL, AND THIS IS USUALLY WE LIKE TO PUT A BOOKMARK IN FOR AN ADDITIONAL WORK SESSION.
SHOULD THERE BE, UH, MORE DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL NECESSARY.
UH, FOR THE CIP, UH, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT ON JANUARY 30TH.
AND THEN ON THE FIRST, UH, THE FIRST MEETING SET IN FEBRUARY IS WHEN WE WOULD LOOK TO, UH, GET SOME MORE INPUT AND FINALIZE THAT DIRECTION AT THE WORK SESSION ON THE FIFTH, AND THEN ACTUALLY GET THE CIP ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 6TH.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF A QUICK TURNAROUND,
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BUT, UM, THE SCHEDULE, UH, IS BEFORE YOU AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING? OBVIOUSLY THERE IS MUCH, MUCH MORE DISCUSSION TO COME.
UM, AND I WILL THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE WORK.
I CAN ONLY ADMIT JUST SETTING UP ALL THE CLICKABLE PAGES, UH, IT JUST, THE EFFORT THAT THAT TAKES MASSIVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND, AND MAKING IT MUCH MORE NAVIGABLE.
ANYWAY, I HAVE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.
I JUST THOUGHT OF ONE MORE THING.
UM, IF AS YOU REVIEW YOUR DOCUMENT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO RECEIVE THOSE.
UM, WE'LL EITHER MAKE SURE THEY'RE ANSWERED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS ON JANUARY 20TH, IF WE RECEIVE IT BEFORE THAT, OR I WILL WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO GET YOU A WRITTEN RESPONSE AND THOSE WRITTEN RESPONSES WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT WAS OUR LAST VERBAL BRIEFING FOR THE EVENING.
[7. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]
UH, APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON HAS AN APPOINTMENT FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.
LOOK FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT NOMINATION.
UH, AND THAT WAS, UH, THE LAST ITEM.
SORRY, THE NEW FORMAT TRICKED ME A LITTLE BIT THERE.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED, BUT, UH, THE NEXT IS, UH, NEXT ITEM IS
[ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ANNOUNCED.FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING? COUNCIL MEMBER HENDRICK.
ONE ITEM I'D LIKE, UH, COMMITTEES TO CONSIDER IS POSSIBLY IMPLEMENTING A RATING SYSTEM FOR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PLANO DOES CURRENTLY AND I'D JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT.
IT'S A RATING BASED ON EXTERIOR, UM, CONDITIONS AND OUR ANNUAL INSPECTIONS.
THE CITY PERFORMS AS A USEFUL TOOL PERHAPS FOR NEW RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE LOOKING TO MOVE TO MULTI-FAMILY UNITS IN THE CITY.
ANYBODY WANNA JUMP ON BOARD WITH THAT? CUSTOMER LUCK AND COMMUNITY SERVICES I THINK IS PROBABLY THAT, WHERE THAT SHOULD GO MORE LIKELY? YEAH.
UM, I THINK MOST LIKELY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, BUT UM, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT ASTAN SUSTAINABLE FUNDING OPTION TIED TO CIP FOR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS.
AND SMER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, HAVE A, A REVIEW OF OUR ORDINANCE GOVERNING SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND A AIRBNB.
AND, UH, FOR REVIEW AND A VERBAL BRIEFING FROM STAFF ON, ON OUR ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF, OF OF SAME.
SO FOR A FUTURE WORK SESSION? YES.
IT'S FOR A FUTURE WORK SESSION.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE THAT FOR, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE THAT FOR THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY THAT GETS US PAST, UH, CIP STUFF FOR THE MOST PART.
OKAY, ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, NOW, UH, WE WILL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, COUNSEL WILL EXERT WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS ONE.
ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGE AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS AND TWO PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SAME.
UH, WE WILL TAKE A LITTLE RECESS AND KIND OF GET EVERYBODY RESET HERE.
UH, LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK AT SEVEN 10 PLEASE.