Jan 11, 2022 Special City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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I HEREBY CALL THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF PARKER, TEXAS, TO ORDER.

IT IS JANUARY 11TH, 2022, AND IT'S 7:01 P.M.

MR. OLSON, DO WE HAVE A SUPER QUORUM? YES, MADAM MAYOR, YOU DO.

OK, OK, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL DO THE PLEDGES.

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

ALL STAND AND PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 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 THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU ALL. OK, AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK, ARE THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

CAN I TAKE MY MASK OFF.

THANK YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS ANDREW [INAUDIBLE].

I'M A RESIDENT OF MURPHY.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT A LITTLE BIT.

IF I COULD HAVE THREE MINUTES, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

AND I'M AT 1328 [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE.

OK, THANK YOU. WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION OF [INAUDIBLE] AND ROLLING RIDGE.

SO MY WINDOWS ACTUALLY PHASE THE PROPERTY THAT I'M GOING TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE.

SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] ATTRACT [INAUDIBLE] AS PROPOSED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DEVELOPMENT.

I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CAROLYN [INAUDIBLE] AND SOME OTHERS TO STOP THIS.

AND OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NOTHING LESS THAN ONE ACRE LOTS THAT PARKER LOVES TO DO. THAT'S WHAT THE PROPERTY WHEN WE LIVE, WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, PARKER PROPERTY CITY LAND.

AND OF COURSE, IT BECAME ETJ THING THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW.

BUT SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS TECHNICALLY A PARKER COLLIN COUNTY ISSUE.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS IMPACTING A LOT OF MURPHY RESIDENTS.

THIS WILL ALSO KILL MAXWELL CREEK, AS EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS.

AND SO THAT'S A BIG ISSUE FOR A LOT OF US ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AS WELL.

I THINK RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN MURPHY AND PARKER, AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL UP HERE, AS WELL AS MURPHY, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE ALL WANT TO STOP IT AND KILL IT.

BUT I'VE GOT SOME WORRIES ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.

SO AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2019, THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BUNCH OF NEW LAWS, AS WELL AS 2017 THAT MAKE IT A LOT HARDER FOR YOU GUYS TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY TECHNICALLY IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT.

THERE'S ALSO OTHER LAWS THAT THEY PASSED THAT MAKE IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR YOU GUYS TO CONTROL YOUR ETJ.

AND AGAIN, THAT REALLY WORRIES ME AS WELL AS MANY OTHER RESIDENTS.

SO. SO THE REASON I'M HERE REALLY TODAY IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TALK GOING ON NOW ABOUT THE SEWER LINES CONNECTING TO MURPHY, CONNECTING TO THE NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL DISTRICT AND SO FORTH.

AND SO I KIND OF WANTED TO REALLY COME HERE AND ASK, YOU GUYS, I KNOW WHAT THE RESIDENTS THINK AND WHAT MURPHY THINKS THEY SHOULD DO OR SHOULDN'T DO.

BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD ANYTHING FROM PARKER, AND I KNOW MAYBE PUBLICLY I SHOULDN'T, BECAUSE UNDERSTANDABLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIVULGE YOUR SECRETS AND INFORMATION.

BUT I THINK FOR US, RESIDENTS WOULD BE A LOT.

WE WOULD SLEEP A LOT EASIER AT NIGHT IF WE AT LEAST SOME KIND OF STATEMENT FROM PARKER, SUCH AS WE ARE FIGHTING THIS, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS [INAUDIBLE] PROCESS AND WE THINK WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT THINGS TO KILL THE PLANT OR GIVE THEM THE SOURCE OR WORK WITH MURPHY TO DO WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO KILL THIS THING.

SO I'M HERE REALLY ASKING FOR CITY OF PARKER TO MAYBE TRY TO COMMUNICATE A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.

BUT I'M ALSO WANTING TO ASK YOU GUYS TO WORK WITH MURPHY A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS TALK.

MAYBE YOUR ATTORNEYS, TALK TO EACH OTHER, OR MAYBE THE MAYOR TALKS TO SCOTT BRADLEY ON THE OTHER SIDE AND REALLY HAVE A MORE REGIONAL DISCUSSION TO REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO KILL THIS THING. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO KILL THIS THING.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF EFFORT INVOLVING IN IT.

AND I THINK IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE TO DO IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OK.

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[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

THEIR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN FEBRUARY.

I BELIEVE IT IS PATTI.

YES MA'AM.

THE COMP PLAN MEETING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19TH AT SIX P.M.

IN THIS ROOM, IS STILL ON AS FAR AS WE KNOW AT THIS TIME.

PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE ALWAYS NEAR THE TIME OF AN EVENT JUST TO MAKE SURE.

OK. NEXT, WE HAVE A VERY NICE THING IN WHEN PARKER FEST WAS GOING ON IN EARLY VOTING WE PARTICIPATED IN A FOOD DRIVE AND MINNIE'S PANTRY SENT US A THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO PASS IT AROUND SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE FOR OUR PARTICIPATION AND DONATING THE FOOD TO THEM, WHICH.

AND THEN IF YOU WILL HAND THAT TO PATTI, BECAUSE I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

OK, NEXT, WE HAVE A TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

MR. [INAUDIBLE], OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

WOULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT? I'M SORRY.

ON [INAUDIBLE], ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.

IF ANYTHING, I THINK MARY, I THINK MAYOR AND I'M GOING TO DECLINE YOUR REQUEST IF THAT'S OK. AS AS THE CITIZEN SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

WHERE WE ARE PUBLICLY IS, I THINK, BEEN PRETTY WELL DOCUMENTED.

BUT BEYOND THAT, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD COMMENT.

OK, WE ARE STILL ENGAGED IN IT.

YES. ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE ENGAGING IT. WE'VE RETAINED COUNSEL, WE'RE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN IT.

BUT BEYOND THAT, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD.

OK. OK.

NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING

[CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THE MINUTES OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY, NOT HEARING ANY? I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

OK. IS THERE A SECOND? MADAM MAYOR, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? OK MOTION PASS FOUR ZERO.

I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT DUE TO ILLNESS. OK.

[5. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON DISSOLVING THE NOISE COMMITTEE.]

DISCUSS CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON DISSOLVING THE NOISE COMMITTEE. OK.

BACK IN 2019.

WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD LEAD? BACK IN 2019, WE STARTED THE NOISE COMMITTEE REALLY FOCUSED AROUND SOUTH FORK RANCH AND THE SOUND TRAVELING ACROSS THE FIELDS INTO BROOKS FARMS AND SOME OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS.

WE MET ON SEVERAL TIMES.

BUT THEN COVID HAPPENED, AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES OUT AT SOUTHFORK SINCE THEN. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION IS WE DISSOLVE IT UNTIL WE NEED TO MAYBE START IT BACK UP AGAIN IF PROBLEMS DO START COMING BACK UP OUT THERE.

THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

OK, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, WHEN IS THE LAST NOISE COMPLAINT WE'VE EVEN HAD?

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BEST GUESS.

SINCE COVID STARTED AT SOUTHFORK.

OK.

IT'S BEEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A QUITE A WHILE.

OK.

HAVE WE HAD ANY NOISE COMPLAINTS AT COTTON CROSS CREEK RANCH? SORRY, YES.

I THINK WE HAD ONE.

I THINK WE.

ONE OR TWO BUT THOSE WERE NOT SUSTAINED ONCE THE POLICE OFFICER SHOWED UP OUT THERE.

THE DECIBEL LEVELS WERE WELL WITHIN THE TARGETED LIMITS FOR THE ORDINANCE.

OK. AND WE HAVE JUST TO CLARIFY, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR COMPLAINTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. I THINK THE ONLY COMPLAINT, REAL COMPLAINT WE HAD WAS WITH THE HOMEOWNER ON HOMEOWNER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THAT'S REALLY BEEN THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT'S BEEN.

[INAUDIBLE] IN THERE BECAUSE OF THE LOWER ATTENDANCE FOR THESE EVENTS NOT LASTING AS LONG AND THEY'RE NOT STAYING UNTIL ONE.

OTHER PRODUCING TIMES AND PRODUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD COMPLAINTS WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] OUT THERE.

OK. OK, COUNCIL, WHAT SAY WHAT WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO DO? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE MOVE TO TO APPROVE ACTION, TO DISSOLVE THE NOISE COMMITTEE. OK.

IS THERE A SECOND? MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO SECOND.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM TERRY LYNCH AND A SECOND FROM DIANA ABRAHAM TO DISSOLVE THE NOISE COMMITTEE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY? I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DISSOLVING THE NOISE COMMITTEE.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

THE NOISE COMMITTEE IS HEREBY DISSOLVED.

BUT AS NOTED BY MR. OLSON, IT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK SHOULD THERE BE A REASON TO DO SO.

OK. ITEM NUMBER SIX.

[6. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 809, ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHCILES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TRANSPORTATION CODE, SECTION 545.356 UPON FARM-TO-MARKET (FM) HIGHWAY NO. 2514 OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE INCORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.]

WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THE INCORPORATED LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS, AS SET FORTH IN THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.

OKAY, IN YOUR PACKAGE, Y'ALL FOUND THE INFORMATION.

MAYOR COUNCIL. WE HAD THE ORIGINAL EXHIBIT WE SENT OUT DID NOT HAVE EXHIBIT A ON IT, SO WE CHANGED THAT WITHIN THERE AND WE EMAILED THAT TO YOU ALL JUST FOR A CLARIFICATION POINT.

BASICALLY, WHAT THEY ONCE TXDOT DID THE STUDY FOR BASICALLY PARKER ROAD FROM HOPE TO COUNTRY CLUB, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AVERAGE SPEED SHOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED AT FIFTY FIVE. BASICALLY, THE WAY THEY DETERMINE THAT IS THEY DO A 30-DAY PERIOD WHERE TECHNICALLY YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RUN TRAFFIC RADAR OR ANYTHING DOWN THAT LINE, AND THE NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC WILL DICTATE THE SPEED LIMITS THAT WILL NEED TO BE WITHIN THERE.

WITHIN THAT STUDY, WITHIN THE CITY OF PARKER CITY LIMITS, IT IS DETERMINED THAT BETWEEN HOGG AND TECHNICALLY WE GO UP TO [INAUDIBLE] SHOULD BE 55 MILES AN HOUR WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES, SO IT WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE], PARKER, AND LUCAS THAT WOULD BE WITH ALL WITHIN THAT 55 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT.

AND LUKE WAS AT 40 BEFORE, OR? I THINK IT WAS 45 BEFORE.

AND THEN ONCE YOU GET PAST HOGG HEADING WESTBOUND, IT'LL TURN INTO FORTY FIVE AND SAME WAY, ONCE YOU CROSS HOGG, IT'LL TURN INTO FIFTY FIVE WITHIN THAT.

BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION ON PARKER ROAD, THOUGH, IT WAS 55 WHEN IT WAS TWO LANES.

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OK. [INAUDIBLE] IT WAS FORTY FIVE IN PARKER THEN, IT WENT UP TO 55.

ON THAT SECTION THERE? ON THAT SECTION. OK. SO THEY ARE KEEPING IT AT THE SAME SPEED LIMIT THEN.

SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEFS.

HAVE WE HAD AN INCREASE OR ANY SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAJOR ACCIDENTS IN THAT AREA WITH SO THAT WE'VE HAD TO RESPOND TO LIKE ANY FATALITY ACCIDENTS OR SERIOUS INJURY ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING? I'M JUST CONCERNED IF THE SPEED LIMIT IS INCREASED, AND DO YOU GUYS FORESEE ANY SORT OF PROPENSITY FOR MORE ACCIDENTS THERE? OK. NO WE HAVEN'T. WE DID HAVE ONE [INAUDIBLE] THAT WAS NOT IN PARKER THAT WE RESPONDED TO ACROSS THE STREET FROM [INAUDIBLE] GIRL PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE CAR, DRIVING [INAUDIBLE]. BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE CAR [INAUDIBLE] PARKER ROAD WAS.MIC] ABLE TO ANY KIND OF ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE BECAUSE TXDOT REQUESTED THAT IT NOT BE ENFORCED UNTIL THIS GETS DONE.

BUT NO COMPLAINTS, AND IT'S NOT OVER THIRTY [INAUDIBLE].

DOES THIS CAUSE YOUR DEPARTMENT ANY PROBLEMS? NO. OK.

FOR PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION THE STUDY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE EXHIBIT A TO THE ORDINANCE, WAS INCLUDED IN THE FACT THAT IT JUST WASN'T LABELED EXHIBIT A? CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT.

YES, SIR. THE INFORMATION WAS THERE JUST WASN'T SPECIFICALLY LABELED EXHIBIT A.

AND I APOLOGIZE ON THAT.

NO, THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT ADDING.

NO. THE INFORMATION IS ON THE PACKET ORDINANCE.

OK.

YEAH. YEAH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY, THE INFORMATION IS IN THE PACKET, BUT THOSE THINGS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO READ.

SO I APPRECIATE LUKE EXPLAINING TO ME AT LEAST AND, YOU KNOW, HELP ME IN TALKING TO OTHERS. AND I BELIEVE PATTI ADDED THE ONE THAT I CORRECTED, I HIGHLIGHTED, IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE, YOU CAN ANYONE WATCHING AT HOME, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS OF WHERE THEY DETERMINE THE SPEED LIMITS AND THOSE THOSE MARKER POSTS FOR THAT.

OK.

ANY FURTHER COMMENT? IF NOT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.

MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BASED ON THE STUDIES AND BASED ON THE TRANSPORTATION CODE SECTION 545-356 THAT WE APPROVE THE UPDATES OF HIGHWAY NUMBER 2514 ON THE PARTS THAT ARE DOCUMENTED WITHIN THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS AND INCORPORATING IT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARKER, WITH THE PROVISION THAT THE PENALTY FOR THE FINE IS NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THE AUGMENTATION THAT THE DELINEATION OF THE SECTION A IS WITHIN THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON THERE.

OK. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING THAT WE PASS ORDINANCE NUMBER 809? CORRECT. OKAY. 809 CORRECT.

OK. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT, MAYOR.

OK. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REED AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 809.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO.

ONE QUESTION WILL TXDOT PUT UP THE SIGNS OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. THEY'RE JUST BAGGED.

THEY'RE ALREADY UP.

[LAUGHTER] THEY HAVE FAITH.

YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

YEAH. HEFTY TRASH BAG WILL BE COMING DOWN [LAUGHTER] WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

OK. OK.

NEXT CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION.

AND [INAUDIBLE] OH, I'M SORRY.

CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION AND APPOINTMENT OF A FULL TIME CITY ATTORNEY AND CONSIDERATION

[7. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND APPOINTMENT OF A FULL TIME CITY ATTORNEY AND CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 810 APPOINTING LARENCE M. (TREY) LANSFORD III, ESQ. AS CITY ATTORNEY.]

APPOINTING LAWRENCE M.

TREY LANSFORD ESQUIRE AS CITY ATTORNEY.

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AND WOULD ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MR. LANSFORD? OK.

JUST.

MAYBE I'LL ASK ONE QUESTION JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE IS MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR BACKGROUND.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

I'M TREY LANSFORD, BORN AND RAISED IN RICHARDSON, SO I'M A LOCAL BOY, WENT TO HOUSTON BAPTIST FOR MY UNDERGRAD AND BAYLOR FOR MY LAW SCHOOL.

I'VE BEEN PRACTICING SINCE 08.

I DID A LOT OF STINT IN PRIVATE PRACTICE UP IN AMARILLO AND THEN IN HOUSTON AND FORT WORTH. AND I'VE BEEN DOING MUNICIPAL LAW FOR OVER FIVE YEARS NOW WITH THE CITY OF DENTON.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKING WITH PARKER AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AHEAD OF US.

JUST FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MA'AM. YOU ARE A LICENSED ATTORNEY IN THE CITY OF TEXAS.

I AM A LICENSED ATTORNEY IN THE STATE.

THANK YOU. IN GOOD STANDING? IN GOOD STANDING. OK.

WOW. I HAVE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING MY CLE, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

OK, JUST CHECKING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. LANSFORD AT THIS TIME? OK. YES, SIR. AT THIS TIME, THEN IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WOULD TAKE A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 810 APPOINTING LORD LAWRENCE M OR TREY LANSFORD III ESQUIRE CITY ATTORNEY OF PARKER.

OK. IS THERE A SECOND? MADAM MAYOR, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ABRAHAM AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER REED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO.

810 APPOINTING MR. LANSFORD AS A CITY ATTORNEY OF THE CITY OF PARKER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD, MR. [INAUDIBLE]? IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I THINK TREY IS AN OUTSTANDING ATTORNEY AND THEN SO THE RECORD IS BETTER FOR THOSE WATCHING. THE ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT JANUARY 17, 2022.

SO MONDAY COMING UP WILL BE WE'LL BE TREY'S FIRST DAY.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME GOOD QUESTIONS FOR HIM.

[LAUGHTER] WELCOME TO PARKER.

OK. ANY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OK, THEN I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 810, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANYONE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WELCOME. THANK YOU.

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

[ROUTINE ITEMS]

ACCEPTANCE OF FOOD DONATIONS FOR THE POLICE, FIRE AND CITY STAFF.

FOR THE RECORD, DWAYNE AND KIM HINSHAW DONATED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

[INAUDIBLE] DONATED PEANUT BRITTLE, ESTIMATED AT TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BOBBY AND MICHELLE VARNER DONATED CANDY ESTIMATED AT FIFTEEN DOLLARS TO THE ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC WORKS.

BOBBY AND MICHELLE VARNER DONATED PATIOS TOFFEE ESTIMATED VALUE SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DAVID AND STEPHANIE [INAUDIBLE] DONATED A COOKIE TRAY VALUED AT TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BILL JOHNSON DONATED A GIFT BASKET CONTAINING VARIOUS FOODS WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $100. SARAH, KIM, LAYLA AND HANNAH SOLOMAN DONATED A CAKE ESTIMATED VALUE AT $15. THE PATTERSON'S DONATED HOMEMADE COOKIES, ESTIMATED AT FIFTEEN DOLLARS, AND MARY ELLEN [INAUDIBLE] DONATED SNACKS WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF SIXTY DOLLARS.

WE THANK PEOPLE FOR DOING THIS.

WE ARE VERY HONORED WITH OUR GENEROUS RESIDENTS.

THEY'RE JUST AWESOME.

HOW WAS THE TOFFEE? I GOT TO ASK.

[LAUGHTER]

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OOH, SO NOW WE NEED A GYM FOR OUR FOR OUR FOLKS, OK? NEXT IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

[9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

NOW I HAVE A QUESTION, AND SCOTT HASN'T TOLD ME I COULD REALLY ASK THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT ANYWAY.

DID THAT SCARE YOU? IF WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK, IF WE GO FORWARD WITH IT, THERE IS ONE ITEM WHICH IS THE RULES OF THE [INAUDIBLE] ON IT.

I AM LEANING TOWARDS CANCELING THAT MEETING.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF ANY REASON WHY THIS MEETING SHOULD GO FORWARD? IS ANYBODY AGAINST CANCELING IT? OK.

THE MEETING OF JANUARY 18TH 2022 IS HEREBY CANCELED.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WE WILL RECESS TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN A GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE . B GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0711, CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING THE PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION.

C GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0712, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE DISCIPLINARY RULES OF THE UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF THE PROFESSIONAL CODE OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY, CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

AT THIS TIME, WE ARE IN RECESS.

IT IS 7:28.

I'M NOW RECONVENING THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF PARKER.

IT IS 9:21 P.M.

COUNCIL IS THERE ANY APPROPRIATE DELIBERATION AND OR ACTION ON ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SUBJECTS LISTED ABOVE? NO MADAM MAYOR, NO ACTIONS.

OK? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO BE DETERMINED TONIGHT? OK, THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED.

IT IS 9:22.

YEAH.

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