[00:00:02] WELCOME. I'M CALLING THE PARKER CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 7 PM. [CALL TO ORDER] MR. OLSON, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, MADAM MAYOR, YOU DO. THANK YOU, SIR. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK IF MR. DEBUS WILL LEAD US IN THE AMERICAN PLEDGE AND IF LINDA NELSON WILL LEAD US IN THE TEXAS PLEDGE. THANK YOU. . EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I WILL START WITH RICHARD WILLIAMS. [PUBLIC COMMENTS] MR. WILLIAMS? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RICHARD WILLIAMS. I LIVE AT 5105 ENGLENOOK. THIS PAST SATURDAY, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MAYOR LEE PETTLE FROM HER AOL ACCOUNT, AND AS WE ALL KNOW, SHE USES EXTENSIVELY FOR HER CITY AND PARKER BUSINESS. IT WAS MARKED CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT DISTURB. I HAVE COPIES FOR EACH OF YOU IF YOU DESIRE TO SEE IT, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU ALREADY HAVE. IT WAS ADDRESSED TO CANDIDATE EDWIN SMITH. IN THIS EMAIL YOU SEE OVER 30 PARKER RESIDENTS LISTED WITH COMMENTARY BESIDE EACH NAME. THE COMMENTS ON PARKER RESIDENTS INCLUDED WHAT PEOPLE DID, RESIDENT SPOUSES, WHAT PARTY THEY ARE MEMBERS OF, HOW LONG PEOPLE LIVED HERE, ACCUSATIONS OF WHO FINANCES PEOPLE, WHO IS WHOSE FRIEND, AND THE MOST EGREGIOUS THING TO ME IS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND THEIR MEDICAL ISSUES, WHICH COULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE HIPAA ACT. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS INCLUDED, SINCE HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IMPARTIAL IN ALL THIS MATTERS AND SHOULD NOT BE POLITICIZED. THIS IS NOT A REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT OR INDEPENDENT ISSUE. THIS IS A PRIVACY ISSUE. I FIND THIS ACT OF SHARING RESIDENTS OF PARKER'S PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH A SPECIFIC CANDIDATE BY THE [INAUDIBLE] REPREHENSIBLE, ESPECIALLY AFTER SHE HAD REASSURED COUNCIL MEMBERS LYNCH AND SLAUGHTER, AS WELL AS MANY IN THE COMMUNITY SHE WAS TAKING NO SIDES. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THIS IS NOT THE CASE. SHE LIED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE VIOLATED THE TRUST OF THE CITIZENS OF PARKER. MAYOR, YOU HAD NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY TO SHARE MINE OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION WITH CANDIDATE SMITH. AND MR. SMITH, HE'S NOT HERE, HE DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHARE MY INFORMATION EITHER. AND IF HE DOES, I WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION. WHAT IS MOST DISTURBING TO ME IS THE SHARING OF MINORS AND THEIR MEDICAL CONDITIONS TO MR. SMITH. YOU HAVE NO, ABSOLUTELY, NO RIGHT TO DO THAT. I'M CONCERNED THAT ANY INFORMATION I HAVE REQUESTED IN MY FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT WILL BE DELETED, AND OUTSIDE OF SUBPOENA FROM A DA OR THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO THOSE AOL RECORDS WILL BE LOST. THE COUNCIL SHOULD FORCE THE MAYOR, AT MINIMUM, TO USE THE PARKER EMAILS AND SERVERS SO THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OF ALL THAT INFORMATION ON OUR SERVERS INSTEAD OF HER AND AOL AND HER ABILITY TO DELETE FILES WITHOUT THE CITY'S KNOWLEDGE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DA'S OFFICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IN THIS MATTER AND HAVE BEGUN TURNING OVER DOCUMENTS TO THEM FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE MAYOR'S ACTIVITIES AND POSSIBLE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. I REQUESTED A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION WITH MR. SMITH, AND WHEN I RECEIVED THOSE, I WILL SHARE THEM WITH THE COUNCIL, THE DA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE RESIDENTS OF PARKER. WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW IF THE MAYOR SYSTEMATICALLY TARGETING CITIZENS AND SHARING UNAUTHORIZED, PRIVATE AND PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES AND OTHER POSSIBLE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. WHAT OTHER LIST DO YOU KEEPING ON THE PARKER CITIZENS MAYOR? WHAT OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? YOU SPEAK OF TRANSPARENCY. THIS IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT. MAYOR PETTLE, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN APOLOGIES AT THIS POINT. THE DAMAGE IS DONE. BESIDES, I CANNOT TRUST WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M CALLING FOR YOU TO RESIGN AS MAYOR IMMEDIATELY AND WITHDRAW FROM THE MAYOR'S RACE. YOU'VE BROKEN THE PUBLIC'S TRUST. YOU HAVE OUTRIGHT LIED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, HAVE LIED TO THE CITIZENS, AND AS MAYOR, YOU SHOULD BE REPRESENTING ALL PARKER CITIZENS. THIS EMAIL CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND YOUR ACTIONS ARE A REFLECTION ON YOU AND THE CITY OF PARKER. THIS SQUARELY IS ON YOUR SHOULDERS. IF YOU LOVE PARKER, YOU WILL RESIGN AND ALLOW THE CITY TO BEGIN RESTORING THE CITY'S REPUTATION AND TRUST. IT WILL BE YOUR CHOICE IF THIS GETS WORSE OR WE BEGIN TO HEAL FROM THIS VIOLATION OF OUR TRUST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. STEPHEN BROOKS. HONORABLE MAYOR AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M NOT HERE ON THIS ITEM. I'M HERE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS KINGS CROSSING, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. WE'VE GOT 15 HOMEOWNERS THAT WANT TO GET STARTED. [00:05:04] SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT FOR MORE THAN 400 DAYS. IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WE'VE SUFFERED THROUGH COVID DELAYS, CONSTRUCTION DELAYS, LACK OF MATERIALS, LACK OF TRADES. IT'S--. I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS A REPRESENTATION TO MR. SALLMAN AND THE CITY STAFF HERE, THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. MR. SALLMAN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR OVER 35 YEARS, LITERALLY ON HUNDREDS OF LOTS, AND I WANT TO SAY HE'S A MAN OF TOTAL INTEGRITY. HE'S REPRESENTED HIMSELF HERE AT THE COUNCIL MANY TIMES. HE DOES WHAT HE SAYS IS GOING TO DO OR I WOULDN'T BE DOING BUSINESS WITH HIM FOR 35 YEARS. WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE HERE AND BUILDING HERE WHITE STONE. AND FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN HERE AND VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT 15 FUTURE HOMEOWNERS. WE WOULD LOVE TO GET STARTED. I THINK ALL TEN ITEMS ARE DONE. I THINK A COUPLE OF ITEMS REMAIN WOULD BE THE BEAVERS, WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. BUT WE HAVE A, I THINK, A BEAVER TRAPPER OR SOMETHING GOING ON TO [LAUGHTER] HELP TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO WE GRACEFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND HELP US GET MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS. GREAT CITY OF PARKER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. THANK YOU, SIR. LYNETTE AMMAR. GOOD EVENING. LYNETTE AMMAR 6903 AUDUBON DRIVE. MADAME MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. OLSEN, ATTORNEY LANSFORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. LAST SATURDAY, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MAYOR PETTLE. BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THE EMAIL, I BELIEVE THAT THE MAYOR DIDN'T INTEND TO SEND ME THE EMAIL. I'M CONFIDENT THAT SHE DID INTEND TO PROVIDE A BATCH OF EMAIL ADDRESSES TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT SHE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH. THE EMAIL WAS SENT TO E. SMITH AND WAS CC'D TO 30 ADDITIONAL EMAILS. SHE STATED IN THE EMAIL THAT QUOTE, I DID NOT EDIT THE NAMES, SO YOU MAY WANT TO REMOVE SOME LIKE TERRY LYNCH UNQUOTE. IN ORDER FOR MR. SMITH TO KNOW WHO EACH EMAIL BELONGED TO, THE MAYOR PROVIDED THE NAME ASSOCIATED WITH EACH EMAIL AS WELL AS SOME DESCRIPTORS. MANY DESCRIPTORS, INCLUDING THE ONE USED TO IDENTIFY ME, INCLUDED WHETHER OR NOT THE INDIVIDUAL IS FRIENDS WITH JIM AND TERRY AND IF THEY'RE ACTIVE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO STATE PUBLICLY THAT I DO NOT AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF PARKER OR ITS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SHARE MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT. I FIND IT UNETHICAL FOR THE MAYOR TO HAVE UTILIZED THE DATA PROVIDED TO HER IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR FOR HER OWN POLITICAL PURPOSES. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAYOR MAY HAVE HER OWN OPINION REGARDING WHO SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON THE COUNCIL, BUT I FIND THE UTILIZATION OF THE STATE--. EXCUSE ME, OF THIS DATA AN EGREGIOUS MISUSE. I BELIEVE THAT THE MAYOR AGREES THAT IT IS WRONG TO HAVE DONE DUE TO THE TITLE THAT SHE GAVE THIS EMAIL, WHICH WAS, QUOTE, EMAILS CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE. UNQUOTE. WHILE WE'RE ALL GUILTY OF HAVING MOMENTS WHERE WE UTILIZE POOR JUDGMENT, ACCEPTING THE LEADERSHIP POSITION OF MAYOR, REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE CITY, HOLDS ONE TO A HIGHER STANDARD WHERE INTEGRITY IS CONCERNED. ADDITIONALLY, I NOW HAVE CONCERNS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE MAYOR IS CAPABLE OF LEADING THE COUNCIL IN GOOD FAITH TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF PARKER GIVEN THE DIVISIVE NATURE OF THE DESCRIPTIONS THAT WERE USED IN THIS EMAIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. SUSAN MEDRANO. HI. I'M ACTUALLY A FUTURE RESIDENT OF PARKER AT 4406 DOVER DRIVE IN KINGS CROSSING, PHASE THREE, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WANT--. IN THE EVENT THAT KINGS CROSSING IS NOT 100% THE WAY THAT YOU WANT IT, I WANT THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A FACE TO GO WITH THE HOMEOWNERS THAT MR. BROOKS WAS REFERENCING AND FOR YOU TO HAVE A FRAME OF REFERENCE. WE SIGNED OUR CONTRACT ON APRIL THE 11TH OF 2021, AND IF WE WOULD HAVE CLOSED ON THIS HOUSE AT THE TIME AT WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE WITHOUT THE DELAYS, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT AN INTEREST RATE WITH A TWO HANDLE. WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT AN INTEREST RATE OF OVER 4%, WHICH IS SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DIFFERENCE IN THE COST OF THIS HOME TO US, AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT FRAME OF REFERENCE AS YOU DEBATE OR WHATEVER. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY, BUT I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT FRAME OF REFERENCE. WE'RE THE PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED BY ALL THE [00:10:05] DELAYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOHN KERR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN KERR. 6308 WARWICK. SO I'M IN PHASE THREE OF KINGS CROSSING, BUT WE MOVED HERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO FROM CONNECTICUT. WE LOVE IT. IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY. WE LOVE LIVING IN TEXAS. SO FOR PERSPECTIVE, I'VE LIVED IN 11 DIFFERENT STATES IN MY LIFE. I CAN STILL REMEMBER WHAT OTHER STATES LOOK LIKE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN IN TEXAS A LONG TIME, IT REALLY IS BETTER. [LAUGHTER] SO WE LOVE TEXAS AND WE REALLY LIKE PARKER. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME--. I'M GOING TO BE CRITICAL, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE IT AS CRITICISM. I THINK THERE'S THREE THINGS I'M INTERESTED AND I WANT TO HELP WORK ON. SO THE FIRST ONE IS LEWIS LANE, RIGHT? SO LEWIS LANE IS A HAZARD. I HAVE TO TAKE IT EVERY DAY TO WORK, AND I DRIVE A TRUCK AND I STILL HAVE TO DODGE POTHOLES. OKAY? I'VE SPOKEN TO THE TOWN OF PARKER. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE TOWN OF LUCAS, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE COLLIN OF COUNTY WHO ALL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY ALONG THAT ROAD. AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON I'VE TALKED TO HAS SAID THIS PROBLEM IS TOO HARD TO SOLVE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ASK A QUESTION IN THIS FORUM OR NOT AND GET AN ANSWER. BUT I AM GENUINELY CONCERNED--. OR NOT. [INAUDIBLE] GENERALLY INTERESTED IN WHO, THAT WORKS AT THE CITY OF PARKER, CAN I WORK WITH TO HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO TOUCH IT. I DON'T KNOW. IS THIS AN INAPPROPRIATE FORUM TO GET A RESPONSE FROM? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FINE. HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP HOWEVER I CAN. THE SECOND THING IS, MR. BROOKS, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID. I'D LOVE TO SPEAK WITH YOU LATER. IS HE STILL HERE? AND YOU'RE FROM GRAND HOMES? SO THERE'S ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN STRUCTURAL DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN PHASE THREE. MY PARENTS WERE VISITING THIS LAST WEEK, AND THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO DESCRIBE WHAT WALKING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS LIKE IS EMBARRASSING. SO THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPED THE LOTS, GRAND AND SHADDOCK BUILT THE HOUSES, THE TOWN SIGNED OFF ON IT, AND THERE ARE STRUCTURAL DRAINAGE ISSUES. I'M HAPPY TO WALK IT WHENEVER YOU LIKE TO. OKAY. IT'S OUR PROBLEM NOW AS HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S BEEN SIGNED OFF. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWN HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY. I'VE WORKED WITH GRAND, I'VE WORKED WITH SHADDOCK. AGAIN, NOBODY WANTS TO TOUCH IT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO I CAN WORK WITH AT THE CITY TO HELP COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. IT'S CONCERNING, AND I HAVE A LOT OF EMPATHY FOR THE HOMEOWNER WHO'S AFFECTED BY INTEREST RATES. I'D LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO BUILD FAST AS LONG AS THEIR COMMITMENT TO GO BACK AND FIX WHAT'S NOT RIGHT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR ROADS. SO I AM NOT AN EXPERT, BUT I HAVE EXPERIENCE. I WORKED FOR A COMPANY CALLED CRH FOR TEN YEARS. I'VE ACTUALLY DONE ROAD CONSTRUCTION FOR BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CONTRACTS. THE COMPANY I WORK FOR IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF AGGREGATES IN THE UNITED STATES, THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF ROAD PAVING ASPHALT IN THE UNITED STATES, THE SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER OF READY MIX CONCRETE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE LARGEST ROAD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES. SO I WAS INVOLVED IN STATE AND FEDERAL PROJECTS. WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE WHAT WE REFER TO AS DIKE ROADS, RIGHT? YOU PUSH UP DIRT ON BOTH SIDES, COME BACK THE TOP, AND THAT BECOMES YOUR ROAD BASE. EVEN IN AREAS THAT HAVE GOOD SOIL COMPOSITION, WE WOULDN'T GET PAID ON A CONTRACT UNTIL THERE WAS A DRAINAGE TEST DONE IN THE CULVERTS. OUR SOIL COMPOSITION IS CLAY, WHICH RETAINS WATER AND COMPACTS UNDER PRESSURE. YOU LOOK AT COMMUNITIES LIKE PROSPER AND FRISCO AND THEY BUILD EVERYTHING IN CONCRETE. IT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE REQUIRED TO PUT IN STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE ON THE ROADS, BUT WE KEEP PUTTING ASPHALT DOWN ON OUR MAIN ROADS. SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO TO WORK WITH. AND THEN MY FINAL COMMENT AND I APPRECIATE IT, I'M GOING LONG. SORRY. CAN YOU SUBMIT YOUR FINAL COMMENT IN WRITING BECAUSE YOUR TIME IS UP? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. PATRICIA HARRISON. DRIVE, AND I WANT TO TALK TO Y'ALL IN REGARD TO THE EMAIL THE MAYOR HAS SENT. I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT YOU'RE USING YOUR OFFICE, YOUR CITY CONTACTS AND RESOURCES FOR PERSONAL USE AND PASSING IT ON TO ONE OF THE THREE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS WRONG, UNETHICAL AND HAS LEGAL ISSUES. YOU KNOW THAT IT'S EVIDENT IN YOUR EMAIL AND THE SUBJECT LINE CONFIDENTIAL DO NOT DISPUTE ALSO DO NOT GIVE OUT. SO YOU KNOW IT WAS WRONG THAT YOU SENT THAT WHEN YOU STARTED THE EMAIL YOU HAVE COMPROMISED THE CITY OF PARKER WITH LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES, ALONG WITH THE RIGHTS OF THE RESIDENTS AND EVEN THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THE CITY. YOU LISTED INDIVIDUALS NAMES. YOU PROVIDED THE PERSONAL EMAILS WITHOUT PERMISSION. [00:15:01] YOU HAD PERSONAL COMMENTS, INCLUDING HEALTH INFORMATION OF RESIDENTS, WHICH IS A HIPAA VIOLATION FOR SURE. YOU ALSO INCLUDED NAMES OF A CITY EMPLOYEE, WHICH IS WRONG. AS A MAYOR, YOU USED WORDS OUR PERSON, OUR EMPLOYEE, THEIR TEAM, THEY'RE A FAN. YOU'RE JUST DIVIDING THE CITY. THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD ISSUES EVER SINCE YOU'VE BEEN MAYOR. YOU'RE DIVIDING THE CITY, WHICH IS JUST SO WRONG. TWO YEARS AGO, A SIMILAR THING WAS BROUGHT UP TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE CANDIDATES. YOU DENIED IT. YOU ALSO SAID THAT YOU WOULD NEVER ENDORSE ANY OF THE CANDIDATES, THAT YOU WERE GOING TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT WHERE YOU WOULD ENDORSE ONE OVER ANOTHER. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S TRUE THEN OR NOW BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU GAVE INFORMATION TO ONE OF THE CANDIDATES, NOT ALL THREE. I TRULY BELIEVE THERE'S MORE THAN ONE EMAIL AND MORE THAN ONE ISSUE HERE. THAT IS A BIG CONCERN FOR THE CITY OF PARKER, FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO EVEN THE EMPLOYEES. SO THE QUESTION IS NOW, HOW DO WE BELIEVE YOU AND HOW DO WE EVER TRUST YOU AGAIN? THANK YOU, ELVIS NELSON. [LAUGHTER] TAKE YOUR TIME. WE'RE JUST GLAD TO SEE YOU. SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED AN ACCOMMODATION ISSUE. ? IT IS? [INAUDIBLE]. IT'S COMING ON. JUST WARMING UP. WARMING UP. THANK YOU. IF I WERE TO STAND, [INAUDIBLE] LOST ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE, I COULDN'T TALK AT ALL. ELVIS NELSON, 5802 CORINTH CHAPEL ROAD. ALLEN--. WELL, PARKER. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS. I LOVE IT. WELL, I DID LOVE IT UNTIL JANUARY THE 12TH, WHICH IS WHEN I CAUGHT COVID. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR LIKE 30 DAYS AND I'M BARELY FUNCTIONAL NOW. LET ME SEE. OKAY, I COVERED THAT. I'M STARTING TO HYPERVENTILATE. FIRST OF ALL, AM I HOLDING THE MIC RIGHT? BY THE 23RD OF JANUARY, I COULDN'T WALK, I COULDN'T BREATHE, AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY--. IF I COULD SPEAK CORRECTLY. APPRECIATION FOR THE PARKER FIRE DEPARTMENT. [INAUDIBLE], SCOOPED ME UP, THREW ME ON A STRETCHER, GAVE ME SOME OXYGEN, AND OFF WE WENT TO-- NOT A GOOD HOSPITAL. TURNED OUT. AND SO THAT STARTED MY TREATMENT. AND I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY AVOID IT. I TAKE IT MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY NOW THAN I DID BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN I WENT TO HOME DEPOT EVERY DAY WITHOUT A MASK. AS I CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM LONG TERM COVID PNEUMONIA, I OFTEN REFLECT ON MY FATHER. YOU KNOW, MY DAD WAS A COUNTRY BOY. HE QUIT SCHOOL IN THE THIRD GRADE BECAUSE HE JUST DIDN'T SEE THE POINT AND [INAUDIBLE] LEARNING ANYTHING ELSE. HE KNEW HOW TO FARM AND THAT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH. OF COURSE, HIS SON HAS THREE DEGREES, INCLUDING ONE FROM HARVARD. SO IN SOME WAYS WE'RE QUITE OPPOSITE, BUT THE THING I HONORED ABOUT HIM IS HIS HONESTY. A MAN OF HIS WORD, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A CONTRACT WAS, IF HE GAVE YOU HIS HAND, THAT WAS IT . GAVE YOU HIS WORD. SO HE WAS A MAN OF INTEGRITY, AND THERE'S--. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT PUBLIC DOESN'T TRUST POLITICIANS. RIGHT? POLITICIANS JUST HAVE A BAD REP. THEY JUST SAY ONE THING ON ONE AVENUE AND IT'S SOMETHING ELSE IN ANOTHER. THEY MAKE STATEMENTS OF FACT THAT HAVE NO SUPPORT WHATSOEVER. [00:20:04] WE LEARNED THAT FROM THIS PRESIDENT, THAT'S FOR SURE. SO WHETHER THE TOPIC IS MUNICIPAL OR CAMPAIGN ELECTIONS OF CANDIDATES, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S NON-NEGOTIABLE EXPECTATION OF CITY AND LEADERSHIP THAT THEY'D ACT WITH INTEGRITY IN ALL THEIR DEALINGS AND IN THE STANDARD IS SIMPLY NOT WHAT THE LAW MIGHT ALLOW. ACTING WITH INTEGRITY INCLUDES HOLDING THE SAME POINT OF VIEW IN PUBLIC AS IT DOES IN PRIVATE. AND IT ISN'T JUST THIS LAST EMAIL THAT'S SO CONTROVERSIAL. I DON'T THINK THE WHOLE--. ARE WE GOING TWO YEARS ON THIS CITY MUNICIPAL BUILDING? THAT HONESTY IS BEING APPLIED. PEOPLE ARE MAKING STATEMENTS THAT HAVE NO SUPPORT JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR POINT OF VIEW. AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] A BUNCH OF HONEST CITIZENS WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE KIND OF--. WELL, EVERYBODY CLAIMS THEY LISTEN TO EVERYBODY, BUT AGAIN, IT'S POLITICIANS. THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T CHANGE THEIR MIND. SORRY, YOUR 3 MINUTES ARE UP. I KNOW THAT. [LAUGHTER]. [INAUDIBLE] CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, FOR WATCHING YOUR WATCH. HOW LONG WAS YOUR EMAIL? MORE THAN 3 MINUTES, I THINK. I ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE RECENT ACTIONS BY THE MAYOR AND DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST FOR THE CITY. I ASK MY COMMENTS, BE READ INTO THE MINUTES, AND SOMEHOW I MANAGED FOR FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DONNA REED. GOOD EVENING. DONNA REED, 4703 BOULDER DRIVE. I WAS ONE OF THE 33 INADVERTENTLY COPIED ON THE EMAIL FROM THE MAYOR TO EDWIN SMITH. THIS IS MY BUSINESS EMAIL GIVEN TO THE MAYOR TO RECEIVE UNOFFICIAL COUNCIL MINUTES SINCE I FREQUENTLY TRAVEL, AND FOR THAT PURPOSE ONLY, I DID NOT GIVE MY PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE IT FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. WHAT IS OF CONCERN ARE THE COMMENTS BY EACH NAME, INCLUDING MEDICAL AND POLITICAL OPINIONS. I FOUND THIS TO BE HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE. 33 NAMES ARE IMMATERIAL TO A CAMPAIGN, IT SEEMS, AS A PARTIAL LIST FROM A DATABASE WITH SIMILAR COMMENTARY. AGAIN, I FEEL IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE USE OF EMAILS OBTAINED FOR CITY BUSINESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JEFF HARRISON. JEFF HARRISON 4400 PECAN ORCHARD DRIVE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF PARKER FOR 23 YEARS AND I CAN ALWAYS SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE SADDEST TIMES I THINK I'VE SEEN IN MY 23 YEARS HERE. THE EMAIL WAS A DESPICABLE BREACH OF TRUST THAT YOU PUT ON A LOT OF PEOPLE. THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE OR PURSUANT TO YOUR POSITION AS MAYOR, AND YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO BE DISCLOSING MOST OF THAT INFORMATION IN THAT EMAIL. YOU WERE CAUGHT RED HANDED. YOU HAD NO RIGHT AT ALL TO DISCLOSE THE PRIVATE HEALTH INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT'S A HIPAA VIOLATION. IT WAS A CARELESS DISCLOSURE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. IT WAS UNAUTHORIZED, UNETHICAL AND ILLEGAL. YOU'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE CITY OF PARKER RIGHT NOW, AND THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME EVER TRUSTING YOU WITH ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION EVER AGAIN. FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO RESIGN. WE REQUEST THAT YOU RESIGN AND LET THIS CITY MOVE ON AND PUT THIS BEHIND US SO WE CAN AVOID FURTHER EMBARRASSMENT AND FURTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OVER THIS MESS THAT YOU'VE CREATED. SO THAT'S WHAT WE REQUEST. THANK YOU, SIR. SKIP CAVE. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL, MY NAME'S SKIP CAVE, 4407 SPRINGHILL ESTATES DRIVE, PARKER. [00:25:08] ON SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH, I RECEIVED THE EMAIL FROM OUR MAYOR. THE EMAIL WAS ADDRESSED TO ED SMITH AND IT WAS COPIED TO ME AS WELL AS 30 SOME OTHER PERSONAL EMAILS ADDRESSES WHICH PRIMARILY LOOK LIKE PARKER RESIDENTS. ALL THE COPY EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE VISIBLE TO ALL RECIPIENTS. I HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED A LIST OF PARKER EMAILS AND WAS TOLD THAT THOSE LISTS WERE PRIVATE AND COULD NOT BE RELEASED. THE EMAIL ALSO CONTAINED WHAT LOOKED LIKE PRIVATE, MEDICAL AND OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COPIED, WHICH IS LIKELY A HIPAA VIOLATION. CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW IF OTHER SIMILAR EMAILS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT, WHICH MAY ALSO CONTAIN EMAIL ADDRESSES AND OTHER POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION. THOSE EMAILS SHOULD BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY. I BELIEVE THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS INFORMATION WAS WRONG AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RELEASED. RELEASING THIS INFORMATION TO SPECIFIC CANDIDATES INDICATES POLITICAL BIAS ON THE PART OF THE MAYOR WHO SHOULD NOT BE SHARING ANY PROPRIETARY CITY INFORMATION TO ANYONE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. CAVE. JIM DOUGLAS. GOOD EVENING, JIM DOUGLAS, 5005 HACKBERRY LANE. BEEN A CITIZEN OF PARKER FOR 43 YEARS. THIS MESS REMINDS ME OF WHEN WE USED TO MEET IN THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET, AND I HAVE FISTFIGHTS IN THERE. WE SHOULD NOT GO BACK TO THAT. WE HAVE PROGRESSED PAST THAT. BUT LEE, YOU'RE BRINGING US BACK TO THAT. YOU'VE DESTROYED THE TRUST THAT WAS PLACED WITH YOU. PROVIDED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO A PRIVATE CITIZEN, NOT TO ANOTHER COUNCIL PERSON. TO A PRIVATE CITIZEN. BY YOUR OWN WORDS, YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL. SO YOU CAN'T SAY YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT, YOU KNEW IT. AND WITH THIS LACK OF JUDGMENT, HOW CAN WE EVER, EVER TRUST YOU TO SPEND MONEY ON A NEW CITY HALL JUST SO YOU CAN PUT YOUR DAMN NAME ON IT? THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WE'VE GOT A $5 MILLION PUMP STATION SITTING HERE THAT'S NOT OPERATIVE BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GO AND NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. WE'RE PAYING INTEREST ON THAT, AND WE'RE SITTING HERE EMPTY. THAT'S THE WAY THE CITY HALL IS GOING TO BE. YOU NEED TO STEP ASIDE. IF YOU WANT TO SERVE THIS TERM, THAT'S FINE. WITHDRAW FROM THE REELECTION BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED THIS KIND OF MESS ANYMORE HERE. THANK YOU, SIR. ED STANDRIDGE. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE. ED STANDRIDGE, 3607 HOGGE DRIVE PARKER, TEXAS 75002-6733. IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR MANY OF THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SPOKE TONIGHT ABOUT A MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE BY MAYOR PETTLE. MISTAKES CAN BE MADE AND SOME ARE WORSE THAN OTHERS, BUT A MISTAKE WAS MADE. WHAT I WOULD--. WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WHENEVER SOMETHING HAPPENS AND A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN JUMP ON IT, THEY ALWAYS WANT TO START TELLING HOW BAD EVERYTHING IS AND GET TOGETHER AND CREATE A PROBLEM. I WONDER WHY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SAME PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD AND HELP US, THE WHOLE CITY THEY'RE MENTIONING ALL THE CITIZENS, HELP ALL THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE REAL NEEDS FOR THAT THEY COULD HELP WITH RATHER THAN TURN EVERYTHING INTO SOMETHING NEGATIVE. AGAIN, SORRY ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT. IT DIDN'T--. I'M NOT UPSET WITH IT. BUT THEN AGAIN, I'M NOT UPSET WITH A LOT OF THINGS AFTER SPENDING SO MUCH TIME WITH WORKING WITH THE CITY AND ALL OF THE CITIZENS. SO THAT'S MY COMMENT AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOE CORDINA. GOOD EVENING. I'M JOE CORDINA, 4302 BOULDER DRIVE HERE IN PARKER. I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU NOT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IS SOMETHING FAR GREATER THAN THAT, AND THAT IS INTEGRITY. INTEGRITY IS VITALLY IMPORTANT IN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTEGRITY. YOU ARE OUR BEST CITIZENS. THINK OF YOURSELF THAT WAY. IF YOU DON'T THINK OF YOURSELF THAT WAY, THEN YOU'RE APT TO FAIL. [00:30:01] WE DON'T WANT FAILURES, WE WANT SUCCESS, AND WE CAN HAVE SUCCESS. MISTAKES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. BUT WHEN A MISTAKE HAPPENS, IT IS THE MISTAKEE, THAT IS THE PERSON MAKING THE MISTAKE, NEEDS TO COME TO GRIPS WITH IT AND NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT THE RIGHT THING IS BECAUSE IT'S A CONSCIENCE THING. IS THAT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE DECISION THAT YOU MAKE. SO I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT YOU TAKE IT TO HEART. LEE, I KNOW THIS COMES DIRECTLY TO YOU, IT'S IN YOUR LAP, BUT I ALSO KNOW, TOO, THAT INTEGRITY IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PROBABLY MISSPEAK THIS NAME. KRUNAL KAPADIA. THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. [LAUGHTER] PLEASE SAY IT CORRECTLY FOR ME. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KRUNAL KAPADIA. I'M ACTUALLY A RECENT LOT OWNER AT THE RESERVE AT SOUTH RIDGE AND ME AND MY FAMILY ARE LOOKING TO-- PLANNING TO BUILD OUR FUTURE HOME VERY SOON, BUT WE JUST RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO START ON FM 2551, I THINK THE EXTENSION, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S GOING TO BE A 45 MILE PER HOUR ROAD, THREE LANES EACH WAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BACK INTO OUR BACKYARDS. SO ALL I'M REQUESTING IS THAT WE BRING THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION OR ADD IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE I HAVE A THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD KIDS AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE HIT BY A CAR THAT'S GOING TO GO FLY THROUGH IN FROM OUR BACKYARD. LIKE LITERALLY IT'S GOING TO START RIGHT WHERE OUR LOT ENDS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE ACRE LOTS HERE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LIKE A FIVE OR TEN ACRE LOTS. IT'S GOING TO IMPACT A LOT OF RESIDENTS. I KNOW THERE ARE 31 LOTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS, AND PLUS, NOT TO MENTION EXISTING HOME THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT WITH THE WHOLE CONSTRUCTION. AND I UNDERSTAND BASED ON AGAIN FAIRLY NEW WITH THE PARKER ORDINANCE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FENCES THAT CAN BE BUILT HAS TO BE OPEN, BUT JUST THE AMOUNT OF ROAD NOISE THAT'S GOING TO CREATE, AND THAT'S A BIG CONCERN AS WELL IF WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING OUR HOUSE HERE. SO, I MEAN, I LIVE IN SACHSE RIGHT NOW. I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE TO PARKER. LIKE I SAID, WE JUST BOUGHT THE LOT IN DECEMBER AND I JUST COME TO LEARN ABOUT THIS. AND ALL I'M ASKING IS REQUESTING THAT WE BRING THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS APPROVED IN 2006, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A ROAD PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED LIKE OVER 16 YEARS AGO, AND NOW PEOPLE ARE BUILDING HOUSES AROUND HERE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR ROADWAY GOING THROUGH OUR BACKYARD. WE NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THAT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OK. OKAY, WE HAVE SOME ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. MADAM MAYOR, MAY I REQUEST THAT WE GO TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074 AND GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071. COUNSEL? YES, IT'S APPROPRIATE IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO, THEY CAN TAKE A CLOSED SESSION OUT OF ORDER. YES. OKAY. IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL, THEN. YES. GOOD. [EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)] AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS 7:34 PM. AT THIS TIME. WE ARE RECONVENING THE PARKER CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 5TH, 2022. IT IS 8:21. AT THIS TIME WE WILL CHUG ON WITH COMMUNITY INTEREST, OR SHOULD I SAY, IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THE-- PARDON? YOU CAN ASK IF THERE'S ANY ACTION. IS THERE--. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY ACTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MADAM MAYOR. IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WAS DELIBERATED, COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION TO OUTLINE THE FACT THAT ALL CITY BUSINESS MUST BE CONDUCTED BY CITY EMAIL. ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PARKER AND ETC. WHO HAVE A CITY EMAIL MUST UTILIZE THAT FOR ALL CITY COMMUNICATIONS. THAT IS THE ONLY ACTION THAT WE ARE TAKING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS POINT. OKAY. IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT? [00:35:02] OKAY. STAFF, PLEASE DO THAT. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR AGENDA AND GO TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. [ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] FIRST THING IS TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE DO HAVE THE HOME HAZARDOUS WASTE. IF YOU DO HAVE HAZARDOUS WASTE, PLEASE CALL OR GO TO PARKER, TEXAS HOME HAZARDOUS WASTE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS APRIL 7TH FOR THE VOTE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE'S NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 13TH AT 4 PM HERE IN CITY COUNCIL. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED TO MEET ON APRIL 20TH AT 6:00 PM. IS THAT CORRECT, MICHAEL? YES, MADAM MAYOR, THAT MEETING IS STILL A GO. THANK YOU. OKAY, CANDIDATES, NIGHT IS APRIL 21ST AT 7 PM AT VICTORY CHURCH, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AND IT IS AT 7 PM. THEY'LL OPEN THE DOORS AT 645. AND MADAM MAYOR, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WOULD BE HANDLING THAT ONE THIS TIME. OK. AND LET'S SEE. NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKEBACK WILL BE SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH, FROM 10 TO 2, AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS, CAPTAIN PRICE, IS THIS CORRECT THAT Y'ALL WILL BE OUT THERE TO--. WE'LL ALSO BE TAKING SHARPS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THEY'LL BE TAKING NEEDLES AS WELL AS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. NEXT, WE HAVE THE PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE HERE ON MAY 24TH. THIS IS FOR YOUR STATEWIDE OFFICES. NEXT, WE WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] DOES ANYBODY NEED ANYTHING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY--. MAYOR, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 15TH AGENDA. COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED AN UPDATED DRAFT OF THAT FOR Y'ALL'S REVIEW, BUT BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THEN APPROVED AS AMENDED, YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THESE TWO ITEMS SEPARATELY. OKAY. I MEAN, YOU CAN STILL DO THE FIRST ONE AS A CONSENT ITEM, BUT NOW IT'S THE ONLY ONE ON THERE, SO. OK. AS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 11TH, 2022. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 11TH. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE MINUTES FOR MARCH 11TH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANYONE OPPOSED? NOT SEEING THAT, THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO. NEXT, WE WILL TAKE AS, NOT A CONSENT AGENDA, BUT APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 15TH, 2022, WHICH HAVE BEEN AMENDED. FIRST, DID EVERYBODY GET A COPY OF THEM AS AMENDED? OKAY. SO. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 15, 2022 AS AMENDED. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? MADAM, I WOULD SECOND THAT WITH THE AMENDMENTS. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER REED TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 15, 2022, AS AMENDED. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. THEN I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 15TH AS AMENDED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY ONE OPPOSED? NOT SEEING ANY, THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION AND OR APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF [3. DISCUSSION AND/OR APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF DONATED PARKS AND RECREATION PRESERVE SIGNAGE.] DONATED PARKS AND RECREATION PRESERVE SIGNAGE. OK. MAYOR, COUNCIL. PARKS AND REC MET, WHAT WAS THAT LAST MONTH? [00:40:04] AND THEY CAME UP WITH SOME NEW SIGNAGE FOR THE PARKS AREA. DO I HAVE IT UPSIDE-DOWN? NO, THAT'S RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] THEY WENT WITH THE KIND OF ICONS AND THEY'VE NARROWED THE LIST DOWN. RICK'S HERE. AND YEAH, RICK AND FRANK ARE HERE FROM PARKS AND REC TO KIND OF GO OVER THIS IF NEED BE, BUT THEN THE OTHER SIDE HAS THE MAP OF THE PARK IN SOME FUN FACTS, LANDMARKS, I GUESS, OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS AT. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO FRANK AND RICK IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT CAME TO CITY COUNCIL. [LAUGHTER] ONE QUESTION WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE PARK AND SOME OF THE PATH IS PAVED, SOME OF THEM JUST DIRT AND MUD, AND IS THERE ANY PLAN TO FIX THE WOULD YOU COME UP HERE TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? THIS IS RICK DAVIS AND FRANK DACOSTA OF PARKS AND RECREATION. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. FRANK DID ALL THE DESIGNS-- [LAUGHTER]. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. Y'ALL HAVE PROBABLY SEEN RIGHT ACROSS FROM CITY HALL, THERE'S A WOODEN SIGNAGE PLACE AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK ONE OF TWO LOCATIONS? BY THE GAZEBO? YEAH, WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS--. OH, SORRY. THERE'LL BE A TOTAL OF FOUR SIGNS. ONE ON EACH SIDE, ONE FOR THE RULES, ONE FOR THE MAP, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, LIKE, A YEAR NOW. SO JUST TO BE ABLE TO PUT UP SOMETHING UP THERE THAT REPLACED THE OLD--. THERE USED TO BE AN OLD BOY SCOUT SIGN THERE THAT WE TOOK OUT. AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY A BOY SCOUT PROJECT TO PUT THAT FRAME IN. SO THAT WAS LOGAN DONAHUE THAT PUT THAT IN. AND I THINK THAT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING [INAUDIBLE] DISCUSSION OF THAT. AND THESE ARE SIGNS TO JUST PUT ON TO THAT, THAT MAKES THE WHOLE--. I THINK IT MAKES THE WHOLE PARK LOOK JUST A LOT BETTER. AND FRANK ALSO FIGURED OUT THE QR CODE FOR THE CITY. SO THERE IS A QR CODE ON THAT SIGNED. IF YOU ARE USED TO COVID, YOU CAN NOW USE YOUR PHONE AND IT TAKES YOU TO THEIR PAGE. WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING THAT PAGE ALSO WITH PARKS AND REC AS WE COME ALONG. AND JUST WHAT USED TO BE THERE WAS JUST A PRINTOUT OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS JUST SLAPPED ON TO THE FRAME. SO THIS IS UPDATING THAT. AND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGN, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO READ IT, BUT IT'S THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF GETTING EVERYTHING ON THERE THAT REFERENCES THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE ITSELF AND THEN A CALL TO THE POLICE. AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY CHIEF BROOKS. ABOUT THE PRESERVE AND LITTLE BITS OF HISTORY, A LITTLE BIT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND OF THE LAND AND WHATNOT AND PUT THEM ON. OUR IDEA WAS TO MAKE IT A PLEASANT THING TO DO. YOU WALK INTO THE PRESERVE, HERE'S A SIGN SHOWING YOU WHERE THE LANDMARKS ARE AND IT JUST KIND OF ADDS TO THE AMBIANCE. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. ONE, PEOPLE ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO LOOK AT ICONS THAN THEY ARE TO READ SENTENCES OF RULES. SO I THINK THAT IS JUST--. I JUST THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. Y'ALL DID A GREAT, GREAT JOB. THAT'S HALF SIZE OF THE ACTUAL SIGN AS WELL, SO IT WILL BE VERY, VERY OBVIOUS. [LAUGHTER] I'LL ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN SO [INAUDIBLE]. IS THERE ANY PLAN TO PAVE THE PATHWAY ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE PARK? AS THAT WOULD BECOME UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON DOING. SO, OUR BUDGET IS VERY, VERY SMALL. [LAUGHTER] LIKE REALLY, REALLY SMALL. WE SURVIVE ON MOSTLY DONATIONS. ACTUALLY, A LOT OF US ARE DONATING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DONE, PLEASE TELL COUNCIL, PLEASE DONATE AS WELL. AND THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE PART OF THE PLAN. I DO KNOW THAT THAT TRAIL IS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY STAFF. SO USUALLY WHEN THERE'S A FLOOD THAT THEY WILL GO IN AND KIND OF REPAVE IT OR THEY'LL TRY TO GET THE TRAIL IN THERE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT IT'S--. EVERY TIME IT FLOODS. YEAH, YEAH, IT IS. SO IT HAS TO BE CLEANED OUT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS YOU HAD YOUR GREAT AMERICAN CLEAN UP THIS PAST WEEKEND AND TERRY PARTICIPATED, AS DID [INAUDIBLE] AND SOME OTHER FOLKS. [00:45:05] THAT WAS AWESOME. Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCIL, WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS REGARDING THE SIGNAGE? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVED THAT WE APPROVED THE SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED BY THE PARKS AND RECS PRESERVE SIGNAGE THAT WERE DONATED, AND WITH OUR GREAT APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR THEM TAKING THE TIME TO DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE THESE SIGNS. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND. MADAM MAYOR I'LL MOVE TO SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ABRAHAM. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE DONATED PARKS AND RECREATIONS PRESERVE SIGNAGE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU AND THANK Y'ALL. YOU DONE GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTIONS ON KINGS [4. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON KINGS CROSSING PHASE 3 FINAL PLAT. [This item was originally on the March 15, 2022, City Council agenda.] CROSSING PHASE THREE FINAL PLAT. OKAY. WHO WANTS TO START? GARY, JOHN, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO START OFF? JOHN? GARY ALWAYS PASSES IT OFF TO ME. [LAUGHTER] JOHN BIRKHOFF WITH BIRKHOFF HENDRICKS AND CARTER OF DALLAS, TEXAS. JUST TO RECAP, KINGS CROSSING THREE, WE WENT OUT ON MARCH 18, 2021, FOR THE FIRST INSPECTION OF THE COMPLETED WORK AND CREATED A PUNCH LIST OF AROUND 30 ITEMS. THE DEVELOPER CAME BACK AND REQUESTED A FOLLOW UP WALKTHROUGH ON OCTOBER THE 5TH, 2021, AND IN THAT WALKTHROUGH THEY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH ITEM THAT WE HAD [INAUDIBLE] HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE. AND SO THAT LIST WAS ABOUT 37 ITEMS. AND THEN THEY CAME BACK THE BEGINNING OF MARCH AND REQUESTED ANOTHER WALKTHROUGH, AND SO WE COMPLETED THAT AND THAT HAD TEN ITEMS ON IT. AND WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST, OF THAT TEN ITEMS, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WERE COMPLETE AND A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WERE NOT COMPLETE. AND SO WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT THE REMAINING ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THOSE COMPLETED. SO AS TIME HAS GONE ON, GARY MACHADO HAS INFORMED ME OF THINGS THAT WERE DONE OR NOT DONE. AND BEFORE THIS MEETING WE WENT BACK OUT TO VERIFY ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR NOT. SO THERE'S A FEW ITEMS THAT STILL REMAIN INCOMPLETE, IN OUR OPINION. THOSE REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH THE CHANNELS, CONTINUOUS EROSION OF THOSE CHANNELS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. WE HAVE A PORTION OF THE CHANNEL FROM CANTERBURY GOING NORTHEAST TOWARDS LUCAS. WE HAD SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT ALL SILTED UP. THEY NEED TO GO CLEAN THE SILT OUT WHERE MOSS WAS GROWING AND TO REGRADE THAT, VEGETATED, OR CONTINUE THE PILOT CHANNEL. AS WE WENT OUT THERE TODAY, YOU KNOW, THEY DID SOME GRADING WORK, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MOSS WAS, BUT UPSTREAM, ALL THE WORK, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE STORM HAD ERODED ALL THAT BACK OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE SAID A FEW TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING COMPACTION. IT'S NOT BEING HELD IN PLACE. WE'RE NOT GETTING VEGETATION. SO THAT'S AN ITEM THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND AGAIN, WHETHER THAT'S PUT THE CONCRETE CHANNEL THEN AND MOVE ON OR GET IN THERE AND GET SOME SOIL IN THERE OR GET IT COMPACTED WITH THE CORRECT MOISTURE CONTENT, GET SOD IN THERE, PIN WATER IT AND ESTABLISH IT SO YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF EROSION CONTROL. THE OTHER ITEM WAS THE PILOT CHANNEL THAT'S ADJACENT TO MIDDLETON, JUST EAST OF LEWIS LANE. WHEN WE FIRST WENT OUT IN 2021, YOU KNOW, THEY'D BEEN WORKING ON THE SUBDIVISION. ALL THAT HAD BEEN HIGHLY ERODED. WE HAD MADE COMMENT BACK THEN THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO PUT SOME TYPE OF CHANNEL BOTTOM IN AT LEAST THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED FEET OR SO TO TRY TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. THEY COME BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THEIR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER HAD RECOMMENDED [00:50:06] THAT THEY COME IN WITH A SHEEPSFOOT ROLLER, A PARTICULAR ROLLER TO COMPACT IT, AND IT HAS A LITTLE FEET ON IT, FINGERS ON IT, AND THAT WOULD GET IT TAKEN CARE OF, AND THEN THEY PUT A PILOT CHANNEL IN. AND WHAT WE SAW IN OUR VISIT WAS THE PILOT CHANNEL WAS IN PLACE AND THE SOIL IS JUST BEING WASHED AWAY, AND WE'RE UNDERCUTTING THAT PILOT CHANNEL. WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN THERE AND GETTING THAT STABILIZED. AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO GET IN THERE AND COMPACT THE MATERIAL. THEY CAME BACK AND THREW SOME ASPHALT IN THERE. PUBLIC WORKS SAID, NO, YOU CAN'T PUT ASPHALT IN THOSE AREAS, ESPECIALLY YOU CAN'T THROW ASPHALT IN WATER. THE TWO THINGS THAT ASPHALT REALLY DISLIKES IS WATER AND OXYGEN. AND SO THEY DID TAKE THAT OUT, BUT THAT AREA STILL NEEDS TO BE STABILIZED. I TALKED TO THEM, THEY WERE OUT THERE. PRESTON WAS OUT THERE, MR. WALHOOD, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'D COME BACK WITH THE DETAIL, AND WE HAD MARKED IT UP AND SAID, YOU KNOW, YOUR DETAIL DOESN'T WORK. YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY GET IN THERE, PROBABLY PUT A COFFERDAM UP LIKE YOU DID WHEN YOU PAVE THE CHANNEL, DRY THE MATERIAL OUT, COMPACT IT. THE VOID AREA IS UNDERNEATH, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE FILLED AND PUT SOLID SOD DOWN. WE TALKED JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMING IN WITH A FABRIC, POSSIBLY PUTTING 4 TO 8 INCH ROCK IN AND GETTING THAT BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE PILOT CHANNEL, BRINGING BRING SOME SOIL IN AND FILL THOSE VOIDS IN, IN THE ROCK, GET IT COMPACTED TOP FEW INCHES, SCARIFY IT, PUT SOLID SOD IN, PIN IT IN PLACE AND WATER IT. GET IT ESTABLISHED. YOU KNOW, FOR THE PAST YEAR, THERE'S BEEN AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER COMING DOWN THAT CHANNEL, YOU KNOW, SPECULATION AND ALL THAT IT'S A LEAK. AND I THINK IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO, IT STARTED TO BUBBLE UP. THE NORTH TEXAS WATER LINE IS LEAKING. THE DISTRICT IS OUT THERE TRYING TO FIX IT. YOU KNOW, IF THEY GET IT--. WHEN THEY GET IT FIXED, HOPEFULLY THAT WATER WILL DECREASE AND BY GIVES THE DEVELOPER A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN THERE AND WITHOUT A COFFERDAM OR A SMALLER ONE AND GET THAT AREA STABILIZED. SO RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO, AS I UNDERSTAND FROM MR. MACHADO, THEY'RE GOING TO CUT A HOLE IN THE-- 72 INCH LINE? PUT AN ACCESS PORT IN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUMP THAT LINE DOWN BETWEEN TWO VALVES, AND IT'S ALL GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT SUBDIVISION. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET INSIDE THE PIPE AND TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE IT'S LEAKING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CYLINDER PIPE, SO THEY'LL WELD FROM THE INSIDE, IT'S WHAT I SUSPECT, TO SEAL THE LEAK ONCE THEY FIND IT. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT GETTING IN THERE, YOU KNOW, TODAY, TOMORROW OR LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, IS PROBABLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO BEING SUCCESSFUL ON THAT PART. JUST ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF SCRATCHED OUT MAN HOURS THAT IT WOULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, SOD TO PUT IN. AND THEN KIND OF ANY ROCK IS, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT FIL, PUMPS, COFFERDAM. YOU KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING, YOU KNOW, IN THE $20,000-$25,000 RANGE TO GET THAT DONE. AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PULL BEFORE THIS MEETING FROM WHAT I SAW TODAY. THE OTHER ITEM THAT IS OUT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF DOVER AND MIDDLETON, THIS GOES BACK OVER A YEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S SOME VERTICAL DROP OFFS THERE OF WHERE THEY EXTENDED A HEAD WALL UP TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THE 4 TO 1 SIDE SLOPE. SO IT COULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS. THERE'S AN AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY GRADED DOWN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERTICAL DROP OF UNDERNEATH THE [INAUDIBLE], UNDERNEATH THE EROSION CONTROL MAT THERE, AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO, AND I KNOW THAT MR. MACHADO HAD TALKED TO THEIR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO GRADE IT OUT. TODAY, THAT STILL IS A VERTICAL DROP OFF. YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE REGRADED OR THEY PROBABLY NEED TO EXTEND THEIR RETAINING WALL OUT ANOTHER THREE FEET, AND INSTEAD OF GOING STRAIGHT AND VERTICAL, YOU KNOW, SLOPE IT DOWN AND ALLOW THAT 4 TO 1 SIDE SLOPE TO WORK. SO THOSE ARE THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS. [00:55:02] WHEN WE TALK LAST TIME, THERE WAS SOME RIPRAP THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REBAR WAS CORRODING. YOU COULD SEE IT ON THE SURFACE. THEY DID GO IN AND THEY REPLACED IT. THAT WORK IS ACCEPTABLE. IT'S GOOD. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE OTHER WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DROVE OUT THERE TODAY AFTER THE BIG RAIN WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF EROSION OCCURRING, AND AS THE DEVELOPER TOLD US LAST TIME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ONGOING THING. EVERY TIME WE HAVE A RAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND DO THEIR MANAGEMENT OF STORM WATER, AND WE REALLY EXPECT THEM IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO TO BE OUT THERE, DO THE INSPECTIONS, CLEAN ALL THE SILT OUT. YOU KNOW, THE SILT. A LOT OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, LACK OF VEGETATION. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GONE OUT, THEY'VE GRADED IT. YOU KNOW, I'VE HARPED ON THEM TO COMPACT IT. I KNOW A LOT AROUND A LOT OF STRUCTURES. IT WAS NOT COMPACTED. YOU COULD WALK ON THOSE AND JUST SLIDE DOWN WITH THE SOIL. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE TRICK OF AGITATING IS THEY HAVE TO WATER IT. I THINK THEY, YOU KNOW, THEIR EROSION CONTROL PEOPLE HAVE GONE OUT, THEY'VE THROWN SEED DOWN, THEY PUT THE [INAUDIBLE] DOWN AND THEN THEY WALK AWAY AND HOPE THE GRASS GROWS AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. SO THEY WILL CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT UNTIL VEGETATION, YOU KNOW, AND, AS THEY SAID, AS THE HOME BUILDERS COME IN, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL DO SOME GRADING AND THEY'LL RE-SOD IT. SO EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE VEGETATION. BUT UNTIL THAT OCCURS, THAT SILT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. AND I'VE TALKED TO MR. MACHADO AND HAS HIS STAFF OF GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE EROSION CONTROL IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF, BECAUSE MOST OF THAT IS, WILL SILT UP, WE'LL GET PONDING OF WATER OR THE SILT WILL EVENTUALLY LAND UP, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY OF LUCAS, AND THEN THEY'LL BE COMPLAINING TO YOU. SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE WATERS OF THE US AND WE JUST NEED TO KEEP AFTER THAT. COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BIRKHOFF? I HAVE A QUESTION. IT SEEMS LIKE SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU ISSUED ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO DRAINAGE, OBVIOUSLY, EROSION DRAINAGE, I MEAN-- RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] HAVE TO DO WITH EROSION IN THE BIG CHANNELS. OKAY. IS THERE A TIME RANGE GIVEN BY THE DEVELOPER ON WHEN THEY CAN GET THESE ITEMS FINISHED, LIKE? WELL, [INAUDIBLE] LAST TIME THEY SAID, YOU KNOW--. RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, I THINK THAT WHERE THE PILOT CHANNEL IS, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THEM TO CORRECT THAT WITHIN TWO WEEKS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING I THINK WE LET THE DISTRICT FINISH THEIR WORK, REDUCE THAT WATER AND THEN THEN SAY, OKAY, NOW GET BACK IN THERE AND GET THAT STABILIZED WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO WHAT ABOUT THE CANTERBURY TO LEWIS, THE SILT CLEANUP? ARE THEY WORKING ON THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN COMPLETE HERE RELATIVELY QUICKLY? YES. SO, YOU KNOW, AS A DRESS IT UP AND GRADE, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS GOOD, AND THEN AS WE HAD THE BIG STORM YESTERDAY, WHEN IT ALL WASHES DOWN OUT OF THE CREEK, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE HEAD WALL, THERE'S A CONCRETE APRON, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT A YOU KNOW, A FOOT OF MATERIAL IS ALL WASHED AWAY ALL THE WAY DOWN. AND WHERE THEY DID THE GRADING, ALL THAT HAS SILTED BACK UP. SO, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING COMPACTION, WE'RE NOT STABILIZING IT. AND SO DO YOU DO THAT OR DO YOU PUT THE CONCRETE CHANNEL IN? EITHER WAY WOULD BE ABOUT TWO WEEKS. RIGHT? WELL, WE DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT A BAND-AID JOB EITHER, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD AT LEAST TWO RESIDENTS HAVE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ADDITION AND THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES, THE DRAINAGE, ETC., AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT KIND OF MISTAKE, SO. I MEAN, BUT TO GET IT ACTUALLY FIXED TO STANDARD FOR THAT SUBDIVISION, HOW DO YOU, I MEAN, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT, YOU KNOW--. THEY OUGHT TO BE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY PUT A PILOT CHANNEL IN, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEERING PLANS THEY HAVE THE GRADE IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT THERE, FORMING IT UP, GETTING A CONTRACTOR, GETTING THE CONCRETE TO PORT. AND IF THEY CAN GET THAT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN'T FIND LABORERS OR THEY CAN'T FIND THE CONCRETE, THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A CONTINUING PROBLEM IN SOME OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS. OTHERS OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN FIND THE WORKERS AND THEY CAN FIND THE SUPPLIERS. [01:00:08] THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NORTH TEXAS LEAK IS ALSO AN IMPEDIMENT FOR THEM TO FINISHING, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, IN THEIR DEFENSE, THEY CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING UNTIL THAT'S DONE. SO I FEEL THAT THERE'S SOME PENALTY AND THERE'S SOME RESIDENTS THAT ARE WANTING TO BE IN OUR HOMES AND EVERYTHING. WE WANT IT TO BE DONE RIGHT. BUT IS THERE ANY WORKAROUND SOLUTION THAT CAN ALLOW THEM TO IN PARALLEL DO SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS AND GET THEM DONE? AND WHILE THAT'S TORN APART WHERE THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING THERE, WE CAN BE IN A PLAN FORTH TO GET THIS DONE? SO THERE'S THREE INDEPENDENT LOCATIONS. SO THEY COULD WORK ON ALL THREE. THEY COULD WORK ON TWO. THEY COULD WORK ON ONE. THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE OTHER PIECES. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY BUILT THAT PILOT CHANNEL ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO, WHENEVER THAT WAS THERE WAS WATER COMING IN, AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER. THEY BUILT WHAT WE CALL A COFFERDAM OR A DAM RIGHT AT LEWIS, AND THEY PUMP THAT WATER OUT. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IN THERE GRADE THE CHANNEL ITSELF, YOU KNOW, PUT THE FORMS IN, DO THE PILOT CHANNEL. AND AS I'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY PULLED THE FORMS, THEY NEVER WENT BACK AND GOT THAT COMPACTED, IN MY OPINION, IS WHY IT KEEPS WASHING OUT OR STABILIZED WITH VEGETATION. BUT, YOU KNOW, SO EVEN TODAY, IF THEY NEED TO GET THAT DONE, THEY COULD BUILD ANOTHER COFFERDAM, PUMP THE WATER AND GET IT IN. BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THE WATER DISTRICT, THE NEXT WEEK OR SO IS GOING TO PUMP A WHOLE LOT OF WATER DOWN THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A BIG STORM, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF WATER COMING AFTER YOU. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXCESSIVE FOR THEM TO HAVE TO BUILD A TALL DAM AND TO GET BIG PUMPS TO PUMP TREATED WATER. AND THAT WAS NOT WHAT THEY BARGAINED FOR. WELL, LET US FINISH WITH MR. BIRKHOFF FIRST. OKAY. MR. BIRKHOFF, I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR US TO APPROVE SOMETHING NOT NECESSARILY WITH YOU, BUT WITH WARNER GROUP. DO YOU FEEL LIKE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW THAT A GOOD FAITH EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO TRY TO RECTIFY ALL OF THESE ITEMS? OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE BASICALLY THE SAME STUFF IS LEFT UNTOUCHED AS IT WAS IN THE LAST MEETING? I ONLY ASK BECAUSE YOU VISIT THE SITE FAR MORE THAN ANY OF US. GARY GOES OUT THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS. I DID NOT GO OUT THERE UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD DONE. SO AS GARY HAD REPORTED THAT THE VERTICAL WALL, THEY JUST HAD DISCUSSIONS, NOTHING--. THEY DID A LITTLE BIT OF GRADING AND WALKED AWAY. THIS UNDERCUTTING OF THE CHANNEL, YOU KNOW, THEY ATTEMPTED TO STABILIZE IT BY THROWING, YOU KNOW, BAGS OF HOT MIX IN WHICH THE CITY SAID NO. AND THEN I GUESS THE END OF LAST WEEK, THEY CAME BACK WITH A WITH A PLAN SHEET THAT HAD THIS CROSS-SECTION WITH 4 TO 8 INCH ROCKS WITH A HANDWRITTEN NOTE OF WHAT TO DO. AND I MARKED THAT UP AND SENT IT BACK THROUGH THE CITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE DEVELOPER THAT THAT WAS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE METHOD. YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT WAS DRAWN UP, YOU WOULD HAVE ROCK THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, ABOVE THE CONCRETE CHANNEL. AS I SAY, IF YOU NEED TO EXPAND IT, EXPAND IT WITH CONCRETE OR STABILIZE THE MATERIAL THAT YOU HAVEN'T STABILIZED YET. SO OUTSIDE OF THE ISSUE WITH THE WATER DISTRICT THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH, THERE ARE STILL OTHER ITEMS, THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THAT, THAT ARE STILL LEFT UNRESOLVED. RIGHT. THERE'S TWO OTHER ITEMS AND ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, REALLY SHOWED UP YESTERDAY. I THINK THEY DID DO A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THE LOW AREA WHERE THE MOSS WAS GROWING. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS WORK THEY DID ALL THAT WASHED AWAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, KEEP DOING THE SAME THING, FILLING AND WATCHING IT WASH AWAY ISN'T WORKING AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDED OR GAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, THE OPTION EXTEND THE PILOT CHANNEL, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF YOU PASS IT ON TO THE HOMEBUILDER OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT IT EVER GETS CORRECTED. YOU KNOW, THE EFFORT OF COMING IN AND WITH EARTH AND THEIR GEOTECH OF USING A SHEEPSFOOT ROLLER, IF THAT'S NOT STABILIZING IT AND LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND WHICH ITEM IS THAT JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR. [INAUDIBLE]? GO AHEAD. [01:05:03] GO AHEAD, MICHAEL. SO THERE ARE ITEMS, THOUGH, OUTSIDE, I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE THAT WE ARE NOW JUST BEING MADE AWARE OF BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE. BUT THERE ARE STILL OTHER ITEMS FROM THE ORIGINAL LIST ON OUR LAST MEETING THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT ISSUE. RIGHT. THERE'S THREE TOTAL ITEMS. AND SO WE HAVE THE ONE WITH THE DISTRICT. RIGHT. WE HAVE THE ONE THAT IS FROM CANTERBURY. RIGHT. MIDDLE CHANNEL THAT'S GOING TOWARDS LUCAS TO GET TO REGRADE AND VEGETATE OR EXTEND THE PILOT CHANNEL. AND THE OTHER IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF DOVER AND MIDDLETON WHERE THEY ORIGINALLY HAD A VERY STEEP SIDE SLOPE. THEY RE-ENGINEERED IT, THEY REBUILT THE HEAD WALL AND THE WAY THEY ENDED THE HEAD WALL, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET A 4 TO 1 SLOPE GOING INTO THAT VERTICAL STRUCTURE, THEY HAVE A VERTICAL PART THERE THAT GRADES AND THEN DROPS OFF. SO WE NEED TO GET THE 4 TO 1 THERE OR EXTEND IT OUT AND SLOPE THAT WALL DOWN ONE OF THE TWO. SO THAT'S THE THREE THINGS. I JUST NEEDED CLARIFICATION. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE THAT THESE ARE NOT ALL RELATED TO THE WATER DISTRIBUTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BIRKHOFF? AT THIS TIME, MR. BIRKHOFF, IF YOU WOULD REMAIN SEATED. MR. SALLMAN. WELL, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE PRESTON WALHOOD I DO WANT TO JUST FOLLOW UP FROM THE LAST MEETING AND PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE PARK BOARD AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD THAT HELPED US. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP KIND OF OUT OF LEFT FIELD WAS GOING DOWN AND DEALING WITH BEAVER DAMS. AND SO KIMBERLY HENSHAW WAS KIND ENOUGH TO DIRECT US TO MELANIE HARRIS, WHO'S ON THE PARK BOARD, AND SHE PUT US IN TOUCH WITH THIS GROUP 911 WILDLIFE. AND SO WE HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER WITH THEM TO ADDRESS THE BEAVER DAM ISSUE. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. WE'VE PROVIDED GARY WITH A COPY OF AN AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THEM FOR THEM TO GO IN AND CLEAR DEBRIS OUT OF THE CREEK AND ALSO TO PUT IN WHAT'S KNOWN AS A BEAVER DECEIVER. [LAUGHTER] AND THE BEAVER DECEIVER GOES IN AND ALLOWS THE WATER TO FLOW THROUGH BUT NOT MAKE ANY NOISE, AND IT BOTHERS THE BEAVERS AND THEY LEAVE. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE NEXT WEEK TO DO THIS PARTICULAR WORK, BUT I WANTED TO CALL OUT KIMBERLY AND MELANIE, AND AFTER YOU HAD OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HERE, WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS AND WORKING WITH US ON THAT. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO PRESTON. JOHN'S PRESENTATION MAKES THIS SOUND COMPLICATED. IT'S NOT COMPLICATED. WE HAD ABOUT EIGHT THINGS AND WE'VE DONE SIX. TWO OF THE THINGS THAT ARE LEFT IS EROSION CONTROL ON SITE, PRESTON WILL SHOW YOU THAT WE WENT OUT AND CONSTRUCTED THIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. WE'VE HAD THREE, TWO PLUS INCH RAINSTORMS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND THAT SOMETIMES DESTROYS THINGS. AND SO WE GO BACK AND HAVE TO FIX IT. SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO PRESTON. HE HAS SOME PICTURES. HE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT IS AS A DEVELOPER WITH OUR BUILDERS AND ULTIMATELY WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE ONGOING MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES, AND IT'S THE SUBDIVISION IN THE HOMEOWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SALLMAN? MR. SALLMAN, I JUST HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION, THOUGH. EVEN--. SO, WE'VE HAD THESE TWO RAIN EVENTS THAT HAVE RESULTED IN BASICALLY WHATEVER YOU GUYS DID, IT'S BEEN YES, THREE. SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE MORE SUCH EVENTS EVEN AFTER THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN BUILT AND PEOPLE MOVE IN AND START LIVING THERE. SO IF WE DON'T GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT AT THE ONSET, THEN THE HOMEOWNERS AND THAT SUBDIVISION IS GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BASICALLY TAKE OVER ALL THE EXPENSES OF TRYING TO FILL THAT OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE LONG GONE. WELL, THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE'LL GO BACK AND GET IT ESTABLISHED AGAIN. [01:10:05] AND WHAT WE--. THIS IS THREE WEEKS IN A ROW, WE'VE HAD THREE PLUS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT FOUR INCHES HERE OR NOT LIKE THEY DID IN MCKINNEY ON THIS PAST STORM. AND IT RIPS OUT SOME OF YOUR [INAUDIBLE]. BUT THE IDEA IS TO GO IN AND PUT SEED AND THEN PUT [INAUDIBLE] AND GET ENOUGH GOOD WEATHER. WE'RE JUST LIKE A FARMER. WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE WEATHER AS FAR AS GETTING THIS GRASS ESTABLISHED. AND LONG TERM, IT'S GOING TO BE ESTABLISHED AND THE BUILDERS WILL COME IN AND BE PUTTING SOD IN. BUT THIS INITIAL PHASE IS TO GO IN AND IT IS EROSION PROTECTION AND IT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMITMENT IS TO DO THAT AND GET THE GRASS ESTABLISHED. YOU CAN SEE IT THROUGHOUT ALL THE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE'VE DONE AND IT TAKES TIME FOR THE GRASS TO COME IN. IT DEPENDS ON THE TIME OF YEAR. THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST TIME OF YEAR TO GROW GRASS. YOU KNOW, USUALLY IN THE WINTER WE'LL USE WINTER RYE AND THAT COMES UP GOOD AND STABILIZES. BUT THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME OF YEAR TO DO IT. THE WATER THAT'S BEING DUMPED THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION FROM THE NORTH TEXAS WATER LINE IS DETRIMENTAL AND PREVENTS US FROM DOING THAT ONE PARTICULAR ITEM. BUT WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ITEMS. WE DID THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS. TWO OF THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE REALLY MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT WILL NEED TO BE CARRIED ON TO GET ESTABLISHED AND AGREEING ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE WITH THE FLUME. WE ESTABLISHED A FLUME. WE SET THE ELEVATION. I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT ADDITION TO MAINTAIN LONG TERM THE FLOW LINE FOR THIS ONE DITCH THAT GOES THROUGH THERE AND IT'S GOING BACK IN AND STABILIZING ADJACENT TO THAT. AND PRESTON'S GOING TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL AS THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN DONE. I LISTENED TO JOHN, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS SAYING WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. WE DID A LOT, AND OUT OF THESE NUMBER OF THINGS, THERE'S LIKE TWO OR THREE ITEMS. SO YOU'RE DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THESE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THERE ARE WAITING HOMEOWNERS, THAT THEIR INTEREST RATES ARE GOING UP AND IT'S ADDING ADDITIONAL. SO WE HAVE TO--. IT'S THAT FINE LINE THAT WE HAVE TO WALK. WELL, MR. SALLMAN, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, BECAUSE YOU KIND OF OPENED THE DOOR FOR IT. [INAUDIBLE]. NORMALLY WE DON'T GET TO ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT WE HAD A COUPLE OF THEM TODAY THAT I WILL ADDRESS, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THIS. JOHN, WHO IS A RESIDENT IN KINGS CROSSINGS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUE THAT HE IS INCURRING THERE, WHICH SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE COULD SEE FROM THIS ONE. I DON'T PENALIZE YOU FOR THE BEAVERS. WE CAN'T CONTROL THE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO--. THE WILDLIFE THAT CHOOSES TO MOVE INTO PARKER. I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE, AND I'M GOING TO RESEARCH A BEAVER DECEIVER JUST BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS REALLY INTERESTING. BUT, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERNS ARE WE PUSH THIS DOWN TO THE BUILDERS WHO THEN DO WHAT THEY DID TO JOHN AND SAY, WELL, NOT OUR PROBLEM WHEN HE'S HAVING DRAINAGE ISSUES. AND I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ABRAHAM. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUSAN HERE WHO IS WORRIED ABOUT HER RISING INTEREST RATES, AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE TIME I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, THE CITY HAS HAS WORKED WITH YOU. AS I SAID LAST TIME YOU'VE BEEN A STEWARD TO THE CITY OF PARKER. YOU HAVE HELPED DEVELOP A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS HERE. AND THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS EVENTUALLY YOU MOVE ON FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND GO ON TO ANOTHER PROJECT. THE CITY STILL HAS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE HAVE RESIDENTS LIKE SUSAN THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE PRODUCT THAT THEY PAID FOR IS PERFORMING THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD, I THINK, IS THE PROPER WAY TO SAY IT. SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE MY CONCERNS ARE ON THIS--. I DON'T THINK YOU'VE DONE NOTHING. AND I ACTUALLY TOOK IT OPPOSITE FROM MR. BIRKHOFF STATEMENTS WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION OF, DID YOU ADDRESS? HE SAID, YES, I DON'T PENALIZE YOU FOR THE WATER DISTRICT ITEMS, BUT THE OTHER ONES I STILL HAVE QUESTION ABOUT BECAUSE THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND CONTINUE TO PACK THIS, EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A NOT MY PROBLEM ANYMORE BECAUSE NOW I'VE TURNED IT OVER TO THE BUILDER. YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WE'RE GOING TO GET IN THE SUMMER MONTHS WHERE YOU GET BERMUDA GRASS THAT GROWS AND ALSO WE CAN USE SOD AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SO YOU GET THE ABILITY TO GET THE NATURAL VEGETATION ESTABLISHED [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION, SOME OF THE PADS AT SOME POINT IN TIME OR BARE, THEN YOU GET GRASS ESTABLISHED ON IT, AND IT IS A PROCESS AND IT'S NOT FOOLPROOF, AND YOU HAVE TO JUST STICK WITH IT TILL IT DOES GET ESTABLISHED AND IT DOES GET ESTABLISHED. YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IS THESE STEPS ARE TO ENSURE THAT WE PUT IN OUR EROSION CONTROLS AND THAT WE'VE CONSTRUCTED THE SUBDIVISION TO THE GRADES THAT IT'S SHOWN ON THE PLANS. AND WE DO THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE CHECK POINT AND THAT'S WHAT GARY PUSHES IS ON. LET'S GET THIS RIGHT HERE. [01:15:02] AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS WHEN THE BUILDERS COME IN, THEY'RE PUTTING CULVERTS IN MAYBE ONE OR TWO CULVERTS AT EVERY HOME AND THEY HAVE TO PUT THAT AT A CERTAIN ELEVATION. SO WE MAY GO THROUGH AND GET ALL THE DITCHES AND THEY DRAIN AND EVERYTHING. AND I MEAN, PRESTON'S JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO HAVE THE BUILDERS ACCOUNT FOR THE RIGHT ELEVATIONS SO THAT THAT MESHES WITH THE ELEVATIONS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED. SO IT'S KIND OF TAKING IT--. DOING MORE WORK AND THEN TAKING IT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS. SO THERE'S A COUPLE STEPS IN THAT AND WE DO GET EVERYTHING ESTABLISHED IN THERE. THEY DO THE FINAL SORTING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT. SO THAT'LL TAKE FOR THEM TO BUILD OUT THAT PARTICULAR AREA 24 MONTHS. SO YOU GET SEVERAL CYCLES OF BEING ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE VEGETATION. BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH THERE AND WE'LL GET IT GROWTH OF GRASS BEFORE IT'S TURNED OVER TO THE HOMEOWNERS AT ALL. SO IT IS YOUR PLEDGE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE BUILDERS, ASSUMING WE APPROVE THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T COME BACK TO US IN THREE YEARS WITH MASSIVE DRAINAGE ISSUES AS A RESULT OF THESE ITEMS? YES, YEAH, YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING THAT. WE TURN OVER CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AT CERTAIN TIMES AND I TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN AND HE'S GOING TO SEND ME SOME PICTURES AND WE'RE GOING TO GO LOOK AND SEE. IN SOME CASES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET DEPRESSIONS IN SOME OF THE DITCHES. AND IT'S JUST THE NATURE AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE BEING IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS OPEN DITCHES, YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN PARKER. [LAUGHTER] I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THE MOTTO IS, LET'S KEEP IT COUNTRY AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND WHETHER IT'S YOU GET A SKUNK UNDER YOUR HOUSE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT. IF YOU GOT RACCOONS IN YOUR TRASH, YOU'RE IN THE COUNTRY. SO THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH. AND I MEAN, AFTER A RAIN, THE DITCHES ARE NOT DRY. AND IT MAY TAKE ONE DAY, TWO DAYS, BUT IT SHOULDN'T STAY AROUND. SO I TOLD HIM WE'D TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND MR. BROOKS VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY BOUGHT A HOME FROM SHADDOCK. HE'S GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WAS MISSED OR IS THIS CONSTRUCTION THAT OCCURRED AND CREATED A FEW DEPRESSIONS IN THERE? SO YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE HERE TO STAY AND I THINK WE'VE HAD GOOD SUCCESS AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET SOME OF THIS STUFF DONE WHEN THERE'S MORE THINGS AND SOME THINGS ARE PERMANENT. WE WENT IN AND PUT IN A SLOPE PAVING CONCRETE TO REPLACE WHERE THERE WAS A REBAR NEAR THE SURFACE. THAT'S--. THOSE ARE STRUCTURAL ISSUES. AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WHERE YOU'RE DEALING WITH THIS EROSION CONTROL AND JUST ESTABLISHING GRASS. I MEAN, ANY OF YOU THAT BUILT A NEW HOUSE HERE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET A YARD ESTABLISHED. I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT TIME OF YEAR YOU'RE DOING IT. AND IF YOU GET A HUGE GULLY WASHER, YOU LOSE YOUR STUFF, YOU KNOW, ALL YOUR WINTER RYE SEED ENDS UP IN THE DITCH AND NOT IN YOUR YARD IF YOU'RE OVERSEEING. SO EVERYBODY'S BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STRUCTURAL AND WHAT DID WE GO IN AND CONSTRUCT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND WHAT IS ONGOING IN THE FUTURE AS A MAINTENANCE TYPE OF ISSUE. SO, MR. SALLMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, MA'AM. I UNDERSTAND THE EROSION WHEN YOU'RE PLANTING SEED, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO SUPPORT THE SOIL. IF YOU COMPACTED THE SOIL AND PUT SOD IN INSTEAD OF SEED, WOULDN'T THAT SOLVE A LOT OF THIS PROBLEM? IN THE CASE THAT--. WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CASES. ONE IS JUST ON THE SLOPE, GOING DOWN ON ONE DITCH, WHICH HE MENTIONED, AND THAT'S ONE ITEM, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CREEK ACTUALLY CAME UP AND PULLED UP SOME OF THE [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN NEEDS TO BE LAID BACK DOWN. BUT ON THAT PARTICULAR CASE, THAT COULD BE SODDED. BUT THE ONE WHERE YOU HAVE THAT--. THERE'S ONE MAIN CHANNEL THAT GOES THROUGH AND I'D THE LIKE PRESTON TO SHOW YOU THAT AND THAT ONE HAS SOME SPECIAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH IT WHERE YOU NEED TO GO IN AND STABILIZE [01:20:01] THE AREA ON THE OUTSIDE, NOT NOT PAVE THE WORLD WITH CONCRETE DOWN THROUGH THESE DITCHES. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT UP HERE. SO WE PUT A PILOT CHANNEL AND WE CAN GO BACK IN AND PUT ROCK RIPRAP ON THE SIDE TO DO THAT AND GET THAT COMPACTED. AND HE ACTUALLY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNIQUE FOR DOING THAT GET ROCK THAT IS THE RIGHT SIZE THAT'S NOT GOING TO WASH OUT, AND THAT'S IN OUR DETAIL THAT WE SENT. AND IT WAS AN ENGINEERING DRAWING. I DON'T THINK IT WAS A HAND DRAWING. YOU KNOW, IT WAS SIMILAR TO MAKING A CHANGE TO A DESIGN PLAN AND STAMPED BY OUR ENGINEER. IT'S NOT LIKE PRESTON, AND I, YOU KNOW, CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA. IT'S--. WE HAVE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS THAT MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, AND MR. BIRKHOFF HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION. HE SOUNDS LIKE HE WANTS TO GO POUR CONCRETE EVERYWHERE. WE DON'T LIKE THAT. AND WE FEEL LIKE WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR ENGINEER MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, AND IF IT'S NOT APPROVED, TELL US WHY. RATHER THAN I WOULD PREFER CONCRETE OVER ROCK, WE WOULD PREFER ROCK, AND OUR ENGINEERS STANDS BY THAT. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE NUANCE OF DOING THAT. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BACK THERE, DOWN ON THE FLUME IS ONE ISSUE AND THAT'S STABILIZING AND TAKING CARE OF EROSION THAT'S ON ONE LEVEL, THE OTHER IS A SLOPING DITCH GOING DOWN AND WE COULD GO IN THERE AND ESTABLISH SOD IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THAT ON ALL THE DITCHES ALONG LEWIS LANE WITH OUR LANDSCAPER. AND IT'S JOE CUMMINGS. I DON'T--. SOME PEOPLE KNOW HIM. SOME PEOPLE HAVE USED HIM. BUT IT WAS EASIER FOR US AND GOT THAT DONE ON LEWIS LANE IN THOSE DITCHES, AND WE SODDED ALL THOSE RATHER THAN HYDRO MULCHING OR SEEDING, AND THAT WORKED VERY WELL. SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF SLOPE YOU HAVE, WHAT AREA IT IS. SO I GUESS MY CONCERN AND PROBABLY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD HAVE THIS CONCERN TOO. IT'S BEEN AT LEAST TWO WEEKS, MAYBE THREE WEEKS SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, AND AT THAT TIME YOU INDICATED THAT YOU WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING THE THINGS COMPLETED. AND IN FACT, WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT IF YOU GOT IT COMPLETED EARLIER, WE WOULD CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE EVERYTHING. RIGHT. AND HERE WE ARE TWO OR THREE WEEKS LATER, AND WE STILL HAVE ISSUES. SO--. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHY THAT IS. WE'VE HAD THREE EVENTS WHERE THE RAINFALL HAS BEEN OVER TWO INCHES AND THEY WERE ON MONDAY NIGHTS AND YOU CAN'T WORK AFTER THAT. SO OUR CONTRACTORS WERE NOT ABLE TO GET A LOT OF STUFF DONE, BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT WE DID DO. WE'VE BEEN SENDING A WEEKLY UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE TO GARY. AND IN EACH OF THESE CASES, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND COMPLETED MOST OF THESE ITEMS, AND WE DID THE CONCRETE RIPRAP, THAT WAS DONE IN THIS TIME PERIOD. WE REGRADED A CHANNEL ALONG CANTERBURY AND COMPLETELY [INAUDIBLE] THAT. AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SEE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AND BECAUSE JUST DESCRIBING IT, YOU DON'T REALLY GET THE PICTURE. WE ACTUALLY WENT AND CONSTRUCTED STUFF AND THE WATER CAME THROUGH AND HAS DAMAGED IT AND WE'LL GO PUT IT BACK. WE REGRADED THAT CHANNEL IN [INAUDIBLE]. ITEM NUMBER NINE ERODED AREA ON THE MIDDLETON PILOT CHANNEL. THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE FEEL LIKE IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE AFTER THE NORTH TEXAS FIXES THEIR WATERLINE. THERE'S JUST AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF WATER COMING THROUGH THERE BECAUSE OF THE WATER LEAK RIGHT NOW THAT CONSISTENTLY KEEPS THAT AREA MOIST. AND WE CHANGED THE FINAL PLAT WE GOT. THAT WAS A CLERICAL ERROR ON THE PART OF THE ENGINEER, THAT CAME BACK WITHIN TWO DAYS AFTER THE MEETING. SO YEAH, WE'VE DONE--. WE DID ALL THE GRADING, WE DID ALL THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT WAS SHOWN ON THIS THING, AND WE'RE DOWN TO THE ISSUE OF THIS FLUME STABILIZING NEXT TO IT. GARY MENTIONED THIS ONE AREA THAT DROPS OFF. IT'S AT, MAYBE, A THREE AND A HALF [INAUDIBLE] SLOPE, INSTEAD OF A 4 TO 1 SLOPE. WE CAN HAVE OUR GUY COME BACK THERE, BUT WE NEED AN INSPECTOR ON SITE WHILE THEY'RE DOING IT. AND THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE TO US AND THE CONTRACTOR COULD ONLY BE THERE FOR A CERTAIN [01:25:03] AMOUNT OF TIME. THEY CAME IN AND DID SOME GRADING AND THEN PUT THE [INAUDIBLE] BACK ON TO PROTECT IT. AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE AT THAT TIME TO SAY YES, THAT'S GOOD OR NO, THAT'S NOT GOOD. SO IT'S THIS ONE MINOR ITEM OF GRADING AND THEN THE FLUME, WHICH IS WE WANT TO DO ROCK RIPRAP AND COMPACT ALL THAT AROUND IT, AND OUR ENGINEER HAS STAMPED THAT. AND THEN IT'S THE ONE THAT JOHN MENTIONED WHERE THAT [INAUDIBLE] WAS DESTROYED AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND WE CAN GO BACK THERE AND SOD THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND TRY THAT WAY. I'D BE GLAD TO DO THAT. AND IT'S A SHOT TO DO THAT. SO I REALLY WANT PRESTON--. DO YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION. JOHN WAS NOT THEIR ENGINEER OF RECORD. THEIR ENGINEER RECORD IS YEAH. YOU KNOW, GARY, I MEAN, ALL JOHN CAN DO IS GIVE SUGGESTIONS TO THEM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S UP TO THEIR ENGINEER TO DECIDE WHAT'S THE BEST, IF [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S ON THEIR ENGINEER TO HANDLE THAT. IT'S NOT CITY ENGINEER OR GARY THAT WOULD BE ON THE DEVELOPERS ENGINEER TO HANDLE. [INAUDIBLE] THESE ISSUES [INAUDIBLE] STARTED WAY BEFORE 2021, I BELIEVE, WHEN THE CHANNELS WERE NOT BUILT DIRECTLY FROM THE VERY GET GO. SO I JUST WANT COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF THAT, THAT THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING AND WE DID ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO GET BACK IN THERE, I THINK IT WAS LATE 2019, TO START EARLY GRADING ON THIS AREA. SO IT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE'D EVER ALLOWED TO DO THAT. SO BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS ON THEIR ENGINEER TO DECIDE WHAT THE APPROPRIATE WAY OF HANDLING A DESIGN FLAW OR SOME SORT OF CORRECTION. ALL JOHN CAN DO IS MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO THEIR ENGINEER, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ON THEIR ENGINEER. LUKE, YOU'RE 100% CORRECT, AND THAT'S WHY OUR ENGINEER STAMPS THE DRAWINGS. THE LIABILITY RELIES ON THE ENGINEER OF RECORD, NOT THE CITY'S ENGINEER. SO THE CITY HAS NO LIABILITY FOR A DESIGN FLAW. IT IS THE ENGINEER OF RECORD. THERE'S ALSO A MAINTENANCE BOND. SORRY, I SHOULD INTRODUCE MYSELF. I KNOW YOU. PRESTON WALHOOD, 4040 NORTH CENTRAL, DALLAS, TEXAS. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I APOLOGIZE, I WASN'T HERE AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS AT MD ANDERSON WITH MY MOTHER AND COULDN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONE TIME. I'VE NOT MASTERED BI-LOCATING BUT DID WANT TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND LUKE BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT. THIS PROJECT STARTED IN 2019. WE ALL REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SPRING OF 2020. WE SAW A LIVING EMBODIMENT OF IT TONIGHT, AND IN THE SPRING OF 2020, THE WORLD CLOSED. HOMEBUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT WAS CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, FORTUNATELY, HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND A LOT OF PUBLIC DEVELOPERS STOPPED PAYING THEIR BILLS AND STOPPED DOING ANYTHING. AND WE AS A PRIVATE DEVELOPER HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO CONTINUE MOVING. THE CITY OF PARKER WAS VERY GRACIOUS AND CONTINUED MOVING WITH US, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET CONSTRUCTION CREWS INTO THIS PROJECT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AS YOU KNOW, WITH ANYTHING IN LIFE, IF YOU GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF YOURSELF, YOU CREATE PROBLEMS. AND MOVING TOO QUICKLY CREATED A NUMBER OF LITTLE ISSUES WHEN CREWS WERE CANCELED ON JOBS ELSEWHERE, INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE CREW HERE, THEY HAD THREE, DID TOO MUCH TOO QUICKLY, IT WASN'T CHECKED, THERE WERE PROBLEMS. 100% AGREE. THAT'S THESE LISTS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THEY WERE OUR PROBLEMS. WE CLAIM THEM AND WE HAVE WORKED TO FIX THEM DILIGENTLY. WE HAVE YET TO THROW UP OUR HANDS AND JUST WALK AWAY. AND COMING FORWARD TO THIS MOST RECENT CONVERSATION AND LIST OF TEN ITEMS, THESE WERE, I WILL NOTE, ALL NEW ITEMS. THEY WERE NOT ITEMS THAT WERE ON EITHER OF THE PREVIOUS TWO LISTS. BUT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADDRESS THEM. IN THESE ITEMS, WE HAVE CORRECTED A NUMBER OF THEM OR THEY HAVE ALL BEEN CORRECTED AT LEAST ONCE. THE THREE ITEMS THAT JOHN TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT EVEN REFERENCED THEM AS EROSION CONTROL ITEMS ARE ONGOING. AND SO UNTIL EVERY SINGLE LOT IN THIS SUBDIVISION IS FULLY CONSTRUCTED AND NO ONE IS BUILDING A POOL AND EVERY SINGLE LOT HAS SOD ON IT FROM THE FRONT YARD TO THE BACK YARD, THERE WILL BE AN EROSION CONTROL ISSUE. SO THAT WILL BE THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND THE STATE REGULATES THAT AND THEY REGULATE THAT BY A STORMWATER PREVENTION POLLUTION PLAN. WE HAVE A SWPPP IN PLACE, THE BUILDERS HAVE A SWPPP IN PLACE AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THAT AS LONG AS THERE IS CONSTRUCTION IN THAT AREA. SO LAST NIGHT WHEN YOU GET 2.6 INCHES OF RAIN THAT COMES THROUGH AND WASHES EVERYTHING OUT, WE CAN GRADE AND COMPACT, BUT THE AREA THAT JOHN AND GARY REFERENCED THIS EVENING [01:30:04] THAT WASHED UP WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. SO WATER IS GOING TO COME UP IN THAT AREA AND GRAB ANYTHING. AND WHEN IT RECEDES, IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT WITH IT. IF YOU PUT A PAPER BOAT IN THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT FLOW UP, BUT IT'S GOING TO FLOW OUT. AND SO THAT AREA IS GOING TO CONTINUALLY BE ADDRESSED UNTIL THERE'S SOD THAT'S FORMALLY ESTABLISHED THERE. STEVE OFFERING TO PUT SOD IN IS VERY GENEROUS BECAUSE THE SECOND THE BUILDER STARTS ON THAT LOT, THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS TAKE A LITTLE BOBCAT AND RIP UP EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THAT LOT. THE [INAUDIBLE], THE SOD, THE SEED. THEY SCRAPE THE LOT AND THEY TAKE THE TOP INCH OF SOIL OFF SO THEY CAN EXPOSE THE FINE GRADE. AND THEN THEY START TRENCHING AND THEY DELIVER MORE DIRT BECAUSE THEY PUT IN WATERLINES AND SEWER LINES AND ELECTRICAL LINES AND GAS LINES AND ALL OF THAT MATERIAL HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE. AND SO WHEN THEY'RE DONE, THEY TAKE ALL THAT MATERIAL AND THEN THEY SPREAD IT OUT OVER THE LOT. SO OUR JOB IS TO DEVELOPERS TO DRAW THE BIG SQUARE AND SAY, HERE ARE THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE LOT. AND WATER GOES FROM HERE TO HERE, HERE TO HERE, HERE TO HERE AND OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT A PLAT DOES. WE SET ELEVATIONS, WE DELIVER A FINISHED PRODUCT AND SAY THE BIG BOX WORKS. THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE ON SPOTS WITHIN THE LITTLE BOXES AND CHANNELS BETWEEN THE LOTS AND THE BIG BOXES UNTIL EVERYTHING'S BUILT AND DONE. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE AS A DEVELOPER FIND IT ESSENTIAL TO HAVE AN HOA THAT HAS DRAINAGE RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN A COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE A DRAINAGE ISSUE THAT'S IN BETWEEN TWO LOTS AND HOA CAN COME IN AND HELP FACILITATE THAT AND SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. AND SO THESE THREE THINGS THAT JOHN TALKED ABOUT REALLY ARE EROSION RELATED. AND THEY WERE FIXED. I HAVE GREAT PICTURES OF THEM. SO HERE IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR WHERE WE REDID THE SLOPED PAVING. DO YOU WANT ME TO WALK THESE AROUND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE. ITEM NUMBER FOUR WITH THE SLOPE PAVING THAT WAS PULLED OUT COMPLETELY REFRAMED AND RE-POURED. SO YOU'LL SEE NEW CONCRETE. THE NUMBER FOUR IS IN THE CENTER OF IT SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS DONE. ITEM FIVE IS THE CHANNEL ALONG CANTERBURY AND YOU CAN SEE HERE YOU'LL SEE TWO VERY DIFFERENT COLORS OF [INAUDIBLE]. ONE IS AGED BY THE SUN AND ONE IS BRAND NEW. THE BRAND NEW [INAUDIBLE] IS BRIGHT GREEN. YOU'LL SEE IT START ON THE 4 TO 1 SLOPE EMBANKMENT, GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DITCH AND COME BACK UP THE OTHER SIDE. YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT THERE'S NO GRASS THERE. IF YOU DRIVE IT TODAY, YOU'LL SEE SEED POPPING BECAUSE THERE'S GRASS AND IT'S BEEN WATERED AND LIKE MOTHER NATURE DOES, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND THAT GRASS WILL COME UP AND GROW. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS THE CHANNEL GOING OUT TOWARD LUCAS FROM CANTERBURY. HERE THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF PAVEMENT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO ELEVATIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PAVEMENT WHEN IT COMES AROUND, ONE IS AN OUTFLOW AND ONE IS AN INFLOW. SO THERE HAS TO BE A FALL FROM ONE POINT TO THE OTHER POINT SO THAT WATER TRAVELS OFF OF ONE DOWN A CHANNEL AND ON TO THE OTHER. IN THIS PICTURE HERE TOWARD THE BACK, YOU'LL SEE SOME DARKER [INAUDIBLE] THAT DARKER [INAUDIBLE] IS WITHIN THE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN. THAT'S THE AREA THAT IS CONTINUALLY REPLACED. AND EVERY SINGLE TIME IT RAINS, WATER WASHES UP FROM THE CREEK ON TO THE BACK OF THAT AREA, PULLS THE [INAUDIBLE] AND PULLS IT DOWN INTO THE CREEK. IN 2 TO 3 DAYS AFTER THE DITCH LINES HAVE SETTLED, THE EROSION CONTROL CONTRACTOR COMES OUT. THEY COLLECT ALL THE OLD [INAUDIBLE], THEY PILE IT UP, PREPARE IT TO HAUL IT OFF. THEY REGRADE THE AREA AND THEY PUT DOWN NEW [INAUDIBLE] AND NEW SEED. AND THAT TAKES TIME TO ESTABLISH. IF WE GET A RAIN FOUR OR FIVE DAYS LATER, THAT SEED IS NOT GOING TO BE GRASS, AND SO THERE'S NO MAJOR PROTECTION THERE. SO THE [INAUDIBLE] PREVENTS THE EARTH FROM RISING UP AND WASHING AWAY ENTIRELY. BUT YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EROSION ISSUE UNTIL IT'S FULLY ESTABLISHED. HERE'S ANOTHER VERTICAL IMAGE OF ITEM NUMBER SIX. JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT WAS THIS 90 DEGREE TURN THAT WE WORKED ON. SO THIS 90 DEGREE TURN, JOHN RECOMMENDED THAT IT WAS REINFORCED. THIS IS A STYLE OF REINFORCEMENT THAT WE DID ALL ALONG LEWIS LANE THAT WE ALSO DID AT THE WHITESTONE ESTATES PARK. IT'S VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. YOU PUT DOWN [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN SOD AND THEN A JUTE NETTING OVER THE TOP. THE JUTE NETTING HOLDS THE SOD IN PLACE AS LONG AS WATER DOESN'T RISE UP UNDERNEATH THE SOD AND ALLOWS THE SOD TO GROW. IF YOU GO LOOK AT THAT TODAY, THAT ENTIRE AREA IS GREEN BECAUSE SOD IS GROWING THROUGH THE JUTE NETTING AND EVENTUALLY THE JUTE NETTING WILL WEAR OUT AND IS BIODEGRADABLE. SURE. IN THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION? [01:35:01] SO THAT'S--. SURE. SO THAT'S REALLY A GOOD STABILIZATION FOR AN EMBANKMENT WHERE WATER IS NOT FLOWING DIRECTLY ACROSS IT. IT'S SUPPORTING THE SIDE OF A DITCH. THE AREA THAT'S AT THE BACK OF CANTERBURY IN THE FLOODPLAIN IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE JUST REINFORCED TIME AND TIME AGAIN UNTIL FINAL SOD GOES ON IT AND IT NEEDS TO GO ON IN A NOT RAINY TIME OF THE YEAR, BE STAPLED DOWN SO THAT IT CAN CAN GROW AND STABILIZE. THE AREA NUMBER NINE, IF YOU LOOK AT IT TODAY, IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS, BUT THIS WAS LAST WEEK BEFORE THE MAJOR RAIN EVENT. YOU CAN SEE NEXT TO THE FLUME THAT IT'S BEEN RE STABILIZED. YOU HAVE NEW [INAUDIBLE] ON TOP OF COMPACTED SOIL, AND [INAUDIBLE] IS HOLDING THAT SOIL. JOHN IS GIVING US SOME GRACE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN JUMPING UP AND DOWN FOR THE LAST 14 MONTHS TRYING TO GET NORTH TEXAS TO PAY ATTENTION TO US. FINALLY, WITH THE HELP OF SOME VERY ACTIVE AND VOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE HOA NORTH TEXAS CAME OUT AND SAID, OH, LOOK, WATER IS BUBBLING FROM THE SURFACE. THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. AND THEY HAVE DUG AN ENORMOUS HOLE AND ARE WORKING ON REMEDIATING THAT. AND SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, THIS CAN BE REESTABLISHED AGAIN. I MET JOHN AND GARY ONSITE BEFORE THE MEETING. WE WERE BOTH GOING TO CHECK ON THINGS AND I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON THE MEANS AND METHOD. WE JUST NEED OUR ENGINEER TO DELIVER HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE. AND THEN NUMBER TEN IS THIS AREA THAT JOHN WAS MENTIONING THAT HE SAID IS AT A STEEP DROP OFF. SO HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE CORRECTED AREA OF NUMBER TEN, AND THE ISSUE HERE, IT WAS UNDER CORRECTED PREVIOUSLY. THE CONTRACTOR CAME OUT ON FRIDAY AND NOW IT HAS BEEN OVER CORRECTED. SO THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH DIRT, IT WAS TOO SHALLOW AND NOW THERE'S TOO MUCH DIRT, AND SO IT WAS TOO STEEP AND NOW THERE'S TOO MUCH DIRT, SO IT'S TOO SHALLOW. THE SUGGESTION WAS TO USE THAT JUTE NETTING REINFORCED SOD TO REGRADE THAT AND DELIVER THE STABILIZATION THERE. BUT REALLY THAT'S AN EROSION ISSUE. TRYING TO GO AROUND THE HEAD WALL. YEP, EXACTLY. BUT I DID WANT TO SHOW YOU SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE POST RAIN OF A CHANNEL THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY ESTABLISH. SO, THE LAST THREE WEEKS WE'VE HAD SEVERAL BIG RAIN EVENTS AND IT'S STRUGGLED TO ESTABLISH, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANNEL THAT IS ABLE TO ESTABLISH, THE NETTING IS OLDER, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SOD GROWING THROUGH IT AND YOU ACTUALLY--. IT WILL FLOW CORRECTLY. AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IS THAT THESE ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ARE NOT STRUCTURAL IN NATURE. THE STREETS ARE ACCEPTABLE, THE STREETS ARE NOT ON THIS LIST AS A PROBLEM. THE CULVERTS AND THE FLOW OF THE CULVERTS FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND THE CONVEYANCE OF WATER IS NOT A PROBLEM. THE FRESHWATER SYSTEM THAT'S SUPPLIED BY THE CITY OF PARKER HAS BEEN TESTED. IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM HAS BEEN TESTED. IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THE CITY TO ACCEPT BY APPROVING A PLAT IS NOT A PROBLEM. THE ISSUE LIES IN THESE THREE MINOR ELEMENTS THAT ARE ALL RELATED TO EROSION THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM IN THREE MONTHS, IN SIX MONTHS, IN NINE MONTHS, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY. JUST BECAUSE THE PLAT IS APPROVED DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE RELIEVED OF ANY OF OUR DUTIES TO PROTECT THESE DITCH LINES FROM STORM WATER. AS LONG AS WE HAVE A NOTICE OF INTENT, AN NOI FILED OF PUBLIC RECORD WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE TCEQ, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THOSE DITCH LINES AND THAT WILL REMAIN OUR RESPONSIBILITY UNTIL THE BUILDERS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SWPPP AND TURNED THE HOME OVER TO A HOMEOWNER, AND EVERY HOME IN THAT SUBDIVISION IS CONSTRUCTED AND THE LOTS ARE SODDED. SO THIS IS AN ONGOING COMMITMENT FROM US ON A STATE LEVEL BECAUSE OF THAT STORMWATER, THAT SWPPP, THAT STORMWATER PLAN. SO WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE PLAT AND ACCEPTING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NOT A PROBLEM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF PARKER. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE HOMEBUILDERS AND WITH THE HOMEOWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT DRAINAGE IN THAT SUBDIVISION IS FUNCTIONAL. BECAUSE WE WANT THIS TO BE AN ENJOYABLE PLACE TO LIVE. THERE'S NO SENSE IN US DOING SOMETHING THAT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SOMEONE BECAUSE IT WILL JUST CREATE A LARGER REPERCUSSION. WE'RE HERE TO MAKE THIS AN ENJOYABLE PLACE TO LIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME LIVE IN PARKER. QUESTIONS? LUKE, GARY, JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? [01:40:02] I MUST HAVE COVERED A LOT IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. [LAUGHTER] I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOU MADE IT EXTREMELY EASY TO UNDERSTAND SO--. WELL, THANK YOU. I HAD NO [INAUDIBLE] VERY ELEMENTARY EXPLANATION OF IT, SO IT WAS BENEFICIAL TO ME. I HAVE TO TELL YOU. CAN I HAVE AN ASIDE? I DID NOT START IN THE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS. I STARTED IN THE PROFIT AND FINANCE WORLD. AND SO AS I LEARNED THE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS, IT HAD TO BE VERY ELEMENTARY TO ME AND IT WAS MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND IF I UNDERSTOOD THE BASICS. AND I THINK THAT SOMETIMES IT JUST BECOMES TOO TECHNICAL AND WE JUST HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN TO WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING? WELL, YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. MACHADO, SINCE HE'S OUT THERE MORE FREQUENTLY, YOUR OPINION ON THIS. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS LEFT TO BE DONE. THEY'RE NOT DIFFICULT ITEMS. IT'S GONNA BE UP TO COUNCIL IF THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OR--. WE'VE GOT RESIDENTS OR HOMEBUYERS THAT ARE WAITING ON THIS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT PRESTON DOES. HE--. THEY DO MAKE EFFORT TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES HERE THAT HAVE MADE THIS DIFFICULT. YEAH, WE AGREE. AND IT'S JUST HARD TO DO AT TIMES. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR TREY. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND TONIGHT IS THE 30TH DAY ON THE FINAL PLAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS AS A COUNCIL? RIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE SHOT CLOCK THAT'S IN THE STATUTE COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT OR THE PLAT WOULD JUST BE APPROVED BY OPERATIONAL LAW BEFORE YOU ALL COULD MEET AGAIN. SO YOUR OPTIONS TONIGHT ARE TO APPROVE THE PLAT RIGHT OUT, YOU CAN APPROVE THE PLAT WITH CONDITIONS OR YOU CAN DENY THE PLAT. IT'S--. THOSE ARE YOUR THREE OPTIONS TO MAKE TONIGHT. I THINK AS FAR AS MORE DISCUSSION, IF THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS, JUST MORE DISCUSSION, I WOULD BE SUPPORTING THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAT WITH THE STIPULATIONS THAT THEY DO HONOR WHAT THEY SAID AND THAT IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS, EROSION WISE OR OTHERWISE, THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTUAL HOMEBUILDER COMES IN, THAT THEY WOULD BE CORRECTED, WHICH YOU SAID YOU WOULD. SO WITH THAT STIPULATION, I WOULD BE FINE WITH APPROVING THE PLAT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. CONSIDERATION FOR KINGS CROSSING'S PHASE THREE FINAL PLAT BE APPROVED WITH A STIPULATION THAT THE ONGOING COMMITMENT TO ACCEPT THE PLAT WITH THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WILL HONOR AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY ITEMS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE PRIOR TO THE HOMEBUILDER COMING IN WILL BE ATTENDED TO. I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER REED AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT WITH CONDITIONS. AND I'LL LET YOU WORD THAT. LET ME TRY TO PHRASE THIS. SO IT'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT WE CAN LOOK BACK TO. AND IF YOU'RE--. IF THIS IS NOT THE CONDITION YOU WANT, PLEASE RESTATE IT. YOUR CONDITION WOULD BE THAT THE DEVELOPER ABIDES BY THEIR TCEQ OBLIGATIONS TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE DRAINAGE, AS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN POINTED OUT, BUT UNDER THE TCEQ OBLIGATION THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE DRAINAGE GOING FORWARD UNTIL THAT OBLIGATION IS RELEASED AT A STATE LEVEL. CORRECT. IS EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MOTION IS? COULD WE BE MORE SPECIFIC IN IDENTIFYING THE FOUR ITEMS THAT MR. BIRKHOFF BROUGHT UP? IF YOU WANTED TO ITEMIZE ITEMS, THAT WOULD BE FOR COUNCIL TO DO THAT. I DID NOT HEAR THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION, BUT--. THE REASON I DIDN'T SAY THAT IS I WAS THINKING THAT THE TCEQ RESPONSIBILITY WOULD ENCOMPASS ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE COULD BE OTHER ITEMS THAT MAYBE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S BROADER, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT IT GOES AS SPECIFIC AS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MORE OF A GENERAL THING AND MAYBE WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC. [01:45:01] THE ONLY--. MY HESITANCY IN THIS IS THAT IT WAS MENTIONED THAT ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETED, IT GOES TO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND ULTIMATELY TO THE HOMEOWNERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL WHEN THERE'S DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. AND THEN IT CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH THE CITY BECAUSE HOMEOWNERS ASSUME THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO THERE'S A LOT TO IT DOWN--. WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT THAT'S THE POINT. SO WE NEED TO PROTECT--. I THINK WE NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES, THAT WE'RE COVERING ALL THE BASES. WELL, CINDY, BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION, WHY DON'T WE SAY THAT SAME MOTION OR I WILL MAKE ANOTHER MOTION WHERE WHAT I DO IS I'M GOING TO AUGMENT THAT WE ACCEPT THE PLAT--. BEFORE YOU DO THAT, ARE YOU WITHDRAWING YOUR FIRST MOTION? YES, I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW THE FIRST MOTION [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING TOO, SO. WELL, THE MOTION--. TECHNICALLY HE'S WITHDRAWN THE MOTION. SO NOW THERE'S NOT A PENDING MOTION. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO ASK THE BUILDER IF YOU ARE READY TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS--. AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, ACCURATE. OKAY. SO YOU'RE READY TO TAKE YOUR SHARE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WELL, TECHNICALLY, AFTER THE DEVELOPER HAS COMPLETED. YES. WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE LOT UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ISSUES ARE STILL ONGOING AND CAN BE ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. JUST WANTED THAT ON RECORD. [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION WHERE I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WE DO ACCEPT KINGS CROSSING PHASE THREE FINAL PLAT WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE FOUR ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED BY MR. BIRKHOFF AND THE ENGINEERING FIRM ARE ARE ADDRESSED. THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE SET BY THE STATE IN TCEQ ARE AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO THE DEVELOPER TO UNTIL IT'S HANDED OFF TO THE BUILDER. CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TO DO? ARE THE ITEMS SIX, NINE AND TEN ON HIS LETTER? THAT MIGHT BE. THAT'S FINE IF WE WANT TO-- THAT'S FINE. THAT MIGHT BE EASIER TO IDENTIFY. THREE ITEMS. AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WHEN EACH OF THESE ARE CORRECTED, WE'LL BE BACK IN PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'LL BE SEEING US. SO TREY [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE HAVE? SO I THINK WE'VE GOT IT. [LAUGHTER] JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE RECORD. SO IT'S THREE ITEMS BECAUSE YOU ORIGINALLY SAID FOUR, BUT THREE ITEMS AS IDENTIFIED IN MR. BIRKHOFF LETTER OF SIX, NINE AND TEN, AND THEN THE STATE TCEQ OBLIGATIONS UNTIL RELEASED AT A STATE LEVEL WOULD BE THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I CONTINUE MY SECOND OF THE AMENDED MOTION. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSIONS? THEN I WILL-- WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER REED AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT WITH CONDITIONS THAT THE FOUR ITEMS DISCUSSED BY MR. BIRKHOFF ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY BY TCEQ--. YOU'LL HAVE TO HELP ME THERE. I LOST IT. OKAY, SO THE MOTION AND THE SECOND IS THAT THE PLAT WOULD BE APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS AND THOSE CONDITIONS ARE THAT THE THREE ITEMS IDENTIFIED IN MR. BIRKHOFF LETTER OF SIX, NINE AND TEN, AS WELL AS THE STATE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE TCEQ, WOULD BE CONTINUED UNTIL RELEASED AT THE STATE LEVEL. OKAY. AND WE MAY WANT TO CLARIFY IT'S THE LETTER DATED MARCH 3RD, 2022. [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, THEN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. [INAUDIBLE]. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? NONE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE HAVE A FINAL PLAT. [01:50:01] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE REALLY DO GENUINELY APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH US BECAUSE DEVELOPMENT IS A PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. YEAH. THANK YOU. I KEEP DOING THAT. FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE UPDATES THAT ANYONE WISHES TO [5. UPDATE(S)] MAKE? YES, MADAM MAYOR, WE STILL HAVE NOTHING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RFQ. HOWEVER, I HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS OF TAKING OUR ORIGINAL 1984 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DIGITIZING IT, WHICH IT IS NOW TOTALLY, IN A WORD, DOCUMENT, WHICH WAS TYPEWRITER PAPER. SO THAT TOOK ME A COUPLE OF DAYS. AS WELL AS TAKING OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FROM OTHER CITIES AND DIGITIZING THOSE SO THAT WE CAN USE THEM AS A REFERENCE. AND I HAVE STARTED ALTERING OUR 1984 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS AN EFFORT TO GET SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE COMPLETED. I WANT TO GIVE A THANKS TO MAYOR PRO TEM MEYER, WHO HAS REACHED OUT AND IS WILLING TO ASSIST ME IN THIS PROCESS. AND NOW THAT IT'S PUBLIC, SHE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO DO IT. SO SHE HAS OFFERED TO HELP ME IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS A LONG, GRUELING PROCESS TO RETYPE THIS THING OUT. BUT WE HAVE IT TOTALLY TYPED OUT. I HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO IT AND WE ARE STARTING ON THE PROCESS OF JUST COMPLETING IT IN HOUSE THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY SINCE NOBODY IS WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS PROJECT. ANY OTHER COMMITTEES OR--? OK. NOT HEARING ANY. THEN ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FROM ANYBODY? IF NONE AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ADD THEM TO AN AGENDA UPON REQUEST. THEN AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RECESS TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE [EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)] AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0711, CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. GOVERNMENT CODE 551.0712, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER OPEN MEANING FACT. IT IS 9:40. WE ARE IN RECESS. OK. AT THIS--. AT THIS TIME, I'LL RECONVENE THE PARKER CITY COUNCIL OF APRIL 5TH, 2022. IT IS NOW 10:23 PM. NOT AM AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE THOUGHT, IT IS STILL NIGHT. IS THERE ANY APPROPRIATE DELIBERATION AND OR ACTION OF ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SUBJECTS LISTED ABOVE? NO, MADAM MAYOR. HEARING NONE. THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT IS 10:23 PM. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.