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WE'RE CALLING THE PARKER CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER.
[CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS SEPTEMBER SIX, 2022 AT 7 P.M..MR. OLSON, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, MADAM MAYOR, YOU DO? OKAY. I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCILMEMBER REID IS NOT PRESENT BECAUSE HE'S OUT OF TOWN WORKING, I THINK.
I'M NOT SURE. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL DO THE PLEDGES.
I WILL ASK MR. TORTELLINA IF HE WOULD DO THE AMERICAN PLEDGE AND MS. TURRENTINE, IF SHE WOULD DO THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY CARDS.
WE'LL JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT A FEW ITEMS OF INTEREST.
[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU CAN ARRANGE FOR HOME HAZARDOUS WASTE TO BE PICKED UP AT YOUR HOUSE.JUST GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SCHEDULE IT.
THEY ARE THINKING THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH MORE PEANUT BUTTER THAN PLANO.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT OUR BEST.
DROP OFF YOUR PEANUT BUTTER OR JELLY OR FOOD THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE FOOD DRIVE THIS LAST MONTH.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE HAVING A MEETING IN THE MORNING ON THE COMP PLAN.
YES, MADAM MAYOR. IT'LL BE HERE AT 9 A.M., 1 A.M.
NEXT MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, THE 14TH, RIGHT HERE AT 4 P.M..
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS CANCELED ITS MEETING FOR OCTOBER 4TH DUE TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET THEM IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS OCTOBER 4TH FROM 6 TO 9.
PARKER FEST IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 30TH FROM 3 TO 6 P.M.
AND EARLY VOTING WILL START ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH.
I THINK OCTOBER 11TH IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
DO YOU KNOW PATTI? I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. OK SO THEN THERE WILL BE A DRUG TYPE BACK ON OCTOBER 29TH FROM 10 TO 2, IS THAT RIGHT? CHIEF AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST DRIVE BY AND LEAVE YOUR OK ANY OTHER COMMENTS ANYBODY HAS ON ITEMS OF INTEREST? NOT HEARING ANY.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
22ND. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE EITHER MINUTES REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM MAYOR, I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT.WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SPECIFIED.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVED TO SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ANY DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IF YOU APPROVE OF ACCEPTING THE MEETING MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
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OK, NEXT WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM EXTENSION OK.[3. TEMPORARY MORATORIUM EXTENSION: PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE, REVIEW, AND APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR THE SUBDIVISION, SITE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, OR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF PARKER. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 824 EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ENACTED BY ORDINANCE NO.’S 815 & 812 ON THE ACCEPTANCE, REVIEW, AND APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR THE SUBDIVISION, SITE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, OR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF PARKER.]
AND I'M GOING TO LET COUNCIL GUIDE ME ON THIS SO WE DO IT CORRECTLY.AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM OF THE ACCEPTANCE REVIEW AND APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF PARKER.
MR. BIRKHOFF, I SEE THAT YOU'RE HERE.
WOULD YOU COME UP AND TELL US WHERE WE'RE AT? JOHN BIRKHOFF AT BIRKHOFF HENDRICKS AND CARTER OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
YOU ALL USED A LOT OF WATER IN JULY.
SO WE'VE BEEN TRACKING WATER DEMAND OVER THE YEARS IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND IN PARKER WHEN WE DID THE MASTER PLAN AND THE LAST TWO TIMES THAT WE TALKED, WE WERE USING NUMBERS THAT WHAT WE WERE SEEING AND THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT 472 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY FOR A MAX DAY USAGE.
SO AS WE MET LAST TIME WE TOLD YOU WE WERE GOING TO GET MORE SERIOUS WITH DATA.
AND SO AS WE GOT INTO JUNE AND JULY AND AUGUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOT HOT.
AND I ASKED GARY TO GET US THE RECORDS.
SO GARY REALLY DID A GOOD JOB AND HE GAVE US TO US IN EVERY 30 SECONDS, OVER LIKE THE WHOLE SUMMER.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT THE MAX DAY, WHICH IS JULY THE EIGHTH.
THAT'S THE DAY THAT YOU ALL USED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WATER.
YOU USED ABOUT 4 MILLION GALLONS THAT DAY.
AND SO WHEN WE DIVIDE THE POPULATION THROUGH THAT, INSTEAD OF HAVING 472 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY, WE WERE WE SEE 695.7 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT NUMBER, YOU KNOW, WE SAY THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
BUT TRADITIONALLY, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN MAX DAY USAGE DURING HOT PERIODS OF TIME IN THE PAST WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 375 TO 450.
WE'VE HAD YOU HAVE MORE WET SUMMERS THAN YOU HAVE HOT, DRY SUMMERS.
SO THE SUMMER 22 IS RATED IN THE TOP TEN.
I THINK IT'S IN THE TOP EIGHT.
THE SUMMER RECORD IS STILL 1980 OF CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE WEATHER.
AND WHEN WE GO BACK TO THAT PERIOD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE 425, 450 AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD SEE MAX HOURLY DEMANDS APPROACHING 800 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY.
BUT IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, YOU KNOW, THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES IN 2000'S, WHEN WE HAD EXTREME HOT WEATHER, WE WOULD SEE DEMANDS OF THAT 600 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY OR 1000 GALLONS PER CAPITA DURING THE MAX HOUR IN WEST PLANO.
SO IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF THAT WE USE MORE WATER.
AND ALL THIS WATER IS PRIMARILY GOING ON THE YARD.
WE'RE WATERING THE GRASS OR WATERING THE PLANTS AROUND THE HOUSE IN THESE CONDITIONS.
SO AS WE LOOK AT YOUR MAX DAY TODAY, AND THAT'S REALLY A CURRENT RECORD, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WHEN WE SAW THE NUMBER OF YEARS AGO PICTURES OF LAKE LAVON DRYING UP, PEOPLE REACTED TO THAT.
CITIES REACTED BY JACKING UP WATER RATES.
AND, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, WE ALWAYS SAW LOWER DEMANDS THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX.
AND EVEN YOU GUYS WERE USING LESS.
AND WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF A NOSEDIVE IN THAT.
AND WE ALWAYS WERE CURIOUS IF WE HAD A HOT, DRY SUMMER, WHAT WOULD PEOPLE DO?
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WELL, NOW WE KNOW WE WATER LIKE CRAZY.SO IN 2019, 2021 RECORDS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE USING ABOUT THREE, THREE AND ONE HALF MILLION GALLONS A DAY IN 2022 WE USE FOUR.
NOW YOUR EAST SIDE PUMP STATION.
THAT'S YOUR SUPPLY THAT YOU HAVE TODAY.
CONTRACTUALLY WITH THE DISTRICT, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU 4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
SO YOUR TAKE OR PAY JUST WENT UP FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES.
TWO OF THOSE PUMPS ARE SMALLER PUMPS AT 0.72 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
AND YOU HAVE TWO LARGE PUMPS AT 2.16 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
WELL, AS YOU DESIGN THAT STATION TO MEET THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS.
THE LARGEST PUMP HAS TO BE OUT.
SO WHEN WE GET HIT WITH THE DEMAND THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER ON JULY 8TH, AND, YOU KNOW, GARY'S FOLKS ARE PUMPING ALL THE WATER THEY CAN TO KEEP UP AND THEY WERE RUNNING EVERY PUMP AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY GOT TO THE TO THE FORE.
YOU KNOW, IN REALITY, WHEN THEY TURN ALL FOUR PUMPS ON THE TWO SMALL PUMPS REALLY DON'T CONTRIBUTE.
IT'S THE TWO LARGE PUMPS THAT REALLY MEET THAT DEMAND.
I THINK WHEN WE BUILT THE CENTRAL PUMP STATION, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR A SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH THE DISTRICT FOR THAT STATION TO WORK, YOU KNOW, WE CONTRACTOR FINISHED THAT AND WE ARE BACK FEEDING THAT STATION.
IT ALLOWS US TO OPERATE THE STATION.
SO WHEN A CONTRACT IS EXECUTED WITH THE DISTRICT, THE THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD MAKE THE CONNECTION PRETTY QUICK AND BRING THAT STATION ON LINE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY RUNNING. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SUMMER, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE WE WOULD NEED THAT STATION AND, YOU KNOW, A CONTRACT WOULD BE SIGNED OR, YOU KNOW, WE'D GO AND GET A JUDGE TO MAKE THE CONNECTION SO WE'D SUPPLY WATER.
IT ACTED LIKE ELEVATED STORAGE.
WE STORED IT AWAY AND WHEN WE NEEDED IT, WE PUMPED IT BACK OUT.
SO WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVEN SUBDIVISIONS ON THE GROUND THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED AND WE HAVE ABOUT 797 LOTS REMAINING TO BE COMPLETED.
SO WHEN WE ADD THAT 795 LOTS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT PEOPLE, THAT'S ABOUT 2200 PEOPLE.
WE DO ABOUT 2.89 PEOPLE PER UNIT.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE A MAX DAY DEMAND OF 5.6 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
SO IF ALL THOSE HOUSES WERE IN ON THE GROUND IN 2022 AND THE PUMP STATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY TO GET FOUR AND A HALF MAYBE OUT OF THERE. WE'RE GOING TO BE SHORT ABOUT A MILLION OR SO TO MEET THE DEMANDS.
SO IT DOES BECOME NOW A LITTLE BIT CRITICAL OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE APPROVED.
IF WE HAVE ANOTHER HOT, DRY SUMMER BACK TO BACK.
HISTORICALLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD HOT DRY SUMMERS BACK TO BACK, NOT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER GLOBAL WARMING IS, IF WE GET THAT NEXT YEAR, WE DON'T KNOW.
BUT HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE MORE WET SUMMERS THAN DRY SUMMERS.
SO AS WE LOOK AT NORTH TEXAS, YOU KNOW, PEAKING WISE, THE CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE TODAY ALLOWS YOU TO BE A PEAKING FACTOR 2.5 TIMES YOUR AVERAGE FLOW.
SO GARY GAVE ME THE THE THE DATA FOR A YEAR, JULY TO TO JULY.
AND WHEN WE DIVIDE THAT UP BY 12 AND WE LOOK AT THE PEAKING FACTOR, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE AT 2.21 TIMES YOUR AVERAGE, SO YOU'RE STILL MEETING THAT PART OF THE REQUIREMENT.
BUT ON THE NEW CONTRACT, THAT WAS THE IT GOES FROM 2.5 TO 2.2.
YEAH. YEAH. SO NO UNDER A NEW CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE AS WE CONTINUE TO USE WATER LIKE WE ARE AND WE ADD MORE PEOPLE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO BEYOND THAT AND THERE'S SOME PRETTY HARSH PENALTIES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS IN THAT NEW CONTRACT.
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YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE SWEATING OUR WAY OUT OF THIS UNTIL WE GET A CONTRACT WITH THIS WITH THE DISTRICT.AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO BE SITTING DOWN, SCRATCHING OUR HEADS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE BETTER MANAGE OUR WATER AND THE CHARTS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO MY LETTER.
A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE'S ONE WITH A BUNCH OF NUMBERS ON IT, AND THAT'S JUST LOOKING AT THE HOURLY OF HOW WE, YOU KNOW, PLUS OR MINUS WATER IN OR OUT OF THE TANKS AND WHAT WE PUMP. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE BAR GRAPH THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET.
AND SO WHEN WE REALLY LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ABOVE ONE IS COMING OUT OF ELEVATED STORAGE AND THE VOID AREA, THE WHITE AREA IS UNDER ONE IS WHEN WE'RE FILLING IT.
AND SO HISTORICALLY WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE EIGHTIES, WE WOULD SEE A PEAK IN THE EVENING TIME IN MOST COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT WAS WE WOULD SEE A PEAK OF 1.5 TO 2.15 PEAKING THE MAX DAY TO THAT MAX HOUR WHEN IT HITS THE SYSTEM THE HARDEST.
AND OVER TIME, WE SAW THAT PEAK AT NIGHT, MOVED TO THE EARLY MORNINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ATTRIBUTE THAT TO AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. AND SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA THAT WHEN WE HEAR THE, YOU KNOW, NEIL SPERRY'S OF THE WORLD TELL YOU THE WATER EARLY IN THE MORNING AND HE NEVER TOLD YOU THE TIME.
WHAT PEOPLE INTERPRET THAT IS TURNING THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ON AT 5 A.M.
IN THE MORNING. AND THEN WE SAW A BIG PEAK THERE AND WE SAW THIS PEAK FROM NIGHTTIME TO MORNING, GRADUALLY DO THIS AS MORE PEOPLE GOT AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. WHAT WE SEE IN THIS CHART IS Y'ALL JUST USE WATER.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE A NIGHTTIME PEAK NOW AND YOU HAVE A MORNING PEAK.
AND AS I TALKED TO GARY, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS.
BUT YOU HEAR ON THE RADIO, YOU KNOW WATER, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THESE HOURS.
AND BEFORE AND AFTER THAT, IT'S JUST TURN IT ON WHETHER WE NEED IT OR NOT.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, IT'S NOT THAT WE AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME MORE DATA.
THEY DIDN'T HEAR THAT PART ON THE NEWS TO DO.
AND I'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST SAID WATER, WHENEVER YOU WANT WATER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, JUST WHATEVER YOU WANT THAT WOULD DECREASE THESE PEAKS IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT TELLING PEOPLE HOW TO DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY REACT VERY DIFFERENTLY.
YOU KNOW, IN THE 1980S, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY OF IRVING, THEY ALWAYS HAD ODD, EVEN WATER RATIONING.
THEY DIDN'T NEED IT. THE ONLY REASON THEY DID IT IS THEY COULD GENERATE MORE REVENUE BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD REACT AND JUST USE WATER ALL DAY ON THE DAY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO WATER. AND AS WE LOOK AT THESE DOUBLE PEAKS, WE'RE NOT WATERING FROM 10 TO 6, BUT EVERY OTHER HOUR WE'RE WATERING AND THAT THAT REALLY AFFECTS THE PEAK DEMAND, THE PEAK THE SUPPLY THAT YOU GET FROM THE DISTRICT.
AND HOW CAN HOW CAN WE BETTER MANAGE THAT? HOW CAN WE BETTER EDUCATE PEOPLE? AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE HALF THE PEOPLE DO IT, IT WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON THIS DOUBLE PEAK.
NOW, YOUR DOUBLE PEAK IS NOT UNIQUE.
WE LOOKED AT SOME DATA IN ALLEN I THINK TWO YEARS AGO AND WE SAID, WOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE DOUBLE PEAK? YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE STARTED TO SEE IT.
WE DID DO A DEMAND STUDY LIKE THIS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND LUCAS, YOU KNOW, VERY SIMILAR TO YOU ALL.
AND THEIR CHART LOOKS AT VERY SIMILAR DOUBLE PEAKS.
AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK 400 OR 625 GALLONS PER CAPITA.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THESE CHARTS.
IS IT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS? YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO WATER TWICE A WEEK, YOU KIND OF SEE TWO DAYS THAT WERE REALLY BAD.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
SO I'LL OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
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OKAY. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD REMAIN HERE AND LET US BRING UP MR. TORTALLINO, BECAUSE MAYOR TORTALLINO HAS SOME QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.I APPRECIATE YOU ASSIGNING ME THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I GOT THROUGH THAT A LITTLE EASIER THAN I MIGHT HAVE ON THE OTHER ONE, SO.
ANYWAY, THANKS, GUYS, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I WAS YOUR MAYOR BACK IN 2006 2007.
LEE PATIENTLY SAT THROUGH OUR MEETINGS.
I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY, BUT MAYBE IT'S CLEAR NOW.
SO ANYWAY, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU I MISSED IT.
I KIND OF AT THAT POINT OF GLAD I DID IT.
SO ANYWAY, SO WE HAVE KIND OF GOTTEN CAUGHT UP IN THIS BUILDING MORATORIUM.
WE LIVE AT 4103 PECAN ORCHARD.
WE HAVE THREE PIECES OF LAND SEPARATELY TAXED, PUT TOGETHER FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT NINE ACRES.
THE CENTER PART OF THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE COUNTY.
IT'S NOT IN THE CITY OF PARKER.
AND ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE INHERITED DEENA'S MOM.
HER HOUSE WAS DESTROYED IN THE BIG FREEZE PIPE BURST, WASHED THE WHOLE THING OUT.
AND THIS IS NOT THE COMPLETE PLAN.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO BOG YOU DOWN.
IS PUT PUT HER A HOUSE BACK ON THAT COUNTY A PIECE OF COUNTY LAND.
IT WAS INTERESTING THE NUMBERS YOU WERE THROWING OUT IN LAST MONTH.
WE WERE AT 72 GALLONS A PERSON PER DAY, NOT 695.
WE HAVE A BIG LAKE ON THE PROPERTY.
BUT FOR MOST OF IT, WE WERE AT 4550, 750, 430 900 GALLONS.
AND FROM OUR STANDPOINT, THAT SEEMS A LITTLE UNFAIR.
WE SIMPLY WANT TO BUILD HER A HOUSE BACK THERE, MAYBE OURSELVES, TOO, AS A RETIREMENT HOUSE, BETTY MCNAMEE USED TO TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WITH LARGE ACREAGE OUT HERE WOULD KIND OF AGE OUT ON IT.
THEY JUST GET TO A POINT. THEY GOT TIRED OF TAKING CARE OF IT AND THEY WOULD THEY WOULD MOVE.
WE MAY, IN FACT, MAKE A BIGGER HOUSE BACK THERE AND PUT DEENA'S MOM IN THERE AS WELL AS OURSELVES FOR KIND OF A RETIREMENT HOME AND THEN MAYBE TURN THE HOUSE ON THE FRONT OVER TO THE KIDS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT BASICALLY WE'VE BEEN REFUSED UNDER THE BUILDING MORATORIUM.
AND WHAT'S GETTING REFUSED IS WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A PERMIT FROM THE CITY OF PARKER.
THE PERMITS WHEN YOU'RE IN THE COUNTY COME FROM THE COUNTY.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ABOVE IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE PLATTED BY THE CITY.
AND SO ARMED WITH THIS, WE WOULD THEN GO TO THE COUNTY AND WE GET A PERMIT.
THE CITIES WITH THE CITY IS DOING IS SIMPLY NOT SIGNING THIS AT ALL.
WE JUST CAN'T GET THEM TO SIGN IT, CAN'T TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PLAT, NOT PLAT, ANYTHING.
AND SO WE'RE KIND OF STUCK IN BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
AND WE WANT TO WANT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY OF YOU, TREY.
I'VE GONE TO MY ATTORNEY, WHO IS A MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY AND UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 212.131 WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW THIS MORATORIUM IS EXTENDING INTO THE ETJ.
212.131 NUMBER TWO SAYS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MEANS PROPERTY ZONED FOR FOUR, OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED FOR SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY USE.
WELL, YOU CAN'T ZONE IN THE ETJ, SO WE'RE A LITTLE CONFUSED ON HOW THIS MORATORIUM IS GETTING MOVED INTO THE COUNTY, JUST LIKE WE'D BE CONFUSED IF IT GOT MOVED INTO ALLEN OR PLANO.
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NICE HOME ON A 3.69 ACRE TRACT OF LAND.IT'S NOT A SMALL PIECE OF LAND, IT'S 3.6 ACRES.
IT MEETS, AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY TO BE ACCEPTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A PRIVATE ROAD.
THERE'S ONE EXCEPTION IN THERE.
AND SO WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THIS BECAUSE DINA'S MOM IS 82.
SHE'S NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER.
SO I SEE LEE AND TREY, I SEE VARIOUS WAIVER POSSIBILITIES IN THERE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THIS.
AGAIN, WE USE 72 GALLONS PER PERSON.
WE HAVE A LAKE WITH AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
AND SO WHY WE'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP INTO THIS, I'M NOT REALLY CLEAR ON.
BUT IF YOU GUYS COULD FIGURE OUT HOW WE MIGHT GO FOR A WAIVER OR ACCOMMODATION OR TELL US WHY THIS EVEN APPLIES IN THE ETJ, WE'D BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
TREY, DO YOU HAVE ANY CAN YOU GIVE US ANY INSIGHT ONTO WHY THIS IS EXTENDED INTO THE ETJ ? I MEAN, THE PUBLIC HEARING ISN'T REALLY A PLACE FOR US TO OK TO COMMENT BACK, BUT I'M SURE THAT WE COULD SET UP A MEETING WITH GARY AND US TO TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE? WELL, YOU'RE.
I MEAN, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR YOU TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
OH, THAT'S ALL ABOUT IT, FOR SURE.
ALL RIGHT. BUT FOR QUESTIONS AND DIALOG, WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT AT A MEETING.
VERY GOOD. SO BUT AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE USE VERY LITTLE WATER.
WE'VE TRADITIONALLY USED VERY LITTLE WATER.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THIS.
IT IS A PIECE OF LAND IN THE COUNTY.
WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 29 OR 30 YEARS.
WE'RE NOT WANTING TO START AN RV PARK OR A TRUCK PARKING LOT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE SIMPLY WANTING TO BUILD A NICE HOUSE ON IT.
BY THE TIME THERE'S A SEVEN $800,000 HOUSE ON IT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT THAT POINT.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S BENEFIT TO THE CITY TO FINDING A WAY THROUGH THIS FOR US.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING? OK. SHALL I CLOSE IT OR JUST GO TO COUNCIL? AT THIS TIME I AM CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
. OK COUNCIL NOW I WILL ASK YOU ALL, DO Y'ALL, YOU'RE SUCH A TASK MASTER.
WELL, OK CONSIDER WE'RE GOING TO PART TWO, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 824, EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ENACTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 815 AND 812 ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF ON THE ACCEPTANCE REVIEW AND APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE LIMITS, THE CITY LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF PARKER.
OKAY, NOW SHALL I READ I HAVE MICHAEL READ THIS AT THIS TIME.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 824, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARKER, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, EXTENDING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM OF THE ACCEPTANCE, AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
PROVIDING FINDING OF FACTS, DEFINITIONS, APPLICABILITY, PURPOSE, ENACTMENT, DURATION, EXTENSION, EXCEPTIONS AND EXEMPTIONS AND DETERMINATIONS AND APPEALS PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY, REPEAL OR ENFORCEMENT PROPER NOTICE OF MEETINGS AT AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
OK COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVED THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 824, EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ENACTED BY ORDINANCES NUMBER 815 AND 812 ON THE ACCEPTANCE REVIEW AND APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF PARKER.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE A SECOND? MADAM MAYOR, I SECOND THAT MOTION.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SLAUGHTER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH TO ADOPT
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RESOLUTION NUMBER 824.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OK, THEN I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 824, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.
[4. PARKER PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ANNUAL REVIEW.]
NUMBER FOUR PARKER PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION'S ANNUAL REVIEW.MS. TORRENTINE, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND GIVE YOUR REPORT? HI, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DO I SAY LEE ANN TORRENTINE 5310 ESTATE LANE.
PULL THE MICROPHONE DOWN JUST A..
SORRY I'M SHORTER. I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF VIEW OF 21-22 YEAR IN REVIEW.
WE STARTED IN OCTOBER PARKER FEST, OCTOBER 24TH, SUNDAY FROM 3 TO 6 P.M.
RIGHT HERE ACROSS FROM CITY HALL LEADING INTO THE PRESERVE.
WE HAD OVER 350 ATTENDEES AT COUNTED AT ONE TIME.
WE THINK THERE WAS PROBABLY 500 TOTAL THAT ATTENDED.
THAT WAS CUTE. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THANK CHIEF BROOKS AND THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SKILLFULLY GUIDING FOLKS FOR PARKING, DROPPING OFFS FOR THE SUCCESSFUL FOOD DRIVE TO THE LOCAL FOOD PANTRY, DROP OFFS FOR PARKER WOMEN'S CLUB FOR THE ANGEL TREE AND KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE DURING THE EVENT, AS WELL AS THE TIME THE CITY STAFF AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELPED MAKE THE EVENT SUCCESSFUL.
MANY ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE DURING THE THREE HOUR EVENT, INCLUDING GAMES WHICH WERE MANNED BY LOCAL BOY SCOUTS, FACE PAINTING, BALLOON ARTIST, BOUNCE HOUSE PETTING ZOO, A RINGMASTER ON STILTS, CARNIVAL EATS AND TREATS WITH FOOD VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS, INCLUDING CAFÉ MOMENTUM AND OF COURSE, THE RED TRUCK FOR PHOTO OPS AND THE AWARD WINNING PUMPKIN PATCH PAINTING, WHICH WILL DEFINITELY REAPPEAR THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS THE BLUES BROTHERS BAND, WHICH WAS EIGHT MUSICIANS THAT PLAYED THE ENTIRE 3 HOURS WITH THE BLUES BROTHERS CAR THAT HAD JUST MADE AN APPEARANCE IN A MOVIE.
THE MONIES AND DONATIONS RAISED EXCEEDED THE $5,000 IN VALUE FOR WHERE THE COMMUNITY PROJECTS, THE PARKS AND RECS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING PARKER FEST 2022 WITH A SUBCOMMITTEE HARD AT WORK NEEDING LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS.
THE PARKERS WOMEN CLUB, IN THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, DESIGNATED PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE AS A BENEFICIARY OF $14,000 FOR PARK PRESERVE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING BENCHES AND TABLES, AND FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS FOR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY.
ALSO, THE SPLIT RAIL FENCE IS IN THE MIDST OF THE REPLACEMENT AS SOON AS THE WEATHER ALLOWS.
A SIMILAR VENUE IN THE PARK WITH ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, VENDORS, FUN AND GAMES.
WE DO NEED VOLUNTEERS AND HOPE EVERYONE WILL ATTEND AND ENJOY.
THE COMMISSION ALSO PLANS ON A HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING EVENT ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH.
IDEAS AND PLANNING ARE UNDER THE WAY WITH ANOTHER SURPRISE UNDER THE TREE THIS YEAR.
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THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR KEEPING PARKER UNIQUE.ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST LIKE TO COMPLIMENT PARKS AND RECS FOR YOUR WORK, FOR YOUR THE EVENTS THAT YOU'VE HELD THAT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO HOLD.
IF PEOPLE WANTED TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP PUT ON PARKER FEST, HOW WOULD THEY DO SO? PARKER FEST, YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE OR EITHER CONTACT PROBABLY FRANK DECOSTA OR PIER BURGESS.
OR ANYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE OR ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION.
OKAY. SAME THING FOR HOLIDAYS.
YES. BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A..
JUST HAVEN'T GOT TO THE WEBSITE YET TO UPDATE IT.
I KNOW FRANK SENT THAT INFORMATION ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
I JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO GET THAT UPDATED WITH THIS BEING CLOSED MONDAY.
WELL, THE LAST EVENTS HAVE BEEN AWESOME.
THE CLEANUP WAS VERY NICE FOR THE CITY.
Y'ALL ARE JUST DOING A HECK OF A JOB.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN HELP Y'ALL? JUST KEEP SUPPORTING US, YOU ALL.
[INAUDIBLE] AT THE POPCORN END, THE COTTON CANDY MACHINE LAST YEAR.
I DON'T THINK DIANNA WILL EVER WANT TO SEE POPCORN AGAIN.
WELL, ANYTHING ELSE? ANY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. GREAT JOB.
THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY COMMENT.
OKAY. NEXT, WE HAVE ANY UPDATES.
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ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEES THAT HAVE UPDATES? OH.I DON'T HAVE. OH, WE'RE REAL ORGANIZED AS USUAL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEES THAT HAVE UPDATES? NOT HEARING. OH LUKE, WOULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON 2520? YES. THANK YOU.
GARY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THIS POINT.
THE CONTRACTORS HAVEN'T MOVED IN FOR UTILITY RELOCATIONS YET.
SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE STILL DELAYED.
SO AT THE MOMENT, SO ONCE THEY COME IN TODAY, PUTTING UP THE EDGES AND FIXING THAT AREA WHERE THE WATER HAD ERODED AWAY, YEAH, THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT TODAY AND THAT CAUSED SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES, BUT THAT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THAT.
YEAH, THE UTILITIES STILL HAVEN'T ALL BEEN RELOCATED IN THAT AREA.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY COMPANIES MOVE IN FOR UTILITY RELOCATES AND NORTH TEXAS WILL BE BACK OUT PROBABLY IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME TO FINISH UP SOME OF THEIR WORK OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY ALL WE'VE GOT.
WELL, I GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE IN SOUTHBRIDGE WHO REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT WITH YOUR GUYS ON A SATURDAY AND FIXING ALL THOSE POTHOLES.
THEY WERE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND THEY ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR AND YOUR GUYS EFFORTS.
THANK YOU. IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT NOT GIVING MY NUMBER OUT.
SO, GARY, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO RESUME IN NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED DATE LIKE WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE ALL COMPLETED? THE NORTH TEXAS PORTION THAT WE KNOW OF, AS FAR AS THE PROJECT ACTUALLY KICKING OFF AND STARTING, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OFFICIALLY.
NOW, THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN FOR PLE AS WELL AS SOUTH RIDGE.
THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN FOR EVERYBODY ON THAT WHOLE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.
RIGHT. BUT WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH THEM REGULARLY, BUT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ANYTHING YET.
THERE'S MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT GARY ATTENDS.
AND THERE'S JUST THERE'S VERY LITTLE INFORMATION AT THIS POINT THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THIS POINT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, AS FAR AS WHEN THEY'RE MOVING THEIR CONTRACTORS IN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO. CHIEF, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY SAFETY ISSUES OUT THERE ON DELAHAYE CURTIS?
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I WOULD ADD THAT ONE OF THOSE COMPLAINTS WAS FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING UP DELAHAYE.THEY HAD THE ROADWAY CLOSED TO DROP A DOZER AND A BLACK BMW CAME HEAD ON AT ME GOING NORTHBOUND BECAUSE THEY'D SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE ROAD WITHOUT TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THEY WERE TIRED OF WAITING AND I HAD TO GO OFF INTO THE CULVERT.
THEY'D NOTIFY GARY AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN NOTIFIED.
I NOTICED TODAY THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUE, THEY HAD IT SHUT DOWN AND THEY WERE JUST LETTING PEOPLE DRIVE AROUND AND UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE WERE CROSSING THE DOUBLE YELLOWS TO PASS BY AND COMING HEAD ON ON THE CURVE AGAIN.
WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH JENNIFER AND..
I TRIED TO CALL HER TODAY, I DIDN'T GET HER, BUT..
WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH HER TO GET MORE UPDATES.
GARY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ON CURTIS AT THE ENTRANCE TO CURTIS FROM DELAHAYE FOR THAT? THAT PARTICULAR SECTION IS EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE.
YEAH. TXDOT IS SUPPOSED TO COME.
I'M GONNA FIX THAT AREA BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR THEY THEY DID THAT.
WE CAN FIX IT, BUT IT'S THEIRS TO FIX.
AND SO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT US TO FIX IT, WE CAN.
MATERIALS ARE HARD TO COME BY.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ASPHALT AND MATERIALS TO GO MAKE A PROPER REPAIR.
THAT IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD ANYWAY.
YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S DAMAGING VEHICLES AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
WE WENT AND ASKED WHAT WE COULD AND NOW WITH MORE RAIN, IT'S THAT AGAIN.
SO WE CAN GO PATCH POT HOLES AND AT LEAST MINIMIZE THE BAD AREAS.
AND UNTIL THEY COME AND THEN AND I'LL TALK TO JENNIFER AGAIN TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEW SCHEDULE.
AND THIS IS JUST ME. JUST SPITBALLING.
THERE'S NOTHING SOLID THAT WE CAN PUT OVER IT TEMPORARILY.
WE COULD GO WITH WITH OUR EQUIPMENT, WE COULD GO AND DO THAT.
BUT IT'S GOING TO WE'LL HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO DO THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON OK? ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS?
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MADAM MAYOR, THE MAPS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT MEETING, THE ANNEXATION ZONING AND THOROUGHFARE.IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE GET WITH US SO WE CAN GET THOSE IRONED OUT BEFOREHAND.
THEY ARE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING WEBSITE AGENDA MEETING STUFF.
WHERE CAN ONE GO AND LOOK AT THE MAPS? THEY'RE ON THE WEBSITE IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING AREA AND WE ALSO HAVE COPIES HERE, IF ANY COUNCILMAN WANTS TO COME TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE COPIES. OKAY, SO EVERYBODY GO LOOK AT THE MAPS AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, RIGHT? WOULD IT BE GETTING YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED? WOULD IT BE DIFFICULT TO CREATE A SEPARATE TAB JUST FOR MAPS SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DIG FOR IT IN PLANNING AND ZONING? IT WOULD BE. I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, I JUST..
I'M NOT AN PERSON I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE WEBSITE STUFF STILL NO LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN WORK ON BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE THAT QUESTION LIKE SOMETHING JUST QUICK OR MAYBE A LINK OR A HYPERLINK ON THE MAIN PAGE, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT MY NEWS SECTION.
NEWSFLASH. YEAH, LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
ANYTHING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST OR ASK IF WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING KIND OF IN CONJUNCTION WITH MR. BIRKHOFF'S COMMENT ABOUT THE WATER AND.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EDUCATION.
YEAH. IF IT'S TRAINING OR, YOU KNOW, SOME WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP LEVEL THE WATER OUT? I'M NOT A FAN OF RULES, BUT YEAH, SOMETHING TO HELP OUR WATER SITUATION.
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OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD.[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
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 SECTION 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 MEETINGS ACT.
WE ARE IN RECESS, I JUST GET SO EXCITED.
YEP. I AM RECONVENING THE PARKER CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER SIX AT 9:17.
COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR IS THERE ANY DELIBERATION OR ACTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO MADAM MAYOR.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO MADAM MAYOR.
THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.