[CALL TO ORDER]
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I AM CALLING THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER.IT IS MAY 23RD, 2023 AT 7 P.M.
MR. OLSON, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? MADAM MAYOR, YOU HAVE A SUPER QUORUM.
OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE WILL DO THE PLEDGES.
I WILL ASK CAL CAMP IF HE WILL LEAD US IN THE AMERICAN PLEDGE.
AND LUCY ESTABROOK, IF SHE WILL LEAD US IN THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CARDS? ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY. NOT HEARING ANY.
WE WILL GO ON TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WILL MEET ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH AT 5 P.M.OKAY. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OUR VETERANS.
[PROCLAMATION(S)]
PROCLAMATION. CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 29TH, 2023.WHEREAS MEMORIAL DAY EACH YEAR SERVES AS A SOLEMN REMINDER OF THE SCOURGE OF WAR AND ITS BITTER AFTERMATH OF SORROW. AND.
WHEREAS, THIS DAY HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN DEVOTED TO PAYING HOMAGE TO LOVED ONES WHO LIE IN HALLOWED GRAVES THROUGHOUT THE LAND, HAVING SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES, THAT WAR MIGHT END.
AND. WHEREAS, IN TRIBUTE TO THE SILENT DEAD, IT IS FITTING THAT WE LIFT UP OUR VOICES TOGETHER IN SUPPLICATION FOR WISDOM IN OUR SEARCH FOR ENDURING PEACE.
WHEREAS THE CONGRESS AND A JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED MAY 11TH, 1950, PROVIDED THAT MEMORIAL DAY SHOULD BE SET ASIDE AS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND.
WHEREAS, TODAY AND EVERY DAY, LET US REMEMBER THE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WE HAVE LOST AND LET US HONOR THEM BY REDEDICATING OURSELVES TO STRENGTHENING OUR NATION'S PROMISE WITH LOVE, GRACE AND REFLECTION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I LEE PETTLE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS.
THE COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL CONCURRING, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY, MAY 29TH, 2023, AS CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS MEMORIAL DAY AND AS A CITY WIDE APPEAL FOR PERMANENT PEACE, URGING ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THIS CELEBRATION OF OUR VETERANS.
PROCLAIM THIS DAY THE 23RD OF MAY 2023.
THANK YOU. AND I WILL ASK EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO PLEASE SIGN THAT.
THAT WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND IT WILL ALSO BE IN THE BULLETIN BOARD OUTSIDE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL 18TH, 2023.APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL 25TH, 2023, AND APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 16TH, 2023.
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COUNCIL IS THERE ANYONE WHO NEEDS ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE REMOVED? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SLAUGHTER TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND, MADAM MAYOR? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
NOT HEARING ANY, I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IF YOU APPROVE PASSAGE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
OKAY. ANYONE AGAINST IT? OKAY. MOTION PASSES.
NEXT WE WILL GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS AND WE WILL START WITH NUMBER FOUR, TEMPORARY
[4. TEMPORARY MORATORIUM EXTENSION]
MORATORIUM EXTENSION.MAYOR COUNCIL. THIS IS COMING BACK AS ANOTHER ITEM WE'RE ENACTING.
WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO ENACT THE MORATORIUM TO MOVE FORWARD FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS WITHIN THIS.
FIRST, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MAYOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
CRAIG BIRKHOFF BIRKHOFF HENDRICKSON CARTER CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
STANDING IN FOR JOHN BIRKHOFF THIS EVENING, WROTE A LETTER ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO TO YOU ALL JUST KIND OF UPDATING THE PREVIOUS PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE DONE ABOUT EVERY 90 DAYS OR SO. WE KIND OF UPDATE THIS FOR YOU ALL AND JUST KIND OF COMPARING THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN RECENT TIMES SINCE DECEMBER.
SO COMPARING THAT TO THE WATER USAGE OF LAST SUMMER, AS YOU KNOW, WATER USAGE KIND OF CAN VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON THE HOT WEATHER, THE DURATION BETWEEN RAINFALL EVENTS, KIND OF HARD TO PREDICT THAT NECESSARILY.
SO JUST GOING OFF HISTORICAL RECORDS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN DOING THOSE CALCULATIONS BASED ON YOUR MAXIMUM WATER DEMAND LAST YEAR IN JULY OF 2022, YOU USE ABOUT 695 GALLONS PER CAPITA.
SO EACH PERSON USED ABOUT 695 GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY.
LOOKING AT THAT SAME MONTH, YOU ALL USE 3,840,000 GALLONS OF WATER AS A CITY FOR THAT MONTH.
THAT EXCEEDS YOUR CONTRACT RATE WITH NORTH TEXAS OF 3.5 MILLION GALLONS.
SO YOU'RE ABOVE THAT CONTRACT RATE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY ON A DAILY BASIS WITH THE ADDITIONAL HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE DECEMBER GRANDFATHERED IN OR WHATNOT THROUGH THAT LEGAL PROCESS AND A FEW MORE THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE BROUGHT ONLINE, THOSE WOULD ADD ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 95,000 GALLONS OF WATER USAGE ON TOP OF WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
QUICK QUESTION. WHAT ARE THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT ARE BEING ADDED IN THAT TIME FRAME? I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD FROM WHAT WE CALL IT.
THANK YOU. SO THOSE 45 HOMES OR SO THAT WE'VE CALCULATED FOR ABOUT 137 PEOPLE AND MULTIPLYING THAT TIMES YOUR 695 GALLONS PER PERSON, WE'LL GIVE YOU ABOUT ANOTHER 95,000 GALLONS OF DAY OF DEMAND YOU WOULD NEED ON TOP OF WHAT YOU USE LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS ABOVE YOUR CONTRACT RATE.
COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BIRKHOFF? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? THIS IS AN OPEN, PUBLIC HEARING.
PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING. OSMAN HUSSEIN AT 4801 LEANNA LANE, PARKER.
WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS READING THE NOTE ON THIS MORATORIUM, I WANTED TO JUST UNDERSTAND.
SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S OBVIOUSLY TO THE IMPACT OF THE WATER USAGE.
WE WERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DOES THIS PLAY INTO A FENCE PERMIT? IF IT'S NOT IMPACTING THE WATER USAGE, CAN WE STILL BRING A FENCE PERMIT TO THE CITY? YEAH. OKAY.
FOR A VARIANCE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FENCE PERMIT, WOULD THAT RESTRICT A VARIANCE?
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RIGHT NOW, VARIANCES AREN'T BEING HEARD UNDER THE MORATORIUM.WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING ABOUT SOME OTHER OPTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WISH TO SAY IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WATER [INAUDIBLE]? YOU'RE NOT HEARING OR SEEING ANYONE ELSE ON THIS.
WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY. COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO TO THE SECOND PART OF THIS ITEM, CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 8844.
EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ENACTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBERS 839, 833, 824, 815 AND 812.
ON THE ACCEPTANCE REVIEW AND APPROVALS NECESSARY FOR THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NECESSARY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF PARKER.
OKAY. COUNCIL IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? ANY QUESTIONS? LUKE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? NO, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY.
GARY, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? NOT AT THIS TIME, NO.
THAT BEING THE CASE, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 8844? MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 8844.
EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ENACTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBERS 839, 833, 824, 815, AND 812 ON THE ACCEPTANCE AND REVIEW OF APPROVALS NECESSARY.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER REED TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 844.
IS THERE A SECOND? MADAM MAYOR? I SECOND THE MOTION.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER REED AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER NOE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 844 EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM BY PASSING ORDINANCE NUMBER 844 PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANYONE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.
NEXT WE HAVE UPDATES AND THE FIRST UPDATE IS FROM 52, EXCUSE ME,
[5. UPDATE(S)]
2551. AND LUKE, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE? YEAH. THE CONTRACTORS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MOVING IN FOR THE WHAT DO WE CALL.THEY'RE WORKING ON GAS LINES RIGHT NOW AND FIBER.
YEAH. COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF DILLEHAY RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAD PROBLEMS GETTING MATERIALS.
THEY HAVEN'T HIT OUR WATER LINE THERE YET, SO KNOCK ON WOOD.
THERE'S BEEN NO ISSUES WITH THAT.
MOVING ON THAT I DO IN SEPTEMBER TODAY I DON'T YEAH.
YEAH THAT WOULD BE JUST FOR THE START RIGHT.
YES AND THAT'S IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL WHICH WE KNOW THAT'S THERE'S A LOT OF HOPE INVOLVED IN THAT.
OKAY. I'LL SPIT FIRE AND VINEGAR.
I HOPE PEOPLE HAVE PATIENCE BECAUSE THAT'S MESSY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON 2551? ANY OTHER UPDATE INFORMATION? OKAY. THEN I WILL ASK AS TO THE THE MONTHLY REPORTS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE MONTHLY REPORTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU ONLINE? OKAY. OKAY.
AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO DONATIONS.
[6. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION(S) FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND CITY STAFF FOR THE RECORD (Each valued at between $0 - $500)]
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ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS FOR POLICE, FIRE AND CITY STAFF.FOR THE RECORD, SCOTT CLARK DONATED A BUNDT CAKE VALUED AT $40 TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF ALLEN DONATED BOXED FOODS FOR FIVE AND TEN BOXES OF PASTRIES VALUED AT $120 TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HAL AND ANN CAMP DONATED HOMEMADE PEANUT BRITTLE, VALUED AT $10 TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE RAY DONATED NOTHING BUNDT CAKES A DOZEN MINIS VALUED AT $26 TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR DONORS GREATLY.
OKAY, NOW I WILL ASK, IS THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AT THIS TIME?
[7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
NO, MADAM MAYOR, BUT I WAS GOING TO MAKE ONE POINT OF ORDER.THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE LEFT BY THE FRONT DOOR.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEHOW APRIL 18TH, MEETING MINUTES GOT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDAS THAT WE PUT OUT.
SO JUST FOR ANYBODY IN THERE, WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER ON THAT.
OKAY. AS YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO BE PLACED ON AN AGENDA, JUST SIMPLY SEND ME AN EMAIL AT ANY POINT IN TIME AND WE WILL LOOK INTO IT.
OKAY. NEXT WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION START TO FINISH]
WE WILL RECESS TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 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 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.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I'M RECONVENING OUR REGULAR MEETING AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL, I WILL ASK, IS THERE ANY APPROPRIATE DELIBERATION AND OR ACTION ON ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SUBJECTS LISTED ABOVE? NO, MADAM MAYOR, THERE'S NOT.
OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS MEETING? NOT HEARING ANYTHING.
IT IS 9:17 P.M., RIGHT?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.