Aug 18, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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I HEREBY CALL THE PARKER CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS AUGUST 18, 2026. IT IS 6PM AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK MS. HULL. DO I HAVE A QUORUM? THANK YOU. OKAY,

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AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION ON THE AGENDA. THE AGENDA, DUE TO A COMPUTER GLITCH OR A SOFTWARE ERROR, PRINTED IT AS IF TWO WORKSHOPS CAME TOGETHER.

IT IS SEPARATE. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE SECOND PART IF THERE'S TIME. SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GRANT SAVAGE, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. YES, WE APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A LITTLE LIGHT. WE WERE RUNNING IN AN INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEETING.

THERE.

OH, RIGHT ON THE KNEECAP.

OH, THAT ONE'S COLD. I BROKE MY OTHER ONE, SO. YES, SIR.

SO IF YOU PULL UP THE PROPOSED BUDGET THERE. AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT, DO A QUICK OVERVIEW HERE. SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS PREPARED USING THE CURRENT TAX RATE OF 0.310439. THAT'S THE SAME TAX RATE WE'VE HAD THE LAST TWO YEARS. IT'S ALSO USING THE CERTIFIED TOTALS FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF ALMOST $2.3 BILLION. KIND OF TAKING A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND SUMMARY THERE. GENERAL FUND REVENUES INCREASED JUST A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, OR 12.2, 12.3%. MAJORITY OF THAT'S COMING FROM PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE OF 621,000, OR 60% OF THAT INCREASE. GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES INCREASED 921,000, OR 14.4%. MAJORITY OF THAT CAME FROM PD SALARY INCREASES AND NEW POSITIONS THAT HAVE A FULL YEAR EFFECT.

AND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 62% OF THAT, OR 577,000.

ALSO, PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 217,000, OR 23 OF THAT INCREASE. MAJORITY OF THAT COMING FROM THE PLANNING CONSULTANT.

THAT WAS ADDED IN THE BUDGET.

THIS CURRENT YEAR. TRANSFERS DECREASED BY 282,000, OR 14 OR NEGATIVE 14%. WE JUST MOVED

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MOVING ON TO THE COMBINED BUDGET SUMMARY THERE ON THE NEXT PAGE. GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS 9. OVERALL, IT'S $9.9 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT 109% OF THE BUDGET EXPENSES. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER, YOU KNOW, YEAR OF RESERVES THE WATER WASTEWATER FUND, THE REVENUE HAS INCREASED BY 9% OR 656,000. EXPENSES INCREASED BY 9% AS WELL.

OVERALL THERE'S A SURPLUS OF $34,877. AND THAT ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SUPPLEMENTALS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. WATER WASTEWATER FUND HAS INDY FUND BALANCE OF 3.7 MILLION AND THAT EQUATES ABOUT 51% OF THE BUDGET EXPENSES. SO ABOUT A HALF YEAR'S WORTH OF RESERVES IN THE WATER FUND. THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS HAVE A POSITIVE ENDING FUND BALANCE. A FEW OF THE FUNDS HAVE BUDGETED DEFICITS AND THESE ARE BECAUSE THESE ARE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS.

AND THESE HAVE ONE TIME EXPENSES THAT HAVE BEEN BUDGET IT IN. SO NOW IF WE MOVE OVER, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUPPLEMENTALS REAL QUICK.

WE'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTALS. SO THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE FROM THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, THE VACATION BUYBACK WAS REDUCED BY. WELL, I'LL START THERE. AT THE TOP OF THE LONGEVITY PAY THERE WERE NO CHANGES MADE. THE VACATION BUYBACK PROGRAM WAS REDUCED BY 50%. PERSONNEL CONTINGENCY.

THAT 99,000 IS. WHATEVER EXTRA MONEY WAS LEFT IS GOING INTO THAT ACCOUNT. WE REMOVED THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AV OVERHAUL. WE HAVE THE NOTHING WAS CHANGED WITH THE CIVIC PLUS THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION MATCH WAS REDUCED BY 50%. REMOVED THE COMPLAINT UPDATE, NOTHING WAS CHANGED WITH THE PART TIME SALARY INCREASES FOR FIRE. NOTHING WAS CHANGED WITH THE SEPTIC SYSTEM FOR FIRE OR THE RECLINERS OR THE INTAKE VALVE OR THE BRASKY DOOR PROP OR THE FIRE CALL BOXES. WE DID REMOVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR THE THREE FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS. AND THEN IN THE POLICE, WE LEFT THE PISTOLS IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL LIST PATROL VEHICLE, THE COVERED PARKING AND THEN WE REMOVED THE COVERED HANDICAP RAMP. AND THEN IN PUBLIC WORKS WE HAD THE SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.

NONE OF THAT CHANGED. SO THE TOTAL OF THE SUPPLEMENTALS RIGHT NOW EQUALS THE SURPLUS THAT WE HAD IN THE GENERAL FUND. THE $392,033. IF WE MOVE OVER TO THE WATER FUND. THE THREE SUPPLEMENTALS IN THERE, THE LONGEVITY PAID, NOTHING CHANGED ON IT, THE VACATION BUYBACK AND THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN, BOTH OF THOSE WERE REDUCED BY 50%. SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND AT TODAY. I DID SEND A LIST OF OTHER CHANGES THAT WERE MADE AND THAT WAS WE REDUCED THE 08,601, 108,605 FROM THAT WAS A TOPO. THE TOTAL WENT FROM 13,000 TO 10,000. SO IT HAD A NET REDUCTION OF 03,000. 011-208-603 WENT FROM 11,750 TO 10,750. 128,614. WE REDUCED IT BY $5,000.

012-008-401 RESERVED BY 4,000.

AND THEN IN THE WATER FUND, 036-008-402, WE HAD TO INCREASE IT DUE TO A NEW STATEMENT THAT WE GOT FOR GENERATE GENERATED MAINTENANCE. SO THAT KIND OF RECAPS ALL THE CHANGES FROM THE.

FROM THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, TO TONIGHT. I'LL OPEN THIS UP NOW FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MORE DISCUSSION ON MS. BOGDAN.

I HAD A QUICK QUESTION I DIDN'T SEE. WE DISCUSSED THE TREES ALONG PARKER ROAD GETTING FIXED, AND WE INCREASED THAT FUND.

THAT AMOUNT. DID THAT GET PUT IN? YEAH. SO ANYTHING THAT I CHANGED WHILE WE WERE DISCUSSING IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

OKAY.

SO THAT WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL EMAIL. OKAY, THANKS. THAT'S. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MR. SAVAGE, MR. PILGRIM? JUST ONE. THIS IS ONE I ASKED BACK IN OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE

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SO 8.4 VERSUS 7.752 IS ROUGHLY $650,000 SHY. SO THE QUESTION I HAD WAS THIS LATE IN THE YEAR, AND I REALIZE THIS IS THROUGH JUNE 30TH, IT'S NOT THROUGH AUGUST 17TH, BUT THERE'S 1/4 LEFT IN THIS ACCOUNTING. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE REVENUES WILL COME UP TO THAT FULL 8.4 FOR THE YEAR? YES, SIR, I DO ANTICIPATE THAT OUR REVENUES WILL PROBABLY EXCEED THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.

OUR ACTUALS WILL. WE DON'T HAVE. WHAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THAT IS OUR FOURTH QUARTER FRANCHISE FEES. ALSO, PROPERTY TAXES ARE STILL TRICKLING IN AND THEY'VE CONTINUED TO TRIPLE IN. SO THAT NUMBER WILL END UP EXCEEDING THE BUDGETED NUMBER. SO IN MY OPINION, WE'LL EXCEED THE BUDGETED NUMBER OF REVENUES.

GOOD. THANK YOU.

WE'RE AT 91% NOW, BUT STILL THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY TAXES COMING IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

RIGHT? SO, YES, SIR.

WE'D ALSO ASKED THAT WE GET BACK WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO SEE HOW CLOSE WE WERE GOING TO COME FOR.

FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR, HOW CLOSE WE WERE GOING TO BE.

DID WE GET ANY RESPONSE BACK FROM THAT? SO I STARTED GOING IN AND TRYING TO REVIEW THOSE NUMBERS. SO DURING THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THOSE UP. SO FIRE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. BUDGET TRANSFERS. POLICE IS WORKING ON BUDGET TRANSFERS RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY RECLASSIFIED.

SOME EXPENSES NEED TO GO WITH SOME OTHER ACCOUNTS AS WELL.

SO WE HAVEN'T FINISHED CLEANING THOSE UP YET. AS SOON AS WE DO, I WILL. I'LL SEND AN UPDATE TO ALL ACCOUNTS.

MR. SHORT, YOU KNEW BEFORE.

YOU HAVEN'T RAISED MY HAND ON THE VACATION BUYBACK AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S FOR AND WHAT, WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR. ARE WE INTO ANTICIPATING 100% OF THAT WILL BE UTILIZED IN THE YEARS OR ARE WE PLANNING FOR ESSENTIALLY A WORST CASE SCENARIO WITH IT? THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS BUDGETED IS 100% USAGE. AND THEN WE, DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IT WAS REDUCED TO 50%. SO WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PLAN DEFINED YET. SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND THEN DEFINE THE PLAN STILL.

FAIR ENOUGH. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'LL DRAW DOWN ON THE ENTIRE AMOUNT.

POSSIBLY, YEAH. I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION WE'LL HAVE AS FAR AS PEOPLE SELLING BACK THEIR VACATION, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN SELLING BACK THEIR VACATION THAT JUST NEVER GET TO USE THEIR VACATION.

WE INTEND TO STRUCTURE THE PLAN IN SUCH A WAY THAT THERE'S INCENTIVE, INCENTIVE THERE TO UTILIZE THAT FULL AMOUNT THIS YEAR. AND SO OUR GOAL OF COURSE, IS TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE THOSE LIABILITIES ON THE BOOKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, GRANT, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD IF THESE SUPPLEMENTALS, IF THERE'S NO CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL AFTER TONIGHT, I'LL START WORKING ON PUTTING THOSE INTO THE LINE ITEM DETAILS AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND FINALIZE THE LINE ITEM DETAILS AND I'LL SEND THAT OUT FOR EVERYONE TO REVIEW PRIOR TO THE SEPTEMBER 1ST VOTE.

EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? OKAY. WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN I WILL CLOSE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AT AND AT THIS POINT I'LL GO TO THE SECOND WORKSHOP, WHICH IS REALLY A QUESTION.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH A WORKSHOP.

MS. PILGRIM HAD ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER A OVER 65 EXEMPTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS. STAFF HAS ASKED THAT ONE. I WANT MS. PILGRIM TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. THE STAFF HAS ASKED IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN DOING THIS BY ALL OF COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY ANTICIPATE THIS REQUIRING QUITE A BIT OF WORK AND THEY WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO GET IT BACK TO US UNTIL DECEMBER, JANUARY. OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

BUT THE QUESTION COMES IN, SHOULD WE DO THE WORK IF COUNCIL HAS NO INTEREST IN THE ISSUE? OKAY. SO ONE OPTION IS, LIKE, EXEMPTION. IS A FREEZE ALSO AN OPTION?

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THIS WAS HIS ITEM, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET'S LET HIM ADDRESS IT FIRST.

YEAH. I HADN'T READ WHAT'S UP THERE YET, BUT THE REASON I BROUGHT IT UP, AND IT'S REALLY BROADER THAN JUST THE OVER 65. BUT THAT'S WHAT ORIGINALLY PROMPTED THIS MOST. A LOT OF TAXING DISTRICTS GIVE. PUT A CAP OR GIVE AN EXEMPTION FOR OVER 65 HOMEOWNERS. MOST OF THEM ALSO GIVE AN EXEMPTION FOR HOMESTEAD. YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT PARKER DOES A SMALL ONE FOR OVER 65, BUT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AT ALL. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TAX RATE IN PARKER AND WE COMPARE WHAT OUR TAX RATE IS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, IT'S ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE, BECAUSE MOST CITIES HAVE A TAX RATE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE AN EXEMPT AMOUNT FOR HOMESTEAD.

AND THAT'S HOW OUR STATE LEGISLATURE TENDS TO TRY TO HELP RELIEVE THE BURDEN OF PROPERTY TAXES IN THE STATE. THEY TRY TO GIVE PRINCIPAL RELIEF TO HOMEOWNERS, AND BEYOND THAT, THEY GIVE RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 65. SO GIVEN THAT PARKER DOESN'T DO EITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GIVE. MAYBE NOT BOTH STARTING OUT NOW, BUT AT LEAST AN OVER 65 CAP. I PREFER A CAP RATHER THAN A DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THE REASON I PREFER A CAP TO A DOLLAR AMOUNT IS WE'VE HAD A 40 OR $50,000 GRANT. 50. OKAY, IT WAS 40 AT ONE TIME.

IT'S.

WE'VE GOT A. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A $50,000 EXEMPTION ON YOUR VALUATION FOR CITY PROPERTY TAXES. IF YOU'RE OVER 65, THAT EXEMPTION GETS WIPED OUT. OUT EVERY YEAR BY JUST THE AMOUNT THAT THE COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT GOES UP ON THE APPRAISAL OF YOUR PROPERTIES. ALMOST EVERYONE'S PROPERTY GOES UP SUBSTANTIALLY EVERY YEAR. WE HAPPEN TO LIVE IN A COUNTY THAT'S PRETTY AGGRESSIVE AT CHANGING THE PROPERTY APPRAISALS IN THE CITY. AND AS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS. SO THE COUNTY DECIDES, INSTEAD OF YOUR HOUSE BEING WORTH 1.6 MILLION, WORTH 1.8 MILLION, AND YOU PAY TAXES ON AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 OF UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAIN, OR WHATEVER THE AMOUNT MIGHT BE, WHETHER IT'S 100,000, 200 OR 1,000 OR A HALF A MILLION, IT'S ALL UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS. AND I GUESS I JUST.

IN PRINCIPLE, I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER A CAP ON OVER 65, BECAUSE WHEN A PERSON REACHES THE POINT TO WHERE THEY'RE RETIRED, RETIRED OR NEAR RETIREMENT IN THEIR LIFE, THEY'VE CERTAINLY PASSED PROBABLY THE PEAK EARNING STAGES OF THEIR LIFE. THEY SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TO EITHER STAY ENGAGED IN THE WORKPLACE OR DRAW MONEY OUT OF SAVINGS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO PAY TAXES ON THE UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAIN OF THEIR PROPERTY. SO I THINK IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO. NOW FOR FULL DISCLOSURE. I'M OVER 65. I'M 71. MY FEELINGS ON THIS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY AGE. IF I HAD TO EXEMPT MYSELF FROM IT OR IF I WAS EXEMPT FROM IT JUST BECAUSE I'M A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD STILL THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE REACH RETIREMENT AGE, THEY SHOULDN'T BE DRAWING MONEY OUT OF SAVINGS OR WORKING ADDITIONAL YEARS TO PAY TAX ON UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS.

SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER PUTTING IN PLACE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THAT.

MANY OTHER CITIES IN COLLIN COUNTY DO.

IT'S.

IT'S NOT THE MAJORITY OF CITIES WITHIN COLLIN COUNTY THAT RECOGNIZE IT, BUT IT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION WITHIN COLLIN COUNTY THAT LIVE IN THE CITIES THAT RECOGNIZE IT.

OKAY, NOW, MR. BARON, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD.

OKAY, FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION.

THESE.

TINA, I KNOW WHAT A FREEZE IS.

THESE TML DOCUMENTS REFER TO FREEZE, USUALLY USING THIS OTHER TERM, CAP, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. IS THAT THE SAME THING? NO.

THEN CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A CAP IS? A CAP IS.

THEY CAP THE ASSESSED VALUE THAT YOUR PROPERTY WILL BE SUBJECT TO TAX ACT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW WHAT A FREEZE IS.

SO FREEZE, CAP OR CEILING, THEY'RE ALL USED AS THE SAME TERM.

IN THIS IS. IN THIS INSTANCE, ESSENTIALLY WHEN SOMEBODY PASSES 65, THEY APPLY AND THEY GET AWARDED THIS EXEMPTION, THEIR PROPERTY TAX VALUES WOULD NOT INCREASE.

SO I THOUGHT THEY WERE SAYING.

YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE.

THE WAY THIS WAS READING IS IF MY PROPERTY TAXES WERE $800 THE YEAR THAT I TURNED FOR CITY OF PARKER, WHEN I TURNED 65, THEY WOULD REMAIN AT $800 UNTIL I'M 75 OR LATER. I DOUBT.

YEAH, IT'S EVEN. THE CAP IS NOT A CAP ON THE TAXES THAT YOU PAY.

IT'S A CAP ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY. JUST LIKE A

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IT'S STILL UP TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL TAXING UNIT, WHETHER IT'S A CITY OR THE COUNTY OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR WHATEVER TO SET THEIR TAX RATES WHEREVER THEY WANT THEM.

BUT IN ESSENCE, THAT WOULD WORK FOR JUST THE CITY OF PARKER.

THAT WOULD WORK THE SAME WAY.

SO IF YOUR APPRAISAL AMOUNT IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THEN YOUR TAXES WOULD NOT GO UP UNLESS THE TAX RATE CHANGES.

WELL, THIS IS READING THAT GOING BACK TO THE 800 IN CITY PROPERTY TAXES, THAT PERSON WILL NEVER PAY MORE THAN THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT DURING THAT PERSON'S LIFETIME UNLESS THERE IS A CHANGE TO AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE PROPERTY.

SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND CLARIFICATION. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT. IF WE WANT TO PURSUE THAT, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU.

TWO OF OUR FORMER MAYOR SHOWED UP AND REQUESTED WE CONSIDER A FREEZE. I WAS VERY, VERY HOPEFUL WE WOULD SEE THIS. I DID NOT REALIZE. AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. WHEN WOULD WE HAVE TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION OR PASS SOMETHING? AND IT LOOKS LIKE JULY 1ST.

SO WE'RE GETTING MIXED ANSWERS FROM THE COUNTY. I WOULD JUST SAY MARCH TO BE CAUTIOUS.

AND STAFF WAS CONCERNED. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PUT A LOT OF HOURS AND THEN FILE. THERE WAS NO APPETITE FOR IT. SO.

MR. SHARP, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I SUPPORT THIS. I SUPPOSE I JUST DON'T THINK IT GOES FAR ENOUGH. I THINK MY QUESTION IS IF PEOPLE OVER 65 SHOULDN'T PAY AS MUCH THAN WHO SHOULD? YOU KNOW, IS IT YOUNG PARENTS WHO DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AND THEY'RE PAYING FOR DIAPERS, THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE THEY CAN BARELY AFFORD? IS IT PEOPLE WHO ARE 40 AT THE.

THEIR EARNING POTENTIAL? DO WE NEED TO HAVE A BELL CURVE? I HONESTLY THINK THAT WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO ACHIEVE HERE IS A FLATTENING OF THE TAX INCREASES SO THAT EVERYBODY IN PARKER CAN STAY HERE LONGER. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS IS THE MASSIVE GROWTH OF THE VALUE OF OUR HOUSES. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BROUGHT INTO THIS THROUGH THE LENS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 65, BUT I GOTTA BE HONEST WITH YOU, MOST OF THE PEOPLE OVER 65 IN PARKER ARE PRETTY WELL DO. I THINK THE CHALLENGE HERE IS HOW DO WE MAKE THIS RIGHT FOR EVERYBODY? YOU KNOW, IF WE HALT TAX INCREASES OR LIMIT TAX INCREASES ON PEOPLE OVER 65, WHAT WE'RE EFFECTIVELY DOING IS INCREASING THE TAXES ON EVERYBODY ELSE. I SEE A WAY FOR ALL OF US TO WIN. I THINK IT REQUIRES A BIT OF A PLAN, AS BUDDY SAYS. I MUST ADMIT.

I'M UNDER 65, AND I THINK THAT HAS NO INFLUENCE OVER WHAT I'M SAYING HERE.

ALTHOUGH I'M SURE SOMEONE WOULD ARGUE IT, BUT IT IS A PROBLEM.

BUT IT'S A PROBLEM FOR EVERYBODY. AND I THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT AT A LARGER SCALE.

YEAH, PART OF THE RESEARCH IN MY MIND THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD THIS AFFECT? WHAT WOULD THE EFFECT BE ON THE REST APART? WE DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE. WE DON'T KNOW.

AND THAT'S WHERE STAFF WOULD COME IN AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO TRY TO GATHER SOME OF THE STATS.

SO FOLLOWING THE. THE PROCEDURES THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE A FEW MONTHS BACK ABOUT REQUESTING AN ITEM BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND STAFF, THE IMPACT ON STAFF TIME, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SIX TO 10 HOURS WORTH OF TOTAL STAFF TIME ON THIS ONE. AND WE WOULD BRING YOU OPTIONS FOR THE 65 AND OLDER FREEZE, POTENTIALLY INCREASING THAT EXEMPTION FOR OVER 65. AND WE WOULD ALSO BRING FORTH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AS WELL. THAT SHOULD BE A NUMBER THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET. HOW MANY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE IN THE CITY OF PARKER. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, Y' ALL CAN PLAY AROUND WITH SOME NUMBERS ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR JUSTIN, EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS OF AGE. THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A DISCUSSION ON DISABLED PERSON EXEMPTION.

AND THOSE ARE REALLY ALL THE OFFERINGS THAT YOU HAVE FOR LOCAL OPTION.

YEAH, WE DON'T OFFER A DISABLED EXEMPTION EITHER IN PARKER. YEAH. I'M GLAD YOU GAVE THE AMOUNT OF HOURS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO SAY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE QUITE A BIT OF STAFF TIME IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING A SUBJECT AS IMPORTANT AS TAX RATES AND TAXABLE VALUES. SIX TO NINE HOURS, IN MY OPINION IS, EVEN IF IT WAS TWICE, THAT IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME TO USE UP TO GET AN ANSWER TO AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS ANSWER BY NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. WE'VE GOT MONTHS TO GET THIS ANSWER. I MEAN, I ORIGINALLY RAN ON THIS TOPIC WHEN I RAN THREE YEARS AGO FOR OFFICE. I SAID I THOUGHT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO WAS TO GIVE. PUT A CAP IN PLACE FOR OVER 65 PEOPLE.

IT'S A PRINCIPLE I BELIEVE IN.

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BUT I'M SERIOUS. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME.

IT'S A GUIDING PRINCIPLE. JUST LIKE I THINK THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE, THAT IF A HOUSE IS YOUR HOMESTEAD, YOU SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT. RIGHT TO A LOWER TAXABLE VALUE THAN IF IT'S AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY OR IF IT'S A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR IF IT'S RENTAL PROPERTY OR SOMETHING ELSE.

AND OUR STATE RECOGNIZES THAT BECAUSE THESE ARE THE METHODS THAT THE STATE PUTS IN TO TRY TO GIVE RELIEF TO HOMEOWNERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 65.

MR. BARRON, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? WELL, SO ON THIS FREEZER CAP, THE WAY BUDDY EXPLAINED IT SAID THAT IT IS AFFECTED BY THE TAX RATE.

BUT THIS TML DOCUMENT, THE WAY I READ IT, SAYS THAT, LIKE, IF YOU'RE CURRENTLY PAYING $800, YOU WILL ALWAYS PAY $800. YOU WON'T. IT WON'T GO UP.

WELL, REMEMBER, THAT'S JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE FOR THE CITY OF PARKER.

YEAH, I REALIZE IT'S JUST FOR THE CITY OF PARKER, BUT.

BUT YOU UNDERSTAND, MY POINT IS THAT HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF WE ADJUST THE TAX RATE, IT'S GOING TO ADJUST THAT $800 NUMBER.

WHEREAS THE WAY I READ THIS DOCUMENT, IT SAYS IT'S 800.

EVEN IF WE RAISE THE TAX RATE, IT'S STILL GOING TO STAY 800.

SO WE NEED CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THE FREEZE IS ESSENTIALLY TYING THE HANDS OF FUTURE COUNCILS.

I WOULDN'T IMPLEMENT A FREEZE.

I'M KIND OF FOND OF THE FREEZE, ACTUALLY. SO CALIFORNIA IMPLEMENTS SOMETHING WHERE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE ESSENTIALLY LOCKED INTO WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR HOME, AND THEN WHEN YOU GO TO SELL YOUR HOME, THE NEXT OWNER PICKS UP THE TAX INCREASE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHOLLY WHAT I'M AFTER, BUT IT IS THE MODEL THAT I KIND OF LIKE FOR THIS, LIKE WHERE YOU LIMIT THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE REAL INSTRUMENTS TO DO THAT. GIVEN THE ASSESSORS IN COLLIN COUNTY. IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY MANUAL TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I'M CURIOUS IF WE COULD.

THAT WOULD BE ABOVE YOUR AUTHORITY. YOU'LL HAVE TO WRITE YOUR TEXAS LEGISLATURES FOR THAT.

OKAY.

I GUESS SINCE THIS IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT, THAT IS A VERY BIG CHUNK OF THIS IS THE COMPLETE INABILITY TO MANAGE THE ASSESSOR AND THEIR. AND HONESTLY, I'VE LIVED IN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND THEY DO TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAYS. AND SO THE INCONSISTENCY AMONGST COUNTIES, THE JUST IN MY MIND, ABOLISHING STATE PROPERTY TAXES OR PROPERTY TAXES BY MUNICIPALITIES OR WHATEVER IS NOT THE ANSWER. IT IS THE ASSESSOR, LIKE A REFORM OF THE ASSESSOR'S ROLE. AND SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF TML HAS ANY, SINCE WE'VE GOT LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING UP, IF THERE'S ANY MOVEMENT AT THE MUNICIPALITY LOBBYING LEVEL TO GO FORWARD.

THERE CERTAINLY IS. TML ALWAYS TAKES A PROACTIVE STANCE ON WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE IN AUSTIN TO TRY TO COME TO REASONABLE APPROACHES TO NEW LAWS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT CITIES. AND I CAN TELL YOU I DID ATTEND THE TML REGIONAL MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN DESOTO. AND SO THEIR LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR WAS THERE AND HE SPOKE ON THAT. HE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE INTERIM BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE DIRECTLY ADVERSARIAL TOWARDS LOCAL CONTROL. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSING A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM.

THE GOVERNOR'S GOT A PLAN. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ALSO HAS A PLAN. THEY'RE A BIT IN CONTRADICTION, BUT THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY A BAD THING.

A LOT OF THAT STUFF WILL BE WORKED OUT THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THROUGH THE SENATE AND THROUGH THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS IF ANYTHING MOVES FORWARD.

THERE A WAY FOR COUNSEL TO SIGN A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I KNOW I SAT ON A LEGISLATIVE PIECE ONE YEAR WHEN I WENT DOWN AND. AND WE BASICALLY VOTED, SAID, YES, THIS IS YOUR KIND OF LIKE, RATE THE THINGS ON, LIKE, PLEASE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER THING, BUT LET'S FOCUS ON THIS. SO.

SO WHERE ARE OPTIONS OF WEIGHING IN AND REPRESENTING? I CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. AND THEN I WOULD WANT TO DO THAT IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY TOO. WE DON'T HAVE A LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY PROGRAM CURRENTLY ESTABLISHED, SO I NEED TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

GOING BACK TO THE TOPIC OF THE WORK THAT IT TAKES TO TRY TO GET US SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEED OR SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO DRIVE THIS TOPIC TO A CONCLUSION AT SOME POINT A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BUT THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR SCOTT GRIGGS OFFICE,

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TO ALL THE INFORMATION. THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S ROLE IS SUPPOSEDLY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TO ASSESS THE PROPER TAXABLE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN COLLIN COUNTY USE THEIR ROLE AS TO MAXIMIZE THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT THEY TAKE. IT'S A VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE APPROACH.

I LIVED IN DALLAS COUNTY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

TIME.

AND DALLAS IS NOT NEARLY AS AGGRESSIVE AT GOING AFTER PEOPLE'S APPRAISED VALUE AS COLLIN COUNTY IS.

THEY ALSO HAD A PRACTICE OF LOOKING AT THE LAYING ACTUAL EYES ON THEIR PROPERTIES.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND COLLIN COUNTY DOES NOT.

YEAH.

SO COULD A FIRST, GOOD FIRST STEP BE JUST TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY AND SAY HOW MANY PARKER RESIDENTS HAVE OVER 65 EXEMPTIONS AT ANY LEVEL THEY'VE APPLIED? YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY EASY ANSWER TO GET? WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THAT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE BEYOND JUST THE CALL TICKER WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY HITTING AND MOVE UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE VERIFIABLE ANSWERS BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS JUST NOT VERY HELPFUL SO FAR.

I'D BE IN FAVOR OF GOING FORWARD WITH STAFF TIME TO DEFINITELY RESEARCH MORE OF THIS. I THINK COMPARING TO WHAT SOME OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND LOOKING TO REALLY SEE WHAT IMPACTS THE BOTTOM LINE.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. AND I AGREE WITH MR. SHARP SAYING THE MONEY'S GOT TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. SO LET'S REALLY LOOK AT THE DETAILS FROM STAFF TIME TO FIND OUT HOW WE WILL COVER EXPENSES IF THIS IS CUT AND WHAT EXACTLY WHO EXACTLY IS GOING TO GET THE EXEMPTION. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF GOING FORWARD WITH STAFF TIME TO DO MORE RESEARCH.

IS THAT WHAT ALL COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM? YEP.

I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STUDYING IT.

OKAY. I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST TO COUNCIL THAT IF YOU HAVE PARTICULAR INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND THEM TO MR. MATTEN AND HE WILL THEN LOOK AT THOSE TO TRY TO GET THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU WHEN HE IS DIRECTING THE RESEARCH AND THE STAFF ON GETTING THAT.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN WITH SCOTT KRIGGS PERSONALLY AS WELL AS HIS OFFICE TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THIS ISSUE. IF IT IS OKAY. I HEREBY CALL THE CITY

[CALL TO ORDER]

AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK CHIEF MILLER IF HE WILL LEAD US IN THE AMERICAN PLEDGE AND CHIEF PRICE, WHEREVER HE WENT, IF HE'LL LEAD US IN THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. MS. ALDI, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS? OKAY. OH, OKAY. I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS POINTING THAT THEY HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY.

ANY WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ THEM THEN. I THINK THE ONLY WRITTEN COMMENTS WE HAVE ARE FROM MARCUS ARIAS. NOW WE

[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

IS. I WOULD CHECK THAT MEETING BEFORE YOU GO BECAUSE THERE IS A CHANCE IT WILL NOT GO. AND THEN THE PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE OF THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK WILL START SEPTEMBER 1ST. AS

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WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. IT TAKES ABOUT A MONTH TO REALLY FILL UP THOSE BOXES.

GOOD. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE

[PRESENTATIONS]

COME ON, MIKE. CAN WE STAND HERE AND JUST HOP LOUD? YEAH, THAT'LL JUST. WHEREVER YOU'RE COMFORTABLE.

SO EVERYONE, THIS IS MIKE WARD, ENGINEER MIKE WARD WITH US. HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON. AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE'S DONE FOR PARTS THE OF PARKER.

STARTING AT THE VOLUNTEER DAYS, WORKING OUR WAY UP TO PART TIME AND THEN WHERE HE IS RETIRING FROM PART TIME ENGINEER. SO WE GOT A PLAQUE FOR YOU. CHIEF KENDRICK DESIGNED THIS. SO IT SAYS MIKE WARD NUMBER 8010 IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE PARKER FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM JANUARY 2008 THROUGH JULY 2026. YOUR PROGRESSION FROM VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER TO PART TIME DRIVER ENGINEER REFLECTS YOUR COMMITMENT, PROFESSIONALISM AND FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.

WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR 18 YEARS OF THE STEAMBOAT SERVICE. SO WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US AND WHAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE FIRE SERVICE. SO GIVE IT UP TO MIKE. ALSO HAVE HIS DUTY HELMET THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM THERE.

SO THIS IS HIS DRIVER HELMET.

OUR DRIVERS WEAR BLACK HELMETS.

SO IF YOU SEE A BLACK HELMET, YOU'LL KNOW THEY'RE DRIVING ALL. SO THERE YOU GO. TAKE THAT. AND THEN HIS TAIL PATCH.

WELL. AND HIS PART HATCH. AND THEN I HAVE A. AND THEN I HAVE A. CHIEF SCORN FOR YOU AS WELL. SO AGAIN WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THAT YOU PUT IN AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ANYWHERE NEAR LIKE THIS, YOU GOTTA WEAR THE HELMET.

JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND I WAS HONORED TO BE A MEMBER IN A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION.

I THANK EVERYBODY I WORKED WITH, EVERYBODY.

I LEARNED SOMETHING WITH MY WIFE DIANE, FOR PUTTING US OVER 13 YEARS.

THANK YOU. SO ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT. SO FULL CAREER IN THE FIRE SERVICE IS 20 YEARS. HE'S VOLUNTEERED FOR MOST OF THAT AND IT WAS PART TIME FOR A LITTLE PORTION OF THAT.

SO HE ALMOST DID A FULL CAREER, NON FULL TIME. SO THAT'S PRETTY BIG.

THAT'S AWESOME. WELL, THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. PARSONS. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS. WE DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SERVICE AND THE SERVICES YOU GIVE TO OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S 105 OUTSIDE. WE APPRECIATE EACH AND

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PENNY, I'M GONNA STAY BY THE MIC SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME.

SO I NEED EVERYBODY RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND THAT SAYS, I. STATE YOUR NAME. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF PEACE OFFICER. FOR THE CITY OF PARKER, FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW EVERYBODY'S SWORN IN WITH WHOEVER IS GOING TO PIN EACH ONE OF THEM COME UP ONE AT A TIME FOR ME. AND WE'LL START WITH DANTRE. MARY, YOU CAN COME UP.

YOU'RE ALREADY UP.

COME ON, YOU. SO WE CAN.

MICHELLE CAN TAKE PICTURES OF HER. IT'S NOT STERILE.

THERE'S NO BLOOD.

AND CHIEF PRICE, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE EACH OFFICER? IS THERE PIN SOME OF US? THE OFFICER BEING PINNED RIGHT NOW IS DARRELL CALHOUN. HE'S BEING PINNED BY HIS WIFE.

IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS.

ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, THERE'S THIS. IT DOESN'T COUNT IF THERE'S NO BLOOD. HE'S DONE SOMETHING SOMETIME IN LIFE THAT HE GOT AWAY WITH.

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. THIS IS OFFICER DONTRE FLEMING. HE CAME FROM DART. HE HAS 16 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD TO HAVE HIM. AND HE'S TURNED INTO A VERY VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SO. THIS IS OFFICER LITZY MORENO. SHE IS OUR NEWEST OFFICER. SHE JUST GOT OUT OF THE ACADEMY. BEEN WITH US COUPLE MONTHS NOW.

SHE'S PROBABLY THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC INDIVIDUAL I'VE EVER MET WHO WANTED TO BE IN THIS JOB. SHE COMES TO WORK WITH A SMILE. IT'S BIGGER THAN THE MOON EVERY DAY, SO. AND SHE'S BEING PINNED BY HER FATHER. THIS IS OFFICER RAYMOND AND I AM TERRIBLE WITH HIS LAST NAME. YES. AND SO HE'S BEING PINNED BY SERGEANT DIXON.

NEXT.

COME ON UP, SIR. THIS IS OFFICER CARRIE SMITH. SHE'S.

SHE'S ALMOST OUT OF FTO. SHE'S BEEN PINNED BY HER HUSBAND.

SHE MAY HAVE TO STAND ON THE STAIRS. HEY, IT'S NOT

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ALEX. THIS IS OFFICER ALEX COE. HE'S GOING TO BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE. HE COMES FROM WACO TO US. HE'S GOT FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE. HE'S A TRAINER OF MULTIPLE HORSES AND. AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO HE COMES ALONG WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING.

HE'S ALSO FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR AND A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR AND THE LIST GOES ON FOR HOURS.

BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE HIM.

NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.

YOU DIDN'T GET ANY BLOOD.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

WORKING EXTREMELY HARD EVERY DAY, PUTTING THE CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY AT THEIR FIRST AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THEM. I AM CURRENTLY THINK THAT THIS IS THE BEST GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS I'VE HAD WORKING WITH AND FOR ME. AND SO PLEASE, IF YOU SEE THEM, WELCOME THEM, SAY HI. THEY'RE ALL HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF.

WILL THEY BE AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT? EVERY ONE OF THEM.

AND PARKER FEST? YEAH, YEAH.

WE KNOW IS YOUR BEDTIME, SO I'M VERY PROUD AND HAPPY TO HAVE THEM. I ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER OPEN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND TO TWO OFFICERS WHO I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYBODY KNOWS IN MY CONDITION I WAS INVOLVED IN LAST MONTH. I'M AN INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETIC AND I WEAR A TEMPORARY PUMP THAT CHANGES EVERY THREE DAYS. I HAD CHANGED MY PUMP AND IT WAS A PUMP FAILURE UNTIL UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, I WENT INTO DIABETIC KETOACITOSIS.

SEVERAL HOURS AWAY FROM BEING DEAD ACCORDING TO THE HOSPITAL AND ALL OF MY RESEARCH.

AND SERGEANT BURDICK AND OFFICER TERRY SMITH CALLED TO CHECK ON ME BECAUSE THEY KNEW I WAS NOT FEELING WELL AND REALIZING THAT THE CONVERSATION WAS NOT NORMAL, THEY TOOK IT ON THEMSELVES TO COME AND GET ME.

AND NOT NECESSARILY BEING IN MY RIGHT MIND WITH THE DIABETES ISSUE, I KIND OF ARGUED WITH THEM. BUT THEY CONVINCED ME THAT I NEEDED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND OUT OF THAT THE HOSPITAL. SHORTEST TIME I'D EVER SPENT IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM BEFORE.

THEY TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO ICU FOR HOSPITAL. SPENT SIX DAYS TRYING TO RECOVER FROM NEARBY. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANTED TO PRESENT THEM WITH.

THAT IS INDICATIVE OF THEIR SACRIFICE TO RECOGNIZE AN ISSUE AND TO MAKE SURE I MADE. BASICALLY ON THE 17TH OF JULY ABOUT IN THE MORNING.

I WANTED TO MAKE THAT A VERY PUBLIC SPEECH SO THAT WE KNOW THE COWS ARE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

EFFORTS.

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AND WELCOME TO PARKER TO ALL OUR OFFICERS. YOU SURE? YOU'RE WONDERFUL. LET US KNOW IF WE CAN HELP YOU IN ANY WAY. WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO USE YOUR SERVICE WITH THE CITY. THANK YOU. CAN YOU SEE ME PICTURE? SURE. Y.

THANK YOU. WHEN WE GET OUR COMMUNICATIONS GOING ON.

IT.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE ANYONE ON COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? MR. PILGRIM, I WOULDN'T WANT TO PULL.

BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, IF I MAY, ABOUT THE POST OFFICE.

CERTAINLY, BECAUSE THE MAYOR AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND I MET WITH KEITH SETH, OUR U.S.

CONGRESSMAN THIS PAST WEEK AND IT'S NOT VERY ENCOURAGING IN TERMS OF WHERE THAT BILL STANDS. HE SAID THERE ARE OVER 450 BILLS THAT THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS PASSED THAT ARE SITTING IN THE WELL OF THE SENATE WITH NO ACTION.

THIS BILL IS ONE AMONG MANY, ONE AMONG THOSE 450. AND A LOT OF THE SENATORS DON'T EVEN KNOW THE LIST OF BILLS THAT ARE OUT THERE. I'M SURE THEY KNOW SOME OF THE. SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES, SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR ONES, SOME OF THE ONES THAT GET MORE. IT MAY NOT EVEN BE MORE POPULAR, BUT SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE ONES THAT GET A LOT OF PUBLICITY.

BUT I THINK IF ANY OF YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE TED CRUZ AS OUR US SENATOR OR ANY OTHER SENATOR FROM ANY STATE THAT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERY SENATOR'S VOTE COUNTS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO MOVE THIS BILL ALONG.

THERE'S A VERY WELL WRITTEN LETTER THAT THE MAYOR WROTE THAT EXPLAINS THIS WHOLE PROCESS. AND WE NEED SENATORS TO GET BEHIND THIS AND GET THIS BILL OFF THE TABLE. I REMEMBER READING IN THAT LETTER OF YOURS, MAYOR, THAT THERE WAS A. THERE'S A CITY IN COLORADO THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO GET A POST OFFICE SINCE 1988 AND HASN'T GOT IT YET. SO WE NEED THE SENATE TO TAKE ACTION.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT FOR US TO HAVE A POST OFFICE, JUST OUR OWN ZIP CODE.

IT'S FOR A ZIP CODE. YES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVED THAT WE PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOT HEARING ANY. I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

5. 0. NEXT, WE WILL GO TO THE

[9. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2026-910 SETTING A PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR TAX YEAR 2026; ESTABLISHING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE; AND ESTABLISHING THE DATE FOR ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 BUDGET AND TAX RATE.]

AM.

THERE'S A LITTLE SLIDESHOW REAL QUICK POWERPOINT, JUST TO KIND OF REVIEW THE KEY DATES HERE OF THE THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE PROCESS. THE BUDGET WAS FORMALLY FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY ON JULY 31ST. THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE DONE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO ACTION ON THE BUDGET. ON AUGUST 18TH, WHICH IS TODAY.

WE'LL BE VOTING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND BUDGET AND ALSO FINAL ACTION ON THE TAX RATE AND BUDGET.

THE PURPOSE OF THE VOTE IS TO RECORD TO DO A RECORD VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ANNOUNCE ADOPTION DATE.

THE PROPOSED TAX RATE SETTLEMENT FOR 2026 IS THE SAME AS THE CURRENT YEAR. 310439.

LOOKING AT COMPARISON OF OTHER PROPERTY TAXES IN COLLIN COUNTY, THEY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 15 CENTS, APPROXIMATELY 15 CENTS AT LOWER CROSSING TO 72 AND A HALF CENTS AT FARMERSVILLE.

WITH THE AVERAGE RATE BEING 42 CENTS. WE FALL BELOW THAT.

WE'RE FIFTH IN COLLIN COUNTY AS FAR AS LOWEST TAX RATE. TRUTH IN TAXATION REQUIRES THE TAXING UNIONS TO CALCULATE THE FOLLOWING RATES AFTER RECEIVING THE CERTIFIED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. THIS IS THE RATE NEEDED TO RAISE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PROPERTY TAXES ON EXISTING PROPERTY AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE OWNER APPROVAL TAX RATE RATE NECESSARY TO RAISE 3.5% MORE MAINTENANCE IN OPERATIONS TAX REVENUE IS THE YEAR BEFORE AND THEN THE DE MINIMIS RATE. AND THIS IS THE RATE THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW SMALLER CITIES TO GENERATE $500,000 OF ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES. COLLIN COUNTY, THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE CALCULATED THOSE RATES AND WE REVIEWED THEM AND APPROVED THEM. THE NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.297509. THE OLDER APPROVED RATE FOR 2026 IS 308771 AND THE DE MINIMIS RATE IS 0.320252.

THE TOTAL, THE PROPOSED M AND O RATE AND THE DEBT RATE TOGETHER GIVES US OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.310439, WHICH IS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND ABOVE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, BUT DOES FALL BELOW THE DE MINIMIS RATE. AS I SAID, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS 310439 AND SINCE IT DOES EXCEED THE NO NEW REVENUE OR THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, A RECORD VOTE IS REQUIRED AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE IS SCHEDULED.

THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION ON TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON CITY HALL AT CITY HALL ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 AT AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THIS DOES REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE.

SO. OKAY, FIRST, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL? IF NOT, I WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION, MADAM MAYOR. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT ORDINANCE 2026 9, 10 TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.331-0439 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE 20262027 NO NEW TAX RATE.

0.297509. AND CALL

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IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.

AND CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST TO COMPLETE THAT.

OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM PILGRIM AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HALBERT. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, CATHERINE? DO WE NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THAT WRITTEN IN THERE? THE. THE ACTUAL ADDRESS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS PUT IN THE MOTION? HE KIND OF STOPPED MIDWAY AND I'M AFRAID WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION IN THERE? YES, I THINK IT ALL NEEDS TO BE IN THERE.

CAN YOU JUST ADD THE ADDITIONAL MOTION TO PICK UP WHERE I LEFT OFF? THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2026, 2027 BUDGET AND TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 AT 7PM FURTHER, A RECORD VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE ADOPTION WILL ALSO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 AT 7PM ALL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD IN PARKER CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 55700 EAST PARKER ROAD, PARKER, TEXAS 75002.

MS. HALBERT, DO YOU ACCEPT THAT? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND AT THIS TIME WE WILL DO A RECORD VOTE. I WILL ASK EACH OF YOU IF YOU APPROVE THIS OR NOT. FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRON. COUNCIL MEMBER HALBERT, APPROVED.

MAYOR PRO TIM PILGRIM, APPROVED. COUNCIL MEMBER BOGDAN, APPROVED. COUNCIL MEMBER SHARP, APPROVE.

WITH THAT MOTION CARRIES 5 0.

THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE 0.31. AND WE WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 01, 2026 AT 7PM IN THE ROOM.

[10. RECEIVE PARKS AND RECREATION PRESENTATION AND GIVE P&R COMMISSION/STAFF DIRECTION.]

MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, I ALWAYS ENJOY COMING AND SHARING WHAT WE DO IN PARKS AND RECREATION. IT'S KIND OF A WAY FOR US TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY AND DO SOME OF THE THINGS FOR YOU THAT FREES YOU TO DO THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DO.

SO HERE ARE OUR VOTING COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE FIVE VOTING COMMISSIONERS AND FOUR SLOTS FOR ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS, TWO OF THEM FILLED AT THE MOMENT. WE HAVE TWO OPEN SLOTS. SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE WELL THAT'S INTERESTED IN FILLING THOSE SLOTS SOME POINT IN TIME, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT'S NECESSARY TO DO THAT PROCESS. WHAT DO WE DO AS A PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION? WE DO BEAUTIFICATION. WE HAVE A WILDFLOWER PLOT OUT ON THE EAST THAT WE TAKE CARE OF. WE MAKE SURE IT'S HEALTHY. WE RESEED IT WHEN IT NEEDS RESEEDING. WE ALSO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JUNIOR GIRL SCOUT TROOP 2171.

THEY'VE DONE A POLLINATOR GARDEN OVER THERE FOR THE PAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND BUILD LITTLE THINGS THERE AND KEEP IT GOING. SO WE'RE GLAD WE HAVE THAT LIAISON GOING. WE ALSO HAVE DONE IN OUR HISTORY, SIGNAGE, BOTH CREATING THE SIGNS AND REPAIRING THEM WHEN UNTOWARD WEATHER TEARS THEM DOWN. SO WE HAVE SHOW WHERE THE, WHERE THE TRAIL GOES AND SOME OF THE LANDMARKS AND WHATNOT.

SO WE KIND OF STAY ON TOP OF THAT. THIS PAST YEAR, WE DID SOME HOLIDAY LIGHTING.

SO WE CONTRACTED WITH LIGHT SHOW PROS, A LOCAL BUSINESS, TO PURCHASE AND SET UP SOME HOLIDAY LIGHTING. LAST YEAR, WE PUT THEM OUT ALONG PARKER ROAD, AND WE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK THAT PROBABLY WASN'T THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. PEOPLE ARE ZOOMING BY ON PARKER ROAD, EXCEPT WHEN THEY'RE NOT.

EXCEPT WHEN THEY'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC.

BUT NORMALLY IT'S NOT A GOOD WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GO BY AND, LIKE, TUNE INTO THE FM RADIO AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AND WHATNOT. SO WE'RE CONSIDERING MOVING THOSE INTO KIND OF THE WAY THIS PICTURE SHOWS, PUTTING IT INTO IN FRONT OF CITY HALL OR SOMETHING, SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE CARS TO COME THROUGH, STOP, LOOK, MAYBE PARK OR WHATEVER, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC, AND THEN MOVE ON. SO WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED WHERE ALL THAT GOES, BUT THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING. WHAT ELSE DO WE DO? WELL, WE CERTAINLY DO EVENTS. THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP IN SPRINGTIME AS PART OF EARTH DAY AND WHATNOT.

WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH CITIZENS COMING OUT AND OFFERING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY.

WE HAND THEM GRIPPERS AND BAGS AND GLOVES AND STUFF, AND THEY JUST GO OUT. NOW, I HAVE TO SAY, THE CITIZENS OF PARKER ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT KEEPING THE PRESERVE IN THE AREA CLEAN. WE SEND

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BUT BASICALLY, IT'S A GOOD MORNING OUT FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND GIVE BACK TO THEIR TOWN. SO WE LIKE THAT. BUT OF COURSE, THE OTHER BIG THING IS PARKER FEST, WHICH ANYMORE IT SEEMS LIKE.

LIKE WE START DOING PARKER FEST IN APRIL, PREPPING FOR EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO 2,000 ATTENDEES, LOTS OF VENDORS, ALL THE THINGS WE DO, THE CAR SHOW AND ALL THAT COMES TOGETHER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T SAY EARLIER WHEN I PUT UP THE PICTURES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. THANK GOODNESS WE'RE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE DOING THINGS. WE JUST HAD A FEW WEEKS BACK, A PARKER FEST SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AT OUR HOUSE, WHERE WE INVITED THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND SAY, YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED. AND WE WERE THRILLED AT THE KIND OF RESPONSE WE GOT. WE MADE LITTLE BOOKLETS SAYING, HERE'S HOW TO BREAK UP WHAT WE DO. AND PEOPLE CAME TO THE TABLE AND TOOK THEM AND SAID, YEAH, I'LL SIGN UP. SO WE'RE THRILLED WITH THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT WE GET FROM THE TOWN. AND THAT'S TRUE EVEN ON THE DAY OF. AND SO, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE IN THE WELL.

AND YOU SAY, GEE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. ON OCTOBER 18TH FROM 2 TO 5PM I'M NOT DOING A COMMERCIAL HERE, BUT I AM. COME OUT. YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO US AND GO TO PARKERFEST.ORG AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THAT'S LIKE THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE DO. WE ALSO DO SOME PROJECTS.

THIS PAST YEAR, WE FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT EVERYBODY KNEW WAS, WHICH WAS THAT THE PREVIOUS GAZEBO WAS A MAINTENANCE DISASTER. IT WAS REGULARLY FALLING APART TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS A DANGER TO PEOPLE. PEOPLE WOULD STEP AND PUT THEIR FOOT THROUGH AND WHATNOT. SO WE AGREED THAT THAT SHOULD BE TORN DOWN. AND SO IT WAS GARY'S TEAM AND WE'VE LOOKED INTO THE BUILDING OF A BRAND NEW GAZEBO. WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THAT GAZEBO BELONGS THERE. PEOPLE USE IT. IT'S PART OF THE COLOR OF THE PRISON RESERVE. AND SO WE DECIDED, BUT WE WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME.

WE WANTED A MAINTENANCE FREE KIND OF A STRUCTURE. AND WITH THE HELP OF KENT MATTEN AND OTHERS, WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THE PAPERWORK WITH THE COUNTY TO PURSUE 80% FUNDING THROUGH A GRANT. WE WILL KNOW HOW THAT WENT CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN THEY FINALLY KIND OF LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND MAKE THEIR DECISIONS. BUT WE THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT BREAKING GROUND AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE YOUR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU THINK OF THAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING OR IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT EITHER NOW OR AFTERWARDS. YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME. YOU CAN ALWAYS DASH OFF SOMETHING TO FRANK@PARKERFEST.ORG AND THAT'LL GIVE US EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS THANK YOU, INDANA AND THE REST OF PARKS AND RECS. Y' ALL DOING A HECK OF A JOB YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. AND YOU MAKE OUR CITY PROUD. YOU DO JUST FANTASTIC. AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WE ARE WORKING ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS LAND WITH RESIDENTS AND INCLUDES SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I THINK YOU MIGHT GET SOME FEATURED ALONG WITH OUR NEW FIRE TRUCK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC EVEN FURTHER WITH THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU ALL.

[11. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES TO COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL (CWD) PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) “MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SERVICES”.]

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES.

TO COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL CWD PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL RFP, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SERVICES. MR. MANTON, ARE YOU LEADING US ON THIS? I AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL SO JUST AS A RECAP, WE'VE GONE INTO THIS A COUPLE TIMES NOW AT SOME OF OUR PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS.

BUT SOME OF THE GOALS WE HAD FOR THIS RFP WERE NUMBER ONE, MAINTAINING COSTS FOR THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD. WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE LIKELY GOING TO BE COST INCREASES NO MATTER WHO WE ENDED UP GOING WITH. WHETHER WE RENEGOTIATED WITH REPUBLIC, WE WERE EXPECTING THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO PLATEAU THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. NUMBER TWO, WE WANTED AN OBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE EVALUATION BASED SOLELY ON PRE PUBLISHED SCORING CRITERIA. WE REALLY WANTED THE PROCESS TO MAKE THE SELECTION ITSELF.

AND I THINK WITH EVERYBODY'S HELP, THAT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN THE CASE.

WE ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY AND OPTIONS FOR BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE PROSPECTIVE PROPOSERS ALIKE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WANTED

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THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON BEHALF OF THE CONTRACTOR. AND THIS RFP CALLED FOR A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

NUMBER FOUR, WE SPELLED OUT A CPI RATE INCREASE CAP OF 5% AND USING A DIFFERENT CPI MATRIX. SO THE SOLID WASTE ONLY CPI BENCHMARK. AND THEN NUMBER FIVE, OF COURSE YOU'LL HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM TONIGHT ON YOUR SERVICE PROVISION TO THE CITIZENS. SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE OPTIONS. SO NUMBER ONE, YOU'VE GOT A DEVIATION FROM OUR CURRENT STANDARD WHICH JUST CALLS FOR ONE TIME SOLID WASTE PICKUP AND ONE CONTRACTOR SUPPLIED 96 GALLON CART. OF COURSE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTED ADDITIONAL CARTS COULD PAY FOR THOSE AT COST. OPTION TWO IS OUR CURRENT OFFERING. SO THAT'S ONE TIME PER WEEK IN TWO CONTRACTOR SUPPLIED 96 GALLON CARTS, RECYCLING ONCE A WEEK, BULK AND BRUSH PICKUP.

AND THEN THE PROPOSER RIGHT NOW IS OFFERING UNLIMITED TITAN BUNDLED OPTION THREE AND FOUR.

THOSE ARE DEVIATION JUST TO THE RECYCLING SCHEDULE. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HERE IN COST. AND SO THAT WOULD CALL FOR RECYCLING EVERY OTHER WEEK IF YOU CHOOSE THAT OPTION. AND OF COURSE WE WANTED TO REINSTITUTE THAT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. AND THE PROPOSER IS PROPOSING A DOOR SIDE COLLECTION MODEL. SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN ON THE CURRENT COSTS, OUR PROPOSED COSTS AND THEN OUR RUNNER UPS COSTS. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT CURRENTLY A RESIDENT IS PAYING 2815 AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IF YOU GO WITH OPTION TWO OF 8.1%.

OPTION ONE, THAT ONE CART WOULD ONLY BE 3%.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOME COST REDUCTIONS IN OPTION THREE FOR COST REDUCTIONS IN THE ADDITIONAL CARTS AND COST REDUCTION IN HHW.

CAN YOU HOLD THAT ONE LONGER THERE? YOU BETCHA.

THANK YOU.

YOU BETCHA. SO YOU CAN SEE OUT THERE TO THE RIGHT THAT EVEN IF WE WOULD HAVE GONE WITH THE RUNNER UP HERE, THOSE PRICES WOULD HAVE INCREASED EITHER WAY. AND I WILL JUST POINT OUT AGAIN THAT FOR THE CITIZENS WE DID DISCONTINUE THAT HHW PROGRAM BACK IN DECEMBER DUE TO RISING COSTS.

IS IT UP TO THE RESIDENT ON WHETHER THE RESIDENT CHOOSES OPTION ONE? OPTION TWO OR IS THAT.

THAT WOULD BE CITY COUNCIL MAKING THE SELECTION AND IT'S SPELLED OUT IN THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

AND WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS AS YOU AS YOU DISCUSS HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. I WILL JUST SAY THAT THERE'S A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS STILL LEFT TO NEGOTIATE IN THE IN THE FINALIST PROPOSAL HERE.

NUMBER ONE, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. THE CONTRACTOR IS REQUESTING CERTAIN PROTECTIONS, COMMUNICATION AND INVOICING INSTEAD OF AN AUTOMATIC DIM REDUCTION FROM PAYMENT THAT WAS SPELLED OUT IN RFP. AND TWO, MODIFICATION OF RATES. THIS IS THAT CPI EVERY YEAR COST ADJUSTMENT. SO IT HAD THAT CAP OF 5%. AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING DUE TO, YOU KNOW, CRAZY CHANGES IN THE MARKET DEMAND IS A 20% CAP OVER THOSE FOUR YEARS OF INCREASES. SO THE MAXIMUM YEAR COULD GO UP ABOVE 5%, SAY 6 OR 7%. BUT, BUT THEY STILL HAVE THAT 20%.

SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY REASONABLE OFFERING THERE. SO SOME OF THE BOTTOM LINES HERE. THE INITIAL TERM WILL BEGIN ON JANUARY 1, 2027 AND TERMINATE ON DECEMBER 31, 2031. TOWARDS THE END OF THIS TERM, COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO EXTEND THIS FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR TERM. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE THE SAME OPTION TO EXTEND IN 2033. SO OVERALL THIS IS A NINE YEAR OLD, POTENTIALLY A NINE YEAR DECISION. COUNCIL TONIGHT MUST DECIDE ONE TO AWARD THE CONTRACT. AND I WILL JUST POINT OUT THAT OF THE 1000 POSSIBLE GROSS SCORING POINTS, COMMUNITY

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AND USING THE AVERAGE METHOD WE HAD OUT OF THE HUNDRED POINTS WHERE THAT WAS WEIGHT BASED, CWD WAS AWARDED 78 POINTS AND THE NEXT HIGHEST SCORE WAS 69.71 POINTS. AND THEN TWO, YOU'LL NEED TO SELECT YOUR SERVICE OFFERINGS. SO OPTION ONE, TWO, THREE OR FOUR AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE HHW PROGRAM. SO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE EVALUATION WORKING GROUP IS TO AWARD THE CITY'S CONTRACT TO CWD FOR ONCE A WEEK, TRASH, ONCE A WEEK RECYCLING, AND ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE PER MONTH, SORRY.

OF LOOSE BULK AND BRUSH WITH THE UNLIMITED TIDE AND BUNDLED BRUSH. AND STAFF FURTHER RECOMMENDS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL ONCE THE OUTSTANDING CONTRACT ITEMS HAVE BEEN FULLY NEGOTIATED. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A SUGGESTED MOTION THERE FOR YOU AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? OH, GO AHEAD, MAYOR.

OKAY.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE HEARTBURN OVER THIS 20% INFLATION OVER, OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, EVEN 5% IN A YEAR. WE HAVEN'T HAD 20% INFLATION OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD SINCE THE 1980S. I MEAN, WE HAVE 20% INFLATION. I TAKE THAT BACK. WE HAD 20% INFLATION DURING THE FOUR YEARS OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU WANT TO ATTRIBUTE THAT TO BIDEN OR TO COVID OR TO MAKE THE COUNTRY FLUSH BY INCREASING THE MONEY SUPPLY SO MUCH, WHICH I THINK IS ULTIMATELY WHAT DID THAT.

BUT REGARDLESS, THAT WAS A VERY UNUSUAL PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE HAD ABOUT 20% INFLATION OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING ANYWHERE NEAR 5% ANNUALIZED INFLATION RIGHT NOW. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH OF A CHANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING ANYWHERE NEAR 5% INFLATION EITHER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OR 5% FOUR YEARS IN A ROW TO GIVE ANYBODY A CUMULATIVE DEAL. SO I'VE REALLY GOT SOME HEARTBURN WITH THAT.

I WILL JUST SAY TO THAT POINT, WHEREAS YOU LOOK AT THE CPI OVERALL, YOU'RE CERTAINLY RIGHT. YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS HITTING 5%. IT DIFFERS A LITTLE BIT FOR THE SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY.

RIGHT. THE INPUTS INTO THE COST FOR SOLID WASTE. AND I'M SURE CWD OR I THINK SALT REPUBLIC OUT THERE AS WELL COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO THAT. THIS IS A PRETTY TYPICAL MODEL THAT THESE COMPANIES USE TO RECOVER COSTS. SO WHILE I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT SOME SORT OF CAP NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE, I THINK 20% OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD IS REASONABLE.

SO I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THEIR INCREASES WERE DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO CPI INCREASES AND IT WAS LIMITED TO 5%. NOT THEY CAN SET ANY RATE UP TO 5% OR UP TO 20.

SO THEY HAVE THE DISCRETION.

BUT IT'S. WELL, NO, I'M SORRY, THEY DON'T. IT IS CORRECT.

YOU'RE CORRECT. IT IS LINKED DIRECTLY TO THAT CPI INDEX.

AND OF COURSE THIS IS STILL OPEN FOR. FOR NEGOTIATION.

OKAY, I MEAN, I THINK I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IT FEELS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THEY HAVE THE ARBITRARY POWER TO BOOST IT UP 20% IN YEAR ONE AND LEAVE IT THERE. I THINK WHAT KEN IS SAYING IS WHATEVER THE CPI IS, IS THE MOST THAT THEY CAN RAISE IT IN A GIVEN YEAR OR THE GREATER OF THE CPI OR 20% OVER THE FOUR.

OKAY, WELL, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENT TOPIC, WHICH WAS THE HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION. DO WE KNOW WHY THE UTILIZATION ON THE OLD PROGRAM WAS SO LOW? WAS IT COMMUNICATIONS FAULT ON OUR SIDE, WAS IT HARD TO USE OR.

I'M GUESSING THAT MOST RESIDENTS JUST DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS AN OFFERING. I KNOW THERE'S A FEW INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE THAT WE HEARD FROM AFTER DISCONTINUING THAT THEY HAD A REGULAR PRACTICE OF USING THIS SERVICE, BUT OVERALL IT WAS JUST PRETTY LOW.

AND MAYBE GRANT CAN SPEAK TO THEM. DO WE HAVE THE NUMBERS ON THE SPECIFIC UTILIZATION OF THAT WITH DELAWARE? IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE LOOKED AT THAT, BUT WITH SOME OF OUR NEW COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO A BETTER JOB OF MARKETING THIS PROGRAM.

SURE.

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MY NEIGHBORS CALLED AND SAID, WHY DID IT GO AWAY? I WANT THAT. AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT, THERE'S A WHOLE TON OF GARAGE STUFF THAT NEEDS TO GO SOMEWHERE AND OUR LAKES AND CREEKS ARE NOT A PLACE TO PUT THEM. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF RETURNING THAT BACK TO BENEFIT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

WHAT WOULD THE COST PER RESIDENT PER MONTH BE FOR RETURNING THAT? SO THAT'D BE 80 CENTS PER MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD.

CORRECT.

OKAY, MR. SHAW.

SO ON THE RECYCLE BIN, ONE CAN TRASH TWO CANS. THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE THE. THE OPTION TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL CANS AND HAVE ADDITIONAL CANS PICKED UP? THAT'S CORRECT.

WELL, I'M MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH RECYCLING, BUT ALL OVER.

YES, BUT I MEAN, I THINK THE ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK FOR RECYCLING MAKES MORE SENSE.

IF YOU'RE PRODUCING ENOUGH RECYCLING TO FILL TWO CANS, YOU MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE BIT STUCK.

IF THEY GO TO ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK, BUT BUY A SECOND CAN, THEY SHOULD BE FINE.

SO THE EXTRA CANS ARE $7.50 FOR A REGULAR OR $4.50 FOR A REGULAR.

RECYCLE PER MONTH, RIGHT.

PER.

PER HOUSEHOLD. DID Y' ALL DISCUSS THE OPTIONS? SO YOU'VE GOT THE OPTION IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER, TO PAY MORE IF YOU WANT MORE CANS. DID YOU DISCUSS AT ALL THE OPTIONS OR IF YOU DON'T NEED TWO REGULAR CANS GOING TO ONE RECYCLE AND ONE REGULAR? YES, SIR. THAT'S OPTION NUMBER ONE.

I KNOW, BUT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD YOU TELL THE MAYOR A MINUTE AGO IS THAT THAT'S A SELECTION THAT'S GOT TO BE MADE BY THE CITY AS A WHOLE. CAN THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER NOT CHOOSE TO TAKE ONE LESS AND HAVE A LOWER BILL? NOT IF YOU WENT WITH OPTION NUMBER TWO.

YOU'RE SAYING ESSENTIALLY 2556, MINUS THE 750 OF THE CARDS, OR EVEN LESS THAN 750. I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE PROBABLY CHARGING A PREMIUM FOR THE EXTRA CART, BUT SO THEY'RE BASING THEIR RATES OFF OF SERVICING ALL 2000 PLUS HOMES IN THE CITY. SO IF YOU WANTED TO GO WITH THAT APPROACH, WHICH IS MORE OR LESS THE STANDARD ACROSS THE METROPLEX, I WOULD SAY IS ONE CART FOR SOLID WASTE, ONE FOR RECYCLE. THE ISSUE YOU'VE GOT TO CONSIDER IS HERE IN PARKER, IS THAT GOING TO. IS THAT GOING TO WORK? I MEAN, THESE ARE BIGGER HOMES, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT THEY ACCUMULATE MORE WASTE ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS STANDARD AS YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDING IT, OR DO YOU WANT TO REDUCE AND THEN JUST ALLOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ACCUMULATING MORE WASTE TO PAY THE COST FOR IT? I MEAN, BASED ON THAT PRICING SCALE, IT WOULDN'T WORK BECAUSE IF WE DROP BACK TO OPTION ONE, IT'D BE $29.01.

AND ANYBODY WHO WANTED A SECOND CAN WOULD BE SAFE PAYING ANOTHER $7.50. SO IT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IF YOU WANTED A SECOND CAN AS OPPOSED TO A SECOND CAN. CAN FOR EVERYBODY IS. IS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, DOLLAR AND 43 CENTS IS ALL.

WHICH.

THE PRICING DOESN'T. DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE. I MEAN, WE DON'T USE THREE CANS. MOST OF THE TIME THERE'S TWO OF US, IT'S REALLY GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF OUR HOUSE. IT'S THAT WE GOT TWO IN OUR HOUSEHOLD.

BUT YOU PROBABLY COOK TOO.

I HAVE TWO AND WE DON'T. IT'S OUR RECYCLE THAT WE NEED TO.

IT'S LESS THAN A DOLLAR DIFFERENCE. $12 A YEAR. I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE TOUCANS. SO I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK IN SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS OVER LESS THAN A$12 A YEAR.

NO, NO, NO. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT AT ALL.

SO YEAH, SO ORIGINALLY I WAS MO VERY IN FAVOR OF THE ONE CART. AND IF WE LOOK AT REPUBLIC'S PRICING WHERE THERE'S LIKE A SEVEN DOLLAR DIFFERENCE, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF OPTION ONE.

BUT GIVEN THE DIFFERENTIALS, JUST A DOLLAR TWENTY. I THINK WE. WE GO WITH THE TWO CARD IS MY OPINION.

WOW. BECAUSE YOU HAD CONVINCED ME OF THE ONE CURRENT WAY BACK, SO.

WELL, I WASN'T EXPECTING IT TO ONLY BE A DO.

SO IF THERE'S CONSENSUS ON TWO CANS.

TWO CANS.

BASED ON THAT PRICE. TWO CANS, YEAH. THEN WE JUST NEED 43, NOT A $20.

BUT WE JUST NEED TO BUILD CONSENSUS ON THE RECYCLE AND SO RECYCLING EVERY WEEK OR EVERY OTHER WEEK.

YES.

THE QUESTION JUST DUE TO PASSION, I WOULD NOT WANT TO REDUCE RECYCLING IN ANY WAY. JUST I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AS A SOCIETY AS ENCOURAGING RECYCLING, NOT DISCOURAGING IT. SO.

BUT THEN AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, MY RECYCLE CAN IS WHAT'S FILLING UP. SO I MAY BE THE OUTLIER

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I THINK RECYCLING IS IMPORTANT. I UTILIZE IT. I UTILIZE TWO CANS. WHEN WE GO TO COSTCO, THERE'S A LOT OF PACKAGING WHEN YOU COME HOME WITH THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE RECYCLED. SO I DON'T WANT TO CUT BACK ON THAT EITHER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I THINK DOING EVERY OTHER WEEK IS A SCHEDULING NIGHTMARE. PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE A HARD TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DAY BIG BULK TRASH PICKUP IS. SO NOW IF THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THIS A RECYCLE DAY OR NOT A RECYCLE DAY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A SCHEDULING NIGHTMARE FOR RESIDENTS. I'M IN FAVOR OF EVERY WEEK.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS IS WHEN I DRIVE, I NOW KEEP MINE. IT'S JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW, BUT I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THE NUMBER OF TRASH CANS PEOPLE PUT OUT.

SOME PEOPLE PUT OUT ONE, SOME PEOPLE PUT OUT TWO. BUT I WOULD SAY MOST PEOPLE PUT THEIR RECYCLING OUT EVERY WEEK THAT I SEE NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FULL, BUT I KNOW IT'S AT LEAST FOR ME. IT'S USUALLY FULL WHEN I PUT IT OUT. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO KEEP IT ONCE A WEEK.

I'M KIND OF HONESTLY IN FAVOR OF EVERY OTHER WEEK. IN SPITE OF THE LOGISTICAL TROUBLES, I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T FILL UP THEIR RECYCLE BIN OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK. I KNOW I DON'T EVEN THINK FILL LINE UP AN EIGHTH.

BUT WE DON'T DRINK SODA, SO WE'RE KIND OF OUTLIERS THERE. YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO GET IT A SECOND CAN. THE SECOND CAN PLUS THE OPTION 4 PRICE LANDS YOU NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM THE OPTION TWO PRICING. I DON'T KNOW.

HONESTLY, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, THE PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANY OF THESE IS SO SMALL AS I THINK THE BEST ARGUMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE SO FAR ABOUT THIS IS ROXANNE'S, WHICH IS WHY I MAKE THINGS COMPLICATED, LIKE JUST LET IT BE COLLECTED EVERY WEEK SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TIME IT. AND THAT'S WHAT WON ME OVER.

BUT MY COST ARGUMENT STILL NAGS AT ME.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT.

I FIGURED WE NEEDED SOME DISAGREEMENT. I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT IN THIS PROPOSAL, CWD IS OFFERING A REBATE TO THE CITY BASED ON THE SALES OF RECYCLABLES. SO THAT IS A PART OF THIS.

I THINK YOU JUST HOOK COLLEEN, SHE JUMPED OUT OF HER CHAIR.

BUT NOW I KNOW THIS INFORMATION FROM A FEW YEARS AGO FROM RICK. BUT I KNOW AS OF A FEW YEARS AGO, SOME OF OUR RECYCLABLES, LIKE CARDBOARD, ARE PRODUCTS PROFITABLE.

BUT OTHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, GLASS WAS ACTUALLY THERE WAS A COST.

IT WASN'T. IT WASN'T A NET POSITIVE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE MARKET'S STILL THAT WAY.

I THINK IT VARIES. ROBERT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THAT ONE? ROBERT COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL 2010 CALIFORNIA CROSSING I GUESS YOUR QUESTION IS ABOUT THE VALUE OF MATERIALS, SIR? YES, THE ANSWER IS YES.

THERE ARE SOME MATERIALS THAT'S PICKED UP GOING TO BE WORTH MORE.

QUITE OBVIOUSLY ALUMINUM AND CARDBOARD AND SOME OTHER FIBER.

BUT THE GLASS ISN'T PROBABLY AS PROFITABLE AS WAS. BUT AT CWD, WE COLLECT ALL THE RECYCLING AND TAKE IT BACK TO OUR RECYCLING FACILITY.

WE JUST SAID $10 MILLION IMPROVEMENT. 2010 CALIFORNIA CROSSING IS KIND OF WHERE TEXAS STADIUM USED TO BE AND ALL THAT MATERIALISM IS DIVERTED FROM THE LANDFILL.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? WELL, I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE. I KNOW IT WAS THE CASE A FEW YEARS AGO, REPUBLIC SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY THEY WERE HAVING TO PAY ME TO GET THE LAST PROCESS INSTEAD OF GETTING PAID FOR IT. AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS THE CASE WITH YOU ALL.

WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH RIGHT NOW.

WE FOUND SOMEPLACE IN WATKAHATCHEE THAT TAKES IT AND IT'S A. IT'S NOT A COST, SIR.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE OPTION TWO IS CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE.

IT'S ALL THE KEEPING EVERYTHING THE SAME.

YES.

CORRECT.

YEAH.

HAVE WE DECIDED THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR OF HOUSEHOLDS? MY ONLY CONCERN, I MEAN I WOULD LIKE IT, BUT IF THE UTILIZATION IS GOING TO BE 5% AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY THE COMMUNICATIONS WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE COMMITTEE. AND JUST GETTING THAT OUT, CONSIDERING WE HAD LIKE LITERALLY TWO DAYS BEFORE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.

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NO, I GET THAT. AND, AND I WILL AGREE. I THINK THE COMMUNICATION WAS POOR BECAUSE I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT JUST FROM A NEIGHBOR. I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR ABOUT IT FROM THE CITY FIRST.

SO. OKAY, I'M AGREEABLE TO IT IF WE THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB ON COMMUNICATING IT.

PART OF THE CONTRACT. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EDUCATION.

THEY'RE TWICE A YEAR TRYING TO GET THAT OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO I THINK ADDING THAT EITHER DIRECT MAILING OR WHAT HAVE YOU, HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ELECTRONICALLY. BUT AGAIN WE CAN UTILIZE THEIR OPTIONS AS WELL FOR EDUCATING.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER. SO AS PART OF THE TRANSITION PLAN, CWD WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MARKETING. THEY HAVE AN IN HOUSE INFOGRAPHIC PRODUCER AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SENDING INFORMATION OUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS DIRECTLY AND QUALITY COURSE WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.

WE'LL PRODUCE SOME INFOGRAPHICS FOR THE WEBSITE AND MAYBE EVEN LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATE MARKETING STRATEGIES AS WELL TO REALLY LET THEM KNOW, HERE'S YOUR NEW SERVICES. THIS IS WHAT THE NEW ROUTES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT DAYS AND PARTICULARLY THE BULK WASTE.

BULK WASTE. HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT.

CORRECT.

AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ALL IT'S YOUR DAY ALL IN ONE WEEK. EVERYBODY'S GOT THE SAME BIG SIZE FOR THE ENTRANCE.

ON THE BULK PICKUP. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS A BULK PICKUP, GIVEN HOW SMALL THE DIFFERENCE IS WHAT IT WERE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, IF THE BULK PICKUP WAS INCREASED TO A HIGHER PERIODICITY THAN ONCE EVERY FOUR WEEKS, WOULD THAT ALSO BE A FAIRLY NEGLIGIBLE COST INCREASE OR WOULD THAT BE SUBSTANTIAL? SO THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RFP AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL.

OKAY. THERE'S A CITIZEN COMMENT SLASH CONCERN PICKED UP OVER THE WEEKEND, WHICH IS PEOPLE TEND NOT TO KNOW WHEN BULK PICKUP IS AND SO THEY PUT THEIR GARBAGE OUT ON THE CURB AND THEY LEAVE IT THERE FOR WEEKS. I WAS WONDERING.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PART OF AGREEING OR RECOMMENDING THIS RFE, BUT IT IS A CONCERN, MAYBE IT'S AN ENFORCEMENT CONCERN, THAT THAT'S PART OF THE EQUATION FOR SURE. CWD'S SOLUTION ON THIS ONE IS OF COURSE SPLITTING THE CITY UP INTO TO FOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.

AND SO THE BULK PICKUP IS GOING TO BE THE DAY YOUR TRASH SERVICE IS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT ONCE PER MONTH. SO I HOPE THAT THAT'S GOING TO CUT DOWN A LOT OF THE CONFUSION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE, THE SPLIT THURSDAY, FRIDAY MODEL IS THE BULK PICK UP THE SAME WEEK FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.

IT WOULD NOT BE, IT WOULD BE WHATEVER ROUTE YOU'RE ON, IT WOULD BE YOUR STANDARD TRASH DAY. SO IF THAT'S A TUESDAY, THAT RIGHT. SO SORRY, LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME CLARIFICATION HERE.

IF WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT, WE CAN'T EXPECT OUR CITIZENS.

J.B. SWEENEY, CWD, ASSISTED GENERAL MANAGER TO 2010 CALIFORNIA CROSSING ACTUALLY, WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TRUCKS OUT HERE MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, YOUR BULK WILL BE PICKED UP THE SAME WEEK ALL FOUR DAYS OF THE WEEK.

BUT MONDAY, TRASH PEOPLE, YOU PUT YOUR BULK OUT WITH YOUR TRASH, YOU'LL GET PICKED UP THAT SAME DAY.

TUESDAY, YOU'LL GET PICKED UP ON TUESDAY. THURSDAY, YOU'LL GET PICKED UP ON THURSDAY.

FRIDAY, YOU'LL GET PICKED UP ON FRIDAY. BUT WE DO PLAN ON RUNNING IT ALL IN THE SAME WEEK. SO THAT SHOULD MAKE YOUR EDUCATION PRETTY, PRETTY SIMPLE. SAY THAT AGAIN. REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME WAY WE DO IT NOW. IT'S, IT'S EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME WEEK.

IT'LL BE THE SAME. EVERYBODY PICKED UP THE SAME WEEK, BUT ON, BUT ON YOUR SERVICE DAY. SO IF YOU'RE A MONDAY TRASH COLLECTION, THE BULK TRASH IS GOING TO BE PICKED UP.

YES, TO TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SO ON.

THEY WILL BE IN THE CITY FOUR TIMES. SO IF FOR SOME REASON WE HAVE BAD WEATHER OR ROAD BREAKDOWN, WE MISS SOMEBODY, WE HAVE WEDNESDAY, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT.

YES.

OKAY, WELL, HERE'S THE POINT I WAS GOING TO MAKE AND THIS GETS BACK TO COMMUNICATIONS. MAYBE WE SHOULD START PUTTING OUT COMMUNICATIONS SAYING HEY, THIS IS THE BULK TRASH WEEK BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM ABOUT PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHEN IT IS.

AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT I FORGET. IT'S LIKE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST WEEK, DEPENDING ON WHAT DAY THE WEEK STARTED ON. AND SO IT MAY BE GOOD. IN ADDITION TO PUBLISHING WHATEVER CALENDARS, WE JUST PUSH OUT SOME KIND OF MESSAGE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS THE BULK TRASH WEEK.

AND THEN PEOPLE CAN LOOK

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THANK YOU.

YEAH. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CWD WILL HELP US EDUCATE OUR PEOPLE AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT. OKAY.

COUNCIL, I'M READY FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO AWARD THE CITY OF PARKER'S EXCLUSIVE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL FOR A TERM OF SERVICE COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2027 AND ENDING ON DECEMBER 31, 2031.

FOR THE PROVISION OF WEEKLY SOLID WASTE COLLECTION IN TWO POLYCARPS.

FOR THE PROVISION OF WEEKLY RECYCLING COLLECTION IN ONE POLYCARP.

THE COLLECTION OF BULK AND BRUSH ONE TIME PER MONTH ON THE RESIDENT'S STANDARD DAY OF COLLECTION AND DOOR SIDE HHW USED ELECTRONICS RECYCLING ONE TIME PER MONTH. I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR NEGOTIATE THE FINAL TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN SAID CONTRACT AFTER REVIEW BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHARP AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BOGDAN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. BARON, I JUST REMEMBERED, THEY USED ELECTRONICS. OUR PREVIOUS HAZARDOUS WASTE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT, CORRECT? I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE. ALL SHAKING OUR HEADS ON THAT ONE CALL, HUH? WASN'T IT ON CALL THAT YOU CAN.

WELL, YOU CALL THEM, BUT I STILL THINK THEY EXCLUDED ELECTRONICS. YOU HAD TO TAKE THOSE UP TO THE METHODIST CHURCH OR ON THEIR ELECTRONIC.

YEAH, YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY. THEN I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FIGHTING FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHARP, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

5.

0.

DON'T WORRY.

I JUST WANT TO COME BY TODAY AND SAY THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME RELATIONSHIP. WE UNDERSTAND.

YOU MAKE DECISIONS, OUR DECISIONS. AND WE PUT OUR PRICING OUT THERE. AND YOU WENT WITH WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS BEST FOR THE CITY. BUT THE 20 YEAR PLUS PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CITY, WE.

WE DIDN'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY AND THE CITIZENS, WE APPRECIATE THE INPUT YOU GAVE US. AND WE CAN ONLY GET BETTER TRANSITION WISE. I'M TELLING YOU, IT'LL BE 100% PROFESSIONAL.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE IN THE BIG PICTURE. I'LL TALK WITH MY OLD FRIEND OVER THERE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. OUR GOAL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IS TO TRY TO DO IT AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE HOLIDAY.

AND WE'LL.

IF THEY LET US, WE'LL PICK THEIR CANS UP FOR A WEEK OR TWO. SO WE'RE ALREADY WORKING. I'VE ALREADY BEEN THINKING THROUGH THIS, SO. BUT I WANT TO COME BY AND SAY THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND RICK, I WANT TO SAY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR.

OVER THE YEARS, EVEN WHEN I WAS A RESIDENT, YOU CAME TO THE MEETINGS, YOU WERE ALWAYS VERY NICE, VERY INFORMATIVE AND VERY RESPONSIVE. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU OVER THE YEARS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU AND KEN FOR PUTTING THIS PROCESS TOGETHER.

AND REALLY, IT WAS VERY THOROUGH AND I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE PROCESS ITSELF.

WELL, I WAS. I WAS IMPRESSED NOT ONLY WITH THE PROCESS, BUT THE NUMBER OF VENDORS THAT RESPONDED TO IT AND HOW SERIOUSLY EVERYBODY LOOKED. I REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT KENT ON PUTTING TOGETHER THE PACKET AND THE PROPOSAL. YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB.

[12. RECEIVE A PRESENTATION, DISCUSS, CONSIDER, AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2026-911 TO ENGAGE A FIRM FOR COMMUNICATIONS.]

THAT REALLY HELPED.

COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE TEAM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, GOING ON TO THE NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 12.

RECEIVE A PRESENTATION, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND. AND. OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTIONS ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026, 911 TO ENGAGE A FIRM FOR COMMUNICATIONS. OKAY, I BELIEVE, MR. MATTEN, YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO THEM.

I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MR. CHARLIE ROSE WITH GRAY REED PUBLIC RELATIONS. HE HAS JOINED US TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON HIS PROPOSAL.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. AS KENT SAID, MY NAME IS CHARLIE ROSE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATIONS FOR GRPR PUBLIC AFFAIRS. WE'RE A DALLAS BASED PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM. WE WORK ALL ACROSS DFW.

SO MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL KENT, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE. SO BEFORE I GET GOING, AS I SAID, I KNOW YOU GUYS ALL HAVE LOOKED

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SO WE WORK WITH CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, STATE AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS OUR STATE ON COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES.

WE DO IT AROUND THE COUNTRY, ALSO WITH SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION.

SO WHAT IS MESSAGING? THAT'S THE SIMPLEST WAY THAT WE SAY IT IS THAT WE DO THROUGH PUBLIC RELATIONS. WE DO THE MESSAGING THROUGH CONTENT STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, NEWS, NEWSLETTERS, MEDIA RELATIONS.

SO WE WORK WITH OUR MEDIA PARTNERS, GREAT RELATIONSHIPS, GETTING INFORMATION OUT THERE, ANY HEADLINES WE WANT, ANYTHING WE WANT TO STAY AWAY ISSUES, MANAGEMENT. SO ANYTIME THERE'S SOMETHING RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC, PUBLIC SERVANTS. WE'LL WORK AND COME ON AND HELP WITH CANNED STATEMENTS TEMPLATES TO GET INFORMATION OUT THERE.

SO THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT PARKER, YOU GUYS HAVE A STORY WORTH TELLING. IT'S A, A GREAT CITY. YOU KNOW, THROUGH RESEARCH WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE OPEN LAND, SMALL TOWN, SMALL TOWN IDENTITY AND JUST THE SENTIMENT ABOUT WHY PEOPLE WHAT DREW PEOPLE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND SO THAT'S A STORY THAT DESERVES TO BE TOLD CLEARLY AND OFTEN.

AND SO TONIGHT I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE FOR CLIENTS IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA. SOME OF OUR EXAMPLES WORK EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN BOND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS. I'LL START WITH THAT. SO WE'VE DONE THE COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATIONS RUN END TO END STRATEGIES THROUGH THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE PARAMETERS.

SO WHAT WE DO ON OUR END IS GATHER THE FACTS WITH YOU ALL. WE BUILD SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL STRATEGIES.

SO WE DEVELOP PLAIN LANGUAGE FINANCIAL MESSAGING, WHETHER THAT'S INFOGRAPHICS, ET CETERA. AND THEN WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND TAKE IT THROUGH MAIL, DIRECT MAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH THE PRESS.

COMMUNITY MEETINGS, LISTENING SESSIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT DURING TIMES LIKE THAT SO VOTERS UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO SUPPORT BEFORE A VOTE IS EVER CAST. SO WE'VE DONE THIS WITH TWO CITIES AND ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE LAST 18 MONTHS IN NORTH TEXAS. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES THERE.

STORYTELLING AND COMMUNITY PRIDE.

THIS YEAR WE'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH THE CITY AROUND A MILESTONE COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN FOR 150TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, THE SESQUICENTENNIAL. SO WE'VE GONE AND TIED THE HISTORY BACK TO RESIDENTS. RESIDENTS. WE'VE DONE UPDATED A DECADES, FIVE DECADES WORTH OF HISTORY FROM AN OLD BOOK. DONE A THEN AND NOW BOOK, TOLD FUTURE STORIES ABOUT PASTIMES, PEOPLE, PASSIONS, PLACES. SO THERE'S SOME STORYTELLING THERE. WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL LEADERS TO PROMOTE ANY PRIORITIES OR EVENTS, PROGRAMS, ETC. ALL OF THIS IS KIND OF IN THAT MARKETING, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS SPECTRUM.

ON THE MORE BORING SIDE, WE'VE DONE SOME PLAIN LANGUAGE.

WE DO TON OF PLAIN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION. SO WHETHER THAT'S COMMUNICATING A CITY BUDGET, LETTING RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR IN WATER, WASTE, ENERGY SERVICES AND WHY THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT. WHAT DAY IS BULK TRASH PICKUP? THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP YOU GUYS COMMUNICATE AND THAT WE DO WITH OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE REGION. ANY HIGH STAKES OR JUST NORMAL STAKES PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. SO CITYWIDE ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE HAVE SOME A NEW RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMING, SOMETHING FROM CITY HALL WE WANT TO GET COMMUNICATED. GREAT STORIES. OUR APPOINTEE TONIGHT, WHEN THE FIRE AND POLICE WERE UP HERE EARLIER, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S SUPER CRUCIAL. IN A TIME WHERE INFORMATION IS SO READILY AVAILABLE AT PEOPLE'S FINGERTIPS, THEY'RE EXPECTING TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH QUICKLY, AND THEY CAN COMMUNICATE AT THE PRESS OF A BUTTON. AND SO THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS IMPORTANT. AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO DO THAT ACCURATELY, FACTUALLY. AND ALL OF OUR STRATEGIES GO BACK TO BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST, EARNING PUBLIC TRUST, AND ALWAYS BEING ACCURATE AND TRANSPARENT. SO HOW OUR TEAM WORKS, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE SAY THIS ALL THE TIME.

WE'RE NOT SOME GROUP FROM DALLAS OR SALINA OR WHEREVER WE ALL LIVE THAT COMES IN AND IS GOING TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO.

WE'RE A PART OF YOUR TEAM. WE WORK FOR YOU. SO YOU ALL WOULD DIRECT ANY AND ALL INITIATIVES THAT WE'D BE WORKING ON. SO WHETHER THAT'S A COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE OR SOMEONE WITHIN YOUR CITY STAFF THAT YOU WOULD DESIGNATE, WE DRAFT. THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS SAY. WE PRESENT DRAFTS, YOU REVIEW, YOU DIRECT, AND YOU APPROVE. SO EVERY WORD THAT GOES OUT WITH YOUR NAME ON IT HAS YOUR STAMP. AND SO AS FAR AS THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU ALL SAW FROM OUR FIRM, WHAT WE PUT IN FRONT OF YOU IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO INITIATE FROM DAY ONE, NO MATTER WHAT THE NEED IS.

THE NEED IS FOR YOU GUYS TO DECIDE, AND OUR JOB IS TO COMMUNICATE THAT. SO WE WOULD DO THAT TO START THROUGH CONSULTANTS, CONSISTENT STORYTELLING, WHETHER THAT'S STAFF SPOTLIGHT, CITY HISTORY, MONTHLY UPDATES FROM THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL, HEARING FROM OUR ELECTED FOLKS.

WE DO THAT ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH THE WEBSITE, BY BUILDING WEBSITE, COPY THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, AND KEEPING NEIGHBORS IN THE LOOP ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND ALONGSIDE THAT, WE'LL BUILD REAL, REAL LISTENING INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO HELP HELPING RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING, WHAT DO THEY WANT, WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS? AND THEN HOW DO WE GO COMMUNICATE THOSE THINGS MORE BROADLY? AND SO ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS JUST IDENTIFYING,

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YOU CALL US.

HOPEFULLY WE WOULD NEVER HAVE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN, BUT IF YOU NEED US, WE'RE THERE. WE MEET ON CADENCES AT YOUR DISCRETION. SO WHETHER THAT'S ONCE A WEEK, ONCE A MONTH, HOWEVER YOU WANT, TEAMS IN PERSON WILL BE HERE. SO THAT'S KIND OF A RUNDOWN OF HOW WE WORK IN THE PROPOSAL. AND SO ULTIMATELY EVERYTHING WE DO, WE WANT IT TO BE THE CONSISTENT VOICE AND ESTABLISH PUBLIC TRUST AND HELP YOU GET THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO ANY QUESTIONS BASED ON WHAT YOU GUYS LOOKED AT IN THE PROPOSAL OR ANYTHING THAT I'VE SAID TONIGHT, I'M HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.

YOU MENTIONED THE CRISIS RESPONSE. CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN YOU'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT, LIKE SAY OFFICER SHOT A CAGED BOBCAT AND NOW IT'S ALL OVER THE NATIONAL NEWS, THAT SORT OF THING? NOT THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT.

NO, I UNDERSTAND.

SO THAT'S TWO RECENT EXAMPLES.

ONE WOULD BE FLOCK CAMERAS.

THAT'S A OBVIOUSLY A HOT TOPIC WITH OUR CITIES RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, WHETHER CAMERAS ARE STATIONED IN CERTAIN AREAS, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE HAVE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CRISIS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME EXPLOSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT TO OUR, TO A COMMUNITY IT'S A CRISIS OR AN OFFICER, OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, SOMETHING GOES, SOMETHING GOES WRONG. WHAT ARE THE FACTS OF THE SITUATION? WORKING WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS WELL AS CITY LEADERSHIP ON LEGALLY, WHAT CAN WE SAY? AND THEN MAKING SURE THE LAWYERS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT THE MESSAGING IS ACCURATE, CLEAR AND TIMELY. AND THEN WHAT WE ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE TO IN OF TERMS TIMES OF CRISIS IS EVEN WE HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. NO COMMENT DOESN'T WORK RIGHT. IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS SEE IT, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE POSSIBLY LEGALLY CAN. SO THOSE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF ONE THAT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE CRISIS, BUT A PUBLIC SENTIMENT CRISIS, AND ONE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY BODIES ARE ON THE GROUND.

SO DO YOU PROVIDE SPOKESPERSON IN CASE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE JUST NEED A MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE? ABSOLUTELY. SO MYSELF AND MARK RYLANDER ARE BOTH PIOS AND SO WE COULD PROVIDE THAT SPOKESPERSON TRAINING. AND WE KEEP EVERYTHING IN THE BACK OF OUR CARS, JUST IN CASE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S NEEDED.

ESPECIALLY WITH CITIES, THERE'S THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. DROWNINGS, ACCIDENTS AT THE PARK, ETC. AND IN THIS DAY AND AGE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITY'S LOCATION, THE PROXIMITY FOR THE NEWS TO GET HERE QUICKER IS MAYBE MORE PROMINENT THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER FRIENDS AND PARTNERS.

AND WE'RE FURTHER IN NORTH TEXAS.

THANK YOU.

I'LL HAVE TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS I GOT ON COUNCIL WAS BECAUSE OF COMMUNICATION. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS STRUGGLED WITH FOR A LONG TIME, BEING SMALL TOWN. SO I VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE. SO WHEN WE STARTED, AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, OH, NO PROBLEM.

WE'LL WILL HANDLE THIS. I CAN MAKE THIS BETTER. RIGHT. BUT THE MORE WE DUG INTO THIS AND THE MORE WE REALLY LOOKED INTO THIS, THE TIME, EFFORT, AND EDUCATION OF SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO DO THIS IS A BIG TASK. THIS IS A BIG TASK. AND IT WAS WAY MORE INVOLVED THAN I EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED. SO WHEN I HEARD THAT WE HAD GONE OUT FOR THIS STORM AT FIRST, AND I FOUND OUT HOW MUCH IT WAS AND ALL THAT, I WAS LIKE, WE DON'T NEED THAT. WE COULD DO IT OURSELVES. BUT THE. THE MORE WE STARTED TO DIG, IT IS NOW VERY CLEAR THAT WE NEED THE PROFESSIONALISM WE NEED. AND THIS MIGHT NOT BE FOREVER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PUT NEW STAFF TO TAKE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. OUR STAFF IS NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THIS AT THIS TIME DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS. THIS IS A VERY BIG JOB. SO ONCE I LEARNED ABOUT YOUR FARM AND. AND READ YOUR PROPOSAL AND REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT. WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION FOR OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR. WE ONLY HAVE TO DO IT FOR A YEAR AND SEE HOW IT WORKS, WHAT IT CAN DO TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS. BUT I THINK THAT THE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT I GET.

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW AND I DIDN'T SEE AND I DIDN'T. AND YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON.

COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATION, IT ALL COMES BACK TO. SO I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US GO FORWARD WITH IT.

YEAH, I LIKE THIS IDEA. I THINK ANYTIME YOU MOVE INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN EITHER DOING WELL OR DOING MUCH OF AT ALL, IT MAKES SENSE TO BRING IN A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AND RELY ON THEM TO EITHER TEACH YOU HOW TO DO IT OR TO TAKE

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AND THEY DID THAT. AND THAT'S HOW THEY GOT IN THE GROCERY BUSINESS TODAY, BY THE WAY, THEY'RE THE LARGEST GROCERY RETAILER IN THE WORLD AS WELL. SO WHETHER WE KEEP DOING THIS FOR A YEAR OR FIVE YEARS, BRINGING IN THIS KIND OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE WILL MAKE US BETTER AT IT, MORE SUCCESSFUL AT IT, ESPECIALLY FOR INITIALIZING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED. I THINK WE NEED EXPERTISE TO HELP US SET UP AND GET IT, GET IT GOING, GET IT DONE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? MR. BEN.

I DON'T REMEMBER IT. DO WE HAVE A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS? SO WE DO NOT HAVE A LINE ITEM IN THIS CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THIS, IS THAT CORRECT, GRANT? CURRENT.

CURRENT. YOU MEAN 25, 26 OR 26, 27, 25, 26.

IT'S NOT. IT IS.

OCTOBER ONE'S AROUND THE CORNER.

YEAH.

WELL, NO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. I WASN'T CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, SO.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONSIDERATION? THANK YOU.

THEN I WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH GR PR PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SERVICES, PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND THE RESOLUTION NUMBER IS 20, 26, 911.

OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HALBERT AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHARP TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026, 911 TO ENGAGE GRPR FOR COMMUNICATIONS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY.

THEN I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

5. 0.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

APPRECIATE IT.

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR TALKING.

[13. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ACTION ON A REQUEST BY KC6 ADVISORS, LLC, FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR KING'S CROSSING PHASE 7.]

YES, MA'.

AM. GOOD EVENING. PRESTON WALHOOD FROM WARNER GROUP, 4040 NORTH CENTRAL DALLAS, TEXAS. THANKS FOR PUTTING THESE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. THEY'RE NOT THAT EXCITING. BUT WANT TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE TWO PROJECTS. SO KINGS CROSSING IS A MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY THAT'S CONTROLLED BY A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2007.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG RUN FOR A FEW DIFFERENT REAL ESTATE CYCLES, BUT IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE PRODUCT AND THE OUTCOME OF THE COMMUNITY.

PHASE 6 AND PHASE 7 WERE THE FINAL 119 ACRES ON THE NORTH END OF THE HOME SITE. WHEN MR. BEDELL PASSED AWAY, THE FAMILY SAID, WE'RE READY TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS NEXT LARGE PHASE AND DO TWO TOGETHER RATHER THAN ONE AT A TIME. AND SO WE WENT AHEAD AND PROCEEDED WITH PHASE SIX AND PHASE SEVEN.

IN WORKING WITH THE CITY THROUGH THE ENGINEERING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT IT WAS GOING TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR THE CITY TO DO A SINGLE PRELIMINARY PLANT FOR PHASE SIX AND PHASE SEVEN SO THAT WE CAN CONTROL THE DRAINAGE FROM THE HIGH SIDE, WHICH IS PHASE SIX, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MUDDY CREEK, WHICH IS IN PHASE SEVEN. AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND DO A SINGLE CONSTRUCTION PLAN SET, WE DID A PRELIMINARY PLATFORM FOR ALL 119 ACRES. KINGS CROSSING PHASE 6, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 59 ACRES, WAS FINAL PLATTED IN DECEMBER OF 2025 AFTER CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE. AND THAT PROJECT IS GOING WELL. YOU'VE SEEN TWO NEW

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SO IT'S BEEN MODIFIED SEVERAL TIMES BY PARKER AND BY LUCAS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. AND IN WORKING WITH THE CITY, THEY REQUESTED THAT WE DO A SINGLE LOAMER THAT ENCAPSULATES THE WHOLE CREEK LINE SO THAT ALL OF THE MAPS WILL BE CONSISTENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS LAST YEAR, THE US GOVERNMENT WAS SHUT DOWN, I'M SURE, AS YOU REMEMBER, FOR 43 DAYS IN THE FALL. AND THEN DHS WAS SHUT DOWN FOR 76 DAYS AGAIN THIS SPRING. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW, BUT FEMA FOLLOWS UNDER FALLS UNDER DHS FUNDING. SO FEMA DID NOT WORK FOR 46 DAYS LAST YEAR OR 76 DAYS THIS YEAR. AND SO THEY ARE EXTREMELY BACKLOGGED ON THEIR APPROVAL PROCESS. ALL THOSE APPROVALS HAVE BEEN MET, BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON FEMA TO ISSUE THEIR FORMAL LETTERS TO THE CITY AND TO THE ENGINEERS. SO ALL OF THAT SAID KINGS CROSSING 6 AND 7 WERE PLATTED TOGETHER AS A SINGLE PRELIMINARY PLAT.

WE'VE DONE A FINAL PLAT FOR PHASE SIX. THE CITY'S ORDINANCES STATE THAT AFTER TWO YEARS A PRELIMINARY PLAT EXPIRES. AND SO WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS THAT THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT BE EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE 7 AS IT WAS PLANNED AND BRING BACK A FINAL PLAT AND COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MACHADO, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS SUGGEST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? OKAY.

DID I LEAVE ANYTHING OUT? THANK YOU.

OKAY. OKAY. THEN I WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION.

THIS IS FOR KING, KINGS CROSSING 7. RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR KINGS CROSSING 7. DO I NEED TO ADD IN THE TIME FRAME FOR THE AMOUNT OF TWO YEARS? I DON'T THINK THERE'S NOT ON THIS THING.

HANG ON.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BOGDAN AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHARP TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF KING'S CROSSING PHASE 7 FOR TWO YEARS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY.

I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT ARM.

THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

[14. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ACTION ON A REQUEST BY DF ADVISORS, LLC, FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR WHITESTONE ESTATES, PHASE 4.]

ZERO.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. DON'T MOVE.

I WON'T GO ANYWHERE.

GO TO ITEM 14 WHICH IS CONSIDERATION AND OR ACTION ON A REQUEST BY ADVISORS.

EXCUSE ME, DF ADVISORS LLC FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE TIME OF THE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FOR WHITESTONE'S ESTATE SPACE WE DIDN'T GET VERY CREATIVE WITH THESE PARTNERSHIPS NAMES, DID WE? THEY'RE ALL ADVISORS.

SO SIMILAR SITUATION AS KINGS CROSSING PHASE 7. THIS HAD A LOAMER THAT WAS BEING REVIEWED BY FEMA. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAS JUST DELAYED THAT PROCESS. AND SO ONCE WE RECEIVE FINAL FEEDBACK FROM THE GOVERNMENT, WE WILL BE OFF TO THE RACES.

SO AGAIN, JUST REQUESTING A TWO YEAR EXTENSION FOR THIS PLAT.

AND WHERE IS WHITESTONE PHASE IT IS IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE PLAN PROJECT.

SO IF YOU'RE AT THE HARD CORNER OF DONNA AND DONAHUE. BLESS YOU. THE HARD CORNER OF DONNA AND DONAHUE.

IT IS TO THE WEST, NORTHWEST OF THAT CORNER AND WRAPPED BY HACKBERRY LANE.

IT HAS THE POND ON IT DOWN AT THE END.

MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY DF ADVISORS LLC FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR WHITESTONE ESTATES PHASE 4. 4 REQUESTED 24 MONTH EXTENSION.

OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER HALBERT AND A SECOND, BY MAYOR PRO TEM PILGRIM TO APPROVE AN EXTENSION OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR WHITESTONE ESTATES, PHASE 4 FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS.

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ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 5, 0. THANK YOU.

[15. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 918 AMENDING TITLE IX, CHAPTER 93 OF THE CITY OF PARKER CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION. [2026 0707 CC MEETING]]

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, PRESTON.

YES, MA'.

AM.

OKAY. ITEM 15, CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 918, AMENDING TITLE 9, CHAPTER 93 OF THE PARKER CODE OF ORDINANCE RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION. HARD TO GET THAT OUT AFTER A WHILE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF. CATHERINE, YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS OR CAN'T YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I CAN. BRIEFLY. THE LAST TIME THIS WAS. THIS CAME AS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL FROM PLANNING AND ZONING. AND THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WAS TO SEND IT TO ME TO DO WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE DONE FOR IT TO BE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL. SO THAT'S THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS BASICALLY WHAT PLANNING AND ZONING PRESENTED.

I THINK WHEN THEY WORKED WITH THE FIRE CHIEF ON THAT, ON THOSE ELEMENTS OF IT, DID MAKE SOME REVISIONS TO IT FOR PURPOSES OF ADOPTION AND FOR PURPOSES OF CONTINUITY WITHIN THE ORDINANCE. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

ANY QUESTIONS, MR. PILGRIM? JUST THE ONE THING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.

IT WAS.

IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE WEEK, I GUESS ON THE MEMO THAT KATHERINE SENT OUT TO ALL OF US IS HOW WE DEFINE THE BURN AREA IN THERE.

I THINK IT'S A THREE FOOT DIAMETER RIGHT NOW, WHICH DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY IT'S GOT TO BE ROUND. BUT IF YOU START PUTTING SQUARE DIMENSIONS ON IT, THEY DON'T REALLY WORK BECAUSE IF YOU DO THE PI R SQUARED TO CALCULATE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF IT, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT SEVEN AND A THIRD SQUARE FEET, WHICH DOESN'T FIT ANYTHING ELSE. SO TECHNICALLY YOU COULDN'T EVEN HAVE A. YOU COULDN'T EVEN HAVE A 3 BY 3 FOOT SQUARE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE BIGGER THAN A 3 FOOT DIAMETER IN TERMS OF SPACE. SO I'M THINKING MAYBE WE DEFINE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN A THREE FOOT DIAMETER, IF I CAN.

I THINK THE PROVISION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE FIRE ITSELF. NOT THE BURNABLE SPACE, BUT THE HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF THE FLAME AS IT'S BURNING.

BUT I THINK WHAT THE COUNCIL IN CONVERSATIONS WANTED TO DO WAS DEFINE.

I THINK WE NEED TO DEFINE THE AREA IN WHICH THE FIRE CAN BE BURNED. FRANKLY, IF IT SAYS IN THERE A FIRE NO MORE THAN 2FT HIGH, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BEING IN THERE.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT SOMEBODY BURNING UP, YOU KNOW, PUTTING SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S SIX FEET HIGH IN FLAMES.

BUT I THINK WE MAYBE OUGHT TO DEFINE IT AS A THREE BY FOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OR A FOUR BY FOUR. I WOULD MAKE IT NOT.

NO BIGGER THAN THAT. I MEAN THAT'S PRETTY BIG. BUT MAYBE SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST.

I JUST PULLED UP THE LANGUAGE.

KATHRYN'S CORRECT. WE'RE NOT REGULATING THE FIRE PIT. WE'RE REGULATING THE FIRE WITHIN THE FIRE PIT, WHICH MAY BE HARDER TO MEASURE.

YEAH, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO REGULATE THE DIMENSION OF THE PIT. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, DOES THIS APPLY TO IF YOU HAVE AN OUTDOOR FIREPLACE, AN OUTDOOR WOOD BURNING FIREPLACE, IS THAT CONSISTENT, CONSIDERED A FIRE PIT OR NOT? I DON'T THINK THAT'S CONSIDERED A FIRE PIT. DO YOU RECALL? I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE IN THE DEFINITION.

I COULDN'T TELL WHEN I READ THE DEFINITION OF FIRE PIT IN HERE, BUT I COULDN'T TELL TECHNICALLY IF THAT APPLIED TO AN OUTDOOR FIREPLACE.

SO RATHER THAN DIMENSIONS, IS THERE LIKE A TOTAL NUMBER OF SQUARE FOOT OR CUBIC FEET OR WHATEVER? I. I WOULD PROBABLY CALCULATE SOMETHING OFF OF THAT. YOU KNOW, 3X4 IS 12 SQUARE FEET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I WOULD ASK CHIEF MILLER, DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTED MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE BURN AREA WITH THE HEIGHT 3X2? I SAY I REMEMBER THOSE NUMBERS.

THE DIAMETER IS 3FT. THE HEIGHT IS 2FT.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING OFF OF. I'M GOOD WITH FOUR BY BY FOUR ENOUGH TO GET SOMETHING IN THERE.

LIKE YOU SAID THREE FOOT. IF YOU'RE GOING OFF. COULD IT BE A CIRCLE? COULD IT BE A SQUARE? I DON'T MIND WHATEVER IT IS AS LONG AS WE CAN.

SO J4 4 BY 4 BY 4. 4 BY 4 IS 16 SQUARE FEET. YOU WANT 4 BY 4 OR 3 BY 12 SQUARE FEET.

WELL, OKAY, SO I,

[02:05:03]

WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. IF IT IS 7.25 SQUARE FEET OR IS IT 16 SQUARE FOOT? I WOULD SAY 9 THINNING UP 3 BY 3.

I'M DOING EITHER WAY. 16, 9. I WOULD GO WITH THE BIGGER.

PERSONALLY.

YEAH, I, I AM LITERALLY ABOUT TO DO THIS AND LIKE 4X4 OR.

AND EVEN I HAVE SOMETHING LONG AND NARROW IT CURRENTLY EXISTING THAT WOULD EXCEED THAT.

THIS ISN'T BECAUSE WE DON'T PICK UP HAZARDOUS WASTE ANYMORE THAT YOU NEED THAT SPACE FOR BURNING, DO YOU? HEY, BUT THIS ONE SAYS DRY WOOD ONLY, RIGHT? YEAH.

OKAY. WITH THE 2 FOOT HEIGHT IS ALREADY IN THERE. OKAY, THAT'S A SILLY QUESTION.

MAYBE, BUT MAYBE NOT. HOW SPECIFIC IS THE ENFORCEMENT GOING TO BE ON THAT SPACE? IS IT MORE OR LESS GOING TO BE THE INTENT OF THE LAW? SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN HONOR SYSTEM. THAT'S HOW GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU HAVE ONE PER SE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ON YOU.

WHOEVER IT'S ON. WE DON'T KNOW. THERE'S SO MANY WHAT 2000 HOMES HERE. I DON'T.

EVERY ONE OF THEM, I HAVE NO IDEA. AS LONG AS IF THEY GET A 911 CALL, WE SHOW UP OR THEY SHOW UP, THEY'RE WITHIN THAT REGULATION AND IT'S NOT A BURN BAND, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

BUT IF SOMEBODY BUILDS A BIG FIVE BY FIVE PIT IN THEIR BACKYARD AND THEY'RE BURNING DRY WOOD BECAUSE THEY HAD A TREE BURNED DOWN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM RUN A FIVE BY FIVE PIT. ARE YOU DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND SEE A GIANT FLAME IF THERE'S A COMPLAINT THAT COMES IN, THAT WOULD BE WHEN SOMEBODY COME OUT TO INVESTIGATE, THAT'S WHEN THEY WOULD BE MEASURING.

THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY'RE NOT DRIVING AROUND LOOKING FOR.

BUT I THINK DARRELL'S QUESTION IS LEGIT. IF WE PUT DIMENSIONS ON IT, IF WE PUT 16 SQUARE FEET OR WE PUT 12 SQUARE FEET ON IT, YOU'RE GOING TO ENFORCE TO THAT IF YOU GET CALLED OUT THERE? YEAH, YEAH, WE.

YES, FOR SURE. AND WE, WE HAD THE ONE MOST RECENT ONE IN THE. IF NOT FIRMS. FOLLOW ON.

QUESTION IS CAN WE GRANT EXCEPTIONS SAY FOR BONFIRES? I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THIS OUT THERE MAYBE LIKE FOR THE BOY SCOUTS. NO.

WELL, REQUEST EXCEPTIONS. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE CITY WANTS TO HOST A BONFIRE FOR PARKER FEST. SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ON YOUR FRAME, I SAY THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WHEN IT COMES THUMBS UP, WE'LL CONSIDER IT A COUNCIL MEETING. BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO LEGISLATE POTENTIAL FUTURE GIANT S'.

MORES.

YOU'RE ASKING THE WRONG GUY WHEN YOU ASK THE FIRE CHIEF THAT.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS.

OKAY.

WE DO REFER TO WITH THE. WHEN WE COMES TALKING TO THE FIRE ABOUT THE FIREWORKS THAT WE DO REFER TO THE PERMIT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT POLICY PROCEDURE IS ALL SOLID WITH YOU THAT YOU'VE GOT A ACTUAL PERMIT AND THE POLICY THAT GOES WITH IT.

WE DO CURRENTLY.

OKAY.

OKAY, GOOD. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THIS OPEN BURN IS A CHANGE. RIGHT. FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND SO I THINK IF WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS COMMUNICATED TO RESIDENTS AS WELL. SO GETTING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO GET THOSE KIND OF THINGS OUT.

REFER TO IT AGENDA ITEM 13.

WE'LL WORK THAT OUT.

IT'S JUST A POLICY CHANGE.

YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S.

I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD OPEN BURN ALLOWED NOW UNLESS IT WAS IN A CONTAINER THAT WAS AN APPROVED CONTAINER, IF YOU READ THE ORDINANCE.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT? YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE'S NO BURNING IN THE CITY CURRENTLY. I MEAN, THERE'S A BURN VAN RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S NO BURN VAN FOR EVERYBODY. THERE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORRY. WE DON'T ISSUE A PERMIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU GOTTA CONTACT THE COUNTY AS WE DISCUSS, HEY, ARE WE IN A BURN BAN OR NOT? AND THEN IF YOUR PIT FALLS WITHIN THAT REGULATION, THEN YOU.

BUT WE'VE HAD CALLS IN THE LAST YEAR REGARDING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BURNED, BURNING TRASH OR. OKAY, WELL, HOPEFULLY.

[02:10:09]

IT WOULDN'T BE OKAY TO BE 10FT CLOSER JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT WHEELS ON IT.

WELL, YOU ALSO CONSIDER THIS, TOO. SO THIS IS BROUGHT UP WHENEVER WE WERE DOING RESEARCH. IT'S NO DIFFERENCE IN A GAS STOVE IN YOUR HOME OR A GRILL THAT YOU KEEP RIGHT UP NEXT TO YOUR WALL LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO.

SO IT'S JUST GOING TO COME DOWN TO COMMON SENSE AND BE CAUTIOUS OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND SO FAR, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD WITH. I WILL SAY THIS.

STATISTICALLY, OUR FIRES THAT WE'VE HAD, WE USE AUTOBOND OVER THERE. THAT WAS AN OUTDOOR FIRE PIT, LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THOSE FIRES ROLL UP IN THERE AND GET INTO THE HOME. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD HARDLY ANY ISSUES WITH, LIKE, THE SOLO PITS DRILLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. LUCAS HAD ONE A FEW MONTHS AGO, SAME THING THEY WERE BURNING IN THEIR OUTDOOR. THE 25 FOOT SIZE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE HOME. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING WHAT WE THINK THEY ARE.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTENT COMING OUT OF THIS MEETING.

LIKE YOU GUYS SHOULD BE ON CAMERA. WHAT NOT TO DO.

OUR FIRST NEWSLETTER ARTICLE.

RIGHT.

OKAY, ARE WE READY FOR.

MY QUESTION IS EVEN IF IT'S A PORTABLE BURN PIT, SHOULD IT BE 25FT INSTEAD OF 15? I GOTTA REMEMBER WHAT WE HAVE IN THERE. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NUMBER. DO YOU REMEMBER ON THAT THE DISTANCE WE PUT.

YEAH, IT'S 15 IS WHAT I JUST READ. THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE NUMBER FROM. THAT'S. THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT YOU CAN HAVE A PERMANENT ONE, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE 25FT FROM YOUR HOUSE.

BUT IF IT'S MOVABLE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT WITHIN 15FT.

WHEN YOU APPROVE THOSE, HOW ARE YOU APPROVING THOSE? WHAT'S THE PROCESS ON THAT? AND THEN THE CODE THAT WE FOLLOW THAT STATES THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WOOD BURNING? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NATURAL GAS.

I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SAYS.

IT JUST SAYS PORTABLE. I'M NOT PUTTING ANY OTHER DEFINITIONS ON IT OTHER THAN THAT.

SO WHAT I'M IMAGINING AS PORTABLE IS ONE OF THOSE BLACK ONES YOU BUY FROM LOWE'S OR HOME DEPOT AND YOU CAN PUT CLEAN DRY WOOD IN THAT AND YOU CAN MOVE THAT FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION.

SEE, I'M THINKING SOLO STOVE IS.

IT'S A BROADER DEFINITION.

COMMERCIALLY MANUFACTURED FREESTANDING OUTDOOR FIREPLACE.

TERM INCLUDES CHIMINEYAS, ENCLOSED FIREBALLS, FIRE COLUMNS AND SIMILAR DEVICES EQUIPPED WITH A SPARK ARRESTOR OR SCREEN.

OKAY.

IT'S MORE PROTECTED. NOT AN OPEN FIRE BURN.

SO DYLAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY SPEAK REAL QUICK. SO THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR THE FUEL FED SYSTEMS, RIGHT? YOU'RE PERMITTING THOSE.

SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO INSTALL THAT ON THE BACK, BACK PORCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS MORE OF A PERMANENT MANNER.

SOMETHING THAT USES A PROPANE TANK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERMITTED. PERMEATED.

WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT'S STATIONARY, FIXED USES, HIGH BTU BURN POT TO ADD A LOT OF CO REGULATION.

THAT'S NOT A BURN PIT FOR BURNING DRY WOOD, WHICH IS WHAT'S DEFINED AS A BURN PIT IN HERE.

ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION? WE ARE.

I MOVE WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 918 WITH THE, WITH THE CHANGE TO REMOVE 3 FOOT IN DIAMETER WITH THE BURNABLE AREA NOT TO EXCEED 16 SQUARE FEET AT THE END OF SECTION 93.06 B.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

OKAY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? NO.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARRON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHARP TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 918 AS AMENDED TO REMOVE THREE FOOT IN THE AMATEUR TO AND MAKE THAT 16 SQUARE FEET IN 93.06.

IS THAT CORRECT?

[02:15:04]

YOU.

YOU CAN KEEP THE LIMITATION ON THE SIZE OF THE FIRE AND JUST MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. OR WE CAN REMOVE THAT.

OKAY. OKAY. I SEE. OKAY, I'LL REMOVE. I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO REMOVE THE REMOVAL OF THREE FEET IN DIAMETER.

THAT'S REMOVING THE FIRE SIZE.

YEAH, WE DON'T WANT TO MEASURE THE FIRE.

WE SHOULD REMOVE THAT.

NO, I THINK WE WANTED TO KEEP THE 2 FOOT HEIGHT FOR SURE.

SO NOW WE'RE MEASURING FIRE.

WHY ARE WE MEASURING ANYTHING? MR. PILGRIM STATED WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING JUST BLAZING AWAY OVER THERE. SO TWO FOOT SEEMS PRETTY COMMON. WHENEVER WE'RE DOING THE RESEARCH ON A FAIRVIEW. IT'S I THINK THREE BY TWO BY SIX AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW WE LOOK HAVE SOME OTHER ONES, AND THEY'RE RELATIVELY THE SAME, SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH KEEPING IT LOW. WE DON'T WANT THAT TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. WE WANT TO HAVE.

SO AS YOU MENTIONED, I THINK THAT'S GREAT OPTION.

SO YOU GO IN THERE.

YES.

WE JUST TAKE OUT THE THREE FOOT.

YEAH.

OKAY. BUT WE'RE KEEPING THE 16 SQUARE FOOT.

YES.

OKAY. OKAY. DARYL, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? HONESTLY? I'M SURE IF YOU GOT IT.

I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.

OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARRON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHARP TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 918 WITH THE AMENDMENT TO 16 SQUARE FEET. 93.06. IS THAT CORRECT? B2.

B2. OKAY. LOOK LIKE 13. I DIDN'T WRITE.

OKAY.

B2. 9306. B2. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY. I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING OR ORDINANCE NUMBER 918, AS AMENDED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES.50.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON THAT. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I'M SURE.

I WOULDN'T EVEN BRING HER.

GREAT JOB. YEAH, GREAT JOB, JUSTIN. GREAT JOB. WELL, PLANNING AND ZONING GOES WITHOUT SAYING. JUSTIN DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND HE IN WORKING WITH EVERYONE.

REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY,

[16. UPDATE(S)]

FIRST ONE IS 2551. MR. MACHADA, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE FOR US ON 2551? THEY'RE PUTTING BOND BREAKER DOWN NOW, WHICH IS THE ASPHALT THERE THAT GOES IN THE CONCRETE.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED ON THAT AND THEY HAVE PAID AND OVER.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ENTRANCE TO PARKER VILLAGE? PARKABILITY IS GOING TO BE DONE ONE SIDE AT A TIME, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

OKAY. THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS THIS WEEK ON PARKER VILLAGE SAYING THAT THEY'VE TORN UP THE ENTRANCE.

AND IT'S NOW JUST LIKE I'VE SEEN THOSE COMPLAINTS.

AND I THINK THEY HAVE ALSO GONE TO TEXTILE AND SOME SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON ANDOVER, WHICH IS AMPLIFIED THAT I WOULD ASSUME THAT.

AND I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANYBODY ABOUT THIS. I WOULD ASSUME THEY WOULD HANDLE THOSE IN A SIMILAR FASHION.

OKAY.

WHICH WOULD BE PAVING AND MAKING THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS.

I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THAT.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON MR. MACHADO ON THAT? JUST MAKING SURE. FM 2551 IS DILLAHAY, RIGHT?

[02:20:01]

OKAY. AT ONE TIME I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A TXDOT REPRESENTATIVE DO AT TOWN HALL.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S ON ME.

I JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO PIVOT TOWARDS THAT YET. WE DO HAVE TXDOT SAYING.

INDICATING THEIR WILLINGNESS.

WE JUST NEED TO COORDINATE THAT TOWN HALL.

I'M TRYING TO GET THAT IN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

I HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THE END OF AUGUST, BUT.

BUT THAT.

THAT DOES NOT LOOK IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT.

ALL RIGHT, SINISH? SURE.

THANK YOU.

HOPING FOR SEPTEMBER, BUT WE DO HAVE A COMMITMENT OUT OF TECH STOCK. OKAY. TCEQ, MR. PILGRIM.

A LOT OF NEW FILINGS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET.

MONDAY OF LAST WEEK, THE 10TH WAS THE LAST DAY TO FILE THIS POSITIVE MOTIONS OR MOTIONS TO STRIKE EVIDENCE OR WITNESSES PRE FILE TESTIMONY.

AND YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THOSE FILINGS. SO THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF DOCUMENTS FILED A WEEK AGO AND EVEN MORE FILED UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. I HAVEN'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM. AND THE NEXT THING THAT WOULD TAKE. THAT'S ON THE MUD HEARING. THE NEXT THING THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE ON THE MUD HEARING ON THE SCHEDULE IS SEPTEMBER 4TH IS THE PRE TRIAL HEARING.

AND THEN THE HEARING IS STILL SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH THE 17TH BY ZOOM. AND ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, I THINK IT WAS JULY 25TH WHEN THE APPEAL WAS FILED ON THAT. IT'S BEEN ACCEPTED BY A JUDGE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SCHEDULE ON IT. AND IT COULD SIT THERE FOR WEEKS, WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE IT GETS SCHEDULED.

OKAY, MR. BROWN. OR MR. MATTING. DRONES.

NO MATTER.

MAYOR, NO UPDATES AT THIS TIME.

RESTORE THE GAS LAND.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY NEW APPROVALS ON THAT EITHER FROM THE COUNTY OR FROM TXDOT OR ANY OTHER PARTY THAT I'M AWARE OF.

FACILITIES IS IN PROGRESS AND WILL BE A WORKSHOP COMING UP VERY SHORTLY.

MADAM MAYOR.

YES? GOTTA GO BACK TO RESTORE THE GRASSLANDS FOR A MINUTE.

OKAY.

BECAUSE I DO WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD ON SOMETHING BECAUSE WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM RTG, THE HUFFINES ATTORNEY THAT CAME AND SPOKE IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION TIME AT OUR LAST MEETING. IT'S THE LAST MEETING OR THE ONE BEFORE.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS. ANYWAY, RECENTLY, AND SHE MADE THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THE CITY HAD SPENT $1.4 MILLION IN LITIGATION AGAINST RESTORE THE GRASSLANDS. AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AN INCORRECT NUMBER AND A FALSE MISREPRESENTATION TO OUR CITIZENS THAT THAT'S BEEN THE CUMULATIVE COST OF THE RTG BATTLE. THERE WOULD NOT BE A WAY FOR HER TO EVEN HAVE THAT NUMBER, EVEN THROUGH A TPIA REQUEST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ACCOUNTING'S DONE. AND IT'S NOT. WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. IT'S NOT AN ACCURATE NUMBER.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON

[17. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION(S) FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND CITY STAFF FOR THE RECORD (Each valued at between $0 - $1,000 [RES. NO. 2024-801])]

FOR THE RECORD, WE WILL ACCEPT THE DONATION FOR POLICE, FIRE OR CITY STAFF.

FOR THE RECORD, JOE CARDENA DONATED $50 CASH TO PARKS AND

[18. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

OKAY. SO IT'S ON SIGNS.

THE TOTAL SIGN, THE WHOLE ORDINANCE.

MADAM MAYOR, WOULD THAT.

WOULD IT NEED TO COME TO US FIRST BEFORE WE SEND IT TO PLANNING AND ZONING OR.

WELL, YEAH, PART OF THE REASON I WANTED TO BRING IT HERE FIRST IS THAT SO THAT I CAN OUTLINE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE WITH INPUT FROM DYLAN, ROXANNE AND ALLISON SIMWELL. AND THEN WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT. AND IT MAY BE

[ EXECUTIVE SESSION]

OKAY. ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY, THEN.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RECESS TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE,

[02:25:01]

ELSEWHERE WITHIN THIS AGENDA AND OR THE SUBJECT MATTER LISTED BELOW. PETITION FOR DISANNEXATION OF THE RESTORED OR GRASSLANDS PROPERTY CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF RTG PLAT FOR COLLIN COUNTY PID NUMBER 2663984 AND NUMBER 353236 BY COLLIN COUNTY RESPECT RESTORE THE GRASSLANDS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT MUD SEWER TREATMENT PERMIT ANNEXATION DISANNEXATION RELATING TO LUCAS ROAD. WE ARE IN RECESS. IT IS. 8:53 PM

[RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING.]

IT IS NINE. WHAT'D YOU SAY, MR. BERRY? NOW.

OKAY, 9;35. I HEREBY RECONVENE THE PARKER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 18TH, 2026. IT IS 9:35 PM AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK COUNCIL IS THERE ANY APPROPRIATE DELIBERATION AND OR ACTION ON ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SUBJECTS LISTED? NO, MADAM MAYOR.

OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NOT HEARING ANYTHING. WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT IS 9:36.

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