[Call to Order/ Roll Call.]
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HELLO, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE PROSPER TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY IS JULY 23RD, 2024. IT IS 617. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER CITIZENS AND OTHER VISITORS ATTENDING TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS SHALL OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. ANY PERSON MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL, OR WHILE ATTENDING THE MEETING, SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM, IF SO, DIRECTED BY THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER, AND THAT PERSON SHALL BE BARRED FROM FURTHER AUDIENCE BEFORE THE TOWN COUNCIL. DURING THAT SESSION. DISRUPTION OF A PUBLIC MEETING CAN CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION 42.05 OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE. WE HAVE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR PRO TEM RAY, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER. HODGES. COUNCIL MEMBER. REEVES COUNCIL MEMBER KERN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRUS. SO WE HAVE OUR FULL COMPLEMENT, AND NEXT WE'RE GONNA ASK JIM LUGAR WITH LIFE JOURNEY CHURCH TO PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION. AND FOLLOWED WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU PLEASE, STAND. TURNING OUR ATTENTION OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY, FATHER. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEACE TO PARTS OF OUR WORLD THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM WAR. WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD RAISE UP LEADERS TO FIND PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS AND BRING AN END TO THE SENSELESS WARS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD. WE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR OWN COUNTRY. LORD GOD, WHERE THERE ARE DEEP POLITICAL DIVIDES THAT YOU WOULD BRING, UNITY THAT YOU WOULD HEAL OUR LAND, AND THAT YOU WOULD BRING A UNIFIED NATION BACK TOGETHER. AND FATHER, WE PRAY FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT YOUR WORD TELLS US IF WE ASK FOR WISDOM, YOU GIVE IT WITHOUT HOLDING BACK. SO WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WISDOM AS THEY LEAD OUR COMMUNITY. AND ABOVE ALL, WE PRAY FOR ALL OF US, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO BRING HONOR AND GLORY IN TO YOU IN EVERYTHING WE DO. WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. OUR NATION.
JESUS CHRIST. ON THIS DAY. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES TO READ OUR
[Announcements of recent and upcoming events.]
ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'D BE HAPPY TO. AND WE'VE GOT A FEW OF THEM. THE SUMMER SEASON OF MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGE IS UNDERWAY. ANY TYPE OF EXERCISE COUNTS AS FITNESS MINUTES. TURN IN YOUR TRACKING SHEETS BY SEPTEMBER 9TH TO EARN A FREE T SHIRT AND ENTER INTO A DRAWING FOR A PAIR OF BLUETOOTH EARBUDS, VISIT PROSPER TX.GOV BACKSLASH. MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.MAYOR, YOU ON TRACK I AM I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THIS. WE WANT TO GET ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS OUT THERE. YES SIR, APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND TO SERVE ON TOWN'S BOARD COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPLICATION PROCESS, INCLUDING ONLINE APPLICATION FORMS, IS AVAILABLE AT PROSPER TX.GOV BACKSLASH BOARD AND COMMISSIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES. IF WE COULD HAVE JUST AN INTERLUDE THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER KERN COULD YOU JUST DEMO THE SHIRT THAT THEY CAN WIN FOR THE MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGE? THERE WE GO. A LITTLE DEMO. OH, FANTASTIC. SO WHILE YOU'RE DOING YOUR RUN, YOUR JOG, YOUR WHATEVER, YOU'RE WELL SEEN ON THE ROAD. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS CLASSES AND PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FROM AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER. THROUGH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. VISIT PROSPER, TX DOT GOV BACKSLASH PROGRAMS TO EXPLORE ALL THE DETAILS AND JOIN US. THURSDAY, AUGUST EIGHTH FROM 530 TO 7 AT THE 407 REC CENTER AND BOYER PARK. AS WE CELEBRATE FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE OF OUR TO OUR PROSPER COMMUNITY, THERE WILL BE LIVE MUSIC, LAWN GAMES, BALLOON ARTIST AND BOUNCE HOUSES. VISIT TOWN'S WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. AND FINALLY, TICKETS
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FOR FREEDOM FEST WITH CAFE ANDERSON GO ON SALE THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST FOR, FOR THE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH EVENT IN DOWNTOWN PROSPER. GENERAL ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT TICKETS MUST BE RESERVED IN ADVANCE. VIP TICKETS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ENJOY PREMIUM SEATING, EXCLUSIVE AMENITIES AND VIP PARKING PASS ACCESS, VISIT THE TOWN'S WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO TO[1. Proclamation declaring the month of August 2024 as Gun Safety Awareness Month. (MLS)]
OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024 AS GUN SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH, AND ERIC GONZALEZ AND KEVIN GREENE OF COOK CHILDREN'S WILL BE HERE TO, RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION. ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND PROCLAMATION.WHEREAS UNSECURED GUNS PROVIDE A CLEAR SAFETY RISK, PARTICULARLY TO CHILDREN, THEY ARE NOT FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, INCREASING THE RISK OF DEATH INCREASES. WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES 350 CHILDREN A YEAR GET ACCESS TO LOADED FIREARMS, RESULTING IN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING, AND THE 2015 AND 2022 THERE WAS 128 UNINTENTIONAL. BY KILLING CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 17, AND WHEREAS CHILDREN UNINTENTIONALLY SHOOT ANOTHER PERSON BECAUSE THEY ARE MOST OFTEN SIBLINGS OR FRIENDS. AND WHEREAS THE 2022 FIREARM RELATED INCREASE AMONG THE 5 MILLION CAUSE OF DEATH MADE 1.4. IN THE UNITED STATES, AND CURRENTLY 130 PEOPLE DIE FROM FIREARM INJURY EVERY DAY, WHERE THEY ENGAGE AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES. REFLECTING THE IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICING SAFE MONEY IS VITAL TO CREATING SAFE ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER STATE AND COUNTRY. THEREFORE, I, THE MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO. AUGUST 2024 AS GUN SAFETY AWARENESS DAY. I APPRECIATE THE STAFF INVOLVED IN THIS AND THEY ARE TAKING DOWN. THANK YOU.
[3. Recognize Leslie Scott, Director of Library Services for her years of dedicated service to the Town of Prosper. (RB)]
LESLIE SCOTT, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SO, WITHOUT GIVING INTRODUCTION, I'LL SIMPLY READ THE PROCLAMATION. AND IT WILL BE AN INSIGHT INTO OUR LIBRARY. WHEREAS LESLIE SCOTT BECAME THE FIRST FULL TIME DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES FOR THE TOWN OF CRAWFORD IN APRIL 2014, AND SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PLANNING AND DESIGNING THE CURRENT LIBRARY BUILDING IN 2018, FILLING EVERY AVAILABLE SPACE TO ENGAGE, EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN. WHEREAS FOR TEN YEARS ELECTED MANAGED THE LIBRARY WITH CIRCULATION OF OVER 1619 THOUSAND ITEMS PER MONTH. THIS IS THE LIBRARY FROM 1300 TO 8749 AND 95 PER MONTH TO 1000 PER MONTH, WHEREAS WITH OVER 35,000 DIGITAL ITEMS ON THE SHELVES AND OVER 800,000 DIGITAL TITLES AVAILABLE, THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS RUN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF FIVE LIBRARIES. MANUAL LANGUAGES ARE FIVE BY FIVE. STORYTIME ON THE DAY AND YEAR ROUND OVER THE HOLIDAYS, AND WHEREAS THE STATE ACCREDITED PROPERTY. LIBRARY IS AN EXCELLENT WORK, SO THE PROPER LOOK AT AND IT'S EARLY TO TELL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR THE TOP 50% OF ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN TEXAS. THEY WERE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PROJECT COMMUNITY. DEMONSTRATE THAT THROUGH CONNECTIONS WITH RESIDENTS AND IMPACTED THE LIBRARY, LESLIE HAVE MADE POSSIBLE COMMUNITY LIBRARIES IN MANY STATES WITH ADJOINING BUILDINGS AND THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF HER COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION. THE LIBRARY WILL HAVE A LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY. NOW, THEREFORE, I SAY THAT PERSON, EVERY TIME YOU LIKE, PROCLAIM JULY 23RD, 2020. THE ENTIRE FOSTER COMMUNITY WITH[00:10:16]
APPRECIATION TO YOU. FOR. HE ACTUALLY COUNSELED. TO HOLD IT. THE LIBRARY BOARD WITHIN A COUPLE. COME ON UP. KATHY. WERE YOU HERE FOR COUNCIL? JASON DOWN PAST COUNCIL. I THINK.CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. PERFECT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
OKAY, JUST A COUPLE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS. IT WORKS. OKAY. SO YOU GET TO HEAR ME CRY EVEN LOUDER, A LITTLE KNOWN SECRET ABOUT ME. I KNOW ROBIN KNOWS. THIS IS. I HATE TO CRY BECAUSE I'M A REALLY UGLY CRIER, SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE TO SEE THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT LOVING LIBRARIES IS SO EASY TO ME. LITTLE KNOWN FACT THERE ARE MORE PUBLIC LIBRARIES THAN THERE ARE MCDONALD'S. AND I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT WE, EMBRACE AN INSTITUTION WHICH IS FREE. AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE MEDICAL LIBRARIES AND LAW LIBRARIES AND, HOSPITAL LIBRARIES AND UNIVERSITY AND PRESIDENTIAL AND ALL THE OTHER LIBRARIES THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, I DO WANT TO THANK THREE OF MY MAIN MENTORS WHO AND WEB CHUCK SPRINGER, WHO, MANY OF YOU, HOPEFULLY REMEMBER CHUCK AND ROBIN BATTLE. I'VE HAD SOME OF THE BEST MENTORS. I'VE HAD SOME OF THE BEST, TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PAST AND PRESENT, AND A LITTLE STORY I WANT TO SHARE AS WELL IS THAT WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE NEW LIBRARY, THE COMMITTEE WAS CONDUCTOR JAMES DIXON AND CORY GOEBEL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS OR WAS INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL TO ME. WE MET IN THE MODULAR, AND I HAD A WHOLE, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT LIBRARIES COULD BE. AND THESE THREE MEN WERE VERY CALM, SMILING FACES JUST LETTING ME GO ON AND DO MY PRESENTATION. AND I SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND THEY SAID, NO, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. IF WE DO, WE TRUST YOU. AND THAT MEANT EVERY QUESTION, EVERYTHING. AND ONCE IN A WHILE THEY MIGHT CALL ME AND ASK ME ABOUT, DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO YOU? AND I SAY, YES. AND THEY ALWAYS TRUSTED ME, AND I, I APPRECIATED THAT SO MUCH. AND THOSE THREE MEN ARE VERY DIFFERENT AND THEY COME FROM BUILDING THIS TOWN IN A DIFFERENT, FRAME AND A VIEW. AND YET I WON ALL THREE OVER BECAUSE I THINK OF MY PASSION. SO. AND I AM STILL FRIENDS WITH THOSE THOSE THREE TURNED INTO FROM MENTORS TO FRIENDS. AND I VALUE THOSE FRIENDSHIPS AND THOSE THAT HAS HAPPENED A MILLION TIMES TO US, I'VE WATCHED KIDDOS GROW UP AND I'VE BEEN INVITED TO, CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS THAT I WAS TOLD, DON'T BE LATE. I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS EVER TOLD, DON'T BE LATE. I'VE NEVER BEEN LATE, BUT I DO. THOSE ARE THE THINGS I LOVE. AND I'VE BEEN INVITED TO GRADUATION CEREMONIES. I'VE WRITTEN COLLEGE APPLICATION RECOMMENDATION LETTERS. I'VE JUST. AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE HAS MEANT THE WORLD TO ME. I LOVE MY TEETH. SORRY, TODD. YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE TWO OF YOUR BIGGEST FACEBOOK LIBRARY FANS. MY MOTHER IN LAW AND MY MOTHER TAKING THEM WITH ME. THEY DO LOVE MY FACEBOOK, I DO WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY, MY DAUGHTER OVER TEN YEARS AGO, I SAID YOU SHOULD DO IT. YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR THIS JOB. AND I THINK IT HELPED THAT MY HUSBAND THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THAT THANK YOU. LESLIE AS YOU MAY
[2. Recognize Prosper Fire Rescue for receiving the Storm Ready designation. (SB)]
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HAVE NOTED, WE WENT OUT OF ORDER ON OUR AGENDA. WE WILL NOW GO TO THE RECOGNIZING THE PROSPER FIRE RESCUE FOR RECEIVING THE STORM READY DESIGNATION. CHIEF BLASINGAME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BRISTOL TOWN COUNCIL AND TOWN MANAGER, THRILLED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. AND I WILL SAY THAT, WE DO A LOT OF WORK. WE TAKE THE. WE'VE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE A FEW STORMS AROUND.PROSPER, THAT'S FOR SURE. I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT USE THOSE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY, TO THE SAFEST THAT WE CAN TO OUR ABILITIES, ONE OF THE MAIN PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO, TO BRING UP TONIGHT, ALONG WITH IT, IS, RANDALL GURNEY, OUR, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, WHO DOES A FANTASTIC JOB, WE HAVE MANY 1 OR 2 A.M. CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE WEATHER AND WHAT IT'S DOING.
ALONG SOMETIMES WITH THE MAYOR AND, BUT, WE DO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE HELP THAT I GET THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, TOM BRADSHAW. HE'S THE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH, ALONG WITH SARAH BARNES, ALSO METEOROLOGIST FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH WHO HAVE BRAVELY CAME FRO, DOWN THE 380 CORRIDOR, GOT GOT CAUGHT IN A CAR FIRE. THEY GOT BLOCKED. BUT WE'RE STILL HERE ON TIME, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM HERE. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO THEM. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU STEVE, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BRISTOL AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF SARAH, MY COLLEAGUE HERE, AND THE ENTIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, WE'RE REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF PROSPER, TO RECOGNIZE CHIEF CLASSNAME AND RANDALL GURNEY, THE DIRECTOR. SO STORMREADY IS A PROGRAM. THE WEATHER SERVICE, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTERS NATIONWIDE. THERE ARE 121 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ARE STORM READY CERTIFIED. SO WHEN YOU THINK OF THE THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITIES OR HUNDREDS AT LEAST, THAT EXIST ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE ONE OF THE 121 REALLY SAYS A LOT ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO THE STORMREADY PROGRAM IS JUST AN END TO END PROCESS WHERE YOU UNDERSTAND THE RISKS, YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET WARNINGS AND HOW TO HOW TO WORK WITH YOUR OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THE WARNINGS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE THAT SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO BE SAFE. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT HOW YOU TRAIN AND YOU EDUCATE PEOPLE FOR THE NEXT STORM. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ANOTHER STORM. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW BUSY THIS PAST SPRING WAS. YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP THE ROAD WHAT HAPPENED IN SALINA AND OVER IN VALLEY VIEW. SO IT REALLY BRINGS TO HOME KIND OF WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS WE CAN REALLY HAVE HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. AND SO THE, THE ENERGY AND THE TIME AND THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE TO GO THROUGH TO BE STORM READY, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING RE CERTIFIED HERE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'VE DONE FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. BUT BUT WHAT YOU KNOW CHIEF BLASINGAME AND WHAT RANDALL GURNEY HAD BEEN A PART OF HERE TO, TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY REALLY SPEAKS A LOT. SO WE'RE REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE. AND WE REALLY ARE HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE ACHIEVED TO KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY SAFE FROM WEATHER HAZARDS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO CHIEF BLAST GAME. AND RANDALL ALSO ON THAT.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
OUTSTANDING. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL, GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE CONSENT AGENDA MAY BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION, A NON-CONTROVERSIAL ROUTINE PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS WHERE THERE'S NO OPPOSITION AND WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PNC AND WHERE NO COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL. PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, MAY ALSO BE ACTED UPON DURING THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING. ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. IS THERE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM TONIGHT? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS FOUR[00:20:05]
THROUGH EIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOUR THROUGH EIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY JEFF HODGES, SECOND BY AMY BARTLEY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO CITIZENS. COMMENTS. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC. HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FORM AND PRESENT IT TO THE TOWN SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. IF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS WISH TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC, THEY MAY YIELD THEIR THREE MINUTES TO ONE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. ALL INDIVIDUALS YIELDING THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT, AND THE APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES. I DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FORM FROM JACK DICKSON. MR. DICKSON, IF YOU WANT TO STEP FORWARD. I DIDN'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT YOU. MEMBER OF NOT SPEAKING. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE WELCOME COUNCIL, THESE COMMENTS ARE IN SUPPORT OF OUR AUGUST SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON ME AND MY RULES FOR FIREARM SAFETY. I'VE BEEN A GUN NUT SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, MY FATHER, OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF MY MOTHER, BOUGHT ME MY FIRST BB GUN. NOW FIVE YEARS I COULD NOT IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO I ALWAYS, ALWAYS HAD SUPERVISION WHEN I HAD MY BB GUN AND FIRED IT. MY UNCLE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO TEACH ME FIREARM SAFETY WITH HIS B-B GUN. AND, I HAVE FOLLOWED THESE SAFETY RULES FROM THAT DAY FORWARD. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION I'VE FIRED, BUT IT'S IN THE THOUSANDS BECAUSE I AM A GUN AND I SHOOT OFTEN AND STILL SHOOT NOW. THESE ARE THE DIXON RULES THAT I FOLLOWED MY ENTIRE SHOOTING LIF. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERY FIREARM AS BEING LOADED.NO EXCEPTIONS. ALWAYS UNLOAD A FIREARM BEFORE YOU HANDLE IT. ALWAYS. NEVER PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO SHOOT. THIS IS JUST A SAFETY MECHANISM. YOU DON'T. DON'T PUT IT THERE UNTIL YOU'RE READY, ALWAYS GET THE HABIT OF ENGAGING THE SAFETY ON A FIREARM THAT HAS. IF IT HAS ONE. NEVER POINT A FIREARM AT ANYBODY OR ANYTHING UNLESS YOU'RE HUNG OR GO TO SHIELD. ALWAYS, ALWAYS WEAR HEARING PROTECTION. I DID NOT. THAT'S WHY I HAVE HEARING AIDS RIGHT NOW. I NEVER FIRED THE HEARING PROTECTION. I WAS A KID AND BASED ON THE COMMENTS, THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS SECURE YOUR FIREARMS SAFELY. FIRE SAFE, GUN SAFE. WHATEVER. KEEP THEM SECUR. NEVER FIRE A PEACEFUL RIFLE OR SHOTGUN UNTIL YOU HAVE A CLEAR TARGET. DON'T BE THE PERSON THAT SHOOTS THE DOVE OR A QUAIL AND BLOWS ONE OF YOUR HUNTING PARTNERS AWAY IN THE FACE WITH BUCKSHOT. NOW THESE ARE MY RULES FOR GUN SAFETY, AND OTHERS MAY HAVE OTHER RULES, WHICH IS FINE. THESE AREN'T ALL INCLUSIVE, BUT I WONDER IF THE TOWN COULD INITIATE A FORMAL FIREARM SAFETY PROGRAM FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR OUR CHILDREN. FIREARM TRAINING IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S SO OFTEN, OFTEN NEGLECTED, AND I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE AWARE FIREARMS OF DEADLY THINGS. SO YOU TREAT IT THAT WAY. MY CLOSING STATEMENT THE FIREARM HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF OUR COUNTRY FOR INDEPENDENCE, AND THE FIREARM WILL KEEP OUR FREEDOMS. SO THANK YOU. AND, JUST KEEP IN MIND, FIREARMS NEED TO BE SECURED, SAFE AND TREATED ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. DIXON. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK FOR
[9. Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “Town of Prosper, Texas, Combination Tax and Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024”, including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such obligations and establishing procedures and delegating authority for the sale and delivery of such obligations. (CL)]
PUBLIC COMMENT, CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.007 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR ITEMS LISTED AS PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE RECOGNIZED WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. OUR FIRST REGULAR ITEM IS NUMBER NINE. TO CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS. COMBINATION TAX AND SURPLUS REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2024, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH OBLIGATIONS AND ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURES AND DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY FOR THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF SUCH OBLIGATIONS. MR. PATTERSON, GOOD[00:25:01]
EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SO WE HAVE THREE PARAMETERS ORDINANCE FOR Y'ALL TONIGHT TO CONSIDER, THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. SO IT JUST KIND OF LAYS OUT, WHAT WE'LL ISSUE THEM FOR, SO NOT TO EXCEED 31.5 WITH THE RATE NOT TO EXCEED 4.75, OF COURSE, WE ANTICIPATE THE RATE BEING LOWER THAN THAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ISSUE AT A MAXIMUM OF 20 YEAR MATURITIES. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROJECTING THE SALE TO HAPPEN ON AUGUST 6TH, AND WE WOULD RECEIVE FUNDS BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER SOMETIME. SO FOR THE CEOS, THESE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. 27.5 FOR THE DOUGH BRANCH. AND THEN 3.75 FOR THE PARALLEL. INTERCEPTOR, I'LL NOTE THAT WE ALSO HAVE OUR FAA HERE. JASON HUGHES, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC, BOND RELATED QUESTION.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RYAN OR FOR JASON? I WILL THANK JASON FOR SHOWING UP. ALSO LONG DRIVE.
YEAH, I THINK I JUST, WANT TO MAKE THE SAME POINT I'VE MADE IN THE PAST THAT, WE'RE DOING A COE HERE SPECIFICALLY ON A FUNDED, WASTEWATER THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH OUR NONPROFIT ACTIVITIES IN THE UTILITY WORLD. AND IT'S NOT A NORMAL THING FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO APPROVE LARGE AMOUNTS IN THE COE REALM. THAT'S ALL. I SUPPORT THAT COMMENTARY. SO, YES, WE CHOOSE THIS IS THE WAY TO GET THIS DONE AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY IS THERE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OKAY I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM RAY SECOND BY AMY BARTLEY. ALL IN, SO WE NEED TO DO ROLL CALL VOTE, I THINK, ON THIS. IS THAT RIGHT? OR IS IT JUST NORMA? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IN THAT CASE, ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN. AND, MR.
[10. Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of "Town of Prosper, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024", including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds and establishing procedures and delegating authority for the sale and delivery of such bonds. (CL)]
PATTERSON, YOU NEED TO CONTINUE, SO WE HAVE THE GOES THAT WE'RE ISSUING, SO THE PARAMETERS FOR THE GOES, PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE CEO'S, ISSUING AUGUST 6TH, RATE NOT TO EXCEED 4.75. ALSO 20 YEAR MATURITY, FINAL MATURITY FEBRUARY 15TH, 2044. THIS WILL COME FROM, PROPERTY TAX. SO DEBT SERVICE RELATED, KEEP THE DEBT SERVICE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME RATE, THIS IS A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. SO FOR PROP A FIRE STATION FOUR, PROP B WOULD BE RAYMOND COMMUNITY PARK AND PROP C, WE HAVE SEVERAL CONTINUED STREET PROJECTS, SO 36.4 IS THE GRAND TOTAL.QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND THE ON THE WRITTEN, PROP B, IT SAYS PHASE ONE WAS THAT THAT THAT WAS FOR THE PHASE NOT NOT THE, THE, GMP THAT THAT WE JUST APPROVED HERE BACK IN MAY. CORRECT. OR IS THAT WHAT THAT'S FOR? SAYS PHASE ONE. BUT YEAH, IT'S FOR, THE CONTINUED ISSUANCE FOR THE REST OF THEM TO FINISH OUT THE PROJECT. BUT IT IS FOR THE REST OF THE PROJECT. YES, SIR. SO WE APPROVED FOR THE PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S MULTIPLE PHASES TO IT. WE'RE JUST ONLY DOING THE FIRST PHASE. OKAY SO I GUESS I'M CURIOUS WHERE THE JUST WHAT THE BECAUSE WE HAD APPROVED IN THE GMP OF 99. WHAT WAS IT, 9.3 MILLION OR SO MAY FIND THAT, 9.3 MILLION IS WHAT WE APPROVED IN THE. SO. RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE REMAINDER OF THAT TO GET I THINK TO ABOUT 19 MILLION. AND THAT IS ALL OF FIRST PHASE ONE OF RAYMOND PARK.
OKAY. THAT'S MARK. YEAH GOTCHA. THERE IS A PHASE TWO AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY, BUT THAT THAT COVERS ALL OF THAT OKAY. GOTCHA YEAH. THAT'S ACCURATE OKAY.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS.
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GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 2024 AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. OKAY.WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY JEFF HODGES. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO IS. TO CONSIDER ALL
[11. Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of "Town of Prosper, Texas, Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2024", including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds and establishing procedures and delegating authority for the sale and delivery of such bonds. (CL)]
MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS. WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2024, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY FOR THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF SUCH BONDS. MR. PATTERSON, AGAIN, SO WE'RE CONTINUING, INCLUDING THIS ONE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH A, A STUDY RIGHT NOW TO ISSUE SELF-SUPPORTING REVENUE BONDS TO GET A BOND RATING. AND, THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO ONCE WE GET THAT RATING, WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON, ISSUING REVENUE BONDS OR THE COES. SO THIS WILL MIRROR, THE COES AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT. BUT IT WILL BE ONE OR THE OTHER. BUT WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU ALL JUST TO GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY ON, ON, ON THE ISSUE. SO TO SO TO CLARIFY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND AUDIENCE, ITEM NUMBER NINE, IF WE IS THESE ARE EXCLUSIVE OF EACH OTHER. WE WILL ONLY DO 9 OR 11 DEPENDING ON IF THE RATINGS AGENCY GIVES US A GOOD ENOUGH RATING TO DO THE REVENUE BONDS WILL NOT ISSUE. IT'S STILL ONLY ONE AMOUNT THAT WE WILL DO. THAT'S CORRECT.THANK YOU. QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? GOT A MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY CRAIG ANDRES. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUC. THANK YOU RYAN. THANK YOU, FINANCE TEAM, FOR THE FLEXIBILITY IN GETTING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. DONE AND TIMELY. THANK YOU, CHRIS, AND YOUR TEAM, AS WELL AS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BOND RATING AGENCY REVIEWS COUNCIL HAS IN FRONT OF THEM THE BOOKLET THAT, BOB AND HIS STAFF SPENT EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME PREPARING FOR BOTH, FITCH AND STANDARD AND POOR'S. SO, THE FINANCE TEAM, WAS SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS OF EACH DEPARTMENT. VERY WELL. AND AN ENTIRE MORNING OF TOURING OUR TOWN AND TALKING ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE AND WHY WE ARE A GOOD FINANCIAL RISK. SO SO THANK YOU TO BOB AND HIS TEAM. WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO, CONSIDERING ANY TOWN COUNCIL
[12. Discuss and consider Town Council Subcommittee reports. (DFB)]
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS IN THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS MET SINCE OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WHO DID THEY NOT MEET THERE? THEY DID MEET LAST WEEK. OKAY, SO WHO WANTS TO FILL US IN ON THAT? WE, BASICALLY CONTINUING DOWN THE PATH OF, UPDATES FOR THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE WORKED ON, WE FOUND OUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE FINAL VERSION FROM THE DESIGN FIRM IN AUGUST, WE LOOKED AT SOME ADDITIONAL SILO LIGHTING OPTIONS AND SOME COST ESTIMATES.THERE I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. OH, AND ALSO, SOME RESURFACING OPTIONS IS WHAT THEY'RE EXPLORING FOR, PATHWAYS THROUGHOUT THE PARKING LOT HERE TO KIND OF HAVE MORE OF A FLOW FOR THE PARKING INTO THE DOWNTOWN. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE MAJOR ITEMS. THANK YOU CHRIS, APPRECIATE THAT. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THAT? NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA IS POSSIBLY DIRECT TOWN STAFF TO SCHEDULE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION AT A FUTURE MEETING, MR. TOWN MANAGER, I DO HAVE ONE. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION OF THE TOWN'S MAINTENANCE OF MEDIANS. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT WE KNOW WHAT MEDIANS WE'RE MAINTAINING AND HOW WE'RE MAINTAINING THEM. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM FORWARDED? OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THEN IN THAT CASE, THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
INTO CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO DELIBERATE REGARDING SECTION 551.087 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.072 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.074. TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PERSONNEL MATTERS AND ALL MATTERS INCIDENT[00:35:04]
AND RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.071. TO CONSULT WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE AND OUR TIME NOW IS 652 BACK IN REGULAR SESSION AT 803.[Reconvene in Regular Session and take any action necessary as a result of the Closed Session.]
AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION TO TAKE? NO. OKAY THEN. IN THAT CASE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. BARTLEY. CHRIS. KERN.ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS PASSED SIX ZERO. YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, JEFF. I WAS PAY
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