13. Consider and act upon whether to direct staff to submit a written notice of appeals on behalf of the Town Council to the Development Services Department, pursuant to Chapter 4, Section 1.5(C)(7) and 1.6(B)(7) of the Town’s Zoning Ordinance, regarding action taken by the Planning & Zoning Commission on Preliminary Site Plans and Site Plans. (DH)

[13. Consider and act upon whether to direct staff to submit a written notice of appeals on behalf of the Town Council to the Development Services Department, pursuant to Chapter 4, Section 1.5(C)(7) and 1.6(B)(7) of the Town’s Zoning Ordinance, regarding action taken by the Planning & Zoning Commission on Preliminary Site Plans and Site Plans. (DH) ]

ACTUALLY, FOR THIS ONE HERE, I THINK. REALLY JUST WANTED TO TALK TO THE APPLICANT, IF THAT'S OKAY. SURE, SURE. SOUNDS GOOD. NUMBER 513 FIVE. YEAH. JUST. KEEP GOING. WELL WE'LL THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ONE. THERE YOU GO. YEAH AND WE'VE SEEN THE, THE PICTURES IN THE PACKAGE, MR. HOOVER. ACTUALLY, IF WE JUST ASK, WE COULD ASK THE APPLICANT A COUPLE QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. SURE MR. COBB, DO YOU MIND COMING FORWARD? SO THIS IS A CLEARLY A VERY, CRITICAL PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE IN DOWNTOWN PROSPER, RIGHT NEXT TO TOWN HALL. COULD YOU JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH IT? MAKE IT A FUN AND FAMILY FRIENDLY BUSINESS. GOOD FOR 380 OUTFITTERS. 380 OUTFITTERS AND PROSPER SCREENPRINT, CORRECT? YEAH AND WE'VE SEEN THE FACADE PLANS, AND WE'RE CLEARLY CHANGING THAT BUILDING TO MEET OUR DOWNTOWN STANDARDS AND A LOT OF OTHER INVESTMENT IN THERE. HI. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN. I JUST WANT TO THIS IS A STANDARD THING FOR ME, WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF PROSPER TO EXCLUDE NON FAMILY FRIENDLY USES WITH THE PROPERTY MEANING, BUSINESSES THAT WOULD NOT LINE UP WITH OUR FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE CREATING DOWN HERE. AND THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A PLAN FOR THE BUILDING, BUT IF YOU WERE TO SELL IT, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GOES ALONG WITH THE PROPERTY. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KIND OF PROTECT THE USES. IN THE FUTURE. I WILL THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THEN WITH THAT, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 13. NUMBER FIVE. SECOND. CAN I ASK ONE THING AND AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE BUSINESSES ON THE PROPERTY? YES. AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET THIS DONE MAYBE IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. AWESOME. SURE. WHAT HE SAID. YEAH. I'LL SECOND THAT TO MICHELLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY AMY BARLEY, SECOND BY JEFF HODGES. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. OKAY.

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NUMBER ONE IS WE'RE READY. TO GO TO. SO. YEAH SO. DEMONSTRATE. SURE. YEAH. YEAH.

WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. YEAH. I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. OKAY, DO YOU WANT ME TO START WITH QUESTIONS? SURE. I MEAN, IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU. OKAY YEAH. PERFECT, SO THIS IS A RETAIL COMMERCIAL ZONING, ON THIS CORNER ALREADY APPROVED, AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MEETS ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES. AND I JUST I JUST WANTED CLARITY, AS WELL. SO ON THE STORMWATER DETENTION, IS THAT WET DETENTION? IT WILL BE WET DETENTION. YES MA'AM. IT IS WET DETENTION. OKAY. AND THEN, ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE IT ABUTS GREENS POINT, ALL OF THOSE LOTS. WHAT CAN YOU KIND OF TELL ME LOGISTICALLY, BECAUSE I SEE THAT THERE'S A MASONRY WALL REQUIRED, SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT WHEN ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE FENCES? BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THEY HAVE FENCES. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A MASONRY WALL. WHAT HAPPENS IN BETWEEN THAT IS MY IS MY CONCER.

YES, MA'AM. AND LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING, IT OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO PUT A MASONRY WALL RIGHT UP AGAINST THE WOODEN FENCES BECAUSE OF MAINTENANCE OF BOTH FENCES. YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE, RIGHT? MOWING THE GRASS. KEEP THE WEEDS DOWN AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDED TO OCCUR. THERE WAS A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENT THAT'S THERE. AND SO OUR SUGGESTION AT THE TIME, AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER, BUT OUR SUGGESTION IS GOING TO BE TO BACK OFF FIVE FEET OFF THE PROPERTY LINE, TO LEAVE A FIVE FOOT GAP IN THERE TO WHERE WHOEVER NEEDS TO WORK ON THE FENCE, IF AT ALL, WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE ABILITY TO GET IN THERE AND MOW AND DO WHATEVER ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAINTAIN IT. THEN WE'D HAVE THE WALL, AND THEN WE'D HAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE TEN FOOT FOR THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT FOR THE TREES AND THE OTHER LANDSCAPE MATERIALS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PLACED THERE. OKAY. AND THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE WOULD START THAT. WE'VE DONE SIMILAR THINGS IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, OCCASIONALLY WE'LL TALK ABOUT REPLACING THE FENCE, BUT I THINK THERE'S TOO MANY IF IT'S A HOMEOWNER'S FENCE, SOMETIMES YOU CAN DO THAT. BUT WITH INDIVIDUALS AND SO MANY LOTS, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO. WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION, BECAUSE IN TIMES PAST, DEVELOPERS HAVE COME AND ASKED FOR A VARIANCE ON THAT FENCE TO DO LIVING SCREEN INSTEAD. BECAUSE OF THAT REASON THAT YOU JUST SAID IT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE TO TRY TO COORDINATE, YOU KNOW, GETTING A FENCE THERE ALONG THEIR FENCE LINE. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY INTEREST IN THAT FROM THE DEVELOPER TO DO A LIVING SCREEN INSTEAD. I MEAN, A MASONRY WALL IS FINE. IT'S JUST MORE TO ME. I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAINTAIN. BUT, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ALONG COYOTE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF PARKING THAT'S JUST RIGHT UP ON KUWAIT. SO MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THEIR LANDSCAPING PLAN. AND IS THERE, ARE THERE IS THERE ANY BERMING THERE TO SORT OF BUFFER THAT BECAUSE THAT THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE A ROW OF PARKING THERE IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THAT'S ONE PAGE, AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER PAGE JUST TO SHOW YOU IT'S ALL INCLUDED. BUT THE THERE IS A WILL BE THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A SMALL BERM IN THERE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS. AND THEN THERE'S A OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE SPACE IN BETWEEN THERE. AND THE TREES. AND THE BERM COULD, COULD FIT IN THERE FROM A LOGISTICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE SIDEWALK MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED JUST A LITTLE BIT TO, TO MAKE IT ALL FIT, BUT THAT IS THE REQUIREMENTS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK FOR WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET DOWN TO THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN PROCESS. OKAY. PERFECT SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PHASING ON HERE, WHEN PHASE ONE IS BUILT, WHICH IS THE TWO BUILDINGS ON FIRST, SEEMS LIKE THAT MASONRY WALL HAS TO BE DONE. BUT THIS IS A STORM.

IS THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THE STORMWATER, WET DETENTION? SORRY, PART OF PHASE ONE OR PART OF PHASE TWO? I DIDN'T KNOW FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT BECAUSE THERE IS A LITTLE LOW POINT IN THAT PROPERTY, LIKE RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT. OUR EXPECTATION AT THIS POINT IS THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THERE WITH THE FIRST PHASE. OKAY. NOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN WORK OUT WITH, THE ENGINEERING, STILL BE ABLE TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR

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DETENTION AND DRAINAGE FOR THE FIRST TWO BUILDINGS AND COME BACK AND DO THE DETENTION POND LATER. THAT WOULD WOULD BE UP TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVE IT UP AND SATISFY ENGINEERING. BUT AT THIS POINT, OUR EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE FIRST PHASE. OKAY. IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE AGAIN IN OTHER LOCATIONS WITH, WITH, SEVERAL PHASES. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD, THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO REITERATE IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS LARGE, THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF LARGE LANDSCAPING BUFFERS ON THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU HAVE A TWO STORY BUILDING ABUTTING, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. SO IT DOES NEED TO HAVE A LARGE LANDSCAPIN, EASEMENT THERE. AND THE SAME THING ALONG OUR ROADWAYS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE VERY SURE THAT THIS, THAT ANY APPLICANT UNDERSTANDS THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM OUR TOWN TO MAINTAIN THOSE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME ROBUST LANDSCAPING IN THE PAST WITH DEVELOPERS AND THEY DON'T THEY IT'S A IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE TO TRY TO GET THEM TO MAINTAIN IT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE APPLICANT REALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT THESE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINED ITS I MEAN IT'S A LOT OF LANDSCAPING.

SO WE HAVE REITERATED THAT MANY TIMES WITH ADMITTEDLY WITH THE ENGINEER WHO IS THE PERSON THAT WE WERE PRIMARILY IN CONTACT WITH AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. ENGINEER WAS NOT ABLE TO COME TONIGHT, BUT I BELIEVE THE DEVELOPER IS HERE, BUT I HAVE NOT MET THEM. SO I'M NOT.

YES, THERE WE ARE. OKAY SO THEY ARE HERE. WE JUST HAD SOME ISSUES, YOU KNOW, WITH, LIKE I SAID, LARGER DEVELOPMENTS WITH THIS. I MEAN THIS IS A VERY AGGRESSIVE LANDSCAPING PLAN, WHICH IS OUR WHICH IS OUR VISION AND PROSPER. WE LIKE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE, LOTS OF LANDSCAPING, KIND OF. SO YOU'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT BUILDINGS AND CARS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT. BUT THERE IS AN EXPECTATION OF MAINTENANCE. AND SO, JUST LIKE TO SAY IT FROM HERE. SO EVERYBODY KIND OF UNDERSTANDS AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. BUT, WITH THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 13 FIVE. OR 13 ONE.

MY APOLOGIES. 13 ONE SORRY. SORRY. DID FIVE. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM AMY BARTLEY. ONE SECOND, SECONDED BY CAMERON REEVES. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU

[8. Consider and act upon authorizing the Town Manager to approve $600,000 in expenditures under the existing contract with WOPAC Construction, Inc., (WOPAC) Bid No. 2019-53-A, for miscellaneous concrete replacement and repair services. (CJ) ]

VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. NO NEED FOR A PRESENTATION OR ANYTHING. IT'S MORE OF A COMMENTARY. THE, THE HEADLINE HERE OR THE ITEM IS FROM MISCELLANEOUS CONCRETE REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR SERVICES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CALL OUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT ALL FOR REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR, AND WE ACTUALLY ARE CONDUCTING A NEW PROJECT TO PUT DOWN NEW PAVEMENT FOR BOTH THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT AND THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF WHAT THIS $600,000 IS. SO YES, SIR, WE DO WE DO GENERAL CONCRETE WORK UNDER THIS CONTRACT. IT'S PERMITTED, BUT IT'S TITLED AS A REPLACEMENT OF REPAIR SERVICES UNDER THE JUST GENERAL, UNDER THE BASICALLY THE TITLE OF THE CONTRACT. SO YEAH, IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT WE'RE USING IT. THAT'S ALL. I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. IT IS ACTUALLY A NEW PROJECT UNDERNEATH THAT ENTIRE THING. SO WITH THAT I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. WE MAKE A MOTION TO MARCUS RAY WITH A MOTION SECONDED BY AMY BARTLEY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE TO, OUR 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 AT THE MEETING, AND THE APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? MICHELLE MR. DIXON? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'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

[14. Consider and act upon a request for the removal of an historic tree on Wandering Creek, Phase 1, on 48.9± acres, located on the south side of First Street and 335± feet east of Wildcat Way. (DH)]

RECOGNIZED WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14 IS CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST FOR THE REMOVAL OF A HISTORIC TREE ON WANDERING CREEK. PHASE ONE. ON APPROXIMATELY 48.9 ACRES, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FIRST STREET AND 335FT EAST OF WILDCAT WAY, MR. HOOVER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS YOUR COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE DO HAVE A TREE

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PRESERVATION ORDINANCE THAT HAS SOME FAIRLY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. WHEN REMOVAL OF TREES. TURNS OUT TO BE A NECESSITY OR A NEED OR A WANT IS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT. AND THERE IS A PARTICULAR SECTION IN THAT ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES ANYTHING OVER 40IN, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HISTORIC TREE FOR TO BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. IF REMOVAL IS CONTEMPLATED. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THERE IS A TREE, IT'S 48.6 CALIPER INCHES AND IT IS IN THE MIDDLE. WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS IN A SECOND, BUT HERE'S THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED. HERE IS THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE TREE. HERE'S WHAT THE TREE LOOKS LIKE. AND HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TREE AS THE WORK THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE FRONT WAS TAKEN PLAC. THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAD BEEN TO TRY AND PRESERVE THE TREE. THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAD REQUESTED AS THE WORK WAS GOING ON. OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T WORK. WE REQUESTED A LETTER FROM ARBORIST TELLING US WHETHER OR NOT THAT TREE WOULD SURVIVE OR NOT. WE HAD OUR DOUBTS AND THE ARBORIST IN THE LETTER SAID, NO, IT'S EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT THE TREE WOULD SURVIVE. SO CONSEQUENTLY. THE EXCUSE ME WENT BACK TOO MANY TIMES THE REQUIREMENT OR THE COST, IF YOU WILL, IS EITHER IN REPLACEMENT OF TREES, A 400% REPLACEMENT MEANING CALIPER INCHES THE TREE IS 48.6 CALIPER INCHES. SO TIMES FOUR WIND UP WITH THE REQUIRED CALIPER REPLACEMENT OF 194.4IN, WHICH IS GENERALLY TREES THAT ARE PLANTED IN OUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AND STREET TREES AND SO FORTH ARE GENERALLY THREE INCHES. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN IT WOULD TAKE ROUGHLY 65 TREES TO REPLACE IT, OR YOU CAN PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF THE INCHES, IN THIS CASE, $175 A CALIPER INCH, WHICH WOULD BE $34,020. THE FEE IN LIEU OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TREES, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE APPLICANT HAS CHOSEN TO PAY THE FEE IN LIEU OF PLANTING THE TREES AND AS I STATED, IT TAKES COUNCIL APPROVAL TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE TREE AND THE FEE IS SET BY ORDINANCE SO THAT PART IS SET, THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE APPLICANT THAT'S HERE, MR. CORWIN WARREN CORWIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM. THANK YOU. DAVID, GET HIM UP HERE. OTHERWISE, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOOVER? NO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO. DO YOU WANT TO.

OKAY. OKAY ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? I'VE GOT A QUESTION REALLY FOR TERRY ON THIS ONE. SO THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS SIZE OF TREE TO BE REMOVED, THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE IT, RIGHT. IF WE OPT NOT TO REMOVE IT AND IT DIES, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? WELL, IF WE GO UP THROUGH IT, PROPOSE MY TREE DIES. I MEAN, IT JUST COMES DOWN. SO I MEAN, WHEN THEY REMOVE THE TREE, I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD TRY THAT. WE COULD ATTEMPT TO PUT A LINK ON THE PROPERTY FOR YOUR MOUTH. OKAY. I GUESS THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS REALLY TO THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW, WE STICK TO THE ORDINANCES. SO DOES THE ORDINANCE STATE THAT WE HAVE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS THE OPTION TO PICK OR BECAUSE IN THIS INSTANCE, THE TOWN HAS OR THE COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE A DECISION FOR APPROVAL, CAN WE OPT FOR TREES TO BE PLANTED VERSUS A FINE, BUT IS ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL'S DECISION? YEAH BUT YOU AFGHANS HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL CAN SAY NO, WE WANT TO DO ONE OR THE OTHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE MONEY THAT IS PAID IS A FEE, MR. HOOVER, WHERE

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DOES WHAT FUND DOES THAT GO TO? YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HERE. IS THERE A TREE MITIGATION FUND? YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT IS THAT USED FOR LATER. SORRY, SORRY, CHRIS. IT'S UNENCUMBERED FUNDS IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. IS THAT WOULD BE CORRECT? YES, SIR. IT GOES IN A FUND SIMILAR TO OUR PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND AND PARK. PARK FEES. SO THAT COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR DIFFERENT PARK PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ROBIN SORRY. NO, THAT'S MY FAULT. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED WHEN YOU WERE UP THERE. SO THE TREE MITIGATION FUNDS GOES INTO THAT GENERAL FUND FOR PARKS, BUT THEY DON'T GO BACK INTO TREES. THEY CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING. AND I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH, WITH DAN TO VERIFY WHAT KINDS OF PROJECTS. IF IT'S ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR TREES OR IF IT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PARK PROJECTS. OKAY, BUT THERE IS A DEDICATED TREE MITIGATION FUND. YEAH. MY THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE TREE MITIGATION WAS TO GO IN TO REPLACE TREES, AND THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TREES. IT WAS A FARMLAND. RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE REDIRECTED TO TREES. IF NOT MY PREFERENCE AS WE'RE DOING COUNCIL DISCUSSION WOULD BE FOR THE TREES TO BE REPLACED INSTEAD OF THE FINE BEING PAID. SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWED THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT HAD TO BE 6565? OKAY I'LL PULL UP THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT IT HAS TO GO TO TREATMENT AGAIN. AND THEN FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF TREES THAT CAN'T BE USED IN THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY SO COULD IT BE USED TO OFFSET I'LL CALL IT LANDSCAPING, BUT TREE COST FOR A PARK. WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING. SO IN OTHER WORDS, LAKEWOOD OR RAYMOND PARK. COULD WE USE THOSE FUNDS TO PLANT TREES THERE? CORRECT. YES. SO WE COULD USE THOSE FUNDS TO PARK. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN IN THAT AREA OR EVEN IN THAT IN A PARK. IT COULD BE IN ANY PARK. OKAY SO WE COULD DESIGNATE IT TO RAYMOND OR A FUTURE COMMUNITY PARK. OKAY THANK YOU. ROBIN ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS I THINK WITH $34,000, YOU CAN BUY MORE THAN 65 TREES. IF I'M IF MY MATH IS RIGHT, I THINK IT'S $500 A TREE.

YEAH. AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GROW. BUT YEAH THEY'RE DOING IT ON THE CALIPER. SO THAT'S NOT REQUIRED. YEAH, I'M JUST I DON'T KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR NUMBERS OF TREES, IT SEEMS LIKE A FAIR EXCHANGE. BUT THEY'RE NOT AS BIG. YEAH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON WHEN A DEVELOPER HAS LARGE TREES ON THE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP AROUND IT. MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THAT IS ARE THOSE EXISTING TREES ON THEIR LANDSCAPING, ON THEIR LANDSCAPE PLAN, OR IS THEIR LANDSCAPE PLAN JUST NEW MATERIAL THAT THEY'RE PLANTING? THE TREES ARE ACTUALLY ON WHAT'S CALLED THE TREE SURVEY. AND SO THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THEIR LANDSCAPING PLANS.

AND IT THE TREE SURVEY ITSELF HAS ALL OF THE TREES THAT ARE MARKED. AND THEN THERE'S A TABLE THAT DENOTES WHAT TYPE OF TREE IT IS. ASH, OAK, WHATEVER. AND THEN THE SIZE, THE CALIPER INCHES THAT IT IS. AND THAT TREE SURVEY HAS TO BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE CIVIL PLAN PROCESS FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT IT'S DOING, WHETHER IT'S GRADING OR ROADS, WATERLINES SEWER LINES, WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THAT'S THAT'S FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT OCCURS IN THE TOWN, ASSUMING THERE'S TREES ON THE PROPERTY. A LOGISTICAL QUESTION. SO THEY PAY THE FEE, THEN THEY CAN REMOVE THE TREE. IS THAT THE WAY IT WORKS? OKAY. THANKS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOVED TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO REMOVE THIS HISTORICAL TREE.

THAT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY BEING HISTORY, BUT THE HISTORICAL TREE AND WINDING CREEK PHASE ONE OF ON 48 ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FIRST STREET AND 350 PLUS FEET EAST OF WILD CREEK WAY. I'LL SECOND. MOTION BY CAMERON. SECOND BY JEFF. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSL.

[15. Consider and act upon a request for the removal of an historic tree on Legacy Gardens, Phases 3-4, on 136.1± acres, located on the southwest corner of Shawnee Trail and Frontier Parkway. (DH)]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST FOR THE REMOVAL OF A HISTORIC TREE AND LEGACY GARDENS, PHASES THREE AND FOUR ON 136 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES. LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SHAWNEE TRAIL AND FRONTIER PARKWAY. I'LL

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POINT OUT THAT IT IS UNUSUAL THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TREE REMOVAL I'VE HAD IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF BEING MAYOR, AND NOW WE HAVE TWO OF THEM ON THE SAME AGENDA. SO FIRST ONE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF THAT TIME. SO THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT TREE IS STILL THERE AND HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED YET. IT'S A 42 INCH ASH TREE, AGAIN BACK UP. EXCUSE ME. THIS IS JUST ALL OF THE OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT, BUT THE CALCULATION IS THE SAME OF 400%, $175 AN INCH. AND SO FORTH. AND THE FEE IN THIS CASE WOULD BE $29,400.

BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE HERE. AND THAT LET ME GET THIS PARTICULAR TREE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUTURE FRONTIER PARKWAY PAVEMENT. THERE IS ALSO FAIRLY LARGE SEWER EASEMENT WITH THE SEWER LINE THAT'S GOING TO BE RUNNING THROUGH THAT POINT. AND IT'S ACTUALLY ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND THE DEVELOPER THAT IS BUILDING THESE FOR US IS TOLL BROTHERS. AND TOLL BROTHERS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW TO COME UP WITH THESE LOCATIONS AND PLANS TO ACTUALLY DO THESE IMPROVEMENTS. AND THE TREE NEEDS TO BE MOVED BECAUSE OF THE CIP PROGRAM. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT TOLL BROTHERS IS DOING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUILD HOUSES ON TOP OF IT. THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR OUR CIP PROJECT. AND SO PART OF THIS REQUEST IS THAT TO THE NUMBERS AND SUCH, THE THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT WAS BEING REMOVED AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT AS OPPOSED TO THE CIP FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THE TREE DOES CONFLICT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MITIGATION, IF IT THE MITIGATION IS REQUIRED BY THE COUNCIL FOR THIS, THEN IT WOULD BE THE TOWN AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MITIGATION AS OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPER. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO TOSS THAT OUT THERE AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS ONE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONE. AND WE WOULD REQUEST THAT IT WOULD BE ALLOWED OR ACTUALLY TOLL BROTHERS BE ALLOWED TO MOVE THAT TREE, BUT WITHOUT THE ASSOCIATED MITIGATION THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE REQUIRED. SO THE TREE CAN BE ACTUALLY RELOCATED. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, IT CAN'T BE. IT CAN'T MOVE IT.

WELL, I WON'T SAY YOU CAN'T. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. BUT IF IT IS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AT THE TOWN'S EXPENSE TO DO IT. SO IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LOOKED INTO. BUT THAT, THAT WASN'T PART OF WHAT OUR DISCUSSION WAS. SO I DON'T HAVE A PRICE FOR WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE THAT ONE'S BEEN BEEN TRIMMED BECAUSE OF THE POWER LINES AS WELL. IT HAS. YEAH, I DIDN'T GET TO THAT POINT. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE POWER COMPANY HAS DONE TO THE TREE, WHICH IS REALLY ANOTHER COMPONENT. IT'S HARD TO SEE WHERE THE WIRES ACTUALLY ARE.

BUT WHEN YOU SEE WHERE THE POLE IS, THE WIRES ARE ON THIS SIDE OF THE TREE. THE GREAT BIG V GAP THAT'S IN THERE, THAT'S WHAT THE UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE DONE. YOU CAN SEE THE TREES ALREADY LEANING DOWN. OUR OPINION THAT TREE'S NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND SO TRYING TO MOVE IT WOULD I THINK BE PRETTY. UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD SURVIVE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE A REQUEST FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE HISTORIC TREE ON LEGACY GARDENS PHASE THREE AND FOUR ON 136 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SHAWNEE TRAIL AND FRONTIER PARKWAY.

THANK YOU JEFF, I WILL SECOND IT. CHRIS CHRIS. CHRIS. SECONDED BY CHRIS KERN. ALL IN FAVOR?

[16. Consider and act upon authorizing the Town Manager to execute a Professional Service Agreement between Freese and Nichols, Inc., and the Town of Prosper, Texas, related to the creation of a Unified Development Code for an amount not to exceed $342,842. (DH)]

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. HOOVER. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS IN THE TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS, AND THE CREATION OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $342,842. MR. HOOVER? YES, SIR. THIS HAS BEEN, I WOULD SAY, SOMEWHAT OF AN ONGOING DISCUSSION SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR

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NOW, HERE IN THREE MONTHS OR SO ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS NEEDING TO BE DONE OR NEEDED TO BE REVISITED. THE PRIMARY ONE WOULD BE THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND, KIND OF A REVIEW OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE, MOST OF WHICH I'LL PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME. WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY, OTHER THAN THE ONE WE JUST DID THE RETAIL THAT WEREN'T IN PDS OR BECOMING A PD, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IS THE MORE PREFERRED METHOD OF DOING DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. AND SO THE, THE PRIME REASON FOR THAT IS, IS OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A BETTER ABILITY TO REGULATE THE TYPES OF USES. I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT ALSO IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE THE USES THAT ARE IN THE RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES, OF WHICH THERE'S MANY THAT ARE NO LONGER APPROPRIATE. AND MANY OF THE DISTRICTS. SO DRIVING THAT IS A BIG COMPONENT. BUT ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OVER TIME HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. THERE ARE IN SOME INSTANCES A LOT. AND THERE ARE MANY OCCASIONS WHERE WE NEED TO REVISIT SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT OF USE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS, AS A CATCHALL, IF YOU WILL. IT COVERS VIRTUALLY ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THAT THE TOWN DOES NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING STANDARDS. THE SAME WAY THERE'S CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE DONE, ROADS THAT ARE BUILT THAT ARE DONE BY THE TOWN THROUGH A CIP PROJECT, AND THE TOWN IS DOING IT. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN DO THAT BY FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCES, AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT. AND IF STANDARD HAS CHANGED, THEN REQUIRING SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE INTENSIVE THAN WHAT'S IN THE CURRENT CODE, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE WHEN IT'S DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS DRIVING IT, AND IT'S DEVELOPERS THAT ARE DOING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. ROADS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR INSTANCE, THAT ARE NOT ON THE CIP PLAN, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE NECESSARY FOR BUILDING A SUBDIVISION. THEN THOSE ARE REGULATED BY WHAT OUR STANDARDS ARE. AND SO IF WE WANT TO CHANGE SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS, IT HAS TO BE DONE THROUGH THE ORDINANCES. AND SO THOSE WOULD WOULD BE REVISITED OR NEED TO BE REVISITED. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE REGULATIONS AND THE DEDICATION PART, AND DEDICATION FOR, DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCUR. WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES THAT OCCUR DEPENDING UPON THE DEVELOPMENT. SOME IS MONEY, SOME IS HOA LAND, SOME IS ACTUALLY PARK LAND. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SIZE AND SEVERAL OTHER OPTIONS OR ALTERNATIVES. AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT GOES. AND PARKS DEPARTMENT OBVIOUSLY IS A KEY COMPONENT IN THAT. AND THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO REVISIT IN THOSE. NOT NOT THE PARKS THEMSELVES, BUT JUST THE PIECE THAT IS INVOLVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THEN WE'VE GOT THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISITED FOR SOME OF THE REASONS THAT I JUST MENTIONED WITH WITH OTHER THINGS THAT THAT HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. AND THEN TO KIND OF TOP IT ALL OUT, MOST OF THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE WHOLE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND SO IF YOU ADD ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS NOW, ARE ELECTRONIC PEOPLE NO LONGER COME AND SUBMIT PIECES OF PAPER TO US LIKE IT USED TO BE. EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE ELECTRONICALLY, WHICH MEANS A LOT OF THINGS ARE DONE WITHOUT PEOPLE COMING TO TALK TO US. WE DON'T SEE THEM FACE TO FACE.

THEY COULD BE DOING THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. THEY COULD BE IN MINNESOTA AND SITTING THERE AND SUBMITTING ALL THE THINGS. SO AS THEY'RE LOOKING ONLINE, LOOKING THROUGH OUR CODES, IF THEY FIND SOMETHING DEALING WITH THE TOPIC THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, THEY MAY THINK THAT'S ALL THERE IS. AND SO THEY WON'T NECESSARILY SEARCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR ORDINANCES. MAYBE THEY SHOULD, BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS LOOK THROUGH ALL OF OUR CODES TO FIND OUT IF THEY'VE GOTTEN ALL THE REGULATIONS OR NOT. AND SO HAVING THEM ALL IN THE SAME PLACE WOULD BE CONVENIENT NOT ONLY TO THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE, BUT ALSO FOR US. INSIDE WE HAVE A

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FAIR AMOUNT OF TURNOVER AND OUR DEPARTMENTS, IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS IT WAS WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, NONETHELESS, THERE ARE PEOPLE COME AND GO FOR VARIOUS REASONS. AND WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND WHERE ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE, IT'S OBVIOUSLY EASIER IF THEY'RE IN ONE PLACE AS OPPOSED TO MULTIPLE PLACES. AND SO THE IDEA OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, LET ME SEE WHAT ELSE I'VE EVEN GOT HERE, A COUPLE OF MORE THINGS THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN COMPLETED TO GET TO THE COUNCIL YET IS THE OVERLAY FOR THE TOLLWAY. OVERLAY FOR DOWNTOWN? VISITING REVISITING 380 MIGHT BE MORE DIFFICULT TO PUT IN AN OVERLAY ON THAT, ALTHOUGH WE'LL WE'LL LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE HALF OF IT. AND SO IT'S SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO, TO GET DEVELOPMENT TO BE SIMILAR ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE UPDATE TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCES, THIS IS JUST AN OUTLINE OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. BUT, WHAT WE DID WHEN WE WERE CONTEMPLATING WHAT WAS THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS, I HAD A COUPLE OF CRITERIA THAT WE WANTED TO PUT INTO A PROPOSAL THAT WE WOULD GET, AND ONE WAS TIME ORDINARILY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT WOULD TAKE A GOOD 12 TO 14 MONTHS, AND WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT IT TO TAKE THAT LONG. FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIV, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE TOWN. WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY THE TOLLWAY. IT'S GETTING A LOT OF INTEREST. YOU ALL HAVE SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CENTRAL PART OF TOWN, AND A LOT OF THE AREAS OR EXCUSE ME, STARTING TO FILL OUT AND, AND SOME OF THE OLD PD'S ARE COMING BACK INTO TO PLAY, WHICH HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT THOSE AND TRY AND REDO SOME OF THOSE, BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAVE TIMES CHANGED, BUT DESIRES, LIKES, DISLIKES HAVE ALL CHANGED AS WELL. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, 12 TO 14 MONTHS IS A LONG TIME. I MEAN, THAT'S AS I MENTIONED, I'VE BEEN HERE JUST ABOUT THAT TIME NOW AND THERE'S A LOT THAT IS DIFFERENT NOW THAN WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE. AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO THAT WAY. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO DRAG IT OUT THAT LONG. AND IT CAME BACK WITH SAYING SIX MONTHS, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WAN.

SO THE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING, THE PRICE WE GOT WAS HIGHER THAN, THAN THE CURRENT PRICE THAT IS ON HERE, AND PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO TAKE LONGER. AND THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT WE MANIPULATED. AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONSULTANT TO SEE WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO LOWER THE COST, A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THE FIRST COST WAS AROUND $375,000. AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO LOWER THAT AND THEN SECONDLY WAS TO LOWER THE TIME. AND ONE OF THE TRADE OFFS WAS, IF YOU LOWER THE TIME, YOU GOT TO INCREASE THE PRICE, JUST KIND OF GOES WITHOUT SAYING BECAUSE THE WORK DOESN'T GO IN HALF. BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO DO IT IN QUOTE, MAN HOURS, UNQUOTE, WHICH IS WHAT JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY USES WHEN THEY'RE DOING BIDS IS GOING TO GO UP FOR SIX MONTHS. BECAUSE IT'S COMPRESSED, IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME OVERALL, BUT IT'S COMPRESSED INTO THE SIX MONTH PERIOD. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE PRICE CAME FROM. IT WOULD BE PAID FOR OUT OF CURRENT BUDGETS. WHAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR IN BUILDING INSPECTIONS, CONTRACT SERVICES AND MONEY THAT'S BUDGETED IN THE SAME ACCOUNT.

NEXT YEAR, FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT MONEY WAS ORIGINALLY EARMARKED. AND WHY IT WAS THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS FOR NEEDED INSPECTIONS FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES. THIRD PARTY INSPECTORS, AS THEY'RE CALLED BECAUSE OF A GOOD RIGHT BEFORE I GOT HERE, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WAS SHORT SEVERAL INSPECTORS. WE WERE SHORT AT THAT TIME. WE HAD ONE PLUMBING INSPECTOR WITH A LOT OF WORK GOING ON, SINCE THEN, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS HAS GOTTEN FULLY STAFFED AND, SEVERAL OF THE INSPECTORS NOW HAVE PLUMBING LICENSES, SO THE NEED FOR THAT HAS GONE AWAY. WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY USED ANY OF THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE, AND WE USE SOME OF IT, BUT IT WAS FOR THE UPDATE OF THE MATRIX THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH. IT

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DEALS WITH HOW WE'RE PERFORMING AND THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD, BUT SINCE WE HAVEN'T USED IT AND WE'RE FULLY STAFFED AND ANTICIPATE THAT WE PROBABLY WILL NOT USE IT, AT LEAST GOING INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR. IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THAT, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM. SO IT'S BASICALLY THE UNSPENT MONEY. SO IT'D BE SPREAD OUT OVER THE TWO YEAR PERIOD TO PAY FOR IT. I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT'S IN HERE. SO THAT'S FREESE. NICHOLS IS THE COMPANY THAT THAT WE GOT THESE PRICES FROM. WE'VE GOT WENDY BONNEAU HERE FROM FREESE. NICHOLS. IF YOU HAVE ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS FOR HER, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OBVIOUSLY, MARIO WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU, MR. HOOVER, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME QUESTIONS. SO I'LL START WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, OKAY, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS COME ABOUT FROM WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE EXERCISES AND I KNOW WE NEED A UNIFIED, UPDATE. RIGHT. WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OVER THE YEARS WITH CONSULTING DOLLARS TO MAKE ENHANCEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER STOPPED DOING THAT, I JUST IT'S CONCERNING THAT WE KEEP ON SPENDING MONEY ON THIS. FOR MY AWARENESS. DID WE PUT THIS OUT OR DID WE JUST GO TO FREESE NICHOLS AS THE ONE TO GET A QUOTE FROM, OR DID WE PUT IT OUT FOR BID? SHORTLY AFTER I GOT HERE, WE PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR QUALIFICATIONS. I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH IT ACTUALLY WAS. AND AT THE TIME WE ONLY WE HAD IT OUT FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS AND WE ONLY GOT TWO RESPONSES BACK FROM IT. ONE WAS FROM FROM FREESE AND ONE WAS FROM ANOTHER COMPANY. THE OTHER COMPANY DIDN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OR AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED, THE ABILITIES TO DO WHAT WE WERE REQUIRING AND SO WE DIDN'T REALLY SPEND ANY TIME WITH THEM ASSUMING THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO GO ANYWHERE ANYWAY. AND SO IN THAT REGARD, YOU KNOW, IT WOUND UP BEING JUST FREESE THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH. THAT WAS PROBABLY EIGHT MONTHS AGO, NINE MONTHS AGO, WHEN WE DID THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE TO GET IT TO A POINT TO WHERE WE FELT IT WAS READY TO COME AND TALK TO COUNCIL ABOUT IT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO RUSH IT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SOMETHING THAT WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH. I ALSO WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME HERE TO SEE WHERE WE WERE, WHAT WE NEEDED, HOW MANY DEPARTMENTS THIS WAS GOING TO AFFECT AND WHAT ALL WOULD ACTUALLY NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS. SO WE WEREN'T IN A RUSH AT THAT POINT TO GET IT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WANTED, THEN WE THOUGHT WE'D TRY AND COMPRESS THE TIME TO BE IN A RUSH TO GET IT FINISHED, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH SO IF APPROVED, IS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE UPDATES TO OUR CODE AND TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS, WILL NOT NEED TO BE UNLESS THEY ARE VERY MINOR ADDRESSED IN THE UPCOMING. HOW LONG CAN WE EXPECT IT? WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TOUCH THESE AGAIN AFTER WE UPDATE THEM. MY EXPECTATIONS WOULD WOULD BE. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THERE MAY BE MINOR AMENDMENTS THAT COME ALONG THAT SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE PROBABLY DONE, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 15 OR SO. THOSE ARE GOING TO OCCUR. NO MATTER WHAT I THINK, BECAUSE ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS CHANGE. BUT AS FAR AS THE NUTS AND BOLTS ARE CONCERNED, WHAT WE HAVE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A PRETTY LONG TIME, AND I WOULD BE QUITE SURPRISED IF THIS ONE DIDN'T LAST A GOOD 5 TO 7 YEARS BEFORE WE HAD TO THINK ABOUT DOING ANOTHER UPDATE. IT DOESN'T MEAN, LIKE I SAID, MAYBE AN ENGINEERING STANDARD MIGHT CHANGE OR SOMETHING, BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO REDO THE WHOLE THING. AND WE COULD DO THOSE MOST LIKELY IN-HOUSE VERSUS CONSULTANT. CORRECT? CORRECT. I WOULD NOT SEE US. YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY THIS AND IT'LL PROBABLY BITE, BUT I WOULD NOT SEE US NEEDING TO COME BACK AND ASK TO GO HIRE ANOTHER CONSULTANT TO DO SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND WE WOULD DO IT ALL IN HOUSE SEVEN. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

THIS IS A PRETTY HOLISTIC CHANGE. I MEAN, ALBEIT FOR A CHANGE OF FORM OF GOVERNMENT OR SOME MAJOR, MAJOR CHANGE. I THINK THE EFFORT IS TO GET US TO THAT HOLISTIC CHANGE AND EVERYTHING HERE FORWARD IS DONE BY STAFF INTERNALLY, BECAUSE AGAIN, OVER THE YEARS, OUR

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ORDINANCES HAVE JUST BEEN BOLTED ON TO ANOTHER ORDINANCE AND DID DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE CODE.

NOT GOING TO POINT OUT WHOM, BUT THERE IS SOMEONE THAT HAS READ OUR CODE FROM COVER TO COVER, AND THERE ARE SOME DIFFICULTIES IN FINDING JUST THINGS FROM ONE CHAPTER TO THE NEXT. AND IT'S JUST UNLESS YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT, IT SOMETIMES CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST, HAVING SPENT MONEY ON THIS IN THE PAST FOR DIFFERENT SECTIONS, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE CAUTION FOR CONTINUAL SPEND ON CONSULTANTS AND FEES DOES A GREAT JOB. SO I'M NOT YOU KNOW KNOCKING THAT. BUT IF THE QUOTE IS EIGHT MONTHS OLD AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO HOLD US OVER FOR 5 TO 7 YEARS AND THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON WHY FREEZE WAS, WAS RECOMMENDED IS THEY WERE THE CONSULTANT THAT ASSISTED WITH THE COMP PLAN. SO THEY HAD THAT LEVEL OF CONTINUITY. AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE PROJECT MANAGERS, I DON'T WANT TO MISQUOTE, BUT ONE OF THE KEY PRINCIPLES ON THE JOB WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE COMP PLAN. SO HAVING THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF PROSPER AND THE PROCESSES THAT WE USE GOES A LONG WAY, BUT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, I BELIEVE ME, I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO THIS MAN AND CHUCK THE LAST FEW DAYS ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND. OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE DO IT IN HOUSE. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? WELL, I MEAN, THEY'RE DEDICATING AN ENTIRE TEAM, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF, SO EITHER WAY, I BELIEVE STAFF BELIEVES THIS NEEDS TO GET DONE. HOW WE DO IT, IT'S TOTALLY UP TO HOW WE WANT TO. HOW DO WE WANT TO GET THERE? YEAH AND BASED ON THAT COMMENT, I ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, I WANT STAFF TO HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO GET DONE. BUT I WOULD HOLD TO THE SEVEN YEARS TIME FRAME BEFORE MORE CONSULTING DOLLARS. YEAH. 342 I'M SORRY 324,000 IS A LOT, BUT 60,000 A YEAR? YEAH. OKAY. THANKS I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE STRAIGHT ZONING FOR DOWNTOWN, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS A LOT, THERE ARE USES THAT ARE NO LONGER APPLICABLE. RIGHT. SO IS THAT PART OF IT AS WELL? NOT JUST NOT JUST CLEANING IT UP AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO FIND THINGS AND ALL THAT, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT SORT OF OUR COMP PLANS AND SPREES AND NICHOLS DID OUR COMP PLAN UPDATE AND SAYING, YEAH, THIS DOESN'T FIT ANYMORE IS IT IS THAT PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL? IS KIND OF RED LINING SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY LONGER. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, AND IN DOWNTOWN, PROBABLY A REAL GOOD EXAMPLE, THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE FOR DOWNTOWN WAS GREAT AT THIS LEVEL, BUT IT REALLY DIDN'T GET DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTIES AND DIDN'T HAVE THE ORDINANCE TO TEETH IN IT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND IT DIVIDED THE DOWNTOWN INTO FOUR SUBDISTRICTS, AND NONE OF THE SUBDISTRICTS TALKED TO EACH OTHER, SO TO SPEAK. SO YOU REALLY CAN'T MIX THEM UP. WHAT'S PERMITTED HERE ISN'T PERMITTED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. AND THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IS TAKE WHAT WE HAVE AND ACTUALLY CREATE THE TEETH PART OF THE REAL ORDINANCE. THAT WOULD NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL IN THAT CASE, BUT WOULD WOULD GO THROUGH AND, AND COMBINE THE USES THAT NEED TO BE COMBINED AND GET RID OF THE ONES THAT THAT WE KNOW WE DON'T WANT ANYMORE. AND THAT'S TRUE WITH ALL OUR USES Y'ALL HAVE SEEN, ESPECIALLY YOU. I KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD CONVERSATIONS BEFORE EMAIL PERHAPS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OUR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MAYBE 100 PERMITTED USES IN THERE, OF WHICH 80 OF THEM, WE DON'T EVEN WANT ANYMORE. AND WE NEED TO GET RID OF THOSE AND HAVE REAL DISTRICTS THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT USE. WE MAY STILL USE PDS ALL THE TIME. THIS DOESN'T IMPLY THAT WE WON'T HAVE ANY OTHER DISTRICTS EXCEPT PDS, BUT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE WILL BE FUNCTIONAL AND HAVE WHAT WE WANT AND WILL SERVE AS THE BASE FOR THE PDS THAT THAT WE PUT IN PLACE. I KEEP SAYING PDS PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW, BUT PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING. MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT IS THAT I NOTICED IN THE CONTRACT I DON'T THINK THERE'S I DIDN'T SEE ANY IN-PERSON WORK SESSIONS. I KNOW WITH THE COMP PLAN REVIEW, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THAT AS A GROUP, AS A COMMITTEE, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THE CONSULTANTS ON SITE FOR THOSE MEETINGS. AND SO MY ASK, IS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT? COST WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE WORK SESSION FOR DOWNTOWN. THE OVERLAY AND THEN A WORK SESSION IF WE NEED IT. AND WE MAY NOT NEED IT, BUT FOR THE FOR THE TOLLWAY, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THE TOLLWAY, WE HAVE OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME OTHER IDEAS AND WE MAY GO IN THROUGH OUR PROCESS, COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS ON THE TOLLWAY. MAYBE WE DON'T WANT IT SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS. MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE SOME CHANGES. SO MY ASK WOULD BE FOR THE CONTRACT TO INCLUDE SOME POTENTIAL IN-PERSON WORK SESSIONS IF WE FIND THAT WE

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NEED IT THROUGH THE PROCESS, ON THE OVERLAYS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE HUGE DEALS AND IT'S GOING TO MEAN THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME RAMIFICATIONS OF THOSE, RIGHT? THE WAY THAT THAT THE PROPOSAL IS, IS WRITTEN. NOW, IS THERE ARE CERTAIN I'LL CALL THEM BENCHMARKS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEETINGS. SOME OF THEM WILL BE IN PERSON WITH STAFF. SOME OF THEM WILL BE TEAMS MEETINGS WITH STAFF, WHICH CAN INCLUDE OTHER PEOPLE OTHER THAN STAFF. SO IF WE WANTED TO ADD A TEAM MEETING WITH THE P AND Z AND STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY NOW WE HAVE A NICE BRAND NEW MONITOR IN HERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO KICK OFF MEETING AND THEN A SPECIFICALLY LAID OUT, I MEAN, IN THE CONTRACT AND THE MEETING TOWARDS THE END, WHICH WOULD BE A JOINT MEETING. THE WAY THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE WAS A JOINT MEETING WITH P AND Z AND COUNCIL TO GO OVER THE FINISHED PRODUCT PER SE, MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE PIECES THAT THAT WE WORKED ON OR WHERE THE COUNCIL WANTS BECAUSE OF THE FACT WE'LL BE DOING UPDATES TO A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS AS WELL AS COMPLETE REDOS THE UPDATES STILL NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DETERMINATION ON ON WHAT WOULD BE BEING VOTED ON FOR APPROVAL. THAT'S IN THERE AS WELL. AND IF WE NEED SOMETHING ELSE IN THE MEANTIME, AND YOU KNOW, I'LL PUT I'LL PUT WORDS IN WENDY'S MOUTH FOR I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT IN A MEETING THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN THERE OVER THE WHOLE TIME FRAME OF WHAT THIS, THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF WORKING PIECES, WORKING PARTS. SO YES, I APPRECIATE THA.

COMMENTARY. CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING? I'M SORRY. AND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BARTLEY JUST SAID REMINDED ME THERE IS A SPECIFIC PARAGRAPH THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT THAT I THINK REALLY IS MORE THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF ANYTHING ELSE OF WHY HAVING SOMEBODY LIKE A FREESE AND NICHOLS IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO US, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, IS TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION OF WHICH A LOT OF IT THEY ALREADY HAVE, BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE THE IMPACT FEE STUDY THAT'S GOING ON, WHICH WAS A TON OF INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM BOTH PLANNING AND ENGINEERING ABOUT DATA THAT'S DRIVEN IN THE CITY. BUT THEY'LL TAKE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE AND COMPARE THEM, IF YOU WILL DO A FULL, DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE AND SEE HOW THEY STACK UP AGAINST THE 100 THAT THEY'VE PROBABLY DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND SEE WHAT WE'RE MISSING AND WHAT WE COULD DO OR HAVE. THAT'S BETTER. THAT WILL BASICALLY ALLOW US TO TAKE THE BEST FROM WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS, THAT THEY'VE WORKED ON AND INCORPORATE INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO AT OUR OWN LEVEL, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ EVERYBODY'S ORDINANCES. OKAY.

THANK THANK YOU, DAVID. SORRY. HERE'S HERE'S THE DEAL. I THINK THIS IS PART OF US FOUNDATIONS,S PART OF IT. SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 16, A MOTION BY AMY BARTLEY, SECONDED BY MARCUS RAY. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HOOVER. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'RE TO THE

[17. Discuss and consider the submission of the Preliminary Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget. (CL)]

MEAT OF THE REST OF THE MEETING, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE SUBMISSION OF PRELIMINARY FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025, BUDGET. MR. LANDRUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND PROSPER. TOWN COUNCIL, THE BUDGET PROCESS ALL STARTS WITH, THE STRATEGIC OR THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC VISIONING PRIORITIES, THE BUDGET, THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU IS STAFF'S PLAN OF ACCOMPLISHING THESE STRATEGIC VISIONING PRIORITIES. SO LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE KIND OF WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, IN FEBRUARY, STAFF MET WITH COUNCIL AND PRESENTED MULTIYEAR BUDGET PROJECTIONS. ON MAY 28TH IS WHEN COUNCIL FORMALLY FORMALLY ADOPTED THAT STRATEGIC VISIONING PRIORITIES. OVER THE SPRING AND THE SUMMER, THE

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SUBCOMMITTEES MET THE CIP SUBCOMMITTEE AND FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEES AND OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES MET, TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE BUDGET ITEMS. ON JULY 25TH, THE CERTIFIED ROLL WAS DELIVERED TO THE TOWN AND THEN WE HELD A BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH THE COUNCIL ON JULY 30TH, TONIGHT IS WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET, AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD, ALL CHANGES, FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEES GOING FORWARD, WILL NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE AUGUST 23RD, AUGUST 29TH, AS ANNOUNCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES, WILL BE A BUDGET TOWN HALL TO THE PUBLIC WHERE THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ANSWER OR TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE.

SO JUST LOOKING AT THE 30 ZERO ZERO ZERO FOOT VIEW, CHRIS, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES, SIR.

SORRY, I MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS PER COUNCIL DIRECTION. WHAT'S THAT? IS THAT JUST THE GENERAL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD OR THE CIP MEETINGS? SO ADDITIONAL IS THERE ANYTHING IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE SCHEDULED FOR THE 28TH, THOUGH? WE NEED TO PROBABLY CHANGE THAT IF WE CAN. WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY THIS IS OFTEN CHANGING. THANK YOU. OKAY. AS LONG AS ALL THE TIMING WORKS RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY SURE. GO FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU, SO HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF THE BUDGET, IN LOOKING AT MOST OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, WE'RE ABOUT $102 MILLION, YOU KNOW, OVER HALF OF THAT IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE THE TWO SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS. THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION, AND THEN THE FIRE CONTROL AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT, AND THEN ALL THE UTILITY FUNDS TOGETHER EQUATE TO ROUGHLY ABOUT $43 MILLION FOR THE DEBT SERVICE APPROPRIATION OR DEBT SERVICE IS LOOKING ROUGHLY AT 18.5 MILLION. AND THEN THE GOVERNMENTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ADDED IN THIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET IS JUST OVER 51 MILLION. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, IF WE JUST LOOK AT PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX, THAT MAKES UP 70% OF OUR REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. AND SO, THE TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE GENERAL FUND ARE EXPECTED TO BE JUST OVER 51 MILLION. THAT'S A OR A 7% GROWTH OVER THE REVISED BUDGET FIGURES, AND THIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET DOES REFLECT A 10.6% INCREASE PROJECTED IN SALES TAX. TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE PROPOSING 19 ADDITIONAL FTES, WE ARE BRINGING THEM IN.

PARTIALLY DURING THE YEAR. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE START DATE LISTED ON THERE, AND THEN THE RECURRING COSTS ON THIS TABLE REPRESENTS THE FIRST YEAR SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS. THE ONE TIME COSTS WOULD REPRESENT ANY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PURCHASED FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE, FIVE POSITIONS THAT DID RECEIVE A COPS GRANT. SO YOU SEE SOME GRANT REVENUE ON THERE AS WELL, WHAT THAT MEANS IS NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST $2 MILLION IN, IN RECURRING COSTS THAT WILL BE COMING ON FOR A FULL YEAR OF THOSE POSITIONS. IN THE WATER WASTEWATER FUND, WE HAVE A CREW ADDED, AND THAT'S THREE FTES AND THEN WE HAVE JUST ONE, CREW LEADER FOR THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE FUND, SO ALL TOTAL, THAT'S 23 POSITIONS THAT ARE ADDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. IF WE COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS OVER 30 POSITIONS, WE DO HAVE THAT NUMBER COMING DOWN. SO ANOTHER ITEM THAT WILL IMPACT SALARIES AND BENEFITS. THERE WAS A MARKET STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED, AND YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THE RESULTS OF THAT MARKET STUDY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. IT WAS AN AVERAGE OF THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM ANNUAL RATES TO THE BENCHMARK CITIES. AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 1.75 IS ADDED. TO THOSE MARKET AVERAGES. AND THEN

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FOR NON PUBLIC SAFETY, IT WAS SIMPLY JUST THE MAXIMUM AVERAGE MINIMUM AVERAGE TO BRING YOU TO THE MIDPOINT. SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CLARIFY REAL QUICK ON THAT ONE BECAUSE I, I, WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SUPER CLEAR, TO THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE WATCHING AND MAYBE FOR THE NEXT, IT THIS IS A MARKET STUDY TO BRING OUR STAFFING OR OUR OVERALL SALARIES UP TO MARKET RATES BASED ON THOSE GUIDELINES. CORRECT. OKAY I JUST I KNOW WHAT THAT IS. I JUST DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S SUPER CLEAR NO ORCHESTRA SAID IT. YOU WANT TO CLARIFY IT? SO YOU TOOK THE AVERAGE OF ALL OF OUR. THERE IS A MAXIMUM SALARY. YOU CAN TAKE THE AVERAGE OF ALL OF OUR CLIENTS THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. I HAVEN'T SEEN. THAT OKAY. YEAH I, SO SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT ITEMS, IS THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATION BENEFITS, STUDY AND FUNDING, SOME IT SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS, CONTINUATION OF THE STRATIFIED POLICING ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL, A HUGE INCREASE OR NOT A HUGE INCREASE, BUT AN INCREASE IN THE FLOCK SAFETY PROGRAM, WHICH WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY A GRANT, SOME OFFICER SAFETY EQUIPMENT THAT WAS, GRANT FUNDED, WE ARE STARTING THE FIRST YEAR OF A FOUR YEAR PROGRAM TO REPLACE THE RADIOS. THAT'S CURRENTLY USED BY PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THERE WAS AN INCREASE THERE WAS A 26% INCREASE IN THE MAINTAINED PARK ACREAGE, OR WE'RE EXPECTING A 26% INCREASE, FROM THE OPENING OF RAYMOND PARK AND LAKEWOOD PARKS, AND SO WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN THERE TO MAINTAIN THOSE PARKS, PLUS ADDITIONAL MEDIANS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE FROM STREETS BEING FINISHED. WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE. AND SO WE'RE ADDING MONEY INTO THIS BUDGET TO MAINTAIN THOSE NEW ITEMS. SORRY. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TILL THE END TO ASK QUESTIONS? YES. GO AHEAD. OKAY CAN YOU, THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS STUDY AND FUNDING. WHAT IS THAT? CAN YOU GO THROUGH THAT NUMBER AGAIN? I THOUGHT THAT THE STUDY WAS ONLY LIKE 100 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND. THE ACTUAL STUDY ITSELF IS JUST A SMALLER AMOUNT, THIS DOES INCLUDE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE FUNDING FROM THE MARKET STUDY AS WELL. SO FROM THIS, IT'S INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER AS WELL. THAT'S A SMALLER OCCURRING. RIGHT. SORRY. SO IT'S A MIX BETWEEN THE SMALLER RECURRING AMOUNT AND THEN THE ACTUAL COST OF THE FEE. OKAY, I WAS CONFUSED. IT'S NOT A WHOLE NEW AMOUNT. IT'S A BLENDED GOTCHA KIND OF. AND THEN ON THE PARKS AND REC INCREASE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND NEW PARKS AND MEDIAN MAINTENANCE IN OUR FOLDERS, THERE WAS NON-DISCRETIONARY AND DISCRETIONARY EXPENSES THAT INCLUDED OVERTIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IS THAT WHAT THAT NUMBER IS? THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THE ONES THAT WERE IN HERE? YES YEAH. SO THAT'S NOT WE'RE NOT DOING BOTH. CORRECT. OKAY. GOTCHA I WAS JUST WANTING TO CLARIFY. YEAH. FOR THIS, WE TRY AND SUMMARIZE IT IN BIGGER GROUPS THAN GO INTO. SO LOOKING AT THE OTHER FUNDS, FOCUSING ON THE UTILITY FUNDS, WE ARE A DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION UTILITY, MEANING THAT WE DO NOT PRODUCE OUR OWN WATER. WE DO PURCHASE WATER WHOLESALE, WE'RE EXPECTING AN INCREASE FROM OUR PROVIDER OF ROUGHLY 14%, IN RATES, WE HAVE CONDUCTED A RATE STUDY, AND OUR RATE CONSULTANT IS RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE OF A BLENDED 8.7%, WHICH WOULD BE A 5% INCREASE ON THE WATER RATES AND A 16% INCREASE ON WASTEWATER RATES, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST RATE INCREASE THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE 2020, THE SOLID WASTE FUND WAS CREATED IN IN 23, AND IT IS PROVING TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING. AND THEN WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY RATE INCREASE IN THE DRAINAGE FUND, WHEN YOU'RE INCREASING OR LOOKING AT RATES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMPARE THESE, MOST OF THE

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COMPARISON CITIES THAT YOU SEE ARE, PURCHASED FROM THE SAME WHOLESALER THAT WE DO, AND SO WE WOULD EXPECT THEIR RATES TO ALSO INCREASE, AND SO THE BOLDED PORTION PROSPER'S CURRENT RATE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE JUST ABOVE FRISCO AND BELOW SAXY. WITH THIS INCREASE, IT WOULD TAKE US ABOVE SAXY, GIVEN THAT ALL THE OTHER RATES STAY THE SAME FROM THE OTHER ENTITIES, WHICH WE HAVE A STRONG SUSPICION THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THAT THAT MOST OF THESE ENTITIES WOULD BE INCREASING ALONG WITH US, AND THIS REPRESENTS YOUR TYPICAL SUMMER MONTH FOR THE AVERAGE PROSPER RESIDENT. TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. SO COUNCIL AUTHORIZED, SOME BONDS THAT WILL BE SERIES 2024, WHICH TOTALED OVER $36 MILLION. WE ARE PLANNING TO REDEEM, SERIES 2014, THAT WILL BECOME CALLABLE, IT'S ROUGHLY 600,000 IN PRINCIPLE. AND WE'LL SAVE THE TOWN $140,000. RUNNING ALL THESE NUMBERS THROUGH. LOOKING AHEAD, WE ARE CONSIDERING A BOND ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, SO THE CAPACITY FOR THAT, WITH NO TAX RATE INCREASE WOULD BE ROUGHLY 152 MILLION THAT WE COULD AFFORD AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE, THIS BUDGET DOES INCREASE THE TAX RATE FROM 1.77 UP TO EIGHT OVER $0.18, OUR POLICY REQUIRES THAT THE TAX RATE FOR INS NOT BE MORE THAN 40% OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE, AT THIS RATE, IT WOULD BE 36%.

AND THEN AT THE END OF 2025, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE ENDING THE YEAR WITH A TOTAL OUTSTANDING DEBT OF 200 AND 28.5 MILLION. THAT IS ROUGHLY, 2.4% OUTSTANDING TOTAL DEBT AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE, POLICY DICTATES THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT BELOW 4%. AND WHAT THAT MEANS, PER CITIZEN, IS A DEBT BURDEN OF $5,366 PER. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE COMMENT YOU MADE.

YOU SAID IT INCREASES THE TAX RATE. IT INCREASES THE INS RATE. CORRECT. AND AS AS WE GET TO THE ACTUAL TAX RATE, IT DOES NOT INCREASE THAT RATE. CORRECT. IT INCREASES ONLY THE INS PORTION.

AND THIS IS THE LONG RANGE PLAN OUR PLANNING OUT. YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, WE DON'T PLAN TO INCREASE ABOVE THE $0.18, AND THEN ALONG THE VERY BOTTOM IN GREEN, YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, FOR THE YEARS 2027 THROUGH 33. SO TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO GOVERNMENTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS, IN THE BUDGET, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED ARE ROUGHLY 36 MILLION IN STREETS, PROJECTS, SIX AND A HALF IN PARKS, PROJECTS, 5.3 IN FACILITY PROJECTS AND THEN 2 MILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS AND LEAVING 1.5 MILLION. THAT'S UNRESTRICTED. THAT IS, FROM WHAT I'M TOLD, SUPPOSED TO BE PROGRAMED IN THE NEXT CIP, PROJECT FOR COUNCIL MEETING FOR A IN TOTAL. NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING ASKED FOR, THAT'S NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH WHAT WE'RE ISSUING DEBT FOR. SO THESE TWO NUMBERS ON THESE TWO SLIDES ARE RELATED, BUT ARE NOT THE SAME, THIS IS WHAT IS BEING AUTHORIZED OR WAS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL FOR THE SERIES 2024 DEBT ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, THIS IS THE SECOND ISSUANCE FOR PHASE ONE OF RAYMOND COMMUNITY PARK FOR 10.9, AN ISSUANCE OF 10.2 FOR FIRE STATION FOUR. AND THEN BELOW THAT, YOU SEE THE STREETS ISSUANCES, AND EACH OF THOSE ITEMS LISTED ON THERE FOR A TOTAL ISSUANCE OF 36.4, IN ADDITION TO DEBT ISSUANCE, WE

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ALSO HAVE A PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE THAT WE REFER TO AS CAPITAL DEDICATED, WHICH IS A PAY AS YOU GO FUNDING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDED IN THAT IS MONEY TOWARDS PHASE ONE OF THE PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR AND THEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STREETS AS WELL, WHICH IS 9.6 MILLION IN TOTAL, WITH 1.5 MILLION TO BE PROGRAMED AT THE NEXT CIP COMMITTEE MEETING. I JUST WANT TO STOP HERE AND CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING UNDERSTANDS. I THINK WE ALL DO.

BUT THE D AND T, SO CAN YOU GO BACK ONE THE BRAIDED RAMPS 2.5 THAT'S ON BONDS. BUT WE HAD THREE PAYMENTS OF, OF THAT SAME AMOUNT. CORRECT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT REPEATING THAT MONEY. WE'RE MAKING OUR THREE PAYMENTS. WE ARE SO. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR MY PRESENTATION ON THE MAIN LANES. PIECE OF THAT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON, IT'S STILL, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S WORDED. YES. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S THE BRAIDED RAMPS. AND WE HAD, WE HAD BROKEN THE TOTAL THAT WE OWED INTO THREE PAYMENTS. AND SO SOME OF IT'S COMING FROM CAPITAL DEDICATED. SO IT WAS COMING FROM BOND FUNDS. GOTCHA, GOTCHA. JUST SO WE COULD THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. BUT THEN I WAS LIKE I SAW THE MAIN LANE. WE COULD ACCELERATE PAYING IT OFF. THAT'S WHY IT'S INTEREST FREE I KNOW, THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK THANK YOU. CHRIS, I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS WHERE WE GET SOME MORE, COUNCIL DISCUSSION THAT, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS MET SEVERAL TIMES ON THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET AND HAS APPROVED IT TO THIS POINT, THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE DID A BUDGET WORKSHOP A WEEK AGO FOR AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL OF THESE THINGS ALSO, AND WE'VE HAD THE BUDGET IN HAND NOW FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. I THINK. SO. SO I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU AND YOUR TEAM IN PREPARING THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC FOR THIS PUBLIC MEETING HERE. SO, A COUPLE OF OTHER JUST TRIVIA POINTS TO POINT OUT AGAIN. WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, MUNICIPAL EXCELLENCE IN ALL AREAS, SPECIFICALLY IN PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THAT MARKET STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING. WE ARE SAYING IT AND WE'RE PUTTING, DOLLARS BEHIND THAT REQUEST OF MUNICIPAL EXCELLENCE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. AND WE ALSO VALUE THE REST OF THE TEAM, AS WELL. AND THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DISCUSSED STAFF, MOVING THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO THE APPROPRIATE PAY RANGES FOR THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL AND OUR PUBLIC HAVE. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT, THE OTHER IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU POINTED OUT THE 51 MILLION OF CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THESE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. AND THE ONLY THING THAT CAUSES ME, ISSUE IS THE 53, 66 PER CAPITA DEBT, BUT THAT WILL BE REDUCING SIGNIFICANTLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'LL START WITH, MAYOR PRO TEM RAY, YOU KNOW, I AGREE ABSOLUTELY WITH EVERYTHING. MAYOR BISSELL JUST STATED. YOUR TEAM HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB TO GET US PREPARED, THE ANALYSIS THIS YEAR, IT GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR.

NOTHING GETS THE TEAM YOU BUILT AND THE TRANSPARENCY IS WHAT WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD, WE CAN ACTUALLY EXPLAIN EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND IT ALIGNS WITH THE STRATEGIC VISION. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHRIS YEP. I'LL ECHO THOSE COMMENTS TO YOU WERE, WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS. I FEEL LIKE MORE IN ADVANCE THAN WE HAVE SOMETIMES THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR. IT WAS A VALUE ADDED IMPROVEMENT THAT WE NEEDE, AND AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO ASK QUESTIONS AND ATTEND THE PUBLIC MEETING BECAUSE ONE OF THE SIDE NOTES TO THAT IS THAT WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMINOLOGY AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE ASKED, AND I HOPE THE PUBLIC REALIZES, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THAT, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO QUESTIONS AND THINGS, SOMETIMES IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING A LITTLE FASTER AT THIS POINT. AND SO, I JUST WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FROM EVERY ANGLE AND WE'RE OPEN TO, CONTINUED, YOU KNOW, SCRUTINY OF THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS WHY WE STARTED EARLIER AND HOPEFULLY GET TO A GOOD POINT. THERE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT THE CIP SIDE. SO OBVIOUSLY THE CIP COMMITTEE DOESN'T WANT TO RECOMMEND UNPROGRAMED $1.5 MILLION. SO AT OUR NEXT MEETING, I ASSUME WE WILL BE PROGRAMING THAT MONEY. SO WE'LL ALL KNOW

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AND OUR PUBLIC WILL KNOW WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THAT ON THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR BOOK, JUST NOTE WE DID LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK FROM THE WORK SESSION, CIP HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GRANT MATCHING PROJECTS AND THAT IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANTS, WE MAY OR MAY NOT FUND THOSE. SO THOSE WOULD COME AROUND A SECOND TIME. THEY'RE PLACE HELD HERE, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WILL NECESSARILY DO THEM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT TO AND THEN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS. AND THEN THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS ON HERE THAT WE SORT OF DEBATED IN THE LAST MEETING TO TAKE OUT OR NOT. AND SO I THINK WE'RE JUST WAITING ON STAFF TO MEET FOR US TO MEET AGAIN AT THE END OF AUGUST, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE CLARITY ON, ON SOME OF THOSE LITTLE QUESTION MARKS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT. YEAH, I JUST I THINK ALL THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS OR THAT, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS, THIS IS, PROBABLY THE MOST, EASIEST TO UNDERSTAND. SO, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US, WHO DON'T DEAL WITH THIS EVERY DAY, BUT ALONG WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NOT HAVING TO RAISE THE TAX RATE, I THINK IS, IS MY BIGGEST, JOY, I GUESS OUT OF THIS WHOLE THING TOO, SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THAT. IS GREAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS BEING MY FIRST, TOWN BUDGET SEASON, YOU'VE MADE IT VERY, VERY SMOOTH AND SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUING THE PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THIS IS THE HANDY DANDY COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET BOOK THAT I'M SURE THAT STAFF WOULD MAKE AVAILABLE WHEN THE BUDGET IS FINALIZED, AS YOU CAN SEE, MINE HAS LITTLE STICKY TABS THROUGHOUT IT. SO, THE POINT IS, IS IT IS IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. AND, THANK YOU FOR PREPARING IT. IT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I THINK THIS IS A DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE SUBMISSION. SO IS THERE A MOTION THAT IS NEEDED WITH THIS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S IT. YEAH OKAY. NO. ALL RIGHT THEN WITH NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR

[18. Consider and act upon an ordinance establishing the tax year 2024 Certified Appraisal Roll. (CL)]

COMMENTS WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18, WHICH WE WILL ACT UPON, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE TAX YEAR 2024 CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLL. THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS THIS ITEM IS ONE OF THOSE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. AND SO IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE EVALUATION AND HOW THAT CAME IN. SO THE EVALUATION I HAVE HISTORICALLY, SO YOU CAN COMPARE THE VALUATION OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE EVALUATION EXCLUDING FREEZES, OUR TOTAL VALUATION, OBVIOUSLY EXCLUDING THE AMOUNT THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FREEZE, WE CAME IN AT ROUGHLY 9.6 BILLION, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 15.4%. AND WE'RE CONTINUING THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH ON NEW PROPERTY, AT 878 MILLION, WHICH MAKES UP 10.5% OF OUR GROWTH. AND WITH THE REST BEING EXISTING PROPERTY THAT WAS REAPPRAISED AT A HIGHER AMOUNT. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A MOTION IN ACTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE TAX YEAR 2024 CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLL. THANK YOU. MOTION BY AMY, SECONDED BY CHRIS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19 IS. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ACCEPTING

[19. Consider and act upon accepting submission of the tax year 2024, fiscal year 2024- 2025, no-new-revenue tax rate of $0.466941 per $100 taxable value, voter-approval tax rate of $0.522075 per $100 taxable value, and preliminary property tax rate of $0.505000 per $100 taxable value. (CL)]

THE SUBMISSION OF THE TAX YEAR 2020 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425. NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 46.466941 PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE. THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF 0.522075 PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE, AND A PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.505000 PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE.

CHRIS, THANK YOU AGAIN. SO I WANTED TO START OFF BY JUST EXPLAINING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS. SO THIS IS THE RATE AT WHICH YOU HAVE TO ADOPT. TO COLLECT THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT YOU DID IN THE PRIOR YEAR WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING THE SAME EXACT PROPERTIES. NOW IT GETS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED IN THAT THERE'S EXCLUSIONS, FOR NEW PROPERTY AND FOR PROPERTY INTERS AND OTHER EXCLUSIONS AS WELL. BUT IT'S ROUGHLY TO GIVE YOU THE YEAR

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OVER YEAR YEAR. IF WE WERE GOING TO NOT INCREASE OUR REVENUE, THE TAX RATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT, THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, LOOKS AT YOUR SIDE AND DOES A NO NEW REVENUE, NO CALCULATION ALLOWS YOU TO GROW 3.5% ON YOUR NO SIDE, AND THEN IT'S A CALCULATED INS RATE. THE RATE IS CALCULATED TO BE WHAT YOU NEED TO COVER YOUR DEBT SERVICE, THOSE TWO ADDED TOGETHER BECOMES YOUR VOTER APPROVAL RATE, AND THEN ANY UNUSED INCREMENT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS CAN BE USED AS WELL. AND SO JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE ARE, I HAVE THE CURRENT YEAR'S NUMBERS AS COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR'S NUMBERS, SO LAST YEAR COUNCIL ADOPTED A 50 $0.01 TAX RATE, THIS YEAR BEING PROPOSED BY STAFF IS A 50.5 CENT TAX RATE, WE ARE NOT TAKING IT UP TO THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF THE $0.52, WE ARE SAYING THAT THIS 50.5 CENTS IS THE MOST THAT WILL GO TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO TO REITERATE THAT WE COULD, AS A STAFF AND COUNCIL HAVE GONE UP TO THE $0.52, HOWEVER 52 TWO. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY A PENNY 1.7 CENTS BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

AND THIS IS WHERE THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HODGES SAYS WE GET TO LOWER IT TO 50.5. SO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAF? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I DON'T THINK SO. NOT ON THIS ONE. NO CAN WE CHECK THIS? YES, SIR. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE SUBMISSION OF THE TAX YEAR 2024.

NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 0.466941 CENTS PER $100 TAXABLE VALUE. VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF 0.52207 $0.05 PER $100. TAXABLE VALUE AND PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.505 OR 50, AND A HALF CENTS PER $100 TAXABLE VALUE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JEFF HODGES, SECONDED BY CHRIS KERN. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY

[20. Consider and act upon a proposed fiscal year 2024-2025 Property Tax Rate. (CL)]