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AT SEVEN O'CLOCK WE'LL CALL[1. CALL SESSION TO ORDER]
THE SESSION ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2022.WE'LL START WITH ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, SUTTON, COUNCILMEMBER THORTON, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLEREAL SALVO COUNCIL MEMBER, GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY MAYOR PRO TEM ROSE, NOT HERE.
NEXT WE'LL GO TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FUEL PRICE.
YEAH AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
[5. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS]
THAT BRINGS US TO CITY MANAGER COMMENTS.MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING.
WE WANT YOU TO BE ADVISED THAT WE HAVE SANDED, UH, BEGUN OR COMPLETED, UH, SOME SANDING PROJECTS FOR BRIDGES AND WITH SAND AND SALT.
UH, WE'VE WENT ARISE, THE PARK RESTROOMS AND IRRIGATIONS AND PLUMBING.
WE'VE CHECKED OUR GENERATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING AND THEY'RE FULL OF, UH, UH, THE FULL OF FUEL.
WE'VE ALSO SHARED SOME INFORMATION VIA THE PUBLIC, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, AS WELL AS WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UH, WE'VE CONTINUED TO HAVE STAFF DISCUSSIONS AND PLANS ABOUT THE WEATHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED.
WE'VE ALSO PARTICIPATED WITH THE COUNTY CALLS THAT, UH, UPDATED US ON THE WEATHER.
SO WE'RE MAKING EVERY PREPARATION THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE PREPARED.
IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE MUCH OF A TRAFFIC DISRUPTION OTHER THAN THINGS BEING COLD, BUT IT IS, IT DOES GIVE US A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE SOME OF OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WITH A LOT OF NEW TEAM MEMBERS.
ALSO WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY BEING IMPACTED BY COVID, WE'RE UPDATING OUR RESPONSES SHIFTING AND CHANGING THOSE DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AS WE DELIVER SERVICES AND TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION OF SERVICES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, NOT WITHSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY IT.
AND SO IT HAS CAUSED US TO MISS SOME DAYS AT WORK AND NOT GET THINGS DONE AS QUICKLY AS WE OTHERWISE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE COUNCIL, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, YOU'LL BE CONTACTED BY YOUR FACILITATOR, UH, AND PLEASE MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS, UH, TO DO THAT SET ASIDE THOSE TIMES.
AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THE EFFORTS TO FEEL A MIRROR TO VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UH, IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE THAT IS LOOKING TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF HUDDLE, PLEASE HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE AT THE POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THAT BRINGS US THE CITY COUNCIL
[6. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COMMENTS, ITEM 61 GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL.WE HAVE ANY THERE REALLY ENJOYED GOING TO OUR, UM, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, GALA THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE GOT TO SEE A LOT OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE THERE IN ATTENDANCE AND JUST CELEBRATE THE WORK THEY'RE DOING FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT IS SUPPORTING OUR ECONOMY, UM, IN OUR LOCAL AREA.
SO IT WAS GREAT CONVERSATIONS ACTUALLY WALKED AWAY WITH ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT, UM, ITEMS TO, TO WORK ON WITH THE CITY THIS WEEK.
SO IT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTIVE IN THAT REGARD.
UH, IN ADDITION, LEAD HADOW, UH, JUST STARTED A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND MYSELF AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FROM THE CITY CIDER PARTICIPATING IN THAT AND, UM, A GOOD COHORT OF PEOPLE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND I'M DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW THAT GOES OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
ANY OTHERS? UM, YES, I HAD A FEW, UM, JUST WANTED TO, UM, DEFINITELY NOTE THE CELEBRATION THAT HAPPENED ON MONDAY WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY.
IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO KIND OF HAVE SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY AND SEE ALL THE SMILING FACES AND RECOGNIZABLE FACES THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, JUST A FEW KIND OF REMINDERS OF UPCOMING EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, UM, TO HELP HADOW THE HEAD OF RESOURCE CENTER IS HAVING THEIR FOURTH ANNUAL SUPERBOWL ON SUNDAY, UM, FEBRUARY SIX, FROM FOUR 30 TO SIX 30.
UM, AND THEN HE, UM, HAD A HIGH SCHOOL.
THEIR ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB IS HAVING A CASINO NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 18TH.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN BE INVOLVED IN HELP, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN HOW TO THANK YOU.
NEXT, WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL, LIAISON REPORTS
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AND REPORTS FROM COUNCIL, UH, PARKS ADVISORY BOARD MET THIS WEEK WITH OUR NEW PARK SUPERINTENDENT, UM, MR. WHITE, UH, JEFF WHITE.AND, UH, IT WAS A REALLY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
WE'RE GETTING FURTHER ON, UM, PRIORITIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO COUNCIL FOR, UM, UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WHAT THEY SEE IS JUST FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE OF PRIORITIES, WE SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE TALKED MORE ABOUT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT, AND, UH, THERE'S SOME GOOD PROJECTS THAT'LL BE COMING OUR WAY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, UM, WAS ACTUALLY POSTPONED.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS TUESDAY.
UM, BUT DUE TO SOME UNFORESEEN ISSUES IS ACTUALLY BEING RESCHEDULED TO NEXT TUESDAY.
SO JUST FOR ALL THOSE THAT MAY BE INTERESTED, DNI WILL BE THIS COMING TUESDAY.
WE DID HAVE AN EDC MEETING AND THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SHARE IN PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP, BUT THERE WILL BE A JOINT MEETING, UH, BETWEEN THE EDC AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, COMING UP VERY SOON REGARDING, UM, SOME DIRECTION THAT THE, UH, EDC WOULD LIKE TO GO AND RUN BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, SOME UPCOMING SEMINARS AND TRAINING THINGS THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED THAT THE CHAIRMAN WILL, UM, WORK ON.
WHO'S GOING TO DECIDE THAT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE THE, UH, GROWTH IN 2022 THAT WE STARTED IN 21.
[7. PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENT.THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS, IS MAXIMILLIAN SMITH HERE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT, WE'LL GO TO KATHLEEN COOK.
MS. COOK, WE'LL HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THE LIGHT WILL TURN GREEN WITH THOSE.
WHEN THERE'S 30 SECONDS LEFT, I'LL GO TO YELLOW.
AND THEN WHEN IT GOES TO RED, UH, TIME'S UP.
MY NAME IS KATHLEEN COOK AND I LIVE AT 2 0 5 LEGENDS OF HADOW TRAIL.
MY BACK FENCE IS ALONG THE HERRERA DITCH.
I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THEIR RARE DITCH FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THAT LONG, BUT ANYWAY, THE CITY TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE DITCHES LAST AUGUST.
AND INSTEAD OF GETTING AN EXPERIENCED COMPANY TO REPAIR THE DITCH, THEY, THE CITY THEN CITY MANAGER ALLOWED TONY HOSTS TO GO OUT WITHOUT AN ENGINEERED DESIGN, DIG UP MY DITCH STRIP, STRIP AWAY MY LAND AND MY SOIL LEAVING A CLIFF ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DITCH.
THE FIRST RAIN LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE SIDES OF THE DITCH AND TOOK AWAY THE HOMEOWNER'S PROPERTY.
SO AT THAT POINT, WADE CAME OUT AND AT THE OCTOBER 7TH MEETING ITEM 10, SIX, IT WAS STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE TWO MONTHS TO DO A SURVEY AND DESIGN A DITCH REPAIR.
I FOUND OUT THAT NOTHING WAS DONE, I GUESS THE SQUEAKY WHEEL IS WHAT WAS NEEDED BECAUSE I TRIED TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT DURING THAT TIME ON JANUARY SIX AND HERE THAT THEY WILL GET THE SURVEYS DONE IN JANUARY.
AND AN ENGINEER WILL DESIGN THE REPAIR.
THE MAYOR IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS REPEATEDLY QUESTIONED THE LACK OF ENGINEERED DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY HAVEN'T THE REST OF YOU GOTTEN UPSET ABOUT THIS.
THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE COMMENT BY ANYONE ELSE TO EXPRESS DISPLEASURE AND A DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION.
PLACING THE DITCHES ON THE AGENDA FOR UPDATES JUST BRINGS MORE PROMISES AND, UH, NO NEW DEVELOPMENT MESSAGE.
AND YOU SIT SILENTLY WHY MY LAND AND MY FENCE ARE THREATENED.
SPRING RAINS WILL BE HERE SOON.
AND WHEN THE FENCE GOES, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP MY TWO SENIOR DOGS SAFE.
ONE IS DEAF AND THE STEEP DROP-OFF ALONE WILL ENDANGER THEIR LIVES.
IN A FEW WEEKS, THE WEEDS WILL GROW ON THE FEW INCHES OF LAND THAT I HAVE LEFT ON THE BACKSIDE OF MY FENCE.
AND I WILL HAVE NO MEANS TO MAINTAIN THE DITCH BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE.
THE HOA WILL SEND NOTICES AND FINES.
AND IN FACT, THE FIVE MONTHS THAT HAVE PASSED THIS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.
PLEASE USE YOUR AUTHORITY, USE YOUR POSITIONS, GET THE PEOPLE THAT YOU EMPLOY TO WORK AND GET THIS DONE.
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THAT PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY OWNERS LAND BE RESTORED.I'M ASKING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE SAFE ACCESS TO THE BACKSIDE OF THEIR FENCE SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THE FENCE.
AND I'M ASKING THAT THE DESIGN DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
STOP THE EROSION AND THE LOSS OF OUR PROPERTY INTO THE DITCH.
I INVITE EACH ONE OF YOU TO COME OUT.
I HAVE A STACK OF PAPERWORK, AT LEAST THIS THICK OF EMAILS AND CORRESPONDENCE GOING BACK THREE YEARS, I HAVE THE PHOTOS.
I WILL BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU THE DITCH AND DISCUSS THE ISSUES IN MY CONCERNS IN MORE DETAIL.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND YOUR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION IN GETTING THIS DITCH DONE CORRECTLY COMPLETELY AND QUICKLY.
MA'AM I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THE AGENDA, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION BASED ON TALKING WITH THIS CITY MANAGER, LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE ITEM NINE ONE AND PUT THAT AFTER NINE, SEVEN ITEM 12, FIVE TO BE PUT AFTER 11 TO AN ITEM 11 ONE AFTER ITEM 12, FIVE HELP WITH THE FLOW OF THE MEETING.
SO WHAT WAS THE ORDER? NINE ONE AFTER ITEM NINE.
WAS, WAS THAT THE ONE OR WAS IT NINE THREE THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT? THIS IS A, ANOTHER ONE.
SO THE RATIONALE MR. MERRICK MIGHT EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE FOR MOVING 91, 9 11 IS GOING TO NEED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE LGC, BUT THE PERSON WE NEED TO APPOINT IS NOT OFFICIALLY RESIGN UNTIL NINE FIVE.
AND THEN THE 12, FIVE AND 11 ONE HAS TO DO WITH ONE OF THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS TO KIND OF GET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE FOR THAT IN AND OUT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
ANY OBJECTIONS, IT'LL BE 11.2 12.5 AND THEN 11.1.
[8. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
CONSENT.AGENDA ITEM EIGHT ONE TONIGHT, ITEM EIGHT, TWO YOU'RE ON THE CONSENT.
WE MAY HAVE TO APPROVE EIGHT ONE AND EIGHT.
TWO IS PRESENTED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLEREAL SALVO.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OH, SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR GORDON APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS, HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN THORTON, COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY, COUNCIL MEMBER, MANDY MAYOR MIKE SNYDER, COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON.
[9.2. Update on speed limit concerns. (Chief Jim Stuart)]
HAVE ITEM NINE TO UPDATE ON THE SPEED LIMIT CONCERNS OF EVENING CHIEF STEWART.YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU AGAIN.
UH, I WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE INFORMATION I FOUND OUT ABOUT OUR SPEED SURVEYS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, I LOOKED BACK AT THE DATA WE HAD FROM LAST YEAR IN 2021.
UH, WE HAD 13 DIFFERENT DEPLOYMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE CITY.
UM, THOSE DEPLOYMENTS WOULD GO ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 14 DAYS AT A TIME.
UH, OVER THAT TIME PERIOD IN ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMBINED, THERE WAS 253,000 CARS THAT WERE SURVEYED COMING THROUGH, UH, OUT OF THAT, YOU HAVE ABOUT A 98 90 9% COMPLIANCE RATING FOR 30 MILES AN HOUR AND UNDER, THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT'S VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD COMPLIANCE.
UM, THERE WERE ABOUT 4,500 CARS AGAIN IN TOTALITY THROUGH THE ENTIRE 13 DEPLOYMENTS THAT WERE ABOVE 30 MILES AN HOUR.
AND ABOUT 90% OF THOSE WERE BETWEEN 31 AND 35 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, SINCE I ARRIVED HERE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AND GETTING THE VEHICLE, GETTING THE CARS OUT, UH, IN, UH, IN THE PUBLIC, MAKING SURE BY SEES US ENFORCING TRAFFIC A LITTLE MORE REGULARLY.
UH, WE'RE NOT HAVING TOO MUCH PROBLEMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OF CONCERN THAT WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON.
UH, THE, THE PROBLEM AREAS THAT I SEE ARE, UH, ROADS, LIKE LITTLE LAKE AND A STATE DRIVE.
THEY'RE VERY WIDE, LONG AND STRAIGHT, AND IT JUST KIND OF ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO SPEED.
UM, AS I GO AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHAT I SEE IS IT'S, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF WEAVE YOUR WAY THROUGH SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THERE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO STOP, LET A CAR PASS BEFORE THEY CAN GO BY.
SO THE SORT OF THE NARROWNESS OF THE STREETS KIND OF HELPS KEEP THE TRAFFIC DOWN
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VERY WELL.UM, IN MY 40 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'VE NEVER S NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WAS, WAS A CONCERN.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND I, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT HERE.
YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS KEEP THE SPEED LIMITS AT 30 THROUGH YOUR, THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S GOOD SPEED FOR PEOPLE TO REACT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS OUT IN FRONT, BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS IN THAT AREA.
THAT AREA THAT I IS MORE CONCERNED TO ME IS THE BIG ROADS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE LESS COMPLIANCE AND WE REALLY NEED TO ENFORCE THE TRAFFIC A LITTLE MORE HEAVY.
THERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER FOR ANYBODY? OKAY.
UM, SINCE I BROUGHT THIS BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND BEFORE STAFF, UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERNS WERE THE DISCREPANCY AND SPEED LIMITS ON 79 AND SOME OF OUR MAJOR ROADS, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT MORPHED INTO JUST RESIDENTIAL.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE HAS GOTTEN TO, UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SUBDIVISIONS, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF STREET PARKING AND YOU HAVE TO WEAVE IN AND OUT, YOU KNOW, GOT THE GARBAGE TRUCKS COMING THROUGH AND THEY HAVE SIDEWALKS.
THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS FOR PEDESTRIANS.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, MY BIGGEST ISSUES WERE WHEN I FIRST PRESENTED THIS FOR, UM, THE DISCREPANCY IN SPEED LIMITS ON 79, UM, ITCH MET COMING IN, UM, FROM LIMMER LOOP.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, CHRIS KELLY GOING SOUTH AND HOW QUICKLY IT GOES TO 60 MILES AN HOUR, RIGHT BEFORE DAYCARE.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND WHAT I WANTED TO HAVE HAPPEN WAS GET TXDOT IN HERE AND DO A TRAFFIC STUDY WITH THE INCREASE OF OUR POPULATION, UM, AND LOOK AT OUR LIGHT ROTATIONS.
AND OF COURSE THE TRAIN, YOU KNOW, STUFF.
AND, UM, JUST SEE, ARE THE SPEED LIMITS? YOU KNOW, WE GOT 55 IN FRONT OF HOME DEPOT, ARE THE SPEED LIMITS SAFE OR ARE THEY NOT, I JUST WANT AN ANSWER AS TO WHETHER THAT COULD HELP OUR TRAFFIC CONGESTION WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WAITING AN HOUR TO GET OUT OF HOW TO GO TO WORK, WHICH IS, OR GET HOME FROM WORK.
UM, SO THAT WAS MY INITIAL CONCERN.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS WITH THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS I LIVE IN OLD TOWN AND THE STREETS ARE VERY NARROW.
UM, IT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY JUST IN THAT AREA TO MAKE IT A WALKING DISTRICT, MAYBE MAKE IT MORE SAFE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN TO VISIT OUR BUSINESSES AND SHOPS, GET MORE TOURISM COMING IN INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, EACH STREET ONLY HAS ONE STOP SIGN AND YOU CAN FLY THROUGH EAST STREET.
SO, UM, JUST OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY IN A DIFFERENT WAY, AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE STOP THAT COMING IN FROM EMORY FARMS FLYING THROUGH LOWE'S TO 79, WHICH IS WHERE PEOPLE MOSTLY COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC TICKETS, BUT, AND THEN ALSO PROTECTING THE SAFETY GOING SOUTH ON CHRIS KELLY AT THE DAYCARE, AND ALSO ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE GOING IN THERE.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE SPEED LIMITS ARE SAFE CONSIDERING OUR GROWTH.
CERTAINLY I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT BEHIND YOU ON THAT.
AND IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON, UH, SO THAT WE'RE MAKING CERTAIN AS WE'RE DRIVING AROUND AND, AND IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT WE THINK MIGHT BE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS DOWN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN BRING IT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
UH, I THINK A LOT OF THE LITTLE THINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE CAN CERTAINLY HANDLE OURSELVES WITH, UH, TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AND THAT'LL HELP KEEP THE TRAFFIC DOWN.
UM, THE DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU KNOW, AS, AS I DRIVE THROUGH THAT, I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANYBODY DRIVING THROUGH VERY QUICKLY.
AND I THINK THE, THE CONDITION OF THE ROADWAY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT.
I'M, I'M USUALLY ABOUT 20, 21 MILES AN HOUR GOING THROUGH THERE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY BUMPS AND TWISTS IN THE ROAD.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S THERE STOP SIGNS ON ALMOST EVERY CORNER.
SO YOU START STOP QUITE A BIT THROUGH THERE, BUT IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON HAVING AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT DOWN THERE, PLANNING THAT OUT AND HAVING THE POLICE INVOLVED WITH YOU TO HELP WITH THAT IS CERTAINLY A WONDERFUL IDEA.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT 79? SO 79 RIGHT NOW, MY BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THAT IS THE, THE, UH, TRAFFIC LIGHT DOWN HERE IN THE MORNINGS, UH, TRIED TO GET THE GUYS OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST GET IMPATIENT WHEN THE TRAFFIC STARTS TO GET HEAVY AND YOU'LL END UP WITH FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE RUNNING THE LIGHT.
AND AS PEOPLE ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, FROM THE OTHER SIDE, THAT'S TURNED GREEN.
SO I'M TRYING TO JUST STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
UH, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SO I CAN HAVE A BETTER RECOMMENDATION.
YOU KNOW, I'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON, SO I'M TRYING TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I CAN.
YES, MA'AM CUSTOMER V VILLAREAL SILVA.
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THAT'S WHERE THE GORDON MACKENZIE, THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT UPDATE.UM, I DID JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO REMIND ABOUT THOSE LAKE SIDE OF STATE SIDEWALKS, BECAUSE BOTH STREETS THAT YOU NAMED, UM, LITTLE LAKE AND A STATE ARE BOTH IN THE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS.
SO THAT LITTLE LAKE, UM, ESTATE AREA OF BELIEVE IS PHASE ONE.
SO HOPEFULLY THOSE SIDEWALKS, I JUST DON'T WANT STAFF AND EVERYONE ELSE TO FORGET ABOUT THOSE BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE AREAS AND ISSUES ARE PRESENT IN ONE SPECIFICALLY THAT I KNOW OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN ON THE BLOCK TRYING TO GET SIDEWALKS FOR AT LEAST TWO TO THREE YEARS NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST WANT IT TO TAKE THAT TIME TO, TO NOTE THAT AND JUST KIND OF REMIND EVERYBODY THAT HOPEFULLY THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE IN THE WORKS BECAUSE SPEEDING IS A BIG ISSUE ON THOSE TWO ARTERIAL ROADS TO YOUR POINT COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE NEXT, UM, UPDATE ON INFRASTRUCTURE WE ASKED, UM, I BELIEVE A MEETING OR TWO AGO THAT HAVE SIDEWALKS START TO BE PART OF THE MONTHLY PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE RIGHT ON THAT.
SO WE SHOULD GET AN UPDATE CUSTOMER WITH WHARTON.
UM, YEAH, YOU MENTIONED THE ENFORCEMENT AND THOSE DEFINITELY GET NOTICED.
UH, THERE ARE PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK WARNING, THE ENTIRE TOWN THAT, HEY, THEY'RE OUT UNEDUCATED AGAIN TODAY.
UH, BECAUSE THAT, THAT ONE SPOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S WHERE IT DROPS DOWN TO 35 REAL QUICK CATCHES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, START IN INTO THERE AT 50 AND KEEP GOING THROUGH 50 AND DON'T REALIZE THEY NEED TO SLOW DOWN RIGHT THERE.
UM, ONE OF THE POINTS THAT COMES UP IS PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, OKAY, THOSE ARE THE VISIBLE ONES, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT DATA SHOWING THE NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE AS MUCH SPEEDING.
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T SEE ENFORCEMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO I WONDER IF JUST OCCASIONAL TARGETED ENFORCEMENT WITHIN INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
REMIND PEOPLE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE REINFORCED THAT CONVERSATION THIS WEEK AT OUR STAFF MEETING.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE, UH, THE SERGEANTS ARE, ARE ACTUALLY DIRECTING SOME ACTIVITY TO DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, WE TRY TO, AS I DRIVE AROUND DURING THE DAY MYSELF, I TRY TO FIND AREAS THAT, OKAY, I THINK THIS NEEDS A LITTLE ATTENTION OVER HERE.
UH, BUT THEY'RE ON THE STREETS AT NIGHT AND YOU KNOW, MORE OFTEN THAN I AM, SO THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL, AND THEN MOVE IT AROUND TOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST STAY CONCENTRATED IN ONE AREA.
UH, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS THAT, UH, AS I'M OUT AND ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, UH, EVERYBODY THAT STOPS ME AND SAYS, WE SEE YOUR GUYS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT.
SO IF THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE VISIBLE, THEY'RE BEING A DETERRENT TO SPEED AND, AND WE JUST NEED TO START FOCUSING ON SOME DIFFERENT AREAS AND RAMPING IT UP.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE INCREASED THEIR PRODUCTIVITY OVER THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE WORKING REALLY HARD.
I EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
UH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAY FOCUSED ON THAT.
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NINE, THREE UPDATE CITY MANAGER.
YEAH, I'M NOT SURE HOW I GET TO SPEAK HERE.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD SHARE IS THAT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA, IT'S MORE OF A WALKING DISTRICT.
THAT'S A FAIRLY MAJOR PROJECT.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT PROJECTS DURING YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, UH, THAT, UH, YOU ALL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO PURSUE.
[9.3. Update on TSTC Agreement. (City Manager Turner)]
NINE, THREE UPDATE ON THE T S T S T C AGREEMENT.MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, I HAVE A SUGGESTION THAT, UH, FOR YOU ON THAT, AND I REALIZED THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF CONCERNS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE COLLEGE'S AN IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTE TO THIS CITY.
I WAS ADJUST THAT THE COUNCIL EITHER DESIGNATE OR APPOINT A COUPLE OF MEMBERS TO MEET WITH SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COLLEGE, AND THEY TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED.
I THINK THE LATEST UPDATE WAS IN 2019, UM, AND TALK ABOUT CONCERNS AND BETTER COMMUNICATION, AND THEN BRING SOMETHING BACK AS A GROUP TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE COUNCIL COULD TAKE A LOOK AT AND SAY, YEP, THIS COVERS WHAT WE THINK WE NEED.
UM, I THINK PROBABLY THERE'S A NEED FOR EVEN BETTER COMMUNICATIONS.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT NEW, UH, FOLKS OVER THERE AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW FOLKS ON THIS SIDE TOO.
SO MAYBE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, HOW THEY'RE DOING IT AND WHY THEY'RE DOING IT, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW MAY BE HELPFUL AND THEN MAYBE FLESHED DOWN TO THE, UH, UH, MAJOR ISSUES.
IF YOU DO THEN GET TO A POINT WHERE THERE'S SOMETHING, UH, THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE CAN DO SOME STAFF WORK ON IT FROM BOTH SIDES TO TRY TO BRIDGE
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THAT.BUT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT SURE IF THE ISSUES ARE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED OR IDENTIFIABLE BY YOU AS A COUNCIL, A WHOLE COUNCIL, NOT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, BUT A WHOLE COUNCIL.
SO I WAS SUGGESTED TO, UH, IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS IDEA, COME BACK AT YOUR NEXT MEETING AND A POINT A COUPLE OF YOUTUBE, UH, EITHER DESIGNATE OR APPOINT A COUPLE OF YOU TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COLLEGE AND SEE WHAT CAN BE WORKED OUT, CUSTOMER GORDON.
UM, NO, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, OH, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN WE GOT OUR, WHAT I, WHEN I GOT MY UPDATE EARLIER IN THE WEEK ON THE PACKET.
SO, UH, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
UH, LIKE TO PLAN ON DOING THAT NEXT TIME AND THE POINT A COUPLE OF US CUSTOMER MCKINSEY.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HURT TO LOOK AT THE 200 LOCAL INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME PAST HISTORY THERE THAT MAYBE HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN POSITIVE.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO REALLY FORM MORE RELATIONSHIPS, START BUILDING THAT BACK, UM, IN A POSITIVE WAY.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT MORE INTIMATE SETTING TO REALLY DO THAT.
I DO AGREE THAT IT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
UM, IN THIS PACKET, I'M CONCERNED WHY THE CITY HASN'T PAID, UM, FOR THREE YEARS AS PART OF A PART OF OUR AGREEMENT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER, UM, I KNOW THAT WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT AS TO WHY WE WERE BEHIND THREE PAYMENTS, UM, AND HAVE NOT, UM, UPHELD OUR PART OF THAT AGREEMENT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE COLLEGE IS IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.
THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, PROBABLY ON ALL SIDES AT THIS POINT, AND WE NEED TO MAKE PROGRESS FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO START DIGGING INTO THE PROBLEMS, IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING ONE BY ONE, AND THEN TRYING TO FIX THEM.
AND SO APPOINTING A FEW PEOPLE TO, TO GO DO THAT.
WORK IS A VALID APPROACH TO GO DO THAT.
SO, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF EVERYBODY, ELSE'S, UM, I HAVE A SIMILAR CONCERN, SO THIS IS A US COUNCIL MEMBER SET.
AND SO THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH TSTC HEDO ISD, OUR EDC B AND THE CITY OF HADOW.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN SINCE 2011 AND IT WAS RESTATED IN 2019.
AND FROM WHAT I'VE READ WERE AN UNDERSTOOD, PLEASE CLARIFY IF I'M WRONG.
UM, CITY MANAGER OR STACY, WE'RE THE ONLY PARTY IN THE AGREEMENT THAT IS BEHIND ON PAYMENTS, IS THAT ACCURATE FOR THREE YEARS? OKAY.
UM, IS THERE ANY EXPLANATION ON LIKE THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND JUST ON WHY THAT'S HAPPENED, UM, SPEAKING AS GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHEN THIS ISSUE CAME UP LAST YEAR, UM, THERE WERE QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THERE WERE CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT, UM, THAT, UH, WORKED TO BE PRODUCED.
UH, THAT THERE'S A QUESTION REGARDING THAT, THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ITSELF IS NOT A PARTY WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 7 90, 1 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS NO LONGER A PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
THEY HAVE, THEY'VE CREATED A NEW AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN TSTC AND THE HVDC, UH, IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE, UH, UH, INFIRMITIES WITH REGARDS TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT, ONCE THAT WAS DONE, THEN, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CAUGHT UP.
IT WAS TWO PAYMENTS BEHIND BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE OF THE CONCERN, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE CONTRACT AND WHAT OBLIGATIONS THE DELIVERABLES WERE, ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE.
AND ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT, THEN WE CAUGHT UP.
AND SO, YES, YES, MA'AM, THAT'S NOT SPEAKING TO THE CITY.
AND SO TH THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS THEN GOING TO GO TO THE CITY.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WHETHER I DON'T KNOW THAT TC, UH, TSTC PURSUED THOSE CONCERNS AT THAT TIME, I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN MEETING REGULARLY WITH TSTC, WITH LISSA, THE PROVOST.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, I KNOW THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN POSITIVE, MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, I HAVE NOT HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH THE COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES.
I WILL SAY THAT I KNOW, UH, MS. ADAMS FROM A, ANOTHER ROLE THAT SHE, WHEN I WAS IN ANOTHER ROLE THAT I HAD, SO, UH, I AM FAMILIAR WITH HER AND WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE SOME DIALOGUE.
UM, I HAVE LISTENED TO A MYRIAD OF COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, UH, THE HISTORY ON THIS.
AND, AND WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION AS WHY, WHAT I WILL HAVE TO CONFESS MY PRIMARY
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FOCUS HAS BEEN LOOKING FORWARD AND HOW DO WE GET FROM WHERE WE'RE AT NOW TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE? AND I WILL BE CANDID THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS ALMOST LIKE OPENING UP A FULL CLOSET.WHEN I ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT RECENT HISTORY AND STUFF POPS OUT AND I CAN'T CHANGE HISTORY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I HEARD HER TO ASK THAT, WE'LL ASK THAT QUESTION, UH, BUT WE WILL ALSO TRY TO FOCUS ON HOW DO WE GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS TWO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ENTITIES FOR THE GROWTH AND THE WELLBEING OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AM I QUOTING THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION IS IF THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVEN'T SOLVED, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ADDRESSED BECAUSE THREE YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
UM, AND I AGREE THAT HAVING TSTC A COLLEGE AND A COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S A HUGE, UM, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT WHERE THEY WANT TO GO AND DEVELOP, AND WE HAVE THAT, BUT TAYLOR IN ROUND ROCK DOESN'T.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT IT TO BE, UM, A SUCCESSFUL IN STRONG PARTNERSHIP.
I REMEMBER ENVYING THIS IN ANOTHER ROLE IN ANOTHER POSITION AND BEING THE COLLEGE BEING OVER HERE.
SO YES, MA'AM, WELL, I AM GLAD THAT YOU WILL BE MEETING WITH THEM AND THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH LISSA.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE CAN FIX THINGS AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, I JUST, I WANTED THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER TO KNOW THAT THE UNDERLYING AGREEMENT WAS AN OLDER AGREEMENT THAT INITIATED THE BOND OR RECEIVED THE FUNDS TO BUILD THE FACILITY.
AND SO THEN IT CREATED A 30 YEAR OBLIGATION ON ALL OF THE PARTIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, THE PAYMENT OF THAT DEBT.
AND SO THAT, THAT IS WHAT THE $25,000 IS.
IT WAS THE SAME, SAME FOR THE ADC.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT FINALLY.
AND SINCE IT WAS FACILITIES GRANT, THAT'S A 30 YEAR DEBT.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S A CONTINUING DEBT UNTIL THAT THAT PAYMENT IS PAID OFF.
UM, BUT, AND, BUT THE AGREEMENT DOESN'T SAY THAT, SO WE HAD TO GO FIND OUT.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.
SO HERE'S WHAT I KNOW ON THE TSTC.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVEN'T PAID IN THREE YEARS, BUT I KNOW FROM BEING ON EDC, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE, WHEN WE REDID IT, GEORGE, BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER, THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED WAS, IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE COLLEGE IN THE CITY? DOES IT HELP US AT ALL? AND SO I THINK OVERWHELMINGLY, EVERYBODY SAID IT WAS, BUT THEN THE AGREEMENT HAD SEVERAL ITEMS. I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS LIKE, UH, THEY HAVE TO PRESENT EVERY YEAR.
HOW MANY OF THEIR GRADUATES STILL IN THE CITY OF HUDDLE? AND SO WE KIND OF ASKED AROUND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? LIKE, WHY ARE WE MAKING TSTC PROVIDE INFORMATION WHO USES IT IN THE CITY? AND WE JUST RUN THEM THROUGH THE RINGER, JUST, UH, JUST TO SAY, HEY, WE GOT SOMETHING.
AND I THINK OVERWHELMINGLY, WE DECIDED, UM, WE JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM THE MONEY.
THIS IS FROM THE EDC, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM THE MONEY AND THEN PROVIDE OUR SERVICES AND NOT ASK THEM FOR A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE NOT USING ANYWAY.
AND SO WHEN WE CUT OUT, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE AGREEMENT WAS.
IT GOT CUT DOWN TO LIKE, SAY THREE.
AND SO NOW WE JUST COMES UP, WE PAY THE MONEY AND BEFORE PEOPLE WERE GETTING HUNG UP ON ALL THIS DATA THAT YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE.
AND, AND SO, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT THE CITY WILL DO THE SAME THING, HAVE A DISCUSSION.
DO WE THINK IT'S FIRST? IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE COLLEGE HERE? IF IT IS, THEN WE MOVE TO STEP TWO AND STEP TWO IS STREAMLINE THE AGREEMENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD MAKE THEM PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE MY THREE YEARS BEING UP HERE, WE, I MEAN, WE JUST DON'T GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT DATA.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT HELPS US IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, KNOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE GRADUATED AND LIVE HERE.
SO, UM, THERE THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS.
WE CAN PUT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTUAL VOTE TO PUT SOME PEOPLE ON THERE.
UM, AND MAYBE WE CAN ALSO HAVE STAFF AS PART OF THAT.
UM, PRESENT THE AGREEMENT THAT THE EDC ALSO, UM, HAS PASSED.
UM, BECAUSE THE BIGGER QUESTION IS YOU MAY LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT AND GO, THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT'S SIMPLIFIED THAT WE MAY NOT NEED A COMMITTEE.
IT MAY JUST BE, WHY WOULD WE DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY? BUT THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION.
WE CAN HAVE, UH, FEBRUARY 3RD, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT, MR. MAYOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS I LOOKED AT THIS, UH, THIS MAY BE AT LEAST TO HAVE THEM DO AN ANNUAL REPORT, MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BRAG, ADVERTISE ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COLLEGE, NOT NECESSARILY TAILORED TO THE AGREEMENT AND REPORTING BACK WHEN THE AGREEMENT SHOULD, THE COUNCIL DECIDE THAT THAT'S NOT AS CRITICAL OR ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE NOT AS CRITICAL, BUT IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TALK ABOUT THE COLLEGE AND WHAT THE COLLEGE IS DOING.
AND IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE AN EXCITING PRESENTATION FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND MARY, IF I, I MAY, I THINK PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE DATA THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR A STANDARD, FOR RECRUITING
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PURPOSES, FROM A COLLEGE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS OUR GRADUATES.THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO WORK.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF THEIR PROMOTIONAL TO GET, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS TO COME AND GO TO SCHOOL THERE AND ENCOURAGE THEM THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SAYING SPECIFICALLY, HEY, WE NEED THIS FROM YOU.
I THINK THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE STANDARD, UM, INFORMATION THAT, UM, WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR ANY SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY ANYWHERE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THEIR STUDENTS AND TO THE CITIES THAT THEY'RE IN.
SO THERE'S OBJECTIONS, BUT ON FEBRUARY 3RD, THANKS TO THE MAJOR NEXT
[9.4. Consideration and possible action to release the December 30, 2021 memorandum from the City Attorney concerning alleged Hutto City Charter violations. (Legal)]
WE HAVE ITEM NINE FOR CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO RELEASE THE DECEMBER 30TH, 2021 MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING ALLEGED HUDDLE CITY CHARTER VIOLATIONS.SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY.
YOU WERE NEXT ON THE LIST TO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBYN SUTTON, COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR MIKE SNYDER, COUNCIL MEMBER DAN THORTON, MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
[9.5. Consideration and possible action on accepting the resignation of Mayor Pro Tem Rose.]
WE HAVE ITEM NINE, FIVE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF MAYOR PRO TEM ROSE.SECOND, WHY SHOULD MY CUSTOMER MCKINSEY SECOND BY CUSTOMER THORTON? ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? WHAT'S HIS FAMILY LUCK IN THE WARMER WEATHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN THORTON, COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON, COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBIN SEDDON AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY MAYOR MIKE SNYDER, MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
[9.6. Consideration and possible action on appointing a person to fill the unexpired term of Place 6 City Council Member for the City of Hutto, Texas.]
SIX CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPOINTING A PERSON TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM, A PLACE SIX CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF HEDO TEXAS.I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT DEBBIE HOLLAND TO PLACE SIX.
SO MAYOR I'D LIKE TO A SECOND POINT OF ORDER, THE HUMAN EMOTION POINT.
NOT WELL TAKEN, BUT WE HAVE A SECOND.
SO NOW WE CAN DO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY YOU INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND IMMEDIATELY MID EMOTION.
YOU DIDN'T GIVE A CHANCE FOR ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAKE A MOTION ON AN, UH, UH, NOMINATION.
I'VE GOT A POINT OF ORDER, WHICH TAKES PRECEDENT.
CHALLENGED THE RULING OF THE CHAIR.
THAT'S A MEMBER OF CRYSTAL KINSEY.
THAT ONE'S WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT THE CHAIR SHOULD SAY IS, SHALL THE RULING OF THE CHAIR STAND.
AND I VOTE MEANS THAT HIS RULING STANDS A NAVY VOTE MEANS THAT IT IS NOT.
DAN THORTON, COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER.
I ALSO REMEMBER ROBINSON MOSTLY FAILS FOR TOO ALL.
SO I HAD, UH, SENT OUT, UM, TO THE, I TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS, UM, THIS PAST WEEK AS I WAS REVIEWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, UM, AND REVIEWING THE PROCESS FOR NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS.
UM, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE'VE BEEN NOMINATING, UM, INDIVIDUALS, UM, OUTSIDE OF A NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THE ELECTIONS, UM, IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
UH, IT SAYS THAT RATHER THAN MAKING A MOTION TO APPOINT SOMEBODY AND SECONDING THAT MOTION, WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT.
ROBERT SAYS THAT THAT'S NOT THE PROPER PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW.
UM, THE, THE PROPER PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW WOULD BE THAT THE, THE CHAIR OPENS UP THE, UH, NOMINATIONS TO THE FLOOR.
ANYONE CAN NOMINATE ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY WANT, THEY SO CHOOSE.
UM, AND THEN INSTEAD OF VOTING YAY OR NAY ON A SPECIFIC PERSON THAT YOU VOTE FOR WHO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE NOMINEES YOU VOTE FOR WHO YOU WANT TO HAVE APPOINTED.
AND SO I HAD SENT THAT TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS, THEY REVIEWED THAT THEY SENT IT OUT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
SO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL COULD KIND OF BE AWARE OF WHAT ROBERT'S RULE SAYS.
AND SO I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, MR. MAYOR, THAT WE FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER IN THIS PROCESS, UM, AND THAT WE FOLLOW
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THE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE FOR NOT TAKING NOMINATIONS, UM, AS THOUGH THEY WERE FROM THE FLOOR, UM, FOR THE COUNCIL AND THAT WE VOTE, UM, ALSO FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, UM, AS SUGGESTED BY ROLE CABO.SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THE MEMO I READ SAID THAT, THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT, WHICH YOU'VE MENTIONED, BUT ALSO FINISHED WITH, IF THERE'S NOT AN ESTABLISHED WAY, LIKE SAY IN COUNCIL PROTOCOLS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT CORRECTLY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROTOCOL FOR DOING IT.
AND SO THE WAY I READ THE LEGAL MEMO, IF THERE IS NO PROTOCOL, THEN YOU DO IT LIKE A REGULAR ITEM.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BRING BACK, LET'S SET IT UP.
SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE SET IT UP AND THAT WE DO IT CORRECTLY.
WE HAVE ADOPTED ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AS, AS OUR PROCESS.
AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS.
I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, WHEN WE WERE APPOINTING, WHEN WE APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBERS, THORTON AND MYSELF TO THE COMP 2040 COMMITTEE IS WHEN WE DID THAT CORRECTLY, JUST FOR REFERENCE.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE CAN OPEN UP FOR AMENDMENTS.
WE CAN DISCUSS THE MOTION, YOU CAN BRING AN AMENDMENT THAT HAS ANOTHER PERSON.
AND SO IN MY MIND, THE EXACT SAME THING THAT YOU'RE ASKING TO HAPPEN WILL HAPPEN.
BUT AT SOME POINT THERE'LL BE A VOTE TO APPOINT SOMEBODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS NOT AN INTENT TO GET ANYTHING GOING, BUT YOU CAN WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION AND OPEN UP THE FLOOR AND ADOPT ROBERT'S RULES.
ACTUALLY, WE CANNOT, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT POSTED ON THE, THAT WOULD BE A PROTOCOL ISSUE.
AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT THE AGENDA ITEM IS, IS APPOINTING A PERSON TOO.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR POINTING.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO, TO WEIGH IN, TO TELL US IF WE CAN SET THE PROCEDURE FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS VOTE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE APPOINTING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE PROPER PROCEDURE.
UH, I THINK YOU'RE ALL ARE BOTH CORRECT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE CORRECT IN THE SENSE THAT ROBERT'S RULE SAYS THAT APPOINTING BY MOTION MAY BE CUMBERSOME AND A LARGER ASSEMBLIES BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE VOTES AND YOU MAY NOT GET THEIR RESULT WITHOUT A VARIETY OF BOATS.
AND SO IT GIVES YOU A MYRIAD OF OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO ADOPT AS THE PROCESS TO NOMINATE AND ELECT SOMEBODY.
AND SO IF YOU, THE COUNCIL WAS WANTING TO DO THAT, THEY CAN DO SO, BUT THEY CAN ALSO JUST TREAT IT LIKE A REGULAR ITEM.
I PERSONALLY JUST FEEL LIKE THE MIRROR ROLLED INTO IT AND MADE HIS MOTION TO NOMINATE LIKE THAT.
AND NOBODY ELSE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
AND, UM, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN FROM ROBERT'S RULES.
DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT IN MY MIND.
NOW YOU CAN SPEAK, YOU CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO APPOINT SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND SO YOU CAN SAY, SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT FALLING UP BY BUDGET.
EXCEPT FOR, WE DON'T HAVE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
NOW THIS IS A FIFTH RESIGNATION VACATION OF OFFICE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS.
AND EACH TIME WE DO THIS, WE SEEM TO HAVE THIS ISSUE AND THEN WE WORK THROUGH IT.
BUT THEN WE JUST WENT THROUGH COUNCIL PROTOCOLS, IT ONE ISSUE FOR ANYBODY.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW IT'S AN ISSUE AGAIN, THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN WAY TO DO THIS.
AND SO I DON'T MIND THERE BEING A CERTAIN WAY TO DO IT, BUT AT SOME POINT TONIGHT, WE NEED TO PICK SOMEONE TO APPOINT THEM TO THE POSITION.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WHEN WE DID PROTOCOLS, I THOUGHT WE ALL HAD AGREED TO FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
AND THEN THAT'S WHY WE'VE STARTED GOING DOWN THE LINE.
SO I GUESS I'M KIND OF THROWN AS TO WHY YOU'RE NOT CERTAIN ABOUT WHEN WE FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES AND THERE'S A LEGAL MEMO.
SO THE LEGAL MEMO, AND I'M TRYING TO FIND IT.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS SENT? UH, WEDNESDAY AT 5:13 PM.
I WOULD JUST PERSONALLY, JUST LIKE TO HEAR SOME OF THE OTHER NOMINATIONS.
I MEAN, I'M NOT FOR THAT NOTIONS ALREADY BEEN MADE, SO WHY WOULDN'T IT JUST BE EASIER JUST TO REMOVE YOUR MOTION AND THEN JUST ADOPT IT AND DO BY THE FLOOR.
AND THEN WE CAN HEAR ALL VERSUS JUST ONE OR I'M NOT A PERSONALLY AGAINST MS. COHEN AT ALL.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME OF THE, SO YOU'D LIKE ME TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY I DID THAT.
BECAUSE THE POLITICS UP HERE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT TO WHERE THE GAME PLAYING AND TRYING TO THE LAST TIME WE TRIED TO DO THIS, WE TRIED TO TABLE THE ITEM.
WE TRY TO PUSH IT TO ANOTHER MEETING.
AND MY INTENTION IS AT SOME POINT TODAY, WE'RE MAKING A DECISION.
WE DO IT IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES OR THREE HOURS.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD WITH THE, I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND SO IN MY MIND, I ASKED FOR THE OTHER TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
I'M THE FIRST ONE THAT'S ABLE TO ACT ON IT.
AND I WILL SAY THAT ROBERT'S RULE SAID IT, IT PROVIDES IF NO METHOD OF NOMINATING HAS BEEN SPECIFIED.
HASN'T BEEN, AND AT THE ASSEMBLY HAS ADOPTED NO RULE ON THE SUBJECT, WHICH WE HAVEN'T.
ANY MEMBER CAN MAKE A MOTION PRESCRIBING THE METHOD.
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THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ADOPT THE ROBERT'S RULES TO GOVERNANCE MEETINGS.AS LONG AS THE ADOPTIVE PROVISIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
SO WHAT YOU JUST SAID WAS ANY MEMBER MAY MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE METHOD.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT, HE DID, BUT THEN YOU SAID THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FIRST, CAUSE THERE'S A MOTION.
HE CAN AMEND THE MOTION TO ADD IN SOMETHING, BUT HE CAN'T MAKE A MOTION WHEN THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
IF THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND, YOU CAN'T MAKE ANOTHER MOTION.
RIGHT? WELL, I'M TRYING TO UNDER, I'M TRYING TO, AM I CORRECT IN THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN MOTIONS THAT TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER OTHERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME TO PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
SO I GUESS WHAT WE COULD DO IS VOTE ON YOUR MOTION AND IF IT PASSES, IT PASSES, IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO DOING MY MOTION OR YOU COULD AMEND IF YOU'RE EMOTIONAL TOGETHER AND WE CAN START FROM SCRATCH.
THAT WOULD BE THE FASTEST WAY.
NOW THAT WE WASTED 10 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THAT'S CORRECT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, IS THE SECOND OR NEED TO AGREE OR YOU JUST TAKE IT BACK.
SO, SO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL MOTION THAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE MY RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER THAT WE ADOPT THIS FOR THIS, UM, NOMINATION AND ELECTIONS GOING FORWARD.
UM, EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT ARE DONE THROUGH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, WHICH THERE'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROCESS IN ROBERTS FOR THAT, UM, AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS AS OUTLINED IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER FOR NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR, UM, THAT WE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS.
IT'S OUTLINED IN THAT EMAIL FROM THE CITY ATTORNEYS.
UM, AND THEN WE VOTE BASED ON THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER FOR ROLL CALL.
SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE OF NOMINATIONS.
BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN OUR STANDARD PROCEDURE, THE OTHER, THE OTHER PROCESSES WERE BALANCED AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS, WHICH, AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT CONFUSED BECAUSE ROBERT'S RULES PROVIDES MULTIPLE AVENUES AND WE HAVE DONE ONE.
SO WHEN WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES TO PROBLEM WITH SAYING, YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES IS THERE'S MULTIPLE AVENUES.
AND YOUR AVENUE IS TO DO A NOMINATION FOLLOWED BY YEAH.
NOMINATION, TAKE NOMINATIONS FROM THE ONCE ALL THE NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE.
WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE NOMINATIONS AND THEN WE VOTE, BUT IT'S NOT A VOTE.
THE WAY ROBERTS HAS LAID IT OUT.
IT'S NOT A VOTE OF EACH PERSON GAY OR NAY IT'S YOU? THAT WHEN YOU CALL FOR A VOTE, I SAY THE NAME OF THE PERSON, BUT I WANT TO APPOINT THAT'S HOW ROBERT SAYS TO DO THAT'S THE FORMAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO IT.
EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MOTION HERE IS.
THAT WAS A MEMBER OF CRYSTAL KINSEY.
I ALSO REMEMBER ROBIN SAID, HI COUNCIL MEMBER HI MAYOR MIKE SNYDER, GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN THORTON MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
SO BASED ON THE WAY WE JUST ADOPTED, WE OPENED THE FLOOR.
DO YOU WANT US TO GO IN THE SAME ORDER? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, OR JUST FIRST PERSON THROW OUT A NOMINATION.
IT SAYS THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED IN ROBERTS IS THE THING CAN NOMINATE AND IT DOESN'T NEED A SECOND EITHER.
SO MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE DANA WILCOTT FOR SEAT SIX, TO SERVE OUT THE REST OF MAYOR PRO TEM ROSES, UM, TERM, I THINK THAT SHE HAS SERVED THE CITY AND HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR OVER A DECADE SHE'S BIPARTISAN AND SHE IS A SERVANT LEADER.
UM, I JUST THINK AT THIS TIME WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP MEND RELATIONSHIPS.
AND I THINK SHE HAS A RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE CITY THAT SHE'S ESTABLISHED OVER MANY YEARS.
AND, UM, SHE'S ALSO SERVED FOR THE CITY, UM, ON SEVERAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND I JUST THINK, UM, WITH THE LEGACY OF HER LIFE, I THINK SHE WILL SERVE HADOW AND, UM, DO WHAT'S BEST FOR HEDO AND UM, IN THE SHORT TIME, I THINK SHE, SORRY, I'M GETTING IT BACK.
UM, I JUST THINK SHE WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY.
DO YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHO OUR EMPLOYER IS? PFLUGERVILLE ISD.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE RANDALL CLARK.
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COMP 40.HE'S ALREADY PRIVY TO ALL OF THE EDC KNOWLEDGE, UM, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE MEGA SIDE.
SO HE'S ALREADY PRIVY TO A LOT OF THAT KNOWLEDGE.
I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE A VERY EASY, UM, TRANSITION FOR HIM TO TAKE THAT SPOT.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE DEBBIE HOLLAND, THERE'LL BE HAWKINSVILLE LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF HUDDLE.
SHE LIVES IN OLD TOWN AND UNDERSTANDS A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
UM, SHE HAS MORE EXPERIENCE SERVING ON HIS DIASTAT AND EACH ONE OF US COMBINED.
UM, SO WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE ISSUES AND TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING, I CAN SEE DEBBIE COMING IN AND UNDERSTANDING A WHOLE LOT MORE OF HOW TO RUN THINGS UP HERE THAN MOST OF US DO.
IF NOT ALL OF US, SHE'S BEEN A PART OF MULTIPLE ECONOMIC DEALS, INCLUDING THE NEW QUEST LOWE'S DEAL, THE ENDEAVOR HOME DEPOT DEAL, THE CARMEL CREEK DEAL, THE HEB, AND SHE HAS AN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEGA SITE.
SO FROM A UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING IN, IN THE CITY THAT PROVIDES SALES TAX.
SHE'S HAD A HAND IN, SHE SERVES ON IT, KEEP HUDDLE BEAUTIFUL.
UH, WITH THE PETERSON GARDEN, I BELIEVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON, SHE SERVES ON THE LION'S CLUB WITH ME.
I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED SOMEONE THAT CAN BRIDGE GAPS.
SHE HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH MEMBERS OF THE HUDDLE, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SAMANI, WHO'S THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND SHE, UH, WITH, UM, A BOARD TRUSTEE ALSO IN AMY ENGLISH, UH, HER EXPERIENCE, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS, ECONOMIC DEALS, UM, SHE'D BE ABLE TO START LITERALLY RIGHT AWAY.
SHE'S ALSO, THIS IS BIG FOR ME.
SHE'S NOT LOOKING TO RUN FOR OFFICE, SO THERE'S NO BENEFIT FOR HER BEING UP HERE THAT SOMEHOW, UM, BENEFITS SOMEBODY ELSE IN THAT MANNER.
UH, SHE'S ALWAYS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO HELP HUTTOE.
UM, SHE CAN HELP US WITH DIVERSITY.
NOT ONLY IS SHE A SENIOR CITIZEN AND CAN AFFECT US IN TERMS OF DECISIONS WE MAKE THERE.
UM, BUT SHE'S VERY INVOLVED WITH THE CHICKASAW NATION THROUGH OUR HUSBANDS.
SO SHE, UM, HAS THAT SHE ALSO OWNS A SMALL BUSINESS IN HUDDLE.
SO IF IT COMES TO ANYTHING TAXES OR ANY OF THAT STUFF, SHE CAN DO THAT.
AND THE LAST ONE THAT'S PRETTY BIG.
SHE'S NOT ALLOWED ALL OF HER SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE DOESN'T COME UP BLASTS US AND, UM, AND PUBLIC COMMENT, SHE DOESN'T GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THERE'S SUNSETS, PICTURES OF FLOWERS AND GARDENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THERE'S NOT THOSE CRITICAL THINGS.
AND SO IN MY MIND, UM, WE ALL BE LUCKY.
SHE'S NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE'S PROBABLY MORE QUALIFIED THAN ANYBODY WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH, BUT THAT'S MY TAKE ON, THAT'D BE HOME.
NEVER KNOW SHE SAID SHE IN, BUT MERIT LAKE TO NOMINATE TODD ROBINSON.
UM, AND I'VE JUST GOT SOME BACKGROUND ON TODD.
SO HE'S BEEN A RESIDENT OF HADOW SINCE 2008.
UM, CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT THE HAWAII SDE IS THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
UM, HE WAS THE FORMER COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR.
UM, HE, UH, AREAS OF SERVICE WHERE HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING WITHIN THE CITY, UH, SANDBOX AT MADELINE'S PLACE IS A BOARD MEMBER.
THEY'RE A BOARD MEMBER OF, UH, AND SECRETARY OF THE CHRISTIAN EMPHASIS, UM, HAD A WHITE FAMILY YMCA, UH, BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIR OF HOW TO YOUNG LIFE, UH, BOARD MEMBER OF THE HEDO EDUCATION FOUNDATION, UM, ELDER AND CHILDREN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AT THE FELLOWSHIP HADOW MEMBER OF THE HUDDLE ROTARY CLUB.
UM, HE'S PREVIOUSLY SERVED, UM, ON THE HUDDLE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS A COMMISSION MEMBER.
UM, HE'S BEEN A BOARD MEMBER OF THE HUDDLE RESOURCE CENTER AND HUDDLE HAS HEART.
UM, AND, UH, JUST A LONG TIME, UH, RESIDENT HADOW.
I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW TODD SINCE 2016.
MY FIRST RAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD, UM, GOT TO KNOW HIM AND FOUND HIM TO BE A VERY, UH, COMPETENT INDIVIDUAL, UH, SOMEBODY WHO'S, UH, UH, I THINK A VERY LEVEL HEADED AND EVEN KEELED.
AND, UM, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HE'D BE A GREAT MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A PLUS FOR MYSELF AS WELL, UM, THAT HE'S WILLING TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY AND LIMITED CAPACITY, BUT HAS, UH, UH, HAS, WILL NOT BE RUNNING FOR ELECTED OFFICE IN MAY.
AND SO TO ME THAT WAS KIND OF A BIG PLUS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE, UM, IT'D BE ELECTION CYCLE AND, AND, UH, I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO WASN'T AROUND.
SO ANY OTHERS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BAD CHOICE HERE.
JUST KIND OF HEARING EVERYBODY.
SO WHAT'S THE NEXT I'M READING THROUGH THIS? IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT THE NEXT MOVE IS.
IT JUST SAYS, ONCE WE TAKE NOMINATIONS,
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THE CHAIR REPEATS EACH NOMINATION THIS WAY UNTIL THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE HAVE BEEN MADE.AND THEN, AND THEN IT GOES TO RURAL CALL ELECTION.
ARE WE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE, UM, YEP, YEP, YEP.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ITEM GOING TO THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDING, UM, DUAL A MONUMENT.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO SCHOOL DISTRICT PEOPLE THAT IF I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE, WE STILL DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET A RULING, UM, CAN A PERSON WHO TAKES STATE TAXPAYER MONEY ALSO COME HERE AND GIVE BACK THEIR COUNCIL PAY.
AND SO IT WOULD SEEM A LITTLE PREMATURE, I THINK, TO ALMOST NOMINATE OR PUT SOMEBODY ON THE COUNCIL THAT IMMEDIATELY WE MAY HAVE TO AMEND OUR ITEM TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT PERSON, I THINK IT ONLY IS A TEACHER IS THE ONLY EXCLUSION.
UM, WE RECEIVED THAT DOCUMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, THE SAME EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED, THE ROBERT'S RULES THING, AND THERE IS NO PROHIBITION FOR A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES FROM SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AS LONG AS THEY PAY THE MONEY BACK, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE.
KEEP IN MIND, THAT'S THE QUESTION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS DO YOU HAVE TO PAY MONEY BACK? HOW DOES THAT WORK? CAN YOU PAY THE MONEY BACK? THERE'S NO MONEY BACK.
IF YOU NEVER RECEIVED IT, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN AG OPINION THAT YOU CAN'T JUST BY HAVING THE OFFER OF MONEY.
WE'RE GETTING OFF THE TOP OF IT.
BUT JUST BY HAVING THE OFFER OF MONEY, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO NOT TAKE IT THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT.
AND THAT, THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON WE WASN'T THE TRUE CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE THAT'S THAT AG OPINION IS WITH REGARDS TO DO ALL OFFICE HOLDINGS.
SO IF IT'S A C VAULT CIVIL OFFICE OF EQUALITY, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT NOT A CIVIL OFFICE OF A MALIAN MEANT BY NOT ACCEPTING PAY, BUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION, UH, WITH REGARDS TO, UH, NOT ACCEPTING COMPENSATION, CONTEMPLATES REFUSING COMPENSATION FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
BUT IF YOU'RE A SCHOOL TEACHER, YOU CAN ACCEPT COMPENSATION IF YOU'RE A SITTING MEMBER OF A GOVERNMENT.
SO I'M SAYING FOR ME, WE, THAT I HAVE THIS QUESTION GOING TODAY.
GEE, THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAD.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY THIS QUESTION IS NOT BEFORE THE AGE.
THE QUESTION GOING TO THE AG IS WHETHER THE MONEY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VERL SALVO ALREADY ACCEPTED NEEDS TO BE PAID BACK.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER YOU CAN HIRE OR WHETHER YOU CAN ELECT, UH, AN EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS NOT UP FOR THAT IS NOT UP FOR QUESTION.
WELL, I DIDN'T SAY THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
SO WE DO BY ROLE COLON, YOU, WE SAY THE LAST NAME, OR WE SAY THE NAME OF THE PERSON WE WANT, AND THEN HOW DOES IT GO FROM THERE? YEAH.
AND THEN WHOEVER, WHOEVER GETS THE MOST VOTES IS ON.
IF THERE'S NO, IF THERE'S ONE IN, GO AHEAD.
NOW IT'S JUST GOING TO COLLECT.
I THINK AFTER YOU DO THE ROLL CALL, WHOEVER GETS THE MOST VOTES, WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED A MOTION CAUSE YOUR CHARTER REQUIRES FOUR VOTES FOR ANYTHING.
AND SO THE PROPERLY APPOINT SOMEBODY, IF YOU DECIDE TO GO WITH THE ONE THAT GETS THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES OR, UH, DURING THE YEAR ROLL CALL, WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED A FORMAL MOTION AT THE END.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, I MEAN, NO OFFENSE TO ANYBODY ON HERE, BUT DEBBIE HOLLAND HAS THE STRONGEST RESUME FOR THIS POSITION OF ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN NOMINATED, UM, GIVEN THAT SHE'S INDICATED TO THE MAYOR THAT SHE DOESN'T PLAN TO RUN, THEN I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE PEOPLE ON THERE ARE PLANNING TO RUN.
I SUSPECT AT LEAST ONE OF THEM PROBABLY IS PLANNING A RUN.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY'LL HAVE AN OPEN SEAT AVAILABLE THAT THEY CAN RUN FOR AND NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE MEGA SITE GIVEN THE ECONOMIC DEALS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LACKED IS PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AT THE MEGA SITE.
AND WE HAVE ACCESS TO A DECADE OF HISTORY ON THE MEGA SITE THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THIS BUILDING TODAY.
UM, IF WE BRING HER ON BOARD AND THAT, THAT WOULD, I THINK, BE HELPFUL TO US AND, UH, ENROLLING THROUGH THESE DEALS.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PERSON TO PUT ON HERE TO GET US THROUGH THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND ARE WILLING TO SERVE.
THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON VOTING FOR WHO YOU WANT TO BE.
I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR WILCOCK CUSTOMER WITH THORTON, UH, W HOLLAND COUNCIL MEMBER, VILLAREAL, SALVO, UH, TODD ROBINSON, CUSTOMER GORDON, TODD ROBINSON,
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CONSTABLE MCKINSEY, MR. CLARK, MAYOR CHOOSES, UH, DEBBIE HOLLAND.SO NOW THAT WE'VE JUST GO TO THE TOP TWO, UM, AGAIN, IF THAT'S OUR PROCEDURE, WE COULD, WE'RE MAKING THE PROCEDURES WE GO.
I'M JUST ASKING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM OUR WEEK.
THAT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT WAS WRONG.
CHOICES ARE DEBBIE HOLLIN AND TODD ROBINSON, COUNCILMEMBER THORTON, W HOME CUSTOMER VILLAREAL, SALVO, TODD ROBISON, GORDON.
TODD ROBINSON COMES FROM MCKINSEY TWO REALLY GREAT PEOPLE.
UH, THE THING I WANT TO GO WITH MS. HOLLAND MAYOR IS KENZIE AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT DEBBIE HERE.
YOUR VOTE WAS FOR DEBBIE HOLLAND IN THE EARS.
SO MAKE A VOTE TO APPOINT DEBBIE HOLLAND TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SECONDLY, BY CUSTOMER MCKINSEY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.
I REMEMBER DAN THORTON, COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY, I COUNCIL MEMBER MANDY I MAYOR MIKE SNYDER, COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON.
I, WELL, IT SHOULD PASS THE SIX ZERO, THE NEXT ITEM
[9.7. Consideration and possible action on appointing a Mayor Pro Tem.]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON POINTING A MAYOR PRO TEM.AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO KNOW SINCE WE JUST DID THE SAME THING.
CAN WE OKAY IF I MAKE A MOTION TO DO THE, UH, NOMINATING CALL BY ROLE NOMINATION AND ROLL CALL VOTE.
SO I DO HAVE A, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON, I HAVE INFORMATION, I GUESS, BASED ON OUR CHARTER, ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO THE MAYOR PRO TEM TODAY OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE REGULAR MEETING AFTER WE ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF, UM, PLACED SIX? JUST CURIOUS, THE WORDING OF THE, OF THE, UH, CHARTER SAYS, UM, IF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING AS MAYOR PRO TEM RESIGNS FOR ANY REASON IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE IN ANY MANNER AUTHORIZED BY LAW OR A FORFEITURE OF HIS OR HER OFFICE OCCURS.
THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL AT THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE OFFICES DECLARED VACANT ELECTED MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO THE WAY I READ THAT IS WE DECLARED HIS OFFICE VACANT TODAY.
UM, THE WAY I READ IT, IT SAYS THE LEGALLY, UM, WE CAN APPOINT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT NOT THIS MEETING.
CAN YOU READ THAT PART AGAIN? CAUSE WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T DECLARE IT AS OFFICE VACANT TODAY.
WE ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATION, WHICH I THINK CAUSED HIS OFFICE TO BE VACANT.
IT'S A PLAY ON WORDS, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME MEMBERS WHO VACATED AND SOME MEMBERS WHO RESIGNED, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE MAKE SURE HE WILL BE DECLARED VACANT NEXT TIME.
AND THEN APPOINT THE TIME AFTER THAT.
NO, THE VACANCIES CREATED NOW TODAY, ONCE YOU ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION, SO IT WOULD BE THE NEXT MEETING, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL GETS TO INTERPRET ITS OWN CHARTER AND FIRST SENTENCE.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, THAT IS WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAYS AFTER, AFTER THE, THE OFFICE IS DECLARED VACANCY OR THE VACANCY IS CREATED AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING, THERE'S AN APPOINTMENT FOR A MAYOR PRO TIME.
SO IT WOULD BE YOUR FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
I WAS TO HAVE A FULL COUNCIL OF SEVEN RATHER THAN SIX, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS IF WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT SPEEDING FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW THE CHARTER, RIGHT.
SO IF I DON'T MESS THIS UP, WE ARE NEXT TO ITEM 10, ONE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACT THE 9 1 9 1
[9.1. Consideration and possible action regarding possible appointments, re-appointments and/or removals to City Boards, Commissions, Task Forces, Economic Development Corporations, Local Government Corporations and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Boards, City Council Liaisons, Area Government appointments, Advisory Committees and City of Hutto’s representative on the Central Texas Clean Air Coalition (CAC). ]
OH, THAT'S RIGHT.NINE 11 CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING POSSIBLE APPOINTMENTS REAPPOINTMENTS AND OUR REMOVALS TO CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, TASK FORCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CORPORATIONS, LOCAL
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GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE BOARDS, CITY COUNCIL LIAISON IN AREA GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.I KNOW THAT BASED ON THE MAYOR PRO TEM ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATION, WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS ON A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, COTTONWOOD AND RIVER CREEK THAT NEEDED TO BE FILLED.
I WOULD SAY GEORGE FAIRLY QUICKLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE LITIGATION THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
UH, MR. MAYOR, GIVEN THE LITIGATION, THAT'S GOING ON, THE ISSUE WE HAVE IS WE HAVE A CITY REPRESENTATIVE.
WHO'S DONE ALL THE DEPOSITIONS FOR LITIGATION THAT'S YOURSELF.
AND WE'VE HAD A, AN LGC REPRESENTATIVE.
WHO'S DONE ALL OF THE DEPOSITIONS AND ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE LEGAL WORK WITH, WITH OUR LITIGATION COUNSEL.
AND THAT WAS MAYOR PRO TEM ROSE.
AND WE NEED TO REPLACE THE MAYOR PRO TEM ROSE ON THE BOARD.
AND THEN EACH OF THOSE LDCS WILL NEED TO ELECT ANY REPRESENTATIVE TO JUMP INTO BEING THE REPRESENTATIVE AND ALL THE LEGAL ISSUES GOING FORWARD.
AND I THINK LITIGATION COUNSEL, IT WOULD BE PRETTY DIFFICULT AT THIS STAGE TO CHANGE HORSES.
I THINK THE EASIEST THING FOR US TO DO WOULD BE TO PUT THE MAYOR ON AND, AND THEN ASSUMING THAT THOSE LDCS CHOOSE TO APPOINT THE MAYOR AS THE, UH, LITIGATION REPRESENTATIVE FOR THOSE LDCS, THEN WE HAVE CONTINUITY TO GET THROUGH OUR LEGAL CASES.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO GET THE MAYOR ON THERE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES, WHATEVER THAT'S FINE.
BUT I THINK JUST FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WORKING THROUGH THE ACTIVE LITIGATION, WE HAVE, I THINK THAT THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT THROWING A BIG MONKEY WRENCH INTO THE WHOLE PROCESS.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER SUTTON SHARED WITH ME HIS CONCERNS.
WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK FOR YOU.
I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT BASED ON A CONVERSATION, YOU AND I HAD A FEELING I HAD, BUT WELL, IT MEANS I'LL WAIT TILL YOU'RE DONE AND THEN I'LL SO, SO MY CONCERNS ARE THAT, UM, THE MAYOR SERVES ON THE EDC AND HE'S THE MAYOR, AND NOW HE'S GOING TO BE ON OUR LDCS AND REPLACEMENT OF, UM, MPT ROSE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND, UM, WITH ALL THE LITIGATION GOING ON AND THE DEPOSITIONS AND HE'S, HE'S MORE INFORMED THAN ANYBODY ELSE THAT COULD TAKE THAT SPOT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM FORFEIT HIS PLACE ON THE EDC AND BECOME PART OF THE LGC AS A, AS A COMPROMISE, AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THREE VERY POWERFUL POSITIONS THAT HE'S IN.
SO THAT IS MY CONCERN WITH HIM BEING ON THE LDCS, THE EDC AND OUR MAYOR.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY POWER IN THE LGC.
UM, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO LET ANYBODY BE ON THE LGC WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED THAT I KNOW OF COUNSELOR THORTON.
TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, THERE'LL BE SOME DEPOSITIONS COMING UP.
THERE'LL BE SOME COURT HEARINGS.
UM, THERE WILL BE SOME TIME NOT TO TAKE OFF TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO TO THOSE GEORGE HYDE.
WE'LL HAVE TO BRIEF YOU AND PREP YOU, UM, FOR THE LITIGATION.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY, I THINK IN THREE, MAYBE THREE, THREE DIFFERENT.
I KNOW WE JUST WON THE PRESTON HOLLOW FIFTH CIRCUIT, BUT THAT THAT'S STILL AN ONGOING DEAL.
WE HAVE THE RIVER CREEK, WE HAVE THE CO-OP AND WE HAVE THE, UH, UM, UM, WOLVERINE DOESN'T INCLUDE THE LDCS.
UM, AND WE HAVE THE LONGHORN LITIGATION.
SO THERE, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT MATTERS THAT WILL PLACE THAT PERSON IN, UH, SUBJECT TO CROSS EXAMINATION.
UH, AND, UH, IT, IT'S NOT FUN TO BE CROSS-EXAMINED UH, I'VE, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN CROSS-EXAMINED SEVERAL TIMES A LITTLE BIT MORE.
CAN YOU SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE? I'M SORRY.
UH, I SAID YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO CROSS EXAMINATION, WHICH ISN'T A FUN EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS A POLICE OFFICER, I WAS SUBJECTED TO A LOT OF CROSS EXAMINATION IN MY CRIMINAL CASES AND IT'S NOT A FUN THING TO DO.
UM, BUT, UH, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF WORK THEY'LL WILL NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO, UH, PREPARE WHOEVER IS THAT DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION.
SO YOU HAVE TO GET, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ABSORB IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED TO, UM, TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OUT OF THE LITIGATION.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S REALLY THE, BUT WHOEVER IT IS, WE, WE CAN DEAL WITH IT.
IT'LL JUST THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS WOULD BE WHAT THE MAYOR, SINCE HE'S ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED IN IT FOR THE, IN, YOU KNOW, LIVED IT
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FOR THE LAST YEAR, BUT I CAN, I CAN WORK UP ANYONE THAT YOU ULTIMATELY CHOOSE THAT'S UP TO YOU, BUT PERSONALLY, LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT, TO GET, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES WE'RE GOING THROUGH.CAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET IN THE BACK AND WE TALK ABOUT LEGAL ISSUES AND I THINK GOING TO THE ACTUAL COURTROOM OR DEPOSITION AND HAVING A BRIGHT LIGHT AND A CAMERA ON YOU AND THE GUY GRILLING YOU AND TELLING YOU, YOU LIED AND WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT AND GEORGE WITH ALL HIS MOTIONS THAT HE MAKES.
UM, I THINK IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LEARNING THING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO BECAUSE SOME OF THESE LAWSUITS ARE TAKING YEARS TO DO AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THEM FOR AWHILE.
SO MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THE EDC IS, IS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SEVERAL DEALS THAT AGAINST AN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE, UM, WORKING THROUGH.
AND, UM, I THINK IF, IF THE CONCERN IS A POWER THING, UM, THEN I THINK WE CAN EASILY SHARE IT.
AND IN FACT, I THINK ONE PERSON SHOULD GO TO RIVER CREEK, MAYBE ONE PERSON GO TO COTTONWOOD AND THEN THEY BOTH HAVE TO MEET WITH GEORGE AT SAME TIME, BECAUSE MOST OF THE LITIGATION'S THE SAME, BUT THEN THE MORE THE COUNCIL IS IN MY MIND.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, CUSTOMER SUTTON IS IT, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE A LEARNING MOMENT FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
SO IT MAY CAUSE GEORGE A. LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, BUT I ALSO THINK THE MORE THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THE INTRICACIES OF HOW THESE LAWSUITS WORK, THE BETTER ARE THEY ARE TO, UM, COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE CONSTITUENCY THAT MAYBE NOT EXACTLY WHY WE'RE IN IT, BUT THE PROCESSES AND HOW IT GOES.
CAUSE IT, IT DOES TAKE SOME LEARNING.
AND I THINK WE CAN ALSO ADD MORE PEOPLE TO LGC RIGHT.
I MEAN, I THINK THE BYLAWS OF THE LGC AMEND THE BYLAWS, BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE SEVEN.
UM, I'VE GOT I'VE I REPRESENT OTHER LDCS THAT HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS.
SO, UM, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THE, UH, I THINK THAT GETTING INTO THAT POSITION MAYBE AS SOMETHING THAT HAS BENEFICIAL, UH, TO A COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE THAT ROLE, UM, HOWEVER, THE, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUFFER AND EX AND, AND ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE OF HOW THE LEGAL SYSTEM MAKES THE SAUSAGE.
AND IF EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THAT IS, IT'S IT'S SOMETIMES IS, UM, NOT, UH, NOT FUN.
IT CAN BE BORING AND YOU WAIT A LONG TIME AND THEN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN FRONT OF A COURT, LIKE IN, UH, PRESTON HOLLOW, YOU KNOW, WE, I HAD TO GO TO NEW ORLEANS TO SPEND 20 MINUTES IN FRONT OF THREE JUDGES TO ARGUE, AND IT TAKES DAYS TO GET PREPARED AND IT'S LIKE DOING A, UH, A CONCERT OR A PLAY, YOU KNOW, YOU DO ALL THIS PREP AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR 20 MINUTES ON STAGE AND YOU'RE DONE.
UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE, UH, UM, I GUESS THE PROS AND CONS OF BEING ONE OF THE POINTS OF CONTACT FOR LITIGATION.
I'VE GOT JUST A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.
WHO'S CURRENTLY ON THE LDCS IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER THORTON AND WHO'S THE OTHER PERSON LIKE MENDEZ THAT'S.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS, YOU CAN APPOINT ONE PERSON, WHO'S GOING TO BE THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE AND YOU CAN POINT SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL OR JUST TO BE ON THE CORPORATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET THE EXPERIENCE AND HAVE OTHER EYES ON IT, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT.
SO WHATEVER MAKES PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT OFFENDED.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO REMOVE ME, I'M NOT IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN COMMIT TO, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERING TO TAKE ON THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THOSE CORPORATIONS.
IT JUST DOES NOT WORK WITH MY CURRENT JOB RIGHT NOW, UH, TO TAKE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME OFF THAT THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO DO IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO CONTINUE SERVING.
I'M ALSO WILLING TO STEP ASIDE IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO GET IN THERE AND MAKE SURE THERE'S A DIFFERENT SET OF EYES ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LDCS IT'S UP, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON TO THE RIVER CREEK LGC AND COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAREAL, SALVO TO THE COTTONWOOD.
UM, LGC IF YOU COULD JUST REMIND US WHICH PROJECTS EACH LGC ARE TIED TO, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT LIKE RIVER CREEK, IS THAT THE ONE THAT KIND OF HANDLES THE CO-OP OR DOES THAT AT RE RE RIVER CREEK AS THE, UM, THE CO-OP AND HAS THE LITIGATION, UH, SURROUNDING THE BONDS AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION WITH REGARDS TO THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND THEN, UH, COTTONWOOD IS THE, UH, LITIGATION SURROUNDING PERFECT GAME AND THE, UM, UM, ENTERTAINMENT, UH, HEALTH ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS DISTRICT, ALL, ALL OF THE RELATED PROPERTIES AND SO FORTH RELATED TO THAT PROJECT.
AND MAYOR, YOU SAID RIVER CREEK WAS ME.
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HONEST.I DIDN'T, THERE WASN'T ANY RHYME OR REASON AND YES.
YOU TO RIVER CREEK AND COUNCIL MEMBER VILLEREAL SALVO TO COTTONWOOD.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THE REASON I PICKED YOU TO HAS RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE YOU OUGHT TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION.
YOU ALL HAVE THE MOST FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE OUT OF ALL OF US, BECAUSE SOMETIMES GEORGE HAS TO HAVE YOU FOR A WHOLE FRIDAY AND YOU CAN'T MOVE IT.
IT HAS TO BE THE DAY THAT HE SAYS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY THE COURT IS SAYING, AND IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I'VE GOT A PRETTY FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE.
SO, ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, I GUESS I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
SO SINCE, UM, MR. ROSE IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT HE'S ALREADY GIVEN SOME DEPOSITIONS, IS THERE ANY KIND OF ENTANGLEMENT THERE THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK FOR? OR HOW DOES NOPE.
UM, HE WAS A DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION.
AND SO IT'S CALLED A 30, 30 B UH, DEPOSITION, WHICH IS THE RULE THAT APPLIES FOR IT.
SO ONCE YOU HAVE TO DO IS WHEN THEY WANT A CORPORATION TO SPEAK, THE ONLY WAY THE CORPORATION CAN TAKE A POSITION IS THROUGH A REPRESENTATIVE.
AND SO WE DESIGNATE THAT REPRESENTATIVE AND THEN WE WORK WITH THOSE PERSON, THAT PERSON TO, WITH THE CORPORATE RECORDS AND THE CORPORATE EXPERIENCE SO THAT THEY CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION AND UNDER OATH.
AND SO NOW THAT, THAT HE HAS SPOKEN IN CERTAIN LITIGATION, UM, THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THOSE.
AND IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIVES TESTIFY IN ONE DEPOSITION BECAUSE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CORPORATE ACTIVITIES.
UM, GEORGE, CAN YOU GIVE, UM, SO SURE, YES, I HAVE A FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE BECAUSE I WAS TERMINATED FROM MY JOB, BUT, UM, I DO HAVE HEALTH ISSUES WHERE I HAVE TO GET IB INFUSIONS ON A PRETTY REGULAR SCHEDULE.
AND SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S BEEN LOOKING FROM DEPOSITION PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING.
SO I CAN KNOW IF I CAN EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THIS WELL, THE, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, ONCE THERE'S, UH, A DEPOSITION TAKEN OF, UH, OF A DEPONENT, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER DEPOSITION TO THE SAME DEPONENT, AND UNLESS YOU GET SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE COURT, BECAUSE SOME CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCE FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, HOWEVER, THE LONGHORN CASE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DEPOSITION OF, FOR, UH, PRESTON HOLLOW CAPITAL AGAINST THE S THE, UM, UH, COTTONWOOD.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE ONE SITUATION WHERE YOU COULD BE SUBJECT TO DEPOSITION IF YOU'RE REPRESENTING COTTONWOOD, UH, RIVER CREEK HAS ALREADY TAKEN DEPOSITIONS.
AND SO THAT MAY BE, UH, ONE CONSIDERATION, UH, THERE, AND WE'RE PENDING DEPOSITIONS IN THAT CASE.
HOWEVER, JUST FROM A TECHNICAL NOTE, THE PEOPLE THAT GET TO ULTIMATELY PICK THE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE IS THE BOARD OF EACH CORPORATION AND NOT THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHILE A LOT OF THESE SIT ON THOSE BOARDS, AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF LEAVE THAT TECHNICALITY THERE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE WOULD DO.
UH, BUT, UH, AND SO, AND THEN THERE'S TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO, UH, FILE DOCUMENTS, WHICH ARE VERIFIED, AND THE VERIFICATION IS ONE WHERE YOU REVIEW THE DOCUMENT AND YOU IDENTIFY THE FACTS, YOU, AND YOU REPRESENT THAT THOSE FACTS ARE TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE COURT WITH REGARDS TO HOW THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPORATION.
AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS THROUGH CORPORATE RECORD RECORDS TO SHOW AND, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES, ET CETERA, TO, TO, TO, TO DEFINE THAT.
SO, UM, AND SO, AND THEN WE HAVE MEETINGS, UH, OCCASIONALLY THAT ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GO FORWARD WITH THE LITIGATION.
AND WE'VE HAD THOSE TYPICALLY AT NOON ON THE SAME DATES OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, IN ORDER TO, TO, UH, MAKE THOSE DECISIONS OF THE BOARD TO CARRY OUT THE, UH, THE REMAINING CLAIMS. AND SO THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE LDCS FOR BOTH OF THEM, THEY'RE THE SAME GROUP, IT'S COUNCIL MEMBERS, THORTON MAYOR SNYDER.
AND THEN IT WAS MAYOR PRO TEM ROSE, NO DIFFERENCE, NO ARIZONA.
IT WAS, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE, OF THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
MIKE HEIRS, MENDEZ, UM, IS ON BOTH BOARDS AND CURRENTLY, UM, DAN IS ON BOTH BOARDS.
I GUESS MY, MY, IF I COULD JUST MAKE A POINT, SO THERE IS A MOTION NEED TO GET A SECOND OR KILL IT FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
WE'RE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS YOU WANT EMOTIONS ON THE FLOOR.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ALL SECOND.
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I THINK DAN MADE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD POINTS, ESPECIALLY WITH MIKE ALREADY DOING A LOT OF THE DEPOSITIONS, UM, KNOWING A LOT OF THE BACKGROUND, UM, MAYBE NOT PUTTING THEIR SNYDER ON BOTH, UM, MAYBE PUTTING HIM ON COTTONWOOD AND, UM, PETER, I'M SORRY, GORDON, MR. BORDEN ON RIVER CREEK.UM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE POINT OF THESE LAWSUITS IS FOR HOW TO PREVAIL.
SO WHAT IS THE BEST OPTION FOR HOW TO PREVAIL? UM, AND IN MY OPINION, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE PERSON THAT IS ALREADY DONE.
A LOT OF THESE HAS THE MOST SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE.
UM, BUT I DO ALSO SEE AN ISSUE WITH THE MAYOR SERVING ON ALL OF THE LDCS AND THE EDC AND BEING THE MAYOR.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN AS WELL.
IT'S DEFINITELY SHOULDN'T BE IGNORED EITHER.
SO MAYBE JUST THE ONE THAT STILL HAD THE DEPOSITION TO DO, UM, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS COTTONWOOD.
SO THE ONE THAT STILL HAS THE COTTON, THAT ONE WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT MARE SNYDER ON.
AND THEN, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON ON THE OTHER RIVER CREEK RIVER CREEK, CAN I DO A POINT OF INFORMATION OR POINT OF VIEW, CLARA? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PICK TO GO ON THE BOARD DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE LAWSUIT, SO YOU CAN MOUNT, AS SOON AS YOU CAN PICK SOMEONE WHO'S NOT ON THE BOARD TO ALSO DO THE LAWSUIT.
SO IT'S, I DON'T THINK DAN AND MIKE WOULD NOT PICK YOU OR IS THAT, I'M JUST SAYING YOU DON'T REPRESENT COTTONWOOD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ALL IN COTTONWOOD.
SO THE MATTER OF BEING ON COTTONWOODS, NOT IT'S.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PICK SOMEBODY WHO WAS NOT MEMBER, SO I THOUGHT THEY HAD TO BE ON THE, WELL, WE STILL NEED TO FILL THE BOARD SEAT.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU GET ON THERE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT BOARD, I CAN'T MAKE A DECISION FOR THAT BOARD.
SO, SO, UH, I MEAN, MY RECOMMENDATION THOUGH, WOULD BE TO HAVE, UM, JUST, JUST FROM A CONFUSION SAKE.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS IN COTTONWOOD IS THAT THEY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, COTTONWOOD IS A, UH, UM, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE, UH, OH, IT'S, UH, BASICALLY THE CITY ACTING UNDER ANOTHER NAME.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S WHY THEY SUED THE CITY UNDER THE TAKINGS CASE AND IN THE, UH, PRESIDENT HOLLOW LITIGATION.
UH, AND SO HAVING SOME DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE AND THE, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS REPRESENTATIVE MAY BE BENEFICIAL.
SO THAT IT'S COMING FROM TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO, TO REMIND ANYONE LISTENING OR SEEING THE DEPOSITION OF TESTIMONY, THAT THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DISTINCTLY, UH, CAN MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, THE THREE PANEL MAY SAY YES, BUT EVEN IF ALL THREE OF THEM WERE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT TH THAT'S NOT A MAJORITY, SO THEY COULD COME TO THE COUNCIL AND WHAT THEY SAID YES TO COULD BE NO HERE.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER, UH, I GUESS, LITIGATION CONSIDERATION THAT I WOULD BRING TO THE, TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT, UM, I DON'T WANT TO, UM, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE COTTONWOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OR RIVER CREEK, UM, IS JUST A, UH, A FRONT, SO TO SPEAK FOR THE CITY OPERATIONS, WHO IS OUR CURRENT CITY REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, CURRENTLY IT'S THE MAYOR WHO IS, WHO HAS BEEN DEPOSED AND, UH, PARTICIPATED IN RIVER CREEK, UH, AS A DEPONENT.
AND WE'VE NOT TAKEN THE DEPOSITIONS IN COTTONWOOD NOR AT, NOR WILL WE, NOW THAT WE'RE, UH, AT THIS POINT, AND WE STILL HAVE THE LONGHORN LITIGATION THAT IS OPEN FOR A REVIEW NOW TORCH MASS QUESTION.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO NOT DO THIS APPOINTMENT TONIGHT SO WE CAN EDUCATE OURSELVES MORE AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE LDCS AND WHO WE SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTING US IN THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES.
I MEAN, IF WE WAIT TWO WEEKS AND THEN MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS, WOULD THAT PUT US BACK, WOULD THAT HURT US? ACTUALLY, UH, WE WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR DEPOSITIONS IN DECEMBER, UH, AND THOSE DECEMBER, UH, DEPOSITION FOR CANCELED AND THEY'VE RE REQUESTED THOSE, THOSE TO GO FORWARD.
UH, I WAS UNABLE TO GIVE DATES BECAUSE OF THE IMPENDING CHANGE OF OUR DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE.
AND SO WE ARE RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE ALREADY BEEN REQUESTED FOR SOME TIME THAT, UH, FOR A DATE AND A REPRESENTATIVE.
AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT THE SELECTION IS MADE OR OTHERWISE WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE, UH, A, UH, UM, A MEETING WITH TWO MEMBERS TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITHOUT THE, WITHOUT A THIRD MEMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S STILL A QUORUM.
THEY CAN STILL CONDUCT BUSINESS IF YOU'D LIKE TO WAIT, EVEN ASK THEM THE LAST FOUR DAYS TO MAKE A DECISION.
EVEN ASK HER, LIKE, IN THIS LAST WEEK, I'VE BEEN ASKED OVER THE LAST
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TWO WEEKS, I'VE ALREADY PUT THEM OFF BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, AND THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE OR GET A REASONABLE DATE FOR THE DEPOSITION IN THE FUTURE.DID IT, HIS CHANGE CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCE.
WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT ON FRIDAY.
SO WE'RE NOT EVEN A WEEKEND TO HAVING TO MAKE THIS DECISION, BUT IF THE MAYOR REPRESENTS A CITY, CAN HE STILL DO THE DEPOSITIONS? WELL, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD CREATE CONFUSION BETWEEN THE PARTIES BETWEEN, OKAY, I GET THAT.
AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THORTON WAS CORRECT IN THAT THE, IF FOR INSTANCE, IT'S, THE, THE CITY MANAGER WAS THE BEST PERSON THAT YOU WANTED TO USE TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF COTTONWOOD OR RIVER CREEK OR THE CITY IN DEPOSITIONS.
YOU CAN SELECT THE CITY MANAGER TO DO THAT.
UH, AND SO COULD THE BOARDS, BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP ASSOCIATED WITH EACH BOARD, EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
SO JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE, ON THE BOARD, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU, THAT THE BOARD WILL SELECT A BOARD MEMBER TO BE THE DESIGNATED CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEPUTY, KNOWING THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM THEN BEING PUT ONTO THE COTTONWOOD.
LGC, I MEAN, THAT'S FINE WITH, I MEAN, I'VE SAT DOWN WITH YOU AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF IT.
SO, UM, THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
AND I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON FEELS THE SAME WITH RIVER CREEK.
UM, NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE CAN BE WHOEVER'S BEST.
I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY PUT SO MUCH MONEY AND TIME IN THESE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PREVAIL TO COUNCIL MEMBER KINSEY'S POINT.
SO, UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE THE PERSON THAT ISN'T THERE, BUT, UM, OKAY.
SO I'M FINE WITH THEM, THE MOTION THEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON TO OUR PRESENT RIVER CREEK COUNCIL MEMBERS, VILLEREAL SABA TO REPRESENT COTTONWOOD, MAYBE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS, OR JUST ONE CHRISTIAN IS GOING TO BE TWO SEPARATE OR ONE.
YOU CAN DO THEM IN ONE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.
DAN DORTON COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY, I COUNCIL MEMBER, MANDY MAYOR MIKE SNYDER, COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO IF I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE BEST MEDIUM WOULD BE, BUT MAYBE US HAVE A, A WORK SESSION COMING UP, MAYBE IN MARCH TO KIND OF, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES ON A COUNCIL TO GO OVER.
MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US WITH THAT, UH, GEORGE, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE FORMED, WHAT THEY DO AND ALL THAT, SO THAT, UM, WE ALL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND THE PUBLIC COULD BE REMINDED.
DID THE, UH, APPOINTMENT BOARD THEY MEET? DID YOU GUYS MEET SINCE LAST MEETING? YES, WE DID.
UM, SO WE HAVE A ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JUSTIN SHEPHERD TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNICATIONS TASK FORCE.
AND I WILL SECOND THE NOMINATION, UH, JUSTIN IS, UH, LIKE MANY PEOPLE RELATIVELY RECENT, UH, RESIDENT OF THE CITY, BUT IT HAS A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS ABOUT TRYING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF EVENTS AND INCREASE THE PROFILE OF HADOW IN THE REGION AND WORK WITH OTHER CITIES TO KIND OF PARTNER AND COORDINATE EVENTS SO THAT WE DON'T STEP ON EACH OTHER'S EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK HE'S, HE'S WORKED TOGETHER SOME GOOD IDEAS.
I THINK HE'S GOT SOME VISION TO, TO BRING TO THE BOARD THAT, TO THE COMMISSION THAT WILL HELP THEM, UH, CHART OUT THEIR, THEIR KIND OF NEXT PHASE.
SO NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR JUSTIN SHEPHERD TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TASK FORCE.
DOES HE SERVE ON HPD? IS HE LIKE HELLO POLICE DEPARTMENT? NO.
IS HE A POLICE OFFICER? YOU'RE ASKING THEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER, MANDY COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN TORTIN COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBIN SUTTON BY COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY.
I NEAR MIKE SNYDER, UNLESS YOU PASS THE SIX ZERO.
ANYTHING ELSE? FOUR OUT OF NINE 11.
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF I, PER CHANCE COULD TAKE UP BEING THE LIAISON FOR, UM, THE ADA TASK FORCE.
SINCE I KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THORTON, HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET MUCH TRACTION.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF HE WOULD BE OKAY.
OR IF WE MAYBE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN
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DO THAT EXCHANGE OR IF WE CAN JUST DO THAT AND IF YOU'RE OKAY, IF, IF YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS, I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT.WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TAKE? IS THAT A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCKINSEY? I'LL SECOND IT TO A POINT CUSTOMER MCKINSEY, TO BE THE LIAISON OF THE ADA TASK FORCE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY, I COUNCIL MEMBER ROBIN SUTTON, COUNCIL MEMBER MANDATE, LYDIA ASSEMBLE NEAR MIKE SNYDER.
COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON, COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN THORTON.
ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR THIS? RIGHT? THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM
[10.1. Consideration and possible action regarding Ordinance No. O-2022-004, amending Article 10.04, Fireworks, of the Code of Ordinances by removing the extraterritorial jurisdiction from the scope of the regulations, consistent with state law. (Chief Jim Stuart, Legal)]
10, ONE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER OH DASH 2022 DASH 0 0 4.FIREWORKS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REMOVING THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FROM THE SCOPE OF THE REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
YOU WEREN'T FOLLOWING STATE LAW.
UM, THIS, THE HAMAN IS, UH, AS A RESULT OF OUR PREPARING THE, UH, THE PUBLIC FOR THE NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION.
AND AS WE GOT READY TO POST THE ORDINANCE, WE NOTICED THAT IT, UH, HAD NOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE LAWS WHICH HAD CHANGED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UH, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE, THE 5,000 FOOT BUFFER, IT IS NOW ILLEGAL TO SELL.
AND, UH, THE CHANGE WHERE WE CAN ONLY SEIZE OPENED PACKAGES OF FIREWORKS.
UM, OUR LEGAL TEAM DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF GETTING THIS TURNED AROUND VERY QUICKLY FOR US SO WE COULD GET IT CORRECTED.
AND BEFORE YOU TODAY, THANKS, SIR.
AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER VILLEREAL SALVO PROVEN 10 WAS PRESENTED SECOND BY COUNCIL MCKINSEY.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
REMEMBER ROBINSON SUTTON, COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY, I COUNCIL MEMBER MANDY, THE MAYOR MIKE SNYDER, COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN THORTON, MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
[10.2. Consideration and possible action on Ordinance No. O-2022-003 ordering a general election for the position of Mayor and Council places 3 and 6 to be held on May 7, 2022; providing for the publication and posting of notice; providing for early voting and election day voting; providing for performance of required administrative duties; making provisions for the conduct of such election; certifying provision of required accessible voting systems; and providing for other matters related to such election. (Legal) ]
TEND TO CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.AN ORDINANCE NUMBER OH DASH 2022 DASH 0 0 3.
ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL PLACES THREE AND SIX TO BE HELD ON MAY 7TH, 2022, PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND POSTING OF NOTICE PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY VOTING, PROVIDING FOR PERFORMANCE OF REQUIRED ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES, MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF SUCH ELECTION CERTIFYING PROVISION OF REQUIRED ACCESSIBLE VOTING SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED, RELATED TO SUCH A ELECTION MOVE TO APPROVE, TEND TO IS PRESENTED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAREAL, SALVO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCKINSEY, APPROVING TEND TO AS PRESENTED ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN THORNTON, COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY COUNCIL MEMBER, MANDY AIRMAX SNYDER COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON.
[11.2. Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2022-004 approving the First Amendment to the Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement between the City of Hutto and CB TIBP Investments, LLC. (Legal)]
11 TO CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER ARTESH 2022 DASH 0 0 4.APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CHAPTER THREE 80 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUDDLE AND C B T I B P INVESTMENTS, LLC.
SO, UM, CITY ATTORNEY, ASSUMING THAT THEY DID COME BACK AND THEY'RE GOOD WITH THE PLAN.
AND THAT WAS THE THING THAT WE, THAT DELAYED IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
I'VE BEEN CHATTING WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR RIGHT CALM.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE CHANGES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PROPOSED ANY QUESTIONS OR ACTION FOR THIS ITEM.
AND I MOVED TO ACCEPT LIVING 0.2 IS PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VILLEREAL SALVO PROVING 11 TWO IS PRESENTED.
I WOULD JUST REMIND, REMIND THE PUBLIC ON THIS, THAT IT IS, UM, IT'S NOT A CHANGE NECESSARILY TO THE AGREEMENT.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS BECAUSE OF A, UH, I GUESS TELL ME IF I SAY THIS WRONG BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE, WHEN THE BUILDING WAS ASSESSED BY THE COUNTY, IT CREATED AN ISSUE TO WHERE, WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REBATE TAXES, THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING REBATE.
AND SO INSTEAD OF EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT, WE'RE JUST DOUBLING UP ON THE FIRST YEAR.
SO THEY GET WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE GOT.
AND THEN THE LAST YEAR, AND I GUESS YEARS TWO THROUGH 10 STAYED THE SAME.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.
I REMEMBER CRYSTAL KINSEY, I COUNCIL MEMBER DAN JORDAN COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON, MAYOR MIKE SNYDER, COUNCIL
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MEMBER, MANDY VILLARREAL, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.[12. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2) ]
EXECUTIVE SESSION 8:35 PM, WHERE WE WOULD GO IN FOR ONE ITEM ITEM 12, FIVE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE, FIVE, ONE.ZERO EIGHT SEVEN TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO POTENTIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 9:52 PM.
[11.1. Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2021-184 authorizing the Mayor to execute a new Interlocal Agreement with Williamson County, Texas, for the waterline relocation next to CR 404. (Wade Benton, Commissioner Boles)]
IS ITEM 11, ONE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 2021 DASH 1 8 4.AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A NEW INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS FOR THE WATER LINE RELOCATION NEXT TO CR 4 0 4.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M HERE BEFORE YOU WITH THE, UH, INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE PROJECT THAT WAS MENTIONED ALSO HAVE HERE TODAY, UH, COMMISSIONER BOWLS AND BOB DE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION OR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
UM, I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A HIGHLIGHT OVERVIEW OF THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.
UM, THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE VERSION THAT YOU SAW, UH, THERE WAS BEFORE YOU LAST MEETING, UM, CITY'S EXISTING, UH, 16 INCH WATER LINE THAT IS CURRENTLY, UH, WITHIN THE EXISTING COUNTY ROAD, 4 0 4 RIGHT AWAY.
UM, WHICH IS EAST OF, UH, FM, UM, 33 49.
THE COUNTY IS, UM, PLANS TO RELOCATE COUNTY ROAD 4 0 4.
UH, THE EXISTING WATER LINE IS WITHIN THE, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY TO FOUR OR FOUR.
AND SO THE WATER LINE, UH, NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, UH, THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU, UM, SAY SO THE COUNTY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW WATER LINE.
THE NEW WATER LINE WILL BE, UM, IT WILL GO FROM A, A 16 INCH TO A 24 INCH, UH, PIPE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF AN 18 INCH PVC, WHICH IS EXISTING AS A 16 INCH PVC.
UM, THE COUNTY WILL PAY FOR THAT DESIGN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT AS WELL AS GRANT AND EASEMENT FOR THAT NEW WATER LINE, UH, ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE RELOCATION.
UM, IT WOULD BE, UH, THAT EASEMENT WILL BE ADJACENT TO ROAD 4 0 4 AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT RELOCATION ROUTE.
IN ADDITION, UM, THE AGREEMENT ALSO ADDRESSES, UH, THE COUNTIES PROJECT, THE SOUTHEAST LOOP PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY SEGMENT TWO, UM, IN WHICH THE COUNTY IS REQUESTING, OR THE CITY WOULD BE GRANTING THE COUNTY, THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE EMINENT DOMAIN, UH, FOR RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION FOR THAT SEGMENT OF THE PROJECT.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THIS AGREEMENT AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
WE JUST OPEN IT UP ONCE THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR COUNT FROM COUNCIL.
UM, I BELIEVE WHENEVER I SPOKE WITH MR. OUR COMMISSIONER ROLES, UM, ON THE PHONE EARLIER THIS WEEK, I HAD ASKED HIM A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE HAD HAD TIME TO POSSIBLY GET THE ANSWERS, UM, FOR THE EMINENT DOMAIN PIECE.
UM, SO HOW MANY PARCELS, UM, ARE ANY OF THOSE HOMESTEADS, UM, AND HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS ALREADY BEEN STARTED WITH THOSE POTENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS? I BELIEVE THERE'S SIX PARCELS CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF HUTTOE CITY LIMITS.
TWO ARE OWNED BY MORE FAMILY FARMS, WHICH IS AN INVESTMENT GROUP, UH, HEADQUARTERED OUT OF AUSTIN.
UH, OTHER FOUR PARCELS ARE, UM, STARLIGHT VISTA HOMES, UH, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE ASHTON WOODS HOME BUILDER.
SO THERE THEY'RE LARGER TRACKS, UM, KIND OF THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE SEGMENT, UH, THAT APPEAR TO BE IN SOME FORM OR FASHION OWNED BY EITHER INVESTORS OR HOME BUILDERS
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AND DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY HOMES ON THEM AND HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS ALREADY BEEN STARTING WITH THOSE OR THE NEED FOR A MINUTE DOMAIN REALLY NEEDED? NO, NO CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN STARTED WITH THEM YET.I'M SORRY, THIS, THIS JUST CAME UP TONIGHT, BUT THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS IT'S COMING OUT OF TIPPING FEES IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND THEN THE QUESTION THAT I HAD IS YOU MAY NOT KNOW AN EXACT ANSWER, BUT HOW BIG IS THAT TIPPING FEE FUND AND HOW MUCH DOES IT KIND OF INCREMENT, YOU KNOW, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, ARE WE TAKING A SMALL CHUNK OF WHAT'S IN THERE OR ARE WE LIKE COMMITTING THE NEXT DECADE OF TIPPING FEES TO THIS? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE, WHAT THE SIZE OF THAT IS.
IT CHANGES, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A COUNTY FUND.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THE LANDFILL TAKES AS FAR AS BUSINESS.
GENERALLY THE CITY OF HUDDLES PORTION.
WE SEE IT BEING SOMEWHERE AROUND $250,000 A YEAR.
AND SO IS THAT FUN, LIKE SITTING WITH A BIG BALANCE RIGHT NOW, OR IS IT SOMETHING WHERE IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE DRAWN DOWN OVER TIME? SO WE'RE SO NOT WEAK, BUT THE COUNTY'S COMMITTING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME TO PAY FOR THIS.
IS THAT KIND OF WHERE IT'S AT? CORRECT? CORRECT.
OUR CURRENT PLAN IS TO, IS TO PAY IT OUT OVER 10 YEARS.
THAT GETS US PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE BELIEVE THE COST WILL BE.
IT'LL BE A LITTLE SHORT, BUT, UM, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TIPPING FEES WILL BE EITHER OVER THAT TIME.
DO YOU KNOW IF THIS WILL HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE, UM, 50,000 FOR THE PARK? NO, NONE, NONE WHATSOEVER.
UH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT FUND OUT OF THE LANDFILL.
IT'S NOT, UH, AND I AM, UH, THAT IS JUST AS AN UPDATE AND ASIDE THE DESIGN ON THAT TAKES PARTICULAR STONE AND MARBLE, AND WE ARE TRYING TO BEAT STRANGLE PRICE OUT OF THE, UH, THE GROUP THAT BUILDS THOSE TYPE OF MONUMENTS.
WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A COST FOR THAT YET.
GOOD TO KNOW THAT SEPARATE SOURCES.
AND I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE REVOLVES AROUND, WE'RE GETTING THE EMINENT DOMAIN, YOU KNOW, THE EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE RIGHT AWAY IS OBTAINED FOR, FOR THE LOOP TO GO THROUGH.
UH, THE OTHER ASPECT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY IS GETTING, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THAT AREA.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IS RE UH, REQUEST FOR SOME OF THE ARPA FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY HAS.
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE ONE COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE ONE VOTE, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE ARPA FUNDS AND, AND WHERE WE STAND ON THAT AND WHAT THE TIMELINE MIGHT BE ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I WANT TO SAY IT CORRECTLY.
I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE ANYTHING.
UH, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE CITY OF HADOW THE COUNTY WAS GIVEN ARPA FUNDS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CU THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE LOOKED AT IS HOW CAN WE USE THOSE FUNDS TO HELP OUR CITIES USE SOME OF THE BASIC THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED UNDER THAT THE ARPA, UM, UH, GUIDANCE, WATER, WASTEWATER DRAINAGE ARE AMONG THOSE.
AND SO LOOKING TOWARDS THAT, WHAT SOMETHING THAT I I'M HOPING TO PRESENT TO THE COURT, UH, IS TO GET A COLLECTION OF THAT MONEY, UM, TO ASSIST HADOW WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTING A WASTEWATER LINE.
YOUR WASTEWATER ENGINEER HAS, HAS KIND OF GIVEN US A DESIGN AND A COST.
I'M HOPING TO EXCEED THAT AMOUNT.
UH, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I WANT TO DO, AND I KNOW THAT'S DEFINITELY MORE IN MY CONTROL, UH, AS FAR AS GIVING YOU ACCESS TO THE COUNTIES RIGHT OF WAY ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOOP, BUT THAT WASTEWATER LINE IN, UH, AND I MEAN, THAT'S A VARIETY OF THINGS.
MY, MY GENERAL GUESTS THAT IF YOU HAD TO GO, IF THE CITY HAD TO GO COLLECT THAT RIGHT AWAY ON THEIR OWN FOR THE WASTEWATER LINE, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT $5 MILLION IN CLIMBING.
UH, IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS AS WELL.
SO I THINK FOR THE CITY, THERE'S, UH, JUST, JUST ACCESS TO OUR RIGHT OF WAY, UH, AND MONEY AND TIME, I THINK WILL BE A GOOD BENEFIT.
UH, BUT I HOPE TO HOPE TO HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDS TOO.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I AM THIS CLOSE TO LOSING MY VOICE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, IF I'M WHISPERING, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IT OUT.
UM, SO THIS IS THE THIRD SEGMENT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO HIM IN THOSE SEGMENT.
NUMBER TWO, UM, REMIND ME, SO WE GRANTED EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY FOR SEGMENTS ONE SEGMENT THREE.
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ASKING FOR THE SAME THING HERE FOR SEGMENT TWO.AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT THAT MODIFIED SECTION OF THE, UH, AGREEMENT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO, UH, OUR BEST EFFORTS TO TRY TO GET, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONE OF THESE LAND OWNERS TO DONATE LAND, WHICH MEANS YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO IN A DOMAIN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IT IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE COUNTY BUILT ROADS, IMMINENT DOMAIN DOMAINS, PART OF THAT PROCESS, BUT IT'S THE LEAST, I MEAN, IT'S THE WORST, IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S THE LAST THING.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT REALLY OCCURS VERY OFTEN.
SO PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, SO 2019, UH, THE COUNTY LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION BOND PROJECT GOT APPROVED, INCLUDED IN THAT BOND WHERE FUNDING FOR A SEGMENT ONE AND SEGMENT THREE SEGMENT.
ONE IS UP BY GODDESS SCHOOL ROAD, UH, COMING OFF OF ONE 30, IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETE MAYBE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, SEGMENT THREE, UH, THAT'S A BIGGER, THAT'S A BIGGER CHUNK.
I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY CLOSER TO 65, $70 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE HOPE TO BREAK GROUND ON THAT IN APRIL.
SO WE HAVE THE MIDDLE SEGMENT AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS, UH, AND WE JUST, WE DON'T, WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE A FOOTPRINT, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS FAIRLY WELL ENGINEERED.
UH, BUT WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING FOR THAT.
SO I DON'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
I DON'T HAVE RIGHT AWAY A VARIETY OF THINGS.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WASTEWATER LINE IS, UH, I'VE, I'VE GOT THE AVAILABLE RIGHT AWAY ALONG SEGMENT THREE.
IF I'M GOING TO PUT, IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE WASTEWATER LINE IN THE COUNTY'S RIGHT OF WAY, I HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND A GOOD PORTION OF THAT IS IN SEGMENT TWO.
SO I MEAN, IT KIND OF ALL COMES TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE ROAD AND THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE WASTEWATER LINE.
SO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS POINT, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO MAKE BEST EFFORTS TO HELP GET THAT.
I'M GOING TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY, I THINK WE'LL, UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN A LANDOWNER TURNED DOWN A WASTEWATER LINE BECAUSE THEIR PROPERTY VALUE GOES DRAMATICALLY UP.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, IN TERMS OF, WE START OFFERING PEOPLE WASTEWATER, UM, SERVICES, UM, IN, IN LIEU OF RIGHT AWAY FOR THE WASTEWATER LYME, THAT'D BE SHOCKED BY SAID, NO, SOME NUT, IT MAY BE A $5 MILLION VALUE IN RIGHT AWAY.
BUT MY GUESS IS IT'S PROBABLY FIVE TIMES THAT TO THE LANDOWNERS TO HAVE WASTEWATER.
SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITH THE LANDOWNERS.
W WE JUST TRY TO BE A GOOD PARTNER AND I'M TRYING, THIS IS, THIS IS A LITTLE NEW POSITION FOR THE COUNTY TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF FUNDING.
UM, I LOOKED AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S, Y'ALL HAVE A LOT GOING ON.
UH, I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I, I LOOK AT OUR MEETINGS AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, TH THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS INVOLVED, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S TRULY A LOT GOING ON IN HADOW.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A REAL SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.
I WISH I COULD SAY THAT STRONGER RIGHT NOW, BUT MY VOICE IS ABOUT TO GO.
I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S WORK IT'S BECAUSE IT TRULY IS A SACRIFICE.
COMMENTS, CONCERNS, ACTION ITEMS. I JUST WANT TO ADD, THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME TIME TALKING TO ME ON MONDAY NIGHT.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TIPPING FEES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THORTON BROUGHT THAT UP AND, UM, AND USING THOSE, MY CONCERN IS THAT THEY'RE DESIGNATED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PARKS.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? HOW DO, HOW, HOW CAN YOU COMMIT THAT MONEY TO DO SOMETHING THAT IT'S REALLY NOT DESIGNATED? THERE'S THERE'S TWO FUNDS.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE FOR THE CITY OF HUTTOE IN THE HUDDLE ISD.
AND IN THE $250,000 WOULD BE THE CITY OF HUDDLES, HALF OF THAT FUND COMMITTED FOR THE CITY OF HADOW AND THE HUDDLE ISD.
AND IN THE HUDDLE AS D WOULD BE GETTING THERE HALF OF THAT FUND OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD AS WELL, THERE IT IT'S WE SPLIT IT.
IT JUST WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THE FUND, THE FUND BALANCE SINCE THE MONEY CAN BE SPENT IN HADOW AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'VE SENT THE MONEY.
BUT I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF BEHIND ON REQUESTING THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
I'LL ASK, I'LL ASK OUR AUDITOR FOR THAT INFORMATION.
CAN I SHUT COUNTY HOUSE? SORRY.
CAN I SHARE BOWLS? UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MEETING WITH ALL OF US RECENTLY TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE FULL UNDERSTANDING.
I FEEL LIKE WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO US, I THINK BACK IN DECEMBER EARLY DECEMBER TO THE FULL COUNCIL,
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UM, IT DIDN'T HAVE THE FULL SCOPE OF EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.AND I MEAN, I WAS ORIGINALLY KIND OF, NOT A FAN WHEN I WAS, IT WAS PRESENTED, BUT I'M UNDERSTANDING JUST THE BIGGER PARTS OF THE PUZZLE AND ALL THE PIECES THAT ARE GOING ON.
UM, IT, IT DEFINITELY RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND IT, IT DEFINITELY, THIS IS OUR, OUR PARTS OF IT THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
AND THERE'S A LOT MORE UNDERSTANDING NOW.
Y'ALL HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE CITY AND TALKING WITH US SINCE JUNE.
UM, AS TO THE WATERLINE, IT'S BEEN MORE SINCE, UH, OCTOBER, I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE LINE IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY, UM, UH, CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL THAT ARPA FUNDS.
UH, I THINK I INITIATIVES WHEN CONVERSATION LATE JULY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND OUR LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING COMPREHENSION, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THEY'VE BEEN BRIEFING US.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO MEET WITH ME.
AND, UM, AND SOME OF YOU SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I SAW, AND THIS WAS THIS.
AND I'M LIKE, YEP, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW, BUT THIS WAS, IT'S MOVING, IT'S MOVING ON IT.
AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, PRICING THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY AVAILABLE AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY GETTING IT DONE SO I CAN, I CAN KIND OF GO LOCK IN MY PART OF IT TOO.
AND WE JUST HAVE FEAR OF MOVING PARTS.
I KNOW THAT YOU TRIED TO GET ON THE AGENDA BEFORE, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT TO, TO WORK WITH US ON THIS.
UM, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT.
UM, NOW THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING JUST AGAIN, ALL THE PIECES A LOT BETTER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, FEATURE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I MEAN, THE, I MEAN THE AMOUNT OF THINGS, I HAVE AN IDEA AND I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER CITY THAT HAS AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES, SO, YEAH.
WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER, UH, COMMENTS AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 11.1 IS PRESENTED A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, VILLAREAL, SALVO APPROVING 11.
ONE IS PRESENTED ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN THORTON, COUNCIL MEMBER, CRYSTAL KINSEY, COUNCIL MEMBER, MANDY VILLARREAL, TRELLO, MIRAMAX SNYDER, COUNCIL MEMBER, PETER GORDON COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON.
I MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO, RIGHT.
[12. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2) ]
10 0 9.WE WILL GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, 12 ONE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5 5 1 DASH ZERO SEVEN.
ONE RELATED TO PENDING LEGAL LEGAL REQUESTS, POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND CITY COUNCIL LEGAL REQUESTS, ITEM 12 TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 DASH ZERO SEVEN.
ONE RELATING TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE CO-OP DISTRICT DATED AUGUST 17TH, 2017 AS AMENDED BETWEEN THE CITY OF HADOW AND M A PARTNERS, LLC AND RELATED AGREEMENTS.
ITEM 12, THREE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE.ZERO SEVEN ONE TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM ITS ATTORNEYS PERTAINING TO CASE NUMBER ONE 20 OTIS JONES VS.
CITY OF HADOW AND ALL FILED IN THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION MAYOR.
BEFORE YOU GET THE 12 FOUR, UM, I KNOW DADDY HAD SENT OUT A MEMO ON FOR THE ITEM FOR 12 FOUR, AND I KNOW FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM ROSE HAS ASKED WHO THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO PERSONNEL, THAT IT BE CONDUCTED IN THE OPEN.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S STILL A NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR 12 FOR, WE CAN, IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, GENERALLY UNDER CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY.
BUT IF WE WANT TO DELIBERATE THE MAYOR PER TIME, OR THE FORMER AIR PER TIME, THEN I THINK HE HAS REQUESTED THAT IT BE CONDUCTED AN OPEN.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT GOING INTO OPEN SESSION? UH, I'D JUST MOVED TO GLEN AND TABLE IT INDEFINITELY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM 12, SIX RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5, 5 1 0 7 1 RELATING TO PRECEDENT HOLLOW CAPITAL LLC.
THE COTTONWOOD DEVELOPMENT CORP AT ALL APPEAL PENDING IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.
THE TIME IS 10 11 GOING BACK UPSTAIRS.
BACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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ACTION WAS TAKEN.[13. ACTION RELATIVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ITEM.WE HAVE ITEM 13, ONE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO LEGAL ADVICE RECEIVED PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE, FIVE, $1 ZERO SEVEN.
ONE RELATED TO THE PENDING LEGAL REQUEST, POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND CITY COUNCIL, LEGAL REQUESTS, ANYTHING THERE FROM ANYBODY, RIGHT? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL GO TO 13 TO CONSIDER AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATING TO LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5 5 1 DASH ZERO SEVEN.
ONE RELATING TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE CO-OP DISTRICT DATED AUGUST 17TH, 2017 AS AMENDED BETWEEN THE CITY OF HADOW AND M A PARTNERS, LLC, AND RELATED AGREEMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL GO TO 13 THREE, CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE ACTION RELATING TO LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5 5 1 DASH 0 7 1 TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM ITS ATTORNEYS PERTAINING TO CASE NUMBER ONE 20 CV 1, 2, 1 0 OTIS JONES VS.
CITY OF HUTTOE AT ALL FILED IN THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION.
AND THEY'RE HEARING NINE 13 FOR CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION RELATING TO LEGAL ADVICE.
RIGHT? 13, FIVE CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION.
UH, WHERE ARE WE AT HERE? POSSIBLE ACTION.
RELATING TO LEGAL ADVICE RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5 5 1 DASH 0 7 1 AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 DASH 0 8 7 TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO POTENTIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
WE'LL GO TO 13, SIX CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION RELATING TO LEGAL ADVICE RECEIVED PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5 5 1 DASH 0 7, 1 RELATING TO PRESTON HOLLOW CAPITAL LLC V COTTONWOOD DEVELOPMENT CORP AT ALL APPEAL PENDING IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL ADJOURN AT 11:26 PM.