Aug 03, 2021 City Council

OK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

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I MISSED YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL JULY BREAK.

MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN. AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AS OF 5:30 THIS EVENING.

AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO INTRODUCE OUR CITY CHAPLAIN, PASTOR CLAYTON REED.

COME ON DOWN, SIR. HE WILL GIVE OUR INVOCATION AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THE PLEDGES.

PASTOR REED, THANK YOU.

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. [INVOCATION] ALL PLEASE RISE.

DEAR LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS TIME THAT WE HAD AWAY.

AND WE PRAY FOR YOUR MERCY AND GRACE AND PEACE TO MOVE INTO THIS ROOM TONIGHT.

LORD WE GIVE THANKS FOR FREEDOM WHERE WE CAN MEET, DELIBERATE, TALK, LISTEN AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. AND LORD I GIVE THANKS FOR THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME.

AND I PRAY TONIGHT AS THEY LISTEN AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT SHE WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH MAYOR HUFFMAN AS HE LEADS.

AND WE PRAY, JESUS, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US PEACE AND MERCY AND STRENGTH AS WE AS A GROUP AND AS A TOWN, TRY TO DO YOUR WILL AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

LORD WE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE STREET TONIGHT, WE GIVE THANKS FOR THEM. WE PRAY AS EACH OF THEM MAKE STOPS, TALKS TO PEOPLE, INTERACTS WITH THE PUBLIC, THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT OUR OFFICERS, PROTECT THOSE THAT INTERACT WITH THEM, GIVE THEM WISDOM AND HELP AND MERCY.

OR WE ALSO GIVE THANKS, BECAUSE YOU LOVE US AND YOU CARE ABOUT US, AND I PRAY IF THERE IS A PERSON IN THE ROOM TONIGHT THAT STRUGGLING WITH THAT, THAT THEY WOULD KNOW THAT YOU LOVE THEM. AND THAT YOU CARE AND THAT WE CARE.

WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR. Y'ALL JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE.

TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[3. Recognition of School Resource Officer Tony Pate]

WE ARE GOING TO BE HONORING SOME OF THE MOST HARDWORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WE HAVE IN THIS TOWN. AND I ALREADY SEE SOME BLUSHING BACK THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T LOVE THE RECOGNITION, BUT THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB FOR OUR CITIZENS AND SPECIFICALLY THOSE CITIZENS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

THOSE ARE OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

THE CITY HAS BEEN PROUD TO SUPPORT THE SRO PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

WE DO IT OVER AGAIN, AND THE WORK YOU MEN AND WOMEN DO EVERY SINGLE DAY ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS IS JUST INCREDIBLE.

AND WE WILL. I KNOW WE ALL WANT THE CHANCE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT TONIGHT.

SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY COOL RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS.

SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE POLICE CHIEF JAMES BRANDON.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. AND HE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SRO, TONY PATE AND SOME OF THE OTHER GREAT THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN THE RECENT PAST.

CHIEF BRANDON, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE SRO PROGRAM AS A WHOLE AND THE ACTIONS OF ONE SRO IN PARTICULAR, AS YOU KNOW, THE SOUTHLAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AS A PRIMARY METHOD BY WHICH WE ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR CITY'S YOUTH.

THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF 13 SROS, ONE CORPORAL, ONE SERGEANT, AND OPERATES WITH A BUDGET OF OVER ONE POINT FOUR MILLION, ALL OF WHICH IS CITY FUNDED.

RECENTLY, SEVERAL OF OUR SROS ATTENDED THE YEARLY CONFERENCE FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO ACCEPT AN AWARD ON THE PROGRAM'S BEHALF TASRO, AS WE REFER TO THEM, AWARDED THE SOUTHLAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE ROLE MODEL AGENCY OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS GIVEN TO ONE SRO PROGRAM IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

TASRO FELT THAT THE PROGRAM BEST REPRESENTED WHAT THEY REFER TO AS THE SRO TRIAD, WHICH ENTAILS SROS THAT WORK AS EDUCATORS AND FORMAL COUNSELORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

THIS ACHIEVEMENT WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF ALL OF OUR SROS AND OUR DAILY ACTIONS TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE.

I KNOW IN REFERENCE TO THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE, THAT'S KIND OF A QUICK BIT OF INFORMATION.

BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK, WE EXPANDED THIS PROGRAM IN EARLY 2013 AFTER THE NEWTOWN TRAGEDY, AND OUR SROS AND THEIR SUPERVISORY STRUCTURE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GROW THIS PROGRAM FROM THEN TO ONE NOW THAT IS RECOGNIZED STATEWIDE AS A MODEL PROGRAM FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AN AWARD THAT WAS RECENTLY PRESENTED TO SRO, TONY PATE, SRO PATE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS VALOR AWARD. AND HERE'S SOME DETAILS.

IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, SRO OVERHEARD A CALL FOR SERVICE IN WHICH A MALE CARRYING A HATCHET WAS WALKING IN THE ROADWAY NEAR CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE MALE SEEMED TO BE IN MENTAL DISTRESS AND WAS ARMED WITH A DEADLY WEAPON IN PROXIMITY TO STUDENTS AND STAFF.

OFFICER PATE QUICKLY RESPONDED AND COORDINATED THE EFFORTS OF RESPONDING OFFICERS TO ENSURE THAT A SAFE PERIMETER WAS MAINTAINED, THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE MALE COULD BEGIN

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OFFICER PATE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY TAKE THE MALE INTO CUSTODY WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND GET THE PERSON THE HELP THAT HE NEEDED.

OFFICER PATES ACTIONS EXEMPLIFY THE PURPOSE OF THE SRO PROGRAM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM FOR HIS EFFORTS.

NOW I'LL SPEAK ON OFFICER PATES BEHALF A LITTLE BIT AND TELL YOU THAT I THINK HE WOULD TELL YOU THAT HE WAS SIMPLY DOING HIS JOB AND THAT HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OF THE SROS WOULD.

AND I KNOW THAT HE SINCERELY BELIEVES THAT.

AND HE CERTAINLY WASN'T THE LONE RANGER IN THAT SITUATION.

THERE WERE MANY THAT HELPED.

BUT THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE PURPOSE OF OUR SROS.

THEY MENTOR, THEY EDUCATE, THEY INFORM, THEY COUNSEL.

BUT THEY ARE ALSO THE BRIGHT LINE IN BETWEEN THE HARMS OF THE WORLD AND OUR CHILDREN BEING SAFE AT SCHOOL.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR SPEAK WITH HIM, IF YOU COULD. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JAMES. YEAH, WE ALL FEEL SO STRONGLY THAT WE SUPPORT YOUR PROGRAM.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS, NOT ONLY TO OFFICER PATE AND ALL OF YOUR SROS, BUT ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER TALLEY WANT TO START US OFF.

SURE. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOLS AND TO OUR TO OUR CITY.

I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME NOW, AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS FIRST PUT IN PLACE AND MY CHILDREN WERE YOUNG AND IN SCHOOL AND AND I REMEMBER FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT AT THE TIME AND KNOWING THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THERE THAT OBVIOUSLY NOW IT'S EXPANDED SO THAT THERE'S ONE AT EVERY CAMPUS.

BUT EVEN AT THE TIME WHEN WHEN Y'ALL HAD TO GO BETWEEN CAMPUSES, I FELT SO MUCH BETTER KNOWING THAT YOU WERE THERE.

AND I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR ALL OF COUNCIL, BUT I DON'T ENTERTAIN ANYBODY SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM UNLESS THEY SAY STELLAR THINGS ABOUT IT.

I THINK IT'S NEEDED. I THINK IT'S NECESSARY.

AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

YOU GUYS ARE SO AND LADIES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR CHILDREN AND OUR SCHOOLS.

AND SO JUST FROM MY HEART, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBBINS.

FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS OFFICER PATE AND TO THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.

I MEAN, IT PROBABLY COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO ANY OF US THAT Y'ALL WERE CHOSEN AS THE LEADER AMONG AMONG ALL THE PROGRAMS YOU'RE PART OF, IN MY OPINION, THE BEST POLICE FORCE IN THE STATE.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I THINK THAT IT'S THE VALUE AND ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE AS CITIZENS AND PARENTS IN THIS CITY BECAUSE OF Y'ALL BEING ON THOSE CAMPUSES.

IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

I KNOW WE ALL FEEL SAFER BECAUSE YOU'RE THERE.

I NEVER WORRY ABOUT MY KIDS SAFETY AT SCHOOL KNOWING THAT YOU'RE ON THE JOB WITH THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND KNOW THAT WE'VE ALWAYS GOT YOUR BACK UP HERE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PATTON.

THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SIT UP HERE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS.

AS A PARENT WITH KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, YOU CERTAINLY MAKE IT A SAFE AND REWARDING EXPERIENCE FOR US AS WE DROP OUR KIDS OFF EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM THE SMILES THEY HAVE ON YOUR FACES. IF YOU'RE HELPING WITH KIDS, GET ACROSS THE STREET TO JUST THE INTERACTIONS THAT I SEE YOU IN THE HALLWAYS WITH THE KIDS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY STEPPING UP WHEN THERE IS A SERIOUS SITUATION, IT'S VERY VALUABLE.

AND I'D LIKE TO LEAVE WITH JUST A QUICK STORY.

IN MY HOMETOWN WHERE I GREW UP, THEY HAD SOME FUNDING ISSUES AND THEY THEY SHUT DOWN THE SRO PROGRAM IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR AND I CAN GIVE YOU COMPLETE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE 100 PERCENT OF THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE UP HERE THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU PROPERLY FUNDED, BUT YOU'RE PROPERLY FUNDED WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU NEED AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED. I KNOW THAT YOUR LEADER HERE, CHIEF BRANDON, IS ALWAYS REACHING OUT AND ENSURING THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROPERLY FUNDED AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED.

SO AS A FATHER, AS A CITIZEN AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

SO IT'S FUNNY TO LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND SEE HOW MANY FACES THAT I KNOW I MET CHIEF BRANDON IN 2015 WHEN I DECIDED TO JOIN DPS CITIZEN'S ACADEMY AND I CAME TO VOLUNTEER SHORTLY THEREAFTER, YOU GET TO KNOW MANY OF THE CAPTAINS, LIEUTENANTS, SERGEANTS.

BUT THE SRO PROGRAM IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE MY KIDS, MY KIDS HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW EVERY RESOURCE OFFICER BY NAME.

AND EVERY TIME THEY SEE ONE OF THEM, THEY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT TALK OF THEM VERY FONDLY.

SOME VERY, VERY SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I TELL THEM ALL THE TIME I WOULDN'T LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT PROGRAM.

ON THE DAY THAT THE GUY USING THE AX WAS FOUND, WE ACTUALLY PASSED THAT ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL AND IT WAS CARS EVERYWHERE.

SO I DROPPED MY DAUGHTER OFF AT SCHOOL.

I NEVER DOUBTED THAT SHE WAS WASN'T SAFE.

AND I GOT HOME THAT DAY AND EVERYBODY WAS FREAKING OUT ABOUT IT.

AND I ASKED MY DAUGHTER, I SAID, YOU KNOW, DID YOU FEEL SAFE? SHE SAID, DAD, THIS IS SOUTHLAKE.

I KNOW THE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US.

I WASN'T WORRIED AT ALL. AND I THOUGHT THAT JUST MEANT SOMETHING TO ME, THAT MY KIDS FEEL SAFE BECAUSE I TELL THEM ALL THE TIME OUR JOB IS NOT TO PUT YOU IN A TWO MILLION DOLLAR

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOSH EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID.

I MEAN, FANTASTIC COMMENTS.

I ECHO EVERYTHING MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID, BUT I GUESS BEING THE ELDER STATESMAN UP HERE, YOU KNOW, STARTED UP HERE BACK IN 2013 AND IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME OR A LITTLE EARLIER WHEN THIS PROGRAM WAS GETTING ITS FOOTING AND REALLY STARTING TO GROW.

AND I'VE HAD FOUR KIDS COME THROUGH THE CARROLL ISD, ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE PROGRAM, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. YOU KEPT THEM SAFE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THAT.

THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS AND THAT'S A LOT OF YEARS OF EDUCATION.

AND IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN GO RIGHT AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG.

AND WE OWE IT TO ALL OF YOU.

AND CHIEF BRANDON AND YOUR REGULAR STAFF AS WELL AS YOUR SRO STAFF IS INCREDIBLE.

I WILL ALSO SAY, THOUGH, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, TOO KIND OF LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER PATTON, THAT MEANS A LOT IS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, MY SON AND I WERE ON A PIG HUNT AND HE HAD A REALLY COOL VIDEO OF A SHOT HE HAD MADE.

AND IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO HIM THAT TWO SERGEANTS AND AN SRO ALL COMMENTED ON FACEBOOK, YOU KNOW, COMPLIMENTED HIM ON THAT HUNT AND WHAT A GREAT SHOT IT WAS AND WHAT THAT MEANS A LOT TO A 17 YEAR OLD KID.

AND SO THAT SPEAKS TO THE PERSONAL TOUCH.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT I KNOW THE PRIMARY GOAL FOR ALL OF YOU IS SAFETY YOU KNOW WHEN YOU STEP FOOT ON CAMPUS AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO FOR THESE KIDS, BUT I KNOW A CLOSE SECOND IS GETTING TO KNOW HIM AND BEING A PART OF THEIR LIFE AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH, I ECHO ALL THOSE COMMENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE ASK SO MUCH OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, NOT ONLY IN SOUTHLAKE, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND YOU'RE CONSTANTLY IN POSITIONS WHERE YOU'RE BEING FORCED TO MAKE SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS AND INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS.

AND YOU ALL DEAL WITH THE ADDED STRESS AND BURDEN OF DEALING WITH OUR CHILDREN AND MAKING THOSE DECISIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR SAFETY AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH SUCH, YOU KNOW, CASUAL GRACE AND SUCH JUST PRECISION OF TRAINING.

IT'S I MEAN, IT'S A CREDIT TO THE POLICE FORCE IS A CREDIT TO ALL OF YOU.

WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL YOU DO.

AND WE ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK.

ALWAYS YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOME SCHOOLED WE HAVE NOT HAD THE BENEFIT OF THE SRO PROGRAM.

BUT I COME HOME SOME DAYS AND LOOKING AT MY WIFE AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT. THESE TEENAGERS GET A LITTLE ROWDY SOMETIMES, BUT NO, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR WHAT YOU DO.

SO I THINK WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE IF THAT'S OK OR CHIEF.

CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.

WE APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY.

WILL Y'ALL COME ON DOWN. WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU GET ABOUT YOUR DAY.

[4. Southlake Business Spotlight - RockBox Fitness, 100 N. Kimball Ave., Suite 105]

AND I'LL INTRODUCE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM, DANIEL CORTEZ.

AND WE'LL BE SHOWCASING ROCK BOX FITNESS.

THANK YOUR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

AS YOU LIKELY SAW AT EACH OF YOUR PLACES, ROCK BOX FITNESS HAS OFFERED A FREE CLASS FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR NEW BUSINESS CONCEPT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT HERE THROUGHOUT DFW.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL WATCH A SHORT VIDEO.

[VIDEO] HEY EVERYBODY I'M MIKE RYAN AND I'M MAITE RYAN, AND TOGETHER WE OWN ROCK BOX FITNESS IN SOUTHLAKE TEXAS. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO BRING FITNESS AND NUTRITION HERE IN SOUTHLAKE OUR CLASSES. WE HAVE FIVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THEY OFFER FIFTY MINUTES OF FUN, BOXING, KICKBOXING, TWENTY FIVE MINUTES ON THE BAGS.

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AND AS MEMBERS YOU ACTUALLY GET NUTRITION WITH THAT AS WELL.

THIS IS WHERE MOST PEOPLE FAIL.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR MEMBERS ARE SUCCESSFUL.

WE PROVIDE CUSTOM MEAL PLANS, WE PROVIDE YOU A GROCERY LIST, RECIPE BOOKS.

AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME WHO LOVES EATING OUT, WE PROVIDE YOU WITH A DINING GUIDE AS WELL.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL WE ALSO OFFER AN ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY, WE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ON TRACK TO MEET YOUR FITNESS AND YOUR NUTRITION GOALS. SO EVERY WEEK WE'LL HAVE YOU COME IN AND TAKE YOUR WEIGHT AND WE'LL GIVE YOU GUIDANCE WHETHER YOU NEED TO MAYBE COME TO THE GYM A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN, OR MAYBE YOU'VE FALLEN OFF THE NUTRITION WAGON TO HELP GET YOU BACK ON TRACK.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GIVE US A CALL. OUR NUMBER IS 817-873-8990 WE ARE LOCATED AT THE HEART SOUTHLAKE IN THE HOME GOOD SHOPPING CENTER.

OUR ADDRESS IS 100 NORTH KIMBALL AVENUE, SUITE 105.

AND YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL US AT YOU CAN EMAIL US AT SOUTHLAKE AT ROCKBOXFITNESS.COM.

COME AND SEE US FIRST WORKOUTS ON US.

I PROMISE YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.

YOU'RE GOING TO SWEAT, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL GREAT.

SO LET'S HIT IT.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL SAY OF ALL THE BUSINESSES I'M PRIVILEGED TO GET TO MEET IN TOWN, THEY WERE PROBABLY SOME OF THE MORE ENTHUSIASTIC ONES.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TO PASS ANY QUESTIONS ALONG TO THEM OR GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL. WELL WE'RE GLAD THEY'RE IN TOWN I PROBABLY NEED THEIR SERVICES MORE THAN I WANT TO ADMIT. WELL, TO THAT POINT MAYOR.

WAIT WHERE IS THIS GOING.

TO THAT POINT, I WAS WONDERING, DANIEL, WOULD IT BE OK FOR US TO TAKE ALL OF THE FREE ONE CLASSES AND GIVE THEM ALL TO THE MAYOR TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? NO, IT'S LISTEN, IT'S JUST IT'S A LONG CAMPAIGN, OK? THERE WAS A LOT OF [INAUDIBLE] INVOLVED.

RANDY KNOWS. COME ON NOW.

A LOT OF [INAUDIBLE]. YOU LOOK YOU LOOK FANTASTIC MAYOR.

BUT SERIOUSLY, PLEASE PASS THOSE DOWN RANDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NO, THANK YOU. WELCOME TO TOWN ROCK BOX.

AND I'M SURE WE WILL SEE YOU.

WE WILL SEE YOU VERY SOON WITH THAT.

LET'S MOVE ON QUICK. HOLD ON DID DANIEL DO A COURSE? DID YOU DO A CLASS? YEAH.

DID YOU TRY IT OUT FOR US? COUNCIL MEMBER. I DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE.

I KNOW. I NEED IT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE OTHER FITNESS STUDIOS IN TOWN MIGHT FEEL IF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SHOW PREFERENCE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. OH, MY GOODNESS.

WELL, WELCOME TO TOWN ROCK BOX.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL TENURE FOR YOU.

WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO WORK.

[5. Open Space Bond Program]

THIS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED WELL, FOR YEARS, REALLY, MOST RECENTLY A COUNCIL SUMMER WORKSHOP. THIS IS THE BOND PROGRAM THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL.

CITY ACTING CITY MANAGER ALISON ORTOWSKI WILL DESCRIBE IT IN DETAIL.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH IT, TO TALK THROUGH POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS AND TO GET COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON KIND OF WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE WANTING STAFF TO GO. SO, ALISON, TAKE IT AWAY.

YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS TO WALK THROUGH A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS.

AND THEN CFO JACKSON IS GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT CAPACITY WE HAVE ON THE BOND ISSUANCE.

GIVEN OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL OUTLOOK AND WHAT WE SEE COMING IN THE FUTURE, THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT A POTENTIAL CALENDAR AND AN ELECTION TIMELINE DEPENDING UPON WHEN AND IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE VERSUS A NOVEMBER ELECTION VERSUS A MAY ELECTION.

AND THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM YOU TONIGHT AS TO HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED.

SO SOUTHLAKE, 2035 DOES INCLUDE A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS SUPPORTING THE PRESERVATION AND THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SPACE, STATED GOALS INCLUDE THAT THE CITY SHOULD STRIVE TO ENSURE THAT PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACES INCLUDE AN INTEGRATED MIX OF DEVELOPED AND NATURAL AREAS, AS WELL AS THE INTEGRATION OF PASSIVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INTO PRESERVED NATURAL AND DRAINAGE AREAS.

AND THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS MASTER PLAN ALSO RECOMMENDS ACTUALLY CREATING A POLICY TO PROCURE OPEN SPACE, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE CITY'S MAJOR CORRIDORS AND BOLSTERING THE CITY'S FLOOD CONTROL RESPONSE AND RESILIENCY RELATED TO FLOODING, WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON LATER ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT BE WOVEN IN AS AN ELEMENT OF THIS PROGRAM.

OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION THAT'S ONLY HAPPENING IN SOUTHLAKE.

WE'VE SEEN CITIES LOCALLY ENDEAVOR TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER TO PROTECT OPEN SPACES.

IT IS DEFINITELY LOCAL CONVERSATION, NATIONAL CONVERSATION.

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WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO IDENTIFY WHERE IN THE CITY'S CRITICAL DRAINAGE STRUCTURES AND DRAINAGE BASINS THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THOSE AREAS FOR PASSIVE PARK USE, BUT ALSO SERVE A PURPOSE OF PROVIDING US RETENTION CAPABILITIES FOR OUR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT FROM OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, HOW THEY MANAGE THAT.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU HOW WE MIGHT PUT TOGETHER SOME POTENTIAL CRITERIA TO ACQUIRE LAND, HOW WE WOULD PRIORITIZE IDENTIFYING WHAT PIECES OF PROPERTY MAY BE SUITABLE, DOES IT SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE? DOES IT SUPPORT THOSE GOALS OF STORM WATER MANAGEMENT? MOVING ON TO LAND CHARACTERISTICS, IS THE PROPERTY UNDEVELOPED? IS IT IN A FLOODPLAIN? AND THEN THE ECONOMICS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CONSIDERATION.

NOW, I'D LIKE TO ASK CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER JACKSON TO STEP FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIALS OF THE PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN THE GOVERNMENT BODY DECIDES IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE BOND SALE, ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IS DETERMINING WHAT'S THE DOLLAR THRESHOLD TO INCLUDE AND THE PROPOSITION THAT YOU SENT TO THE VOTERS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A FEW MOMENTS TO TOUCH ON SOME KEY ASSUMPTIONS WHEN TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT'S THE SWEET SPOT, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU GUYS IF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD, I'VE RAN SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO UP TO 50 MILLION BEING THE MAX THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE PLAN. SOME KEY ASSUMPTIONS THAT IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SCENARIOS.

I USED A HALF A PERCENT GROWTH RATE FOR JUST THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BEGINNING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2003 FORWARD.

AND USING THE TAX RATE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME TAX RATE REALLOCATION.

BUT I USED A TAX RATE OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT WE WILL PROPOSE IN THE 2022 BUDGET, WHICH DOES INCLUDE A TAX RATE REDUCTION IN THAT PROPOSAL THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF TWO WEEKS.

SO THAT STARTED THAT AS THE BASE WITH THAT TAX RATE REDUCTION.

BUT THROUGHOUT THE SCENARIOS, THERE ARE SOME REALLOCATION OF THE TAX RATE BETWEEN M&O AND DEBT, BUT NO TAX RATE INCREASE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.

I ALSO FACTORED IN THE FUTURE FACILITIES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS OPS FACILITY, THE LIBRARY EXPANSION, AND THEN JUST THE ONGOING FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS OF THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO OUR ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS, JUST THE NORMAL FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE DO EACH YEAR. AND DOING FOR THE AMORTIZATION, THE MAXIMUM AMORTIZATION USE WAS 20 YEARS, BUT IN SOME CASES IT'S LESS THAN 20 YEARS JUST TO SIZE UP THE DEBT AND WORK WITHIN OUR CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE.

BUT THE MAXIMUM WAS A 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION ON SOME OF THE SALES AND ALSO FACTORING IN TO MAINTAIN AND PROTECT THE TRIPLE-A RATING OR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ASSUMPTIONS. THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU A VISUAL OF THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WITH THE FOUR KEY FACTORS I'VE INCLUDED EXISTING DEBT IS THE PORTION IN THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS THE OLIVE GREEN. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PLAN FOR CITY FACILITIES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IS THE ORANGE, AND THEN THE BOND SALE, OPEN SPACE ADDRESSING DRAINAGE.

WITH THIS, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO FACTORED IN THAT WE WOULD BALANCE OUR CITY FACILITIES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITH A COMBINATION OF ISSUING DEBT AND CASH FUNDING, LIKE WE NORMALLY TRY TO DO CASH FUNDING WITH SOME OF OUR CIP, THAT THOSE ASSUMPTIONS ARE FACTORED IN HERE. AND ALSO I FACTORED IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE DEBT REQUIREMENTS ARE SUCCINCTLY REDUCED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT USING OR LIMITING WHAT WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE AS RELATED TO THE CAPITAL NEEDS OF THE CITY IN THE OUT YEARS.

SO IN THIS SCENARIO ITSELF INCLUDES A 50 MILLION BOND PACKAGE, IF YOU WANT IT TO GO FOR WARD TO 50 MILLION WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU WOULD SELL SOMEWHERE ABOUT 15 MILLION IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF THAT 50 MILLION.

BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND, WITH THAT PACKAGE, YOU WOULDN'T ISSUE ALL THE BONDS AT ONCE.

IT'S JUST GIVING YOU THE MAX LIMIT OF WHAT YOU COULD ISSUE IF THE NEED ARISE, IF YOU FOUND THE LAND IN THE NEED AS IT RELATES TO THE DRAINAGE.

SO, AGAIN, WITH THIS SCENARIO, MAX BOND, 50 MILLION.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD, IT FACTORS IN THE ESTIMATE AND PROPOSED COST FOR THE FUTURE CITY FACILITIES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS CASH AND BOND FUNDING, THE FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN THAT YOU WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND IT ALSO LEAVES CAPACITY FOR FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS, AS WELL AS NO TAX RATE INCREASES

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AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ASSUMPTIONS AND THIS SLIDE AS IT RELATES TO THE DEBT.

DIRECTOR JACKSON WILL YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. THIS IS SO COMPREHENSIVE AS USUAL.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.

SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR FIRST ASSUMPTION THAT POINT FIVE PERCENT PROPERTY GROWTH.

WHAT IS WHAT'S THE GROWTH RATE YEAR OVER YEAR LARGER THAN THAT, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO FACTOR IN BASED ON THE [INAUDIBLE].

NO, ITS FINE. AND USE YOUR CAPACITY ON TODAY'S DECISIONS AND IT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY IF YOU WANTED TO DO TAX RELIEF OR THINGS IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU'RE NOT ISSUING DEBT TO WHERE YOU COULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT IS, TO SAY THE LEAST, A VERY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTION.

VERY CONSERVATIVE. YES.

WHAT WAS IT LAST YEAR? OUR GROWTH RATE LAST YEAR WAS CLOSER TO PROBABLY FOUR PERCENT.

BUT IF YOU RECALL, WE ADOPTED A TAX, RATE BELOW THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.

WE GAVE THE GROWTH BACK TO THE TAX PAYERS.

GOTCHA. OK, AND MY OTHER QUESTION, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

SO AS WE SELL THESE BONDS, LIKE LET'S SAY, IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT COMES UP IN THREE YEARS OR A PIECE OF LAND, CITIZENS FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE DOWN SOME OPEN SPACE. DO ANY OF YOUR ASSUMPTIONS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MAYBE POTENTIALLY, I MEAN, YOU COULD RE AMORTIZE THE BONDS DOWN THE ROAD OR POTENTIALLY REFINANCE.

I MEAN, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES EVEN IF WE TOOK THAT DOWN THREE YEARS, TEN YEARS, WE HAD THE CHANCE TO SO THAT WOULD JUST BE A GAIN IN THE EVENT WE COULD REFUND THE DEBT.

I TOOK THE MOST CONSERVATIVE APPROACH SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF FUTURE NEEDS FOR THE CITY. OK, GREAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR JACKSON? YES MAYOR, IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION, I'LL JUST ADD A COMMENT, I KNOW WE'RE JUST BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF MY QUICK CHECKLIST AS I LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT'S A SERIOUS ANYTIME YOU'RE ISSUING DEBT, IT'S A SERIOUS DECISION TO MAKE.

BUT I LOOK AT IT AND SAY, IS THIS SOMETHING WE NEED? IS IT NECESSARY IN AND OR IS IT SOMETHING THE RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE OPEN SPACE AND SO FORTH? AND WE CAN CHECK THAT BOX.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THERE ARE NEEDS HERE AND THERE ARE REQUESTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS. AND THEN I ASK, CAN WE STILL REDUCE TAXES? BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE HAS SAID WE WANT TO REDUCE TAXES.

AND YOU'RE TELLING US, YES, THIS WILL STILL ALLOW US TO GET TAX RELIEF.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON IT'S SUCH A VERY SMALL GROWTH RATE.

RIGHT. SO THAT IT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY AS THE VALUES INCREASE, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION.

AND THEN FINALLY, HOW DOES IT AFFECT OUR BOND RATING AND OUR CREDIT WORTHINESS? AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT US IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED AND WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH THE RATING AGENCIES THAT IT WOULD TELL THE STORY.

GREAT. THAT'S FANTASTIC.

SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FIRST, OBVIOUSLY, HISTORICALLY, WE KNOW HOW CONSERVATIVE YOU ARE IN THESE ASSUMPTIONS AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WAY UNDER AS IT RELATES TO PROTECTING THE CITY'S BALANCE SHEET AND FROM A CONSERVATIVE STANCE. SO AS I AS I LOOK AT YOUR ASSUMPTIONS, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE PERCENT OBVIOUSLY AS ALREADY STATED, VERY CONSERVATIVE, USING THE 2022 TAX RATE IS OBVIOUSLY CONSERVATIVE, MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY AFFECT ANY FUTURE TAX RATE INCREASES, AS COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON JUST STATED, IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT.

I THINK LOWERING THE AMORTIZATION TABLE IS ALSO VERY ATTRACTIVE IN THESE ASSUMPTIONS.

AND THEN IN DOING SO, AS YOU MENTIONED, PRESERVING THE TRIPLE-A RATING IS OBVIOUSLY PRUDENT, I'M ASSUMING.

BUT I STILL WANT TO ASK JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU PROBABLY HAD A NUMBER OF CONSULTS WITH PLAINS CAPITAL OUR FINANCIAL ADVISING TEAM AS IT RELATES TO OUR RATING.

I'VE TALKED WITH THEM AS IT RELATES TO THE OVERALL CITY PLAN OF WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO TO ENSURE THAT IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE TRIPLE-A RATING.

RIGHT. WONDERFUL.

SO I'LL JUST GO ON THE RECORD AND MAKE A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS.

I THINK APPROPRIATE LEVERAGE WHEN WE'RE ACQUIRING ASSETS LIKE LAND IS PRUDENT.

I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE ASKED FOR FOR MORE OPEN SPACE. AND I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WE HAVE A NEED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE OUR DRAINAGE WITH THE RUNOFF THAT WE HAVE NOW WITH BEING VIRTUALLY BUILT OUT AS A CITY.

WE HAVE COME TO A SITUATION WHERE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HOLD WATER AND MOVE WATER MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN WE CURRENTLY ARE.

AND THIS ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.

THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT YOU MADE TAKES US ALL THE WAY UP TO 50 MILLION, CORRECT, WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THOSE CONSULTS? YES. SO I'LL JUST GO ON THE RECORD RIGHT NOW AND STATE THAT MAKING ALL THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE AND POINTING OUT THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT I JUST REFERENCED, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF TAKING AN ACTION LIKE THIS GOING FORWARD.

[00:30:03]

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, SO I GUESS LET ME I AGREE WITH BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER PATTON AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON. I THINK IN GENERAL I WOULD LIKE FOR POSTERITY TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY SADDLING THE CITY WITH ANY MORE DEBT.

THIS IS BASICALLY FUNCTIONING, GOING TO FUNCTION AS A LINE OF CREDIT THAT FUTURE COUNCILS, THIS COUNCIL OR FUTURE COUNCILS COULD EMPLOY AS THEY SEE AVAILABILITY OF OPPORTUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL IF THE DECISION HERE, IF THE DIRECTION THAT WE GIVE YOU IS TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH PREPARING FOR BOND ELECTION.

THIS IS NOT ISSUING 50 MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT NECESSARILY.

THIS IS GIVING THE CITY FLEXIBILITY TO ACT QUICKLY ON OPEN SPACE AS WE SEE IT, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL.

COUNCIL, I JUST ASK FOR A QUICK DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT AND MAYBE SHANA YOU CAN OR ALISON YOU CAN DESCRIBE SOME OF OUR OPTIONS FROM A TIMELINE STANDPOINT.

AND I MAY BE JUMPING THE GUN HERE.

ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT TIMELINE HERE IN A MINUTE.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE. OK, RIGHT.

GO FOR IT. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS WE CAN SHOOT FOR THIS NOVEMBER, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THE TIME FRAME THAT'S ON THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU THIS TIME FRAME PUTS US IN A COMPRESSED TIME FRAME RIGHT NOW FROM JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CALLING THE ELECTION.

IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NOVEMBER ELECTION DATE, WE WOULD NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING BY AUGUST 16TH TO CALL THE ELECTION.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE TIME FRAME GOES FROM THERE.

THE MAY OPTION AS SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN.

WE WOULD NEED TO CALL THE ELECTION IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO PUSH IT OUT TO EVEN NEXT NOVEMBER, IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS NOVEMBER.

WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE ELECTION SOMETIME IN AUGUST.

SO COUNCIL TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING.

SO WE GOT THREE OPTIONS HERE.

NOVEMBER SEEMS LIKE, WELL, NOVEMBER.

WE'D HAVE TO ACT QUICKLY, IN FACT HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING BY AUGUST 16TH THEN WE HAVE MAY AND THEN WE HAVE NEXT NOVEMBER.

SO MY FEELING IS I'D LIKE TO GIVE AS MANY CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS.

THAT MIGHT MEAN NEXT NOVEMBER, WE HAVE A NATIONAL ELECTION OR A STATEWIDE ELECTION.

I'M SORRY. SO WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT RACES UP OR DOWN THE BALLOT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AS MANY PEOPLE VOTE ON THIS AND WEIGH IN ON THIS AS POSSIBLE.

BUT GIVE ME YALLS THOUGHTS.

GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD.

SO TO THAT POINT, THOUGH, GIVEN THE THE LIKELY ATTENTION WITH THE NOVEMBER ELECTION THIS YEAR, MORE PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO BE PAYING ATTENTION, CORRECT? I MEAN I UNDERSTAND THE TRUNCATED TIME FRAME, BUT PEOPLE ARE LIKELY GOING TO HAVE A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS GIVEN WHAT'S ONGOING, NOT ONLY IN THE COMMUNITY.

WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I GUESS THE SCHOOL BOARD RACE.

IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS.

RIGHT. AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN GET TO VOTE ON IT, THE BETTER.

THE FACT NOW THAT IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS ALREADY GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, YOU ALSO NOW HAVE A CISD ELECTION THAT'S GOING TO DRAW ATTENTION.

WE HAVE A GOOD LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING A NICE, ROBUST TURNOUT TO WEIGH IN ON IT.

IF WE DID IT THIS NOVEMBER.

YEAH, GOOD POINT. NO.

SO I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE IF WE HAVE TIME TO CALL THE MEETING TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION, WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 17TH AND I'M FOR EITHER NOVEMBER OR MAY.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR OUR CITIZENS TO HAVE INPUT, NO QUESTION AS WELL, AND GET THE MOST INFORMATION THEY CAN ABOUT IT. SO BUT I'M FOR EITHER OPTION, BUT I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE OUR RESIDENTS ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN.

THERE WOULD BE AN EXPENSE IF WE DID IT IN NOVEMBER TOO, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A CURRENT CITY ELECTION AT ALL. SO WE'RE BASICALLY SPENDING MONEY TO HAVE THIS ELECTION IN NOVEMBER [INAUDIBLE] ON TOP OF THE PRESSURE TO HAVE IT DONE.

I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S EITHER MAY OR NOVEMBER OF NEXT YEAR BECAUSE NOVEMBER 22. YEAH.

EITHER MAY OR NOVEMBER OF 22, BECAUSE THIS TO ME IS NOT PRESSING AND I CAN'T IMAGINE STROKING THAT CHECK JUST TO HAVE AN ELECTION.

IT'S A FAIR POINT. WELL TO THAT POINT THOUGH, NOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A CISD ELECTION THOUGH, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE COST FOR US? I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT TO OUR CITY SECRETARY.

IS THAT A SHARED COST OR WHAT? IT IS A SHARED COST, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE THAT SIGNIFICANT, RIGHT.

SO I HEARD LAST NIGHT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE EIGHTY DOLLARS FOR THEIR ELECTION. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO WE SPLIT OUR COSTS WITH ALL THE ENTITIES THAT SHARE THE ELECTION.

[00:35:02]

SO YOU'RE CORRECT, TARRANT COUNTY WOULD ONLY COST US EIGHTY DOLLARS.

BUT WITH DENTON COUNTY, IT WOULD COST US ABOUT EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO IT IS.

THAT'S RELEVANT. OK.

OK, SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

SO I KIND OF HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION.

I THINK OF IT FROM AN ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE.

WE KNOW, FRANKLY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE INTEREST RATE HIKES IN 2022 AT LEAST TWO OF THEM, AT LEAST. I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROBABLY LOCK IN AN INTEREST RATE NOW A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM IF WE WAITED TO, SAY, MAY OF NEXT YEAR OR NOVEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.

MAYBE IT'S AN EIGHTH OF A POINT, A QUARTER OF A POINT, A HALF A POINT TO BE DETERMINED.

BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT IT'LL MAKE UP FOR ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNING A SPECIAL ELECTION, WHETHER IT'S EIGHT THOUSAND OR TEN THOUSAND OR TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO FROM AN ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE, I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO PURSUE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ISSUE THIS ELECTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK THAT A NOVEMBER ELECTION IS PLENTY OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THE CITIZENS ABOUT WHAT THIS ALL ENTAILS, HOW IT EXPOSES THE CITY'S RATING, HOW IT AFFECTS OUR BUDGET, EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TYPE OF ELECTION.

SO IF I KNOW IT'S SOME WORK ON STAFF, BUT MY POSITION IS IF WE CAN DO IT IN THIS NOVEMBER, I WOULD PREFER IT IN 2021 VERSUS 2022, GOOD POINTS.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? TO THAT POINT. I MEAN YOU BROUGHT THIS UP EARLIER, COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMSON.

I'VE GOT TO IMAGINE THIS IS IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO HEAR WE NEED MORE OPEN SPACE.

THIS IS THE LEVER TO PULL.

RIGHT. SO TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN PATTON, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING THEM, SPENDING THE TIME TO GET THEM EDUCATED, I MEAN, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND THE REALITY IS THIS IS THE LEVER TO PULL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT THE SPACE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO TELL US ABOUT.

SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF IT.

YEAH, I MEAN, MY VIEW IS THAT IF THE RESIDENTS WANT US TO HAVE IT AND THE RESIDENTS CAN GIVE US THIS LEVER TO YOUR POINT, IF THEY DON'T, THAT'S FINE.

I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. SO WITH YOU NEEDING TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING BY THE 16TH, I PRESUME, OBVIOUSLY, IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE 17TH, YOU WOULD HAVE PUT THE 17TH.

RIGHT. THAT WE'RE OFF OR SHORT BY ONE DAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE JUST A QUORUM SHOW UP AND MAKE ONE VOTE AND BE DONE IN FIVE MINUTES.

IS THAT JUST DIRECTION THAT THE MAYOR WOULD GIVE STAFF OR BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

RIGHT. RIGHT. SO WHAT HAPPENS? THE MEETING WILL BE DETERMINED BY WHAT ELECTION, WHAT ELECTION SCHEDULE YOU PICK.

SO IF THEY GO IN NOVEMBER, THEN WE'LL START WORKING ON GETTING THE SPECIAL MEETING CALLED. AND THAT'S JUST SORT OF AN AGREEMENT.

THE KIND OF WHAT WE AGREE TO HERE? [INAUDIBLE] WE DID A LOT OF THE WORK IN 2020.

SO IT'S WE ALREADY HAVE THE WE WORKED WITH BOND COUNCIL ON THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE.

AND SO IT'S LARGELY READY TO GO.

YEAH, I THINK THE SOONER WE CAN PUT IT IN FRONT OF OUR VOTERS, THE BETTER OFF WE'RE GOING TO BE AND WE'LL KNOW.

RIGHT. IF THIS GETS TURNED DOWN BY THE VOTERS, WE'RE GOING HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT. RIGHT.

IF IT GETS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, THEN WE CERTAINLY KNOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE DEBT. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO PURCHASE SOME LAND, REIMBURSE OURSELVES ATTRACTIVE INTEREST RATES, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RATES.

NOW, IF WE SEE LAND OPPORTUNITIES NOW, BECAUSE I THINK IT JUST STRENGTHENS US, THE SOONER THE BETTER. MY POSITION, IS THERE A GENERAL CONSENSUS ON NOVEMBER? I SUPPORT THAT.

YEAH, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE POINT ABOUT THE INTEREST RATES, I THINK A GOOD ONE.

SO I THINK GENERAL CONSENSUS IS AN ISSUE FOR NOVEMBER AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET A QUORUM TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER.

DO WE ACTUALLY THINK WE'LL TAKE THE MONEY FAST ENOUGH TO BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WAS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ELECTION, THE INTEREST RATES ARE IRRELEVANT UNTIL WE ADDRESS THE MONEY.

YEAH. SO, I MEAN, HOW QUICKLY DO WE PLAN ON.

RIGHT. IF WE ACCEPT IT IN NOVEMBER AND DON'T GET THE MONEY FOR FOUR YEARS, THEN.

RIGHT. WHAT'S THE QUICKEST WE WOULD SELL? WE LOCK THE RATE AT THE POINT WE SELL THE BONDS.

SO IF WE SOLD BONDS, ONCE WE GO TO ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, WE COULD SELL BONDS AS EARLY AS SPRING OF 2022.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD LOCK IN THE INTEREST RATE AND WE WOULD PLAN TO DO THAT FOR THE FULL 50 MILLION. OH NO, NO, NO.

WE WOULD ONLY LIKE DO A DRAW DOWN AS WE FIND LAND.

WE WOULDN'T SELL BONDS UNTIL WE'VE IDENTIFIED EXACTLY LAND AND A PROJECT TO USE FOR OTHERWISE IT WOULD JUST SIT APPROVED, AUTHORIZED BUT NOT ISSUED.

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE SO MUCH ABOUT.

THIS IS LIKE IT'S LIKE A HELOC I MEAN, IT'S A HOME EQUITY LINE IS WHAT THIS IS.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A DIME OF IT.

BUT THAT'S I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IS GIVE OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE LEVERS THAT ARE AT HER DISPOSAL.

AND THIS IS A CRITICAL LEVER THAT COULD BE AT HER DISPOSAL IF IT GETS APPROVED.

AND IF IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED, THEN SHE HAS TO PIVOT.

[00:40:03]

OK, ALISON, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH FEEDBACK FROM US? WE DO. ONE LAST POINT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE WAS THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS AT THE WORKSHOP ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION PLAN.

AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN WORKING ON A COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT WILL INCLUDE, OBVIOUSLY, CITY AND COUNCIL SOCIAL MEDIA WE'LL HAVE AN ELECTION WEBSITE PAGE, COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION BOND ETHICS USE LINKS TO DOWNLOADABLE PDFS THAT PEOPLE CAN SHARE ACROSS THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'LL BE PUTTING TOGETHER MAILERS THAT CAN GO OUT. THE PLAN THAT WE ENVISION WILL CENTER AROUND KEY EDUCATIONAL TALKING POINTS. AND THAT'S THAT'S CRITICAL FOR US IS THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OF IT.

WE CAN'T WANDER INTO ADVOCACY TERRITORY.

WHAT THE BOND WILL BE, ASKING THE VOTERS WHAT DECISIONS TO MAKE, WHAT THE BOND COULD ACCOMPLISH, AS WELL AS GIVING THEM INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO VOTE, WHAT THE ELECTION DATE INFORMATION IS. I WOULD ALSO REQUEST WE SPEND SOME TIME IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS TALKING, GETTING HEARING FROM CITY ATTORNEY WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY RUN AFOUL OF THE RULES AS FAR AS ADVOCACY VERSUS EDUCATION. SO AS LONG AS COUNCIL'S CLEAR ON THAT AS WELL, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

WE ARE DONE. OK, ALL RIGHT WITH THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALISON, APPRECIATE IT.

[1. Call to order.]

AND AS MAYOR, I HEREBY ADVISE YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO WELL OUR FIRST ITEM AS EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO AS MAYOR, I ADVISE, HEREBY ADVISE YOU THAT WE'RE GOING INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN ONE TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND SECTION

[6. Discuss all items on tonight's agenda. No action will be taken and each item will be considered during the Regular Session.]

WE DID NOT GO THROUGH CONSENT.

LIKE I WAS SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH CONSENT NOW.

THANK YOU, MR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. OK, WITH THAT, WE WILL GO THROUGH OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

SO ITEM 4A APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JUNE 15, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING ITEM 4B APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 29TH, 2021 JOINT CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND SIGN BOARD MEETING ITEM 4C APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 29TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL SUMMER WORKSHOP ITEM 4D APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH CIGNA FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR PLAN YEAR OCTOBER 1,2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 ITEM 4E APPROVE A CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE LONG TERM DISABILITY LIFE INSURANCE AND ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE FOR THE SAME PLAN PERIOD.

ITEM 4F APPROVE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE WITH TEAGUE NALL AND PERKINS TNP TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE SOUTHLAKE PATHWAYS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ITEM 4G APPROVE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE FINAL ENGINEERING DECISION, FINAL ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE INTERSECTION OF DAVIS BOULEVARD AND CONTINENTAL BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS CONTINENTAL BOULEVARD AND PEYTONVILLE AVENUE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE EIGHTY ONE FIVE HUNDRED . ITEM 4H APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY TO RECEIVE A COST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF RIGHT TURN LANES AT THE INTERSECTION OF 1709 AT BYRON NELSON AND 1709 AT SOUTHRIDGE LAKES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND. ITEM 4I APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER TWENTY ONE DASH ZERO THREE TWO AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE SOUTHLAKE LANDSCAPING REPLACEMENT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT.

EXCUSE ME, ITEM 4J APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF P&Z COMMISSION TO OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHLAKE TWENTY THIRTY FIVE WATER, WASTEWATER AND DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE TABLING.

ITEM 9B, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF THE POLICY DISCUSSION AND PROVIDING POLICY DIRECTION RELATED TO THE CITY SOUTHLAKE ONGOING COVID-19 RESPONSE.

SO I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE, ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE AS A CITY, BOTH AS AN EMPLOYER AND AS A PROVIDER OF SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, ARE APPROACHING THE COVID-19 ISSUES.

OPERATIONALLY, I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE ENTIRE TEAM WEIGHS IN ON THIS AND PROVIDES DIRECTION, SEEING AS HOW WE ARE.

WE ARE DOWN ONE COUNCIL MEMBER AND OUR CITY MANAGER IS WITH HER FAMILY THIS WEEK.

I'VE ASKED FOR THAT TO BE TABLED TO A MEETING IN THE FUTURE.

WE'RE NOT SURE IT MIGHT BE IN AUGUST OR MIGHT BE SOME OTHER POINT.

SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS, COUNCIL THAT YOU GUYS LIKE TO PUT ON CONSENT? I DON'T SEE ONE. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, ACTUALLY.

YES, SIR. IF WE COULD. LOOK, DIRECTOR BLACK, COULD WE LOOK REAL QUICK AT 4D THE INSURANCE

[00:45:02]

I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY SUCH A DRASTIC WE ALL KNOW MANAGED CARE CONTINUES TO RAISE EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE TO PASS ON SOME TO THE EMPLOYEES, SOME WE TAKE, BUT WE'RE SEEING 10 PERCENT BASICALLY HEALTH CARE WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, 10 PERCENT INCREASE WITH AETNA AND THEN A 13 PERCENT INCREASE FOR DENTAL, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

YOU HAVE CIGNA IS FLAT.

IS THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT OUR BUSINESS? YES, I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT, ABSOLUTELY.

AND THERE'S ALSO THE IDEA, TOO, THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CLAIMS DATA, THE LAST SIX MONTHS HAVE BEEN REALLY MUCH MORE IMPROVED IN THE PREVIOUS [INAUDIBLE] THE FULL TWELVE MONTHS THAT PLAYS INTO WHEN THEY LOOK AT OUR WHOLE BOOK OF BUSINESS, WHAT THE QUOTE MIGHT COME BACK IN IT. AND I THINK THEY REALLY DO WANT OUR BUSINESS.

WE HAD A REALLY NICE MEETING WITH THEIR TEAM.

THEY'VE COME IN STRONG.

THEY'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING. SO THEY THINK THEY CAN LOOK AT OUR CLAIMS AND REALLY HELP US HELP OUR EMPLOYEES MAKE REALLY GOOD, SOLID DECISIONS.

WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, ANYONE WHO'S EVER BEEN AN EMPLOYEE, IT'S A LITTLE IT'S ALWAYS UNCOMFORTABLE CHANGING PLANS.

IT'S NEVER COMFORTABLE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE ONE YOU'RE AT AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO MEAN? DO THEY COVER THIS? WHAT ABOUT THIS PILL I TAKE? THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAN SAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, I REALLY APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS WE HIT A BULL'S EYE WITH THIS ONE.

SO THAT'S GREAT. I'M VERY EXCITED WITH CIGNA AS OUR PARTNER.

THEY'VE DONE SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS TO HELP US WITH THE TRANSITION.

ONE OF THE REALLY NICE THINGS IS THEY'LL SET UP A HOTLINE OUR EMPLOYEES CAN CALL DIRECTLY TO CIGNA, STARTING VERY SOON WITH OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS, AND THEY CAN TALK TO CIGNA AND SAY, IS MY DOCTOR IN NETWORK? ARE MY DRUGS COVERED? WHAT PLAN IS BEST FOR ME AND MY FAMILY? BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PLAN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR PREVIOUS PROVIDER AND CIGNA.

BUT I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD CHANGE FOR US.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE CONTENT ITEMS, GUYS? OK. AS I WAS SAYING A MINUTE AGO, THAT IS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA AND WE

[2.A. Executive Session]

AND ALISON WHEN WILL WE RETURN, WE'LL RETURN AT 7:20.

OK, WITH THAT, WE'LL CALL OUR REGULAR SESSION BACK INTO ORDER.

IS ANY ACTION NECESSARY OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

[3. REPORTS:]

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND ACTING CITY MANAGER, ALISON ORTOWSKI.

YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO ASK DIRECTOR CHRIS TRIBBLE TO STEP FORWARD.

HE IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

DIRECTOR TRIBLE, YES SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION DEEMS JULY AS NATIONAL RECREATION AND NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE MAYOR HUFFMAN VISIT AND VISIT WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT OVER AT THE SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX AND ALSO COME AND DO A PROCLAMATION FOR JULY BEING PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH HERE IN SOUTHLAKE AS WELL.

THE NRPA USUALLY HAS A THEME EACH YEAR, AND THIS YEAR IT WAS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STORY. WITH THAT, THE THE YEAR'S THEME WAS REALLY MEANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE VITAL ROLE THAT LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS PLAY IN BUILDING A MORE VIBRANT AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AS YOU KNOW, WE OFFER PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMS, ALL DIFFERENT AGES, ALL DIFFERENT ABILITIES, NO DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE HERE SOME STATISTICS SINCE JANUARY, THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE OFFERED IN TERMS OF RECREATION PROGRAMS, NATURE PROGRAMS, ET CETERA.

AND OF COURSE, THE ATHLETICS PROGRAMS ARE BACK IN FULL FORCE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL LEAGUES AND, OF COURSE, FOOTBALL.

AND SO IN ADDITION TO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN JULY, A LOT OF THE GREAT EVENTS THAT WE HIGHLIGHT FOR PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, THERE ARE A LOT OF ONGOING PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN TERMS OF OUR PARKS TEAM.

THIS IS A GROUP OF GENTLEMEN THAT TAKE GREAT PRIDE AND THE JOB THAT THEY DO, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION AROUND TOWN THIS LAST YEAR AND THROUGHOUT JULY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SEVERAL LANDSCAPE PROJECTS HERE AT TOWN SQUARE WITHIN BICENTENNIAL PARK, THE GARDEN DISTRICT OVER AT DPS HEADQUARTERS, ET CETERA.

THEY ALSO HAVE INSTALLED FOUR DIFFERENT PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS, THE LAST BEING OVER AT PARK VILLAGE, RIGHT AT THE VERY FIRST PART OF JULY, END OF JUNE, AND THEN ALSO SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS THAT THEY WORK THROUGH, OBVIOUSLY HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND

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THEY PARTNERED WITH THE LIBRARY TO DO SOME PLANTING AND ALL FOR SOME OF THE YOUNGER FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, JUST HOSTS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND THROUGHOUT OUR PARK SYSTEM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SENIOR CENTER HAS RECENTLY BEEN RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY. WE HAD A PROGRAMING FOR THE PROGRAMING AND EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION DESIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC FOR THE SEPTEMBER 20TH SENIOR CENTER PARADE, COLLABORATING WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, VOLUNTEERS NCL, ET CETERA.

WE WERE THE ONLY SENIOR CENTER IN TEXAS TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE REAL HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I MENTION THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE SUMMER THROUGHOUT JULY, WE NOW HAVE OVER EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY SENIORS MEMBERS THAT ARE COMING BACK. A MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS.

WE OPENED IN MAY OF 2021 AND WE'RE STARTING TO EASE BACK IN AND SEE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS FOR OUR SENIORS AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, LEGENDS HALL BEGAN OPERATIONS AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A LOT OF RENTALS, ET CETERA.

IN FACT, IF YOU WANT TO AN EVENT ON A SATURDAY FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR, YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK. THE ALL SATURDAYS FOR LEGENDS HALL HAVE BEEN BOOKED AND SO DOING VERY, VERY WELL.

THEY'RE CONTINUING TO SEE LOTS OF LUNCHES AND MEETINGS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS PICK UP. IN TERMS OF CHAMPIONS CLUB, OUR MEMBERSHIPS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

WE AS OF MARCH 2020 WAS OUR HIGH POINT.

WE HAD TWENTY SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN MEMBERSHIPS AND AS OF TODAY WE'RE AT TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINE. SO WE'RE NEARING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE PRE COVID AND BY OCTOBER ONE WE ANTICIPATE WILL SURPASS THAT TWENTY SIX HUNDRED MEMBERSHIP PIECE.

THE OTHER THING TO TELL YOU IS THERE'S ROUGHLY 25 PERCENT OF SOUTHLAKE HOUSEHOLDS ARE MEMBERS OF CHAMPIONS CLUB, AND THAT'S REALLY UNHEARD OF, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR REALLY FOR A REALLY GOOD STANDARD, 16 PERCENT.

WE WERE AT 18 PERCENT PRE COVID.

NOW WE'RE WELL OVER 20 PERCENT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COST RECOVERY GOAL FOR THE MARQ.

THIS YEAR. THAT TARGET WAS FIFTY THREE POINT SEVEN PERCENT.

AND AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE SITTING RIGHT AT 70 PERCENT.

SO WE'RE WELL ON TRACK, DOING REALLY GOOD OUT THERE.

I CONTRIBUTE THAT TO A LOT OF THE GREAT STAFF, A LOT OF THE WORK THEY DO.

AND WHAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE REALLY IS ABOUT THE TEAM THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THAT WORKS REALLY HARD TO PROVIDE SOME EXCELLENT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE HIGHLIGHT THAT THROUGHOUT JULY WITH BEING NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO TO TRACK OUR HOW WE'RE DOING IT CHAMPIONS CLUB AS WE USE THE NET PROMOTER SCORE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, WE TARGET TO HAVE A SCORE OF SIXTY AND WE CURRENTLY SIT AT EIGHTY FIVE POINT ONE EIGHT, WHICH IS WORLD CLASS.

AND FOR US TO ACHIEVE THESE TARGETS, WHETHER IT BE COST RECOVERY, ET CETERA, IT STARTS WITH RETAINING THE MEMBERS, KEEPING THEM HAPPY, TAKING THEIR FEEDBACK, GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, WHAT PROGRAMS, ET CETERA WE WANT TO LOOK AT. AND SO, LIKE ALWAYS, WE USE THE INFORMATION WE GET FROM OUR CITIZENS THROUGH THE CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY, OUR NPS, ET CETERA, TO CONTINUE TO WORK, WORK FORWARD TO PRESENTING THESE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK HIGHLIGHT OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE CELEBRATED OUR JULYS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S INCREDIBLE AND VERY EXCITING TO SEE THESE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO, SIX MONTHS AGO.

OVER THE YEARS, I'VE WORKED WITH STAFF AT THE MARQ FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS.

SOHEILA PHELPS, YOU KNOW, LOVES OUR SENIORS AND DOES A GREAT JOB OVER THERE, I'VE WORKED WITH HER WITH WOMEN'S CLUB AND LOTS OF EVENTS.

AND OF COURSE, I'M A MEMBER OF THE MARQCHAMPIONS CLUB.

BUT JUST JUST TO SEE THE PROGRAMING HEARING THAT THE SATURDAYS ARE BOOKED, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. I THINK IT'S EXCITING FOR THE CITY AND JUST A TESTAMENT TO ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THAT YOU AND THE STAFF HAVE DONE.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.

LOVE HEARING. LOVE HEARING THIS.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M JUST HAVE TO KNOW THAT MY WIFE SHOWED UP FOR HER CLASS TWO DAYS AGO AND WAS NOT ALLOWED IN BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY DIDN'T SIGN UP.

IT WAS PACKED. SHE LOVES THE MARQ.

MY FAMILY LOVES THE MARQ.

EVEN DURING COVID, THEY WERE RAVING ABOUT JUST HOW SAFE YOU MADE EVERYBODY FEEL, NOT JUST THEM, BUT YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC STAFF.

I LOVE GOING. AND THE GIRLS GO AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK.

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SO I'M JUST SAYING.

BUT YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN THAT THE PARKS, THE STAFF ALL AROUND AT OUR FACILITIES THAT YOU MANAGE, IT IS INCREDIBLE.

I GOT TO INTERACT WITH THE YOUNG LADIES OUT AT THE BOB JONES NATURE CENTER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. IMPRESSIVE.

SO I REALLY AM IMPRESSED WITH THE JOB THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

I WOULD ADD. YEAH, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ALL THE WAY BACK TO [INAUDIBLE] DAYS. I MEAN, AND IT'S THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL DEPARTMENT AS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

I MEAN, JUST TOP TIER WORK, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES WITH A GREAT JOB AND GREAT ACCEPTANCE AND UTILIZATION CHALLENGES ARISE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PART.

I WOULD SAY, AS FAR AS THINKING FORWARD ON THE CHAMPIONS CLUB, A VERY SPECIFIC AREA IS THAT THAT FREE WEIGHTS AREA, THAT'S ONE OF THE SMALLER AREAS OF THE CHAMPIONS CLUB AND IT IS SO ACTIVELY UTILIZED, IT'S NOT AN OVERNIGHT TYPE THING, BUT MAYBE IN TIME WE THINK ABOUT WHERE ARE SOME OF THESE SPACES, BECAUSE THERE WE HAVE A LOT OF SPACE THERE.

WE HAVE TURF, INDOOR TURF FIELD, THE EXERCISE AREA, THE CARDIO AREA IS HUGE IT'S FIRST CLASS. BUT IS THERE A WAY TO THINK ABOUT EVEN I DON'T KNOW, EVEN IF A WALL OR SOMETHING NEEDS TO, CAN WE THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT PERHAPS TAKING THAT AREA BECAUSE IT IS SO WIDELY UTILIZED? I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE PIECE TO LOOK INTO.

YEAH, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF DATA POINTS AT THIS POINT.

YES, SIR. YES. MAYBE, MAYBE MAYBE IN THE RUN UP OF THE THIRTY ANNIVERSARY OF SOMETHING, WE CAN PUT SOME UTILIZATION NUMBERS TOGETHER AND START TO LOOK AT.

BUILD, TO BUILD [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN DID THE VOTE TO BUILD CHAMPIONS CLUB.

I MEAN IF WE COULD HAVE SIGNED UP THAT NIGHT TO SAY THIS IS THE SUCCESS, I MEAN WE WOULD HAVE SIGNED IT 100 TIMES.

I DON'T THINK WE EVER HAD ANY IDEA HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS WAS GOING TO BE.

AND IT'S YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT'S DOING THAT.

PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME. THEY FEEL LIKE THE SERVICES ARE OFFERED THAT THEY WANT I MEAN, IT IS REALLY A SUCCESS STORY IN A CITY PROVIDED RECREATIONAL FACILITY.

WELL SAID. YEAH, I WOULD JUST ALSO ADD THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PROVIDING A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR FOLKS TO RECREATE IF OUR NUMBERS ARE GROWING AS RAPIDLY AS THEY HAVE BEEN. SO I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO WHAT YOUR TEAM IS DOING.

SO, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR TRIBBLE, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU SINCE MY DAYS BACK ON PARKS BOARD AND VICE CHAIR AND NOW ON COUNCIL.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE WORLD CLASS FACILITIES AND WE HAVE WORLD CLASS STAFF THAT SUPPORTS THOSE FACILITIES, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS WHERE WE HAVE FIELD UTILIZATION AGREEMENTS OR WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, CITY RUN PROGRAMS OR IF IT'S OUR FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAMS, WE JUST HAVE TO STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES, RESOURCES AND STAFF.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOUR TEAM DOES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRIS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

Y'ALL KEEP THIS PLACE RUNNING WELL AND LOOKING BEAUTIFUL, YES SIR, AND DO A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

OK, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THE REQUEST IS TO DENY THE REQUEST TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF A FIVE FOOT WIDE RESIDENTIAL SIDEWALK.

SO BY ADDING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WOULD BE DENYING THE REQUEST, THE VARIANCE REQUEST. OK, SO VOTE YES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS A VOTE TO DENY.

ARE WE ALL OKAY WITH THAT? TO DENY THAT ONE ITEM? YEAH. YEP. NO.

OK, WELL WITH THAT IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR THAT LAST ONE? THAT WAS THE MOTION.

RIGHT. THAT WAS NOT A MOTION.

THAT WAS JUST TO ADD THAT ONE ITEM DO YOU WANT TO REVIEW THE ITEMS AGAIN SPEAKERS] MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEMS 4A THROUGH 4J AS WELL AS ITEMS NUMBER 9A REFERRED TO AS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND DO WE NEED TO MENTION THE ONE WE'RE DENYING? NEED TO ADD OK, TABLING 9B AS WELL.

OK, PERFECT. WE HAVE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM PASSES SIX TO ZERO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS THE PUBLIC FORUM TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PROVIDES THE PUBLIC WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ABOUT ANY ITEMS NOT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.

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[6.A. Ordinance No. 480-222B (ZA21-0031), 2nd Reading, Zoning Change and Concept/Site Plan for XO Marriage Center on property described as Lot 1, Block 1 (shown as Lots 1A and 1B by Tarrant Appraisal District), Lot 1, Block 2, Lot 2, Block 4 and Lot 1, Block 5, Gateway Church - 114 Campus, an addition to the City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas and located 1301 and 1351 E. Kirkwood Blvd., 700 and 701 Blessed Way, and 1501 E. Highland St., Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "NR-PUD" Non-Residential Planned Unit Development District. Proposed Zoning: "NR-PUD" Non-Residential Planned Unit Development District. SPIN Neighborhood #4. PUBLIC HEARING]

THIS IS WHERE THE PRAYER CENTER IS CURRENTLY SHOWN ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THE ADDRESS IS SHOWN IN THE SLIDES.

QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION SINCE YOU HAD A MORE ROBUST, THOROUGH PRESENTATION AT THE FIRST READING. IT'S PUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC, THE ZONING IS NR-PUD, THE LOCATION OF PROPERTY IS AT THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE GATEWAY CHURCH PROPERTY.

THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN CONVEYED TO THE NEW OWNERS UNDER A DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP THAN THE GATEWAY CHURCH IS. THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW AND A VIEW FROM KIRKWOOD LOOKING BACK TOWARD 114. THE REASON THIS HAD TO GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS FIRST THE SITE PLAN WAS THAT THEY WERE CHANGING THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN FROM THE PRAYER CENTER TO THE OFFICE PROPOSAL. AT YOUR FIRST READING, THE TWO COUNCIL COMMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT OUT DURING THAT FIRST READING CONSIDERATION WAS THE PARKING.

YOU MAY RECALL THEY WROTE IN THE REGULATIONS A REQUEST TO REDUCE PARKING BY 10 PERCENT.

CITY COUNCIL ASKED THEM TO COME BACK WITH A PLAN SHOWING THE SITE MEETING TO CODE.

THE APPLICANT HAS DONE THAT.

IT'S STILL IT WAS DONE IN A MANNER THAT ALL THE OPEN SPACE LANDSCAPING, TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS STILL HELD.

SO IT DID NOT DEVIATE ANY OF THOSE OTHER REQUIREMENTS SUCH THAT THEY DID NOT MEET ORDINANCE REGULATIONS.

YOU ALSO WANTED TO SEE A VIEW FROM THE NORTH AND THE APPLICANT'S PROVIDED A VIEW FROM THE KIRKWOOD AREA LOOKING BACK ONTO THE BUILDING, BOTH THE BIRD'S EYE AND A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE STREET LEVEL. AND SO THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS THAT THE APPLICANTS PROVIDED THAT YOU SAW AT FIRST READING.

THESE ARE THE NEW ONES FROM KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD JUST A VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST.

AND ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST.

JUST GOING THROUGH THE APPROVED PERMITTED USES THAT THOSE WILL INCLUDE WHAT IS ALLOWED ON THE LARGER PARCEL WILL REMAIN INTACT THE NEW USES WILL INCLUDE THE 150 SEAT FILM STUDIO WHERE THE LEADERSHIP SEMINARS WERE HELD, THE PODCAST STUDIO AND THEN THE OTHER ASSEMBLY AND GATHERING AREAS.

THEY ALSO HAVE A CAFÉ THAT'S GOING TO BE INTO BUILT INTO THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE NEW SITE PLAN WHERE THEY SHOW THE ONE THIRTY NINE IN TERMS OF PARKING SPACES.

SINCE THAT SITE PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, THIS REGULATION STRICKEN OUT BY THE RED HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS.

THE OTHER REGULATIONS STAY INTACT.

THIS WAS A SITE PLAN AT FIRST READING SHOWING YOU MAY RECALL THAT THE PARKING WAS BROKEN UP TO PRESERVE SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE PROPERTY.

THE 98 SPACES HAS BEEN INCREASED TO THE 111, BUT ALL THE INTERIOR LANDSCAPING BUFFER YARD OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS ARE STILL ADHERE TO.

JUST A COMPARISON OF THE TWO SITE PLANS.

THIS IS YOUR SITE DATA SUMMARY CHART, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST READING AND JUST REALLY A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN OPEN SPACE FROM 61 PERCENT, 61 PERCENT TO 59 PERCENT.

AND THEN IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE HAS GONE UP.

COURSE CORRESPONDS TO THAT DECREASE IN OPEN SPACE.

PARKING CHARTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

THEY DO PARK TO ALL CITY CODES.

NO CHANGES TO TREE PRESERVATION PLAN FROM THE FIRST READING, ADDITIONAL SPACES ARE OUTSIDE THE TREE AREA.

LANDSCAPING PLAN, JUST SOME MINIMAL REDUCTIONS IN INTERIOR, LANDSCAPING, PLANTING.

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SO FUNCTIONALLY, IT'S RIGHT AT 75 FEET IN TERMS OF THE [INAUDIBLE] MOVEMENT.

THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION ON CONSTRUCTION OF KIRKWOOD, THE ENGINEER'S PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS ON [INAUDIBLE] PROPORTIONALITY.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BUILD THAT PORTION OF KIRKWOOD AS SHOWN ON THEIR SITE PLAN. THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF KIRKWOOD WOULD BE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTENDED TO BE CONSTRUCTED AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, WHEN THE WHEN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE GATEWAY CHURCH CAMPUS COMES IN, THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY TRIGGER A LARGE PORTION OF WHAT'S LEFT TO BE BUILT KIRKWOOD FROM KIMBALL BACK TO HIGHLAND TO BE FINISHED.

BUT STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT PROJECT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR CIP, SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WARRANTS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A CITY INITIATED PROJECT.

PROPERTY OWNERS RESPONSE SHOWN THOSE HAVE NOT CHANGED, AND THEN P&ZS RECOMMENDATION IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION, AS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT HAS ADDRESSED ALL YOUR CONDITIONS OR CONCERNS THAT WERE STATED THE FIRST READING.

[INAUDIBLE] THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION AND A VIDEO IF NEEDED.

SOUNDS GREAT. THANKS, DR.

BAKER. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? OK, WE'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT UP AND TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS CHANGED BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND READING AND THEN CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE VIDEO YOU'VE WORKED AT. IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M FROM PARKHILL AND OUR OFFICE IS LOCATED 3000 INTERNET BLVD FRISCO.

THANK YOU. AND AM A CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT.

BRENT EVANS, WE HAVE AN OFFICE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE AND IT 115 GRAND AVENUE SUITE 213. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT AND I THINK THE STAFF HAS ALREADY EXPLAINED THIS PROJECT.

I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PROJECT, AND THIS IS THE LOCATION OF OUR PROJECT WE ARE PROPOSING. AND THEN HERE I'M TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS ABOUT THE XO MARRIAGE, SITE LOCATION, SITE PLAN CONCEPT AND BUILDING LOCATION, TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND PARKING, TREE RESERVATION, LANDSCAPE PLAN, DRAINAGE PLAN, BUILDING DESIGN CONCEPT AND EXTERIOR ARTICULATION AND BUILDING USES.

I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF AT ALL.

MAYBE JUST COULD WE HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING? OK. BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS CEO OF THE WESTIN HOTEL THE HARRELL HOSPITALITY GROUP.

I MET WITH THEM BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS IF OUR BUILDING WAS AT MAX CAPACITY, WHERE WOULD WE GO FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING? SO WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE WESTIN HOTEL.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, PERFECT FOR US TO HOST COUPLES THERE.

AND JUST PROXIMITY WISE, THEIR PARKING GARAGE IS ALMOST DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE OUR BUILDING WILL BE. SO WE USE OUR BUILDING DURING THE WEEK.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY MORE MAXED OUT ON THE WEEKEND.

SO WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP RIGHT NOW WITH THEM.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FORMAL EXCEPT FOR AN EMAIL EXCHANGE.

JUST SAYING WE'RE IN GOOD FAITH, HOPING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE EACH OTHER'S PARKING SPACES IF NECESSARY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS, I THINK, THAT WAS UP FOR GRABS AND THEN THE THE RENDITIONS FROM THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY FOR SOME OF YOU ALL THAT LIVE NORTH OF THE BUILDING PROPERTY, JUST MAKING SURE YOU SAW WHAT THE BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND WE HOPE THAT THE LANDSCAPING, AND THE VIEW FROM FROM THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS REALLY THE BACK SIDE, IS ALSO ESTHETICALLY PLEASING.

YEAH. AND THEN I CAN SHOW YOU THE SLIDE WHERE I KIND OF SHOWED THAT HIGHLIGHT.

SURE. AND THIS IS THE SITE PLAN YOU ALREADY HAVE SEEN.

WE ADDED MORE PARKING, [INAUDIBLE] REQUIRED PARKING.

SO NOW WE HAVE 139 PARKING.

AND THEN AND HERE IS THE LANDSCAPE HIGHLIGHTED LANDSCAPE.

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YEAH, OK. AND WE HAVE MORE [INAUDIBLE] OK, SO, COUNCIL, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PARKING WELL, LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THE CHANGES OF PARKING? WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT 139 RIGHT, KEN? IS THAT THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO HIT? ANY CONCERNS WITH THE ELEVATION'S OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? DIRECTOR BAKER, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

DOES THIS MEET THE VERTICAL AND ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IT JUST LOOKS VERY LINEAR ACROSS THE BACK.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, IT DOES NOT AND I DID GO TO THE SLIDE FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT IN THE REGULATIONS, THEY'VE WRITTEN IN RELIEF TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

OK. I THINK THEY FIXED WHAT WE ASK THEM TO FIX.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT AT THIS POINT, GUYS.

ANY THOUGHTS, ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS USUALLY MEANS IT'S A GOOD SIGN.

BUT ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION? YEAH. OK, AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THOSE ITEMS. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANYBODY IN THE CROWD WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 6A AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN COUNSEL, IF THERE IS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, IF NOT I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OK, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS ORDINANCE NUMBER FOUR EIGHT ZERO DASH TWO TWO TWO B ZA TWENTY ONE DASH ZERO ZERO THREE ONE, WHICH IS THE SECOND READING, ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR XO MARRIAGE CENTER.

THIS IS SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED JULY 27TH, 2021, WHICH IS THE CONCEPT SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER FOUR DATED JULY 26TH, 2021 WITH VARIOUS REQUESTS VARIANTS TO DRIVE WAY ORDINANCE NUMBER SIX THREE FOUR SECTION FIVE POINT TWO POINT D, WHICH REQUIRES A MINIMUM STACKING DEPTH OF SEVENTY FIVE FEET FOR THE DRIVEWAY ON GRACE LANE TO ALLOW APPROXIMATELY FIFTY NINE FEET OF STACKING DEPTH.

ALSO NOTING APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPT PLAN INDICATING ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE PARKING SPACES ON SITE ALSO NOTED REQUIRED OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS TO KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD IN REGARDS TO CONSTRUCTING A PORTION OF THE EASTBOUND LANE ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE CITY.

ENGINEERS WILL BE ROUGHLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO FINDING THE PROPOSED OFFICE USE, AS DESCRIBED, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION DUE TO O2 OFFICE USE IS CURRENTLY BEING ALLOWED ON PARCEL B OF THE GATEWAY CHURCH ZONING AND THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES AND OPERATION OF THIS OFFICE BUILDING, AS DESCRIBED, ARE CONSISTENT WITH O2 OFFICE USE, PERMITTED USES AND ACTIVITIES.

THANK YOU, SIR, THERE'S MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. CONGRATULATIONS, THAT ITEM PASSES SIX TO ZERO, CONGRATULATIONS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE BUILDING.

[6.B. Ordinance No. 480-783 (ZA21-0037), 2nd Reading, Zoning Change and Concept Plan for 1425 Randol Mill Ave. on property described as Tract 1E02, John Childress Heirs Survey, Abstract No. 253, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas and located at 1425 Randol Mill Ave., Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "AG" Agricultural District. Proposed Zoning: "SF-1A" Single Family Residential District. SPIN Neighborhood #5. PUBLIC HEARING]

SECOND READING, ZONING, CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR 1425 RANDALL MILL AVENUE, DIRECTOR BAKER. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THIS IS ALSO A SECOND READING.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO RECEIVE A ZONING CHANGE AND A CONCEPT PLAN APPROVAL FROM AG AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO SF1A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO DIVIDE AN EXISTING TWO POINT EIGHT EIGHT SEVEN ACRE TRACK INTO TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT CONFORM TO ALL SF1A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS A MINIMUM OF FORTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SQUARE FEET.

THE THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST READING OF THIS.

THE LOTS DO MEET ALL ZONING REQUIREMENTS.

LOCATION IS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE RANDALL MILL BEN AVENUE AND THE FM 1938 INTERSECTION. THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY, THE ACCESS WILL BE OFF OF 1938, WHEN 1938 WAS CONSTRUCTED, THERE WERE TWO DRIVE APPROACHES THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE LOT BEING SUBDIVIDED.

AND YOU COULD SEE THAT ON THIS AERIAL.

LOOKING BACK TO THE EAST, THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN.

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SIDEWALK IS REQUIRED, BUT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF FM 1938, THAT'S EIGHT INCH OR EIGHT INCH, EIGHT FOOT MULTIUSE TRAIL WAS INSTALLED, THERE IS ONE OPPOSITION BACK TO THE BACK TO THE EAST SHOWN ON THE EXHIBIT.

P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FIVE ZERO, AND THIS WAS APPROVED ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA AT YOUR LAST MEETING.

GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BAKER. SO WE APPROVED THIS LAST ONE ON CONSENSUS.

WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A TIME TO DISCUSS IT OR GIVE A PRESENTATION.

BUT IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR DR.

BAKER THIS TIME? OK, SEEING NONE.

I'D INVITE THE APPLICANT IF WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE TO.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. COME ON UP.

AND IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF THE REQUEST.

SO THIS IS MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I LIVE IN WESTLAKE 1645 [INAUDIBLE] AND WE BOUGHT THIS LAND A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

IT'S LIKE A BIG TWO POINT EIGHT EIGHT LOT AND WE ARE JUST DIVIDING IT IN HALF.

SO EACH LOT WE'LL BE ON ONE POINT FOUR FOUR ACRE.

AND THIS IS KIND OF SIMILAR A LOT.

WE HAVE ONE THE SOUTH SIDE A COUPLE OF LOTS LIKE ONE POINT FIVE ACRE OR ONE ACRE.

SO WE WANTED TO MATCH WITH THE SAME EXISTING KIND OF HOUSES OVER THERE AND THE HOUSES WILL BE AROUND EIGHT TO TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT HOMES.

AND ON THE BACK SIDE, THE NEIGHBOR HAD NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PRIVACY.

SO OVER HERE, WHEN WE BUILD HOUSES OVER HERE RIGHT NOW FROM THE [INAUDIBLE], EVERYBODY WHO EVER WALK ON THAT SIDEWALK, THEY SEE THEIR BACKYARD, BUT THE ONES WILL BUILD THESE HOUSES, 70, 80 PERCENT WILL BLOCK, YOU KNOW, OVER THERE AND THESE WILL BE NICER HOMES.

SO I DON'T THINK WE WILL HAVE ANY PRIVACY ISSUE OVER THERE AND WE WILL PUT MORE LANDSCAPING ON THE BACK SIDE.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, PLEASE? YES. IS THIS THE ACTUAL I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A KIND OF A ROUGH, BUT THIS IS THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THE HOMES THAT ARE SHOWN HERE.

YEAH, THE DESIGN MIGHT BE CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT PRETTY MUCH THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WILL BE THE SAME AND WILL HAVE THE 20 FOOT SIDE BACK.

SO ARE THEY BASICALLY MIRROR IMAGES IS IT THE EXACT SAME HOME, NOT THE MIRROR IMAGE IT WILL BE DIFFERENT HOMES.

I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A MIRROR IMAGE.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

IS THAT A PLACEHOLDER? IS IT AN ACTUAL DESIGN? NO, IT WILL BE TWO DIFFERENT KIND OF STRUCTURE HOMES.

BUT THE ARCHITECTS HAVE JUST WE WANTED TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE HOUSES AND THE LOT OF IT WILL BE SITUATED.

THAT'S KIND OF WE ARE A CONCEPT IN THIS DIAGRAM.

SO SO OK.

SO THE FACT THAT IT SHOWS 8500 FEET ON BOTH AND IT IS DEFINITELY THE EXACT SAME IMAGE, THAT'S MORE OF A PLACEHOLDER.

YOU DON'T INTEND TO BUILD THE SAME HOME.

NO. ON BOTH LOTS.

YEAH. IT WILL BE TWO DIFFERENT STYLE OF HOMES.

OK, THANK YOU. OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HAVE A SEAT AND WE MIGHT CALL YOU BACK UP A FEW OTHER OTHER QUESTIONS.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE CROWD WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM 6B, I WOULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE YOU TO COME DOWN.

SEEING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN OPEN UP FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

ANY ISSUES WITH WITH THIS WE PUT IT ON CONSENT.

DIDN'T DIDN'T SEEM CONTROVERSIAL AT THE TIME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON IS REQUESTING A BETTER GRAPHICS IN THE FUTURE. NO, THANK YOU.

OK, WELL WITH THAT I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OK, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 6B OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS ORDINANCE NUMBER FOUR EIGHT ZERO, DASH SEVEN EIGHT THREE, WHICH IS ZA TWENTY ONE, DASH ZERO ZERO THREE SEVEN, WHICH IS THE SECOND READING AND ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR 1425 RANDALL MILL AVENUE.

THIS IS SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORTED JULY 27TH, 2021.

AND THE CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER TWO DATED MAY 27TH, 2021.

THERE'S A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALL RIGHT, THIS ITEM PASSES SIX ZERO CONGRATULATIONS, OK? WITH THAT, WE WILL COME TO THE I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA WITH

[8.A. Resolution No. 21-029, adopting the proposed framework, role, responsibilities and providing appointment of a Target Industry Recruitment Task Force with oversight from the Community Enhancement and Development Corporation.]

SO ONE THING WE'LL BE DOING TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DANIEL CORTEZ ABOUT KIND OF

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WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE APPOINTING TONIGHT, SO WE WON'T BE TAKING ACTION.

BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE COME UP WITH.

AND JUST TO SET THE TABLE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE DESIRE AS A CITY TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT RECRUITING NEW BUSINESSES, WHETHER THAT'S RETAIL, RESTAURANT OFFICE, HQ, CORPORATE CAMPUSES, WHATEVER IT IS THIS TASK FORCE IS BORN OUT OF THAT DESIRE TO BE INTENTIONAL, TO RECRUIT BUSINESSES.

WE AS A CITY NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.

IT'S A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF CORPORATE HQS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE LOOKING TO NORTH TEXAS AFTER THE CRAZINESS OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR SOUTHLAKE EXCUSE ME, TO CONTINUE TO BE VERY COMPETITIVE.

AND THIS TASK FORCE IS I THINK, A GOOD STEP IN MOVING THAT DIRECTION TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE WE ARE HEARING ABOUT DEALS AND THAT WE ARE GIVING OUR VERY BEST SHOT TO GO CLOSE THOSE DEALS FOR THE CITY. SO WITH THAT, MR. CORTEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MAYOR, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

NOT JUST WHAT WE'VE SEEN REALLY JUST IN JUST THE LAST YEAR, BUT REALLY SINCE THE GREAT RECESSION IN THE LATE 2000S, WE'VE SEEN A GENERAL EXODUS FROM SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, SPECIFICALLY HERE TO NORTH TEXAS AND TEXAS AS A WHOLE.

AND SO WITH A LOT OF THESE CHANGES, I THINK THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC HAS KIND OF ACCELERATED A LOT OF THAT. SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF CHANGES AND WE'RE SEEING IT HAPPEN FAST.

ONE OF THE REALITIES OF THE WORK THAT I DO FROM DAY IN, DAY OUT IS WE DO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THAT WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THE CASE.

THERE WILL BE A CERTAIN POINT WHERE NORTH TEXAS IS MAY NOT BE AS VIABLE OF A LOCATION AS OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THAT SAID, WE DID ADOPT RECENTLY A UPDATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN ADDENDUM.

AND WITHIN EVEN THE ORIGINAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN, WE DO HAVE A STRATEGIC GOAL WITHIN THAT PLAN.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH TAX AND PLACEMENT BASED GROWTH.

SO THIS TAX TASK FORCE WOULD REALLY BE FORMED TO REALLY ACHIEVE THAT AND HELP SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT A LOT OF OUR EXISTING RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN. SO, OF COURSE, WE CALL WE'RE CALLING THIS TASK FORCE TO TARGET INDUSTRY RECRUITMENT TASK FORCE.

AND I KNOW FOR FOR SOME OF YOU THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR.

SO WHAT ULTIMATELY DOES OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES MEAN? SO WE DID CONDUCT A STUDY BACK IN, I GUESS MAYBE ABOUT 2013, 2014 THAT HELPED US IDENTIFY SOME OF OUR ECONOMIC CLUSTERS THAT WE HAD HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

ONE OF THE DESIRED GOALS FROM THAT STUDY IS THAT WE KNEW THAT WE HAD A GROWING RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BASE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE POPULATION OF SOUTHLAKE, WHILE IT DOES SUPPORT A LOT OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, WE DO RELY ON 60 OR 60 TO 70 PERCENT OF OUTSIDE SALES TAX TO COME FROM OUTSIDE OF SOUTHLAKE.

SO WE NEEDED TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT TYPES OF INDUSTRIES WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO ATTRACT HERE TO SOUTHLAKE, WHETHER THAT BE ADDITIONAL RESTAURANTS, ADDITIONAL RETAIL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AND THE COUNCIL AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

AND WHAT RESULTED FROM THAT STUDY IS THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO FOCUS IN ON MORE SPECIFIC IN NICHE RETAIL TYPE PRODUCTS.

I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ROBBINS, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, YOU AND I.

AND SO THAT DEFINITELY WAS SOME OF THE THE TYPES OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE WOULD DEFINITELY BE FITTING FOR THIS ENVIRONMENT.

BUT AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OTHER CATEGORIES, FROM CORPORATE OFFICE TO MEDICAL TO HEALTH CARE, FINANCE AND INSURANCE, IT AND MEDIA AND BIOTECH AND PHARMA, THESE ARE ALL REALLY GEARED AND CENTERED TOWARDS HAVING A GOOD, DECENT PAYING JOBS HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

IN TURN, THE EXPECTATION IS AND WAS THAT THOSE FOLKS WOULD BE SHOPPING AND DINING IN SOUTHLAKE AND HELPING SUPPORT A LOT OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

SO KIND OF MOVING TO THE MEAT HERE OF WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS IN TERMS OF THE TASK FORCE, WE DID WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON THIS, AND THEY WERE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION THAT I'M ABOUT TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL.

AND THEY DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AS WELL IN TERMS OF THE MISSION OF WHAT WE FELT THAT THE TASK FORCE SHOULD ULTIMATELY STRIVE TO ACHIEVE WOULD BE TO COMMIT AND FACILITATE IN THE ASSISTING OF RECRUITMENT AND ATTRACTION OF TARGET INDUSTRY PROSPECTS TO THE CITY.

OF COURSE, DEMONSTRATING THE CITY'S VALUE, OUR PREMIER LOCATION, OUR SKILLED WORKFORCE TALENT, WORLD CLASS BUSINESSES, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR THOUGHTFULLY PLANNED COMMUNITY THAT WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO ESTABLISHED SOME GOALS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN.

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AS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER HERE IN THE MEETING, SOUTHLAKE IS LARGELY BUILT OUT.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT WHAT ULTIMATELY STILL GETS BUILT, PARTICULARLY ALONG OUR 114 CORRIDOR.

WE WANT THE ANOTHER GOAL OF THE TASK FORCE TO FOSTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TARGET INDUSTRIES AND THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE ATTRACT A LOT OF OUR OUR OUR TARGET INDUSTRY RECRUITS HERE TO SOUTHLAKE THAT WE MAY LOSE A LITTLE SOMETHING ONCE THEY'RE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE. SO WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS AMBASSADORS TO THAT TO THOSE COMPANIES THAT WE ATTRACT.

WE ALSO, OF COURSE, WANT TO ELEVATE THE SOUTHLAKE BRAND AND OUR VALUE PROPOSITION TO THESE COMPANIES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOUTHLAKE IS KNOWN AS BEING A NOT JUST A DESTINATION FOR RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS, BUT ALSO FOR CORPORATE RELOCATIONS AS WELL.

AND OF COURSE, LASTLY, WE WANT THIS TASK FORCE TO ADVISE COMMUNITIES, LEADERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES ON BUSINESS RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.

THIS ALSO WOULD INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

SO TO KIND OF HELP US UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT THE ACTUAL ACTIVE ROLE OF THIS TASK FORCE WOULD BE DOING, WE DEVELOP SOME OPERATING GUIDELINES BASED ON THESE GOALS THAT WE ESTABLISHED FOR GROWING THE SOUTHLAKE TARGET INDUSTRY ECONOMIC BASE.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS TASK FORCE WITH COLLABORATE WITH CITY STAFF TO MEET WITH TARGET INDUSTRY BUSINESS PROSPECTS.

SO THERE WILL BE SEVERAL SITUATIONS WHERE WE DO END UP MEETING WITH PROSPECTS AND BEING THAT THESE FOLKS WOULD SERVE AS AMBASSADORS.

THEY WOULD ALSO BE GOOD PARTNERS FOR CITY STAFF TO KIND OF, IN ESSENCE, ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THEM IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING OUR CORPORATE RECRUITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFY TARGET INDUSTRY, BUSINESS PROSPECTS AND RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT SOUTHLAKE.

THIS TASK FORCE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE OUR LOCAL AREA EXPERTS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE RECRUIT THE RIGHT FOLKS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

OF COURSE, WE WANTED TO FOSTER THE COLLABORATION.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WANT THIS TASK FORCE TO SERVE AS AMBASSADORS TO BUSINESS PROSPECTS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE RELOCATED TO THE COMMUNITY AND SERVE AS A RESOURCE AND LOCAL CONTACTS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE THE RECRUITMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DONE AND THEY'RE LOCATED HERE, THEY KNOW THEY COULD REACH OUT, OF COURSE, TO MYSELF OR A FEW OTHER RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS FOLKS THAT ARE ON THIS TASK FORCE TO HELP GUIDE THEM AND NAVIGATE THEM THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T IN TERMS OF ELEVATING THE SOUTHLAKE BRAND AND VALUE PROPOSITION, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WORK WITH AND ADVISE CITY STAFF AND THE CDC ON TARGET INDUSTRY COMMUNICATION AND RECRUITMENT MARKETING EFFORTS.

THE CITY, PARTICULARLY AS WE'VE DEVELOPED A NEW SELECT SOUTHLAKE SITE, WHICH IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM, WE WE DEVELOP A LOT OF MARKETING MATERIAL.

THEY WOULD SERVE AS OUR LIAISON TO KIND OF HELP GUIDE US IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR MESSAGING NOT ONLY STAYS CONSISTENT, BUT IT STAYS ACCURATE AND SERVES US WISELY IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING THE KIND OF FOLKS THAT WE WANT TO BRING OUT HERE TO SOUTHLAKE.

AND LASTLY, IN TERMS OF ADVISING OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS ON BUSINESS RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TASK FORCE EVALUATES BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER BUSINESS OR COMPANY THAT WE'RE RECRUITING TO COME OUT HERE, THAT THEY ULTIMATELY MEET AND SHARE THE SAME VISION FOR SOUTHLAKE AS WE DO.

AND LASTLY, TO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES ON THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS TO THE CDC, THIS WILL BE MORE IN TERMS OF REGULAR UPDATES DURING CDC MEETINGS AND UPDATING THEM ON JUST GENERAL PROGRESS AND KIND OF WHERE CERTAIN THINGS SIT IN TERMS OF PROSPECTS, IF ANY, HAVE OCCURRED IN TERMS OF THE APPOINTMENTS, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A TYPICAL BOARD.

WE DID KIND OF ESTABLISH SOME SOME LANGUAGE FOR THE APPOINTMENTS THEMSELVES AND OF COURSE, AS COUNCIL IS WELL AWARE, WE CAN MODIFY THIS TO SERVE OR OPERATE MORE AS A REGULAR BOARD, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL HAD THE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY ON THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

OF COURSE, IN TERMS OF THE APPOINTMENTS, ALL OF THESE WOULD BE MADE AND DONE BY THE CITY COUNCIL TASK FORCE TERMS WOULD BE ONE YEAR UNLESS REAPPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL OR THE TASK FORCE MEMBER RESIGNS.

THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS SHALL BE RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT HOLD EXECUTIVE POSITIONS IN SEVERAL INDUSTRIES, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT SOME OF THE EXISTING BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE FOLKS THERE AT TD AMERITRADE THAT REPRESENT THE CITY VERY WELL, BUT MAY NOT NECESSARILY LIVE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

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AND I KNOW I MAY GET ASKED THE QUESTION, WHY SIX APPOINTED MEMBERS? WE JUST FELT IT WAS LOGICAL TO HAVE SIX APPOINTED MEMBERS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD SIX TARGET INDUSTRIES IDENTIFIED.

AND LASTLY, THE TASK FORCE WOULD SUNSET IN TWO YEARS UNLESS REAUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. WE FELT THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF APPROACH IT.

AND THAT WAY THIS ISN'T AN ONGOING BOARD OR TASK FORCE DEPENDING ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE CAN REEVALUATE.

LASTLY, I DID WANT TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THE CDC GAVE US.

THE THE CDC DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPOINTEES, WHOEVER THEY MAY BE, WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF TO ENSURE PROPER REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY'S INTEREST.

AND TO ELABORATE ON THAT, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS A CERTAIN MEETING, IF THERE IS A CERTAIN RECRUITMENT PROCESS, THE CITY STAFF IS INVOLVED AT ALL STEPS OF THE PROCESS. AND LASTLY, THE TASK FORCE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER THESE TASK FORCE MEMBERS ARE, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES.

SO AS YOU RECALL, I MENTIONED THAT WE CONDUCTED A STUDY EARLIER ABOUT, I GUESS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO NOW.

AND BASED ON THAT, BASED ON THAT STUDY IS HOW WE IDENTIFIED OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES.

SO WITH THAT SAID, AT OUR LAST COMMUNITY HENSMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATE MEETING, WE ENDED UP ALLOCATING SOME FUNDS TO UPDATE THAT STUDY THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT YOUR BUDGET PRESENTATION NEXT TIME THAT COUNCIL MEETS.

SO WE DID ALLOCATE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INDUSTRY OR THAT STUDY IS UPDATED AND MAKE SURE THAT NOT JUST THE COUNCIL, BUT THE TASK FORCE AND THE CDC HAS THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. IN TERMS OF A TIMELINE OF KIND OF WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH A TASK FORCE IS, OF COURSE, THE COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER THIS ITEM HERE IN AUGUST, AND THE CDC DID PROVIDE FEEDBACK BACK IN JUNE, BUT WE EXPECTED SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TIME FRAME, ONCE THOSE OFFICIALS ARE APPOINTED, ALISON AND MYSELF WOULD SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND KIND OF ORIENT THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT THE EXPECTED GOALS FROM COUNCIL ARE FROM THIS TASK FORCE.

AND ULTIMATELY, IN FY 22, WE WOULD FORMALLY BEGIN THE ACTIVE ROLE OF THE TARGET INDUSTRY RECRUITMENT, AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY NOW.

SO MORE SO THAN THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

WE WE ARE LOOKING AND SOLICITING FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES TO COME HERE TO SOUTHLAKE IN MY LINE OF WORK. YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ASK A THOUSAND FOLKS AND YOU'LL PROBABLY GET TURNED DOWN NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE TIMES, BUT IT'S ALL MADE WORTH IT FOR THAT ONE YES THAT YOU DO GET.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I AM OPEN TO ANY FEEDBACK THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE OR ANY MODIFICATIONS OR ANY CHANGES TO THIS FRAMEWORK THAT WE DEVELOPED.

I'LL START. I THINK IT'S A GREAT FRAMEWORK.

I THINK IT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE USING IT FOR.

I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE SUNSET.

IT MAYBE SOMETHING WE NEED? I THINK IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED NOW.

MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING WE NEED IN TWO YEARS.

WELL, LET'S LET COUNCIL TWO YEARS THINK ABOUT THAT.

I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF ONE YEAR APPOINTMENTS.

THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO'S GOING TO SIT WHO I'D LIKE TO SIT ON THIS BOARD IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY BUSY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A WELL-CONNECTED, SUCCESSFUL PERSON.

SO IT'S A PERSON WHO'S GOING TO BE FAIRLY BUSY.

AND IF WE IF THEY AGREED TO TO SERVE THE CITY IN THIS ROLE, THE FAMILY OR BUSINESS SITUATION MAY CHANGE A YEAR FROM NOW.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT BUILT IN FLEXIBILITY TO GIVE THEM AN EASY WAY TO ROLL OFF WITHOUT NECESSARILY RESIGNING.

SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVES TO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

BUT I'D OPEN UP TO COUNSEL FOR FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT THIS POINT? A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THERE TASK FORCE APPOINTMENTS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IS IS THERE ANY VOTING ACTION BY THIS COMMITTEE FOR ADVISORY'S? THERE'S NO VOTES OF VOTES.

AND THEN THE THE ONLY OTHER PERHAPS A SUGGESTION TO CONSIDER.

I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SOUTHLAKE RESIDENT BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT BRING A LOT OF VALUE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE, BUT THEY WORK HERE.

BUT I THINK WE MIGHT WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER IT.

PERHAPS I SHOULD SAY THAT THE THIS TASK FORCE SHOULD BE NO LESS THAN 50 PERCENT SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS, SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE.

AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN SIX, YOU WOULD GUARANTEE THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS.

SURE. I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S UP TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD WANT TO HAVE AN ADVISORY TASK FORCE. THAT'S ONLY ONE RESIDENT IN FIVE.

MAKE SENSE. NO, NO.

I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YEAH [INAUDIBLE] IS THE PLAN TO HAVE ONE FROM EACH OF THOSE SIX AREAS AND YOU SAID THEY'RE SIX AND SIX, IS THAT KIND OF THE GOAL TO LOOK AT THAT AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE RECRUITING? OR AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I WOULD MAYBE CONSIDER ADDING A SEVENTH SO THAT YOU HAVE SOME

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I THINK IT'S MOSTLY JUST REALLY HIGH LIKE WELL-CONNECTED, HARD WORKING, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE. AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE MIGHT GET TWO OR THREE FROM REAL ESTATE, THERE MAY BE YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME I WOULD THINK SO, BECAUSE THOSE REAL ESTATE GUYS IN DIFFERENT AREAS HEAR ABOUT A LOT OF DEALS COMING THROUGH.

SO NOW I DON'T WANT TO BE WEIGHTED TOO HEAVILY IN ONE, BUT YEAH, I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING A GOOD BROAD SWATH OF WELL-CONNECTED PEOPLE.

I THINK WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF WHAT OUR TALENT POOL HAS TO OFFER CANDIDLY.

RIGHT. AND SO IF WE END UP A LITTLE HEAVY WEIGHTED IN AN AREA OR LITTLE LIGHT IN OTHERS, IT'S JUST A PRODUCT OF WHO WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS TASK FORCE HAS THE TIME, CAPACITY, INTEREST FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

RIGHT. AND WHO'S GOING TO HELP US FILL THE SPACE MOST APPROPRIATELY? I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.

I THINK HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE MAYORS OF THE PAST AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF HAVE JUST KIND OF WAITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESENT THEMSELVES.

AND THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL HANDS ON DECK.

AND I THINK THIS IS KIND OF MORE OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH, AS MAYOR HUFFMAN INDICATED, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND TRY TO SOLICIT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MIGHT HEAR ARE IN OR NEAR OUR AREA.

AND I THINK THIS IS IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, DANIEL.

SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT WHETHER WE LAND ON FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.

IT'S KIND OF AN ARBITRARY NUMBER, TOO, CANDIDLY.

I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST COMES DOWN TO OUR TALENT POOL AND WHAT OUR RESOURCES ARE AND HOW WE CAN BEST UTILIZE THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER, WHAT WE'RE WHAT OUR LAND USE PLAN LOOKS LIKE, WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IN TERMS OF GOOD CORPORATE PARTNERS AND THAT ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE.

WELL, THE REALITY IS, IF WE GET TEN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WANT TO JOIN UP, I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I MEAN, I WANT TO, WELL, COLLECT AS MANY TALENTED PEOPLE AS WE CAN.

AND I THINK WHEN WHEN IT WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, I THINK WE NEED TO AS WE USE THESE TASK FORCE MEMBERS TO HELP.

I THINK ULTIMATELY WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, IT'S REALLY AT THAT POINT INCUMBENT UPON YOU AND OUR OTHER LEADERS TO FIGURE OUT WHO ARE THE BEST RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND HOPEFULLY IT'S THESE TASK FORCE MEMBERS THAT ARE ALREADY EDUCATED UP TO SPEED. BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT AT TIMES.

RIGHT, OR MAYBE THEY'RE NOT AS AVAILABLE AND AND IT'S JUST TRYING TO PULL IN THE RIGHT RESOURCES. SO DIRECTIONALLY, THIS IS GREAT.

AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US JUST TO BE FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

NOT RIGID, NOT RIGID AT ALL.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

LOVE THE DIRECTION WHERE THIS IS GOING, THOUGH, I THINK THIS IS HUGE.

I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE, BECAUSE I THINK HISTORICALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'VE BEEN IN A POSITION WHERE WE JUST SIT BACK AND WAIT BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME TO SOUTHLAKE. THAT'S STILL TRUE TO SOME DEGREE.

BUT I THINK A LOT OF BUSINESSES NOW HAVE A LOT OF OTHER OPTIONS.

IT'S REALLY IT'S TIME FOR US TO GO OUT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT DANIEL WAS SAYING.

I ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE SPOTS THAT I WENT OUT AND SAID, HEY, LET'S GO SEE IF WE FIND A MEETING.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DRAG THEM INTO SOUTHLAKE AND SHOW THEM WHAT WE WANT THEM.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I TELL DANIELLE, SHOULD I MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE ANY TIME I CAN, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO THESE FOLKS.

IF THEY SEE LEADERSHIP THAT SAYS, I'LL SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE, I'LL TELL YOU, WE WANT YOU THERE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

SO I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

HUGE DIFFERENCE. YEAH. AND LET'S FACE IT, WE NEED AS MANY AMBASSADORS FOR SOUTHLAKE AS WE CAN GET. I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY.

WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT I WANT US TO START BEING IN THE NEWS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

I'VE HAD THAT TALK SO MANY TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I'VE WITNESSED MY WIFE ACTIVELY RECRUITING PEOPLE TO COME TO TEXAS AND MOST OF THOSE END UP LIVING IN SOUTHLAKE OR BUYING HOUSES IN SOUTHLAKE.

AND THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CITY LEADERSHIP.

THEY KNOW WE HAVE GREAT SCHOOLS, BUT THEY CAN AFFORD TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO WESTLAKE OR WHATEVER SCHOOL THEY WANT. I JUST WANT US TO I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO HAVE AMBASSADORS SELLING THIS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO BUSINESSES.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AWESOME. OK, WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A GREEN LIGHT.

LET'S KEEP PROCEEDING. SO WE WILL BE TABLING TO FUTURE MEETING THE ACTUAL APPOINTMENT.

BUT THIS IS GREAT. YOU GUYS DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

THANKS, DANIEL APPRECIATE IT, SIR.

THANK YOU. OK, WELL, THAT IS THE FINAL ITEM ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.

SO WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.