Mar 21, 2023 City Council

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ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

[1. Call to order]

[LAUGHTER] BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT, AS WE DO EVERY NIGHT WITH OUR INVOCATION FROM OUR PASTOR CLAY REED.

SO YOU GUYS RISE WITH ME AND THEN STAY ON YOUR FEET FOR THE PLEDGES AS WELL.

PASTOR REED, THANK YOU.

LET'S PRAY. DEAR LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS EVENING.

WE GIVE THANKS FOR OUR CITY.

WE PRAY, ESPECIALLY NOW FOR OUR KIDS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL.

WE PRAY BLESSING ON THEM.

WE PRAY FOR OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, OUR HOME SCHOOLS, OUR PRESCHOOLS.

WE JUST GIVE THANKS FOR GOOD EDUCATION IN OUR CITY AND WE PRAY BLESSING UPON TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

WE PRAY FOR PEACE AND PROTECTION FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE EVERY PERSON THAT DEALS WITH THEM GRACE AND MERCY.

AND WE ALSO GIVE THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US, FOR YOUR GOODNESS TO US.

AND WE PRAY BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING.

IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU, SIR. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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

THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

YOU ALL HAVE A SEAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR REED.

SO WE'LL CALL THE WORK SESSION TO ORDER AND CALL UP OUR VERY FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS THE SOUTHLAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UPDATE.

[3. Southlake Chamber of Commerce Update]

COME ON UP, SIR, FOR YOUR VERY FIRST UPDATE TO COUNCIL, I UNDERSTAND.

IT IS. WELL, YEAH, THIS IS MY FIRST BEING IN HERE, SO I'M EXCITED.

I GUESS I SHOULD INTRODUCE MYSELF.

MY NAME IS KARL CHESTER.

I WILL BE THE INCOMING CHAIR FOR SOUTHLAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

OUR CURRENT CHAIR, CHUCK HULETT, IS TRAVELING, SO I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE UPDATE.

FIRST. WE'VE BEEN DOING GREAT THINGS.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR RECENT RIBBON CUTTINGS AT THE CHAMBER OFFICE.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE AT PARLOR DOUGHNUTS.

AND HERE ARE SOME JUST UPCOMING RIBBON CUTTINGS IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ATTEND.

APRIL 4TH IS THE NEXT ONE AT BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, THE NEW SURGICARE.

AND SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF IN APRIL.

SO IF YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

NEXT ONE IS JUST A LIST OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AGAIN, CHUCK HULETT IS OUR CURRENT CHAIR.

CLINT SNEAD IS OUR PAST CHAIR AND MYSELF, I AM THE INCOMING CHAIR.

AND HERE'S A LIST OF JUST SOME OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS IN THE CHAMBER.

AND THEN WE HAVE EVERY MONTH WE HAVE AMBASSADOR OF THE MONTH AND THE FEBRUARY AMBASSADOR OF THE MONTH WAS VICTORIA MEAGHER FROM CARTER DELUCA-INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COUNSEL.

AND REASA SELPH FROM SELPH MARKETING.

AND THEN WE HAVE FEBRUARY MEMBER OF THE MONTH, WHICH WAS FROM TRUIST, FROM BOBBY CARR.

AND OUR MARCH LUNCHEON WILL BE COMING UP THIS THURSDAY.

AND OUR SPEAKER IS ASLAM KHAN.

AND I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS NEVER HEARD OF HIM, HE'S A GREAT SPEAKER AND SHOULD ATTEND IT.

AND THEN OUR SOUTHLAKE RELATIONSHIP NETWORKING GROUP MEETS THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT CAMBRIA HOTEL.

AND THEN ANOTHER GREAT NETWORKING THAT WE HAVE IS OUR COMMUNITY PRAYER BREAKFAST, WHICH IS THIS TIME AROUND IS LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF THE BIBLE, WHICH IS LED BY STERLING SMITH FROM WHITECHAPEL.

AND THEN THIS IS ANOTHER NETWORKING GROUP THAT THE CHAMBER HAS ITS BUSINESS INSIDER'S NETWORKING GROUP, AND THE SPEAKER IS BOB SIFFERMANN. HE IS FROM SCORE RESOURCES.

SO ANY SBA QUESTION BUSINESSES, HE'S THE PERSON TO LISTEN TO.

AND THEN OUR BUSINESS EXCHANGE THIS MONTH WILL BE HOSTED BY TRUIST BANK.

THAT WILL BE APRIL 13TH AT 4:30.

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SO IF EVERYONE LIKES BINGO, THIS IS A FUN NIGHT.

IT'S ON THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH AT THE MARQ AND STARTS AT 5:30.

THIS IS THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP SOUTHLAKE CLASS.

THIS IS THEIR PROJECT.

THEY WILL HAVE AN EVENT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH AT CLASSIC CHEVROLET.

AND BASICALLY THIS IS THEIR HELPING GET A TRAILER FOR THE LOVING LONG EARS DONKEY.

SO IF YOU GUYS MISSED THE DONKEYS IN SOUTHLAKE, YOU GUYS GET TO SEE MORE DONKEYS.

[LAUGHTER] AND THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS.

THIS IS AN AWARDS BANQUET THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, WHICH WILL BE ON JUNE 23RD.

AND THE THEME IS A SPEAKEASY.

SO DRESS UP AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN ATTEND.

AND IT'S A FUN NIGHT TO JUST BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND AWARDS THAT SMALL BUSINESSES OF THE YEAR.

ET CETERA. AND OF COURSE, CITIZENS OF THE YEAR.

AND THIS IS, AGAIN, JUST THANKING OUR MANY DIFFERENT SPONSORS FOR OUR AWARDS BANQUET.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, WHICH THEY'RE HAVING ON MARCH 29TH AT EVO IN SOUTHLAKE, AND THE AGE RANGE IS 21 TO 39.

SO LIKE I SAID, THE SAME THING.

I MISSED THE CUT OFF. WHAT IS EVERYBODY LOOKING AT ME? YEAH. YOU'RE AN OLD MAN NOW. YOU MISSED THE CUT OFF.

IT IS WHAT IT IS. THAT'S WRONG.

IT'S TOO SOON, GUYS.

TOO SOON. [LAUGHTER] THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM OKTOBERFEST.

AND WE WILL HAVE ONE AGAIN, 2023 OKTOBERFEST ON OCTOBER 13 TO 15.

AND SO I WAS ASKED TO ASK YOU GUYS TO COME AND WEAR OUTFITS AND THE CHAMBER WILL GLADLY REIMBURSE YOU BACK FOR WHATEVER COSTUMES FOR OKTOBERFEST.

I'M SURE YOU WOULD.

YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO KEEP ASKING US TO WEAR LEDERHOSEN UNTIL WE WEAR IT.

I THINK WE WILL.

MARK'S OVER THERE. I THINK WE WILL.

NODDING VIGOROUSLY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE YOUR REQUEST.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. EXCELLENT.

AND SOME MORE PICTURES.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT.

SOUTHLAKE CHAMBER AGAIN, WE THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE BUSINESS.

WONDERFUL. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL? SO, KARL, WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY TAKE OVER AS CHAIR? I WILL START IN JULY.

NICE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

JUST BECAUSE I KNOW HOW OUR CITY IS.

DOES LEADERSHIP CLASS HAVE A PLAN FOR ONCE THE TRAILER IS PAID FOR.

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK.

LIKE, DO THEY HAVE ANY OTHER DONKEY NEEDS? I'M NOT SURE. YEAH, SERIOUSLY, THEY MIGHT BLOW THAT OUT OF THE WATER.

I THINK. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BLOW IT OUT.

I THINK SO. JUST GET A REALLY NICE TRAILER.

I CAN'T.

I'M BUSY. IT'S OUT IN THE SQUARE.

[LAUGHTER] WELL, I THINK THEY ALSO CREATED A WEBSITE TO CREATE AWARENESS.

AND SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED OR HELPING WITH THAT IN MORE WAYS, I'M SURE THEY THEY CREATED A WEBSITE JUST FOR THEM.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, KARL. APPRECIATE IT.

WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS AN UPDATE FROM BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MEDICAL CENTER OF GRAPEVINE.

[4. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Grapevine Update]

COME ON DOWN. IF YOU COULD JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO COUNCIL AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE UP TO.

ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS NAMAN MAHAJAN.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT FOR BAYLOR GRAPEVINE.

I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A BRIEF UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE AS A HOSPITAL.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START OFF WITH A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

PLEASE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE FEELING YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE OR HAVE ANY OF THOSE SYMPTOMS, ALWAYS CALL 911.

DON'T TRY TO BE BRAVE TRY TO COME INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BY YOURSELVES VIA CAR.

THAT'S WHAT EMS IS THERE FOR.

AND WE ACTUALLY PARTNER VERY CLOSELY WITH THE EMS SO WHEN THEY ACTUALLY ARRIVE TO YOUR HOUSE, WE GET ALERTED IF THERE'S A HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE.

SO THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS READY AND ABLE TO HELP AS SOON AS YOU GUYS PRESENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

BY THE NUMBERS, I JUST HAVE THIS UP THERE FOR THE SCREEN.

WE ARE PART OF BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE TREAT OVER EIGHT AND ONE HALF MILLION PATIENT ENCOUNTERS ANNUALLY.

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WE SERVE 41 COUNTIES.

IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT 53 HOSPITALS NOW THAT WE HAVE 12.7 BILLION IN OPERATING REVENUE AND 52,000 EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. FOR US HERE IN GRAPEVINE AND HOW WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS FOR OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR, ABOUT 47,000 OUTPATIENT VISITS.

WE HAVE OVER 1000 MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL STAFF, MANY WHO RESIDE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE ABOUT 14,000 ADMISSIONS TO SOUTHLAKE IN OUR AREA CITIES OVER HERE.

WE DID BRING IN 2,300 NEW TAX PAYERS IN TERMS OF BIRTH TO THE CITY, OVER 6,000 SURGERIES, 1,200 TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE ALL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY OVER HERE AND THEN ABLE TO SERVE ABOUT 50,000 ED VISITS.

OUR CORE, WE WERE FOUNDED AS A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY OF HEALING, BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE PROMOTES THE WELL BEING OF ALL INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT I WOULD POINT THIS OUT THAT OUR VISION IS EMPOWERING YOU TO LIVE WELL.

SO THIS IS NOT ONLY FOR OUR PATIENTS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR TEAM MEMBERS, OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR MEDICAL STAFF.

OUR FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF IS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE IS ZERO HARM, AND THAT IS TO CREATE A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS FOUNDATIONAL TO DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT CARE.

THAT IS OUR ENDEAVOR, EVERY PATIENT, EVERY TIME.

SOME OF OUR ACCOLADES AND AWARDS MAGNET FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, IT IS AN EXTERNAL AGENCY THAT RECOGNIZES OUR NURSING TEAM FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND HAVING DISCIPLINES THAT HAVE SPECIALTY NURSES.

SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE BEEN A MAGNET RECOGNIZED FACILITY, WHICH IS ONLY THE TOP 8% OF ALL HOSPITALS IN AMERICA.

WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THEM FOR THE 12TH YEAR IN A ROW.

WE DO HAVE CHEST PAIN, AS I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, FOR OUR NICU, WHICH STANDS FOR NEONATAL ICU.

WE ARE SAFELY ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF BABIES FROM 28 WEEKS AND ABOVE OF GESTATION.

WE ARE THE AREA'S NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY'S ONLY TRAUMA LEVEL TWO CENTER, WHICH MEANS WE PROVIDE THE SAME CLINICAL LEVEL OF CARE AS A UT SOUTHWESTERN OR BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.

WE ARE A PRIMARY STROKE DESIGNATED CENTER.

AND THEN WE JUST WENT THROUGH OUR JOINT COMMISSION RE-ACCREDITATION SURVEY, HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER PROGRAM, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE REST OF THOSE OVER THE SERVICES OVER HERE. BUT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU GUYS WILL SEE WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HEART AND VASCULAR, TRAUMA, ONCOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES.

SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE TEAM OVER HERE IS THIS YEAR WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO ADD TWO MORE ADDITIONAL SURGICAL ROBOTS. AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS HAVE MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY WHICH PROMOTES HEALING AND RECOVERY.

INSTEAD OF OPENING UP THE ENTIRE ABDOMEN, WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THREE SMALL DIME SIZED HOLES WITH ABOUT 2 TO 3 STITCHES A PIECE OVER THERE.

SO DEFINITELY DOES INCREASE RECOVERY, AND WE USE THAT FOR EVERYTHING FROM GYN PROCEDURES, PROSTATECTOMIES, EVEN COLORECTAL TYPE OF CASES FOR THEM.

FROM A CAPITAL INVESTMENT STANDPOINT, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT BAYLOR, SCOTT AND WHITE HAS FUNDED US WITH A BRAND NEW CATH LAB THAT WE OPENED UP EARLIER THIS YEAR.

WE ARE EXPANDING OUR OPERATING ROOM CAPABILITY AND ADDING ONE OF THE FIRST HYBRID ORS AT THIS PART OF TOWN, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGING.

AND THIS IS THE LATEST AND GREATEST IN TECHNOLOGY FOR VASCULAR CARE AND ALSO CARDIOTHORACIC.

ON OUR WOMEN'S PAVILION WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING 20 NEW BEDS PLUS TWO NEW OPERATING ROOMS UP THERE.

AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A DEDICATED WOMEN'S PAVILION FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO FEMALE CARE.

ALL OF OUR WOMEN WILL BE HOUSED ON THAT UNIT AND THEN ALSO UPGRADING SOME OF OUR IMAGING EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

WITH THAT. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

WE OUR AIM IS TO REALLY BE THE TERTIARY LEVEL CARE HOSPITAL.

OUR GOAL IS THAT RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY DO NOT HAVE TO MIGRATE EITHER INTO DOWNTOWN DALLAS OR INTO FORT WORTH TO RECEIVE THAT HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE.

SO WITH THAT, PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GOOD MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.

SO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. WE THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

ITEM 4B APPROVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-008 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GLOBAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTS.

ITEM 4C AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURES WITH TRANSCORE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000.

ITEM 4D APPROVE THE 2022 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

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ITEM 4F APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT AND JOINT USE AGREEMENT FOR A WROUGHT IRON FENCE WITH BRICK COLUMNS WITHIN A DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED AT 1480 BROWN LANE.

ITEM 4G APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES FROM SHI GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS FOR MICROSOFT LICENSES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $192,000.

COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS WE WISH TO PUT ON CONSENT? YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER MOVING FROM THE REGULAR AGENDA TO CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVING THESE ITEMS. FIRST 9E, WHICH IS THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY LIGHTING CONTRACT AND ALSO ITEM 9F, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT FOR SPECTRUM INTERNET SERVICES. ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES? OKAY. WE'LL TAKE THOSE ON CONSENT AS WELL.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WELL, THAT'S CONSENT.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE REGULAR SESSION FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ORDER.

[1. Call to order.]

[2. A. Executive Session]

SECTION 551.074 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS AND SECTION 551.087 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.

AND WE WILL BE BACK NO EARLIER THAN 7:00.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S 7:19.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE REGULAR SESSION BACK TO ORDER.

IS THERE ANY ACTION NEEDED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MAYOR. OKAY.

MOVING ON. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3A, WHICH IS THE MAYOR'S REPORT.

[3.A. Mayor's Report]

SO BECAUSE MARCH IS ETHICS AWARENESS MONTH, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THE ETHICS THAT WE ALL ADHERE TO AND TO DISCUSS SOME RECENT CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO OUR CITY ETHICS PROGRAM. CITY STAFF IS WORKING HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING ALWAYS ON.

AND THAT'S THE NAME OF THE ETHICS CAMPAIGN.

AND WE STARTED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ETHICS ORDINANCE ACTUALLY, IN THE FALL OF 2022.

WE UPDATED OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND ARE ROLLING OUT THE ETHICS AWARENESS MESSAGING TO CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.

AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT TAKING THIS NEXT STEP.

SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL DO A QUICK PHOTO OP.

SO WHEREAS NATIONAL ETHICS AWARENESS MONTH IS OBSERVED EVERY MARCH AS A TIME FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO REFLECT ON THE ETHICS THEY ADHERE TO AND HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE ON THEM.

AND. WHEREAS, THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH WE OPERATE AND THAT GUIDE OUR DECISIONS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND WE PLEDGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, OWN IT, GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, WORK TOGETHER ALWAYS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN, ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023 AS SOUTHLAKE ETHICS AWARENESS MONTH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF ETHICS AWARENESS MONTH AND CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, ELECTED OFFICIALS, VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF TO RECOGNIZE THE SAME.

AND MS. SHANA WE HAVE THE GOVERNANCE MATRIX TEAM HERE.

WELL, MISS AMY SHELLEY IS HERE.

SHE'S REPRESENTING THE MATRIX TEAM FOR US THIS EVENING.

SO I THINK AND PILAR IS HERE AND BORA, I'M TRYING TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE.

I THINK THAT'S IT. SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH THEM.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON DOWN.

OKAY.

OKAY WITH THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER AND JUMP TO ITEM NUMBER 5, WHICH IS PUBLIC FORUM.

[5. Public Forum]

SO A FEW THINGS ABOUT PUBLIC FORUM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTERS.

WE HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR EVERY SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC FORUM.

WHEN YOU COME UP, WHEN YOU START TALKING, THE GREEN LIGHT WILL GO ON THAT SIGNIFIES THAT YOUR TIME HAS STARTED.

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SO WHEN YOU COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD SO WE KNOW WHO'S TALKING TO US AND WE CAN LISTEN TO YOU GUYS AND ALWAYS ADDRESS COUNCIL, NOT STAFF OR THE AUDIENCE. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL CALL OUR FIRST COMMENTER.

IS THIS FOR PUBLIC FORUM? OKAY. MR. JOHN FAHOOM. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT, JOHN? YES, YOU DID. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANKS. EVEN IF I DIDN'T APPRECIATE YOU AFFIRMING ME ON THAT ONE.

[LAUGHTER] SO COME ON DOWN AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

HELLO. MY NAME IS JOHN FAHOOM.

I'M CURRENTLY A SOPHOMORE HERE AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I LIVE AT 212 TWO MONTROSE LANE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ALL TODAY ABOUT BIKING AND JUST GENERAL PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ALL HERE HAVE THIS LITTLE FORM ON YOUR DESKS.

THE TOP TWO ISSUES I'VE WRITTEN HERE ARE TWO MAIN REASONS WHY WE IN SOUTHLAKE SHOULD BE PROMOTING TOWARDS MORE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE IN GENERAL.

THE FIRST ONE IN GENERAL BEING THAT IT CAN ACTUALLY BE SAFER FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AS WELL.

BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE BEING BUILT, YOU DO FIND THAT IT IS ACTUALLY SAFER TO BIKE AND WALK AND WE NEED IT IN SOUTHLAKE MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE WE HERE IN DFW ACTUALLY RANK AT THE TOP IN THE NATION FOR PEDESTRIAN DEATHS WHILST WE ALSO RANKED DEAD LAST IN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT BIKE AND WALK AROUND TOWN.

BUT WE ALSO CAN SEE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTHLAKE I'M PRETTY SURE MAYOR HUFFMAN YOU AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER MORE THAN ANYONE HERE, UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IDEAL FOR BUSINESSES TO BE LOCATED WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IS, WHERE PEOPLE ARE, WHERE THE BUSINESSES.

AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT THE MOST WALKABLE PLACE IN SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE IS ALSO THE MOST BUSINESS ORIENTED, MOST CONNECTED THAT WE SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT THE REASON I'M HERE TALKING TO YOU ALL TODAY IS BECAUSE TXDOT ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT THEY WERE PROMOTING $250 MILLION TO CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TOWARDS SPECIFICALLY BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS TO THOSE CITIES THAT APPLIED FOR THIS FUNDING.

AND I'M FAMILIAR THAT WE IN SOUTHLAKE CURRENTLY DO HAVE THE 2035 MASTER PLAN TO HAVE AN ALL SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE BY 2035.

BUT THIS STATE FUNDING THAT WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY APPLY FOR COULD HELP MOVE US FORWARD AND REACH THAT GOAL FASTER AND HELP COVER SOME OF THESE COSTS WITH STATE FUNDING THAT WE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE WOULD SEE COVERED BY TAXPAYERS.

BUT I BRING THIS UP TOO, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE A LOT OF YOU ALL ARE WONDERING, LIKE, WILL THIS BE USED? AND TO THAT I SAY DEFINITIVELY, YES.

I ACTUALLY EMBARKED ON A SURVEY LAST YEAR WITH FELLOW STUDENTS AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL, AND ANOTHER SURVEY WAS DONE AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL WITH CARROLL STUDENT COUNCIL.

AND WE FOUND THAT 80% OF RESPONDENTS WHO WERE ASKED A QUESTION IF THERE WAS A PROTECTED BIKE LANE GOING BETWEEN YOUR HOUSE AND NEIGHBORHOOD TO SCHOOL, TO WORK TO TOWN SQUARE, WHEREVER WOULD YOU TAKE IT? 80% OF RESPONDENTS ANSWERED YES AND THAT WHEN I ASKED THEM WHAT WAS PREVENTING THEM CURRENTLY, THE MAIN ANSWER WAS THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BIKE LANE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING, THEY WOULDN'T TAKE IT.

AND WHEN I ASKED THEM WHAT WOULD PROMOTE THEM MORE WAS THE FACT THAT MORE BIKE LANES, MORE SIDEWALKS, MORE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD ACTUALLY IMPROVE SAFETY.

THERE WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO TAKE IT.

AND ON THE FORM I HAVE FOR YOU ALL A LITTLE ARTICLE Y'ALL COULD LOOK INTO FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, AND ST.

LOUIS STUDY TALKS ABOUT HOW WALKABLE COMMUNITIES CAN ALSO HELP BOLSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH.

BUT HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, WHEN YOU INCREASE SIDEWALKS AND CONNECTIVITY, YOU CAN HELP NOT ONLY INCREASE ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT YOU CAN ALSO HELP SAVE LIVES AND GET PEOPLE MOVING AROUND. I BELIEVE WHEN PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PICKLEBALL COURT, SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY WANTED TO WALK THERE AND THIS COULD HELP MOVE US FORWARD ON THAT. AT THE BOTTOM, I'VE ATTACHED MY CONTACT.

I KNOW MY TIME'S LITTLE, SO I'M JUST GOING TO I'VE ATTACHED MY OWN LITTLE CONTACT INFORMATION.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO REACH OUT TO ME.

IF YOU ALL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, I'D LOVE TO HELP YOU ALL IN MAKING SOUTHLAKE AS GREAT AS POSSIBLE.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, WE APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER HAVING A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU IN MY OFFICE ABOUT A YEAR AGO ON THE SAME TOPIC, AND YOUR DATA IS GREAT AND WE'LL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP.

WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WE GO FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY MAKE THIS AN EVEN MORE INTERCONNECTED COMMUNITY.

SO, OF COURSE. THANK YOU, JOHN.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. COLLEEN GOLDSTEIN, 708 BRYSON WAY.

IS MS. GOLDSTEIN HERE.

OKAY. THAT'S THE LAST OF MY CARDS.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC FORUM? OKAY, SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC FORUM AND MOVE BACK TO CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WHICH IS ITEM 3B.

[3.B. City Manager's Report]

YES, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO ASK MIKAELA HALL TO STEP FORWARD.

MANY OF YOU KNOW MICAELA.

SHE IS OUR CORPORATE VIDEOGRAPHER, AND SHE'S HERE THIS EVENING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

ALL RIGHT, MIKAELA, TAKE IT AWAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

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AND TODAY I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

SO THIS IS A TOPIC VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, ESPECIALLY AS A YOUNG WOMAN LEARNING THE ROPES AND STARTING MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

AND OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF THAT I'VE GOTTEN THE PLEASURE OF WORKING FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK ON SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE 70 MINUTE WITH THE MAYORS THAT I'VE PRODUCED, ALONG WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES, EFFORTS IN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION AND DEPARTMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS.

I'VE ALSO GOTTEN TO WORK WITH SOME REALLY AMAZING WOMEN OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR WORK TODAY.

SO WE HAVE A FEW WAYS THAT THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE HAS CELEBRATED WOMEN'S HISTORY, AND I'M GOING TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU AS WE CLOSE OUT THE MONTH.

SO FIRST, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE EFFORTS OF THE SOUTHLAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HONOR NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

SO ON THE SCREEN ABOVE, YOU'LL SEE A FEW PICTURES, INCLUDING CUSTOM BOOKMARKS OF HISTORIC WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

A WOMEN'S HISTORY BOOK DISPLAY, TWO SMALL GLASS DISPLAY CASES ABOUT TEN POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT WOMEN, AND A WRITE UP OF EACH OF THEM, AND ALSO A WOMEN'S HISTORY POSTER DISPLAY THAT WE GOT FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO GO DOWNSTAIRS AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE SOUTHLAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS TO OFFER, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD DO SO.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.

BUT MOVING ON, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SERVICE.

SO THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE, THE WOMEN ON THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAVE A TOTAL COMBINED EFFORT OF OVER 200 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

THAT EXPERTISE, COMBINED WITH THEIR PASSION AND THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL, GIVES THE VERY BEST TO OUR CITIZENS EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND SO TO HONOR THESE WOMEN, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE HAS PUT TOGETHER A VERY SHORT VIDEO ABOUT OUR HISTORY BECAUSE WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT.

SO IT SEEMS FITTING TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THE STRONG FEMALE LEADERSHIP OF SOUTHLAKE.

SINCE SOUTHLAKE INCORPORATION, 12 WOMEN HAVE SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR ELECTED IN 2015.

I THINK OUR RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM HAVING FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM A MORE BALANCED REPRESENTATION, IT HAS MORE PERSPECTIVE INTO EVERY DECISION THAT'S MADE, AND IT ALSO SERVES AS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE FOR OUR YOUNGER RESIDENTS TO SEE THAT THEY TOO, CAN BE LEADERS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. TO DATE, 14 WOMEN SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS ROLES ON THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, SPANNING FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO FINANCE, POLICE AND MANY MORE.

TO THE WOMEN OF RELT. I WOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR EXAMPLE.

AS AN EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONAL IT CAN SEEM A BIT INTIMIDATING TO IMAGINE YOURSELF IN A HIGH RESPONSIBILITY POSITION, BUT SEEING THE WOMEN IN OUR ELT DO IT SO GRACEFULLY AND SET THAT EXAMPLE IS REALLY INSPIRING.

VERY NICE. WELL DONE ON THE VIDEO.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME PRESENT TONIGHT ON WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

AND I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE WOMEN WHO'VE PAVED THE WAY FOR THE REPRESENTATION WE SEE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE SIMPLY WOULD NOT RUN THE WAY THAT IT DOES WITHOUT ALL OF YOU GUYS AND YOUR EFFORTS.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU LOOK OUT OVER THE CITY AND YOU SEE YOUNG WOMEN LIKE MIKAELA, YOU THINK, OH, THE FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE COMING UP AS WELL.

YOU'LL DO GREAT THINGS.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THANKS, MIKAELA. GREAT JOB.

AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING THE AMAZING WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY, BOTH EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED.

YOU ALL DO A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB.

AND WE ARE HONORED BY EVERYONE'S SERVICE AND VERY THANKFUL BECAUSE GOD KNOWS THE MEN UP HERE DON'T KEEP THIS PLACE RUNNING.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

[LAUGHTER] JUST BEING HONEST. OKAY.

WE'RE HAVING A REAL TALK TUESDAY.

THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT, MS. YELVERTON, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE CITY MANAGER? NO. YOU HAVE A WRITTEN FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.

YOU HAVE A WRITTEN FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SHARON WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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

[CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANT TO RUN THROUGH WITH STAFF? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 4A THROUGH G, ALSO NOTING THAT WE'LL BE MOVING ITEM 9E AND ITEM 9F

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WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

CONSENT AGENDA PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6A, WHICH IS ORDINANCE 1270 SECOND READING, CHANGING THE STREET NAME OF A PORTION OF PARKWOOD DRIVE TO OLIVIA COURT.

[6.A. Ordinance No. 1270, 2nd Reading, changing the street name of a portion of Parkwood Drive to Olivia Court, extending from intersection of E. Southlake Boulevard to the current terminus at the current address of 400 Parkwood Drive. PUBLIC HEARING]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1270 TO CHANGE STREET NAME OF A PORTION OF PARKWOOD DRIVE TO OLIVIA COURT.

THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD OCCUR FROM EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND EXTENDS SOUTH TO PROPERTY, WHICH IS CITY OPEN SPACE, CURRENTLY ADDRESSED AS 400 PARKWOOD DRIVE.

IT WOULD. ADDRESSES WOULD REMAIN AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE FOR THIS OPEN SPACE LOT, AS WELL AS THE PARKWOOD TRAINING CENTER.

THIS IS AN EXHIBIT PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT THAT REPRESENTS THE PROPOSED CHANGE.

AND I WILL QUICKLY RUN THROUGH JUST SOME HISTORY ON THE PROPERTY.

PARKWOOD DRIVE WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO CONNECT FROM BYRON NELSON TO EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND WAS DONE SO AS PART OF THE PLANNING OF WHAT IS NOW THE PARKWOOD TRAINING CENTER.

ORIGINALLY PROPOSED FOR THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AS WELL AS THE NORTHWOOD PORTION OF TIMARRON RESIDENTIAL. THIS PORTION OF PARKWOOD DRIVE WAS CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TIMARRON.

THE REMAINING PORTION, WHICH WAS PLATTED AND DESIGNATED WITH THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED UNTIL 2005 AND IT WAS SIMPLY CONSTRUCTED DOWN TO THIS TERMINUS.

ABOUT 1998 A I BELIEVE A FOUR BUILDING OFFICE COMPLEX WAS ZONED AND APPROVED FOR THIS PORTION OF WHAT IS NOW CALLOWAY'S AND A FUTURE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

AND AS PART OF THAT ZONING HEARING, THERE BEGAN CONCERN ABOUT PHYSICALLY MAKING THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS PORTION OF PARKWOOD DRIVE AND COMPLETING THAT CONNECTION ALL THE WAY TO EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.

FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION OF THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD STAFF BRING FORWARD A PLAT REVISION THAT INCLUDED THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AND THE PORTION OF PARKWOOD DRIVE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TO CONSIDER ABANDONMENT OF THAT. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TABLED AND THEN LATER BROUGHT BACK WITH A OPTION OTHER THAN MAKING THIS PHYSICAL CONNECTION TO DEDICATE A COMMON ACCESS EASEMENT ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY.

THAT WOULD PROVIDE A PHYSICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS PORTION OF PARKWOOD, BYRON NELSON, AND WOULD ALSO PROVIDE FIRE AND VEHICULAR ACCESS FOR THESE DEVELOPING OFFICE LOTS.

RESIDENT OF NORTHWOOD PARK, WHO IS THE HOA REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS PORTION OF TIMARRON, HAS APPROACHED THE CITY IN PARTICULAR FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF THE OFFICE COMPLEX LOCATED AT 300, WHAT IS CURRENTLY ADDRESSED AS 300 PARKWOOD DRIVE AND REITERATED CONCERNS IN PARTICULAR WITH TRAFFIC BEING CONFUSED OR MISDIRECTED, THINKING THAT PARKWOOD DRIVE IS A THROUGH STREET AND WILL OFTENTIMES COME DOWN BYRON NELSON COMING TO A TERMINUS HERE AT THE PARKWOOD TRAINING CENTER SIMPLY TO EITHER GET TO SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD OR POSSIBLY MAKE DELIVERIES TO ONE OF THESE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE INTENT TO CONNECT THESE AND TO ELIMINATE CONFUSION THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THIS PORTION TO OLIVIA COURT.

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EXISTS FROM EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND BYRON NELSON.

HOWEVER, ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S NO PHYSICAL CONNECTION THERE.

THIS IS JUST A GOOGLE MAP THAT REPRESENTS THE STREETS.

THE AERIAL ON THE LEFT AND THEIR NON AERIAL TO THE RIGHT, WHICH I'M SORRY, IS COMING OUT A LITTLE WHITED OUT.

YOU CAN'T SEE THAT.

IT DOES NOT SHOW A PHYSICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE ON THE GOOGLE MAPS.

THE APPLICANT HAS NOTIFIED AND GOTTEN SIGNATURE APPROVALS FROM ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT CURRENTLY ABUT THIS PORTION OF PARKWOOD, AND THEY HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO THE STREET NAME CHANGE.

THE CITY ALSO IS PART OF THE ZONING EXERCISE, I SENT NOTIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THEY WOULD BE AWARE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, DENNIS. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. JUST ONE.

OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW WAS THE NAME OLIVIA COURT SELECTED? THE APPLICANT HAS HAS A DOG NAMED OLIVIA THAT WALKS THE PROPERTY QUITE FREQUENTLY.

I FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING SOPHISTICATED LIKE THAT.

YES. MAKES SENSE TO ME.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

I DO HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN WHO WISHES TO.

I'M SORRY. HE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT RECORD SUPPORT.

IS THAT STILL THE CASE, MR. CARL? YES.

OKAY. DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK FOR RECORD SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER 6A.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY STAFF ISSUES? NO. IF NONE.

GREAT IDEA. SOUNDS GREAT.

OLIVIA, THE PUP WILL BE MEMORIALIZED FOREVER IN SOUTHLAKE.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6A OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS ORDINANCE NUMBER 1270.

SECOND READING. CHANGING THE STREET NAME OF A PORTION OF PARKWOOD DRIVE TO OLIVIA COURT EXTENDING FROM THE INTERSECTION OF EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD TO THE CURRENT TERMINUS AT 400 PARKWOOD DRIVE, SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED MARCH 14TH, 2023.

WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

AND ITEM 6A PASSES 7 TO 0.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IN OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM 9A SB 23-002 SIGN VARIANCE FOR SHAKE SHACK DIRECTOR KILLOUGH.

[9.A. SV23-0002, Sign Variance for Shake Shack located at 125 Central Ave., Southlake, Texas.]

THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTO AND EXHIBIT OF THE SITE.

MAP AND LAYOUT OF THE RESTAURANT.

LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED MURAL WOULD WOULD FACE THE SOUTH SIDE OF SUMMIT PARK AND WOULD BE INTERIOR TO THEIR OUTDOOR PATIO AREA.

THIS IS A PROPOSED MURAL FROM THE FOLLOWING SIGN BOARDS RECOMMENDATION, WHICH THEY APPROVED THE REQUEST GRANTING THE LARGER THAN PERMITTED UNDER THE TOWN SQUARE MURAL SIGN AREA WITH A SUGGESTION THAT THEY LOOK AT ACQUIRING THE ABILITY TO ADD A DRAGON, WHICH PREVIOUSLY SHOWED THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH THE STAR AT WHERE SOUTHLAKE IS.

I'LL BE GLAD TO REFER TO ANY OTHER EXHIBITS, THE PREVIOUS EXHIBIT IF YOU WISH TO SEE IT.

SO IS SIGNAGE ON SHAKE SHACK COVERED UNDER OUR TOWN SQUARE MASTER SIGN ORDINANCE? YES. OKAY.

AND WHY WAS THIS ONE? WHY IS THIS ONE COMING TO US? IT WAS TOO BIG OR IT WAS BIGGER THAN ALLOWED? ALL MURAL SIGNS ARE PERMITTED IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOLLOWING A SIGN BOARD RECOMMENDATION UNDER THE TOWN SQUARE PROVISION.

EVEN UNDER THE MODIFIED ORDINANCE? CORRECT. THOSE COME TO US.

OKAY. THAT IS CORRECT.

AND IN ADDITION, IT PUTS CRITERIA THAT IT CAN THEY'RE ALLOWED ONE SQUARE FOOT PER LINEAR FOOT OF BUILDING FRONTAGE

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AND THIS PARTICULAR MURAL EXCEEDS BOTH THE 79FT THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED AND THE MAX OF 150.

SO IT'S JUST A SIZE THING.

SIZE VARIANCE. YES.

OKAY. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I LIKE IT IN GENERAL, BUT WHAT ARE THE LITTLE SQUIGGLY THINGS? ARE THEY FRENCH FRIES? I BELIEVE THEY ARE CRINKLE FRIES, WHICH SHAKE SHACK MAKES QUITE WELL.

[LAUGHTER] I GOT TO CONFESS, I'M VERY ANTI-MURAL PERSONALLY.

BUT THE DRAGON.

I MEAN, COME ON, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH CARROLL DRAGON.

AND THAT'S A COOL SPOT IN THE SUMMER.

AND MY KIDS LIKE SITTING OUT THERE.

THERE ARE ALWAYS KIDS AND FAMILIES SITTING OUT THERE, IT'S A WELL USED SPOT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT USE OF THAT SPACE.

I NEVER PAID ATTENTION TO THERE BEING A WALL THERE.

SO YEAH, I LIKE THAT.

I GUESS I LIKE IT THAT THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS THE YELLOW FOR SOME REASON DON'T SEEM TO FIT FOR ME.

WHY IS THERE, MAYBE THE APPLICANT CAN TELL US, BUT IT'S GOT THIS WHOLE SOUTHLAKE VIBE.

IT'S GOT THE DRAGON WITH THE GREEN AND BLACK AND WHITE, THE CUSTOMARY COLORS AND THEN THE YELLOW.

IT JUST DOESN'T. IT'S A SUN.

THERE'S A SUN ABOVE THE.

I SEE. YEAH.

I MEAN, CASTING A YELLOW GLOW, I GUESS.

IT JUST TO ME, IT DOESN'T FLOW.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE SEEING TO THE WORLD, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY FLOW WITH DRAGON COLORS LIKE I WOULD THINK.

GREEN IS ALWAYS BETTER WITH GOLD.

TOO FAR. TOO FAR BAYLOR.

[LAUGHTER] ON THE ACTUAL IMAGE.

SORRY. THAT LOOKS REALLY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, DENNIS WE WON'T PICK IT APART WITH YOU UP HERE.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE BY ANY CHANCE? COME ON DOWN, SIR. WE'LL PICK IT APART WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

MICHAEL PREZIOSO 8017 SITKA STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

76137. ALL RIGHT.

SO ANYTHING TO ADD TO DENNIS'S PRESENTATION? ANYTHING TO ADD TO DENNIS'S PRESENTATION? I MEAN, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

OKAY. YEAH.

IT'S THE SUN. IT PUTS A GLOW ON IT.

IT JUST. I THINK IT BRIGHTENS IT UP.

IT'S A FUN MURAL.

SO, YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT, ANY ISSUES.

ARE WE GOOD ON THE SUN? I DON'T LIKE THE YELLOW, BUT TRUST ME, I'M NOT GOING TO GO ON THE RECORD VOTING AGAINST THE DRAGON SO I CAN PROMISE YOU IT'LL GET VOTED FOR POSITIVELY SO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANKS.

YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT AND WE'LL CALL YOU BACK IF WE NEED YOU.

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF THERE ARE ANY.

SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT AN ANTI-SUNNER DOWN THERE.

[LAUGHTER] OTHER THAN THAT, ANY MATERIAL CHANGES YOU GUYS WANT TO SUGGEST? I MEAN I THINK IT LOOKS NICE IT FEELS ON BRAND TO THEM.

YEAH, I LIKE IT.

I DO LIKE MURALS THAT ARE DONE WELL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT PROJECTS LIKE THIS OR APPROVALS LIKE THIS IS EVERYONE IS OBSESSED WITH PICTURES AND SOCIAL MEDIA. AND ANY TIME THAT WE CAN GET OUR BRAND, THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE IN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF EVERY TEENAGER IN TOWN AND TIK TOKING ABOUT IT OR WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO DO, IT ONLY HELPS OUR CAUSE.

SO I AM IN FAVOR OF THAT.

IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. OKAY.

THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON.

YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I EXCITEDLY MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 9A OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS SV23-0002 SIGN VARIANCE FOR SHAKE SHACK LOCATED AT 125 CENTRAL AVENUE SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

NOTING THAT WE ARE ALLOWING THE PAINTED MURAL SIGN ON THE NORTH ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING WITH A LARGER THAN PERMITTED SIGN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 215.4FT² AS PRESENTED.

AND PER THE SIGN BOARD'S SUGGESTION APPLICANT HAS SIGNED A LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH CISD AND HAS REVISED THE MURAL TO INCLUDE THE DRAGON.

OKAY. WE HAVE AN ENTHUSIASTIC MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 9A PASSES, SEVEN ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS. IT LOOKS GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 9B SV23-0003 SIGN VARIANCE FOR ACADIA SERVICES DIRECTOR KILLOUGH.

[9.B. SV23-0003, Sign Variance for Acadia Services located at 351 W. Southlake Blvd., Southlake, Texas.]

THIS REQUEST IS LOCATED AT 351 WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.

IT IS NOW A SINGLE TENANT BUILDING OCCUPIED BY A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

AERIAL EXHIBIT AND DISTANCE FROM SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.

THE PROPOSAL HERE IS TO REQUEST A SIGN APPROVAL FOR WHAT IS TECHNICALLY A SECOND FLOOR OR UPPER STORY FLOOR

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THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.

OPTION A IS ONCE AGAIN UPPER STORY SIGN.

THEY'RE PROPOSING CHANNEL CUT, HALO LIT BACKLIT LETTERS ON A BACKER PLATE AND THE BACKER PLATE IS NOT PERMITTED. ALTHOUGH IT IS GOING TO BE BACKLIT BY WHITE LIGHTING, IT WILL MOST LIKELY GIVE OFF A GREEN LIGHTING EFFECT.

OTHERWISE SIGN MEETS ALL THE LETTER HEIGHT AND AREA PROVISIONS.

OPTION B, LIKEWISE.

SECOND FLOOR OR UPPER STOREY.

SIGN. THIS ONE IS FRONT LIT WITH FORWARD CHANNEL CUT LETTERS AND A WHITE PLASTIC FRONT. HOWEVER, IT DOES STILL INCLUDE BACKER PLATING THAT IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE UPPER PHOTO, INCLUDES THEIR LOGO. AND THIRD OPTION IS ESSENTIALLY OPTION A BUT MOVED UPWARD ON THE BUILDING.

IT'S IDENTICAL TO THE VARIANCE REQUEST ASSOCIATED WITH OPTION A, BUT IS MOVED HIGHER UP ON THE BUILDING.

SIGN BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY PREFERRED OPTION A AND IN PARTICULAR, NOTED DRAGON GREEN.

I THINK THERE WAS A BIT OF A DISCUSSION ON WHETHER IT WOULD BE MOVED UP TO THE HIGHER LEVEL OR LOWER LEVEL.

IS THAT PERMITTED? THEY HAD A CONSENSUS ON THE LOWER LEVEL PLACEMENT.

IS THE HIGHER LEVEL PERMITTED UNDER OUR ORDINANCE? IF APPROVED, BOTH ARE SECOND, CONSIDERED UPPER STORY SIGNS BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT AND WHERE IT'S BEING PLACED ON THE BUILDING.

THE LOWER OPTION A IS AND B ARE JUST UP INTO THE SECOND FLOOR AREA OF THE BUILDING.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PREFERENCE, WHETHER YOU PREFER IT DIRECTLY OVER THE DOOR OR UPPER PORTION OF THAT ARTICULATED ELEMENT.

RIGHT.

OKAY. OKAY.

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DIRECTOR KILLOUGH, I THINK WE HAD A CASE RECENTLY REGARDING OR ASKING FOR ONE OF THESE BACKER PLATES.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND THOSE ARE PROHIBITED UNLESS WE GRANT A VARIANCE? CORRECT? YES.

AM I CLEAR THAT THE BACKER PLATE IS JUST THE LITTLE TREE PORTION THOUGH? OR IS IT THE WHOLE [INAUDIBLE] I GUESS IT IS THE WHOLE THING.

IT'S THE ENTIRE BUT IT'S NOT A BIG SQUARE, UGLY BACKER PLATE LIKE YOU TECHNICALLY THINK OF A BACKER PLATE? CORRECT IT YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THESE LETTERS, THE C AND D IN PARTICULAR, THEY'VE CUT OUT REVEALS AROUND THOSE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE A CONTINUOUS PLATE.

AND THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF IT IS REALLY TO INCLUDE THEIR LOGO BACK HERE.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MORE FOCUSED DETAIL, IT KIND OF FOLLOWS THE OUTER LINES OF EACH OF THE LETTERS AND ADDS A LITTLE BIT OF EXTENT OF THOSE LETTER HEIGHTS.

AND ARE THEY THERE OCCUPYING THE WHOLE BUILDING? YES.

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SHALL WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? THANKS, DENNIS.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? COME ON UP, SIR.

AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

HI. GOOD EVENING. I'M DICK CASSIDY.

I'M THE OWNER OF IMAGE 212, AND MY ADDRESS IS 305 WOODSONG WAY SOUTHLAKE.

WELL, THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.

FIRST OF ALL, ANYTHING TO ADD TO DENNIS'S PRESENTATION? NO, I THINK HE DID A GREAT JOB.

A COMPREHENSIVE JOB.

OUR CUSTOMERS JUST FOCUSED ONCE THEY'VE SPENT MULTIPLE YEARS TRYING TO BUILD THEIR BRAND, THEY JUST WANT THEIR LOGO TO BE ON THE BUILDING AND THAT'S THEIR LOGO.

SO THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

OKAY. IS THERE A PREFERENCE BETWEEN THE OPTIONS AS FAR AS YOU ALL ARE CONCERNED?

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BUT I THINK OPTION A WOULD DEFINITELY BE THEIR PREFERENCE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE SIGN BOARD SUPPORTED AS WELL.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. SO ON OPTION A IS THE IS THE GREEN VERSUS THE WHITE.

YEP THE LOWER RIGHT.

LOWER RIGHT CORNER.

YEP. SO SORRY.

QUESTION FOR DENNIS. AS FAR AS PLACEMENT GOES, WHAT WOULD BE COMPLIANT? IF THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE SIGN.

LOWER? BELOW THE FIRST OR THAT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL.

IT LOOKS LIKE ARCHITECTURALLY THAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE.

RIGHT. IT GETS TOO CLOSE TO THAT ARCH.

AND WHERE THAT SECOND FLOOR BEGINS, I THINK IT'S NOT MUCH HIGHER ABOVE THAT ARCH.

IT WOULD ALMOST BE CROSSING IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE CENTERED IN THAT SPACE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? COUNCIL? I'M OKAY WITH THE LOWER PLACEMENT AND THE SIGN A IN THIS SITUATION.

I'M NOT A BACKER PLATE FAN AT ALL, BUT THE WAY THAT THEY'VE CUT AROUND IT TO GET THE LOGO, I THINK AESTHETICALLY IT LOOKS GOOD SO I'M OKAY WITH THE APPLICANT WANTS IN THIS SITUATION.

COULD WE CENTER IT THOUGH IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? IT IS CENTERED? NO.

YEAH IT IS CENTERED. IT IS CENTERED.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE ABOVE.

I ASSUME IT'S CENTERED, SIR, CORRECT? YES. YEAH, IT IS.

YEAH. AND THAT'S THE REASON IF WE WERE TO KEEP IT BELOW ON THE FIRST FLOOR, IT WOULD LOOK VERY ODD.

IT WOULD LOOK GOOFY. OKAY.

IT JUST LOOKS. YEAH, I AGREE.

COUNCILWOMAN TALLEY, WHAT WAS THAT? I AGREE WITH WHAT AMY SAID.

I'M GOOD WITH IT. GOOD WITH OPTION A.

YEAH, I LIKE OPTION A BETTER I THINK.

I MEAN, I KIND OF AGREE.

WE DON'T TYPICALLY LIKE THE BACKERS, BUT HERE IT ALMOST IT'S A MUCH MORE SUBTLE LIGHTING LOOK WITH THE BACKER THAN IT IS WITHOUT THE BACKER.

CAN WE GO BACK TO OPTION A DENNIS.

YEAH, THAT'S A COOL LOOK.

YEAH, I LIKE THAT ONE.

AND THEY'VE HOLLOWED OUT THE C'S AND THE D'S AND EVERYTHING, SO YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT'S NOT REALLY A BACKER PLATE SIGN TO ME.

OKAY. YES, I'M GOOD WITH OPTION A, ALTHOUGH I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE SOME YELLOW IN IT.

I MEAN, SO. GOOD GRACIOUS.

GOLD. Y'ALL, RELAX. SOME YELLOW STICKERS.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S GOING WELL FOR YOU.

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE CROWD WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR SIGN.

SEEING NONE. IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.

ITEM NINE B, OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS SV23-0003.

SIGN VARIANCE FOR ACADIA SERVICES LOCATED AT 351 WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED MARCH 14TH, 2023, AND NOTING THAT WE ARE APPROVING OPTION A AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

OKAY. 9B PASSES.

SEVEN ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO 9C WHICH IS SV23-0004 SIGN VARIANCE FOR XO MARRIAGE.

[9.C.SV23-0004, Sign Variance for XO Marriage located at 1021 Grace Ln., Southlake, Texas.]

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1021 GRACE LANE.

THIS IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRACE LANE AND EAST KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD, THIS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SITE AND A SITE EXHIBIT, SITE PLAN OF THE PROPERTY.

AND I'LL BACK UP.

THE ORIGINAL REQUEST PRESENTED TO THE SIGN BOARD INCLUDED THE SIGN THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, AS WELL AS THREE UPPER STORY SIGNS ON THE BUILDING. IT ALSO INCLUDED TWO MONUMENT SIGNS AND A DIRECTIONAL SIGN WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS REMOVED FROM THE REQUEST.

THOSE SIGNS IN THEIR PARTICULAR DESIGN DID NOT MEET THE CITY'S CRITERIA FOR MONUMENT SIGNS.

AND SO THEY HAVE AGREED TO REDESIGN THOSE TO WHERE THEY'RE COMPLIANT AND WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY DEVIATION FROM THE ORDINANCE.

THE FIRST SIGN ON THE REQUEST IS A SCULPTURE TYPE SIGN PUT INTO A LANDSCAPE PLANNER.

VARIANCES INCLUDE THE MATERIAL LACK OF AN ADDRESS NUMBER AND HEIGHT AND AREA OF THE SIGN. THE REQUEST ALSO INCLUDES THREE

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I'LL RUN THROUGH OPTION A, WHICH IS THE THREE SIGNS AS PRESENTED TO THE SIGN BOARD.

ON THE NORTH ELEVATION THE REQUEST IS TO ONCE AGAIN ALLOW UPPER STORY SIGN WITH THE MAXIMUM LETTER HEIGHT OF 57IN GIVEN DISTANCE FROM THE ROADWAY.

MAXIMUM LETTER SIZE WOULD BE 16.7IN.

ON THE EAST ELEVATION ONCE AGAIN, AS FAR AS LETTER SIZE, THEY'RE REQUESTING 57 INCH LETTER.

THIS PARTICULAR SIGN BY DISTANCE FROM ROADWAY IS RESTRICTED TO 24 INCH LETTER.

ALSO, THE SIGN IS PROPOSED TO BE OFFSET FROM THE MIDDLE 75% OF THE FAÇADE PLANE THAT IT'S BEING PLACED ON.

THIS IS OFFSET TO THE RIGHT.

ALSO ON SIGN AREA SIGNS PERMITTED UP TO 49FT².

AND THIS ONE IS AT 54FT².

A THIRD SIGN ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION.

ONCE AGAIN, UPPER STORY SIGN IS THE OTHER TWO 57 INCH LETTER THEY'RE RESTRICTED TO 24 INCH ON THIS ONE SIGN AREA IS TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT.

THAT SHOULDN'T BE READ ON THIS ONE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, NUMBER OF SIGNS ON THE BUILDING ATTACHED SIGNS, SIGN ORDINANCE ONLY PERMITS TWO.

OPTION B, WHICH WAS OPTIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SIGN BOARD.

THEY PROPOSED THE APPLICANT PICK TWO OF THE THREE UPPER STORY SIGNS THEY WANTED AND REDUCE THE SIZE OF THOSE TO 35 INCH IN HEIGHT AND THEN ALLOW THE AREA AS PERMITTED AS HOWEVER THEY WOULD CALCULATE OUT USING 35 INCH LETTERS.

SO OPTION B IS ON THE EAST ELEVATION.

ONCE AGAIN, IT IS STILL LARGER THAN IN LETTER SIZE AND WHAT'S PERMITTED IN THE ORDINANCE.

IT IS ALSO RIGHT JUSTIFIED ON THE FAÇADE.

SOUTH ELEVATION ONCE AGAIN REDUCED TO 35IN, BUT STILL OVER THE 24 INCH PERMITTED AND DOES CONFORM WITH THE PERMITTED SIGN AREA.

JUST COMPARATIVELY UPPER STORY SIGNS IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE THE WESTIN HOTEL AND I BELIEVE THEIR AREAS OR EXCUSE ME, SIGN HEIGHTS VARIED FROM 5FT TO 6FT IN HEIGHT.

DISTRICT 114.

THE GATEWAY CHURCH.

AND GRANITE ONE BUILDING.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDRESS ANY ITEMS I DID NOT COVER.

WHAT'S THE HEIGHT OF THE XO BUILDING? I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I CAN FIND IT FOR YOU BEFORE YOUR DISCUSSION'S OVER.

I THINK IT'S THREE STORY'S.

WE CAN ASK THE APPLICANT.

DENNIS DO YOU HAVE THE RENDERINGS FROM THE INITIAL ZONING APPROVAL? I DO NOT HAVE THOSE IN THIS PRESENTATION.

I CAN ACCESS THEM, I THINK.

YEAH, IF YOU COULD MAYBE WHILE WE'RE TALKING TO THE APPLICANT BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING.

OKAY. IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIND THAT, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DENNIS AT THIS POINT? YEAH, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY, BUT DO WE AS FAR AS THE SCULPTURE SIGN GOES, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY WHERE IT'S A COMPANY'S LOGO IN TERMS OF A PIECE OF MAYBE, PERHAPS ARTWORK? NOT THAT. I CAN'T THINK OF ANY, BUT.

I CANNOT EITHER. NO, I'M NOT AWARE OF ONE.

THE SCREEN. YEAH.

SO THAT'S NOT DONE. WE'VE NOT DONE THAT BEFORE.

I CANNOT RECALL A A SCULPTURE OF A LOGO.

WE'VE HAD SOME SCULPTURES ADDED TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.

THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY THE LOGO.

YEAH, IF I'M GOING TO MAKE A QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT, I MEAN, I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT.

I MEAN, I CERTAINLY COULD SEE SOME SCULPTURES THAT I WOULD FIND OBJECTIONABLE, BUT I DON'T FIND THAT OBJECTIONABLE.

I ACTUALLY LIKE IT. I THINK IT'S CREATIVE.

AND WITH THE PLANTER AND THE PLANTS AND I THINK IT'S CREATIVE.

I LIKE IT. I LIKE IT.

WOULD WE PUT THE STIPULATIONS FOR THE LANDSCAPE AROUND THAT TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS LIKE THAT AND EVERYTHING SO THAT IT DOESN'T JUST BECOME CONCRETE.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD CALL. YEAH.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DENNIS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. SEE IF YOU CAN FIND THOSE ORIGINAL RENDERINGS.

THANK YOU. COME ON DOWN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

I'M RON BROWN. I'M WITH PARKHILL WE'RE THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS FOR THE PROJECT.

BUSINESS ADDRESS IS 3000 INTERNET DRIVE SUITE 150 IN FRISCO, TEXAS.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JONI SMITH.

I'M REPRESENTING THE OWNER.

AND OUR BUSINESS ADDRESSES IS 115 GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 213.

ALL RIGHT. SO BASED ON THE PRECEDENT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS WE SHOWED, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR THE SIGNAGE IS UNPRECEDENTED.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE XO LOGO IS LETTERS.

AND SO THEY'RE APPLYING THE MAXIMUM LETTER HEIGHT TO THEIR GRAPHIC LOGO.

THEIR GRAPHIC LOGO JUST HAPPENS TO BE LETTERS ALSO.

SO IT DISPROPORTIONATELY MAKES THE WHOLE AREA OF THEIR SIGN LARGER THAN IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS A DRAGON OR SOMETHING ELSE.

SO ANYWAY, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST OF THE QUANTITY OF SIGNS OR THE SIZE OF THE SIGNS IS UNREASONABLE. BUT WE DID MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE OPTION B IN RESPONSE TO THE SIGN VARIANCE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THEY'RE NOT OUR PREFERENCE.

YEAH, THOSE ARE REALLY BIG SIGNS AND THEY'RE WAY, WAY OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

I DON'T MIND THE ALIGNMENT.

I THINK THE ALIGNMENT KIND OF WORKS.

THE REASON I ASKED DENNIS TO PULL UP THE ORIGINAL RENDERINGS, I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT HIM EARLIER TODAY.

THE SIGNS Y'ALL HAD IN THE ORIGINAL RENDERINGS WERE WAY SMALLER THAN THESE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF AS YOU GUYS KNOW, Y'ALL DO THIS.

PART OF WHAT WE GO THROUGH IS THE APPLICANT IS SETTING OUR EXPECTATIONS.

AND CERTAINLY WHEN WE APPROVE THE VISUAL OF THIS BUILDING, THE EXPECTATION WAS THE SIGNAGE WAS WAY MORE SUBTLE THAN WHAT THIS IS.

AND PART OF WHY I'M NOT AT ALL ON BOARD WITH OPTION A AND OPTION B MAY ACTUALLY BE TOO BIG FOR ME TO.

Y'ALL'S BUSINESS IS NOT YOU KNOW, WALK UP TRAFFIC.

RIGHT. AND THE BUILDING JUST KIND OF SITS ON A HILL AND IT'S VERY STARK AND VISUALLY ARRESTING.

AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE ANY TROUBLE IDENTIFYING THE BUILDING OR GETTING IT CONFUSED BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE ONLY BUILDING ON THE BLOCK.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED THE SIGNS FOR DIRECTIONAL OR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES.

AND I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF OPTION A.

CERTAINLY OPTION B MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE TO ME.

BUT EVEN SO, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A TON OF COMPELLING REASON TO GO TO 35 WHEN 24 IS THE ORDINANCE.

BUT I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO PERSUASION AND I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO HEARING WHAT COUNCIL HAS TO SAY.

BUT DENNIS WILL PULL UP THE.

DID YOU FIND HIM, DENNIS? YEAH, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, BECAUSE I DON'T.

IT FELT MORE SUBTLE.

AND I'LL JUST KIND OF SCROLL THROUGH THESE.

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SO THAT LOOKS LIKE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BUILDING, BY THE WAY, JUST TO BE HONEST, I REMEMBER SEEING IT.

WAIT, DENNIS, HOLD UP ON THAT.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT VIEW IS THAT? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT ON THE EXTERIOR? I BELIEVE THAT IS LOOKING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, I THINK.

AM I LOOKING.

STANDING IN THE PARKING LOT? YEAH.

IS THAT THE WAY THE EXTERIOR LOOKS RIGHT NOW? YES.

IT HAS THAT CLADDING? YES. YEAH.

OKAY. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE SIGNS ON THOSE RENDERINGS ARE IF THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE AS OPTION A, THEY'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE.

WELL, FLIP TO THE OTHER PICTURE.

GO UP TO THE PICTURE.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS ON THE OKAY. YEAH, THAT LOOKS SMALLER.

ONE MORE. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

THOSE SEEM SUBTLE, BUT I MEAN, I'M ONE VOTE.

I'D BE I MEAN, I COULD GET TO OPTION B.

BUT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE SCULPTURE, TOO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT A COUPLE OF Y'ALL ARE IN FAVOR OF THE SCULPTURE.

I GUESS I'M AMBIVALENT ABOUT IT.

YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, NO QUESTIONS.

BUT JUST FURTHER DISCUSSION WHEN THEY'RE DONE.

YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, GUYS? OKAY. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. WE'LL TALK.

WE MIGHT HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. YEAH, PULL UP THE APPLICATION ONE MORE TIME.

WE GO BACK BEFORE YOU PULL IT UP.

CAN YOU GO.

NEXT ONE. SORRY. THE ONE THAT.

THAT ONE. OKAY, NOW YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE APPLICATION.

I JUST WANT TO COMPARE THE FRONT.

YEAH, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE SAME BUILDING.

MAYBE WE'RE WRONG.

TELL ME WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN YOUR DISCUSSION, AND I'LL MOVE TO THAT SLIDE.

YEAH, YOU CAN LEAVE IT THERE.

SO WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT THE SCULPTURE? YOU GUYS ARE GOOD WITH IT.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON.

YEAH.

I MEAN, YEAH, I'M NOT A HUGE FAN.

I MEAN IT TO YOUR POINT, IT'S NOT A WALK UP TYPE THING.

I DON'T KNOW IF TO ME, IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE A DESTINATION WITH THAT BIG SCULPTURE OUT FRONT, LIKE YOU'RE, ARRIVING AT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW TO DESCRIBE IT, BUT PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING.

THEY'RE HOSTING MARRIAGE CONFERENCES.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT PEOPLE ARRIVE AT EVERY BUSINESS IN OUR CITY, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ART SCULPTURES IN FRONT OF THEM.

SO. YEAH, IT'S JUST NOT MY PREFERENCE.

YEAH, THAT'S NOT MY PREFERENCE AT ALL.

TO ME, I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO START ALLOWING PLACES WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOR ARTWORK AND COMPANY LOGOS RISING OUT OF THEM? IT LOOKS LOVELY, BUT IT'S TO ME IT'S JUST MORE BRANDING AND WE DON'T DO THAT.

WE HAVEN'T DONE IT, AND I'M NOT SURE I'M COMFORTABLE WITH STARTING TO DO IT HERE.

SO I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, I LOVE THE CIRCULAR PIECE.

I MEAN, TYPICALLY THAT WOULD BE EITHER INCREDIBLY LANDSCAPED OR IT WOULD BE A FOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.

IT'S VERY NICE AESTHETICALLY JUST THE XO JUST SEEMS TO KIND OF RISE OUT OF IT AND OVERTAKE THE LOOK.

WHAT ABOUT EVEN IS THERE ROOM FOR A COMPROMISE OF A FOUNTAIN THAT HAS THAT INCORPORATES THE NOT THE HUGE XO, BUT MAYBE ALLOWS THEM TO PUT UP A FOUNTAIN THAT HAS XO ON IT SOMEWHERE? BECAUSE I DO KIND OF FEEL LIKE, LIKE SHE SAID, THIS IS KIND OF A DESTINATION.

I MEAN THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEIR GOAL IS, IS TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND HEAL MARRIAGES AND HELP MARRIAGES.

AND SO TO ME, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT IT TO BE VERY INVITING.

I WANT IT TO BE OPEN AS THEY COME IN AND LOOK EXCITING TO BE THERE.

NOT OH, GOD, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, I MEAN, I'M BIASED.

BRANDING IS WHAT I DO FOR WORK, BUT I MEAN, THE REALITY IS WILL WE HAVE A PROBLEM IF IT WASN'T A LOGO? WASN'T THERE A LOGO IF IT WAS JUST SOME REALLY NICE SCULPTURE? I DON'T KNOW. I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S EASY TO JUST PICK.

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AND THE LOGO IS NOT ART.

A LOGO CAN BE ART, BUT IT'S QUALITATIVELY DIFFERENT.

YEAH SO I LOVE THAT THIS I GO TO GATEWAY BUT I LOVE WHERE THIS BUILDING SITS.

FOR THE LONGEST I WAS LIKE, I'M SURPRISED ANYTHING IS THERE BECAUSE I SAW IT SIT OPEN FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN IN TEXAS, AT LEAST.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A CENTERPIECE THAT SITS OUT FRONT.

WHEN YOU COME AROUND THAT CORNER, KIND OF GO UP THAT HILL.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

YEAH. AND I THINK WE I THINK WE NEED TO PROMOTE OUR BUSINESSES BEING IN SOUTHLAKE AND BRANDING THEMSELVES.

I MEAN, AND I THINK TO ME AND I KNOW WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ALL THE TIME ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS SETTING A PRECEDENT, BUT THIS IS PRETTY AND IT'S A CENTERPIECE AND IT IS A DESTINATION.

AND THEY ARE ATTRACTING COUPLES TO GO TO A CONFERENCE AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STAND OUT HERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE PHOTOS.

AGAIN, I LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ROBBINS COMMENTS ABOUT MAYBE HAVING SOME STIPULATIONS ON KEEPING THE LANDSCAPING.

AND JUST BECAUSE WE LIKE THIS AND IT'S DONE WELL DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE NEXT BUSINESS THAT COMES THROUGH WITH A BIG AIR CONDITIONING SIGN OF THEIR LOGO THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN A SCULPTURE.

I MEAN, WE JUST DON'T HAVE TO.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A SIGN BOARD AND THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE CAN APPROVE OR DENY.

THEY APPROVED A 40 FOOT DRAGON.

IT TURNED OUT PRETTY WELL.

WOULD YOU GUYS? SO WE HAVE THE OTHER SIGNS TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT MAYBE AN OPTION IS TO TABLE THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF THIS AND ASK THEM TO COME BACK WITH SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TABLING THIS PIECE OF IT AND ASKING FOR SOME KIND OF ADDITIONAL VISUALIZATIONS FOR OPTIONS OR SOMETHING? I WOULD PREFER THAT BECAUSE I'M JUST NOT QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH IT THIS EVENING.

YEAH, I THINK I AGREE.

I'M NOT THERE ON THIS ONE.

I COULD MAYBE GET ON SOMETHING.

WHAT IF WE ASKED FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON THIS? IS THAT OKAY? I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST I'M WILLING TO COMPROMISE AND GO WITH OPTION B AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SIGN BOARD.

AND I THINK I'M OKAY WITH THIS.

I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ROBBINS MADE THE GOOD POINT ABOUT PUTTING A STIPULATION IN ON THE LANDSCAPING AND THIS IS DIFFERENT.

I GET IT, BUT IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.

AND I THINK GIVEN THE SIZE OF THIS CAMPUS AND IF WE GOT RID OF ALL THE OTHER SIGNS, THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS AND MONUMENT SIGNS AND THIS IS IT, THAT'S NOT ON THE BUILDING, I THINK I COULD GET THERE. JUST MY 2 CENTS.

I CONCUR. WELL, I'M DOING THE MATH.

[LAUGHTER] WHAT? THEN I'LL SAY WHAT I REALLY THINK.

I HATE IT, BUT WHATEVER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER. SO, OKAY, ONE OF Y'ALL MAY HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION.

YEAH, I'M. ARE YOU ALL GOOD WITH OPTION B? I'M NOT GOOD WITH OPTION A, I DON'T LOVE OPTION B, I THINK IT'S TOO BIG.

BUT I COULD. CAN WE COMPARE A AND B? YEAH. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE SIGNS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE TRINITY INVESTOR SIGN ON THAT BUILDING THAT WE SHOWED IS TOO LARGE.

EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY IT, I THINK, OH MY GOSH, WE MADE THAT TOO BIG, I THINK IT ALL THE TIME.

AND IF I'M REMEMBERING RIGHT, DENNIS, IT WAS THE EXACT SAME SIZE LETTERS AS THIS BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO BE.

B OR A, I THINK.

I THINK TRINITY. YEAH.

THOSE LETTERS ARE ONLY 32.

32. YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

I DON'T SEE A COMPELLING REASON TO GIVE THEM MORE THAN 24.

I REALLY DON'T. IT'S NOT A BUSINESS THAT YOU NEED VISUALIZATION, LIKE YOU'RE NOT DRIVING BY WONDERING WHERE THE BUILDING IS.

IT'S SITTING UP ON A HILL LIKE IT'S THE ONLY BUILDING ON THE BLOCK.

YOU'RE NOT CONFUSING IT WITH THE WESTIN.

I AGREE WITH LIKE THE SIGN BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE PRETTY DETAILED.

THERE'S SEVEN BULLET POINTS.

I THINK THOSE ALL SPEAK TO ALL THESE THINGS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

WELL, AND LIKE IN THIS PICTURE, TEXAS SECURITY BANK BEING 27, THAT SIGN I DRIVE BY THAT BUILDING ALL THE TIME.

THAT SIGN IS PLENTY LARGE AND LEGIBLE.

THE 27 OVER TO 32 IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.

YOU'RE RIGHT. HUGE. YOU'RE RIGHT.

SO I COULD BE OKAY WITH GIVING THEM A FEW INCHES LIKE 27, 28, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT 32, 34, 35 TO ME IS TOO BIG.

I ALSO AM GOING TO AGREE WITH MAYOR.

I LIKE THE OFFSETTING THE JUSTIFICATION TO THE RIGHT.

I THINK I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT.

JUST THE SIZE.

WELL, THAT'D BE FINE. OPTION B, THOUGH, WAS NOT EVEN WITHIN VARIANCE.

IT WAS STILL 35 INCHES.

NO WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS OPTION B, BUT KEEPING THE VARIANCE.

BUT HAVE TO LOWER IT YEAH. OR KEEP IT AT 24 INSIDE THE ORDINANCE SO THERE'S NO VARIANCE.

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YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ACTUALLY NEED.

YEAH. YOU'RE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR.

SO YOU WANT TO TRY OPTION B, APPROVE THE SCULPTURE? OPTION B, BUT LETTER HEIGHT 24 VERSUS THE 35.

DO YOU WANT TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF HE WOULD PREFER TO BRING SOME DIFFERENT MONUMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO SEE IF YOU GET A MORE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT? OR WOULD YOU RATHER TAKE YOUR VOTE AND GO? APPLICANT YOU GOT COME ON DOWN.

WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN? I MEAN MAYBE THERE'S AN OPTION THAT IS MORE APPEALING TO.

YEAH. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.

BUT I THINK WHERE THE CONSENSUS IS, IF YOU CAN CALL IT A CONSENSUS, IS THERE'S A MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR YOUR SCULPTURE OUT FRONT.

AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF A 24 INCH KEEP YOU GUYS IN THE ORDINANCE FOR THE SIGNS IN THE LOCATIONS DESCRIBED IN OPTION B, SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S ON THE TABLE.

AND LOOKING AT THIS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO PASS.

IF THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE IN SOME WAY, YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO ASK TO TABLE AND BRING BACK DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'LL GET ANY MORE HELP ON THE LETTER HEIGHT, BUT IF YOU YOU CAN BRING BACK DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON THE MONUMENT OR ON THE SCULPTURE.

BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT ANYWAY.

SO WHAT WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT? COULD YOU CLARIFY OPTION TWO HAS TWO BUILDING MOUNTED SIGNS.

CORRECT. BUT AS WAS SHOWN EARLIER IN SOME OF THE EARLY RENDERINGS OF THE BUILDING, THERE WERE THREE THAT WERE SHOWING.

SO CAN I GET CLARITY FROM THE COUNCIL ON IF WE WENT WITH OPTION B WITH THE SMALLER LETTER HEIGHT, COULD WE INCLUDE THE THIRD BUILDING MOUNTED SIGN OR DO WE NEED TO SCALE BACK TO TWO? DENNIS THAT WOULD BE A VARIANCE TO GO TO THREE, CORRECT? YES. ATTACHED SIGNS, ALLOW TWO PER BUILDING PER TENANT, AND THE THIRD WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TO THAT. I'D TRADE YOU A THIRD SIGN TO GET RID OF THAT SCULPTURE.

I'M JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU.

TWO SIGNS. IT IS.

THEY REALLY WANT THE SCULPTURE.

OKAY. [LAUGHTER] NO OFFENCE.

NO OFFENCE. I'M SURE IT'LL BE LOVELY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.

WELL, WE'LL KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO TWO SIGNS.

NO, NO.

SO TWO SIGNS WITH 24 INCHES STAYING IN ORDINANCE WITH THE LOCATIONS APPROVED IN OPTION B.

SHAWN'S MAKING THE MOTION.

THE THIRD SIGN DOESN'T BOTHER ME.

QUITE HONESTLY. I MEAN, IF WE'RE LOOKING BACK AT THAT TRINITY INVESTORS BUILDING, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT FURY ATHLETICS, TRINITY INVESTORS, TEXAS SECURITY BANK.

I THINK IT'S A LITTLE OVERDONE ON THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.

BUT, I MEAN, THIS IS ONE TENANT.

AND SO WE'VE TAKEN AWAY A BUNCH OF LETTER HEIGHT.

AND I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS IS A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING.

YEAH. OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

I THINK GOING WITH B KEEPING IT IN VARIANCE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING WITHIN THE SIZE 24 INCH AND THEM GETTING THE MONUMENT.

I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A WASH PROBABLY ON THEIR END.

I MEAN, FOR THEM, FOR US NOT TO FIGHT THEM ON THE MONUMENT.

DENNIS, WHAT WAS THE RHETORIC THAT THE P&Z HAD ABOUT THE MONUMENT OR SIGN BOARD, RATHER? MY RECOLLECTION IS I ASKED THE SAME AS DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BUT DID NOT HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN WITH IT.

THEY WERE OKAY WITH IT.

SIR. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? YEAH, WELL, COME ON DOWN AND USE THE MIC SO IT GETS PICKED UP IN THE VIDEO.

MAKE CLARIFICATION.

WE PULLED THE MONUMENT SIGNS FROM THE VARIANCE REQUEST BECAUSE THE DESIGN OF THE MONUMENT SIGNS WAS SO FAR OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE VARIANCE BOARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO REDO.

BUT WE STILL INTEND TO HAVE MONUMENT SIGNS OUT BY THE STREET AT THE VEHICULAR ENTRANCES ONTO THE PROPERTY.

THE XO IN THE CIRCLE DRIVE, WHICH IS INTERNAL TO THE PROPERTY, IS NOT A MONUMENT SIGN.

IT IS INTENDED TO BE MORE OF AN ART PIECE MORE OF SCULPTURE.

SURE. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT CALLING THAT A MONUMENT SIGN.

UNDERSTAND. DENNIS IS THAT CLEAR IN THE APPROVAL? I THOUGHT YOU WERE SPEAKING SPECIFIC TO THE SCULPTURE ITSELF.

YEAH, SORRY. THE SCULPTURE SIGN.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. AND HE IS CORRECT IS WHAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE MONUMENT SIGNS.

THEY WERE USING A MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION STYLE THAT HAD NOT BEEN DONE ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.

IT WAS A METAL SLAT SIGNAGE THAT HAD CURVATURE TO THE MONUMENT SIGN AND IT JUST DIDN'T MEET THE MATERIAL OR DESIGN STANDARDS OF THE SIGN ORDINANCE FOR THAT.

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SURE YEAH. BUT THEY CHOSE TO REMOVE THOSE AND MAKE THOSE CONFORMING SIGNS.

OKAY. OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCASKILL DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOR A A MOTION? YEAH, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ANOTHER APPLICATION WITH MORE SIGNS.

AND I GET THAT THEY MAY BE IN COMPLIANCE, BUT.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M ALMOST READY TO TABLE IT UNTIL WE SEE EVERYTHING.

I'M NOT SURE WE'VE DONE ONE OF THESE WHERE WE'VE DONE IT PIECEMEAL, WHERE THERE'S MORE SIGNS COMING AND THEY MAY VERY WELL BE IN COMPLIANCE AND NOT NEED VARIANCES.

BUT I DON'T LIKE DOING IT PIECEMEAL.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCASKILL, I MEAN, IT'S A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY.

TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, IT'S ONE BUILDING THAT'S CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE.

AND YEAH. WHAT ARE WE IF YOU APPROVE THIS AND THEN YOU HAVE BIG MONUMENTS OR DIRECTIONAL SIGNS OR MONUMENT SIGNS.

HOW MUCH SIGNAGE GOES OVERBOARD? I MEAN, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE BUSINESS.

I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO JUST BE SO IN-YOUR-FACE THAT IT'S JUST SIGN, SIGN, SIGN, SIGN SIGNS, RIGHT? AND PART OF MY BEING OKAY WITH THE SCULPTURE SIGN WAS NOT HAVING A MONUMENT SIGN.

IT'S KIND OF A TRADE OFF IN MY MIND, ONE FOR THE OTHER.

BUT NOW WE'RE HEARING THAT THERE MAY BE OR AT LEAST A REQUEST FOR A MONUMENT SIGN, PLUS THE SCULPTURE.

HOW FAR AWAY IS THE? DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR THE WAY THE APPLICANT IS FROM BRINGING THOSE THE OTHER PIECE OF THE PACKAGE TO US? WELL, THEIR INTENT WAS TO REQUEST STREET MONUMENT SIGNS AT THE ENTRANCE THAT WOULD CONFORM AND I THINK AN ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONAL SIGN.

ARE THEY ALLOWED THOSE MONUMENT SIGNS AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS BY ORDINANCE? VERY POSSIBLY, YES.

YEAH, THEY WOULD NOT BE GIVEN PERMITS IF THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED FOR SOME REASON EITHER BY WAY OF DISTANCE FROM ANOTHER MONUMENT SIGN.

SORRY. LET ME REPHRASE THAT BY ASKING FOR THEM.

ARE THEY IS IT NECESSARILY GOING TO PUT THEM IN A POSITION TO ASK FOR A VARIANCE OR ARE THEY ALLOWED PER THE ZONING? THEIR INTENT IS TO ONLY REQUEST PERMIT FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD FIT WITH THE ORDINANCE.

OKAY. AS FAR AS WHAT IS PERMITTED FOR A MONUMENT SIGN.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S BETTER TO LOOK AT A WHOLE PACKAGE THAN BECAUSE IF IT IS APPROVABLE WITHOUT VARIANCE, THEN YOU'RE STUCK WITH WHAT'S APPROVED TONIGHT IN ADDITION TO WHAT COMES OUT WITH NO VARIANCE ATTACHED TO IT.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT IT AND GO, YEAH, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE TALKED THROUGH THIS A BIT.

I DON'T WANT TO DRAG IT OUT FOR THEM EITHER, BUT IF IT CAN BE DONE IN THE NEXT MEETING OR FOLLOWING MEETING, THEN.

WELL, I WOULD ADD THAT IF THAT IS YOUR CONCERN AND INTENT, YOU COULD CERTAINLY MAKE THAT A CONDITION OF ANY APPROVAL YOU WOULD GRANT HERE THAT THEY BRING THE MONUMENT SIGNS BACK THROUGH SIGN BOARD AND.

WELL, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS' POINT IS WE ARE GRANTING VARIANCES HERE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE HAVE WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE APPETITE TO GRANT THEM IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

AND THAT'S. I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCASKILL SAID AS WELL.

YEAH. SO AND I THINK I'D BE OKAY.

I'M NOT SURE WE NEED TO SEND JUST THE MONUMENT SIGN AND A DIRECTIONAL SIGN THROUGH SIGN BOARD.

I'D BE OKAY IF WE TABLED IT AND HAD THEM BRING THOSE PARTICULAR SIGNS TO US, SAY IN TWO WEEKS OR WHATEVER TIME YOU NEED.

SO YOU'RE NOT KIND OF GOING BACK IN THE PROCESS.

I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO DRAG IT OUT FOR THEM AT ALL.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE A FULLY.

WELL, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? BAKED ANSWER.

YEAH, WHY DON'T WE TABLE AND SAY IT'S COMING STRAIGHT BACK TO COUNCIL WHEN THEY'RE READY.

YOU GUYS ON BOARD WITH THAT? YEAH. OKAY.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOTION FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING OR IF YOU DON'T MIND, THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF YOU JUST TABLE THE ITEM UNTIL THEY COMPLETE THEIR MONUMENT SIGNS, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU THE NEXT MEETING THAT THEY'RE.

JUST TABLED INDEFINITELY? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MOVE TO TABLE ITEM 9C OTHERWISE REFERRED TO SV23-0004 SIGN VARIANCE FOR XO MARRIAGE LOCATED AT 1021 GRACE LANE, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS SUBJECT TO STAFF REPORT DATED MARCH 14TH, 2023, AND NOTING THAT WE'RE ASKING THE APPLICANT TO OR TABLING INDEFINITELY AND ASKING THE APPLICANT TO BRING BACK THEIR ENTIRE SIGN PACKAGE FOR THE PROPERTY AT THEIR NEXT COUNCIL OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

OKAY. ITEM 9C IS TABLED AND YOU GUYS GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER AND TALK TO DENNIS AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WITH THAT MOVE ON TO ITEM 9D, WHICH IS AWARD THE BID TO NORTH ROCK CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DRUM ROLL, PICKLEBALL COMPLEX AT BICENTENNIAL PARK IN AN

[9.D. Award bid to North Rock Construction for the construction of a pickleball complex at Bicentennial Park in an amount not to exceed $3,665,000.]

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THANK YOU MAYOR. DIRECTOR TRIBBLE.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS AWARD OF A BID TO NORTH ROCK CONSTRUCTION FOR THE BICENTENNIAL PARK THE PICKLEBALL COMPLEX.

THIS WOULD BE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,665,000.

OBVIOUSLY, THE PROJECT IS RELATED TO OUR CITY STRATEGY MAP RELATED TO THE FOCUS AREA OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE CORPORATE OBJECTIVES TO INVEST, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC ASSETS.

WANTED TO TAKE A FEW SLIDES TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE BACKGROUND ON WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE PICKLEBALL COMPLEX WAS PRIORITIZED WITHIN THE ADOPTED 2035 PARKS MASTER PLAN AND PRIORITIZED WITHIN YOUR CURRENT FY 2023 SPDC CIP.

IN TERMS OF WHERE WE STARTED DURING THE 2035 PLAN, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE PARK BOARD WHO WAS THE COMMITTEE SERVING ON ON THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS, THAT WE NEEDED THOSE IN SOUTHLAKE.

THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THOSE WAS TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS STILL EFFECTIVE WITHIN YOUR PARKS MASTER PLAN. BUT THEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT AN OPTION OF COURTS IN BICENTENNIAL PARK.

AS YOU SEE HERE, WE STARTED OUT WITH A TOTAL OF SIX COURTS.

WE HAD SOME SHADE STRUCTURES ETCETERA.

SO FENCING AND LIGHTING, IT WAS PRETTY, BASIC.

WHAT YOU SEE IN SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS AROUND THE METROPLEX THAT HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

WE THEN STARTED LOOKING AT BICENTENNIAL PARK AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT INCREASING THE SCOPE TO WHERE WE WOULD HAVE EIGHT COURTS.

WE LOOKED AT TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND THE LOCATION IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER ON THIS SCREEN ADJACENT TO THE TENNIS CENTER WAS CHOSEN.

THE MEMBERS OF THE PROJECT TEAM STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT BACK IN 2021.

WE HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION.

THE SCOPE WAS INCREASED TO EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS.

ALSO, A CHAMPIONSHIP COURT DID INCLUDE FENCING, LIGHTING, PAVILION, RESTROOM, OFFICE SPACE, SHADE STRUCTURE, MULTIPLE PARK AMENITIES AND OF COURSE THE TYPICAL LANDSCAPE AND HARDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU SEE WITHIN ALL OF OUR PARK PROJECTS.

AT THE APRIL 22ND SPDC MEETING THAT SCOPE WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.

AS MENTIONED, THE CHANGES THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD FROM THE SIX COURTS TO THE EIGHT COURTS PLUS A CHAMPIONSHIP COURT, THE SCOPE AMOUNT CHANGED TO ROUGHLY ABOUT $2.2 MILLION IN ADDITION.

AND SO WE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE SPDC SHOWED THEM A CURRENT OPINION, A PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COST DATED APRIL 22ND, SHOWING A TOTAL PROJECT COST WITH THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEE AT $3,470,000.

SO THE QUESTION AT THE TIME WITH THE SPDC WAS ASKED DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE CURRENT SCOPE AND BID THE PROJECT IN JUNE OR JULY? THE ANSWER WAS YES.

THEY ALSO ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL SCOPE, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL SHADE STRUCTURES AND EXPANDING THE SIZE OF THE RESTROOMS. AND THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH COMMITTING AN ADDITIONAL 2.2 MILLION INTO YOUR CIP.

WITH THIS CHANGE OBVIOUSLY IT NECESSITATED ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES.

THE CITY COUNCIL AND SPDC ULTIMATELY APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL $160,000 FOR PARKHILL TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN AT A TOTAL OF $310,000.

ALL OF THOSE SCOPE CHANGES, INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL SHADE STRUCTURES AS WELL AS THE EXPANDED RESTROOMS, INCREASED THE OPCC TO $3,419,000.

WITH THE DESIGN, WE WERE AT $3,729,000.

THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED WITH THE SPDC AND COUNCIL ABOUT IN JUNE AND A PROJECT FUNDING BUDGET OF THE ORIGINAL 1 MILLION 250 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 2.6 MILLION THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED WITHIN YOUR CURRENT CIP FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF 3 MILLION 850.

NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE JUST SOME OF THE IMAGES YOU SAW DURING THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS.

YOU CAN SEE THE 9 PICKLEBALL COURTS, THE ABUNDANCE OF SHADE STRUCTURES, LANDSCAPE, ETCETERA.

GOT SOME IMAGES AGAIN THAT CAME THROUGH DURING THE SITE PLAN OF THE BUILDING.

THIS MATCHES ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS WITHIN BICENTENNIAL PARK.

JUST DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THAT BUILDING.

AND THEN THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE RESTROOMS, THE OFFICE SPACE AND THE GAZEBO.

IN TERMS OF THE AMENITIES, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE BACK PORCH OF THE TENNIS CENTER AND THE BACK PORCH OF THE LEGENDS HALL, THAT LEVEL OF FURNITURE AND THAT TYPE OF DINING FURNITURE, SHADE STRUCTURES, ETCETERA, AND AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES WITH TRASH CANS AND BENCHES AND TABLES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE STANDARDS IN OUR PARKS MASTER

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LOTS OF SEATING ARRANGEMENTS.

THIS IS MEANT TO BE A VERY SOCIAL TYPE FACILITY WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES TO GATHER AND ENJOY THE PROJECT.

AT THE AUGUST MEETING IS WHEN YOU ADOPTED THE SPDC ADOPTED THE BUDGET AT 3 MILLION, 850.

YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A 2.6 MILLION ADDED IN YOUR CURRENT BUDGET.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, WE RECEIVED SEVEN BIDS IN AUGUST.

ALL OF THEM EXCEEDED THE BUDGET.

THE STAFF WORKED WITH WHAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST VALUE BID, TRIED TO GET THE PROJECT WITHIN BUDGET, HAD MULTIPLE VALUE ENGINEERING ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE EXPLORED.

HOWEVER, EVEN WITH ALL THAT WORK, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE PROJECT COST WITHIN BUDGET.

AND SO WE CAME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2022, AND RECOMMENDED THAT ALL OF THE BIDS BE REJECTED.

FOLLOWING THE REJECTION OF THOSE BIDS, STAFF BEGAN FINE TUNING THE BID PACKAGE, INCLUDING THE SCOPE, THE PLANS, THE BID SCHEDULE AND RE-ADVERTISED THE PROJECT IN DECEMBER OF 2022.

IN TERMS OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WERE DONE TO THE BID PACKAGE, WE REVISED THE BID PROPOSAL TABLE BY ADDING ESTIMATED QUANTITIES TO STANDARDIZE ALL THE BID QUANTITIES.

AND OF COURSE, IN DOING SO, JUST DECREASING THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE CONTRACTORS WOULD HAVE TO MAKE.

WE REVISED THE SHADE STRUCTURES FROM METAL ROOF STRUCTURES TO TENSIONED FABRIC SHADE STRUCTURE, WHICH ALLOWED US TO ELIMINATE THE LIGHTING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER THE METAL STRUCTURE. WE ALSO MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF DELETING PAVERS AT THE COMPLEX ENTRY AND REVISING SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE AMENITIES.

WE ALSO CHANGED WHAT THE INTERIOR RESTROOM WALLS WOULD BE.

INSTEAD OF A BURNISHED CMU WOULD JUST BE A PAINTED EPOXY AND WE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF FANS AT THAT POINT.

THESE BIDS WERE RECEIVED ON JANUARY 17TH.

WE HAD SEVEN BIDS.

DIRECTOR COHEN, MYSELF, DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAUREN LANEAVE AND OUR PROJECT MANAGER WITH PARKHILL, ALL INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED ALL THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE RECEIVED USING AN EVALUATION CRITERIA WHICH YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.

WE LOOKED AT BIDDER AND INDIVIDUAL QUALIFICATIONS AT A 35% WEIGHT, 35% WEIGHT FOR THE CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY TO PERFORM THE WORK.

THERE REFERENCES 15% AND THEN BUDGET AND FEES AT 15%.

WITH THAT, WE DETERMINED THE TOP FOUR CONTRACTORS AND REQUESTED THEM TO GO BACK AND SUBMIT TO US A BEST AND FINAL PRICING.

YOU SEE THAT ON THIS SCREEN.

UNANIMOUSLY, THE FOUR OF US RANKED NORTH ROCK CONSTRUCTION AS THE CITY'S BEST VALUE, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT THE LOW BID BASED ON ALL OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE GRADED THEM ON.

THEY CAME OUT AS THE NUMBER ONE RANKED FIRM.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM BASICALLY 40% OF THE WORK.

THE OTHER CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 25%.

AND THIS IS WORK THAT WOULD BE PERFORMED BY THEIR EMPLOYEES.

THEY ALSO NORTH ROCK HAS AN EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN PARK BUILDING, SIMILAR TYPE CONSTRUCTION TO WHAT THIS PROJECT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE DONE SOME REALLY GOOD WORK FOR A FEW CITIES LIKE MCKINNEY AND PLANO, ALLEN, FRISCO, DENTON AND IRVING.

THEY DO SPECIALIZE IN PARK PROJECTS AND THEY CAME FORWARD WITH A REALLY GOOD QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL PLAN AS TO HOW THEY WERE GOING TO MANAGE THIS PROJECT.

AS MENTIONED, NORTH ROCK, THE BEST AND FINAL PRICING WAS $3,663,000 STAFF ROUNDED THAT UP TO 3,665,000.

WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE DESIGN SERVICES AT 310 PLUS THE COST FOR AV AND IT AND SECURITY AS WELL AS A 7.5% OWNER'S CONTINGENCY, WE'RE STANDING AT A PROJECT TOTAL PROJECT COST OF $4,535,735.

AS I MENTIONED, THE PROJECT BUDGET IS $3,850,000.

SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE AT A BUDGET SHORTFALL OF $685,735.

AS MENTIONED, YOUR CIP INCLUDES 3 MILLION 850.

IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD AND AWARD THIS CONTRACT AS IT'S PRESENTED, AN ADDITIONAL $685,735 WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AS CURRENTLY DESIGNED.

TERMS OF HOW THIS MIGHT BE FUNDED, DIRECTOR JACKSON HAS NOTED THAT THERE ARE RESIDUAL FUNDS FROM PREVIOUS SPDC PARK PROJECTS TOTALING $630,970 AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 54,765 WOULD BE NEEDED THROUGH THE SPDC OPERATING RESERVES TO BE ABLE TO FUND THIS BUDGET SHORTFALL.

IN TERMS OF OUR ASSESSMENT ON THE BUDGET SHORTFALL AND [INAUDIBLE] HAPPEN, THE PROJECT WAS ESCALATED ON A MONTHLY BASIS AT 1.5%, WHICH IS AN 18% ANNUAL ESCALATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW.

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WE ARE NOW SIX MONTHS LATER, SO WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 7.5% ON TOP OF THAT.

THE TOTALS AMOUNT TO ABOUT $275,000 DUE TO THE DELAY OF THE PROJECT.

AND THEN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALLATION OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE WITH ENCORE WAS JUST ABOUT $30,000.

BUT ULTIMATELY THE PROJECT WAS REALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO AN UNFAVORABLE BIDDING ENVIRONMENT.

WITH THAT, I'M HERE.

DIRECTOR COHEN IS HERE AS WELL, ALSO DIRECTOR JACKSON.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS MOST OF YOU ALREADY SAW THIS PRESENTATION, CORRECT? DIRECTOR TRIBBLE. SO UNDERSTANDING SCOPE CREEP, TONS OF SCOPE CREEP, OBVIOUSLY SINCE THE FIRST ONE, BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF VALUE FOR THAT INCREASED BUDGET. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

MY YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS, A LOT MORE THAN WHEN WE INITIALLY EMBARKED ON THIS.

I WOULD REQUEST AS WE DEVELOP THE DESIGN AND DO WE HAVE ANY RENDERINGS AT THIS POINT? ANY 3D COLORIZED RENDERINGS? THE RENDERINGS WE HAVE.

WE DIDN'T ASK THE DESIGN FIRM TO PRODUCE ANY RENDERINGS BECAUSE THE BUILDING MATCHES ALL OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS WITHIN THE PARK.

YEAH, GOTCHA. WELL, WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR IS, IS TRY TO GET SOME RENDERINGS TO US AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FOR SOME FEEDBACK JUST OF THE SITE IN GENERAL, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE TAXPAYERS TO SPEND $4.2 MILLION DOLLARS ON A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX, I THINK HONESTLY, IT'S A HUGE GROWING SPORT AND IT'S A GREAT AMENITY FOR THE CITY.

BUT I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO FEEL THAT MONEY, I WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE IT'S A FIRST CLASS FACILITY.

I DON'T WANT TO CUT CORNERS.

I DON'T I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A TON OF MONEY, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TENNIS CENTER, IF YOU LOOK AT CHAMPION'S CLUB, IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, BICENTENNIAL, I MEAN, IT'S THAT WHOLE ENVIRONMENT IS TOP NOTCH.

AND THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST IF WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED FORWARD.

AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF APPETITE FOR THIS.

LET'S MAKE SURE WHEN PEOPLE WALK ON THOSE COURTS INTO THAT FACILITY, IT FEELS FIRST CLASS JUST LIKE OUR OTHERS.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN THE PARK.

OKAY, EXCELLENT. AND DIRECTOR TRIBBLE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WITH THE MAYOR'S REQUEST, THAT STILL, THOUGH WOULDN'T STOP US FROM MOVING DIRT AND GETTING STARTED.

IF THIS GETS APPROVED. CORRECT.

WE CAN LOOK AT RENDERINGS, BUT FOUNDATIONAL STUFF.

LET'S NOT HOLD. LET'S GO.

LET'S NOT STOP. LET'S GO.

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SEE THOSE DESIGNS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

YEAH. I AGREE YEAH.

PERFECT. SPDC FOLKS WHO'VE ALREADY HEARD THIS, WHAT ARE Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS? WHAT'S THE TIMELINE AGAIN? WELL, IF WE AWARD THE BID TONIGHT, WE WOULD GIVE THEM I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ROB, BUT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT GIVING THEM A NOTICE TO PROCEED ONCE WE'VE GOT THE CONTRACT ALL SQUARED AWAY AND THEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT A SIX MONTH BUILD.

AND SO BASED ON THAT TIMELINE, I THINK WE'D BE LOOKING AT A GRAND OPENING IN OCTOBER.

GOTCHA. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, BUT WE'RE SATISFIED GIVEN THE THINGS WE TOOK OUT THAT WE'RE GETTING THE QUALITY OF PROJECT THAT WE'D ALL BE HAPPY WITH, CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I THINK THE OTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT, TOO, IS NOBODY WANTS TO SEE A BUDGET SHORTFALL, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY NOT $600,000 PLUS.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS THAT BECAUSE OTHER PROJECTS CAME IN BETTER THAN EXPECTED ON PRICING AND SO FORTH AT BICENTENNIAL, THOSE FUNDS PLUS INTEREST EARNED ON THOSE FUNDS BRING IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS OVERAGE, JUST OVER $600,000.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE THAT THAT WAS MANAGED IN A WAY THAT THE DOLLARS ARE THERE AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO GO FIND MORE DOLLARS, WHICH IS A POSITIVE IN THIS SENSE.

YEAH. AND JUST FROM SPDC, I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE POPULARITY OF THE SPORT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.

IT'S NOT A FLY BY NIGHT SPORT.

AND A LOT OF US I MEAN, I'M ASKED ALL THE TIME, WHEN'S IT COMING, WHAT'S THE DELAY? AND I'VE EXPLAINED, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME CONSTRUCTION RELATED ISSUES AND IT'S COMING.

AND WE I THINK OUR RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE HIGH HOPES AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO DELIVER ON THOSE THINGS.

AND THE MORE WE DELAY, THE MORE IT'S GOING TO COST.

YEAH, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT WITH THE 1.5% INCREASE IN COST EVERY MONTH.

AND I ALSO DID ASK, DID NORTH ROCK BID THE FIRST TIME AROUND? AND THEY CAME BACK AND THEY DID BID.

AND THE FIRST BID WAS 300,000 ISH MORE THAN THEY BID NOW.

AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE CHANGE ORDERS WON'T RACK UP.

OF COURSE, THERE'S SOME UNFORESEEN YOU DON'T KNOW ONCE YOU GO UNDERGROUND.

BUT I THINK THE STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF PARING IT DOWN WHERE WE COULD, MAKING IT AMAZING, WHERE WE THE WAY THAT WE WANT IT TO BE.

AND IT'S AN AMENITY THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CITIZENS WANT AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT.

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I THINK IT'S A GREAT AMENITY AND I, FOR ONE, AM DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD ON IT.

YEAH, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A REVENUE GENERATING PIECE TOO.

MAYBE NOT DIRECTLY.

WE'LL SEE. I MEAN, I THINK JUST TALKING TO KATHY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY IS GOING TO KIND OF MAINTAIN THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT BECAUSE I DO THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PICKLEBALL IS SO POPULAR.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BUILDING IT FOR THE CITIZENS AND THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE COURTS AND GET THE CHANCE TO PLAY ON THOSE COURTS THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR.

AND I THINK THEY'LL DO THAT.

AND THEN I THINK BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE TRAVEL INTO AND LIKE YOU SAID, EAT AND STAY.

AND I THINK IT'S THERE'S GOING TO BE AN AN ROI ON IT FOR SURE.

I AGREE. OKAY.

OKAY. ANYTHING WE'RE MISSING, DIRECTOR TRIBBLE? NO, SIR. SOUNDS LIKE A WINNER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THE BIDS.

THAT'S REALLY AN EXCELLENT PROCESS.

THANK YOU, GUYS. OKAY.

IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IF ANYBODY IN THE CROWD WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PICKLEBALL, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME ON DOWN.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, SEEING NONE, WE'LL WE'LL TAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 9D, WHICH IS AWARDING A BID TO THE NORTH ROCK CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX AT BICENTENNIAL PARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,665,000.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

AND ITEM 9D PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PICKLEBALLERS IN SOUTHLAKE.

VERY EXCITING. AND THAT IS OUR LAST ITEM FOR TONIGHT.

SO THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.