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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
SO PLEASE RISE AND PASTOR REED, TAKE IT AWAY.
LET'S PRAY. LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND WE GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR GOODNESS TO US, AND WE PRAY FOR BLESSING ON THIS MEETING TONIGHT FOR THE BUSINESS THAT WOULD BE ATTENDED TO.
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS.
LORD, WE ALSO GIVE THANKS FOR OUR CITY AND THE CITY STAFF THAT SERVES HERE.
WE PRAY BLESSING OVER THEM OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
WE PRAY THAT THEY WOULD EXPERIENCE JOY AND PEACE AND DOWNTIME.
LORD, WE ALSO GIVE THANKS FOR JESUS CHRIST, AND WE THANK YOU THAT YOU CAME TO EARTH 2000 YEARS AGO, AND YOU MODELED HUMILITY, AND YOU BROUGHT JOY AND PEACE AND HOPE AND FORGIVENESS TO THIS WORLD, AND WE ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME.
JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
PLEASE TAKE A SEAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR REED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THAT SO TONIGHT ON CONSENT, WE HAVE ITEM FOUR A.
[3. Discuss all items on tonight's agenda. No action will be taken and each item will be considered during the Regular Session. ]
ITEM FOUR A APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 28TH, 2023 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ITEM FOUR B APPROVED MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 5TH, 2023 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.ITEM FOUR C CANCEL THE JANUARY 2ND, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM FOUR D APPROVE FY 2024 TEEN COURT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
ITEM FOUR E APPROVES ZA23-0067 PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR CONSTELLATION SOUTHLAKE, AND ITEM FOUR F APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT AND JOINT USE AGREEMENT FOR A COMBINATION OF WOOD AND WROUGHT IRON FENCES WITHIN THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED AT 900 STACY DRIVE AND ITEM 4 G.
APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1283.
FIRST READING OF FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH ENCORE ELECTRICAL DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC.
COUNCIL, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS VERY SHORT AGENDA THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO PUT ON CONSENT? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE ITEM SEVEN A CASE NUMBER ZA23-0035 ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR 1390 BROWN LANE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OKAY. ANY OBJECTIONS? WE WILL MOVE ITEM SEVEN A TO CONSENT AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR CONSENT? COUNCIL.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE WE CAN PUT ON CONSENT WELL DONE.
[1. Call to order. ]
OKAY, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE REGULAR SESSION TO ORDER.AT THIS POINT WE WILL START AS ALWAYS AS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[2.A. Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)]
SO WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND AS MAYOR, I HEREBY ADVISE YOU THAT WE ARE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071 TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.SECTION 551.074 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS, AND SECTION 551.087 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, AND WE WILL BE BACK HERE A LITTLE EARLY, NO LATER THAN 6:45, TO TACKLE SOME OF THESE ITEMS. IT IS 6:45 AND WE ARE RECONVENING THIS REGULAR MEETING.
[2.B. Reconvene: Action necessary on items discussed in Executive Session. (Part 1 of 2)]
IS THERE ANY ACTION NEEDED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MAYOR.[3.B. City Manager's Report ]
MISS YELVERTON.JUST TO MENTION THAT YOUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
NEXT IS ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR G, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WE PREVIOUSLY WENT OVER OUR CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? COUNCIL.
OKAY. IF THERE'S NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR G, NOTING THAT WE'RE ALSO MOVING ITEM SEVEN A FROM OUR REGULAR AGENDA TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVING ITEM SEVEN A, ITEM SEVEN A IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 480 DASH 805, CASE NUMBER ZA23-0035.
FIRST READING ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR 1390 BROWN LANE, LOCATED ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS TRACK 1 G JOHN CHILDRESS SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 253, CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS AND LOCATED AT 1390 BROWN LANE, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.
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STREET. ALSO NOTING WE'RE APPROVING A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN, CHANGING THE ZONING FROM AG AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO SF-1-A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON A SINGLE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 1390 BROWN LANE AND GRANTING A VARIANCE TO SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NUMBER 483, AS AMENDED.SECTIONS 8.01 AND 5.04 REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO FRONT ON A PUBLIC STREET, AND NOTING THAT THE APPROVAL IS SUBJECT TO MEETING THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE MINIMUM FIRE PROTECTION AND ACCESS STANDARDS.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.
MAYOR PRO TEM MCCASKILL THAT INCLUDED ITEM 7A, CORRECT, THAT MOTION? OKAY, EXCELLENT. OKAY.
SINCE IT IS NOT 7:00, WE ARE GOING TO SKIP PUBLIC FORUM FOR NOW.
WE'LL BE DOING THAT IN A SECOND AFTER WE GET TO THE REST OF OUR BUSINESS.
SO WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM SIX, A ORDINANCE NUMBER 1228 B SECOND READING, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE.
[6.A. Ordinance No. 1228B, 2nd Reading, Amending Article V, "Boards, Commissions and Committees," of Chapter 2, "Administration;" Amending Article XII, "Building Board of Appeals," of Chapter 4.5, "Buildings and Building Regulations;" Article Ill, "Boards," and Article IV, "Parks and Development Corporation," of Chapter 12, "Parks and Recreation," of the Southlake Code of Ordinances to update provisions and locate provisions for all City Boards, Commission or Committees in Chapter 2, Article 5 of the Code of Ordinances and to provide consistency in the Governing Provisions for Boards, Commissions and Committees. PUBLIC HEARING ]
ROBERT BRIGGS FOR THIS, MR. BRIGGS. READY? OKAY.HE MIGHT BE MIGHT BE MR. BRIGGS. PERFECT TIMING.
SIR. DID YOU DO THAT ON PURPOSE? WERE YOU WATCHING AND LISTENING? WELL DONE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, COME ON UP AND TELL US ABOUT THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
DO YOU WANT THE FULL PRESENTATION OR JUST THE-- GIVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS.
WELL AS MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING, THIS IS THE SECOND READING, RIGHT? SO THIS ORDINANCE IS SEEKING TO CREATE A SINGLE POINT OF REFERENCE FOR ALL STAFF ESPECIALLY OUR STAFF LIAISONS AND COUNCIL AND ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS STANDARDIZING THE APPOINTMENT CYCLES AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL THOSE THAT SERVE, ENSURING ALIGNMENT WITH GOVERNING DOCUMENTS LIKE STATE LAW, OUR CITY CHARTER, AND ALL OF OUR CITY ORDINANCES, AND CLARIFYING BOARD AND COMMISSION FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS.
CITY CURRENTLY HAS 19 BOARDS AND PRIOR TO THIS REVIEW AND THIS ORDINANCE UPDATE, ONLY EIGHT OF THOSE HAVE BEEN CODIFIED SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROVISIONS ADDRESS THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS, BOARD AND COMMISSION, OPERATIONS AND FUNCTION MEMBER AND ALTERNATE MEMBER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES RECEIVE TRAINING PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION.
ONE OTHER HIGHLIGHT AND SOMEWHAT OF A MAJOR CHANGE IS THE TRACKING OF ATTENDANCE FOR OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, AND HOW STAFF WILL HANDLE THAT AND REPORT THAT UP TO COUNCIL.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR IF I DIDN'T GIVE A--GREAT HIGHLIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BRIGGS? NO. I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU I KNOW THIS ISN'T THE EXCITING WORK, RIGHT? THAT YOU YOU ALL SOMETIMES GET TO DO, BUT THIS, AS WE'VE NOTICED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WHEN THINGS COME UP AND WE'RE LIKE, WAIT, WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THIS? AND IT WAS PERFECT TIMING TO DO ALL OF THIS, I THINK AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
OKAY. ITEM SIX A IS A SECOND READING.
SO WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION AMENDING ARTICLE 12 BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS OF CHAPTER 4.5 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS. ARTICLE THREE BOARDS AND ARTICLE FOUR.
PARKS AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF CHAPTER 12 PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE SOUTHLAKE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO UPDATE PROVISIONS AND LOCATE PROVISIONS FOR ALL CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES IN CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE FIVE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY IN THE GOVERNING PROVISIONS FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, AND THIS IS SUBJECT TO OUR MEMORANDUM DATED DECEMBER 6TH, 2023.
WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
OKAY, ITEM SIX A PASSES, SEVEN ZERO.
[Items 6.B. & 6.C.]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1023-A SECOND READING AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, AND I BELIEVE DIRECTOR KILLOUGH HAS THIS ONE CERTAINLY.[00:10:07]
SPA INSPECTIONS AND REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS FOOD, FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS, AND THIS THESE TWO ORDINANCES ARE TO BRING REFERENCES IN LINE WITH STATE CODE.ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCIL? OKAY, SEEING NONE.
DENNIS I THINK WE'RE GOOD, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM SIX.
YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX B ORDINANCE NUMBER 1023-A SECOND READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AMENDING CHAPTER TEN HEALTH AND SANITATION. ARTICLE SIX PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.
CODE OF ORDINANCES AS AMENDED, AND THAT SUBJECT TO OUR MEMORANDUM DATED DECEMBER 12TH, 2023.
WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY, ITEM SIX B PASSES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL ON ITEM SIX C.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT UP IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON SIX C.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE A MOTION.
YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX C ORDINANCE NUMBER 1028-A SECOND READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AMENDING CHAPTER TEN HEALTH AND SANITATION. ARTICLE THREE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE CODE OF ORDINANCES AS AMENDED, AND THAT'S SUBJECT TO OUR MEMORANDUM DATED DECEMBER 12TH, 2023.
WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR CLEANING THAT UP.
MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX D RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-030 ZA23-0065.
[6.D. Resolution No. 23-030, ZA23-0065, Specific Use Permit for a Mass Gathering for Springfest, to be held in a portion of Southlake Town Square, generally located between E. Southlake Blvd., Carroll Ave., Prospect St., Federal Way, and Central Ave. Current Zoning: "DT" Downtown District. SPIN Neighborhood #8. PUBLIC HEARING]
SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR MASS GATHERING FOR SPRINGFEST.THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL THIS IS A REQUEST BY LARRY ZHOU TO CONDUCT A MASS GATHERING EVENT FOR THE SOUTHLAKE SPRINGFEST FESTIVAL THIS WOULD BE LOCATED IN TOWN SQUARE AND FAMILY IN RUSTIN PARK, AND IT IS BOUNDED BY SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, MAIN STREET STATE STREET AND GRAND AVENUE THE ZONING FOR TOWN SQUARE IS DT DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, AND THIS IS AN AERIAL IDENTIFYING GENERAL LOCATION OF THE EVENT, AND THIS IS THEIR PREFERRED SITE MAP THAT IDENTIFIES LOCATION OF THEIR VENDOR SET UP RESTROOMS AND PARADE ROUTE THEIR PREFERRED MAP WOULD CLOSE OFF MAIN STREET AT THE NORTH INTERSECTION OF STATE STREET AND ALSO SAME NORTH INTERSECTION OF GRAND AVENUE AND MAIN STREET, AND THEN WOULD CLOSE OFF THE ALLEYWAYS THAT ALIGN WITH FOUNTAIN PLACE, AND IF PERMISSION FROM [INAUDIBLE] IS RECEIVED, THE BARRIER FOR THIS WESTERN ALLEY BARRICADE WOULD BE JUST TO THE WEST SIDE OF THOSE TWO BUILDINGS THAT BOUND THAT ALLEY, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW A LOCATION FOR PORTABLE TOILETS TO BE SET UP.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOT ACQUIRED THAT PERMISSION AS OF YET.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED THIS EVENING AN ALTERNATE EXHIBIT THAT WOULD SHOW RELOCATION OF THAT BARRICADE AND RELOCATION OF THE RESTROOM FACILITIES THE EVENT IS PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY 10TH, AND SETUP WOULD BEGIN AT 10 P.M.
ON FEBRUARY 9TH, THE EVENING BEFORE.
THEY WOULD START ALL OF THEIR VENDOR SETUP TWO HOURS AHEAD OF THE EVENT START TIME AT ABOUT 9:00, AND THEY'RE EXPECTING AS ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 5000 ATTENDEES.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN HELD THE PAST TWO YEARS UNDER AN ACCESSORY MASS GATHERING PROVISION, MEANING THE EVENT ATTENDANCE WAS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW A THOUSAND.
THIS PAST YEAR'S EVENT GREW AND LIKELY MAY HAVE EXCEEDED THAT REQUIRING THEM TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARY OF THE EVENT AND SEEK THE MASS GATHERING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THIS IS THEIR ALTERNATE SITE MAP THE BARRICADE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF FOUNTAIN AT THE ALLEY THAT WOULD BE RELOCATED TO THE
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FACE OF THE TWO ADJOINING BUILDINGS ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND THE RESTROOM FACILITIES.THEY ARE PROPOSING TO RELOCATE JUST TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE PAVILION RUSTIN PARK, AND THAT WOULD BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF GRAND AVENUE.
IN THE EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER BEING ENCOUNTERED ON THE FEBRUARY 10TH PLANNED DATE, THEY PROPOSED A CONTINGENCY DATE ONE WEEK LATER ALL PRE-SETUP TIMES AND EVENT TIMES WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE PRIMARY DATE FOR FEBRUARY 10TH AND THIS IS A LIST WHICH YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET OF ALL THE PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE DAY AND THEIR SCHEDULED TIME, AND THEN ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PLANNED THIS IS A NOTIFICATION MAP AND NOTICE AREA THAT WAS PROVIDED NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WE DID RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM [INAUDIBLE] THIS AFTERNOON THEY INDICATED THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THE EVENT, BUT OPPOSED TO CLOSURE OF GRAND AVENUE AND STATE STREET DUE TO THEIR FEELING OF INTERFERENCE WITH THEIR BUSINESS IF APPROVED, WITH THE CLOSURE OF THOSE TWO THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE THAT THEY KEEP THE SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS AND ENTRANCES TO ALL THOSE BUSINESSES FREE AND CLEAR, FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY OBSTRUCTIONS OF ANY VENDORS OR TENT SETUPS.
UH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AT THEIR NOVEMBER OR, EXCUSE ME, DECEMBER 7TH MEETING, AND WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS ONLY BEING APPROVED FOR ONE YEAR IF THE EVENT IS SUCCESSFUL AND THEY WISH TO COME BACK, THEY WOULD NEED TO REAPPLY FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN, AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DENNIS, COULD YOU FLIP BACK TO THE EVENT MAP, PLEASE? WHICH MAP? THE EVENT MAP. A FEW SLIDES BACK.
SO THE ALTERNATE IS WHAT [INAUDIBLE] WANTS.
THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNED BY KITE, ALTHOUGH IT DOES HAVE ACCESS AND PARKING PROVISIONS WRITTEN IN FOR IT, BUT WITHOUT [INAUDIBLE] PERMISSION, THEY COULD NOT LOCATE THIS BARRICADE OR THE TOILETS IN THAT AREA.
OKAY, AND SHOW US THE ALTERNATE.
THAT MOVES THAT BARRICADE OVER TO THE FACE OF THESE BUILDINGS INSIDE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, NOT INSIDE THE PRIVATE LOT BOUNDARY AND WHAT ARE THE STREETS THAT [INAUDIBLE] IS ASKING TO LEAVE OPEN? GRAND AND STATE.
I'M SORRY. MAYBE I'M AN IDIOT I CAN'T TELL.
IS IT CLOSED IN THIS MAP? YES. THEY'RE PROPOSING CLOSURE.
YES. YEAH THE BARRICADES WOULD.
THIS IS STATE STREET, WHERE THE GREEN ARROW IS, AND THE BARRICADES WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE AND MAIN ON--DON'T WE USUALLY CLOSE THOSE.
IT WOULD BE A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE TO LEAVE THOSE STREETS OPEN.
YEAH. IS THAT CORRECT, CHIEF? YEAH, THAT'S.
SO BUT WE'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON THE ALTERNATE VERSUS THE PREFERRED SITE PLAN.
WHERE THEY'RE ASKED I DON'T THINK THE APPLICANT HAS A PREFERENCE ONE OVER THE OTHER.
OKAY WE'RE ASKING IF THE COUNCIL IS AMENABLE TO APPROVE BOTH BECAUSE IT DOES RELOCATE THE TOILETS JUST IN THE CASE THEY CANNOT SECURE PERMISSION TO PLACE THAT ON [INAUDIBLE] PROPERTY.
SO WE JUST APPROVED BOTH SUBJECT TO WHAT? KITE APPROVES. YEAH.
I ASSUME THAT NOT CLOSING STATE AND GRAND IS KIND OF A STANDARD REQUEST FOR THEM FOR ANY EVENT.
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THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT. IT'S PROBABLY TRUE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO KIND OF FIGHT FOR THEIR TENANTS BUT WE HAVE I ALSO ASSUME WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY ON WHERE THOSE TOILETS GO.THAT'S PURELY ON [INAUDIBLE] DECISION-MAKING.
IS THAT CORRECT? I PERSONALLY WOULD BEG KITE TO PUT THEM BACK IN THE ALLEYWAY.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM EVERYDAY, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT DRIVE BY.
THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IS A BUNCH OF PORTA-POTTIES.
SO I WOULD MUCH PREFER THEM BE IN THE ALLEYWAY OVER OFF FOUNTAIN PLACE THAN RIGHT OFF 1709.
SO WE JUST APPROVE THEM BOTH, AND THEN MAYBE, DENNIS, CAN YOU FOLLOW UP WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND SAY OUR PREFERENCES FOR THE PREFERRED SITE PLAN? YES, AND I DIDN'T MENTION IN THE PRESENTATION YOU'VE BEEN HANDED OUT AND UPDATED STAFF REPORT THAT INCLUDES ALL THIS, AS WELL AS [INAUDIBLE] LETTER THAT THEY PROVIDED THIS AFTERNOON AT YOUR PLACE.
OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ITEMS, ON THAT ONE? NO? NO, BUT I LIKE THE SUGGESTION FROM COUNCILMAN ROBBINS.
OKAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP--ONE MORE QUESTION.
DO WE NEED TO SPECIFY IN THIS THAT THEY DO NOT BLOCK ANY OF THE VENDORS OR THAT THE VENDORS DON'T BLOCK ANY OF THAT WALKWAY AT ALL? BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT WAS MAKING SURE ALL TENANTS HAVE FULL AND ACCESS TO EVERYTHING, LIKE THEY CAN'T PUT ANYTHING ON THE OTHER SIDE TO BLOCK THAT.
DO WE NEED TO SPECIFY THAT, OR IS THAT.
[INAUDIBLE] HOW IS THAT MANAGED? YOU CAN CERTAINLY REITERATE THAT IN ANY MOTION YOU PROVIDE.
THAT WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE IT CLEAR.
OUR POSITION IS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO LEAVE THOSE OPEN AS WELL.
YOU GOT THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCASKILL? OKAY, WHILE YOU'RE WRITING THAT, I'LL OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SIX D. SEEING NONE.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES.
MAYOR COUNCIL, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX D RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-030.
SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MASS GATHERING FOR SPRINGFEST TO BE HELD IN A PORTION OF SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE, GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, CARROLL AVENUE, PROSPECT STREET, FEDERAL WAY, AND CENTRAL AVENUE IN SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.
SUBJECT TO OUR STAFF REPORT DATED DECEMBER 19TH, 2023 AND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER TWO DATED DECEMBER 19TH, 2023, NOTING THAT WE'RE APPROVING THE REQUESTED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MASS GATHERING FOR SPRINGFEST TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 2024, AND ALLOWING AN ALTERNATE INCLEMENT WEATHER DATE OF FEBRUARY 17TH, 2024, AND WE'RE ALSO PERMITTING THE ALTERNATE ALTERNATE SITE MAP PRESENTED THIS EVENING IF NEEDED, AND WE'RE ALSO LIMITING THE SUP TO A ONE YEAR APPROVAL, AND WE'RE ALSO NOTING THAT VENDORS ARE NOT TO BLOCK SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF TENANTS AND RETAIL SPACES.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
OKAY. ITEM 6D PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
CONGRATULATIONS, LARRY. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENT.
ALL RIGHT. THAT IS IT FOR ITEM SIX D AND SEVEN A WAS ON CONSENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE WHICH IS PUBLIC FORUM.
[5. Public Forum.]
SO THE PUBLIC FORUM ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO BRING ITEMS FORWARD THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR AGENDA, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF VISITORS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENT CARDS. SO JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN TO A COUNCIL MEETING, LET ME LAY OUT HOW WE RUN THE PUBLIC HEARING.FIRST OF ALL, EVERY SPEAKER IS GOING TO HAVE THREE MINUTES WE DO STRICTLY ENFORCE THE THREE MINUTES.
THE GREEN LIGHT WILL START WHEN YOU START TALKING.
YELLOW LIGHT STARTS FLASHING WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT AND WHEN THE RED LIGHT GOES OFF.
WE TRY TO KEEP GOOD ORDER AND PROCEED THROUGH EVERYBODY.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC FORUM, AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MISS LAILA RIMA.
GOOD EVENING. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LAILA RIMA.
I LIVE IN 700 LAKE CARILLON LANE.
I'M A FRESHMAN AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M ASKING.
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I'M URGING YOU ALL TO MAKE TO BRING FORTH A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.SOUTHLAKE IS THE ONLY PLACE I'VE EVER CALLED HOME.
I LEARNED TO TALK HERE, AND MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE HERE.
MAYOR HUFFMAN, I REACHED OUT TO YOU LAST WEEK URGING YOU TO SUPPORT A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION, AND RATHER THAN SERIOUSLY CONSIDER OR EVEN NEGOTIATE THE MERITS OF IT, YOU DECIDED TO HOP ON TWITTER AND THROW RED MEAT.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A BELIEF AMONGST MEMBERS OF THIS BODY THAT STANDING WITH YOUR JEWISH COMMUNITY MEANS STANDING AGAINST YOUR CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES, AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, AT EVERY PROTEST, PHONE, BANK AND OTHER CIVIC ACTIVITY I PARTAKEN IN, I HAVE STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH, MEMBERS OF THE NON-ARAB AND NON-MUSLIM COMMUNITIES, AND I'M AND I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES AND ALLIES THAT HAVE SHOWN UP AND VOCALIZED AND ILLUSTRATED THEIR SUPPORT WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE INDISCRIMINATE KILLING AND COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT THAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA.
I'M SURE THERE IS A LAWYER OR TWO ON THIS COUNCIL.
SO LIKELY YOU'RE AWARE THAT COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT IS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW.
I AM SURE THERE ARE MOTHERS AND FATHERS ON THIS COUNCIL SO YOU LIKELY AGREE THAT WHEN OVER 8000 CHILDREN ARE UNABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY'RE DEAD, THAT IS WRONG. IN THE PAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, 64 JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA.
SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, OVER 300 HEALTH CARE WORKERS HAVE BEEN KILLED, WHICH EXCEEDS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS KILLED IN ALL COUNTRIES IN CONFLICTS GLOBALLY IN ANY SINGLE YEAR, AND THAT'S JUST IN THE TEN WEEKS IN GAZA.
AS MALCOLM MOORE SAID SO ELOQUENTLY, IT'S JUST NOT THAT COMPLICATED.
SO I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, TO AFFIRM FURTHER DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, NEVER TO AFFIRM THAT FURTHER DEATH AND DESTRUCTION NEVER SOLVED ANY PROBLEMS. [INAUDIBLE] WILL YOU SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL BRING ALL HOSTAGES HOME AND END THE KILLING AND THE COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, AND STAND WITH IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE, WILL YOU? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SALMA [INAUDIBLE].
I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO STAND HERE AND EDUCATE THE EDUCATED TODAY.
I'M SORRY. COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS SALMA 607 HAYES DRIVE, 76248.
I'M NOT GOING TO STAND HERE AND EDUCATE THE EDUCATED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TO SAY THAT IT IS A SHAME ON THIS BODY IN THE PAST 72 DAYS AND POTENTIALLY LONGER, THAT YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN UP ABOUT THE HUMAN TRAGEDY THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN GAZA AND THE REST OF PALESTINE, AND I'LL TAKE IT FURTHER AND SAY, SHAME ON YOU, MAYOR.
WHEN A CONSTITUENT SENDS AN EMAIL TO YOU ASKING FOR A CEASE FIRE, ASKING THAT YOU USE YOUR VOICE TO END THE INDISCRIMINATE KILLING AND COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS, YOU INSTEAD CHOOSE TO GLOAT ABOUT YOUR RESPONSE FOR THE WORLD TO WATCH, AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR LACK OF EMPATHY AND HUMANITY, AND BY THE WAY, THAT CONSTITUENT WAS A 15 YEAR OLD.
TO STATE IT IN SIMPLISTIC TERMS, IT IS AS IF A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY COMMITTED A CRIME, AND IN RESPONSE, THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTHLAKE ARE NOW AT RISK OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AND LACK OF FOOD.
IT IS A SHAME THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAYS THAT AS A MUSLIM, I PERSONALLY LOVE THAT FOR THE SMALLEST MINORITY GROUP IN GAZA, THEY CANNOT CELEBRATE IT TOO.
IT IS A SHAME THAT ON OCTOBER 7TH, AS THE WORLD GASPED FOR THE INNOCENTS KILLED, THAT THE WORLD DID NOT GASP ON OCTOBER 8TH, OCTOBER 9TH, OCTOBER 10TH AND WE COULD GO ON WITH DAYS. IT IS A SHAME THAT OUR $300 MILLION IN FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED IN TEXAS TO ARM ISRAEL'S CONTINUED OCCUPATION AND
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DESTRUCTION. IT IS A SHAME THAT IN 2023, WHEN THE WORLD CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE HOUR, EVERY SINGLE MINUTE, THAT IT IS A DEBATE.WHAT THE TRUTH IS THAT WE SEE BEFORE OUR EYES, AND IT WILL BE A SHAME WHEN HISTORY WRITES ABOUT THIS AND A FREE PALESTINE, THAT YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN WILL READ, THAT YOUR LEGACY IS THAT YOU CHOSE SELF-DEFENSE.
THAT WAS INDEFENSIBLE, AND LASTLY, AS MEMBERS OF FAITH, IT IS A SHAME THAT YOU WILL STAND BEFORE GOD AND NOT BE ABLE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU STOOD UP FOR RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ANTHONY [INAUDIBLE].
ALL RIGHT. HELLO. CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR MY NAME IS ANTHONY [INAUDIBLE].
NOW, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT RESIDE IN SOUTHLAKE ANYMORE, I DO HAVE FRIENDS WHO CALL THIS CITY HOME.
NOW, LAST WEEK, I WAS FORWARDED A MESSAGE.
ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'D RATHER NOT SHARE MY ADDRESS FOR SAFETY CONCERNS, SIR.
WHAT CITY DO YOU LIVE IN? DALLAS, TEXAS.
NOW, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT RESIDE IN SOUTHLAKE ANYMORE, I DO HAVE FRIENDS WHO CALL THIS CITY HOME.
LAST WEEK I WAS FORWARDED A MESSAGE CONTAINING A TWEET THAT YOU, MR. MAYOR, HAD MADE AS A RESPONSE TO ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE NOT ONLY DRAFT, BUT ALSO PASS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE IN PALESTINE. I WAS NOT ONLY APPALLED THAT YOUR REPLY, BUT ALSO AT THE WAY YOU BOASTED ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU USE CONSTITUENTS CONCERNS TO SERVE YOUR OWN POLITICAL AGENDA AND FURTHERING RIGHT WING NATIONAL PRO-ISRAEL RHETORIC THAT HAS ALREADY DISPLACED AND KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN PALESTINE, MOST OF WHOM ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AS WELL AS ENDANGERING PEOPLE HERE AT HOME LIKE SIX YEAR OLD [INAUDIBLE], WHO WAS STABBED 26 TIMES IN ILLINOIS.
AT NO POINT IN YOUR RESPONSE THAT YOU MENTIONED THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO THE CONTINUOUS BOMBARDMENT BY ISRAEL MILITARY, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE VALUES AS A PERSON THAT YOUR TRUE INTENTIONS BEHIND PUBLISHING YOUR RESPONSE.
YOU CLAIM TO BE AGAINST TERRORISM? WAR IS TERRORISM, MAYOR.
THE UNLAWFUL USE OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION, ESPECIALLY AGAINST CIVILIANS AND THE PURSUIT OF POLITICAL AIMS, IS WHAT ISRAEL IS DOING TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, AND THIS IS THE DIRECT DEFINITION OF TERRORISM.
IF YOU TRULY STAND AGAINST TERRORISM, THEN YOU WILL DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE IN PALESTINE AND AN END TO THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN LANDS, AND TO ADVOCATE FOR DIRECT HUMANITARIAN AID TO PALESTINE.
HELLO, I'M KYLE LAWRENCE AT 2906 OWEN LANE 75150 I'M A FELLOW TEXAS AGGIE CLASS OF 2014.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU THAT IF YOU SUPPORT ISRAEL TO VOTE NO FOR CEASE FIRE.
IF YOU SUPPORT THE CONTINUING OF ISRAEL'S BLOCKADE OF MEDICINE, SUCH THAT DOCTORS ARE PERFORMING C-SECTIONS ON WOMEN AND AMPUTATIONS ON CHILDREN WITHOUT ANESTHETICS, AS FORMER ISRAELI GENERAL ELAINE CALLED FOR THE SPREADING OF DISEASE BECAUSE, QUOTE, SEVERE EPIDEMICS IN THE SOUTH OF THE GAZA STRIP WILL BRING US CLOSER TO VICTORY.
IF YOU SUPPORT ISRAEL BOMBING, SHELLING AND EVACUATING HOSPITALS.
INCLUDING CHRISTIAN HOSPITALS WHILE SNIPING, ARRESTING, AND DETAINING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL WORKERS SUCH AS THOSE FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS.
IF YOU SUPPORT THE DEATHS OF PALESTINIAN NICU BABIES, SOME AFTER BEING STRANDED AND IF HOSPITAL FORCED FORCIBLY EVACUATED BY ISRAEL, WHILE OTHERS DYING AFTER ISRAEL CUT OFF THE ELECTRICITY OF THE HOSPITAL.
IF YOU SUPPORT ISRAEL USING WHAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH HAS CALLED STARVATION A WEAPON OF WAR WHERE UP TO 50% OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING SEVERE LEVELS OF HUNGER AND 90% GOING FULL DAY AND NIGHT WITHOUT FOOD.
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IF YOU SUPPORT ISRAEL'S FORCIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF 1.8 MILLION PALESTINIANS TO AN AREA SMALLER THAN THE DFW AIRPORT IN THE WINTER RAINY SEASON, WHERE THEY ARE WITHOUT EXTRA CLOTHES AND TENTS IN THE MIDST OF FLOOD AND COLD, WHERE THE SEWAGE SYSTEMS ARE NOT OPERATIONAL AND THERE ARE 700 PEOPLE SHARING EACH TOILET.IF YOU SUPPORT 5400 PALESTINIAN WOMEN, 10,000 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN AND THOUSANDS OF CIVILIAN IN GAZA KILLED BY ISRAEL.
IF YOU SUPPORT ISRAEL ATTACKING AND LAYING A MEDIEVAL SIEGE ON 2.3 MILLION PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, WHICH ROD SEGAL, A JEWISH ISRAELI PROFESSOR OF HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES, HAS CALLED A TEXTBOOK CASE OF GENOCIDE.
AS WE COME UPON CHRISTMAS DAY AND CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF JESUS, THE PRINCE OF PEACE IN BETHLEHEM.
I'LL READ A QUICK MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN THAT VERY TOWN.
I WAS ASKED TODAY BY A JOURNALIST IF WE RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU. THEY CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN THEIR LAND AND WAGE WAR.
BRITTANY BEAL 2906 OWEN LANE, MESQUITE.
IN MARCH OF 2013, I STEPPED FOOT INTO ONE OF PALESTINE'S REFUGEE CAMPS, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE DEVASTATION THAT THEY ENDURED DEEPLY CHALLENGED MY BELIEFS. MAYOR HUFFMAN VERBATIM, YOU'VE REPEATEDLY SAID, AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, I WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH ISRAEL, BUT EVEN YOU CERTAINLY DO NOT MEAN ALWAYS.
ISRAEL IS A STATE THAT OFFERS GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED ABORTIONS.
I KNOW YOU DON'T STAND WITH THAT.
I'VE WATCHED YOUR CAMPAIGN AND I KNOW YOU CERTAINLY DO NOT STAND WITH THAT.
YOU SAY, I WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH ISRAEL, WHO THOUGH THERE WHICH PEOPLE IN ISRAEL, THE RELIGIOUS JEWS WE WATCH ON OUR SCREENS THAT ARE BEING BEATEN AND DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS BY THEIR SECULAR GOVERNMENT AS THEY PLEAD FOR THE BOMBING TO STOP? OR DO YOU STAND WITH THE GOVERNMENT THEMSELVES, FORCING THESE CITIZENS UNDERNEATH THEIR BOOT? DO YOU STAND WITH THE DECEASED HOSTAGES AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY MOURN THEIR DEAD, EVEN YESTERDAY SAYING, QUOTE, THOSE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT WHO ABANDONED YOU ALSO MURDERED YOU AFTER YOU DID EVERYTHING RIGHT? OR DO YOU STAND WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT WHO SAW THE WHITE FLAGS AND HEARD THEIR HEBREW SCREAMS FOR HELP AND STILL CHASED THEM DOWN AND SHOT? ANTI-SEMITIC. BIBLICALLY, IT IS NOT ANTI-SEMITIC TO CONDEMN WRONGDOING.
THE LARGEST CHUNK OF THE BIBLE IS COMPRISED OF PROPHETS OF OLD CONDEMNING ISRAEL'S ATROCITIES.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW GENESIS 16.
I KNOW YOU'RE A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.
MANY OF YOU ATTEND CHRISTIAN CHURCHES HERE, BUT AS A CHRISTIAN, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND US ALL OF THE HUMANITY OF THIS, THAT THERE IS ONE SINGLE HUMAN BEING IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE, ONLY ONE THAT NAMED GOD INTIMATELY AND PERSONALLY, AND THAT WAS ISHMAEL, THE FATHER OF THE ARAB PEOPLE.
HAGAR, MEANING THE FORSAKEN ONE.
HE ELEVATES HER AS AN EQUAL AND A FELLOW PROMISE BEARER.
HE PROVIDES FOR HER IMMEDIATE NEEDS BY TELLING HER TO GO BACK HOME, TO LIVE IN THE VERY CENTER OF HIS REDEMPTION PLAN, AND LIVING AMONGST THESE VERY PEOPLE THAT TOOK HER INTO CAPTIVITY AND PROMISED AND DISREGARDED HER PERSONHOOD.
HE PROMISED THAT HER SON WOULD BE FREE, AND THROUGH HER ADORATION SHE NAMES HIM.
SHE NAMES HIM, YOU ARE THE ELROY, THE GOD WHO SEES ME.
YOU ARE THE ISHMAEL, THE GOD WHO HEARS.
I BESEECH YOU MYSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE BRETHREN AT THE CHURCH IN BETHLEHEM, AS CHRIST'S BODY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, HONOR OUR CHRIST, AND LOOK, LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE HE SEES AND HEARS ALONG WITH THE WORLD.
THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE MOHAMMED FAROOQUI.
MOHAMMED FAROOQUI, 8032 BROOKRIDGE FORT WORTH.
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MR. MAYOR AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL IT'S A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE TO ADDRESS YOU ABOUT SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS AND SAY ASSALAMU ALAIKUM, WHICH MEANS PEACE BE UPON TO ALL OF YOU I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY ABOUT 32 YEARS AGO.BY PROFESSION, I'M AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGNER.
I'VE DESIGNED PRODUCTS FOR TELECOMMUNICATION, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS, DIGITAL PRINTING, PHARMACEUTICALS, INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, AND IOT, AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY ALL OF YOU HAVE USED PRODUCTS THAT I'VE DESIGNED ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, IN FACT, IS IN DOCTOR OR ANESTHESIOLOGIST, AND MY WIFE SAYS HI TO HIM BECAUSE SHE'S SEEN HIM IN THE HOSPITAL.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WE ARE PART AND PARCEL OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE ARE PART AND PARCEL OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE CHERISH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE.
WE ARE HERE AND WE HAVE BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
WE ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY.
YOU REPRESENT US. YOU REPRESENT ALL OF US.
IT IS VERY HUMANE TO ASK FOR SOMETHING BASIC, AND SOMETHING BASIC IS THAT AND WHAT ADDS INSULT TO INJURY IS THAT WE MAKE THIS COUNTRY STRONG, AND IT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING USED TO KILL INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
I RESPECT, CHERISH ALL HUMANITY, ALL LIVES, ALL RELIGIONS, ALL ETHNICITIES, ALL BACKGROUNDS.
IN 100 YEARS, NONE OF US WILL BE HERE, BUT WHAT WE DO TODAY MATTERS.
IT MATTERS TO MY CHILD WHO GROWN UP IN THE US DOES NOT THINK VERY HIGHLY OF THE US.
I THINK HIGHLY OF THE US BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT HAS OFFERED.
THINK OF WHAT JESUS WOULD DO TO THE BELIEVERS OF THE JESUS IN PALESTINE.
THINK OF WHAT ABRAHAM WOULD DO.
VERY RESPECTED PROPHETS FOR US.
THANK YOU SIR. THAT'S ALL THE CARDS I HAVE.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? OKAY SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM AND WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM OF BUSINESS TO DO.
SO WE ARE GOING BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[2.A. Executive Session (Part 2 of 2)]
AS MAYOR, I HEREBY ADVISE YOU THAT WE ARE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.074 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS.WE SHOULD BE BACK 20 15 MINUTES 1515 TO 20 MINUTES.
OKAY, IT'S 7:41 I'M CALLING THIS REGULAR SESSION BACK TO ORDER.
[2.B. Reconvene: Action necessary on items discussed in Executive Session. (Part 2 of 2)]
IS ANY ACTION NEEDED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MAYOR, COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE TO AMEND THE...I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE TO AMEND THE CITY SECRETARY'S CONTRACT TO EXTEND IT FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, AND TO INCLUDE A 4.5% MERIT INCREASE WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, AND THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.