Apr 16, 2024 City Council

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OKAY I GUESS WE SHOULD GET THIS PARTY STARTED.

WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

[1. Call to order.]

WE ARE GOING TO START TONIGHT, AS WE DO EVERY NIGHT WITH OUR INVOCATION FROM OUR CITY CHAPLAIN, PASTOR CLAY REED.

WHERE'S PASTOR REED? THERE HE IS.

SO, EVERYONE, PLEASE RISE FOR OUR INVOCATION AND FOR OUR PLEDGES.

TAKE IT AWAY, SIR. THANK YOU.

SIR. JUST A QUICK REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY SOUTHLAKE CHURCHES PUT ON A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER ON MAY THE 2ND AT 6 P.M.

IN THE RUSTON PAVILION.

YOU'RE ALL INVITED, ANYBODY IS INVITED.

I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OTHER EVENTS.

THIS IS NOT A CITY SPONSORED EVENT.

IT'S SPONSORED BY LOCAL CHURCHES AND WE'D LOVE FOR EVERYBODY IN TOWN TO COME.

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.

LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER AND TONIGHT WE ESPECIALLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MAYOR AND WE GIVE THANKS FOR HIM AND WE PRAY BLESSING ON HIM AND LORD, WE THINK ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND THE HUNDREDS OF NIGHTS THAT PLANS HAVE CHANGED AND THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.

LORD, WE JUST GIVE THANKS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR TOWN AND THEIR LOVE FOR OUR CITY.

WE PRAY BLESSING ON HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS, AND WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU'LL MULTIPLY THE FUTURE TIME THAT THEY HAVE TOGETHER AND WE PRAY BLESSING OVER THEM AND HELP FOR THEM. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR TOWN.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE GRACE TO EVERY SPEAKER, TO EVERY PERSON WHO PRESENTS, TO EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE.

WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS WHAT'S SAID AND BRING PEACE INTO THIS ROOM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS TO US.

THANK YOU THAT WHEN WE SAY OUR FATHER, YOU HEAR AND THANK YOU THAT YOU TELL US, LORD, TO COME ALL THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST AND I PRAY FOR PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS. WE PRAY BLESSING OVER THEM, AND WE PRAY THAT WE WOULD COME TO YOU MORE.

WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN PRAY AND WE ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN. THANK YOU SIR. JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE], ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.

ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, EVERYBODY.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO GET INTO WORK SESSION, AND WE ARE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT TO WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A RECOGNITION FOR WORLD AUTISM DAY.

[3. Honors & Recognition: Proclamation recognizing World Autism Day]

MISS SOUTHLAKE, COME ON DOWN AND, MA'AM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO ALL OF US AND THEN.

AND THEN TELL US ABOUT YOUR WORK HERE.

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS REALLY COOL, REALLY EXCITED.

HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANNETTE ANNETTE ADDO-YOBO, I AM MISS SOUTHLAKE, 2024, IN THE MISS AMERICA ORGANIZATION, COMPETING FOR THE ROLE OF MISS TEXAS LATER IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR AND I'M VERY HONORED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY PLATFORM, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT AUTISM AWARENESS, SAFETY AND EDUCATION.

I HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER HIS NAME IS ANDREW, AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM WHEN HE WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS OLD.

AS IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY, WE HAD A LARGE LEARNING CURVE TO OVERCOME AND KNOWING FIRST OF ALL, WHAT AUTISM WAS, BUT HOW WE COULD BE THE BEST SUPPORTERS AND ADVOCATES FOR SOMEONE LIKE MY BROTHER AND THROUGH THAT, AS A YOUNG CHILD, I GREW UP AND LEARNED HOW TO BECOME AN ADVOCATE AND BE A LOUD VOICE ABOUT AUTISM IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING.

BUT THERE WAS A SPECIFIC INCIDENT THAT LED ME TO DEVELOP MY COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE CALLED THE SPARK PROJECT.

DURING MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, MY NONVERBAL AUTISTIC BROTHER WAS FOUND WANDERING ON THE INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF MY HIGH SCHOOL.

MY PARENTS WERE NOT NOTIFIED THAT HE WAS MISSING, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ON CAMPUS DID NOT KNOW HE WAS MISSING EITHER.

IT WAS GOD THAT DAY THAT SAVED MY BROTHER'S LIFE BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME HE WENT MISSING.

I HAD A MIGRAINE AND I WAS NOT FEELING WELL AND DIDN'T FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE HOME.

AND SO I CALLED MY FATHER TO COME AND PICK ME UP FROM SCHOOL, AND WAS ON MY DAD'S WAY TO COME AND PICK ME UP THAT HE FOUND MY BROTHER WANDERING ON THE INTERSECTION AND UNFORTUNATELY, I SHARE THAT STORY WITH A LOT OF AMERICANS WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE LOVED ONES ON THE SPECTRUM AND SO I MADE IT MY DUTY TO NOT JUST BE A VOICE, BUT TO BE A PRESENCE AND A FORCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SO, AS MISS SOUTHLAKE, I'VE HAD THE HONOR TO SPEAK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, WITH OUR SCHOOLS, WITH NATIONAL RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON AUTISM, AND EVEN HAD THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WASHINGTON, DC IN MARCH TO SPEAK TO FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATORS ABOUT IMPORTANT BILLS THAT WOULD ADVANCE AUTISM RESEARCH, PROGRAMING AND FUNDING ACROSS OUR NATION AND SO I'M VERY HONORED TO PARTNER WITH AUTISM SPEAKS AND TO HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION TO DECLARE WORLD AUTISM DAY IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE ON APRIL 2ND OF EVERY YEAR.

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THANK YOU. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY IN THIS WORK AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PERSONAL STORY THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO HEAR THAT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROCLAMATION THEN.

IF IT'S OKAY, WE'D LIKE TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU AND THEN WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AS YOU COMPETE FOR MISS AMERICA.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, SO HERE'S A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS WORLD AUTISM DAY AWARENESS DAY WAS CELEBRATED ON THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL 2024 AND WHEREAS AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AFFECTS MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WORLDWIDE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND WHEREAS THIS AWARENESS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS, INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM POSSESS UNIQUE TALENTS, ABILITIES, AND PERSPECTIVES THAT ENRICH OUR SOCIETY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS EARLY INTERVENTION ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE SUPPORT SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE ESSENTIAL IN MAXIMIZING THE POTENTIAL OF INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO FOSTER A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT EMBRACES NEURODIVERSITY AND PROMOTES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOUTHLAKE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2ND, 2024 AS WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY.

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE YOU.

OKAY, COUNCIL PICTURE TIME.

OKAY, ONCE AGAIN, BEST OF LUCK AS YOU REPRESENT SOUTHLAKE IN MISS AMERICA.

IT'S VERY COOL. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4.

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

NO I'M JUST KIDDING. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE CONSENT AGENDA REALLY QUICKLY.

SO COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE CONSENT AND THEN SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN PUT ON IT.

SO TONIGHT OUR CONSENT IS ITEM 4-A.

APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 2ND, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ITEM 4B APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TSK TO PROVIDE A CONCEPT PLAN FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE SOUTHLAKE TOWN HALL PLAZA RENOVATION PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $194,800.

ITEM 4C APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CITY BASE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $58,500 FOR FINANCIAL DATA CONSULTING SERVICES.

ITEM 4D EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF P&Z COMMISSIONERS JEAN O'FALLON AND LAURA GUNTER FROM THE APRIL 4TH, 2024 REGULAR P&Z MEETING AND ITEM 4E EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER GINA PHELAN FROM THE APRIL 18TH, 2024 REGULAR P&Z MEETING.

COUNCIL, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO PUT ON CONSENT? ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN PUT ON CONSENT? WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WOULD NOTE FOR THE RECORD, WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS 6A AND 6B, THE APPLICANT FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS REQUESTED TO TABLE THOSE ITEMS TO OUR MAY 7TH, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY NOTICED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, WE CANNOT MOVE THOSE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'LL TAKE THOSE UP IN DUE COURSE, AND I PLAN ON MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO TABLE TO MAY 7TH, 2024.

YEAH, AND THAT'S LEGALLY BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY NOTICED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THE APPLICANT'S ALREADY REQUESTED A TABLE.

WHEN AN APPLICANT DOES THAT WE TABLE IT AND WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT AT THAT POINT IN THE AGENDA RATHER THAN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT AND THEN MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'VE GOT TWO.

YES, MA'AM. THE FIRST ONE IS 9A BEFORE I READ IT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE NOTE THAT THIS IS A CHANGE ORDER.

THIS IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.

SO 9A I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS TO APPROVE ON CONSENT.

IT'S THE APPROVING THE CONTRACT.

CHANGE ORDERS WITH GEO SURFACES FOR WORK REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE SYNTHETIC TURF BALL FIELD FENCING AND AMENITIES PROJECT AT BICENTENNIAL PARK AND BOB JONES PARK FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $12,015,000, AND THEN 9B TO APPROVE AN ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BAIRD, HAMPTON AND

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YES, ITEM 9A AND 9B, ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY. WE WILL PUT THOSE ON CONSENT.

AND WE WILL TAKE THOSE UP AFTER OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO WORK SESSION AGENDA NUMBER FIVE RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING THAT'S ME.

[5. Recognition for outgoing Mayor John Huffman. Reception to follow in the lobby.]

I HAVE NO NOTES ON THIS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE COOKED UP, BUT EVERYONE JUST BUCKLE UP, OKAY? NO NOTES. I'M SHOCKED.

WELL, I HAVE A FEW NOTES.

OKAY, I'VE GOT A FEW NOTES. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'LL STEP IN AND AND LEAD US ON RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN.

THIS IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMITTED A PORTION OF THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO EACH TAKE OUR TURN READING OUR PORTION OF THAT PROCLAMATION AND THEN I KNOW WE EACH HAVE SOME PERSONAL, MAYBE FUNNY STORIES COMMENTS TO SHARE.

WE'LL DO THAT AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN OUR CITY MANAGER, ALISON ORTOWSKI, WILL DO A PRESENTATION AND SOME COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY STAFF.

SO WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THAT IN THAT ORDER AND THEN WE HAVE SOME GIFTS WHICH I THOUGHT WERE FOR ME, BUT APPARENTLY THEY'RE FOR MAYOR HUFFMAN.

BUT YOU'LL GET YOURS SOON.

SO FIRST WE'LL START WITH THE PROCLAMATION FOR MAYOR HUFFMAN.

AFTER HAVING DILIGENTLY SERVED THE SOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY FOR THREE YEARS AS MAYOR, THE HONORABLE JOHN HUFFMAN HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, EMBODYING DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND A COMMITMENT TO PROGRESS.

AND WHEREAS, PRIOR TO ASSUMING THE ESTEEMED POSITION OF MAYOR, JOHN DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO SOUTHLAKE THROUGH EXTENSIVE VOLUNTEER WORK ON THE CITY COUNCIL FROM 2015 TO 2021 AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND PRIOR TO THAT HAVING SERVED ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND WHEREAS, JOHN PROMOTED THE FORMATION OF THE TARGET INDUSTRY RECRUITMENT TASK FORCE WITH A MISSION TO FACILITATE AND ASSIST IN THE RECRUITMENT AND ATTRACTION OF TARGET INDUSTRY PROSPECTS TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, DEMONSTRATING THE CITY'S VALUE, PREMIER LOCATION, SKILLED WORKFORCE AND TALENT, WORLD CLASS BUSINESSES, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND THOUGHTFULLY PLANNED COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS JOHN HAS CONTINUED WITH PRUDENT FISCAL POLICIES, PRIORITIZING TAX RELIEF FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, LEADING TO CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF LOWERED PROPERTY TAX RATES AND A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION OF CITY DEBT, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTING IN VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY ASSETS SUCH AS PARKS AND SPORTS FIELDS AND WHEREAS JOHN HAS SET A PRECEDENT FOR TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE GOVERNANCE, ENGAGING RESIDENTS IN A MEANINGFUL DIALOG AND ENSURING THAT THE VOICES OF ALL CITIZENS WERE HEARD AND VALUED, THEREBY FOSTERING A STRONGER SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.

WHEREAS I KATHY TALLEY COUNCILWOMAN PLACE ONE FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE DO HEREBY EXPRESS THAT IT HAS TRULY BEEN A DISTINCT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH JOHN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, NOT ONLY ON COUNCIL, BUT IN SERVICE TO SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT HIS SERVICE TO SOUTHLAKE, HERE IS WHAT IMMEDIATELY COMES TO MIND.

LEADERSHIP. MENTORSHIP.

FRIENDSHIP. STANDING FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.

STRONG BELIEF IN OUR CITY AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

CHAMPION OF OUR CHAMBER AND OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

CREATING INITIATIVES THAT FOCUS ON BRINGING BUSINESSES TO SOUTHLAKE.

A SUPPORTER OF PROGRAMS THAT HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE AND SO MUCH MORE.

SOUTHLAKE IS SO MUCH BETTER AND STRONGER BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP AND THE WONDERFUL LEGACY HE'S LEAVING BEHIND, I WAS GOING TO TRY AND MAKE IT.

HE WILL TRULY BE MISSED, BUT I KNOW, JOHN, YOUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT.

WHEREAS I, RANDY ROBBINS COUNCILMAN PLACED TWO FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE DO HEREBY EXPRESS IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN THESE PAST THREE YEARS.

WE ENDURED ARGUABLY THE MOST RIGOROUS CAMPAIGN SEASON IN SOUTHLAKE HISTORY AND EMERGE VICTORIOUS, YET HUMBLED TO BE CALLED TO SERVE.

YOU'VE CARRIED YOURSELF WITH CLASS THROUGH MANY CHALLENGES AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS, EVEN IF WE DISAGREED.

YOU'VE BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN ALL THINGS SOUTHLAKE DURING YOUR TERM AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITIZENS IS EXTREMELY ADMIRABLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP IN AND SERVE.

MAY GOD BLESS YOUR PATH AHEAD, AND MAY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ALWAYS FIND JOY.

THANK YOU AND WHEREAS I SEAN MACASKILL COUNCILMAN PLACE 3 FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE DO HEREBY EXPRESS THAT IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING AND A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE SERVED ON SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN SINCE 2015.

JOHN LEADS BY EXAMPLE WHILE ALLOWING ALL OF US ON CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE OUR VOICE, PURSUE OUR POLICIES AND INTERESTS, AND HE LEADS THE TEAM FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF SOUTHLAKE AND ALL OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS, WHETHER IT IS AN EARLY MORNING COFFEE OR AN EVENING EVENT OR MEETINGS IN BETWEEN.

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SOUTHLAKE IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF JOHN'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE, INCLUDING THE PAST NINE YEARS ON CITY COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER RONELL SMITH COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE HIS PART AND IT'S AN INSIDE JOKE, BUT I HAVE TO FUMBLE AROUND WITH THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THAT'S HIS THING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. WE LOVE YOU, RONELL.

SORRY, RONELL.

WHEREAS I'VE RONELL SMITH.

COUNCILMAN PLACE 4 FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE DO HEREBY EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR MORE THAN DECADE OF CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, LEADING BY FAITH AND WITH INTEGRITY AND A PROFOUND COMMITMENT TO FAMILY VALUES.

MY LASTING IMAGE OF YOU WILL BE OF HOW YOU PROVE ME WRONG.

SAYING AS YOU DID IN 2016 AT THE TREE LIGHTING, ONE DAY YOU'LL BE UP HERE WITH US.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE CRAZY FOR EVEN THINKING IT.

THOSE RONELL WORDS, NOT MINE.

YOU AND YOUR LOVELY FAMILY HAVE BEEN FOREVER.

HAVE BEEN AND FOREVER WILL BE AN INDELIBLE PART OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.

AND FOR THAT, WE SHOULD ALL BE THANKFUL.

SOUTHLAKE IS FULL OF HUMBLE SERVANTS.

YOU WERE ALWAYS AT THE HEAD OF THE PACK IN THAT REGARD.

ASIDE FROM THE LITANY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT CAN BE LISTED IN YOUR FAVOR, THERE IS BUT ONE THAT I THAT ONLY I CAN SHARE.

YOUR SUPPORT FOR ME AS A NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT LEADER WHO HAS DONE FINE WORK FROM THE DAIS, AND YOU CONTINUE TO BE A FEARLESS DEFENDER FOR SOUTHLAKE.

YOU'RE AN EVEN BETTER MAN AND YOU WILL BE MISSED.

WHEREAS I AMY TORRES-LEPP COUNCILWOMAN PLACE 5, FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, DO HEREBY EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN'S DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH JOHN OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS, AND I HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT SERVANT LEADERSHIP FROM HAVING SERVED WITH HIM, HIS PASSION FOR LEADING, WHILE ALLOWING EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE THEIR VOICE TO BEST SERVE OUR RESIDENTS, HAS BEEN COMMENDABLE.

AS A LEADER AND SERVANT OF THE CITY, I WILL MISS SERVING ALONGSIDE JOHN AS WE ALL WILL AND WHEREAS I, RANDY WILLIAMSON COUNCILMAN PLACE 6 FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TO HEREBY EXPRESS THAT MAYOR HUFFMAN IS A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT WHOM I HAVE SERVED ALONGSIDE FOR CLOSE TO A DECADE.

HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES WHO CALL SOUTHLAKE HOME, HIGHLY ENERGETIC AND ALWAYS BRINGING FORWARD NEW AND CREATIVE IDEAS TO ENGAGE WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON MAYOR HUFFMAN TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM.

WE WILL MISS THE INCREDIBLE COMMITMENT THAT MAYOR HUFFMAN BRINGS TO THE COUNCIL, BUT KNOW AN EXCITING FUTURE AWAITS HE AND HIS FAMILY.

NOW. THEREFORE, I, SEAN MCCASKILL, AS MAYOR PRO TEM AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, HEREBY MAKE THIS PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS THREE YEARS OF ESTEEMED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MAN.

THANK YOU GUYS. THAT WAS REALLY VERY TOUCHING.

NOW WE GET TO THE FUN PART WHERE WE GET TO DO SOME MORE PERSONAL STORIES.

FUNNY STORIES. DID I AUTHORIZE ANY OF THESE STORIES, OR ARE THESE, LIKE, SANITIZED OR? NO, NO. OH, GOSH.

BUT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KATHY TALLEY.

SO I'M GOING TO TELL THREE STORIES.

DON'T WORRY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT.

NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT I THINK THEY REALLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT AND WE ALL TALKED ABOUT FOR JOHN THE QUALITIES THAT HE EXUDES.

AND SO THE FIRST STORY IS LIKELY ONE MOST OF NOBODY UP HERE PROBABLY KNOWS EXCEPT JOHN AND I AND IT WAS WHEN I HAD DECIDED TO RUN FOR OFFICE, WHAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO NOW AND SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED THERE WAS CHATTER GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, LOTS OF POLITICAL CHATTER.

AND I WAS NEW TO ALL OF THIS, AND I WAS VERY UPSET AND VERY CONCERNED.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS WHEN I TELL IT AND I CALLED JOHN, WHO I BARELY KNEW HE WAS AT THAT TIME A COUNCILMAN, AND HE HAD BEEN VERY KIND AND OFFERED HELP AND SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, AS I ENTERED THIS REALM OF POLITICS AND RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND I ACTUALLY REMEMBER EXPRESSING TO HIM ON THE PHONE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO DO THIS AND HE SAID, WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW? AND I TOLD HIM I WAS DRIVING AND HE SAID, MEET ME AT X COFFEE SHOP, AND I'LL BE THERE IN FIVE MINUTES AND HE WAS AND HE WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL AND MINDFUL IN HIS WISDOM AND ADVICE AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF ME ENTERING INTO THIS POLITICAL REALM AND BEING ON COUNCIL AND THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING, BUT YOU DROPPED WHAT YOU WERE DOING.

THE NEXT STORY IS I DIDN'T PUT THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF A PERSONAL THING, BUT TWO YEARS AGO, IT'LL BE TWO YEARS AGO, CHRISTMAS

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HE KNOWS THE STORY.

MY FAMILY AND I WERE PREPARING TO HAVE 25 FAMILY MEMBERS OVER FOR CHRISTMAS EVE.

I ALWAYS HOST DINNER AND IF YOU REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO, THE WEEK LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS, WE HAD A BRIEF FREEZE AND I THINK WE GOT DOWN TO CLOSE TO ZERO.

I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT. ANYWAY, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF COOKING.

IT'S THE AFTERNOON AND SOME ALARM GOES OFF IN MY HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

FAST FORWARD.

I GO DOWN THE HALL TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING, AND I SEE WATER IN THE HALL ON THE FLOOR AND THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE GONE THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT'S TERRIBLE AND AS WE AS I WALKED INTO OUR BEDROOM, WATER WAS POURING OUT OF THE CEILING.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

I THOUGHT A HOT WATER HEATER HAD BROKEN.

I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT FIRE SPRINKLERS.

SO I CALLED JOHN AND HE SAID, OKAY, I CAN'T GET THERE RIGHT NOW.

I CAN BE THERE IN AN HOUR.

IS THAT OKAY? AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, YEAH, IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE.

YES, THANK YOU AND SURE ENOUGH, NOT ONLY DID HE COME, BUT HE CAME WITH HIS FATHER.

YOU KNOW, HE HAD FAMILY IN TOWN, OF COURSE, FOR CHRISTMAS AND HE HELPED MR. TALLEY AND MY SON, THEY ALL, YOU KNOW, WE FIGURED OUT IT WAS THE FIRE SPRINKLERS AND SO FORTH.

SO YOU KNOW, LOTS OF HELP THERE.

NOW, I KNOW LOTS OF PREPAREDNESS NOW, BUT IT WAS I ALREADY THOUGHT HOW AMAZING IT WAS THAT YOU DROPPED WHAT YOU WERE DOING.

YOU CAME OVER WITH YOUR FATHER, AND YOU HELPED US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

WE'D NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT.

I WAS TELLING THIS STORY TO SOMEONE.

I WANT TO SAY JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SHE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW WHY HE COULDN'T GET THERE RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT? AND I SAID, NO, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WELL, WE ALSO HAD A HOUSE FIRE IN SOUTHLAKE THAT DAY, AND SHE SAID THE REASON HE COULDN'T GET THERE QUICKER IS BECAUSE HE AND ELIZABETH AND THEIR CHILDREN AND SOME OTHER FRIENDS HAD STEPPED IN TO HELP THIS FAMILY WHO HAD BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE I THINK IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THEY HAD JUST LOST THEIR ENTIRE HOME TO FIRE AND THEY HAD OF COURSE, THIS IS WHO THEY ARE.

THEY STEP UP AND HELP.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND I JUST I WAS LIKE, WOW AND THAT'S THE MAN.

THIS IS THAT'S THE PERSON. THIS IS THE HUSBAND.

THE FATHER AND YOU'RE JUST AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT AND I KNOW YOU'VE DONE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW ALL THE STORIES, BUT I KNOW YOU'VE DONE THAT A HUNDRED TIMES OVER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN I'M GOING TO LEAVE WITH THIS STORY.

WE WERE AT THE ECLIPSE, AND IT HAPPENED.

AND I HAPPENED TO BE STANDING NEAR JOHN WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND HE WAS JUST RUNNING AROUND LIKE A SCHOOLBOY.

HE WAS SO EXCITED.

IT WAS AWESOME. IT WAS AWESOME AND I JUST THAT JUST MADE ME HAPPY TO SEE HIM THAT HAPPY AND SO ANYWAY.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, YOU JUST LEAVE SUCH A LEGACY OF CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND BEING THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATHY.

I HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT. YEAH.

GOOD LUCK. JOHN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER A WHILE.

WE'VE HAD KIDS PLAY BASEBALL TOGETHER.

MY WIFE AND KIDS HAVE TRAVELED WITH YOUR WIFE AND KIDS TO PLAY BASEBALL AND DO LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND I'LL NEVER FORGET STANDING ON YOUR BACK PORCH WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS LITTLE JOURNEY HERE AND HE WAS LIKE, HEY, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT CITY COUNCIL? I WAS LIKE, I THINK THAT SOUNDS CRAZY.

THERE'S NO WAY, NO WAY I'M GOING TO RUN FOR THAT.

HE SAID, DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY ABOUT 15, 20 MEETINGS, TOPS.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL START IN MARCH, 72 MEETINGS LATER, SIX MONTHS LATER, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

YOU KNOW HERE WE ARE.

SO IT'S BEEN ON.

IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.

I THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT. YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SEE YOU LEAVE.

I KNOW WHATEVER'S NEXT FOR YOU WILL BE GREAT.

I KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL BE BLESSED.

IT'LL PROBABLY BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO STEP AWAY FOR AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND JUST KIND OF FOCUS ON BASEBALL AND KIDS AND FAMILY AND EVERYTHING.

I DON'T HAVE 3 OR 4 STORIES.

I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE WITH THAT ONE.

I THINK THAT YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT MAYOR.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

WE'VE WATCHED THE CITY KIND OF FLOURISH IN A TIME WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON NATIONALLY THAT COULD BE A REAL ISSUE FOR A TOWN LIKE OURS AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE LED WITH GRACE, YOU'VE LED WITH WISDOM, AND I THINK YOU'VE SOUGHT OUT THOSE THAT ARE WISER THAN US.

YOU KNOW, AT TIMES THAT WE NEED THAT AND I THINK THAT'S COMMENDABLE.

I THINK YOUR ENGAGEMENT, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE CITIZENS, HAS BEEN AMAZING.

I THINK THERE'S VERY FEW THAT COULD STEP IN AND DO THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE DEGREE YOU HAVE AND I THINK THAT GOD HAS GREAT PLANS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, AND I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. THANKS, RENEE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WHEN I STARTED WRITING NOTES ABOUT YOU, JOHN WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT KATHY SAID, AND THAT IS THAT YOU ALWAYS TAKE MY CALL AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE CALLING YOU

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AND YOU DO AND YOU ARE THE GUY THAT WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS YOU, YOU'RE THERE.

IT IS. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

DURING HIS LAST ELECTION FOR CONGRESS, AS YOU KNOW, HE, MY 22 YEAR OLD SON, CALLED HIM TO HELP HIM WRITE A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR LAW SCHOOL.

JOHN'S LIKE, NO PROBLEM AND I'M COUNSELING MY SON LIKE HE'S VERY BUSY RIGHT NOW.

LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO GIVE HIM LEEWAY.

DON'T DROP IT ON HIM.

AND HE NEEDS IT TOMORROW, RIGHT.

LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO GIVE THEM LIKE SIX WEEKS OR SOMETHING AND JOHN WAS LIKE, NO PROBLEM.

JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED.

SIMILAR STORY.

I, WE HAD A CELEBRATION FOR MY NEW GRANDBABY AND JOHN ON A WEEKEND DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY BETWEEN MEET AND GREETS, MADE IT TO MY HOUSE TO COME CELEBRATE WITH MY FAMILY FOR MY GRANDBABY.

HE IS THE EPITOME OF SOMEBODY WHO IS THERE AND SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE THAT CHAMPION AROUND HIM AND LOOKING BACK AT THESE PICTURES, THE LEGACY THAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOUR KIDS, THAT SWEET LITTLE PICTURE OF YOU AND ELIZABETH AND THE KIDS IN THE EARLY DAYS, IT JUST SHOWS HOW A? IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR.

RIGHT? BUT B, YOU'RE, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.

YOU WERE A BABY, TO CELEBRATE YOUR 40TH BIRTHDAY HERE WITH US WAS PRETTY SPECIAL.

I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MISS.

I MEAN, I KNOW Y'ALL AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE, BUT, ELIZABETH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, BUT YOU YOU'RE AMAZING, AND YOU'RE THE CHAMPION. YOU TRULY ARE THE WOMAN HERE THAT HELPS HIM BE THE MAN HE IS AND FROM, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH IDEAS FOR COUNCIL, FOR TRUNK OR TREAT AND BETWEEN BASEBALL GAMES, SHE'S RUNNING HOME AND PAINTING A NINE FOOT POSTER OF A SCOREBOARD AND ORGANIZING THE RANGERS.

WE ALL WEAR GEAR TO CELEBRATE OUR RANGERS AND SHE IS JUST AS MUCH PLUGGED IN AS ARE THE KIDS AS WE KNOW AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MISS THIS WHOLE FAMILY UP HERE.

TRULY. THE LAST STORY I'M GOING TO.

WELL, I'VE ONE MORE THING.

I WE CAN'T STOP PLAYING WORDLE EVERY DAY.

I MEAN, COME ON, WE PLAY WORDLE EVERY DAY.

WE HAVE COMMENTARY AROUND IT.

THIS WAS ROUGH.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT WAS YOUR THIRD GUESS? WE GO BACK AND FORTH EVERY MORNING, SO PLEASE DON'T LET THAT STOP, BECAUSE THAT'S TRULY FUN AND THE LAST STORY I WANT TO TELL, IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE GUY THAT WILL STEP IN AND DO ANYTHING. I HAVE CALLED HIM FOR SPECIAL FAVORS TWICE, FOR SPECIAL BOURBON GIFTS FOR FRIENDS AND I'LL TELL HIM A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, ONE WAS MY SON.

I SAID, YOU KNOW, HE WANTS A SPECIAL BOTTLE.

JOHN SAID, I'VE GOT THE PERFECT BOTTLE AND HE SAID, AND I SAID, JUST TELL ME WHAT IT IS AND LIKE, I'LL GO BUY IT, RIGHT? HE'S LIKE, NO, I'M GOING TO GO TO MY STORE AND I'M GOING TO GET IT FOR YOU.

I'M LIKE, OKAY. HE'S LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET? AND I TELL HIM, YOU KNOW, WELL, IT'S FOR MY SON, SO JUST PICK SOMETHING GREAT.

SO WE MEET IN THE 7-ELEVEN PARKING LOT AT [INAUDIBLE] AND SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, AND HE THROUGH THE WINDOW HANDS ME A PAPER BAG. I AM LIKE, THIS LOOKS REALLY BAD, JOHN.

SO BAD. SO I'M, LIKE, LOOKING AROUND, IS THERE ANYBODY WATCHING US PASS OFF THIS BOURBON? BUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T JUST TELL ME WHAT TO GO BUY.

YOU RAN UP AND GOT IT.

AND THAT'S JUST WHO YOU ARE.

YOU ARE A GUY. YOU ARE A BOOTS ON THE GROUND LEADER.

YOU LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND YOU TRULY ARE A FRIEND AND WHEN MY DAD MAKES LEFTOVER LOBSTER RISOTTO BALLS OUT OF THE THANKSGIVING LOBSTER RISOTTO, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE INVITED OVER TO PARTAKE IN THOSE.

BUT WE'LL MISS YOU, JOHN.

THANK YOU. AMY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

I SEE THE LOOK YOU'RE GETTING. I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS.

OKAY. RANDY AND I WERE ON A LEASE TOGETHER.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY? ALL RIGHT, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND ANDREW TOO.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT HIM A LITTLE BIT ON THERE AS WELL.

SO I'M GLAD COUNCIL MEMBER TORRES-LEPP BROUGHT UP THE PICTURES BECAUSE I HAD WRITTEN DOWN.

ARE WE JUST GOING TO IGNORE THE AGE PROGRESSION THAT WE'RE SEEING GO ACROSS OUR SCREEN HERE? I CAN TELL YOU THAT I STARTED UP HERE OLD AND JUST CONTINUED TO GET OLD.

SO YOU CAN PUT ALL THE PICTURES YOU WANT UP HERE, AND THEY WON'T CHANGE PRETTY MUCH.

BUT YOU STARTED YOUNG.

I MEAN, YOU STARTED YOUNG.

LIKE WE NEED TO ASK THE VOTERS ABOUT THAT, I MEAN THAT WHAT IS THE AGE CUTOFF FOR THE CHARTER? I'M NOT SURE, BUT NO.

BUT, MAN, WE HAVE WALKED SOME ROADS TOGETHER UP HERE.

I HAD LISTED ICE STORMS, YOU KNOW, VISITING FIRE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO JUST TAKE WATER AND JUST TO GO IN AND SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR THE WORK THEY'RE DOING AT THE WORST TIMES POSSIBLE.

BUT PARTS OF THE PANDEMIC, PARTS OF JUST SOCIAL ISSUES, LIKE OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, WHERE IT WAS JUST DIFFICULT TIMES.

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SO I THINK COUPLE SEVERAL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OF BLACK DOOR RENOVATION AND WHAT THEY DO, BUT THEN JUST GOOD TIMES.

JUST YOU KNOW, BOURBON CAME UP JUST SIPPING BOURBON AND TALKING ABOUT SOLVING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, JUST GOOD MEMORIES, GOOD TIMES.

YOU DID MENTION THE LEASE SOME HUNTING TYPE STUFF.

WE HAVE DONE SOME FUN HUNTING TRIPS, FOR SURE.

BUT WHAT CAME TO MIND? I KNOW, I SEE THE LOOK.

WHAT CAME TO MIND TO ME WAS THE FACT THAT I WOULD SAY THAT YOU, ME, ANDREW AND MY TWO BOYS, BEN AND JAKE, COULD BE HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE DOVE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ON A NUMBER OF HUNTING TRIPS AND WE WOULD HAVE STARVED HAVE WE NOT HIT THE ATV BEFORE WE WENT? SO WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO EAT GRASSHOPPERS.

THE DOVE WERE VERY SAFE IN FRONT OF OUR GUNS.

EXACTLY. COUNCIL MEMBER TALLEY HUSBAND CONTINUES TO INVITE US BACK BECAUSE THE POPULATION IS IN NO JEOPARDY WHEN WE HEAD OUT TO THE TALLEY RANCH, BUT WE HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH IT, SO WE HAVE A GOOD TIME AND THEN JUST GREAT TIMES EATING AND JUST ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY.

BUT WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT, WHAT A GREAT LEADER YOU'VE BEEN AND WHAT YOU'VE MEANT TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

AND I KNOW THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR YOU WHEREVER THAT GOES.

BUT AS I THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT MAYORS THAT YOU KNOW, I'VE SERVED WITH MAYOR TERRILL, MAYOR HILL, NOW YOU, SOON TO BE MAYOR MCCASKILL.

AND I THINK ABOUT HOW DO I THINK OF EACH OF THEM.

AND IT'S HARD I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE SO MANY GREAT THINGS, BUT THE THING I KIND OF JOTTED IT DOWN WAS JUST YOU HAVE ALWAYS HAD A MIND THAT'S WORKING AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THINGS THAT I CAN BRING TO THE CITY TO MAKE SOUTHLAKE A BETTER PLACE AND THAT'S HOW I WOULD LOOK AT YOUR TIME HERE, IS THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN ALL ABOUT IS MAKING A SOUTHLAKE A BETTER PLACE.

SO WE'LL MISS YOU.

BUT I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING FAR.

THANKS, RANDY. APPRECIATE YOU.

MAYOR HUFFMAN.

OH, MAN.

MAYOR ELECT MCCASKILL.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MY FIRST ELECTION OPPONENT BACK IN 2015 WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE ESTEEMED MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN.

WELL, EVEN THOUGH WE'D BEEN FRIENDS AND WE'D SERVED TOGETHER ON ZBA, WE OVERLAPPED, I THINK, A YEAR OR TWO.

WE MISTAKENLY FILED AGAINST EACH OTHER BACK IN 2015.

YOU KNOW, THAT FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE, WHICH ELIZABETH AND LAURA, YOU KNOW, REMINDED US OF.

LIKE, YOU GUYS DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW? AND THERE WAS ANOTHER SEAT OPEN ON CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE CHOSE TO FILE FOR THE SAME SEAT, YOU KNOW, NOT THINKING, BUT THANKFULLY FOR ME, WE WERE ONLY OPPONENTS FOR 24 HOURS.

I THINK AFTER A COUPLE OF CUPS OF COFFEE AT QUARTER BAKERY, WE CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO FILE FOR DIFFERENT PLACES ON CITY COUNCIL AND THE REST IS HISTORY. WE WERE BOTH ELECTED IN 2015, AND OVER THE PAST NINE YEARS, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND AND BEHIND THE SCENES THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT JOHN HAS PUT INTO HIS SERVICE ON COUNCIL AND AS MAYOR.

IT'S NOT ONLY THE VOLUME OF HOURS FOR MEETINGS, BUT IT'S REALLY HOW HE POURS HIMSELF INTO IT, HIS HEART AND HIS CARE AND COMPASSION THAT HE HAS FOR THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

YES. THERE'S BEEN MEETINGS WITH RESIDENTS, YOUNG AND OLD, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, RIBBON CUTTINGS, BUDGET MEETINGS, WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ON SCHOOL SAFETY, OUR YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS AND SPORTS FIELDS, AND REALLY HIS BEST WORK.

AND THERE'S A PICTURE IN THIS SLIDE SHOW HOW HE FIXED THE PARK VILLAGE WATER FOUNTAIN ALL BY HIMSELF.

OH, YOU WERE RIGHT THERE WITH ME, SIR.

LOOK AT THAT. THERE IT IS.

THERE'S A STORY BEHIND THAT, AND I THINK I'D PROBABLY INCRIMINATE MYSELF.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE THE PICTURE TO TELL THE STORY.

BUT THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

I THINK MAYOR HILL PUT US UP TO IT, BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT.

IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT AND PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ALL OF US TO VOLUNTEER AND PUT IN THESE HOURS THAT WE DO IF WE REALLY DIDN'T ENJOY SERVING WITH EACH OTHER AND OUR FELLOW CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND FROM THAT DAY ONE, BACK IN 2015 THROUGH TONIGHT, I HAVE TRULY BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE SERVED WITH MY FRIEND JOHN HUFFMAN, AND I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

JOHN IS A MAN OF PRINCIPLE.

THERE ARE NO GAMES WITH HOW HE HANDLES HIS BUSINESS ON CITY COUNCIL, AND HOW HE DECIDES TO CAST HIS VOTES ON APPLICATIONS AND OTHER ITEMS. IT'S ALWAYS ALL ABOUT SOUTHLAKE.

OVER THESE PAST NINE YEARS OF SERVING TOGETHER, JOHN HAS ALWAYS LOOKED AT THE BIG PICTURE WHILE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE MINOR DETAILS AND I HAVE TWO STORIES.

THERE'S LOTS, BUT JUST TWO THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE.

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SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING A LITTLE ROUGH.

BUT THANKFULLY WITH FACEBOOK LIVE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD FILTERS BACK THEN THAT MADE IT LOOK PRESENTABLE, BUT IT WAS SOME OF OUR BEST WORK, I THINK, BECAUSE THAT WAS A TOUGH TIME AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS APPRECIATED JUST HEARING FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT BY THAT POINT THE WATER WAS FLOWING BACK INTO SOUTHLAKE AND THE WORST WAS OVER AND THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA AND I'M GLAD WE DID IT.

ANOTHER GREAT IDEA.

THIS GOES BACK A YEAR BEFORE THAT, IN EARLY 2020, RIGHT BEFORE COVID HAPPENED, AND WE HAD A VERY CONTENTIOUS VOTE COMING UP ON APARTMENTS IN TOWN SQUARE.

AND WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS, A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND SO WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA JUST ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE FLY TO DO A FACEBOOK LIVE, I THINK, FROM MY KITCHEN TABLE.

JUST TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS.

HERE'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH ITS PROCESS.

WE CAN'T REALLY SAY HOW IT'S GOING TO END UP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ANY APPLICANT CAN ASK FOR ANYTHING AND TO GO BACK TO BOURBON, WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AT LEAST FOUR OR 5 OR 6 TIMES.

THERE WAS BOURBON INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PROFESSIONALS AS FAR AS VIDEOGRAPHY, BUT THE BOURBON BOTTLE AND GLASSES WERE PROMINENTLY FEATURED IN THE FACEBOOK LIVE BROADCAST. SO IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S WHO WE ARE, BUT I'M GLAD WE DID THAT ONE.

THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA AS WELL.

I'LL JUST WRAP UP BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES IS FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.

I KNOW MOST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE SEEN IT, AND WE'RE A FOOTBALL TOWN.

BUT THE COACH'S SPEECH AT HALFTIME OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GAME REALLY IT HITS ME EVERY TIME HE TALKS ABOUT BEING PERFECT AND THE COACH SAYS PERFECT IS NOT ABOUT A SCOREBOARD. IT'S NOT ABOUT WINNING OR LOSING.

IT'S ABOUT LOOKING IN THE EYES OF YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR TEAMMATES, AND KNOWING THAT YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD TO HELP THEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT JOHN HUFFMAN HAS DONE FOR NINE YEARS WITH WITH SOUTHLAKE.

SOUTHLAKE IS A BETTER PLACE AND A BETTER COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD DO TO HELP SOUTHLAKE GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANKS BRO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ALISON ORTOWSKI, OUR CITY MANAGER.

MISS ORTOWSKI. GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, I'M I'M SO HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US AND IT IS A BIG THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THE STATS THAT WE PULLED TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF MEETINGS OVER THE ALMOST DECADE OR OVER A DECADE OF SERVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN COUNTLESS HOURS AND THE ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT IS THE MAN IN THE ARENA QUOTE.

AND I'VE ALWAYS PERSONALLY FOUND THAT VERY INSPIRING.

BUT I ALSO THINK IN THIS MOMENT, IT EXEMPLIFIES THE TYPE OF COURAGE THAT IT TAKES TO STEP INTO THIS ARENA OF SERVICE IN THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE A TRADITION HERE.

WHENEVER WE SAY FAREWELL TO SOMEONE, AS WE ASK THE TEAM TO SUBMIT THREE WORDS THAT THEY WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE WHOMEVER IT IS THAT WE ARE SAYING FAREWELL TO AND SO THE TEAM HAS DONE THAT TONIGHT.

AND THE WORDS COME IN.

I DON'T THINK YOU'LL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT ENERGETIC WAS THE MOST, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED.

I THINK TO A PERSON, EVERYONE, OR AT LEAST MOST EVERYONE SAID ENERGETIC IMAGINATIVE, INNOVATIVE, CONFIDENT HONEST, FAITHFUL INVENTIVE.

SO PAINTING A PICTURE OF SOMEONE WHO REALLY MOTORED UP MOTIVATED US TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THINGS, TO APPROACH THINGS FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE, PERHAPS ASK QUESTIONS IN A WAY THAT WE HADN'T BEFORE.

SOMEONE WHO WAS DEDICATED TO NOT ONLY THE SERVICE THAT EVERYONE HAS DESCRIBED TONIGHT, BUT ALSO WORDS THAT DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO HONORS HIS FAMILY. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR STEPPING INTO THAT ARENA AND BRINGING YOUR VISION AND ENERGY TO THE CITY AND OF COURSE, THAT GRATITUDE EXTENDS TO YOUR FAMILY, TO ELIZABETH AND EVERYONE HERE.

WE KNOW THAT IT TRULY TAKES A TEAM TO DISPLAY AND TO BE DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE ARENA IN THIS WAY AND SO TONIGHT, STAFF EXTENDS OUR THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL.

BEFORE YOU GO, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL TOKENS OF APPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE PUT ON THE TABLE DOWN HERE.

YOU'LL SEE FROM ACROSS THE CITY WE HAVE STREET SIGN JOHN HUFFMAN WAY THERE MIGHT PERHAPS.

THAT IS AWESOME. YOU KNOW, A CARD BOX, WHICH WE TYPICALLY DO AS A TRADITION, CARDS THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE TEAM AND ACROSS THE CITY THAT YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU WORDS OF THANKS FOR YOU AND YOUR SERVICE.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TRUNK WAS FILLED WITH SWAG FROM THE CITY BEFORE YOU LEFT.

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YEAH. CHIEF? YES? HE'S NOT SAYING ANYTHING. OKAY, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

SO, MAYOR AS YOU SAY FAREWELL TONIGHT, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAFF, WE THANK YOU AND WE SAY GOODBYE TONIGHT WITH WISHES FOR THE VERY BEST JOURNEY AHEAD.

AS YOU CONTINUE, WHAT WE ARE CERTAIN IS GOING TO BE A LIFE DEDICATED TO SERVICE IN THE ARENA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALISON AND SO NOW.

MAYOR HUFFMAN, WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU SPEAK.

SHE SAYS CAUTIOUSLY. ON THE PODIUM DOWN THERE, THERE'S A LITTLE THING WITH BUTTONS ON IT.

SO WHEN IT TURNS GREEN, YOU HAVE.

OKAY. IT'S ALL YOURS.

OH, I DON'T HAVE MUCH.

I MAY HAVE PREPARED. OKAY.

YEAH, I HAVE A SPEECH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT AND YOU GUYS ARE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE AND IF YOU LEFT, IT WOULD BE RUDE.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY EVERY WORD.

NO, THAT WAS SO INCREDIBLE.

I CAN'T POSSIBLY THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR ALL THOSE WORDS AND NOR COULD I TOP THAT? BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY TO YOU GUYS ON THE DAIS AND EVERYONE THE AUDIENCE.

THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.

SO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TONIGHT IS MY 217TH, BY MY COUNT, COUNCIL MEETING IN THE NINE YEARS SINCE MAY 15TH AND WHEN I GAVEL OUT OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, IT WILL BE FOR THE LAST TIME, NINE YEARS AND 217 MEETINGS.

IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER.

BUT AS IT GOES, IT WENT BY VERY QUICKLY, AND IT'S QUICKLY APPROACHING THE TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE THIS DAIS FOR THE LAST TIME.

BUT BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS THAT I'VE HAD OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO LEADING UP TO THIS MOMENT.

SO FIRST, LET ME SAY THAT FOR ELIZABETH AND ME, SERVING AS YOUR MAYOR AND FIRST LADY HAS BEEN THE ABSOLUTE HONOR OF OUR LIVES.

WHEN MAYOR LAURA HILL TOOK ME TO BREAKFAST AT CORNER BAKERY IN THE FALL OF 2014 AND ASKED ME TO CONSIDER RUNNING FOR HER PLACE ON CITY COUNCIL, WE EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY AND I HAD NO CLUE WHERE IT WAS GOING TO LEAD.

I TRULY DID NOT HAVE ANY INTENTION OF EVER RUNNING FOR OFFICE, CERTAINLY NOT RUNNING FOR MAYOR, BUT WE FELT CALLED TO IT AND WE STILL FEEL CALLED TO IT AND AS WE WALK AWAY, WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL. SO THANKFUL TO HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOUR FAMILIES AND AS WE LEAVE WITH FULL HEARTS AND AN IMMENSE SENSE OF GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE THIS SERVICE SO SPECIAL.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED HOW I FEEL AS I PREPARE TO GIVE UP THE GAVEL.

AND CERTAINLY IT'S BITTERSWEET.

MANY THINGS I WILL MISS, SOME I WILL NOT MISS.

I WILL NOT MISS BEING ABSENT FROM MY KIDS BALL GAMES FOR INSTANCE, IN 217 COUNCIL MEETINGS AND COUNTLESS OTHER CITY EVENTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

I'VE BEEN ABSENT FOR A LOT OF BALL GAMES, AND LET ME TELL YOU, YOU CAN HEAR WHEN I'M ABSENT.

THERE'S A NOTICEABLE QUIET IN THE STANDS WHEN I'M ABSENT.

IT WILL COME AS A SHOCK TO NONE OF YOU WHEN I SAY THAT I AM THE DAD THAT YELLS AT THE REFS UNTIL THEY GIVE ME THAT LOOK, THAT LOOK THAT SAYS ONE MORE WORD AND I'M KICKING YOU OUT. WHICH IS FINE.

IT'S GOOD TO ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES, MANAGE EXPECTATIONS.

NOW I UNDERSTAND HIM.

HE UNDERSTANDS ME. WE'RE GOOD.

BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT TO DATE, THIS HAS BEEN THE BUTTONED UP, ELECTED OFFICIAL VERSION OF ME AND SO IF YOU'RE A BASKETBALL REF IN NORTH TEXAS AFTER MAY 7TH, JUST GET READY, ALL RIGHT? I'M COMING OUT.

I WILL NOT MISS SKIPPING DINNERS WITH MY WIFE ON TUESDAYS.

ALTHOUGH SHE MIGHT MISS TAKEOUT TUESDAYS.

I HEAR THEY'RE VERY FUN.

I HOPE I'M INVITED TO SOME.

I WILL NOT MISS GETTING YELLED ON THE HELLSCAPE THAT IS FACEBOOK.

I'LL BE HONEST. I WON'T MISS SOME OF THE UGLINESS THAT'S INFECTED OUR MODERN POLITICS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS SERVICE COMES AT A COST.

BUT HERE'S THE THING. THE LIST OF THINGS THAT I WILL MISS IS MUCH LONGER.

I'LL MISS THE RIBBON CUTTINGS, THE DONUTS WITH DADS.

I'LL MISS THE WORKSHOPS.

I'LL MISS THE RETREATS AND OH, BY THE WAY, I SHOULD NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT REALLY RETREATS.

YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THIS.

SO WHEN YOU GUYS SEE THIS COUNCIL IS GOING ON SUMMER RETREAT.

WE'RE AT THE MARK, NOT AT CABO.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR, BECAUSE THAT HAS COME UP BEFORE.

BUT I'LL MISS THEM. I'LL MISS DREAMING ABOUT AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS AMAZING CITY.

I'LL MISS WORKING WITH THESE FOLKS TO TAKE A NUGGET OF AN IDEA FOR SOUTHLAKE AND TRANSFORM IT INTO REALITY.

I'LL MISS BRAGGING ON STAFF AS THEY WIN AWARD AFTER AWARD, ALTHOUGH I'M CERTAIN TO DO THAT FROM AFAR.

I'LL MISS WORKING WITH ALL OF COUNCIL AND STAFF TO KEEP IMPROVING THE EXCELLENT SERVICES THAT WE DELIVER, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CUTTING PEOPLE'S TAXES AND SECURING SOUTHLAKE FINANCIAL FUTURE.

I'LL MISS GETTING CALLS FROM SOUTHLAKE FRIENDS WHO ARE IN NEED OF HELP AND BEING ABLE TO HELP THEM QUICKLY.

NOW I'LL JUST SEND THEM SEAN'S NUMBER OR ANY OF THE NUMBERS OF COUNCIL ON SOUTH IN SOUTHLAKE, BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL TAKE EXCELLENT CARE EVERY TIME, JUST LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO.

YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAY I'LL MISS THE MEDIA ATTACKS.

I KNOW SOUNDS A LITTLE TWISTED, BUT EVERY TIME SOMEONE WRITES SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT OUR AMAZING CITY OR OUR COMMUNITY, IT FEELS, I DON'T KNOW.

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THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SATISFACTION TO IT AND COUNCIL AND STAFF.

WHAT I'LL MISS MOST IS ALL OF YOU, YOU HAVE MADE THIS WORK SO ENJOYABLE.

THE CAMARADERIE, THE TEAMWORK, THE INSIDE JOKES, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE'VE BUILT THAT I KNOW WILL LAST A LIFETIME.

THAT IS WHAT I WILL MISS THE MOST.

THAT IS WHAT MY FAMILY WILL MISS THE MOST AS WELL.

YOU'VE MADE ALL THIS VERY WORTH IT.

SO A COUPLE NOTES ABOUT THE HISTORY HERE.

MY NINE YEARS ON COUNCIL AND AS MAYOR, I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO WORK ON SOME REALLY COOL PROJECTS.

SOME WE'VE SEEN GO FROM GROUNDBREAKING TO RIBBON CUTTING.

WE I WILL TELL YOU A COUPLE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST THANKFUL TO HAVE WORKED ON.

CHAMPIONS CLUB IN THE MARK.

VERY COOL. THAT WAS DIRT WHEN WE ALL STARTED, AND IT'S SO FUN TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE ENJOY THOSE THINGS EVERY DAY.

THE WESTEND AND SOUTHLAKE, THAT WAS DIRT AS WELL.

WE BROKE GROUND, WE CUT THE RIBBON AND NOW IT'S BECOME THE EVENT HUB OF THE ENTIRE CITY.

SO MANY BUSINESSES HAVE OPENED OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO IMAGINE A SOUTHLAKE WITHOUT THEM.

YOU KNOW, THE WEST END AND METHODIST SOUTHLAKE AND FAIR TECHSMARTT AND STELLA AND EVO AND SPRUCE AND SO MANY INCREDIBLE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COME AND WITH OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE PUTTING DOWN ROOTS IN SOUTHLAKE.

AND I LOVE TO SEE THEM FLOURISH AND AS MAYOR OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE HAD SOME INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

CAROLINE PARK BROKE GROUND.

I SEE FORMER MAYOR TERRELL IN THE AUDIENCE.

WHAT A JOURNEY THAT'S BEEN AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT INCREDIBLE PROJECT.

THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

WE WELCOMED FURY THE DRAGON IN DISTRICT 114.

ALSO AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT.

THE TURF PROJECT IS FULLY UNDERWAY.

A MUCH NEEDED UPGRADE TO OUR SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL AND SOCCER FIELDS.

WE'VE CUT TAXES FIVE TIMES BELOW THE EFFECTIVE RATE.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF THAT. AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE THAT LEGACY OF PUTTING YOUR INTERESTS, THE INTERESTS OF THE TAXPAYER, FIRST.

WE INCREASED OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR FRIENDS AT CISD, AND THE KIDS IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE BY FUNDING FOUR MORE FTES FOR OUR AWARD WINNING SRO PROGRAM AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE PARK VILLAGE FOUNTAIN HAS WATER AND IT WORKS MOST OF THE TIME. WHAT A WIN, YOU KNOW, AND SOME THINGS I WON'T GET TO SEE.

COMPLETED THE WHITE CHAPEL BRIDGE.

REPAIR GRAND OPENINGS AT CARILLON PARK.

THE TOWN SQUARE PLAZA UPGRADES CAPITAL GRILLE.

I WAS SO CLOSE ON CAPITAL GRILLE, AND I KNOW FORMER MAYORS DON'T LIKE USUALLY GET INVITED TO THE SOFT OPENINGS, BUT I WILL BE A VERY RECENT FORMER MAYOR WITH A LOT OF LIKE, RESIDUAL MAYOR AURA.

STILL WITH ME.

I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, AT LEAST LIKE SAVE ME A FILLET OR SOMETHING.

SNEAK ONE OUT IN A DOGGY BAG, SEAN.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

TOGETHER ALL THESE THINGS.

HONESTLY, I'M SO PROUD OF THEM.

I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE.

I'M ALSO PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE ON THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

I MEAN, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN MAY OF 21, REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH AS A CITY, REMEMBER THE MEDIA ATTACKS AND HOW THEY WERE RAKING US THROUGH THE MUCK? THE NATIONAL ARTICLES AND THE PODCASTS AND THE NIGHTLY NEWS STORIES SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY HAD AN OPINION ON HOW RACIST AND BROKEN THIS CITY WAS AND WE SAID WHEN WE TOOK OFFICE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL THEM THAT WE AREN'T THESE THINGS.

THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THEM AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE WORKED WITH OUR SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY TO MAKE DIWALI FEST HERE IN SOUTHLAKE THE BIGGEST AND BEST IN NORTH TEXAS.

WE STARTED SOMA SOUTHLAKE, WHICH HAS NOW BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL HISPANIC HERITAGE EVENTS IN SOUTHLAKE.

WE'VE HAD THREE SUCCESSFUL SPRING FESTIVALS WHERE WE'VE GOT TO CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH OUR EAST ASIAN FRIENDS.

WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN SOUTHLAKE, INCLUDING WITH A CHRISTMAS CAROL SING ALONG ON THE STEPS OF TOWN HALL.

WE'VE HAD PARADES FOR SOUTHLAKE OLYMPIANS AND WATCH THEM REPRESENT THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR CITY ON THE WORLD STAGE.

WE'VE SHOT OFF FIREWORKS FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY.

WE RECOGNIZE RIGHT HERE IN THE FOYER, OVER A DOZEN YOUNG SOUTHLAKE SENIORS GRADUATING WHO ARE GOING TO ROTC AND MILITARY ACADEMIES, WHO ACTUALLY ARE THERE RIGHT NOW AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SENSE OF PATRIOTISM AND DUTY TO THIS COUNTRY.

WE HONORED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS, AND WE ERECTED A SPECIAL PIECE OF ART IN BICENTENNIAL SO THAT EVERYONE CAN COMMEMORATE THOSE EVENTS AND REMEMBER WHAT IT MEANT TO US AS A COUNTRY AND WHAT IT STILL MEANS.

WE'VE WATCHED A FULL SOLAR ECLIPSE FROM TOWN SQUARE, AND I WAS GIDDY LIKE A SCHOOL BOY.

I WAS SO EXCITED RUNNING AROUND TOWN SQUARE.

IT WAS SO DARK. IT WAS AMAZING, BUT IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL.

THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN IN SOUTHLAKE IN ALL OF OUR LIVES.

WE STOOD ON THE STEPS OF TOWN HALL AFTER ROE V WADE WAS OVERTURNED AND DECLARED JUNE OF 22 TO BE THE SANCTITY OF LIFE MONTH IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

WE'VE COME TOGETHER TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

TO CELEBRATE EACH OTHER, AND I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE FABRIC OF THIS CITY HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER AND THREE YEARS LATER, WE RACK UP WIN AFTER WIN AND WE SEE THAT ALL THAT CRITICISM, WHILE LOUD AND DISTRACTING, DIDN'T MAKE ONE SINGLE DENT IN OUR RESOLVE TO BUILD ONE OF THE GREATEST COMMUNITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.

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NO COMMUNITY EVER IS BECAUSE A COMMUNITY IS JUST A PLACE FULL OF IMPERFECT PEOPLE.

BUT WHAT WE'VE BUILT IS VERY GOOD.

IN MANY WAYS IT'S ASPIRATIONAL, AND I KNOW BECAUSE OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL WILL DO WHEN I'M GONE, THIS COMMUNITY WILL REMAIN ASPIRATIONAL FOR YEARS TO COME.

SO A FEW THANK YOUS.

OKAY, IT'S A LOT OF THANK YOUS.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY A DEEP THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS TO PUBLICLY THANK AND SUPPORT ELIZABETH AND ME TO MAKE A POINT OF TELLING US YOU'RE PRAYING FOR US, TO SEND US BIBLE VERSES TO STAND UP FOR US, TO ENCOURAGE US TO BE A POSITIVE VOICE.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NOT ALL COMMUNICATION WE GET IN THIS JOB IS POSITIVE.

IN FACT, AS SEAN WILL SOON LEARN, SOME DAYS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTER SEAT, IT CAN GET KIND OF LONELY.

BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE WHEN WE FELT THE LONELIEST ONE OF YOU, PROBABLY PROMPTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, WOULD REACH OUT, WOULD SAY A WORD, OR SHOOT US AN ENCOURAGING TEXT, AND IT WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED TO GET THE STRENGTH TO KEEP GOING FORWARD AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME FOR SEAN AND LAURA AND FOR EVERYONE UP HERE ON THE DAIS, ALL OF US TO A PERSON, WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS CITY A BETTER PLACE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES. AND WHEN THE CRITICISM REACHES A FEVER PITCH IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE ONLINE VITRIOL AND THE BACKSTABBING, WE KNOW THAT SO MANY OF YOU STAND BEHIND US AS WE DO ALL OF THIS WORK, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU, AND WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

PLEASE KEEP IT UP.

LET ME SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRISTINE KEMP HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, KK.

YES. PLEASE GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

EVERYBODY IN POLITICS NEEDS A KK.

I TELL YOU, CAMPAIGN MANAGER, FRIEND, CONFIDANTE, PARTY PLANNER, BODYGUARD, THERAPIST.

EVERYBODY IN POLITICS NEEDS A KK.

I'M TELLING YOU, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE LOVE THAT YOU'VE SHOWN MY FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY MY WIFE.

YOU ARE A ROCK, AND YOU MAKE THE BEST PIZZA IN THE ENTIRE WORLD WITH YOUR HUSBAND, GARY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.

TO MY COLLEAGUES AT MY COMPANY, BLACK DOOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING PATIENT WITH MY PUBLIC SERVICE.

THANKS FOR BEING IN THE FISHBOWL WITH ME AND HOLDING DOWN THE FORT AND ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE ENTIRELY THRILLED I'M BACK IN THE OFFICE AS MUCH AS I AM NOW.

THE REALITY IS, THEIR EFFORT IS A HUGE REASON WHY I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS.

TO THE FOLKS WHO REALLY RUN THE CITY.

ALISON, CITY MANAGER, AMY SHELLEY, CITY SECRETARY BEFORE ALISON SHANA YELVERTON [INAUDIBLE] CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF STAFF.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STAFF.

I HAVE BEEN SO HONORED TO HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT TO WATCH AS YOU DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK HERE.

THERE'S A REASON YOU WIN ALL THOSE AWARDS.

YOU'RE THAT GOOD AND YOU DON'T GET TOLD THAT ENOUGH.

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK YOU DO.

ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, I WANT TO THANK THE FORMER AND CURRENT OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM.

I SEE SO MANY OF YOU. I SEE FORMER MAYOR TERRELL, FORMER MAYOR OR SORRY, FORMER COUNCILMAN MARTIN SCHILLING, SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE ERIC LANNON SAW COUNTY COMMISSIONER GARY FISCUS. GARY, WHERE ARE YOU? AND COUNTY JUDGE ANDY EADS FROM? DENTON COUNTY, GUYS, I HOPE I DIDN'T FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF WANG AND SO MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.

WE REALLY AS ELECTEDS ON THIS DAIS, WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS.

AND IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY NOT JUST SOUTHLAKE, BUT ALL OF NORTH TEXAS, A BETTER PLACE.

IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE DAIS.

I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL THE SUPPORT, FOR THE KIND WORDS, FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE KATHY TALLEY YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OVER DECADES, LITERALLY DECADES IS AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US.

IF THERE WAS AN AWARD FOR VOLUNTEER IN CHIEF, YOU WOULD WIN IT FOREVER.

IN FACT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST GIVE THAT TO YOU NOW.

YOU GIVE AND GIVE AND GIVE AND YOU EXPECT NOTHING IN RETURN AND YOU ARE VERY GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR LISTENING EAR AND YOUR WISE COUNSEL OVER THESE YEARS.

TO RANDY, DOCTOR ROBBINS, WE DID START THIS JOURNEY THREE YEARS AGO, AND I DON'T THINK EITHER OF US KNEW ON MY BACK PORCH WHAT WHAT LAY IN STORE. BUT YOU AND ME AND AMY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE THREE OF THE FAB FIVE, AND WE WENT THROUGH A LOT, AND WE GREW AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS.

THAT'S A BOND THAT WILL NEVER BE DUPLICATED.

NOTHING. THERE'S NO ONE EVER BE A RACE LIKE THAT.

YOUR PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY IN THE REALM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IS GOING TO SERVE SOUTHLAKE SO WELL, ESPECIALLY OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS AS YOU GET INTO YOUR SECOND TERM AND MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, BUT RANDY ROBBINS HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THE FASTEST CAMPAIGN PROMISE FULFILLED OF ALL TIME.

SO THIS MAN RUNS AROUND DURING OUR RACE IN THE SPRING OF 21 TALKING ABOUT HOW HE REALLY NEEDS, WE REALLY NEED IN SOUTHLAKE TO GET A MOVIE THEATER BACK WHERE HARKINS

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WELL, HE'S SWORN IN MAY, AND IN JUNE WE ARE APPROVING, FULLY APPROVING THE BRAND NEW EVO COME INTO TOWN SQUARE AND WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, YOU WIN.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO TOP THAT.

WELL DONE, MAN OF THE PEOPLE.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND KEEP IT UP.

YOU'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.

I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

RONELL SMITH, HE'S NOT HERE.

HE'S OFF WORK AND WORKING HARD FOR HIS FAMILY AND I APPRECIATE HIM SO MUCH AND HIS SUPPORT.

WE WERE SO HAPPY THAT HE THAT HE DECIDED TO STEP UP.

HE WAS ON ZBA AT THE TIME AND WE ASKED HIM TO TO MAKE THAT SACRIFICE, MAKE THAT NEXT STEP AND STEP UP FOR THE CITY.

HE DID IT AND HE NEVER LOOKED BACK AND WE APPRECIATE HIS PASSION FOR THE FAMILIES OF SOUTHLAKE.

SO MUCH TO AMY.

YOU ARE INCREDIBLE.

I KNEW YOU WOULD BE INCREDIBLE COMING ON.

YOU'VE EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS.

YOU WALK A BALANCE THAT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, BEING A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AND A LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL.

IT'S HARD AND YOU DO IT SO WELL.

YOU DO IT WITH SO MUCH GRACE AND CLASS.

AND I REALLY THINK YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER NOT ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO GIVE BACK AND SUPPORT OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR IN OUR SITUATION, BUT IT GIVES YOU JUST A GREAT PERSPECTIVE ON HOW TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN YOUR ELECTED WORK.

AND LISTEN, EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS ARE WAY BETTER AT ME THAN MORTAL, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PLAYING EVERY MORNING.

OKAY? THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

YOU'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE AND YOU AND SCOTT, BOTH TO RANDY IS THE REAL RANDY.

OKAY? BUT WE'RE GOING. HE'S BEEN HERE LONGER.

RANDY. I'M SORRY. OKAY.

YOU'VE BEEN LIKE AN OLDER BROTHER TO ME.

MUCH OLDER BROTHER TO ME.

FOR ALMOST A.

SORRY. YOU SAID IT FIRST.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FOR A DECADE AND I REMEMBER FIRST TIME YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER THIS FIRST TIME WE MET, I WAS NOT I DON'T EVEN THINK I WAS.

MAYBE I WAS ON ZBA, BUT I WAS UP HERE FOR A CASE THAT WAS CLOSE TO MY HOUSE AND I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO LAURA, WHO'S ON COUNCIL AND THEN I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO YOU, AND I DIDN'T HAVE A BEARD. YOU DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE ME, I DIDN'T, I LOOKED VERY YOUNG.

YOU WERE LIKE, WHO IS THIS KID? WHO'S THIS GUY'S KID? BUT I INTRODUCED MYSELF.

I WAS LIKE, THAT'S RANDY WILLIAMSON.

OH, HE'S A BIG WIG. HE'S A BIG SHOT.

BUT YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME IN THIS ROLE AND ON COUNCIL AND YOU AND AMY HAVE JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE FOR FOR OUR FAMILY.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE VERY LONGEST SERVING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ALL TIME, AND YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ON SO MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MY BUDDY SEAN.

MAYOR ELECT BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER.

JOHN, YOU REALLY HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY VERY BEST FRIENDS SINCE WE STARTED ALL THIS CRAZY WORK, SINCE WE FILED AGAINST EACH OTHER BRIEFLY, AND I FIGURED OUT THAT I COULDN'T BEAT YOU AND I HAD TO MOVE UP.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LISTENING TO MY CRAZY IDEAS, MY FRUSTRATIONS, MY THOUGHTS AS I PLANNED AND CHARTED A COURSE OF ACTION.

MY WIFE WILL TELL YOU THAT I THINK OUT LOUD.

SO WHEN I TALK, THE THOUGHTS AREN'T ENTIRELY FORMULATED AND SHORN.

FOR A LONG TIME HAS BEEN, AND MANY OF THE FOLKS IN COUNCIL HAVE BEEN THE BENEFICIARIES OF THAT.

LIKE, IS THIS GUY KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING? AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET THERE, THOUGH, WE GET THERE EVENTUALLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING AND BEING A GREAT SOUNDING BOARD AND YOU KNOW, WITH SEAN WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET AND HIS ABSOLUTELY INDOMITABLE WORK ETHIC AND THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP IS GOING TO SERVE THIS COUNCIL SO WELL AND SERVE THESE CITIZENS SO WELL.

WHEN YOU'RE MAYOR SEAN, SO PROUD OF YOU, MAN.

COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO BE HANDED MY GAVEL OVER TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT, A FEW MORE THANKS TO MY MOM AND DAD WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MIMI AND POPS FOR SPENDING SO MUCH TIME SUPPORTING ME, NOT ONLY IN THE RACES, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE JOB.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW MOM AND DAD, MR., DOCTOR, RICK, DOCTOR, AND MRS. RICK HUFFMAN WATCH EVERY COUNCIL MEETING.

OKAY, SO FOR ALL OF YOU APPLICANTS, IF YOU ACT THE FOOL RIGHT, MRS HUFFMAN IS GOING TO KNOW, ALL RIGHT AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU KNOW TO KNOW AND THEY KNOW MORE AT THIS POINT ABOUT CITY PLANNING THAN I THINK I DO.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE FOR EVERYTHING THAT I DO AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO STEP IN AND WATCH THE KIDS.

THANK YOU FOR RAISING ME AND GIVING ME THE TOOLS THAT I NEEDED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE TO MY KIDDOS.

YES, PLEASE TO MY KIDDOS CAROLINE, ANDREW AND ANNA.

YOU HAVE GROWN UP IN THIS CRAZY WORLD WHERE MOM AND DAD ARE VERY PUBLIC.

YOU'VE BEEN INTRODUCED PROBABLY WAY MORE TIMES THAN YOU WANT AS THE MAYOR'S SON OR THE MAYOR'S DAUGHTERS AND YEAH, LET ME TELL YOU, THAT'S SUPER FUN FOR TEENAGERS.

SUPER FUN.

YOU'VE DEALT WITH US BEING ABSENT A WHOLE LOT.

YOU'VE BEEN DRUG ALL OVER THE CITY AND NOW NORTH TEXAS AT MOM AND DAD'S EVENTS AND SOME MORE BORING THAN OTHERS.

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YOU GUYS SET AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE.

YOU'VE BEEN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE TOO AND FOR THAT I AM SORRY.

BUT I HOPE THAT YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE MODELED WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY WELL, SO THAT WHEN YOU GROW UP AND HAVE A FAMILY AND MOVE TO YOUR OWN CITIES, THAT YOU WILL DO THE SAME. SO THANK YOU FOR LENDING ME TO THE CITY FOR THESE YEARS, AND I'M EXCITED TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT TO THE FIRST LADY OF SOUTHLAKE AND TO TRY TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS.

THE FIRST LADY OF SOUTHLAKE COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANY OF THIS WITHOUT YOU AND HONESTLY, EVERYTHING I DO IS STILL JUST TRYING TO IMPRESS YOU.

THANKS FOR BEING THE ROCK OF THIS FAMILY, FOR LEADING THE KIDS SO WELL.

I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, PEOPLE THINK I'M BUSY.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU DO.

I LIVE WITH YOU AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO WHAT YOU DO.

BETWEEN TEACHING THEM AND GIVING BACK TO SO MANY PEOPLE AND ALWAYS BEING READY TO.

GO HAVE COFFEE WITH A FRIEND WHO NEEDS IT TO SUPPORTING ME AND LISTENING TO MY RANTS AND FRUSTRATIONS AND TALKING ME OFF THE LEDGE WHEN I NEED IT.

IT'S INCREDIBLE AND YOU'VE NEVER ONCE COMPLAINED.

YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD A VETO OVER MY POLITICAL ADVENTURES, AND I APPRECIATE YOU NEVER USING IT.

NOT ONLY THAT, YOU DIVE IN AND YOU OWN WHATEVER ROLE YOU HAVE, AND YOU CERTAINLY OWN THIS ONE.

AND YOU'VE DONE THE WORK RIGHT ALONGSIDE ME, MAKING THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE.

I KNOW GOD CALLED US TO THIS WORK, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THE JOURNEY TAKES US NEXT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AMAZING FIRST LADY, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO CELEBRATE YOU TONIGHT AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LEGACY TOO.

OKAY, I GOT TO TELL YOU GUYS ONE OF THE MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO AS MAYOR.

THEY GIVE ME A KEY TO THE BALCONY.

DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT? I'M NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD HAVE, BUT THEY DID AND I SOMETIMES WILL GO OUT TO THE BALCONY.

I LOVE IT UP THERE.

YOU CAN SEE FOR MILES.

I LOVE GOING OUT IN THE FESTIVALS AND SEEING THE CROWDS AND HEARING THE MUSIC AND, YOU KNOW, KIDS LAUGHING AND RUNNING AND JUST JUST KNOWING THE WORK WE'VE DONE HERE HAS CREATED THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I LIKE GOING UP THERE WITH THE MAYOR FOR A DAYS.

THE LITTLE KIDS, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ON TOP OF THE WHOLE WORLD.

AND THEY ARE I LIKE THE QUIET DAYS, TOO.

I WAS OUT THERE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, JUST THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SOUTHLAKE AND THINKING ABOUT MY OWN FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, AFTER WE LOST OUR PRIMARY FOR CONGRESS, I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER, GIVEN THE LOSS, I REGRETTED GIVING UP MY SECOND TERM AS MAYOR.

AND THE ANSWER WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE A RESOUNDING NO FOR TWO REASONS.

FIRST, MY FAMILY AND I REMAIN CONFIDENT THAT GOD CALLED US DOWN THAT PARTICULAR ROAD, WHEREVER IT LED, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME AND THAT CONFIDENCE HAS NOT CHANGED AND SECOND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I KNEW WHEN I FILED FOR CONGRESS INSTEAD OF MAYOR, I HAD SUPREME CONFIDENCE THAT SOUTHLAKE WOULD BE IN REALLY GOOD HANDS AND THAT CONFIDENCE, I WILL TELL YOU, IS EVEN STRONGER TODAY.

I KNOW THAT MAYOR MCCASKILL AND THIS COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.

THEY WON'T MISS A BEAT.

THEY'LL BE JOINED BY FRANCIS CHARLIE, AND THEY WILL ALL BAND TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK AND DO A GREAT JOB AND LET ME START TO WRAP UP WITH A COUPLE OF WORDS OF WARNING.

THE FIRST IS THIS. WE HAVE A LOT.

TO BE PROUD OF, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THE FUTURE HERE IN THE CITY.

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AS WE ENTER THIS NEW STAGE OF SOUTHLAKE'S GROWTH.

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T FORGET WHERE WE CAME FROM.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TEACH OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FRIENDS AND OUR KIDS HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO LIVE IN THIS CITY.

I MEAN, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, 40 YEARS AGO, SOUTHLAKE WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT PLACE.

I MEAN, WITHIN ALL OF OUR LIFETIMES, IT WAS A SLEEPY SUBURB WITH MORE COWS THAN PEOPLE.

WHERE WE'RE SITTING NOW WAS AN EGG FARM IN 1709, WAS A TWO LANE BLACKTOP, AND THE IDEA THAT THIS CITY WOULD SOON, WITHIN 40 YEARS, BECOME ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT MEDIUM SIZED CITIES IN TEXAS.

MAYBE THE COUNTRY, I THINK, WOULD SOUND LIKE A FANTASY TO SOME FOLKS BACK THEN.

BUT IT'S NOT A FANTASY.

IT'S REALITY. WE'VE ALL BUILT AN INCREDIBLE QUALITY OF LIFE.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS, BUT SUCCESS COMES WITH ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES.

SUCCESS BREEDS COMFORT, AND COMFORT BREEDS COMPLACENCY AND IF WE ARE COMPLACENT AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN DRIFT INTO DANGEROUS WATERS.

SO AS I GO, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO STAY VIGILANT, TO STAY OPTIMISTIC, AND TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IT IS WHAT THAT WHAT HAS MADE SOUTHLAKE GREAT IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SOUTHLAKE GREAT.

A LASER FOCUS ON THE FAMILIES WHO CALL THIS PLACE HOME, A CREATIVE AND AMBITIOUS APPROACH TO GROWTH AND A RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AS WE GO ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS AND LET ME GIVE A SECOND WORD OF WARNING.

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POLITICS IS HARD RIGHT NOW.

POLITICS IS BROKEN RIGHT NOW IN A LOT OF WAYS.

AFTER NINE YEARS OF BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I'VE COME TO STRONGLY BELIEVE THREE THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, NOBODY IN THIS PROCESS IS PERFECT.

NOT THE ELECTEDS, NOT THE STAFF, NOT THE VOTERS.

NO ONE'S PERFECT, AND EVERYONE DESERVES GRACE.

NUMBER TWO, HAVING CORRECT POLITICS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR HAVING VIRTUOUS CHARACTER.

AND NUMBER THREE.

THE WAY SOMEONE VOTES IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THEM.

IF WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE THIS CRAZY POLITICAL SEASON, WE HAVE TO LOVE EACH OTHER AND GIVE EACH OTHER GRACE.

HEAVEN KNOWS I NEED IT AND I'LL NEED IT IN THE FUTURE.

WE ALL DO. YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY I'VE, FOR NINE YEARS I'VE WOKEN UP AND WORKED MY HARDEST AND TRIED TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER, AND THE SIX FOLKS UP HERE HAVE DONE THE EXACT SAME THING ALL OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE AS WELL.

BUT WE KNOW THAT NO MATTER OUR EFFORTS, THE CRITICS REMAIN, AND THAT'S OKAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOCIAL MEDIA ENSURES THAT EVEN THE PETTIEST OF VOICES CAN BE ELEVATED TO VERY LOUD VOLUMES.

I LOVE THAT YOU INCLUDED THIS ROOSEVELT QUOTE.

IT IS MY FAVORITE, AND I WANT TO READ IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT IN THIS ARENA.

NO MATTER IF YOU'RE ELECTED OR YOU'RE A VOTER OR A SUPPORTER, HE SAID THIS.

IT IS NOT THE CRITIC WHO COUNTS, NOT THE MAN WHO POINTS OUT WHERE THE STRONG MAN STUMBLED, OR HOW THE DOER OF DEEDS COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

THE CREDIT BELONGS TO THE MAN WHO IS ACTUALLY IN THE ARENA, WHOSE FACE IS MARRED BY DUST AND SWEAT AND BLOOD.

WHO STRIVES VALIANTLY, WHO AIRS AND COMES SHORT AGAIN AND AGAIN BECAUSE THERE IS NO EFFORT WITHOUT ERROR OR SHORTCOMING.

WHO KNOWS THE GREAT ENTHUSIASMS, THE GREAT DEVOTIONS, WHO SPENDS HIMSELF IN A WORTHY CAUSE, WHO AT THE BEST KNOWS, IN THE END THE TRIUMPH OF HIGH ACHIEVEMENT.

BUT WHO AT THE WORST, IF HE FAILS, AT LEAST FAILS WHILE DARING GREATLY SO THAT HIS PLACE WILL NEVER BE WITH THOSE COLD AND TIMID SOULS WHO KNOW NEITHER VICTORY NOR DEFEAT. SO TO MY FELLOW ELECTED'S ON THE DAIS AND IN THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYBODY WHO'S PART OF THIS PROCESS, ALL WHO'VE COME BEFORE ME AND ALL WHO WILL COME AFTER, BE ASSURED THAT YOUR PLACE WILL NEVER BE WITH THOSE COLD AND TIMID SOULS, MOSTLY ON FACEBOOK, WHO KNOW NEITHER VICTORY NOR DEFEAT.

BUT TAKE HEART FOR EVERY CRITIC.

FOR EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA KEYBOARD WARRIOR, THERE ARE 100 GOOD SOUTHLAKE FAMILIES WHO ARE GOING ABOUT THEIR DAY IN QUIET GRATITUDE FOR THE CITY THAT YOU'VE BUILT AND THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.

SO LET ME CLOSE BY SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME FOR THE RECEPTION AND THAT CAKE LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

SO IF I CAN BE SO BOLD, I WANT TO CLOSE WITH A QUOTE FROM A MUCH YOUNGER AND MUCH LESS BEARDED COUNCILMAN.

ON THE FIRST DAY OF HIS SWEARING IN IN 2015, I SAID, SOUTHLAKE IS TRULY THE CROWN JEWEL OF TEXAS, BUT WE CANNOT REST ON OUR LAURELS.

WE MUST BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE GREAT GIFT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

THIS TASK IS NOT EASY, BUT AS WE KNOW, NOTHING WORTHWHILE EVER IS.

LOOKING BACK, I THINK I WAS RIGHT.

THIS TASK WAS NOT EASY, BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN GOOD STEWARDS OF THE GIFT WE WERE GIVEN AND IF I'VE LEFT THIS PLACE JUST A LITTLE BETTER THAN I FOUND IT, THEN THESE 217 COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL HAVE BEEN WELL WORTH IT.

GOD BLESS SOUTHLAKE AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE SO MUCH.

SO, MAYOR WE WANT TO BE SURE TO CAPTURE THIS EVENING AND PHOTOS.

SO IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD ASK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CITY MANAGER ORTOWSKI AND COUNCIL TO COME UP FRONT.

LET'S TAKE PICTURES AND THEN I THINK WE'LL BE HEADING OUT TO THE RECEPTION.

IS THAT RIGHT? PERFECT.

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ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL OUR REGULAR SESSION TO ORDER.

AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[2. A. Executive Session]

WE'LL BE BACK. OKAY.

I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD DO SOME REAL WORK.

[2. B. Reconvene]

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[1. Call to order]

[3.A. Mayor's Report]

ONE FOR ME AND ONE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TALLEY.

FIRST IS A SALUTE TO THE FUTURE DEFENDERS, A CEREMONY FOR MILITARY BOUND GRADUATES.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN.

WE DID IT LAST YEAR. WE HAD A IT WAS OVER A DOZEN.

I WANT TO SAY IT'S 15 OR 16 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO ARE GRADUATING AND GOING OFF TO ROTC OR THE SERVICE ACADEMIES.

WE HONOR THEM IN TOWN HALL.

THIS PICTURE, LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE, HAD A GREAT SPEECH, HAD A GREAT CEREMONY, GOOD PICTURES.

WE WANT TO DO THE SAME.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FEW THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP.

WE HAVE ONE THAT'S ALREADY SIGNED UP.

BUT SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WATCHING THIS VIDEO TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO US AND OR YOUR PRINCIPALS AT CISD AND WE WANT TO HONOR YOU AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE YOUR SERVICE.

OKAY AND WITH THAT, I'LL KICK IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KATHY TALLEY TO TALK ABOUT A VERY SPECIAL UPCOMING EVENT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

A WEEK FROM FRIDAY OPENS ART IN THE SQUARE.

WE'RE SUPER THRILLED.

THIS IS OUR 24TH YEAR.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 25 SAVED THE COVID YEAR, WHICH NOBODY COULD HAVE A FESTIVAL ANYWHERE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED.

WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO AND PLANNING OUR 25TH YEAR NEXT YEAR.

BUT THIS YEAR I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THESE SLIDES AS YOU PUT THEM UP THERE.

SO WE HAVE A GREAT SCHEDULE OF ENTERTAINMENT ON BOTH OUR GAZEBO STAGE AND OUR MAIN STAGE.

THE GAZEBO STAGE IS A LOT OF OUR LOCAL ACTS.

WE HAVE THE SOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY BAND, SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE TROUPES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THE BOTH STAGES ARE FAMILY FRIENDLY, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE STAGE WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG FOLKS PERFORMING ON OUR MAIN STAGE, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY OUR, OUR SOUTHLAKE HOSPITAL, METHODIST SOUTHLAKE MEDICAL CENTER OUR HEADLINER SATURDAY NIGHT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW TRIBUTE BANDS.

AND SO WE HAVE A TOM PETTY TRIBUTE BAND SATURDAY NIGHT THAT HAS A PRETTY HUGE FOLLOWING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THEN WHATEVER'S NEXT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO ALWAYS MESSAGE AND TALK ABOUT FOR ART IN THE SQUARE IS THAT WE ARE 100% FUNDRAISER WE GIVE 100% OF OUR NET PROCEEDS BACK TO CHARITY.

WE HAVE NO PAID STAFF.

ALL OF THE LADIES THAT WORK ON MY COMMITTEE, WE ALL DO WHAT WE DO FROM OUR HEART AND FROM A SERVANT'S HEART, AND WE LOVE IT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY YEAR.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE 26 CHARITIES THAT WE ARE GIVING BACK TO AND YOU SEE THEM ALL LISTED THERE.

THE CHARITIES THAT ARE SELECTED NEED TO SERVE WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE LIST WE HAVE SOME OF OUR SOUTHLAKE BENEFICIARIES AS WELL, INCLUDING SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

WE'VE GOT A FEW, WE'VE GOT CALL-A-RIDE SOUTHLAKE SQUARED ME SQUARED CANCER FOUNDATION, OF COURSE.

AND THEN THEY ALL MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SOUTHLAKE AND SO ON.

SO THESE ARE ALL GREAT FOLKS.

IT'S A HARD PROCESS.

IT'S HARD TO WE CAN'T SAY YES TO EVERYBODY OF COURSE, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY TO GIVE BACK.

BUT SO THAT'S GREAT AND THEN I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE OTHER SLIDE IS.

WE COULD NOT DO THIS EVENT AND GIVE BACK TO THESE CHARITIES WITHOUT THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR SPONSORS.

AND SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE ON THERE, THANK YOU.

ANY OF YOU WATCHING, WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE.

SO FRIDAY THE 26TH, WE OPEN AT 4 P.M.

AND EACH NIGHT EACH SATURDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WE'RE OPEN TILL 10:30 AND THEN SUNDAY WE'RE OPEN FROM 11 TO 6 AND WE STILL NEED A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE UP HERE ON THE DAIS IS INTERESTED, PERHAPS, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF BEER AND WINE TENTS, SLOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, IT'S SUPER EASY.

GO TO MARTIN SQUARE.COM AND CLICK ON VOLUNTEERS.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE ALL OF Y'ALL OUT THERE.

AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE TIME.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND EVERYBODY WITH SOUTHLAKE WOMEN'S CLUB.

IT'S SUCH A GREAT EVENT.

WE CANNOT WAIT.

IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING AS ALWAYS.

OKAY WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3B WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

[3.B. City Manager's Report]

TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO ASK MALENKA LOPEZ, OUR ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, TO COME FORWARD.

SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT AN EVENT THAT HAS BEEN ORGANIZED.

KEEP SOUTHLAKE BEAUTIFUL EVENT THAT'S COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.

SOUTHLAKE RECYCLES DAY.

GOOD EVENING. TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MALENKA LOPEZ.

I AM THE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND TONIGHT I'M VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT AN EVENT THAT WE WILL BE HOSTING WITH KEEP SOUTHLAKE BEAUTIFUL THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH FROM 8 A.M.

TO 12 P.M. AT GATEWAY CHURCH PARKING LOT.

SO EVERY YEAR AROUND EARTH DAY, KEEP SOUTHLAKE BEAUTIFUL ORGANIZES A COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENT TO HELP REDUCE THE LITTER IN OUR CITY AND FURTHER OUR GREEN INITIATIVES AND THIS

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SO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THREE AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ALSO HOST A DONATION DROP OFF EVENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO CITIZENS HAVE AN ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT IN TWO WAYS.

THEY CAN COME AND CLEAN UP ONE OF OUR TWO ADOPT A STREET LOCATIONS, WHICH THIS YEAR WILL BE EAST BOB JONES ROAD AND CROOKED LANE.

AS ALWAYS, KEEP SOUTHLAKE BEAUTIFUL STAFF WILL BE ON SITE PROVIDING THE CLEANUP MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN ALSO COME TO THIS LOCATION AND DROP OFF ANY ITEMS THAT THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE IN NEED OF, AS WELL AS KEEP SOUTHLAKE BEAUTIFUL.

STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO COLLECT OLD CELL PHONES AND INKJET CARTRIDGES FOR RECYCLING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ZONE IN A LITTLE BIT ON THE THREE PARTNERS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THIS YEAR.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO BE PARTNERING WITH GRACE, THE KELLER ANIMAL SHELTER AND SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY.

THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THEY WILL BE COLLECTING FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

SO GRACE IS LOOKING FOR CLOTHING AND SHOES THAT ARE LIGHTLY WORN HOME DÉCOR AND FURNITURE, TOYS, BOOKS AND MOVIES.

DRY FOOD PANTRY ITEMS THAT ARE UNOPENED.

THE COLOR ANIMAL SHELTER IS ACCEPTING AN OPEN DOG AND CAT FOOD.

DOG AND CAT AND CAT COLLARS, LEASHES AND TOYS.

SMALL AND MEDIUM FOLDING WIRE CAGES AND CAT LITTER AND SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR LIGHTLY WORN BATH TOWELS, NEW WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S UNDERGARMENTS, UMBRELLAS, BABY BOTTLES AND SIPPY CUPS.

FINALLY, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PLAN.

I'LL ZOOM INTO IT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE TAKING LOTS A AND C OF GATEWAY CHURCH.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT THEY ARE BEING SO GENEROUS WITH THIS SPACE.

AND HERE YOU CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO PARTICIPANTS IN THIS EVENT CAN COME IN AND ACCESS THE EVENT THROUGH KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD.

THERE THEY CAN FUNNEL IN IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP.

THEY WILL GO INTO LOT C WHICH IS HERE.

THEY CAN PARK THEIR CARS HERE.

WE'LL HAVE A TENT AVAILABLE WITH OUR CLEANUP SUPPLIES.

AND WE'LL ALSO BE PROVIDING SOME BAGELS FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS.

AFTER THAT, THEY ARE FREE TO GO TO THEIR CLEANUP LOCATIONS, AND OR THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DROP OFF EVENT CAN TAKE A RIGHT HERE, AND IT'LL BE A ONE LANE, SINGLE DIRECTION FLOW OF TRAFFIC WHERE THEY CAN STOP AND DROP OFF ITEMS TO SAFE HAVEN, THE KELLER ANIMAL SHELTER, AND GRACE. AFTER THAT, THEY CAN EXIT THROUGH GRACE LANE, AND THAT IS HOW THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC WILL WORK.

AS ALWAYS, WE'LL HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS AVAILABLE AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE COMMUNITY AND JUST CELEBRATE EARTH DAY IN THIS MANNER.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TODAY.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? WELL, THANK YOU FOR WORKING HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.

SURE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT.

I'M SURE, A LOT OF FOLKS WILL COME OUT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS LOPEZ.

ALL RIGHT. THAT DOES IT FOR.

IS IT ALL GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT DOES IT FOR OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR E ALSO NOTING WE'RE MOVING ITEMS NINE A AND NINE B FROM OUR REGULAR AGENDA TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVING THOSE ITEMS. ITEM NINE A IS TO APPROVE A CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER OR CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS WITH GEO SERVICES FOR WORK REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE SYNTHETIC TURF BALL FIELD FENCING AND AMENITIES PROJECT AT BICENTENNIAL PARK AND BOB JONES PARK FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $12,015,000.

KNOWING THAT WE'RE APPROVING THE CONTRACT, CHANGE ORDERS WITH GEO SERVICES FOR WORK REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE SYNTHETIC TURF BALL, FIELD, FENCING AND AMENITIES PROJECT AT THOSE TWO PARKS AND ITEM 9B WERE APPROVING AN ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BAIRD, HAMPTON AND BROWN BHB IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $70,000 FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.

AND THAT'S IT.

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

ALL RIGHT. THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES 6 TO 0.

WITH THAT, MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC FORUM.

PUBLIC FORUM IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON ITEMS NOT RELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC FORUM AND CALL FOR ANY SPEAKERS IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. SEEING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6A AND 6B.

[Items 6.A & 6.B]

ITEM 6 A IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 1260 9-B, CP24-0001 SECOND READING AND ITEM 6 B IS ORDINANCE NUMBER

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SECOND READING ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE APPLICANT HAS PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED THAT THESE ITEMS BE TABLED.

WE HAVE CALLED A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'VE NOTICED IT. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON A REQUEST TO TABLE.

BUT FIRST ON ITEM SIX A, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE ADVERTISED IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON IT TONIGHT.

SEEING NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL LEAVE IT OPEN.

YEAH. YOU'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL YOU'RE MAY 7TH MEETING.

OKAY. DO I NEED TO OPEN ONE UP FOR 6B AS WELL? YES, PLEASE. OKAY.

AND THEN SO FAR I'M 6B I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THOSE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS OPEN UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING I THINK IS HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK UNTIL MAY 7TH.

OKAY. WITH THAT COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? YES. MAYOR, COUNCIL, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS TO ITEM 6A THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO TABLE THAT ITEM TO THE MAY 7TH, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

NOTING THAT THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THIS ITEM TO BE TABLED TO THE MAY 7TH, 2024.

EXCUSE ME, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE'RE APPROVING THAT REQUEST AND WE'RE CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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

OKAY. ITEM 6A IS TABLED.

NOW WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM SIX B YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 6B WE ARE.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO TABLE ITEM 6B TO OUR MAY 7TH, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.

NOTING THAT THE ITEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT TO BE TABLED TO THE MAY 7TH, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WE ARE CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT ITEM.

WE HAVE MOTIONS, IS THERE SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ITEM 6B IS TABLED AND WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS BACK AT THE MAY 7TH MEETING.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM 6C, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-812.

[6.c. Ordinance No. 480-812, ZA23-0073, 2nd Reading, Zoning Change and Site Plan for Tommy's Car Wash, for property described as Lot 13, Block 3R, Cimmarron Acres, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas and located at 101 N. Pearson Lane, Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "CO" Local Retail Commercial District. Requested Zoning: "S-P-2" Generalized Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #1 1 . PUBLIC HEARING]

THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

I'LL NOTE THAT THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING OF THIS ITEM, BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO THROUGH A FULL PRESENTATION, IF THAT IS YOUR DESIRE THIS EVENING.

COUNCIL. ANY MORE DISCUSSION NEEDED ON THIS ITEM? I THINK THAT'LL BE OKAY. DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU SO MUCH, WELL, IN THAT CASE, I'LL CALL UP THE APPLICANT.

YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? I WOULD TRUST ME.

YOU'RE DOING FINE. WELL DONE, WELL DONE.

THAT WAS A LEADING QUESTION.

IS WHAT WE CALL THAT? OKAY, WELL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IF THERE'S ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SEEING NONE.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, TAKE A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR, COUNCIL. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6C ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-812.

CASE NUMBER ZA23-0073.

SECOND READING ZONING CHANGE IN SITE PLAN FOR TOMMY'S CAR WASH FOR PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 13, BLOCK THREE, R CIMARRON ACRES, CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS AND LOCATED AT 101 NORTH PEARSON LANE, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS AND THAT'S SUBJECT TO OUR STAFF REPORT DATED APRIL 9TH, 2024 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER THREE DATED MARCH 15TH, 2024.

WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE AND ITEM 6C PASSES SIX ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME TO SOUTHLAKE, GENTLEMEN.

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX D, ORDINANCE NUMBER 895-E, SECOND READING, ADOPTING THE 2024 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.

[6.D. Ordinance No. 895-E, 2nd Reading, adopting the 2024 Water Conservation Plan. PUBLIC HEARING]

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR, SIR, IS THERE ANYTHING TO ADD FROM.

NO, SIR. PACKET OR PRESENTATION COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL ABOUT THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN? IT'S A GOOD PLAN, SIR. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK.

SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL.

IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, TAKE A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX D ORDINANCE NUMBER 895-E SECOND READING ADOPTING THE 2024 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.

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

ALL RIGHT. ITEM 6D PASSES SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER SIX 6662 G.

[6.E. Ordinance No. 662-G, 2nd Reading, adopting the 2024 Drought Contingency Plan. PUBLIC HEARING]

DIRECTOR COHEN, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

YES, SIR. NO CHANGES.

THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT TRUE.

IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? COUNCIL. OKAY.

SEEING NONE. IT WILL OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SEEING NO ONE.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL.

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YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX E ORDINANCE NUMBER 662-G.

SECOND READING. ADOPTING THE 2024 DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.

WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I OFFER A SECOND TO YOUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM.

I GUESS I'M GOING TO VOTE ON MY LAST AGENDA ITEM.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

WELL, AT LEAST IT PASSED. THAT'S GOOD.

ITEM 6 PASSES SIX ZERO, AND I GUESS IT'S TIME TO GO.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.