Nov 04, 2025 City Council

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 4TH,

[1. Call to order. ]

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR WORK SESSION, AS WE ALWAYS DO.

AND THE FIRST ITEM UNDER OUR WORK SESSION IS TO INVITE PASTOR CLAYTON REED, WHO IS OUR OFFICIAL CITY CHAPLAIN FROM SOUTHLAKE BAPTIST CHURCH, TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. AND THEN, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO REMAIN STANDING FOLLOWING THE PRAYER FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO TEXAS PASTOR REED THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR.

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

WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME WHO SERVE OUR CITY.

WE PRAY FOR TONIGHT AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS. CONSIDER ISSUES THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM.

HELP THEM, WE PRAY BLESSING OVER THEIR FAMILIES.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD SEND PEACE INTO THEIR HOMES.

LORD, TONIGHT WE ALSO GIVE THANKS FOR OUR VETERANS.

WE'RE THANKFUL THAT PEOPLE LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND ARE WILLING TO SERVE IT.

AND WE PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. WE PRAY FOR VETERANS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

AND I JUST PRAY FOR A BLESSING OVER THEM, HELP FOR THEM.

AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD RAISE IN OUR HEARTS AS AMERICANS APPRECIATION FOR THOSE WHO SERVE AND LOVE OUR COUNTRY.

LORD, WE ALSO PRAY TONIGHT FOR OUR LOCAL CANDIDATES.

WE PRAY BLESSING OVER THEM. THANK YOU LORD, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP OUT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND RUN.

AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEIR HOMES, THEIR FAMILIES FOR WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY.

WE PRAY TONIGHT THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US GRACE AND PEACE.

TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR, TO LOVE EACH OTHER. LORD, TO DO WHAT YOU DO FORGIVE, GIVE GRACE AND I PRAY TONIGHT AS WE MEET, AS THEY CONSIDER ISSUES, AS WE LIVE OUR LIVES TOGETHER, THAT YOU WOULD FILL US WITH HOPE ABOUT OUR FUTURE.

AND LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT OUR FUTURE IS NOT DETERMINED BY WASHINGTON OR OUR GOVERNMENT.

OUR FUTURE IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN AND YOU ARE THE GOOD GOD, THE KING OF EVERYTHING WHO LOVES HIS CHILDREN.

AND I PRAY BLESSING OVER US. WE THANK YOU MOST OF ALL FOR JESUS AND IT'S IN HIS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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

AND THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, PASTOR REED.

NEXT UP IS WORK SESSION, ITEM NUMBER 3. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MELODY ANDERSON, OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER,

[3. Honors & Recognition: Veteran’s Day Proclamation ]

I AM HONORED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE THE WAYS THAT THE CITY CELEBRATES AND HONORS OUR VETERANS.

WHILE WE USE NOVEMBER 11TH EACH YEAR TO HONOR THOSE WHO SERVE, THE CITY, ALSO RALLIES BEHIND EFFORTS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR VETERANS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. WE CONTINUE TO SHOW APPRECIATION YEAR ROUND TO VETERANS THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE OUR RESERVE VETERAN PARKING SPOTS AND CHAMPION CLUB MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNTS.

FOR VETERANS DAY, WE WILL PLACE OUR STATIC DISPLAYS OF THE YELLOW RIBBONS, MILITARY BRANCH FLAGS, AND AMERICAN FLAGS AND FAMILY PARK, AS WELL AS OUR VETERAN THANK YOU TOWN HALL BANNER AND POLE BANNERS.

YES THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND HOSTING AN EMPLOYEE VETERAN LUNCHEON.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 31 EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES.

THESE TEAM MEMBERS ARE ANOTHER INDICATION OF THOSE WHO LEAN INTO THE VALUES OF LOYALTY, DUTY, AND SELFLESS SERVICE. WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE, BOTH IN THE ARMED FORCES AND HERE IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

AS WE APPROACH VETERANS DAY, WE INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US ON NOVEMBER 11TH AT 9:00 A.M.

IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL FOR A MEMORABLE PROGRAM.

THE COMMUNITY BAND WILL BE PERFORMING AND WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE RETIRED COLONEL RICK GRESH SPEAK.

NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOUTHLAKE RESIDENT COLONEL, LIEUTENANT COLONEL MATT HINCE, TO SAY A FEW WORDS. LIEUTENANT COLONEL MATT HINCE IS THE COMMANDER OF THE 52ND NETWORK WARFARE SQUADRON AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE IN NEBRASKA.

IN THIS ROLE, HE LEADS A TEAM OF CYBER AND INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFENDING THE AIR FORCE INFORMATION NETWORK.

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HOWDY TO ALL MY SOUTHLAKE NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU TO MAYOR, MCCASKILL AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU AS WE GATHER AS A CITY TO PREPARE TO RECOGNIZE VETERANS DAY, A DAY THAT BELONGS TO ALL AMERICANS. NO MATTER WHERE WE COME FROM, WHAT WE BELIEVE, OR HOW WE VOTE.

VETERANS DAY IS ABOUT A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO RAISE THEIR RIGHT HANDS, TOOK AN OATH AND PLACED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY ABOVE THEMSELVES.

VETERANS DAY REMINDS US THAT FREEDOM DOESN'T COME FROM SLOGANS OR SPEECHES.

IT COMES FROM SACRIFICE, FROM TIME AWAY FROM FAMILY, MISSED BIRTHDAYS AND HOLIDAYS, AND THOSE LONG NIGHTS ON DEPLOYMENT WHEN A CALL FROM HOME MEANS EVERYTHING. DURING ONE OF MY DEPLOYMENTS, MY DAUGHTER WAS JUST SIX MONTHS OLD.

BACK HOME, SHE WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE HER FIRST STEPS, A MILESTONE EVERY PARENT DREAMS OF WITNESSING.

MY WIFE WOULD SEND ME VIDEOS AND I'D WATCH WITH EQUAL PARTS PRIDE AND HEARTBREAK, REALLY REALIZING HOW MUCH I WAS MISSING.

IN ONE CLIP, SHE LAUGHED AS HER LITTLE GIRL WOBBLED FORWARD AND MY WIFE JOKED THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO SLOW HER DOWN, GENTLY IMPEDING HER PROGRESS SO I WOULDN'T MISS TOO MUCH TIME, TOO MUCH BEFORE I GOT HOME.

IT WAS A LIGHT HEARTED GESTURE THAT CARRIED A DEEPER TRUTH.

WHILE SERVICE TAKES US FAR AWAY FROM THE ONES WE LOVE, THOSE SMALL ACTS HELP KEEP US CONNECTED UNTIL WE CAN RETURN.

WHEN WE THINK OF VETERANS, WE OFTEN PICTURE THOSE IN UNIFORM, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER THE FAMILIES WHO SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM, THE SPOUSES WHO CARRY THE LOAD AT HOME, THE CHILDREN WHO SAY GOODBYE MORE TIMES THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE TO, AND THE PARENTS WHO WORRY IN SILENCE. THEIR STRENGTH IS PART OF OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE AS WELL.

THE DEBT WE OWE OUR VETERANS CAN NEVER BE FULLY REPAID, BUT IT CAN BE HONORED THROUGH REMEMBRANCE, THROUGH GRATITUDE, AND THROUGH ACTION. WE HONOR THEM WHEN WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN WHAT SERVICE MEANS.

WE HONOR THEM WHEN WE LISTEN TO THEIR STORIES AND LEARN FROM THEIR EXAMPLE.

WE HONOR THEM WHEN WE ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO RETURN HOME OR LEAVE THE SERVICE HAVE THE TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE LEADING AND SERVING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND WE HONOR THEM SIMPLY BY REMEMBERING NOT JUST ON ONE DAY IN NOVEMBER, BUT EVERY DAY WE ENJOY THE FREEDOMS THEY HAVE DEFENDED.

SO AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, LET'S SET ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES AND COME TOGETHER AS ONE COMMUNITY, ONE NATION, UNITED IN RESPECT AND GRATITUDE BECAUSE THE VALUES OUR VETERANS FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY, UNITY, AND JUSTICE ARE BIGGER THAN ANY IDEOLOGY.

TO EVERY VETERAN HERE AND TO EVERY FAMILY WHO HAS STOOD BEHIND ONE, WE SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE, YOUR SACRIFICE, AND YOUR LOVE OF COUNTRY.

MAY WE LIVE EACH DAY WORTHY OF WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WELL SAID LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE GREAT WORDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. TO CONTINUE, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE WE'D LOVE TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU AFTER I READ THROUGH THAT. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WHEREAS NOVEMBER 11TH HAS LONG HELD A CHERISHED PLACE IN THE HEART OF EVERY AMERICAN.

FROM THE INAUGURATION OF THIS TREASURED HOLIDAY IN 1918, AMERICANS HAVE RECOGNIZED THE SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR MILITARY.

KNOWN ORIGINALLY AS ARMISTICE DAY, A DAY OF PEACE AFTER WORLD WAR ONE, PRESIDENT WILSON DECLARED NOVEMBER 11TH TO BE A DAY OF REFLECTION.

PRESIDENT EISENHOWER LATER ISSUED THE FIRST VETERANS DAY PROCLAMATION, ENCOMPASSING ALL MILITARY CONFLICTS AND ACKNOWLEDGING EVERY MILITARY MEMBER WHO HAS SERVED. HE WROTE, LET US SOLEMNLY REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES OF ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT SO VALIANTLY ON THE SEAS, IN THE AIR, AND ON FOREIGN SHORES TO PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE OF FREEDOM.

LET US RECONSECRATE OURSELVES TO THE TASK OF PROMOTING AN ENDURING PEACE, SO THAT THEIR EFFORTS SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN IN VAIN.

AND WHEREAS, SINCE THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF OUR INDEPENDENCE, COURAGEOUS AMERICANS HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY AND PROMOTE OUR IDEALS, THE LIBERTY THAT WE AS US CITIZENS ENJOY COMES AT A PRICE PAID BY THESE VALIANT MEN AND WOMEN.

AND WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN DEFENSE OF THIS NATION AND THE LOVED ONES WHO STAND BESIDE THEM, MEMORIALIZING THE HEROES WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE NOT RETURNED HOME.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE HAS MORE THAN 35 EMPLOYEES AND NUMEROUS CITIZENS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.

AND WHEREAS WE ARE REMINDED OF OUR OBLIGATION TO THEM TO SERVE OUR VETERANS AS THEY HAVE GALLANTLY SERVED US.

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NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR SHAWN MCCASKILL ON BEHALF OF OUR SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE NOVEMBER 11TH, 2025 AS VETERANS DAY AND I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING THE VALOR, HONOR, AND DEDICATION OF OUR VETERANS AS WELL AS ACTIVELY SEEKING WAYS TO SUPPORT THEM, NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT EVERY DAY. THANK YOU ALL. LET'S TAKE A PICTURE, MATT, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU [APPLAUSE].

AND IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER VETERANS IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU'D LIKE.

EVERYONE THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL RIGHT NEXT UP IS WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER 4.

[4. Honors & Recognition: Tree City U.S.A. and Arbor Day Proclamation]

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. ONE OF THE ITEMS REQUIRED OF US TO MAINTAIN OUR TREE CITY U.S.A DESIGNATION IS OBSERVANCE OF ARBOR DAY AND A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ARBOR DAY.

ARBOR DAY IN TEXAS WILL BE NOVEMBER 7TH THIS FRIDAY.

I THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING OUR PROCLAMATION WITH US THIS EVENING.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR LANDSCAPE ADMINISTRATOR WHICH I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KEITH IS A CERTIFIED FORESTER AND MANAGES ALL OF OUR TREE PROGRAMS AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS OF THE CITY. AND WITH THAT HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE KEITH, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I KNOW YOU WERE JUST ON CAMERA FOR OUR CITY SPOTLIGHT, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, GO AHEAD. WELL, SOUTHLAKE IS VERY PROUD OF OUR TREES AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE A TREE CITY U.S.A FOR THE 28TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN 28 YEARS IN A ROW.

THANK YOU I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST YOU, BUT THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY, AND SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU, AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO KEEP IN YOUR OFFICE. WHEREAS IN 1872, J. STERLING MORTON PROPOSED THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A SPECIAL DAY BE SET ASIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF TREES, AND THIS DAY, CALLED ARBOR DAY, WAS FIRST OBSERVED WITH THE PLANTING OF MORE THAN A MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA.

AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD, RECOGNIZING THE VALUE THAT TREES BRING TO OUR LIVES BY ENHANCING THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING SHADE, IMPROVING AIR QUALITY, CONSERVING WATER, AND REDUCING ENERGY COSTS.

AND WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE RESOURCE PROVIDING PAPER WOOD FOR OUR HOMES, FUEL FOR OUR FIRES AND COUNTLESS OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS SERVING AS A HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE, IMPROVING WATER QUALITY AND REDUCING EROSION.

AND WHEREAS TREES IN OUR CITY INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS, BEAUTIFY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE HAS A HISTORY OF PARTICIPATING IN TREE PLANTING AND PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES AND HAS EARNED RECOGNITION AS A TREE CITY,

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR SHAWN MCCASKILL, ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, URGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY IN NOVEMBER OF 2025 BY PARTICIPATING IN TREE PLANTING AND COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS, AND TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT AND NURTURE OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THANK YOU KEITH, THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM. APPRECIATE YOU MAYOR [APPLAUSE] I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY SCOOT THEIR LEFT KEITH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUSY NEXT YEAR. I'M NOT SURE WE'VE ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED THIS YET, BUT NEXT YEAR IS OUR 70TH BIRTHDAY. SOUTHLAKE WAS FOUNDED IN 1956, SO FOR OUR 70TH BIRTHDAY, WE'VE COME UP WITH THE IDEA TO PLANT 2026 TREES NEXT YEAR.

KEITH AND VARIOUS OTHER OFFICIALS WITHIN OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS WILL KIND OF HEAD THAT UP.

SO MORE TO COME IN THE NEW YEAR AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

AND IT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE 2026 NEW TREES IN SOUTHLAKE AND PUBLIC SPACES, SCHOOL GROUNDS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. BUT, KEITH, YOU'LL BE BUSY NEXT YEAR, THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER 5, AND I'LL INTRODUCE CITY ENGINEER JEFF GINN TO TALK ABOUT SOME NORTH CARROLL AVENUE AND LAKE WOOD DRIVE INTERSECTION OPTIONS.

[5. North Carroll Avenue and Lake Wood Drive Intersection Options ]

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO PRESENT POTENTIAL DESIGN ALTERNATIVES FOR THE NORTH CARROLL AVENUE AND LAKE WOOD DRIVE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS PART OF THE BROADER NORTH CARROLL AVENUE PROJECT. AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT WORK NEAR THE LAKE WOOD INTERSECTION WAS PAUSED AFTER CONCERNS WERE RAISED ABOUT ACCESS TO NEARBY HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

THIS PAUSE ALSO ALIGNED WITH PROCUREMENT OF THE SIGNAL POLES FOR THE PHASE FIVE AND SIX WORK AT THE STATE HIGHWAY 114 INTERSECTIONS.

SINCE THAT TIME, CITY STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANT TEAM HAVE BEEN EVALUATING SEVERAL OPTIONS TO IMPROVE ACCESS WHILE STILL MAINTAINING SAFETY AND EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THE CORRIDOR. TONIGHT, I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT HISTORY, CURRENT CONSTRUCTION STATUS, AND THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT MEDIAN ACCESS STUDY THAT EXAMINED POTENTIAL DESIGN ALTERNATIVES FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATIONS.

IN 2006, NORTH CARROLL AVENUE WAS WIDENED TO ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION AS A TWO LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY.

IN 2015, STAFF BEGAN STUDYING THE CORRIDOR TO ASSESS SAFETY CONCERNS THAT HAD BEEN RAISED SINCE RESULTS SUGGESTED MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS IN ADDED TURN LANES, BUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY WARRANTED NO FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCESS AND SAFETY FOR LAKE WOOD.

THE CITY PERFORMED ANOTHER STUDY IN 2019 TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL DATA, BUT AGAIN, NO ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WERE WARRANTED.

AT THIS TIME FINAL DESIGN FOR THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS BEGAN.

SEVERAL MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH AREA STAKEHOLDERS WERE HELD TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT AND GATHER FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.

THESE CONVERSATIONS DID LEAD TO THE INCLUSION OF THE PHASE TWO WORK REGARDING THE FIRE STATION SIGNAL CABINET RELOCATION.

IN MAY 2025 COUNCIL AWARDED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND CONSTRUCTION BEGAN AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

MOVING ON TO CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT, CONSTRUCTION IS APPROXIMATELY 45% COMPLETE BY CONTRACT VALUE.

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THE REMAINING INTERSECTIONS SHOWN AS PHASES 4, 5 AND 6 AT LAKE WOOD DRIVE IN THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND STATE HIGHWAY 114 FRONTAGE ROADS ARE ON HOLD AGAIN. WORK IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DUE TO SIGNAL POLE PROCUREMENT DELAYS FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY 114 INTERSECTIONS.

THE PHASE 4 AND 5 WORK ARE THE AREAS BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT FOR ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE CARROLL AND LAKE WOOD DRIVE AREA.

NORTH IS ORIENTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.

DRIVEWAYS 1 AND 2. THEY SERVE THE CARROLL POINTE SHOPPING CENTER.

DRIVEWAY 2 IS RESTRICTED TO RIGHT TURN OUT ONLY ONTO NORTH CARROLL AVENUE.

LAKE WOOD DRIVE SITS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE OF DRIVEWAY 2 FOR CARROLL POINTE SHOPPING CENTER.

THE LANDMARK OFFICE BUILDING HAS ACCESS ALONG CARROLL DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO LAKE WOOD DRIVE.

THIS DRIVEWAY IS APPROVED UNDER VARIANCE AS IT IS NON-CONFORMING WITH OUR DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE.

THE MEDIAN OPENING IS ALSO WIDE ENOUGH AT THIS INTERSECTION TO ACCOMMODATE TURNING MOVEMENTS TO AND FROM ALL DRIVEWAYS, WHICH CREATES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS.

THERE IS ALSO A LEFT TURN PROVIDED FOR THE 7-ELEVEN DRIVEWAY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION.

THE CARROLL AND LAKE WOOD INTERSECTION IN GENERAL HAS 58 CONFLICT POINTS, WITH VARIOUS MOVEMENTS, AS SEEN IN THE INSET AT THE LOWER RIGHT. AS CONSTRUCTION BEGAN, ONE OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS APPROACHED THE CITY TO CONFIRM THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AT THE LAKE WOOD DRIVE INTERSECTION. HE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT RESTRICTING ACCESS TO EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS FOR THE LANDMARK OFFICE BUILDING THAT WOULD OCCUR WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. BASED ON THESE CONCERNS, AND TO ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT PAUSE, WE INITIATED A MEDIAN ACCESS STUDY TO REEVALUATE SAFETY AND ACCESS ALTERNATIVES FOR THE NORTH CARROLL LAKE WOOD INTERSECTION.

THE STUDY INCLUDED UPDATED TRAFFIC COUNTS, CRASH DATA, AND A SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS.

ALTERNATIVES WERE ANALYZED, RANGING FROM A NO BUILD SCENARIO TO FULL REDESIGN OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.

EACH OPTION WAS COMPARED FOR CONFLICT POINTS, LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND COST.

UNLIKE PREVIOUS STUDIES, THE DATA COLLECTED PROVED THAT ONE OF THE NINE SIGNAL WARRANTS WAS MET.

THIS WAS FOR SIGNAL WARRANTS 7, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CRASH EXPERIENCE.

SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED REDUCE CONFLICT POINTS, THUS IMPROVING SAFETY AT THE INTERSECTION.

SIGNALIZING THE LAKE WOOD INTERSECTION IMPROVES OPERATIONS, THOUGH AT A HIGHER COST FOR CAPITAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE SIGNALS.

OTHER OPTIONS, SUCH AS CROSS LOT ACCESS AND MODIFYING THE CURRENT DESIGN ALSO PROVIDES SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL BENEFITS, BUT AT A LOWER COST. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE FINDINGS HELPED GUIDE THE REFINEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, WHICH I WILL NOW PRESENT. SO OPTION A IS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN THAT IS CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, IMPROVEMENTS BEGAN WITH THE LEFT TURN INTO THE CARROLL POINTE SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH WAS COMPLETED AS PART OF THE PHASE 3 IMPROVEMENT.

THIS ADDED LEFT TURN ALSO PROVIDES A SAFE U-TURN FOR THOSE EXITING THE COMMERCIAL SITES ON THE WEST SIDE OF CARROLL AVENUE.

THE SECOND DRIVE AT CARROLL POINTE SHOPPING CENTER WILL BE REVISED TO DISCOURAGE THE ALREADY PROHIBITED LEFT TURN FROM THE DRIVEWAY ONTO SOUTHBOUND CARROLL AVENUE.

THE LEFT TURN MEDIAN INTO THIS DRIVEWAY IS EXTENDED TO ELIMINATE THE CONFLICT POINTS GENERATED WITH LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS INTO AND OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT THE LANDMARK OFFICE.

THIS DOES PREVENT ACCESS TO THE LANDMARK OFFICE FROM NORTHBOUND CARROLL AVENUE, AND DRIVERS WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A U-TURN OR SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTE.

FINALLY, THE WORK TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LEFT TURN LANE AT THE STATE HIGHWAY 114 TO RELIEVE CONGESTION WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PHASE 6 WORK AT THE WESTBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD FURTHER NORTH IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THESE OPTIONS.

IT'S JUST NOT SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. WHILE THIS DESIGN REDUCES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS IN THE AREA FROM 58 TO 46, WE PAUSE BEFORE IMPLEMENTING IT IN ORDER TO FULLY ASSESS ITS IMPACT ON ACCESS FOR THE ADJACENT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

OPTION B IS A SLIGHTLY MODIFIED VERSION OF OPTION A.

IT MAINTAINS THE ORIGINAL INTERSECTION DESIGN AT LAKE WOOD IN THE AREAS OUTLINED IN BLACK, BUT WITH A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO THE GEOMETRY.

IN ORDER TO IMPROVE TURNING MOVEMENTS AND DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO AND FROM THE LANDMARK OFFICE COMPLEX.

IT PRESERVES CORRIDOR SAFETY BENEFITS WHILE OFFERING SLIGHT ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT ADDING SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE MAIN ADJUSTMENT TO THIS OPTION IS THAT THE ADDED LEFT TURN LANE FOR STATE HIGHWAY 114, WHICH IS ADJUSTED TO THE NORTH TO ALLOW FOR EASIER U-TURN MOVEMENT IN FRONT OF THE 7-ELEVEN DRIVEWAY.

ADVANTAGES TO THIS OPTION ARE SIMILAR TO OPTION A, AND INCLUDE REDUCING THE MEDIAN OPENING LENGTH AND OVERALL CONFUSION AT THE LAKE WOOD INTERSECTION AND PREVENTING LEFT TURNS FROM THE CARROLL POINTE SHOPPING CENTER DRIVEWAY ACROSS FROM LAKE WOOD. THE ADDED COST OF THIS MODIFICATION IS MINIMAL,

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OPTION C INTRODUCES A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT LAKE WOOD.

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, NO SIGNAL WARRANTS WERE MET UNTIL NOW.

SAFER LEFT THROUGH AND RIGHT TURN MOVEMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED FROM ALL APPROACHES TO THE INTERSECTION.

THE LEFT TURN MEDIAN INTO THE CARROLL POINTE SHOPPING CENTER WILL BE EXTENDED TO ELIMINATE FURTHER CONFLICT POINTS GENERATED.

THE DRIVEWAY FROM THE LANDMARK OFFICE BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED TO FURTHER REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS AT CENTER SECTION.

INSTEAD, THE LANDMARK OFFICE BUILDING WILL HAVE ACCESS FROM A NEW DRIVEWAY ON LAKE WOOD DRIVE.

FINALLY, THE REMAINING WORK AT THE STATE HIGHWAY 114 INTERSECTIONS WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED.

ADVANTAGES TO THIS OPTION IS THAT IT ALLOWS SAFER ACCESS TO AND FROM NORTH CARROLL AVENUE TO THE LANDMARK OFFICE BUILDING, LAKE WOOD DRIVE, AND THE CARROLL POINTE SHOPPING CENTER.

INTERSECTION OPERATIONS ALONG LAKE WOOD DRIVE ARE IMPROVED FROM A LEVEL OF SERVICE D AND E TO A LEVEL OF SERVICE OF B FOR BOTH THE AM AND THE PM PEAK HOURS, AND IT REDUCES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS FROM 58 TO 25.

THE DISADVANTAGES ARE THAT IT WILL REQUIRE SIGNAL.

IT WILL REQUIRE SIGNAL COORDINATION WITH THE STATE 114 LIGHTS, AND IT ADDS SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS DUE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF SIGNALS. THE ADDED COST FOR THIS OPTION IS APPROXIMATELY $775,000, WITH $75,000 BEING THE WORK REQUIRED AT THE LANDMARK OFFICE SITE TO RELOCATE THE DRIVEWAY. THE FINAL OPTION, OPTION D, IS A NO BUILD OPTION, MEANING WE WOULD RETAIN THE INTERSECTIONS CURRENT CONFIGURATION, REMOVING PHASE 4 IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE CONTRACT.

THE WORK AT STATE HIGHWAY 114 INTERSECTIONS WOULD CONTINUE ONCE THE SIGNAL POLES ARE RECEIVED BY THE CONTRACTOR, AS THIS OPTION KEEPS CURRENT INTERSECTION LAYOUT AND MEDIAN OPENING AS IS, THERE WOULD BE NO DISRUPTION TO THE EXISTING OPERATIONS.

IT WOULD PROVIDE A NET REDUCTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY $35,000 TO REMOVE THE PHASE 4 WORK.

BUT THIS OPTION WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY REDUCTION IN THE EXISTING NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS, AND IT CONTINUES THE CONFUSING AND UNSAFE TURNS THAT EXIST AT THE INTERSECTION.

IN SUMMARY, OPTIONS A, B, AND C ALL REDUCE THE EXISTING NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS, PROVIDING A SAFER, LESS CONFUSING CORRIDOR. OPTION C REDUCES THE MOST OVERALL CONFLICT POINTS WHILE ALSO IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THE INTERSECTION, BUT AT BUT AT SIGNIFICANT ADDED EXPENSE. OPTION D WILL REMOVE THIS INTERSECTION FROM THE EXISTING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, WHICH WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT ACCESS BUT PROVIDE NO SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS SEEKING COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION ON THE PREFERRED PATH FORWARD WITH THE FOUR OPTIONS PRESENTED.

THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU JEFF APPRECIATE HAVING ALL THESE OPTIONS TO THINK ABOUT AND CONSIDER.

AND WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANY OF THESE TONIGHT, BUT THIS IS MORE OF AN INFORMATIONAL KIND OF FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS TO GET FEEDBACK.

QUESTION ON OPTION C WITH THE SIGNAL. DO WE HAVE DATA OR DO WE IS IT COMMON PRACTICE OR STANDARD THAT THE SIGNAL IS THE SAFEST OPTION? IS THERE ANY WAY TO, YOU KNOW, EVERY STREET, EVERY SIGNAL IS DIFFERENT.

BUT IS THERE ANY YAY OR NAY ON THE SIGNAL? THE SIGNALIZED OPTION BEING THE SAFEST OPTION COMPARED TO SAY, A AND B, OR IS IT TOO EARLY TO TELL? SO IT DOES.

IT DOES REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OVERALL CONFLICT POINTS WITHIN THE INTERSECTION FROM 58 TO I THINK 25.

OKAY. SO IT IS THE SAFER OPTION. PREVIOUS STUDIES, I THINK WE'VE DONE TWO PRIOR STUDIES TO THIS.

WE GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS OF OVER NINE OPTIONS.

THE PREVIOUS STUDIES, THEY DID NOT WARRANT ANY SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION.

BUT RECENT CRASH DATA THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE NOW WARRANTED.

THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL COULD BE INSTALLED AT THE LAKE WOOD DRIVE INTERSECTION, AND THAT. IT'S JUST MORE FROM A CRASH EXPERIENCE.

AND IT'S FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION OR THE SIGNAL AT, I GUESS, THE ACCESS ROAD TO 114.

AND CARROLL, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME RULES FROM TXDOT ABOUT HOW FAR THOSE HAVE TO BE.

YEAH SO WE WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE THE SIGNAL TIMING. YEAH. WITH STATE HIGHWAY 114.

SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE WITH FURTHER ANALYSIS AND STUDIES TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TIME THAT.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY COORDINATION WITH TXDOT TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT LAKE WOOD.

OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR JEFF? WE'RE GOING TO I KNOW THERE'S SOME RESIDENTS IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'VE COME TO SPEAK THIS ISN'T A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'M GOING TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO SPEAK WHO'S HERE. BUT MAYBE WE'LL GO WITH QUESTIONS FOR JEFF FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL INVITE OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY QUESTION. IS THE STACKING DEPTH OR WHAT THIS CAUSES COMING OFF OF 114 BECAUSE CARROLL AND

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JUST WHAT DOES THAT DO TO ALL OF IT? I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE ANY DATA RELATED TO STACKING ALONG 114 FRONTAGE BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT FUNCTIONALITY AND THINGS, AND IT DOESN'T ORPHAN THAT OFFICE BUILDING AND CAUSE THE U-TURNS AND ALL THAT FEELS LIKE IT'S A BETTER ROUTE WE DID LOOK AT THAT AND OUR ONE OF MY COWORKERS THAT DOES A LOT OF THE COORDINATED SIGNAL TIMING WITH TXDOT AS WELL.

IT IS PRETTY CLOSELY SPACED. WE WOULD TIE THESE TWO SIGNALS OR TIE THE SIGNALS TOGETHER.

IF YOU PUT THAT SIGNAL IN, IT WOULD TIE IN WITH THE INTERCHANGE.

WE'D BE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS OF THE STACKING THAT HAPPENS THROUGH THERE.

YOU CAN DO SOME DO NOT LOCK THE BOX, BUT WE WOULD NORMALLY OPERATE IT.

SO AS YOU'RE COMING THROUGH, AS IT'S COMING GREEN SOUTHBOUND YOU HIT GREEN AT LAKE WOOD IF YOU HAD THE SIGNAL THERE.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF OUR MAIN OPERATIONAL PIECES.

I WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE PUTTING PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS ACROSS RIGHT THERE AT LAKE WOOD.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY CAUSE THE QUEUING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT.

AND WE ALSO PROBABLY WOULD NOT ENCOURAGE THE TRAFFIC GOING EAST WEST ACROSS FROM LAKE WOOD TO THE SHOPPING CENTER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO BY KEEPING THOSE MOVEMENTS OUT OF THE CIRCULATION, IT MAKES IT THAT SIGNAL OPERATES ALMOST LIKE A HALF SIGNAL, LIKE ONLY PARTIAL MOVEMENTS, BUT PUTTING LIKE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK THERE WOULD DEFINITELY BACK IT UP.

SO THERE'S THINGS THAT WE WOULD DO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT JUST TO MAKE SURE OPERATIONALLY IT WOULD WORK. AND WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK TYING IT TOGETHER WE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE OPTIONS HAS ANOTHER LANE FOR THE LEFT TURN TO GET ON THE 114 WESTBOUND.

SO ADDING THE SIGNAL, THOUGH, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ALSO CONTROL THE APPROACH TO THAT, WOULDN'T IT? IT WOULD SLOW DOWN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, WHICH WOULD THEN, OF COURSE, BE THE SOLUTION FOR NOT HAVING TO ADD THAT EXTRA LANE.

RIGHT? SO YOU COULD CONTROL HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE ACTUALLY APPROACHING 114 VERSUS THE CURRENT.

WHAT TIME WE HAVE NOW WHEN THEY START BACKING UP.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S TECHNICALLY TRUE. I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE THAT SIGNAL THERE IT'D JUST BE DEPENDING ON THE SIGNAL TIMING STUDY TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD DO. THERE IS IT WOULD HOLD THE TRAFFIC BACK LIKE SO IF YOU'RE TURNING YOUR DOWNTOWN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU THINK ABOUT SIGNALS THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSELY SPACED, BUT AS IT APPROACHES IT, THAT TURN LANE, WE WOULD STILL WANT THAT TO BE EXTENDED HOW WE'VE DONE IT.

AND AS YOU GET TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, AT THE INTERCHANGE AND THE MOVEMENTS, IT'S A PRETTY TIGHT QUEUING AREA SPACE SO THAT STILL GIVES YOU SOME EXTRA SPACE FOR THE TURN OH, SORRY. STILL GIVES YOU SOME EXTRA STACKING SPACE ONCE PEOPLE HAVE GONE NORTH TO LAKE WOOD.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT PRETTY, BUT I'M SURE YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS, BUT IN VERY UNPRETTY SOLUTION WOULD BE THAT CURRENT THAT LEFT TURN THAT EVERYBODY GOES INTO THE 7-ELEVEN AREA.

YOU COULD HAVE ACCESS FROM THAT PARKING LOT DIRECTLY INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE OFFICE BUILDING, TOO, AS WELL, RIGHT? YEAH SO CROSS LOT ACCESS HAS BEEN REVIEWED A FEW TIMES, INCLUDING DURING THIS STUDY, BUT WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT AS AN OPTION BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE IMPROVEMENT.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE LANDMARK OFFICE BUILDING AND CARROLL GREENWAY TO COME TO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THAT ACCESS.

AND CARROLL GREENWAY IS THE OWNER OF THE WHAT WE KNOW AS THE 7-ELEVEN AREA? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THESE GUYS BEFORE WE HEAR FROM? GO AHEAD ON OPTION C IS IT PUTTING PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THE LANDMARK OFFICE BUILDING? IS THAT PUTTING THEM ON LAKE WOOD? CORRECT MORE THAN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW? YES SO YOU'RE INCREASING TRAFFIC FLOW TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. BUT WE WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE TURNING LEFT AS EXITING AND NOT CUTTING THROUGH LAKE WOOD DRIVE.

I'M SURE THE RESIDENTS HAVE A THOUGHT ON THAT FOR US SO OKAY.

YEAH SO AS COMPLICATED AS THIS INTERSECTION IS, OBVIOUSLY WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT ONE THING THAT DOES WORK VERY WELL IS SOUTHBOUND COMING ACROSS 114.

SO IF YOU'RE SITTING AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE, THE DENTIST OFFICE ON THE LEFT YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU GET ONTO THE OVERPASS, THAT TIMING IS ONE OF THE NICEST TIMINGS WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

IT'S JUST PERFECT WHEN YOU COME OFF OF THAT FROM RED AND THEN THE GREEN TURNS ON, YOU'RE ABOUT HALFWAY TOWARDS IT.

GREENS CONTINUING ON DOWN CARROLL, IF YOU IF YOU SIGNALIZE THAT INTERSECTION WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE THOUGH ON THAT?

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WE WOULD INTEND FOR THE 114 INTERCHANGE SIGNALS THAT ARE THERE ALREADY TO BE THE PRIMARY SIGNALS OPERATING.

SO AS YOU GET YOUR GREEN PROGRESSION UP, THE LAKE WOOD INTERSECTION WOULD.

FIT UP TO? AGREEMENT UP FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY SYNC TOGETHER EITHER TEXT, ALLOWING YOU TO PUT A LITTLE CONTROLLER IN THE TWO SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY SYNCED NORMALLY LIKE A RADIO TYPE CONTROLLER. OR YOU CAN DO A TIME BASED CONNECTION THAT PROBABLY MONTHLY, YOU'D GO OUT AND JUST MAKE SURE THE CLOCKS HAVEN'T WANDERED A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THEY WOULD BE ONE THAT COULD BE EASILY MISSED IF WE WEREN'T CAREFUL, BECAUSE THERE IS PRETTY HEAVY STACKING GOING SOUTHBOUND FROM NORTH CARROLL ACROSS THE INTERSECTION TO PASS THE 7-ELEVEN ON YOUR RIGHT.

AND YEAH, THAT THAT SIGNAL WOULD POTENTIALLY MESS THAT UP IF IT WEREN'T SYNCED CORRECTLY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HEAR FROM SOME RESIDENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS STICK AROUND WE MAY COME BACK TO YOU. COME BACK TO YOU AFTER WE HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS. THE FIRST RESIDENT WHO SUBMITTED A COMMENT FORM IS CHRIS LOTT AT 750 THROUGH 756 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE. MR. LOTT, COME ON DOWN.

I THINK THE MICROPHONE IS ALREADY ON. THE RED LIGHT IS ON.

SO YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. HI YES, MY NAME IS CHRIS.

I RESIDE AT 2604 DAY COURT IN SOUTHLAKE. I REPRESENT THE OWNERSHIP OF 750 TO 756 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE, WHICH THEY'RE CALLING THE LANDMARK OFFICE BUILDING.

UP UNTIL NOW, WE'VE HAD ACCESS FROM NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON CARROLL BECAUSE THE MEDIAN HAS BEEN HELD BACK TO WHERE OUR INTERSECTION OR WHERE OUR DRIVE STARTS.

THIS HAS ALLOWED PEOPLE TO TURN IN THAT ARE COMING FROM THE SOUTH.

AND ALSO WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM THE NORTH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE NO BILL.

WE COULD JUST GO ON LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

BUT WHAT THE CITY HAS KIND OF LOOKED AT DOING IS EXTENDING THE MEDIAN ALL THE WAY UP PAST OUR APPROACH, WHICH KIND OF ELIMINATES OUR SOUTHBOUND ACCESS INTO THE PROPERTY.

NOW, I KNOW THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE U-TURN POSSIBILITY.

IF THERE WERE PEOPLE CAN TAKE A RIGHT INTO THE 7-ELEVEN STORE THAT ARE NORTHBOUND ON CARROLL.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT [LAUGHTER] IS THAT IT'S SO CLOSE TO 114.

THAT MAKING A U-TURN IN THAT PARTICULAR LEFT TURN AREA IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

I THINK THAT I TRIED IT THE OTHER DAY, AND I ACTUALLY WENT UP INTO THE APPROACH OF THE 7-ELEVEN STRIP CENTER, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM. YOU MIGHT GET A SMALL CAR TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT ANYBODY THAT DRIVES A REGULAR SEDAN OR A PICKUP OR SUV WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING THAT U-TURN. SO THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE YOU'D HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS [LAUGHTER] 114 AND FIND SOMEWHERE OVER THERE TO MAKE A U-TURN AND COME BACK ACROSS 114 TO ACTUALLY TURN RIGHT INTO OUR PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION. I KNOW THE RESIDENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT IF WE HAVE A APPROACH OFF OF LAKE WOOD, THAT IT WILL INCREASE THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THEIR SUBDIVISION.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO [LAUGHTER] PARTICULAR THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK RIGHT NOW, IF PEOPLE WERE TO COME OUT OF OUR APPROACH, THEY COULD ACTUALLY MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND GO THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE WOULD DO THAT, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS.

I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE THOSE.

I JUST FEEL LIKE OUR BEST APPROACH IS EITHER THE NO BUILD OLD OR SOME WAY WHERE WE GET AN APPROACH THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE RESIDENTS, WHERE WE CAN HAVE IN AND OUT EGRESS ON 750 TO 756 NORTH CARROLL AND ALLEVIATE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AS THEY LEAVE OUR PROPERTY.

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I KNOW THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOCUSED IN ON THE TIMES OF DAY THAT ARE PEAK, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON.

BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY TRAFFIC THAT ACCESS THAT PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY BECAUSE IT'S THE AS YOU KNOW, IN A DENTAL OPERATION, YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

SAME WAY WITH A SPA. AND THAT'S ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SO YOU KNOW, WE I WANT THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK, THAT WE ARE WANTING TO WORK TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS, BUT BASED ON WHAT THE CITY WAS PREPARING TO DO IT KIND OF IS A PROBLEM FOR US.

AND YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO YOU KNOW, ALEVE THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS IN LAKE WOOD AND ALSO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN CARROLL, WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THAT.

APPRECIATE THAT MILLER AT 750 LAKE WOOD DRIVE. LINDA MILLER.

ABSOLUTELY COME ON DOWN AND THAT GOES FOR ANYONE.

ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. THOSE ARE JUST THE COMMENT CARDS.

THE ILLUSTRATION THAT SHOWS THE ACTUAL INTERSECTION EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK. WE'LL JUST TAKE YOU ONE AT A TIME AND COME ON DOWN. SO I'LL GET TO YOU ALL. IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. I'M SORRY. DWIGHT HILTON, 775 WILDWOOD LANE.

I'VE BEEN THERE 24 YEARS. MAYBE THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS I COULD DO THIS. THE FIRST THING IS, I THINK THE OVER OVERWHELMING THING IS, HOW CAN WE GET PEOPLE THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION SAFELY? THERE WAS A WRECK THERE WAS A WRECK THERE LAST MONDAY AFTERNOON, WASN'T THERE? INTERSECTION. AND I'VE SEEN SO MANY WRECKS. I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT YOU SAID THAT DATE BACK TO 2015 BECAUSE I'VE SEEN MANY WRECKS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE'VE EXPRESSED CONCERN, AND I'VE BEEN UP ON THE THIRD FLOOR AND SENT EMAILS.

AND EVEN WHEN THEY GRANTED THE VARIANCE FOR THE LANDMARK OFFICE BUILDING ON THE DENSITY VARIANCE, AND THEY WANTED THAT ACCESS PLAN C, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAD 100% OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNED A PETITION THAT WE DIDN'T WANT THAT. THERE WAS ONE THAT DIDN'T SIGN AND HE WAS OUT OF TOWN.

BUT 100% OF THE 37 RESIDENTS, WE HAD 36 SIGNATURES THAT WE DID NOT WANT THAT THAT'S ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE.

IT'S ALSO THE ONE THAT COMES WITH THE MOST IMPLICATIONS COMING FROM THE FREEWAY.

YOU KNOW, THEY GRANTED THEM THE VARIANCE FOR THE DENSITY.

THEY GRANTED THE USE. AND WE EXPRESSED THE CONCERN ON IT AND NOW IT'S MANIFESTED ITSELF.

SO THERE'S FOUR THINGS THAT I THINK MOST OF US IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD AGREE ON, AND THEY'RE MINIMAL COST.

AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SOME OF THESE IN EMAILS DATING BACK TO 2017 AND 2018.

ITEM NUMBER ONE TWO LEFT HAND TURN LANES FROM NORTHBOUND CARROLL TO WESTBOUND 114.

I MEAN, GET OUT THERE WITH SOME REFLECTIVE TRAFFIC PAINT AND GET SOME SIGNS UP.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. THAT'S GOING TO MOVE MORE PEOPLE SAFELY THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. CHIEF, IS THAT AND DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? I'M JUST CURIOUS. DO YOU SEE WHERE THAT'S SAFE TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION? YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS IT TO US.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE A MICROPHONE OVER THERE, I DON'T THINK.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER TWO, PEOPLE COMING DOWN THROUGH THERE, INCLUDING THE WRECK THAT I WITNESSED LAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:00.

I BELIEVE IT WAS PEOPLE SPEED THROUGH THERE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN YOU WOULD PUT UP THE TEMPORARY SIGNS.

IT WOULD SAY SPEED LIMIT 30, YOUR SPEED 42. AND YOU KNOW, IT WOULD SHOW THAT IF THEY WOULD JUST PUT UP A PERMANENT SIGN LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD JUST TELL PEOPLE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 30 AND WHAT THEIR SPEED IS AND FLASH IT UP TO THEM BOTH DIRECTIONS.

MINIMAL COST, SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. GET PEOPLE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WITH THE DOUBLE LEFT HAND.

TURN TO WESTBOUND 114. A THIRD AREA THAT WOULDN'T COST ANYTHING OR BE MINIMAL COST, WOULD BE PEOPLE TAKING A RIGHT FROM NORTHBOUND

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I DON'T THINK THEY'RE AWARE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE FRONTAGE ROAD BY THE 7-ELEVEN, THEY HAVE A TURN ONLY LANE SO THEY CAN'T COME THROUGH.

THAT'S A DEDICATED SAFE LANE. WHAT IF YOU PUT SOME PLASTIC YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU HAVE OVER BY THE GATEWAY U-TURN IF YOU PUT THOSE PLASTIC MARKERS UP SO THOSE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT'S A PROTECTED LANE FOR THEM TO COME INTO, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE COMING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION HAVE TO TURN.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS ANYBODY FOLLOWING ME AT ALL? SO THOSE ARE ALL MINIMAL COST THINGS. CONTROL THE SPEED.

GET MORE CARS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION SAFELY.

THE U-TURN. THERE'S PLENTY OF RIGHT OF WAY BY THE POLICE STATION.

AND FOR 18 OF THE 24 YEARS I'VE LIVED THERE, YOU COULD DO THE U-TURN DOWN BY THE POLICE STATION.

THERE'S PLENTY OF RIGHT OF WAY. THERE'S TRAFFIC SIGNALS WHEN THE TRUCKS DO COME OUT.

THE SIRENS ARE BIG, THE TRUCKS ARE BIG. AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE ARE VERY WELL TRAINED.

WHEN THEY TOOK AWAY THE U-TURN IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, ALL THOSE PEOPLE STARTED TRYING TO DO A U-TURN TO WHERE THERE'S ONLY TWO LANES AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY, AND THEY END UP BACKING UP AND TRYING TO GET THROUGH THERE.

AND AGAIN, IT COMPOUNDS. THERE'VE BEEN EIGHT DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SOMEWHERE I'VE GOT AN EMAIL THAT'S THE LIST OF THOSE EIGHT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE HANDICAPPED US. THE VARIANCE ON THAT BUILDING FOR THE DENSITY IS WHY WE'RE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS UNDER CONSIDERATION.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

PLEASE DON'T ADVERSELY IMPACT US BY GOING WITH OPTION C.

DON'T SPEND THREE QUARTERS OF $1 MILLION. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SPENT.

TRY AND DO IT IN PHASES. DO THE TWO LEFT HAND TURNS TO 114.

DO THE PROTECTED TURN TO EASTBOUND 114. PUT THE SIGNS UP THAT LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS 30 AND WHAT THEIR SPEED IS.

AND I THINK YOU CAN DO ALL THAT FOR 15% OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT OPTION C IS.

AND AM I WRONG? IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? LAKE WOOD ACRES, I SEE YOU.

IS THERE ANYBODY BACK HERE THAT SUPPORTS OPTION C? ARE WE 100% IN OPPOSITION? RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION TO OPTION C.

I HOPE I'VE MADE. I HOPE I'VE BEEN HELPFUL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR JEFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NOPE WE'RE GOING TO LET EVERYONE ELSE HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK AS WELL. BUT I THINK WE'RE GOOD. SIR. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

OKAY THANK YOU. I HOPE I WASN'T TOO MUCH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, HOWARD SANDERS, 1000 LAKE WOOD DRIVE.

APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE BE HERE FOR OUR CITIZENS.

THE SPECIFICALLY IN REFERENCE TO OPTION C, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED AND ANSWERED YEARS BACK WHEN MR. LOTT AND HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THIS BUILDING.

IT LOOKS FANTASTIC THE WAY IT FINISHED OUT. BUT DURING THE COURSE OF THAT REMODEL AND CONSTRUCTION, WE SPENT EXTENSIVE TIME AS NEIGHBORS. AND IT WASN'T JUST LAKE WOOD, IT WAS SOUTHVIEW, AND IT WAS ALSO FOXBOROUGH.

AND WE CAME TOGETHER, I BELIEVE KUBIAK MR. KUBIAK AT THE TIME WAS CHAIR OF MAYBE PNC, AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE AND WERE HASHED OUT. AND I THINK AT THAT POINT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT EVEN MADE IT TO COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION TO ANY ACCESS FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ONTO LAKE WOOD.

THE RECENT WINDS THAT WE'VE SEEN. THE NEW MEDIAN CUT THROUGH RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO DPS.

PHENOMENAL I USE IT TO MAKE U-TURNS COMING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE NO U-TURN SIGNS PHENOMENAL HAS REALLY CUT DOWN ON THE CONFLICT WE WOULD TRADITIONALLY HAVE WITH CARS COMING AND GOING. I ADMIT THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CHICKEN THAT'S PLAYED WITH SOME OF THE CARS THAT COME OUT OF LANDMARK.

BUT I'M NOT THERE FOR MOST OF THE DAY, SO I DON'T REALLY END UP IN THAT LEVEL OF COMBAT.

BUT I WOULD SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT SPEND WHAT WOULD AMOUNT TO MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO DIMINISH THE BEAUTY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR INGRESS AND EGRESS, WHICH WE'VE ENJOYED AND I'VE ENJOYED SINCE 1998.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC OF THE AREA AROUND NORTH CARROLL? COME ON DOWN. AND AGAIN, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT CARD YOU WANT TO SUBMIT AS WELL, YOU CAN JUST HAND THAT TO THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND YOU OR LANE, WHICH INTERSECTS WITH LAKE WOOD. AND SO THIS IS A ROUTE THAT I DRIVE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY.

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HOWEVER, I DON'T SEE WHY OPTION C IS THE I DON'T I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT COMMERCIAL EGRESS INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I WAS WONDERING WHETHER THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED FOR AN OPTION.

AND THE REASON WHY I RAISED THIS POINT IS BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A MILNER RANCH, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THOUGHT THAT THAT RANCH WOULD EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED.

AND THAT'S WHY LAKE WOOD DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, ENDS IN A STUB AS A STREET MEANING THAT AT SOME POINT I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE TRAFFIC COMING, PERHAPS THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT SOME POINT.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS INVESTMENT IS NECESSARILY IN VAIN, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED OR PRESENTED TO US IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. AND AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THIS DISCUSSION WAS ALREADY HAD MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS PEOPLE WALKING, CHILDREN, ETC.

AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD WANT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC BEING DIRECTED THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO ACCESS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

BUT I DO THINK HAVING A TRAFFIC LIGHT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL IF THERE WOULD BE AN OPTION TO INSTEAD HAVE LANDMARK DIRECTOR TRAFFIC SOMEWHERE ELSE, SO NOT HAVE THAT CUT OUT WHERE THEY DUMP OUT INTO LAKE WOOD DRIVE, BUT KEEP THE COMMERCIAL.

BUT BUT TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC LIGHT FOR SAFETY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT? YES, SIR. COME ON DOWN. IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN GO AHEAD.

MY NAME IS PAUL SIMON. I RESIDE AT 500 BENTWOOD LANE IN AND SOUTHLAKE.

AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 25 YEARS. FIRST, I WANT TO REITERATE THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS MADE.

I WAS I WAS HERE, ALONG WITH A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS FROM LAKE WOOD, AND WE DID OPPOSE THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT LANDMARK WANTED. THEY WERE EXTENDING THE NUMBER OF OFFICE SPACE.

THEY NEEDED A VARIANCE. AND WE ACTUALLY WERE FOUGHT THAT THE WAY WE CAME TO A COMPROMISE AND WE WORKED IT OUT WITH HIM, WAS AS LONG AS HE DIDN'T ASK FOR ACCESS TO LAKE WOOD, THEN WE WOULD DROP ALL ALL COMPLAINTS AND WE DID 100%.

IT PASSED. EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK, TO MAKE SURE YOU REALIZE THAT THAT IS AN AGREEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE ASKED US IF HE DROPPED IT, IF HE DROPPED THE ACCESS, WOULD WE DROP ANY COMPLAINTS? AND WE DID. SO WE ABIDED BY HIS WISH. AND NOW I'M NOT SAYING HE'S ASKING FOR IT TO BE DIFFERENT, OKAY. BUT THE PLAN THAT HE SUPPORTS IS, IS NOW SEEMS TO BE THE ONE FOR GETTING ON LAKE WOOD.

A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THOUGH TO CONSIDER. SO THAT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.

I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT STACKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ON 114 COMING FROM WESTLAKE, EXITING CARROLL AND MAKING A RIGHT ON CARROLL.

I DO THAT EVERY TIME BECAUSE I'M GOING INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE TURN RIGHT ON RED. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC LIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT STACKING FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO TRY TO TURN RIGHT ON RED, OR THEY'RE GOING TO TURN RIGHT ON RED, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE STACKING RIGHT THERE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG PROBLEM. PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO 7-ELEVEN.

SO IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. I'M NOT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CONSIDER THE STACKING PROBLEM.

ALSO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU REALIZE HOW MANY RESIDENTS OF LAKE WOOD NOW ARE AVOIDING CARROLL BECAUSE THEY'RE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON CARROLL.

SO WE ARE USING OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS ADJACENT TO IT TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO 1709.

AND THAT MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE FROM LANDMARK WOULD REALIZE THE SAME THING.

WE'RE GOING TO CUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW RATHER THAN GOING LEFT AND GETTING ONTO CARROLL.

THEY'RE GOING TO CUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND LASTLY, I KNOW MY TIME IS UP, BUT I JUST WANT TO MENTION. THAT THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TIMING OF LIGHTS WITH 114, THE STATE HIGHWAY, WHATEVER THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH THAT IS THAT'S GOING TO MEAN THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT THOSE LIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE A LOT LONGER ON CARROLL, AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY LIMITED ACCESS OR THE LIGHT BEING GREEN ON LAKE WOOD.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SHORT IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO TIME IT WITH THAT.

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AND THE MORE PEOPLE YOU LET OUT OF LANDMARK ONTO LAKE WOOD, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF STACKING AND MENTIONED POTENTIALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WHENEVER THE MILNER RANCH IS SOLD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

WE'LL GET TO YOU NEXT, THERE'S OTHERS FIRST. AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, THEN GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS SUSAN STANEK. I LIVE AT 800 LAKE WOOD DRIVE.

I'M A 26 YEAR RESIDENT OF LAKE WOOD ACRES, SO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID.

WE DID HAVE THIS AGREEMENT MORE THAN SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THAT WE WOULD NOT FIGHT ANY OF THE VARIANCES AT THE LANDMARK BUILDING AS LONG AS WE DIDN'T CUT INTO LAKE WOOD DRIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO PAINT A PICTURE OF LAKE WOOD, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE REALLY SAID THAT.

IT'S A SLEEPY NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE BLACKTOP ROADS.

WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS. MOST OF US DON'T HAVE CURBS.

WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE SEPTIC. I MEAN, WE HAVE SEPTIC.

WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE SEWER, AND WE HAVE WATER RUNOFF PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE SIT ON A HILL.

IT IS A SLEEPY LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE, CHILDREN RIDE BICYCLES IN THE STREET AND WALK DOGS AND JOGGERS AND A LOT OF ELDERLY RESIDENTS. BECAUSE THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL HOMEOWNERS, SO PUTTING TRAFFIC THROUGH LAKE WOOD TO CUT THROUGH ANY FURTHER PLACES WOULD JUST BE TRAGIC. SO WE'RE HERE AGAIN ASKING YOU SOME OF THESE OPTIONS LOOK GOOD.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DISCUSS. LET'S DISCUSS THEM.

BUT PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT CUT INTO LAKE WOOD DRIVE.

PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLEASE, I ASK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

FROM HERE IN THE MIDDLE SECTION. YES, MA'AM. COME ON DOWN.

WELCOME AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, THEN GO AHEAD. THANK YOU I'M ANN WOOTEN, 970 SOUTHVIEW TRAIL. I'M IN THE SOUTHVIEW SUBDIVISION.

I AGREE WITH THE DOUBLE LANE TO TRY TO FREE UP THAT TRAFFIC GOING ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE THERE ONTO 114.

TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. I DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY ACCESS INTO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE ACCESS FROM THE OLD POST OFFICE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO EVEN HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE PETITIONED AND TALKED TO THE CITY SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT PUTTING A RED LIGHT AT SOUTH THE ENTRANCE TO SOUTHVIEW THERE, WHICH IS CALLED SOUTHCREST, I THINK.

TO ME, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE THAN PUTTING A RED LIGHT THIS CLOSE TO 7-ELEVEN THE LANDMARK IN THAT AREA.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S NOT EVEN BEING CONSIDERED.

WE DO HAVE ONE CROSSWALK ON NORTH CARROLL, AND IT REALLY ISN'T ENOUGH FOR THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS WE HAVE IN THAT AREA, SO IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO HAVE A RED LIGHT AT THAT.

THAT ENTRANCE TO SOUTHVIEW THERE THAT WOULD GO ACROSS TO TOWN SQUARE WITH A CROSSWALK.

I DO BELIEVE IT WOULD HELP FREE UP SOME OF THE TRAFFIC BY SLOWING IT DOWN, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC MOVES VERY FAST THROUGH THERE.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

ANY OTHER FOLKS FROM THE FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WISH TO SPEAK? YEP COME ON DOWN. DWIGHT HILTON AGAIN ON MY ORIGINAL FOUR SUGGESTIONS, THERE WAS A FIFTH ONE THAT CAME UP AS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUGGESTED, I THINK, BY JEFF OR SOMEBODY HAD POSED THE QUESTION TO JEFF.

I BELIEVE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MR. TAGGART OR MR. REYNOLDS THAT POSED THE QUESTION. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT ABOUT SOME TYPE OF RECIPROCAL ACCESS EASEMENT BETWEEN LANDMARK AND THE 7-ELEVEN PROPERTY. AND I KNOW THAT WOULD REQUIRE PRIVATE AGREEMENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WE'VE GIVEN ALL THESE AGREEMENTS AND VARIANCES TO LANDMARK THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND LET THEM PUT THE HIGHER DENSITY. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. IS THERE SOME EMINENT DOMAIN FOR A RECIPROCATING EASEMENT BETWEEN 7-ELEVEN AND LANDMARK TO WHERE THEY CAN GO IN AND NEGOTIATE THAT? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE IF THE PEOPLE COULD COME OUT OF LANDMARK INTO WHERE IT SAYS DRIVEWAY ON THE ILLUSTRATION, PEOPLE WOULD NATURALLY GRAVITATE THAT, AND THAT WOULD SOLVE BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A CURB CUT WITH THE CURRENT MEDIAN TO DO THAT NORTHBOUND INTO THE PARKING LOT.

AND SO RECIPROCAL EASEMENT FROM THAT. AGAIN, I'M TALKING ABOUT MINIMAL IMPACT, MINIMAL COST, MAXIMUM RETURN AND GETTING PEOPLE SAFELY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.

THANK YOU SIR. IS THERE A PROCESS. DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF THERE'S A PROCESS TO ENCOURAGE OR FORCE AN EMINENT DOMAIN FOR RECIPROCATING EASEMENTS? WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME WITH ALL THE PAD SITES, YOU KNOW, OVER BY LOWE'S OR OVERWORKING KAITHS.

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IT'S JUST A THOUGHT OF ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT WITH MINIMAL COST, THANK YOU LOTT WANTED TO RESPOND TO ONE OF THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU JUST ANOTHER MINUTE OR TWO TO RESPOND TO WHATEVER WE'VE HEARD, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

WELL, THERE'S TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS. ONE WAS THE IDEA THAT WE HAD THIS AGREEMENT THAT THEY WOULDN'T PROTEST US EXPANDING OUR FACILITIES AND INCREASING THE OFFICE SPACE THAT WE HAD.

WE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT BASED ON ALL OF CITY ORDINANCE.

TO DO THAT, WE WORKED WITH THEM AND WE HAD TO GET A VARIANCE, ACTUALLY, TO KEEP THE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH ULTIMATELY WE AGREED TO DO PROVIDED THAT THE CITY COULD KEEP THE MEDIAN BACK SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE SOUTHBOUND ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTY. WHAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP IS NOT SOMETHING WE COULD EVEN CONSIDER.

7-ELEVEN IS A RETAIL CENTER. OUR PROPERTY IS A COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING.

TO HAVE THE ACCESS CONNECT THOSE TWO. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE 7-ELEVEN COMPLEX LATELY, BUT IT'S COVERED UP WITH LANDSCAPE TRAILERS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

IF WE WERE TO MAKE THAT ACCESS COMMON, WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE THAT WOULD COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR CURRENT APPROACH TO GET OUT ON TO CARROLL.

AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT ACCESS THE DENTAL OFFICE, THAT ACCESS THE SPA, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE COULD AGREE WITH THAT WOULD JUST BE A REAL PROBLEM.

NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THAT ONE OF THE BIG TRAFFIC HINDRANCES THAT EXIST RIGHT NOW IS THE LEFT END INTO 7-ELEVEN, AND THAT WOULD JUST CREATE A GREATER TRAFFIC THING TRYING TO GET ACROSS THERE SO CLOSE TO 114 THAT THAT REALLY DOESN'T, TO ME, MAKE A LOT OF SENSE AS FAR AS TRYING TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THE AREA.

WE'RE GLAD TO LEAVE THINGS JUST AS THEY ARE. I KNOW THE CITY DOESN'T PARTICULARLY WANT TO DO THAT.

I THINK THAT THE MEDIAN THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW WHERE IT USED TO BE, WHERE PEOPLE COULD TAKE A LEFT INTO THE CARROLL POINTE CENTER AND ACTUALLY, AT ONE TIME, THEY COULD MAKE A U-TURN THERE.

I THINK THE CITY HAS TAKEN CARE OF THAT PROBLEM.

BUT I THINK ELIMINATING THE ABILITY FOR ANYBODY TO TAKE A LEFT INTO CARROLL POINTE BY WIDENING AND TAKING OUT THAT LEFT TURN LANE WOULD HELP A LOT. BUT ANYWAY THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. THANK YOU, SIR APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT? YES.

YES, MA'AM COME ON DOWN. WELCOME AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. I'M NANCY SORRELL I LIVE AT 775 BENTWOOD LANE, AND I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 41 YEARS.

THE MAJOR THING HERE IS THIS IS A THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

OKAY? LEAVING. MR. LOTT HAS SAID LEAVING IT ALONE.

THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. I DON'T KNOW IF HE APPRECIATES I WHEN WE'RE COMING OUT OF LAKE WOOD TRYING TO GET ON.

WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING NORTH ON CARROLL SITTING IN NORTHBOUND IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE, TRYING TO GET THAT INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY. IT'S IT'S NUTS. THEY'RE LITERALLY SITTING IN THE WRONG LANE.

AND WHEN, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY, WE COMING OUT OF LAKE WOOD, WE CAN'T SEE THEIR LIGHTS.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING SOUTH. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING STRAIGHT ACROSS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IT THE INTERSECTION IS DANGEROUS AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THE SIGNS SAY. THEY IT SAYS NO U-TURN.

EVERY PERSON HERE, WE WATCH THEM DO U-TURNS, BUT IT SAYS ONLY A RIGHT TURN OUT OF CHEWY'S.

THEY MAKE LEFT TURNS. WE JUST SIT AND WAIT. ARE THEY GOING TO COME ACROSS IN FRONT OF ME? YEP THEY DO. TO HAVE THAT BE A RIGHT TURN, ONLY IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK LIKE WHAT THEY JUST BUILT DOWN BY THE CONTAINER STORE, WHERE THERE IS NO WAY PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE IN THEIR VEHICLE THAT THEY CAN TURN LEFT OR THEY'RE GOING TO GO THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY DO, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS NOT TO, THEY DO. SO IT'S A IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT CAN'T BE LEFT THE WAY IT IS.

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I MEAN, COMING IN THE IN NOT IN A BUSY TIME OF DAY.

THE TRAFFIC WAS DOWN TO THE POLICE STATION, GO SITTING NORTH AND WE CAN'T GET OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGN THAT SAYS, DON'T BLOCK THE INTERSECTION. PEOPLE BLOCK IT ALL THE TIME.

YOU CAN'T GET OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LISTEN. BUT I THINK TWO LANES GOING NORTHBOUND TO 114 TO MOVE MORE TRAFFIC FASTER IS A REQUIREMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THIS OPTION. ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT EXIST.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I SEE THAT MR. GINN HAS BEEN TAKING LOTS OF NOTES.

WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING TONIGHT. THIS IS MORE OF A FIRST STEP INFORMATIONAL PROCESS.

NO VOTES TONIGHT. MR. GINN'S BEEN TAKING SOME NOTES.

YEAH. I'LL ASK MR. GINN, DO YOU HAVE, AFTER HEARING WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM OUR FROM OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS.

DO YOU NEED SOME MORE TIME TO COME UP WITH OTHER OPTIONS? DO YOU THINK DO YOU KIND OF WANT SOME DIRECTION FROM US ON THE FOUR OPTIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR? HOW DO YOU PROPOSE THAT WE PROCEED? I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU OR HEAR YOUR INPUT.

I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER OR RESPOND TO THE REQUEST FOR THE DUAL LEFT TURN LANES AT STATE HIGHWAY 114.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS PROJECT IS ADDING DUAL LEFT TURN LANES FOR WESTBOUND 114.

PART OF THIS ADDING THIS THIS TURN LANE HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO FREE UP TWO LEFTS AND THEN ONE THROUGH, RIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION NORTHBOUND CARROLL.

SO THAT THAT IS BEING HANDLED WITH THIS CURRENT NORTH CARROLL AVENUE CORRIDOR PROJECT.

BUT IN TERMS OF ALL THE FEEDBACK, IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO REVISIT SOME OF IT BUT ONE THING I WILL SAY IS OPTIONS A AND B THEY, THEY CAN BE DONE PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

SAME, SAME THING WITH OPTION D, SO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COSTING $775,000.

WE DO HAVE RESIDUALS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE PROJECT ACCOUNT.

BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DESIGN THAT IF WE WERE TO GO THAT OPTION.

AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE BID JUST FOR BIDDING REQUIREMENTS.

THE CURRENT CONTRACT $775,000, WOULD EXCEED THE STATE MINIMUM OF 25 OR THE STATE MAXIMUM OF 25% CHANGE ORDER.

SO IS THERE AN OPTION OR ANOTHER OPTION OR A HYBRID WHERE THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THE LANDMARK PROPERTY OFF OF LAKE WOOD? I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY DRIVEWAY THREE. IS THAT EVEN AN OPTION, OR WOULD YOU NEED MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT? THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION THERE WITHOUT ACCESS TO LANDMARK FROM LAKE WOOD, WHICH HERE THE RESIDENTS LOUD AND CLEAR ON THAT.

DO YOU NEED MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT, OR CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT NOW? I DON'T I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE MORE TIME TO REVISIT THAT OPTION.

YOU'D STILL HAVE THE CONFLICTS THROUGH THAT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION.

WHAT SORT OF TIME FRAME? I KNOW WE'RE GETTING READY TO HIT HOLIDAY SEASON AND.

YEAH SO BUT WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST? JEFF IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PUTTING THE OPTION SLIDE BACK UP? WHICH ONE? THE OPTIONS SO WE'RE SORT OF IN A CRUNCH WHERE WE HAVE TO FINALIZE THE DECISION THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE'RE NOT CAUGHT BEHIND.

ONCE THE REST OF THE PROJECT CATCHES UP. SO IF THERE ARE ANY OF THESE OPTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO SAY NO TO TONIGHT AS A WAY OF HELPING US ELIMINATE THEM.

IF YOU'RE NOT READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH EITHER OPTIONS A OR B, OR IF YOU WANT TO REMAIN LIKE MAKE NO CHANGES.

AT THIS POINT, WE CAN CERTAINLY REMOVE IT FROM THE PROJECT AND ADDRESS IT AT A FUTURE DATE.

BUT I DO THINK WE'RE SORT OF AT A CRUNCH THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL, KIND OF CHECK YOUR TEMPERATURE ON AT LEAST WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS, LIKE NEXT STEPS.

RIGHT. I THINK THE TWO BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE SAFETY AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE EXISTING LAKE WOOD STREET, AS IS. SO HOW WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT IS WHAT I WOULD BE MOST INTERESTED IN.

I'M JUST ONE PERSON UP HERE ON COUNCIL, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND GO AHEAD.

CAN I SEE OPTION B AGAIN, MODIFIED ORIGINAL DESIGN.

SO I'M WONDERING SO THIS WOULD KIND OF FALL IN THERE, BUT AND AGAIN, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD OF COURSE.

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AND THE OWNER OR HOWEVER WE WORK TOGETHER, MOVES THAT DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE NORTH SO IT'S MORE IN THE CENTER AND THEN HAVE A A LEFT TURN IN THERE, SIMILAR TO WHAT GOES ON AT THE 7-ELEVEN.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SOLVE A FEW PROBLEMS TOO.

SO I DON'T KNOW, HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED OR DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TO ADD A LEFT TURN LANE MOVE DRIVEWAY 3 FOR THE LANDMARK COMMERCIAL SITE FURTHER TO THE NORTH. AND THEN PROVIDE A LEFT TURN RIGHT THERE FOR LANDMARK TO TURN INTO TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THE SAFETY CONCERNS AT LAKE WOOD DRIVE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN THAT DISTANCE WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE, THAT IT WOULD STILL BE A NONCONFORMING DRIVEWAY WITH LAKE WOOD DRIVE.

I MEAN, SOUNDS LIKE WE GOT, LIKE A BUNCH OF VARIANCES THERE ALREADY. SO, I MEAN, WHAT'S FIT THAT WAY. AND YOU'D, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE YOU ACTUALLY KILL SEVERAL BIRDS WITH ONE STONE AND IT WOULD BE PRETTY INEXPENSIVE.

IF WE WERE TO ADD ANOTHER LEFT TURN LANE AND PEOPLE GET CAUGHT IN THAT, BUT THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO TURN WESTBOUND ONTO 114 AND GET INTO THAT TURN LANE OR INTO THE 7-ELEVEN. IT COULD CAUSE SOME MORE BOTTLENECKING AS WELL.

IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THIS OPTION AND BASED ON WHAT I HEARD FROM ONE OF THE RESIDENTS COMING OFF OF DRIVEWAY 2 OUT OF CARROLL POINTE, THAT IS THAT CURRENTLY NOT A HOODED RIGHT? IT CURRENTLY IS. BUT PEOPLE IGNORE IT? PEOPLE IGNORE IT.

AND IT'S NOT A REAL DRAMATIC HOODED RIGHT? I MEAN, CAN IT CAN IT BE MADE INTO A MORE CLEAR HOODED RIGHT? YES, SIR AND THAT'S PART OF THE CURRENT OPTION SO WE'LL REMOVE THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION. YEAH.

AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, NUDGE PEOPLE MORE TOWARDS THE NORTH.

YEAH I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE EASY FIXES.

AND THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG DEAL. YES, SIR ACROSS THE HALL, ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S COMING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SO I THINK THAT'S AN EASY FIX. CURRENTLY REMIND ME AT THE AT THAT.

THAT TURN, THAT LEFT TURN TO DRIVEWAY TO OUT OF LANDMARK.

IS THAT CURRENTLY POSTED? NO U-TURN? YES, YES SIR.

IT IS POSTED? YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION TO HOWEVER WE CAN REINFORCE THAT.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T PUT A POLICE OFFICER THERE ALL DAY LONG, BUT IS THERE WAYS THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF TO MAKE THAT A MORE SERIOUS? BECAUSE I AGREE IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. AND I CAN TELL YOU PRIOR TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE I THINK ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WAS TALKING ABOUT REALLY ALL ALONG SOUTH NORTH CARROLL, THERE ARE PLACES THAT YOU THINK YOU CAN U-TURN, AND IF YOU'RE IN A PICKUP TRUCK OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN A SMALL SEDAN, IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU'RE COMING UP NOW AGAINST THE CURB ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, AND PEOPLE FREAK OUT AND THEY START BACKING UP, DOING THREE POINT TURNS IN THE MIDDLE. SO WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO ENHANCE THAT I'M LIKE THE MAYOR.

I THINK IT IS ABOUT SAFETY. IT'S TRYING TO WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND MAKE SOME SMART DECISIONS THAT COULD REALLY, WORK TO HELP THE FLOW THERE. IF WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD OF REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, I WOULD WANT A TRAFFIC FLOW STUDY TO ONE OF THE LADIES MENTIONED THE STACKING FEAR COMING OUT OF LAKE WOOD.

IF YOU HAD A SIGNAL THERE, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE ENTRY AND EGRESS LOOK LIKE DURING THE DAY AT LAKE WOOD? HOW MANY CARS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AND IS STACKING A REAL POSSIBILITY? I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT IF WE WENT DOWN THAT AVENUE, WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT IN CASE COUNCILMAN TAGGART WAS ALREADY DESCRIBING THIS.

I WAS THINKING WHILE HE WAS TALKING. I WASN'T LISTENING TO YOU SORRY THAT SECOND APPROACH. COULD YOU REMOVE THE SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURNING LANE, MOVE THE APPROACH FROM LANDMARK NORTH AND JUST HAVE TWO TURN INS RIGHT THERE? SO YOU'RE STACKING GOING NORTH TO TURN LEFT INTO LANDMARK.

I GUESS THAT DOESN'T WORK, BECAUSE THEN YOU STACK INTO THE 7-ELEVEN AND THOSE GUYS THAT ARE COMING, TRYING TO COME NORTH, GOING OUT. CAN'T DO THAT, I GUESS.

YES, SIR SO IF I'M FOLLOWING YOU CORRECTLY, IT'S MOVING DRIVEWAY 3 CLOSER TO DRIVEWAY 4 HAVING BASICALLY THE SAME TYPE OF MEDIAN CONFIGURATION AS LAKE WOOD DRIVE AND LANDMARK

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AT LAKE WOOD DRIVE. DRIVEWAY THROUGH. THE ONE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION, I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN'S COMMENTS WITH REGARDS TO JUST, YOU KNOW, QUERYING ABOUT COULD YOU HAVE COMMON ACCESS BETWEEN LANDMARK AND 7-ELEVEN.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULDN'T BE SUPPORTIVE OF JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CORNER VERY, VERY WELL.

AND THAT'S 7-ELEVEN PARKING LOT IS A ZOO ALREADY.

AND IT'S EVEN MORE COMPLICATED THAN THIS AERIAL WOULD LOOK LIKE YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IF YOU COME DOWN THAT I CALL IT AN ALLEYWAY THERE BETWEEN LANDMARK AND 7-ELEVEN.

THAT'S. THOSE ARE BACK ENTRANCES, AND THERE'S CARS PARKED BACK THERE AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD FLOW TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE SAFELY. PLUS, IF YOU'RE COMING RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE COMING OFF OF 114 ACCESS AND TURNING RIGHT, HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON CARROLL, THERE'S ALREADY QUEUING PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN TO 7-ELEVEN IN THE SUBWAY RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TURN. YOU REALLY [LAUGHTER] NEED TO UNDERSTAND YOUR TURNING RADIUS TO TURN IN THERE AND NOT HIT THE CAR EXITING, AND TO BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR TURN GOING FAR ENOUGH RIGHT TO GET TO WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO, TO GAS PUMPS OR WHATEVER.

SO I CAN'T IMAGINE FLOWING MORE TRAFFIC INTO THAT LOT RIGHT NOW.

AND THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A IT'S A BUSY PLACE WITH ALL KINDS OF LANDSCAPE TRAILERS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

THAT IS A THAT IS A BUSY PLACE. YEAH. GO AHEAD A COUPLE THINGS I THINK GO TO SEE FOR ME REAL QUICK IF YOU WOULD.

SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE SAFEST.

IS THAT WOULD THAT BE AGREEABLE? YOU PUT A SIGNAL THERE.

THAT'S THE SAFEST THING TO DO FOR EVERYBODY. YES, SIR IN TERMS OF ELIMINATING THE NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS, THIS IS THE SAFEST OPTION FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS, FOR ALL THE COMMERCIAL, FOR ALL THE TRAFFIC, FOR EVERYTHING. THAT'S THE SAFEST THING TO DO. YES, SIR.

SO, I MEAN, AND I HATE THAT AND I AND I HEAR WHAT THE RESIDENTS BUT I ASSUME AND MAYBE I'M WRONG.

I ASSUME THE RESIDENTS CONCERN IS TRAFFIC IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT TRAFFIC IN THIS FIRST 40 YARDS.

IS THAT ACCURATE? SO YOU DON'T WANT TRAFFIC AT ALL? WELL, I AND I GUESS I'M.

I'M, I'M STRUGGLING WITH WHEN WE WHEN WE CONSISTENTLY SAY SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY THIS IS THE SAFEST OPTION. NOW OUR OTHER OPTION IS AND IN MY OPINION IS TO CLOSE DRIVEWAY 3.

OPEN UP DRIVEWAY 4 AND MAKE IT A COMMON ACCESS.

WE'RE GOING TO TICK OFF SOMEBODY, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTS, WHETHER IT'S LANDMARK, WHETHER IT'S 7-ELEVEN.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A NO WIN SITUATION. HERE IS HOW I LOOK AT THIS.

BECAUSE COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS IS RIGHT. YOU CAN'T HARDLY TURN INTO DRIVEWAY FOR COMING OFF OF OFF THE ACCESS ROAD WITHOUT ALMOST HITTING CARS THERE.

SO YOU NEED TO WIDEN DRIVEWAY 4 AND OPEN IT UP BETWEEN LANDMARK AND 7-ELEVEN SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY FUNCTION THERE AND TURN LEFT THERE, OR TURN RIGHT THERE AND CLOSE DRIVEWAY THREE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE COMING.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE LANDSCAPE TRAILERS COMING ACROSS FROM 7-ELEVEN TO TRY TO DRIVE DOWN AND EXIT THE LANDMARK DRIVEWAY 3.

IT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR THEM. THERE'S ONE COMMERCIAL, THERE'S ONE COMMON ACCESS FOR LANDMARK AND 7-ELEVEN THAT'S MARKEDLY MORE ACCESSIBLE.

THAT'S MARKEDLY WIDER. THAT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR EVERYONE.

AND YOU CLOSE DRIVEWAY 3 AND YOU DON'T. AND YOU DON'T OPEN ONTO LAKE WOOD, YOU KNOW, TO LET ANY TRAFFIC EVER GO ON TO LAKE WOOD, WHICH I'M JUST STRUGGLING WITH THAT. I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TURN RIGHT. LIKE I GET NOT WANTING TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I STRUGGLE WITH SAYING, I DON'T EVEN WANT TRAFFIC AT THE ENTRANCE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S THAT'S THE PIECE THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH JUST FOR ME, COMMON SENSE STANDPOINT.

WHEN WE SAY SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY, THIS IS OUR SAFEST OPTION.

IF WE CAN'T DO THIS, THEN WE HAVE TO FIND SOME OTHER OPTION THAT'S AS SAFE AS THIS OR AS CLOSE TO SAFE AS THIS WITH SOME KIND OF COMMON SENSE MANAGEMENT.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. IS LAKE WOOD A DEAD END STREET? LAKE WOOD HAS ALTERNATE ACCESS. IF YOU GO DOWN TO SOUTHCREST AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE'S ADDITIONAL ACCESS IF YOU IF YOU CONTINUE TO CUT DOWN TO 1709 SO YOU CAN GET ALL THE WAY TO 1709? YOU CAN GET SOUTHBOUND.

YES, MA'AM. YEAH, I KNOW OKAY. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW.

IT'S NOT A DEAD END. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SAFETY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME WITH OTHER COUNCILS WHO APPROVE SOMETHING. AND THE MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED DIFFERENTLY IF THE RESIDENTS THOUGHT THIS WAS COMING.

A CHANGE WAS COMING DOWN DOWN THE ROAD. I HAVE A HARD TIME WELCHING, SO TO SPEAK, ON THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS MADE.

AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE I DON'T LIKE THE ALTERNATIVE OF IT GOING ON TO LAKE WOOD.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH FROM MY PERSPECTIVE SO.

DENNIS, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THIS AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED AND WHAT THAT INVOLVED, IF THERE WAS ONE?

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OKAY THANK YOU. YEAH, I WRESTLE WITH THIS I, THANK YOU DENNIS.

YEAH I THINK WE NEED TO BE FORWARD THINKING AS WELL, IF WE CAN.

THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE DOWN THE ROAD AND WHAT COULD BE DEVELOPED BEYOND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS ON THAT TODAY, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE TWO LEFT TURN LANES GOING NORTH.

AS RANDY SAID, RANDY WILLIAMSON SAID, I, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AND THAT CAN BACK UP REALLY FAR.

DOWN. CARROLL FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TURN LEFT.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. BUT TODAY, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, I WOULD I'M IN FAVOR OF PRESSING FORWARD WITH OPTION B AND THEN REALLY TAKING A LOOK, GETTING MORE DETAIL, MORE INFORMATION AROUND A TRAFFIC SIGNAL GOING IN IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I AM. AND I YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S MADE GREAT POINTS IN THAT IN THAT AREA.

AND I JUST THINK WE NEED MORE INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE SIGNAL AND THE IMPACTS AND SO FORTH.

SO I THINK WE'RE HEARING OPTION B FOR NOW. MORE INFORMATION ON MAYBE A DIFFERENT VERSION OF OPTION C THAT MAYBE CAN ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT ACCESS ON LAKE WOOD AND TO BE CONTINUED AND IMPACT COMING OUT OF LAKE WOOD WITH THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR NOW. EVERYONE'S HAD THEIR TURN. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE ASKED FOR YOUR ADDRESSES. SO WE CAN NOTIFY YOU WHEN WE HAVE A FUTURE MEETING REGARDING THIS TOPIC.

SO YOU'LL ALL BE NOTIFIED OF THAT. AND OF COURSE, WELCOME TO JOIN US WHILE WE TALK THROUGH THIS.

BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT FOR NOW. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND I KNOW PARKING IS TOUGH OUT THERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT IS WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER 6.

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

THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANT TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION.

ITEM 4.A APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 21ST, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM 4.B CANCEL ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM 4.C EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL MEMBER RANDY ROBBINS FROM THE OCTOBER 21ST, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM 4.D APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT AND JOINT USE AGREEMENT FOR THE PLACEMENT OF A RETAINING WALL ACROSS A 15-FOOT-WIDE SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT LOCATED AT 900 DAVIS BOULEVARD. ITEM 4.E AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE FLORENCE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK REPAINT PROJECT TO O&J COATINGS INC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $925,000. ITEM FOUR F CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, AND NL SOUTHLAKE, LLC, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DBA DAKOTA STEAKHOUSE.

ITEM 4.G APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 25-045, AMENDING SECTION 703 "HOLIDAYS" OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK AND PROVIDE PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM 4.H APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 25-046 AMENDING THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK TO CREATE POLICY 721 "MILESTONE SERVICE AWARD DAY" AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM 4.I EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER CHAIR COMMISSION CHAIR DANIEL KUBIAK FROM THE NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025 REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

THAT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR NEED ANY PRESENTATIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US? I JUST HAD A QUICK LEGAL QUESTION ON 4.F. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR ON THAT ONE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO PULL IT, OR IF YOU JUST WANT ME TO ASK IT? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

DOES THAT NEED TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM OR? MAYBE. MAYBE? IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO.

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ALSO NOTE THAT WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM ON OUR AGENDA 6.A THAT I BELIEVE REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE CAN'T PUT THAT ON CONSENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ON CONSENT THOUGH? ALL RIGHT WE'LL TAKE THAT UP AND VOTE ON THAT IN OUR REGULAR SESSION.

RIGHT NOW, I'LL OPEN OUR REGULAR SESSION AND CALL IT TO ORDER.

[1. Call to order. ]

[2.A. Executive Session]

AND I'LL CHECK WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON HOW LONG DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE? 8:30? WE'LL BE BACK AT 8:30 THEN WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

ALL RIGHT I'LL CALL OUR REGULAR SESSION OF THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

[2.B. Reconvene: Action necessary on items discussed in Executive Session. ]

[3.A. Mayor’s Report ]

NOT INCLUDING WHAT IS THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE HOME OF THE ORIGINAL DRAGON STADIUM AND THE FOOTBALL FIELD THAT WAS THE HOME FOR THREE, THE FIRST THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS REALLY, REALLY NICE WORKING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND CARROLL ISD.

IT'S TAKEN A NUMBER OF YEARS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE PROBABLY ABOUT 2021.

LOTS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED. LOTS OF STAKEHOLDERS.

CARROLL BOOSTER CLUB. ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB, DRAGON TOUCHDOWN CLUB, DRAGON YOUTH FOOTBALL.

IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOUTHLAKE AND YOU THINK ABOUT FOOTBALL AND WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS YET.

WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF BASEBALL WITH BICENTENNIAL PARK AND SOFTBALL WITH BOB JONES.

AND SO FOR ME, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS YEARS AGO WAS KIND OF LIKE, HEY, WE NEED WE NEED TO HAVE A SIMILAR OFFERING, A SIMILAR PARK FOR OUR FOOTBALL PROGRAM. AND THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE KIDS PLAYING DRAGON YOUTH FOOTBALL.

NOW MORE THAN EVER, EVEN WITH SOME DECLINING ENROLLMENT AT CARROLL ISD, THERE'S MORE KIDS PLAYING FOOTBALL, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT WE PUT OUT A STATEMENT TODAY.

WE ANNOUNCED IT ALSO LAST NIGHT, AND CARROLL ISD DID AS WELL.

A LOT MORE TO COME AS FAR AS PAPERING IT ALL UP.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IN 2026 WILL INVOLVE OUR PARKS BOARD AND ALL THE THESE STAKEHOLDERS TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT DOES THAT PROPERTY LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THAT FOOTPRINT OF THE ORIGINAL FIELD.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THE BLEACHERS ARE VERY OLD AND PROBABLY NOT REAL SAFE.

SO WE'LL WE'LL REDO THOSE. AND WHETHER IT'S ADDITIONAL PRACTICE FIELDS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND WALKING TRAILS.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN, WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE, IS TO REALLY CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF DRAGON FOOTBALL AND WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE COACHES, THE TEAMS, THE PLAYERS, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL THE WAY TO THE VARSITY LEVEL AND DOWN THROUGH THE YOUNGEST KIDS WHO ARE JUST GETTING STARTED, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS THAT WILL INVITE OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS TO COME TO THE TABLE AND WORK WITH OUR PARKS BOARD AND WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY REIMAGINE THAT PROPERTY AS IT GOES INTO ITS NEXT GENERATION AND ITS NEXT PHASE.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL THE WORK WE PUT INTO IT.

IT WAS A IT WAS A LONG PROCESS, OBVIOUSLY. STARTED WORKING ON IT FOUR YEARS AGO.

SO LOTS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS INVOLVED, LOTS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED ON THE CARROLL ISD SIDE, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR COOPERATION AND BEING GREAT PARTNERS IN A LOT OF THINGS INCLUDING OUR SRO PROGRAM. BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

SO MORE TO COME AS WE GET THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND INTO 2026.

THAT'S IT FOR THE MAYOR'S REPORT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALISON ORTOWSKI FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. YES THANK YOU. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING,

[3.B. City Manager’s Report]

AND TO SHARE THE DETAILS, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR PUBLIC WORKS BUSINESS MANAGER, ZAYNE HUFF, TO STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER ORTOWSKI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

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LEAF COLLECTION HAS BEEN ALIGNED WITH THE RESIDENTS REGULAR TRASH SERVICE DAYS COLLECTION WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY FOR RESIDENTS WITH MONDAY-THURSDAY SERVICE AND SATURDAYS FOR RESIDENTS WITH TUESDAY FRIDAY SERVICE. CWD WILL PROVIDE SIX COLLECTION DAYS THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY AS PER THEIR CONTRACT. BY COMPOSTING AND MULCHING LEAVES, WE CREATE NUTRIENT RICH SOIL FOR GARDENS AND HELP REDUCE LANDFILL WASTE.

OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROGRAM, MORE THAN 3000 TONS OF LEAVES HAVE BEEN DIVERTED FROM THE LANDFILL.

PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM IS SIMPLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD PLACE BAGGED LEAVES AT THE CURB NO LATER THAN 7:00 A.M.

ON THEIR DESIGNATED COLLECTION DAY. PLEASE KEEP LEAVES SEPARATED FROM REGULAR HOUSEHOLD TRASH SO THAT THE CWD COLLECTION TEAM CAN EASILY IDENTIFY THE MATERIALS INSTEAD OF INTENDED FOR RECYCLING. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, AVOID INCLUDING ACORNS, TWIGS, AND OTHER YARD DEBRIS IN THE LEAF BAGS.

RAGS PRIMARILY FILLED WITH THESE MATERIALS WILL NOT BE COLLECTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. BAGS SHOULD WEIGH NO MORE THAN 50 POUNDS AND BE SECURED SO THAT THEY CAN BE LIFTED WITHOUT TEARING. THIS IS OFTEN A CONCERN WHEN LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS MULCH AND WET THE LEAVES.

IF MULCHING, WE RECOMMEND USING BAGS NO LARGER THAN 55 GALLONS.

WHILE ADVANCE NOTICE IS NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM WE DO WE DO RECOMMEND THAT RESIDENTS PLACING MORE THAN 20 BAGS ON THE CURB ARE ENCOURAGED TO LET US KNOW THROUGH THE SOUTHLAKE SERVICE PORTAL, OR BY CALLING THE PUBLIC WORKS MAIN LINE.

THIS HELPS US COORDINATE WITH CWD TO ENSURE COLLECTION RUNS SMOOTHLY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

AND SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY, PLEASE JOIN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE PUBLIC WORKS IN THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY GREASE ROUNDUP.

RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND DISPOSE OF THEIR USED COOKING OIL AND GREASE AT THE PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS CENTER THAT'S LOCATED ON 1950 EAST CONTINENTAL BOULEVARD. A DESIGNATED COLLECTION STATION WILL BE AVAILABLE 24/7 FROM NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025 UNTIL JANUARY 31ST, 2026. WHERE COOKING OIL CAN BE DROPPED OFF. MOTOR OIL, HOWEVER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

IT IS ALSO A GOOD TIME TO GIVE YOUR REAL CHRISTMAS TREE A SECOND LIFE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

REAL TREES ARE BIODEGRADABLE AND CAN BE RECYCLED INTO MULCH, HELPING CONSERVE LANDFILL SPACE AND SUPPORT THE CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.

RESIDENTS CAN DROP OFF UNDECORATED TREES FREE OF LIGHTS, ORNAMENTS AND STANDS AT BICENTENNIAL PARK FROM MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 2025 THROUGH FRIDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2026, ANY TIME FROM DAWN TO DUSK, WHICH IS THE STANDARD PARK HOURS.

FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING, PLEASE CALL COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF RECYCLING REAL CHRISTMAS TREES, PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION WEBSITE.

NOTE ON THIS SLIDE IT SAYS IT STARTS DECEMBER 15TH.

IS ANYONE REALLY GOING TO RECYCLE THEIR TREE ON DECEMBER 15TH? AND I MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND [LAUGHTER]. IT'S THERE JUST IN CASE THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES BUT [LAUGHTER] OKAY, I WAS GOING TO CALL THEM SCROOGE, BUT OKAY.

SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE. THAT'S AN OPTION. SHAWN SOME PEOPLE STILL HAVE THE TREES FROM LAST YEAR UP, I THINK HAVE THE GLASS HALF FULL ALL RIGHT. I'M A LITTLE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT HAVING ACORNS IN THE BAG.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE BIGGEST YEAR I'VE EVER SEEN FOR ACORNS.

A LOT OF VERY HAPPY SQUIRRELS. YES, MA'AM AND WHILE, AGAIN, SOME ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO MAKE IT INSIDE THE BAG, WE JUST RECOMMEND SOME PEOPLE THAT FIRMLY GET ALL THE ACORNS AND PUT THEM IN ONE BAG TO TRY NOT TO DO SO.

[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? YES, SIR.

SO WHILE I'M NOT A SEASONAL PROGRAM AND THIS IS AVAILABLE ALL YEAR LONG, WE DID FEEL IT IMPORTANT TO MENTION THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM CWD OFFERS CURBSIDE PICKUP OF APPROVED HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE AND USE ELECTRONICS FOR ALL SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS.

ACCEPTED ITEMS INCLUDE POISONS, SOLVENTS, OIL BASE AND LATEX PAINTS, AEROSOLS, USED MOTOR OIL, AUTO BATTERIES, FLUORESCENT TUBES, TELEVISIONS, AND MANY OTHER ELECTRONICS.

THIS IS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. YOU SIMPLY CALL CWD AT THE NUMBER THAT'S PLACED ON THE SCREEN, AND AT LEAST TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE, CWD WILL THEN MAIL YOU A COLLECTION KIT TO YOUR ADDRESS.

YOU CAN USE THAT COLLECTION KIT TO SAFELY PACKAGE THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED, AND ON YOUR SCHEDULED SERVICE DAY, YOU CAN SIMPLY PLACE THE PACKAGED ITEM ON YOUR DOORSTEP, NOT AT YOUR CURB, BY 7:00 A.M.

AND THEY WILL PICK IT UP FOR YOU. THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM TO HELP AGAIN, RECYCLE AND KEEP DANGEROUS TRASH OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL REALMS, BUT STILL GETTING IT COLLECTED WITHOUT HAVING TO GO AND DROP IT OFF. YOU KNOW, ON THE WEEKEND OR AT A LOCAL COLLECTION STATION.

YOU CAN FIND MORE ABOUT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE PROGRAM ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UNDER THE TRASH AND RECYCLING PAGE.

AND FINALLY, RECYCLING DID TAKE ON A NEW PURPOSE THIS YEAR FOR SOUTHLAKE AS WELL.

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THROUGHOUT, THROUGH RECYCLING BENEFIT PROGRAM, $10 WAS DONATED FOR EVERY TON OF RECYCLABLES COLLECTED DURING THAT MONTH BY SIMPLY RECYCLING SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS HELPED PROVIDE DIRECT RELIEF TO THOSE AFFECTED WHILE CONTINUING TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

IN THAT CASE, $2,437.98 OF THE OVERALL $42,145.02 THE REGIONAL TOTAL WAS CONTRIBUTED BY SOUTHLAKE.

WE WERE THE SIXTH HIGHEST CONTRIBUTOR OUT OF 33 PARTICIPATING CITIES.

WE SAW A 13% INCREASE OF RECYCLING TONNAGE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, GOING FROM 215 TONS IN JULY TO 244 TONS IN AUGUST.

SOUTHLAKE STRONG COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION NOT ONLY ADVANCED LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, BUT ALSO MADE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR FAMILIES RECOVERING FROM DISASTER.

WE THANK OUR RESIDENTS FOR MAKING HELPING MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT FOR OUR SEASONAL TRASH AND RECYCLING PROGRAMS. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND ALL THE GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP. THOSE DATES AS FAR AS THE LEAF RECYCLING, THE CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING, IS THAT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT SOME POINT LATER ON, LIKE WHEN WE GET INTO THOSE TIME FRAMES? YES, SIR YEAH.

WE DO HAVE PLANS FOR COMMUNICATION.

NEXT ITEM IS TO GO BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

COUNCIL HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GET INTO A MOTION FROM THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM? ALL RIGHT KATHY TALLEY YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEMS 4.A THROUGH 4.I. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.

NEXT ITEM IS REGULAR SESSION ITEM NUMBER 5. PUBLIC FORUM.

PUBLIC FORUM ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO BRING FORWARD ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING OUR PUBLIC FORUM ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM. LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 6.A ORDINANCE NO.

[6.A. Ordinance No. 1297, 2nd Reading, adopting the 2026 Standards of Care for the recreation programs for elementary age children operated by the Community Services Department. PUBLIC HEARING ]

COME ON DOWN. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME OKAY. YEAH. THIS EVENING, ITEM 6 IS THE 2026 STANDARDS OF CARE 2ND READING OF ORDINANCE 1297.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL ADOPTION OF OUR STANDARDS OF CARE.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE APPROXIMATELY 1997.

IS FOR ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY AGE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, BUT PRIMARILY SUMMER CAMP MANIA.

IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES CODE. SO IT IS AN ANNUAL THING WE HAVE TO DO.

AGAIN, IT DOESN'T APPLY TO ALL OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMING, BUT WE DO FOLLOW THESE STANDARDS ACROSS ALL OF THEM.

SO SOME OF THE STANDARDS OF CARE PROVISIONS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THE STANDARDS OF CARE ORDINANCE IS OUR STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES, PARTICIPANT ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS, STAFFING RATIOS, QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING, FACILITY STANDARDS, HEALTHY AND SAFETY STANDARDS AND THEN MECHANISMS FOR INSPECTING, MONITORING & ENFORCING CARE STANDARDS. AS I MENTIONED THESE ARE FOR YOUTH STANDARDS. IT WAS SUCH A GOOD PRESENTATION. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT A PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM 6.A REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 6.A?

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MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON, YOU'RE UP. YES MAYOR, COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6.A ORDINANCE NO.

1297 2ND READING. ADOPTING THE 2026 STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN OPERATED BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON 6.A.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0. ITEM 6.A IS APPROVED.

THAT IS OUR LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. SO MEETING ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.