[6:40] What are you doing?
>> Hey
[7:03] Hey, look. It works.
[7:42] [Music]
[8:19] [Music]
[8:40] You sound like the other
[8:47] [Music]
[9:24] That's right.
[10:38] I didn't think about that.
[11:00] Good evening. It is 6:30 and we are
going to uh call this city council
[11:06] meeting to order. Tuesday, September
23rd, 2025.
[11:10] And with that, we will go into our
invocation. And uh I'm actually going to
[11:17] do the invocation tonight. So, if you'll
please stand.
[11:26] Lord, we come to you for guidance,
wisdom, and grace in the oath we take to
[11:31] serve the citizens of this city. We ask
that you give us that understanding to
[11:35] listen better and speak with our hearts
that look to serve.
[11:40] We come wanting understanding, Lord, as
we have all seen the tragedy that took
[11:43] place and touched our nation. The loss
of Charlie Kirk should be the reminder
[11:47] that we should live Christlike. While
the battle cry may say live like Charlie
[11:52] or I am Charlie, it is simply a way of
the reminder that we can all love like
[11:56] Jesus.
We can find forgiveness in those that
[11:59] trespass against us because that is what
our savior did for us when he laid down
[12:03] his life. So if you will all join me.
Our father who art in heaven, hallowed
[12:10] be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven.
[12:17] Give us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
[12:22] those who trespass against us. and lead
us not into temptation, but deliver us
[12:28] from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory forever and
[12:32] ever. Amen.
>> Mr. Good, will you lead us in our
[12:37] pledges?
[12:41] To the flag of the United States of
America and to the
[12:47] stands nationy
[12:52] and justice for all.
[12:57] flag.
[13:01] One state under God, one and
indivisible. God bless Texas.
[13:17] » Pretty sure I threw everybody because I
don't normally do the prayer.
[13:21] Um, so our rules of decorum, I always uh
just pull a name from this jar up here
[13:28] and we honor somebody uh whether they
were law enforcement or military and we
[13:32] dedicate the meetings to them. And this
one is John McDonald. And so we will
[13:38] honor him tonight in our meeting. And
with that, we will uh treat each other
[13:43] with kindness.
So that's going to bring us up to our
[13:48] proclamation.
Yay.
[13:52] » So, I'm gonna start this off real quick.
What does one say about a person who has
[13:58] shown courage to stand up and serve? Who
has shown compassion when working with
[14:02] people? Who has shown understanding when
listening to the people whom she comes
[14:06] into contact with? How do you say thank
you, honor, and make sure they know they
[14:10] are valued and appreciated for all they
do and have done? And I have no doubt
[14:14] will continue to do even after she steps
away from this seat. Maybe the best way
[14:19] to do it is serve as Bev has, but just
make sure to hold a better poker face
[14:23] when the topics are not so fun.
Here's the thing. I firmly feel and
[14:29] believe that this city is better because
of Bev. It is said, it was said by Teddy
[14:33] Roosevelt, "Walk softly and carry a big
stick." And honestly, if you go with the
[14:37] meaning behind it, it means to approach
situations with a gentle demeanor and be
[14:41] prepared to use strong measures when
necessary. A lesson we should all
[14:45] remember not only in saying but doing.
Bev has taught me a lot and in many
[14:49] cases how to have a better tamed tongue
and sit back and take deep breaths and
[14:54] focus on moving forward and doing good
things. It isn't about getting in the
[14:58] mud and rolling around and getting
dirty. It's about the windshield. It is
[15:02] much larger than the rearview mirror.
Unfortunately, it took me a bit of time
[15:07] to concede this
as I am a stubborn Taurus and I do not
[15:13] like to sit quiet sometimes. Bev will be
missed and I will continue to lean on
[15:17] her for her mentorship even though she
will be absent from the office of city
[15:21] manager going forward.
Bev, you are truly a good person. You
[15:25] took things on the chin even in our
disagreements on many matters. You
[15:28] always remain professional, kind, and
more so my friend. I love you. You are a
[15:33] rock and you will always be the first
city manager of Mlennon Chisum and we
[15:36] thank you for your service.
[Applause]
[15:50] [Applause]
[15:59] sit downclamation.
If I could sit down, I would. But then
[16:05] got to do this proclamation cuz she
loves all this kind of stuff.
[16:10] It's
>> the third time today we've won this.
[16:13] » It is the third time today we've done
this. Uh Be was recognized this morning
[16:18] at the county commissioners uh court um
where they relished in embarrassing her.
[16:24] Uh today at lunch we uh were able to do
that again with the state rep uh state
[16:30] rep's office, state senator's office,
and uh Congressman Found's office as
[16:35] well. And uh we get to be the ones to do
this. So I apologize if y'all notice
[16:40] this proclamation and then staff will
present her her road sign and a couple
[16:46] other little things and then we'll get
into business. I apologize. So
[16:50] proclamation whereas Bev Stevens a 1973
graduate of Pana noise married her
[16:57] husband Neil who she met on a blind date
in 1976
[17:02] and married in 1977 and moved with him
to Mlendon Chisum in 1980.
[17:08] Whereas before acting as our intern city
administrator, Bev has been part of our
[17:13] part of several nonprofit organizations
such as American Heart Association,
[17:17] Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, and
Volunteer Center of North America.
[17:22] Whereas Bev has many talents, including
being a trained florist with a true
[17:27] green thumb, she also enjoys travel,
traveling with the world with her
[17:32] husband and loves cruising.
Whereas between cruises, Bev has had a
[17:38] firm belief in serving and being a part
of her community. Over the years, she is
[17:42] involved in all parts of her community,
including helping hands, Rockwell open
[17:46] space alliance, women in need, and the
chocolate indulgence committee.
[17:52] Whereas in 2003, she was citizen of the
year of Mlennon Chisum and Rockwell I
[17:58] will mess this word up.
>> Seropimist.
[18:00] » Sopimist
nominee for woman of distinction.
[18:05] Whereas
[18:11] recent being that of the first to hold
the title of city manager under our new
[18:16] home charter, whereas Bev has served
countless years in service of the city
[18:20] and county, being on the city council
for 22 years, a mayor prom for eight
[18:25] years, chairwoman of the budget
committee for nine years, commissioner
[18:29] of planning and zoning, member of the
concept committee, and commissioner of
[18:32] the city charter 2024. war. Therefore,
as Bev Stevens is the definition of a
[18:38] servant leader, and it is with great
pleasure and a humbled honor to be able
[18:41] to recognize her for her outstanding
service to the city of Mlennon, Chisum,
[18:45] Rockwalk County, and the impact she has
made. Signed, Ryan McNil, Mayor
[18:52] [Music]
[19:00] [Applause]
[19:07] Yeah,
>> because I made a huge mistake at lunch
[19:12] for there. I left one very important
person out and that is our city
[19:18] attorney.
He has stood by me through a lot of
[19:23] different roles here and
tried to keep me legal. I won't always
[19:30] say he did, but a huge thank you to him.
A huge thank you to this council, the
[19:37] past council, the staff.
You guys are great. Citizens couldn't
[19:42] have better neighbors. So, Fabric, I
wish you well.
[19:48] You got a big problem on your hands.
[20:01] Okay.
[20:10] [Applause]
[20:21] That's perfect.
[20:41] Thank y'all for uh allowing us that time
to honor Bev. So, I appreciate that.
[20:47] I'd hope to embarrass her city business
to do. So, let's get to it.
[20:54] This will bring up citizens comments. Do
we have any citizens comments turned in?
[20:59] Does anyone want to speak before I close
citizens comments?
[21:03] Okay, we will close citizens comments.
And that's going to bring us to consent
[21:07] agenda. I will entertain a motion to
accept a consent agenda unless anyone
[21:12] sees something they would like to pull.
>> I'd like to discuss 6.2.
[21:20] » Okay. Is there any other items that need
to be pulled? If not, I'll entertain a
[21:24] motion to um approve the rest through
consent.
[21:29] » So moved.
>> Is there a second?
[21:31] » Second.
>> All in favor say I. Please.
[21:34] » I
>> I
[21:35] » I
>> I.
[21:38] » Okay. So we will pull 6.2.
Um, discuss and consider approval of a
[21:44] final plat that provides for the
development of 406 residential lots and
[21:48] seven open space lots on 105.099
acres of land located generally at the
[21:55] intersection of FM 548 Nan Road. The
Rockwell CAD property identification
[22:00] number is 10985.
[22:04] And I'll entertain a motion on this one
to discuss and approve.
[22:09] » So move.
>> Is there a second? Second. Okay, it's
[22:12] open for discussion. I'm going to turn
this over to uh city manager,
[22:18] city planner.
>> Good evening, council. Um the applicant
[22:23] is requesting approval of a final plat
that provides for 406 residential lots
[22:28] and seven open space lots. Um, in
summary, uh, this project is tied with
[22:33] several previous preliminary plat
approvals and, uh, as a city in the ETJ,
[22:39] we only have platting authority, um, for
this case. So, the that being said, the
[22:44] applicant is here if you do have
development questions, um, questions
[22:49] about his development as a whole, but as
far as the city is concerned, I only
[22:53] have, um, subdivision ordinance
authority, platting authority.
[22:58] » Mr. Paula, um, can you clarify something
with me on the final plat? And the
[23:04] reason it's on consent agenda is because
when it's a final plat,
[23:08] unless there is some crazy legal reason,
if the eyes are dotted, te's across,
[23:12] stables are in the right place, we've
got to approve this or the shot clock
[23:15] approves it anyway. Is that correct?
>> You would be correct, Mayor. Under
[23:18] 212009
of the LGC. If it's uh administratively
[23:22] complete, which literally means is it
stapled in the right spot? Is the fee
[23:27] paid? all that kind of thing, right?
Copies and is it in technical compliance
[23:31] with our subdivision ordinance? If both
of those answers are yes to each of
[23:36] those questions, the council doesn't
have a choice and we have to approve uh
[23:40] the plats. They're they're the most
unique land used animal that we have.
[23:45] » Which is why if we do know that it's
already in compliance and it's complete
[23:49] and everything's good to go, putting it
on consent just allows us to move things
[23:53] through a little bit faster.
>> Absolutely. I I appreciate council
[23:56] member Goodman pulling this because many
people don't understand u on the citizen
[24:03] side. They just see something that we're
just trying to slide through and that's
[24:06] not the case. If there was something
that needed to be discussed, it wouldn't
[24:09] be on their consent. It would have been
in the regular agenda. That's the city
[24:12] manager's place to put that there for
us. So, uh
[24:16] » no, that's correct. As per usual, when
cities have difficulty with land use,
[24:21] it's the state legislator's fault and
that's the case here. So,
[24:24] » okay. So, does that reach you what you
needed or do you need you have anything?
[24:28] » No, I got a few things I want to
clarify.
[24:29] » No doubt.
>> Just just so kind of the public is
[24:33] aware. We didn't This is so far outside
of what our community wants here in
[24:38] Mlennon Chisum. This is an ETJ. It's on
the border. It actually is half Kaufman,
[24:43] half Rockall County. Correct. Or
>> no, I believe it's almost entirely
[24:48] Kaufman County.
>> Okay.
[24:50] Um this was no plan development or
anything that we did here. This was
[24:56] » there is no executed development
agreement or plan development district
[25:00] agreement.
>> Okay.
[25:02] Chief Stow.
>> Yes. Does this affect fire district 22
[25:08] at all?
>> No sir. This is uh part of the MAM
[25:12] project and they have a emergency
services contract with uh ESD in coffin
[25:17] county.
>> Okay. So no impact to the fire district.
[25:21] There's really not much we can do but
approve.
[25:26] » As far as the plat is concerned, that is
correct.
[25:30] » Thank you.
Does anyone have any further questions
[25:34] on this one?
Okay. So all those in favor say I. I. I.
[25:41] I. I. I. All right. I I
>> believe that's unanimous.
[26:00] Okay. So, this brings us up to uh item
8.1.
[26:08] Discuss and consider approval for the
donation of a 1995 Pierce Fire Engine to
[26:13] the North Texas Fire Academy for
training. I'll entertain a motion.
[26:19] » So moved.
>> Second.
[26:21] » Second.
>> Open for discussion. Um, city manager.
[26:26] Good evening, mayor, council members. Uh
this item before you this evening is
[26:30] regarding uh donating a 1995 Pierce Fire
Engine to the North Texas Fire Academy
[26:37] for uh purposes of training in exchange
for $10,000 equivalent in uh training uh
[26:46] credit. And as I understand it, that
would be in addition to the already
[26:50] granted uh $10,000 worth of training
credits. Yes. Uh, with that said, staff
[26:58] does recommend approval of this item. We
have in the audience with us, Mr.
[27:03] Michael Simmons that is here available
for any questions if you should you have
[27:08] it at this time.
[27:13] » Yeah, I got you.
>> Mr. London, do you have any questions on
[27:17] this?
>> No questions.
[27:18] » Mr. Towry,
>> Mr. Brew,
[27:22] » if I understand this right, this truck
has been there for quite some time.
[27:26] » Yes, sir.
>> And the only thing that actually
[27:28] operates on it is the pump part.
Everything else is pretty shot.
[27:33] » So, you're correct. So, in 2018, it had
been stored there for storage offsite.
[27:38] The department still had used it on and
off for different types of training and
[27:42] all that. It was no longer a primary
apparatus. One of the main reasons it
[27:45] was stored is because it failed a pump
test. So in order to get the pump back
[27:49] to original working condition, we would
have to invest a little bit. But for
[27:54] what we do and function properly,
putting it back on the street and using
[27:58] as a first out or second out or third
out.
[28:00] » No sir, you are correct.
>> Mr. Dean,
[28:06] » I'm good. Thank you.
>> Mr. Goodwin,
[28:10] » I'm good.
>> Mr. Powers, good. And I have no
[28:14] questions. So, uh,
>> and excuse me, just to make notes, we
[28:17] are getting the C logo removed from the
truck, correct?
[28:20] » Absolutely.
[28:24] » Anything else from staff, chief?
All right. I'll since we've had the
[28:29] motion in a second, all those approved
say I.
[28:32] » I.
>> I. I.
[28:36] I.
>> I believe that's unanimous as well.
[28:39] » Mr. Simmons, our finance director, has
the title. He is signing it over to you
[28:43] right now.
>> He's got the title. Sign it over to you
[28:46] right now.
>> Oh, good deal. Thank you, mayor, council
[28:50] members. Appreciate it. Thank you very
much.
[28:52] » Thank you, Chief.
>> That brings up item 8.2,
[29:00] discuss and determine whether the
proposed site plan conforms to the
[29:04] Crossroad Plan
Development District.
[29:08] Before I call Mr. very up on this. Let
me ask you a question. Being that this
[29:14] is where this debate,
does that mean we can take action? I
[29:18] mean, I don't So, discuss and determine
whether the proposed site plan, it
[29:21] doesn't say discuss and approve.
[29:28] » So, are we good?
>> I mean, I'm still going to have him come
[29:31] up and speak. I just
>> So, so I can take Do I need But I guess
[29:35] what I should ask it this way. I need to
still take a motion in a second, right?
[29:41] » I don't think so because the way that
this the way it looked like it was taken
[29:45] from is from 5-1, I think it's D of our
uh zoning ordinance, the plan
[29:51] development district, what that talks
about when they talk about uh
[29:55] conformance to the plan development and
all that other information. That's when
[30:00] when establishing a plan development
district. this was established.
[30:04] » Well, I'm talking about on this the way
it's worded. It's so discuss and
[30:08] determine whether the proposed site plan
conforms to the crossroads. It should I
[30:12] mean
>> I don't think so because I don't think
[30:14] there's a motion that the council can
take.
[30:16] » So then I can let him still speak.
Correct. Say yes. Okay.
[30:19] » Mr. Barry.
[30:28] Good evening, mayor, uh, council,
members of the staff.
[30:33] U,
I think you may go into executive
[30:37] session. I'm not sure it's shows to be
here. I'm sorry that um, we're kind of
[30:43] going out of order here. I'm not 100%
sure why uh we are having to come here
[30:49] with the exception of the fact that we
have a site plan um that was submitted
[30:55] for approval on uh a 7 acre track that
we have on the east side of uh State
[31:04] Highway 205 at the intersection of 205
and 550.
[31:09] Um there's a couple of things that I
think point out um that kind of tie and
[31:15] coincide together here tonight that I
think that um ultimately we need to look
[31:21] at ultimately in your packet what you
have in front of you and the request of
[31:27] sames suggests that the council is to
interpret whether or not our plan
[31:31] development is in conformance.
Um there's certainly developers that
[31:36] have done this a lot longer than I have,
but this is a first for me. And so, um,
[31:41] it seems as though we're going a little
bit out of order, but, um, your city
[31:46] planner has suggested that the site plan
application that we had by 7-Eleven, um,
[31:52] as the enduser through a developer by
the name of Verd,
[31:57] um, who is a buyer from one of our
holdings, uh, submitted a site plan
[32:02] approval that was ultimately rejected by
the city planner. Uh, when
[32:10] here tonight. Uh, and I do apologize
that you have 80 plus pages in your
[32:15] packet tonight. There's two things if
you were to go break out and I'm happy
[32:19] to talk at length in whatever capacity
you'd like to. There's two things that I
[32:23] think that we need to look at tonight.
One is ultimately the rejection which
[32:28] suggests that we are not in conformance.
And I trust that you uh received in your
[32:33] packet and saw in exhibit I on page 209
and 210 a two-page letter that I
[32:41] concluded by providing five or six
reasons very specifically stating as to
[32:46] why I believe this is more in
conformance than than not.
[32:51] And the second thing that we have to
talk about tonight is an already
[32:55] approved plat that uh took place at the
December 10th
[33:01] uh conclude who our ultimate enduser was
going to be and that the mayor and the
[33:06] city manager had the authority to make
interior lot line changes.
[33:11] And so as part of our site plan
approval, we sent the uh plat reflecting
[33:20] a
uh 2025 date in the signature blocks in
[33:25] lie of the 2024.
and we adjusted the interior lot lines
[33:30] in two different places and uh would
just point out for the record that none
[33:35] of the exterior perimeters have changed.
So, um you received in your packet um
[33:44] 80 plus pages and um beginning on page
132
[33:51] through 134 in your packet, there was
ultimately five different sections of
[33:57] reasoning as to why that this was
rejected
[34:01] uh by nonconformance.
And so if now is the time, I would be
[34:06] happy to go through those, but I want to
respect the process and um go through
[34:12] that. I would ask when it comes to the
plat that you get the official word from
[34:18] your city attorney from a vested rights
perspective. It's my firm belief that we
[34:23] established that back on December 10th
of 2024
[34:28] and uh feel with certainty that he will
agree with the same. But I would ask
[34:33] that you not ask me my opinion because
I'm clearly trying to move forward with
[34:36] a development and a disposition of an
asset and would like for you to get that
[34:41] blessing from him. But I can't move
forward with the development of 711
[34:48] without going through a site plan
approval of which I feel that we're in
[34:51] full conformance with from what I now
understand that we have to add a layer
[34:56] of government to the process by getting
your blessing of conformity. So, I guess
[35:02] my first question, Mr. Mayor, is is
do we want to go through this in in
[35:08] great detail now? Would you like an
opportunity to meet with the council?
[35:11] How would you like for me to proceed
with my my questions? I would actually
[35:16] be okay with hearing your input. Um, and
I and I would think the council would
[35:22] agree to hear it all now, if you're okay
with it. And and
[35:27] time. I'm okay with the time because one
thing that I want to make very clear is
[35:32] as a city, whether it's an elected or a
staff, we have to be better and we have
[35:37] to make sure that we're here to serve
you. Whether you're a developer or a
[35:41] citizen, you're coming to our city and
that's that's our role is to serve. So,
[35:47] I respect your time. If you're willing
to share your input, I'm taking notes
[35:51] because I think it's prudent to do so if
everyone's in agreement.
[35:58] Okay, fair enough. And I appreciate
that. Um, unfortunately
[36:02] um I'm dealing with a city planner
that's stated no less than four times
[36:07] that they don't support our use nor our
user. And um
[36:12] he's told me that uh he's told that to
my partners. He's told that to myself.
[36:18] And I would respectfully tell you that
you're out of bounds and you don't have
[36:21] that authority. We're inside a plan
development district and we're in
[36:25] conformance. And with that, I would
proceed forward. The first thing that we
[36:30] want to talk about is uh conformity.
If I could get you to direct your
[36:35] attention to page 185 inside your
packet, um you will find my letter and
[36:42] on the I apologize. Uh,
page 132 of your packet.
[36:53] » I'm going to interrupt real quick. So,
the way that
[36:56] » the information that we have is not
structured the same way. So, whenever he
[37:00] calls out a page number like that,
>> okay,
[37:02] » it's it's broken up differently for us.
>> Fair enough. Thank you, Chief. Um,
[37:07] inside your packet, it I believe it's
listed as exhibit I and I I can't
[37:12] confirm what page number it is.
Um, in my packet it's I'll get a couple
[37:19] of different versions. This one is 209.
Let's see if that works.
[37:22] » Is it the supporting documentation
letter?
[37:26] » Is it your letter?
>> 209 and 210. And you see a letter that
[37:30] was presented. Okay, great. If I could
direct your attention to page 210 of
[37:35] that in the last paragraph, I stated
that we are grateful for the opportunity
[37:40] to be heard by the city council where I
look forward to further discussing this
[37:44] matter. Please note the following in
advance. One, the concept plan shows two
[37:49] ingress and egress entrances on State
Highway 205. So does our site plan. The
[37:55] concept plan shows one ingress and
egress entrance on FM 550. and so does
[38:01] our site plan. The concept plan shows a
fire lane generally from each of the
[38:06] respective entrances.
So does our site plan. Generally, the
[38:10] concept plan shows two buildings north
of the proposed entrance on state
[38:14] highway 205.
So does our site plan.
[38:18] Ordinance number 2022-11
PD permitted uses states, and I quote,
[38:25] "The uses allowed or prohibited in this
plan development district are as
[38:29] follows. Those uses allowed in the city
of Mlin and Chisum GB general business
[38:35] district namely convenience store with
or without fuel sales is a permitted use
[38:41] that does not require an SUP.
We have a plan development district that
[38:47] was approved back in 2022
[38:52] and we are not asking for any variances
and our initial site plan approval
[38:58] request is for a use that's permitted by
right that doesn't even require an SUP.
[39:05] Second thing that I want to point out
tonight that I would respectfully ask
[39:09] that you consult with your city attorney
on is an already approved
[39:16] final plaque that was blessed by
unanimously by the council on at the
[39:21] December 10th, 2024 meeting.
And I would ask that you ask your city
[39:27] attorney about our vested rights. And
specifically, I would ask that you ask
[39:33] for clarity in the direction that I was
given by your city staff at that time to
[39:38] hold off on your signature, Mr. Mayor,
as well as the city manager or the city
[39:42] administrator, I believe, at that time
because we were working with two
[39:47] different applicants at the time as who
was going to be purchasing purchasing
[39:52] the hard corner. and we were told that
it was proper
[39:58] for us to wait until that was
identified, which is what we've done.
[40:03] And so alongside our site plan
application here, we submitted
[40:10] the revised and current site plan that
showed those modifications and addressed
[40:15] the respective comments with Mr. Sherman
in person to where
[40:21] at the time we had a full understanding
and what I understood to be complete
[40:28] support same. Those are the two matters
um on pages um
[40:37] 132 through 135 in your 134 in your
packet. You have five items noted by
[40:45] staff, namely Mr. Sherman.
One being the comprehensive plan.
[40:52] And I would respectfully tell you that
this is not about a comprehensive plan.
[40:56] This is an already approved plan
development district. I have utmost
[41:01] respect for your comprehensive plan, but
it's not applicable to this application.
[41:06] Two, A through F.
I can go through each of these if you
[41:11] would like. 2 A, we have that included.
2B, we have a detention pond and a
[41:18] letter from an engineer stating same
that it's been removed and relocated.
[41:23] 2C, if you would see page 212 of your
packet, you'll see that that is actually
[41:29] included.
2D is an absolutely ridiculous statement
[41:34] that suggests that we're talking about
limiting the amount of headlight
[41:38] intrusion where I would remind you that
it wasn't two city council meetings ago
[41:44] where you had unanimous support of a
plan development district by that was
[41:48] approved unanimously by a good partner
of mine and a good friend at the Chisum
[41:53] Square that had 68 parking spaces
alongside State Highway 205, 34 of which
[41:59] are facing direct directly onto state
205. We have zero.
[42:05] That wasn't even mentioned through any
of that report.
[42:10] 2E, we will meet the general business
requirements for landscaping.
[42:16] 2F is not true. See page 140 of your
packet. There's another lot behind
[42:23] 7-Eleven,
not just the one shown in the site plan
[42:27] where it suggests that we only have an
entrance off of 550 going into the
[42:33] northeastern corner of our project.
Section three suggest proposed site
[42:37] plan. 3A, not true. See page 140. 3B, we
will adhere to the landscape
[42:46] requirements in general business. 3 C
we've provided an engineering letter to
[42:52] address same 3D not true see page 212
3E we've already addressed 3F we've
[43:03] already addressed we will meet the
general business requirements for
[43:06] landscaping 3G it's not true but
respectfully that's not of city
[43:12] authority it's a text dot requirement we
will work directly with text dot as we
[43:17] have
Section 4 4A
[43:23] respectfully you're not an engineer but
we have provided a letter addressing
[43:28] same and it will be further addressed
whenever we're putting our civil package
[43:34] together for approval. 4B we've already
addressed. 4 C is a text issue. 4 D
[43:42] we've already addressed. 4 E is
absolutely not true. We have a fire lane
[43:48] going through the middle of our property
as indicated in the plans. 4F.
[43:55] Not true. It's not in a fire lane.
Five. I would ask that you just talk
[44:01] with Mr. Hollow.
council,
[44:09] we have not been treated the way your
precedents been set on recently
[44:14] previously submitted and approved
development packages. I don't want to go
[44:19] there. We're simply trying to stay in
the confines of what we bought. It was
[44:24] an already approved,
already
[44:28] um entitled piece of property. We are
strictly in the confines of conformity.
[44:36] I've identified no less than a half a
dozen examples for same and certainly
[44:42] welcome further discussion. I would note
for the record that no less than four
[44:47] requests were made by my applicant to
this gentleman right here to get
[44:51] specific confirmations of what needed to
be addressed andor to confirm that
[44:56] everything was addressed inclusive of
two additional requests made by me. to
[45:01] receive zero remarks outside of a
rejection stating nonconformity after I
[45:07] commanded a reason for why. That's not
the way we do business here. And I don't
[45:11] think that you would agree with me. It's
the way y'all want to do business. I'm
[45:15] not trying to raise havoc. I'm strictly
trying to do what we committed to you
[45:19] back on December 10th when we brought in
front of you
[45:25] the final plat that we did where
alongside same I provided for you an
[45:31] amended a draft rather concept plan that
showed almost to the tea of exactly what
[45:37] we're doing. I'm here for any questions.
I will happily see and I'll happily come
[45:42] up and entertain anymore. I don't have
anything else to address at this time.
[45:46] One one second. So,
Mr. Hollage, help me clear something up
[45:50] here. Uh, Mr. Barry brought up the fact
that it was not signed in December, that
[45:56] would not have any weight whether it was
signed or not signed since it was a
[46:00] legislative action by the council.
Correct.
[46:03] » Correct. Once that uh uh once that
ordinance was passed, the PL or the plat
[46:08] was approved by the council, then it's
approved as of that date. It's a
[46:12] ministerial duty um by the mayor at the
time to sign ordinances or plats or
[46:18] whatever it is that the council has
passed um unless there's a reason under
[46:23] like for example resolution ordinances
under 5203b the mayor's got it a he can
[46:28] reconsider ask council to reconsider
that but that doesn't change the fact
[46:32] that once legislative body has made a
decision boom that decision is made and
[46:37] not signing it is not going to stop that
>> so not an expiration date of
[46:44] » whether it took 90 days or 365 days that
legislative action was passed. It is
[46:50] approved and it is done.
>> Correct.
[46:52] » Uh my other concern back to you, Mr.
just so I can make sure I understand uh
[46:57] cuz we will go into executive session
because we have some other legal
[47:00] questions to ask on this. But I want to
be clear, you submitted six times asking
[47:07] for
to be told explicitly for what was
[47:12] » I would not want to misrepresent on the
record anything different than what I
[47:16] stated in my letter. Um what I'm
attempting to state for you is is after
[47:20] we made uh the application I personally
sat down with Mr. Sherman we sat down
[47:26] and went through a number of pages of
checklist provided receipts uh of
[47:31] payment for same asked if we were good.
Um I I certainly didn't ask him if it
[47:37] was uh uh approved at that time and and
never would have. Um um and following
[47:43] that meeting um the applicant who is
here um on the behalf of Verdad uh sent
[47:50] four different messages to not receive
any responses to of which I added two
[47:54] additionals with a request confirming
that we would be on the next PNZ meeting
[47:58] which I believe at the time was the
September 9th meeting
[48:02] um and received no correspondence
outside of a rejection stating that we
[48:08] were not in conformance. Sir,
>> gentlemen, before we go back into
[48:12] executive session, Mr. Lone, do you have
anything you want to get cleared before
[48:15] we go back there that you're confused
on?
[48:18] » Just making sure there's no variances
being requested. You're just going off
[48:21] of what's already been submitted.
>> To the very best of my knowledge, I'm
[48:24] not requesting any variance, Mr. London.
>> Thank you, sir.
[48:27] » Mr. Towry, Mr. Brewer,
[48:34] » Mr. Dean, Mr. Goodwin, Mr.
Okay. So, with that being said, kind of
[48:42] flip back
[48:46] all the verbage.
[48:51] City council for the city of Mlennon,
Chisum, Texas, reserves the right to
[48:54] convene into executive session at any
time during the course of this meeting
[48:57] to discuss any of the matters listed as
authorized by Texas Government Code
[49:04] Real Property 551073.
It is 7:08 and we will be in executive
[49:09] session.
[50:16] I mean,
[50:31] that's
[50:50] Facebook.
[50:57] [Music]
[51:26] Sounds good.
[51:33] Georgia
[51:47] [Music]
[52:00] as Well,
[52:04] excuse me.
[52:56] supposed.
[53:16] Exactly.
[54:19] Don't
[54:47] smoke.
[55:05] What's up?
[55:30] I'm not talking
[55:33] about
[56:10] No problem.
[56:24] Rio
[56:41] Excuse
[56:50] me.
[57:20] Thank you.
[57:30] [Music]
[57:44] Yeah, we're getting ready, too. So,
there was a little bar in that
[57:49] worked out.
[58:21] Well,
Let's
[59:10] Watch.
[59:32] You know,
[59:44] » we had a lot of time
[59:50] I like
[1:00:15] So I
[1:00:21] Christmas.
[1:00:54] Try it out. See what you know.
[1:01:07] » Once she's done, let me know. I'll pick
them up, run through the machine.
[1:01:11] network.
I mean,
[1:01:35] this
[1:01:43] I only three times.
Would you take
[1:02:05] on top of
[1:02:48] Brother
[1:03:18] All you got to do
[1:03:33] it to
years.
[1:03:55] employee.
[1:04:09] That's it.
Do you
[1:04:23] see
[1:05:08] Oh yeah.
[1:05:36] is not
[1:06:27] doesn't
[1:06:33] feel
[1:06:51] What we do
[1:06:55] yesterday
[1:07:13] is here is
[1:07:39] Appreciate.
[1:07:53] That was a tennis
[1:08:21] Yes.
[1:08:44] So
[1:08:58] guys,
[1:09:02] Okay, I should say
[1:09:34] So
[1:09:48] anymore.
[1:10:17] So
[1:10:25] Anybody else
[1:10:30] want
[1:10:58] We were already
[1:11:23] [Music]
So the guy who's
[1:11:38] daughter.
[1:11:54] What happened?
[1:12:14] 36
[1:12:23] to get his foot out.
[1:12:53] Hope that's a good idea.
[1:13:08] There you go.
[1:13:22] I'm thinking
[1:13:47] First
[1:14:08] [Music]
[1:14:11] thing you know,
[1:14:17] What's that?
[1:14:25] [Music]
[1:15:21] [Music]
[1:16:35] Welcome to
[1:17:07] Good.
[1:17:22] » Sorry.
[1:17:51] You won't be exactly
[1:18:15] Are you saying
[1:18:53] You got
[1:19:09] I guess whatever.
[1:20:06] So
[1:20:09] the name
[1:20:18] Easy.
[1:20:57] So we got
[1:21:09] So we
[1:21:34] What I
So
[1:21:40] what do we need?
[1:22:15] What?
[1:22:25] » Yeah.
It's already
[1:22:33] done.
[1:24:17] All
[1:24:35] right.
[1:24:54] [Music]
[1:25:16] I know.
[1:25:20] » Always did. Always did.
[1:25:35] You got
[1:25:51] speech.
[1:26:18] Okay, it is 7:45 and we are back for
executive session.
[1:26:22] Um, no action was taken in executive
session. Um, however, we did have a few
[1:26:29] questions that we were able to get
answers to from our legal counsel. Um,
[1:26:36] and with that, I'm going to turn it over
to the city attorney because of the
[1:26:42] concerns that are out there on the
legalities and allow him to explain uh
[1:26:47] the process and moving forward.
[1:26:54] So, let me start off by saying the
council is really excited
[1:26:58] about the particular uh developer and
what they brought to the city. Um, they
[1:27:04] actually wanted to do a lot of things
tonight. So, it is my fault that they
[1:27:10] are hopefully not going to do anything
uh tonight. And and I'll explain the
[1:27:15] reason why about that. Uh because like I
said, council is they want to make sure
[1:27:20] that they're treating everybody fairly,
that everybody gets what the due process
[1:27:26] allows them to get under the ordinances
uh under a code of ordinances. They're
[1:27:30] very adamant about that. They're very
appreciative of you actually
[1:27:34] specifically uh Mr. Barry. The mayor
didn't want me to say that, but I
[1:27:37] thought I would, you know, let you know
they specifically appreciate it. um the
[1:27:42] where it looks like there was maybe a
mislication of our ordinances because if
[1:27:47] you look at five this language is taken
almost directly from 5-1 I think it's
[1:27:51] subsection uh D of our code of
ordinances zoning ordinance and in
[1:27:57] five-1 it starts off with in the
establishment of a plan development
[1:28:02] district and then it's got ABC and D
well that is that whole procedure is
[1:28:08] when you're actually in the process of
establish establishing a plan
[1:28:11] development. That's not what's going on
out here. One of the council members you
[1:28:16] So, you're basically saying that the
horse is out of the barn, it's gone,
[1:28:19] it's had ponies, and now it's in the
glue factory. I said, exactly. This was
[1:28:23] done. I thought it was pretty clever
myself. That was three years ago. It's
[1:28:27] over. It's done. So, there there there
is no authority for the council to take
[1:28:32] action at this point. So um what now
different things can happen at at this
[1:28:39] point you know where we are we can you
can leave it where it is um you know you
[1:28:44] can you can continue to try to work with
staff see what we can work out there's
[1:28:48] also an option if you want to amend uh
see to amend the PD to conform with
[1:28:53] whatever the the consent plan you had
and I understand there may be some
[1:28:56] disagreement between staff and developer
but here's the thing if the developer
[1:29:00] says look I'm willing to do I don't know
say A B and
[1:29:04] But the staff wants me to also do deenf.
I don't think I need to or I don't want
[1:29:09] to or both. That doesn't mean council's
going to make the the or even P&Z is
[1:29:15] going to recommend that the developer do
def. That is totally within the purview
[1:29:20] of the council. So it can go through P&Z
and they can come to council and council
[1:29:24] can say hey you know what uh developer I
agree with you. I think only AB and C
[1:29:29] are necessary. So we're going to approve
the amendment to the PD with just ABC
[1:29:34] and not DEF. So council that is
perfectly within their perview,
[1:29:37] perfectly within their authority to do
that. So those are just a couple of
[1:29:41] options. Uh you know that they are. But
as far as tonight, as much as council
[1:29:46] would gen genuinely like to do something
because what I've appreciated about this
[1:29:51] council is they're willing to not not
concede to developers, but they
[1:29:55] understand that that the best option is
to work with developers because that's
[1:29:58] going to benefit the community and
everybody as a whole. at this point, the
[1:30:03] way the ordinance is and and we kind of
apologize and and maybe I should have
[1:30:07] caught it too that the way it's worded
and taking from the section of our
[1:30:11] ordinance that it was in, it should have
really been on the agenda even for
[1:30:14] tonight. So, and I don't want them to to
ask questions. So, please blame me. It
[1:30:21] is not their fault. They are genuinely
excited about y'all, but I have asked
[1:30:26] them not to have their questions
answered because in the future, for an
[1:30:31] example, if there is an attempted minute
in the PD, I don't want them to have all
[1:30:35] their questions answered and they made a
decision tonight when it's not even in
[1:30:38] front of them. So, that's kind of just
generally where they are.
[1:30:41] » Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Holla. Um, and
thank you, council. Um just as it
[1:30:46] relates to next steps. Um next steps is
is um we were shut down on the process
[1:30:55] of
what I would call the traditional
[1:30:58] process the the the the city of Mlennon
Chisum's process of submitting a site
[1:31:04] plan application on an already approved
plan development district. We all know
[1:31:09] that this is not a zoning case.
uh we were here or required to be here
[1:31:14] tonight at the request of myself to get
here tonight to determine your
[1:31:19] conformity so that we can move forward
with the site plan approval process. And
[1:31:26] so the only action that I would
interpret, as much as I would love to
[1:31:30] ask for you to uh to to take this under
advisement for a site plan approval, I
[1:31:36] I'm not asking that. It's not on the
agenda tonight and I acknowledge that.
[1:31:40] Um what is on the agenda tonight is the
clarification that's being required or
[1:31:45] requested for the city administrator or
for the city planner to hear your
[1:31:50] direction to allow us to determine that
this is in fact in conformance so that
[1:31:57] we can move to the site plan approval
process.
[1:32:00] » That and that's what I was obviously
didn't do a good enough job conveying.
[1:32:04] They can't do that tonight.
>> Okay. What this comes from, that's what
[1:32:08] I was trying to explain. What this comes
from is section 5-1 of our ordinance.
[1:32:14] The asking for council to determine
conformance that can only happen during
[1:32:20] the establishment of a plan development
district. That is not what we have here.
[1:32:25] This plan development district has
already been established. So the section
[1:32:30] that would normally allow this is not
applicable. So at this point, we've
[1:32:36] already got an established plan
development district and so we have to
[1:32:39] go from there. That's what I was trying
to convey.
[1:32:42] » Fair enough. And I respect that. You
also appreciate the fact that my site
[1:32:46] plan submitt was rejected due to
nonconformity and it was stated here and
[1:32:50] we've missed another 30 or 45 days in
the process because I had to go receive
[1:32:55] council's direction to agree that we're
in conformity so that he will then take
[1:33:00] it through the next process. So, I
respect the fact that they don't have
[1:33:04] the authority to do something that's
already been done,
[1:33:07] » right?
>> But but understanding that I can't do
[1:33:10] that process according to the city
planner because his interpretation
[1:33:16] as written is that we're not in
conformance and without the council
[1:33:21] stating that we are in fact in
conformance, he's not going to take it
[1:33:25] to the next steps. And there creates a
pretty significant problem that I'm
[1:33:30] trying to avoid here for all parties
involved. So, what what am I supposed to
[1:33:35] do if if in writing all 81 pages tells
me that the reason why we weren't
[1:33:41] successful getting on the planning and
zoning commission docket was because his
[1:33:46] interpretation was is that our site plan
uh suggested a use and or what have you
[1:33:53] that's not in conformance with my plan
development district. And you're telling
[1:33:57] me in section 5-1D to the best of your
memory, we're not writing that down. uh
[1:34:02] to the best of your knowledge that 51D
states that that's only applicable at
[1:34:07] the time we're establishing a plan
development district that's already been
[1:34:11] created and established,
>> right?
[1:34:13] » What is my next steps? Because right now
I'm being told that we're in a we're
[1:34:18] we're in we're stuck and that's not
acceptable obviously.
[1:34:22] » Okay. Yeah. Well, I'm not trying to say
that you're stuck. What I'm gonna say is
[1:34:27] uh first off um it actually is
absolutely is 5-1. I do know the number.
[1:34:33] So first off we got that um I got a
reputation uphold. Second um I only know
[1:34:38] a little bit about what's going on. I
don't know all the details. Sure. So
[1:34:43] maybe the next option would be is have a
meeting not just with the parties that
[1:34:48] were involved but the parties that were
involved and some others if you need you
[1:34:53] know like myself and also Bree he's new
he he just started um uh you know two
[1:34:59] days ago uh and he's been drinking water
from a hose like he says so that's uh
[1:35:04] that we need to get him caught up too.
So I think that would be one thing is to
[1:35:08] start there and see where we are. Now,
here's the thing, and I I think I've
[1:35:12] said this before, but the PD that was
adopted August the or October the 11th,
[1:35:19] 2022 did have a concept plan attached to
the ordinance. So, that is the law on
[1:35:26] that. I don't think anybody would
disagree with that. So, the question is,
[1:35:30] does the new concept plan conform with
that concept plan then? And if not, what
[1:35:37] has changed? Because there are avenues
and you know this as well as I do. There
[1:35:41] are avenues where there and and there
there may be a difference of opinion on
[1:35:45] what a minor deviation from the concept
plan is. I don't really have a problem
[1:35:50] if there's uh minor deviations saying
yeah this concept plan we're not going
[1:35:55] to have an issue with that. If they're
major then maybe we need to do an
[1:35:59] amendment to the PD. So and I think
that's something that the city can fast
[1:36:04] track. I think we can get that done
inside of a month. uh depending on if
[1:36:09] that's the the route that we want to go.
That's what I think.
[1:36:11] » Okay, let's pause for station
identification. I was stopped
[1:36:17] via a rejection
for nonconformance
[1:36:23] and beg and pleaded to get this
opportunity which I'm grateful to have
[1:36:27] had tonight to present as directed the
determination by this body as to whether
[1:36:34] or not our use was in conformance. And I
stated at the request of Mr. Sanchez and
[1:36:41] Mr. chairman to provide a narrative
stating my reasons as to why we were in
[1:36:47] conformance.
Was then told that the agenda was being
[1:36:52] printed as stated that the request was
for the city council to interpret plan
[1:36:57] development conformance.
Not trying to beat a dead horse.
[1:37:02] I'm here asking for them to confirm or
deny
[1:37:08] as to whether or not we're in
conformance as required because I can't
[1:37:14] go to the next step. I've provided
everything. I've provided all our
[1:37:19] checklist. I'm in conformance. I am at
the discretion of this gentleman right
[1:37:25] here who can't take me to the planning
and zoning commission to discuss site
[1:37:30] plan approval
items
[1:37:35] outside of the purview of deliberating
to whether or not we're even in
[1:37:39] conformance to get to a site plan
approval.
[1:37:42] So that's I I I totally respect and
understand and certainly not barking at
[1:37:46] you as it relates to
the fact of what was written on the
[1:37:51] agenda is in fact not even allowed or
applicable, which is a whole another
[1:37:57] problem.
We're creating more damages on myself
[1:38:01] here. What am I supposed to do next? I I
I don't know what else to sit down with
[1:38:06] this gentleman who's extremely
unreasonable with what we've already
[1:38:09] provided for him. And we've given all
kinds of information stating our
[1:38:14] perspective and our inside of our own
purview which seems to be rather limited
[1:38:20] stating how we are in fact in
conformance
[1:38:24] and he states that we have to go get
their blessing before we can go to the
[1:38:29] next step. I would love Mr. Mayor to ask
for freaking sight plan approval tonight
[1:38:33] but it's obviously not there.
>> Mr. Holla, I apologize Mr. Barry. He
[1:38:38] he's bringing up some new points. Um,
and I've been asked,
[1:38:42] » can we go back into executive session?
We have some more questions now. He's
[1:38:45] brought up some new points and I think
we
[1:38:48] » I think we owe Mr. Barry the correct
answers as we stated in there. And I
[1:38:52] want to make sure that's delivered
tonight. I do not I was told a good
[1:38:55] story that uh, you know, if you're off
by one inch as a carpenter, once it's
[1:39:01] built, you can't go back and redo it.
And I I don't want to put us in that
[1:39:04] situation. Uh, so I would like to take
us back into executive session. Do I
[1:39:07] have to read the paragraph again?
>> Yes, sir.
[1:39:10] » Okay. Uh, when we go back into executive
session, Payton, I'm going to need you
[1:39:13] to come in on this one. Uh, city council
for the city of Minton Chisum, Texas
[1:39:17] reserves the right to convene into
executive session at any time during the
[1:39:20] course of this meeting to discuss any of
the matters listed as authorized by
[1:39:25] Texas government code chapter 551073
real property. I'm going to do a fivem
[1:39:31] minute recess so that anyone can use the
restroom and then we will be in
[1:39:35] executive session at 8:05.
[1:41:58] Don't worry.
[1:42:18] So
[1:42:51] That was nice.
[1:44:37] ladies.
[1:45:19] Where's
[1:45:30] Excuse
[1:45:40] me.
[1:46:16] system.
[1:46:26] So, we're just going
[1:47:25] Speech. Speech. Speech.
[1:48:43] It's all around
[1:48:56] It's not
[1:49:22] [Applause]
[1:50:06] to be able to address anything.
[1:50:19] Those
[1:50:29] are also
[1:51:10] That's
[1:52:01] at the same
[1:52:35] That was an extraordinary
[1:52:59] Oh yeah.
[1:53:20] What's this?
[1:53:35] Happy birthday.
[1:53:57] to discover
[1:54:12] Awesome.
[1:56:04] Wonderful.
[1:56:33] This is Yes,
[1:57:12] I know
[1:58:50] That's
the
[1:59:19] This morning
[1:59:46] Serious.
[2:00:24] We're just waiting on Mr. Holla.
Just waiting on Mr. Holla.
[2:02:40] It is 8:22. I appreciate your patience.
We are back from executive session.
[2:02:45] Um I'm going to end up turning this back
over to Mr. Holla. Um but I I do want to
[2:02:51] stress um
to Mr. Barry that I'm going to ask staff
[2:02:59] Fabric and Mr. Holla to uh and again Mr.
is going to speak in a minute, but I
[2:03:04] have asked them to both reach out to you
tomorrow, figure out a time they can set
[2:03:10] up a conference call uh so that all
three of you can be on the phone. Um I
[2:03:15] apologize. Um
I I accept responsibility as a mayor
[2:03:21] that this should have been done better,
handled better. Um, at the end of the
[2:03:27] day, I can't regulate how developers do
things, but I can take responsibility
[2:03:31] when the city fails to do what I would
think would be for any developer
[2:03:35] standing in front of us, whether it's
you, Mr. Palani, Mr. Whittle, whomever
[2:03:39] it is, I feel we're here to serve and
that's what we should do. And so, please
[2:03:45] accept my apologies. And with that being
said, Mr. Hollow.
[2:03:49] » Thanks, Mayor. Appreciate it. So, I
think uh and I appreciate you doing
[2:03:53] that, Mayor. And even though you didn't
have to, I think it was just a
[2:03:56] misunderstanding of the way our
ordinance was written and so it never
[2:04:00] should have been on the agenda. And so
yeah, I'm happy to to get with Breeze
[2:04:04] and and we'll sit down just to see where
we are. You definitely have the option.
[2:04:09] You can say, "Hey, look, I appreciate
it, but no, thank you." Uh, and we can
[2:04:12] get it on the the site plan approval on
the next P&Z agenda if that's an option
[2:04:17] that you want to take. And we can talk
through all that about exactly how you
[2:04:20] might want to do that. uh because
there's a couple different avenues to
[2:04:24] getting that done. So, um I would expect
uh in fact, even if you have enough time
[2:04:29] tomorrow afternoon, we're going to have
a meeting here at 6:30 tomorrow night.
[2:04:33] So, I don't have anything uh planned in
the afternoon because I made
[2:04:36] arrangements to uh uh to be here. I
don't mind getting early being here
[2:04:41] early for precess time. Um if y'all want
to come, you know, say 3:00, 3:30,
[2:04:46] something like that.
>> Would that work for you, Mr. Barry?
[2:04:49] » I'll make whatever work. I just want
assurance that we're going to be on the
[2:04:52] next planning and zoning commission for
a site plan approval.
[2:04:55] » Let's let's do that for sure. But if you
can be with Mr. Holla and Mr. Fris
[2:05:00] Kabona tomorrow at 3:30 here at city
hall and then that way y'all can have
[2:05:05] face to face time versus phone call,
would that work for you Mr. Reiano as
[2:05:08] well?
>> Okay.
[2:05:12] Um, and
>> to answer your question, one of the
[2:05:15] things that was discussed and they will
go into it tomorrow was is October 21st
[2:05:21] is the earliest we can get you on a PNZ
due to notices having to be mailed out.
[2:05:26] Is that correct? And then that would put
you on the 28th council meeting, but
[2:05:31] they have I want them to be able to talk
to you about other options as well. Uh,
[2:05:35] and they can do that tomorrow in y'all's
meeting at 3:30.
[2:05:39] » That's all I can ask for. I appreciate
everybody's patience. Thank you. Thank
[2:05:42] you, Mr. Barry and Mr. Riano. Thank you
so much.
[2:05:54] Okay, so no action taken on 8.2
and again I appreciate everyone's
[2:05:59] patience. Um
[2:06:04] 8 8.3 discuss and consider a resolution
restricting the use of proceeds of bonds
[2:06:10] issued to finance public improvements in
the Sonoma Public Improvement District.
[2:06:17] » I'll entertain a motion.
>> So move.
[2:06:20] » Second.
>> Second.
[2:06:23] » Is this one back to you or the city?
>> This is going to be me and then Mayor
[2:06:27] Pro Tim Brewer. Um, council and mayor,
you may remember several months ago,
[2:06:32] Mayor Prom Brewer and I were assigned
the project of exploring the sale of the
[2:06:37] water pipes in Soma Verde to RCH. We met
with our pit administrator P3 Works who
[2:06:45] uh totally understands that there was
developer money also went into the
[2:06:50] infrastructure of Sonoma Verde 1
through5 but they wanted us to have a
[2:06:55] document in place that stated PID money
did not pay for water infrastructure.
[2:07:01] This is the resolution in front of you
tonight and then we can move forward
[2:07:06] with next steps. I appreciate you doing
that, Bev. And Mayor Pro Tim, I'll turn
[2:07:10] it back over to you.
>> I'll just add one of the reasons we're
[2:07:14] having to do this as well as we don't
want to lose the tax exempt status of
[2:07:19] the bonds.
If we resell the pipes and the bond
[2:07:23] money was used, we'd lose the tax exempt
status of that.
[2:07:27] » Ah,
that's a very good key point and that
[2:07:31] might have answered Mr. Dean's question.
Um, Mr. Mr. London, I'll start with you
[2:07:36] if you have any questions for Mr. Brewer
or M.
[2:07:38] » I'm good. Actually, it was the the tax
question.
[2:07:41] » Mr. Towry, I know Mr. Brewer is good.
Mr. Dean
[2:07:45] » answers my question. Thank you.
>> I figured it did I.
[2:07:48] » Mr. Goodly, you can do it.
>> Hit Mr. Powers. Well, with that, I think
[2:07:52] we'll take a vote. All those in favor
say I.
[2:07:55] » I. I.
>> I.
[2:07:59] » Well done.
>> I
[2:08:06] Very well done. And on 8.4, um this is
to discuss and approve a bid for the
[2:08:13] remodel of the old fire station. I will
be
[2:08:16] uh removing this. However, I'm going to
um direct staff to do an RFP on this uh
[2:08:24] and bring it back to council with those
if you can please for brief.
[2:08:30] 8.5
Discuss and consider approving an
[2:08:34] ordinance amending the 2024 2025 fiscal
year budget finding municipal purposes
[2:08:39] authorizing expenditures providing for a
severability clause and providing for an
[2:08:43] effective date. Uh I'll entertain a
motion on this.
[2:08:47] » So move second.
>> Second.
[2:08:49] » And this one looks like it's going to
Jeff.
[2:08:53] Thank you, Mayor and Council. This is
just wrapping up the uh current fiscal
[2:08:59] year's budget. Um the amendments are
based on additional revenues that came
[2:09:04] in, expenses, some of which were
approved at by council for expenditures
[2:09:09] throughout the year. Um some uh are just
line items that we either didn't spend
[2:09:16] as much as budgeted or we spent more. Um
so this is just basically tidying up the
[2:09:21] budget for the for the year.
[2:09:26] Mr. Love, Mr. Cowry, Mr. Brewer, Mr.
Deing, Mr. Sidley.
[2:09:33] » Good.
>> And Mr. Powers.
[2:09:37] » All right. All those in favor say I.
>> I.
[2:09:40] » I.
>> I.
[2:09:42] » I.
>> I.
[2:09:49] » 8.6. discuss and consider approval of
the appointment of five members to the
[2:09:54] comprehensive plan advisory committee.
Uh with this being an approval, uh I'll
[2:10:00] entertain a motion. So moved.
>> Second.
[2:10:04] » Second.
>> M Stevens.
[2:10:07] Mayor and council member. This item is
regarding appointing uh five members to
[2:10:12] the comprehensive plan advisory
committee. U staff is in front of you.
[2:10:17] You should have a file with all the
applications that have been received. Uh
[2:10:22] staff is recommending appointing Mr.
Mark Russo, uh Mr. Garrett Nickel, Mr.
[2:10:28] Justin Rugiano, Mr. Becca Freeze, Mr.
David Black,
[2:10:34] and Mr. David Black. Uh and that would
be we have uh and that would be
[2:10:40] obviously to begin working with Sanchez
and associates on a comprehensive plan
[2:10:45] update. Uh we have with us this evening
Mr. Martin Sanchez. Uh should you have
[2:10:51] any questions at this time?
[2:10:56] » How many people is that?
>> It's five.
[2:10:59] » Five.
>> Five.
[2:11:04] » You want me to list the names?
>> No, it's I was thrown off.
[2:11:08] » Yes.
>> Understood. Got it. I'm
[2:11:12] » I like that. Um so
if everyone accepts those names um um
[2:11:20] since we did a motion to second if all
approve those names say I
[2:11:24] » I
[2:11:29] » I
>> I
[2:11:31] » I'm an I.
>> Mr. Black will be watching you.
[2:11:37] Just kidding. Thank you Mr. black for uh
volunteering.
[2:11:42] Um, discuss and consider Rockball Wall
County appraisal district board of
[2:11:45] directors nominee.
Um,
[2:11:50] this one doesn't need an action. It
looks like it says discuss and consider.
[2:11:54] » There's a resolution.
>> Oh, there's a resolution. All right.
[2:11:57] I'll entertain a motion.
>> So moved.
[2:11:59] » Second.
>> Second.
[2:12:02] » Back to y'all and council members. This
item is about uh submitting a nomination
[2:12:06] for the ARCAD board of directors. Uh
staff is recommending
[2:12:11] nominating Mr. Tony Crawford who has
submitted his application for the Arcade
[2:12:17] board. Um you should have included in
your packet a copy of his biography
[2:12:23] uh attached with his along with his
qualifications. Uh with that staff
[2:12:28] recommends approval of this item and Mr.
Crawford is in the audience this evening
[2:12:32] in case you have any questions for him.
>> I can assure you that I'm an I'm going
[2:12:38] to be a yay and I will not put Mr.
Crawford through what he went through
[2:12:41] last time. So I'm a yay. If everyone
else is a yay, I'll take that now so we
[2:12:45] can move on.
[2:12:49] » Yay.
>> Yay. Yay.
[2:12:52] » Yay.
>> Abstain. No, I'm kidding. Yay.
[2:12:57] » Mr. Crawford, you set yourself up for
the punishment, so we appreciate you.
[2:13:01] Uh,
[2:13:04] it's too late now, sir. It's too late
now.
[2:13:09] » Yep.
[2:13:12] 8.8. Discuss and consider directing
staff to advertise for finance and audit
[2:13:17] committee members.
[2:13:22] This is just an item directing to
consider directing staff uh to advertise
[2:13:28] for the finance and audit committee
members.
[2:13:32] So directives.
Anybody have any questions on that one?
[2:13:38] » All right. 8.9.
Discuss and consider approving the
[2:13:42] creation of an economic
No. Because we're director.
[2:13:47] uh discuss and consider approving the
creation of an economic development
[2:13:51] committee.
>> This is also an item to consider
[2:13:55] directing staff to create the creation
of an economic development committee.
[2:14:02] » Um does anybody have any questions on
this one?
[2:14:04] » And advertise for volunteers.
>> Anybody have any questions?
[2:14:09] » Uh yeah. So I discovered I was on the
economic I was the economic liaison.
[2:14:15] » Yeah. You can blame uh there's an
outgoing city manager that you can blame
[2:14:19] for that one.
>> I wasn't invited to Croatia and Italy on
[2:14:23] the trip, so sorry.
>> There you go.
[2:14:27] » All right. Uh yeah, no, that's fine. I
think this would be great. I I haven't
[2:14:31] quite thought in my head how we want
this. I actually would want whoever
[2:14:36] volunteers, the group that volunteers to
kind of give the direction. But I think
[2:14:41] uh when we talk about trying to recruit
businesses here, it would be very
[2:14:45] helpful for them to maybe give us some
ideas on what is a very uh enticing way
[2:14:52] to to recruit people.
>> So I had one of my many meetings with
[2:14:57] Free today. Uh and I know he's going to
be meeting with all of you on council.
[2:15:01] He actually had a really awesome idea
when we spoke. So, I'll let him share
[2:15:05] that when y'all meet. Um, but u make
sure that you have the input on the uh
[2:15:12] process since you're going to be the one
heading it and next time invite Bev to
[2:15:15] Croatia, you won't be on a committee.
>> Mr. Towry, do you have anything on this
[2:15:20] one? I was just going to say uh once it
is um um once the committee is put
[2:15:26] together, it would be nice to do some
kind of like workshop or something maybe
[2:15:29] with with council just to kind of get
their feedback and kind of everybody's
[2:15:33] on the same page of the vision going
forward and what we want to bring in. I
[2:15:37] think that may be helpful as well.
>> Yeah, absolutely.
[2:15:43] » Absolutely. All right. So, you got
direction on that? Are you good to go?
[2:15:47] » Okay, next one. will discuss and
consider action to approve the requests
[2:15:51] for qualification notice and packets to
be sent to engineering firms
[2:15:56] specializing in road maintenance. I'll
entertain a motion.
[2:16:01] » So moved.
>> Is there a second?
[2:16:05] » Second.
>> All right. And that one will go to
[2:16:09] » This one actually goes to Councilman
Powers.
[2:16:11] » Councilman Powers.
>> Uh yes. This was the request that we
[2:16:16] made a few a couple of city council
meetings ago. Excuse me. Excuse me. I
[2:16:20] apologize. 8.9 says, "Discuss and
consider approving the creation. That's
[2:16:25] not direction." So, I apologize. Um, let
me entertain a motion on 8.9 to
[2:16:30] » move.
>> Second.
[2:16:32] » Second.
>> All in favor say I.
[2:16:34] » I.
>> I.
[2:16:35] » I. Thank you, council, for catching
that.
[2:16:38] » There you are, Angela. Apologize.
Now, 8.10. We've already read We've
[2:16:44] already taken the motion and second, and
I apologize for cutting you off, Mr.
[2:16:47] hours, but we had to get that part done.
Back to you, sir.
[2:16:49] » Quite. All right. Yeah, I'll be very
brief. This was from a couple city
[2:16:53] council meetings ago where we were um
sub submitted wanted to do this so that
[2:17:00] we could have a professional
organization
[2:17:04] uh do a study on the uh streets both
public and private in our city and
[2:17:10] ascertain their you know all the stats
about them and their their uh
[2:17:16] construction type and the condition that
they're in. so that we would have an
[2:17:20] idea of what would be needed in today's
dollars to bring all of those
[2:17:27] streets and roads up to standard if
that's what we choose to do. At least
[2:17:31] we'll know what the size of the issue is
facing us. Um and then with that
[2:17:38] um we the apparently staff has gone out
and
[2:17:43] look and located two or three companies
that we can contact.
[2:17:48] You have not done that yet.
>> When you issue an RFQ in the newspaper,
[2:17:52] it's up to them to reach back out to us.
>> Okay. So, have So, we have not done that
[2:17:56] part yet.
>> We have not issued the RFQ. That's what
[2:17:59] we're voting on tonight.
>> Correct. Okay. Want to make sure I had
[2:18:02] that right. So, we're going to direct
you to to take care of that.
[2:18:09] Is that okay with everybody?
>> So, so directed.
[2:18:14] » All right. So, all those in favor say I.
>> I. I
[2:18:18] » I
>> I
[2:18:23] » Next up, before I read it, Fabric,
normally Angela reads the agenda items.
[2:18:28] I just did it tonight just to expedite
us because of the length of 8.2.
[2:18:33] 8.11
discuss and consider approval of a final
[2:18:37] plat of one lot necessary for
development. The property is a 3acre lot
[2:18:41] track of land located on the north side
of state highway 205 between League Road
[2:18:46] and FM 548 within the city limits of
Mlin and Chisum. The track is fully
[2:18:51] zoned in the single family residential
SF 2.5 district. I'll entertain a
[2:18:57] motion.
So move second.
[2:19:02] » Second.
>> And that opens it up for discussion.
[2:19:07] Who is on this one?
city please.
[2:19:11] » Good evening. Uh the applicant is
requesting approval of of a final plat
[2:19:16] of one lot necessary for development. Uh
this applicant specifically obtained a
[2:19:21] board of adjustment approval on August
13th of this year um for this to be
[2:19:26] correctly platted. Um that was for the
access easement to exceed 600 ft um as
[2:19:32] outlined in our subdivision ordinance.
So now that that BOA approval has been
[2:19:35] obtained, this plot is in complete
conformance with the subdivision
[2:19:39] ordinance.
Happy to answer any questions. Mr.
[2:19:42] London, do you have any questions?
>> When I was reading through it, I was
[2:19:47] just going through it again. I saw that
this is actually a 40 acre tract.
[2:19:53] » Uh it's 28 acres roughly and the land
was conveyed without pladding. So this
[2:19:59] was more so a retroactive effort uh more
than anything. So,
[2:20:03] » okay. So, they're just bringing into
conformity with what they want to do
[2:20:06] with an
>> Yes, sir. That's correct. They went
[2:20:08] through Burgess through our residential
review entity and they got a permit hold
[2:20:12] with them that triggered the platting
process with me and then that and then
[2:20:16] after initial review found out a
variance was needed. So, they had to go
[2:20:20] BOA1 and then platting two.
>> Okay. So, they're repl
[2:20:25] they're only final platting the
threeacre track that's listed in the
[2:20:29] staff report.
>> Great. Councilman London, if I can help
[2:20:33] with this a little bit. This is a large
family track that pieces were just given
[2:20:38] off by grandparents.
And so to get their building permit, it
[2:20:42] had to be legally plant platted.
>> And that's that's why I was asking
[2:20:46] because I I originally read in there
somewhere and I can't remember exact
[2:20:49] where I think it's on page 262 where it
was talking about there was a 40 acre
[2:20:54] and then the the divisions and so Okay.
Thank you,
[2:20:58] » Mr. Towering. Mr. Brewer.
Mr. Dean,
[2:21:03] » I think it's important to note PNZ
approved it seven to nothing. Um, so
[2:21:08] I don't know if that means we're super
majority or what.
[2:21:12] » It's pretty strong.
>> Okay,
[2:21:15] good. Good
powers.
[2:21:19] » All right, we've had the motion and the
second. All those in favor say I. I
[2:21:26] » I
>> I
[2:21:28] » I
[2:21:33] » All righty. That takes us to our council
member reports and announcements.
[2:21:39] Jeff,
>> I do not have anything this evening.
[2:21:44] » Hey, Chief Mr. London.
Um, I'm just going to say, mayor, thank
[2:21:51] you for putting together and uh allowing
me to participate in that operation to
[2:21:57] get that sign and flag out for the
Charlie Kirk Memorial. I really
[2:22:02] appreciate that. And we got a lot of
positive feedback from that. So, thank
[2:22:05] you.
>> Operation Lone Ranger. Uh, for the
[2:22:10] record, I was uh Kimosabi and he was
Tanto.
[2:22:16] Mr. Brewer.
Uh, I just wanted to say, um, thank you
[2:22:22] to Bev.
Um,
[2:22:26] she's been a a great den mother to us,
>> particularly to one person in
[2:22:33] particular, but um,
but I but I I really do appreciate the
[2:22:39] work you've been doing. um the
transition from a general law to a home
[2:22:45] rule city. It it's one thing to get the
document done. It's another thing to get
[2:22:51] the vote uh get approval. But the third
and most important thing is the
[2:22:56] implementation and you jumped right into
it and got it done. So thank you for
[2:23:01] that. I enjoyed working with you.
>> Mr. London, I'm going to give you an
[2:23:05] opportunity to say something to Bev.
[2:23:10] Absolutely. Thank you for all of your um
I'll say guidance and sometimes using
[2:23:16] the foot against my backside to gently
guide me. Um I I do need that. So, you
[2:23:21] know, you you've been a a vital part of
this city for a very long time and we
[2:23:27] definitely want you to stick around and
continue providing your input. I know
[2:23:32] you're not going anywhere. So, I do have
a bottle of bourbon with their name on
[2:23:35] it. So, we'll take care of that. Thank
you, Ben.
[2:23:39] Alrighty, Mr. Tower.
>> Yeah, I do appreciate it. I think it
[2:23:43] could have been better timing having you
come in with all us new rascals up here
[2:23:48] trying to figure this out and I felt
like you that Denmother is probably the
[2:23:52] perfect we were just, you know, so I I
do appreciate all the guidance and um
[2:23:58] and I couldn't ask for a better uh
person by our side to help us through
[2:24:02] this.
>> Even though I wouldn't let you wear a
[2:24:04] hat.
>> Now I got to cut my hair more often.
[2:24:08] Okay.
[2:24:14] » All right. Mr. H. Uh, Mr. Dean,
sentiments. Uh, exactly. I I'm pretty
[2:24:20] sure when you took the job, you didn't
know you'd be kneede in in sewage.
[2:24:27] Uh, and yeah,
>> Mr. If you only knew that that that
[2:24:32] wastewater are my least two favorite
words through this whole eight months
[2:24:38] cuz it started on week one where I sat
down and they started talking to me
[2:24:43] about sewer lines and expansions and
lift stations and I'm like I had no
[2:24:49] idea.
>> She did look a little comfortable with
[2:24:51] the so thanks for that. I I I also would
want to call out Mayor McNeel. I don't
[2:24:58] know if that Charlie Kirk Memorial could
have happened without what he did. Uh he
[2:25:02] is the go-to guy in Rock Wall County to
make a production like that. And so, um
[2:25:08] I I was happy we had a chance to uh to
honor the memory of of Charlie Kirk and
[2:25:14] uh Mayor McNeel helped helped that to
happen. So, appreciate it.
[2:25:20] » Thank you. Um you did surprise me and
then didn't realize your wife got a
[2:25:24] candid shot of us. So, that was We now
have to keep an eye on Helen.
[2:25:29] » Yes, I did not know she was taking
pictures. That was not Mr. Good.
[2:25:35] » Uh, I just wanted to let everyone know
norm normally I'm doing my second
[2:25:40] Wednesdays at Rosa's meeting with
council do breakfast. Uh, this month
[2:25:44] I've got to change it to the first
Wednesday to the first. Um, so October
[2:25:50] 1st meet with council 7:30 at Roses near
the near the uh the 30. um open to hear
[2:25:56] any questions or or answer any
questions. Um so just being available to
[2:26:01] the community. I'd like to shift now. Um
thank you. Thank you for helping us all
[2:26:09] come on and and really for somebody that
has to have the dots connected but maybe
[2:26:14] their brain doesn't go fast enough. You
always slowed it down for me, connected
[2:26:19] the dots. Um, I really appreciate it
because you probably had to overexlain
[2:26:24] things. Um, and I just I can't tell you
how much I appreciate you and um, just
[2:26:29] how much you've done for this community
over all the years. So, thank you.
[2:26:33] » There will be lots of jokes, Mr.
Goodwin. Lots of jokes, Mr. Powers.
[2:26:41] Uh, you've already heard me say many
times that you're a treasure for this
[2:26:46] city and, uh, you've been here since
1980. you've had your finger in the
[2:26:51] pies, fingers in the pie ever since
then, wearing so many different hats.
[2:26:56] And uh so somebody that has that kind of
of time in the city 45 years uh and been
[2:27:03] active the whole time, it's truly a
treasure. And I know you're tired of
[2:27:06] hearing all these compliments, but I'll
give you one more. Um and I've already
[2:27:11] said it earlier. I'm looking forward to
seeing you up there stating your un
[2:27:18] unfiltered opinion on various topics
that may come up.
[2:27:23] » You are probably the only one sitting up
there that is looking
[2:27:26] » say do you really want that?
>> 100%.
[2:27:30] » Be know how to give a filter.
>> Mr. Holla, do you have anything?
[2:27:36] » I do. I appreciate it. there. I I mean,
Bev, I always knew I've known you for
[2:27:42] close to 20 years now. I always knew you
were smart. I mean, you showed that with
[2:27:46] with phone calls that we had, you know,
during the day, at night, on the
[2:27:50] weekends, and how you totally took
advantage of the fact I love you would
[2:27:54] never build a city for that and the
thousands of dollars you saved them. So,
[2:27:57] you showed me you were smart. You know,
even when you would call just to
[2:28:00] complain about how you to talk slowly,
connect the dots for Council Member
[2:28:03] Goodwin. He wasn't. I I never I never
mind it. And actually, as soon as you
[2:28:09] said that, I whispered, "But Bev, I got
I said, I got one." But in all
[2:28:13] seriousness, I I worked with you early
on. We kept in touch during the times
[2:28:18] that I wasn't a part of the city, so I
always knew what was going on in the
[2:28:22] city. And I remember thinking, "Oh,
okay. You know, Bev's got a lot a lot of
[2:28:27] that she can offer as a city
administrator." I said, I I there's a
[2:28:30] lot there that she can do. My only
concern is she hasn't actually done the
[2:28:34] job. So, it was there were times that I
literally forgot that you hadn't been a
[2:28:39] city administrator her whole life. And I
I've told you more than once and and I
[2:28:42] mean it that it you missed your call. I
think you are you you just jumped into
[2:28:50] the job. You had natural instincts a
ppeaciousness about the the job and how
[2:28:55] to do the job and and what how to react
and what to say and what to do that you
[2:29:00] you can't always teach somebody. Sure,
people can learn it, but you didn't
[2:29:05] necessarily need, you know, to learn
that. You just the actual, you know,
[2:29:09] training, seminars, whatever, whatever.
Um, you you didn't have that, but you
[2:29:15] just had a natural ability to do it. And
it just really over time it really
[2:29:20] amazed me and I appreciated that about
you and I appreciated the fact that you
[2:29:24] know all seriousness is you don't really
give filtered opinions. I mean, you you
[2:29:28] I I think that is good for us in cities
to know there's so much to what we do
[2:29:34] that is in black and white and I've just
always
[2:29:40] appreciated knowing you and you know me
meant a lot to me personally and how
[2:29:44] you've been there for me when I've
needed things and how our friendship,
[2:29:48] you know, has grown over this and I know
you're going to be around but it's going
[2:29:51] to be, you know, it's going to be, you
know, different. I mean, you're you call
[2:29:56] and and you know, honestly, half the
time that I never put anything on the
[2:29:59] bill was was, you know, there may be 15
minutes, 20 minutes of city business and
[2:30:03] then 15 or 20 minutes of us just, you
know, talking and so I I know you're
[2:30:08] going to still be around. I am excited
about Breeze. I mean, I genuinely am.
[2:30:11] I've known him for a while and I'm being
dead serious. I am very excited about
[2:30:15] Freeze. He was the guy who was hoping it
was all I could do. I had to sit on my
[2:30:18] hands and sit on my lips to not say
anything, you know, about Freeze. I'm
[2:30:22] excited, but I'm I'm generally in and
with all my heart going to miss having
[2:30:27] you around and and you'll always be my
friend. And if you ever need anything,
[2:30:31] you can always just let me know that.
>> City Manager Cabona, when you've been
[2:30:36] here 45 years, we'll say nice things
about you, too.
[2:30:41] » Fabric, I'm going to allow you to say
some comments as well.
[2:30:44] » Yes, sir. Thank you. Thank you. So, for
one, I do want to thank uh MV. Uh it
[2:30:51] really doesn't take
too much to recognize just the wealth of
[2:30:56] information, the wealth of knowledge
that she carries with her, the
[2:30:59] commitment and dedication that she has
for the city of Mland and Chisum. Uh
[2:31:03] I've been extremely lucky. Not most new
city managers don't have somebody to
[2:31:08] hold their hands during the transition
process and she's been that for me.
[2:31:12] She's graciously been willing to do that
for me and I really appreciate it. Um
[2:31:17] and and that's part of the reason why
we've decided to keep her on an as
[2:31:22] needed basis.
It's because she has such a she's such a
[2:31:26] resource. Uh so thank you. Thank you on
a personal level. I really appreciate
[2:31:30] it. Uh it's a pleasure. I'm I'm excited
to be able to join the city and I'm
[2:31:35] looking forward to everything that we'll
be able to accomplish. I'm looking
[2:31:37] forward to working with the team and
with you serving under your leadership,
[2:31:41] mayor and council members. Um, and
secondly, I do want to remind you that
[2:31:46] we have a joint training session
tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.m. that will
[2:31:51] be provided by Mr. Holla and that would
be between uh with city council and PNZ.
[2:31:57] Thank you.
>> And I do want to point out, mayor, that
[2:31:59] another amazing thing about Bev, no one
probably in my 26 years of doing this
[2:32:03] has ever asked for my advice more and
taken it less than Bev.
[2:32:08] » I understand. Angela, I want you if you
want to say anything to Bev and then
[2:32:13] I'll close this out.
>> Just want to say thank you for helping
[2:32:18] in that transition because when one
person leaves, you never know what
[2:32:22] you're going to get. So, you are now
helping us through two. We're very glad
[2:32:27] that Fuse is here. I think it's going to
be a great addition to the city. But,
[2:32:31] thank you very much for all that you've
done for the staff. We love you.
[2:32:38] and I will close us out. Um, Bev, thank
you. Uh, probably one of the hats I will
[2:32:45] miss the least is the uh, mayor and city
manager hat. Um, many of you not know
[2:32:51] this, but Bev and I have many hats in
our discussions throughout the day. Uh,
[2:32:56] we have mom son hat, we have Brian and
Bev hat, we have city manager and mayor
[2:33:02] hat, and probably a few others. And I
jokingly say that because I don't know
[2:33:07] if I would be the mayor I am today if it
wouldn't have been for your guidance.
[2:33:11] And I know we joke a lot that I didn't
take your advice. Uh I know that so I'm
[2:33:16] basically blaming her for all the
videos. I'm basically blaming her for
[2:33:20] all the posts. Basically every speech
written uh is Beth Dibbons. Uh I will be
[2:33:27] happy to give her personal email out. On
a serious note, you have been a solid
[2:33:34] person in my corner and I appreciate
that very much. Um, also with that said,
[2:33:40] Fabric,
welcome to the city of Mlennon Chisum. I
[2:33:44] look forward to working with you. I've
already had a few sit downs and talks
[2:33:48] with you. Uh I know you have time set to
meet with the council members and I can
[2:33:53] only assure them that they are about to
be super impressed uh with the visions
[2:33:58] and the things that you're going to
bring to the city and I am looking very
[2:34:01] forward to working with you. And lastly,
my next ask is our next council meeting
[2:34:07] is October 14th. Okay. Um that's Charlie
Kirk's birthday and I would ask us to
[2:34:13] all be in red.
So, if we can all wear red on October
[2:34:19] 14th, I would appreciate that, council.
Uh, I'll leave that up to you. If you
[2:34:23] want to wear a red freedom shirt or
however you want to do that, uh, staff,
[2:34:28] I would ask y'all to do the same in
that.
[2:34:31] And also, there is a meeting scheduled
for council on in November that is going
[2:34:37] to be November 11th. That is Veterans
Day. I will be cancelling that and I
[2:34:41] will be calling a special meeting for
November 18th. Uh I will not hold a
[2:34:46] council meeting on Veterans Day
um because we will be honoring veterans
[2:34:50] that evening uh with a sunset um event
and I will not dishonor uh veterans by
[2:34:58] holding a council meeting when we need
to be honoring them. So please know that
[2:35:01] I will cancel November 11th and I will
move us to November 18th. So council, if
[2:35:08] y'all can make yourselves aware, staff
Angela, you need to know that for
[2:35:11] posting purposes with the new law
changes. And with that, it is 8:5. Oh,
[2:35:16] go ahead.
>> I do want to let our audience know that
[2:35:19] uh we have the extreme green event this
Saturday from 8 to noon.
[2:35:24] So, there's an opportunity for you.
>> Extreme. There's a social media post
[2:35:30] today that lists the items that they're
accepting. So, please take a look at
[2:35:34] that so that you don't bring something
that they can't accept. And they are
[2:35:37] doing shredding as well. Document
shredding.
[2:35:41] It is it is 8:55 and we are adjourned.
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