1 00:00:03,139 --> 00:00:03,139 >>> good evening. It is 6:00 p.m., tuesday 2 00:00:10,547 --> 00:00:10,547 july 14th. I call the council to order. 3 00:00:16,219 --> 00:00:20,023 councilman coffman, please lead us in the invocation and the pledges. >> bow with me, if you would. 4 00:00:23,226 --> 00:00:26,296 father, we come before you this evening, humbly lord, we come before you asking for your guidance and direction as we 5 00:00:32,502 --> 00:00:35,905 attempt to do what's in the best interest of the city and its citizens. God, I lift up this meeting. 6 00:00:37,974 --> 00:00:37,974 I pray that you would have your way in us and through us, god, 7 00:00:43,579 --> 00:00:46,717 that your will would be done in the city of midlothian. I pray that tonight would be a good night for them. 8 00:00:49,853 --> 00:00:52,789 lord, I lift up all of the citizens of midlothian and the surrounding areas. God, I pray that you would touch 9 00:00:55,726 --> 00:00:58,194 those that need to be touched and bring healing to those that need your healing touch. Lord, be with us as we make 10 00:01:02,466 --> 00:01:02,466 decisions for this city, and be us as we exit these facilities 11 00:01:10,139 --> 00:01:11,541 tonight. Amen. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of 12 00:01:14,678 --> 00:01:14,678 america. And to the republic for which it 13 00:01:18,682 --> 00:01:18,682 stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and 14 00:01:23,287 --> 00:01:23,287 justice for all. >> honor the texas flag, I 15 00:01:28,358 --> 00:01:28,358 pledge allegiance to thee, texas, one state under god, one 16 00:01:41,705 --> 00:01:41,705 and indivisible. >> good afternoon or evening. 17 00:01:48,046 --> 00:01:51,849 agenda item 2020-225. Citizens to be heard. The council invites citizens to address the council on any topic 18 00:01:55,586 --> 00:01:58,389 not already scheduled on the agenda. If you wish to speak, complete a form with the city secretary, 19 00:02:04,329 --> 00:02:04,329 you will have three minutes. Please identify your name and 20 00:02:08,799 --> 00:02:08,799 address before you speak. We have one speaker signed up, 21 00:02:16,341 --> 00:02:16,341 alan horman. >> rugged trail. 22 00:02:25,818 --> 00:02:25,818 I just wanted to take a moment. Last week I know that I was 23 00:02:30,489 --> 00:02:30,489 listening to some of the discussion around the most 24 00:02:38,564 --> 00:02:41,433 recent governor's order as far as how it should be interpreted and how that pertained to the city here in midlothian and 25 00:02:44,302 --> 00:02:44,302 leading up to that moment, there was a lot of concern not only 26 00:02:48,373 --> 00:02:51,109 from our business but a lot of businesses in the community around how some of those interpretations may be applied 27 00:02:57,316 --> 00:02:57,316 to the city and I just wanted to take a moment tonight as I heard 28 00:03:03,923 --> 00:03:05,525 from a lot of folks in the community. I know there's a lot of appreciation to the city and the 29 00:03:09,928 --> 00:03:12,998 council along with the city staff around just the due diligence that was placed on digging into the interpretation 30 00:03:15,801 --> 00:03:15,801 on how that applies to the community and then how it is 31 00:03:20,740 --> 00:03:20,740 enforced on the back end. And so I appreciate the 32 00:03:25,878 --> 00:03:25,878 council's diligence along with city staff and putting in that 33 00:03:31,752 --> 00:03:31,752 due diligence to find that interpretation. 34 00:03:37,958 --> 00:03:37,958 so thank y'all. >> public hearings. 35 00:03:43,229 --> 00:03:43,229 I open item 2020-226. Conduct a public hearing and 36 00:03:49,303 --> 00:03:53,240 consider and act upon an ordinance for a specific use permit for a contractor's shop and storage yard relating to the 37 00:03:56,910 --> 00:03:56,910 use and development of 13.5 acres plus or minus of land in 38 00:04:01,714 --> 00:04:01,714 the j. Watson survey, zoned light industrial along shiloh 39 00:04:09,122 --> 00:04:12,659 road and highway 67. Trent, it's good to see you again. It's been a while. >> it has. Appreciate it. 40 00:04:22,468 --> 00:04:22,468 a contract facility requires specific use permit within the 41 00:04:28,876 --> 00:04:32,146 industrial light zoned district. The property is located in the northern portion of midlothian of highway 67 frontage road. 42 00:04:35,149 --> 00:04:35,149 this portion of property, the future land use model is an 43 00:04:41,755 --> 00:04:41,755 industrial module. The proposed use of a contracted 44 00:04:46,293 --> 00:04:46,293 facility is consistent with the future land use of industrial 45 00:04:50,764 --> 00:04:52,833 module. Within the comprehensive plan it says industrial module provides for a combination of uses that 46 00:04:55,702 --> 00:04:55,702 support industrial activities, for industrial uses often 47 00:04:59,841 --> 00:04:59,841 features large structures with large floor plates, used for 48 00:05:04,311 --> 00:05:07,581 manufacturing, shipping, and storing materials and products. As previously mentioned this is use that's consistent with this 49 00:05:13,387 --> 00:05:16,659 module. The proposed use, I'll give a little more description of this property. 50 00:05:19,060 --> 00:05:19,060 this property abuts the city limits, the most northern 51 00:05:24,798 --> 00:05:28,402 portion, abuts the city limits. Just on the other side is the city limits for cedar hill. If you look right here, you'll 52 00:05:33,075 --> 00:05:33,075 see this blue line, that cuts the property right here, this is 53 00:05:38,079 --> 00:05:41,615 cedar hill and the rest of this is the city of midlothian. Everything that you have in front of you that we'll be 54 00:05:44,553 --> 00:05:46,889 discussing tonight will be concerning the city of midlothian side. We have not seen any plans or 55 00:05:49,424 --> 00:05:49,424 anything in regards or heard anything in regards if any of 56 00:05:53,695 --> 00:05:53,695 this will be developed for anything regarding the 57 00:05:58,833 --> 00:06:01,503 contractor's facility. However if they were to develop right here, we have no jurisdiction over that portion. 58 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:06,241 so once again we will be addressing this. But we do have provisions in order to protect our aesthetics 59 00:06:13,582 --> 00:06:13,582 because we do look at this as a gateway to the city, especially 60 00:06:17,987 --> 00:06:21,123 on highway 67 being very visible to the incoming traffic. Right here you'll see the proposed landscape plan shows 61 00:06:25,594 --> 00:06:25,594 the premier trees going all the way out to the blue line and 62 00:06:31,868 --> 00:06:34,470 actually extends north into cedar hill. We worked very closely with the applicant. 63 00:06:36,072 --> 00:06:39,408 I also worked closely with the city of cedar hill and let them know about what was coming just to be good neighbors to them. 64 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:43,079 right now the plan is to have trees right here that meet our 65 00:06:47,416 --> 00:06:50,485 screening requirements and the purpose of this is to screen from the outside storage right here. 66 00:06:51,887 --> 00:06:55,091 so you have that view from this outside storage right here. We have a provision that in any case these trees are not here, 67 00:06:59,362 --> 00:07:02,432 they're required to have trees going all the way down the city limit lines to continue to provide that screening that we 68 00:07:05,969 --> 00:07:08,572 would require. So as that additional protection to protect that gateway. Working with the client, we've 69 00:07:13,309 --> 00:07:16,446 worked with them and explained to them that we do care about the aesthetics especially in this area. 70 00:07:18,449 --> 00:07:18,449 what we came up with and what they came up with, let me pull 71 00:07:22,719 --> 00:07:22,719 up the aesthetics is showing a building not typically seen for 72 00:07:26,923 --> 00:07:26,923 a contractor facility. They've used various 73 00:07:32,129 --> 00:07:35,265 architectural elements such as burying of building heights, columns, cornice detailing, wainscotting, different 74 00:07:39,804 --> 00:07:39,804 materials to offset the building, both vertical and 75 00:07:46,811 --> 00:07:46,811 horizontal articulation for the building's architectural 76 00:07:53,217 --> 00:07:56,621 features. They are all meeting all screening and fencing requirements. This project is built into phases. 77 00:07:58,621 --> 00:08:01,558 they have two different phases, they have phase one which encompasses the trc building which is the elevations that I 78 00:08:03,895 --> 00:08:03,895 just showed you. And then phase two would be the 79 00:08:08,032 --> 00:08:08,032 rest of this and any future expansion of this trc building. 80 00:08:13,571 --> 00:08:13,571 any future phase will be required to come before you for 81 00:08:18,108 --> 00:08:18,108 adoption of those future elevations and expansion. 82 00:08:22,846 --> 00:08:26,584 they did provide a plenary site plan of what phase two would look like. Once again once those building 83 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,524 elevations come in, they would be required to bring the building elevations for future approval from the planning and 84 00:08:36,394 --> 00:08:36,394 zoning commission and city council. 85 00:08:40,665 --> 00:08:40,665 once again they did meet all of our architectural requirements, 86 00:08:45,270 --> 00:08:49,007 all of our elevation requirements on all sides of the building, not just the front of the building, they actually went 87 00:08:52,944 --> 00:08:56,014 above and beyond and made sure that even the rear of the building was meeting our architectural requirements. 88 00:08:59,951 --> 00:09:02,688 the rooftop equipment was being screened in accordance with their code. The roof is prominently flat but 89 00:09:08,227 --> 00:09:11,763 there is a slight slope to it in order for proper drainage off the roof. With this development, staff 90 00:09:14,365 --> 00:09:16,969 does recommend approval of the proposed specific use permit. We do find this consistent with meeting all of our requirements 91 00:09:19,639 --> 00:09:19,639 and I can answer any questions at this time. 92 00:09:30,115 --> 00:09:33,252 >> the city limits line would be trees on that as well? >> yes. So right here we have tree going 93 00:09:36,789 --> 00:09:40,193 all the way up here. >> the one on the blue line? >> if in the event these trees right here are not planted on 94 00:09:43,663 --> 00:09:43,663 the cedar hill side, they would be required to provide screening 95 00:09:50,402 --> 00:09:51,604 -- >> okay. >> the 13.5 acres is that just land in midlothian? 96 00:09:57,743 --> 00:09:57,743 >> correct. The acreage shown in the 97 00:10:04,350 --> 00:10:04,350 ordinance the 13.5 acres is only in the city limits. 98 00:10:09,422 --> 00:10:11,558 >> and what about the piece in cedar hill -- >> I think the owner is here. I believe it was seven acres or 99 00:10:16,562 --> 00:10:16,562 so. >> it looks like 1/4 maybe. 100 00:10:22,101 --> 00:10:24,237 a piece of concrete is in cedar hill? >> a portion of it, this little portion right here. 101 00:10:28,707 --> 00:10:32,512 >> do they have to get permits for that? >> they actually meet all of cedar hill's requirements for that little corner right here. We did look at a state law 102 00:10:38,918 --> 00:10:38,918 seeing if we could do everything in parlance with permitting, 103 00:10:43,189 --> 00:10:46,193 unfortunately we can't unless we came up with some sort of agreement with the city of cedar hill. 104 00:10:47,861 --> 00:10:50,996 the majority is concrete going to be our standards for the outside storage pad right here. >> I'm just glad they put the 105 00:10:54,534 --> 00:10:54,534 expensive part in midlothian. >> the drive, the access off of 106 00:10:59,539 --> 00:10:59,539 shiloh, are we getting that in phase one? 107 00:11:03,677 --> 00:11:05,612 >> phase one does not include that. Phase one will go up here. But they will be providing all 108 00:11:09,951 --> 00:11:09,951 of the screening around shiloh. Phase one does meet all of our 109 00:11:15,355 --> 00:11:15,355 fire requirements for access. So phase one, the road, the fire 110 00:11:20,627 --> 00:11:23,830 lane does not continue on, it stops at this perimeter line. >> so just a single access point off of the service road? 111 00:11:31,172 --> 00:11:31,172 >> right. >> do I hear a motion? 112 00:11:42,583 --> 00:11:42,583 >> this does require public hearing. 113 00:11:48,724 --> 00:11:51,926 >> don myers. I'm the applicant, our teams worked hard to address the staff comments and worked with trent. 114 00:11:55,330 --> 00:11:58,867 so if you have any questions for me, I'm available. >> I don't think so. Thank you. 115 00:12:00,267 --> 00:12:02,536 >> thank you. >> do you have a motion? >> I'll make a motion to close the public hearing. 116 00:12:12,413 --> 00:12:14,282 >> second. >> we vote. It passes 5-0. >> motion to approve. 117 00:12:18,886 --> 00:12:22,089 >> I have a motion to a prove. >> second. >> a second. Item passes 5-0. 118 00:12:24,225 --> 00:12:24,225 thank you. Trent, if you give me a moment, 119 00:12:30,632 --> 00:12:30,632 we've had two people citizens to be heard that filed applications 120 00:12:35,170 --> 00:12:35,170 that weren't noted. We have brent ratcliff. 121 00:12:42,911 --> 00:12:42,911 you have three minutes and your name and address please. 122 00:12:49,117 --> 00:12:52,253 >> thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak tonight. I'm here on behalf of residents of midtown. 123 00:12:55,657 --> 00:12:59,527 over 70 households compromising about 100 people signed a petition that I'd like to enter into the record requesting a 124 00:13:02,464 --> 00:13:02,464 landscape median be built on george hopper between 9th street 125 00:13:08,203 --> 00:13:10,673 and 14th street. We have three real goals in this, number one is safety. As you're aware midlothian has 126 00:13:13,676 --> 00:13:13,676 grown dramatically, the population has swelled and 127 00:13:18,013 --> 00:13:18,013 that's nowhere more evident than on the thoroughfares of 8th, 128 00:13:22,752 --> 00:13:22,752 9th, 14th street, george hopper. This increase in traffic on the 129 00:13:27,822 --> 00:13:30,293 seven years I've lived on george hopper has been dramatic. The building of homes and businesses has in addition to 130 00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:36,633 the expansion of the schools has increased the number of people walking, biking, driving, the increased pedestrian traffic 131 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:41,237 includes people of all ages and stages riding bikes and skate 132 00:13:45,975 --> 00:13:49,312 boards, walking dogs, pushing strollers, those sorts of things. Some citizens have used this 133 00:13:51,781 --> 00:13:55,184 road as a conduit for recreation of travel and commerce. Some have attempted to test the speed and handling of their 134 00:14:01,791 --> 00:14:04,595 motor vehicles through reckless driving and street racing. There have been multiple accidents on our street over the 135 00:14:06,729 --> 00:14:06,729 past few years. We've had many close calls 136 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:10,934 involving vehicle on vehicle, vehicle and pedestrian. 137 00:14:15,204 --> 00:14:15,204 we would like a median built. We notice that when the on 138 00:14:21,077 --> 00:14:24,883 street parking is full, vehicles are slower. We're hoping the median will accomplish those same goals and 139 00:14:28,485 --> 00:14:32,021 slow traffic down in that area. Second it will define our area as a residential area instead of an overall commercial area. 140 00:14:38,495 --> 00:14:42,099 this is the same as the median built on main street for those residents. One of the benefits of living in 141 00:14:44,101 --> 00:14:47,236 midtown is the proximity to schools and businesses, but it deserves to be differentiated from those areas. 142 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,110 and finally midlothian spent a considerable amount of time as you know achieving the goal of being dfw's southern star. 143 00:14:57,181 --> 00:15:01,118 city leaders like y'all, planning and zoning, parks and recreation, police and fire departments, misd have tried to 144 00:15:04,854 --> 00:15:07,325 create a safe, thriving home for the thousands of people who live here and an exciting opportunity for businesses wishing to expand 145 00:15:10,862 --> 00:15:13,664 this beautify occasion effort would further that vision. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have and I'd also 146 00:15:17,201 --> 00:15:20,271 invite you to come sit on my front porch with me to get a first hand look at the source of our concerns. 147 00:15:26,144 --> 00:15:26,144 thank you very much. >> the second speaker amonds, 148 00:15:40,425 --> 00:15:44,028 pardon me. >> good evening, council members. I'm here on behalf of the developer at midtown. And we wanted to let you know 149 00:15:48,633 --> 00:15:51,236 that we support all of our midtown residents and we support them in the george hopper median project. 150 00:15:53,505 --> 00:15:53,505 thank you. >> thank you very much. 151 00:16:01,246 --> 00:16:03,582 we'll return back to the public hearings. Open item 2020-227. Conduct a public hearing and 152 00:16:09,321 --> 00:16:09,321 consider and act upon an ordinance accepting a petition 153 00:16:14,527 --> 00:16:14,527 for voluntary annexation and annexing 18.45 acres out of the 154 00:16:19,332 --> 00:16:19,332 william morgan survey. All inhabitants and owners of 155 00:16:26,005 --> 00:16:29,541 the territory and all rights and privileges of the citizens and binding all inhabitants by all acts. 156 00:16:34,348 --> 00:16:34,348 >> back in december 12, 2017, the city of midlothian entered 157 00:16:38,684 --> 00:16:38,684 into a bond agreement with the property owner. 158 00:16:42,756 --> 00:16:42,756 the developer agreement did state at that time that they 159 00:16:49,629 --> 00:16:49,629 promised to meet certain regulations regarding the 160 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:54,900 development that they would not develop on this property that 161 00:17:00,507 --> 00:17:02,708 they would maintain their special evaluation which allowed them to be annexed in the first place. 162 00:17:06,847 --> 00:17:10,783 this property was located in that southeast annexation, the three year south's annexation that did occur on december 12, 163 00:17:14,987 --> 00:17:18,724 2017. The property owner did approach the city and they did request to come into the city to be annexed 164 00:17:22,930 --> 00:17:22,930 into the city limits. Within the development agreement 165 00:17:27,533 --> 00:17:27,533 there is a provision within the plan that does state that there 166 00:17:31,872 --> 00:17:35,475 is development that does occur that the development agreement would act as their petition to voluntary annex in the city 167 00:17:41,147 --> 00:17:43,016 limits. However the city did not act on the petition. Once again this is a request by 168 00:17:45,284 --> 00:17:45,284 the property owner to voluntary annex themselves into the city 169 00:17:51,692 --> 00:17:51,692 limits. In accordance with section 212 170 00:17:56,363 --> 00:17:56,363 and 43.016, and 43.035 with texas government local code, 171 00:18:00,968 --> 00:18:00,968 this item does require public hearing to officially annex -- 172 00:18:07,508 --> 00:18:10,777 accept this petition annexing this into the city limits. If the city does recommend approval this would close up 173 00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:17,451 some of the gaps within those holes out in the southeast annexation area. Staff does recommend approval 174 00:18:20,188 --> 00:18:22,189 and I can answer any questions at this time. Once again this does require public hearing. 175 00:18:35,002 --> 00:18:36,403 >> motion to close the public hearing. >> second. >> motion to close the public 176 00:18:39,340 --> 00:18:40,274 hearing. Please vote. Public hearing is closed. 5-0. 177 00:18:44,544 --> 00:18:46,547 is there any discussion? >> move to approve. >> second. >> move to approve. 178 00:18:49,751 --> 00:18:49,751 please vote. Final passes 5-0. 179 00:19:10,104 --> 00:19:10,104 open item 2020-228, conduct a public hearing and consider and 180 00:19:14,843 --> 00:19:14,843 act upon an ordinance accepting a petition for voluntary 181 00:19:19,981 --> 00:19:23,919 annexation of 2.3 acres in the a. Jenkins survey. >> thank you. In accordance with the previous 182 00:19:25,988 --> 00:19:25,988 codes mentioned in the last case, this item is another 183 00:19:30,327 --> 00:19:33,929 voluntary annexation under the same circumstances. They have requested to build a single family residential home 184 00:19:38,533 --> 00:19:38,533 per the development agreement. However they came and filed a 185 00:19:42,738 --> 00:19:42,738 petition themselves to voluntary annex into the city limits. 186 00:19:48,076 --> 00:19:50,546 this item does require a public hearing. This was formerly located in the southeast annexation area. 187 00:19:54,149 --> 00:19:54,149 staff does recommend approval and I can answer any questions 188 00:19:58,755 --> 00:19:58,755 about this item. >> this is totally unrelated. 189 00:20:08,564 --> 00:20:11,299 >> do I have a motion? >> motion to close the public hearing. >> second. 190 00:20:12,836 --> 00:20:12,836 >> please vote. Public hearing closed 5-0. 191 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,444 discussion or move to approve? Motion to approve. >> second. >> please vote. 192 00:20:26,983 --> 00:20:26,983 item passes 5-0. Open item 2020-229 conduct a 193 00:20:36,325 --> 00:20:40,196 public hearing and consider upon an ordinance accepting a petition for voluntary annexation for 2.5 acres. 194 00:20:42,999 --> 00:20:45,668 >> thank you. This one is related to the previous item. Same owner of the property. 195 00:20:53,343 --> 00:20:53,343 they decided to have this as a separate case due to that 196 00:20:59,682 --> 00:21:01,619 reasoning. They are once again under the same sections of code as previously mentioned in the 197 00:21:04,488 --> 00:21:07,825 aftermentioned cases. This item does require a public hearing. This was a petition by the 198 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:10,160 applicant instead of acting upon a development agreement 199 00:21:15,699 --> 00:21:18,836 regulations. Staff does recommend approval and this does require a public hearing. I can answer any questions at this time. 200 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,175 >> move to approve. >> second. >> motion to close the public hearing seconded. 201 00:21:29,581 --> 00:21:29,581 please vote. Passes 5-0. 202 00:21:34,518 --> 00:21:37,322 do I have a motion to accept this? >> move to approve. >> second. >> okay. Please vote. 203 00:21:40,924 --> 00:21:40,924 item passes 5-0. Thank you, trent. 204 00:21:49,333 --> 00:21:49,333 item 2020-230 consider and act upon the minutes from the city 205 00:21:54,538 --> 00:21:54,538 council meeting of june 23rd and 29, 2020. 206 00:22:00,211 --> 00:22:03,280 >> move to approve. >> second. >> motion to approve, seconded. Any discussion? 207 00:22:08,353 --> 00:22:08,353 please vote. All in favor say aye. 208 00:22:23,034 --> 00:22:23,034 >> aye. >> any opposed? 209 00:22:27,439 --> 00:22:29,173 item passes 5-0. Thank you. Item 2020-231. Consider and act upon a charity 210 00:22:34,712 --> 00:22:34,712 care policy that will enable the city of midlothian to apply for 211 00:22:40,452 --> 00:22:40,452 reimbursement payments from the texas ambulance service 212 00:22:45,857 --> 00:22:47,260 supplemental payment program. Chief? >> good evening, mayor and counsel. 213 00:22:52,197 --> 00:22:54,866 I'll introduce kevin cunningham, our ems chief. I've asked him to present this agenda item because of his 214 00:22:57,402 --> 00:23:00,472 experience and involvement in this arena. So kevin. >> mayor, council, it's an honor 215 00:23:04,476 --> 00:23:08,080 to be with you tonight. The fire department is asking for adoption of the charity care program. 216 00:23:10,015 --> 00:23:10,015 this is in relation to the texas ambulance supplemental payment 217 00:23:16,488 --> 00:23:18,290 program which the city has been involved in for approximately the last two years. It has brought forth about a 218 00:23:22,361 --> 00:23:25,364 little bit over $200,000 into the city. This year from our latest forecast we're estimating 219 00:23:28,567 --> 00:23:30,969 somewhere around hopefully $100,000. During the last session the state did adopt some changes to 220 00:23:35,777 --> 00:23:35,777 the program that would require us to start a charity care 221 00:23:40,113 --> 00:23:43,916 program. And what that literally means is that they are requiring, in the past they've gone in and looked 222 00:23:48,254 --> 00:23:48,254 at medicaid expenses, medicare, the write offs that the city 223 00:23:52,525 --> 00:23:54,127 had. With the new charity care program, they're looking at a person's ability to pay. 224 00:23:57,396 --> 00:23:57,396 as you all know we've seen an increase in people without 225 00:24:03,403 --> 00:24:03,403 insurance and the private pay sector and we're not getting 226 00:24:10,476 --> 00:24:12,145 reimbursed the same amounts that we used to. And that's specifically what this program is meant to 227 00:24:15,014 --> 00:24:17,484 address. What it does mean for us is right now as you know the city does not send out. 228 00:24:22,622 --> 00:24:22,622 we don't do balanced billing for residents in the city. 229 00:24:26,692 --> 00:24:26,692 but we do balance bill or bill fully for individuals within the 230 00:24:31,965 --> 00:24:31,965 est and over in ovilla. This policy would do away with 231 00:24:39,038 --> 00:24:42,176 that. We collect very little on private pay. I think right now for this fiscal year, we've collected about $3,000 from what I ran 232 00:24:47,447 --> 00:24:47,447 before. So enacting this policy allows 233 00:24:51,718 --> 00:24:51,718 us to stand a better chance of being able to reimburse or I 234 00:24:56,458 --> 00:24:56,458 should say be able to get back some of these expenses that 235 00:25:02,397 --> 00:25:02,397 we're putting forth. >> are there any strings that 236 00:25:08,336 --> 00:25:11,806 come with this type of program? >> there are not, sir. It's strictly, it's showing up there it's through a federal 237 00:25:16,410 --> 00:25:16,410 fund which is the 1115 waiver. When they set it it's good for 238 00:25:25,420 --> 00:25:28,423 only every two years. So in two years it will go back and at that point the feds can come back and say we're not 239 00:25:30,559 --> 00:25:30,559 going to fund it anymore. But there are no other strings 240 00:25:34,830 --> 00:25:34,830 attached to it that we would be responsible for returning. 241 00:25:40,701 --> 00:25:40,701 >> any questions or comments? Do I have a motion? 242 00:25:47,842 --> 00:25:51,713 I have a motion to approve. >> second. >> seconded. Please vote. Okay and chief, is this your first time -- 243 00:25:55,584 --> 00:25:58,920 >> it is. >> welcome. You've been with us what. >> four months. >> okay. Well welcome. 244 00:26:00,856 --> 00:26:03,658 >> it's an honor to be here with y'all. Thank y'all so much. >> item 2020-232 consider and 245 00:26:14,069 --> 00:26:14,069 act upon a bid award to mcmahon contracting, lp for farm to 246 00:26:21,876 --> 00:26:21,876 market 663 southbound main lane and deceleration road project 247 00:26:27,616 --> 00:26:27,616 for a bid price not to exceed $938,008.83. 248 00:26:33,221 --> 00:26:36,491 >> thank you, mayor. Good evening, council. If council recalls back a few years back we started this 249 00:26:40,363 --> 00:26:40,363 project and working with txdot, it was essentially the extension 250 00:26:46,101 --> 00:26:49,571 of a southbound lane from just south of harvest hill drive in this general location on down south to bird ranch road. 251 00:26:54,910 --> 00:26:54,910 we are looking into adding a free right turn along with this 252 00:27:00,850 --> 00:27:02,785 lane as it transitions to the south. It will actually fall out and become a free right turn lane 253 00:27:06,322 --> 00:27:09,192 into bird ranch road as well. And then you'll have it transitioning back into the single southbound lane. 254 00:27:12,061 --> 00:27:15,531 again this project went through the txdot process, we did get a permit for it that allows the city to go ahead and administer 255 00:27:19,803 --> 00:27:22,606 this project. And so that's really what we have planned at this point. One thing I was going to show 256 00:27:25,942 --> 00:27:25,942 you is this is the plan to give you an idea of the area, that's 257 00:27:31,682 --> 00:27:33,816 the additional lanes that's going to be added. When you look back this is harvest hill right here in this 258 00:27:38,221 --> 00:27:40,490 general vicinity. So as you continue to go south you'll have the lanes, you'll still have the left turn lane 259 00:27:46,362 --> 00:27:49,966 along 663 southbound into hawkins run or onto hawkins run road. And then as you continue past 260 00:27:52,769 --> 00:27:55,505 that, you'll continue on to the south with that lane continues. Then it starts falling out roughly in this area. 261 00:27:59,042 --> 00:28:01,845 folks that want to continue south will have to merge back over to the left. It's approximately 2200 feet in 262 00:28:04,781 --> 00:28:08,585 length so it's a little more than .4 mile. So there is room again to make that maneuver. 263 00:28:12,790 --> 00:28:12,790 the way this project was set up, it was set up as the base was 264 00:28:18,862 --> 00:28:18,862 doing the actual lane construction and aprovments. 265 00:28:22,999 --> 00:28:22,999 so we do have funding for service area 6. 266 00:28:32,342 --> 00:28:36,013 we also included an alternate bid. And that alternate bid would include coming in close to 267 00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:44,087 harvest hill and doing an overlay down to bird ranch. When you come in and you start having to remove striping on 268 00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:49,961 asphalt, it starts making kind of a mess. We wanted to put that in because we wanted council to have the 269 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:57,902 option to do it. But because we could not fund it as a roadway impact fee project because it's just a maintenance 270 00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:04,442 item there's a separate funding item that we have for that particular project as well or that component of the project. 271 00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:06,244 and so that's included in here as well. 272 00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:12,450 so the base bid was for $750,000 which also includes a $100,000 273 00:29:20,058 --> 00:29:22,261 owner contingency built into that. Then the alternate bid which would include the overlay and 274 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:24,596 restriping if council so desired was $187,300. 275 00:29:30,935 --> 00:29:30,935 between those two that's how you come up with the total not to 276 00:29:35,808 --> 00:29:35,808 exceed amount of $938,008.83. Out of the eight bidders that 277 00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:40,812 bid on the project, mcmahon was the apparent low bidder, so 278 00:29:45,417 --> 00:29:47,753 that's what the recommendation would be this evening. One thing that staff is working, we have worked with all of the 279 00:29:50,755 --> 00:29:54,064 franchise utilities, we are still w at&t to verify that they will be clear and if there are some conflicts 280 00:29:56,935 --> 00:29:56,935 we will not issue the notice to proceed to the contractor until 281 00:30:01,606 --> 00:30:05,009 at&t is clear. That way there won't be any delays, there might be a delay in the project getting started 282 00:30:07,747 --> 00:30:10,481 but we don't want to have it started and get delayed. With that I'll answer any questions the council has. 283 00:30:13,151 --> 00:30:13,151 >> txdot has approved it but don't want any of it? 284 00:30:21,892 --> 00:30:21,892 >> no, sir, that's on the city. >> that is a txdot portion of 285 00:30:26,430 --> 00:30:28,765 road? >> that is the city. >> I guess we dealt with close to a year or so ago, you've got 286 00:30:35,306 --> 00:30:35,306 burger king, oh aldi's, so this is sort of part of that relief? 287 00:30:41,512 --> 00:30:45,449 is this actually an extension past even that extension I think? >> yes, this actually is going 288 00:30:46,919 --> 00:30:50,188 to be, if we go back here, councilman, if you look right here, right now you have two lanes when you get past harvest 289 00:30:53,991 --> 00:30:57,396 hill and then it drops down to 1 single lane. We'll actually have 2 southbound lanes until you get to almost 290 00:31:00,665 --> 00:31:03,668 autumn run. We're adding 1 additional main lane and then a free right turn lane that's here. 291 00:31:05,603 --> 00:31:07,806 with the burger king and this development planned for right here, they're actually going to build their own deceleration or 292 00:31:10,742 --> 00:31:10,742 free right turn lane off of 663. That will be separate from our 293 00:31:16,015 --> 00:31:19,952 project, that will be at their cost. And that will be just outside of their project. Our project starts a little bit south to where those lanes end. 294 00:31:24,491 --> 00:31:24,491 >> do you know if these -- >> no if you go by there, aldi's 295 00:31:29,428 --> 00:31:33,032 has broken ground and burger king as well. Yes, sir, they both have started. >> very good, thank you. >> I have a question. 296 00:31:35,501 --> 00:31:35,501 is there any benefit to northbound traffic at all, any 297 00:31:39,705 --> 00:31:42,575 turn lanes or anything, any effect at all for northbound traffic? >> no, sir. 298 00:31:43,709 --> 00:31:47,313 I'm glad you brought that up. One thing we are doing too, one thing we did before right now we have that median right here. 299 00:31:49,782 --> 00:31:49,782 it's supposed to be a right in and right out that goes by the 300 00:31:54,587 --> 00:31:57,857 fuelling center and chilli's over here. We are extending that median all the way through. 301 00:31:59,725 --> 00:32:02,930 so you can see we get past there a pretty good ways. So this will truly be a right in and right out. 302 00:32:06,265 --> 00:32:09,468 the one thing that gains and it's not much to it, right now you'll pick up the second lane going northbound close to where 303 00:32:12,204 --> 00:32:16,141 that right in, right out is. And as it stands right now it picks up somewhere back here where the second lane comes into 304 00:32:20,013 --> 00:32:21,881 play. There's not much to do on the northbound at this point, it's primarily on the southbound 305 00:32:24,751 --> 00:32:28,088 side. >> that's true though I do people pull into the wrong lane out of that. >> these are really tough to enforce and when you design them 306 00:32:31,156 --> 00:32:34,827 again it's real easy for traffic unless you have some kind of physical barricade or barrier, it's real easy for traffic to 307 00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:42,035 utilize them inappropriately. >> this is one of the highest traffic spots in our city, and I think we need to get the extra 308 00:32:48,574 --> 00:32:51,645 striping and all of the deluxe package in my opinion. So I'll make a motion to approve. 309 00:32:53,380 --> 00:32:56,249 >> second. >> motion to approve and second. Please vote. Item passes 5-0. 310 00:33:03,723 --> 00:33:03,723 >> thank you. >> thank you. 311 00:33:07,727 --> 00:33:07,727 item 2020-233, consider and act upon agreement for professional 312 00:33:11,799 --> 00:33:11,799 services for design and related professional services for 313 00:33:16,202 --> 00:33:16,202 mcalpin road. Road improvements not to exceed 314 00:33:22,342 --> 00:33:25,079 $73,500. >> thank you, mayor. As part of the 2017 bond project or proposition that went out, 315 00:33:30,351 --> 00:33:33,955 one of the roadway projects was this project for mcalpin essentially looking to mimic or mirror what's on the west side 316 00:33:36,758 --> 00:33:40,694 going into rosebud which is a four lane divided roadway. So what was presented to the voters and approved by the 317 00:33:43,230 --> 00:33:43,230 voters was doing basically that same kind of concept on the east 318 00:33:48,235 --> 00:33:52,173 side of 663 for roughly 300 feet working within this area before we get to this business here. So with this we'll actually 319 00:33:56,244 --> 00:33:58,447 start the design work for this project before we actually do anything once the design is done, we'll come back to 320 00:34:01,516 --> 00:34:03,651 council. Our original hope is that maybe these properties would have some kind of development interest in 321 00:34:07,387 --> 00:34:10,458 that there would be right of way dedicated. Before we did that we would come back to council and get 322 00:34:14,596 --> 00:34:17,665 direction from council. We want to at least start the design work. The cost for doing the design 323 00:34:21,001 --> 00:34:21,001 was actually part of the bond issue that occurred last year. 324 00:34:26,208 --> 00:34:26,208 >> will we attempt to line that up because I know it's way off 325 00:34:30,412 --> 00:34:33,282 base right now if you're going west towards rosebud. >> yes, sir, we sure will. When txdot came in and put the 326 00:34:37,352 --> 00:34:39,754 signals in we were able to work them ahead of time so we actually placed them to where we do not expect us having to do 327 00:34:42,691 --> 00:34:46,628 any kind of work or relocation of the signal poles or anything like that. They were really set up for this 328 00:34:50,432 --> 00:34:51,699 configuration of the ultimate section there. One thing we are going to look at and we'll see when we do the 329 00:34:54,637 --> 00:34:58,040 design again, there will be a minimum of four lane divided here and it should match with rosebud. 330 00:34:59,841 --> 00:35:02,644 we'll see if there's a possibility to add in a left turn as well to go along with that. 331 00:35:03,979 --> 00:35:06,715 so maybe have a free right turn, then have a through, then have a left as well. That's one of the things we'll 332 00:35:09,585 --> 00:35:12,654 look at as part of that design. >> there's currently no right of way for either. >> that's correct. 333 00:35:14,324 --> 00:35:14,324 we'll have to split and get some from both of them to make this 334 00:35:19,997 --> 00:35:23,198 work and line up. We have to get some from the north and some from the south side because it is pushed a 335 00:35:27,337 --> 00:35:28,404 little bit further to the north at this point. >> move to approve. >> motion to approve. 336 00:35:31,407 --> 00:35:32,008 seconded. Please vote. Item passes 5-0. >> thank you. 337 00:35:39,683 --> 00:35:43,218 >> item 2020-234 review and discuss the potential exchange of certain water services within the sardis-elm water supply 338 00:35:54,163 --> 00:35:58,101 corporation and within the city of midlothian. >> I think this is the third attachment in your agenda item. But if you look, the areas that we show, this is called our 339 00:36:01,437 --> 00:36:01,437 service area boundary, the certificate of convenience and 340 00:36:06,376 --> 00:36:08,578 necessities essentially established by the state, and this is the water service area we have on file with puc. 341 00:36:10,981 --> 00:36:10,981 and looking at it again you can see the areas shown as blue, 342 00:36:18,321 --> 00:36:20,657 blue is city of midlothian exclusive. The area that's gray is mt. Peak. 343 00:36:23,862 --> 00:36:27,665 this is really the area that we're going to be focussing on is on this area off of mockingbird and also an area 344 00:36:30,401 --> 00:36:32,870 that you can see that's right along this area back in here and here and also down here. I'll kind of show that in a 345 00:36:37,942 --> 00:36:37,942 better format here. When really kind of necessitated 346 00:36:44,015 --> 00:36:44,015 or brought this to light there will be a zoning for property 347 00:36:50,288 --> 00:36:54,225 off mockingbird lane. They're coming in with this property, and this property goes all the way up through here. 348 00:36:56,093 --> 00:36:59,363 so in looking at it, they're looking at doing a minimum one acre type development. So it will be on site sewage 349 00:37:02,233 --> 00:37:04,168 facilities, that's what they're proposing. And so again coming back and looking at it, we determined 350 00:37:08,705 --> 00:37:08,705 well this green area would be sardis' to serve water and the 351 00:37:14,111 --> 00:37:15,712 red area would be midlothian to serve water. After looking at that and looking at some other areas that 352 00:37:18,517 --> 00:37:18,517 popped up that we weren't aware of, staff got together with 353 00:37:22,721 --> 00:37:25,989 sardis management and started looking to see okay, are there areas that look like they might make sense to do some kind of 354 00:37:29,193 --> 00:37:31,061 exchange. So this is what staff has come up with and was going to propose to council. 355 00:37:33,264 --> 00:37:33,264 this would be the areas that are currently within our ccn 356 00:37:37,601 --> 00:37:41,005 boundary that we would look to potentially swap or exchange with sardis. When you look at the acreage the 357 00:37:44,275 --> 00:37:44,275 one thing we'll need to see is the acreage that we would be 358 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,283 swapping is considered higher than we would be getting from sardis. However what we're getting is 359 00:37:54,886 --> 00:37:54,886 currently zoned at high density. On the sardis area right now, 360 00:37:59,024 --> 00:38:02,494 all of these properties are currently zoned ag. What that means is without them coming back before council with 361 00:38:07,299 --> 00:38:07,299 a zoning change it would be one to own unit per four acres. 362 00:38:11,370 --> 00:38:13,973 I assume in doing these calculations that you're looking at a minimum one acre. So essentially still keeping the 363 00:38:17,976 --> 00:38:20,914 rural character and falling in line with what the comprehensive plan is showing for these areas. So the red areas right now 364 00:38:25,117 --> 00:38:28,387 currently are, so we'd be looking at roughly 434 acres. The area that's right in this area off of onward road, that's 365 00:38:32,324 --> 00:38:35,662 175 acres. This walnut grove road area at the corner of walnut grove and mocking bird is 118. 366 00:38:38,731 --> 00:38:38,731 and then this mockingbird lane which is the one that started 367 00:38:43,736 --> 00:38:43,736 this with the zoning request with council is 141 acres. 368 00:38:48,140 --> 00:38:51,811 that would be what staff is proposing we exchange with sardis. And in exchange we're looking at 369 00:38:53,412 --> 00:38:53,412 these areas in yellow. Yeah 434 total acres, we're 370 00:38:59,618 --> 00:39:01,288 looking at 134 acres in exchange. I'll show you another table combing up that shows how we 371 00:39:03,623 --> 00:39:06,159 work that -- coming up that shows how we work that. This area right in here and up this is redden farms, it's 372 00:39:11,231 --> 00:39:13,366 already zoned now so it's a higher density. This is the back part of the grove I think phase five that 373 00:39:18,838 --> 00:39:18,838 recently got approved by council and zoning. 374 00:39:23,309 --> 00:39:25,246 everything else in this blue area is midlothian. So to try to have this area being served by sardis and 375 00:39:29,116 --> 00:39:32,318 everything else served by the city would be pretty difficult. It really doesn't make much sense. 376 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:33,720 this other area is the area within redden farms that's shown 377 00:39:38,324 --> 00:39:41,461 as light industrial as well as I think community retail. So we couldn't put a lot count to this area but that would be 378 00:39:45,465 --> 00:39:46,932 something that would be exchanged as well. So we would serve that light industrial and the community 379 00:39:50,204 --> 00:39:51,539 retail. The area down to the south, right now I was calling it mid lake I believe they call it 380 00:39:56,209 --> 00:39:56,209 lakes at somercrest, that was recently zoned for 98 lots. 381 00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:02,750 when you look at that 113 acres you see how that's broken up 382 00:40:07,155 --> 00:40:09,289 with redden farms and grove and the industrial area and community retail within redden farms and then the 36 acres 383 00:40:12,894 --> 00:40:15,829 within the somercrest area. So when you kind of go through and break it down and again this is, this should be fairly 384 00:40:21,636 --> 00:40:25,105 accurate in what we would get lot count from sardis. We're looking at 225 lots in exchange for that 113 acres. 385 00:40:31,045 --> 00:40:31,045 when he we came through and looked at the 434 the only one 386 00:40:35,182 --> 00:40:37,720 we could go off was being proposed on mockingbird. We're able to figure on that because we don't know exactly 387 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:44,058 where that line cut across but we were pretty close. So anywhere from 58 to 75 lots would be in that development 388 00:40:48,463 --> 00:40:50,331 being proposed. Going back and looking at the other two areas, if you look there's quite a bit of 389 00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:55,937 floodplain here. There's quite a bit of floodplain here as well. So when we kind of took that and 390 00:40:59,341 --> 00:41:02,210 discounted and took the floodplain out, when you look at what's actually developable and looking at one acre per, I'm 391 00:41:06,681 --> 00:41:06,681 sorry, one lot per acre, we equated about 100 lots on the 392 00:41:11,753 --> 00:41:11,753 one that would be off of onward road and about 60 lots that 393 00:41:16,358 --> 00:41:19,026 would be on the one that is right in this area again when you look at the floodplain and then have to take out the roads 394 00:41:22,430 --> 00:41:25,233 and things like that. When you look at the total lot count, again we were looking at roughly 225 that we would gain. 395 00:41:28,369 --> 00:41:28,369 we would be looking at exchanging roughly 228 to 235. 396 00:41:33,574 --> 00:41:37,112 so fairly close. Again the thing that council needs to realize is really this lot count is going to be 397 00:41:40,181 --> 00:41:43,452 dependent upon what council does because council would be the one that would approve zoning on the property. 398 00:41:45,922 --> 00:41:45,922 again it can be four acres per unit which would be considerably 399 00:41:50,459 --> 00:41:52,796 less. You divide this roughly by four or it could be one acre per lot. It could be something that's 400 00:41:55,798 --> 00:41:58,333 higher density. So again just kind of taking and looking at it as roughly the one acre. 401 00:42:01,805 --> 00:42:04,473 this is fairly close from the lot count. Our lot count again does not take into account the industrial 402 00:42:08,346 --> 00:42:08,346 or the community retail that's going to be within redden farms. 403 00:42:12,681 --> 00:42:16,218 there's some value to that as well that we couldn't put a lot count number on. This just kind of shows real 404 00:42:18,956 --> 00:42:21,958 quick what our facilities look like within areas. So we were definitely able to serve the areas that will 405 00:42:24,628 --> 00:42:24,628 develop. This is sardis, you can see 406 00:42:30,167 --> 00:42:33,504 sardis does have lines adjacent to the areas that we would be looking to potentially exchange with them. 407 00:42:35,505 --> 00:42:35,505 and one thing I wanted to touch on real quickly with council is 408 00:42:39,576 --> 00:42:39,576 we have kind of a master sewer plan, when we look at it and 409 00:42:43,713 --> 00:42:47,650 this is within our impact fee of study, we look at areas and say if we were to sewer these areas what would that look like and 410 00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:52,723 how would we get the lines up. When you look at this particular area, the line right now in north prong creek is right here. 411 00:42:56,793 --> 00:43:00,197 it stops just to the south of walnut grove road, I'm sorry the walnut grove middle school. It serves the middle school. 412 00:43:02,132 --> 00:43:05,068 it serves areas over here in kensington. This line could potentially get extended in the future. 413 00:43:07,337 --> 00:43:07,337 the thing you look at though is normally when those lines do get 414 00:43:11,341 --> 00:43:14,278 extended and you do have sanitary sewer you typically have higher density. Again we're kind of looking at 415 00:43:17,348 --> 00:43:20,550 it full belt if the desire was to get sewer up into these areas, then could you do it, and you can do it and that would 416 00:43:23,421 --> 00:43:23,421 include the areas that we would be exchanging with sardis. 417 00:43:27,892 --> 00:43:31,361 when you look at our comp plan, our comp plan really calls for these to be more rural and high density. 418 00:43:33,363 --> 00:43:36,500 the community wants more rural in the areas that are farther out from the city then the higher density. 419 00:43:39,504 --> 00:43:42,840 and so typically to run sewer and to use sewer to serve one acre or larger developments typically does not work 420 00:43:45,977 --> 00:43:47,978 financially. So you normally don't see that. So in order for this development to happen, they'll be asking for 421 00:43:50,782 --> 00:43:53,583 an exception from council because we do have a requirement that says if you're within 2,000 feet of existing sanitary sewer, 422 00:43:56,854 --> 00:44:00,258 you have to tie on or you have to get an exception from council. And that would be brought to you 423 00:44:03,061 --> 00:44:05,530 with pd, that will be coming forward. I wanted to briefly touch on that that these areas can be 424 00:44:13,204 --> 00:44:15,006 sewered, again then they would be in conflict with the comp plan and the direction that the community and the council has 425 00:44:17,341 --> 00:44:20,411 been taking on these areas that are farther out from the city. And with that, I'd be happy to answer any questions. 426 00:44:23,415 --> 00:44:26,218 we do not have an agreement, this is just to get direction from council at this point. And if council wants staff to 427 00:44:28,954 --> 00:44:32,224 move forward, we will put together the actual agreement and bring it before sardis' board and this council. 428 00:44:37,295 --> 00:44:37,295 sardis has reviewed this particular exchange and they are 429 00:44:42,034 --> 00:44:42,034 in favor of it. >> is our utility advisory 430 00:44:46,038 --> 00:44:49,508 committee reviewed this? >> we have not. We have not been able to hold a meeting. We were going to have one back in march and covid hit. 431 00:44:55,047 --> 00:44:57,783 we thought it would be hard to do the web ex. We want to be safe with that board. 432 00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,190 we have not had time to discuss it. >> looks like a win, win situation to me. 433 00:45:06,592 --> 00:45:08,728 >> it can be. If we leave them split, it's going to be really difficult. And when you're out there and 434 00:45:11,197 --> 00:45:14,667 your neighbor across has sardis water and you have city water across the other side and you also have sewer, and sardis is 435 00:45:19,472 --> 00:45:19,472 billing them for sewer, it would make it pretty unique. 436 00:45:24,143 --> 00:45:27,613 again we were trying to come up with something we thought was equitable. On the acred side it looks more 437 00:45:30,149 --> 00:45:30,149 in sardis' favor but looking at lot counts and the customers 438 00:45:34,554 --> 00:45:36,089 we're pretty close to it being the same. Again the area developing within the sardis area council has the 439 00:45:40,894 --> 00:45:40,894 authority to say how they want that property zoned and served. 440 00:45:45,698 --> 00:45:49,169 >> I would think that also from at least what I've been told by folks within the community as we travel north of 287 what you're 441 00:45:54,841 --> 00:45:54,841 proposing provides for at the higher density areas which with 442 00:46:03,783 --> 00:46:03,783 the acception on the south side and then if you follow our 443 00:46:12,659 --> 00:46:15,529 comprehensive plan on the north side of mockingbird it provides for in its own way protecting the sanctity of what the balance 444 00:46:19,666 --> 00:46:19,666 of that zoning development and density levels are so I think 445 00:46:23,736 --> 00:46:23,736 it's great. Good idea. 446 00:46:30,143 --> 00:46:33,947 >> what, in your mind what are the major benefits of doing this and what are the drawbacks if any in your opinion? 447 00:46:38,085 --> 00:46:38,085 >> I think, mayor, really the benefits on this, one is really 448 00:46:42,089 --> 00:46:45,160 kind of having developments where they're going to have one provider. I think when you look again, 449 00:46:47,161 --> 00:46:50,964 when you start getting back down to these areas, these are already zoned. We know there's higher density 450 00:46:52,968 --> 00:46:52,968 here and again this is lakes at somercrest, this is 98 lots in 451 00:46:57,904 --> 00:46:59,173 that development. So it's already zoned. So that's going to develop at some point it has our sewer so 452 00:47:03,711 --> 00:47:05,980 if we're providing sewer within these areas it also makes better sense for us to also provide the water. 453 00:47:09,050 --> 00:47:09,050 I think on the drawback side, I think if something really 454 00:47:13,854 --> 00:47:16,123 dramatically changed whether a different view on council or a different council altogether in the future and this became a 455 00:47:19,193 --> 00:47:22,196 whole lot higher density, then we look at we're going to have a lot more lots that sardis would gain versus what we gained. 456 00:47:26,801 --> 00:47:26,801 however we're still wholesaling water to sardis so we still 457 00:47:31,473 --> 00:47:34,876 would get a benefit from additional customers on sardis' side. >> there's no action to take. 458 00:47:36,744 --> 00:47:36,744 does anybody have any other comments for mike? 459 00:47:45,554 --> 00:47:47,690 thank you. Yes the direction is to go as you proposed. >> we'll bring an agreement back 460 00:47:52,295 --> 00:47:56,030 to council. Thank you. One more, sorry. >> you get to close this half of 461 00:47:59,235 --> 00:47:59,235 the show. Item 2020-235 consider and act 462 00:48:03,238 --> 00:48:03,238 upon an ordinance of the city council of the city of 463 00:48:08,443 --> 00:48:11,380 midlothian, texas amending the city of midlothian standard construction detail ordinance no. 2013-51. 464 00:48:16,718 --> 00:48:19,120 mike. >> thank you, mayor. I'm pinch hitting for items tonight so I'll do my best. 465 00:48:23,992 --> 00:48:23,992 we have to come back to council at some point with changes to 466 00:48:31,001 --> 00:48:33,535 our details. We came and amended several times. We repealed and came back 467 00:48:35,071 --> 00:48:38,941 in 2014 with a whole new set which is pretty comparable to what we had before with the budget changes. 468 00:48:40,275 --> 00:48:44,213 what we wanted to do here, there was some main things we were looking at. One was specifying the meter 469 00:48:46,014 --> 00:48:49,818 boxes that we need to require for our new meters that we have with that meter change out program. 470 00:48:52,621 --> 00:48:54,757 and I'll come back to this in just one second. But when we were doing this we also decided that there was some 471 00:48:57,761 --> 00:49:00,497 areas we needed to add a little bit more in our lift stations and a little bit in our clean up. 472 00:49:01,966 --> 00:49:04,700 we have identified them. The areas that we tried to include, the revisions, the call outs so council can see. 473 00:49:09,105 --> 00:49:09,105 but really the main point of this really was kind of twofold. 474 00:49:14,377 --> 00:49:14,377 one was with new development we're seeing a lot more ini in 475 00:49:19,248 --> 00:49:19,248 our sanitary sewage systems, any time you have this new 476 00:49:23,587 --> 00:49:24,721 construction you're opening yourself up. We're seeing that within the wastewater treatment plant and 477 00:49:28,190 --> 00:49:30,527 our lift stations. In the past we came back and did a liner on the mantles and made that a requirement which has 478 00:49:34,130 --> 00:49:34,130 helped. One of the things we wanted to 479 00:49:39,336 --> 00:49:39,336 do was require if they pour into a manhole they have to lift it 480 00:49:44,340 --> 00:49:45,942 because that causes problems for us. That is listed in here as a requirement. 481 00:49:49,079 --> 00:49:51,215 and also the type of connection that's made. So that will be basically water tight. 482 00:49:53,484 --> 00:49:56,754 so those were kind of the two things dealing with the manholes. The other item is really we 483 00:49:58,755 --> 00:50:01,759 wanted to include a requirement that you have to install a clay cut off dam or a clay wall within your trenches and 484 00:50:05,962 --> 00:50:08,631 essentially what we're having is when you get over to the east side of town which predominantly where the growth is we're 485 00:50:11,636 --> 00:50:14,238 dealing with a lot of the rock and limestone. You get in there and start excavating and putting sewer 486 00:50:17,975 --> 00:50:21,111 lines in and essentially you create a big fresh drain. So you basically have an area where there's lots of water, 487 00:50:24,449 --> 00:50:27,184 there's lots of groundwater in these areas. So we essentially create a big french drain that goes down to 488 00:50:35,726 --> 00:50:39,197 those trenches. Roughly every 1,000 feet or as we dictate you come in and you build a clay cut off dam that 489 00:50:43,602 --> 00:50:43,602 goes all the way down to where the pipe is and it helps stop 490 00:50:47,605 --> 00:50:47,605 that water infiltration getting into your system and your 491 00:50:53,211 --> 00:50:55,680 manholes. So really those were the main changes again dealing with the meters, dealing with the clay 492 00:51:02,154 --> 00:51:02,154 cut off, this was really more clean up. 493 00:51:06,558 --> 00:51:06,558 the one thing I would ask council if council does approve 494 00:51:10,762 --> 00:51:13,965 this, this note right here that was added to the water services really should read like this note and this note over here. 495 00:51:16,901 --> 00:51:16,901 and so what I would ask, if council is willing to adopt 496 00:51:23,308 --> 00:51:23,308 these changes, that that approval is contingent upon 497 00:51:27,712 --> 00:51:31,517 staff amending this language here to match what we have added for these two boxes on sheet 18, sd-18 and I apologize for that 498 00:51:45,196 --> 00:51:47,667 oversight. With that I'm happy to answer any questions the council may have. 499 00:51:50,736 --> 00:51:53,939 >> all right. Mike, we have one speaker on this topic. Damian mcclendon. 500 00:51:59,546 --> 00:51:59,546 you have three minutes to come up and your name and address 501 00:52:05,351 --> 00:52:07,687 please. >> mr. Mayor, city council, my name is damian mcclendon. 3233 lamont street. 502 00:52:13,492 --> 00:52:16,028 just a quick question. I'm trying to learn how the city does things here in the city dealing with contracts and 503 00:52:20,366 --> 00:52:23,369 things like that not against mcmahon contracting but it seems like a lot of the items that are on display today they pretty 504 00:52:29,842 --> 00:52:29,842 much have a strong vote or they're actually getting a jump 505 00:52:34,648 --> 00:52:37,784 on giving their bid as to what's going on. How do we get other companies to come in to get some of these 506 00:52:46,126 --> 00:52:46,126 contracts and where are these job postings or these contract 507 00:52:50,530 --> 00:52:53,800 bids posted so that other companies outside of midlothian per se or even in midlothian, how are those people able to bid 508 00:52:59,071 --> 00:52:59,071 on those contracts? >> we will get the gentleman's 509 00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,281 information. He can get with our purchasing department and get on a list and get to where the notifications 510 00:53:13,421 --> 00:53:13,421 go out on those contracts when they go out. 511 00:53:17,824 --> 00:53:17,824 so we'll get the information. >> okay. 512 00:53:25,966 --> 00:53:25,966 thank you, chris. Any questions or comments for 513 00:53:34,510 --> 00:53:36,911 mike on this topic? >> move to approve. >> motion to approve. Seconded. 514 00:53:41,650 --> 00:53:41,650 please vote. Oh that's right. 515 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:49,590 we have motion to approve it as presented with the stipulation that the two items be addressed. >> yes, sir. 516 00:53:52,260 --> 00:53:55,529 thank you. >> and a second for that. Thank you. >> thank you, council. 517 00:54:04,739 --> 00:54:04,739 all in favor say aye. >> aye. 518 00:54:10,144 --> 00:54:10,144 >> any opposed? >> aye or no, not opposed. 519 00:54:15,549 --> 00:54:17,819 sorry. I was a sentence behind. Sorry. >> it passes unanimous 5-0. 520 00:54:19,821 --> 00:54:19,821 and mr. Mcclendon, city staff will be getting with you as 521 00:54:24,226 --> 00:54:24,226 indicated by the city manager. The last item will be handled in 522 00:54:33,034 --> 00:54:35,436 the next council session in two weeks. It deals with appointments to committees. 523 00:54:37,372 --> 00:54:37,372 I would like to make note that we interviewed 16 people over 524 00:54:42,444 --> 00:54:42,444 two days this last week. And the candidates were 525 00:54:46,848 --> 00:54:49,651 excellent. We have four positions to fill. These are vacancies because of vacancies in the committees. 526 00:54:55,323 --> 00:54:58,193 but we'll be doing this at the next council. At this time we're going to break into executive session to 527 00:55:07,736 --> 00:55:07,736 cover section 551.074 personnel matters to deliberate the 528 00:55:16,144 --> 00:55:18,813 appointment, employment, reassignment or duties of a public officer or employee-emergency management 529 00:55:31,813 --> 00:55:31,813 >>> good evening, it is 7:25, we're back in session from 530 00:55:37,418 --> 00:55:37,418 executive session. We have a motion to be made. 531 00:55:41,823 --> 00:55:41,823 >> I need the motion to approve employment of the emergency 532 00:55:46,428 --> 00:55:46,428 specialist with pay in the fourth quartile of the pay 533 00:55:52,836 --> 00:55:56,572 range. >> we have a motion to hire a person in the fourth quartile of the pay range. 534 00:55:59,709 --> 00:56:01,843 it's seconded. Please cast your votes. The item passes 5-0. Given there's no other business 535 00:56:05,649 --> 00:56:05,649 before us,