Agenda
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A. CALL TO ORDER-MAYOR
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F. PUBLIC APPEARANCE
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G. CONSENT AGENDA
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J1. ORD-2026-04-27 Continue the public hearing from March 23, 2026 City Council Meeting and consider an ordinance rezoning the property at 1503 Longneck Road from Single Family Estate (SF-E) to Planned Development 46 (PD 46); and take appropriate action.
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H. EXECUTIVE SESSION
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I. ACTION PERTAINING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
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G3. 2026-087 Consider a final plat for Crossmill Lot 58X Block A for Banschbach Middle School; and take appropriate action
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G4. 2026-088 Consider a final plat for Crossmill, Lot 27X, Block 1 for Joyce Carrell Elementary School; and take appropriate action.
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G5. 2026-089 Consider a final plat Crossmill Phase 1A subject to acceptance of Brookside Blvd.; and take appropriate action
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G6. 2026-090 Consider a final plat for Whitewing Trails - Phase 4A-1; and take appropriate action.
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G7. 2026-091 Consider a final plat Whitewing Trails Phase 3E; and take appropriate action.
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G8. 2026-092 Consider a final plat for Eastridge Phase 8; and take appropriate action.
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K1. 2025-086 Consider the reappointment of Larry Thompson to the North Texas Municipal Water District Board; and take appropriate action.
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K2. 2026-04-27-R06 Consider Resolution No. 2026-04-27-R06 authorizing an application for a grant from the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority Grant Program; and take appropriate action.
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K3. 2026-04-27-R01 Consider Resolution No. 2026-04-27-R01 authorizing Whitewing Trails Public Improvement District No. 2 Improvement Areas #3A 3C; and taking appropriate action.
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K4. 2026-04-27-R04 Consider Resolution No. 2026-04-27-R04 authorizing the purchase of furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the Parks & Recreation Administrative and Maintenance Building from funds approved by Resolution No.2025-04-28-R02 and take appropriate action.
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K5. 2026-096 Discussion and possible action regarding the City Manager recruitment process, including timeline, recruitment firm, and next steps.
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K6. 2026-097 Discussion and review of the Princeton Town Center, including an update and associated incentive agreement.
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K7. 2026-085 Consider approving a request for items to be placed on a future agenda and NOT for discussion of these requests.
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L. REPORT AGENDA
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The time is 6.36, and this will take us into our regular council meeting. Today is Monday,
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April 27, 2026, and I'll call the order. Ms. David Graves?
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Here.
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Ms. Todd?
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Present.
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Ms. Johnson?
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Here.
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Mr. Washington?
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Here.
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Mr. Deffenbaum?
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Here.
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Mr. Long?
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Here.
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All right. We have a quorum. This will take us to our invocation by Todd Boddy.
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Oh, stand fight. Sorry. If everybody can stand, please.
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Please
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stand by here, Todd Bodie was called away at the last moment, was not able to make
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it.
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Heavenly Father, we are just so thankful that you are a God of grace and a God of love,
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a God of order, a God of morals.
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Lord, you are a God who has built a good and pleasant place for us to live.
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of Lord help us to be people who live up to the standards that you desire because when
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we do we will love one another as you have loved us.
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We will do for others as we'd want them to do for us.
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So Lord we do pray that as citizens of Princeton we will be civil and we will be kind to
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one another and we will seek the good of the community.
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community, and Lord, we thank you that you will give that wisdom. We pray especially
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for those who govern us, our city councilor, mayor, and our city staff, that you give them
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great wisdom as they deal with such problems as growth brings. Lord, I thank you that
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they're willing to give of their time and serve this community amidst hardship and amidst
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growing times of sacrifice. Lord, we pray your blessings on them. We pray your comfort
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for them and your peace in their hearts as they seek to govern. Give them wisdom to
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do what's right and what's good and just. Lord, we always want to lift up especially
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our first responders. Our police department that you will keep them protected as they
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protect and serve us and for those who minister to those who are our fire
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department our first responders Lord bless them in their service bless them
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in their work and encourage them Lord thank you that we live in a free nation
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and that's a gift that you've given us through many lives and through many
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toils as we come to this this time of Memorial Day we just pray that we will
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We'll remember those who have given the ultimate sacrifice that we could have this freedom.
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Help us not just for a day in May, but for every day of our lives.
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Thank those who sacrifice so we can live freely.
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Lord, we thank you for your sacrifice and we give you praise and glory for treating
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us so well.
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It's in Jesus' name I pray.
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I
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think it's the item F, Ms. Cook.
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Public appearance.
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This portion of the meeting is set aside for members of the public to address the city
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council on any item of business that is not formally scheduled on the agenda as a public
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hearing item.
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Members of the public should complete a public meeting appearance card prior to the meeting
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and present it to the city secretary.
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Speakers are allowed up to five minutes to speak.
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The city council is unable to respond or discuss any issues that are brought up
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during this portion that are not on the agenda, other than to make statements of factual information
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in response to a speaker's inquiry or to recite existing policy in response to the inquiry.
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Anyone wishing to speak shall address the City Council directly, not the City staff
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or otherwise, be courteous, respectful, and cordial, and refrain from making personal
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demeaning, insulting, threatening, and or disparaging remarks as to maintain decorum
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and support the efficient and orderly flow of the meeting.
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All right, first will be Stan Fike.
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Stan Fike, live at 123 Teakwood Drive.
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I'm a 34 year citizen of Princeton, Texas.
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Pastor at Faith Baptist Church,
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volunteer chaplain for the Princeton Police Department
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and vice president of the Christian Ministry Alliance
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of Princeton and also Christ Cares for Princeton,
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Benevolence Organization.
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The 2026 National Day of Prayers Thursday, May 7th, themed glorify God among the nations,
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seeking him in all generations based on 1 Chronicles 16-24, declare his glory among the
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nations as wonders among all peoples.
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The 2026 National Prayer calls for repentance, rededication, and thanksgiving for 250 years
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of guidance.
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The significance of this year is that we do mark 250 years as a nation and the 75th anniversary
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of the National Day of Prayer.
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Days of Prayer have long been a part of the history of America.
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Colonists declared days of prayers during droughts, Indian attacks, and threats from
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other nations.
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Edward Winslow's record of pilgrims' experiences stated that drought and the like considerations
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moved not only every good man privately to enter into examination of his own
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estate between God and his conscience, and so did humiliation before him, but
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also to humble ourselves together before the Lord by fasting and prayer. On March
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30th, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of
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humiliation, fasting and prayer. He said, the awful calamity of civil war
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may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins to the
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needful end of our national reformation as a whole people. We have forgotten God.
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We have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all
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these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.
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Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too proud to pray to the
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God that made us. It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended power
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to confess our national sins. And so on and on you can find on the internet all of these
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different times when our national fathers called us to prayer because we recognize our
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need. Sometimes in times of plenty and in times when we're not hurting, we forget to
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thank the God who brought us here. And so I just want to let you know that we are having
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a National Day of Prayer service at Love Lady High School on Thursday, May 7th.
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Thank you.
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I lost my date all of a sudden. Thursday, May 2nd, 7th at Love Lady High School from
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6.30 to 8.30. I invite you to be a part of that. And again, I know there were some
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new rules put on proclamations over the last year or so.
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But I would urge this council and mayor
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to consider a proclamation of a Princeton Day of Prayer
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that coincides with the National Day of Prayer
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and to do that henceforth every year during this time
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to say we recognize our need for prayer.
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We see our community divided.
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We see our community with great growth needs.
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And so I just urge you to call on the one who has the supreme wisdom and to join us in doing so.
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Thank
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you.
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Crystal?
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Is it Gousson?
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Gousson.
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None to Mike.
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No, we said talk on it.
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Back to you and everyone.
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I had a presentation that I want to show you guys, but for some reason it didn't download to my flash drive,
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but I do have it on my computer, but I wanted to present a proposal for a Princeton vendor
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market initiative that I am attempting to spearhead for an economic development proposal.
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And I don't know if we have the technology for me to connect my computer here or not,
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but I do have a presentation that I would love to read can we can she can't
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hook up her computer correct for the presentation no yeah we can't you can't
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hook up the computer if you want huh yeah yeah they will have to to review it
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first before it goes up there okay so do you want to add it to the next
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meeting so we can actually fully talk talk about it sure and if I can get
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you to email it into Amber and that way we can have a full presentation on it.
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Perfect.
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And you guys have the outline and the entire scope of what it is that I am proposing.
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I did speak with Chase over Parks and Rec today for an extensive amount of time.
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Most of the approval will go through him.
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It's just that I had a question about the fees for vendors that if we were to
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manipulate those at any cost I would have to bring it before you guys first.
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So if you are familiar with the trade aids vendor event in McKinney that they
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have every third every third weekend of the month it brings a lot of business
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attraction and tourists and traffic into the community and I'm just looking
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at spearhead something similar for Princeton. I think it'll be a great
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initiative to to build our residents and small businesses and entrepreneurs. Yeah
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and if you can email me that presentation too because depending on what it is we
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might be able to add it as a work set session item so we can actually talk
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about it. Perfect, so you want me to email it to you? Email it to me, it's me and Amber.
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Okay, well thank you. Thank you.
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Sherrod?
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Mayor, members of council, as we
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To begin the work of shaping our upcoming fiscal 26-27 budget, we must confront a reality
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we all feel.
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Princeton is still a fast-growing city.
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We residents expect high-quality service, but we know we cannot simply hire our way
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out of this growth.
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We have a lean staff working incredibly hard, but eventually the manual workload becomes
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unsustainable.
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This isn't just a technical observation.
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information, it's about listening to our community. As one of the residents, Ms. Maxine shared
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so pointedly in our last meeting, we need to move into the 21st century and stop operating
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like it's the 1900s. She's right, our growth demands modern tools. To keep our budget
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healthy and avoid the need for property tax increases, we must shift from being reactive
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to being efficient.
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I am requesting that we budget to evaluate
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and propose the integration of practical AI technology
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across our city departments.
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The goal is simple.
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We use technology to handle routine repetitive tasks
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so our staff can focus on the human centric work
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that actually moves the needle for us residents.
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When we automate a utility billing question
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or a basic permit check.
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We aren't just saving time.
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We are freeing up funds.
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Those savings can be directly reallocated
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to where they are needed the most,
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putting more boots on the ground
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for our police and fire departments.
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We don't need to reinvent the wheel.
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A recent GovTech report highlights that Texas cities
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now have access to a curated collection
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of vetted AI vendors.
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We can navigate these pre-approved state resources, ensuring we spend our tax dollars
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on proven, secure technology.
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Our neighbors are already proving this works.
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Alan and Plano use AI, intelligent traffic management to keep cars moving.
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McKinney has adopted AI to improve utility efficiency.
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Anna and Melissa are using AI to ensure resident response times remain fast.
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Let's be the leader in the space.
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Let's use this budget cycle to invest in a roadmap that delivers superior service, supports
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our staff, and protects us taxpayers.
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Let's grow smarter together.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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So, am I seeing others?
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Good evening, council, mayor.
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Tonight I come to you with a couple things.
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One, I totally agree with the short term that we need to look into that,
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but we also need to look into long-term rentals.
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Long-term rentals is one of the key items that is hurting and affecting our property value.
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My property value, and I know everybody's might have been over-exaggerated a little bit.
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They always do that, but my property value dropped $21,000 from last year to this year.
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Okay, I have it with me.
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I have a couple neighbors that theirs dropped $32,000 in Arcadia.
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We have a large long-term rental challenge that decreases your property value.
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The short-term does, absolutely,
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but long-term does a lot more impact.
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The other thing that impacts our property values,
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and you know, I started with this city in 2021
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when I got appointed to the very first,
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well, the most recent homeless charter.
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Start on that commission in February 22,
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and that homeless charter actually got voted in hence where we are now.
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One of
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the biggest things I've always said and I've always wanted to be part of the city
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because I am not a rubber stamper. I will never be a rubber stamper. I do my
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homework, I do my research, I may not get my car and physically drive
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somewhere. I do a lot of research before I get up and talk about something. With
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that being said, our city needs to grow its commercial. That is hurting it. But
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with that being said, we need to stop beating up our developers. I get it.
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Everybody in this entire city gets it.
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We have drainage issues.
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You know what? Walk out the door right now.
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It just rained.
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I'm sure there's a drainage issue in the parking lot here.
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Okay, we get it.
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It is what it is.
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It's Princeton.
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But we can't beat up every single developer,
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every single commercial piece of land
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that wants to come in here.
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We can't keep beating them up, and that's all we're doing and yes, I sit on P&Z
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I sit on Parks and Rec. I sit on Homels. I don't rubber stamp
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I do my research and I say no to things
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But um if somebody can give me a piece of paper when it's absolutely required
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Then give me that paper then don't
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If it's something I can yeah, you can ask for it
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Well, great, I'll ask if I want it.
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But if you're required to hand me that paper,
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hand me that paper when you're required to.
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But stop, just stop beating up our developers,
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because you know what they do?
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They turn around, they walk out the door.
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And you know what, I can tell you for a fact,
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there was gonna be a dentist over by the Domino's
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on 380, and I think it's 4th Street.
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And you know where that developer is now?
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They're not here.
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They're not coming here.
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You want to know why?
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Because we beat them up.
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The madness.
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Just stop.
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Let our city grow.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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This is no more public comment this time.
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This will take us to our consent agenda, Ms. Cook.
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Consent agenda?
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All consent agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will
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be enacted by one motion.
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There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council member so requests
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or a member of the public signs a public meeting appearance card requesting to speak
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on the item in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered
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in its normal sequence on the regular agenda.
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Ms. Ruse has an update on one of the items.
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Good evening again.
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Then item G5, which is considered a final plan for cross mill phase 1A subject to acceptance
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of Brookside Boulevard, the applicant has asked that we, the council, pull this off
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consent, table it until May 11th.
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They didn't get their order of street lights in time.
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And just so I can let you all know, we've changed our process.
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Because in the past we used to do final plaids as an acceptance of infrastructure and that
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at times created issues because council then felt like you know you had to because final
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plaid have a 30 day shock lock.
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So we separated the two.
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We now do acceptance of infrastructure separately and final plaid separately.
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The reason we're tying this final plan to the acceptance of infrastructure is because
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the property is outside of city limits.
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Inside city limits, we can just hold the building permit until they do the infrastructure
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correctly.
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Here if we approve the final plan, county gives permits, so we have nothing then
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to hold them to make the infrastructure correct.
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So that's why we're asking that until they do it all right, we just hold the final plan.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Ms. Todd.
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Yeah.
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So for clarification then, CrossMill has three items on this agenda.
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So three of these items will have infrastructure attached to them, but white wing trails
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and the two and two white wing trails and the East Ridge.
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So six, seven and eight will not have infrastructure
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attached to them.
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So the first two schools, Punch Park and Joyce Carroll,
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they are in the city limits.
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So that's why they're also not tied to the infrastructure
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and the only infrastructure is Brookside Boulevard
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that the developer of CrossMill is constructing.
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So the schools can go forward,
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there's no infrastructure attached,
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except it's attached to the schools.
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Then I will motion to accept the consent agenda
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with removal of item G5
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and with infrastructure not attached
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to the remaining final plans.
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If you can pull G3 and G4.
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Yeah, so you have to pull your motion back.
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Okay,
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then I pull back my motion and I will make a new motion to accept the consent agenda with the removal items G3 and 4 and G5 and for the remaining items to not have their infrastructure approved with the final plan.
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Yeah, you have to, you have to, we can just pull them off.
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G3 and G4 do not have infrastructure.
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If I was outside of city limits, so you put them together.
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The others are within city limits, so they do not have to be together.
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Okay.
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Alright, so if we're going to change the motion, you'll have to pull that motion back again.
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Why can we not approve that condition?
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Can we approve three different items with conditional on each item?
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Well, because the reason is that in the past when we've approved a final plot,
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It automatically included infrastructure without any specialization like specializing in framing and so since this is the first time we're doing it
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I think we need to be very clear
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Infrastructure is not included if you're gonna make any changes to the motions presented on consent
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Or the items can present a consent or the motions. So we need just pull them in. Yeah, we're gonna have to pull them on.
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I'm wishing to pull back my
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my previous motion and I'll motion to approve the consent agenda for only items G1 and 2
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and for items G3 through 8.
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We
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have a motion.
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We have a second.
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Second.
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We have a motion.
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We have a second.
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Sorry.
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Motion
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passes 5-1.
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And we will go a little out of order.
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We will jump into the public hearing at this time.
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Item J.
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Ms. Cook.
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Can continue the public hearing from March 23, 2026, City Council meeting and consider
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and the ordinance rezoning the property at 1503 Long Neck Road from single family estate
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to plan development 46 and take appropriate action.
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Ms. Roos.
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Good evening, everyone.
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This is a case you've heard before.
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It is rezoning this piece of property we see up here, almost southeast of Monte Carlo
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Boulevard and Long Neck.
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the one acre property the purple around is the 200 feet buffer we do have the
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zoning here is SFE right now I know that it shows gray but that's because it's
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subject property but across is also a single family estate across the street
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the rest of this is agricultural the corner 0.5 acre at the corner above
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this property is PD-46. Across the street on both sides of 75 is commercial. It's in a PD but both
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corners are zone commercial. And we do have a PD-37 that's multifamily, PD-29 that's multifamily.
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and this area you see is a development agreement for multifamily.
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All of them have approached and are considering some sort of mixed use.
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This property owner, nobody knows, but this corner property already has talked about
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rezoning it commercial.
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Now, PD-46 is special because they have a base zoning of C2 but then they have exclusions
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from there.
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So the idea is to make it more neighborhood retail instead of the C2 big retail.
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I will be honest that there are some uses there that when we do look at full ordinance
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change, we probably should look at all the uses that we allow.
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But that's your zoning.
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As we said, I think there has been some confusion to you about the size of the property for the
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PDE.
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So I just wanted to clarify.
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Our code does say that it should be two acres or above if it's a PDE.
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But then the very next line, it gives an out saying council can do a PD on smaller properties
[28:09]
if it meets the compliance.
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So here, oh, sorry, here it-
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You're out of order.
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You have to be in knowledge before you speak, but let her finish and then we'll go so
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you can have your full time and we'll go from there.
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So this is compact neighborhood for our comprehensive plan and the way compact neighborhood is defined
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as a walkable, higher density neighborhood with neighborhood commercial allowed in there
[28:44]
for people living there.
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And so this is, I'm sorry, this is very small but you can see uses that will be, I'm not
[28:53]
really understanding dental office, coffee shop, and nail salon. Those are not even uses
[28:59]
in our use chart. However, they were excluded specifically, but tattoo parlor, small engine
[29:08]
repair, mortuary, funeral home, childcare center too, puts a lot of traffic and creates
[29:15]
issues on the corner, vape and smoke shop, laundromat, those are the kind of uses
[29:21]
or drive-in or drive-through restaurant gas pumps.
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All of this have been excluded from the list of C2 uses.
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And so the overall effect is restricting uses
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that will cause traffic issues, queuing, odors,
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preserving a lower impact on neighborhood compatible.
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Adable commercial district is what we're trying to do concept plan is it's 5,000 square foot
[29:56]
The applicant is here. We have been told
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Local by the applicant that it will be a state farm office suite. Maybe another office they
[30:07]
might share and rent some space. But I did want to let you all know this is just a concept
[30:14]
plan. This is not how it will develop. After the zoning goes through, if it goes through,
[30:21]
they have to do a preliminary plan. So the concept plan is just an idea. They're going
[30:27]
have to come back with all the preliminary engineering, everything, and then after that
[30:33]
they will have to come back with a site plan and site civils to make sure that everything
[30:40]
fits in meets the ordinance and can be constructed on the property.
[30:45]
So just wanted to let you all know that concept plan just means that's the idea
[30:51]
if it's they won't be able to go over 5,000 because the concept plans as 5,000
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but they can go lower if the property and everything doesn't allow that with
[31:05]
parking and landscaping they might have to go lower but that they can do they
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just come make it 10,000 so just so you all see what staff did as an
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analysis, we looked at the surrounding zoning and land use. We looked at if it was compatible
[31:23]
with the comp plan for the size of the property, one acre property. There is infrastructure capacity
[31:31]
right now to serve this property and then traffic or access concerns that we will be
[31:42]
requiring a TIA. As of right now, the applicants said they're doing office use, but again,
[31:50]
it's PD-46, so they could do any use. That's why we asked for TIA, and before we ever let
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anyone build anything, we'll make sure that the traffic is not creating an issue for the
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community around it. Environmental flood considerations, I mean they have to
[32:13]
follow the rules, our rules and so they will be only allowed to construct what
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meets our rules. So that's why staff is comfortable recommending approval based
[32:26]
on a land use decision. So right now is commercial land use okay at this
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corner based on the planning best practices everything around here is going
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commercial neighborhood commercial of low intensity is probably the best we want
[32:48]
at this point but like I said that's why staff is recommending approval and so
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planning and zoning commission recommended approval with a vote of
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4-1 and there was one abstaining at the April 20th meeting and today you've
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already continued the public hearing is required as you can either approve as
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requested, approve the request with conditions or deny the request.
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Questions.
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So first there is a second ordinance in regards to the minimum acreage where it
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says a specific findings is made that establishes, that the establishment of the district is required
[33:44]
to implement the comprehensive plan, a strategic focus area, a special project, or any other
[33:50]
purpose. So there will be a findings that has to be made today official for this.
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Furthermore, something that when I brought to you, you had said I was right. Within
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In our PD, it states clearly conceptual and development plan are required.
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During the review and public hearing process, the Planning and Zoning Commission and the
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City Council shall require, not may, shall require a conceptual plan and a development
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plan, which is a detailed site plan.
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It also goes on to clearly define what each of those plans specifically require.
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So the things that planning and zoning had asked for are actual either items that are automatically included,
[34:39]
such as the topographical contours, or things that they have the option to ask for,
[34:46]
because that's what a planned development does.
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Plan development is a development that is a plan brought before council.
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And additionally, you're saying that they want to bring it to neighborhood commercial.
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Neighborhood Commercial is a zoning that we offer.
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And we're offering them C2, which includes a data center.
[35:12]
Let's see, what else can we have on here?
[35:14]
A private club.
[35:15]
We can have motorcycle sales.
[35:19]
We can have...
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There's two different types of laundry mats that are optional.
[35:24]
Equipment and machinery sales.
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There are a series of things in here that are high-intensity uses
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and according to the what you have said and the staff report we have removed the
[35:36]
high-intensity uses of C2 which is completely inaccurate when you actually
[35:41]
look at the C2 item.
[35:47]
Okay so my question for you is how is this when it's not
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meeting the ordinance when it's not bringing before us the things that we
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should have and it's not meaning what you're saying how is this something that
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we are recommending today when it's offering asking for all these things so
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I'll let the ordinance language I'll let the attorneys speak to that about but
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like I said the way I read the ordinance planning and zoning commission and
[36:25]
council that's your prerogative all we do as staff is to give you the best
[36:31]
technical advice. So the reason you're correct, that whole list of uses for C2, we've talked
[36:40]
about this before, is very intensive. However, this is a one-acre property. So staff made
[36:47]
a judgment call that on a one-acre property, obviously there's no data center that can
[36:52]
come in. We also know that we're going to go through preliminary plan, through site
[36:57]
plan through Final Platt, and those are times where we will make sure whatever goes on it
[37:05]
is compatible with the neighborhood.
[37:07]
So in the short period that we didn't have time to fix our ordinance, which I keep telling
[37:14]
everyone as soon as we get the new COMP plan, we will do comprehensive code amendments
[37:22]
for our subdivision and our zoning, but right now we're just patching things up
[37:27]
and making it work, so we considered during staff analysis that yes, those uses are very
[37:36]
high intensive uses, but on a one acre property, with all the other things they have to meet,
[37:44]
they can't do those.
[37:45]
Yeah, and PD46 is already created, right?
[37:50]
So PD46 is already created, so we're not applying, so the uses are everything that
[37:57]
defined and detailed as already defined in PD-46. So this property shouldn't have to define this
[38:01]
uses or anything else for PD-46 because that's already been defined, correct? Yes, sir. So the
[38:07]
only request was to expand PD-46 to include this one acre lot. PD-46 was created
[38:15]
last year, early last year, I believe. And so we can only act on the applicants request and
[38:24]
the applicant's request was just to expand PD-46 and put that on here, but PD-46.
[38:31]
Hold on, if anybody else has questions, Councilor, could this be your second?
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You can ask questions.
[38:40]
There are some letters that were presented. Can we ask questions on those?
[38:44]
Okay, there are several things that I believe is really important. This is an issue we
[38:50]
discussed, voted on, and it's being brought back. And I believe it's important to add
[38:55]
some clarity and for our residents for transparency purposes, we received an e-mail today actually.
[39:05]
And in that e-mail, there were several things.
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It says that Mr. Paxman was coached in this process.
[39:13]
But there is something that, there is a statement here that says the entire process
[39:19]
of PD-46 application, an expected approval has been the single greatest example of official
[39:27]
misconduct, non-feezons, and dereliction of duty.
[39:32]
Would you speak to that, please?
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And abuse of power.
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I'm not really sure how to answer that.
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However, I can say that there is a perception that the application was incorrect.
[39:52]
correct. I would like to clarify that when people submit application for planning cases,
[40:00]
all we ask in those applications, the only reason we ask for an application is so that
[40:05]
staff understands what the request is. We can make sure that the fee is paid and also
[40:12]
that the owner is the owner, that somebody else is not changing zoning or doing things
[40:20]
on somebody else's property and that's why we usually ask a notary to sign so that it
[40:27]
doesn't lie completely on our staff to make sure because we do it three ways.
[40:32]
We ask for a deed, we ask for articles of incorporation if it's a LLC or a company.
[40:39]
We also go on the appraisal district website to make sure the ownership is clear and
[40:46]
And most times we've spoken to the owner, so we make sure that that's there.
[40:53]
So if one of those things is off, it's, I mean, yes, I totally agree, notary going wrong
[41:01]
is illegal, however, I'm a planner.
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I will let police chief talk to it.
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I don't know who makes the case against a notary notarizing incorrectly.
[41:13]
But from a planning perspective, applicant made the application.
[41:19]
We did the notification correctly because on the application you'll see that it says SUB.
[41:26]
It's not, but we made sure that we understood what it is.
[41:30]
Sometimes because we are doing this electronically, people are sending it back.
[41:38]
So when you send it back, they're like, no, no, this is okay.
[41:41]
So they'll send an email back and we get that email so that's why these kind of things happen
[41:47]
But they're not really procedurally
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Nobody is pulling anything over. We've made sure that we didn't start working on it till they paid the correct fee
[41:57]
We didn't start working on it till the we had a signature from a notary now
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Now it's not on us to make a decision on whether that signature was done correctly or not.
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And that's all I will say.
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We're planners, we're looking at it from a development perspective and that's it.
[42:22]
So that's the reason we didn't.
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And then there is a concern that we are rezoning this in a hurry without thinking,
[42:32]
without doing our due diligence that's really not the case because and I
[42:39]
understand there is a lot of distrust in the community I can only prove it by
[42:45]
doing the right things over and over again I am very new I get it but I can
[42:52]
only say that this is land use related this is a one-acre property we will
[43:00]
make sure that the idea is not spoiled. The other reason we recommended commercial was
[43:10]
if you look at the northeast corner from here, that is drive-through McDonald's, gas station,
[43:22]
having a home on this property is really single-family home. That road is not going
[43:29]
to be the most fun road to live on and so if you look at it it increases their
[43:37]
property value it increases everybody around's property value so in the end
[43:42]
it's good and then also what they want to do is an office use when the market
[43:49]
comes to this portion in about 10 15 20 years this building will have lived
[43:56]
its life. So if somebody wanted to at that time say it was appropriate, counsel
[44:05]
thinks it's appropriate, wants to combine properties, build something else, this is
[44:10]
one use that won't stop it. So when we look at it from planning perspective,
[44:14]
we're just looking at growth management and how not to spoil things in the
[44:20]
future. There are many things we're having to deal with that happen in the
[44:25]
past we're trying not to do that. We're trying to let people use their property. We can't
[44:31]
just say, oh, don't use your property for anything, but can we manage and control it
[44:39]
so that that property is used for properly that fits in with the surrounding and keeping
[44:47]
the future in the mind so that in the future this is not a use that will create an
[44:54]
issue and that's all I can say.
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I'm not really concerned. I'm not really understanding.
[45:07]
Other than this, I'm not aware of what could have
[45:09]
upset people, but I will say this is what I tell all my PhD and grad school students is
[45:17]
not everyone's always going to be happy with a planner's recommendation, but that's our
[45:24]
Your job is to give you all the facts, give you all the background, and then get back.
[45:30]
It's on y'all how you want to, what decision you want to take.
[45:35]
It's done for what you have to do.
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Ms. Grace, let's make sure everybody else, has everybody else spoken before you go back
[45:42]
into it?
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Okay, yeah.
[45:42]
Thank you.
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I have a question regarding the ordinance.
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I reviewed it and I looked at it.
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I personally don't have an issue with the commercial property being where it is, especially
[45:52]
meeting that is the property owner requesting the change. I'm not in the
[45:56]
business of telling people what they can do with their property. But my question
[46:01]
was in regards to the ordinance itself where it stated shall we shall have
[46:05]
that development that fully fleshed out development plan in there. Is it
[46:11]
customary to normally have those in a conceptual plan?
[46:18]
So ordinance, other
[46:21]
ordinances do leave a lot to be required, desired. But, yeah, for a small one-acre property,
[46:32]
a concept plan and a development plan literally are the same because if you go more detail
[46:40]
than that, if one, if we call do a concept plan, then you do a development plan, they're
[46:50]
showing on a concept plan at this stage, without any preliminary engineering, that's what they
[46:57]
can show. The reason, and this is just me, I will tell you, 30 years experience, I don't
[47:05]
like asking for that kind of detail at a zoning point with an ordinance because if
[47:10]
you tie it to an ordinance, then they change one parking space, we'll be back in front
[47:17]
of you will be spending $1,000 with Princeton Herald, notifying things, and I am not charging
[47:23]
people $1,000 for a zoning change. So, I'm sorry, I've been working on the budget, so
[47:30]
I'm kind of hurting on the notification things cost, but that's why we don't go to that
[47:37]
much detail is because it's not just all of us are spending time. If it is a little
[47:45]
thing changes on a concept, and they can't tell you what they're going to do at this
[47:52]
stage in detail. They give you an idea.
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Is there any other questions from Council before we go on to the second round of questions?
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All right, I think Ms. Hyde wanted to go again in five minutes, thank you.
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It's not staff's place to exempt developers or applicants from things that our ordinance
[48:18]
requirements require, especially when it says the planning and zoning and council shall.
[48:23]
That would be something planning and zoning and council, that's a decision for us to
[48:28]
make.
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And that decision was already made at the beginning of this when they made their application
[48:33]
and only came with part of it and it was presented as such, like that, even through
[48:38]
the first round.
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So that is definitely a systematic problem within our staffing that needs to be addressed.
[48:46]
So staff cannot make those decisions.
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Zoning is a legislative decision.
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That is our power.
[48:52]
I have a point of order.
[48:53]
Can you ask the question, please?
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In regard to this zoning, and I am fine with commercial,
[49:08]
if we're following the process.
[49:09]
I just want to make that clear.
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If we are following the process
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and doing things the right way,
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I would understand that.
[49:18]
In regards to the notice, it was not
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posted on the planning and zoning website
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under Notices online, and I did not see any notice included in the packet to the ISD, which
[49:33]
is required by the state law, or it's void.
[49:38]
So do we have evidence of a notice going to the ISD, because this is a residential property
[49:45]
being changed, so that is an impact to the ISD, and a notice for the hearing is
[49:51]
is required to go to the ISD.
[49:59]
I mean, I have more, but you can answer that question first.
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That'd be, I guess.
[50:33]
Kevin, if you can turn off your mic until you're ready to speak.
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I can speak to why we, I totally agree with you.
[50:42]
Staff has no authority to circumvent an ordinance
[50:46]
or to give any exemption to anybody.
[50:50]
the way I read that ordinance was PNZ and council shall but it kind of the way
[50:57]
that word shall was used was if you need more information to make your decision
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you shall ask for those things or you may ask for those things but that's just
[51:07]
how I interpreted it but it's on PNZ and council to ask it somewhere and if I
[51:14]
I read this wrong, my apologies,
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but staff can ask for it if we wanted to,
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and we didn't need that information to make a recommendation.
[51:29]
Like I explained, we had our reasons,
[51:32]
we come give you the background and our technical,
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but you absolutely have the authority
[51:38]
to ask for all of those things,
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and I will let the city attorney talk to whether we should have been asking for
[51:50]
all this information and of course I'll go with it. Like I said, the whole
[51:57]
development plan and the concept plan, nobody asked for both. They are one and
[52:03]
the same in idea. We are asking for both. And frankly, it works for, say, 120-acre property
[52:16]
if you're putting a PD on it. So then you draw bubbles to say, conceptually, this is commercial,
[52:22]
this area, this sub-district. And then you do a development plan, which is more specific.
[52:29]
But for a one-acre property, yes, we made a judgment called My Apologies.
[52:37]
I mean, that would be why PDs are supposed to be more than two acres because of that.
[52:43]
So that brings me to my next question.
[52:44]
If they wanted neighborhood commercial, why didn't they just ask for neighborhood commercial?
[52:50]
Why are we here today with a PD that has C2 zoning as the base that can have a data center?
[52:58]
And while they're one acre, I know from, as they stated in their letter, I did go to their
[53:05]
barbecue to meet the neighborhood.
[53:07]
I know they've been talking to the neighbor next to them who does have the land for it.
[53:12]
I'm also aware that a data center has approached that neighbor.
[53:17]
So these are things that are real possibilities of requests that are coming before us.
[53:24]
So if they want office spaces and you also mentioned something about a bakery that was not in-house
[53:32]
It's just like a they manufacture and put out there. That's actually manufacturing zoning. That's not under C2
[53:37]
So they would need a variance for that
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but
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Why are we here looking at a PD with a base of C2?
[53:47]
Why isn't it just neighborhood commercial because a PD is supposed to you have a base and it goes up
[53:52]
Why are we making a list of takeaways?
[53:55]
So can you explain why?
[53:56]
Well, the PDs already exist, so we're not forming a PD.
[53:59]
So you keep asking why do the PDs already exist?
[54:01]
Actually, the PD was created without telling council about the two-acre thing,
[54:06]
so that was a voidable thing.
[54:09]
I agree with you and we're working on that,
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but that's not this case that we're working on right now.
[54:13]
But if PD 46, the original, is voided,
[54:17]
then tonight's hearing is also voided,
[54:19]
which is not fair to them at all.
[54:21]
So again, why are we not looking at it just as the neighborhood commercial zoning when
[54:29]
neighborhood commercial and office spaces is what they are saying they're here for today?
[54:36]
So again, this is because our ordinance is special.
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We do not allow office use in C2.
[54:45]
We do not, they cannot do a state farm office in C2.
[54:49]
they can do auto uses but not a plain office.
[54:55]
So they can't do medical office,
[54:57]
they can't do any professional office.
[54:59]
It's just not an allowed use in neighborhood commercial.
[55:03]
I'm gonna give it to Ms. Graves
[55:04]
because she had a follow up question.
[55:12]
I'm looking at another letter that was provided to us
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and it talks about that two acre restriction for the TIA
[55:20]
and the additional downstream and drainage impact study.
[55:28]
Given what you've shared with us and what's in the ordinance,
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are these required for this development?
[55:39]
I'm going to let the attorney speak to it.
[55:41]
When I read the ordinance, I don't read that these are required.
[55:46]
I read it as you can ask for these if you need it to make your decision.
[55:52]
But that's me. I'm not an attorney. I'm going to let Kevin speak.
[55:58]
Yeah, on that issue, and we discussed this fairly extensively at the Planning and Zoning Commission last week,
[56:04]
a lot of that information is something that the Planning and Zoning Commission or the City Council may require as part of the application process before you approve the PD.
[56:13]
It is not something that is absolutely required, it's something that is an add-on.
[56:20]
Whether or not, from a planning standpoint, it's necessary on a development side, that's a matter of policy.
[56:27]
But those provisions we've discussed, rather extensively last week, as noted,
[56:34]
is not required that those items be provided as part of the overall PD application.
[56:41]
And we have to be careful when we're, even though we can and we have the authority to
[56:47]
ask for certain things before a zoning case, if this is a developer development that's
[56:52]
a target or a made development, we make them do these studies at this point in time before
[56:57]
they even have zoning on the land, they will walk away.
[57:00]
So once we start setting this precedent in this city that this is how development
[57:03]
goes, we will lose all commercial.
[57:05]
That is, these studies are going to be required regardless after they get zoning changes.
[57:11]
So they will be required in the preliminary play.
[57:13]
But nobody's going to spend $100,000 and that's 10 uses on this land.
[57:17]
It could be a million to get their commercial business before they even have zoning.
[57:22]
So this is not normal in the city. This happens after the fact.
[57:29]
I agree with you, Mayor.
[57:32]
Someone spoke early about beating up developers, and we have to be careful how we approach these
[57:41]
development proposals. We have to be careful what we ask for as a city. We do have to
[57:47]
be careful if, when the information is presented to us that these additional requirements are
[57:56]
needed, then we ask for them at that time, but not before.
[58:00]
And we have not been presented with anything that substantiates
[58:04]
their requirement.
[58:06]
Right.
[58:06]
And Ms. Tydel, let's you finish up.
[58:08]
So again, this is why something less than two acres is not
[58:12]
supposed to be a PD, because these are expectations to
[58:15]
the PD ordinance.
[58:16]
There is a zoning process and a zoning with a PD process.
[58:21]
and you did not answer my question as to why is it if all they want is office
[58:28]
spaces. Why are we here looking at a PD for land that doesn't meet the PD
[58:34]
requirements? She did not. She said that C2 is asking for the
[58:40]
variants to have office spaces. She's not answering why they just aren't
[58:45]
getting neighborhood commercial because when I asked them at their barbecue
[58:48]
Thank you.
[58:48]
They said it was city staff that encouraged them to go for the PD when they could have
[58:54]
just gone neighborhood commercial regular zoning the whole time.
[58:59]
So I was not present at that meeting.
[59:03]
So I can't speak to it, but I can as a planner extrapolate what my planners must have been
[59:10]
looking at.
[59:11]
If they wanted a state firm office, there was already a PD that had C2 zoning, so instead
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of giving them straight C2 zoning, they probably thought, okay, that one at least gets rid
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of a few bad uses.
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You can just expand it instead of having a PD-46 and then a C2 use.
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The reason they have to go for C2 use is C2 is the zoning that allows office uses.
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neighborhood commercial does not allow office professional use and so that's
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why staff probably thought that it was easy to just expand the PD-46 that was
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already there. Now I totally agree even two acres as a
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Planar, my recommendation in the future is going to be we don't do a PD for anything less than five acres, unless they're coming up with a really cool concept that's so different.
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But we can only do that once our ordinances are clear and clean and help people.
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Till then we are patching up. We're using band-aids after a surgery.
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and and like like I said I've been here six months please give me another six
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months or eight months and we will get this going straight but until then we
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have to take care of everyone so miss Washington
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yeah I was just gonna thank
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you shy for for all the things that you've done since you've been here no
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you've been here a short time had a lot of things to pull together in clean
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up. And the other thing I was going to mention, I agree with you, Mayor Escobar, that we have
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to really, really be careful of how we beat developers up, you know, because nobody's
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going to spend those kind of funds up front, right? If I don't have the zoning. But the
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other thing is we have to trust that our staff will do what they are supposed to
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do. And if they don't, then that's another conversation. But at some point,
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we have to allow our staff to enforce what we have in place.
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So
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there is and then, Mr. Kevin, do we have to open up another public hearing for this
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as well?
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But since it's a continuation, we had the public hearing in the last meeting.
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No, no, no, we didn't, I'm sorry, we opened it and it's still open.
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So at this time, I'm going to open up the public hearing at 7.37.
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And I don't believe we got any requests for public hearing prior to the meeting.
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It needs to be in prior to the meeting.
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and I don't have any requests prior.
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It's what our ordinance says.
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And while we're adopting resolutions for
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you,
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I'm just there.
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About 50 emails, I think.
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Yeah, they came in today,
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and they have to be two days before the meeting
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for those requests.
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When was that?
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Here you go.
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Okay.
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Here you go.
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You like it?
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You can handle some?
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Is this...
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Okay, so you're not recognized?
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So please sit down. Please sit down. You would not recognize it.
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Please sit down. It's
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a powerful aren't they the
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time is seven thirty nine
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This will close public hearing at
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this time. It's any motion.
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Yeah, I'm like motion to approve ordinance twenty twenty six
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Oh four two seven miss David Greer second
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Motion passes for two. This will take this to our executive session
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Executive session on the terms of chapter five five one of Texas government called the city council may enter into a closed session
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executive session to discuss the following. Section 551.071, Texas Government Code consultation
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with City Attorney. This will be for City of Lagoon, LLC, versus City of Princeton, North
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College Special Utility District, versus the City of Princeton. And we'll also be going
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to Section 551.076, Texas Government Code Security Devices, or Security Audits. Also,
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Section 551.074, Personnel Matters. This will be for City Manager Search, City Manager,
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and city attorney and the time is 740 the
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time is 820 and this will take us out of
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executive and at this time I'll entertain a motion yeah
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and I like to make a
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motion to appoint Chief Waters as the alternate city manager for the city of
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person this is 10 seconds all second I'm Mr. Johnson second take a vote
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motion
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passes 6-0 congratulations alright
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this will take us to item K our
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a regular agenda starting with the first item that was pulled from consecutive, which would
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be item G3.
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G3, consider a final plat for cross mail lot 58x block A for Benchbox Middle School and
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take appropriate action.
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Mrs. Roos.
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Good evening, Mayor and members of the council.
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This is a final plat for Benchbox.
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it was preliminary platted as a part of the cross mill subdivision. Can we get
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the staff report up?
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The way the subdivision is there's Brookside running
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through the middle of it with schools on either side at one end and the cross
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mill subdivisions around it and so phase one is what they're wanting to do
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but both the schools, sorry, G3 is Bunch Park Middle School is to the north of Brookside.
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The reason we're not accepting infrastructure is because the infrastructure doesn't come
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with it.
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So right now, the two schools and that Brookside Boulevard is inside city limits.
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Everything else is outside city limits in that subdivision.
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And so that's why because they're in site city limits, we control that giving them certificate of occupancy if the roadway is not fully done.
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It has all been, it's built, it's just not, it still has a few things left to be fixed, which is why the fire engine can get there while they're under construction.
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The fire engine can get there.
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the road is there, so that's why we're recommending approval of that final
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plan.
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It's just one thing to get done before the kids have to start school and
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it's just faster. And then any questions about that?
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There's no questions. I'm
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entertaining motion at this time.
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This is
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one within city limits, so I will
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motion to approve the final plat not infrastructure I second mr. Gris second
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motion
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pass well I'm sorry I'm missing a vote I
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can we re-vote I'm guessing yet
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can we re-vote can you open it back up please I
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motion passes five with one
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abstain this would take us to item G for miss Cook consider our final plat for
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cross mail hot 27x block one for Joyce Carroll elementary school and take
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appropriate action.
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This is the exact same thing right across from Brookside is
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Joyce Carroll Elementary School and again it's in the city limits the road goes
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through in the middle of the two middle school and the elementary school so
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there is no infrastructure with this plat either.
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motion to approve the
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final plot without the infrastructure. Second. Ms. David,
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agree second. Go to vote.
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All right, motion passes five one.
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We won't understand.
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So take us to item G five. This is the
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item that we're being hacked to table until May 11.
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Yeah, G
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five. Yeah, I'll make that motion to table item G five to
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the May 11 meeting.
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Second. Ms. David, agree second.
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Motion
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Passes 6-0, so take us to item G6.
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Ms. Cook.
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Consider a final plot for whitewing trails phase 4A1
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and take appropriate action.
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This plot is a final plot for that one phase
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without the infrastructure being a part of it.
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Their walk was, they've been approved by staff.
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We will be bringing it next to you.
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They just are not a part of this plan
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because by the time we put this on council agenda,
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there was still the final walk left to do.
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But our engineers have approved it,
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and we will be bringing it separately
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to you, the infrastructure portion.
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This is just the final plaque portion.
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But
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is it the true thing that's helping Mike?
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Okay, for clarification, you said that they still have
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to do a final walk.
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When we wrote the report, we do this
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three weeks before it comes to you so they they had the walk after that but
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since then they have been approved.
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So we're writing reports that we recommend
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something before we get reports clarifying that it's gone through. So
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that's why it's not a part of it because we didn't want to recommend
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and something when we didn't have the final answer.
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So that's why it's only the final plot.
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The infrastructure we'll bring next time.
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Okay.
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So this is G6.
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I'll motion to approve item G6 for the final plot
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and not the infrastructure.
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I'll second.
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I'm Mr. Washington second.
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I motion passes 6-0.
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Let's just take this item G7 Ms. Cook.
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Consider a final plot.
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Whitewing trails phase 3e and take appropriate action this flat is again
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the same case where at this point yes the infrastructure has been approved but
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it wasn't in the but the final plat is good they've met all our requirements so
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we brought it forward as for approval how
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much an approved item g7 for the
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final plat and not infrastructure.
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I'll second.
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I have Mr. Washington to second.
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Motion passes 6-0.
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Let's take item G8 Ms. Cook.
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Consider a final plat for Eastridge phase 8 and take appropriate action Ms. Roos.
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This one is a different subdivision Eastridge it's phase 8 you all have seen other phases
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and again this is just the final plat.
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it does not include infrastructure.
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If no questions, I move to approve item G8, 2026, 092, as presented.
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Clarifying presented as presented without infrastructure.
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As presented.
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Then I'll second.
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Yes, I missed out a second, sorry.
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That's a 6-0.
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This would take us to our regular items.
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The first item would be K-1.
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Ms. Cook.
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consider the reappointment of Larry Thompson to the North Texas Municipal
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Water District Board and take appropriate action.
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Your Honor I make a motion to
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approve item K-1-2025-086 the reappointment of Larry Thompson.
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I'll second that.
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Mr. Washington second.
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Motion passes 6-0. Thank you.
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Let's take as item K-2 as
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That's good.
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Consider resolution 2026-0427-R06, authorizing an application for a grant from the Motor Vehicle
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Crime Prevention Authority Grant Program and take appropriate action.
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Good evening, Mayor and Council. My name is Jordan Hoakes. I'm a detective here for the
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Princeton Police Department. I'm here tonight to request approval to move forward with
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the MVCPA grant. This grant would allow the Princeton Police Department to expand
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our equipment and our resources to further combat motor vehicle-related crimes. We do
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We have a PowerPoint presentation as well.
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It was on the,
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maybe I shouldn't upload it.
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All right, well you get to hear me instead.
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We had a PowerPoint for you, I worked very hard on it.
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So the MVCPA grant is a state-wide partnership
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focused on reducing vehicle theft
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in regular motor vehicles.
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It is a concoction of a bunch of local agencies,
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attorneys, state agencies, and task forces
[1:16:22]
that have come together to try to combat motor vehicle thefts.
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They put together a fund that helps local agencies get equipment that can lower these crimes.
[1:16:39]
Through this grant, we will be seeking continued funding for six-block cameras that were approved last year.
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On top of that, we'll be seeking six-block cameras, including a live-camera, live-beat-pole camera
[1:16:50]
that will be used in high-activity areas.
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We also will be requesting mobile vehicle trackers, a vehicle lease program, and the
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PennSitual salary and benefits reimbursement for the detectives that currently handles
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all of our regular motor vehicle crimes, or all of our vehicle related crimes.
[1:17:08]
Costs, this grant is a 20% cash match from the city, so the grant takes care of 80%
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of it.
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It's a reimbursement grant, so we pay the money up front for the equipment,
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we'll
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refund us for the money. The total amount that we are requesting is $230,825.54. The
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20% cash match value of that is $46,165.11.
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The piece of equipment that we buy is piece
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by piece. It's not $230,000 right up front. We buy it as we go and then it's a quarter
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the reimbursement so we can space out the purchases how we see fit and get it in a way that makes
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sense for the city financially.
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Benefits of this grant. It begins at FY 27. The process
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is extremely straightforward. Like I said, we just submit for the grant if we're approved
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and we purchase whatever items we see, send it over to them and they send us the quarterly
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reimbursements. The main benefit is that all of the equipment that we're using is
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extremely valuable. We've seen it being used. We have been using the block
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cameras, the block camera system that we got approved last year and it's helped
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us solve cases very quickly, way faster than it would have before him. I had a
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good slide about a very specific case, but back in March of 26, another city
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had a string of burglar motor vehicles where between eight to twelve
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citizens were impacted, one of which was a peace officer in which his gear
[1:18:55]
was actually taken. Using the flock vehicle identification system, not the license plate
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readers, but just identifying the vehicle based off a description, we were able to find
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that vehicle, figure out where it was staying, and eventually take the two people that were
[1:19:11]
responsible into custody and recover some of the gear. These suspects were using face
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masks, gloves, and they were switching the license plates on their vehicle, so every
[1:19:24]
day we would rerun that car and have a new license plate and be in a new part of the
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city that if we didn't have flock, I won't say we wouldn't have solved the case, but
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it was a instrument, a critical instrument, and I was finding those suspects and taking
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them to jail.
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She said to be louder. Sorry.
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One part that I would like to retouch on
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is the salary and benefits reimbursement. I think it plays a crucial part into
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the price of it all. It's not asking for a new detective to come work for us.
[1:20:02]
the current detective that the city currently pays for, we can submit for their salary and
[1:20:07]
benefits to be reimbursed. So out of that $230,000, a hefty chunk of that over 50% is money that
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we already spend that we could send back and get 80% of that back for the crimes that we already
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investigate.
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In closing, this grant gives the city an opportunity to expand proven
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investigation tools at a fraction of the normal cost. It supports crime prevention,
[1:20:32]
helps solve cases more efficiently, and reduces the financial burden on the city
[1:20:35]
or equipment that we're already going to request.
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I respectfully request the council's approval
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to move forward with this grant and application,
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grant application and a required 20% cash match.
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Any questions?
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No, I know a few of your cases that were solved
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using Flock and I'm a fan.
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I know a lot of people with the night
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that's probably not a good thing to say out loud.
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But when it comes down to safety
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and it comes down to solving some of the cases,
[1:21:07]
murder cases and things like that,
[1:21:08]
This has been an extreme help for you guys to get cases in and out.
[1:21:14]
So while I know people are concerned with the privacy aspects of it,
[1:21:20]
I think that if it was their loved one and we was trying to search for them
[1:21:23]
and this was the tool that we used to find them that they would see their use in this,
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I support this 100%.
[1:21:33]
Well, it's going to be a very good program.
[1:21:35]
I think it's great.
[1:21:36]
It's in the areas I think the county uses some of those in parts of the county right now
[1:21:42]
But as far as the matching grant, I just need to ask the alternate city manager
[1:21:46]
There's the police department have funds for the alternate. I mean for the
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matching funds
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So in their budget
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So at this point in time, we're asking for approval to go after the grant and so once that grant is approved
[1:22:02]
We have worked out with finance to where we will go and we will try to figure out where those funds are actually going to come from
[1:22:08]
This 230,000 all that is not promised one bit
[1:22:12]
So we're seeking for approval to go after the 230,000 once we get that if we get all the 230,000
[1:22:18]
We have been in touch with Kelly or finance once that comes in and then we will end up going find the money
[1:22:23]
But yes in short term we have on the PD side we have
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We're watching our budget very closely.
[1:22:31]
I know we do have some salary savings
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and all that stuff within there too as well,
[1:22:34]
so that money is there.
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Yeah,
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so I was gonna say,
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basically what Mayor was speaking on,
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the false positive protocol,
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I think that was the downside to the FLOC program
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is the identifying the false positives.
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But I do think the risk,
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the reward outweighs the risk in terms of that.
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And I know that there is ordinances
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And there are protocols built around those.
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And we have liability for some of those false positives built
[1:23:08]
into our ordinances as well.
[1:23:10]
But I agree.
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I mean, with the recent cases, the woman,
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she actually stayed two streets, one block over behind me.
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And I followed that case close.
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And you guys were, I mean, without this program,
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I don't see how that could have went any better.
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So yeah, I'm in support of it.
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and I pray you guys get that grant.
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I miss Grace.
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Would it be possible if they do not get all the money
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for the city to provide the rest?
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What they did not get from grant funding?
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That's what, I mean, we're going into our budget season now.
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So that's something that we can,
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that we have numbers, we can budget for it.
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So as we get into the budget season next month,
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I'm not sure how fast you guys can turn this around
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and get us numbers, but if we have to budget,
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we can always budget as an account council.
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Your Honor, at this time I make a motion to approve item K2, 2026.0426 orals 6, the resolution
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authorizes an application for the grant.
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Ms. David Gray, second?
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Second.
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Ms. David Gray, you vote.
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All right, motion passes, 6-0.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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So take it to item K3.
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Ms. Cook.
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Okay,
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three, consider resolution number 2026, 0427R01, authorizing White Wing Trails Public
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Improvement District number two, Improvement Areas 3A through 3C, and take appropriate
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action.
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Hello
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there, Council Members.
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I'm here on behalf of a developer, I'm a developer's counsel for the PID bonds.
[1:25:04]
They've asked me to do just a quick presentation for you on this next step that we're
[1:25:08]
approving. As you'll recall, can you go to the next slide please?
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How do I do that? Sorry.
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On April 13th, the council approved the issuance of the PID bonds and an indenture of trust
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which is an agreement where you appoint a trustee to handle the funds that are raised
[1:25:31]
through the PID assessments and disperse those through the sale bonds that are then dispersed
[1:25:36]
to the developer when they complete the construction of the improvements. What this
[1:25:41]
This next step is, it's an agreement that's contemplated by that document.
[1:25:45]
It's called the construction funding and acquisition agreement.
[1:25:47]
That agreement that you're approving tonight actually details the mechanism by which the
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trustee and the developer agree to go through that submission and draw process and to allow
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the city to accept all the public infrastructure and confirm that those dollars have been
[1:26:01]
spent in the appropriate manner under the PID Statue.
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So what we're asking for tonight is that you approve the mayor, you approve a
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resolution that allows the mayor to execute the construction funding and
[1:26:12]
acquisition agreement so that we can move forward with the closing of the sale of
[1:26:16]
the PID bonds. Thank you. I'm here to answer any questions.
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You can turn up your mic. Sorry. Thank you.
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So
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we have an interim city manager that we've just approved tonight. The mayor
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we don't this is not a role or that the mayor would be given to execute
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something like that that is always been given to the city manager or interim
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city manager so I would be far more comfortable adjusting this to follow suit
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as how we've done things in the past and it would be our interim city manager
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who would be executing this not the mayor.
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Yeah I would refer to Kevin on that
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I'm not sure.
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Well the question I would have is there's the trust and
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the legislature designate the mayor as the one that has to sign, or it be the chief executive
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officer of the city, or city manager. I mean, again, I've been here all of two weeks as
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city attorneys, so I've read none of the bond documents, so I don't know. But typically
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it would be the city manager, but many times, I mean, things like the bond forms,
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things like that would be the mayor but so it's not a new document similar this would
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be fine I mean that doesn't matter me one or the other
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Kevin yeah yeah it's the
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mic's not syncing right but you can turn off your mic and so he can speak yeah
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I am not I don't recall the exact language in the indenture at this moment
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but I'm I agree that normally it is the city manager I believe we required the
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mayor at this because we didn't know whether there was a city manager or not
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at the point in time we were doing this agenda item.
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So I think we're fine with having this interim manager
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or the regular chief executive execute the document
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as long as it's effective and as long as the council
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is given whoever the proper authority
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to execute the document we should be okay.
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Okay, we didn't find out until just before the meeting
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that we didn't have a city manager anymore.
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So it's interesting that this was preset in that manner.
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With that aside, I would motion to approve with the authorization going to our interim city manager and not the mayor.
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I'll second that.
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Mr. Washington, second.
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Motion passes, 6-0.
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Thank you.
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This takes a K-4, Ms. Cook.
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Consider
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Resolution 2026-0427-R04 authorizing the purchase of furniture, fixtures, and equipment
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for the Parks and Recreation Administrative and Maintenance Building from funds approved
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by Resolution 2025-0428-R02 and take appropriate action.
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Mr. Bryant.
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Council,
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this right here is a kind of a follow-up from the previous resolution
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of 20-25-04-28-RO2 authorized 630,000 for FF&E.
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Creation building. This is kind of one of the first phases coming out of that 6.30. And what
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we have is some of the infrastructure, the cabling, audio, video, securities, and furniture.
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The lead time on the furniture is roughly 12 to 14 weeks. So we want to make sure that
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that we get that ordered properly and is delivered on time.
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This was presented to the Parks and Rec Board
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and voted unanimously for approval.
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If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer.
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If there's no questions, I entertain a motion at this time.
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Your Honor, I'll make that motion to approve item K-4.
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Now, second.
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Is the deaf and blind second?
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Motion passes, this is 6-1.
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I'm sorry, 5-1 to
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take it to item K-5 on this item. I'm going to access to table this to the next meeting so
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The the new law firm can have time to review the proposal that make their recommendations
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Yeah, I'll make that motion to table item K-5 to the May 11th meeting. I'll second
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All right, miss it. Miss it. I'm walking second motion passes six zero
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It's to take us to item K-6
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Discussion and review of the Princeton Town Center including an update and
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associated incentive agreement. Tonight we have the developer here and then we
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also have Mrs. Roos, Director of Development Services.
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Mayor
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and council members, I'm happy to give you a good update. Everything's
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approved from staff perspective. They've met all our regulations where we've
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approve the permits, we are waiting for TextDOT.
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So they cannot do anything until they get
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TextDOT permission.
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I just spoke with the engineer,
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TextDOT was, they've submitted everything to TextDOT.
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They've gone back and forth, staff has kept an eye on it.
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They've been meeting the comments from TextDOT.
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But TextDOT today was in an internal meeting.
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Their issue is, should they give the permit now
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or not, because should they wait for widening? So they're deciding what their timeline is
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to give the development the permit. So that's all that's left from a development
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standpoint.
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Ms. Hyde?
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Does this mean that you can fill my PIR from a month ago asking for the engineer's notes
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on Town Center?
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Yes. As soon as I get some time, I promise I will go in there and send it. I do
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have that request on my desk and I will fill it in.
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Thank you.
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I think that was the only update that we were trying to get, so I'm not sure if you have
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anything you want to say, if not, then we can move on.
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Sure, yeah, come on.
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If you can turn to your mic, let's have a talk. Thank you.
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There we go, sorry. We did talk to Home Depot today. They're getting ready to get started.
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Again, we have to have all the permits to be able to do things.
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things.
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Kroger's ready. We are ready. It's, I will tell you, the financing market since
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Venezuela and Iran has been a little weird. We have our financing in bank loan. It's just
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everybody's being really careful and the tariffs are kind of starting to hit, so we're
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seeing increases on prices and so every time we get a revision on documents, we have
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to go back out and reprice it. I'm sure you guys are seeing that on your stuff too, but
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bear with us. We're pretty close. The way the site is being developed is when Home Depot
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starts, they dig the pond and that material goes to where Kroger's at. There's 120,000
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cubic yards of material that has to be moved. It's a mountain of dirt that surprisingly
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comes off where Home Depot's at and it's moved over to where Kroger's at. It has
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to be put in lifts. It then has to be certified and we then build their building pad. My piece
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over here to this side basically is the last. It's just I don't have as much to do. You
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know, all the Hobby Lobby, TJ Home Goods, Petsmart, we've signed that. We're 94% least.
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We're just unready, but we've got to get everything done the right way to do that.
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You wanted to know about Texas Roadhouse. We think we found a spot for them.
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So I'll send you the new site plan where we just moved all the over a little bit
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and we're doing creating the spot for Texas Roadhouse.
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So I heard what you said and we're trying to bring them back in.
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I appreciate you. Thank you.
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And if you have any other questions, Danielle's a lot smarter than I am.
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She's been working on that.
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And so I guess at this point we're just waiting for tech tech tech dot to approve their side and you guys and kind of
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Couldn't get that at that time so it went but from what I hear especially weight rising costs is is if they wait for the
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Expansion that means your cost going to go up even more. Yeah, so that was a little that was just news
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We got in the last day or so so we would be back in saying hey
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What if we did this can we go ahead and get going one of the conversations with Home Depot today was how do we get
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in the site, well you've got two curb cuts and those can't go away by law until they
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do some things out there and then it gets done and opened up right away.
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So there is a process in which we have to go through to get every thing done to start
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and then not have to stop.
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Is there anything we can do on the city side with this?
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With text.org?
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Mayor, actually you guys have done great.
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Yeah, it's it look it's been slower than we like but there's been a lot to do miss Todd was was correct
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We did the drainage we went back. We got it right. I think everything's you know should be in a hundred percent there
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We've we've tried to we've tried to answer everything that popped up
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It's like playing whack-a-mole that kids game, but we've done that and I think we have you satisfied on the drainage
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I think when you see the notes you'll be pleased so
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We did the letter with the neighbors, so they know that when we close, we're going to give them some money for just aggravation purposes.
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So, I mean, I think we're good.
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Yeah, I think that we just wanted an update just from Council so we can make sure that the public knows because they're asking every day.
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I understand. All of our projects have been slowed just because of stuff right now.
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It's just a time where all, when you're asking investors to write a large check like that,
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they're being very careful.
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We submitted our building plans, now they want the building plans approved.
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So it's just big money, ask big questions, and they get what they want.
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So that's where we are.
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You're welcome, any of you to call me anytime you want, update an info.
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That works.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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if anybody in the council have anything else?
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Sorry, Ms. Todd had one more comment to make to you, sorry.
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I just wanted to thank you for coming tonight
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to set the record straight,
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because I know there was some misinformation
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about why your project was delayed and by whom,
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and so I appreciate that you came up here
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to clear the air and let everyone know,
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just going through the process and getting things approved.
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So thank you for that.
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You guys have been great to work with, thank you.
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We're very blessed and grateful.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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This will move us to item K7, consider approving a request for items to be placed on a future
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agenda and not for discussion of these requests.
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And I want to have on the future agenda because, and I know there's a few people
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who ask for a vendor market, so I want to make sure that we have that on the future
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agenda.
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just to speak about it and have Ms. Crystal Goulson back as well.
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Ms. Todd?
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The bond deadline is coming for the library.
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I understand that there may
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have been the possibility of a walking quorum that was created,
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which is why this has not been discussed.
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So my, for transparency and full communication with the residents, I'm asking that this be put back on the agenda.
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And the inspection report shared with all members of council.
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Are you for a bond? I'm sorry.
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To discuss the bond for the library.
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Okay.
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Ms. Todd, are we talking about the agenda item? I present it. Sorry, I can't see you.
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In the fall for the renovation for the one million.
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And we're yet to discuss the bond,
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because I know the timeline for that's coming up.
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We have to make a decision.
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But for full transparency for the public
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and for everyone up here on council,
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the inspection report that staff did on their own last April,
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April 1st, I believe, of 2025,
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I would like that to be shared with all of council
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So they can see what that report shared and had.
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So we can make, we'll make in our decision for the bond.
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We can take that into account.
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Okay. I'll have to reach out to the two people that were applied to the RFQ
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because the time, the proposals might be out of date.
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So can I send an email?
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Yeah, we can send an email.
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And then, is there anybody else in the council?
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I would like to propose, it was recommended earlier, that we designate May 7th as the Day
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of Prayer for Princeton to coincide with the National Day of Prayer.
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No.
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No.
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So with the National Day of Prayer, the proclamation is going to be after the next meeting, but
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I would like that as well to, yeah, if we can add that to the next agenda as well.
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Also, I would like the meeting minutes from Monday, December 9th, added to the agenda.
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I found some discrepancies with it, so we just need to correct them and then re-approve
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them.
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That works.
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All right.
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This time, I'll take this item L, the report agenda, present day of purpose, Saturday
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May 2nd, 2026, at 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at J.M. Caldwell Senior Park.
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trash off in extreme green Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 a.m. to 12 p.m. Next regular PNZ meeting
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will be Monday, May 4th, 2026 at 6.30 p.m. Next regular parks and recreation board meeting
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will be Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 at 6.30 p.m. Next regular city council meeting will be
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Monday, May 11th, 2026 at 6.30 p.m. Public Works Open House is Saturday, May 16th,
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2026 from 10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Next regular EDC meeting will be Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at
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6.00 p.m. Next regular CDC meeting will be Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 6.00 p.m. April
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is beautification month. Unlimited garage sales during the month of April. All board
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meeting, I'm sorry, all board on board and trading will be Thursday, April 30, 2026
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at 6.00 p.m. And at this time, it's in motion to adjourn.
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John, I'll make that motion to adjourn.
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I'll second.
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I just have a second.
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All in favor, aye.
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Aye.
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Any nays?
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Alright, the time is 8.58.