Feb 17, 2025 City Council

A CAMERA IN THE WRONG ROOM. SORRY ABOUT THAT OTHER PAIR OF PANTS.

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[Workshop Session - 6:30 P.M.]

FIRST UP ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION OF CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LOOK INTO THAT. SO COUNCIL, IF YOU COULD PULL OPEN YOUR PACKETS. I'VE GOT AN INVOCATION WITH MAYOR PRO TEM PATRICK KELLY. I PLEDGE TO THE FLAGS FROM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM RONNIE CADE.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE LONDON BAKER, ELIZABETH ELAINE ROWE.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS.

WE HAVE A RECOGNITION FOR RUBEN GARCIA AND AARON.

CHESKY. OKAY, I'M OVER HERE. OKAY, GOOD. GOT IT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION OF A LEVEL THREE CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK. WHAT I HEAR IS THERE ARE JUST OVER 100 FOLKS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE THIS, AND WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. SO THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.

ITEM E ONE PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UDC.

RICHARD WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION AND OPEN.

SO WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ON THAT ONE.

ITEM TWO PUBLIC HEARING. SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPY.

I DID A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT. I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THIS.

I COULDN'T FIND WHERE THOMAS IVES HAS ANY STANDING BUSINESS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE SITE.

I MAY NOT HAVE LOOKED THAT UP VERY WELL BECAUSE THE SITE WAS READING LIKE 1973.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A VERY BAD SITE AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY REFERENCE TO THE PERSON WAS GOING TO MISS IT.

HOW DOES ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHO OWNS THAT BUILDING AND WHO ACTUALLY IS LICENSED TO OCCUPY THAT SPACE? YEAH, HER LICENSE IS IN HER A MASSAGE LICENSE, BUT NOTHING FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYING SHE'S A REGISTERED BUSINESS.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. WE WE HAVE NOT.

OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. OKAY. I THOUGHT MAYBE I JUST OVERLOOKED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S STILL VERY CLEARLY ON.

LET'S JUST CALL THEM REVIEWS. WELL, YES, I FOUND THOSE.

OH, I DID TOO. I DID NOT, I HAVE NO IDEA. GOOD.

DON'T GO THERE. SO. ALL RIGHT. WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE.

CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE. LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL STANDARDS OF CARE.

THIS IS A STANDARD BOILERPLATE WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE STATE EVERY YEAR.

QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE ITEM OF PUBLIC INPUT. THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THE CURRENT STR REGULATIONS AND POTENTIAL CHANGES.

SO THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON THIS. IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOUCH POINT FOR RESIDENTS TO COME AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK.

NO RESPONSE FROM US. RIGHT THIS IS JUST. NO, WE'RE JUST COLLECTING DATA.

ITEM H. CONSENT AGENDA. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES H FIVE AMENDMENT ONE OF THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS. THIS IS ADDITIONAL CORPORATE DRIVE MONEYS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SCRAMBLED CASH UP FROM ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET THIS THING DONE.

SO GREAT JOB ON STAFF. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY AND MARATHON HEALTH.

QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE. IS THAT THE BUILDING NOW THAT'S BEHIND IT? YES THAT'S RIGHT. WE'VE OFFICIALLY OPENED AND THIS IS EXTENDING OUR MENTAL HEALTH HOURS PROVIDER HOURS.

YOU GUYS BUDGETED THAT THIS YEAR. ITEM SEVEN RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATING SEVERAL PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS PUBLIC PARKS AND TRAILS.

INCLUDING THE NAMING. SO THIS IS FOLLOW ON FROM LAST COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE APPROVED THE NAMES.

ITEM EIGHT BID AWARD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TIMBER CREEK HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, ALSO TO BE KNOWN AS CENTENNIAL TRAIL.

JB AND GO TO BUSINESS WITH SERVICE ON THE HORN.

I DON'T KNOW, STACY. DO YOU KNOW I DON'T? I DON'T KNOW, MAN.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT A LONG TIME AGO. I'M NOT A FAMILIAR NAME FOR ME, BUT THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.

ITEM NINE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT CONTROL ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

THAT CAN'T HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH. ITEM TEN. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE SHELTER.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE DESIGN, RIGHT.

OVER $1 MILLION FOR ARCHITECTURAL FEES, WHICH SEEMS SUPER HIGH TO ME.

IS THAT IS THAT THE GOING RATE RIGHT NOW? PRETTY ACCURATE.

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THERE'S NOT A SET ASIDE FOR THE FOR THE PROJECT, 200,000 OF THAT FOR PUBLIC ART.

SO 10 MILLION OR SO, 10%. IT'S IT'S WITHIN RANGE.

OKAY. YOU'RE THE WRONG LINE OF WORK. I NEED TO GO ON.

I WOULD JUST ADD THE OTHER ON ITEM TEN. ITEM 11 CHANGE ORDER TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE RAILROAD.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ONE I DO. I ACTUALLY HAVE DAVID HERE TO EXPLAIN IT.

GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. I DO WANT HIM TO ANSWER YOUR THE QUESTIONS TOO? WELL, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S A SO THERE'S A CONTINGENCY AND THEN THERE'S THIS CO. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE RULES ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE FLAGGERS AND SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE UNREASONABLE IN MY PERSONAL OPINION. RIGHT. SO I DO GET THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TO TO FOR THE FLAGGERS.

IT'S FOR 22. BUT IS THE CO ITSELF, DOES IT NEED TO BE FOR THAT FULL AMOUNT OR DOES IT NEED TO BE FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND WHAT IS LEFT IN THE CONTINGENCY. SO BASICALLY WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY IN EVERY PROJECT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS LONG AS ANY OF THE COST OVERAGES ARE WITHIN THAT CONTINGENCY.

RIGHT. SO THERE'S A MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT LEFT THAT WE HAVE FOR CONTINGENCY THAT CAN GO TOWARDS THIS COST.

AND SO THERE'S 301 302,000 LEFT IN THE CONTINGENCY RIGHT.

AND THIS ONE IS FOR 422. BUT WE'RE APPROVING THE FULL AMOUNT OF 422 AS A CHANGE ORDER.

WELL, I THINK THERE'S 322. THAT'S REMAINDER LEFT.

RIGHT. SO DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THE 422 IS AFTER 301 IS 3302 IS TAKEN OUT.

YEAH. NO THE 420. THE 422,000 IS THE FULL COST OF THE CHANGE ORDER.

WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINGENCY LEFT OVER.

SO THAT 300,000 NUMBER IS HOW MUCH WE'RE EXCEEDING THE CONTINGENCY BY ABOUT 100,000.

REALLY THE RULE IS ANY CHANGE ORDER THAT PRECEDES THAT HAS TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

RIGHT. BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS, DO WE I'M STILL I'M STILL SEEING IT AS LIKE, IF WE APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER FOR THE FULL 422, THEN WE HAVE THIS CONTINGENCY OVER HERE THAT WE'RE NOT USING.

NO, NO, WE'RE WHEN WE WHEN WE PAY THE CHANGE ORDER, WE'LL USE WHATEVER'S LEFT IN THE CONTINGENCY AMOUNT.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO ADD MONEY TO THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PAYMENTS.

SO THE THE WHOLE 422 PLUS THE 302 IS NO. AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE ORDER? THE CHANGE ORDER? BECAUSE THE CHANGEOVER IS GONE OVER IN A CHANGEOVER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPLIT THE CHANGE JUST FROM A RECORDS KEEPING STANDPOINT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPLIT OUT A PORTION OF THE CHANGE ORDER BASED ON THE ACCOUNTING.

SO THE CHANGE ORDER YOU'RE APPROVING, WHICH WHATEVER THE CONTINGENCY IS THAT FOR THAT FOR 22.

AND THEN BUT THE FUNDING IS WE'RE JUST MAKING UP THE DIFFERENCE OF THE FUNDING.

HE'S GOING TO USE THE REMAINDER THAT HE HAS. AND SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE.

SO THE CONTINGENCY IS NOT NECESSARILY APPROVED AS PART OF THE CONTRACTOR'S CONTRACT.

YES. IF THEY DON'T USE IT THEY LOSE IT. IT IS.

YEAH. YEAH OKAY. SO WHAT I THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT BY THE WAY I READ IT WAS THAT THEY WOULD GET A FULL CHANGE ORDER FOR 22 PLUS WHATEVER WASN'T USED OUT OF THAT CONTINGENCY.

THEY'D ALSO GET THAT TOO. SO THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO ONE CLARIFICATION TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY THEIR BASE FEE IS ABOUT 8%.

BUT THEY'RE DOING A BUNCH OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR GEO TECH SURVEYS WHICH IS RAISING IT TO THE MILLION DOLLARS.

SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. WE WANT TO EXPLAIN ON THIS ITEM WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

IT'S JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS CHANGE ORDER.

THE RAILROAD REQUIRES AT ANY TIME WE'RE DOING WORK WITHIN 25FT OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS ON EITHER SIDE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE RAILROAD FLAG, AND THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED RAILROAD FLAGGERS.

OUR CONTRACT WITH SOME CONSTRUCTION HIRED A SUB CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE THIS FLAG.

THE ASSUMPTION IS, OF COURSE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW OR AT LEAST THE ASSUMPTION, EVEN DURING THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT WAS IF YOU'RE WITHIN 25FT OF THE TRACKS, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE FLIERS. AND WE WERE 25FT EITHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS ON THE SAME PLANE.

WELL, THIS WAS A RAILROAD UNDERPASS PROJECT. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IS THEY BUILT THE BRIDGE.

THE BRIDGE IS BUILT AT GROUND LEVEL. THEY DRILLED HERE.

AND BASICALLY THE BRIDGE IS BUILT ON THE GROUND.

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SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RAILROAD FLAGGERS. WE EXPECTED THAT WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS ONCE THEY STARTED EXCAVATING UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE BUILDING THE ROADS, BUILDING AND RETAINING WALLS, BUILDING UTILITY LINES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, WHERE WE WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE RAILROAD.

THEY STILL REQUIRED FLAGGERS. SO ALL THAT WORK THAT HAPPENED UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, THE ROADWORK, THE LANDSCAPING, THE UTILITIES, RETAINING WALLS, EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T WORKING ANYWHERE NEAR THE TRACKS, WE'RE WAY DOWN BELOW THEM. THEY STILL HAD TO HAVE RAILROAD FLAGGERS ON SITE.

WE HAD TO PAY THEM. BUT AND I KNOW WE TALKED EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS A THORN IN MY SIDE, BUT THE REGS WITH THE STATE. DOES NOT MATCH UP WITH THIS.

AND IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. SO IN IN THE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HAS NEVER RUN INTO THIS.

THEY BASE IT ON 25FT BEFORE. IT SAYS IT IN HERE IN THE BACK UP THAT THIS IS NEVER ENCOUNTERED THIS LEVEL OF FLAGGING REQUIREMENTS BEFORE AND THIS LEVEL OF FLAGGING REQUIREMENTS ISN'T ANYWHERE IN THE STATE REGS.

IS IT? JUST THIS RAILROAD I WANT SOME ANSWERS TO NOT NOT TO HOLD THIS UP, BUT SOME.

THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME ANSWERS SOMEWHERE WITH OUR TEX DOT REP OR SOMETHING THAT CAN EXPLAIN THAT THIS IS A MONEY GRAB FROM ONE OF OUR BIG BULLY BUREAUCRATIC. THIS IS COMING DIRECTLY FROM A THIS WAS A CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY RAILROAD THAT USED TO BE CALLED FRANCIS AND LUTHER INSPECTIONS AND BASICALLY BE THE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SITE.

AND SO IT WAS BASICALLY TRANSIT SYSTEMS DIRECT IN OUR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE THE PLATFORM.

THEY WERE UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REGS, THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT NEBULOUS.

THEY JUST BASICALLY SAY WITHIN 25FT OF THE TRACKS, OR IF IT DOES, IT SAYS WITHIN 25FT OF THE NEAREST RAIL OR WHAT IS SPECIFIED IN THE CONTRACTOR RIGHT OF ENTRY, THE CROW. RIGHT.

AND SO NO, NO, NOBODY ANTICIPATED THAT THAT WAS GOING TO MEAN EVEN IF WE'RE UNDER THE SAME BRIDGE WHERE WE'RE NOT BOTHERING THEM, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, WHEN WE'RE UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, BY THAT TIME, THE TRAINS WERE ALREADY DRIVING OVER THE BRIDGE. I MEAN, WE WEREN'T BOTHERING THEM IN THE LEAST. I MEAN, WE MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY JUMP UP THERE AND.

WELL, YEAH, IT'S A MONEY GRAB IS WHAT IT IS. I WILL SAY THE DIFFICULT PART IS THAT THE THE RAILROAD COMPANIES ARE NOT BEHOLDEN TO US.

YEAH. AND ALSO THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE, SO HAD TO SANTA HAS PAID THEM AND THIS IS TO PAY SOME FOR THAT.

RIGHT. OKAY. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT IT PULLED AND STUFF, BUT I'M STILL I STILL WANT TEXAS TO ANSWER THAT.

I WANT AN ANSWER ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT.

RIGHT. I AGREE. I'M WILLING TO FIGHT WASHINGTON CITY HALL.

I DO HAVE A I DO HAVE TO BOB NEWHART WITH ME THIS EVENING.

HE'S WITH SUN CONSTRUCTION. HE MAY BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE. THEY'LL JUST TELL ME IT'S NOT A MONEY GRAB.

AND YOU'VE COME ACROSS THIS NUMEROUS TIMES. I'M WITH YOU.

I ARGUED MYSELF THREE TIMES WITH THEM. BRIDGE FARMERS WAS THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PROJECT.

ARGUED WITH US ONE MORE TIME. THEIR ISSUE AND WHAT THEY WERE CLAIMING IS IF YOU'RE WORKING UNDER THE BRIDGE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT, YOU MIGHT HIT THE BRIDGE WITH YOUR WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT, LIKE YOUR TRACKERS OR YOUR LOADERS.

AND THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BRIDGE.

AND THEY DON'T WANT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BRIDGE GETS AFFECTED WHILE THERE'S TRACKS ON TOP OF IT.

I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S JUSTIFIED, BUT JUST CLARIFY THAT IN THEIR OWN REGS.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONCE WE POUR THE CONCRETE PAVING, THEY STILL REQUIRED US TO HAVE IT.

AND AT THAT POINT WE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT AND STOP US IF YOU WANT TO STOP US.

AND THEY DIDN'T. THEY LET US THE LAST MONTH. THEY LET US JUST CONTINUE WORKING.

AND SO, JUST FOR THE RECORD. I MEAN, I HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

LIKE, THE EQUIPMENT MIGHT HIT THE BRIDGE, BUT A FLAGGER IS NOT GOING TO FIX THAT.

NO, IT'S GOING TO MAKE ZERO DIFFERENCE. BUT WHATEVER.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE. I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

YEAH. AT 12 LOCAL PROJECT. ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WITH TEX DOT.

ITEM 13 AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS OF MIDWAY BRANCH FORCE MAIN.

OR ANY OF THOSE EASEMENTS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO GET.

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I DON'T THINK SO. THE HARDEST ONE WILL BE THE LANDFILL.

AND THAT'S JUST IT'LL JUST TAKE TIME. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE AN ISSUE RIGHT THERE, REALLY, FOR A LINE OF THAT LENGTH THAT LIKE THERE'S ONLY THREE LANDOWNERS.

SO CORPORATE DRIVE, WE INTENTIONALLY ALIGNED IT WITH CORPORATE DRIVE CONSTRUCTION SO THAT WE WOULD TRY TO MAKE THIS A STREAMLINED AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS MIDWAY BRANCH FORCE MAIN PROJECT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO GET DONE, LIKE IN A VERY QUICK TIME FRAME. AND SO WE ACTUALLY INTENTIONALLY ALIGN THAT FOR THAT REASON.

WE DO HAVE CLOSED SESSION COORDINATOR ON THAT ITEM.

WE NEED WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION HAS TO READ THE MOTION EXACTLY AS SET.

OH YEAH. ON THE LAST ONE ON ITEM 13. YEAH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM B PRESENTATION ON RED, WHITE AND LEWISVILLE EVENT OPTIONS.

WE ARE RUNNING PROBABLY A LITTLE LESS TIME THAN YOU ANTICIPATED, BUT I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.

OR TALK AT FIREWORKS. BE SURE. MAYOR. COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE RED, WHITE AND LEWISVILLE, OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION THAT HAS BEEN HELD FOR THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS HERE IN OLD TOWN ON THE TUESDAY CLOSEST TO THE FOURTH ONE IS VERY QUICKLY GIVE YOU SOME SOME HISTORY FOR Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT.

RED WHITE LEWISVILLE STARTED IN 1991. DIDN'T HAVE THAT NAME.

IT WAS JUST CALLED LEWISVILLE FIREWORKS 1991, AFTER THE MALL OPENED AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE, WE HAD 18,000. ONE TIME WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR 18,000.

THAT WAS SCARY. WE MADE SOME CHANGES AFTER THAT, BUT WE HAD ABOUT 10,000 ON SITE.

ABOUT 30,000. SOME SAID AS MANY AS 60,000. BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COUNT DIFFERENTLY THAT WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE AREA TO WATCH HIGH LEVEL FIREWORKS. WE LAUNCHED THEM FROM THE VISTA RIDGE ATHLETIC COMPLEX THERE ON LAKE VISTA DRIVE, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE AMPHITHEATER. THERE'S THE FIREWORKS.

IT WAS A GREAT SHOW. IT WAS CONSISTENTLY RATED ONE OF THE TOP FIVE SHOWS IN DFW.

USUALLY FOURTH OR FIFTH, BUT STILL TOP FIVE. BUT WE STARTED TO LOSE OUR SPOT BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE BUILDINGS COMING DOWN LAKE VISTA DRIVE THE OFFICES DOWN THERE, BILL HORIZON HEALTH BUILT TIAA-CREF BUILT, AND OUR, OUR SAFETY ZONE KEPT GETTING SMALLER WHERE WE WENT FROM.

AT ONE TIME, WE ACTUALLY THREW AN 18 INCH SHELL UP THERE.

AND THEN FEDERAL REGULATION SAID NO MORE OF THAT. THAT'S AN EXPLOSIVE.

WE HAD SIX TEAMS THEN DOWN TO 14, LIKE THEY'RE ALL EXPLOSIVES RIGHT DOWN TO 12 TO POINT.

DOWN TO 12. WHERE WE GOT TO. WHERE WE WEREN'T EVEN ABLE TO DO 12.

WHERE MAYBE SOME 12, MOSTLY TENTS. AND AT THAT POINT, FROM THE MALL TO THE LAUNCH SIDE, THE VISIBILITY WASN'T GREAT AND OUR SHOW WAS NOT GOING TO BE A TOP FIVE SHOW. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT OTHER PLACES AND WE WENT TO COUNCIL AND SUGGESTED SOME IDEAS, AND ULTIMATELY COUNCIL GAVE US DIRECTION TO MOVE IT TO OLD TOWN AND DO A LOW LEVEL SHOW, WHICH REDUCES YOUR CROWD.

BUT THE IMPACT CAN BE REALLY GOOD AND YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM THAT SHOWS THE THE FIREWORKS IN DOWNTOWN AND SOME MORE HERE.

THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE, COMING FROM THE THE COURTYARD IN THE ROOF OF THE GRAND ABOUT 6000 IS THE MOST YOU CAN GET THERE.

WE'VE HAD A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE ON ONE BIG YEAR.

WE'RE USUALLY BETWEEN 4 AND 5. AND THAT'S IN WAYNE FERGUSON PLAZA, CHURCH STREET, THE ADJACENT RESTAURANTS.

WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ZONE WORK. AND THE CITY HALL PLAZA.

SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD SHOW. HOWEVER, WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

ONE OF THOSE CONCERNS IS, AS I MENTIONED, FIREWORKS IS AN EXPLOSIVE. THAT MEANS THEY'RE COMBUSTIBLE. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE FIRES IN THE NAME.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU THROW THINGS IN THE AIR THAT MAKE FIRE, THEY LAND SOMEWHERE.

AND WE'VE NOT HAD REAL PROBLEMS WITH IT. BUT FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS OUT THERE WATCHING AND CHECKING.

I GOT THE DRONE RUNNING EVERYTHING THIS PAST YEAR, NOT DURING THE SHOW, BUT DURING LOADOUT.

THERE WAS STILL, I GUESS, SOME SPARKS IN ONE OF THE BOXES. THEY THREW IT IN THE DUMPSTER AT THE GROUND AND THE DUMPSTER CAUGHT ON FIRE. WE ACTUALLY HAD A DUMPSTER FIRE. SO THAT INCREASED OUR LEVEL OF CONCERN THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.

SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THEM. YOU CAN SEE SOME OTHER ISSUES HERE.

WE DO SPEND MONEY TO CLEAN UP ABOUT $4,000 TO CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS THAT'S LEFT AROUND THE GROUNDS.

AND WE'RE STILL SOME THAT WE MISS, BUT WE GET ALL THAT WE CAN.

THERE'S SOME IMPACTS, NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON FIREWORKS, AND THE COST IS GOING UP EVERY YEAR FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

AND WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TREND TO STOP. SO WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS MOSTLY ABOUT THE FIRE RISK.

DRONES ARE A SAFER, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE.

THEY DO NOT. WELL, IF THEY WORK CORRECTLY, THEY DON'T BLOW UP. BUT THEY'RE NOT FIREWORKS. THEY DON'T START FIRES. AND SO WE TRIED IT OUT THIS PAST YEAR.

THAT MEANS NO DEBRIS CLEANUP. THE FIRE RISK GOES DOWN.

WE TRIED IT OUT THIS PAST YEAR AT HOLIDAY STROLL TO KICK OFF THE CENTENNIAL, TO HAVE THE THE DRONE SHOW CELEBRATE BOTH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND THE CENTENNIAL. I HOPE YOU ALL GOT TO SEE IT. HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF IT.

IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME. VERY COOL. IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME.

NOW IT IS STILL ONE DIRECTIONAL, JUST LIKE THE LOW LEVEL FIREWORKS. YOU NEED TO BE IN FRONT TO GET A GOOD VIEW FROM THE SIDE.

YOU CAN SEE, OH, SOMETHING'S GOING ON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S COOL. SAME WITH THE DRONES. YOU'LL SEE COLORED LIGHTS FLYING AROUND AND BUT YOU

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SO THAT'S THE SAME OF EITHER OF OUR OPTIONS. WE LOOKED AT A FEW OPTIONS THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU.

WE'VE SET THESE OPTIONS ASIDE, AS I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ASK ABOUT.

LOOK AT BILL WEAVER ARENA. BIGGEST PROBLEM THERE IS CAPACITY AND ALSO PARKING AND SHUTTLE MOVED TO LAKE PARK.

SAME PROBLEM THERE. THE PARK IS VERY FULL. DURING THAT TIME OF YEAR AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO EMPTY IT OUT, SO IT'S ALREADY FULL. THERE'S NO PLACE TO PARK THAT NEEDS A SHUTTLE SERVICE. WE WE CAN MAKE IT WORK, BUT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND COSTLY TO DO THAT.

AND THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE AT THE PARK FOR IT. PLUS, WE'RE ABOUT TO REBUILD THAT PARK IN THE NEXT HOWEVER MANY YEARS, AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT. WE LOOKED AT JUST MERGING WITH THE CASTLE HILLS AND MAKING THAT OUR OFFICIAL EVENT.

WE DID THAT WHEN JULY 4TH LANDED ON A TUESDAY.

SO THE DATES CONVERGED. THERE'S SOME PLUSES, THERE'S SOME MINUSES.

ONE OF THE PLACES IS THEY REALLY WANT TO KEEP THAT MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL EVENT.

GREAT SHOW. IT'S REALLY A GOOD SHOW. BUT THEY WANT TO KIND OF KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT MORE INSULAR BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT, THE PARKING ON THE STREETS, WHEN YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR OWN DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE PARKED TO WATCH A SHOW, THAT'S NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

SO WE'VE SET THOSE ASIDE, AT LEAST FOR THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO WE LOOKED AT FOR CONSIDERATION THESE THREE OPTIONS KEEPING THE EVENT DATE, WHICH THIS YEAR WILL BE JULY 1ST.

ONE IS STAYING IN OLD TOWN, WHICH YOU CAN KEEP EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE IF YOU'RE NOT.

IF WE WANT TO JUST ACCEPT THE RISK THAT IS OUT THERE.

BUT WE ALSO COULD KEEP THE SAME STRUCTURE AND PUT IN A DRONE ONLY SHOW OR A HYBRID DRONE FIREWORKS SHOW.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. SECOND OPTION MOVE TO RAILROAD PARK.

PLUSES AND MINUSES HERE. THE BIGGEST PLUS IS YOU CAN DO A HIGH LEVEL FIREWORKS SHOW.

NOW WITH ONLY TEN INCH SHELLS. PROBABLY NOT 12.

PROBABLY TEN IS THE MOST, BUT YOU'RE VIEWING FROM THE FIELDS, SO IT'S A GREAT VIEW.

A TEN INCH SHELL WOULD LOOK FABULOUS FROM THERE.

WE ALSO COULD DO DRONES, OR WE COULD DO DRONES AND FIREWORKS.

SAME, SAME SITUATION THERE. IT WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT ALSO.

AND THEN THE VISTA IS THE THIRD USED TO BE VISTA RIDGE MALL, THE MUSIC CITY MALL.

NOW IT'S THE VISTA. WE COULD GO THERE AND DO IT AGAIN.

WE JUST CAN'T DO FIREWORKS THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LAUNCH SITE. EVEN LOW LEVEL FIREWORKS. THERE'S NOT A SUITABLE LAUNCH SITE WITH A SAFETY ZONE. WE CAN DO DRONES AND WE FOUND A PLACE TO DO IT. WE'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE. IT'S JUST WE HAVE A THIRD FOR A REASON.

SO HERE'S OLD TOWN. WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.

WE HAVE AN OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT WORKS. WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE AND IT HAS GONE VERY WELL. IT BRINGS CUSTOMERS INTO THE BUSINESSES DOWN THERE.

WE ALWAYS GO IN AND VISIT THE RESTAURANTS DURING THE EVENT, BEFORE AND AFTER THE EVENT, JUST TO MAKE SURE, AND WE SOMETIMES HAVE TROUBLE GETTING INTO THEM BECAUSE THEY DO VERY WELL. THE PUBLIC IS FAMILIAR WITH IT AND IT TIES INTO THE LEWISVILLE.

NOW THE CHALLENGES ARE THE FIREWORKS HAVE DEBRIS IF WE TRY TO ADDRESS IT AND KEEP FIREWORKS.

A DEBRIS FIREWORKS SHOW IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A REGULAR SHOW.

MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH THE SAME COST FOR A 22 MINUTE HIGH LEVEL.

OUR REGULAR FIREWORKS SHOW WILL GET YOU ABOUT 6 TO 8 MINUTES OF DEBRIS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THERE.

SO WE WOULD NOT PROPOSE REPLACING THE WHOLE SHOW, UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO THROW YOUR MONEY IN THERE AND SET IT ON FIRE. BUT WE CAN DO A FINALE AFTER DRONES. THE AUDIENCE SIZE IS CAPPED AT SIX.

NOW, AS WE HAVE MORE DEVELOPMENT IN OLD TOWN, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT MOST OF EWING AREA IS PRETTY WELL SAID WAYNE FERGUSON. PLAZA, CITY HALL PLAZA WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT BUILDINGS THERE.

THE OTHER AREA IS, THERE WILL BE AND THEN THERE IS SHUTTLE.

WE USE SOME SHUTTLE NOW. IF WE GROW IT IN ANY WAY, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO DO MORE SHUTTLE SERVICE.

THIS SHOWS YOU THE AREA. HERE'S THE VIEWING SPACE IS ALL AROUND HERE.

HERE'S WHERE THE FIREWORKS IS LAUNCHED. THAT'S A FIREWORKS SAFETY AREA. IF WE DO DRONES, THIS IS THE DRONE AREA.

YOU NOTICE THE BIGGER AREA AND IT'S A BIG AREA BECAUSE THE DRONES ARE MOVING.

SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH THE DRONE, IT KEEPS MOVING. THAT'S THE LAW OF INERTIA. AND IT KEEPS GOING UNTIL THEY LAND SOMEWHERE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A LARGER AREA. WE SPECIFICALLY PLANNED IT WHERE IT WOULD NOT AFFECT TRAFFIC.

AND IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE DRAFTHOUSE AND NOT AFFECT THE RESTAURANTS, SO THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THE EVENT COST WISE.

NOW, THIS IS BASICALLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 31,000 IN THE BUDGET.

IF WE GO WITH A HYBRID SHOW WHICH IS DRONES FOLLOWED BY THE LOW LEVEL FIREWORKS.

THE TOTAL BUDGET THERE IS 59, SO OVER 28,000.

SHORT FOR DOING THAT FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT. YOU CAN MAKE THIS CHEAPER IF YOU GO JUST DRONES AT 20,000 GOES AWAY.

ALMOST TOUCH IT AGAIN. SO EACH CASE, ALL THREE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE HIGHEST COST IS.

BUT IN ALL THREE CASES, THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE IT LOWER.

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEVEL OF SHOW TO A TO A MORE MANAGEABLE COST WISE.

WAS THE CHRISTMAS SHOW ALSO TO DRONES OR IS THAT BIGGER OR SMALLER? IT WAS 200 DRONES OR TWO, 52, ONE QUARTER, TWO AND A QUARTER.

IT'S ALMOST 250. ALMOST 250. ALL RIGHT. MOVING TO OUR HOME PARK.

VERY VERSATILE SPACE. IT HAS BATHROOMS BUILT IN.

IT HAS CONCESSION STANDS. WE WANTED TO USE THEM.

IT DOES HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT NOT ALL THAT WE WOULD NEED.

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WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IN POWER AND STAGE IF WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE THERE'S THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING FIELDS, AND WE WANT TO RESPECT THE FACT THAT OUR FIELDS ARE NOT THERE JUST TO TROMP ON AND HAVE PICNICS.

THEY'RE THERE FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS. THERE COULD BE DAMAGE TO THE FIELDS.

IF SO, WE'D HAVE TO REPAIR THOSE. WE DON'T CURRENTLY KNOW WHAT THAT COULD BE, RIGHT? IT MIGHT BE NOTHING. IT MIGHT BE SIGNIFICANT.

AND THEN ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S AT THE PARK, THERE'S NO ADJACENT BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT.

THERE'S NO RESTAURANTS, NO PATIOS, NO BARS, NO GATHERING SPACES.

SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO EAT SOMEWHERE ELSE OR BRING THEIR FOOD SO YOU LOSE THAT CONNECTION TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. LAUNCHED FROM THE BALL FIELDS.

VIEW FROM THESE AREAS. HERE IN THIS PARKING AREA, WE ARE FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE CORPORATE DRIVE PATH AND FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE LANDFILL. THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THE SAFETY ZONE, SO SAFETY WISE THAT'S A GREAT LOCATION COST HERE.

MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IF YOU BRING INFRASTRUCTURE IN AND AGAIN THIS IS BASED ON BOTH DRONES AND THE FINALE.

IF YOU JUST DID THE FIREWORKS THEN IT'S JUST THE 20.

IF YOU JUST DID THE DRONES IT'S JUST 25. YOU CAN FLEX IT UP AND DOWN IF YOU WANT, BUT.

LOOK AT THIS NUMBER. WE'RE 38,000 SHORT OF DOING THIS.

BUT YOU COULD GET IT DOWN TO 18,000 IF YOU SAID DRONES ARE ENOUGH.

IF WE JUST DID FIREWORKS, THIS IS A FIVE MINUTE SHOW. OVER 20,005 MINUTES FOR THE CLOSE PROXIMITY, NO DEBRIS OR A 22 MINUTE WITH THE TEN INCH SHELLS FOR THE SAME PRICE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. 20,000. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM THE DEBRIS. SHELLS. THE DEBRIS, THE SHELLS. JUST SCATTERED DUST. APPARENTLY, DUST IS OKAY.

MOVING TO THE VISTA. THE BEST TRAFFIC, BEST ACCESSIBILITY YOU CAN GET.

A LOT OF PEOPLE IN. YOU CAN GET THEM OUT IN A HURRY.

WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND AFTER THE EVENT. THERE'S A LOT OF CROWD TRYING TO LEAVE, BUT 35 MINUTES LATER, THEY'RE GONE. PD HAD THIS SUCKER DOWN.

WE WERE GOOD AT CLEARING THE SPACE. THE SAFETY ZONE WOULD ALLOW AT 250 OR EVEN 300.

DRONE SHOW, BUT NOT FIREWORKS. YOU WANT TO THINK IN WITHDRAWAL BUSINESS IN NEARBY HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS? I WILL TELL YOU OUR EXPERIENCE FROM WHEN WE HAD IT, THERE WAS. IT DID NOT. THE RESTAURANTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY TOLD US THEY ACTUALLY HAD A LOW NIGHT, BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE AFRAID TO GET TOO CLOSE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THERE'D BE BAD TRAFFIC. WE COULD TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT IT'D BE A BENEFIT. UNDER THE CHALLENGES WE WOULD HAVE TO RENOVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE STAGE, POWER, DIFFERENT, RENT, ALL OF THAT. FIREWORKS AGAIN? NOT AN OPTION. TRAFFIC CONTROL WOULD HAVE TO BE NEEDED. SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MORE OF AN IMPACT ON STREETS AND ON POLICE THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS MIGHT.

AND ALSO, WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO MALL MANAGEMENT ABOUT THIS YET. SURPRISE GUYS, IF YOU'RE WATCHING WE NOT TALKED TO THEM YET TO SEE IF THEY'RE EVEN INTERESTED IN THIS, EVEN IF THEY ARE. THIS COUNCIL KNOWS WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING AT THAT SITE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.

THAT WOULD COMPLETELY CHANGE WHAT'S THERE. SO THIS IS AT BEST A TEMPORARY OPTION.

TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, EIGHT YEARS. I DON'T KNOW, NOBODY DOES. BUT IT'S AT BEST A TEMPORARY OPTION.

WE WOULD LAUNCH FROM THAT SIDE. DO THE DRONES ABOVE THE MALL, THIS WHOLE AREA, YOU COULD SIT AND WATCH, REALLY HEAR ALL OF THIS. YOU COULD SIT AND WATCH.

SO A LOT OF SPACE THERE. JUST NO FIREWORKS. THIS ONE.

ONLY A $16,000 DEFICIT. BECAUSE FIREWORKS ARE NOT AN OPTION.

SO BUT YOU HAVE TO BRING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT'S WHY THE 31 WE HAVE NOW WOULD NOT COVER IT.

EVEN WITH DRONES, WITH THE DRONES ONLY WAS RAISED IN MY LAST SLIDE WITH FIREWORKS FAST.

SO WE GOT THE THREE OPTIONS. AGAIN, THIS IS THE HIGHEST COST IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE COST.

WE CAN ELIMINATE THE DRONES OR ELIMINATE THE FIREWORKS AND BRING IT DOWN SOME.

BUT RIGHT NOW, IF WE DON'T KEEP WHAT WE WANT, WHAT WE HAVE NOW, IF WE WANT TO TRY AND ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

WE'RE 28,000 SHORT ON OLD TOWN, 38,000 SHORT AND RAILROAD 16,000 SHORT AT THE VISTA.

I WANTED TO ADD ONE OTHER THING. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN THERE.

I THINK JAMES HIT ON THE FIRE RISK. THE OTHER THING IS THE FACT THAT WHEN OLD TOWN, WE HAVE A LOWER THRESHOLD FOR CALLING A FIRE, CALLING THE FIREWORKS BECAUSE OF WIND. AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, THIS, A LOT OF YOU KNOW THAT THIS YEAR WE WERE AT THE POINT WHERE WIND WAS SO HIGH, WE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. AND I WAS GETTING A CALL FROM MARK MCNEILL GOING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CALL IT AND SEND THEM ALL HOME.

AND I JUST. THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT PROMPTED ME TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S JUST LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.

OR YOU GUYS SAY, WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK OF SENDING EVERYONE HOME IN A POTENTIAL FIRE.

THAT IS TRUE. DRONES ALSO HAVE A WIN TOLERANCE, BUT IT'S HIGHER AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

FIREWORKS IS USUALLY 15. IN OLD TOWN WE AIM FOR 12, 10 TO 12.

AND TWICE IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS WE ALMOST HAD TO CANCEL. YOU ALSO RUN THE RISK WHEN THERE ARE HIGH WINDS.

YOU DON'T GET AS LONG AS A DRONE SHOW, BECAUSE THOSE MOTORS HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO HOLD THEM STEADY AND THEIR BATTERIES RUN OUT RIGHT.

SO WIND IS AN ISSUE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU'RE THROWING THINGS UP. THANK YOU DARREN. THOSE ARE NO, NO DARREN WATKINS, OUR SPECIALTY GOODS MANAGER.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. SIR. YOU WANT TO COME IN HERE? DO YOU GUYS WANT TO COME BACK? DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK? RIGHT BACK IN. YEAH, YEAH, LET'S DO THAT.

GOOD EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

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[A. Invocation - Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Kelly]

THANK YOU. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF THE PLEDGES.

[B. Pledge to the American and Texas Flags - Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Ronni Cade]

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

ON THE FLIP SIDE TO SEE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES LEFT OF WORKSHOPS.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE HAVE A LITTLE PATIENCE. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK INTO OUR WORKSHOP, DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ON SOME IDEAS ON OUR RED, WHITE AND BLUE FESTIVAL, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK OUT HERE FOR THE REST OF THE AGENDA. SO WE'LL MOVE BACK INTO WORKSHOP.

WHAT OPTIONS DO YOU WANT TO SEE? WHAT ARE YOU. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING FOR BUDGET SPEECH BEFORE BEAUTY.

OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY YOU. KNOW, MY FIRST THOUGHT IS TO JUST GO AHEAD AND ELIMINATE THE VISTA COMPONENT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S IT'S KIND OF WE HAVE MORE STEPS TO DO.

I TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, I THINK I DO LIKE THE RAILROAD PARK, ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME ORGANIZATION, LIKE WITH THAT PARKING AREA, YOU'D HAVE TO GET VENDORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND MAYBE WORK WITH CTA TO KIND OF TRAFFIC CONTROL TO GET BUSSES THERE.

THAT MAY HELP SAVE SOME OF THE FIELDS. BUT THE OLD TOWN DO NOT DO FIREWORKS EITHER.

THE FIRST YEAR WE DID FIREWORKS THERE, I REMEMBER THAT WIN.

I REMEMBER WATCHING THE YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE THREE RESTAURANTS SHORT AT THE END OF THAT. SO.

SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST IF WE IF WE STAY IN OLD TOWN, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE MY FIRST OPTION TO DO THE DRONE SHOW.

I LIKE THE FIREWORKS SHOW. I LIKE RAILROAD PARK AS AN OPTION, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S MORE WORK AND MORE COST POTENTIALLY.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT DOING IT AT RAILROAD PARK BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

OH YEAH, I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF THOSE DOGS AND CATS.

I LIKE OLD TOWN, WHICH IS THE DRONES. JUST TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE WITH THE HYBRID.

IF YOU DO THIS ONE AND DO JUST DRONES, NOT THE HYBRID, IT TAKES 20,000 OFF OF OUR DEFICIT AND WE HAVE AN $8,025 DEFICIT.

I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING A HYBRID SHOW LIKE 3 TO 5 MINUTES FOR A FINALE.

I REALLY I REALLY LOVE THAT. AND IF WE IF THE WIN WAS AN ISSUE AND WE HAD TO CANCEL IT, AT LEAST WE WOULD STILL HAVE A DRONE SHOW, RIGHT? BUT WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. WE'D STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY. OUT OF THE FIREWORKS.

I DON'T KNOW, FIREWORKS. HOLD UP THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE DESK. THE DESK KIND IN THE WIND. BUT IS IT BETTER? IT'S THE SAME. YEAH. YOU'RE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY WIND EITHER WAY.

GO ON. FIREWORKS. NOW IT'S A SHORTER TIMEFRAME.

YOU'RE GOING TO. YOU'RE GOING TO EMPTY EVERYTHING IN THE BAG IN A SHORT, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO YOU DON'T HAVE AS MUCH IN THE AIR AT AT ANY ONE GIVEN TIME IN THE WIND. BUT IT TAKES A REAL IT'S A REAL QUICK FOR YOU.

SO IT'LL IT'LL BURN OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. PROPULSION IS THE SAME.

THE WEIGHT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME. I'VE BEEN IN FAVOR OF THE HYBRID VERSION.

I DON'T THINK THESE BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS STILL NEED.

I THINK THEY STILL NEED THIS ATTRACTION THERE.

I MEAN, WE JUST LOST A RESTAURANT TODAY, SO I THINK THIS IS THE HYBRID.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY'S THERE YET ABOUT NOT HAVING SOME KIND OF FIREWORKS.

I JUST DON'T SEE. YEAH, I'M FOR IT, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE THAT MOST OF THE PUBLIC ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN THAT THERE'S NO KIND OF FIREWORKS, BUT THE HYBRID GIVES US THE BEST OPTION. AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WIND.

AT LEAST WE GOT THAT. AT LEAST WE GOT THE DRUMS. LET ME ASK THIS. THE I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.

SO, SO FAR, I THINK IT'S TOO, TOO SOON TO JUST CUT TO ALL DRONES.

I THINK THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING BETTER WITH FIREWORKS RIGHT NOW. I LIKE THAT IT'S A HYBRID, FOR SURE. IF WE WENT TO RAILROAD PARK, THOUGH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S NO FOOD OPTIONS.

COULD WE BRING IN TRUCKS? FOOD TRUCKS? EVEN IF YOU'RE USING CONCESSION STANDS, YOU PROBABLY STILL HAVE TO HAVE FOOD VENDORS OUT THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, 6 TO 8000 PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. DOES THAT HELP OFFSET SOME OF THAT EXTRA COST?

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I DON'T. I'D LIKE TO SEE ROAD MARKET EVENTUALLY, BUT I CAN GET BEHIND OLD TOWN.

OKAY. YOU GOT CONSENSUS. SO THE HYBRID OLD TOWN? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I'M ON AIR. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. THANKS. GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR 38,000.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. WE DO HAVE A FEW PROCLAMATIONS. SO THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOGNIZE SOME GREAT STUFF IN OUR CITY.

[C. Proclamations/Recognitions]

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE A AN AMAZING CELEBRITY SUPERSTAR IN OUR TOWN, AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY RECENTLY ON TELEVISION.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME RECOGNITION. AND YOU ALL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS.

YOU ALL ARE GOING TO HEAR THE WORD WHEREAS REGULAR TIME, THERE'S MULTIPLE PARAGRAPHS.

IF YOU GO TO ONE OF THOSE CHURCHES THAT DOES THE CALL AND RESPONSE, YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO SAY, WHEREAS WITH ME. SO LET'S GO. SO WHEREAS ELIZABETH ELAINE ROWE IS THE OWNER AND FOUNDER OF THE LONDON BAKER, SERVING AS HEAD CAKE ARTIST AND CAKE ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT, SPECIALIZING IN CAKE SCULPTING AND HYPER REALISTIC CAKES.

AND WHEREAS, THE LONDON BAKER IS AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT TRANSFORMS CAKES INTO IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES TO CREATE A PERSONALIZED DINING EXPERIENCE THAT FULFILLS CUSTOMERS ASPIRATIONS THROUGH ITS DELECTABLE CREATIONS. AND WHEREAS AS A PREVIOUS FIRST PLACE WINNER, ELAINE RECENTLY COMPETED IN A SPECIAL ALL STAR SEASON OF THE NETFLIX COMPETITION SERIES IS IT CAKE? AND WHEREAS ELAINE REPRESENTED OR SORRY, WHEREAS HER FINAL CREATION WAS A FIVE FOOT TALL CAKE DESIGNED TO RESEMBLE A MINIATURE DOLLHOUSE, ADORNED WITH STAINED GLASS WINDOWS THAT ILLUMINATED THE SCENE.

AND WHEREAS ELAINE REPRESENTED THE LEWISVILLE COMMUNITY AND THE LONDON BAKER WITH A STRONG SECOND PLACE FINISH IN THE COMPETITION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, T.J. GILMORE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2025, AS ELIZABETH ELAINE ROWE DAY.

NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, SHE'S NOT JUST CAKES.

SHE HAS AMAZING SCONES AND OTHER GREAT SNACKS AT THE LONDON BAKER.

SO GO THERE, HAVE A HAVE A BRUNCH, HAVE A HIGH TEA.

IT'S AWESOME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE. SURE. I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THAT, BUT.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU EVERYONE VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND I HOPE THAT I GET TO SEE ALL OF YOU AT MY SHOP.

IT IS IN LEWISVILLE OFF OF 121. COME AND SAY HI.

DON'T BE A STRANGER. IF YOU LIKE ALL THINGS BRITISH, YOU'LL LOVE THIS PLACE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS. IT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT NEXT UP IS GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS DAY. WHEREAS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS IS TO INFORM, EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS ROBUST COMMUNICATION IN GOVERNMENT CREATES TRUST AND INSPIRES RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTIONS AND BE INVOLVED.

AND WHEREAS GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS CREATE RELATIONSHIPS AND CALLS TO ACTION, BUILD AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH STORYTELLING. ENGAGE AND FOSTER ENGAGEMENT ON CIVIC ISSUES AND USE ALL CHANNELS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE IN CRITICAL DECISIONS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE STRONG COMMUNICATIONS IN GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT OF LIVING IN A DEMOCRACY WHERE CITIZENS HAVE THE FREEDOM TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE IS PROUD TO AND HAS DEEP GRATITUDE, GRATITUDE FOR AND RECOGNITION FOR THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS.

PROFESSIONALISM. DEDICATION, HARD WORK, COMMITMENT, ENTHUSIASM AND SACRIFICE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, TJ GILMORE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 21ST, 2025 AS GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS DAY HERE IN LEWISVILLE.

AND IF YOU COULD ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNICATORS, WHO ARE WE RECOGNIZING? WHERE ARE THEY? BRING MY COMMUNICATORS UP HERE.

YEAH. JAMES. YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? NO. YOU CAN'T. ALL RIGHT.

HE'S OUR LEADER. THANK YOU. TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND TO CITY MANAGEMENT.

YOUR SUPPORT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP TO GET THE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS, YOU NEED TO SIGN UP TO GET THE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE LAST SURVEY OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED OVER 150 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE CITY COMMUNICATES WITH FOLKS.

WHETHER THAT'S ELECTRONIC, WHETHER THAT'S OLD FASHIONED PAPER, WHETHER THAT'S WATER BILLS, YOU NAME IT. WE HAVE A CHANNEL FOR IT. AND IT'S CHALLENGING IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH PULLING AT OUR ATTENTION.

THESE FOLKS DO A GREAT JOB, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY.

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COME ON. COME ON. BRING YOUR FAMILY. COME ON.

SO I'M HERE TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

GUYS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. WHEN YOU WORK FOR A CITY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WORK FOR A CITY LIKE LEWISVILLE, IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK. AND THAT'S PART OF THE PHILOSOPHY AND HOW OUR CULTURE IS BUILT.

AND SO WHEN WE SEE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE THAT EMPLOYEE LOGO, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED.

AND THESE TWO GENTLEMEN DID JUST THAT IN JULY OF 2024.

RUBEN GARCIA AND AARON OVER I'M OVER READING THAT OF THE LEWISVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DEMONSTRATED AN EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSE DURING A CRITICAL INCIDENT ON THEIR ROUTE WHEN A VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE LEFT LANE ON BUSINESS.

121 RUBEN AND AARON DEMONSTRATED BRAVERY AND QUICK THINKING BY ACTIVATING THEIR TRUCK LIGHTS TO WARN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, ATTEMPTING TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES AND CONTACTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE, THEREBY ENSURING SAFETY OF EVERYONE INVOLVED AND PREVENTING FURTHER RISKS.

THEIR SWIFT RESPONSE, PROFESSIONALISM AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY ARE TRUE REFLECTIONS OF THE VALUES UPHELD IN LEWISVILLE. IN DECEMBER, RUBEN GARCIA AND AARON JETSKI WERE HONORED AS WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S TEAM LEWISVILLE AWARDS, A WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE SELECTED BY THE ENTIRE PARKS AND RECREATION RECREATION DEPARTMENT. I, TJ GILMORE, MAYOR OF THE LEWISVILLE AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, EXTEND A THANK YOU AND COMMEND RUBEN GARCIA AND AARON PENSKE FOR THEIR HEROIC EFFORTS AND DEDICATION TO MAKING LEWISVILLE A SAFER PLACE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. YOU GOT IT. HOW THAT WORKS.

THANK YOU. ANYTIME, ANYTIME. SO, FOLKS, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SEE THESE FOLKS OUT THERE, JUST GIVE THEM A HAND BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY GET BEAT UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA A LOT.

OUR TEAM AND THEY DON'T DESERVE IT AT ALL. OUR CITY STAFF DOES AN AMAZING JOB.

AND I GET IT. SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME INCONVENIENCES IN THE WORLD AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. BUT 99.9% OF THE TIME THESE GUYS ARE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS EVERY TIME, AND THEY'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

SO I THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING THAT. THAT EXAMPLE.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ITEM D PRESENTATION OF A LEVEL THREE CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK.

[D. Presentation]

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY ADMINISTRATION.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, AN OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT WITHIN OUR COURT. I STAND BEFORE YOU NOT ONLY AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEWISVILLE MUNICIPAL COURT, BUT ALSO AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION.

JOINING ME THIS EVENING IS JENNIFER, THE COURT SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF IRVING AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION.

TOGETHER, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE A REMARKABLE, REMARKABLE MILESTONE.

OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 4000 CLERKS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THERE'S ONLY BEEN 149 CERTIFIED COURT CLERKS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WE'RE HERE TO HONOR KAY FOR BEING THAT 149TH CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK.

KAY HAS DEDICATED SIX YEARS OF THE CITY TO THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, AND FOUR OF THOSE YEARS WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEDICATION AS SHE'S TACKLED THIS RIGOROUS THE RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS. HER HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION HAVE NOW LED TO THIS WELL-DESERVED ACCOMPLISHMENT.

BUT THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS MORE THAN JUST PERSONAL SUCCESS.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION AND EXPERTISE REQUIRED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

BECOMING A CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK DEMANDS EXTENSIVE LEGAL KNOWLEDGE, MASTERY OF THE JUDICIARY PROCESSES, AND A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICAL SERVICE.

THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT ALSO REFLECTS THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT PROVIDED BY THIS CITY.

THIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS COMMUNITY, A CULTURE THAT FOSTERS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

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IT ENHANCES ACCESS TO JUSTICE, REINFORCES PUBLIC TRUST, AND ULTIMATELY BENEFITS EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.

ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS EDUCATION CENTER, AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, IT'S OUR GREAT HONOR TO EXTEND OUR SINCEREST CONGRATULATIONS TO KAY, JEREMY, AND THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT KAY MINNIS WITH THE CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK CERTIFICATE AND HER PLAQUE.

CONGRATULATIONS, KAY. WE'RE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WHAT DO I DO NOW? DO YOU WANT TO SHARE? OH, YES.

THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE ORDER JUST A LITTLE BIT TO TRY AND OPTIMIZE SOME TIME TONIGHT.

FIRST UP, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM G, THE VISITORS FORUM.

[G. Visitors Forum]

UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS FROM THE AUDIENCE. STAMPING OF FEET, WHISTLES, YELLS, CLAPPING, AND SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. ACTION CAN ONLY BE TAKEN AT A FUTURE MEETING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY FILLED OUT CARDS, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO YOU ALL.

NOT A PROBLEM. BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE WHO WAS WANTING TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE VISITORS FORUM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE. I HAVE GEORGIANA BUSTOS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.

MY NAME IS. THE BRUNEI COLONY. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING AROUND TO DIFFERENT CITY COUNCILS TO KIND OF EXPLAIN A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HOW THE LACK OF FUNDING IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY HURT OUR MUNICIPALITIES.

SO TONIGHT I'M HERE BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE AT A BREAKING POINT.

THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE TODAY WILL, IF LEFT UNADDRESSED, AFFECT OUR ENTIRE MUNICIPALITY BECAUSE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND A VIBRANT, HEALTHY COMMUNITY IS UNMISTAKABLE. PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS TEXAS ARE IN A CRISIS.

DESPITE A 26% RISE IN INFLATION SINCE 2019, THE PER STUDENT BASIC ALLOTMENT HAS REMAINED STAGNANT AT $6,160.

RATHER THAN ADDRESSING THIS, OUR LEGISLATORS ARE USING SCHOOL FUNDING AS A BARGAINING CHIP FOR VOUCHERS, WHICH WOULD DIVERT EVEN MORE RESOURCES AWAY FROM OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THEY CLAIM THERE IS NO MONEY YET. TEXAS HAS $21 BILLION IN SURPLUS FOR OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

IN 2023 ALONE, 4.5 BILLION IN RECAPTURE WAS REDIRECTED TO THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND INSTEAD OF BEING REINVESTED INTO OUR EDUCATION. IT WASN'T PUT INTO OUR STATE SCHOOL FUND.

ALMOST $5 BILLION WAS PUT INTO A GENERAL FUND THAT DIDN'T COME BACK.

RESTORING US BACK TO OUR 2019 FUNDING LEVELS WOULD COST JUST $9.3 BILLION.

THAT'S JUST A FRACTION OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE. TO ME, IT IS COMPLETELY UNFATHOMABLE THAT TEXAS IS THE EIGHTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, YET WE RANKED 43 OUT OF 50 FOR SCHOOL FUNDING.

HERE'S WHAT OUR SCHOOLS NEED. AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OF $1,600, WHICH WOULD BE TIED TO AND ALSO TIED TO INFLATION FUNDING BASED OFF OF ENROLLMENT, NOT ATTENDANCE, ALL RECAPTURE FUNDS DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE EDUCATION FUND AND NOT OUR GENERAL FUND.

A NO AND A FIRM NO. TO VOUCHERS THAT TAKE MORE MONEY AWAY FROM OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

LSD ALONE, I THINK, IS LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY ANOTHER $20 MILLION JUST WITH VOUCHERS ALONE BY RAISING THE PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT AND TYING IT TO INFLATION. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN NOT ONLY BE SOLVENT, BUT THE SINGLE ACT WOULD RESOLVE THE DISTRICT'S MOST PRESSING FINANCIAL ISSUES.

$12 MILLION PER YEAR IN DEFICIT SPENDING FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THIS INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM GIFTED AND TALENTED TO OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.

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$5 MILLION A YEAR IN DEFICIT SPENDING FOR UNFUNDED SAFETY AND SECURITY MANDATES.

AND 3.8 MILLION TO 4.3 MILLION IN DEFICIT SPENDING FOR OUR PRE-K BECAUSE THE STATE ONLY FUNDS UP TO HALF DAYS.

THIS MEANS LIZARD WOULD BE FORCED TO DEFICIT SPEND AT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 21.9 MILLION, OR 22.4 MILLION PER YEAR. A RICE UNIVERSITY STUDY FOUND THAT 73% OF OUR TEXAS SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERFUNDED.

17% OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED, WITH A 40% DEFICIT GAP.

ANYBODY HERE CAN PAY THEIR BILLS WITH A 40% DEFICIT GAP.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW. BUT THIS RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE REALITY OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT? FORECLOSURE. BANKRUPTCY? DOWNSIZING. AND IN FACT, IN 2022, ISD SENT $60 MILLION BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.

EVEN AFTER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF $100,000.

LIST IS STILL LOOKING AT SENDING BACK $12 MILLION TO THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH RECAPTURE.

AND IF ANYONE CAN DO THE NUMBERS AT $22 MILLION DEFICIT IN THE $60 MILLION THAT WAS SENT BACK, WE HAD THE MONEY, IT WAS TAKEN IF THE STATE RAISED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, FEWER DISTRICTS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

THE LOCAL TAX DOLLARS WOULD STAY IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY BELONG.

FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION SHOULD NEVER BE CONSIDERED A DEFICIT.

IT IS AN INVESTMENT THAT STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND FROM HERE, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO PASS IT ON TO MY OTHER LADY WHO'S GOING TO READ THE SECOND HALF OF THE CRYSTAL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, CRYSTAL. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

HI, I'M KRYSTAL TELLEZ, AND I'M AT 721 EAST TEXAS STREET IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS.

AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING A GROUP OF PARENTS ALL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS IN VARIOUS ISDS TO.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ISDS AND WE'RE NOW FOCUSING ON WORKING WITH OUR CITY COUNCILS TO TAKE ON FROM WHERE GIORDANO LEFT OFF.

A STUDY IN THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA FOUND THAT A 10% INCREASE IN SCHOOL FUNDING OVER 12 YEARS RESULTED IN 7.7% HIGHER WAGES FOR STUDENT LATER IN LIFE, AND A 9.8% INCREASE IN FAMILY INCOME FOR THOSE SAME STUDENTS.

ANOTHER STUDY FOUND THAT PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE WHEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS INVEST IN THEIR TEACHERS AND STAFF, WHICH IS 80% OF LEWISVILLE ISD'S BUDGET. STRONG SCHOOLS LEAD TO THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

WHEN SCHOOLS LOSE FUNDING, THEY ARE FORCED TO CLOSE SCHOOLS, CUT PROGRAMS AND LEAVE ACADEMIC NEEDS UNMET, WHICH IS ALREADY HAPPENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS, INCLUDING JUST OUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

ISD'S EVERY CHILD IS IMPACTED. THEIR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES SHRINK.

WHEN OUR CHILDREN SUFFER, OUR COMMUNITY SUFFER.

WHY SHOULD OUR CITY COUNCILS CARE? WHY ARE WE COMING TO Y'ALL? BECAUSE UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS HARM ENTIRE COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST THE STUDENTS.

THE RIPPLE EFFECTS TOUCH EVERY ASPECT OF OUR CITY, INCLUDING OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

DROP. SHRINKING THE CITY'S TAX BASE AND REDUCING FUNDS FOR ROADS, PARKS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT DECLINES, WEAKENING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES SHRINK, LEADING STUDENTS WITH FEWER PATHS TO SUCCESS.

HIGHER CRIME RATES, AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES, WHICH FOUND THAT A 10% INCREASE IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE FUNDING REDUCED THE LIKELIHOOD OF ARREST BY AGE 30 BY 15%. WE CAN ALREADY SEE THE WARNING SIGNS HERE IN LEWISVILLE IN 2022.

LEWISVILLE ISD WAS VOTED ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK, BUT BY 2024, 70% OF TEACHERS ARE UNSURE IF THEY CAN AFFORD TO RETURN.

IF WE DON'T ACT NOW, WE WILL LOSE. OUR COMMUNITIES WILL LOSE, AND THE COST OF REPAIRING THE DAMAGE IS FAR GREATER THAN PREVENTING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE IS AN AMAZING CITY TODAY BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND I KNOW WITH CONFIDENCE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT LEWISVILLE AND ITS FUTURE.

SCHOOLS MATTER. FAMILIES DO NOT MOVE TO A COMMUNITY FOR THE HOPE OF A VOUCHER.

THEY MOVE FOR THE GREAT SCHOOLS, THE FAMILY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.

WHEN WE TAKE THAT AWAY, WE ALL SUFFER, WHETHER WE HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL OR NOT.

EDUCATION MATTERS. SO LET'S MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS GET THE FUNDING THAT THEY DESERVE.

BECAUSE WHEN OUR SCHOOLS SUCCEED, LEWISVILLE SUCCEEDS.

I URGE EACH OF YOU TO REACH OUT TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT BY $1,600 AND TYING IT TO INFLATION,

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ADDITIONALLY, I WILL BE TAKING THIS MESSAGE TO AUSTIN AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR ANYONE TO JOIN US WHO HAS WHO CAN COME? IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME OR GEORGIANA BUSTOS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THE INPUT. CITY SECRETARY, CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROPER CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THESE TWO SPEAKERS? BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO TALK WITH THEM AFTERWARDS, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

IT'S POSSIBLE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT WHAT THESE ITEMS ARE TALKING ABOUT, SIR.

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO THE REST OF COUNCIL VIA EMAIL, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE SUBMISSIONS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING OR FULL.

I DO HAVE A CARD FOR JOCELYN MCMURRAY.

SIR, IF YOU WANT TO FILL OUT A CARD, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MY CITY ATTORNEY WE CAN GET YOU IN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER'S CARD, WE CAN PUT YOU IN THAT PART. SPEAK ON THE ZONING EARLIER.

YEAH. WE NEED ANOTHER ONE FOR THIS. FOR THIS TOPIC.

MY APOLOGIES. OKAY. JOCELYN. GOOD EVENING. I'M JOCELYN MCMURRAY.

I'M 1029 STANFORD LANE IN LEWISVILLE. MY CONCERN WAS THE WATER OUTAGE THAT WE HAD AND THE NOTIFICATION.

I'M USED TO GETTING EMAILS AND GETTING TELEPHONE CALLS TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITH THE WEATHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE MAP THAT WAS DISPLAYED ON EMAIL WAS VERY UNCLEAR ON HOW TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER I WAS IN OR OUT OF THE AFFECTED ZONE.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE COULD POSSIBLY ENROLL THAT WHOLE SYSTEM INTO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING.

AS FAR AS NOTIFICATION TO, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, WHY WE CAN'T PUT THAT INTO THAT SAME PROCESS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ZIP CODES, YOU HAVE THE EMAIL AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS. IT SHOULD BE A WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACT ON THAT AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION, VERSUS TRYING TO LOOK AT A LITTLE MAP THAT HAD A LINE THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF PRINTER YOU HAD, DETERMINE HOW YOU COULD READ IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND AGAIN, I HAVE EVERYBODY'S NUMBERS ON THE SPEED DIAL, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD DO THIS IN A GROUP MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CHIEF SUITE. CHIEF SUITE.

CAN YOU GO MEET WITH HER? CAN YOU GO MEET WITH HER TO GET GET HER INFORMATION ABOUT OUR RESPONSE? THANK YOU. FOR THAT.

I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS VISITOR'S FORUM OPEN. WE HAVE THAT ONE OTHER SPEAKER TO COME, BUT I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FOR COUNCIL,

[H. Consent Agenda]

WE'LL COME BACK TO G. ALL THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SELF-EXPLANATORY BY THE COUNCIL AND BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER REMEMBER THE PUBLIC. SO REQUEST FOR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF AN ITEM AS SPEAKER CARTER E COMMENT MUST BE FILLED OUT. SUBMITTED BY THE CITY SECRETARY I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR PULLING AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO, COUNCIL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM F. WE'LL KEEP ITEM G OPEN. ITEM F, PUBLIC INPUT.

[F. Public Input]

WE'VE ASKED FOLKS IF THEY WOULD SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THAT. IT'S ITEM F ONE.

SO I DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THIS. THIS IS JUST TO GATHER INPUT REGARDING POTENTIAL ORDINANCES ON SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS, POTENTIAL FUTURE DENSITY RESTRICTIONS, AND OR POTENTIAL LIMIT ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERMITS ISSUED CITYWIDE.

CITY IS SEEKING INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CURRENT SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS, THE ADOPTION OF DENSITY RESTRICTIONS, HOW MANY CAN LOCATE AND OR THE ADOPTION OF A LIMIT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STRS PERMITTED CITYWIDE.

SO WE DO HAVE A FEW CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED OUT FOR THIS ONE.

WAHINE. MY APOLOGIES. MORALES, JOAQUIN.

NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR. 1325 CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE, LEWISVILLE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I STAND BEFORE YOU TO DEFEND THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS,

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FREE FROM OVERREACHING GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE.

THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION IS CLEAR. NO CITIZEN SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW.

YET ACROSS TEXAS, IN THE COUNTY. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE TRYING TO STRIP HOMEOWNERS OF THEIR RIGHTS TO RENT THEIR PROPERTY ON THE SHORT TERM BASIS.

THIS IS NOT JUST AN ATTACK ON PROPERTY OWNERS.

IT'S AN ATTACK ON THE VERY FREEDOM THAT OUR STATE AND COUNTY AND COUNTRY WAS BUILT UPON.

THE RECENT RULING FOR THE RICH, THE RECENT RULING IN CITY OF DALLAS VERSUS DIA DE TRA, REAFFIRMS THAT WE ARE ABLE THAT WE ALREADY KNOW AS HOMEOWNERS, WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE VESTED RIGHT TO LEASE OUR PROPERTY AND ANY ATTEMPT BY GOVERNMENT TO TAKE AWAY VIOLATIONS DUE TO COURSE OF LAW. I WROTE THIS LAST MINUTE.

SORRY, GUYS. LAWS. PROTECTIONS. THE FIFTH. THE FIFTH.

THE FIFTH COURT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO RENT OUT THEIR PROPERTY AS THEY SEE FIT.

ALSO, LIMITING LIMITING PERMITS TO PROPERTY OWNERS IS NOT THE CORRECT WAY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU SHOULD NEVER LIMIT A PROPERTY OWNER SHOULD NOT HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAN ANOTHER.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE THE LEWISVILLE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE IN A SPECIFIC AREA TO THE AMOUNT OF RENTALS THAT SHOULD BE IN A SPECIFIC GEO LOCATION. IF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE CONTINUES TO GO OUT THIS ROUTE.

I BELIEVE ME, MYSELF AND OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS DO HAVE THE VESTED INTERESTS TO PURSUE THE SAME VESTED CONCLUSION THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS CAME TO A CONCLUSION VERSUS A DOCTOR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. MR. JEFF WOODS.

YES. JEFF WOODS, 1001 FOREST PARK DRIVE, LEWISVILLE, TEXAS.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING A DENSITY CLAUSE FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS IN OUR CITY. AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE RISE OF PLATFORMS LIKE AIRBNB AND VRBO HAS BROUGHT UNDENIABLE ECONOMIC BENEFITS, FROM INCREASED TOURISM TO NEW INCOME STREAMS FOR HOMEOWNERS AND THE CITY.

HOWEVER, WITHOUT THOUGHTFUL REGULATION, THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS CAN ALSO CREATE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE DENSITY CLAUSE HELPS STRIKE A CRITICAL BALANCE BY LIMITING THE CONCENTRATION OF SHORT TERM RENTALS IN SPECIFIC AREAS.

WE CAN PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, ENSURE HOUSING AVAILABILITY FOR LONG TERM RESIDENTS, AND PREVENT ISSUES LIKE NOISE DISTURBANCES AND INCREASED TRAFFIC.

WITH TOO MANY PROPERTIES IN ONE AREA BECOME SHORT TERM RENTALS, COMMUNITIES BEGIN TO ERODE.

NEIGHBORS STOP KNOWING EACH OTHER. SCHOOLS LOSE STUDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON YEAR ROUND RESIDENTS SUFFER.

FURTHERMORE, A DENSITY CLAUSE HELPED STABILIZE HOUSING MARKETS IN CITIES WITHOUT SUCH MEASURES.

WE'VE SEEN PROPERTY PRICES AND RENTS SKYROCKET, PUSHING OUT RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CALLED THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HOMES FOR DECADES.

BY CAPPING THE NUMBER OF SHORT TERM RENTALS, WE PROTECT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND PRIORITIZE THE LONG TERM HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE NEED FOR REASONABLE REGULATIONS, LIKE DENSITY CLAUSES AND POPULATION CAPS, IS SUPPORTED BY LEGAL PRECEDENT RESIDENT IN STARK VERSUS THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

CASE NUMBER 21 30643. THE US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGED THE AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES TO REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

THIS CASE SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT CITIES SUCH AS EULESS AND SAN ANTONIO, WITH LONGSTANDING STANDING DENSITY CLAUSES, HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN PRESERVING THE FABRIC OF THEIR COMMUNITIES WHILE MANAGING THE IMPACTS OF THIS RAPIDLY GROWING INDUSTRY.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT STOPPING SHORT TERM RENTALS ENTIRELY OR INFRINGING ON PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS.

IT'S ABOUT RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND PRESERVING THE LIVABILITY OF OUR CITY AND ALREADY WELL-ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.

A WELL STRUCTURED DENSITY CLAUSE ENSURES THAT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS CAN COEXIST WITH STRONG, STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. LET'S PLAN FOR A CITY THAT WELCOMES VISITORS WHILE SAFEGUARDING HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE YEAR ROUND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. BRANT MYERS.

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I ALSO HAVE A PROPERTY AT 1543 CHISHOLM TRAIL HERE IN LEWISVILLE, WHICH IS A LONG TERM RENTAL, NOT A SHORT TERM RENTAL. JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO REPRESENT THE GREATER LEWISVILLE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.

AS ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT PRESERVING PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STAND STRONGLY FOR.

WE BELIEVE THAT HOMEOWNERS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THEIR PROPERTY AS THEY SEE FIT, INCLUDING SHORT TERM RENTALS, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T VIOLATE THE EXISTING NOISE, SAFETY OR NUISANCE LAWS RESTRICTING STRS IN ANY FORM INFRINGES ON A FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTY, RIGHT? AS GENTLEMAN SAID EARLIER, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO HAVING SHORT TERM RENTALS.

ACCORDING TO STATISTICS FROM. I USED AIRBNB ANALYTICS FROM THEIR WEBSITE, SHORT TERM RENTAL MARKET IN LEWISVILLE HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. AS OF APRIL 2024, THERE WERE ROUGHLY 489 ACTIVE AIRBNB LISTINGS, WITH HOSTS EARNING AN AVERAGE ANNUAL REVENUE OF 31,000. THESE RENTALS MAINTAINED A MEDIAN OCCUPANCY RATE OF 61% AND AN AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF $138.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MONEY COMING IN. THAT ALSO RELATES TO WHEN THOSE PEOPLE COME TO TOWN.

THEY SPEND MONEY AT RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES AS WELL AS EVENTS.

WE ARE ASKING FOR FAIR AND CONSISTENT REGULATIONS.

STR SHOULD BE REGULATED FAIRLY, JUST LIKE LONG TERM RENTALS AND OTHER PROPERTY USES, RATHER THAN BEING BANNED OR EXCESSIVELY RESTRICTED, TARGETED ENFORCEMENT OF NOISE, PARKING AND OCCUPANCY RULES CAN ADDRESS CONCERNS WITHOUT TAKING AWAY THE PROPERTY RIGHTS, ACCORDING TO EXCUSE ME, ACCORDING TO THE COMMUNITY IMPACT MAGAZINE.

THE CITY HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED AN ORDINANCE ON JULY 8TH, 2024 REQUIRING STR OWNERS TO OBTAIN ANNUAL PERMITS, PASS INSPECTIONS AND ADHERE TO SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL STANDARDS.

SO AS TEXANS, WE WANT TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT OVERREACH, EXCESSIVE RESTRICTIONS OR BANS ON STRS SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR FOR GOVERNMENT OVERREACH INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY USE.

WE BELIEVE THAT A BALANCED APPROACH, RATHER THAN HEAVY HANDED RESTRICTIONS, RESPECTS INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES WHILE ADDRESSING LEGITIMATE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT WE HAVE, AND I WOULD HAVE AS A REALTOR IS THE ENFORCEMENT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE MUDDY.

AS FAR AS TRACKING, AS FAR AS PENALTIES. AND THEN IF I HAVE A CLIENT WHO PURCHASES A HOME, WHO INTENDS TO USE IT AS AN STR AND DOESN'T INFORM ME, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CONVEY THAT INFORMATION TO THAT PERSON THAT THEN SPENDS THAT MONEY AND TURNS AROUND AND OWNS AN ASSET THAT THEY CAN'T USE? SO WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FAIR REGULATION.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ITEMS IN PLACE AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE TO HELP CONTROL THOSE.

WE KNOW THERE'S A FEW BAD ACTORS IN THE AREA, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE THE COMPANIES THAT RUN THOSE NEED TO POLICE THAT BETTER.

SO WE'RE JUST WANTING TO PUT FORWARD THAT FOR THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY.

WE BELIEVE IN THE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE USE OF THOSE PROPERTIES AS THAT OWNER SEES FIT.

THANK YOU. BRANT. LAUREN. BILLINGS. YEAH. YOU KNOW.

IT'S ALL RIGHT TO BE EXCITED AT PUBLIC MEETINGS. IT'S GREAT. IT'S IT'S CIVIC. CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. RIGHT? YEAH.

BEING A CITIZEN. ALL RIGHT. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

OH, YEAH. MY NAME IS LAUREN BILLINGS. I LIVE AT 1008 VANCOUVER DRIVE.

KNOW I'M NOT NORMAL. YOU KNOW, WITH THESE MEETINGS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE A COMMUNITY, AND WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CHOOSE HOW WE WANT OUR CITY RAN.

I LIKE LIVING HERE BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNITY. WE GET TO COME HOME.

GO GROCERY SHOPPING AND GO HOME AND LIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET THAT EVERY DAY.

I COME FROM A PLACE, AND IN MY FAMILY'S HISTORY, IT DIDN'T START OUT LIKE THAT.

MY MOM HAD A DAD AND HE HAD TWO WIVES, AND SHE SHARED THE HOUSE WITH LIKE SEVEN SISTERS, TWO BROTHERS. AND WHEN YOUR DAD HAS TWO WIVES, IT GETS REALLY COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING.

SO US ARGUING OVER WHAT TO DO WITH PROPERTY. SEEMS, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE WORSE THINGS.

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I FIND IT VERY FUNNY THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS MEETING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE WAREHOUSE STUFF.

BECAUSE STORES AND WAREHOUSES, YOU'RE KIND OF RUNNING INTO AN INTERESTING SOCIOLOGICAL PROBLEM HERE.

I GOT MY DEGREE IN FAMILY STUDIES. WHAT THAT MEANS IS I STUDIED EVERYTHING FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB.

AND THIS FALLS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF SOCIOLOGY.

MY CONFUSION COMES FROM. YOU WANT THIS PLACE TO BE A PLACE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH WHERE YOU HAVE WAREHOUSES, BUT YOU WANT TO LIMIT THEM ON GROWING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING HERE, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE PUTTING STOPS ON HOW MANY STORES THERE ARE WHILE TRYING TO FULFILL THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH.

BUT IF THE WAREHOUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE REPRESENTING THE WAREHOUSES, THEY SHOULD SPEAK UP AND SAY THEY DON'T WANT THE STORES OR ELSE WHERE THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO COME FROM, BECAUSE HAVING ALL THESE FLIGHTY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE JUST COMING AND GOING FOR THE TOURISM AREN'T ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE DEVELOPING OUR ECONOMICS.

THAT'S JUST A TINY BASIC INFORMATION FROM SOMEBODY WHO STUDIED BABIES AND DEATH.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MY $0.02. BUT HONESTLY, I LOVE LEWISVILLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CRAZY TOURIST TRAP LIKE FRISCO.

THERE'S A LOT OF LIGHTS THERE. AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU GUYS, Y'ALL ARE NOT A TOURIST TRAP.

MY RECOMMENDATION. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANYTHING.

I SAY I'M JUST A GIRL WHO STUDIED A LOT OF STATS, READ A LOT OF RESEARCH PAPERS ABOUT BABIES, ADOLESCENTS, AND PEOPLE BEHAVIORS THAT I COULD GO INTO THAT I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE IT.

AND I GOT TWO MINUTES LEFT. LOOK AT YOUR HOTELS AND SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE BOOKED UP, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S HOTELS IN LEWISVILLE.

THAT'S WHERE I PUT MY MOTHER IN LAW. SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE BOOKED UP.

AND I THINK THAT'LL REALLY GIVE YOU A SENSE ON IF WE REALLY NEED STRS.

AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT HOW MANY SCHOOLS WE CLOSED LAST YEAR, BECAUSE I CAN ALSO LET YOU KNOW, FROM A FAMILY SCIENCES POINT OF VIEW, A DYING SOCIETY LOOKS LIKE NO CHILDREN.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MATT NELSON.

NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR. MATT NELSON, 1600 HIGHLAND VILLAGE ROAD, HIGHLAND VILLAGE, ALSO A LONG TIME LEWISVILLE RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER AND PROPERTY OWNER IN LEWISVILLE.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR THESE COMMENTS. MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT NO MATTER HOW.

NO MATTER WHAT IS DECIDED, THAT THERE BE A WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO EXTREME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS IN THE FAVOR OF NEW STRS.

I'M AN STR OWNER IN OTHER AREAS AND OTHER CITIES AND ALSO HAVE LIVED BY STRS.

AND AS EVERYBODY PROBABLY KNOWS, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF THE OWNER.

AND I HAVE A PROPERTY IN LEWISVILLE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR THAT FOR AN STR THAT HAS NO NEIGHBORS, IT'S A BIG HOUSE, A BIG LOT THAT I THINK THAT WOULD HELP BRING TOURISM TO THE AREA AND NOT BE A NUISANCE TO ANY OTHER NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA.

SO MY ASK IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT IS IS DECIDED REGARDING STRS, THAT THOSE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES BE LOOKED AT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS THAT WOULD ALLOW STR IN THAT CASE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO'S COME TO GIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THAT.

IT'LL HELP US WITH OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

I HAVE ITEM G STILL OPEN. MISTER BULLINGTON. THIS WAS A COMMENT YOU WISH TO MAKE REGARDING SCHOOL FUNDING. YEAH. AND NAME AND ADDRESS. I LIVE IN THE COLONY, AND I PUT MY BOTH OF MY CHILDREN THROUGH THE ISD SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND IT'S DIFFERENT NOW THAN IT WAS WHEN I PUT MY KIDS THROUGH THERE IN THOSE DAYS. AND THEY BUILT SCHOOLS.

THE SCHOOLS WERE MODERATE IN DESIGN. YOU KNOW, IN AFFLUENCE, TODAY'S SCHOOLS ARE A WASTE OF MONEY, A GIANT WASTE OF MONEY. THESE SCHOOLS TODAY THAT THE ISD BUILDS RIVAL OFFICE BUILDINGS.

SO IF THESE LADIES ARE WONDERING WHY THERE'S NO MONEY, IT'S BECAUSE YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS JUST PISSING IT AWAY.

SO ANYWAY, IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR SCHOOLS, THEY NEED TO GET REAL ABOUT THE WAY THEY WASTE OUR MONEY.

SO YES, I LIKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. I LIKE SCHOOLS, MY KIDS.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT WENT THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SHE'S AN ATTORNEY.

OKAY, SO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN LEWISVILLE HAS WORKED.

HOWEVER, IT'S NOT BEEN WORKING VERY WELL BECAUSE EL ISD WASTE OUR PROPERTY TAX MONEY, WHICH THE LION'S SHARE OF OUR PROPERTY

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WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT IS DUE TO THE SCHOOLS THEY BUILD, THESE BIG STADIUMS THAT 1% OF THE STUDENTS USE.

THEY'VE GOTTEN RID OF MOST OF THE WOODSHOP, AUTOMOTIVE CLASSES, THAT SORT OF THING.

OKAY. WE NEED TO GET KIDS BACK INTO CONSTRUCTION.

WE NEED TO GET KIDS, YOU KNOW, TO STAY IN THE COMPUTER STUFF.

BUT WE NEED BASIC SCHOOLS. WE DON'T NEED A GIANT THREE FOUR STORY, GLASS COVERED SCHOOLS TO TEACH THESE KIDS. IT'S NOT NECESSARY. IT'S A WASTE OF OUR TAX MONEY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON IT, GUYS. THANK YOU SIR.

ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE A FEW OTHER PUBLIC INPUTS.

I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY READ INTO THE RECORD.

I HAVE A EMAIL FROM IT'S NOT CANDICE WELSH WHO IS IN AGAINST STR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THESE AND THESE EMAILS AND WHATNOT CAN BE FOUND IN THE ONLINE PACKET.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAIL ON THEM.

I DO HAVE ANOTHER EMAIL FROM MR. GARY FERGUSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCREASED RESTRICTIONS ON STRS.

I HAVE ANOTHER EMAIL FROM MR. TIMOTHY GOERTZ WHO EXPRESSES HIS RIGHTS AS A PROPERTY OWNER AND DOES NOT WISH TO SEE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS. I HAVE A COMMENT FROM SAMANTHA.

SAMANTHA CUETO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY IMPLEMENT A DENSITY CLAUSE FOR STRS.

I HAVE ANOTHER EMAIL FROM CONNOR TAMLIN. OH. THEN THAT ONE MOVES INTO UDC.

SO THAT'S A. THAT'S A UDC ONE. SO OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR STR COMMENTS.

IN THE RECORD. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM E PUBLIC HEARING.

[E. Public Hearing]

IN THE 1970S, THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE WAS AGGRESSIVE IN ZONING FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DUE TO AIRPORT PROXIMITY. THE PREVALENCE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING, COUPLED WITH THE CUMULATIVE ZONING AT THE TIME, RESULTED IN MANY OFFICE, RETAIL, AND SERVICE USES DEVELOPING WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WAREHOUSE AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS IN SEVERAL AREAS OF THE CITY.

THE MARKET HAS EVOLVED TO THE POINT WHERE EVEN DEVELOPED PROPERTIES ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES. THIS CREATES COMPATIBILITY ISSUES BETWEEN THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND EXISTING SURROUNDING USES, IN ORDER TO LESSEN THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING USES AND FACILITATE IMPROVED COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN EXISTING LOW INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL HIGH INTENSITY REDEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE LEE H AND ZONING DISTRICTS.

NEW SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS FOR WAREHOUSE, DISTRIBUTION FACILITY, AND LIGHT, MEDIUM, AND HEAVY INTENSITY MANUFACTURING USES ENHANCING SETBACKS. LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING WERE ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2024 TO FURTHER LESSEN NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON AND ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS ARE OR PROPOSE THAT REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR WAREHOUSE, DISTRIBUTION FACILITY AND LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY INTENSITY MANUFACTURING USES LOCATED WITHIN 500FT OF LESSER INTENSITY USES.

THIS REQUIREMENT WOULD NOT APPLY TO BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES WITH A CURRENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR WAREHOUSE, DISTRIBUTION FACILITY, OR PAGE TWO LIGHT, MEDIUM, AND HEAVY INTENSITY MANUFACTURING USES.

THE REQUIREMENT WILL ALSO NOT APPLY TO EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6 TO 1 ON JANUARY 21ST, 2025. OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AFFECTED LANDOWNERS HAVE EXPRESSED SEVERAL CONCERNS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL DESIRE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS PRESENTED BY THE AFFECTED LANDOWNERS, IT MAY MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS.

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FOR A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE DESIGNATED FOR A MANUFACTURING LIGHT INTENSITY. MANUFACTURING MEDIUM INTENSITY. MANUFACTURING HEAVY INTENSITY OR WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY USE AS DESIGNATED ON AN ENGINEERING SITE PLAN IN EFFECT ON MARCH 3RD, 2025 OR 5.

A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, ONE DESIGNED FOR A MANUFACTURING LIGHT INTENSITY, MANUFACTURING MEDIUM INTENSITY MANUFACTURING HEAVY INTENSITY OR WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY USE AS DESIGNATED ON A CONCEPT PLAN OR ENGINEERING SITE PLAN, FOR WHICH WAS FOR WHICH A COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION HAD BEEN SUBMITTED TO AND ACCEPTED BY THE CITY, AND WAS UNDER REVIEW BY THE CITY STAFF ON MARCH 3RD, 2025 AND TWO, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BUILT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID CONCEPT PLAN OR ENGINEERING SITE PLAN AS FINALLY APPROVED. SO LONG AS SUCH FINALLY APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN OR ENGINEERING SITE PLAN DESIGNATES THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE AS DESIGNED FOR ONE OF THE ABOVE LISTED USES OR SIX. A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH IS LESS THAN 25,000FT².

A NEW SUBSECTION 7.3.24.8.2, AS FOLLOWS. TWO WHEN A CHANGE IS PROPOSED TO A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION 7.3.2, 4.8., ONE POINT B, POINT, 1.2, AND FOUR THROUGH SIX, THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF A NEW ENGINEERING SITE PLAN AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 3.4.3. THE EXCEPTIONS SET FORTH IN THESE SUBSECTIONS SHALL NO LONGER APPLY TO THAT BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.

THE FORMER SECTION, SUBSECTION 7.3.24.8.2 RAN OUT OF GAS.

SHALL BECOME A NEW SUBSECTION. 7.3.24.8.3. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SUBSECTIONS AS PRESENTED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS ABOVE.

WE DO HAVE MR. RICHARD LUEDKE HERE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, AND HE HAS A PRESENTATION ON THE ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR GILMORE AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO BEGIN MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT TO JUST GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ZONING IN LEWISVILLE AND KIND OF HOW WE GOT TO THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN THIS EVENING. THE MAP BEFORE YOU IS OUR CURRENT ZONING MAP AND THE BLUE AREAS INDICATE OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. SO YOU CAN SEE TODAY, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE DEVELOPABLE LAND IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE HAS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING. AND THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS ONE CLASSIFICATION WITHIN OUR COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE CUMULATIVE.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT THE LESSER INTENSITY ZONING DISTRICTS AND THEIR USES ARE ALSO ALLOWED.

AND I DO HAVE A GRAPHIC ON THE NEXT ONE. AS YOU GO UP THE HIERARCHY ON THIS INVERTED TRIANGLE, THE USES CARRY. SO THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALSO ALLOWS ALL OF THE PERMITTED USES IN GENERAL BUSINESS, LOCAL COMMERCIAL OFFICE DISTRICT AND MEDICAL DISTRICT.

HISTORICALLY, FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL ABOUT 22, THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALSO INCLUDED ALL OF THOSE, BUT WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE UDC THERE WERE SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO LIMIT SOME OF THAT.

THE NATURE OF OUR ZONING CATEGORIES BEING CUMULATIVE.

BUT I WILL GO BACK TO THIS MAP HERE. WHEN THIS ZONING, THIS OUR CURRENT ZONING CATEGORIES WERE ADOPTED IN THE VERY EARLY 1970S, YOU GOTTA KEEP IN MIND THAT'S WHEN LEWISVILLE WAS JUST STARTING TO GROW. MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE GROUND WAS JUST IN THE OLD TOWN AREA.

SO AT THAT TIME, THIS MAP LOOKED VERY DIFFERENTLY.

THERE WAS MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY WAS ZONED WIDE INDUSTRIAL.

THAT WAS A STRATEGY BY THE LEADERSHIP IN THOSE DAYS TO REALLY BE AGGRESSIVE IN THE PURSUIT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THEY THEY KNEW THAT MEANT JOBS AND TAX BASE, AND THEY REALLY WANTED TO LET THE MARKET DICTATE KIND OF WHERE DIFFERENT LAND USES WOULD GET SITUATED IN THE CITY AS THE CITY CONTINUED TO GROW.

MOST OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY WEST OF I-35E E WAS ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, THIS MAP. THE AREAS THAT ARE YELLOW AND BROWN ARE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

THE REDS AND ORANGES ARE LOCAL, COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL BUSINESS.

THE DARK GRAYS ARE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. WE HAVE VERY FEW PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

AND THEN THE LIGHTER GRAYS INDICATE SOME OF THE SPECIAL USES, LIKE LIKE OUR LANDFILLS.

SO LIKE I SAID, IN THE EARLY 70S, THIS MAP LOOKED QUITE DIFFERENT.

AND SO AS THE MARKET DEMANDS IN THE 70S, 80S AND 90S WAS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, SO YOU SAW A LOT OF PROPERTIES BE REQUESTED TO BE DOWN, ZONED TO RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT IS WHY A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE WEST SIDE OF LEWISVILLE WAS REZONED AND ULTIMATELY DEVELOPED TO RESIDENTIAL

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I DO HAVE JUST TO GO BACK ONE MORE POINT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT HALF OF THE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BLUE THAT ARE ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DO NOT HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES ON THE GROUND. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE LOWER INTENSITY USES LIKE OFFICE, RETAIL, RESTAURANT, HOTEL AND SERVICE USES. SO ABOUT HALF OF THOSE AREAS CONTAIN THOSE LESSER INTENSE USES.

SO MOVING FORWARD WE DO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES WHERE WE HAVE SOME CONFLICTS WITH THE MORE INTENSITY TYPE USES WITH THE LOWER INTENSITY OR AREAS LIKE THIS EXAMPLE IS THE AREA IN OUR SOUTHERN GATEWAY OF THE CITY, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF I-35E AND STATE HIGHWAY 121.

YOU CAN SEE THE MALL IS SITUATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THAT MAP AND IT IS RED.

THE DEVELOPERS OF THE MALL DID DOWN ZONE THAT PROPERTY TO GENERAL BUSINESS WHEN IT WAS BUILT, BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING AROUND IT, WHICH IS KIND OF SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALL THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS.

AND IT CONTAINS THOSE THOSE LESS LOWER INTENSITY USES.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE OFFICE, RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND SERVICE USES.

AND THERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT CONTAINS THE HOBBY LOBBY AND THE TOTAL WINE.

THIS NEXT EXAMPLE IS AN AREA KIND OF NORTHWEST OF OUR OLD TOWN ALONG I-35E, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS A VERY SOLID SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST THAT'S WEST OF SUMMIT.

THE ARTERY ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS VALLEY RIDGE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S THERE'S TWO DEVELOPMENTS, A FRONTING VALLEY RIDGE THERE THAT IS LOWE'S AND AND KOHL'S.

THOSE ARE RETAIL USES. BUT RIGHT BEHIND THOSE IS THE NORMAN MANUFACTURING FACILITY.

AND OF COURSE THAT WAS ALLOWED BY RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE ZONING.

BUT AGAIN, JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE KILO HIGH SCHOOL, NINTH GRADE CENTER.

SO YOU'VE GOT A REALLY INTERESTING MIX OF USES HERE WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL USES AND A LOT OF A LOT OF POTENTIAL PEDESTRIANS AND RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC MIXING IN WITH THIS INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN AREA ALONG BUSINESS 121 AND SOUTHWEST PARKWAY THAT HAS THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING, BUT NO INDUSTRIAL USES. THIS IS ALL SERVICE AND RETAIL USES IN THIS AREA IN REALITY, SHOULD REFLECT MORE OF A GENERAL BUSINESS TYPE ZONING AS IT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF BUSINESS 121.

HERE'S ANOTHER CONCERNING AREA. THIS IS IN SOUTHERN LEWISVILLE, SOUTH OF ROUND GROVE ROAD, WHERE YOU HAVE AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT YOU HAVE A DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE, CITY STAFF. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, JUST FOR REFERENCE.

IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER IS THE SUPER WALMART, WHICH IS RETAIL.

UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS A DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE IN THIS PHOTO.

THEN YOU SEE THE GRAY AREA IS THE IS THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN THE MARY KAY MANUFACTURING FACILITY IS LOCATED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

AND SINCE MARY KAY AND THE DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE WAS WAS DEVELOPED, STAFF HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH RESIDENTS, FIELDING COMPLAINTS, WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND, AND TRYING TO COME TO SOME WORKABLE SOLUTIONS.

BUT AGAIN, THAT IS AN ONGOING THING BECAUSE OF THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF THOSE TWO USES.

I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR FINAL EXAMPLE. THIS IS IN NORTHWESTERN LEWISVILLE ALONG GARDEN RIDGE BOULEVARD.

THIS IS THE MCLEAN TRUCKING, WHICH IS A FOOD SERVICE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY.

IT WAS BUILT BACK, I BELIEVE, IN THE LATE 70S OR EARLY 80S, WHEN THERE WAS REALLY NO OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

EVERYTHING IN THAT AREA WAS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WHEN THEY DEVELOPED, BUT THEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS REALLY SPRANG UP AROUND THEM AND WERE DOWN ZONED.

AND NOW WE HAVE ONGOING COMPLAINTS WITH NOISE, WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC AND WITH JUST, YOU KNOW, THE FUMES FROM THE TRUCKS. IT'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH, WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA WITH, WITH THE WAY THAT THAT THAT FACILITY OPERATES.

AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AERIAL PHOTO THAT THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH VOLUME OF TRUCK TRAFFIC RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LARGE AREAS OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING THAT ARE NOW ADJACENT TO EITHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OR ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT WERE DESIGNED, THAT HAD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.

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LEWISVILLE HAS PRETTY MUCH ENTERED BUILD OUT.

SOME OF THE VERY LAST LARGE VACANT PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURING AND WAREHOUSE TYPE OF USES. ALSO, OF COURSE, EVERYONE REMEMBERS COVID.

ECONOMIC TRENDS AFTER COVID HAVE CONTINUED TO WEAKEN RETAIL AND OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS WHILE REALLY INCREASING THE DEMAND IN NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES. AND WITH THAT DEMAND COMES, YOU KNOW, A DEMAND FOR HIGHER LAND PRICES.

SO THIS REALLY CREATED AN INVERT TO THAT TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC MODEL THAT THAT OUR CUMULATIVE ZONING WAS BASED ON.

THE ECONOMICS TODAY SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT EXISTING RETAIL AND OFFICE SITES FOR WAREHOUSE, DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING. SO THE GOAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS ARE REALLY TO ENSURE THAT NEW OR EXPANDED WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES AND MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES, AND THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT ALL OF THEM.

SO THE SOLUTION LIES LIES WITHIN THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THE FIRST IS THAT ALL NEW DEVELOPMENTS CONTAINING WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING SHOULD NOT BE WITHIN 500FT OF THOSE LESSER INTENSITY USES. AND IF THEY ARE, AND IN MANY CASES THEY WILL BE, THEN A SPECIAL USE PERMIT CAN BE CAN BE REQUESTED.

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPECIAL USE PERMITS.

THAT IS A ZONING PROCESS WHERE WE LOOK AT EACH SITE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND FIRST DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT ARE POTENTIAL AND ARE THERE SOME SOLUTIONS THAT MIGHT LESSEN THOSE SO THAT THERE IS A GREATER DEGREE OF COMPATIBILITY? THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN PLACE NOW FOR ABOUT 12, 12 YEARS NOW IN LEWISVILLE, AND THE CITY HAS LITERALLY APPROVED WELL OVER 100 DIFFERENT SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT USES.

WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THIS CITY.

STAFF WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO REALLY COME UP WITH SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS SO THAT THERE IS COMPATIBILITY AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THESE DEVELOPMENTS DO OCCUR. THE PROCESS, AS I MENTIONED, CAN BE USED TO REVIEW EACH SITE FOR FOR COMPATIBILITY AND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

IT'S CAN ALSO BE USED TO TO INCORPORATE POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES TO AGAIN REDUCE THOSE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. SO AS FAR AS OUR PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED BY THE PUBLIC BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TWICE. AND THEY DID RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT. THE FIRST WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY THE 7TH.

AT THAT MEETING, THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE PUBLIC HEARING RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FILLING THEIR SPACES WITH TENANTS AND THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING TO GET NEW SUPS EACH TIME THEY HAVE CHANGES OF TENANTS, AND THAT THE LENGTH OF THAT PROCESS, THAT THEY DID CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLED THE ITEM.

SO TO GIVE STAFF A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DRAFT SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE.

SO ON THE 21ST RECORD AND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE THAT HAD REVISED LANGUAGE THAT PROVIDED EXCEPTIONS FOR BUILDINGS WITH MANUFACTURING OR WAREHOUSE USES AS OF MARCH 3RD, 2025, AS SHOWN BY A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE USES. SO IT'S BASICALLY PROVIDING AN EXEMPTION IN THOSE TWO SITUATIONS.

THERE'S ALSO PROVISIONS THAT IF THERE IS REALLY NO CO ON RECORD AND THAT DOES OCCUR.

AND QUITE A FEW BUSINESSES HERE IN LEWISVILLE, THE THE PLANNING DIRECTOR CAN USE OTHER MEANS TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL USE AS OF MARCH 3RD, 2025. AND SO WITH THOSE EXEMPTIONS, THOSE BUILDINGS THEN WOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM THE 500 FOOT SETBACK SO THAT THEY COULD SWITCH OUT USES MOVING FORWARD. BUT ONE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THERE WAS THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPAND IF THEY CHOOSE TO.

SO SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE HAD ADDITIONAL CONCERNS RELAYED TO STAFF FROM STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THEIR IMPACTED PROPERTIES.

AGAIN, THE ISSUE OF RETAINING BUILDINGS THAT MIGHT BE DESIGNED FOR WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION OR MANUFACTURING, BUT THEY MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT PERMITTED USE IN A SPACE FOR FOR FOR A SHORT TIME.

IT'S VERY, ALSO VERY COMMON. OFTEN WE'LL GET LIKE A SERVICE USE LIKE A PLUMBING COMPANY OR AN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY COMPANY THAT MAY OCCUPY OCCUPY SPACE THAT WAS

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SO THAT COULD CREATE SOME PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT INTENDED USES OF THE PROPERTY.

WE ALSO HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT 10 OR 12 PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT HAVE BEEN THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR MANUFACTURING OR WAREHOUSE. AND THE PROBLEM THERE IS THAT THOSE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE COMPLETED AND WILL NOT HAVE A CEO BY MARCH 30TH, 2025. SO THEY WOULD BE LEGALLY CONFORMING ONCE THEY ARE COMPLETE.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER CONCERN IS A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE, PARTICULARLY SURROUNDING OUR OLD TOWN AREA. AND THOSE ARE SMALL SCALE BUILDINGS THAT SUPPORT LOCAL MOM AND POP BUSINESSES AND SMALL ENTREPRENEURS.

ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP TYPE OF BUSINESSES.

THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER IN SCALE AND DON'T REALLY HAVE THOSE IMPACTS AT THE LARGE.

100,000. 200,000 500,000 1,000,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS HAVE.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE TRUCK TRAFFIC OR THE IMPACTS THAT THOSE LARGER STRUCTURES DO.

SO WITH THAT, STAFF IS PROPOSING THREE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS.

THE FIRST ONE WOULD ALSO ADD IN ADDITION TO THE COE, IT WOULD ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR A BUILDING THAT BASICALLY HAS A ENGINEERING SITE PLAN ON FILE AND CURRENT AS OF MARCH 3RD, 2025.

AND THAT IS A REALLY GOOD MEASURE BECAUSE STAFF HAS HAS ENGINEERING SITE PLANS ON FILE GOING BACK TO ABOUT THE LATE 80S FOR MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT SINCE THE LATE 80S.

WE HAVE ENGINEERING SITE PLANS ON FILE, AND THOSE ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO TO DETERMINE THE USES.

THE NEXT ONE ADDRESSES PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

SO IF THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS AND SUBSEQUENTLY COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR FINALLY APPROVED ENGINEERING SITE PLAN, THEN THEY WOULD ALSO BE EXEMPT FROM THE 500 FOOT RULE.

THE FINAL EXEMPTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS FOR THE SMALL SCALE BUILDINGS.

SO THOSE ARE BUILDINGS THAT ARE LESS THAN 25,000FT².

SO WE DO HAVE THREE IMAGES HERE ON THIS SLIDE JUST TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE ON BUILDING SIZE.

THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS FROM THE KIND OF THE BUSINESS AREA ON NORTH COWAN, JUST IN OUR OLD TOWN NORTH AREA.

THE BUILDING HIGHLIGHTED HAS 19,338FT². SO IT'S A IT'S A SMALLER BUILDING.

IT WOULD MEET THAT EXEMPTION FOR THE 25,000FT².

AND UNDER THE MIDDLE IMAGE IS ALSO THE SAME IMAGE ON THE RIGHT HAND, BUT THE RIGHT HAND IS JUST A BLOWN UP TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSPECTIVE. BUT THE IN THE MIDDLE IMAGE, THE SMALLER BUILDING IS HIGHLIGHTED.

IT CONTAINS A LITTLE LITTLE OVER 20,000FT² AND YOU CAN SEE IT.

IT HAS A VERY SMALL AREA FOR FOR TRUCK LOADING AND UNLOADING AT THE REAR.

COMPARED TO THE BUILDING THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED NEXT DOOR IN THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT, WHICH CONTAINS 41,000FT², AND YOU CAN SEE IT HAS MULTIPLE TRUCK DOCKS IN THE BACK.

SO WITH THE SIZE KIND OF GROWS EXPONENTIALLY IS THE THE IMPACT.

AND AGAIN, RICHARD, CAN I JUST CLARIFY I CAN GO BACK TO LAST SLIDE.

SURE. SO ON THAT LAST PICTURE. SO ALTHOUGH THAT DOES NOT MEET THAT EXCEPTION FOR THE SIZE, THAT BUILDING IS A MORE RECENTLY BUILT BUILDING WOULD HAVE AN ENGINEERING SITE PLAN. I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT COULD FALL UNDER ANOTHER EXCEPTION. SO THIS ISN'T SAYING THAT AN SCP WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS ONE. IT'S JUST SHOWING YOU THE SIZE.

THAT IS CORRECT. WE'RE ALMOST KIND OF PROVIDING SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO POTENTIALLY ACHIEVE THOSE EXEMPTIONS.

AND AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF GO REALLY QUICKLY THROUGH THESE SIX IMAGES, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A COMPARISON ON SIZE, WE HAVE UP IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE RECENTLY COMPLETED BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF OF OF EDMONDS LANE AND BUSINESS 121.

THAT BUILDING CONTAINS 48,000FT². THE TOP MIDDLE IS ON BUSINESS 121 EAST OF THE OLD FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVER, BUT WEST OF HOFHEINZ, AND IT HAS 26,000FT². THE UPPER RIGHT HAS 23,000FT², AND THAT'S LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HOFHEINZ BOULEVARD AND RIVERVIEW DRIVE AND OUR RIVERVIEW INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

THE LOWER LEFT CONTAINS 27,000 OR ALMOST 28,000FT².

AND THIS IS ON NORTH MILL, JUST NORTH OF THE RODEO GROUNDS.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM ROW ON THE MIDDLE IS IN OUR MCKENZIE HEMBREE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OF THE CORE OF OLD TOWN.

THAT BUILDING CONTAINS 16,000FT². AND THEN FINALLY, THE BOTTOM RIGHT CONTAINS 20,000FT².

THAT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BUSINESS 121 BETWEEN EAST MAIN AND VALLEY RIDGE PARKWAY OR VALLEY RIDGE BOULEVARD.

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SO THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO TO EXPAND.

SO WHERE DISTRIBUTION OF MANUFACTURING USES COULD COME AND GO WITH A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNDER THOSE GRANTED EXEMPTIONS, BUT THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPAND. AND THEREFORE WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE CONCERNS OF THE INCOMPATIBLE INCOMPATIBILITY OF USES WITH ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS. STAFF RECOMMENDS ADDING THAT ANY EXPANSION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT THAT TRIGGERS THE SUBMISSION OF A NEW ENGINEERING SITE PLAN BE SUBJECT TO THE 500 FOOT DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FROM LESS INTENSE USES.

SO THIS WOULD DO. THIS WOULD ALLOW REVIEW OF EXPANSIONS AND NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR APPROPRIATENESS AND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT THROUGH THE SP PROCESS.

AND AGAIN, THAT SP PROCESS CAN BE CAN BE BUILT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING TIMEFRAMES.

THEREFORE, ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TIMING THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET AN SUP, THE THIS THE SUP PROCESS COULD GO CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ENGINEERING SITE PLAN PROCESS, THEREFORE NOT REALLY ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL TIME.

AND WE HAVE DONE THAT IN MANY INSTANCES IN THE PAST WITH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORDING FOR THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST EXEMPTION RELATING TO ENGINEERING SITE PLANS.

AND THEN MOVING FORWARD. OUR NOTICE. I DID WANT TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE NOTICES THAT WE WERE REQUIRED.

WE HAD TWO ROUNDS OF POSTCARDS THAT WENT OUT TO OVER 2400 PROPERTY OWNERS IN REAL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE PROPERTY OR BUSINESSES IN THE LINE INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS.

WE ALSO HAD PROBABLY AROUND 10 OR 12 THAT HAD THESE USES, BUT THEY WERE NOT IN THOSE THOSE DISTRICTS.

SO THOSE ARE WE WERE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO PROVIDE THOSE POSTCARDS WITH THAT VERY ALARMING AND OMINOUS LANGUAGE ON THERE.

BUT IT DID WORK, AND IT DID GET THE ATTENTION OF A OF A LOT OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

LIKE I SAID EARLIER, TWO MEETINGS WERE HELD WHERE WE RECEIVED A REALLY GOOD AMOUNT OF, OF OF INPUT.

THE PUBLISHERS WERE ALSO A NOTICES WERE PUBLISHED IN OUR IN THE NEWSPAPER PRIOR TO EACH OF OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND BY OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PLANNING STAFF RECEIVED WELL OVER 200 INQUIRIES FROM VARIOUS PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE FORM OF WALK INS, TELEPHONE CALLS AND AND EMAILS.

SO PLANNING STAFF HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY OVER THIS LAST MONTH.

I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS OWNERS.

I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT AS FAR AS THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS WITH THE POSTCARD, THE BLUE AREA, THE BLUE PROPERTIES OUTLINED ON THE MAP INDICATE THE PROPERTIES THAT RECEIVED THE POSTCARD.

THE 2400 PROPERTIES WE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY THE ACTUALLY THE PROPERTIES IN RED.

IT WAS ABOUT 49 PROPERTIES THAT WE RECEIVED WRITTEN OPPOSITION FROM.

SO THAT REPRESENTS 6.99% OF THE TOTAL NOTIFICATION AREA.

AND THEN THE 49 PROPERTY OWNERS JUST NUMERICALLY REPRESENTS 2% OF THE TOTAL NUMERIC NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS, WELL UNDER THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENT OF THE 20% RULE.

IF WE HAD RECEIVED MORE THAN 20% OF OPPOSITION IN EITHER OF THOSE CATEGORIES, THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE THE THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AMENDMENTS OR THREE QUARTERS VOTE.

IF YOU WOULD HAVE SENT THAT STUFF OUT IN PROPER STATIONERY.

YOU WOULD GET MORE INPUT. YOU KNOW WHAT? LET ME LET ME SUGGEST A PROCESS.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN YOUR TIME NOW. YOU'LL GET IT.

AND THIS FINAL SLIDE AGAIN IS JUST A RECAP OF WHAT? OF WHAT THE MAYOR READ IN THE CAPTION. AND SO THIS IS THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE THREE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS. AND THEN THE, THE THE THE STATEMENT THAT CLARIFIES THAT ANY ANYTHING, ANY CHANGE ON A PROPERTY THAT TRIGGERS A NEW ENGINEERING SITE PLAN WOULD REQUIRE THE 500 FOOT SETBACK TO THE LESSER INTENSE USES, WHICH MAY KICK IN THE REQUIREMENT OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? RICHARD. SO I KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE.

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IF SOMEBODY MEETS IF WE APPROVE AN EXEMPTION AND YOU MEET THAT EXEMPTION, DOES THAT MAKE YOU LEGALLY OR CONFORMING? LEGALLY CONFORMING? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

RICHARD, I HAVE A FEW THINGS AS WELL HERE. SO FIRST OFF, YOU DID A GREAT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THAT'S FANTASTIC. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THIS FAIR AND EQUITABLE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU MENTIONED THIS WAS DONE IN THE EARLY 70S WHEN WE HAD ALL THIS ZONING WAS SET UP TO BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE CONTEXT WAS GOING ON IN THE EARLY 70S.

SO THERE WAS THE OPEC EMBARGO, THERE'S STAGFLATION, THERE WAS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT.

SO ALL THAT STUFF IS GOING TO IS GOING TO SET A CONTEXT FOR WHY I THINK THERE IS THAT SORT OF DEVELOPMENT ENCOURAGED AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT IT USED TO BE MUCH MORE.

SO WE SEE WE HAVE A HISTORY OF GOING THROUGH AND RIGHT SIZING THIS ACROSS TIME.

RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A HISTORY FOR THIS. SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ONE OF THE EMAILS THAT WE GOT IT ASKED ABOUT THE CEOS.

THERE WASN'T A STANDARD. THEY DON'T ALL SAY WAREHOUSE IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

SO IT REQUIRES A REVIEW OF A OF A PARTIAL PERSON TO GO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE WAREHOUSE.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES. WE'VE BEEN THERE WAS A FAIRLY LONG PERIOD WHERE CEOS WERE NOT ISSUED.

WE WERE REALLY USING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SYSTEM THAN ABOUT 2019.

WE INSTITUTED THAT PROCESS AND FOR A GOOD WHILE, THE ACTUAL BUILDING CODE USE WAS LISTED.

AND ABOUT A YEAR AGO WE STARTED LISTENING TO ACTUAL ZONING USE.

SO THAT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BUT WE WE WE CAN LOOK AT EACH ONE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHAT THE USAGE ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO A NORMAL A NORMAL USAGE CONTEXT. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN SO WE MENTIONED THAT MAYBE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT THE 25,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS SOMEBODY FROM PUTTING UP FOUR OF THOSE IN ONE AREA.

SO I TYPICALLY A SITE PLAN IF YOU MAY, IS IT'S REALLY BASED UPON A PLATTED LOT.

YOU MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS, BUT USUALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT CUMULATIVE CUMULATIVELY OF MULTIPLE BUILDINGS ON A GIVEN LOT.

OKAY. SO WE THINK THERE'S WAYS TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THAT PARTICULAR CARVE OUT.

CORRECT. FANTASTIC. OKAY. AND THEN. I THINK I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M GOING TO READ ALL OF OUR E-COMMENTS.

AND THEN THE FOLKS WHO SIGNED OUT CARDS OR FILLED OUT CARDS, BUT INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK.

I WILL READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD AS WELL, AND THEN WE WILL GET STARTED WITH THOSE WHO CHOSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.

EITHER FOR OR AGAINST. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR TIME, AND WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I DO HAVE A COMMENT FROM CONNOR TAMLIN OWNER OF TWO BUILDINGS IN LEWISVILLE.

HE OPPOSES THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE UDC.

AT A MINIMUM, HE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE TIME. I HAVE AN E COMMENT FROM NANA ASKING ABOUT THE GRANDFATHERING PROVISION. DOES IT RUN WITH THE LAND OR THE LANDOWNER? RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT TO THAT? IF THE GRANDFATHERING PROVISION RUNS WITH THE LAND OR THE LAND OWNER, THE EXEMPTIONS TYPICALLY WOULD RUN WITH THE LAND.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COMMENT FROM GLENN WATSON.

STATING THAT HE'S GOT SOME SMALL MULTI-TENANT AND THAT THOSE USES SHOULD BE INTERCHANGEABLE UNLESS GOING TO A HEAVIER USE.

SO THOSE ARE THE E-COMMENTS THERE. AND THEN I HAVE.

C.H. REALTY HAS SUBMITTED IN OPPOSITION TO THE ORDINANCE AND GIVEN SOME RED LINES AND CHANGES THERE.

SO APPRECIATE THE INPUT THERE. I HAVE OPPOSITION FROM BOX INVESTMENT GROUP WITH THEIR RESPONSES TO THE OF THE DOCUMENTS. I HAVE OPPOSITION FROM MUNCH HARDT.

MISS ANGELA HUNT, THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO COUNCIL AND GIVING YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL.

I HAVE A. COMMENT FROM THE BILLINGSLEY LUCY AND GEORGE BILLINGSLEY AND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE SUPS AS WELL. I HAVE A LETTER FROM TRAYLOR INVESTMENT, JONES STREET LLC IN OPPOSITION TO THE ORDINANCE. I HAVE A OPPOSITION FROM LEATHERWOOD PLASTICS AND THEIR

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I HAVE AN OPPOSITION LETTER FROM THE VOSBURG FAMILY PROPERTIES.

I HAVE AN OPPOSITION FROM VISTA RIDGE PROPERTY LLC.

I HAVE AN OPPOSITION FROM PRIME DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL.

AND I HAVE OPPOSITION FROM KENT REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMPANY.

I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM MICHELLE SICKLES WHO IS IN SUPPORT OF THE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.

I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM EAST GROUP PROPERTIES IN OPPOSITION.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING FOLKS ARE CAME HERE TONIGHT AND FILLED OUT CARDS STATING THAT THEY WISH TO VOICE THEIR OPINION ON THIS, BUT DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK. THEN I HAVE MICHAEL MAHONEY WHO IS IN OPPOSITION.

I HAVE THERESA RATHER. I'M SORRY, MICHAEL MAHONEY FROM NICK LANE IN LEWISVILLE.

IN OPPOSITION. I HAVE THERESA RATHER FROM WOODROW WOODLAND BOULEVARD AND FLOWER MOUND IN OPPOSITION.

I HAVE BRIAN GRAMMONT, CENTURION COURT, DALLAS, TEXAS.

IN OPPOSITION. I HAVE BOB GRAMONT FLOWER MOUND IN OPPOSITION.

I HAVE MANNY JACOBS, MILL STREET, LEWISVILLE, IN OPPOSITION.

I HAVE ANDREW BOWMAN, WIND CHASE DRIVE, FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS, OPPOSITION CHARLES H.

BUSCH FARMERS BRANCH LANE AND FARMERS BRANCH IN OPPOSITION.

RAMA KTLA AND MY APOLOGIES ON THE ON THE NAME PEACEMAKER DRIVE FRISCO, TEXAS.

OPPOSITION. JOSH ALLEN, CORNELL WAY. FRISCO. OPPOSITION.

DANIEL. BOX. HARWOOD. LANE. DALLAS, TEXAS. OPPOSITION.

ED. KEPNER. JANE. HAVEN. LAKES. CLEBURNE. OPPOSITION.

I HAVE TOM MARSHALL. SANTA MARIA LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS.

IN OPPOSITION. I HAVE TOM TORTELLINI. RAILROAD STREET IN LEWISVILLE IN OPPOSITION.

PAUL. BUFFALO LEWISVILLE A RAILROAD STREET, ALSO IN OPPOSITION.

AND I HAVE DICKSON RICH, WHO WAS HERE ORIGINALLY TO SPEAK.

BUT RAN OUT OF TIME. SO I WAS REPRESENTING HIS OPPOSITION AS WELL.

I ALSO HAVE MISS PATTI GUZIK OFFICE PARK, PARK CIRCLE IN LEWISVILLE, WHO IS IN OPPOSITION, I. NOW WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND KEEP CONVERSATIONAL.

WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT AS YOU COULD HERE.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT.

SO FIRST UP ON THE LIST TONIGHT AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP MOVING THROUGH THIS IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.

Y'ALL IF YOU WANT YOU CAN TAKE ALL YOUR TIME.

YOU CAN ALSO SAY DITTO. SO IT'S IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU HOW YOU WANT TO MANAGE THE TIME TONIGHT.

BUT WE WILL ASK THAT EVERYBODY STAY WITH THE STAY WITH THE CLOCK THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT. FIRST UP TONIGHT IS MR. ROBERT ALLEN. AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR.

YEAH. ROBERT ALLEN MY OFFICE AT 5310 HARVEST HILL ROAD, DALLAS.

I'M THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST.

FIRST INDUSTRIAL OWNS A INDUSTRIAL PARK CALLED FIRST PARK 121 LOCATED THERE.

KIND OF NORTHEAST SIDE OF LEWISVILLE. KIND OF JUST SOUTH OF MIDWAY ROAD.

KIND OF EAST OF WHOLEFOODS PRAIRIE. YOU KNOW, FIRST PARK 121 IS APPROXIMATELY 117 ACRES.

WE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY THROUGH TWO ACQUISITIONS, 83 ACRES INITIALLY, THEN 34 ACRES.

AND WE ACQUIRED THE INITIAL 83 ACRES. WE HAD TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE PROPERTY WAS ACTUALLY NOT JUST THE INITIAL 83,

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AND SINCE SINCE THE REZONING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THAT PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DEVELOPED FIVE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

YOU KNOW, WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION, LIGHT MANUFACTURING BUILDINGS.

YOU KNOW, WE DID IT OVER THREE PHASES FROM 2018 TO 2022.

INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $80,000,000 MILLION. YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY ON DENTON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THEY'RE APPRAISED AT, YOU KNOW, FOR 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY $100 MILLION.

SO AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ON OUR PART.

YOU KNOW, AND CURRENTLY, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.

IT'S MAINLY AN ENGINEERING EXERCISE, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO ADD A SIXTH BUILDING THERE.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES AS FAR AS FLOODPLAIN AND CREEK CROSSINGS.

AND WE'RE PROBABLY WE'RE WE'RE PROBABLY MAYBE WE'LL SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS.

WE'RE ABOUT 30 DAYS AWAY FROM POTENTIALLY GETTING A PERMIT TO BUILD A SIX BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY AND INVEST SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ANOTHER $15 MILLION INTO THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. SO I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THESE YEARS THAT I'VE WORKED ON THIS PROJECT FOR SEVEN YEARS.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'LL, YOU KNOW, REITERATE WHAT MAYOR GILMORE SAID.

I MEAN, THE STAFF HAS BEEN GREAT. I MEAN, REALLY, OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE HAS BEEN YOU'RE REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN A LOT OF OUR OTHER CITIES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, STAFF IS VERY RESPONSIVE, VERY REASONABLE, AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE RELATIONSHIP WHICH FRANKLY, MADE IT REALLY, REALLY HARD WHEN I GOT THE NOTICE ON JANUARY THAT KIND OF DETAILED THAT THE CITY WAS STRIPPING US OF OUR RIGHTS TO, YOU KNOW, USE THOSE PROPERTIES TO LEASE THOSE BUILDINGS MOVING FORWARD FOR THEIR INTENDED USES, FOR WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION BUILDINGS AND FOR LIGHT MANUFACTURING.

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S VERY CONCERNING. YOU KNOW, I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION OF THE UDC CHANGES.

BUT IF THE CITY. IF COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, JUST APPRECIATE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT RICHARD IDENTIFIED TONIGHT.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. BRYCE. I'M SORRY.

I HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION FROM RICHARD.

SO THE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY ON PROPERTY, THERE'S NO STRIPPING OF RIGHT TO THOSE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN. THAT'S CORRECT.

THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION, EITHER THE COES OR IF THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IS APPROVED WITH THE ENGINEERING SITE PLANS, THEN ALL OF THE BUILDINGS THAT MR. ALLEN DESCRIBED WOULD, WOULD MEET AN EXEMPTION AND AND WOULD BE LEGALLY CONFORMING MOVING FORWARD.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A MOVING TARGET AS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT CORRECTLY.

YES, SIR. YEAH. AND SORRY. MY, MY IT'S KIND OF BEEN A MOVING AND MOVING, MOVING AND MOVING TARGET.

AND I THINK THERE STILL IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION.

SO I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE MISINFORMATION. AND THERE'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WORKING THROUGH THIS.

ME EITHER. I JUST WANTED CLARITY. SO YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BRYCE HAFNER.

NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR. BRYCE HAFNER.

6125 LUTHER LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS. I'M GLAD THE HEAT IS WORKING TONIGHT IN THIS ROOM.

I AM HERE IN ON BEHALF OF THE MOVIE EIGHT MOVIE THEATER REDEVELOPMENT OWNERSHIP GROUP.

WE ACTUALLY WERE HERE ON JANUARY 6TH TO GET OUR FINAL CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR ONE DESIGN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD, WHICH WE RECEIVED. WE WALKED OUT TO HIGH FIVES TO THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE EXCITED THAT WE WERE GETTING RID OF ONE OF THE CITY'S BIG BLIGHTS.

ITS IT WAS VACANT. MOVIE THEATER CLOSED ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO, WELCOMED HOMELESS PEOPLE, VAGRANTS, CRIME, YOU NAME IT. IF YOU GO AND GOOGLE EARTH AND YOU DROP THE PIN, YOU'LL SEE A HOMELESS MAN HAVING A SHOWER BEHIND THE BUILDING NAKED.

SO WE CAME TO THE CITY LEWISVILLE KNOWING THAT IT WAS PRO-BUSINESS, EASY TO WORK WITH.

WE WERE EXCITED TO CLOSE IN OUR LAND THAT WAS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, PROCEEDED WITH CITY STAFF TO GET EVERY APPROVED.

AND SO IT WAS TO OUR BIG DISMAY TO HEAR THAT THE NIGHT AFTER OUR APPROVAL, THERE WAS A VOTE TO STRIP OUR, OUR RIGHTS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. RIGHT NOW THE BUILDINGS ARE CONTEMPLATED TO BE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION OR LIGHT MANUFACTURING.

WE DO NOT KNOW. BUT WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSED LANGUAGE BY PNC, THAT PROJECT NO LONGER BECOMES VIABLE FROM A LEGAL, NONCONFORMING STANDPOINT. USE STANDPOINT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY ENDS WHERE IT IS.

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WE HAVE ALREADY DEMOLISHED THE BUILDING. WE ARE DEMOLISHING THE PAVING.

AND WE ARE. WE WOULD LOVE TO PROCEED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT MARCH 3RD, BUT WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED BY PNC THAT IS AT RISK.

AND SO I GUESS OUR PLEA IS THAT IF THE CITY IS ADAMANT ON PROCEEDING WITH WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE UDC, THAT YOU DO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS OF INSERTING THE DESIGNATION OF A ENGINEERED SITE PLAN OR CONTENT PLAN AS BEING EXEMPT FROM THIS ZONING CHANGE.

THAT WOULD HELP US A LOT. I GUESS MY ONE FINAL COMMENT WOULD BE, I FEEL THAT LOGICALLY, THERE MIGHT BE AN EASIER APPROACH TO TO THE ZONING CHANGE.

IF THE CITY IS CONCERNED BY FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT.

THEN THERE SHOULD BE A TARGETED APPROACH AS TO LOOKING AT THE AREAS YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE INDUSTRIAL AND CHANGE THAT, AND NOT JUST A BLANKET STATEMENT OF IF IMPACTING ALL THE INDUSTRIAL OWNERS IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU RICHARD. QUICK QUESTION. THE EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE ON THERE.

THAT THAT TAKES CARE OF HIS BUSINESS. CORRECT.

THAT ALLOWS YES. THE EXEMPTIONS AS PROPOSED WOULD WOULD RECOVER THIS PROJECT.

SO WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY RIGHTS. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BRING THAT ON.

LUCY BILLINGSLEY. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

LUCY BILLINGSLEY, 1722 RUTH STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.

WE WERE ONE OF THE LETTERS THAT WAS SHOWN UP THERE, AS WITH GREAT CONCERNS.

AND WE HAVE SIX BUILDINGS, 1,100,000FT² OF INDUSTRIAL SPACE IN THE CITY.

WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED, WE ARE ABLE WITH THEM ACCEPTANCE TO CHANGE OUR STATUS FROM ONE OF CONCERN TO ONE OF SUPPORT. WHAT THESE AMENDMENTS DO IS THEY PRESERVE OUR ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.

THEY PERMIT US TO OPERATE AS WE HAD ALL INTENDED, AND IMPORTANTLY, THEY PERMIT US TO WORK WITH OUR LENDERS WITH THE SAME COMMITMENTS THAT THEY HAD MADE TO US. SO IT PRESERVES THAT INTEGRITY.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE WORK OF RICHARD AND THE STAFF AND THE SENSITIVITY OF THE CITY TO THESE EXISTING ISSUES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BILLINGSLEA. MARION SOUTHALL.

MARION SOUTHALL MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN. JOHN.

MY NAME IS JOHN DELVIN. I LIVE AT 769 WINDERMERE WAY AND KELLER.

THANK YOU SIR. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE THIS AMENDMENT. I COME TO YOU HUMBLY TONIGHT AND TRY TO SPEAK SIMPLY AS I AM A SIMPLE PERSON, BUT I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST THIS, MOSTLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT READY.

IT'S NOT FULLY COOKED. I'VE HAD MANY HOURS WITH OUR ATTORNEY WHO IS NOT A SIMPLE PERSON AND HAS COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS WRONG WITH IT. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THOSE ARE.

IF THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY HELP OR OUR COUNCIL'S HELP TO TRY TO GET THIS RIGHT, WE'D BE GLAD TO HELP YOU.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE AGAINST IT IN GENERAL. SO THE FIRST THING, SAYING, EVEN THOUGH I SAID I WAS HUMBLE.

MAYBE I SHOULD GIVE YOU MY CREDENTIALS. I'VE BEEN AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPER FOR 35 YEARS.

I'VE BUILT OVER 33,000,000FT² OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT MANUFACTURING SPACE.

I'VE DONE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS ON THE SCREEN THAT A LOT OF TIME WAS SPENT ON.

AND EVERYONE HERE HAS DRIVEN PAST AT LEAST ONE BUILDING THAT I'VE BEEN DEVELOPED, THAT I'VE DEVELOPED IN LEWISVILLE, HAVE UNDER CONTRACT AND LOOKING TO HAVE UNDER CONTRACT OR HAVE IN THE ESP PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

SO THE THE FIRST THING THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON IS WHO ARE THE OWNERS OF THESE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

SO THIS WORKS FOR A COMPANY THAT'S COMING FROM NEW JERSEY.

THEY THEY IN LOVE WITH LEWISVILLE. THEY WANT TO MOVE HERE AND BUILD THEIR INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.

THEY COULD GO TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOLKS.

LEWISVILLE IS LIKE, YEAH, BRING IT ON. BRING ON THE JOBS AND YOU COME ON AND YOU GO, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS STEP FOR YOU. WE KNOW YOU HAVE A LITTLE RETAIL STORE IN THE FRONT.

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THEY'RE FOR ADDITIONAL USES BEYOND WHAT'S IN YOUR ZONING DISTRICT.

SO A RETAIL STORE OR A WILL CALL CENTER IN FRONT OF AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IS VERY COMMON SUPPLY IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HERE SOME YOU'RE ALREADY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS WHAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON.

SO THAT INCLUDES OFFICE. IT INCLUDES THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS GIVEN ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK OUT OF THE WAREHOUSE AND HAVE SOME THINGS GOING ON BACK THERE.

BUT THESE THESE, THESE BUILDINGS ARE NOT OWNED BY THAT MOM AND POP THAT WANTS TO MOVE IN ONE MORE BUSINESS DOWN HERE AND IS GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU GUYS AND ASK FOR APPROVAL ON THIS.

SGP. THESE BUILDINGS ARE INVESTED BY, BOUGHT BY AND OWNED BY COMPANIES THAT ARE TEACHERS.

RETIREMENT FUNDS WOULD BE THE SECOND LARGEST OWNERSHIP.

TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUNDS. WE ALL LOVE TEACHERS WHETHER WE WANT SCHOOL CHOICE OR NOT.

AND IT'S A YOU'RE YOU'RE MESSING WITH THEIR RETIREMENT.

THE SECOND LARGEST THE. NO, THE LARGEST OWNERSHIP IS PROBABLY INDUSTRIAL READS.

IF YOU OWN 401 KS OR MUTUAL FUNDS, YOU'RE A LARGE PART.

AND THE MOST STABLE PART OF YOUR INVESTMENT IS AN INDUSTRIAL RIGHTS.

SO THAT'S A YOU'RE MESSING WITH YOUR OWN MONEY.

THE THIRD INVESTMENT TYPE AND AND ALSO ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, NOT JUST INDUSTRIAL, IS ACTUALLY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. SO THESE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE INVESTED IN THESE PROPERTIES TO FOR BASICALLY WIDOWS AND CHILDREN, WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.

SO WE'RE MISSING WITH THEM THIS THEIR INVESTMENT.

IT'S NOT THE EVIL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR DEVELOPMENT GUY WHO'S TEARING DOWN TREES NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. I LIVE NEXT TO MY HOME IS NEXT TO 25 BEAUTIFUL ACRES IN KELLER, RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN KELLER. YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE MAP.

THERE'S A THERE'S A TIGHTER USE. THERE'S HIGHER DENSITY HOMES THAT ARE SLOTTED FOR THE LAND NEXT TO ME.

I KNEW THAT WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. THAT'S NOT THE LANDOWNER'S FAULT.

IF HE SELLS THAT AND THEY PUT HIGHER DENSITY HOMES THERE.

I ALSO LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD RETAIL AND OTHER USES BORDERING IT.

I FOUND THAT OUT. MY REALTOR TOLD ME, WHERE IS EVERYBODY IN LEWISVILLE'S REALTOR TELLING THEM WHAT THE ZONING IS NEXT DOOR.

FURTHER, THESE INDUSTRIAL IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THIS ELYSIAN LAND, THE ONLY OTHER ONE, AND I SEE THIS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY FLORIDA, IS APARTMENTS.

YOU WANT MORE MULTIFAMILY IN LEWISVILLE? VOTED IN.

STAFF IS GOING TO BE INUNDATED WITH MULTIFAMILY REZONING REQUESTS.

THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT COMES IN. AS FOR THE ACTUAL RULES, IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.

NO PORTION OF THE PROPERTY CONTAINING MANUFACTURING, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH IS ALLOWED WITHIN 500FT.

IT'S GOT SOME RULES HERE BELOW IT. ONE OF THEM IS NOT AN SUP.

THERE IS AN SUP SECTION IN YOUR CODE, AND SUP SECTION HAS BEEN AMENDED ON THE TABLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. IT'S BEEN AMENDED ON THE CODE, BUT THE AMENDMENT TONIGHT DOES NOT POINT TO THE ACTUAL TABLE.

AND SO IN LEGAL. THANK YOU SIR. IT ALWAYS REVERTS TO WORK.

IT'S NOT A TABLE. THINK. OUR NEXT PRESENTER, MR. DAVID HICKS. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. DAVID HICKS, 705 JOHNSVILLE COURT, ARGYLE, TEXAS.

THANK YOU SIR. I'M WITH EAST GROUP PROPERTY. I AM THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT.

HANDLE OUR OPERATIONS HERE IN DFW. WE ARE THE OWNERS OF CREEK VIEW ONE 2110 BUILDING BUSINESS PARK THAT WE DEVELOPED ON A COUPLE PARCELS OF LAND, GENERALLY AT THE EIGHT BUILDINGS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAURA LANE AND 121.

AND THEN JUST ABOUT A HALF A MILE WEST OF THERE, OUR FINAL PHASE WAS AROUND THE I BELIEVE IT'S THE 2300 BLOCK OF 121. SO OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS THAT WE PURCHASED AND DEVELOPED IN THESE TEN BUILDINGS TOTAL ABOUT JUST UNDER 800,000FT². THEY'RE LEASED TO ABOUT 18 UNIQUE TENANTS.

AND IN THAT WE HAVE ABOUT OVER 500 JOBS WE'VE CREATED WITH THOSE ASSETS, ALONG

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SO ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER OWNERSHIPS THAT HAVE COME UP, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS, BUT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IF IT IS A MUST, THE LANGUAGE IN THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, AND RICHARD WAS KIND ENOUGH TO CALL ME LAST WEEK AND WALK ME THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.

AS A CONCERNED PROPERTY OWNER. AND THOSE WOULD ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY HELP OUR BUSINESS AND, AND EXCLUDE US FROM THOSE. SO WE ARE A PUBLIC REIT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ASSET OWNERSHIP CLASSES THAT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER MENTIONED. AND SO OUR OWNERSHIP SPANS ACROSS SUNBELT STATES ABOUT OVER 60,000,000FT².

SO WE DO THIS FOR A LIVING AND WE'RE LONG TERM OWNERSHIP HORIZON.

WE LOVE BEING IN LEWISVILLE WHEN WE DEVELOP THESE PROPERTIES BETWEEN THE YEARS 2017 TO, I BELIEVE, 2022. WE DID IT IN FIVE DIFFERENT PHASES OF TWO BUILDINGS.

SO AS WE DEVELOPED A COUPLE BUILDINGS, WE WOULD BUILD AS THEY LEASED UP THE NEXT ONES.

AND WE'RE QUITE SUCCESSFUL ON THESE INDUSTRIAL ZONED PROPERTIES.

SO WE'RE JUST THINK IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE RELEASING OF OUR BUILDINGS IF WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AN SP PROCESS.

AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE DEAL CYCLE IN A SECOND GENERATION BUILDING IS SO SHORT.

MOST OF THE TENANTS THAT ARE IN THE MARKETPLACE.

WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT SECOND GENERATION SPACE, ARE LOOKING WITH JUST A FEW MONTHS NOTICE, SOMETIMES LESS. AND SO TO HAVE TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON AND SAY, WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH A CITY PROCESS IF WE NEED A TENANT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, IT'S JUST DETRIMENTAL TO THE LEASING. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT OUR ENTIRE PROJECTS 100% LEASED AND HAPPY TO BE HERE IN LEWISVILLE.

THE STAFF HAS BEEN GREAT, AND THAT GOES FROM RICHARD AND HIS TEAM TO INSPECTIONS AND FIRE AND YOU NAME IT.

IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO BE, AND WE HAVE A GREAT TENANT ROSTER AND HOPE TO BE HERE IN MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME. SO WE JUST AGAIN, I'M OPPOSED.

BUT IF IF YOU HAD TO. THE EXEMPTIONS ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR LONG TERM OPERATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR I DO HAVE SOME CLARITY FROM RICHARD.

SO EARLIER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOES THE DOES THE USE FOLLOW THE LAND OR FOLLOW THE TENANT.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY LEASING TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

WOULD THAT REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT? IF A SITE FALLS UNDER ONE OF THE EXEMPTIONS, THEN IT WOULD FOLLOW THE LAND.

OKAY, SO THERE'S ALREADY ALREADY AN OPERATION OF A WAREHOUSE OR MANUFACTURING ALREADY THEY CAN THE NEXT ON AS THEY ARE WOULD BE AFFECTED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HUGH BANGERTER.

NAME. ADDRESS 810 NORTH SIMMONS FREEWAY. I OWN A COUPLE OF AUTOMOTIVE ORIENTED PROPERTIES THAT FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.

AND I GOT THE LOVELY LITTLE POSTCARDS THAT SCARED ME CAUSED A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONCERN.

I CAME TO THE FIRST MEETING, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ANXIETY THERE AND A LOT OF UPSET.

THIS LETTER, I THINK, HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME, BUT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY SAY THAT THESE ARE EXCEPTIONS IN THE PAPERWORK, JUST POINTING THAT OUT. ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE.

I'M ASSUMING THAT MY PROPERTIES, BECAUSE THEY'RE SMALL AND MOM AND POP TYPE, ARE NOT GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THIS, BUT ALL I'VE HEARD MENTIONED IS THE 500 FOOT RULE.

THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF IN HERE.

AND DOES ALL OF THAT GO ALONG WITH THE EXEMPTION? THE 50FT, ALL THE TREES, THE BERMS, ALL THAT STUFF? THOSE THOSE ARE REQUIREMENTS IF YOU FALL UNDER THE NEW IN THE NEW RULES.

SO. OKAY, RICHARD, SO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ANY BETTER.

YES. THAT THAT COMES INTO PLAY IF YOU'RE DEVELOPING DOING A DEVELOPMENT THAT REQUIRES A NEW ENGINEERING SITE PLAN, THEN THOSE REQUIREMENTS WOULD KICK IN FOR SOMETHING THAT'S EXISTING AND NOT CHANGING.

YOU CAN CONTINUE ON AS YOU ARE. YEAH. I'M GOING TO MIX IT UP HERE A LITTLE BIT.

THE OVERLAY DISTRICT ON 3535 IMPACTS MY BUILDINGS.

I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT WHEN THAT PASSED. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT SLIPPED PAST ME, BUT IT DID.

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ANYWAY, MY REAL QUESTION IS HOW DOES THIS PLAY WITH THE OVERLAY? DOES IT IMPACT IT? SO? SO THE TWO ARE DIFFERENT AND BUT SINCE YOU ARE UNDERNEATH BOTH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONFORM TO BOTH.

SO ONE WOULD BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SOUP PROCESS.

IF YOU WERE IF YOU TRIGGERED THAT WITH A NEW ENGINEERING SITE PLAN, THE OTHER WOULD BE FOR CONFORMING TO THE OVERLAY DISTRICT ON I-35.

AND OF COURSE, THAT'S A CONVERSATION. WE WE TALKED TO FOLKS ALL THE TIME ABOUT THAT.

SO THERE'S A NEW STANDARD. BUT WE MAY FIND THAT IF YOU HAVE IF YOUR PARKING IS COMPROMISED BY IT, THEN MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE AND WORK WITH STAFF TO TO MITIGATE THAT SOMEWHAT.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD TO ELIMINATE MOST OF MY PARKING AFTER THE STATE'S ALREADY TAKEN THE BULK OF IT, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE NONSENSE TO ME, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TWO ORDINANCES WERE NOT INTERACTING IN A WAY THAT WAS GOING TO MAKE MY BUILDINGS UNUSABLE.

AND THAT'S YEAH, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A CHALLENGE. BUT THEY THEY THEY ARE.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO WORK THROUGH BOTH OF THEM IN PARALLEL. THEY SHOULDN'T INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. BUT THE QUESTION REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 35 OVERLAY DISTRICT. WE SPEAK TO BUSINESS OWNERS ON THAT ALL THE TIME.

SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY PLACES WHERE WE CAN WE WORK WITH YOU.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO YOUR SPECIFIC INSTANCE, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE, RICHARD AND THE TEAM WILL TALK WITH YOU ABOUT HOW TO DO IT. YEAH. WE NEED TO HAVE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE IN ANY CASE.

MOVING ON. I AM IN OPPOSITION TO THIS. I THINK IT IS AN OVERREACH.

BUT YOU'VE ADDRESSED MY IMMEDIATE CONCERNS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR. SCOTT ELLERMAN.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SCOTT ELLERMAN WITH CONSTELLATION REAL ESTATE PARTNERS, LOCATED AT 2021 MCKINNEY AVENUE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. FOR QUITE SOME TIME MY COMPANY, CONSTELLATION, HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING ON A PROJECT IN LEWISVILLE WHICH HAS GONE ON VERY WELL SO FAR, AND THE LOUIS CITY LEWISVILLE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY COMMUNICATIVE AS WELL AS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOLLOWED THIS AMENDMENT SINCE ITS FIRST DRAFT, SENT OUT TO PUBLIC RECORD IN DECEMBER, AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN MODIFIED SEVERAL TIMES.

AND HOWEVER, IT STILL SEEMS FAR FROM A FINISHED PRODUCT, AS THERE STILL REMAINS A LOT OF AMBIGUITY IN OUR INTERPRETATION OF THIS AMENDMENT. THIS AMBIGUITY IN OUR MINDS COULD HAVE DRASTIC IMPLICATIONS TO THE VALUE OF MANY INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. IT COULD HAVE SEVERE IMPLICATIONS ON LONG TERM VACANCY RATES WITHIN THE CITY.

JOB GROWTH AND THE PRESENCE OF MANY SIGNIFICANT CORPORATE USERS THAT OCCUPY ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS.

AND THESE THESE CORPORATE USERS CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE SURROUNDING TAX BASE, SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THE AMBIGUITY IS, IS WITH REGARDS TO RETAINING.

RETAINING. THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES AS I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE THREE PRIMARY CATEGORIES ARE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION, LIGHT MANUFACTURING, MEDIUM MANUFACTURING AND HEAVY MANUFACTURING.

AND THERE'S BROUGHT UP THERE'S AN EXAMPLE BROUGHT UP EARLIER THAT CERTAINLY RESONATED WITH REGARDS TO A SERVICING COMPANY.

YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULD BE STORING AND SERVING THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.

AND IT JUST WASN'T EXACTLY CLEAR WHERE ULTIMATELY THAT WOULD THAT WOULD FALL.

WITH REGARDS TO THE CATEGORY AND I WOULD SAY THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF TENANTS THAT THAT OCCUPY INDUSTRIAL SPACE IN LEWISVILLE IS PROBABLY AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTION AND IN WAREHOUSING, AND SO THERE WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE AN INCLINATION TO ATTRACT THOSE TYPES OF USERS AND AVOID LONG TERM SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. IF YOU WERE TO ULTIMATELY SWITCH TO LIGHT MANUFACTURING.

SO IT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT MANUFACTURING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING USERS THAT ULTIMATELY OCCUPY THESE BUILDINGS.

AND THEN ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE AFTER MY COLLEAGUE JOHN DELAVAL WAS PRESENTING, IS THAT LANDLORDS ACTUALLY ARE NOT ISSUED THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES.

IT IS A TENANTS THAT ARE ISSUED THESE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES.

AND MY QUESTION FOR THE STAFF WAS BASED OFF OF THE THE TENANTS DESIGN

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TYPICALLY THE TENANT IS ON THE SEO. THAT'S JUST ONE OF MULTIPLE POSSIBLE WAYS OF GAINING THE EXEMPTION.

THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE SITE. AND THAT'S THROUGH THE ENGINEERING SITE PLAN.

OKAY. AND WITH THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS OUR ASSUMPTION CURRENTLY THAT WE DO FALL UNDER THIS EXEMPTION.

HOWEVER YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S ALL SUBJECT TO ANY CHANGE IN USE AFTER THE FIRST TENANT TAKES OCCUPANCY.

CORRECT. IF WE HAVE A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION USER TAKING OCCUPANCY OF THE FIRST BUILDING, AND THEN THEY ULTIMATELY VACATE THE PROPERTY, AND WE'RE SUBJECT TO THE TENANT AS WHAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE WHAT WE NEED IS SPECIAL OR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN THE EVENT THAT WE LEASE SOMEONE WITH A SIMILAR OPERATION. THE WAY THE CURRENT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, WE HAVE A SNAPSHOT TAKEN ON MARCH 3RD. AND IF YOU HAVE MEET ONE OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS, THEN YOU'RE GOOD TO GO FROM THERE ON.

WILL NOT HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE 500 FOOT RULE, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY TRIGGER AN SUV.

GOT IT. AND SO THE CHANGE IN CHANGING USE DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT TO CORRECT.

OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I THINK UNLESS DIXON RICH CAME BACK, I THINK WE HAD HIM MOVE INTO THE COMMENTS. SIR, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF CARDS.

WE'LL GET TO YOU. JEFF TRAYLOR, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS JEFF TRAYLOR. I LIVE IN BARTLESVILLE, BUT I'VE OWNED LAND IN LEWISVILLE FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PNC MEETINGS AND HAVE GONE OVER WITH THEM.

YOU PROBABLY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ME ABOUT THE CEO.

INFORMATION. I'M NOT A REED, AND I'M NOT A BIG LANDOWNER.

I'M JUST A GUY WHO OWNS SOME BUILDINGS IN LEWISVILLE.

THE CHALLENGE THAT I ALWAYS FACE IS, IS THAT WHEN THE BUILDINGS ARE LISTED AND THEIR USES ARE LAID OUT OF WHAT THEY CAN BE, THOSE USES, WHEN THEY CHANGE, WHEN YOU BRING SOMEBODY ELSE NEW IN, IT'S NORMALLY NOT A HUGE CHALLENGE.

IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GO FROM A MANUFACTURING TO A WAREHOUSE OR WAREHOUSE AND GO BACK.

IT CAN GET A LITTLE DICEY AND A LITTLE TRICKY, BUT NORMALLY IT FLOWS PRETTY WELL.

THE CHALLENGE THAT I HAD WITH THIS ORDINANCE WAS AT FIRST IT WAS GIGANTIC OVERREACHING, AND T AND Z EVEN SAW IT.

THEY LOOKED AT IT AND WENT, WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO IMPACT BECAUSE THIS WHOLE PROCESS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE APPARENTLY YOU HAD COMPLAINTS AND YOU INSTRUCTED Z TO DO SOMETHING AND COME UP WITH THIS TO STOP PEOPLE FROM TEARING DOWN BUILDINGS.

LITTLE RETAIL SHOPS OR STRIP MALLS AND PUT IN BIG BOX WAREHOUSES, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF.

AND THAT WAS THE JUSTIFICATION THAT WE WERE GIVEN AS TO WHY THIS PROCESS BEGAN.

BUT IN THEIR IN THEIR OVERREACH, THEY THEY SCOOPED ALL OF US UP NOW AND PUSHED BACK AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED SOME MORE PIECES ON IT. AND STAFF STEPPED UP AND MADE SOME CHANGES TO IT.

THE ONE CHANGE THAT CAME UP WAS THE FACT ABOUT THE CEO, MARCH 5TH OR MARCH 3RD.

IF YOU HAVE A CEO AND THAT CEO STATES THAT YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THESE USES, THEN YOU'RE GOOD.

AND MY COMPLAINT AT THAT TIME WAS, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.

MY CURRENT CEO'S THAT MY TENANTS HAVE. THEY DON'T SAY THOSE WORDS.

THEY USE SOME OTHER WORDS AND I'M LIKE, WHY? STAFF WAS QUICK TO RESPOND AND SAID, OH, THOSE WERE AND I'M GOING TO GET IT WRONG.

INDUSTRIAL SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT THEY USED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND BEYOND THAT THEY HAD USED BUT EVERYTHING NEW HAS THESE NEW WORDS IN IT THE MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO COMPLY.

THEN I WROTE AN EMAIL SAYING, SO WHAT DO I DO IF MINE SAYS FACTORY INSTEAD OF MANUFACTURING? AND I'M TOLD, WELL, IT SHOULD BE. WE WILL REVIEW IT AND WE WILL SEE THAT IT MATCHES UP AND YOU CAN GO FORWARD.

AND THEN MY RESPONSE WAS, WAIT, WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADD IN THOSE CODES, THE ONES THAT YOU SAY THAT ARE MY CEO'S, WHICH ARE PUT THOSE INTO THE ORDINANCE SO THAT THAT WAY I AM FINE.

I DON'T FALL INTO THAT GROUP OF WHERE I BECOME REVIEWED.

AND WHEN YOU BECOME REVIEWED, YOU END UP FALLING INTO THIS.

THE STAFF LIKES TO REFER TO THE SUP, WHICH IS NOT A BIG DEAL.

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AND IF WE GET TIED UP IN THE FACT THAT THEY GO, WELL, HANG ON A SECOND.

THIS WORD DOESN'T MATCH THIS WORD, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND GET THIS REVIEW. WE DIE ON THE VINE.

NOW I'M NOT A BIG REIT. LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST A GUY WHO OWNS SOME BUILDINGS.

AND SO ALL I WAS ASKING THAT THEY INCLUDE WERE THE CODES THAT THEY USED ON THE CEOS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PAST MILLENNIAL THAT HAVE THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, JUST MAKE IT MATCH, INCLUDE WHAT HE WANTS, THE ONES THAT ARE FROM HERE BACK A YEAR AND A HALF, BUT JUST ADD THE OTHERS. SO THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN FALLS.

I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. I LIKE SOME OF THE CHAINS IN THE END AND THE SIZES.

I TALK WITH MY HANDS. MUST BE ITALIAN, BUT YOU KNOW, WE GO WITH THAT.

SO LET'S CONSIDER THE FACT THAT WE DO CHANGE TENANTS.

WE DO WALK THROUGH THEM OVER TIME. THEY'RE NOT THERE FOREVER.

AND THEY DO COME BEFORE THIS. AND EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS, WE ALL CRINGE BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE, ARE THEY GOING TO GET IT? OR ARE THEY GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, BOOTED INTO SOME CATEGORY? SO IF YOU COULD PUSH BACK AND SAY, HEY, ADD THE CODES THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING THAT ARE ON MOST OF THE CEOS.

AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. ALSO, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE BECAUSE IT'S A THANKLESS JOB.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. RICHARD, I HAVE A.

GO AHEAD BRANDON. HOW LARGE? HOW LARGE IS THE PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE? HOW MANY SQUARE FEET? I'M SORRY, HOW MANY SQUARE FEET ARE YOUR OTHER PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THEY'RE IN THE. THEY GO FROM 6000 ALL THE WAY UP TO, I THINK, ALMOST 25,000.

OKAY, SO I THINK I THINK I'M EXEMPT FROM THAT IF I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M RIGHT WITH RICHARD.

YES, BUT WHEN I SAW THE EXEMPTION FOR 25,000, I WAS LIKE, IT WORKED QUITE A BIT OF MINE OFF THE TABLE, BUT I DON'T LOOK AT IT JUST FOR ME. AND I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN, BUT I LOOK AT IT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE THAT LOOK AT IT AND GO, WE DON'T WANT TO FALL INTO IT. AND WHAT WHAT I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU IS LIKE, WHAT I'M WHAT I'M TRYING TO GRASP IS LIKE EVERYONE WHO'S TALKED SO FAR, THAT'S GIVEN US SQUARE FOOTAGE. WE'VE SEEN THAT THAT THAT THEY THAT THEY HAVE EXEMPTIONS OUT OF THERE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COVERED WITH THAT AT LEAST. AND ALSO WITH ANY ORDINANCE, IT ALSO COULD BE IMPROVED AND IMPROVED ON. SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO INFRINGE ON ANYBODY'S BUSINESS.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE OKAY.

AND IF AS THINGS COME FORWARD, WE DO INVITE YOU AND OUR STAFF, AS EVERYONE SAID, IS VERY GOOD AT LISTENING AND WORKING WITH FOLKS FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY COME UP IN THE FUTURE. BUT WE DO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

IT IS NOT TO IMPACT THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. AND THAT'S ON MY HANDS TOO. SO I JUST HIT THE MINUTE I WOULD.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY AND REITERATE THE FACT THAT IT FOLLOWS THE LAND, NOT THE TENANT.

IT FOLLOWS THE LAND, NOT THE TENANT. SO IF YOU'RE EXEMPT AND YOU HAVE A TENANT, AND THEN YOU LOSE THAT TENANT AND YOU GET A NEW TENANT, IT FOLLOWS THE LAND, NOT THE TENANT FULLY AWARE OF THAT.

OKAY. AND BUT THE QUESTION THAT COMES DOWN TO IS IF IT DOESN'T MATCH THE LAND THAT FOLLOWING THE TENANT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE LAND, IT'S FOLLOWING THE LAND, NOT THE TENANT.

IF THAT CODE IS NOT WHAT THEY HAVE ON FILE AT THAT MOMENT AND YOU COME FORWARD, THAT'S GOING TO GO IN PERPETUITY UNTIL YOU CHANGE IT AGAIN.

SO THAT LANGUAGE, THOSE IDENTIFIERS, WAREHOUSE MANUFACTURING OR FACTORY AND STORAGE, THEY'RE BOTH OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE ONLY ADDRESSING ONE SET. RICHARD, WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT REAL QUICK? YES. IF YOU HAVE AN EXEMPTION ON MARCH 3RD AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THERE, THEN THAT IS PERMANENT IN FOR THAT PROPERTY IN THE CURRENT STATE THAT IT'S IN.

NOW, IF YOU PROPOSE CHANGES THAT TRIGGERS AN ENGINEERING SITE PLAN, THEN YOU WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE 500 FOOT RULE.

BUT IF YOU FALL IN AN EXEMPTION AND IF, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE MAJORITY OF BUILDINGS BUILT SINCE THE LATE 1980S HAVE ENGINEERING SITE PLANS ON FILE HERE AT THE CITY THAT DESIGNATE THE ZONING USE.

SO IT'S VERY EASY TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

BUT THE CODES ARE DIFFERENT TO THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE REFERENCES.

IF YOUR CEO HAS THESE CODES ON IT, THESE WORDS OLD CEOS DO NOT HAVE THOSE WORDS.

AND THAT'S ONLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IT CHANGED.

SO SO I'M SAYING IF SOMEONE HAS TO GO WELL WE AGREE THAT THESE OLD CODES MATCH THE NEW ONES.

THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY IT'S IT'S IT'S WORDS.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOUR EXEMPTION IS NOT NECESSARILY FALLING UNDER THAT CODE.

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF YOUR BUILDINGS. BUT YOU, YOU YOU CAN'T ARGUE JUST FOR ME.

NO. AND I MEAN, I'M IT'S SAD THAT I'M PASSIONATE TO YOU ABOUT THIS WHEN I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HIT ME.

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GOTCHA. STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE OF THE OF THE EXEMPTIONS WILL COVER PROBABLY 99.9% OF THE SITUATIONS IN THE CITY THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. SO I DO HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY THAT'S AN INTERESTING THOUGHT.

I'M ALSO SKEPTICAL. THAT'S WHY I'M SKEPTICAL ABOUT 25,000 FOOT SQUARE FOOT RULES, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT HOW CAN THIS BE ABUSED.

SO WE THINK ACTUALLY VERY SIMILARLY TO THIS. SO MY QUESTION IS, I THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOUR SEO OR YOUR SITE PLAN DOESN'T SAY ONE OF A COUPLE OF WORDS ON THERE, THEN IT TRIGGERS AN SUP.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU JUST GOT TO GO TO YOU OR SOMEBODY ON YOUR STAFF GO.

I THINK THESE ARE THE EQUIVALENT. AND IF YOU SAY IT IS, THEN THEY'RE GOOD.

THERE'S NO SUP REQUIRED ON THAT. IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT IS CORRECT.

YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THERE'S THE EXEMPTION IN PLACE, THEN THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THE 500 FOOT RULE OR POSSIBLE SGP.

RICHARD, WOULD IT BE A FAIR ASSUMPTION TO SAY BECAUSE I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE CEO.

WOULD IT BE A FAIR ASSUMPTION TO SAY THAT WE'VE THE, THE EXEMPTION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED THAT REVERTS TO THE ENGINEERING SITE PLAN WAS KIND OF AN INTENTION OF CATCHING ALL OF THAT. YES. IF SOMETHING'S NOT CLEAR ON, ON A CEO YOU COULD ALWAYS DEFAULT TO THE ENGINEERING SITE PLAN WHICH IS VERY CONCRETE IN ITS TERMINOLOGY. OKAY.

ANGELA HUNT.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ANGELA HUNT.

I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF MUNCH HARTE, 500 NORTH STREET IN DALLAS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, INCLUDING NUVEEN, WHICH IS THE TEACHER'S ANNUITY.

REAL ESTATE. FIRST INDUSTRIAL STONE, MONT. MAJESTIC REALTY, TLF LOGISTICS, AND OTHERS.

THIS REPRESENTS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT IN THE CITY AND HUNDREDS OF JOBS.

THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THREATENS THAT INVESTMENT.

THE PRACTICAL EFFECT OF THIS, WHERE AS CURRENTLY A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR EITHER A WAREHOUSE USE OR A LIGHT MANUFACTURING USE. THE PRACTICAL EFFECT IS THAT WAREHOUSE USES AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING USES IN THE CITY WILL REQUIRE SUPS IN A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES. AS A RESULT, THIS MAKES LEWISVILLE LESS ATTRACTIVE TO INDUSTRIAL TENANTS.

IT ALSO MAKES IT LESS LIKELY THAT OWNERS OF INDUSTRIAL SITES WILL REINVEST IN THE PROPERTY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY.

ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO TRIGGER AN ENGINEERING SITE PLAN IS GOING TO REQUIRE AN SUP.

IT'S GOING TO TRIGGER IT. SO FROM AN OWNERSHIP STANDPOINT, THE OWNERS WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS INTO THE PROPERTY.

TO RECONSTRUCT OLD BUILDINGS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SEEING THAT.

AND TENANTS WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO LOOK AT LEWISVILLE BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN LOOKING AT CITIES THAT REQUIRE AN SUPP VERSUS CITIES, THAT, AS LEWISVILLE, HAS BEEN ALLOWING THESE USES BY RIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THOSE CITIES THAT WILL NOT REQUIRE AN SUP AND A SEVERAL MONTHS LONG PROCESS. IF THE COUNCIL DOES MOVE FORWARD IN APPROVING THIS TONIGHT, WE AGREE WITH OTHER SPEAKERS. STAFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS WITH THE ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS.

WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU ADD THOSE TONIGHT IF YOU DO VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY FOR THIS.

THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

I'M SORRY. SO AT THE BEGINNING YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT THERE WAS SOME INVESTMENTS THAT WERE CAN YOU GO OVER THAT AGAIN? YOU SAID THERE'S, I GUESS SOME INVESTMENT VEHICLES THAT THAT SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PEOPLE WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? CERTAINLY ONE OF THE OWNERSHIP INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTATIVES.

NUVEEN. IT'S THE TEACHERS ANNUITY FUND. RIGHT.

AND SO THEIR INVESTMENTS MAKE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE TO WHAT THEIR RETIREMENT IS, WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT.

AND AND IT DOES IMPACT TEACHERS. SO THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THINGS GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT FUND THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT'S ALREADY BUILT AND THAT'S ALREADY THAT'S ALREADY INVESTED.

SO LET ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS.

GREAT. GREAT QUESTION. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO IF WE LOOK AT WHAT IS ALLOWED CURRENTLY, WE'RE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD BY RIGHT

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IF WE WANT TO BUILD THAT UNDER THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, WE WOULD NEED TO GET AN SCP.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE THOSE USES BY RIGHT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK WITH A NEW ENGINEERING SITE PLAN.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO TRIGGER THE NEW REQUIREMENTS.

AT LEAST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND OF COURSE, I DEFER TO YOUR STAFF ON THIS.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF WE'RE COMING BACK WITH MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO A SITE, EITHER TEARING DOWN A BUILDING OR BUILDING A NEW BUILDING ON THE SITE, WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBMITTING A NEW ENGINEERING SITE PLAN, AND THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE SCP PROCESS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY THAT. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT FOLLOWS THE LAND.

NOW, IF YOU WANTED TO EXPAND A WAREHOUSE, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH AND EXPAND A WAREHOUSE AND YOU'VE GOT PERHAPS AN ISSUE FOR AN SVP. BUT RICHARD, COULD YOU OPINE ON THAT, PLEASE? YES.

IMPROVEMENTS ON A SITE LIKE A RENOVATION ONLY REQUIRES A PERMIT.

THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THAT TRIGGER AN ENGINEERING SITE PLAN.

THAT'S USUALLY A MAJOR EXPANSION. THE UDC DOES ALLOW A SMALL, MODEST EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING WAREHOUSE, OR MANUFACTURING UP TO 10% OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, OR 5000FT², WHICH IS WHICHEVER IS LESS.

WE EVEN ALLOW SOME MODEST ADDITIONS OF PARKING, I THINK UP TO ABOUT 10 OR 11 SPACES.

WE ALSO HAVE PROVISIONS TO ALLOW REWORKING OF LANDSCAPING AND SO FORTH.

A LOT OF THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT THE ENGINEERING SITE PLAN, BUT IF A BUILDING IS DILAPIDATED AND COMPLETELY REMOVED, THEN THE WOULD WOULD TRIGGER THE IF IT'S IN WITHIN 500FT OF ONE OF THE LESSER.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF IFS. IT'S VERY SITE SPECIFIC.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE SITE.

AND IF IT DOES TRIGGER AN SCP, THAT CAN BE, AS I SAID EARLIER, GO CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ENGINEERING SITE PLAN IF IT'S WELL SITED AND VERY, VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON LESSER INTENSE USES. YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WOULD RECEIVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR FROM APPROVAL FROM STAFF.

ONCE THE STOP IS GRANTED, THEN THE SITE IS GOOD.

SO THERE'S NOT REALLY GOING TO BE AN IMPACT ON ON TENANT ISSUES MOVING IN AND OUT AFTER THE SITE IS CONSTRUCTED.

IT'D BE LEGALLY CONFORMING WITH NO PROBLEMS. THANK THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. LAUREN BILLINGS.

HI AGAIN. MY NAME IS LAUREN BILLINGS. I LIVE AT 1008 VANCOUVER DRIVE AND MY CHILD AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU.

SO OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HEARD TO SPEAK TONIGHT, I AM A WAREHOUSE OWNER IN ALLEN, BUT I LIVE IN LEWISVILLE AND I AM CURRENTLY SELLING MY WAREHOUSE THAT I BUILT.

I AM THE LANDOVER AND I AM LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO RENT.

AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I THINK YOUR SUP IS NOT FIRM ENOUGH.

I THINK THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A SHOCK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY SO YOU'LL NOTICE I HAVE MY BABY DINOSAUR IN MY HAND. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE.

THIS IS MY BABY. CAN YOU SEE THE RESEMBLANCE? VERY BEAUTIFUL. YES. I BUILD THESE THINGS. THIS IS MY FAMILY BUSINESS.

I STRAIGHT UP BUILD DINOSAURS. IT'S THE COOLEST JOB.

I DO THIS IN ALLEN. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 21 YEARS, AND THIS IS LITERALLY A MOM AND POP SHOP.

I STILL WORK WITH MY MOM. WE GOT OUT OF THE RENTAL GAME, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY.

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHO THE PROPERTY OWNER IS BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THEIR NAME AND THEY'VE ALREADY PRESENTED IN THIS ROOM, SO I'M NOT GOING TO EMBARRASS THEM. BUT I SUPPORT SUP.

I'M JUST GOING TO LOVINGLY CALL IT THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS DON'T TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY.

I RENTED A 50 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT, SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE SPACE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO ANOTHER WAREHOUSE SPACE MY SIDE.

I BUILT ANIMATRONIC DINOSAURS AND PIECES LIKE THIS THAT I BRING AROUND GLOBALLY TO INSPIRE EDUCATION AND INSPIRING PEOPLE TO GET INTO ELECTRONICS AND ENGINEERING AND STUDYING THE PREHISTORIC PAST.

MY NEIGHBOR BUILDS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS THAT PEOPLE INGEST.

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WE SHARED A WALL AND AN AC UNIT, AND EVERY NOW AND THEN MY ROOM, WHICH WAS CLOSEST TO MY NEIGHBOR.

IT WOULD MAKE MY ROOM SMELL LIKE FLINTSTONE VITAMINS.

NOT TO GO ON DINOSAUR THEME. AND ONE DAY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO COME IN, AND THEY PUT THIS LITTLE DEVICE IN THE AIR TO MEASURE THE MOLECULES IN MY AIR. AND I ASKED THEM AS A JOKE.

AM I GOING TO DIE? AND THEY DIDN'T ANSWER BECAUSE THEY WERE LITERALLY CHECKING IF I WAS GOING TO DIE.

WHAT HAPPENED HAPPENED IS THE COMPANY NEXT TO ME HAD DROPPED SOME CHEMICALS, AND WHATEVER COMBINATION OF CHEMICALS THEY HAD DROPPED, IT HAD CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION. AND IF YOU WERE STANDING OVER IT WITHIN SECONDS, YOU WOULD BE DEAD.

BECAUSE WE WERE SHARING A FILTRATION UNIT. THE AIR HAD GONE OVER TO OUR SIDE AND WE WERE IN DANGER AS WELL.

WE HATED THE VITAMIN SMELL. WE HAD TOLD THE PROPERTY MANAGER SEVERAL TIMES, HEY, IT SMELLS LIKE FRUITY VITAMINS AND IT'S GIVING US HEADACHES. CAN YOU PLEASE STOP IT? BUT WE WERE TOLD WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO CHASE SMELLS.

AND THE HAZMAT TEAM FROM FRISCO HAD TO COME OUT BECAUSE ALLAN DOESN'T HAVE A HAZMAT TEAM, AND THEY CLOSED DOWN OUR BUILDING FOR A DAY.

AND THE FIRST THING MY EMPLOYEES ASKED WERE, ARE WE GETTING PAID TODAY? NOT IF THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE OR DIE. JUST. ARE WE GETTING PAID? I TRIED TO GO THROUGH MY INSURANCE AND ASK THEM.

DOES THIS COUNT AS A NATURAL DISASTER? BECAUSE CLEARLY THIS IS NOT MY FAULT.

WHY AM I RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT MY EMPLOYEES HAVE ENOUGH MONEY? BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE CAUSED THIS PROBLEM? BECAUSE SOMEBODY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CHECKS? BECAUSE MY LANDLORD DIDN'T MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OKAY? NO, IT'S ALL ON YOU GUYS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

NOW, OF COURSE, I HAVE THIS WELDER I LOVE, BUT HE ALWAYS WANTS HIS PAY AND HE'S GOT TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY BACK HOME.

SO HE SAID, SCREW IT. IT'S JUST GOING TO COME OUT OF OUR PAYCHECK, OUT OF MY MONEY, TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS PAY.

EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM, THAT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN AVOIDED.

SO I ASK YOU OR I TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP IN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S UP.

TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THESE GUYS OVER HERE IN THE SUITS, THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE HOLDING US DOWN. BUT I'VE BUILT A BUILDING AND I KNOW ANYONE, THE FIRE MARSHAL, THE CITY, WHATEVER. ENGINEERS CAN COME IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU NEED A FEW MORE VENTS ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND THEY CAN HOLD IT UP. FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY CAN FIGURE IT OUT.

SO THANK YOU, GUYS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT FOR MAKING LEWISVILLE A SAFE AND INHABITABLE PLACE FOR ALL OF US.

AND BABY SARAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. LANCE VAN ZANDT. HI. LANCE VAN ZANDT, 512 OF WEST HICKORY. I REPRESENT THE LEATHERWOOD PLASTICS, INC.

HERE AND HERE IN LEWISVILLE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE WE'VE PRETTY CONSISTENTLY FROM THE BEGINNING, SPOKEN AND WRITTEN IN OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGES.

OF COURSE, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE SEEN THE STAFF WORK ON SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND AND BRING ABOUT SOME EXEMPTIONS.

AND I THINK WE'RE YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR, OUR EXISTING BUSINESS FALLS UNDER MAYBE A COUPLE OF THE EXEMPTIONS.

SO I'M, I'M NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TODAY OR TOMORROW.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE SOMEWHAT UNIQUE FROM THE OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE SPOKEN.

MR. LEATHERWOOD, HAS AN OWNER OCCUPIED A SMALL MANUFACTURING TYPE BUSINESS THAT HE'S HE STARTED IN LEWISVILLE OVER 30 YEARS AGO, CAME FROM FLOWER MOUND ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, BUILT THIS BUSINESS HERE IN LEWISVILLE.

AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE FAMILY RETIREMENT.

IT'S THE THAT'S THE FAMILY ASSET. SO NOT NOT SO MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT THE OPERATION.

I THINK STAFF'S BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND AND HELPFUL AND WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

BUT IN MY MIND, IT STILL CREATES, YOU KNOW, UNCERTAINTY AS TO AS TO THE FUTURE.

A POTENTIAL BUYER, A BANKER FOR A POTENTIAL INVESTOR, YOU KNOW, AN INVESTOR THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND BUY THE BUSINESS AND EXPAND IT.

I'M NOT I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT THAT THE HOW THAT'S PROTECTED BY WHAT I'M NOW HEARING IS A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT IN A MEETING WHERE THIS HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS A LEGAL,

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AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. I JUST I CAN'T SAY WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY UNTIL MY CLIENT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS US AND ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO LIKE MR..

MR. LEATHERWOOD YOU KNOW, GOING BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED BY THE CUMULATIVE ZONING DISTRICT.

I MEAN, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, IN FAIRNESS, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE DEVELOPERS, HOME BUILDERS, HOME BUYERS WHO CONSTRUCTED THEY'RE THEIR HOMES.

AND WHAT THEY KNEW WAS A NEXT TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT BUILT NEXT TO YOU, BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, IT SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE THAT THAT, THAT THAT AT LEAST COULD HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, MR. LEATHERWOOD, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE CREATED BY MR. LEATHERWOOD OR FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE OPERATING FOR 30 YEARS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S PAYING SOME OF THOSE COSTS THAT WERE CREATED BY OTHERS.

SO THAT'S OUR YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR COMPLAINT AND OUR CONCERN. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN OUR OPPOSITION. BUT IF IT IS PASSED, WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT YOU DO IT WITH ALL THESE EXEMPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CARVED OUT FOR FOR EXISTING OWNERS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR JAMES BILLINGTON.

I'M JAMES BULLINGTON. I'M A REAL ESTATE BROKER AND A.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPER. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT I SEE WITH THIS WHOLE THING TONIGHT IS YOU GUYS HAVE PUT TOGETHER A HALF BAKED IDEA, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS.

THERE'S A LOT OF AMBIGUITY. LIKE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED, YOU'RE IN JEOPARDY OF HARMING OTHER PEOPLE'S FUTURES THAT HAVE PURCHASED LAND IN LEWISVILLE THAT EITHER HAVE, ARE PLANNING TO BUILD OR HAVE ALREADY BUILT.

AND THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE, RICHARD, HE SPENT 30 MINUTES BLOWING A BUNCH OF HOT AIR OUT HERE TO US AND NOT GIVING US ANY SPECIFICS LIKE HE MENTIONED.

WELL, THE PEOPLE WEREN'T GETTING ALONG WITH MARY KAY.

HE DIDN'T SAY WHY. HE HASN'T SAID HE HASN'T GIVEN ONE EXAMPLE OF WHY THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH CURRENT ZONING.

MEETING UP TO MEETING UP TO RESIDENTIAL. NOT ONE.

AND HE SPENT 30 MINUTES TALKING TO US. BLOWING SMOKE UP OUR BUTTS.

UP YOUR BUTTS. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND. YOU GUYS ARE FALLING FOR ALL THIS.

NONE OF YOU GUYS, BASED ON YOUR BIOS, HAVE ANY BUSINESS EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER.

YOU HAVEN'T CREATED ANY JOBS EVER. YOU DON'T CREATE ANY JOBS NOW.

SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THE CONFUSION THAT YOU GUYS.

AND BY THE WAY, PEOPLE, NEXT TIME YOU VOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAKE DARN SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT LIBERAL.

AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE SOME BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T GET PEOPLE WITH BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS A SHAM. YOU GUYS ARE NOT COMPETENT ENOUGH TO MAKE DECISIONS LIKE THIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND BUSINESS. YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO UNDERSTAND BUSINESS.

AND IT'S BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN FOR THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF.

YOU JUST DON'T GET IT. YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET IT. THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT IS WHEN YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND PASS THIS THING THROUGH.

AND THEN SOME OF US THAT HAVE GUTS ENOUGH TO STAND UP TO YOU ARE GOING TO SUE YOU.

AND BY THE WAY, TEXAS LAW CHANGED. YOU CAN BE SUED INDIVIDUALLY, NOT JUST AS A GROUP, NOT JUST AS A CITY.

AND BY GOD, THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE OVER HERE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PISS OFF.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET SUED. AND THIS WONDERFUL PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT YOU HAVE OVER HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL THAT COMES IN HERE IS GOING TO REMOVE THEM AND BRING SOME NEW PEOPLE IN HERE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE SOME INTELLIGENCE.

AND THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. LOOK, I'M 67 YEARS OLD.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY IN MY LIFE BLOW AS MUCH HOT AIR AS RICHARD AND NOT SAY ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR MAYBE SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

BUT IT'S A JOKE WHEN YOU COME UP HERE. AND HE WOULD HAVE GIVE US SOME FACTS ABOUT WHY THIS IS NEEDED.

YOU WOULD HAVE GOT SOME SUPPORT, BUT HE DIDN'T.

HE NEVER HAS. THIS HAS BEEN AN END TO A MONTH AND A HALF OR LONGER.

YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN HAVE A C. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY OVER HERE. DO YOU KNOW THAT? YEAH. WELL, I GUESS YOU ARE. OKAY. SO I WOULD GET SOME ADVICE FROM HER.

LET'S SEE IF YOU DON'T PUT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING YOURSELF IN JEOPARDY. AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE, TOO. WE'LL RUN OUT OF TIME HERE. THIS. THIS IS A JOKE.

YOU WOULD HAVE HAD A LOT MORE INPUT IF YOU'D PUT THIS IN IN A LEWISVILLE ENVELOPE.

OKAY. WITH THE PIECE OF STATIONERY IN THERE, LIKE WE GET IF WE'RE GRASS IS TOO TALL OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THIS THIS THIS LOOKS LIKE

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RIGHT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE ANY CHANGES TO THE SETBACK RULE.

IF YOU GO IN AND ADOPT A 50 FOOT SETBACK, I HAVE SOME LAND TO DEVELOP.

I'M GOING TO SUE YOU FOR THAT 20FT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S A 30 FOOT SETBACK.

I WANT TO SEE YOU FOR EMINENT DOMAIN ON THAT 20 FOOT THAT YOU'RE TAKING WITHOUT JUST CAUSE AND WITHOUT PAYMENT.

AND I'M 100% AGAINST THE ZONING, YOUR LANDSCAPE, YOUR LANDSCAPE STUFF THAT YOU GUYS HAVE OUT THERE IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.

IF YOU HAD ANYBODY WITH ANY COMMON SENSE THAT WORKED IN THE CITY THAT KNEW YOU DON'T PUT A BUNCH OF CANOPY TREES 30FT APART, THEY'RE GOING TO TOUCH LIMBS AND BLOCK OUT ALL THE PLANTS AND ALL THE GRASS UNDERNEATH IT, AND YOU WANT TO DO A FIVE FOOT HIGH BERM SO THAT ALL THAT, WHEN ALL THE GRASS DIES FROM THE TREES, IT SHEDS ALL THE DIRT INTO THE STREETS. YEAH.

THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO IMPRESS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY IN TEXAS.

SO AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF A BUILDING IS DESTROYED BY FIRE OR A TORNADO? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A NEW SITE PLAN. WHAT IF THEY DECIDE TO SET A ONE 50,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING? THEY FIND IT'S MORE ECONOMICAL TO BUILD 3 OR 4 SMALLER BUILDINGS.

SO NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN ARE TWO 25,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS.

SO NOW THEY'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH SOME PROCESS.

AND WHO'S GOING TO RUN THE SWAP PROCESS? HAVE YOU ALL EVER WITNESSED HOW THE PROCESS WORKS IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE? IT'S 90 DAYS OR BETTER. WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE THAT? AND WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT SAYS WHETHER SOMETHING IS LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL OR LIGHT INTENSITY OR HEAVY IN INTENSITY? IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT IN HERE. THERE'S NO CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. KEVIN.

KEVIN. GOING ONCE. CHRIS. SCARBOROUGH.

13.894 STATES. TEXAS. THANK YOU. I KIND OF AGREE WITH THE GUY A LITTLE BIT.

HE'S A LITTLE HYPER, BUT I AGREE WITH HIM JUST A LITTLE BIT ON SOME THINGS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TORNADO HITS THAT BUILDING. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THAT? YOU KNOW WHAT? IF THE GUY HAS. ABSOLUTELY. NO WAY TO STOP WHAT HAPPENS TO HIS BUILDING AND HE'S GOING TO REBUILD.

IS HE GOING TO FOLLOW UNDER? IS HE GOING TO FOLLOW UNDER SOME SORT OF GUIDELINES THAT HE'S ABLE TO REBUILD HIS BUILDING OR THAT, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME.

MY BUILDING IS UNDER 5000FT². I'M DOING PRETTY GOOD HERE.

SO BUT THIS IS ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE AS WELL. AND I SEE SOME FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS HERE.

SO I MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO ASK YOU THE SAME THING.

SO WHAT IS IT. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE. I MEAN THAT'S A QUESTION. IT'S A REAL QUESTION. IS THAT GUY GOING TO BE FOLLOWING THIS? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? I DON'T I. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT, IF THE GUY, IF MISS HUNT WANTS TO PUT A MORE THAN 5000 SQUARE FOOT TO HER EXISTING BUILDING, NOW SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO REFILE.

SHE MIGHT HAVE ENOUGH LAND, MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE SPACE TO PUT THE SPOT.

BUT NOW SHE'S GOING TO BE BOUND TO THIS NEW RULE, WHICH IS GOING TO DRIVE UP THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION.

I OWN A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AND I BUILD RESTAURANTS, MOVIE THEATERS, AND CHURCHES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

I'M CURRENTLY IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FIXING HIM TO FLORIDA, A BUILT IN CALIFORNIA.

I BUILD IN MAINE. I BUILD ALL OVER. MY BUSINESS IS RIGHT HERE.

I DO THAT WITH 20 PEOPLE. WE AVERAGE ABOUT 20 MILLION A YEAR.

THANK YOU, JESUS FOR THAT. NOT LAST YEAR. IT'S THE WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE.

IT COST ME $2 MILLION TO KEEP MY DOORS OPEN HERE IN LEWISVILLE.

BUT AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T AFFECT ME AS MUCH AS IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY ELSE.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR SOME OF THE SIMPLEST THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN? MR. HUNT MADE A VALID POINT. SHE POINTS NEEDS TO UPGRADE.

THAT REQUIRES A NEW SITE PLAN. I GO THROUGH SITE PLAN BUILDING APARTMENTS ALL THE TIME.

WE SO MUCH AS FART DURING CONSTRUCTION. I HATE TO SAY IT THAT WAY, BUT WE DO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN REQUIRES A NEW SITE PLAN DURING CONSTRUCTION.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THEN? IT DOESN'T CHANGE.

THESE PEOPLE NEED, IF THEY HAVE AN EXISTING BUILDING, NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE LAND, AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW NEW HOMEOWNERS OR NEW SUBDIVISIONS TO COME IN, MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE HELD TO THAT 500 FOOT RULE SO THAT THEY DON'T GO ON TO THAT EXISTING PROPERTY.

HE SPOKE OF IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE 30 MINUTES, WHERE HE SAID THAT THAT BUILDING WAS PUT THERE IN THE 1980S,

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THE IMPACT OF THE CITIZENS TO BE GREATLY AFFECTED BY THAT TRUCKING.

SO THE CITY ALLOWED IT. I GET IT. WE GOT TO MAKE MONEY.

WE GOT TO ALLOW GROWTH AND NEW POTENTIALS. AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY BUY A BIG, NICE, FANCY HOUSE AND RIGHT BEHIND THEM IS, I DON'T KNOW, THE MAKEUP COMPANY.

WELL, IF THEY DIDN'T LOOK BEHIND THEIR HOUSE TO SEE THERE WAS A MAKEUP BUILDING BACK THERE.

I'M SORRY. THAT'S JUST THE PROBLEM. YOU GOT TO DEAL WITH THAT.

BUT THEY SHOULD SEE IT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE MARY KAY'S TINY.

IT TAKES UP HALF THE MARKET. IT'S ALMOST BIGGER THAN THE MALL WE GOT.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. MOST OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD ARE ANSWERED.

THANK YOU SIR. WELL, NARDUZZI, MY APOLOGIES ON THE LAST NAME.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A TWEENER BECAUSE I RUN A REAL ESTATE COMPANY CALLED MATADOR REALTY INVESTMENTS.

WE'RE LOCALLY OWNED IN PLANO, TEXAS. WE BOUGHT OUR BUILDING AT 699 STATE HIGHWAY 121 AND RAILROAD.

WE CLOSED 1228 OF 24. SO ALL THE NOTICES WERE GOING TO THE SELLER.

WE'RE JUST GETTING THESE NOW. SO A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE.

OUR BUSINESS, UNLIKE A LOT OF THE INSTITUTIONALLY OWNED PEOPLE HERE IN THE ROOM, SUPPORTS EIGHT EMPLOYEES, ROUGHLY 25 CHILDREN. EVERY DEAL WE MAKE GOES DIRECTLY TO US.

ALL OF OUR MONEY IS COMING FROM LOCAL HERE IN DFW.

SO THERE'S PENSION FUNDS, ALL THAT STUFF. BUT I'M A DECISION MAKER.

SO WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS OCCUR, IT GREATLY AFFECTS OUR BUSINESS.

SO I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THE THE LAST COUPLE OF PEOPLE HERE WHO TALKED ABOUT PROPERTIES THAT WERE SMALLER THAN THE 25 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT REQUIREMENT. I'M AN ODDBALL.

MY PROPERTY IS NOT A SECOND GEN SPACE. IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE A THIRD GEN SPACE.

IT'S PROBABLY A FOURTH GEN SPACE. IT'S ROUGHLY 43,000FT.

BUILT IN 1970, IT LOOKS LIKE A PILE OF GARBAGE.

BUT WE BOUGHT IT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ENHANCE IT.

IT'S METAL. IT'S GOT SOME RUST ON IT. IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 10 TO 30,000 PEOPLE DRIVE BY IT EVERY MONTH OR EVERY DAY.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE WHAT THE VOLUME IS, BUT WE BOUGHT IT WITH A MISSION TO KIND OF ENHANCE IT, REPAINT IT. I'VE ALREADY GOT A QUOTE TO GO DO THAT.

BUT OUR TENANTS ARE A PAIN IN THE BUTT. THEY DON'T RESPOND TO OUR EMAILS.

THEY DON'T RESPOND TO OUR PHONE CALLS. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COLLECT RENT.

THEIR PROPERTY HAS NO CEO'S. PERIOD. END OF STORY.

THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR US BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING IN NEXT.

I CAN KICK ALL THE TENANTS OUT. UPGRADE IT. YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY.

I PUT IN SOME TREES. IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING NEXT.

IT COULD BE A WAREHOUSE OR A DISTRIBUTION GUY.

IT COULD BE AN AUTO GUY. IT COULD BE PENSKE. IT COULD REALLY BE ANYBODY, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT IF I'M GOING TO SPEND 20, 30,000 BUCKS IN LANDSCAPING AND ALL THESE ENHANCEMENTS AND I GOT TO GO THROUGH AN SAP SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAID, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET ONE. I'M OKAY WITH IT.

IT IS WHAT IT IS. YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO QUALITY CONTROL, BUT IN THE SPACE I PLAY IN, I'VE GOT 43,000FT.

I GET TO MIES, THE PROPERTY IN FOUR DIFFERENT QUADRANTS.

RIGHT NOW. IT'S DEMISE INTO SIX. IT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL, IT DOESN'T WORK. IT LOOKS REALLY BAD.

BUT IF I DEMISE INTO TWO, INTO TWO, 22 IS MORE OR LESS RIGHT IT THOSE TENANTS COME AND GO QUICK.

IF THEY CAN'T COME AND SIGN A LEASE AND GET IN THE SPACE WITHIN 30 TO 60 DAYS, THEY'RE GOING TO GO ON TO THE NEXT GUY.

SO YOU'RE PUTTING OUR PROPERTY AT RISK. YOU'RE PUTTING ME AT RISK.

YOU PUT HIM AT PUTTING ME AT RISK FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD THE DSR DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO WITH MY LENDER.

SO IT JUST IT ADDS COMPLICATION. WAREHOUSES ARE SIMPLE.

THERE ARE FOUR WALLS AND A ROOF. GENERALLY THAT'S OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE HARD.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM. I DON'T WANT TO EVER UNDERSTAND THEM.

BUT WHAT WE DO IS SIMPLE. WE TRY TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.

THIS MAKES IT MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT'S UNKNOWN.

SO I BOUGHT A PROPERTY WITH THE GOAL TO ENHANCE IT AND THIS IS CAUSING UNKNOWN ISSUES.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT, SO CAN'T REALLY PROJECT THAT'S NOT REALLY HEALTHY, BUT THAT'S WHERE ME AND MY PARTNERS ARE AT. SO JUST VOICING CONCERNS BECAUSE I'M THE TWEENER, I'M THE GUY WHO'S NOT SUB 25,000FT. I'M NOT HIM.

I'M NOT THE BIG GUY OUT OF NEW YORK. I'M RIGHT IN BETWEEN.

SO THAT'S ALL I REALLY GOT TO SAY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS,

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THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY SPEAKERS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. MAYOR, IF YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD.

SO FIRST OFF, RICHARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK ON THIS. WE COULD HAVE MADE IT VERY SIMPLE AND GONE WITH THE FIRST ITERATION THAT WE HAD. BLUNT FORCE BEEN DONE.

NO AMBIGUITY, BUT I THINK TRYING TO GO THROUGH AND CLARIFY AND AND LISTEN AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE CARVE OUTS, THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO JUST MAYBE NOT HERE ANYMORE JUST GOT CONFUSED FOR SOME REASON.

BUT THAT WASN'T A THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. SO I APPRECIATE YOU LEANING IN FOR THAT AND REAL QUICK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A GREAT A GREAT SLIDE UP. THIS SHOWED HOW ALL THE FLEXIBILITY IN LIGHT INTENSITY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

I'M SORRY. SO JUST JUST REAL QUICK, YOU HAVE ACCESSORY BUILDING, ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY USE CEMETERY OUTSIDE STORES. SOLAR ENERGY, WIND ENERGY, ANIMAL CARE, VETERINARY COMMUNITY CENTERS, PARKS, SCHOOLS, BREWERIES.

THERE'S A LOT YOU CAN DO WITH LIGHTING, WITH LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, A WHOLE BUNCH. THIS IS ONE USE OF THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER 30 ON HERE.

AND THEN IF I GO IN AND LOOK AT THE CONCEPT OF NEEDING SOUP FOR LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL IS NOT NEW.

IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE CODE YOU NEED, YOU NEED SOME FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, FOR COMMERCIAL, FOR FOR MANUFACTURING, MEDIUM INTENSITY DWELLING UNIT BAR, FOOD TRUCK PARTS, KIOSKS. IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON. SO THE CONCEPT OF AN SAP IS NOT A NEW CONCEPT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

SO I THINK THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I THINK IT WOULD BE UNREASONABLE TO ASK THIS COUNCIL WHAT WHAT WE COULD EXPECT IN 50 YEARS AND TRY TO SET GUIDANCE FOR THE 2075 COUNCIL, JUST LIKE IT WAS UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT THE THE 1975 COUNCIL WOULD HAVE ANY IDEA THAT WE'D HAVE INTERNET, THAT WE'D HAVE A GROWTH, WE'D HAVE COVID COME BUMP UP THE DEMAND FOR WAREHOUSES.

THEY HAD NO WAY OF SEEING THAT COMING. SO THAT DOES ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE COMMENTS.

RICHARD, I DID HAVE ONE. ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS MENTIONED THAT IT NEEDED TO REFERENCE A TABLE THAT THE THE ORDINANCE NEEDED TO REFERENCE THE TABLE OR SHOULD.

DID YOU CATCH THAT? I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE SPOKE WITH.

AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL SECTION 24 THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR, FOR AMENDMENTS.

THIS IS ONE OF 24 SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS. SO CHAPTER THREE ADDRESS THE SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR ALL 24 CATEGORIES.

THIS IS JUST ONE CATEGORY OF THOSE 24. AND IT STATES VERY CLEARLY THAT PART OF THE OF THE CODE THAT IF YOU CANNOT MEET ALL OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS, THEN YOU CAN YOU CAN REQUEST AN SUP FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.

OKAY. COUNSEL. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SUBSECTIONS AS PRESENTED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING ARTICLE SEVEN USES PARKING REQUIREMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS, AND CERTAIN DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF VOLUME TWO OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7.3, SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS, SECTION 7.3.2 FOR MANUFACTURING, LIGHT INTENSITY MANUFACTURING, MEDIUM INTENSITY, MANUFACTURING, HEAVY INTENSITY AND WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY TO PROHIBIT SUCH USES FROM LOCATING ON A PROPERTY WITHIN 500FT OF PROPERTIES CONTAINING CERTAIN OTHER USES WITHOUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND AMENDING EXHIBIT 7.2.3 FOR NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS TO CLARIFY APPLICABILITY OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH USES IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS.

PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING SEVERABILITY, A PENALTY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR TAKING THE TIME AND BEING HERE AND YOUR COMMENTS.

IF YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO CITY STAFF OR TO CITY COUNCIL AND WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE UNDER ADVISEMENT.

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PHASE TWO, LOCATED AT 1010 EDMOND'S LANE, SUITE 107 AND ZONE LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS REQUESTED BY YANGON ZOO TOP MASSAGE ON BEHALF OF JAY MAHARAJ LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER. CASE NUMBER 24, 12 DASH 21 SUPP.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO OPERATE A LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPY BUSINESS IN A SPACE WHERE THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS OWNER AND ANOTHER PERSON WAS ARRESTED WITH FOUR COMBINED CHARGES RELATED TO PROSTITUTION, PER SECTION 7.2.23 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL SEVEN TO NOTHING ON JANUARY 21ST, 2025, DUE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DENIAL, AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST THREE FOURTHS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE SUP. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DENY THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE.

MR. RICHARD LUEDKE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS IS NOW OPEN.

MAYOR, I DID WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE RECORD BEFORE WE GOT STARTED.

I KNOW THERE WAS REFERENCES REFERENCE TO A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE FLOWER MOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE DID NOT. I THINK THEY'VE SUBMITTED THAT TO THE.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW OF THAT OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.

STAFF HAS FOUND ANOTHER REVIEW. IT'S THROUGH AMP REVIEW USENET, AND I CANNOT CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS ACCURATE, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT ARE WRITING REVIEWS OF THE APPLICANT'S SPA THAT'S CURRENTLY LOCATED IN FLOWER MOUND, THAT IS, IDENTIFYING THAT THERE ARE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES HAPPENING THERE.

IS IT NOT A SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM? I DO HAVE A SPEAKER.

WE HAVE CHAINSAW AND RUSTY CHOO AND MY APOLOGIES.

IT'S THAT'S NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE, SO I'VE. I'VE GOTTEN YOUR NAMES.

I APOLOGIZE. THEY HAVE FROM CROSS TIMBERS AND CORINTH LANE AND FLOWER MOUND IN FRISCO.

THEY'RE HERE TO TO SPEAK.

FOR CROSS TIMBERS. SERIAL NUMBER ONE, TWO SIX FROM TEXAS.

BUT ALSO I HAVE THEM CALLED COCOA. SO YOU CAN FIND MY NAME ON GOOGLE AND REVIEWS IN PARLIAMENT.

THANK YOU. AND MY NAME IS RUSTY CHU. ADDRESS IS 9915 CORINTH LANE IN FRISCO, TEXAS.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO TODAY THIS EVENING.

WE ATTENDED THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 21ST OF JANUARY AFTER WE WENT THROUGH A FEW ROUNDS OF QUESTION AND ANSWER OF COMPLIANCE REQUEST, AND WE AGREED TO MEET ALL THE OTHER REQUESTS, AND ALSO WE ADDED A FEW MORE.

EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT REQUESTED, FOR EXAMPLE DURING OPERATION ALL DOORS OF THE MASSAGE ROOMS WILL BE OPEN JUST AS THEY ARE BEING OPENED IN THE CURRENT ESTABLISHMENTS IN FLOWER MOUNT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO. BEFORE PROCEEDING, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT, ON THAT REVIEW.

MR.. ESTABLISHMENT IN FLOWER MOUND. SHE OPERATES THE ESTABLISHMENT WITH ALL THE DOORS OPEN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISREGARD THE, THE REVIEWS BECAUSE AFTER ALL, THIS IS A FREE WORLD. EVERYBODY CAN SAY WHATEVER, I CAN GO GO TO THE PLATFORM AND SAY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CAME TO VISIT TO. SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

BUT ANYWAY. EVEN THOUGH. EVEN THOUGH THE COMPLIANCE REQUESTS ARE MET.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DECIDED TO VOTE A DENIAL.

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AND I ALREADY DISTRIBUTED THE THREE LICENSES FOR FOR MISAO.

SHE GOT LICENSED A PERSONAL MASSAGE LICENSE IN JANUARY 2024.

AND ANOTHER ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE FOR HER CURRENT ESTABLISHMENT IN OCTOBER 24TH, AND SHE ALSO OBTAINED A ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE IN JANUARY 25TH FOR THE INTENDED VENUE, 1010 SOUTH EDMONDS.

HAVING SAID THAT, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVERY LICENSE APPROVAL HAS TO GO THROUGH RIGOROUS BACKGROUND CHECK BY THIS DATE. AND THESE ARE FACTS. THESE ARE NOT ASSUMPTIONS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THE REASON THAT MISAO WANTS TO OBTAIN THIS ESTABLISHMENT AT 1010 SOUTH EDMONDS IS BECAUSE OF COST ONLY, NOT BECAUSE OF THE CLIENTELE.

RIGHT NOW, SHE IS PAYING OVER $4,000 OF RENT FOR LESS THAN 1000FT² AT HER FLOWER MOUND SHOP.

AND HER INTENTION IS TO GET THIS ESTABLISHMENT IN LEWISVILLE AND IMMEDIATELY SELL HER SHOP, BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO AFFORD. AND ON ANOTHER NOTE, THAT IT'S PERSONAL, BUT I GOT HER CONSENT. SHE'S DIVORCED, AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE CUSTODY OF HER TWO UNDERAGE CHILDREN, AND SHE OPERATES. SHE KNOWS. SHE UNDERSTANDS VERY WELL.

THIS BUSINESS CAN BE SHADY, AND SHE WORKS VERY CAREFULLY.

THAT'S WHY SHE MAKES SURE THAT THERE'S NO FOUL PLAY.

BECAUSE ANY FOUL PLAY, SHE'LL LOSE VISITATION TO HER KIDS.

SO AM I OUT OF TIME? YOU ARE, BUT YOU BOTH FILLED OUT CARDS, SO I'LL.

I'LL. I'M SORRY. YOU ARE OUT OF TIME, BUT YOU BOTH FILLED OUT CARDS, SO IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON HER BEHALF, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. AND THE CITY ALLOWS HER TO TO OPEN A SGP APPLICATION AND PAY CLOSE TO $800,000 FEE WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THERE IS A DETERMINATION THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED.

THE LAST IN THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THAT LADY, WE DID GET THE NAME. SHE SAID IT'S NOT REALLY YOU, IT'S THE IS THE PLACE.

SO MEANING THAT THE PLACE IS GOING TO BE DENIED.

SO WHY A STEPPED UP APPLICATION AND TAKES $800 OF FEES AND THEN GO THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS BACK AND FORTH QUESTIONS AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO DENY ANYWAY WITHOUT CONSIDERATION.

SO. I THINK A DENIAL IS GOING TO HURT THE LANDLORD.

ALSO, IT'S GOING TO HURT A GOOD BUSINESS PERSON WITH INTEGRITY, A LAW ABIDING BUSINESS PERSON.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO URGE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONSIDER AND GRANT APPROVAL FOR HER SGP APPLICATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.

SO I WAS READING THROUGH YOUR LETTER HERE TO PNC, AND I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU CAME ACROSS THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT SAYS YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE AND NEVER MET MISS TALEB BEFORE, THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE TOP MASSAGE.

SO HOW DID YOU COME ACROSS THIS OPPORTUNITY? THE CURRENT.

WELL, THE SELLER ADVERTISED ON SOME SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE SHE WAS SELLING THE BUSINESS.

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ANYBODY CAN SAY ANYTHING, RIGHT? YOU SAID NOW'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY. WE ASK FOR A WE ASKED FOR A WE FILED A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST TO GET THE ARREST DOCUMENTS FROM GEORGIA. NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.

I'M NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTAND YOU. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WAS A THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT MADE OUT.

MAYBE IT WAS AN ARREST. THERE'S A POLICE REPORT MADE OUT AT GEORGIA.

CORRECT. CAN CAN I CLARIFY? YES. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A COMPLAINT.

MADE A COMPLAINT? YES. OKAY. BUT WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T GET ANY OF THAT DOCUMENTATION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT THAT COMPLAINT WAS ABOUT? NOT SHOWING THE.

POLICE REPORT. SHE SHE DOESN'T. SHE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE REPORT WAS ABOUT.

BECAUSE SHE WAS SHE WAS NEVER APPROACHED. NOT EVEN A PHONE CALL FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I MEAN, LAST AFTER AFTER THE LAST HEARING WHEN WE WERE STANDING OUTSIDE, SHE WAS ACTUALLY VERY MAD BECAUSE SHE SAID IF AN ALLEGATION, A CRIME LIKE THAT IS VERY SERIOUS, WHY DIDN'T THE POLICE EVEN CALL, VISIT OR OR ASK HER TO TO GO TO THE POLICE STATION AND AN ANSWER.

NO, THERE'S NO NO POLICE. SO THE REPORT WAS SO SENSITIVE THAT WE CAN'T GET A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FULFILLED.

OH, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET THE REPORT, BUT YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.

WE WE KNOW. HAVE YOU GONE TO THE POLICE AND ASKED THEM ABOUT IT? SHE DID, SHE DID.

YEAH. BECAUSE SINCE YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IT.

SHE WENT, ACTUALLY WENT TO FLOWER MOUND TO TRY TO GET WHAT THAT WAS, AND THEY WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO HER.

SHE GAVE MICHELLE A COPY BY EMAIL. DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT? OF THAT REPORT? AND I KIND OF READ IT, AND IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOT. IT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. WELL, IT WAS SO SENSITIVE, THEY WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO US.

SO DOES SOMEBODY ON STAFF HAVE A COPY OF THIS REPORT THAT WE DON'T KNOW OF? AND BERRIMAN. THEY MICHELLE BERRY HAS A COPY, BUT WE JUST SENT IT TO HER BEFORE THE THE PUBLIC HEARING STARTED. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. THE WHY THIS LOCATION? YOU SAID IT WAS FOR COST REASONS, BUT IT'S UNKNOWN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CERTAIN KIND OF CLIENTELE BECAUSE THIS IS KNOWN.

YOU CAN SAY THAT THE THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THE REVIEWS OUT THERE ARE FALSE, BUT YOU GOT A CERTAIN KIND OF CLIENTELE THAT'S GOING TO COME THERE ANYWAY.

IF I'M A BUSINESS OWNER AND I'M GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THERE'S BEEN THREE ROBBERIES THERE, I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO OPEN UP A SHOP WHERE THERE'S BEEN THREE ROBBERIES. SO WHY? WHY THIS SHOP? WHY THIS LOCATION? STRICTLY COST THE PLACE HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR, I DON'T KNOW FOR HOW LONG ALREADY. AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER. WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT BEFORE IT CAN BE REOPENED IF APPROVED.

SO I THINK THESE CLIENTS, WHOEVER, WHOEVER WENT THERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WOULD PROBABLY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO THERE ARE FOUR RISKS, I BELIEVE. RIGHT? FOUR RESTS. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT SAID ON THE THREE.

THREE RESTS. DO WE KNOW THE TIME FRAME FOR THAT? I'M TRYING TO EXTRAPOLATE OUT HOW MANY CLIENTS WE MIGHT HAVE THAT INCLUDED THE OWNER. OKAY.

AWESOME. OKAY. AND THEN ONE FINAL QUESTION. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS QUESTIONS HERE.

THE HOURS OF OPERATION THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS TO CLOSE AT WHAT, EIGHT? I THINK 830, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO CURRENTLY IN YOUR FLOWER MOUND GPS LOCATION, YOU'RE OPEN MUCH LATER THAN THAT.

WHY ARE YOU OPEN TO 10 P.M. ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY? THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A FOOD STORE. USUALLY WE SAY IT'S 10:00 PM, BUT USUALLY WE CLOSE AT 9 P.M..

BECAUSE THE FLOWER MOUND, LIKE SOME, LIKE SOME PLACES, THE PEOPLE COME LATE, BUT IN FLORIDA YOU DON'T ACTUALLY ACTUALLY LIVE BY.

THE STORES USUALLY CLOSE VERY EARLY AND THE PEOPLE IS VERY HIGH QUALITY PEOPLE.

THEY GO TO BED VERY EARLY ACTUALLY WITH 9:00.

UNTIL THIS WEEKEND. IT'S VALENTINE'S WEEKEND.

WE STAYED UNTIL 10 P.M. BECAUSE WE HAVE STILL HAVE CLIENTS CALLED APPOINTMENTS, BUT USUALLY IF WE DON'T HAVE APPOINTMENTS, CALL LAUREN IS ALREADY CLOSED 9 P.M. AND WE'RE CLOSED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

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MICHELLE, I SAW MICHELLE WALK IN THE ROOM. YES.

THEY THEY RECEIVED A SIMILAR RESPONSE THAT WE DID WHEN THEY ASKED FOR THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.

THEY RECEIVED A SIMILAR LETTER WITH RESPONSE.

OKAY, SO THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND WILL NOT RELEASE THE REPORT TO HER EITHER.

YES. THE EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED HAD THE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS THAT SAME STYLE LETTER THAT JUST SAID THEY'RE NOT RELEASING THE REPORT.

WE ALSO WOULD LIKE THE REPORT TO BE DISCLOSED TO BECAUSE WE WANT.

WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I MEAN, I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY, WITHOUT SEEING THAT REPORT.

IT'S IT'S ALMOST I MEAN, IF THERE'S A REPORT THAT COULD BE RECEIVED THAT WOULD EXONERATE, YOU KNOW, THE ALLEGATIONS COMPLETELY. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO HAVE.

I DON'T FEEL I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING AN SUP WITHOUT SEEING THAT, BECAUSE WHAT I'M SEEING FROM THE ATTORNEY, AND ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE FLOWER MOUND, WILL NOT RELEASE THE REPORT TO YOU EITHER.

EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE THE BUSINESS OWNER, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE CONCERNING AS WELL.

ABOUT WHAT? WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED? WHAT? WHAT? AND THAT IS MORE THAN JUST A REVIEW ONLINE BECAUSE I REALIZE REVIEW ONLINE, DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT? FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH? ANYBODY CAN GO SAY ANYTHING IF THEY'RE UNHAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED.

BUT WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INVOLVED, THAT CONCERNS ME MORE.

SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT REPORT. MAYOR.

A REVIEW ONLINE SUCH AS YELP OR YAHOO REVIEW, BECAUSE SOMEONE'S UNHAPPY WITH YOU IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE REVIEWS THAT I FOUND. WITH YOUR EXISTING ESTABLISHMENT LISTED.

THEY THEY DON'T. THERE. THAT'S NIGHT AND DAY.

THEY RATE THE GIRLS. THEY TALK ABOUT HAPPY ENDINGS.

THEY GO ALL OUT DISCUSSING THIS. I STOPPED AT SIX, AT SIX SITES.

THE LETTER THAT YOU HAVE TALKS ABOUT TAKING OVER THE LOCATION.

IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT MOVING YOUR BUSINESS. IT TALKS ABOUT TAKING OVER THAT LOCATION.

I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THERE MAY BE EXISTING CLIENTELE BECAUSE I WENT AND MATCHED UP SOME NAMES AND THEY CROSSED. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. ANYBODY CAN SAY ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WANT SOMETHING.

AND I'M NOT BUYING IT. IF YOU WANT TO OPEN A LEGIT MASSAGE, FOOT SPA OR WHATEVER, BUY HER OUT AND OPEN IT IN ANOTHER LOCATION THAT YOU DON'T NEED AN SUP IN.

BUT THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD EVER VOTE FOR AN SUP RIGHT NOW.

WELL, WE KIND OF EXPECTED THAT BECAUSE. BECAUSE IT'S A PRE DETERMINATION.

NO, IT'S NOT A PREDETERMINED. IT IS. NO IT'S NOT SIR.

IT'S A LOT OF RESEARCH. IT IS. IT IS. WE ARE PREPARED.

WE ARE PREPARED. BUT. I THINK IT'S ABSURD THAT SHE WILL.

SHE GOES SOMEWHERE AND IT'S THE SAME OLD HER, AND IT WILL BE APPROVED.

BUT OVER THERE IS NOT A PROOF. I ALREADY SAID IT'S BECAUSE OF COST.

GOING SOMEWHERE? REMODEL. THERE A BRAND NEW PLACE.

IT WILL TAKE 60 $70,000 MINIMUM. BUT GOING IN HERE IS $10,000.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON. THANK YOU SIR. AND THE RENT IS ONLY $1,500.

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SO I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. SO.

AND THIS IS. SO I WENT OUT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE CYPRESS FOR TEXAS HERE.

AND I WAS LOOKING TO TRY TO FIND WHO OWNS WHAT.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE. AND AGAIN, I REALIZE THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON FOR NAME, BUT I SEE A G OF FOOT MASSAGE LLC THAT THE REGISTERED AGENT WAS ZHANG'S ACCOUNTING AND TAX SERVICES. DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? I THINK I RECOGNIZE THIS ACCOUNTING FIRM. THEY THEY OPENED LLCS FOR AND COMPANIES FOR BUSINESSES. SO WAS THIS THIS GUY THAT I SAW ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S SITE.

IT WAS SHUT DOWN IN 2002. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS REOPENED AGAIN.

AND RIGHT AFTER THAT WITH A GROUP CALLED ENHANCED HEALTH, LLC.

DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS, LLC? THIS WAS CONFUSING TO ME BECAUSE THE THE YANG ZHANGZHOU, IT SHOWS AS A MANAGER, BUT IT SHOWS THAT THE THE THE GOVERNING BODY IS ENHANCED HEALTH LLC OUT OF FLORIDA.

I'M JUST WONDERING WHO THAT IS. SHE SHE JUST SAID I'M TRANSLATING, AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW.

SHE BOUGHT THE BUSINESS. SO IT WAS. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT, AND SHE BOUGHT IT FROM SOMEONE, AND SHE ENGAGED JOAN'S ACCOUNTING FIRM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MR. MAYOR. MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCIL.

PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES SIX TO NOTHING.

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DENY OR APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION. MAYOR, I MOVE MOVED TO DENY SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

CITY ATTORNEY. THAT'S ONLY IF ORDINANCE IS APPROVED.

IT WOULD HELP IF I READ THE PARENTHETICAL. I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO DENY.

WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, PLEASE VOTE. COUNCIL.

MOTION PASSES TO DENY. A SIX TO NOTHING. ITEM THREE.

PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS OR REPEALING AND REPLACING ARTICLE SIX STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS OF CHAPTER TEN PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY CODE, WITH A NEW ARTICLE SIX STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS AND SETTING FORTH OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE STANDARDS OF CARE AND FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER TEN PARKS AND REC PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF CITY APPROVED LEAGUE PLAY OR ATHLETIC EVENT, AND AMENDING ARTICLE THREE PARKS AND AMENDING THE AREAS WHERE CONSUMPTION OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON PARK PROPERTY IS ALLOWED, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEAL OR SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO CITY POLICY STATEMENT 4.0.

CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES DEFINES GUIDELINES AND DUTIES FOR THE PARKS BOARD.

LIZ CURFEW PROHIBITS PROHIBITED ACTS WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM.

PARKS AND FACILITIES WHERE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE ALLOWED.

CREATES LOCAL STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH PROGRAMING AND AMONG OTHER THINGS. SEVERAL UPDATES TO THE CHAPTER WERE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 2022, WITH UPDATES TO STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH PROGRAMING OCCURRING IN MAY 2023 AND MARCH 2024.

IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH UPDATES TO FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS KEEP PACE WITH EMERGING RECREATION TRENDS AND ADDRESS ISSUES THAT COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY OF THE PARK SYSTEM, THE DEPARTMENT REVIEWS AND PROPOSES UPDATES TO THE CHAPTER REGULARLY.

IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AND POLICY STATEMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE, AND WE DO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, MISS STACY AND I, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS IS NOW OPEN.

I HAVE NO COMMENT CARDS ON THIS COUNCIL. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AND POLICY STATEMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND NO PARENTHETICAL.

SO, CITY ATTORNEY, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS BY REPEALING AND REPLACING ARTICLE SIX, STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS OF CHAPTER TEN.

PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY CODE IS A NEW ARTICLE SIX STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS AND SETTING FORTH OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE

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PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE. REPEALING SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM I REGULAR HEARING 13. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION,

[I. Regular Hearing]

AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF AN APPRAISER AND NEGOTIATOR AS NECESSARY.

AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ESTABLISH JUST COMPENSATION FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO BE ACQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL LAWS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE NEEDED PROPERTY RIGHTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY OR HER DESIGNEE TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY RIGHTS IF PURCHASE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL, PROVIDING FOR REPEALING SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE CITY ENTERED INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH BIRKHOFF, HENDRICKS AND CARTER LLP ON APRIL 15TH, 2024 TO DESIGN THE MIDWAY BRANCH FOR ITS MAIN PROJECT.

THE PROJECT IS A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL ENHANCE THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE'S WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE GROWTH DEMANDS. THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION INVOLVES 23,000 LINEAR FEET OF 30 INCH SANITARY SEWER FORCE MAIN, CONNECTING THE MIDWAY BRANCH LIFT STATION TO THE CITY'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

TO FACILITATE THIS, PROPERTY RIGHTS FROM THREE PARCELS MUST BE SECURED VIA DONATION, PURCHASE OR EMINENT DOMAIN.

THE RESOLUTION WILL ENABLE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE PROPERTY ACQUISITION OR INITIATE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS IF NECESSARY, ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE BY USING THE FOLLOWING MOTION, WHICH IS PRESCRIBED BY THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 22 06.

053B. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DESCRIBED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 113, AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FOR PUBLIC USE THE PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION, SAID DESCRIPTIONS AND DEPICTIONS BEING INCORPORATED INTO THIS MOTION FOR ALL PURPOSES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SANITARY SEWER FORCE.

MAIN FROM THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. MIDWAY BRANCH LIFT STATION NEAR 559 HOLFORD PRAIRIE TO THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT 897 TREATMENT PLANT ROAD. THE VOTE SHALL APPLY TO ALL UNITS OF PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE CONDEMNED.

COUNCIL. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DESCRIBED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER I 13 AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FOR PUBLIC USE THE PROPERTIES DESCRIBED AND DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED. THE RESOLUTION SAID.

DESCRIPTIONS AND DEPICTIONS BE INCORPORATED INTO THIS MOTION FOR ALL PURPOSES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SANITARY SEWER FORCE.

MAIN FROM THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. MIDWAY BRANCH LIFT STATION NEAR 559 HULL FIRST PRAIRIE ROAD TO THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT 897 TREATMENT PLANT ROAD.

THIS VOTE SHALL APPLY TO ALL UNITS OF PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE CONDEMNED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM J.

[J. Reports]

I HAVE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF REPORTS. ALSO IN OUR PACKETS.

WE HAVE OUR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST OF 2024.

COUNCIL MEMBER MERIDITH. YES, MAYOR. I'VE GOT SOME LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK.

TWEEN SCENE FOR CHILDREN AGE 9 TO 12. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 430 TO 530.

BENNETT PROGRAM ROOM A TICKET IS REQUIRED. TEEN AFTER HOURS HUNGER GAMES PARTY FOR TEENS AGE 13 TO 18.

ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 630 TO 9. CHILDREN'S WING REGISTRATION AND PERMISSION FORM REQUIRED.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER TROYER.

YES, MAYOR. I HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS FOR THE LEWISVILLE GRAND THEATER.

FIRST OF ALL, PERFORMANCES. HELLO, DOLLY. HELLO, DOLLY! PRESENTED BY THE CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER OF DFW.

FEBRUARY 21ST TO THE 23RD AND FEBRUARY 28TH THROUGH MARCH 2ND, WITH TWO SHOWS ON FEBRUARY 22ND AND MARCH 3RD. ACOUSTIC ROCK SONGWRITING CHALLENGE.

APPARENTLY THAT THE WORD WORD OF THE CHALLENGE IS ROCK.

THE SONGWRITING CHALLENGE WILL BE PRESENTED ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

IT'S PRESENTED BY THE VISUAL ART LEAGUE OF LEWISVILLE.

WILL ALWAYS VARY. THESE HAVE TO BE ORIGINAL SONGS THAT ARE PRESENTED FOR THE PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THIS

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IN THE JAM SESSION FRIDAYS AGAIN PRESENTED BY THE VISUAL ART LEAGUE OF LEWISVILLE ACTIVITIES YOUTH, TEEN COMMUNITY AND MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP PRESENTED BY OUR PRODUCTIONS THEATER COMPANY ON MARCH 1ST AND A NUMBER OF EXHIBITIONS GOING ON. FIRST OF ALL 2025 FOR ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS.

NAM, BRUNO, LEE AND LEE. PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE THAT GOES THROUGH MARCH 4TH.

BUILDING BRIDGES FOR HOPE TOWARD UNITY. PRESENTED BY THE MLK OF NORTH TEXAS.

AND THAT IS THROUGH FEBRUARY 22ND. THESE ARE ALL PAINTINGS THAT WERE PRODUCED FOR THE MLK CELEBRATION BY L.A.

ISD STUDENTS. AND THERE ARE SOME TREMENDOUS PIECES IN THERE.

SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT AND SEE THOSE.

THEN LIST 20 2425 ART SHOW HIGH SCHOOL, PRESENTED BY LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH FEBRUARY 22ND AND THEN LIST 20 2425 ART SHOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESENTED BY THE LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FEBRUARY 28TH THROUGH MARCH 15TH. AND THAT IS MY REPORT.

THANK YOU SIR. STATE ATTORNEY, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

NO. ANYTHING, RICHARD? NO. I'M DONE. ROCHELLE.

DAVE. LAKE LEVEL. JUST HAVE THE LAKE LEVEL 93.5%.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SIR. NOTHING, CHIEF. CHIEF.

COUNCIL MEMBER. KELLY. I THINK I'VE TALKED OUT, MAYOR.

FAIR ENOUGH. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME, AND THE CAFFEINE IS WEARING OFF, SO I'M GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER JONES. I'LL BE BRIEF.

RICHARD'S BEEN CALLED EVERYTHING BUT A CHILD OF GOD TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. YOU'RE APPRECIATED. COUNCILMEMBER CADE.

I WOULD, BUT I WAS SHUSHED EARLIER BY THE MAYOR.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A SHUSH. MORE THAN. I GUESS.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER. WE DEFINITELY WILL.

CITY MANAGER. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY GOOD JOB, RICHARD. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK ON ALL THE DIFFERENT ISSUES. IT'S ALWAYS CHALLENGING TO TO MANAGE EVERYBODY'S WANTS AND NEEDS.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE THE DIALOG AND THE CONVERSATION, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A BETTER ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF IT.

SO THANK YOU GUYS. AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR FOR WORKING WITH SO MANY VARIED INTERESTS.

[L. Closed Session]

DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. EXCUSE ME.

ALL RIGHT. AS THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE STAND ADJOURNED. I'M JUST GETTING SOME EXTRA STEPS IN HERE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.