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GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THIS WORKSHOP SESSION OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL. MICROPHONES ARE LIVE AND IT PICKS UP EVERYTHING. FIRST UP IS DISCUSSION OF CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THAT. I GOT COUNCIL MEMBER CADE FOR OUR INVOCATION. I'M DOING THE PLEDGES TO THE FLAGS. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR SAY NO TO BULLYING WEEK AS WELL AS A PROK LOW MATION FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH. D1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE BY REZONING 1.304 ACRES, 11135 QUESTIONS ON THE ANALOG EDITION? ALL RIGHT. ITEM 2, PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF REZONING 1.613 AC ACRES, THIS IS THE AO TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OVER ON MILLFORD
HILL. >> IS THIS PROPERTY GOING TO BE
ON CORPORATE WHEN ITS FINISHED. >> MOST LIKELY.
IT DOES -- IT DOES HAVE DOUBLE FRONTAGE, THE APPLICANT HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR MORE VISIBILITY FOR FUTURE CUSTOMERS TO CORPORATE THERE IS SOME THINGS YOU'LL WANT TO LOOK AT LIKE SITE PLAN AND BUT STAFF WILL WORK WITH THEM TO SECURE
THEIR ACCESS TO CORPORATE DRIVE. >> SO THIS IS JUST A STRAIGHT ZONING RIGHT NOW AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH SITE PLAN.
>> YES. >> OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? ALL RIGHT. CONSENT ITEM APPROVAL 3 OF THE MINUTES. AND THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION SER SERVICES.
THAT'S TRUE. WE'VE GOT VISION, WE GOT ALL THAT. I CAN READ THE WHOLE THING.
>> FIVE RESOLUTION CITY COUNCIL VARIOUS AGREEMENTS, DISPERSEMENT OF GRAND IF YO FUNDING AND THES SOCIAL SERVICES GRANTS.
WE'LL MOVE TO REGULAR HEARING ITEM 6, CONSIDERATION OF VARIANCE TO WAVE SPECIAL EVENT FEES FOR REOCCURRING SECOND SATURDAYS. I DO NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS ONE. I AM PART OF THE OBTBA AND IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS I CAN STEP OUT NOW.
WE DO HAVE ITEM H, WE HAVE THE CHIEF TO REPORT ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE AGENDA.
QUESTIONS. WORKSHOP ITEM B, DISCUSSION OF MICROMOBILITY ORDINANCE AND WE HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF TO GIVE A
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. >> LET'S SEE IF SUB TITLES WORK
WITH THE SLIDES THOUGH. >> IT WAS JUST THE ONE.
[LAUGHTER]. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS PRESENTATION IS TO TALK THROUGH A PROPOSED ORDINANCE WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOU THE DEAL WITH MICROMOBILITY.
MICROMOBILITY IS AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES WE SEE OUT IN THE GENERAL OPERATING AREA I'LL WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS AND WHAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS DESIGNED TO DO IF WE GO FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT. LIKE I JUST SAID I'LL BE WALKING YOU THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS FROM A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE ON WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND THE CURRENT ISSUE WE'RE SEEING AND SOME EDUCATION WE'VE DONE A PROPOSED ORDINANCE OF WHAT IT MIGHT LIKE LIKE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS YOU WANT US TO GO WITH THIS. HISTORICALLY THIS IS NOT A NEW CONVERSATION FOR THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.
IT'S NOT NEW TO POLICING ANY OTHER COMMUNITY.
GULF CARTS, BICYCLES AND EBIKES HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND THEY'VE GROWN AND ADVANCED AND TECHNOLOGY HAS GOTTEN BETTER AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN FASTER AND MORE AFFORDABLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THEM. THEY ARE ALL GOVERNED BY THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE THAT'S THE LAWS THAT TELL YOU CAN AND CAN'T OPERATE THEM ON PUBLIC SPACE AND PUBLIC ROADWAYS.
SO JUST TO FOCUS ON THIS FROM EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEER COMPLIANCE OVER THE YEARS SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE GOLF CARTS SOME NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE RIDING EBIKES OR BICYCLES AND SOME DON'T WE TRY TO FOCUS
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OR ATTENTION WHERE THERE'S INTERACTIONS WITH VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS THAT'S WHERE THE EDUCATION HAS BEEN.PRIMARILY THAT'S OUR NEIGHBOR AND RESOURCE OFFICERS OVER THE YEARS AND REALLY NO DIFFERENT NOW THAT'S WHO HAVE BEEN MANAGING ALONG THE WAY AND ONGOING COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND OUTREACH IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DOING YEAR OVER YEAR AND THE WEBSITE IS ALSO UPDATED REGULARLY AND WE WORK CLOSELY TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE RULES ARE CLEAR SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY SAY. SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT ISSUE? SO LEWISVILLE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY NEAR US OR SURROUNDING US IS EXPERIENCING AN UPTICK IN THE USAGE OF THESE VEHICLES. SOME OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE ACTUALLY NOT COVERED BY TEXAS STATE LAW.
SO THE NUMBER OFS AND NUMBER OF OPERATORS AND THE TYPES OF AREAS THEY ARE OPERATING AND AGE OF THE OPERATOR IS SOMETHING OF INTEREST. SO THAT HAS CREATED A LARGE NUMBER OF INCREASED INTERACTIONS WITH MOST RIDERS, 3EPEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS OUT ON THE ROADWAY TODAY.
SO AS A RESULT OF THAT OVER THE SUMMER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AND THEN PUBLIC VISITABILITY AND REINFORCEMENT MESSAGE THAT IS CONCENTRATING ON ENFORCING THE RULES AROUND THESE VEHICLES UP HERE.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR I EBIKES AND GF CARTS AND MOTOR ASSISTED SCOOTERS AND WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING WHEN WE TALKED ABILITY THE RULES OF THE ROAD AND INVITED THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO HEAR WHAT WE HAD TO SAY ON THE WEBSITE AND WE DISTRIBUTED FLYERS AND QR CODE AND SIGNS OUT EVERY CH WAY ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE AWARE NUMBER ONE WE WERE HAVING THIS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND NUMBER TWO WE WOULD BE INCREASING PRESENCE IN THE CITY THAT WE WOULD BE ENFORCING THE LAWS IF NEED BE. A LOT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THAT FIRST CONTACTS WERE THE PEOPLE WE RAN INTO, NOT THE IDEA OF ENFORCE BY WRITING TICKETS BUT MORE EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING. MORE CONTACT, MORE TASK STOPS AND MORE CITATIONS WERE ISSUED AS WE WENT FORWARD WITH THAT BUT THERE IS A GAP IN THE WAY THAT TRANSPORTATION CODE IS CONSTRUCTED IN WHAT WE THINK MIGHT BE VIABLE FROM A CITY ORDINANCE PERSPECTIVE SO WHY WOULD YOU NEED A LOCAL ORDINANCE TO COVER THE GAP.
IT DOESN'T COVER EVERY SINGLE DEVICE.
WHERE THE VEHICLES CAN BE OPERATED ALSO IS REGULATED ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS OR PUBLIC SQUAWKS OR TRAILS AND PRIVATELY OWNED BUT PUBLIC SPACES THAT'S NOT REGULATED SO THAT CREATES SOME CONFUSIONS FOR WHAT OFFICERS CAN DO AND WHAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT DONE IN CERTAIN PLACES AS WELL
>> WOULD THAT BE LIKE A PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> YES, SIR. RETAIL PARKING LOT OR APARTMENT
COMPLEX. >> SOME EXISTING DON'T FIT EXISTING AND THERE'S NO CARVE OUT FOR MINI MOTOR BIKES OR POCKET BIKES. THE STATE LAW DEFINES THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT CAN BE ENFORCED UNDER THIS PARTICULAR TRANSPORTATION CODE AND AT THE VERY END THEY WROTE A CATCH ALL FOR POCKET BIKES AS THEY AMENDED THE LAW AND ONE OF THE THINGS OVER THE YEARS I PUT A TERM ON IT THIS IS A GREAT LAW UNTIL THEY WROTE IT AND WHEN THEY WROTE IT WHAT THEY SAID IS PLEASE DON'T ASSUME ALL OF THE LIST ABOVE OF THINGS GOVERNED BY THE LIST OF TRANSPORT CODE ALSO COULD NOT INCLUDE POCKET BIKES.
IT'S WRITTEN NEGATIVE AND IT HAS NO ATTACHED PUNISHMENT TO GO WITH IT. AND SO CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEYS WAS YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT BUT IT WAS RAISED THERE'S NOT AN ATTACHED PUNISHMENT.
ONE OF THE REASONS ANEREDENS MIGHT BE NECESSARY IN THIS SPACE. SO THEY DON'T REALLY APPLY TO SPACE THAT IS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO YOUR POINT SIR ABOUT LIKE A PARKING COMPLEX OR RETAIL SPACE AND A TRAFFIC LAW DOESN'T APPLY WE DON'T RUN TICKETS RUNNING STOP SIGNS INSIDE THE MALL PARKING LOT THEY ARE NOT REGULATED BY THE CITY.
SO STATE LAW DOESN'T PROVIDE THE SPECIFIC HELMET, HAND HELD DEVICE AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY ESPECIALLY THE RULES WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU AS WELL SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED MICROMOBILITY ORDINANCE WE WORKED TOGETHER TO TRY TO PUT BEFORE YOU, SO THERE'S SEVERAL DEFINITIONS -- THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES THAT ARE OUT THERE BY DEFINITION AND THIS IS ARE THE JUST BROAD GIVING YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES ARE AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE VARIATIONS ON ALL OF THESE YOU SEE OUT THERE BUT THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SELF BALANCING PERSONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND AN ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING LIKE A PERSONAL MOBILITY DEVICE LIKE A POWERED WHEELCHAIR, WE WOULD HAVE NO ABILITY TO REGULATE THAT OBVIOUSLY SO THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT TOUCH ANY OF THAT HOWEVER WE ALSO WERE TALKING ABOUT MOTOR ASSISTED SCOOTERS AND POCKET BIKES THESE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BECOME MOST PROBLEMATIC IN THE
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COMMUNITIES AS WELL. AND WE ALSO HAVE THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, BICYCLES, WE HAVE LARGER BICYCLES, SMALLER BICYCLES, WE ALSO HAVE EBIKES OR ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND THESE ALSO ARE RECENTLY DEFINED IN THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE AND A COUPLE OF BICYCLE AND EBICYCLE RULES WILL FALL INTO THIS ORDINANCE AND WE'LL TOUCH ON THOSE AND WHAT IT IS WE'RE EDITING OR ASKING TO EDIT INSIDE OUR TRAFFIC CODE FOR THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING THESE ARE WHAT THESE VEHICLES LOOK LIKE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO REGULATE THEM. A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS TO WALK THROUGH, PUBLIC PROPERTY IN THIS ORDINANCE IS DEFINED ANY STREET, ROADWAY, HIGHWAY, SIDEWALK, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, PUBLIC EASEMENT AND PARKING AREA AND AREA CONTROLLED MAINTAINED OR OPERATED BY A CITY OR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT THE ENTITY.ANYTHING WE OWN IS CONSIDERED PUBLIC PROPERTY.
SO OUR STREETS, OUR SIDEWALKS, OUR EASEMENTS, OUR TRAILS, THOSE ARE OURS. WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL THAT PUBLIC PROPERTY. THEN THERE IS PUBLIC PLACE, EARLIER TO THE QUESTION ABOUT A RETAIL BUSINESS, ANY PLACE TO WHICH THE PUBLIC OR A SUBSTANTIAL GROUP OF THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO STREETS, HIGHWAYS, THE COMMON AREAS OF SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, APARTMENTS, HOUSES, OFFICE BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORT FACILITIES AND SHOPS.
THESE DEFINITIONS ARE TAKEN DIRECTLY OUT OF THE STATE TRAFFIC AND PENAL CODE AND THEY ARE SIMPLY MIRRORS WHAT STATE LAW SAYS ABOUT THESE TYPES OF PLACES.
THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU DIFFERENT TERMS BUT THIS IS NECESSARY YOU TO WE'RE ASKING TO MAYBE PUT SOME ORDINANCES AROUND THESE VEHICLES AND WHERE THEY ARE OPERATED.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THIS ORDINANCE THINGS TO DO IS SAFE OPERATION AROUND PEDESTRIANS. THIS WAS A FUN PICTURE TO CREATE WHEN I GAVE IT INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO IT GAVE ME TO IT PERFECTLY SHOWED ME SOMEONE OPERATING IT PERFECTLY.
THIS IS ALL BICYCLES, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTED MOBILITY DEVICES, ALL THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU CAN ALL SEE THE GOLF CARTS THOSE ARE REGULATED ELSEWHERE IN THE TRANSPORT CODE AND IT SAYS NO EFFORTS OR CRIMINALLY NEGATIVENT OPERATION YOU MUST SLOW FOR PEDESTRIANS IN SURROUNDING CONDITIONS, MAINTAIN CONTROL AND AVOID COLLISIONS, PASS AT A SAFE DISTANCE, WARN PEDESTRIANS BEFORE PASSING, YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS AND REMAIN ABLE TO STOP.
THESE ARE AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST WHERE EVERY SINGLE BOX HAS TO BE CHECKED THE WAY OFFICERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE APPLICATION IS THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE. SO WIDE ENOUGH PATH YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO WARN EVERY PEDESTRIAN YOU'RE PASSING BUT IF IT'S A CLOSE INTERVAL IT REQUIRES IT'S NOT DONE RECKLESSLY.
IF YOU'RE STIPING IN AND OUT OF PEDESTRIAN AND AS NOT GIVING ANY WARNING TO WHICH YOU ARE DOING SO YOU MIGHT QUALIFY FOR UNSAFE OPERATIONS AT THAT POINT BUT A POLICE OFFICER WOULD HAVE TO EVALUATE AND THEN MAKE THAT CASE TO A COURT SO THEY COULD PROSECUTE IT EFFECTIVELY AT THAT POINT, ALL RIGHT.
REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN, THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW EDITIONS THAT THE ORDINANCE WILL CREATE FOR US.
SO ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND IN PUBLIC PLACES TO ALL BICYCLES, EBICYCLES, MOTOR ASSISTED SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTED MOBILITY DEVICE AND SELF BALANCING PERSONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLES. A CHILD IS DEFINED AS SOMEONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST WEAR A HELMET WHILE OPERATING UPON THOSE DEVICES. SO YOU MUST WEAR A HELMET AND YOU CAN'T USE YOUR PHONE. THESE SOUND LIKE THEY SHOULD BE EASY TO GET TO. THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE OF COMIRN USING SMART DEVICES WHILE THEY ARE RIDING ON THESE THINGS WHICH POSES A SIGNIFICANT HADERED TO THE RIDER AND ANY OTHER PERSON WHO MAY BE NEAR THEM.
HELMETS AS WELL, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE THOSE TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS FOR MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
AND THEN POCKET BIKES AND MINI BIKES.
THIS IS ONE WHERE JUST THE VEHICLE ITSELF IS ALWAYS CONSIDERED PROHIBITIVE UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
SO THE VEHICLE ITSELF OF A POCKET BIKE OR A MINI BIKE IS NOT PERMITTED TO BE OPERATED ANYWHERE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OR ANY PLACE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDING OPERATING, RIDING OR PERMITTING THEIR OPERATION. THERE ARE DEFENCES TO THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, PROPERTY CORNER CONSENTS AND OPERATION OCCURS EXCLUSIVELY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. SOMETHING THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE NO ACCESS TO, EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY AGAIN NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT THE TIME.
YES, SIR. >> I'M ASSUMING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING IN THIS SPACE FOFOR
GO CARTS SO IS THAT COMING OVER. >> I DIDN'T DO ANY RESEARCH INTO THAT BUT I WILL LOOK AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> EFFECTIVELY THESE ARE TWO-WHEEL GO-CARTS.
I WOULD BE HESITANT TO SAY THAT WE DO.
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BUT I'LL GET YOU A BETTER ANSWER TO THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THATYOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PURSUE. >> I SEE THESE ZIPPING UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK ON FOX AVENUE ALL THE TIME.
>> THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE WE'VE SEEN THE ACTIVITY OCCURRING ON VALLEY AND FOX AS WELL. SO THESE WITHIN THE PROHIBITED IN AND OF THEMSELVES, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE IS PROHIBITED THE ENTIRE TIME. THAT'S ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT IS EXCLUDED. ALL OTHER VEHICLES WE TALKED UP TO THIS POINT HAVE BEEN RECKLESS ENDANGERED, WEAR A HELMET, DON'T USE A CELL PHONE, PASS WITH SAFETY.
THESE ARE COMPLETELY PROHIBITED ALL THE WAY AROUND.
>> WHAT DEFINES THESE THEY ARE A GAS MOTOR.
>> SOME DEFINITIONS ON THE SIZE OF IT, THE SPEED IT CAN TRAVEL AND HOW BIG THE ENGINE MAY BE, YES, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF PRO VISIONS ON WHAT QUALIFIES AS ONE OF THESE IT'S ANYTHING NOT DEFINED AS AN EBICYCLE BUT SMALLER THAN A MOW PED.
IT LIVES IN BETWEEN THE TWO. >> SO CHIEF, THIS WOULD BE PROHIBITED IF WE PASSED THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING
THIS WOULD PROHIBIT THEM COMPLETELY FROM THE CITY OF
LEWISVILLE. >> THE FACT IT HAS HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS AND BLINKERS, THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT A LEGAL
VEHICLE. >> THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT A LEGAL VEHICLE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT DMV WOULD REGISTER AS A NORMAL VEHICLE AND THEN IT WOULD FILE UNDER EVERY OTHER REQUIREMENT AND THESE ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH TO QUALIFY FOR THAT. YOU TRAVEL THAT SPEED AND THE HEADLIGHT IS GOING TO BE HELPING ME WITH SOMETHING THEY PROBABLY DON'T COME IT. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S ON IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DAY. >> ON THE SAME KIND OF TOPIC ON GO CARTS, OFF ROAD VEHICLES, FOUR-WHEELERS.
>> SO THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY COVERED IN THIS ORDINANCE AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. WE HAVEN'T SEEN AN UPTICK IN USAGE OF THOSE VEHICLES BUT SOMETHING COUNCIL HAS AN ADDED
INTEREST WE CAN. >> I SEE THEM AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR GO CART LIKE THE POLARIS, I'LL SEE A TRAIL RIDER LIKE
THAT. >> SOMEBODY USING LIKE WHAT THEY WOULD -- THIS IS MY ENHANCED GOLF CART I'M USING.
>> LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE FOR FIRE.
>> YES THOSE ATV THOSE ARE COVERED BY THE LAW IN THE TRANSPORTATION CODE AND REGULATED TO THE SAME AND HAVE TO FOLLOW SAME RULES AS GOLF CARTS WOULD AND THOSE ARE COVERED. IF THAT'S ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO YES THEYOSE ARE ALREADY ELSEWHERE IN THE LAW.
YOU'RE TALKING LIKE A FOUR-WHEELER.
>> I SEE THOSE FROM TIME TO TIME AND I'M CURIOUS.
>> SURE. HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT THAT BUT
DID NOT ADD THAT. >> HOW ABOUT THE HOT WHEEL JEEPS
THAT YOU GET YOUR GRAND KIDS. >> THAT IS NOT RELATED FOR THIS.
THAT WOULD NOT BE FOR TOYS. AND SO THIS ALSO CREATES A PA PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SOMETHING WE SAW IN NEIGHBORHOOD ORDINANCES THAT WOULD NOT BE A BAD IDEA, PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND I WANT TO SAY MAY BE CITED, FAILURE TO PREVENT A CHILD ā FROM RIDING WITHOUT A HELMET AND RIDING IN A PROHIBITED LOCATION AND USING A HAND HELD ELECTRIC DEVICE, AND CHILD'S VIOLATION ALONE IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO CREATE THE OFFENSE. IT JUST GIVES IT SOMETHING THE COURT COULD CONSIDER IN THE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING IT. AN OFFICER MAY CONTACT THE CHILD ONE DAY AND RETURN THE CHILD TO THE PARENT AND NEXT DAY COMPACT SAME THING IS HAPPENING THE OFFICER COULD ISSUE A CITATION TO THE PARENT FOR FAILING TO CONTROL THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT MIGHT BE A CASE WE WOULD BUILD FOR THE PROSECUTION TO MAKE FOR WHEN THEY COULD RECEIVE A CITATION FOR THE OFFICE.
>> CAN A CHILD BE CITED. >> ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 10 CAN
IF A CHILD WAS TOO YOUNG TO BE CITED THE PARENT WOULD BE THE PERSON, AGAIN, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS IN A MOMENT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUNISHMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM IN HERE FOR EDUCATION AND FIRST VIOLATION, HERE'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO APPROACHES TO TRY TO MANAGE WHAT 25ACTUALLY T OUTCOME IS BUT YES THAT COULD BE THE OUTCOME IN THAT CASE.
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING WE WANTED TO ADD, THIS IS ALL BICYCLES, EBIKES, MOTOR ASSISTED SCOOTERS ELECTRIC MOBILITY ASSISTANCE DEVICES. SPECIAL EVENTS WE WOULD CONSIDER WE JUST HAD WESTERN DAYS TO LET'S THINK OF WESTERN DAYS AS THE MOST RECENT ONE WE HAVE THESE VEHICLES WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM OPERATING IN THE AREA DURING EVENT ACTIVATION.
EVENT BOUNDARIES MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AND BARRICADES, SIGNS OR TRAFFIC CONTROLLED DEVICES SO WHEN I WAS OUT AT WESTERN DAYS THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS RESEARCHING KNOWING I WAS COMING BEFORE YOU TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION CAN I THEORETICALLY CONCLUDE THIS WAS A WELL MARKED AND WELL BARRICADED EVENT AND I THINK IT WAS. THIS WOULDN'T COUNT SOMEBODY GOT
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OFF THEIR BIKE AND WALK IT HAD THROUGH THE SPECIAL EVENT, THAT'S OKAY. THIS IS JUST A MOTATTER OF PROHIBITING THE ACTUAL EVENT. CITY EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS WERE PERFORMING OFFICIAL DUTIES. AND THEN PERSONS AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY EVENT OR THE EVENT ORGANIZER AND THE EVENT ITSELF COULD BE A BIKE SHOW THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE WE WOULD PERMIT IT'S OPERATION OR ITS USE.SO FINES. GENERAL VIOLATIONS IN THIS CODE WOULD BE UP TO $500 AND FIRST HELMET VIOLATION COULD BE UP TO $50 AND LATER VIOLATIONS UP TO 100 BUT THE FIRST TIME VIOLATION WE RODE IN HERE COULD BE DISMISSED LIKE A PERSON APPROVED THAT A HELMET COULD BE ACQUIRED BUT THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND AUTHORITY IF THEY WANTED TOO SURE SOMEONE TAKE A PICTURE OF A HELMET AND CALL IT A DAY AND NEXT TIME IT GETS CITED IT'S THE NEXT TIME THE OFFICER COULD BRING UP TO THE COURT IF IT WAS AN ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED AT A LATER DATE.
WITH THAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE JUST TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE REGULATION AND MAKE ANY REVISIONS AND CHECK YOUR APPETITE FOR THIS TYPE OF THING AND RETURN TO THE ORDINANCE AT A FUTURE AGENDA IF YOU SO WANTED AND AT THAT POINT I'LL COME TO A HALT AND SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
>> I LIKE IT. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO START A FIGHT IN THE HOUSE I HAVE A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY THAT HAS AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER AND I LOVE, AS A PARENT, HE ACTUALLY DID HAVE AN INCIDENT WHERE HE HAD HIS PHONE AND DECIDED TO FACE TIME A FRIEND WHILE HE WAS RIDING DOWN THE
ROAD AND HE ATE IT. >> THE PHONE?
>> SO YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL BUT I ALSO HAVE A VERY HARD TIME GETTING HIM TO WEAR HIS HELMET BECAUSE IT'S NOT COOL TO WEAR A HELMET SO THIS HELPS ME A LOT TO KIND OF GIVE HIM THE WELL HEY, YOU KNOW THERE'S ACTUALLY REGULATION AND ALSO KNOWING THAT HE CAN BE CITED BECAUSE IF IT JUST GOES TO ME -- IF I GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE HE'S NOT DOING WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THEN FOR HIM HE'S JUST LIKE WELL, THAT'S GREAT NEWS. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS BECAUSE IT IS A -- AS A PARENT WHO HAS A CHILD USING ONE OF THESE DEVICES PRACTICALLY ON A DAILY BASIS AND SEEING OTHER KIDS USING THEM AS WELL AND SEEING HOW FAST THEY ARE GOING, THE HELMET THING IS A REALLY BIG DEAL AND I SEE MORE KIDS NOT WEARING HELMETS THAN I DO SEE WEARING HELMETS.
I'M INCLUDING MY OWN UNFORTUNATELY.
SO I THINK THIS MIGHT GIVE ME THE -- I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IS A STICK OR A CARROT OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN BUT IT'S A
HELPFUL TOOL FOR ME AS A PARENT. >> YES, MA'AM.
MY SON IS NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE WITHOUT ONE AND I TELL HIM REPEATEDLY. HEY, YOU'RE THE CHIEF'S SON IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK GOOD FOR ANYBODY.
>> I TELL HIM TOO BUT HE'S 13. HE KNOWS BETTER THAN ME.
>> YES, MA'AM. >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION, SO I LIKE IT ALL. IN FAVOR OF GOING FORWARD WITH THIS. BUT SPECIFICALLY THE POCKET BIKES, WHAT IS THE CONCERN OF POCKET, THE VISIBILITY THAT THEY CAN'T BE SEEN BY CARS? WHAT MADE THAT MAKE THIS LIST.
>> BECAUSE THEY FALL IN BETWEEN REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOW THAT WAS THE PRIMARY CONCERN. POCKET BIKES BELIEVE IT OR NOT ARE THE VIOLATOR OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN OUR PARKS.
LOOKING AT THIS AGENDA ITEM MOST OF THE DAMAGE WE'RE GETTING POCKET BIKES RIDDEN ALL OVER THE PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACE AND RIGHT NOW THE ONLY ENFORCEMENT WE HAVE IS CRIMINAL MISCHIEF WHICH IS FINE BUT THIS GIVES US AN ABILITY TO INTERVENE LONG BEFORE THAT. OTHER CITIES WE DID RESEARCH AND LOOKED AT THIS ORDINANCE PARTICULARLY THIS IS THE FIRST THING THAT'S BEEN BANNED IN MOST OF THOSE CITIES AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT REGULATED ELSEWHERE AND THEY ARE INHERENTLY DANGEROUS. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT REGULATED THEY CAN BE ANYTHING AND SOME OF THEM CAN GO UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH A SMALL PERSON ON IT MAKING DECISION ON WHAT TO DO
NEXT. >> I ALMOST GOT HIT BY ONE.
>> YESTERDAY HALFWAY DOWN AND YEAH.
>> THERE'S A COUPLE THAT ARE UP AND DOWN FOX AVENUE WITH KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL. I MEAN AND THEY ARE WHIPPING.
>> SO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THREE WHEELERS AND FOUR-WHEELERS
AND I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. >> ONE WHAT ARE THE CITIES WE TD
IT. >> PRESFRESHCO, FORTH FORT WOR
>> WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH A LOT OF THIS WITH GOLF CARTS LIKE THE YEAR BEFORE YOU GOT ON SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING AT. THE
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OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT'S THE ROAD SPEED THAT WE HAVE TO START DEALING WITH? LIKE WITH GOLF CARTS OR EBIKES OR THAT KIND OF STUFF. WHERE DOES SPEED KICK INTO THIS.>> SOME OF THESE EBIKES CAN GO WELL BEYOND 25 MILES AN HOUR IN THE COMMUNITY I LIVE MOST OF THAT IS REGULATED BETWEEN 25 MACHB MILES AN HOUR. THEY CAN'T SPEED BEYOND THAT.
>> THIS GOES SPECIFICALLY TO A GOLF CART IF I HAVE AN UNLICENSED CART, WHAT'S THE TOP SPEED OF A ROAD THAT I CAN BE
ON. >> NO MORE THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR ON THAT SPEED ON THAT ROAD. A COMMUNITY THAT WAS ALL 25 MILE AN HOUR ZOON, ZONE YOU HAVE TO OBEY ALL TRAFFIC LAW WHEN IS YOU'RE TRAIT OPERATING THE VEHICLE.
>> AWESOME. I'M HEARING CONSENSUS ON FOLLOWING UP AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON TYPES.
>> YEAH, I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
ARE WE ADDRESSING WHERE SOME OF THESE LIKE EBIKE OR E-SCOOTER
LIKE WHERE DO THEY RIDE? >> SO THE EBIKES AND BIKES AND GOLF CARTS WILL STILL BE PERMITTED TO RIDE IN ALL PLACES THEY ARE CURRENTLY LEGAL ALL PUBLIC ROAD WAYS AND SPACES SO THAT DOESN'T PROHIBIT THEM FROM OPERATING IN THOSE AREAS SAME WITH MOTOR ASSISTED SCOOTER THEY ALSO CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE SAFELY. AND POCKET BIKES AND MINI BIKES WE ARE ADDING THAT AND ADDING HELMETS AND CELL PHONES AND ADDING A PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY TO IT.
IT'S GENERALLY WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU.
>> IT'S NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO -- AN E-SCOOTER YOU HAVE TO STAY ON THE SIDEWALK AND EBIKE YOU NEED TO BE ON THE STREET.
>> NO, MA'AM. LEAVES ALL OF THAT ALONE.
>> I THINK THAT'S ALL WE GOT CHIEF.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE WORKSHOP. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE BACK INTO COUNCIL
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THIS MONDAY OCTOBER 5TH EDITION OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE A QUORUM.
FIRST UP ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS OUR INVOCATION WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER RONNI CADE. >> JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
GRACIOUS FATHER GOD AS WE GATHER TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, GRANT US WISDOM, HUMILITY AND DISCERNMENT.
HELP US RECOGNIZE AND RESIST THE FORCES THAT HELP TO DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITY. LISTEN WITH RESPECT WHEN WE DISAGREE, AND SEEK THE COMMON GOOD ABOVE PERSONAL INTERESTS.
MAY OUR WORDS BE THOUGHTFUL, OUR DECISIONS JUST, AND OUR SERVICE MARKED BY UNITY AND COMPASSION. AMEN.
>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES TO OUR FLAGS.
AMERICAN FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND THE TEXAS FLAG.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE
>> ALL RIGHT. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE OUT THERE.
FIRST BEFORE I DO THESE PROCLAMATIONS I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE GOVERNMENT CLASS FROM NCTC IS THAT CORRECT? Y'ALL MIND RAISING YOUR HAND? ALL RIGHT.
>> WE TYPICALLY WILL GET STUDENTS THAT COME IN FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FROM UNT, DIFFERENT CLASSES AND WHAT NOT I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING SOME TIME OUT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ANYBODY HERE AT THE DIAS IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THEM AFTERWARDS I'M SURE THEY CAN MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS EMAIL AND ALL THAT WILL WORK GREAT AND THANK YOU AND I HOPE YOU LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT RUNS TODAY.
WITH THAT I DO WANT TO BRING UP MY FRIEND TERON HICKS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BULLYING TODAY.
HOW ARE YOU, MY FRIEND. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AND IT'S NOT HERE AT WINCO IT'S ACTUALLY HERE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS BULLYING IS INTENTIONAL ABUSE OR HARM TOWARDS INDIVIDUAL GROUPS AND SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE RESEARCH SHOWS BULLYS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF VIOLENCE WHERE'S BULLIES CAUSES PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC PROBLEM FOR VICTIMS WHILE WITNESSES MAY ALSO FEEL FEARFUL
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AND INSECURE AND WHEREAS STOP BULLYING OUR PURPOSE IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT UNITES SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PROMOTE PREVENTION AND I TJ -- AS SAY NO TO BULLYING WEEK AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO STAND AGAINST BULLYING BY PROMOTING KINDNESS, RESPECT, INCLUSION AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY CHILD. LET'S GIVE TERON A HAND FOR ALL THE WORK HE DOES. NOW JUST SO YOU GUYS -- JUST SO YOU KIND OF HAVE SOME HISTORY HERE, I DID NOT KNOW THIS UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO BUT WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO NORTH TEXAS, I ACTUALLY HAD HIS LOVELY BRIDE AS A CLASS MEMBER IN ONE OF MY DALE CARNAGE CLASSES SO IT CIRCLED BACK BUT TERON HAS DONE AMAZING WORK WITH SCHOOL KIDS THROUGHOUT THE REGION NATIONALLY AND WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY AND WHAT YOU'REFIRST UP, LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU.
I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE A CITY THAT I LIVE IN, THAT I LOVE, THAT SUPPORTS ME BECAUSE THAT'S CRITICAL.
THAT'S CRITICAL. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD YOU BETTER TAKE CARE OF HOME BEFORE YOU GO OUTSIDE OF HOME SO I WANT TO DO MY PART TO TAKE CARE OF LEWISVILLE.
AT THE AGE OF 7 I WAS A VICTIM OF BULLYING AND THAT WAS A VICTIM IN DISGUISE I WAS ABLE TO MEET THE ROCK'S FATHER WHO WAS MY HERO AND HE SHARED WITH ME IN LIFE YOU HAVE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR DREAMS AND GOALS AND LOOK AT THEM EVERYDAY AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL BECOME I SAID OKAY THAT NIGHT I WEND WENT HOME AND WROTE IT DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND I WANTED TO STOP BEING A VICTIM OF BULLYING BY THE AGE OF 13, IT STOPPED AT THE AGE OF 12, I WANTED TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PROWHEFT LER, I DID THAT AND STILL HAVE A HONEY-DO LIST THAT BEING SAID MY BEAUTIFUL BRIDE MAKES SURE THAT I DON'T GET THE BIG HEADISM BUT I STAY FOCUSED AND GET THE JOB DONE AT HOME. MY ANTI-BULLYING STARTED WITH MY DAD IN SECOND GRADE. I SAID ARE YOU A VICTIM AND SHE SAID NO, DAD, WE NEED TO BE P PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.
THAT WAS THE FIRE THAT LIT ME STOP BULLYING ON PURPOSE. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO 3.2 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE AND NOW ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL WE ARE WORKING WITH SCHOOLS IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND JAPAN.
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE. AND I'M NOT TIRED YET SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN BECAUSE WE, AS HUMANS, WE CAN ERADICATE BULLYING WE JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO BE KINDER TO EACH OTHER BUT THERE'S A 7 LETTER WORD THAT WE ALL NEED TO LEARN AND IT STARTS AT HOME AND THAT'S RESPECT.
>> WHAT DO I KNOW. >> YOU KNOW.
>> I GOT TO DO THE THING; RIGHT? LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET SOME COUNCIL IN THERE. HERE WE GO.
>> YOU GOT TO COME ON THIS SIDE. >> GET THE OTHER SIDE.
>> LET ME STAND RIGHT IN FRONT
OF. >> I DON'T WANT RONNI BEATING ME UP AND KICKING ME OUT OF CHURCH. I LOVE YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. >> ALL RIGHT.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE FOLKS FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING AND SPEAKING OF GOOD WORK, WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PLANNERS, WHERE'S MY COMMUNITY PLANNERS? THERE WE GO. IT'S MY PLANNING TEAM.
THESE FOLKS PLAN TO PLAN. THAT'S HOW MUCH PLANNING GOES ON. IT'S GOOD.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS CITY IS THE THINGS THAT WE PLAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN. THESE AREN'T STEALE KUMENT DOCUMENTS THAT SIT ON A SHELF BUT ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN A BASIS.
COMMUNITY PLANS CAN HELP MANAGE THIS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT CAN MANAGE BETTER CHOICES WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENT TO SEE BE MEANINGFULFLY INVOLVED IN MAKING CHOICES THAT DETERMINE THE BEST FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITY WHEREAS THE FULL BENEFITS OF PLANNING REQUIRE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS WHO UNDERSTAND SUPPORT AND DEMAND EXCELLENCE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION WHEREAS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATION OF BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, RESIDENT PLANNERS AND STAFF WHO HELPED BUILD A GREAT COMMUNITY IN LEWISVILLE THEREFORE I TJ GILLMORE THE MAYOR OF CITY OF LEWISVILLE DO PRO CLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2026 AS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN LEWISVILLE TEXAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH ENDORSED BY THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.
YOUR PLANNING TEAM, FOLKS. HERE WE ARE.
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>> FIRST I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY RECOGNIZE AND INTRODUCE OUR MIGHTY PLANNING TEAM, OVER HERE WE HAVE PLANNING MANAGE R.
WE HAVE PATTY DOMIGES SCPMPT AND MICHELLE BARRY AND PLANNER LAUREN COOK. WE'LL BE CONTINUING THE CELEBRATION NEXT WEEK IN IRVING. WE WILL BE ATTENDING THE ACTUAL TEXAS STATE PLANNING CONFERENCE. THE MAJORITY OF PLANNING STAFF WILL BE THERE AS LONG AS TWO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS AND ONE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND AT THAT CONFERENCE CITY OF LEWISVILLE WILL BE RECOGNIZED WITH TWO STATE-WIDE PLANNING AWARDS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> WE SINCERELY WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR SHARING OUR PASSION AND SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR PLANNING EFFORTS.
I THINK EVERYONE WOULD AGREE OUR PLANNING EFFORTS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS HAVE TRULY TRANSFORMED LEWISVILLE AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO OUR UPCOMING ADOPTION OF THE 2035 LEWISVILLE VISION PLAN WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM.
>> ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM D1 CONSIDERATION OR ORDINANCE OF LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1.304 ACRES OF LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 3 BLOCK AFT OF THE AVE LON ADDITION LOCATED AT 1135 WEST FM3040 WEST ROUND GROVE ROAD AND CORRECTING IT AND PRESERVING ALL OF THE PORTIONS AND DETERMINING THE ZONING AMENDMENT HERE IN MADE PROMOTES THE HEALTH SAFETY AND GENERAL WE FEEL OF THE CITY AND PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALER AND SEVERABILITY AND PENALTY AND EFFECTIVE DATE AS QUESTIONED BY THE PATRICIA FANT MCDADOMS THE APPLICANT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER CASE NUMBER 26-07-5-Z.
THE AVE LOVE ADDITION WAS REZONED IN APRIL 2016.
TO ACCOMMODATE A SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ACROSS THE LEE LOTS. INDIVISIBLET HE AVALON ADDITION WAS REZONED FROM LOCAL COMMERCIAL (LC) DISTRICT TO MEDICAL (MD) DISTRICT IN APRIL 2016 (ORD. 4256-04-2016 (Z)) TO ACCOMMODATE A SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ACROSS THE THREE LOTS. THE SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE MIDDLE-PLATTED LOT, WHILE A DAY CARE CENTER, WHICH IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN MD, WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE WESTERN LOT. THREE WILLOWS LAND DEVELOPMENT, LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER, HAS IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL TENANT THAT WOULD LIKE TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A VETERINARY CLINIC ON THE EASTERN LOT. A VETERINARY CLINIC IS NOT A PERMITTED USE IN THE MD DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO REZONE THE EASTERN LOT BACK TO THE LC DISTRICT FOR THE TENANT TO OPERATE THE VETERINARY CLINIC BY-RIGHT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL (6-0) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2026. 'D.
>> AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO HAVE ANTHONY WHO IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
JENNIFER DO YOU HAVE THAT? MOTION PASSES 6-0.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL. ITEM D2, PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE OF LEWISVILLE COUNCIL LOCATED AT 1707 BUNK EVER HILL SCOP 1K7 AGRICULTURE-OPEN SPACE (AO) DISTRICT ZONING TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LI) DISTRICT ZONING; CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE; DETERMINING THAT THE ZONING AMENDMENT HEREIN MADE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, A PENALTY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AS REQUESTED BY RYAN KIM AND BEACON PROJECTS, THE APPLICANTS, ON BEHALF OF DANIEL S AND ESTER LEE, THE PROPERTY THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1707 BUNKER HILL LANE. THE LAND IS CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL - OPEN SPACE (AO) DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PARCEL TO THE LIGHT
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INDUSTRIAL (LI) DISTRICT TO ACCOMMODATE A NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT DESIRES TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY AND BUILD A 15,000 SQUARE-FT BUILDING DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE SMALL BUSINESSES, OFFICE SPACE, AND RETAIL SPACE.THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL (6-0) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2026. RICHARD IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THIS ITEM IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL I HAVE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTION FOR COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS, MAYOR, SO RICHARD I LOOK AT THE BUNKER HILL LINE THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS IS KIND OF AN AO ISLAND EVERYTHING ELSE IS TRIAL AROUND IT IS THAT CORRECT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME TO GIVE ANYMORE INDUSTRIAL TO THE CITY I THINK IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO NOT MAKE IT INDUSTRIAL AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S AN ISLAND OF AGRICULTURAL SPACE I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT IT BUT I CAN SEE WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. THANK YOU.
>> OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE. AND IT PASSES 6-0.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COUNCIL I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
ON THE ORDINANCE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.
>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
COUNCIL IF YOU'D PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 6-0.
ITEM E, VISITORS FORUM SPEAKERS MUST ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR RATHER THAN TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. SPEAKERS SHOULD SPEAK CLEARLY AND STATE THEIR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE PRIOR TO BEGINNING THEIR REMARKS. SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED 3 MINUTES FOR TESTIMONY.
SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS FROM THE AUDIENCE, STAMPING OF FEET, WHISTLES, YELLS, CLAPPING, AND SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 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. I DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR THE VISITORS FORJUM. ALL THE FOLLOWS ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE ARRESTED TO BE SELF EXPLON TAR TOY THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION AND THERE WILL BE A SPEAKER CARD OR ECOMMENT MUST BE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY. CITY SECRETARY I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR CONSENT AGENDA WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON
CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT
AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNCIL IF YOU'D PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 6-0.
ITEM 6 I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF.
>>> CONSIDERATION OF A VARIANCE TO THE LEWISVILLE CITY CODE 2-201, FEE SCHEDULE, TO WAIVE SPECIAL EVENT FEES ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR THE RECURRING SECOND SATURDAYS EVENT, TO BE HELD IN THE ALLEY BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND CHURCH STREET AT WAYNE FERGUSON PLAZA, BEGINNING OCTOBER 10, 2026, AS REQUESTED BY THE LEWISVILLE OLD TOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR SECOND SATURDAYS, A RECURRING MONTHLY FARMERS MARKET HOSTED BY THE LEWISVILLE OLD TOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH IN AND AROUND WAYNE FERGUSON PLAZA AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND CHURCH STREET. THE EVENT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THE APPLICANT ANTICIPATES APPROXIMATELY 250 ATTENDEES PER OCCURRENCE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING CONTINUING CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION OF A FULL WAIVER OF FEES FOR THE RECURRING MONTHLY EVENT WITHOUT A FIXED EXPIRATION DATE. CURRENTLY, THE ESTIMATED FEES PAGE 5 OF 8 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA OCTOBER 5, 2026 ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS & RECREATION STAFF SUPPORT, AND SPECIAL EVENT CROWD PROTECTION BARRICADING ARE $812.94. ACTUAL FEES FOR FUTURE EVENTS MAY VARY BASED ON APPLICABLE RATES. RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER REQUEST THE FEE WAIVER AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
FROM COUNCIL? >> THIS IS AKIN AND I THINK THIS TAKES THE PLACE OF FIRST FRIDAYS, IS THAT RIGHT? I'M ASSUMING THIS IS ALL IN LINE OF WHAT WE DID WITH FIRST FRIDAYS THERE'S NOTHING NEW HERE OTHER THAN THE DAY AND NAME OF
THE EVENT. >> ACTUALLY, FIRST FRIDAYS DID NOT HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. WE -- THROUGH THE PROCESS LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT IT REALLY DID NEED TO HAVE BETTER COORDINATION WITH STAFF. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE HAD IT AND THE FEES -- BUT THEY WERE OPERATING WITHOUT
>> WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT PARTNERSHIPS IN A DIFFERENT WAY INSTEAD OF WAIVERS DOING SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT WITH THEM BUT THIS WAS -- THIS WAS AN EASIER PROCESS TO GO THROUGH.
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>> CLAIRE, WILL THIS PREVENT ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES FROM HAPPENING
ON WAYNE FERGUSON? >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IF IT'S IN CONFLICT WITH IT.
>> YEAH, RIGHT. >> I'M NOT SURE, I'M LOOKING AT CHRIS AND HE'S SAYING NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO.
>> ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION, COUNCIL?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE OF WAVING THE SPECIAL EVENT FEES SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.
>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
PASSES 6-0. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, ITEM H, REPORTS, REPORTS ABITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST REGARDING WHICH NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. FIRST UP I DO HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF TO HAVE A REPORT ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT CERTAINLY MAYOR AND COUNCIL TOMORROW NIGHT IS NATION THE NIGHT OUT STARTED IN 1984 IN PHILIDELPHIA AND WAS TRADITIONALLY HELD AS ONE NIGHT OVER THE SUMMER USUALLY IN AUGUST AND SEVERAL MONTHS THEY MOVE IT HAD FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER WISE DECISION IT WAS A LITTLE HOT AND THE IDEA IS TO DRAW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITIES OUT WITH EACH OTHER AND THERE'S A MISPERCEPTION THIS IS A WAY TO GET POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR THE CITY LEADERS INTO THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S A PART OF IT BUT THE REAL BENEFIT OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND GETTING NEIGHBORS TO MEET NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES TO GET OUT AND MEET EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 2 DOZEN PARTIES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TOMORROW NIGHT WE INVITE ALL MEMBERS TO GO OUT AND FIND OUT WHO LIVES AROUND YOU THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT COULD COHESIVENESS THAT EVERYBODY THRIVES AROUND YOU THAT LIVES AROUND YOU WE SHOULD HAVE POLICE AND FIRE OFFICIALS A LARGE NUMBER OF YOU WILL BE JOINING US AS WELL AND I CAN BE REACHED IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR RIDE OUT ASSIGNMENTS BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND LATER THIS MONTH I'LL COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING OUR TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT COMING UP ON THE 31ST OF OCTOBER BUT I'LL COME BACK AT A LATER DATE TO MENTION ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BRING COMMUNITY TO US. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF. COUNCILOR KELLY.
>> THIS SATURDAY WE HAVE ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BADGES SOFTBALL GAME AND TOURNAMENT. IT'S A FANTASTIC EVENT FREE TO ATTEND AND STARTS AT 8:00 AND GOES UNTIL 5 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE MIGHTY MUSTACHE CONTEST GOING ON.
THE FIREFIGHTERS DIDN'T SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY GOT THE BEST MUSTACHES I'M HOPING TO GET SOME OF THOSE GUYS OUT THERE BUT SHORT OF THAT IT'S A FANTASTIC EVENT AND ALL IN GOOD FUN AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS OUT THERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. >> WHERE'S YOUR MUSTACHE?
>> NO REPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER TIPTON.
>> I HAVE NO REPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CADE.
>> I ACTUALLY DO. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY BIR BIRTHDAY TOMORROW TO OUR VERY FIRST MAYOR, MARTIN D FANT, BORN OCTOBER 6, 1870.
>> WE STILL HAVE A STREET NAMED AFTER HIM.
>> WE STILL HAVE A STREET NAMED AFTER HIM.
KRISTEN LIVES IN HIS HOUSE. >> YEP.
>> STILL SOME MARKS. >> A CITIZEN SENT ME THIS.
>> I LOVE IT. >> AND SAID IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT TOMORROW IS MAYOR FANT'S BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> COUNCILOR MEREDITH.
>> I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THE WESTERN DAYS WITS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS OF THE YEAR AND GOT A LITTLE WET ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT FOR A GOOD CAUSE BUT BEYOND THAT, ENJOYED THE
WHOLE WEEKEND. >> COUNCILOR MEMBER KUYKENDALL.
>> I DID WANT TO CIRCLE BACK AND I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY SINUS INFECTIONS OF THOSE IN THE DUNK TANK I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO DID COME OUT AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR STEPPING UP AS WELL FOR THOSE WHO DID, THOSE WHO DIDN'T, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. [LAUGHTER].
>> THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE I'M SURE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HELP WITH THAT. BUT IT WAS A GREAT TIME, WESTERN DAYS, OF COURSE, WAS ALWAYS A GREAT WAY FOR FOLKS TO GET T TOGETHER, PAY ATTENTION TO THE CITY WEBSITE WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE AND HOP OVER THERE AND HOP ONLINE TO SEE THE CALENDER AND THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS IN OCTOBER, IT DOESN'T SLOW DOWN AND LOTS OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS AND GO
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OUT AND HAVE FUN AND GREAT WAY TO JUST HANG OUT WITH THE KIDS AND DO ALL THOSE COOL FALL STUFF.WITH THAT WE HAVE NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA SO WE STAND
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