I CAN'T PLAY THIS GAME. ALL RIGHT, IT'S 6:00.
[A. Call Meeting to Order]
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WE HAVE A QUORUM. PRESENT THE. I'LL CALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR APRIL 16TH TO ORDER.THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON ANY MATTER EXCEPT THOSE THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA AND PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA. COMMENTS RELATED TO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HEARD DURING THE SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
CITIZEN COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, IF YOU WOULD FILL OUT A CARD AND THAT TO TOWN STAFF.
SO AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE FIRST ITEM TONIGHT IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
[C. Consent Agenda Items]
DID EVERYONE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OVER THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? ALRIGHT. ANY CHANGES, ANY CORRECTIONS ANYONE SAW? ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA ITEMS. I'M SORRY. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING AS PRESENTED AND RECORDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MEET IN EXECUTIVE
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SESSION. CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AT ANY TIME IN THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING.TO DISCUSS MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT, CHAPTER 551, INCLUDING 551.071.
THE PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION TO MEET WITH EXECUTIVE.
ALL RIGHT. SO A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION'S MADE AND SECONDED.
ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY POINTS. THE SECOND.
WHO MADE THAT? ALL RIGHT. THE SECOND WAS MADE BY BURTON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? HANDS RAISED. PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. IT'S UNANIMOUS.
WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AND MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BACK TO SESSION WITH A QUORUM PRESENT. THE FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. AND THE MEETING HERE IS CALLED TO ORDER.
[D. Public Hearing Items]
AMENDMENT FOR THE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT. GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH COLLINS ROAD AND US HIGHWAY 80, KNOWN AS THE LONG CREEK CROSSING. MPD OR MPD, DASH ZERO TWO ZONING DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN OF SUNNYVALE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. UDO. THIS IS CASE 1840 1-Z, LONG CREEK CROSSING MPD, MPD OH TWO CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT.STAFF. YOU HAVE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. TOWN ATTORNEY AND TOWN STAFF DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. MAKE SURE IT'S ON.
SO THE FIRST APPLICATION ON AGENDA TONIGHT, THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AS YOU READ FROM THE AGENDA IS THE LONG CREEK CROSSING MPD CONCEPT PLAN AN AMENDMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL BOTH ITEMS AS COMPANION ITEMS. THE ITEM AFTER THIS WOULD BE A SITE PLAN ITEM.
ON A ON THE VACANT LOT THAT'S WITHIN THIS MPD.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION, IT'S ABOUT TEN ACRES AREA FOR THE MPD OH TWO ZONING DISTRICT.
THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE CONCEPT PLAN TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THRU ON LOT TWO ARE LONG CREEK CROSSING ADDITION, AND THAT'S THE SECTION FROM THE CODE THAT KIND OF APPLIES WHY THIS APPLICATION WAS REQUIRED.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN. I KNOW IT'S A BIT BUSY TO SEE, BUT WHEN THE ORIGINAL ZONING WAS ADOPTED OR THE ZONING WAS ADOPTED, THAT WAS THE FIRST CONCEPT PLAN OR THE 2017 CONCEPT PLAN.
TOTAL SEVEN LOTS. THERE IS, AS I MENTIONED, ONLY ONE LOT STILL UNDEVELOPED.
SEVERAL SITE PLAN AND PLAT APPLICATIONS WERE PROCESSED SINCE 2017, AND THE TABLE ON TOP SHOWS YOU HOW EACH LOT OR ORIGINAL ADOPTION DURING ADOPTION, HOW EACH LOT WAS SHOWN FOR DIFFERENT USES. AND YOU CAN SEE LOT TWO, WHICH IS UNDER CONSIDERATION TONIGHT FOR THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA
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WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A GAS STATION SLASH RETAIL USE ON IT.THIS IS THE AMENDING CONCEPT PLAN THAT IS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT.
WE HAVE CHICK FIL A ON THE FARTHEST SOUTHERN LOT AND THEN STARBUCKS ON LOT THREE.
THEN, OF COURSE, AT THE FARTHEST EASTERN EDGE, YOU HAVE THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.
THEN YOU HAVE BURGER KING, PANDA EXPRESS ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS.
THE INTENT WAS EXPRESSED THROUGH THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN TO HAVE MORE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS.
THAT'S WHY THIS CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED, BECAUSE ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, THEN THE SITE PLAN FOR THE FREDDIE'S HAMBURGER WILL BE COMPLIANT WITH THE MPD OR O2 CONCEPT PLAN. THE DEVELOPER, WHILE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, HAVE HAVE TO MEET, OF COURSE, THE CURRENT DEMANDS OF THE MARKET AND ALSO IS TRYING TO PROVIDE A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT, FREDDIE'S HAMBURGER, THAT HAS AN INTEGRATED DRIVE THRU COMPONENT.
I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE HAMBURGER OR THE FREDDIE'S HAMBURGER RESTAURANTS WHEN THE SITE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND THE APPROVING THE CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT IS A LEGISLATIVE DECISION OF THE COMMISSION, AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
STAFF HATS AND NOTIFICATIONS WITHIN 200FT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN RESPONSE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE WITHIN THE 200FT.
HOWEVER, SEVERAL EMAIL RESPONSES WERE PROVIDED TO THE TOWN MANAGER'S OFFICE STATING SUPPORT FOR THIS FREDDY'S RESTAURANT THAT WE HAVE LEARNED SINCE THE NOTICES WERE SENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
I BELIEVE I HAVE SOME SITE PHOTOS WHICH ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITE.
MORE THAN ANYONE IN THE ROOM THAT SHOWS THE CHICK FIL A AND THE STARBUCKS SITE AND THE IN BETWEEN.
IF YOU CAN KIND OF IMAGINE THE GREEN SPACE, THAT'S WHERE THE PROPOSED FREDDY'S HAMBURGER WILL GO.
BUT THE OVERALL SITE AERIAL IS SHOWN ON THE IMAGE BELOW.
WITH THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT HERE TONIGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YEP, I'VE GOT ONE. HOW DOES THE PROPOSED PYLON SIGN THAT'S IN OUR PLAN COMPARED TO THE EXISTING PYLON SIGNS ON SITE? DO YOU KNOW? WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT FROM THE PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS OF CHICK FIL A AND STARBUCKS THAT THE EXISTING PYLON SIGNS ON SITE ARE 30FT TALL.
WHEREAS THE PROPOSED SIGN FOR FREDDY'S IS PROPOSED TO BE 40FT.
BUT THE REST OF IT ARE MATCHING WITH THE EXISTING SIGN, THE MATERIAL OR THE LOOK OF IT.
AND IS THAT A PROBLEM FOR US TO REQUEST THEM TO MEET THE SAME EXISTING SITE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 30 FOOT SIGNS THAT ARE EXISTING? OR IS THAT OUTSIDE OF OUR. I BELIEVE THE COMMISSION CAN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION IN THEIR MOTION.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY COMMISSION? I OKAY. GO AHEAD. YOU HAD A QUESTION. NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
OKAY. I WANTED TO MENTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL, BUT THERE WAS A SECTION.
ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS OF THE STAFF REPORT WAS THE ACTUAL MPDU ORDINANCE.
UNINTENTIONALLY, THERE WAS A SECTION THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED.
I WANTED TO SAY IT ON THE RECORD THAT THAT WAS AN INTENTIONAL HIGHLIGHT.
IT WAS AN EXISTING DOCUMENT THAT SOMEHOW HAD A HIGHLIGHT LEFT OUT.
OKAY. AND YOU SAID THE DEVELOPER IS HERE. THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE.
RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. THE DEVELOPER. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE TO COMMISSION? I THINK WE'LL SAVE COMMENTS FOR THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. THANKS FOR COMING.
I KNOW IT'S A. REQUEST THEM TO STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
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CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? SURE. VICTORIA MORRIS WITH JACKSON WALKER, 2323 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 600. WELL, THANKS FOR SHOWING UP AGAIN.I REMEMBER YOU FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND WHEN THIS TACO BELL WHOLE SITUATION STARTED.
YES, SIR. AND YEAH, THE AS I REMEMBER, THE THE TOWN WASN'T REALLY HAPPY WITH TACO BELL.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS I DID LOOK UP THE FACT THAT THE CLOSEST FREDDY'S IS A 30 MINUTE DRIVE.
SO THAT'S BETTER THAN A FIVE MINUTE DRIVE TO TACO BELL THAT WE CURRENTLY LIVE WITH, BUT WHAT ELSE DID YOU SHOP AROUND FOR? WE LOOKED AT ALL TYPES OF ALL TYPES OF OPERATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S MANY RESTRICTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE EXISTING FACILITIES ON SITE.
AND THEN WE LANDED WITH FREDDY'S, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE NEED TO DISCUSS ANY. IS ANYONE ELSE ON BOARD WITH US? RESTRICTING THE SIGN HEIGHT TO MATCH THE EXISTING SIGNS AT 30FT THERE.
OR AM I WELL OUT IN LEFT FIELD? NEED TO SIT. WE'LL NEED TO HOLD THAT.
HOLD THAT TO TO THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION. OKAY.
YEAH. OKAY. PERFECT. THANKS. ALRIGHT, LET'S OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HERE WISH TO MAKE A STATEMENT? IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES HERE TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT.
YES. MY NAME IS JEAN SWANK. I'M THE STONE CANYON HOA PRESIDENT FOR 21 MUSTANG DRIVE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, AS I'M THE ONLY ONE FROM OUR COMMUNITY TONIGHT, LARGELY IN PART BECAUSE I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS FROM THE ONE RESIDENT THAT TOLD US THAT THEY RECEIVED THE CARD LAST WEEK.
OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. SO AGAIN, I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF STONE CANYON.
HOA. I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, HAVE BEEN THROUGHOUT A LOT OF THESE HEARINGS FOR PROVIDENT.
AND WE DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT GOES IN HERE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE BACK HERE TONIGHT. I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT THIS IS, IS DEFINITELY BECOME A FAST FOOD ROW, WHICH WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BECOME.
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE THIRD BURGER JOINT WITHIN A SHORT AMOUNT OF DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER, ONE ACROSS THE STREET AT WHATABURGER. THE BURGER KING THAT GOT SNUCK IN DURING EARLY COVID STAGES.
THERE WAS NO HEARING LIKE THIS AT THAT POINT, BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A HEARING ONLINE.
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A TELECONFERENCE, A ZOOM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T BEEN TO FREDDY'S, I DON'T KNOW REALLY MUCH ABOUT FREDDY'S.
A PLACE LIKE THAT COULD BE THERE. THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE THAT RESIDENTS COULD ENJOY.
AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, DRIVING BY THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, HAS THERE BEEN A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE WITH REGARD TO HOW THIS WILL IMPACT TRAFFIC? THERE AT NOT JUST AT THAT INTERSECTION, BUT GOING UP AND DOWN COLLINS TO OUR INTERSECTION, TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON STONE CANYON. AND I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS THAT ANSWER.
WELL, DID THE COMMISSIONERS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO YOU DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY. OKAY. ANOTHER CONCERN IS SO LET'S SAY THAT ONE OF THESE BURGER JOINTS GOES OUT OF BUSINESS,
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YOU KNOW, THREE BURGER JOINTS AND KIND OF ONE CLOSE PROXIMITY ONE OF THEM OR MAYBE MORE, BUT AT LEAST ONE OF THEM DOESN'T DO WELL.THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN WE HAVE WHAT'S GOING TO GO IN NEXT AND HOW MUCH YOU KNOW, HOW WILL THAT GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN? ANYWAY, THAT'S ANOTHER AND I KNOW AGAIN, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ANSWERED LATER, BUT THAT'S A CONCERN THAT WE HAVE. AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A FAST FOOD JOINT MENTIONING ABOUT SIT DOWN FAMILY RESTAURANTS.
BUT WE WERE BEING TOLD WHEN THIS WAS BEING PROMOTED BY PROVIDENT AND THEIR PROMOTERS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MIX OF SHOPPING, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD PICTURES OF KIDS SKIPPING ON COBBLESTONE GOING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOTHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS EARLY ON, AND OUR PRIOR MAYOR EVEN EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT IF WE GOT CHEESECAKE FACTORY, HOW BIG THE VENUE WOULD BE. WELL. NOTHING'S NOTHING'S LIKE THIS.
WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE IT WAS GOING TO BE CHICK FIL A AND GOING UP IN QUALITY AND BEING MORE PLACES, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ULTRA HIGH END. I MEAN, IT COULD BE A PLACE LIKE A LA MADELEINE.
IT COULD BE A SNUFFER'S YOU KNOW, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THAT BURGER KING SNUCK IN SO QUICK I THINK THAT HAMPERED AND KIND OF SET THE TONE, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THOSE ARE JUST CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.
SO NOT KNOWING THOSE I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. I NEED, I NEED TO KNOW ANSWERS TO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, AND, AND WHEN I HEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY LOOKED, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE SMOOTHIE SHOPS OR WHATEVER, KIND OF THE PATTERN HAS BEEN MORE WHAT WHAT CAN THEY JUST GET THROUGH AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE? NOT SO MUCH REALLY RECRUITING ANOTHER BUSINESS LIKE THEY PROMOTED TO GET THIS PASSED.
SO FAR, PROVIDENCE HASN'T HONORED. AND I'M GIVING YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.
NOTHING. AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. IF THIS JUST GETS PASSED AND THIS IS THE LAST PART OF THE PROJECT, AND THOSE TREES AREN'T PLANTED, THEY'RE NEVER PLANTED THEM.
THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW. UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO CUT UP HERE FROM THE LAW FIRM AND TELL US THAT, OH, YEAH, PROVIDENCE FOR SURE. GOING TO DO THOSE TREES.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO. AND EVEN IF THEY PROMISE IT, I'M STILL DUBIOUS.
BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE BURGER KING OR NOT, THE BURGER KING WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE TACO BELL, AND STILL NOTHING'S BEEN DONE AT THIS, AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME.
APPRECIATE YOUR GIVING ME EXTRA TIME TONIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO STICK AROUND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, IT'S A BRIAN MAYS AT 312 CREEKWOOD SUNNYVALE, TEXAS. I'VE TALKED WITH FAMILIES ACROSS SUNNYVALE AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
THEY LOVE THIS AND I TALKED I A GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
I TALKED TO A LOT OF PARENTS, TALKED A LOT OF GRANDPARENTS.
I TALKED A LOT OF EMPTY NESTERS LIKE ME. YOU KNOW THIS IS WHAT THEY LIKE.
OR YOU CAN HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES FOR YOUR GRANDKIDS.
TO BE HONEST, I'M. I'M SINGLE. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A DATE THERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO COMPARE THEM TO OTHER FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S AT THE TOP.
AFTER GAME MEAL. SO SARISSA IS THE BIG YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATION IN TOWN.
SPOKE WITH MANY OF THEIR MEMBERS HERE OVER THE LAST MONTH, AND THEY'RE LIKE, FINALLY, A PLACE WE CAN TAKE OUR KIDS AFTER PRACTICE WHEN THEY'RE STARVING AND THEY WON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.
PLACE FOR ICE CREAM. PLACE FOR HAMBURGERS. SAFE.
CLEAN. WELL. WELL MAINTAINED. FOR VERY PROFESSIONAL.
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TO BE HONEST, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ONE PERSON THAT'S OPPOSED TO THIS. I KNOW YOU RECEIVED SOME LETTERS FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. TWO OF THOSE FAMILIES ACTUALLY LIVE IN STONE CANYON BEHIND WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE BUILT.SO A LOT OF SUPPORT THIS FOR THIS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
YOU SEE, IN A MESQUITE. THIS IS ALL MASONRY. VERY NICE.
VERY WELL DONE. A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR PLACES LIKE THIS.
OUR URGE, YOUR SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM THE RESIDENTS? COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE.
ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION? I'M SORRY. CAN YOU PLEASE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OH, I'M SORRY, I THAT'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, I APOLOGIZE.
SKIP THAT STEP IN THE PROCEDURE. ALL RIGHT. COULD I GET A MOTION ON THIS, PLEASE? WELL, BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION, I'LL JUST MAKE A POINT TO GLENN.
YOU SAID. GENE I AGREE WITH YOU THAT BACK IN 2020, WHEN THIS ALL HAPPENED AND BURGER KING SNUCK IN, PLATS WERE CHANGED, AND NOW WE'RE DEALT WITH THIS SMALL LOT AND WE'RE KIND OF DEALT WITH THIS PARTICULAR SIZE OF LOT WHERE THERE'S NOT MUCH OUT THERE FOR US TO TO GO GET. AND I APPLAUD, I GUESS, THE DEVELOPER TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING BESIDES TACO BELL. I DID SEE THE FREDDY'S OUT IN TERRELL TWO DAYS AGO.
I DID LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKED. I HAVEN'T TRIED IT YET.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THIS EMPTY.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY POINTS TO PASS THE EMPTY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. GOT A SECOND? BY PARISI. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE.
OR TO PASS THE EMPTY AS PRESENTED. ALL THOSE IN HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE. OKAY.
SO IT'S ONE, TWO. RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN SO I CAN GET A COUNT.
12345. OKAY. THOSE AGAINST. RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
TWO. FIVE. TWO. THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.
[E. Discussion and Action Items]
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS SECTION E ONE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN COUNCIL REGARDING A SITE PLAN.APPLICATION FOR A RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THRU.
FREDDIE'S HAMBURGERS, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH COLLINS ROAD AND US HIGHWAY 80, ON AN APPROXIMATE 1.233 ACRE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT TWO R LONG CREEK CROSSING ADDITION WITH THE LONG CREEK CROSSING MPD, MPD OH TWO ZONING DISTRICT IT'S CASE 1834 SP FREDDY'S HAMBURGERS SITE PLAN STAFF.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. THE COMPANION ITEM IS, OF COURSE, THE FREDDY'S SITE PLAN.
APPLICATION IN FRONT OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
THE LOCATION IS SHOWN OUTLINED IN KIND OF LIGHT GREEN COLOR ON THIS AERIAL PHOTO.
THE LOT SIZE IS ABOUT 1.2 ACRES. THE SITE PLAN FOR RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THRU FREDDIE'S HAMBURGER.
THE BUILDING SIZE IS ABOUT 3026 SQUARE FOOT. IT'S A SINGLE STORY BUILDING.
YOU CAN ACCESS IT. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT RED CIRCLE LATER.
THE BUILDING THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS ORIENTED, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS MORE LIKE LONGITUDINALLY TO FIT WITHIN THE LOT EXISTING LOT CONFIGURATION. THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE STARTS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND KIND OF GOES AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO EXIT OFF OF THE NORTH SIDE. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING AN OUTDOOR PATIO, WHICH WOULD HAVE ABOUT 16 SEATING SPACES AND INTERIOR, THEY WILL HAVE 17 INTERIOR SEATING SPACES.
THERE ARE 31 PROPOSED PARKING SPACES ON SITE WHICH MEETS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SIX WALL SIGNS ON THE BUILDING AND ONE PYLON SIGN.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE LED STRIP LIGHTS ALONG THE ENTIRE ROOFLINE, AND FOUR DUAL PACK EXTERIOR LIGHT FIXTURES ALONG THE TWO LONG SIDES OF THE BUILDING OR THE LONGER SIDES OF THE BUILDING. WE CAN SHOW MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
THE RED CIRCLE THERE, THAT WAY, IT KIND OF DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION.
THAT'S THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED PYLON SIGN.
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THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.I HAVE GIVEN A COMPARISON OF WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE PD VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
OVERALL, 24% OF THE SITE AREA IS PROPOSED TO BE LANDSCAPED.
THEY'RE PROPOSING A COMBINATION OF LIVE OAKS, BARK ELM, AND CHINKAPIN OAKS.
THESE ARE THEIR SHADE TREES, THEN, THAT THEY HAVE A CONTINUOUS ROW OF SHRUBS ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY, WHERE THEY HAVE THE SURFACE PARKING SPACES TO KIND OF SCREEN THE UNDERSTORY OF THE CARS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PARKED THERE.
THE TRUE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THEN THEY HAVE A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE, WHICH AS REQUIRED BY CODE, THEY HAVE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE, SHRUBS, LANDSCAPING SHRUBS ALONG THE MASONRY WALL.
THAT'S GOING TO BE. OR THE WALL THAT'S PROVIDING SCREENING FOR THE TRASH ENCLOSURE.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATION IN COLOR.
IT MATCHES, OF COURSE, THE FREDDIE'S CORPORATE COLOR SCHEME.
THE RED AND WHITE AND THEIR SIGNAGE TOO. IT'S MOSTLY MASONRY WITH SOME METAL ELEMENTS, LIKE YOUR AWNINGS, ALL THE AWNINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS IMAGE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE METAL.
THAT COOLER AREA IS SCREENED WITH THE NIETZSCHE HEIGHTS, MORE LIKE A WOOD TYPE OF MATERIAL.
AND I'M GOING TO ORIENT YOU ALSO, BECAUSE THOSE DESCRIPTIONS MIGHT NOT MEAN THE TRUE SOUTH, NORTH OF THE PROPERTY. SO THE ONE YOU SEE ON THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE.
THAT'S THE ELEVATION THAT WOULD BE FACING MORE OR LESS THE SOUTH COLLINS ROAD.
THAT'S WHERE THE PATIO IS GOING TO BE. THEN ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE TOP ELEVATION, THE WEST SIDE OR THE LONG SIDE ELEVATION, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE FACING MORE TOWARDS US 80.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED PYLON SIGN THAT THE APPLICANT IS HAS INCLUDED IN THE SITE PLAN PACKET.
AS WE DISCUSSED DURING THE CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS, THE APPLICANT HAD PROPOSED A 40 FOOT TALL PYLON SIGN WHICH MET WHICH MEETS THE MPDU TWO REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GO UP TO 40FT TALL.
HOWEVER, THE REQUEST OR THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF HAD BEEN TO MEET OR MATCH THE EXISTING SIGNS OR EXISTING SINGLE TENANT PYLON SIGNS ON SITE, WHICH WE HAVE FOUND OUT ARE RIGHT NOW 30FT TALL.
ON THAT FLOOR PLAN, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING A 36 OR 35 FOOT TALL FLAGPOLE, WHICH RIGHT NOW THE CHICK FIL A PROPERTY, WHICH IS NEIGHBOR PROPERTY, DOES HAVE A FLAGPOLE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS SHOWING THE VACANT SITE NEXT TO THE CHICK FIL A DRIVE THROUGH.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
I'VE GOT A LANDSCAPE QUESTION. YES, SIR. WE TALKED ABOUT LANDSCAPE, AND HE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT? I KNOW THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS.
RIGHT. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF FREDDY'S.
BUT TO ANSWER HIS QUESTION AND MY QUESTION, WHAT DOES THE DEVELOPER HAVE TO DO? WHAT'S IN THE PLAN FOR THAT RIGHT NOW? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. RIGHT. WE CAN KIND OF PROVIDE SOME HISTORY BEHIND THAT PARTICULAR SECTION THAT I ALSO MENTIONED DURING THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE SECTION THAT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIGHLIGHTED.
THE ORIGINAL MPD DID HAVE THE TREES THAT WERE MENTIONED THAT THAT WOULD BE PLANTED BY THE DEVELOPER.
HOWEVER, OF COURSE, FROM 2017, NONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE HERE.
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THE DEVELOPER HAD PAID INTO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND FOR THE CITY TO PLANT TREES IN THAT BACK LOT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE CITY BECAUSE IT WAS PLANNED TO BE A FUTURE CITY PARK.HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY HAD MADE THAT OBLIGATION BY PAYING IN LIEU THE MOVING FORWARD, THE THE APPLICANT HAS NO MORE OBLIGATIONS TO PLANT TREES ON THAT BACK LOT.
SO IT'S NOT THE DEVELOPER'S PROPERTY ANYMORE.
NO, IT IS NOT. IT'S CITY PROPERTY. IT IS. AND IT'S UNDER THE CITY'S OBLIGATION TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT, TO USE THAT FUND. AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE TOWN HAS ACTUALLY EDC PROPERTY.
EDC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR B. GOT IT. SO BUT YES, THAT THE OBLIGATION IN THE PD HAS BEEN MET, BUT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON SOLUTIONS FOR THAT THAT LANDSCAPING, THAT LANDSCAPING ISSUE.
SO THERE'S PLANS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
CORRECT. TO GET TREES PLANTED THERE OR SOMETHING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO I CAN SAY THIS. THERE ARE SOME IRRIGATION PROBLEMS ON THAT BACK LOT JUST SO I CAN ADDRESS.
I'M SORRY, SIR, I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME, BUT. SO I CAN ADDRESS HIS QUESTION. THERE ARE SOME IRRIGATION ISSUES ON THAT BACK LOT, AND I WON'T GO INTO ANY FURTHER BECAUSE WE STILL ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE PLANS REGARDING THE TREES IN THAT BACK LOT, BUT THE CITY IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT. AS FOR THIS LOT, LANDSCAPING LOOKS REALLY NICE.
I'LL BRING UP MY SIGN AGAIN. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION YOU ALL WANT TO HAVE ABOUT MEETING THE 30 FOOT EXISTING? ABSOLUTELY. VERSUS THE. I GUESS THEY COULD GO TO 40, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE THE THE SIGN, THE PYLON SIGNS, YOU KNOW, BE CONGRUENT, BE UNIFORM.
YEAH. ALL THE SAME. I TOTALLY AGREE. COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION, JUST MAYBE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERCEPTION AND.
AND THEN WHAT WAS NECESSARILY AGREED TO. BUT JUST WHAT IS THE TOWN'S ABILITY LIKE IF THE TREES WERE NOT PLANTED OR, YOU KNOW, THE LANDSCAPING, LIKE EVERYTHING WE SEE HERE, LOOKS REALLY GREAT IF THE ULTIMATE PRODUCT DOES NOT MATCH WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
WHAT'S OUR RECOURSE THEN IN THAT, IN THAT CASE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN EVEN COMMENT ON OR KNOW NOW, OR IS THAT. WELL, YEAH, IT'S PART OF THE A STEP PROCESS THAT THE CITY FOR EVERY BUILDING PERMIT.
AND THE PD AND STAFF WOULD REVIEW THAT THEY GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
AND THEN AS THE CONSTRUCTION OCCURS, INSPECTIONS OCCUR.
AND IF THEY DON'T MEET CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING PERMIT OR THE PLANS THAT ARE SUBMITTED, THEN CO ISN'T ISSUED UNTIL THEY THEY MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
OKAY. GOT IT. WELL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS TO THE DEVELOPER? ONE QUESTION, I GUESS. HE ALSO BROUGHT UP ABOUT A TRAFFIC PLAN.
WAS WE THERE WAS ONE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
I WOULD I WOULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, AND PROBABLY THE APPLICANT WOULD BE BETTER TO SPEAK MORE BECAUSE YOU ARE CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. WHEN THE LAST APPLICATION WAS BROUGHT IN FRONT OF US, WE HAD REQUESTED OR REQUIRED THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
SO I'M SURE THERE WOULD BE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THAT.
TIA, WHAT WE HAD LEARNED IN THE LAST TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS THAT, OF COURSE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY SO BAD THAT THERE IS POSSIBILITY OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT COULD BE WARRANTED.
AT THAT TIME, IT WAS A 2000 SQUARE FOOT DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.
THE IMPACT THAT WAS GENERATED BY THE 2000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT, DUE TO THE PROPORTIONALITY ANALYSIS OF THE TIA, THE APPLICANT AT THAT TIME WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 1% OF THE EXPENSE.
IF THERE WERE A TRAFFIC LIGHT TO BE INSTALLED.
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REQUIREMENT FROM THE EXISTING LIGHT. SO THERE WAS A TWO FOLD SCENARIO WHERE STAFF COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH FURTHER TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.TEX DOT'S RIGHT OF WAY IS ALL OF SOUTH COLLINS STARTING FROM, LIKE, SOUTH OF US 80, ALL OF ALL THE WAY UP TO MESQUITE, I BELIEVE. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY CONCERN IS AS I LOOK AT THIS, IT'S NOT THE THE BRAND. IT'S NOT THAT. IT'S A HAMBURGER.
IT'S NONE OF THAT, REALLY. MY CONCERN BOILS DOWN TO TRAFFIC.
AND NOT EVEN AS IT IS TODAY. BUT IT'S GETTING READY TO GET A LOT WORSE.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE MAJOR IMPACTS AT THAT INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 80 UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'LL BE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE BAILING OFF OF 80 HITTING ACCESS ROADS.
TRAFFIC BACKED UP FOR MILES LIKE IT IS NOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DOWN TO FORNEY.
I'M IN THIS IN THIS SHOPPING CENTER AREA AT LEAST 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR THE CARS THAT ARE COMING OUT AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN SOUTH TOWARD THE HOSPITAL, YOU'RE TAKING YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS DURING THE BUSIER TIMES OF DAY, FROM FROM ABOUT 230 ON, IT'S A DEMOLITION DERBY TO TURN LEFT. TURNING RIGHT IS NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL TO GO NORTH, BUT FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE TURNING TO THE SOUTH GOOD LUCK. YOU BETTER HAVE BE PRAYED UP BEFORE YOU TRY IT.
SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE CIRCLING AROUND BEHIND THE EXISTING BUILDING COMPLEX UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S EXIT, AND THEY'RE USING THEIR EXIT TO GET OUT ONTO COLLINS AND TURN RIGHT.
SO MY. AND WITH GEORGE BUSH COMING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE TRAFFIC BELCHED OUT ONTO COLLINS.
SO THIS THING IS GETTING READY TO BE REALLY, REALLY CONGESTED AND DICEY.
SO AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, MY QUESTION IS WHEN THAT WAS DONE, DID IT FORESEE AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE GEORGE BUSH IMPACT? DID IT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HIGHWAY 80 CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE SOUTH? AND IF SO, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THAT ONLY 1% IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
BECAUSE IF YOU TURN IN NOW OFF OF COLLINS TO GET TO CHICK FIL A, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE STRANDED IN THE MEDIAN FOR MINUTES BEFORE YOU CAN GET ENOUGH ROOM TO PULL IN TO HOPE TO TURN LEFT, AND THEN THAT'S BLOCKED.
WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO GET TO FREDDIE'S.
TRYING TO MAKE THIS THIS TURN, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST FREDDY'S.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST BUILDING. SOMETHING THERE.
I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND TRAFFIC.
CHAIRMAN, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT. YOU ASK THAT QUESTION, OR MAYBE THE APPLICANT CAN ELABORATE MORE.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT.
TO THE APPLICANTS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY YOUR NAME AND LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
38. 44 GREENBRIAR DRIVE. AND THIS IS OUR COO, MICHAEL GEIER.
MICHAEL GEIER, ADDRESS 60 60 DOE LANE IN MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, AND I'M THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR INCLUDING US ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH OUR FOUNDING STORY.
THE THE CONCEPT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN WICHITA, KANSAS, IN THE 1950S.
BY WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN FREDDY SIMON. THE APPROACH WAS SIMPLE OFFER A NO FRILLS MENU THAT SERVES PREMIUM, HIGH QUALITY COOKED TO ORDER MEALS. MAKE SURE THE RESTAURANT IS CLEAN.
PREPARE GREAT FOOD AND OFFER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE.
FROM THIS INITIAL INITIAL INITIAL APPROACH CAME THE BRAND'S CORE PILLARS OF QUALITY, CLEANLINESS AND HOSPITALITY, WHICH WE AS A TEAM DO OUR BEST TO ENSURE COMES THROUGH AT EACH OF OUR RESTAURANTS.
AS ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THE FAIRWAY OFFER AT OUR RESTAURANTS IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE SERVE STEAK, BURGERS, FRIES AND CUSTARD. WE BELIEVE IN OFFERING A SMALLER, MORE SIMPLIFIED MENU AND MAKING SURE THOSE ITEMS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED THE RIGHT WAY, AS OPPOSED TO OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS AT THE EXPENSE OF QUALITY AND SERVICE.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT ALLOWS US TO SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM THE AVERAGE BURGER PLAYER,
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THE STANDARD BURGER PLAYERS THAT WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH STRESS, COST, AND VOLUME.ABOVE ALL ELSE, HOWEVER, WE PUT AN EMPHASIS ON A MORE PREMIUM AND EXPERIENCE DRIVEN DINING OCCASION.
WHEREAS THE AVERAGE BURGER PLAYER IS TYPICALLY CLOSER TO 20 OR 25%.
IF YOU LOOK AND I PROVIDED SOME PACKETS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE THOSE UP.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE, YOU CAN SEE SOME PHOTOS OF OUR LATEST STORE IN MANSFIELD, TEXAS, WHICH WE OPENED LAST THURSDAY. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BUILDING ITSELF HAS A MORE UPSCALE FEEL TO IT.
AND WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH RUPA AND TEAM TO TO DESIGN THAT TO DATE.
WE PUT A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY INTO MAKING THIS A FRESH AND APPEALING PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY A MEAL, NOT SIMPLY PASS THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE IN AND OUT AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
IT DOESN'T DO GOOD FOR OUR BUSINESS MODEL. INSTEAD, WE WANT SPORTS TEAMS AFTER TOURNAMENTS.
WE WANT BIRTHDAY PARTIES. WE WANT FAMILY OUTINGS AFTER CHURCH AND FIRST DATES.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE AIM TO BECOME A CORE PART OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
ON THE SUBJECT OF COMMUNITY, AND THE FINAL POINT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IT IS THE BELIEF OF THE BRAND AS WELL AS US AS A LOCAL FRANCHISEE, THAT ENGAGING WITH AND INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY IS A REQUIREMENT.
IT'S GOOD FOR US AS BUSINESS OWNERS. IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
BEYOND THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOLDS OF HONOR AND THE KIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION, WE AS A FRANCHISEE MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO INVEST LOCALLY, WHETHER IT'S HOSTING EVENTS, ATTENDING AND CATERING EVENTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, FUNDRAISING OR DONATING TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS. WE ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR STORES.
I THINK THE LAST THING I KNOW, THIS PYLON SIGN HAS BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES.
WE HAVE NO ISSUE MATCHING HEIGHT AT THE 30FT.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING. JUST CURIOUS. YOU'RE A FRANCHISEE.
HOW MANY DO YOU OPERATE? WE OPERATE 44 ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IS IT ONLY INTAKE? IS IT ONLY IN TEXAS AT THIS POINT? IT IS A NATIONAL BRAND. SO THERE ARE, I THINK, NORTH OF 600 ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT WE PERSONALLY ONLY OPERATE IN TEXAS. OKAY.
HOW MANY OPENED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS? FIVE.
FIVE NOW. SO HOW MANY HAVE YOU CLOSED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS? ZERO. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? I JUST HAVE A RANDOM ONE.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HAMBURGER AND A STEAK BURGER? I'LL.
I'LL LEAVE OUR OPERATOR TO ANSWER THAT ONE. IT'S A BETTER QUALITY.
IT'S NOT AS FATTY AS A REGULAR HAMBURGER, AND WE PREPARES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY SMASHED ON THE GRILL. SO IT GIVES YOU A THIN, LACY EDGE AROUND IT AND A NICE, JUICY PATTY IN THE CENTER. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE ANECDOTE.
STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. AGAIN? SURE. VICTORIA MORRIS WITH JACKSON WALKER, 2323 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 600IN DALLAS. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT AT STONE CANYON, THE DEVELOPER ACROSS THE STREET IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH TXDOT TO PUT IN A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THAT INTERSECTION. AGAIN, MAYBE THIS TOWN HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S IN THE WORKS.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ADDRESSES TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPER WITH QUIKTRIP.
YES. SO THAT SAME INTERSECTION THAT FEEDS INTO THE CHICK FIL A AREA.
YES, SIR. GOT IT. OKAY. WELL, MAYBE THE CLARIFICATION IS NOT DIRECTLY TO CHICK FIL A, BUT JUST A LITTLE FURTHER BACK. CLOSER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT BRANDY.
CAN YOU TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE? OKAY.
DOES YOUR MEAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MENU IN HERE? BUT NON-MEAT OPTIONS I WOULD THINK IS NOT A PART OF FREDDY'S.
WOULD YOU HAVE A VEGETARIAN? CAN YOU? YOU ALL NEED TO COME UP.
SUNNYVALE'S GOT VERY FEW RULES, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
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SORRY, MICHAEL. WE DO HAVE A VEGETARIAN BURGER THAT WE DO OFFER.BUT OUR VEGETARIAN BURGER IS AMAZING. IT'S A BLACK BEAN PATTY.
OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. WAS IT A PATTY OR DID IT GET SMASHED? LIKE EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT. OTHER COMMENTS. QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE READY TO ENTERTAIN. WE'LL CLOSE OUT THE COMMENTS THEN.
ANY MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION? NO, I DO MAKE ONE.
I DO INCLUDE. YES. YEP. OKAY, I'LL MAKE ONE. ALL RIGHT.
GO FOR IT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN AS PRESENTED TONIGHT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND.
YES, SIR. COMMENT. ALL IN FAVOR? OH, YOU'RE AHEAD OF ME.
ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSION? ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. SIX. THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 6 TO 1. MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS.
AND WE WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUCCESS. THANKS A LOT.
ALRIGHT. HEATHER, DO WE WANT TO CLOSE OUT THE MEETING BEFORE WE GO INTO TRAINING? BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA. ARE.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INTRODUCTION OF THE WHY BEHIND.
SO OF COURSE WE HAVE CHERYL CORSON HERE. WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION.
SHE'S APPOINTED AS THE NEW ALTERNATE MEMBER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND, OF COURSE, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF YOUR VETERANS ON THE BOARD.
HOWEVER, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE REGULAR TRAININGS AND JUST TO STAY FRESH ON WHAT YOUR ROLES ARE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT? BECAUSE THINGS CHANGED.
STATE LAW CHANGES ON LIKE A REGULAR BASIS. ADDITIONALLY I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT AND WITH HEATHER'S HELP HERE RECENTLY DURING THE REAPPOINTMENTS, SOME OF THE MEETING ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE CHARTER CAME UP.
I KNOW HISTORICALLY WE HAVEN'T BEEN VERY FORMAL IN TERMS OF KEEPING ATTENDANCE RECORDS.
BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE VERY HELPFUL AND VERY GOOD IN TERMS OF INFORMING STAFF WHEN WE SEND NOTIFICATION OUT THAT WHETHER YOU HAVE A WORK TRIP OR SOME OTHER REASON THAT YOU COULD NOT ATTEND, WE'LL BASICALLY MENTIONED AS AN ITEM THAT EXCUSING ABSENCES FOR COMMISSIONERS AND IT WOULD BE LIKE AN OPEN ENDED ITEM.
AND FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING THAT WAY, THE CHARTER SAYS THAT APPROVED BY THE PEERS, AS LONG AS YOUR ABSENCES ARE EXCUSED BY YOUR PEERS, THOSE ABSENCES DO NOT COUNT. TO TO TRIGGER THE CHARTER SECTION THAT SAYS IF A PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBER MISSES LIKE 25%, I BELIEVE IN A GIVEN CALENDAR YEAR OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS, THEY'RE CONSIDERED TO BE OFF THE BOARD.
SO BUT DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS EXCUSED IF THE PEERS ARE TOLD THAT, OKAY, THESE MEMBERS, DUE TO THEIR WORK RESPONSIBILITIES, COULD NOT ATTEND THE MEETING AND IT'S ON THE RECORD, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT CONFUSION ANYMORE.
SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, BEFORE I LET GO.
WE HAD GIVEN OUT SOME PLANNING AND ZONING BINDERS LAST TIME, I THINK TWO MONTHS AGO.
PROBABLY. I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE IN PRISON, SO WE WOULD ALSO JUST HAND THOSE OUT.
WHILE HEATHER IS STARTING. THANK YOU. AND THE PDF THAT'S ONLINE NOW.
THAT IS THE UPDATED ONE. YES, SIR. OKAY.
ARE WE GOING TO STICK WITH JUST THE JUST THE.
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YEAH. ARE WE GOING TO STICK WITH JUST. ONE FOR THIS ONE.CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE OR YOU CAN MOVE IT FROM THE SCREEN? I THINK. WHAT. YEAH. AND. I'VE ALREADY GOT THAT.
UP HERE. SO. WHERE? IT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2021.
THAT WAS THE OLD COVER. IT'S ACTUALLY OUTDATED.
OKAY, SO DO YOU WANT ME TO STOP WITH THIS AND NOT GO TO THE TO THE TOP? OKAY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS PRETTY INFORMAL, SO NO NEED TO WAIT TILL THE END FOR QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN IT COMES UP.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL MEAT OF WHAT PLANNING AND ZONING DOES.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T NORMALLY TALK ABOUT, AND WE CAN HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS AT OTHER MEETINGS WHERE WE GET MORE INTO TO THE ZONING AND THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THAT Y'ALL WILL SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IT IS ACTUALLY CODIFIED. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY TOUCH ON THOSE BIG FOUR AT THE BOTTOM THERE.
ALL RIGHT. THE ETHICS POLICY IS CODIFIED IN ARTICLE 206, AND THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED IT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND INTEGRITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS EFFECTIVE AND FAIR.
I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. AND I WANT TO GO OVER TONIGHT.
THE PORTIONS OF THE ETHICS POLICY THAT SPECIFICALLY NEED TO HAVE MORE ATTENTION FOR APPOINTED.
THAT FEELS REALLY CLOSE. MORE ATTENTION FOR APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
AND THIS IS FOR THIS. THE ETHICS POLICY IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ANY BOARD AND ALSO COMMISSIONERS. SO THERE ARE EXPRESSED PROHIBITIONS OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO AS FAR AS BEING AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL. AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER THOSE IN A MINUTE, BUT THESE OTHERS, AND YOU COULD SEE THESE MORE IN DEPTH IN 206.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY GO OVER THOSE. YOU OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO ACT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF THE LAW AND TOWN POLICY.
CONDUCT. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
NO ABUSIVE CONDUCT, WHETHER VERBAL OR PHYSICAL.
RESPECT THE PROCESS. THERE IS A PROCESS. WE KNOW JUST LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO SPEAK AND HAVE SAY SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU DON'T AGREE WITH. THE CONDUCT OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
HAVING TO ADHERE TO ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PUBLIC MEETING.
DECISIONS BASED ON MERIT. I KIND OF HAVE THAT ONE HIGHLIGHTED, BECAUSE THAT ONE IS VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I THINK WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMISSIONERS AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY BASED ON THE MERIT OF WHAT IS BEFORE US, AND NOT JUST NECESSARILY EMOTION.
IT'S SOMETIMES IT CAN BE EMOTIONAL. AND WHEN I WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOR COMES BEFORE YOU AND YOU AGREE THAT, YEAH, HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO AND SO, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES SAID.
AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE, WE LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE TO THE CITIZENS.
BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE IT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION.
COMMUNICATION. I THINK THAT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY.
USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES, REPRESENTATION OF PRIVATE INTERESTS.
ADVOCACY SHALL REPRESENT THE TOWN, THE OFFICIAL POLICIES OR POSITIONS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, BOARD OR COMMISSION. THE REASON THAT I. HIGHLIGHTED THAT ONE IS BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE IN THE POSITION ATTENDING SO MANY DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEETINGS, BOARD MEETINGS, COMMISSION MEETINGS. WE HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE DECISIONS BASED ON MERIT. YOU'RE YOU'RE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL TO REPRESENT COUNCIL AND THE INTENT OF THE CITY OR THE TOWN. AND SO IT IT ANY ADVOCACY OUTSIDE OF WHAT THAT INTENT IS IS COULD GO AGAINST THE ETHICS POLICY. SO YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL FOR THAT.
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AND I ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I COULD USE FOR THAT IS IF WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT IS MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.AND WE WOULD RATHER ADVOCATE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
LET'S JUST SAY WE WANT. DON'T WANT TO ENFORCE THAT ON INDIVIDUALS.
YOU'RE WELL WITHIN YOUR RIGHTS TO VOICE THAT.
I KNOW THAT KIND OF GETS IFFY. SO WE'RE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS THERE.
IT'S A UDO THAT SAYS, HERE ARE THE RULES, HERE'S THE SIZE, HERE'S THE SETBACK, WHATEVER.
AND WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT COMES BEFORE US AND WE SAY SEEMS A LITTLE BIT RESTRICTIVE TO ME.
I'D RATHER GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE ROOM THAN WHAT THE UDO CALLS FOR.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF WE VOTE IN THAT DIRECTION, WE MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF THE ETHICS? WELL, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THAT IF IT'S A DISCRETIONARY DECISION THAT YOU'RE MAKING, WHETHER IT'S ZONING IS DISCRETIONARY, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEND TO BE MINISTERIAL.
PLANNING IS MINISTERIAL. AND SO AND WE'LL GO INTO THAT DEPTH AT ANOTHER TIME.
BUT IF IT'S A DISCRETIONARY VOTE THEN YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY TO VOICE THAT OPINION.
BUT IF YOU SAY I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THIS OUT HERE, IF YOU SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ENFORCING, AND I'M JUST NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THAT.
YOU'RE ADVOCATING AGAINST THE INTENT OF THE TOWN, THE POLICIES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE FOR THE TOWN, OR THE CODES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE FOR THE TOWN.
AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WIDE AND A BROAD ANSWER, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON AT THAT TIME.
SO BUT JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOU'RE WORKING ON DECISIONS, IF YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON MERIT, NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, YOU'RE COMPLYING WITH BOTH THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER OF THE LAW, THEN YOU SHOULD BE WELL WITHIN FOLLOWING THAT ETHICAL REQUIREMENT.
I KNOW THAT PROBABLY WASN'T A VERY CLEAR ANSWER, BUT SPECIFIC REASON.
OKAY. I WANTED TO ADD, I THINK IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF TOWN ATTORNEY.
ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, EVEN THOUGH ZONING IS THE DISCRETIONARY RIGHT, HOWEVER, CHANGING SETBACKS, THAT IS, THAT IS NOT UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING THE COMMISSION THAT COMES UNDER A DIFFERENT BOARD'S PURVIEW AND WILL HAVE SIMILAR TRAININGS FOR THOSE BOARDS AS WELL. BUT THAT IS A CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DISCRETIONARY RIGHT OF DISCUSSING ZONING OR LAND USE, VERSUS WHETHER A PARTICULAR SETBACK IS FAIR. THAT'S BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
YES. CORRECT. CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT.
CLARIFYING THAT. YES. I GOT A ONE COMMENT OR ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPOINTED BY TOWN COUNCIL, AND NOT ALL OF US MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE TOWN OR MAY HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.
BUT ONE THING I FELT IN MY PAST TIME ON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS IS AND ALSO AS A, AS A, AS A CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, IS THAT WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE JOINT MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE, WHERE WE ALL MET TOGETHER TO GET KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE, AND THEY GIVE US KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE THE PIKE.
WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR FEEL IS AND WHAT THEIR TAKE IS ON SOME OF THIS.
SO WE DON'T COME INTO THIS NECESSARILY BLIND BECAUSE WE CAN COME IN HERE AND WE CAN ALL THINK OF IT ONE WAY, AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND HOW THEY'RE FEELING.
BUT IF WE HAVE THAT TIME TO KIND OF GET ON THE SAME PAGE TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR VISION IS BASED ON WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS WANT TO SEE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND EARLY, EARLY IN MY PA'S TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE, BUT WE STARTED DOING THAT CIRCA 2010, 11 AND 12, AND THAT REALLY HELPED US AS A PA'S GET ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPOINTING US, THAT ARE ELECTED BY THE CONSTITUENTS AND WHATNOT. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A MEETING.
RIGHT. AND I THINK IS PROBABLY GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS WITH THE COMP PLAN.
YES. SO I WAS GOING TO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
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YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IN OUR EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, WE DO SCHEDULE REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TOWN COUNCIL JOINT WORK SESSIONS. AND THAT HASN'T BEEN THE PRACTICE HERE IN THIS TOWN.WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET THAT PUT INTO PLACE.
AND THE BEST OPTION, OR I GUESS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME IS AS WE ARE STARTING A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN UPDATE PROCESS, WE WILL KIND OF USE THAT AS THE KICKOFF OF HAVING A ROUNDTABLE BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BECAUSE THAT IS THE MAIN POLICY SETTING PROCESS YOU WILL GO THROUGH JOINTLY WITH TOWN COUNCIL, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF WORK INTO MAKING THAT A REGULAR THING WHERE EVENTUALLY WHEN NEW POLICY GETS ADOPTED OR NEW ORDINANCES GETS ADOPTED, WE CAN HAVE JOINT WORK SESSIONS. YES. YES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN ACTUALLY, MONDAY'S MEETING IS JOINT MEETINGS. THE NEXT ONE IS POLICY ROLL.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE ON HERE THAT I'M TRYING TO FIND WHERE THEY ARE.
SO I CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT LANGUAGE.
SO A POLICY ROLE IS THE APPOINTED, ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIAL.
AND THE TOWN COUNCIL DETERMINES THE POLICIES OF THE TOWN WITH THE ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY PUBLIC BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND TOWN STAFF. SO WITH THAT, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY THE CHARTER, APPOINTED OFFICIALS, ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE TOWN OR THE PROFESSIONAL DUTIES OF TOWN STAFF, NOR SHALL THEY IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF STAFF TO IMPLEMENT COUNCIL POLICY DECISIONS.
SO I'M GOING TO TIE THESE TWO TOGETHER. POLICY ROLE.
AND NONINTERFERENCE IS THE ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT NOT ALLOWED TO INTERFERE WITH STAFF ANY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS. AND ALSO INTERVENE IN ANY PERSONNEL OR MUNICIPAL COURT FUNCTIONS.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE WAY THE CHARTER IS SET UP, THAT IS SOLELY THE TOWN MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THE TOWN MANAGER THEN REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL AND IT, IT GOES TRICKLES DOWN FROM THERE.
SO THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO AVOID ANY OF THOSE ETHICS POLICY VIOLATIONS IS TO NOT AS AN EXAMPLE, IF ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REACHES OUT TO LAURA AND SAYS, HEY, I WANT YOU TO DO SET UP THIS MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER SO SOMEBODY CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SO ANY OF ANY CONVERSATIONS THAT ANYBODY HAS REGARDING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DIRECT DIRECTED TO THE TOWN MANAGER, AND THEN IT CAN TRICKLE DOWN FROM THERE. IS THAT DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SURE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY PERSONNEL AND MUNICIPAL COURT ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
SO LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, I HAVE ATTENDED A MEETING BEFORE WHERE A COUNCIL MEMBER RECEIVED A PUBLIC NOTICE BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE 200FT OF A ZONING CHANGE THAT WAS OCCURRING, AND HE SHOWED UP AT THE PNC MEETING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF TO TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ZONING CHANGE IN FRONT OF THE PNC COMMISSIONER. AND I ACTUALLY HAD TO STOP HIM FROM DOING THAT BECAUSE AND HIS POSITION WAS, WELL, I GOT THE NOTICE. IT'S MY PROPERTY. BUT IN HIS POSITION AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IT WAS IT UNDULY INTERFERING WITH THE ACT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS. SO SO IT'S LIKE WE CAN'T TAKE THAT AT ALL.
CORRECT. SO HE COULD HAVE RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE VOTE.
THEY TOLD ME I COULDN'T, BUT I COULDN'T SPEAK ON IT, BUT I COULD MAIL NOTICE IN IT.
BUT I COULDN'T SPEAK HERE IN THE MEETING, AND THEY WOULD JUST READ MINE INTO THAT.
BUT I DIDN'T LOSE MY VOICE AS A RESIDENT BECAUSE OF MY ELECTED POSITION.
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BECAUSE I WAS COMPLETELY PULLED FROM THAT. YEAH.WELL, HE WE CAUGHT THIS AT THE. NO, I COULDN'T VOTE ON IT.
AND I WAS UNABLE TO VOTE ON IT, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE ON IT.
BUT I WANTED MY VOICE HEARD AS A RESIDENT THAT LIVED WITHIN 200FT.
YEAH. SO WE CAUGHT HIM AT THE PODIUM LIKE AS HE.
SO THAT WAS AT THAT MOMENT YOU LOSE YOUR VOICE AS THEY WERE.
YOU WERE WITH IT AS A FAVOR TO DO THAT. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND BECAUSE IT'S HE'S TALKING ABOUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. AND SO AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO INTO QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL ON THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST TWO HERE ARE PURCHASING AND POSITIVE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT.
I THINK THOSE ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. SO EXPRESS PROHIBITIONS.
THESE TO ME FEEL PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY AS WELL, BUT LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THEM REAL QUICK.
BRIBERY. OBVIOUSLY. RELEASE OF CONFIDENTIAL, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE TOWN.
CONFLICT. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IF DON'T TELL ME ANY OTHER.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. STOP. TURN YOUR MIC OFF.
REPEAT. REPEATED OR MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF ANY TOWN POLICY OR PROVISIONS OF THE ETHICS CODE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ATTENDANCE, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ATTENDANCE IN A MINUTE.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE TINY BIT SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.
OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE EXPRESS. OKAY. ATTENDANCE.
AND THIS IS THE ATTENDANCE THAT IS ACTUALLY OUTLINED IN THE UDO.
SO YOU HAVE 12 MEETINGS A YEAR AT A MINIMUM. AND SO THE WAY THAT IT IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, NO MEMBER OF PNC SHALL FAIL TO ATTEND A TOTAL OF THREE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT ANY THREE SPECIALLY SCHEDULED CALLED MEETINGS TOTAL OR THREE CONSECUTIVE, SPECIALLY SCHEDULED, CALLED, CALLED MEETINGS HAVE TOO MANY WORDS IN THERE, DON'T I? BUT SO YOU MIGHT SAY, WHY WOULD WE HAVE MORE THAN THREE SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS? WELL, DURING THE COMP PLAN THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN THREE SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN THE COURSE OF THE THE DRAFTING OF THE NEW COMP PLAN, AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE JOINT MEETINGS AND THEN INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS THEY MAY BE SPECIAL MEETINGS.
SO THOSE ARE THAT'S A NUMBER TO KEEP IN MIND.
SO THREE TOTAL FOR EITHER SPECIAL MEETINGS AND REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS.
EXCUSED AND EXCUSED. IT'S THE UNEXCUSED, LIKE SARAH WAS TALKING ABOUT A MINUTE AGO.
THAT IS THREE UNEXCUSED. YEAH. YEAH. AND THE AND THE LAST ONE HERE IS NOT ABOUT ATTENDANCE BUT I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT IN THERE JUST IN CASE ANYBODY HAS THAT. THAT QUESTION COMES UP QUITE OFTEN.
OKAY. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT.
LET ME START OVER. YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE FOR TWO REASONS.
THIS IS IN CHAPTER 171 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONFLICTS YOU HAVE.
THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST CONFLICT AND THERE IS A REAL ESTATE CONFLICT.
THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IS THE FIRST THREE BULLET POINTS THAT YOU SEE ON THERE.
IF YOU HAVE 10% OR MORE OF VOTING STOCK IN A BUSINESS ENTITY, OR YOU HAVE 10% OR MORE OR 15% OR MORE OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE BUSINESS ENTITY, OR IF THE FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE BUSINESS EXCEED 10% OF THE GROSS INCOME,
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AND THE ACTION ON THE MATTER HAS A SPECIAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT, NOT DISTINGUISHABLE EFFECT ON THE BUSINESS, DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE PUBLIC. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT? WHAT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO HAVE A CONFLICT, A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST CONFLICT? I GOT ONE, I GUESS. OKAY. SAY SOMETHING COMES ACROSS OUR BOARD IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND WE PASS IT.AND THEN ARE WE STILL NOT ALLOWED TO POTENTIALLY INVEST IN IT? AFTER THE FACT? NO. YOU COULD INVEST IN IT AFTER THE FACT, BUT AFTER THE FACT.
IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER VOTES, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO IF YOU IF YOU MEET THAT THRESHOLD.
THEY'RE. WHY? I INVESTED IN THE COMPANY. THAT WAS AFTER THE FACT. YEAH. HE'S. YEAH. YEAH. YOU SAID FREDDY'S RIGHT.
THAT WAS LIKE. YEAH. YEAH. I'M GOING TO GRAB MY WATER REAL QUICK.
I'VE BEEN TALKING ALL DAY. YEAH. ASK HIM THAT QUESTION.
IT IS. I GOTTA GET A GLASS OF WATER. YEAH. WE HAVE ONE.
OH, YES. DO WE ALL WANT TO TAKE A. WATER? I HAVE THREE, I GUESS.
AND IF YOU HAVE 2500 OR MORE VALUE. VALUE WORTH $2,500 OR MORE, AND AN ACTION ON THE MATTER WILL HAVE A SPECIAL ECONOMIC EFFECT ON THE REAL PROPERTY.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN OUR WITH OUR COUNCIL.
SO. AND HE IS AN HOA VOTING MEMBER. SO IF YOU LIVE IN AN HOA AND YOU HAVE A YOU'RE A VOTING MEMBER OF THAT HOA AND WE ARE VOTING OR THERE IS SOMETHING BEFORE YOU TO VOTE ON, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON VOTING ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
IF YOU OWN THE PROPERTY ARE A VOTING MEMBER, WHICH IF YOU OWN, IF YOU'RE A VOTING MEMBER, YOU WOULD OWN IT AND IT'S VALUED AT MORE THAN $2,500.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. AND A PUBLIC OFFICIAL IS DEEMED TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST TO THE SECOND DEGREE, IF YOU HAVE A RELATIVE THAT HAS THE BUSINESS AND YOU'RE RELATED TO THE SECOND DEGREE.
AND I, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THE SECOND DEGREE, THERE IT IS.
DO WHAT? YEAH. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THIS. YEAH.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SO LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WHETHER IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL, SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR BUSINESS OR IT IS REAL ESTATE, THEN YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY THAT PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION, LIKE PRIOR TO THE MEETING IS ACTUALLY THE BEST PART.
AND THEN THAT IS FILED WITH THIS TOWN. AND IF AS THAT GOES FORWARD, IF ANY OTHER ITEMS COME FORWARD FOR THAT PARTICULAR CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THEN THAT SAME AFFIDAVIT RECUSES YOU FROM ALL.
NOW, IF YOU RECRUIT, IF YOU CLAIM A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND YOU ARE RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THE VOTE, YOU ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE, YOU NOT ONLY DO YOU REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE DISCUSSION, YOU REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE ROOM.
SO JUST FYI, IF YOU ABSTAIN FOR CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THEN I WILL ASK YOU TO GO IN THE BACK WHILE Y'ALL HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION AND A VOTE IS TAKEN, AND THEN YOU CAN REJOIN EVERYONE AFTER THAT IS COMPLETE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST. OKAY.
WELL, HERE I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. YOU FILE THE AFFIDAVIT.
ABSTAIN FROM FURTHER PARTICIPATION ON THE MATTER. OKAY.
NO QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING SO FAR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT OPEN MEETINGS.
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OPEN MEETINGS. VIOLATIONS, YOU WOULD THINK, DON'T OCCUR AS MUCH AS THEY DO.AND THEY JUST RUN RAMPANT IN ANY TOWN. DO DO WHAT? YOU. YES. YEAH. YES. I FEEL LIKE I YELL ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.
TO EVERYBODY. OKAY. WHAT IS AN OPEN MEETING? YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM.
AND THOSE ARE THE THE WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION? IT DOESN'T EVEN ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE A MEETING.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT OR POST A NOTICE OF POSSIBLE QUORUM.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST HERE WHERE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN AN OPEN MEETING WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO COUNT Y'ALL IN AS A QUORUM. AND WE HAVE A TOWN, THE TOWN CELEBRATION OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. YEAH. AND THERE CERTAINLY WAS A QUORUM OF PNC THERE.
RIGHT. BUT IT WOULDN'T BE. SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED.
BUT TYPICALLY THE DINNER THAT IS POSTED. OKAY.
OKAY. BUT LET'S JUST SAY LIKE THE JULY 4TH CELEBRATION THERE'S MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO BE A QUORUM OF ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COUNCIL THERE, I WOULD THINK. BUT THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE DISCUSSING, RECEIVING, GIVING OR ASKING QUESTIONS REGARDING TOWN BUSINESS.
WHICH IS A CURIOUS KIND OF WHAT IF IT'S JUST TWO PEOPLE TALKING? SO THAT'S. WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT TO THAT.
SO WHAT MAKES Y'ALL A QUORUM? IS YES. YES. YOU'RE COMPOSED OF SEVEN REGULAR MEMBERS, TWO ALTERNATES. IS THAT OKAY? AND THE WAY THAT AND I JUST PUT THIS UP HERE BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WAS QUESTIONED ONE TIME BEFORE AT A MEETING, THE ALTERNATE MEMBER THAT HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME REMAINING, WHICH I THINK THROUGH THIS YEAR IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE YOU.
SO IF SOMEONE IS MISSING, ONE PERSON IS MISSING, YOU WOULD SIT IN THEIR PLACE AND YOU DO VOTE.
AND THEN IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MISSING, THEN YOU BOTH WOULD SIT AND VOTE.
IF YOU ARE AN ALTERNATE MEMBER AND NOT REPLACING A REGULAR MEMBER, THEN YOU DON'T VOTE.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A WALKING QUORUM? TECHNICALLY, ANYTHING LESS THAN THIS.
AND I GIVE THE TOWN COUNCIL THIS SAME ADVICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR QUORUM IS FOUR AS WELL.
SO TECHNICALLY YOU COULD HAVE THREE MEMBERS. TO ME, I ALWAYS SAY NO MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE IN A ROOM ALONE, TALKING OR WALKING DOWN THE STREET TALKING ABOUT TOWN BUSINESS.
BECAUSE AT ANY TIME THAT THIRD PERSON, IF YOU HAVE THREE AT ANY TIME, THAT FOURTH PERSON COULD WALK UP OR ENTER THE EMAIL STRING OR WHATEVER MIGHT HAPPEN, AND YOU HAVE NOW VIOLATED THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
REALLY, MY RULE IS DON'T TALK ABOUT IT OUTSIDE OF THE OPEN MEETING.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW MORE THAN TWO AT A TIME BECAUSE AT ANY TIME, IF THE EVEN IF IT'S A CONTINUED CONVERSATION, IF YOU TWO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND THEN YOU GO TO FREDDY'S AND HAVE A HAMBURGER AND AND MISS BURTON WANTS TO HAVE A VEGGIE BURGER AND SHE WALKS IN, SO DO YOU SEE HOW QUICKLY THIS CAN GROW? AND IF NOW IF YOU TWO TALK AND THEN YOU THREE TALK, AND THEN ONE OF YOU LEAVES AND ANOTHER ONE TALKS, YOU HAVE NOW HAD FOUR PEOPLE JOIN THIS CONVERSATION.
IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE VIEWED AS A YES, AS A WALKING QUORUM.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THIS SLIDE, BUT I HAD IT HAPPEN PREVIOUSLY WHERE RESIDENTS WOULD JUST COME TO MY HOUSE ALL THE TIME, JUST LIKE BEFORE MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS AFTER COUNCIL, BEFORE COUNCIL, BEFORE. AFTER PRNS, BEFORE JUST ASKING.
JUST SOME OF THEM JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT IT WAS IT GOT KIND OF OUT OF CONTROL.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO KIND OF JUST JUST SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW.THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A REASON TO TRIP US UP. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A REASON TO CATCH US TALKING. SO IF I PROMISE YOU, I SEE YOU OUTSIDE, I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT THIS. THIS IS PART OF IT. THAT'S COOL. YOU KNOW, I JUST I DON'T WANT TO GET.
I LIKE, I LIKE YOUR I LIKE YOUR THINKING. NO MEETING OUTSIDE.
IN FACT, I HAVE THAT ON THERE, NO MEETING OF A QUORUM, ETC..
SO LIKE I SAID, NO, I PREFER NO DELIBERATION OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING.
A QUORUM COULD BE CONSIDERED IF YOU'RE ALL ON AN EMAIL STRING TOGETHER.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN. AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, YOU GET AN EMAIL STRING FROM LAURA OR SURUPA AND IT PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED. AT THE BOTTOM IT SAYS DO NOT REPLY ALL BECAUSE YOU COULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE A WALKING QUORUM IF YOU DO THAT.
SO BE CAREFUL WITH PHONE CALLS, TEXTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
CAN I BRING UP ONE THING AND I'LL JUST THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS UNTIL SOMEONE GOT IN TROUBLE PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE CAN'T EVEN DISCUSS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH OUR SPOUSES.
RIGHT. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THERE. AND WHAT WE HEAR AND WHAT WE LEARN SHOULD NEVER, EVER, EVER BE REPEATED OUTSIDE OF THAT EVER AGAIN. CORRECT? AND I DON'T THINK UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IN THAT EXACT WORDS, I WOULD GO SAY SOMETHING TO MY WIFE.
I DIDN'T KNOW PREVIOUSLY. I DID NOT KNOW THAT I COULDN'T TELL HER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
BUT YOU CANNOT DO THAT. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL SOMEONE SAID YOU CAN.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE. THIS IS A PRIVILEGE AMONGST US. SEVEN.
AND THAT'S IT. IT'S ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND THAT'S IT. IT DOESN'T GET TO GO TO THE TO THE COUNCIL. IT DOESN'T GET TO GO BACK TO P AND Z. IT'S JUST IN THAT GROUP. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. AND SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE VERY, VERY SPECIFICALLY SAID, HEY WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU CANNOT YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT WHAT IS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO.
IF YOU DO TALK ABOUT TO ANYONE ABOUT WHAT YOU DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION OUTSIDE OF IT, YOU USE, YOU LOSE YOUR LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF DO WHAT YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY FROM YOU? YES. YOU LOSE YOUR LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION OR FROM EVEN BEING ABLE TO BEING REQUIRED TO TESTIFY. SO LET'S JUST SAY IF YOU HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OVER A DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN THAT DEVELOPMENT ENDS UP IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DEVELOPER, AGAINST THE TOWN, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU HAVE DISCUSSED OUTSIDE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WHAT WAS PRIVILEGED INFORMATION, YOU NOW CAN BE FORCED TO TESTIFY IN THAT AND AND AS LONG AS THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS DO NOT BREAK THEIR PRIVILEGE, THEN THEN THEY WOULD RETAIN THAT LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT.
AND I KNOW IT'S EASY, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE JUST CHIT CHATTING WITH YOUR SPOUSE OR WHOEVER IT MAY BE TO TO TALK ABOUT IT AND NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. WHATEVER'S BEHIND THOSE CLOSED DOORS STAYS BEHIND THOSE CLOSED DOORS.
OKAY. AND THEN I DON'T REALLY THINK I NEED TO GO INTO THESE TOO MUCH FURTHER.
OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT. THESE ARE ACTUAL CRIMINAL OFFENSES, IMPROPER GIFTS.
AND THE ETHICS POLICY DOES TALK ABOUT IMPROPER GIFTS.
SO YOU PROBABLY WANT TO LOOK OVER THAT A LITTLE MORE.
BRIBERY. WE'VE WE'VE SAID BRIBERY TWICE NOW. SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT ONE.
ABUSE OF OFFICIAL CAPACITY, OFFICIAL POWER, OPPRESSION AND MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I REALLY WON'T GO INTO THOSE.
BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY. AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF THIS.
YEAH. THE THE THE REST OF THE SLIDE IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE, BUT IT'S ABOUT ZONING AND THE SUBDIVISION.
I WON'T KEEP YOU ANY LONGER TONIGHT. I WILL FORCE YOU ALL TO LISTEN TO THE REST OF THAT LATER.
BUT IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
THANK YOU. HEATHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR LAST COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? EVERYBODY GOOD? ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
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MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. GOD, THAT WAS FAST, BUDDY.I DIDN'T EVEN GET IT OUT OF MY MOUTH. YOU WERE GOING.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE MOTION IS MADE BY POINTS AND BY BLANK.
OKAY. SECOND. YEAH. BRONSON. YEAH. ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURN, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:00 SHARP.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.