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GOOD EVENING.[CALL TO ORDER]
CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM ITEM NUMBER ONE, WE WILL ASK MAYOR PRO TEM ORHAN SCHUL TO LEAD US IN THE, UH, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION.PLEASE STAND, DEAR GOD, YOU ARE THE MOST GRACIOUS AND THE MOST MERCIFUL.
WE THANK YOU GOD FOR THE ABUNDANT BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US AND OUR CITY.
AS WE GO THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, GIVE US THE STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE TO OVERCOME ALL THE DIFFICULTIES.
BLESS THOSE WHO ARE HELPING US.
WE ASK YOU TO HEAL THOSE WHO NEED HEALING AND KEEP THE FAMILY CLOSER TO EACH OTHER.
DEAR LORD, PLEASE LET US NOT FORGET THAT WE ARE ELECTED TO SERVE EVERYONE AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVING THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL OUR CREATOR.
WE ASK YOU OUR LORD, TO GRANT US THE WISDOM, TO RECOGNIZE THE GOOD AND WORK WITH AND FOR THE GOOD.
DEAR GOD, HELP US MAKE THE BEST DECISION, AND I WILL ASK TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH EACH OTHER AND GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING WE NEED.
A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE TAKES US ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
[3. MINUTES OF THE MAY 20, 2024 JOINT COUNCIL MEETING]
ITEM THREE MINUTES OF THE MAY 20, 20, 24 JOINT COUNCIL MEETING.LOOKING FOR A MOTION? MR. HUTCHIN RIDER.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED.
GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND SHOW OF HANDS.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM]
COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITOR FORUM.UM, WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF A NUMBER OF, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT CARDS, UH, IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE.
SO I WANNA GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE, AND THEN I'LL READ THE INSTRUCTIONS, UH, FOR, UM, SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AS WELL.
UH, MR. PAUL WOOD 8 0 6 BELTLINE COVE, UH, NOT SPEAKING, BUT IN FAVOR OF ZONING FILE 74 10, UH, TONY HAWKER ROAD, EIGHT 18 SHERWOOD DRIVE, NOT SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF, UH, ZONING FILE 24 10 ALISA WOOD, 8 0 6 BELTLINE COVE RICHARDSON, AGAIN, NOT SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ZONING FILE.
24 10 SANDRA HOFFER, 80 11 SCOTTSDALE DRIVE, NOT SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ZONING FO 24 10, UH, IN, IN OPPOSITION.
6 23 NOTTINGHAM, UM, NOT SPEAKING OPPOSED TO ZONING FILE 24 10 KENDRA GRABBER, 6 31 DOWNING RICHARDSON, NOT SPEAKING OPPOSED TO ZONING FILE 20 24 10 FINN FOSTER, SEVEN 15 SCOTTSDALE RICHARDSON, NOT SPEAKING OPPOSED TO ZONING FILE 24 10 JULIA STONE, 7 0 6 DUMONT RICHARDSON, NOT SPEAKING OPPOSED TO ZONING FILE.
PAUL JOHNSON, 7 0 8 HYDE PARK, UH, RICHARDSON, NOT SPEAKING, OPPOSED TO ZONING FILE 24 10.
AND THEN BECKY GOR, EIGHT 18 DOWNING DRIVE.
RICHARDSON, NOT SPEAKING, OPPOSED TO ZONING FILE 24 10.
AND THEN NEUTRAL MARK, UH, BUSINE 700 SCOTTSDALE DRIVE, NOT SPEAKING.
AND THEN FINALLY, TRAVIS BOND, 7 31 DUMONT DRIVE, NOT SPEAKING, NEUTRAL TO ZONING FILE 24 10.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE TAKING PART IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND, UH, ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL, UM, LET ME READ THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
VISITOR FORM INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE, UH, DURING THIS PORTION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY 30 MINUTES, IS ALLOTTED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON A PUBLIC ITEM, A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED.
IF THERE IS TIME LEFT IN THE, UH, INITIAL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED.
AS A VISITOR'S WO OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC IN WHICH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY.
IF THE FULL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS REACHED, THEN SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITOR'S FORUM SCHEDULED.
AT THE END OF THE MEETING, ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY RECEIVED.
WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE, THE TIMER.
WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKER SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY.
SPEAKERS MUST NOT, UH, PHYSICALLY APPROACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF, AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS.
SPEAKERS WITH HANDOUTS MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY'S SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE.
SPEAKER, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL
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FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY SPEAKER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS OF POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER.
AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED, UH, TO REFRAIN, REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, A COPY OF THE RULES, A COPY OF THESE RULES, THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE, AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AT THIS TIME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES DURING THE MEETING.
AND I'LL ASK, UH, CITY SECRETARY AND MAYOR IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AND THE, UM, VISITORS FOR MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA.
[5. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT]
THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM FIVE, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.UM, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED, UH, TO HAVE, UH, JENNA COVINGTON, WHO IS THE, UH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE, UH, NORTH TEXAS MISSILE WATER DISTRICT AND HER TEAM.
I'LL LET HER INTRODUCE, UM, HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE THIS VERY IMPORTANT ANNUAL BRIEFING.
I DO WANNA TAKE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, JOHN SWEETEN AND RANDY ROLAND, WHO OF COURSE ARE, ARE THE CITY APPOINTEES TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD.
UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE AND ALL THAT THEY DO, UH, FOR RICHARDSON AND FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR THE REGION.
UM, JENNA, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM COMING OUT AND, UH, AND THE WEATHER TONIGHT AND TRAVERSING, UH, ALL THE WAY FROM WILEY TO GET HERE TO, UH, SHARE THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITH OUR COUNCIL.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL AND WORK WITH YOU ALL ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE HERE WITH US THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE.
UH, FIRST JOHN SWEDEN AS OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR FROM THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
AND, UH, LONG TENURED AND VERY ESTABLISHED AND VERY MUCH A LEADER WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.
UH, HE CURRENTLY CHAIRS OUR WATER COMMITTEE AND ALSO SERVES ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UH, DIRECTOR ROLAND IS THE SECOND APPOINTEE FROM THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AND IS NOW A COUPLE OF YEARS INTO HIS TERM AND HAS REALLY BEEN STUDYING HARD AND GETTING UP TO SPEED AND LEARNING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT, AND IS CONTRIBUTING IN REALLY POSITIVE WAYS.
UH, HE'S NOW SERVING AS THE VICE CHAIR OF OUR REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE, OUR PERSONNEL ON OUR PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, AND ALSO SOLID WASTE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE RJ RAKI, UH, WHO WILL BE, UH, SPEAKING WITH YOU ALL HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
HE'S OUR PLANNING ASSISTANT DEPUTY FOR PLANNING.
UH, AND WE'LL BE SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
UH, BILLY GEORGE IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WATER AND WASTEWATER, AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING A OVERVIEW OF OUR SYSTEMS THAT, UH, SERVE YOU ALL.
JEAN CHIPPERFIELD IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND ALSO SERVES AS OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING A OVERVIEW, UH, OF OUR BUDGETS IN THE COMING YEAR.
AND BRIAN BROOKS IS OUR, UH, BOARD LIAISON AND ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL MANAGER AND WITH US AS WELL.
UH, SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
UH, WHAT WE HAD COME PREPARED, UH, TO TALK THROUGH, UH, IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE SERVICES WE OFFER, UH, SOME KEY PROJECTS THAT WE THOUGHT YOU ALL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
UH, WATER SUPPLY PLANNING IS TOP OF MIND FOR US, STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANS.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS KIND OF THE KICKOFF TO Y'ALL'S BUDGET SEASON AND A REGULAR TOUCHPOINT WITH YOU ALL EACH YEAR.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS AS THE TIME AS WE CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION.
UH, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL KIND OF GET STARTED.
UH, SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THIS A TIME BEFORE, UM, BUT WE THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S HELPFUL TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE CAME FROM.
UH, SO WANTED TO SHARE A QUOTE FROM WHEN NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WAS FOUNDED BACK IN THE FIFTIES.
UH, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN OUR ORIGINAL MEMBER CITIES CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, WE DECIDED WE WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
AND SO THEY CAME TOGETHER TO FORM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, UH, AND APPROACHED THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO DO SO.
UH, WE BEGAN DELIVERING WATER SERVICE IN 1956, AND THEN AT THE REQUEST OF OUR MEMBER CITIES TOOK ON WASTEWATER SERVICE IN THE SEVENTIES AND SOLID WASTE SERVICE IN THE EIGHTIES.
OUR VISION IS THE SAME TODAY AS IT WAS BACK WHEN WE WERE FORMED, AND THAT IS REGIONAL SERVICE THROUGH UNITY MEETING OUR REGION'S NEEDS TODAY AND TOMORROW.
AND SO THE WORK THAT WE DO EACH AND EVERY DAY IS WORKING TO MEET THOSE REGIONAL NEEDS.
UH, WE'RE A VERY MISSION MINDED ORGANIZATION WHO IS REALLY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY SERVICES IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.
UH, WE DO THAT THROUGH ACCOMPLISHING FOUR GOALS ON A DAILY BASIS AROUND SERVICE STEWARDSHIP PARTNERSHIP, AND PEOPLE IN ALIGNMENT
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WITH OUR CORE VALUES, WHICH SPELL OUT I TRUST THROUGH INTEGRITY, TRUST, RESPECT, UNITY, SAFETY, AND TEAMWORK.UH, WE'RE ALSO VERY FOCUSED ON HAVING AN ACTIONABLE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THESE ARE THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF IT.
ADDITIONALLY, UNDER EACH OF THOSE FOUR GOALS, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES AND INITIATIVES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE OBJECTIVES.
AND SO AS A STAFF, WE'RE WORKING ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE PROGRESS ON AROUND 60 DIFFERENT INITIATIVES TO MOVE OUR ORGANIZATION FORWARD.
WE'RE A WHOLESALE PROVIDER OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES, AND I KNOW YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THIS.
UH, WE'RE THE WHOLESALE PROVIDER AND YOU ALL RETAIN THE RETAIL PROVIDER STATUS.
AND SO WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO YOU ALL AS A CITY.
OUR THREE SERVICE AREAS ARE WATER, WASTE, WATER AND SOLID WASTE.
AND WE SERVE AROUND 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE, UH, WITH SAFE DRINKING WATER EACH AND EVERY DAY, UH, THROUGH SEVEN DIFFERENT WATER TREATMENT PLANTS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MOMENT.
ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE OF THINGS, WE SERVE AROUND 1.4 MILLION FOLKS AND ON SOLID WASTE, WE'RE APPROACHING 1 MILLION FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
WE PROVIDE ALL THREE OF THESE SERVICES TO YOU ALL.
UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE WORK THAT WE DO, AND ALSO PROUD OF OUR STAFF.
AND SO HERE'S JUST KIND OF A, A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE RECENT HONORS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
UH, SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED AT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE'RE HONORED TO GET THIS PAST YEAR WAS AN EXEMPLARY SOURCE WATER PROTECTION AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION.
UH, SO THAT'S REALLY ENSURING THAT THE WATER, THE SOURCE WATER THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM AREA LAKES TO, TO TREAT AND THEN DISTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THAT CAN BE DONE TO PROTECT THAT SOURCE WATER.
UH, WE ALSO ARE VERY PROUD OF BODARK LAKE, UH, THE BIGGEST PROGRAM THAT THE WATER DISTRICT HAS EVER TAKEN ON, AND IT'S BEEN RECEIVING A NUMBER OF AWARDS LATELY.
UH, JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED AN ESTEEMED HONOR AWARD, A NATIONAL AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMP, UH, UM, FROM THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES.
ADDITIONALLY, LATER IN THE FALL, WE'RE WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ONE OF THE PROJECTS OF THE YEAR AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.
UH, HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN THE BOTTOM PHOTO IS OUR OPERATIONS CHALLENGE TEAM.
AND THIS IS A TEAM OF FOLKS, UH, WHO ARE WASTEWATER OPERATORS AND DO WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY TO TAKE WASTEWATER, CLEAN IT UP AND DISCHARGE CLEAN WATER INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEY COMPETE AT THE STATE AND THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WITH ALL THE TROPHIES THAT THEY BROUGHT HOME FROM OUR RECENT STATE COMPETITION, THEY SWEPT THAT COMPETITION, UH, PLACING FIRST IN EVERY SINGLE EVENT.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND HOW THAT IMPROVES, UH, AND TEACHES NOT ONLY THEM, BUT THEIR COLLEAGUES TO DO EXCELLENT WORK BACK AT THEIR FACILITY.
OKAY, ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE REQUIRED FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS, UH, IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA OF LATE.
UH, YOU ALL HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS GROWTH HERE IN RICHARDSON, AND MANY OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES WE SERVE ARE SEEING THAT AS WELL.
AND SO WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING FOR THAT GROWTH WITHIN EACH OF OUR THREE SERVICE AREAS.
UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, HERE IN A MOMENT THAT OUR SERVICE POPULATION HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.
JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND 2020, OUR SERVICE POPULATION WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 2 MILLION PEOPLE, UH, IN JUST THREE YEARS.
WE'RE UP 10% AT 2.2 MILLION FOLKS.
AND RECENTLY THE CENSUS RELEASED SOME INFORMATION FROM 2023 GROWTH.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE TWO OF THE TOP 10 COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY ON BOTH NUMERICAL GROWTH NUMBERS AS WELL AS ANNUAL PERCENTAGE GROWTH.
UH, SO TREMENDOUS GROWTH HAPPENING IN OUR AREA.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT GROWTH AND ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING FOR THOSE NEEDS.
WITH THAT SAID, THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT COME ABOUT IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE NEEDS, AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE TO OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES, UH, AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND ALLOW FOR THAT GROWTH.
WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO BILLY GEORGE, WHO WILL TALK YOU ALL THROUGH OUR SERVICES.
AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND STAFF.
UM, HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR SERVICES, PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE.
YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR OF US, UH, WITH US, BUT IT'S GOOD, I GUESS.
JENNA SAID IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF REMINDER AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOME NEW FOLKS, UH, IN THE ROOM WHO MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING THROUGH THIS.
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AS I GO THROUGH OUR THREE SERVICE AREAS, I WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF, UH, ITEMS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY'RE SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.AND THERE ARE SOME OPERATIONAL AREAS THAT WE'RE, UH, WORKING ON AND WILL BE THIS YEAR AND YEARS NEAR TERM.
WHAT I GOT FIRST IS A, A SLIDE THAT SHOWS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR WATER SYSTEM MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS OUR SERVICE AREA SHADED IN GRAY.
YOU SEE OUR MAJOR SOURCE WATERS THAT ARE CONNECTED, UH, AND THEN WE DELIVER WATER FROM THEM TO OUR TREATMENT PLANTS.
IT'S BEEN A BIG YEAR FOR, FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR OUR SOURCE WATER.
THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR THAT BOAR LAKE ACTUALLY FILLED, AND IT ACTUALLY SPILLED OVER THE SPILLWAY RELEASED FLOOD WATERS, AND IT GOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FIRST TIME.
IF YOU'VE BEEN SEEING ANY OF THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S CREATING QUITE A STIR FROM THE RECREATIONAL SIDE.
WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE THAT, UH, NEW WATER SOURCE, WATER SUPPLY FOR OUR REGION ONLINE.
IT'S BEEN PRODUCING WATER FOR OVER A YEAR, AND IT WILL CONTINUE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME.
ON THE TREATED WATER SIDE, WE HAVE A TOTAL PERMITTED TREATMENT CAPACITY OF 946 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
OUR LARGEST NUCLEUS OF TREATMENT CAPABILITY IS IN WILEY, WHERE WE HAVE FOUR SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
AND FROM THERE WE SEND WATER OUT MUCH OF RICHARDSON'S, UH, WATER, ALL OF RICHARDSON WATER COMES THROUGH WILEY.
WE HAVE A LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT TREATS WATER FROM BOAT LAKE AND SENDS IT TO THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
WE SERVE THE CITY OF BONUM WITH A SMALL BONUM WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE TOY WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH ATHLETE NAMED IS DOWN NEAR LAKE TOY, AND IT DOES TREAT WATER THAT WE EXTRACT FROM FROM THAT LAKE.
WHILE WE'RE ON WATER, TWO AREAS I WANT TO HIT ON AND FOCUS ONE PROVIDES YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME ONGOING WORK THAT'S WITH YOUR NORTH GARLAND, WITH OUR NORTH GARLAND SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE NAME THAT WE'VE SUBSCRIBED TO.
TWO PARALLEL PIPELINES THAT BRING WATER FROM OUR WILEY CAMPUS, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN AND SERVES THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, GARLAND MURPHY, AND SEVERAL OTHERS ALONG THE WAY.
2018, WE HAD A MAJOR FAILURE ON THAT PIPELINE, AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE DOUBLED DOWN ON OUR LINEAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN AT THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO NEVER HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN IN 2019, UH, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD DONE A DETAILED ELECTROMATIC MAGNETIC INSPECTION OF THAT LINE AND SUBSEQUENT DETAILED, UH, LEAK INSPECTION OF THE ENTIRE LINE.
OUT OF THAT, UH, WE IDENTIFIED SIX PIPELINES PIPE SEGMENTS THAT, UH, NEEDED SOME KIND OF, UH, EITHER ONE WAS REPLACED, THE OTHERS WERE REHABILITATED.
BUT I BRING IT UP TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED OUR SECOND GO AROUND OF DETAILED INSPECTION OF THAT PIPELINE.
WE COMMITTED THAT WE WOULD DO THAT FIVE YEARS AFTER THE FIRST ONE.
SO WE'VE JUST COMPLETED THE FIELD WORK ON THAT.
UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS.
UH, INITIAL FINDINGS ARE OVERALL THAT THE PIPELINE IS IN, IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
PIPELINES, UH, WE INITIALLY FOUND THREE SEGMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED SOME, SOME ATTENTION.
AND WHILE WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THE WORK ON AN ANALYZING THE OTHER DATA THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN MOVING OUT ON THAT.
UM, I BRING IT UP, I WANT TO FLAG FOR YOU THAT ONE OF THOSE SEGMENTS OF PIPELINE IS IN FRONT OF STINTON ELEMENTARY.
AND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE IS REACHED OUT TO PLANO, ISD TO LET THEM KNOW THAT ON THAT PROPERTY WHERE THAT PIPELINE IS LOCATED, WE WILL BE NEEDING TO DO SOME REPAIRS, SO LIKELY THIS FALL, CERTAINLY TO MINIMIZE ANY DISRUPTION, UH, TO THE SCHOOL DAY.
BUT WE KNOW WANTED TO KIND OF FLAG THAT FOR YOU.
'CAUSE YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT THAT COME THE FALL WHEN WE ACTUALLY FIND A TIME WHEN THE CHILDREN AREN'T IN SCHOOL AND WE CAN GET IN THERE FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS AND MAKE THAT REPAIR.
OVERALL, THAT PIPELINE, THERE'S OVER 5,800 INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS.
SO HAVING THREE IN THE INITIAL PASS IS, IS VERY, VERY GOOD.
AND WE HAD OVER 96% OF THOSE PIPES THAT ARE IN PRIS PIPE SEGMENTS THAT ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITIONS.
SO IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THAT LINEAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE COUNTED ON TO DELIVER DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN A SAFE MANNER.
OTHER AREA I WANTED TO, UH, KIND OF FOCUS ON FOR THIS GROUP IS A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT ON PFAS.
FAS ARE THE PER AND POLYFLOR ALCOHOL SUBSTANCES THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IN THE NEWS AS OF LATE.
UH, THESE ARE SUBSTANCES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY BEGAN TO BE CREATED IN THE LATE 1940S, AND THEN THROUGH THE FIFTIES, SIXTIES, SEVENTIES, REALLY IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, THEY HAD THEIR HEYDAY FOR MANUFACTURING.
THESE CHEMICALS ARE VERY DURABLE AND HAVE DESIRABLE EFFECTS FOR MANY THINGS, SUCH AS BEING VERY RESILIENT TO STAIN, AVOIDING STAINS, UH, FOR FIREFIGHTING FOAM.
THEY ARE IN OUR CLOTHES, OUR CARPETS, OUR NON-STICK COOKWARE, UH, FOOD WRAPPING.
THEY REALLY ARE ALMOST UBIQUITOUS OUT THERE IN OUR CONSUMER LIVES.
THESE HAVE COME UNDER GREAT SCRUTINY BECAUSE AT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS AND OVER PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME, THEY'VE BEEN SHOWN THAT THEY CAN BE HARMFUL TO TO
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HUMAN HEALTH.SO EARLIER THIS YEAR IN APRIL, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENACTED THE FIRST, UH, MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR SIX CATEGORIES OF THESE PFAS COMPOUNDS.
UH, TESTING HAS BEEN GOING ON, UH, FOR SOME TIME LED BY THE EPA THROUGH THE FIFTH UNCONTAMINATED, UH, MONITORING RULE TO TEST FOR LEVELS OF THESE CERTAIN MEASURES.
SO WE ARE MONITORING AND WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING OUR SYSTEM AND THE WATERS THAT WE PROVIDE.
AND WHAT I CAN SAY TODAY IS THAT, UH, NO DATA IN MOST, MOST OF OUR SYSTEM HAS COME UP WITH LEVELS OF VERY LOW LEVELS OF PFAS, REG, UH, COMPOUNDS THAT ARE BELOW THESE PROPOSED LIMITS.
THERE ARE A FEW, UH, DATA POINTS IN THE VERY SOUTHERN PART OF OUR SYSTEM WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MINORS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THAT.
AND SO WE ARE AWARE OF THAT AND IT'S OUT THERE.
THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, UH, THE EPAS WEBSITE THROUGH THE U CMR FIVE.
THIS IS VERY EASILY TO, UH, TO LOOK AT.
SO WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS WHO RECEIVE, UH, DRINKING WATER TREATED BY THE, UH, NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, THERE'S NO INDICATION FROM THE DATA THAT THERE'S ANYTHING ABOVE ANY LIMITS, HOWEVER, THAT SOUTHERN AREA IS WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
BUT THESE PFAS REGULATIONS AREN'T GOING TO END WITH DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS.
THEY, WE EXPECT IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE WASTEWATER REGULATIONS AND THERE WILL ALSO BE SOLID WASTE RELATED REGULATIONS.
AND SINCE WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THOSE MAJOR PUBLIC SERVICE LINES AND THEY ALL THREE INTERCONNECT, WHAT COMES OUT OF A WASTEWATER PLANT OFTEN MAKES IT INTO A POTABLE DRINKING WATER RESERVOIR OR WATERWAY.
WHAT COMES OUT AND COLLECTED IS, AS FAR AS LEACH ACHE WASTE FROM A LANDFILL MAKES ITS WAY INTO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
OUR BOARD HAS AUTHORIZED A, A, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING A-P-F-A-S ROADMAP FOR NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS.
SO FOR OUR REGION, AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO OVER THE NEXT YEAR PLUS, IS IT'S GOING TO COLLECT DATA AND LOOK HOLISTICALLY AT ALL THREE OF OUR SERVICE LINES TO UNDERSTAND IN DETAIL HOW THEY INTERACT, HOW THEY INTERPLAY, SO THAT IF AND WHEN WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO REMOVE OR LOWER THESE LEVELS THAT ARE IN THE BACKGROUND WATER, UH, WE MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE LONGEST TERM BENEFIT, THE LEAST COST TO OUR CITIZENS.
SO WE'RE MOVING OUT AND WE'RE MOVING AGGRESSIVELY TO UNDERSTAND HOLISTICALLY HOW ALL OF THE SYSTEMS WORK AND WHAT MAY BE PRESENT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, LATER IN, IN THE FALL IN RELATION, I MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR SYSTEMS HAS SOME LIMITS THAT ARE SLIGHT, SOME LEVELS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE PROPOSED LIMITS.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE OUT SPECIFICALLY ON OUR NEY WATER TREATMENT PLANT, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONE THAT SERVES THESE ENTITIES THAT HAVE HAD SOME, SOME, UH, HITS IN THE DATA.
AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE OUT AND FIND OUT WHAT'S THE SOLUTION FOR THE NY WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA KICK OFF THIS FALL.
BIG PICTURE IS IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE.
UH, CURRENTLY 2029 IS THE DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH THE DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS BY FAR AND LARGE, AS I SAID, THE DATA, UH, SHOWS THE WATER SERVED BY THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT HAS LEVELS BELOW THOSE PROPOSED MCLS.
IT'S ACTUAL MCLS MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS.
SO I'LL TRANSITION QUICKLY TO, UH, WASTEWATER.
SO OUR WASTEWATER, UH, JENNIFER PROVIDED A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
UH, RICHARDSON PARTICIPATES IN OUR REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
UH, WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS CURRENTLY AND WITH OUR GROWING POPULATION, UH, WORK IS GOING ON FOR EXPANSION.
WE HAVE OUR NEW SISTER GROVE REGION REGIONAL WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT IS GOING TO ALSO BE PART OF THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
AND ALL FIVE OF THOSE PLANTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE RELIABLE SERVICE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS.
WE HAVE NINE OTHER, UH, SMALLER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR SEWER SYSTEM PLANTS.
AND THESE ARE SMALLER LOCAL PLANTS THAT SERVE ONE OR TWO, VERY FEW, UH, ENTITIES.
AND THEY EACH INDIVIDUALLY FUND THOSE AND KIND OF OVERSEE THOSE THEMSELVES.
SO AS WELL, UH, ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON IS A PARTICIPANT IN OUR UPPER EAST FORK INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM, WHICH IS, UH, A COMPONENT THAT COLLECTS, UH, WASTEWATER.
SO WHILE WE'RE ON WASTEWATER, SO HERE'S SOMETHING COMING UP THAT I WANNA FLAG FOR YOU, UH, THAT WE WILL BE DOING, UH, THIS SUMMER THAT'S GONNA IMPACT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
WHAT I HAVE HERE, UH, IS A MAP ON THE RIGHT.
IT'S ACTUALLY BRECKENRIDGE PARK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF, OF THAT IMAGE.
AND THAT HIGHLIGHTED RED AREA SHOWS WHERE WE HAVE OUR, UH, BRECK BRANCH GRAVITY SEWER COMING IN THROUGH COLLECTING WASTEWATER FROM THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TAKING IT TO THE BECK BRANCH LIFT STATION, AT WHICH POINT IT'S PUMPED OUT SO WE CAN GO BE TREATED.
THAT, UH, SEWER, THAT SEWER SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED IN 1997 AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT IT IS ACTUALLY INSTALLED, WHICH IS VERY LOW IN ELEVATION, THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THAT, UH, GRAVITY LINE STAYS, UH, FULL OF WATER FULL OF WASTEWATER
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ALL THE TIME WHILE WE'VE BEEN GOING AND DOING ANNUAL CLEANINGS OF THAT TO MAKE SURE IT CAN BE RELIABLE AND IT OPERATES, UH, ALL THE TIME LIKE IT SHOULD, WE NEED TO GO IN AND DO A MORE DETAILED INSPECTION OF THAT LINE.SO WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO IS, UH, GO AND DO A DETAILED INTERNAL INSPECTION, CAMERA INSPECTION, OTHER INSPECTION, UH, AFTER WE GET PAST THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND TO MINIMIZE ANY IMPACTS ON THE PARK AND ON THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WE'VE GOTTA GO AND, UH, PLUG THAT LINE, INSTALL SOME TEMPORARY PUMPING FACILITIES TO MOVE THE WASTEWATER FLOW AROUND, UH, THE GRAVITY LINE INTO THE LIFT STATION WHILE WE CLEAN, WHILE WE CAN GET IN THERE AND DO THAT DETAILED INSPECTION.
UH, THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO LAY A TEMPORARY, UH, PIPELINE FROM THE NORTH TOP ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THIS IMAGE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE ANY IMPACTS, STAY AS FAR OUT OF AWAY AS WE CAN FOR ANY AREAS WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT WANNA RECREATE OR FROM THOSE PUBLIC ACCESS AREAS.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT TO ENSURE THE CONTINUE SAFE AND RELIABLE OPERATION OF THAT BECK BRANCH INTERCEPTOR.
SO I'LL TRANSITION NOW TO OUR SOLID WASTE SYSTEM, WHICH CITY OF RICHON IS A MEMBER? UH, WE HAVE FIVE CITIES THAT COMPOSE OUR SOLID WASTE SYSTEM AND WE OWN AND OPERATE THE REGIONAL 1 21 LAND DISPOSAL, UH, LANDFILL UP IN MELISSA.
OVERALL, THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW HAS THREE TRANSFER STATIONS.
UH, I THINK MANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE.
UH, THERE'S A FOURTH THAT IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED UP IN THE CITY OF FRISCO TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PRESSURE THAT'S ON SOME OF THE OTHER TRANSFER STATIONS, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE FOR GROWING POPULATIONS UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITIES AND IN THE SERVICE AREA.
OUR CURRENT LANDFILLS, IT GOT AN EXPECTED LIFE OF APPROXIMATELY 38 YEARS.
SOME RECENT, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT OUR TEAM HAS MADE IN THE WAY THAT WE COMPACT AND DISPOSE OF THAT WAY IT'S ACTUALLY EXTENDED THAT A FEW YEARS.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLID WASTE SYSTEM.
AND I KNOW WITH THE CITY AND, AND THE TRYING TIME WITH LAST WEEK AND ALL THE DOWN, UH, TREES AND THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS, OUR STAFFS ARE, ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFFS TO BE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL THE WASTE COLLECTION, ALL THE DEBRIS COLLECTION, AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN FACILITATE AND ALL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THAT OFF THE STREETS AND GET THE STREETS BACK OPEN AND CLEAR.
SO, AND THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SERVICES AND I'D LIKE TO HAND OVER TO RJ RAKI.
HE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR KEY PROJECTS AND SOME MORE PLANNING EFFORTS.
APPRECIATE CITY COUNCIL, UH, GUEST STAFF.
GOOD TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU ALL.
UM, WANTED TO COVER FIRST OFF SOME OF THE REGIONAL PROJECTS ON THE WATER SYSTEM AND THEN SPECIFIC ONES FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS THE WASTEWATER.
SO, UM, AS BILLY AND JANET TALKED ABOUT, BOAT ARK LAKE IS UP IN OPERATION.
THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH IS A KEY PART OF THAT PROJECT, TREATS THE WATER FROM BO ARK AND THEN PUSHES IT DOWN INTO OUR SYSTEM.
WELL, MARCH OF 2023, WE ACTUALLY COMMISSIONED AND STARTED OPERATING THAT PLANT WITHIN 13 MONTHS.
WE'VE AWARDED THE SECOND EXPANSION TO DOUBLE THE CAPACITIES FROM 70 TO 140 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
IF YOU TALK TO ANYONE IN THE INDUSTRY, IT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF TO DO BACK TO BACK EXPANSION, BUT THAT'S JUST, UH, UM, A RESULT OF THE RAPID GROWTH THAT IS OCCURRING IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE EXPANDING LEONARD, UH, WATER TREATMENT PLANT AS WELL ON THE WILEY COMPLEX.
BILLY HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE FOUR DIFFERENT PLANTS.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO START THE LAST EXPANSION OF OUR PLANT NUMBER FOUR, WHICH WILL GET THAT PLANT UP TO 280, GIVING US A TOTAL OF 910 MILLION GALLONS A DAY PER CAPACITY AT THE WIDELY COMPLEX.
AGAIN, THIS WILL BE THE LAST MAJOR, UH, EXPANSION AT THE WIDELY COMPACT COMPLEX.
IN ADDITION TO THE THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT WATER OUT OF BO ARK AND PUMP IT ALMOST 35 MILES.
SO WE'RE ALSO UPGRADING THE PUMP STATION AT THE BO ARK, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN PHASES TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE, THE PLANNED EXPANSIONS AT LEONARD.
BASED ON THE DEMAND GROWTH IN THE AREA CLOSER TO HOME AT WILEY, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, BUILDING A NEW INTAKE PUMP STATION AT LAVO.
THE INTENT BEHIND THIS IS IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE DEEPER TO GET TO THE LOWEST PART OF THE LAKE THAT WE HAVE OUR WATER RIGHTS.
SO ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE MORE RESILIENT.
AND AGAIN, IN TIMES OF DROUGHT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE WATER OUT OF LAKE LAVONNE.
UM, JENNA TALKED ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH HERE.
WE FINISHED OUR LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY PLAN HERE LAST YEAR, AND AS A PART OF THAT, WE CAME UP WITH 25 DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO PURSUE, UH, WATER NEEDS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE IS A PLANNING STUDY ON AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY.
AND WHAT THIS IS THE INTENT, IF YOU CAN FIND THE AQUIFER THAT HAS THE RIGHT CHARACTERISTICS AND TIMES OF LOW DEMAND,
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YOU TAKE TREATED WATER, PUSH IT DOWN IN THAT AQUIFER, CREATE ESSENTIALLY LIKE A BUBBLE, A STORAGE BUBBLE, AND THEN WHEN YOU NEED IT IN TIMES OF DROUGHT OR MAYBE IN PEAK, YOU CAN WITHDRAW THAT.BUT THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE IS, ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AQUIFER, UH, SUITABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THIS FEASIBILITY WILL LOOK AT THAT AND UNIQUE THING IS WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT OUR TREATMENT PLANTS SINCE WE HAVE A LARGE SERVICE AREA, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT OUR HIGH VOLUME DELIVERY POINTS.
SO IT MAY MAKE SENSE, SAY IN THE EAST PART OF OUR SYSTEM, BUT NOT IN THE WEST PART.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
THE GROWTH CONTINUES IN OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE SOUTH, UM, AS WELL.
AND BILLY ALREADY MENTIONED THE PFAS MANAGEMENT, UH, ROADMAP, UH, THAT WE'RE ALSO UNDERGOING.
WANTED TO COME A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME AND TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT, UM, RICHARDSON.
SO THERE'S TWO GROUND STORAGE TANKS THAT WE HAVE, UM, UNDER DESIGN AND ONE'S GETTING CLOSE TO CONSTRUCTION.
THE FIRST ONE'S THE SHILOH GROUND STORAGE TANK THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
IT'S HERE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE OUT.
UH, WE INTEND TO AWARD THAT THIS YEAR.
AND THAT ESSENTIALLY MAINTAINS THE PRESSURE IN OUR SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE WATER TO THE CITIES.
THE NEXT TWO, THE METER VAULT AND ALSO THE 36 INCH PIPELINE EXPANSION.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE CITY.
THE CITY ALSO HAS SOME PROJECTS GOING ON IN THIS AREA.
SO STAFFS GOT TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, WOULDN'T IT MAKE SENSE FOR ONE ENTITY TO LEAD THE CONSTRUCTION? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
SO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON IS ACTUALLY MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION, A PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S PIPELINE, AS WELL AS THE DELIVERY POINT TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS, UH, TO THE AREA.
AND THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING VERY WELL.
THAT METER VAULT WILL ESSENTIALLY, UH, INCREASE THE CAPACITY FOR RICHARDSON AT THIS PARTICULAR DELIVERY POINT.
WE CALL NUMBER TWO FROM 25 TO 30 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
AND THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY CA END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
THAT ADDITIONAL PIPELINE, IT'S A 30 INCH LINE, WILL, WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WATER, AS I MENTIONED, AND THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOMETIME IN SPRING OF 25.
SO AGAIN, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COOPERATION, COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY, AS WELL AS, UH, BUILDING THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO MEET THE GROWTH NEEDS OF THE CITY AS WELL AS THE REGION.
AND THE OTHER ONE, THE OTHER TWO DIMENSION IS SHILOH PUMP STATION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OFF TO THE EAST OF THIS MAP.
AND TO, WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE CAPACITY, WE HAVE TO DO SOME REHABILITATION AS WELL AS SOME, UH, IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND ANOTHER GROUND STORAGE TANK, UH, OVER THERE AS WELL.
AND THOSE, AGAIN ARE TO HELP US MAINTAIN PRESSURE IN OUR PARTICULAR SYSTEM AS WE MOVE TO WASTEWATER.
AS BILLY MENTIONED, YOU ARE PART OF THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
THE FIRST ONE IS FLOYD BRANCH.
THAT IS THE ONLY REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM THAT SERVES ONE CITY.
AND FORTUNATELY IT SERVES THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, UH, UNDER THAT ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AT FLOYD BRANCH, UH, TO HELP HANDLE ADDITIONAL PEAK FLOW AS WELL AS IMPROVE THE DISINFECTION BEFORE THAT WATER IS TREATED AND THEN RELEASED INTO THE STREAM.
UH, THE FIRST TIME THERE, THERE'S A, A SERIES OF LIFT STATIONS AND PIPELINES THAT TAKE FLOW FROM CITY OF RICHARDSON AND, AND CONVEY THOSE UP TO CITY, CITY OF ROLLETTE.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS BEING DONE ON THOSE AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS WE ALWAYS ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND CUSTOMERS TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO, TO MEET YOUR BUILD OUT NEEDS.
AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR A WHILE AND WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE.
THIS NEXT CHART IS, UM, REALLY JUST TO SHOW YOU THE, THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH THAT'S COMING UP.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOU SEE IT EACH AND EVERY DAY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE DISTRICT STARTED BACK IN 19 56, 30 2000, JANET MENTIONED, WE'RE AT 2.2 NOW, AND WE'RE GONNA ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE THAT BY 2080.
UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE WATER PLANNING, THERE'S ONE, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS WE LOOK AT.
ONE IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE CALL THE DRY YEAR DEMAND.
AND LEMME TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS, UH, CHART REAL QUICK.
THE VERTICAL BARS ARE THE GREEN ARE OUR EXISTING WATER SUPPLIES.
THE LIGHT BLUE ONES THAT YOU SEE UP BEYOND 2035.
THOSE ARE NEW SUPPLIES THAT WE ARE GONNA NEED TO DEVELOP IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMANDS.
THE BLUE BAR IS WHAT WE USE TO PLAN FOR A DRY YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
IT'S WET LIKE THIS, WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WATER.
WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF IT ACTUALLY PROBABLY GOT TOO MUCH OF IT RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DEEMED OUR DEMAND BASED ON THE POPULATION GROWTH AND THE PROJECTIONS OF THE, OF THE CITIES.
THE ORANGE BAR UP TOP WOULD BE THE DEMAND IF OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS WITH THE CITY AND EVERYONE ELSE WERE NOT EFFECTIVE.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S SHOWS YOU, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE CONSERVATION, THAT WOULD BE THE DEMAND THAT WE WOULD NEED QUITE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I HAVE A SUBSEQUENT SLIDE THAT QUANTIFIES WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
UM, SO AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, UM,
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WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF SUPPLIES NOW, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE SUPPLIES.AND AS I MENTIONED THAT LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY PLAN, WE'RE AGGRESSIVELY GOING AFTER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO, TO SECURE THOSE SUPPLIES FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE REGION.
WE NEED, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO CAPTURE IT, WE NEED 360 MILLION GALLONS A DAY BETWEEN NOW AND 2070.
TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S WHAT THE DISTRICT DEVELOPED WATER WISE FROM 1956 TO THE EARLY 20 TO THE TWO THOUSANDS.
WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE TALL ORDER, BUT I THINK WE'VE, UH, MOVED OUT AGGRESSIVELY IN, AGGRESSIVELY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
BUT THAT'S JUST TO KIND OF, JUST TO PUT A BLINDING FLASH TO THE OBVIOUS.
THERE'S A LOT OF WATER THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP TO BE ABLE TO BEAT THE, THE GROWING DEMANDS OF THIS AREA.
UM, LET ME EXPLAIN THIS SLIDE A LITTLE BIT.
YOU, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE LOOK FOR A DRY YEAR DEMAND, AND THIS IS OUR DRY YEAR DEMAND THROUGH 2080.
THE CONSERVATION, THE RED LINE, THIS IS, IF WE DID NOT HAVE EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION MEASURES, THAT'S HOW MUCH WE WOULD NEED THESE DOTS LOOKING BACKWARDS.
THESE WERE THE ACTUAL USAGE DURING THOSE YEARS, WHETHER IT WAS A DRY YEAR, WET YEAR, OR YEAR, WE HAD TO IMPLEMENT, UM, UH, RESTRICTIONS.
BUT A COUPLE THINGS WANNA TAKE AWAY.
FIRST OFF IS THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE.
IF WE HAVE NOT HAD OUR CONSERVATION STRATEGIES, ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD NEED ANOTHER BO ARK LAKE RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMANDS AND GOING OUT THROUGH 2080, ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD NEED, UH, THE EQUIVALENT YIELD OF LAKE LAVONNE IF WE DID NOT HAVE AND CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE CONSERVATIONS.
THE, THE, THE DOTS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANNA KNOW HOW WELL DID WE PROJECT THE FUTURE.
AND IF YOU LOOK HERE, OUR TREND LINE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY ACCURATE.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD CONFIDENCE IN HOW WE PROJECT THINGS FORWARD, AND WE CONTINUE TO ASSESS OURSELVES TO SEE HOW WE CAN REFINE THAT SO WE KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS ARE GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE.
A A GOOD THING ABOUT THE CONCEPT, WELL, CONSERVATION AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, REUSE.
SO AS BILLY MENTIONED, JENNA, WE ALSO DO, WE DO WASTEWATER.
SO WE KIND OF HAVE THE FULL CIRCLE, FULL CYCLE OF WATER.
SO THE UNIQUE THING AND THE BENEFIT TO US IS WITH THE COMBINATION OF REUSE AND CONSERVATION, IT IS GONNA ACCOUNT FOR ALMOST 30% OF OUR FUTURE DEMANDS.
UM, WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAXIMIZE A LOT OF THE, OUR REUSE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A MANMADE WETLANDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CONTINUE, UH, UH, TO HAVE AND IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE AGGRESSIVE CONSERVATION THAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN THIS AREA.
THIS LAST SLIDE TALKING ABOUT CONSERVATION IS REALLY, THIS HAS BEEN OUR CONSISTENT MESSAGE MESSAGING TO, UH, ENTITIES IN OUR REGION, TO THE CITIES, TO SOME OF THE, THE CITIZENS GROUPS WE EVEN TALKED TO BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THOSE IS AS EXAMPLE OF WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT.
WE PARTICIPATE IN A REGIONAL CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITY AND TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT ON THIS WATER IS AWESOME.
AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE YOU HAVE A CONSISTENT CONSERVATION MESSAGE ACROSS THE METROPLEX.
SO WE'RE ALL TEACHING THE SAME THING.
WE'RE ALL, UH, SHARING THE SAME IDEAS AND SHARING THE SAME TYPE OF INFORMATION WITH THEM.
WE WORK VERY WELL WITH THE CITY STAFF, UH, AND SHARING A LOT OF THE MESSAGES.
WE COME UP WITH IDEAS TOGETHER TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT AGGRESSIVE CONSERVATION.
WE APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY STAFF OF RICHARDSON, UH, TO, TO CONTINUE THAT MESSAGE OF CON CONSERVATION AND HOPEFULLY LOOKING AT THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU ACTUALLY CAN TELL IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WE NEED TO COUNT ON THAT CONSERVATION IN THE FUTURE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JEAN WHO WILL TALK US ABOUT THE STREET STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANS IN OUR RATES.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING OUR STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANS AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STEWARDSHIP, OUR FOCUS ON STEWARDSHIP FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING HOW WE, UM, TAKE CARE OF THE ASSETS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ENTRUSTED THE DISTRICT WITH.
SO, UM, STEWARDSHIP IS ONE OF OUR FOUR PRIMARY GOALS IN THE DISTRICT, STRATEGIC FINANCE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND, UM, SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY AND LONG-TERM SAVINGS IS WE CONTINUOUSLY, IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE OUR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, WE ARE WORKING TO OPTIMIZE THE COST OF OUR OPERATIONS AND, UM, PARTICULARLY WITH AN EYE AT OUR CHEMICALS AND POWER COSTS, THOSE VARIABLE COSTS, UH, WE HAVE A
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LITTLE MORE CONTROL OVER.WE ARE WORKING TO MANAGE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE LIFECYCLE.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, ONE ON THE WATER SYSTEM, OUR LINEAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND THEN OUR ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, CAPACITY MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
BUT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR, OUR EXISTING ASSETS ARE IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON MODERNIZING SOME OF OUR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. SO YOU MAY RECALL THESE CHARTS FROM LAST YEAR'S PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS OUR LONG-TERM FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT'S COSTS AND RATES THAT ARE CHARGED TO THE SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS.
SO HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT CHARTS, THE SYSTEMS THAT RICHARDSON PARTICIPATES IN.
SO I'M GONNA TRY TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BLUE LINE, WHICH REPRESENTS THE CURRENT YEARS PROJECTION IS BELOW THE GREEN LINE.
SO WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, REEVALUATE SOME OF OUR RATE FORECASTS FOR THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.
AND, UM, PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR PROJECTIONS A BIT AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
UM, HAVE SEEN SOME DECREASES IN THE COSTS THAT WE PAY TO PURCHASE CHEMICALS FOR THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE SOME BUDGET SAVINGS RELATED TO THAT.
SO, UH, THAT'S A, A DEFINITE POSITIVE FOR OUR CUST OUR MEMBERS AND OUR CUSTOMERS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, AS RJ TALKED ABOUT, AND BILLY TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THEY'RE VERY LARGE PROJECTS, THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND SO WE CONTINUALLY SEE AN INCREASE IN THE PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET THAT'S DEDICATED TOWARDS DEBT SERVICE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE, THAT'S THE BIG DRIVER FOR OUR, UM, BUDGETS.
AND YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR ME SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CHARTS THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, I DID WANT TO, UM, ALSO SHARE THOUGH THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON HAS BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE ITS, UH, REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM, THE ANNUAL MINIMUM, UH, VOLUME THAT YOU, UM, PAY FOR FROM THE DISTRICT DUE TO THE, UM, THE NEW MEMBER CITY CONTRACT.
SO OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, SEEN A REDUCTION OF ABOUT 4% IN YOUR, UM, ANNUAL MINIMUM.
SO THAT WILL HELP OFFSET TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THE, UH, RATE INCREASES.
SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN OUR NEXT SYSTEM THAT RICHARDSON PARTICIPATES IN, IT'S A REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
SO SOME, UM, PRETTY WHILE WE'RE ON TRACK WITH WHERE WE WERE PROJECTING LAST YEAR, A LITTLE BIT ABOVE IT.
UM, WE HAVE SOME REALLY LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THIS SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE PROJECTS FOR, UH, PEAK FLOW EXPANSION AND EXPANSION OF THE FACILITIES, UM, AT
SO THESE ALL HAVE HUGE PRICE TAGS OVER, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SO THAT IS WHAT'S CAUSING INCREASES IN, UH, REGIONAL WASTEWATER.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE A RATE PER THOUSAND GALLONS.
THIS SYSTEM'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.
SO AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE TRUE UP OUR COSTS AS WELL AS THE PERCENT OF THE OVERALL VOLUME THAT EACH OF THE PARTICIPANTS, UH, CONTRIBUTED DURING THE YEAR.
AND SO, UM, WE, WE EITHER SEND OUR PARTICIPANTS A CREDIT OR A BILL AT THE END OF THE YEAR, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH VOLUME EACH USE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, UM, THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.
SIMILARLY, UH, WE HAVE THE UPPER EAST FORK SYSTEM INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM AS WELL THAT RICHARDSON PARTICIPATES AGAIN, LARGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, CAPITAL IS BECOMING A BIGGER AND BIGGER PROPORTION OF OUR BUDGETS.
UH, THIS SYSTEM IS NO DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, LIFT STATION AND FORCE MAIN PROJECTS FOR THE UPPER EASTPORT SYSTEM.
UH, ONE, UM, HIGHLIGHT THOUGH IS OUR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE SYSTEM.
THIS SYSTEM ISN'T NEARLY AS CAPITAL INTENSIVE AS THE OTHER SYSTEMS. SO, UH, WE DON'T SEE AS LARGE OF A BUDGET INCREASE.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, UH, TO USE REVENUES FROM CUSTOMERS WHO USE THE LANDFILL TO HELP, UM, KEEP THE MEMBER RATE LOWER.
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SO OUR RATE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND, UM, FORECAST IT FOR AT LEAST NEXT YEAR AS WELL.AND WE DO HAVE A, UH, TRANSFER STATION, A FOURTH TRANSFER STATION COMING ONLINE IN FRISCO, UM, IN SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S, UH, MAKING THE COST GO UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO JENNA.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT CONCLUDES WHAT WE HAD PREPARED.
UH, WE ARE VERY MUCH OPEN TO, UH, HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN GO BACK TO THE PODIUM, BUT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MAY BE APPROPRIATELY SUITED TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
JENNA, THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM AN AMAZING PRESENTATION BEFORE WE WENT TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
WOULD JOHN OR RANDY CARE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR ADDRESS US IN ANY SHAPE, FORM, OR FASHION? AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP.
SO THANKS FOR HAVING US BACK AGAIN.
THIS IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR.
'CAUSE IT FORCES ME TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT HAS REALLY CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE VISITED? UM, AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE, UH, HELPING THE CITY OUT THERE SINCE 2001, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND I GUESS IF I WERE TO, TO PINPOINT THE THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, ARE EXTRAORDINARY, I WOULD, I WOULD LOOK TO THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE SPENT, UH, YOU KNOW, EXTRA TIME ON.
UH, JENNA CALLS 'EM BIG ROCK ISSUES AND, UH, THEY REALLY COME INTO THREE DIFFERENT AREAS.
UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULD EXPECT A LONG RANGE WATER PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING, UH, THAT PROCESS HAS REALLY CHANGED.
I, I THINK THE STAFF HAS TO BE COMMENDED AND THAT THEY ARE REALLY BEING INNOVATIVE ABOUT THE TYPES OF, UH, SOURCES THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, I THINK IT WAS RJ OR BILLY MENTIONED THE, UH, UH, AQUIFER RECHARGE PROGRAM.
AND, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME THROUGH THE WATER COMMITTEE AND UH, WHEN THAT CAME UP FOR DISCUSSION, I, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, BE RECEIVED AS WELL.
WELL, THAT'S A PRETTY INNOVATIVE APPROACH AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, DETAILS THAT HAVE TO BE SORTED OUT IN ORDER FOR THAT TO, TO BECOME SOMETHING THAT THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE KIND OF, UH, INNOVATIVE, UH, PROCESS THAT'S GOING ON OUT, OUT AT THE WATER DISTRICT THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL TO US.
AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THAT.
AND OF COURSE, THE THINGS THAT YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN ARE ALSO HAPPENING THOUGH WE'RE GOING FURTHER OUT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, DESALINIZATION AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO INNOVATING.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I, I THINK, UH, WAS A BIG ROCK ITEM THAT HAS PROBABLY PROGRESSED IN A MORE POSITIVE WAY THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD, UM, HAVING TO DO WITH MEMBERSHIP.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE REPRESENT THE TWO, OR WE SERVE THE 2.2 MILLION POPULATION IN OUR AREA.
WELL, UH, THOSE FOLKS WHO, WHO WE SERVE BREAK DOWN INTO TWO DIFFERENT BROAD CATEGORIES MEMBERS AND CUSTOMERS.
AND, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, I I FELT LIKE THERE WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DETAIL TO BE SORTED WITH THAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, NOW I I WHERE I THINK WE, I, I SENSE THE, THE GROUP LEANING NOW IS THAT, UM, I, I DON'T GET A SENSE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, COMPELLING, UH, REASONING TO, TO GO OUT AND ADD A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS.
AND, AND INSTEAD WE'RE FOCUSING ON MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THE CUSTOMER CITIES AND THE YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS FEEL REPRESENTED.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE THIRD THING THAT I WOULD MENTION, UH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE, THE ISSUE SURROUNDING PFAS AND, UH, HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR WATER SUPPLY.
UM, THAT'S A PRETTY RAPIDLY, IT'S A NEW ISSUE.
I MEAN, IT CAME TO THE, TO THE FORE NOT THAT LONG AGO.
SO I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU OUGHT TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE THAT A LOT MORE DETAIL DEVELOP AROUND THAT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO WHAT IT COSTS TO TREAT WATER COULD BE COULD BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, AND THEN ONE THING THAT, THAT, UH, WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT HISTORY NOW, BUT WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE BENEFITS FROM THE, FROM THE NEW WATER CONTRACT.
AND, UH, THAT FEEDS IN, OF COURSE, INTO THE QUESTION OF
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DO WE WANT TO EXPAND THE, THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMER CITIES? BECAUSE IN ORDER TO, TO, UH, NEGOTIATE THE NEW WATER CONTRACT, WE ESSENTIALLY HAD TO GET ALL MEMBER CITIES TO JUMP AT THE SAME TIME.AND, AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A GIGANTIC COMPLICATED MESS AT TIMES.
UH, SO I, I FEEL LIKE, UH, THAT'S A, A PRETTY SOLID VOTE FOR, FOR NOT ADDING A LOT OF, UH, NEW CUSTOMER CITIES, UH, NOT ADDING A LOT OF NEW, UH, MEMBER CITIES, BUT BEING RESPONSIVE TO THOSE CUSTOMER CITIES.
SO, BUT THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE.
UM, AS JENNA SAID, THIS IS THE END OF MY FIRST TWO YEAR TERM, AND WITH YOUR REAPPOINTMENT TONIGHT, I WILL ACTUALLY NOT BE CRAWLING ANYMORE.
I WANNA STAND UP AND MAYBE WALK SLOWLY THESE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, I WANT TO THANK JOHN FOR BOILING DOWN ALL OF THE BIG ROCKS THAT HE HAS BEEN, UH, A PART OF FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND GIVING ME THE BACKGROUND TO IT AND THE PITFALLS FROM IT AND WHERE TO AVOID IN THE FUTURE.
THE THING THAT HAS IMPRESSED ME OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS JUST THE, THE DEPTH AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AT THE DISTRICT.
UH, THEY, WE GET TO CUT THE RIBBONS SOMETIMES AND THERE IS NO SINGLE DAY WHERE THEY GET TO STEP, STEP BACK AND SAY, WHEW, WE DID IT.
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHARTS, WE WORRY ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING IN 30 TO 50 YEARS, AND THEY'VE GOT TO KEEP RUNNING FORWARD AND FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING TO THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN AUTHORIZE TO, TO HELP PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T EVEN MOVED INTO OUR DISTRICT YET.
AND IT'S VERY, IT'S A DAUNTING OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU ALLOW ME TO PARTICIPATE IN.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND YOUR REPRESENTATION, YOUR INSIGHT, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND OBVIOUSLY YOUR TIME COMMITTED.
WE PAY YOU A LOT TO GO DO THAT.
AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY YOUR EXPERTISE.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
UM, AND JENNA, YOUR TEAM'S AWESOME.
SO WE, I'M SURE WE HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, MS. JUSTICE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START US OUT PLEASE? YEAH.
UM, I DIDN'T SEE IT UP THERE, MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT IT'S 2036 STILL THE YEAR.
WE'RE SAYING, UH, THERE'S A FEW CONTRACT DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE ONGOING THAT COULD HAVE SWAY THAT A YEAR OR TWO.
SO WE SAY MID 2030S, BUT GENERALLY IN THAT TIMEFRAME IS WHEN WE WILL NEED AN ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY ONLINE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR, AND I, AS A LAWYER, I APPRECIATE CONTRACTS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS SORT OF PREVENT YOU FROM TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY ASKED FOR LAST YEAR WAS THAT WHEN YOU CAME BACK, YOU WOULD GIVE US A CLEAR PICTURE OF, UM, WHAT THOSE SOURCES ARE GONNA BE, THE AQUIFERS.
THAT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT, BUT WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US, UM, ABOUT WHAT THOSE SOURCES ARE GONNA BE? I, I THINK I'VE SAID BEFORE, THIS IS THE ONE THING I THINK ON COUNCIL THAT REALLY KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEET THIS DEMAND? AND I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HEARD LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT CAN YOU EXPAND ON TO SORT OF GIVE US AND OUR, OUR RESIDENTS CONFIDENCE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING? YEAH, YEAH.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING, THREE OF THE FOLKS THAT SPOKE WITH YOU TONIGHT, WE SPEND MORE TIME ON THIS THAN WE SPEND ON ANYTHING ELSE, IS FINDING THOSE NEW WATER SUPPLIES AND WORKING TOWARD GETTING THEM ONLINE.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SPENDING CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF TIME ADVANCING AND WE HAVE SOME VERY ACTIVE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAVE ADVANCED SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD, UH, FINALIZING THOSE CONTRACTS AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
IS IT, I MEAN, ARE THERE ANY SORT OF BROAD TOPICS, I KNOW AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE, UM, SORT OF TEAM UP WITH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TARRANT COUNTY TO HAVE ANOTHER JOHN MCG SANDS TYPE, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME BROAD CATEGORIES? I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE REMISS FOR THE COUNCIL NOT TO SORT OF HOLD YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.
JUST TELL US WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WORKING ON FROM AN UMBRELLA STANDPOINT THAT, THAT YOU CAN YEAH, SO I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS IT'S CONNECTING, UM, EXISTING SUPPLY.
SO RJ MENTIONED THE DOUBLING OF THE CAPACITY OF THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLAN.
AND SO THAT'LL ALLOW US TO MAKE MORE USE OF BODARK LAKE.
ADDITIONALLY, RJ, I MIGHT ASK YOU TO SPEAK TO, UH, THE, THE STUDY THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON WITH TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT TO CONSIDER A JOINT WETLANDS.
UH, WE SPOKE OF THE DEEPER INTAKE STRUCTURE IN LAKE LEVONNE THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL YIELD FROM LAKE LAVONNE, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT TO EXISTING SUPPLIES THAT ARE NOT FULLY UTILIZED OUTSIDE OF OUR MEDIA AREA CURRENTLY.
AND SO I'D SAY CONNECTING TO SOME OF THOSE EXISTING SUPPLIES OUT THERE THAT
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COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE, UH, IS ANOTHER CATEGORY.RJ, YOU WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THE WETLANDS AND MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE THAT I FORGOT IF BILLY, PUT IT IN YOUR EAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, WE THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY, EVEN ON THE WEEKENDS 24 7, UM, FOR THE WETLANDS.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH TARRANT REGIONAL, UH, WATER DISTRICT.
THEY HAVE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE GOING AFTER PERMITS.
SO WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF REUSE THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED HOW TO USE IT.
SO, UH, WE'VE DONE A STUDY WITH THEM ALREADY AND, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL TERMS AND POTENTIAL AGREEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, UH, USE OF THAT.
AND IF THAT IF THAT DOES NOT COME TO FRUITION, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING INDEPENDENTLY OF AREAS FOR ADDITIONAL WETLANDS.
AND UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME PERMITS IF WE HAVE TO, TO USE MORE OF TEMA WATER AND TREAT THAT WATER AND BE VERY COSTLY USING EITHER REVERSE OSMOSIS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF, I, I HATE TO CALL IT OUR HIP POCKET WATER, BUT IT'S WATER THAT IF NEED BE, WE CAN USE OUR FULL WATER RIGHTS OUTTA TEMA USING DESALINIZATION TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GROUNDWATER.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, A LOT OF THOSE WERE, YOU KNOW, WERE HESITANT TO TALK ANY DETAIL, BUT WE HAVE MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I MEAN, MEAN, I, YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR SOME SORT OF THE UMBRELLA.
UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND, AND CROSSING OUR FINGERS IF THAT COMES TO FRUITION, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT IS, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING ON OUR PART NOT TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF ADDRESS, UM, SORT OF THIS LOOMING DEADLINE.
WE VERY MUCH HAVE TO RELY ON YOU AS OUR PARTNERS, UM, AND TRUST, UM, AND, AND DO TRUST THAT YOU'RE DOING IT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING LIKE I, THE ONE THING THAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING WE CAN DO OTHER THAN CONTINUE TO ASK YOU THESE QUESTIONS AND REALLY PUSH YOU TO, TO GET US THE INFORMATION.
UM, UM, AND THEN I, I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION, JEAN, ON, UH, ONE OF THE CHARTS THAT YOU SHOWED US, UM, THE, UM, IT WAS SLIDE 28 RELATED TO THE, UM, REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM, UH, PER GALLON, UM, RATE.
I THINK YOU SAID THAT THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT IS GOING DOWN, BUT IN LOOKING AT THE CHART, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A HIGHER RATE GOING OUT.
IS THAT, WHAT IS THAT ATTRIBUTED TO? IS THAT MORE CAP PROJECTS FURTHER OUT OR, SO IT'S, IT'S A LOWER IMMEDIATE IMPACT, BUT A, A LONGER TERM, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE EXPENSIVE FOR US.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE, JUST TO MAKE SURE I REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM? YEAH, IT'S THE 20, IT'S THE 28 SLIDE, 28 WATER RATES.
SO FURTHER OUT IN THE FUTURE, WE DO HAVE MORE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACEHOLDERS FOR THESE FUTURE WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS.
SO AS WE GET MORE CERTAINTY ON THE COST, I'LL BE ABLE TO, TO ADJUST THOSE.
BUT THAT FUTURE WATER IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CAR WATER.
I MEAN, IT WAS GOOD, GOOD NEWS.
INITIALLY WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR CHART, I WAS LIKE, OH, IT'S, IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE NOW, BUT AS WE GO FURTHER OUT, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT AS GREAT A NEWS STORY.
SO IS, DO YOU THINK THAT'S RELATED TO CAP PROJECT? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, I PROBABLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL LET SOMEONE ASK, ASK SOME QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND COMING BACK, GIVING US MORE INFORMATION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE THING BEFORE ASKING SOME QUESTION THAT I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER SUPPLY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE AND UH, YOU GUYS HAVE LOTS OF SMART PEOPLE THERE, YOU WILL, I KNOW, AND ALSO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS THE SOLUTION.
SO SOLUTION WILL COME OUT AND YOU ALREADY MENTIONED SEVERAL ADJUSTMENT WILL INCREASE THE CAPACITY SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO I'LL ASK YOU SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SO THAT I UNDERSTAND
UH, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, 940 PLUS MGD 46 MGD, UH, WATER MENT, UH, CAPACITY IS THAT, SO HOW MUCH YOU'RE SUPPLYING TODAY, MAX? UH, YOU KNOW, BIG, BIG MGD UM, SO ON AVERAGE, OUR AVERAGE PRODUCTION IS ABOUT 350 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
WE HAVE, OF COURSE, THAT RATED CAPACITY.
IT'S A TIMELY QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, WHILE WE HAVE PROJECTIONS OF WHAT A DRIVE YEAR WOULD BE IN A PEAK KIND OF DEMAND SCENARIO, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN NOW A DECADE, ALMOST A DECADE OUT OF DROUGHT.
WE CAME OUT OF THE LAST DROUGHT IN 2015.
THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH, THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IN CONSERVATION.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY, UH, ACUTELY AWARE OF IS THAT TO KNOW BOTH KIND OF THE, HOW, HOW MUCH, UH, PER UH, PENETRATION WE'VE GOTTEN AND, AND THE VALUE OF CONSERVATION, WE REALLY NEED SOME GOOD DATA IN A DRY YEAR TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE THAT.
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BE OVER, YOU KNOW, UH, IT WOULD BE OVER 700 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.WE, WE WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WAS PROBABLY IN THAT RANGE, BUT WITH PRECISION, WE REALLY NEED SOME BETTER DATA THERE ON THAT.
SO CAPACITY WISE, YOU HAVE PLENTY FOR THE WATER.
WE ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
SO I MEAN IN TERMS OF THAT, NOW THAT SAID, AS LONG AS WE KEEP BUILDING WITH THE GROWTH RATE, WE SAY 70,000 PEOPLE A YEAR MOVE INTO OUR SERVICE AREA OR RECENT DATA HAS SHOWN THAT.
SO WE'VE GOTTA KEEP LEANING FORWARD, BUT WE ARE NOT PLAYING CATCH UP ON CAPACITY TODAY TREATMENT CAPACITY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHERE I CAN LOSE THE SLEEP OR WHERE.
UH, NOW THE QUESTION LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A WASTEWATER TREATMENT CAPACITY.
SO IF YOU'RE DISTRIBUTING LIKE 300 TO 700 MGD, YOU, YOU KNOW, AS A CIVIL ENGINEER, I THINK THAT IF WE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF RAINWATER THAT GOES TO THE WASTEWATER, SO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT, WHATEVER YOU SUPPLY, YOU ARE GONNA GET DOUBLE AMOUNT TO THE SYSTEM.
SO I WOULD THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE MORE THAN THOUSAND MGD PER DAY.
SO IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT HOW YOU ARE MANAGING THIS, YOU KNOW, SUPPLYING THAT, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT, OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE WHATEVER YOU DRINK, SO GO OUT, DISPOSE SOMEWHERE, THAT'S NOT HAPPENED.
SO YOU ARE GETTING THAT BACK TO YOUR SYSTEM.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S A BASELINE THING THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CAPACITIES FOR WATER TREATMENT.
UH, THE STATE, UH, RATES PLANTS BASED ON THEIR PEAK DAY.
OKAY? AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT 940 46 MGD FOR WATER TREATMENT CAPACITY, AN AVERAGE DAY WOULD TYPICALLY BE ABOUT HALF OF A MAX DAY.
SO WHEN YOU KIND OF PUSH IT DOWN TO KIND OF AN AVERAGE KIND OF CONDITION, IT'S JUST UNDER 500.
UM, ON WASTEWATER PLANTS, THEY'RE RATED BASED ON AN ANNUAL AVERAGE.
OKAY? UH, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL TREATMENT CAPACITY OF 160, THAT'S ON AN ANNUAL AVERAGE BASIS.
TYPICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT A MAX DAY, IT'S MORE THAN TWOFOLD THAT, UH, AND SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT APPLES AND ORANGES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBER, THE AVERAGE PEOPLE WILL SEE THE NUMBER, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ANALYZE, THEY'LL TAKE THE NUMBER AND TRY TO DIGEST.
SO I'M JUST AN AVERAGE PERSON RIGHT NOW SITTING ASKING QUESTION.
SO THE MORE APPROPRIATE QUESTION WOULD BE VOLUME OF WATER, VOLUME OF WASTE WATER, RIGHT? SO THAT NUMBER WOULD GIVE YOU THAT, OKAY, I'M GIVING YOU, UH, 1 TRILLION GALLON WATER IN ONE YEAR, JUST THROWING THE NUMBER AND I'M GETTING BACK 1.2 TRILLION GALLON OFF OR MAYBE SOMETHING WASTEWATER.
IN THE FUTURE, I KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER IN THE FUTURE.
COULD YOU GIVE US THE VOLUME? SO WHAT PERCENT OF THE WATER WE PRODUCE RETURNS TO US AS WASTEWATER? DO YOU KNOW THAT NUMBER? YEAH.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC THINGS.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS THING TODAY, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE SOME SLIDE.
YEAH, THAT'S, WE'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING QUESTION AND IT, I'LL PIVOT TO THE CONSERVATION REALITY.
IN REALITY, MOST OF THE WATER THAT IS SOLD HAPPENS BETWEEN MAY AND SEPTEMBER, AND THAT'S WHERE, OF COURSE, THE TREATMENT PLAN CAPACITY ON THE WATER SIDE, A LOT OF THAT IS BEING USED FOR USES THAT DON'T COME BACK TO THE WATER SYSTEM.
WE HAVEN'T, UH, KIND OF DO DO KIND OF A, UH, QUANTIFICATION OF, OF THE WATER THAT WE SEND OUT, HOW MUCH DO WE EXPECT TO COME BACK, RIGHT? I MEAN, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET BLIND BLINDSIDED, THEN MISTAKE HAPPENED.
THESE ARE LIKE CHECKPOINT, I MEAN, AS AN ENGINEER, THAT'S WHAT I SEE THAT, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HAPPENING, THIS IS HAPPENING, THEN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO YEAH, GIVE US ROUND NUMBERS.
I THINK IT'S LIKE 30%, BUT LET US KINDA LOOK AT THAT AND WE CAN DIAL THAT IN.
I MEAN, IT, IT, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, BUSINESSES, DIFFERENT INDUSTRY USE THE WATER AS A TYPICAL, LIKE IF IT IS RESIDENTIAL WATER, UH, ABOUT 95% WATER GOES BACK TO THE SYSTEM PLUS THE RAINWATER.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE VERY TYPICAL NUMBER, UH, USE.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WATER USED FOR INDUSTRY OR FOR THE, SOME OTHER THINGS, THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND IT IS, AND, AND BE MINDFUL TOO THAT ALL THE WATER THAT GETS SOLD BY THE WATER DISTRICT DOESN'T GET DISCHARGED INTO WATERSHEDS THAT RETURN TO THE WATER DISTRICT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? A GOOD, THAT'S FINE.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SEE THE NUMBER HELP.
SO ONE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS WE DO PLAN FOR THOSE RETURN FLOWS
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AS PART OF OUR LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY PLANNING EFFORTS.AND SO WE ARE CAPTURING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REUSE SOME OF THOSE WASTEWATER DISCHARGES.
IN THAT CASE, WE'RE LOOKING ON A, AT IT ON A DRY YEAR BASIS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S THAT MINIMUM AMOUNT OF, UH, WATER THAT WOULD BE DISCHARGED WHEN WE'RE NOT HAVING STORM WATER MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON AN AVERAGE YEAR IS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR, FOR THAT DRY YEAR CONDITION.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, DRAIN WATER, WE'LL MAKE IT THROUGH THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
UH, NOW I'M SURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, I SEE THAT YOU ARE UPSIZING THE WATER SUPPLY PIPELINES.
AND HOW ABOUT THE WASTEWATER, UH, PIPELINES? YOU ARE LOOKING AT THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS, I GUESS.
RJ YOU WANNA TAKE THAT ONE? YES, WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE CONTINUING TO INCREASE WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE CAPACITY.
ALSO TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THOSE AS WELL.
'CAUSE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS COME IN IN PARALLEL PIPELINE, UNLESS WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.
SO THAT'S ALL PART OF, UM, ESPECIALLY ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, WE DO A CAPACITY ASSURANCE AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WE JUST KICKED OFF.
AGAIN, WE DO THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY THE WASTEWATER, TREAT IT, AND THEN, UH, IN SOME CASES BE ABLE TO RECYCLE IT AND BRING IT BACK.
ONE SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE BRECKENRIDGE PARK.
WHAT SIZE OF THAT INTERCEPTOR THAT'S GONNA BE GET CLEANED? I HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S NOT, NOT MORE SPECIFIC THING THAT, THAT CONCERNING, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE CONCERNED TO THE RESIDENTS AROUND IS THAT, ARE THEY GONNA SEE ANY, UH, NOISE BECAUSE OF THE PUMP, UH, THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE RUNNING FOR THE BYPASS PUMP? HOW HAVE, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS YET YOU WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE DIESEL PUMPS.
THERE'LL BE A SIGNIFICANT FLOW, AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO SET SOMETHING UP.
BUT EARLIER, LIKE AS I, AS I SAID, WE'RE GONNA WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SHIELD THE NOISE, LOCATE THOSE BIG PUMPS IN LOCATIONS WHERE, UM, THEY WILL HAVE MINIMUM IMPACT.
UH, BUT WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THE BIGGEST DISRUPTION WILL BE PEOPLE WILL SEE THE PIPELINE LAYING ON THE GROUND, RIGHT? AND IT'LL BE LAYING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PARK AND GOING BACK AND MANAGE.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THINGS, BUT OUR, OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP KIND OF TELL THAT STORY AND DESCRIBE WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT YES, WE DO EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME, SOME NOISE, BUT WE ARE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMIZE THE DURATION AT WHICH, UH, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE REQUEST ON THAT PROJECT IS LIKE, LOOK AT THAT.
IF YOU SEE IF YOU CAN HAVE SHORT RUN OF THE PIPE BYPASS, PUMPING PIPE INSTEAD OF RUNNING FROM ONE POINT TO THE ENDPOINT.
I MEAN, JUST SOME ENGINEERING, IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT MUCH PIPE ON THE TOP OF THE GROUND RUNNING.
NOW, REGARDING THE RATE QUESTION, UH, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
UH, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE LIKE 11%, 12% INCREASE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND THEN TOWARDS THAT 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD OR EIGHT YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IS LIKE 4%, 3%.
WHEN YOU SEE THAT NUMBER LIKE THAT, IT'S REALLY COMFORTING THAT OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PAY ONLY 12% NEXT TWO, THREE YEARS.
AND AFTER THAT RISK GOING DOWN, THIS IS HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY, BUT FACT COULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT AS YOU GO LIKE FIVE YEARS, THEN THINGS CHANGE.
YOU GO AGAINST, SEE THAT 10, 12 YEAR PERSON GOING UP AND THEN YOU SEE DOWN THE ROAD, THREE, FOUR PERSON.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE NEXT TIME WHENEVER YOU VISIT US, UH, WE GET HONORED TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
UH, IS THAT THAT TREND, YOU KNOW, LAST 10 YEARS, HOW THE RATE'S GOING ON.
SO THEN WE COULD COMPARE THAT, OKAY, AM I BEING TOO HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GONNA BE TOO HAPPY? UH, IT JUST, JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, HOW THE RATE IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
BECAUSE I SEE THE, THE RATE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE DOUBLE 10 YEARS FROM DOWN THE ROAD.
SOME CHANGE FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT IS GOING TO BE $4, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF WE ARE OPTIMISTIC, SAY OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE ONLY THREE, 4% TOWARDS LIKE EIGHT YEARS, NINE YEARS.
BUT IF IT GOES AGAIN, 10 DOUBLE DIGIT PERCENTAGE IS GONNA BE MORE THAN DOUBLE.
SO, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME OTHER WAY OF ADJUSTING OUR RATE THAT WE GAVE TO OUR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS.
I MEAN, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING BETTER UNDERSTANDING AT THE BOTTOM, THEN WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, FOR US DOWN THE ROAD.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR NOW, FOR THIS RATE.
IF YOU CAN NEXT TIME, IF WE CAN SEE A LITTLE MORE IN THE PAST, THAT
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WOULD HELP.UM, BILLY, I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM JUST ASKED ABOUT THE PIPE AT GROUP BREAK AND RIDGE PARK.
YOU MENTIONED IN HIS QUESTION IT'S GONNA LAY ON THE GROUND.
UM, THIS, I GUESS IS ANY VEGETATION GOING TO BE DISRUPTED IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LONG PIECE, SO IT'S NOT CONTINUOUS PIPE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT PIPE THAT FITS INTO OTHER PIPE? IS THERE SIGNAGE? I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SEWAGE GOING OVERGROUND.
SO WHAT KIND OF, WHAT ARE RESIDENTS GONNA SEE? WHAT SHOULD WE PREPARED FOR? WHAT CAN GO WRONG? HOW ARE WE GONNA MANAGE THAT? AND UM, I GUESS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRECAUTIONS PUT IN PLACE? SO IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS ALL, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
SO, UH, START OFF WITH THE FINER DETAILS OF THE BYPASS BUMPING.
UM, HAVEN'T BEEN WORKED OUT YET, THOSE ARE STILL BEING IN PROCESS SINCE WE KNOW THIS IS COMING UP.
WANTED TO GET IT IN FRONT OF YOU AND MAKE YOU WHERE IT'S COMING.
IN TERMS OF THE MECHANISM, UM, TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO BYPASS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PIPELINE.
THIS IS NOT A JOINTED PIPELINE.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS ASSEMBLED.
THIS IS LIKE, UH, HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE, HGPE PIPE, WHICH HAS WELDED.
SO IT'S CONTINUOUS FOR THE MOST PART.
AGAIN, THE DETAILS HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT 'CAUSE THE ROUTE HASN'T BEEN CHOSEN, HAVEN'T WORKED WITH YOUR STAFF, AND HAVEN'T REALLY GOT IT ON THE GROUND.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT THAT FAR ALONG YET.
UM, BUT TYPICALLY THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
UM, WE WOULD NOT INSTALL ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UH, VENT IF WE HAVE TO INSTALL ANYTHING THAT VENTS, LIKE IF THERE'S ANY, UH, SIGNIFICANT HIGH POINT IN THE LINES WHICH REQUIRE US TO LET AIR GET OUT OF THAT, UM, THAT FOR CERTAIN WILL BE ENCASED IN SOME KIND OF, UH, ODOR CONTROL CARBON CANISTERS, OTHERS, IN CASE THERE ARE ANY, UH, VENTING THAT DOES OCCUR.
AND THIS IS JUST FROM TRAP GAS THAT CAN BE, IT'S IN THE WASTEWATER GAS, IT'S HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND AIR, MOSTLY AIR, BUT IT WOULD BE, UM, SCRUB AND, AND NOT RELEASED.
UM, AGAIN, NOISE COMPONENT THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN MINIMIZE THAT.
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT SETUP WILL BE.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THE, THE DETAIL WORK ON THE GROUND HASN'T HAPPENED.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT VERY, UM, TYPICAL TO DO A BYPASS OPERATION LIKE THIS.
UM, TO SEE A PIPELINE ON THE GROUND, WHAT THE CITIZENS WILL SEE WHO ARE, WHO ARE THERE, UM, WAS JUST THAT IT'S GONNA BE A, A PRETTY NONDESCRIPT PIPELINE LAYING ON THE GROUND.
AND WE WILL HAVE IT ANYWHERE THAT IT COMES IN CONTACT OR POTENTIALLY COMES IN CONTACT WHERE, WHERE A CITIZEN CAN COME CLOSE TO IT.
WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE APPROPRIATE MARKERS ON IT AT THE VERY MINIMUM, IF NOT FULL ON PROTECTION.
UM, THE ROUTE OF THIS PIPELINE, WHILE IT IS, UH, THE EXHIBIT SHOWS THAT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE CONTIGUOUS KIND OF GREEN BELT OF, OF BRECKENRIDGE PARK.
THE ROUTE ITSELF IS NOT IN THE GROOMED AND MANICURED AREA UNLESS, UNTIL YOU GET TO THE VERY SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS WHERE THE PUMP STATION IS, THAT OVER THERE.
SO IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE WALKING PATHS AND BIKING PATHS AND IT'S GRAY PARK, THEY, THE KIDS THERE MANY TIMES, UM, THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY DISRUPTION OR ENCROACHMENT THERE.
THE MAJOR ENCROACHMENT OCCURS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ROW THAT CREEK, THE WEST SIDE OF ROW, THAT CREEK, UH, UP IN THE HEAVILY WOODED AREA.
AND WE WILL DO THE BEST WE CAN JUST TO FOLLOW THE RIGHTS OF WAY AND STAY NEAR THE ROADS SO THAT WE ARE NOT, UH, IN, AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY, UH, MAJOR WHOLE WHOLESALE CLEARING OF VEGETATION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UH, STATE OF IT EXCEPT SOME MINOR JUST IF WE HAVE TO GET EQUIPMENT IN NEAR MANHOLES WHERE WE HAVE TO CONNECT, BUT WE DON'T, THERE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY LIKE, UH, MAJOR CLEARING AND CUTTING OF, OF THOSE KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
NOW, THERE WILL WILL BE SOME, UH, PROBABLY MINOR VEGETA VEGETATION MODIFICATION AGAIN, JUST TO GET IN RIGHT WHERE THE EQUIPMENT'S GOTTA BE IN THESE MANHOLES.
BUT THESE ARE SANITARY THROUGH MANUALS ANYWAY.
SO THEY'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE GOT AN INDUSTRIAL COMPONENT TO THEM AS THEY SIT UTILITY COMPONENT.
UM, DOES THAT HELP ON SOME OF THAT? THAT, THAT DOES HELP ME.
UM, I DON'T, AND I KNOW YOU'RE STILL WORKING OUT DETAILS.
I MEAN, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 36 INCH PIPE? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A 24 INCH PIPE I HELP ME? RIGHT.
AND I'M NOT GONNA HOLD YOU TO THE INCH IF YOU CAN GIMME AROUND SHOOTING FROM THE HIP.
I, I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF IT WAS ANYTHING MORE THAN 24 INCH.
WHY DON'T, WE'RE NOT TALKING LIKE A 60 INCH PIPE ON THE ROUND OR SOMETHING THAT IS, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, YOU KNOW, REASONABLY, UH, NONDESCRIPT PIPELINES LAYING.
THAT HELPS ME MUCH BETTER UNDERSTAND.
YEAH, I WANTED TO FIRST THANK Y'ALL FOR ADDRESSING A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD FROM
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THE LAST PRESENTATION.I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS INTENTIONAL OR NOT, BUT CERTAINLY I NOTICED THAT ALL THE STUFF WE ASKED WAS ADDRESSED HERE AND REVISITED.
UM, MAYBE I WAS GONNA JUST SEE, JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THE WATER SUPPLY PLANNING CHART ON SLIDE 21, I WAS JUST GONNA TRY TO RE-EXPLAIN IT TO Y'ALL AND Y'ALL TELL ME IF I GOT IT.
I MEAN, SO ESSENTIALLY THE, THE 2036 NUMBER COMES FROM THIS DRY YEAR DEMAND.
LIKE IF EVERY SINGLE YEAR WAS A DRY YEAR DEMAND AND WE HAD NO NEW WATER SUPPLY.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
BUT WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THIS NEW SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THAT LIGHT BLUE ON TOP OF THE GREEN THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN DEVELOPMENT NOW AND IT'S GONNA ADD YEARS.
AND THEN ALSO POTENTIALLY NOT EVERY SINGLE YEAR IS GONNA BE A DRY YEAR.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S SORT OF LIKE A WORST CASE SCENARIO NUMBER.
DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YOU GOT IT RIGHT.
AND I'LL EVEN ADD ON THAT THE AMOUNT OF SUPPLY THAT'S SHOWN IN THAT CHART IS BASED ON A DROUGHT OF RECORD.
SO WE PLAN AROUND NOT ONLY THE DRY YEAR DEMANDS BEING ELEVATED, BUT ALSO THE AMOUNT OF SUPPLY AVAILABLE BEING IN A DROUGHT CONDITION.
THAT'S WHY IT'S STATIC PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY FROM 2040 ON.
UM, SO THE, THE BECK BRANCH PIPELINE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL, THAT'S REALLY PART OF A ROUTINE PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S 1997, THERE'S NO, UH, SORT OF WARNING INDICATOR THAT IS CAUSING US TO GO IN THERE.
UH, WE'RE COMMITTED, YOU KNOW, IN MORE DETAIL ON THE WATER SIDE, TALKING ABOUT THE LINEAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING ON THE WASTEWATER.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THE PIPELINES TO ENSURE, LAY EYES ON AND ANALYZE THE CONDITION.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE JUST TO ENSURE, 'CAUSE IT'S SUCH A CRITICAL PIECE OF, OKAY, SO YOU'RE DOING THIS IN OTHER CITIES TOO, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, AND THEN, UH, JUST MOVING ON THROUGH MY LITTLE LIST HERE.
I KNOW I READ A LOT OF NEWS ARTICLES LATELY IN DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS.
I I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE ACTUALLY, ABOUT THE PLANO WASTEWATER THAT'S BEEN SPILLED INTO WHITE ROCK, UM, THAT IS JUST RIGHT BESIDE US IN RICHARDSON.
IS THERE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, AGAIN, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE, THE DETAILS THERE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AS FAR AS THE, THE MITIGATION WORK ON THE BACK END AND THE RISK TO RICHARDSON IN OUR WATERWAYS.
JUST WANT HEAR Y'ALL ASSURE US THAT WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE SAFE, THERE'S NOTHING WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.
WE, WE HAD A, A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF A LIFT STATION WHEN A VALVE FAILED.
AND SO OUR STAFF RESPONDED EXCEPTIONALLY QUICKLY TO GET BYPASS PUMPING, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, IN PLACE VERY QUICKLY, TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THE WASTEWATER THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUMPED THROUGH THAT PUMP STATION THAT WAS DISABLED DUE TO THE FLOODING, UM, BACK PUMPING THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE PIPELINES.
UH, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY TAKING, DOING SOME, SOME WORK AFTER THE FACT TO DO SOME FORENSICS ON WHAT HAPPENED TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND, AND LEARN FROM BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT FUTURE OCCURRENCE.
AND THEN LAST, MY LAST QUESTION FOR Y'ALL, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW DO, AND THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION FOR BOTH Y'ALL AND FOR DON AND THE REST OF OUR CMO TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATING OUR FUTURE NEEDS TO THE DISTRICT AND Y'ALL ASKING US QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE, HOW DO YOU GUYS ASK US QUESTIONS TO ASSESS OUR FUTURE NEEDS? AND KIND OF, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DYNAMIC IS THERE.
AND IF YOU COULD GO INTO MAYBE THE DETAIL OF THOSE MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, THAT WOULD BE JUST HELPFUL FOR ME.
I, SO WE, WE'VE SET UP QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH SOME OF OUR LARGER MEMBER CITIES, AND RICHARDSON IS ONE OF THOSE.
SO AS A PART OF THOSE EVERY QUARTER WE MEET, ASK ABOUT IS THERE ANY BEEN ANY CHANGE TO YOUR DEMAND PROJECTIONS, DEVELOPMENTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND BASED ON THAT, WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
UH, WE WORK WITH ALL OF OUR MEMBER CITIES EACH YEAR, USUALLY ON AN ANNUAL BASEMENT TO UNDERSTAND ANY CHANGES IN YOUR PROJECTED GROWTH AND DEMANDS.
AND THEN BASED OFF THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THAT BACK AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL.
SO, I MEAN, YOU'RE ONE OF FOUR MEMBER CITIES THAT WE MEET QUARTERLY AND TALK THROUGH OKAY.
EVERY PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON AS WELL AS WHAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING ON AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE, WE WERE VERY WELL WITH THEIR STAFF.
UM, AND THEY PROBABLY GET TIRED OF US TALKING TO EACH OTHER, BUT I MEAN, WE WORK HOPE NOT EXTREMELY WELL, NO, I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY.
BUT WE SEE EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, SO I, AND IT'S A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
UM, AND WE DON'T DO THAT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IN SOME OF OUR BIGGER CITIES WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, WE DO THAT.
AND THEN THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS, UM,
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THAT'S TRUE WITH CONSTANT COMMUNICATION, UH, WITH THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND, AND, UH, EVEN, EVEN BETWEEN.BUT WE ALSO INCLUDED THE DISTRICT AS A KEY STAKEHOLDER IN ENVISION RICHARDSON.
WE, UH, INVOLVED THEM IN OUR LONG-TERM PLANNING AND WHAT THAT COULD RESULT IN.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN JUST, UH, THE NEXT YEAR OR THREE YEARS.
I MEAN, WITH, WITH THE COMP PLAN, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 AND 20 YEARS WITH THE DISTRICT, UM, ANTICIPATING, YOU KNOW, IF OUR, IF YOUR VISIONS FOR, UM, DIFFERENT AREAS COME TO FRUITION, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND UM, SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK BOTH THE SHORT TERM THROUGH THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND THE ONCOMING COMMUNICATION AND THEN THE LONG TERM THROUGH THE PLANNING WORK, UM, IS HOW WE ACHIEVE THAT.
SO DON, DO WE GIVE THEM LIKE MAYBE SPECIFIC NUMBERS OR ESTIMATES OF GALLONS USED OR, YOU KNOW, WASTE TONNAGE SUPPLY AND THINGS LIKE THAT? OR WELL TAKE CITYLINE FOR INSTANCE.
UM, WHEN, WHAT WE'LL DO THERE IS, IS WE, WE GIVE THEM THE MAXIMUM BUILD OUT.
AND SAY, THIS IS HOW MUCH DENSITY YOU COULD HAVE ON THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS 10 ACRES, THIS IS WHAT, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF USE THEY COULD COME IN AND, AND LOCATE HERE BY.
AND THEN THEY USE, THEY, THEY, UH, CAN TALK MORE ABOUT HOW THEY MATHEMATICALLY, UH, FIGURE ALL THAT OUT.
BUT, UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO, UM, WITH THE DISTRICT.
UM, WE MAY GIVE SOME PROJECTIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE BETTER POSITIONED TO KIND OF, I SEE.
UM, BASED ON WHAT WE SHARE WITH THEM, KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY, THEY NEED TO INCLUDE FOR THEIR PLANNING.
YEAH, AND RJ DID A GREAT JOB OF SPEAKING TO KIND OF THE, THE SHORT TERM AND THE INTERIM.
I'LL MENTION ADDITIONALLY, LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF, UM, MASTER PLANS THAT WE DO ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT METERS IN THE GROUND TO ACTUALLY MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF WASTEWATER THAT'S COMING IN DURING A NORMAL DAY AND THEN ALSO DURING THESE CRAZY RAIN DAYS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROJECT, UM, NOT ONLY WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENED, BUT THEN USE LAND USE PROJECTIONS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AND SO THERE'S A HEAVILY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND IT'S ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEAR, UH, DURATION TO GET ALL THE, THE PIECES AND PARTS OF THAT FIGURED OUT.
WE ALSO, UH, HAVE INITIATED EVERY FIVE YEAR LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY PLANS WHERE WE UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM GROWTH OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ALSO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MASTER PLANS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT WATER AVAILABLE, UH, AT EACH DELIVERY POINT.
UH, THOSE ARE UPDATED ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF TOUCH POINTS ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE THAT ARE REALLY PROVIDING FOR THAT LONG-TERM PLANNING AND THE WATER MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING.
YEAH, THAT'LL BE VERY TO JENNA'S POINT, THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHARE WITH THE DISTRICT WHEN IT'S COMPLETE.
UH, ALTHOUGH THEY, THEY ARE PARTNER WITH US THROUGHOUT IT, WHEN IT'S ULTIMATELY COMPLETE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL USE.
UM, SO FIRST OFF, BILLY, I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SLIDE 11 THAT IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND MY HOUSE
UM, SO MY, MY ONLY REQUEST, AND I, FIRST OFF, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALREADY REACHING OUT TO PLANO, ISD, BUT COULD YOU ALSO REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND LET, LET 'EM KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING AS WELL SINCE IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT THERE AT STINSON.
AND TRUST ME, MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE, WE'LL GIVE YOU 10,000 QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT.
SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE WHEN IT, WHEN IT GETS CLOSER, I KNOW YOU SAID IT WAS GONNA BE FALL, UM, I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO DO IT TOMORROW BY ANY STRETCH, BUT AT, AT SOME TIME CLOSER TO THE, TO WHEN YOU ACTUALLY STARTED, IF YOU COULD ALSO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT PIPE, I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE A LOT OF, WOULD BUILD BACK A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, IF YOU WILL.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
WELL, I THINK WE, WE CAN AND CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT WAY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
UM, AND THEN FOLLOWING UP FOR A MOMENT, 'CAUSE I'M, I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THIS CHART, SO IF, IF I'M READING THIS CHART, TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE'VE ACTUALLY MOVED OUT TO ABOUT 2050 INSTEAD OF 2036.
IF I GO BACK TO THE CHART ON PAGE, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO READ IT 21.
TO ME, WHEN I READ THAT CHART, IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE NOW SAYING EVEN WITH DR, EXCUSE ME, EVEN WITH DRY YEAR DEMAND, WE ACTUALLY GET TO 2050.
SO AM I, AM I READING THAT WRONG OR AM I NOT UNDERSTANDING IT? BECAUSE THAT'S, IF I LOOK AT THE CHART, IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME WE GET TO 2050 VERSUS THE 2036 THAT YOU AND, AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE WAS SPEAKING TO.
SO I, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A, 'CAUSE 2050 WOULD MAKE ME SLEEP BETTER TONIGHT.
SO MAYBE I'M JUST, I'M ASKING A QUESTION THAT WILL HELP ME.
UM, SO THE, IS THAT YOU SEE WHAT I'M SEEING? YEAH.
THE LIGHT BLUE COLOR IS NEW SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO SOME OF THAT, UH, TO ACHIEVE THAT REQUIRES THAT THERE'S SOME NEW SUPPLIES THAT GO ONLINE.
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THE EXISTING SUPPLIES, WHICH IS WHERE THE 2036 COMES FROM.SO, BUT IF, IF ABOVE WHEN WE SURPASS THE GREEN LINE, WE'LL NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPLY.
BUT WITH, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CONVERSATION EARLIER TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
IS THAT NOW THAT YOU'RE PROJECTING THAT EVEN WITH DRY YEARS, THAT I GUESS I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO SAY THAT IF, IF IN FACT, WITH THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, AN UNDERSTANDING CONTRACTUAL AND ALL THAT, BUT THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW THAT YOU THINK YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE OF BRINGING ONLINE, DOES THAT GET US, IN ESSENCE TO 2050? IS THAT, THAT, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK.
OH, I'M NOT GONNA SLEEP ANY BETTER THAN OUR REALITY IS THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE A PORTFOLIO OF SUPPLIES, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CAN MEET OUR FUTURE NEEDS.
THERE'S ONE BIG ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING IN EARNEST ON THAT WILL GET US A, A GOOD WAYS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT BASED ON YOUR CURRENT, I, I GUESS WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK IS BASED ON YOUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLANNING, IF IT COMES TO FRUITION, WE'RE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOW, INSTEAD OF 2036, WE'LL BE AT 2050 GIVEN, GIVEN DRY YEAR.
IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR WAY TO SAY THAT? YES, BUT ALSO, BUT I DON'T LIKE IT.
WELL, EVERY FIVE YEARS ARE RELOOKING, SO IF EVERY SINGLE STRATEGY CAME, WE WOULD BE WELL BEYOND 2050.
SO, OKAY, I'M JUST GOING OFF YOUR CHART.
SO I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
WELL THAT, THAT HELPS ME SLEEP A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND THEN, AND THEN LASTLY, AND I JUST, THIS WILL BE MY ONE.
I DON'T MEAN TO SAY NEGATIVE COMMENT, BUT I GUESS I'M STILL INCREDIBLY CONCERNED.
IF YOU GO FOR A MOMENT TO, I GOTTA READ, CAN YOU GO TO 28? I'M SORRY.
YEAH, YOU DID PICK UP THE CLICKER.
SO AS I READ THIS CHART, YOU'VE MADE SOME LEVEL OF, I'M GONNA SAY THE WORDS REDUCTIONS FROM, IF I JUST LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, 2025, YOU WERE THINKING THAT WOULD BE A 10% INCREASE FOR THE RATE FOR WATER, BUT YOU'VE NOW, I'M GONNA USE THE WORDS REFORECASTED AND SAY YOU BELIEVE IT'LL BE 6%.
AM I, AM I READING THIS CHART CORRECTLY? IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
BUT I STILL HAVE OVERARCHING CONCERNS BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU THAT OTHER THAN OVER OVERALL TAX RATE, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I HEAR ON A DAY TO DAY, DAY TO DAY, AND CERTAINLY YEAR TO YEAR, EVERY TIME WE GO INTO OUR BUDGETING CYCLE IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE JUST A CONTINUING INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, NOT ANYBODY THAT I'VE RUN INTO RECENTLY ON A HISTORIC BASIS AVERAGES A WAGE INCREASE OF, YOU KNOW, 9%, 12%, 12%.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS, I I THINK IF WE GO BACK HISTORICALLY, WE'VE SEEN MUCH MORE CONSISTENTLY NINE TO 10 TO 12% RATE INCREASES.
SO WHILE I'M, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU'VE KNOCKED IT DOWN FROM 10% TO 6% GOING INTO 2025.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BRING THAT PERCENT INCREASE DOWN BECAUSE OUR CITIZENS STRUGGLE WITH IT.
I STRUGGLE WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S BY FAR THE ONE THING THAT I THINK EVERY YEAR WHEN WE LOOK AT, FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, WE JUST SEE THESE VERY, VERY LOW.
WHAT I CONSIDER, I WILL SAY THAT VERY LARGE INCREASES, UM, OF, YOU KNOW, NINE TWELVE, TWELVE, TEN NINE.
IF I LOOK AT THAT NOW, GRANTED, WHEN WE GET OUT TO 20 31, 5 AND FOUR, I HOPE THAT COMES TRUE.
I HOPE THAT 20, I HOPE 2032 COULD BECOME THE REAL STANDARD OF 4% INCREASES, THAT THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE TOLERABLE.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST REALLY CHALLENGE Y'ALL AND I, AND I'M GONNA, I'M ALSO GONNA LOOK TO THE, TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO REALLY CHALLENGE TO SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THAT MUCH MORE CLOSER TO THAT 4% THAN THE 12% THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN 2027? AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY HAS THEIR EXPENSE AND EVERYTHING, BUT, BUT OUR, OUR CITIZENRY AND WE COLLECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO SEE THOSE PERCENTAGES EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND I, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT THINKING THAT YOU'RE BEING TONE DEAF.
DON'T, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M IN.
I'M NOT, I'M JUST SAYING, BUT I'M JUST, I, I, I'D BE REMISS IF I WALKED OUT HERE TONIGHT AND IF I DIDN'T, IF I DIDN'T POINT
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THAT OUT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT CONSISTENTLY YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, AT LEAST THE SIX YEARS, STARTING MY SIXTH YEAR ON COUNCIL.I'VE HEARD IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE KEEP GETTING THESE 10, 12% INCREASES EVERY SINGLE YEAR? SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, I I, I WILL TELL YOU, AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, BILLY, I GOTTA SAY IT TO YOU DIRECTLY, A LOT OF CONFIDENCE BUILDING TONIGHT BACK FOR ME BECAUSE OF, OF YOUR SLIDE, UM, SLIDE 11, YOU, YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT I, I'M GONNA BELIEVE YOU UNTIL YOU, YOU KNOW, AND THEN TO COME ACTUALLY THROUGH AND SAY, HEY, WE WENT BACK, WE CHECKED, YOU KNOW, WE CHECKED EVERYTHING AGAIN AND WE FOUND, WAS IT THREE SECTIONS, FOUR SEC, WHATEVER IT WAS, THREE OR FOUR SECTIONS, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
UM, AND YOU'RE GOING BACK AND YOU'RE DOING, AND THAT IS, THAT IS HUGE.
AND SO I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY THANK YOU, UM, 'CAUSE YOU SAID IT AND YOU WERE A MAN OF YOUR WORD, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
IT'S, UH, QUITE A LOT TO TAKE IN AND, UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT I KNOW THE FUTURE IS RELYING ON RECYCLING, REPURPOSING, AND, AND A WAY TO, UM, PURIFY OUR WATER SYSTEMS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE THAT CAN, UH, DIS DIS DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE BUSINESSES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DO ADVOCATE FOR IS CONSERVATION IN MY BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT IT, UH, TO EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES ON HOW THEY CAN REPURPOSE WATER.
AND, AND, AND THIS BRINGS TO MY QUESTION, UM, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS MORE THAN ANYTHING, JUST BECAUSE I SAW A LOT OF THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA DURING THE HEAVY RAINS, BUT A LOT OF THE LAKES WERE DISPERSING WATER BECAUSE THEY GET TO CERTAIN LEVELS AND WHATEVER THAT LEVEL IS, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER, BUT I JUST REALIZED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WATER BEING DISPERSED, UH, IN A LOT OF THE LAKES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE PUTTING THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IS IS THERE, OR IS, ARE YOU REPURPOSING OR RE DIVERTING THAT WATER OVER TO LIKE, UH, AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE GOES TO LIKE A WETLAND ENVIRONMENT AND OR ANOTHER TYPE OF PROCESS TO WHERE IT COULD BE REPURPOSED? AND I KNOW RE RECALIBRATED AND REUSED, AND I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS MUCH WATER ALL THE TIME.
THIS IS RARE, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? AND, AND IS THAT JUST A MINUTE QUESTION, COUNCIL, I, I'VE, I'VE GOT A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
PRIOR TO JOINING THE DISTRICT, I WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE FORT WORTH CORPS OF ENGINEER DISTRICT, WHICH MANAGED THE LAKES IN TEXAS.
SO ALL THOSE LAKES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ARE BUILT FOR FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT.
THAT IS THEIR NUMBER ONE PURPOSE.
OFTEN THEY HAVE A SECONDARY PURPOSE, WHICH IS WATER SUPPLY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WERE BILLED FOR.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE CORE AND ENTITIES SPILLING, RELEASING THAT WATER, THAT IS TO HELP MINIMIZE THE FLOOD RISK DOWNSTREAM.
AND, AND IT WORKS IN A BIG SYSTEM.
SO I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU MAYBE SEE WATER, UM, GOING OVER THOSE DAMS AND THROUGH THE GATES AS THEY'RE INTENDED.
THE CORE IS, I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CORE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WORK WITH THEM WHEN THEY GET CLOSE TO WHAT WE CALL THE CONSERVATION POOL TO SLOW THOSE RELEASES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT WATER AVAILABLE FOR DRINKING PURPOSE AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE PERMIT.
THE OTHER ASPECT IS, THE CORE IS LOOKING AT OTHER INITIATIVES WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO BE BETTER INFORMED.
LET'S SAY THEY KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A BIG RAIN, BUT THEN THE FORECAST MAYBE FOR TWO WEEKS IS DRY, THEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THEIR OPERATIONS SO THAT MAYBE THEY CAN HOLD THAT WATER LONGER.
BUT THAT IN ITSELF COMES WITH A LOT OF RISKS.
SO, UM, THE CORE'S WORKING AT THAT.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE, THE CORE AND THE LAKES THAT WE HAVE PERMITTED WATER IN THERE.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
I MEAN, WE, WE HATE SEEING THAT WATER GO DOWNSTREAM.
THAT IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL.
BUT UM, YEAH, WHEN YOU'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU COULD USE THAT WATER, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT THAT'S A PURPOSE OF ALL THOSE RESERVOIRS IS TO MITIGATE THE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT.
WELL, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOU EXPLAINING THAT, AND I, AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND.
I I JUST, UM, JUST SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE DISCUSSING IT, AND I THINK WE'VE ALL THOUGHT ABOUT IT AT ONE POINT.
AND, AND, AND TO YOUR POINT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHEN THE TIME COMES AND WE DO HAVE TO DISPERSE WATER, IS THERE A WAY TO DIVERT THAT AND SALVAGE IT SOME WAY, WHETHER IT IS A WETLAND? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE FUTURE OF RECYCLING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND, AND YOU PROMPTED A, A THOUGHT IN IN MY MIND THAT I'D, I'D LOVE TO SHARE.
UM, IF YOU LOOK BACK TO, UM, PRIOR TO THE LAKES OF TEXAS BEING CONSTRUCTED, SO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THERE'S ONE NATURAL LAKE, AND THAT'S CAT LAKE
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ALONG THE TEXAS, LOUISIANA BORDER.EVERY OTHER LAKE THAT WE HAVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS MANMADE.
UH, THERE WAS A DAM THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FLOOD CONTROL, OR HOLDING BACK THAT STORM WATER TO ASSIST WITH FLOOD CONTROL.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL TO HAVE BODARK LAKE ONLINE, THE FIRST MAJOR RESERVOIR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT IS HOLDING, UH, A LOT OF WATER THAT WOULD'VE OTHERWISE MADE ITS WAY INTO THE RED RIVER AND THEN DOWN EVENTUALLY INTO THE GULF.
AND SO, AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND WE CONSIDER A PORTFOLIO OF FUTURE SUPPLIES, NEW RESERVOIRS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO CONSIDER AND CONSIDER AND, AND CONTINUE TO EVALUATE.
AND THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER LARGE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE STORM WATERS, UH, SO THAT THEY DON'T MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE GULF EVENTUALLY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND YOU'VE GOTTA ENSURE THAT THE DOWNSTREAM ENVIRONMENT IS NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
UM, BUT AS YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, THE, THE LAKES THAT WE HAVE TODAY, AND WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT SURFACE WATER PROVIDED, EVERY BIT OF THE WATER THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AS DRINKING WATER IS FROM LAKES.
AND WE HAVE FOLKS THAT HAD THE FORESIGHT TO CONSTRUCT THOSE OVER THE DECADES LEADING UP TO THIS POINT THAT ALLOWED US TO CAPTURE THOSE STORM WATER AND HAVE THAT AS A RELIABLE SUPPLY.
WELL, THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
ONE QUESTION, BUT BEFORE THAT, I WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE FOR YOUR FORWARD THINKING.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE BENEFIT THAT WE ARE GETTING TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THE PAST THINKING FOR IN THE FUTURE.
SO SLIDE NUMBER 11, CAN YOU GO BACK THERE? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE POPULAR SLIDE THAT MAKES US SLEEP BETTER, I THINK.
UH, OH, IS THAT 11? I'M SORRY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID GET THAT.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE AS OF TODAY AND THE LIGHT BLUE THAT YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN ADD THIS THING WITHOUT MUCH STRUGGLE.
AND THERE, I THINK, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER COLOR.
YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT COLOR THAT IS THERE.
IF THOSE HAPPEN, WE CAN EASILY CROSS THAT ORANGE LINE IN THE TOP.
SO, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE THE, ALL THE DETAILS.
I DON'T THINK WE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ASKING WHEN JENNIFER TRIED, UH, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC, I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN TRY BECAUSE I, I UNDERSTAND MANY THINGS MIGHT HAPPEN, MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, BUT MOST LIKELY WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE NATIONAL SECURITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
UH, IF TI DOESN'T GET THE WATER, WE ARE DOOMED.
SO CAN YOU PUT IN THE FUTURE ANOTHER COLOR ON THE TOP? AT LEAST SOME OF US CAN.
I CAN SLEEP BETTER REGARDLESS.
MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER CAN, THEY CAN SLEEP BETTER.
UH, THINK WISHFUL THINKING THAT, OKAY, NOW WE ARE WORKING SOME PROJECTS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WE CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT, BUT THIS IS COMING.
UH, AND THAT'S ANOTHER BAR ON THE TOP OF THE LIGHT BLUE THAT WILL GO BEYOND ORANGE.
MAYBE JUST, JUST A REQUEST IF IT'S THERE.
AND SO IF I MAY, THE, WE HOPE, UM, THAT THROUGH THE EDUCATION AND PARTNERSHIP OF THE FOLKS THAT USE WATER THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF PEOPLE USING WATER WISELY AND CONTINUE TO REAP THOSE IN GREATER AND GREATER WAYS.
AND SO THE ORANGE LINE DEPICTS WHAT THE DEMAND WOULD BE IF PEOPLE WERE NOT USING WATER WISELY.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, BRING ON SUFFICIENT SUPPLIES TO MEET THE BLUE LINE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO MEET THAT DRY YEAR DEMAND WITH CONSERVATION CONSIDERED.
UM, SO YES, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK AT IT AND FINDING A WAY TO BETTER COMMUNICATE IT.
WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT TOO.
I THINK I, I WAS TOO OPTIMISTIC TALKING ABOUT THE ORANGE ONE.
I KNOW THIS IS, WE DON'T NEED THAT MUCH, BUT THE BLUE ONE.
YEAH, I THINK WE CAN EXCEED THAT BLUE ONE EASILY BY LOOKING AT YOUR, THE GREEN ONE.
WE CAN TELL YOU THE DETAIL, BUT THIS, IF THAT HAPPENED, THE RESULT WOULD COME OUT WITH THIS MAKE SENSE TO YOU? YES.
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I UNDERSTAND, I THOUGHT THAT LIGHT BLUE IS WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON AND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT.THERE'S NOT ANOTHER BAR TO ADD.
IS THAT RIGHT? SO WE HAVE OTHERS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE HAVE IS THAT PART OF THE LIGHT BLUE OR IS THAT SOMETHING NO, THAT'S WHAT, IT'S BEYOND THE LIGHT BLUE.
I THINK, NO, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT HAPPENING.
IF THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, EVEN BEFORE THIS MEETING, I JUST, THAT'S WHY I WAS SLEEPING MUCH BETTER THAN SOME OF US NOT SLEEPING.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO GIVE OUT OUTSIDE THIS ROOM SO THEY CAN SLEEP BETTER OR THEY CAN THINK ABOUT SOME DREAMING ABOUT OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE TOO.
SO YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH ANOTHER COLOR, MAYBE ANOTHER LIGHT BLUE.
ALRIGHT, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST ADD PLEASE, MR. ONE THING TO THAT, SO MR. ROLAND, PLEASE.
FOR THE MAYOR OF PRO TEMP AS A BOARD MEMBER, I THINK REAL EASILY IT'S, IT'S, THIS CHART BOILS IT DOWN TO WHAT DO WE DO? AND BASICALLY I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS I'M TURNING, I'M TRYING TO TURN THE BLUE INTO GREEN, AND THEN WHERE, WHERE THE BLUE DOESN'T MEET THE LINE, THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE ASKING US ABOUT 2070 AND 2080.
AND I KNOW I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE, NONE OF US ARE GONNA BE HERE FOR THAT TIME.
OUR KIDS MAY BE OUR GRANDKIDS, BUT THE, WE'RE PUSHING THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES UP THAT WHITE SPACE BETWEEN THE BLUE LINE THAT WE'RE GONNA TURN GREEN AND WHERE WE KNOW THE NEED IS, AND, AND IT, AND THEY PRESENT STUFF TO US ALL THE TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE AND THE WATER COMMITTEE GET TO SEE THESE FUTURE SNAPSHOTS OF, HEY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS, OR WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND THEN WE BALANCE IT AGAINST FUNDS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
BUT THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY KEEPS US UP AT NIGHT IS THE, IS THE SPACE BETWEEN WHAT WE ARE, WHAT OUR CAPACITY, UH, NEEDS ARE VERSUS WHAT WE THINK WE CAN MAKE.
AND THE INTERESTING THING IS IN NORTH TEXAS THAT AS I'VE GONE TO CONFERENCES AND TALKED TO, TO OTHER PEOPLE, UH, IN, IN CHICAGO AND TORONTO, THEY KNOW WHERE THEIR SOURCE WATER IS.
THEY JUST RUN THAT PIPE OUT AS FAR AS THEY WANT AND PULL IN AS MUCH AS THEY WANT.
WE ARE UNIQUE IN THAT WE'VE GOT TO, WE GOTTA EITHER GO FIND IT IF IT'S ON THE GROUND NOW, OR WE GOTTA BUILD IT FOR THE FUTURE.
AND, AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT, THAT THE BOARD FACES EVERY DAY.
AND, AND SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU, BY APPOINTING US THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THOSE THINGS OR WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
RANDY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT IT AND REPRESENT US WELL, JANET, THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT OUR LISTENERS CAN TAKE WITH THEM TONIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS, A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT THE ONE THING THAT WAS SAID THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY REMEMBER IS THE WEBSITE WATER IS AWESOME.
GO TO WATER IS AWESOME AND HELP US ALL ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS.
[6. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 24-06, A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 6.5-ACRES LOCATED AT 545 E. BUCKINGHAM ROAD, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BUCKINGHAM ROAD, WEST OF AUDELIA ROAD, FROM O/C OFFICE COMMERCIAL TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT WITH 89-LOTS.]
TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 24 DASH OH SIX.
A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 6.5 ACRES, LOCATED AT 5 45 EAST BUCKINGHAM ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BUCKINGHAM ROAD.
MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS HERE AS OUR, UM, GUEST, UH, DEPART.
UH, SAM CHAVEZ, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SOURCES, IS GONNA PROVIDE A VERY SHORT, UH, OVERVIEW FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE.
SAM'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED, UM, MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE, HE, UH, HAS A PRESENTATION.
HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, THE OPEN SPACE DESIGN, THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE CONCEPT, UH, THE DETENTION POND, AND HOW THAT'LL OPERATE, AS WELL AS, UH, THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE TOWNHOME TYPES THAT, UM, THE CPC REQUEST TO BE INCLUDED.
SO IF YOU WANNA HOLD ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT UNTIL THE APPLICANT HAS HIS CHANCE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE.
AND, UH, WE CAN FOCUS WITH, UH, SAM ON THE MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
UH, THE SUBJECT SIDE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, UM, BUCKINGHAM ROAD, WEST OF ILIA ROAD.
CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS OC, WHICH IS AN OFFICE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UH, AS FOUND IN THE TOWN OF BUCKINGHAM ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE RA 1100 DASH M RESIDENTIAL ATTACHED TOWN HOME DISTRICT WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF AN 89 UNIT TOWN HOME PROJECT.
UH, THESE ARE SOME, UH, SLIDES OF THE, UH, CURRENT PROPERTY.
IT, IT IS, OR IT WAS THE, UH, THE HOME OF STING OF THE STING SOCCER
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CLUB.THE CONCEPT PLAN IN GENERAL SHOWS, UH, A TOTAL SITE OF 6.5 ACRES.
IT DOESN'T, DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, THE TWO ACRE OFFSITE DETENTION AREA ON THE NORTH, UH, ON THE NORTH END OF THIS PROPERTY.
THIS WOULD BE A PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITY.
UH, OF COURSE IT WOULD PROVIDE THE OFF SEAT DETENTION AREA.
UH, IT DOES HAVE A GATED ENTRY OFF OF BUCKINGHAM ROAD AND THERE IS AN EMERGENCY ACCESS GATE AT THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE.
THE SITE WILL BE SURROUNDED WITH A SIX FOOT TALL PERIMETER SCREENING WALL ALONG ITS NORTH AND EAST PROPERTY LINES AND A FOUR FOOT TALL DECORATIVE, UH, METAL FENCE ALONG BUCKINGHAM ROAD.
UH, AGAIN, AS WE DRILL DOWN DEEPER INTO THE SITE, 89 UNITS, 85% OF THESE UNITS, UH, FRONT ONTO AMENITIZED, OPEN SPACE LOTS.
UH, THE SITE DOES PROVIDE TWO PARKING SPACES OR TWO GARAGE SPACES PER UNIT, PLUS 45 VISITOR PARKING SPACES, WHICH EQUATES TO 0.5 SPACES PER UNIT AS REQUIRED IN THAT TOWN HOME DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS RELATE TO THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, MINIMUM LOT DEPTH, UH, WHICH ALSO CORRESPOND TO A MINIMUM LOT AREA, UH, MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE, THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK AND THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK.
IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FOR APPROVAL TO ALLOW LOTS AND THOSE LOTS THAT ARE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN, IN YELLOW ARE THE LOTS, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE FRONTAGE ONTO A 24 FOOT WIDE PRIVATE ALLEY IN LIEU OF A PUBLIC STREET OR, OR PRIVATE OR PRIVATE STREET.
UH, A FEW ITEMS TO CONSIDER WITH THIS REQUEST IS THAT THE PROPOSED TOWN HOME USE DOES CONFORM WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT DOES DESIGNATE THE AREA'S NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, UH, THE OFFSITE, THE OFFSITE STORM WATER DETENTION.
UH, THEY DID CONDUCT A PRELIMINARY REVIEW, WHICH IS WHY THAT OFFSITE, THAT TWO ACRE SITE TO THE NORTH IS SHOWN.
UH, AS THEY GET, UH, CLOSER TO DEVELOP, THEY WILL, THEY WILL FINE TUNE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, UH, THEIR DESIGN, UH, TO COME UP WITH A NEEDED CAPACITY FOR THAT DETENTION AREA.
AND THEN OF COURSE, LASTLY, THE REQUEST TO ALLOW LOTS TO BE PLATTED, UH, WITHOUT, UH, FRONTAGE ONTO A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREET.
UH, THESE LOTS WILL HAVE FRONTAGE AND ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED 24 FOOT WIDE PRIVATE ALLEY, WHICH ALSO SERVES AS A FIRE LANE AND ACCESS EASEMENTS ON MAY 7TH.
THE CITY PLANT COMMISSIONED, UH, ALL IT'S PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THEY DID VOTE SIX TO ONE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST, UH, WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT THEY INCLUDE THE REPRESENTATIVE RENDERINGS OF THE PROPOSED TOWN HOMES, WHICH ARE IN YOUR PACKET, AND, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TREATMENT OF THE MUSE AREA, WHICH IS THE COMMON SPACES, COMMON AREA FOUR AND FIVE THAT, UH, THE TOWN HOMES WOULD, UH, FRONT ON.
UH, OF COURSE, CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED, APPROVE THE CONDITIONS, OR AMEND THE CONDITIONS OR DENY THE REQUEST THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE AND THEY CAN GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL INTO THAT REQUEST, INTO THEIR REQUEST.
BEFORE WE ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MR. BARRIOS? THANK YOU MAYOR.
HEY, SAM, I WAS READING AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A, UM, IS IT, LET'S SEE, THE MINIMUM ON THE FENCE, I THINK IT WAS SIX FOOT MINIMUM.
SO DO WE NOT PUT IN A MAXIMUM THERE? UM, IS THAT NORMAL JUST TO INCLUDE A MINIMAL OR IS THERE SOMETHING WRITTEN THERE ALREADY THAT THERE'S ALREADY A MAXIMUM? WHY WE WOULDN'T ADD A MAXIMUM IS THAT STANDARD.
THE MAXIMUM IS EIGHT FEET, UH, MAXIMUM AND MAXIMUM IS EIGHT FEET.
WE DON'T HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO ADD THAT IN IT.
NOW THE THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT THESE, THESE, UH, SCREENING WALLS AREN'T A REQUIREMENT OF THE ZONING.
SO, SO THEY'RE PUT, THEY'RE PUTTING IN THESE, UH, THESE SCREENING WALLS AS A AMENITY TO THE HOMEOWNERS AND IT ALSO ACTS AS A, A SCREENING ELEMENT AND, AND SOMEWHAT OF A, OF A SOUND BUFFERING ELEMENT AS WELL.
THE EIGHT FOOT MAXIMUM IS CODIFIED IN CHAPTER SIX OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAM? ALRIGHT, UH, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? YES.
THANK YOU SAM, UH, FOR YOUR EXPLANATION OF THE PROJECT.
UH, I JUST, I KNOW IT'S WRITTEN THERE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND AND BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE ASKING SOME QUESTION BASED ON THIS NUMBER.
UH, IF I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPER PRESENTATION, SO FRONT SETBACK IS THREE FEET, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND SIDE SETBACK IS FIVE FEET? YES SIR.
SIDE SETBACK MEANS BETWEEN TWO HOUSES, FIVE FEET, FIVE FEET, RIGHT? NO, SIR.
THE SIDE SETBACK WOULD BE THE SETBACK FROM THE ALLEY OR THE STREET.
NOW THERE IS A BUILDING SEPARATION.
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NUMBER OF UNITS IN ONE BUILDING IS SIX.SO THOSE ARE SIX INDIVIDUAL TOWN HOMES.
SO THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS IS 10 FEET.
SEPARATION BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS.
AND WHAT IS THAT? UH, THREE FEET THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE ALLEY OR EASEMENT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S THE ONE, THE FRONT STEP BACK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WOULD BE ALONG THIS MUSE AREA.
NOW THERE'S A FIVE FOOT REAR SETBACK, WHICH WOULD BE THE ALLEYS THAT ARE ACCESSED VIA THESE ALLEYS.
SO THAT SETBACK, THERE'S FIVE.
WE'D ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD IF THEY'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION.
MY NAME IS NEIL STENBERG WITH THE SCOREBOARD COMPANY, 82 14 WESTCHESTER DRIVE, UH, DALLAS, TEXAS, SUITE 907 5 2 2 5.
I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH, UH, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, MIKE GAVIN, JOHN ARNOLD, PRESTON CROW, KEVIN HARRELL.
AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT PARK HOLLOW PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH YOUR STAFF FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, UH, I WANNA SAY Y'ALL DO HAVE A GREAT STAFF.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SAM, DON CHARLES, UM, ON THIS PROJECT AND, UH, TO GET IT TO THIS POINT TO PRESENT A GOOD PROJECT TO YOU TONIGHT.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND HEARING US.
UH, SO WE'LL BREAK DOWN WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR BACKGROUND, UH, SIMILAR PROJECT WE'VE DONE, UM, SIMILAR TOWN HOME COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE DONE, UH, THE PROJECT DETAILS AND THEN SHOW YOU SOME REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT.
SO WE'RE THE SCOREBOARD COMPANY.
WE'RE A LOCAL, PRIVATELY OWNED DEVELOPMENT FIRM WITH OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
UH, WE'VE DONE OVER 120 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT DFW, UM, 33 DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND DFW.
UH, CURRENTLY HAVE 20, UH, FIVE ACTIVE PROJECTS EITHER IN DEVELOPMENT, UH, HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION, OR IN BUILD OUT.
UM, WE HAVE A REPUTATION FOR BUILDING HIGH QUALITY LONG-LASTING COMMUNITIES.
AND OUR PROJECTS RANGE FROM SMALL INFILL SITES SUCH AS THIS ONE, UM, ALL THE WAY UP TO EIGHT, 800 ACRE, UH, MULTI-PHASE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS TIMBER RIDGE ONE THAT WE DID UP IN CR TEXAS.
UM, AND OUR HOME BUILDER, UH, IN THAT ONE, OUR BUILDING PARTNER WAS IMPRESSION HOMES.
THE NEXT ONE'S DOWN IN MANSFIELD, WE CALL PARKSIDE.
UM, THAT ONE IS OUR BUILDING PARTNER IS ASHAM WOODS.
THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY HOMES ARE CURRENTLY SELLING.
AND THEN LAST ONE, UH, IS UP IN MCKINNEY.
THAT ONE'S CALLED SO SORE WOOD.
OUR BUILDING PARTNER IS WINDSOR HOMES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OUR SISTER HOME BUILDING COMPANY.
AND THAT PROJECT IS FULLY SOLD OUT.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BUCKINGHAM ROAD.
IT'S ABOUT SIX AND A HALF ACRES, CURRENTLY ZONED OFFICE COMMERCIAL AND, UH, FUTURE LAND USE CALLS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE OUR, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AROUND US.
UH, WE HAVE SOME MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, A TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT, AND, UM, SOME COMMERCIAL AND AND SHOPPING.
SO, UH, AS SAM MENTIONED, CURRENTLY ZONED OFFICE, COMMERCIAL FUTURE LAND USE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, WHICH DOES CALL OUT FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED TOWN HOMES.
SO PARK HOLLOW WILL CONSIST OF 89 SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOME LOTS.
THESE WILL BE 22 BY 68, TYPICAL LOT SIZE.
UH, IT WILL BE A PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL HAVE LOTS UP FRONT ONTO MUSE OPEN SPACE, UH, TO ENCOURAGE WALKABILITY.
AND WE'LL HAVE 45 GUEST PARKING SPACES.
THIS IS, UH, WHAT THAT MUSE OPEN SPACE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'LL BE TWO SIDEWALKS RUNNING, RUNNING DOWN IT FOR NEIGHBORS TO WALK DOWN, NOT ONLY TO GET TO THEIR THEIR HOME, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO WALK THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN SOME, SOME LANDSCAPING AS WELL.
UH, AS SAM MENTIONED, OUR PERIMETER SCREENING, WE'LL HAVE A SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL, UH, WOULD BE ALONG THE NORTH AND AND EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
WE'LL HAVE A FOUR FOOT DECORATIVE METAL SCREENING WITH, UH, MASONRY COLUMNS EVERY 50 FEET ALONG BUCKINGHAM.
AND WE'LL BE UTILIZING THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY SCREENING, UH, TO OUR WEST THERE, UH, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE EXISTING TOWN HOME COMMUNITY DID WITH THAT, UH, MULTIFAMILY PROJECT AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THIS WILL BE A GATED PRIVATE COM COMMUNITY.
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UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR SECOND POINT OF ACCESS, UH, LOCATED TO THE NORTH WHERE THAT GREEN, UH, SYMBOL IS RIGHT THERE.AND THAT WILL BE A CRASH GATE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, UH, AS WELL AS A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS GATE.
SO, UH, THERE'S A TWO ACRE, UH, VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO THE NORTH THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE PURCHASING ALONG WITH THE STING, UH, PROPERTY AS WELL.
UH, THAT PROPERTY PROPERTY WILL BE UTILIZED AS AN OFFSITE DETENTION POND FOR THE NEW PARK HOLLOW COMMUNITY.
THE GENERAL SLOPES WILL ALLOW FOR THE AREA TO SERVE AS AN AMENITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PARK HOLLOW AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS OF RICHARDSON.
UM, AND THE PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH 12 NEW SHADE TREES, THREE NEW ORNAMENTAL TREES, LOW LEVEL BALLARD LIGHTING, TWO PARK BENCHES, AND A FOUR FOOT WALKING PATH.
SO OUR HOA THAT WE WILL FORM FOR THIS COMMUNITY WILL OWN AND MAINTAIN THIS TWO ACRE, UM, AREA DETENTION AREA, BUT IT WILL NOT BE CLOSED OFF.
IT WILL BE OPEN SO THE PUBLIC CAN USE IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE OVER AT THE STAR OR THE KROGER.
THEY CAN COME OVER AND USE THIS AREA AS WELL AS THE, UM, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS AND EVEN THE TOWN HOME COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO THE DETENTION POND WILL BE A DRY DETENTION POND.
SO AS I SAY, WE WILL LANDSCAPE IRRIGATE IT.
UM, BUT IT, IT REALLY IS ONLY USED DURING EXTREME RAIN EVENTS, SUCH AS LIKE WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT MAJORITY OF THE TIME THIS WILL BE A DRY, UH, POND ONLY UTILIZED FOR THE EXTREME RAIN EVENTS.
SO THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS, UM, PARK HOLLOW AND IT BUILT IN WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IT SURROUNDS AND JUST KINDA SHOWS THE SEAMLESS TRANSITION BETWEEN ALL OF THE EXISTING, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
SO HERE'S THE REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT, AND NOW WE ARE, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING A CONTRACT WITH A BUILDING PARTNER, MADIE HOMES, UH, WHO IS, WHO SPECIALIZES IN, IN BUILDING THESE TYPE OF HIGH QUALITY TOWNHOME, UM, PRODUCT THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
SO, IN CLOSING, PARK HOLLOW WILL BE A SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE INTENT TO ESTABLISH THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE INFILL LOCATION, PROVIDE A VIBRANT, LONG LASTING COMMUNITY THAT BLENDS SEAMLESSLY WITH THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT, PROMOTE A VERY DESIRABLE HIGH QUALITY TOWN HOME PRODUCT, AND BE A SHINING AND BE A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR THE FUTURE RESIDENTS AND A SHINING EXAMPLE RICHTON HAS TO OFFER.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ME AND MY TEAM ARE HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, MR. SCHUEL QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO HAVE THIS THING QUESTION.
MR. DO YOU DO HAVE WHAT? I DO HAVE FEW QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL ASK, UH, I THINK MR. DORIAN WAS BEFORE ME.
HE JUST WANTS TO SEE WHAT QUESTIONS I'M GONNA ASK.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M, I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE RETENTION POND AREA IS GETTING SOME GOOD USE.
UM, AND, AND SPEAKING ON THE, UH, RETENTION POND, I NOTICED YOU MENTIONED THERE'S GONNA BE A FOUR FOOT, UH, PATHWAY.
IS THAT JUST A CONCRETE PATHWAY OR IS THAT A COBBLESTONE OR HAS THAT BEEN DECIDED YET? HASN NOW I'M NOT GOING TO THE DESIGN SIDE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A VISUAL.
HASN'T BEEN DECIDED YET, BUT WE WERE ENVISIONED AS JUST A FOUR FOOT CONCRETE SIDEWAYS, LIKE A WALKING PATH AROUND IT.
OH, IT WOULD BE AROUND IT MOST LIKELY? CORRECT.
AND THEN WILL IT BE JUST A SORT OF A, A, A LOW PILE OF GRASS? ARE YOU PUTTING ANY TYPE OF ARTIFICIAL GRASS THERE? WE WILL RESAW THAT, UM, AND WE'LL IRRIGATE IT AS WELL AND IT WILL BE MAINTAINED.
SO WE'LL MOW IT AND, UM, CHECK ON THE PLACE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
LOW MAINTENANCE WILL BE SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND, AND THE TREES THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN AS WELL? YES, SIR.
UH, IT WILL BE OPENED, SO IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO, UM, DEBRIS.
'CAUSE THERE IS, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS THERE AS WELL.
SO, UH, BUT YOU SAID THE H OA THEY WILL MAINTAIN, IS GOING TO MAINTAIN IT, SO THEREFORE THERE'LL BE SOMEWHERE THERE CLEANING IT.
WILL THAT BE THE LAWN CREW THAT YES.
WILL THERE BE ANY, UH, DISPOSABLE UNITS OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO THROW THEIR TRASH IN TRASH RECIPROCALS, LIKE KIND OF AN OPEN PARK ENVIRONMENT? YEAH, WE COULD DO SOME TRASH RECIPROCALS AND MAYBE SOME OF THOSE, UH, DOGGY, YOU KNOW, YES.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
A COUPLE
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SIR.UM, AND WILL THERE BE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM THERE OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'LL NEED IT? IT'LL BE IRRIGATED.
UM, I THINK WE WILL HAVE A, A SPRINKLER SYSTEM, KEEP IT GREEN.
UM, ON THE, I DO LIKE, BY THE WAY, THE COMMON AREA IN BETWEEN THE UNITS I, THE, THE USE.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE VERY NICE.
AND, AND KIND OF THE SAME QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU USING SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS THERE FOR WATER CONSERVATION, WHETHER IT'S UNDERGROUND IRRIGATION WITH NO SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR COMBO ARE USING ARTIFICIAL GRASS? UH, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T, AGAIN, HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THE DETAILS OF THE DESIGN, JUST TRYING TO GET A VISUAL OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE JUST GOT THROUGH TALKING ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AT, UH, FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS ONE, UH, I'M JOHN ARNOLD, THE SCOREBOARD COMPANY, UH, UH, 82 14 WESTCHESTER STREET, UH, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 2 9.
UM, I PARTNER AT SCOREBOARD COMPANY.
UM, WE, I DO OUR CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S GONNA BE SPRINKLER HEADS THAT ARE THROW IN.
THERE'LL BE BUBBLERS, THERE'LL BE AREAS BEHIND CLOSER TO THE, THE PARKWAY THAT'LL USE UNDERGROUND IRRIGATION.
WE HAVEN'T PLANNED ON ANY ARTIFICIAL TURF.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE, YOU KNOW, PLAN TO MAKE IT ALL SOD IF THERE ARE AREAS THAT WOULD NEED, LIKE THOSE SLOPED AREAS OR AREAS LIKE THAT.
SOMETIMES WE THROW IN ARTIFICIAL TURF FOR THE TURF FOR THOSE AREAS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE EROSION ISSUES.
BUT MOST OF THIS WILL BE, UH, IT'LL ALL BE SOD VEGETATION, NATURAL VEGETATION.
AT THIS POINT, UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE, UH, OR ILLUSTRATIONS THAT YOU HAD HAD, I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR THE UPSETTING ON THE GRASS, WHICHEVER ONE THAT IS.
UM, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER POD DONE.
IT'S JUST, YEAH, I FIGURED IT WAS, AND I, AND I REALIZE ALL THESE ARE INSPIRATIONAL.
I'M JUST, I'M GIVING YOU SOME FEEDBACK.
JUST, I, I I THINK IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU LOOK AT THAT AS A, AS AN OPTION BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU PUT GRASS THERE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WATER IT.
IF YOU PUT AN ARTIFICIAL TURF THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO, YOU ONLY HAVE, UH, UNDER, UM, UM, A SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.
SO, UM, WHAT ABOUT, HAVE, HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE BUILDER YET ABOUT THE MATERIALS THEY'RE GOING TO USE FOR THE ARCHITECTURE THAT IS THAT ALSO GONNA BE CONSIDERED FALLING UNDER NEW SUSTAINABILITY AND, UH, ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIALS? UH, NOT
WE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN OKAY.
WE'VE, UH, IDENTIFIED A COUPLE, UH, BUILDERS MAD AT ME RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE WORKING ON A CONTRACT WITH, UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THEY FOCUS ON, BUT I CAN'T ANSWER TO THAT DIRECTLY MYSELF.
BUT I WOULD ASSUME YES, THEY'RE LOOKING TO GO TO BUILD UNDER SUSTAINABLE.
UM, DO YOU KNOW OUT WHICH ILLUSTRATION HERE, DO YOU KNOW WHICH ARCHITECTURE STYLE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING OR LEANING TOWARD? UH, MORE LIKELY THIS FIRST ONE AND SECOND AND THE SECOND ONE, THESE FIR THESE FIRST TWO.
AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE STYLE THAT'S JUST AROUND THE STREET, AROUND THE CORNER.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT FITS IN WITH THE AREA.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME DIFFERENCES, BUT THIS IS THE PRODUCT THAT THEY POINTED US TO, TO, THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT, POSSIBLY DIFFERENT COLORS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ON IT.
BUT THIS IS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT OF WHAT WE USE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE IT'S A GATED COMMUNITY.
AND THERE'LL BE AN HOA, UM, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW, WHAT THE PRICE RANGE IS GOING TO BE ON THOSE UNITS YOU TALKED ABOUT MORE ABOUT THAT? YES.
UH, THEY'LL START IN THE LOW FIVE HUNDREDS AND GO TO THE FIVE FIFTIES.
AND YOUR SQUARE FOOT RANGE IS GONNA BE ABOUT 1600 TO 2000 SQUARE FEET RIGHT AROUND THERE.
I WAS READING OVER ALL THE DETAILS ON, UH, THROUGH THE CPC.
SO THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS GOT ANSWERED.
UM, IS THERE, THERE'S NO, OF COURSE, THERE'S NO FRONTAGE PARKING OR ANYTHING.
THERE'LL BE A SIDEWALK ON THE FRONT OR YOU'RE JUST GONNA WALK UP TO THE TOWN HOME SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE AROUND THE CORNER? YEAH.
SIMILAR TO WHAT, WHAT THEY HAVE NEXT DOOR.
SO YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE THE, UM, WHERE'S THAT MUSE SIDE? OKAY.
SO THE CENTRAL MUSE, THEY'LL HAVE SIDEWALKS ON ALONG THEIR FRONT ENTRY.
SO THERE'LL BE SIDEWALKS ALONG THE FRONT ENTRY.
THERE'LL BE SIDEWALK WALK ALONG, BUCKINGHAM AND SIDEWALKS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, CIRCLE CIRCULATING THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE MADE, UH, THE, THE OTHER SUBDIVISION HAS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THOSE MUSES ARE.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MAKE MORE OPEN SPACE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN, UH, MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES LATELY THAT HAVE KIND OF, IT A LITTLE MORE UNIQUE, ADD SOME CHARACTER TO IT AND GIVE SOME OPEN SPACE IN GREEN SPACE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN USE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
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AND SAFETY GO, AS I GUESS THE PROTOCOL THERE FOR THEM TO ACCESS THE GATES AND THERE'S ENOUGH TURNING RADIUS AND EVERYTHING, AND I KNOW THOSE DETAILS HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETELY WORKED OUT.WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF ON THOSE DETAILS.
ON THE, THE TURN RADIUS OF THE ENTRY, UM, OF THE SEPARATION OF THE BUILDINGS, THERE'S A REASON THERE CAN ONLY BE SIX UNITS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A HOSE HOSE LAYING AROUND THE BUILDING.
WELL, WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES AND WE'LL CONTINUE THROUGH PLATING, FINALIZING ALL THOSE ISSUES.
I'LL LET SOMEONE ELSE ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
IF I HAVE ANY OTHERS, I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU.
WELL, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS INTERESTING PLAN THAT'S VERY, VERY, ESPECIALLY THIS ONE I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, LOOKS BEAUTIFUL ON THE SCREEN.
IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE THE SIDEWALK ON ALL THE AREA.
YOU JUST ON CERTAIN AREA YOU HAVE THE SIDEWALK.
RIGHT? I THINK WE WERE JUST TRYING TO BOLD, LIKE KINDA SHOW THOSE AREAS KIND OF WHAT THAT, UH, IT, LAST MEETING WE HAD, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ON HOW THE MEUSE WAS GONNA WORK.
SO WE TRIED TO KIND OF FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS.
BUT WE'LL HAVE SIDEWALKS ALONG, UH, ALONG THE STREET WITHIN, SO THERE'LL BE A SIDEWALK COMING IN THE PROPERTY HERE AND THEN COMING DOWN, UM, ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THESE PROPERTY.
AND SO BASICALLY THE SIDEWALK WILL SURROUND AND THEN COME DOWN HERE ALONG THE SIDE THERE COME ACROSS, AND THEN THE SIDEWALK ALONG BUCKINGHAM.
WE JUST, IN THIS IMAGE, WE WERE FOCUSING ON THE MUSE SPACE.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT SHOWING THE SIDEWALK, YOU DO HAVE PLAN TO HAVE SIDEWALKS ALL YES.
WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN WALKABILITY WITHIN THE AREA, INCLUDING, I THINK WHENEVER YOU HAVE SIDEWALK, YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE A DA RAMP AND ALL THOSE, THIS COMES AUTOMATICALLY.
UH, NOW, UH, THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE GARAGE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE 24 FEET, UM, PA AREA THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU'RE NOT CALLING THAT STREET, YOU'RE CALLING IT ALLEY.
IT'S ALLEY WILL NOT PARK IN THAT STREET.
UH, SO, SO PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE, COMING FROM THAT WAY WOULD BE TURNING AND GOING TO THE GARAGE, I GUESS? YES, SIR.
WOULD THERE BE ANY DRIVEWAY? THERE'S A, A FIVE, FIVE FOOT APRON.
YOU CAN PARK YOUR CAR, BUT IT'S LIKE A FIVE FOOT APRON, SO OKAY.
SO YOU'LL HAVE ROOM TO PULL OFF THAT 24 FOOT AREA.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE'S PULLING IN AND THEY'RE STICKING OUT A LITTLE BIT TO GET IN THEIR GARAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE ROOM.
WE'RE NOT TRYING NOT TO ENCOURAGE PARKING WITHIN THE FIRE LANE AND CARS STICKING OUT.
SO YOU TRY TO KEEP THAT, IF YOU MAKE IT 10 FOOT, PEOPLE WILL THINK THEY CAN PARK THERE.
SO THEY WOULD NOT BE BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK? NO, SIR.
EITHER, UH, SINCE THEN IT'S GONNA, IS GOING TO BE GATED COMMUNITY.
THAT MEANS THE ROAD AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA.
UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY, UH, BUT THE RETENTION FUND THAT YOU HAVE, UH, THAT'S IT WOULD BE USED BY EVERYONE, BUT MAINTAINED BY HOA MAINTAINED BY OA.
UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME DURING THE CPC MEETING WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DEEP IS THAT RETENTION POND? UH, I THINK, UH, SOMEONE ASKED IF IT IS GONNA BE 10 FEET DEEP, AND THE ANSWER WAS THAT NO, I BELIEVE, NO, WE DO NOT THINK IT'S GONNA BE 10 FEET DEEP.
I WOULD, I WOULD GUESS THAT IT'S GONNA BE SOMEWHERE FROM FOUR TO FIVE.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT GENTLY SLOPING.
WE HAVEN'T FINISHED A FINALIZED STUDY.
WE DID, UM, A LOT OF STUDIES, PRELIMINARY STUDIES AND WORK ON THOSE WITH STAFF, BUT WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED OUR FLOOD STUDY UNTIL WE GET ZONING.
UM, WE LOOKED AT DRAINAGE, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWNSTREAM, AND THIS IS KIND OF THE DIRECTION WE WERE KIND OF FORCED TO GO CONSIDERING DRAINAGE ISSUES TO THE SOUTH OF US AND DRAINAGE ISSUES TO THE NORTH.
BUT WE WOULD ASSUME THIS IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE, SIX OR SEVEN FEET, BUT PROBABLY CLOSER TO THAT FOUR, AND HOPE THAT THAT GENTLE SLOPING, UH, LIKE WE SHOWED YOU IN THE PICTURE.
THE REASON THAT QUESTION CAME IS ONE OF THE SLIDES SHOWS THAT 10 FEET, IT, IT, IT DID, IT WAS JUST, UH, THE CONTOUR SHOWS ON THE POND.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT WAS 10 FEET THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY THE QUESTION CAME.
AND, UH, I SEE THAT THING STILL THERE.
BECAUSE 10 FEET WILL CHANGE THE WHOLE SAFETY THINGS THERE.
IT'LL CHANGE THE SAFETY SINK, REQUIRE FENCE AND REQUIRE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, RIGHT.
SO, BECAUSE NOW SOMEBODY WALKS THERE AND YES.
ESPECIALLY, YEAH, WE TALKED THROUGH THAT WITH STAFF VERY EARLY ON THIS MORNING, SO I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT ALL THOSE DETAIL, YOU KNOW, SAFETY THINGS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PROJECT IS BEING PRESENTED, SIR, TO US, UH, WE THINK WITH THE TWO ACRES, AND ORIGINALLY WE HAD LOOKED AT THAT AS
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A LITTLE SMALLER PIECE, AND THEN WE ENDED UP WITH A WHOLE TWO ACRES.SO WITH THE WHOLE TWO ACRES, WE HAVE A LOT MORE ROOM THAN WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
SO WE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A VERY SHALLOW TWO, TWO ACRE POND.
NOW, ARTIFICIAL TURF IS A GREAT IDEA.
SOMETIMES WE THINK LOOKS GREAT, BUT IT INCREASED THE RUNOFF.
SO YES, YOU ARE HAVING THE, YOU ARE HAVING RETENTION POND, AND IF YOU TRY TO PUT ART ARTIFICIAL CAR AGAIN, IT'S LIKE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
YOU'RE TAKING THE CAPACITY OUT RIGHT THROUGH AND IT GOES INTO, YES.
SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, EVEN THIS MUSE AREA THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY GAIN, YOU KNOW, GAIN SOME, YOU KNOW, HAVE MAYBE FEW INCHES, TWO, THREE INCHES OF WATER HOLDING THERE AIR YES.
IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING NEEDED.
UH, SO THERE IS A WAY THAT DEFINITELY I SEE THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH THAT.
IT DOES, IT HELPS A LOT OF DRAINAGE TOO.
SO YOU STATEMENT LESS STREETS HELPS.
SO EVEN THE TWO CAR, YOU HAVE THE RETENTION POND, YOU CAN GAIN SOME MORE CAPACITY AROUND THESE DEVELOPMENT.
SO I'M NOT TOO, TOO MUCH WORRY ABOUT THIS, UH, EXTRA DRAINAGE, BUT AT LEAST I'M HAPPY THAT YOU ARE PUTTING THE RETENTION POND.
UH, NOT TOO, YOU KNOW, MANY DEVELOPMENT.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT THAT MUCH.
THIS IS TOTALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH BEAUTIFUL RAIN LAST FEW DAYS.
UH, SO MUCH FAMILY TIME, FORCED FAMILY TIME,
BEAUTIFUL, BUT POWER LINES WILL BE UNDERGROUND.
ALL OF OUR UNDERGROUND, ALL OF OUR NEW SUBDIVISIONS, EV ALL ELECTRICITY GOES UNDERGROUND.
I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL WITH THE POWER LINES ABOVE GROUND.
BECAUSE EMOTIONALLY WE PUT TREE AND THEN WE PUT THE POWER LINE RIGHT UNDER THE POWER LINE.
ALL GAS ELECTRIC COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE UNDERGROUND.
SO ALL, ALL, ALL, ALL ALL UNDERGROUND.
AND THE SIDEWALK, YOU SAID FOUR FEET, OR IS GONNA BE FIVE FEET? IT'S FOUR FOOT.
UH, UH, WITH THAT, I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTION I'M GONNA ASK LATER, BUT THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION OR NO, MR. BARRIOS.
I DO HAVE A, A CONCERN, UH, WITH THE, YOU SAID YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SETTING FOR THE DRAINAGE.
I'LL BE HONEST, THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
I KNOW, UH, I THINK IT WAS MARCH OR APRIL OF LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A SMALL INFILL PROJECT APPROVED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING AND INSURANCE GOING UP, BECAUSE NOW THAT WATER HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE VERSUS IT BEING SOAKED, IT GOES IN LOCAL CREEK.
YOU, I KNOW I READ SOMETHING ABOUT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE TO THE SOUTH OF THERE.
UM, I'LL BE HONEST, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS ONE WITHOUT A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THAT WATER'S GONNA GO.
NOW, THAT INFILL PROJECT THAT I KNOW I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED JUST THIS WEEK, SURE ENOUGH, IT OVERFLOWED AND WATER WAS EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER THE STREET AND, UH, THE, THE NEIGHBORING STREETS.
AND, UM, SO I GUESS THE QUESTION THERE IS HOW MUCH, WHERE ARE Y'ALL AT IN THE STUDY OF THAT? WHAT HAS BEEN STUDIED? WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR AND WHAT ARE THE, UH, UNKNOWNS AT THIS POINT? SO COUNCILMAN BARRIO, LET ME, UM, JUST TAKE A SECOND.
UM, AT THIS JUNCTURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, WE WOULD NOT EXPECT TO HAVE THOSE ANSWERS, BUT WHAT I CAN ASSURE YOU IS THAT WE'RE GONNA, AS WE, IF THIS CASE IS APPROVED AND WE MOVE FORWARD, THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THE APPLICABLE, BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL ORDINANCES AND LAWS.
AND SO, I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A CHICKEN OR THE EGG, BUT, UM, IF THE, IF THE ASSURANCE YOU WANT IS THAT IT'S GONNA MEET ALL OF THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS, I CAN GIVE YOU THAT WITHOUT GIVING YOU THE DETAILS.
BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T REQUIRE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR AT THIS POINT IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE STUDIED? WELL, I'LL, I'LL SHARE WHY, WHY, WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
UM, SO WE ORIGINALLY LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT, UH, AND LOOKED AT THE DRAINAGE NATURALLY TAKES US SOUTH.
UM, THERE'S AN OLD, UH, BUCKINGHAM TOWN OF BUCKINGHAM SYSTEM THAT DIRECTION.
UM, IT'S BEEN STUDIED ENOUGH BY THE CITY TO KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE CAPACITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF REPAIRS NEEDED.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A HYDROLOGIST THAT'S WORKED FOR US.
LIKE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE SHOWED BEFORE, OUR EXAMPLE PROJECTS WERE ALL EITHER IN THE FLOODPLAIN, HAD DRAINAGE PROBLEMS, OR WE BROUGHT THOSE OUTTA THE FLOODPLAIN.
SO WE HAVE A GROUP HYDROLOGISTS THAT THIRD PARTY WORK, WORK FOR US, AND THE CITY WANTED BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD.
SO WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER WITH CITY STAFF.
AND, UH, BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE TALK OF WHAT THE PLAN WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE WENT THROUGH SOME PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE STUDIES WITH OUR OUTSIDE HYDROLOGIST AND THE CITY'S ENGINEERS.
SO THEY DID PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE
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STUDY ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY AND WE WON'T, WON'T HAVE, WON'T HAVE AN ISSUE.SO THEY WENT OVERLY CONSERVATIVE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU LOOK AT A, A, UH, PLAN SHEET, AND IT SHOWS A REALLY DEEP POND.
AND WE THINK THAT POND'S ONLY GONNA BE FOUR FEET, BECAUSE WE KIND OF LOOKED AT AN OVERLY CONSERVATIVE LOOK AT THIS.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT OUR PONDS, THAT THAT TWO ACRE OFFSITE WILL HANDLE ANY KIND OF, THAT A RUNOFF, YOU SEE RUNOFF OF THE STREETS, IT'S GOING INTO THAT POND, THAT POND WILL FILL UP AND LET OUT.
AND I, I THINK THE QUE I THINK THE QUESTION WAS WHERE DOES IT GO FROM THERE? AND THAT, I THINK IS IT, IT GOES TO THE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH, AND THE POND IS THERE BECAUSE THAT SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE'VE STUDIED THE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH TO SEE HOW MUCH CAPACITY IT CAN TAKE, SO THAT POND HOLDS THE WATER BACK TO GET INTO THAT SYSTEM SO THE SYSTEM WON'T BE FLOODED.
SO THE POND, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THAT POND IS BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR OUR ENTIRE SUBDIVISION JUST TO BE JAMMED INTO IT.
SO THAT POND A IS HOLDING TANK, BASICALLY A RESERVOIR UNTIL THAT WATER CAN GO INTO THE SYSTEM.
WELL, THE, AND TO CLARIFY, AND I KNOW, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM ASKED ABOUT DEPTH, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT SO THE SLOPE IT'S AT NOW, THERE, YOU'RE, IT'S FLAT RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE GONNA DIG IT OUT THERE, THERE, YEAH.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH FLAT, RIGHT? MM-HMM,
BUT, SO YOU GUYS ARE, ARE GONNA DIG UP FOUR FEET, FIVE FEET, SIX FEET, WHATEVER, WHATEVER'S DEEMED DURING ENGINEERING.
THAT NEED IS NEEDED FOR THAT AREA NOT TO CAUSE ISSUES.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTION BASED ON COUNCIL MEMBER 10 BARRIERS ASK, UH, YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE RETENTION POND IS, UH, YOU KNOW THAT MOST LIKELY THIS DEVELOPMENT, YOU'LL BE RAISING THE AREA YES.
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T GET FLOODED.
AND YOU HAVE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD DRAINAGE.
SO THIS WOULD BE RAISED, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, OR YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH RIGHT NOW, I DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH, BECAUSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, AND IT WOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT THIS WATER FROM THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE GOING TO THE RETENTION POND AREA.
SO THAT'S THE DESIGN CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? YES, SIR.
NOW, TYPICALLY THE RETENTION POND IS DESIGNED BASED ON, OKAY, YOU HAVE THIS CONDITION.
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU DEVELOP THIS THING CERTAIN WAY, IT'LL TAKE MORE SURFACE WATER.
IT'LL, IT'LL DISCHARGE MORE SURFACE WATER FROM THAT AREA TO THE, THE SYSTEM.
SO THE POND DESIGN WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS THE CAPACITY OF THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM? MM-HMM.
AND THEN YOU ARE DISCHARGING, SAY, I'M JUST THROWING A NUMBER.
YOU ARE THROWING, AND THEN CAPACITY HAS ONLY SAY 60 CCFS.
SO RETENTION POND WILL BE HOLDING THAT 40 CCFS YES.
AND MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT OVER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, CREATE AN ISSUE IN THE DOWNSTREAM AREA.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT CITI HAS A, UH, MODEL FOR THAT AREA, RIGHT? HYDRAULIC MODEL, I GUESS.
SO YOU CAN, SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT MORE CLOSELY.
THE CITY ALREADY HAS STUDIES DONE, ALREADY HAS THEIR OWN HYDRAULIC MODELS THAT WE BUILD TO.
THAT PIPE TAKES 60 CFS, WE'RE GONNA PUSH A HUNDRED IN THERE.
SO OUR POND HAS TO HOLD AT LEAST 40.
SO WE'LL DIG A HOLE THAT'LL HOLD 40 AND TIME RELEASE IT OUT.
SO THERE'S A STRUCTURE AT THE END THAT ALLOWS WATER TO RELEASE INTO THAT SYSTEM TO WHERE NO MORE, NO MORE THAN THE 60 CFS GO IN AT A TIME.
I MEAN, WE DON'T ALWAYS, WE DON'T ALWAYS REQUIRE DETENTION FUNDS JUST BECAUSE THE, THE CAPACITY OF THE PIPE ISN'T THERE.
A LOT OF TIMES IT'S TO, TO YOUR POINT IS A GREAT POINT.
AND I CAN THINK OF UT DALLAS AS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IT'S MORE ABOUT CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF THE WATER AS IT ENTERS INTO THE CREEKS AND THE DOWNSTREAM TO PREVENT EROSION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, A FAIRLY COMMON STRATEGY THAT WE USE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A CAPACITY ISSUE, THAT THE, THE FLOW IS OF AN APPROPRIATE VELOCITY NOT TO CAUSE DAMAGE DOWNSTREAM.
NOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, SINCE THAT'S GONNA BE RETENTION POINT, I KNOW THAT THE DETAIL HAS NOT BEEN PARKED OUT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO ASK SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT ALSO, OR WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT THING SO THAT THE, THOSE DEBRIS DOESN'T GO TO THE SYSTEM AND UH, THERE'S A DEBRIS SEPARATOR TYPICALLY ON THAT.
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KIND OF, UH, APPARATUS TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE TRASHING AND THINKS THIS IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT END UP TO THE ACTUAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM, STORM SYSTEM.SO HOA WOULD BE CLEANING UP PERIODICALLY, I GUESS.
RIGHT? AND, AND THAT EVEN THAT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WORK AND LIKELY REQUIRE EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T PLANNING TO DO THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER.
I MEAN, WE HAVE OUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS THAT COMPLY WITH BOTH FEDERAL, STATE AND OUR LOCAL ORDINANCES, AND WE'LL ENSURE THAT.
SO EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T PLANNING ON DOING THAT, WE WOULD REQUIRE THAT THAT'S PART OF THEIR DESIGN.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, I'M SORRY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE THE CODE REQUIREMENT, ALL THIS, BUT THOSE ARE ALL ACTUALLY MINIMUM STANDARD.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA JUST THROW ANOTHER SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT RELATED WITH THIS ISSUE.
IT RELATED WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ETHICS, RIGHT? AND THERE IS A CODE THAT YOU CAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME BOARD ALONG THE AC AREA SO THAT IF YOU WALK, YOU DON'T FALL.
BUT PEOPLE SOMETIMES WALK OFF THAT AREA AND FALL AND JUST RECENTLY SOMEBODY DIED BECAUSE, BUT EVEN THOUGH THE BUILDING WAS TOTALLY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT IT BASED ON THE CODE, IF WE FOLLOW THE MINIMUM CODE, SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT WORK OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT THIS, SINCE THIS IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT AND LOOKS REALLY VERY NICE, AND YOU KNOW, WITH THAT 1600 SQUARE FEET, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE 1300 SQUARE FEET ON THAT PAPER, UM, ON, IN A PRESENTATION THAT THESE ARE GOOD SIZE, YOU KNOW, EVEN 1200 SQUARE FEET IS A GOOD SIZE.
UH, BUT I WAS HOPING, LIKE, AGAIN, HOPE AND REALITY IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE PRICE RANGE, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS LIKE 300,000 RANGE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IF THE MARKET IS ALREADY THERE, I'M SURE THAT IS GONNA BE MORE THAN 500,000.
I WISH WE COULD SELL 'EM AT THAT PRICE TOO.
SO IT, IT'LL, I MEAN, IF YOU GO LIKE 300 GO VERY FAST, IT'LL, IT'LL BE SOLD EVEN TONIGHT.
BUT EVERYBODY WOULD SIGN UP ON THE WAY OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GOOD, GOOD, GOOD PROJECT.
AND IF YOU MAKE THOSE RETENTION POINT AS LIKE, REALLY SINCE THESE ARE NOT THAT HUGE, IF YOU MAKE IT REALLY SOMETHING MODEL RETENTION, POND CITY CAN USE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
I KNOW THAT CITY WILL BE DOING THAT, UH, WHATEVER THE FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATION TELLS YOU TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS THING REALLY, REALLY A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT, EVEN MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WHAT YOU ARE SHOWING OUT THERE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO US WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THAT THAT OPEN SPACE IN THAT PARK, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT IT LOOKS NICE AND IT'S SOMETHING'S USABLE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE PARKS AND TREES.
SO, SO WE'LL, WE'LL FOCUS ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT IT'S NOT NICE OR IT LOOKS NICE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING WOULD BE, WOULD HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? YES.
JUST, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO COUNCILMAN SHA SCHULTZ, UH, THOUGHTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
I DO AGREE WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT A LOT OF MONEY IN IT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE IN THAT FIVE TO 600 RANGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF SEMI STEP SYSTEM, WHATEVER THAT LOOKED LIKE, COULD BE A SUGGESTION JUST TO KEEP SINCE IT IS GONNA BE OPEN AND EXPOSED AND NOT GATED.
AND I DO AGREE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS AN AREA WHERE, UM, A, UH, A REAL, UH, TURF IS PROBABLY NEEDED.
BUT STEPPING THAT AND CREATING SOME KIND OF DESIGN DETAIL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN BUDGET WOULD BE, UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT A GOOD THING.
WE ARE, I'M SORRY, CAN I ASK ONE LAST QUESTION? SURE.
THAT'S WHAT I SEE ON YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, IT'S A THREE STORY.
EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN PUT FOUR STORY WITH 55.
WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? THESE, THESE ARE LIKELY TO BE TWO STORY.
THE 55 FOOT IS I THINK JUST A MAXIMUM HEIGHT IN THE OR SO, SO WHEN YOU HAVE A, WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, FOOTPRINTS AS SMALL AS THIS, IT'S GONNA TAKE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW PEAK ROOF TO, SO THAT'S TO THE TIP OF THE RIDGE OF THE ROOF.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A VERY STEEP SLOPE ROOF BECAUSE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING ISN'T VERY LARGE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY THE REASON.
I'M, I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PICTURE THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD SOMETIMES, THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION, SOMETIMES, EVEN THOUGH WE
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ARE PUTTING TWO STORY OR THREE STORY, THEN THERE IS ANOTHER STORY UP THERE.IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY A STORY, IT'S IT SPACE.
SOMETIMES YOU USE THAT AS STORAGE.
YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER WAY TO MAKE ANOTHER STORY RIGHT THERE.
UH, SO IT'S NOT, YOU ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT, THOSE THINGS? NO, NO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT.
SO, SO MAYOR PROTO TO DO THAT IN RICHARDSON, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO TREAT THE BUILD OUT LIKE THEY WOULD THE TWO OTHER FLOORS THAT WOULD BE A HABITABLE.
AND SO I MEAN, IT, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE VERY COST.
IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUILDING AN ATTIC FOR STORAGE VERSUS TRYING TO UTILIZE IT FOR HABITATION.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUILD MODEL.
SO THAT NUMBER IS JUST, I GUESS 55 IS THERE? YEAH, IT IS JUST PART OF THE ORDINANCE JUST TO BE THERE.
I'D SAY ASK ONE QUESTION AND IF IT'S THERE, I APOLOGIZE THAT I'M NOT SEEING IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY BIKE RACKS? ANY, UH, ANY CONSIDERATION OUT NEAR THE PONDING AREA OR IN THE AREA TO MAKE THAT FRIENDLY THAT WAS ASKED AT PNZ AND WE FORGOT TO ADD IT IN? YES, WE SAID WE WOULD PUT A BIKE RACK AT THE PARK.
AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT WE BOTH FORGOT TO PUT THAT IN THERE.
AT THIS TIME, UH, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
APPLICANT'S CAN SIT DOWN IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, MS. EMER, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS OR ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I HAVE NO CARDS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN PLEASE.
MAYOR, I'D MO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
SHOW OF HANDS, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MAYOR, I'D BE PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION TO MS. HUTCHEN.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE ZONING FILE 24 DASH ZERO SIX AS STATED WITH THE ADDITIONS AS PUT FORTH BY THE CBC.
GOT A MOTION MR. DORIAN? I SECOND THAT.
GOT A MOTION AS SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS PLEASE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA
[7. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 24-10, A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT OF AN APPROVED MAJOR MODIFICATION OF THE WEST SPRING VALLEY PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR APPROXIMATELY 5.3-ACRES LOCATED AT 740 S. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF S. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY BETWEEN FLOYD ROAD AND JAMES DRIVE, TO ALLOW A MICRO-BREWERY/BREWPUB AND AMENDMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.]
GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 24 10.A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT OF AN APPROVED MAJOR MODIFICATION OF THE WEST SPRING VALLEY PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT LOCATED AT SEVEN 40 SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
THANK YOU MAYOR MAYORAL COUNSEL.
SAM'S GONNA PROVIDE AGAIN A BRIEF, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE FOUR COMPONENTS TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE MAJOR MODIFICATION.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS A PRESENTATION, UH, QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE OPERATION, UM, OF, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OR ANY OF THE PROPOSED, UH, AMENITIES WOULD BE BEST ADDRESSED TO, UH, TO THE APPLICANT.
SO, SAM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, UH, BETWEEN FLOYD ROAD AND JAMES DRIVE.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, FOR THE WEST SPRING VALLEY PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND IT DOES HAVE A MAJOR MODIFICATION THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, ON, ON THIS SITE.
THE REQUEST, OF COURSE, IS TO AMEND THE MAJOR MODIFICATION TO ALLOW A BREW, A MICROBREWERY AND BREW HUB AND AMENDMENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UH, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS, IS LOOKING AT THE SITE ITSELF, UH, AND YOU'RE LOOKING SOUTH AND WEST AT THE AREA SHOWN ON THIS EXHIBIT AS BUILDING PAD AREA FOUR AND FIVE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE THE CURRENTLY APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN AND, AND DETAILS OF THAT CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
UH, IT'S BASICALLY COMBINING BUILDING PADS FOUR AND FIVE INTO, INTO BUILDING PAD FOUR, STILL THE SAME ACREAGE, UH, 5.3 ACRES OF PROPERTY, UH, BUILDING AREA HAS INCREASED TO 25, ALMOST 26,000 SQUARE FEET.
IT WOULD SHOW A PROPOSED, UH, ONE STORY BUILDING AT A HEIGHT OF 40 FEET.
UH, THIS BUILDING HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNED, SO THESE ARE MORE, UH, SCHEMATIC IN NATURE.
THEY DO MEET THE REQUIRED PARKING, UH, SPACES, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING WELL OVER THE, THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES.
THE PROPOSED MAJOR MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE AMENDING THE USE REGULATIONS OF THE CURRENT MAJOR MODIFICATION TO ALLOW A MICROBREWERY AND BREW PUB, UH, ALLOW ONE FERRIS WHEEL, WHICH IS AN AMUSEMENT DEVICE, OF COURSE, UH, LIMITED TO MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 45 FEET IS SHOWN ON THE, ON THE, UH, ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.
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AREA OUTLINE THERE ON THE, ON THE EAST END OF, UH, BUILDING PAD FOUR.UH, AMEND THE AREA REGULATIONS TO ALLOW MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 40 FEET FOR A SINGLE STORY BUILDING ON BUILDING PAD FOUR.
AMEND THE SIGN STANDARDS TO ALLOW NEON SIGNAGE, UH, TO BE PLACED OR ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING MULTI-USE MONUMENT SIGNS.
THERE ARE TWO MONUMENT SIGNS ALONG, UH, CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
AND LASTLY, TO ALLOW LOTS TO BE PLATTED WITHOUT STREET FRONTAGE PROVIDED, THE LOTS ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENT SURROUNDING A PUBLIC STREET.
UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE EXHIBIT ITSELF WHAT SURROUNDS THOSE PADS ARE THE MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENTS.
SO SHOULD ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES BE SUBDIVIDED, THEY WOULD HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THOSE EASEMENTS.
THE NEXT ITEM IS A EXHIBIT OF THE PROPOSED FERRIS WHEEL.
IT IS AT A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 45 FEET.
IT DOES TAKE UP AN AREA FOR SAFETY PURPOSES OF, UH, 80 FEET BY 34 FEET.
UH, AND THAT AREA WILL BE SECURED WITH A MINIMUM FOUR FOOT TALL FENCE.
AND THEN BEHIND THAT AREA WILL BE ANOTHER SIX FOOT TALL KIND OF ADDITIONAL PROTECTIVE OF FENCING.
SO, UH, THE, THE, UH, CITY PLAN COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS REQUEST AT THEIR MAY 21ST, UH, MEETING.
UH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO PIECES OF CORRESPONDENCE IN YOUR PACKET, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE NU UH, NUMEROUS PIECES OF CORRESPONDENCE THAT WERE, UH, THAT WERE, UH, DELIVERED TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST, UH, ONE PERSON IN SUPPORT, AND ANOTHER PERSON EXPRESSING NEUTRAL, UH, POSITION OF THE REQUEST.
UH, THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION VOTED SEVEN OH TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED.
UH, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED, APPROVE IT WITH, UH, CONDITIONS OR AMENDED CONDITIONS, OR DENY THE REQUEST.
UH, I KNOW THE APPLICANT'S, UH, I KNOW THE PROPERTY OWNER HERE AS WELL AS THE, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, OCCUPANTS OF THE AREA, UH, TO ANSWER ANY, ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SAM, YOU MIGHT JUST MENTION THAT THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT YOU RECEIVED SUBSEQUENTLY HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COUNSEL.
THANK YOU, SAM, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR MS. JU, MS. JUSTICE FOR SAM? UH, YEAH, I THINK SO.
IT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, SAM, BUT BASED ON THIS, THAT'S SCHEMATIC RIGHT THERE.
IS THAT GOING TO BE THE PLACEMENT OF THE FERRIS WHEEL? THAT AREA THERE WOULD BE THE PLACE FOR THE FERRIS WHEEL.
AND WOULD WE ADOPT THAT AS PART OF ANY SORT OF ORDINANCE SO IT CAN BE PUSHED BACK FURTHER OR CAN WE ADD THAT SCHEMATIC ONTO THE ORDINANCE? I, I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE SURE.
RELATED TO LIGHT AND SOUND AND MM-HMM.
THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE 45 FEET, I PRESUME, BLOCKED BY A 40 FOOT BUILDING.
SO SOME OF THE LIGHT POLLUTION AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS POTENTIALLY ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS MAY BE, UM, AND, AND SO I GUESS THAT'S MY CONCERN IS, IS IT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE PUSHED BACK CLOSER TO THE HOUSES AND THEN NOT BLOCKED BY THE BUILDING.
SO CAN THAT BE ADDED AS AN EXHIBIT? SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD? THE WAY THE CONDITION IS WORDED RIGHT NOW, IT'S A SHALL BE LOCATED, IS SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.
SO IT'S EASTERN SIDE OF BUILDING PAD FOUR.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS AS WELL.
UM, THE FERRIS WHEEL, UH, AS COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE SAID, THAT'S THE THING WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE MOST IS THE FERRIS WHEEL.
THE, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, IS THIS JUST PLACED ON GROUND, ON CONCRETE? IS THIS, ARE THERE, I KNOW PILINGS, HOW, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, I GUESS, HOW THIS TIES IN AND WHAT IT DOES.
UM, YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY BEST ANSWERED BY THE APPLICANT.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE AT, AT SEVERAL OF THEIR SITES.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MR. SCHUEL? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
UH, SAME, SAME QUESTION ON THIS ONE.
THIS FERRIES WHEEL IS A 45 FEET AND THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS 40 FEET.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE, UNDERSTAND THAT HOW IS GONNA BE PLACED, UH, IS THAT QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, I GUESS? YES, CORRECT.
I'LL JUST HOLD ON MY QUESTION THEN.
AT THIS TIME, WE'D ASK THE APPLICANT TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND PRESENT ANY ADDITIONAL FACTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND ALLOW US TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
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I GUESS I CAN START.I'M THE, UH, THE BUSINESS OWNER THAT WANTS TO PURCHASE THIS BUILDING FROM KIRK, THE OWNER.
UM, I AM JASON BOSO, UM, FOUNDER OF, UH, THE BUSINESS TRUCKY YARD.
MY PERSONAL ADDRESS, WHATEVER ONE YOU WANT TO GIVE US.
5 3 3 9 BONITA AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
MY NAME'S KIRK HERMANSON, 5 9 4 4 LUTHER LANE, SUITE 4 0 3, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, WELL I WAS GONNA INTRODUCE JASON, BUT HE ALREADY INTRODUCED HIMSELF, BUT I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JASON AND THE TRUCK YARD AND I'LL LET THEM TALK FOR THE MOST PART ABOUT TRUCK YARD AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ALONG THE WAY.
BUT, UH, JASON AND HIS TEAM ARE THE FOUNDERS, CREATORS OF THE TRUCKY YARD, DALLAS ALLIANCE, UH, ONE IN OKLAHOMA, SEVEN OR EIGHT OF THEM AROUND HERE IN THE SOUTHWEST.
UH, ALSO, UH, SECOND RODEO BREWING, UH, IN STOCKYARDS IN FORT WORTH, WHICH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN.
AND, UH, ALSO HE MAY KNOW HIM FROM, UH, TWISTED ROUTE, UH, WHICH WAS ALSO ONE OF THE CONCEPTS THAT JASON AND HIS TEAM CREATED ALONG WITH A CONCEPT CALLED COWBOY KITCHEN.
SO THE POINT IS HE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY WELL VERSED IN, UH, OPERATIONS OF THESE KIND IN PARTICULAR.
AND WE HONESTLY COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THE TRUCK YARD COME IN AND, UH, BACKFILL THE OLD 75 SPACE FOR US.
WE THINK THEY'RE A GREAT CANDIDATE.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO WON NUMEROUS AWARDS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL TELL YOU THIS, BUT I WILL THROUGH DALLAS EATER, UH, ESSENTIAL, ONE OF THE BEST ESSENTIAL RESTAURANTS IN DFW, MULTIPLE BEST PATIO AWARDS, YELP TOP HOTSPOT NATIONWIDE LIST, AND FOUR SQUARES BEST BEER GARDEN, UH, AMERICA LIST, ALSO FOR, FOR TRUCK YARD.
SO ALL SHUCKS
UM, AND BEFORE I MADE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES, I, I WAS, THE REASON I GRABBED SAM IS BECAUSE RYAN BUCHANAN, WHO, UH, WAS HERE TO REPRESENT, UH, ST.
PAUL, THE APOSTLE CHURCH WAS HERE, BUT HE HAD TO LEAVE 'CAUSE HE HAD KIDS TO TAKE CARE OF.
AND SO, UH, HE WROTE A STATEMENT OUT THAT I'D LIKE TO READ FOR YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ST.
PAUL'S THAT DID COME UP, UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, SO I'LL JUST READ WHAT HE WROTE TO ME.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF EVANGELIZATION AT ST.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR CHURCH AND OUR PASTOR, FATHER JOHN SAKOWSKI.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH KURT HERMANSON THROUGH DOGHOUSE OLD 75 AND RICHARDSON RESTAURANT PARK FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS BEEN MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE FOR BOTH ST PAUL AND THE RICHARDSON RESTAURANT PARK FOR US.
BOTH PLACES HAVE PROVIDED US A PLACE THAT HELP HOLD MEETINGS, CELEBRATIONS, AND FELLOWSHIP OUTSIDE OUR NORMAL CHURCH BUILDING.
BEYOND THAT, THEY HAVE HELPED US START OUR TRIVIA NIGHT FUNDRAISER, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR CHILDREN'S YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES BY DONATING THE FOOD AND BEER EACH IN VENUE EACH YEAR.
THE FUNDRAISER HAS HELPED RAISE OVER $60,000 SO FAR, BOTH AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF THE HEIGHTS AND AS THE CHURCH.
WE HAD THE GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH OLD 75 WHEN WE HAD ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES, THEY ADDRESSED THEM RIGHT AWAY.
WE RARELY HAD NOISE ISSUES AND THEY WERE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.
I SAY ALL OF THIS BECAUSE I SEE THIS LEVEL OF RELATIONSHIP AND RESPECT CONTINUING WITH THE TRUCK YARD.
BOTH FATHER JOHN SAKOWSKI AND I MET WITH THE TRUCK YARD TEAM THIS PAST WEEK, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE PLANS AND ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.
OUR MAIN CONCERNS WERE THE POSSIBLE NOISE DISRUPTION AND IMPACT OF THE FERRIS WHEEL.
BY TALKING US THROUGH THEIR PLANS AND USING SMALLER ACOUSTIC SETS, MOSTLY WITH WORKING WITH OUR SATURDAY EVENING MASS TIMES, THEY ADDRESSED OUR CONCERNS BY SHOWING US THE PICTURE OF THE FERRIS WHEEL, ASSURING US THERE'S NO MUSIC ON IT, AND IT BEING PLACED AS CLOSE TO 75 ON THE, IN THE BUILDING AS IT COULD.
THAT CONCERN WAS ADDRESSED ALSO.
NOT ONLY DID THEY ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS, THEY COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THE GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT, UH, THAT KIRK HAS GIVEN US OVER THE YEARS.
BUT TO, BUT TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO HOW THEY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE GREATER RICHARDSON COMMUNITY.
I SEE THIS PROJECT PICKING UP FROM WHERE OLD 75 LEFT OFF AND IMPROVING ON THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO WITH OLD 75 TRUCK YARD IS A PROVEN ENTITY THAT HAVE LOCATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, AROUND THE STATE WITH GREAT SUCCESS.
PAUL FEELS THAT THIS PROJECT WITH THE TRUCK YARD IS IN, AS THE TRUCK YARD IS ENVISIONING, WILL BE VERY, UH, BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY AS, AS A CONTINUED PLACE TO CONTINUE TO CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND NEW FOLKS
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IN WAYS OUTSIDE OF THE PEWS TO GO FURTHER, I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL ONLY BE A GREAT IMPACT FOR THE FAMILIES AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE HEIGHTS AND FOR ALL OF RICHARDSON.SO I'M SORRY HE WASN'T HERE TONIGHT.
I APPRECIATE HIM VERY MUCH WRITING THAT ON, ON OUR BEHALF.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR, FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE CHURCH WHO HAS BEEN SUCH A GOOD NEIGHBOR OF OURS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SHARE PARKING WITH HIM.
WE HAVE CROSS PARKING RIGHTS WITH THEM.
WE LET THEM PARK WITH US EN MASS, THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT OPERATOR, UH, TO CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP.
AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT JASON AND HIS TEAM ARE THOSE, UH, THE RIGHT GUYS AND OPERATORS.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE AMENDMENT, UH, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF NOTES.
UH, AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS LATER.
UH, ONE THING THAT I'M NOT SURE IS CLEAR OUT, IN LEAST IN THE PUBLIC, IS THAT WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE USE.
THE USE OF COURSE, IS ALREADY APPROVED.
WE'RE SIMPLY MODIFYING OR AMENDING THE AMENDMENT, UH, TO MAKE SOME PROVISIONS NECESSARY OR IMPORTANT TO THE TRUCK YARD ITSELF.
THE FERRIS WHEEL BEING THE NOTABLE ONE, THE SUBDIVISION ISSUE IS, IN MY OPINION, MORE OF A CLEANUP ISSUE THAT WHETHER TRUCK YARD WAS HERE OR NOT, WE NEEDED TO FIX.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE NEON SIGNS ON THE MONUMENT SIGN, WE ALREADY HAVE NEON APPROVED IN ALL THE BUILDINGS AS YOU CAN SEE, OR AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN OUT THERE.
UM, AND UM, THE OTHER ISSUE WAS, OH, THE MICRO, THE BREW PUB AND THE MICRO BREWERY, WHICH WASN'T CLARIFIED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN OUR PD SO WE'RE SIMPLY CLARIFYING THAT.
UM, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL LET JASON AND HIS TEAM MAKE THEIR, GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION, AND I'LL STAND BY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
UM, IS OUR PRESENTATION LOADED? YEAH, I'M TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THIS
HEY, WHAT BUTTON, WHAT BUTTON IS YOU SUPPOSED? YES.
UM, FOR SOME OF YOU, THIS IS REDUNDANT.
UH, BUT I THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW US TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE BECAUSE IN THE OUTDOOR LIVE MUSIC VENUE, THERE'S A LOT OF VARIATIONS.
AND, UH, I WANNA SHOW YOU WHO WE ARE IN THAT CATEGORY.
UM, WE ARE AN OUTDOOR LIVE MUSIC VENUE WITH FOOD TRUCKS, BUT HOW WE DIFFER DIFFER FROM KATY TRAIL ICE HOUSE, FROM RUSTIC KIRBY ICE HOUSE, SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES, UM, IS WE ARE ABSOLUTELY THE MOST FAMILY FRIENDLY.
UM, I LOVE TO QUOTE THE STATS THAT 10% OF OUR, UM, CUSTOMERS ARE 10 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER, AND 20% OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE 55 YEARS OR OLDER.
UM, JUST SOME REFERENCE WE DO HAVE A NOSTALGIC VIBE, HENCE SOME OF THE FERRIS WHEEL REASONS.
UM, THE KIDS LOVE THE FERRIS WHEEL.
THE FERRIS WHEEL CAN BECOME VERY NOSTALGIC.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I MIGHT HAVE STOLEN MY FIRST KISS IN 1988 ON A FERRIS WHEEL.
UM, WE'RE VERY UNPRETENTIOUS, VERY WELCOMING.
FLIP FLOPS, UM, TO HIGH HEELS ARE ALL WELCOME.
THERE IS NOT REALLY, AND IT'S HARD TO SAY.
AS A RESTAURATEUR, NOT REALLY A DEMOGRAPHIC.
WE KIND OF HAVE EVERYONE, AND THAT'S HARD TO PUT TOGETHER, BUT WE HAVE SOMEHOW MANAGED IT.
UM, THE BREWERY THAT WE ARE GONNA OPEN IS ALREADY A SUCCESSFUL BREWERY IN THE STOCKYARDS.
UM, WE WERE THE, AS THE DEVELOPER OF THE NEW, THE MAJESTIC DEVELOPMENT THERE, CALLED US, OUR BELL CAL TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT OR THEIR ANCHOR TENANT OUTSIDE OF THE DROVER HOTEL THERE.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE MUSIC AND I KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ALL THOSE.
BUT WE DO HAVE MUSIC, UM, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND IT'S ALWAYS FREE.
UM, AND IT IS, UH, A BACKGROUND MUSIC VENUE.
IT'S FIVE DAYS OUTTA THE WEEK, IT'S A PERSON WITH A GUITAR SINGING.
UM, AND WE NEVER CHARGE FOR IT.
SO HENCE WE'RE NOT A MUSIC VENUE WHERE WE NEED TO PLAY IT LOUD BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO SEE A CONCERT.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO TALK AT THEIR TABLE AND, YOU KNOW, HEAR THEIR COLLEGE ROOMMATE'S STORY OR, YOU KNOW, BRING THEIR MOM OR MAYBE TRY NOT TO LISTEN TO THEIR KIDS TOO MUCH.
UM, SOME OF OUR, UH, SOME OF OUR, UH, PILLARS HERE, UM, I AM A CHEF AND WE DO TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE FOOD, UM, AND THE BEVERAGE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A DIVE BAR, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A FEEL LIKE THAT FOR THE COMFORTABLENESS.
WE DO HAVE WELL CURATED FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UM, AND WE HAVE WON SEVERAL AWARDS ABOUT THAT.
UM, SOME OF, WE ALSO OFFER DOGS, WHICH IS A, A GREAT
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THING FOR SOME OF THESE APARTMENTS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE AREA.WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, ALL OF THE SINGLES IN THESE APARTMENTS HAVE DOGS NOW, AND, UM, THEY NEED A PLACE TO TAKE 'EM.
UM, ON AVERAGE, WE PROBABLY HAVE 60 TO 70 FULL-TIME JOBS.
UM, WE ARE A GREAT PLACE FOR LARGE GATHERINGS, HENCE MEETING WITH THE FATHER.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HOST A LOT OF THEIR EVENTS IN THE SPACE.
UM, AND SOME OF THE STATISTICS I MENTIONED, UM, WE ARE IN EVERY, EVERY, EVERY LOCATION WE'VE OPENED, WE HAVE BECOME THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION WITHIN A 10 MILE, UM, RADIUS.
UM, AND OUR SECOND RODEO LOCATION IS THE MOST VISITED BAR.
UM, OR THE NUMBER, WHAT IS IT, NINE, 10, OR 11 ON THE MOST VISITED BARS IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 600,000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THAT LOCATION.
I ALREADY HEAR THE ONES ABOUT THE FERRIS WHEEL.
WELL, LET'S START WITH MR. DORRY AND YOUR LIGHTS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR FLASHING BRIGHTLY.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, JASON FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANKS KIRK.
I, UM, I WANTED TO, UH, DISCUSS MAINLY BECAUSE WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK, OF COURSE, FROM RESIDENTS AND, AND I WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR THESE QUESTIONS THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND ALSO ONLINE.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE WANT THIS TO BE FAMILY KID AND, UM, AND SAFE AND, AND A SAFE PLACE FOR, UH, PEOPLE TO COME TO.
UM, WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT THE SOUND, UH, BUFFERING, IF THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS.
AND ALSO, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IS ADDRESSING THE SAFETY SINCE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CHILDREN AROUND AND THE FERRIS WHEEL'S GONNA BRING A LOT OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
UM, I DID READ, UH, THE COMMENTS FROM CPC ABOUT, UM, THERE IS A GATED, AND YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, OF COURSE I'M JUST REPEATING IT.
UM, THERE IS A GATED, UH, FENCE AROUND THE, UH, FERRIS WHEEL THAT'S, UH, UH, SHORTER FENCE ON THE FRONT, HIGHER FENCE ON THE BACK.
AND IT GOES ABOUT, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? FOUR AND A HALF MILES AN HOUR FOR ALL 12 CAGES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT A, NO ONE'S SCREAMING ON THIS.
SO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO MUSIC ON THE FERRIS WHEEL, CORRECT? UM, THERE IS LIGHTING, BUT IT IS LOW VOLTAGE LED LIGHTING.
AND IS IT LIGHTING THAT CAN BE DIMMABLE IF NECESSARY? 'CAUSE I MEAN, THAT'S A CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS LIGHTING SOUND AND SAFETY.
UM, OUR CURRENT ONES ARE NOT DIMMABLE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH LIGHTING POLLUTION, BUT THAT DOES EXIST.
UM, I COULD BUY A LIGHTING PACKAGE IF YOU GUYS DEEM THAT NECESSARY, UM, TO PUT ON THE, UH, ON THE FERRIS WHEEL, IS THE, IS THE LIGHTING JUST, UH, IS IT ALL WHITE OR IS IT, IT, IT, UM, YOU, IT CAN REALLY, FOR COLOR, IT CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANT.
IT CAN BE, UH, IT CAN BE CHANGING, IT CAN BE STATIC.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE STATIC LOW VOLTAGE, UH, LIGHTING ON IT.
AND FOR PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE, FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, HOW MANY PEOPLE GENERALLY WITH, WITH OR WITHOUT A PARENT OR STANDING IN LINE TO GET ON THE FERRIS WHEEL? WELL, THAT'S ABOUT 50% ADULTS REALLY JUST STANDING IN LINE.
UM, SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE, UH, UH, BACK OVER TO THE LIGHTING AGAIN, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE, THE NEON OUT FRONT ON THE KIOSK, AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE SOME LIGHTING THROUGHOUT.
UM, THE LIGHTING IS GOING TO BE CONTROLLABLE WITH DIMMERS AND LOW VOLTAGE LED I'M ASSUMING THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IT'S NOT ON, IT'S NOT PLANNED, UH, TO BE ON A, OH, I'M SORRY.
AM I ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION? DO YOU MEAN WITHIN THE FACILITY? WITHIN THE FACILITY? YES.
EVERYTHING IS ON DIMMER'S WITHIN THE FACILITY, YES.
AND PART OF THAT IS GONNA BE CLOSED ON ALL FOUR SIDES, SO THAT SHOULD CREATE SOME SOUND BUFFERING, CORRECT? YES.
UH, CURRENTLY I THINK IT'S CONTROLLED ON ALL FOUR SIDES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT AS WE BUILD THE BREWERY.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES, OF COURSE, WAS SOUND, AND I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AGAIN FOR EVERYONE.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, CURRENTLY DURING THE WEEKDAYS, UH, YOU, OUR FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT IS, IS IT 10 TO 12 AND 11 TO ONE ON THE WEEKENDS? UM, IS THAT, I MEAN, OPEN UNTIL ONE, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, IT COULD BE 11 DURING THE WEEKDAYS, BUT WE WANNA STAY OPEN UNTIL, UH, ONE ON THE WEEKENDS.
UM, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS, AGAIN,
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BACK, I'M JUST CONVEYING WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US AS, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, IF FOR NOISE CONTROL, IF THERE IS ANY, UH, TO MAYBE SLIGHTLY BUFFER THAT AS THE, AS IT GETS A LITTLE LATER THAT EVENING TO ADJUST FROM MAYBE MM-HMM.UH, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
HOW, HOW DO WE REDUCE IT AS WE GET LATER INTO THE EVENING? UM, A COUPLE POINTS THERE.
WE TRIED TO KEEP IT AT A LEVEL THAT IF IT WAS REDUCED TOO MUCH MORE, IT WOULDN'T REALLY BE HEARD, SO.
WE DON'T FEEL THERE'S A NEED TO REALLY BUFFER IT AS THE NIGHT GOES ON.
I WILL ADD ON TO THAT, THAT OUR MUSIC'S OVER AT NINE O'CLOCK DURING THE WEEKS, UH, DURING THE WEEKDAYS.
AND IT'S OVER AT 11 AT THE LATEST ON WEEKENDS.
UM, AND WHICH, UH, DIRECTION IS THE STAGE, UH, IT IS FACING TOWARDS? UM, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP WITH THAT NORTHEAST NORTHEASTERLY.
AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCE TOWARDS 75, PARDON ME, TOWARDS 75 FACING TOWARDS KIND OF, BUT A LITTLE BIT, KIND OF OVER TO THAT, THAT ANGLE OVER THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL COMMERCIAL TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL BILL AND N 75.
UM, THERE ARE, THERE'S 12 CARRIAGES ON THE FERRIS WHEEL.
AND THERE IS A, IT'S A SECURE, IT'S A SECURE GATED SYSTEM, CORRECT? YES.
AND YOU'RE NOT USING ANY FLUORESCENCE OR I SENT LIGHTING ANYWHERE.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE LED AND LOW VOLTAGE.
WE DON'T USE FLUORESCENCE ANYWAY.
I NEVER, NO ONE DOES ANYMORE, BUT I HAVE TO ASK.
I THINK FOR RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
I MIGHT HAVE SOME LATER, BUT THANK YOU JASON.
UM, COULD YOU GO BACK TO YOUR SLIDE FOR JUST ONE MOMENT? 'CAUSE I WANT, I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT ON PAGE SEVEN OR SLIDE SEVEN, I'M SORRY, NO.
YOU MIGHT TELL ME WHICH ONE YOU WANNA STOP ON.
IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S THE ONE SPECIFICALLY OF THE FERRIS WHEEL, SINCE THERE'S SO MUCH QUESTION ON THAT.
UH, WAS THERE ONE ON THE FERRIS WHEEL? MAYBE IT'S, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE CITY'S PRESENTATION.
I'M SORRY, IT'S IN THE CITY'S PRESENTATION.
KEEP GOING BACK BECAUSE YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
SO IF I'M NOT, CORRECT ME IF I'M, ANYTHING I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS WRONG, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THAT IS 45 FEET APPEARS TO ME LIGHTING STOPS SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THAT.
SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY LIT LIGHT BLEED OVER FROM THE FERRIS WHEEL, BECAUSE TO ME, IF, IF I'M SEEING THAT CORRECTLY, THAT'S GOTTA BE MUCH GREATER THAN A FIVE FOOT DROP BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE, MY WORDS CARS OF THE FERRIS WHEEL VERSUS WHERE THAT LIGHTING KIND OF WHERE THE LIGHTING IS THAT BASICALLY IS A GIANT STAR.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S CALLED EXACTLY, BUT TO ME IT WOULD BE THAT THE BUILDING IS IN ESSENCE GONNA BLOCK ALL OF THE LIGHT OFF OF THAT FERRIS WHEEL.
IS THAT WELL, THATS WHAT APPEARS TO ME.
DOES THAT, WHAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU WELL, I'M REALLY HAPPY YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
CAN YOU, I'M GONNA REFER TO MY TEAM, THE VIDEO.
CHRIS, CAN YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO? DOES IT SHOW THE LIGHTS AT THAT LEVEL OR DOES IT SHOW THE LIGHTS ON THE, AT THE CAR? UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THE LIGHTS ARE ON THE CAR FRAME.
BOTH OF OUR CURRENT WHEELS ARE AT THAT LEVEL THERE NOT UP AT WHERE THE CARS ARE.
SO THAT WOULD BE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT.
SO, SO I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO NOTE THAT, THAT, THAT ANY LIGHT ON THE FERRIS WHEEL WILL BE BLOCKED IN ESSENCE BY THE YARDI 40 FOOT TALL BUILDING.
SO THAT, THAT SHOULD NOT CREATE ANY ISSUE GOING BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALL OF THE LIGHT THEN WOULD BE PURELY TOWARDS 75 AND, AND, AND, UM, COMMERCIAL AREAS, IF I'M, IF I'M SEEING THIS CORRECTLY.
SO THAT LIGHTING IS PROBABLY A, A QUICK ESTIMATE ABOUT 35 FOOT EXACTLY.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, SO IT'S, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IT'S GONNA BE BLOCKED.