* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] GOOD [A. WORK SESSION ] AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. TONIGHT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM WE'RE GONNA, UH, OPEN UP OUR WORK SESSION. I, OKAY. SO IT'S TIME. WE WILL, UM, CALL OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MARIA JOYNER, TO PRESENT THE 20 26 20 27 PROPOSED BUDGET. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL. TONIGHT WE'RE JUST GOING TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNSEL ON AUGUST THE THIRD AND AUGUST THE 17TH, IN PREPARATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA, THE REASON YOU DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AT THE PODIUM IS THIS IS INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERYTHING. WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THE MAIN ITEMS AND GIVE YOU JUST AN OVERVIEW AGAIN, IN PREPARATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ON THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT LATER TONIGHT DURING THE MEETING. MM-HMM . EACH YEAR WE RECEIVE OUR ASSESSED VALUES, OUR CERTIFIED VALUES FROM DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THIS YEAR, ON JULY 25TH, EXCUSE ME, 24TH FRIDAY, WE RECEIVED OUR VALUES AND THEY CAME IN AT 1.8 BILLION. WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THOSE VALUES. KEEP IN MIND, THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY, UH, 207 MILLION IN INCREASE ASSESSED VALUES. THAT'S ABOUT A 12% INCREASE THAT WE RECEIVED, WHICH WE'RE SEEING ON THIS CHART IS SHOWING YOU OUR INCREASE FROM 2017. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE INCREASED FOR ABOUT 1.3 BILLION SINCE 2017. SO THAT'S ABOUT A 1.34 BILLION INCREASE OF 245% INCREASE IN VALUES OVER THOSE YEARS. WE ARE PROPOSING A TAX RATE OF 0.6 2 0 8 4 5. THAT'S LOWER THAN OUR CURRENT TAX RATE OF 0.657. SO THAT'S THE RATE THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT IN THE TAX RATE ADOPTION PROCESS. THAT RATE WILL ACTUALLY COST A TAXPAYER BASED ON THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUES OF HOMES. THOSE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUES CAME IN THIS YEAR AT 194,000. YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE ON THE CHART IN FRONT OF YOU. OUR VALUES CAME IN AT OUR AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUES CAME IN AT 1 94. BASED ON THAT PROPOSED RATE, UH, THE ACTUAL, THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE A DECREASE IN WHAT A PROPERTY OWNER WOULD PAY IN PROPERTY TAXES OF APPROXIMATELY $11, EXCUSE ME, $11 AND 47 CENTS. WE ARE PROPOSING REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF 15.4 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES OF 15.2 MILLION. THAT WILL GIVE US A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET WITH REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES BY APPROXIMATELY $249,000. AND OUR RESERVES, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 72 DAYS IN RESERVES. THAT GIVES US APPROXIMATELY 318 DAYS IN OUR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW OR REMIND YOU OF SOME OF THE MAJOR DRIVERS IN THIS BUDGET, KEEP IN MIND OUR HEALTH INSURANCE WAS A REALLY LARGE DRIVER THIS YEAR. OUR HEALTH INSURANCE LAST YEAR CAME IN AT 958,000. THIS YEAR. WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED HEALTH INSURANCE NUMBERS OF 1.4 MILLION. THAT'S ABOUT A 455,000 INCREASE IN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE. THAT'S A 47% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE THIS YEAR. IN ORDER TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS TO THE EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE PROPOSED A 4% COLA. THAT COLA'S GONNA COST US APPROXIMATELY 351,000. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT COLA IS COSTING US, IT'S ABOUT 294,000 ACTUAL SALARIES. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 11,000 IN WORKERS' COMP COSTS AND ADDITIONAL 22,000 IN FICA COSTS, AND 23,000 IN PENSION COSTS, WHICH IS THAT, UH, CATEGORY THERE TMRS. SO THE TOLL COST OF THAT COLA, THAT 4% COLA, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 351,000. MOVING ON TO OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT CITYWIDE DEBT, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 57,875,000 IN TAX SUPPORTED DEBT. THAT'S DEBT SUPPORTED BY THE TAX RATE. WE HAVE ANOTHER 21,945,000 IN DEBT. IN DEBT THAT'S SUPPORTED BY THE UTILITY RATE. SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY A TOTAL OF 79,820,000 IN OUTSTANDING DEBT FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. [00:05:01] LOOKING AT OUR WATER AND SEWER FUND OR SECOND MAJOR FUND OF ALL OUR FUNDS, WE ARE PROPOSING TOTAL REVENUES OF APPROXIMATELY 5.4 MILLION. IN THAT FUND. WE ARE PROPOSING EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT 5.2 MILLION THAT FUND. SO THAT FUND ALSO IS STRUCTURALLY BALANCED WITH EX REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES BY APPROXIMATELY 160,000. UM, WE WILL BE GETTING NEW RATES IN FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND WE'LL BRING THOSE RATES BACK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE YEAR. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET CURRENTLY. AND IN THIS FUND, WE HAVE RESERVED DAYS OF APPROXIMATELY 193 DAYS IN THIS FUND. MOVING ON TO OUR LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR CITY HALL PROJECT. WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY LARGER EXPENDITURES COMING THROUGH FOR THAT PROJECT. WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LEFT IN THAT FUND. WE ARE JUST GONNA EARN A SMALL AMOUNT OF INTEREST EARNINGS BASED ON THE SMALL BALANCE IN THAT FUND. SO YOU SEE INTEREST EARNINGS THERE OF 25,000. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THAT FUND. WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH, PROCESSED THE CHECK TO BIG SKY FOR 700,000 TO PAY THE, TO PAY THEM THE REMAINING RETAINAGE THAT DUE TO THEM. 'CAUSE THIS PROJECT IS PRETTY MUCH WRAPPING UP. WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR LARGER LIBRARY REC CENTER PROJECT. SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS FUND, YOU CAN SEE WE ARE PROPOSING APPROXIMATELY, WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING IN ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF OUR REVENUE IN THIS FUND FOR OUR LIBRARY REC CENTER, WE BOUGHT IN 28 MILLION IN BONDS BACK IN 2025. WE BOUGHT IN ANOTHER 3 MILLION THAT WAS TRANSFERRED IN FROM FOUR B FOR THE PROJECT. AND ALSO WE ACTUALLY, UM, HAD ABOUT 510,000 INTEREST INCOME IN THIS FUND. WE ARE ESTIMATING 700,000 INTEREST IN THIS FUND THIS YEAR WITH RATES DROPPING AND WITH THE BALANCE OF THIS PORTFOLIO DROPPING, WE'RE BEING REALLY CONSERVATIVE NEXT YEAR IN BUDGETING ONLY 500,000 IN INTEREST EARNING. BUT WE ALSO DID A SERIOUS 2008 BOND ISSUANCE FOR DEBT IN THIS FUND FOR ADDITIONAL PROPERTY PLAN AND EQUIPMENT AND SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIBRARY AND REC CENTER. WE'RE GONNA SPEND ABOUT $12 MILLION NEXT YEAR. WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES IN THIS FUND AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING IN INVOICES FOR THE LIBRARY REC CENTER. WE'RE GOING TO ALSO SPEND ANOTHER MILLION, UM, FURNITURE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, AND, EXCUSE ME, FURNITURE FIXTURES AND ART AND PROPERTY PLANNING EQUIPMENT IN THIS FUND. WE SHOULD STILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY $11 MILLION LEFT OVER TO FINISH UP THIS PROJECT. SHOULD WE NOT HAVE IT ALL COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF NEXT YEAR. IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE . IT GOES FAST, THOUGH. IT GOES REALLY, REALLY FAST. MAYOR. MOVING ON TO SOME OF OUR OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR AUGUST 3RD MEETING. AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS DURING OUR COUNCIL RETREAT IN OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. THESE PROJECTS, KEEP IN MIND, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE OPERATING BUDGETS THAT I JUST SHOWED, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU. THIS, THESE EXPENDITURES WILL COME OUT OF OUR RESERVES BECAUSE THESE ARE ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES. THESE ARE NOT OPERATING EXPENDITURES. SO WE ARE JUST, UH, GOING BACK OVER THESE HERE IN MY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, I AM LOOKING AT TWO VEHICLES. TWO FORD F THREE FIFTIES AT 85,000 EACH. LOOKING AT ANOTHER FORD F TWO 50 FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AT 75,000. WE'RE ALSO NEEDING, UM, A BRUSH HOG TRACTOR, WHICH IS COSTING ABOUT 47,000. AND THIS ZERO TURN, THIS, THIS LIKE A LAWN MOWER, SOME TYPE LAWN MOWER. BIG FANCY. I'M GOOD. YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THIS IS. . THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 18,000. AND WE ALSO NEED A WOOD CHIPPER. THAT CHIPPER'S GONNA COST US ABOUT 14,000. THAT'S BRINGS US TO ABOUT 324,000 AS FAR AS CAPITAL REQUESTS FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO ARE NEEDING A VEHICLE IN OUR ANIMAL SHELTER DEPARTMENT. THAT VEHICLE'S GONNA COST US ABOUT 20, EXCUSE ME, 57,000. THE CARGO BOX ASSOCIATED WITH IT IS 21,000, WHICH IS TOTAL ABOUT 78,000. WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS TO YOU, WE ALSO HAD THE PARK DESIGN. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PARKED DESIGN FOR THAT PARKING LOT. THE DESIGN COST WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000. IN THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PARKING LOT IS 625,000. SO THAT'S ABOUT $662,000 FOR THAT PROJECT. WE ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS A MOBILE LIBRARY. THAT MOBILE LIBRARY IS ESTIMATED TO COST APPROXIMATELY 280,000. AND WE ALSO HAVE IN THIS LIST, BECAUSE THIS IS HOW THE LIST WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL OUR GOV WELL SOFTWARE. THIS IS SOFTWARE FOR BUILDING [00:10:01] PERMITS. HOWEVER, THIS SOFTWARE WAS WHERE WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED DURING THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING. SO THIS ITEM CAN ACTUALLY COME OFF THE LIST BECAUSE BLAKE HAS ALREADY STARTED IMPLEMENTING THE SOFTWARE AND IT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED AS A SEPARATE ITEM VERSUS PUTTING IT IN NATURE'S BUDGET. THEY WENT ON AND GOT STARTED WITH THIS PROJECT AFTER COUNCIL APPROVED IT DURING THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING. SO THESE ARE ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED OR HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR REQUESTS. SO I WANTED YOU TO SEE THOSE AGAIN. AND THAT PRETTY MUCH GIVES YOU A BIG PICTURE OVERVIEW OF ALL THE PROJECTS AND THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY COVER ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE COVERED IN THE PAST THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON. AND I DO HAVE ALL THE DIRECTORS HERE TONIGHT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE CAP CAPITAL ITEMS OR ANY BUDGET ITEMS AT THIS TIME. UH, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING? UH, MS. JI HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING . UM, I'M STILL, UH, EXCUSE ME. I'M STILL KIND OF HESITANT ABOUT THE AMOUNT THAT WE GONNA BE SPENDING ON THESE TRUCKS. I STILL THINK THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PURCHASE VEHICLES WITHOUT SPENDING SO MUCH ON THESE VEHICLES. UH, I, I, I THINK I, IF I HAD SOMETHING TO, UH, COMPARE IT WITH, WITH, LIKE, WITH THESE FORDS, IF WE CAN GO WITH SOMETHING MAYBE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A CHEVROLET OR GMCI NEED SOME COMPARISON INSTEAD OF JUST DUMPING OKAY, 85,000 OR 75,000, GIMME SOMETHING TO COMPARE WITH. OKAY. SO WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND BRING IT BACK, SIR, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE. YES, SIR. UH, THREE 50 IS AN AWFULLY BIG TRUCK FOR US TOWN. NO MORE THAN WE HAUL AROUND. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COME UP WITH A THREE 50. I THINK A TWO 50 WOULD, IS $10,000 CHEAPER? WOULD'VE BEEN MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE CALL WHAT WE PULL AROUND TOWN. I DON'T KNOW OF NOTHING SO BIG THAT WE NEED A THREE 50 TRUCK. WE, WE, WE PROBABLY TAKE $20,000 OFF THE TRUCKS JUST DOWNSIZING THE TWO FIFTIES. I'M NOT REAL WANNA MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT, BUT I THINK A THREE 50 IS OVERKILL FOR WHAT WE DO IN HUTCHINS. UH, ONE 50 IS ARE OKAY, BUT, UH, TWO 50 SOMETIME MIGHT. BUT, UH, THREE 50 IS THAT, THAT'S $20,000 THERE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. AND I GUESS THAT NOBODY DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT. BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT IN THE OPERATING BUDGET. THIS IS THE CAPITAL ASPECT OF THE BUDGET MAYOR. SO AS, AS PART OF THE BUDGET YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, I MEAN, IT'S, IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, YOU CAN. AND IF YOU WANT MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LIKE COUNCILMAN OLDHAM REQUESTED, WE CAN GET YOU THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ALSO. WELL, THAT'S, UH, IF, IF, IF MR. OLDHAM CHOOSES TO ASK FOR THAT, WE CAN LOOK AT IT OR HOWEVER THE COUNCIL WANTS TO VOTE. BUT I, I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE AND, UH, WE DID TALK ABOUT IT AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT AND ON AUGUST THE THIRD, BUT WE, I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS, SO I DIDN'T CHANGE ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO YOU. YEAH. SO, SO MARIA, IF WE CAN, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S NOT JUST RUSH INTO IT. IF WE CAN DO, DO SOME COMPARISONS YES, SIR. THEN THAT'LL, THAT I THINK THAT'LL WORK FOR, FOR AT LEAST FOR ME. YES, SIR. WELL, THE SAME THING IS, UH, ONE MILE TO DALLAS LIFT STATIONS THREE MILES WILMER'S, THREE MILES, UH, THREE FIFTIES. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR, I'M LOOKING FOR A TWO 50 AND TWO HALF TONS. UH, YOU GET TRAILER PACKAGE AND I PULL A LOT OF TRAILERS AND CATTLE TRAILERS AND, AND I RUN HIGHS A HUNDRED MILES, BUT THREE TO FIVE MILES. I JUST DON'T SEE THE THREE 50 AT ALL. SO WHAT COUNSEL IS ASKING FOR FROM, IS ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON IT? UH, TO, TO LOOK INTO, UH, UH, SOME PRICING ON SOME, SOMETHING COMPARABLE TO THAT. AND, BUT I THINK, UH, THERE, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS JUST THREE 50 IS OUT OF THE QUESTION. YEAH. AND, AND IN CASE LIKE KENNETH DOES WANNA LOOK AT THREE 50, IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES ON LIKE WHAT HE WILL BE HAULING TO KIND OF JUSTIFY THE THREE 50. YES, MA'AM. UH, OTHER THAN THAT, ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH? UH, NOW IS THE TIME TO BRING IT UP SO WE CAN AT LEAST DISCUSS IT. WELL, I WAS GONNA ALSO BRING THAT UP. I MEAN, UH, I WISH THEY JUST PRESENT SOMETHING TO WHAT THEY PLAN ON HAULING. YES. I COULD SEE 'EM [00:15:01] GETTING 1 3 50 AND 2 2 1 50 OR WHATEVER. TELL US WHAT THEY'RE HAULING, WHERE THEY NEED ACTUALLY 2, 3 50 INSTEAD OF 2 1 50 AND A THREE 50 OR 2 1 50 AND TWO 50. JUST WHAT ARE WE HOLLERING AT? WE NEED A THREE 50 FOR. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S THE , STEVE. I THINK THE, UH, I THINK THE TWO 50, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, TONS IS FOR THE PERSONAL. THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S FOR, FOR THE, THAT'S FOR THE DIRECTOR. FOR THE DIRECTOR, YES, SIR. SO, UH, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR. OKAY. SO, UH, UH, WE WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT VEHICLES. YES, SIR. WE WILL. OKAY. UH, COUNSELOR, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE HERE THAT Y'ALL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH? UH, UH, ON THAT, ON THAT PARKING LOT NOW? DID, DID, DID WE SPEND ON THE FIRST ESTIMATE ON THAT PARKING LOT, WHAT WAS IT? WE SPENT $50,000 TO GET IT DRAWN UP. I DON'T REMEMBER US SPENDING ANYTHING ON THAT. HUH? WE JUST, WE JUST PRESENT IT PRELIMINARILY, WE DIDN'T SPEND ANYTHING OH, OKAY. TO HAVE IT, UH, DRAWN UP. SO IT HASN'T BEEN DRAWN UP. YEAH. OH, OKAY. SO IT IS, UH, OKAY, THIS IS FOR THE DESIGN. 37,000. MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, COUNSEL, IF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE NOTHING ELSE, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD THE BUS. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. SO IF THIS MOBILE LIBRARY FOR 280,000, THAT'S EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD WITH THAT, WOULD IT? HE TOLD US IT WASN'T NO. 280,000. HE TOLD US 450,000. WELL, WELL, IT WAS 450,000. I'M MISTAKEN IF IT WAS LIKE TOP OF THE LINE. UH, NOW 280,000 IF I'M, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT CAN ACTUALLY BE, EVEN THOUGH WE SAY IT'S A MOBILE LIBRARY, IT CAN ACTUALLY BE USED FOR MULTIPLE THINGS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. UH, COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THAT. SO WE DID HAVE GRAND PRAIRIE COME OUT AT YOUR REQUEST TO GIVE US A TOUR OF THE REMOTE LIBRARY. AND WITH THE VEHICLE SELECTED FOR GRAND PRAIRIE, WHICH IS HOW MANY TIMES BIGGER THAN HUTCHINS, WHY BIGGER THAN HUTCHINS? THEY WERE TOLD THEY SPENT $400,000. SO AFTER HE GAVE US THAT NUMBER, I DID GO BACK TO THE VENDOR THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TO CONFIRM OUR NUMBERS ARE STILL ACCURATE. WE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED THOSE NUMBER TO YOU ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AND SO TWO WEEKS AGO WE DID GO BACK AND FOR A TURNKEY VEHICLE, MEANING THAT IT'S COMPLETE, IT'S TOTALLY COMPLETE. THAT COMES WITH THE WRAP, THE LOGOS, WHATEVER WE PUT ON IT. THE ONLY THINGS THAT'S NOT IN THE VEHICLE IS OUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND OUR BOOKS. SO WE ORDER A TURNKEY, UM, VEHICLE FOR MOBILE LIBRARY. WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS, AND THE LOWEST OPTION STARTS AT $245,000. BEAUTIFUL. THE HIGHEST OPTION IS 300,000. SO THE LOWEST IS 2 45. MID-RANGE, WHICH WOULD BE A SPRINTER IS 270,000 ALL INCLUSIVE. AND THEN WE HAVE A BIGGER VEHICLE, WHICH WILL BE $300,000. SO ALL OF THEM WILL FALL WITHIN OUR BUDGET. WITH THE CITY BEING THE SIZE THAT IT IS, WE WOULD BE OKAY WITH THE TRANSIT OR A SPRINTER, WHICH WILL BOTH WITHIN OUR BUDGET, AND THAT WILL ALSO LEAVE MONEY FOR THE LIBRARY TO PURCHASE THE BOOKS IF NECESSARY TO GO INTO THE LIBRARY. SO THE QUOTE THAT WAS QUOTED WAS FOR THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE IN THAT CITY. BUT OUR VENDOR IS SAYING THAT WE TWO 80 IS STILL ENOUGH TO DO WHAT WE'RE NEEDING TO DO. IF COUNSEL WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM. I JUST, AND I'M SORRY, YOUR MIC'S ON. YEAH. WHEN THE, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE BRING THEIR LIBRARY OUT HERE, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. I'M REALLY UPSET THAT I DIDN'T GET TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 'CAUSE I, IT WOULD PROBABLY HELP ME OUT A LOT. BUT, UM, MAN, SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE CHEAPER TO BRING THE KIDS TO THE LIBRARY IN A VAN. YEAH. I MEAN, SO IF TRANSPORTATION IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, BUT THERE'S ALSO A RISK LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTING, TRANSPORTING, UM, MINORS FROM THEIR LOCATION WITH CITY, UM, VEHICLES. SO THAT, THAT'S A RISK THAT WE BE TAKING. SO RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDE, THE COUNCIL DECIDES WE SUPPORT YOUR 110%, BUT RIGHT NOW, 60% OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE MORE THAN TWO MILES AWAY FROM THE LIBRARY. AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY WE'RE PURSUING EVEN LOOKING INTO A VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. BUT IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, I ASSUME EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THE 280,000, UH, UM, AND THEN I GUESS WHEN IT COMES TO A VOTE, WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WE GUESS WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. MM-HMM. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. I'M JUST GONNA SWITCH THIS OVER FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION. SO WE DO HAVE A FEW MINUTES. OUR PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED FOR SIX 30. [B. CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT ] GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. [00:20:01] ONCE AGAIN, TONIGHT IS, UH, TUESDAY, AUGUST THE THIRD. 2026. SEPTEMBER. I MEAN SEPTEMBER. WOW. . SEPTEMBER THE THIRD. 2026. SEPTEMBER. THE, OH, I'M LOOKING AT THIS. WELL, I GOT THE WRONG BOOK HERE THEN. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AT WHAT IT WAS, SORRY, I HAD THE WRONG BOOK HERE. UH, WE'RE GONNA CALL OUR COUNCIL MEETING TO, UH, ORDER AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ROLL CALL. MR. ODOM. HERE. MS. CAMPBELL. HERE. MR. NICHOLS. HERE. MR. ELMORE. HERE. MR. RODRIGUEZ HERE. THE RECORDS SHOW THAT EVERYONE IS PRESENT. UH, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA, SO WE STILL DO THE, UH, CITIZENS' CUMMINS IN LOCATION IN PLACE. OKAY. WELL, LET'S DO THE, THE INVOCATION. OKAY. I'M GONNA TURN IT AROUND HERE. OKAY. UH, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA ASK MR. NICHOLS, WOULD YOU DO THE HONOR OF DOING THE INVOCATION? DO YOU HAVE HER? FATHER, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. FATHER, WE ASK YOU BE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT TO HELP US MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE CITIZENS OF OUR FINE COMMUNITY. FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND PROTECT THEM AS THEY GO OUT AND DO THEIR DUTIES. AND FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH US, GOD, AND PROTECT US. WE ASK US IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. UH, MR. CAMPBELL, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLAY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR. OKAY, AT THIS TIME, WE MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM, CITIZEN COMMENTS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WISH TO, UM, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE, UM, STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND SUBMIT YOUR, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT FORM SO WE HAVE NO ONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK. SO WE'LL [E. CONSENT AGENDA ] MOVE ON TO ITEM E, OUR CONSENT AGENDA. UM, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 2026. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY CYNTHIA, UH, OREGON. SECOND. SECOND. A MOTION BY MR. NICHOLS, A SECOND BY MR. ELMORE TO APPROVE AGENDA VOTES. MOTION. CARRIE, WE HAVE ONE THAT'S NOT VOTED. OKAY. OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME, WE MOVE ON TO, LET ME MOVE THIS SCREEN. WE MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. FIRST ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE 7 82, ADOPT IT ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2004 IN ITS ENTIRETY. AND AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ZONING, ORDINANCE ADOPTED. AND EXHIBIT 14, A ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS. THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED BY OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, BLAKE MOORE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL, THE, SORRY, BEFORE THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING IS OPEN, THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.01 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING AGENDA ITEM F THREE. OKAY, 6 34. WE'RE GONNA GO INTO PUBLIC, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION. OBJECTION. OBJECTION. OKAY. 7 0 8. WE'RE GONNA COME OUTTA, UH, SO AT THIS TIME, MAYOR, [F.3.A. Conduct a Public Hearing, discuss and consider a request for approval of an Ordinance repealing Ordinance 782 adopted on February 16, 2004, in its entirety and amending Chapter 14 Zoning Ordinance Adopted and Exhibit 14A Zoning Ordinance of the City of Hutchins ] WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, UH, WITH ITEM THREE A TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE. REPEALING ORDINANCE 7 8 2, ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2004. AND ITS IN ITS ENTIRETY. AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ZONING ORDINANCE ADOPTED AN EXHIBITED AND EXHIBIT 14, A ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS. THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED BY OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, BLAKE MOORE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, BEFORE YOU IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND, UM, THE LAST TIME THIS WAS, UH, UPDATED WAS BACK IN 2004. AND [00:25:01] SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE HAD, UH, SOME USES AND SOME DEFINITIONS, UH, ADDED, UH, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO WE WENT THROUGH THE ZONING ORDINANCE. WE CLEANED IT UP A LOT AND MADE IT EASIER TO READ, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS AND CONTRACTORS. UM, WE, WE PUT GRAPHS IN THERE, SETBACK MEASUREMENTS, SO THAT, UH, IF SOMEONE WERE TO GO AND LOOK AT, SAY A FENCE, THEY CAN SEE THE DIAGRAM THERE AND SEE THIS IS THE REQUIREMENTS HERE. SO IT'S VISUALLY, UH, HELPFUL, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS. UH, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING THROUGH OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. WE ALSO, UH, CLARIFIED A LOT OF THE USE TABLE SO THAT IT'S EASIER TO READ AND MADE IT, UH, STREAMLINED IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM, AND OVERALL, WE CLEANED UP A LOT OF GRAY AREAS, UM, THAT WAY WE'RE NOT TRYING TO INTERPRET WHAT IT SAYS. IT JUST, IT SAYS WHAT IT SAYS, IT MEANS WHAT IT MEANS. AND SO WE HAVE STEVEN COOK WITH DUNAWAY WITH US HERE TONIGHT, AND HE HAS A PRESENTATION FOR US, AND I WANNA TURN IT OVER TO HIM. THANK YOU, BLAKE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ZONING ORDINANCE. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, UH, ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. AND, UH, THIS IS A, A NATURAL OUT COMING FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2024. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, PRESENTING, UH, THE ZONING ORDINANCE. UH, WE HAD A TERRIFIC MEETING WITH YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU. UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS BOTH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST ABOUT THE, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE. THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS A NATIONAL PROGRESSION. IT IS YOUR PRIMARY TOOL TO HOW TO CONTROL DEVELOPMENT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASPECTS OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS HOW DO WE MANAGE GROWTH? AND WE WANNA MANAGE GROWTH THROUGH, UH, QUANTITY. HOW MANY, WHAT KIND OF DENSITY IT IS, QUALITY, HOW DO, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHERE DO THE BUILDING SETBACKS ARE, UM, UH, LOCATION, YOUR ZONING DISTRICTS. HOW DO YOU PUT YOUR ZONING DISTRICTS INTO YOUR MAP? HOW DO YOU MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT MAP AND TIMING? AGAIN, THAT'S HOW YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE ALL THOSE FIT INTO YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, PROJECTS SO THAT YOU CAN MANAGE THAT GROWTH OVER TIME. SO THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE RECEIVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND TO PRESERVE AND INCREASE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, ENSURE APPROPRIATE MULTIFAMILY AND TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT, AND ENSURE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPLIES WITH LANDSCAPING AND SETBACK STANDARDS. UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE HERE AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF, UM, OF, UH, MEETINGS. WE HAVE HAD, UH, A COUPLE OF WORK SESSIONS WITH YOUR, UH, WITH YOUR BOARD, AS WELL AS WITH YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO KIND OF GO THROUGH AND, UH, GET UPDATES AND GET IDEAS OF HOW WE WANT TO, UH, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS DOCUMENT. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF MEETINGS WITH YOUR STAFF IN ORDER TO GET A, UH, A TRUE FEEL OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLANNING IS, UH, THE, THESE ZONING ORDINANCES ARE GOING TO WORK APPROPRIATELY FOR THE CITY OF HUTCHINS. THIS IS NOT A, UM, UH, A COOKIE CUTTER TYPE OF ORDINANCE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND MADE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, SETTING STANDARDS THAT, THAT ARE APPROPRIATE. WE ARE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE FIT TO THE IDEAL FOR HUTCHINS. BUT ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THE BIGGEST PART OF THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE A COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW. EVERY TWO YEARS, OUR STATE, UH, MEETS TOGETHER AND THEY MAKE CHANGES TO STATE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THEM SOMETIMES. AND THEY, UH, THEY MAKE SOME CHANGES THAT, UH, UH, DISALLOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MUNICIPALITIES CAN CONTROL. AND, UH, SO THAT WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM YOUR ORDINANCE. AND THEN, WELL, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROCESSES AS, AS THE, UH, STATE NOW ALLOWS, AND WE GO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROCESSES STAY LEGAL. SO, WHAT WE'VE HEARD, AS BLAKE DESCRIBED, WE WANT TO HAVE A CLEAR DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS, UH, FOR OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A STREAMLINED APPROVAL PROCESS, NOT ONE THAT IS GOING TO SKIP STEPS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS CLEAR INFORMATION FROM YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ZONING AND YOUR PLATTING PROCESS AND TIMELINES. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A BETTER ALIGNMENT BETWEEN YOUR ZONING AND LAND USE TABLES. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. AND THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ORDINANCES ARE MODERN, CONCISE, END USER FRIENDLY. SO WHAT WE'RE NOT CHANGING, WE HAD BY STATE LAW, WE HAD TO SEND OUT POSTCARDS. YOU PROBABLY GOT ONE IN THE MAIL YOURSELF THAT SAYS, GUESS WHAT? ZONING IS CHANGING. IT'S IN BIG RED LETTERS. AND IT'S VERY, VERY ARY. THOSE POSTCARDS ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW BECAUSE IF THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT ANY CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE MIGHT CHANGE THE STATUS OF SOMEONE'S PROPERTY, TYPICALLY THAT IS IN, IN A COMMERCIAL SENSE, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A CONSOLIDATION OR EXPANSION OF LAND USES, AND YOUR LAND USE TYPE MIGHT NOT FIT EXACTLY INTO THAT COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL TYPE, THEN THAT MIGHT CREATE THE POTENTIALITY OF A NON-CONFORMING USE. AND STATE LAW SAYS IS THAT IF THERE IS ANY POTENTIAL OF A NON-CONFORMING USE, YOU NEED TO NOTIFY THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS. WELL, WE WEREN'T SURE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PAR [00:30:01] PAR PARCEL IN, IN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND MAKE SURE THAT, WELL, IS THAT GONNA FIT? IS THAT GONNA FIT? 'CAUSE THAT WOULD MA MATTER A LOT MORE TIME. SO WE BLANKETED THE CITY WITH EVERY PROPERTY OWNER GOT A POSTCARD, SO LET THEM KNOW THAT THESE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS ABOUT THEIR ORDINANCE AND HOW THESE ORDINANCES ARE GONNA CHANGE. SO THAT'S WHY THOSE NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, AND YOU PROBABLY GOT A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT THOSE AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE HERE TO HELP EXPLAIN THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT, THE BIGGEST PART IS WE'RE NOT CHANGING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. WE ARE ADDING A, A NEW ZONING DISTRICT, BUT WE'RE NOT CHANGING YOUR MAP WHATSOEVER. SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE A ZONING DISTRICT. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT YOU WOULD DO FOR EVERY ZONING. UH, ORDINANCE CHANGE OR ZONING MAP CHANGE HAS, THE GOAL WOULD BE APPLIED FOR, HAS TO BE LOOKED AT BY YOUR STAFF, HAS TO GO BEFORE YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BY A PUBLIC HEARING. ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN 200 FEET OF THAT, UH, NOTICE THAT HAVE TO BE NOTICED. AND YOU HAVE TO NOTICE IN THE, IN YOUR NEWSPAPER. AND THEN IT COMES BEFORE YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR FINAL DECISION. UM, ANY FUTURE MAP REVISIONS WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT REGULAR PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. WE'RE NOT CHANGING MAPS TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST MODIFYING YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE SO THAT WE GET THE A BETTER, CLEARER AND MORE UNDERSTANDABLE ORDINANCE. SO THE BIGGEST PART THAT WE DID IS IN IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 2024, IS TO REALLY STREAMLINE THE STRUCTURE AND THE STANDARDS WE WANTED TO ORGANIZE. WE WANTED TO UPDATE, AND WE WANTED TO MODERNIZE YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE MADE IT A LOT MORE CLEARER TO READ. WE MADE IT A, WE COMPLETELY CHANGED THE FORMAT. WE MADE SURE THAT THAT FORMAT WAS CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE. WE PUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE PUT TOGETHER, TOGETHER. IF THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECT, WE PUT ALL THOSE POINTS TOGETHER. IF THERE'S A DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE, WE CITED EXACTLY WHO MAKES THE DECISION AND IN WHICH ORDER THAT DECISION IS GOING TO BE MADE. WE ALSO MADE SURE THAT WE WENT THROUGH YOUR PERMITTED USE TABLE. THIS IS THE TABLE THAT SAYS, THESE ARE OUR ZONING DISTRICTS. THESE ARE OUR USES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND THAT WHETHER THEY'RE ALLOWED BY A RIGHT PERMITTED, IF THEY'RE ALLOWED BY A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT MEANS IT HAS TO GO BEFORE YOU AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO TAKE A LOOK AT. OR IF IT'S NOT APPROVED AT ALL, THIS IS YOUR OLD ONE. AND SO IT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES FOR AUTO RELATED SERVICES. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DID SOME CONSOLIDATION. AUTO RELATED SERVICES CAN BE REALLY, UM, HYPER DEFINED INTO ONES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MAJOR AND MINOR. AND WE DEFINE THOSE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE MEAN AND HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT. SO IF IT'S A, THEY'RE GONNA DROP TRANSMISSIONS, THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FLUIDS, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S A MAJOR TYPE OF AUTO RELATED SERVICE. IF IT'S A LUBE SHOP, IT'S A MINOR ONE. SO THAT ALLOWS THOSE KINDS OF DIFFERENCES TO BE ABLE TO BE, UH, SHOWN AND AND DEFINED. THE BIGGEST ASPECT IS THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PERMITTED USES HAS AN EXACT DEFINITION IN YOUR PERMITTED USE, UH, DEFINITIONS. SO THEREFORE, IF IT'S, THERE'S NOT ONE THAT SAYS, WELL, IT'S A BEAUTY SALON IN YOUR PERMANENT USE TABLE, BUT IT JUST SAYS SALON IN YOUR DEFINITIONS, THOSE ARE ALL CORRECTED. SO EVERYTHING IS THE SAME LANGUAGE SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE USE WHERE IT GOES, THIS IS HOW WE DEFINE IT, AND IT'S ALSO THE SAME WORDS IN YOUR PARKING STANDARDS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM THOSE THREE ASPECTS, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE LAND USES GO, HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE PARKED, AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE MEAN AND DEFINED. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THOSE DEFICIENTS, AND THIS IS EXACTLY SHOWS HOW THOSE CATEGORIES ARE CLEAR, UH, CLEAR AND GROUPED LOGICALLY, AND THAT WE EXPLICITLY ADDRESS MODERN USES. AND SO THERE'S NO LONGER AN ABILITY FOR YOU TO PUT IN A VIDEO RENTAL STORE. BLOCKBUSTERS ARE LONG GONE. AND SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE DOING BLOCKBUSTERS ANYMORE. SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT SOME OF THOSE USES THAT ARE NO LONGER USED. UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AND WE WENT THROUGH, UM, ALL OF YOUR PROCESSES THAT, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS, UM, A NEW EVALUATION CRITERIA. ONE OF THE BIGGEST DECISIONS THAT WHEN YOU CONSIDER A ZONING CHANGE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES. YOU HAVE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN YOUR CAPITAL BUDGETS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE WATER AND SEWER SUPPLY TO YOUR COMMUNITY. AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE IF SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH A NEW USE IN A NEW LOCATION AND THERE IS NOT ADEQUATE FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE A BIGGEST PART OF YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE THE ZONING AND ALLOW THAT USE TO GO IN. AND IF THEY'RE NOT, NOT GONNA BE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT, THEN THEY NEED TO EITHER CONTRIBUTE TO IT OR THAT YOU MAYBE NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. UM, WE ALSO WENT THROUGH AND MADE SURE THAT YOU HAVE APPROPRIATE TABLES AND, AND FLOW CHARTS TO HELP UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS. NOT EVERYBODY COMES TO THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE CITY OF HUTCHINS DOES. I'VE GOT A PIECE OF PROPERTY MY GRANDFATHER LEFT ME, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT? I DON'T KNOW. AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HELP CLARIFY NOT ONLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND NOT ONLY FOR OUR APPLICANTS COMING IN, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY FOR YOUR STAFF BECAUSE WE CONTINUALLY [00:35:01] WANT TO MAYBE TO, UM, ALLOW OUR STAFF TO TRAIN THEMSELVES TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS USE SO THAT EVERYBODY FROM YOUR INITIAL PERMIT TECH, YOUR FIRST FACE, THAT SOMEBODY COMES INTO THE CITY, TO, TO YOUR, UH, UH, BUILDING OFFICIAL TO EVEN YOUR CITY MANAGER, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS AND BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOUR RESIDENTS. BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, IS BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. UH, WE ALSO DID A LOT OF WORK AND WORKED VERY SPECIFICALLY WITH BLAKE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS, UH, IN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ADDRESS THOSE. SO SHORT-TERM RENTALS, WE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION THAT HAD, UH, UH, ALLOWS, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTALS, BUT HOW DO YOU MANAGE THEIR IMPACTS AND PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER EFF, UH, EFFECTIVELY. UH, WE ALSO WORKED ON REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL TRUCK PARKING TO MITIGATE NOISE LIGHTING AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS, IS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, UM, APPROPRIATE AND SAFE LOCATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL, UH, TRUCK PARKING, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID NOT COME INTO AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANNA PRESERVE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE SET APPROPRIATELY. UH, WE ALSO HAD PROVIDED SOME CLARITY FOR HOME OCCUPATIONS. THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, UH, LEGISLATION FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT, UH, UM, MODIFIED HOW CITIES CAN CONTROL HOME HOME OCCUPATIONS. THEY STILL CANNOT BE A NUISANCE TO OTHERS, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE LENIENCY FROM STATE LOSS. WE MADE SURE THAT THAT WAS IN LINE WITH THAT ADU OR AS, UH, KNOWN AS, UM, ALTERNATIVE, UH, DWELLING UNITS. UH, SO THOSE CAN OR, OR THOSE CAN BE, UH, SEPARATE, LIKE THEY USED TO BE CALLED GRANNY FLATS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, FOR AN A DU ON A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UM, GROUP HOUSING, OUTDOOR STORAGE, CHILDCARE AND ALCOHOL RELATED BUSINESSES HAVE ALSO HAD THEIR STANDARDS IMPROVED TO ENFORCE TO IMPROVE ENFORCEABILITY. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF US TO LOOK AT IS TO, TO, UH, PROVIDE A USE, UH, AND A DEFINITION AND PARKING AND, UH, THE STANDARDS FOR DATA CENTERS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT WAS, UH, CREATING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, MEANING THAT IT HAS TO GO BEFORE YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND YOUR CITY COUNCIL YOURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A SPECIFIC DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICULAR LOCATION IS APPROPRIATE FOR A DATA CENTER. SO IT CAN BE ALLOWED IN A LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. WE PUT IN SOME, UH, DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PROLIFERATION OF DATA CENTERS. AND SO WE PUT A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT SO THAT IT HAS THE MOST OPPORTUNITY TO OPERATE APPROPRIATELY AND NOT BE A NUISANCE TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. SO WHAT WE DID IS PUT IT A THOUSAND FEET FROM, UH, RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY. THAT'S FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, THE PROPERTY LINE, AND THEN 2,500 FEET FROM ANOTHER DATA CENTER. SO THAT, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROLIFERATION. THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT IS THAT WHEN CONSIDERING SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA HAVE A HIGH, UH, USE ON YOUR NATURAL RESOURCES THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE, UH, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO HAD ALREADY MANAGED FOR OTHER TYPES OF USES. SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT IN THIS REGARD, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY, THERE'S ADEQUATE ELECTRICITY, AND SO WE ARE GONNA ASK APPLICANTS FOR A DATA CENTER TO PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE ALSO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO COOL DATA CENTERS DOWN, THEY USUALLY USE, UM, HIGH INDEX HVAC SYSTEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON TOP OF TOP OF THE BUILDINGS AND THEY MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. AND SO, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TYPE OF USES THAT MAKE A LOT OF NOISE, WE DID THIS 20 YEARS AGO WHEN, UH, GAS WELLS WERE STARTING TO COME INTO THE, UH, DFW AREA THAT, UH, THEY MADE A LOT OF NOISE. AND, UH, SO WE HAD TO PUT IN NOISE ATTENUATION ORDINANCES. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE WERE GONNA MAKE NOISE AND IT'S GOING TO CARRY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S WAYS OF BEING TO ADEQUATELY, UH, UH, MITIGATE THAT. AND SO ASK YOUR APPLICANTS, THIS IS HOW WE KNOW THAT'S GONNA MAKE NOISE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE IT? YOU KNOW, THIS IS DECISION MAKING INFORMATION THAT YOU, AS THE DECISION MAKERS IN THIS CITY NEED TO HAVE OF YOUR APPLICANTS. IT IS NOT ABOVE, UH, ANYBODY TO BE ABLE TO ASK THAT QUESTION SO THAT YOU GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO MAKE A STRONG DECISION ON BEHALF OF YOUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO, AS WE HAD MENTIONED, UH, CREATED A NEW SINGLE FAMILY SIX DISTRICT. THIS IS A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. YOU SEE A LOT OF THESE, UM, LOTS BEING DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. YOU SEE THEM IN LANCASTER, YOU SEE THEM COMING THROUGH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS NOT CURRENTLY PROVIDED IN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS. AND YOU SEE A LOT OF, UM, ASKS FOR THIS TYPE OF LOT, UH, THROUGH A PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT. AND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT REALLY SHOULD BE AN INNOVATIVE DESIGN. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS THAT IF YOU GET ASKED THIS A LOT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CODIFY SOMETHING SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SET STANDARDS AND WE MAKE [00:40:01] THE DECISIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THIS KIND OF DENSITY. AND SO WE, WE PUT IN SOME STANDARDS, IT HAS THE SAME KIND OF STANDARDS AS ALL YOUR OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS. YOU HAVE THE FRONT YARD, SIDE YARD SETBACK DISTANCES, AND YOU HAVE A MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT SIZE THAT HAS TO BE BUILT WITHIN THESE LOTS. AND THESE ARE, AGAIN, A SLIGHTLY SMALLER LOT THAN WHAT YOU CURRENTLY ALLOW. AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT PUTTING THIS ON ANY MAP WHATSOEVER. THAT IS UP TO YOU AND ANY APPLICANT THAT DECIDES THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR THOSE. AND YOU GET TO DECIDE WHETHER THAT IS A GOOD LOCATION BASED ON YOUR INFORMATION THAT YOUR APPLICANT PROVIDES TO YOU. WE'VE ALSO UPDATED SOME INFORMATION TO ALLOW, UH, ON YOUR TOWN HOME ZONING DISTRICT. THIS KIND OF FITS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY TO YOUR MARKET AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, LOOK AT, UH, WHAT YOUR LOT WIDTHS ARE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE HAVE SEEN EVEN DOWN TO 22 FOOT WIDTHS ON LOTS, WE, WE DECIDED THAT WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHT FOR, UH, FOR HUTCHINS. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UH, WE ALSO, UH, PROVIDED A BETTER SETBACK DISTANCE FROM THE REAR OF THE BUILDINGS TO WHERE YOUR PARKING AREAS ARE. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY, YOU KNOW, TEXANS, WE DRIVE A LOT OF TRUCKS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH DRIVEWAY SPACE TO BE ABLE TO PARK BEHIND THE TOWN HOMES. SO ALSO WE PUT THROUGH, UH, AS BLAKE MENTIONED, WE PUT SEVERAL ITEMS IN THEIR, INTO YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR, UH, BETTER GRAPHICS TO UNDERSTAND. SO WHEN THEY GO IN THERE AND SAY, WELL, WHAT'S THE ZONING DISTRICT? WHAT ARE MY HOUSE GONNA LOOK LIKE? THIS IS HOW, HOW THOSE HOUSE LAYOUTS CAN BE. WE DID THAT FOR YOUR, YOUR, UM, PATIO HOME ZONING DISTRICT, AS WELL AS YOUR DUPLEX DISTRICT. UM, WE ALSO INCREASED, UH, STANDARDS FOR, UM, PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF STREET PARKING. IT IS NOW REQUIRED FOR, UM, CONCRETE REQUIREMENTS. THE ONLY, UM, AND THAT'S ALL FOR ALL COMMERCIAL AREAS. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN OPEN, UH, STORAGE AREA, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE CONCRETE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE, UM, UH, LOAD DISTRIBUTION FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GET TO, UM, ALL THOSE STORAGE AREAS WITHIN YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY. WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UM, THESE STANDARDS ARE, ARE UBIQUITOUS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. UM, THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS THAT, UH, THERE IS A EXCEPTION FOR THAT, THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE APPROVED CONCRETE PAVERS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM IS HAVING, UM, GRAVEL DRIVEWAYS AND IN, IN THROUGH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS RETROACTIVE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO BACK AND SAY, HEY, YOU'VE GOT A DRIVE RIVAL DRIVEWAY. YOU GOTTA CHANGE IT. NOW. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THAT BECAUSE, OR IF THEY GO IN AND THEY CHANGE THEIR CURRENT STATUS OF THEIR OTHER DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE GONNA IMPROVE IT. THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING. WELL, THAT'S THE POINT WHERE YOU START IMPLEMENTING YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND SAYING, OKAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT TO YOUR, TO YOUR STRUCTURE AND BUILDING, THEN YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND IMPROVE YOUR DRIVEWAY AS WELL. WE MA WORKED ON YOUR NON-CONFORMING, UH, CONFORMITY STANDARDS. UH, WE MADE CLEAR DEFINITIONS AND, UH, WE MADE SURE THAT THERE IS, UH, EXPANSION AND ABANDONMENT RULES, UH, IF THE, IF IT IS A NON-CONFORMING STATUS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO EXPAND YOUR STRUCTURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, ABANDON YOUR STRUCTURE, HOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND WE'VE PUT ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS IN THERE. AND WE, AGAIN, PUT THAT AS PART OF YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AS PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ALL, UH, FIT TOGETHER. AND FOR THAT, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR, OUR TIME IN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF HUTCHINS. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOW IS THE TIME. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH NINE. WE HAVE TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. AT 7 28, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF WE HAVE INPUT FOR FROM OUR RESIDENCE. WELL, AT 7 29, WE'RE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY, COUNSEL. SO AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE MOVE ON TO ITEM C OF THIS PIECE IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AMENDING ARTICLE 14 ZONING AND EXHIBIT 14, A ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS, CODE OF ORDINANCE, REPEALING ORDINANCE 7 82 IN ITS ENTIRETY. AND IN REPLACING CHAPTER 14 ZONING ORDINANCE. UM, THAT WOULD BE ORDINANCE 20 26 0 9, 12 27. AND NOW I WILL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 [00:45:01] DASH OH NINE DASH 1227 IS PRESENTED BY BLAKE MOORE. I SECOND THERE'S A MOTION. THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. NICHOLS, A SECOND BY MR. RODRIGUEZ TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH NINE DASH 1227. THAT'S READ BY OUR CITY SECRETARY. ALL IN FAVOR CAST YOUR VOTES ON THE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. AT [F.4. Conduct Public Hearing to consider FY2026-2027 Hutchins Economic Development Corporation Proposed Budget. ] THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE FY 20 26, 20 27 HUTCHINS ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTED BY GUY BROWN, OUR EDC DIRECTOR. UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UH, WE HAD A WORKSHOP ON THE 17TH OF AUGUST TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM. UH, BUT I'M GONNA GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS AND, UM, PRESENT THE BUDGET TO YOU. FIRST, I'LL BEGIN WITH THE EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO WE'RE A FOUR B CORPORATION. WE HAVE A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, INCLUDING MR. ELMORE, WHO'S OUR PRESIDENT, MS. HARLAN ARTIS JOHNSON. MS. MADRIGAL IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT, STEVE NICHOLS, DEMARCUS SODA AND MAYOR VASQUEZ. UH, EDC GRANTS ARE NOT ENTITLEMENTS AND EACH IS DONE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE EDC BOARD HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT A LOW COST TO THE TAXPAYERS. WE ARE FUNDED BY HALF-CENT SALES TAX. A CITIZEN OR A BUSINESS GOES IN, THEY PURCHASE A DOLLAR'S WORTH OF ITEMS OR MATERIAL. THEY PAY 8.25% IN SALES TAX. UH, THE COMPTROLLER THEN REMITS 2% OF THAT BACK TO US ABOUT 60 DAYS LATER. AND THAT'S HOW WE FUND THE EDC. THE 6.25 IS WITHHELD BY THE STATE, AND THAT'S HOW THE STATE OF TEXAS RUNS ITS OPERATIONS. UH, WE HAVE A HALF CENT DEDICATED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A HALF CENT FOR, FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. AND THEN 1 CENT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, OUR REVENUE ESTIMATE IS $1.25 MILLION. THAT MEANS, IN ORDER FOR THE EDC TO ACHIEVE OUR BUDGET, THERE HAS TO BE $305 MILLION WORTH OF SALES TAX CONSUMMATED IN OUR CITY OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. THAT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT $835,000 A DAY OF SALES TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF SALES TAX PAYERS AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF THEM. UH, WITHOUT SPOTLIGHTING TOO MANY, UH, WE DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT ESTRADA CONCRETE, EAGLE STEEL, CHICK-FIL-A SUPPLY AND A COMPANY. NOW WE HAVE OPTI FLEX OPTIPLEX ARE REALLY HIGH SALES TAX PAYERS FOR US. UH, WE PERFORM REALLY WELL RELATED TO SALES TAX, PARTICULARLY FOR A CITY OUR SIZE. AND IT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF WHAT I WOULD CALL INDUSTRIAL, UH, SALES TAX USES, UH, THAT THESE LARGE COMPANIES THAT MAKE LARGE PURCHASES CITE THEIR SALES TAX. HERE, WE ANTICIPATE $25,000 INCREASE IN OUR SALES TAX REVENUE FROM LAST YEAR. UH, SALARIES ARE GOING UP 4% CONSISTENT WITH, UH, WHAT THE E UH, THE CITY HAS DONE GENERALLY FOR THE CITY CITYWIDE. AND OF COURSE, UH, HEALTHCARE HAS GONE UP CONSIDERABLY CITYWIDE. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF, WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL USUALLY WANT ME TO DO IS TO SHOW THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE INCREASING, UH, SPENDING. UH, ONE OF THOSE IS BUSINESS RETENTION EFFORTS. UH, WE'RE GOING FROM 3000 TO 6,000 SO THAT WE CAN HOST TWO LOCAL BUSINESS EVENTS A YEAR. UH, TRAVEL AND TRAINING IS GOING UP $2,000. UH, CAPITAL STAYS THE SAME. SPECIAL PROJECTS ARE STAYING THE SAME. OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 7.135 MILLION IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE TXDOT, UH, SIGNAGE PROJECT AT DOWTY FERRY, CLEVELAND ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, UH, WINTER GREEN, UH, WINTERGREEN, RTC PROJECT A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE CONTRIBUTED TO. UH, THE EDC CONTRIBUTED $1.1 MILLION TOWARDS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER. AND AS MARIA MENTIONED EARLIER, WE, UH, GAVE $3 MILLION FOR THE NEW RECREATION CENTER THIS YEAR. WE ANTICIPATE HAVING REVENUE OF $1.65 MILLION, A EXPENDITURE OF 1.2 MILLION, AND THEREFORE AN OPERATING SURPLUS AT THE END OF THE YEAR OF 464,000. WE THINK AT SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027, WE WILL HAVE $3.7 MILLION CASH ON HAND. UH, SO JUST TO SORT OF REVISE AND GO THROUGH EVERYTHING, TRAVEL AND TRAINING IS GOING UP 2000. BUSINESS RETENTION IS GOING UP, 3000 SALARIES GOING UP 4%. AND THEN HEALTHCARE REALLY JUMPED UP. IT JUMPED UP 40%. SO THE TOTAL INCREASE IN SPENDING IS 19,300, UH, DOLLARS. FOR THE LARGER PROJECTS WE'RE DOING, WE [00:50:01] SET ASIDE 660,000 FOR LANCASTER HUTCHINS IMPROVEMENTS, UH, $80,000 THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, YOUR CITY PLANNER ON FOR A TOWN SQUARE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING. UH, LOCAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANTS WHERE WE PROVIDE GRANTS FOR BUSINESSES LOOKING TO EXPAND OR TO IMPROVE THE VISUAL APPEARANCE OF THEIR BUILDING. UH, WE'VE SET ASIDE 40,000 FOR THAT SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. THOSE ARE NEW BUSINESSES COMING TO TOWN THAT ARE SMALL. UH, TYPICALLY RESTAURANTS, 40,000 OUR STAR TRANSIT, UH, AGREEMENT. AND THEN WE PAY BACK THE CITY ABOUT $21,000 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT THEY PROVIDE THE EDC. SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, BEGINNING CASH BALANCE OF 3.3 MILLION REVENUE OF 1.67, 5 MILLION EXPENDITURES OF 1.2 MILLION, AND ANY BALANCE OF $3.7 MILLION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNSEL GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BROWN? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK, THANK YOU MARY. COUNSEL, GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, MARY, AT THIS TIME, UM, WE HAVE AN OPEN, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR RECEIVE COMMENTS 7 35. WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET, IF ANY, IF ANY. COUNSEL, NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. AT, UH, 7 36, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE, UM, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. APPROPRIATING MONEY TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND ENRICHMENTS AND ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE 20 26 20 27 FISCAL YEAR. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE'LL APPROVE ORDINANCE 2 0 2 6 9 1 2 2 8 IS READ BY GUY BROWN. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. ODO, A SECOND BY MR. ELMORE TO APPROVE THE H-E-D-H-E-D-C BUDGET, UH, PRESENTED BY GUY BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. VERY COUNCIL. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. OKAY. SO AT THIS [F.5.A. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the proposed FY 2027 Budget ] TIME, WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT, UM, ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED FY 2027 BUDGET. THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MARIA JOYNER. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. THIS ITEM ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS' INPUT INTO THE BUDGET OF PROPOSED FOR THE 2027 FISCAL YEAR. WE'VE DISCUSSED OUR BUDGET TONIGHT. WE DISCUSSED IT DURING COUNCIL RETREAT. WE ALSO DISCUSSED IT ON AUGUST THE THIRD AND AUGUST THE 17TH. UM, THE LANGUAGE BEFORE YOU, FOR ITEM FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET ITEM IS, I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT OUR ATTORNEY'S HERE TONIGHT 'CAUSE YOU WANTED TO KEEP ME ON THE RIGHT TRACK. SO AFTER THE BUDGET IS APPROVED, HE'S ASKED THAT WE RATIFY THE BUDGET WITH THAT LANGUAGE BEFORE YOU, THAT LANGUAGE IS IN YOUR AGENDA ITEM AS FAR AS BUDGET, UH, INDICATION, UM, IMPLICATIONS. SO THAT LANGUAGE WAS PROVIDED TO YOU IN YOUR AGENDA ITEM, BUT I PRINTED IT OUT SO YOU COULD HAVE IT THERE. SO WE COULD, UH, APPROVE THE BUDGET AND STATE THE LANGUAGE AS THE ATTORNEY HAS RECOMMENDED TO US TONIGHT. AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL DO A RECORD VOTE, VOTE ON THE BUDGET, ROLL, ROLL, ROLL CALL VOTE, AND THEN THE RATIFICATION, WHICH IS THE PAPER YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU'LL JUST SAY, I MOVED THAT THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE. JUST READ IT. AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO A RECORD VOTE ON THAT, THAT THIS WILL BE YOUR NORMAL VOTE. UH, QUESTION. WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER ON THE VEHICLES? IS THAT A ROLLED RIGHT INTO IT OR WHAT? WE, THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR OPERATING BUDGET. WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. I SPOKE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. IF THERE'S ANY ITEM ON THAT LIST THAT YOU WANT TO APPROVE TONIGHT, YOU CAN, OR ELSE WE CAN BRING IT ALL BACK TO YOU AT THE SAME TIME. HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT FOR THE CAPITAL ITEMS. SINCE YOU ASKED FOR THE VEHICLES TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UH, INFORMATION ON VEHICLE OPTIONS, WE ARE GONNA BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. HOPEFULLY NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SAID HE COULD GATHER THAT INFORMATION [00:55:01] FOR ME. SO YOU CAN APPROVE ALL THOSE ITEMS THAT NIGHT OR, OKAY. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO APPROVE THOSE. MR. CITY, IT'S JUST COMING OUT. GENERAL RESERVE FUND, RIGHT? YES, SIR. IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE TAX RATE OR THE OPERATING BUDGET AT ALL. NO, SIR. NO SIR. WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT OUT OF RESERVES 'CAUSE THOSE ARE ONE TIME PURCHASES. SO DO WE VOTE ON THE BUDGET NOW? WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE'LL PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL VOTE ON THE BUDGET, AND AGAIN, WE CAN VOTE ON THOSE CAPITAL ITEMS WHEN WE BRING THE OKAY. VEHICLE INFORMATION BACK TO YOU. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA DO A PUBLIC HEARING NOW? YES, SIR. OKAY. IT'S SEVEN 40. WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET. IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME. ALL RIGHT. WHEN THAT'S 7 41, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ORDINANCE. THE PROPOSED FY 2027 BUDGET AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS APPRO AND ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. PROVIDING THAT EXPENDITURES FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID BUDGET, PROVIDING FOR INTER FUND TRANSFER, PROVIDING FOR RECORDING OF THE ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALING CLAUSE. SO THAT ORDINANCE NUMBER IS 20 26 0 9 1 2 2 9. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH 9 12 12 29. AND THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY THE AMOUNT OF 1,000,390 94005 CENTS, WHICH IS A 14.8% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WILL BE RAISED FROM THE NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROAD. THIS YEAR IS $202,273. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. NICHOLS, THE SECOND BY MR. ELMORE TO APPROVE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH NINE DASH 1229. READ BY MARIA JOINER OR FINANCE DIRECTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND JUST AT LEAST FOR READ OFF WHAT THE VOTE WAS FOR THE ROLL CALL? CAN YOU JUST READ IT OFF INTO THE RECORD FOR THE BUDGET? IT WAS FIVE THAT THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUS. FIVE. WELL READ OFF VOTED. UM, JUST EACH, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER READ OFF THEIR NAME AND THEN HOW THEY VOTE, JUST FOR THE RECORD. SO WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER ODOM IN FAVOR. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMPBELL IN FAVOR. COUNCIL MEMBER NICHOLS IN FAVOR. COUNCIL MEMBER ELMORE IN FAVOR. AND COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. IN FAVOR. FOUR. AYE. AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN YOUR MOTION, GO AHEAD AND DO A SECOND ONE THAT SAYS I'VE FURTHER REMOVED THAT THIS BUDGET. READ THAT. WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU? SOMEBODY MAKE READ THE STATEMENT HERE. I'LL DO IT. IT HAD TO BE SEPARATE. I FURTHER MOVED THAT THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY AN AMOUNT OF $1,394,005, WHICH IS A 14.8% INCREASE FROM THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR IS 202,273. OKAY. REGULAR VOTE. REGULAR VOTE ON THAT. CAST YOUR VOTE TO COUNSEL. IS THERE A VOTE ON THE RATIFICATION? YES. VOTE ON THE RAMIFICATION ALSO? YES. OKAY. SO THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT SET UP FOR A VOTE. YOU CAN DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE YEAH FOR FOUR, FOUR FOR MOTION CARRIES. THIS IS GOOD. THIS IS GOOD PRACTICE FOR NEXT YEAR. PROVIDED THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T CHANGE THE PROCESS AGAIN. , WHAT, WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO SAY? WAS I SUPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. YES OR NO? YES. . I MISSED IT. I'M SORRY. MAYBE ADDRESS REHEARSAL NEXT TIME. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL [F.6.A. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the proposed Tax Rate ] MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING. AGAIN, IT'S FOR THE TAX RATE. WE'LL FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS, UH, FOR THE, DISCUSS THE TAX RATE AND THEN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE OF THAT IS TO, UH, ADOPT THE ORDINANCE. SO WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. ALSO PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR, FINANCE MARIA JOYNER. [01:00:03] THANKS AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNSEL ON THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE TAX RATE AND YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ARE, KEEP IN MIND, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A TAX RATE THAT'S LOWER THAN OUR CURRENT TAX RATE. OUR CURRENT TAX RATE IS 0.657. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT IS 0.6 2 0 8 4 5. AND THAT LANGUAGE, THE LANGUAGE THAT I'VE PROVIDED TO YOU IN A SEPARATE SHEET THERE, IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. AND THE STATE HAS REQUIRED US TO ACTUALLY, UH, WHEN THE TAX RATE IS APPROVED, TO USE THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AS WE APPROVE THAT TAX RATE. SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TAX RATE AT THIS TIME IF YOU'D LIKE. ACTUALLY AGREE. , I THINK IF JOE ON THE TAX RATE PORTION, I PROVIDED THEM WITH THAT LANGUAGE. THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ONE READING, CORRECT? CORRECT. IT IT'S NOT A SEPARATE ITEM LIKE THE BUDGET. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. THEN I'LL, SO WE STILL HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES, WE DO. YES, WE DO THAT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT. YOU'LL HAVE, UH, YES. 45. IF NOT AT 7 46, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS TIME, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM C. YES. TO, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS LEVYING AND AVALOR TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26 20 27, AT A RATE OF 0.6 2 0 8 4 5 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2026, TO PROVIDE REVENUES FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND INTEREST IN SINK AND FUND REQUIREMENTS. SO AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, YOU WILL, UH, MAKE A MOTION AND TAKE A VOTE ON ORDINANCE 20 26 0 9 1 2 3 0. DO, DO WE READ THE ORDINANCE OR READ THE, READ THE MOTION. READ. WHAT'S THE PAPER HERE? READ THE PAPER. READ THE MOTION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.6 2 0 8 4 5, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 14.63% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. AND THEREFORE, I FURTHER MOVE THAT. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH NINE DASH 1230 BE APPROVED ON THE FIRST READING. SECOND THERE, A MOTION BY MR. NICHOLS, A SECOND BY MR. ELMORE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 6 0 9 DASH 12 THREE OH. AS READ BY OUR, UH, MARIA JOINER, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR. YOUR VOTES, THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME WE ARE, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OUR PUBLIC [G.7. Discuss and consider A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PROPOSED SERVICE FEE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND BRANDSTETTER CARROLL, INC. FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CITY HALL WALKING TRAIL AND GREEN SPACE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Presented by: James Quin, City Administrator Resolution R2026-09-1357] HEARINGS AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. FIRST ITEM, ITEM G SEVEN IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNSEL OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS APPROVEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE POST SERVICE FEE AGREEMENT. BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND BREER CARROLL, INC. FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CITY HALL WALKING TRAIL IN GREEN SPACE. THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED BY OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR, JAMES QUINN. MARYANNE MITCHELL WILL BE HERE TO PRESENT HER ITEM. THIS IS A TRAIL NEXT TO CITY HALL. UH, I THINK, DID YOU BRING YOUR VIDEO? UH, IT'S QUITE A NICE ADDITION TO THIS AREA, THIS, UH, CIVIC CENTER AREA. UH, THE CONTRACTS WERE $76,500, UH, AND THE PROPOSAL. AND, UH, MARYANNE AND AMANDA. AND JASON. JASON. OKAY. WELL PRESENT. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE JASON'S BEEN HERE. JASON, I'VE SEEN JA BOY, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. HE'S GOTTEN TALLER. , UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME ON THE AGENDA TODAY. UM, WE'VE GOT A, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE GOT. SO WE'VE GOT THE VIDEO, UH, I BELIEVE WE SHARED IT BEFORE, PROBABLY AT THE RETREAT, I THINK, UM, THAT SORT OF THE FLY THROUGH THE PARK. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, WHICH SHOWS PLANS, UM, JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT. SO I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO AMANDA AND SHE'LL HAND IT THAT PRESENTATION AND JASON WILL RUN THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. [01:05:08] I GO AHEAD AND DO THE SLIDES FIRST. UH, YEAH. CAN I JUST DISCONNECTING? ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS AMANDA HAGER WITH BRANSTETTER CARROLL. UM, AND WITH ME, I HAVE JASON PENTE, WHO'S ONE OF OUR DESIGNERS AS WELL. TODAY WE WILL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE CITY HALL WALKING TRAIL IN GREEN SPACE, UM, WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE, BUT WE'RE GONNA RECAP SOME THINGS HERE. WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A COUPLE SLIDES AS TO WHAT THE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT WOULD ENTAIL, AND THEN WE'LL END WITH THE VIDEO SHOWING WHAT A CONCEPTUAL IDEA COULD BE. SO FIRST WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE AREA, THE 2.3 ACRES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE CITY HALL PROPERTY. UM, THIS WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A GREEN SPACE AND A QUARTER MILE WALKING PATH IS WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED WITHIN THIS SPACE. WE WILL ALSO BE INTEGRATING THE DESIGN FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, UM, AND COORDINATING WITH WHO IS, UM, RUNNING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE ENTIRE SPACE FEELS HOLISTIC, UM, AND THAT EVERY PART OF IT IS ACCESSIBLE AND THAT THE WAY FINDING IS CLEAR. SO NEXT YOU'LL SEE THIS WAS OUR TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY FOR THE PROJECT, JUST OUTLINING OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARIES. ALSO HIGHLIGHTING A LOT OF THE TREES THAT WERE CURRENTLY ON THAT PROPERTY. AND THEN ANOTHER STEP FROM THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE TREE SURVEY. SO WE TOOK THIS AND WENT THROUGH, UM, AND THE HIGHLIGHTED WHAT CALIBER TREES WE WANTED TO KEEP AND WHICH ONES WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE DOWN TO CREATE SOME MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, BETTER LINE SITE, MAKE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING THROUGH THE SPACE. AND THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE LANDED WITH THIS, UM, PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT YOU SEE HERE. SO HERE WE HAVE KEPT, UM, THE TREES THAT WERE OF A LARGE ENOUGH CALIBER TO BE WORTHWHILE, PROVIDE SHADE, BE VISUALLY APPEALING, AND TAKE OUT THE ONES THAT WERE HINDERING OUR EYE, UH, EYESIGHT AND LINE OF SIGHT. AND WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING, UM, THE ENTRY POINT HERE THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, AND THAT WILL HAVE SOME WAY FINDING SIGNAGE THAT'LL HAVE CITY OF HUTCHINS BRANDING. UM, AND THEN THAT'LL START AS THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAIL. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING NATIVE PLANTING IN THAT AREA AS WELL. AND THEN MOVING ON, THE TRAIL WILL BE, UM, DECOMPOSED GRANITE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER AND THEN PROPOSING A COUPLE OF SEATING AREAS ALONG THE WAY. THOSE LIMESTONE BENCHES THAT WILL TIE INTO THE OVERALL AESTHETIC THAT IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED HERE AT CITY HALL. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING, UM, SOME FUNCTIONAL FITNESS STRUCTURES THAT COULD BE USED, UM, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE AND DO, UM, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE AS THEY GO ALONG THE PATH AS WELL. SO HERE IS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, LARGER VIEW, EACH OF THOSE COMPONENTS. UM, ALL OF THIS WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE DESIGNED, UM, AS WE WOULD MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE KNOW WHAT THE ENTRY WANTS TO BE, WHAT THE SIGNAGE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND AGAIN, HOW ALL OF THIS, UM, TIES IN AND HIGHLIGHTS THAT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL AS WELL. THAT IS ALREADY, UM, IN DESIGN. LET'S SEE. IS THAT THE JASON SCHEDULE? IT'S GOOD ONE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE VIDEO AND I'LL TALK THROUGH THE SCHEDULE. UM, WE ALSO PUT TOGETHER A PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE AS WELL. UM, IF THIS WAS TO BE APPROVED, WE WOULD BE GOING THROUGH DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FROM OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER, AND THEN MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER, AND ANTICIPATING GOING OUT FOR BID BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WITH AN AWARD IN FEBRUARY, WE ANTICIPATE THEN ABOUT FOUR MONTH CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE. AND IT BEING OPEN THIS SUMMER VIDEO? YES. I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE ANY AUDIO WITH IT? THERE MIGHT NOT BE, BUT YES, THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED. THIS WOULD BE THE WALKING TRACK THAT IS MADE OF DECOMPOSED GRANITE. AGAIN, WE ARE PROPOSING SOME SEATING ELEMENTS ALONG THE WAY. UM, MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD TIE INTO THE VERNACULAR THAT WE HAVE AT CITY HALL. UM, MORE NATURAL LIMESTONE TYPE BENCHES THERE. THIS VIDEO ALSO SHOWS, UM, ONLY THE TREES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO KEEP ON THE SITE. SO IT ALREADY, UM, PROVIDES THAT VISUAL AS WELL. UH, WILL THERE, WILL THERE'LL BE, UH, SOME KIND [01:10:01] OF SPRINKLERS TO KEEP THE GRASS GREEN? OR IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE DEAL? THAT'S AN AD , BUT IF I WANNA WALK AT LIKE 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ? YES, THERE ARE, WE HAVE, AS PART OF OUR, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM MM-HMM . A LIGHTING CONSULTANT, ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECT. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE, WE DEVELOPED A DESIGN LITTLE SPOT WHERE THOSE, UH, THOSE, UH, LIGHT POLES WILL BE AND WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY MAKE SETS. OKAY. NOT SO THEY'RE NOT, SO THAT THEY, THEY, THEY PUT OUT SO MUCH LIGHT, BUT THERE'S JUST A SAFETY. OKAY. THEY WILL BE A FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND IT. RIGHT. I BELIEVE THE SAME FENCE. SAME FENCE. THE SAME FENCE DOWN THE SIDE. TAKE, TAKE IT DOWN THE BACK. OKAY. OKAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S IN HUTCHINS OR GONNA BE, I KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. AS YOU COME AROUND, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE CITY HALL BUILDING. YEAH. SO AS THANK YOU. SO AS YOU COME AROUND, WELL, AT THIS POINT, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE CITY HALL, UH, BUILDING IN THE DISTANCE. AS YOU MAKE THAT, THAT SECOND HALF OF THE, OF THE LOOP, WILL, WILL IT TIE INTO THE OTHER, UH, UH, VETERAN MEMORIAL AT ALL? YES, WE PLAN ON INTEGRATING IT. OKAY. OKAY. IT'LL BE NEAR THE, UM, RIGHT IN THAT POINT, THAT ENTRY POINT. OKAY. THAT LOOKS GOOD. YES. AND IT'LL ALSO BE CON UH, CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING PARKING THAT'S ALREADY HERE AT CITY HALL TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN ACCESSIBLE PATH ONTO THIS WALKING PATH. AND SO, VETERANS MEMORIAL. SO, SO ALL THE PARKING WILL COME FROM THE CITY HALL? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. SO I, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WILL THERE BE ANY TYPE OF WASTE RECEPTACLES AROUND IN THE AREA? YES. YES, I WOULD BELIEVE SO. ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT THOSE, UH, BAGS FOR DOGS? WE BACK? YES. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A GOOD DESIGN. MM-HMM. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD DESIGN THERE. UH, COUNCIL, WE NEED A MOTION. I GOT, I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. EXACTLY. HOW WIDE IS THE WALKING PATH IS GOING TO BE EIGHT. HOW WIDE IS THE WALKING PATH? YES. UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT DESIGNED AT SIX FEET, BUT IT CAN BE EIGHT. THIS IS WAS A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK EIGHT IS BETTER. I EIGHT IS BETTER. MM-HMM . YOU GET KIND OF NARROW, SOMEBODY RIDING BY ON A BIKE OR WHATEVER. YES. MM-HMM . EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT THEY WILL. YES. SURE. . YES. UH, OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO EIGHT. YES. WE CAN, WE CAN DO EIGHT. YEAH. WE'LL, WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO, UM, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WITH, UH, WITH THE CITY, UH, UH, COMMITTEE. OKAY. TO GET SOME OF THOSE SPECIFICS NAILED DOWN, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. THAT WOULD BE THE PLAN. THAT, THAT LOOKS GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2026 DASH OH NINE DASH 13 57 57. JAMES QUINN, PRESIDENT, I SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. ELMORE, SECOND BY MR. RODRIGUEZ TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2026 DASH OH 9 13 57 AS READ BY OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR, JIM QUINN. ALL IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. THANK Y'ALL. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. [G.8. Discuss and consider a RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR OR HIS DESIGNEE AS THE CITY’S REPRESENTATIVE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC. FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TESTING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE FY2025 CDBG STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT – DENTON STREET AND WOODCREST LANE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Presented by Yibin Shao, City Engineer Resolution R2026-09-1358] AT THIS TIME, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF HUTCHINS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR OR HIS DESIGNEE AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN AGREEMENT. OF AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC. FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TESTING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE FY 2025 CDBG STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, DENTON STREET IN WOODCREST LANE. THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED BY OUR CITY ENGINEER, GIBBON. GOOD, GOOD [01:15:01] EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, I'LL BE PRESENTING, UH, THE CITY OF HUTCHINS, UH, CDBG GRANT STREET CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, UM, TO OBTAIN, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL TESTING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FROM TERRACON AND, UM, TERRACON CONSULTANT END. UM, SO THE SCOPE OF WORK WILL BE, IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THE, UH, AGENDA PACKET, AND IT'S GONNA BE CONSIST OF THE EARTH WORK OBSERVATION AND TESTINGS, UH, THE TESTING, CONCRETE OBSERVATION AND TESTINGS AND REINFORCEMENT STEEL OBSERVATIONS, UH, ASPHALT CONCRETE OBSERVATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT ADMINS. AND THERE ARE SOME, UH, SPECIAL INSPECTION LETTERS TO BE PROVIDED AT THE END OF IT AND SOME REPORTINGS. SO, CBG UH, ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE COUNCILS. SO THIS IS TO OBTAIN A, UH, CONSULTANTS TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THE MATERIAL TESTING, FOR EXAMPLE, SUBGRADE DENSITY, UH, TESTINGS TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECT IS DONE CORRECTLY AND PER THE GRANT REQUIRE REQUIREMENTS. UM, UH, FOLLOWING THE, UH, QUALIFICATION BASED ON BASED SELECTION PROCESS THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, IN MARCH 20TH, 2023. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED THE RESOLUTION NUMBER, R 2023 DASH 10 97. UH, TERRACON CONSULTANT END WAS, UH, MADE IT TO THE PRE-QUALIFIED LIST OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING FIRMS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO THE CITY. SO THAT'S HOW THIS, UH, THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN SELECTED TO CONDUCT THIS WORK FOR US. GOOD QUESTION. IS THIS PART OF THE ONE THAT WE RECEIVED ALL THE MONEY FROM DALLAS, FROM CITY OF DALLAS, OR NO? YEAH. OH YEAH. THE CITY BG GRANT IS THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM DALLAS. YES. SO THIS IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO FULFILL GETTING THE INSPECTION, THAT'S PART OF IT. AND BOTH AS A CD, WE ALSO NEED TO ENSURE THE CONTRACTS ARE DOING EVERYTHING PROPERLY SO THAT WE GET A ACTUALLY QUAL QUALITY PAVEMENT AND RAILWAYS DONE. UM, YES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE, UH, NUCLEAR DENSITY TEST, THAT CITY DOESN'T HAVE THOSE EQUIPMENTS TO DO ANY OF THAT. AND FOR EXAMPLE, CONCRETE BRAKING TEST AND THOSE WE DON'T HAVE, UM, EQUIPMENT IN. AND SO, UH, SOME STUFF, MATERIAL OR EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT TO TEST THOSE. SO THAT'S HOW WE ENSURE THAT, OH, WE OBTAIN PROPER MATERIALS AND CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY COMPACTED TO A CERTAIN DENSITY THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS. IT WOULDN'T BE A PAVEMENT LATER DOWN THE ROAD YEAR LATER, AND THEN TRUCK DRIVE THROUGH, AND THEN THERE'S A POTHOLE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE MONEY THAT WE INVEST IN THE CONSTRUCTION IS PROPERTY SPENT, AND WE ARE OBTAINING A QUALITY PRODUCT AT THE END OF IT. THIS IS ON DENTON. UH, THE STREET TO BE CONSTRUCTED IS THE NORTH DENTON, SOUTH DENTON, UM, AND THE WOODCREST LANE. NOW, NOW THIS, GO AHEAD MR. . WE'RE DOING DENTON. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ON DENTON TESTING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? SO HOW IT WORKS IS, SO, UH, WE ARE GONNA REMOVE THE CURRENT PAVEMENTS AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA REWORK ALL THE SUBGRADE MATERIALS, THE SOILS UNDERNEATH, MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPACTED TO A CERTAIN DENSITY. UH, TYPICALLY 95% OF THE DENSITIES. SO THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CON, UH, CONSULTING FIRM COME OUT WITH THE NUCLEAR DENSITY TESTING EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE THEY ACTUALLY REACH THAT DENSITY. UM, AFTER COMPACTIONS, BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN LAY BARS OR BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN LAY THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT MATERIALS ON TOP, BECAUSE USUALLY BASED ON HOW THE STREETS ARE CONSTRUCTED. SO WHAT, WHAT'S BEARING THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE IS NOT REALLY THE TOP LAYER OF THE ASPHALT. IT'S THE SOILS THAT WE COMPACTED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, AND THEN WE LAY OVER WITH THE ASPHALT SO THAT NO MOISTURE AND NO RAIN WATER CAN GO IN THERE. SO THEN MAKE IT SOFT. SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE BE ABLE TO BEAR THOSE, UM, WEIGHTS FROM THE VEHICLES. SO TO ACHIEVE A CERTAIN DENSITY IN THE SUBGRADE, IT'S CRITICAL. AND THE TOP ASPHALT ALMOST SERVES LIKE A, A WATER PROTECTION LAYER, LIKE, UH, THE MEMBRANES PEOPLE PUT IN THE HOUSE TO KEEP THE MOISTURE OUT. AND ALSO THOSE ASPHALT NEED TO BE TESTED TO CERTAIN CRITERIA SO THAT IT ACTUALLY ACHIEVES THAT AT THE END. UH, THAT'S FOR ASPHALT AND FOR WOOD CROSS LANE OVER THERE, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING CONCRETE PAVEMENTS. SO SAME THEORY APPLIES. THEY HAVE TO COMPACT THE SUBGRADE MATERIALS, UH, TO CERTAIN DENSITY, AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE DELAY REBARS. WE HAVE TO INSPECT THE REBAR SPACING, OBVIOUSLY, AND BASED ON HOW THEY DELIVER THE CONCRETES, WE NEED TO TEST CONCRETE TO CERTAIN [01:20:01] SLUMP, WHICH IS THE HOW FLUID THE CONCRETE IS. UH, IS IT WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE TEMPERATURES THAT IT'S ACCEPTABLE FOR PROJECT TO REACH A CERTAIN STRENGTH ON THE CONCRETE SO THAT LATER ON WE HAVE MILLIONS CYCLES OF TRUCK LOAD GOING THROUGH OVER THE DECADES. RIGHT. SO THAT IT WOULDN'T HAVE THE POTHOLES OF CRACKS. AND THIS IS DENTON, WE GOING TO DO, EXCUSE ME, WE ARE DOING IT ON THE DENTON STREET AND THE WOOD CROSS LANE. WHO PICKED DENTON? DENTON LOOKS GOOD. I THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M LOOKING AT. I DROVE DENTON AND THERE'S A LOT OF ROADS IN THIS CITY THAN DENTON THAT'S SMOOTH AND PRETTY AND NOT, I I THINK THE, THE COUNTY, UM, THOUGHT DENTON DENTON WOULD QUALIFY AS A RECONSTRUCTION FOR THE CDBG AREA THAT THE INCOME CRITERIA, UH, THAT THEY HAVE. WE JUST CAN'T DO ANY STREET. IT HAS TO MEET 'EM. AND THE LOWER INCOME AREAS HAVE TO GET THE CDPG MONEY AND DENTON FALLS. ANDRE. YEAH. IT, IT, WOULD IT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PARK? IT GOES FROM THE, UH, CAMPBELL PARK ALL THE WAY TO THE LIBRARY, THE CURRENT COMMUNITY CENTER LIBRARY AREA. OH, OKAY. YES. HALF A DAY THE KENNEDY STREET. NO, NO. I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. THE STREET BEHIND THE LIBRARY, I'VE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE, THE CONFIGURATION OF IT. THAT THAT COVERT THAT COMES OUT RIGHT THERE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD SAY, SAY THEY FALL OFF INTO THAT COVERT. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THAT WHILE WE'RE, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY HAS BEEN DESIGNED, UH, WE ARE GONNA RE CURRENTLY IT HAS A METAL BAKER'S HOUSE METAL CULVERTS. WE'RE GONNA REPLACE IT WITH A-R-C-P-A CONCRETE CULVERT. OKAY. IN ADDITION, WE'RE BUILDING OUT A BUMP OUT. OKAY. UH, WITH A CURB CUT. SO AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THE VEHICLES DOESN'T CUT THE CORNERS AND KEEP FALLING INTO THE DITCHES. YEAH. BUT I'VE HAD, UH, COMPLAINTS ON THAT AREA QUITE A BIT. YEAH. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT NOW. NOW ONE MORE, ONE MORE QUESTION AND I'LL, AND I'LL GET AWAY FROM IT. IS THIS, NOW THE COUNTY HAS BEEN, WOULD WOODCREST HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR YEARS? YES. THAT THEY CHEATED US OUT OF A STREET FOR A LONG TIME AGO. IS THIS PART OF THE PLAN OR DID THEY GIVE YOU THE WOOD STREET? THE WOOD STREET THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED SIX YEARS AGO OR SEVEN YEARS AGO? OR DID, DID Y'ALL WORK IT INTO HERE? BUT, UH, WE, WE GOT A GRANT FOR THAT STREET AND THEN IT WAS NEVER DONE. YEAH. UM, YEAH, FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO WORK IN THE WOOD CROSS INTO THIS PROJECT AND IT'S GETTING DONE WELL, THEY, THEY OWED IT TO US. YEAH. THIS, THE, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THOSE TWO ROADS WAS APPROVED IN THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING. SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOT THEIR, UM, NOTICE TO PROCEED TODAY CASE TO START THE CONSTRUCTION. THE REASON WHY WE HAD SO MUCH MONEY THAT IN 2021 WE DID NOT SPEND OUR MONEY, SO THEREFORE WE HAD A CERTAIN DEADLINE TO MEET SO WE CAN, UH, GET THAT MONEY INTO THE PROJECT. IF WE DIDN'T GET IT DONE BY JUNE 1ST, WE'VE LOST THAT MONEY. CORRECT. QUICK QUESTION, IS THIS, IS THIS, UM, AMOUNT PRACTICALLY, UH, I GUESS BUDGETED INTO THAT AMOUNT THAT DALLAS OWES US? UH, OR NO? NO. OKAY. YEAH. UH, IT'S NOT IN THE, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MONEY THAT DALLAS COUNTY'S GIVEN TO US. I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 15. OKAY. I'M SORRY. SO THEY SAID THAT THEY PICKED THAT STREET BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT, ONE OF THE MORE WHAT, UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT CDBG NEED TO MEET, UH, IN THE LOW INCOME. LOW INCOME, YEAH. I CAN TELL YOU 15 STREETS THAT MORE INCOME THAN I . OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. OKAY, COUNSEL. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2 0 2 6 DASH ZERO NINE DASH 1 3 5 8 AS READ BY SHOWER CITY ENGINEER SECOND. THANK YOU. WE STILL HAVE ONE THAT'S NOT VOTED. MR. ELMORE, HE'S NOT GOING. [01:25:11] OKAY. HIS VOTE WAS MALFUNCTIONING, BUT HIS VOTE WAS AGAINST THE PRO THE THE WATER CONTRACT. IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? NO, NO, HIS, OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ZERO. FIVE ZERO. OKAY. SO AT THIS, [G.9. Discuss and consider a Resolution approving the terms and conditions of an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Hutchins and Dallas County Health and Human Services for Coordinated Health Services for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027. Resolution R2026-1359] AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR COORDINATED HEALTH SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. 2027. THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED BY OUR CHIEF FIELDMAN OFFICIAL, BLAKE MOORE. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO TAKE US HOME TONIGHT. THE LAST TWO ITEMS HERE, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS RENEWED ON AN ANNUAL, UH, BASIS AND REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. UM, THIS AGREEMENT IS RENEWED EACH FISCAL YEAR AND IS AFFECTED FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. AND WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND IT'S UP FOR RENEWAL. SO WE RECOMMEND, UM, THE APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY ON BEHALF OF DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND THE CITY OF HUTCHINS FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. I MAKE A MAKE A GO AHEAD. I MAKE A MOTION. WE'LL APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2026 DASH 1359 BY BLAKE MOORE. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. ELMORE, SECOND BY MR. NICHOLS TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2026 DASH 1 3 5 9 AS READ BY OUR, UH, BUILDING OFFICIAL BLAKE MORRIS. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED, CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. APPRECIATE IT. AT THIS [G.10. Discuss and consider a Resolution for the City of Hutchins, Texas, approving the terms and conditions of an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Hutchins and Dallas County Health and Human Services for Food Establishment Inspections and Environmental Health Services for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027. Resolution R2026-09-1360 ] TIME, MOVE ON TO ITEM 10. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND DAL, DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026. 2027. THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED BY OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL BLAKE MOORE. THIS AGREEMENT, UH, IS BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND IT'S ALSO RENEWED ANNUALLY. THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, FOOD INSPECTIONS, UH, FOR OUR ESTABLISHMENTS HERE, AND IT ALLOWS 'EM TO DO TWO INSPECTIONS PER YEAR AND ALSO THE MOSQUITO CONTROL, UM, COMPLIANCE THERE. AND SO, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THIS AND A LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS AND THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2026 THROUGH 27. I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE RESOLUTION. R 2026 DASH OH NINE DASH 1360 IS PRESENTED BY BLAKE MOORE. SECOND, UH, THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. NICHOLS, A SECOND BY MS. CAMPBELL TO APPROVE RESOLUTION. R 2026 DASH OH NINE DASH 1 3 6 OH IS READ BY OUR BLAKE MOORE, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL OR IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. I NEED TO GIVE THAT TO CYNTHIA. OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE'LL [G.11. Discuss creating an ordinance naming policy for city buildings. Request by Councilmember Odom ] MOVE ON TO OUR I LAST ITEM DISCUSS CREATING AN ORDINANCE NAMING POLICY FOR CITY BUILDINGS. THIS ITEM WAS BE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ODOM. YEAH, I'M GONNA MAKE THIS PRETTY QUICK. UM, AND AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO SEEM LIKE I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FOR, UH, HAVING NAMES ON BUILDINGS. UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT, UH, MR. ELMORE, I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT MR. ELMORE IS, UH, GETTING THAT, UH, BUILDING NAMED OUT TO HIM. AND I EXPECT ANOTHER PERSON UP HERE ON HIS COUNCIL TO GET THERE AND, UM, NAME ONE DAY ON THE, ON THE BUILDING. BUT GOING FORWARD, I DO THINK WE NEED TO, AS A COUNCIL, PUT SOME TYPE OF STIPULATIONS ON THE, ON NAMING OF, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC BUILDING SO IT JUST WON'T GET OUTTA HAND, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY [01:30:01] AND THEIR MAMA WON'T BE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, NAME THIS AFTER MY PET NAME, THIS AFTER MY GRANDDADDY, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF REGULATIONS ON THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. MAKE THAT IN A FORM OF A MOTION OR, OR MOTION. OH, OKAY. OH, OKAY. YOU COULD MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS, DO Y'ALL WANT TO CONSIDER BRINGING BACK AN ITEM TO DISCUSS A NA A POLICY FOR NAMING, UM, NAMING THE BUILDINGS? UH, COUNSEL, Y'ALL HAVE ANY INPUT ON THIS HERE? NO, I MEAN, PERSONALLY I REALLY HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING, LIKE, NONE OF OUR CITIZENS COMING TO US PERTAINING TO THIS LIKE IDEA, UM, AS OF YET. SO I THINK IF IT, WHEN IT, IF IT DO HAVE LIKE AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER. OKAY. WELL IF IT IS NOT A, UH, MR. ELMORE DID, DID NO, I JUST, OH, OKAY. LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS. I, I THINK, UH, COUNSEL GOING VOTE ON IT. OKAY. UH, OKAY. WELL IF NO, NOBODY, UH, YEAH, IT'S A DISCUSSION. NOTHING LEFT. OKAY. WELL AT THIS POINT, IF, IF NOBODY'S GOT NO FURTHER INPUT, UH UH DOES IT DIE ON THE FLOOR? YES, THEY DID. OKAY. OKAY THEN. ALRIGHT THEN. SO, UH, NEXT ITEM [H.12. Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, Thursday, September 17, 2026, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Hutchins Event Center, 400 N. JJ Lemmon Rd. City Council Meeting, Monday, September 21, 2026, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 400 N. JJ Lemmon Road. Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting, Monday, September 28, 2026, 6:00 p.m., City Hall, 400 N. JJ Lemmon Rd. Community Fall Festival, Saturday, October 10, 2026, 12:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Campbell Park, 200 S. Denton St.] PLEASE. AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. WE HAVE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH FROM 5 37 30 AT THE EVENT CENTER. UM, OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST. OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE HELD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH. AND THEN, UM, COMING UP NEXT MONTH WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY FALL FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH IN THE T. BUT THIS TIME YOU CAN ADJOURN. ADJOURN THE MEETING. AT THIS TIME WE'LL ADJOURN. AND I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND HANGING OUT WITH US. I KNOW IT WAS A LITTLE LONG TODAY, BUT WE ACCOMPLISHED A WHOLE LOT. IF YOU'D ADJOURN THE MEETING AND STATE THE TIME, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU ADGER. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.