I'd now like to call the meeting of the Arlington City Council to order and our first order of business is our invocation and pledge of allegiance to our U.S. and Texas flags and we're honored to have Pastor Dennis Wiles and who is Pastor of First Baptist Church of Arlington and actually the pastor for Miss Wollman, Miss Wolff, and myself here too. And Pastor, before you do the implication, I hear you've got some great things happening over at the church. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and City Council. First of all, thank you all for all your work. We love you all and pray for you. We appreciate the work you do. And our church has been located here since 1871, which means we're actually older than the city of Arlington. So we've been ministering in this community as long as this community's existed. And we have been out of our sanctuary for a year now, and we're moving back in this weekend. So I want to invite you, certainly, as church member. And I'll try to make it a I'll try to make it. The rest of y'all to come join us. Even you, Charlie, would like to invite you as well to come to First Baptist Arlington down on the center street. Yes, you need to skip your church. Just this one Sunday, I'll talk to your pastor. We'd love to have everybody there. I think we're the oldest church in Arlington. And so we're grateful that we're still in downtown and still alive and well. And praise God for that. So let me pray for us. Father, we're grateful for the opportunity, Lord, to just be in your presence tonight. I thank you for this group of leaders in our community. Father, I know that many times leading a community as diverse as ours is fraught with all kinds of challenges and difficulties. And yet at the same time, it's quite a privilege and a blessing to be responsible for sturding the vision of a city and then overseeing the implementation of it in partnership with with its citizens and and its various other types of leaders across the city which include people like me and our our faith groups and What is thankful for the partnership that we feel first of all with each other? As a faith community in this city as diverse as it is I'm grateful for the friendships that we have and I thank you for the partnership that we experience with this mayor and the City Council and I thank you for their leadership and I continue to ask you to give them wisdom and insight to lead us with integrity and just lead us well and that will continue to to make Arlington a safe place to raise our families and to enjoy community life together. So we ask for your blessings on us, we ask for your blessings tonight on our nation and all of our nation's leaders. In order for those who serve us and protect us every day and serve our interests, we have those represented here tonight in this room in our own community and those who literally are serving our causes across the world. We lift them before we denied asking for safety and protection and that you would use them to be instruments of peace wherever it is they're called upon to serve. We love you and we thank you for the freedom we enjoy to worship and to live life with liberty in every arena. We never take it for granted. We're grateful, Lord, that You've made that possible for us in this nation. As a follower of Jesus, I pray in His name. Amen. It's your main standing for the pledge. Our pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas flag to allegiance to thee. Texas one state under God, one and individual. Thank you Mayor. Well as I've mentioned before this is one of the best parts of every council meeting. When we get to recognize outstanding achievements here within our community, well tonight, we are recognizing our Arlington citizen police academy. And I would love for all of the representatives of the police academy to come. And I know Chief Johnson is here in the officers and I'd love for y'all to come on up here. There and be recognized. And I have an official proclamation. The chair is a whole lot about the contributions that are being made here because of the Citizens Police Academy, the CPA. We'll let all of them get up here. The Proclamation reads, whereas Arlington Hild is first Citizens Police Academy class in 1987, graduates from this class formed the Arlington Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association for three decades. The CPA program in alumni has been instrumental in unifying Arlington residents and police partnerships. And whereas the Arlington residents and police partnerships. And whereas the Arlington Police Department is pleased to recognize the CPA class in alumni on the occasion of the 30-year anniversary celebration, the Arlington CPA class was the second program of its kind implemented in the state of Texas. And whereas police officers provide training in the legal, social, and procedural aspects of policing, our objectives is to have participants acquire a better understanding of the authority and equal boundaries of this public service. And whereas the greatest benefit of attending the audience in CPA is the open lines of communication between citizens in the police department which highlights the procedural justice and transparency of the Audit and police department and whereas upon completion CPA students may join the alumni for continued involvement education through the police department, fundraising opportunities and continued friendships. Now therefore I, Jeff Williams, mayor of the city of Arlington, Texas and on behalf of the Arlington City Council, dear hereby proclaim September 26, 2017 as Arlington Citizen Police Academy Day. Congratulations, CPA, and Chief. I'd like for you to talk, and then we'll follow up with Paul here, the president. Thank you, Mayor. Well, Pastor, we didn't start in 1871, but they came in pretty close, you know? So I think that this group embodies the can-do spirit and really just the community of Arlington probably as good or better than any other group in this fine city because we have people that are absolutely committed not only to the welfare of our neighborhoods and our businesses, but frankly they minister to the police officers to make sure that they are constantly helping with their mental wellness and to know that they have unequivocal support and accountability to the residents of this great city. And I'd like to call out, because I love each and every one of you for what you do for this community, for my cops and for me personally. But I really want to call out Roger and Peggy because you all were here when all this started and they have served without a break of service for 30 years. And so this day, if you rip your pants going over offense, chasing bad guys in Arlington, Texas, you're going to see Roger in the quarter master's office as he's issuing equipment because he volunteers up there all the time. Just that's just an example of all the volunteer efforts that take place with all of our alumni members. And so thank you all so much. We're proud of you and we love you. Bill Kolbacov, the president. Thank you. The people that you see up here is just part of our group. We have over 150 members and we try to do the best we can to support our police department. Thank you. Bill, thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Let's go over here and do a picture. Yeah. We're going to do this angle, guys. We just tighten up the stuff. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Bill, come on and hear the stuff. I can't hear you. I can't hear you. I can't hear you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Ready? Right over here. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. I see you all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Now we have Councilmember Catherine Wallman for another important proclamation. Thank you Mayor. Well, it's my privilege tonight as we know that this month is blood cancer awareness month. And so I would like to ask Alexis Meyer from the North Texas chapter of the leukemia and lymphoma society to come forward to accept this proclamation. Oh, here she is. Good. How you doing? I'm good. How you doing? I'm good. How you doing? I'm good. Are you good? Thanks for having me. I appreciate it. We're glad you're here. The proclamation reads, whereas in the United States, an estimated 1,237,824 people are living with our in remission from leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, or other form of blood cancer with an estimated 171,550 new cases expected to be diagnosed in 2017. Whereas leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other blood cancers will kill an estimated 58,320 people in the United States this year alone. And whereas the leukemia and lymphoma society exists to find cures and ensure access to treatment for blood cancer patients, whereas LLS maintains offices in North Texas to support patients with this disease and their family members in the state of Texas. Therefore, W. Jeff Williams, Mayor of the City of Arlington, Texas and on behalf of the Arlington City Council, you hereby be claimed the month of September, 2017 as Blood Cancer Awareness Month. Congratulations. You hear by proclaim the month of September 2017 as blood cancer awareness month. Congratulations. Thank you all you did. We did. We want you to say a few words. Thank you so much for having me. My name is Alexis Meyer. I work for the leukemia and lymphoma society, North Texas chapter. And we serve as both an advocate and support system for patients and their families. Unfortunately so many of us have some sort of connection to cancer or no somebody that does. So proclamations like these are actually very important in raising awareness about blood cancers. So many patients go throughout their treatment without even knowing about LLS so we're visiting City Councils across North Texas to get the word out about all less so thank you so much for declaring set time for our blood cancer right this one of course thanks thank you okay Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next we'll move to appointments to boards and commissions, Ms. Sapino. Thank you, Mayor. Tonight we have 28 appointments to boards and commissions to Mr. Pino. Thank you, Mayor. Tonight we have 28 appointments to boards and commissions. To the landmark preservation committee, our commission, Michelle Kanton Chair, and Jeff Schneid, place three. To the library board, David T's Chair, Michael McQuay, place three, and Amon Preet Cower, place 10. To the special transportation advisory board, Pat Gleason-Win, place three. Team Court Advisory Board Wendy Dottry, Place 3. Arlington Convention of Visitors Bureau Board of Directors. Jeannie Dekine, Place 5, and Alan Rose, Place 1. Animal Services Center Advisory Board, Tracy Baker Chair. Emergency Physicians Advisory Board, Carla Cash Chair. Gansu, Place 5. Charles Phillips, Place 8. Zoning Board of Adjustment, Richard Moise, Chair. Park and Recreation Board, Cynthia Roe, place one, Marty McGee, place nine. Citizens Environmental Committee, Darrell Smith, place one. Arlington Housing Finance Corporation, Victoria Ferrar-Miers, place one, Roxanne Thalman, place four. Planning and zoning commission, Linda Gibson, place two. Arlington Higher Education Finance Corporation, Chair and New commission, Linda Gibson, place 2, Arlington higher education finance corporation, Sharon New Kirk, place 1, Joe Farrell, place 2, Judas Schneider, place 4, Kenneth Woods, place 5, and Ron Hagen, place 6, to the North Texas higher education authority, Governor Jackson, place 2, Amy Mikey, place 5, and to the community relations commission, Kenyan Godwin, place 13. Do I have a motion? I have a motion for approval from Councilmember K. Pardt and a second from Councilmember Thalman, police catcher votes. Motion passes. Mr. Pino, could you go over the speaker guidelines in general to Coral? Yes, thank you, Mayor. We ask that citizens and other visitors and attendants assist in preserving the order and decorum of this meeting. Any person making personal profane slenders are threatening remarks or who becomes disruptive while addressing the mayor and council are while attending the city council meeting, maybe removed from the council chambers. For speakers tonight, when your name is called, please come to the microphone at the podium and state your name and address for the record. During public hearings, the applicant will be asked to speak first and will be given five minutes to make their presentation and will be allowed three minutes for any rebuttal. Speakers in support of an opposition of an item will be given three minutes to make their statements. To the extent possible, please refrain from repeating testimony, which has already been given. A bell will signal the end of each speaker's time and consideration of other speakers. Please wrap up your comments promptly when you hear the bell and we ask that you address your comments to the mayor and council. Next we'll move to approval of items from executive session and again I'll call upon Miss Sapino, our city secretary. Thank you Mayor. Tonight we have six items for approval from executive session. One determining the necessity of acquiring traffic signal easement rights for public use in over across and through a portion of land known as our 2005 South Cooper Street, Arlington, Tarrin County, Texas, relative to the South Cooper Street Safe School Crossing project. Two, an all cash contract of sale for the purchase of fee simple property rights for property located at 1204 Woodland Drive, relative to the Woodland Drive erosion improvements project. 3 and 4 consent to assignment of lease and second lease amendments of oil and gas lease vantage for worth energy LLC lease numbers 14-001 and 10-069. Number 5 consent to assignment of lease and third lease amendment of oil and gas lease vantage for with energy LLC lease number 10-062 and consent to partial assignment of lease and six lease amendment of oil and gas lease vantage for with energy LLC lease number 06005. Miss Alpino are there any speakers on this item? Yes we do, ma'am. speakers on this item. Yes we do. I'm Jason Tacquette. Did you wish to speak? There's here in support. Mr. Tacquette if you could quote your name and address for the record. Name is Jason Tackett, 4424 South Retana Avenue, Brooklyn Arrow, Oklahoma. We're here tonight, myself. I'm general manager, environmental health and safety, precise natural resources. LLC, we're acquiring the vantage assets brought with me. Gavin McQueen, he's the CEO and president, and Pete Young, the vice president of the land. We're here and we're in the process of transferring permits and we're seeking the consent for these four sites with multiple wells on them. So we're glad to be here and looking forward to operating in Arlington and I'm also here to field any questions that you only have. Okay. Any questions? Thank you very much. And Mary we just had Mr. McQueen and Mr. Young who were non-speakers here in support. Okay. From that I'll call for a motion. We have a motion for approval from Council Member Wolfe and a second from Council Member K. Part. Please cast your votes. Motion passes. Next we move to approval of minutes. Miss, Miss Alpino. Thank you Mayor. We have the special meeting minutes from August 24th, 2017, and the afternoon and evening minutes from the September 5th, 2017 meetings. Do any council members have any additions or corrections? Mr. Shepard. Mr. Pino, would you show me a sustaining on the vote of the evening meeting of September 5th, as I was absent? Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Pino, are there any speakers on these items? No speakers. Okay. Then I'll call for a motion. We have a motion for approval from Councilmember K. Part and second from Councilmember Wollman, police gesture votes. Motion passes. Next we move to approval of consent agenda, Mr. Pino. Thank you, Mayor of the consent agenda this evening contains 18 minute orders, four ordinances and eight resolutions. The minute order seek to authorize one Texas Department of Transportation 2018 ramp grant agreement, two upgrade of the water utilities billing system, three entertainment district sculpture trail, phase four, four through seven purchase of various ground maintenance equipment for Arlington golf courses, uniform alterations, a grapple truck, and one replacement vehicle, 8-9 annual requirements contract for crack seal services and for janitorial services for parks and recreation facilities, 10 annual insurance program policy renewals and new policies for FY 2018, 11 renewal of contract for concrete panel and sidewalk replacement program, 12-13 renewal of annual requirements contract for fire department uniforms and for motor maintenance 14 construction contract for Davis pressure plane expansion phase one 15 and 16 police psychological and polygraph services agreements 17 professional services agreement for civil service implementation legal and consulting services 18 advance funding agreement amendment number one for citywide traffic signal timing The ordinance is seek to authorize number 19, which is Zoning Case SUP-08-26R1, Swapo-2 Drill Site, 5408-US Highway 287. 20 Zoning Case PD 17-8, Greater Texas Federal Credit Union, 1417 and 1425 North Center Street, 21, Amendment to the Unified Development Code relative to Fencing, 22, amendment to the News and Chapter relative to Maintenance Offences, and the resolution seek to authorize number 23, which is Reappointment of Associate Municipal Court Judge, 24 resolution on assessing business continuity reserve to fund Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, 25, the 2018 City Council Meeting Calendar, 26 interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the Operation of Commuterial Service for FY 2017-2018. 27 is FY2018, text.comprehensive.grant. 28th sale of American Medical Response, ambulance service to Air Medical Group Holdings Inc. 29 Johnson Creek Watershed Study. And 30 is the 2016-2017 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for HUD grants and reprogramming of prior year funds. Mr. Pino, do we have any speakers and supporter opposition of the items that appear on this consent agenda? We do, Mayor. First speaker is Richard Weber. He's here on 8-2 and 8-26. Mr. Weber, if you could state your name and address for the record, thank you. Richard Weber, 2703, Chris Moore Court. I oppose 8 A2. Sorry. I oppose A2, which is the upgrade to the water utilities billing system. This is over $700,000, almost three quarters of a million dollars. This system we are already paying annual maintenance. It's one of the most expensive annual maintenance fees that we pay. And now we're going to get some generic updates. It makes it sound like generic updates for almost three quarters of a million dollars. Something here doesn't meet the smell test. Now I suspect you're getting a lot of custom code in there, which when that happens That could or could not mean that there's a lot of updates have to be done every time there's an upgrade But I oppose a two I also oppose a 26 Which is the Payment of over two hundred,000 for the TRE. We're robbing the taxpayer, robbing the taxpayer just to aid the TRE. Here's an idea. Let's charge the people that use it a little bit more. Make the TRE charge a dollar more and take it. Make their monthly passes go up $50 a pass. Don't rob the taxpayer. Make the TRE users pay for it. I don't want to have to pay for it. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Whoever. We have Russ Griffin and Charles Ross on 8 and 19. Did you wish to speak? Okay, so non-speakers in support. And we also have Cliff Makoski and Nancy Ferrar, who we're here on 8 and 19, non-speakers in support. And then Renee Perez Jr., who is here a non-speaker in opposition of 8, 21 and 8, 22. Those are all the cards, Mayor. All right. Then I will call for a motion. I do have a, I just a minute. I do have a speaker Miss K part. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to remove from the consent agenda 820 for separate consideration. 8A20? 20, yes. Okay. Any others to request for being withdrawn? Okay. And we'll take a vote on all of them except 820. And so I'll entertain a motion for the rest of them. Rest of the consent agenda. If you have a motion for approval from Councilmember Walman and a second from Councilmember K. Part, please cast your votes. Motion passes. Mr. Pino, if you'll show me as abstaining on 8.14 please. Thank you. Yes, thank you. Okay, now we'll go and take under consideration 820, Ms. K. Part. Thank you, Mayor. At the request of the applicant. I move to continue this to October 17th meeting. Okay, so we have a motion for continuance from Council Member K. Parts, a second from Council Member Walman, please cast your votes. motion passes. Next we move to public hearings. Ordinance is first reading. 9-3-2, FAN and FARM drill side. 2-3, 2-2, Eat Road. I'll call upon Mr. John Duke and Director of Community Development and Planning Department. Thank you Mayor and members of the Council. We have Mr. Cliff McCoskey and Charlie Ross here as Speaker tonight. Okay. That's not my project. It's not. Okay. Do I need to do something really good? I still have. I'm okay without it, but. I wasn't going to take you to my whole presentation, but I have all the slides and exhibits. Should they come up? Thank you. Mayor Councillor Clifford of the Cowsky, 200 East Abram here tonight representing saddle operating from amendment to the specific use is to find or drill zone represented as the small green rectangle. The site has five existing wells and eight foot masonry screen wall around it in landscape. Additional landscape is proposed to meet the original plan. Four wells are planned to be drilled in 2018, pending City of Arlington approval of the gas well parment. In addition to the city notification letter, saddle operating notified all city registered HOAs within a two mile radius of the SEP boundary. Saddle also send letters to surface in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the position to be in the should they have any specific questions. We also attended the city hosted neighborhood meeting last week and Saddle made themselves available to answer any questions they were asked. It was a good meeting, which hopefully clarified questions with some of the neighbors had regarding the setbacks and future operations of the pad. If acceptable to the city council, I would like to invite Saddle's chief operating officer, Russ Griffin to the City Council and I would like to invite Saddle's chief operating officer, Russ Griffin to the podium. A big great, Mr. McCoskey. Oh, yeah. Just. My name is Russ Griffin. The chief operating officer for Saddle operating LLC. I just want to read it again. Some comments I made at the last city council meeting. First of all, thank you all for allowing us to come before you again. We have continued to operate since our last meeting without incident. We've continued to do this. We've continued to do this. We've continued to do this. We've continued to do this. We've continued to do this. We've continued to do this. We've continued to do this. We've continued to operate since our last meeting without incident. We've continued to complete wells near Bob pad and Thornton location. We've had several inspections since then and still maintain full compliance with all the ordinances that the City of Orange has in place along with the rules and regulations that the State of Texas has in place as well as off federal regulations and laws that govern what we do. We did attend Councilwoman K. Parts meeting. I think it was a great idea on her part to have it. I admire her for sticking to her guns and having the meeting she told her constituents she would have. There was a good audience. I think we had some good back and forth between the audience and our city staff and our self. Charlie Ross and I were there along with representatives from MMA. We did go before the group, meant men are available and answered every question. That was asked of us, I believe satisfactorily. And we intend to have another meeting. When we, if we get to the point where we come back for a gas well permit, we will have a meeting that as outlined in our last city council meeting that we attended will obtain more detail about the people that will be working for us and what we're out there doing. I actually wrote out to the fan and forums location myself yesterday. I went to the location the compressors as stated last time or enclosed with sound walls. The compression there we've been able to optimize other means of artificial lift so we've reduced the load on the compressor even farther as I described in our last meeting. So the use of it and the in-e-noise associated with it has decreased even further. And the wells that are existing there that currently are producing are coming on stronger and it's our hopes that we can remove that compressor altogether, which is what I mentioned to you in our last meeting. So I did ride the perimeter outside the wall. We have put up a new gate. I talked to one of the firemen outside. He was aware of it and he has this key for the lock. And then did find an area where it looks like a small four wheel ATV, like a three wheeler or four wheeler. It's been coming on the property. But that property comes across city property, across a pipeline company's right away than our property. So I'm really not able to go and put a barrier there on someone else's property. But we are patrolling it. And I think that we've done a good job of limiting access by those people that are going to follow the rules. Those people that want to get back there, bound enough, they're going to get back there anyway. So if I can answer any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer those at this time. Miss K. Park. Thank you. And thank you, Mr. Griffin. One of the things I have failed to ask you or staff that possibly you can answer for me is is the well site as it exists today is it fully compliant with all of our ordinance including the cameras and everything else that we require at the site. Yes, why is it? Okay, all right. All right, thank you, appreciate it. Any other questions from Mr. Griffin? Okay, thank you, Mr. Griffin. Thank you. Mr. Pino, are there any speakers on this item? We do have some cards. Mayor Charles Ross, did you wish to speak? I have an early answer for the question. Okay. So we have two non-speakers here in support, Mr. Ross, and the Nancy Farah. It's in the back. We have one speaker and five non-speakers here in support Mr. Ross and the Nancy Farah We have one speaker and five non-speakers here in opposition our speakers Tracy Christ Miss Chris speaking state your name and address for the record. Thank you My name is Tracy Christ. I live on 2510 Cherry Sage Drive. I am within a 600 foot zoning. So I just wanted to say I did send an email to each and every one of you that was suggested that I do. So and asked my neighbors to either support it, oppose it, or be indifferent and to reach out to you all to at least give an opinion on how they feel this should go. A lot of the neighbors now have changed since the original drilling, so you don't have as many of the original residents, but those original residents who did sign for the mineral rights or whatever the leasing Do they not have the opportunity to change their minds after they saw what had happened and how it impacted their lives then? I Just want to say that if you all do pass this there's got to be stipulations of some type for For us to be protected and of some type for us to be protected and to have our peace and quiet. You know, what I saw at that meeting last week was a lot of retirees. The retirees moved into that neighborhood for, you know, for a reason. It's a quiet, peaceful neighborhood. So we would like it to keep it that way. I would like it to also keep it that way. I feel that a lot of people who aren't in the 600 feet, you know, they're not being really heard. So I am one of the ones within that zoning. So I really just want it to be quiet. I don't want it to be different. And as far as the notification system that they said through the HOA, if you read in your ordinance, it also states that they're supposed to send a letter by mail to each of us, not contact the HOA because the HOA did not contact us. We didn't get anything from the HOA. It wasn't until I got a letter taped to my door with their public relation person coming to my door to ask me for a signature that I wasn't, didn't have time to even think about. So I signed reluctantly, not knowing what I was signing. Another neighbor came the next day, and I signed to oppose it after I started calling the city to find out what was going on. So I was also asking is to be heard and that if you, from what I understand you will probably be the majority to pass it since they don't have the 70% is to think about things that they need to do to keep us safe and to keep it quiet in our community. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Chris. Ms. Mr. Shepherd. Ms. Chris. Could you come back please? I have a question for you actually a couple. If you would and we have terrible graphics and ability to access them where we are right now. But if I'm looking at the existing pad site display that's up there and if I'm looking at that there's the row of houses that appear to the north that's cherry sage drive. Yes and I believe the the small street that dead ends is Griffin Lane. So which one of those houses as we go east or west from Griffin Lane is yours. Do you see where the pool is at? Yes ma'am. The one on the other side on the corner. The one to the east of the pool? Yes. Okay. And when did you purchase your property there? June of 2016. 2016. Okay. And was there any drilling activity going on when you purchased the property or there was no activity going on at all. There was no activity when I was looking in April and May of 2016 or was there any drilling until this past summer or wasn't drilling but they were doing the work over on the well. Okay, all right. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Ms. Chris Fingheng on Ms. K. Bart, I think, has question two. Thank you, Ms. Chris, and I appreciate that you're organizing your neighborhood and being kind of a point of contact. So in the meeting that we had, and I know you were there as well, there are a lot of concerns raised, particularly with, as you stated tonight, quality of life if I can summarize it that way. So some of the things that we might put on is stipulations to help with that, to help mitigate that. Are things like asking for the electric compressor and asking for sound wall protection, asking for that same protection for workover, asking for a different kind of roadway so you don't have the dust, asking for notifications so the neighbors are aware of obviously they will have to come back for drilling permit if this is approved. But beyond that, when something else is about to happen, is there anything else that I've kind of overlooked and I'm just kind of going by memory of the things I heard that not at the meeting? Is there anything else? I'm ensuring the traffic routes are held to. There are some things that are covered by the ordinance. Why noise and that kind of thing. Looking at past violations from other companies that may have been in there, any violations that may have taken place, maybe to look at those to see what they were to ensure that they don't happen again. Okay. Okay. Okay. But as far as the sound barriers, trying to get it to electric. Right. Keeping the dust down, the traffic routes, informing the neighborhood. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Appreciate your help. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Chris. Miss Pino is going to read those in opposition that do not wish to speak. If you could raise your hand as she reads the names. Nathan Clark, Norma Samuñego, Lorenzo Samuñego, Carlos Avia, and Zeli Perez. Those are all the cards, Mayor. Okay. Kelly Perez. Those are all the cards, Mayor. Okay. Yes, Ms. Kaye Part. Sure. No, Ms. Griffin. We got you all straight there. Thank you very much. Thank you for walking back up. I think we know who you are. So with regard to some of what you heard the same night that I was there, obviously, I think to give some reassurance to the neighborhood, because there are many new people there. And I personally went row by row that night, as I got there, as a new person, another person would come in. I'd say how long have you lived there? And I'd say the majority of the people I spoke with, and I really think I spoke with everyone, had been there less than three years, which was surprising to me. So some of them didn't know the history, they didn't know it, had a couple of owners, that kind of thing. So with regard to some of the stipulations that I think might help the situation, I'm not saying they're still going to like it, but it might help. Would be compressors and clothes in a floor, wall encasement at a height to mitigate the sound. Dust control, quartz gravel to reduce the dust. Sound walls, 16-foot sound walls, and a minimum to be erected also at workover or drilling and fracking. And then the notification thing is the thing I heard time and time again. And I know you sent it to the HOA President, but we heard it pretty succinctly that night. They didn't always get that notification. I'm not sure, maybe if you could send notification to at least those homeowners within the 600 foot radius specifically to them and to the HOA, that would be helpful. And then with regard to time of day, Mr. Duganan I don't remember fresh my memory with regard to drilling activities. I know when they start to frack you have to be continuous as I recall is that right? Yes ma'am. No fracking. No fracking is just during the day like hours. Just saying I was. Okay so what is it that once you start you have to complete it? It's a drill activity. Yes ma'am. Okay and that usually takes about how long? It depends on the length of the lateral and how many plugs it has to be drilled out. Right now in the wells that we have over the Thornton pad, we're on our timeline, we're giving seven days for a well. Okay, okay, so seven days for well. Okay. Okay. So, seven days for Okay. Mr. Dugan, is there any other stipulation with regard to time and day of activity at the well sides that it currently exists in our ordinance? No, the ordinance is right now. I'm just thinking of the listing that applies here from the previous permitting for the existing well operations. It's 12 hours limited, to daylight hours for traffic operations to the front of the site and that's the only timing on here. Okay. One of the things that I have personally, personally seen, not at that particular drill site, is sometimes when the trucks come in, I guess it's the trucks taking off the water or whatever. Some of the truck drivers are smoking on the pad sides and I know it's not allowed but I'm just saying. I've seen it. So that's a concern of mine. I'm assuming with our cameras up that if we had that video we could show that to you and you would take appropriate action. Certainly, there wouldn't work for us anymore. Okay. They'd be fired immediately. Okay, so these stipulations that I've articulated do you have a problem with any of those? The, the, the, the electric compressor. Okay. We're trying to get electricity. There's no electricity to this path. Okay. We're trying to get electricity. There's no electricity to this path. Okay. We are trying to get electricity We're working with one of the residents that lives near the pad and mr. Valenzuela Who signed the way we're in favor today actually are? Nancy stopped by spoke with him So we're working to get electricity in for the drilling rate. Okay. So that keeps the noise down on the drilling process. All the compressors, the compressors come and go. Okay. In order to bring an electric compressor in, you would need switch gear panels, a lot of electric stuff. You would need to have it in close enclosure. And you may not use it. Okay, it would be a great, it would be a large expenditure. The residents, I don't know if the residents have noticed lately, but whether or not they can hear the compressor that's there now, because I mean, I pulled up on the location and turned my truck off and got out, and I really, really hear it. And so we've put, we've enclosed that. Like I said last time, we had two compressors there. They were skid mounted, I mean, they were a trim amount of compressors, which meant they weren't as permanent. And so we pulled both of those off, found a better compressor that was skid mounted. So it's actually only ground. It's more secure, less vibration, less noise. And then we took and we're crippling it, idling it back, using it just enough to keep the wells that are in place, flowing, and those wells are coming around. It's our hopes that we won't have a compressor there. So the electric compressor, we have one electric compressor, all the fields that we have, and that's at the UTA pad. And so, you know, that one I would like to, you know, it'd be hard to justify it from an economic standpoint when there's ways to meet current city ordinances around noise with the sound walls and I think we're doing that currently. As far as the gravel goes, the The what kind of gravel did you say? Courts. Courts gravel. OK. The road going in, this location is concrete. So that's even, I mean, there's. I would. I'd settle for concrete if you wanted to. OK. We have a concrete road going in there. And we have gone and cut back the brush away from the road to make sure to try to make it more passable. We've actually on two different occasions had a crew go in there when the workover was there and washed the road, the concrete road to try to address any dust that was there. No, around this pad, I don't have the pictures up, but you'll see that there is dirt, and there is a pipeline ride-away from a company that we have no control over. They go out and they push hog that you have to push hog these ride-aways. There's laws that say you have to maintain them to a certain standard. So when they're out bushing their ride-aways and doing those things, that's going to stir up dust and grass. I have no control over that portion of it. Mr. Gryven, are you telling me that because I don't remember that but you're telling me that the roadway from once you're off of Eden and you're getting on to your past side. It's all concrete. Just wait. OK. It was kind of cool. It was kind of cool. I don't remember that. So OK. All right. And that's a move point. I think so long as you try to keep it clean. We'll keep it clean. But that other dust and stuff doesn't seem like it's emanating necessarily from access to your. That's such a road. Now, if we have, if we go in there and we're doing work and we see that there's an accumulation of dirt or dust, we will go in and wash it. That's what we did on the workover. Okay. When we had the workover rig there. In addition to the sound walls that are around the compressors, when we had the workover there, we put sound walls on one side, the side facing to what I believe the north towards where your house is. We put sound walls there because on that end of the work over rig was where the engine was and where the exhaust was. So we put that up without, I mean there's nobody's, there's no ordinance to do that, but we thought it was the right thing to do. And it was 16 foot panels. If we're able to come in and drill wells we're going to come in with 32 foot tall panels and then close the entire path Which is what we've done at the Thornton location and we have continuous monitoring 24 hours a day seven days a week for noise And we have not exceeded any noise levels at the Thornton location That's through drilling in and completion. Okay, and see that any noise levels at the thought location. That's through drilling in and completion. Okay, and so that there would be 32-foot tall panels, you said? Yes, ma'am. And you can close the entire. It certainly would. When you're doing the drilling or the fracking or the workover? The workover, I think we would, on the workover portion of it, it's a smaller, I it, it's a smaller, I mean, it's a truck mounted ring with a Eric that comes up, they do their work, they're usually there, I hope they're there for a day or two, if they're there for a long period of time, then we've got problems and it's cost us more money. To get sound walls up, we can probably get in with the workover rig, do the work that needs to be done and be gone before we can get sound walls up and bound it. Anything more than a 16 foot wall. I had no problem with putting up sound walls on workover rigs. But where we have to be careful is that we do not put a sound wall that is in close proximity to the workover ring and closes it, and then allows it to be an area where it traps fumes from exhausts, or if there's a gas leak, where personnel are in their working, then also increases, could increase noise levels that workers are exposed to, and there's OSHA guidelines on noise exposure levels. What do you have a suggestion because we specifically heard of that meeting that when the work over ring came it was very destructive to the night. Yes, I think that what we did last time, like I said we put sound loss to the north. We've since done an ambient background noise survey. We have that in place. I think that we would monitor the noise levels that are there. And if we see that we're have excessive noise, then go in and put sound walls. My point on the sound, not the entire pad, but around the work over itself. Well, I just have to be careful on how tight I put those because I'll need to put gas monitoring systems in there and additional safety devices to ensure the safety of the gentlemen or women that are working on the location. And so you said that in the work of a riggy recently when you've done that, you put a 16 foot sound all up on the north side. We did it across in an angular pattern like this towards the north side. Possessed where the engine and the exhaust were. Nobody called us, we went out there and thought it was a good idea to do it. That's why we did it. But none of the city inspectors. I remember the padside correctly. If you put it along the north, that's going to be kind of by Cherry Sage. I put it along the side of the Chilis on. Yeah. And then if you put it along the east, it'll be whatever that street is. I've forgotten. I don't know. So well, it's where Miss Christmas. So. I thought you would. On the north side. You live So you live on cheery sites. What's that other street that we were talking about? Holga. Cheery Street and the other on the east side of the is Griffin or what would you say it was? Well, it doesn't matter. Any. What is it, Mr. Shepherd? That's what I was thinking. So if need be, could we request that you put it on the north and the east side? Yes. Okay, because that's where the residences are. If you go to the west or you go to the south, there's nothing in close proximity. Okay. And in this stipulation, you know, you know, something I think should also be a driving factor is, are we in compliance with existing ordinances that the City of Ireland had put in place around noise? Because that's when we came in and did our due diligence around this property and purchases asset, we wanted to make sure that we were full compliance with the laws and regulations and ordinances that govern what we do. this asset, we wanted to make sure that we were full compliance with the laws and regulations and ordinances that govern what we do, and we've done that, and we've done more than that, and several of the cases, especially around the fan and farms bad. So we will continue to work with the neighbors and the city, but we'd also like to have the the noise level be a factor that's considered as well when we start putting up salons. And I don't disagree, but we have to take into account that we have a petition on file which requires a super majority vote of the council. And so therefore these neighbors have been affected negatively and they've let that be known to their elected body. And so sometimes you have to do more than the minimum. Okay. And in this case, I think more than the minimum is required. Right. And I, like I've stated all the way from the PNZ to our first meeting to the meeting last week and again tonight that we are more than willing to go above and beyond, use best practices and do what we need to do to be a good neighbor in the city of Arlington. Yeah, and I appreciate that. You've been very cooperative. I very much appreciate that. And then the last one was the notification to the neighbors and you were okay with that as well. Yes, I'm with that son of a reason. Okay, all right. Thank you. In addition to that, I also want to point out that the City of Arlington does notifications as well. It's just not us in that. There was signage put up and actually the sign's still there. I didn't pull it up when I was out there yesterday, but the City of Arlington sign and where it was written with, I guess, the marks lot are sharp. You all that's faded out with the science still laying there on the ground. Oh for the yeah maybe maybe I'm zoning. I got to pull it up. I just didn't want to do it and get trouble by pulling up a city city. Why do you get through denied and then you can ask. I think it's probably the better if we pull it up. I'll find. I'll find. They'll be fine. If depending upon your outcome tonight you can maybe do away with it. But anyway thank you I appreciate your cooperation in your help. That's all my questions Mayor. Mr. Griffin is there anything else you'd like to share with us? I don't believe so I just want to really emphasize the fact that we really want to be a good partner with the city of Arlington. I've said it over and over again. I mean it. We continue to look at assets in the Arlington area and the Barnett Shale area. We fully recognize the need to be compliant but we also recognize the extreme importance on being a good neighbor and doing what we can to treat people the way we would want to be treated. And that's what we're going to continue to try to do. And we're open to suggestions and again contact us. We have given out our cards. I believe Charlie's name and numbers on an HOA on their website. So again, we're going to do whatever we can to be a good company in the city of Arlington. Thank you, Mr. Griffin. Yes, sir. Okay, we'll close the public hearing. Mr. Anderson. I have his account. So just for clarification, the dust issue was raised, wasn't to deal with the road, it was to the pad side itself which isn't paid. I didn't hear you, Mr. Dutton. The pad side is not paid, the road in is concrete. But when you get to the pad side where the driving takes place and the rigs are, that's not paid and that's where the dust comes from. Any other questions discussion? Miss K. Part? I'm ready to make a motion, Mayor. Okay. And we'll entertain the motion then. Mayor, I'd like to move approval with the following stipulations. First, notification to those people living within 600 feet of the padside with regard to activity, like if they're going to come in and do a workover rig, so on and so forth. Obviously, notifications will go out when they come back for any permit, any that's required by law. And also to the HOA. So people within 600 feet and the HOA would get notification. And that the pressures would be enclosed in a four foot wall encasement at a height suited for sound reduction. And with regard to dust controls, so I'm not sure any of the pads sides are sitting on concrete that I recall. So I would just ask the applicant to kind of monitor that and maybe wet it down from time to time. And then the sound laws to be erected also during the work over rig, particularly along the north and east side. And mayor, and the times we've already discussed. So that is my motion, Mayor. Okay, we have a motion from Councilmember K. Part. Mayor and the times we've already discussed. So that is my motion, Mayor. Okay, we have a motion from Councilmember K. Part. Do we have a Mr. Shepherd? Well, I was just going to ask a question. I'll second the motion. Just for purpose. Second the motion and then you'd like to see it. Just for purposes of asking the question. Mr. Dugan. I did, but do I have a mixed problem? Oh, no, no, go ahead. I didn't realize that you had. With the stipulations that Miss K. Part has put on the SUP, will there be a need to repeat any of those in connection with the permit? Because I was thinking that the stuff that she mentioned is usually more associated with the permit than it is the S.U.P. But I don't remember it's been a number of years since we've done any of this. I think that it's appropriate for this if that we just wouldn't have to cover it again when the permit comes up. When the permit comes up, they'll address more operational issues and more details to do with the drilling itself. So we're going to have the same stipulations both times? It's a chair option, but we don't have to have these stipulations on the permit, as long as it's there on the site. I guess the reason I ask is this, and maybe it's your intention, the SUP, correct me if I'm wrong, they've already got gas wells there. And the SUP already permits that which is present. Right. And so all we're talking about tonight is a new drill zone, but it doesn't move the existing drill zone. No, and all the existing conditions are still in effect as per the conditions here for this approval. So I guess what I'm getting at do the since the stipulate, if the stipulations are attached to this SUP does it affect drilling operations that have already been approved? Or does it only relate to new drilling operations within the new drill zone if permitted? Given the operations that are there already, I see where you're going with this, it's hard to separate it out since they're all right adjacent to each other and it will be a few piece of it. So I think they would have, you know, the new permit will cover whatever it needs to cover for that. So what I would prefer, and it's just me and it's your motion, I'm reluctant to impede current operations, which I think the amendment of the SUP in the manner which you've proposed will do. So I'm perfectly fine with attaching these stipulations to the permit when it comes to us. At that point it's a 70% vote perhaps if the opposition is as it is here. And then the, I believe if I'm understanding Mr. Dugan correctly, then those stipulations were related to that drill zone with the gas well permits that we issue if we do. But to attach the stipulations to the entire SUP, and cumbers that which has already been permitted, not stuff that we're going to do. And so I won't be able to support the motion in its current fashion. I'm totally supportive of your conditions. I just believe that they need to be attached to the permit, not to the SUP. However, if you don't attach it to the SUP. However, if you don't attach it to the SUP, then to your point, the existing wells, if they come in and do a workover, which they've already done on the existing rails, that impacted the neighborhood. So if you don't attach it to the SUP, you don't have the protection that the neighborhood was asking for. And so I don't, if you just wait until the permitting and apply it to the new wells, and let's say you've got 10 wells out there, well, these stipulations only apply to 5 of the 10 wells, and I think that would be a nightmare of staff to try to keep up with. And so here to 4, the applicants have always come in for the drill zone and the drilling permit together so we never had this bifurcated process. But this applicant chose to do it differently, which therefore forced us to have to consider it differently. So I understand what you're saying, but part of the problem exists with the existing drills of the wells that are out there right now. So I appreciate your comments and your further investigation, but that is my motion. Okay. Yeah, we want to open, reopen the public hearing and allow Mr. Griffin to speak. I would love to hear from him. Mr. K. Park. Are you sure you are? Certainly. Okay. We'll open the public hearing and allow Mr. Griffin to speak. Russ Griffin, 59-49, Sherry Lane, Dallas, Texas, and was sad about operating. I think you both have excellent points. From our standpoint, we are fine. Go ahead and adding the stipulations to the existing SUV. To what your point is very valid and I understand exactly what you're saying. but if we're gonna come in and do workovers on the existing wells and do those kind of things and we want to make sure that we keep the noise down, keep the dust down and make sure that we're good neighbors. So we're fine with if it's okay with y'all we're fine with that. Thank you, Mr. Griffin. Okay, so we'll close the public hearing and we have a motion and Do we have a second from Dr. Myers? So we have a motion from council member k part with conditions that she read Seconded by council member for our Mars. So please cast your votes Motion passes. Mayor May I say thank you to the neighborhood for bringing this forward to us in voicing your concerns and it resulted in a better outcome for you I believe. Thank you. And thank you to Sadelopperiding and to Mr. Makoski. It was really a very outcome for you, I believe. Thank you. And thank you to saddle operating and to Mr. Mckosky. It was really a very productive and good meeting. Thank you. Next we moved to zoning case, SUP17-5, Wenge cottage 906 livo court. Mr. Dugan? Yes, Mr. Mayor. Members of the council, the applicant is Mr. Roberts and Monty. This was continued last time because it was a discrepancy in the materials. It's at about an acre site, but actually, or half acre site, actually it's a 14,800 square foot site. And so we had to clarify on the staff report and now the applicant's back again with this petition. Okay is the applicant here? Mr. you want to come on up and state your name and address and Anything you'd like to share with us. Thank you. My name is Robert Simeon with dwell development design 6505 west part Willivard, Plano, Texas 7509-3 and I'm going to go through the presentation again. I just wanted to clarify the size of a lot. I think that was an issue. If you Are there any questions from Mr. Simion? Okay. All right, thank you. You're welcome. Okay, Ms. Sapino, are there any speakers on this item? No, there. No speakers. Then I will close the public hearing and any discussion or emotion. Okay, I have a motion for approval from Councilmember Walman and a second from Councilmember Thalman. Please cast your votes. Motion passes. Next, we move to zoning case PD 16-24 platinum storage 2696 Bernie Road Mr. Dugan. Yes may I remember so the council we have the applicant Mr. Stephen Homer. Homer here with Homer your engineering to make a presentation. presentation. Oh I'm excuse me. That's right. Oh I'm sorry with the wrong which one? Oh platinum storage. Sorry. Yes platinum storage is when you all continued until the 17th. Okay. So this case you said the cases may continued till the 17th okay next we move to 114s on in case PD 17-12 Arlington Resort for pets 4601 and 461 West Sublet Road Mr. Dugan right that's a case with Mr. Steven Hummer here Mr. Dugan. Right. That's a case with Mr. Stephen Hummer and here. And we have Dr. Lee as Victor as the owner. They should be here. I'm Lee Richter, 4601 West sublet road in Arlington. We currently own an operate, Richter Animal Hospital in Pet Resort. We're seeking a PD overlay for the lot next door to separate out our current boarding and daycare services. We're not adding services, we're just separating out and expanding our building. So I've got a little presentation. I've got a few slides and then certainly can answer any questions that you may have. This is our current facility at 4601, just showing the exterior elevation facility. And I think that the two facilities are going to be very similar in appearance for continuity purposes for our current clients. That shows the drive-through on the west side of the current building. There'll be a drive-through that mirrors that on the east side of the new building as well. that mirrors that on the east side of the new building as well. Interior lobby, the current facility. And then these next few slides show some of the indoor boarding suites, themed suites. And then this is the outdoor run, I think is what the city's calling it. When we built our current facility in 2010, an outdoor run was allowed under the community commercial designation. The, That has changed since then, which is why we're requesting the PD to do the same outdoor play during business hours. So there's no dogs that are staying overnight outdoors. It's simply for exercise and play and elimination of dogs during the day. Same yard with some of our patients, pets. And it is the current yard is turfed as will be the the new yard. Current signage at our current facility. And this just shows the six foot board on board fence that the PNZ wanted to see originally. And then we've got the site plan and the specifics as well. So I can answer any questions that anyone has. Any questions? Ms. K. Pant. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am. I'll follow Rob behind there. Okay, I'm sorry. Thank you, Dr. Richter. And I must say I'm a little biased since I've visited this clinic before and it's lovely. But I know that you're going to have a separate facility now for basically your doggy day here and that kind of facility, right? Yes, ma'am. Are you going to have a separate sign then your current sign? That is correct. The PNZ staff had originally recommended one sign for the both, but they did drop that recommendation and are going to allow us to have or had recommended allowing two signs, one for each. Okay, that makes it so clear. Because they are going to be run as separate businesses, even though it's- And just the orientation of the buildings, I would think, would warrant separate signs, but I wasn't sure- Yes, ma'am. And I know at PNZ there was some concern about the Primrose School behind you. And has that been resolved? Whatever that comes from? Yes ma'am. So Mr. Hatch and I with Primrose School did sit down and come up with a resolution for a six foot landscape buffer along the west side which is the drive going back to his property which is on the north of my property, to allow for some extra landscaping to a piece him and in his project as well. I expect you should just be approved at this other facility to be ever bit as beautiful as the one you currently have. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you for your business of time to go back to the city. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you for your business in our city. I appreciate very much. Ms. Thalman. I was just going to ask the same thing Ms. Kephard asked about the neighbors objection and the wanting that I think he asked, ma'am. Okay. Excellent. Thank you. Any other questions, comments? I too have toured your facility. It is awesome. And thank you for that investment here. And I get all kinds of compliments from citizen Jews in your facility there and really appreciate that investment. And also the example of working with the neighbor and working it out here before you come here and thank you so much for that. Yes sir, thank you. Thank you. Okay, next we will ask Miss Zapino if there are any speakers on this item. May we just have one speaker, Sherman Hatch? You get hand support or an opposition? The way is presented on this one. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Then I will close the public hearing and I'll call for a motion. We have a motion for approval from Council Member for R. Myers and a second from Council Member K. Part. Please cast your votes. Motion passes. Next we move to resolutions. We have one-on-one center mixed use development project, second amendment to the first amended and restated ground lease Mr. Jim Parishan. Mayor and council, Jim Paragion, Deputy C. Manager, before you tonight is a resolution for an amendment that would allow for a six-month extension for 101th Center. They're continuing to make progress, but they do need more time to finish that project. Paragion's rather from catalysts, and the audience would be happy to answer any questions. Mr. Rutherford. I really appreciate your investment here in our community. And anyway, an amazing landmark project that is really changing the face of living in downtown Arlington. I'd love for you to share with us here about when you believe you'll be finished and then also about how your leasing is going there in your residential units and then also you're anticipating leasing there in the first floor on your mixed use. Thank you, Mayor. Members of the council, good to see you all. Thank you for most of you coming up and taking time to walk in the building. I'm a little dusty myself after having walked through earlier. I can tell you the elevator's up and running. So those of us that walked up the six floors, here we are. That's good. Thank you for your comments. We are also very proud of this facility in the building. It's accomplishing the goals that we set out together to achieve in downtown, which is to create the kind of urban living and mixed-use lifestyle that we all see happening within downtown. Things are going well from a leasing standpoint. We are a bit delayed in the construction. we all see happening within downtown. Things are going well from a leasing standpoint. We are a bit delayed in the construction, as you all know, because you're right next door. That has to do with a lot of different things, labor shortages, coordination issues, so forth and so on. But we are moving through that. And in fact, we are nearly 80% least on the property now across the whole job. So that's a great success for downtown and the project. So people see the vision, despite it being somewhat delayed in the construction. We have talked to about 110 retail tenants up to this point. We're in active discussion with 10 of them right now. That's been over multiple months. Those discussions are really ramping up now that everyone can start to see what the building looks like. So that's very important. And we're in detailed, detailed discussions with about three currently, a couple restaurants and another facility. The, and from a timing standpoint, hopefully everything goes well this week with your final inspection process. We should be having a several hundred people moving in actually on Saturday and Sunday. So expect to see a lot of activity as that happens. They're over there, even now finishing up some work to ensure that happens over the next few days to get ready for that and our final inspections tomorrow and Thursday. And then we should be done realistically by the beginning of the year, all the final details. But the way these buildings work is there's three phases. There's the building down on Abram, which comes with the garage. There are the buildings then that flank the garage on Mesquite and Center. Those are separate phases. Those will follow about a month thereafter as we open this month. And then there's always a little punchless items to get done by the end of the year, beginning of the year. That's generally where we should be. Any questions or comments from Mr. Rutherford? Mr. Glass-Me. Thank you, Mayor. It was an interesting exercise going up from stairs. What time frame do you anticipate making this decision on what retail and restaurant will be there and announcing it? Oh, we are right in the middle of that process right now. I believe that once we get the final streetscape in place and you can easily walk down the sidewalks, with every day of completion it gets easier to have those discussions. We've had several tours. People are waiting to see the storefront done and the sidewalk done. So I would imagine realistically over the next 60 days we should be finalizing kind of where that's at. We're being very careful about the tenants that we're looking at and talking to, and we're doing our best to have something that's cool and interesting and activates both corners the way we want it to. We do have a bank at least that we have gone through that's in the middle of that space on Abram, and that's progressing well. that's in the middle of that space on Abram, and that's progressing well. I wanna, I believe you indicated that the health fitness facility you will have some latitude for others to be able to take advantage of it. Yes, yeah, we have about a 1500 square foot fitness facility that's right across the street. You know, it's looking good. It'll be full of equipment and we'll be able to entertain memberships to that from others. If so, desired. I know there's a lot of people that are here during the daytime that want to maybe work out and we're having to entertain that. Okay. Any other questions? All right, thank you, Mr. Rutherford. Thank you. Mr. Pino, are there any speakers on this item? No speakers, Mayor. Okay, then I'll call for a motion. I have a motion for approval from Council Member Wolfe and a second from Council Member Walman, Police Caster votes. Motion passes. Discussion. Discussion. Discussion. Discussion. Discussion. Motion passes. Next we move to access to Fire Department G files. Ms. Carrizyka, Human Resources Director and Civil Service Director. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Item 12.2 is the Civil Service Law for Fire law for firefighters which were adopted by voters. At the May 6, 2017 election, pursuant to chapter 143 of the Texas local government code. As part of the implementation of civil service, chapter 143 requires the maintenance of a personnel file by the civil service director. This file is commonly referred to as the A file in its subject to the Texas Public Information Act. This file contains commendations, congratulations and honors bestowed on firefighters along with any efficiency, reports, and formal disciplinary actions. Chapter 143 also permits the fire department to separately maintain a separate personnel file commonly referred to as the G file. The file may include documentation of other personal records such as attendance records, memos, investigative files, and academy records. This file is not subject to the Texas Public Information Act and is to be confidential. Access to the file outside of the fire department must be authorized. The resolution before you tonight provides that the department head for the Arlington Fire Department is authorized to release the G files to the City Manager City Attorney and HR Civil Service Director and their designees as well as outside legal counsel representing the city and employees assigned to perform internal investigations. I'm welcome any questions you may have. Ms. Gaye Bord. Thank you, Mayor. So I'm not real familiar with this, so walk me through it just real briefly. So, currently, whatever is going to go into the G file, is that a new file that's being created with information that currently exists, for instance? It could be. It could be. Okay, so currently is that information subject to the open records? So this? Yes, it is. It currently is. It some of it potentially might not be under the open the public information act. Right. But stuff that will be confidential under a G file in the future some of that is open at this time. Okay is it open not just in fire but is it open? Whatever that information is is that open for other employees as well whether they be in the planning department or in the police department or animal services or whatever. Yes, because this distinction between files, most other city employees just have a personnel file. Right. And so then in accordance with the Public Information Act, we would examine whether that information was open for public inspection or not. Okay. A lot of it would be. So why is it being, and I realize it's the civil service law, I get that, but what's the point? I don't know that we can speak to that. The law specifies the keeping of the two files, not going back and looking at the legislative history on it, I can tell you this distinction for why they... It's puzzling to me because it's like we're creating a separate class of people. They have kind of special information. looking at the legislative history on it, I couldn't tell you the distinction for why they- Okay, well, it's puzzling to me because it's like we're creating a separate class of people. They have kind of special situation treated differently than the rest of the workforce. And I don't, I'm just trying to figure out what the history was, but okay, thank you. Okay, any other? Okay, all right. And I'll go from there to Ms. Sapino, or are there any speakers on this item? Beverly Windsor, who's a non-speaker? Did you wish to speak? She didn't put whether she was in support or opposition. Did you wish to speak, ma'am? Ms. Windsor, do you wish to speak? Yes, very bad. Okay. Okay. And that's all the speakers we have. Then with that, I'll call for a motion. We have a motion for approval from Councilmember Glaspby in a second from Councilmember Thalmond. Police catch your votes. Motion passes. Next we move to authorizing the department head of the Auditor of Fire Department to appoint persons to the classification immediately below the department head. Ms. Zika? Continuing with the implementation of civil service, the head of the fire department, as you said, may appoint his assistant chiefs if so approved by City Council. Based on the number of firefighters here at the City of Arlington, the City Council can authorize the head of the fire department to appoint two persons to the authorized positions in the classifications immediately below him. The resolution before you would provide such authorization to the fire chief. I haven't happy to answer any questions. Any questions from Miss Zika? Okay. Mr. Pino, are there any speakers on the side? Mayor Miss Windsor was here on 12-2 through 12-5. Okay. All right. Miss Windsor, you just wish to register support for the fire. I hope that we can get rid of the retaliation that I'd like to meet out in the back of our apartment. So, it's... Okay. Okay. Thank you. Then any discussion or I'll call for a motion. You have a motion for approval from Council Member Parker and a second from Council Member for our Myers Police Guest Reboots. Motion passes. Next, we have confirmation of the Department Head of the Arlington Fire Department, Miseka. Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government Code also requires the Department Head of the fire department to be appointed by the City Manager and confirmed by City Council. City Manager Trey Elberton has appointed Don Croson as the Department head of the fire department and the resolution before you confirms that appointment and accordance with Chapter 143. Any questions? Any questions from Miss Zika? Seeing none, Miss Alpina. Miss Windsor. Okay. Any discussion? I have a motion for approval from Councilmember Parker. And a second from Councilmember Wom and police gesture votes. Motion passes. Next, we have revisions to the personnel policies regarding third party arbitration, Ms. Zika. The city's current personnel policy enables all city employees to elect to arbitrate a disciplinary action. The civil service statute affords covered firefighters third party arbitration as well. The resolution in front of you will amend our personnel policy to provide that following the implementation of civil service. The avenue of arbitration for firefighters will be through chapter 143 and not the city's personnel policy. Again, any questions? Any questions from Miss Seika? Okay, seeing none, Mr. Pinot, are there any other speakers besides Miss Windsor? Okay. Then I'll call for a motion. We have a motion for approval from Councilmember for our mires and a second from Councilmember Thalman. Please cast your votes. Motion passes. Next, we move to citizen participation. Miss Alpino, could you go over speaker guidelines in the call? Yes, thank you, Mayor. Citizen participation gives the public an opportunity to make comments or address concerns which are not posed on the evening's agenda. However, please understand that the Mayor and Council are not permitted by law to respond or address your concerns at this time as these items are not included on the posted account. Council agenda for this evening. The mayor and council may only ask clarifying questions and or direct staff to take appropriate action. Speakers will be given three minutes to make their comments. Okay, our first speaker is Miss Beverly Davis. Miss Davis, if you could come up and state your name and address. Hi, my name is Beverly Davis. I live at 5930 Sterling Green Trail, Arlington, Texas, 76017. Recently in the past two years, I was investigated by the gang unit in task force. While I was at their investigative home, I was domestically violenceed. I was hit, I was shoved through a door and forced to sleep on the floor. During this process, I found out that they employ different types of criminal informants. Back in 2002, I was raped and found out that one of the criminal informants that's dating the guy that was previously dating me is friends with the man that raped me and is subjecting my privacy and my intelligence data base information within the police department and her criminal informant boyfriend releasing my private information of my location and my mental health and compromising investigations that have to do with myself and within this man who sexually assaulted me. They're also misusing tax dollars while I was investigated. They were taking me out to dinner and buying me gifts and I watched several of them take several different girls on trips. These investigations and these groups are formed by tax dollars, local, state, and federal that I'm researching. And I have a problem within the community as being someone that was investigated as well as a victim of a sexual assault case as allowing these gentlemen within the gang unit and task force to allow someone who has friends with someone who sexually assault me to be an informant on me, to try to persuade law enforcement in a direction that is untrue and use tax dollars to protect people who are guilty and also take them on trips when their criminals themselves. This girl Brandi Kirksy was arrested for a felony for a third DWI. The minute she got out of jail, Paul Khorak, who is part of the gang unit at 933 Ashmont Lane, took her on a cruise and then took her to a bike party in Houston, has bought her gifts for Christmas, for her birthday, for Valentine's Day. These are the things that are tax dollars are being used within our community. This house that they're investigating people out of is right by a school stop. The whole time I was there, there was drugs and alcohol and drinking going on within the garage that was open right next to a school stop while kids are getting on and off of a bus. And these are the people getting right out of jail like Brandy Kirksey using tax dollars with Paul Cork who's allowed to be a confidential informant and take these tax dollars and investigate people and they're using them to form social groups to have fun instead of doing investigations. And I feel like there's more fun going on than actual investigations. And I've been subjected to two faults arrest because of it by allowing these people who are friends with the men who rate me, try to stand up for this man who rate me, and try to get me in trouble because they feel like I lied a little nervous if I didn't make sense, but I would like to request a meeting to go in further detail of the evidence that I have of them going on trips and them following me around my house and them allowing to employ certain people who are informants. Ms. Davis, we will definitely have the police department get in touch with you. I've been in touch with the police department. I've talked to internal affairs. They told me to talk to the FBI. I've reached out to the FBI because of the the gang unit being under the representative, the field representative of the FBI. So I wrote them a letter. I wrote the governor a letter. And the governor told me to reach out to the mayor and the city council. Wow. Well then we'll set up a meeting with you. Thank you. I will meet with you. Thank you. Yes, thank you. Mr. Brantling-Hinshaw. Hello. My name is Brantling. Here's Saul. Hello, my name is Bradley. Here's so, they've all won-one-one for our seats. So, they've been here all in for 59 years. In my culture, in the heart of mouth, what happened? Oklahoma, the policeman's shooter, that's man. wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife's wife giving our training soon to the police department soon I'll just say it about deaf culture and take the sign line for the class to come and see when we can go on to the culture problem I'm a deaf, I want to hear we or a heart of hearing most of us are deaf people go out and have a tie. Would the police become, as the princess, where the little hollins are, the hollins are up in the street rock. And the police should decide, and they know what's called a combination, lying out of this paper, or I can just decide like this. So we need to swing, but please don't follow me. Your style, my deaf I was looking for people watching the side like this. So we need to swing, put them on par with your staff, my deaf culture, coming in with the deaf people. It may be even my doings for par with those who have something going on with my house, by a, that's all. Thank you, Mr. Henshell. Well I have staff get in touch with you. Okay. Thank you. Renée Perez. Thank you ladies and gentlemen of the City Council. This past spring I attended a public meeting here at City Hall where the plans for the project 2016 residential rebuild phase two were being revealed to the public and to be discussed with their residents. I was assured by everyone there, including Grant Brown, a representative, engineer representative for Tissio Paving, that the residents would be notified when work would be done so that we could plan our travel accordingly access to our house or driveway. Two Mondays ago my car got stuck in uncompacted subgrade uncompacted subgrade on my street because I had no idea that this was going on and there did apologize but refused to discuss future notifications or discuss traffic control to prevent someone not actually receiving notice from experiencing what I experienced upon and what I experienced upon my third call, Titusio Paving, I did actually speak to Mr. Grant Brown, this same gentleman I met in the spring. He laughed when I asked to speak to Mr. Samples's supervisor. He said the city would have to call for that to happen. I hope we consider this behavior the next time tissue paving applies, submits a bid to the city. They were approved for a temporary traffic control permit August 7th. So they had well over a month for which to send out paper notifications to let the residents know what was going to happen. I'd be happy to answer any questions if you'll have any. Well, we can't because it's citizen dispassion, we can't respond, but what we can do is have staff get in touch with you. And I have let this both know. Thank you very much. Just for us, thank you for coming and letting us know. Appreciate that very much. Next, we moved to Samantha Trimble. Hi, I'm Amy Williams. The council. I'm sorry, my name is Samantha Trimble, and I live at 7510 Marsland. I wanna speak with you tonight regarding a grave situation that Arlington Animal Services has created at Petsmart Highlands. No medium to large city shelter in Dallas-Fort Worth has condos in the Petsmart. They utilize city shelter space that the tax payers have already paid for. Some smaller rural cities do have condos, but Arlington doesn't fit that description. And yet they have condos space at PetSmart Highlands. Space that they have repeatedly mismanaged and given our shelter animals a bad rap. They continuously send sick cats with URI, rainworm, and other medical issues to the condos. And people are adopting out sick animals with the city of Arlington's logo on them. PetSmart is spoken with animal services multiple times about this in the last two years and nothing has changed. So Petsmart had to make a unilateral decision recently, cut back on the amount of cats animal services can bring. Petsmart's tried to get the condos space away to a rescue group and animal services will not let those condos go, which rescue groups were the focus and purpose of the condos to begin with. I propose that New Hope Cat Rescue and Sanctuary based right here in Arlington be granted the use of these condos. I ask the City Council consider this win-win solution for both PetSmart and New Hope. New Hope pulls cats and kittens from Animal Services Urgent List already. New Hope keeps those adoption fees right here in Arlington. They do good work, have healthy cats and kittens, and raise the prestige of our Highlands Pet Smart in the process. You may be asked to consider other groups, but there are some things that you need to know. Butties places registered in Fort Worth in Parker County and have condos at the Pet Smart in Lincoln Square. And all those adoption fees go back to Fort Worth in Parker County. A verdict in Catastrophe, also known as Arlington Cats Alive, is located in Mansfield and has condos at the pet co in Mansfield. All those adoption fees go back to Mansfield. Sheltered Chorescue Coalition already has condos at the pet co little road. Files has no need for condos as it's not in their work to do adoptions. I also city council forced the condos from animal services mismanaged hands and allow pet smart to give them to new hope cat rescue in sanctuary. Just as other five Arlington pest or locations have been allowed to work with other rescue groups and it begs the question how is animal services able to use its corrupt power to shut out groups from condos that it doesn't deserve to begin with? But doesn't interfere with other rescue groups using other condos from other locations across Arlington. I'll be back in two weeks to discuss with you the documents that I uncovered, showing other corruption concerns by animal services and mismanagement of city funding in real estate. Specifically, why have 12 cages from Arlington animal services been given for the exclusive use of a private rescue group based out of Mansfield? Have a blessed evening. Thank you, Mr. Trimble. We'll have city managers office check into that. Thank you, Mayor William. Thank you, Mr. Trimble and we'll have city managers office check into that. Thank you. Next is Rick Sanderson. Rick Sanderson, 603 Country Green Lane, Arlington, Texas, 76011. Mayor, council, I recently attended a town hall meeting that Councilman Parker hosted, and in that meeting he held up a flyer that he keeps his reminder from the recent election in May. I have a flyer that I keep as a reminder as well. I don't know if any of you ever saw this, but this shows a young girl looking at a burned out house. And the basic premise of this flyer is that if we adopt civil service, that will be fewer firefighters to protect her home. I would agree that we're on that path to see this, but not because the citizens voted to adopt civil service. I would say that it's because the path that this council has chosen in the implementation of civil service. This is my other reminder that I keep in my house. It very clearly you have lined out the cost of civil service projected for this year at $580,000. It also shows the delayed purchase of one fire engine. We're already seeing reductions in the fire service based on that. And this all comes out of fire potter pay in one engine. Now Mr. Yelferton has made very clear that the city has revenue resources to pay for these things, but he's following the council's direction to cut these things from Firefighter's Pay. The other side of this reminded that I have shows what's required by the law. And everything else over here is a council discretion. If Councilman Parker had his way, there would be another $1.3 million cut from firefighters pay. So I do think that we're on the road to this, but not because the citizens voted to adopt civil service protection for the Arlington firefighters. It's because of the council's decisions. Thank you. Amy Sanderson. Amy Sanderson. You're non-speaker then. I have options. Yes, you can speak. Yes. I'm Amy Sanderson. I live at 603 Country Green Lane in Arlington. My husband is a firefighter in Irving. We went to City Council meetings for a a long time, with my four children, they're all sitting in the overflow room because it's hard to keep a group of four little kids quiet at this time of night. It's their bedtime. I am here to support my husband. He is here to support the firefighters. And I'm tired of coming to the City Council meetings because of the, but we keep coming because of how you guys are relating to the firefighters. These guys lay their lives on the line every time they go out the door. I have a husband that has a job that every time he leaves, I have to pray that we've ended on a good note and that if he dies in the line of duty, I have had the right attitude and everything is resolved between us. That is worth fighting for. And so I don't have any notes. I didn't know I was going to get to speak. I wasn't really thinking of it, but I have a lot of passion for these guys. These guys are awesome men and women. And the fact that we're doing some antics. Now I am not a math group lady. I cannot keep up with all the men. But I can keep up with, okay, so City Council has enough money to do X amount of money with something. And yet then the firefighters were having to take the things that helped them do their job and it's not just a job that they want to do. It's a job to protect all of us. The fact that then we're having to play all these shuffle games to really punish the firefighters because they wanted protection. Because what happened over in Irving a few years ago is that the city, the chief, got mad and was ready to fire some men that had served their city for 30 years. And so the firemen had to get together and round up and say, wait, you can't just fire us at will. That's what the firefighters are trying to protect themselves, that at least if they're gonna lay their lives down on the line, that they have the protection that their wife and kids are gonna have the insurance that they need, that they are going to have the protection of their job, the job security. Now, yeah, anyways. We always say that the idiots that drive on the road is also job security But a fire chief that's wanting to just be upset because someone disagreed with him is not job security unless you have city council In my mind that's what the real issue is so I'm just here to say would you please be fair to the firefighters? I don't know about the numbers. I don't know about the money But I know what they're doing for you guys. And they're protecting this building. They're on call. They're protecting our churches, our schools. They're doing so much. So please just listen to them. If you're tired of hearing my husband talk, please just do what he's asking. And'll go away we promise thank you thank you miss Anderson Chad Chadwick I'll try to be brief I know y'all been here all day uh Chad Chadwick live at 26 29 river oaks in Arlington. I'm a Lieutenant with Fort Worth Fire Department. I've been working under 143 for the last 17 years. It's been a fair system for us. I don't I don't know about about what's going on here. I don't know why everybody thinks it's something that it's not. It's hiring, firing, and promotional procedures. My worry is with the reduction in benefits that we're going to lose a lot of experience in this department that they're going to retire. I believe we're also going to lose a lot of young firefighters. I know from personal experience we've already had three come from Arlington, which I never saw before all this started happening. So I'm worried about that, and I'm also worried about the staffing levels that we have. In the last five to seven years, the staffing levels have gone down. We're not at the minimum staffing levels. Excuse me, I'm nervous. I don't usually like talking in front of people. NFPA says we should have four men on every truck. And I'm sure everybody's been burst on the two into out rule. But it also helps on the MS calls. If you're going to be doing CPR, you need more people there. I'd like to see somebody. Some of you all want to come try. We can do CPR for a few minutes and see how effective you are after about three minutes with just two or three people doing it. So that's what I want to say I don't I don't I don't agree with the reduction in benefits for something that is less than 1% of the overall budget. I think public safety should be the core of what this city government does and by doing that I think you're weakening our fire department in the public safety and I would hope it doesn't take a tragedy for somebody for the public and this council to see that thank you. Thank you. I'm Tracy, Printergast, 4600 Kelly, Elliott. I have been a resident here since 1984 and this is the first council meeting I've ever come to and it's concerning the firefighters to what we're doing to them I don't agree with. But also, just to have trouble understanding, you're more or less hurting our fire department, but you know, you're working at bringing business in. I voted for Texas Live, the Rangers, Cowboys, but how are you gonna bring more business in when you're destroying your fire department? People are leaving, they're retiring. And if any of their cities competing for this business, first thing they're gonna say is, hey, we have a better fire department. Yeah, I know you have a great, your city manager said, hey, we're number one in police, but you're gonna be at the bottom with your fire. So all the, another city has to do is say, hey, we got a better fire department. Something happens. We're going to be right there. Because look at six flags. When those people got stuck on that ride, what was it? Four to six hours. It took us to get them off the ride. And then we have to call for it work to come and help them. Because we didn't have enough trained firefighters. I'm sure you made your decision already and no matter what I say probably is not going to make a difference. But I am very disappointed because I actually at the moment because I have I've expected this city to do so much and there's a lot I have voted for in this because I have Wanted this city to succeed and with what we're doing right now. I don't see how it's going to succeed and Because you have to bring more business in, but you have to be able to provide these services. And if you're competing, you know, if you're competing, how can you compete if you can't provide the basic services? But that's it. Thank you. Thank you Any other cards miss a panel no other cards move okay, then we'll move to announcements miss a panel Thank you mayor. I'd like to remind our residents at Arlington City Council evening meetings our re-broadcast on Sundays at 6 p.m And on Wednesday and Saturday mornings at 6.30 a.m Council's afternoon work sessions are re-broadcast on Sundays at 1 p.m Wednesdays at 1.30 a.m. Council's afternoon work sessions are rebroadcast on Sundays at 1 p.m. Wednesdays at 1.30 p.m. And on Saturdays at 6 p.m. You can also watch meetings online anytime at www.arlingtontx.gov. Any other announcements? Miss Farora Mars. Thank you, Mayor. This Thursday, this Thursday, the 28lington Music Hall of a documentary regarding homelessness. I would encourage all of you. It is free and open to the public to just come and attend. It's a great way to learn a little bit about how there are stories behind those signs that are out there and how we might do what we can do here in Continue the great services that we provide through our both our nonprofits as well as our five-one and C3s and how I can extend that throughout the city So I would encourage you to come this Thursday night 7 30 our long-term music call the signs of humanity It's on the Facebook page and encourage you to come. Thank you very much, Mayor. Thank you. Any other announcements? Seeing none and no other business, this meeting is adjourned. Hoot, hoot, hoot.