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Regular Council Meeting May 12, 2025 Page 5 He also said the guidelines had been amended twice, most recently in January of 2025. Mr. Amo-Mensah reported that after the workshop on May 9, City Council asked staff to provide revisions to the guidelines to include and ensure neighborhood uniformity. He reviewed the proposed amendments, which included a definition of neighborhood uniformity and acceptable architectural styles. He reported there were four pending applications that would be taken to the City Council on June 9. Council Member Kessel and Council Member Putnam favored the guidelines being retroactive. Mr. Amo-Mensah expressed concern citing the four applicants had already begun the process but thought Staff could talk to them to see if they could get them to comply with the new guidelines. Ms. Harris said it was up to the Council to make these guidelines retroactive and said being in the 5 -in -5 program was not an entitlement. After further discussion, City Council said they would like a book reflecting examples of what could be built in each neighborhood, because this would be of benefit to those who were building in the program. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Putnam and seconded by Council Member Moore. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 21. Discuss and amend the policy for public speaking at the citizen's forum. Ms. Harris said they needed to revise policy procedures and decorum for public meetings and proposed several changes. Proposed changes included if there were more than five people speaking on the same subject then they will be required to appoint one person to make comments, and prospective speakers would not be allowed to cede any portion of their allotted two minutes to another speaker. She said those speaking could make a public comment on City business except in the case of a posted public hearing. Ms. Harris said people attending Council meetings would be required to conduct themselves with proper respect and decorum at all times and disturbance of a public meeting was a Class B misdemeanor offense in the State of Texas. She also set out the definition of disrupting a meeting. Ms. Harris set out the action to be taken prior to removing a person from the meeting. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Putnam and seconded by Council Member Ellis. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 22. Receive presentation by SAMCO Capital Markets, the City's financial advisor, regarding the potential issuance of tax notes to finance the purchase of fire department vehicles and equipment, authorizing city staff and consultants to proceed with the financing and other matters. Ryan Cunningham of SAMCO said that two weeks ago they spoke about tax notes to finance a fire truck, and if Council wanted to move forward authorization was needed to proceed. Mr. Cunningham explained the process and answered questions from City Council. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Putnam and seconded by Council Member Moore. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.