Remarks by Mark Cronenwett
28 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“All right, thank you, Mayor. Yeah, so the next item on the agenda is the City Operations Update.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Anybody else? Congratulations to Melissa, Stephanie, Chris Wallace with the North Texas Commission, Maura and ICBB and everybody that worked hard to put this together. It was a fantastic conference. You gave the numbers. It was tremendously successful and we all learned a lot. Learned a lot from Tam Parker's very candid comments. He likes saying candid quite a bit. He does. Yeah, Michael Morris was interesting talking about, you know, he was always He was very keen on the private PPPs. But that's going to be interesting to see how that plays out in the legislature, because there's a lot of…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“No questions for Gene? Thank you, Gene. That's a fantastic video there. All the attention and detail that went into all that with all the amenities that are being offered in the recreation center, it's fantastic. It's a great work to the city council. I know John pushed this very hard a few years ago with the let's play Irving program and we want to have these amenities amenities available to our residents it increases the vibrancy of our community and makes people want to be here to live work and play so it's a it's a fantastic thing that we're doing so anybody else want to speak on that all…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Alright, thank you David. Everybody noticed that the new packet, the new section of the packet that was just given to us. It's there. Alright, then I going on to number 8, number 8 resolution approving the fiscal year 2026-27 annual service plan update to the service and assessment plan and a service assessment role for the public improvements for the bridges of Las Colinas Public Improvement District and providing an effective date. Item 9, resolution approving the fiscal year 2026-27 annual service plan update to the service and assessment plan and assessment role for the public improvement…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“998 is the correct number according to Chief Steele. Thank you, Chief. Good. All right. Let's see here. We're on number 13. Okay. Resolution. Approving payments to Overdrive for its digital platform services and digital content in a total estimated amount of $200,000. Item 14. Resolution. authorizing as needed expenditures to Midwest Tape LLC in the estimated amount of $135,000 for Hoopla Digital Delivery Platform. Item 15, resolution, approving and accepting a contract with Soudalco Inc. for construction manager at risk CMAR for the renovation of the joint public safety facility and…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“We've talked before about the taking in this refuse from outside that it decreases the longevity expected for our landfill. I don't recall by how many years.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“And we talked before about the gas recapture as possibly being a way to offset that some. I don't know where that is.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“But you're saying without this additional trash being brought in that you wouldn't have the compaction? Correct. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Because of the weight of it or just the volume of it or what?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Yeah, we have an interest obviously in the longevity of the of the of the of the landfill. We talked before about acquiring other land for as ancillary facility. We didn't do that and so these are policy discussions will keep having, I suppose in the future, but anybody else on item number 29? Alright, thank you, Travis. That completes the bids. And we'll go on to item number 30. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF IRVING, TEXAS TAX NOTES IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $15 MILLION, LEVYING A TAX AND PAYMENT THEREOF AND PROVIDING FOR THE AWARD AND SALE THEREOF.…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Any questions or comments? Thank you, Shane. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Ordinance amending ordinance number 2025-11177 by approving a schedule of classified personnel for the police department. Item 33, ordinance amending ordinance number 2025-11178 by approving a schedule of classified personnel for the fire department. Number 34, ordinance authorizing the abandonment and vacation of a 15 foot private drainage easement 15-foot access easement and a 30-foot access easement along a portion of property located at 4995 rochelle road part of the h johnson survey abstract number 680 part of lots 1r-1 2r-1 3r-1 and 4-1 block a mustang crossings business park second…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Any questions on item 36? All right, thank you, Jocelyn. We'll go on to item 37. Ordinance 2026-220ZC, zoning change from SB1CC generalized site plan community commercial to SB1CC generalized site plan community commercial for improvements to a drive-through restaurant, 502 North O'Connor Road.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“what they are today and the surrounding properties be happy answering questions any questions on 37 all right thank you we'll go on to 38 ordinance 2026 237 zc zoning change from our 7.5 single family residential 7.5 and State Highway 161 overlay to SP2 R3.5 generalized site plan to Family Residential 3.5 and State Highway 161 overlay to add duplex as a permitted use to the overlay district.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“OK. Appreciate it. The new trees, they would have to be evergreens?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“And a lot of the discussion was as far as the height goes. Commissioner Lightfoot talked a lot about that. If it was a temporary situation where the height was exceeded because this HVAC equipment was on a flatbed truck, then that wasn't as offensive as opposed to just being stacked on the ground all the way up indefinitely. And this language addresses that. So if it's equipment that's stacked on the ground, it still has to be one foot under the top of the fence.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay. So pallets, things that can be stacked up, shingles and things like that, they would have to be under the fence line.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“But the HVAC equipment and anything that's on a flatbed could exceed the, it could go up to 14 feet.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“And I guess we don't know if those property owners and those residential property owners are landlords or if they live there.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“In a lot of parts of the city, I think we have to be cognizant that people may not even understand what those notices mean. And so are we protecting them from something that would be offensive to their homes?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“All right, thank you. That was our last zoning item. And then we go on to the, is it the executive session? Is that the next item?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Yes, sir. I know that the mayor wants to be back for that, so let's take a, what, 15-minute break? Yeah, let's do that. Okay. All right. Thank you. We're adjourned for 15 minutes, 20 minutes.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“I move that the fiscal year 2026-2027 total budget of $1,161,629,229 be adopted.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026