Nov 17, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

WE'LL GET A PICTURE WITH YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.

ALL NEXT ITEM IS TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE SALVATION ARMY'S ANNUAL MAYORAL CHALLENGE FROM EARLY NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 23RD.

MAYOR PRO TEM SUITER WILL BE READING THAT PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WHERE IS THE OPERATIONS OF THE SALVATION ARMY ARE SUPERVISED BY TRAINED, COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

THEY PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL AND SERVE AS ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS, YOUTH LEADERS, AND MUSICIANS.

THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES COMPLETELY TO SERVICE, AND WHEREAS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES DEDICATED TO VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, TALENTS, AND RESOURCES TO MEET HUMAN NEEDS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION, THROUGH THE SALVATION ARMY OF ELLIS COUNTY, WHERE VOLUNTEERS ARE CRITICAL PARTNERS IN FULFILLING THEIR PROMISE TO AMERICA OF DOING THE MOST GOOD.

AND WHEREAS THE SALVATION ARMY PROVIDES IMPORTANT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND SUMMER CAMPS, HEATING AND COOLING STATIONS DURING EXTREME WEATHER AND A FOOD PANTRY.

WHEREAS MANY OF THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVED.

THE ONLY WAY THIS IS POSSIBLE IS THROUGH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF LOCAL CITIZENS WHO GIVE THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE SALVATION ARMY'S ANNUAL RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN.

AND WHEREAS TO REACH THEIR RED KETTLE GOAL OF $75,000 FOR THIS YEAR'S HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN, THE SALVATION ARMY ELLIS COUNTY IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS TO FILL TWO HOUR SHIFTS AS BELL RINGERS.

JUST TWO HOURS OF YOUR TIME CAN PROVIDE A NIGHT OF SHELTER FOR 10 INDIVIDUALS, 50 HOT MEALS OR GIFTS FOR FORGOTTEN ANGEL THIS SEASON NOW, THEREFORE, BILLY WALLER WALLACE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS DOES HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE 2025 HOLIDAY SEASON IN WAXAHATCHEE AS THE SEASON TO GIVE WITH JOY TO THE SALVATION ARMY AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO GO REGISTER TO RING.COM AND PICK A DAY, TIME, AND LOCATION TO VOLUNTEER AS A BELL RINGER FOR THE SALVATION ARMY BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND CRI CHRISTMAS, AND PROVIDE HOPE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS THIS YEAR.

AND WITNESS WHEREOF BILLY WALLACE HERE IN TWO SETS BY HAND AND CAUSE OFFICIAL SE SEAL OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE TO BE AFFIXED TO THIS 17TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.

VERY GOOD.

WE COULD GET A PICTURE WITH THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM SALVATION ARMY, PLEASE.

AND 3, 1, 2, AND THREE.

PERFECT.

WE'LL GET YOURS NEXT, BRAD.

PRESENT AN ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATION FROM THE, FROM THAT PRESTIGIOUS ORGANIZATION TO OUR, TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY.

HE MUST HAVE A PARTY AHEAD TOO.

, WHERE'S OUR INVITATIONS? WE NEED TO GET ONE .

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OH, HAVE FUN.

ALRIGHT.

BY THE WAY, IF YOU KNOW OF A SHINING STAR IN WAXAHATCHEE THAT MAKES A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ONE OF US AND LET US KNOW WHO THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN INVITE THEM UP AND RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL.

NEXT, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM C, PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025.

AS GIS DAY, THIS PROCLAMATION READS, WEARS THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE RECOGNIZES THAT AN UNDERSTANDING, USE AND APPLICATION OF GEOS GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY IS CRUCIAL TO OPERATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, SUSTAINING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, AND STIMULATING, STIMULATING ECONOMIC GROWTH, THUS BENEFITING THE WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGHOUT WAXAHATCHEE.

AND WHEREAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GIS TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO SEE AND MODEL COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS AND PATTERNS TO MORE INTELLIGENTLY RESPOND.

AND WHEREAS THERE IS A NEED TO PROMOTE GIS AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TECHNICAL TRAINING TO USE THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL, WHEREAS THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE THAT HAVE CHOSEN GIS AS THEIR PROFESSION, OR AS PART OF THEIR DISCIPLINE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS TO RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF NONPROFITS WHO WORK ON ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE CONSERVATION, HUMAN SERVICES, AND VARIOUS HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS TO BETTER OUR WORLD.

AND WHEREAS HAVING A DAY OF GIS ACTIVITIES OPEN TO STUDENTS, CITIZENS, AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS WILL HELP PROMOTE STEM EDUCATION AND INSPIRE OTHERS TO A HIGHER CALLING TO USE TECHNOLOGY FOR GOOD.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE IS COMMITTED TO UTILIZING GIS TO INFORM DECISION MAKING AND BETTER SERVE ITS RESIDENTS AND MAKE USEFUL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OPEN AND EASILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS A PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I BILLY WALLACE, MAYOR OF CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AS GIS DAY PROCLAIMED THE 17TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, MAYOR BILLY WALLACE.

DO WE HAVE SOMEONE FOR THE PHOTO AND YEAH, COME ON.

READY? 1, 2, 3.

ONE TWO.

I WILL BE PASSING OVER ITEM D THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED, UH, DECEMBER 1ST INSTEAD OF TONIGHT.

AND THEN THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM E.

RECOGNIZE THE W HUTCHIE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING THE AWARD OF ACCREDITED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FROM THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM, CHIEF WEISER.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE YOU TO YOU RETIRED CHIEF AND CITY MANAGER, MIKE ALEXANDER.

CHIEF ALEXANDER IS A DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, AND HE'S HERE TONIGHT TO

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CHIEF ALEXANDER ENJOYS A TREMENDOUS REPUTATION IN BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT FIELD AS WELL AS THE FIELD OF CITY GOVERNANCE.

HE HAS EARNED THAT REPUTATION IN NO SMALL PART DUE TO HIS EXTENSIVE TRAVELS THROUGHOUT OUR NATION, INSTRUCTING TOPICS OF LEADERSHIP, ETHICS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND DIVERSITY.

JUST TO NAME A FEW.

HE TOLD ME EARLIER TONIGHT, HE REMINDED ME THAT HE ALSO TEACHES AT TML AND HE SAID HE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN HIS TRAINING, .

AND, UH, SO WE'RE HONORED THAT HE'S CHOSEN TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I'LL GIVE YOU NOW, CHIEF MIKE ALEXANDER.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

CHIEF MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS OF WAXAHATCHEE.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UM, I AM HONORED TONIGHT THAT I HAVE THE DISTINGUISHED HONOR OF REPRESENTING TPCA AND THE TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.

THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEF ASSOCIATION IS COMPRISED OF HUNDREDS OF POLICE CHIEFS AND COMMAND STAFFS ACROSS OUR GREAT STATE LEADERS COMMITTED TO ADVANCING PROFESSIONALISM AND IN INTEGRITY, UH, IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND PRESENT THE WAXAHATCHEE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH ITS FOURTH CERTIFICATE, CERTIFICATE OF RE-ACCREDITATION FROM TPCA.

BUT BEFORE, BEFORE ADDRESSING THE ACCREDITATION ITSELF, IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADER WHO STANDS AT THE HELM OF THIS EXCEPTIONAL DEPARTMENT, CHIEF JOE WEISER.

CHIEF WEISER'S, A MAN WHOSE CHARACTER PRECEDES HIS TITLE.

AFTER MORE THAN 32 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE WAXAHATCHEE COMMUNITY, HE WAS SWORN IN AS CHIEF FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT OF HIS PREDECESSOR.

HIS APPOINTMENT PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED IN THE YEAR OF 22, SIMPLY CONFIRMS THAT THIS DEPARTMENT AND THIS CITY ALREADY KNEW HE WAS A MAN OF HONOR, HUMILITY, STEADINESS, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO THE PEOPLE HE SERVES.

CHIEF WISER IS NOT SIMPLY A LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATOR, IS A GOD-FEARING MAN WHOSE ACTION REFLECTS A HEART COMMITTED TO SERVICE EACH YEAR.

THE WAXAHATCHEE POLICE DEPARTMENT INVITES US TPCA TO TEACH A THREE WEEK LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND, UH, SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND, AND, AND SPECIALIZED TRAINERS.

DURING THE FINAL WEEK, WE CONDUCT A DEEP EXPLORATION INTO POLICE CULTURE.

IT IS DURING THIS DISCUSSION THAT CHIEF WEISER CONSISTENTLY WELCOME US INTO HIS AGENCY WITH GENUINE OPENNESS.

HE ENCOURAGES US TO NOT ONLY ANALYZE THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION, BUT TO WALK THROUGH THE HALLWAYS AND OBSERVE THE ARTIFACTS AND MEMORIES AND THE SYMBOLS OF LEGACY DISPLAYED ALONG THE WALLS.

ARTIFACTS THAT TELL THE STORY OF WHERE THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN AND UNDER HIS GUIDANCE AND WHERE IT IS GOING, HE HAS ALSO MADE A DELIBERATE AND MEANINGFUL LEADERSHIP DECISION REGARDING WHERE HE PLAYS HIMSELF IN RELATIONS TO HIS PEOPLE.

RATHER THAN ISOLATING HIMSELF BEHIND LAYERS OF OF OFFICES, HE HAS STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED HIS WORKPLACE IN THE MIDST OF HIS STAFF.

EVERY OFFICER, ROOKIE OR VETERAN, HAS IMMEDIATE UNOBSTRUCTED ACCESS TO THEIR CHIEF.

THIS IS RARE AND POWERFUL LEADERSHIP POSTURE.

IT COMMUNICATES AVAILABILITY, HUMILITY, COURAGE, AND A SERVANT HEART.

IT DEMONSTRATES HIS BELIEF THAT LEADERSHIP IS MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN IT IS MORE ACCESSIBLE.

CHIEF WISER LEADS A DEPARTMENT ANCHORED IN HEART HONOR, ETHICS, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, AND TRANSPARENCY.

UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE WAXAHATCHEE POLICE DEPARTMENT STRIVES TO BE A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN PUBLIC SAFETY BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING HONORABLE SERVICE FOR A SAFER WAXAHATCHEE.

HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS PEOPLE IS UNMISTAKABLE.

AT ANNUAL BANQUETS,

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UM, IS ONE OF HIS MOST ENJOYABLE NIGHT OF THE YEAR.

IT IS AN HONOR, HE SAID, TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANTS, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH DAILY.

THIS IS NOT SIMPLY CEREMONIAL RE CEREMONIAL REMARK.

IT IS A REFLECTION OF CULTURE.

IT REVEALS A LEADER WHO VIEWS HIS OFFICERS NOT AS EMPLOYEES, BUT AS PARTNERS IN A SHARED MISSION.

THIS KIND OF LEADERSHIP MATTERS.

IT CULTIVATES TRUST, BOOST MORALE, AND FORMS THE FOUNDATION OF TRUE PROFESSIONAL POLICING.

SO NOW I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.

YEARS AGO, THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION CREATED ITS ACCREDITATION PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, MUCH LIKE ACCREDITATION FOR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND UNIVERSITIES.

THE TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM REQUIRED PROOF OF ADHERENCE TO A RIGOROUS, CLEARLY DEFINED STANDARDS.

PARTICIP PARTICIPATION IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY, YET THE EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH.

AGENCIES MUST DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH 173 STANDARDS DRAWN FROM STATE LAW COURT RULINGS AND PROVEN BEST PRACTICES.

THESE STANDARDS ADDRESS USE OF FORCE, PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS RIGHTS, VEHICLE PURSUITS, PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT, PATROL AND INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES, TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND MUCH MORE.

ACCREDITATION IN TEXAS HAS BECOME A GOLD STANDARD FOR PROFESSIONAL POLICING.

IT REQUIRES A COMMITMENT NOT MERELY TO MEETING EXPECTATIONS, BUT TO EXCEED THEM.

THE W HASE POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRST ACHIEVED ACCREDITATION STATUS IN 20 20 13, BECOMING THE 63RD ACCREDITED AGENCY IN TEXAS.

TONIGHT, THEY ACHIEVED THEIR FOURTH RE-ACCREDITATION, A DISTINCTION THAT IS BOTH RARE AND HARD EARNED.

TO REACH THIS LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE, THE DEPARTMENT UNDERWENT MORE THAN A YEAR OF INTENSE PREPARATION, AUDITING POLICIES, RESTRUCTURING PROCEDURES, VALIDATING PRACTICES, AND ALIGNING EVERYTHING WITH THE 173 STANDARDS.

SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORTS AND MAINTAINED STRICT ADHERENCE TO EVERY STANDARD.

EVERY YEAR, EVERY FOUR YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT UNDERGOES A COMPREHENSIVE ONSITE ASSESSMENT BY TRAINED ASSESSORS FROM OUTSIDE THE AGENCIES.

THESE ASSESSORS INSPECT FACILITIES, REVIEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, INTERVIEW STAFF, CONDUCT RIDE-ALONGS, AND EVALUATE OPERATIONS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

THEIR FINDINGS ARE THAT THEY REVIEWED.

THE FINDINGS ARE THEN REVIEWED BY TPCA ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE, A PANEL OF NINE CHIEFS AND SHERIFFS FROM ACROSS TEXAS.

AFTER THOROUGH REVIEW, THE COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RE-ACCREDITED THE WAXAHATCHEE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE OF THE APPROXIMATELY 2,800 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN TEXAS, ONLY 224 HAVE ACHIEVED AND MAINTAIN ACCREDITATION.

WAXAHATCHEE PD STANDS IN A CATEGORY OF EXCELLENCE THAT REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST OF POLICING FOR THE CITIZENS OF WAXAHATCHEE.

THIS RE ACCREDITATION AFFIRMS THAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE TYPE OF AGENCY THAT WE WANT TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT MEANS OFFICERS ARE TRAINED, SUPERVISED, AND EQUIPPED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT MEANS YOUR DEPARTMENT UNDER YOUR CHIEF STANDS AMONGST THE, THE MOST PROFESSIONAL, CONSISTENT, AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED AGENCY IN THIS STATE.

SO THIS CERTIFICATE I PRESENT TONIGHT IS SYMBOLIC.

WHILE IT REPRESENTS PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, IT'S, IT TRUE VALUE LIES IN THE DISCIPLINE, DEDICATION, AND CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN IT.

AND THE WORK DOES NOT END HERE.

THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS AND UNDERGO ANOTHER FULL ON SITE REVIEW IN FOUR YEARS.

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MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITIZENS, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING CHIEF JOE WISER THE WAXAHATCHEE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF POLICING IN OUR STATE CHIEF WISER YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

PLEASE STAND WITH ME AS I PRESENT TO YOU THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF WISER, AND CONGRATULATIONS, WAXAHATCHEE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT LIVE IN WAXAHATCHEE, IT'S A RARITY TO HAVE A POLICE CHIEF, UH, BE ON THE SCENE OF, OF, UH, ANY CALL OF IMPORTANCE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

I HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING ALONGSIDE CHIEF WEISER FOR 25 YEARS ON THE POLICE FORCE.

AND, UH, I GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND EVERYTHING THE, UH, GENTLEMAN SAID ABOUT HIM.

AND, UH, THIS IS A, A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND, UH, YOU HEARD THE NUMBERS.

UH, NOT MANY POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, HAVE THIS AND OR HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS.

SO IT'S HUGE.

SO HUGE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WACE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF WEISER THAT

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BRINGS US TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PERSONS MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ISSUES.

THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY CONCERN, WHETHER ON THIS AGENDA OR NOT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THE COUNCIL MAY NOT COMMENT OR DELIBERATE SUCH STATEMENTS DURING THIS PERIOD, EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 5 5 1 0 4 2 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLE SPEAK, PLEASE ONE AT A TIME, COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE CITY SECRETARY.

MY NAME IS LINDA BROOKS, AND HALF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOWS ME AS MISS LINDA .

I HAVE BEEN A NON-PAID PUBLIC SERVANT OF THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS CITY FOR EIGHT YEARS.

I HAVE STOPPED CRIME.

I HAVE STOPPED DRUG DEALS.

I HAVE STOPPED ABDUCTIONS OF CHILDREN FROM RACETRACK, FROM LURING KIDS TO THEIR CARS.

I HAVE HELPED FEED AND CLOTHE THE HOMELESS.

AND BECAUSE OF THE NEW, UH, ORDINANCE, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE LOST MY MINISTRY.

I WAS APPROACHED BY A POLICE OFFICER WHO DID NOT KNOW ME AS MS. LINDA.

HE TOLD ME I HAD TO LEAVE WHERE I WAS BABYSITTING AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO WAS STUCK IN HER CAR.

I WAS ALLOWED TO STAY UNTIL NOON THE NEXT DAY.

AND QT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELERS TO STAY OVERNIGHT, GET OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE IT'S A TRUCK STOP AND IT'S A SAFE PLACE.

I WAS APPROACHED AND GIVEN

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101 HUNDRED AND $81 TICKET, WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD BECAUSE I AM ON SSI.

AND NOW I FEEL I HAVE TO PUT STICKY NOTES ON MY WINDOW WHEREVER I GO TO SAY I'M GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE OR I'M GETTING MY HAIR WASHED IT.

UH, AND IT BREAKS MY HEART.

THE WORD OF GOD SAYS, YOU WILL HAVE THE POOR WITH YOU ALWAYS.

I HAVE STOPPED CAMPERS.

I BELIEVE IN THE NO CAMPING RULE.

I DO NOT CAMP.

AND AS FAR AS MY STUFF IN MY BUS, WHEN THERE IS A DISASTER IN THE UNITED STATES, I AM THERE SULFUR, OKLAHOMA.

I WAS THERE FOR THREE AND A HALF DAYS SERVING THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE TORNADOES.

SO YES, I HAVE STUFF IN MY BUS TO LIVE 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LIVE.

I LOVE WAXAHATCHEE AND I LOVE THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE IT, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND.

IF I CAN PUT SOMETHING ON MY BUS TO SAY, THIS IS WHO I AM.

THE POLICE OFFICER WHO GAVE ME THAT TICKET DID NOT KNOW ME FROM ADAM, DIDN'T KNOW ME, HAD NEVER MET ME BEFORE, ALL I CAN SAY IS I WANT TO DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO DO.

AND THAT IS SERVE THOSE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT CAN NO LONGER AFFORD DECENT RENT.

BECAUSE A BIG CORPORATION LIKE BLACKROCK COMES IN AND BUYS THE CHEAP APARTMENTS AND THEN CANCELS THE SECTION EIGHTS.

AND I HAVE MET SENIORS THAT WAS FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES THAT THEY'VE LIVED IN FOR 40 YEARS BECAUSE THEY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THE RENT.

THIS IS A COM COMPASSIONATE CITY.

LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.

PLEASE ALLOW ME TO DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DO, AND THAT IS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS WHEREVER I CAN.

THE YOUNG MAN THAT GOT SHOT TWO YEARS AGO AT WALMART, GOD TOLD ME TO GO PARK AT THE WALL TO LEAVE MY WINDOW OPEN SO I COULD SEE, AND THE FIRST SHOT RANG OUT AND I CALLED IT IN SHOTS FIRED MAN DOWN NORTH SIDE OF WALMART PARKING LOT.

IF I HADN'T HAVE SEEN THAT, HE WOULD'VE BLED OUT AND HE MIGHT NOT BE HERE TODAY.

I'VE HELPED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AND WHEN I STOP SOMEPLACE, I HAVE A PICKUP STICK WHERE I PICK UP THE TRASH THAT THE WIND OR PEOPLE THROW OUT TO KEEP THIS CITY CLEAN.

BUT NOW I FEEL LIKE I'M FORCED TO STOP WHAT I'M DOING AND IT'S NOT FAIR.

40% INCREASE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE.

ANYONE ELSE? I PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

GOOD EVENING, BOB FERRIS 60 59 FM 8 75.

A LAST TIME WE MET, I WAS HERE AND SOMETHING REALLY RANG LOUD AND CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE'S NOT ANYBODY IN THIS CITY THAT DOES NOT WANT A QUIET ZONE, NOT ANYBODY.

AND I TALKED TO, UH, PATRICK TER ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.

HE SAID, WELL, MONEY'S THE REASON.

WELL, IT IS MONEY.

I MET WITH, UH, JAMES SOUTER'S DAY, OUR PUBLIC UTILITY WORKS GUY.

AND, UH, HE ENLIGHTENED ME ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.

THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT IS I WANT TO ASK THE COUNCIL'S PERMISSION TO WORK WITH JAMES IN REACTIVATING A PROCESS TO GET TO NO QUIET ZONE THROUGH CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY.

I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY PAY.

IT'S ALL ON MY OWN TICKET.

WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO GET DONE, I'D, I'D BE WILLING TO HELP HIM AND WORK WITH HIM HAND IN HAND, APPROPRIATE MONEY, DECIDE ON WHICH INTERSECTIONS NEED, UH, PROTECTION, HOW THAT PROCESS WOULD WORK, WHATEVER.

NOW I UNDERSTAND WITH WORKING WITH JA JAMES TODAY WE MET AND I DISCUSSED IT WITH HIM.

I THINK THE LAST TIME THAT HE WAS REALLY ON TOP OF GETTING THIS DONE WAS IN 2022.

I THINK THE TICKET WAS ABOUT 20, ABOUT 12 MILLION AT THAT TIME, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN A 20, 30,

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I'M A LAND DEVELOPER AND, AND THIS TRAIN RUNS CLOSE TO MY, MY TRACK.

IN FACT, IT WAKES ME UP EVERY MORNING, TWO OR THREE O'CLOCK, TWO OR THREE TIMES, AND IT BLOCKS TRAFFIC.

BUT THE BIGGEST ISSUE I SEE WITH THE HORN HONKING AND COMING THROUGH IS THE NUISANCE THAT CAUSES THROUGH THIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THE STATE SAYS THAT THE NUISANCE LAW IS 85, 85 DECIBELS, 85, ALTHOUGH THE TRAIN IS LEGAL FOR THEM TO HAVE 96 TO 110 DECIBELS OF SOUND, WHICH IS PRETTY HIGH.

DID Y'ALL KNOW IN 2016, 129 CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAD NO QUIET ZONES? THAT'S 2016.

HERE WE ARE 2025, AND WE DON'T HAVE A QUIET ZONE THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE CITY.

WELL, THERE HAS TO BE A CHAMPION TO WORK ALONG WITH THE CITY, AND I'D LIKE TO BE THAT PERSON WHO OFFERS MY TIME, UM, MY CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE, THE ABILITY TO RAISE MONEY MAYBE, AND WORK WITH HIM AND REACTIVATING EQUATE ZONE REQUEST OF THE FRA.

IF I COULD DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, I'D DO IT.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, IT REQUIRES A MUNICIPALITY, A COUNTY, A STATE, IN ORDER TO MAKE AN APPLICATION WITH THE FRA.

SO, BUT MY CHOICE IS TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH JAMES.

IF HE WOULD ALLOW ME TO HELP HIM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY FOR ME TO DO THAT.

BUT IF IT'S A, A DOCUMENT OR WHATEVER, I'D BE THRILLED HAVE TO EXECUTE A DOCUMENT THAT ENTITLED ME TO WORK WITH HIM AT HIS OPTION, UNDER HIS GUIDANCE.

SO I'M PUTTING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

IF, IF Y'ALL WOULD APPROVE SUCH AN ACTION, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

SO I COULD WORK ALONG WITH IT.

ANYONE ELSE? I'LL BE QUICK.

KYLE COOPER THREE 11.

FIRE WHEEL.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, THIS WILL BE MY LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND I JUST FELT LIKE I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY STAFF.

UM, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR HERE FOR THE CITY AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE, UH, THE STAFF IS IN A GREAT SPOT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THE DEPARTMENT FORWARD.

AND AGAIN, JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

NEXT, I'M WALLACE SWAYZE AT 1 33 LONE ELM ROAD IN WAXAHATCHEE.

AND I WAS JUST ASKED TO, UH, COMBINE, JUST MENTION ON, ON ITEM, UH, 2 32 THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S GOING FROM ONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ANOTHER PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

AND I JUST WAS ASKED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING IT, WHICH RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A FIELD, BUT THERE'S PEOPLE LIVE AROUND IT, UH, THAT THEY'RE JUST SENSITIVE, NOT UNDERSTANDING WHEN THINGS WILL HAPPEN, UH, HOW THINGS WILL ACTUALLY BE ADDRESSED.

AND HAVING SERVED ON MULTIPLE CITY COUNCILS, I KNOW THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENTS LAST FOR YEARS.

THEY EITHER, THEY MAY COME INTO FRUITION, THEY MAY NOT.

EXCUSE ME.

UM, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE SENSITIVE JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, CHANGING ROADS, WATER, UTILITIES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I KNOW THAT PLAYING DEPARTMENTS, UH, DON'T GO HOME EARLY AND, UM, VERY APPRECIATIVE.

BUT IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, LET US LET PEOPLE KNOW, I THINK THEY WOULD BE MUCH HAPPIER.

ITEM SIX, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THAT BRINGS US TO

[6. Consent Agenda ]

ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER ITEM SIX.

CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL NOT BE SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL MATTERS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM.

ANY ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BY ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THIS INCLUDES ITEM A THROUGH F.

COUNSEL, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

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CONSIDER A REQUEST BY PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOME AND SERVICES FOR AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 204.94 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES SITUATED OFF OF BROOKSIDE ROAD IN ELIJAH BELLOW.

ITEM SEVEN,

[7. Consider a request by Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services for an annexation agreement for approximately 204.94+/- acres situated off of Brookside Road in the Elijah Bellow Survey, Abstract Number 10, Ellis County, Texas. ]

SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 10, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

TRENTON? YES.

UH, THIS ITEM IS IN RELATION TO ALSO ITEMS NUMBER 16, 17, AND 18.

AT THE LAST PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 10TH, UH, THE ASSOCIATED ZONING CASE WAS CONTINUED TO DECEMBER 8TH.

THE APPLICANT HAS SENT IN A WRITTEN REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 7, 16, 17, AND 18 TO BE CONTINUED TO THE DECEMBER 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

YOU SAID 7, 16, 17, AND 18? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY, COUNSEL NOW MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PRESBYTERIAN.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN HOMES AND ACCESSION AGREEMENT TO THE DECEMBER 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY DR.

ITEM EIGHT

[8. Public Hearing on a request by Dr. Haroon Rasheed, for a Zoning Change from a General Retail (GR) zoning district to Planned Development-General Retail (PD-GR) zoning district with reduced minimum parking requirements, located at 600 Ferris Avenue (Property ID 170756) - Owner: HR Waxahachie Land LP (ZDC-143-2025) ]

HERRON RASHID FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM A GENERAL RETAIL GR ZONING DISTRICT TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT GENERAL RETAIL PD GR ZONING DISTRICT WITH REDUCED MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS LOCATED AT 600 FERRIS AVENUE OWNER HR WAXAHATCHEE LAND.

THIS IS AN EXISTING, EXISTING STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 600 FERRIS AVENUE.

UH, THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS ZONED, UH, GENERAL RETAIL.

UH, WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE, UH, AND THE REASON WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS THIS CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR MEDICAL OFFICE.

UM, HOWEVER, ONLY A PORTION OF THE BUILDING CAN BE UTILIZED FOR ANY SORT OF USE.

UM, THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED, UM, OUR PARKING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS WERE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

UM, BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, UH, THIS SITE WOULD NEED WELL OVER 200 PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE THIS STRUCTURE.

UH, DUE TO OUR ZONING REGULATIONS, UM, THEY'RE ONLY ABLE TO FIT LESS THAN HALF OF THE BUILDING, BE ABLE TO OCCUPY LESS THAN HALF A BUILDING.

UH, GOING THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THIS BUILDING, UH, THEY HAVE, UM, THROUGH THE YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE OKAY WITH PARKING.

WE'VE NEVER HAD ISSUES WITH THIS SITE, UH, WHEN IT WAS FULLY OCCUPIED, BUT ONCE AGAIN, DUE TO RECENT, UH, CODE CHANGES WITH PARKING, ET CETERA, UM, IT HAS HAD A, A NEGATIVE IMPACT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS GOING THROUGH PRIOR TO A PD, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE APPLICANT TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY WE COULD, WE COULD MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WE COULD, UH, MEET WITH NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

AND THERE WASN'T ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER WAY.

WE TRIED REACHING, UH, THEY TRIED REACHING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO DO SOME SORT OF, UH, JOINT PARKING AGREEMENT.

AND THE ONLY, THERE'S ONLY TWO SOLUTIONS AT THE END OF THE DAY WOULD BE EITHER TO TEAR DOWN THE STRUCTURE AND HAVE THEM RECONSTRUCT IT TO A LOT SMALLER OF A STRUCTURE, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE PARKING, WHICH IS NOT FEASIBLE, OR TO GO THROUGH THE PD PROCESS.

AS PART OF THIS REQUEST, UH, THEY ARE ASKING THE PARKING TO BE REDUCED DOWN TO 69, UH, PARKING SPACES.

WE DO DO FEEL THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT, UH, AT THIS LOCATION.

IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO, UH, UTILIZE THE REST OF THIS BUILDING AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS.

UM, WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THIS WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

THIS PD IS VERY RESTRICTIVE TO THE, UH, TO THE STRUCTURE, UM, TO THE PROPOSED USES.

AND SO ANY, ANY KIND OF CHANGE, UM, WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PD PROCESS, UM, TO AMEND THAT.

UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

WE DID SEND OUT NOTICES OF ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN, UH, 200 FEET.

ONE CAME BACK IN FAVOR, ZERO CAME BACK IN SUPPORT, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? UH, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT MY BACKYARD'S RIGHT THERE.

I WALK TO FOODLAND A LOT.

THERE'S NEVER AN ISSUE WITH PARKING IN THIS LOT.

RASHID HERE? GOOD EVENING.

IS THE, UH, IS MR.

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MY MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, UH, DR.

HER RASHI 36 20 RANCH AREA, PLANO, TEXAS.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL? YEAH.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, UM, TOOK OVER THIS PROPERTY, BUT IT'S KIND OF A HISTORIC BUILDING, UH, IN THE CITY AND IT'S GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT ITERATIONS AND I, UH, WANTED TO REALLY HAVE A PERMANENT PRESENCE FOR MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, UM, IN, IN THE CITY.

AND, UH, IT TOOK A LOT TO GET TO THE, A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TO GET THE BUILDING TO WHERE IT WAS.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE, WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THE CROSS PARKING AGREEMENT, THAT THING HAD HIGH EXPIRED IN 85.

I TRIED FOR THE, OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS TO GET THE OWNER OF FOOD LAND, UM, WHICH IS NOT THE, THE OPERATOR THAT HE'S LEASING FROM, THE LANDOWNER AND THE LAND.

THE BUILDING OWNER IS SOMEWHERE IN FLORIDA WITH 700 PROPERTIES AND, UH, VERY RUDELY HUNG UP ON ME MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE YEARS.

AND JU JUST IN A SITUATION WHERE WE POUR A LOT OF MONEY TO THE BUILDING AND CAN'T USE ABOUT FOUR TO 60% OF IT, UH, AT ANY GIVEN DAY, WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T EVEN USED A THIRD MAYBE USE, UH, 20, 25 SPOTS IN ANY GIVEN DAY.

UH, AND I THINK THAT ALLOWING FOR US TO HAVE THIS, UM, UH, I GUESS, UH, EXCEPTION EXEMPTION FROM THE PARKING WOULD ALLOW US TO DEVELOP AND, AND GET OTHER MEDICAL SPECIALISTS INTO THE BUILDING.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR HIM? NO.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

BRINGS US

[9. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-143-2025 ]

TO ITEM NINE, CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING CDC 1 43 20 25.

COUNSEL MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC DASH 1 43 DASH 2025, A PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR 600 FERRIS AVENUE AND AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

BRINGS US TO ITEM 10 PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY LEXI CASTLES.

THAT

[10. Public Hearing on a request by Lexi Cassels, Kimley-Horn, for a Zoning Change from a Commercial (C) zoning district to Planned Development-Multi-Family-2 and Planned Development-Commercial (PD-MF-2 & PD-C) zoning district, for a mixed-use development, located directly east of 2050 Conquest Boulevard, (Property ID 191630 & 191636) - Owner: B&T Realty Services Inc (ZDC-91-2024) ]

KIMLEY HORN FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT MULTI-FAMILY TWO AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED DIRECTLY EAST OF 2050 CONQUEST BOULEVARD, OWNER B AND T REALTY SERVICES.

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT.

UM, SO THIS WILL NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING DUE TO IT BEING WITHDRAWN FROM CONSIDERATION.

DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S WITHDRAWN PERMANENTLY OR, UH, YEAH.

IN ORDER FOR THEM TO COME BACK, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REAPPLY AND START FROM THE BEGINNING.

ITEM 13 PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY MATTHEW SMITH.

THAT BRINGS US TO

[13. Public Hearing on a request by Matthew Smith, Darwood Partners, for a Zoning Change from a General Retail (GR) zoning district to Planned Development – Neighborhood Services (PD-NS) zoning district located directly east of 365 Broadhead Road (Property ID(s): 242234, 231109 – Owner(s): WP Legacy LTD (ZDC-24-2025) ]

DAR WOOD PARTNERS FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM A GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED DIRECTLY EAST OF 365 BROADHEAD ROAD OWNERS, WFP LEGACY LTD TRENTON.

UH, THANK YOU.

THIS PROPERTY IS FOR PROPOSED REZONING TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH A BASE ZONING OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

UH, THIS PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY, UH, EAST OF 3 6 3 6 5 BROADHEAD ROAD.

UH, THIS PROPERTY MIGHT LOOK VERY FAMILIAR, UH, TO MAJORITY OF YOU.

THIS, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, SEVEN 11 CAME AND APPLIED FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, TO CONSTRUCT A SEVEN 11 AT THIS, UH, LOCATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR RIGHT HERE, UH, WHEN THIS WAS DENIED.

UH, WHEN THIS WAS DENIED BY COUNSEL, THEY LISTENED TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS BROUGHT UP BY THE PUBLIC, UM, BY COUNSEL, AND THEY DECIDED TO REAPPLY TO REDEVELOP AND PUT ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTIES THAT YOU SEE, UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE TODAY.

UM, PART OF THAT PROCESS, UM, THAT THEY WENT THROUGH WAS THEY ARE PROPOSING A 4,800 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR THE SEVEN 11.

UM, THEY DID INSTEAD OF, UH, KEEPING THE ZONING AT GENERAL RETAIL, WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY DECIDE TO DOWN ZONE IT TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AS THE BASE.

UH, THEY DID THAT TO HELP PROVIDE

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ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR THE SUBJECT, UH, FOR THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, UH, TO THE NORTH, UH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH.

ADDITIONALLY, UM, SOME, A FEW THINGS THAT THEY DECIDE TO DO WAS, I'M WORKING WITH SAP, IS, UH, WE WORKED ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

UH, BEFORE IT WAS A FLAT ROOF.

UH, WE WORKED ON, UM, ADDING MORE ARTICULATION, UM, BETTER SIGNAGE, UH, BETTER LIGHTING ON THE SITE.

AND ALSO SOME OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS WERE CHANGED TO BETTER ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND WORRIES THAT WERE BROUGHT BY THE PUBLIC.

UM, HERE'S A PROPOSED, UH, CONCEPT PLAN OR FOR WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO, UM, IN THE PD.

ANY SORT OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS VACANT LAW RIGHT HERE WILL BE REQUIRED TO COME BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

AND ONCE THIS SITE RIGHT HERE IS FULLY DEVELOPED AND, UH, DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO, THAT WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO COME BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

AS PART OF THE, UH, PROCESS, ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS WAS SAFETY.

UH, THEY WORKED ON A SIDEWALK PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE DEVELOPED, UH, WHEN SEVEN 11 IS BEING, WHEN SEVEN 11 IS CONSTRUCTED.

SO THE VERY BEGINNING SIDEWALKS WILL BE REQUIRED.

UH, ALONG WITH THAT, UM, THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK, UH, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED SIDEWALK THAT WAS ORIGINAL PROPOSED WAS A MEANDERING SIDEWALK THAT WENT THROUGH THE SITE.

ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS TO PUSH THE SIDEWALK CLOSER TO THE SITE TO ADD ADDITIONAL BUFFERING BETWEEN BROADHEAD ROAD AND THE PEDESTRIANS USING THAT, UM, USING THAT CROSSWALK ON THIS SIDE.

UM, WHEN THEY DID COME BACK, THEY, INSTEAD OF BEING MEANDERING, UH, IT IS, IT IS STRAIGHT.

UM, WE HAVE, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO, UH, TRY TO GET THAT TO MEANDER STILL ON THE SIDE 'CAUSE WE DO FEEL THAT WILL HELP BREAK UP THE MONO SIDEWALK, CREATE SAFER PATTERNS AND SAFER USAGE, UH, FOR THE SIDEWALK AND MAKE IT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.

UM, HERE'S A COMPARISON TO THE TWO SIDE PLANS, UH, SHOWING THAT, UH, HERE'S THE ONE THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS, UH, THAT P AND Z SAW, UH, SHOWING IT WAS A MEANDERING SIDEWALK, UM, RIGHT UP THE BOAT, RIGHT AGAINST, UH, BROADHEAD ROAD.

THEY PUSHED IT BACK, STRAINED IT OUT.

UM, ONE FEATURE ON THIS, UH, PROJECT, YOU'LL SEE THE SIDEWALK, IT STOPS RIGHT HERE.

INSTEAD OF GOING STRAIGHT TO THE CROSSWALK, UM, ON GARDEN VALLEY ROAD, IT STOPS, IT CURVES UP AND THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN.

SO THERE'S CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM RIDING BIKES, FOR EXAMPLE, RIDING AND GOING STRAIGHT ACROSS THE CROSSWALK AND, UM, POTENTIALLY BEING HIT BY A CAR.

IT MAKES THEM STOP, COME AND CONSCIOUSLY, UH, CHANGE THE ROUTE TO HELP SLOW DOWN THAT TRAFFIC.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, LANDSCAPE WAS PUT IN, UM, MORE LANDSCAPING TO LINE THE STREETS, MAKE IT LOOK BETTER TO SOFTEN THEM SOLID, UM, TO EXCEED OUR MINIMUM LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

UM, SHOWING THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.

HERE'S OUR PROPOSED ELEVATIONS, UH, CHANGING IN THE ROOF LINE, CHANGING THE ARTICULATION, INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MASONRY BEING USED, DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE.

UM, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID PUT ON THIS REQUEST WAS LIMITING HOW MUCH WINDOW SIGNAGE WAS PERMITTED ON THIS.

UM, DOING A MAXIMUM OF 25% TO LEAVE IT MORE OPEN.

THAT WAS ALSO FOR SAFETY.

AND ALSO HAVE AN OPENING WHERE THE REGISTERS, SO THEY CAN SEE THE REGISTER FROM THE ROAD.

ALSO CREATING A, UM, A, A MORE SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR, UM, VISIBILITY SAKES FOR, UH, PEDESTRIANS USERS USING THIS FACILITY.

HERE'S A RENDERING, UM, SHOWING WHAT THE SIDEWALK AND HOW IT'S DESIGNED.

UH, ONCE AGAIN, THAT ARE ENHANCING LANDSCAPING.

YOU ENHANCE THAT SIDEWALK TO ENHANCE THE PATTERNS GOING FORTH.

THE TYPE OF LIGHTING THEY'RE USED IS DESIGNED MORE TO ARTICULATE, UH, ADD EMPHASIS AND TO THE ARTICULATION OF THE STRUCTURES MORE ARCHITECTURALLY FRIENDLY INSTEAD OF DOING YOUR TYPICAL LIGHTING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WHERE IT JUST SHOOTS OUT AND CREATES LIGHT POLLUTION.

UM, IT ALSO, UM, IS DONE STRATEGICALLY TO HELP LIGHT IT MORE, UH, STRATEG STRATEGICALLY TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT.

HERE'S AN OVERVIEW.

HERE'S A, UM, BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

UM, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS PROPOSED REQUEST WHEN THIS MAY BE FOR THE PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

WHAT THEIR ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT TODAY.

UM, WHEN THIS, UH, WE THIS OUT NOTICES DOLL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET, A TOTAL OF 40 NOTICES WERE, UH, MAILED OUT.

WE RECEIVED FIVE BACK.

UM, THERE'S FIVE OPPOSED AND TWO IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, PROJECT.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

SOME OF THE RESERVATIONS THEY HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORING, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS.

TRENTON, WHO, WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO AT THE SIDEWALK WHERE IT MEETS AT GARDEN VALLEY TO MAKE THAT LITTLE LOOP? THE, SO THE APPLICANT, IT WAS THE APPLICANT'S IDEA TO ADD THAT LOOP ONTO THE, UM, ONTO IT.

UH, THEY DID THAT DUE TO

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UM, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO ENHANCE THE SIDEWALK, MAKE IT MORE SAFE, UM, AND PREVENT PEOPLE JUST FROM DARTING ACROSS THOSE ROADS.

AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO DO TO STAFF.

AGREE WITH THAT LITTLE LOOP? UM, WE HAVE THAT MANY CONVERSATIONS.

YEAH, WE DO AGREE WITH IT.

IF IT'S IN THAT FORMAT, I KNOW THAT INJURING, UH, THEY DO HAVE OTHER PLAN, UH, OTHER LAYOUTS THAT COULD ALSO BE USED, UM, FOR THAT.

BUT WE, WE WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO IT BECAUSE I'M, I'M OPPOSED TO THAT LOOP.

UM, I'M JUST IN MY HEAD, I'M PICTURING MYSELF AT 12 ON A BIKE AND IF I HIT THAT LOOP, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE STREET AND NOT AT THE SIDEWALK.

I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO STOP, TURN, GO BACK UP AND THEN CROSS.

I WOULD JUST SHOOT ACROSS AFTER TAKING THAT LOOP.

I BELIEVE THERE'S A FENCE THERE, ISN'T THERE? YEAH, THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A STRUCTURE IN LANDSCAPING ROCKS.

HOW LONG IS THAT FENCE GONNA BE THERE IN THE PLANT? THAT'S THAT I'M GONNA RUN OVER 17 TIMES.

I MEAN, KIDS ARE LIKE WATER.

THEY WILL FIND A WAY.

I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT BEING SAFER AT THE, AT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROPOSAL? YEAH, JUST WOULD BE BETTER.

MAKE THAT STRAIGHT.

SO WHY MAKE IT EASIER IF IT TAKES IT 17 TIMES OF BEING HIT AT 17 AT THEN THEY'RE CROSSING AT A STOP SIGN OR STOPLIGHT AND NOT SHOOTING ACROSS AT AN ANGLE TO GET TO, TO THE OTHER SIDE.

I'VE GOT SIX KIDS IN MY FAMILY AND I GUARANTEE YOU AFTER THEY HIT THAT, THAT FENCE THE FIRST TIME THEY LEARNED THEIR LESSON, WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE.

THAT'S FINE.

I WAS ASKING WHOSE IDEA IT WAS 'CAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.

AND THAT'S MY OPINION.

UM, TR ON THE CONCERNS OF LIGHTS.

MM-HMM .

AND LIGHTING ALONG THE SIDEWALKS IN PARTICULAR, AND ESPECIALLY AT THE INTERSECTIONS THERE.

UM, I DIDN'T SEE IN THE, IN THE DESIGN WORK OR SCHEMATICS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'RE ADDING ANY, ANY SIDEWALK LIGHTING.

IS THAT ACCURATE OR DID I MISS THAT? THAT IS ACCURATE, CORRECT.

SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT ADDING ANY LIGHTING ON THE SIDEWALK? UH, NOT ALONG THE, UH, CROSSING LIKE SIDEWALK, UH, CROSSWALK LIGHTING.

THEY'RE NOT ADDING NO, I'M, I'M, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT JUST A LAMP POST.

THE PHOTOMETRIC PLAN DOES SHOW SOME LIGHTING IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, BUT NOT DIRECTLY UP AGAINST THE SIDEWALK.

SO COULDN, WE APPLY WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD AND REQUIRE THOSE, THAT LIGHTING TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE SIDEWALK.

YOU CAN DEFINITELY MAKE THAT AS PART YOUR CONDITION.

YES, SIR.

BECAUSE I WOULD, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE, LIKE THE FLASHING LIGHTS, SIGNS, WHATEVER, THAT THEY DON'T WORK.

BUT AT LEAST IF THERE'S LIGHTING ON THE CORNERS, UM, THAT, I MEAN, THAT STARTS TO HELP AT LEAST.

YES, BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S VERY DARK RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S ONE LAMP POST, UH, BUT THERE'S NOT STREET LIGHTS ON THOSE CORNERS AT ALL.

SO IT, IT IS VERY DARK.

COUNSEL, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING? ANY ELSE? I GOT A QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN SMITH AND IT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT 'CAUSE I JUST WASN'T SURE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAID THE FLASHING LIGHTS.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT SAY THERE'S A STOP SIGN COMING THAT FLASH? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OR THAT SAY LIKE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OR CATTLE CROSSING OR WHATEVER.

THOSE LIGHTS DON'T WORK.

THEY DON'T WORK FOR SCHOOL ZONES.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA WORK FOR A CROSSWALK.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, I JUST WOULDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

WELL, AND WE HAVE THE, SO WE HAVE THE FLASHING LIGHTS IN THE STREET OVER BY FIRST UNITED METHODIST AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE ARE EVEN EFFECTIVE EITHER.

I MEAN, YEAH, SO WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THAT.

UM, WE, WE HAVEN'T FOUND THAT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE A MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE.

UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER PLACE, I BELIEVE IT'S OFF OF MARVIN THAT HAD LIGHTS IN THE CROSSWALK WHERE AFTER OUR MAINTENANCE, UH, AFTER THE DEVELOPER'S MAINTENANCE WAS OVER.

'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS HAVING TO FIX THE ISSUES.

UM, IT IS JUST, WE'VE JUST SEEN NOTHING BUT ISSUES CONTINUOUSLY.

SO WE WOULD PROBABLY, WE WOULD ADVISE, UM, NOT ADDING LIGHTS IN THE CROSSWALK ITSELF.

UM, IF THAT'S WHAT ABOUT THE QUARTERS OF IT IS FINE.

UH, 1 0 0 8 MACON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

BUT IN THE, YEAH.

WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION TO MAKE THE ACTUAL CROSSWALKS WIDER? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW THE, LIKE IN THE STREET ITSELF YES.

WHERE THEY PAINT THE STREET AND IT'S A WIDE CROSSWALK TO REQUIRE CARS TO STOP FOR FURTHER BACK.

UH, NO, THERE WASN'T, UM, NONE AS PART OF THIS.

WE, WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT.

NO SIR.

PARDON ME? LIKE WIDER ONES? WIDER.

WIDER.

THE SIDEWALK HE'S ASKING ABOUT, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CROSSWALK MAKING INSTEAD OF SIX FEET, IT BEING 16 FEET.

I CAN, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I CAN CLARIFY.

UM, ON THE, SO THE ACTUAL PAINTING OF THE, THE CROSS, SORRY, SORRY.

MATTHEW SMITH,

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UM, SO THE, TO CLARIFY ON THE, UM, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THIS CIRCLE, SO PUBLIC WORKS LAST TIME AT P AND Z CAME UP AND SAID THEY'RE DOING THIS AT A RAILROAD CRO CROSSING NEARBY.

AND THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF DOING IT JUST SO THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, THE ABILITY SO THAT NOT ONLY CARS CAN SEE YOU DIVERTING AROUND, BUT ALSO YOU, YOU DO HAVE TO LOOK UP AND HAVE THAT CONSCIOUS EFFORT OF, OKAY, I AM GONNA SHOOT THAT GAP OR AT, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF SLOW DOWN AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT.

SO IF YOU TURN, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE, THE, UM, RENDERINGS JUST SO WE CAN SHOW THE WR IRON FENCE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.

UM, ZOOM IN ON THE BOTTOM ONE IF YOU CAN.

NO.

OH, DO YOU HAVE MY, THE PRESENTATION I SENT, THAT'S IMPACT FEE.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH, WITH UH, WITH, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A VOICE OBVIOUSLY.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY, DO Y'ALL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ADDING THE STREETLIGHTS ON THE SIDEWALKS OR? WE, WE DON'T.

WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH, UM, WE, WE TRIED TO HAVE A BIGGER MEETING, BUT THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A GROUP, UH, THAT WAS THERE.

SO I DIDN'T, IT WAS MIXED ON.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID YES, IT'S VERY DARK THERE.

BUT THEN THERE WAS, THERE IS A GROUP THAT SAYS WE DON'T WANT ADDITIONAL LIGHTING WITH THE LIGHT POLLUTION.

SO I DO BELIEVE THE OVERALL CONSENSUS WAS THAT'S A SUPER DARK INTERSECTION.

THAT LIGHT WOULD BE WELCOMED.

WE'VE REQUIRED IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S DEVELOPED, I BELIEVE IT'S EVERY 50 FEET OR SOMETHING.

I, I THINK IT IS.

AND TRENT IS RIGHT, OUR PHOTOMETRIC PLANS KEEPING OUR LIGHT ON SITE.

SO YES, WE WOULD, WE WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO THAT.

EVEN IF IT'S JUST A STREET LIMB.

I MEAN LED GOING STRAIGHT DOWN, IT'S NOT GONNA POLLUTE MUCH, BUT RIGHT.

JUST TO ADD A FEW OF THOSE ON THE, EACH SIDE OF THE BROADHEAD AND GARDEN VALLEY, BUT FOR SURE AT THE CORNERS MM-HMM .

WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE WOULD CROSS.

GOTCHA.

AND SO THAT, THAT'S THE, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THAT CROSSWALK THERE ON GARDEN VALLEY? THE STRIVING, THAT'S ONE THAT COUNCILMAN WRIGHT BROUGHT UP.

YES SIR.

YEAH, SO THAT'S, YES.

SO WE CAN MAKE IT WIDER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S SHOWN THERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY SIX FEET WIDE.

MATCHING THE SIDEWALK.

SO, BUT I'M MAKING IT WIDER.

YOU MAKE IT WIDER UP GARDEN VALLEY, SO YES.

SO THEY STOPPED SHORTER, RIGHT? ORIGINALLY THEY, YES.

THEY'D HAVE MORE ROOM TO SEE IT.

COUNCILMAN WRIGHT, DO YOU HAVE A DESIRE ON HOW WIDE TO MAKE THAT? NO, WE JUST HAD SOMEONE REQUEST IT BE WIDER.

I HAVE NO CLUE.

12 FEET, 15 FEET.

WHAT ARE THEY NORMALLY SIX.

DO WE KNOW? AND THAT'S THE SIDEWALKS I WOULD THINK WOULD BE SIX.

JAMES.

JAMES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO THANK YOU.

HEY, YOUR COUNSEL.

UH, SO THE STANDARDS FOR CROSSWALKS IS FIVE FEET.

AND SO WE CAN MAKE IT WIDER.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE, THE CROSSWALK THAT CROSSES, UH, BROADHEAD TO THE, I WANNA SAY TO THE EAST, THAT'S EIGHT FOOT RIGHT THERE.

BUT RIGHT THERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE CURB RAMP THAT IS EIGHT FOOT AS WELL.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT, UH, LARGER THAN LET'S SAY SIX FEET RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S LIKE A ACTUALLY PAVERS RIGHT THERE.

SO IT'S LIKE A FOR THAT CROSSWALK.

AND SO, AND THE CURB RAMP, THE, THE RAMP THAT GOES DOWN IS I THINK SIX FEET.

SO MAKING IT WIDER IS, IS FINE.

JUST THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO REALLY, IT'S, IT'S PAVERS ON GARDEN VALLEY.

I KNOW IT'S PAVERS ON BROADHEAD.

IS IT PAVERS ON GARDEN VALLEY? I DON'T THINK SO.

SO NO, I'M, I HAVEN'T, I WENT AND LOOKED ON GARDEN VALLEY AND I, THERE'S SOME WHITE PAINT THERE, BUT IT'S NOTHING THAT'S GONNA GET ANYBODY TO STOP.

NO BROADHEADS GOT GARDEN OR GOT PAINTS.

LIKE A WHITE STRIPES TO DESIGNATE THAT AS A CROSSWALK RIGHT THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON THE CROSSING.

SO, UH, I DO HAVE AN IMAGE THAT I CAN PRESENT TO YOU GUYS, UH, LIKE AN OPTION.

AND THE THING I WANNA SAY WITH THAT IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE BASICALLY IS UH, THIS IS A CONCEPT WE CAN WORK WITH AND I HAVE NOT PRESENTED THIS TO, TO THE DEVELOPERS.

EVEN BETTER.

LET'S SURPRISE THEM.

WHAT'S THAT? EVEN BETTER.

LET'S SURPRISE THEM.

RIGHT? AND THIS IS BASED ON, ON ON SOME COMPLAINTS WE RECEIVED RECENTLY.

SO LIKE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT WORK, RIGHT? THERE WAS LOOK AT HOW WE CAN GET A CROSSWALK ACROSS BROADHEAD AND UM, ON THEIR SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION.

BUT IF YOU, IF YOU SEE JUST TO NORTH CROSSING, UH, UH, GARDEN VALLEY ON THE NORTH SIDE, THERE'S THAT RED UH, AREA RIGHT THERE THAT'S ACTUALLY PAVER, THAT'S THE RED PAVER THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT THERE.

UH, AND SO ON THE SOUTH SIDE THOUGH, THERE'S, THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO UH, CROSSWALK RIGHT THERE.

SO THAT'D BE SOMETHING WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT

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BROADHEAD ON, I WANNA SAY ON THE LEFT SIDE, UH, I JUST PUT A VERY QUICK SCHEMATIC, UH, JUST TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.

AND SO THE CHALLENGE WE HAD WAS, THERE'S AN INLET RIGHT THERE, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE AND, BUT WE CAN STILL PUT A SIX FOOT WIDE CROSSWALK CROSSING BROADHEAD AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT UH, CONNECT BACK TO THE EXISTING CROSSWALK.

AND LET ME POINT TO THAT OVER THERE.

IF I COULD JUST SO I CAN, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS ACTUALLY HAVE CROSSWALK RIGHT HERE.

WE HAVE THIS RIGHT HERE.

UH, BASICALLY OPEN THIS UP.

SO AREA REPEAT CROSS STOP RIGHT THERE.

SOMEBODY ELSE COMING OVER PAN THE HANDLE CROSS AGAIN.

THEY HAVE RIGHT HERE STATE, BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING COMING HERE NOW THEY CAN CROSS HERE ACROSS THERE.

AND SO, UH, THE PNC DIMENSION THAT THEY PI THEY ARE TO HAVE SIGNS STOP SIGNS.

OKAY, SO THIS IS IN PLACE.

THIS, THIS LITTLE NEW LOOP IS IN PLACE IS AN OPTION AND WOULD BE REPLACING THE LOOP TO LOOP THAT'S ON THE ONE THAT WE JUST SAW.

IT STILL GIVES THE SAME, THE SAME UH, CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO, HEY, I WANT TO, AND THEN LOOK UP INSTEAD JUST GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH.

I THINK THAT WAY'S SAFER.

SO, AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO THE NORTH.

'CAUSE THEN YOU CAN JUST HAUL TAIL AROUND THE CORNER AND KEEP GOING.

AND I KNOW THAT THE CSF ONE LIKE HAVE A MEANDERING SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, FURTHER DAM.

BUT THAT MIGHT BE AN EXPRESSION.

I, I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD A MEANDERING SIDEWALK.

'CAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST GONNA GO THE STRAIGHT PATH.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DEAD GRASS OR WHATEVER IN THE WAY BETWEEN THE LITTLE, AS LONG AS YOU DO IT GENTLE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP .

YOU DO LIKE REALLY EXAGGERATE THE GUESS.

ARE Y'ALL GOOD WITH THAT? YEAH.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SEEING THAT.

I WILL SAY ON THE MEANDERING, SO, UH, PNZ, THE, THE THOUGHT WAS TO GET THE SIDEWALK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OFF BROADHEAD, GIVEN THAT BROADHEAD.

SO, UM, HEAVILY TRAFFIC WHAT I GUESS TURN WHAT YOU'RE CALLING OUR MEANDERING WAS THE HARD CUTS AROUND WITH THE FENCE.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND THE MEANDERING IN FRONT OF IT? THE SIDEWALK.

OH, OKAY.

ALONG THIS AREA AS WELL.

I'D PERSONALLY LIKE IT TO BE FURTHER OFF OF BROADHEAD.

SO DO YOU MIND PULLING THAT UP IN OUR PRESENTATION? SO BASICALLY RIGHT AT THE NICE OF COLUMBUS PROPERTY LINE IT WOULD, I THINK IT'S SLIDE SEVEN OR SO.

NEXT ONE OR TWO, ONE MORE.

SO DOWN THERE RIGHT AT THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, IT WOULD SHIFT ONTO OUR PROPERTY AND THEN GO STRAIGHT ACROSS TO THE NEW DESIGN THAT HE JUST SHOWED THERE.

AND I BELIEVE IT.

YEAH, IT SHOWS ON BOTH SIDES OF, OF GARDEN VALLEY.

SO I CAN'T TELL BY LOOKING AT THAT HOW FAR OFF, HOW FAR OFF A BROAD HEAD IS IT? SO I THINK IT, DOES IT SHOW THE EXISTING? YEAH, SO IT SHOWS THE EXISTING AND SO LET'S CALL THAT I SEE A SIX FOOT SOMETHING RIGHT THERE THAT'S ABOUT, YEAH, SO IT'S THE DOTTED LINE.

IT'S RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT.

SO PROBABLY, WHAT WAS THAT, 15 FEET ISH OFF BROADHEAD.

'CAUSE I AGREE WITH MR. SMITH.

AS FAR AS YOU CAN GET OFF OF BROADHEAD THE BETTER.

WE'RE WILLING TO ADD MORE.

AND THE DESIGN AT THE CORNER CAN BE, WE CAN WE CAN TALK THROUGH THAT.

UH, THE OTHER, SORRY, THE KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS AREA.

UH, POP, UH, SORRY.

PROPERTY BOUNDARY LEFT.

OH NO LEFT.

OH THAT MEANDER.

OKAY COOL.

SIX EIGHT FEET OFF THE, OFF THE .

ARE WE GONNA PUT THE SAME KIND OF LIGHTING THAT WE ALREADY DISCUSSED AT THE, AT THE, I GUESS THE ENTRY AND EXIT OFF OF UH, BROADHEAD WE HAVE SO CITY OR THE PUBLIC LIGHTS FOR THE STREET, UM,

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WE HAVE OUR PHOTOMETRIC PLAN THAT HAS TWO POLE LIGHTS AT THAT ENTRANCE.

AND NO TALL BUSHES BEING PLANTED RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? NO, NO, THOSE, THOSE ARE ALL SHRUGGED.

THOSE ARE SHRUGGED AREAS.

WE ARE KEEPING, UM, SO THE PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO KEEP ANY OF THE EXISTING TREES.

NOW WE'RE KEEPING ALL BUT TWO SO THAT, I BELIEVE THAT'S SIX OF THE MATURE TREES.

UM, WE WORK WITH STAFF TO THE MAIN REASON LAST TIME WE COULDN'T 'CAUSE WE HAD TO EXTEND THE WATER AND SEWER LINE, BUT GIVEN THAT WE WENT OFF THE CORNER, NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO WRAP THE SEWER ALL THE WAY AROUND.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP ALL THOSE TREES ALONG GARDEN VALLEY AND THEN ADDING A 40 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE, UM, ADJACENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF GARDEN VALLEY.

UM, AGAIN ADJACENT TO THAT SINGLE FAMILY THERE.

HEY JAMES, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WENT.

OH, RIGHT THERE.

UM, WOULD IT BEHOOVE US TO HAVE THEM INSTALL THE ELECTRICAL THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS? I, I WOULD SAY NOT AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CONTROLLERS ARE GONNA BE.

SO I THINK FOR NOW WE, WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT LATER ON WHEN I DON'T BUT WOULD IF THEY EVEN RAN THE ELECTRICAL.

SO IT'S THERE TO SAVE US THAT COST.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA NEED IT.

I MEAN WE'VE GOT, YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE 7,000 HOMES ON THE OTHER END OF BROADHEAD HERE.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I, I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE THE ELECTRICAL LINES ARE SO I CAN COORDINATE THAT WITH THE ENCORE AND JUST SEE IF IT'S ON ALREADY THAT SIDE OF THE, OF, UH, OF, OH, I MEAN TO GET THE BASE IN PLA PLACE.

I MEAN LIKE TO HAVE THEM PUT IN THE BASE.

SO I BELIEVE THERE'S A TRANSFORMER JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ADJACENT TO THE, UH, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THAT IS.

IF WE CAN GIVE EASEMENTS OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO AND ACCOMMODATE THAT, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO.

UM, IF, IF THAT'S THE LOCATION THAT ULTIMATELY ENDS UP, I MEAN IF THEY'RE ALREADY GONNA HAVE DIRT MOVED AND STUFF OUT OF THE WAY AND THEY'RE GONNA BE RUNNING NEW UTILITIES, IT WOULD IT NOT MAKE SENSE EVEN IF WE HAVE TO USE SOME IMPACT FEES TO AT LEAST GET THE, AT LEAST GET THE TRAFFIC LIGHT BASE IN WITH ELECTRIC IN PLACE.

I, I WOULD SAY NOT TO PUT THE BASE RIGHT NOW, IF ANY, IF ANYTHING JUST PUT THE CONDUITS, YOU KNOW, BUT EVEN THAT CONDUITS ARE ONCE YOU PUT IT IN AND PEOPLE FORGET THAT'S THERE AND WE RUN TO THAT SITUATION.

SO SOMETIMES THERE'S A WASTE OF MONEY, UH, PUTTING THOSE IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO COME OUT AND PEOPLE RUN OVER AND DAMAGE THEM.

SO, AND CONDOS ACTUALLY CHEAP TO PUT IN.

UH, AND IF WE CAN DO THAT, UH, PRETTY EASILY, UH, WE COULD HAVE CONDOS UNDERNEATH THE DRIVEWAYS, UH, THAT WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY GO UNDER THE DRIVEWAYS THAT I RECOMMEND THAT.

UM, SO, BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FOR SURE.

AND WE NEED TO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO PLAN ON, ON A, A STOPLIGHT BEING THERE BECAUSE THOSE STOP SIGNS ARE GONNA BACK TRAFFIC UP.

MM-HMM .

RIGHT NOW, BEFORE YOU ADD ANY OTHER HOMES, THE, THE TRAFFIC'S GONNA BE BACKED UP.

THERE IT IS.

OR REAL CRAZY.

IT JUST POPPED IN MY HEAD.

SO THIS IS A REAL CRAZY QUESTION.

HOW HARD WOULD IT BE TO PUT A TRAFFIC CIRCLE THERE? TRAFFIC CIRCLE? MM-HMM.

OR TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

CIRCLE.

UH, I WANNA SAY IT WOULD BE HARD, UH, BECAUSE, UH, WOULD IT BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN TRAFFIC SIGNALS? I JUST LOOKING AT THE PHYSICALLY BEING ABLE TO FIT THAT TRAFFIC CIRCLE, UH, WE NEED ABOUT 150 FEET OF RADIUS, SORRY, DIAMETER.

UH, I DON'T SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT SPACE RIGHT THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE'VE GOT GUYS THAT HAVE THE OTHER ADJACENT PROPERTY AND THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE AWAY.

SO RIGHT AWAY, IF IT MAKES SENSE.

AND SO WE WOULD'VE TO LOOK AT THAT.

LIKE THE POLES AND ALL THAT.

SO, BUT, UH, I'M GONNA SAY IT, IT, UH, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

I, I WANNA SAY, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN, UH, A CIRCLE RIGHT THERE TO BE 100% HONEST WITH YOU GUYS.

IS THIS IN ANY WAY TIED TO TEXT DOT ON THIS STREET? OR WILL THIS BE A SIGNAL WE'RE PAYING FOR ANYWAY? SO THIS WOULD BE OUR SIGNAL.

SO, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.

HOW MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE IS IT FOR US TO AGREE TO SPEND SOME, OUR MONEY TO GO AHEAD AND PUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE INSTEAD OF FOUR STOP SIGNS? WELL, AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET THE WARRANTS FROM THE TIA.

SO RIGHT NOW THE WARRANTS ARE FOR FOUR-WAY STOPS, AND SO THERE'S NOT A WARRANT FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL RIGHT NOW.

WELL, I DON'T EVEN HAVE A BALLPARK FIGURE HOW MUCH A TRAFFIC LIGHT COST.

475.

750.

SO IT, IT, IT, SO WE JUST DID, WENT OVER THERE ON, UH, 4 75, UH, JUST THE POLE NORTH GATE AND IT WAS LIKE $400,000 FOR THAT PROJECT RIGHT THERE.

AND WAS JUST TO FIX TWO SIGNALS,

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SO IT'S GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANT CAUSE.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD NEED TO PLAN FOR? YES, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD PLAN FOR.

AND I WANNA SAY WE ARE GONNA BE TAKING OVER THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WHENEVER WE GET THE NEXT CENSUS.

SO 2030, I WANNA SAY TO 2031.

UH, THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE OFFICIALLY, YOU KNOW, OVER 50,000.

MM-HMM.

AND THEN THAT'S WHEN TEXTILE IS GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO US.

I'M ALREADY WORKING WITH THEM, UH, TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE ABLE TO UPGRADE EVERYTHING BEFORE THAT HANDOFF HAPPENS.

UH, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT STAFFING WISE AND, YOU KNOW, HOW TO MAINTAIN ALL, ALL THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO.

KIDS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT DOING, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNALS THAT IS A CITY RESPONSIBILITY RIGHT NOW.

I CAN TELL YOU I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE STOP SIGNS.

I MEAN, WE DEAL WITH THAT.

WE DEAL WITH A HEADACHE ON 66.

WE DEAL WITH A HEADACHE AT NORTH GROVE AND EIGHT 13.

I MEAN THE, THE, THE STOP SIGNS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE IN THE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.

AND THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY HOMES BEING BUILT IN THE COUNTY.

BY MY COUNT THIS AFTERNOON, IT WAS 7,000 LOTS THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE ON THAT SIDE OF BROADHEAD AND THEY'RE GONNA COME THIS DIRECTION.

I, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO I AGREE WITH MR. SMITH ON THAT.

HOWEVER, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT TONIGHT, BUT I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO PUT IT IN THE PLANS, LIKE YOU SAID.

GO AHEAD AND START PLANNING ON THERE BEING A RED LIGHT THERE AND DOING WHAT WE GOTTA DO TO GET IT.

WELL, WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA GET THE RIGHT OF WAY AGREED TO IF WE'RE GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS ADDITIONAL SPACE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS AGREEMENT, SO IF IT'S A TRAFFIC CIRCLE, YOU HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY AGREED TO ON THAT PART.

OR IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO PUT THE ARMS DOWN AND THE BASE AND THE BOX AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

CAN WE LOOK AT THAT? DEFINITELY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS AND YEAH.

CAN WE JUST GO BACK TO BE CLEAR ON THOSE CROSSWALKS EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE? SURE.

DO WE WANT TO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM WIDER THAN FIVE FEET ON BROADHEAD AND GARDEN VALLEY.

SO RIGHT NOW, THIS CROSSWALK, THE EXISTING CROSSWALK IS STEP CONCRETE, LIKE A GREAT COLOR.

THAT CONCRETE, AND THAT'S BEING GOOD.

IT IS NOT GONNA GO FAR.

STAND OUT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE CHINA HAVE WITH 0.8 FOOT RIGHT HERE IN THIS CROSSWALK RIGHT HERE IS HAVE THAT MUCH OF A NOSE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT WHOEVER'S IN THAT HILL RIGHT THERE.

AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IS HERE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE, THEIR TEAM.

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO ELIMINATE THAT.

UH, RIGHT THERE.

WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THEIR, UH, ENGINEERS TO SEE ALL OF THIS DETAILS, HOW TO PUT ALL THE WORK RIGHT HERE.

SO I WOULD LOOK TO HAVE, WHEN THEY'RE DOING SYMBOL ON THEIR SIDE TO INCLUDE THIS CROSSWALK RIGHT HERE AS WELL, TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.

AND JAMES, I DON'T LIKE THE, THE, THE PAVING OR THE CONCRETE AS A CROSSWALK.

IT'S NOT VISIBLE.

PEOPLE IGNORE THAT.

I WOULD SUGGEST I AGREE WITH WHAT SHE'S SAYING.

WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS SINCE THAT'S ALREADY PAVED, CON OR STAMPED CONCRETE THERE, THAT YOU PAINT ON EITHER SIDE OF IT.

WE CAN PUT EXACTLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAINT ON IT.

YOU CAN PAINT ON EITHER SIDE OF IT, BUT THAT WAY IT DRAWS ATTENTION TO IT HERE TOO.

WE CAN DO THAT.

NOT THE PAVERS, BUT JUST OUTSIDE OF THE PAVERS AND PAINT THAT LINE.

MM-HMM .

AND WE CAN MAKE THAT, PAINT THAT LINE TO HAVE EIGHT.

BUT JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THESE RAMPS ARE GONNA BE SIX FOOT MM-HMM .

NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I, I'M INTERESTED IN ON THE ROADWAY, IT BEING WIDE.

WE DEFINITELY RIGHT THERE, THOSE WHITE STRIP RIGHT THERE.

SAFETY ON THIS SIDE.

AND MY QUESTION TO Y'ALL IS RIGHT HERE, YOU SLOT AS THE WHITE STRIPES? OR DO YOU WANT HAVE A CONCRETE? UH, WE HAVE OVER HERE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.

THE WATCH STRIP, NO TRAFFIC CIRCLE.

WHITE STRIPES.

NO TRAFFIC CIRCLE.

NOT INTO WHITE STRIPES.

YEP.

LONG, AS LONG AS THEY'RE WIDE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DEFINITELY DRAW INTENTION.

DEFINITELY.

WE, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WIDE ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THOSE, THAT THERE'S A, A CROSS ROCK THERE.

AND THIS IS REFLECTING WHITE PAINT, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE USE A THERMOPLASTIC, WHICH IS, IT LASTS LONGER THAN THE REGULAR PAINT.

SO IT HAS A GLASS PIECE ON IT, SO IT REFLECTS ON IT.

I JUST, I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY QUESTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE KIDS THAT CROSS GARDEN VALLEY THAT ARE ON BROADHEAD, AND THEN YOU HAVE A CAR ON BROADHEAD THAT'S TURNING RIGHT ON GARDEN

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VALLEY.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE SEVERAL KIDS HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT.

RIGHT? IAND THAT, AND WE, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT AREA WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S NO CONFUSION AS TO THAT.

THERE ARE PEDESTRIANS IN THIS AREA.

AND SOMETHING THAT CAME UP WHEN WE MET WAS THAT THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS ON EITHER SIDE.

SO WE'RE GONNA, LIKE TRENT SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PAVE BOTH SIDES AT THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT.

SO SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF GARDEN VALLEY ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH.

'CAUSE THAT ANOTHER REASON THAT THERE'S SOME ISSUES IS THAT ONCE YOU GET ACROSS GARDEN VALLEY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING IN THE STREET MM-HMM .

INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE SIDEWALK.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WE WILL PAVE BOTH OF THOSE AT, AT THE START OF THE CONSTRUCTION, ARE YOU GONNA PAVE THE FRONT OF YOUR PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE THAT GOES ON UP BROADHEAD.

'CAUSE THE CHURCH THAT THEY JUST BUILT UP THERE, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING ON GARDEN VALLEY, BUT ARE YOU GONNA KEEP GOING ON YOUR PROPERTY THERE THAT WE'RE, 'CAUSE THAT'S PART OF THIS WE'RE LOOKING AT, IS IT ALREADY THERE? YES.

YEAH, IT'S JUST VERY CLOSE TO BROADHEAD CURRENTLY.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK Y'ALL TO THE WORK, UH, THAT, THAT Y'ALL PUT INTO THIS.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE FEELING MORE COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO KEEP THE KIDS, UH, SAFER IN THAT AREA.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL END UP HAVING TO PUT A RED LIGHT THERE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BACK UP WITH THOSE STOP SIGNS.

I MEAN, THAT MIGHT BE A TEMPORARY, UH, YOU KNOW, SOLUTION, BUT IT WILL NOT BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

AND THE PD DOES CALL OUT AS WELL AS ACHI CHIEF'S STANDARD, THAT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES ANOTHER WARRANT FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

SO OUTSIDE OF OURS, WE DID OUR WARRANT.

IT, IT WARRANTED THE STOP SIGNS.

IF SOMETHING ELSE COMES ALONG, ANOTHER WARRANT, AND THEN ANOTHER WARRANT AND ANOTHER WARRANT, WHATEVER GETS DEVELOPED.

SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND I, I REALLY WANNA THANK STAFF.

IT'S BEEN LITERALLY A YEAR TO THE DAY ON MOST OF US WORKING ON THIS AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND MM-HMM.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

BECAUSE IT WAS FROM SOMETHING THAT CAME UP WITH P AND Z, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT CAME UP AND STARTED READING CRIME STATISTICS.

AND I NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF SEVEN 11 WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT, MOVE THE ATM TO THE BACK WALL, NOT RIGHT BY THE FRONT DOOR SO THAT, SO THAT THEY DON'T BACK UP TO IT AND YANK IT OUT.

SO MOST OF THE TIME IT IS BY THE BACK WALL.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU WALK IN VARIOUS, THEY CHANGE THEIR FLOORPLANS ALL THE TIME.

I, I ACTUALLY MEANT TO LOOK AT THAT TODAY.

I DID NOT BECAUSE THEY, WE COULD ASK THEM TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK, NOT RIGHT AT THE, THE FRONT, FRONT DOOR SO THAT IT ENCOURAGES SOMEBODY TO BACK UP AND YANK IT OUT.

YES, WE CAN DO THAT.

WHAT'S THAT? THANK YOU.

Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OF THE APPLICANT? NO.

JUST TO CONFIRM, IT'S STILL GONNA BE 24 7.

WE DIDN'T GET PAST THAT POINT.

YES, WE, WE, AS WE SAID AT P AND Z, WE WENT TO AS HIGH AS WE COULD, TRIED TO FIGURE OUT A SITUATION OR A SOLUTION THERE.

GIVEN THE GROWTH HERE, GIVEN THAT IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE INTERSECTION AND THAT THERE'S MANY WALKS OF LIFE THAT LIVE IN WAXAHACHIE, HAVE DIFFERENT OPERATING HOURS, THEY WOULD LIKE, THEY WANTED TO KEEP IT AT 24 HOUR OPERATION.

AND WE DID AS, AS PART OF THE SECURITY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, DID THEY HAVE AGREED TO DO THE FLOCK SYSTEM, UM, OR SOME, A SIMILAR SIT SYSTEM FOR SECURITY THAT WE TALKED WITH WASATCH PD ON.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING IT AT LOWE'S AND WALMART AND HOME DEPOT, I BELIEVE.

UM, THAT BASICALLY IT'S A, IT READS THE IDENTITY OF A CAR AS WELL AS A LICENSE PLATE.

AND IF THAT VEHICLE COMES BACK AS BEING REGISTERED AS, YOU KNOW, FELON PREVIOUS HISTORY, THE PD GETS AN AUTOMATIC ALERT.

SO IT'S A, IT'S THE PROFILE OF THE CAR, NOT JUST THE LICENSE PLATE.

SO CHIEF, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT.

THANK YOU'ALL.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THERE, UH, AT VERY STRANGE HOURS TO CAUSE VERY STRANGE THINGS TO HAPPEN.

ALRIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE CITY SECRETARY.

UH, MY NAME IS SCOTT QUEER AND IT'S Q-U-I-R-I-N.

I LIVE AT 2 5 5 BEAR TRAIL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.

SO, UM, I WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE, UH, LAST YEAR AS WELL AS THIS YEAR.

I APPRECIATE JUST THE OPENNESS TO HEAR THE RESIDENTS AND HEAR OUR CONCERNS THROUGH THIS.

UH, AND IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT TO HEAR THAT.

UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR ME AS A, AS A RESIDENT THERE IS JUST THE 24 7 OPERATION.

UH, WE SEE ALL THE OTHER, UH, CHANGES TO SIDEWALKS AND SO FORTH.

BUT THE 24 7 OPERATION IS WHAT REALLY DISTURBS ME THE MOST, IS JUST WHAT THAT DRAWS IN.

I, I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF SHIFT WORK AND SO FORTH.

I WORK SOMEWHERE IT'S 24 7, UH, AT A WAREHOUSE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE JUST LOCALS WHO ARE WORKING WEIRD HOURS WHO ARE GONNA BE COMING IN.

THIS WILL DRAW

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SO THAT IS WHY I'M PASSIONATELY AGAINST THIS, THIS PROJECT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH THAT SINCE OUR, UH, HEARINGS LAST YEAR ON THIS.

NOTHING AT ALL HAS CHANGED.

I THINK THAT REALLY IS THE BIGGEST STICKING POINT, UH, FOR MOST OF US AS RESIDENTS, IS THE 24 7 OPERATION.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS RYAN YOUNG.

UH, ADDRESS IS TWO 30 MOCKINGBIRD DRIVE.

UM, THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY.

I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT THE, UH, UH, APPLICANT, UH, HAS GONE THROUGH OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR.

I STILL RISE IN OPPOSITION PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE 24 7 OPERATION, UM, AS COUNCILMAN SMITH ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST HEARING THAT WE HAD, UH, NO GAS STATION THAT I'M AWARE OF OR THAT HE WAS AWARE OF, UH, IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY HAS 24 7 OPERATION AND WAX HATCHER HAS BEEN APPROVED AS SUCH.

UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS, UH, THAT I RISE IN OPPOSITION.

UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAS BEEN RAISED, UH, THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, IS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, I GUESS CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY OR WITH THE RESIDENTS.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY MEETINGS OR ATTEMPTS TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, I'M, UH, INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

SO IF THERE WERE SOME, I'M NOT AWARE OF THEM.

UM, BUT ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, THE 24 7 OPERATION IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

NOT THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THAT WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, Y'ALL HAVE MENTIONED HOW DARK THAT STREET IS, UH, AT NIGHT.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT LIGHTING AND MAKING SURE WE ADDRESS THAT.

UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, TO THE POINT THAT COUNCIL SMITH MET, UH, SAID EARLIER, I HAD 5,000 HOMES THAT WERE DOWN REDHEAD.

SO 7,000 HOMES.

ULTIMATELY, WE'D BE TRAVELING DOWN THIS ROAD OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

UH, THROW IN THE FACT THAT, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR PEOPLE COMMUTING IN THE MORNING, UH, EARLY MORNING HOURS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD, RIGHT WHERE 2 87 IS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO PULL IN, GRAB THEIR COFFEE, GRAB THEIR GAS, AND AT THE SAME TIME CHILDREN ARE GONNA BE WALKING INTO SCHOOL.

SO I SAY THAT ALL TODAY AND I BRING THIS ALL TO YOUR ATTENTION PRIMARILY.

'CAUSE I'M HERE WITH A, MY WIFE IS NINE MONTHS PREGNANT.

I'VE GOT A 2-YEAR-OLD SITTING AT HOME.

UH, BUT I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL TO HEAR AND TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

14, CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 24 20 25.

ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE.

THE PUBLIC HEARING BRINGS US TO ITEM

[14. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-24-2025 ]

COUNSEL, MADAM MAYOR, MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 24 25.

A ZONING CHANGE FOR GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ZONING DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, EXCUSE ME, TO EXECUTE ON NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MADAM? UH, MADAM MAYOR, PRIOR TO THAT, I HAVE A FEW, UM, AMENDMENTS TO ADD.

IF COUNCILMAN WRIGHT WILL ACCEPT THOSE.

I'LL WITHDRAW THE MOTION WHILE, WHILE YOU, THAT WAY YOU CAN, THE WHOLE THING.

THAT WAY YOU CAN JUST ADD WHATEVER YOU WANT, ADD TO IT.

JUST ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS, BE FINE.

UM, THAT, UH, WE REQUIRE THAT THEY ADD STREETLIGHTS ON ALL FOUR OF THE CORNERS.

UM, WELL, ALL EIGHT OF THE CORNERS, I GUESS, WHERE IT INTERSECTS THE TWO MAIN THOROUGHFARES.

AND APPLY OUR STREET LIGHT, OUR STREET LIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE EVERY 50 FEET OR SO.

UM, THAT WE WILL WIDEN THE CROSSWALKS ACROSS GARDEN VALLEY AND BROAD HEAD TO A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET AND BE STRIPED AS SUCH.

AND ON THE BACK, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN ADD THAT.

JUST NO, UH, HOW WE DO AN ATM THING.

UM, AND, UH, CAN, WELL, I GUESS AND THE REQUIREMENT TO WORK WITH, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF ON ADDRESSING, UM, FUTURE, FUTURE SIGNAL NEEDS.

COUNCILMAN, DID YOU WANT TO ADD THE ADDITION OF THE DIAGRAM THAT JAMES PRESENTED AS OF ? YES.

YES, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS.

AND TO ADD THE NEW EXHIBIT THAT WAS PRE PRESENTED BY JAMES ON THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SIDEWALK ALONG GARDEN VALLEY.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I ACCEPT HIS AMENDMENTS, BUT I BELIEVE WE OUGHT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT, HE'S TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING, 'CAUSE SOMETHING THAT TRAVIS ADDED TO THAT, I'M NOT SURE IT'S CLEAR.

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SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, CAN WE ASK HIM WHAT HE WANTS? I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE LIKE THAT, THAT STREET, UM, DROP INLET, IF WE CAN REARRANGE ANYTHING TO MAKE IT WORK BETTER.

I JUST FEAR THAT THAT CAN ALL CHANGE.

WHAT, WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING IS JUST THE LIGHTING TO BE INCREASED TO USE THE DIAGRAM.

SO THAT DIAGRAM AT THE MINIMUM IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO WORKING ON THAT WITH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH YES.

CORRECT.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ACCEPT YOUR AMENDMENTS.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION CARRIES MADAM MAYOR, CAN I MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT ON THE 24 7? SURE.

UM, I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY STEP BACK AND YOU LOOK AT IT, THIS WAS A REQUEST FOR GAS PUMPS BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE WAS ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? SO THE 24 7 DOES STILL GIVE ME PAUSE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF, IF WE DON'T ALLOW THESE GAS PUMPS, THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT ELSE COMES THERE.

AND THAT WE, THE FACT THAT WE GOT THE SEAT AT THE TABLE TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND TO ADDRESS CONCERNS, AND MOST, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ADDRESS SAFETY ON THE WALKABILITY, I THINK IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU BACK OUT EVEN FURTHER, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THIS ONE.

ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY STARTED, UM, THAT'LL STRETCH ALL, ALL THE WAY TO PALMER.

UM, I DON'T SEE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THIS AND THE QT ON BROWN OR, UM, WHAT'S THE RACETRACK IN FRONT OF WALMART THAT, THAT'S, THAT THOROUGHFARE IS JUST GOING TO, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY THERE, OUTSIDE FORCES PAST THE CITY HAVE ADDED A LOT OF HOMES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

SO WE HAVE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.

SO I, I DO THINK WE, WE ALL HEAR THE CONCERNS, BUT THIS, THIS IS THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE FOR, FOR THE CORONER AND THE GRAND SCHEME.

ITEM 15, CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC 24 DASH 2025.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THAT BRINGS US TO

[15. Consider Development Agreement for ZDC-24-2025 ]

COUNSEL, UH, REAL QUICK, UH, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT THE OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING REQUIRED ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS PART OF THE CONDITION.

OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR CTC 24 20 25 AND INCLUDE, UH, THE AMENDMENTS AND OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PD.

A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY DENNIS CHURCH WITH MINTO COMMUNITIES TEXAS, LLC FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, MIXED USE RESIDENCE AND SINGLE FAMILY ONE, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICTS TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.

NEXT ITEM IS

[16. Public Hearing on a request by Dennis Church, Minto Communities Texas, LLC, for a Zoning Change from Planned Development-Mixed Use Residential (PD-MUR), Single Family-1 (SF-1), Future Development (FD), and General Retail (GR) zoning districts to a Planned Development (PD) zoning district, located at 300 Brookside Road (Property ID’s 179468, 179534, 182520, 187960, 189323, 189326, 189333, 189336, 192306, 193815, 193822, 193823, 234203, 263786, 264568, 303651, 303652) – Owners: Walton Texas LP, United Presbyterian Homes, William & Leanne Kelley (ZDC-232-2024) ]

LOCATED AT 300 BROOKSIDE ROAD OWNERS, WALTON, TEXAS, LP, UNITED PRESBYTERIAN HOMES.

WILLIAM AND LEANNE, KELLY TRENTON.

UM, AND THE LAST PLAN, ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THE, UH, PLAN ZONING COMMISSION.

CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE DECEMBER 8TH PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH IS A MONDAY.

AND THEN, UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ALSO CONTINUE THIS ME, UH, THIS MEETING TO DECEMBER 15TH, AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT REQUEST.

COUNSEL MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO CONTINUE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZDC 2 32 DASH 2024 TO THE DECEMBER 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER

[19. Consider approval to carry forward prior year encumbrances and make corresponding adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget]

19.

PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

UH, WITH THE, UH, ITEM MOVED TO DECEMBER 15TH, CONSIDER APPROVAL TO CARRY FORWARD PRIOR YEAR ENCUMBRANCES AND MAKE CORRESPONDING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET.

CHAD.

UH, SO THIS, UH, IS A NEW ITEM THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING THIS YEAR AS, AS AN IMPROVEMENT TO OUR FISCAL YEAR END PROCESS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, CHAD ESON, FINANCE DIRECTOR.

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UM, SO I'LL BRIEFLY JUST AT THIS TIME PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO THE ITEM.

SO, TYPICALLY EXPENDITURES, AS YOU KNOW, THEY LAPSE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IN OUR CASE IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.

UM, HOWEVER, UP UNTIL CLOSE TO THAT DATE, WE ALLOW DEPARTMENTS TO CONTINUE TO SPEND THEIR BUDGET, UM, AND ENCUMBER OR COMMIT FUNDS.

AND AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS WHERE, UM, WHERE SOME OF THOSE ORDERS HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED YET.

AND SO, OF COURSE, UM, WE CAN'T MAKE PAYMENT BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE GOOD OR SERVICE.

AND A LOT OF, SOME OF IT COULD BE DUE TO TIMING OR, UH, DELAY IN, UH, SUPPLY CHAIN.

WHEN WE DO RECEIVE THEM, WE HAVE TO EXPENSE IT TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND CONSEQUENTLY INCREASE THE BUDGET TO THIS YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE.

SO THE LIST OF THOSE, THOSE OUTSTANDING PRIOR YEAR ENCUMBRANCES, UH, THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET.

UM, TYPICALLY THEY'RE GONNA BE VEHICLES, UH, MINOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

THERE'S SOME MASTER PLANS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY FIT IN THAT NEW NICE 12 MONTH WINDOW THAT SOMETIMES GO INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

UH, SO TO BE CLEAR, ADJUSTING, UH, THE BUDGET INTO NEXT YEAR DOES NOT RESULT IN ANY NET INCREASE TO THE CITY'S ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES OR BUDGET AUTHORITY.

THESE AMOUNTS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING, THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, WERE ALREADY APPROPRIATED, COMMITTED AND ENCUMBERED IN THE PRIOR PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.

UH, SO IN ESSENCE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE ENCUMBERED FUNDS THAT WERE BUDGETED LAST YEAR GO UNSPENT, AND WE SHIFT THOSE BUDGETS TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

SO IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE THIS, UH, WE'VE TAKEN, UM, TAKE TAKEN CARE OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY BY CARRYING FULL FORWARD OR ROLLING OVER THESE EXPENDITURES TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND, UM, BUT BRINGING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR APPROVAL PUTS US IN BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH STANDARD ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AND ALSO BRINGS AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY, UH, TO THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

SO THIS IS JUST ONE MORE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE, KIND OF ON THE MARGINS.

UM, AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF IMPLEMENT THIS GOING FORWARD AS WELL, SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND WHEN YOU SEE WHAT WE, THE BUDGET THAT Y'ALL ADOPTED IT, IT'LL GET CHANGED BECAUSE WE, WE MANUALLY MOVE THOSE, THOSE BUDGETS OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR.

SURE.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND WE RECOMMEND THIS.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, CHAD.

COUNSEL, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CHAD? I, I, I JUST APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY FORWARD, UM, SO THAT THE TAXPAYERS DO KNOW WHERE, WHERE EXACTLY THEIR FUNDING IS GOING.

AND IT DOESN'T GET LOST FROM ONE, BUT FROM ONE BUDGET CYCLE TO THE NEXT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANKS, CHAD.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CARRY FORWARD OF PRIOR YEAR ENCUMBRANCES AND MAKING CORRESPONDING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ASK FOR COMMENTS BY MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY ATTORNEY, UH, THAT WAY, UH, YOU CAN EITHER, UH, STAY AND WAIT UNTIL WE, UH, COME BACK OR YOU CAN GO HOME AND GET INTO YOUR WARM BED.

THANK YOU, CHAD.

OKAY, WE'LL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE SHORTLY.

UM, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'LL, I'M GONNA

[22. Comments by Mayor, City Council, City Attorney and City Management]

THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL START TO MY RIGHT DOWN THERE, TERRY.

JUST WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

YOU TWO.

COUNCILMAN WRIGHT.

I PROMISE I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK.

FIRST OF ALL, THE FOLKS THAT LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT SEVEN 11, WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR, AND I HOPE YOU SEE THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THESE GUYS AND TRIED TO MAKE IT AS SAFE A THING AS WE POSSIBLY COULD FOR WHAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH AND WHERE IT WAS.

BUT WE, WE DID HEAR YOU AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOU COMING AND PARTICIPATING LAST YEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AGAIN.

NOW WE DO APPRECIATE IT.

SECOND OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN HERE DO KNOW IT, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER, A RESIDENT PAUL BOX WHO'S UP IN ANTARCTICA.

HE'S DOING THE SEVEN MARATHONS IN SEVEN DAYS ON SEVEN DIFFERENT CONTINENTS.

GOD, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HE DOES THAT GETTING ON AN AIRPLANE AFTER RUNNING IT.

BUT GOOD LUCK TO HIM.

I WANNA THANK OUR GIS TEAM.

IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO, GO DOWN THERE ONE TIME TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TELL HIM YOU WANNA GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MAPS, THE THINGS THEY CAN DO WITH THOSE MAPS AND SHOW YOU IS AMAZING.

THE SALVATION ARMY GUYS, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA ALL BE OUT THERE RINGING A BELL.

IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? WE DID THAT THAT ONE YEAR.

WHOEVER MAYOR HAS CHALLENGE, WHOEVER HAS THE TIME AND WANTS TO DO THAT.

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

CHIEF WISER AND YOUR, AND YOUR TEAM.

EXCELLENT WORK.

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UH, LAST TIME WE WERE UP HERE, I MENTIONED TO YOU GUYS THAT THE GLOBAL HIGH SCHOOL HAD A TEAM AT THE M-I-T-S-H-P-E SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING COMPETITION, AND THEY HAD WON SECOND PLACE IN NORTH AMERICA, SO THAT TOOK 'EM TO THE WORLD CHALLENGE.

THEY WENT TO THAT AND THEY HAD TO GET IN THE TOP EIGHT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO COMPETE, AND THEY MADE THAT AND THEY WON THE WHOLE THING, SO, MM-HMM .

UM, I WANNA ALSO, BRAD'S GONE, IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY, SO I DON'T BLAME HIM FOR NOT STAYING, BUT I WANT TO THANK MR. ELLIOT THERE.

HE'S A, LIKE I SAID, A DEPUTY SHERIFF, AND HE'S INVOLVED.

YOU SEE HIM ALL OVER TOWN.

I MEAN, HE'S INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING IMAGINABLE.

THE ONE THING I DIDN'T MENTION THERE IS IF THERE'S EVER A FUNDRAISER GOING ON, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH BET BRAD'S RAFFLING A GUN OFF OR SOMETHING TO MAKE MONEY FOR SOMEBODY.

BUT I REALLY WANNA SAY THAT TO HIM.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO CURSE DUSTIN DEAL BECAUSE HE SENT A TEXT MESSAGE TO MY WIFE SHOWING HER PUPPIES AT THE, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER.

AND NOW I HAVE THREE 1-YEAR-OLD PUPPIES AT MY HOUSE FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

BUT YOU GUYS ALL GO OUT THERE AND LOOK OUT THEY AND TAKE SOME OF THE ANIMALS FROM THE SHELTER.

WE ONLY HAVE 16 KENNELS, SO WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE THE HELP.

THANKS, MAYOR PRO TEM SUITER.

I'M SENDING FOUR MORE OVER TONIGHT.

YOU WHILE YOU'RE NOT THERE.

SO, UM, REALLY JUST ECHOING ON IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, BRAD IS AN INCREDIBLE GUY.

CREDIBLE, UH, PER, UH, PUBLIC SERVANT AND A SERVANT LEADER.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND A BETTER PERSON OUT THERE.

UM, SPEND FIVE MINUTES WITH HIM AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT HIS HEART IS IN, IN, IN ALL OF THIS.

UM, LOOKING FORWARD, THE SALVATION ARMY STILL GOT MY BELL FROM TWO YEARS AGO, UH, WAITING TO USE THIS CHIEF.

THE, THE ACCREDITATION FROM, UH, TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION JUST CAN'T BE PROUDER OF ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AS CHRIS MENTIONED.

AND GIS GUYS, THOSE GUYS ARE RESPONSIBLE.

IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOING ON HERE IN THE CITY, THEY'RE PROBABLY BEING BROUGHT INTO IT.

THO THOSE GUYS ARE, UM, DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS AND, UH, AND IN P AND Z TRAINING, THEY CAME IN AND, AND DID A PRESENTATION FOR P AND Z AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO JUST WILL BLOW YOUR MIND AWAY.

UM, ONE LAST THING AND, UM, I MENTIONED THIS AT THE END OF P AND Z THE OTHER DAY.

I'M GONNA MENTION IT HERE JUST SO IT'S ON THE RECORD.

UM, I'M GETTING EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED, UPSET WITH FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING WITH STAFF.

AND THE STAFF GETS A RESPONSE THE FRIDAY BEFORE A COUNCIL MEETING, OR ARE PLANNING AND ZONING, AND WE HAVE CITIZENS WHO COME TO, TO, UH, UH, TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS.

THEY BRING THEIR CHILDREN HERE.

UM, I THINK THAT, THAT WE HAD ONE ITEM ON HERE.

I JUST KNOW I JUST COUNTED HAD FIVE SEPARATE CONTINUANCES ON IT.

UM, I'M JUST TELLING PEOPLE THAT IF THEY'RE WORKING WITH OUR STAFF, THEY NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF OUR STAFF, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE FOLKS THAT COME HERE TO EXPRESS, UH, THEIR THOUGHTS ON A PROJECT.

AND I'M GETTING REALLY, REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT, AND IT'S GONNA COME OUT IN MY QUESTIONING.

SO, UM, BE BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FOLKS HERE TONIGHT.

IT'S, IT'S BECOMING A PREVAILING THING WHERE THERE'S MULTIPLE CONTINUANCES THAT IF THERE'S WORKING WITH STAFF TOGETHER, I THINK YOU COULD GET OVER THAT.

SO, UM, MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I GOT.

STARTING ON MY LEFT OVER THERE.

I JUST WANNA THANK MY GI S STAFF.

UM, JUST MIMIC EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THEM.

UM, MOST PEOPLE JUST SEE A MAP, UM, AND THEY DON'T SEE ALL THE DATA THAT GOES BEHIND THAT AND THE RESEARCH AND THE ANALYSIS.

SO OTHER TWO OF THE GREATEST, UH, GS INDIVIDUALS IN THE INDUSTRY AND JUST LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO.

HAS THE, UH, RESPECT OF THE FOLKS OUT THERE.

SEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, MA'AM.

ALBERT, EARLIER WE HEARD, UH, A LOT OF ACCOLADES FOR CHIEF WISER.

THAT WHOLE DEPARTMENT IS AMAZING.

THE WHOLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES GREAT THINGS.

BUT, UH, CHIEF, CHIEF WISER IS THEIR LEADER.

AND, UH, AND YOU CAN TELL THAT HE REALLY

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BUT NOT ONLY THAT, I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE HIS IMPACT HE HAS ON OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE, UH, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THOSE ACCOLADES, BUT, UH, I AGREE WITH ALL OF THEM.

AND I, I WOULD, WILL BE WILLING TO BET THAT, UH, UH, ALMOST ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD AGREE AS WELL.

UH, 'CAUSE HE IS A LEADER IN OUR ORGANIZATION.

HE SETS THE EXAMPLE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE I'VE HAD COME TO ME THAT HAVE SAID HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE HIM AND THE HELP HE PROVIDES AND, UH, THE SUPPORT HE PROVIDES FOR OUR, OUR WHOLE ORGANIZATION.

SO I ALWAYS WANTED TO GIVE HIM THAT, THAT ACCOLADE AND, UH, AND IT'S APPRECIATED AND IT, AND IT'S SEEN THROUGH OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU ALBERT.

COUNCILMAN SMITH, UH, ECHO EXACTLY WHAT MR. LAWRENCE JUST SAID.

CHIEF, YOU RUN AN AMAZING DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND THE RESPONSE THAT YOU HAVE TO, TO US, WITH US WHENEVER WE DO HEAR THOSE CONCERNS ARE ALWAYS ON IT.

UM, AND YOU DO IT WITH GRACE AND YOU DO IT WITH DIGNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND, AND FOR DISTILLING THAT IN THE OFFICERS AS WELL.

UM, JUST QUICKLY ON, BRAD, BRAD AND I ARE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS.

UM, GOT CLOSER DURING THE COVID STUFF WHEN WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH ELSE TO DO.

UM, , UM, HE HOPEFULLY WILL BE YOUR NEXT, UM, JP AS WELL.

UH, WHICH, WHICH, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, BUT THE THING ABOUT BRAD THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS THAT HE DOES EVERYTHING WITH A PASSION.

AND IT'S A PASSION FOR FAITH AND IT'S A PASSION FOR FAMILY.

UM, AND HE PUTS THE COMMUNITY FIRST.

HE, UH, EVEN BEING INVOLVED IN POLITICS OR HELPING ON CAMPAIGNS OR HIS OWN CAMPAIGN NOW, UM, HE, HE TAKES THE HIGHEST OF HIGH ROADS AND THAT'S, THAT'S A QUALITY THAT, THAT WOULD NEED MORE OF.

AND THAT'S A QUALITY OF SOMEONE THAT I WANT TO BE A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, SO I THANK BRAD FOR THAT AND FOR ALL THAT HE DOES FOR ANY GROUP OR CLUSTER OF FOLKS WHO REACHES OUT AND NEEDS HELP WITH A FUNDRAISER OR CONNECTING FOLKS WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, HE IS, HE IS SALT OF THE EARTH FOR SURE.

UM, AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY JOINS MAYOR WALLACE AND US AND OUR FOOTBALL GEORGIE'S ON THURSDAY FOR THE HATCHIE HOMETOWN HUDDLE AT 10:00 AM AND IF Y'ALL AREN'T WEARING YOUR GEORGIE'S AND I'M THE ONLY ONE, UH, THERE'LL BE SOME QUESTIONS.

WE WOULDN'T DO THAT, WOULD WE? SOMEONE ATKIN.

WELL, ONE OF, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF GOING LAST IS EVERYTHING'S ALREADY BEEN SAID.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT, UM, JUST REAL QUICKLY, UH, BRAD ELLIOT, GREAT INDIVIDUAL, UM, I WISH HIM THE BEST IN HIS ENDEAVORS AS A CONTINUED PUBLIC SERVANT.

UM, SALVATION ARMY.

UH, IF YOU'VE GOT TWO HOURS TO GIVE THIS, I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER ORGANIZATION.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, AS SOMEONE WHO WENT THROUGH, UH, HURRICANE IKE HAD FOUR FOOT OF WATER INSIDE MY HOUSE IN GALVESTON, THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT I SAW WERE THE SALVATION ARMY AND THEY WERE THERE FOR THE DURATION.

SO I'VE ALWAYS, UH, HELD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR THAT ORGANIZATION.

UM, CHIEF WISER, YOU THE MAN, YOU REALLY ARE.

I, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO AND, AND MOST OF IT, MOST OF IT GOES UNSAID AND UNHEARD, BUT, UH, BUT WE KNOW AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

UM, ECHO THANKING THE GIS DEPARTMENT FOR RECOGNIZING THEM AND CHIEF WISER IN YOUR GROUP FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THERE AND CHAD FOR BRINGING, BRINGING IT FORWARD TO, TO HAVE SOME TRANSPARENCY, EVEN MORE TRANSPARENCY THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

BUT ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED SO FAR, UM, THE, UH, TEXAS AMATEUR ATHLETE ATHLETICS FEDERATION IS HAVING THEIR CONFERENCE HERE.

IT'S THEIR HUNDREDTH YEAR TO HAVE THEIR CONFERENCE AND THEIR FIRST TIME TO HAVE IT HERE IN WAXAHATCHEE.

AND SO I THANK JAMES VILLARIO AND, UH, OF COURSE APRIL ORTIZ FOR HOSTING THAT.

BUT ALSO, UM, LAST NIGHT AT THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET, UM, WE WAXAHATCHEE WON THE SMALL CITIES AWARD FOR THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON HERE.

AND THANKS TO JAMES AND HIS STAFF FOR DOING THAT.

AND ALSO JAMES V LARE WAS GIVEN AN INDIVIDUAL AWARD FOR HIS 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AND FIVE OF WHICH HAS BEEN ON THEIR, UH, SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR SOFTBALL.

SO NOT, I MEAN, WE JUST GOT GREAT, UH, EMPLOYEES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND JAMES JAMES'S OPERATION OUT THERE AT THE, AT THE COMPLEX IS

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PHENOMENAL.

BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO THIS CITY AND, UH, APPRECIATE IT ALL THAT THEY DO AS WELL.

TO, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT ALL THAT.

SO, , UM, IT'S BEEN SAID, UM, CHIEF, YOU AND I WORKED TOGETHER A LONG TIME AND, UM, SEEING YOU AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND SEEING YOU OUT THERE, I MEAN, WE SEE YOU DIRECTING TRAFFIC.

EVERYTHING THAT YOUR OFFICERS ARE DOING ARE ASKED TO DO, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE ALONGSIDE THEM.

UH, YOU'RE NOT HIDDEN BEHIND LAYERS OF OFFICES LIKE WAS SPOKEN ABOUT TONIGHT AT THE PODIUM, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND, UH, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING THE ACCREDITATION FOR THE FOURTH TIME IS HUGE AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, HERE AND ALL THAT Y'ALL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND ALL THAT YOU DO TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M JUST GONNA SAY HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND WE ARE NOW GOING

[20. Convene into Executive Session to deliberate economic development incentives, as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.087; to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property for municipal purposes, as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.072; to deliberate personnel matters, including selection of a City Manager, as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.074; to consult with the City Attorney regarding legal issues related to the city manager transition, pending or contemplated litigation, and seek legal advice regarding council procedural issues, all as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.071, and all matters incident and related thereto ]

RECONVENE AT WHAT TIME IS THAT? 10 55? IS THAT RIGHT? NO, 10 15.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL

[21. Reconvene and take any necessary action]

OH, 10 15.

SHOULD PUT MY READERS ON.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UH, WE ARE RECONVENING AND TAKING ACTION.

MIDDLE MAYOR, I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE NON-SUIT OF THE LAWSUIT STYLE, CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE VERSUS FLEMING ETAL CAUSE NUMBER 1 1 8 7 6 7 IN THE 40TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF HILLS COUNTY.

AND THAT IS IT, UH, FOR THE EVENING.