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[1. Call to Order]
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.I AM MAYOR WALLACE, BILL LEE WALLACE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, UH, WHETHER YOU HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM OR NOT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT WAXAHATCHEE.
WE HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND SERVE AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION.
MAYOR PRO TIMM SUITER, HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD, JUSTICE, AND MERCY, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR FAIR CITY.
HELP US TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION.
HELP US TO LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL.
HELP US TO SPEAK WITH CHARITY AND RESTRAINT.
REMIND US THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF YOUR AUTHORITY.
GUIDE US TO BE THE LEADERS OF YOUR PEOPLE NEED.
HELP US TO SEE HUMANITY AND DIGNITY OF THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US.
AND TO TREAT ALL PERSONS NO MATTER HOW WEAK OR POOR WITH THE REVERENCE OF YOUR CREATION DESERVES.
AND FINALLY, FATHER, RENEW ALL OF US AS CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT CITY, WITH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR PRESENCE AND THE JOY OF HELPING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY WORTHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON.
WE ASK THIS AS YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS CONFIDENT IN YOUR GOODNESS AND LOVE.
IF YOU WOULD JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE, OUR OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[4. Announcements/Presentations]
NEXT, I'LL BE PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING JANUARY AS CRIME STOPPERS AWARENESS MONTH ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL, WHERE'S WAXAHATCHEE CRIME STOPPERS IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM DEDICATED TO ASSISTING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BY PROVIDING A SECURE AND ANONYMOUS WAY FOR CITIZENS TO REPORT INFORMATION ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.AND WHEREAS THE WAXAHATCHEE CRIME STOPPERS STRENGTHENS PUBLIC SAFETY BY OFFERING CASH REWARDS FOR TIPS THAT LEAD TO ARRESTS, THEREBY ENCOURAGING CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT WITHOUT FEAR OF RETALIATION.
AND WHEREAS THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN WAXAHATCHEE CRIME STOPPERS, THE WAXAHATCHEE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MEDIA PARTNERS, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, HAS PROVEN TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN SOLVING CRIMES AND DETERRING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
WHEREAS THE EFFORTS OF WAXAHATCHEE CRIME STOPPERS CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WAXAHATCHEE BY PROMOTING AWARENESS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COOPERATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE RECOGNIZES AND APPRECIATES THE DEDICATION OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS AND SUPPORTERS OF WAXAHATCHEE CRIME STOPPERS FURTHER ONGOING COMMITMENT TO KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I BILLY WALLACE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JANUARY AS CRIME STOPPERS AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT WAXAHATCHEE CRIME STOPPERS BY REMAINING VIGILANT AND REPORTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THROUGH ANONYMOUS TIP PROGRAMS. PROCLAIM THIS 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, MAYOR BILLY WALLACE.
Y'ALL WOULDN'T MEET US UP FOR A PHOTO
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ITEM C RECOGNIZED ATCH CITIZEN AMANDA BELL WITH A LIFESAVING AWARD.MS. BELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME UP HERE, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER CITY STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN.
ON DECEMBER 28TH, 2025, A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY'S LIFE WAS SAVED.
IT WAS AN UNSEASONABLY WARM DAY AT THE LAKE.
UH, 13-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HIS FAMILY WERE OUT THE LAKE, SPLASHING AROUND IN THE SHALLOWS WHEN SUDDENLY HE GOT IN WATER TOO DEEP TO STAND PANICKED AND WAS UNABLE TO SWIM.
THANKFULLY, FOR THIS YOUNG MAN, MS. BELL WAS NEARBY.
SHE OVERHEARD THE COMMOTION, CAME TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, RECOGNIZED THAT THE BOYS GROUP WAS UNABLE TO SWIM AND SAVE HIM, AND SELFLESSLY ENTERED THE WATER TO SAVE HIM.
AND IT IS, UM, WITHOUT A DOUBT HER SELFLESS ACTIONS SAVE THIS YOUNG BOY'S LIFE.
MRS. BELL, ON BEHALF OF THE WAXAHACHIE FIRE RESCUE, THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS LIFESAVING AWARD.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS COIN.
IT'S THE EXACT SAME AWARD WE GIVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHEN THEY SELFLESSLY SAVE A CITIZEN'S LIFE.
I JUST WANNA ADD ONE LAST THING.
[5. Public Comments]
ITEM FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.PERSONS MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY, 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'D LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
EVENING COUNSEL, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I LIVE AT 1121, UH, WEST MAIN STREET.
I WAS HERE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND HEARD THE DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THE MINTO COMMUNITY'S PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT AT 300 BROOKSIDE ROAD.
SINCE THEN, UH, I'VE BEEN OUT IN
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THE COMMUNITY, UH, TALKING WITH SENIORS, HOMEOWNERS, AND FAMILIES AND HEARING CLEARLY WHAT MATTERS TO THEM.AFTER HAVING TIME TO THINK THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THIS ITEM IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO THESE CONCERNS ARE ON PUBLIC RECORD AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ONE OF THE ISSUES I HEAR MOST CONSISTENTLY IS PROPERTY TAXES.
SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS ARE BEING STRETCHED TO THE BREAKING POINT.
WHILE THE CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T SET STATE TAX POLICY, LOCAL LAND USE DECISIONS DO INFLUENCE LONG-TERM COSTS FOR RESIDENTS.
LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENTS THAT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT FULLY FUNDED INFRASTRUCTURE CAN SHIFT FINANCIAL PRESSURE ONTO EXISTING HOMEOWNERS.
I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS CASE AND RECOMMENDED DENIAL, WHICH REFLECTS THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS QUESTIONS STILL BEING RAISED THROUGHOUT THE REVIEW PROCESS.
BASED ON THE SCALE OF THIS PROPOSAL AND THE UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC, AND LONG-TERM COSTS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS PROJECT IS READY FOR APPROVAL.
I WANTED THOSE CONCERNS CLEARLY STATED AND ON THE RECORD AS YOU MOVE TOWARD ACTION IN THE NEXT SPECIAL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ADAM? SO, GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS SCOTT QUIEN, Q-U-I-R-I-N.
SO, UH, I WANTED TO COME HERE THIS EVENING TO SAY THANK YOU ACTUALLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY TO MAYOR WALLACE.
UH, UH, WE HAVE A STOP SIGN AT BROADHEAD AND, UH, AND GARDEN VALLEY TONIGHT.
SO, UH, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU IS A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE I SAW A FACEBOOK POST, TALKED ABOUT THE NEW STOP SIGN IN NORTH GROVE AND VISTA.
AND, UH, SO I JUST PUT A COMMENT DOWN THERE LIKE, HEY, CAN WE LOOK AT BROADHEAD AND GARDEN VALLEY? AND I KNOW WE HAD THE SEVEN 11 COMING AND THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPERS, PUT IN THE FOUR WAY STOP.
BUT EVEN SINCE THEN, ALTHOUGH TRAFFIC HAS NOT GOTTEN REAL OUT OF WAY OUT OF HAND ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY DURING SCHOOL TIMES, THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S TREACHEROUS TO GET ACROSS BROADHEAD ON GARDEN VALLEY COMING EITHER DIRECTION.
UM, LOTS OF TIMES I'M LOOKING LEFT AND RIGHT AND CAN'T QUITE, UH, YOU KNOW, SEE WHETHER IT'S COMING OR GOING.
SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUICK ACTION ON THAT.
APPRECIATE, UH, MAYOR WALLACE, YOUR, YOUR OPENNESS TO, TO HOW THE OPEN FORM AND TO RESPOND ON THAT AND HOW 21ST CENTURY OF US TO MAKE A FACEBOOK POST AND THEIR STOP SIGNS UP.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF CRITICISMS AND EVEN ON THE FACEBOOK POST TODAY, LOTS OF PEOPLE HAD OTHER OPINIONS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THERE AND APPRECIATE THE, UH, THOUGHT THERE.
ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[6. Consent Agenda]
BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE CONSENT AGENDA.THERE ARE A FEW, UH, CHANGES, UH, WITH THESE, SOME OF THESE ITEMS, UH, THAT I NEED TO MENTION.
UM, ITEM SIX HAS BEEN AMENDED TO, UM, TO CONSIDER, UH, APRIL HENO AND ISRAEL WILSON TO SERVE ON THE CULTURAL ARTS AND HERITAGE COMMISSION.
ITEM SIX G HAS BEEN AMENDED FOR THE FEBRUARY 1ST MEETING DUE TO THE WEATHER.
AND ITEM B, THE, UH, MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, REMOVE UNTIL FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING.
SO THIS IS ITEMS, UH, A THROUGH G, UM, WITH GA TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF ELDER STREET FOR FILMING RATHER THAN JANUARY 25TH.
COUNSEL, MAD MAYOR, I'LL ACCEPT THOSE, UM, REVISIONS AND MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
UM, ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[7. Public Hearing on a request by Robert Drolet, for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for an Accessory Structure exceeding seven hundred (700) square feet use within a Rural Residential (RR) zoning district located at 128 Lakeshore Drive (Property ID 233849) - Owners: Robert Drolet and Michelle Drolet (ZDC-151-2025)]
SEVEN, PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY ROBERT JOLE DLE FOR, AND I MAY NOT HAVE PRONOUNCED THAT CORRECT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.SUP FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE EXCEEDING 700 SQUARE FEET USE WITHIN A RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, LOCATED AT 1 28 LAKE SHORE DRIVE, UH, TRENTON.
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THANK YOU.UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR 1 28 LAKE SHORE DRIVE FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, UM, EXCEEDING 700 SQUARE FEET, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR SEP REGULATIONS.
UM, FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS SUCH AS THIS PROPERTY, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE A MAXIMUM OF TWO EXCESS STRUCTURES.
ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THIS SEP PROCESS.
AND FOR THAT REASON, THEY'VE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UH, THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, STONE SINGLE FAMILY TWO, WHICH IS SIMILARLY ZONED TO ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES IN THIS AREA.
YOU'LL FIND PROPERTIES OF MULTIPLE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE LOT WHEN THIS WOULD BE BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
IT WAS PROPOSED THAT THE, UH, THAT THE, UH, 960 SQUARE FOOT, UH, CARPORT FOR THE PROPERTY, THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE IS APPROXIMATELY 4,500 SQUARE FEET.
WHEN THIS MADE BEFORE THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REQUEST AND STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[8. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-151-2025]
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZTC 1 5 1 20 25 AS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE EXCEEDING 700 SQUARE FEET IN USE, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT.UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[9. Public Hearing on a request by Tamika Ayers for a Zoning Change from a Single-Family2 zoning district to Planned Development, for a Child Day Care use, located at 301 E Criddle Street, (Property ID 196523) - Owner: Texas Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventist (ZDC-163-2025)]
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY TAMIKA AYERS FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM A SINGLE FAMILY TWO ZONING DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A CHILD DAYCARE USE.LOCATED AT 3 0 1 EAST CRIDDLE STREET.
OWNER IS TEXAS CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST.
THIS IS ZDC 1 63 20 25 TRENTON.
THIS PROPERTY ONE, AGAIN, IS LOCATED AT 3 0 1 EAST CRILE STREET.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING CHANGE ZONING FROM AN SF TWO TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH THE BASE ZONING OF SF TWO TO ALLOW FOR A DAYCARE CENTER.
UM, THIS IS A PREVIOUS, UH, CHURCH ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TO, UH, TRANSITION THAT INTO A DAYCARE CENTER.
UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE APPLICANT, UH, TAMIKA S SHE OWNS, UH, ANOTHER DAYCARE HERE IN I BELIEVE TWO OTHER DAYCARES HERE IN TOWN, UM, THAT SHE'S GONNA BE USING SIMILAR PRACTICES AT THIS FACILITY.
UM, WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, UM, I WILL SAY THAT STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING DENIAL 'CAUSE WE DID HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW AROUND THE SITE, HOW THE SITE WAS LAID OUT, AND, UM, SOME, SOME CONCERNS THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS BEFORE WE COULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THAT.
UM, AFTER THE PLAIN ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, WE DID MEET WITH THE APPLICANT AND WE WERE ABLE TO IRON OUT A LOT OF THOSE, UM, ISSUES AND CLEAN IT UP, UM, TO WHICH STAFF IS NOW GONNA BE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS PROPOSED REQUEST.
UH, PART OF THIS REQUEST, THE PROPERTY IS ZONE SINGLE FAMILY TWO DISTRICT.
UM, THE SURROUNDING AREA IS SIMILARLY ZONED.
UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THIS WILL BE A DAYCARE.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS A CHURCH.
UH, THE HOURS OFF OF OPERATION ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6:00 AM TO 6:30 PM AGE RANGE, UH, 16 MONTHS TO 12 YEARS.
AND NO MORE THAN 60 STUDENTS WILL BE PERMITTED AT THE DAYCARE FACILITY.
UH, AS PART OF THIS, UH, AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN, UH, PROPOSAL, UM, HERE'S THE FLOOR PLAN SHOWING HOW THE ROOMS ARE GONNA BE BROKEN UP IN DIFFERENT AGE SECTIONS.
UM, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT STAFF HAD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS AS WELL AS THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WAS, UM, OUTDOOR NOISE, HOW THAT WILL BE CONTROLLED.
THEY DO HAVE A, THEY DID SUBMIT A DETAILED SCHEDULE HOW THESE CHILDREN WILL BE BROKEN UP AND NOT ALL 60 WILL BE GOING OUT AT ONCE AT, FOR OUTSIDE PLAY.
UH, THEY'LL BE LIMITING IT TO APPROXIMATELY 10 STUDENTS, UH, AT EACH EVENT, UM, PLAYING IN THIS AREA.
AND THAT'S ONE WAY THEY'RE GONNA LIMIT NOISE.
UH, ONE CONCERN THAT STAFF HAD WAS THE FLOW AND THE SAFETY OF WHEN UH, KIDS ARE BEING DROPPED, UH, BEING DROPPED OFF.
HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING PROTECTED AS CARS ARE, UH, COMING AND GOING.
UM, AS PART OF THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN, THEY DID STATE HOW KIDS WILL BE PICKED UP FROM THE CARS BY STAFF ALSO, UM, THERE'S A TRAFFIC FLOW LANE THAT GOES AROUND THE SCHOOL.
UM, THEY HAVE AGREED THAT WILL BE PART OF A CONDITION TO HAVE A, A SIGNAGE SHARE TO WARN CARDS ABOUT KIDS COMING AND GOING IN THIS AREA TO MAKE SURE THERE'S EXTRA SAFETY, UH, PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, WHAT THEY'VE DONE AT OTHER F THEIR OTHER FACILITIES HERE IN TOWN IS THAT THEY'VE
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ADDED A PRIVACY SCREENING FENCE, A WOODEN FENCE AROUND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.AND THEY DO PLAN TO DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE PLAY AREA WILL BE LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN THE REAR OF THE LOT, WHICH WILL ALSO BE FENCED TO OFF FOR EXTRA SAFETY PURPOSES.
WITH ALL THESE CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE, UM, OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED.
ONCE AGAIN, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL WHEN THIS MEANT BEFORE P AND Z.
UH, THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS LONG AS CERTAIN CHANGES WERE MADE AND STAFF'S CONDITIONS WERE MET AND WE FILL OUT, THEY'RE DOING THAT.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THIS TIME.
WILL YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? WHILE SHE'S COMING UP? HEY, TRENTON.
WILL THIS SUP STAY WITH THE PROPERTY IF SHE LEAVES? OR DOES IT STOP THE MINUTE THE DAYCARE CLOSES? OH, WE HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A, A, UM, SITUATED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER IN THE ACTUAL DAYCARE CENTER.
SO IF IT CHANGES, THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH AN SUP PROCESS.
UM, WE MAY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, CAN YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND, AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, MY NAME IS TAMIKA S ADDRESS, 1 5 6 7 OASIS STREET, WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT.
HAS IT BEEN VACANT? IS IT CURRENTLY VACANT? WE HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE PROPERTY, UM, RECENTLY, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YES.
I SAID TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YES, YES.
IT'S VACANT? I BELIEVE SO NOW, YES.
AND I CAN GO AND INTERJECT THERE.
SO IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN CHURCH SERVICES USED AT THIS LOCATION.
AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT WAS THE ANSWER WAS GIVEN THAT PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE HAS BEEN CHURCH SERVICES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS AT THIS FACILITY.
UH, NO, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE DAYCARE.
I'M SORRY, I'M, I WASN'T HERE.
IT WAS A LONG DAY TODAY WITH KIDS
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US HOW, UH, Y'ALL WILL MAKE SURE THE KIDS ARE SAFE, UH, THAT ARE IN YOUR CARE, UH, DURING THESE HOURS TO MAKE SURE THEY, SO WE HAVE A PROTOCOL, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW TEXAS MINIMUM STANDARDS, WHICH UNDER LICENSING, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW CERTAIN RULES.
SO IN THESE RULES THEY HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH HANDBOOKS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IN ORDER TO GIVE OUT TO THE PARENTS AND EVERYTHING.
LIKE, UH, ONCE THE, ONCE THE CHILDREN ENTER OUR CARE, THEY'RE UNDER OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
SO AS FAR AS THEM BEING DROPPED OFF, LIKE HOW HE STATED, WE WILL HAVE TEACHERS HELP BRING THEM INSIDE.
ONCE THEY'RE INSIDE, THEY WILL GO TO THEIR DESIGNATED CLASSROOMS. AND SO AS FAR AS, UM, THE CHILDREN GOING, LIKE THE CARS GOING AROUND AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, LIKE HOW HE SAID, WE WILL PUT IN ALL OF THE STOP SIGNS, ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER FOR, IN ORDER FOR THE STUDENTS, UM, TO BE SAFE.
I WILL SAY, AS THE CARS GO AROUND AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE CLASSROOM, WE HAVE OUR FIRE DRILLS, WE HAVE SAFETY PROTOCOLS, UM, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, WE HAVE, UM, IT, IT IS A WHOLE, UH, BOOK THAT WE FOLLOW.
WHAT ABOUT AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE DAY? UH, THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE.
SO WE FOLLOW A, A STRICT SCHEDULE.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR SCHEDULE AND EVERY, EVERYTHING DOES NOT, UM, COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER PERSON'S SCHEDULE, I WOULD SAY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN HE SAY FOR THE CHILDREN TO GO OUTSIDE AND IT'S 10 CHILDREN AT A TIME, IT'S 10 CHILDREN, LIKE 30 MINUTES A DAY.
AND SO WE HAVE ONE OR TWO TEACHERS THAT WILL WALK THE CHILDREN OUTSIDE TO THE BACKYARD ACROSS THE, UM, WE HAVE LIKE A LITTLE PARKING LOT AREA THERE.
WE'LL WALK THEM, BE ABLE TO WALK THEM OUT AND WALK THEM BACK IN.
AND SO IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A DIRECTOR THAT'S THERE THAT HELPS WITH THIS WHOLE TRANSITION PROCESS.
AND, AND WHAT ABOUT THE SAFETY, LIKE AN INTRUDER ENTERING THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, AT 2:00 PM AT 2:00 PM TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
SO, WELL, WE HAVE OUR OWN MEASURES.
BUT MY TEACHERS ARE EQUIPPED TO, IF SOMEONE WAS TO ENTER THE BUILDING, THEY HAVE TO TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS, MEANING WE HAVE TO TAKE ANYTHING THAT'S NEXT TO US.
LIKE WE HAVE, I WOULD SAY A BAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN THE OFFICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST IN CASE SOMEONE WAS TO GET IN THERE.
BUT WE HAVE TO CALL 9 1 1, DO ALL OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SECURITY OFFICER THERE.
SO WE, OUR TEACHERS, THEY ARE TRAINED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND WE JUST HAD A MEETING ON THAT MONDAY ABOUT SAFETY PROCEDURES.
WILL THERE BE ANY DOORS LOCKED DURING OH, ALL THE DOORS WOULD BE LOCKED.
OH, I, I DIDN'T, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO YES, ALL THE DOORS MUST BE LOCKED AT ALL TIMES.
NO ONE IS ABLE TO ENTER THE BUILDING WITHOUT THAT.
WE ALL HAVE AN APP, IT'S CALLED PLAYGROUND.
SO IN OUR PLAYGROUND APP, WHEN, UM, A PARENT COMES AND THEY PICK UP THEIR CHILD AND NOTIFIES ALL OF US.
AND SO MY, MY, UH, STAFF HAVE, UM, WE ALL HAVE TABLETS THAT ALERTS US WHEN A PARENT IS THERE TO PICK UP.
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SO THEN WE JUST BRING THE CHILD THERE.BUT THEN ALSO ON TOP OF THAT, ANY PERSON THAT, UM, WANTS TO PICK UP A CHILD, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR ID AVAILABLE IF THEY'RE NOT WITH, UM, IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE APP.
AND WE ALSO NOTIFY THE PARENTS, HEY, THIS PERSON IS COMING TO PICK UP SO-AND-SO, UM, DID YOU CONFIRM THAT? AND THEN THEY HAVE TO CALL US AND CONFIRM IT.
I'M SORRY I WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST FOCUSED MAINLY ON THE SAFETY, UM, THE PLAYGROUND.
YOU SAID THAT THERE WILL BE A NEW FENCE INSTALLED? YES.
IS THERE GONNA BE ONE ACROSS THE FRONT AS WELL? YES, IT HAS TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN HAVE IS A, A A GATE THAT THEY CAN ENTER IN AND OUT THROUGH THE FRONT.
BUT IT WILL BE A GATE THAT CAN LATCH, RIGHT? YES.
UM, AND THEN AS, AS FAR AS THE LOCKED DOORS, ARE THOSE LOCKED BY KEY OR ARE THEY NO AUTOMATIC LOCK.
UM, IT'S JUST A REGULAR LOCK THAT YOU LOCK IT AND IT'LL BE UP ENOUGH.
SO THE CHILDREN CAN'T REACH IT, BUT WE CAN REACH IT.
SO IT'S A KEYED ENTRY THEN? IT'S NOT A NO.
I'M, I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT DEADBOLT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
AND THEN, UM, FIRE SUPPRESSION.
WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE INSIDE THE, IN LIKE INSIDE THE STRUCTURE ITSELF RIGHT NOW? IS THERE A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM? NO, THERE'S NOT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT STATE PROTOCOL SOMEONE CAN PULL, RIGHT? UM, NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN PULL.
WE JUST HAVE FIRE, LIKE THE EXITS FOR THEM TO GO OUT.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE LIKE THE REGULAR FIRE, YOU KNOW, ALARMS THAT GO OFF, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO LEAVE THE PREMISES.
SO SMOKE DETECTORS, BUT NOT A FIRE ALARM.
WE HAVE SMOKE DETECTORS AND WE ALSO HAVE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS EVERYWHERE.
SO IT HAS TO BE THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
SO ARE Y'ALL NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF FIRE MONITORING SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WILL CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? NO, I MEAN, WELL WE HAVE A REGULAR SYS, WE HAVE A REGULAR SYSTEM, SO IT'S A SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN INSTALL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, UM, A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
BUT YES, THE, IT'S A, UM, I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
IT'S A, UM, CARBON DIOXIDE AND DETECTOR AT THE SAME TIME IN THERE THAT WE HAVE TO INSTALL IN ORDER FOR THAT TO ALERT EVERYONE.
BUT IT'S A, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK.
A, UM, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE MONITORED.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S IN THERE, RIGHT? IT'S YEAH.
AS ONE OF OUR CONDITIONS THAT HAS ME ALL BUILDING AND FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO A CO BEING ISSUED.
SO AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THEY WILL BE, UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL WILL GO AND DO AN INSPECTION AS WELL AS OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS, MAKE SURE IT'S MEETING ALL CODE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN ALARMS ON LIKE THE WINDOWS AND THOSE THINGS IS THAT THERE'S NO WINDOWS? NO WINDOWS.
OH, THAT'S A, BECAUSE IT WAS A, IT WAS REALLY PLACE TO BE.
WELL IT WAS A, I RESEARCHED THE WHOLE BUILDING.
IT USED TO BE A, UM, A KINGDOM HALL BE FIRST BEFORE FIRST, AND THEN IT WAS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST AND EVERYTHING.
KINGDOM HALLS NORMALLY DON'T HAVE WINDOWS SO THAT IT HAS NO WINDOWS.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I HAD, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, MAYBE THE, MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UM, THE STATE DID PASS A MEASURE THAT WE ADOPTED THAT ALLOWS FOR, UM, TAKE CARES TO FILE FOR A CERTAIN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.
UM, ARE YOU AWARE THAT WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE? YES.
THE CURRENT PLACES THAT I AM IN RIGHT NOW, I JUST RENT THE PROPERTIES SO THEY OKAY.
THEY, IT'S WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THAT.
WELL, I WAS ASKING ONE TO SAY THAT, THAT THAT'S THERE.
AND THEN TWO, UM, TO ASK IF, IF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE LICENSING PROCESS, UM, THAT REQUIRES A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, UM, AT RISK KIDS OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED KIDS TO BE ENROLLED IN YOUR, HAVE I GONE, I HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH ANY PROCESS FOR THAT, BUT WE HAVE, UM, IN OUR FACILITIES WE ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE.
AND SO IT, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE I MEAN, WE, MY LANDLORDS, THEY DON'T, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU GONNA PURCHASE THIS BUILDING OR ARE YOU LEASING IT? THE PROPERTY, THIS BUILDING? MM-HMM
SO WHAT MR. SMITH'S TALKING ABOUT NOW, YOU'LL BE THE OWNER.
SO IF YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR THAT STUFF, YOU CAN.
NO, AND IT GETS YOU A PROPERTY TAX DEDUCTION, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED THROUGH LONE STAR AND THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET IT RIGHT.
SO WE'RE TEXAS RISING, THAT WE ARE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO GET.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON OUR STEM CERTIFICATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
I'M TRYING TO GET MY BABIES DEFINITELY EDUCATED TO THE TOPES.
SO I WAS TALKING TO TRENTON A MINUTE AGO 'CAUSE HE CAME OUT AND SPOKE WITH YOU.
SO WHEN WE MAKE OUR MOTION, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE MOTION STATING THAT THE FENCE IN THE BACK HAS TO BE A WOOD FENCE, NOT A CHAIN LINK.
NO, IT WILL BE, UH, ALL OF MY PROPERTIES HAVE WOOD FENCE.
AND THEN ON THE SIDE WHERE THE DRIVEWAY'S GONNA GO, AROUND THE SIDE, THE SIGN THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT ON THERE? YES SIR.
AND OUR MOTION'S GONNA SAY IT HAS TO HAVE A BLINKER
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OR SOMETHING THAT DRAWS ATTENTION.I'M JUST CHECKING WITH YOU BEFORE WE DO IT, SO OH, NO, NO.
YOU'RE AWARE WE'RE ADDING THESE REQUIREMENTS TO YOU.
I WENT OVER THERE AND DID SPEAK TO TWO OR THREE OF THE NEIGHBORS, THE ONES THAT WERE THERE, AND THEY WERE PERFECTLY FINE WITH YOU COMING IN THERE.
AND THEY WERE, AND THEN I WALKED BY YOUR TWO THAT ARE THERE ON FERRIS.
AND OBVIOUSLY BEING THERE ON FERRIS, THERE'S NO WAY YOU HAD PROBLEMS WITH DROP OFF, RIGHT? OH, NO, NOT AT ALL.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY WOULD'VE BEEN CALLING US YELLING IF THE TRAFFIC WAS BACKING UP ON, ON FERRIS.
SO WE, WE, WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS LIKE, SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING FOR SIGNAGE IN HERE.
IS ARE THERE ANY SIGNAGE NEEDS THAT AREN'T INCLUDED? SIGNAGE.
MONUMENT SIGN OUT, FRONT SIGN ON ON THE BUILDING, ANYTHING OF THAT? I MEAN, OUR SIGN, I MEAN, NO, NOTHING TOO OVER THE TOP.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING ALREADY KIND OF RIGHT THERE ALREADY, BUT OKAY.
SO IT'S JUST, SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR THAT? NO.
AND, AND ONE THING I WANT TO ADD, I WENT BACK THROUGH THE ORDINANCE.
THIS IS NOT TI UH, THE ORDINANCE IS NOT TIED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS DAYCARE.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT, IF IT TRANSITIONS TO A NEW DAYCARE OWNER THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH AN SP, THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF YOUR MOTION.
IS IT COMMON PRACTICE, UH, FOR THESE, THESE, UH, CHILDCARE LOCATIONS THAT Y'ALL CHECK THE IMMEDIATE AREA FOR REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS? IS IT COMMON PRACTICE? YEAH.
LIKE WE, WE DON'T BE NO, WE DON'T ACTUALLY, NO.
BECAUSE THAT IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD TO KNOW.
IF YOU HAD A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER THAT LIVED ACROSS THE STREET AND IT'S ALSO YES.
BUT THEN THAT'S WHY WE ALSO TRAIN OUR STAFF.
AND IT'S NUMBER ONE THAT OUR STAFF KNOW WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND BE ALWAYS ON ALERT.
AND I CAN ALSO DIRECT HER, UH, CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE CAN HELP HER WITH THAT RESEARCH AFTER THIS.
THAT JUST BRINGS UP A QUESTION.
IF THERE'S AN EXISTING PERSON THAT'S ON THAT LIST THAT LIVES WITHIN WHATEVER THE DISTANCE CHIEF, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THEY OPEN A DAYCARE, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY LIVING THERE, SEX OFFENDER WILL BE ABLE TO REMAIN THERE.
'CAUSE YOU, IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE YOU MIGHT HAVE A SEX OFFENDER LIVING WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YARDS OF THE, OF YOUR BUSINESS.
IF WE PASS THIS, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE MM-HMM
CHIEF, IS THAT 1000 FEET OR DO YOU REC, WHAT'S THE, THE DISTANCE? UH, WELL, SO IT WOULD BE 1000 FEET, HOWEVER, IF THEY'RE ALREADY, UH, RESIDE THERE, RIGHT.
THIS MEASURE WOULD COME IN AFTER THEY ALREADY ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE THERE.
IT'D BE 1000 FEET GENERALLY, UH, FROM A DAYCARE.
SO JUST MS. A I JUST WANTED YOU TO REALIZE THE DISTANCE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THERE.
AND I WOULD WANT TO, MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, MS. A, I WANT TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THOSE THAT WERE AT PLANNING AND ZONING SA THAT YOU WERE WILLING AND ABLE TO DO ANYTHING THAT THEY WANTED AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TRENTON AND STAFF.
AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
I KNOW THAT'S FOR YOUR BENEFIT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T GET PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
AND YOU'RE NOT AS SCARED AS YOU WERE AT PNZ ALL.
THIS, IT TOOK A LOT OF PRAYER AND I HAD TO ASK THE LORD, WELL, WHERE DO HE, UH, WANT ME TO GO? AND HE GAVE ME PEACE.
SO WHEN I CAME TONIGHT, I WAS TOTALLY AT PEACE.
AND SO IT WAS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
BUT I'M AT PEACE RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S WHATEVER THE LORD DECIDES.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO CON UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE THINGS.
IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[10. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-163-2025]
BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 10.CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 1 63 20 25.
JUST TO CONFIRM, BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION, UH, THE THREE ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE, HE'S COMING SHOOT TODAY, IS THE SAFETY AND PRIVACY FENCING AROUND THE PLAYGROUND, THE SIGNAGE AT THE ENTRY AND EXIT ONTO CRILE AND THE SUP BEING TIED TO THE CURRENT DAYCARE OWNER.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF THE, DID YOU MENTION THE SIGNAGE WITH SOME SORT OF SIGNALIZATION OR DO WE WANT TO INCLUDE SIGNALIZATION OR JUST SOME SORT OF THEY WEREN'T FLASHING LIGHTS.
AND THAT, YEAH, I HAD THE, THE DENSITY OF WOOD,
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THE SIGNAGE AND THE S PERSONAL TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 1 63 DASH 2025.
A ZONING CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY TWO ZONING DISTRICT TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT SINGLE FAMILY, TWO ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER USE AT KRILL STREET TO BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE A WOODEN SAFETY PRIVACY FENCE AROUND THE PLAYGROUND SIGNAGE, FLASHING SIGNAGE AT THE ENTRY, AND EXITS ONTO CRIDDLE.
AND THE SUP BEING TIED ONLY TO THE CURRENT DAYCARE OWNER.
UM, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT, MR. SMITH, AND, AND I DON'T WANT TO AMEND IT, BUT THE, THE BLINKING SIGN IS ON THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE THERE'S A BLIND CORNER RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHERE WE WANT THE BLINKING RIGHT THERE.
BECAUSE IF YOU COME OUT THAT, THAT DRIVE THAT COMES AROUND.
SO THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE AT THE EXIT AT THE, AT THE, WHERE THE BUILDING MEETS THE EXIT SO THAT THE BLINK.
SO KIDS KNOW THAT'S A BLIND CORNER AND DON'T RUN OUT IN FRONT OF CARS.
I'LL ACCEPT THAT AND I'M SURE WE CAN GET THAT IN A MINUTE CORRECTLY.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[11. Public Hearing on a request by Jennifer Williams, TDRealty for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for a Specialty Paraphernalia (The High Culture) use within a Commercial (C) zoning district located at 1702 W US Highway 287 Business, Suite A (Property ID 189024) - Owner: Daniel Mcgee (ZDC-110-2025)]
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY JENNIFER WILLIAMS, TD REALTY FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A SPECIALTY PARAPHERNALIA, THE HIGH CULTURE USE WITHIN A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.LOCATED AT 1702 WEST US HIGHWAY 2 87 BUSINESS SUITE.
THIS IS ZDC 1 10 20 25 TRENTON.
THIS PROPERTY, ONCE AGAIN IS LOCATED AT 1702 WEST TO US, HIGHWAY 2 87, UH, BUSINESS SUITE A, UH, THAT ONCE AGAIN A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SUITE A AT THIS, UH, EXISTING STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
UM, IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, A FOR A SPECIAL PARAPHERNALIA, UM, USE, IT DOES REQUIRE AN SUP PROCESS.
AND FOR THIS REASON, THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, REQUESTED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS, UH, MAJORITY SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL, UH, DISTRICT PROPERTIES IS SIMILARLY ZONED.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS A MEDICAL OFFICE, UH, BUILDING WITH PEDIATRIC OFFICES, UH, DIRECTLY TO THE EAST, YOU CAN SEE WHERE MY MOUSE IS.
THE PROPOSED, UH, REQUEST FOR A, UH, THERE'S CERTAIN CODES AND REGULATIONS FOR, UH, THAT SPECIAL PARAPHERNALIA STORES HAVE TO BE.
AND THEY ARE GONNA BE ALL STATE AND LOCAL AND STATE AND ALL TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THE SUITE IS LIMITED TO A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
UM, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FIVE PARKING SPACES AS PART OF THIS REQUEST.
IN ADDITION, THEIR REQUESTS, UH, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING, UM, SECURITY CAMERAS AND SECURE STORAGE PROPO, UH, PROPOSALS.
UM, ALSO THEY DO HAVE SECURITY, UM, PROCESSES IN PLACE FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO ENTER THE STRUCTURE, UM, THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO ENTER IN THE STRUCTURE.
STRUCTURE ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, SUCH AS AGE RESTRICTIONS, ET CETERA.
AND THEY CAN, THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS IS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.
UM, A PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED IN THE US HIGHWAY 2 87 RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, UH, PRIOR TO THIS OWNER BUYING THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY, UM, WHEN THIS WENT OUT, UH, WHEN WE OUT NOTICE ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET, WE RECEIVED SIX LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, UH, ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THIS PROPOSED REQUEST.
UH, PLANNING, UH, PLANNING STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS DENIAL AS WE FIND THIS USES INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
CAN I ASK HIM A QUESTION? YOU CAN ON, ON THE STAFF REPORT HERE, I SEE THE BUILDING AND I SEE THE DRAWING, BUT I DON'T SEE WHERE IT SAYS WHERE EACH DIFFERENT SUITE IS IN THE BUILDING.
WHERE, WHERE IS SUITE A IN THAT BUILDING? BUILDING, CORRECT.
SUITE A IS, UH, RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT'S THE, NOT THE MAIN BUILDING.
IT'S THE ONE THAT'S, IT'S ON THE CORNER OF LUCAS OR IT'S ON THE CORNER OF THE CORE OF THE BUILDING.
BUT THE, THERE'S THE MAIN BUILDING AND THEN THAT LITTLE LU LUCAS STREET.
AND WHAT'S IT'S WHERE THE TATTOO PLA IS, IS THIS SPACE WHERE THE TATTOO GUY
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WAS THIS RIGHT HERE.IS THE APPLICANT HERE? COME ON UP.
NOW I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL MAY HAVE A, ANOTHER BUSINESS OR TWO LIKE THIS BUSINESS.
CAN Y'ALL SPEAK TO THAT? UM, YES MA'AM.
WE ACTUALLY JUST OPENED ANOTHER ONE IN, UM, THE BISHOP ARTS DISTRICT.
UM, IT'S BEEN OPENED FOR THREE WEEKS.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE BUSINESSES.
UM, SHE'S ACTUALLY MY PROPERTY MANAGER, UM, THE SUITE B UM, CONTINGENT OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
I PLAN TO DO SUITE B TO BAIL BONDS, WHICH HAS BEEN THERE 30 YEARS ALREADY.
UM, IT DOES HAVE A CO FOR A BAIL BONDS PLACE IN THE SAME PROPERTY.
CAN YOU SCOOT OVER TO THE MICROPHONE? 'CAUSE I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU AND THE PEOPLE AT YES, SIR.
YEAH, AND I, I'M, I MAY, I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED IT, BUT CAN Y'ALL GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? MY NAME IS DANIEL MCGEE.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 40 17, UM, LAGOS DRIVE, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.
MY NAME IS VIRGINIA ROSA AND UH, WE ALSO HAVE A BAIL BOND COMPANY WITH ANOTHER COMPANY, UH, ACT SWIFT AT 2 0 9 WEST MAIN STREET.
WE WERE AT THE 1702 FOR 25 YEARS.
AND, UH, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT BUSINESS WENT REALLY WELL, BUT WE ENDED UP SELLING TO MR. MCGEE AND I ENDED UP HELPING HIM MANAGE IT.
THE OTHER BUSINESSES, UH, ARE THEY, DO THEY HAVE THE SAME NAME? NO MA'AM.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS AT PLANNING OF ZONING THE OTHER DAY AND I GUESS THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION AT THAT TIME AS TO WHAT YOU COULD, COULD NOT SELL OR WHAT YOU WOULD BE SELLING AND NOT SELLING INSIDE THE PLACE.
THE THE DIFFERENT THINGS DIDN'T REALLY, WHETHER YOU'RE SELLING PARAPHERNALIA OR NOT, IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST CONCERN TO ME.
THE CONCERN I HAD WAS WHETHER YOU WERE OR WERE NOT GONNA HAVE TEAS AND COFFEES THAT HAD THC IN THEM THAT YOU WOULD BE SERVING IN THE BUILDING.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE LOSS, SO I'M ASKING YOU YES, SIR.
IS IT LIKE THE DAIQUIRI SHOP WHEN YOU SELL THAT, YOU GOTTA PUT SOMETHING OVER THE LID SO THEY DON'T SUPPOSEDLY GET IN THE CAR AND TAKE OFF DRIVING OR, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT.
SO, AND I'LL BE HONEST, UM, I WAS KIND OF CONFUSED HOW THIS ALL WORKED.
THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING TO COME TO THIS THING.
UH, IT'S KIND OF AN OPEN DOOR, BUT, UM, I THINK WHEN PEOPLE COME UP HERE, THEY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE 10 OR 12 OTHER PEOPLE LOOKING AT YOU AND YOU'RE ALL CONFUSED.
THIS LADY JUST STUTTERED LIKE FOR 10 MINUTES.
'CAUSE SHE WAS CONFUSED, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SHE'S SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, I'LL BE HONEST AT THIS POINT IF YOU GUYS GUIDE ME.
SO, UM, I'M OKAY WITH DOING WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BE GUIDED ON THE RIGHT PROCESS AND WHATEVER'S SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I DO HAVE CHILDREN AS WELL.
AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING IS THE SAFETY.
I KNOW THERE'S OTHER SMOKE SHOPS, AND THIS ISN'T A SMOKE SHOP, LIKE I SAID THAT DAY.
AND I DO BELIEVE IF I WOULD'VE BEEN GUIDED OR HELPED, UM, JUST LIKE SHE WAS HELPED OUT TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR, TO, TO BE OPEN, TO SAY, HEY, OKAY, THIS IS HOW YOU GUYS WANT IT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE RULES AND GUIDELINES, THEN WE'RE ACCEPTABLE TO THAT.
UM, I WAS JUST NEVER COMMUNICATE ANY OF THESE THINGS.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE MONTHS TO TRY TO GET A MEETING.
I UNDERSTAND THE HOLIDAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT MY, MY OTHER ASSISTANT THAT WAS HANDLING THIS, IT WAS KIND OF A, THIS, THIS, AND THIS.
SO IT'S ABOUT TO FREEZE THIS WEEK.
AND WITHOUT A, WITHOUT A CO I CAN'T GET ELECTRICITY, I CAN'T GET WATER, I CAN'T DO ALL THESE THINGS.
SO I HAD TO CALL THE OLD OWNER AND BE LIKE, HEY, WE GOTTA PUT THE WATER ON BECAUSE IF IT FREEZES THIS WEEK, WE'RE GONNA BE OUT A LOT MORE MONEY WITHOUT HAVING ANYTHING TO DO.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M PAYING MORTGAGES ON A BUILDING THAT I CAN'T EVEN USE.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR, FOR TRENTON.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIALTY PARAPHERNALIA SHOPS IN WAXAHACHIE? UH, THIS WOULD BE OUR, OUR FIRST ONE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AND I'M JUST GONNA SPEAK FREELY HERE ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS.
THE NAME, THE HIGH CULTURE, I DON'T LIKE IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT VISITORS COMING TO OUR CITY AND SEEING MA, IT'S JUST NOT MA'AM.
AND, AND I COULD NEVER SUPPORT
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THAT AS THE MAYOR.MAKE IT MORE PLEASANT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE NEEDED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID I'M, I'M ACCEPTABLE TO ANYTHING.
IT WAS AN LLCI, I'LL BE HONEST, I DIDN'T EVEN CREATE THE LLC.
UM, I HAVE MULTIPLE BUSINESSES.
UM, I USUALLY DON'T, HEY, YOU'VE NAMED BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
IT DOES HAVE THC AND THEN I GUESS THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT THE NAME FROM.
BUT IT, IF IT NEEDS TO BE A NICER NAME TO, UM, ACCOMMODATE THE ACCOMMODATE COUNCIL, THE NEEDS OF THE, THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S LIKE 10 SMOKE SHOPS IN WAXAHATCHEE.
IF YOU GUYS SAID, HEY, WE DON'T NEED A, A SPECIAL USE PARAPHERNALIA, UM, FOR THIS AND YOU WANNA BECOME A SMOKE SHOP.
IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IT TO DO, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER ONES ARE, HONESTLY, AS THE MAYOR AND AS A COUNCIL.
AND IF YOU WERE SITTING IN OUR SEATS, HOW MANY SMOKE SHOPS AND PARAPHERNALIA SHOPS WOULD YOU WANT IN YOUR CITY? I MEAN, REALLY THE HONEST TRUTH, I DON'T EVEN SMOKE, JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UH, BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT.
SO THE, THIS HOW MANY DO I WANT? YEAH, HOW MANY WOULD YOU WANT IF YOU WERE, IF YOU WERE CITY LEADERSHIP? UM, THAT'S A VERY HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER TO ME.
IT'S NOT A HARD, HARD QUESTION.
UM, I'D WANT HOWEVER MANY OF US TO BE SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I'D RATHER SOMEONE GO TO LEGALLY BUY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BUY REGARDLESS OF BUYING ALCOHOL, A THC, THEN GOING ON THE STREET AND BUYING THESE THINGS.
UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST DRUG, IF WE'RE GONNA CALL IT A DRUG OR PARAPHERNALIA THAT ANYONE COULD TAKE.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY THE, THE EASIEST QUOTE UNQUOTE THING TO GET OFF OF YOU AS WELL.
UM, THEY SELL ALCOHOL EVERY DAY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT KILLS.
AND THE HEALTH BENEFIT OF DOING THESE.
UM, PEOPLE TAKE THESE DUMMIES, THEY TAKE, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS TO A LOT OF MILITARY GUYS NEEDED.
A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS EVEN USE IT IF, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TO TAKE A DRUG TEST AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY THEY DO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SUPPORT IT.
SO, SO I, I THINK THE LARGEST ISSUE HERE IS JUST THE LOCATION.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO YOUR REALTOR WAS THAT SUGGESTED YOU BUY THE BUILDING FOR THIS USE, BUT IF YOU JUST KIND OF ZOOM OUT, IT'S, IT'S A KEY ENTRY POINT INTO THE CITY.
IT'S QUITE LITERALLY THE SECOND OR THIRD COMMERCIAL BUILDING YOU SEE WHEN YOU COME IN, COME INTO THE CITY.
UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING A DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD CREATE ANOTHER MAIN POINT OF ENTRY, A BLOCK AND A HALF UP THE STREET WITH STOPLIGHTS AND THE WIDENING OF 2 87 OR OF, UH, THE WIDENING OF BUSINESS 2 87, WHICH MIGHT TAKE PART OF YOUR BUILDING.
UM, BUT ASIDE FROM ALL THAT, YOU'VE GOT PEDIATRIC DOCTORS ALL AROUND YOU IN THIS BUILDING.
YOU'VE GOT OUR LARGEST CITY PARK ACROSS THE STREET.
AND I GET THAT THERE'S THAT, THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR THIS SHOP SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY.
UM, BUT NEXT TO THE KID DOCTORS, I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.
CITY COUNCIL, MAY I INTERRUPT, PLEASE? WELL, YOU ALREADY DID, SO THAT'S FINE.
WE HAD A BAIL BOND BUSINESS THERE FOR 25 YEARS AND WE DEALT WITH, UH, A LOT OF CRIMINALS AND WE WERE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO PEDIATRIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IF YOU LOOK ON RECORD, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE NEVER EVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS IN REGARDS TO POLICE BEING CALLED BREAK-INS, ANY VIOLENT ACTIVITIES AROUND OUR AREA.
AND WE WERE THERE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND WE KEPT IT, EVERYTHING WELL UNDER CONTROL, EVERYTHING WAS, WAS, UH, WELL MONITORED.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT FOR THIS BUSINESS, IT'LL BE THE SAME WAY TO WHERE THERE WON'T BE ANY PROBLEMS. WELL, BUT 25 YEARS AGO, THIS WASN'T A MAIN POINT OF ENTRY.
25 YEARS AGO, THERE WEREN'T GONNA BE 10,000 HOMES BUILT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BROOKSIDE ROAD.
AND 25 YEARS AGO I WAS 11, SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO VOTE.
DID I HAVE A VOTE? NOW IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT 25 YEARS AGO, BUT UP UNTIL YEAR, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I, IS THAT I WOULDN'T VOTE TO APPROVE A BAIL BONDS THERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE OF THAT LAND.
IT'S JUST NOT, I MEAN, IT IT IS, IT IS, IT DOES NOT, IT DOES NOT FIT WHAT'S AROUND IT.
IT DOES NOT FIT WHERE WE ARE GROWING OR GOING.
IT, IT IS, IT IS NOT THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE.
SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT'S FAIR.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR US TO BEND A RULE THAT'S IN PLACE TO CHANGE AN ORDINANCE THAT'S IN PLACE FOR WHAT YOU DEEM IS THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE.
AND I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE NO, NO.
I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING GOING TO RECEIVE BACK IS THAT IT'S NOT THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE.
SO IF I DID SOMETHING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, IF WAS LIKE A, A WELLNESS CLINIC, COULD I SUBMIT A, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR
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A WELLNESS CLINIC THERE, LIKE A TRT DOCTOR? SO DEPENDING UPON THE USE, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT.BUT SOME OF THOSE MEDICAL USES ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
OTHER ONES DO REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'D NEED TO LOOK AT IS IF YOU MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, ET CETERA.
BUT THAT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO.
WE TRY AFTER PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, WE DID TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE APPLICANT ON FILE.
WE'RE UNABLE TO GET A CALL BACK, BUT WE'RE STILL MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS OTHER USES THAT ARE PERMITTED ON THE SITE AND HOW TO GET THROUGH THAT.
'CAUSE THERE ARE PERMITTED USES IT.
WE, WE JUST, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT'S FAIR.
LIKE, LIKE I SAID, I, I JUST WANT UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU KNOW, I'M, UM, I HOPE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO BREAK THE LAW OR GET ANYONE TO BREAK THE LAW TO CHANGE THE RULE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CREATED.
I'M, I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN, UM, I HAVE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN WAXAHATCHEE AS WELL.
UM, SO I'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS BUILDING LIKE I'VE EXPLAINED.
SO AT THIS POINT, I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS.
AND, AND, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP YOU FROM BEING AN, FROM BEING A SUCCESSFUL PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, BUT WHEN WE HAVE A, WHEN WE HAVE A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US THAT MENTIONS A SALE OF BONGS ACROSS FROM A KID, DOCTOR, OH, 100%.
THAT'S THE, WE, THAT'S A, YOU'RE ASKING A WHOLE, WHOLE LOT OF, I BELIEVE I EXPLAINED, BUT WE WOULDN'T EVEN SELL ANY BONGS OR ACCESSORIES IN, IN, BUT THE WAY THAT IT'S APPLIED FOR IS PARAPHERNALIA, WHICH THAT IS INCLUDED.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT.
I MEAN, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG ASK.
AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, I, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY AFTER SUBMITTING TO GET WITH THIS GENTLEMAN AND SIT DOWN WITH HIM AS THE OWNER AND BE ABLE TO GO OVER TO DIFFERENT USES THAT HE'D BE PERMITTED HOW WE CAN GET TO THAT SPOT.
WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO THAT? YES, SIR.
DOES ANY OTHER COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT'S? NO, MA'AM.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
I'M DEAN MEYER, 6 0 5 BROOKSIDE ROAD.
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA KIND OF REPEAT MYSELF FROM THE OTHER NIGHT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL LIKE THAT I AT LEAST NEED TO GET IT ON RECORD.
UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I'M PRETTY HEAVILY INVESTED IN THAT PART OF TOWN.
I OWN THE PROPERTY CATTY CORNER TO THAT WHERE THE, UH, THAT FOUR ACRES THERE THAT'S STILL VACANT, UH, WITH THE BEAUTIFUL POND.
AND OF COURSE I OWN THE MOWER SHOP DOWN THE STREET ON THE WAREHOUSE BEHIND THE SHELL STATION.
SO ALL OF MY LIVELIHOOD IS KIND OF IN THAT PART OF TOWN.
SO I'M KIND OF, KIND OF, UM, KIND OF FEELS LIKE NOT, THAT'S KIND OF MY BABY AREA, YOU KNOW? AND SO PLUS I LIVE ON BROOKSIDE, SO, UM, LIKE I TOLD CITY, OR I TOLD P AND Z LAST WEEK, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING IN MY MIND THAT COULD BE POSITIVE FROM THIS VENTURE.
AND I TOLD THE GUY, I SAID THAT FOR HIM TO SAY THAT I DON'T OPPOSE ANYBODY FROM BEING A BUSINESS, AN ENTREPRENEUR.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I AM.
AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE SMART ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.
YOU TRY AND INVEST IN WISE THINGS.
YOU TRY TO INVEST IN THINGS THAT'LL MAKE YOU MONEY.
AND PROBABLY THAT WOULD MAKE HIM MONEY, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UM, I DID SPEAK ON THE FACT THAT IT IS NEXT TO, TO THE DR.
IT'S NEXT DOOR TO THE, UH, CHILDREN'S, UH, DENTAL OFFICE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT.
UM, I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND THE, THAT LIVES RIGHT BEHIND THERE.
HE'S, I KNOW HE'S OPPOSED TO IT.
I THINK HE'S OUTTA TOWN AND COULD BE HERE TONIGHT.
BUT, UH, I JUST, IT CONCERNED ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR MAIN ENTRANCE SOMETIME INTO WAXAHATCHEE.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THE FIRST TURN ON GOING INTO OUR MAJESTIC CITY TO THE GINGERBREAD HOUSES WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A PARAPHERNALIA SHOP OR WHAT, WHATEVER IT IS.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH I LEARNED THAT MYSELF.
I THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SMOKE SHOP.
BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A STEP UP FROM THAT, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE PLACES THAT ARE ACROSS FROM AUTOZONE OR WHATEVER IN TOWN.
THIS IS THE NEXT LEVEL WHERE THEY CAN SELL, UH, STUFF WITH THC IN IT.
SO, WHICH I, I MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT TOO, IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSIENTS, OR NOT TRANSIENTS, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ROAD WALKERS FROM THE, THE BEAUTIFUL HOTELS THERE ON BROOKSIDE ROAD.
UH, AND, UH, THEY, THEY TRAVERSE DOWN TO THE, TO THE SHELL STATION, OR THEY'LL TRAVERSE ON DOWN TO THE OTHER GAS STATION.
AND I, I MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU STOP AND INTERVIEW SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THEY'RE IN THAT HOTEL IS BECAUSE OF SOME POOR LIFE DECISIONS THAT THEY MADE.
HENCE THEY'RE HAVING TO LIVE, YOU KNOW, WEEK TO WEEK IN A, IN A HORRIBLE LOCATION.
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ME, THAT WOULD JUST BE INVITING MORE DISASTER AND MORE PROBLEMS FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROBABLY, HOPEFULLY TRYING TO GET ON THEIR FEET AND GET A BETTER PLACE IN LIFE.SO I FEEL LIKE WE'D BE CATERING TO SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
I'D HATE TO SEE, UH, I KNOW THEY GET THEIR BEER AT THE SHELL STATION, BUT YOU KNOW, SO FAR W HATCHIE HAS STOOD THE GROUND.
THEY CAN'T BUY THE, CAN'T BUY THE HARD LIQUOR AND STUFF HERE IN TOWN.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING.
AND I HOPE WE NEVER GET THERE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I, I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T BEGRUDGE THE, THE OWNER, I HOPE HE CAN FIND A, ANOTHER PLACE TO PUT IN THERE THAT WOULD BE MORE INVITING AND, AND MORE, UM, APPROPRIATE FOR THAT LOCATION AND BEING, YOU KNOW, AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE PROPERTIES AROUND THERE.
NOT A, UH, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA DRAG MY PROPERTY VALUES DOWN.
I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO BUY SOME OF THAT PROPERTY SAYING, WELL, I GET IT, BUT MAN, THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,
THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME AND THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE SAYS A PUBLIC HEARING, SEEING NONE.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, MADAM.
[12. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-110-2025]
ITEM 12.CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 1 10 20 25.
COUNSEL, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO DENY ZDC DASH ONE 10 DASH 2025.
A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A SPECIALTY PARAPHERNALIA USE AS 17 0 2 WEST US HIGHWAY 2 87 BUSINESS SUITE A.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[13. Public Hearing on a request by Brad Yates, for a Zoning Change from a Planned Development-5Commercial District to a Planned Development-Multi-Family-2 (PD-MF2) zoning district, located directly west of 131 Mark Trail, (Property ID: 174984) – Owner: Colonial Restoration Group, Inc (ZDC-120-2025)]
ITEM NUMBER 13, A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY BRAD YATES FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MULTIFAMILY TWO ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED DIRECTLY WEST OF 1 31 MARK.TRAIL OWNER IS COLONIAL RESTORATION GROUP, ZDC 1 20 25.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1 31 MARK TRELLO.
WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING TO DO IS CHANGE THE ZONING TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR A TOWN HOME, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THIS PROPOSED REQUEST WILL CONSIST OF SIX TOWN HOMES.
UH, EACH ONE WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED SO THEY COULD EITHER RELEASE OR SOLD.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS, UH, PRIMARILY IT HAS A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS AROUND IT.
UM, WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS SIMILAR ZONING TO WHAT'S DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THAT TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT THAT WE SAW WHERE IT HAD A PHASE TWO THAT CAME IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WITH THOSE TOWN HOMES.
AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, UM, IN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT, UH, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT.
UM, HE, THERE'S SOME CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROPERTY THAT HE WAS ABLE WILL OVERCOME.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE APPROXIMATELY, ONCE AGAIN, SIX UNITS, UM, RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE BEDROOMS, APPROXIMATELY 590 SQUARE FEET TO 1300 SQUARE FEET.
UM, FIVE OF THOSE SIX UNITS WILL BE TWO STORY.
UH, THE, THERE WILL BE ONE, UH, UNIT THAT WILL BE ONE STORY.
UM, EACH, EACH ONE WILL CONSIST OF BOTH ON STREET AND OFF STREET PARKING.
NOW, WHEN I SAY ON STREET, THERE IS A CAVEAT, UH, TO THAT IS THE ON STREET WILL ACTUALLY LOCATED ON THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT, UH, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE PARKING FOR THE SITE.
THIS PARKING WILL BE GENERALLY USED FOR VISITORS VISITING, UH, THIS, UH, THESE SIX UNITS.
UM, BUT EACH ONE OF THESE UNITS WILL HAVE ALSO ON ONSITE PARKING TO SERVE IT.
THE TWO STORY, UH, STRUCTURES WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A, UH, GARAGE PARKING FOR THAT.
UM, IN ORDER TO GET THIS ON STREET PARKING RIGHT HERE AND BE COMPLETELY ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN, THEY SHIFTED THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, UH, MORE TO THE EAST, UM, PART OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, GENERALLY WHEN PDS COME IN THROUGH, THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR A BUNCH OF VARIANCES.
BUT, UM, A PD IS SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY UNIQUE TO THE PROPERTY.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE UNIQUE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, THEY'VE DONE HERE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, THE PROS TOWN HOMES WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, THEY ARE MEETING, UH, THE ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS IN OUR CODE, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE GONE ABOVE THE ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THE PROPOSED STRUCTURES, UM, OR THE PROS REQUEST WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
UH, STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REQUEST IN THIS, UH, ONE THING THAT THEY ALSO IS, UH, IN ADDITION TO ADDING ADDITIONAL PARKING, THEY ADDED MORE LANDSCAPING THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED.
THEY, WE REALLY WANTED THIS, UH, OFFSET MARK TRAIL AND
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HOUSTON STREET AND REALLY, UH, UH, SOFTEN THIS CORNER OF THE AR UH, OF THIS AREA OF THE CITY.AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, ON THE MARKED TRAIL SIDE, IS THAT GONNA BE GATED ON THE ENTRANCE THERE? UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S NO GATE RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN, UM, ON THE SIDE THAT, THAT, THAT IS ADJACENT TO THOSE TWO HOMES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE.
ON THE SECOND STORY, I DIDN'T SEE ANY RENDERINGS THAT SHOWED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY ACTUALLY TOOK IN PLACE, IS, UH, THERE WILL BE NO WINDOWS ON THAT SIDE.
OKAY? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTEMPLATED AS DESIGN THIS SITE.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? EVENING? GOOD EVENING.
I'LL BE BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
COUNSEL, ARE THESE GONNA BE RENTALS OR ARE THEY GONNA BE FEE SIMPLE SALES? THESE WILL BE RENTALS PRIMARILY.
UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL IF NEEDED.
AND SOMETHING THAT, UM, WORKING ON THIS PROPERTY, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL INTENTS WAS TO RENT IT.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE MET WITH HIM, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT INDIVIDUALLY, PLATTING THESE, SO EACH ONE OF THESE WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY APPLIED TO WHERE HE WILL HAVE THE OPTION AT A LATER POINT TO SELL THEM, TO MAKE IT EASIER TO SELL IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED TO HIM THROUGH DURING THIS PROCESS TO LEAVE THAT OPTION AVAILABLE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC.
[14. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-120-2025]
CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 1 20 20 25.MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 1 20 20 25.
A ZONING CHANGE FROM A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, MULTI-FAMILY TWO ZONING DISTRICT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[15. Consider Development Agreement for ZDC-120-2025]
ITEM 15, CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC 1 20 25.THE FIRST, OH, I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC ONE 20 DASH 2025.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[16. Consider bid award for North Grove Park Project in the amount of $2,337,585.18]
BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 16.CONSIDER BID AWARD FOR NORTH GROVE PARK PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,337,585 AND 18 CENTS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WALLACE AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, TONIGHT I'M PRESENTING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16, WHICH IS THE REQUEST TO CONSIDER THE AWARD OF BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NORTH GROVE PARK.
UM, THE PURCHASING AND PARK DEPARTMENTS CONDUCTED BID PROCESS IN CONJUNCTION WITH KIMLEY HORNET ASSOCIATES.
AFTER RECEIVING ALL THE SUBMISSIONS, WE HAD 17 KIMLEY-HORN TABULATED AND RANKED THE BIDS AND THEN VETTED THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS.
THEY'VE RECOMMENDED THE AWARD OF THE BID TO WARWICK'S DESIGN INC.
AND ADDITIONALLY, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THE INCLUSION OF ALTERNATE FOUR, WHICH IS A CXT PREFABRICATED RESTROOM, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AT THE, UM, CEMETERY.
THE SAME MODEL, UM, AS WELL AS ALTERNATE FIVE, WHICH IS THE RESTROOM PAD PREPARATION, UH, AS, AND ALL THE UTILITIES FOR THAT STRUCTURE.
UH, FY 25 26 BUDGET, UH, HAS FUNDING OF 2,240,000 FOR, UH, NORTH GROVE PARK PROJECT AND THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT.
SUBMITTED A BASE BID OF $2,171,887 AND 66 CENTS.
UM, ALTERNATE FOUR, WHICH IS THE RESTROOM, AND ALTERNATE FIVE, WHICH IS THE PAD PREPARATION, UH, BROUGHT THE BID UP
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TO $2,337,585 AND 18 CENTS.I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT, UH, THIS ITEM OR NORTH GROVE PARK AT THIS TIME.
DID YOU SEE ANYTHING? WHERE'S THE FUNDING FOR THE DIFFERENCE COMING FROM? YOU SAID 2,000,001 SOMETHING AND THEN YOU ADDED ON THE OTHER.
WE HAVE, UM, THERE'S, UH, BOND INTEREST ON TWO OF THE PARK BONDS.
UM, I HAVE THAT, BEAR WITH ME JUST A SECOND.
UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED, UM, TWO DIFFERENT BONDS.
THE 2021 CO BOND HAS $86,000 IN INTEREST AND THE 2023 CO BOND, BOTH OF THOSE ARE FOR PARKS, HAS 800,000 IN INTEREST.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL USE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.
THIS DOESN'T CONT CONTAIN ANY CONTINGENCIES OR DOES IT? NO, SIR.
I WAS WAITING TO SAY THAT
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, LIKE, UH, RENDERINGS ON THIS.
YEAH, WE CAN'T, BRAD, WE CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING IF WE CAN'T SEE IT AND THE COMMUNITY CAN'T SEE IT.
UH, I MEAN, THERE'S A PARK BOARD THAT'S SEEN IT, BUT NOBODY IN THIS AUDIENCE OR ON THE STREAM IS ON THAT PART, OR IT'S SEEN IT.
YEAH, WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU SOME, UH, WE CAN PULL UP THE PLANS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A, A, A, A CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR IT.
UM, IT'S JUST, BUT THERE ARE CONCEPTUAL PLANS, I'VE SE I'VE SEEN THEM PRESENTED.
WE'VE, WE'VE, THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THE FENCING THAT THAT'S INCLUDED.
YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST ASKING US TO, TO APPROVE $2.3 MILLION UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN TO A PARK BOARD MEETING IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR BLIND APPROVAL ALSO.
UM, YY YEAH, I DON'T HAVE PICTURES.
I HAVE INFORMATION THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU.
UM, THIS IS A, UM, JUST A LITTLE OVER FIVE ACRES.
IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UM, VISTA WAY AND NORTH GROVE DRIVE.
ALSO, IT'S ALSO BORDERED BY, UM, REFUGE WAY AND HOLIDAY AVENUE.
UM, SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS ALL THE WAY AROUND.
UM, SORRY, I BROUGHT PLENTY OF NOTES.
IT IS GONNA HAVE 20 PARKING SPACES.
UM, AND THOSE WILL BE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE AT, UM, MATTHEWS PARK.
SO THERE'LL BE AN ENTRANCE AND AN EXIT INTO THE 20 SPACES.
18 WILL BE REGULAR, AND TWO WILL BE A DA SPACES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR BENCHES, TWO TRASH RECEPTACLES, TWO PICNIC TABLES, 980 FEET OF PIPE RAIL FENCE.
THIS IS THE, UM, TWO TO THREE INCH BLACK FENCE THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN A LOT OF OUR PARKS RIGHT NOW, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE OUT AT, UM, UM, JETTY PARK AND AT SPRING PARK.
UM, THEY'RE ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF, TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, IT WILL BE IRRIGATED.
THERE'S GONNA BE TWO SHADE STRUCTURES THAT'LL SIT OVER THE BENCHES.
THREE 12 BY 12 PAVILIONS AND 1 24 FOOT ROUND PAVILION.
THERE'S GONNA BE ONE DRINKING FOUNTAIN, 275 FEET OF THE BISTRO LIGHTING.
SO THE, THE STRING LIGHTS, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE LARGER BULBS.
UM, SIX ADIRONDACK CHAIRS AND THEN TWO PLACE PLAY, UM, STRUCTURES, RUBBERIZED SURFACING UNDERNEATH, UM, AND THEN ARTIFICIAL TURF AND ANOTHER AREA.
AND AT THE PLAYGROUND, THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE A, UM, 66 FOOT LONG VENEER, UM, SITTING WALL, UH, FOR PARENTS TO SIT ON WHILE THE KIDS ARE PLAYING.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH WE SPENT ON THE, THE CONSULTANTS FOR THIS? YES, SIR.
UM, KIMLEY HORN WAS THE CONSULTANT AND THE, UH, 195,000 WAS WHAT WAS PAID FOR ALL THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN WORK.
THE REASON I'M ASKING IS I JUST, I'M, AND I WAS ON THE PARK BOARD, I WAS ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WITH MR. SMITH DOWN THERE THAT SAW ALL THE DESIGNS AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY KEPT COMING WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS AND ALL THE OTHER, AND TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, THE Y MCA A'S ASKING US FOR
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MONEY FOR THEIR BIG PARK THAT THEY'RE GOING PUTTING OVER THERE, WE'RE WANTING TO DO LIONS PARK AND PUT A LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE.AND I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITHOUT SEEING THE PICTURE.
AND I REMEMBER THE PICTURES I SAW BEFORE MM-HMM
AND I'M LIKE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN AND A PLACE TO WALK, BUT NONE OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE GETTING IN THE OTHER TWO THAT ARE REALLY GONNA BE TWO AND A HALF I'D, I'D RATHER SPEND THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS DOING THE THINGS WITH THE Y AND COMPLETELY GETTING EVERYTHING WE COULD DO OUT THERE AND THINGS OF THAT.
THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.
BUT IT JUST, AND I HATE THAT, THAT IT GOT TO THIS COUNCILMAN WRIGHT.
PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
'CAUSE WE WERE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND, AND, AND IT'S, I MEAN, EVEN NOW HEARING THAT IT'S A PIPE RAIL FENCE, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DISCUSSED AS A COMMITTEE.
WE CIRCLED EVERYTHING ON THERE.
AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A ROLLING BERM ALONG GARDEN VALLEY WITH THE WHITE SPLIT RAIL FENCE ON THERE THAT, THAT TIED INTO THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TR IT, IT, THE, I DIDN'T ENJOY IT THEN BECAUSE IT WAS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY THEN.
AND WE WERE AT 1.7 THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THAT COMMITTEE GROUP WAS KIND OF WHERE WE LANDED ON WHAT WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED.
I HATE THAT WE HAVE TO EVEN DO THIS AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS IN PLACE WITH THE NORTH GROVE DEVELOPMENT.
WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ON THE HOOK FOR THIS, UM, EVER.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS A VERY POOR DECISION AT THAT TIME, UM, TO INCLUDE THIS AND PUT US, PUT US AND NOT THE DEVELOPER ON THE HOOK FOR THIS LAND.
UM, AND TO WHAT COUNCILMAN ROD IS SAYING, I'VE, I'VE BEEN THERE THE ENTIRE TIME.
I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T NEED A SITTING WALL.
THE FAMILIES OF NORTH GROVE NEED GREEN PRACTICE SPACES.
THERE'S A, THERE'S LITERALLY A PARK LESS THAN A BLOCK FROM THIS THAT HAS A DOG PARK AND A PLAYGROUND.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BUILD IT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.
UM, I DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE, OTHER THAN IT WAS A PET PROJECT FOR SOMEBODY WELL BEFORE ANY OF US WERE ON THE COUNCIL.
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR, I'LL CALL IT A PARK.
BUT THAT'S JUST 'CAUSE IT'S GREEN SPACE AND IT'S NOT EVEN LEVELED IN, IN USABLE FOR PRACTICE SPACE, GREEN SPACE.
UM, SO WITHOUT SEEING ANYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED, I KNOW WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OUT THERE, BUT TO WHAT EXTENT DO WE EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS IN THE, IN THAT AGREEMENT WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS? LIKE TO WHAT EXTENT THIS PARK HAS TO BE, OR IS IT JUST, OR IS IT JUST LAND THAT'S BEEN DEDICATED AND WE HAD TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS? DO WE KNOW? NO, I DON'T THINK WE, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW WHAT IS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXACTLY.
WE JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS PARKLAND DEDICATION.
AS YOU ALL MENTIONED, THERE WAS A, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE FORM THAT DECIDED ON A LOT OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT YOU SEE IN THE PARK CURRENTLY AS PRESENTED.
THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE JUST SOME, UH, I'M GONNA CALL IT SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN WHAT YOU SEE CURRENTLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THERE ARE SOME ROLLING HILLS ON THE NORTH GROVE, UH, SIDE ON THE BOULEVARD.
UH, THE PIPE RAIL FENCING WAS PUT IN JUST SO THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE, UH, TOO MUCH OF A DISCONNECT WITH THE WHITE PICKET FENCING.
'CAUSE IF YOU GO OUT THERE DOWN NORTH GROVE BOULEVARD, IT'S MOSTLY A AER STAR FENCING THAT YOU SEE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE BACKYARDS OF THE HOME SO THEY CAN SEE THE BOULEVARD.
AND SO WE TRY TO REPLICATE THAT IN SUCH A MANNER, BUT STILL BE COST, UH, CONSCIOUS OF IT.
UH, THERE'S, UH, OTHER DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, AS WE GOT INTO THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING THAT JUST MADE SENSE TO DO, UM, TO HAVE SOME SEAT WALLS THERE BECAUSE THAT IS A SMALLER PLAY AREA FOR A TWO TO FIVE AGE GROUP.
SO WE WANTED TO HAVE SORT OF A PERIMETER AROUND THAT PLAY AREA THAT PARENTS COULD SIT AND MONITOR THEIR CHILDREN JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS.
'CAUSE WE ARE, UH, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN NEXT TO A VERY BUSY BOULEVARD.
THAT'S WHY I, I WANNA SAY THAT I DON'T, I DON'T HOLD YOU GUYS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACT THAT THIS, WHAT, PARDON ME FOR MY EXPRESSION, BUT WHAT REALLY P****S ME OFF ABOUT THIS BREACH IS WHAT'S HAS BEEN TWO, THREE YEARS, THIS HAS BEEN DRAGGING ON.
I'M SICK AND DAMN TIRED OF US HIRING, DEVELOP OR CONSULTANTS.
AND NINE MONTHS LATER THEY, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE GOT ANOTHER VERSION WE GOTTA GIVE YOU AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ANOTHER FIVE MONTHS.
THERE IS NO REASON IN THE WORLD THIS SHOULD TAKE AS LONG AS IT DID.
AND WHEN IT DOES, THE PRICE JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
IT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LIONS PARK.
I'M SO DAMN TIRED OF WAITING FOR THAT LIONS PARK MASTER PLAN TO COME OUT.
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EVERY TIME I SEE IT, IT'S THREE OR $4 MILLION MORE.WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THIS STUFF.
AND IF THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING THE DAMN JOB DONE, GET RID OF THEM AND LET'S GO FORWARD AND QUIT SPENDING THIS KIND OF MONEY AND WASTING IT.
I, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE HERE.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT'S FAIR THAT THE WAY THAT THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THAT, THAT SPECIAL COMMITTEE, THAT WE HAD TO DEVELOP THIS IN THE MANNER THAT IT'S HEADED TOWARDS RIGHT NOW, AND I'M NOT PUTTING THAT ON YOU.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT, THAT IT'S FAIR THAT THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT WAS GIVEN TO GIVE TO THAT COMMITTEE? UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A FAIR STATEMENT TO MAKE.
UM, WE HAD TO IDENTIFY TRIGGER POINTS BY THE NUMBER OF ROOFTOPS THAT WERE GOING UP.
AND AT THAT TIME, UH, GIVEN THE GROWTH THAT WE EXPERIENCED THROUGH THE CITY, THAT WAS THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THESE EXTRA THINGS TO IT.
IT'S JUST PARK SPACE DEDICATED TO THE CITY THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH BECAUSE IT'S, WE HAVE TO MOW IT.
RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
SO WOULD IT NOT BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND YOU LIVE OVER THERE? CORRECT.
SO I I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA KNOW THE NEED.
DO Y'ALL NEED ANOTHER PLAYGROUND? 'CAUSE YOU HAVE SEVEN.
SO A LOT OF THOSE PLAYGROUNDS THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE ONE OR TWO THAT I CAN THINK OF ARE HOA.
AND SO THEY'RE ALL, BUT DO Y'ALL NEED, BUT DO Y'ALL NEED ANOTHER PLAYGROUND? DO YOU HAVE SEVEN OR DO, OR DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT THE HOMEOWNERS THERE AND BE AN ACTUAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IF THEY HAD LEGITIMATE IRRIGATED LIGHTED GREEN SPACE? THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE WITH THAT IS THAT IT'S SO CLOSE TO THAT FOUR LANE BOULEVARD.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF KIDS ARE PLAYING, UH, T-BALL SOFTBALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE'RE CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF MORE PRECARIOUS SITUATION FOR NOT ONLY DRIVERS, BUT THE KIDS.
UH, THAT'S WHY THE FENCING'S UP OBVIOUSLY.
BUT, UM, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME SPACE THAT IS JUST GREEN SPACE THAT COULD BE UTILIZED.
I, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE ACREAGE, BUT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF JUST GREEN SPACE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY COST WAS, UH, IT WAS COST PROHIBITIVE TO PROGRAM ANYTHING ELSE BUT GREEN SPACE.
WHAT WOULD, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE WITH THAT BEING GREEN PRACTICE SPACE? EVEN THE SHAPE OF IT.
'CAUSE YOU COULD COPY AND PASTE EXACTLY WHAT'S AT NORTH SIDE RIGHT NOW ONTO THAT PROPERTY.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE? FOUR LANE ON ONE SIDE, TWO LANE ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
RIGHT? HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT THAN ON NORTH SIDE? RIGHT? YEAH, I I I HEAR YOU.
UM, THERE, IF YOU PUT IT THAT WAY, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE.
RIGHT? AND WE WOULDN'T NEED ENGINEERS TO HELP US WITH THAT, RIGHT? LIKE WE, WE, OR WELL, WE WOULDN'T NEED A, AN OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRM TO TELL US HOW TO PROGRAM GREEN SPACE WITH SOME LIGHTS, RIGHT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COPY AND PASTE, GO INSIDE.
THERE'S INVOLVED, WE WOULD NEED SOME ENGINEER WITH THE ENGINEERING SIDE, BUT NOT CORRECT TO DESIGN THE WHOLE THING.
WE, WE COULD TELL 'EM WE WANT A LIGHT STANDARD HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, AND HERE.
PARKING IS THE OTHER ISSUE, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE NOW OPENING UP TO GREEN SPACE, YOU HAVE THEN THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE COME TO THAT FACILITY FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY.
UM, THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR PARKING, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE DESIGN.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN, IF COUNCIL FILLS THE NEED TO VALUE ENGINEER AND ONLY DO CERTAIN THINGS TO THE PARK, WE, WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO SO WITH THE CURRENT DESIGN.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT WE REALLY WANNA PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, AND WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND TAKE A LOOK, SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE.
BUT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK THERE ARE SOME MINIMUM STANDARDS AND SOME MINIMUM, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN THAT PARK.
I, I'M JUST NOT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE.
SO THEN MY NEXT QUESTION'S GONNA GO DOWN TO THE END OF THE TABLE.
THEY ASK US FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENTS ALL THE TIME.
CAN WE AMEND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH SOMETHING THAT WE AGREED TO? WE CAN AMEND IT WITH THE CONSENT OF THE, WHOEVER WE ENTERED THE DEVELOPER, WHOEVER, WHOEVER ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH US.
SURE, WE CAN BE AMEND, BUT IT'S NOT A UNILATERAL ACTION.
NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST OUR DECISION.
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WE'D AMEND IT WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR AGREEMENT.WOULD THAT BE WITH THE HOA OR WITH THE, WITH THE ACTUAL DEVELOPER THAT THE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED WITH? I HAVEN'T SEEN THE AGREEMENT, SO I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT, IT, IT SHOULD BE IN THE AGREEMENT WHETHER IT'S, WHETHER IT CAN BE ASSIGNED TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT, IT COULD BE ASSIGNED TO THE HOA, AGAIN, THIS ISN'T WHAT Y'ALL GOT.
TO HAVE TWO PLUS MILLION DOLLARS HERE TO BE, TO BE APPROVED WITHOUT SEEING ANYTHING OTHER THAN GENERAL STATEMENTS THAT IT'S GONNA HAVE THIS OR THAT.
GO TO A COUPLE OF RECENT INSTANCES, UM, TOOK TWO TIMES IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL FOR A $15,000 GRANTING FOR DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAD THREE THINGS THAT CAME ON, ON A TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT WHERE THERE WERE MULTIPLE CHANGES TO A LITTLE, LITTLE AREA THAT HAD LIKE A JUNGLE GYM AND A COUPLE OF SWINGS AND A AND A AND A, UH, UH, A PICNIC TABLE.
THERE'D BE NO WAY THAT I COULD APPROVE, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE FOR US TO APPROVE THIS MUCH MONEY WITHOUT ONE HAVING A LOT MORE SPECIFICS.
AND TWO, SEEING WHAT THE MINIMUM THAT WE COULD GET, I DON'T WANNA SAY GET AWAY WITH, BUT THAT WOULD FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS.
UM, AND HONESTLY, I THINK THIS COMES BACK TO THE CONSULTANTS.
I THINK THAT, UM, THEY'RE PUSHING THESE THINGS AND ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH DOING SO.
AND, AND AS COUNCILMAN WRIGHT SAID, COME BACK WITH THIS.
WE'RE CHANGING THIS AND THIS AND THIS.
AND I, I MEAN, IT IS JUST SETTING UP, WE SEE TOO MANY THINGS COMING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL WITH THIS TYPE OF THING TIED BACK TO CONSULTANTS.
ESPECIALLY AS, UH, AS MR. SMITH SAID IS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO INTERNALLY.
UM, EXCUSE ME, HEARTBURN THAT FRANKLY TO ME, THIS LOOKS LIKE THEY CAME UP WITH AND, UH, CARTE BLANCHE TO GO AHEAD AND GET A TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR CHECK.
UH, NOT FOR THEM, BUT FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, BUT GOING BACK TO, AND WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE $15,000 DEAL.
UM, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ONE, WHETHER WE NEED IT, WHETHER IT'S REQUIRED SURE.
AND WHETHER THIS IS, THIS IS THE BEST FOR THE, FOR THE AREA.
UM, I GOT A QUICK QUESTION FOR CHAD.
'CAUSE I, I'M 98% SURE THE FUNDING FOR THIS WAS APPROVED IN A BOND SALE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, IN THE, IN, IN THE VERBIAGE OF THAT, DO YOU REMEMBER OFFHAND THIS ASKING A LOT OF YOUR MEMORY, UM, WAS IT APPROVED FOR FUNDING FOR THIS SPECIFIC PARK OR WAS IT JUST APPROVED FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS? UH, PARK IMPROVEMENTS, USUALLY WE KEEP IT BROAD ENOUGH.
YOU CAN HAVE IT TOO NARROW, BUT THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT TOO BROAD.
UH, SO, SO IN EP PARK IMPROVEMENTS, SO IN THEORY, UM, IF WE PUT SOME LIGHT STANDARDS UP, IRRIGATED AND RELEVELED THIS AND JUST MADE IT GREEN SPACE WITH SOME FENCING AND SAY, THAT COST US A MILLION DOLLARS AND WE HAVE 1.2 LEFTOVER, WE COULD ROLL THAT 1.2 TOWARDS LYON PARK OR THE YMCA PARK OR WHATEVER ELSE, AS LONG AS IT'S PARKING IMPROVEMENTS.
JUST WANNA PLANT THAT SEED SO WE CAN MAKE THAT CONSIDERATION.
I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, POSTPONE, UH, THIS UNTIL, UM, IT CAN BE, BE, BE, UH, RESEARCHED, UH, THE AGREEMENT, UH, FOR ME AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE MINIMUMS ARE.
AND DO WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH EVERYTHING, UH, THAT WAS DISCUSSED HERE THIS EVENING? UH, BECAUSE I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WANT TO, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO MM-HMM
AND BRING BACK THE DRAWINGS SO WE CAN SHOW IT.
DO WE WANNA PUSH THIS TO, TO MARCH OR MID-FEBRUARY? PROBABLY MARCH.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? JUST, UH, HOW, HOW, HOW LONG ARE THE BIDS OPEN FOR OR GOOD FOR? SO WE'D HAVE TO GET WITH OBVIOUSLY THE WE LOIS RESPONSIVE BIDDER BECAUSE THERE
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WAS, UM, NOT AN AGREEMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY A TIMELINE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THEM DURING THE BIDDING PROCESS, WHICH IN WHICH WE WOULD BE MEETING TONIGHT BY GOING TO COUNCIL AND HOPEFULLY SEEKING APPROVAL AND THEN STARTING WITHIN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.SO NOW GIVING, IF WE PUSH IT BACK TO A FURTHER MEETING TO CONSIDER WHETHER WE'RE GONNA APPROVE OR NOT, OR, UH, VALUE ENGINEER, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BIDDERS AND SEE IF THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT.
BUT WE, WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO COME BACK ON FEBRUARY 2ND, BRING DRAWINGS, AND IN THE MEANTIME, LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT.
WE, WE CAN DO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I, I THINK WE POSTPONE IT TO FEBRUARY 2ND WITH THAT.
AND THAT THAT'S A GROUNDHOG DAY.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO FIGURE THIS AGAIN? I DON'T BELIEVE YOU IN GROUNDHOG, DAVID.
AND IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE THING, OBVIOUSLY, UM, AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE PROJECTS, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT INTERNALLY YOU MAY NOT HEAR OR SEE ABOUT, BUT WE DID START OFF WITH A $2.8 MILLION PARK.
UM, WE SHAVED SOME THINGS OFF, NOTED THAT SOME THINGS WERE UNNECESSARY AND MAYBE THROWN IN THERE BECAUSE OF THE GLITZ AND GLAMOR AND THE ATTRACTION OF A NEW PARK.
UM, AND GOT IT DOWN WITHIN WHAT WE FELT WAS ADEQUATE TO MEET THE BOND SALE FOR 2 MILLION.
OBVIOUSLY, PRICES GO UP A LITTLE BIT, SO WE'RE STILL OVER.
UH, SOME OF THAT IS OBVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED.
THE BASE BUDGET WAS OVER BY $171,000.
THE OTHER PORTION IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE ADDITIONAL AL BID ALTERNATES FOR THE RESTROOMS, WHICH WE FEEL THIS WOULD BE A, AN IDEAL PLACE FOR, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT YES, WE'D BE HAPPY TO BRING FORWARD ANY, ANY RENDERINGS AND, AND MAKE YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE OR, OR GO WITH WHATEVER DIRECTION COUNCIL FEELS.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE MINIMUM IS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO, TO MEET THAT DA.
AND IF IT'S, IF IT IS, IF IT DOES FEEL EXCESSIVE TO US.
I MEAN, NONE OF US WERE ON THE COUNCIL.
VERY FEW OF Y'ALL WERE ON STAFF WHEN THAT WAS APPROVED.
WE'VE, THE, WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT PARKS BUILT IN DIFFERENT SPOTS.
THE YMCA HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WERE GONNA BUILD, BUT THEY WOULD, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD.
I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED, RIGHT? UM, SO IF WE EVEN NEED TO FIND A WAY TO AMEND THAT DA TO GET US OFF THE HOOK OF HAVING TO POUR SO MUCH INTO THIS ONE PARK, UM, I, I THINK WE, WE WOULD NEED ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND NOT JUST ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN PUSHED FORWARD THIS FAR.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET THINGS TOGETHER.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT AND BRING RENDERINGS TO THE NEXT MEETING AND EVEN WORK WITH TERRY ABOUT WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT AMENDING THE AGREEMENT AND IF THAT'S Y'ALL'S FLAVOR.
AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE THAT PREPARED FOR YOU FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
CAN I GET A MOTION? MAY I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT, WHAT OUR MINIMUM LEGAL REQUIREMENTS ARE, BUT WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH THE LEGAL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IS TO MAXIMIZE USAGE, UM, BEING VERY EFFICIENT WITH THE SPENDING.
SO AT LEAST AS IT RELATES TO ME, I DON'T WANNA GO SPEAK TO EVERYBODY, BUT I WANNA SEE THE BEST USE FOR OUT THERE FOR BEST USE OF OUR MONEY AND WHAT, WHAT'S, UH, THE BEST USE FOR THE CITIZENS OUT THERE.
SO, NOT JUST OUT THERE, BUT I, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING.
IF THE BOND WAS APPROVED FOR GENERAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS, I'M TIRED OF HEARING COUNCILMAN WRIGHT TALK ABOUT LIONS PARK.
SO IF WE CAN ROLL SOME MONEY OVER THERE.
AND I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO COME ACROSS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO JUST DO THE BARE MINIMUM.
MAD MAYOR, I MOVE TO TABLE ITEM 16 TO OUR FEBRUARY 2ND CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[17. Consideration and action taken on an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of City of Waxahachie, Texas Tax Note, Series 2026; levying an annual ad valorem tax and providing for the payment of said note; providing an effective date; and enacting other provisions relating to the subject]
17, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION TAKEN ON AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS TAX NOTE SERIES 2026 LEVI AND ANNUAL A VALOREM TAX AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID NOTE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT, CHAD.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL, CHAD TOON, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
SO THIS ACTION, UH, TONIGHT, IT APPROVES AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF A TAX NOTE TO FUND THE ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT EIGHT 20 FERRIS AVENUE, FORMERLY
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KNOWN AS THE, THE COMERICA BANK BUILDING.UH, JUST AS A WAY OF, UH, BACKGROUND BACK ON DECEMBER 5TH OF LAST YEAR, UM, THE CITY EXECUTED A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT OUR PURCHASE PRICE OF 2.75 MILLION.
UH, THE TOTAL ISSUANCE, OR EXCUSE ME, THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WAS INITIALLY FUNDED UTILIZING THE GENERAL FUND UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE, UH, WITH THE INTENT TO ISSUE A SHORT TERM TAX NOTE TO PAY BACK AND REPLENISH THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, UTILIZING THE CITY'S INTEREST IN SINKING FUND OR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL FUND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN THE CITY'S ABILITY TO, UM, TO FUND ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING AND EXPENSES IN FUTURE YEARS.
UH, THE TOTAL ISSUANCE, UH, WILL BE USED, AS I MENTIONED, UH, TO PAY FOR THE ACQUISITION DESIGN AND RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING, OR A PORTION OF THE, UH, RENOVATION.
AND THE TOTAL ISSUANCE IS 3.555, UH, MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, SO THIS MORNING WHEN WE WENT OUT, WE, UH, TYPICALLY JUST, UH, KIND OF GIVE YOU MORE CONTEXT.
TYPICALLY, WHEN WE ISSUE DEBT IS, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH ARE LONGER ISSUANCES, USUALLY 20 PLUS YEARS.
UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE INVOLVED IN THAT, UM, WHEREAS TAX NOTES HAVE TO BE SEVEN YEARS OR LESS.
AND SO THIS, THIS TAX NOTE ALLOWS US TO, UM, DO AN ISSUE OF TWO YEARS, UM, AND BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, TO FREE UP THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO FUND THOSE ONGOING EXPENSES.
SO THIS MORNING, UH, WE, WE RECEIVED SEVEN BIDS, OR EXCUSE ME, SE UH, 15 BIDS FROM, FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT, UH, UH, BIDDERS WITH THE LOWEST, UH, COMING IN IN A TRUE INTEREST COST OF 3.45%.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE NOTE COMES WITH A SHORT, UH, TWO YEAR TERM WITH PAYOFF BY AUGUST, 2028.
UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS ISSUANCE ISSUANCE DOES NOT REQUIRE AN AVALOR TAX RATE INCREASE, AND IT FITS WITHIN OUR CURRENT DEBT SERVICE CAPACITY.
UM, ALSO WANNA MENTION WITH US TONIGHT IS MARTY CHU, SHE'S OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
I THINK THIS IS HER FIRST TIME AT A MEETING HERE IN, UH, THIS FACILITY.
BUT SHE'S VERY HELPFUL IN ANSWERING ALL OF MY QUESTIONS RELATED TO BOND ISSUANCES AND, AND, UM, AND, UH, AND FINANCING.
SO I WANNA APPRECIATE HER HELP, UM, AND HER BEING HERE AS WELL.
UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE THAT WE'VE PLANNED INTO OUR NEXT 'CAUSE WE'VE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE GONNA PAY THIS THING OFF IN THE TWO YEARS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND IT'S BEEN, OR HOWEVER YOU'RE GONNA, BUT IT'S BEEN PROGRAMMED IN TO WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO TAKE PROPERTY TAXES TO PAY FOR IT.
SO I, I, EVERY YEAR I DO A FIVE TO 10 YEAR ANALYSIS LOOKING AT OUR DEBT SERVICE CAPACITY BASED ON OUR CURRENT PROP, UH, DEBT SERVICE RATE.
UM, HAVE A MODEST, UH, VALUE GROWTH ASSUMPTION PLACED IN THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE MANAGE THAT RATE BY EITHER PAYING DEBT EARLY ON, OUR NEW ISSUANCES, OR AS YOU RECALL, WE FEES $6 MILLION THIS LAST YEAR.
THAT SAVED US ABOUT $1.9 MILLION IN, IN INTEREST GOING FORWARD.
SO WE DO SOME THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE CAPACITY GOING FORWARD.
UM, WE DID PUT OFF SOME PROJECTS LAST YEAR IN THE, UM, IN THE INITIAL ISSUANCE THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.
AND THAT CAPACITY IS AVAILABLE, UH, GOING FORWARD THIS YEAR, UH, TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT.
MAD MAYOR, IF YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY, OF CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE TAX, TEXAS, AND TAX NOTES SERIES 2026 LEVYING AN ANNUAL VALOR TAX AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID NOTE, PROVIDING AN EFF EFFECTIVE DATE AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 18 TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, TO DELIBERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AS PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF RURAL PROPERTY FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES IS PERMITTED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 TO DELIBERATE PERSONNEL MATTERS, INCLUDING THE APPOINTMENT EVALUATION DUTIES, UH, OR DISMISSAL OF ANY MEMBER OF A CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION AS PERMIT PROVIDED AS PERMITTED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4.
AND ALSO TO CONSULT WITH A CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED
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WITH CITY CODE AND CHARTER PROVISIONS AND CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PENDING AND ANTICIPATED LITIGATION AS PERMITTED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 AND ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THEIR TWO.[20. Comments by Mayor, City Council, City Attorney and City Management]
WE CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL, UH, TAKE COMMENTS BY MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY, AND CITY MANAGER.THAT WAY IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO HOME AND GET IN YOUR WARM BEDS, YOU CAN DO THAT.
UH, START TO MY LEFT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMAN ATKINS? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, RICKY.
UM, SPECIAL THANKS TO MS. BELL.
I MEAN, FOR A CITIZEN TO STEP OUT AND, AND GO INTO THE LAKE AND SAVE A YOUNG MAN.
UM, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T APPRECIATE THAT ENOUGH.
THAT IS JUST AWESOME FOR SOMEBODY TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, OUR HATS OFF TO HER AND, UH, THANKFUL THAT SHE WAS THERE AND TOOK ACTION.
UM, HOPE EVERYBODY'S PREPARING FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND.
IF IT'S LIKE IT'S SAID TO BE, OUR STAFF IS CERTAINLY PREPARING FOR THAT.
AND I JUST HOPE THAT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WILL STAY SAFE AND, UM, CONSIDER STAYING AT HOME.
FIRST DEFINITELY CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. BELL AND THANK YOU TO MS. BELL FOR STEPPING IN AND DOING THAT.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUMP IN THE WATER AND GO OUT THERE AND TAKE THE CHANCE TO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE GETTING WITH DROWNING PEOPLE.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE SOMEBODY GET PULLED UNDER TRYING TO SAVE SOMEBODY ELSE? I ALSO WANNA THANK THE GENTLEMAN AND I DID NOT GET HIS NAME, BUT IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN SOMEBODY GETS UP HERE AND SAYS, THANK YOU TO US,
SO I WANT TO THANK THAT GENTLEMAN FOR COMING UP AND SPEAKING.
AND THE LAST THING, MR. MEYER, I'M, AS I TOLD YOU EARLIER, I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR ADVICE AND I'M GONNA GO TO FLORIDA TOMORROW TO THE MENTO COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE AT THE CITY OF, OF, UM, PANAMA CITY AND GO AROUND THAT DEVELOPMENT AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO Y'ALL BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT ON MONDAY.
ALRIGHT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM SUITER.
UM, FIRST OFF, TO ADD TO THAT, MR. WRIGHT'S GOING ON HIS OWN DIME ON THAT MINTOS NOT COVERING THE COST OF ANYTHING.
HE'S DOING THAT BECAUSE OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT HAD BEEN DONE.
AND HE'S JUMPING IN THE CAR AND HEADING OUT AND DRIVING ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT.
UM, AND GO TO SEE MY GRANDKIDS, WELL, THAT'S A, THAT'S A SIDE TRIP.
UM, BUT, UH, WITH THAT, AGAIN, UM, MS. BELL DID AN HEROIC OF, UH, HEROIC THING.
WE ALL HOPE THAT WE WOULD DO IT, UH, SIMILARLY SITUATED.
UM, AND, UH, BUT SHE DID DO IT AND SAVED A LIFE AND THAT, AND THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
ALSO, I WANNA, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE CRIME STOPPERS FOLKS THAT WERE HERE, THAT WE HAD A PRO A PROCLAMATION ABOUT JANUARY BEING CRIME STOPPERS AWARENESS MONTH.
UH, WE CAN ALL HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
IT'S NOT OUT AT THE LAKE, BUT JUST TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR.
SOMEBODY'S AROUND THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE, OR MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN A WHILE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COLD WEATHER COMING IN.
CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE HEALTH ISSUES OR THE ELDERLY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA, THE WAY IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA BE IN A, IN A MESSAGE OF, OF A WEATHER SITUATION.
SO TAKE WHAT THEY DO FOR CRIME STOPPERS, BUT JUST DO IT FOR NEIGHBORLY, UH, THINGS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, TIED BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF WHO IS CONTINUING TO DEAL WITH THE, UH, WITH THE MENTO PROJECT.
THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE EXTRA HOURS AND WORK AND BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS Y'ALL ARE PUTTING INTO THAT.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. BELL.
UH, THERE, THERE ARE, UH, TRULY, UH, MANY HEROES AMONGST US.
UH, AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA FLY INTO ACTION, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.
UH, AS FAR AS THE, UH, STOP SIGN, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST STOP SIGN, UH, WENT OUT, UH, UH, WAS ERECTED ON NORTH GROVE, AND OF COURSE, THE, UM, THE, UH, CITIZENS OVER
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ON BROADHEAD GOT, UH, JEALOUS.AND THEY ALSO KNOW THAT SEVEN 11 IS COMING TO THAT, UH, HARD CORNER.
UH, THEY'RE ON GARDEN VALLEY AND BROADHEAD.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO, UH, THE TEAM, UH, HERE FOR THE CITY AND, UH, THEIR EFFORTS AND, UH, LISTENING, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, THE NEEDS.
AND THIS ALL BOILS DOWN TO SAFETY.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT, UH, ALL OF US, UH, HERE IN THE CITY, UH, LEADERSHIP, UH, AND STAFF ARE ABOUT IS, UH, SAFETY.
UH, ALSO, UH, KUDOS TO, UM, SHERRY AND HER TEAM FOR CRIME STOPPERS.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, WITH, UH, SHERRY AND CRIME STOPPERS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
CHIEF CHIEF WEISER, UH, FOR MOST 40 YEARS.
YEAH, WELL, I WASN'T GONNA SAY THAT CHIEF, BUT, BUT THANKS
UM, THEY ARE SUCH A VALUABLE RESOURCE, UM, FOR AND TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
UH, IT IS AN AVENUE FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, SAY SOMETHING, UH, THAT THEY'VE SEEN, UH, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE RES, UH, RESOLVE, UM, CRIMES AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANONYMOUSLY AND, UH, TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IF THEY SO CHOOSE BY DOING THAT.
AND, UM, AGAIN, UH, JUST, UM, WHAT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEKEND AND THE WEATHER, JUST REMEMBER THE FOUR PS, THE PLANTS, THE PIPES, THE PEOPLE, AND THE PETS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I HOPE EVERYONE, UH, STAYS WARM AND, UH, IS, IS SAFE, UH, DURING THIS UPCOMING WEATHER.
[18. 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 the appointment, evaluation, duties or dismissal of any member of a City board or commission, as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.074; to consult with City Attorney regarding legal issues associated with City Code and Charter provisions and consultation with City Attorney regarding pending and anticipated litigation, as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.071, and all matters incident and related thereto]
THAT, WE WILL, UH, CONVENE, RECONVENE, OR CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.