May 05, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

MAY BE SEATED.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC

[4. Public Comments]

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 SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE CITY SECRETARY.

HELLO, COUNSEL.

MICHELLE HAY, PRESIDENT OF HISTORIC WAXAHACHIE FOUR 11 EAST MARVIN, JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF.

TWO WEEKS AGO, HISTORIC WAXAHACHIE HELD AN ARCHITECTURAL STROLL, THE FIRST EVENT OF ITS KIND.

WE HAD A WONDERFUL TURNOUT CITY STAFF TO HELP COORDINATE BY DROPPING OFF SOME TRAFFIC CONES FOR US.

WE DID NOT BLOCK ANY STREETS OR ANY WALKWAYS, BUT IT DID HELP MEDIATE ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT WE HAD WITH TRAFFIC.

WE ALSO USED IT TO MARK SOME OF OUR, UH, STORAGE OR STORM DRAINS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY TRIPPED IN THOSE.

SO WE HAD A WONDERFUL TURNOUT.

TWO THIRDS OF OUR ATTENDEES ACTUALLY CAME FROM OUT OF TOWN.

SO GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME HERITAGE TOURISM.

THANK YOU GUYS.

NEXT, ALEX FREEMAN, 3, 2, 1, LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

UH, GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ALEX FREEMAN.

I'VE BEEN A PROUD RESIDENT OF WAXAHATCHEE FOR NEARLY A DECADE, AND A BUSINESS OWNER AND JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN.

I'M ALSO ACTIVE WITH THE ODD FELLOWS LODGE NUMBER 80, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR ONE OF THE CITY BOARDS LAST FALL AND WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF IN PERSON.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH MEETING QUORUM FOR BOARDS, AND I'D BE HONORED TO STEP IN AND HELP.

I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE GROWTH AND THE WELLBEING OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND BELIEVE I BRING A STRONG SENSE OF COMMITMENT, FOLLOW THROUGH, AND PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES NEED.

UH, HEY THERE.

MY NAME IS DOMINIC.

UM, MY ADDRESS IS 25 67 BELLS CHAPEL ROAD, UM, 7 5 1 6 5 ACHI, TEXAS.

AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING, ONCE AGAIN THE ACHI SKATE PARK INITIATIVE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TODAY TO JUST TALK, UM, ABOUT SOME INTERESTING FACTS AND ALSO ADDRESS SOME MISCONCEPTIONS AROUND SKATE PARKS THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE.

UM, AND SO, UH, THE FIRST AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT MISCONCEPTION, THIS IDEA THAT SKATE PARKS ARE NOT NECESSARY, THAT WE DON'T NEED ONE.

UH, AND I THINK OFTENTIMES THAT COMES FROM THE, THE, UH, PEOPLE NOT BEING AROUND SKATERS NOT GOING TO A SKATE PARK, AND THUS THEY DON'T SEE PEOPLE THAT ENJOY THE SPORT IN THE

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SAME WAY.

YOU WOULDN'T SEE MANY BASEBALL PLAYERS IN THE TOWN WITHOUT A BASEBALL FIELD.

UM, BUT WE DID A, UM, PETITION, UM, LAST YEAR AND WE GATHER OVER 1300 SIGNATURES OF PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL AREA.

OVER HALF OF THOSE WERE ACHI RESIDENTS.

UM, AND SO I THINK THAT SHOWS SOME INTEREST.

OBVIOUSLY, WE ONLY HAD LIMITED REACH.

WE DIDN'T TALK TO EVERY RESIDENT.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT SHOWS SOMETHING.

ALSO, UM, FOR OVER 15 YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A SHORT TERM FAD.

IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, AND ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THE US AS A WHOLE, UM, YOU KNOW, SKATE PARKS ARE NOT JUST FOR SKATEBOARDERS.

THEY ALSO INCLUDE OTHER SPORTS LIKE BMX, SCOOTER, UM, INLINE SKATES, QUAD SKATES.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THOSE ACTION SPORTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AROUND 15 MILLION PEOPLE, WHICH IS ABOUT 4.5% OF THE US POPULATION.

SO, IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE A, NOT A SMALL PART, PART OF THE POPULATION THAT, UH, ENJOYS SPORTS.

UM, OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ARE COMMON IS LIKE IT'S A LIABILITY RISK, RIGHT? PEOPLE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE BUILD A SKATE PARK, THE CITY WILL BE SUED.

HOWEVER, TEXAS LAW ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY PROTECTS CITIES IN TERMS OF SKATE PARKS FROM LIABILITY.

IT'S ALSO USUALLY INCLUDED UNDER THE NORMAL, LIKE LIABILITY INSURANCE.

UM, THE OTHER THOUGHT IS THAT IT'S A DANGEROUS SPORT.

PEOPLE WOULD GET HURT REALLY BADLY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, IT'S ACTUALLY NO MORE DANGEROUS THAN, UH, LESS DANGEROUS THAN FOOTBALL.

UM, THERE'S ALSO THE IDEA THAT SKATE PARKS ARE LOUD, WHICH THEY'VE DONE STUDIES ON THIS, AND IT'S ACTUALLY RIDE, RIDE ALONGSIDE NORMAL STREET NOISE AND CONVERSATION AROUND, UH, 54, UM, DECIBELS TO 70 DECIBELS.

AND THEN THERE'S THE IDEA THAT IT ATTRACTS CRIME, RIGHT? THAT IT'S LIKE THIS HOT SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, DO THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T.

UM, BUT THEY DID A STUDY ON THIS IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH HAS A LOT OF SKATE PARKS, AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT OVER 90% OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS THEY TALKED TO DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAJOR ISSUES WITH SKATE PARKS.

UM, 84 OF THEM ACTUALLY SAID THAT THEY HAD LESS SKATE RELATED COMPLAINTS ONCE THEY BUILT A SKATE PARK.

'CAUSE PEOPLE HAD A PROPER PLACE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE SPORT.

AND WHEN THERE WAS ISSUES, IT USUALLY WAS, UM, UH, RELATED TO THE LOCATION.

SO THEY BUILT IT IN A PLACE OF TOWN WHERE MAYBE THERE WAS ALREADY ISSUES.

UM, BUT BEYOND THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A YEAR-ROUND SPORT.

UM, THERE'S NO SKATE SKATEBOARDING SEASON.

IF THE WEATHER'S GOOD, YOU CAN GO ENJOY IT.

UM, IT'S A HEALTHY SCREEN-FREE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

OBVIOUSLY IT ENCOMPASSES A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SPORTS.

AND THE COOL THING IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY VARSITY TO MAKE IT ON THE FIELD.

ANYONE CAN GO AND RIDE ANYTIME WHEN THEY WANT.

UH, IT'S ALSO INCLUSIVE ACROSS ALL INCOME LEVELS.

IT'S A VERY CHEAP SPORT TO GET INTO.

AND I THINK ESPECIALLY WHAT'S CLOSE TO MY HEART IS IT'S WELCOME TO NON-TRADITIONAL ATHLETES.

PEOPLE THAT DON'T FIT INTO THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SPORT OF, YOU KNOW, FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL.

UM, THEY OFTENTIMES, THAT IS THEIR SPORT AND THAT IS WHAT WHAT WILL GET THEM OUTSIDE AND ACTIVE.

AND THAT'S CURRENTLY A GAP THAT THE CITY HAS THAT WOULD BE AWESOME TO FILL.

IT ALSO, UH, HELPS BUILD COMMUNITY AND FRIENDSHIPS.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU GET TO KNOW PEOPLE, WHERE YOU TEACH EACH OTHER, WHERE YOU HELP EACH OTHER OUT.

UM, BUT ALSO WHERE YOU LEARN RESILIENCE.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO LEARN A NEW TRICK ON A SKATEBOARD OR A BMX, YOU HAVE TO FALL LIKE A HUNDRED TIMES OR HUNDREDS OF TIMES, AND THAT BUILDS CHARACTER IF YOU LEARN TO GET BACK UP AND PICK YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS.

UM, AND FINALLY, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT VISITORS.

WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH AROUND HERE.

YOU HAVE TO DRIVE ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO THE NEXT NEXT DECENT SKATE PARK.

UM, SOUTH YOU HAVE TO PRETTY MUCH DRIVE TO WACO.

SO I THINK THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE, TO DRAW PEOPLE FROM THE SURROUNDING TOWNS.

MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED THE PETITION WERE FROM THOSE SURROUNDING TOWNS THAT WOULD PROBABLY LOVE TO, TO COME HERE AND PARTICIPATE.

AND THEN THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY OF DOING LIKE EVENTS OR COMPETITIONS THAT COULD BE EVEN MORE OF LIKE A DRIVE FOR, FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE COMPETITION, THEN GO OUT TO EAT AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

UM, THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

I AM A BIG FAN OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE HERE TO SPEND THEIR MONEY IN OUR CITY AS OPPOSED TO THEIR OWN CITIES.

MY NAME IS ALEX LOMAN.

I LIVE AT 8 0 1 WEST MAIN STREET, WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS, THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD.

UH, I'M HERE FOR SEVERAL REASONS TONIGHT.

UM, AND I I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, TO TAG ONTO WHAT DOMINIC HAD SAID.

I'M, I STILL FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEED A SKATE PARK HERE.

AND, UM, FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM WHO MAY BE WONDERING HOW COMMON THEY REALLY ARE, IF YOU JUST GET ON YOUR GOOGLE MAP AND YOU DO A SEARCH FOR SKATE PARKS, YOU'RE GONNA FIND THAT ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CITY HAS ONE OR TWO.

AND THERE'S ALMOST KIND OF THIS ARCH THAT KIND OF GOES OVER OUR PART OF THE METROPLEX AND THERE'S SKATE PARKS TO THE WEST AND TO THE EAST AND TO THE NORTH, AND THEN WAY DOWN SOUTH.

BUT THERE'S KIND OF THIS BIG GAP, UH, RIGHT DOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A PRIME SPOT TO PUT ONE.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST, LIKE DOM SAID, THE THE NEXT NEAREST ONE IS IT'S A GOOD SOLID 40 MINUTES AWAY.

AND ESPECIALLY IF WE COULD BUILD SOMETHING DECENT, Y'ALL, Y'ALL, IT'S NO SECRET THAT

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UM, TO FINISH UP, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UH, SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALEX REMAN.

HE'S ONE OF MY FELLOW ODD FELLOWS.

UM, YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL BY LOOKING AT US, BUT, UM, ALEX WAS A REAL SOLID GUY AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF AL I HEARD ME MENTION HIS NAME BEFORE, BUT HE WAS MY SPONSOR INTO ODD FELLOWSHIP AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM, UH, HIS OPINION ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THIS CITY AND, AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND, YOU KNOW, AND GET INVOLVED.

AND, YOU KNOW, I I, I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE AT LEAST ONE MORE PERSON TO HELP SET THAT EXAMPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WEIRD TATTOOED GOLF KIDS HAVE GROWN UP AND HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE THEIR CITIES AND APPRECIATE THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SO THANK Y'ALL.

ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[5. Consent Agenda]

ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER ITEM FIVE 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 AND 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 COUNSEL MATTER.

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

WE HAVE A MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.

WE'LL MOVE TO IS TO RECOGNIZE DONNA, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA TRY TO PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME FOR EARNING .

THE NEXT ITEM

[7. Recognize Donna Insixiegnmay for earning the Certified Emergency Manager designation]

WHAT IS IT, MICHAEL SIX NINE FOR EARNING THE CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER DESIGNATION.

THOMAS HERE.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, YEAH, WE, UH, WANTED TO RECOGNIZE DONNA IN SIXTH MAY.

IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO LEARN HOW TO STUDY.

YEAH, Y'ALL HAD PRACTICE.

I DIDN'T GET PRACTICE .

YEAH, YOU DIDN'T GET PRACTICE.

UH, IT, IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TOO.

UH, BUT, UH, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER OUTSTANDING EFFORTS AND, UH, SHE HAS EARNED RECOGNITION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS.

UH, AND THIS IS A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS AND THIS CERTIFICATION IS THE HIGHEST HONOR OF PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION.

SO, AMONG, UH, THOSE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES, UH, IT WAS ONLY HELD BY 2,454 INDIVIDUALS INTERNATIONALLY.

SO THIS IS A REALLY HIGH HONOR FOR HER.

SHE'S REALLY WORKED VERY HARD ON GETTING THIS, UH, AND THE PROCESS WAS EXTENSIVE AND, UH, IT ENDED UP WITH A FINAL EXAM AND, AND A REVIEW BOARD OF, OF ALL OF HER TRAINING AND HER ACHIEVEMENTS.

SO IF WE COULD, DONNA, CAN YOU COME UP? YEAH.

YOU GUYS WANT TO? YEAH.

LET'S JUST ONE MORE REASON.

WE'RE PROUD OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN WAXAHATCHEE.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

RECOGNIZE WAXAHATCHEE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL SILVER AFFILIATE STATUS.

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NOW WE'RE GONNA

[8. Recognize Waxahachie’s “Keep Texas Beautiful Silver Affiliate” status]

AND THIS WILL BE DONE BY KYLE.

YES.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

COUNSEL, THANK Y'ALL.

UM, TONIGHT I HAVE THE HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THAT KE WALKS HADJI BEAUTIFUL, HAS EARNED THE SILVER STAR AFFILIATE STATUS WITH KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.

THIS STATUS IS RESERVED FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR STANDARDS, AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE RECEIVING THIS CERTIFICATE TONIGHT AT THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL CONFERENCE DOWN IN AUSTIN.

SO WE GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF IT, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF KE UH, WA SUCH BEAUTIFUL HERE TONIGHT.

UH, SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO THEM THIS RECOGNITION ON Y'ALL'S BEHALF.

VERY GOOD JOB.

STACK THEM ALL TO SIT DOWN.

WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE BECKY KAUFMAN FOR RECEIVING THE RUTH LESTER AWARD FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

NEXT,

[9. Recognize Becky Kauffman for receiving the Ruth Lester Award from the Texas Historical Commission]

ALINA TO, YEAH.

ARE YOU THE ONE? UM, I THINK, UM, YEAH.

GOT YOUR, THERE'S WHAT HERE? YEAH.

I THINK AMBER PUT IT ON.

THE VERY LAST THING.

IT'S LIKE A POT OF GOLD UP HERE, YOU KNOW.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME READ THIS.

IT'S AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AN EXTRAORDINARY WAXAHATCHEE RESIDENT WHOSE UNWAVERING PASSION AND TIRELESS WORK HAVE SAFEGUARDED OUR CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.

WE PROUDLY HONOR BECKY KAUFMAN, RECIPIENT OF THE 2025 RUTH LESTER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, PRESENTED BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AN HONOR GIVEN TO JUST ONE PERSON IN TEXAS EACH YEAR FOR OUTSTANDING WORK AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

BECKY HAS SPENT OVER 40 YEARS PROTECTING WAXAHATCHEE HISTORY.

SHE FOUNDED HISTORIC WAXAHATCHEE INC.

INCORPORATED, SERVED ON THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND AUTHORED THE POLICIES THAT PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR HISTORIC RESOURCES.

THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION PUT IT BEST.

THIS AWARD CELEBRATES THOSE WHO MAKE HISTORIC PRESERVATION A LIFE LONG PURSUIT.

WHERE'S BECKY AT? HI, BECKY.

YOU'RE SO LITTLE OVER THERE.

, , BECKY, YOU'VE DONE EXACTLY THAT.

THROUGH YOUR ADVOCACY, KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION, YOU HAVE CHANGED THIS CITY FOR THE BETTER.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, CONGRATULATIONS ON RECEIVING THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.

THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH SUCH DISTINCTION.

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IT TAKES SEVERAL OF US TO FIGURE THINGS OUT IN CASE YOU DIDN'T REALIZE, BUT, BUT WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

MADAM MAYOR, IF I COULD, I I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH BECKY KAUFMAN.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

THAT, THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE.

UM, YOU KNOW, BECKY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FOLKS WHO WE WELCOMED ME TO WALKS THE HATCHEE MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO.

AND, UH, SHE'S BEEN A FRIEND EVER SINCE.

AND, UM, I KNOW THAT SHE WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE FEW FOLKS THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTIONS BACK WHEN ARE, UM, THE GRANTS, UH, WHEN SHE DID THE BAYLESS PRINTING BUILDING OVER ON ROGERS STREET AND RESTORED THAT, UH, FOR HER, UH, LIVING SPACES, UH, UH, BUSINESS.

AND, AND, AND I WORKED WITH HER NUMEROUS YEARS, UM, WHEN SHE WAS IN THAT CAPACITY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION THROUGH BECKY.

SHE REALLY, UM, HAS A PASSION FOR IT.

AND WHAT'S COOL IS SHE DOESN'T JUST, SHE'S NOT JUST DICTATING TO OTHER PEOPLE WHAT THEY SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING.

SHE'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PUTTING HER OWN RESOURCES AND, AND TIME INTO RESTORING AN OLD BUILDING AND, AND DOING IT PROPERLY.

UM, SHE'S SO MUCH AS A OF A FRIEND THAT, THAT WHEN IT CAME TIME TO, UM, TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AT, AT CITY HALL, WHO DO I CALL? BUT, BUT BECKY, RIGHT? AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT COLORS ARE APPROPRIATE? AND SHE AND I WENT THROUGH MANY PALLETS, AND I'M THE COLORBLIND GUY, SO I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.

UM, SHE, SHE CAME OVER NUMEROUS TIMES WITH PALLETS AND SPENT TIME ON, ON HER OWN, UH, NO COMPENSATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND, UM, AND REALLY CAME UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL PALETTE FOR, FOR THAT OFFICE.

AND WHAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW IS THE ARCHITECT WHO ARE REALLY KIND OF THE, THE, THE, THE LEADERS AS FAR AS HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THE WAY OF THE ARCHITECTURE WORLD, UM, SAW THAT OFFICE.

AND THAT IS NOW GONNA BE THE COLOR PALETTE FOR THE REST OF CITY HALL WHEN WE RESTORED THE 1911 CITY HALL.

WOW.

SO, SO ONCE AGAIN, MAKING HER MARK ON THIS COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO LAST A VERY LONG TIME.

AND, AND BECKY, YOU AGAIN, YOU'RE A DEAR FRIEND.

UH, THIS AWARD IS, IS VERY APPROPRIATE.

AND I'M, I JUST COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR YOU, UH, KATHLEEN, I UNDERSTAND YOU TOOK THE LEAD IN, IN NOMINATING HER AND, AND, AND GETTING THIS IN, IN PLACE.

AND I JUST, UM, VERY APPROPRIATE AND WELL DESERVES.

I ALSO REMEMBER BECKY BACK, UH, WHEN SHE WAS DOING THE LIVING SPACES DESIGN, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ABOUT, UH, MAYBE 89.

UH, SHE WAS IN MY HOME DOING SOME DECORATING.

SO I'VE KNOWN YOU A VERY LONG TIME, BECKY, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN OUTSTANDING AT WHAT YOU DO.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON.

NEXT WE'RE GONNA

[10. Present Proclamation recognizing May as “National Preservation Month”]

PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING MAY AS NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH, COUNCILMAN SUITER GO AHEAD.

WHEREAS FOUNDED IN 1850, WAXAHATCHEE IS LONG SERVED AS A VITAL AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND TRANSPORTATION CENTER IN NORTH TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS WAXAHATCHEE KNOWN AS THE GINGERBREAD CITY, BOTH ONE OF THE STATE'S RICHEST AND MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN ERA RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE, INCLUDING 75 BUILDINGS INDIVIDUALLY LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES 23, TEXAS, TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

MARKERS 23 RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARKS, THREE STATE ANTIQUITIES LANDMARKS, AND SIX NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

AND WHEREAS ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS SUCH AS THE ELLIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM, SIMS LIBRARY, JOSHUA CHAPEL, A ME, AND THE MKT TRAIN DEPOT ARE AMONG MANY OF THE HISTORIC SITES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNIQUE ARCHITECTURAL FABRIC THAT DEFINES THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS WAXAHATCHEE ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY EMBODIES THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER AND HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY, CREATING A LIVING CONNECTION TO THE PAST, AND FOSTERING A STRONG SENSE OF PRIDE AMONGST ITS CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS PRESERVING THESE HISTORIC PLACES SUPPORTS LOCAL ECONOMIC VITALITY THROUGH TOURISM, REINVESTMENT, AND SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH.

BY CREATING SPACES PEOPLE LOVE TO

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LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT.

AND WHEREAS NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH HONORS THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND LEADERSHIP OF THOSE IN THE PAST, WHOSE DEDICATION AND FORESIGHT HELP SHAPE AND PROTECT THE PLACES WE CHERISH TODAY.

AND WHEREAS NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH ALSO RECOGNIZES AND GIVES THANKS TO THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS, INDIVIDUALS, AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CHAMPION THE CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC PLACES, DEMONSTRATING THAT EVERYONE CAN PLAY A PART IN PRESERVING WAXAHATCHEE UNIQUE LEG LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BY BILLY WALLACE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY, 2025 AS NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH AND THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF WAXAHATCHEE TO JOIN THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THIS SPECIAL NATIONAL OBSERVANCE PROCLAIMED THIS FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 2025 BY BILLY WALLACE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE.

VERY GOOD.

I THINK WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP HERE FOR THIS.

DO Y'ALL WANT TO GO UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH, PLEASE? I'M READY.

NEXT WE'RE GONNA HEAR THE PRESENTATION OF INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICE IO ONE CLASSIFICATION BY FIRE CHIEF RICKY BOYD.

YEP.

SO, H-W-I-A-B-C.

ALL OF Y'ALL, PLEASE COME UP THE THIRD ROW OVER THERE.

[11. Hear presentation of Insurance Service Office (ISO) 1 classification]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE WENT, UH, THROUGH A PROCESS TO REVIEW OUR SERVICES FOR AN ISO ONE RATING.

UM, WE, UH, HIRED MIKE PEACH AS A CONSULTANT, AND WE BEGAN THAT PROCESS IN OCTOBER OF 23, UH, THROUGH SEVERAL MONTHS OF SUPPLYING RECORDS AND DATA, NOT ONLY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALSO THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, AND LINDSEY SIMS AND HER TEAM, AND ALSO WATER DISTRIBUTION, AND KUMAR AND HIS TEAM, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS AND WE HAD OUR RATING, UH, REVIEWED IN JUNE AND TURN IT OVER TO THEM.

AND THEN IT TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND FINALIZE THE RATING.

AND I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A CLASS ONE RATING.

AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST RATING THAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE.

UH, THE ISO REVIEWS NEARLY 40,000, UH, CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

THERE'S ONLY 412 NOW WITH US, UH, THAT HAVE ACHIEVED AN ISO ONE.

AND, UH, THAT'S JUST AN AWESOME ACCOMPLISHMENT.

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UH, AND IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITH ALL, WITH ALL THE HARD WORK OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE ENTIRE CITY, BUT ALSO YOUR SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL AND OUR CITY STAFF.

SO THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS.

AND THIS EVENING WE HAVE DEBORAH KNIGHT FROM THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HERE.

VERY GOOD.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS DEBORAH KNIGHT AND I'M THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF INTERESTING 'CAUSE I DO A COUPLE OF THESE A YEAR.

NOT VERY MANY FOR CLASS ONES, BUT I ALWAYS FOLLOW THE, THE FIRE CHIEF, AND THEY ALWAYS ASK ME, WHAT SHOULD I SAY? AND THEN THEY, AND THEY SAY, THEY SAY, I'M, I'M GONNA TALK FOR TWO SECONDS OR TWO MINUTES, AND THEN THEY GO UP AND THEY SAY EVERYTHING.

I'M GONNA SAY .

SO, SO, UH, THAT BEING, BUT I WILL GO BACK AND SAY THAT ISO UM, DOES EVALUATE COMMUNITY'S ABILITIES TO RESPOND TO AND SUPPRESS FIRES IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY GO ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THEY DO THAT.

AND AS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE ARE VERY FEW, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, LESS THAN LESS THAN 500 ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

A HUNDRED OF THEM HAPPEN TO BE HERE IN TEXAS.

UM, SO TEXAS, TEXAS REALLY TAKES CARE OF ITS FIRE SERVICE.

UM, AND THAT IS A, THAT, THAT IS REFLECTIVE BY JUST HOW, UM, HOW IMPORTANT THE COMMUNITY SEES THAT THE SERVICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED.

UM, SO WHEN THEY GIVE A SCORE, THEY GIVE A SCORE, THEY DO, UH, IT'S A HUNDRED POINTS, WELL, IT'S 105 POINTS, BUT IT'S A HUNDRED POINT SCALE, BASICALLY, WITH 50% OF THAT BEING LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE FI, THE, THE, UH, FIRE CHIEFS AND HIS, AND WHAT THEY DO, UH, 40%, IT'S THE WATER.

'CAUSE YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE WATER, YOU CAN'T REALLY FIGHT A FIRE, RIGHT? SO YOU GOTTA HAVE THE WATER, THE WATER'S GOTTA DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.

10% OF IT IS THE COMMUNICATION.

SO YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO DISPATCH AND GET OUT THERE.

AND THEN THE EDUCATION, THOSE PREVENTION, SO ALL THOSE, AND THEN IT GIVES YOU THEY A HUNDRED POINT SCALE AND THEN THEY EVALUATE IT.

THEY GIVE IT ONE THROUGH 10 WITH ONE BEING THE BEST, 10 NOT SO GOOD , BUT ONE BEING THE BEST.

AND, UH, ACHIEVING A ONE IS, IS A, A PRETTY, UM, UH, AMAZING FEAT.

UM, IT WAS, IT WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO THAT Y'ALL WERE EVALUATED LAST TIME.

Y'ALL WERE CLOSE THEN.

BUT, UH, AND YOUR POPULATION HAS INCREASED BY LIKE 60% SINCE THAT TIME.

AND YOU'VE MADE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOW A ONE.

SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, UH, MY COMMISSIONER BROWN, UH, WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE COMMUNITY AND THE FIRE CHIEF ON ACHIEVING THE CLASS ONE.

MAD MADAM MAYOR.

ALSO, JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE, WHY WOULD Y'ALL CARE IF IT'S AN I OH ONE? 'CAUSE YOU SHOULD CALL YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY TOMORROW MORNING AND SAY, MY CITY NOW HAS AN I OH ONE.

AND THAT SHOULD REFLECT IN THAT PART OF YOUR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE.

SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A DISCOUNT AB ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

SO I WILL SAY THAT LITTLE PIECE OF IT TOO IS THAT THE, BESIDES JUST BEING A THIRD PARTY, UM, AND EVALUATING THE SERVICE, IT'S ALSO INSURANCE COMPANIES USE THAT PRODUCT.

UM, THEY PURCHASE THAT AND THEY, UH, TO ASSESS THAT RISK FOR THAT FIRE RISK.

AND IF A ONE IS, UH, MEANS THAT THE FIRE RISK IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND SUPPRESS THAT FIRE AND RESPOND TO THAT FIRE VERY QUICKLY.

AND SO THAT DOES, FOR ANY PARTICULAR, IT DEPENDS ON HOW, HOW THEY EVALUATE THE, UM, THE ENTIRE, UH, RISK.

BUT ABSOLUTELY, IT'S A, UM, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND IT'S ISO.

I GET TO STAND THERE.

LOOK FREE .

COME ON THERE.

YOU, YOU NEED SOME FACETIME PICTURES? MM-HMM .

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ALRIGHT.

MM-HMM .

ALL

[12. Public Hearing on a request by Ray Porter for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Accessory Structures exceeding 1,000 square feet in combined area use within a Commercial (C) zoning district located at 105 Lucas Street (Property ID 189027) – Owner(s): Ray Porter & Wanda Porter (ZDC-133-2024)]

IS TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 1 33 DASH 2024.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY RAY PORTER FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES EXCEEDING A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND COMBINED AREA USE WITHIN A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

LOCATED AT 1 0 5 LUCAS STREET.

THE OWNER IS RAY PORTER AND WANDA PORTER.

TRENTON, THANK YOU.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS REQUEST IS AT 1 0 5 LUCAS STREET.

THEY'RE REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A CARPORT ON THE PROPERTY.

UM, THIS PROPERTY IS PRETTY UNIQUE.

IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL WITH A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING ON THE PROPERTY, UM, SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.

UM, A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LI ONE OR COMMERCIAL.

THERE'S NO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, UM, AROUND THIS PROPERTY.

NO OTHER PROPERTY ZONED, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL USES AROUND THIS PROPERTY.

THAT'S WHY IT IS A UNIQUE, UH, UNIQUE SITUATION AS IT STANDS.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS STRUCTURE IS A HISTORIC STRUCTURE WITH THE CITY OF ACHI.

UM, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING WITH THEIR, UH, CARPORT, THEY DID GO ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS FOR A CARPORT.

UM, WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO IS MAKE THIS CARPORT.

THEY'VE DESIGNED THIS CARPORT TO BLEND IN WITH THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE SO IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THE, OF THE HOME.

UM, THE REASONS FOR THIS CARPORT IS DUE TO THERE'S SOME LONG OLD TREES WHERE ACORNS ARE DROPPING, HITTING VEHICLES, CAUSING DAMAGE.

UH, THE TREE IS, UM, SELF PRUNING.

UM, ALSO THE BRANCHES FALLING, CAUSING DAMAGES TO CARS, UH, IN THEIR DRIVEWAY.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A BIRD PROBLEM WITH THESE TREES.

SO FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, THEY, THEY'RE SEEKING THIS CARPORT.

UM, THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIND ANY OTHER MEANS BY PROTECTING THEIR VEHICLES, AND THIS IS KIND OF THEIR LAST RESORT.

UM, PREVIOUSLY THEY DID HAVE, UM, ACCESS, UH, TO THE REAR OF THEIR LOT, BUT DUE TO THE ONGOING COMMERCIAL AND NIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT ACCESS WAS TAKEN AWAY.

AND THIS IS REALLY THEIR ONLY PLACE TO PUT THIS CARPORT.

UM, THIS WENT BEFORE THE PINE ZONING COMMISSION.

UH, THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY, UH, STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

WE MAILED OUT NOTICES ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.

ZERO CAME BACK IN FAVOR, ZERO CAME BACK IN OPPOSITION.

AND HERE'S THE DESIGN OF THE CARPORT.

THEY'RE USING A VARIETY OF MATERIALS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE MAIN STRUCTURE, UM, INCLUDING THE ROOF OF IT BEING BRONZED TO MATCH THE COLORING OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.

YOU GENERALLY DON'T SEE THAT WITH CARPORTS, UM, BUT THEY HAVE DEFINITELY DONE THEIR HOMEWORK AND MADE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT.

UM, YEAH, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, TRENTON.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE NEXT ITEM

[13. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-133-2024]

COUNSEL, MADAM MAYOR, DID, DID ANY OF YOU GUYS WANNA DISCUSS THIS BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION? OKAY.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OF ZDC 1 33 20 24 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT.

HOWEVER, CHANGING NUMBER THREE ON THOSE CONDITIONS FROM HAVING TO REPL THE PROPERTY TO THE OWNER, HAVING TO, TO SUBMIT THE EXISTING SURVEY SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO REPL THE WHOLE PROGRAM, THE WHOLE PROPERTY.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.

ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY ROBERT MORGAN.

[14. Public Hearing on a request by Robert Morgan, Robert Morgan Construction for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Accessory Structures exceeding 1,000 square feet in combined floor area use within a Future Development (FD) zoning district located at 3349 Howard Road (Property ID 176528) – Owner(s): Robert & Kristy Pennock (ZDC-39-2025)]

ROBERT MORGAN CONSTRUCTION FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES EXCEEDING A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND COMBINED FLOOR AREA USE WITHIN A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.

LOCATED AT 3 3 4 9 HOWARD ROAD.

OWNER, ROBERT AND CHRISTIE PENNOCK, TRENTON.

IS LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE LOT, UM, WITH THIS PROPOSED REQUEST, UH, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE A, A POOL HOUSE, UM, A PLACE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN UP AFTER ENJOYING TIME IN THE POOL.

THEY ARE REQUESTING A SPEC SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED 33 49 HOWARD ROAD.

THE PROPOSED REQUEST, UH,

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UM, AND OF THOSE SORTS, THE PROPOSED, UH, POOL HOUSE WILL HAVE, UM, VARIOUS PLUMBING FIXTURES SUCH AS A SINK AND A A TOILET.

UM, THIS ONCE AGAIN, WILL NOT HAVE AN, THIS WILL NOT BE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.

THERE IS NO LIVABLE SPACE WITHIN THIS, UH, POOL HOUSE PER THE PLANS, UH, THAT WERE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS SPECI SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THIS SUP, THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE CONDITIONS, IS THAT THIS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE AN A DU ON THERE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PROCESS.

WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE, UM, PLAN ZONING COMMISSION, THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH ALL STAFF'S CONDITIONS WHEN STAFF NOTICES ALL PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, WE RECEIVED TWO LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.

THE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION THAT WERE RECEIVED WERE LOCATED AT THE SAME, THEY CAME FROM THE SAME RESIDENCE AT THE REAR OF THE HOUSE ON ONE OF THESE, THIS REAR LOT RIGHT HERE.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

WE FILL OUT, DUE TO THE LOCATION OF WHERE THIS IS LOCATED, IT IS SET PRETTY FAR BACK.

UM, IT MEETS ALL OF OUR OTHER, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS.

IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, TRENTON.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

NEXT ITEM IS

[15. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-39-2025]

TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 39 DASH 2025.

COUNSEL, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 39 DASH 2025 OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND OR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE REPEALING EXISTING CHAPTER 31, TAXI CABS OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REPLACING IT WITH A NEW CHAPTER 31 TAXI CABS AND LIMOUSINES.

NEXT ITEM IS

[16. Consider proposed Ordinance repealing existing Chapter 31, “Taxicabs,” of the City of Waxahachie Code of Ordinances by replacing it with a new Chapter 31, “Taxicabs and Limousines”]

MICHAEL, ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA PASS THIS TO TERRY TO TAKE THE LEAD ON.

OKAY, TERRY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, AFTER OUR MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS MADE FOR POSSIBLE REVISIONS TO THE DRAFT ORDINANCE, AND I WENT BACK AND MADE THOSE REVISIONS.

ONE IS TO HAVE A LOOK BACK PERIOD FOR 10 YEARS FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN CONVICTED, DWI OR DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR HAVE BEEN ON, ON DEFERRED ADJUDICATION IN A 10 YEAR PERIOD.

THEN ALSO, THERE'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF OFFENSES THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM EVER GETTING A TAXI CAB PERMIT.

AND THOSE ARE THE MORE SERIOUS CRIMES INVOLVING CHILDREN INVOLVING, UM, UM, UM, TRAFFICKING, A PERSONS, UM, PROSTITUTION, SOLICITATION, PROSTITUTION, A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST OF OF SEX, SEX OFF SEX OFFENSES.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES I'VE MADE TO THE ORDINANCE IN RESPONSE TO OUR DISCUSSION, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, TERRY.

COUNSEL, ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE REPEALING EXISTING CHAPTER 31 TAXI CABS AND REPLACING IT WITH CHAPTER 31 TAXI CABS AND LIMOUSINES AS PRESENTED.

17, CONSIDER CLOSING LAKE PARKS DURING SUMMER HOLIDAY WEEKENDS.

NEXT ITEM

[17. Consider closing lake parks during summer holiday weekends]

GIVE MELL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO.

YEAH, .

YEAH, IT IS MAY 5TH.

UH, TO THAT POINT, UM, I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE SUMMER, HOLIDAY WEEKENDS AT THE LAKE LAST YEAR, COUNCIL VOTED TO CLOSE THE LAKE PARKS FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND, UM, AS, AS THAT PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT DEMAND ON CITY RESOURCES AND STAFF.

AND THERE'S THE LARGE CROWDS THAT GATHER THERE.

NOT ONLY DO THEY POSE SAFETY CHALLENGES, BUT UH, PLACE A CONSIDERABLE STRAIN ON THE PARKS AND, AND THE STAFF AS WELL.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO RESPECTFULLY CONSIDER CLOSING THE LAKE PARKS FOR THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS COMING UP, WHICH INCLUDE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, 4TH OF JULY, AND LABOR DAY WEEKENDS.

AND SO, UM, BY DOING THIS, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE CAN SAVE AN ESTIMATED $19,500 IN OVERTIME COST, AS WELL AS REDUCE THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE PARKS AND, AND THE BURDEN

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PLACED ON CITY STAFF.

SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

DIDN'T WE HAVE TWO DROWNINGS OUT THERE LAST YEAR? WE'VE HAD ONE I BELIEVE LAST YEAR, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE PROBABLY A FEW YEARS BACK, BUT TWO WITHIN RECENT.

OH, WE HAD ONE, ONE DEATH AND WE HAD ONE THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT RIGHT? I BELIEVE SO, YES.

LAST YEAR.

ONE, ONE PASSED AWAY AND YES.

SO SHOOTING AND A SHOOTING, YOUR HONOR.

I KNOW THERE WAS SOME, SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT US CLOSING, UH, THE, THE LAKES AND, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS JUST DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEKENDS, CORRECT? IT'S NOT EVERY WEEKEND, IT'S THE HOLIDAY WEEKENDS WHEN WE KNOW, UM, IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR VERY LONG, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE ON HOLIDAY WEEKENDS DON'T EVEN LIVE IN WAXAHATCHEE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT ARE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE LAKE, THE TRASH, THE NOISE, UM, THE POLICE SERVICES, ANY FIGHTS, YOU KNOW, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, STUFF OF THAT NATURE.

UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE.

UH, BUT, UH, FOR NOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS A, A GOOD IDEA TO CONTINUE DOING THIS.

UM, ESPECIALLY, UH, KNOWING THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT, UM, THE LAKE DURING THESE TIMES DO NOT EVEN LIVE HERE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S RESTRICTIONS WHERE THEY LIVE PROBABLY, AND THAT'S WHY THEY CHOOSE TO COME HERE.

AND, UH, IT'S A FREE FOR ALL.

AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING THESE TIMES AND SEE ALL THE TRASH, AND I MEAN, THEY DON'T ABIDE BY THE PARKING RULES.

THEY DON'T PARK WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PARK IN THE SPACES.

AND, UH, IT IS A BURDEN ON OUR SERVICES, ON OUR CITY SERVICES, OUR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND, UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE TIMES, THE MANY TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE, IT'S, IT'S NOT PLEASANT TO EVEN DRIVE DOWN THROUGH THERE.

YOU, YOU ALMOST CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE.

AND, UH, SO I, FOR ME, I, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE DOING THIS FOR NOW.

YES, MA'AM.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE CLOSING THE LAKE, SO IT'S JUST THE PARK.

SO IF YOU DO LIVE ON THE LAKE AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATER, YOU CAN STILL GET ON THE LAKE, SO, RIGHT.

I KNOW THAT CAME UP LAST TIME, LAST YEAR.

UM, SO YEAH, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW IF YOU LIVE ON THE LAKE, CERTAINLY YOU, YOU STILL HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS THAT YOU, YOU HAD BEFORE.

MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, I, THIS I'M IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT.

I JUST, UM, I HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT WE CAN PROGRESS TO WHERE THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY, UH, EITHER THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW, A WINDSHIELD STICKER OR SHOWING SOME PROOF OF CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, RESIDENCY, UM, THAT WE CAN CURTAIL THAT AND ALLOW, UH, THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY TO, TO ENJOY THAT LAKE.

UM, AGAIN, I DON'T DISAGREE I, WITH, WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, IT'S, IT'S, IT HAS TO BE DONE AT THIS MOMENT.

I MEAN, WE, WE HAD A, WE HAD A SHOOTING OUT THERE LAST YEAR.

UH, WAXAHATCHEE IS NOT THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT UNTIL WE CAN COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION ON HOW TO CURTAIL, UH, THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THAT, I, I I SEE THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE.

JUDY PARKER REMAINS CLOSED TO VEHICLES, CORRECT? YES.

WITH THE FENCE THAT WE PUT IN LAST YEAR.

UM, DID, WE DID TO COUNCILMAN ATKINS POINT, WE, WE DISCUSSED, I BELIEVE IT WAS DURING PARKS BOARD LAST YEAR, UM, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, GOING TO THAT, WHETHER IT BE A TICKETED BOOTH OR A BOOTH WITH AN ARM THAT DROPS DOWN OR WHATEVER IT IS.

UM, HAVE, HAVE WE MADE ANY PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT TO HAVING A WAY TO YES, SIR.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE CONSIDERING IS WHAT YOU SEE I IS PRETTY POPULAR NOWADAYS IN PARKING GARAGES IS KIND OF, UH, TEXTS TO PAY OR TO PARK RATHER.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SYSTEMS IN WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT A BOOTH OUT THERE, OR EVEN AN ARM WHERE YOU WOULD JUST HAVE A SIGN WITH A THIRD PARTY WITHIN, YOU WOULD REGISTER YOUR VEHICLE TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND PAY VIA

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YOUR PHONE.

SO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT, UM, WE COULD IMPLEMENT PRETTY EASILY WITHOUT HAVING TO INCUR A LOT OF COSTS AND ADDITIONAL MEASURES.

I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT HELPS PERSONALLY.

UM, 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, A PERSON DON'T WANNA CHARGE THE CITY RESIDENCE TO HAVE TO USE A CITY PARK.

UM, WELL, AND WE COULD PROGRAM IT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A NON-RESIDENT, THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD GET CHARGED.

SO THERE'S MANY VARIATIONS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM.

SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE GOAL, IS TO CHARGE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT RESIDENTS AND THOSE THAT ARE, IT COULD BE FREE TO THEM.

THAT'S NOT MY ULTIMATE GOAL.

UM, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE THAT PART OF, OF IT.

UM, BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT LAST YEAR WITH WHEN, WHEN THE ISSUES WERE COMING UP, WAS UH, THE ULTIMATE GOAL THAT I FELT LIKE THEN AND THE KIND OF CONSENSUS WAS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PEACE OFFICER THERE ON THE PEAK WEEKENDS OR ON THE WEEKENDS OR WHATEVER.

UM, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN A POLICE OFFICER THAT'S ON DUTY.

IT COULD BE AN OFF-DUTY THING, IT COULD BE A SIGNUP THING.

LIKE THEY DO SECURITY FOR ANY OTHER EVENT.

UM, BUT SOME KIND OF PEACE OFFICER THERE SO THAT IF THERE WAS A FIGHT OR, OR IF THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE.

UH, BUT ALSO HAVE THAT PERSON BE THE ONE TO RESTRICT THE ACCESS.

BECAUSE AGAIN, IF THERE'S A CONFRONTATION, UM, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO GO SO THAT IT, ON THESE WEEKENDS IT COULD STILL BE OPEN TO WAXAHATCHEE RESIDENCE, BUT WE'RE, WE HAVE SOMEBODY THERE TO ENFORCE IT, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE BUDGETED BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY.

UH, IT WOULD BE MORE THAN ONE OFFICER I CAN TELL YOU.

UM, SO I MEAN THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD NEED TO DISCUSS AND BUDGET FOR AND, AND PLAN AHEAD FOR.

AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, TRAVIS, I, I REMEMBER US TALKING EXTENSIVELY ABOUT LAKE PATROL.

UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A MULTI-DEPARTMENT, UH, INITIATIVE OBVIOUSLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, THE PARK STAFF COULD, UH, IS LIMITED IN THAT FASHION 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT PEACE OFFICERS.

BUT, UH, YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT OBVIOUSLY WITH MANAGEMENT, COUNSEL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

SO.

WELL, THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE HAVE IS JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CORRECT.

THAT WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND THE NUMBER OF BOATS THAT TRY TO GET ON THE LAKE.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ON WALKS AT YOU DISAGREE WITH ME AND DON'T LIKE IT WHEN I SAY IT, ESPECIALLY THE ONES ON BOATS AND LIKE TO GO OUT THERE TO THE LAKE.

BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN A RECREATIONAL LAKE.

IT WAS NOT BUILT TO BE A RECREATIONAL LAKE.

IT WAS BUILT TO BE THE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE.

AND EVERYONE'S ALWAYS ENJOYED IT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN A SMALLER COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE COULD GO OUT THERE AND THEY COULD USE IT.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE GONE FROM 13,000 PEOPLE TO 50,000 PEOPLE AND WE STILL GOT THE SAME SIZE LAKE AND IT'S NEVER GONNA GET ANY BIGGER.

AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE POPULATION IS JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO IT'S JUST GONNA BECOME A BIGGER PROBLEM EVERY YEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT OWN BOATS THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT THERE AND USE THAT LAKE IF IT'S OPEN AT ALL REGARDLESS.

'CAUSE WHEN YOU GOT 65, 70,000 RESIDENTS AND THE BOATS, THE LAKE'S LIMITED TO 35 BOATS AT A TIME BY THE GAME WARDEN, SUPPOSEDLY.

NOW, NOT THAT THE GAME WARDEN'S EVER OUT THERE, BUT ONE THAT'S LIMITED TO THAT, A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA USE IT ANYWAY OR LEGALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO USE IT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE HAS COME UP.

'CAUSE IT'S NEVER GONNA GET ANY BIGGER.

AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA FIX THAT PROBLEM 'CAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE IT BIGGER.

MINUTES OF WAXAHATCHEE, 6.2 MILLION WITHIN ONE HOUR AND 8.7 MILLION PEOPLE WITHIN 90 MINUTES OF WAXAHATCHEE.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SPEND THE MONEY TO CONTROL IT TO HOWEVER MANY FEW THAT ARE, ARE A SAFE NUMBER TO BE OUT THERE.

BUT THEN YOU'RE GONNA BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THE RESOURCES TO CONTROL A VERY, VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE.

AND OF THAT, AS IT'S BEEN SAID BY THE, AND THE CHIEF WILL TELL YOU, AND YOU'VE SAID IT YOURSELF, AT LEAST HALF OF THEM AREN'T EVEN WALKS AT YOUR RESIDENCE THAT ARE OUT THERE.

CORRECT.

IT'S SAD THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT BY THE LAKE THAT DON'T ACTUALLY LIVE ON THE LAKE.

'CAUSE THERE'S SOME HERE TONIGHT THAT OWN BOATS THAT WOULD LIKE TO USE THE LAKE ON THESE HOLIDAYS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO.

UNFORTUNATELY.

WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE FACT THAT IT'S REALLY THE ONLY SAFE WAY TO DO IT.

CORRECT.

TO THE POINT OF, AND JUST, JUST FOR, JUST FOR THE NUMBERS SAKE, WHEN WE DID THE STUDY FOR THE MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS FACILITY, THAT INCLUDED A BREAKOUT OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN A DRIVE TIME OF WAXAHATCHEE, THERE ARE 667,728 PEOPLE WITHIN 30

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SO WHEN WE'RE THE ONLY OPEN AND FREE LAKE, UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A LOT OF BOATS THAT CAN GET HERE IN A HURRY.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE UPSET, BUT THIS TRULY IS A SAFETY PROBLEM.

WE SAVED SOME MONEY BY CLOSING 'EM, BUT PRIMARILY IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE ABSOLUTELY.

FOR THE CITIZENS OF WAXAHATCHEE AND THOSE WHO COME FROM OUTSIDE OF WAXAHATCHEE.

IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

AND, UM, I THINK WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T TAKE THIS, THESE STEPS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM THAT.

IS THERE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EVEN PUT IN PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND LABOR DAY FOR RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR, TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ACCESS? I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THIS, WE REALLY NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE ON THIS AND COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS.

UH, WE GOT HOLIDAYS COMING UP RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND, AND WE REALLY NEED TIME TO PLAN FOR THOSE.

WELL, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE CITY STAFF, WHETHER IT'S PARKS, WHETHER IT'S POLICE, ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE.

I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE, WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE A STRUCTURE SO THEY STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND RAIN OR WHATEVER ELSE.

IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE FROM SEVEN IN THE MORNING TILL 10 AT NIGHT OR WHATEVER, WE NEED TO BE THINKING OF OUR CITY FOLKS THAT WOULD BE OUT THERE TOO.

SO.

WELL, AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS DURING THESE HOLIDAYS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY'RE VERY BUSY DURING THAT TIME ANYWAY MM-HMM .

AND THEN TO ADD THAT ONTO IT.

AND IT TAKES TIME TO GET OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE REALLY BUSY ALL OVER THE CITY.

AND BACK, BACK TO COUNCILMAN SUITOR'S POINT, THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CHARGE THE PARK BOARD WITH, WITH MAKING THIS A PRIORITY OF FINDING A SOLUTION TO BRING FORWARD? WE CAN ADD IT TO AN AGENDA ITEM.

WE HAVE TO MAKE QUORUM FIRST.

THAT'S VERY TRUE.

I HAVEN'T MET MY KIDS.

I WAS GONNA SAY THAT IF YOU WEREN'T, SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHO'S EVEN ON IT.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN SO LONG, MR. LAWRENCE, ALBERT, YOU, YOU HAD TOLD US LAST YEAR WHEN WE'D SPOKEN TO YOU THAT YOU'D ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM OR NOT ADDRESSED IT, WENT OUT AND RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND TALKED TO NUMEROUS OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SMALL LAKES AND, AND IS THAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S HAPPENING? RIGHT.

WHAT AND, AND 'CAUSE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE HAD TRIED TO LIMIT TO JUST RESIDENTS AND WE WERE CHECKING WATER BILLS AND WE HAD STAFF OUT THERE.

IT WAS VERY LABOR INTENSIVE.

WE HAD A LOT OF STAFF OUT THERE WITH A LOT OF ALTERCATIONS AND UPSET PEOPLE.

IT DID NOT GO WELL.

THE PD STILL HAD TO RESPOND AND HAD STILL HAD QUITE A FEW OFFICERS OUT THERE, UH, TO TRY TO KEEP CONTROL OF THINGS.

SO IT DID NOT GO VERY WELL.

SO THEN AFTER THAT, WHEN WE HAD CLOSED THE, THE PARKS BEFORE, I HAD CALLED AROUND TO THE DIFFERENT CITIES WITH LAKES AND, AND ALSO ONES THAT JUST HAD LARGE PARKS AND THEY WERE CLOSING THEIRS DOWN BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY COULD NOT CONTROL THE CROWDS.

UH, EVEN, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO LIMIT IT TO RESIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THE CROWDS STILL SHOWED UP.

AND SO THE POLICE OFFICERS STILL HAD TO BE THERE.

THE AMBULANCES STILL HAD TO RESPOND.

AND SO THEY WERE SPENDING ALL THEIR RESOURCES, UH, FOR THESE FEW EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO TRY TO CONTROL THAT.

AND IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE AND IT TOOK AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO RESPOND AND PROVIDE THOSE SAFETY, UM, UH, UH, ABIL SAFE ABILITIES TO PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS AND THEIR, THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND SO IT, IT JUST BECAME THE NORM FOR THESE CITIES TO CLOSE THEIR LAKES AND THE PARKS AROUND THE LAKES AND SOME OF THEIR OTHER VERY POPULAR JUST PARKS IN GENERAL.

WELL, I THINK FOR NOW, LIMITING THAT NUMBER IS THE, THE BEST DECISION, UH, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH THERE AGAIN.

UM, EVEN THE NO SWIMMING AREAS, UH, THEY, THEY DON'T ABIDE BY THOSE RULES.

AND WE JUST DON'T NEED ANY MORE DROWNINGS OUT THERE.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CLOSING OF VOTE DOCK PARK, JETTY PARK, SPRING PARK, MAY 23RD, 2025, MAY 26TH, 2025.

IF WE NEVER HAVE ANOTHER ONE, THEN THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.

YES, MA'AM.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

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JULY 4TH, 2025.

JULY 6TH, 2025, AND AUGUST 29TH, 2025.

SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025.

ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.

NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER CONTRACT FOR REPLACEMENT OF CRANES AT JEFFERSON LIFT STATION KAMAR.

[18. Consider contract for replacement of cranes at Jefferson Lift Station]

YEP.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

UM, WE ARE REQUESTING, UM, FOR THE TO CONSIDER REPLACEMENT OF TWO CRANES AT OUR JEFFERSON LIFT STATION.

UM, JEFFERSON LIFT STATION IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST LIFT STATIONS AND, AND ALL THE FLOWS FROM THE CITY GOES TO THAT LIFT STATION.

AND WE HAVE SEVEN PUMPS, UH, THAT PUMP THE WASTEWATER FLOWS TO OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UM, THESE TWO CRANES, THEY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, UM, IN 2005 AND THEY HAVE REACHED TO THE END, END OF SERVICE LIFE.

UM, SO THIS REQUEST IS TO REPLACE THE TWO CRANES SO THAT THE TEAM MEMBERS CAN USE THE CRANES TO LIFT THE PUMPS FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OR FOR ANY REPAIRS.

THIS IS AN UPROOT ENHANCEMENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 WASTEWATER BUDGET AND STAFF IS REQUESTING, UH, $20,000 AS CONTINGENCY FOR ANY UNCERTAINTIES DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE CRANES.

WITH THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU KAMAR.

COUNSEL, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.

MAYOR, I DO.

SO THIS, THIS INITIAL $227,675 IS THE QUOTE FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND THE INSTALLATION? YES, SIR.

UM, AND, AND I'M, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS SENSITIVE TO CONTINGENCIES AND SEEING, UH, ALMOST 10% CONTINGENCY HERE.

UM, I GUESS I GOT A, I, I GUESS I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHY, IF WE'RE, THE MAJORITY OF THE PRICE SHOULD BE, I GUESS, FOR THE CRANE, I DON'T KNOW, OR FOR THE CRANES.

UM, AND THEY KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHY THERE WOULD NEED TO BE THIS LARGE OF A CONTINGENCY ON THIS.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF CRANES, YOU'RE GONNA GO IN THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S, UH, WHY THIS LARGE OF A CONTINGENCY.

UM, SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A 75 DAYS LEAD TIME ON THE EQUIPMENT.

I MEAN, IT'S, THE PRICE IS SET, BUT AGAIN, ONCE THE CONTRACTOR STARTS CONSTRUCTING AT OUR JEFFERSON LIFT STATION, THE SPACE IS VERY TIGHT AT OUR JEFFERSON LIFT STATION AND THE INSTALLATION.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE COME TO THE SITE AND THEY'VE SEEN EVERYTHING, BUT IT IS JUST FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS, ANYTHING WE COME ACROSS DURING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS.

BUT I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.

THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE, THEY KNOW WHAT THE EQUIPMENT IS, THEY'VE SEEN THE SPACE, EVERYTHING.

I, I JUST, I JUST HATE HAVING THIS LARGE OF A CONTINGENCY.

I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE GIVE 'EM, GIVE 'EM A BLANK CHECK FOR THIS AMOUNT.

NOW I KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S LOOKING AT IT VERY FROM A NEGATIVE STANDPOINT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE TO BE A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TYPE DEAL IF THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND HAVE SEEN IT AND KNOW WHAT THE EQUIPMENT IS AND ARE EXPERIENCED IN THE EQUIPMENT.

UM, WHILE YOU WOULD NEED THAT MUCH, WE'RE LOCKING IN THE PRICE FOR THE EQUIPMENT.

CORRECT.

SO THAT'S, THIS SEEMS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENCY.

IS THE CRANE MOUNTED, I MEAN, DO THEY MOUNT IT TO CONCRETE OR IS IT A MOBILE CRANE THAT CAN MOVE AROUND AND YES, SIR.

IT'S, THERE'S A STEEL STRUCTURES AND THEN THERE'LL BE THE RAILS THAT'LL BE INSTALLED AND THE CRANE WOULD BE INSTALLED WITH THE, TO THE STEEL STRUCTURE.

OKAY.

KUMAR, ARE YOU AND CITY STAFF COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AMOUNT AS MADAM MAYOR? IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY AS NEEDED.

THIS, THIS WON'T BE AS PART OF THE CONTRACT.

THIS WILL BE AS PART OF THE PROJECT AND WILL ONLY BE USED IF NEEDED.

WHO MAKES THE DETERMINATION IF IT'S NEEDED? UH, THEY'LL BE BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

OKAY.

SO THEY WOULD, SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY HAVE IN THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE OR THEY CAN COME IN AND SAY, WELL, WE SPENT THIS MUCH EXTRA OR HAD THIS MUCH EXTRA AND IT'S

[01:05:01]

AFTER THE FACT.

I MEAN, WILL IT HAVE TO GO IN FRONT OF THE CITY MANAGER FIRST BEFORE IT'S COMMITTED TO YES, SIR.

THE CONTRACTOR WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY AT ALL.

YES.

THEY ONLY KNOW THAT THAT'S JUST CATEGORICALLY FALSE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN AN OPEN PUBLIC MEETING, THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THAT THERE'S A $20,000 CONTINGENCY .

ANY, ANY CHANGE ORDERS OF COURSE, ARE SCRUTINIZED BY STAFF.

UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE FOUND.

WE'VE GOT INSPECTORS AND ALL THAT WOULD REVIEW THAT AND SAY, YEAH, LIKE LET'S JUST SAY THAT THE WIRING'S BAD OR WHATEVER THEY FIND ONCE THEY'VE REMOVED, YOU KNOW, GOT INTO THE PROJECT.

UM, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME AS A RECOMMENDATION THROUGH STAFF.

SO IT'S NOT JUST CARTE BLANCHE THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS IT.

AS KUMAR MENTIONED, CERTAINLY THAT ANY DOLLAR IS NOT UTILIZED, JUST GO BACK TO, TO FUND MOUNT.

SO I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO SPEND MORE MONEY THAN WE, THAN WE NEED TO.

IT'S JUST, IT KEEPS US FROM HAVING TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL SAYING HERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A $3,000 CHANGE ORDER THAT IS BEYOND THE INITIAL SCOPE OF THE BUDGET, WHICH WAS 2 27, AND THEN IT STOPS THE PROJECT.

WE'VE GOTTA WAIT FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

WE'VE GOTTA, YOU KNOW, BRING IT BEFORE YOU ALL TO APPROVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

UM, AGAIN, WE, WE LOOK AT THESE VERY CLOSELY.

WE'RE WE, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T WANNA SPEND ANY, ANY MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE TO.

SO, UM, BUT THEY DO GET THE SCRUTINY THAT THEY DESERVE.

SO THERE'S A CHANCE THAT WE MAY NOT SPEND THAT TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

YES.

YES MA'AM.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

DO WE ANYWHERE KEEP TRACK OF CONTRACTS? I KNOW WE HAVE IT WHERE WE HAVE THE CONTRACT AND THEN WE HAVE THE CONTINGENCY TO, WE COULD SIT THERE AND SAY, WELL, ALL RIGHT, WE GAVE OUT 30 CONTRACTS THIS YEAR, AND ALL 30 OF 'EM HAD CONTINGENCIES.

FIVE OF 'EM HAD TO USE THE CONTINGENCY.

THEN WE KNOW, ALL RIGHT, IT'S NOT BEING ABUSED AND I KNOW YOU, YOU OVERLOOK IT AND I KNOW YOU'RE JUST AS TIGHT AS I AM, SO MM-HMM .

YOU'RE NOT GONNA JUST LET 'EM DO IT.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN CERTAINLY, WE, WE COULD PULL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER? UM, YOU, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY A LARGER PROJECT IS GONNA HAVE GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR A CHANGE ORDER.

BECAUSE IT'S BE LONG, LONGER TERM PROJECT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE MOVING PARTS.

UM, SO THE LARGER SCALE PROJECT, CERTAINLY IT'S MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A CHANGE ORDER THAT RESULTS IN A USE OF A CONTINGENCY.

UM, THE SMALLER ONES, LESS SO.

UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.

I MEAN, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WOULD BENEFICIAL IN, IN, IN, WELL IN THE, IN THE LONG RUN AND THE, JUST THE GENERAL PICTURE OF CONTINGENCIES AND ALL THAT.

'CAUSE EVERY ONE OF 'EM TEND TO COME IN AND HAVE A 10 OR 20% CONTINGENCY.

NOW WHEN THEY'RE COME, WHEN YOU'RE ASKING MERELY EVERY PROJECT YOU ASKED FOR HAS A CONTINGENCY ATTACHED TO IT, IT'D BE NICE JUST TO KNOW IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY DIGGING INTO THAT CONTINGENCY EVERY TIME OR IF IT'S, IT'S AN UNUSUAL THING FOR 'EM TO DIG INTO IT.

AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, ESPECIALLY LIKE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OUT AT CITY HALL.

I GUARANTEE YOU I SAW 'EM OUT THERE DIGGING AND I SAW WATER IN THE HOLES EVERYWHERE THEY WERE DIGGING.

AND IT WASN'T RAINING WHEN, UH, WHEN I WAS LOOKING.

SO, YEAH.

SO I, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CONTINGENCIES, AND IT'S THE SAME AS PAT.

BUT WHEN, WHEN WE DO, AND MY PROFESSIONAL SIDE, WHEN WE DO A, A CONTRACT FOR A SCOPE OF WORK, IT, THAT CONTRACT INCLUDES CONTINGENCIES BUILT INTO IT.

SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY INCLUDING CONTINGENCIES FOR PRODUCT WASTE OR MATERIAL WASTE IN THE CONTRACT ITSELF, THERE'S GONNA BE OVERHEAD AND PROFIT IN THE SAME CONTRACT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY FLUFF.

WE'RE GI ADDING ON 10% TO THAT IS WE'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY ADDING ON BETWEEN SEVEN AND 15% A MATERIAL WASTE.

SO NOW WE'RE ESSENTIALLY 25% EXTRA IN CONTINGENCIES.

UM, IT STARTS TO ADD UP IN A HURRY, BUT I THINK WHAT WOULD HELP IS WHAT COUNCILMAN WRIGHT JUST SAID, AND THAT'S, THAT'S HAVING SOME KIND OF REPORT QUARTERLY.

I DON'T WANNA WAIT A WHOLE YEAR, BUT, UM, EVERY SIX MONTHS EVEN THAT, THAT JUST SHOWS, HEY, WE'VE AWARDED 12 CONTRACTS, UH, WITH CONTINGENCIES THAT EQUAL $200,000 AND WE'VE USED 30 GRAND OF IT.

UM, BUT SOME KIND OF REPORT LIKE THAT WOULD HELP, WOULD HELP MY HEART BURN SOME 'CAUSE THAT'S A, THERE'S ALREADY CONTINGENCIES BUILT INTO THE CONTRACTS FOR MATERIAL WASTE.

NATURALLY.

NO, NOT FOR OUR UTILITY PROJECTS.

TYPICALLY THE IN INSIDE THE CONTRACT AND THE BID ITEMS, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONTINGENCY, WE PLAN THIS OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT FOR ANY UNCERTAINTIES.

UH, AS FAR AS THE, THE REPORT THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE WERE DISCUSSING, WE, WE DO TRACK THAT.

WE DO HAVE IT.

UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, JAMES HAD PULLED THAT TOGETHER AND I'D GIVEN TO TRAVIS, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

WELL, AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP, I, I DO HAVE COMFORT THAT IS GOING THROUGH CITY MANAGER IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THINGS LIKE, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO QUESTION IT THOUGH, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT.

AND AT THAT POINT WE, IT WAS A MINIMAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAD USED THE CONTINGENCY.

UM, AND TRAVIS WAS SAYING IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT WAS VERY MINIMAL THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY USED THE CONTINGENCY.

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DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S CERTAIN INSTANCES WHERE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND THE, LIKE, IF THERE'S CHECKS AND BALANCES WITH IT, I FEEL MUCH BETTER SUPPORTING.

I STILL ALWAYS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS MUCH OF A CONTINGENCY, BUT, UM, SO I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT YOUR FOLKS OR MICHAEL AND HIS FOLKS, UM, AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.

IT JUST, I HAVE A DUTY TO CALL IT OUT AND AT LEAST QUESTION IT.

APPRECIATE THAT.

IF NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH STAPLES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $227,675 AND AN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY OF $20,000 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO STEEL STRUCTURES AND HOIST CRANES AT JEFFERSON LIFT STATION AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EX EXECUTE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

ITEM IS CONSIDER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR NORTHEAST TRUNK SEWER EXPANSION PROJECT KUMAR.

[19. Consider Professional Services Agreement for Northeast Trunk Sewer Expansion Project]

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, TH THIS PROJECT, UH, NORTHEAST TRUNK SEWER EXPANSION, UM, IS A MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-PHASE PROJECT, UH, THAT'S INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF OUR, UH, INTERCEPTOR SEWERS FROM JEFFERSON LIFT STATION TO ALL THE WAY TO GROVE CREEK LIFT STATION.

UM, THE EXPANSION IS NEEDED FOR, TO PROVIDE, UH, SUPPORT FOR ALL THE GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING ON THE NORTH PORTION OF OUR CITY AND ALSO ON THE SOUTHEAST, UH, PORTION OF THE CITY.

UM, SO THE, THE RE THE REQUEST TO CONSIDER FOR THE APPROVAL HERE IS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE FIRST THREE PHASES OF THIS INTERCEPTOR SEWER DESIGN OF THE FIRST THREE PHASES.

UM, AND, AND THE DESIGN IS FOR, UM, 11,000, APPROXIMATELY 11,000 FEET OF A 48 INCH INTERCEPTED SEWER FROM JEFFERSON LIFT STATION TO PAR SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD NEAR 2 87.

UM, THIS IS AN UPROOT CIP PROJECT, UM, AND IT'S FUNDED THROUGH 2023 AND 2024 WASTEWATER BOND SALE.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, KUMAR.

COUNSEL, WOULD THIS BE DONE IN, IN ANY WAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT TDO HAS PLANNED FOR THAT SPUR SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY GONNA BE TURNING LANDS THERE? SO THIS 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA END AT PARKS SCHOOLHOUSE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT TIE TOGETHER AT ALL.

IF YOU SEE THE, IF YOU SEE THE ALIGNMENT IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKAGE THERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS, THIS ACTUALLY WINDS THROUGH KIND OF BEHIND, UM, CLIFF ESTATES.

UM, AND IT MAKES IT WAY TO, TOWARDS THE BYPASS.

UM, AND SO REALLY IT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, THAT PROJECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY THIS IS, THIS IS A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE AS FAR AS ADDING CAPACITY THAT WHOLE SIDE OF TOWN.

SO THIS ISN'T GONNA BE THE LAST TIME YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THERE'S GONNA BE SEVERAL PHASES FORTHCOMING IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, THE YEARS.

AND THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT, UM, THAT THIS JUST KIND OF KICKING OFF, BUT NO, YOU CAN SEE IT FROM OUTSIDE DOWN LINE.

ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

WHAT? OKAY, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,900,000 WITH HALF ASSOCIATES FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES OF THE FIRST THREE PHASES OF THE NORTHEAST TRUNK SEWER EXPANSION PROJECT.

AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

LAST ITEM THIS EVENING IS TO CONSIDER CONTRACT FOR REPLACEMENT OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING AT HOWARD ROAD, WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THE

[20. Consider contract for replacement of outdoor lighting at Howard Road Wastewater Treatment Plant]

GOOD MORNING.

YOU GOT A FILE? YOU GOTTA FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE, TAKE THESE BULLETS, MAN.

I'M TELLING YOU.

NO, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

I THINK HE GOT ARE YOU SURE YOU WOULDN'T

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LIKE TO KE ON SOMETHING ELSE? YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE HE HAS KEVLAR ON UNDERNEATH HIS SHIRT.

I CAN SEE IT ON HIS COLLAR.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

UM, SO, UH, SO THIS REQUEST IS TO, UH, FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF OUR OUTDOOR LIGHTING AT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

UH, THE OUTDOOR LIGHTING AT OUR PLANT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN 2005 AND THEY, THEY'RE BASICALLY DETERIORATED AND ARE IN NEED FOR REPLACEMENT.

UM, SO WE WENT THROUGH THE, THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING, UM, PROGRAM, UH, FOR GETTING QUOTES.

AND, UM, AND THE CODE HERE, A HUNDRED AND APPROXIMATELY 125,000 IS FOR REPLACEMENT OF 53 LIGHT POLES AND FIXTURES.

AND ALSO THIS AN APPROVED ENHANCEMENT IN THE PHYSICAL YEAR 25 WASTEWATER BUDGET.

UM, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

KUMAR COUNCILLOR KINDA LAST SPAN TO THESE LIGHTS HAVE THE LIFESPAN OF THE LIGHTS.

WE, WE DO LIFESPAN.

UM, WE DO HAVE A 10 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE LABOR AND PARTS, UH, FOR THE, THE REPLACEMENTS.

UH, THESE ARE LED LIGHTS, UM, AND I'M HOPING MAYBE 20 YEARS, 15 TO 20 YEARS.

WELL, I'M, THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT, RIGHT? RIGHT.

AND WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA EXPAND THAT THING IN THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.

WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO END UP TEARING DOWN THINGS WE JUST PUT IN.

NO SIR.

THIS, THE EXISTING PLANT AND, UH, AND ANY EXPANSION, UH, WOULD BE WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT OR MAYBE, UH, IN A DIFFERENT SITE.

SO NONE OF THIS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THAT.

YES SIR.

NO KAMAR THIS, THIS MAY BE A, A TOO, TOO DEEP OF A QUESTION, BUT THE CURRENT LIGHTING OUT THERE, IS IT, IS IT LIKE METAL HAYLIGHT TYPE FIXTURES? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A HAYLIGHT METAL.

UM, OKAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO L-E-D-L-E-D.

WE ARE GOING TO, SO THAT'S, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS JUST IN POWERING THAT.

AND, UH, THIS LIGHTS ALSO COME WITH A MOTION SENSORED.

UM, IF THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE NOT OUT THERE, THEY'RE GONNA BE DIM AND WHEN STAFF MEMBERS ARE GETTING SAMPLES OR REPAIRING, THEN THEY WOULD BE HIGHER INTENSITY.

NICE.

GREAT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH FACILITY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,189 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE HOWARD ROAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

BRINGS US TO THE COMMENTS BY MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER.

THAT

[23. Comments by Mayor, City Council, City Attorney and City Manager]

I'LL START TO MY LEFT DOWN THERE.

JOHN TRENTON.

Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING? ALBERT? UH, THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I HAVE IS, UH, THIS WEEKEND, WELL, WE HAD SOME, SOME PRETTY ROUGH, ROUGH WEATHER.

AND THEN AT THE LAST MINUTE, OF COURSE, UH, OUR STAFF WAS OUT THERE GETTING PREPARED FOR THE WEEKEND AND HAD A GREAT EVENT.

UH, A LOT OF FOLKS CAME INTO TOWN AND AS, AS USUAL, OUR STAFF STEPPED UP AND KYLE HAD HAD SENT OUT AN EMAIL EARLIER DAY TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE WAY OUR STAFF PULLED TOGETHER AND PULLED IT OFF AS WE, AS WE ALWAYS EXPECT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEE ALL THE INNER WORKINGS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY OVERCOME TO MAKE IT BE SUCCESSFUL ON ALL THESE EVENTS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE FOR THAT.