Jun 01, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting

TO, UH, FOUR B PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING JUNE 4TH, 2026 THROUGH JULY 4TH, 2026 IS CREPE MYRTLE MONTH, AND I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

THAT BRINGS US

[4. Announcements/Presentations ]

WHEREAS THE 75TH TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE AND HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NUMBER 14, NAMED THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, THE CREPE MYRTLE CAPITAL OF TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED IN 1997, AFTER THE CREEK MYRTLE COUNCIL SPENT MANY HOURS IN AUSTIN PROVING THEIR CASE FOR THIS DESIGNATION, WHEREAS REPRESENTATIVE JIM PITTS AND SENATOR JANE NELSON WERE LEADERS IN THE LEGISLATURE IN THIS ENDEAVOR.

WHEREAS THE CRATE MYRTLE COUNCIL, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND LOCAL BUSINESSES HAVE SPONSORED A CRATE MYRTLE FESTIVAL IN JULY EVERY YEAR SINCE 1998 WITH A CONCERT AT THE WAXAHATCHEE SPORTS COMPLEX AND A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS DISPLAY THAT WE ALL LOVE ON JULY 3RD.

AND WHEREAS THE PARADE HAS BEEN HELD ON JULY 4TH EVERY YEAR SINCE 1998 THROUGH DOWNTOWN WAXAHATCHEE TO HONOR OUR COUNTRY AND THE CREPE MYRTLE TREE, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL AND IN FULL BLOOM AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, AS WELL AS HONORING THE CRATE MYRTLE QUEEN, WHO REPRESENTS THE CRATE MYRTLE CITY.

AND WHEREAS IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE SHOWING OUR CITY'S SUPPORT FOR THE TITLE WE SO PROUDLY CARRY AS THE CRATE MYRTLE CAPITAL OF TEXAS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR BILLY WALLACE ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 4TH, 2026 THROUGH JULY 4TH, 2026 IS CRATE MYRTLE MONTH IN THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE.

PROCLAIM THIS FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 2026.

MAYOR BILLY WALLACE.

YES, MA'AM.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL PROCLAMATION.

BEFORE Y'ALL TAKE A PHOTO, I WANNA POINT OUT SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE.

UH, WE DO HAVE WITH US SOME OF OUR CREPE MYRTLE QUEENS.

WE'VE GOT MISS QUEEN BONNIE RAMSEY, AND WE'VE GOT MISS QUEEN CAROL FARRAH.

WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVE JIM PITT'S FAMILY WITH US THAT WILL BE IN THE PHOTO AS WELL AS OUR SPONSOR, ONE OF OUR SPONSORS, ELLIS COUNTY TITLE COMPANY.

UM, ALSO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE HEB AND MYRTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOR BEING OUR FIREWORKS SPONSORS THIS YEAR, AND THEN ALSO AS WELL AS INTERBANK BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MEDICAL CENTER W AND WHATABURGER FOR SPONSORING, UH, THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PARTY.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL LET Y'ALL TAKE A PHOTO.

VERY GOOD.

COME ON UP.

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WE LOVE OUR CREPE MYRTLES IN WAXAHATCHEE, DON'T WE? I THINK MY HUSBAND'S GONNA SHOOT ME IF I GET HIM TO PLANT ONE MORE CRE MYRTLE IN OUR YARD.

I LOVE THEM.

BRINGS US TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UH, THAT

[5. Public Comments]

PERSONS MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ISSUES.

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

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

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

AND WE HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP.

THE FIRST ONE.

UH, WE WILL START WITH, UH, MS. DIANE DONAHOE.

COME ON UP.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

MY NAME IS DIANE DONAHOE AND I DO NOT LIVE IN WAXAHATCHEE, BUT I DO LIVE IN EL IN ELLIS COUNTY.

I LIVE AT TWO 20 GOODWIN ROAD, ITALY, TEXAS.

I LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY, AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF ELLIS COUNTY.

BETWEEN AVALON AND BARDWELL, WE ARE IN AN AREA THAT IS POPULAR FOR PEOPLE OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES TO COME AND DUMP THEIR UNWANTED ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY DOGS.

WE FIND DOGS EITHER ON OUR FARM ROADS OR THEY WANDER UP TO OUR PROPERTIES.

MOST ARE STARVING AND ARE SKIN AND BONES SCARED AND CONFUSED ON WHY THEIR HUMANS HAVE LEFT THEM THERE.

ALL THEY WANT IS A KIND SOUL TO HELP THEM.

OUR FAMILY GETS ABOUT A, A DOG A MONTH THAT WE ARE FORCED TO DEAL WITH.

THREE OF THESE RESCUES WE HAVE KEPT AND THEY'RE PART OF THE SEVEN DOGS WE OWN AND CURRENTLY HAVE AN EIGHTH DOG.

WE ARE FOSTERING AND WE RESCUED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND HOPE TO FIND HER A HOME.

ELLIS COUNTY IS THE EIGHTH FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN TEXAS AND THE 15TH FASTEST GROWING IN THE UNITED STATES.

THIS IS A BIT TERRIFYING TO ME.

WE ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH AN OVERWHELMING ISSUE OF ABANDONED ANIMALS AND NO ANIMAL SHELTER IN ELLIS COUNTY, IN CITIES THAT DO HAVE SHELTERS I DON'T LIVE IN.

SO I CAN'T TAKE DUMPED ANIMALS THAT I GET THERE.

SO OUR ONLY HOPE IS FOR ELLIS COUNTY TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE SOMETHING.

THEREFORE, I'M EXTREMELY ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT WAXAHATCHEE AND ELLIS COUNTY ARE COLLABORATING AND DOING A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO LOOK AT BUILDING AN ADEQUATE ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THE AREA AND ITS FUTURE GROWTH.

I ALSO FEEL IF AN ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE SHELTER IS PROVIDED, IT WOULD HELP FREE UP OUR RESCUES AND BE ABLE TO HELP WITH ANIMALS THAT ARE SURRENDERED, WHICH IS A MUCH MORE RESPONSIBLE OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN NO LONGER CARE FOR THEIR ANIMALS.

AND THIS WOULD DECREASE PEOPLE'S DESPERATE MEASURES OF DUMPING THEIR ANIMALS.

I TRUST YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS

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WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND WHEN THE TIME COMES, YOU WILL PUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER AS A HIGH PRIORITY IN THE BUDGET AND ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE.

IF NOTHING IS DONE, THEN OUR CURRENT COUNTY EMERGENCY WILL QUICKLY BECOME A CRISIS.

PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE THIS COLLABORATION ANIMAL SHELTER BETWEEN WAXAHATCHEE AND ELLIS COUNTY INTO PLACE.

PET CAN BECOME A BARRIER TO ESCAPING ABUSE.

THANK YOU MR. MARK DONAHOE.

I GET TO FOLLOW MY WIFE, WHICH IS, UH, PRETTY GOOD, BUT MY NAME'S MARK HOE.

I LIVE AT TWO 20 GOODWIN ROAD, ITALY, TEXAS.

AND, UH, KIND OF REITERATE WHAT, UH, DIANE WAS SAYING.

UH, WE RESCUE DOGS MONTHLY OUT THERE.

UH, THE BIGGEST RESCUE WE HAD, WE FOUND MY DAUGHTER FOUND A MAMA DOG WITH NINE PUPPIES.

SHE WAS SKIN AND BONES.

MY DAUGHTER WENT BACK TO RESCUE 'EM.

SHE LEFT ONE PUPPY THERE, SHE WENT BACK AND GOT IT.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE JUST INHUMANELY DUMPING ANIMALS WITH NO CARE WHATSOEVER AND IS LEAVING THE BURDEN TO US CITIZENS OF ELLIS COUNTY, EITHER TO HELP THOSE ANIMALS OR LET 'EM GET EATEN BY COYOTES, SHOT BY FARMERS STARVED TO DEATH.

IT'S, IT'S TERRIBLY INHUMANE.

SO I I WOULD LIKE TO AGREE WITH HER SAYING WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL LOOKING INTO THIS.

IT IS A NEED THAT ELLIS COUNTY HAS TO LOOK INTO.

UH, THERE ARE PEOPLE MOVING IN HERE QUICKER THAN WE CAN BUILD SCHOOLS AND THEY BRING THEIR ANIMALS, THEN THEY REALIZE THE HOA WON'T LET THOSE ANIMALS BE THERE.

SO WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY TAKE 'EM OUT TO THE COUNTY SOUTH OF 34 AND LET 'EM GO.

AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

WE HAVE TO BE THE, THE BURDEN OF THOSE ANIMALS.

AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO HAVE A STARVING DOG COME UP AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION.

DO WE RUN HIM OFF OR DO WE TRY TO FEED HIM? GRANTED, IT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM, BUT IT'S ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. AND I WOULD JUST, I, I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL LOOKING INTO THIS.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK AT RED OAK, I'M GONNA SPEAK AT ENNIS AND I'M GONNA SPEAK EVERYWHERE THAT THEY WILL HEAR ME TO.

THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU MS. DARLENE.

THANK YOU COUNSEL MAYOR.

I'M DARLENE MILLER, TWO 40 PARK SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD ONE 14, NUMBER ONE 14 WAXAHATCHEE.

AND TODAY I AM SPEAKING INSTEAD OF ON BEHALF OF MYSELF OF THE PET COALITION.

UM, TODAY, ELLIS COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO SOLVE A GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM ON THEIR OWN.

FAMILIES ARE FINDING STRAIGHT ANIMALS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS RESPONDING TO CALLS.

VETERINARIANS ARE ABSORBING EMERGENCIES AND VOLUNTEERS ARE CARRYING RESPONSIBILITIES THAT EXCEED THEIR RESOURCES.

ELLIS COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS, BUT OUR ANIMAL SHELTERING INFRASTRUCTURE HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH THAT GROWTH.

RESIDENTS INCREASINGLY ENCOUNTER LOOSE, ABANDONED AND INJURED ANIMALS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, SCHOOL ZONES, AND ALONG COUNTY ROADWAYS.

WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING A FUTURE PROBLEM.

WE ARE DISCUSSING A PROBLEM THAT EXISTS TODAY THROUGHOUT ELLIS COUNTY.

FAMILIES WHO WANT TO HELP OFTEN DISCOVER THERE IS NOWHERE TO TAKE A STRAY OR ABANDONED ANIMAL.

VOLUNTEERS, RESCUE GROUP GROUPS AND CONCERNED RESIDENTS ARE CARRYING RESPONSIBILITIES THAT EXCEED WHAT VOLUNTEERS ALONE CAN SUSTAIN.

THE PET COALITION OF ELLIS COUNTY HAS DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF PET FOOD, ASSISTED HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES AND ANIMALS IN CRISIS SUPPORTED MEDICAL CARE, AND WORKED TO PREVENT ABANDONMENT AND SURRENDER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC O UH, VIOLENCE.

CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF A BELOVED

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DOING NOTHING IS NOT FREE.

THE COST ARE SIMPLY SHIFTED TO CITIZENS, VOLUNTEERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, VETERINARIANS, RESCUE GROUPS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ALREADY STRETCHED BEYOND CAPACITY.

VOLUNTEERS CAN HELP MANAGE A CRISIS, BUT VOLUNTEERS CANNOT BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

NOW I'M A PRETTY PERSISTENT PERSON.

JOEL CREED.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? JOEL, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY BY THE FIRST NAME OF JOEL HERE? NO.

UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M MICHELLE DLE.

I LIVE AT 1 28 LAKE SHORE DRIVE HERE IN WAXAHATCHEE.

I WANNA START BY JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE DISCUSSION OF ANIMAL WELFARE IN OUR CITY.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY A HUGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRATITUDE TO OUR ANIMAL CONTROL TEAM AND THE AMAZING VOLUNTEERS WHO STEP UP EVERY DAY TO HELP ANIMALS WHO CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

TODAY, I'M HERE AS AN ORDINARY CITIZEN OF WAXAHATCHEE.

I'M NOT AN EXPERT.

I'M NOT A RESCUER, I'M NOT AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, BUT I BELIEVE THAT HOW WE TREAT THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.

YEARS AGO, MY FAMILY AND I ADOPTED A DOG THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED AT THE LAKE.

SO WHAT STARTED AS AN ACT OF NEGLECT TURNED INTO ONE OF LOVE, LOYALTY AND SECOND CHANCES.

HERE'S THE REALITY.

I CAN'T ADOPT EVERY ABANDONED ANIMAL.

OUR VOLUNTEERS, THEY CAN'T FOSTER EVERY ADOPT ABANDONED ANIMAL.

OUR RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS, THEY CAN'T SAVE EVERY ABANDONED ANIMAL.

THAT'S WHY CAPACITY MATTERS, BECAUSE COMPASSION ALONE DOESN'T CREATE KENNEL SPACE.

IT DOESN'T HELP OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS WHEN THERE IS NO SPACE TO GO.

THEIR COMPASSION IS LIMITLESS, THEIR CAPACITY IS NOT.

NOW I REALIZE YOU HAVE COMPETING PRIORITIES.

EVERY GROWING CITY DOES.

BUT ANIMAL SERVICES, IT'S NOT A SIDE ISSUE.

IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE, AND I BELIEVE IT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR VALUES.

SO ON JUNE 4TH, I KNOW YOU ARE ALL GETTING TOGETHER TO DISCUSS ANIMAL SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MY ASK IS SIMPLE.

PLEASE DON'T LET THIS BE A PROJECT THAT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT, BUT NEVER URGENT.

OUR ABANDONED ANIMALS, THEY CANNOT WAIT.

OUR ANIMAL CONTROL TEAM, THEY CANNOT WAIT.

AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, GUESS WHAT? THEY CARRY THIS BURDEN AND THEY CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE.

I BELIEVE A MEASURE OF A COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY IS ONE THAT HELPS ANIMALS, NOT WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

I BELIEVE WAXAHATCHEE IS THAT COMMUNITY AND I HOPE WE PROVE IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, MICHAEL LIND, 4 1 4 GOODWIN, MONROE, ITALY.

ALSO, UM, SIMILAR PROBLEM.

I LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY, HAVE A LOT OF DOGS DUMPED OUT THERE.

WE, WE WERE UP TO SIX FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT, UH, WHERE I'D LIKE TO FLIP THIS AROUND A LITTLE BIT IS, UM, HOW, BECAUSE I HAD STRUGGLED WITH, I ALMOST THOUGHT ABOUT OPENING UP MY OWN SHELTER, LIKE TRYING TO GO AROUND AND GET FUNDRAISING TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO.

'CAUSE THERE IS NOT ONE IN ELLIS COUNTY THAT SERVES THE WHOLE COUNTY.

AND THEN WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS, I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS VERY UNIQUE SITUATION THAT MY WIFE AND I HAD JUST RECENTLY, THAT WAXAHATCHEE RESIDENTS SHOULD CONSIDER.

WE WERE TRAVELING UP 8 77, NOT TOO FAR FROM THE SHELTER, AND IT WAS RAINING AND THERE WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL HUSKY OUT THERE, LITTLE ONE AND SOMEONE HAD DUMPED HIM.

I, I KNOW THAT 'CAUSE UH, YOU COULD SEE THE WAY HE WAS RUNNING UP TO ALL THE CARS THAT WERE GOING DOWN THE ROAD.

WE WERE TERRIFIED THAT HE WAS GONNA GET HIT.

UM, THERE WAS NO ONE THERE TO AT THE SHELTER THAT COULD TAKE HIM IN.

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UM, MAYBE ANNOYINGLY SO SOMETIMES, BUT I MANAGED TO CONVINCE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET ACCESS TO THE BUILDING AND WE GOT THE DOG SAFE.

JOIN FORCES WITH CARE SERVICES, ALSO KNOWN AS WAXAHATCHEE CARE, TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR FOOD INSECURITIES AND THOSE THINGS.

AND THEN I THOUGHT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY, I THOUGHT, MAN, WHAT IF YOU GUYS HOOKED UP WITH THE COUNTY SOMEHOW? AND THEN NOT ONLY THE COUNTY COULD BENEFIT, BUT YOU GUYS MIGHT BENEFIT FROM HAVING SOME MORE COUNTY RESOURCES TO MAKE EVEN A BIGGER SHELTER THAT YOU COULD TAKE MORE DOGS AND HELP OUT THE PEOPLE HERE IN W TE HECHE.

AND I THINK IT'D BE A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

SO, UM, I HAVE A LOT OF UNIQUE TALENTS AND, UM, I SERIOUSLY, IF YOU GUYS WERE CONSIDERING ANY CITIZENS TO HAVE ANY INPUT OR, OR HELP WITH ANY PLANNING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, I WELCOME YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME.

UM, AND I KNOW A LOT OF INTERESTING PEOPLE AND LIKE I SAID, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

I'LL RUN OUTTA MY TIME.

BUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, IT IS A PROBLEM THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH.

AND AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT HAD HAPPEN IF THIS DOG, 'CAUSE INITIALLY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THIS DOG BECAUSE IT WASN'T VICIOUS.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, HOW SET IS THAT? RIGHT? HERE'S THE SWEET DOG.

AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT DOG'S RUNNING AROUND THE ROAD AND SOMEBODY HITS IT? WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PERSON IN THAT CAR? DO THEY GET HURT? NOW? DO WE HAVE TO INVOLVE EMS TO COME OUT FOR AN ACCIDENT SCENE WHEN WE COULD JUST HAVE THE DOG, YOU KNOW, IN A SHELTER WHERE IT'S SAFE AND NOT GONNA HURT ANYONE? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU LISA CASEY.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LISA CASEY.

I LIVE AT 40 41 WALNUT LANE IN MIDLOTHIAN.

AND, UM, AS A DOG LOVER, MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID.

BUT AS A CPA AND A BUSINESS CONSULTANT, I THINK IN DOLLAR SIGNS, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS HERE, IS WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DOLLARS.

NOW I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND HAVE HEARD, I SAW THE PICTURES OF THAT BEAUTIFUL FACILITY THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IN THIS BUILDING.

AND IT WAS PRETTY AND IT WAS SHINY AND IT WAS REALLY COOL.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S FREAKING EXPENSIVE.

WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE AND THE ASSETS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE IT ALL UNDER ONE ROOF? DO WE HAVE THE FACILITY? I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE GOT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW, BUT HAVE WE ASKED TO NOT JUST MAYBE JUST HAVE ONE FACILITY, BUT MAYBE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE.

THERE'S ONE IN MIDLOTHIAN, THERE'S ONE IN WAXAHATCHEE.

MAYBE IF WE BROKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BUILD SUCH A BIG FACILITY.

OR MAYBE IF WE TOOK THOSE BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS AND WE VALUE ENGINEERED DOWN INTO SOMETHING WE COULD ACTUALLY AFFORD.

'CAUSE BILLY, WOULDN'T IT BE SWEET TO ROLL UP IN A LAMBORGHINI EVERY MORNING FOR WORK, BUT I DRIVE A HYUNDAI BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I WANNA SPEND ON A CAR.

SO I'M THINKING IS THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN GET FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR POCKET? BECAUSE WHY GO INTO BOND DEBT OR ANY OTHER WHATEVER KIND OF DEBT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE MAYBE CAN VE IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT TO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE THAT WILL SUPPORT US AND THAT WE CAN GROW.

BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF GRANTS OUT THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING LEGITIMATE TO SHOW THEM OR THEY'RE JUST GONNA WALK AWAY AND GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

SO ONE GOOGLE SEARCH SHOWED ME A WHOLE SLEW OF GRANTS THAT WE COULD GET AND THERE'S EVEN A COMPANY OUT THERE THAT'LL HELP YOU GET 'EM.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING LEGITIMATE TO SHOW THAT WE DESERVE A GRANT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU LORI MOSLEY.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE IN CASE YOU'RE NOT AWARE THAT THE FIFA WORLD CUP IS COMING TO OUR REGION AND IS JUST DAYS AWAY.

AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT HOSTING ALL OF THE FANS THAT ARE GONNA COME THROUGH OUR AREA.

UH, BUT WHEN TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW AND INVITE THEM TO THE AROUND THE WORLD TOUR, WHICH IS GONNA BE TAKING PLACE AT OUR LOCAL BARS AND RESTAURANTS IN DOWNTOWN WAXAHATCHEE, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE COLLECTIVE.

THEY HAVE CREATED A PASSPORT WHERE THEY ARE ALL GOING TO SPONSOR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHERE YOU CAN WATCH MATCHES RELATING TO THOSE TEAMS AT THEIR BARS AND RESTAURANTS.

SO WE'VE GOT MAPS AVAILABLE, SO YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THOSE.

BUT ALSO JUST TO HEIGHTEN THE STAKES, WE CAN'T JUST BE NORMAL AND CELEBRATE A WORLD CUP IN WAXAHATCHEE.

THEY HAVE

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AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE UNVEILING IT HERE.

FIRST.

IT IS THE WAXAHATCHEE GIVING CUP AND ALL OF THOSE BARS AND RESTAURANTS WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO SCAN A QR CODE AND MAKE DONATIONS TO THE $15 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN OF, UH, WAXAHATCHEE CARE OR CARE SERVICES TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR NEW FACILITIES.

UM, AND SO ANYWAY, THAT'S A LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION AMONGST THEM.

WHOEVER RAISES THE MOST MONEY WILL BE THE WINNER OF THE GIVING CUP.

SO ANYWAY, YOU'VE HEARD IT HERE FIRST.

YOU'VE SEEN IT HERE FIRST.

IF YOU WANT YOUR PICTURES MADE WITH IT, IT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AND ON TOUR AT ALL THE LOCAL BARS AND RESTAURANTS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE HAVE PASSPORTS AVAILABLE.

CHRISTY BLANTON.

HI.

THAT'S REALLY PART OF THE WHOLE THING IS GETTING THEM ADOPTED.

UM, MY NAME IS CHRISTY BLANTON.

I LIVE AT 1736 FM 1182 IN ENNI.

UM, I LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTY, SO OF COURSE YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD NUMEROUS DOG DUMPINGS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST ADDRESS THAT WE DO REALIZE THAT OWNERSHIP JUST DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THINGS YOURSELF.

AND SO THEY ARE PART TO BLAME.

UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THAT, THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE A HEART LIKE MYSELF AND CAN'T TURN A BLIND EYE HAVE PICKED UP THE SLACK TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ANIMALS AREN'T GETTING RAN OVER.

'CAUSE I'M FRANKLY TIRED OF GETTING 'EM OUT OF THE ROAD.

UM, BUT BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE HAD A SHELTER, IT WAS SO EASY FOR ME JUST TO CUDDLE A DOG AND CALL ANIMAL CONTROL AND KNOW THAT THEY HAD A SAFE PLACE TO GO, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT MY OWN DOGS IN DANGER BECAUSE THIS DOG MIGHT HAVE PARVO AND I WOULDN'T KNOW UNLESS I HAD IT FOR A FEW DAYS.

UM, BUT AS OF THIS WEEK, WE HAVE HAD FIVE DOGS DUMPED AT OUR IN US DOG PARK.

THAT'S AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE RECEIVED MEDICAL CARE.

IT ALSO PUTS THOSE THAT LOVE TO GO TO THE DOG PARK.

IT PUTS ALL THEIR ANIMALS AT RISK.

AND BECAUSE THERE'S NO SHELTER, IT HAS LEFT PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT THERE ACROSS AND WORKERS THAT WORK DOWNTOWN IN US TO TAKE UP THE SLACK TO PROVIDE FOOD AND WATER.

WE'VE HAD VOLUNTEERS GO OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY SIT ALL DAY WITH DOGS TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE SAFE.

UM, AS OF THIS MORNING, WE HAD WORKERS WALKING DOWN OUR STREET, PROBABLY ENCORE AND A LITTLE BORDER COLLY PUPPY WAS FOLLOWING THEM.

THE WORKER WAS TRYING NOT TO GET HIT HIMSELF, BUT ALSO TRYING TO PROTECT THIS DOG FROM GETTING HIT.

I SIMPLY SAID, I RAN TO THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY AND SAID, WHERE DID THE DOG START FOLLOWING YOU FROM? HE SAID, TWO HOUSES DOWN.

SO LUCKILY I JUST HAD A SHOWER AND HAD MY CLOTHES ON AND NOT A HOUSE COAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY SEES ME IN, IS MY HOUSE COAT.

I HAVE FOUR DOGS OF MY OWN.

MOST OF THEM ARE OLD, SO I DO TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM ANY STRAYS.

BUT TODAY I COULDN'T TURN THAT BLIND EYE.

I PICKED UP THAT 35 POUND DOG AND I WALKED IT DOWN THE STREET AND I WENT TO THE HOUSE AND THE LADY SAID, THAT'S NOT MY DOG.

THAT DOG HAS BEEN HERE AND GONE SOMEWHERE AND COME BACK AND GONE SOMEWHERE.

MY NAME IS MATT CRAIG.

I LIVE AT FIVE 15 BEN TRAIL IN RED OAK ELLIS COUNTY.

AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE PET COALITION OF ELLIS COUNTY AS WELL AS THE BOARD FOR FLYING BEE ANIMAL RESCUE.

AND I AM FOSTERING EIGHT DOGS RIGHT NOW FOR FOUR DIFFERENT RESCUES TODAY.

AND I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB AS WELL.

NOT ON THE PET SIDE, BUT AS A TRANSPORTATION PRACTICE LEAD HALF ASSOCIATES.

I DEAL A LOT WITH, UH, OTHER COUNTIES AND CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR, YOUR ISSUES THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR INVESTING IN THE, THE NEW, UH, UH, TRAILER THAT Y'ALL HAVE FOR ADOPTIONS.

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AND AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THIS EVENING, I THINK, UH, ANIMAL SERVICE IS A BIG ISSUE IN ELS COUNTY.

DID I HEAR THAT? SO, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THOUGH, UH, DARLENE TALKED ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, FROM THE PEP COALITIONS ON WHAT OUR STATEMENT IS.

AND I CAN LEAVE THAT WITH Y'ALL AS WELL OR EMAIL THAT TO YOU.

BUT ALSO ANIMAL SHELTERING IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT VOLUNTEERS CANNOT BE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE NOT LONG TERM.

WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK AS YOU HEARD NOW, THERE'S NOT JUST WALKS OF HATCHEE RESIDENTS, BUT IT'S PEOPLE IN ELLIS COUNTY.

AND I STRONGLY URGE THE WORK TOWARDS A PARTNERSHIP WITH ELLIS COUNTY AND THE OTHER CITIES AS SPCA WAS HERE IN THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

NINE OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING ENNIS, WERE PART OF THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH SPCA WHEN THEY WERE HERE.

AND SO I THINK AS YOU START GETTING CALLS, WE GET CALLS THAT, THAT SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, I'M IN WAXAHATCHEE.

WELL, YOU'RE NOT REALLY IN WA CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE.

YOU'RE IN WASATCH ADDRESS, BUT SERVING WITH UM, UM, YOU'RE IN ALICE COUNTY AND THERE'S NOWHERE TO TAKE 'EM.

WE'VE GOT TWO POPS IN RIGHT NOW THAT WERE IN RURAL S COUNTY.

THEY CALLED THE SHERIFF'S SAY, ASKED WHAT TO DO, THE SHERIFFS TOLD 'EM, PUT 'EM BACK WHERE YOU FOUND THEM.

AND TO ME, THAT'S A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, RIGHT? ASKING THE SHERIFF, ASKING A CITIZEN TO COMMIT A CLASS, A MISDEMEANOR BY ABANDONING DOGS THAT THEY HAD PICKED UP.

I CAME FROM THE VET STRAIGHT HERE FROM ELLIS COUNTY VETERINARY CLINIC.

WE TOOK AN ASTRAY FOR THE TEXAS GREAT PYRENEES RESCUE.

HE WAS WALKING WITH A LIMP TODAY.

HE WAS NEUTERED, HAD A VA, UH, UH, X-RAY.

HE HAS A BULLET LODGED IN HIS ELBOW.

AND WE GOT PICTURES TODAY TOO, OF A DOG DOWN BY ITALY.

THAT'S SKIN AND BONES.

WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO DO? WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PUT 'EM? I THINK I APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A REGIONAL DEAL.

'CAUSE THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.

AND AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THIS APPLAUD Y'ALL'S WORK ON THAT.

AND WE'RE HERE TO SPEL SUPPORT Y'ALL TO MAKE THAT A REGIONAL DEAL AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY.

KATHY CAEL? NO, YOU DON'T WANNA SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THAT BRINGS US

[6. Consent Agenda ]

TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER ITEM SIX OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

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

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

THIS WILL BE ITEMS A THROUGH H.

COUNSEL, MAD MAYOR, MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENTED AGENDA AS PRESENTED AND AND AUTHORIZE THE CI, CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDER A REQUEST BY JASMINE MARTINEZ, CBG SURVEYING TEXAS LLC FOR A REPL OF LOTS.

[7. Consider a request by Jasmine Martinez, CBG Surveying Texas, LLC, for a Replat of Lots 1-3, Block 183 of the New Town Heights Addition, to create Lot 1R, Block 183 of the NB Housing Investments Addition, one residential lot, being 0.23 acres at 1206 Wyatt Street, (Property ID 174823) – Owner(s): NB Housing Investments, LLC (SUB-38-2026) ]

ONE THROUGH THREE BLOCK 180 3 OF THE NEW TOWN HEIGHTS.

ADDITION TO CREATE LOT ONE R BLOCK 180 3 OF THE NORTHBOUND HOUSING INVESTMENTS.

ADDITION ONE RESIDENTIAL LOT BEING 0.23 ACRES AT 12 0 6 WYATT STREET, TRENTON.

THE PROPOSED REQUEST YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, TONIGHT IS A REPLAY.

GENERALLY THESE AREN'T, UH, HEARD BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT DUE TO THEM REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, THAT'S WHY THIS, UH, REPLY IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

UH, THE PROPOSED RE REPLY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SKIP OVER TO THAT, IS WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS, UH, TWO VARIANCES, UH, FROM VARIOUS EASEMENTS.

ONE IS THE RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT DEDICATION.

UM, USUALLY WHEN A PROPERTY IS REDEVELOPING OR NEW OR NEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, DURING THE PLAT, WE DO REQUIRE CERTAIN, UM, SOME, UH, RIGHT OF WAY TO BE DEDICATED AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.

UM, THEIR REQUEST IS TO MINIMIZE THAT AFTER LOOKING AT IT.

UM, STAFF LOOKING AT BOTH OF THEIR REQUESTS, WE DID FIND IT, UM, SUFFICIENT.

THEIR PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE, UH, METHODS OF ACCOMPLISHING THESE GOALS.

SAP DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

WE MAIL

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THAT NOTICES OFF.

UH, WE DID TAKE THIS BEFORE PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU TR COUNSEL MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE SUB 38 DASH 2026 FOR A REPL OF LOTS.

ONE THROUGH THREE BLOCK 180 3 OF THE NEW TOWN HEIGHTS EDITION AND THE ASSOCIATED PETITION OF RELIEF WAIVERS REQUESTED SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

HAVE A SECOND.

EIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR REQUEST BY MELVIN BARNES FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT USE WITHIN A SINGLE FAMILY TWO ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED AT 7 3 2 NORTH GIBSON STREET.

BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER

[8. Public Hearing on a request by Melvin Barnes, for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for an Accessory Dwelling Unit use within a Single Family-2 zoning district located at 732 N. Gibson St (Property ID 174210) - Owner: William T. Marth & Susan Marth (ZDC-4-2026) ]

OWNER IS WILLIAM T MARTH AND SUSAN MARTH.

THIS IS ZDC 4 20 26 TRENTON.

THE LAST, UH, WHEN THIS WENT DEPLOYED FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS OVER THE PROPOSED REQUEST.

UM, THIS WENT, UH, THIS WAS CONTINUED BY THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, UH, TO THE JULY 28TH MEETING, UH, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE US TO PUSH US BACK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, TRENTON.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

COUNSEL, YOU HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO.

BRINGS US, UH, TO NUMBER NINE, CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING CDC FOR 2026.

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT

[9. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-4-2026]

COUNCIL, SORRY.

UH, YEAH, THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION.

CONTINUE IT FOR 60 DAYS 'CAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE SOME THINGS CORRECTED.

UM, AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THIS TO, UH, THE FOLLOWING MEETING AFTER THOSE 60 DAYS.

UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE DATE ON THAT? SO THAT WOULD BE THE JULY, UH, AUGUST, AUGUST 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

MAD MAYOR.

I MOVE TO CONTINUE.

ZDC FOUR DASH 2026, UH, TO OUR AUGUST 3RD, CORRECT.

AUGUST 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

TO ITEM 10, A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST.

[10. Public Hearing on a request by Dutch Neuweiler, Minto Communities Texas, LLC, for an Amendment to Ordinance No. 3704, to revise the location of the Welcome Center and update associated Exhibits within the approved Planned Development, located at 300 Brookside Road (Property ID’s 179468, 179534, 182520, 187960, 189323, 189326, 189333, 189336, 192306, 193815, 193822, 193823, 234203, 263786, 264568, 303651, 303652) – Owners: Minto KR, LLC (ZDC-24-2026) ]

MENTO COMMUNITIES TEXAS LLC FOR AN AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 37 0 4 TO REVISE THE LOCATION OF THE WELCOME CENTER AND UPDATE ASSOCIATED EXHIBITS WITHIN THE APPROVED PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

LOCATED AT 300 BROOKSIDE ROAD OWNER MENTO, K-R-L-L-C.

THIS IS ZDC 24.

26 24.

2026.

TRENTON, UH, THANK YOU.

UH, THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS ONLY TO CHANGE THE LOCATION OF THE WELCOME CENTER.

UM, DUE TO FURTHER ANALYSIS AND AS THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PLANNING PROCESS, THEY FOUND IT, UH, IT MADE MORE SENSE TO MOVE THE WELCOME CENTER TOWARDS THE INNER PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND TO LEAVE THAT AREA OPEN FOR MORE USES THAT ARE MORE, UH, CONSISTENT WITH HIGHWAY 35.

UM, THE PROPOSED STEP DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF THE WELCOMING CENTER.

UM, HOWEVER, AS PART OF THIS PROPOSED CHANGE, UM, IT DID REQUIRE SOME OF THE PART, SOME OF THE, UM, THE ZONING TO CHANGE.

IT REQUIRES SOME OF THE PARK AREAS ALSO TO FLUCTUATE.

UH, WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLAIN ZONING COMMISSION, IT'S BASICALLY, UM, FROM THE, FROM THE PROPOSED WELCOME CENTER.

THE UNDERLINING IS, DO YOU WANT THE CONNECTION FROM THE WELCOME CENTER TO THE, TO THE, UH, TO THE LINEAR PARK RIGHT HERE THAT GOES AROUND NATURE TRAIL.

UM, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS LATER ON, UM, DOWN THE ROAD, UH, MORE TO THE WEST TO OUR, TO OUR TRAIL.

SO IT'S BASICALLY, DO YOU WANT AN ADDITIONAL CONNECTION TO THE TRAIL OR NOT? UH, PLANE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE ADDITIONAL CONNECTION TO THE TRAIL.

UM, PLANE ZONE ZONING COMMISSION.

JUST TO BE HONEST, THEY WERE KIND OF TEETERING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THEY WEREN'T, WASN'T ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THEY DID SIDE WITH STAFF AND DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR OUR CONDITIONS.

UM, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.

UH, THEY DID RECEIVE THREE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.

THANK YOU, TRENTON.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HAD ONE PERSON TO SPEAK ON THIS.

UM, KATHY, COME ON UP.

IS THAT RIGHT? YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST? PUBLIC HEARING? YOU'RE

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MY NAME IS KATHY CAEL.

I LIVE AT 4 0 5 BROOKSIDE ROAD.

AND AGAIN, Y'ALL ALL KNOW WHO I AM.

I'M THE MOUTH OF BROOKSIDE.

WE KNOW THAT.

AND UH, AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT IS AFFECTING BROOKSIDE ROAD IS OPPOSITION OF PEOPLE ON BROOKSIDE.

AND AGAIN, THEY WANT TO MOVE THE WELCOME CENTER DOWN IN TIDE, WHICH WOULD THEN MAKE MORE TRAFFIC AGAIN COMING RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AGAIN, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE BOUGHT THE FIRST THREE HOUSES ON BROOKSIDE ROAD TO ELIMINATE OUR EXIT.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO EXIT OUR STREET, WHICH IS A DEAD END STREET.

WELL, IF YOU LEAVE THE, WHAT THE THING IS THAT THEY WANNA DO AT THE END OF THE ROAD, I'M ASSUMING IT'S GONNA BE RETAIL.

WELL, HAVING BEEN DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE A DEAD END ROAD.

BROOKSIDE ROAD IS, AND YOU HAVE A DEAD END ROAD AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS RETAIL AT THE END OF IT.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT SIT THERE BECAUSE NOBODY CAN, NOBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RETAIL PEOPLE SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW, OH, THEY'RE JUST IN THE BUSINESS THERE.

WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANNA PUT THERE AT THE END OF THE ROAD.

WELL, IF IT'S A WELCOME CENTER, IT'S NOT QUITE AS DISASTROUS.

BUT YOU ARE OPENING, IF YOU LET RETAIL COME IN AT THE END OF OUR ROAD, WHICH IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY WANNA DO.

IF YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO US ON BROOKS SIDE BEING ROBBED AND BURGLARIZED WITHOUT ANY HESITATION AT ALL.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE I DID BROOKS, I DID DALLAS PD, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WHEN YOU HAVE A DEAD END ROAD, WHEN YOU HAVE NO ACCESS EXCEPT IN AND OUT, THEY CAN SIT THERE AND SEE WHERE YOU COME IN, WHAT TIME YOU LEAVE.

EVERYTHING ELSE, EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THAT ROAD IS SUBJECT TO BEING ROBBED, BEING THEIR HOUSE BURGLARIZED.

BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHEN YOU LEAVE, THEY KNOW WHEN YOU COME BACK IN.

THEY KNOW WHAT YOU DRIVE AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND SEE WHERE YOU LIVE.

AND THAT IS ONE THING WHY I AM OBJECTING TO ANYTHING THAT'S CHANGING OFF OF THE END OF BROOKSIDE ROAD.

THE WELCOME CENTER WOULD BE MUCH BETTER FOR US BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULD NOT BE PEOPLE SITTING THERE ALL THE TIME EXCEPT PEOPLE IN THE WELCOME CENTER THEMSELVES.

INSTEAD OF RETAIL, WHICH IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY WANNA PUT AT THE END OF OUR ROAD, WHICH WILL BE DEVASTATING TO US.

PLUS TWO, PUT A GAS STATION OR SOMETHING AT THE END OF OUR ROAD.

WHAT'S THAT GONNA DO FOR US? WE HAVE BEEN THERE.

MY HOUSE IS THE OLD, ONE OF THE OLDEST HOUSES ON THE STREET.

I'M ONE OF THE SIX ORIGINAL HOUSES ON THAT STREET AND I'VE BEEN IN THAT HOUSE OVER 35 YEARS.

AND YOU THINK I'M GONNA SIT THERE AND LET SOMEBODY COME IN ON MY HOUSE, ON MY ROAD AND DO SOMETHING ANOTHER TO THE RESIDENTS, THE OTHER PEOPLE, THE OLDER PEOPLE.

AND I'M NOT THE, I'M NOT THE OLDEST ONE, BUT I'M PRETTY CLOSE TO IT.

AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING.

ANYTHING ON THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, I WILL BE HERE ON TALKING ABOUT MINTO ANYTIME.

THANK YOU APPLICANT.

UH, BRIAN KALE, 89.

39 STEEL FIELD ROAD, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA.

UM, SO LIKE TRENTON SAID THAT AT THE, THE LAST MEETING WAS KIND OF TEETERING.

DO YOU GUYS MIND IF I WALK UP TO THE MAP AND KIND OF POINT BE EASIER THAN COULDN'T QUITE SEE TRENTON'S CURSOR? SO THIS IS THIS SPINE ROAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY, SAY THE, UH, SALES CENTER IS CURRENTLY ON THE APPROVED ZONING SHOWN IN THIS CORNER RIGHT HERE, LIKE BURIED RIGHT DOWN IN THE CORNER.

WE WANT TO MOVE IT UP TO THIS LOCATION HERE.

CURRENTLY IDENTIFY IS LINEAR.

THE REASON WE WANT TO PUT IT THERE IS WE KNOW THAT OUR SALES CENTERS WORK OUT BETTER WHEN PEOPLE CAN WALK OUTTA SALES CENTER AND GO RIGHT TO THE MODELS WITHOUT HAVING TO GET IN THE CAR.

SO THE WAY IT OPERATES IS THE SALES CENTER WILL SIT RIGHT HERE, 20 SOMETHING MODELS THAT SIT BACK HERE, WALK OUT THE BACK THROUGH PARK SPACE THAT WILL BE THERE, NOT DESIGNATED LINEAR PARK, BUT PARK SPACE, WALK THROUGH THE PARK SPACE AND GO VISIT THE MODELS AND, AND COME BACK.

THAT'S ONE, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH, WITH THE CONDITION THAT WE CREATED A NEW CONNECTION, UM, THAT THOSE PEOPLE WOULD BE WALKING THROUGH THE SALES PROCESS.

SO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IS, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE KEEPING, UH, ARGUABLY THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE PARK, WHICH IS THE 15 FOOT AC, RUNS ALL WAY DOWN ROAD.

SO THAT'S STILL GONNA BE THERE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S A SALE CENTER OR LINEAR PARK THAT'S

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THERE.

SO YOU HAVE A 600 FOOT SECTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S CURRENTLY LINEAR PARK.

THE REST OF THE FEATURES, WE JUST DO NOT WANT THIS ADDITIONAL NEW CONNECTION FROM THE CENTER, CENTER ALL WAYS APART.

INSTEAD OF WHAT WE SAID IS ADD THAT SAME ACREAGE TO THE OTHER LINEAR PARK PARKWAY THAT WE'RE ALREADY RIGHT.

SO THIS, THIS LARGE PARK WOULD JUST GET THAT MUCH BIGGER BY THE, SO RIGHT HERE NOW WE GET BACK WITH THIS OR, BUT WHAT TRUMP WAS TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE A IMPACT WAY ACROSS HERE AS WELL AS .

SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

BUT AGAIN, HAVING THAT LINEAR PARKWAY GO THROUGH THE CENTER, INTERRUPT THE SALES PROCESS, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST HAVE TO COMMENT.

UM, ON THE LINEAR PARK CONNECTION THING, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR CRIME, IT'S GONNA BE IN A LINEAR, SKINNY PARK BETWEEN A BACKYARD FENCE AND A HOME DEPOT.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE BEING COMPLETELY HONEST, WHICH IS WHAT THIS WOULD CREATE RIGHT HERE.

UM, I SEE NO POINT IN REQUIRING A PARK CONNECTION BETWEEN LITERALLY BACKYARD FENCES AND FUTURE COMMERCIAL BUILD OUT.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ASKING FOR CRIME.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING HAS ANY, ANY OF THIS HAS ANY IMPACT ON BROOKSIDE ROAD.

UM, BUT THAT, THAT TO ME WOULD BE AN ISSUE.

I AGREE WITH MR. SMITH.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE PORTION WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THE CONNECTION OVER TO THE REGIONAL TRAIL, THERE'S TWO OTHER ONES RELATIVELY CLOSE ON EITHER END OF IT, BUT WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THOSE MODEL HOMES, ALL THE REST OF THAT, RIGHT BEHIND THAT IS ALL HOMES AND THOSE MODEL HOMES AT SOME POINT ARE GONNA BE HOMES.

AND IF YOU FOLLOWED ANYTHING WITH MIDLOTHIAN AND THE TROUBLES THEY'VE HAD WITH TRYING TO GET THE LAND DEDICATION FOR THE REGIONAL TRAIL THAT'S GOING UP THERE, BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE WANT A REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTION GOING RIGHT THROUGH THEIR RIGHT BEHIND THEIR HOUSE.

UH, AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION AFTER I SPOKE WITH MR. KALE ABOUT THIS, AS Y'ALL KNOW, I WENT AND I LOOKED AT THE ONE THEY HAD DOWN THERE WITH THE HOUSES MM-HMM .

AND IT FITS WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR SALE CENTER AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE HOUSES RIGHT DIRECTLY BEHIND IT WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY UP THERE ON 35.

HONESTLY, PART OF THE REASON I SAID THAT I AGREED TO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE IS THAT THAT WHOLE ORANGE PART OR WHATEVER COLOR YOU WANNA CALL IT WOULD BE RETAIL AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING, WHICH WOULD DRAW PEOPLE OFF OF 77.

'CAUSE FOR THAT GROUP THEY WILL HAVE STORES.

THEY WILL HAVE, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MILLION SQUARE FEET IT WAS, BUT IT'S A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.

AND TO TAKE IT FOR A SALE CENTER, I THINK IT'D BE BETTER OFF WITH COMMERCIAL UP THERE.

ON 35, WHAT, WHAT IS THE SQUARE, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT BUILDING? OF THE BUILDING OF THE SALE CENTER? IT'S NOT DONE YET, BUT IT'S, IT'S AROUND ROUGHLY AROUND 11,000 FEET.

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL, JUST OUTTA MY CURIOSITY, THE, THE ORIGINAL REASON FOR INITIALLY PUTTING IT UP FRONT.

'CAUSE NORMALLY THEY ARE INSIDE, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE MODEL HOMES.

WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 'EM BOTH WAYS.

UM, WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITIES WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BUS THAT TAKES PEOPLE BETWEEN THE TWO LOCATIONS AND WAS REALLY JUST SITTING DOWN WITH OUR SALES TEAMS AND SAYING WHICH ONE WORKS BETTER.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT WAS.

SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT EARLIER OR JUST NOT LABELED IT.

THAT HAVE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SURE.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR TRENTON.

HOW MUCH PARK SPACE HAVE THEY DEDICATED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AND HOW MUCH WOULD THEY HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO BY REGULAR ORDINANCES? HOW MUCH PARK SPACE WOULD THEY HAVE HAD TO HAVE? AND DON'T THEY HAVE LIKE, QUITE A BIT MORE PARK SPACE IN THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT THAN WHAT'S THAT'S REQUIRED? THAT, THAT, THAT'S HARD.

UM, RIGHT NOW NOTHING'S BEEN DEDICATED UNTIL IT GETS DEVELOPED PER PLAT, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

UM, THAT, THAT'S A REALLY TOUGH QUESTION.

I WOULD HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND CALCULATE THE NUMBERS.

'CAUSE MOST DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU SEE ARE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN WAXAHATCHEE

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UM, AND THEY DON'T HAVE RETAIL COMPONENTS ONTO IT WHERE THIS HAS RETAIL COMPONENTS, BUT THEY'RE STILL DEDICATING PARKLAND SPACE.

UM, I I DON'T HAVE A, I WOULDN'T HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER FOR YOU AT THIS MOMENT.

SO TO FINISH THAT POINT OFF AND THEN I'LL BE, I'LL BE DONE.

THAT'S FINE.

IS WE'RE TALKING LESS THAN 10 ACRES ON THIS AREA THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF.

AND THREE I GOT, I GOTTA GIVE THESE GUYS, IS IT THREE? I GOTTA GIVE THESE GUYS SOME CREDIT THAT YEAH, WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GOING BACK AND FORTH, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE BUILDING PRACTICE FIELDS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE LIGHTS AND WATER AND EVERYTHING.

AND WE NEVER REQUIRE ANYBODY TO DO THAT.

AND SO CHANGING THREE ACRES OF LAND OFF OF ONE PLACE OF PARK AND ADDING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, I DON'T THINK THAT ASKING TOO MUCH.

BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 11.

IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THAT

[11. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-24-2026 ]

I THINK, UH, TERRY HAS THE PROPER WORDING, UH, FOR NUMBER 11, TERRY.

UM, IF THE COUNCIL VOTES TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, UM, PAGE THREE OF THE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITION ADDITIONAL NUMBER AND NUMBER 10 WOULD BE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE AND IT WOULD SAY, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REFERENCE IN THIS ORDINANCE, ALL OTHER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCE 37 0 4 REMAIN IN FULL FORCE IN EFFECT.

SO DOES THAT WORDING THAT YOU GAVE US THERE REQUIRE THEM TO ADD THE LITTLE TRAIL CONNECTION? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE GOING TO ADD THAT'S, THAT'S THE PART, THE BASIS FOR THE REZONING.

NO, THEY DON'T, YOU DON'T WANT TO ADD IT.

THEY JUST REMOVED THE SALE CENTER TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

THE BASIS OF THE, OF THE REZONING IS BECAUSE THEY'RE CHANGING ONE AREA FROM MIXED USE TO PARKLAND AND CHANGING ANOTHER AREA FROM PARK TO MIXED USE.

SO THEY'RE CHANGING THE TWO DISTRICTS.

IT'S JUST, UM, JUST IN ADDITION TO TERRY'S COMMENT, UH, THAT MOTION WE NEED EITHER STATE IS THAT THEY EITHER ACCEPT STAFF'S CONDITION OF ADDING THE CONNECTION OR THEY DON'T ACCEPT STAFF'S AND P AND Z'S RECOMMENDATION OF ADDING THAT CONNECTION.

THAT I THINK THAT IN THE MOTION THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE CLEAR IF THEY, IF THEY ACCEPT THAT CONDITION OR NOT.

EXCEPT IT JUST MAKE EASY WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S, WHETHER IT'S A CASE OF WHETHER THEY'RE ACCEPTING IT OR NOT.

I THINK IT'S A CASE OF WHETHER THEIR COUNSEL'S GONNA REQUIRE 'EM TO DO IT OR NOT.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONDITION.

SO IT'D BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 24 DASH 2026.

A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR ORDINANCE 37 0 4, NOT SUBJECT.

OH, I TURNED OFF NOT, NOT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS PLUS THE ADDITION ITEM 10 THAT I READ.

I'LL ACCEPT THE ADDITION OF ITEM 10 AS READ AS WELL.

US TO ITEM 12, CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC 24 26 COUNSEL, MAD MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC 24 DASH 2026 IN CONJUNCTION AND AS OUTLINED IN ITEM 11 ON OUR AGENDA.

BRINGS

[12. Consider Development Agreement for ZDC-24-2026 ]

ITEM 13, A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY THE CITY OF WASATCH TO RENAME A PORTION OF OLD LEY ROAD TO EASTHAM WAY, BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF THE TRACT LAND DESCRIBED AS TRACT ONE INDEED TWO.

THAT BRINGS US TO

[13. Public Hearing on a request by the City of Waxahachie to rename a portion of Old Italy Road to “Eastham Way”, beginning approximately 600 feet south along the western property boundary of the tract of land described as Tract 1 in deed to Blue Jacket Group LLC, recorded in Instrument No. 2242342, of the Official Public Records of Ellis County, Texas (OPRECT), to the beginning of Lake Shore Drive ]

BLUE JACKET GROUP, LLC RECORDED IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 22 42, 3 42 OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF ELLIS COUNTY TO THE BEGINNING OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE, TRENTON.

US TO ITEM NUMBER 14 TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE RENAMING A PORTION OF OLEY ROAD TO EASTHAM WAY.

UH, PART OF THIS, UH, WHAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS TO RENAME A PORTION OF OLD LEY ROAD TO EASTON, UH, WAY AND THE FUTURE ADDITION OF WHERE OLD LY ROAD WOULD BE LOCATED, OR WOULD BE CALLED OLD EASTON WAY.

UM, THIS PROPOSED REQUEST WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UH, WE DID MAIL OUT NOTICES TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS BEING IMPACTED BY THIS, UH, ROAD NAME CHANGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS.

UH, ZERO LETTERS CAME BACK IN OPPOSITION, ZERO LETTER, ZERO LETTERS CAME BACK IN.

SUPPORT STAFF DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PROPOSED, UH, ROAD NAME CHANGE AND P AND Z ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PROS REQUEST.

AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, TRENTON.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SO I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THAT BRINGS

[14. Consider proposed Ordinance renaming a portion of Old Italy Road to “Eastham Way”]

MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT.

AND I'M NOT A

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FAN OF PREPARED SPEECHES, BUT, UH, BEAR WITH ME.

TONIGHT IS NOT REALLY ABOUT A ROAD SIGN.

IT IS ABOUT FORMALLY ATTACHING A FAMILY NAME TO A STRETCH OF LAND THAT HAS QUIETLY HELPED SHAPE WAXAHATCHEE AND ELLIS COUNTY FORD GENERATIONS ROADS CONNECT PLACES, BUT OCCASIONALLY A ROADWAY ALSO CONNECTS GENERATIONS.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT EAST WAY REPRESENTS.

LONG BEFORE THIS CORRIDOR CARRIED TRAFFIC CONNECTED SCHOOLS OR SUPPORTED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THIS LAND WAS FARMED, CARED FOR AND STEWARDED BY THE EASTHAM FAMILY, JACK B AND FRANCIS FRANCIS PETERS.

EASTHAM INVESTED NOT ONLY IN PROPERTY, BUT IN COMMUNITY, BELIEVING THAT LAND CARRIED RESPONSIBILITY, NOT JUST VALUE.

JACK WAS KNOWN AS A RESPECTED FARMER, BUSINESSMAN, AND COMMUNITY MINDED LEADER WHOSE WORK INFLUENCE REACHED FAR BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FAMILY PROPERTY ITSELF.

FRANCIS CARRIED THE SAME DEEP CIVIC COMMITMENT BECOMING WIDELY KNOWN THROUGHOUT WAXAHATCHEE FOR, FOR HER GENEROSITY, HOSPITALITY, AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

TOGETHER THEY REPRESENTED A GENERATION THAT BELIEVED DEEPLY IN LEAVING THINGS BETTER THAN THEY FOUND THEM.

THAT MINDSET BECAME PART OF THE FAMILY LEGACY.

THEIR DAUGHTER, EVELYN EASTON PITTS CARRIED THOSE SAME VALUES FORWARD THROUGH DECADES OF CIVIC INVOLVEMENT, CHARITABLE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

A FOURTH GENERATION ELLIS COUNTY RESIDENT, EVELYN, REMAINED DEEPLY CONNECTED TO ACHI THROUGHOUT HER LIFE AND BECAME KNOWN FOR HER QUIET, HER QUIET LEADERSHIP, LOVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND DEDICATION TO PRESERVING THE CHARACTER AND SPIRIT OF WAXAHATCHEE.

ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND, STATE REP, REPRESENTATIVE JIM PITTS.

SHE HELPED CONTINUE A FAMILY TRADITION CENTERED AROUND PUBLIC SERVICE, STEWARDSHIP AND INVESTMENT IN OTHERS.

BUT WHAT STANDS OUT MOST ABOUT THE EASTHAM PITTS FAMILIES IS NOT SIMPLY LEADERSHIP OR RECOGNITION.

IT IS THE CONSISTENCY OF THEIR STEWARDSHIP.

BECAUSE STEWARDSHIP IS NOT LOUD, IT RARELY SEEKS ATTENTION, AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, ITS GREATEST IMPACT IS ONLY FULLY UNDERSTOOD YEARS LATER.

THAT IS WHY THIS SIGN AND TONIGHT MATTERS EASTON WAY WILL HELP CONNECT STUDENTS TO WAXAHATCHEE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

A FUTURE DANG.

I TRIED A FUTURE JUNIOR HIGH CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL TO A NEW FIRE STATION, FAMILIES TO NEIGHBORHOODS, AND EVENTUALLY BUSINESSES AND COMMERCE TO AN IMPORTANT GROWING CORRIDOR IN OUR CITY.

AND NONE OF THAT HAPPENED ACCIDENTALLY.

THE EASTON FAMILY HELPED MAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE BY CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY OVER MAXIMUM RETURN.

THE LAND EXCHANGE FOR THESE FUTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS FOR THESE FUTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS WAS DONE SO AT VALUES WELL BELOW WHAT THE OPEN MARKET LIKELY WOULD HAVE PRODUCED BECAUSE THE FAMILY BELIEVED SOME THINGS MATTER MORE THAN EXTRACTING EVERY POSSIBLE DOLLAR FROM A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

THAT DEDICATION SAYS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE ARE HONORING TONIGHT BECAUSE THE EASTERN WAY IS NOT MERELY A ROAD NAME.

THE EASTERN WAY IS A BELIEF THAT SUCCESS, LAND AND OPPORTUNITY CARRY AN OBLIGATION TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GROWTH SHOULD STRENGTHEN A COMMUNITY, NOT SIMPLY EXPAND IT.

AND IT IS THE QUIET BELIEF THAT LEAVING SOMETHING BETTER STILL MATTERS.

IN MANY WAYS, THIS ROADWAY BECOMES A CONTINUATION OF THE EXACT VALUES THE EASTON FAMILY REPRESENTED.

SERVICE, RESPONSIBILITY, HUMILITY, LONG-TERM THINKING, AND INVESTMENT IN OTHERS.

AND MAYBE THE MOST FITTING PART OF ALL THIS, THE SAME FAMILY THAT ONCE WORKED AND CARED FOR THE LAND, FOR THIS LAND HELPED PAVE THE WAY LITERALLY FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF KATCH.

THAT IS A LEGACY WORTH OF RECOGNITION TO ASHLEY, RYAN, AND DUFFY AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.

THANK YOU FOR THE EXAMPLE OF YOUR FAMILY, A SET FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS.

AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THAT LEGACY TODAY.

TONIGHT EAST WAVE BECOMES MORE THAN A NAME ON THE SIGN.

IT BECOMES A PERMANENT REMINDER THAT GROWTH DONE THE

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RIGHT WAY.

THE EASTERN WAY STILL MATTERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CAN I GET A, A MOTION, UH, FOR ITEM 14 TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE RENAMING A PORTION OF OLD LEY ROAD TO EASTON WAY.

MAD MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TO RE RENAME A PORTION OF OLD ITALY ROAD TO EASTON WAY WITHIN THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 15, A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY MENTO, K-R-L-L-C, WALTON, TEXAS, DALLAS KEMP RANCH, LP ONE, AND WALTON, TEXAS LP TO DISSOLVE THE EMORY LAKES PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

COULD WE HAVE THE FAMILY DOWN FOR A PHOTOGRAPH, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

THAT

[15. Public Hearing on a request by Minto KR LLC, Walton TX Dallas Kemp Ranch LP 1, and Walton Texas LP to dissolve the Emory Lakes Public Improvement District, pursuant to Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code ]

PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 3 7 2 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

TRENTON, THANK YOU.

AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, THE DA, THE PD, UM, PART OF THIS PROCESS WAS, UH, TO, THERE'S AN EXISTING PIT ON THE PROPERTY.

UM, THE EXISTING PIT DOES NOT COVER ALL OF, UM, THE MINTO TRACT.

UM, THE DIS THE, UH, THE REASON FOR THIS ITEM IS TO, UM, ELIMINATE THE PIT AND THEN CREATE, EVENTUALLY THIS WILL LEAD TO CREATING THE MMD.

UM, I'LL GO.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS I DESCRIBED EARLIER THAT WAS EXPLAIN OF WHAT THEY WERE REQUESTING TO DO.

UM, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT MAYOR COUNSEL STEVE ROBINSON ON, UH, WITH ALAN BOONE, HUMPHREYS ROBINSON HERE, UH, REPRESENTING WAXAHATCHEE, MMD NUMBER ONE AS WELL AS MINTO.

UM, AS CONTEMPLATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UH, EMORY LAKES PIT THAT, UH, IS ON A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

AND, UM, IT WAS ALWAYS CONTEMPLATED THAT THAT PI THAT WAS CREATED BACK IN 2021 BY COUNCIL WOULD BE DISSOLVED, UH, GOING FORWARD.

THAT WE WOULD EXCLUSIVELY USE THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

PRIMARY DIFFERENCE THERE IS THAT THE PIT HAS THAT ASSESSMENT POWER, THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT DOES ALSO.

AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO HAVE BOTH OF THOSE ENTITIES, UH, AT THIS POINT.

SO, UH, ON PETITION OF THE LANDOWNERS, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THAT P BE, UH, REMOVED AND THAT, UH, LANDOWNER PETITION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, UH, TO, TO COUNCIL.

SO REALLY ALL WE'RE DOING IS REALLY IMPLEMENTING WHAT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO, UM, IT DOES REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, AND THEN, UH, ACTION.

UH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO DO THOSE, OR WOULD YOU RATHER DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST? MAYOR, YOUR, YOUR, UM, LET'S, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY, UH, WISHING TO SPEAK, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS A COMMERCIAL AND IS, WILL BE PART OF THE MASTER DISTRICT THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

YEP.

SO, UH, UH, ON PETITION OF THE LANDOWNER, UH, WE, WE WOULD BE ASKING, UH, FOR YOU TO, UH, UH, TO FORMALLY DISSOLVE THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ACTION OF, OF COUNSEL.

JUST A, A LITTLE UPDATE.

WE HAVE BEGUN THE DIVISION, UH, UH, AND ANNEXATION PROCESS.

UH, HERE YOU SEE A DEPICTION OF WHAT HAS ACCOMPLISHED, BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR.

WHAT YOU SEE REFLECT IN BLUE

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IN YELLOW IS OUR TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, MEANING TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY, UH, UH, AND THEN, UH, IN GREEN IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ACTIVE ADULT, UH, COMMUNITY.

THE ORANGE IS THE BALANCE THAT WILL, UH, EVENTUALLY BE ANNEXED IN PHASES, UH, OVER TIME, UH, INTO THOSE EXISTING DISTRICTS AS THEY, UH, EXPAND, ET CETERA.

UM, THE ONLY OTHER, UH, UH, THING TO UPDATE YOU ON IS THERE WAS A VERY SMALL TRACK THAT WAS A MATTER OF DISPUTE BETWEEN OUR FORMER LANDOWNER, UH, WALTON AND, UH, THE NAYS.

UH, PURSUANT TO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, A 0.952 ACRE TRACK, UH, HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE CONVEYED.

IT'S GOING TO BE CONVEYED TO THE NAYS FROM THE WALTONS.

UH, AS A RESULT, UH, UH, IT WILL BE OWNED BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN, UH, MINTO.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE IT REMOVED.

SO WE, WE ARE SIMPLY EXCLUDING IT ON ACTION OF OUR BOARD.

THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM FOR COUNCIL, IS JUST GIVING YOU AN UPDATE, UH, ON THE, UH, WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT AS WE, UH, BEGIN MOVING FORWARD.

UH, SO, UH, WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, BUT REALLY THE ONLY ACTION, UH, IS, UH, ON THE DISSOLUTION OF EMORY LAKES PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

THAT BRINGS

[16. Consider approving the request to dissolve the Emory Lakes Public Improvement District, pursuant to Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code ]

US TO ITEM 16.

CONSIDER APPROVING THE REQUEST TO DISSOLVE THE EMORY LAKES PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 3 7 2 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE COUNSEL MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO DISSOLVE THE EMORY LAKES PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

ITEM 17, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND RELATED MATERIALS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

[17. Consider and take action on a resolution directing publication of notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation; directing the preparation of a preliminary official statement and related materials; and providing an effective date ]

CHAD, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND, UH, COUNSEL, CHAD ESON, FINANCE DIRECTOR.

UH, SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS ITEM IS, UH, FOR YOU TO CONSIDER APPROVING, UM, US TO PROCEED WITH THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

UM, JUST AS WAY AS WAY OF BACKGROUND, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, STAFF BEGAN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE CITY'S FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, UH, WE ASSESS CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND UPDATE THOSE PROJECTS WITH, UH, COST ESTIMATES.

AND THIS IS DONE AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL, UH, BUDGET PROCESS.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, ON APRIL 14TH, UM, WE PRESENTED THE FIVE YEAR CIP AND STRATEGY AT THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, WHICH IS PART OF THE OVERALL FUNDING INCLUDED, UM, THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO FUND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

UM, THE BOND PORTION OF THE CIP INCLUDES 11 PROJECTS AT 69 MILLION.

UH, THESE ARE, UH, TWO STREET PROJECTS, UM, TWO LARGE FACILITY PROJECTS INCLUDING, UM, UH, THE, UM, THE RENOVATION OF THE, UH, COMERICA BUILDING FOR, UM, CITY ADMIN AND FIRE ADMIN, UH, PERSONNEL, AS WELL AS RELOCATING FIRE.

UM, STATION NUMBER ONE.

UM, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, IT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS.

THE, UH, THE GENERAL PROJECTS THAT I MENTIONED, THE, UH, TWO STRAIGHT PROJECTS AND TWO FACILITY PROJECTS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND WILL NOT REQUIRE AN INCREASE TO THE TAX RATE.

UM, THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE UTILITY RATES.

UH, SO FAST FORWARD TO TODAY.

IN ORDER FOR, UH, ANY CITY TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, CERTAIN STEPS ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

THIS WOULD GIVE US THE GO AHEAD TO PUBLISH IN THE NEWSPAPER THE NOTICE OF INTENT.

UH, OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, WE WOULD WORK WITH, UH, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WITH OUR BOND COUNSEL.

WE'D PREPARE THE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AS WELL AS THE DUE DILIGENCE INFORMATION, UH, TO, UM, TO ISSUE TAX EXEMPT BONDS.

UH, ALSO MEET WITH THE RATING AGENCIES, UH, WHO WILL ASSESS OUR CREDIT RATING, UH, WHICH AGAIN IS CURRENTLY AT A HIGH INVESTMENT GRADE AT AA ON AUGUST 3RD, UH, WE'VE COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ACTUALLY AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AT THAT POINT.

AND THEN WE'D PRICE THE BONDS THAT DAY WITH FUNDS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN WE'D GO AHEAD AND START THOSE PROJECTS TO COINCIDE WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND START THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, WHICH BEGINS

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OCTOBER 1ST.

SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, CHAD.

THIS ITEM DOES, UH, REQUIRE, UH, EACH INDIVIDUAL, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE RECORDED.

UH, SO I'LL START TO MY RIGHT.

CAN I ASK HIM A QUICK QUESTION? YOU SURE CAN.

69 MILLION IS MAXIMUM.

THAT'S CORRECT.

IT COULD CHANGE, IT COULD GO DOWN BUT NOT UP.

IT COULD GO DOWN.

AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE PUT OUT THAT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO MEET WITH, UH, THE CIP DEPARTMENTS.

OUR STREETS PROJECT, OUR STREETS DEPARTMENTS, OUR UTILITY PRO, UH, DEPARTMENTS.

IF WE HAVE SAVINGS AND OTHER PROJECTS, WE FREQUENTLY ARE ABLE TO LOWER THAT DOWN BASED ON, UH, THOSE OTHER, OTHER PROJECTS.

THANK, THANK YOU.

AND I COUNCILMAN WRIGHT.

AYE.

THE MOTION, UM, EACH WE HAVE TO INDIVIDUALLY, UH, RECORD OUR MOTION.

FIRST OUR VOTE.

I'LL MAKE IT MOTION FIRST ON THE VOTE.

THE VOTE IS RECORDED INDIVIDUALLY.

AND THE, THE MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND RELATED AND RELATED MATERIALS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND WE'LL START TO THE RIGHT HERE.

[18. Consider contract for Local Convenience Store Fuel]

BRINGS US TO 18.

CONSIDER CONTRACT FOR LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE FUEL, CHAD.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO THIS IS, UH, AWARDING A NEW CONTRACT TO PARAMOUNT OIL FOR CONVENIENCE STORE FUEL.

UM, JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, AS PART OF OUR REVIEW OF OUR CONTRACTS, WE GO THROUGH AND OUR PURCHASING STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEWS OUR CONTRACTS AND THEY'VE DETERMINED THAT THE CITY'S PREVIOUS CONTRACT WITH T OIL AND GAS, IT WAS AWARDED IN 2013.

THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AT THE TIME, IT'S JUST, IT HAS BEEN EXPIRED AND, UH, NO LONGER MEETS OUR CURRENT PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO WHAT THIS ITEM DOES TODAY IS IT, UH, AUTHORIZES, UH, THIS CONTRACT, UH, RENEWS IT WITH PYRAMID OIL.

UM, IT'S ALSO JUST MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AMOUNT OF SPEND THAT THE CITY DOES, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT, UH, NORMALLY FOR A FORMAL, UH, BID PROCESS.

BUT BECAUSE, UH, THEY, THE COUNTY HAD JUST GONE THROUGH A, UM, UM, A, A FORMAL BID PROCESS FOR LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE FUEL, UM, THEY, THEY WERE ABLE TO AWARD PYRAMIDS.

WE'RE ABLE TO, AS PART OF, UH, CHAPTER 79, UH, 7 91 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WE'RE ABLE TO ALL, UM, ENTER INTO AN, WE HAVE AN INTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

WE'RE ABLE TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT CONTRACT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE DID, WE DO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE DID GO THROUGH THE PROCESS EARLIER THIS YEAR LOOKING AT OUR, UH, THE COMPETITION.

AND AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT WE GET WITH THE PRICE AND WHAT WE WERE SPENDING, WE FOUND THAT PYRAMID IS COMPETITIVE.

UM, UH, THEY ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED, UM, AND, UH, AND THEY'RE LOCAL BUSINESS.

AND SO THIS WOULD CONTINUE THINGS JUST AS NORMAL.

IT'S JUST GETTING US IN COM INTO COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WE HAVE ALSO MENTIONED.

IT IS, UH, THERE IS A TERM LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE FUEL.

AND THE REASON WHY THAT IS, IS BECAUSE THIS IS NON EXCLUSIONARY.

SO THERE IS, UH, THIS ISN'T A, UM, EXCLUSIONARY CONTRACT WITH PYRAMID, UH, OIL.

AS, AS FAR AS OUR, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR UTILITIES FOLKS, OUR STREET DEPARTMENT, THEY NEED TO GET GAS, UH, CONVENIENTLY AND SOMEWHERE ELSE THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

UH, THIS JUST GETS US A GOOD DEAL BY ABLE, BEING ABLE TO PIGGYBACK ON TOP OF THAT, THAT CONTRACT.

SO, THANK YOU.

COUNSEL, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO CHAD ON THIS ONE? NO.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO AWARD A NEW CONTRACT TO PEERMAN OIL AND LP INCORPORATED FOR CONVENIENCE STORE FUEL AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AT TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

NUMBER 19 TO CONSIDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AWARD FOR THE ANNUAL LAWN MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING SERVICES FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LOW PROFILE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $434,411 AND 80 CENTS STAFF.

[19. Consider request for proposal award for the annual lawn maintenance and landscaping services for high-profile and low-profile City owned properties in the amount of $434,411.80]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, YES, MA'AM.

THIS IS, UH, CONSIDERED THE SPLIT AWARD FOR LANDSCAPING SERVICES.

UM, WE HAVE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, LANTANA LAWN CARE FOR THE HIGH PROFILE LOCATIONS AND MAKE PEACE IRRIGATION FOR THE LOW PROFILE LOCATIONS.

UM, THERE'S, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, SIMILAR CONTRACTS AND, UH, WE WERE ASKED TO, UH, REVIEW THOSE.

WE'RE IN THE SECOND

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OF THREE ONE YEAR OPTIONS.

UM, THIS CONTRACT, THIS CURRENT ONE YEAR WILL END AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

UM, THE IDEA IS THAT THIS NEW CONTRACT WOULD START OCTOBER ONE OF, UH, BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TODAY FOR A CONTRACT THAT STARTS IN OCTOBER? CORRECT.

HOW EXHAUSTIVE HAVE WE BEEN IN SOLICITING FOR BIDS FOR THESE SERVICES? HOW, HOW, HOW EXHAUSTIVE HAVE WE BEEN IN SOLICITING FOR BIDS FOR THESE SERVICES? UH, YES.

SO WE, UM, WE ADVERTISED ON MARCH 25TH, WHERE, WHERE, I'M SORRY.

WE NOTIFIED 2000 DIFFERENT VENDORS THROUGH OUR, UM, THROUGH OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND THE SOFTWARE THAT WE USE FOR THAT.

UH, 48 VENDORS DOWNLOADED THE PROPOSED DOCUMENTS AND 10 SUBMITTED, UM, QUOTE OR PROPOSALS.

HOW MANY DOWNLOADED THE, THE, UH, INFORMATION? 48.

OF THE 2000 HAVE WE CONTRACTED WITH MAKE PEACE BEFORE WE, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE NOT.

I JUST HAD NEVER HEARD OF THEM BEFORE.

HOW WAS LANTANA SELECTED FOR THE HIGH PROFILE LOCATIONS? UH, WE HAD A PRETTY EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF ALL THE SUBMITTALS.

WE WERE, UH, FIVE OF US ON THE REVIEW COMMITTEE.

UM, THERE WAS, UM, MYSELF, GAMERO, UM, CHRIS SEAL AND ELLE STUDEVAN FROM UTILITIES.

UH, WE LOOKED AT, UM, THEIR HISTORY, UM, AND I'M SORRY, LAYLA.

THE, SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS WERE, UM, THEIR CAPACITY.

WE LOOKED, WE ASKED THEM WHAT PROFESSIONALS THEY HAD ON, UH, ON STAFF, WHAT EQUIPMENT THEY HAD, WHAT THEIR HISTORY WAS.

UH, WE CHECKED OTHER REFERENCES FOR OTHER, UH, MUNICIPALITIES THAT THEY HAD WORKED WITH.

AND WE SCORED EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY, COMBINED THE SCORES.

AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE, UH, AT THE TOTALS.

SO WHERE DID THEY LAND IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER NINE THAT APPLIED? I MEAN, ARE, ARE THEY 10% ABOVE THE MOST QUALIFIED BID? ARE THEY, ARE THEY 35%? WE, WE DIDN'T, YOU'RE NOT PRESENTING ANY OF THAT INFORMATION ON, ON HOW THEY LANDED? SURE.

THE, THE TOP TWO WERE MAKEPEACE IN ANA TOP TOP TWO IN WHAT SENSE? UH, I'M SORRY.

TOP TWO IN THE PROPOSALS.

SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING TOP TWO IN WHAT? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TOP TWO YOU'RE SAYING.

ARE YOU SAYING TOP TWO IN, LIKE SCORE WISE? CORRECT.

WE HAVE A, WE HAD A EVALUATION MATRIX AND THERE WERE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT THEY WERE SCORED ON.

AND SO THEN WE TOOK ALL THE SCORING, WE CAME BACK TOGETHER AND WE, UH, REVIEWED THE RESULTS AND THE TOP TWO WERE CONSIDERED.

THEY, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PRICING THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR THE HIGH PROFILE AND THE PRICING THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR LOW.

AND WE HAD, UH, A PRICE ADVANTAGE BY SPLIT AWARDING IT, UM, WHERE WE WEREN'T HAVING TO PAY AS HIGH OF A PRICE FOR THE LOW PROFILE.

'CAUSE THOSE ARE JUST LOW MAINTENANCE.

BUT I WILL SAY THE EVALUATION PROCESS WAS VERY, VERY THOROUGH.

AND ALL THE, UH, VENDORS WERE, UM, PURCHASING.

WE ACTUALLY CALLED THE REFERENCES.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE REFERENCES, WE SCORED THE REFERENCE, UM, MATRIX, AND THEN WE ALSO SCORED THE, THE PRICING.

SO WHEN YOU SAY, WHEN YOU SAY THEY SCORED HIGH, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT THAT WE HAD A MATRIX AND, AND IT'S APPRECIATED.

BUT FROM, FROM, FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, WHERE DID LANTANA LAND ON THE HIGH PROFILE? UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY ABOVE THE, THE LOWEST MOST QUALIFIED BID, THE LOWEST, LIKE WERE ALL NINE QUALIFIED BIDS.

SO THEY'RE NOT BID, THEY'RE THEY WEREN'T BIDS.

THEY WERE PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS, SORRY.

YEAH, WERE, SO THEY GOT FOUR.

THEY GOT, UH, 40 POINTS FOR, I'M JUST ASKING ON JUST THE DOLLARS, THE COST.

LOCATIONS 20 TO 21 FOR 52,000 186.

SO I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME WHAT THE HIGHEST ONE WAS, BUT I WANNA SAY THE, THE RANGE WAS AROUND 700,000.

UM, BUT I WILL SAY IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR, UH, LANTANA, UM, WE HAD BUDGETED 380, I'M SORRY, $414,992 FOR 38 LOCATIONS.

THOSE ARE 38 HIGH PROFILE LOCATIONS.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A COMPETITIVE PRICE FOR 66 LOCATIONS JUST THROUGH, UM, IN THE LOW PROFILE.

WE BUDGETED $74,795 FOR 17 LOCATIONS.

AND WITH THIS NEW CONTRACT, IT'S, UH, WE ADDED

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SO OVERALL, IT WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND WE REALLY GOT THE BEST DEAL WITH QUALITY.

AND, UH, JUST THE PROPOSALS THEMSELVES, THEY, THEY HAD EVERYTHING WE ASKED FOR.

UM, THEY WERE JUST REALLY HIGH QUALITY PROPOSALS AND WERE, WERE CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY WOULD BE REALLY GOOD CONTRACTORS.

SO AGAIN, THE, THE LOWEST MOST QUALIFIED BID FOR THE HIGH PROFILE PROPOSAL FOR THE LOW PROFILE, WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER? WAS IT 200,000? WAS IT LOW PROFILE FOR, FOR THE HIGH PROFILE? FOR THE HIGH PROFILE, THE LOWEST, MOST QUALIFIED, I DO BELIEVE IT WAS JUST UNDER THIS 3 82, IT WAS OVER 300.

IT WAS OVER 300,000.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE LOWER IT AS IF WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT COST.

THERE WAS ONE OTHER VENDOR THAT WAS LOWER THERE, THERE WERE ALSO TWO OTHER VENDORS THAT, UM, THEY NO BID.

A LOT OF THE, THE ITEMS THEY SELECTED, LIKE ONE, UM, BID ON JUST IRRIGATION.

AND SO THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY JUST BECAUSE THEY, THAT WAS THE ONLY SERVICE THEY COULD PROVIDE WAS THE IRRIGATION SERVICE.

AND SO THAT WAS PART OF, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LANTANA, AND THIS IS NOT A KNOCK ON THEM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A, AN IRRIGATOR ON STAFF.

HAS THAT CHANGED? THEY, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WAS THEY HAD TO UPLOAD A, UH, LICENSED IRRIGATION OR A TEXAS, UH, IRRIGATION LICENSE.

AND SO THEY DO HAVE, THEY, THEY DID SHOW THAT THEY HAD SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT WAS A LICENSED IRRIGATOR.

BECAUSE AS ODD AS THIS SOUNDS, I'VE GOTTEN TONS OF CALLS OVER THESE SERVICES.

UM, AND NOT FROM COMPLAINTS, BUT IT'S, WHY DON'T WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY? SO THIS WAS, UH, ADVERTISED AND WE HAD IN, IN, LIKE BRAD SAID, WE HAD OVER 40, UH, VENDORS THAT DOWNLOADED.

WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.

UM, WE WERE ON POINT WITH MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY, IT WAS TRANSPARENT.

EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE GAVE ALL THESE CONTRACTORS THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.

AND THEN, AND I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS MORE SO THAT THEY'RE ON PUBLIC RECORD SURE.

FOR ANY FUTURE QUESTIONS WE MIGHT GET ABOUT IT.

SURE.

SO WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY THAT THEY WERE, THAT, THAT YOU CONTACTED THEIR REFERENCES AND WE PUT A, A WEIGHT TOWARDS IF THEY WORKED FOR OTHER CITIES PERSONALLY, I DON'T CARE IF THEY WORK.

I MEAN, THIS IS JUST ME.

I DON'T CARE IF THEY WORK FOR SOME OTHER CITY.

I CARE HOW THEY WORK FOR HOURS.

UM, AND I'LL BE THE ONE THAT BEATS THE DRUM OF SUPPORT THE LOCAL COMPANY FIRST.

UM, SO HOW MUCH WEIGHT WAS PUT INTO THAT? THEY HAD OTHER MUNICIPALITY EXPERIENCE OR REFERENCES? SO IT WAS TWO PHASES.

UH, THE, THE POINTS WERE ONLY 10 POINTS.

THEY ONLY EARNED 10 POINTS FOR REFERENCES.

BUT THEN WE WOULD GO BACK AND IF WE, IF WE RECEIVED A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, THEN WE WOULD ALTER THAT SCORE BASED ON THAT.

BUT IF, UH, WE RECEIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK, AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T GET THE FEEDBACK FROM EVERY REFERENCE.

UM, BUT THERE WERE, UH, THERE WERE SOME THAT, THAT DIDN'T GET POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THEIR REFERENCES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

SO IT AFFECTED THEIR SCORE JUST BASED ON THAT.

AND, AND FOR CLARIFICATION, IT WASN'T, WE WEREN'T ASKING, BRAD, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MIC PLEASE? I'M SORRY.

THEIR WORKFORCE, RIGHT? UM, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR LABOR FORCE WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR SOME OF THOSE MM-HMM .

WE, WE, WE WEREN'T JUST ASKING IF THEY HAD WORKED FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

WE CHECKED WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES TO SEE HOW THEIR QUALITY OF THEIR SERVICE WAS.

IT WASN'T A JUST A, A YES OR NO.

IT WAS OKAY.

THEY WORKED FOR MUNICIPALITY.

HOW DID THE, DID THE WORK.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND, UM, WE WOULD HAVE, I HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME FEEDBACK THAT WOULD SAY, UM, THEY, THEY WERE GREAT TO WORK WITH, BUT THEIR BILLING WAS A LITTLE OUT OF, YOU KNOW, NOT ORGANIZED.

IT WAS KIND OF A CONSTANT HEADACHE TO, TO GET THEIR BILLING.

SO, I MEAN, WE, WE FACTORED IN ANY FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT BACK FROM THOSE REFERENCES.

SO WAS THERE NO CONSIDERATION OF BREAKING UP THE HIGH PROFILE PROPOSAL OPPORTUNITY WHERE IT, WHERE IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST HIGH AND LOW, BUT THERE'S, IT'S NO, WE WERE JUST CONSIDERING HIGH AND LOW.

BECAUSE IF WE DO, IF, IF WE KEEP THAT PRACTICE IN PLACE, WE'RE GOING TO, BY NATURE, UM, ELIMINATE LOCAL COMPANIES FROM BEING ABLE TO COMPETE FOR THESE, FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES BESIDES HIGH AND LOW, UH, THEN

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BUT BY JUST HAVING TWO TIERS, WE ARE ELIMINATING LOCAL COMPANIES FROM THIS.

THAT, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.

AND WE CAN CONSIDER THAT THE NEXT TIME WE GO OUT.

I MEAN, OR I JUST WANNA ADD SOMETHING.

I WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY, UH, ELIMINATING ANYBODY GEOGRAPHICALLY.

UH, BUT THIS IS, ARE THESE ARE BIG CONTRACTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WITH A TRAILER AND ONE MOWER, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK.

UM, SO WELL NOT IF WE HAVE 'EM BROKEN OUT LIKE THIS AS WE HAVE 'EM BROKEN OUT LIKE THIS.

SO I I'M SAYING IF, IF WE CONTINUE THIS PRACTICE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT DO A BETTER JOB BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY CARE BECAUSE THEY LIVE HERE AND THEY WORK HERE.

AS OPPOSED TO IF WE CONTINUE A PRACTICE LIKE THIS, WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS.

AND WE'RE GONNA TURN INTO, WELL, TRUG GREEN'S GONNA MOW EVERYTHING.

I, I THINK IT'S AN ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

I MEAN, YEAH, A BIGGER PROJECT REQUIRES MORE RESOURCES.

UM, BUT WE, IF WE HAVE, WE'RE CREATING BIGGER PROJECT WITH THIS PRACTICE, WELL, WE JUST, WE HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A BIG PROJECT.

UH, I THINK IF WE TRY TO IN BREAK IT UP INTO FIVE TO 10 DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU RUN INTO A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES WITH BILLING AND PAYING AND SCHEDULING.

UM, SO I THINK IN A BIG PROJECT LIKE THIS, IT, IT MAKES SENSE TO, IT'S ONLY A BIG PROJECT.

IT DIVIDED BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING IT A BIG PROJECT, IS WHAT I'M, IS THE POINT NO, SIR.

THAT I'M TRYING TO DRIVE HOME R RIGHT.

I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY FACILITIES AND WE HAVE TO MOW 'EM SO OFTEN IS WHAT MAKES IT A BIG PROJECT.

NOT, NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE'VE JUST BUNDLED IT ALL TOGETHER.

IT'S, UM, I THINK I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A MOTION HERE.

WELL, I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT SINCE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON.

THIS WENT ON LAST YEAR.

I'M SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING IT.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE JOB YOU GUYS DO.

THANK YOU FOR THROUGH AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED THAT CREATED A WAY FOR THE LOCAL PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THE LIST AND TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE.

IF THEY DIDN'T SEE THE ADVERTISING OR DO IT, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO CHASE DOWN CONTRACTORS TO DO THIS STUFF.

AGREED.

THEY CAN APPLY.

THEY CAN COME THROUGH, THEY CAN GO TO THE CITY AND SAY, I WANNA BE ON YOUR LIST.

I WANT TO DO THIS.

BUT THANK YOU GUYS.

I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE PUTTING INTO IT.

THANK Y'ALL.

CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ONE? COUNCILMAN WRIGHT? MY, MY ONLY POINT THERE WAS, I, I DON'T WANT TO KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH I PROMISE.

WAS, 'CAUSE I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN WRIGHT JUST SAID.

I'M NOT TRYING TO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CHASE ANYBODY DOWN.

UM, BUT IT KICKING OUT AN OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THEY ONLY SELECTED A FEW DIFFERENT SPOTS, TELLS ME THAT THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT COULD DO SOME OF THIS WORK.

SO IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO OFFER MORE OPPORTUNITY, UM, 'CAUSE NOTHING IS PERFECT, BUT THIS PROCESS IS MUCH IMPROVED FROM LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS, WE FLEW COMPLETELY BLIND.

BUT AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE ON THE RECORD HOW Y'ALL WENT THROUGH IT.

AND THAT PART IS APPRECIATED.

UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO AT LEAST INFORMING THEM ON HOW TO, HOW TO APPLY AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE SCORED ON AFTERWARD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE A SPLIT AWARD FOR THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE LAWN MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING SERVICES CONTRACT TO TANA LAWN CARE LLC FOR THE HIGH PROFILE LOCATIONS AND MAKE PEACE IRRIGATION, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS SMI FOR LOW PROFILE LOCATION AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

A SECOND.

BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO KEEP WAXAHATCHEE.

COUNSEL.

[20. Consider amendments to Keep Waxahachie Beautiful Committee Bylaws ]

BEAUTIFUL.

COMMITTEE BYLAWS, FRED? YES, MA'AM.

UH, WE MET, UH, I SAY WE, UH, KE WALK STATUE BEAUTIFUL.

HAD A THEIR LAST MEETING ON MAY 7TH, AND DISCUSSED A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT THEY, UH, HAVE ASKED US TO, UM, REVIEW.

AND THESE ARE CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS.

UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS, UM, TO CHANGE ARTICLE SIX, MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE BY REMOVING, UM, THE EX-OFFICIO MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND THE SECOND IS ADDING LANGUAGE TO ARTICLE SEVEN, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE EACH MEMBER TO ATTEND AT LEAST TWO OF THE KEEP WALKS AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL EVENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OUT OUTSIDE OF JUST THE REGULAR MEETINGS.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE KEEP WALKS HATCHEE BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE BYLAWS AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

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YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

[21. Consider award of contract and supplemental appropriation for Fuel Farm Expansion at Mid Way Regional Airport in the amount of $629,989.69 ]

IS 21.

CONSIDER AWARD OF CONTRACT AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE FUEL FARM EXPANSION AT MIDWAY REGIONAL AIRPORT IN THE AMOUNT OF $629,989 AND 69 CENTS.

DUSTIN MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, DUSTIN DILL, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE BEFORE YOU AS A CONTRACT AWARD IN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR A FUEL FARM EXPANSION PROJECT AT THE MIDWAY REGIONAL AIRPORT.

THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND THE AIRPORT'S FUEL FARM BY INSTALLING A 12,000 GALLONS SELF-SERVICE FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP.

THE AIRPORT'S EXISTING SELF-SERVICE FUEL TANK IS UNDERSIZED, AND THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE THE FUEL, FUEL CAPACITY AND SERVICE RELIABILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT AIRPORT AGREEMENT.

THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN ADMINISTERED THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AN INVITATION TO BID WAS RELEASED IN MARCH, AND THEN IT WAS OPENED IN APRIL.

INNOVATIVE FUELING SOLUTIONS SUBMITTED THE SOLE BID FOR $629,989 AND 69 CENTS.

THIS BID CAME IN APPROXIMATELY 438,000 BELOW THE ENGINEER'S OPINION OF PROBABLE COST.

PARK HILL REVIEWED THE BID, CONFIRMED THAT THE CONTRACTOR MET ALL THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN RECOMMENDED AWARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN APPROVED THE CONTRACT ON MAY 12TH AT THEIR COUNCIL MEETING, AND IT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE TO BE FULLY AUTHORIZED.

UH, UNDER THE JOINT AIRPORT AGREEMENT.

FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT GRANT, WHICH IS A 95 5 REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.

THE REQUESTED SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $40,126 WILL FUND THE AIRPORT'S LOCAL SHARE FOR THE AIRPORT FROM THE AIRPORT RESERVE FUND.

AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THANK YOU DUSTIN.

COUNSEL MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO INNOVATIVE FUELING SOLUTIONS LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $629,989 AND 69 CENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FUEL FARM EXPANSION.

AT MIDWAY REGIONAL AIRPORT.

APPRO APPROVE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,126 FROM THE AIRPORT RESERVE FUND, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

HAVE A SECOND.

CONSIDER A PUBLIC HEARING IN ORDER BY COUNSEL FOR STANDARD STRUCTURES ON ONE 15 ELDER STREET STAFF.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

MOTION PASSES.

22,

[22. Consider Public Hearing and Order by Council – Article XIII, Substandard Structures – 115 Elder Street ]

JASON? YEAH.

UH, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNSEL, UH, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES.

I'M SORRY.

UH, JASON WATSON.

I'M THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING CODES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND TO, UH, THOSE ARE KIND OF COMING TOGETHER, UH, WITH THIS.

SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL AS OF LATE WITH, UM, VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, BRINGING DOWN PUBLIC NUISANCES LIKE, UH, SUBARY STRUCTURES.

UM, BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW THAT, UM, NEED A LITTLE BIT, UH, LITTLE BIT MORE, WHICH KINDA BRINGS US HERE IN ORDER TO TAKE DOWN A HOUSE, UH, OR WHAT USED TO BE A HOUSE, UM, UH, IT WOULD REQUIRE A, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE HAVE HERE.

AND, UH, AN ORDER FROM COUNSEL.

COUNSEL.

I, I'M SORRY.

WE'RE, WE'RE CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING YET.

YEAH, THERE ISN'T, IT'S NOT ANY ACTION TAKEN TONIGHT WOULDN'T BE TO DEMOLISH A HOME.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE HISTORIC PROPERTIES.

ALL WE'RE DOING HERE IS CONSIDERING CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND ONCE WE CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME UP AND SPEAK.

BUT THAT PUBLIC HEARING WON'T BE TONIGHT.

IT'LL BE IN THE FUTURE.

COUNSEL, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OR HAVE WE EXHAUSTED ALL OPPORT E EVEN TO MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD? HAVE WE EXHAUSTED ALL OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE A STRUCTURE, RESTORE A STRUCTURE? I MEAN, I DON'T, I GUESS I, SINCE MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVEN STARTED THIS PROCESS BEFORE, BUT ALSO THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD AN ACTIVITY

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IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO I GUESS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, UM, AND FOR MYSELF TO LEARN HOW DO WE GET TO A POINT WHERE THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT TO A PUBLIC HEARING AND A POTENTIAL VOTE? UM, AND WHAT STEPS HAVE WE TAKEN TO EXHAUSTIVELY TRY TO PROACTIVELY APPROACH SAVING A STRUCTURE? OKAY.

SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEW THINGS TO UNPACK.

SO I, IF I CAN SAVE A STRUCTURE, I WILL ABSOLUTELY SAY A STRUCTURE, UH, ESPECIALLY IN, IN MORE HISTORICAL, OLDER PARTS OF, OF THE CITY.

UH, I THINK THAT, UH, WITH THE STRUCTURES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, I THINK THERE WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK THAT, UH, THIS IS ELDER ONE 15 ELDER STREET.

SO THE REAR OF THIS, UH, HOUSE BURNED TO THE GROUND, AND IT, AND IT LEFT THE, THE REST OF THE HOUSE COMPLETELY OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.

UH, IF WE WERE, OR IF, IF, UM, IF THERE WAS ACTION RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE THERE, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SAVING OF THE STRUCTURE.

UM, BUT AS WE ARE NOW, UH, THIS, THIS HAPPENED A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE.

AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, IT WE'RE PAST THE POINT OF, UM, OF TRYING TO SAVE IT.

UH, WHAT BRINGS US TO THIS POINT IS IT, IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN.

UM, IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL BLIGHT, WE CAN TALK TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, UM, NUISANCE AS FAR AS, UH, EXPLICIT OR, UM, ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, WE CAN TALK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ME, I'M LOOKING STRICTLY AT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND SO, UH, THESE ARE DANGEROUS.

SO FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT, THAT, THAT IS OPEN.

UM, IT'S NOT JUST OPEN TO RAIN AND DUST AND WHATEVER ELSE, BUT I MEAN MM-HMM .

KIDS COULD GO, GO IN HERE.

AND THEN THE STRUCTURE FALLS, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS.

EXACTLY.

I HAVE, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

AND I'M SORRY.

NO, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORD THIS BECAUSE I'M READING WHAT WE HAVE HERE WHERE IT SAYS, CONSIDER A PUBLIC HEARING.

BUT THEN I'M LOOKING AT THE RECOMMENDED MOTION.

AND WHEN THAT'S READ, IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE THE DECISION'S BEEN MADE.

SO WE'RE STILL, SINCE WE'RE SAYING CONSIDER A PUBLIC HEARING, WE'RE SAYING WE'LL HAVE A FUTURE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS.

SO I, THE, THE ORDINANCE IS LENGTHY AND IT'S, UH, SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, UH, PRESCRIPTIVE PROCEDURE TO IT.

UH, AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS, UH, WE, ANYONE WHO HAD ANY INTEREST WITHIN THE, UH, FOR, WITH THE PROPERTY, AS IN, UH, IF YOU PAY TAXES ON IT, IF YOU PAID A WATER BILL ON IT, THESE KINDS OF THINGS, THEN, UH, WE WERE OBLIGATED TO LET YOU KNOW BY CERTIFIED MAIL THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A HEARING.

IT HAD TO BE DONE WITHIN 15 DAYS.

SO WE DID REACH OUT TO ANYONE WE COULD FIND, IN CASE Y'ALL WANTED TO HAVE THE HEARING TONIGHT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT TONIGHT.

SO, SINCE THERE'S PEOPLE HERE, MS. WALLACE, MAYOR WALLACE COULD OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AND LET THEM SPEAK IF SHE WISHES.

I, I, TO ME, PERSONALLY, I'D FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE AND THEY WANNA SPEAK BEFORE THAT MOTION COMES OUT.

I, I'LL, I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT.

IF, AGAIN, I THINK I'M PRETTY POSITIVE THIS IS, WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF THESE, RIGHT? I DON'T RECALL.

WE HAVE, HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN, SEAN? I THINK YOU TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY.

IT'S, UH, ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.

IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A GOOD LITTLE WHILE.

WE'RE JUST STARTING YEAR SIX AND WE HADN'T HAD ONE.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT.

SO I, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, I MEAN, IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SPEAK? OR IS THERE NOT? YOU CAN HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY SIGN AN ORDER TO BRING DOWN THE HOUSE.

SO WE COULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT TAPE AND CONTINUE THIS, AND, ABSOLUTELY.

OR WE COULD JUST ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK AND NOT HAVE A POSTED PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT POSTED AND COULD, BUT IF WE POST A PUBLIC HEARING, DOESN'T THAT REQUIRE POSTINGS IN THE NEWSPAPER? UH, I DO KNOW THAT THE ORDER REQUIRES POSTING.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE ORDINANCE, UH, THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN, UH, WE ONLY HAD TO, UM, UH, NOTIFY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE, UH, WHO WOULD HAVE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.

TERRY, LET, LET ME, JASON, LEMME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

IF WE TAKE ACTION TONIGHT, ORDERING THE DEMOLITION OF THE, THE BUILDING, THE STRUCTURES, WE WOULD GIVE THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO

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COMPLY WITH THAT.

SAY WE GAVE THEM 60 DAYS.

THEN WE WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THE 60 DAYS TO HAVE A DETERMINATION WHETHER THEY MET THAT REQUIREMENT OF THE ORDER.

AM I MISINTERPRETING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THE, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE ORDER IF, IF COUNSEL WANTED TO ISSUE THE ORDER.

AND IN THAT ORDER, THERE WOULD BE, UH, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS.

THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE PRESCRIBES 30 DAYS, BUT COUNSEL HAS THE OPTION TO EXTEND THAT.

SO WE HAVE AN OUTDATED ORDINANCE THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

WELL, THE, NO, BUT THAT PART OF THE 30 DAYS, THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAD A CASE ON THAT VERY ISSUE.

'CAUSE SOME CITIES WERE PASSING AN ORDER LIKE ON A MONDAY NIGHT, AND ON THURSDAY THEY'RE GOING, GOING OUT THERE AND TEARING DOWN STRUCTURES.

AND SO THERE'S A, SO I, I THINK I HEAR WHAT, WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING IS SET IT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND, AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AT, AT, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN CONSIDER ISSUING AN ORDER BASED ON WHAT INFORMATION YOU GET AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS, IS, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO, COUNSEL.

IT'S AT THEIR DISCRETION.

OH, BUT THAT'S WHAT, OKAY.

IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT ON ON THE 15TH LIKE THIS? OR IS IT BECAUSE DO YOU HAVE TO POST A PUBLIC HEARING AND YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, IT INVOLVES SOMEONE'S HOME, REGARDLESS OF THE STATUS, THE STATUS OF THE HOME.

I, I WOULD ALWAYS CONSIDER AT LEAST 30 DAYS JUST TO GIVE ADEQUATE TIME.

SO, NO, I THINK HE'S ASKING CAN WE PUT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 15TH? YEAH.

WHICH, WHICH I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR MY RIGHT.

I, I THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO, WE DON'T DO THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

OUR MOTION HERE TO, TO, INSTEAD OF THAT WOULD DEMO.

I MEAN, THE KEY POINT IS IF AT WHATEVER POINT WE ORDER THE DEMOLITION, WE HAVE, WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS.

IF, IF WE ORDER DEMOLITION, IF WE ORDER REPAIR, THEY COME BACK AND TELL US THE STATUS OF THE REPAIRS, ET CETERA.

BUT TONIGHT, IF WE WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE JUNE 15TH COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THEN IN LIEU OF, OF THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PREFER.

OR WE COULD, AND THIS IS JUST THINKING ON THE FLY, IF WE WERE TO ORDER THE DEMOLITION WITH THE PRESCRIBED 30 DAY MINIMUM, WE COULD STILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 15TH AND ON THAT DAY, RESCIND IT.

I MEAN, WELL, IF I CAN, I'M, I'M KIND OF GAINING FROM THE AUDIENCE YOU THAT ARE HERE, UH, AND I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU, DID YOU NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION? NO, SIR.

I HAVE A CALL ON MY DOOR.

AND SO I THINK FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE Y'ALL SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 15TH OR THE FIRST ONE IN JULY, AND GIVE JASON HIS TEAM THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, GET PHONE NUMBERS AND HAVE A SIT DOWN MEETING AND SEE WHERE WE ARE ON SOME THINGS INSTEAD OF MAKING DECISIONS TONIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT WAY WE HAVE A SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING AND GIVES THEM SOME TIME TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.

WELL, AND 'CAUSE IN THEORY, I AGREE 100%.

MY THOUGHT NOW IS IT'S BEEN MADE AWARE TO US THAT THIS IS A SAFE, A LEGITIMATE SAFETY ISSUE.

UM, FROM THE LIBEL SIDE, I MEAN, NOW WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE WITHOUT HAVING SOMETHING PASSED TONIGHT, DOES THAT PREVENT US FROM ESSENTIALLY FENCING IT OFF OR BARRICADING IT OFF FROM THE PUBLIC TO PREVENT SOMETHING FROM HAPPENING? DOES THAT PUT US IN A BAD SPOT THAT WE'VE BEEN MET, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN PUBLICLY MADE AWARE OF A SAFETY ISSUE AND WE DON'T ADDRESS IT.

DOES THAT, FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, DOES THAT DO ANYTHING? WELL, IF THERE'S A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE, I, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE TREATED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS, WELL, I THINK I WOULD CONSIDER THAT A LOT.

SAFETY ISSUE.

WELL, I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'D BE WITH OUR, WITH OUR DISCRETION.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU GET A, A POOL THAT'S ALL GROSS WITH ALGAE AND ALL THAT.

THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU SAY, WE'RE GONNA FENCE THAT OFF IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL FE UH, UH, POSSIBILITY OF INJURY FENCE.

IT DOES.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S OPEN IS THE DRIVEWAY.

IT'S, YEAH.

THAT WOULDN'T MEET.

BUT, BUT THAT FENCE WOULDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF WHAT OUR ATTORNEY IS SAYING AS THE, AS THE HEIGHT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR EVEN A SWIMMING POOL.

SAME.

IT IS LOCKED.

BIG, TALL FENCE IS LOCKED.

SO IT WOULDN'T MEET THE LIFE SAFETY OF THIS EITHER, IS KIND OF WHERE I DON'T WANT US TO BE CAUGHT IN A BAD SPOT NOW THAT WE KNOW IT'S THERE.

BUT THIS FENCE WOULDN'T, REQUE WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AROUND A SWIMMING POOL

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BECAUSE THE FENCE GOES RIGHT THERE TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND WHERE THAT'S OPEN.

YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE UNLESS GO THROUGH THE FENCE, GET INTO THE, WE'RE DEMOL.

THAT WAS A WHOLE HOUSE.

DON'T, I DIDN'T GET ANY.

I JUST GOT A COURT BECAUSE THEY HAD LOOKED AND SAW WHO PAID THE TAXES.

MAYOR, I CALLED CITY AND HE TOLD ME TO JUST COME DOWN TO THE MEETING, LET THEM KNOW WE WAS GONNA DO IT.

I DIDN'T NEED TO FILL SOMETHING OUT.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

MATTER OF FACT, I COULD REQUEST IF THEY WOULD SAY THAT ON THE, ON THE RECORD.

SO YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH.

CAN WE GET IT ON THE RECORD? WHOEVER ASKED THAT QUESTION, IF YOU COULD ASK IT OF THEM AGAIN, , JUST SO THAT WE HAVE IT.

I JUST KNOW MY NAME AND ADDRESS.

I'M A LITTLE LOST.

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL QUESTION? OH, GO AHEAD.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS.

NOW YOU, YOU WERE DISCUSSING THE FENCE.

OH, THE FENCE.

YES.

SO, SO THE FENCE OUT FRONT WOULDN'T, WOULD, WOULD NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE FOR LIFE SAFETY, UM, IF IT WERE A SWIMMING POOL.

SO FOR US NOW, KNOWING THAT THE BACK OF THE HOME IS OPEN, UM, AND IT, IT DOES APPEAR TO BE QUITE UNSAFE IF SOMEONE WERE TO GO EITHER THROUGH THE OPENING OR SCALE THE FENCE, BECAUSE THAT IT IS A SCALABLE FENCE, UM, THAT KIND OF PUTS US IN A, IN AN AWKWARD SPOT.

SO, TO THAT POINT, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT, WHAT IS IN PLACE FENCING WISE? AND, AND IF THERE'S ANY PLANS, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FIRST, PLEASE.

LORETTA REGER, UH, 2 0 8 MEGAN STREET, WAXAHATCHEE.

UM, I DID GET A CARD ON MY DOOR, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT FOR, AND THEN, UM, I CALLED, UM, DOWNTOWN.

AND, UH, THE GUY HAD, I, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE .

THE GUY HAD TOLD ME THAT, UH, TO COME TO THE MEETING AND JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WAS GONNA DEMOLISH.

WE, WE GOT SOMEBODY HIRED TO TURN, WE STARTED IT, BUT IT GOT TO BE SO MUCH LIKE LAST YEAR AND EXPENSIVE AND STUFF.

BUT WE FOUND SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TEAR IT DOWN AND PROBABLY BE WITHIN A MONTH.

SO WE JUST DIDN'T WANT THE CITY TO DO IT.

'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT'LL COST US.

SO, BUT WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY TO DO IT.

BUT I DIDN'T GET A LETTER OR ANYTHING, UM, IN THE MAIL.

THE RE THE REASON THEY FOUND ME, BECAUSE I GO DOWN AND PAY THE TAXES MM-HMM .

ON THE, UH, PROPERTY.

SO WATER BILL.

AND I PAY THE WATER BILL.

THE, UM, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TOO.

ANSIA RAYER, UM, ADDRESS.

I'M AT 2 1 15 DEBBIE WAY IN RED OAK, TEXAS.

UM, I MEAN, IF WE NEED TO JUST FENCE THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE OFFICE.

TOTALLY DOABLE.

IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN IN LIKE PHASES.

'CAUSE OUR FAMILY IS, HAS GATHERED THE MONEY TO DO IT.

SO, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD TWO HOW MANY TON DUMPSTERS OUT THERE? THE HOUSE IS PRETTY LONG.

IT'S ONLY LIKE A HALF AN ACRE.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS IS THE FRONT, BASICALLY THE, THE PORCH, WHICH YOU SEE.

AND IT'S LIKE A ROOM RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT.

THAT'S THE LAST THING STANDING.

SO WE'VE BEEN KNOCKING IT DOWN.

AND, UH, THE, UH, TENTATIVELY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT, WE WERE PLANNING TO DO WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, WHILE WE'RE GATHERING MONEY, HAVING TO GO BACK.

'CAUSE WE FOUND SOMEONE THAT COULD DO IT TO GO AHEAD AND KNOCK DOWN THE FRONT.

BUT THE HOUSE IS PRETTY MUCH FENCED IN THE FENCE THAT'S ON THAT, THE CHAIN LINK FENCE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE IS HIGHER.

OF COURSE, SOMEBODY COULD SCALE IT, YOU KNOW.

BUT, UH, IF WE NEED TO TALK COMPLETELY CLOSE OFF THE FRONT, WE HAVE PLENTY OF MEN IN OUR FAMILY THAT ARE TOTALLY CAPABLE OF, OF, OF DOING THAT.

MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GETS DONE.

UH, YEAH.

IS THERE ANY, I MEAN, THIS IS MY, THIS IS MY GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE.

WE LOST HIM.

AND IT WAS ONLY LIKE A YEAR AGO IN NOVEMBER.

HE, UH, WELL, YEAH, TWO, TWO YEARS AGO IN NOVEMBER.

SO IT'S JUST BEEN, BEEN DONE IN PHASES.

AND WE GO OVER AND MOW THE PROPERTY AND KEEP IT UP.

IT'S JUST THE FRONT PART OF THE HOUSE.

IT'S JUST STILL STANDING.

SO WE HAVE NO ATTACHMENT TO THE HOME ITSELF.

I MEAN, AT, AT THIS POINT IT'S JUST, YEAH, IT HAS TO JUST THE PROCESS.

SO DO WE NEED TO, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, TERRY? FROM A, TO PROTECT? WELL, CYA, LIKE TO , I WOULD PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM TO, TO FENCE IT ALL.

'CAUSE THEY HAVE ULTIMATE LIABILITY BEING OWNERS OR WHATEVER IT IS ON THE PROPERTY.

NOT, NOT THE CITY.

THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING SO WE CAN GET A PROGRESS REPORT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

WITH THE ADMONITION THAT, OR YOU'RE, YOU AGREE TO FENCE IT OFF SO THAT IT IT IS, IT'S, IT IS, IS, IS SAFE FROM, FROM ENTRY INTO THE PROPERTY.

AND, AND, AND, AND SO I, I WOULD SAY IF, IF IT'S JASON, IT'S OKAY WITH YOU TOO, IS TO SUGGEST THAT THE MOTION WOULD BE TO, TO POSTPONE THIS TO A SPECIFIC DATE

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AND THEN WE'LL SET UP THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE BY THAT WHATEVER THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS.

WE GET A MOTION FOR THAT.

I'M GONNA GIVE IT A SHOT.

, I, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE JULY, UH, 20TH.

IS THAT RIGHT? JUNE 13TH.

JUNE 15TH.

OH, WAIT, WHAT MONTH ARE YOU SHOOTING FOR? I HIT MY, WITH MY THUMB, SORRY.

JUNE 15TH TO THE, TO THE JUNE 15TH, UM, COUNCIL MEETING AND CONTINUE ITEM 20.

AND CONTINUE ITEM 22.

SAME MEETING.

TO THE SAME MEETING.

AND WITH, DID YOU SAY THAT THE REQUIREMENT? YES.

WELL, AND THE, UH, WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE, THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE, HAVE AGREED TO FENCE, FENCE THE PROPERTY TO ENSURE THAT, THAT NO ONE GETS INJURED.

ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOTION, CARRIE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

[23. Consider Public Hearing and Order by Council – Article XIII, Substandard Structures – 316 Wyatt ]

BRINGS US TO ITEM 23.

SAME THING, BUT FOR THREE 16 WYATT STREET.

JASON? UH, YES MA'AM.

THIS IS, UH, THE STRUCTURE OVER BY THE, UH, SHOTGUN, UH, HOMES RIGHT BY THE RAILROAD.

IT'S, UM, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE OFF THE ROAD.

UH, IT'S COMPLETELY OVERGROWN, BUT, UH, I WAS THERE, UH, JUST THIS PAST WEEK.

AND, UM, IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT IS, UH, GONNA BE AN IMMINENT COLLAPSE.

IF I COULD ASK, IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT CAME FOR THIS PROPERTY? SO NO CONTACT, NOBODY AROUND, NO NOTHING.

AND COUNCILMAN RIGHTS TO ASK? THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY, THAT HAS INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY.

DID I, WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE NOTES ON THIS, DID I SEE AN OPEN, WELL, LIKE A CISTERN.

THERE, THERE IS A STRUCTURE, UH, IN THE BACKYARD.

WE CAN'T, UM, I CAN'T SAY WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A WELL OR IT IS A CISTERN.

UH, BUT WE HAVE COVERED IT UP.

UH, TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS WE CAN.

PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY QUESTIONS OF JASON? YES.

ONLY QUESTION I HAVE WITH THIS ONE.

'CAUSE I DROVE BY THESE BOTH AND THE ELDER STREET, THE FRONT LOOKS SALVAGEABLE.

UM, I HAD DIDN'T CLIMB OVER THE FENCE TO GO SEE THE REAR OF THE HOUSE.

UM, THIS ONE'S NOT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS EVER REALLY, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A INHABITABLE STRUCTURE FOR HUMANS.

UM, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BARN AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THEN GOT CLOSED IN.

IF WE DEMOLISH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I'M ONLY ASKING, BECAUSE I LITERALLY WATCHED IT HAPPEN ON OUR STREET ON NORTH ROGERS.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT THE WILDLIFE INSIDE OF IT? BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY ALL THAT'S IN HERE.

AND THE WILDLIFE BEING RACCOON SKUNKS THAT ARE GONNA GO OUT THERE, THERE, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY WILDLIFE.

UH, AND THERE, IT, IT IS, IT IS HARBOR GENE, UM, VERMIN.

UM, THERE WERE, AND, AND IN FACT, UH, WHEN I WAS THERE, THERE WAS A THREE VULTURES THAT WOULD NOT LEAVE THE SITE.

THEY WOULD ALWAYS JUST STAY ON THE ROOF.

UM, SO THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE.

SO DO WE, MR. SMITH, THE HOUSE OVER ON MARVIN, ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME THAT HAD THE 30 SOMETHING OR 40 SOMETHING RACCOONS IN IT, THERE IS A WILDLIFE REHABBER THAT WILL COME IN IF THEY ASK 'EM TO GO IN THERE AND GET EVERY ANIMAL THEY CAN OUT OF THERE BEFORE THEY TEAR IT DOWN.

SO DOES OUR, OR, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING, LIKE, DOES OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR ASK FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO BE DONE? UM, OR ARE WE GONNA SEND ALL THESE OUT INTO THE, ALL THE WILD INTO THE WILD TO GET STUCK UNDERNEATH SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOUSE? AND SO THE, THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT EXPLICITLY SAY THAT WE WILL, UM, CAPTURE AND TRANSPORT VERMIN, BUT WE CAN ASSESS COSTS IF WE DETERMINE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO.

AND, AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF ONE OF THE COSTS THAT WOULD BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

IF NO ONE SHOWS UP IN FOR, ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY.

IT JUST, IT'S JUST A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.

CAN, WE, WE CAN ORDER THAT TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE DEMOLITION PROCESS TO GET RID OF THE ANIMAL AND TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T IM IMPACT THE NEIGHBORS.

BUT WE

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THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO DO THAT SO WE DON'T IMPACT THE NEIGHBORS.

BECAUSE WHAT JUST HAPPENED OVER, I MEAN, LIKE RIGHT ON NORTH ROGERS, THERE WAS SOME KIND OF RACCOON FOUND WITH SOME KIND OF DISEASE THAT COULD KILL DOGS.

DISTEMPER, DISTEMPER.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WHAT IT WAS, BUT DISTEMPER IT WAS, YEAH.

OUR, SO OUR DEPARTMENT, WHENEVER WE'RE DOING OTHER ABATEMENTS, IF THERE'S LIKE A VERY LARGE FIELD THAT'S VERY OVERGROWN, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA MOW THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE THAT DOES CAUSE WILDLIFE TO SCATTER INTO NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO WE ARE MINDFUL OF THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO DO WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT IN A MOTION, OR DOES THAT JUST A, THEY GOT A, THEY GOT A MOTION DOWN HERE TO INCLUDE THAT.

DO YOU WANNA INCLUDE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, TERRY? WELL, WELL, THE MOTION'S GONNA INCLUDE A PUBLIC HEARING.

IT'S GONNA INCLUDE THE TION, BUT IT'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE CAN PUT THAT INTO THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO ORDER THE DEMOLITION AND DEBRIS REMOVAL OF THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE LOCATED AT THREE 16 W STREET PURSUANT TO CHAPTER EIGHT, ARTICLE 18.

NO, THAT'S 13 SECTIONS EIGHT THROUGH 57 THROUGH 8 64, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 8 61 OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO PERFORM THE WORK AND ASSESS THE COST AGAINST THE PROPERTY, SHOULD THE OWNER FAIL TO COMPLY WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNCIL.

AND SET A JUNE 15TH PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS COME FORWARD AT ALL, SO THAT THEY HAVE THEIR 30 DAYS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.

PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS FOR THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE THOMAS.

THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM, JASON, FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THESE SUBSTANDARD PROPERTIES.

I, I, I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD VERY GOOD LUCK WITH OTHER SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES, WITH VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.

I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL IN WAXAHATCHEE.

YES, MA'AM.

BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 24

[24. Present and discuss the Emergency Management Plan and Emergency Support Functions for the City of Waxahachie ]

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING, AND I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS.

UH, SO THIS IS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, AND I'LL GIVE HIM A, A LITTLE CHANCE THERE.

UH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE THERE.

MY NAME IS THOMAS GRIFFITH.

I'M THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

WE HAVE, UH, YOU CAN FLIP TO THE NEXT ONE.

UH, SO WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.

THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRES US TO UPDATE THAT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS EVERY FIVE YEARS.

UH, WE REVIEW IT EVERY YEAR, UH, BUT EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A, A BIG FORMAL, UH, UPDATE OF THE PLAN.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PLAN, UH, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT PLAN.

AND, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE, WE, THEY, THE PLAN HAS TO BE NIMS COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE, I'M SORRY.

IT'S A NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

AND SO WE GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS ALL NIMS COMPLIANCE.

UH, IT HAS TO MEET THE NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK.

IT HAS TO MEET, UH, FEMA'S COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS GUIDE WAS CALLED 1 0 1.

UH, AND THEN IT HAS TO, UH, REFLECT THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE TO MEET ALL THE CRITERIA IN FOUR 18, WHICH IS THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, BIBLE.

UH, SO ALL THAT TO SAY, ALL THOSE AGENCIES WILL SAY, OH, IT'S YOUR PLAN.

IT'S YOUR PLAN, IT'S YOUR PLAN.

BUT THEN THEY'LL SAY, OH, YOU GOTTA HAVE THIS IN IT, AND YOU GOTTA HAVE THIS, AND YOU GOTTA HAVE THIS.

SO IF YOU SEE A FEW THINGS IN THAT PLAN THAT GO, WELL, WHY DO WE HAVE THAT IN THE PLAN? IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, BUT WE TRY TO MATCH OUR PLAN AS MUCH AS WE CAN LOCALLY.

WHAT DO WE DO LOCALLY AND, AND ARE WE TRAINING ON IT LOCALLY? AND ARE WE PREPARED LOCAL? AND SO WE, WE TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT IN DOING THAT.

UH, SO THE PLAN IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO COMPONENTS.

ONE IS THE BASIC PLAN, AND THE OTHER IS EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.

SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THE BASIC PLAN FIRST.

UM, AND SO THE BASIC PLAN GIVES US OUR COMMAND AND COORDINATION, GIVES US ALL OF OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

UH, I, I'M ONE OF THOSE, WHEN WE WRITE THE PLAN, IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK.

WE WRITE IT

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WHERE, UH, EVERYBODY HAS A JOB IN THE CITY.

IF WE HAVE A DISASTER, EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT THEIR ROLE IS, AND WE DRILL AND TRAIN ON THAT ALL THE TIME.

AND SO WE ARE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THAT.

UH, AND SO THOSE ARE THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

OUR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

WE TAKE GREAT, UH, STEPS IN HOW WE MANAGE OUR RESOURCES, HOW WE MANAGE IF WE HAD A DISASTER, HOW WE MANAGE THE FINANCE AND OUR GREAT FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, UH, PUT THEIR PLAN TOGETHER ON HOW, UH, FINANCES ARE MANAGED IN A DISASTER.

BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HIT ALL THE MARKS FOR FEMA TO GET REIMBURSEMENT IF WE GET A, A DISASTER DECLARATION.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS STRESSED IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN IS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HOW WE GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND WARNING AND, UH, ALL OF OUR TEMPLATES FOR WARNING AND ALL OF OUR PROCEDURES FOR WARNING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC IN A DISASTER.

AND THEN ALSO PLAN MAINTENANCE.

I TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

UH, FIVE YEARS.

WE'RE GONNA DO A FULL OVERHAUL EVERY YEAR.

WE LOOK AT IT.

I ALWAYS SAY, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.

UH, AND SO YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE APPROVING ON THE NEXT ITEM, UH, IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO APPROVE IS, UH, A SNAPSHOT OF THAT PLAN AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE TOMORROW, SOMEBODY MAY RETIRE, UH, SOME POSITION MAY CHANGE.

AND WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG.

AND WE DO THAT AS THE PLAN GOES ALONG.

UH, BUT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE HERE IS A SNAPSHOT AT THAT PLAN.

SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR PLAN MAINTENANCE.

AND IF YOU'LL GO TO EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS, UM, IS, UH, WE HAVE 20 EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, AND I, I'LL JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH 'EM JUST FOR THE RECORD.

WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, FIREFIGHTING, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MASS CARE, UH, LOGISTICS AND RESOURCES, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, SORRY, MY EYES ARE FAILING ON ME RIGHT NOW.

UH, SPECIAL OPERATIONS, OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, AGRICULTURAL NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY.

UH, LIAISON AND PRIVATE SECTOR, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND RECOVERY, MILITARY SUPPORT, EDUCATION, OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, AND CYBER SECURITY.

THOSE ARE ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THAT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF 20 OF THESE ESFS TO GET OUR ADVANCED, UH, CLASSIFICATION ON OUR, UH, ON OUR PLAN.

AND, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT GETS US IS THAT WE HAVE A, AN APPROVED PLAN, AND WE ARE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PLANNING THAT WE CAN DO FOR DISASTER.

HEY, THOMAS? YES, SIR.

CAN I ASK? ABSOLUTELY.

IS THIS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM? NO, IT IS NOT.

WE BE GIVEN AWAY ALL OF OUR TRADE SECRETS.

WE, WE, WE DO NOT.

UH, SO THIS PLAN, UH, IS, IS PROTECTED INFORMATION BECAUSE WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE SECURITY, UH, WE HAVE SECURITY ITEMS IN THERE.

WE HAVE, UH, SOME KIND OF, UH, THINGS THAT IF BAD ACTORS GOT AHOLD OF, THEY COULD, UH, CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR THE CITY.

MAINLY IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES.

UH, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO ATTACK THE CITY AND THEY GOT AHOLD OF THE PLAN, UH, THAT WOULD BE A BAD THING.

SO WE DO, UH, HOLD THE PLAN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER IT A SENSITIVE DOCUMENT.

I, I MEAN THE, THE THUMB DRIVE I GOT THE LAST MEETING SAID, SENSITIVE ON IT.

AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS THING IN DETAIL.

UM, IT'S MAKING ME NERVOUS.

THERE'S 18 GROUPS THAT WE TRAIN ON THEIR PARTICULAR PORTION OF THAT PLAN.

I'M, I'M JUST SPEAKING OF ONE VOICE, BUT I TRUST YOU ON THIS THING.

I, I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.

I'M NOT GONNA GO HEAVILY INTO IT.

UH, AND NONE OF THIS STUFF WE'LL COVER TODAY.

I, I MIND, UH, ANYONE KNOWING.

UM, SO THE PLAN, REVIEW AND VALIDATION, THE CITY, UH, DEPARTMENTS, OH, AND, AND BACK WITH THE, THE 20.

SO, UH, THERE, THERE ARE 20 DIFFERENT, UH, GROUPS IN THE CITY.

UH, AND, AND I HAVE TO MINUS OUT THE MILITARY AND EDU AND EDUCATION.

UH, BUT, BUT, SO IT IS 18,

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SO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE OVER OUR RECOVERY DIVISION.

AND SO IF WE HAD A DISASTER AND WE KICKED THE PLAN IN PLACE, UH, THAT RECOVERY COMPONENT WOULD START OPERATING RIGHT AWAY.

OUR LOGISTICS, UH, SECTION WOULD START OPERATING RIGHT AWAY.

OF COURSE, FIRE AND POLICE ALL WOULD START OPERATING RIGHT, RIGHT AWAY.

SO WE, WE, WHEN WE ACTIVATE THE ELC, OR WHEN WE TRAIN ON ACT ON ACTIVATING THE EOC, WE TRAIN EVERYBODY IN ALL THOSE POSITIONS.

SO IT BRINGS ME TO THIS NEXT ONE.

AND THAT'S PLAN, REVIEW, AND VALIDATION.

SO WE TRAINED EACH DEPARTMENT, OR THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIVED TRAINING ON THEIR, UH, PORTION OF THE PLAN.

UH, THEY REVIEWED IT, THEY VALIDATED IT, SENT IT BACK, SENT IT BACK TO ME.

UH, AND THEN WE PUT TOGETHER A, A BIG DRILL.

WE HAD THAT DRILL ON DECEMBER THE 16TH OF 2025.

AND WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND INJECTS THAT CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE PLAN AND TESTED EVERYBODY ON DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THAT PLAN TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS.

UH, AND IT WAS, UH, THE STATE CAME AND, AND OBSERVED THAT.

AND THEY WERE AMAZED THAT WE, WE GOT THROUGH THAT MUCH TESTING ON THAT.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

SO JUST, UH, MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE PLAN.

UH, THAT TWO, FOUR, UH, THAT FOUR 18, UH, REQUIRES THAT EVERY CITY, UH, HAVE AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.

UH, THAT WE REVIEW IT EVERY YEAR.

I SAID IT WAS A ACTIVE DOCUMENT OR A LIVING DOCUMENT.

UH, IT DOES IMPACT THE CITY'S BOND RATING.

SO EVERY YEAR WHEN, WHEN FINANCE DOES BOND RATING, THEY ASK, DO WE HAVE A PLAN? BECAUSE IT SAYS THE CITY IS PREPARED AND RESILIENT, AND SO IT INCREASES YOUR BOND RATING.

SO WE, UH, THAT PLAN BEING IN PLACE AND APPROVED BY YOU GUYS IS IMPORTANT FOR THAT REASON.

UH, AND IT ENSURES THAT WE HAVE ELIGIBILITY FOR REIMBURSEMENTS AND GRANTS AND THINGS, SHOULD WE HAVE A DISASTER? SO NEXT ONE IS, UH, TABLETOPS DRILLS.

AND AFTER ACTION, ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY, IF WE HAVE A DISASTER, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET THIS BOOK O OFF THE SHELF.

I WANT THEM TO KNOW IT BEFORE WE HAVE THE DISASTER.

THEY, THEY DON'T EVEN HA THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EVEN LOOK AT THIS BOOK.

EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO I DRILL, DRILL, DRILL.

AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE, WE DRILL.

UH, SO WE DO TABLETOPS, WE PRINT OUT BIG MAPS.

UH, YOU SEE THE FAULT ONE ON THE RIGHT.

THAT'S, UH, AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF OUR TRAIN DERAILMENT WE HAD.

AND SO WE BROUGHT EVERYBODY IN AND WHAT DID WE LEARN? WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE IN THE DISASTER PLAN? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IS EVERYTHING FIRING, RIGHT? SO, LAST SLIDE THERE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? AND YOU GUYS ALREADY HAD GREAT QUESTIONS.

NO, THANK YOU.

THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING A GREAT JOB.

[25. Consider approval of the Emergency Management Plan and Emergency Support Functions for the City of Waxahachie ]

ALRIGHT.

UH, THAT BRINGS US TO, UH, ITEM 25, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS FOR THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS FOR THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE IS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOUR 18.106.

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 26 TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, TO DELIBERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, UH, TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, UM, DUTIES OR DISMISSAL OF ANY MEMBER CITY BOARD, UH, SUCH.

UM, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M GONNA START TO MY RIGHT.

TERRY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

I THOUGHT WE DO, CHRIS.

I DO.

LET'S GO AHEAD BECAUSE IT CAME SESSION.