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GOOD[1. Call to Order]
EVENING.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
Y'ALL GOT QUIET, SO I GUESS THAT MEANS GET WITH IT, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING, AND, UH, I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM AND, UH, WHETHER YOU DO OR YOU DON'T, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT OUR GREAT CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE AND, UM, THOSE OF YOU, UH, THAT SERVE IN MANY ROLES HERE IN WAXAHATCHEE IS SO MUCH APPRECIATED.
UH, WITH THAT, IF YOU WOULD STAND FOR THE INVOCATION.
GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING, LORD, AND JUST, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU LORD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR FORGIVENESS AND YOUR BLESSINGS.
FATHER, I JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE, UH, TO BE WITH THE, UH, ALBERT LAWRENCE FAMILY WITH KIM AND ALL THE FAMILY, UH, THAT'S GOING THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME AND THE LOSS OF ALBERT AND, UH, ALSO THE ATKINS FAMILY.
UH, JUST LIFT THEM UP, UH, THIS EVENING AND THE DAYS AND THE MONTHS AHEAD, LORD, AS THEY TRAVEL THIS MOST DIFFICULT ROAD.
AND LORD, JUST BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND OUR FAMILIES AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, LORD.
BUT MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU.
AND WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN YOUR HOLY SON'S NAME.
IF YOU WOULD JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE, I PLEDGE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[4. Announcements/Presentations]
NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION COMMEMORATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.WHEREAS ON JULY 4TH, 2026, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COMMEMORATED THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, MARKING TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES OF FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, AND SELF-GOVERNMENT.
WHEREAS THE SEMI QUINCENTENNIAL PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT UPON OUR NATION'S HISTORY, HONOR THE COURAGE AND SACRIFICES OF THOSE WHO SECURED OUR INDEPENDENCE, CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL AMERICANS, AND INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO PRESERVE THE IDEALS OF LIBERTY, EQUALITY, AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE STATE OF TEXAS TRACES ITS HERITAGE TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION AND THEIR DESCENDANTS, WHOSE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE AND LOVE OF LIBERTY HELPED SHAPE THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF OUR GREAT STATE, WHEREAS THE NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FOUNDED IN 1890 IS A NON-POLITICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE ORGANIZATION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE LINEAL DESCENDANTS OF THE PATRIOTS WHO ACHIEVED AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HISTORIC PRESERVATION EDUCATION AND PATRIOTISM.
WHEREAS THROUGH THE PRESIDENT'S GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, ILLUMINATING OUR LEGACY MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ARE COMMEMORATING THE NATION'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY BY CELEBRATING AMERICA'S RICH HISTORY, HONORING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SECURED OUR INDEPENDENCE AND SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH MEANINGFUL LOCAL PROJECTS.
AND WHEREAS THE REBECCA BOYCE CHAPTER, NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION COMMEMORATED THIS HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY BY DECIDING OR DE DEDICATING TWO COMMEMORATIVE STONE BENCHES TO THE SIMS PUBLIC LIBRARY ON JULY 1ST, 2026, LOCATED AT FIVE 15 WEST MAIN STREET IN WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE IDEALS OF FREEDOM AND TO THE COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING OUR NATION'S HISTORY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I BILLY WALLACE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE CELEBRATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS OF WAXAHATCHEE TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES COMMEMORATING THE HISTORIC MILESTONE TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDING, AND TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENDURING PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY, PATRIOTISM, AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.
PROCLAIM THIS 20TH DAY OF JULY, 2026, MAYOR BILLY WALLACE.
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I UNDERSTAND WE, UH, HAVE SOME, SOME MEMBERS HERE THAT WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND MAYBE TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH.UM, YEAH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND READ THE OTHER ONE AND DO IT ALL AT ONCE IF YOU'D LIKE.
WHEREAS IT IS THE PRIVILEGE AND DUTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO COMMEMORATE THE 239TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES AND ACTIVITIES.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC LAW NINE 15 GUARANTEES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK.
NOW, THEREFORE, MAYOR BILLY WALLACE OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD, 2026 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO STUDY THE CONSTITUTION AND REFLECT ON THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AN AMERICAN WITH ALL THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH THAT PRIVILEGE INVOLVES PROCLAIMED THIS 20TH DAY OF JULY, 2026.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS, PEGGY.
CRABTREE APPEARING FOR THE LOCAL N-S-D-A-R CHAPTER AND THE NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS FOUNDED IN 1890 TO PRESERVE THE MEMORY AND SPIRIT OF THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO SECURING AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
DAR MEMBERS INSPIRED BY THE SPIRIT OF THEIR PATRIOT ANCESTORS, SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SHARE THE STORIES OF THEIR PATRIOTS TO KEEP THEIR MEMORY ALIVE.
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, THE REBECCA BOY CHAPTER WAS PROUD TO PLACE THOSE BENCHES AT THE SIMS LIBRARY.
AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE AND THE LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR HELPING MAKE THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE AND FOR RECOGNITION TONIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US RECOGNIZE CONSTITUTION WEEK, WHICH AGAIN IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER THE 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD, AND, UH, PARTNERING WITH US, IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS WE HONOR OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS, OUR MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, THE, UM, THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WHO ARE ALSO HERE TONIGHT TO HELP US HONOR OUR GREAT NATION.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
IF WE COULD GET ALL OF YOU UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH, WE'LL PRESENT THESE PROCLAMATIONS.
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THAT'S NOT ALL RIGHT.NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE LINDSAY UP TO THE PODIUM TO RECOGNIZE JOHNNY WILLIAMS, THE HR GENERALIST FOR RECEIVING THE RISING STAR AWARD OF HONOR FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TONIGHT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR HR GENERALISTS OF JOHNNY WILLIAMS SITTING RIGHT OVER HERE IN THE SECOND FRONT ROW.
UM, JOHNNY RECEIVED THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATION RISING STAR AWARD OF HONOR AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN MAY THIS YEAR.
THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES A HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL WHO'S WITHIN THEIR FIRST FIVE YEARS OF PUBLIC SECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES WORK AND HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL AND MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROFESSION PROFESSION.
SINCE JOINING THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE IN JANUARY, 2025, JOHNNY HAS CONSISTENTLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN SERVING BOTH OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR ORGANIZATION.
SHE HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN MODERNIZING OUR HR PROCESSES, IMPROVING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, AND CREATING TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT HAVE MADE OUR DEPARTMENT MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE APPROACHES EVERY CHALLENGE WITH PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE, AND GENUINE DESIRE TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE TO WORK.
WHILE THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES JOHNNY'S INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IT ALSO REFLECTS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND INTO INVESTING IN TALENTED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
JOHNNY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU, GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND EXCITED TO SEE ALL THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR CAREER.
[5. Public Comments]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.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.
WE HAD TWO INDIVIDUALS SIGN UP AND WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH DARLENE MILLER.
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HI, DARLENE MILLER, TWO 40 PARK SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD NUMBER ONE 14 WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS.CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? MM-HMM
UH, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE IT BRIEF.
OUR, OUR SHELTER, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS OVER CAPACITY, SO I JUST DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS AND GO ON A BACK BURNER AGAIN.
SO I'M JUST HERE WHETHER YOU PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY, WHETHER YOU DON'T, I JUST REALLY HOPE THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE IS, UH, BUDGETING IN THIS YEAR AND, UH, MAKING SURE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERING OVER AT THE SHELTER, HELPING OUT WITH THE, UH, VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.
WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS MOST OF THEM CAN'T COME DURING THE WORKING HOURS OF EIGHT TO FIVE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SO THAT LEAVES IT VERY LIMITED ON WHEN THEY CAN VOLUNTEER.
SO I ALSO HOPE THAT YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING TO MAYBE INCREASE STAFF AND MAYBE HAVE SOME, UH, PEOPLE WORKING ON WEEKENDS.
'CAUSE THAT'S ALSO THE TIME WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO TRY TO SEE THE PETS AND ADOPT THE PETS.
UM, AND I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT TO BUDGET IN FOR SPAY AND NEUTER MICROCHIPS, A LOT OF THINGS, THE NEW TRANSPORT TRAILER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU CARE AND I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHRIS WRIGHT, PATRICK SUITER AND TRACE ATKINS.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT ALBERT LAWRENCE HERE.
UM, HIS PRESENCE, HIS LACK OF PRESENCE CAN DEFINITELY BE FELT.
SORRY I DIDN'T, IT'S SHOCKING WHEN YOU DON'T SEE HIM HERE.
MOST OF YOU KNOW ME THROUGH MY VOLUNTEER WORK WITH KEEP WALKS.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING, SORRY.
I'VE BEEN THE, HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING RECOGNIZED IN THIS VERY ROOM, BUT TONIGHT I AM SPEAKING ON A DIFFERENT ISSUE AS MUCH AS I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT KEEP WALKS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A FRIEND WE HAD STAY WITH US OVER THE WEEKEND.
LIDO WAS A DOG THAT WAS FOUND ON THE STREETS.
UH, SHE STARTED OFF AT ENNIS AND THE ORIGINAL POSTER SAID, HEY, I FOUND THIS DOG, MAMA DOG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
I TOOK HER TO WAXAHATCHEE ANIMAL SHELTER, AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR PAST CAPACITY, THEY DID PROVIDE HER WITH FOOD AND WATER, AND THEY DIRECTED HER TO DROP THE DOG BACK UP OFF IN HOPES THAT IT MAYBE WOULD BE REUNITED WITH HER PUPPIES.
UH, I ENDED UP GOING TO THE SAME LOCATION.
I GOT A PIN, TRIED TO FIND THE MOTHER DOG.
SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN LOST AT THAT POINT.
SHE WAS THEN POSTED BY ANOTHER FINDER ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY HERE IN WAXAHATCHEE.
THIS ALSO INDIVIDUAL SAID, HEY, SHE'S IN MY MOTHER'S GARAGE.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS DOG? THERE WERE NO RESOURCES TO HELP IT.
WE DIDN'T SEE IT ON TIME, BUT THE TIME WE GOT AHOLD OF THIS FINDER, THE DOG HAD ALREADY FOUND A THIRD LOCATION AND WAS POSTED ONCE MORE ON FACEBOOK STATING, WE FOUND THIS DOG, CAN ANYBODY HELP? AGAIN, WE CONTACTED THIS FINDER AND SAID, YES, WE CAN COME HELP.
BUT BY THEN IT HAD FOUND A FOURTH LOCATION AND WANDERED OFF AT THE WAXAHATCHEE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I CONTACT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAW MY POST PUBLICLY WHERE I HAD OFFERED TO FOSTER IT, AND THEY CONTACTED ME,
DO YOU GUYS WANNA HELP THE DOG? UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY STATED THAT THE ANIMAL SHELTER WAS STILL FULL AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.
SO THEY DID GIVE HER A PLACE TO NAP AND TO ENJOY HER TIME UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO PICK HER UP.
I PROMISED MY HUSBAND THAT THE FOSTER WOULD ONLY BE FOR A WEEKEND WITHOUT HAVING ANY REAL WAY TO KEEP THAT PROMISE TO HIM.
SO WHEN SHE, WE DID THOUGH TODAY I WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE WAXAHACHIE ANIMAL SHELTER, AND THEY DID MAKE ROOM FOR HER.
SHE WAS ABLE TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH OUR FAMILY WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO RECUPERATE AND GET FOOD, UM, AND CARE.
AND THEN SHE WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER WHERE IMMEDIATELY UPON ENTRY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET VACCINATED AND, AND TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEY ASSURED US THAT THEY DO HAVE THE BUDGET TO GET HER SPAYED.
AND FORTUNATELY FOR MANY ANIMALS OF WAXAHATCHEE, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT SAME PRIVILEGE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T HAVE FOLK, UH, THE RESOURCES TO BRING THEM INTO THEIR HOMES.
IT'S INTIMIDATING TO BRING A STRANGE ANIMAL DUE TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND OTHER RISKS.
SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THE SAME THING DARLENE ASKED.
[6. Consent Agenda ]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER ITEM SIX.
CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL NOT BE THE SEPARATE DISCUSSION
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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.
COUNSEL, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[7. Public Hearing on a request by Brad Yates for a Zoning Change from a Commercial (C) zoning district to Planned Development-Multi Family-1 (PD-MF-1) zoning district, for a 6-unit townhome use, located directly south of 404 Cantrell Street, (Property ID 172321) - Owner: Colonial Group Restoration Inc. (ZDC-49-2025)]
ITEM SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY BRAD YATES FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MULTIFAMILY, ONE ZONING DISTRICT FOR A SIX UNIT TOWNHOUSE TOWN HOME USE, LOCATED DIRECTLY SOUTH OF 4 0 4 CANTRELL STREET.ONCE AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 4 0 4 CANTRELL STREET.
WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING TO DO IS CHANGE THE ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT MULTI-FAMILY PDMF, UH, DASH ONE DISTRICT.
UM, WHAT THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR IS ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP TOWN HOMES ON THIS SITE.
UM, THIS IS, I'LL JUST GONNA START OFF, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING SITE WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
UM, WE HAVE THE TWO BRIDGES RIGHT THERE.
UM, IT, IT'S REALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF SLOPE ON THE PROPERTY.
THE SLOPE IS HEADING, UH, TOWARDS THE NORTH, UM, VERY DIFFICULT PIECE OF PROPERTY TO DEVELOP FOR, UH, ANY REASON, UM, WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, KNOWING THE CHALLENGES OF THE SITE.
UM, I BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SITE ALONE, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE A WAY TO REASONABLY DEVELOP IT IN A WAY THAT'D BE COMPLIMENTS TO OUR DOWNTOWN AND OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, MOST OF THE PROPERTIES SURROUNDING THIS, UM, MIX HAS A MIX A VARIETY OF ZONING DISTRICTS.
YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, YOU HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TWO DISTRICT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY, THREE DISTRICT, UH, PDS.
SO THERE'S A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT USES TO THE NORTH IS HEAVIER.
UM, INDUSTRIAL, UH, YOU SEE A LOT OF, UM, WAREHOUSE, UH, MECHANIC SHOPS.
UM, ALSO ADDING TO THE DIFFICULTY OF DEVELOPING SOMETHING REASONABLE ON THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS, UH, LOCATED IN OUR DOWNTOWN FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION, WHICH CALLS FOR MIXED USE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS TO OCCUR.
IT ENCOURAGES, UH, MORE DENSE, MORE DENSE RESIDENTIAL, UH, MIXED IN WITH COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, PROPOSING THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING A TWO AND A HALF STORY APPROXIMATELY, UM, A TWO AND A HALF STORY, UH, STRUCTURES ON THE SITE.
EACH UNIT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 2200 SQUARE FEET WITH TWO CAR GARAGES, APPROXIMATELY THREE BEDROOMS WITH ROOFTOP PATIOS.
UM, WHEN WE CAME DESIGNING THIS STRUCTURE, THEY WANTED SOMETHING THAT THE ARCHITECTURE WILL BE, THE ARCHITECTURE OF THIS STRUCTURE WILL BE COMPLIMENTARY DOWNTOWN, THE HISTORIC AREA, UM, AS WELL AS BE DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T HINDER OR IMPACT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
UH, SO AS YOU'LL SEE LATER ON THIS PRESENTATION, UM, IN DEVELOPING THIS AND HOW IT'S DESIGNED, THE DESIGNS ARE MADE.
SO THE ROOFTOP PATIOS ARE DIRECTED AWAY FROM THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOOKING TO THE DOWNTOWN.
UM, SO IT PREVENTS ANY SORT OF WINDOWS OR ANY, ANYONE TRYING TO VIEW THIS RESIDENTIAL, UH, TO THE SOUTHWEST.
UM, HERE'S THE PROPOSED, UM, SITE PLAN.
UH, THIS WAS ALSO DONE IN A WAY THAT EACH ONE OF THESE WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED LOTS.
UM, THIS CAN BE DONE WHERE ONE PERSON COULD OWN ALL OR THEY COULD SELL IT INDIVIDUALLY FOR INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP.
UM, AND THAT WAS DONE VERY, UM, WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, THE APPLICANT AND THAT THEY KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAS A DESIRE FOR MORE HOME OWNERSHIP.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF DESIGNING THIS SITE PLAN TO BE THAT WAY.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, A, A MAJORITY OF THE HOMES ARE LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE LOT, UH, POINTED TOWARDS, UH, THE NORTHEAST PROPERTY.
UM, THIS PICTURE, UM, IS TAKEN FROM THE ROAD LOOKING UP TOWARDS WHERE THOSE TOWN HOMES WILL BE LOCATED.
THE BACK OF THE TOWN HOMES, UH, WILL HAVE A BUFFER WHERE ALL THESE TREES ARE BEING KEPT AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE.
UM, AND HOMES WILL BE LOCATED RIGHT THERE IN FRONT.
THESE TOWN HOMES WILL BE, UM, THE HEIGHT.
UH, SO THEY'LL BE SCREENED FROM THE PUBLIC.
THEY'LL BE SCREENED FROM THIS, UH, THESE, THIS TREE LINE.
UM, AND ALSO THE WAY THE HOUSES ARE, THE TOWN HOMES ARE CONFIGURED.
UH, THERE'LL BE NO VISUAL WAY OF LOOKING INTO
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ANY OF THESE NEIGHBOR'S HOMES, AS WELL AS THIS IS ON A HIGHER PLANE THAN WHERE THE TOWN HOMES WILL ACTUALLY BE LOCATED.THEY'LL BE LOCATED LOWER THAN THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH.
HERE'S, UM, LOOKING DOWN, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TOPO, THE TOPOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, THE ELEVATION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE THE TOWN HOME, THE TREE LINE IS DOWN TO THE STREET.
THIS IS WHAT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES LOOK LIKE.
UM, SOMETHING THE SITE ALSO HAD TO, TO DEVELOP AND PLAN AROUND WAS, UH, TO MAKE SURE IT WAS PROPERLY DRAINING.
IT'S RECEIVING ALL THE DRAINAGE FROM THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL THAT WAS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS.
UM, SO THEY'RE HAVING TO ADDRESS THAT AND HOW IT CAN PROPERLY FLOW, UM, OFF THEIR PROPERTY IN A SAFE MANNER.
HERE'S THE ARCHITECTURAL, UH, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THESE TOWN HOMES.
UM, SHOWING THE ROOFTOP PATIOS.
THIS IS THE, UH, FRONT SHOWING, UM, WHAT THE FRONT OF THE EACH TOWN HOME WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, SHOWING THE PATIOS OF HOW, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE DIRECTED.
THIS, THE ROOF LAYOUT, SO YOU CAN SHOW THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW, UM, THEY WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS.
THE ONLY TIME THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT, UM, OR BEHIND WHERE THE, IT'S FACING THE RESIDENTIAL IS TO MAKE ANY SORT OF REPAIR TO THE ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT'LL BE SCREENED BY THAT NATURAL VEGETATION LINE OF TREES.
UM, AS PART OF THEIR DESIGN, THEY ARE USING VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT YOU'D SEE IN OUR, UH, HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN.
UM, THE, THE BOTH THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ARTICULATION AND THE AWNINGS, THE TYPES OF DOORS, THE WINDOWS, HOW THEY'RE DESIGNED ARE ALL TAKEN.
UH, THE HISTORIC PART OF, UM, OUR DOWNTOWN INTO ITS DESIGN UNITS.
WE MAILED OUT NOTICES, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN, UH, 200 FEET.
WE RECEIVED ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION, ONE LETTER IN SUPPORT.
UM, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO, UM, REACHED OUT TO THE CI CITY, THEY WERE HOPING TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
THEY WERE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
THEY DO HAVE A, UM, A LETTER THEY WANTED TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
I PROVIDED EACH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER A COPY OF THAT LETTER IN FRONT OF YOU.
IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO READ THAT.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, OR IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT BEING PART OF THE RECORD.
I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAD A COPY TO SHOW WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE PERTAINING TO THE PROPOSED REQUESTS.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, WHEN THIS WENT TO P-N-Z-P-N-Z RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY APPROVAL.
AND, UM, HERE'S THE 200 FOOT NOTICE SHOWING WHERE THE SUPPORT AND WHERE THE OPPOSITION WAS LOCATED.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP.
UH, WE DO, UH, HAVE THIS LETTER, UH, IN OUR POSSESSION.
UM, IF WE COULD, WE'RE GONNA READ IT, UH, JUST REAL QUICK, TRENTON, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IT'S ON THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE, HAVE IT IN OUR POSSESSION AND HAVE READ IT RIGHT.
UM, IT SAYS, WE'D LIKE TO OPPOSE A DUNWAY TOWN HOME PROJECT, PHASE TWO, DUE TO LAND USE, COMPATIBILITY, PRIVACY CONCERNS, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS.
DOES THIS REZONING SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST? WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
OUR CONCERN IS THAT THIS REZONING WOULD PLACE SIX TOWN HOMES, 15 FEET FROM OUR REAR PROPERTY LINE DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR PATIO AND LIVING ROOM WINDOWS.
THIS CREATES SIGNIFICANT PAT ABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS FOR US, AS WELL AS OTHER EXISTING HOMEOWNERS PRIVACY CONCERNS.
THE PROPOSED TOWN HOMES WILL HAVE MULTIPLE WINDOWS AND LIVING SPACES LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO OUR BACKYARD HOME.
OUR FAMILY WOULD LOSE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PRIVACY WHILE USING OUR PATIO, BACKYARD, AND REAR FACING LIVING ROOM.
HOMEOWNERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR OUTDOOR LIVING SPACES WITHOUT FEELING CONSTANTLY OBSERVED BY NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES, LOSS OF ENJOYMENT OF, OF PROPERTY.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE PURCHASED OUR HOME WAS THE EXPECTATION CREATED BY THE EXISTING ZONING AND SURROUNDING LAND USES.
THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE OUR ABILITY TO ENJOY OUR PATIO AND DEPRIVE OUR LIVING ROOM OF NATURAL LIGHT.
INCOMPATIBLE, INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES THE PROPOSED SETBACK, APPEARS INSUFFICIENT TO CREATE A REASONABLE TRANSITION BETWEEN USES.
THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD PLACE A MUCH MORE INTENSE RESIDENTIAL USE, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO ALREADY ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
NOISE AND ACTIVITY, GIVEN THAT ROOFTOP DECKS WILL BE AN AMENITY IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF OUR LIVING ROOM FROM ONLY 15 FEET AWAY.
INCREASED ACTIVITY IMMEDIATELY BEHIND EXISTING HOMES WILL AFFECT THE QUIET ENJOYMENT RESIDENTS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCE.
THE IMPACT IS MAGNIFIED DUE TO THE LIMITED SEPARATION DISTANCE, UH, PRECEDENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER REZONING SHOULD CONSIDER THE EXPECTATIONS OF EXISTING RESIDENTS WHO INVESTED IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED ON THE CURRENT ZONING AND LAND USE PATTERNS.
IF THIS IS A FOREGONE INCLUSION, IF APPROVAL IS INEVITABLE, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL FOR THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, INCREASED SETBACKS FROM EXISTING HOMES, ADDITIONAL SEASONAL LANDSCAPE BUFFERING AND TREES RESTRICTIONS ON SECOND STORY WINDOWS FACING EXISTING HOMES, REORIENTATION OF BUILDINGS AWAY FROM NEIGHBORING BACKYARDS.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT THIS REZONE WILL HAVE ON THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WHO LIVE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS PROJECT.
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DIMINISH OUR FAMILY'S ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTY.IF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ONLY LOOKED AT THIS PROPOSAL THROUGH GOOGLE MAPS AND STREET VIEW, WE CHALLENGE EACH OF YOU TO DRIVE THE AREA WITH THESE CONCERNS IN MIND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION CONSIDERATION.
AGAIN, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP, UH, TO SPEAK, UH, DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
UH, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
UM, FOR ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL.
I NOTICE IN HERE THAT IT SAYS YOU'RE REQUESTING TO USE AN EIGHT INCH EXISTING WATER LINE AND NOT GO TO A 12 INCH, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED.
IS THE WATER LINE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE SERVING THE PEOPLE UP THE HILL? IT IS.
SO IS THERE ANY CONCERN? WE ACTUALLY HAD A, UH, UH, FLOW ON THE HYDRANT ACROSS THE STREET.
AND AT THE TIME THAT WE HAD THE PROPERTY JUST TO UH, I GUESS THE SOUTH OF THERE APPROVED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, WE DID A FIRE FLOW ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
AND SO AT THAT TIME, IT WAS ADEQUATE TO SERVE THE REST OF IT.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NOT A 12 INCH LINE UP ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN AT ALL.
MY ONLY RE MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE IS IF WE ALLOW IT WITH THE EIGHT INCH LINE AND YOU BUILD IT AND IT CREATES WATER PRESSURE ISSUES WITH THE OTHERS, WILL YOU RETROACTIVELY COME BACK AND PAY TO UPGRADE IT TO THE 12 INCH LINE
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE DOWN LINE FROM YOU OR WILL THAT BE THE DEAD END OF THE WATER LINE? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT, WILL IT BE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS TO BE SERVICED LATER ON WHERE THE LINE'S NOT BIG ENOUGH THAT JUST, THE ONLY THING I SAW, I REMEMBER WE DEALT WITH A SIMILAR ISSUE WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE GRAYLEY EVENT CENTER UP ON TOP OF THE HILL.
UH, BECAUSE THAT ONE SERVED WITH A SPRINKLER SYSTEM AS WELL.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVEN'T, NOTHING'S CHANGED UP THERE AS WELL.
IT WAS ENCOURAGED TO GET A 12 INCH LINE UP THERE, BUT THAT'S A TREMENDOUS INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A 12 INCH LINE UP THERE ANYWHERE.
I THINK EIGHT IS AS LARGE AS IT GETS.
AND SINCE I'M ALREADY, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
AND SINCE I'M ALREADY TALKING, I'LL MAKE ONE MORE SO I DON'T HAVE TO TALK ANYMORE BECAUSE I WENT OVER AND LOOKED AFTER THE P AND Z MEETING AND LISTENED TO THE EXPLANATION.
THE PICTURE THAT, THAT THEY SHOWED DOESN'T, DOESN'T REALLY SHOW THE SLOPE.
IT WAS, IT WAS A SHALLOW SO AT THE TALLEST POINT, FROM WHAT I GOT FROM WHERE I WAS LOOKING, IT LOOKS LIKE THE VERY TOP OF YOUR TOWN HOMES WOULD STILL BE LOWER THAN THE TOPS OF THOSE TREES THAT ARE EXISTING.
IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVEN'T SHOT ELEVATION, BUT THAT WOULD BE PRETTY CLOSE.
AND DID YOU ALSO STATED AT THAT TIME THAT ALL THE MECHANICAL WOULD BE AT THE BACK OF THAT ROOF? THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYBODY ON THE PATIO LOOKING DOWN.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WOULD BE.
WE'RE GONNA GET THE MECHANICAL UP ON THE, ON THE ROOFTOP AND PUT IT AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTIES.
YEAH, IT SEEMS THE, THE BIG CONCERN HERE, AND IF I LIVED OVER THERE, IT WOULD BE A CONCERN OF MINE AS WELL IS, IS YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEBODY COULD BE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO THEIR YARD OR INTO THEIR WINDOWS OR WHATEVER.
UM, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY WINDOWS ON THE BACK OF THOSE.
I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME WINDOWS AT BACK, OBVIOUSLY FOR FIRE SAFETY REASONS.
UH, WE HAVE TO MEET SOME OF THOSE.
WHEN YOU HAVE UNITS THAT ARE SHARING COMMON WALLS, WE'RE KIND OF LIMITED.
THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE FRONT OR THE BACK.
BUT WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.
I'VE BUILT MANY HOMES ACROSS TOWN AND WINDOWS ON SECOND FLOORS ARE ALWAYS A CONCERN.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA BE LOOKING INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S BACKYARD.
I BUILT A TWO STORY HOME RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE AND I WAS VERY, UH, CONSCIOUS OF WHERE THE WINDOWS WERE GONNA BE PLACED.
THEY EITHER BE COVERED UP BY A TREE OR LOOKING INTO SOMETHING OTHER DIRECTION.
DIDN'T WE APPROVE TOWN HOMES HERE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO? THE LOT ACROSS THE STREET? NOTHING ON CANTRELL THOUGH HERE.
THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OVER HERE THAT THE, THE 300 HALEY DRIVE.
UM, DIDN'T WE JUST DO SOMETHING WITH THEM LIKE WE, WE SO CONCEDED LAND OR SOMETHING THAT WAS, YEAH.
SO THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PARK AND THEY ENDED UP NOT DOING A PARK AND SOLD THE PROPERTY TO ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN MAY THAT HAD ALREADY JUST ASSUMED IT.
BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT THIS HOUSE IN AUGUST OR SOMETHING.
THIS WAS THE APPLICANT APRIL OF 25.
AND THEY JUST ASSUMED LAND AND NOW THEY WANT TO ASSUME THE RIGHTS TO LAND BEHIND THEM IS THE WAY IT SOUNDS TO ME.
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THIS IS A PRETTY FUNKY PIECE OF PROPERTY.I I USED TO LIVE ON, CAN I KNOW EXACT THE EXACT SPOT? WHY THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I BOUGHT THE ONE NEXT TO IT.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME DEVELOPMENT THERE.
I THINK WE'VE, UH, COUNCIL KNOWS WE'VE INVESTED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY UP ON THAT PART OF TOWN.
AND IT'S JUST THE MOMENTUM'S GOING AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT GOING.
THIS WAS PURCHASED IN, UH, ONE UNDER CONTRACT IN FEBRUARY OF 24.
AND IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THORNS AND THINGS THAT COME WITH THIS.
AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOT TO THE CIVIL PORTION OF THIS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL BE TILL WE ACTUALLY START PUSHING DIRT, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I THINK THE WALKABILITY TO DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS I THINK WHAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING HERE.
THIS KIND OF FALLS RIGHT INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, GETTING ACCESS TO THE HIKING BIKE TRAIL, SO FORTH AND SO ON.
UH, A LOT OF THE OBSTACLES WITH THIS PROPERTY IS BECAUSE OF TDOT CAN TRAIL BEING A TXDOT RIGHT AWAY.
AND FINALLY, AFTER MANY SUBMITTALS TO THE CITY, WE ALL KIND OF STEPPED BACK AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, TECH DOT'S GONNA KIND OF CONTROL THE NARRATIVE.
LET'S GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
NOW WE CAME BACK AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN.
SO APPROXIMATELY HOW FULL, WHAT'S THE SETBACK FROM THE ROAD TO THE FRONT OF ONE OF THESE? I BELIEVE THAT'S ON THE SITE PLAN, ISN'T IT? CLINTON, BRAD, DID YOU JUST SAY THAT THIS PROJECT BEGAN WITH SUBMITTALS TO THE CITY IN 2024? YES SIR.
SO AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY THIS ONE FAMILY WHO'S IN OPPOSITION IN APRIL OF 25.
UM, JUST A NO SHOT TO THEM OR THE REALTOR THAT HELPED 'EM.
BUT PUBLIC RECORD WAS THERE THAT THIS PROJECT HAD BEGUN AND ONE WAS ALREADY APPROVED NEXT TO 'EM.
SO I DON'T, THIS DOESN'T CARRY ANY WEIGHT FOR ME.
AND MAYOR, THE SETBACK IS APPROXIMATELY, SO FROM THIS POINT RIGHT HERE TO THE STREET'S, ABOUT 25 FEET.
SO I WOULD ASSUME RIGHT HERE TO HERE IS APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 FEET TO THE STREET.
IT DID COME UP IN, IN, IN, UH, PLANNING, ZONING MEETING OF COULD WE NOT MOVE IT FURTHER DOWN THE HILL.
THAT CREATES A WHOLE NOTHER SET OF ISSUES AT THE FAR END OF THE PROPERTY.
WE ACTUALLY, ON THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN, WE HAD A PICKLEBALL COURT AT THE END WAS TRYING TO ADD SOME OTHER AMENITIES.
THE TAIL END OR THE PIE PIECE OF THAT, THE TIP OF THAT IS ACTUALLY IN, UH, DIPS OFF INTO THE FLOODWAY.
SO THAT POSES A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM.
YOU HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT.
WE GAVE YOU TWO DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS, UH, OF FRAME OR BRICK GOING WITH THE BRICK.
IT INCREASES THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH THEN WE HAVE TO PUSH IT BACK FURTHER UP THE HILL IN ORDER TO MEET ALL THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
SO AS TRITON MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS HAS BEEN A REAL CHALLENGING PROPERTY TO TRY TO GET ANYTHING TO FIT ON IT AND MAKE ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL SENSE.
AND LOOKING AT THIS AS WELL, I MEAN THAT WAS A QUESTION ABOUT IN INCREASING THE SETBACK.
ONCE AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF A SETBACK IS WHEN YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT USES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY INCOMPATIBLE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE SETBACKS ARE FOR.
UM, AND THAT, AND FOR FIRE, UM, WE FELT WITH THE PROPOSED 15 FOOT SETBACK, I MEAN, AND BRAD MIGHT BE THE FIRST ONE TO KNOW, IS WHEN WE DON'T AGREE WITH SOMETHING, WE'LL LET HIM KNOW.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE 15 FOOT BACK, 15 FOOT SETBACK, UM, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE THEY ARE COMPATIBLE USES.
UM, BUT SETTING IT BACK EVEN FURTHER WHERE YOU'D BE MORE NORTH ON THE PROPERTY, THIS DRIVE RIGHT HERE WOULD HAVE TO GET PUSHED OVER HERE.
YOU GET CLOSER TO THIS SOUTH MONROE BRIDGE THAT CROSSES, AND THEN THE DUNAWAY STREET ONE WOULD ALSO GO FURTHER NORTH, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE CONCERNS.
'CAUSE THEN IT STARTS TEEING OFF RIGHT HERE AND YOU'D HAVE, UM, LESS OF THE ABILITY TO TURN LEFT RIGHT.
TO GET OUT SAFELY AND ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT TECH STOCK.
LOOKED AT THE SITE PLAN MANY TIMES AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE ENTRANCE THERE OFF OF CAN TRAIL.
SO WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES.
AND THE IDEA IS TO LEAVE ALL THE, THE SCREENING OF THE ORIGINAL.
I MEAN THAT THE TREES THAT ARE THERE PLAYED INTO OUR LANDSCAPE PLAN MM-HMM
SO THAT'S THE REASON, PART OF THE REASON WE'RE PULLING OFF 15 FEET, TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE TREE CANOPY OF THE ROOT SYSTEM AND GET THE RETAINING WALL IN PLACE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NOT FROM BRAD.
I DON'T, I WANT TO ASK JAMES THE QUESTION WHEN WE'RE DONE.
UM, BRAD, HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUPLE THAT HAS FILED THE OPPOSITION HERE? NOT OTHER THAN JUST THAT EVENING AT, AT PLANNING AND ZONING? NO, SIR.
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'CAUSE SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THEIR ISSUES ARE TAKEN CARE OF FROM WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED HERE.UM, BUT OTHERS I COULD STILL SEE THEIR CONCERN.
HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO THEM AFTER YOU HEARD THEIR LETTER? WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME FEW LITTLE MONTHS AND WINTER, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, MOST OF THEIR VIEW OF THE COURTHOUSE IS PRETTY WELL BLOCKED BY THE TREES THAT ARE ON THE, THE BACK PROPERTY LINE.
I'VE, I'VE DEVELOPED MANY PROPERTIES OVER ALL OVER TOWN AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY, IF THEY SEE A LOT FAKE A LOT NEXT TO 'EM, IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL AREA FOR THEIR KIDS TO PLAY, ET CETERA, FOR THE WHOLE TIME THEY'VE BEEN THERE.
PEOPLE ARE HESITANT TO CHANGE.
AND ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS WELL, THIS PROPERTY ZONE COMMERCIAL BY WRIGHT, UM, PER OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO KEEP ANY OF THIS VEGETATION ON THE SITE.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE OTHER TREE REGULATIONS THAT THEY COULD DO BY RIGHT.
BUT THIS WOULD NOT TRIGGER ANY SORT OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL BY PZ OR CITY COUNCIL.
IF THEY WERE TO DEVELOP LIKE A MECHANIC SHOP OR SOMETHING THERE AND THEY COULD CLEAR THAT TREE LINE.
AND I BELIEVE, UM, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT DEPENDING WHERE THE BUILDING IS LOCATED, UH, THEY COULD BE APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 FEET FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE AS WELL.
THE THING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY THOUGH, BRAD, IT HASN'T BEEN A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT PEOPLE WANNA SPEND TIME ON IT.
IT'S AN EYESORE IN MY OPINION, AND HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.
WELL, IT GOT EVEN WORSE WHEN THEY REPLACED THE VIA DUCT.
THE CITY, THE TXDOT OWNS THE DRAINAGE DITCH THAT RUNS PARALLEL WITH CANTRELL.
SO IF APPROVED, WE AT OUR EXPENSE ARE GONNA IMPROVE THAT PIPE THAT GOES ALL UNDERNEATH THE VIADUCT AND BACK INTO TIE INTO THE CREEK SYSTEM.
SO WE HAD LENGTHY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY, BUT, UH, HERE WE ARE.
IT WOULD SERVE WELL IF WE GOT SNOW AND YOU COULD, YOU KNOW RIGHT.
HAVE, HAVE FUN, YOU KNOW,
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT GOOD USE IT IS.
CHRIS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR? WELL, NO, I WAS JUST, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY COMMUNICATIONS AND NO SIR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST Y'ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A, A SHORT CONVERSATION AFTER PNZ IS AFTER PNZ? NO, JUST QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH DURING OH, OKAY.
AND I, HOPEFULLY I ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS DURING WELL, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE FOLKS COME HERE, COME BEFORE PNZ AND THERE MAY BE MISCONCEPTIONS ON WHAT IT IS OR THAT THERE HAVE BEEN STEPS TAKEN.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST REALLY OF A WAY JUST TO ENCOURAGE THE PARTIES BEFORE GETTING TO THE POINT OF DIGGING THEIR HEELS IN THAT THERE CAN BE SOME GIVE, NOT GIVE AND TAKE, BUT SOME COMMUNICATIONS I THINK INITIALLY WAS THE ROOFTOP BALCONY WAS A CONCERN OF HIS.
AND THEN ONCE WE REALIZED THAT MECHANICAL AND EVERYTHING IS ON THE BACKYARD SIDE, WE HAVE A STRUCTURE BETWEEN THE TWO AND THE GATE AND EVERYTHING ELSE BETWEEN THAT MM-HMM
THAT MOST OF THE ENTERTAINING OR WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA DO OUT ON THE PATIO IS GONNA BE ON THE FRONT END OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT ANSWERED I THINK ONE OF HIS LARGE CONCERNS.
AND SAYING THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS, YOU KNOW, THINKS THAT THIS IS A ROOFTOP PATIO, IT'S GONNA BE ALL UP THERE AND THERE'S ALL GONNA BE RIGHT.
YOU'VE TAKEN THIS STUFF BIG CONCERNS TOO.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M DOING IS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE AND PUT IT ON THE RECORD HERE, THAT WHEN FOLKS ARE DEALING WITH SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN A, IN A GIVEN AREA TO TRY TO OPEN THAT UP TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AMONGST THE FOLKS.
SO MAYBE IT WOULDN'T BE SO CONTENTIOUS GOING TO P AND Z AND, AND COMING HERE.
SO, BUT I WASN'T TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, I WAS JUST NO PROBLEM.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL, WHAT CONVERSATIONS YOU'D HAD.
WE DON'T OPEN OUR WINDOWS VERY OFTEN, NOR DO WE TRY TO GET CLOSER TO THE SUN.
IT'S PRETTY HOT MOST OF THE YEAR.
I THINK ROOFTOP PATIOS ARE A NOVEL IDEA IF YOU'RE IN A DECENT CLIMATE.
BUT I JUST SPENT 10 MINUTES UNDER THE HOOD OF MY TRUCK AND I'M STILL SWEATING AND I COULDN'T IMAGINE BEING THREE STORIES CLOSER.
IT HELPS THAT THE DEVELOPER IN FRONT OF US DOES REALLY GOOD WORK.
UM, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK HERE, BRAD.
I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE THIS CITY AND, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IS, IS BEAUTIFUL AND, UH, HAS REALLY, UH, ADDED, UH, YOU KNOW, TO OUR WONDERFUL CITY IN A LOT OF POSITIVE WAYS.
SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH THAT THIS IS A WACKY PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, I THINK WE AS A COUNCIL, AND I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF HERE,
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UM, THAT I KNOW THAT IF YOU DO SOMETHING HERE, IT'S GONNA BE NICE OR YOU WOULDN'T DO IT.DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING I WANTED TO ASK JAMES? A QUESTION.
SINCE YOU APPEAR TO BE THE ONLY ENGINEER IN THE BUILDING,
WOULD IT BE AN EIGHT INCH WATER LINE? UH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT SIZE WATER LINES WE GOT ALL THROUGH THE OLD PARTS OF TOWN.
SO YEAH, I MIGHT BE 100% HONEST THAT THE, THE ENGINEERING TEAM ACTUALLY WAS ONE THAT REVIEWED THAT PART.
BUT AS FAR AS LIKE THE DRAINAGE, AS FAR AS LIKE THE SITE, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH IT.
SO, UH, THEY, THEY DID ADDRESS A LOT OF THOSE COMMENTS.
UH, THIS IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, UH, WITH THAT WATER LINE.
SO USUALLY THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL HAS A BETTER WATER PRESSURE THAN, UH, AT THE VERY TOP OF THE HILL.
SO THERE'S A 12 INCH WATER LINE THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY CLOSE TO HERE, UH, AS WELL.
UH, BUT EVERYTHING THEN GOES FROM THAT 12 INCH GOES TO AN EIGHT INCH LINE.
AND SO, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, THE, WE PUT AN EIGHT INCH LINE RIGHT THERE WHEN THE DIVIDE THAT PROJECT WAS PUT IN.
AND WE DID NOT PUT A 12 INCH AT THAT TIME EITHER, SO.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS WERE ALL RIGHT WITH IT 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WANTED TO PAY FOR IT.
[8. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-49-2025]
ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 49 20 25.
MAD MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 49 DASH 2025.
A ZONING CHANGE FROM A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MULTIFAMILY.
ONE ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED DIRECTLY SOUTH OF 4 0 4.
CAN TRAIL STREET SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION TO THE STAFF REPORT.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[9. Consider Development Agreement for ZDC-49-2025]
AND NUMBER NINE, CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC 49 20 25.MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC 49 DASH 2025.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[10. Public Hearing on a request by Jennifer Smolka for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for a Short-Term Rental (STR) use within a Single-family-2 (SF-2) zoning district located at 116 San Jacinto CT (Property ID 174917) - Owner: Smolka Holdings LLC Series D (ZDC21-2026)]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 10, A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY JENNIFER SMOKO.FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, AN SUP FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL USE WITHIN A SINGLE FAMILY TWO ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED AT ONE 16 SAN JACINTO.
COURT OWNER IS SMOKE HOLDINGS.
THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED SINGLE FAMILY TWO DISTRICT WITHIN OUR, UH, CODES AND REGULATIONS.
ANY KINDA SHORT TERM RENTAL OUTSIDE OF CA DISTRICT DOES REQUIRE SPECIFIC USE, UH, PERMIT.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1 1 16 SAN JACINTO COURT.
UM, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 0.169 ACRES.
THE PROPERTY IS MOSTLY SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY TWO DISTRICT TO THE NORTH, SOUTHEAST, AND WEST.
UM, THERE IS A PD, UH, DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
OTHER POSTS, SHORT-TERM RENTAL WILL BE APPROXIMATELY THREE BEDROOMS, 2,400 SQUARE FEET.
THEY ARE PROVIDING THREE OFF STREET PARKING SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR REGULATIONS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MAXIMUM OF EIGHT GUESTS.
UM, THIS HAS NOT BEEN OPERATING AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
UH, THEY ARE, THEY DID REQUEST TO COME IN HERE AND APPLY FOR THE SEP.
SO THIS WAS NOT THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
UM, WE HAVE, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE HAD, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO NUISANCE RELATED CALLS, UH, TO WAXAHACHIE PD IN THIS AREA FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS IN RELATION TO ANY SORT OF SHORT-TERM RENTAL OR ISSUES WITH THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THEY ARE MEETING OUR REGULATIONS FOR, UM, THE EMERGENCY CONTACT AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AT.
AND CURRENTLY THIS PROPERTY IS NOT IDENTIFIED WITH ECAT AS A HOMESTEAD PROPERTY, SO YOU MEET THOSE REGULATIONS AS WELL.
HERE'S A, HERE'S A PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN SHOWING WHERE THE, UH, BEDROOM LOCATIONS ARE, UH, THE GARAGE STORAGE AREA, ET CETERA.
UH, WHEN WE MAILED OUT NOTICES, UH, TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET, AS WELL AS THE 500 FOOT, UM, REQUIREMENT, WE DID RECEIVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF 17 LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FOR THE PROPOSED SUP THAT IS HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, TONIGHT TO SHOW YOU, UM, WHERE THOSE LETTERS WERE RECEIVED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, WE DID RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SIX LETTERS WITHIN THE 200 FEET.
UH, BUT A MAJORITY OF THE REST OF 'EM WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT 200 FOOT, BUT FELL WITHIN THE 500 FOOT BOUNDARY.
UM, AT THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ON JUNE 23RD, UH, THE COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REQUEST WITH THE SEVEN ZERO VOTE.
UM, THEY DID HAVE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OR CONDITIONS FOR THIS AS ARE LISTED, LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT FOR YOUR
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CONSIDERATION.UM, I WANTED TO SHOW THE SATURATION TO SHOW ONE, UH, SHOW ONE MILE.
WE DID HAVE A STR THAT WAS APPLIED FOR, UM, DIRECTED TO THE NORTHWEST THAT WAS DENIED.
UH, THE NEXT CLOSEST ONE IS, UH, JUST OUTSIDE OF 500 FOOT BUFFER, UH, BEING DEPICTED BY THIS GREEN STAR.
AND HERE IS A, UM, FURTHER ZOOMED OUT SATURATION, UH, MAP SHOWING WHERE THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS AND WHERE, UH, MOST OF OUR OTHER STR ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP, UH, TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE, IF YOU'LL COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
I'M JENNIFER SMCA AT 5 0 4 LAKEWOOD DRIVE WAXAHATCHEE.
AND MY HUSBAND, KEVIN SMCA IS HERE WITH ME ALSO.
COUNSEL, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOT FOR HER.
I'M, I'M GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION THAT I ALWAYS ASK.
UM, WHENEVER SOMEBODY IS APPLYING, UM, UH, FOR A, UM, A CHANGE HERE.
UM, YOU'RE AWARE OF ALL THE RULES? THERE'S A LOT OF RULES.
I ACTUALLY CAME BEFORE YOU LAST SUMMER FOR OUR FIRST STR, WE HAD TWO PROPERTIES THAT WE HAD OWNED FOR QUITE A WHILE IN CHE, BESIDES OUR HOMESTEAD PROPERTY.
UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN OPERATING A SHORT TERM RENTAL ON WILLIAMS STREET, UM, THAT OPENED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
SO THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND PROPERTY.
UM, I THINK THE THING THAT MAKES THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR US IS WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THIS BEING A MIDTERM RENTAL, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL CAPABILITIES FOR THE IN BETWEEN.
UM, WE, THIS HOUSE, PARTICULARLY BEFORE WE OWNED IT IN 2020, WAS OWNED BY A LOCAL PERSON FOR MANY YEARS AND IT'S BEEN A RENTAL, LONG TERM RENTAL FOR PROBABLY 20 YEARS.
UM, WE HAD IT THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS A LONG-TERM RENTAL.
UM, WE ACTUALLY DECIDED THAT WE WERE GONNA SELL THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, UM, AS IS WE OFFERED IT AT A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNT HOPING WE'D FIND A YOUNG COUPLE WHO WANTED TO COME IN AND DIY IT THEMSELVES.
AND THAT HADN'T HAPPENED FROM OCTOBER TILL MARCH.
WE WERE THEN CONTACTED BY THE CHOSEN LOOKING FOR LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION STAFF.
AND SO WE HAVE A, THE CHOSEN PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOUSE.
THEY WERE THERE FROM MARCH THROUGH MAY.
THEY WERE GONE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THEY'LL BE IN THE HOUSE UNTIL OCTOBER.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING REALLY AT DOING THIS KIND OF IN THAT MIDDLE RANGE AS WE WORK WITH, UM, OUR W HECHE CONVENTION AND TOURISM BUREAU TO FIND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION.
UM, OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE AREA FOR MORE OF THAT MIDTERM, YOU KNOW, 30, 60, 90 DAY RENTALS.
ANY ISSUES AT YOUR WILLIAMS STREET? NO.
UM, WE'VE WELCOMED, UM, BRAND NEW BABIES.
LITERALLY, LIKE THEY CAME TO OUR HOUSE THEIR FIRST NIGHT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL TWICE NOW
UM, ONE WAS A LOCAL, UM, BIRTH CENTER DOWN NEAR FOREST AND THEY CAME IN.
LOTS OF FAMILIES, LOTS OF, UM, WEDDINGS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
WE'VE SUPPORTED, UM, LOTS OF PEOPLE AT OUR SCARBOROUGH AFFAIR.
UM, THE RACES, THAT TYPE OF THING.
NO PARTIES, NO PROBLEMS. IT'S A SMALL HOUSE.
IT'S ONLY TWO BEDROOMS. MM-HMM.
HOW DO YOU MONITOR YOUR PROPERTIES, UH, WHEN YOU'RE NOT THERE? UM, SO ONE, WE, UM, I LIVE LOCALLY.
MY HUSBAND WORKS LITERALLY JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THESE PROPERTIES.
SO WE GO BY MORE OFTEN AS AN STR THAN WE EVER DID AS IT WAS A LONG TERM WE'RE IN AND OUT OF IT CONSISTENTLY.
ONE, TURNING IT OVER AND ALSO JUST CHECKING ON IT.
CITY CODE DOES REQUIRE, UM, UH, THE USE OF CAMERAS ON ALL ENTRANCES AND EXITS.
WHEN PEOPLE CHECK IN, WE CAN SEE, WAIT A MINUTE, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO ONLY CHECK IN FOUR AND NOW THERE'S MORE.
WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANYBODY TRYING TO HAVE A PARTY OR ANYTHING, BUT WE ARE WATCHING WHEN ANYBODY COMES IN OR OUT OF THE PROPERTY.
SAYS THAT YOU CAN ALLOW 'EM TO EIGHT GUESTS AT THIS PROPERTY.
THAT EXCEEDS OUR VEHICLE COUNT.
IF THEY EACH HAVE A VEHICLE BY A LOT, EVEN IF THERE'S JUST ONE PER COUPLE THAT STILL EXCEEDS THE COUNT, WHY ARE THERE EIGHT AND ONLY THREE BEDROOMS? WELL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE, WHERE ARE WE STACKING 'EM UP AT? HUH? WHERE ARE WE STACKING 'EM UP AT? WELL, YOU HAVE TWO IN EACH BEDROOM AND TYPICALLY A SOFA SLEEPER IS IN THE LEATHER ROOM.
UM, WE'VE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A FOLDING
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COT OR SOMETHING, OR A CRIB.UM, OUR, OUR CHILD ARE COUNTED IN THAT COUNT.
SO IF WE HAD TWINS, WHICH WE DID HAVE, THEY WOULD'VE COUNTED AS TWO EXTRA PEOPLE.
SO CHILDREN COUNT AS THAT PIECE DOES OUR ORDINANCE NOT RESTRICTED TO SIX? ISN'T THERE A COUNT OR IT'S TWO TWO PER BEDROOM.
THERE'S A RESTRICTION ON THERE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EIGHT BEDROOM, BUT THEN HAS TWO.
IT'S, THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER PER BEDROOM PLUS THE LIVING ROOM AREA WHERE THEY CAN HAVE, I'M JUST VERIFYING IT RIGHT NOW OF WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE.
I THOUGHT WE PUT A MAXIMUM ON THERE.
PRETTY SURE IT WAS TWO PER BEDROOM, BUT THEN IT ALSO ALLOWED YOU TWO EXTRAS.
SO LIKE IF YOU HAD A FOLD OUT COUCH MM-HMM
THEN I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT SAID.
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP BEFORE.
'CAUSE ACTUALLY THE FOLD OUT COUCH IS COME UP BEFORE.
SO, AND WE ACTUALLY ALSO HAVE, UM, THERE ARE THREE, THAT DRIVEWAY IS SUPER WIDE.
IT'S A, A EXISTING A THREE CAR GARAGE.
THE THIRD CAR IN THE GARAGE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO WORKSPACE.
SO WE COULD HAVE PUT TWO CARS IN THE GARAGE AND THREE IN THE PARKING AND THAT WOULD BE FINE.
WE DIDN'T WANT THAT MANY CARS.
AGAIN, THAT KIND OF LIMITS YOU TO MORE OF FAMILY COMING VERSUS YOU PUT OUT EIGHT PARKING SPOTS, YOU'RE GONNA INVITE EIGHT ADULTS TO COME PARTY.
AND SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THAT.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, SHORT YOUR MIDTERM RENTALS WHO ARE COMING AS A FAMILY.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A HUSBAND, A WIFE, AND HER FATHER WAS STAYING THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO JUST KIND OF, UH, THE REGULATION DOES STATE IT IS TWO ADULT GUESTS PER BEDROOM, AS KNOWN AS, AS NOTED ON THE REQUIRED FLOOR PLAN REQUIRED TO BE A SUBMIT HEARING PLUS TWO MORE THAN TWO ADDITIONAL ADULTS.
SO THE TWO PER BEDROOM PLUS AN ADDITIONAL TWO ADULTS.
UM, THERE IS A MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF 10 PERSONS, INCLUDING ADULTS, CHILDREN, AND THE OWNER THAT CAN EVER BE ON THEM PER THE ORDINANCE.
THE CONVERSION OF THE GARAGE TO A PORTION OF IT BEING IN OFFICE.
WAS THAT DONE BY Y'ALL OR WAS THAT DONE PREVIOUSLY? IT'S A STORAGE.
IT'S NOT AN OFFICE, IT'S JUST STORAGE, BUT IT'S A CLOSED WALL.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A GARAGE IN IT.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO GARAGE DOOR ANY LONGER ON IT.
CAN YOU PULL UP THE OPPOSITION MAP AGAIN, PLEASE, SIR? THIS IS WHY IT MAKES IT TOUGH.
UM, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE GREEN SQUARE ON THAT MAP AND THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF FOLKS IN THERE THAT ARE, THAT HAVE READ ON THEIR HOME OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT THERE OR SUBMITTED AFTERWARDS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE MORE IN OUR PACKET THAN WHAT'S EVEN ON THERE.
YOU DID ORIGINALLY HAVE MORE IN YOUR PACKET.
I'M, BUT THEY WOULD DUPLICATE.
I'M SO SORRY, I'M JUST TO FINISH.
BUT, UM, THEY'VE LIVED THERE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
IT'S A PRETTY ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I FEEL IT A BIT IRRESPONSIBLE TO TAKE A GAMBLE ON PURCHASING A HOME THAT'S IN A VERY ESTABLISHED, I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST ESTABLISHED THAT WE HAVE WITH SOME OF THE LONGEST TERM RESIDENTS AND TO NOT GARNER ANY SUPPORT FOR YOUR PROJECT.
UM, I MEAN, I GET THAT YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY RIGHTS JUST, JUST AS MUCH AS THEY DO, BUT THERE'S NOT A SINGLE GREEN SQUARE ON THAT MAP.
WAS THERE JUST NO EFFORT? WAS THERE IS? I DON'T, I NEED, I I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S NO SUPPORT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS WAS NOT A GAMBLE THAT WE WOULD DO THIS.
WE ACTUALLY PARKED JUST THIS IN 2020, HAD A LONG-TERM RENTAL IN IT FOR FOUR YEARS, HAD ANOTHER LONG-TERM RENTER IN IT FOR A YEAR.
UM, AND SO THIS IS NOT A, OH, WE'RE JUST GONNA BUY IT AND TURN IT INTO AN AIRBNB.
THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION HERE.
UM, AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS A, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT MIDTERM RENTALS IN IT.
THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN A RENTAL AND SOMEWHAT, UM, TRANSIENT FOR 20 YEARS, UM, OWNED BY SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE BOUGHT IT, THEY SOLD IT TO US AS IT'S A GREAT RENTAL.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN IT.
AND SO THAT'S NOT REALLY TAKING A GAMBLE TO DO THAT.
SO WE CAN GO BACK TO A RENTER AND YOU'RE STUCK WITH 'EM FOR A YEAR.
I THINK THE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT LAST TIME.
IT'S LIKE WE'VE HAD BAD RENTERS AND WE DON'T RENEW.
WE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF WE HAVE A SHORT TERM, WE CAN COME IN AND CONTROL THAT.
WE CAN SAY, HEY, YOU'VE GOTTA LEAVE.
IT'S, WE TAKE CARE OF THE YARD, WE TAKE CARE OF THE HOUSE.
SO IF A RENTER GOES IN THERE, IT'S LIKE, I THINK GOTTA MOVE THE YARD.
WELL YOU SHOULD, YOU COULD BE DOING THAT TOO AS A PROPERTY OWNER.
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DO YOU MEAN? I WRITE LEASES UP EVERY DAY, ALL DAY.I'M NOT, SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY TAKE CARE OF THE YARD, CAN DO HOUSEKEEPING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I, WE DIDN'T GO OUT TO GO PULL PEOPLE TO GO, HEY, I NEED YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT SHORTTERM RENTALS.
THAT'S WHY WE TOOK IT TO REFERENDUM WHERE YOU WANNA CALL IT YEARS AGO TO GO AND THE THE CITY SAID, YES, YOU CAN HAVE 'EM.
SO THESE PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COME IN AND GO, WELL, THE CITY SAID YES, BUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S GONNA SAY NO.
AND THAT'S MY CHALLENGE KIND OF GOING, WHY DID THEY GET TO SAY NO IN THE POCKETS WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE GONNA SAY SAID YES, WE APPROVE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING A, A, A, A MINIATURE HOTEL IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU, YOU HAVE TO PAY A SPECIAL TAX WITH A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
OKAY, SO COME BACK TO THE THING WHERE I SAID THE CITY VOTED YES, BUT EVERY NEIGHBOR TO PUT RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.
WE, WE, WE PUT RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.
SO NOW THE PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS GO, WE DON'T WANT IT.
SO YOU'RE THAT, SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR ZONING IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN EXCLUSION TO THE ZONING THAT'S IN PLACE AND ZONING APPROVEMENT.
NO, IT'S NOT, SIR, THIS IS ZONING.
THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY TWO ZONE P AND Z APPROVED.
NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT ZONED THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS NOT ZONED BY RIGHT TO BE A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
SO WHY DO WE GO TO P AND Z TO GET THEIR APPROVAL? BUT THEY'RE A RECOMMENDING BOARD.
THEY'RE NOT A BOARD OF DECISION.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE'S NOT A SINGLE, A SINGLE GREEN SQUARE ON THIS MAP.
WAS THERE JUST NO EFFORT IN SELLING YOURSELF AND YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEIGHBORS? BECAUSE, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS REQUIREMENT ONE OF THE, IF YOU WANNA PUT A BUSINESS ANYWHERE, YOU HAVE TO, ONE OF THE COMMENTS IN HERE SAYS, AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN AN EASY ONE TO ADDRESS.
IT WAS FROM, GIMME ONE SECOND AND I WILL FIND IT.
IT WAS AN EMAIL, UH, MS. MARTHA LS 1 0 7 NOEL.
IF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS ALL AGREE, AND IF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LOCAL AND WILL VET THE RENTERS AND OVERSEE EACH RENTAL, THEN I SAY A VERY RELUCTANT, OKAY, BUT NOBODY REACHED OUT TO MS. MARTHA LS AT 1 0 7 NOEL STREET AND YOU'VE HAD THIS FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE PUTTING MORE THINGS INTO PLACE GOING, HEY, IF YOU GET THESE NEGATIVES, YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO THESE PEOPLE AND CONFER WITH YOU.
I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON TRIAL, ON TRIAL HERE.
IT'S LIKE I'M NOT PREPARED TO DEBATE OR GO AND GET AN OBJECTION FROM ATTORNEY.
IT'S LIKE, SO I'M GUILTY TILL FOUND, FOUND, FOUND INNOCENT.
SO WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO GO BACK AND CONTACT ALL OF THOSE AND COME BACK IN ANOTHER MONTH? ANOTHER TWO WEEKS? I'M GONNA REDIRECT REAL QUICK.
UM, HAVE Y'ALL HAD ANY CONTACT WITH ANY OF YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORS? I TALKED TO MY NEIGHBOR, DR.
HE SAID HE OPPOSED, I KNOW I TALKED TO HIM BECAUSE HIS FENCE IS FALLING DOWN.
AND I SAID, KEEP, KEEP TALKING TO ME RIGHT HERE.
I, I'M THE ONE THAT ASKED THE QUESTION, PLEASE.
HASTINGS 'CAUSE THE FENCE IS FALLING DOWN 'CAUSE WE PAINTED, WE DID THE INTERIOR, WE PUT 20, $30,000 INTO THE HOUSE TO MAKE IT NICER.
AND I SAID, HEY, THE FENCE IS FALLING DOWN.
WOULD YOU PARTNER WITH ME TO FIX THE, YOUR FENCE THAT'S FALLING DOWN? AND HE SAID YES.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT.
SO I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, BUT NOT ANYBODY ELSE.
NO ISSUES WITH ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, EVEN WHEN IT WAS A RENTAL.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BEEN NO CALLS OUT THERE IN THE LAST YEAR AND YOU'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, MIDTERM IN THERE OR RENTERS OR WHATEVER, UH, GOING ON.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS, AND Y'ALL KNOW THIS BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT STR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS IS 'CAUSE THEY'VE HEARD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT HAVE HAPPENED, UH, IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE EXPERIENCED THAT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO HERE.
UH, Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF THAT ONE TOO.
'CAUSE IT WAS, UH, A HOT ITEM FOR A WHILE, WHICH IS WHAT PROMPTED ALL OF THE RULES THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE AGAIN.
AND GUESS WHAT? WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT ISSUE AGAIN.
THAT'S WHY AS A CITY WE HAVE SO MANY RULES.
WE WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT VERY CLOSELY WITH THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE APPROVED FOR STR SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD AT OUT AT THE LAKE OR SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES.
WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE ISSUE HERE IN WAXAHATCHEE EVER 30 YEARS ON THE POLICE FORCE.
THE CHIEFS BACK THERE, I WORKED WITH HIM MANY YEARS.
HE CAN VERIFY THAT WE'VE HAD ONE HOUSE IN WAXAHATCHEE FOUR DECADES.
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NOW WE HAVE ALL THESE RULES IN PLACE THAT WE MONITOR VERY, VERY CLOSELY TO MY KNOWLEDGE.AND THE CITY MANAGER CAN VERIFY THIS.
WE HAVE NOT HAD TO PULL ANY, UH, STR APPROVALS.
IS THAT CORRECT? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE, UM, YOU KNOW, MONITORING THOSE SITUATIONS, YOU KNOW, IF THE POLICE ARE CALLED OUT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIES CITY STAFF.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHY THOSE WERE IN PLACE BECAUSE WHAT HAS HAPPENED ONCE HERE AND IN OTHER CITIES.
SO, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I DO.
AND THEN I'LL, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS GOING TO ASK THE CHIEF, AND I'M NOT GOING TO NOW 'CAUSE SHE'S ALREADY ADDRESSED IT.
WE, WE SPECIFICALLY HAD THE CHIEF PUT CODES IN THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
SO IF THERE WERE CALLS TO THE POLICE FOR PEOPLE BREAKING THOSE RULES, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL US HOW OFTEN IT WAS HAPPENING.
AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD IT HAPPEN EXCEPT FOR THE ONE LADY OUT BY THE LAKE THAT CALLED THEM HERSELF ON HERSELF BECAUSE HER CATTLE GOT LOOSE OR SOMETHING, HER DOGS AND WENT AND GOT IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S YARD.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE SPECIFICALLY PUT THOSE IN THERE AND THERE'S HEFTY FINES THAT IF THEY DO HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE HOUSE MORE THAN ONCE OR WHATEVER, THERE'S HEFTY FINES THAT THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES HAVE TO PAY.
I WASN'T GONNA SPEAK, BUT I OWN SEVERAL RENTAL PROPERTIES AND I MANAGE A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THEY'RE THE BIGGEST PAIN IN THE ASS THERE IS ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LONG TERM, BECAUSE AS THESE PEOPLE'S HEAD, YOU CAN'T JUST GET RID OF THEM.
YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM AND YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THE RULES THAT THE COURT SYSTEM GIVES YOU.
AND TO EVICT SOMEBODY, YOU GOTTA GIVE 'EM THREE WEEKS NOTICE.
AND THEN YOU GOTTA WAIT THREE WEEKS FOR A COURT CASE AND THEN YOU GOTTA WAIT THREE WEEKS TO PUT 'EM OUT ON THE STREET.
WHEREAS ON A SHORT TERM RENTAL, THEY CAN WALK UP TO THE DOOR, KNOCK ON 'EM AND SAY, IDIO, YOU GOTTA GO.
AND THE POLICE CHIEF WILL COME OVER THERE AND SAY, YEP, THEY OWN THE PROPERTY.
I KNOW THAT WE GET A LOT OF THIS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEM IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO FAR, KNOCK WOOD, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE ISSUE HERE IN WAXAHATCHEE THAT YOU SEE ALL OVER THE NEWS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE ABOUT IT.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE RULES THAT WE PUT ON ABOUT WHO CAN AND WHO CAN'T GO TO THAT PROPERTY.
I DO WANNA ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO GREEN ON HERE.
I I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR TO SAY THAT ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON.
WHEN THE PREVIOUS CASE WE HAD HERE, I MEAN, THERE WASN'T 17 OF THEM, BUT THERE WASN'T ANY NEIGHBORS THERE THAT APPROVED OF THE, THE CONDOS GOING THERE EITHER.
AND THERE WERE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FOR THAT.
AND WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
WE DENIED ONE HERE WE PREVIOUSLY THAT HAD THE SAME OPPOSITION.
WE WILL HAVE, WELL WE WILL HAVE AN ISSUE DOWN THE ROAD WHEN WE JUST SPORADICALLY GO THROUGH AND START DENYING ONES THAT HAVE BEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE BEEN RENTING THINGS, WHATEVER, AND START DENYING THEM WITHOUT ANY REAL REASON TO DENY THEM OTHER THAN THEY HAD A FEW NEIGHBORS AROUND THEM.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S A ZONING.
THEY GOT JUST AS MUCH PROPERTY RIGHTS AS THE PERSON THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.
AS LONG AS WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH OUR, I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS, THANK YOU.
BUT THEY'VE GOT JUST AS MUCH RIGHT TO DO WITH THAT, WITH THEIR PROPERTY AS THE OTHER PEOPLE DO.
AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE BEING GOOD CITIZENS AND TAKING CARE OF IT.
BELIEVE ME, I GOT RENTAL HOUSES AROUND ME.
I'D RATHER HAVE THREE SHORT TERM RENTALS AROUND ME THAN THE RENTAL HOUSE OR THE LONG TERM RENTALS THAT ARE AROUND MY HOUSE.
[11. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-21-2026]
US TO ITEM NUMBER 11.CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 21 20 26 COUNSEL 1111.
YES, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 21 20 26 OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE SUBJECT ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ON NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN MOTION FAILS ELSE.
MAYOR, I WOULD ASK YOU A QUESTION HONOR, I WOULD LIKE A CHANCE FOR AN AFFIRMATIVE MOTION THAT I THINK MIGHT PASS.
UM, BECAUSE I HAVE A VERY GOOD FEELING HOW COUNCILMAN SUER FEELS ABOUT THIS.
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THE PAST AND I THINK WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS ONE BECAUSE OF THE GREEN BOXES.UM, PAT AM I IN LINE WITH? YEAH, I MEAN, I, I SAID FROM THE FIRST MO THAT'S ON STRS THAT, YOU KNOW, A COMMON THING AS COUNCILMAN WRIGHT JUST SAID, THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, OTHERS AROUND YOU HAVE THE SAME RIGHT AS IT RELATES TO CERTAIN THINGS.
AND I SAID A LONG TIME AGO, AND I'VE FOLLOWED THIS SINCE DAY ONE, IS THAT IF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO TAKE THE TIME TO RESPOND SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO, THAT THEY WANT TO PROTECT WHAT THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE, THEN I'M GONNA DEFER TO THAT.
IF IT'S CLOSE, IF IT'S 50 50 OR IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING, BUT I JUST CAN'T GET PAST THE NUMBER HERE.
SO MR. SMITH, I'LL DEFER BACK TO YOU.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I ASSUME THAT YOU WERE BECAUSE OF THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, AND WHEN, I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT, WHEN IT'S, WHEN THERE'S NO SUPPORT, UM, I'M NOT ASKING Y'ALL TO SOLVE WORLD HUNGER, UM, BUT GO MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS FACE TO FACE AND LET THEM KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE MANAGING THE PROPERTY, HOW CLOSE YOU ARE, HOW OFTEN YOU DRIVE BY.
THEY, THEY THEY DO IT IN OTHER DON'T WANT TO.
THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE FACED SIMILAR ISSUES AND THE OPPOSITION, AND THAT'S REALLY ALL, ALL IT TOOK.
UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF, IF, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU WANT TO DO AND YOU WANT TO MANAGE, YOU'VE GOT OPPOSITION AGAINST YOU AND YOU KNOW THAT TWO OF US HAVE VOICED THAT WHEN THE NEIGHBORS ARE THAT ARE, ARE, ARE THAT ARE THAT JOINED.
UM, I THINK THE CHALLENGE BECAUSE ARE YOU DONE, I JUMP IN THERE.
I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO GET TO BY YOU TIME, BUT WELL, LEMME JUST PICK ONE COMMENT FOR QUESTION OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY.
SO IF I'D HAD KNOWN THAT IT WAS GONNA COME DOWN TO HEY AGAINST, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST EVEN OR MORE KINDA GOING, WELL, YOU'VE GOT 17, YOU BETTER COME HERE WITH 18 OR YOU'RE GONNA GET DENIED.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO, TO KNOW INSTEAD OF GOING, WELL, I'M LOOKING AT THIS, THERE'S NO GREEN.
IF YOU WOULD'VE HAD 18, IT WOULD'VE GONE THROUGH AND IT'S LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT RULE.
WELL, 17 TO ZERO, THAT'S, THAT'S NO, BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A, A RULE, A BARRIER TO ENTRY.
ARE WE MAKING UP RULES AS WE GO ALONG? NO, WE'RE NOT.
SO CAN WE, DO WE HAVE A DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOWS HOW MANY SDRS HAVE BEEN APPROVED OR DENIED? WELL, THERE'S BEEN ONE DENIED RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, SO IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO MAKE A MOTION, I'M GONNA BUY YOU TIME.
NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I JUST WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK TO THIS.
I'M, BUT I'M, I'M TRYING TO BUY Y'ALL TIME SO THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH THIS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA WORK THROUGH IT TODAY BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S NO SUPPORT.
SO I'M TRYING TO BUY YOU ALL TIME WITHOUT GOING BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I JUST, WE WERE TRYING TO DO THIS IN THE MIDTERM AND KIND OF GOING, I'LL JUST SELL IT.
YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA TRY TO BUY YOU TWO WEEKS IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO.
OTHERWISE IT'LL, SO, SO WE HAVE TWO WEEKS TO CONTACT 17 PEOPLE AND CHANGE THEM FROM RED TO GREEN.
I'D RATHER GIVE US A MONTH PLEASE.
HOW, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT.
I'M, I, I HAVE GRANDBABY COMING HERE ANY DAY, SO I'D RATHER NOT HAVE TWO WEEKS.
WELL, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET ALL OF THEM.
I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD IT WHERE WE'VE APPROVED WHAT, WHAT'S THE, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT? IT'S ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
CAN YOU PULL UP THAT MAP AGAIN PLEASE, SIR.
AND I WILL APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOLKS BECAUSE I'M THE ONE WHEN WE CHANGED THIS ORDINANCE THAT ASKED 'EM TO PUT A 500 FOOT NOTICE AREA OUT THERE SO THAT THEY WOULD SEND IT TO MORE, BECAUSE 90% OF YOUR OPPOSITION THERE IS IN THE 500 FOOT AREA, NOT THE 200 FOOT AREA.
AND THE ONE THAT GOT DENIED WAS HOW MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE THE ORDINANCE CHANGED.
IT'S LIKE THERE'S, WE KNOW NOW I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A COURT LAW.
SAME ORDINANCE CAN'T BE THERE.
YOU'RE JUST, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
WHATEVER THE, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE NEIGHBOR THAT IS IN, IN SUPPORT.
I, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A NUMBER.
AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR, THERE IS A, THERE IS A QUESTION ON THE FLOOR FOR A MOTION.
SO ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT, TERRY? YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
I'LL CALL PREVIOUS QUESTION ON MYSELF.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO CONTINUE, WHAT ARE WE ON, I GUESS 11.
ZDC 2021 DASH 2026 A PACIFIC A UH, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL USE TO OUR AUGUST 17TH COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
IF I END UP HAVING A GRAND BABY ON AUGUST 16TH FIRST, THAT'S THE DUE DATE, CAN I PUSH IT OUT? YOU CAN REQUEST
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YOU WORK WITH TRENT.DO WE HAVE TO NOTIFY AGAIN THE TWO WEEKS? I'LL WORK WITH TRENTON.
I'LL WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT.
[12. Public Hearing on a request by Jill Chambers, for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for ShortTerm Rental use within a Planned Development (PD – Ordinance No. 2302) zoning district located at 186 Delta Drive (Property ID 309387) - Owner: Jill Chambers (ZDC-63-2026)]
US TO ITEM NUMBER 12, PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY JILL CHAMBERS FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL USE WITHIN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.LOCATED AT 1 8 1 8 6 DELTA DRIVE.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 180 6 DELTA DRIVE.
UH, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY, ANY PROPERTY, UM, IN THE CITY LIMITS EXCEPT FOR THE CA DISTRICT, DOES REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
THE PROPOSED PROPERTY IS ON APPROXIMATELY 0.15 ACRES.
THIS IS, UH, THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THE, THE HOUSE SIZE IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR BEDROOMS, 1800 SQUARE FEET.
THEY ARE PROVIDING FOR FOUR OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS NOT BEEN OPERATING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT BROUGHT TO US DUE TO SOME SORT OF CODE VIOLATION.
THEY CAME IN UNDER THEIR OWN FRUITION TO APPLY FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
UH, ECAD ALSO DOES NOT IDENTIFY IN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS A HOMESTEAD.
THIS ALSO MEETS THE RE RULES AND REGULATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY CONTACT.
HERE'S THE PROPOSED FOUR PLAN, UH, FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF WHERE EACH BEDROOM IS LOCATED.
HERE'S THE PRO, HERE'S THE SITE PLAN.
UH, THE, THE SURVEY SHOWING THE, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY AND WHAT IT'S LOCATED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY MEETING.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A NEW BILL, THIS IS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.
STAFF MILL, NO, UH, PROPERTY NOTICES TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND 500 FEET.
WE DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.
ONE WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE 200 FEET, ONE WAS LOCATED IN THE 500 FEET.
WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLAIN ZONING COMMISSION.
PLAIN ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE SEVEN ZERO VOTE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO HAVE A LIST OF CONDITIONS, JUST LIKE MOST SHORT-TERM RENTALS, UM, THAT WE DO STATE REGARDING THE REGULATIONS.
UM, ONE IS THAT THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL OPERATOR SHALL, UH, CANNOT EXCEED 10 GUESTS PER STAY.
HERE'S THE ONE MILE RADIUS OR THE 500 FOOT, UH, MILE RADIUS OR 500 FOOT RADIUS.
UH, SHOWING, UH, THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
AND HERE'S THE FURTHER ZOOMED OUT.
UH, THIS IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH EAST PORTION OF THE CITY SHOWING WHERE IT IS IN ADJACENT TO ALL OTHER SHORT-TERM RENTALS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP, UH, FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, IF THE, UM, APPLICANT IS HERE, IF THEY WOULD COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JILL CHAMBERS.
ONE, UM, TWO 11 FLOWER MEADOWS DRIVE, WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS, HERE WITH MY HUSBAND AND MY SON, TROY CHAMBERS AND TRENTON CHAMBERS.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT, MS. CHAMBERS? THESE HOMES ARE RELATIVELY NEW.
BUILD, UH, LAST THREE YEARS OR SO.
UM, WHY THIS PROPERTY? H HOW DID Y'ALL COME IN, INTO THIS? DID YOU BUY IT WITH THE INTENDED? IT USED TO BE A RENTAL.
WHAT, WHAT'S IT WAS PURCHASED AS AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY.
UM, I COME FROM A FAMILY OF TRAVEL NURSES.
THERE IS A NEED FOR THESE MIDTERM RENTALS AS WELL AS SHORT TERM RENTALS.
EVERYONE IS NOT TRYING TO PARTY.
UH, WE HAVE HOSPITALS IN A, THE A, A CERTAIN MILE RADIUS, AND I FELT LIKE I COULD MEET THAT NEED.
SO MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO PURCHASE A INVESTMENT PROPERTY.
AND WE WANT, WE, WE WANT TO IT TO SERVE AS A MIDTERM RENTAL OR CORPORATE.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INSURANCE, UM, RELOCATIONS WHERE THEIR HOMES WERE FLOODED OR HAVE A FIRE AND THEY HAVE TO BE RELOCATED.
INSURANCE COMPANIES LOOK FOR PLACES LIKE THIS TO RELOCATE THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, PEOPLE TRAVEL WITH INFANTS, BABIES, FAMILIES.
THEY WANT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN COOK AND, AND JUST FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AT HOME.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MEETING THAT NEED.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS PURCHASED FOR.
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DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHERS? NO, THIS IS OUR FIRST, I HOPE TO HAVE MORE.UM, WHY WOULD, WHY DID WE CHOOSE WAXAHATCHEE? 'CAUSE THAT WAS NOT THE PLAN.
I FELT LIKE WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO A BIGGER HOSPITAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD OUR EYES ON IT.
SO WE'RE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES.
WE FREQUENT THE PROPERTY OFTEN, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO WE'RE MINUTES AWAY AND Y'ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF ALL THE ROLES.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS AND I AGREE.
I WOULD, I WOULD PROBABLY BE THAT NEIGHBOR TO SAY SHORT TERM RENTAL.
BUT, UM, I HAVE, I HAVE ALSO BEEN A PER, YOU KNOW, A PERSON WHO HAVE, UM, RENTED A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
AND IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE ME, UM, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, NOT THERE TO PARTY, JUST THERE FOR FAMILY FUNCTION OR RECREATION WITH THE FAMILY OR VACATION.
SO WE PLAN ON, UM, PUTTING IN THE WORK TO DO THE TE TENANT SCREENING AND BE VERY, VERY LOOK AT THEIR REVIEWS AND BE VERY VIGILANT ABOUT WHO RENTS FROM US.
AND HOW DO Y'ALL MONITOR THE PROPERTY WHEN YOU'RE NOT THERE? UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A DT SECURITY OUTSIDE AND ON ALL OF THE ENTRANCES, CAMERAS, AND WE LIVE CLOSE.
SO Y'ALL CAN'T SEE WHO'S COMING AND GOING? YES, WE HAVE CAMERAS.
SO WE HAVE CAMERAS ON THE BACK AND THE FRONT OF THE HOME.
ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
[13. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-63-2026]
13, CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 63 20 26.BEFORE WE VOTE, I WANNA MENTION THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY GREEN ON THIS MAP.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO OPPOSED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS FULL OF HOMES THAT ARE FOUR YEARS OLD OR LESS.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 63 20 26.
A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THAT BRINGS US TO, UH, 14, WHICH IS WITHDRAWN.
MAY I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT 14? YES, SIR.
UH, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ABOUT SPACE AND BUILDINGS IN THEIR BACKYARD.
AND ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE WE GOT HERE, THEY TOOK THE THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING OUTTA THEIR BACKYARD AND HAD IT HAULED OFF.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY TOOK THIS OFF.
SO THAT TAKES CARE OF 14 AND 15.
[16. Consider proposed Resolution authorizing the City Manager to adopt and/or implement amendments and modifications to the City’s Personnel Policies.]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 16.CONSIDER PROPOSED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADOPT AND OR IMPLEMENT AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICIES.
LINDSEY? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION THAT CLARIFIES THE AUTHORITY FOR ADMINISTERING THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICIES.
WHILE OUR CITY CHARTER AND CODE OF ORDINANCES DO NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL POLICIES, THE CITY MANAGER HAS HISTORICALLY OVERSEEN THE DAY-TO-DAY ADMINISTRATION OF THESE POLICIES.
THIS RESOLUTION FORMALLY ESTABLISHES THAT AUTHORITY BY AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT AMENDMENTS AS NEEDED FOR THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CITY OPERATIONS.
THIS ACTION IS ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE AND IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF OUR PERSONNEL POLICIES WHILE PRESERVING THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO REVIEW ANY POLICY POLICY SHOULD IT CHOOSE TO DO SO.
THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OF LINDSEY? I DO HAVE ONE.
DOES THIS CONCERN, DOES THIS COVER, LIKE WHICH DEPARTMENT PAYS FOR WHICH SALARIES AND WHERE SALARIES ARE CHARGED AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THERE? ANYTHING THAT WOULD IMPACT THE BUDGET DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE COULD BE, IF IT HAS A BUDGET IMPLICATION, IT WOULD BE GOING, GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AS IT HAS HISTORICALLY.
THIS IS MORE SO FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES ON HOW THINGS ARE CONDUCTED.
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OKAY.NOT SO MUCH FOR APPROVAL OF CERTAIN BUDGETARY FUNDS OR ANYTHING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING FINANCIAL IN THERE AT ALL.
NO, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADOPT AND OR IMPLEMENT AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICIES, MAKING FINDINGS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[17. Consider additional handicapped parking spots at the Farmers Market to serve the Wagsa-Hachie Dog Park in the amount of $69,600]
ITEM NUMBER 17, CONSIDER ADDITIONAL HANDICAP PARKING SPOTS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET TO SERVE THE WAG DOG PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,600.UM, WE TOOK THIS, UH, ITEM IN FRONT OF TOURS AND IT WAS, IT WAS APPROVED IN FRONT OF TOURS.
BASICALLY IT'S A, THE SITE PREPARATION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO A DA PARKING SPOTS WITH A VAN LOADING AREA BETWEEN THEM, BETWEEN THEM AND SIX ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS TO INCLUDE THOSE CURBS, THE STRIPING AND THE SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL CITIZENS COME FORWARD AND SAY THAT THERE IS INADEQUATE HANDICAP PARKING OUT AT THE, UH, TO SERVICE SPECIFICALLY THE SMALLER DOG PARK.
UH, SO WE HAD SOME EXTRA SPACE BEHIND THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE ADEQUATE FOR, UH, FOR SERVING THE AREA OF THE, THE DOG PARK.
SO, UH, THIS IS AN INTERNAL PROJECT, SO OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS PROPERTY, UH, FROM START TO FINISH FOR THAT 69, 6.
ANY QUESTIONS OF SANDY? OH, THERE'S A DOG PARK LOOKING AT THE CEMETERY,
THOSE WERE TAKEN, UH, IN THE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT'S, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE IF YOU COME UP AND SPEAK AS A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, AND WE CAN'T ANSWER YOU AND WE CAN'T TALK.
THERE WAS A LADY THAT SPECIFICALLY CAME UP HERE, RIGHT THERE AND SPOKE TO US ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AT THE DOG PARK AND HAVING TO WALK A LONG WAY TO GET THERE AND IT WOULD NOT BE IN THERE.
AND EVERYBODY TOOK IT TO HEART.
SO IT IS WORTH YOUR WHILE TO COME UP AND SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC THING AT THE BEGINNING.
WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOU RIGHT THEN, BUT WE DO, WE DO.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNT.
I MOVE TO APPROVE FUNDING FROM THE TS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,600 FOR THE ADDITION OF THE A DA ACCESSIBLE PARKING TO SERVE THE FARMER'S MARKET AND THE WAG SATCHIE DOG PARK.
AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[18. Consider emergency repairs to downtown pocket park, Memorial Park in the amount of $31,545]
IS 18.CONSIDER EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO DOWNTOWN PO POCKET PARK, OUR MEMORIAL PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $31,545.
UM, HERE TO REPRESENT DOWNTOWN.
OH, AS YOU KNOW, OUR BELOVED POCKET PARK, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE MEMORIAL PARK FOR, UH, POLICE, FIRE AND FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, WAS HAVING SOME, UH, OBVIOUS BUCKLING ISSUES, WHICH WE THOUGHT WERE PRETTY MUCH JUST COSMETIC.
I MEAN, WE KNEW THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SHIFTING LIKE, LIKE THERE IS WITH TEXAS GROUND.
UM, AND LAST YEAR, UH, THERE WAS SOME MONEY EARMARKED TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE REPAIRS.
UM, WHEN WE GOT OUT THERE AND GOT THE CONTRACTOR OUT THERE, UH, HE WAS IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED AND SAID, THIS ISN'T JUST A, A MINOR ISSUE OF A LITTLE BIT, BIT OF SHIFTING THAT CAN BE REPAIRED.
AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT THEY'RE FLIPPING THROUGH THERE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE BUCKLING OF THE STONE AT THE VERY TOP ON THAT PAGE.
YOU SEE THAT, UH, PIECE OF STONE THAT'S LIFTING 'CAUSE OF THE, UH, THE BUCKLING ON THOSE ARCHES.
UM, UH, SO YOU GUYS DID APPROVE FOR US TO HAVE, UH, SOME REPAIRS MADE TO THOSE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WHEN HE GOT OUT THERE, HE SAID, WE NEED TO PUT SOME EMERGENCY FENCING UP.
THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA FALL AT ANY MOMENT.
UH, SO WE IMMEDIATELY EMERGENCY FENCED, UH, THERE WAS ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THOSE ARE THE PAVERS ON THE GROUND WHERE THE TREE ROOTS HAVE LIFTED, UH, THE PAVERS UP CAUSING A A DA ISSUES AS WELL AS JUST TRIPPING HAZARD.
THAT PHOTO, THERE IS THE WATER FEATURE THAT WAS PUT IN THERE THAT IS, UH, TILTING AND LEANING AWAY FROM PEELING AWAY FROM THE WALL.
THEY'VE ALREADY HAD TO CAP THAT WATER FEATURE OFF, UM, MANY MONTHS AGO, IF NOT A YEAR OR MORE.
UM, SO THAT HASN'T BEEN IN OPERATION FOR, UH, A LONG TIME.
SO THAT PHOTO THERE IS WHEN WE BEGIN TO REMOVE THE BRICK FROM THOSE ARCHES, UH, IN EXPECTATION
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OF JUST REPLACING THOSE, THE BRICK AND THE ARCHES, THAT IS THE ROTTEN WOOD THAT ALL OF THE BRICK WAS ATTACHED TO.IT WAS ALMOST CARDBOARD UNDER THERE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WOOD IS VERY BARELY HOLDING ONTO THE COLUMN THERE.
UH, SO IT WAS TRUTHFULLY COMING DOWN AT ANY MOMENT.
UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE DID REMOVE ALL OF THE ARCHES ALL THE WAY AROUND, UH, BECAUSE WE KNEW IF IT'S LIKE THAT IN THREE OF THEM, IT'S GONNA BE LIKE THAT IN ALL SIX OF THEM.
SO THE ARCHES CAME DOWN WHEN THE ARCHES CAME DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL, BUT THERE'S A, IT LEAVES A HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE COLUMN WHERE THOSE ARCHES ENTERED THE SIDE OF THE COLUMN AND YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOOK DOWN INTO THE COLUMNS.
THEY WERE HOLLOW AND, UH, ALSO STRUCTURALLY VERY UNSOUND.
THERE WAS ALSO UNTREATED WOOD, UH, HOLDING THOSE COLUMNS UP.
SO, UH, AGAIN, MADE THE SECOND CALL, THE EMERGENCY CALL TO, UH, WE HAD TO LEVEL THE WHOLE STRUCTURE.
SO, UM, IT IS NOW A SQUARE PIECE OF DIRT
AND, UH, WITH, UH, I, I THINK THAT WE'VE JUST BROUGHT IT DOWN TO STRUCTURE TO, TO SAFETY.
SO THIS IS LITERALLY HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS MORNING WE WERE JUST NOW, UH, KIND OF FIGURING OUT WHICH, WHICH IS OUR NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
SO INITIALLY THIS REQUEST WAS GONNA BE TO, UH, DO SO ABOUT $31,000 OF REPAIR WORK.
NOW WE ARE IN ABOUT 18,000 JUST IN THE DEMO PART OF THE PROJECT.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH, UM, TO, AT THIS POINT AT LEAST, JUST PUT SOME GRASS DOWN SO THAT IT'S NOT A MUD HOLE THERE.
UH, AND JUST MAKE IT PRETTY WHILE WE RE-ENGINEER, REDESIGN THAT, UH, AGAIN AS A POLICE MEMORIAL, FIRE, POLICE AND FIRE AND FIRST RESPONDER MEMORIAL.
UH, BUT DO JUST A BETTER JOB MAYBE OF, UH, THE ENGINEERING OF THE STRUCTURE THIS TIME.
AND SOMETHING ELSE I'D LIKE TO ADD, UM, SANDY'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND ONE THING THAT SHE MADE SURE WAS, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS ALL THOSE PLAQUES ON EACH COLUMN SHE WAS ABLE TO SAVE AND ALL THE BRICKS, THE NAMES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON IT.
OF THE FOUR, THE PAVERS, UH, SANDY MADE SURE THAT THEY SAVED THOSE, WE'RE GONNA BE SHIPPING 'EM TO A CITY FACILITY TO KEEP THEM SAFE TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR NEXT STEP IS.
SO, UM, THEY, THEY WEREN'T DESTROYED OR RUINED DURING THIS DEMO.
WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE ALL PLAQUES AND BRONZE METALS.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF THIS, BUT THIS WAS A COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT WAS INITIATED BY THE WASATCH PARTNERSHIP INC MANY YEARS AGO, PROBABLY ABOUT 23 YEARS AGO, UH, WHERE THEY, UH, BROUGHT TOGETHER MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, ROTARY CLUB, LIONS CLUB, THEY'RE ALL LISTED ON THE WALL, UH, THAT CAME TOGETHER AND THEN ALSO SOLD BRICK PAVERS TO HELP FUND THIS PROJECT.
UM, IT IS A COUNTY OWNED LAND THAT, UH, WAS A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE CITY TO BUILD THAT MEMORIAL STRUCTURE ON TOP OF THAT COUNTY OWNED LAND.
SO, UH, IT IS A, A, A BIG PARTNERSHIP AND I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT GO BACK TO WPI TO MAYBE LET THEM, UH, DO THAT REDESIGN AND, AND, UH, UH, MAYBE EVEN BRING IN SOME OF THE FAMILIES OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE LISTED ON THAT WALL AS PART OF THE REDESIGN.
SO WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR HERE THEN WITH THIS? UH, SO BASICALLY NOTIFICATION THAT THE PROJECT HAS HAD TO EMERGENCY CHANGE.
AND IF WE CAN USE THE REMAINING PART OF THE 31, WE'VE SPENT 18, IF WE CAN USE THE REMAINING PART OF THE 31 JUST TO KIND OF MAKE IT PRETTY, MAYBE PUT SOME OF THE, THERE'S STONE, UH, BENCHES THAT ARE STILL THERE THAT ARE, WERE SALVAGEABLE IF WE CAN LAY SOME SOD THERE WITH THAT REMAINING MONEY, UH, JUST TO BUY US THE TIME TO GO BACK TO ENGINEERING.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS, SINCE THE PROPERTY BELONGS TO THE COUNTY, DO WE NEED TO GO TO THE COUNTY AND GET THEIR PERMISSION TO DO WHATEVER WE WANNA DO ON, ON THEIR LAND? THERE? THERE'S A WRITTEN, UH, DOCUMENTATION ALREADY IN PLACE, CONTRACT THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.
AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS WE USE IT FOR MEMORIAL, WE, WE WE'RE FREE TO DO SO.
SO THAT'S GONNA LEAD ME TO A WHY ARE WE OWNING TO SPEND EXTRA MONEY AT THIS SPOT? WELL, I MEAN, THERE WE HAVE, WE HAVE CITY LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS THAT WE OWN, UM, BOTH FINISHED AND NOT FINISHED BY RAIL YARD PARK, BY CITY HALL.
IT HAS TO BE FINISHED, UM, BY THE ANNEX, I MEAN, ALL IN THAT AREA.
WOULD IT NOT BETTER SERVE US TO PUT A POLICE FIRST RESPONDER MEMORIAL SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S KIND OF SEEN MORE AND ACTUALLY CHIEF WISER.
AND I'VE HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE CHIEF WEISER AND CHIEF SAFFORD ABOUT, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO WE MOVE IT? DO WE, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN IS A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE IT AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC'S BEING ABLE TO SEE IT AND NOT OFF TO ONE SIDE AND, AND OR THE OTHERS.
WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A POLICE MEMORIAL AT THE POLICE STATION AND FIRE MEMORIAL AT THE, UM, AT THE EIGHT 20 FERRIS BUILDING WHEN ADMINISTRATION HAS MOVED THERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A JOINT ONE STILL AGAIN HERE.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL IDEAS FLOATING AROUND AND WE DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT ANSWER AT THIS MOMENT.
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YEAH.AND THIS REQUEST IS NOT FOR, UH, WHAT PHASE TWO AS TO RECONSTRUCTION OF WHAT WE TURN IT INTO, BUT I'M A, I'M A BIG FAN OF THAT MASSIVE BEAUTIFUL TREE THAT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE US TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO PRESERVE THAT AND THE CREPE MYRTLES THAT ARE ALSO ON THE PROPERTY.
I JUST DON'T, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S THE EXTRA 13,000 THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S JUST FOR SOD AND TO REPLACE BENCHES.
WELL, AND WE WOULDN'T BE USING THE WHOLE 13,000 BY ANY MEANS.
WHAT SHE'S ASKING FOR IS THE ABILITY TO USE SOME OF THE 13,000 LEFTOVER, IF I CLARIFY THERE, IT'S ABOUT 1500 SQUARE FEET AND I THINK SOD IS GONNA RANGE ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO $4 A SQUARE FOOT, WHICH WOULD PUT US AROUND $5,000 JUST TO PUT THE SOD DOWN.
WHO'S GONNA MAINTAIN IT? DO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT COURSE? DO WE HAVE THAT IN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'LL MAINTAIN IT AND THE COUNTY'S GOING TO, I'LL MOW IT.
I PERSONALLY THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST FINISH TEARING IT DOWN AND LEAVE THE FENCE AROUND IT UNTIL YOU DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THERE.
INSTEAD OF SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY TO PUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S TEMPORARY THAT WE'RE GONNA TURN AROUND AND RIP OUT.
I WAS JUST HOPING TO NOT MAKE IT AN EYESORE.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT ONE ACROSS FROM CITY HALL.
I DON'T WANT THE FENCE AROUND IT IF WE CAN AVOID IT, BUT I I'M IN THE SAME BOAT OF, WE'RE NOT GONNA USE ALL THE WHOLE 13,000 THAT'S SLEPT IN THERE, SURELY.
I MEAN, I, I WAS JUST THERE TODAY AND, AND THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW, IT CAN'T BE LEFT LIKE THAT.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE SHOULD SPEND, BUT I KNOW THAT THE CONDITION IT IS NOW, EVEN WHEN THEY MOVE A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION ITEMS OUT OF THERE, IT CANNOT BE LEFT THAT WAY.
I'M VERY EXCITED, UM, WITH THE THOUGHT OF REDESIGNING, UM, OUR MEMORIAL.
UM, I THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY, AS THIS COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF.
UH, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, MEN, WOMEN, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE AND GIVEN THEIR LIFE, UH, IT SHOULD BE WELCOMING.
AND WHAT WE HAD BEFORE WAS NOT.
UM, SO IF THAT MEANS DO NOTHING UNTIL IT IS, THEN LET'S DO NOTHING.
UM, BUT MOVING FORWARD IT NEEDS TO BE SO MUCH MORE THAN IT WAS, BUT IT CAN'T BE LEFT THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.
IT DID THE, DID THE CONTRACTORS SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE GROUND BELOW THIS IS QUITE LITERALLY HOLLOW AND USED AS THE HVAC FOR THE COUNTY? YEAH.
WE'RE WE'RE AWARE OF THE UNDERGROUND.
WAS THAT AN ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE ROT AND SOME OF THE SHIFTING? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T BLAME ONE THING OR ANOTHER.
I THINK THE SHIFTING IS FROM THE TREE ROOTS.
IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE PAVERS AND THEN THE ROD IS JUST NOT THE IMPROPER PLY MATERIALS.
THE PLYWOOD THAT WAS USED IS LITERALLY A THIN, UH, RESIDENTIAL PLYWOOD NOT TREATED.
SO THEY USED NON-TREATED LUMBER TO, UH, CONSTRUCT THAT.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WATER PERMEATES BRICK AND SO IT, IT DIDN'T LAST LONG.
I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT PLACE FOR A OUTDOOR FARMER'S MARKET.
BUT
UM, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE, UH, A, UH, A, UH, PRESENTATION ACKNOWLEDGING OUR FALLEN HEROES.
AND, UM, I WOULD IMAGINE SOME OF THEM FAMILY MEMBERS WILL GO BACK THERE MAYBE AND THINK PRAYER, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO.
THINK WE OWE IT TO THAT, TO THOSE THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE PUT THEIR LIVES BEFORE OURS.
UM, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LOT, BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
WELL, AND ALSO IN THAT SAME VEIN, PAT, UH, EVEN IF WE DON'T DECIDE TRAVIS, THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IT THERE, UH, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE, UH, PRESENTABLE.
IT, IT IS PART OF OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO EVEN IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT SPACE, IT SHOULD STILL BE, YOU KNOW, PLEASING, UH, YOU KNOW, TO VISITORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FROM HERE THROUGH, UH, WELL, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, DECEMBER, WE'RE PACKED WITH EVENTS.
THIS JUST THIS WEEKEND WE HAD I THINK SEVEN ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, I I WOULD AGREE WITH AT LEAST JUST COVERING THAT MUD UP.
WE COULD MAKE 'EM PARK THEIR CARS ON THERE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I, I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THOUGH.
AS COUNCIL LIAISON FOR WAXAHATCHEE PARTNERSHIP MM-HMM
UM, WE'VE SHIFTED WPI TO BE MUCH MORE PROACTIVE ON COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS WITH SANDY'S LEADERSHIP.
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A MEETING COMING UP WITH NEWLY ELECTED PEOPLE MM-HMMSO I THINK THAT, THAT THIS SHOULD BE ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS LIKE IT THEY THEY DID 20 YEARS AGO.
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A MOTION, I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE LEAVING THIS OPEN-ENDED BECAUSE THERE'S $13,000 NOT HAVE SOME KINDA LIMIT ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO CLEAN UP.
WE GOTTA GIVE 'EM SOME KIND OF LIMIT.
THEY CAN'T JUST HAVE AN OPEN CHECKBOOK.
THERE'S $13,000 HERE TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT.
WELL, WHATEVER THE FIGURE IS, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO LEAVE THAT WIDE OPEN.
IT ALL NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.
THE STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED NEEDS TO BE MOVED AND IT'S DOWNTOWN AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK HORRIBLE WHILE THE DECISION'S MADE TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA HAPPEN TO IT.
BUT INSTEAD OF PUTTING GRASS AND EVERYTHING, WHAT'S OVER THERE RIGHT NEXT TO IT IN THE POCKET PARK? IT'S LIKE A GRAVEL ISH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WELL, I JUST PUT GRAVEL ALONG THERE SO IT FITS RIGHT INTO WHATEVER ELSE IS THERE.
ON A T NEXT TO IT IS A SLAB FROM THE BUILDING THAT BURNED MM-HMM
WELL, WHERE THE, WHERE THE, WHERE THE SHADE STRUCTURES ARE.
SO THIS, WHERE THE BIG HEART IS, THERE'S GRAVEL AROUND, I MEAN, JUST TO, TO MAKE IT LOOK AS NICE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
BUT UNTIL WE'D COME UP WITH WHATEVER IT IS, UNLESS TRAVIS CAN GET US SOME, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LAT, A LATTICE WALL THAT SEPARATES THE TWO.
UM, POTENTIALLY WE COULD REMOVE THE LATTICE WALL AND JUST CONTINUE THAT SAME, UH, GROUND COVER THAT'S ON UNDER THE SHADE STRUCTURES.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHOICE WOULD BE, BUT I JUST THINK WE GOTTA PUT A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH MONEY'S GONNA BE SPENT OUTTA THIS.
I DON'T WANT IT JUST TO BE AN OPEN CHECKBOOK.
WELL, THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS WOULD BE FOR 26,970 AS THEY WERE IN HERE.
SO FOR 18,000 IN ON THE DEMO, I MEAN, THAT LEAVES YOU ALMOST ANOTHER EIGHT TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO WITH AFTERWARDS.
UM, IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE FOR A SMALL AREA.
I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING PRESENTABLE FOR THAT EIGHT AND JUST CALL IT THE 26,970 AND NOT THE 5 75 FOR THE REPAIR OF THE ARCHES, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT REPAIRING THE ARCHES.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY DEMOED THE PAVERS, THE TREE RINGS AND THE FOUNTAINS.
SO WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THAT 45 75, UH, IS INCLUSIVE IN THAT 18,000 THAT WE'VE SPENT.
IS THERE A MOTION MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE FUNDING FROM THE TUR FILLING THE AMOUNT OF 26,970 FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND MAKE SAFE, UH, OF THE DOWNTOWN MEMORIAL PARK AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE UNNECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[19. Consider supplemental appropriation for FY 2026 CIP Engineering Operations and Maintenance Budget to purchase a replacement pickup in the amount of $55,873]
ITEM 19 IS TO CONSIDER SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2026 CIP ENGINEERING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT PICKUP IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,873.JAMES MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, THIS, UH, ITEM IS TO TALK ABOUT GETTING FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE A TRUCK SO THAT OUR TRUCK WAS IN A ACCIDENT, AND I CAN'T GET INTO THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS THE INSURANCE THAT IT WAS TOTALED.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THAT TRUCK FOR THE, OUR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS.
AND SO, UH, THE AMOUNT FOR THAT, UH, TRUCK IS 55,873.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WAS THE ACCIDENT OUR FAULT? I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
I GUESS I NEED TO PHRASE IT DIFFERENTLY.
DO WE HAVE AN OPEN INSURANCE CLAIM? THE INSURANCE IS, IS COMPLETE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF LIABILITY, I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THE ACTUAL CASE.
I CAN SPEAK ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS, BUT I CANNOT DO IT AN OPEN FORM HERE.
SO DO WE GET ANY, ARE WE RECEIVING A CHECK FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY? YES, WE ARE.
YES, WE IS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS COST OR IS THAT IN? IT IS NOT.
SO THERE'S STILL SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT LIKE, BECAUSE, UH, IT IS A, A LEASE VEHICLE, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, DO WE, ARE WE GOING TO DO THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE OR, SO WE'RE DOING, LOOKING AT WORKING WITH HR, WITH A FINANCE TO LOOK AT WITH THE BEST OPTION TO GET THE MOST MONEY FOR THE CITY.
SO THIS IS THE 55 8 73 TO ESSENTIALLY EARMARK IN CASE WE DO PURCHASE OR IF WE LEASE.
SO BASICALLY THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT WHENEVER THAT MONEY THAT WE GET FROM, UH, THE INSURANCE, IT'LL GO INTO THE, AS A REVENUE, UH, TO THE CITY, LIKE THE, THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS BASICALLY IS MOVING THAT FROM THE RESERVE TO BE ABLE TO GET AN EXPENSE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE TRUCK.
EVEN IF WE GOT A CHECK FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE WHOLE 55, 8, 7 3, WE'D STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THEIR FUNDS.
MY IT'S WHAT I, I GUESS WHAT I WAS ASKING IS, IS THIS, WE'RE PULLING THIS OUT IN CASE WE HAVE TO PURCHASE, BUT
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IF WE DO A BUT IF WE GO THE LEASE OPTION, WE WOULDN'T NEED THE FULL AMOUNT.SO WE DO NEED TO STILL PULL, BE ABLE TO MOVE IT TO THE, FROM TO THE EXPENSE, UH, SIDE OF THINGS.
SO WE HAVE TO STILL COME TO COUNCIL TO ASK FOR MONEY TO BE MOVED TO THAT EXPENSE SIDE OF THINGS.
NOW, UH, LIKE I SAID, WHENEVER WE GET THAT CHECK FROM THE INSURANCE, IT'S GONNA COME INTO THE GENERAL FUND AS A, AS A REVENUE.
AND SO, BUT UH, WE HAVE TO DO THIS NO MATTER WHAT.
SO HAVE WE ALREADY MADE THE DECISION TO PURCHASE OR LEASE THE VEHICLE? SO RIGHT NOW THE POLICY IS TO PURCHASE VEHICLES.
AND NOT TO LEASE ANYMORE, RICKY, IS THAT SOMETHING WE MADE INTERNAL AS A WE, AND ACTUALLY I THINK THAT'S BEEN, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, FROM A FEW YEARS AGO.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE STARTED A LEASE PROGRAM LIKE 12 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME, OR JUST SHORTLY AFTER I CAME HERE.
BUT IT HADN'T PANNED OUT ALL THAT GREAT.
AND, AND WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE PURCHASING PORTION OF IT.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE LEASED A VEHICLE IN SEVERAL YEARS, CHAD, PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE LEASING VEHICLES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF JAMES? NO, THANK YOU JAMES.
I MOVE TO APPROVE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,873 FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT PICKUP AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[20. Consider construction contract for the Pensacola Ave Reconstruction Project in the amount of $1,768,760.]
IT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE PENSACOLA AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,768,760.JAMES MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, THIS IS THE LAST PHASE OF THE, UH, BELLEVUE, UH, SUBDIVISION THAT WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH, UH, CUMBERLAND, MONTICELLO, CHARLES WILMINGTON.
SO THIS IS FINALLY WHERE THE LAST PHASE RIGHT HERE.
AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD, UH, SEVERAL BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE HAD 12 BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND, UH, SO THE, THE LOWEST, UM, AS RED BID DID NOT, WE CHECKED THE REFERENCES AND THEY DID NOT, UH, QUALIFY AS A, A CONTRACTOR.
UH, SO WE DID CHECK THE REFERENCES ALSO OF THE SECOND TO LOWEST BIDDER AND DEEMED THEM TO BE THE, THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,768,070, UH, SIX $760.
UH, ONE THING WE DID HAVE WAS WE HAD SOME SAVINGS ON OUR BUDGET FOR THE ENGINEERING, UH, THAT WAS, UH, BEYOND OUR, OUR CONTRACT AMOUNT.
AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, USE THAT MONEY FROM, UH, OLDER BONDS FROM THAT ENGINEERING SAVINGS AND PAY FOR, UH, PART OF THIS, UH, PROJECT WITH THAT SAVINGS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, 60,380 FROM THAT 2023, UH, BOND TO BE USED ON THIS PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER ONE, UH, 1 MILLION 708 3 74 TO BE PAID FROM THIS PROJECT'S BOND, THE 2025 BOND.
AND SO THIS HAS, UH, APPROXIMATELY, UH, 2,300 FEET OF, UH, PAVEMENT WATER, UH, WASTEWATER, STREET LIGHTS, SIDEWALKS, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT'S GONNA BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PROJECTS AROUND THAT AREA OF MONTICELLO, CUMBERLAND FROM THE OTHER STREETS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THERE.
ABOUT HOW LONG IS EACH STREET TAKEN, JAMES? ABOUT A YEAR IN CONSTRUCTION.
SO, AND I THINK THAT WE WERE WAITING OUT WAS ACTUALLY GETTING SOME OF THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES OUT OF THE WAY.
AND RIGHT NOW, UH, THE LAST ONE IS ACTUALLY COMPLETED WITH OUR PROJECT.
SO NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY GO IN THERE AND, AND, UH, GET THIS PROJECT GOING.
I KNOW THE RESIDENTS ON THAT STREET ARE HAPPY TO, TO FINALLY GET THEIR STRAIGHT DONE.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF JAMES? NOTHING, MAYOR.
LOOK, WE'VE HAD APPROVAL THESE EVERY TIME WE'VE BEEN ON, EVERY YEAR WE'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH 3D PAVING AND CONTRACTING LLC FOR THE PENSACOLA AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,768,760 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[21. Consider proposed Ordinance designating a certain area within the taxing jurisdiction of the City of Waxahachie to be known as Reinvestment Zone #33; establishing the boundaries thereof; and providing for an effective date]
THE NEXT ITEM WAS TO, UH,[01:50:01]
CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN AREA WITHIN THE TAXING JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE.UM, IS CASSANDRA HERE? MM-HMM
NOW YOU WEREN'T THERE JUST A MINUTE AGO.
SO, UH, WE HAVE ASKED FOR A WITHDRAWAL OF THIS, UM, ITEM.
WE APPARENTLY, WHEN WE PUT THE PUBLIC NOTICE OUT AND THEN CREATED THE AGENDA ITEM, THE VERBIAGE WAS NOT CONSISTENT FROM THE PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
SO WE WERE HAVING TO WITHDRAW THIS, WE WERE HAVING TO REPOST FOR THE REINVESTMENT ZONE ITSELF.
AND THEN THAT WILL, UH, THAT WILL COME OUT THIS SATURDAY TO BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE COUNSEL ON AUGUST THE THIRD.
AND THEN AT THAT TIME WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO, UM, BRING THE TAX ABATEMENT FORWARD TAX ABATEMENT REQUEST THAT OWENS CORNING IS MAKING.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANNOT APPROVE THE TAX ABATEMENT, OR YOU CANNOT APPROVE THE TAX ABATEMENT UNTIL THAT REINVESTMENT ZONE IS ESTABLISHED.
AND SO ONCE WE GET THAT OFFICIAL AND ON THE BOOKS AS IT SHOULD BE, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT.
SO IS THIS FOR 21, 22 AND 23? SO THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR I WITHDRAWAL OF NUMBER 21 AND A CONTINUANCE OF NUMBER 22.
CAN I GET A MOTION, UH, FOR THE OTHERS? MAD MAYOR, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT FOR OWENS CORNING INSULATION SYSTEMS LLC TO THE AUGUST 3RD, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION NOMINATING OWEN'S CORNING INSTALLATION SYSTEMS LLC FOR THE TEXAS STATE ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM TO THE AUGUST 3RD, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
I ALMOST STARTED ON THE NEXT ONE.
YOU JUST JUMPED THE GUN ON THAT ONE SET TO 26.
2026 IS STILL GONNA BE CASSANDRA, UH, 26
[26. Consider proposed Resolution nominating Walgreens Co. as a Texas State Enterprise Zone Project]
IS CONSIDERED PROPOSED RESOLUTION NOMINATING WALGREENSSO, UH, I UNDERSTAND IN YOUR PACKET YOU DID HAVE THE LETTER THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US REQUESTING THIS DESIGNATION AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT DOING A, ABOUT A $5 MILLION, UH, IMPROVEMENTS OUT AT THE PLAN AT THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER ALONG WITH THE RETENTION OF, UH, THE JOBS THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
THEY, UM, BEAR WITH ME JUST A SECOND HERE.
I'LL GET THE LETTER IN FRONT OF ME.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, THEY ARE PLANNING, UH, SEVERAL THINGS, UH, INCREASING THE WAREHOUSE THROUGHPUT, IMPROVE OF HEAVY PALLET STORAGE CAPABILITIES AND ENHANCING THE DISTRIBUTION AT EFFICIENCY.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE AWARE OR NOT, BUT, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THEY DID CLOSE THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN HOUSTON AND THEY MOVED THE OPERATIONS FOR THAT DISTRIBUTION CENTER TO THE ONE HERE IN WAXAHATCHEE.
SO HOUSTON'S LOSS WAS OUR GAIN AND UH, THEY'VE ALSO BROUGHT SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES WITH THEM AS WELL.
SO THAT IS, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
WE DO HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE WITH THE RYAN COMPANY THAT COULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, WALGREENS, IF Y'ALL, REGARDING THE WALGREENS PROJECT, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY, UM, THIS DESIGNATION TO THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM DOES NOT COST THE CITY ANYTHING.
WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DO, UH, UM, RECEIVE IS THE STATE SALES TAX OF THE SIX AND A QUARTER PERCENT.
THERE'S, WE, THE CITY STILL GETS TO KEEP THEIR 2 CENTS ON THOSE, UH, REVENUES.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WHAT ALL WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS THAT NOMINATION FOR THE DESIGNATION AND THE RYAN COMPANY THEN IS HANDLING THE, UM, ALL OF THE PAPERWORK AND THAT APPLICATION THAT GOES TO THE STATE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS THAT WE GET TO KEEP OUR MONEY HERE.
SO WE'RE BRINGING TAX DOLLARS HOME.
WELL, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THAT 6%.
YEAH, BUT IT'S THROUGH THE WALGREENS PROJECT.
WELL, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
HERE THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IS $5 MILLION.
THAT 6 CENTS IS COMING HERE AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT.
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THAT IS CONSTRUCTION.UH, DOLLARS, THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY SOME, AGAIN, SOME CONSTRUCTION JOBS THAT WOULD WE BROUGHT IN AS WELL.
JUST, YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THAT'S WITH THAT'S UP.
PEOPLE START TO RUN FOR STATE OFFICE IS WHEN THEY START BRINGING TAX DOLLARS.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CASSANDRA CANNOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE NOMINATION OF WALGREEN COMPANY TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK AS A TEXAS STATE ENTERPRISE PROJECT.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[27. Public Hearing to consider comment and act upon an ordinance accepting and approving a Service and Assessment Plan, as updated for Phase #4 on September 15, 2025 and Phase #5 on July 20, 2026, including the Phase #5 Assessment Roll for the Waxahachie Public Improvement District No. 1; making a finding of special benefit to the property in Phase #5 of the District; levying special assessments against property within Phase #5 of the District and establishing a lien on such property; and providing for the method of assessment and the payment of the Assessments all in accordance with Chapter 372, Texas local government code, as amended; providing penalties and interest on delinquent assessments; providing for severability; and providing an effective date]
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, COMMENT, AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE.ACCEPTING AND APPROVING A SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN IS UPDATED FOR PHASE NUMBER FOUR ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 AND PHASE NUMBER FIVE ON JULY 20TH, 26, INCLUDING THE PHASE FIVE ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE W PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
ONE, MAKING A FINDING OF SPECIAL BENEFIT TO THE PROPERTY IN PHASE FIVE OF THE DISTRICT, LEVYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PROPERTY WITHIN PHASE FIVE OF THE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING A LIEN ON SUCH PROPERTY AND PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT AND THE PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENTS.
ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 3 72 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AS AMENDED, PROVIDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERE ABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
FOR THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE SADDLEBROOK PI.
THIS IS OUR OLDEST PIT ESTABLISHED IN 2007.
UH, SO THIS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 27 IS TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THAT PI.
UH, AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE BOND AGENTS AS WELL AS THE BID FINANCE, UH, CORPORATION HERE, AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNERSHIP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE'LL, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYBODY FROM SADDLEBROOK HERE THAT COULD ANSWER A SADDLEBROOK SPECIFIC QUESTION? IS THERE AN HOA IN PLACE? YES, SIR.
DOES THE HOA ADDRESS SHORT TERM RENTALS?
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE IT PROBABLY DOES JUST, I'M SORRY.
AND WE HAD ONE APPLIED THAT GOT APPROVED, SO I, I MEAN MAYBE I I DON'T EVEN THINK ANYBODY THOUGHT OF THAT IN 2007 THOUGH.
I THINK HOAS ARE SET UP DIFFERENTLY FOR, I HAVE SOME THAT DO, SOME THAT DON'T.
SO JUST ASKING, JUST CURIOUS LITTLE OKAY.
UM, SO SEAN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS THE SAME PI RATE AS IT'S BEEN ON ALL THE OTHERS.
SO THE, WELL, I, I DEFER TO THE, TO THE, UH, UH, MUNI CAP ON THAT ONE, BUT, UH, IT IS, IT IS DETERMINED BY THE SAME FORMULAS.
WELL, I'M JUST ASKING 'CAUSE THEY CAME A WHILE BACK AND IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE AND THEN THEY WENT BACK DOWN OR SOMETHING.
SO THEY, THEY HAD PROPOSED TO MAKE SOME REVISIONS TO THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND, AND ACTUALLY REVISE THE PI WITH A HIGHER RATE.
UH, THEIR, UH, REQUEST WAS TO MAKE SOME ENHANCEMENTS, UH, TO THE, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE AMENITIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND FROM THAT IT WAS DETERMINED BY COUNSEL THAT WE WOULD DENY THAT REQUEST.
SO YES, THIS IS, THIS IS FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE, UH, THE FIRST PI RULES AND REGULATIONS IN 2007.
SO YEAH, THIS FOLLOWS ALL THOSE SAME FORMULAS TO DETERMINE THE BID RATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVING AN ORDINANCE, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING A SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AS UPDATED FOR PHASE FOUR ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 AND PHASE FIVE ON JULY 20TH, 2026.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[28. Consider and act upon an ordinance of the City of Waxahachie, Texas, approving and authorizing the issuance of the “City of Waxahachie, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2026 (Waxahachie Public Improvement District No. 1 Phase Four-Five Project)”, approving and authorizing an Indenture of Trust, a Bond Purchase Agreement, a Limited Offering Memorandum, a Continuing Disclosure Agreement , and other agreements and documents in connection therewith; making findings with respect to the issuance of such bonds; and providing an effective date]
CONSIDER AN ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATCH, TEXAS APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF YATCH, TEXAS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT[02:00:01]
REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2026, ATCH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ONE, PHASE FOUR, FIVE PROJECT APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN INDENTURE OF TRUST, A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, A LIMITED OFFERING MEMORANDUM, A CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT, AND OTHER AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH MAKING FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.UH, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THAT SAME PIT SADDLEBROOK PIT.
UH, AND THIS WOULD BE THE APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION OF THOSE PIT BONDS, UH, FOR SALE TO, UH, TO REPAY THAT DEVELOPER FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, IF NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL REVENUE BONDS APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN INDENTURE OF TRUST, A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, A LIMITED OFFERING MEMORANDUM, A CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT, AND OTHER AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 29 TO CONVENE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[31. Comments by Mayor, City Council, City Attorney and City Management]
BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WILL, UM, ASK FOR COMMENTS AND I'LL START TO MY RIGHT DOWN THERE.UH, ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA THANK THE PEOPLE THAT DID COME AND SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, MS. DARLENE IS, UH, OUR, OUR, WE, WE'VE INVITED HER TO KEEP COMING BACK AND REMINDED US.
SO WE'LL EVENTUALLY DO AN ANIMAL SHELTER AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT, BUT HAVING MADELINE COMING IN AND TALK WAS, WAS GOOD.
SHE, SHE'S WITH THE KEEP WALKS AT YOU BEAUTIFUL.
AND DOES A TERRIFIC JOB THERE.
SHE REALLY PUTS THE HOURS IN ON THAT.
SO APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN AND SPOKE ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
JUST TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN WRIGHT SAID DOWN TO MY LEFT CITY STAFF DOWN THERE, NOTHING.
MAYOR PRO, TEM SMITH, COUNCILMAN ATKINS, CITY MANAGER, RICKY BOARD, NOTHING.
UM, I JUST WANT TO KINDA ECHO THE SAME THING THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN WRIGHT SAID AS FAR AS THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY, UM, AS A CITY, UM, DUSTIN, UM, HIS TEAM WORKING ON IT, UM, DEFINITELY HAS NOT, UH, FELL BY THE WAYSIDE.
AND, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GREAT NEED IN THE CITY, UH, TO IMPROVE OUR ANIMAL SERVICES ANIMAL SHELTER.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, UH, MADELINE, SHE GONE ALREADY? YEAH.
SHE DOES DO A GREAT JOB WITH KEEP, UH, ACHI BEAUTIFUL.
UH, ANYTIME THERE'S AN EVENT, SHE'S THERE.
SHE BRINGS HER WHOLE FAMILY, HER KIDS, HER HUSBAND, EVERYBODY.
UM, SO, UM, YEAH, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB ALONG WITH, UH, SO MANY OTHERS THAT SERVE ON OUR BOARDS.
[29. Convene into Executive Session to deliberate economic development incentives, as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.087; to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property for municipal purposes, as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.072; to deliberate personnel matters, including the appointment, evaluation, duties or dismissal of any member of a City board or commission, as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.074; to consult with City Attorney regarding legal issues associated with City Code and Charter provisions and consultation with City Attorney regarding pending and anticipated litigation, as permitted by Texas Government Code Section 551.071, and all matters incident and related thereto]
WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.FEEL FREE TO STAY, UH, OR WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.
[30. Reconvene and take any necessary action]
ARE GOING TO, UH, RECONVENE AND TAKE, UH, NECESSARY ACTION AT 10 52.UH, COUNCILMAN ATKINS, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND FURTHER AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF PROCEEDS RELATED THERETO.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AND WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN.