GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TODAY IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST AND THERE IS A QUORUM OF COUNCIL PRESENT. [00:00:07] PLEASE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER MAYOR. I WANT TO BRING THIS TO ORDER AT 5:30. WE HAVE BOB MASSIE GOING TO BE WITH US TONIGHT TO SAY OUR INVOCATION. WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND? AND FOR OUR PRAYER AND ALSO OUR PLEDGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR CHRIS. OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN. LORD, WE HALLOW AND HONOR YOUR NAME THIS EVENING. LORD JESUS, YOU HAVE TAUGHT US TO PRAY. YOUR KINGDOM COME. YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. SO LORD, WE ALSO, YOU ALSO SAID TO PRAY YOUR KINGDOM IS NOT FOOD AND DRINK, BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. SO FATHER GOD, WE PRAY, YOUR KINGDOM INFLUENCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT INFLUENCE EVERY AGENDA DISCUSSED AND EVERY DECISION MADE TODAY FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THIS COUNCIL AND TO THE HONOR OF YOUR NAME. AND IT'S THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOR. AND LORD, WE PRAY. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION TWO PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. [2.A. Proclamations] 2.A, WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING, A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING CONSTITUTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF BURLESON. HERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION IS BETSY RUFFIN. MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN COME DOWN TO TAKE A PICTURE. YES, MA'AM. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23RD AS THE CONSTITUTION WEEK. WE CAN ASK OUR CITIZENS TO REAFFIRM THE IDEALS OF THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION HAD IN 1787, BY VIGILANTLY PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS GUARANTEED TO US THROUGH THE GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTIES REMEMBERING THAT LOST RIGHTS MAY NEVER BE REGAINED. BETSY, HOW ABOUT A PICTURE? WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, SO IT BRINGS US TO 2.C, COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS. [2.C. Community Interest Items ] I HAVE A COUPLE. THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HAD OUR BE HEALTHY 5K RIGHT OUT FRONT HERE. IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME. AND DAN COLLECTED A MEDAL BY THE WAY. BUT IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT. AND AGAIN, PARKS AND REC DID AN AMAZING JOB OF ORGANIZING AND PULLING OFF A FLAWLESS EVENT [00:05:03] IN MY OPINION. IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. AND THEN WE'VE HAD QUITE A TURNOUT TOO. WE HAVE THE, EACH YEAR IN OCTOBER, WE HAVE THE ZUMBA INSTRUCTOR. SHE COMES OUT AND TEACHES A COUPLE OF NIGHTS IN OCTOBER RIGHT OUT HERE IN THE PLAZA AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE. IT IS A GREAT WORKOUT. YOU WILL SWEAT. GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST COME AND ENJOY AN EVENING WITH A LITTLE DIFFERENT FLAVOR. AND IT'S AMAZING. SO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS AND PLEASE COME OUT AND SEE THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY, I WANT TO BRAG ON OUR AWESOME LIBRARY AND THE AMAZING FAMILIES WHO PARTICIPATED THIS SUMMER IN THE SUMMER READING CLUB. THEY HAD OVER 46,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE LIBRARY THIS SUMMER. 67,000 ITEMS WERE CHECKED OUT OVER, AND THIS IS A RECORD. 11,736 PEOPLE ATTENDED LIBRARY EVENTS, AND 601 NEW LIBRARY CARDS WERE ISSUED. SO, I JUST THINK OUR LIBRARY IS DOING TREMENDOUS THINGS. BUT KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER READING CLUB WHO SPONSORED LIKE ATMOS. THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR AN AGENDA ITEM. BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT CHEER ON OUR LIBRARY, PARTICIPATE AND DO THE FUN THINGS THAT THEY OFFER, YOU ALL ARE DOING A FABULOUS JOB OVER THERE. TOMORROW NIGHT OR TOMORROW EVENING AT BAILEY LAKE PARK THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ART IN THE PARK. CREATE AND CONNECT. THIS EVENT IS FREE. IT STARTS AT 5:30. JOIN, FOR A RELAXED EVENING OF OUTDOOR CRAFTING. OUR MOBILE RECREATION TEAM WILL HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP FOR ROCK PAINTING AND FRIENDSHIP BRACELET MAKING. SO ALL YOU NEED TO BRING IS YOURSELF. COME CREATE AND CHAT WITH NEIGHBORS AND ENJOY THE FRESH AIR. AND HOPEFULLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN IT HAS BEEN. SO I THINK THAT THAT EVENT JUST SOUNDS TOO FUN. AND I WANT TO MAKE ONE OTHER PLUG THIS SATURDAY IN THE PLAZA FROM 5 TO 8, WE HAVE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION. WE HAVE MUSIC AND FOOD AND IT'S JUST SO MUCH CAMARADERIE AND A GREAT EVENT. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 3, CHANGES TO THE POSTED AGENDA. [3. CHANGES TO POSTED AGENDA ] 3.A ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN, OR 3.B, ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF OR MEMBERS OF PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE. IS THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 4, CITIZENS APPEARANCE. [4. CITIZENS APPEARANCES ] EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK DURING THIS SECTION. A SPEAKER CARD MUST BE FILLED OUT AND TURNED INTO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES. EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK WHEN THAT ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION. AT THIS TIME, I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZENS APPEARANCES. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION 5, THE CONSENT AGENDA. [5. CONSENT AGENDA ] ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS. AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS EVENING THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5.A THROUGH 5.F. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MAKE A MOTION TO CONSENT AGENDA BE PASSED ITEMS 5.A THROUGH E, THROUGH F, EXCUSE ME. EACH BUTTON YOU. NO, COME UP WITH. THERE WE GO. THERE IT GOES. I HAVE A MOTION BY PHIL AND A SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE NEXT VOTE DOES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION [6.A. 1540 E Renfro Street (ZC26-009): Hold a public hearing and consider and take possible action on a zoning ordinance change request on approximately 1.793 acres of land from A, Agriculture district to C, Commercial district located at 1540 E Renfro Street. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval 7-0)] 06, DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS. 6.A IS 1540 EAST RENFRO STREET. THAT'S ZC26-009. TONIGHT'S TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A ZONING ORDINANCE. CHANGE REQUESTS ON APPROXIMATELY 1.793 ACRES OF LAND FROM A, AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO C, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT LOCATED AGAIN AT 1540 EAST RENFRO STREET. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING. THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS TONY MCILWAIN, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. MR. MCILWAIN. YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [00:10:02] AS MADAM SECRETARY JUST MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY IS AT 1540 EAST RENFRO STREET. THE APPLICANT IS CYNTHIA RIVERA WITH MANLEY'S BOILER HOLDINGS. BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS CONSIDERATION OF A CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL USE TO COMMERCIAL USE. THE PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE GREEN POLYGON IN THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR FUTURE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL USE, WHICH MAKES THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN AND FUTURE BUILDING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. THERE ARE NO ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THIS AREA OF THE CITY THAT APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY. STAFF NOTIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN 300FT OF THE SUBJECT SITE, PUBLISHED A NEWSPAPER NOTICE AS WELL AS POSTED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY. DURING THE COURSE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WERE NO. THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION, NO SPEAKERS, AND THE P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0. AGAIN, THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN, AND I'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE PRIOR TO OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY? THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:41. IS ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? I SEE NO HANDS. SO I WANT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:42. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM, SECOND BY VICTORIA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. THAT BRINGS US [6.B. Crunch Fitness located at 1551 Greenridge Drive (VAR26-013): Consider and take possible action on a resolution for variances to Chapter 63; Sign Regulations, relating to the location of a monument that is taller and larger than allowed for Crunch Fitness located at 1551 Greenridge Drive. (Staff Contact: Tony D. McIlwain, AICP, CFM, Development Services Director) (No Planning and Zoning Commission action was required for this item) ] TO 6.B, CRUNCH FITNESS, LOCATED AT 1551 GREENRIDGE DRIVE. THIS IS VAR26-013. TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION FOR VARIANCE TO CHAPTER 63, SIGN REGULATIONS, RELATED TO THE LOCATION OF A MONUMENT THAT IS TALLER AND LARGER THAN ALLOWED FOR CRUNCH FITNESS LOCATED AT 1551 GREENRIDGE DRIVE. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF PRESENTER IS TONY MCILWAIN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THANK YOU AGAIN. KATHERINE MOLTZ AND DOUG FLORANCE ARE THE APPLICANTS FOR THIS SIGN VARIANCE CONSIDERATION. IT'S FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ALLOW A MONUMENT SIGN TO BE PLACED ON A PROPERTY THAT IS TALLER AND LARGER THAN ALLOWED, AND ALSO WITHIN THE REQUIRED SETBACK. WHAT WAS INITIALLY TURNED INTO STAFF WAS A PLACEMENT FOR THE SIGN TO BE SIX INCHES FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S IN THE GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, STAFF DID RECEIVE A REVISED SUBMISSION. TOO LATE TO PUT INTO YOUR PACKET, BUT I PLACED IT ON YOUR DESK WHERE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO MOVE THE SIGN FROM 6IN BACK TO 30IN FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. THIS IS THE SIGN THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS A MULTI-TENANT PYLON SIGN WITH A TEXTURE FINISH, EXCUSE ME. AND A BASE OF GREATER THAN 16FT AND APPROXIMATELY 29FT IN HEIGHT. WITH REGARD TO THE VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED UNDER CHAPTER 63 SIGN REGULATION, 63-50. THE SETBACK BEING REQUESTED, OF COURSE, IS NOW 30IN. ALL FREESTANDING SIGNS OF THIS NATURE NEED TO BE TEN FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. THE REQUESTED 189FT² IN AREA FOR A MULTI-TENANT SIGN, AND ALSO 29FT IN HEIGHT. OUR CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE 150FT FOR MULTI-TENANT SIGNS AND A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 12FT. SO YOU HAVE THREE VARIANCES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. STAFF WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST AS INITIALLY SUBMITTED FOR SIX INCHES. AND OUR DETERMINATION HAS NOT CHANGED WITH THE INCREASE OF 30IN. OUR CONCERN IS THAT AS THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED, WHAT IS DESIGNATED AS RIGHT OF WAY IS ACTUALLY PEOPLE PULLING INTO A PARKING STALL AND OUT IN FRONT OF IT IS ESSENTIALLY KIND OF PATH THAT PEOPLE COULD WALK. AND OUR CONCERN IS THAT 30IN IS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN UNEXPECTEDLY WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. AND IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT VARIANCE FROM THE TEN FEET MINIMUM REQUEST. OBVIOUSLY, THEIR INTENT IS TO GET AS MUCH ROAD EXPOSURE AND FRONTAGE AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AND PLACEMENT OF THE SIGN WITHIN THE AREA THAT YOU HAVE ON THE HANDOUT IN FRONT OF YOU. WITH THAT, THIS ITEM DID NOT GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. IT'S FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING. HOWEVER, IF THE APPLICANT IS IN ATTENDANCE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF THEM. [00:15:08] ANY QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? WE DO HAVE SOMEONE IN ATTENDANCE. WOULD YOU LIKE. TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? I'M DEBORAH MOLTZ, KATHERINE'S MOTHER, AND I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. I DID DRIVE THE SITE TODAY AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE TEN-FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT. IT ISN'T WITHIN THE TEN-FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT. BUT THERE'S AND I THINK WHY THEY'RE PUSHING IT SO HARD IS, IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SIGNS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE BUILT RIGHT ON THE PARKING LOT CURBS. AND THIS ONE IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO HERE TO BECAUSE OF THE VISIBILITY AND THE WAY THE PROPERTY LINE, THE RIGHT OF WAY IS CUT RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE SIGN. I DROVE IT SEVERAL TIMES TODAY, THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN THAT AREA. AND THERE'S NOT ANY HAZARDS THAT ARE UP AND DOWN THAT STREET. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S Y'ALL'S DECISION, NOT OURS. TONY IS THERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE STATEMENTS SHE MADE? NO, I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE WITH STAFF AS TO WHAT THEIR INTENT IS, WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD MAXIMIZE THEIR EXPOSURE, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE SOME HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF SIGNS BEING PLACED CLOSE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY PRIOR TO THE LAST BIG CHANGE THAT WE HAD PROBABLY BACK IN 2012. BUT THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS PARTICULAR SIGN. SO WE UNDERSTAND THEIR INTENT. WE'RE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE ENCROACHMENT. THERE ARE REALLY THREE VARIANCES, BUT I THINK THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST CONCERNED US, IF WE WERE TO RATE THEM, WOULD BE THE 30IN FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. NOW WE'LL TELL YOU THE WAY THAT THE SITE IS DESIGNED, IT'S NOT UP AGAINST THE GREENRIDGE PAVEMENT, BUT IT'S STILL 30IN FROM THE DESIGNATED RIGHT OF WAY ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND THE PLAT. SO IF WE WERE TO DO ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE, YOU DO HAVE A SIGN THAT'S LESS THAN THREE FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, A LARGE SIGN LESS THAN THREE FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. MAYOR, I DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD. LAWRENCE WILSON, WERE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SIR? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LAWRENCE WILSON. I'M WITH VENTURE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WITH DOUG FLORANCE FOR THE BETTER PART OF 6 OR 7 YEARS. I WORK WITH VENTURE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. WE'RE A FULL SERVICE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRM. I'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND WE SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON, ON RETAIL PROPERTIES. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT MY SUPPORT AND MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PROJECT AS A WHOLE. YOU KNOW, WE BOUGHT THIS ON BEHALF OF DOUG BACK IN MARCH OF ABOUT 2020 AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROJECT. YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT TORCHY'S, CLEARWATER CAR WASH, CAVA, PEI WEI, AND NOW THE NEWEST AND KIND OF LAST ITERATION FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE CRUNCH THAT'S BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS ABOUT 5,400FT² OF PROPOSED COMMERCIAL IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO RETAIL, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE IN BUSINESS FOR VERY LONG. HOWEVER, THE NEXT TWO BIGGEST THINGS IS VISIBILITY AND ACCESS. FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, ACCESS IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE. MULTIPLE INGRESS AND EGRESS POINTS. BUT THE NEXT BIG THING IS VISIBILITY. AND FOR NOT ONLY THE CRUNCH BUT THE ACTUAL SHOPPING CENTER ITSELF, THEY'LL BE ADJACENT. YOU NEED TO HAVE SIGNAGE FOR THOSE TENANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND BE THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND, YOU KNOW, BRING GREAT USES TO THE CITY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO COME UP HERE, INTRODUCE MYSELF AND TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT. SO WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU ON THE PROJECT ITSELF? HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU? SO CRUNCH FITNESS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WE SPEAK. AND THE PLAN 5,400FT² OF RETAIL. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PRE-LEASING PHASE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF SMALL SHOP TENANTS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO, NOTHING'S INKED YET, BUT ONCE WE GET ABOUT 50% PRE-LEASED, WE WILL ALSO BREAK GROUND ON THE SMALL SHOP SPACE. SO WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING GOING WELL THAT SHOULD BE LEASED UP IN THE NEXT 3 TO 6 MONTHS. WHY ARE WE JUST NOW HEARING ABOUT THIS? I MEAN, WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THIS A LOT FURTHER SOONER THAN THIS, [00:20:02] BUT. WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH GETTING AWAY FROM OUR STANDARDS OVER AND OVER. AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE NEED TO RENEW THE STANDARDS OR STICK WITH WHAT WE GOT. SO THAT'S KIND OF A AN ISSUE WITH ME. ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS? TONY, QUESTION FOR YOU. SO REALLY WHAT THE WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUE IS, IS THE LOCATION OF THIS SIGN, CORRECT? YES, THE 30-INCH REQUESTS THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 30-INCH SETBACK FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY IS ONE OF THE VARIANCE REQUESTS. THE OTHER IS HEIGHT. AND THE OTHER IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE CALL THE SIGN FACE, BUT IT'S. THEY'RE ALL LARGER THAN WHAT THE CODE ALLOWS. TO MEET THE SETBACK FOR THE SIGN. IF YOU WERE TO APPLY THE TEN FEET, YOU WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO PUSH THE SIGN INWARD ON THE SITE, CROSS OVER THE PRIVATE ACCESS DRIVE INTERNAL DRIVE, AND ESSENTIALLY PLACE IT IN A PARKING SPOT INTERIOR TO THE SITE, WHICH WOULD PUSH IT BACK MORE THAN TEN FEET, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY LOCATION TO KEEP IT IN THIS APPROXIMATE VICINITY TO JUST SLIDE IT INWARD. THAT GETS IT OVER THE PRIVATE DRIVE OUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, AS THE GENTLEMAN STATED, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT CLOSE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY TO GET MAXIMUM EXPOSURE. BUT IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT OF A VARIANCE REQUEST AND STAFF'S DETERMINATION. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ONE SO CLOSE. YOUR DECISION, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF 130IN FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY AT THAT SCALE. I THINK MY CONCERN, AND TELL ME IF I'M DOING THIS WRONG, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT'S SUCH A VISIBLE DISTRACTION TO A DRIVER ON THE ROAD THAT I DON'T LIKE IT BEING THAT CLOSE TO THE ROAD. IS THERE POSSIBILITY THAT Y'ALL COULD COME BACK AND MOVE IT CLOSER IN AS, AS YOU'RE SAYING, YOU MAY LOSE A PARKING SPOT, BUT THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE IT FROM BEING ON THE ROAD WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SOMEBODY RUNNING INTO IT. THAT IS THEIR DECISION TO MAKE. I THINK THE SIGN IS THE ONLY LAST ITEM THAT STAFF IS REVIEWING THAT REQUIRES YOUR CONSIDERATION. I BELIEVE THAT CERTAINLY WE'LL WORK WITH THEM, BUT IF IT REQUIRES A VARIANCE, WE HAVE TO BRING IT FORWARD TO YOU. I DON'T HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO GRANT THAT. SO WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS A EASEMENT THAT WAS ALLOWED, THAT WAS TO ALLOW MULTIPLE. WELL, IT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO PLACE A SIGN ON ANOTHER PROPERTY INTERIOR TO THE SITE. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. SO, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING TO PLACE THE SIGN NOW. I THINK MY OBJECTION IS MORE THE SIZE AND HEIGHT OF THE SIGN THAN THE 30 INCH SIT BACK PLACEMENT. I KNOW EVERY BUSINESS THAT RUNS RETAIL WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE VISIBILITY AND MORE PEOPLE TO SEE THEM. AND THAT'S PART OF THE SUCCESS OF BEING IN RETAIL BUSINESS. BUT THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER NOWADAYS WAS ON THE BOOKS WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS PLANNED. IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, IT HASN'T BEEN ON THE BOOKS LONG ENOUGH THAT SOME PREVIOUS PROJECTS DIDN'T GET TALLER, NONCONFORMING SIGNS OR SIGNS THAT DON'T CONFORM TO THIS NEW RELATIVELY NEW ORDINANCE. BUT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE SIGN IS EXACTLY TEN FEET BACK OR 30IN BACK OR WHATEVER AT THE HEIGHT AND SIZE, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT. ANYBODY ELSE? SO TONY, ON THE I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE. IT'S PROBABLY BETTER THE PROPOSED SIGN LOCATION WHERE YOU'VE GOT IT BLOWN UP. SO RIGHT NOW FROM GREENRIDGE, IT'S 25.9FT FROM THE EXISTING STREET. BUT FUTURE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION IF WE WOULD EVER BE IF WE ADD A LANE TO IT, THEN CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS IS. OKAY. I THINK I AGREE WITH DAN, I, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE 30IN, IT'S THE HEIGHT. AND IT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M. AT IN THE SQUARE FOOT SQUARE FOOTAGE. ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? [00:25:03] I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING LIKE THIS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND I THINK IT'S GOING IN A THRIVING LIKE THAT. ALL THAT AREA IS JUST THERE'S IT'S PRIMED TO HAVE MORE ACTION AND MORE THINGS. SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL WORK ON THIS BECAUSE I TOO. IT IS. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED VISIBILITY. WE ALL LIKE THAT'S THE, THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BRING PEOPLE TO YOU. AND SO I HOPE THAT SOMETHING CAN BE FIGURED OUT. I TO AGREE WITH DAN, I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT I WORRY AS MUCH ABOUT THE SETBACK AS MUCH AS HOW LARGE IT IS. AND ONCE WE START APPROVING MORE OF THESE VARIANCES, WELL, THEN WE SEE OTHERS. AND THAT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO LIKE, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT OUR ORDINANCE SAYS, AND WE SHOULD REALLY ADHERE TO IT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. LARRY. I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE APPLICATION ON THE FACT THAT IT DOES NOT CONFORM WITH CHAPTER 63 SIGN REGULATIONS. I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY, A SECOND BY DAN. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. SORRY, GUYS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO 6.C. TONIGHT IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TEXT OF THE [6.C. Hold a public hearing and consider and take possible action on an ordinance amending the text of the city’s zoning ordinance codified in Appendix B of the City of Burleson Code of Ordinances. (First Reading) (Staff Contact: Tony D. McIlwain, Development Services Director) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7 to 0)] CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, CODIFIED IN APPENDIX B OF THE CITY OF BURLESON CODE OF ORDINANCES. THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU MAY RECALL WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CITY'S ZONING CODE, AS WELL AS A JOINT MEETING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON APRIL 14TH. ON APRIL EXCUSE JULY 28TH AND AUGUST 25TH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RECEIVED FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR IN YOUR AGENDA ITEM. WHAT THIS ACTION DOES IS PROVIDE NEW ZONING DEFINITIONS. NEW SITE ORIENTATION STANDARDS FOR AUTO LAUNDRY CAR WASHES. UPDATED PLANT DEVELOPMENT ZONING CRITERIA. NEW PROVISIONS TO ALLOW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. AND I'M GOING TO DETAIL SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. THE TEXT THAT YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN NOW IS STAFF'S EFFORT TO ORIENT OUR AUTO LAUNDRY CAR WASHES IN A WAY THAT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT ARE NOT SEEN FROM THE PARKWAY. WE WANT TO HAVE THE TUNNEL ORIENTED PARALLEL TO THE PARKWAY AND FOR SITES LOCATED ON CORNER LOTS, WE WANT THE TUNNEL ORIENTED PARALLEL TO THE STREET AND VACUUMS AND SELF STORAGE CLEANING AREAS SHALL BE LOCATED TO THE REAR OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. I WON'T READ THE NEXT BIT OF INFORMATION, BUT THOSE ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN. THIS WILL FIT IN THE DEFINITION SECTION OF OUR CODE WHEN YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE DEFINITION FOR CAR WASH AUTO/LAUNDRY, AND I'LL PAUSE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS I GO THROUGH THIS. IT MAY BE EASIER FOR YOU TO FOCUS ON ONE SLIDE AT A TIME IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WITH THIS PROPOSED CHANGE. THERE WAS ANOTHER TOWN THAT WENT THROUGH THIS, AND IT REALLY WAS VERY DYNAMIC AS FAR AS THE ESTHETICS AND EVERYTHING, BUT ALSO SLOWED DOWN THE CAR WASHES BECAUSE THEY WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE LAND AND RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. YES, SIR. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT TOWN IT WAS. A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE UNDERTAKEN THAT KIND OF TO KIND OF AS AN EFFORT TO ALLOW THEM, BUT PUT IN SOME STANDARDS WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE APPEARANCE OF THE STRUCTURES, WHICH WE CAN'T DO AS FAR AS EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIALS. BUT YOUR SPATIAL ALIGNMENT ON THE PROPERTY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE VISUAL IMPACT OF SOME USES, FOR SURE. I'M DEFINITELY FOR THAT ONE. WE ARE PROVIDING A NEW DEFINITION FOR MIXED-USE. A LOT OF TIMES WE DISCUSS THAT WITH APPLICANTS AND BRING THOSE TO YOU, BUT WE'RE PUTTING IN SOME QUALIFIERS FOR MIXED-USE TO DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN VERTICAL MIXED-USE AND HORIZONTAL MIXED-USE. AND THEN WE ARE PUTTING A NEW CRITERIA CALLED MIXED-USE WALKABLE WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IF THIS IS APPROVED IS US BRINGING MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS DEFINITION SO THAT YOU, AS THE COUNCIL, CAN HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF WHAT YOU'LL GET FROM CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. IN LINE WITH THAT, WE ARE PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. THIS IS TO GIVE ESSENTIALLY MORE GUARDRAILS TO DEVELOPERS. [00:30:06] AND I DON'T MEAN IT IN A BAD WAY, BUT ESSENTIALLY MORE GUARDRAILS TO DEVELOPERS, SO THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE STAFF IS PROMOTING WITH PLANT DEVELOPMENTS. IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A VEHICLE TO CIRCUMVENT OUR ZONING REGULATIONS AND REQUEST VARIANCES MEANT TO BE DEVIATIONS THAT ARE SET FORTH. AND ALSO ALLOWS YOU, AS THE COUNCIL, TO LOOK AT APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO MITIGATE OR OFFSET THOSE DEVIATIONS THROUGH PLANT DEVELOPMENTS. SORT OF GIVE AND TAKE, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE PROCESS. WE'VE DISCUSSED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS, THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE, COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS AND OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. ALL OF THESE SEVEN CRITERIA ARE LISTED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET. AND WE'VE INCLUDED ADUS ESSENTIALLY IN ALL THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS SAVING EXCEPT, I THINK, MANUFACTURED HOUSING. WE HAVEN'T INCLUDED ANY WITHIN THE NON RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. I TAKE THAT BACK. WE HAVE INCLUDED WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED THEM IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT FOR SURE. SO THESE ARE THE ZONING DISTRICTS WE'VE ALLOWED ARE PROMOTING THROUGH AN SUP THAT'S MULTIFAMILY, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE, GENERAL RETAIL, CENTRAL COMMERCIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. WE HAVE INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT ANY ADUS APPROVED PER SEP SHALL BE OCCUPIED BY THE BUILDING OWNER AND SHALL REQUIRE ONE DEDICATED PARKING SPACE. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WERE GIVEN WHEN WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THIS. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE, NOW'S THE TIME TO RAISE THEM. BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT WE'VE CAPTURED FROM PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE 900 SQUARE FOOT LIMIT. THE THRESHOLD WE PUT IN WITH THE ADUS. THIS GRAPHIC SHOULD BE FAMILIAR TO YOU. SO FOLLOWING OUR APRIL MEETING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WE DID CONDUCT A DEVELOPER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH MEMBERS OF THE HOME BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. WE EMAILED THE DRAFT TO THEM. WE HAD A TEAMS MEETING TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY HAVE OR AN IDEAS. YOU MAY RECALL, WE PROMOTED AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PLACEMENT OF GARAGES IN SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. THAT WAS MET WITH SOME RESISTANCE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. THEY QUESTIONED THE NECESSITY FOR THE PROPOSED GARAGE REGULATIONS. WE DID SAY IT WAS MEANT TO AID IN GETTING VEHICLES OFF THE STREET, BUT THEY THOUGHT THAT IF COUNCIL MOVED IN THIS DIRECTION, IT WOULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT OVERALL LOT SIZE, LOT YIELD, RESIDENTIAL DENSITY AND RESULTING IN INCREASED COST BURDEN THAT WOULD BE PASSED DOWN TO THE HOME BUILDERS. THERE'S ALSO CONCERN THAT THE STAFF'S EFFORT TO BREAK MULTIFAMILY INTO TWO DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS, TO COMBINE MULTIFAMILY TO ONE THRESHOLD OF MF-18 SEEM TO BE ARBITRARY AND CONTRARY TO THE COUNCIL'S EXPRESSED DESIRE FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY WHERE APPROPRIATE. SO THEY WANT TO KEEP MF-1, MF-2 AS IT IS, AND TO ALLOW THOSE DEVELOPERS THAT WANT TO HAVE HIGHER DENSITY TO MOVE TO THE MF-2 PRODUCT, WHILE ALLOWING DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO DEVELOP A LOWER DENSITY THE MF-1 PRODUCT. WE'VE NOT INCLUDED THOSE CHANGES BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK AND ALSO INFORMATION THAT WE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE CHANGES. OF COURSE, YOU'RE THE COUNCIL AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN RECONSIDER AT A LATER DATE IF YOU WANT. BUT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THEY WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES AFFECTING THE GARAGE PLACEMENT AND THE COMBINATION OF THE MULTIFAMILY DWELLING DISTRICTS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I PROCEED? SO IT'S NOT LOST ON YOU THAT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS PROBABLY MORE ROBUST THAN WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET. FOLLOWING OUR PRESENTATION TO YOU, AS WE DID A DEEPER DIVE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES, WE TOOK A GOOD HARD LOOK AT SENATE BILL 929. AND THAT SENATE BILL IS NOT NEW TO STAFF. BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT REQUIRES PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NOTIFICATION PROCESS AND ALSO TRIGGERS FOR CONTINUED NON-CONFORMING USE OF PROPERTY OR REMEDIES TO DISCONTINUE THE USE. I DID NOT INCLUDE ALL THE SENATE BILL, OBVIOUSLY IN YOUR PACKET, BUT THE NET EFFECT OF IT IS THAT CITIES, [00:35:04] IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO A CHANGE TO YOUR CODE, YOUR ZONING CODE, AND YOU RENDER ANYONE NON-CONFORMING, YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS AND RENTERS, MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE MEETING. AND ALSO, ONE OF THE REMEDIES THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IS PAYMENT FOR COSTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO STOPPING THE NON-CONFORMING USE AND PAYMENT FOR LOSS OF MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S ONE THING YOU CAN CONSIDER. TWO CONTINUED NON-CONFORMING USE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE OWNER OF LESSEE RECOVERS THE AMOUNT THAT OTHERWISE BE PAYABLE UNDER NUMBER ONE THROUGH THE CONTINUED BUSINESS ACTIVITY. THAT SEEMED PRETTY HAIRY TO US. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH WITH THE FIRST ITERATION OF ZONING CHANGES. WE ARE STILL UNDERTAKING THE EFFORT TO BRING TO YOU PROPOSED NEW ZONING DISTRICTS, BUT THE APPLICATION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WHAT WE'RE BEING CAUTIOUS ABOUT. WE CAN IMPLEMENT NEW STANDARDS, IMPLEMENT NEW ZONING DISTRICTS. WE JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND MINDFUL THAT WE'RE NOT ATTACHING THOSE TO PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED BECAUSE THEY WOULD FALL WITHIN THE, MAY RUN AFOUL OF SENATE BILL 929, NOT IN TERMS OF NOTIFICATION, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DEFINITELY HAVE A PLAN IF WE HAD TO RELY ON A REMEDY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS, AND I BELIEVE THE CITY MANAGER MAY HAVE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, TONY, FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, LIKELY WHAT WILL OCCUR IS THAT THE EXISTING DISTRICTS, TO PRESERVE THEIR USES AND RIGHTS WOULD BECOME LEGACY DISTRICTS. AND THEN THE NEW USES THAT WE PROPOSED PREVIOUSLY, THAT WOULD BE COMBINING AND SIMPLIFYING THE ZONING ORDINANCE WOULD BE APPLICABLE FOR FUTURE ZONING CHANGES AS PROPERTIES ARE BEING ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OR AS THEY CHANGE USES. CORRECT, EXACTLY. YES, SIR. THAT IS EXACTLY CORRECT. THE NEXT ITERATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT I CALL SUNSETTING EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS. THAT WILL ALLOW THE P&Z AND YOU TO EMPLOY THOSE NEW ZONING DISTRICTS WHEN APPROPRIATE, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THROUGH REZONE REQUESTS OR ANNEXATION. THIS IS AGAIN, THE FIRST ITERATION WE HAVE. SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS COMING TO YOU AT YOUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THOSE STANDARDS INVOLVE COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS, ACCESSORY BUILDING AND STRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS, CLARIFICATION OF HEIGHT AND AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MOBILE FOOD VENDORS, WHICH IS TIED INTO THE LATEST CHANGES THAT THE STATE HAS LAID OUT FOR CITIES. THIS IS FIRST READING. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. IT DOES REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING. AND SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME PRIOR TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING? I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER THEM. TONY, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. ON THE DEVELOPERS ROUNDTABLE. YES, SIR. WHAT AGAIN WAS THE ISSUE WITH THE MF-18. THE MF-18 THEY THOUGHT WAS ARBITRARILY APPLIED. THEY THOUGHT THAT, HOW DID WE GET IT. THE NUMBER 18 WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY US TAKING A COMBINING THE TWO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS DENSITIES AND THEN TAKING THE AVERAGE. WE EXPLAINED THAT TO THEM. BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT IF ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS MENTIONED, WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT PRODUCT? YOU'VE TAKEN AWAY SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAVE IF I'M IN MF-1 VERSUS MF-2. ALL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT THE SAME. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A MORE RICH CODE TO JUST LEAVE THE MF ZONING DISTRICTS THE WAY THEY WERE. SO MF-2 RIGHT NOW ALLOWS 24 UNITS PER ACRE. YES, SIR. AND IF WE WENT TO AN MF-18 WE WERE GOING TO ELIMINATE MF-2? YES. OKAY. THAT WOULD PUT A CAP ON THE DENSITY. AND HE THOUGHT THAT THAT RAN COUNTER TO COUNCIL'S CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DENSITY AS WELL. I AGREE, I'D RATHER HAVE THE 24. ANYBODY ELSE? THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:09. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? AND THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:10. IS THERE A MOTION OR IS THERE A MODIFICATIONS? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TONY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 7, GENERAL. [7.A. Consider and take possible action on a minute order appointing members to the City of Burleson boards, commissions, and committees for October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2029, terms and filling vacancies. (Staff Contact: Lisandra Leal, Assistant City Secretary) ] 7.A IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A MINUTE ORDER APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE CITY OF BURLESON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES FOR OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2029 TERMS AND FILLING VACANCIES. [00:40:07] THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS LISANDRA LEAL, ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HER PRESENTING, PROBABLY FOR HER LAST TIME SINCE LISANDRA WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE CITY OF EULESS. LUCKY EULESS. SO THANK YOU. WELL GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO TODAY WE ARE HERE TO GO OVER THE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. SO THE BACKGROUND COMMUNITY AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE DID MEET ON AUGUST THE 5TH TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS FOR ANY REAPPOINTMENTS, ANY APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE MEMBERSHIP LIST, THE BOARD ATTENDANCE, THE TERM REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO THE APPLICANTS THAT CATEGORIZED. IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN MORE THAN ONE BOARD, THEY WOULD CATEGORIZE AND RANK THEIR OPTIONS, AND SO THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THAT AS WELL. THE COMMITTEE ALSO DID RECOMMEND AT THAT MEETING THAT THE BOARD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BUILDING CODE AND STANDARDS BOARD BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL POLICY EVALUATION COMMITTEE TO REVIEW PRIOR TO APPOINTING MEMBERS, THERE WERE SOME STUFF THAT THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY DID WANT TO TRY TO WORK OUT BEFORE APPOINTING MEMBERS. SO DURING THAT COMMITTEE MEETING, THESE WERE THE VACANCIES THAT WERE OPEN AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. AND IT DID DOES CONTINUE HERE INTO THE OTHER BOARDS AS WELL. AFTER OR FOLLOWING THE AUGUST 5TH COMMITTEE MEETING, THE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDED NOMINEES WAS NOT ABLE TO SERVE, SO THEREFORE, THE COMMITTEE DID MEET ONCE AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER THE 2ND TO REVIEW ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO FILL THE REMAINING VACANCIES. AND FOLLOWING THAT COMMITTEE MEETING THESE ARE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE DID RECOMMEND. AND YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WAS THERE OPENINGS ON THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE OR THESE ALL? YES, I BELIEVE IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED. I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN THERE. IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE THAT BOARD REQUIREMENTS ALSO BE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL POLICY EVALUATION COMMITTEE AS WELL, ACTUALLY TO THE FULL COUNCIL. I BELIEVE IT WOULD NEED TO GO BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT IS AN ORDINANCE CHANGE. OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT ELECTING A NEW MEMBER TONIGHT ON THAT? NOT AT THIS MOMENT. NO, SIR. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A PLUG FOR YOUTH MEMBERS. AND WE HAVE SOME IN HERE, BUT WE INVITE ALL YOUTH TO APPLY. EACH BOARD HAS A SLOT FOR YOUTH TO SERVE. OUR COVETED PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE HAS COMMISSION HAS A YOUTH VACANCY, AND THERE'S SOMETIMES OTHERS TOO. WE KNOW YOU ALL ARE BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, BUT PLEASE CONSIDER APPLYING AND SERVING IN YOUR CITY. WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA, SECOND BY ALEXA. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES. UNANIMOUS. GOOD LUCK LISANDRA. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 8, REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS. [8.A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff feedback regarding the City’s Capital Improvement Program. (Staff Contact: Randy Morrison, P.E., Director of Capital Engineering) ] 8.A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF FEEDBACK REGARDING THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS RANDY MORRISON, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL ENGINEERING. MR. MORRISON. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RANDY MORRISON, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL ENGINEERING. AND THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A QUICK UPDATE OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, COVER A LOT OF PROJECT DETAILS, BUT I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. SO HERE ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE FUND SUMMARY FOR FY 26, WHICH WE'RE IN THE FINAL STRETCH OF WRAPPING UP FY 26. AND SO I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS, BUT THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS FY 27 THROUGH 31. A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE FUND SUMMARY FOR THE RECENTLY ADOPTED CIP. [00:45:02] JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW KEY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN FY 27, SO WE HAVE OUR RENFRO AND JOHNSON PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, WHICH IS NOW FULLY FUNDED. AND WE'RE WORKING TO MOVE THAT PROJECT TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION. WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH RIGHT OF WAY AND FINAL DESIGN ON OUR HULEN STREET WIDENING PROJECT. AND THIS FY 27 CIP INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AND FINAL RIGHT OF WAY FUNDING ON THAT PROJECT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THE NEW HULES STREET EXTENSION PROJECT FROM SH 174 TO JOHN JONES. AND THAT PROJECT IS MOVING VERY FAST TRYING TO KEEP PACE WITH THAT PROJECT. AND THEN WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR OUR TWO LARGE SEWER LIFT STATION PROJECTS, THE CHISHOLM WEST AND THE FM 9, 917 AND I-35 LIFT STATION. THOSE ARE MOVING ALONG VERY WELL. AND THEN TO HIGHLIGHT, WE HAVE SEVERAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT THE BRICK. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE OUTDOOR POOL REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THE LOCKER ROOM REMODEL PROJECT AND THE ALARM SYSTEM PHASE TWO. AND THEN IN FY 27, WE ALSO ARE KICKING OFF OUR BURLESON LEGACY PARK PHASE TWO PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES A PLAYGROUND. SO, WE'LL BE STARTING THE DESIGN AND MOVING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT. THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A COUPLE OF VISUALS. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF OUR ACTIVE PROJECT WORKLOAD, WE HAVE 48, 48 ACTIVE PROJECTS. YOU CAN SEE THE FIGURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF THE TYPES OF PROJECTS. MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS ARE IN THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS CATEGORY AT 48% OF OUR PROJECTS, AND SECOND COMES IN AT WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS. THE FIGURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY PHASE VERSUS CONSTRUCTION. SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE RIGHT NOW. THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR REGIONAL PROJECTS. MANY OF THESE AREN'T ON THE CIP. A COUPLE OF THEM ARE, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE MANAGED. LET ME GO BACK. MOST OF THOSE ARE MANAGED BY TXDOT OR OTHER AGENCIES. BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A 2.5 BILLION INVESTED IN REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW KEY PROJECTS ON HERE. SO PROJECT TWO ON THIS EXHIBIT IS THE FM 917 AND I-35 INTERCHANGE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THAT PROJECT JUST STARTED CONSTRUCTION LAST FRIDAY AND IS SET TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE FALL OF 2030. I KNOW THAT'S A BIG PROJECT AND AN EXCITING ONE TO SEE GO INTO CONSTRUCTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY GUESS ON WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO GET HIT UP BY CITIZENS ABOUT I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD TWO OUTSIDE OVERPASSES. YEAH, SO THEY'RE STARTING WORK ON THE RAMP REALIGNMENT AND THE FRONTAGE ROADS. SO, THEY'RE GOING TO START ON THE OUTSIDE BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. BUT WE ARE COORDINATING WITH TXDOT AND THEIR PIO TRYING TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION. SO AS WE GET UPDATES ON CHANGES IN TRAFFIC PATTERNS OR WORK THAT'S COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING THAT ON OUR COMMUNICATION CHANNEL, SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHATNOT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND GET UPDATES REGULARLY. YEAH, IT SEEMS TO BE A MESS AROUND HERE. YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION TO, TO SEE THE BENEFIT, BUT IT WILL BE MUCH BETTER ONCE IT'S ALL COMPLETE. ALSO PROJECT SIX ON THIS EXHIBIT THAT IS THE SH 174 OR WILSHIRE BOULEVARD WIDENING. FROM ELK DRIVE TO WICKER HILL. THIS ONE IS SET TO START CONSTRUCTION NEXT MONTH. YOU KNOW, THE CITY TOOK THE LEAD ON THE DESIGN AND NOW TXDOT IS TAKING THE LEAD ON CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM REGULARLY ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHO THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE ON THAT? REYES. REYES. I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S. IT'S REYES CONSTRUCTION. THAT ONE WE HAVE NOT, OR TXDOT HAS NOT HELD THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING THAT IS COMING UP IN A WEEK OR TWO, AND SO WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ONE. BUT I KNOW THEY ARE TENTATIVELY LOOKING AT OCTOBER START. PROJECT 8 IS THE FM 731 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. THIS IS OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS, BUT VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY AND I KNOW A LOT OF CONCERN ON THIS ONE. THE PROJECT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR DEFAULTED BEFORE THEY FINISHED. SO TXDOT BROUGHT IN A NEW CONTRACTOR, AND I BELIEVE THEY STARTED WORK ON THAT OR RESTARTED WORK ON THAT PROJECT LAST WEEK AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE. THESE ARE THE OTHER PROJECTS WE'RE TRACKING AND TRYING TO GET REGULAR UPDATES FROM TXDOT AND OTHER PARTIES. [00:50:08] SO NEXT I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH JUST A FEW SLIDES OF RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT HAVE COMPLETED SINCE THE LAST TIME I PROVIDED AN UPDATE BACK IN APRIL. SO OUR ELLISON AND WILSON ADA IMPROVEMENTS THAT WAS WRAPPED UP EARLIER THIS YEAR. OUR ELK DRIVE SIDEWALKS PROJECT IS NOW COMPLETE, AND WITH THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, I'M SURE FOLKS ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS IMPROVEMENT. AND THEN OUR OLD TOWN ELLISON PARKING AND STREET REALIGNMENT PROJECT. THIS ONE'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR QUITE A WHILE. WE ARE AT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON THIS, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME FINAL PUNCH LIST WORK THAT YOU MAY SEE A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE WORKING ON, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE. NOW MOVING INTO OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS. WE HAVE OUR POLICE HEADQUARTER EXPANSION PROJECT, WHICH IS WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. A LOT OF WORK GOING ON OUT THERE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE RECENTLY. THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. WE DO ANTICIPATE WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION IN FALL OF 2027. THIS NEXT PROJECT IS A NEW PROJECT FOR FY 27. THIS IS THE LIBRARY BATHROOM RENOVATION PROJECT. WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THIS PROJECT INITIATED, SCOPING THE PROJECT AND DIVING INTO IT. SO WE'LL START THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THIS NEXT PROJECT IS OUR HOOPER BUSINESS PARK RETENTION AND ROADWAY PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS IN CONSTRUCTION. ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE ON THIS ONE. PROGRESS IS NOT AT 99%, IT'S MORE LIKE 90%. MOST OF THE DETENTION POND OR RETENTION POND WORK IS COMPLETE, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON COMPLETING THE ROADWAY REALIGNMENT WORK RIGHT NOW. AND COUNTY ROAD 1019 CURRENTLY HAS A CLOSURE IN PLACE TO WORK ON THAT THAT ROADWAY WORK. BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS ONE WRAPPING UP THIS FALL. NEXT PROJECT IS OUR QUIET ZONE PROJECT AT DOBSON AND COUNTY ROAD 714. WE DO HAVE PLANS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW WITH THE RAILROAD, SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE DESIGN THERE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT KICKING OFF RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR THIS PROJECT. WE DO ANTICIPATE DESIGN BEING COMPLETE THIS THIS SPRING, BUT THAT IS DEPENDENT ON THE RAILROAD APPROVALS. NEXT PROJECT IS THE SH 174 WIDENING I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT AGO. THIS ONE IS MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION AND EXCITED TO SEE IT GET STARTED. BASED ON THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF ROUGHLY TWO YEARS, WE ANTICIPATE THIS ONE BEING COMPLETE IN FALL OF 2028. NEXT IS OUR ALSBURY AND JOHN JONES RIGHT TURN LANE PROJECT. THIS ONE WAS AWARDED BY COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO GET PRE-CONSTRUCTION ITEMS TAKEN CARE OF, APPROVING SUBMITTALS. BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMPONENT ON THIS ONE, TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES ARE A LONG LEAD ITEM, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION STARTING UNTIL THE SPRING. BUT WE ARE WORKING TO GET EVERYTHING IN A ROW OR IN ORDER SO WE CAN START THAT CONSTRUCTION. NEXT IS OUR OLD TOWN. 116 SOUTH WARREN PARKING LOT PROJECT. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT IS NEARLY COMPLETE. OR THE ORIGINAL SCOPE IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH FINAL PUNCH LIST WORK TO WRAP THIS ONE UP, BUT WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON PAVING THIS WEEK, PAVING THE TWO ADDITIONAL PARKING STALLS WHERE THE PECAN TREE WAS. SO WE'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING EVERYTHING ON THIS PROJECT. NEXT IS OUR LAKEWOOD DRIVE LANDSCAPING PROJECT. THIS ONE WAS ALSO RECENTLY AWARDED. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON PRE-CONSTRUCTION ITEMS SUBMITTALS. AND WE ANTICIPATE THIS ONE BREAKING GROUND IN THE COMING WEEKS. JUST WORKING THROUGH SOME DETAILS WITH THE CONTRACTOR. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONE GO FORWARD. WE ANTICIPATE SOME OF THE EARLY WORK TO BE DONE THIS FALL, BUT THE PLANTING WILL PROBABLY TAKE PLACE IN SPRING OF 2027. NEXT IS THE LAKEWOOD DRIVE EXTENSION. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH TXDOT AND NCTCOG, GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE EARLY PLANNING SCHEMATIC DESIGN WORK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING THIS ONE ALONG, BUT IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET THROUGH THE TXDOT PROCESS FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL. ALSBURY PHASE TWO. THIS ONE IS ALSO IN CONSTRUCTION. MAKING GOOD PROGRESS OUT THERE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE COUNTY ROAD 1020 CLOSED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT CONSTRUCTION AND WRAP UP THE FINAL WORK. [00:55:05] I'LL COVER SOME OF THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BUT EVERYTHING IS LOOKING LIKE WE'LL BE WRAPPING UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR ON THIS PROJECT. AND THINGS ARE GOING FAIRLY SMOOTH OUT THERE. SO THIS NEXT SLIDE JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE CURRENT CLOSURE THAT'S IN PLACE. SO FROM AUGUST 24TH AND PLANNED TILL NOVEMBER 15TH, WE HAVE A CLOSURE IN PLACE ON COUNTY ROAD 1020. AND THAT'S IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE MAJOR BOX CULVERT THAT GOES ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 1020 AND THE FINAL TIE IN PAVING, SO ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETE UNDER THIS CLOSURE. THERE'S ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION WORK ON 1020 KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITS ON THIS EXHIBIT. YOU SEE HERE THERE'S SOME FAILED PAVEMENT AREAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PICK UP WHILE WE HAVE THIS CLOSURE AND LESS TRAFFIC. SO THAT WORKS TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO OPENING THIS ONE BACK UP IN IN NOVEMBER. DO YOU KNOW IF ENCORE IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR FACILITY OUT OF THE WAY BY THEN? THAT, BASED ON OUR COORDINATION WITH THEM WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE THAT, BUT THEY WERE WAITING ON THE EASEMENT, WHICH WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL. ONCE NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT, THEY'RE READY TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION AND RELOCATE THAT THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A DEFINITE DATE, BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT. HOLDING UP FINAL CONSTRUCTION. JUST TO KIND OF COVER SOME OF THIS DETOUR, YOU CAN SEE THE FIGURE ON THE LEFT THERE, WHICH SHOWS THE ACTIVE DETOUR. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN PLACE ONE GOES DOWN COUNTY ROAD 914 COUNTY ROAD 1021 LAKEWOOD DRIVE AND WILSHIRE AND THEN BACK UP TO HULEN. OR THERE'S THE ONE UP COUNTY ROAD 914 TO 1016 AND OVER TO HULEN. SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE IN PLACE AND, AND BEING SIGNED UP FOR THE DETOUR ROUTE. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE OUR PHASE THREE. THIS PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG WITH THE TECH STOCK COORDINATION. WE RECENTLY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO GET A NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT AND WORKING WITH THEM ON AN AFA AGREEMENT WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. I DO ANTICIPATE AN AFA COMING TO COUNCIL IN THE COMING MONTHS AS WE FINALIZE THOSE DETAILS. BUT WE'VE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES ON THAT SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND ALIGNMENT. SO WE CAN GET STARTED WITH TXDOT. AND WE DO ANTICIPATE, I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY LONG PROCESS TO GO THROUGH SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL WITH TXDOT. SO WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, FALL OF 2028 IS REALLY KIND OF THE FULL DESIGN PHASE. SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS AHEAD OF US TO WORK THROUGH, WORK THROUGH THAT. NEXT IS OUR HULEN STREET WIDENING. THIS IS FROM SH 174 TO CANDLER. DESIGN IS PROGRESSING NICELY. WE DO ANTICIPATE 90% PLANS NEXT MONTH. SO THOSE WILL BE COMING IN. WE'RE ALSO KICKING OFF THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION I BELIEVE FIRST WRITTEN OFFERS AND THE DETAILS BEHIND THAT, THOSE ARE GOING OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE ACQUISITION AS WELL. AND WE ANTICIPATE DESIGN BEING COMPLETE IN SPRING OF 2027. BUT THERE MAY BE A FEW COORDINATION ITEMS WITH UTILITIES THAT NEED TO RELOCATE AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT BEFORE IT MOVES INTO CONSTRUCTION. BUT WE'LL KEEP COUNCIL INFORMED ON THAT. NOT TOO FAR. NEXT IS OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM, FY 22 PROJECT, WHICH IS SIDEWALK ALONG VAUGHN DRIVE. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE ON THAT, THE IMAGE. THIS PROJECT IS IN THE FINAL DESIGN STAGES. BUT WE HAVE A FEW TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS THAT WE'RE NEEDING TO ACQUIRE ALONG THE STRETCH OF SIDEWALK THAT WE'RE INSTALLING. AND THAT'S JUST TO MAKE CONFORM GRADING TO THE EXISTING DRIVEWAYS ALONG THAT ROAD. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE EASEMENTS AND WE ANTICIPATE BIDDING THIS IN SPRING OF 2027. NEXT IS OUR RENFRO JOHNSON PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS ONE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED FOR FY 27. NOW THAT WE HAVE FULL FUNDING ON THIS PROJECT. THIS IS A SIMILAR STAGE AS THE LAST PROJECT. WE'RE NEARLY COMPLETE WITH DESIGN, ROUGHLY 90%, BUT WORKING THROUGH FINAL EASEMENTS AND IDENTIFYING THOSE. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THOSE SECURED SO WE CAN GET THE PROJECT OUT TO BID. WE'RE ALSO COORDINATING WITH TXDOT ON THE COORDINATION THERE AT WILTSHIRE AND SH 170 FOR THAT INTERSECTION, [01:00:05] JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR IMPROVEMENTS WORK WITH THEIR FUTURE PLANS AS WELL AS THEIR EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS. NEXT IS OUR HILLSIDE DRIVE, ELK DRIVE. JOHN JONES THIS IS THE PHASE TWO OF THE ONE OF THE PROJECT. WE RECENTLY COMPLETED INSTALLING SIDEWALKS ON ELK DRIVE AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE IMAGE ON THIS ONE. IT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS ON HILLSIDE AND ELK DRIVE, AS WELL AS A ROUNDABOUT AT THAT INTERSECTION. SO THIS IS A NEW PROJECT FOR FY 27 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE KICKING OFF. WE'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING THE SCOPE ON THIS PROJECT, AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING TO PROCURE A CONSULTANT TO START THE DESIGN. RANDY. YES. PLEASE DON'T MAKE THAT A SMALL ROUNDABOUT. THAT'S BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WITH STAFF. WE ARE WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIT IN THE LARGEST ROUNDABOUT WE CAN AND NOT HAVE MAJOR RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID A SMALL ROUNDABOUT. THANK YOU. NEXT PROJECT IS VILLAGE CREEK PARKWAY EXPANSION. THIS IS, OR STONE ROAD AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH DESIGN. WE'RE ROUGHLY IN THAT 95% DESIGN STAGE, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY ON THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW. MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EASEMENTS IN PLACE ALREADY. SO WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL ONES ON THAT AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION. SO WE DO ANTICIPATE BEING WRAPPED UP WITH DESIGN BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEN ABLE TO BID EARLY SPRING. NEXT PROJECT IS OUR OLD TOWN LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. YOU CAN SEE ON THE IMAGE THERE, THERE'S LIGHTS PROPOSED ALONG BRANSON STREET AND BEAUFORT STREET. THIS ONE IS IN CONSTRUCTION. MOST OF THE UNDERGROUND FOUNDATION WORK IS ALL COMPLETE. WE'VE JUST BEEN WAITING ON THE STREET LIGHT POLES TO COME IN. AND THE LATEST UPDATE I RECEIVED TODAY FROM STAFF IS THAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATED TO COME IN TOMORROW, SO WE COULD SEE LIGHTS BEING STOOD UP LATER THIS WEEK, SO IT'S EXCITING. NEXT PROJECT IS OUR COUNTY ROAD 914 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THIS IS FROM 914A DOWN TO COUNTY ROAD 1021. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. WE DO HAVE SOME PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PERFECT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO RECONSTRUCT THIS ROAD AND ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE ISSUES ALONG THE ROAD. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. WE ANTICIPATE BEING READY TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION BY EARLY SUMMER OF 2027. I JUST WANT TO ADD ANOTHER SLIDE IN HERE ON THIS PROJECT JUST TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THE PAVEMENT CONCERNS ALONG THIS ROAD. IT IS IN PRETTY ROUGH CONDITION. WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. BUT ALSO JUST COORDINATING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SPOT, YOU KNOW, GO OUT THERE AND DO SPOT REPAIRS AS NEEDED AS THEY POP UP BECAUSE OF THE PAVEMENT CONDITION. AND BEYOND THAT YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH AN OVERLAY OR MAJOR REPAIR, JUST WITH THE TIMING OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. IT JUST DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE AT THIS POINT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND GET THIS PAVEMENT REHABBED. NEXT IS THE FM 1902 AND COUNTY ROAD 910 MOBILITY PROJECT. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS NEW FOR FY 26. AND WE'RE WORKING ON INITIATING THE PROJECT, FINALIZING THE SCOPE, AND WE PLAN ON BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT TO DO THE DESIGN. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PROGRESSING THROUGH THAT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AVAILABLE IN 28. AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THROUGH DESIGN AND POSITION OURSELVES TO MOVE THIS ONE INTO CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY FY 28. NEXT IS THE WICKER HILL AND GREEN RIDGE DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION. AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS ONE IS TO RECONSTRUCT THE EXISTING STREETS. INCLUDES A LITTLE BIT OF WIDENING BUT BUILDING THEM OUT AS COMPLETE STREETS. AND THIS IS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NEW JOSHUA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR, OUR DESIGN CONSULTANT TO PROGRESS THE PLANS. WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED 30% DESIGN, MOVING TOWARDS 60% DESIGN AND STARTING TO LOOK AT THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ACQUISITIONS THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO BUILD OUT THE ROAD FOR THE CROSS SECTIONS YOU SEE THERE. [01:05:09] NEXT IS OUR HULEN STREET EXTENSION. THIS WAS A NEW PROJECT FOR FY 26 AND WE ARE WORKING VERY AGGRESSIVE ON THIS PROJECT TO MOVE IT THROUGH DESIGN PHASE. AND WE ACTUALLY JUST RECEIVED THE INITIAL SCHEMATIC DESIGN LAST WEEK, AND STAFF HAS ALREADY REVIEWED IT AND TURNED IT BACK TO THE CONSULTANT, SO MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THIS ONE. WE DO ANTICIPATE WRAPPING UP DESIGN AND MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION IN SPRING OF 27. THE NEXT PROJECT IS OUR HULEN STREET AND BNSF RAILROAD GRADE SEPARATION. AS YOU PROBABLY RECALL, WE BROUGHT AN ILA BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, WHICH PROVIDES $5.1 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM JOHNSON COUNTY FROM THEIR BOND PROGRAM. AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS PROJECT TRYING TO GET IT INITIATED. WE GO THROUGH AN INITIAL SCOPING AND ALL THESE PROJECTS GO THROUGH THIS, BUT WE GO THROUGH AND PUT TOGETHER WHAT'S CALLED A PROJECT CHARTER, WHICH IDENTIFIES ALL THE SCOPE, DETAILS, SCOPE, SCHEDULE, BUDGET. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW ON THIS PROJECT. AND THEN WE'LL WORK ON BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT TO START THE DESIGN. NEXT PROJECT IS ANOTHER NEW PROJECT FOR FY 27. THIS PROJECT IS SH 174 HSIP TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS. IT INCLUDES VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SIGNAL HEADS. AT THE INTERSECTIONS YOU SEE ON THIS EXHIBIT. THE DESIGN IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH TXDOT TO GET THE AFA IN PLACE. BUT THIS ONE IS GRANT FUNDED. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AND COORDINATE WITH TXDOT SO WE CAN GET THIS ONE INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING. NEXT IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET REBUILD AND WATER AND SEWER REHAB. THIS PROJECT IS A COMBINATION OF FY 24 WATER AND SEWER AND STREET REHAB. WE'VE COMPILED THEM TOGETHER IN ONE PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME EFFICIENCIES THERE. WE ARE FINALIZING OUR PROJECT CHARTER, AS I MENTIONED. ON THE OTHER PROJECT, WE'RE FINALIZING THE SCOPE AND THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETED WITH THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DESIGN WORK TO DO ON THIS PROJECT. TYPICALLY WE WOULD PUT THESE OUT WITHOUT COMPLETE PLANS. IT WAS MORE LOCATIONS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF DESIGN WORK. AND WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THIS ONE OUT TO BID IN SPRING OF 27. THE NEXT PROJECT IS OUR INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD PUMP STATION EXPANSION AND PUMP STATION DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT. MUST BE A TIME ON THAT SLIDE. THIS PROJECT IS WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS, WE ARE GOING VERTICAL NOW. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SHOP DRAWINGS RIGHT NOW FOR THE TANK ITSELF. SO WE'LL START TO SEE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ON THE TANK IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT EVERYTHING IS PROGRESSING VERY NICELY WITH CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PROJECT. WE DO ANTICIPATE WRAPPING THIS ONE UP IN FALL OF 2027 AS PLANNED. NEXT PROJECT IS OUR WILLOW CREEK 12-INCH WATER LINE LOOPING PROJECT. YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE EXHIBIT THERE. THIS ONE'S IN THE FINAL DESIGN STAGES AND WE ANTICIPATE BIDDING THIS ONE OR ADVERTISING THIS ONE NEXT MONTH. SO WE ANTICIPATE A CONTRACT COMING BEFORE COUNCIL TO AWARD THIS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE NEXT IS THE FORT WORTH I-35 WATER LINE EXTENSION. THIS IS A KEY COMPONENT TO INCREASING OUR CAPACITY. IT'S TIED TO THE INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD PUMP STATION EXPANSION. WE'RE NOT THE LEADS ON THIS PROJECT, FORT WORTH IS, BUT WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN BRING IN THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. AND THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD. THEY RECENTLY HAD A SUBMITTAL THIS SUMMER THAT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW. SO THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS. WE ARE ALSO COORDINATING WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH BECAUSE A PORTION OF THIS FALLS WITHIN OUR VILLAGE CREEK PARKWAY WIDENING PROJECT. AND WE'RE COORDINATING A PORTION OF THAT WORK THAT MAY BE CONSTRUCTED WITH OUR PROJECT. SO THAT WHEN THEY COME IN AFTER OUR PROJECT, THEY DON'T RIP UP NEW IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT COORDINATION. AND I DO ANTICIPATE AN AGREEMENT COMING BEFORE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THAT. NEXT IS OUR UPPER PRESSURE PLAIN WATER LINE PROJECT. THIS IS IN THE HIGH-COUNTRY AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINES ON THE IMAGE THERE. [01:10:05] THOSE ARE THE THREE WATER LINES THAT WE ARE CONSTRUCTING WITH THIS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO IN THE FINAL DESIGN STAGES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EASEMENT ACQUISITION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE'RE WORKING ON DEFINING ALL THOSE EASEMENTS AND GETTING APPRAISALS ON THOSE EASEMENTS. SO ONCE WE CAN GET THROUGH THE EASEMENT ACQUISITION, THIS ONE WILL BE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT IN SPRING OF 2027. NEXT IS OUR TRUNK RELIEF SEWER LINE PROJECT. THIS IS OUR MAJOR EXPANSION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO THE FORT WORTH METERING STATION. LOCATION IT'S GOING TO BE A PARALLEL LINE ADJACENT TO OUR EXISTING LINE. WE'RE IN THE FINAL DESIGN STAGES ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. OUR CONSULTANTS THAT ARE ASSISTING WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED NEGOTIATING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS. WE'VE HAD A FEW EASEMENTS COME BACK ALREADY, SO WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, AND WE ANTICIPATE BEING READY TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION IN SPRING. THIS NEXT PROJECT IS OUR IT'S ANOTHER SEWER CAPACITY PROJECT. WE HAVE TWO PHASES, ACTUALLY, BUT IT'S A PARALLEL 24-INCH SEWER AND VILLAGE CREEK FROM OAK BROOK OR FROM VILLAGE CREEK TO OAK BROOK DRIVE. THIS ONE IS GOING THROUGH DESIGN RIGHT NOW. THE FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION ISN'T UNTIL THE OUT YEARS WITHIN THE CIP. SO I THINK 2030 IS WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS. SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN, BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE WE MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION. THIS NEXT PROJECT IS OUR LIFT STATION REHAB PROJECT. THIS ONE IS IN CONSTRUCTION. CONTRACTOR HASN'T MADE TOO MUCH PROGRESS YET JUST BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING ON SOME ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS THAT WERE LONG LEAD ITEMS, BUT WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THEM ON THOSE DETAILS. AS SOON AS THOSE COMPONENTS COME IN, THEN THEY'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REHABS AND THIS INCLUDES THE THREE LIFT STATION LOCATIONS. OUR SOUTHEAST TARRANT SEWER EROSION CONTROL PROJECT. THIS ONE IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. THIS WAS AWARDED EARLIER THIS YEAR. CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN MAKING GOOD PROGRESS OUT THERE. WE'RE PAST THE BYPASS REQUIREMENT, SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT ALL THE NEW SEWER. THEY'VE BEEN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE GABION BASKETS IN THE CREEK. AND SO WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES AND HOPING TO WRAP THIS ONE UP IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE WESTSIDE BUSINESS PARK LIFT STATION. THIS ONE IS ALSO IN CONSTRUCTION AND IN THE FINAL STAGES, JUST WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON, A FINAL PUNCH LIST. ITEMS TO WRAP THIS ONE UP. THIS PROJECT IS OUR FM 917/I-35 LIFT STATION AND FORCE MAIN. I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER. THIS IS ONE OF OUR TWO MAJOR LIFT STATION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE'RE RECENTLY GOT THE DESIGN REPORT FROM THE CONSULTANTS AND THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. ONCE EVERYTHING IS APPROVED, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO SCHEMATIC DESIGN. SO THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION ON THIS PROJECT. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FM 917 AND I-35 INTERCHANGE PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THAT, THAT PROJECT. SO WE ARE COORDINATING WITH TXDOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AVOID ANY CONFLICTS WITH ANY OF THE NEW UTILITIES THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN OR THAT WERE RELOCATED AND ANY OF THEIR IMPROVEMENTS. WE DO ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT BEING CONCURRENT WITH SOME OF THE INTERCHANGE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE WE'RE COORDINATING CLOSELY WITH THEM AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT DEVELOPERS. SO WE'RE READY TO GO, READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION. THIS NEXT PROJECT IS OUR CHISHOLM WEST LIFT STATION AND FORCE MAIN. THIS PROJECT WE JUST RECENTLY REVIEWED THE 60% DESIGN BY STAFF AND RETURNED THOSE COMMENTS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THIS PROJECT. WE ALSO HAVE COORDINATION WITH THE DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PLANS ARE COORDINATED WITH THEIR IMPROVEMENT PLANS. SO MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. WE ANTICIPATE THE DESIGN BEING WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR. NEXT IS OUR 12-INCH WASTEWATER LINE REPLACEMENT IN VILLAGE CREEK BASIN. [01:15:01] THIS IS REPLACING AN EXISTING LINE THAT GOES THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE. AND WE'RE BRINGING IT OVER INTO HIDDEN CREEK PARKWAY AND DOBSON. SO IT'LL BE IN THE ROADWAY ALIGNMENT NOW EASIER TO MAINTAIN AND GET ACCESS TO. BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FINAL DESIGN ON THAT. THERE IS SOME RIGHT OF WAY RESEARCH THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH JUST TO CONFIRM EASEMENTS AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT THE SEWER LINE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT, BUT WE ANTICIPATE BEING DONE WITH THE DESIGN BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEN MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION. NEXT IS OUR HULEN GROUND STORAGE TANK REHAB PROJECT. THIS ONE IS IN DESIGN BUT PROGRESSING PRETTY FAST. AND WE ANTICIPATE BIDDING THIS ONE OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THAT SHOULD SET US UP FOR CONSTRUCTION IN SPRING OF 27. NEXT IS OUR LEGACY HILL SEWER EXTENSION. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE EXHIBIT THERE IT EXTENDS AN EXISTING MASTER PLAN SEWER LINE ROUGHLY 1,500FT. AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH INITIATING THIS PROJECT AND COORDINATING WITH THE DEVELOPER IN THE AREA. WE ANTICIPATE WRAPPING UP DESIGN SUMMER OF 2027. THIS NEXT PROJECT IS ANOTHER NEW PROJECT FOR FY 27. THIS IS THE RENFRO WIDENING UTILITY RELOCATIONS. SO AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, RENFRO WIDENING IS A TXDOT PROJECT. THEY'RE TAKING THE LEAD ON THE DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY ON THAT PROJECT. AND THEY'LL BE TAKING THE LEAD ON CONSTRUCTION. BUT AS A COMPONENT OF THAT, WE HAVE CITY UTILITIES THAT FALL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO WE'RE AS A UTILITY OWNER, WE'RE TAKING THE LEAD ON DESIGNING THOSE RELOCATIONS, AND WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN HERE IN FY 27. GETTING THAT STARTED. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH THEM ON THEIR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE SINCE IT'S A LITTLE BIT UP IN THE AIR BASED ON FUNDING AND PROGRESS ON THEIR SIDE. ONCE WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, THEN WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN WE NEED TO RELOCATE THE UTILITIES BY. THEN MOVING INTO PARKS PROJECTS, WE HAVE OUR BURLESON LEGACY PARK PHASE ONE. THIS PROJECT WAS RECENTLY AWARDED BY COUNCIL IN AUGUST, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR JUST THROUGH ANY OF THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION ITEMS, SUBMITTALS TRYING TO ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION NEXT MONTH, TRYING TO BREAK GROUND NEXT MONTH, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE PRE-CONSTRUCTION ITEMS, THOSE EARLY SUBMITTALS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. ONCE CONSTRUCTION STARTS, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT CONTINUING UNTIL FALL OF 2027, SO ROUGHLY A YEAR. THIS NEXT PROJECT, THE SHANNON CREEK PARK. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT INITIATED WITH PARKS DEPARTMENT AND TRANSITIONED OVER TO OUR TEAM. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FINAL DESIGN ON THIS ONE AND WE ANTICIPATE BIDDING IT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO GET IT ADVERTISED AND THEN BRING THAT CONTRACT BEFORE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS NEXT ONE IS GREEN RIBBON PHASE ONE. THIS WAS A TXDOT FUNDED LANDSCAPING PROJECT IN THE MEDIAN OF JOHN JONES BETWEEN SH 174 AND GREENRIDGE DRIVE. THIS ONE IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FINAL COMPONENTS. WE HAVE TO BRING POWER IN HERE FROM ENCORE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH ENCORE TO GET THE FINAL SERVICE BROUGHT IN. FOR THE IRRIGATION CONTROLLER. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALL COMPLETE. ONCE WE GET THAT POWER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THIS PROJECT. THEN THE NEXT PHASE, THE GREEN RIBBON PHASE TWO, WOULD CONTINUE SIMILAR TREATMENT FROM GREENRIDGE DRIVE TO TOWN DRIVE, AND THAT PROJECT IS IN FINAL DESIGN. I THINK THE PLANS ARE WRAPPED UP, BUT COORDINATING WITH TXDOT ON WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY ADVERTISE THIS ONE. AND WE CURRENTLY ARE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY TO GET THIS ONE OUT ON THE STREET. SO WE'LL SEE A SPRING CONSTRUCTION ON THIS NEXT PHASE. THEN NEXT, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER. THIS IS A NEW FY 27 PROJECT. THIS IS OUR PHASE TWO OF BURLESON LEGACY PARK, WHICH INCLUDES A NEW PLAYGROUND. THIS ONE HAS A GRANT THROUGH TPWD AND SO WE'RE WORKING TO GET THIS ONE INITIATED AND SCOPED AND BRING ON A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THE DESIGN. AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT GOING THROUGH FALL OF 27. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION. ANOTHER NEW PROJECT FOR FY 27. WE HAVE THE BOREN FIREPLACE REPAIR PROJECT OUT AT RUSSELL FARMS. [01:20:04] THIS ONE WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROJECT CHARTER DRAFTED AND WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE THE KEY DETAILS ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS A UNIQUE PROJECT, NOT SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH EVERY DAY. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT IRONED OUT SO WE CAN BRING ON A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THE FINAL DESIGN, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THIS ONE GETTING COMPLETED IN SPRING OF 27. ANOTHER NEW FY 27 PROJECT. THIS IS ONE OF THE BRICK IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE THE LOCKER ROOM REMODEL PROJECT AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON GETTING THIS PROJECT STARTED IN FY 27 AS WELL. WE ANTICIPATE DESIGN GOING UNTIL SUMMER OF 2027. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION. THE NEXT ONE IS OUR OUTDOOR POOL REPLASTER AND TILE AT THE BRICK. THIS ONE WE ARE WORKING ON SCOPING OR FINALIZING THE SCOPE. WE ANTICIPATE PUTTING OUT AN RFP FOR CONSTRUCTION. THERE'S NO NEED FOR DESIGN ON THIS ONE BECAUSE NOT MUCH IS CHANGING, BUT WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THAT OUT THIS FALL. SO WE SHOULD SEE CONSTRUCTION BEFORE SPRING ON THIS PROJECT. AND THEN ANOTHER NEW FY 27 PROJECT AT THE BRICK, THE ALARM SYSTEM PHASE TWO. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SYSTEM THERE. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE INITIATING THIS PROJECT COME THIS FALL OR SPRING OF FY 27. AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT ARE UPCOMING IN FY 27. HOPEFULLY I WENT THROUGH THAT QUICK ENOUGH, BUT NOT TOO QUICK. I'LL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I'M TIRED OF ALL THE PROJECTS YOU GOT GOING. I KNOW YOU'RE DEAD TIRED. ONE THING, OF COURSE. WE HAVE ANOTHER BANK GOING UP IN TOWN. TWO OF THEM. AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER DISCUSSED THIS, BUT IF YOU EVER USE THIS ROAD TO TRY TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, AND THERE'S A BUS SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU, OR A CAR SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU TRYING TO GO ACROSS HILLSIDE AND JOHN JONES ROAD OVER TO CLINKSCALE. AFTER A BALL GAME, YOU'RE WAITING 30 MINUTES. AFTER SCHOOL YOU WAIT AN HOUR. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. AND THEY'RE STARTING A NEW BANK RIGHT THERE. THEY'VE GOT THE LAND CLEARED. CAN WE NOT GO IN THERE AND MAKE A RIGHT TURN LANE, BECAUSE PEOPLE GO INTO THAT SECTION ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY JUST SIT THERE. THEY BLOCK RIGHT, TURN, TURN LEFT, AND IT BACKS UP ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THAT'S NOT IN THE PLANS OR ANYTHING ELSE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE COULD SNEAK SOMETHING IN THERE AS WE AS THEY'RE DOING IT, AS THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR BANK IN. I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT. I'LL LOOK AT THAT AND FOLLOW UP WITH WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH, RANDY. I BELIEVE WHEN YOU CAME ON BOARD, IT WAS 2 OR 3 WEEKS BEFORE YOU GAVE YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION. AND I MADE A COMMENT THEN HOW IMPRESSED I WAS. IT'S LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS. YOU GOT UP TO SPEED SO FAST. AND THE PRESENTATION BROUGHT FORWARD ALL OF THESE BOND PROJECTS THAT WE HAD OUT THERE. AND WE KNEW ABOUT CERTAIN ONES BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THEM, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM ALL. AND YOU HAVEN'T FAILED TO IMPRESS TO THIS DATE. I MEAN, I ACTUALLY FEEL A LITTLE SMARTER NOW THAN I EVER HAVE AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THAT. YOU DO AN AMAZING JOB OF KEEPING UP WITH THE BUDGET, THE FUNDING, THE TIMELINES, THE PARTNERSHIPS ON THESE JOBS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. IT'S JUST AMAZING. BUT THE ONE THING I SAW HERE WAS THE PIE CHART. AS SIMPLE AS THAT PIE CHART IS, THAT TELLS A HUGE STORY. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GO OUT TO THE CITIZENS WITH SOME COMMENT OR SOME SHORT PARAGRAPH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO SEE. THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO SEE, WHAT THEIR FUNDS ARE DOING AND WHAT THE CITY IS DOING. WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? RANDY, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU, BUD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO 8.B, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE 90TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THE CITY'S [8.B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding the 90th Texas Legislative session and the City’s legislative program. (Staff Contact: Janalea Hembree, Director of Strategy and Innovation) ] LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS JANALEA HEMBREE, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND INNOVATION. JANALEA. THANK YOU, AMANDA. SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 90TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT'S ABOUT TO START AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION IF THERE'S ANY COUNCIL PRIORITIES IN THAT. SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW TIMELINE OF WHAT'S COMING UP NOVEMBER 3RD. [01:25:03] THERE IS THE GENERAL ELECTION. NOVEMBER 9TH BILLS PRE FILING BEGINS. THE LEGISLATION OPENS ON JANUARY 12TH. THE REGULAR SESSION WILL CLOSE MAY 31ST. OF COURSE, SPECIAL SESSIONS WILL FOLLOW IF ONE IS CALLED. AND THEN MOST OF THE BILLS THAT PASS WILL START ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. AT A GLANCE, THERE'S 31 SENATORS, 150 HOUSE MEMBERS. THEY WILL ADOPT THE FY 2029 BUDGET. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF BILLS EXPECTED. LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WAS OVER 9,000 BILLS IN 23% OF THOSE AFFECTED CITIES IN SOME WAY. SO ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE BILLS THAT WILL BE FILED WILL AFFECT US IF PASSED. NEW LAWS WILL TAKE INTO EFFECT EITHER SEPTEMBER 1 OR 1 ONE. THERE ARE A FEW BILLS THAT, IF THEY PASS, A MAJORITY WILL GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY, BUT THOSE AREN'T AS COMMON. THE MAIN KEY ISSUES, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW LAST SESSION PROPERTY TAXES, LOCAL CONTROL, MUNICIPALITY AUTHORITY. YOU WILL SEE STORMWATER AND FLOOD MITIGATION, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT HAPPENED DOWN SOUTH. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SCHOOL TAXES. AND THEN AGAIN SCHOOL CHOICES IS ALSO ON THERE. CITY OF BURLESON. NORMALLY WE WANT TO PROTECT LOCAL CONTROL. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN CHAPTER 380 AUTHORITY. THEY TRIED TO LIMIT THAT LAST SESSION. INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUNDING GRANTS. YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF GRANTS COME OUT, SO I'LL BE WATCHING THOSE. AND THEN ANY UNFUNDED MANDATES WE WOULD NORMALLY WANT TO BE OPPOSED AGAINST. I WON'T READ THIS ENTIRE SLIDE, BUT THIS IS NORMALLY A GENERAL LEGISLATIVE POSITION. AS A GENERAL POLICY, THE CITY WILL OPPOSE ANY LEGISLATION THAT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC GOALS OR WOULD LIMIT OUR HOME RULE AUTHORITY. SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON ANYTHING THAT KIND OF ERODES OUR HOME RULE AUTHORITY, PUBLIC FINANCES, ANY UNFUNDED MANDATES THAT KIND OF THING, OR FREEZES OUR TAXES WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE. THIS IS A CONTINUATION. WE WANT TO OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT ERODES OUR AUTHORITY TO DELIVER QUALITY WATER AT AFFORDABLE RATES, IMPOSE FEES ON DEVELOPMENTS, REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS, AND THEN TMRS AND LABOR ISSUES THAT OPPOSE THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE AS WELL. SO THIS WAS YOUR 89TH COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES. THIS WAS YOUR POLICY THAT YOU ADOPTED LAST YEAR. SO YOU DID HAVE ONE SB INTRODUCTION. THAT WAS OUR QUALIFIED HOTEL BILL THAT WE DID FILE IN THE 89TH SESSION. SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING BILLS. YOU HAD FIVE OF THOSE. WE DID HAVE STAFF THAT WENT AND SPOKE ON THOSE. THE MAYOR SUBMITTED SOME LETTERS IN FOR THOSE, AND THEN ACTIVELY MONITOR. THOSE WERE ONES THAT I WAS JUST KEEPING A WATCH ON, LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW IF ANYTHING WAS FILED AND THEN HAVING YOU GUYS MAKE DECISIONS IF YOU WANTED TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THOSE. SO SPEAKING IN THE 90TH POSSIBLE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES AMANDA DID ATTEND. SO TML DOES A SUMMIT, THEY GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE BOOK PAGE BY PAGE. SO AMANDA DID GO AND WAS PART OF THAT PROCESS. THEY, WE ARE PART OF TML SO THEY WILL HELP SUPPORT US IF WE NEED ANYTHING. BUT THEY KIND OF HAVE THESE SAME FOUR CATEGORIES. SO THEY WILL SEEK INTRODUCTION. THERE WILL BE BILLS THAT THEY SUPPORT, BILLS THAT THEY ACTIVELY OPPOSE, AND THEN JUST BILLS THAT THEY MONITOR. IN OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL RETREAT EARLIER THIS YEAR, YOU GUYS DID KEEP ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR US TO SEEK THE INTRODUCTION OF THE QUALITY HOTEL BILL. SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE IF THAT WAS STILL YOUR GUYS'S INITIATIVE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU GUYS CAN TALK ABOUT ANY POSSIBLE INITIATIVES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT OR ACTIVELY MONITOR, ANYTHING YOU WOULD BE ACTIVELY OPPOSED AGAINST. I WILL MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT BECAUSE I BET IT'S ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. AT THE LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT, WE DID VOTE AS A BODY TO ADD DATA CENTERS TO EVERY THING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THAT WE WOULD OPPOSE OR SEEK SUPPORT OF OR SEEK INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. AND SO THAT'S JUST ONGOING. BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT AS TML AS A BODY WITH ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THE CITIES ACROSS THE STATE, DATA CENTERS WAS HIGH ON THAT LIST. AND THEY HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE LOOKING AT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DEFINE DATA CENTERS, AS WE DID FIND THROUGH OTHER MEMBERS SPEAKING TO US, THAT DATA CENTERS ARE NOT SOLELY DEFINED BY THE ENERGY THEY USE OR THE WATER THEY USE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T USE A LOT. SOMETIMES THEIR FOOTPRINT IS VERY SMALL. [01:30:05] SO YOU CAN'T DO IT BY BUILDING SIZE. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO WORK UP THAT. BUT TML IS AGGRESSIVELY TAKING THAT STANCE BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIES IN THAT ROOM SAID THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TML TO ADD TO THAT. YOU KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL IS WILLING TO GO TO AUSTIN IF YOU EVER NEED US TO. I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL OF US THAT'S VOICED THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO GO. I WOULD ADVISE THAT, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, WE DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH FOCUS ADVOCACY, SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES DIRECTLY ON ANY BILL THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO ACTIVELY GET FILED. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO ON THE DAY THAT IT'S GOING TO GET FILED, OR THE DAY IT'S GOING TO BE READ, TO HAVE SOME PRESENCE DOWN THERE. AND YOU'LL LET US KNOW WHEN THOSE DATES ARE COMING UP. YES, MA'AM. OF COURSE. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE DON'T RECOMMEND THAT YOU LIKELY PURSUE ANYTHING BEYOND ONE BILL TO GET PASSED IN THE SESSION, BECAUSE ANYTHING BEYOND WOULD BE VERY UNREALISTIC. SO DO WE HEAR IT'S STILL THE QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN TERMS OF YOUR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE? YES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER BILLS THAT YOU WANT TO ACTIVELY MONITOR OR SUPPORT AT THIS TIME? OBVIOUSLY, IT'S WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE BILLS ARE GOING TO BE YET, BUT ANY TOPICS THOUGH. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT ABBOTT'S WANTING WHERE HE WANTS A TWO THIRDS VOTE. HE'S KIND OF THROWING US IN WITH CITIES THAT IT'S NOT DOING IT RIGHT. SO HE'S TRYING TO FIX IT. HE'S GOT A BLANKET THING OF A TWO THIRDS VOTE AND THIS AND THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING CONCERNING TO ME. OKAY. WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE MONITOR LIST. AND THIS CAN BE MODIFIED AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR, BUT THIS JUST GIVES US SOMETHING TO BEGIN OUR WORK. SOME OTHER TOP BIG TOPICS THAT WILL BE TALKED IS PUBLIC WORKS BEING IDENTIFIED AS FIRST RESPONDERS. SO I'LL BE ACTIVELY MONITORING THAT. DATA CENTER REGULATION AS AMANDA STATED, ETJ REGULATIONS. SO I'LL BE WATCHING ALL OF THAT. AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT WAS IN THE LAST SESSION. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. THANKS GUYS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 9, CITY COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS. [9. CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS ] I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON TOP OF THE DATA CENTERS. THERE WAS A DEAL ON 60 MINUTES THE OTHER NIGHT AND HOOD COUNTY AND ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, AND IT SOUNDED ALL GOOD UNTIL THEY WANTED A 30-YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT. SO THEY KICKED THEM OUT. SO I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION T10 EXECUTIVE SESSION. [10. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ] THERE IS A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE CITY COUNCIL WORKROOM AND CITY HALL TO CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING. THEY WILL GO BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071, 551.072 AND 551.087. WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:04. WE'RE BACK IN SECTION, SESSION AT 7:22. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I HAVE A MOTION BY. I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS. I HAVE A MOTION BY ALEXA. I HAVE SECOND BY DAN. PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. WE'RE OUT OF HERE AT 7:22. WE GET OUT OF HERE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.