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WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 8TH, 2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION AND COUNCIL MEMBER HANEY, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE. YOU'LL PLEASE STAND. PLEASE PRAY WITH ME. LORD, WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS OVER THIS GATHERING THIS MORNING. BLESS THE WORK THAT WE DO. AND I PRAY THAT ALL THAT WE DO GLORIFIES YOU IN YOUR KINGDOM. BE WITH THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO KEEP US SAFE AND PROTECT US. LORD, WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. 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. I GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE WAITED FOR COUNCIL TO GET HERE BEFORE WE STARTED. WE DID. WE DID THE COMMUNICATION AND ALL THAT
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STUFF. WE HAVEN'T CONDUCTED ANY BUSINESS YET. ALRIGHT, WE GOT THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 27TH, 2025. MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND AND A MOTION BY WILLIAMS. SECOND BY HAWKINS. ALL THOSE IN[A-1 Request that the City Council consider recognizing the following baby for her months of service and commitment to the City of Tyler. She represents six months of service with the City of Tyler.]
FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN FOR ONE AWARD.ALRIGHT. WE HAVE ONE AWARD FOR THE BRING YOUR BABY TO WORK PROGRAM. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY BRING THEIR BABY TO WORK. AND MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS OVER AND OVER, BUT PEOPLE BRING THEIR BABY TO WORK FOR SIX MONTH PERIOD, AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO A MEETING OR WHATEVER, THEY LEAVE THEIR BABY IN THEIR OFFICE AND THEY DON'T LEAVE THE BABY UNATTENDED. THEY, THEY THEY LEAVE THE BABY WITH THEIR COWORKERS AND THE COWORKERS, YOU KNOW, FEED THEM, PLAY WITH THEM, CHANGE THEIR DIAPER, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO. AND SO IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, AND WE'D LOVE IT IF MORE MEN WOULD GET INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM BUT HAVEN'T YET. BUT WE HAVE A GRADUATE TODAY. NATALIA HURTADO, SIX MONTHS, AND HERE SHE IS TO ACCEPT HER RECOGNITION. COME ON UP. OKAY. WE HAVE THAT FOR A SECOND. OKAY. AS IS CUSTOMARY, I MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO HOLD THE CHILD. ALRIGHT. THERE YOU GO.
THERE YOU GO. YOU WANT HER BACK IN THAT HAIR? OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. BETTER. BETTER THAT THAN NOT HER. OKAY. THANK.
[A-2 Request that the City Council consider accepting the 'Certificate of Achievement for Planning Excellence' from the American Planning Association - Texas Chapter.]
IN THE PICTURE BEFORE COUNCIL STARTED FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR PLANNING EXCELLENCE FROM THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION. SO, KYLE, TAKE IT AWAY, SIR. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, KYLE KINGMAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR. SO THIS THIS IS A REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THE RECOGNITION FROM THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION. TEXAS CHAPTER IS FOR THE PLANNING EXCELLENCE PROGRAM. THIS IS THE 11TH YEAR THAT THE CITY HAS FOR 11TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THAT CITY HAS RECEIVED THIS RECOGNITION. AND SOME OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH HAVING TRAINED AND QUALIFIED STAFF AND AS WELL AS TRAINING OUR OUR APPOINTED OFFICIALS OR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND ALSO COMMITMENT, COMMITMENT BY THE CITY TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT PLANS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND FOR THAT REASON, I ALSO DO HAVE THE ON THE SCREEN HERE OR OR TYLER TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE ARE UNDERTAKING THE 20 YEAR UPDATE TO THAT. THE CITY'S 20 YEAR PLAN. AND SO IF ANYBODY WANTS SOME INFORMATION ON THAT, THEY CAN GO TO TYLER TOMORROW[00:05:03]
AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO GET INVOLVED AND HOW TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE CITY FOR FOR THAT 20 YEAR PLAN. WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE CITY PLANNING STAFF AND SOME MEMBERS OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION HERE. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. AND WITH THAT, OR REQUEST THAT THE CITY CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THIS REWARD, WELL, WE'LL ACCEPT THE REWARD AWARD. I DON'T THINK IT'S A FORMAL AGENDA ITEM, BUT WE'LL ACCEPT IT. OKAY, BUT I'VE ALREADY MADE SOME COMMENTS TO THE STAFF AND TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND SO FORTH. SO I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF. JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU GUYS ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. SO APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF. THANK YOU TO YOU ALL KYLE. THANK YOU. SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. P1[P-1 Request that the City Council consider receiving a presentation on the results and recommendations of the South Tyler Mobility Study.]
CAMERON MAYOR COUNCIL CAMERON WILLIAMS, TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR THE CITY OF TYLER, WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ON THE SOUTH THAILAND MOBILITY STUDY. YOU KNOW, SOUTH TYLER EXPERIENCES OUR HIGHEST TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE CITY AND SPECIFICALLY FROM GRANDE BOULEVARD TO JUST SOUTH OF 1249. AND THEN LOOKING AT FROM BILOXI KIND OF OVER TO OLD JACKSONVILLE. AND THAT'S THE STUDY AREA. AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS THERE ARE LARGE TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE STILL UNDEVELOPED IN THAT AREA, OR THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DEVELOPED. AND WE CONDUCTED THIS STUDY TO LOOK AT THAT FUTURE GROWTH, THE FUTURE ROADWAYS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA AND PROVIDE US A ROADMAP OF SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP AID US IN OUR DECISION MAKING AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS, AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO PIECEMEAL THINGS TOGETHER AS THEY HAPPEN. AND SO HAVE HDR WITH US TODAY. THEY WERE THE CONSULTANT THAT WORKED ON THIS STUDY. LESLIE POLLOCK WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER, SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HER TO LET GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY, PRESENT THOSE RESULTS, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A TIME AT THE END TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LESLIE. THANK YOU CAMERON I APPRECIATE IT. VERY IMPRESSIVE. ALL RIGHT.GOOD MORNING. SO STARTING OUT THIS STUDY, WE ESTABLISHED SOME GOALS FOR THE ANALYSIS. THE BIGGEST GOAL WAS TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND DECREASE CONGESTION IN SOUTH TYLER. AND WE FOUND THAT A LOT OF THAT CONGESTION WAS BECAUSE OF RELIANCE ON BROADWAY AVENUE AS A PRIMARY NORTH SOUTH ROUTE THROUGH THE AREA. WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PLANNED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND GROWTH IN TRAFFIC THAT WOULD OCCUR IN SOUTH TYLER AND ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS THROUGH THE AREA. WE HAVE FOUR MAIN TASKS THAT WE COMPLETED FOR THE STUDY. THE FIRST ONE WAS LOOKING AT SHORT AND MID-TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
SECOND, WE LOOKED AT CROSS ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY ALONG BROADWAY AVENUE ITSELF. WE EVALUATED SOME FUTURE ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS AND ASSESSED THOSE ALTERNATIVES. AND THEN WE CONDUCTED THE BEGINNING OF STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH. FIRST UP WAS SHORT AND MID-TERM IMPROVEMENTS. SO ALONG THE CORRIDOR WE LOOKED AT FIVE KEY LOCATIONS ALONG THE BROADWAY AVENUE CORRIDOR. WE LOOKED AT BROADWAY WITH GRAN, SOUTHTOWN, HERITAGE, CUMBERLAND, AND CENTENNIAL PARKWAY. AND AT EACH ONE OF THESE INTERSECTIONS, WE LOOKED AT SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE FIRST IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO REALLY IMPROVE MOBILITY IN THE STUDY AREA. THIS EXAMPLE THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IS GRAND AVENUE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAY, WE'RE ADDING LEFT TURN LANES AND RIGHT TURN LANES ON GRAN ITSELF. AND BY DOING THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO OPTIMIZE SIGNAL TIMING AND PROVIDE MORE TIME ON THE CORRIDOR TO BROADWAY AVENUE. SO IT IMPROVES DELAYS ON BOTH GRAND AND BROADWAY BY MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CROSS STREET. THE IMPROVEMENTS AT EACH OF THOSE FIVE INTERSECTIONS WERE SIMILAR. A LOT OF IT WAS CROSS STREET IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP PROGRESS TRAFFIC ON BROADWAY MORE EFFICIENTLY. OVERALL AVERAGE OF THE INTERSECTIONS. WE LOOKED AT A 16% IMPROVEMENT IN DELAY, AND THAT WAS AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OF 600,000. AND YOU CAN RECOUP YOUR INVESTMENT ON THESE SHORT AND MID-TERM IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN SEVEN YEARS. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP WAS CROSS ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY. THIS ALSO FOCUSED ON BROADWAY AVENUE. AND AS YOU
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KNOW, BROADWAY AVENUE HAS A LOT OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS WITH SINGLE ACCESSES ON BROADWAY, SINGLE ACCESS POINTS ON BROADWAY. IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONNECT BETWEEN RETAIL ON THE BACKSIDE. A LOT OF TIMES, VEHICLES ARE MAKING TRIPS ON AND OFF OF BROADWAY TO GET BETWEEN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. SO WE LOOKED BETWEEN GRAN AND THE NORTH AND CUMBERLAND ON THE SOUTH. IF WE COULD PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS, IF THERE IS ANYWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DEVELOPMENTS TO CONNECT BETWEEN THEM, AND BY DOING SO, HELP ELIMINATE SOME OF THE ACCESS POINTS ON BROADWAY AVENUE, WE FOUND THAT THE ACCESS POINTS ON BROADWAY AVENUE NOT ONLY LEAD TO CONGESTION, BUT A LOT OF CRASHES ALONG THE CORRIDOR. AND YOU CAN SEE OUR EXAMPLE HERE, A SWORD WALL WHICH ALIGNS WITH ROBERT E LEE. IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, WE'RE SHOWING REMOVAL OF TWO DRIVEWAYS AND ONE OF THE DRIVEWAYS IS BEING RELOCATED. AND BECAUSE WE'RE RELOCATING THE DRIVEWAY, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A TURN LANE ON BROADWAY AVENUE. AND THAT RIGHT TURN LANE IMPROVES MOBILITY. IT IMPROVES SAFETY AT THE INTERSECTION. AND WE RECOMMENDED SIMILAR IMPROVEMENTS ALL ALONG THE CORRIDOR WITH THE DRIVEWAY CONSOLIDATION AND REDUCTION. WE WERE LOOKING AT A CRASH REDUCTION OF 31% ON THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OF $2 MILLION, AND YOU COULD RECOUP YOUR INVESTMENT ON THAT COST IN UNDER THREE YEARS. NEXT, WE LOOKED AT THE LONG TERM ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS. THESE ARE ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS AND NEW ROADWAYS THAT WOULD GO IN OVER THE TEN PLUS YEAR PERIOD. WE EVALUATED THE IMPACT OF THESE ROADWAYS ON EXISTING AND FUTURE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, LOOKED AT THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND FEASIBILITY OF ALIGNMENTS, AND THEN PRIORITIZED THESE IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS. THIS MAP SHOWS THE MASTER STREET PLAN THAT IS CURRENTLY ADOPTED. WE USE THIS AS THE BASIS FOR OUR STUDY AND REALLY THE MASTER STREET PLAN ALIGNS AND FUTURE ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS. IT DEFINES FUTURE ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS IN SOUTH TYLER AND PLANS FOR WHERE THESE ROADWAYS ARE GOING TO GO AND HOW BIG THEY ARE AS SOUTH TYLER CONTINUES TO GROW SO THAT IT CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT FUTURE GROWTH. SO STARTING WITH THESE ALIGNMENTS, WE LOOKED AT A FEW ALTERNATIVES FOR EACH ROAD BASED ON PLACEMENT AND CONNECTIVITY. WE ALSO TURNED ON AND OFF ROADWAYS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL ROUTES.IN TOTAL, WE LOOKED AT 12 SCENARIOS, AND FROM THOSE 12 SCENARIOS, WE WERE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. HERE'S THE PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY THAT WE USED. ONE OF OUR PRIMARY GOALS WAS IMPROVING MOBILITY AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS. SO 60% OF OUR CRITERIA WAS TRAFFIC OPERATIONS. BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, STAKEHOLDER IMPACTS, THE BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS OF EACH ONE OF THESE ROADWAYS, CONNECTIVITY AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. AND USING THESE CRITERIA, WE PRIORITIZED EACH OF THE ROUTES AND ALIGNMENTS. SO HERE'S THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS. THIS IS OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION AND ROADWAY RANKING. SO STREET NUMBER ONE IS THE WALTON STREET CONNECTOR.
AND THE WALTON STREET CONNECTOR YOU CAN SEE IS THE TINY PIECE OF WALTON BETWEEN SOUTH TOWN AND THIGPEN. THAT PARTICULAR ROADWAY WAS RANKED THE HIGHEST IN THE CORRIDOR. IT HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MOBILITY IN THE SOUTH TYLER AREA, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT PROVIDED THAT CONNECTION FROM GRAN TO CUMBERLAND THROUGH WALTON STREET NORTH. THE CONNECTOR, EXISTING WALTON STREET AND WALTON STREET SOUTH, AND THAT FULL CONNECTION THERE PROVIDED A LOT OF RELIEF TO BROADWAY AVENUE. LOOKING AT THE ROADWAY RANKING, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT CHERRY HILL AND HOLLY TREE ON THE WEST SIDE. THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THOSE. ROADWAYS WERE RANKED LOWER IN OUR SCORING. THEY STILL DO IMPROVE MOBILITY IN THE AREA AND NOTABLY IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES TO THAT WESTERN PART OF THE SOUTH TYLER REGION.
BUT THEY HAD A LESS SIGNIFICANT OVERALL IMPACT ON DELAY IN THE NETWORK. HERE'S SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS THAT WE FOUND. WALTON STREET CONNECTOR, THAT SMALL PIECE, JUST THAT PIECE ALONE REDUCED DELAY 7% NETWORK WIDE. SO NOT JUST ON WALTON, BUT THROUGH THE ENTIRE SOUTH TYLER NETWORK. IT RESULTED IN 1.2 MILLION IN DELAY SAVINGS. NEW COPELAND
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ROAD, THE EXTENSION OF NEW COPELAND ROAD ALSO HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, RESULTING IN 30% DECREASE IN DELAY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NETWORK. AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR ON THE NEW COPELAND ROAD AREA. AND THAT IS A $7.8 MILLION IN DELAY SAVINGS ANNUALLY. THE LAST BUCKET IN OUR TASKS WAS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. WE DID STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE STARTED WITH ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THESE WERE PROPERTY OWNERS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE ALIGNMENTS RECOMMENDED IN THE PLAN. WE ALSO HAD WORKING MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS, PARTICULARLY DEVELOPERS, THROUGH WHICH THE ALIGNMENT GOES THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY, AND WE'RE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WITH TEX-DOT. TEX-DOT HAS PLANS FOR BROADWAY AVENUE AND ALIGNING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THERE WITH TXDOT'S RECOMMENDATIONS. WE DID PRESENT A COUNCIL WORKING SESSION, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD WITH AN OPEN HOUSE SO WE CAN GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE ON THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY AND RECOMMENDING ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUSINESS OWNER GROUP. A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CROSS ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY ARE RELIANT ON BUSINESS OWNERS AND ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, SO WE REALLY NEED THEIR BUY IN AND SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT IMPACTS BROADWAY. ALL RIGHT. SO OVERALL, THE STUDY RESULTS THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE ASPECTS. NOT A SINGULAR ONE, NOT IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT TERM OR MID-TERM OR LONG TERM, BUT ALL OF THEM COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY IN THE AREA, REDUCE EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE TIMES, REDUCE DELAYS, REDUCE DELAYS ON BROADWAY AVENUE. NOTABLY, THAT BOTTLENECK WE SEE, PROVIDE ALTERNATE ROUTES TO BROADWAY AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND REDUCE CRASHES ON BROADWAY AVENUE. SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SHORT AND MID-TERM IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH PSC. PSC AND CONSTRUCTING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. CONTINUE COORDINATION WITH DEVELOPERS SO AS THEY COME FORWARD WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLANS, THEY ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED ROADWAYS AND THEY ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED ROADWAYS IN A WAY THAT NOT ONLY WORKS FOR THE DEVELOPERS, BUT WORKS FOR MOBILITY IN SOUTH TYLER. PRESERVE THE RIGHT OF WAY WE NEED FOR THOSE FUTURE ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS. DEVELOP PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING. DO PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORTS ON EACH ONE OF THE FUTURE TEN PLUS YEAR ALIGNMENTS, AND CONTINUE ENGAGEMENT ON THE PLAN THROUGH THE OPEN HOUSE, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF A BUSINESS OWNER GROUP TO REALLY GET THAT BUY IN FOR THE MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS. CAMERON. A FEW CLOSING THOUGHTS BEFORE QUESTIONS. SAL TYLER'S CONGESTION DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THIS HAPPENED OVER TIME AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIXED OVERNIGHT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME. THE STUDY HELPED US QUANTIFY THOSE AND IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD. AND SOME OF THESE WILL BE CITY LED. WE HAVE TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE. AS YOU KNOW, WE EVERY YEAR DO OUR ANNUAL WORK PLAN FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO THE HALF CENT SALES TAX. SO WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THOSE SHORT TERM PROGRAM PROJECTS PUT INTO THAT TIER ONE CATEGORY. SO SPECIFICALLY SOUTH BROADWAY AND SOUTHTOWN IMPROVEMENTS, BROADWAY AND GRANDE IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE ARE IN THAT KIND OF TWO TO 3 TO 5 YEAR TIME FRAME THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT FOR COMMENT. FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT AT THIS TIME. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CITY LED THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT MANY OF THESE WILL BE PARTNERSHIPS WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, AND SOME WILL BE DEVELOPER LED BECAUSE THE BIG PARTS OF THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED TRACTS. BUT WE MUST HAVE BUY IN TO TO MOVE THESE THINGS FORWARD OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE WHAT IT IS AND GET WORSE. SO HOPEFULLY WITH THE SUPPORT AND THE FOCUS AND INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FACILITATE IMPROVED MOBILITY THERE IN SOUTH TYLER AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO PUT A PLAN FORWARD TO ADDRESS THAT. SO WITH THAT, SEE WHAT QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR LESLIE OR CAMERON? YEAH. LESLIE CAMERON, WHEN Y'ALL WERE MEETING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS ALONG BROADWAY, AND THE ONE PICTURE YOU SHOWED WHERE YOUR ELIMINATION OF CURB CUTS AND ADDING WHAT WAS THE INPUT OR THE THOUGHTS FROM THE VARIOUS BUSINESSES? SURE. SO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO AS FAR AS ACCESS MANAGEMENT. THAT HAS BEEN ONE PIECE THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT ON AT THIS POINT. THAT KIND OF GETS TO THOSE FUTURE STEPS. WE HEY, WE GOT IDEAS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HELP THAT BUSINESS OWNER'S GROUP. THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF THE NEXT STEP FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE OF MOVING THAT[00:20:04]
FORWARD. THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT WE REALLY DID WAS MOSTLY ON THOSE NEW ALIGNMENTS OF ROADWAYS. WAS THE FOCUS OF THOSE IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS. ANYONE ELSE? WELL, I THINK THE STUDY IS NEEDED. I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT EVERYBODY AGREES THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OPTIONS YOU SAID WAS CONTINUE TO BE WHAT IT IS, AND THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.AND I THINK EVERYBODY THAT USES BROADWAY WOULD SAY, YOU CAN'T WIDEN BROADWAY. IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT WE CAN DO OTHER THINGS. AND SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND AND LESLIE AND JACOB FOR, FOR GIVING SOME OPTIONS TO MAKE IT, TO GIVE SOME RELIEF. EVERYBODY WANTS RELIEF FROM BROADWAY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU ALL. GOOD JOB.
[M-1 Request that the City Council consider adopting a Resolution casting votes to elect candidates to serve as members of the Smith County Appraisal District Board of Directors.]
ALRIGHT M1 STEVE. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL THIS MORNING. THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE COUNCIL DID LAST YEAR.IT'S YOUR CASTING OF VOTES AND NOMINATIONS FOR A MEMBER OF THE SMITH COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE SMITH COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS MADE UP OF NINE TOTAL MEMBERS.
THE LAW HAS CHANGED OVER TIME, BUT FIVE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE TAXING UNITS, INCLUDING CITY OF TYLER. THREE MEMBERS ARE ELECTED AT LARGE IN A GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH THE FIRST ONE WAS HELD LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE NINTH MEMBER IS THE ELECTED TAX ASSESSOR.
COLLECTOR IS THE EX OFFICIO MEMBER, AS STATED THE LAST TIME, EACH TAXING UNIT HAS A NUMBER OF VOTES BASED ON ITS TOTAL TAX LEVY, ITS PERCENTAGE FOR THE CITY OF TYLER THAT CALCULATES TO BE 76 TOTAL VOTES. THE CITY MAY CAST ALL OF ITS VOTES FOR ONE PERSON AS IT DID LAST TIME, OR YOU CAN BREAK THEM UP AND NOMINATE DIFFERENT PERSONS. SO BEING PRESENTED TO YOU THIS MORNING IS A RESOLUTION THAT DOES WHAT THE COUNCIL DID LAST TIME, WHICH IS TO NOMINATE MARK WHATLEY, WHO'S THE CURRENT CITY REPRESENTATIVE, TO SERVE A NEW FOUR YEAR TERM. NOW NAMING HIM FOR THE SMITH COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CASTING ALL 76 VOTES FOR HIM.
HOWEVER, YOU AS COUNCIL HAVE AN OPTION TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF THIS MORNING. AND AS AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF THIS ONE, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING WITH THE WAY SOMETIMES THAT THIS KEEPS CHANGING. SO YOU'RE DOING YOUR NOMINATION TODAY AND THEN YOU'LL BE VOTING FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PROBABLY AT YOUR DECEMBER MEETING. SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT SLATE THAT COMES BACK FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TAXING ENTITIES ON THE BOARD. ESSENTIALLY, THE BOARD NOMINEES, ALL THE JURISDICTIONS, AND THEN CASTING YOUR VOTES FOR THAT AS WELL. SO THERE ARE NO OTHER NOMINEES PRESENT. YOU CAN ALWAYS NOMINATE OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. THE THE SITUATION IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH IS 76, YOU'RE ALSO NEEDING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU LEVERAGE THAT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES, BECAUSE THEY ALSO WILL BE CASTING THEIR VOTES. AND SO YOU HAVE TYLER ISD THAT HAS 293 VOTES, SMITH COUNTY WITH 246 VOTES. THOSE TYPES COUNTY YESTERDAY PUT FORWARD THEIR NOMINEES. THEY PUT FORWARD MARK WHATLEY AND JAMES SHERIDAN AS THEIR NOMINEES. IT IS ONE WE EXPECT TO SEE SIMILAR SUPPORT FOR OUR CANDIDATE AND FOR SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE OR THE LIKE FROM TYLER ISD BOARD AND FROM THE TJC, WHO ALSO HAS VOTES TOWARDS THIS AS WELL. SO IF YOU SPLIT THE VOTE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY DILUTING. YEAH, RIGHT. MARK.
AND HE'S BEEN ON THERE FOR A LONG, A LONG TIME AND KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. THAT IS THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. ANY ANY SPLITS IN THAT OR ESSENTIALLY NOMINATIONS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET THE SUPPORT OF THE OTHER ENTITIES THEN HAVE DIFFICULTY KIND OF PROBABLY GETTING OVER THAT HURDLE. SO THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS. WHAT'S WHAT'S THE MOTION FOR THE FIRST STEP? TODAY'S MOTION IS ESSENTIALLY JUST AS THE CAPTION READS, IS A RESOLUTION
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ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION CASTING YOUR VOTES TO ELECT BLANK PERSON OR PEOPLE TO SERVE AS SMITH COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD DIRECTORS. AND THAT WILL BE THAT WILL GET THEM ON THE NOMINATION PIECE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEVE OR BRAD ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MARK WHATLEY TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF TYLER ON THE SMITH COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD. SECOND, SECOND. ALL RIGHT. GOT A MOTION BY NICHOLS. SECOND BY CURTIS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.OPPOSED? 76 VOTES FOR I THINK 77. HOLD ON. YES. I'M SORRY. ALL 76 VOTES FROM ALL SIX OF THEM. YES. SECOND. OKAY, SO WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU STEVE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. WE'RE DOWN TO THE CONSENT
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AGENDA. DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE PULLED OR APPROVED AS WRITTEN? MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY CURTIS. SECOND BY NICHOLSON. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES CITY MANAGER'S[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
REPORT. ALRIGHT, SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, A FEW ITEMS. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, BUT THE CITY IS INVOLVED WITH THE FIRST ONE, THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY.WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS AT THE TRAINING FACILITY AS FAR AS UPDATES THAT WE'RE DOING OVER THERE. CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON PAINT PREPARATION, EXTERIOR WALL PREPARATION, THE NEW ROOF AND ELECTRICAL WORK AND HVAC INSTALLATION. IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE BY THERE. IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE REMARKABLE AS THEY'RE STARTING NOW, PUT ON KIND OF THE THE NEW EXTENDED WALL UP AT THE FRONT. AND SO THAT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. THE IT BUILDING RENOVATION OF THE RENOVATIONS FOR THE NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT BUILDING ARE MOVING FORWARD. THOSE RENOVATIONS INCLUDE RELOCATING EQUIPMENT TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF CITY HALL. THE PROJECTED COMPLETION DATE FOR THE NEW BUILDING IS SET FOR APRIL OF 2026. AND THAT'S FOR THE FACILITY THAT'S RIGHT OVER HERE ON LOCUST STREET, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS EAST OF CITY HALL.
HERE ON THE STEWART PROJECT PARK PROJECT. BACK IN JANUARY, WE HELD A PUBLIC MEETING REQUESTING FEEDBACK FOR THE PROJECT. PART OF THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AT THAT TIME INCLUDED SALVAGING AS MUCH OF THE EXISTING STONE STRUCTURE AS POSSIBLE, AND EXPLORING THE VIABILITY OF MAKING IT AN OPEN AIR PAVILION. IN FEBRUARY, WE MET WITH A FORENSIC STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, AND BASED ON THE FINDINGS, THE STONE AND WOODEN STRUCTURE WERE NOT STRUCTURALLY SOUND ENOUGH TO MEET THE STANDARDS REQUIRED BY THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE AND ADA REQUIREMENTS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS MEANS THE PLANS NEEDED TO BE ALTERED BASED ON THE ENGINEERING RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR PARK VISITORS. THE DEMOLITION HAS BEGUN AND WE ARE WILL SALVAGE AS MUCH OF THE EXISTING STONE AND WOOD THAT WE CAN TO UTILIZE IN THE PARK DESIGN. WE'LL ALSO BE ADDING A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE PLAQUE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HONORING BOTH THE STEWART HOME AND THE STEWART FAMILY FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF TYLER AND BEYOND. AND THEN BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 15TH, OUR SISTER CITY DELEGATION WILL BEGIN THEIR VISIT. WE'LL BE HOSTING A SIX PERSON DELEGATION.
SISTER CITY IN POLAND CALLED HELENA AGORA. THE DELEGATION WAS SIX FULL DAYS HERE IN TYLER.
AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS COMMUNITY, THE GENERAL FOCUS EACH DAY WILL BE DAY ONE WILL BE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. DAY TWO WILL BE ROSE GARDEN. DAY THREE UT TYLER, THE DAY FOUR ROSE FESTIVAL, DAY FIVE PARKS TOUR AND THE CALDWELL ZOO. AND DAY SIX WILL BE TJC CHRISTUS AND THE UT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ON THAT OCTOBER 15TH THAT WEDNESDAY. SO NEXT WEEK THEY'LL BE DROPPED OFF HERE AT 9:00, AND WE'LL HAVE AS MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES OUT AS FAR AS WAVING FLAGS AND CHEERING THEM ON AS THEY COME IN TO MEET THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL THAT MAY BE WANTING TO ATTEND AND DO YOUR BEST POLISH AS FAR WITH. THESE NOT POLISH JOKES. I KNOW YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOKES AND RECYCLE THEM, SO DON, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. AND THEN LAST NIGHT, INCREDIBLE TIME THROUGHOUT THE CITY WAS HAD WITH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE CROW UNIT DOES A GREAT WORK IN PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, AND FUN WAS HAD BY ALL THEIR VIDEOS OF AS FAR AS THE BUCKING BULL, WHICH WAS NOT THANKFULLY A REAL ONE, BUT SOME OF OUR OFFICERS DID TRY TO RIDE IT AND THEY THEY DID THEIR BEST. I THINK THEY GOT EIGHT SECONDS. AND SO BUT WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT OF THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES IN PUTTING THAT EVENT TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, NOT ON THAT.
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CAN WE GO BACK TO M1 JUST REAL QUICKLY FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE IT SAID DECEMBER IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY VOTE. NOT TODAY. RIGHT. SO I THINK WE KIND OF DID A VOTE TODAY TO WE JUST WE DID A NOMINATION, BUT WE'RE SO I GUESS IN LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION, IT DOES CALL FOR BOTH THE NOMINATION OF THE CANDIDATE AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO APPLY TO THAT CANDIDATE. SO IF YOU WANTED ANOTHER CANDIDATE, YOU NEED TO DO IT TODAY AND THEN APPLY THOSE VOTES. THAT'S. NO, I WASN'T TRYING I WASN'T THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO HIM. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO. YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A NOMINEE, BUT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY VOTING TODAY. RIGHT. JUST FOR THE NUMBER OF VOTES IN IT. OKAY. THAT'S I JUST WANT TO CLEAR. YEAH. LET'S MAKE SURE. YEAH. BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A WEIRD PROCESS THAT THE STATE HAS CREATED ON THIS. AND SO YEAH, YOU WILL YOU'LL BE CASTING YOUR VOTES IN DECEMBER.RIGHT. FOR THE FINAL, ESSENTIALLY THE FINAL BOARD. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO CAST YOUR NOMINATION TODAY. AND I'M NOT CERTAIN I DO. THEY NEED TO CAST THE VOTES THAT THEY'RE HAVING TOWARDS THE NOMINEE SO THAT AS THEY KIND OF FACE UP OR TRY TO DETERMINE WHO WHICH WHO WILL BE ENDED UP AS THE NOMINEES. I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHO THE NOMINEE IS IF WE'RE GOING TO THE BACK. AND THE WAY THAT. YEAH, THE COUNCILMAN NICHOLS PHRASED HIS MOTION ON THE NOMINATION PROCESS ACTUALLY WAS WAS CLEAR THAT YOU ARE DOING YOUR NOMINATION. YOU ALSO CAST YOUR VOTES TOWARDS IT. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE THAT WILL HAVE ANY THERE WILL BE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THAT. THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT THE WAY OR NOT? I'M NOT SURE. DEBRA. DO YOU EVEN HAVE A YOU HAVE A YEAH. BASED ON THE PAST RESOLUTION. AND WE WERE GOING OFF OF THIS ONE. WE HAD BOTH THE CANDIDATE'S NAME PLUS THE NUMBER OF VOTES. BUT IF THERE'S NOT IF THERE'S AN ACTUAL VOTING IN DECEMBER, WE MIGHT BE. YEAH, YOU'LL STILL HAVE YOUR VOTES IN DECEMBER. IT'S NOT LIKE GIVING AWAY OKAY. BUT THE VOTE'S GOING TO BE ON THE FINAL SLATE OF TAXING ENTITIES. WHAT THAT VOTE IS IN DECEMBER. YES. OKAY. FOR THAT BOARD. THANK YOU. THERE'S HOPE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. I FINALLY GOT A MOTION ON. AND WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE CAN'T GET A RIDE. I SLIPPED OUT THE SENTENCE. ANYWAY, BACK TO WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. WITH THE DELEGATION COMING. IT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR SISTER CITIES BOARD HAS WORKED ON A LOT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND IT'S HAVING, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINING THESE FOLKS FOR, FOR SIX DAYS FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT IS A BIG DEAL. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'VE GONE TO OTHER CITIES, WE'VE TAKEN GIFTS AND THERE'S BEEN A FORMAL GIFT EXCHANGE AND IT'S ALWAYS A A FORMAL DIPLOMATIC IT'S A THE MAYORS GET TOGETHER AND WE EXCHANGE GIFTS AND IT'S ALWAYS A FORMALITY. SO ANY OF Y'ALL THAT ARE AROUND NEXT WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 9:00, I'M GOING TO BE HERE. WE HAVE POLISH FLAGS. WE HAVE AMERICAN FLAGS TO HOLD AS THEY WALK THROUGH THE HALLS AND MAKE IT A REAL CELEBRATION. AND CASSIE EDMONDS HAS DONE A MOSAIC ROSE THAT'S JUST AN EIGHT BY TEN. AND THIS IS A GIFT THAT WILL BE FROM THE CITY OF TYLER TO TO ATLANTA AGORA THAT THEY WILL TAKE HOME AND PUT IN THE DISPLAY CASE. AND IT'S IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST A PAPERWEIGHT. IT'S A SYMBOL OF THE CITY OF TYLER. SO ANY OF Y'ALL THAT ARE AROUND 9:00 NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU. SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVE TO ADJOURN. ALRIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.