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FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARSH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND. HEAVENLY FATHER, IN MOMENTS OF UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGE, WE PAUSE AND LEAN INTO YOUR PEACE. SOFTEN OUR HEARTS WHERE THEY HAVE GROWN WEARY, CALM OUR MINDS WERE ANXIETY TRIES TO TAKE ROOT. HELP US RESPOND TO ONE ANOTHER NOT WITH FEAR OR FRUSTRATION, BUT WITH EMPATHY, PATIENCE AND COMPASSION. TEACH US TO TRULY LISTEN, TO HEAR THE PAIN BEHIND THE WORDS, TO SEE THE HUMANITY IN EVERY FACE AND TO EXTEND GRACE WHEN WHEN IT FEELS DIFFICULT. WE LIFT UP OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, BOTH PRESENT AND PAST, THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SACRIFICE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. GRANT OUR CURRENT LEADERS WISDOM, DISCERNMENT AND UNITY.
BLESS THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED BEFORE US FOR THE FOUNDATION THAT HELPED BUILD. WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, EMS, AND ALL FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO SERVE AND PROTECT OTHERS. COVER THEM WITH SAFETY, SURROUND THEIR FAMILIES WITH COMFORT, AND GRANT THEM DISCERNMENT, COURAGE, AND STRENGTH IN EVERY CALL THEY ANSWER. WHERE THERE IS TENSION, BRING PEACE. WHERE THERE IS HURT, BRING HEALING.
WHERE THERE IS UNCERTAINTY, BRING CLARITY. MAY WE BE VESSELS OF LOVE IN OUR HOMES, IN OUR WORKPLACE, AND THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. HELP US WALK HUMBLY, LEAD COURAGEOUSLY, AND CARE DEEPLY FOR ONE ANOTHER AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN UNITY, IN PEACE. MAY EVERYONE SAY AMEN. AMEN. 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.
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ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER THE 10TH, 2025. MOVE TO APPROVE.SECOND AND A MOTION BY WIND. SECOND BY CURTIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED?
[R-1 Request that the City Council consider adoption of a Resolution in support of the Tyler Senior Village housing tax credit project proposal located at 712 North Broadway Avenue and the approval of the waiver of development/permit fees in the amount of $500.]
MOTION CARRIES. R1 KYLE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MORNING. MORNING. KYLE KINGMAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR. THIS FIRST ITEM IS A REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE TYLER SENIOR VILLAGE HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROPOSAL, LOCATED AT 712 NORTH BROADWAY AVENUE, AND ALSO THE APPROVAL OF A WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT AND PERMIT FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF $500. SO THIS THIS PROJECT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 9% TAX CREDIT PROJECT. AND SO EACH YEAR, THE THERE'S REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS TO TO TAKE PART OF THAT THAT STATE OR THAT THAT THAT PROGRAM AND PROJECTS RECEIVE POINTS FOR FOR LOCAL RESOLUTIONS AND SUPPORTS. AND SO THE REQUEST HERE IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAKE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. IT IS THE ONLY PROJECT THAT THE CITY RECEIVED THIS YEAR. THE PREVIOUS YEARS. WE WE DO HAVE OTHER ONES TO CONSIDER THIS.THIS PROJECT HERE IS ON 712 NORTH BROADWAY. IT'S AT THE CORNER OF WEST BOW STREET AND NORTH BROADWAY. IT'S CURRENTLY A CHURCH. THE APPLICANT PLANS TO ADAPTIVELY REUSE THE PROPERTY FOR SENIOR HOUSING. AND SO THEY THEY PLAN TO REMODEL THE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE USING THE THE HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT ALSO UTILIZE HISTORIC TAX CREDITS AS WELL. AND SO THAT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT THE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE WILL ALSO BE RETAINED. ITS HISTORICAL CHARACTER. THE APPLICANT PLANS TO DEVELOP 4848 TO 52 UNITS LIMITED TO TO SENIOR HOUSING. SO 55 PLUS AND THEN ALSO. ALSO TO NOTE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE THE DOWNTOWN PLANNING AREA. AS YOU SEE HERE, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL AND AND SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A ZONE CHANGE IN THE FUTURE TO DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION SINCE IT IS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SO THERE WE GO. SO THIS IS THE THE CURRENT PROPERTY. THEY PROPERTY. THEY THEY PLAN AGAIN TO RENOVATE THIS PROPERTY AND BRING IT BACK TO, TO USE JUST SOME PICTURES OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE. THEY HAVE DONE OTHER.
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SIMILAR TYPE, YOU KNOW, RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING STRUCTURES. THEY'VE ALSO DONE NEW NEW CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. AND SO WITH THAT, THE THERE IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT R-1. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? WE DO HAVE RUSSELL PATTERSON HERE, WHO'S REPRESENTING THE SELLER. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE DEVELOPER HERE THAT'S DOING THE PROJECT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? NO. OKAY. WELL, I'LL SAY THIS. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE KIND OF PROJECTS, AND THIS IS ONE THAT SEEMS TO BE, IN MY OPINION, IN A GREAT SPOT. AND IT'S ONE THAT THAT PERSONALLY I, I REALLY DO LIKE IT. AND I'M PROUD THAT NORTH TYLER IS GOING TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND IF WE VOTE FOR IT. SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I MOVE TO APPROVE OUR ONE SECOND. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT. ALRIGHT. OH ONE.[O-1 Request that the City Council consider adoption of an Ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget for the East Maple Estates contract (TIRZ 3) and consulting fees to perform a Watershed Timing Assessment (Development Services).]
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MORNING. MORNING, HEATHER. NICK, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. AND WE HAVE A A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR YOU TODAY FOR THE 2526 BUDGET YEAR. THIS IS FOR TWO PROJECTS.THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE TRS THREE PROJECT FOR THE EAST MAPLE ESTATES PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER IN THE NORTH END FOR FOR THOSE STREETS FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS FOR A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 50,000, ALLOWING FOR A WATERSHED TIMING ASSESSMENT. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO ALLOW FOR TARGETED WATERSHED BASED APPROACH THAT IMPROVES FLOOD MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES WHILE REDUCING UNNECESSARY REGULATORY BURDEN OR IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS THAT WOULD REQUIRE DETENTION. SO REALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS IT IT VERIFIES DETENTION FACILITIES THAT NEED TO BE LOCATED IN CERTAIN AREAS. SO IT'S REALLY A IT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO MAKE COMMON SENSE APPROACHES AND NOT UNDER OR OVER ENGINEER. AND WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 FOR THE PROJECTS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HEATHER? MOVE TO APPROVE. OH ONE SECOND. WHERE DID THE SECOND I GOT A MOTION BY KURTIS. SECOND BY NICHOLS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANKS.
[M-1 Request that the City Council consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an engineering agreement in the amount of $148,805 with IMEG Consultants Corp for the design and construction phase services for the Elm Street Building Foundation Remediation project.]
HEATHER M1 CAMERON. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CAMERON WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES. SO M1 IS A ENGINEERING AGREEMENT WITH IMG CONSULTING CORP FOR ELM STREET BUILDING FOUNDATION REMEDIATION PROJECT. SO TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT OF THIS LOCATION IS THERE'S A CULVERT THAT KIND OF RUNS UNDER BROADWAY AND ALONG ELM STREET. IT DOES GO UNDERNEATH SOME BUILDINGS. THE FOCUS THAT RIGHT FOR THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT IS KIND OF THAT RED AREA, THE CIRCLE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND FOR THIS AREA BACK IN NOVEMBER THERE WE DID DISCOVER A COLLAPSE OF PARTIAL OF THIS CULVERT, WHICH UNDERMINED ONE OF THE COLUMNS FOR SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT AT THAT LOCATION. AND SO WE DID GO IN THERE AND DO SOME IMMEDIATE SHORING UP AND ALSO INSTALL THESE STEEL PLATES TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTION AGAINST FURTHER EROSION IN THAT AREA. AND THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT. SO THE NEXT ITEM, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE ANOTHER CONTRACT FOR SOME DRAINAGE ANALYSIS. BUT THIS IS REALLY SPECIFIC TO THE BUILDING TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. AND ALSO ASSESS WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO SHORE UP THAT COLUMN AND THAT SLAB. AND IT'S BUILT INTO TWO PHASES. AND THIS PHASE KIND OF DOES THAT INITIAL DESIGN PIECE AND ALSO COMES UP WITH A COST ESTIMATE AT A 30% LEVEL. AND SO AT THAT POINT WE CAN KIND OF PAUSE AND DECIDE HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD. PHASE TWO WOULD BE GOING TO FULL DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT AND POTENTIAL BID AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES.AND AGAIN SEPARATING OUT THESE TWO TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE
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BUILDING. HOW DO WE SHORE UP WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT COLLAPSE OF THE CULVERT AND THE EROSION THAT OCCURRED? AND THEN HOW DO WE STEP THROUGH THIS AND FIND THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR THE PROJECT? SO, CAMERON, HOW DO YOU IN THE PICTURE UNDERNEATH OF THIS IS BETHEL CHURCH BUILDING. FOUNDATION FOOTING IS UNDERMINED. HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT'S THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY. SURE. SO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO STEP THROUGH FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE IS THIS DRAINAGE STRUCTURE DID FAIL. AND SO WITHOUT THAT FAILURE, WE DO NOT THINK WE WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS UNDERMINING OF THE COLUMN AND THE SLAB. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE TAKING THE APPROACH OF DOING THIS STUDY TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT COLUMN AND THAT SLAB, AND ISOLATE THAT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. IS BETHEL ACTUALLY USING THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW? SO WE HAVE BEEN HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND HAVE ASKED THEM NOT TO USE THAT BUILDING JUST FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. YES, SIR. THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE DIFFERENT TASKS. THAT TASK 100 IS REALLY THAT FIRST PHASE WHERE WE IDENTIFY THAT BASE ASSESSMENT. WE GET THAT 30% DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE, WHERE WE CAN PAUSE AND DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN THOSE ADDITIONAL PHASES WOULD BE BROKEN UP IN THIS CONTRACT. IF WE WANT TO DO FULL DESIGN, WE GO TO THE NEXT STEP. IF WE WANT TO DO BID PHASE SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES, SO WE CAN STOP THAT AT ANY POINT ALONG THE PROCESS AND HOW THIS IS SET UP. AND WE'VE ALSO GOT $20,000 CONTINGENCY IN THERE. JUST BECAUSE THIS IS A YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOME UNKNOWNS. AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE IF WE NEEDED IT WITH THIS CONTRACT. AND SO IT IS REQUESTED THAT CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN ENGINEERING AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $148,805 WITH IMAD CONSULTING CORP FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES FOR THE ELM STREET BUILDING FOUNDATION REMEDIATION PROJECT.SO HOW LONG DOES THAT DRAINAGE SYSTEM BEEN THERE? SOME OF IT, WE BELIEVE, DATES BACK TO THE 1800S, 1930S, WAS WHEN SOME OF THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE, WE BELIEVE. SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL, BUT BASED YOU SEE THAT GOING, IF I WERE TO GO BACK IN IN TIME TO THAT LOCATION, MAP, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT CULVERT, HOW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED, CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE PORTIONS.
AND SO LIKE THAT GREEN IS A MUCH BETTER, NEWER CONSTRUCTION PIECE. AND THEN AS YOU GO THROUGH. SO IT REALLY VARIES AND THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PORTION OF THE CULVERT.
AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ALL NATURAL DRAINAGE BECAUSE ON THE EAST SIDE THAT'S WHERE THE SPRINGS WERE, THE SPRING STREET, THE ORIGINAL CITY. RIGHT. SO THAT'S PROBABLY ALL WAS ORIGINAL NATURAL. YEAH. AND SO AS YOU MOVE FROM BROADWAY OVER TO FANNIN, IT ACTUALLY DRAINS TO THE NORTHEAST IN THIS CASE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY WHEN IT GETS TO FANNIN IS WHERE IT DAYLIGHTS AND GOES UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD AND BECOMES THAT OPEN CHANNEL EAST OF DOWNTOWN.
IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THERE IS A LOT OF WATER GOING THROUGH HERE AND KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT IN THE SECOND CONTRACT, WHY THEY'RE SEPARATE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THAT ONE. BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL BYPASSES OF RCP PIPE THAT TAKE ADDITIONAL WATER OUT OF THIS CULVERT BECAUSE OF SO MUCH THAT'S GOING THROUGH THAT AREA. CAMERON, HOW COMMON IS THAT DRAINAGE SYSTEMS UNDERNEATH BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN? ME SO, I MEAN, WE DON'T DO THAT TODAY, RIGHT? WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST. SO TYPICALLY IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AND LOOKING AT THIS ONE WE DO KNOW OF ONE, I THINK ALONG AVENUE AND LATE 2018, 2017 TIME PERIOD WHERE THERE WAS ANOTHER STRUCTURE THAT WAS UNDERNEATH A HOUSE.
AND SO THAT DOES OCCUR IN OLDER PARTS OF TOWN. AND WHEN THINGS HAPPEN. IT IS AT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION. IT IS FOR THIS M1. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CAMERON. MOVE TO APPROVE M1 SECOND MOTION BY CURTIS. SECOND BY NICHOLS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE
[M-2 Request that the City Council consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an engineering agreement in the amount of $141,500 with HDR for the engineering assessment services for the Elm Street Culvert Collapse Remediation project.]
IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. M-2 SO M-2 IS FOR AN ENGINEERING CONTRACT WITH HDR FOR THE ELM STREET CULVERT COLLAPSE REMEDIATION PROJECT. SO AGAIN M1 WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING COMPONENT. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE CULVERT. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THAT COLLAPSE. WE'VE DONE THAT IMMEDIATE RESHORING TO TO KEEP THINGS IN A CONDITION THAT WE FELT WAS ACCEPTABLE. HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE? WE KNOW THAT THE REST OF THE CULVERT HAS OTHER ISSUES AS WELL. AND SO AGAIN, THIS KIND OF SIMILAR AREA, YOU SEE THE EXTENTS OF THAT CULVERT IN THIS LOCATION MAP, THIS PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE ENTIRE ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR THIS PHASE, IS REALLY JUST ASSESSING THE DRAINAGE NEEDS. HOW MUCH WATER DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE COMING THROUGH HERE. IS THAT PIPE IS THAT CULVERT SIZED CORRECTLY[00:15:04]
TODAY? IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, DO WE NEED TO UPSIZE IT OR IS IT ADEQUATE.AND THAT CAN ALSO LEAD TOWARDS WHAT STEPS DO WE TAKE TO IMPROVE IT. AND SO DOCUMENT THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS. DO THAT ANALYSIS ON THE THE WATER NEEDS AND THEN IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVES. DO WE REPAIR IT. DO WE KIND OF REPLACE THAT IN PLACE OR DO WE REROUTE. AND WHAT'S THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE MEASURE THAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. AND SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW. AGAIN SPEAKING TO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE BEST BEST METHOD. SO IT IS REQUESTED THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN ENGINEERING AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $141,500 WITH HDR FOR THE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT SERVICES FOR THE ELM STREET CULVERT COLLAPSE REMEDIATION PROJECT. CAMERON, IS THAT CULVERT IN GOOD SHAPE AS YOU TRAVEL EAST? WHEN YOU HEAD TOWARDS THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND BECOMES OPEN AND GO BACK TO THE. YEAH. SO YEAH. SO STARTING FROM FROM BROADWAY AND MOVING EAST. SO THAT GREEN PORTION THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP, WE FEEL LIKE IS IS CODY BANE. WHEN OUR PROJECT ENGINEERS HAS DONE AN ASSESSMENT, REVIEW OF THAT AND THAT SECTION WE FELT LIKE IS IN GOOD SHAPE. THE RED PORTION THERE IS AGAIN, YOU SEE CHANGES IN THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT AS YOU MOVE TOWARDS THE RAILROAD TRACK, THE REALLY THERE'S ALMOST NO BOTTOM IN RUBBLE ON THAT CULVERT. AND ALSO THE WALLS HAVE HOLES. AND BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS ROCK THAT WAS GROUTED IN THERE AND SO SOME OF THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. AND AGAIN, SO THE ENTIRE PORTION THERE MAY BE SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO DO THIS MAINTENANCE PIECE HERE TO IMPROVE THAT AND MAKE IT BETTER AND MAKE IT WATERTIGHT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN IS WE'VE GOT MAYBE WATER JUST JUST LEAKING IN AND OUT OF THIS CULVERT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF IT. SO WHAT'S THE TIMING OF STREET CLOSURES. AND DO ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THERE LIKE MAX GUN SHOP, DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR BUILDINGS AND ALL THAT DURING THIS TIME? SO IT'S CURRENTLY CLOSED, ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSENT DECREE PROJECT THAT'S GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN? I MEAN, IT'S ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION. I WANT TO SAY WE'RE STILL 6 TO 8 WEEKS OUT, POTENTIALLY WITH THAT CLOSURE. AND SO THE INTENT WOULD BE HOPEFULLY ONCE THAT IS DONE, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE DOING OUR ASSESSMENT. BUT THAT'S ISOLATED. SO IT SHOULD BE OPEN BACK UP. IT WOULD BE MY ANTICIPATION UNTIL WE DETERMINE WHAT WE DO FORWARD WITH THE CULVERT. BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. IN FACT, THE THE CONTRACTS FOR YOU TODAY ON THE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENTS AND THE THAT WON'T CAUSE FOR ANY FURTHER ROAD CLOSURES, ANY ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM THOSE IN REGARDS TO WHICH ACTIONS IN REGARD TO FEASIBILITY AND MOST LIKELY OR WHAT WILL BE THE THE ACTION THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND FOR THAT THAT MAY CAUSE FOR, YOU KNOW, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. BUT THAT'S THOSE ARE SEPARATE CONTRACTS WAY FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. YEAH. SO YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT TIMELINE FOR THIS HDR CONTRACT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SIX MONTHS. AND AGAIN THAT'S MORE JUST A FEASIBILITY. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS. THEN WE DETERMINE WHAT DO WE MOVE FORWARD. THEN THERE'S A DESIGN COMPONENT TO THAT. AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. SO MAYBE WE'RE 2027 POTENTIALLY BEFORE WE'RE IN THERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT TO THIS CULVERT. CONSENT DECREE WILL BE OUT LONG BEFORE THEN AND OPEN BACK UP. ARE THERE ANY CHANCES? SEEMED LIKE THERE COULD BE FOR SEEMS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO FIRMS, BECAUSE ONE COULD COME UP WITH AN IDEA WHERE THE OTHER SAID, OH, WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON DOING THAT.
SURE, IT'S I GUESS THE CITY'S GOING TO BE THE POINT AT WHICH WE CORRECT. AND THAT'S THAT'S TO WHY, YOU SEE, WITH THE IMAGE THAT WE'VE KIND OF PUT THAT 30% DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE IS LET'S GET TO THAT POINT AND THEN ALSO KIND OF SEE WHAT OUR DRAINAGE IS DOING. AND AGAIN, THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS COST MAY DETERMINE WHAT SOLUTIONS WE GO WITH. OKAY. SO THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. IT IS. YES MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CAMERON. TO MOVE TO APPROVE HIM TO SECOND THAT MOTION BY CURTIS, SECONDED BY NICHOLS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANKS, CAMERON.
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ALRIGHT. WE'RE DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANYTHING TO BE PULLED OR APPROVED AS WRITTEN.MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY CURTIS, SECONDED BY WIND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. I'VE GOT NEXT ON MY AGENDA EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PUT THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT IN FRONT OF THAT, DON'T WE? YOU CAN MOVE THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT BEFORE THAT. YES, SIR.
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THERE WE GO. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST A FEW ITEMS OF NOTE. WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT OLD JACKSONVILLE HIGHWAY AND CAPITOL DRIVE IS NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL. AS OF LAST WEEK, BROOKSHIRE'S IS IN THE COMPLETING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON THEIR NEW DRIVEWAY AND ANTICIPATES OPENING IT TO TRAFFIC LATER THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK, DEPENDING IMPROVING ACCESS AND FLOW IN THAT AREA. WE HAVE A BIG THANK YOU TO STRIPING TECHNOLOGY AND OUR DEDICATED TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TEAM FOR DELIVERING THIS PROJECT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND ENSURING THAT THE SIGNAL WAS READY BEFORE BROCHURES.OPENING THIS UPGRADE MEANS SAFER, SMOOTHER TRAVEL FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TYLER'S ROADWAYS, AND THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BROOKSHIRE'S NOW FOR PROBABLY AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, IF NOT LONGER, ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE AMOUNT OF TRUCKS THAT THEY HAVE COMING IN AND OUT OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION CENTER AS THEY CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
THE WORK THAT'S COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE TO MAKING SURE THAT THAT THAT IS SAFE FOR THEIR DRIVERS, SAFE FOR OUR PUBLIC, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ALSO NOT CLOGGING OLD JACKSONVILLE HIGHWAY ANY FURTHER THERE AS PART OF THAT PROJECT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH PORTRAITS FOR THAT. AND ALSO, CAMERON DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB ON THIS AND EVEN ON THE ADVANCED PLANNING, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK TO WHERE AS FAR AS TEXDOT OPENING OR IMPROVING OLD JACKSONVILLE HIGHWAY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEY SAY 2030, WE ARE TAKING BETS AND SO BUT TO BUILD THAT TO WHERE HIS FAN WIRE SO THAT AS THEN ONCE THAT IS FULLY AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF THAT HAS BEEN INCREASED, THEN THEY CAN BE ABLE TO BUILD AS FAR AS PERMANENT POLES AT THAT TIME. SO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S COST EFFECTIVE, BUT STILL ABLE TO GET THE PROJECT DONE. BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WERE DRIVING DOWN IN SOUTH TYLER ON SATURDAY, BUT ON THAT LAST SATURDAY, THE URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION AND TYLER TREES COMMITTEE HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL COMMUNITY SEEDLING GIVEAWAY AT CHRISTMAS TREE MOTHER FRANCIS ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE PARKING LOT DOWN THERE. THEY GAVE OUT A TOTAL OF 1500 OAK, PECAN AND PERSIMMON SEEDLINGS TO THE 265 PEOPLE THAT CAME THROUGH. THIS IS HELD EVERY FEBRUARY, AND IT HELPS TO REPLACE TREES THAT WERE LOST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS WELL AS JUST CONTINUE TO ADD TO OUR TREE CANOPY. SO A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND SPONSORS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. THIS LAST WEEK WE ALSO HOSTED THE TYLER TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OPEN HOUSE, AND WE HAD MORE THAN 80 RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT CAME THROUGH ATTENDED THAT ONE. WE'VE HAD ON THE WEBSITE 322 VIEWS OF THE COMP PLAN, DRAFT OF THAT, AND THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN DOWNLOADED 121 TIMES, INDICATING STRONG INTEREST IN EARLY ENGAGEMENT ON THIS. AND SO THE FEEDBACK THAT'S COLLECTED WILL BE REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE ONGOING PUBLIC REFINEMENT PROCESS PRIOR TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEW NEXT MONTH, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE SEEN THAT TEXAS MONTHLY IS PUSHING A COMPETITION AMONGST ABOUT TEN CITIES HERE IN TEXAS TO WHERE, FOR THEIR STAR SPANGLED TEXAS COCA-COLA SOUTHWEST BEVERAGES MURAL. AND SO, IN CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY, THIS STATEWIDE MURAL COMPETITION HAS THESE TEN CITIES GOING HEAD TO HEAD FOR A CHANCE AT ONE OF THREE NEW CUSTOM COCA-COLA SOUTHWEST BEVERAGE MURALS, EACH HONORING THE CREATIVITY, PRIDE, AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT THAT DEFINE BOTH TEXAS AND OUR NATION. AND SO YOU CAN VOTE AT TEXAS MONTHLY ON THEIR WEBSITE ON THE STAR SPANGLED TEXAS FOR TYLER, IN ORDER TO KIND OF KEEP US IN THE COMPETITION FOR THAT.
ALRIGHT. I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE LIGHT AT BROOKSHIRE'S. THIS IS GOING TO BENEFIT MORE THAN JUST BROOKSHIRE'S. I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK OF CANDY PARK BACK THERE WITH ALL THE KIDS BACK THERE PLAYING WITH THE THE BUSINESSES THAT THAT CATER TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY'RE PULLING OUT, I DON'T KNOW, JACKSONVILLE TRYING TO TAKE A LEFT. IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT BROOKSHIRE'S. I MEAN IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES BACK THERE THAT THAT NEED THIS LIGHT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT MAKE THAT CLEAR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE? I THINK LAST TIME YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE ACCOLADES TO ENCORE AND THEIR LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE DURING THE COLTSVILLE? AND MR. TOM TRIMBLE IS HERE TODAY. IF YOU PASS THAT THROUGH, WELL, I WILL BE GLAD TO SAY TOM TRIMBLE COUNCIL, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THAT IS AND I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMAN. YES. YOU KNOW, IT'S WE HAD THE I SPELL IT FEELS LIKE MAYBE A YEAR AGO, BUT IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT ENCORE, DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF KEEPING THE POWER GOING, WORKING WITH THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT. NO, AS FAR AS BLIPS, PROBLEMS OCCURRED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ON ENCORE AND OUR STAFF ON JUST THE COORDINATION THAT GOES INTO THESE EVENTS BEFOREHAND. AND SO WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS BUYING TOILET PAPER AND WATER, KATE'S
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MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S POWER AND BACKUP POWER AND GENERATORS FOR ALL OF OUR FACILITIES. AND THE SAME GOES FOR ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT GROUPS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO GO[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO BEAR WITH ME WHILE I READ THIS. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING ANY ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY TITLE FIVE, CHAPTER 55.1. THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF GOVERNMENT CODE UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074. PERSONNEL MATTERS. DELIBERATION REGARDING THE FOLLOWING DEPLOYMENT DUTIES AND EVALUATION OF CITY MANAGER. ANY FINAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE TAKEN IN OPEN SESSION, SO I DON'T SEE THIS. THIS WILL TAKE VERY LONG. I DON'T THINK CITY MAYOR IS GOING TO LOSE HIS JOB. I THINK HE'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. I THINK THAT I THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT'S UP FOR DELIBERATION. SO WE'LL BE BACK CAN YOU BLANK DOWN THERE. LET ME KNOW.RIGHT. IT'S OFF, IT'S OFF. HERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ACTION. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT.
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