Mar 25, 2026 City Council

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DON'T. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE MARCH 25TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND.

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU FOR TODAY. I THANK YOU FOR THE CHANGE OF SEASON.

THE AZALEAS, THE VISITORS, JUST THE THE BEAUTY OF OUR OF OUR CITY. JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE. I ASK THAT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ARE PLEASING TO YOU. I ASK THAT YOU BE WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FIRE, POLICE, EMS, BE WITH THEM ALL AND KEEP THEM SAFE AS THEY KEEP US SAFE. JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND YOUR SON'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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. ALL RIGHT. WE

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[A-1 Request that the City Council consider recognizing the following employees for their years of service and commitment to the City of Tyler. They represent 40 years of service with the City of Tyler. Cendy Espinoza, Deputy Court Administrator, 20 years of serviceDonald Shafer, Police Lieutenant II, 20 years of service]

AND NEXT WE HAVE DONALD. I GUESS THIS IS WHAT HIS MOTHER USED TO CALL HIM WHEN HE'S IN TROUBLE. ACTUALLY, LUKE SCHAEFER, THE POLICE.

AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU BOTH IN ONE MORE YEAR, 3 OR 4 YEARS OR SO.

[P-1 Request that the City Council consider hearing a presentation concerning the Fit City Tyler Health and Wellness Expo.]

HEY, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING GEORGE AND CITY STAFF.

GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. SO WE WANT ALL OF US. ALL OF US WANT TO DO THINGS TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH IN 2026 AND LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES. CORRECT.

EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY COMING UP. WE HAVE OUR FIT CITY, TYLER HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH, JUST AFTER EASTER AT THE TYLER ROSE GARDEN, 4 TO 7 P.M. PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW. WHY SHOULD YOU DO THAT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME TALK ABOUT OUR SPONSORS HERE. THEY'RE OUR SPONSORS UP THERE ON THE SCREEN. THE CITY IS ONE OF OUR BIG SPONSORS BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALLOWING US TO USE THE ROSE GARDEN THAT DAY. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING THAT DAY? WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WE GOT SOME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GOING ON. SO IF YOU SHOW UP AT 4:00, MAYOR, YOU DO. ARE YOU A YOGA PERSON? I KNOW YOU'RE WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOGA. NO, NO. WELL, I DON'T DO MUCH, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DO THAT. SO WE HAVE A YOGA WITH SPONSORED BY TEXAS SPINE AND JOINT. WE'RE DOING THAT AT 4:00 IN THE QUEENS AREA OUTSIDE 5:00. WE'RE DOING A WALK THROUGH THE DOC SPONSORED BY UT TYLER. AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE SURVIVED ZUMBA AT 6:00 THAT NIGHT. SO WE HAVE LOTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK WE ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO COMPLETE WHAT YOU CALL YOUR OUR, OUR CITY PASSPORT. AND WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? WE'RE GOING TO WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET HEALTH SCREENINGS THAT DAY. WE WANT BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS, DIABETES

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WE HAVE CHRIS TAYLOR, CHRISTIE BAKER FROM THE CITY, TERRENCE H, THE LOVELY TERRENCE H. BACK THERE IN THE BACK. THAT'S LOVELY. HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION HERE SHORTLY, BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUR CITY STEERING COMMITTEE. SO HOW DO WE START? DO Y'ALL REMEMBER WHEN WE STARTED? I REMEMBER WE STARTED BACK IN 2010 BEFORE WE GOT HERE. SO ED'S BEEN A BIG PART OF IT SINCE WE GOT HERE. BACK IN 2010. WE SAW THE RATES OF OBESITY INCREASING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING. SO WE TALKED TO WE TALKED TO THAT TIME, THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT IT, AND THEY BROUGHT IN JOURNALISM STUDENTS FROM UNT AT THE TIME TO REPORT ABOUT THIS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAD A COALITION THAT BEGAN IN FIT CITY AND WE STARTED THE FIT CITY TYLER.COM WEBSITE. SO WE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES HAVE HAPPENED SINCE IN THE LAST ALMOST 16 YEARS NOW OF THIS CITY, BUT THEN IT KIND OF LEADS TO WE STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2016, THE FIRST UT TYLER STUDY WAS DONE THAT SHOWED POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES IN OUR IN OUR REGION. BASICALLY, IF EAST TEXAS WERE A STATE, WE WERE RANKED THE LOWEST QUARTILE IN HEALTH OUTCOMES SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, STROKE, ETC. SO WE'RE THERE ARE ISSUES OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT FIT CITY IS ALL ABOUT. WE KNOW WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE GET HEALTHIER IN 2026. THERE'S A LITTLE FIRE THERE ON THE EXPO. SO COME OUT THAT DAY AGAIN. HEALTH GUIDANCE, BODY COMP TESTING, HEALTH SCREENINGS, NUTRITION, FITNESS. WE HAVE GYMS THERE. WE HAVE LOTS OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET HEALTHY AT THE EVENT. AGAIN, 4 TO 7 P.M. TUESDAY, APRIL THE 7TH AT THE TITLE ROSE GARDEN. OUR MISSION TO FIT CITY IS TO MAKE TYLER A FIT CITY. ONE STEP, ONE BITE, ONE HEALTH CONSCIOUS DECISION AT A TIME. SO PLEASE COME OUT THAT DAY. WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE? MAKE SURE HE'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE TOO, AS I UNDERSTAND. SO HE'LL BE THERE. SO PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US. WE'LL BE THERE. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR JORGE? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I'LL SAY ONE COMMENT. JORGE REALLY PRACTICES WHAT HE PREACHES ON HALLOWEEN. HE DOESN'T PASS OUT CANDY. HE PASSES OUT WATER. SO IF YOU EVER STOP BY HIS HOUSE, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY CANDY. YOU CAME BY. YEAH. MY KIDS WERE DISAPPOINTED, I'LL TELL YOU THAT. WE STARTED DOING THAT. I KIND OF DID IT INITIALLY WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING. HE'S LIKE, AM I GOING TO GET TRICKED? BUT IT'S AMAZING THAT THE KIDS COME BY AND SAY, OH MY GOSH, I'M SO THIRSTY. SO IT'S ABOUT A 90 TO 95% FAVORABLE RATING. YES.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL

[P-2 Request that the City Council consider hearing a presentation and approving the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2025, as presented by Gollob Morgan Peddy.]

CAN YOU SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT? YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AFTER I DO THE AFTER KEVIN DOES THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION. SO I'LL COME BACK UP FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL, FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY. MAYOR, I PROMISED THE MAYOR THIS WOULD BE. I KEEP THIS TO 15 MINUTES. IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? I HAD TO GET ONE LAST DIG IN ON HIM BEFORE HIS TERM ENDS. THERE'S SOME ACKNOWLEDGED ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AT THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR AUDIT TEAM IN THE BACK. THEY'RE HERE. IF Y'ALL JUST STAND BRIEFLY. I APPRECIATE THEM AND THEIR HARD WORK AND GETTING THIS ALL TOGETHER. THERE'S WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH YOU ALL, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM SO MUCH AND ALL THEIR HARD WORK AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE DID MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT HERE AT THE END LAST TUESDAY AND GO THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT IN DETAIL TODAY. BE

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THIS WAS RELATED TO YOUR. YOUR GENERAL FUND OF 743,000. THE BIG INCREASE THERE CAME ABOUT FROM YOUR SALES TAX REVENUE OF 1.26 MILLION. TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE UNDER BUDGET FOR THE YEAR AND THE GENERAL FUND OF 336,000. AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE DECREASED JUST A SMALL AMOUNT BY 686,000. NEXT SLIDE MAY BE A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT BASICALLY THIS JUST GIVES YOU A BRIEF ALLOCATION OF THAT NET POSITION NUMBER THAT WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT IS WHAT WE CALL THE NET INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS. AND THAT'S YOUR TOTAL EVERYTHING YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR EQUIPMENT, YOUR FLEET, EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE AND SEE THAT'S TANGIBLE. THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER $605 MILLION. YOU DO HAVE RESTRICTED NET POSITION. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS NET POSITION RESTRICTED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER 77 MILLION. AND THEN THAT UNRESTRICTED PORTION IS NOW ONLY 1.8 MILLION NEGATIVE. NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK YEARS AGO WHEN WE ADOPTED GASB 68, THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT 48 MILLION NEGATIVE. WHEN WE PUT THAT LARGE LIABILITY ON THE BOOKS THAT YEAR. AND THAT'S GOING BACK A GOOD WAY. SO THAT'S CHANGED QUITE A BIT OVER TIME. AGAIN. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE OF FINANCE AND PEOPLE IN TECHNOLOGY, MAYOR WARREN, MISS MA STEWART, FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT AND THE TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING. OF COURSE. ED, IS YOUR CITY MANAGER, BLAKE AND HIS POSITION HERE WITH THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT WITH CÉDRIC, LAUREN AND LAN. I APPRECIATE THEM AND THEIR STAFF AND ALL THEIR HARD WORK PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT. HERE WE COME. WE SPEND. WE START USUALLY JULY, AUGUST DOING INTERIM WORK. WE COME BACK IN NOVEMBER AND DO ANOTHER ROUND OF INTERIM WORK, AND THEN WE'RE HERE IN JANUARY DURING THE FINAL WORK. SO YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER COME BEFORE YOU IN MAY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 YEAR END. SO ANY QUESTIONS, ANYTHING THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE DISCUSSED? ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN? KEVIN, ONE QUESTION. YOU KNOW, YOU AND I WENT THROUGH THIS IN A LOT OF DETAIL DURING OUR MEETING, SO I WON'T REHASH THOSE QUESTIONS. SO SAME QUESTION I ASK YOU EACH YEAR WHEN WE COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF THIS, ANYTHING THAT CONCERNS YOU, ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE ALARMING TO US THAT YOU WANT TO POINT OUT? NO, THERE IS NOTHING. Y'ALL DO A WONDERFUL JOB HERE. THE CITIZENS NEED TO BE PROUD OF WHERE THEY LIVE. I AM AS FOR AS ONE VERY PROUD OF TO BE A PART OF TYLER AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND OFFER AND AND YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB FOR YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION FOR KEVIN. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE P TWO SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY CURTIS SECONDED BY HANEY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANKS, KEVIN. THANK

[Z-1 PD25-023 NORTHERN SPRUCE LLC (2801 AND 2835 SOUTH BROADWAY AVENUE) Request that the City Council consider adoption of an Ordinance approving a POD, Planned Office District zoning site plan amendment.]

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THEY. THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT DUE TO THE LOCATION OF UTILITY UTILITY LINE THAT THEY. THAT THE PREVIOUS PLAN IS NO LONGER FEASIBLE FOR THAT FOR THAT REASON. AND SO THEY ARE PROPOSING THIS NEW LAYOUT, WHICH AS YOU SEE HERE, THE THE PROPOSED BUILDING. I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT EASIER HERE. THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS 6000FT■!S, WHICH IS 400FT■!S LAR THAN THE PREVIOUS APPROVAL. THE BUILDING IS STILL ORIENTED. IT'S ACTUALLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE THE PREVIOUS LOCATION. SO IT IS FURTHER AWAY THAN THE PREVIOUS BUILDING ON THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS PLAN, THE THE PARKING WAS REARRANGED TO BE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE HOMEOWNERS TO THE SOUTH, BUT IT DID INTRODUCE A NEW LAYOUT WHERE THE THE SPACES WILL FACE TOWARDS THE SOUTH. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE CODE REQUIRES THAT ADEQUATE SCREENING BE PROVIDED WHERE THOSE POTENTIAL HEADLIGHTS MIGHT BE FACING THE HOMES. AND SO THE SITE PLAN DOES INCORPORATE THE THE PARKING LOT SCREENING. IT ACTUALLY ALSO INCORPORATES A SUPPLEMENTAL SIX FOOT TALL PRIVACY FENCE TO GO ALONG WITH THE SCREENING OR THE HEDGE THAT'S REQUIRED. THE SITE PLAN ALSO PROPOSES A BUFFER YARD ON THE ON THE SOUTH AND WEST PORTION THERE. AS YOU SEE. AND THE SITE PLAN DOES STIPULATE THAT THE. THE TREES WILL BE MEDIUM OR LARGE EVERGREEN SPECIES, SO THAT THEY DO RETAIN THAT FOLIAGE YEAR ROUND. THOSE.

THOSE TWO STANDARDS DO EXCEED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR A TYPICAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PLAN. DISTRICT SITE SITE DESIGN ELEMENTS CAN BE ADDED TO THE. IN RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS CAN BE PLACED ON THE APPROVAL. AND SO THAT'S WHY THOSE TWO ELEMENTS DO EXCEED THE MINIMUM CODE REQUIREMENT. I HAVE THIS GRAPHIC HERE. THIS DOES SHOW THE THE TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AS WE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT PHASE THAT WE'RE IN, WHICH IS THE, THE ZONING AND THE LAND USE DISCUSSION WITH THIS BEING A REQUEST FOR A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT, IT IS ASKING THE ASKING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE ORIENTATION OF THE USES ON THAT PROPERTY. THE. THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR PLANNED OFFICE DISTRICT, SO IT IS LIMITED IN USE TO. TO ANY USE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, WHICH ARE OTHER GENERAL OFFICES OR OR MEDICAL OFFICES. THE. THE PARKING PROVIDED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS IS MORE TYPICAL OF A, A GENERAL OFFICE SPACE MEDICAL OFFICE WOULD REQUIRE A LOT MORE PARKING. AND SO I DO SHOW THIS GRAPHIC TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE FUTURE PHASES OF THE REVIEW.

THE SEATING REVIEW OF, OF DEVELOPMENTS LIKE I MENTIONED THAT ZONING. WE'RE CONSIDERING

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THE CITY REQUIREMENTS FOR. FOR STORMWATER, STORMWATER ANALYSIS AND DESIGN AND AND THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THAT BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT IS APPROVED. OH, WITH THAT, THE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS PROPOSAL AND RECOMMENDED BY A 4 TO 3 VOTE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. SO WHAT IS THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

CAN WE HAVE DARREN OR DARYL COME UP AND JUST TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE? MORNING, DARYL. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING. SO YES, THERE BRANDON HAS ALREADY DONE A STUDY ON THIS PARTICULAR SECTION THERE. AND IT'S JUST IN A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT AT THIS POINT. BUT THEY'VE ANALYZED THE FLOW THAT'S COMING THROUGH THIS TRIBUTARY. THERE'S ABOUT 1700 AND FOUR CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, BASED ON NATHAN DE MEYER'S 28 2008 MASTER DRAINAGE STUDY.

THERE ARE SOME PINCH POINTS ALONG THAT CREEK, WHETHER SOME RETAINING WALLS WERE BUILT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY BEFORE THE AMOUNT OF FLOW THAT WAS RECOGNIZED COMING THROUGH THERE, THAT KIND OF PINCH POINTS, SOME OF THAT. SO THEIR RECOMMENDATION, I THINK ON AVERAGE IS ABOUT SEVEN FEET WIDE. THEY'RE THEY'RE REQUESTING ABOUT 15 MORE THAN DOUBLE. AND IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION TO THAT POINT.

SO IT'S ABOUT 300FT, 350FT OF IMPROVEMENTS OF THAT CHANNEL, WHICH WILL BE SHORTLY. THERE'S, THERE'S A SPILLWAY THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED WITH THAT POND, AND IT'S DOWNSTREAM OF THAT FOR ABOUT 350FT TO BACK UP, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, ONCE THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN 2019, MR. SPENCER DID APPLY FOR A HE HAD A FULL BUILDING PERMIT, BUT THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS WEREN'T READY AT THE TIME, SO THEY JUST DID A GRADING AND CLEARING PERMIT, WHICH IS WHERE SOME OF THE TREES WERE REMOVED. BUT THE POND WAS BUILT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT. WITH THE

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BUT THAT THAT SECTION, THAT CREEK RIGHT THERE PROBABLY WON'T PEAK UNTIL ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS AFTER A RAIN EVENT, BECAUSE IT JUST TAKES THAT LONG FOR ALL THE DRAINAGE AREAS TO FEED INTO THAT CREEK AND RISE AT THIS PARTICULAR SECTION. NOT REALLY CHANGING THE DRAINAGE PATTERN. I THINK THAT'S COME UP IN SOME OF THE BACK AND FORTH WITH SOME OF THE CITIZENS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PROPOSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE WILL JUST AS IT'S NATURALLY DRAINED TO THE NORTHWEST INTO THE TRIBUTARY. SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE DRAINAGE PATTERNS. IT'S STILL ENDING UP IN THE TRIBUTARY. I DO BELIEVE BACKING UP TO BRANDON'S STUDY, THEY HAD A RANGE FROM ANYWHERE FROM. THEY HAD TWO OPTIONS AS FAR AS THE WIDENING, TWO DIFFERENT RETAINING WALLS THAT COULD BE USED, AND THEY RANGE FROM 450,000 TO 500,000 WOULD BE NECESSARY TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO LET ME ASK YOU.

I'LL START WITH THE STORY. YES, SIR. I'LL MAKE IT SHORT. BUT CHARLIE AND I OWNED A HOUSE IN AN AREA OF TOWN THAT HAD A CREEK IN THE BACKYARD. YES, SIR. AND THE CREEK'S WALLS WERE COLLAPSING? YES. AND SO I GOT WITH THE CITY. THIS WASN'T TOO LONG AGO. GOT WITH THE CITY. I SAID THE WALLS OF THIS CREEK ARE COLLAPSING. THEY SAID THERE'S NO CITY EASEMENT ON THAT CREEK. YOU AND THE ADJOINING LANDOWNER OWNED TO THE CENTER OF THE CREEK. THAT'S YOUR CREEK? YES, SIR. SO I PUT IN FRENCH DRAINS TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE BACK OF THE CREEK. JUST CLOSED IT. SO THE HOUSE. SO IN THIS SITUATION WHERE YOU'VE GOT THIS 450 FOOT OF CREEK, DOES THE CITY HAVE EASEMENTS ON THESE CREEKS, OR IS THIS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF THESE CREEKS? OR DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS? I BELIEVE THIS SECTION IS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AS WELL. I BELIEVE IF DEPENDING WHERE ON THE HALF CENT PROJECT AND HOW THAT WAS PRESENTED AND KIND OF A PRIORITY, MAYBE WITH THE HOUSE FLOODING, THAT EASEMENT WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT WORK. BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE CORRECT ON THAT.

THERE THERE ARE CERTAIN SECTIONS IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THE OLDER ONES LIKE THIS. A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT WEREN'T REQUIRED WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS PLATTED BACK THEN. SO THERE, THERE ARE SECTIONS ON CREEK THAT THAT IS THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN. AS WE KNOW, WITH ALL CREEKS, RIGHT? THERE'S GOING TO BE EROSION. AND OVER TIME THERE THERE IS A LIFE HAVEN RETAINING WALLS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE BUILT. SO BUT AS THOSE FAIL, AND I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE FLOODING INCIDENTS AND I I'M NOT SURE WHICH RESIDENT. BUT IS THIS GOES BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CROSSES FAIR LANE THERE.

THERE WAS A WALL THAT COLLAPSED. IT ENDED UP BLOCKING ABOUT HALF OF THAT CULVERT GOING UNDER FAIR LANE. AND I THINK THAT'S PRIMARILY ON THAT PARTICULAR EVENT THAT THAT CAUSED SOME OF THE THE FLOODING IN THAT AREA. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DARYL BEFORE WE MOVE ON? HEY, DARYL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE SEVEN FEET COMPARED TO THE 15FT? AND THEN YOU

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YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WOULDN'T YOU? TO WORK HAND IN HAND ON FIXING POTENTIALLY THE PROBLEM THAT MISS CAMERON'S DEALING WITH. IT'S ABOUT THIS ZONING ITEM VERSUS THAT. WELL, THE TWO DRAINAGE STUDIES WOULD HAVE TO COINCIDE. SURE. SO DEFINITELY AS YOU MOVE INTO, YOU KNOW, PAST ZONING ITEM, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S APPROVED AND THE ENGINEERING THAT GOES INTO PLACE, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOME COORDINATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOWS THAT ARE COMING OFF OF THIS SITE ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION AND MAKING SURE THOSE ASSUMPTIONS ARE IN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AS A WHOLE. CORRECT? ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DARYL OR CAMERON BEFORE WE MOVE ON? SO I'VE GOT ONE MORE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WHAT THE, THE IDEA, WHAT THE CONCEPT, WHAT THE GOAL IS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND WATER CONTAINMENT OFF SITE. HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO WORK? SURE, I MAY LET, I CAN TAKE A SHORT AND THEN MAYBE LET DARYL. SO THERE'S THERE'S A PIECE OF OUR ORDINANCE SPEAK TO THAT FLOW THAT YOU'RE GENERATING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT MAKING SOMETHING WORSE DOWNSTREAM. AND SO ONE OF THE, THE PIECES OF THAT, IF IT'S ADJACENT TO A WATERWAY, THERE MAY BE A BENEFIT TO GETTING IT INTO THAT WATERWAY AND GET IT OUT OF THE SYSTEM. AND SO THAT, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS, DO YOU NEED TO CONTAIN THAT ON SITE UNTIL THE WATER LEVEL DIES DOWN? SO DEPENDING UPON WHERE YOU ARE WITHIN YOUR STREAM NETWORK, THAT THAT CHANGES AND THEN THE ORDINANCES. AND THAT'S PART OF THE ENGINEERING REVIEW OF LOOKING THOSE FLOWS. DOES THIS PROJECT MAKE THAT WORSE? WELL, SO BACKING UP TO 2019 WHEN THE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF IT I SHARED EARLIER, BUT. SO THE POND WAS CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE 2019 GRADING PLAN. SO THEORETICALLY, THAT POND ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE POST DEVOTED FLOWS. AND SO AND THE BEAUTY. I THINK WITH THIS IT'D BE ONE THING IF THIS. IF THEY WERE RIGHT UP THE HEADWALLS OF THIS TRIBUTARY, BUT THE FACT THAT IT GOES A MILE DOWNSTREAM, THEORETICALLY, THIS WATER ON A STORM EVENT, SINCE IT'S IT'S JUST REALLY RIGHT THERE A COUPLE OF FEET FROM THE TRIBUTARY THAT WATER AND WITH THE PARKING LOT AND BUILDING THAT, THAT WATER IS GOING TO MOVE ON. SO BY THE TIME THE SECTION OF THE CREEK PEAKS, THAT WATER WOULD BE WELL DOWNSTREAM. SOMETIMES YOU GET INTO THAT EFFECT. IF YOU'RE DETAINING A LARGER SITE, THE CREEK PEAKS AND YOU'RE STILL DISCHARGING INTO THAT PEAK, THAT THAT CAN CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS WHERE THIS WATER WILL BE GONE, IT'LL BE FURTHER DOWNSTREAM BY THE TIME THIS SPEAKS PEAKS. YOU TALK LIKE AN ENGINEER. YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT'S THE RETAINING POND STARTS RELEASING THE. THE CREEK'S ALREADY GONE DOWN AT THAT POINT, AS THE CREEK IS RISING, THAT WATER'S ALREADY GONE OUT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS. I THINK ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, WE HAVEN'T EXPLORED IT. BUT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CREEK, THERE'S A CURB BUILT UP THERE ON GLENHAVEN. AND AS THE CREEK IS RISING, ONCE IT STARTS TO PEAK, THERE'S STILL WATER THAT'S TRYING TO GET INTO THAT CREEK. AND IT'S IT'S GETTING HUNG UP IN THE STREET UP THERE. SO IT'S NOT ABLE TO DRAIN BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE THERE'S NOT A GAP THERE TO ALLOW THAT WATER TO GET INTO THE CREEK. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF COMPLICATED BASED ON THE TIMING, TIMING ANALYSIS.

YEAH. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FOR DARYL OR CAMERON? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. KYLE, ARE YOU DONE FOR NOW? ALRIGHT. I'LL HAVE A A SAY A LOT. I'LL HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR KYLE.

OKAY. BEFORE I GET INTO ALL THESE CARDS, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, IS HAVE WILLIAM SPENCER COME UP AND JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN THE PROJECT AND, AND WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE VISION. IF YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES, SIR. WILLIAM SPENCER, 200 GLENHAVEN DRIVE AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR HEARING THIS TODAY. I THINK KYLE DID A WONDERFUL JOB KIND OF UPDATING. I'M GOING TO FILL IN THE GAPS. I THINK DARYL DID A WONDERFUL JOB TALKING ABOUT HYDROLOGY AND DRAINAGE. AND AS I WAS TALKING TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THEY SAID, WILLIAM, DON'T DON'T DIVE INTO THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF THINGS TOO MUCH. KEEP IT, KEEP IT HIGH LEVEL. SO, MR. MAYOR, FOR YOUR REQUEST, KIND OF CATCH YOU UP ON SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THIS 2019. WE WERE LOOKING AT PURCHASING THE FAIR HOUSE, WHICH HAS IS 200

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WE'VE HAD MINIMAL INTEREST. USUALLY IT'S NOT A USER THAT WE WOULD WANT AS A NEIGHBOR THAT THAT'S HONESTLY WHERE IT'S, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO PUT THIS HERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D NECESSARILY WANT THAT IN MY BACKYARD. SO THERE'S BEEN MINIMAL INTEREST, NOTHING SERIOUS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY WE PULLED IT DOWN. AND NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE KIND OF DOING THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT ALL, GETTING A LITTLE AHEAD OF IT. BUT AND KYLE DID A GREAT JOB OF SHOWING THE STEPS. BUT IF YOU WANT, YOU DO YOUR DRAINAGE STUDY AND YOU SEE WHAT NUMBERS IT MAY COST, IT MAY COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO ANYTHING. IS THAT A THOUGHT YOU'VE HAD? IS THAT A CONCERN WITH OUR BUDGET NUMBERS ON THIS? WE'VE GOT PERFORMANCE AND IT IT DOES.

THE NUMBERS DO WORK OUT. AGAIN. WE'VE ALREADY BUILT THE DETENTION POND. IT'S OVER DETAINING FOR OUR SITE. SO DEPENDING UPON WHERE THE CITY WANTS US TO DISCHARGE, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT WE HAVE WE'VE RUN NUMBERS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED WITH THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD IS HE CAN HELP US WITH WITH BUILDING COSTS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE NOT KIND OF GETTING OVER OUR SKIS TOO MUCH, BUT GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. DON'T LEAVE. THE ROOM. ALRIGHT.

I'M GONNA JUST GO IN ORDER HERE. LET'S HAVE JOHN BARR COME ON UP. MR. BARR, IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOHN BARR. MY WIFE CECILE, AND I LIVE AT 201 BELLE MEADE. I HAD SPOKEN IN FAVOR OF THIS ZONE CHANGE BACK IN 2019. OUR PROPERTY ADJOINS THE SOUTH BANK OF THIS CREEK. WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPENDING OVER 32,000 THIS PAST YEAR ON DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. AT THE TIME, IN 2019, I SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THAT AND NOW I STRONGLY OPPOSE IT. I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE RETENTION POND IS LIKE LIPSTICK ON A PIG. IT WAS THERE FOR SIMPLY TO IMPRESS PEOPLE. I HAVE VERY UPSET THAT THE EMAILS IN INTERNAL EMAILS AND PLANNING AND ZONING THAT HAVE COME TO LIGHT UNDERMINE MY CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING. I SPENT 20 YEARS ON THE FIREMEN PENSION RETIREMENT FUND, AND THAT WAS A VERY WELL RUN AND STILL IS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, A VERY WELL RUN ORGANIZATION. I'M UPSET ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE IMPACT OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING HERE IS UNDERMINED. THE PLANNING AND ZONING. THAT'S IT. ANY NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO WILL RITCHIE, WHO I UNDERSTAND IS AN ATTORNEY. SO I HOPE HE CAN FIT HIS IN IN THREE MINUTES. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMENTS ON. I'M SURE I CAN TRY TO. MANAGE. I'M SORRY. DON'T START HIS TIME YET TILL HE STARTS TALKING. TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT. I TELL YOU WHAT. AND IF THE CLICKER THING. OH THANK YOU. OKAY, SO FIRST WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS I THINK WITH ALL OF THIS. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME? WILL RITCHIE AT 119 BELLEMEADE LANE. WHAT I WANT TO SAY FIRST IS WE JUST HEARD A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM ENGINEERS WITH THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, BIG WATER PROBLEMS REALLY BAD WHEN MR. KINGMA WAS WAS TALKING, HE DID NOT MENTION THE INTERNAL EMAIL THAT WAS DISCLOSED.

FINALLY, IN RESPONSE TO MY SEVERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION, WOULD YOU MIND STEPPING UP? THAT WAS DISCLOSED IN RESPONSE TO MY SEVERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS? SO WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT THIS BODY, I BELIEVE TODAY, YOU SHOULD ALL SAY NO TO

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THAT WAS SAID, AND I THINK THE LAST HEARING NOW, AT THE LAST HEARING, THERE WAS TALK FROM THE CITY ENGINEER, AND IT CAUSED ONE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS. I'VE GOT THE TRANSCRIPT UP TO SAY, QUOTE, WHAT I HEARD FROM THE CITY ENGINEER, QUOTE, THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL AFFECT IT, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY. SO THE INTERNAL EMAIL, HOWEVER, TOTALLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE INTERNAL EMAIL IS, QUOTE, LEADING TO MORE STRUCTURE FLOODING AND QUOTE WOULD CERTAINLY INCREASE STORM WATER VOLUMES. THERE WAS A MOTION TO DENY. AND EVEN THOUGH THE PERCENTAGE WAS 13% OF PEOPLE RESISTING THIS, IT STILL BARELY GOT OUT OF PLANNING AND ZONING BY A VOTE OF 4 TO 3. AND ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS SECONDED THE MOTION AND HE SAID, QUOTE, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS AND THERE'S HISTORICAL CHANGES, CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE SEEN, ONE OF THOSE UNKNOWNS WOULD BE THAT SECOND INTERNAL EMAIL THAT NO ONE TALKED ABOUT. I SEE MY TIME SHORT. I HAVE A TON OF ADDITIONAL STUFF. YOU ALL HAVE THE TRANSCRIPTS. IT SHOWS THE HISTORICAL PROBLEMS. BUT I WANT TO SHOW THIS VIDEO. OH, AS TO WHAT PERHAPS THE TIME DELAY, THERE WAS A QUOTE SAID ON FEBRUARY 3RD BY THE DEVELOPER, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF A ROCK AND A HARD SPOT. THAT COULD BE SOME OF THE ISSUES HERE WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT RUNNING THE NUMBERS, AND THAT THEY WORK. THE REAL ROCK AND THE HARD SPOT IS THAT THE WATER IS GOING EITHER TO MISS FOREMAN AND ME OR DOWN THE CREEK, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BAD TO SEND IT DOWN THE CREEK.

SO NO VOLUME. BUT LAST SLIDE, THERE'S WATER CODE. BIG VERDICT ON DIVERTING SURFACE WATER OVER 600,000. BUT LAST SLIDE IS. HEY, WILL. MR. RITCHIE. YES? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. GO BACK. GO BACK TO THAT EMAIL THAT YOU PUT UP THERE AND ONE OF THE SENTENCES THAT YOU DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT, OR I GUESS THE CONTINUATION OF THE SENTENCE THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED, IT SAYS UNLESS SUFFICIENT STORMWATER DETENTION IS PROVIDED. YES. WOULDN'T THAT BE THE VERY NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS THAT HE HAS TO GET SUFFICIENT STORMWATER DETENTION IN THE PROVISION FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE APPROVAL FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT? YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE HEARD THAT, I BELIEVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ZONING AND ENGINEERING IS SO INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S APPROPRIATE IN THIS SCENARIO TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WHEN WE HAVE LANGUAGE HERE, QUOTE, LEADING TO MORE STRUCTURE FLOODING. WHAT THAT SENTENCE SUGGESTS TO ME IS THAT THE POND IS ABSOLUTELY NOT WORKING TO TO QUASH THESE PROBLEMS, WHICH WE HEARD JUST A MINUTE AGO WITH REFERENCE TO LIPSTICK ON A PIG. SO WHETHER IT'S WORKING OR NOT WORKING, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR ENGINEERING TO DECIDE AFTER THIS STEP OF THE PROCESS. RIGHT? THAT THAT QUOTE, UNLESS EFFICIENT STORMWATER DETENTION IS PROVIDED, THAT'S THEIR JOB TO THEN DETERMINE WHETHER, WHETHER OR NOT IT IT IS SUFFICIENT OR INSUFFICIENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DECIDE AND THEN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT TO PROVIDE. IF IT IS INSUFFICIENT, WOULD THAT BE ACCURATE? IT SEEMS LIKE TWO ATTORNEYS. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN COURT AND WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT IT. HE MAY NOT SAY IT, BUT YES, THAT IS CORRECT. AND IN FACT, HE MENTIONED THAT. AND KYLE PROBABLY WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL, THAT ENGINEERING AND ZONING ARE INTERTWINED ACTUALLY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. THEY ARE NOT INTERTWINED. ZONING USES ARE DICTATED UPON USES, AND ENGINEERING IS DONE THEN TO DETERMINE AS FAR AS EVEN FOR STRUCTURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED, YOU STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT SITE PLANS. YOU STILL HAVE TO

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ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER RICHIE? YEAH. SITS DOWN. RIGHT. BUT BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THE ZONED THIS FOR CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? WHAT I THE ANSWER IS CORRECT. TALKING ABOUT AN AMENDMENT TO ZONING. RIGHT. HE ALREADY HAS ZONING TO BUILD. IT IS AN AMENDMENT I HAVE SAID I, I HAVE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED. TEN DASH 655 REGARDS ABANDONMENT. NOW, I BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE HAVE DETERMINED THAT DOESN'T APPLY, BUT THAT SECTION OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE STATES, WHEN YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OF ABANDONMENT OF A SITE PLAN, CERTAINLY THE 2019 ONE ABSOLUTELY ABANDONED. I MEAN, WE HAD GOING TO THE HISTORY, THERE'S BEEN LIKE 6 OR 7 SITE PLANS THAT ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I THINK THAT SHOWS THAT THAT SECTION WOULD APPLY. BUT I WOULD JUST SAY IN CONCLUSION, YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO VOTE ON THE DEVELOPMENT. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE NO, AND THAT WE SHOULD SAY NO TO QUOTE STRUCTURE FLOODING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME? I'D LOVE TO TALK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. ALRIGHT. NEXT PERSON UP DOESN'T TALK QUITE AS MUCH AS MR. RICHIE. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. JOHN GASTON, MY WIFE AND I, JENNIFER, WE LIVE AT 106 BELLE MEADE. TOUGH CROWD HERE TODAY. I JUST HAVE A FEW REMARKS ABOUT THIS AND I'LL KEEP IT UNDER THREE. I HAVE THREE CONCERNS. FIRST THING, AND PROBABLY ALL OF YOU ALL KNOW THIS ALREADY. THE BELLE MEADE CUL DE SAC THAT WE LIVE IN IS A VERY ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD WITH VERY ESTABLISHED RESIDENTS WHO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART ARE GOING TO LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES. AND THOSE THAT LOCATION, MY WIFE AND I ARE FOR SURE ONE OF THEM. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO US. THE FIRST CONCERN I HAD ABOUT IT, AND THERE'S THREE. NUMBER ONE, INITIALLY I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SECURITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FOLKS WHO'S THE BACKSIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY BACKS UP TO THAT PROPERTY LINE FOR A BUSINESS THAT WAS GOING TO GO INTO THAT LOCATION. IN ALL FAIRNESS, I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS I INITIALLY WAS BASED UPON THE TESTIMONY FROM MR. SPENCER ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BUSINESS EMPLOYEES, COMPANIES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE EMPLOYED THERE. THE OTHER PIECE OF THE SECOND POINT THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT PART OF THE CHARM OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT IT IS. YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF TYLER, BUT IT'S NOT YOU'RE NOT PRESSED BY COMMERCIALISM. AND OVER TIME, THAT'S SOMEWHAT CHANGED. WHEN WE MET WITH P AND Z, I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, YOU KNOW, I CAN WALK OUT OF MY FRONT DOOR AND I CAN SEE THAT SPINE AND JOINT BUSINESS, WHICH IS WHAT, 200 YARDS AWAY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND WITH MR. SPENCER'S BUSINESS, THAT'S GOING TO BE BACKED UP TO ANY WAY YOU CUT IT, IT'S GOING TO BACK UP TO THE BELLE MEADE HOMES, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WALK OUT OF THEIR BACK DOOR AND SEE THAT. THIRDLY, AND MOST

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AND THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME WAS LIVING HERE. AND I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IF I THOUGHT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THIS PROJECT WOULD CAUSE TYLER TO WITHER AND DRY UP, I'D GRUDGINGLY SAY, LET'S DO THIS. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES I THINK THE NEEDS OF OF THE MANY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NEEDS OF A FEW. AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE DECLINED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE CARLA FOREMAN. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING US. MY NAME IS CARLA FOREMAN AND I LIVE AT 107 BELLEMEADE DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE PROPERTY. AND WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO GIVE OUR INPUT TO THE ZONING BOARD CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, THE QUESTION, AS YOU'VE ALREADY DETERMINED, WAS NOT CAN AN OFFICE BUILDING BE BUILT HERE THAT WAS ALREADY DECIDED. AN OFFICE BUILDING CAN BE BUILT THERE BECAUSE IT'S ZONED POD, BUT WE WERE ASKED IF WE WOULD APPROVE THE REVISED SITE PLAN.

I DID NOT OBJECT BECAUSE I BELIEVED THAT WHEN AN F AN OFFICE BUILDING IS BUILT THERE, THE CURRENT OWNER AND DEVELOPER WOULD BE AND HAS BEEN THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND CAREFUL WITH IT SINCE IT IS LITERALLY IN HIS BACKYARD. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE BETTER FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAN HAVING A RANDOM DIFFERENT OWNER OR DEVELOPER TO WHOM THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD. HOWEVER, AND THIS IS A HUGE. HOWEVER, AFTER I STILL. I STILL MAINTAIN THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR BUILDING AN OFFICE THERE. BUT THE HUGE HOWEVER, IS THAT I WANT TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL THAT NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT TO THAT PROPERTY BE APPROVED UNTIL THE LONG STANDING FLOODING ISSUES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE LOT ARE ADDRESSED AND HAVE PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE. I REALIZE THAT'S OPPOSITE FROM THE FLOWCHART, BUT I DON'T THINK AS SOME OTHER AS WELL SAID TOO, THAT THE DECISION TO DEVELOP IT CAN NECESSARILY BE MADE IN THIS CASE UNTIL THE EXISTING LONG EXISTING FLOODING ISSUES DOWNSTREAM HAVE BEEN FIXED, PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE. SO AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO MAKE FIXING THIS FLOODING PROBLEM A PRIORITY UP FROM TIER THREE TO TIER ONE, AND THAT ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY BE CONTINGENT UPON ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

JENNIFER GASTON. THREE MINUTES MA'AM. HELLO. I'M JENNIFER GASTON. I'M MARRIED TO JOHN GASTON, RESIDENT AT 106 BELLE MEADE FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS. I DO WANT TO MAKE TWO CORRECTIONS OR JUST POINTED OUT TO YOU ON THE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE ON THIS AGENDA IT TALKS ABOUT. THE BELLE MEADE EDITION IS SURROUNDED BY TALL MASONRY WALL AND TREES ALONG SOUTH BROADWAY THAT IS ONLY ALONG THE FOREMAN RESIDENCE THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY. IT'S.

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MRS. KRAVITZ GOT OUT AND INVESTIGATED. SO ULTIMATELY, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGES THAT SHOULD OCCUR AFTER THIS DEVELOPMENT? WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS CLEAR CUT? BASICALLY MORE MORE RAIN, MORE MORE RUNOFF HAS OCCURRED. IS IT THE CITY? IS IT THE HOMEOWNERS? IS IT THE DEVELOPERS? WHERE ARE WE? WE HAVE WATER DAMAGE. WE HAVE EXPENSE. IF WE HAVE MORE FLOODING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR INSURANCE AND A DECREASE IN OUR HOME VALUE. AND DON, I DON'T WANT TO SELL MY HOUSE. I WANT TO STAY THERE. SO BUT I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WE LIVED ON GREENWAY, WE HAD SOME FLOODING ISSUES OVER THERE. AND IT'S ALL PART OF THIS WEST MUD TRIBUTARY. SO OUR EYES ARE OPEN. WE ASK YOU JUST TO. THINK WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE JAMES MCCANN. JAMES MCCANN 219 BELLAMY. THANK YOU, COUNCILS, FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE A PLACE AT 219 BELLE MEAD, WHICH IS RIGHT BY MICHAELA AT THE END OF BELLE MEAD. AND I HAVE A PLACE JUST SOUTH OF COOPER'S HALL THAT'S ON WEST MUD CREEK, TOO, AND I'VE HAD THAT FOR 5 OR 6 YEARS. AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS INCREASED DOWN THERE FROM SOUTH TOWER DEVELOPMENT IS EXPONENTIALLY MORE. SO. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THIS WILL DO TO MY HOUSE. AND YOU DO 350FT. WELL, THAT'S GOING TO DO IS PINCH IT BACK DOWN TO SEVEN FEET OF MY HOUSE. SO THEN I'M GOING TO BE THE PROBLEM. SO I STRONGLY OPPOSE IT. I DO NOT THINK IT'S A GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S SHORT. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT. BRENDA CAMERON. 210. GLENHAVEN I, I HAVE TO OPPOSE FOR NOW. I HOPE YOU'LL ADDRESS THE FLOODING ISSUE FIRST, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THAT HOUSE OVER 30 YEARS. AND THE FLOODING, THE FLOODING HAS GOTTEN WORSE. SO EVEN SINCE 2019, IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. I WAS OUT OF MY HOUSE SIX MONTHS IN 2024 WITH THE TOTAL FLOOD. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO ADDRESS CREEK ISSUES FIRST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CAMERON. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END. BRANT.

SOBOTA. HI, I'M BRETT SOBOTA, MY HUSBAND AND OUR THREE KIDS LIVE AT 211 BELLEMEADE, WHICH IS RIGHT BETWEEN THE BARS AND THE MCCAIN. SO WE HAVE THE JOY OF LIVING ON THE I'LL CALL IT CANAL AS WELL. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. I DO HAVE VIDEOS IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE THEM AFTERWARDS. I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD DO A POWERPOINT WITH THE VIDEOS JUST FROM 2025 AND 2024. WHEN IT RAINS, THE CANAL IS FULL. WE. IT CANNOT TAKE MORE WATER. IT JUST IT JUST CAN'T. AND THAT'S. WITH THE POND ALREADY IN PLACE. YOU'LL SEE THE TIME STAMPS ON

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IT'S MY FAMILY'S HOME. I JUST WANT TO SAY MY FATHER DEVELOPED THIS PROPERTY, THIS SUBDIVISION, THIS CUL DE SAC. HIS FEELING WAS THAT THIS LAND WAS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU CRUISE DOWN SOUTH BROADWAY FROM, LET'S SAY, THE OLD HIGHWAY TO THE LOOP, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE VERY MUCH OPEN PROPERTY. EVERYTHING HAS JUST ABOUT IN THE LAST 50 YEARS BEEN DEVELOPED. BUT THERE IS A REASON THAT THIS PROPERTY THAT MR. SPENCER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN SELLING HIS PROPERTY. IT'S JUST STRUCTURALLY NOT GOING TO WORK. AND EVERYONE HAS TALKED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES IN. BRENDA CAMERON WAS PRETTY, PRETTY GENEROUS AND JUST SAYING THAT SHE WAS OUT OF HER HOUSE FOR SIX MONTHS IN 2024 WHILE SHE REPLACED EVERYTHING, ALL FLOORS, ALL MAJOR WORK IN HER HOME. BUT THE OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE MY HOME. IT'S NOT MY MOTHER'S HOME. IT'S NOT AFFECTED BY THE DRAINAGE. BUT I WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY CONCERNED FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU JUST LEAVE OUR LITTLE PART OF BELLE MEADE AND YOU GO ON SOUTH OF FAIR LANE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS HEARING TODAY THAT ARE DRASTICALLY AFFECTED. I HAVE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE AND THEY'RE NEXT VICTIMS. AND JENNIFER REFERRED TO THE AREA THAT SHE FORMERLY LIVED IN WHERE THEY'VE HAD FLOODING TO.

WE. I'M I THINK YOU NEED TO GIVE SOME REALLY SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO WHAT. AFFECT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON THESE HOMEOWNERS. IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT DOES IT FOR OUR SPEAKERS. I GUESS WE HAVE A JOB TO DO UP HERE. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE THE AERIAL SLIDE? YEAH. I'LL START OFF THE THE CONVERSATION AND I WAS ON COUNCIL IN 2019 WHEN WE VOTED FOR THIS. AND. I KNOW EVERYBODY THAT SPOKE FOR AND AGAINST THIS THIS PROJECT. SO IT'S A DIFFICULT POSITION. BUT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE UP HERE, YOU,

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REQUIRED TO HAVE 16 SPACES AND THEY HAVE 23. OKAY, OKAY. WELL, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND I LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN AND I DRIVE BY IT EVERY DAY, WHEN I GO TO THE POST OFFICE AND I SIT THERE AND WONDER TO MYSELF, HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT PARKING LOT IN THAT BUILDING FIT ON THAT LOT? AND I HAVEN'T GONE OUT THERE AND WALKED IT. BUT WHEN WE APPROVED THIS IN 2019, I WAS A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT PUTTING A SQUARE, A SQUARE BOARD IN A ROUND HOLE. AND, AND IT'S, I, I STRUGGLE WITH, WITH THE POSITIONING OF THIS ON THAT LOT, NOT TAKING ANY OF THE, THE, THE DRAINAGE INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE DRAINAGE ISSUE AS WELL. AND I'VE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I DEALT WITH IT ON THAT PROPERTY THAT WE OWNED. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WATER IS IS POWERFUL. AND WHEN YOU MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE AND YOU MESS WITH WATER, YOU HAVE ISSUES.

AND I'M AWARE OF MISS CAMERON'S FLOODING IN 24. AND IT KIND OF BECOMES, YOU KNOW, WHAT GOES FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG. I MEAN, DOES DOES MR. SPENCER BUILD HIS PROPERTY AND AND THE STUDIES DONE. AND YOU TRY TO TO DO THE 7FT TO 15 FOOT WIDE CREEK OR DO YOU DO THE 15 FOOT WIDE CREEK BEFORE YOU. DO ANYTHING ON THIS PROPERTY? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE THE UNKNOWN IS WHAT GOES FIRST. AND, AND THEN ALSO JUST THE, THE, THE FACT THAT SOME OF THIS CREEK IS, IS PRIVATELY OWNED WITH THE OWNERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK ON TO THE CENTER OF THE CREEK. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT AS FAR AS EASEMENTS CONCERNED. BUT YOU KNOW, I, I, I, I AM STRUGGLING WITH. THIS PROJECT, SO I'M MORE THAN YOU ALL CAN FEEL FREE TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY BEFORE I SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY. I HAVE I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND, AND LOOKING AT THE UDC AND THEN LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT. SOME ASSURANCES THAT THAT I WANT FROM YOU AND QUESTION IS THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET ANSWERED. SO WITH WITH THE UDC AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS. IS THIS SITE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POD AND THE CLOSE BY RESIDENTIAL AREA? BASED OFF THE TECHNICAL REVIEW? YES. GOOD. WITH THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS OR THE FACILITIES ON THIS PROPERTY AS AS AMENDED, WOULD THAT HAVE ANY ADVERSE EFFECT TO THE USE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY? THE THE THE CODE REQUIRED SITE SITE REQUIREMENTS ARE ARE PRESENT, PLUS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE ADDED TO THIS LAYOUT. SO TO THE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE NO. THE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER. THAT WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL. THE ADDITIONAL BUFFERING AND THE ADDITIONAL FOLIAGE WHICH WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE OFF SEASON ISSUES. AND I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT CLASS B, OPTION D OR I'M SORRY, TYPE B, OPTION D BUFFER YARD. AND SO THAT HAS

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IMPACTS HERS, THE CREEK BEHIND HER HOUSE. IS IT MR. SPENCER'S JOB TO FIX THAT OR IS IT PART.

AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH YOUR QUESTION. AND WE CAN HAVE DARRYL COME UP. YEAH.

ULTIMATELY, FOR ANY DIRT DISPLACED ANY AS FAR AS NEW IMPROVEMENTS DONE ON PROPERTY, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THEN TAKE CARE OF THE WATER THAT THAT DIRT, THAT NEW DIRT WILL DISPLACE. MANY ZONING ITEMS HAVE BEEN AS FAR AS IT COUNCIL'S HAVE APPROVED IN THE PAST. DON'T EVER GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE THE COST IS STILL TOO HIGH. YOU DO NOT. THE REQUIREMENT IS NOT NECESSARILY TO ADDRESS THOSE PROPERTIES AS FAR AS DOWNSTREAM OR UPSTREAM.

YOU JUST HAVE TO THEN BRING IN. WHAT IS YOUR ENGINEERING PLAN TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU ARE DISPLACING WITH THAT PROJECT? IF YOU WERE ABLE TO WORK OUT DIFFERENT DEALS AND HAVE YOUR ENGINEER WORK OUT WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, YOU KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.

BUT TYPICALLY WE DON'T SEE THAT. THEY JUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK IT WITH THAT PROPERTY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN EXPANDING ON THAT, DARRYL'S ACTUALLY THERE.

YEAH. DARRYL'S ACTUALLY PROFESSIONAL AND DARRYL DID DID DID I GET ANYTHING THAT'S. OH DAMN IT. I THINK OSMOSIS IS WORKING. IT'S LIKE YOU WENT TO A&M AND GOT AN ENGINEERING. SO

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THEY HAVE TO LOOK ON THE BIG THE ENTIRE PICTURE. SO IF IF SO MAYBE THE ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION MORE DIRECTLY THAN THE CITY CANNOT WOULD NOT APPROVE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT TO ADJOINING PROPERTIES BASED OFF THE INFORMATION THAT WE WE HAVE. IF THERE STILL IS AN ISSUE AFTER AFTER THAT. THEN THAT COULD BE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. BUT THE. THE ACTUAL DRAINAGE PLANS AND CALCULATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED TO ISSUE THE PERMIT WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE REGULATIONS. OKAY. I THINK WHAT I THINK WHAT HE'S KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS IS IF THIS IS APPROVED, MR. SPENCER BUILDS HIS PROJECT. AFTER IT'S COMPLETED. MISS CAMERON, FLOODS.

IS MR. SPENCER GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH REPAIRS FOR MISS CAMERON? IS IT GOING TO BE THE CITY WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY? I THINK STUART, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE YOU WERE GOING A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. YES AND NO. NO. AND AND THE FACT THAT WHAT'S THE APPROVAL PROCESS BEFORE BEFORE WE GET TO THAT STEP. AND THEN I THINK BASED ON YOUR QUESTION, I THINK THAT'S A DISPUTE BETWEEN PROPERTY OWNERS NOT INVOLVED. IT ULTIMATELY INVOLVES THE CITY. IT ULTIMATELY BECOMES A CIVIL ISSUE. AND YEAH, WE'RE DONE THAT. OKAY. ARE YOU THROUGH? NO. OKAY. I DO WANT TO ADD THIS. IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF. AND IT HAS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ITEM. SO FOR OH ONE, YOUR ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE BOND ORDINANCE IS AT 10:40 A.M. I WILL BE ASKING IF COUNCIL IF STILL DELIVERING THIS ITEM, IF THEY DON'T MIND, WON'T BE AT 1040. I'LL HOLD OFF ON THE DECISION ON THIS ONE AND THEN MOVE TO OH ONE SO THAT I DON'T LOSE MY INTEREST RATES FOR THE THE MY BONDS. OKAY. SO JUST BE AWARE THAT COUNCIL IS WONDERING WHY THE MAYOR AND I KEEP STARING AT EACH OTHER.

YOU'RE RIGHT. WE CAN'T TALK IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. SO. OKAY. HYPOTHETICAL THEN FLIP SIDE. IF THIS WERE DENIED TODAY, WHAT ARE THE WHAT IS THE APPLICANT'S OPTION AT THAT POINT? HE HAS AN APPROVED SITE PLAN FROM FIVE YEARS AGO. HE HAS THE APPROVED ZONE CHANGE.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE EXISTING SEWER EASEMENT, HE CAN'T BUILD HIS BUILDING ON THERE AS IT IS.

AND SO HE WOULD THEN HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE P AND Z AGAIN TO MOVE IT OFF THE SEWER EASEMENT. AND WE'RE RIGHT BACK HERE. SQUARE ONE. RIGHT. CORRECT. IF IT'S NOT APPROVED TODAY, THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO PRESENT AND PRODUCE A A NEW SITE PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION THROUGH THE THROUGH THE PROCESS, MOVE THE SEWER LINE. THAT IS AN OPTION. WE I GUESS THAT IS THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED WHERE, YOU KNOW. BUT THE COST OF MOVING THE SEWER LINE WOULD BE BORNE BY THE DEVELOPER, NOT BY THE CITY. OKAY. KEEP GOING. I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER I MEAN, I'M SYMPATHETIC TOWARDS THE BUSINESS OWNER, BUT I THINK THAT I'M MORE EMPATHETIC TOWARDS THE RESIDENTS. WE ALREADY HAVE THE FLOODING ISSUES. WE KNOW THAT IT'S FLOODING. THEY'VE ALREADY HAD TO SPEND MONEY, THEIR OWN MONIES ON THE PROPERTY. SO I DON'T I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY $0.02. SO GREAT. OKAY, I'M GOING TO STEP OUT ON A LIMB HERE. AND I DON'T NORMALLY MAKE MOTIONS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN MY SIX YEARS AS MAYOR, I'VE NOT MADE A MOTION, BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TODAY. AND REGARDING Z ONE, I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY Z ONE SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY WARREN, SECOND BY WIN. I WOULD LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS CASSANDRA. AND JUST SO WE VOTE ON THIS CORRECTLY, IF YOU'RE IF YOU SAY I, YOU'RE VOTING AGAINST WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED BECAUSE IT'S A DOUBLE NEGATIVE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE VOTE ON THE, THE IN

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COUNCILMEMBER NICHOLS IS ABSENT TODAY. DID YOU SAY I. ALRIGHT. MOTION PASSES TO DENY Z ONE.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TWO MINUTES IF ANYBODY WISHES TO DEPART BEFORE WE KEEP GOING. UNLESS YOU WANT TO SIT HERE AND WATCH. GOOD GOVERNMENT AT WORK. THE THE Z ONE, THE REQUEST FOR THIS AMENDMENT TO THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN DENIED. SO HE'S. HE IS UNABLE TO GO ALONG, GO WITH THIS PROJECT AS PRESENTED. SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU, YOU YOU ALL GOT WHAT YOU WANTED OTHER THAN MR. SPENCE. AND I'LL SAY THIS BEFORE WE GO ON, WILLIAM SPENCER, YOU. YOU'RE A GOOD MAN AND AND YOU DO GOOD WORK. AND AND WE'VE USED YOUR SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF TYLER, AND THERE'S NO WAY REFLECTS ANYTHING NEGATIVE BETWEEN US AND YOU OR THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR FOR WORKING WITH THESE NEIGHBORS AND FOR, FOR BEING PATIENT AND FOR HAVING A SMILE ON THEIR FACE. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. Y'ALL CAN TAKE OFF IF YOU WANT. AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS, JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF LOGISTICS, THIS ITEM SHOULD LAST. MAYBE IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE IT, BUT IT SHOULD BE ONLY ABOUT 3 OR 4 MINUTES. AND SO COUNCIL'S GOOD WITH US DOING THIS. AND THEN WE'LL DO OH ONE IMMEDIATELY AFTER Z TWO IF THIS IS DONE, IF YOU ALL ARE GOOD WITH THAT. SO YEAH, LAUREN, IF YOU AND STEVEN ARE ON UP NEXT, YOU WANT TO GET YOURSELF KIND OF SET UP. NO, YOU GO AHEAD, KNOCK THIS ONE OUT REAL QUICK. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. TWO QUICK. THIS IS ZONE CHANGE

[Z-2 Z26-001 ANDREW ARRIAGA (713 WILSON STREET) Request that the City Council consider adoption of an Ordinance approving a zone change from R-MF, Multi-Family Residential District to R-1D, Single-Family Detached and Attached Residential District.]

HOWEVER, MANY OF THE PROPERTIES AROUND IT ARE SINGLE FAMILY. CURRENTLY SINGLE FAMILY. THIS REQUEST, WHEN THE ONE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE GUIDE, IDENTIFYING THE PROPERTY AND SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND DETACHED MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY. AS YOU SEE HERE IS AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND THIS PROPERTY. THIS ZONE CHANGE WILL ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED AS THE CURRENT ZONING IS DOES NOT ALLOW WOULD NOT ALLOW A STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY OF THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT, THEN RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE. SO SECOND GOT A MOTION BY HAWKINS SECONDED BY WENDY. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED?

[O-1 Request that the City Council consider approving the sale of City of Tyler, Texas, Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, New Series 2026]

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THIS IS YOUR DEBT SERVICE STRUCTURE FOR THE GREEN IS YOUR CURRENT. THE GRAY IS THIS BOND ISSUE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT STILL GOES DOWN OVER TIME. SO AS YOUR SYSTEM GROWS AND NEEDS MORE CAPACITY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACHIEVE WHATEVER YOU NEED FOR YOUR IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH GROWTH AND A DECLINING DEBT STRUCTURE WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME RATE IMPACT, BUT HOPEFULLY THE LEAST AMOUNT THAT WE CAN MANAGE. I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE THIS, BUT ON THE FAR RIGHT, THE COVERAGE YOU HAVE IS ABOUT OVER 2.2 TIMES. AND SO THAT THAT IS WHY YOUR CREDIT RATING IS WHAT IT IS. YOU TAKE THAT COVERAGE MONEY AND WE USUALLY USE THAT FOR PROJECTS. WE COVER IT RIGHT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM, AND IT'S NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN YOUR LIQUIDITY AND YOUR BOND RATING.

FINALLY, FOR THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS YOUR REFUNDING PORTION. YOU SEE, WE REFUNDED A LITTLE OVER 10 MILLION OF THE BONDS ISSUED IN 2015 AS THEY HIT THEIR CALL DATE, WHICH WAS THIS YEAR, AND WE SAVED ABOUT $320,000 IN INTEREST. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WE SHOWED YOU LAST MONTH, BECAUSE THE SHORT TERM INTEREST RATES WERE A LITTLE HIGHER. THESE BONDS ONLY GO OUT THE FIRST TEN YEARS. SO WE TOOK SOME OF THEM OUT THAT JUST DIDN'T SAVE ENOUGH MONEY. THEY HAD LOW COUPON RATES ON THEM, BUT OVERALL STILL A GOOD SAVINGS ABOUT $37,000 A YEAR. THIS IS THE SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS. WE DID RECEIVE A PREMIUM BECAUSE THE COUPON RATES THAT THE WINNING BIDDER HAD FOR THIS WAS HIGHER THAN THE INTEREST RATE ON THE BONDS. IF THEY WANT TO, IF THEY WANT US TO PAY THEM A HIGHER INTEREST RATE, THEN THE YIELDS ON THE BONDS, THEY HAVE TO PAY US UP FRONT. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT PREMIUM IS. WE AND ON THE ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT, YOU CAN SEE 70 MILLION TO THE PROJECT FUND, A LITTLE OVER 11 MILLION TO THE REFUNDING. AND THEN COST OF ISSUANCE. AND THEN THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE

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LET'S DO THAT BEFORE THE RESOLUTIONS. YOU GOT IT. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND LAUREN, REAL QUICK, IF YOU ALL NEED TO GET THOSE THINGS SIGNED RIGHT NOW, FEEL FREE TO SLIP THROUGH THE BACK DOOR. AND THE SIGNATURE IS RIGHT THERE. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF. HEATHER, DID YOU JUST TWIST IT? I DON'T THINK UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY. ANYWAY, AFTER THE PRESENTATION. BUT THEY'RE NOT.

COULD YOU TWIST IT? NO. SORRY. THERE'S SOMETHING. ENGINEER. THERE'S AN ARROW THAT SHOWS WHICH WAY TO TWIST IT. YEAH, IT'S DARYL STILL HERE TO HELP US WITH THE ENGINEERING ON

[R-1 Request that the City Council consider adoption of the proposed City of Tyler Comprehensive Plan, known as Tyler Tomorrow, including the Future Land Use Map, to serve as a long-range policy guide for land use, transportation, housing, infrastructure, economic development, and community facilities, and to guide future growth and development decisions throughout the City.]

[R-2 Request that the City Council consider adoption of updates to the Midtown and UT Tyler Area Development Plans, and adoption of a North End Area Development Plan, to serve as guides for decision-making regarding the future growth and development of these areas.]

SEPARATELY. YES. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT R1 AND R2 WHICH ARE IN REGARDS TO THE THE TYLER TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE AREA DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR MIDTOWN, UT TYLER AND NORTH END. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE REPRESENTS WHAT WE HAVE SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH WITH TYLER TOMORROW. AND TODAY WE'RE DELIVERING ON THAT. THIS PLAN CREATES A CLEAR, UNIFIED DIRECTION FOR HOW TYLER WILL GROW THROUGH 2045. IT BRINGS TOGETHER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE AREA DEVELOPMENT PLANS INTO ONE COHESIVE FRAMEWORK THAT WILL GUIDE DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. THIS WASN'T DONE IN ISOLATION. IT REFLECTS THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, THE WORK OF THE STEERING COMMITTEES, AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL. WHAT WE HAVE NOW, WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT JUST ASPIRATIONAL BUT ACTIONABLE. IT GIVES US CLARITY, CLARITY FOR RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT, CLARITY FOR DECISION MAKERS AS AS PROJECTS COME FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION, AND CLARITY FOR HOW WE STAY CONSISTENT IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT GIVES US ALIGNMENT. WE NOW HAVE A SHARED VISION AND A SHARED DIRECTION.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER NICK TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU. KYLE.

HEATHER, NICK, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND OUR NEXT STEPS. SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU COULD EXPECT TO SEE COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT.

IT'S AN UPDATE TO THE CODE AND THAT IT WILL INCORPORATE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THIS PLANNING PROCESS. OTHER ELEMENTS WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT OUR AREA DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND THAT ALSO COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AS WELL AS CIP ALIGNMENT. SO YOU COULD SEE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE AREA DEVELOPMENT PLANS INCORPORATED INTO OUR CIP, AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. SO BEFORE WE WRAP UP THE, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE HOW WE GOT HERE. TYLER 21. AND THEN LATER, TYLER FIRST REALLY SET THE LONG TERM VISION FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND IT TURNED IT INTO REAL PROGRESS. THINGS THAT WE CAN SEE, WE CAN FEEL AND EXPERIENCE ACROSS. TYLER TODAY, TYLER TOMORROW DOES NOT REPLACE THAT WORK. IT ONLY BUILDS ON IT. IT REFLECTS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, WHAT WE'VE HEARD, AND WHERE WE'RE READY TO GO NEXT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WAS SO INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN. THIS IS THEIR PLAN. SO MANY PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME TO SHOW UP, SHARE IDEAS, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT MATTERS TO THEM AND THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS INPUT IS ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PLAN THAT WE ARE BRINGING BEFORE YOU TODAY. ALSO, THANK YOU TO KYLE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE

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AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS PLAN IS ABOUT TAKING WHAT MAKES TYLER SPECIAL AND BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE CARRY THAT FORWARD. THIS IS A DAY OF CELEBRATION. WE HAVE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY IN THE HALLWAY AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE SOME BRANDED COOKIES AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE BACK AND FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THEM IN THE STATE ROOM, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS CELEBRATION AS WELL AS A LITTLE SOMETHING, SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT TO OCCUR. SO FINALLY, TYLER, TOMORROW WILL START NOW, GIVEN THE APPROVAL OF R1 AND R2. ALL RIGHT THROUGH I AM I AM THROUGH IDEVRIES UP HERE. I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I THOUGHT BRAD DID SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT WELL THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR WHAT YOU WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM AND TO EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL. IT HAS BEEN AN 18 MONTH LONG PROCESS.

AND AND TO SEE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, WHICH IS PART OF TYLER FIRST, OR THE VISION FOR 20 YEARS AGO, AND NOW WE'RE STARTING WITH THE VISION FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN FUN AND, AND MADE ME PROUD AND HONORED THAT WE ARE PART OF THE VISION FOR THE NEXT 20, BUT NOT JUST WE, BUT THE COMMUNITY STAFF AND A LOT OF INPUT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO WHEN WE COME BACK IN 20 YEARS, WE'LL SEE IF ANYBODY IMPLEMENTED WHAT THE VISION WAS. AND I HOPE I'M STILL HERE. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO THE VOTE? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON R1 MOVE TO APPROVE R1 SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY CARTER, SECOND BY WIN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION. YOU AND R2, R2, R2. OKAY. ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON R2. MOVE TO APPROVE R2. I SECOND GOT A MOTION BY CURTIS, SECOND BY MARSH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. DON'T DO YOUR THINGS YET. BECAUSE I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. YOU GOT IT. DON'T POINT IT AT SOMEBODY. YES. COUNTDOWN. OKAY. WHAT? DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP ONCE YOU TWIST IT? IT'S GOING.

HOLD ON. DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP? NO. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT? YEAH. YOU WANT TO STAND UP? LET'S DO IT FIRST. THE BOTTOM PURCHASED BY THREE. TWO, ONE. OKAY. Y'ALL READY? TWO. TWO.

THREE. THREE. TWO. ONE.

HEY, I HIT ONE ON THE WALL BACK THERE. STILL NOT BAD. OH. THAT'D BE.

ALL RIGHT. I ENDED UP RIGHT. OH, AWESOME. AWESOME. I LOVE IT, GIRL. WE'RE DOWN TO THE CONSENT

[CONSENT]

[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

ALRIGHT. SOME ITEMS OF NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL. SAVE THE DATE. THE GRAND OPENING OF THE TYLER

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WE'LL BE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH FROM 4 TO 5. IT'S A COME AND GO EVENT ALLOWING STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE THE NEW SPACE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. YOU'VE ALSO PROBABLY STARTED TO HEAR ABOUT OUR TEXAS COLLEGE AREA HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY THAT HAS BEGUN. THE CITY'S INITIATING A HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY IN AND AROUND THE TEXAS COLLEGE AREA AS AN IMPLEMENTATION ITEM OF THE 2017 HISTORIC PRESERVATION STRATEGIC PLAN PROJECT WILL DOCUMENT STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 1977, ALONG WITH THE HIGH LEVEL SURVEY OF NINE POSTWAR SUBDIVISIONS, IN COORDINATION WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. THROUGH THE CLG PROGRAM. FIELDWORK WILL OCCUR IN PHASES THROUGH THROUGHOUT 2026 FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ONLY. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. ARE WE EXPECT TO HAVE A DRAFT REPORT BY MID 2027 WITH THE FINAL REPORT BY SEPTEMBER OF 2027 FOR OUR TEXAS COLLEGE AREA HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY, WE WANT TO, AS FAR AS. RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TYLER POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE PROUD TO TRAVEL TO TUCSON, ARIZONA TO COMPLETE OUR CALEA ACCREDITATION. THIS INCLUDES A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH CALEA COMMISSIONERS. WE WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. WE CANNOT DESCRIBE ALL THE HARD WORK COMPLETED BY ASSISTANT CHIEF JOHN THORNHILL AND OTHERS DURING THIS PROCESS. SO A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THAT. WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO GO AND TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CITY THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AS WELL BEHAVED. THE WHOLE TIME, I WAS IMPRESSED. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF HE PAID YOU TO SAY THAT. WE'RE NOT CERTAIN WE BELIEVE THAT OR NOT. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS WE WERE NOTIFIED OF IS FOR TEXAS MONTHLY, THEY WERE HOLDING THE STAR SPANGLED TEXAS MURAL COMPETITION AND THE PEOPLE OF TYLER CAME OUT AND WE WON. SO WE'LL RECEIVE A CUSTOM DESIGNED MURAL AS PART OF THIS COMPETITION HOSTED BY COCA-COLA SOUTHWEST BEVERAGES. THE CONTEST CELEBRATING AMERICA'S UPCOMING 250TH BIRTHDAY, INVITED TEN TEXAS CITIES TO COMPETE FOR ONE OF THREE MURALS THAT WILL BE PLACED WITHIN COMMUNITIES. AND SO WE WILL BE RECEIVING A ONE OF A KIND MURAL CELEBRATING OUR CITY'S CULTURE, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE. BY INDEPENDENCE DAY. AND THEN FINALLY, AS I MADE MENTION, OUR DELEGATION OF FROM OUR SISTER CITY OF YOSHIO, JAPAN WILL BE ARRIVING ACTUALLY TONIGHT, BUT WE'LL BE COMING TO THE CITY TOMORROW. WE'RE CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH YOSHIO. AND SO FROM SHARED ROSE FESTIVALS TO EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM HAS CONTINUED TO BLOOM THROUGHOUT THESE PAST THREE DECADES. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THEM. THEY'RE ABOUT 20 OF THEM THAT WILL BE COMING. AND SO WE HAVE VERY YOU KNOW, OUR SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE, LED BY MICHAEL HOWELL FROM THE CITY, HAS A FULL KIND OF AS FAR AS WE CAN, CULMINATING IN THE CELEBRATION WITH THEM ON SUNDAY NIGHT THAT WE HOPE THE COUNCIL CAN BE ABLE TO TO ATTEND. BUT TOMORROW MORNING, ABOUT 830 OR SO, I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE ARRIVING HERE AT CITY HALL AND EXCHANGES WILL BE MADE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR TO GREET OUR OUR SISTER CITY FRIENDS FROM. ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE WE ADJOURN? QUICK QUESTION. YES, SIR. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE ASKED HOW CAN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS COLLEGE SURVEY, OR IS THERE A WAY FOR THEM TO BE INVOLVED? JUST GOING THROUGH MY NOTES, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING DIRECTLY ON THAT. HEATHER. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. THE COMMUNITY JUST SPREAD THE WORD THAT THOSE THOSE THE CONSULTANTS WILL BE OUT IN THE FIELD COLLECTING THAT DATA. AND SOMETIMES WHEN THE CONSULTANTS ARE OUT THERE, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? BECAUSE THEY, THEY DO TAKE PICTURES FROM THE STREET.

SO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, HELP RESOLVE ANY KIND OF ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, JUST SPREAD THE WORD THAT THAT REALLY HELPS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. OH, Y'ALL LOVE IT HERE. I'LL

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.