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THAT'S PRIOR DEARLY. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND THE RAIN YOU PROVIDED. LORD, AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMER, WE KNOW THAT YOUR PROVISION IS STILL THERE, JUST WITHOUT THE RAIN. LORD, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF OUR SUMMER AND THE BEAUTY OF EAST TEXAS BRINGS. WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS FOR US TODAY AS WE MEET AND AND DISCUSS THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. MAY WE MAKE WISE DECISIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, FIRST RESPONDERS. WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE WITH THEM AS THEY GO ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF OUR CITY. AND LORD, RIGHT NOW, WE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR NATION'S FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY ARE ENGAGED IN THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH TRIALS RIGHT NOW AS AS THE HARM'S WAY IS AFFECTING THEM. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, 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. ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES. FROM THE JUNE 10TH MEETING, AND IF SO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 10TH, I SECOND. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN NICHOLS AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN MARSH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN. WE HAVE SEVERAL AWARDS TO PRESENT, SO WE'LL COME DOWN FOR SOME AWARDS AND PHOTOS.
ALRIGHT. THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS TODD LUSTIG. INTERNAL AUDIT, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT TODD. I FIRST MET TODD WHEN I SERVED ON THE PARKS BOARD. GOSH, THAT FEELS LIKE 30 YEARS AGO. WHAT ARE YOU. I DON'T HAVE TO DO. THIS, I THOUGHT.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE IS SHERRY PETTIT.
OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE IS GERALD HUDNALL, CITY MARSHAL. 25 YEARS OF. ALL RIGHT. COME ON. OKAY. NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS AMY FOR LIBRARY
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OPERATIONS SPECIALIST.ALRIGHT. THOMAS GUERRERO, POLICE OFFICER. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. I SAW HIM THIS MORNING AND HE SAID HIS WHOLE FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS. SERGEANT. CHAD. HOMER. IS HE.
HERE SHE IS. TISH LOSSES. SO LETICIA, I CALL HER TISH. SHE'S MY WORKOUT PARTNER IN THE GYM EVERY MONDAY MORNING. SO ONE. KEVIN KENNEDY, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 20.
THESE EMPLOYEES REPRESENT 185 YEARS OF SERVICE. THAT'S THAT'S INCREDIBLE. SO THE DEDICATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT ABOUT OUR ATMOSPHERE HERE IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR SERVICE.
I KNOW. THAT WAS GOOD. THEY WEREN'T HERE. THAT WAS. EVERYBODY GO. I KNOW RIGHT.
IT'S CLEAR THAT LET'S GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE THEY EVEN GET STARTED. OH WAIT, IT SAYS 185.
IT SAYS 230 230. ONE, 60, 80, 60 AND 50 IS 110, 1351. QUICK WAIT WAIT WAIT HOLD ON. CAMERON.
MR. 220. IT'S 230. IT'S 230 OR 230. OH TWO. CORRECT. SO A SLIGHT CORRECTION. THIS PIECE OF PAPER SAYS 185 YEARS OF SERVICE. AND THIS ONE SAYS 230. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH 230 YEARS OF SERVICE. COME ON STEPHANIE. YOU SAID THE RIGHT NUMBER FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE. OH THAT'S TRUE. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. OH, BECAUSE YEAH.
BECAUSE BILL STEINMILLER STEINMILLER IS NOT HERE. YEAH. SO A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OFFICER STEINMILLER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE THIS MORNING AS WELL. OKAY, ALRIGHT. CAMERON P ONE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL. CAMERON WILLIAMS DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS
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MORNING ON THE HALF CENT SALES TAX 2026 2027 ANNUAL WORK PROGRAM. AND SO THIS IS A PRESENTATION. SO THERE'S NO ACTION ITEM THIS MORNING. BUT TO GET US KICKED OFF IS WE DO AN ANNUAL CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR OUR HALF CENT SALES TAX. WE DID THAT BACK IN APRIL. OUR STAFF DID A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR OF OF AND ALSO WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT AND ALSO SETTING UP TIMES FOR CITIZENS TO MEET. WE HAD A LOT OF ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH CITIZENS AND PHONE CALLS, BUT IT DID RESULT IN ABOUT 188 KIND OF UNIQUE PROJECT SUBMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO AS WE SORTED THROUGH THOSE, WE KIND OF PUT THOSE INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND BUCKETS FROM THINGS THAT WERE MAYBE NOT HALF CENT RELATED, THAT WOULD BE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, MAYBE IT'S NOT APPLICABLE. THERE COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD ADDRESS THROUGH MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. ALSO, MAYBE IT'S AN EXISTING PROJECT, SO MAYBE IT WAS A STREET OR SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAD IN OUR WORK PLAN, AND THEN WE PUT SIDEWALKS INTO THEIR OWN CATEGORY BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH OF THOSE REQUESTS. AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ANNUAL SIDEWALK PROJECT. AND SO LIKE OF THOSE 45, 15 OF THOSE WERE SPECIFIC TO REEK ROAD BETWEEN DONNYBROOK AND NEW COPELAND, WHICH WERE ALREADY PUTTING INTO DESIGN AND WORKING ON DESIGN ON THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, ABOUT 71, THAT COULD BE PROJECTS THAT ULTIMATELY TURNED INTO 61 NEW PROJECTS ON OUR LIST OF ANNUAL WORK PLAN. SO THESE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS DON'T DEFINITELY NEED TO GET. BUT FOR THINGS TO FOCUS ON IS WE HAVE TIERS. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP, WHERE WE KIND OF BREAK IT UP INTO YEARS TO KIND OF GIVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THE PROJECTS FALL, WITH TIER ONE BEING WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THROUGH 28. TIER TWO IS 29 THROUGH 32, AND THEN TIER THREE PROJECTS ARE 33 THROUGH 36. AND THEN THE NEXT THINGS IS REALLY JUST REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE.SO ON THE REVENUES PIECE IS YOU JUST SEE THAT WE HAVE A 1% ANNUAL INCREASE AS FAR AS A GROWTH IS WHAT WE FORECAST. EXPENDITURES IS WHAT WE PLAN TO EXPAND. I WILL SAY WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 2027, BUT 2027, 2028 ARE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE FROM A TOTAL EXPENDITURES. SO WE MAY NOT ACTUALLY HIT THOSE. AND IF WE DON'T, THEN THOSE JUST KIND OF GET SHIFTED OUT AS FAR AS PROJECTS OR AND THEN LASTLY, THE FUND BALANCE THAT YOU SEE, WE WANT TO KEEP THAT POSITIVE. WE DON'T WANT TO GO NEGATIVE. AND SO IN THIS WAY, 2 IN 2728, WE STILL HAVE AT LEAST. 27 A PRETTY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE PROJECTED. SO IF WE HAVE ANY PROJECTS THAT THE COSTS COME IN HIGHER, THEN WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE. THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF HOW WE OVER ACROSS THE TIERS BREAK THOSE INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. AND YOU SEE STREETS AND TRAFFIC ARE ROADWAYS, DIFFERENT THINGS STILL BEING OUR MAJOR FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM. AND THOSE FIRST TIER ONE AND TIER TWO DRAINAGE CONTINUES TO SEE A PRETTY HEALTHY AND THEN TIER ONE WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRE AND POLICE FACILITIES HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON. AND SO YOU KIND OF SEE THAT REFLECTED IN HOW THE SPENDING GOES ACROSS THE DIFFERENT YEARS. NOW, I WANT TO KIND OF START FOCUS MORE ON 2027 THE NEXT YEAR. WHAT ARE WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE SPENDING. SO YOU HAVE HERE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY UNDERWAY IN CONSTRUCTION OR DESIGN. SO THERE'S FOUR PROJECTS THAT ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 38% OF OUR EXPENDITURES THAT WE'RE FORECASTING FOR NEXT YEAR.
ABOUT SIX PROGRAMS THAT WE DO ANNUALLY. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE.
AND THAT'S ABOUT 24%. AND THEN POTENTIALLY, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE I SAY PRETTY AGGRESSIVE, POTENTIALLY 26 MORE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEW THAT WE HAVEN'T STARTED OR KICKED OFF IN ANY FORM OR FASHION THAT WOULD REPRESENT ABOUT 36% OF OUR EXPENDITURES. SO ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING, YOU DO HAVE OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY, SPACE FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO, THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND THE TRAFFIC RECONSTRUCTION SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION AT LAKE STREET AND FLETCHALL. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS THAT AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS THAT WE PLAN TO WRAP UP. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CARRYING OVER INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON BEYOND THESE, THESE FOUR THOSE ANNUAL WORK PROGRAMS. AND SO THESE ARE THINGS, AGAIN, THAT WE KIND OF DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THAT WE WE DO WORK ON, YOU SEE THOSE KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S SOMETHING WE STARTED BACK IN 2024. WE'RE ACTUALLY WRAPPING UP THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S GONE REALLY WELL. AND THAT KIND OF FOCUSED ON TRANSIT STOPS AND CONNECTIONS TO SOME OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHERE WE'VE DONE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AT INTERSECTIONS. SO TRYING TO TIE THOSE AND BUILD OFF OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON DESIGN AGAIN, WHERE IT'S KIND OF A FOCUS TO PARKS. AND SO I'LL MENTIONED RICK ROAD. SO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE CONNECTING OVER TO THE SOUTH SIDE TRAIL SYSTEM. AND ALSO ANOTHER BIG PORTION OF THAT IS 32ND STREET UP NEAR GLASS REC, GETTING FROM GLASS REC OVER TO WALDEN PARK ALONG THAT ONE. SO
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THOSE ARE TWO MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY IN DESIGN. AND THEN WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FUTURE IS FOCUSING ON SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AS CLOSING SOME GAPS. THERE IS WHAT THE NEXT ROUND THAT WE'D BE FOCUSING FROM A PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT.ALSO WITHIN THAT ANNUAL PROGRAM IS THE RAILROAD CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF BUILDING UP A FUND FROM THAT STANDPOINT, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PRETTY HIGH EXPENDITURES WITH SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN CROSSINGS THAT WE WILL BE COMING IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
WITH THAT, TO CONVERT THOSE FROM ONE WAY TO TWO WAY AND IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN STUFF, AS WELL AS THE CROSSING AT LAKE STREET. SO THOSE ARE THE THOSE PROJECTS. AS FAR AS NEW PROJECTS, I'M KIND OF BREAK THOSE 26 DOWN INTO TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS. ABOUT 13 OF THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY ON THE WORK PLAN. WE JUST HAVEN'T STARTED YET. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ATC TOWER RELOCATION IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON THERE THAT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR THE AIRPORT WON'T GO INTO A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT SET OF PROJECTS THAT WERE NEW, THAT WERE NOT ON OUR WORK PLAN THAT WE LOOK TO START. AND THE QUESTION I THINK YOU'D ASK, WELL, WHY WEREN'T THEY? WHAT BROUGHT THEM UP TO THE TOP IF THEY WEREN'T ALREADY ON THE WORK PLAN? AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS IS ONE GRANTS IF MAYBE THERE'S A GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT CAME UP AND WE CAN MOVE THAT UP ON THE PROJECT. AND SO THAT'S, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AIRPORT. THEY'RE LOOKING TO BRING IN ANOTHER AIRLINE. AND SO THAT'S A WAY TO KIND OF GUARANTEED REVENUE IF THEY DON'T MEET THEIR POINTS. AND SO WE'RE ALLOCATING MONEY FOR THAT GRANT. IF WE GET IT, ANOTHER PIECE WOULD BE EMERGENCY PROJECTS, THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE PAST YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE. FOR EXAMPLE, ELM STREET CULVERT. WE HAVE SOME ISSUES OVER THERE THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND ADDRESSING.
AND ALSO THE HILLSIDE PARK THERE'S ON THE SOCCER FIELD, THERE'S SOME DRAINAGE CULVERT THERE THAT NEEDS SOME WORK. AND SO WE'RE ALLOCATING MONEY TO DO THAT, BUT ALSO BE WORKING WITH PARKS WITH THAT PROJECT AND COORDINATING SOME TIMELINES. SO THOSE WOULD BE SOME EMERGENCIES AND THEN NEW DEVELOPMENTS. SO THINGS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY IN THE PIPELINE A YEAR AGO. ONE FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE PATINA. POINT IS THE DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE IS STARTING TO GROW. THERE'S GOING TO BE NEED TO BE SOME CITY PARTICIPATION IN SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THOSE PROJECTS COME UP. AND THEN JUST IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF NEED, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO ADD IT ADDED IN SOME STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS, WE SEEN SOME BENEFIT FROM OUR PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX IS DOING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO RECONSTRUCT ROADS COMPLETELY, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE SEAL COAT AND ASPHALT STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING AT THIS TIME. BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE ON THE ON THE AIRPORT, ONE REASON THAT GOT MOVED UP, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GOING TO PUT OR ABLE TO PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT FEDERAL GRANT, THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO I BELIEVE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT MATCH, BUT ALSO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING LIKE 8020. YEAH, POTENTIALLY.
BUT ALSO WHAT THAT DOES IS IF FOR SOME REASON THEY DO NOT MEET THEIR PROJECTED REVENUES, THERE'S ABOUT A $200,000 PER YEAR THAT WE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THEM MEET THOSE REVENUES AND KEEP THAT SERVICE. BUT IF THEY MEET THOSE REVENUES AND SERVICE AND PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND IT'S SUCCESSFUL, THAT IS NOT NEEDED. CORRECT. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S THE THE, THE REALLY KIND OF THE BIG, VERY HIGH LEVEL, QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN. WE WILL HAVE A 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD STARTING TODAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 20TH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO, TO COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE WORK PLAN, NOT NECESSARILY ADDING ANYTHING NEW, BUT WHAT'S PRESENTED THERE. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE OR BY CONTACT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AFTER THAT POINT FOR AN ACTION ITEM AT THAT TIME. AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I DID.
SO Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO MEET YESTERDAY. YOU HAVE A NEW CHAIRPERSON. HOW'D THAT WORK OUT? IS THAT OKAY? IT WENT ALRIGHT, A LITTLE ROUGH. I MEAN, CLOSING OUT THE MEETING, WE HAD TO GIVE HIM SOME POINTERS, BUT IT WAS GOOD AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CAMERON? I GOT A QUICK QUESTION ON FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ON HILLSIDE AND ELM STREET, BOTH OF THOSE DRAINAGE ISSUES WERE GOING UNDER STRUCTURES. RIGHT. HAVE WE IDENTIFIED WHERE THAT'S ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE THAT TYPE OF POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE OF A COLLAPSE THAT HAS A BUILDING SITTING ON TOP OF IT? THERE ARE SOME OTHER STORM DRAINS THAT GO UNDER PRIVATE PROPERTY, NOT OF THAT SIZE THAT I'M AWARE OF SPECIFICALLY LIKE ELM STREET.
AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO AND HAVE TO. WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A FURTHER LOOK AT. AND THAT'S AN OLD PRACTICE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ACCEPTABLE ANYMORE IN THE CITY. RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO ANYTHING NEW WOULD DEFINITELY
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BE IN AN EASEMENT AND DEFINITELY NOT UNDERNEATH A STRUCTURE OF THAT SORT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CAMERON? COME ON. ONE MORE. LORD, NO. GOOD. DOES THAT NEED ACTION ITEMS. IS YOUR PRESENTATION OKAY? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. ZONING, KYLE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.GOOD MORNING. KYLE KINGMAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR. THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS THE ONE WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM R-2 TWO FAMILY AND RMF MULTIFAMILY TWO PLANNED UNIT RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THIS IS IN DISTRICT ONE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONING CHANGE TO DEVELOP A PRIVATE GATED DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF DUPLEXES. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE DEVELOPED ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, LARGELY DEVELOPED TO THE WEST AS MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY TO THE EAST AND THE SOUTH. AS YOU SEE, THE THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY SPLIT ZONED. SO IT'S TWO FAMILY ON THE EAST SIDE, MULTIFAMILY ON THE WEST SIDE. THIS CHANGE ACTUALLY REPRESENTS A DOWN ZONING OR A REDUCTION IN DENSITY ON THE ON THE PROPERTY. THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE GUIDE IDENTIFYING THE PROPERTY AS MIXED RESIDENTIAL. AS YOU SEE, THE. THE CURRENT SITE IS UNDEVELOPED. THE. THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED A SITE PLAN. AS YOU SEE HERE, WHICH CONSISTS OF 85 DUPLEXES FOR A TOTAL OF 170 UNIT UNITS ON THE. ON THE PROPERTY IT'S INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED ALL IN ONE ONE LOT WITH PRIVATE DRIVES ACCESSING THE. THE PROPERTY. THEY DO HAVE THREE THREE DRIVEWAYS TO TO THE STREET NETWORK, ONE TO TYLER PARK DRIVE ON THE NORTHWEST AND THEN TWO TO PLANTATION. THE. THE DUPLEXES ARE PROPOSED TO BE SINGLE STORY AND THE SETBACKS AROUND THE PROPERTY ARE AT LEAST 25FT. AS YOU SEE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES HERE.
THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT OUT. NUMBER WELL, ONE WAS RECEIVED IN FAVOR, TWO IN OPPOSITION WITH THE GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC. STAFF NOTES THAT THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BY A SEVEN ZERO VOTE, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THE REQUEST FOR UNTIL AUGUST 26TH. DUE TO FACTORS RELATED TO THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION, AND SO AT THIS POINT, THEY WOULD THEY WOULD PREFER TO TO HAVE THIS ITEM HEARD AT THE AUGUST 26TH MEETING AND NOT CONSIDERED TODAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? QUESTION. I HAVE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SCREEN THERE RIGHT THERE. SO WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THAT PERVIOUS GROUND, IF YOU WILL, AND WE'RE CHANNELING IT ALL INTO THE THE CENTER CREEK THAT SHOWED RIGHT THERE. ARE WE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING HERE TO, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE NEGATIVE EFFECTS DOWNSTREAM SOUTH OF THERE WITH DETENTION PONDS OR WHATEVER TO REALLY, REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORS SOUTH OF THERE. SO THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH AN ENGINEERING COMPANY WHO IS AWARE OF THIS DESIGN. AND SO THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. WITH THIS SITE BEING, AS YOU SEE, A LOT OF OPEN SPACE PROVIDED, WHICH IS PROBABLY A LOT MORE THAN YOU ANTICIPATE FOR A TYPICAL SUBDIVISION, THE THE IMPACT IS SHOULD BE MITIGATED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? THIS IS IN DISTRICT ONE. AND SO WITH DISTRICT ONE SEAT VACANT, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION. SO WE'RE NOT UP HERE JUST SITTING IN SILENCE. SO WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO TABLE Z1. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE Z1 BY COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DARBY'S. ALL IN FAVOR, MR. MAYOR? THANK YOU. CAN I WELL, CAN WE MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE MOTION THAT IT'S TABLED TO THE AUGUST 26TH MEETING? YES. OKAY. AND CLARIFY YOUR CLARIFICATION OF Z1, THE TABLE UNTIL THE AUGUST 26TH MEETING. OKAY. CONTINUE TO SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY
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COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DARK BAYES TO TABLE Z1 TO THE AUGUST 26TH MEETING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT IS TABLED TO 826. Z2 OKAY, THIS NEXT REQUEST IS A ZONE CHANGE FROM R-1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R-2 TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THIS IS ON ARNOLD STREET AS YOU SEE HERE. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ALL RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH TO THE EAST IS DEVELOPED WITH DUPLEXES. CURRENTLY. THIS REQUEST TO TO ALLOW FOR DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE GUIDE. AS YOU SEE HERE, THERE'S CURRENTLY A HOUSE BUILT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT PLANS TO RECONFIGURE THE LOT, SO THEY DO OWN ALL THE PROPERTIES TO THIS PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST. AND THEY PLAN TO BUILD A DUPLEX ON THE SOUTH SIDE OR THE BACK PART OF THAT, THAT LOT THERE, AND PLAN TO RECONFIGURE THE PROPERTY TO TO MAKE THAT WORK.YOU SEE THE CURRENT SURROUNDING AREA THERE, THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT, NUMBER RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY A SEVEN ZERO VOTE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE Z2. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE Z2 BY COUNCILMAN CHILDS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? C TWO IS APPROVED. C THREE THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT. THIS IS ON THE WEST LOOP. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE REQUEST TO DEVELOP THE OR TO USE THE PROPERTIES THE OLD OPTIMUM OPTIMUM OFFICE. THEY PLAN TO USE IT FOR MEDICAL FACILITY WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE OVERNIGHT CARE. SO FOR OVERNIGHT STAY ASSOCIATED WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SITUATIONS.
AND SO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND EAST ARE INDUSTRIAL AND TO THE SOUTH IS COMMERCIAL. MOST OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN OR ARE OR HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH MORE INSTITUTIONAL USES SUCH AS OR OFFICE USES LIKE HEAT AND EYE CARE. TYLER ISD AND THEN TJC TO THE NORTH. TO THE WEST IS COMMERCIAL IS BEING DEVELOPED WITH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND BEING DEVELOPED WITH COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. THIS REQUEST WOULD AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE GUIDE TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES CENTER. AS YOU SEE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES THERE ARE LARGELY TRANSITIONING INTO CAMPUS OR OFFICE TYPE USES, AND SO THIS WOULD FIT WITH THAT.
THAT PATTERN OF THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT, NUMBER RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY A SEVEN ZERO VOTE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? SO MOVED. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE Z3 BY COUNCILWOMAN HOPKINS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? Z3 IS APPROVED. Z4 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A A DISTANCE VARIANCE FOR TO THE REQUIRED 300FT THAT A LOCATION THAT SELLS ALCOHOL MUST OBSERVE IN ORDER TO SELL OR YOU KNOW, FROM A FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOL. AND SO THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN 300FT OF RICE ELEMENTARY TO THE SOUTHWEST. AND SO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A TAXI LICENSE CERTIFICATION FROM THE CITY, IT NEEDS TO BE WITHIN MORE THAN 300FT AWAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE A PROCESS THROUGH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A VARIANCE TO THAT REQUIREMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN APPLIED TO IN OTHER CASES, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE, TO THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, DEVELOPED WITH GRAND SLAM OR THE OLD TIMES SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER THAT RECEIVED A VARIANCE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WHICH IS ACTUALLY CLOSER TO RICE. AND SO LET ME GO TO THIS MAP. SO THIS PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED WITH A A RESTAURANT SITE PREVIOUSLY HAD ALCOHOL SALES. AND BECAUSE OF A LAPSE IN ACTIVITY THEY, THEY, THEY LOST WHATEVER AUTHORIZATION THAT THEY HAD FOR, FOR THAT. AND SO IT'S REALLY A CLEAN UP WHERE THEY CAN REAUTHORIZE THE, THE ABILITY TO SELL ALCOHOL THERE, THERE WHERE WE'VE HAD IT BEFORE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE, THE, THE DOORS OF THE RESTAURANT AND RICE ELEMENTARY CLOSEST DOOR. THE RICE ELEMENTARY IS JUST OVER 600FT. THE DISTANCE TO THE PROPERTY LINES, PRETTY MUCH TO THE RIGHT OF WAY OF. OLD BOULDER ROAD. AND SO THE. THE CODE ALLOWS THE
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CITY COUNCIL TO. WHEN. WHEN THE. WHEN THE REQUIREMENT IS NOT EVIDENT OR THE. THE NEED FOR THE PROTECTION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE RESTAURANT IS NOT EVIDENT, WHICH HAS BEEN THE DIRECTION IN THE PAST FOR TIMES SQUARE. THE. THE CITY COUNCIL CAN GRANT THAT EXCEPTION. WE DID NOTIFY ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT, WHICH INCLUDED TYLER ISD. ANY FEEDBACK IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS VARIANCE FROM THE. PROTECTING THE USE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH HAS BEEN COMMON PRACTICE. THEY HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY OPPOSED RESTAURANTS SELLING WITHIN 300FT OF THE SCHOOLS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A 7 TO 0 VOTE. IN YEARS PAST. WE'VE TAKEN, YOU KNOW, A HARD LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ISSUES. BUT JUST TO TO REITERATE WHAT YOU'VE SAID, THE RESTAURANT THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY WAS ABLE TO SELL ALCOHOL AT THAT SEAFOOD RESTAURANT AND THEN GRAND SLAM RIGHT NEXT DOOR, SAME, SAME DEAL. RIGHT. YES, SIR. YEAH.I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. KYLE, THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC TERM THAT THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS REQUESTING. NO, THIS IS MORE OF A VARIANCE SPECIAL USE INSTEAD OF THE, YOU KNOW, A TERM SPECIAL USE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CARL. ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON Z FOUR. I MOVE TO APPROVE Z FOUR. SECOND I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE Z FOUR. COUNCILWOMAN MARSH IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? Z FOUR IS APPROVED. Z FIVE.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A THOROUGHFARE CLOSURE FOR A PORTION OF ROBERTSON ROAD. SO THIS PORTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THE WEST SIDE THE BELLWOOD DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THE WHEN IT WAS PLATTED A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY THEY THEY PLANTED A ROUNDABOUT RIGHT OF WAY, AS YOU SEE THERE IN THE SQUARE IN THE CIRCLE. LAST MONTH, THE CITY COUNCIL GRANTED A A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH REMOVED THAT ROUNDABOUT CONFIGURATION FOR THE INTERSECTION WITH WHITESIDE ROAD. AND SO REALLY, THIS IS A WAY FOR THE PROCESS TO, TO, TO FOLLOW THAT UP BECAUSE WITHIN SIX MONTHS THEY NEED TO, TO ADDRESS THAT. AND SO SO THIS REQUEST IS TO ELIMINATE THAT, TO ABANDON THAT PORTION OF THE PLAN AND RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER NEEDED BASED OFF THE PLANS AND BASED OFF THE DIRECTION OF, OF CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO WITH THAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BY A SEVEN ZERO VOTE, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE ABANDONMENT OF THIS PORTION OF ROBERTSON ROAD, SUBJECT TO BEING REPLANTED WITHIN SIX MONTHS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CARL? NO. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE Z FIVE BY COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? Z FIVE IS APPROVED. Z SIX THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM R-1. A SINGLE FAMILY TO C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL. IS THAT UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AND OLD ROMAN ROAD.
AND SO THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE A PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY TO TO COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THEY THE OWNER OF THE THE CONVENIENCE STORE ON THE CORNER AND THEY, THEY PLAN TO PURCHASE THIS PORTION TO, TO EXPAND, REDEVELOP THE SITE AND EXPAND THE GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE ON THE ON THE INTERSECTION THERE, I'LL GO BACK. SO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE GENERALLY UNDEVELOPED, OTHER THAN SOME COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY TO THE WEST AND THEN UT. TYLER TO THE NORTHWEST. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH WHICH WILL SUPPORT THE THE CAMPUS ACTIVITY. AS YOU SEE HERE, THEY THEY DO PLAN TO REDEVELOP THIS SITE AND INCORPORATE THIS NEW AREA INTO THAT WHICH REQUIRES IT ALSO BE ZONED THE SAME WAY. OF THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT, NUMBER RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CARL? KYLE, DO YOU KNOW IF THE PLAN IS TO MOVE THE INGRESS EGRESS DOWN? UNIVERSITY. IS THAT PART OF THE. YES, SIR. SO WHEN THEY REDEVELOP THE SITE, THE THE DRIVEWAY ON UNIVERSITY WILL HAVE TO SHIFT TO THE EAST AND BE A SHARED ACCESS WILL BE SAFER. YES. YOU STILL DON'T HAVE A PART, BUT YOU GET A BIGGER GAS STATION. I MOVE TO APPROVE Z6A SECOND. DO WE HAVE
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A MOTION TO APPROVE Z SIX BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DARK BAYS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? Z SIX IS APPROVED. Z SEVEN THIS IS A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FROM R-1. B SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO PMF PLANNED UNIT OR MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT PLANS TO DEVELOP A FIVE PLEX RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ON THIS LOT ON ON SPRING AVENUE.SO THE AS YOU SEE HERE, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, WEST AND EAST ARE R1 B SINGLE FAMILY. THERE ARE SOME UNDEVELOPED LOTS TO THE. TO THE NORTH AND WEST, SOME HOMES TO THE EAST. TO THE SOUTH AND ZONED R2 TWO FAMILY, WHICH ARE DEVELOPED WITH DUPLEXES. IT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR THIS. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE PLAN, IDENTIFYING IT AS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL. THE. HERE'S THE THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, AS IT'S CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED, WELL DEVELOPED WITH THE HOME. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, HOW THEY'RE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED. THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED A SITE PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SHOWS A FIVE PLEX RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ORIENTED TOWARDS NORTH SPRING AVENUE. THE REQUEST IS A MODEST INCREASE IN DENSITY TO HELP ACHIEVE THE.
THE NORTH NORTH ENDS HOUSING, HOUSING GOALS AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SITE PLAN DOES SHOW. AGAIN, IT'S ORIENTED TOWARDS SPRING AVENUE. IF THIS PROPERTY WERE ZONED R-2 OR OR SOMETHING MORE LIKE THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH, THE APPLICANT COULD DEVELOP TWO DUPLEXES ON THE SITE. SO THE. THE REQUEST IS REALLY TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL ATTACHED UNIT, ONE ADDITIONAL THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT FOR THE FOR THE THE PROPERTY. WE. OF THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT OUT, WE RECEIVED. THE STAFF RECEIVED TWO. IN OPPOSITION, AS YOU SEE THERE TO THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN TRAFFIC WITH MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT STAFF WOULD NOTE THAT THIS. THIS ZONE ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS CALLED MULTIFAMILY, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF IS MORE OF A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT, SINGLE STORY TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT. AND SO IT'S NOT NOT A TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY THAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT MORE, MORE TRAFFIC FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BY A SEVEN ZERO VOTE. RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SEVENTH, SECOND, SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE Z SEVEN BY COUNCILWOMAN MARSH AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? Z SEVEN IS APPROVED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR ONE LIANNE'S NOT HERE. SO I GUESS CHRISTY IS FILLING IN FOR LIANE. WELCOME, CHRISTY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M CHRISTY BAKER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOR A LOCAL PARKS GRANT FOR GOLDEN ROAD PARK, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS NEEDED TO RECEIVE AND EXPEND THOSE FUNDS. PLEASE. START OVER FROM THE TOP. CHRISTY. THE. THESE FUNDS. IF WE ARE AWARDED THESE FUNDS WITH THIS GRANT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR? I KNOW THERE'S A PHASE ONE PROPOSAL AT GOLDEN ROAD AND A PHASE TWO AND SOME PART OF PHASE ONE HAS A REDO OF THE THE BLEACHERS AND SOME OF THE PARK BENCHES AND ADDING SHADE COVERS AND THEN HOPEFULLY ADDRESSING THE RESTROOMS OUT THERE. SO CAN YOU GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL OF WHAT THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR? ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS PARK HASN'T RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES IN, IN A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MORE INFRASTRUCTURAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE VISITOR'S, THEIR STAY AT THE PARK, I GUESS NOT AS MUCH BIG FLASHY IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT IMPROVING THE FENCING, ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AND IMPROVING THE EXISTING LIGHTING, SOME DEFINITELY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BATHROOM FACILITIES THERE. I KNOW THAT THERE'S OFTEN BACKUPS AND PROBLEMS WITH THE PLUMBING, SO WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS WITH THE ADDRESSING THE RESTROOM ISSUES.
WOULD THAT BE A DEMO OR A REMODEL? A LITTLE OF BOTH. SO THE UPPER RESTROOMS, IT'S SPLIT
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INTO TWO FACILITIES. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DEMOLISHING THAT AND DOING A NEW STRUCTURE AT THAT LOCATION. THAT'S A SINGLE STRUCTURE AND THEN IMPROVING THE PLUMBING THERE AND RE DOING THE LOWER RESTROOMS, WHICH IS A SINGLE FACILITY. SO THAT'LL GET KIND OF UPGRADE RATHER THAN A FULL DEMOLITION. OKAY. ANY IDEA OF WHEN WE MIGHT HEAR BACK ON THE GROUND THESE GRANTS? THE LEAD TIME ON A RESPONSE IS TYPICALLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE JANUARY, POSSIBLY FEBRUARY. AND THEN IT TAKES SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THAT FOR AN AGREEMENT TO BE GIVEN.AND THEN SO BY NEXT SUMMER OR EARLY FALL, WE SHOULD, IF WE RECEIVE THE GRANT, BE ABLE TO BEGIN. GREAT. THANK YOU. CHRISTINE, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES FROM GOLDEN ROAD PARK AS A KID. SO GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND. USED TO BE IN MY DISTRICT. THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE R-1 BY COUNCILMAN CHILDS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. R ONE IS APPROVED. THANK YOU, KRISTIE. OH ONE.
CAMERON IS BACK. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CAMERON WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES. SO WE HAVE TODAY AN ORDINANCE ITEM ON A TEMPORARY DECREE DECREASE IN SPEED LIMIT ON FM 756, WHICH IS BILOXI DRIVE FROM 55 TO 50MPH. SO THIS ACTUALLY COMES AS A REQUEST FROM TXDOT AS PART OF THE UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON FM 756, OUR ORDINANCE 1766 ALLOWS US TO DO A TEMPORARY DECREASE DURING CONSTRUCTION FOR PROJECTS. AND SO THE SEGMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REALLY FROM JEFF DAVIS DOWN TO OUR CITY LIMITS LINE, WHICH IS JUST AT TOLL 49. SO THAT'S THE PORTION. SO IT HAS A CURRENT SPEED LIMIT OF 55. THE TEMPORARY DECREASE WOULD GO DOWN TO 50. AND THAT WAS BASED UPON TXDOT RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY HAVE GUIDELINES BASED UPON THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. FOR EXAMPLE THERE WOULD BE A BARRIER OUT THERE. AND SO IT FALLS INTO A CERTAIN CATEGORY. IF THERE ARE OTHER SITUATIONS, THEN THAT WOULD DECREASE IT FURTHER. AND SO THIS REALLY COMES AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM TXDOT ON THAT SPEED. AND SO AGAIN, YOU KIND OF SEE THE LIMITS OF THAT. IT WOULD BE AND THIS IS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WHAT THAT CONSTRUCTION LOOKS LIKE. THE TOP PHOTO IS THAT EXISTING CONDITION OUT THERE. IT'S JUST A TWO LANE ROADWAY. AND IT'LL BE WIDENING OUT TO THAT, THAT FIVE LANES, TWO LANES, EACH DIRECTION, CENTER TURN LANE THEY ARE PROPOSING ON STREET BIKE LANES AND THEN SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES. SO THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION. THEY ARE I THINK THEY HAD THEIR BIDS IN JULY.
AND SO YOU SHOULD HOPEFULLY START SEEING ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF UTILITY WORK OUT THERE OF MOVING THINGS OUT OF THE WAY, GETTING READY. AND SO THIS WOULD BE LOOKING TO TAKE EFFECT FROM THE SPEED LIMIT SIDE FROM WE'RE SAYING AUGUST 1ST THROUGH, I THINK IT'S JUNE OF 2030. SO FOUR YEARS ROUGHLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE FOR THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL CLEANUPS WITH WITH THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE AS WE ARE DOING THIS ONE, YOU LOOK BACK, WE HAD DONE TEMPORARY DECREASES ON SOME OTHER ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF TYLER FOR CONSTRUCTION. THOSE ARE DONE FINISHED. SO WE'RE DELETING THOSE OFF SO THEY'RE NO LONGER ON OUR ORDINANCE FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AND SO IT IS REQUESTED THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE. CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE THREE SPEED REGULATIONS BY TEMPORARY DECREASING THE SPEED LIMIT ON A PORTION OF FM 756 PALUXY DRIVE FROM 55MPH TO 50MPH FOR THE PERIOD OF AUGUST 1ST, 2026 TO JUNE 1ST, 2030.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CAMERON? I DO THE THIS WIDENING IS GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THAT CURVE, ISN'T IT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME REALIGNMENT OF PALUXY THERE, SPECIFICALLY BY THE PATINA POINT DEVELOPMENT. AND I THINK TOO, THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT WHERE THEY'RE DEVELOPING MORE ON THE BACKSIDE UNTIL THIS PROJECT IS DONE AND YOU'LL START TO SEE THEM DEVELOP CLOSER UP TO PLEXI.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CAMERON? ENTERTAIN A MOTION I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OH ONE BY COUNCILWOMAN BAYES AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OH, ONE IS APPROVED. THANK YOU.
CAMERON. THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANYTHING NEED TO BE PULLED OR DO WE APPROVE AS IS? DON'T EVERYBODY SPEAK AT ONCE? NO, SIR. I MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS IS BY COUNCILWOMAN MARSH AND SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. WHICH BRINGS US TO
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THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT PRESENTED BY STEPHANIE FRANKLIN TODAY. WELCOME, STEPHANIE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS YEAR 13, THE CITY OF TYLER PARTNERING ON SCHOOL, SCHOOL. AND SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT STORY NOT TOO LONG AGO ABOUT THEIR THEIR FUNDRAISING FOR ABOUT 70, 70% THERE. SO I KNOW A LOT OF YOU VOLUNTEER AND IF ANYONE IS IN THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY, THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR THE, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILY TO COME TOGETHER FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES, HAIRCUTS, EYE EXAMS, ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS AT THE ROSE COMPLEX. SO AGAIN, THAT'S AUGUST 6TH, 430 TO 7 P.M. AND WE ALWAYS HAVE A BIG CROWD, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN ATTEND THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, SOMETIMES WE DON'T GIVE OURSELVES A PLUG FOR OUR ROSES AND WEEDS PODCAST. AND THE MAYOR WAS RECENTLY ON THE PODCAST. IT IS A GREAT WAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY SO THAT IT'S UNFILTERED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SPILL THE TEA ON THERE, MAYOR, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO LISTEN TO FIND OUT. MOST RECENTLY, PODCAST. AND THEN ONE LAST THING, JUST A GREAT PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS TYLER AREA BUILDERS ASSOCIATION HOSTED THE CITY OF TYLER BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND STAFF. SO OUR INSPECTORS WERE THERE DOING A LUNCH AND LEARN AND GIVING INFORMATION TO OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. SO THEY ARE A GREAT PARTNER. THEY ALWAYS DO A DO A GOOD JOB INVITING US TO ATTEND THOSE, AND WE GET TO SHARE INFORMATION AND KIND OF HELP BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S REALLY IT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? NO. OKAY. GREAT JOB WITH THAT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED.ALRIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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