1. Tabled from 05-30-2023 Remove from table and consider Consider, and act upon, amendments to the Bylaws of the Wylie Economic Development Corporation.

[1. Tabled from 05-30-2023 Remove from table and consider Consider, and act upon, amendments to the Bylaws of the Wylie Economic Development Corporation.]

TO THE BYLAWS OF THE WYLIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COUNCIL.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS FROM TABLE TO TAKE IT UP FOR CONSIDERATION? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'D MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE IT FROM TABLE.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN DUKE? YES, MR. MAYOR.

I'LL SECOND MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO REMOVE FROM TABLE.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO WITH COUNCILMAN STRANGE AND MAYOR PRO TEM FORRESTER ABSENT.

THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM TABLE AND OPEN FOR CONSIDERATION.

MR. GREINER.

GOOD EVENING. I HAVE ONE THING TO CALL OUT IN THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE BYLAW CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, BUT SECTION 4.041, IN OUR SUBMITTAL, OUR ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL BACK TO OUR BOARD, WE SUPPLIED A DRAFT VERSION OF IT IN THE IN THE IN THE MOTION AFTER OUR MEETING OR AT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE OF THE BYLAW REVISION.

THEY MADE A COUPLE CHANGES AT THE LAST SECOND TO CHANGES THAT WERE IN THE DOCUMENT AND WE MODIFIED THE AGREEMENT AND THEN SUBMITTED THAT TO COUNCIL.

SO THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED WAS THE ACCURATE ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED AND APPROVED BY OUR BOARD.

THE TABLE, THIS ITEM SINCE THEN, AND THEN CAME BACK AFTER DISCUSSION AT THIS LAST MEETING AND WE'RE BACK TONIGHT.

WE MADE A MISTAKE IN OUR ATTACHMENT.

THAT WAS MY FAULT. WE ATTACHED THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT THAT WAS CONSIDERED BY OUR BOARD THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANGES IN IT.

SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL VERSION TONIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF IT.

I THINK STEPHANIE CAN PULL UP IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT AS WELL.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S DIFFERENT IN THIS IS WE CALLED OUT SECTION 4.041, AND THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT A SUPERMAJORITY PREVIOUSLY.

THIS VERSION OF THIS WAS WAS MODIFIED TO INSTEAD OF HAVING A SUPERMAJORITY OF OUR BOARD TO HIRE OR REMOVE THE DIRECTOR.

4.041 JUST UP A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, I THINK IT'S ON THAT PAGE.

RIGHT ABOVE IT, WE REMOVED THE SUPERMAJORITY TO WHERE ONLY THAT'S IT RIGHT DOWN AT H.

WE REMOVE THAT TO WHERE ONLY THREE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO REMOVE THE DIRECTOR AND SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL.

AND THEN IN SECTION 4.06 DOWN BELOW THE ONLY OTHER REVISION IN HERE.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON IS TONIGHT'S VERSION OF THE BYLAWS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ARE NOT ACCURATE.

ON SECTION 4.06, THE MOTION BY OUR BOARD TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE BYLAWS, THEY WENT BACK AND CHANGED SECTION 4.041, SECTION 4.02.

THEY MADE NO REVISIONS AND THEN SECTION 4.06, THEY REVERTED IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL VERBIAGE THAT WAS IN OUR ORIGINAL BYLAWS AND THEN SOUGHT THE FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL AND OPINION REGARDING THE TERM LIMITS.

THIS WAS JUST THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.

MY MISTAKE IN SENDING YOU GUYS THE WRONG DOCUMENT, THE ONE BEFORE YOU NOW IN THE PAPER VERSION IS THE MOST UP TO DATE VERSION OF THAT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

OKAY. I KNOW, I KNOW. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS COUNCIL AND.

BUT UNLESS I'LL OPEN IT IF ANYONE HAS A QUESTION.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO, THROUGH WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, EMPOWER THE EDC BOARD TO TAKE CONTROL OF ITS BOARD AND ITS BYLAWS. SO UNLESS IT'S A QUESTION ABOUT LANGUAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR ABOUT ONE OF THE CHANGES, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. SO.

COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS MAYOR, I HAVE ONE QUESTION TO MS..

STORM. MS.. STORM JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WITH THOSE REVISIONS THAT WE'RE OKAY TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT A MOTION AS THINGS ARE NOW? YES, YOU CAN.

AND IF YOU ACCEPT THEM IN THE MOTION, IF YOU COULD JUST INCLUDE THE INSTEAD OF MOTION AS PRESENTED MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND YOU CAN EVEN CALL OUT THOSE SPECIFIC SECTIONS IF YOU WANT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC.

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TO CLARIFY, THE ONLY CHANGE IN SECTION WOULD BE 4.06.

SO SO TO MISS STORM'S POINT, I BELIEVE THE CORRECT MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE OR DENY AS AS AMENDED.

AND THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE HOW THE MOTION WOULD BE PRESENTED.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THE SECTION.

SO WITH THAT, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION.

COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN MALACHI? ALL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED OR APPROVE AS AMENDED.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO WITH MAYOR PRO TEM FORSTER AND COUNCILMAN STRANG ABSENT.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO THIS EVENING, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM

[2. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Agricultural (AG/30) to Light Industrial - Special Use Permit (LI-SUP) on 8.96 acres to allow for a battery storage use. Property located at 1011 E. Brown St. (ZC 2023-08).]

AGRICULTURAL AG 30 TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

LISTEN ON 8.96 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR BATTERY STORAGE USE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1101 EAST BROWN STREET.

ZONING CASE 2020 3-08.

MISTER HASKINS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UM. SORRY.

GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND.

I APOLOGIZE. THE.

AS MENTIONED, THIS IS FOR ABOUT NINE ACRES ON.

IT'S BASICALLY ON THE CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BROWN AND EUBANKS, AND IT'S AN SCP, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR A BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY. AND THAT'S THE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY ON A ON A LARGE SCALE.

THE IDEA BEHIND THIS BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY IS TO PROVIDE TO STORE AND THEN PROVIDE BACKUP POWER FOR THE ELECTRICAL GRID.

THE SUP CONDITIONS, ALLOW FOR THE USE, ALLOW FOR REGIONAL DETENTION, WHICH WOULD BE ON THE MID LEFT.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THE GRAPHIC UP ON THE SCREEN.

IT ALSO ALLOWS IT DEFINES THE SCREENING THAT WOULD GO AROUND THE FACILITY, WHICH IS A TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BARRIER WITH AN EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD WOOD FENCE AND THAT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY REQUIRED PARKING ON THE SITE AS THERE GENERALLY BESIDES MAINTENANCE TRUCKS.

OCCASIONALLY THERE WON'T BE ANY VISITORS OR, YOU KNOW, ON SITE CUSTOMERS.

IT'S NOT AN ACTIVE WORK SITE.

IT IS NOT AN ACTIVE WORK SITE.

YES, SIR. IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED, A SITE PLAN AND A PLAT WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH P AND Z AND COUNCIL AT THE SITE PLAN.

JUST THE PLAT WILL COME TO COUNCIL.

THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST OF THIS AREA IS ALL ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THAT WOULD BE ON THE TOP SIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR PAGE.

THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS PAGE IS THE ONCOR SUBSTATION, AND THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS A RESIDENTIAL AND THAT'S ACROSS BROWN, THIS PROPERTY AND THE REQUEST IS IN LINE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

AND WE DID MAIL OUT.

18 TO 18 NOTIFICATIONS TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE HAD TWO RESPONSES THAT WERE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.

PNC DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, LIKE NATURAL DISASTERS, HAIL STORMS, LIGHTNING STRIKES, HOW FIRE WOULD RESPOND TO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITH THESE PARTICULAR AREAS.

AND I CAN LET THE APPLICANT GO INTO DETAIL IF NEED BE ON THAT.

BUT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE APPLICANT RESPONSES AND STAFF HAS TALKED TO FIRE AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN HANDLE THE SITUATION SHOULD SOMETHING COME UP.

AND ULTIMATELY THEY DID VOTE FIVE ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE.

IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE, MAYOR, THAT WOULD BE FINE.

OKAY. HEY, EVERYBODY.

I'M STEVEN. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO, IF YOU DON'T MIND IF YOU'LL GIVE US YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND THE COMPANY AS OPPOSED TO YOUR ADDRESS.

YEAH. I'M STEPHEN GORDON ON BEHALF OF BLACK MOUNTAIN ENERGY STORAGE.

WE'RE BASED OUT OF FORT WORTH, AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS HERE AFTER I DON'T HAVE IT.

NO PROBLEM OF MEMORY, BUT JUST KIND OF WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT BATTERY STORAGE IS AND HOW IT HELPS THE COMMUNITY AND TALK THROUGH SAFETY AND REALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE.

SO THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

I CAN JUMP IN AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW.

SO BLACK MOUNTAIN WAS FOUNDED IN 2007, STARTED AS AN UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS COMPANY, BEEN IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES SINCE THEN.

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ALL ALL MOSTLY ON THE ENERGY SECTOR.

ENERGY STORAGE BUSINESS WAS STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING PROJECTS ALL OVER TEXAS AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS WELL SINCE THEN.

IT'S A PRETTY FLAT ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS GOOD FOR US.

IT HELPS US BE NIMBLE, IT LETS US COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITHIN THE COMPANY AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS WITHOUT ALL THE RED TAPE THROUGH THE COMPANY.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US.

SO BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, KIND OF WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE ON SITE.

SO YOU CAN SEE BY THIS IMAGE HERE, ALL THOSE KIND OF PANTRY CABINET LOOKING THINGS, THAT IS WHERE THE BATTERY RACKS WILL BE.

IT'LL BE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES ARE NON WALK IN UNITS, SO NO ONE'S EVER GOING TO GO INSIDE THEM.

NON OCCUPIABLE UNITS.

YOU'LL HAVE INVERTERS WHICH WILL CONVERT THE ENERGY FROM DC TO AC, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE GRID AND THEN STEP UP.

TRANSFORMERS WILL BE THERE AS WELL TO INCREASE THE VOLTAGE TO THE GRID VOLTAGE, WHICH IS THE ON CORE SUBSTATION WE SAW TO THE WEST OF US.

AND THEN WE HAVE MS, WHICH STANDS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONTROLS MONITORS.

THE EQUIPMENT 24 OVER SEVEN HAS FULL CONTROL OF EVERY SINGLE BATTERY IN THERE AT ALL TIMES AND EMERGENCY STOPS.

AND WE'LL GET INTO SAFETY IN A SECOND.

AND THEN THE SAFETY AND HVAC SYSTEMS, WHICH AGAIN WE HAVE SOME SLIDES HERE, MORE SPECIFICALLY LAYING OUT WHAT THAT IS.

BUT THIS ISN'T EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY THE EXACT UNIT THAT'D BE PUT IN, BUT IT SHOWS THE DESIGN.

IT SHOWS PRETTY CLOSELY WHAT WHAT WOULD BE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON SITE.

SO TALKING ABOUT BENEFITS TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.

SO WHEN THE GRID WAS FORMED ORIGINALLY, IT DEFINITELY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE INTERMITTENT RENEWABLES.

YOU KNOW, THE SUN ONLY SHINES WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S SUNNY.

THE WIND'S ONLY BLOWING WHEN IT'S WINDY.

AND THIS CAN CAUSE SOME SOME ISSUES FOR THE GRID AS ENERGY GOES UP AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE BATTERY WITH ITS FAST RESPONSE CAN RESPOND TO THAT.

IF THERE'S A DROP IN ENERGY AND KEEP THE GRID HEALTHY AND STRONG, INCREASE RELIABILITY ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE 180 MILLION OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, IT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT TAX CONTRIBUTOR TO THE TO THE CITY FOR FOR YEARS TO COME.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

WE LIKE TO COME IN TO CITIES AND, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

YOU KNOW, BE HERE, ANSWER QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.

SO. MOVING INTO.

I COULD ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL LIFE OF 20 PLUS YEARS.

IS THAT BASED ON THE ORIGINAL BATTERY STORAGE THAT'S PUT IN? OR IS IT SOMETHING WHERE YOU COME INTO A LOCATION FOR 20 YEARS AND THEN LEAVE? AND IF YOU DO LEAVE, DO YOU TAKE EVERYTHING WITH YOU THAT KIND OF WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE PLAN WHEN THINGS HIT END OF LIFE? YEAH. SO WHEN THINGS GO TO END OF LIFE, THERE'LL BE DECOMMISSIONING PLANS WHICH WHICH WE CAN KIND OF GET INTO IN MORE DETAIL TO SHOW.

BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE JUST LEAVING THIS HERE AND PACKING UP AND LEAVING.

AFTER 20 YEARS, THERE'LL BE A FULL DECOMMISSIONING PLAN AND EVERYTHING WILL BE, YOU KNOW, SAFELY REMOVED FROM FROM THE SITE AFTER 20 YEARS.

MOST OF THEM LAST ABOUT 20 YEARS.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WHAT IT WHAT PEOPLE ARE PROJECTING NOW.

BUT IT COULD GO FOR LONGER AS WELL IF THAT'S WHAT THE CITY WANTS AND WHAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING.

BUT YEAH, THERE'LL BE FULL DECOMMISSIONING PLANS AT THE END OF LIFE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO HERE'S JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT LOCATION.

YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE IT THERE WITH THE ARROW AND THE GREEN OUTLINE AS YOU ZOOM IN.

YOU CAN AGAIN SEE THAT PROPERTY WE WERE LOOKING AT BEFORE, 9.1 ACRES, IT'S 200MW FOR TWO HOURS OF DURATION, CONNECTING TO THE ONSHORE SUBSTATION THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN.

WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ON THE SITE.

YOU KNOW, NO NO CONCERNS SO FAR.

WE'RE CURRENTLY REQUESTING THE SUP TO TO FOR THE ZONING.

WE'LL GO THROUGH PLANNING AS WELL ONCE THIS IS COMPLETE.

EXPECTING TO FILE MAJOR PERMITS ABOUT Q1 OF NEXT YEAR WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING A COUPLE ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MONTHS LATER IN Q3.

SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF OF WHERE WE ARE AND THE WORK WE'VE DONE ON THE SITE SO FAR.

THIS IS WHAT THE LAYOUT LOOKS LIKE HERE.

WE WE KIND OF ALREADY SEEN IT A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ON IT SPECIFICALLY.

BUT YOU SEE, YOU GOT THE ACCESS ROAD, FULL FIRE LOOP GOING AROUND.

THERE'S A LITTLE PULL OFF WHICH WAS REQUESTED BY P AND Z FOR FOR SOME PARKING IF IT NEEDS TO BE.

BUT AS WE SAID, THIS WILL BE A REMOTELY MANNED SYSTEM, SO THERE WON'T BE ANYONE ON SITE.

THEY COME IN TO DO MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, REGULAR MAINTENANCE.

BUT BUT OTHERWISE IT'LL BE AN UNMANNED SITE FULLY, FULLY MANNED, REMOTELY.

SO BIG THING ON SAFETY.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S EVERYONE'S BIGGEST CONCERN.

IT'S OUR BIGGEST CONCERN. IT'S WHERE WE HANG OUR HAT.

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YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, GROWING AND MOVING FORWARD OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND THE SAFETY STANDARDS HAVE HAVE SURPASSED THEM AS FAR AS THE CHANGES WE'VE SEEN. SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE STANDARDS UP HERE.

WE HAVE UL 9540.

THAT'S THE KIND OF BIG OVERARCHING ONE THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE ON THE CELL MODULE AND RACK SPECIFIC TO THE BATTERIES.

EXTENSIVE FIRE TESTING TO TO CONFIRM THAT THERE'S NO THERMAL PROPAGATION.

SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN ONE, IT'S GOING TO STAY IN ONE BATTERY.

YOU KNOW, THEY PROVE THIS OUT THROUGH VERY RIGOROUS TESTING TO SAY IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, IT WILL BE CONTAINED IN ONE BATTERY AND IT WON'T PROPAGATE YOU.

9540 A IS MORE ON THE WHOLE SYSTEM AS IT'S INSTALLED.

AND WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL KIND OF MORE ELECTRICAL STANDARDS HERE, STANDARD INDUSTRY PRACTICES.

AND THEN NFPA 55 IS THE STANDARD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HOW YOU SITE THINGS AND HOW YOU SPACE THINGS.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF INDUSTRY MOVEMENT TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE SAFE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME CERTIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

GENERAL SAFETY FEATURES THE SEPARATION DISTANCE.

HOW FAR THEY NEED TO BE AWAY IS DETERMINED BY THE UL 9548.

TESTING EACH BATTERY SO THEY'RE ENCLOSED IN METAL SHELLS.

THE CONTAINER IS METAL.

EVERYTHING WILL STAY WITHIN THE CONTAINERS.

AND AGAIN, THEY PROVE THAT OUT THROUGH THE TESTING.

THE SYSTEM IS CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED 24 OVER SEVEN.

SO IN EVERY SINGLE CELL AND EVERY SINGLE BATTERY THAT'S IN THERE, THERE'S VOLTAGE AND TEMPERATURE SENSORS.

SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG IN ONE SINGLE PART OF THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM, IT'LL BE INSTANTLY NOTIFIED, CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN, KIND OF ISOLATE THAT, FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM AND RETURN TO SAFE OPERATIONS.

WE HAVE SMOKE DETECTORS, HEAT DETECTORS, GAS VENTILATION AS WELL.

FIRE SUPPRESSION IS ALSO IN THERE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF REDUNDANCY IN THE DESIGN.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE SMOKE DETECTOR AND ONE FIRE SUPPRESSANT.

THERE'S FIRE SUPPRESSANTS SPACED ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT.

THERE'S SMOKE AND GAS DETECTORS ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT AS WELL.

AND THEN STANDARD ELECTRICAL SAFETY DESIGNS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S OKAY AND GOING TO BE OPERATING SAFELY.

AND THEN THESE ARE JUST KIND OF SOME IMAGES SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THESE LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE.

THIS IS THE SAME FACILITY HERE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DOWN IN DOWN IN TEXAS.

AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT WITH THE BATTERY CONTAINERS, KIND OF LOOKING LIKE THOSE SHIPPING CONTAINERS THERE AND THEN THE INVERTERS AND TRANSFORMERS OUT IN FRONT OF THEM. YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD HERE AS FAR AS THE PRESENTATION.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.

OKAY. WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN MALIKI.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, WILL THIS BE MONITORED WITH CAMERAS 24/7, THE WHOLE AREA OR NOT? I DON'T KNOW. CAMERAS AREN'T NECESSARILY STANDARD IN THE DESIGN TO HAVE YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE FENCING AROUND AND HAVE IT LOCKED IN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SAME AS SIMILAR AS A SUBSTATION OPERATING NEXT DOOR TO IT, THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY CAMERAS 24/7 AND YOU'LL BE FENCED ALL AROUND.

YES. CHAIN LINK OR I HEARD EIGHT.

YEAH. EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD.

YEAH. EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD ALONG THE FRONT.

AND THEN ON THE BACK SIDE, IN BETWEEN THE SUBSTATION AND THE BATTERY, WE'LL HAVE HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING ACROSS THE STREET THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

A KID RUNS ACROSS THE STREET, GETS IN.

COULD THAT BE DANGEROUS? CAN THEY TOUCH ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS OR NOT? I WOULD SAY NO MORE DANGEROUS THAN THAT SUBSTATION RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT.

YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FULLY FENCED IN THE SAME WAY THAT THAT SUBSTATION IS THERE.

YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE GOES IN THERE, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING THEY CAN POTENTIALLY TOUCH OR REALLY HURT THEMSELVES ON, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY IN THERE.

SO, NO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE SAFE IF SOMEONE GOES IN THERE.

BUT THAT'S NOT YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING TO KEEP ANYONE OUT WHO'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

OF COURSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? A COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT.

OF COURSE, YOU APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THAT AND EXPLAINING THE END OF LIFE.

OBVIOUSLY, I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS PERPETUATE.

I KNOW TECHNOLOGY CHANGES OVER TIME.

THE GRID SITUATION IN 20 YEARS.

DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.

SO I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN'T MAKE THAT COMMITMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITHIN THE CITY PROVIDES KIND OF A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.

I BELIEVE THAT BASED ON SIZE, THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN AT LEAST IN THE AREA.

IN THE AREA, FOR SURE.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY IN THIS AREA.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COUNCILMAN DUKE? JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, WHEN THESE CONTAINERS CAUGHT FIRE WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BE ABLE TO PUT IT OUT, THAT MIGHT BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR FOR THE CHIEF.

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CHIEF BLYTHE IS HERE.

YEAH. SO, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO LET THE FIRE CHIEF SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.

BUT THE GENERAL KIND OF IDEA WITH THESE THINGS IS WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND SOMETHING GOES, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A FIRE THAT HAPPENS IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, NO ONE GOES INTO IT. YOU LET IT BURN TO THE GROUND, YOU LET IT BURN INSIDE, AND IT ALL CONTAINS IN THE ONE CONTAINER AND THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA FOR SAFETY THERE.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL. THAT'S BEEN OUR RESEARCH.

WHEN THIS WAS SUBMITTED, WE WE LOOKED AT IT PRETTY EXTENSIVELY.

WE DID FIND SOME SOME SOME INSTANCES WHERE SOME FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED, BUT WHEN THEY WERE INJURED, THEY ACTUALLY OPENED THE CONTAINERS AND TRIED TO PUT IT OUT.

SO SO ALL OF OUR RESEARCH HAS BEEN, JUST AS THIS GENTLEMAN SAID, LEAVE IT ALONE, LET IT BURN ITSELF OUT.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD RESPOND AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OKAY AND THERE'S NO OTHER SAFETY HAZARDS.

BUT FROM THERE, WE WOULD JUST WORK WITH THEIR MANAGEMENT, JUST LIKE WE WOULD ENCORE ANY OTHER UTILITY COMPANY BECAUSE WE DO THE SAME THING AT THEIR TRANSFORMER STATIONS.

AND ONCE IT'S OUT, WE WOULD WE WOULD TURN THE SCENE OVER TO THEM AND WE WOULD BE CLEAR FROM THERE.

RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, SIR.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THEN I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION.

A PUBLIC HEARING? YES, PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.

IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, WE'D ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

WE WILL ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

DO. DO I NEED TO PUSH THE BUTTON THERE? IT'S ALREADY ON. IT'S STILL ON.

SO JUST A QUICK RECOMMENDATION OR QUESTION BECAUSE ACTUALLY YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND I'M SORRY, SCOTT HEBEL SO I LIVE LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. SO THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD ASK IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF ESTHETIC REQUIREMENT LIKE TREES, BUSHES, SOMETHING, BECAUSE WE HAVE CRAMER IS RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER AREA RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL.

SO JUST VISUALLY, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE LOOK AT COWS AND GOATS, BUT NOW WE'D BE LOOKING AT WHITE BOXES.

SO THERE'S SOME VISUAL ISSUES THERE WITH THAT.

SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY ASIDE FROM JUST A BOARD ON BOARD, FENCE, TREES, BUSHES, SOMETHING ESTHETICALLY SO THAT IT DOESN'T SUPPRESS THE VALUE FOR THE PEOPLE ACROSS.

THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CONCERN.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. HASKINS, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE SOUP THAT SPEAKS TO ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES? YES, SIR. ALL READY OR YES? SECTION THREE C MENTIONS THAT THERE WOULD BE A TEN TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND A EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD FENCE IS REQUIRED ALL THE WAY DOWN.

EUBANKS AND ALL THE WAY DOWN EAST.

BROWN OKAY. SO THERE WOULD BE, SO TO SPEAK, A GREEN SCREEN IN ADDITION TO THE BOARD ON BOARD.

THERE'S THERE'S LANDSCAPE.

LANDSCAPE BUFFER IS THE ONLY WAY IT'S DEFINED AT THIS POINT.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT HAS TO BE TREES EVERY SO OFTEN.

BUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE LOOKING AT WOULD BE A TEN FOOT GREEN BUFFER OR, YOU KNOW, TEN FEET OF LANDSCAPING AND THEN A EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD FENCE.

OKAY. AND HOW HIGH IS THE TYPICAL SHIPPING CONTAINER THAT YOU GUYS USE OVER THERE? MOST OF THEM ARE AROUND 8 TO 9FT DEPENDING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, 8 TO 9FT IS WHAT THEY WOULD BE.

SO RELATIVELY.

RELATIVELY CLOSE. AND THEN THEY'LL BE SET BACK FROM THE FENCE.

YES, I ASSUME CERTAINLY FOR AS FAR AS FOR LINE OF SIGHT TO WHAT THEY'LL BE SEEING FROM ACROSS THE STREET, CERTAINLY.

OKAY. HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS ADDRESS THE THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED BY THE BY THE NEIGHBORS THERE, THAT THERE WILL BE A GREEN BUFFER IN FRONT OF THE FENCE.

THE FENCE WON'T BE ALONG THE ROAD.

COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR OTHER QUESTIONS? TIME. BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, THOUGH, WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

TURN IT BACK OVER TO GENERAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS WAS READY FOR A MOTION.

IF YOU WERE SO I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.

WILL THAT BE SUFFICIENT WORDING OR DO WE NEEDS TO BE READ AS PRESENTED.

SO THESE HAVE CHANGED DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLARIFY.

SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO AMEND YOUR MOTION?

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I'D LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ZONING CHANGE REQUESTED AND BRING IT BACK FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.

THAT IS MY MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED AND OR AS AMENDED AND STATED.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN HOOVER.

I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AS AMENDED AND STATED IF COUNCIL WILL PLEASE CAST THEIR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WITH MAYOR PRO TEM FORSTER ABSENT.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM THIS EVENING, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[3. Consider, and act upon, approval of the Non-Profit Park Event Application from Hope’s Gate representative Patricia Bauman, to hold the “Hope Under The Stars” fundraiser event at Olde City Park on Saturday, October 21, 2023.]

CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE NON PROFIT PARK EVENT APPLICATION FROM HOPE'S GATE REPRESENTATIVE PATRICIA BAUMANN.

HOPEFULLY I GOT THAT RIGHT.

TO HOLD THE HOPE UNDER THE STARS FUNDRAISER EVENT AT OLD CITY PARK ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 2023.

AND, MR. STOWERS, ARE YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS? YES, SIR. GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, AS MAYOR SAID, THIS IS A NON PROFIT PARK EVENT APPLICATION.

THIS IS THE HOPES GATE ORGANIZATIONS FIRST TIME REQUESTING AN EVENT TAKE PLACE AT THE CITY OF WILEY FACILITY.

AND REPRESENTATIVE MISS PATRICIA BOWMAN IS HERE.

SHE'S GOING TO KIND OF GO OVER A SLIDE SHOW AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HELP ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

NOW, THIS IS ALSO REQUESTING PERMISSION TO PROVIDE ALCOHOL TO THE TICKET HOLDERS DURING THEIR EVENT.

AND THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOR THIS.

THE FIRST THING IS FILLING OUT A NON NON PROFIT PARK EVENT APPLICATION WHICH YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS.

NEXT IS TO RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, WHICH THE APPLICANT DID RECEIVE THAT ON JUNE 12TH.

IT WAS VOTED SIX ZERO FOR FOR APPROVAL, WITH ONE BOARD MEMBER BEING ABSENT.

THE THIRD STEP IS WHAT THEY'RE SEEKING TONIGHT, WHICH IS A FINAL APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN FROM THERE, IT'LL GO ON TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR WRITTEN PERMISSION TO ALLOW THIS EVENT TO TAKE PLACE.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MISS BOWMAN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MY NAME IS PATRICIA BAUMANN AND I AM THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF HOPE'S GATE, WHICH IS A REGISTERED 500 AND 1C3 HERE IN TEXAS.

WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE KENT.

KENDRA, INTRODUCE HERSELF. HI.

AND I'M KENDRA MEDINA.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO.

MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO WYLIE IN 2011, THE SAME YEAR THAT WE STARTED HOPE'S GATE.

I WAS IN INDIA AND I WAS IN I FOUND MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT IN A CITY IN INDIA, AND I WAS IN A BROTHEL.

AND I MET TWO SISTERS WHO WHOSE PARENTS HAD SOLD THEM INTO EXPLOITATION TO HELP THEIR THEIR FAMILY FINANCIALLY.

AND IT WAS IT REALLY CHANGED THE COURSE OF MY LIFE AND MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON ME.

AND I KNEW THAT THESE LADIES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS PLACE.

AND SO IT STARTED ME ON A JOURNEY TO JUST SIMPLY FIND OUT WHAT COULD I DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES AND TO SEE CHANGE.

AND SO WE STARTED JUST A SIMPLE JEWELRY PROJECT THAT WAS TRAINING WOMEN IN THE SITUATION HOW TO MAKE JEWELRY IN INDIA.

WE STARTED IN INDIA AND GIVE THEM A FAIR, FAIR WAGE FOR THEIR FOR THEIR WORK.

AND THEN THROUGH THESE YEARS, WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT THE PROFITS FROM THE SALE OF THEIR JEWELRY, WE THEN GIVE BACK TO HELP THEM GO TO COLLEGE, BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES AS THEY ENTER THEIR EARLY 20S, THEY'RE AT RISK AGAIN OF BEING EXPLOITED.

SO WE PARTNER WITH SAFE HOUSES AROUND THE WORLD.

WE STARTED IN INDIA, BUT THEN WE'VE ADDED UGANDA AND THAILAND.

WE'RE STARTING TO WORK IN COLOMBIA AND THE MEXICO GUATEMALA BORDER.

AND SO IN LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I'M DOING THIS SLIDESHOW THE RIGHT WAY.

OH, OKAY.

OF THE DOWN ARROW. OKAY.

SORRY. I DID IT TO THE SIDE.

YEAH. SO IN 2020, WE ACTUALLY OPENED A STORE RIGHT IN THE MAIN DOWNTOWN SHOPPING AREA.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET US TRY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE ASSISTANCE HERE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, IT'S NOT SHOWING UP. OKAY.

OKAY. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

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LET YOU KNOW WHEN OR WE'LL JUST KIND OF READ THROUGH IT.

NOT ONLY DOES SHE KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING THAT WE SAY DURING THIS MEETING, BUT SHE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT UP HERE.

BE THE FIRST TIME MY COMPUTER HAS.

THERE WE GO. THAT'S OKAY.

SO IN 2020.

SO IN 2017 IS WHEN WE ADDED OUR EDUCATION FUND.

SO FAR, WE'VE HELPED 39 APPLICANTS RECEIVE COLLEGE EDUCATION FUNDS.

THIS YEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A WYLIE RECIPIENT AS WELL.

IN 2020, WE OPENED OUR STORE FRONT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA RIGHT BESIDE DEAR SORELLA BOUTIQUE.

WE SELL ITEMS THAT ARE HANDMADE AROUND THE WORLD BY PEOPLE THAT ARE AT RISK OF EXPLOITATION OR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN RESCUED.

AND WE'RE ALSO EMPOWERING THE CITIZENS OF WYLIE TO TO BUY GOODS THAT ACTUALLY SERVE A PURPOSE, TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE AT RISK. SO A FAIR TRADE.

AT PURCHASE AND WE BEGAN HOLDING A BENEFIT DINNER IN 2020, AND WE STARTED HOSTING THAT DINNER IN PRINCETON AT THE REEVES FAMILY FARM.

AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SO THREE YEARS WE'VE BEEN HOSTING THIS BENEFIT DINNER AND IT'S BEEN A FARM TO TABLE DINNER.

BUT RECENTLY WE JUST HAVE DESIRED TO BRING THIS DINNER TO OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

WE LOVE WYLIE.

THIS IS OUR HOME.

THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL AND WE JUST HAVE HAD A DESIRE TO NOT BE IN ANOTHER CITY 30 MINUTES AWAY, BUT ACTUALLY TO BE PART OF JUST HOSTING A DINNER HERE.

JUST SEE WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE SHARED.

SO WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS WE WANT TO HOLD THE DINNER IN DOWNTOWN AND WE WILL PARTNER WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, LOCAL RESTAURANTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE WANT.

WE REALLY HAVE A DESIRE TO SEE OUR OWN CITY FLOURISH ECONOMICALLY.

AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH RESTAURANTS AND CHEFS TO TO PROVIDE A FIVE COURSE MEAL.

WE REALLY DESIRE TO HAVE IT HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

AND LET ME JUST MAKE SURE.

IS THERE ANYTHING I MISSED BEFORE THE SLIDE WENT? SORRY. JUST ALSO WE AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING TO ADD A WILY RECIPIENT TO OUR EDUCATION FUND.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE WILY FOUNDATION TO SET UP AN ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP THAT THEN WE WILL SPONSOR OUR WILY STUDENTS.

AND ALSO WE ARE OUR DESIRE IS TO WORK WITH THE CULINARY ARTS DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MEAL ITEMS FOR OUR EVENT.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM, SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, THE STUDENTS, THE THE RESTAURANTS.

WE'VE LOVED BEING PART OF THE DOWNTOWN.

DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS AND JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO PULL EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

SO THE ORDER OF EVENTS WILL BE WE'RE GOING TO HOST THE ORDER OF OUR WE'LL HAVE RAFFLE ITEMS, MINGLING APPETIZERS AND MOCKTAILS.

OUR TEAM WILL SHARE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF HOPE'S GATE AROUND THE WORLD.

WE'LL HAVE A FIVE COURSE DINNER.

AND WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IS A COMPLIMENTARY TWO OUNCE, JUST LIMITED POUR BETWEEN EACH OF THE OF FOUR OF THE COURSES. SO IT'LL BE A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT OUNCES OF WINE, LAND AND WINERY.

LAND AND WINERY HAS BEEN A SPONSOR OF OURS ALL THESE YEARS.

THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBOR RIGHT ON THE SAME SIDE.

AND SO WE JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BECAUSE IT IS A FINE DINING EXPERIENCE.

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MEALS LIKE THIS TRADITIONALLY HAVE A GLASS OF WINE SERVED.

EACH CHEF AND LANDON WERE HOPING WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR COURSES THAT THEY'RE MAKING, WHICH WILL GIVE A HIGHLIGHT TO THEIR RESTAURANT.

AND THEN THE WINE WILL BE THERE WILL BE A DESCRIPTION ABOUT THAT SMALL TASTING AS IT'S AS IT'S SERVED BETWEEN COURSES.

WE'RE WE'RE WANTING TO SEE THE LOCAL MUSICIANS.

SO EITHER THE ORCHESTRA OR THE JAZZ BAND, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE LIVE MUSIC.

AND I'M ADVOCATING AND I'M WORKING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF, LIKE, BALLROOM DANCING.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S HOPE UNDER THE STARS.

WE'LL HAVE TWINKLE LIGHTS IN THE PARK AND IT'S GOING TO PHOTOGRAPH AND DRONE REALLY WELL FOR MARKETING PURPOSES, BUT JUST A REALLY NICE ESTHETIC IN THE PARK.

IT'S AN ELEVATED DINING EXPERIENCE.

WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 120 TICKETS, SO IT'LL BE A LIMITED IT WON'T BE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT THE PURPOSE IS, IS FOR A FUNDRAISER.

SO DO YOU WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SAFETY MEASURES? SURE. SO WE DO HAVE SOME SAFETY MEASURES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AND HAVE LOOKED INTO.

WE WILL HAVE STAFFS, OUR OWN STAFF STATIONED AT THE ENTRANCE.

WE'LL HAVE CERTAIN AREAS BLOCKED OFF.

SO NOT JUST ANYBODY CAN WANDER IN TO OUR EVENT, BUT CERTAIN ENTRANCES.

CHECKING OUR GUESTS IN ANYONE THAT ARRIVES THAT'S UNDER 21.

AND WE WOULD KNOW THAT BEFORE THEY GET THERE, BECAUSE WE KEEP VERY DETAILED, VERY DETAILED INFORMATION ON WHO IS COMING.

THEY BUY THEIR TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME.

WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO'S COMING, BUT THEY WOULD BE FLAGGED IN A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT SERVED ANY ALCOHOL DURING THE LIMITED TASTING.

AS PATTY MENTIONED BEFORE THE PRE DINNER RECEPTION, THE ORDER OF OUR ONLY WILL HAVE MOCKTAILS.

AND THEN AGAIN DURING THE DINNER TWO OUNCES WILL BE SERVED BY TABC PERMITTED STAFF.

AND AGAIN THAT BY THE END OF DINNER THAT DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHT OUNCES.

AND THAT'S JUST A PICTURE OF SOME ORANGE JUICE I TOOK AT MY OWN HOUSE SO YOU COULD KIND OF SEE WHAT EIGHT OUNCES LOOKS LIKE IN THE GLASSES THAT WE USE.

YEAH. AND WE HAVE CHECKED WITH TABC ON ALL THE RULES AND PERMITS THAT WE NEED FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE.

OKAY. AND I WANTED TO GIVE MR. PARKER A CHANCE. JUST THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS IN HERE THAT WERE LISTED THAT WE WANTED TO CHECK WITH YOU GUYS ON, SO.

MR. PARKER. SO JUST YOU MENTIONED TABC.

I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO GET THE TABC.

PERMIT AND ALL THAT.

Y'ALL ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT AND GET THAT PROVIDED TO THE CITY.

YES. YES, WE YEAH.

WHAT WOULD YOU NEED TO SEE AHEAD OF TIME FROM US? LIKE WHEN THEY GET THEIR ACTUAL CERTIFICATIONS, WE'LL HAVE EACH WE'LL HAVE EACH WAITER OR WAITRESS WHO'S SERVING IN WHATEVER TABC REQUIRES.

OKAY. WE JUST NEED. SO WHENEVER THEY GET THEIR PERMITS, WE'LL SHARE THEM WITH YOU.

INDEMNIFY THE CITY, WHICH WE CAN TALK LATER, BUT JUST WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT HELD LIABLE FOR.

YEAH. I MEAN, TWO OUNCES PROBABLY AIN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING, BUT.

SOMEBODY MIGHT SNEAK FOR? I DON'T KNOW. SO.

AND YOU GUYS WOULD BE WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT.

I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO PROBLEM TURNING OVER PERMITS AND YOU GUYS WOULD BE OPEN TO INDEMNIFYING THE CITY FROM ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO THAT.

OKAY. AND Y'ALL CAN JUST WORK THROUGH.

YEAH. AND BRANT STOWERS, I GOT TO CLARIFY.

STOWERS DON'T WORK THROUGH THIS, BRANT.

WORK THROUGH THAT, BRANT. NOW, MR. PARKER, DOES THAT SATISFY SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT STAFF HAD PRESENTED HERE? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING AND PRESENTING THIS.

WHAT AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION YOU GUYS ARE WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

I KNOW I'VE BEEN INTO YOUR LOCATION DOWNTOWN.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A VERY NICE EVENT.

I KNOW WE HAVE THIS PROCESS PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT IT'S AT AN IT'S AN APPROPRIATE USE OF ALCOHOL IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. UM, YOU KNOW, THE DESCRIPTION WITH THE TWO OUNCE AND IT BEING EIGHT OUNCE TOTAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A CASH BAR OR ANY SITUATION LIKE THAT.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S BEING PRESENTED AS PART OF A FINE DINING EXPERIENCE.

UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO BRING TO THE CITY.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP THOUGH.

I KNOW WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ON THE QUESTION STAFF HAD PRESENTED IN OUR PACKET WITH MR. PARKER, BUT DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, EITHER FOR STAFF OR FOR OUR APPLICANTS THIS EVENING?

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COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'LL JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO.

I KNOW MY WIFE HAS PURCHASED SEVERAL.

SHE MAKES A GIFT OUT OF THOSE SLIPPERS.

THOSE SLIPPERS GO TO EVERYONE SHE KNOWS.

SO YOU ALL ARE AMAZING.

THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU. WE WILL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE? AND IF NOT, THEN.

BELIEVE THERE'S ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS.

JUST. IT IS A SPECIFIC MOTION, SO I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM, BUT IT IS SPECIFIC AND WILL NEED TO BE READ AS STATED.

COUNCILMAN MALIKI.

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND FOR BRINGING THIS TO WILEY.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZED.

I'LL HAVE TO. ACTUALLY, WOULD YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION? IT WILL HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC TO WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA.

I'LL AMEND MY MOTION.

OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZING TO THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE WRITTEN PERMISSION, ALLOWING THE POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF REGULATIONS IMPOSED BY THE CITY AND TABC.

WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED IN AMENDED.

I THINK I CUT HIM OFF ACCIDENTALLY THERE.

SO MY APOLOGIES, COUNCILMAN MALIKI, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME.

COUNCIL DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND AS AMENDED AND THEREFORE STATED COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WITH MAYOR PRO TEM FORRESTER ABSENT.

THANK YOU ALL. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Discussion and consideration of all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of "City of Wylie, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2023," including the adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-27 authorizing the issuance of such bonds and related agreements]

THIS EVENING. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 2023, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023, DASH 27 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND RELATED AGREEMENTS. MISS BROWN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HERE COMES THE PACKET. YES.

UM, FOR THIS ITEM, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

AND I'M SURE YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, THE VOTERS APPROVED $50.1 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS.

AT THAT TIME, WE WERE WE COMMITTED TO ONLY ISSUING THE BONDS WHEN WE WERE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECTS.

AND THAT WAS SO THAT WE COULD BE SENSITIVE TO THE DEBT PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE.

AND SO LAST YEAR WE ISSUED FIVE AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE ISSUING 17 MILLION IN BOND PROCEEDS.

5 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR PARK BOULEVARD, 10 MILLION FOR MCMILLAN.

MCMILLAN ROAD AND 2 MILLION FOR GENERAL STREET REPAIRS.

BIDS WERE RECEIVED THIS MORNING AND NICK BULLOCK WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS IS HERE TO GO OVER THAT SALE WITH YOU AND WE ARE BOTH AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.

SORRY FOR THE DISTRACTION, MA'AM.