[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:08] AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 14TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:02 P.M. WE DO ASK IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SET THAT TO VIBRATE OR TURN IT OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE, WE DO ASK THAT YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL AT THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR. MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVID ARCH-DUKE, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVE STRANG, PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM JEFF FORRESTER, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER PRESENT. COUNCILMAN GINO MALIKI. COUNCILMAN MALIKI WILL BE LATE THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE. THERE IT GOES. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION WHICH WILL BE LED BY REVEREND KURT ULMER FROM FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE BY COUNCILMAN HOOVER. LET US PRAY. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. ALMIGHTY GOD, FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS ASCENDED FAR ABOVE ALL HEAVENS TO SIT AT YOUR RIGHT HAND AND RULE OVER ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. WE THANK AND PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY THAT YOU DAILY SHOW TO US POOR SINNERS IN CONTINUING TO GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD AND PROVIDING FOR THE FAITHFUL PREACHING OF YOUR LIFE. GIVING WORD IN OUR MIDST. WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING, OH LORD, ON THE CITY OF WYLIE AND ALL OF ITS PEOPLE. SHELTER US FROM ALL DANGER AND PROVIDE FOR ALL WHO ARE IN ANY NEED. BLESS THOSE WHO WORK AND WHOSE WORK IN OUR MIDST IS DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. BE A REFUGE AND SHIELD FOR THE HURTING, THE HOMELESS, THE ORPHANED, AND THE WIDOW. WE ASK YOUR SPECIAL BLESSING THIS DAY ON SCOTT AND DAVID AS THEY BEGIN THEIR NEW TERMS ON THIS COUNCIL. BLESS THEM AND THEIR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH WISDOM AND FAITHFULNESS AS THEY SEEK TO MANAGE THE AFFAIRS OF THIS CITY AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXES WHICH MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTE. REMOVE STRIFE AND DISCORD FROM AMONG US, THAT WE MAY BE A PEOPLE AT PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER, SO THAT YOUR WORD MAY GO FORTH IN OUR MIDST UNHINDERED. IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME. BE GLORIFIED. GRANT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT THAT WISDOM AND TRUTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE MAY ABOUND IN ALL PLACES. BLESS OUR SCHOOLS, THAT THEY MAY BE TRAINING GROUNDS OF VIRTUE AND LIGHTS OF TRUTH. IN A WORLD FILLED WITH THE DEVIL'S HARMFUL LIES. BLESS THIS MEETING THIS EVENING THAT ALL THAT IS DISCUSSED PROPOSED AND DECIDED WOULD BE FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS WONDERFUL CITY AND MAKE US EVER MINDFUL OF YOUR MERCIES. WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, OUR LORD, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. THIS EVENING, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND [1. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2024-14 of the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, canvassing the election returns of the May 4, 2024 General Election; declaring the election results for City Council Place 2 and Place 4; and providing a savings/repealing clause, severability clause and an effective date] ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024. DASH 14 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS. CANVASING THE ELECTION RETURNS OF THE MAY 4TH, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, DECLARING THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR CITY COUNCIL PLACE TWO AND PLACE FOUR, AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE MISS STORM. YES, MAYOR, THIS IS THE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE CITY OF WYLIE. MAY 4TH, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW IN THE PACKET. THAT IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE IS THE OUTDATED RESULTS, WE JUST GOT THE FINAL RESULTS FROM ALL THREE COUNTIES, DUE TO THE BALLOT BOARD CANNOT MEET BECAUSE OF PROVISIONAL VOTERS. HAD A CERTAIN DEADLINE TO CURE THOSE VOTES. SO THOSE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON, FOR CONSIDERATION. SO IF YOU DO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, IF YOU IN THE MOTION, COULD SAY, AS AMENDED, WITH THE CHANGES THAT STAFF GAVE THIS AFTERNOON INSTEAD OF AS PRESENTED. OKAY SO WE HAVE THE AMENDED AND RESULTS COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY [00:05:07] QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM, IF WE DO NOT AND YOU WERE OFFERING A MOTION, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CANVASS THE ELECTION, AS AMENDED. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN STRING? THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL SECOND. WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN [ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF ELECTIONS & ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE] ZERO. WITH THAT, I WILL NOW SIGN THE CERTIFICATIONS AS MAYOR AND PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE CITY. FIRST FOR COUNCILMAN STRANG. MR. WONG, DO YOU HAVE ONE FOR COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? SAME NAME. LET'S SEE. AND THEN ON THE OTHER . CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL NOW SIGN FOR COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS . CONGRATULATIONS. SO WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH SWEARING THEM IN. FIRST, I WOULD ASK THAT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS STEP DOWN AND BE JOINED BY JUDGE MALDONADO AS WELL AS ANY FAMILY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN. YOU. SHOULD STAND RIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY SITUATED. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR ME, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, SO I'LL NOW ADMINISTER THE OATH TO REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I, SCOTT WILLIAMS, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE FOUR. COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. NOW, COUNCILMAN STRANG. OH, WE NEED TO SIGN THE COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY. WE'LL GET YOU TO SIGN THERE. OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE USED A FEW WEEKS BEFORE YOU. KNOW. DID YOU HAVE FOR ME? ALL RIGHT, I, I STATE YOUR NAME. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM? DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF. OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL. MEMBER. PLACE TWO. COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE TWO OF THE CITY OF WYLIE. OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE AND THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. [00:10:32] SO WITH THAT, BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, I AM GOING TO RECESS US FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES TO ALLOW, THE NEWLY SWORN IN MEMBERS TO TAKE . WITH THAT, I'LL CALL US BACK INTO SESSION. WE WILL MOVE TO [PR1. National Police Week.] OUR PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST THIS EVENING IS FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. SO CHIEF HENDERSON, IF YOU AND THOSE WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING WILL JOIN ME DOWN FRONT. SO AS I MENTIONED, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE ONCE AGAIN HAS BEEN RATED ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES TO LIVE, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE CAME IN 12TH AND NATIONALLY. THIRD. AND THEN EVERYONE PAUSES AND GOES, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE STATE, THEY DON'T RESTRICT CITY SIZE. SO IF YOU'RE IN CORPORATED AS A CITY, AND I BELIEVE IT'S OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE, WHICH IS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THAT IS SMALLER THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HERE, THEN YOU COUNT TOWARDS IT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN 12TH. BUT AS THE 12TH SAFEST CITY, IT IS THE LARGEST CITY BY FAR, ALMOST LARGER OR AS LARGE AS ALL OF THE CITIES COMBINED IN FRONT OF IT. WE ARE THIRD NATIONALLY AND TO QUALIFY NATIONALLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE OVER 50,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN YOUR CITY. BUT THAT MEANS THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF 50,000 OR LARGER. SO THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE THAT WORK HERE IN WYLIE, IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE BUILT TRUST AND INTERACT WITH OUR CITIZENS, AND ONCE AGAIN, IT JUST SHOWS WHAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT WHAT A GREAT PLACE WE HAVE TO LIVE. AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT, WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THIS WEEK. EVERY SINGLE YEAR, BUT THE IMPORTANCE FOR THIS FOR US IS TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THOSE THAT HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WITH THEIR LIFE. THE NATIONAL POLICE MEMORIAL DAY IS MAY THE 15TH. SO THE WEEK OF MAY THE 15TH IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. SO WE WANT TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND REMEMBER THOSE FAMILIES THAT THAT THAT PERSON'S NOT COMING HOME FOR THEM ANYMORE. AND I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH TIME FOR THEM, IN WASHINGTON, DC, THIS WEEK. BUT WE APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICE THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN FOR ALL OF OUR SAFETY, INCLUDING OURS. AND I APPRECIATE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT MAKE UP OUR DEPARTMENT THAT GO OUT EVERY DAY TO DO THIS JOB, THAT DURING THESE TIMES AND A LOT OF PLACES ACROSS THE NATION, IT ISN'T THAT WELCOMED. BUT HERE IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US AND ALWAYS HAS SUPPORTED US. SO WE WANT TO TELL YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS THAT WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US AS WELL. SO BEFORE WE MOVE INTO READING THE [00:15:01] PROCLAMATION, I'M GOING TO LET EVERYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS JEFF CALLAN. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY GOING, THIS IS MY 19TH YEAR. I'M CURRENTLY A LIEUTENANT ASSIGNED TO THE INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES UNIT. BRIAN PORTER GOING ON 16 YEARS. PATROL SERGEANT JOSHUA ROUNDTREE, TEN YEARS, CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. MATT TYLER, BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS. CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. Y'ALL KNOW ME, BUT CHIEF HENDERSON, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 25 YEARS, AND I RUN THE SHOW. I GUESS CHRIS MEEHAN. I'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. CHAD HERMES, 22 YEARS. TOMMY WALTERS, ASSISTANT CHIEF. BEEN HERE FOR 24 YEARS. LIEUTENANT TREY COTTON, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS. SUPPORT SERVICES. LIEUTENANT ALEX WATERS I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIX YEARS, AND I'M COMMUNITY RELATIONS. BRYCE THOMPSON I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS, I'M THE JAIL MANAGER , ALICIA MACHADO. I'M IN 26 YEARS, AND I'M THE RECORD SUPERVISOR. CHRIS CHILDS I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST FOUR YEARS WORKING THE JAIL. AND MY NAME IS AARON WALDRON. I'VE BEEN HERE SIX YEARS, AND I'M THE TRAINING COORDINATOR NOW. CHIEF HENDERSON'S GOING TO SING A SONG . WE DON'T GET HER TOO MUCH. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS ARE HEROES WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SAFE, GOING TO WORK EACH DAY NOT KNOWING WHAT DANGERS MIGHT LIE AHEAD, MAKING TREMENDOUS SACRIFICES TO UPHOLD JUSTICE AND PROTECT THE INNOCENT. AND WHEREAS LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ARE DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY, WORKING TIRELESSLY TO TRANSFORM NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, IMPROVING OUR CITY AND UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO PROTECT OURS, SOMETIMES MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. AND WHEREAS WHILE WE CAN NEVER ADEQUATELY THANK OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR THEIR SERVICE, WE CAN USE EVERY TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO PROTECT AND KEEP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SAFE. AND WHEREAS WE HONOR THE DISCIPLINE AND DISTINCTION OUR PEACE OFFICERS HAVE SHOWN IN CONDITIONS WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE AS THEY ARE CONTINUALLY CALLED UPON TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND TAKE COURAGEOUS ACTION. NOW THEREFORE, I, MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILEY, ON BEHALF OF THE WILEY CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF WILEY, ON THIS THE 14TH DAY OF MAY 2024, AM HONORED TO PROCLAIM THE 12TH DAY OF MAY 2024 THROUGH THE 18TH DAY OF MAY 2024, AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO EXTEND GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR CITY. AND REMEMBER THOSE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY MOURNING THEIR LOSS AND HONORING THE LOVED ONES THAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. WHILE PROMISING TO STAND BESIDE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY AND DO OUR PART TO HELP KEEP WILEY SAFE AND SECURE. THANK YOU ALL. [PR2. Texas Police Chiefs Association recognizing the Wylie Police Department for obtaining their Texas Police Chiefs Best Practices Accreditation] SO, OUR SECOND PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS ALSO FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAD THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION HERE RECOGNIZING THEM. AND I WILL LET CHIEF HENDERSON TELL YOU MORE. SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SAVE SOME OF THE DETAILS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM MIKE SULLIVAN, WHO IS WITH US. HE MIKE SULLIVAN IS THE CURRENT ASSISTANT CHIEF IN FAIRVIEW. HOWEVER, AT THE TIME WHEN WE WAS GOING THROUGH THIS, HE WAS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT, FARMERSVILLE. I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME BACK OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE . SORRY. SORRY, BRANT. BUT ONE [00:20:12] OF THE BIG GOALS THAT I HAD WHEN I TOOK OVER AS THE CHIEF IS I WANTED US TO BE ACCREDITED. AND IT TOOK US A LOT LONGER THAN WHAT WE WANTED. BECAUSE IF YOU ALL KIND OF REMEMBER BACK IN 2016, WE HAD A HAILSTORM THAT KNOCKED US OUT OF OUR BUILDING. AND SO IT KIND OF TOOK US A WHILE. WE HAD TO GET BACK INTO A NEW BUILDING BEFORE I STARTED THAT PROCESS. SO ONCE YOU START THAT PROCESS, YOU HAVE TWO YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. SO MIKE SULLIVAN WAS THE, COORDINATOR FOR US FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM FOR TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TO PARDON ME. I GOT LIKE. I SAID I FOLLOWED HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS OF WILEY AND GUESTS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MIKE SULLIVAN. I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE TOWN OF FAIRVIEW POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. I'M HONORED THIS EVENING TO BE REPRESENTING THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION AND THE ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE. THE TPCA IS AN ASSOCIATION MADE UP OF 1700 PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WHO ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE DELIVERY OF POLICE SERVICES. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE WILEY POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION FOR ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT BEST PRACTICES. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION DEVELOPED AN ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT. MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE OF ACCREDITATION PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS. THESE ARE PROGRAMS OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE THAT REQUIRE INDEPENDENT PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH A SET OF RIGOROUS STANDARDS . THE TEXAS BEST PRACTICES PROGRAM IS AN ACCREDITATION PROGRAM THAT HAS 173 CHALLENGING STANDARDS FOR TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT. THESE STANDARDS ADDRESS THE FULL RANGE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS, SUCH AS USE OF FORCE, PROTECTION OF CITIZENS RIGHTS OFFICER TRAINING, ARREST, SEARCH AND SEIZURE PATROL AND INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS, PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT, JUST TO NAME A FEW. THIS PROGRAM HAS BECOME THE NEW GOLD STANDARD FOR PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TEXAS, AND AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. NO ONE IS FORCED AT THE AGENCY TO PARTICIPATE. APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, CHIEF HENDERSON AND THE WILEY POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGAN THE PROCESS OF PROVING ITS COMPLIANCE WITH THESE DIFFICULT STANDARDS, AND THEY HAD TO PROVE THEIR COMPLIANCE TO WELL TRAINED INDEPENDENT ASSESSORS. IT WAS NOT EASY TO COMPLY. THE AGENCY HAD TO DO A COMPLETE AUDIT OF ALL POLICIES, PROCEDURES, TRAINING AND OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO MEET THESE STANDARDS. THIS THE PROCESS CULMINATED IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR WHEN TRAINED ASSESSORS, POLICE EXECUTIVES FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE MADE AN ON SITE INSPECTION OF THE AGENCY. THESE ASSESSORS INTERVIEWED STAFF, INSPECTED FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS, RODE WITH FIELD OFFICERS, AND THEY ENSURED COMPLIANCE WITH ALL STANDARDS. THEIR REPORT WAS THEN SENT TO THE ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE, COMPRISED OF NINE SERVING POLICE CHIEFS FROM AROUND THE STATE, WHO REVIEWED THE REPORT AND VOTED TO AWARD ACCREDITED STATUS TO THE WILEY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE VOTE WAS A UNANIMOUS. DURING THIS PROCESS , THE WILEY PD HAS PROVEN THAT IT MEETS AND EXCEEDS ALL STANDARDS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 2800 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES JUST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND ONLY 211 OF THEM ARE ACCREDITED. THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. THIS EVENING, WE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE WILEY PD AS THE 197TH ACCREDITED AGENCY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? THE ACCREDITATION PROGRAM ASSURES THAT THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF WILEY, TEXAS, THAT YOUR AGENCY IS OPERATING IN A MANNER THAT REFLECTS THE CURRENT BEST PRACTICES OF TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS CERTIFICATE WE PRESENT THIS EVENING IS A SYMBOL OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE. HOWEVER, THE REAL VALUE OF THE PROGRAM IS THE PROCESS THEY WENT THROUGH TO ATTAIN IT. AND THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE PROCESS. THIS PROGRAM ASSISTS THE AGENCY IN MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS. THE AGENCY WILL SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS AND ANALYSIS TO ENSURE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE. AND THEN IN FOUR YEARS, WE'LL BE BACK FOR ANOTHER ON SITE INSPECTION TO ENSURE THE AGENCY IS CONTINUING TO COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVEN TO BE. [00:25:01] TRAIN AND INDEPENDENT BY TRAINED, INDEPENDENT ASSESSORS THAT THEY ARE ONE OF THE BEST IN OUR STATE. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT, CHIEF HENDERSON, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND PLEASE ACCEPT MY CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU . SO, MAYOR, WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AND COMMEND THEM PUBLICLY FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO HELP US OUT. THERE'S TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT STARTED OUT WITH THIS PROCESS, ONE HAS TAKEN A JOB WITH ANOTHER CITY, BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER. THAT'S CODY HICKMAN. SHE STARTED THIS PROCESS FOR US, ALONG WITH JOE HARRISON, WHO WAS WITH MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT. SHE WOUND UP TAKING ANOTHER JOB THAT DIDN'T ALLOW HER TO CONTINUE WITH US. BUT THE TWO THAT ARE HERE WITH US, THAT DID A LOT OF WORK AND ONE IS AARON WALDRON, AND SHE'LL COME DOWN AND SERGEANT CHAD HERMES. THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S WORK. I APPRECIATE IT . SO WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE ORDER. JUST A BIT SO THAT CHIEF [PR6. National Correctional Officers Week.] HENDERSON CAN JUST STAY UP HERE. JOINING US THIS EVENING. BECAUSE WE ALSO ARE RECOGNIZED THAT IS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK. SO IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT, COME ON BACK DOWN. SO AS CHIEF MENTIONED, EARLIER IN 2016, DESTROYED ESSENTIALLY THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AS IT WAS, AND WITH THAT BEING REOPENED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS RENOVATED AND EXPANDED AND, WAS OUR JAIL AREA THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND SO THIS EVENING WE ARE RECOGNIZING THOSE WHO SERVE AND WORK WITHIN THAT WITHIN THE JAIL HERE IN WILEY. AND, THEY CAN TELL YOU MORE, BUT THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, NOT ONLY TAKING CARE OF THOSE WHO WILEY BRINGS IN, BUT IN MANY CASES, WE WORK WITH SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING AGENCIES. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT, THOUGH? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THEM? BECAUSE AS CHIEF ENLIGHTENED US WHEN THAT WAS NOT OPEN AND OPERATIONAL, IF WE PICKED SOMEONE UP THAT WE NEEDED TO HOLD, WHETHER IT'S A WARRANT OR BASED ON THE CRIME THAT WAS COMMITTED, WE HAD TO THEN DRIVE THEM TO COUNTY AND WAIT FOR THEM TO HAVE SOMEONE READY TO PROCESS THEM. THAT TOOK OFFICERS OFF THE STREET FOR HOURS AT A TIME. WILEY IS A GREAT PLACE AND A SAFE PLACE, BUT WE DON'T WANT OUR OFFICERS DRIVING AND SPENDING HOURS AND HOURS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSTEAD BE ABLE TO ARRAIGN SOMEBODY OR HOLD THEM AS NECESSARY AND KEEP THEM ON THE STREETS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE PROTECTING AND ASSISTING OUR CITIZENS. SO WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE THAT OPEN AND FUNCTIONAL, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ALL DO. SO I WILL LET YOU SHARE A LITTLE AS WELL. THANK YOU. I'M BRYCE THOMPSON, I'M THE GEO MANAGER, CHIEF BROUGHT ME ON FOUR YEARS AGO. AND, HE THE BUILDING WAS RENOVATED AND, AND WE BROUGHT ON, SEVERAL DETENTION OFFICERS. AND, WE'VE BEEN REAL SUCCESSFUL IN, IN HOLDING THOSE PRISONERS AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO GET THE PROCESS. JUST KEEP MOVING. SO I'M REAL PROUD OF MY STAFF. I HAVE EIGHT DETENTION OFFICERS, TWO ARE HERE. OTHERS ARE WORKING IN SCHOOL. SO, THIS IS OFFICER CHRIS CHARLES. OFFICER DEREK FIR. AND I WAS JUST SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DETENTION FACILITIES. SO I [00:30:01] BROUGHT A GUY IN THAT DID. SO ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU ALL THIS EVENING. WHERE AS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK WAS FIRST PROCLAIMED ON MAY 5TH, 1984 BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, WHEN HE SIGNED PROCLAMATION 5187, CREATING NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK TO RECOGNIZE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN JAILS, PRISONS, AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHEREAS DETENTION OFFICERS, AS THEY ARE KNOWN IN THE CITY OF WILEY, ARE TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS DEDICATE TO MAINTAINING SAFE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND ENSURING THE PUBLIC SAFETY. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK RAISES THE AWARENESS OF THE DUTIES, HAZARDS AND SACRIFICES THAT ARE MADE BY CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF WILEY'S DETENTION OFFICERS ARE COMMITTED TO MAINTAIN CUSTODY, SECURITY AND CONTROL OF THE CITY'S JAIL IN A SAFE, EFFICIENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL MANNER, AND WHEREAS THE DETENTION OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF WILEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CUSTODY AND CARE OF HUNDREDS OF INMATES EVERY YEAR AND WHEREAS DETENTION OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES DESERVE RECOGNITION FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THE TREMENDOUS JOB THEY DO, OFTEN UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE WILEY CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF WILEY. ON THIS, THE 14TH DAY OF MAY 2024, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 2024 THROUGH THE 11TH DAY OF MAY 2024, AS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK IN THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PUBLICLY SALUTE THE SERVICE OF CORRECTIONS PROFESSIONALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZE THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE [PR3. Eagle Scout Award - Jared Vanderburg] . THIS EVENING, WE ARE ALSO HONORING AN EAGLE SCOUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. JARED VANDERBERG . SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE VERY ACTIVE SCOUTS HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF WILEY AND ALWAYS LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THOSE WHO REACH THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCOUTING, THAT OF ACHIEVING EAGLE SCOUT. AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES HERE TODAY OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT YOU DID TO EARN IT. SO I FOR MY PROJECT, I BUILT A FREE LITTLE LIBRARY FOR THE CITY OF SAXY, AS WELL AS RE CONSTRUCT THREE BENCHES THAT THEY HAD, AS WELL AS REDESIGNING A NEW BENCH FOR THE PARK. AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. THESE SERVICE PROJECTS ARE TRULY THAT. THEY'RE A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY ALWAYS WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY EARN THE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECTS. THESE AREN'T THINGS THAT ARE DONE USING MONEY THAT YOU'RE GIFTED. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO RAISE THE MONEY, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE PLANNING AND THEN ALSO COMPLETE THE WORK THAT IS INVOLVED. SO THEY ALWAYS LIKE TO SELL THEMSELVES SHORT ON HOW MUCH WORK ACTUALLY GOES INTO IT. BUT I THINK THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE BEING TRAINED AS SERVANT LEADERS, AND THEY'RE NOT HERE AND THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES. THEY'RE DOING IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND THEM AND FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF INDIVIDUALS, THAT WE LOVE TO SEE COMING THROUGH OUR CITY. AND OUR STATE, BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE LEADERS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU TO HONOR YOU THIS EVENING AS WELL. WHEREAS JARED VANDERBERG HAS EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT [00:35:05] BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, AND WHEREAS THE CONFERRING OF AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS BESTOWED UPON A BOY SCOUT. AND WHEREAS LESS THAN 5% OF ALL SCOUTS ATTAIN THIS GOAL, WHEREAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT CARRIES WITH IT GREAT HONOR AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO SERVE AS A GUIDE AND ROLE MODEL FOR BOTH COMMUNITY AND NATION. AND WHEREAS SUCH AN AWARD IS EARNED IN THAT THE RECIPIENT MUST PERFORM AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AND PASS THE RIGID REQUIREMENTS THAT'S EXACTED TO ACHIEVE THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. AND WHEREAS JARED VANDENBERG'S EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT WAS TO HELP REVITALIZE FIREFIGHTER'S PARK IN SAXY, TEXAS BY BUILDING A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY, NEW BENCHES, AND REFINISHING EXISTING BENCHES. IN RECOGNITION. THEREFORE, I AM MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, HEREBY CONGRATULATE JARED VANDERBERG FOR HAVING AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD CONFERRED UPON HIM BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO JARED ON THIS, THE 14TH DAY OF MAY, 2024. IN HONOR OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF ATTAINING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU. [PR4. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Month.] WE DO HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS LISTED THIS EVENING. AND FOR THOSE, WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH. AND ENCOURAGE THOSE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THESE CULTURES AND HERITAGES TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE CURATED MATERIALS THAT WE [PR5. Economic Development Week.] HAVE AT OUR LIBRARY, AND TO LOOK FOR OTHER EVENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S ALSO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK, AS WE JUST CAME OUT OF SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, AND MANY OF THE EVENTS THAT WENT ON FOR THAT AND THE GREAT TURNOUT THAT WE HAD, WE STILL WANTED TO RECOGNIZE IT, AND SAY THANK YOU TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THOSE WHO SERVE WITH IT AS WELL, WITH THAT, THAT WILL COMPLETE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING. [COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS] WE WILL NOW MOVE TO COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED A FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. WE DO REMIND YOU THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND SIX IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION. WE DO REMIND EVERYONE. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE OR RESPOND TO ITEMS THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. MISS STORM, I BELIEVE WE HAD ONE FORM TURNED IN THIS EVENING. IS THAT CORRECT ? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, SO I WILL ASK MR. LON RICKER TO STEP FORWARD TO SPEAK. AND AGAIN, SIR, IF YOU WILL START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, OR IT CAN BE THE ADDRESS OF THE ORGANIZATION, IF THAT'S WHO YOU'RE HERE REPRESENTING. THERE WE GO. LON RICKER, 3144 TROY ROAD, WILEY, REPRESENTING IN-SYNC EXOTICS, 3430 SKY VIEW DRIVE. IN WYLIE, TEXAS. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF WILEY FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT, 33 YEARS AGO, A VET TECH BY THE NAME OF VICKI COHEE ADOPTED AN [00:40:02] 18 MONTH OLD FEMALE COUGAR NAMED TAHOE THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED AT THE VET WHERE VICKI HAD WORKED. AFTER WORKING WITH AND WATCHING OVER HER FOR THREE YEARS. IN 1994, THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT HER AN AILING MALE COUGAR NAMED RANGER. VICKI NURSED HIM BACK TO HEALTH, AND SHE AND TAHOE AND RANGER CONTINUED TO LIVE AND GROW AND LEARN TOGETHER. IN 1998, VICKI MET A THREE WEEK OLD FEMALE BENGAL TIGER THAT WAS BADLY MAIMED AND INEXCUSABLY NEGLECTED DUE TO THE TIGER'S CONDITION. THE OWNER, A BREEDER, DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TIGER, COULDN'T SELL AND IT WAS GOING TO BE TOO MUCH WORK TO CARE FOR. SO VICKI RESCUED KENYA AND LOVINGLY NURTURED AND HEALED HER WOUNDS. IN MARCH OF 2000. IN-SYNC EXOTICS, WILDLIFE RESCUE AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER WAS BORN AND REGISTERED AS A 500 AND 1C3 NONPROFIT HERE IN WYLIE, TEXAS IN THE PAST 24 YEARS, VICKI HAS RESCUED MORE THAN 300 EXOTIC CATS RIGHT HERE IN WYLIE. SHE'S BROUGHT FAME INTEREST AND VISITORS TO WYLIE THROUGH RECOGNITIONS INCLUDING WILDLIFE SANCTUARY OF THE YEAR IN 2020 BY THE GLOBAL FEDERATION OF ANIMAL SANCTUARIES, AND NUMEROUS LOCAL AND REGIONAL BEST IN AWARDS YEAR AFTER YEAR, INCLUDING BEST PLACE TO VOLUNTEER, BEST ADVENTURE, BEST NONPROFIT AND BEST PLACE TO TAKE VISITORS, INCLUDING RECOGNITIONS BY OUR OWN MAYORS AND PROCLAMATIONS. SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE AND INVITE YOU TO NSYNC'S INAUGURAL WHISTLE FOR WISHES MAKING MIRACLES HAPPEN GALA ON JUNE 8TH. VICKI WANTED TO HOLD THE GALA HERE IN TOWN THAT HAS SUPPORTED HER ALL THESE YEARS. SO WE WILL BE AT THE VENUE AT BOYD FARMS, WHICH THE EDC ASSURES ME IS IN THE WYLIE MARKET IN ADDITION TO THE PLATED DINNER, DRINKS, LIVE AND SILENT AUCTION AND MUSIC, ALL THE TYPICAL THINGS WE HAVE AT GALAS DANCING TO THE ROYAL DUKE'S BAND, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NON TRADITIONAL GALA ASPECT OF OUR GUEST SPEAKER, TIMOTHY HARRISON. TIM IS A RENOWNED AUTHORITY ON RESCUING DANGEROUS EXOTIC ANIMALS, STARS IN TWO AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARIES. HE'S ALSO AN AUTHOR AND WE WILL HAVE COPIES OF HIS LATEST BOOK, THERE FOR HIM TO SIGN. THE BOOK IS WHITE MAGIC, WHICH DOCUMENTS THE DISASTROUS UNDERGROUND CULTURE OF EXPLOITATION THAT HAS DOOMED THE WHITE TIGER, WHICH IN SYNC HAS A NUMBER OF. AND YOU WILL LEARN THAT THE FIRST WHITE TIGER CAME INTO THE UNITED STATES IN D.C. BACK IN THE 60S, AND THE REST OF THE TIGERS PRETTY MUCH ARE INBRED FROM THAT ONE. TIGER SO, MR. MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO HAVE A FAMILY COMMITMENT AROUND THAT TIME IN JUNE. BUT VICKI WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INVITED THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF WYLIE TO COME HELP US CELEBRATE 24 YEARS AS A NONPROFIT HERE IN WYLIE. JOIN US ON JUNE 8TH FOR WHISKER WISHES, MAKING MIRACLES HAPPEN. AND, COME HAVE A GOOD TIME AND SUPPORT IN SYNC. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. VERY LONG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK. AND, MISS STORM, I DO BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ONLY FORM THAT WAS TURNED IN THIS EVENING. CORRECT CORRECT. [CONSENT AGENDA] SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. I DO KNOW THAT, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A, WAS UPDATED, SO I WILL PULL THAT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE OR STAFF THAT NEED TO BE PULLED WITH NONE INDICATED, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS B THROUGH G AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION WITH A SECOND. AS STATED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM A, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT UPON [A. Consider, and act upon, approval of April 23, 2024 Regular City Council Meeting minutes] APPROVAL OF APRIL 23RD, 2020 FOR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, I BELIEVE, MISS STORM, [00:45:05] YOU PROVIDED AN UPDATE THAT THE JUNIOR MAYOR'S NAME HAD BEEN LEFT OFF OF ROLL CALL AND THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE THAT HAD BEEN UPDATED. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES, MISS STORM, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON ITEM A. OKAY. AND IT WILL NEED TO BE STATED AS AMENDED. IS THAT CORRECT? MR. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM A, AS AMENDED. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A SECOND MOTION WITH THE SECOND AS STATED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION [2. Consider, and act upon, the appointment of Mayor pro tem for a term beginning May 2024 and ending May 2025.] CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM TWO ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF A MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A TERM BEGINNING MAY 2024 AND ENDING MAY 2025. COUNCIL MAN MALIKI. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PUT FORTH OUR CURRENT MAYOR PRO TEM, MR. JEFF FORRESTER, FOR ANOTHER TERM. IF HE WOULD ACCEPT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, DID YOU HAVE. IF HE'S WILLING TO ACCEPT, I'M WILLING TO MAKE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION. OKAY, FIRST, LET ME LET ME ASK AND MAKE SURE THAT HE IS WILLING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. CAN, MAYOR PRO TEM FORRESTER, ARE YOU WILLING TO CONTINUE AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR? THANK YOU. IT WOULD BE MY HONOR TO CONTINUE IN THIS CAPACITY. OKAY, SO I WILL THEN OPEN IT UP. IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORTH A NAME. WITH NONE INDICATED, COUNCILMAN MALIKAI, YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. YEAH MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT APPOINTMENT OF JEFF FORRESTER AS A MAYOR PRO TEM BEGINNING TERM 20TH MAY 2024 AND ENDING MAY 2025. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. MOTION WITH A SECOND. AS STATED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. ITEM THREE IS TO CONSIDER [3. Consider, and act upon, the appointment of a 2024 Board and Commissions City Council Interview Panel to conduct the May 2024 board applicant interviews.] AND ACT UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF A 2024 BOARD AND COMMISSION. CITY COUNCIL INTERVIEW PANEL TO CONDUCT THE MAY 2024 BOARD APPLICANT INTERVIEWS. AS HAS BEEN THE TRADITION ON THIS COUNCIL FOR AS FAR BACK AS I REMEMBER, THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS CHAIRED THIS IN THE PAST. MAYOR PRO TEM FORRESTER, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO BE PUT FORWARD AS THE CHAIR FOR THIS AGAIN THIS YEAR? IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE, SIR. OKAY AND DO WE HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D BE INTERESTED IN SERVING IF, SO APPOINTED. OKAY COUNCILMAN STRANG. YES, I WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN SERVING AGAIN THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND COUNCILMAN DUKE, I'LL ALSO BE INTERESTED IN SERVING. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS IN ADDITION TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM THAT ARE INTERESTED, I WOULD ASK, QUICKLY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SLATE. MISS STORM, COULD YOU INFORM EVERYONE WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING AS THE DATES TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE, SPOKEN IN INTEREST HAVE AVAILABILITY ON THEIR CALENDARS FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL NIGHTS? YES. THE INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH AND THURSDAY, MAY 30TH, WE HAVE THE ALTERNATE DATE OF THAT FRIDAY. BUT IN THE PAST WE HAVE NOT NEEDED THAT THIRD NIGHT. SO WE ONLY ANTICIPATE THAT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. OKAY. DOES THAT CAUSE A CONFLICT FOR ANYONE THAT HAS OFFERED TO STEP FORWARD AND SERVE? OKAY ALL RIGHT THEN THEN I WOULD BE, I GUESS, CALL FOR A MOTION SENSORS FOR OKAY. SO SINCE WE HAVE MORE INDIVIDUALS THAN WE DO HAVE POSITIONS, I WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION ON IT IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WOULD BE WILLING TO, STEP DOWN IN ORDER TO ALLOW, COUNCILMAN DUKE AND COUNCILMAN STRANG TO SERVE. I'VE SERVED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. AND WHILE I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE AGAIN, I KNOW I DON'T THINK COUNCILMAN DUKE, HAS. AND SO I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY. OKAY THEN, IT APPEARS THAT WE THEN HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD, THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO LET HIM SERVE ON THIS. THEN, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD, THEN THAT LEAVES US WITH THREE. AND I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AM GETTING TO IT HERE. A LITTLE SLOW. THANK YOU. MAYOR, [00:50:11] MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT, COUNCILMAN DAVE STRANG. COUNCILMAN DAVID DUKE AND MAYOR PRO TEM JEFF FORRESTER TO SERVE ON THE 2024 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. CITY COUNCIL INTERVIEW PANEL. THAT IS MY MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRANG THANK YOU, MAYOR, I WILL SECOND. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND. AS STATED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THESE THOSE THREE. GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, AND THANK YOU AS WELL, COUNCILMAN [4. Consider, and act upon, the appointment of one-committee member to the City of Wylie City Council Subcommittee to represent the City of Wylie in meetings with the Wylie Independent School District City/Schools Partnerships Committee.] WILLIAMS, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS AND FOR YOUR SERVICE. THE PAST FEW YEARS. THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER TO THE CITY OF WILEY CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF WILEY IN MEETINGS WITH THE WILEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS COMMITTEE. SO CURRENTLY SERVING ARE MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN MALIKI, WHENEVER AN INDIVIDUAL'S TERM OF OFFICE ENDS THEIR TERM ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE ALSO CORRESPONDINGLY ENDS. SO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS HAS BEEN SERVING ON THIS IN THE PAST, I WILL ASK YOU FIRST, ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE? I WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE ON IT. OKAY, I WOULD OPEN IT UP. ARE THERE ANY IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO IS LOOKING TO SERVE? I'M NOT SEEING. SO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS TO THE CITY OF WILEY CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF WILEY AND MEETINGS WITH THE WILEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN MALIKI? ALL SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND AS STATED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN [5. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Agricultural District (AG/30) to Planned Development (PD-MF) for an age restricted condominium residential community on 47.374 acres. Property located on the west side of Country Club Road approximately 2000’ south of Parker Road (ZC 2024-02). ] ZERO. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AG 30 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD EMF FOR AN AGE RESTRICTED CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ON 47.374 ACRES PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 2000FT SOUTH OF PARKER ROAD. ZONING CASE 2020 4-02 MR. HASKINS. THANK YOU. MAYOR, GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND. I'LL PULL UP THE PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW KIND OF DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'VE BEEN PRETTY THOROUGH IN OUR STAFF REPORT. I BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS EVENING IS TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU. MAYOR IS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT IN ORDER FOR HIM TO GIVE HIS RIVETING PRESENTATION SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE. AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO OVER ANY DETAILS AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT, AS FAR AS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR, AS FAR AS THE CITY ORDINANCE AND LAW WOULD GO. OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND AGAIN, IT CAN BE COMPANY ADDRESS, BUT ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR, BEFORE YOU START THE PRESENTATION, JUST FOR OUR RECORDS SPACE BARS THE DEAL. YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN DILLON. I'M WITH INTEGRITY GROUP. LADERA LIVING, WE DO DEVELOP AND BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOME, ACTIVE ADULT COMMUNITIES. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT, WELL, I'D LIKE TO DO IS RUN THROUGH, A SLIDESHOW, PERTAINING TO OUR PROPOSED PROJECT, LADERA. WILEY WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS ACROSS THE METROPLEX NOW FOR 12 YEARS, WE ARE ONLY ACTIVE ADULT ACTIVE ADULT DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS. THAT'S THE THING THAT WE FOCUS ON, THEREFORE, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO BE ABLE TO, PUT COMMUNITIES TOGETHER LIKE THIS. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MARKET AND THIS CITY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY THROUGH THIS, ONE OF THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE GET IS BECAUSE AS, AS WE WORK THROUGH AND DEVELOP OUR COMMUNITIES, THE BEST, THE BEST ACCOLADES WE GET IS WHEN THE CITIES WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DEVELOP ANOTHER ONE, BECAUSE AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN JUST A SECOND, THERE'S A HUGE NEED FOR THIS IN THE MARKETPLACE RIGHT HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT US, WE'RE AN [00:55:05] AWARD WINNING DEVELOPER AND BUILDER. WE'VE WON SEVERAL MCSAM AWARDS, FROM THE DALLAS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, FROM, COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR TO, NEIGHBORHOOD TO, BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE OF LADERA. WILEY IF PASSED, WILL BE OUR 11TH COMMUNITY IN DFW, WE OFFER MORE LOCATIONS IN DFW THAN ANY OTHER ACTIVE ADULT BUILDER, AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS LOCATION, THE MONROE PROPERTY, BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUENESS THAT IT HAS IN ITS LOCATION UP ALONG COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE AND THEN US BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE AND ACCESS . YES, MONROE LAKE AS AN AMENITY , FOR THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS COMMUNITIES AND TWO CURRENT ONES THAT WE'RE IN PROCESS WITH RIGHT NOW, ONE IN BURLESON, CHISHOLM, SUMMIT AND THIS ONE, ALL OF THEM ARE AROUND THE SAME, THEY'RE THEY'RE DEVELOPED AROUND THE SAME PARAMETERS AND SAME STANCE METHODS, YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES IS THAT WE GO THROUGH A THOUGHTFUL DESIGN PROCESS AS, AS OUR ENGINEERS ARE HERE WITH US AND LAND PLANNERS, AND THEY CAN TELL YOU THAT WE BATTLE BACK AND FORTH A LOT AS FAR AS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT FIT FOR EVERYTHING, BECAUSE WHAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS, IS THAT THIS IS AN AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY. IT'S GATED. OKAY. SO IT'S PRIVATE, PRIVATE STREETS, WHICH MEANS CITY OF WILEY NEVER HAS TO WORRY ABOUT ANY ISSUES AS FAR AS COMING BACK AND MAINTAINING THE STREETS, BECAUSE , BECAUSE IT IS A GATED COMMUNITY, IT'LL BE 168 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION, INVESTMENT IN THE AMENITIES, WE ALWAYS BUILD OUR AMENITIES. FIRST. WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD, WE'LL BUILD WHAT WE CALL THE HUB. FIRST, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. YEAH, THAT'S A BIG DEAL. WE DID OUR FIRST 1 IN 2015 AND NEVER REALIZED HOW BIG IT WAS GOING TO BE. SO I LIKE TO THINK I'M AHEAD OF THE CURVE, IT'LL HAVE, A, BASICALLY A RESORT STYLE POOL EVENT LAWN. IT'LL HAVE CHILL ZONES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. I SEE. I'LL BACK THIS UP A SECOND TO THAT. IT'LL HAVE CHILL ZONES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND UP AROUND THE MONROE LAKE AREA, AND SO WHAT WE WHAT WE PROFESS A LOT AND WHAT WE REALLY SELL BESIDES HOME IS WE SELL LIFESTYLE, BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD AND WHAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED IS, HOMEOWNERS ARE LOOKING FOR THIS KIND OF A COMMUNITY. THEY WANT A PLACE. IT'S A TRUE LOCK AND LEAVE TYPE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY IT'S GATED, THEY WANT THEY WANT SMALLER, NO COMPROMISED HOMES. WE OFFER 16 DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ALREADY IN YOUR PACKET THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU SOME OF THE PLANS, YOU KNOW, EVERY ONE OF OUR HOMES IS, IS UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO FIT INTO ANY KIND OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. MOST OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE IN MASTER PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THIS THIS PARTICULAR ONE. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR, AS AS THE MONROES WILL TELL YOU FOR MULTIPLE YEARS. SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, IT TALKS ABOUT OUR AMENITIES, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND THEN THE, THE MAIN THING IS WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL OFFER BACK IS THAT IT WILL BE RIGHT HERE IN WYLIE, AND AGAIN, I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS ON IT, RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, NOT POPULATION, BUT HOUSEHOLDS IS A LITTLE OVER 23,000, THE 55 AND PLUS HOUSEHOLDS RIGHT NOW, THIS ALL COMES FROM ESRI DATA IS APPROXIMATELY 7400, FREDDIE MAC SAID 41% OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL MOVE. THEY SAID THIS BACK IN 2020, AND THERE'S PROBABLY MORE OF THEM THAN THAT NOW, BUT BASICALLY WE HAVE A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF 3000 PEOPLE. IN WYLIE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. WELL, THE PROBLEM IS IF THEY DON'T REALLY FIND ANYTHING, THEY'LL EITHER STAY THERE OR THEY'LL MOVE OUT OF THE CITY AND THAT'S SOME OF YOUR BEST TAX DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP IT IN, IN WYLIE, WHICH WHILE WE BELIEVE 168 HOMES WILL BE A VERY BIG HIT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF WHICH YOU ALREADY KNOW, THE POPULATION GROWTH, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE UTILIZE THE DENSITY TO HELP KEEP OUR COSTS DOWN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVE ADULTS, THEY DON'T NEED A BIG BACKYARD, NOR DO THEY WANT ONE, THEY JUST WANT TO, YOU [01:00:05] KNOW, YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND. BUT OUR POPULATION PER COMMUNITY IS ABOUT 1.64 PEOPLE PER HOME, OUR CORE POPULATION IS 1.46 PER HOME. AND OUR DOG POPULATION IS ABOUT ONE PER HOME. SO THEY NEED A BACKYARD FOR THE DOGS TO RUN AROUND AND BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN THEIR GUESTS AND BE ABLE TO, HAVE A BARBECUE. ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS THAT WE ALL LIKE DOING. SO, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE'VE UNDERSTOOD AND, AND WE KNOW THE MARKET VERY WELL AS FAR AS ACTIVE ADULT, SINCE THIS IS OUR FOCUS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WE DO IS WE DESIGN THEM IN A CONDOMINIUM STYLE, THERE'S A LOT OF ADVANTAGES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS SLIDE UP HERE, THE CONDOMINIUM LAWS ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE IN TEXAS THAN HOA LAWS. AND THEREFORE, BECAUSE OF THAT, SINCE THIS IS THIS IS MOST PEOPLE THAT MOVE INTO OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS GENERALLY THEIR LAST HOME. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS SAID AND HEARD, HEY, YOUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT, THEY WANT TO SEE IT GO UP IN VALUE. WE PUT THAT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT WITH THE CONDOMINIUM COMMUNITY. BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS, IS BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY WHEN THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE HIT, THEY MOVE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. THEY TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. THERE'S NO BACKYARD THAT THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO OWNS AND WHO MAINTAINS IT. NOW, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE CAME TO PNC, THIS WAS A CONTENTION, WE HAVE IN WORKING WITH, JASON HASKINS, WE WORKED OUT THAT THIS COULD BE A PLATTED LOT, SUBDIVISION BASED UPON THE SAME SCENARIO THAT WE HAVE. AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT IT COULD BE A PLATTED LOT SUBDIVISION IF THAT WAS A CONTENTION IN ANY WAY. STILL, IF NOT, WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT AS A CONDOMINIUM OR AN HOA HOA. BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I'D LIKE TO ASK. YES, SIR. IS WHAT IS THE TYPICAL, WAY THAT YOU HAVE DONE THESE COMMUNITIES? IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST. SO ARE THE OTHERS ALL UNDER A CONDOMINIUM? YES, SIR. STYLE IS OKAY. YES, SIR. AGAIN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S UNIQUE TO US IS YOU CAN SEE THE SMALLER YARDS AND SIDE YARDS. SO ONE MAX IS THE SIDE, ONE OHM HOME AXIS IS THE SIDE FENCE, ON ON ONE SIDE OF IT. AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BACKYARD AND THE PRIVACIES WE GENERALLY ALWAYS PUT IN WROUGHT IRON FENCE FOR ALL OF OUR HOMES AND, FOR THE REAR OF THE HOMES AND THE SIDE, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AN ATTRACTIVENESS AND SOMETHING THAT LOOKS, VERY DESIRABLE, DESIRABLE, AND WILL BE AN ASSET TO THE CITY. I SEE A QUESTION, COUNCILMAN MALIKI. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US CONDOMINIUM VERSUS HOA, BESIDES THE MAINTENANCE OF THE YARDS AND THE FRONT YARDS, BESIDES THE MAINTENANCE OF THE COMPLEX AND THE FACILITIES, IS THERE ANY OTHER DIFFERENCES OR. WELL WITH THE RESTRICTIONS, I GUESS THAT WILL BE PUT ON THESE HOMES. WITH THE CONDO COMMUNITY, IT'S MORE IT'S MORE STRICT AND REGULATED FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT WHEN WE PROVIDE A 50 YEAR RESERVE STUDY WITH THE CONDO COMMUNITY SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE QUOTE THINGS THAT YOU HEAR FROM IS THAT NOBODY EVER DID A RESERVE STAY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PAYING INTO. WE DO A 50 YEAR RESERVE STUDY ON THE COMMUNITY SO THAT A PORTION OF ALL THEIR DUES GOES TO FUND THAT RESERVE STUDY. I'M SORRY. IT GOES TO FUND THE CONDO RESERVE ACCOUNT. SO AS WE SET THE COMMUNITY UP AND GETS IT STARTED, WE AS THE DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY FUND THAT ALSO. SO SINCE ALL THE AMENITIES ARE OWNED BY THE CONDO ASSOCIATION, AND A PORTION OF THOSE FEES ARE ALSO GIVEN BACK INTO THERE WHERE, IT'S PAYING FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE AMENITIES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT. AND SO THE RESERVE STUDY PUTS TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN ABOUT WHEN THAT WILL BE. AND OF COURSE, THEN IT KEEPS UP WITH, COST OF LIVING INCREASES, THINGS LIKE THAT THEN SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT HAS TO GO ON WITH THE RESERVE, STAY ALL THE MONEY THAT IS COLLECTED IN THE, MONTHLY ASSESSMENTS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $315, ALL GOES IN TOWARDS THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION. WE DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT STUFF THAT STAYS DIRECTLY WITH HIM FOR OPERATING EXPENSES, SO ON AND SO FORTH, THE OTHER THING THAT, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL FOLKS THAT LIVE WITHIN THAT COMPLEX, CREATING THIS ASSOCIATION OR THIS IS AN ASSOCIATION OUTSIDE OF THAT COMPLEX THAT WILL BE CREATED TO MAINTAIN AND RUN WITH [01:05:06] THE CONDOMINIUMS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED IN WYLIE. WE ACTUALLY CREATE IT UP FRONT. SO IT'S CREATED BY TIME WE ACTUALLY START DEVELOPMENT WORK. AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A COPY OF THE DOCUMENTS I RECOMMEND. IF YOU'RE SUFFERING FROM, LOSS OF SLEEP, THAT, READ THROUGH THEM AND IT'LL CURE THAT WITHIN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES, BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY, PRETTY THICK. PRETTY HEAVY. BUT WE SET UP THE CONDO STRUCTURE AHEAD OF TIME, SO THAT AS PEOPLE PURCHASE THEIR HOMES, THEY THEY READ AND UNDERSTAND AND BECOME A PART OF THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION READING THAT, PARDON ME, THEY MIGHT FALL ASLEEP READING THAT. THEY MIGHT, BUT WE FOREWARN THEM, OKAY, SO HAVE A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE. APPRECIATE IT, SO ANYWAY, THOSE DOCUMENTS PUT TOGETHER THE ASSOCIATION PUT TOGETHER. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. AND THEN I'LL LET HIM FINISH ANSWERING HIS QUESTIONS. SO, SO. BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S LIKE AN HOA. YOU GUYS SET IT UP, BUT THEN YOU TURN IT OVER TO THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE. CORRECT. AND THAT'S THAT'S EVEN MORE SPECIFIC THAN AN HOA. BY THE TIME WE HIT, 50% SALES, WE HAVE TO GIVE UP ONE SEAT ON OUR ON THE BOARD. SO AT THE BEGINNING, IT'S A IT'S A DEVELOPER BOARD AT 50% SALES. THEN WE GIVE UP ONE SEAT TO A HOMEOWNER. WE VOLUNTARILY, WHEN WE START THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ALWAYS WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A FOUNDERS PARTY FOR THE FIRST 10 TO 15 PEOPLE THAT BUY INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ACTUALLY LOOK FOR A PERSON THAT WE FEEL IS CIVIC MINDED AND THAT HAS THE COMMUNITY AT INTEREST, WHERE WE CAN APPOINT THEM AS AN ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBER RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING SO THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE PART OF THE ASSOCIATION, THEY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. AND SO AT 50% MARK, WE HAVE TO GIVE UP A SEAT ON THE BOARD AT 75, WERE COMPLETELY OFF THE BOARD. AND THE HOMEOWNERS ARE NOW RUNNING THE BOARD. WE USE AN OUTSIDE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT OVERSEES AND ADMINISTERS EVERYTHING DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. I MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE FOLLOW UP LATER, BUT, SO HAVE YOU, COMPLETED A PROJECT LIKE THIS BEFORE FOR OR DO YOU HAVE SOME IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW? AS FAR AS, CONDOMINIUMS? YES, SIR. WE DEVELOPED OUR FIRST COMMUNITY IN 2012, SO WE HAVE, 4 OR 5 CLOSED OUT COMMUNITY IS THAT WE'RE NO LONGER SELLING THEM. WE HAVE, FOUR THAT ARE ACTIVELY SELLING IN, AND WE HAVE TWO UNDER DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. THE SO THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE PHOTOS, THESE THESE ARE, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, AREN'T THEY? YOUR PACKET OF PHOTOS, YES. I'M TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, THE ONE THAT'S PULLED UP RIGHT NOW THAT SHOWS ABOUT 12FT. YES. OKAY, SO THESE ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. IS IT SINGLE FAMILY OR. IT'S A CONDOMINIUM? BECAUSE THOSE ARE IT'S BOTH. SO THEY'RE A SINGLE FAMILY. BUT THE THEY'RE UNDER A CONDO. SO I HEARD I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID AS FAR AS THE HOA IS GOING TO BE RUN LIKE A CONDO, BUT THEY ARE PLATTED FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. THEY ARE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. THEY ARE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. EVEN CONDO IS KIND OF A MISNOMER. WORD BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AS A CONDOMINIUM COMMUNITY, WHAT'S WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT IS IT'S ONE LOT. IT'S AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. SO I'M GETTING AT WE HAVE A SIX FOOT BUILD LINE. WE HAVE EAVES THAT, THAT OVERHANG. SO I ASSUME THAT YOU'RE DOING IT AS ONE LOT AND NOT SINGLE FAMILY REPLAT IT OR INDIVIDUAL LOT. CORRECT. AND SO WHAT THE PICTURE THAT WAS JUST SHOWING HAS PROBABLY ABOUT 12 FOOT. AND THAT'S I'M TRYING TO GET THINGS TO SCALE. SURE, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S WHY IS BECAUSE THAT'S A 12 FOOT. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SIX FOOT ON EACH SIDE OF THOSE HOUSES. AS FAR AS MOST OF THEM ARE SIX FOOT, MOST OF THEM ARE SEPARATED BY SIX FEET, PERIOD. THE ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE PLANS ARE HALF OF THE WHAT'S IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE. RIGHT? I I WASN'T MEANING TO MISREPRESENT ANYTHING THAT'S JUST HAPPENED HAPPENED TO SHOW WHAT THE SIDE YARDS LOOK LIKE BETWEEN UNITS. THAT HELPS. AND THEN THE, OTHER PICTURES THAT ARE IN OUR PACKET, WHICH I THINK WILL PROBABLY GET TO LATER, MAYBE YOU CAN POINT OUT WHEN WE DO GET TO THEM, WHICH ONES ARE MORE LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING? ALL OF THEM HERE. ALL OF THEM. OKAY. SO, BECAUSE IN THE DEPICTIONS IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT BIGGER SETBACKS IN, IN EVERYTHING. SO MAYBE WE CAN I'D BE HAPPY TO RUN THROUGH THAT. ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE 20 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE BACK OF CURBS, ALL OF THEM ARE MINIMUM SIX FOOT SIDE YARDS. EVEN IN THIS COMMUNITY, THERE WILL BE SOME WITH MORE THAN SIX FOOT, AND THEN THEY ALL HAVE APPROXIMATELY TEN FOOT IN THE WAY OF A BACKYARD. AND WHEN. OKAY. AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT LOOKING AT IT. YOU'RE OKAY. SO WHEN YOU SAY, SIX FOOT SIDE YARD, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PER LOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INDIVIDUAL LOTS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WALL TO WALL, SIX FOOT. YES, SIR. SO YOU'RE OVERHANGS IF THEY'RE 18IN OR 18IN, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE [01:10:02] EIGHT THREE FOOT IN BETWEEN. THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY ONE. THEY'RE THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT. AND I'M TRYING TO GET THE DENSITY. I GET IT IN THE VISUAL OF WHAT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR WHAT'S THERE. SO I'D INTERRUPT YOU AND I'LL KNOW IT'S OKAY FOR THE REST. NO, I MEAN, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY NEARBY IN ROCKWALL. I INVITE YOU TO GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IT'S ALMOST COMPLETED, SAME. SAME SETUP. AWESOME. THANK YOU. MAYOR, CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? IF YOU DON'T MIND? GO AHEAD. SIR, CAN YOU TELL US THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THIS PROPERTY, THAT'S BEFORE THE PRESENTATION. IN TERMS OF. I'M SORRY. SAY IT AGAIN. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE FLOODPLAIN? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE FEASIBILITY OF IT? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE WHOLE ALL, BRINGING IT OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN AND ALL THAT STUFF? YES, SIR. AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE THEM SPEAK TO IT, OUR ENGINEERS HERE, AND THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE PRELIMINARY FLOOD STUDY, AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY. WE'VE ALREADY DONE OUR TIA, WHICH HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF THE ADVANCED WORK ALREADY SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WILL WORK AND WHAT WON'T WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED YOUR CLAIM TO FEMA, CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO, YES. WHAT IT SAID IN HERE OR IS IN PROCESS? YES OKAY. HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE AS WE GO THROUGH HERE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD. YOU KNOW, WE BUILD OUR HUBS AS PART OF THE PROCESS WHEN WE'RE, FINISHED DEVELOPING OR AS WE'RE FINISHING. IN FACT, WE ALWAYS ASK THAT WHEN STREETS ARE POURED, ONCE IT'S LEGAL TO DRIVE ON THEM, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR PERMITS, TO BE ABLE TO START OUR MODELS AND OUR HUBS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I KIND OF STARTED WITH IT AND I GOT SIDETRACKED. BUT, LIFESTYLE IS REALLY WHAT WE SELL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, WE KIND OF JOKE ABOUT IT THAT PEOPLE COME IN TO CHECK OUT OUR LIFESTYLE, AND THEY HAPPEN TO PICK UP A HOUSE ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU CAN PUT EVERYBODY IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS. IT'S ALL THE SAME AGE, ALL THE SAME MINDSET, AND I COULD I WON'T, BUT I COULD TELL YOU STORY AFTER STORY OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT PEOPLE TAKE CRUISE. I MEAN, 70 PEOPLE AT A TIME GO ON CRUISES TOGETHER AND STUFF, AND I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING. IT WE DID NOT REALIZE HOW BIG THE LIFESTYLE WAS BECAUSE, SOME OF YOU ARE NOT THERE, BUT YOU CAN ASK YOU CAN ACTUALLY ASK PEOPLE THAT ARE MY AGE CATEGORY, THAT THOSE THAT LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY DON'T LOVE. I'M NOT. I DIDN'T SAY NOTHING. THAT, A LOT OF THEM DON'T KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS ANYMORE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CHANGED, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE COME IN, THEY'VE GOT KIDS, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WITH KIDS. AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE EMPTY NESTERS, THEY DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THEM. AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS GIVE THE PERSON THAT'S TIRED OF THE YARD, TIRED OF THE POOL, AND WANTS TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. I MEAN, EVEN OUR HUBS, WE SET THEM UP VERY NICELY TO BE ABLE TO LIVE OUT THAT LIFESTYLE, I MEAN, IT'S SET UP IN A SPORTS BAR TYPE CONCEPT AS PART OF IT SO THAT THEY CAN GET TOGETHER AND WATCH GAMES AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. SO, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO BEING ABLE TO SEE MORE OF THAT. AND AS I SAID, YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE, RESORT STYLE POOL, AND OF COURSE, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THE EVENT LAWNS AND THE, THE HANGOUT AREAS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE BIG ON PUTTING ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THERE, EVEN AGAIN, ON THE INSIDE. YOU CAN SEE THE LEVEL OF FINISH OUT AND THEN SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES. I PROMISE YOU, THE GAMES ARE PLAYING THERE ARE LEGAL, BUT SINCE IT'S POLICE WEEK, BUT, THOSE ARE ALL LEGAL GAMES, BUT, ANYWAY, THEY HAVE IT, THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME, ONE OF THE OTHER BIG THINGS IS THAT WE DO THAT WE FOCUS ON AGAIN, WE KNOW OUR CLIENTELE, 40% OF OUR CUSTOMERS HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN SINGLE. THEY'VE BEEN WIDOWED, WIDOWER, DIVORCE, A AND, PRE-PANDEMIC, THE AVERAGE PRICE PER HOME WAS ABOUT $356,000. AND AS ALL AS WE'VE ALL SEEN WITH THE RUN UP POST PANDEMIC, THAT NUMBER HAS JUMPED TO $421,000, AND THAT NUMBER HAS DROPPED FROM 40% TO ABOUT, 30 TO ABOUT 31. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE OFFER A VARIETY OF HOMES THAT WE HAVE HOMES THAT START AT APPROXIMATELY 1325FT■!, AND THAT GO ALL THE WAY TO 2500FT■!S ON A SINGLE FLOOR. I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S ANY DIFFERENT, BUT WE ONLY SELL. ABOUT 10% OF OUR HOMES ARE TWO STORY. AND SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY IS THE FACT [01:15:05] THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE TO A HOME SITE THAN WE CAN BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE WANT EVERYTHING ON THE ON A SINGLE FLOOR. OKAY? AND SO THAT'S WHY WE OFFER THE, THE VARIETY OF, OF HOMES THAT WE DO WILL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SELL HOMES IN HERE FROM THE, UPPER THREE HUNDREDS TO OVER 600,000, THIS COMMUNITY WON'T BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF OUR OTHER ONES. ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT GOT BROUGHT UP DURING OUR, P AND Z HEARING WAS THE COMMERCIAL. THIS IS A CHALLENGING AREA BECAUSE IT'S MID-BLOCK COMMERCIAL. THEREFORE THE DEMAND ON IT IS NOT AS HIGH AS IF IT WAS A CORNER. AND SO WHAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER IN THIS AND WAS THE DIFFERENCE THAT IF WE HAD TO LEAVE THE, THE THREE ACRES, WE WOULD LOSE APPROXIMATELY 20 HOMES, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL VALUATION OF THE HOMES PLUS THE TOTAL VALUATION OF THE COMMERCIAL. AND THE TIMING ON THAT COMMERCIAL COULD BE TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS, I DO HAVE A COMMERCIAL BROKER WITH US THAT IS READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. FOR US, IT JUST DOES NOT WORK IN OUR BUSINESS MODEL TO GET THE COMMERCIAL AND SIT ON IT. THOSE HOMES THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD THE 20 HOMES IN WOULD ALL BE PART OF PHASE ONE, AND THEREFORE THE CITY WOULD SEE THE TAXABLE DOLLAR, TAXABLE DOLLARS FASTER, AND AGAIN THEN THE BOTTOM LINE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO WILEY. AGAIN, 168 HOMES. I'M USING A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER OF THE AVERAGE 473,000 RIGHT NOW, OUR AVERAGE HOME PRICE IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES IS NORTH OF 505, 512, AND SO YOU SEE FROM A YOU KNOW, WITH THE DISCOUNTS FOR HOMESTEAD AND OVER 65, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT ALMOST $70 MILLION OF TAXABLE VALUE. BACK TO THE CITY. AND THEN YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN, AT BUILD OUT, IT SHOULD DELIVER ALMOST 400,000 BACK TO THE CITY. AND THEN HERE'S THE BIG ONE. YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE ALL AGE RESTRICTED, NOT AGE TARGETED. WHERE SOMEBODY COULD HAVE KIDS THAT ARE ALL AGE RESTRICTED. SO NO KIDS. NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN GRANDKIDS CAN'T COME. YOU KNOW, VISIT. I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF NOT LIKING KIDS. I GOT FOUR GRANDBABIES AND TWO SONS THAT ARE IN BUSINESS WITH ME. I LOVE KIDS, BUT WHAT I FOUND IS, IS THOSE OF US MY AGE DON'T ALWAYS WANT TO BE AROUND THE GRANDKIDS ALL THE TIME. AND SO, YOU KNOW, GRANDKIDS CAN COME AND STAY FOR UP TO 30 DAYS IN A YEAR. AND WE ALSO MAKE ALLOWANCES IN CASE ANY OF THE, THE KIDS, HAPPEN TO BE SPECIAL NEEDS. OUR VERY FIRST COMMUNITY DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. AND WE HAD A SPECIAL NEED CHILD THAT WAS BEING RAISED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS COMMUNITY EMBRACED. IT WAS NO BIG DEAL, AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT SO WE DON'T IMPACT THE SCHOOLS. SO THE WYLIE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT BUILD OUT SHOULD GET APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION A YEAR WITH NO IMPACT TO THE SYSTEM. AND IN ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF, EVERY ONE OF THEM HAVE CHEERED THAT PART ON. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN FOR COLLIN COUNTY AND THE COLLEGE, AND AGAIN, I TRIED TO DO A PARALLEL TO THIS BETWEEN, OUR COMMUNITY AND IF IT WAS A REGULAR SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY OF 100 HOMES, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE LESS POPULATION. WE'RE LESS TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, IN THE MORNINGS WHEN EVERYBODY'S OUT BEATING IT TO WORK AND TRYING TO GET TO WORK AND RUNNING OVER EACH OTHER. ARE PEOPLE ON THEIR FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH CUP OF COFFEE. AND BY THE TIME EVENING HITS WHEN EVERYBODY'S BEATING IT TO GET HOME, OUR PEOPLE ARE IN A GLASS OF BEER, GLASS OF WINE, AND READY TO HAVE SOME FUN BECAUSE WE'RE MUCH LESS TRAFFIC AND, EVEN OUR TIA PROVED THAT OUT. AGAIN, SOME OF THE INTERIORS OF OUR HOMES. AND THEN THIS KIND OF. NO, DON'T DO THAT. EVERYBODY'S WAY. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY'S WAITING NOW. YEAH. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME I PUT EVERYBODY TO SLEEP? WELL. [01:20:04] HEY HEY. I CAN SHOW IT AGAIN. IF SOMEBODY NEEDS ANOTHER JOLT. SO AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS LOUD BECAUSE IT'S FOR SENIORS. BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. BUT. PART OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ALSO IS, IS, IF YOU, IF YOU GO, GO BACK TO THE, TO OUR ORIGINAL SLIDE UP THERE, IT IS. AND IN YOUR PACKET, IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DEED PART OF THE LAND OVER TO THE CITY, TO THE WEST SIDE OF MONROE LAKE, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO FENCE THAT AREA OFF AND BIFURCATE THE LAKE, WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING TO WANT TO DEED THAT OVER AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT TO TIE INTO YOUR, CITY PARK TRAIL SYSTEM. THAT'LL COME THROUGH THERE. WE THINK THAT'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION FOR THAT. AND THEN IT'LL ALLOW US TO KEEP THE LAKE PRIVATE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY EFFECTS ON, ON THE LAKE. SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO APPROVE THIS AS, AS PRESENTED OR IF YOU PREFER, THE PLATTED LOTS. HAPPY TO GO THAT ROUTE AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. SO I KNOW SEVERAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. I DO WANT TO, IN CASE WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS HERE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE? THAT WAY, WE CAN ALSO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE PRESENTED THAT WAY ARE ANSWERED. SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO STEP FORWARD TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS TIME. OKAY. AND IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AT THE RECORD OR FOR THE RECORD, WHEN YOU START. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KELLY HANKIE. MY ADDRESS IS 6946 DOVE CREEK DRIVE IN WYLIE. MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A, A RESIDENTIAL, PLOT THAT IS DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE LAKE, SO DIRECTLY AFFECTED JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE, WE CAN SEE THE LAKE AND THE LAND THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED FROM OUR BACKYARD. I HAVE TWO CONCERNS, THE FIRST IS WITH REGARD TO POTENTIAL FLOODING, IN OUR LOT. SO THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT SOME TYPE OF FLOOD STUDY THAT WAS DONE. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED, BUT THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY KNOW THAT AREA WELL, THAT ENTIRE SECTION OF THE LAKE AND THEN THE LAND THAT'S IN THAT FLOODPLAIN FLOODS REGULARLY, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE BACK HALF OF OUR LOT. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FRONT AT 30 ACRES OR SO WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THESE HOMES, AND IT WILL BE ESSENTIALLY ALL CONCRETE, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME COMMENTS FROM THE APPLICANT REGARDING HOW THAT WILL AFFECT THE LAND, AND SPECIFICALLY THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT, OWN LOTS BACK IN THAT AREA. AND MY SECOND CONCERN IS WITH REGARD TO THE DENSITY. I THINK THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ALREADY ADDRESSED, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS ALSO CONCERNED WITH REGARD TO THE DENSITY. THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN FOR WYLIE HAS, INTENDED FOR THIS SECTION IN WYLIE TO BE A LOW DENSITY, LARGE LOTS DEVELOP IT WITH THAT COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE, THIS IS NOT THAT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF HOMES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO GO INTO THIS LOT, I WOULD THINK AT MOST WITH LARGE LOTS, IF OUR LOT IN THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL HOMES ARE ABOUT AN ACRE TO FOUR ACRES, KIND OF IN THAT AREA. AND SO TO PUT 200 PLUS RESIDENCES IN THIS AREA IS QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE FROM WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER HAN PLAN PROVIDES, REGARDING LOW DENSITY. AND SO I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO DENY, AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MA'AM OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS STEPPED. HAS STEPPED FORWARD DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT. COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY [01:25:01] QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR FOR THE DEVELOPER? AND I'LL ACTUALLY START OUT, MR. HASKINS, IF I COULD, AND YOU MAY NEED TO CALL UP, SOMEONE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATION. YES, SIR. AS WE HEARD FROM THE CITIZEN AND ONE OF THE ONE OF MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES HERE, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, DRAINAGE AND THE FLOOD STUDY. SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A SECTION IN THE, INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED TO US ON THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT THAT ENTAILS AND HOW THINGS BEING APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED WOULD PROCEED FORWARD. SURE. SO THE 30,000 FOOT LEVEL FOR THAT AREA, THE SECTION 17 OF THE PD, BASICALLY SPEAKS TO, THAT THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE A CLOSURE AND A LOMER, WHICH IS THE, FEMA FLOOD STUDIES, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THAT AREA, DEVELOP IN THE AREA THAT IS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN, THEY DO ALSO HAVE A STORMWATER PLAN, IN ORDER TO HANDLE THE, ALL THE RUNOFF, ANY KIND OF, RAINWATER AND THAT SORT OF THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN THAT FALLS WITHIN THE LEGAL LIMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. JUST AS A LITTLE REFRESHER, THAT MEANS THAT NO MORE WATER CAN GO, ANY FASTER OR ANY MORE, YOU KNOW, VELOCITIES OR OVER TIME FRAMES, THEN IS WHAT WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT TO POST DEVELOPMENT? OKAY. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THIS PARTICULAR SECTION JUST BASICALLY SPEAKS TO HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP, A FEW OF THOSE ITEMS AS THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THE FLOOD STATE, THE FLOOD STUDY. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM , THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO, JASON, ANOTHER QUESTION TO THAT WOULD BE OR ANOTHER COMMENT TO THAT WOULD BE THAT THAT FLOOD STUDY AND THE CLOSURE AND THE LOWER ALSO HAVE TO PROVE THAT NO WATER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PROPERTY AND ONTO ADJOINING PROPERTIES. IS THAT CORRECT? IF THERE'S CURRENTLY WATER THAT GOES IN CERTAIN DIRECTIONS, IT CAN THEORETICALLY CONTINUE TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE YOU CAN'T RETAIN WATER FROM SOMEBODY IF THEY'RE CURRENTLY GETTING IT. SO YOUR POST, YOUR POST DEVELOPMENT HAS TO BE THE SAME CONDITION AS YOUR PREDEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS THE WATER MOVEMENT IS CONCERNED, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF ACCORDING TO THE CONCERNS OF THE CITIZEN, THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT WORKED THE WATER FLOW ACROSS THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN NON-PERMEABLE SURFACES, THEN THAT WATER MOVING CANNOT MOVE IN A HIGHER VOLUME ONTO THEIR PROPERTY THAN IT CURRENTLY DOES, AND CANNOT MOVE IT IN A FASTER RATE THAN IT CURRENTLY DOES. THAT IS CORRECT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE. COUNCILMAN MALIKI, I DID HAVE A AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION, I GUESS IS FOR THE APPLICANT OR FOR YOU, MR. JASON ON THE LEFT SIDE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY STRAIGHT ON THE LEFT SIDE, WE HAVE A SCHOOL AND A CHURCH THERE. YES, SIR. RIGHT. WE'RE DOING AN OPEN. WE'RE NOT DOING ANY MASONRY WALLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE SCHOOL PLAY ON THEIR PE TIME, GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY. THEY'RE PLAYING WITH SOCCER BALL, BASEBALL, WHATEVER. THEY'RE PLAYING WITH. SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO GO INTO THIS PROPERTY. SHOULDN'T WILL YOU BE OPPOSED TO PUTTING A MASONRY WALL SPECIFICALLY ON THE SCHOOL SIDE OF IT, JUST FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, PRIVACY PURPOSES SPECIFICALLY FOR AGE RESTRICTED PROPERTY LIKE THIS, I'M SURE THAT IT WOULD BE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE, ATTAINABLE FOR, FOR SPECIFICALLY THE SCHOOL AND THE CHURCH AREA. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE APPRECIATE THE, THE CITIZENS CONCERN AS WELL, WE WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO LOOK AT A PRODUCT THAT WE USE. OH, THIS IS HOW DO I GET THIS BACK UP THERE? OH. THANK YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, THE, FENCE THAT YOU SEE TIED ONTO THE END OF THE, WROUGHT IRON IS A PRODUCT THAT'S OUT THERE. IT'S CALLED SIMTEK FENCE. AND BASICALLY IT HAS ABOUT 105 YEAR LIFESPAN TO IT. WE GENERALLY USE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE A STONE RETAINING WALL. AND WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE PROBABLY PUT THAT ALONG ALONG THAT LINE THERE FOR THE SCHOOL IT'S MORE DURABLE. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, I'VE ONLY HAD ONE TIME WHERE WE USE THIS, I [01:30:07] EVEN GOT A VARIANCE FROM THE CITY OF MANSFIELD ON IT. THEY LIKED THIS BETTER THAN USING SOME MASONRY WALLS, THIS ONE OF THOSE PANELS GOT DAMAGED BY A MOWER, AND YOU CAN TAKE THE PANEL, SLIDE IT IN, SLIDE IT OUT, AND IT'S OVER WITH, AND IT'S PRETTY INDESTRUCTIBLE. AND SO IF I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THAT WITH THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING. YEAH WE WOULD VERY MUCH. IN FACT, WE CALLED IT OUT ON OUR PLAN IS EITHER, SIMTEK WOOD OR A MASONRY WALL ALONG THERE SO THAT WE ALL THE WAY TO THE MAIN ROAD TO THE COUNTRY CLUB, OR YOU WOULD STOP BY WHEN THE SCHOOL IS ON. AND. NO, SIR, IT WOULD IT WOULD GO BACK LIKE IT WOULD GO BACK THAT WHOLE LENGTH BACK THERE. WE MIGHT WE MIGHT STOP IT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY, AND RETURN IT TO RETAINING WALL WHERE IT GETS BACK INTO THAT FLOODPLAIN AREA WHERE KIDS AREN'T GOING TO BE, BECAUSE THEN THE WEST SIDE AND THEN THE NORTH SIDE UP UNTIL THAT ANGLE WILL ALL BE WROUGHT IRON BECAUSE OF THE VIEWS INTO THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE, MONROE LAKE. OKAY AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION FOR ME WOULD BE AT THE POND, YOU PUT IN SOME CHILL, CHILL ZONE, CHILL AREA. I'M ASSUMING THAT ALL THAT AREA WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION WILL BE THE GRASS WILL BE CUT. THE ROADS, PEOPLE WANT TO WALK AROUND THE POND OR WHATEVER. YES, SIR. IT'S GOING TO BE MAINTAINED BY IT. BY THE CURRENT. YES, SIR. AND I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T PUT THAT SLIDE IN HERE, BUT YOUR PACKET HAS A SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE TRAIL AREAS THAT WOULD GO DOWN THERE NEAR THE LAKE AND WRAP AROUND IT. YES, SIR. THE, THE ASSOCIATION WILL MAINTAIN THAT AREA AS PART OF IT. WE WANT IT TO BE AN AMENITY AND A FEATURE. AND IF AND IF WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE FLOOD ISSUE ANYMORE, MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE OUR ENGINEER COME UP HERE AND ADDRESS THAT. IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. SO, MAYOR JOE MAY, BEFORE WE GET TOO MUCH FARTHER, IN SECTION TEN, A, THE APPLICANT HAD CALLED OUT THAT IT WOULD BE SIMTEC MASONRY OR WOOD FENCE ALONG THE ENTIRE NORTH SIDE AND SOUTH SIDE, SINCE COUNCILMAN MALIK MADE BROUGHT THIS UP, I WOULD LIKE JUST DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AS A WHOLE ON WHETHER WE JUST NEED TO SCRATCH WOOD FENCING, FROM THAT PARTICULAR ALLOWABLE, THE SIMTEK, WE'RE PERFECTLY FINE WITH FROM A STAFF LEVEL PERSPECTIVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF IN BETWEEN TARGET AND, FLOORING, DECOR AND WOODBRIDGE PHASE 21, THAT ENTIRE FENCE THAT RUNS DOWN THERE, IF YOU GO LOOK AT IT, IT'S THAT MASONRY SLIDE OUT PANELS. AND SO WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. AS FAR AS THE DURABILITY STANDARD GOES. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON WHETHER WE WANT TO SCRATCH THE WOOD FENCE OUT OF THAT PLEASE. OKAY. SO COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON THAT PORTION OF IT. YOU'VE FEEDBACK I'D PREFER NOT TO HAVE WOOD TO PREFERS NOT. SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY, I'LL LET IF YOU IF SOMEONE WILL SPEAK UP, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP WOOD IN IT, AS OPPOSED TO REMOVING WOOD AS AN OPTION. OKAY. SO IT DOES SEEM THAT COUNCIL, IF IT IF IT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, WOULD NOT WANT WOOD TO BE AN OPTION TO GET IT THE SIMTEK OR MASONRY. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. SO THAT ANSWERS THAT FOR YOU. I KNOW COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS HAS, A QUESTION OR A COMMENT THAT HE'D LIKE TO MAKE. HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. ONE, I NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IN THE, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VERSUS THE CALL OUT ON THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION. I THINK IT'S CALLED OUT AT 25. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THE STANDARD GOES TO 35, IF I SAW IT. RIGHT. AND THEN I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE ACTUAL SQUARE FOOTAGE MINIMUM LOOKS LIKE WAS I'M TRYING TO GET BACK TO IT, I THINK. 1377 1322 1322 OKAY. YES, SIR. JUST THAT THAT THAT'S HOW SMALL THE, MINIMUMS ON THE LIVABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS. LIVABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE? THAT IS CORRECT. CORRECT IS THERE A REASON WHY WE ALLOWED THE OR PUT IN TO HAVE FOR 12 PITCHES ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE INSTEAD OF 812, WHICH IS OUR CITY STANDARD? THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT REQUESTED. AND FROM A BUILDING STANDPOINT IN TEXAS FOR 12 LIVABLE, SO THAT'S UP TO COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE THAT. MY THING IS, DO I TRY TO ADVISE THE APPLICANT WHAT WE, WHAT OUR CURRENT STANDARD IS? BUT THEN MYSELF AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, WE USUALLY GO OVER THINGS, AS TO WHETHER, IT CAN APPLY SAFELY IN WYLIE AND WE BOTH FELT THAT 412 COULD APPLY SAFELY. SAFELY. OKAY SO THE, I THINK THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS AROUND THE, SO THE FOUR UNITS PER ACRE, DOES THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE LAKE THAT IS BEING, WANTING [01:35:02] TO BE GIVEN TO THE CITY TO UPKEEP AND DEFINITELY YES. HOWEVER, THE LAKE IS NOT GOING TO BE GIVEN TO THE CITY. OKAY. SO IT'S THE WHICH WE DON'T JUST THE WEST. WELL, AND I KNEW THAT THAT'S WHAT I SAID. SO IT'S JUST A PORTION WEST OF THE LAKE. YES SIR. AND THAT HASN'T BEEN THAT'S NOT OFFICIAL. THAT'S PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT. AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN TO PARKS BOARD YET TO DECIDE THAT, OR I SHOULD SAY TO RECOMMEND THAT. OKAY, BECAUSE IT'LL COME BACK AS A PLAT WITH THAT DEDICATED IF THAT'S THE WAY THAT COUNCIL AND THE PARKS BOARD DECIDE TO GO. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS THE ONE ON THE SLIDE THAT WE HAVE WITH THE LOT SIZES THAT SAYS FUTURE CITY PARK, 8.25 ACRES. YES SIR. OKAY. YES. BUT THE DENSITY THAT THEY GAVE IS FOR THE ENTIRE 47 ACRES. YES, SIR. WHICH INCLUDES THAT EIGHT. THAT IS CORRECT. YES OKAY. SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DENSITY IS, WITHOUT THE POND AND WITHOUT THE ROUGHLY DOUBLE THAT. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY IF. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN STRANG THANK YOU. MAYOR, A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. SO ON AVERAGE ON YOUR OTHER COMMUNITIES, HOW MANY CARS WOULD YOU SAY ARE THERE PER RESIDENCE LIKE A 1.75 TO 1? I'M SORRY. SAY IT AGAIN. HOW MANY CARS ON AVERAGE PER RESIDENT. SO 1.46. IN FACT, THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS INCLUDE THAT SLIDE, IN HERE AND, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE PITCH, WE DESIGN OUR HOMES. SO THAT NOBODY SEES ANYTHING IN THE BACK. SO THAT'S WHY WE LOWER IT TO HELP KEEP AGAIN, COST DOWN BECAUSE AS AGAIN, WE ALREADY KNOW 40% OF OUR BUYERS ARE SINGLE. WE TRY TO WORK TOWARDS THAT AREA, IT'S 1.46. SO AGAIN, AS WAS POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY 168 HOMES. IF IT WAS A THREE AND A HALF DENSITY, YOU WOULD HAVE ROUGHLY 100 HOMES IN THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CODE ALLOWS FOR. AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE LESS CARS, WE'RE LESS POPULATED, WE'RE LESS TRIPS. IT'S AND WE'RE NO IMPACT TO THE SCHOOLS. OKAY AND THEN A SECOND QUESTION I HAD IS YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ONE THAT WE HAD UP A LITTLE WHILE AGO, WHERE IT JUST SHOWS THE WHOLE THE WHOLE LAYOUT. YEAH. THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR. THERE WE GO. SO SO THAT ENTRANCE THAT YOU ALL HAVE UP THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT INTO COUNTRY CLUB CURRENTLY THAT'S, THERE'S A CENTER DIVIDE THERE. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR INGRESS EGRESS OUT OF THAT? WE'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, TIM PORTER, AND AGAIN, THROUGH OUR ENGINEERS AND THROUGH THE TIA, WE INTEND TO PUT A MEDIAN BREAK THERE, WITH TURN LANES SO THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY THERE. IT MEETS THE MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT IT'S ALLOWABLE AMENDMENT. JUST, CAN WE TALK TONIGHT? MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN THAT ENTRANCE AND THE ONE SOUTH OF IT THAT GOES TO THE SCHOOL IN THE CHURCH? YES, SIR. OKAY YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND I AND I FORGOT TO SAY TOO, SINCE YOU'RE ON THAT, WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE THAT EMERGENCY, INGRESS ACCESS THERE ON THAT, ON THAT STREET. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I SEE IT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR EITHER STAFF OR FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE, THEN I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. COUNCILMAN STRANG, THANK YOU, MAYOR, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF COME THROUGH HERE. I'M I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING I'VE SEEN SO FAR. THEREFORE I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SINCE YOU WERE PART OF THE INDICATING GROUP, DO WE NEED TO STATE WITH THE AMENDMENT FOR THE FENCING TYPE? I WOULD PREFER . WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO AMEND YOUR MOTION, SIR, MAYOR PRO TEM, IF YOU WOULD LET HIM HAVE THAT? YES, I WOULD. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH AMENDED AS STATED ON FENCING TYPE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM? THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AGAINST. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OR THAT COMPLETES OUR REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR WORK SESSIONS, BEFORE WHILE THEY GET EVERYTHING [01:40:08] LOADED FOR THAT, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, WE ARE WITH THAT, I WILL CALL US BACK [WS1. North Texas Municipal Water District Update.] INTO SESSION. WE ARE ON OUR WORK SESSIONS THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST WORK SESSION IS THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT UPDATE. AND I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD FROM THE CITY OF WYLIE, MR. FULLER, MR. STEVENS, FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS OUR GUESTS FROM THE WATER DISTRICT. IF YOU'LL HIT THE MICROPHONE FOR US. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF WYLIE WITH WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES EACH AND EVERY DAY, AS A MEMBER CITY, YOU DO HAVE TWO DIRECTORS THAT YOU ALL APPOINT TO OUR BOARD. AND AS MAYOR PORTER MENTIONED, YOU'VE GOT TWO FANTASTIC ONES. AND DIRECTOR FULLER AND DIRECTOR STEVENS, DIRECTOR FULLER IS A LONG TENURED DIRECTOR WITH US SERVING, A FEW DECADES, SEVERAL DECADES NOW. AND ACTUALLY CHAIRS OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR STEVENS HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION OVER THIS LAST DECADE AND SERVES AS CHAIR OF OUR WASTEWATER COMMITTEE. SO THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE AND PLUGGED IN TO THE WORKINGS OF OUR BOARD. IN OUR TIME TOGETHER TODAY, WE HAVE PLANNED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE, THE SERVICES WE OFFER, SOME KEY PROJECTS. WATER SUPPLY PLANNING IS TOP OF MIND FOR US AND MANY FOLKS ACROSS THE REGION. AN UPDATE ON OUR STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANS AND THEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WRAP UP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. SO IN WHO WE ARE BACK IN THE EARLY 1950S, THERE WAS TEN ORIGINAL MEMBER CITIES THAT CAME TOGETHER WHO WERE AT THAT TIME ON GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES AND KNEW THAT GROUNDWATER WAS NOT GOING TO MEET THEIR WATER NEEDS INTO THE FUTURE. AND SO THEY BOUND TOGETHER, WENT TO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURE, AND ASKED THAT NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BE FORMED AT THAT TIME. A QUOTE FROM THAT TIME IS, WE DECIDED WE WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE COULDN'T DO IT SEPARATELY. AND SO THEY BOUND TOGETHER AND WE BEGAN PROVIDING WATER SERVICE IN 1956. AS THE DECADES WENT ON, AT THE REQUEST OF OUR MEMBER CITIES, WE'VE ADDED ON WASTEWATER SERVICE AND SOLID WASTE SERVICE AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS AN ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT REALLY GUIDES OUR BOARD AND STAFF INTO THE FUTURE. OUR VISION, AS IT HAS BEEN FOR SINCE OUR FOUNDING, IS REGIONAL SERVICE THROUGH UNITY, MEETING OUR REGION'S NEEDS TODAY AND TOMORROW AND IN THE WORK THAT WE DO EACH AND EVERY DAY, WE WORK TO LIVE THAT OUT. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY AND DEPENDABLE SERVICES, AND WE'VE GOT FOUR GOALS WHICH WE OPERATE UNDER SERVICE STEWARDS, PARTNERSHIP AND PEOPLE. AND WE'VE GOT CORE VALUES ESTABLISHED. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE PARTNERSHIP GOAL, THE CITY OF WYLIE IS OUR HOME. WE'RE HEADQUARTERED HERE IN THE CITY, AND WE'VE GOT A VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY. WE APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND WITH STAFF. WE'RE COORDINATING ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR MANY, MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATTERS. AND IN WYLIE, MORE THAN IN MANY OTHER PLACES, DUE TO US BEING HERE WITHIN THE CITY, WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH REGARD TO EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FIRE. AND THOSE FOLKS, OUR STAFF AND THE ALL STAFF WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL AND SEAMLESSLY TO ENSURE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND OUR EMPLOYEES. AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES OF WATER, WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE, HERE'S JUST A FEW FACTOIDS FOR YOU, WE CURRENTLY SERVE AROUND 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, SPREAD OUT ACROSS AROUND 70 COMMUNITIES, AND SOME OF THE FASTEST GROWING PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MOMENT, FOR WATER SERVICE, WE HAVE SEVEN WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, FOUR OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY HOUSED AT OUR WYLIE CAMPUS, WHERE A MAJORITY OF OUR TREATMENT CAPACITY IS HOUSED, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT OUR TOTAL TREATMENT CAPACITY IS 946 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. OF THAT, 840 OF IT IS HERE AT THE WYLIE COMPLEX. AND SO THERE'S A TREMENDOUS FACILITY THAT PROVIDES THAT SERVICE TO WYLIE AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE AREA. IN TERMS OF WASTEWATER SERVICES. WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE CITY OF WYLIE THROUGH THE MUDDY CREEK [01:45:05] WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND THAT PLANT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL. AND THE CITY OF MURPHY, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT A RECENT PROJECT THAT IS ONGOING HERE IN A MOMENT WITH REGARD TO THE MUDDY CREEK PLANT, FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES, WE HAVE FIVE MEMBER CITIES, AND THE CITY OF WYLIE DOES NOT CURRENTLY PARTAKE IN OUR IN OUR SOLID WASTE SERVICES, WE ARE, AS YOU ALL ARE. AND THERE WAS SOME TREMENDOUS RECOGNITIONS OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF YOUR STAFF EARLIER IN THE MEETING, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM AS WELL, WE ROUTINELY RECEIVE VARIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS, HERE'S A FEW OF THEM THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED FROM RECENT TIMES. JUST THIS LAST WEEK, WE GOT NOTICE THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION HAS NAMED BODARK LAKE THE PROJECT OF THE YEAR ACROSS THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. SO THAT'S TREMENDOUS, WE HAVE, OPERATIONS CHALLENGE TEAM THAT REPRESENTS A SEGMENT OF OUR WASTEWATER OPERATORS AND THEY COMPETE AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL AND JUST WON A NUMBER OF AWARDS AT THE STATE LEVEL, JUST LAST MONTH. AND WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO NATIONAL, THERE'S MANY, MANY AWARDS THAT WE COULD SPEAK ON, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO EACH AND EVERY DAY TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ENABLE THE VITALITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE SEE TODAY, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BILLY GEORGE, WHO WILL TALK YOU ALL THROUGH OUR OVERVIEW OF SERVICES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN THE CITY OF WYLIE. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL GIVING US THIS TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE DISTRICT. JERRY HIT ON MANY OF THE STATISTICS IN A PREVIOUS SLIDE OF OUR MAJOR SYSTEMS, I'VE GOT A FEW MORE TO ADD, AND I WON'T BELABOR IT BY GOING THROUGH THE DETAILS. YOU HAVE THE SLIDES TO STUDY LATER. WE HAVE SIX MAJOR WATER SUPPLIES THAT ARE LISTED HERE WHERE WE GET OUR OUR WATER. AND WE HIT A REALLY HUGE MILESTONE LAST MONTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. BARAQ LAKE ACTUALLY FILLED AND SPILLED. SO IT HAD A LOT OF PRESS, A LOT OF STORIES OF, ANGLERS HITTING THE LAKE ONCE WE OPENED IT, A LOT OF GOOD NEWS THAT SUPPLY IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR OUR REGION GOING FORWARD, AND WE LIST OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANTS UNDER THERE AT LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT 70 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. IT HAS BEEN PRODUCING WATER FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. AND WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPAND IT. THAT PLAN IS GOING TO ULTIMATELY GO FROM 70 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, UP TO 280 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, AND IT'S GOING TO SUPPLY THE RAPID GROWTH OF OUR REGION FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND OUR OTHER PLANS ARE LISTED THERE, AND OUR REGION IS SHADED ON THAT LITTLE GRAPHIC WASTEWATER. AGAIN, JENNY HIT THE HIGH POINTS ON THE ON THE NUMBER OF PLANTS WE HAVE 13 OVERALL. WE'RE BROKEN DOWN INTO REALLY THREE SYSTEMS IN A WASTEWATER GROUP. THE REGIONAL SYSTEM, WHICH IS, A GROUPING OF FOUR LARGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, AND THEN OUR SEWER SYSTEM PLANTS, WHICH HAS NUMERICALLY MORE PLANTS IN OPERATION. BUT VOLUMETRICALLY A LOT LESS. AND ONE OF THOSE, AGAIN, IS THE MUDDY CREEK PLANT, WHICH WE'RE PROUD TO OPERATE FOR THE CITIES OF WYLIE AND MURPHY ON THE SOLID WASTE SIDE, WHICH IS OUR THIRD AND FINAL SERVICE, WE HAVE FIVE MEMBER CITIES WHO OVERSEE THAT SYSTEM, THEY INCLUDES THREE TRANSFER STATIONS WHERE TRASH MUNICIPAL HOUSEHOLD WASTE IS HAULED IN, COMPACTED, PUT ON TO TRUCKS AND THEN DELIVER UP TO OUR 121, LANDFILL FACILITY IN MELISSA, TEXAS, BUT THERE IT IS. AND THEN A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES BRING THEIR WASTE THERE AS WELL. AND CONTRACT OPERATORS. SO THIS HIT THE WAVE TOPS. THAT'S WHO WE ARE. WE HAVE THE SLIDES. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS LATER ON, WE'RE ALWAYS HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF THEM THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR SUPPORT YOU WITH THAT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO RJ MORAWSKI WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME PROJECTS AND SOME OF OUR PLANNING EFFORTS. GREAT. THANK YOU BILLY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE TONIGHT. MY MUSCLE MEMORY KICKED IN THIS THIS EVENING. I PULLED IN, I WENT INTO THE THIRD ENTRY TO THE PARKING LOT. I TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF YOUR RILEY REC CENTER, WHICH IS WELL MAINTAINED. YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT STAFF, SO I TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT, I'D LIKE TO JUST GO OVER A COUPLE KEY REGIONAL PROJECTS THAT IMPACT THE CITY OF WYLIE, AS WELL AS THE REGION. TWO OF THESE ARE EXPANSION OF FACILITIES BASED ON CAPACITY. EXCUSE ME. THREE ON CAPACITY NEEDS. THOSE FIRST TWO ARE ON THE WATER SIDE. AS BILLY MENTIONED, BRADDOCK LAKE IS FULL, AND A ASPECT TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF. BRADDOCK WAS BUILDING THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT BEGAN TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL IN MARCH OF 23, AND LITTLE OVER 13 MONTHS LATER. WE HAVE AWARDED THE EXPANSION OF THAT. SO THE CONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY STARTED ON THE SECOND 70 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, WHICH IS REALLY UNHEARD OF. AND THAT'S JUST AN INDICATION OF THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING IN OUR REGION AS WELL. RILEY PLANT, FOR JENNA MENTIONED, THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT PLANTS IN WYLIE THIS WILL BE THE FINAL EXPANSION OF CAPACITY AT WYLIE AND WILL GIVE US A TOTAL OF 280 AT THIS PARTICULAR PLANT, BUT OVER 910 MILLION GALLONS A DAY CAPACITY AT THE WYLIE COMPLEX. IN ORDER [01:50:05] TO TREAT THAT WATER, WE HAVE TO MOVE IT FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR SYSTEM THAT ARE RAW WATER PUMP STATION. THAT'S GOING TO EXPAND THAT TO CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DARK WATER, PUSH IT TO THE LEONARD PLANT AND THEN DOWN INTO OUR SERVICE AREA AS WELL. WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW INTAKE PUMP STATION OR INTAKE PUMP STATION IN THE LAKE. RIGHT NOW THIS WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. THE FOURTH ONE WILL ALLOW US TO GET DEEPER INTO THE LAKE AND GET ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR WATER. SO WHEN THERE'S SOME TIMES OF DROUGHT, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE CAN GET ALL, WE CAN GET ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR PERMITTED WATER. SO THOSE ARE THE MAJOR WATER PROJECTS THAT ARE IMPACTING THE CITY OF WYLIE, THE ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART, OBVIOUSLY, IS THE MUDDY CREEK EXPANSION. AS BILLY MENTIONED, THE MUDDY CREEK PLANT IS SHARED BY THE CITY OF WYLIE AND MURPHY. THE FLOWS ARE APPROXIMATELY 7030 SPLIT, SO WYLIE CONTRIBUTES ABOUT 70% OF THE FLOWS AND MURPHY 30. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT, PROJECT IS SEVERAL FOLD. NUMBER ONE, THE BIGGEST IS TO EXPAND IT FROM ITS CURRENT PERMITTED CAPACITY OF 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO 12.5. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO FIX SOME HYDRAULIC CONSTRAINTS IN THE EXISTING PLANT TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FULL CAPACITY AS WELL. WE ARE IMPROVING THE OPERATIONS, BUILDING TO MAKE SURE IT IS SUITABLE FOR OUR STAFF THERE. FOR THE FOLKS WHO MEN AND WOMEN WHO OPERATE THAT PLANT, WE DID AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT LAST MONTH TO, I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT IT. BAR, ACTUALLY IS EAGLE CONTRACTORS, AND THEY HAD THE LOW BID ON THIS ONE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE ACTUAL BID WAS LESS THAN THE ENGINEERS ESTIMATE. I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR PEOPLE. AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO HERE. SO THIS HIGHLIGHTED FACILITIES INDICATE THOSE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TOUCHED OR THERE'LL BE NEW FACILITIES. SO PART OF THAT IS TAKING THE WATER AT THE INTAKE PUMP STATION AT THE BOTTOM, PUSHING IT TO THE HEAD OF THE PLANT, AND THEN IT FLOWS THROUGH THE PROCESS, TO TREAT THAT WASTEWATER TO A HIGH QUALITY, THEN DISINFECT IT BEFORE IT'S DISCHARGED INTO THE CREEK NEXT DOOR, AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE FLOWS HERE, BUT, WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR DID DO SOME WORK ON WYLIE PLANT BEFORE THEY WERE PART OF THE BACKUP GENERATOR PROJECT IN 2021. SO THEY KNOW THE AREAS THEY PERFORM VERY WELL . SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACTOR, TALKING ABOUT WATER SUPPLY PLANNING, WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRING IN THE AREA. THIS IS A HEAT MAP AND WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT IS JUST ALL THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF GROWTH IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE SERVE. WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO OF THE TOP TEN COUNTIES, IN NUMERICAL GROWTH IN THE NATION, AS WELL AS TWO OF THE FASTEST GROWING PERCENTAGE WISE COUNTIES . SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING TO TEXAS, THE BAD PART IS NONE OF THEM ARE BRINGING WATER. SO WE'VE GOT TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR THE CONTINUED, EXPANSIVE GROWTH IN OUR SERVICE AREA. THIS CHART, REALLY IS JUST KIND OF SHOWS SIMPLISTICALLY HOW HOW OUR POPULATION GROWTH HAS THOSE WE SERVE HAVE CHANGED. STARTING BACK IN THE 50S, THE 32,000. WE'RE CLOSE TO 2.2 MILLION NOW. AND BY 2080 WE WILL ALMOST DOUBLE THE POPULATION SERVED ON THE WATER SIDE BY THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW CRITICAL WATER IS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. THESE ARE JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING, ACROSS OUR REGION. OBVIOUSLY YOU RECOGNIZE THE BOZEMAN'S FARM THERE IN WYLIE, AND NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT, GUARANTEED WATER AT THE HIGH QUALITY BEING SERVED TO THE POPULATION IN THE REGION. ONE OF THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT WATER PLAN IS WE TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR NEED IS, AND WE BASE IT ON A DRY DEMAND. SO WITH THOSE POPULATION GROWTH THAT I TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED AN ADDITIONAL 360 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY BY 2070 TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE GROWTH HERE. THAT IS A TALL ORDER. WE'RE READY FOR IT. THE DISTRICT, FROM ITS INCEPTION, HAS ALWAYS BEEN GIVEN SOME DIFFICULT TASK AND HAS DELIVERED EVERY TIME. AND WE'RE READY TO DO THAT AS WELL. ANOTHER ASPECT OF MEETING THESE DEMANDS IS CONSERVATION, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THIS CHART A LITTLE BIT, THE GREEN LINE THERE SHOWS WHAT OUR DEMAND WILL BE BASED ON THE DRY CONDITIONS. SO THAT'S THAT IS THE POPULATION GROWTH BASED ON THE GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY. 20. OUR CURRENT OUT THROUGH 2080, THE RED LINE IS IF WE HAD NOT AGGRESSIVELY INSTITUTED CONSERVATION. SO CONSERVATION IS A VERY KEY ASPECT OF OUR WATER SUPPLY. WITHOUT SOME OF THE CONSERVATION MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND ACCEPTED IN PRACTICE, WE WOULD NEED ANOTHER BARAQ LAKE TODAY JUST TO MEET THE DEMAND. IN A DRY YEAR, AS [01:55:02] YOU LOOK AT THAT FURTHER OUT IN 2080, YOU NEED ESSENTIALLY ALMOST A DOUBLE CAPACITY OF LAVON. THE DOTS THERE ARE SHOWING WHAT THE ACTUAL DEMANDS ARE, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY CHANGE BASED ON IF IT'S A WET YEAR OR A DRY YEAR. BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO PLAN IN THE DRY YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT GREEN LINE REPRESENTS TO YOU THERE. SO CONSERVATION HAS A HUGE SAVINGS. THE BENEFIT OF US BEING, WASTEWATER PROVIDERS AS WELL AS WE GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE REUSE. SO FOR THE FUTURE, ALMOST 30% OF OUR DEMANDS ARE GOING TO BE MET BY BOTH CONSERVATION AND THE COMBINATION OF REUSE, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND WE CONTINUE TO, TO PUSH THESE VERY WELL AND MAKE BEST USE OF THAT REUSE WATER, AS MENTIONED, WHEN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WASTEWATER, WE TAKE IT, WE TREAT IT TO A HIGH QUALITY, DISCHARGES INTO THE LAKES AND THE STREAMS, LET NATURE DO A LITTLE BIT WORK, AND THEN WE PULL THAT BACK INTO LAVON AND THEN TREAT THAT. SO THAT'S HOW THE REUSE IS. LIKE THE FULL CYCLE. WE GET TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE WE PROVIDE BOTH OF THOSE SERVICES. SO WITH CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND HERE JUST WANTED TO SHOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH IN THE REGION. A LOT OF IT'S CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR, MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF SOME OF THE MORE DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS WE WORK WITH. THE OTHER MAJOR WATER PROVIDERS IN THE METROPLEX ON OUR WATER IS AWESOME CAMPAIGNS, SO WE ARE ALL SAYING THE SAME STORY ON CONSERVATION BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY LIVE, SAY, IN FORT WORTH AND WORK IN DALLAS. SO THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CONSERVATION ASPECTS. IT'S IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING. SO THE THREE ENTITIES HAVE HAVE JOINED TOGETHER AND HAVE THIS CAMPAIGN, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE USED. ONE IS CALLED WATER MY YARD. OR THERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT UNDER WATERS AWESOME, WHERE IT WILL SEND YOU A TEXT OR AN EMAIL EACH WEEK TELLING YOU IF YOU HAVE TO WATER AND HOW MUCH. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2023 I USE ONE OF THESE APPS. THERE WERE 36 WEEKS THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO WATER. 36 WEEKS. THAT'S A LOT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNLESS THEY SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO, AGAIN, AS FAR AS, THE PROJECTS AND THE SUPPLY, WE ARE LEANING FAR FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING AND SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS THE CONSERVATION. THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE DEMAND, IN THIS AREA. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO JENNA TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST, WE'VE HAD IT INSTALLED FOR SOME TIME NOW. IT WAS ONE OF I THINK IT WAS OUR ORIGINAL DEMONSTRATION GARDEN IS HERE AT CITY HALL. AND SO YOU MAY SEE SOME PLACARDS OUTSIDE FROM TIME TO TIME TO SHOW SOME OF THOSE TEXAS NATIVE PLANTINGS THAT THAT CAN BE USED AND LOOK NICE AND NOT USE MUCH WATER. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO WRAP US UP WITH STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANS. AND AS WE KIND OF MOVE INTO THE FINANCIAL SEGMENT OF THE CONVERSATION, DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF TRANSPARENCY STARS FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE HERE IN TEXAS, TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR TRANSPARENCY AROUND TRADITIONAL FINANCES AND DEBT OBLIGATIONS. WE ALSO ARE PROUD TO HAVE RECEIVED GFOA CERTIFICATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING AND OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION. WE HAVE REALLY MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING UTILIZED, IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON AT THE DISTRICT IS REALLY STEWARDSHIP AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ENTRUSTED WITH, OUR IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO OUR MISSION. OUR MISSION DELIVER HIGH QUALITY AND DEPENDABLE SERVICES IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH OUR SERVICES IS SIGNIFICANT, AND WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE VERY CONSCIOUS OF HOW THOSE PUBLIC FUNDS ARE BEING USED, IN FACT, STEWARDSHIP IS ALSO ONE OF OUR FOUR GOALS WITHIN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'VE REALIZED RECENTLY AND SOME LONG TERM SAVINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REALIZED, SO IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE'RE AT, FROM A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT AND MANAGING THE LIFE CYCLE COST OF OUR PROJECTS, WE HAVE REALLY HAD TO HAVE A CRITICAL EYE FOR THE CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 17% YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE. LAST YEAR, I THINK WE WERE AROUND A56 PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN THE MARKET THAT WE'RE IN. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN TAKING A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT PROJECTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING BEST VALUE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, FORWARD, THE MUDDY CREEK EXPANSION IS A REALLY KEEN EXAMPLE. THERE WAS A TIME PERIOD WHEN THE ESTIMATED COST OF THAT PROJECT WAS CLOSE TO $100 MILLION. WE DID SOME VALUE ENGINEERING AND LOOKED AT WAYS [02:00:04] TO OPTIMIZE. AND THEN THANKFULLY, THE MARKET HAS IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT AND OUR ESTIMATED COST WAS AROUND 89 MILLION AT THE TIME OF THE BID. AND IT'S COME DOWN FURTHER IN. THE BID COST WAS AROUND 72, SO REALLY HAVING A KEEN EYE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING GOOD CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON. ADDITIONALLY, OPTIMIZING OUR OPERATIONS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ALSO, WE HAD SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN CHEMICAL COST, AND THERE ARE VERY FEW CHEMICAL VENDORS WHO CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT SAFE DRINKING WATER. SO WE ADJUSTED HOW WE WERE CONTRACTING FOR CHEMICALS TO ALLOW FOR THAT DEPENDABLE SUPPLY TO CONTINUE. BUT NOW AS THAT MARKET IS COOLING, WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE SOME BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT COOLING MARKET. AND IT'S ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO COME DOWN IN WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING THE RATE TO BE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR THE COST OF WATER. ADDITIONALLY, MANAGING THAT, MAINTAINING AND REINVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT AGES IS SO IMPORTANT TO MANAGE THAT LIFE CYCLE AND PROVIDE THAT RELIABLE SERVICE FOR DECADES TO COME WITHIN THE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION AND ALSO WITHIN THE CITY. I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE A LINEAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT LONG TERM INVESTMENT, AND I'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE A CAPACITY CAPACITY MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE OF THINGS TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STORM WATER THAT'S MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM DURING RAINFALL EVENTS TO HELP REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FLOW THAT HAS TO BE CONVEYED AND TREATED, WE'RE ALSO ALWAYS LOOKING TO FOR WAYS TO TRANSFORM AND MODERNIZE OUR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. SO JUMPING INTO ACTUAL RATE. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A SERIES OF PROJECTIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WE DO PROJECTIONS FOR A TEN YEAR PERIOD OF WHAT WE EXPECT EACH OF OUR SYSTEMS TO BE, IN TERMS OF COST TO THE CITY, SO WE JUST RECENTLY UPDATED THESE THE CURRENT COST OF WATER FOR THE CITY OF WILEY IS $3.69, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE 416 IN THE NEXT YEAR. AND THANKS TO SOME OF THE SAVINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REALIZED, WE'RE DOWN TO 390 AS THE PROJECTED RATE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. IN REGARDS TO THE MUDDY CREEK PLANT, WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT HOW TO BEST STRUCTURE THE DEBT FOR THAT MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE THAT WE'VE SPOKE ABOUT. AND AS A RESULT, THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURING THAT TO THAT DEBT TO ALLOW THE RATE IMPACT TO BE FELT BY THE CITY OVER A SERIES OF A FEW YEARS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE CONTINUING INCREASE TO TAKE ON THAT FULL RATE BURDEN HERE IN THE COMING YEARS. OUR CURRENT PROJECTION IS VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE HAD SHARED LAST YEAR TO ALLOW THE CITY TO PLAN FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE A SEPARATE, CONTRACT WITH FOR THE MUDDY CREEK INTERCEPTOR, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE PIPELINE THAT BRINGS THE WASTEWATER FROM THE CITIES OF WILEY MURPHY INTO THE PLANT, THE DEBT ON THAT WAS PAID OFF. AND SO THE RATE ASSOCIATED WITH IT IS PRETTY SMALL. SO IT'S ABOUT $0.06, FIVE, $0.06 PER THOUSAND GALLONS THAT GETS BUILT INTO Y'ALL'S, WASTEWATER RATES. AND ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF WASTEWATER SERVICES, THERE IS A PRETREATMENT PROGRAM WHERE WE WORK WITH THE CITY TO LOOK AT INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGERS WHO ARE SENDING INDUSTRY WASTE INTO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT HARMFUL TO THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND THEREFORE THE ENVIRONMENT. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT WE'VE GOT WITH THE CITY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'RE FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR PREVIOUSLY IN TERMS OF THE COST TO BE INCURRED. SO WITH THAT, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE, THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE CITY OF WILEY. WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A REALLY PRODUCTIVE, COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP, ESPECIALLY BEING RIGHT HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF WILEY, WITH THAT OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. OKAY. WELL, FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. ALL ALL OF THE, PRESENTATION INFORMATION IS ALWAYS VALUABLE TO US SO THAT WE HAVE AN OUTLOOK OF WHAT'S COMING. AND I KNOW IT'S ALSO HELPFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO POINT OUR CITIZENS TOWARDS IT SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LONG TERM PLANS ARE. I KNOW THAT OUR TWO DIRECTORS ARE ALWAYS, KNEE DEEP IN, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND KEEPING US UPDATED SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO, FOR US, REPRESENTING US, AND THEN KEEPING US KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE [02:05:01] COUNCIL? DOESN'T APPEAR SO AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR COMING AND APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL [WS2. Discuss WEDC & The Retail Coach.] MOVE TO OUR SECOND WORK SESSION THIS EVENING, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE WEDC AND THE RETAIL COACH. I KNOW THAT UNFORTUNATELY, OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM RETAIL COACH WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING DUE TO A PERSONAL MATTER THAT HE HAD TO ATTEND TO, MR. GRINER WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO STILL PRESENT AND DISCUSS OR WILL WE SIMPLY DISCUSS PROJECTS DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION? WE'LL DISCUSS PROJECTS DURING THE EXECUTIVE, AND THEN, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK. OUR BOARD WANTED TO SIT DOWN AND VISIT WITH YOU GUYS, TOO, AND JUST KIND OF HAVE MORE CANDID CONVERSATION WITH RETAIL COACH FOR LONG TERM STRATEGY AND RECRUITMENT FOR SOME OF OUR SITES. SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK. OKAY. THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND [WS3. Discuss the possible development of the FM 544 frontage in Regency Business Park.] MOVE ON FROM WORK SESSION TWO TO WORK SESSION THREE, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FM 544 FRONTAGE IN REGENCY BUSINESS PARK. AND MR. GRINER, I BELIEVE YOU ARE LEADING THIS DISCUSSION. I AM, THANK YOU, GETTING THIS LOADED UP FOR YOU. PAGE FIVE. PERFECT GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. TONIGHT. WE HAVE, PROPERTY OWNERS WITH US BACK HERE. TWO FOR THE FRONTAGE ON 544, AS COUNCILS WERE WELL AWARE. AND OUR BOARD, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH REGENCY BUSINESS PARK AND DRAINAGE ANALYSIS OUT HERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HIRED CARDINAL STRATEGIES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KIMLEY-HORN ON SOME DESIGNS OUT HERE, ZOOM ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS THE PIECE OF PROPERTY WE'RE REALLY KIND OF STARTED THE ANALYSIS ON. AND AS YOU RECALL, A NUMBER OF YEARS OF PROJECTS, I THINK GOING BACK TO 2018, THESE PROPERTIES, THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER, THAT THAT CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THIS PROPERTY, THIS IS STEEL, THIS IS HOOPER, THIS INTERSECTION AT STEEL AND HOOPER, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS PIECES OF PROPERTY, NUMEROUS DEVELOPERS COME IN AND GET ALL OF THIS UNDER CONTRACT. THE CITY SOLD THAT SMALL TRIANGULAR PIECE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE, WE FACILITATED THE SALE OF THAT PROPERTY TO GARMIN TRICKS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE'VE HAD THE HONRUBIA DEVELOPMENT AND HEATH DEVELOPMENT JUST NORTH OF THAT. WE'VE HAD ABOUT 60,000FT■!S OF OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE FLEX SPACE. COME BEFORE YOU, GET APPROVED THROUGH PNC AND THEN ULTIMATELY FAIL WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO GET IT THROUGH THE CIVILS, WE'VE HAD DEVELOPERS KIND OF PULLING THEIR HAIR OUT. REALLY? WHAT IT ENDS UP BEING IS NONE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS CAN SOLVE A REGIONAL DETENTION SOLUTION FOR ALL OF THEM. SO WE STARTED THE PROCESS WITH CARDINAL STRATEGIES TO, REALLY KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GO PAGE BY PAGE HERE. THERE WE GO, THIS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY REALLY IT'S NOT IMPACTED BY FLOODPLAIN. AS YOU SEE. IT'S NOT SURROUNDED THERE BY FLOODPLAIN, BUT IT IS IMPACTED DUE TO THE STORM, CAPACITY THERE WITH THE CULVERTS, THIS FLOOD AREA, IF YOU CAN ENVISION ESSENTIALLY WATER RUNOFF ALL THE WAY FROM VALVOLINE OVER AT THE TARGET CENTER ALL THE WAY TO CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS, THAT WATER COMES IN AND GOES RIGHT THERE TO WOODRIDGE PARKWAY DOWN BY HENSLEY. WE, STARTED THIS PROCESS AND REALLY WITH THE ADJACENT FOUR PROPERTIES, THAT CREEK, THERE WAS A FILL PROJECT, THAT AREA IN YELLOW. WE LOOKED AT IT AND WE DECIDED THAT MAYBE YOU CAN GO IN AND RECLAIM SOME OF THAT LAND, CUT SOME OF THAT PROPERTY AND FILL IN THIS AREA THAT'S INDICATED IN RED GDA MATRIX AGAIN STALLED OUT WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT THEIR CIVIL PLANS WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE THE SURFACE WATER ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR AND ACTUALLY INCREASE SURFACE WATER RUNOFF DOWNSTREAM, WHICH COMPOUNDS THE ISSUE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN WE WENT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THROUGH THIS, THEN YOU COULD POTENTIALLY UPSIZE THE CULVERTS AND ACTUALLY RAISE THE ELEVATION OF STEELE ROAD, IN DOING SO, YOU COULD ACTUALLY PROCESS MORE WATER THROUGH THAT CROSSING, AGAIN, COMPOUNDING THE ISSUES FOR THE NEIGHBORS DOWN THE, DOWN THE ROAD. AND ONE OTHER ITERATION OF THIS THAT LOOKED AT BOTH UPSIZING STEELE ROAD AND, UPSIZING THE CULVERTS AT HOOPER, THAT PROPERTY, THEN WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S, $10 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE JUST TO GO BACK IN AND ULTIMATELY REALLY INCREASE THE WATER DOWNSTREAM. SO NONE OF THESE SOLUTIONS REALLY WORKED. AND WE WENT BACK THROUGH THIS, THIS WAS THE BUILDABLE ACREAGE WITH CARDINAL [02:10:02] STRATEGIES REPORT. AND REALLY WHAT WE WERE INTO, YOU SEE THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY'LL COME UP HERE IN A MINUTE. I'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM. BUT, ALL OF THEM, I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE REPORT SHOWED. AND IF YOU LEFT IT IN CURRENT CONDITIONS, WHAT THEIR BUILDABLE ACREAGE WOULD BE, YOU CAN'T PUT DETENTION IN ANY OF THIS IMPACTED AREA. SO ALL OF THE LAND THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY OWNED, THEY WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DEVELOP. AND WHEN WE STARTED HAVING DEVELOPERS COME THROUGH SIMILAR TO THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT WE'D EXPERIENCED DOWN AT STEELE AND HOOPER, WE WANTED TO REACH OUT, WE TALKED WITH THEIR REAL ESTATE TEAM, REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS. A COUPLE MORE DEALS FELL OUT OF CONTRACT. THAT'S WHAT'S LED US TO THIS POINT. NOW, THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN THAT SHOWS WHAT IT COULD BE BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS. AND REALLY, THAT WAS FROM THE CARDINAL STRATEGIES PLAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. YOU COULD SQUEEZE IN ABOUT 50,000FT■!S. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND GO, IT FLOWS PERFECTLY. THE MEDIAN OPENINGS ALIGNED WITH WHERE WE WANT IT. THEY DON'T. I DON'T KNOW THAT ALL THOSE ACCESS DRIVES COULD ACTUALLY GET APPROVED EITHER, SO WHAT WE WHAT WE WENT BACK AND DID WAS KIND OF WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, WENT BACK TO KIMLEY-HORN, LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE FLOOD STUDY AREA AND STARTED AT THE BOTTOM, WORKED OUR WAY BACK UP FROM HENSLEY AND HOOPER AND UP THE CREEK AND DOING SOME CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS. THEY'VE LOOKED AT SOME DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF PLANS THAT ACTUALLY LOWER THE SURFACE WATER ELEVATION FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, AND THEN DO CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS UPSTREAM. WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY HAVE IN, AND WE'LL SHOW THIS IN A SECOND ON THIS NEXT SLIDE. WHAT YOU HAVE IS AN IMPACT THAT TODAY THAT BLUE AREA AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF STEELE AND HOOPER, POTENTIALLY, AFTER THIS WAS BOHAN AND BOB, BOBBY HEATH'S PROPERTY THAT, THEY SOLD THAT PROPERTY, WENT TO A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT GROUP. THIS PROPERTY , FELL OUT OF CONTRACT. THEY ENDED UP SELLING IT. THIS PROPERTY IS RECENTLY SOLD. WE ENDED UP BUYING THIS PROPERTY FROM A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER THAT WENT IN AND BOUGHT THAT AND REALIZED THAT THEY OWNED AN ISLAND AND WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO BUILD ANYTHING ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY EITHER, WE WENT IN AND BOUGHT THAT. AND IF YOU SACRIFICE OUR PROPERTY AND TURN IT INTO REGIONAL DETENTION, YOU UNLOCK THE 15 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL, YOU HELP THE FACILITATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT NEXT DOOR, AND YOU CAN UNLOCK BOTH OF THESE PROPERTIES SOUTH OF STEELE THAT CURRENTLY TODAY, YOU CAN'T DEVELOP SOME OF THIS OTHER STUFF DOWN HERE. THIS IS FEMA FLOODPLAIN. THERE'S SOME CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE AT THIS LOCATION, BUT YOU KIND OF GO THROUGH HERE AND WORKING TOGETHER, IT'S A MORE REGIONAL APPROACH. I THINK WE CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS. THIS IS THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. THEN WE'VE MINIMIZED A LOT OF THE BLUE LINES THAT WERE THERE EARLIER. A LOT MORE BUILDABLE ACREAGE, AND COME THROUGH HERE. THIS IS, THIS ORANGE BOUNDARY OVER HERE ALONG THIS EDGE, THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH OF THAT LAND THEY CURRENTLY CAN'T DEVELOP. AND THEN WHAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO WITH THIS KIND OF PINK LINE OR FUCHSIA COLORED LINE, THIS SITE RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETELY UNDER WATER. YOU SEE, IT GOES ACROSS HOOPER, ONCE THESE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN, IT WILL DEEPEN THE CHANNEL AND ACTUALLY ALLOW FOR THOSE INCREASED CULVERT SIZES THAT STEELE AND HOOPER, AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME LAND TO DEVELOP AT THAT INTERSECTION. THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN AND CONCEPT PLAN ONLY. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOR DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS, THIS WAS JUST A PARKING EXHIBIT REALLY FOR US. IF I MAXIMIZE THE RESTAURANT SQUARE FOOTAGE AND QSR SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THIS SITE ON MAX OUT PARKING, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GOT A PRETTY DECENT MIX OF RESTAURANTS. QSRS AND RETAIL ACROSS THE WHOLE SITE. I'VE GOT OTHER CONCEPT PLANS THAT WE CAN GET SPECIFIC WITH, EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH CONCEPT PLANS WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TALKING TO RECENTLY, GOT RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING IN MARKET. I'VE GOT THEIR CONCEPT PLANS ADDED TO THESE, WE CAN TALK A LOT MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE. REALLY? WHAT I WANTED TO DO, TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY AND INTRODUCE THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE OWNED THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THEN ALSO KIND OF GET FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL, BEFORE WE GO TO MARKET AND TRY AND TAKE THIS, THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I PREFER JASON HASKINS UP HERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND GOING THROUGH TRADITIONAL CHANNELS THROUGH PNC AND COUNCIL. WE DON'T HAVE A DEVELOPER IN TOW. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE'RE COMING TO YOU GUYS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE MAYOR EXPERIENCE IS, WHAT MR. PARKER EXPERIENCES ON A REGULAR BASIS. YOU'VE GOT PROPERTY OWNERS OR DEVELOPERS THAT WANT TO COME IN AND TALK TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE CITY. THEY WANT TO NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS. THEY TELL YOU WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THESE PROPERTIES. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THESE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE COMING BEFORE YOU GUYS TONIGHT REALLY KIND OF ASKING HOW WE CAN ALL MOVE TOGETHER, COLLECTIVELY, LOOKING AT THIS THEN FROM A TRAFFIC FLOW ANALYSIS, WE'VE GOT SITES THAT ARE TRYING TO UNLOCK THERE AT THE KROGER CENTER. IF YOU EVER WANTED TO SIGNAL, WHERE WOULD YOU PUT ONE? INCREASES THE COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF THIS SITE TREMENDOUSLY. SO KIND OF COMING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ASKING WHAT, WE LOOK AT THIS AND SAY FUTURE LAND USE CALLS FOR A REGIONAL COMMERCIAL. SO STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL ACROSS THIS THING. I THINK THERE'S SOME COMMERCIAL USES. YOU GUYS MAY BE WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE AS MUCH OF. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CAR WASHES ACROSS THE WHOLE THING. RIGHT. AND FAST FOOD [02:15:05] PLACES. SO, I KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT AS WELL, SO I'LL KIND OF TURN IT OVER TO THEM AND, KICK THIS THROUGH A COUPLE MORE EXHIBITS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU BEFORE AND AFTER HERE, BUT THIS IS THE ACREAGE THAT THEY WERE IMPACTED BY IN THE PREVIOUS ANALYSIS. THE CURRENT ANALYSIS. AND WE CAN KIND OF TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THOSE. BUT WHAT YOU SEE IS JUST THE OVERALL ACREAGE THAT IS GAINED, GOING THROUGH HERE AND DOING THESE IMPROVEMENTS. YOU SEE THOSE LINES THERE, THE ORANGE AND THE PINK LINE THAT ARE IN THERE. AND THEN THE OLD EXHIBIT VERSUS THE NEW EXHIBIT PICK UP A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. ONE THING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. WE CAN PROVIDE A SEWER EASEMENT FOR THEM, AND THEY CAN SELL THE PROPERTY, AND THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING. CHALLENGE FOR THAT IS, I'M STILL NOT SOLVING ANY OF THE PROBLEMS FOR ANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS SOUTH OF STEELE ROAD. SO BY HELPING THEM UNLOCK THIS PROPERTY, BY PROVIDING CROSS ACCESS, BY PUTTING IN SOME OF THESE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, BY TURNING OUR PIECE OF PROPERTY INTO A POND, IT NOT ONLY SOLVES SOME OF THEIR REGIONAL DETENTION ISSUES FOR THEM, IT SPEEDS THIS UP FROM THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF THIS FOR THEM TO SOLVE A PROBLEM AND GET IT TO MARKET AND GET THIS THING SOLD. BUT IT ALSO HELPS US WITH THE PROPERTIES SOUTH OF STEELE ROAD AND DOWN OFF HOOPER. SO, INTRODUCE OUR TEAM HERE. COME ON UP, GUYS. THEY'LL PROBABLY ALL WANT TO TALK, SO I'LL RETIRE THE MIC HERE AND TURN THEM LOOSE. OKAY. AND AS YOU STEP FORWARD TO SPEAK, IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOR US, PLEASE. HI, I'M LISA HENRY WEAVER. MY. WE OWN THE PROPERTY AT 2710 WEST FM 544, WHERE THE COLDWELL BANKER IS RIGHT THERE AT THE HOOPER AND 544 AND MY HOME ADDRESS IS 481 HOME PLACE FAIRVIEW. THANK YOU. I'M BRENDA BIBETH. I LIVE RIGHT THERE AT 2722 WEST FM 544, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR WELL OVER 25 YEARS AND THAT'S IT. CLOSE TO 30. WELL, I'VE BEEN IN WYLIE ABOUT 30 YEARS, BUT FOR 30 YEARS. YEAH I'M READ BY BOTH, I LIVE WHEREVER I END UP EVERY DAY. IT SEEMS LIKE ANYMORE. BUT, I JOINTLY OWN THAT PROPERTY WITH BRENDA. 2722 WEST FM 544. AND LIKE I SAY, WE BOUGHT IT IN 1994. SO DO THE ARITHMETIC. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE CONTRIBUTED A BUNCH TO TRY TO MAKE THIS CITY GOOD. WE'D LIKE TO RETIRE FROM IT. OKAY, SO I GUESS, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WHAT KIND OF DIRECTION OR FEEDBACK ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THIS EVENING, MR. REINER? THERE WAS SOME PREVIOUS CONVERSATION IN THE MEETING THAT WE HAD BEFORE, AND IF THEY HAD A DEVELOPER, I MEAN, THEY HAVE STRAIGHT ZONING. THEN FOR COMMERCIAL. GO AHEAD AND SEND IT AND GO THROUGH P AND Z AND COUNSEL. REALLY, WHAT I WANTED TO TRY AND DO IS I UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE. INDIVIDUAL USERS AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNLOCK THIS INDIVIDUAL 11 ACRE, 15 ACRES, IN PARTNERSHIP, REALLY, THE WAY THAT WE WORK WITH A LOT OF THESE OTHER PROPERTIES, IT'S FUNNY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN AFTER THE WATER DISTRICT WAS UP HERE, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE IS A LOT OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY PUT IN. RIGHT? SO IF A BIG ENOUGH DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, THEN IT MAYBE WARRANTS SOME ASSISTANCE FROM PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITY OR EDC. THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT AGAIN, WE'RE INVOLVED IN AT THIS POINT, EVEN DOING THE ENGINEERING, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS WANTED TO DO FLOOD STUDIES FOR ALL THEIR NEIGHBORS ALL THE WAY DOWNSTREAM, AND WANT TO DO THOSE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS. SO, I'M LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE AND I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE, TOO. I THINK THEY ALL WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. THEY WANT TO TRY AND MAXIMIZE THEIR THEIR BUILDABLE ACREAGE AND TRY AND DRIVE AS MUCH REVENUE AS THEY CAN FOR ME. THEN I NEED TO TRY AND TRANSLATE THAT BACK TO THE USES THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE, AND I CAN HELP THEM GO TO MARKET. THEY'VE GOT REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL HERE TONIGHT THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TO MARKET. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REPRESENT YOURSELF IN THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME, SAME PAGE MOVING FORWARD TO TRY AND GET A GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO THANK YOU, JASON. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A PROGRAM TO UNLOCK THE MOST MAXIMUM BUILDABLE ACREAGE ACROSS THE SITE, WHAT'S THE TOTAL INVESTMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM AN EDC SLASH CITY STANDPOINT TO CREATE THIS REGIONAL DETENTION AND THEN ENSURE THAT DOWNSTREAM WATER FLOW, IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORS. SO WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED, WE WERE LOOKING AT STEEL ROADS, $5 MILLION, HOOPERS, $5 MILLION. I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING 12, $15 MILLION PROJECT JUST TO UNLOCK ALL OF THIS, OF GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND TALKING TO ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES GOING DOWNSTREAM, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO ACQUIRE EVERYTHING AND TRY AND GO IN AND DO THIS OURSELVES. ALL THESE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE AFTER A SOLUTION. THE HOUSE, THIS JUST SOUTH OF THIS POND RIGHT THERE. [02:20:02] THERE'S A HOUSE NORTH OF NORTH OF THAT CHURCH DOWN THERE ON HOOPER. TALK WITH THE, THE LADY SON THAT OWNS THAT HOUSE AND LIVES IN THAT HOUSE. AND SHE SAID THAT THAT HOUSE IS FLOODED NUMEROUS TIMES. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE DOWN THERE THAT ARE BROUGHT IN DIRT AND ROCK AND DEBRIS TO TRY AND CHANGE THEIR SURFACE ELEVATION ON THEIR SITE, AND DOING SO HAVE CAUSED ADDITIONAL FLOODING. SO THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE FROM KIMLEY-HORN, WHILE IT'S STILL HIGH LEVEL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, MOVING THIS THING TOWARDS TRYING TO FIND AN ULTIMATE GOAL. OUR ESTIMATE ON THIS TO PUT UPON THERE TO PIPE THAT WATER DIRECTLY OUT OF 544, YOU CAN TAKE THIS CHANNEL THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE. YOU CAN PIPE THAT DIRECTLY INTO THIS OVERFLOW, AND WE CAN MAKE THIS POND BIG ENOUGH TO TAKE THE DETENTION OFF OF THE 15 ACRES OF THE FRONT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 3.6 OR $3.7 MILLION. SO FOR US THEN WE'RE WORKING IT MORE REGIONAL ASPECTS, TRYING TO WORK WITH, AGAIN, THE CITY TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT IS THAT WHERE YOU GUYS WANT TO SIGNAL, OR DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO TRY AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF KROGER? AND I THINK THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN HERE WILL WORK WITH TIM ON THAT AS WELL. BUT WHATEVER MAKES THE MOST SENSE. BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN OUR COST, JUST THE OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE TO TRY AND GET THE ENGINEERING ADDRESSED FOR DRAINAGE. OKAY, ON THE PLAN THEMSELVES, YOU'VE GIVEN US A FEW DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AND OUR SLIDE NUMBER, 17, 17 OR 18. SO IT'S THE SECOND TO LAST WITH THE MAJORITY RETAIL AND SEVERAL RESTAURANTS. I LIKE THAT LOOK, AND I THINK THAT THAT LOOKED PROBABLY WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BEST SERVE THAT AREA. I THINK IF WE LAY QSR AND DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FRONT OF THAT, WE'LL PLAY A LOT OF, GAMES TRYING TO GET THEM FILLED. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S THAT MUCH, INTEREST IN THAT TYPE OF RESTAURANT, BUT I THINK WE HEAR IT ALL DAY LONG ABOUT SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS AND RESTAURANTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN TAKE THEIR FAMILIES, SIT DOWN AND ENJOY DINNER TOGETHER RATHER THAN GO THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH, PICK IT UP. AS FAR AS RETAIL IS CONCERNED, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT BIG BOX RETAIL AND SOME OF THE LARGER CHAIN RETAILERS THAT ARE MOVING INTO A SMALLER CAPACITY, SO I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST PLAN SO FAR. AND I WOULD I WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE LANDOWNERS TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND UNLOCK THE ENTIRE TERRITORY. THAT'S MY COMMENTS. SO I'LL GIVE YOU MY FEEDBACK AS WELL. I, I AGREE, I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK WE AND I DON'T THINK THE PROPERTY OWNERS, WOULD WANT TO TRY TO PURSUE SOMETHING THAT HAD 5 OR 6 DRIVE THRUS COMPACTED IN A SMALL AREA, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND STACKING ISSUES WHEN YOU TRY TO GET THROUGH CIVILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL, AS WE'VE SEEN BEFORE, THERE ARE TIMES THAT A DEVELOPER COMES THROUGH AND GETS AN END CAP ON A LARGER LOCATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THE GENERAL LAYOUT ON THAT, AGAIN, SLIDE 17, THE ONE YOU HAVE UP THERE, A LAYOUT SIMILAR TO THAT MAKES SENSE. I AGREE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS TO SAY BECAUSE IT GIVES IT GIVES THE ABILITY FOR US TO TRY TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE DO KNOW HAVE BEEN LOOKING IN MARKET, AND SHOWS THEM WHAT IS POSSIBLE, I AGREE, OF COURSE. OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD GO THROUGH TIM AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS. I THINK A LIGHT AT HOOPER MAKES MORE SENSE, TO CONNECT STREETS TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PUTTING A LIGHT JUST TO LET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF A OF A SHOPPING CENTER, WHEN YOU HAVE A STREET NEXT DOOR, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO CREATE CROSS ACCESS THROUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIALLY TO KROGER IF THAT BECAME AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT SOLUTION. I THE REGIONAL DETENTION POND ITSELF, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM. IT'S NOT USABLE PROPERTY FOR US TO BEGIN WITH, SO TO SPEAK, AND IF IT HELPS TO UNLOCK THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR FOR BETTER DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PROPERTY DOWNSTREAM WHERE WE KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BUILD FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, IT SEEMS JUST ABOUT FOR IT. AS FAR AS HOW FAR TO BACK THAT PROPERTY DATES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT BEING ABLE TO NECESSARILY ADDRESS ALL THE STREETS RIGHT AWAY, BUT GETTING THE DRAINAGE UNLOCKED SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP BOTH THE ACREAGE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE HERE. THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE OFF SCREEN FROM WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT, MAKES THE MOST SENSE. OKAY SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS. COUNCILMAN STRANG, THANK YOU. MAYOR, YEAH, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM. I LIKE THE DESIGNS THAT I'VE SEEN HERE. I LIKE THE IDEA OF USING THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO UNLOCK NOT JUST THIS, BUT ALL THE OTHER PROPERTIES, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING ONE BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES. BUT THIS IS THE BEST THING I THINK I'VE, I'VE SEEN HERE. YEAH, I JUST ECHO HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GET A BUNCH OF DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS, CHICKEN SHACKS, NAIL SALONS, STORAGE. I THINK [02:25:04] I'M MISSING SOMETHING. DRY CLEANERS. THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT. YEAH, YEAH. WE'LL CHANGE. YEAH. YOU MISSED OIL CHANGE AND CAR WASH. YEAH. RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, I THINK THIS IS REALLY A GOOD USE OF IT TO UNLOCK SO MUCH OUT OF THIS. IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT NOT JUST THE PROPERTY OWNERS HERE, BUT THE ONES BELOW IT, AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS OF WYLIE IN GENERAL. AND, I DO THINK THAT MAKING THE LIGHT ON HOOVER MAKES MORE SENSE TO CONNECT STREETS. IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE TO ME. OKAY, OKAY. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. MAYOR, SO I WOULD AGREE WITH MY CONSTITUENTS UP HERE THAT, IT MAKES SENSE TO USE THAT THAT PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE FOR THE DRAINAGE QUESTION. I HAVE IS IN LOOKING AT WHAT'S DOWN BELOW IT, AS THAT CREEK FLOWS INTO THE WHAT I WOULD CALL THAT RESERVOIR BEHIND WALMART, IS THERE IS THERE ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE NEED TO ACQUIRE OR WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS, THAT CONTINUING THE WAY THAT THAT WATER IS GOING TO FLOW, EVEN WHAT WE RETAIN IN A HEAVY STORM, I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY'VE RUN THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND OUT ON THE ENGINEERING OUT OF THE CITY. YEAH. SO YOU CAN'T INCREASE THE FLOW DOWNSTREAM. SO AGAIN, ON THE OTHER END OF THIS, I'VE MET WITH THE GOLF COURSE OWNERS BEFORE AND THEY SAID THEY'RE DOWN AN ADDITIONAL TEN DAYS NOW FROM WHAT THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THEY ACQUIRED IT. WHEN THEY QUOTED THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT THEY'D BE OPEN. SO AGAIN, EVERY DRAINAGE SCENARIO HERE, I DON'T KNOW. MARVIN'S STILL HERE. HE IS A JOKE WITH HIM AND SAM SATTERWHITE ALL THE TIME. THEY TOOK ALL THE EASY STUFF IN TOWN AND LEFT ME, LEFT US WITH THE DIFFICULT STUFF THAT'S LEFT. RIGHT. SO. RIGHT, IF IT'S SITTING HERE, IT'S FOR A REASON. BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE THAT, THAT CREEK FLOODS, THAT HOUSE FLOODS, AND YOU GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, I MEAN, LIKE WHAT THEY HAD TO DO. AND WHAT I THINK REALLY WE STRUGGLE WITH LAST TIME IS TO UNLOCK THAT PROPERTY AT STEELE AND HOOPER. IT TAKES MORE THAN THAT, RIGHT? YOU JUST CAN'T GO IN THERE AND CHANGE THE ELEVATION ON THOSE SITES. SO WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING OR WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING, THAT IS THIS SECTION EAST OF HOOPER, THIS WOULD THIS WOULD REQUIRE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. AND ACTUALLY YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DEEPER IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU COULD UPSIZE THE CULVERT SIZES AT HOOPER WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE THE GRADE ON THE ROAD. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIX THE ROAD NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY FOR WATER TO FLOW THROUGH THERE. THEY'D HAVE TO DESIGN A SOLUTION FOR THE WATER TO SLOW BACK DOWN. DO WE DO WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THE SHORTAGE OF DRAINAGE THAT WE HAVE AT THE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OF THE FUNNEL, IF YOU WILL? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE CAN'T INCREASE IT. BUT MY, MY QUESTION IS THE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING, WILL IT FIX IT. WILL IT MAKE IT ALSO WHAT IT SHOULD BE? WHERE THE AREAS BELOW THERE AREN'T FLOODING ANYMORE. YEAH. SO WHAT WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED WITH THIS. WE CAN OVER DETAIN OUR SITE WHICH MIGHT HELP FIX SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE FROM THE PAST, AND THEN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES, IF THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN OUR DRAINAGE CALC'S, THEY'D HAVE TO STILL DETAIN THEIR OWN. AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME MATH THERE WHERE, AGAIN, WE MIGHT BE TELLING THEM THEY NEED TO DETAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT THEY TYPICALLY WOULD, BUT THEY ACTUALLY GET MORE BUILDABLE ACREAGE OUT OF THIS. OTHERWISE, WE DON'T DO THESE IMPROVEMENTS. THEN, LIKE FOR THIS SITE RIGHT HERE, THIS THIS ENTIRE SITE IS JUST UNDER WATER. SO I MEAN, IT LOOKS NICE. IT'S JUST THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M WANTING TO MAKE SURE OF. IF WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH IT, WE FIX IT ONCE AND WE DON'T FIX IT. AND THEN NOW WE STILL HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT STILL HAVE A PROBLEM. YEAH, I REALIZING THAT THESE, PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHICH I THINK IS A NO BRAINER ON UNLOCKING THOSE AND USING THAT, RETENTION, THAT'S AVAILABLE WITH THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE THERE. THAT MAKES SENSE. I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE CULVERTS AND THE DRAINAGE EVEN BEYOND THAT, THAT WE LOOK AT FIXING IT HOLISTICALLY SO THAT WE FIX THE WHOLE PROBLEM RATHER THAN SOMETHING ELSE PLAYING WHACK A MOLE. YOU KNOW, THIS POPS UP OVER HERE. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN KIMLEY-HORN MAKES ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY'RE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF. AND THEN ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BRING BACK FOR YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY I LIKE THE DESIGN. THIS IS THE BEST I'VE SEEN SO FAR. AND I AGREE WITH ALL MY, WITH THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS SAID ABOUT FIXING THE DRAINAGE FOR THE PEOPLE DOWN BELOW THAT WE FIX IT ONCE AND NOT PLAY WHACK A MOLE, AND I'LL PUT MY PLUG IN. I DON'T MIND SUCH A STRING OF RESTAURANTS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BRING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE TO WYLIE. YOU KNOW, MURPHY JUST ANNOUNCED AN H-E-B, AND WE NEED TO COMPETE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY OKAY, WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM COUNCILMAN HOOVER OR COUNCILMAN MALIKI. YOU'RE EITHER OF YOU. YOUR THOUGHTS? COUNCILMAN HOOVER, I AGREE WITH, MY CONSTITUENTS, I LIKE THE DESIGN, WITH THE RETENTION POND. I ALSO THINK THAT US FIXING THE DRAINAGE IS A GOOD THING. I GUESS THAT'S ALL. [02:30:09] OKAY. COUNCILMAN MALIKI. THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK JASON AND THE HOMEOWNERS FOR ACTUALLY GETTING TOGETHER AND TRYING TO WORK SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS EVERYBODY INVOLVED, THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE CITY IN THE EDC. FROM DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, THAT'S HOW THE COMMUNITY WORKS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GETTING TOGETHER AND WORKING ON THIS. I GUESS BEING THAT I'M IN THE SAME INDUSTRY, I DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING EIGHT RESTAURANTS IN THE SAME PARKING LOT, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE BEST USE OF THE LAND THAT WE HAVE. SO I TEND TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN DUKE ABOUT BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY. ONCE IT'S ON LOCKED THAT CAN BE USED, AND WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY OF THOSE LEFT IN WYLIE. AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM, THE FACT THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE AND WE'RE DISCUSSING A SOLUTION OVERALL THAT EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN IT. HOMEOWNERS EDC CITY AT SOME POINT. I THINK THIS IS A WIN WIN FOR ALL OF US INVOLVED. SO I WOULD URGE US TO PURSUE GETTING ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND FINISHING THIS PROJECT, WHAT COMES OUT OF IT AND HOW IT COMES OUT OF IT, AND HOW MANY NAIL SALONS AND CAR SHOPS COME IN IT. I THINK WE'LL PASS THAT THROUGH AS WE GO THROUGH, BUT UNLOCKING IT IS THE FIRST STEP. AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD HIGHLY, ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO WORK AND WORK FAST ON IT SINCE WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT AND, WE CAN MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. THANK YOU. MISS, YESTERDAY QUICK ENOUGH. YEAH ALL RIGHT. SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS TO GIVE SOME DIRECTION. SEEMS EVERYONE'S IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE RETENTION POND. AND ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE LAYOUT AND DESIGN THAT GETS SELECTED FOR IT, AND KEEPING THE LIGHT AT HOOPER. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEEDED FEEDBACK ON THIS EVENING? WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO ADD? IF YOU DO? I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STEP UP SO THAT IT CAN. THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LONG TERM THING. VERY FRUSTRATING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. AND BUT I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW JASON AND HIS STAFF, HIS BOARD HAS JUST WORKED AND WORKED AND WORKED AND THE CITY. THE CITY ENGINEER, JASON, THE OTHER JASON. IT'S BEEN THIS WHOLE YEAR. IT'S BEEN A RELIEF. FINALLY, STARTING ABOUT JANUARY AND I CAN SEE THE END OF THE TUNNEL. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AND TO THE CITY FOR DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB HERE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? YOU I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. I'D HAVE TO ECHO BRENDA. IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING. WE'VE LOST THREE CONTRACTS ON THIS, ON THIS PROPERTY AND PROBABLY FOR THE BEST, YOU KNOW, IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE THE OVERALL GOAL WE'VE WE'VE GIVEN AS SOME OF YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF ABOUT 30 SOME ODD YEARS OF CIVIL SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S KIND OF NICE TO SEE IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK BACK AND DRIVE BY THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A BETTER USE OF THAT DIRT THAN, THAN SELLING OUR FIVE ACRES TO ONE AND HER FIVE ACRES TO SOMEBODY ELSE. AND I MEAN, WHO KNOWS, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'D BE. SO I THINK JASON AND THEM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. IT'S JUST BEEN IT'S CAUSED A LOT OF ANGST. YOU KNOW, WE'RE 65 PLUS YEARS OLD NOW, DUDES. WE BOUGHT THAT THING TO RETIRE ON. IT WAS THE INTENT FOR YOURSELF. THANK YOU, LITTLE SISTER. YOU GOT YOU GOT A COUPLE MORE YEARS. COME ON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. WITH SOME OF THE INTEREST THAT WE'VE HAD. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR FOURTH WORK SESSION THIS EVENING IS TO [WS4. Discuss the International Jet Ski Tournament at Collin Park Marina, located at 2200 St Paul Road, Wylie, Texas] DISCUSS THE INTERNATIONAL JET SKI TOURNAMENT AT COLLIN PARK MARINA, LOCATED AT 2200 SAINT PAUL ROAD, WYLIE, TEXAS, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE PRESENTING THEN, MISTER PARKER? YES, SIR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU RECALL BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE DISCUSSED, PARTNERING WITH, THE JET SKI RACES THAT ARE COMING TO COLLIN PARK MARINA AND PUTTING ON A CONCERT, SPENDING HOTEL, MOTEL TAX MONEY TO DO THAT IN A LARGE SUM OF MONEY. AFTER DISCUSSING THIS WITH CRAIG, STAFF FEELS THAT IT'S PROBABLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY NOT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT, JUST SIMPLY DUE TO THE ATTENDANCE, AND THE PARKING ISSUES THAT ARE AT THE LAKE, SO THE THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION, BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF, IF THERE'S A DESIRE FOR YOU ALL TO SPONSOR, AND WORK WITH WOODY ON [02:35:06] MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SPONSORING A SMALLER CONCERT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. BUT, WE JUST FELT LIKE THE MONEY THAT THAT, WAS GOING TO BE SPENT ON THAT, WE COULD HAVE. OR YOU KNOW, WE CAN BRING SOMETHING TO, OUR PROPERTY HERE OR DOWNTOWN AND BRING IN, INSTEAD OF ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE BRINGING, YOU KNOW, 15 OR 20. SO ANYWAY, ANY DIRECTION Y'ALL WANT TO GIVE ME IS GREAT. OR SILENCE WORKS AS WELL, SO I'LL ACTUALLY. MAYOR PRO TEM, ALL RIGHT, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, YOU MENTIONED , OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE JUST DUE TO FROM WHAT YOU SAID AND WHAT WHAT WE SEE HERE TO THE PARKING SITUATION AND, AND KIND OF WHAT THE CAPACITY COULD BE FOR A SINGLE LARGE EVENT. YES, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S POSSIBLY LIKE A I THINK YOU SAID CONCERT SERIES OR MORE, MULTIPLE SMALLER TYPE EVENTS, WHAT KIND OF SPONSORSHIP? BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED SPONSORSHIP. I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF A ANYTHING Y'ALL WOULD WANT TO DONATE TO SPONSOR WHATEVER WHAT HE'S DOING OUT AT COLLIN PARK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY THOUGHTS? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU. MAYOR. I SO I GUESS THE APPLICANT THAT ORIGINALLY PRESENTED IN HERE. YEAH, HE'S THERE HE IS. OKAY, I WAS GOING TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY UPDATES TO THE TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED OR IS THERE ANY, ANYTHING THAT'S ADDED OR ANYTHING WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OTHER THAN WHAT'S IN THE PACKET? JUST MAKING SURE NO. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, SO ON THE CONCERT SERIES, HOW MANY? I'LL LET CRAIG TALK TO THAT BRIEFLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE. YEAH. SO THE LARGE EVENT CAME DOWN BRIEFLY. VERY BRIEFLY. YES. THANK YOU, WE JOINED TOGETHER AS STAFF PUBLIC SAFETY CAME TOGETHER, LOOKED AT THE AVAILABLE PARKING AND FOR THE VERY LARGE EVENT, AS, BRANT SAID, NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE THE LARGER EVENT OUT THERE. SO WHAT? HE'S HERE AND HE HAS BEEN PLANNING AND PUTTING TOGETHER, OF COURSE, THE JET SKI TOURNAMENT ALONG WITH THAT SMALLER CONCERT SERIES. SO IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A QUICK DETAILS, SURE. ON THOSE ON THAT WOODY WOODRUFF, OUT AT COLLIN PARK MARINA, 2200 SAINT PAUL ROAD, THE JET SKI TOURNAMENT IS HAPPENING, IT'S A NATIONAL EVENT NOW. WE'VE GOT PHONE CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, WITH PEOPLE COMING IN TO ATTEND THIS AND RACE IN IT. SO IT'S GETTING LARGER, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I THINK WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO DOWNSIZE THE CONCERT, ORIGINALLY, I THINK CRAIG WAS WANTING, SOME, SOME BIG HONKY TONK BAND TO COME OUT HERE AND PLAY, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, BUT, WE'RE WANTING TO DO A SMALLER BAND THAT NIGHT. I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE SALTY DOGS. IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH, THE SALTY DOGS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLAY, THAT FRIDAY NIGHT, I BELIEVE. AND THEN SATURDAY NIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ANOTHER SMALLER, LET'S SAY, A LOCAL OR REGIONAL BAND THAT'S GOING TO BE PLAYING OUT AT THE CONCERT, THE WE HAD MENTIONED OR MAYOR JUST MENTIONED SOME, SOME SMALLER CONCERT SERIES, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME I WAS HERE. LAKE RAY HUBBARD HAS THE CONCERT SERIES CONCERTS ON THE LAKE. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 15, 16 YEARS OVER THERE. THEY TYPICALLY BRING IN THEY DO IT ON FRIDAY NIGHTS. THEY TYPICALLY BRING IN SOMEWHERE AROUND 500 TO 700 PEOPLE IN CHAIRS ON THE LAWN FOR THEIR CONCERTS. SO THOSE GUYS ARE PLAYING OVER THERE ON THURSDAY NIGHTS, FRIDAY NIGHTS, THOSE EXACT SAME BANDS ARE COMING AND PLAYING ON OUR SHORES AT COLLIN PARK MARINA. AND THEN SATURDAY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY'RE GOING AND PLAYING A CONCERT, IN PLANO, TEXAS. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP ALL OF OUR, WILY PEOPLE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT THAT GO OVER THERE AND GO TO THAT CONCERT SERIES, IT'S AT THE HARBOR RIGHT NEXT TO THE HARBOR, IF YOU KNOW WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT THERE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF SIX BANDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN, AND THAT'S FOR THIS CONCERT SERIES. AND THEN ONE LARGER ONE AT THE AT THE JET SKI RACE, TOTAL BANDS OUT THE DOOR. TURNKEY. THAT'S SOUND LIGHT STAGE EVERYTHING, THE THAT COST IS, $3,500, PER [02:40:13] BAND, PER, PER, NIGHT, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN SPONSORING SOME WAY WITH THAT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHERS I WANTED TO ASK. SO DO YOU ARE YOU WORKING ON OTHER SPONSORS AS WELL TO BE PART OF THE SERIES? SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DO AT THE HARBOR WHERE THEY HAVE? I KNOW THE CITY SPONSORS SOME OF THAT OVER THERE, BUT I BELIEVE THEY TYPICALLY TRY TO WORK WITH OTHER GROUPS. I'VE CONTACTED A FEW AND , YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THOSE, I GUESS ORIGINALLY WE THOUGHT THE CITY WAS GOING TO BE, ON BOARD WITH THIS. SO WE HADN'T CHASED OTHER SPONSORS YET. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, SORRY. OH, COUNCILMAN MALIKI. I GUESS I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE ASK OFF FROM US. I UNDERSTAND, BRANT SAID WHATEVER WE KIND OF WANT. BUT IF WE'RE BRINGING 5 TO 700 PEOPLE PER CONCERT, YOU WERE SAYING THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE ESTIMATING, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP, THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME, THAT ARE IN, LAWN CHAIRS AT THE HARBOR, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MORE IN BOATS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT YES. WILL THERE BE FOOD VENDORS OUT THERE? WILL THEY BE PAYING AT THE DOOR TO ENTER THE COLLIN PARK MARINA? WILL THERE BE OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME THAT THIS EVENT WILL GENERATE, OR ARE YOU PURELY LOOKING FOR US TO COVER THE MAJORITY OF IT? FROM A STANDPOINT OF KEEPING THE PEOPLE IN YOUR. YES, WE ARE HAVING, LOCAL FOOD VENDORS. I THINK THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE. WE'VE GOT LOCAL FOOD VENDORS. WILEY, TEXAS FOOD VENDORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE. I OWN THE RESTAURANT AND THE BAR OUT THERE, SO WE'LL BE DOING THE FOOD AND, AND BEVERAGES, IF THE CITY GOT BEHIND THIS. NO, THERE WOULD NOT BE A FEE FOR ANYBODY TO COME IN TO THE, TO THE CONCERT. IT WOULD MORE OR LESS BE A FREE CONCERT IN YOUR COST PER CONCERT IS $3,500. IS THAT RIGHT? I'M SORRY. YOUR COST PER CONCERT IS 3500. COST PER YES, 3500. AND THEN I'M COVERING THE. I'M COVERING THE PORTABLE TOILETS. I'M COVERING, THE PARKING ATTENDANTS, AND I'VE GOT A SECURITY SERVICE. MAYOR. I'M IT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE IT A SHOT FOR FIRST COUPLE OF CONCERTS TO MAKE SURE. SEE HOW THAT'S TURNING OUT. HOW'S THAT WORKING? YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING. PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT SOMETHING TO SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, TEN CONCERTS. SOMETHING THAT WE MAY SEE SOME PROGRESS. WE MAY NOT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIRST CONCERT MIGHT NOT BE NOT EVERYBODY WILL KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING. IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR IT TO DEVELOP. SO FOLKS HAVE TO KNOW MORE. BUT I'M HAPPY TO MAYBE 30% OF THE COST PER CONCERT FOR FIRST THREE CONCERTS, AND THEN SEE HOW THAT THE REST OF IT WORKS. THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND IT. SURE. SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, HERE , THE CITY IS NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE ORGANIZATION. WE'RE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS AT ALL. SO IT STRICTLY BE A DONATION TO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR, CORRECT. THAT WE'RE NOT. IT WOULD SIMPLY BE A SPONSORSHIP, SO TO SPEAK. IT'LL BE A SPONSORSHIP. THAT'S IT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT. THAT'S WITH. YEAH. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WHEN I'M THINKING OUT LOUD, IS 30% OF WHATEVER THE COST IS A DONATION FOR FIRST THREE CONCERTS AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT, GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE IT MAY HELP ALL OF COUNCIL AS WELL. YES, SIR. DO YOU KNOW BALLPARK OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND? AND WHAT I KNOW WE HAVE MISS BROWN BACK HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HEALTHY. I'M SORRY. IT'S HEALTHY, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT I DON'T HAVE IT. IT'S HARD. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. I DON'T KNOW IF WE MAKE AN INVESTMENT OF X. WHAT OUR. WELL EXPECTATION. IF IT'S 3500 PER CONCERT AND SIX CONCERTS, IT'S ABOUT $21,000. WE GOT THAT. I MEAN, ORIGINALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 100 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO WE GOT THE 21,000 OR WHATEVER IT IS. I KNEW A LOT OF THAT, THOUGH, WAS RELYING ON RESERVES AND WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING WE COULD REPEAT ANNUALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REVENUE AND EXPENSES OUT OF THE FUND. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF EXPENSES OUT OF HOTEL MOTEL. OKAY, I JUST I JUST DON'T REMEMBER IT. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE DO COME OUT OF THERE AND WE HAVE A SALARY THAT COMES OUT OF THERE, BUT THAT'S REALLY ABOUT THE [02:45:05] EXTENT OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MR. THE QUESTION I WONDER IF I'M SORRY, I WAS READING THE NAME OF YOUR BUSINESS. SO WHAT THOSE CONCERTS LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE I, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT LEVEL WE CAN. I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH US PARTNERING OR SPONSORING. SURE, AND I'M SURE THERE IS A LEVEL THERE, BUT I DEFINITELY REALIZE THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD NOT COULDN'T BE THE SAME AS THE HARBOR. SO I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS THAT COME IN AT THE HARBOR AND THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT SAME SITUATION WITH THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL TRAFFIC THEY HAVE, THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT ABILITY TO SEAT, YOU KNOW, JUST THE SIZE DIFFERENCE IS, IS SURE. BUT IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT PEOPLE WANT A VENUE. PEOPLE WANT TO BE OUTSIDE, PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR MUSIC. SO THERE'S A MARKET THERE. AND I THINK THERE'S A NEED. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT IN THAT MARKET ARE YOU OFFERING THAT, THAT BESIDES A BAND PLAYING AT THE RESTAURANT THERE? WHAT LIKE IS IT IS IT OUTSIDE A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, STAGE WITH LIGHTS AND THE ABILITY FOR SO AND SO IS IT LIKE, WHAT IS IT? PAINT THE PICTURE AS FAR AS WHAT IT WHAT WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF, SEVEN CONCERTS AND I'M COVERING TWO OF THOSE CONCERTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, AND IT IS THE EXACT SAME OTHER THAN THE SALTY DOGS, THE EXACT SAME, BANDS THAT ARE PLAYING OVER THERE, COMING OVER HERE, WE'VE GOT IT'S A CHRIS STAPLETON, COUNTRY MUSIC, TRIBUTE BAND. DWIGHT YOAKAM, GEORGE STRAIT AND THEN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND, AT THE END OF THE SUMMER AND THEN WHATEVER WE END UP DOING FOR THE JET SKI RACE, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THE VENUE, THE VENUE WHERE WHERE ARE THEY? ACTUALLY, THIS IS THIS IS ON THE GRASSY AREA. NOT GOING TO CALL IT THE GRASSY KNOLL, BUT IT'S ON A GRASSY AREA WITH THE LAKE IN THE BACKGROUND. AND, CRAIG AND I HAVE LOOKED AT THAT ALONG WITH CHIEF BOLITHO, AND KIND OF GOT A VERY PICTURESQUE SPOT ON THE LAKE. OKAY I THINK I'M WITH COUNCILMAN, MALACHI. I'D BE WILLING TO GIVE A COUPLE TO SEE HOW IT GOES, BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT'LL HELP GET PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT AND, YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS BEFORE, WE'VE GOT A HUGE RESOURCE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD. COME ON, WYLIE, TEXAS. LET'S TAP INTO IT. LET'S USE IT, I JUST RECENTLY, PURCHASED THE PARK, AND I'VE GOT COMPLETE CONTROL OVER IT. I'M COMING TO YOU GUYS TO PARTNER. LET'S DO SOMETHING TOGETHER. OUT HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS GREAT, YOU KNOW, THE JET SKI TOURNAMENT THAT WE'RE DOING, IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE, AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE THIS IS NOT A BUNCH OF, THAT ARE COMING OUT HERE ON JET SKIS. THIS IS A FOR REAL DEAL. LIKE, I LIKE ON. YEAH, WELL, THAT'S A THAT'S OKAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT THERE'S A GUY THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE THAT OWNS SEVEN DIFFERENT B AND B'S, AIRBNBS AND, HE CALLED ME AND HE SAID, THANK YOU, MAN. EVERYTHING IS FULL FOR THAT WEEKEND ALREADY. IT'S BOOKED. I KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY STAYING IN HOTELS, HERE AND, BECAUSE THEY'VE CALLED ME AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE GIVEN THEM A LIST AND I'M WORKING WITH JASON AT THE EDC. HE'S GOING TO GET ME SOME OTHER LIST, YOU KNOW, FILLING HOTEL ROOMS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. OKAY, SO IF I'M DOING THAT. RIGHT, IF THERE'S SEVEN CONCERTS, 3500 APIECE, AND YOU'RE COVERING TWO OF THEM, THAT LEAVES 18 FIVE OR SO. I CAME UP WITH 17. FIVE IS WHAT? I CAME IN HERE LOOKING FOR. BUT, WE'LL SURE TAKE 18. FIVE. YEAH, BRANT, MR. PARKER WILL LAUGH THAT. NO, HE WILL A LITTLE OFF MY, EVENING, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THEM. WE'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES, OBVIOUSLY WITH WHAT THE ASK IS, WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS? COUNCILMAN STRANG, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH EXPLORING AND TRYING OUT, I THINK THE LAKE WOULD BE A GREAT RESOURCE. WE JUST HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT A WAY TO. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THE EASIEST THING TO WORK WITH, AS WE ALL WELL KNOW. BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS INTERESTING, AND I DO THINK IT'S, I THINK THE ASK IS PRETTY SMALL, SO MAY I ASK WHAT IS DIFFICULT, WHAT YOU SEE AS BEING DIFFICULT TO WORK OUT THERE? I KNOW THERE'S SOME STIGMAS. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS . ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, SO YEAH, IT'S CHALLENGING, I THINK, FOR US, AND AS WE'VE LOOKED IN THE PAST, BUT THIS DOESN'T DEAL WITH THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S A NICE [02:50:01] WAY OF ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AT THE I THINK WE'VE KIND OF MADE IT AROUND THAT HURDLE WITH THE, WITH THE CORPS, AND WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD MEETINGS WITH THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN. SO WE'RE DOING THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I NEED A DOLLAR, THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. SO YOU WERE. YOU WERE GOOD WITH THE FULL REQUEST? YES. OKAY COUNCILMAN DUKE, I'M GOOD WITH 17 FIVE TO COVER THE OTHER CONCERTS. WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD I TELL ME? THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. 17 FIVE IS GOOD. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LEAST EXPENSIVE WAYS TO DIP OUR TOE IN THE WATER WITH A PARTNER AND PROVIDE A, A RESOURCE TO THE CITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND ENJOY. SO I WOULD BE AT 17 FIVE. OKAY. COUNCILMAN HOOVER, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THE 17,005. OKAY. AND I'M FINE WITH THAT AS WELL. SO. AND THAT SINCE THAT CONSTITUTE THE MAJORITY, I KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS, BUT, LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, MR. GREINER ON IT SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO TOWN ARE AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN WILEY. MR. PARKER, DOES THAT GIVE YOU THE DIRECTION YOU NEED FOR THIS ITEM? SURE DOES. ALL RIGHT. IS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, SIR? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [WS5. Discuss FY 2024-25 Budget.] APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELL WE'LL MOVE TO WORK SESSION FIVE WHICH IS DISCUSSING FISCAL YEAR 2024. DASH 25 BUDGET. MISTER PARKER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT SHOULD BE, PRETTY HIGH LEVEL. I SENT YOU ALL THE LIST OF, REQUESTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS OF DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION, AND I JUST WANT TO SEE ANY DIRECTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THOSE REQUESTS THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO INCORPORATE INTO THE BUDGET AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. WELL, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT OVER TO US. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS, I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IN THE PAST, TRUSTED STAFF TO BRING US WHAT YOU ALL FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. I KNOW WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PAST VENTURES BY PRIOR COUNCIL SOMETIMES IN TRYING TO REQUEST SPECIFIC THINGS THAT DON'T FIT THE LONGER PLAN THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE WITH YOUR DIRECTORS, SO I WOULD DEFER TO YOU TO BRING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE APPROPRIATE AFTER YOU HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THE EXPECTED REVENUE, THE BREADTH OF REQUESTS, THE CURRENT STAFFING SITUATIONS, HOW LONG THEY'RE ANTICIPATED TO FILL EXISTING AND TALK TO YOUR DIRECTORS. SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN I'D LIKE TO ESSENTIALLY LET YOU DO YOUR JOB ON THAT ONE VERY WELL. SO BUT I WILL OPEN IT TO MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO CALL OUT. MAYOR PRO TEM, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MR. PARKER, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR IN PUTTING TOGETHER FIVE YEAR PLANS WITH YOUR STAFF. AND I APPRECIATE A PEEK. LOOKING FORWARD, INTO THE REQUEST DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL AS WHAT SOME OF THE NEAR-TERM FUTURE NEEDS ARE NOT ONLY IN PERSONNEL, BUT IN EQUIPMENT. AND, OTHER ITEMS, SPECIFICALLY NEEDED FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB. SO ALONG WITH THE MAYOR, I WOULD AGREE THAT I THINK THAT SINCE THIS IS THE 50,000 FOOT VIEW, I THINK IT WOULD BE FRIVOLOUS FOR US TO GO THROUGH AND UNPACK THIS LIST UNTIL YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE DIRECTORS AND PRIORITIZE THINGS NOT ONLY FROM THEIR STANDPOINT, BUT FROM YOURS. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY, COUNCILMAN MALIKI, THANK YOU MAYOR, I ALONG THE SAME LINES, YOUR STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THESE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER. I THINK WE HAVE A ROADMAP ON THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE PER DEPARTMENT AND KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FIT WITHIN THAT. AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH MID-YEAR AND WE'VE SEEN WHAT WE HAD TO DO, A MARKET CORRECTION, I WOULD SAY IN THE SENSE BASED ON CITIES AROUND US, THAT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL, MEANING FULLY THAT I DON'T WANT US TO BE IN A POSITION, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE GONE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, BASED ON THESE FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, AS THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED HAVE TO BE IN THAT BUDGET. LET'S PUT THEM IN THERE AND LET'S WORK THROUGH THEM ON THINGS THAT YOU THINK THAT ARE PRIORITY TO THE CITY, NOT ONLY NOW, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT NOW THAT IS GOING TO HAMPER US DOWN THE LINE THAT WE ARE HAVING TO ADJUST OR MAKE CORRECTIONS DOWN THE LINE. THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING A GOOD BASELINE [02:55:03] FOUNDATION MOVING FORWARD, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A LARGE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. SO, I WOULD URGE YOU TO HAVE THAT THERE AS WELL AND LOOK AT THAT TOGETHER SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING UP THE CITY NOT ONLY SUCCESS FOR 2025, BUT FOR MANY YEARS TO GO. YES, SIR. OKAY COUNCILMAN STRING. THANK YOU, I ECHO MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCILMAN MALACHI THAT, I THINK I TRUST THE CITY STAFF. AND AFTER MEETING WITH ALL THE VARIOUS DIRECTORS RECENTLY, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB. I'M NOT READY TO GO AND NITPICK ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. I'D RATHER THEM TELL US WHAT ALL THEY NEED, AND THEN SEE WHAT THAT COMES OUT TO BEING BEFORE WE START DOING STUFF LIKE THAT. I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR TRYING TO WORK THROUGH A FIVE YEAR PLAN, WHEN THESE DAYS, IT'S HARD TO EVEN LOOK PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS ANYMORE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, SO JUST LOOKING AT MY HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE. SO IT'S A WORTHY EFFORT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT SOMETIMES IT PROBABLY FEELS A LITTLE LIKE FUTILE, SO I DO THINK GREAT JOB Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HOOVER, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND THE STAFF FOR COMING UP WITH THIS, WORKING ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL PUT INTO IT. I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO YOU AND THE STAFF TO LET US KNOW WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO DO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY, WELL, WE GOT TWO MORE. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, MR. PARKER, THANK YOU FOR HAVING, EACH DEPARTMENT GIVE US THE PRESENTATIONS. IT'S BEEN HELPFUL, AND IT HELPS GIVE THAT GOOD OVERVIEW. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE ENTIRE BUDGET, WHERE THOSE NUMBERS ARE PLUGGED IN AND HOW THAT TRANSLATES, BUT HAVE NO, NO DOUBT THAT Y'ALL KNOW WHAT YOU NEED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN, DO MR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. PARKER, THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU AND STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS. AND I ECHO COUNCILMAN STRANG'S COMMENTS ON THE NITPICKING. IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO NITPICK, YOU YOU AND STAFF DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF IT, AND I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT I SAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYONE IS HAPPY TO, LET YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND BRING US YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND KIND OF TAKE IT FROM THERE. PERFECT. SO NEXT MEETING, I'VE TALKED TO ALL OF YOU, BUT TWO, AND THAT'S COMING UP IN THE NEXT WEEK, WE'LL DISCUSS SOME SCENARIOS. THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE FINE TUNED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND WILL INCORPORATE SOME OF THIS INTO THAT AS WE AS WE CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE IT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEEDED OKAY. I ASSUME NOT. BUT I STARTED TALKING BEFORE YOU HIT THE BUTTON. SO I APOLOGIZE. OH, WE HAD A REQUEST FOR DIFFERENT [RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION] TIES IN THE FUTURE, BUT. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT WE'LL MOVE OUT OF OUR WORK SESSIONS INTO OUR [EXECUTIVE SESSION] REGULAR BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION AND THEN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS. CLOSED MEETING IS ONE DISCUSSING THE JOB PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY MANAGER. SECTION 551.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY CLOSED MEETING IS TO DISCUSS PARK BOULEVARD PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS IS THREE TO CONSIDER THE SALE OR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT BROWN EUBANKS FM 544 COOPER FM 544, SAND AND JACKSON NOTE, REGENCY STEAL AND STATE HIGHWAY 70 AND BROWN. SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS CLOSED. MEETING IS FOR DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE WEDC HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT, AND TO DISCUSS THE OFFER OF INCENTIVES FOR PROJECTS. 2020 2-1, C 2022 DASH TEN, C 2020 3-1, C 2020 3-2, D 2020 3-5, C 2023, DASH NINE, B 2023, DASH 11 B 2024, DASH ONE C 2020 4-2D 2020 4-3A 2024, DASH THREE, B 2020 4-4C 2024 DASH 40 2020 45A 2024, DASH FIVE B 2020 45C IN [RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION] WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE. RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION INTO OPEN SESSION. DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS TO TAKE ACTION ON? COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING, COUNCILMAN MALIKI? YES, MAYOR. I HAVE A MOTION. COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE 7.281 ACRES FROM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,225,342 AND $0.80. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN STRING? THANK YOU. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WITH [READING OF ORDINANCES] [03:00:05] THAT. THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING. MISS STORM, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ? YES MAYOR. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024, DASH 14, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, CANVASING THE ELECTION RETURNS OF THE MAY 4TH, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, DECLARING THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PLACE TWO IN PLACE FOUR AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS ALL MAYOR. WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA AND OUR ORDINANCE. READING READING, READING. THIS EVENING, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.