[00:00:01] AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JANUARY 13TH, [CALL TO ORDER] 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:03 P.M.. WE DO ASK THAT IF YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING AND YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAS EITHER BEEN TURNED OFF OR IS SET TO VIBRATE SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL, WHAT YOU NEED TO TAKE, WE ASK YOU TO STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL AT THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR. MAYOR. MATTHEW PORTER. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVID R DUKE. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. DAVE STRANG. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN TODD PICKENS. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT. WILLIAMS. COUNCILMAN. WILLIAMS. LET US KNOW HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM GENO MALIKAI PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION, WHICH I WILL LEAD, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY COUNCILMAN HOOVER. DEAR LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE BESTOWED UPON ALL OF US HERE. WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO ELECT OUR LEADERS, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT, AND WHERE WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND ARE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER THOSE WHO SERVE US AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SACRIFICE SO MUCH FOR US AND PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THOSE WHO SERVE IN OUR MILITARY, AND KEEP US FREE TO ENJOY THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN AMERICA. WE ASK THAT THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE BE SEATED. SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY [PR1. Shining the Wylie Way Students - Term 2.] ARE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS, WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE LOOKING OUT. A LOT OF YOU ARE HERE FOR THIS EVENING. SO WE WILL GET STARTED, OF COURSE, WITH OUR SHINING THE WILY WAY, STUDENTS AND I WILL ASK, WE HAVE FROM OUR WYLIE ISD SCHOOL BOARD, MISS KILEY RISING HERE TO ASSIST ME THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR KIM SPICER. SOMEHOW COUNCILMAN GOT HIS COMPUTER TO TALK TO HIM OVER THERE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD EVEN DO THAT. SO IF YOU HEAR AN ODD VOICE IN THE BACKGROUND, JUST BLAME HIM. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL CALL EVERYONE DOWN ONE AT A TIME AND I WILL READ BOTH THEM, THEIR SCHOOL THEY'RE COMING TO US FROM, AND WHAT WAS SAID BY THE INDIVIDUALS WHO NOMINATED THEM FOR THIS AWARD. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. WE HAVE A MEDAL AND CHALLENGE COINS TO PRESENT TO EACH STUDENT, AND THEN WE'LL STEP OVER AND TAKE INDIVIDUAL PICTURES. IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET A PICTURE, DON'T WORRY, WE WILL MAKE SURE THEY ALL GET POSTED ONLINE, ALONG WITH A CAPTION OF WHAT WAS SAID SO THAT YOU ALL CAN GO AND FIND THOSE. EASIEST PLACE TO DO THAT IS ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE CITY. SO YOU CAN GO THERE, FIND THAT PICTURE THAT THEY TAKE, AS WELL AS EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID BY THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS WHO NOMINATED THEM. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO ALWAYS REMIND PEOPLE AS WELL, I AM HUMAN. I DO MY BEST. IF I MISPRONOUNCE ANYONE'S NAME, PLEASE CORRECT ME WHEN YOU COME UP SO THAT I CAN PUT IT CORRECTLY. PRONOUNCE IT FOR YOU. FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING OUT THERE, FAMILY OR FRIENDS WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR FIRST STUDENT THIS EVENING IS LUKE DURAND. COMING FROM AIKEN ELEMENTARY IN THIRD GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. MOORE. LUKE IS THOUGHTFUL AND ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SHOW OTHERS THAT HE CARES. [00:05:02] HE IS VERY AWARE OF THE EMOTIONAL CLIMATE IN OUR CLASSROOM, AND IS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO OFFER A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT. A HIGH FIVE OR A PAT ON THE BACK TO A FRIEND IN NEED. CONGRATULATIONS. I ALSO HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU. STAND RIGHT WHERE THAT TAPE CROSSES THERE ON THE FLOOR. PERFECT. THANK YOU. NEXT. THIS EVENING, WE HAVE RAVI PATEL. SHE'S COMING TO US FROM BIRMINGHAM ELEMENTARY, A KINDERGARTNER. AND THIS IS FROM MISS PFEIFFER. PFEIFFER. ARV'S GOAL IS ALWAYS TO SPREAD THAT JOY AND POSITIVITY THAT SHE RADIATES. A FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS INCLUDE BRINGING FUN PENCILS AND ERASERS FOR HER CLASSMATES TO ENJOY. MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY IS EVER ALONE DURING RECESS OR LUNCH, AND ENCOURAGING HER CLASSMATES WHEN THEY ARE STRUGGLING. CONGRATULATIONS. BIG SMILE. NEXT THIS EVENING IS AMELIA FISHER. COMING FROM BUSH ELEMENTARY IN THIRD GRADE. THIS IS FROM MISS CHO AND MRS. COX. AMELIA IS QUICK TO OFFER HELP, WHETHER IT'S SUPPORTING A CLASSMATE WHO IS STRUGGLING OR STEPPING UP WITHOUT BEING ASKED WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. AMELIA LISTENS WITH EMPATHY AND ALWAYS MAKES OTHERS FEEL VALUED AND INCLUDED. HER THOUGHTFUL ACTIONS, BIG AND SMALL, SHOW A GENUINE DESIRE TO MAKE THE BUSH ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY BETTER EACH DAY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. NEXT IS RYDER ELDRIDGE. COMING FROM COX ELEMENTARY, FOURTH GRADE. THIS IS FROM MRS. WALKER, MRS. OZOLS AND MRS. TAYLOR. RYDER IS QUICK TO OFFER HELP TO CLASSMATES. WHETHER THEY'RE STUCK ON A PROBLEM OR JUST NEED A FRIEND. RYDER ALSO TAKES TIME TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS, OFFERING GENTLE GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT. HE IS AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO HAVE IN CLASS AND HE HAS SOME COOL DANCE MOVES TOO. CONGRATULATIONS! BIG SMILE FOR YOU. NEXT. THIS EVENING WE HAVE JOANNA FANTAHUN. COMING FROM DOD ELEMENTARY IN SECOND GRADE. THIS IS FROM MRS. SMITH. JOANNA MAKES EVERYONE FEEL SEEN AND VALUED. HER KIND SPIRIT AND ACTIONS MAKE OTHERS FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE. SHE ALWAYS STOPS TO CARE AND OFFERS COMPASSION TO A FRIEND IN NEED. HER KINDNESS CONSTANTLY BRINGS JOY TO THOSE AROUND HER. [00:10:01] CONGRATULATIONS. AND WELCOME. NEXT. THIS EVENING WE HAVE HEIDI HAGHSHENAS. HOST. HEIDI HARKINS FROM GROVES ELEMENTARY IN FIRST GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MISS SHORE. HEIDI IS AN AMAZING AND HARD WORKING STUDENT. EVERY DAY SHE EXEMPLIFIES THE QUALITIES OF CARING AND GIVING. ONE DAY, ONE OF MY SMALL POTS BROKE. HEIDI TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE ME A NEW ONE. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. SHE TRULY IS SUCH A SWEET AND KIND PERSON. CONGRATULATIONS! I HAVE THIS FOR YOU AS WELL. SURE. I'M ALSO A SECOND GRADE. OH, SECOND. WELL, I APOLOGIZE, SECOND GRADE. OKAY, SO SHE IS IN SECOND GRADE AND WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD. I APOLOGIZE THEY HAD YOU LISTED AS FIRST GRADE HERE. SO I THOUGHT SHE WAS PRETTY TALL FOR A FIRST GRADER, BUT MOM AND DAD WOULDN'T COMPLAIN. THAT DOES WELL FOR SPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS ONE DAY, SO STILL PRETTY TALL THOUGH. SECOND, SORRY ABOUT THAT. BIG SMILE. THANK YOU. NEXT. THIS EVENING, ARIANNA MUSTAFA. COMING TO US FROM KRAMER ELEMENTARY IN THIRD GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. FIVEASH AND MRS. TREJO. FIVEASH AND TREJO. ARIANA'S KINDNESS AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS SHINE THROUGH IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES, AND HER THOUGHTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS HELP OUR CLASSROOM RUN SMOOTHLY AND CREATE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. ARIANA'S NATURAL LEADERSHIP AND GENUINE CARE FOR OTHERS MAKE HER TRULY DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU, ARIANA. CONGRATULATIONS. BIG SMILE. NEXT THIS EVENING IS CHARLOTTE BOYER. COMING FROM SMITH ELEMENTARY IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ALREADY. FOURTH GRADE. THIS IS FROM MISS HATHORN AND MRS. SKOV. CHARLOTTE'S SWEET ATTITUDE AND THOUGHTFUL ACTIONS MEAN MORE TO OTHERS THAN SHE MAY EVER KNOW. HER KINDNESS, HONESTY, AND BIG HEART MAKE HER TRULY SPECIAL AND SO DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU, CHARLOTTE, AND SO THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE AT SMITH ELEMENTARY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK. YOU. OKAY. NEXT THIS EVENING. ROSALINE. ROSE. SHE'S COMING FROM TIBBALS ELEMENTARY. IN THIRD GRADE. THIS IS FROM MISS PRUITT AND MISS BARB. [00:15:07] ROSALINE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HELPING HAND TO BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. LEADING WITH KINDNESS AND COMPASSION. HER BRIGHT SMILE LIGHTS UP OUR HALLWAYS AND MAKES OTHERS FEEL WELCOMED AND VALUED. IF SOMEONE NEEDS A HUG, A SMILE, OR A MOMENT OF ENCOURAGEMENT, ROSALINE IS ALWAYS THERE, SHINING THE WAY FOR OTHERS EVERY DAY. CONGRATULATIONS. VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE NEVAEH LUCKETT. SHE IS COMING FROM WATKINS ELEMENTARY IN SECOND GRADE. THIS IS FROM KRISTEN RAY AND SYDNEY TURK. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR BEING SUCH A CARING AND GIVING STUDENT. YOUR KINDNESS, EMPATHY, AND GENUINE CONCERN FOR OTHERS ARE EVIDENT IN THE WAY THAT YOU TREAT YOUR CLASSMATES AND APPROACH EACH DAY. YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND GENEROSITY CREATE A WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. CONGRATULATIONS. RIGHT THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT IS NORA FRYE. SHE'S COMING FROM WHITT ELEMENTARY IN SECOND GRADE. THIS IS FROM MRS. BURNETTE. NORA IS AN AMAZING STUDENT. SHE IS ALWAYS KIND AND CARING TO HER TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES. IF SOMEONE NEEDS A LITTLE HELP, SHE IS READY TO JUMP IN AND LEND A HAND. NOR WORKS HARD IN CLASS TO DO HER BEST AND BE HER BEST. NORA EXEMPLIFIES THE WILEY WAY EVERY DAY. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT. THIS EVENING WE HAVE REESE MARBLE. COMING FROM DAVIS INTERMEDIATE IN SIXTH GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. NORRIS. REESE GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO INCLUDE AND HELP OTHERS. SHE IS VERY KIND AND CARING TO ALL. SHE IS GIVING OF HER TIME AND CLASS AS SHE HELPS OTHERS, BUT ALSO THROUGH VOLUNTEERING WITH THE STUDENT COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT THIS EVENING IS WILLIAM RIVAS NUNEZ. COMING TO US FROM DRAPER INTERMEDIATE IN FIFTH GRADE. [00:20:01] AND THIS IS FROM ALL THE DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND MISS M LOPEZ. WILLIAM IS ALWAYS MAKING SURE WE ARE ALL OKAY. HE IS A TRUE EXAMPLE OF CARING AND GIVING TO OTHERS. I LOVE HAVING HIM IN MY MATH CLASS. WILLIAM, YOU ARE THE WILY WAY. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. HE SMILED. NEXT UP IS KAITLYN WOOD. COMING TO US FROM HARRISON INTERMEDIATE IN SIXTH GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS M KAITLYN CONSISTENTLY EXEMPLIFIES CARING AND GIVING IN OUR CLASSROOM. SHE GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO CHECK ON CLASSMATES, OFFER HELP WHEN SOMEONE SEEMS UPSET OR THAT ARE CONFUSED AND MAKE SURE NO ONE FEELS LEFT OUT. HER WILLINGNESS TO INCLUDE OTHERS AND CREATE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT TRULY MAKES A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR CLASS. CONGRATULATIONS! NEXT IS CARLOS AVELLANEDA. COMING TO US FROM BURNETT JUNIOR HIGH. SEVENTH GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS ROMERO. CARLOS TAKES THE TIME TO LEARN THE NAMES OF ALL THE STUDENTS HE ENCOUNTERS ON HALLOWEEN. HE MADE IT A POINT TO GIVE RING PROPS TO HIS ENTIRE EIGHTH PERIOD CLASS, JUST TO CELEBRATE THE DAY. ALL HIS PEERS LOVE CARLOS AND APPRECIATE HIM FOR WHO HE IS. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE HIS TEACHER AND SEE HIM GROW. CONGRATULATIONS! NEXT WE HAVE DIANA GERASIMOV. FROM COOPER JUNIOR HIGH, AN EIGHTH GRADER, ALMOST HIGH SCHOOL TIME. AND THIS IS FROM MISS DEMOCRACY. DIANA EXEMPLIFIES CARING BY CONSISTENTLY SHOWING EMPATHY AND KINDNESS TOWARDS OTHERS, TAKING TIME TO ENSURE CLASSMATES FEEL SUPPORTED AND INCLUDED. SHE LISTENS ATTENTIVELY AND OFFERS HELP WITHOUT BEING ASKED, DEMONSTRATING GENUINE CONCERN FOR OTHERS WELL-BEING. SHE ALSO DEMONSTRATES GIVING BY SHARING HER TIME, EFFORT AND RESOURCES TO ASSIST PEERS AND CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT. DIANA'S ACTIONS REFLECT A GENEROUS SPIRIT AND A COMMITMENT TO MAKING THAT ENVIRONMENT BETTER FOR EVERYONE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE HAVE LINLEY, KATE BROKAW. SHE COMES TO US FROM MCMILLAN JUNIOR HIGH. IN SEVENTH GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MR. [00:25:02] JUSTIN DUBROW. SHE CONSISTENTLY OFFERS HER HELP TO OTHERS AROUND HER. SHE HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED TO COME TO MY ADVISORY AND WORK WITH MY STUDENTS WHO NEED EXTRA SUPPORT. LYNLEY IS A SUPER KIND STUDENT WHO CARES ABOUT OTHERS AROUND HER. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. NEXT IS EVANGELINE WILLIAMS. EVANGELINE. SHE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE SHE CAN COME TO ANOTHER MEETING OR GET THAT FROM US. WE'LL MOVE TO MR. MICHAEL WROBEL. SEE, THE MORE YOU YELL THE AND THE OLDER THEY ARE, THE BIGGER THAT GRIN GETS. YEAH. AND HE COMES TO US FROM WYLIE EAST HIGH SCHOOL AND HE IS A SENIOR. THIS IS FROM MRS. PATTY MAXWELL, COACH BJ SMITH AND MISS MARIAN WRIGHT. I HAVE NEVER MET A STUDENT WITH SUCH A GREAT HEART AS HIS. HE VOLUNTEERS WITH THE STUDENTS TO BE A MENTOR AND LEADER, AND HE IS CONSTANTLY OFFERING HIS TIME TO HELP IN ANY WAY HE CAN FOR STUDENTS, STAFF AND HIS FAMILY. OFTEN HE BRINGS TREATS AND GIFTS TO HIS TEACHERS AS WELL. MICHAEL IS A GENUINELY CARING AND GIVING PERSON. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE HAVE SAVANNAH PAIGE. COMING FROM WYLIE HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO A SENIOR. AND THIS IS FROM DOCTOR CONNIE SKIPPER. WITHOUT QUESTION, SAVANNAH IS THE MOST CARING AND GIVING STUDENT IN WILEY HIGH SCHOOL. IF ANYONE NEEDS AN ENCOURAGING WORD, SAVANNAH HAS IT FOR THEM. SHE PROVIDES WORDS, FIST BUMPS, SMILES, CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS, AND HIGH FIVES TO PEERS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS. SHE IS THE EXEMPLAR OF THE WILEY WAY, PRIMARILY THROUGH HER CARING AND GIVING. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT THIS EVENING IS LINCOLN ACKLES. AGAIN, WE'LL FOLLOW UP. HE MAY HAVE HAD SOME OTHER THINGS HE HAD GOING BASED ON SOME OF THE EXTRACURRICULARS THAT I SEE LISTED HERE. AND OUR LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST STUDENT THIS EVENING IS GRACE BUNTON. I KNOW IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE I WAS THERE, OR ANY OF THE REST OF US PARENTS FOR THE MOST PART, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MINUTE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO COULD COME. THANK YOU FOR COMING AS WELL AND SUPPORTING YOUR STUDENTS. THIS IS AN AWARD THAT THE ISD GIVES OUT THAT WE ARE SO PROUD TO PARTNER ON. STUDENTS REGULARLY GET RECOGNIZED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, FOR EXTRACURRICULAR SUCCESS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHILE THOSE THINGS CAN HELP, THOSE AREN'T THE CHARACTER. [00:30:02] THEY DON'T. THOSE AREN'T CHARACTER TRAITS, THE CHARACTER TRAITS THAT WE WANT OUR FUTURE LEADERS AND IN THIS COMMUNITY TO SHARE ARE THOSE THAT THE WILY WAY HELPS EMBRACE CARING AND GIVING, WHICH IS FOR THIS SEMESTER OR QUARTER. THOSE ARE TRAITS THAT WE HOPE TO SEE IN ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THAT NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU'LL BE GONE. I'LL BE GONE, AND THAT NEXT GENERATION WILL TAKE OVER. AND CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THERE WERE OTHERS NOMINATED WHO ARE GREAT AS WELL. BUT HAVING THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND CELEBRATING THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS CREATING THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WE WANT AS FUTURE LEADERS WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR COMING THIS EVENING. I WILL GIVE EVERYONE A BRIEF BREAK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STEP OUT. OUR MEETINGS ARE 100% OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT. BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT. IF YOU WISH TO STAY, PLEASE FEEL FREE. BUT IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK TO ALLOW THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE TO GO AHEAD AND HEAD HOME. THANK YOU ALL. [00:37:56] WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, [COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS ] WHICH IS OUR COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE DO ASK YOU TO COMPLETE A FORM PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME. WE DO REQUEST COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, SIX MINUTES IF REPRESENTING A GROUP. WE DO REMIND EVERYONE THAT UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS THAT ARE PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MISS STORM, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE FORM TURNED IN TO SPEAK DURING NON-AGENDA. AND SO I WILL ASK MISS JENNIFER WAKEFIELD I. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, I'LL MAKE THAT NOTATION. OR I'LL ASK YOU TO WHEN YOU'RE. WHEN YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING. SO, MISS WAKEFIELD, IF YOU'LL TURN THAT ON FOR US, HIT THE LITTLE HEAD THERE. PERFECT. AND IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE JUST SPEAKING AS YOURSELF DURING THIS TIME. CORRECT? OKAY, SO I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. AND IF YOU'LL START WITH NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JENNIFER WAKEFIELD. I LIVE AT NINE EAST CREEK PLACE 75074. AND I WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE WORK SESSION LAST MONTH, AND I FELT LIKE THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR AND GIVE FEEDBACK. AND, MAYOR PORTER, I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE YOUR INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO WATCH THAT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. AND I APOLOGIZE. I'M NOT A TRAINED SPEAKER. [00:40:09] I ENCOURAGE YOU TO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO. TURN THE HOUSE OVER TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, YOUR OWN ORDINANCE 15 2015 DASH 11 AND AFFIRMED IN 2017. DASH OH FOUR SAYS THAT THE HOUSE WOULD BE MOVED TO A PLACE ON THE PARK LAND AND THAT THE PARK LAND. IT DIDN'T. IT COULD BE AN ACCESSORY UNIT TO THE SUBDIVISION, AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO OWNED THE PROPERTY, AND THAT THE HISTORIC SOCIETY WOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE HOUSE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED, EXCEPT THAT THIS HISTORIC SOCIETY WAS NOT RECOGNIZED IN ACTIONS AS OWNING THE HOUSE. THIS IS YOUR ORDINANCE. THIS IS YOUR LAW. WE ASK YOU TO HONOR THAT AND NOT GIVE OUR HOUSE TO SOMEBODY ELSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND MISS TAPP. GOOD EVENING. I'M ALEXIS TAPP, 3713. KERRY LANE 75098. I'VE BEEN UP HERE A FEW TIMES AND I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT. I JUST WANT TO HIT SOME BULLET POINTS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE. I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND JUST WANT TO HONOR THAT. AS YOU KNOW, 11 YEARS AGO, THE STONE FAMILY DONATED STONEHAVEN HOUSE TO THE WYLIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND THE CONTENTS WITHIN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAID 37.5 TO HAVE THE HOUSE MOVED 400FT, ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER IN THE CITY. PER THE CITY MANAGER'S INSTRUCTIONS, WE REMOVED ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE AND PUT THEM IN STORAGE, FOR WHICH WE ARE STILL PAYING. THE CITY MET WITH THE WYLIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANY TIMES OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS TO DISCUSS HOW THE HOUSE WOULD BE RENOVATED. THEY HIRED EXPERTS. JENNIFER WAKEFIELD AND JOHN LEWIS. THE PRESIDENT WORKED WITH ROBERT DIAZ OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. TOWARDS THAT PLAN. THE PLAN WAS VERY HEFTY PRICE TAG. AND THE CITY DIDN'T GO WITH THAT PLAN. BUT THE CITY HAD PASSED THOSE ORDINANCES MISS WAKEFIELD MENTIONED EARLIER, AND I READ THEM NOW. THE WILEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE MAINTAINING THE STONE HOUSE, TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE STONE HOUSE, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECURITY OF THE SECURITY OF THE STONE HOUSE, AND PAYING FOR THE ELECTRICITY OF THE STONE HOUSE. THE WILEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONTINUED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY UNTIL WE WERE TOLD TO STAY OUT OF THE HOUSE, BECAUSE OF THE CITY NEEDING TO ACQUIRE LIABILITY INSURANCE, WHICH NEVER HAPPENED. MISS MANSON SAID THAT SHE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE HOUSE READY IN TWO YEARS FOR THE THINGS THAT THE CITY, THE BIG ITEMS, THE BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHEN THE WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE CITY OFFICIALS HAVE MET WITH US MULTIPLE TIMES TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS TRANSITION IS GOING TO OCCUR. AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM, BECAUSE WHEN THE CITY ALLOWED THE HOUSE TO BE PLACED ON PARKLAND, AND ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THAT 2015 MEETING SAID, LET'S CHISEL OUT A PIECE OF LAND UNDER THE HOUSE, THAT PIECE OF LAND STILL REMAINED IN PARKLAND, WHICH IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE JUST LAND, NOT PARKLAND. IN SEEKING A RESOLUTION, THE CITY NOW HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION ONCE AND FOR ALL BY BUYING. AND THIS WAS AT THE SUGGESTION OF CITY STAFF BUYING A CITY DOWNTOWN PLOT AND MOVING THE HOUSE TO IT AND TURNING IT OVER TO THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS. THIS MOVE IS GOOD FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE. THE CITIZENS OF WYLIE, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE HOUSE, THE STONE FAMILY. THIS WAS THE INTENTIONS OF THAT FAMILY. [00:45:02] I'M GOING TO READ YOU. OUR CITY. OUR SECRETARY SENT YOU ALL A LETTER TODAY. AND HER ENDING WAS. IF WE THOUGHT WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE STEWARDS OF THE HOUSE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE PAID FOR THE STORAGE OF THE CONTENTS AND MATERIALS. I WOULD IMPLORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH, AND TO CARRY OUT THE WISHES OF THE STONE FAMILY. TO DO OTHERWISE WOULD APPEAR LIKE THE CITY IS TAKING A PROPERTY THAT WAS MEANT FOR WAGES AND SELLING IT OUT FROM UNDER THEM TO SOMEONE WE DON'T KNOW, AND TO SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT CARRY OUT THE WISHES OF THE STONE FAMILY. THAT WOULD BE SO OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THE WAY I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED. THE CITY OF WYLIE DOES BUSINESS, AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT YOU AGREE. AND THAT IS SIGNED BY TAYLOR, KATHERINE VAUGHAN THOMAS, OUR SECRETARY AND A CITIZEN OF WYLIE SINCE I THINK 2006. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS STORM, I DO BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO ASKED TO SPEAK DURING THE NON-AGENDA PORTION. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL THEN MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA ] COUNCIL AND STAFF, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR QUESTIONS? AND IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN HOOVER. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? DUKE? MR. MAYOR, I SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING. [1. Tabled from 12-09-2025 Remove from table and consider Consider, and act upon, the award of contract W2026-02 for City Engineering Firm Plan Review Services to Cobb Fendley in the estimated amount of $150,000.00 and authorizing the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents. ] ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE AWARD OF CONTRACT W 2020 602 FOR CITY ENGINEERING FIRM PLAN REVIEW SERVICES TO COB FINDLAY IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $50,000 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. NOW COUNCIL. THIS WAS TABLED AT OUR DECEMBER 9TH MEETING. IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED, IT MUST BE REMOVED FROM TABLE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM TABLE? MAYOR PRO TEM. THANKS, MAYOR. I MOTION TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE TABLE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I SECOND. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO REMOVE THE ITEM FROM TABLE COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM TABLE AND NOW ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR.. WE'RE GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO BACK THROUGH THIS, THIS PROJECT A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER CONTRACT W 2020 602 FOR A CITY ENGINEERING FIRM PLAN REVIEW SERVICES TO COB FINDLAY AND THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT FOR $150,000. IN TWO AND 2025, THE CITY ISSUED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND RECEIVED 14 SUBMITTALS OF FROM QUALIFIED FIRMS. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY WERE THEN ASKED TO EVALUATE THESE FIRMS BASED ON THEIR SUBMIT SUBMISSIONS AND THROUGH SET CATEGORIES. FROM THE EVALUATION PROCESS, THE CITY RANKED COB FINDLAY AS THEIR NUMBER ONE FIRM. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COB FINDLAY AND POSSIBLY WHY WE GOT TO THAT CONCLUSION. SO COB FINDLAY HAS BEEN AROUND JUST OVER 45 YEARS. THEY DO HAVE 15 OFFICES, OFFICES IN TEXAS. OUR MAIN CONTACT WILL COME OUT OF THE FRISCO OFFICE. THEY DO HAVE A THE FRISCO OFFICE, A SUPPORT OFFICE WHICH WILL BE IN FORT WORTH AND THEN THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN HOUSTON. THE TEAM WILL CONSIST OF A PROJECT PRINCIPAL CITY ENGINEER QA, QC MANAGER. AND THEN THEY'LL ALSO HAVE SUPPORT SERVICES TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS, A STANDARDS TASK TASK LEADER, A CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR TRAFFIC REVIEWER, AND A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS PERSON. SO THIS TEAM MAKE UP IS IS ALL. [00:50:02] WELL, IT'S PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS. THERE IS ONE ENGINEER IN TRAINING THAT IS ON THE ON THEIR TEAM. BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS IS A PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER EXCEPT FOR THAT. LIKE I SAID, THE ENGINEERING TRAINING AND THE GIS PROFESSIONAL THEY DO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ENGINEER AND A CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER THAT WILL HAVE OUR DISPOSAL. AND THE YEARS OF SERVICE RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 38 YEARS OF BEING IN THE FIELD. THE FIRM IS LARGE ENOUGH THAT IF ONE MEMBER OF THE TEAM WAS TO LEAVE THE FIRM, HE OR SHE CAN BE REPLACED SEAMLESSLY. THE PROJECT PRINCIPAL WILL COORDINATE IMMEDIATELY WITH THE CITY, WITH THE CITY, AND PRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE TEAM MEMBER. AT THAT POINT, WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS. THE CITY WILL HAVE TO APPROVE THEM TO BE ON THE TEAM BEFORE THEY CAN JUST BE PLACED ON IT. THIS TEAM WILL REVIEW PLATS, REVIEW PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PLANS REVIEW ANY FLOODPLAIN REPORTS THAT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS. AND FROM THIS RFQ, THEY DID PROVIDE SOME CLIENT HISTORY. SO THEY, THEY DO PROVIDE A SIMILAR SERVICE FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON. CITY OF GUNTUR. LITTLE ELM AND GRANBURY. AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE PROVIDED SPECIALTY SERVICES FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS IN HEATH AND NEW BRAUNFELS. SO WE DID REACH OUT ONCE WE WENT THROUGH THE RFQ PROCESS, AND THEY WERE SELECTED AS THE NUMBER ONE. WE DID REACH OUT TO THOSE TO THOSE CITIES. AND WHAT WE GOT BACK FROM THOSE CITIES WAS THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIVE. THEIR ATTENTION TO DETAIL. THEY HAVE USED ONE CITY IS USED COB FINLEY, SINCE 2012. THEY HAVE A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF DESIGN. THEY'RE THOROUGH. THEY HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION. THEY HAVE WORKED ONE CITY HAS WORKED WITH THESE WITH OTHER FIRMS IN THE PAST. AND COB FINLEY IS TOP NOTCH. A THIRD CITY SAID THEY ARE THEY ARE A GREAT FIRM. HAS USED THEM IN THE PAST 5 TO 7 YEARS. THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL, HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE TEAM MEMBERS FROM A VARIETY OF SPECIALTIES, AND THEY PRODUCE REALLY GOOD WORK AND PROVIDE IN-DEPTH REVIEWS REGARDING REGARDING DRAINAGE AND ALSO REGARDING TRAFFIC. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. I WOULD ASK, WOULD YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE TERM I KNOW THE OPT OUT TERMS, THE TERMS FOR RENEWAL ARE? I BELIEVE I GIVE ME ONE SECOND BECAUSE I IF I REMEMBER IT'S NOT EVERGREEN IS NOT HOW IT WAS SET UP. IT'S NOT AUTO RENEWAL. SO IT'D BE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT AND WE'LL RENEW IT YEAR AFTER THAT. THE TERM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AGENDA READS, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS IT'S ANNUAL CONTRACT, SO WE NEED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL. IT'S IT STAYS A THREE YEAR WITH ANNUALS. WELL, IT'S A ONE YEAR WITH ANNUALS. WE WANTED TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL TO AFTER THAT THIRD YEAR IF WE WANT TO DO A MODIFICATION TO THE CONTRACT. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANKS, MAYOR. TOMMY AND CHRIS, THANKS FOR GOING BACK AND TAKING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED LAST SESSION AND KIND OF PROVIDING US SOME DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THIS FIRM IS GOING TO SUFFICE THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY OR WHATEVER PROSPECTIVE CLIENT OR INVESTOR WANTS TO INVEST IN. THE CITY KIND OF GIVES US THAT PLATFORM OF THEY SEE IT ALL. WILL THERE BE A PRE CONSTRUCTION MEETINGS OR PRE PRE CITY MEETING ALMOST IN THE SENSE OF THE WORD. SO COBB CAN SEE BECAUSE THE DRAINAGE ISSUE FOR EXAMPLE WAS NOT GOING TO BE JUST ON THAT PLOT. WHEN THE WHEN THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO DEVELOP THAT PLOT THERE COULD BE DRAINAGE. THERE'S COMING ALL THE WAY FROM A DIFFERENT AREAS. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW OUR CITY WORKS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING IN OUR CITY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT IT AS ONE. INSTEAD OF LOOKING AS A HOLISTIC PART OF WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? WHY IS IT COMING FROM? WHAT IS THE ACTUAL ISSUE FROM ALL SIDES, VERSUS JUST APPROVING A PROJECT FROM AN OFFICE COMPUTER AND NOT SEEING THE FIELD IN A SENSE? IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THIS FIRM? SO WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO EITHER MEET WITH CITY STAFF, TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER, TO TALK THROUGH ANY ISSUES IN A PREDEVELOPMENT MEETING BEFORE ANYTHING EVEN GETS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR PLANS. SO WE'LL TRY TO CATCH AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON THE FRONT END SO AS WE'RE NOT DELAYING A PROJECT GOING THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IF WE TAKE A DESIGN REVIEW IN-HOUSE [00:55:02] AND WE LOOK AT IT AND WE MOCK IT UP AND WE SAY THAT, HEY, THERE'S THERE'S 15 THINGS WRONG WITH THIS THAT NEEDS TO GO BACK, WE WANT TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO WE WILL HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO BE AT THOSE PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS. OKAY. AND WILL THERE BE ANY MEETINGS PRIOR TO EVEN ANY SUBMISSIONS OF ANY PLANS IN TERMS OF JUST COB KNOWING A LITTLE BIT OF HOW OUR CITY FUNCTIONS AT ALL, WHERE SOME OF THE CREEKS ARE, WHERE SOME OF THE DRAINAGES ARE, WHERE SOME OF THE WATER PIPES ARE, WHERE SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS ARE, WHERE SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL OVERHEAD IS. SO THEY UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IF GENO SUBMITS A PLAN FOR A CERTAIN AREA, THEN THEY UNDERSTAND, ALL RIGHT, THAT AREA MAY HAVE FLOODPLAIN ISSUES OR MAY HAVE THIS ISSUES THAT WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT. YEAH. OUR GOAL IS TO MEET WITH THEM ONCE THIS GETS EXECUTED, TO HAVE A STARTUP MEETING TO START THOSE, THOSE DISCUSSIONS SO THAT THEY ARE KIND OF AWARE OF SOME OF OUR ISSUES AROUND TOWN. OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN ON THIS. AND THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE. OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM QUESTION OR MOTION? MOTION. I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. SO I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN PICKENS? YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR, I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND ITEM IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. [2. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the request to withdraw the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Agricultural (AG) to Community Retail - Special Use Permit (CR-SUP) on 1.85 acres to allow for Office Showroom/Warehouse. Property located at 308 W. Alanis Drive (ZC 2025-09). ] CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE REQUEST TO WITHDRAW THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL AG COMMUNITY RETAIL SPECIAL USE PERMIT, CRSP ON 1.85 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR OFFICE SHOWROOM WAREHOUSE ON A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 308 WEST ALLEN DRIVE. ZONING CASE 2020 509. MR. HASKINS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AS STATED IN THE SUBJECT LINE, THE APPLICANT IS ASKING TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE WITHDRAWAL OF THIS ITEM. THEY HAD UNFAVORABLE RESULT AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THERE WAS SOME OBVIOUS HOLES IN THE THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. THE APPLICANT HAS BASICALLY FIRED THEIR OLD ARCHITECT, HIRED SOMEBODY THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH WYATT SOMEBODY LOCAL WHO'S WORKED WITH THE CITY OF WYLIE ON A A LONGER BASIS, I GUESS AND IS WANTS TO START FROM START FROM SCRATCH. SAME GENERAL IDEA BUT WITH A MORE PRESENTABLE APPLICATION. THEY BOTH THE APPLICANT, THE LANDOWNER AND THE LOCAL. THE NEW SITE PLANNER ARE HERE IN CASE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS. BUT THEY WERE ASKING TO JUST WITHDRAW AND THEN BASICALLY START OVER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I DO KNOW NO MATTER WHAT, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON THIS. SO BEFORE WE CAN TAKE ANY CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS OR OTHERWISE, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING. SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO STEP FORWARD AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING, WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO. AT THIS TIME, I WILL START. I HAD AN INDIVIDUAL WHO ASKED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I'LL GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY FIRST. SO, MISTER LARRY HEATH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK STILL? SURE. IF THIS IS BEING WITHDRAWN, THEN I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO. WELL, COUNCIL. COUNCIL CAN'T HAVE A MOTION OR MAKE A DETERMINATION UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US, EVEN IF IT'S BRIEF, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO AT THIS TIME. MY NAME IS LARRY HEATH. I LIVE AT 507 VIRGINIA LANE WYLIE, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THAT'S THAT. THEY'RE WITHDRAWING. AND I'VE SPOKEN BEFORE REGARDING THIS ISSUE. WE JUST WANTED THE PROPERTY TO BE CHANGED IN ZONING THAT WOULD ENHANCE THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND OUR PROPERTY, NOT JUST OUR PROPERTY, BUT STONE RANCH. THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS AFFECTED BY REALLY, WHATEVER HAPPENS THERE. ONE OF OUR ENTRANCES THAT GOES INTO ALANIZ IS VERY CLOSE TO THAT SAME LOCATION. [01:00:05] SO IF THERE'S VERY MUCH ACTIVITY THAT COMES AND GOES OUT OF THAT, ELON SAYS, YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW NARROWS FROM TWO LANES TO THREE LANES TO TWO LANES, ALL IN THAT SECTION. AND IT'S NOT THE EASIEST FOR PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ON BEFORE. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF WHATEVER IS PUT IN THERE, THAT IT'S MINIMAL ACTIVITY SO THAT WE DON'T INCUR MORE POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT'S ALL THAT'S ALL ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK AT THIS TIME. OKAY. MISS THORNE, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE MR. HASKINS HERE. THERE'S A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW, OF COURSE, AS IT STATES, COUNCIL CAN APPROVE, DENY OR CAN ACCEPT THE WITHDRAWAL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT OR FOR MR. HASKINS? MAYOR PRO TEM, MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE A QUESTION. I'M READY FOR A MOTION. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, LET ME MAKE SURE THAT COUNCILMAN STRANG DOESN'T HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT. YEAH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES, SIR. I I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK IT UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES. BUT WHAT'S ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOT? THIS PARTICULAR LOT IS SORRY, JUST TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT, I SEE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. BUT AND IT'S RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, IT'S RIGHT ON THE DIVIDING LINE WITH A COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS THE REST OF THE WAY DOWN ALLEN EAST. OKAY. SO YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? OKAY. THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THEN I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM, MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE WITHDRAWAL. OKAY. DO WE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE WITHDRAWAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRAIN. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE ITEM COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THE ITEM IS WITHDRAWN. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE THIS EVENING, [3. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change of zoning to amend Planned Development 2024-10 to a Planned Development (PD) with single family detached, commercial development and open space on 25.037 acres, generally located at 605 Country Club Road (ZC 2025-16). ] WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING TO AMEND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 2024 TEN TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD WITH SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OPEN SPACE ON 25.037 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 605 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD. ZONING CASE 20 2516. MR. HASKINS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD A WORK SESSION WITH TOLL BROTHERS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. I GUESS I CAN SAFELY SAY LAST YEAR AND THEY'VE NOW WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REQUESTING REZONING. IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS JUST IT WAS TO ELIMINATE THE TOWNHOMES FROM THE PROPERTY AND ADD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH A COUPLE OTHER STIPULATIONS IN THERE. AND INSTEAD OF REITERATING WHAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SAY HERE IN THEIR PRESENTATION I'D LIKE TO JUST TURN IT OVER TO THEM, MAYOR, IF THAT'S OKAY. TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR APPLICATION ENTAILS. I WILL SAY THAT THE PNC COMMISSION, AFTER SEEING THE PRESENTATION AND WHAT THEY HAD TO OFFER, DID VOTE SIX ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. OKAY. YES, I WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT. THAT WAY, IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD HELP ANSWER THOSE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, ESTEEMED CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MUHAMMAD QASIM WITH MEADVILLE COMPANIES. I'M AT FOUR FIVE, THREE TWO WHITE ROCK LANE, PLANO, TEXAS. 75024. I WILL FIRST OF ALL, LIKE TO START WITH CONGRATULATING YOU ON JUST THE CEREMONY WE WITNESSED WITH THE WITH THE STUDENTS. I THINK IT WAS A VERY, VERY WELL DONE AND A GREAT BACKDROP TO START WITH, HAVING THAT INFLUENCE OF THE WILEY WAY. SO WITH THAT WE ARE JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK INTRODUCTION ABOUT MADEWELL COMPANIES FIRST, AND WE'LL PROVIDE THE CONTEXT INTO SORT OF WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT? SO WHAT COMPANIES IS A DEVELOPER HERE IN DFW? AND WE'RE ACTUALLY STEPPING IN TO ACQUIRE THE COLLEGE PARK DEVELOPMENT FROM THE DEVELOPERS [01:05:03] WHO HAD ACTUALLY COME IN TO GET THIS ZONING APPROVED PREVIOUSLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. AND WE ARE STEPPING IN TO BASICALLY TAKE OVER THE VISION THAT WAS INITIALLY PUT TOGETHER. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPERS AND PARTNERS INTO GETTING THIS THING COMPLETING WITH TOLL BROTHERS. AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE WITH THE CITY STAFF AND WITH SOME OF THE WORKING SESSIONS THAT IS IN THE PAST. SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT AND YOU'LL I THINK THE PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU WILL SEE IS, IS THAT AS A, AS A DEVELOPER, WE'RE LOOKING TO NOW BASICALLY TRANSITION FROM A RELATIVELY HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT TO A SLIGHTLY LOWER DENSITY, WHICH IS MOSTLY MOSTLY CONCENTRATED TOWARDS, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES. MORE ON THE LUXURY PRODUCTS VERSUS HAVING TOWNHOMES. AND SMALLER FOOTPRINT OF HOMES CREATED. WE ARE CONTINUING TO CARRY WITH THE COMMERCIAL TRACK THAT WAS ALREADY ADOPTED AS, AS PART OF THE ZONING. SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE, INTO THE NEW PLAN. AND WITH WITH WORKING WITH TOLL BROTHERS IN TERMS OF KIND OF WHAT WORKS WELL, IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY DESIGN, YOU'LL HEAR MUCH MORE ABOUT WHY THIS TRANSITION AND THE NEW CONCEPT PLAN IS BEING INTRODUCED. BUT FROM A DEVELOPER STANDPOINT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING OUR FIRST PROJECT COME IN INTO WILEY. WE ARE JUST AT THE HEELS OF COMPLETING A PROJECT VERY NOT TOO FAR AWAY IN IN MURPHY, TEXAS, WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF OF MURPHY TO, COMPLETE A 104 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED LOTS COMMUNITY THERE, WHICH HAS BEEN TRANSITIONED TO D.R. HORTON SO VERY WELL WORKING WITH THE LARGER NATIONAL BUILDER THERE AND WORKING VERY WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE ACTUALLY PARTNERED TO GIVE PART OF OUR LAND OVER TO NOW, WHICH IS BECOMING THE HEB CENTER AND A TRUE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ORCHESTRATED WITH THE MAYOR IN MURPHY. SO IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THAT WE WERE ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH TOLL BROTHERS, WHO HAD COMPLETED THE PROJECT OVER THERE, SINCE WE HAD VERY CLOSE COMMUNITY BUILD OUTS BEING COMPLETED OVER THERE. SO WE SEE THAT THAT VISION THAT TOLL BROTHERS HAD COMPLETED IN MURPHY, BRINGING THAT OVER INTO CITY OF WYLIE AND KIND OF BRINGING THAT STRENGTH OF GETTING THAT WHOLE DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, KIND OF GETTING REALLY BREAK GROUND AS SOON AS WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE THROUGH WITH KIND OF THE FORMALITIES OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GREEN LIGHT TO EMBARK ON THIS MISSION. AND JUST ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED. THESE ARE 74 SINGLE FAMILY PATIO HOMES AND TOWNHOMES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN MCKINNEY. THAT'S ACTUALLY A FULLY COMPLETED, BUILT OUT COMMUNITY NOW. AND AGAIN, THERE WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF US WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO BRING THAT LUXURY PRODUCT ON A SMALLER FOOTPRINT. SO HAD IT NOT BEEN TOLL BROTHERS, WE COULD HAVE CONTINUED THE MISSION, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL PD. BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE A, A NEW MODEL TO BRING IN, WHICH IS I THINK WORKS VERY WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DESIGN, AS WELL AS BRINGING IN THAT LUXURY PRODUCT WITH TOLL BROTHERS. AND AS YOU'LL SEE, THIS IS JUST AN ILLUSTRATIVE VIEW THAT OUR GOAL AS A DEVELOPER AND WE'RE MAKING THE INVESTMENT IS RIGHT AWAY GO INTO A FULL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR THE COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THE ENTIRE 25 ACRES, INCLUDING THE SINGLE FAMILY TRACT AND THE COMMERCIAL TRACT. SO THEY WILL WORK IN PARALLEL IN TERMS OF GETTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE LINED UP. AND WE WILL CONCENTRATE ON WORKING WITH ON THE COMMERCIAL TRACK, WHERE WE'LL TRANSITION THE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT OVER TO TOLL BROTHERS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THE VISION WAS PUT TOGETHER ORIGINALLY WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT REALLY KIND OF TAKING IT UP A NOTCH AND AND BRINGING THAT WONDERFUL COMPONENT TO THIS THIS CORRIDOR OF, OF WILEY WHICH IS RIGHT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS WELL. SO WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE OVER TOLL BROTHERS TO TAKE YOU DOWN INTO THE VISION OF WHAT THAT COMMUNITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST A SECOND BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR FOR OTHERS WHO MAY BE FOLLOWING OR MAY WATCH THIS LATER. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MADEWELL COMPANIES, TOLL BROTHERS AND KIND OF WHO'S DOING WHAT SO THAT THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL HEAR DIFFERENT NAMES, DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS ARE. SO IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY KIND OF IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, WHAT IS MADE WELL, COMPANIES GOING TO HANDLE AND THEN WHAT WILL AND THEN WHAT WILL TOLL BROTHERS AND THEN THEY CAN KIND OF GET INTO THEIR PRESENTATION. ABSOLUTELY. [01:10:04] MAYOR. SO COMPANIES WILL BE THE DEVELOPER ACROSS THE 25 ACREAGE. SO WE WILL DEVELOP IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES IN FOR THE COMPLETE ACREAGE THE WET UTILITIES AND GETTING IT THROUGH THE HORIZONTAL UTILITIES PUT IN PLACE. AND THEN ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, THEN WE HAVE WE WILL BE TRANSITIONING THE LOTS, THE, THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS, WHICH WILL BE THEN VERTICALLY BUILT BY TOLL BROTHERS. WE WILL THEN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE COMMERCIAL TRACK, WHICH WILL BE OUR DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WILL COMPLETE FROM VERTICAL STANDPOINT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL. HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. ADDISON ROGERS, 2555 SOUTHWEST GRAPEVINE PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, 76051. AS I SAID, THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES, I'VE HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE AT THIS PODIUM. IT'S A SPECIAL FOR ME AS A PARENT OF A FUTURE WILEY EAST RAIDER. MY FAMILY AND I ARE BLESSED TO CONSIDER WILEY HOME FOR US, SO IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE. MY GOAL THIS THIS EVENING ARE QUITE SIMPLE. I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF REMIND THE COUNCIL OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN OUR WORKSHOP SESSION. GO BACK OVER SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE TALKED THROUGH AT THAT POINT. I WILL ALSO STATE AT THIS TIME THAT WHEN WE WERE IN THAT WORK SESSION, OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN APPROVAL OR A TEMPERATURE, IF YOU WILL, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. ONCE WE RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE WORK SESSION, WE THEN DID GO BACK, DIVE THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT ORDINANCES IN DEVELOPMENT CODES JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE WEREN'T ANY OTHER OBSTACLES OR HURDLES OR ISSUES THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM BEING ABLE TO DELIVER A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, WE DID FIND A FEW ITEMS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH WITH STAFF, GOT A COUPLE POSITIVE SOLUTIONS THAT I THINK WILL BENEFIT BOTH WILEY AND ALLOW US TO COME IN AND DELIVER AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY. ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, BACKING UP ONE SECOND, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS THAT I AM TOLL BROTHERS. ALSO ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO HAVE MADEWELL ON BOARD. TO THE MAYOR'S POINTED QUESTION ABOUT WHOSE ROLE IS LANDING WHERE QUESTION NATURALLY SHOULD ARISE. YOU KNOW, TOLL BROTHERS DOES HAVE A LAND DEVELOPMENT ARM. WHY WOULD TOLL BROTHERS NOT BE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING ALL OF THIS PROPERTY IN ONE FOLD? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS QUITE SIMPLE. WE'RE A RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDER. YES, WE WILL DEVELOP PROPERTY. SORRY, BUT OUR PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IS FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT OF THIS PIECE IS WHY THE PARTNERSHIP WITH MADEWELL IS ESPECIALLY BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH SIDES, BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY WITH THAT COMMERCIAL PIECE, IT ALLOWS US TO COME IN AND DO WHAT WE DO BEST, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. NOTHING'S CHANGED ABOUT TOTAL AS A COMPANY FROM THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. STILL IN 60 MARKETS, 24 STATES, 10TH LARGEST BY VOLUME IN THE COUNTRY, FOURTH LARGEST BY REVENUE IN THE COUNTRY. MULTIPLE AWARDS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE COMPANY. EXCUSE ME. FIRST THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST TIME IS THAT WE WOULD BE HOLDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS. WE DID HOLD TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS. WHILE I WILL SAY THAT NEITHER ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS WAS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL ATTENDED WHAT WE DID GET IS FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS, PRIMARILY IN RESIDENTIAL ESTATES. THAT DID ATTEND. WAS THAT THE REASON THEY WEREN'T WELL ATTENDED? WAS THAT THE FEEDBACK THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD WAS ALL POSITIVE, THAT THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE HAD PRESENTED HERE WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO BRING TO COLLEGE PARK WOULD BE TO THE BENEFIT OF PRESIDENTIAL ESTATES. AND REALLY, THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME WERE THERE JUST TO CARRY THE MESSAGE FOR THE OTHER NEIGHBORS AND OWNERS IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND THEY ALL WALKED AWAY FEELING LIKE THINGS WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT AND THAT THIS WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITY. ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME. SO AS MOHAMMED MENTIONED, WE ARE REMOVING THE TOWNHOMES, THE AMENITY CENTER, AND OVERALL DECREASE IN THE TOTAL DENSITY. WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST TIME, WE WERE LOOKING AT 68 TOTAL HOMES, A REDUCTION FROM THE 42 OR, EXCUSE ME, 82, IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN WE ALSO ARE LOOKING TO ELIMINATE THAT RESTRICTION, TYING THE SINGLE FAMILY TO THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION THE MAYOR ASKING ABOUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, WHERE WE, AS THE VERTICAL HOMEBUILDING ENTITY, NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND BUILD OUR HOMES, BUILD OUR ROOFTOPS. I ALSO LOOK AT THAT AS A BENEFIT TO THE TOWN OF WYLIE, BECAUSE THOSE ROOFTOPS ARE GOING TO DRIVE THAT COMMERCIAL AND THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE IT TO A BETTER OVERALL END RESULT FOR THE FOR THE TOWN GOING FORWARD. WE TALKED BRIEFLY ON THE REAR FACING WINDOWS. I'VE GOT A COUPLE SLIDES THAT I'LL SHOW HERE IN A MOMENT THAT DID END UP AS PART OF OUR ZONING EXHIBITS. JUST TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE, MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T ANY CONFUSION, QUESTION OR ISSUE WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THERE AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY AND THE CONCERN THAT WAS RAISED PREVIOUSLY. AND THEN THE LAST THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE REDUCTION IN THE FENCE HEIGHT. [01:15:01] AND AGAIN, THAT JUST ALIGNS BETTER TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE ARE PLANNING TO LAY THIS OUT. YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE ALREADY ONCE JUST WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE THAT WE COME UP MORE. THIS IS THE EXHIBIT THAT WE PUSHED TOGETHER FOR THE REAR WINDOWS. SO THIS DOES SHOW FROM THE INSIDE OF THE HOME LOOKING OUT WHERE ALL OF THOSE ARE. IT SHOWS THE TEN FOOT MEASUREMENT, WHICH WAS THE PREVIOUS RESTRICTION SHOWS WHERE KIND OF AS AN EXAMPLE, WHERE WE WOULD PROPOSE THOSE WINDOWS. BUT AS IS CLEAR AND BLATANTLY OBVIOUS, IT'S ALSO WORDED THIS WAY IN THE ACTUAL ZONING AMENDMENT THAT THERE IS NO INHABITABLE OR LIVABLE SPACE IN THAT AREA. SOMEBODY WANTED TO GRAB A LADDER. SURE, YOU COULD GET UP AND LOOK OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE UTILITY OF THAT WOULD BE, BUT IT IS OBVIOUSLY THERE. BUT IT SHOWS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. AND THEN SAME THING HERE. JUST ANOTHER SIMILAR EXHIBIT SHOWING THE SAME VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT HELPS MAINTAIN THE PRIVACY. YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE'S BEDROOM OVERLOOKING THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. ABSOLUTELY. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, IT STILL MEETS THE PURPOSE. BUT I KNOW THE GOAL IS AMBIENT LIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THIS IS THE SECOND OF THE TWO IMAGES. THIS IS THE SAME HOUSE FACING OUTWARD, LOOKING IN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE WINDOWS SPECIFICALLY ARE UNDER A DEEP ROOF. SO BACK TO THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE UTILITY WOULD BE OF STANDING ON A LADDER. YOU REALLY COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING EVEN IF YOU DID. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AND EXACTLY AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, IT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF LIGHT INTO THE LIVING AREA OF THE HOME. AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT AS WE DUG THROUGH SOME OF THE ORDINANCES, WE HAD A COUPLE DIFFERENT JUST SMALL HANG UPS THAT WE CAME UP ALONG THE WAY, THINGS THAT WE ARE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT HERE TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE SUCCESS ACROSS THE PROJECT. AS WAS DISCUSSED IN THE WORKSHOP, WE WERE ASKED TO MINIMIZE THE HOA LOT THERE AT THE FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY. GET TO A SLIDE IN A MINUTE. THAT KIND OF SHOWS HOW WE WERE ABLE TO LAY THAT OUT. IN THE SAME PROCESS, WE DISCUSSED NEEDING TO MAINTAIN THE CONNECTION TO THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. WHATEVER ENDS UP HAPPENING WITH THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. AS SUCH, THE LOT COUNT HAS DECREASED FROM 68 TOTAL LOTS DOWN TO 67 LOTS. SO AGAIN, A FURTHER REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL DENSITY OF THE PROPERTY REPETITION STANDARDS. SO WE'VE TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT OUR SUCCESS IN MURPHY AT OUR CRESCENT HILL PROJECT. THAT PROJECT WE WENT TO MARKET. PART OF WHAT HELPED US BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR BUSINESS IS THAT WE LIMITED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPTIONS TO OUR BUYERS. AS A BUILDER, WE ARE A BUILDER OF CHOICE. WE WANT OUR BUYERS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SELECTIONS, CHOOSE THEIR HOME, CHOOSE THEIR FLOOR PLAN, CHOOSE THEIR ELEVATION. THAT'S A BUZZWORD IN OUR TIED TO OUR BRAND AND WHERE THE SPACE WE OCCUPY IN THE HOME BUILDING INDUSTRY. AT THE SAME TIME, TOO MUCH CHOICE CAN BE PARALYSIS. IN GENERAL WE LIKE TO LIMIT OUR COMMUNITIES TO A TOTAL OF 24 PLAN AND ELEVATION COMBINATIONS, GENERALLY SIX PLANS FOR ELEVATION STYLES THAT WE LIKE TO DELIVER IN THAT AS WE WERE DIGGING THROUGH KIND OF THE REPETITION THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE YOU CAN TELL THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS VERY MUCH INTENDED TO ENSURE DIVERSITY AND A WELL BALANCED APPEARANCE ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES IN WYLIE. AND AS WE LOOK AT TOLL BROTHERS PRODUCT IN COMPARISON TO THAT DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST OF THE OTHER BUILDERS IN NORTH TEXAS, EVEN IF SOME OF OUR ARCHITECTURE IS THE SAME QUOTE UNQUOTE STYLE, WHICH IS A WORD WE USE A SLIDE. I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN A MINUTE. THEY GENERALLY DON'T NECESSARILY LOOK ALL THAT SIMILAR. AS SUCH, WE WERE JUST ASKING FOR A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE REPETITIONS TO ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO GO TO MARKET WITH THAT SIX PLAN FOR ELEVATION COMBINATION THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH. I'LL GET TO A COUPLE SLIDES HERE IN A MINUTE THAT WILL HELP EXPLAIN THAT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BETTER VISUALLY SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE. TAGLINE TO THAT. WE ALSO DID ADD IN THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE ITSELF, SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE JUST EXPLAINING WHAT DEFINES DIFFERENCES IN ELEVATIONS. ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE CAME UP TO, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM TOTAL SQUARE COVERAGE SQUARE COVERED PORCH, SQUARE FOOTAGE. THAT STEMMED FROM JUST FULL TRANSPARENCY. THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN IS THAT SOME OF THE HOMES HAD A REQUIREMENT OF A MINIMUM FRONT PORCH AND A MINIMUM REAR PORCH. I'LL SHOW YOU ARCHITECTURALLY WHY THAT BECAME A PROBLEM FOR US. SO OUR SOLUTION TO THAT AND WORKING WITH STAFF WAS TO INCREASE THE TOTAL, BUT TO ELIMINATE THE RESTRICTION BASED ON FRONT OR REAR, THAT IN TOTAL YOU'LL END UP WITH THAT SAME AMOUNT OR GREATER OF COVERAGE, SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND THE PORCH AREAS. WE DID GO BACK THROUGH THE ZONING ON WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR COMMERCIAL USE. AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT 67 ROOFTOPS BEHIND THAT COMMERCIAL, IT'S IMPACTFUL TO US AND OUR BUSINESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WOULD BE IN FRONT OF THERE FITS BOTH FOR WILEY AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT WILL LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT THOSE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ARE GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL. AND THE LAST THING WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, SALES VELOCITY AND THE IDEA OF GETTING THIS PROJECT MOVING IN A FORWARD DIRECTION. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO ADD SOME LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BREAK GROUND AND START CONSTRUCTION ON OUR MODEL HOME. JUST AHEAD OF THE FULL SUBDIVISION RELEASE OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, [01:20:01] WHICH IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR OUR PURPOSES TO GET TO THE POINT OF OPENING FOR SALE. SELLING AND DELIVERING AND BRINGING THOSE HOMES INTO WILEY. WITH THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AMENITIES IN THE HOA LOT. THIS IS A CONCEPT OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THAT SPACE. I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE THIS IN YOUR PACKET. IT KIND OF OUTLINES THE DIFFERENT AREAS WE ENVISION THIS PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS A SPACE FOR ONE, THE BUS PICKUP FOR SCHOOL. IT WOULD BE THE HANGOUT AREA FOR THE MOMS AND FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, JUST TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND HAVE AN AREA TO EXERCISE TO GET OUT OF THE HOME, ESPECIALLY AT A YOUNGER AGE. OVERALL, THE COMMUNITY ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE KIND OF PRESENTED LAST TIME, WHICH IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AMENITIZED ON YOUR LOT TYPE OF BUYER. TALKING ABOUT POOLS, TALKING ABOUT OUTDOOR LIVING SPACES, THOSE WOULD BE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT OUR BUYERS TO INSTALL. SIMILARLY, WITHIN OUR CRESCENT HILL COMMUNITY, WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES. MULTIPLE OWNERS ALREADY SUBMIT FOR POOLS THAT ARE STARTING CONSTRUCTION NOW BASED ON HAVING JUST CLOSED ON THEIR HOME, SO I EXPECT THAT BUYER PROFILE WOULD FOLLOW HERE. AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD LAND. SHIFTING OVER TO THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OR REPETITION ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU FOR DIFFERENT HOMES IN OUR WORLD, ALL FOUR OF THOSE WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE SAME ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST BASED ON THE DIFFERENCES IN FRONT OF YOU. BE THAT ROOF LINES. BE THAT WHERE THE MATERIALS LAND ON THE EXTERIOR FACADE, DOOR PLACEMENT, FRONT PORCH PLACEMENT. THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE OUR SAME STYLE, WHICH WE WOULD CALL THIS A TRANSITIONAL ELEVATION. IF YOU CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THE HOUSE TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AS I GO THROUGH MY NEXT TWO SLIDES AS WELL. AGAIN, FOUR DIFFERENT HOMES, FOUR DIFFERENT, VERY DIFFERENT LOOK OF ELEVATION, SAME STYLE TO TOLL BROTHERS. SO THEY DO HAVE A VERY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION OF APPEARANCE, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE SAME CLASSIC ELEVATION STYLE IN OUR WORLD. AND LAST SLIDE THIS IS WHAT WE CONSIDER THE MODERN FARMHOUSE. THIS DOES REPRESENT CLOSELY OUR MODEL HOME IN MURPHY. AND IF YOU WATCHED THE SLIDES AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THEM FOR THE TOP RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WAS THE SAME FLOOR PLAN ACROSS ALL THREE ELEVATION STYLES PRESENTED HERE. EVEN THOSE THREE ELEVATION STYLES OF THE SAME FLOOR PLAN HAVE A VARIANCE, BOTH IN ROOFLINE, ROOF, PITCH, MASSING, ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE THOSE DIFFERENCES. THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHERE WE LANDED IN THIS REQUEST ON THIS ADJUSTMENT TO THE REPETITION CLAUSE IS TO BE ABLE TO AGAIN GO TO MARKET, DELIVER SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND GIVE OUR BUYERS WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CHOICES AND GET OUR COMMUNITY COMPLETE AND DEVELOPED. THIS IS JUST A PICTURE TO SHOW. AS I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, THIS IS OUR MODEL THERE AT CRESCENT HILL. I WILL SAY IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY TO SEE IT, THIS IS KIND OF YOUR LAST CHANCE. IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEPOSIT WITH A PURCHASER THROUGH OUR SALES TEAM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BUY, NOW IS THE TIME. BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, I DO EXPECT THAT IT WILL BE UNDER FULL CONTRACT AND WITH A CLOSING DATE IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, GET BY THERE. THIS IS A SAME AGAIN KITCHEN SHOT INSIDE OF THAT SAME HOME. AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS IS KIND OF THE LEVEL OF QUALITY OF PRODUCT THAT WE WOULD INTEND TO BRING AND WHAT WE WOULD PRESENT HERE IN WYLIE. SO WITH THAT, I WILL GLADLY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET ME GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT. THAT WAY, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, WE CAN HAVE THOSE ADDRESSED AS WELL. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR.. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS TIME. MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMAN STRAIN QUESTION. NO, I'M WAITING FOR YOU TO OPEN OR WE'RE BACK INTO OUR COMMENTS. WE ARE. GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO SAY ONE THING. I JUST YOU DON'T NEED TO STEP FORWARD. NOT A QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL. I KNOW IT COST YOU A LOT. I KNOW IT REQUIRED A MONETIZING THE FRONT LOT, WHICH IS A COST TO YOU GUYS. AND YOU WENT OUT AND FOUND A PARTNER FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND LISTENED TO THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK ON WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PORTION, YOU KNOW, IF CURRENT OWNER COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL WITH THE PROJECT THAT THAT DIDN'T GET LEFT BEHIND. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT FEEDBACK AND ALSO FOR KEEPING THE PRIVACY RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN PLACE FOR THE NEIGHBORS. WHICH WAS PART OF AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS COUNCIL WORKED THROUGH WITH THE PRIOR APPLICANT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNCILMAN STRING, THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH, THIS IS MUCH IMPROVED OVER WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PITCHED TO US, I THINK, GOSH, WHAT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW A YEAR AND A HALF. AND I DO LIKE HOW IT'S ALL KIND OF COME TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CUTTING OF THE COMMERCIAL BASICALLY ESSENTIALLY IN HALF, I ALMOST KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST MAKE IT ALL HOMES. [01:25:04] IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE MORE SENSE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I LIKE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN ABOUT PUTTING THE TIME AND THE EFFORT. I KNOW WE'VE MET MULTIPLE TIMES WITH BOTH OF YOU. BOTH PARTIES HAVE REQUESTED MEETINGS JUST ABOUT OVERALL AND WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE TIME AND THE EFFORT ON THIS AND MAKING IT THIS TO A POINT WHERE HOPEFULLY WE'VE SEEN SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL HERE. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS TIMELINE FROM MOHAMMED'S STANDPOINT. WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE HAVING TOLL BROTHERS PUT A HOUSE ON? START BUILDING THE HOUSE OR BUILDING THE MODEL HOME? WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE DELIVERING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SPACE FORWARD SO THEY CAN START BUILDING? ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THE COUNCIL TO HELP GO COME TO OUR GROUNDBREAKING IF WE CAN GET IT ALL DONE, HOPEFULLY END OF FIRST QUARTER, EARLY SECOND QUARTER AND THEN HOPEFULLY WITHIN 12 TO 14 MONTHS WE SHOULD BE IN IN THE SCHEDULE TO GET OUR MODEL TIMELINE SET UP 12 TO 14 MONTHS FROM. FROM. GROUNDBREAKING. GROUNDBREAKING. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEING IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL PART OF IT BY MYSELF WE'VE SEEN MANY PROJECTS. A LOT OF PROJECTS COME IN FRONT OF US AND THEN MID PROJECTS, THEY COME BACK TO US AND SAY, WELL, MARKET IS NOT LOOKING SO GREAT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS LOOKING THIS, THIS IS LOOKING THAT THE PRICE OF THE DIRT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL, BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY GET SO MUCH IN TERMS OF RENT VALUE ON THAT. MY FEAR AND WHAT WE HAVE COUNCILMAN STRANG MENTIONED IT EARLIER THAT WE'RE CUTTING COMMERCIAL IN HALF. MY FEAR IS THAT IN 24 TO 48 MONTHS, YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND SAY, WELL, WE HAVE SO MUCH IN DIRT FOR THIS COMMERCIAL PROJECT, AND WE COULDN'T FIND A SPECIFIC DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND DEVELOP THIS OR BRING IN THE USERS FOR THIS. SO NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO. HAVE YOU GONE? OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE IN BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THOSE? HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT WHAT THE MARKET BRINGS IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL VALUE TO THE WILEY? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE USERS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD COME AND WHAT THOSE LEASES COULD LOOK LIKE? AND ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? ARE YOU I DON'T WANT TO SAY 100% BECAUSE NOTHING IS 100%. BUT ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY OF MOVING FORWARD THAT A COMMERCIAL WILL DEVELOP ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME THE ELBOWS WILL EXIT THIS BUILD OUT? ABSOLUTELY. MAYOR PRO TEM, GREAT QUESTIONS. AND I KNOW IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SO AS A DEVELOPER. SO MADEWELL COMPANIES JUST TO GIVE A CONTEXT IS BOTH A RESIDENTIAL LOT DEVELOPER AND HOME DEVELOPER AS WELL AS WE HAVE A FULL COMMERCIAL ARM. SO WE ARE INTO COMMERCIAL VERTICAL. WE ARE CURRENTLY DO A LOT OF BIG BOX CONVERSIONS AND RETAIL GROUND UP AS WELL. SO WE ARE IN THE ACTUAL BUSINESS FOR DOING THE GROUND UP ON THE SPECULATIVE AS WELL AS BUILD TO SUIT PRODUCT. SO YES, WE HAVE GONE IN AND DONE OUR ANALYSIS AND WE ARE PAYING A PREMIUM TO SORT OF TAKING THIS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY CRITICAL FOR US TO HAVE A PARTNER LIKE TOLL BROTHERS TO ENSURE THE MARKETABILITY OF THAT COMMERCIAL REALLY STRETCHES OUT. WE ALSO WORKED VERY CLOSELY ON ENSURING THOSE INTENDED USES IS ALSO WORKS WITH THE MARKET CONDITIONS OF WHAT'S DOABLE AND NOT DOABLE. SO WE RUN OUR MODELS. WE ARE GOING TO BE MARKETING THIS AS WE BREAK GROUND. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WAITING FOR HOMES TO BE COMPLETED FOR THIS TO BE MARKETED. IN FACT, WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME GOOD CONSULTATIONS WITH SOME OF OUR RETAIL PARTNERS TO HAVE EARLY INTEREST INTO KIND OF GO IN OUR MODEL USUALLY IS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT ALL PRE-SOLD OR PRE-LEASED BEFORE WE EVEN KIND OF GO INTO THAT. SO I WILL ATTEST TO THAT, THAT WE DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD CORRIDOR. AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE COLLEGE AND WITH THE ACTIVATION THAT'S ALREADY DONE ON THE RETAIL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE WE'RE REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE ABOUT KIND OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR. SO WE'RE TAKING A BET AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THIS TO BE A GREAT CORRIDOR FOR COMMERCIAL. OKAY. I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. FIRST IS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP LEVEL THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN TODAY PUBLICLY, YOU GUYS SAID IT THE MARKET IT'S A MARKET. IT'S SOME DAYS GOOD, SOME DAYS BAD. SOME DAYS IT GOES UP, SOME DAYS GOES DOWN. THIS DEVELOPMENT, IF I'M CORRECT, THERE IS NO HOUSE IS GOING TO BE PUT ON THE GROUND PER SE IN 2027. FIRST QUARTER 2027, GIVE OR TAKE, COME TO THE FINAL PART OF IT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, NO MATTER HOW THE MARKET SWINGS OR LEVELS OR ARE GOING. [01:30:04] THAT MOVING FORWARD THAT THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AND DEVELOP AT A RAPID PACE. IN TERMS OF BOTH SIDES AND THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WORKING? YEAH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT GOING INTO THE DEPTH OF KIND OF THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, I WOULD SAY IS THAT ON THE SURFACE, I WOULD SAY IS THAT BOTH PARTIES ARE EXTREMELY ECONOMICALLY VESTED ALREADY INTO THE DIRT TO MOVE FORWARD. SO WITH EVEN THE MARKET CONDITIONS, I KNOW OBVIOUSLY, TOLL BROTHERS BRING THAT CREDIBILITY WITHIN ALL SORTS OF MARKETS THAT SORT OF HAS PERFORMED AND WITH THE SERIOUSNESS OF KIND OF HOW WE BUILT THIS STRUCTURE THAT I SEE VERY, VERY FEW CHANCES OF US NOT PERFORMING GOING FORWARD, REGARDLESS OF OBVIOUSLY, NOBODY CAN ATTEST TO THAT. BUT THE PROJECT THAT I SHOWED ABOUT ON MCKINNEY REALLY ACTUALLY WENT IN THROUGH COVID TIMEFRAME. SO WE HAVE WE'VE SEEN THOSE TOUGH TIMES, AND WE HAVE SORT OF MUSCLED UP IS TO KIND OF MAKE SURE IT'S DONE THE RIGHT WAY. SO I FEEL STRONG ABOUT KIND OF THE MARKET SENTIMENT WE'RE GETTING INTO WITH THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT. SO I THINK THOSE WINDS ARE COMING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR US. AND I'LL LET AND ABSOLUTELY ON THE ON THE TOLL BROTHERS SIDE, AS A PUBLICLY TRADED HOME BUILDER WITH SHAREHOLDERS TO ANSWER TO OUR INTERNAL AND CORPORATE MANAGEMENT WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE SITTING WITHOUT FORWARD VELOCITY, ASSUMING A WORST CASE MARKET SCENARIO, THAT VELOCITY WILL OBVIOUSLY SLOW. BUT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SIT AND JUST HAVE NO ACTIVITY. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, I SAW THAT ON THE FAR SIDE ON THE BACK END OF THE HOMES TOWARDS MUDDY CREEK LAKE. DO YOU GUYS PUT AN EASEMENT, A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT IT WASN'T THERE BEFORE ON THE PREVIOUS ITERATIONS THAT SHOWN? IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC REASONS FOR THAT? WE'RE LOOKING AT THE THERE THERE WE GO. RIGHT ON ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK. THERE IS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE FIRST PLAT THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER. SO JUST KIND OF WANT TO KNOW THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THAT. AND ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU'RE TALKING TO THE PROPERTY THAT BOUNDS LAKE, CORRECT? CORRECT. YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO. DO YOU WANT ME TO YOU CAN I GOT IT. SO WHAT THAT'S ACTUALLY SHOWING THAT EASEMENT EXISTS CURRENTLY. AND WE ARE VACATING THE EASEMENT AND SHIFTING THAT PERIOD OF DRAINAGE TO UNDERNEATH THE CENTER OF THE STREET, GOING NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THEN THAT WOULD DISCHARGE INTO THE DETENTION POND THERE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER. OKAY. AGAIN, IT SHOWS OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN DUKE? YES, MR. MAYOR, I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. THE ITEM IS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND THE ITEM IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. [4. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of two ordinances for a change in zoning from Planned Development 2020-27 (PD 2020-27) to Commercial Corridor and Planned Development - Townhouse District (CC and PD-TH) on 20.381 acres to allow for commercial and townhome development. Property located at 2535 and 2701 S. State Highway 78 (ZC 2025-19). ] THANK YOU ALL. WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF TWO ORDINANCES FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 20 2027, PD 20 2027 TO COMMERCIAL QUARTER AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT CC AND PD ON 20.381 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL AND TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT. PROPERTY LOCATED AT 25, 35 AND 2701 SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY 78 ZONING CASE 20 2519. MR. HASKINS, LET ME JUST A SECOND, MAYOR. I'M SORRY. THE SOMETHING IS. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO THIS IS OUR LEAST COMPLICATED ZONING CASE OF THE EVENING. I SAY THAT JUST TRY TO BEAR WITH ME HERE, BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SPLITTING A PD INTO A PD AND STRAIGHT ZONING. AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE A COMPANY CALLED DEIDRA. LONG TIME. IT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO NOW. 2020, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. IT. YEAH, IT PREDATES ME SITTING IN THIS CHAIR. SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE. YES, SIR. SO, YOU KNOW, DEIDRA GOT APPROVED FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS A LARGE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD TOWNHOMES AND APARTMENTS AND AND COMMERCIAL AND ALL THAT. AND AS WE ALL KNOW THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED. BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS STRUCTURED, THEY NOW THERE'S TWO DISTINCT PROPERTIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE BOTH BEEN FORECLOSED ON. AND THEY HAVE TWO DISTINCT DIFFERENT OWNERS. THE MAIN PROPERTY IS CRESTLINE HAS TAKEN OVER. [01:35:01] AND THAT APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING. THAT IS A LARGE PROPERTY. THEY'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL WORK SESSIONS WITH COUNCIL LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY. AND AFTER WORK SESSIONS WITH COUNCIL AND DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF, THEY'VE DECIDED TO JUST ASK FOR STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ZONING, WHICH IS WHAT MATCHES THE THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. AND THAT GIVES THEM OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE OR PURSUE JUST COMMERCIAL TYPE DEVELOPMENT. THAT BEING SAID, THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE SOUTHWEST IS WHERE THE TOWNHOMES ARE. THAT IS A DIFFERENT OWNER. THAT OWNER IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. THAT OWNER IS AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND HAS BASICALLY PROVIDED LITTLE INPUT JUST YEAH, THAT'S FINE. MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. WHAT THIS REQUEST WOULD DO IS THE LARGER PROPERTY. THE 16 ACRES WOULD GO TO STRAIGHT CC. THE SMALLER PROPERTY WITH THE TOWNHOMES WOULD BE DISCONNECTED FROM. THAT WOULD BE A NEW PD TO ALLOW THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT TO STAY AS IT CURRENTLY IS IN THE OVERALL PD. AND THEN THAT WAY THE APPLICANT THAT OR I'M SORRY THE THE THE NON APPLICANT BUT THEY'RE AFFECTED BY THIS. IT REMOVES ANY CONCURRENCY YOU KNOW FROM ANY DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE NO, IN NO WAY AFFILIATED. IT ALLOWS THAT PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN THE RIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THOSE TOWNHOMES, SHOULD THEY WISH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, OR THEY CAN COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THERE IF THEY WISH. BUT THE MAIN EMPHASIS WOULD BE CRESTLINE AND THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING IF THEY HAVE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO JUST TURN THAT 16.2 ACRES INTO STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. PNC DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FIVE ZERO, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC FROM ANY OF THE THE NOTICES WE SENT OUT. OKAY. WELL, I WILL START US WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON IT THEN, IN CASE ANYONE IS HERE THIS EVENING AND DOES WISH TO SPEAK. SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I AM OPENING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE PRESENT. WISH TO ADDRESS. THE COUNCIL WOULD ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY, SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT. NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL GIVE YOU MY $0.02. I THINK THIS MAKES SENSE. I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE COUPLED WITH ANOTHER COMPANY THAT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THEM MOVING FORWARD, AND I'M AWARE THAT THE PD WAS. WE'LL JUST SAY IT WAS SINGULARLY UNIQUE. AND I DON'T KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO BUILD EXACTLY WHAT WAS PUT FORWARD THERE. AND WITH STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL FITTING, OUR ZONING PLAN FOR IT. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. AND WITH THE CREEK IN BETWEEN, THERE'S NO WAY TO CONNECT THOSE PROPERTIES AND EXTEND COMMERCIAL OVER THERE. SO I GET IT. AND IT PROVIDES KIND OF A BARRIER BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AS WELL THAT ARE IN THERE. SO TO ME IT MAKES SENSE. COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAYOR PRO TEM THANKS, MAYOR. WAS THERE A WAS THIS A ONE PLAT OVER THE WHOLE PROJECT? WAS ONE PLAT OR WAS IT TWO DIFFERENT PLATS? IT WOULD ACTUALLY BEEN SEPARATE PLATS. SEPARATE PLATS. SO THAT FAR LEFT CORNER PD, THE TRIANGLE TRIANGLE TYPE OF THING THAT'S GOING TO BE SEPARATED FROM THIS. YES, SIR. THIS PART. YES, SIR. THEY WILL BE TWO DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT PROJECTS. IS THAT PIECE LEFT OUT? ABOUT FOUR ACRES, GIVE OR TAKE 4 OR 5. AND THAT WAS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL OR STRAIGHT. IT'S GOING TO STAY. IT'S IT WOULD BE TOWNHOMES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS. BUT CURRENTLY IS IT MIXED MIXED DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING? NO. YES. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I WASN'T PART OF THAT EVENT, PART OF THE APPROVAL AT THE TIME. ESSENTIALLY THEY THEY BOUGHT BOTH PIECES AND ASKED FOR A ZONING THAT WOULD COVER BOTH. BUT THAT TRIANGLE ONLY EVER HAD TOWNHOMES ON IT. SO THEY WERE GOING TO DO LIKE A WALKABLE BRIDGE ACROSS TO THE COMMERCIAL. AND THEN THEY WERE APARTMENTS MIXED IN AND GROCERY STORES AND DIFFERENT, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT CONCEPTS AND HELICOPTERS. YEAH, IT WAS A UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGES. THEY HAD ALL SORTS OF THINGS PUT ON THERE. BUT ESSENTIALLY THE PD, THAT TRIANGLE THAT'S ACROSS WAS ALWAYS TOWNHOMES. AND THEN THERE WERE NO TOWNHOMES IN THE PIECE THAT IS NOW CRESTLINE. THAT WAS A MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL AND APARTMENTS. AND THAT'S THE 16.2. CORRECT. AND SO THEY'RE THEY'RE SUGGESTING TO DROP THE PD, SEPARATE THE PIECES AND TURN THEIRS INTO JUST STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL. AND THEN THE OTHER APPLICANT WHO OWNS THE PART THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN TOWNHOMES JUST KEEPS [01:40:02] THEM TOWNHOMES ESSENTIALLY. AND THAT'S NOT ON A FLOODPLAIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT 4.2 ACRES IS FULLY DEVELOPED, CAN BE DEVELOPED ON HOMES FOR FOR IT. OKAY. CAN I HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER THAT'S ASKING TO TURN THIS INTO A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR? THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT'S THE ACHIEVABLE GOAL HERE? GOOD EVENING. JAMES DYLAN, 53, 19 QUAIL RUN STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76107. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHY TURN THIS INTO A FULL COMMERCIAL? YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE DEVELOPED AND WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE OVERALL, AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF DROPPING THAT FROM OBVIOUSLY IT BEING A DIFFERENT OWNER, I'M ASSUMING NO AGREEMENT WAS REACHED. SO YEAH, I THINK I THINK THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS WAS REALLY LISTENING TO TO YOU ALL MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. WE CAME BACK LAST YEAR IF YOU DON'T. SO WE FINANCED THE DEVELOPER, THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER WHO DEFAULTED ON THE LOAN. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO FORECLOSE ON THE ASSET. WE STARTED LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES. HOW DO WE DEVELOP THIS? THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD FROM THE MARKET WITH RESPECT TO THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE WAS THAT IT WASN'T ENOUGH DENSITY TO REALLY BRING SOMEONE IN TO DEVELOP. SO WE CAME BACK LAST YEAR FOR A TO INCREASE DENSITY REQUEST, WHICH WAS DENIED. I THINK A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL WAS THAT THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT TO THIS WAS NOT WHAT COUNCIL WANTED, I THINK, IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. SO WE TOOK THAT FEEDBACK TO HEART. WE WENT BACK AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH JUST A CONVERTING TO THIS COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR PROPOSAL. HAVE YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS AND THOUGHT PROCESS OF WHAT YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO COME IN, OR ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO GET THIS APPROVED AS COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND THEN MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT LEVEL? I THINK THAT THE LATTER IS CORRECT. I THINK WE'RE WE WE HAD ONE GROUP LAST YEAR ON THE MULTIFAMILY SIDE THAT WE BROUGHT. WE TALKED TO JASON AND HIS TEAM ON IT, AND I THINK THE FEEDBACK WAS THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO WORK. I THINK TO THE MAYOR'S POINT EARLIER, DEVELOPING INTO THIS PD IS PROBABLY EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT. SO I THINK FOR US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT A DEVELOPER. WE'RE A WE'RE A LENDER. I THINK OUR THOUGHT PROCESS HERE IS GET SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANTS AND LET THE MARKET DICTATE WHAT THIS ENDS UP BEING. BUT LIKE BUT TO YOUR POINT, SIR, WE DON'T. WE'RE NOT A DEVELOPER. WE DON'T HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN AROUND THIS ASSET. SO HERE'S MY THOUGHT PROCESS WITH THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY I'M ONE OF SEVEN, SO EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT THOUGHT PROCESS. WE'VE BEEN AT THIS PROJECT AND OBVIOUSLY NOW YOU GUYS ARE STUCK WITH IT IN THE SENSE OF THE WORD. FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS APPROVED AS A WHOLE AT ONE TIME AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU BROUGHT A PROJECT BACK TO US IN TERMS OF THE DENSITY, I AGREE IT SHOULD BE COMMERCIAL, NO PROBLEM AT ALL. WHAT I AM CONCERNED IS THAT BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS NOT SPOKEN OR YOU GUYS HAVE NOT GONE TO THE MARKET AND KIND OF SAY, HEY, IF WE GET THIS APPROVED, THIS WHAT IS THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND ABILITY TO PUT COMMERCIAL VIABILITY ON THE WHOLE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE ASKING 16 ACRES AND DEVELOP IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL VIABILITY? I'M AFRAID THAT NOW YOU GO TO MARKET WITH THIS APPROVAL, WE'RE APPROVING SOMETHING TONIGHT. 12 MONTHS FROM NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, THE MARKET HAS SPOKEN, WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ELSE. LET'S GO BACK TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO OUR GOAL, AT LEAST MY GOAL, IS TO DEVELOP THIS PIECE TO THE BEST OF THE ABILITY. IT IS GOING TO SERVE THE WILY CITIZENS IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OR WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED. RAW LAND, DIRT. IT'S NOT FAVORING ANYBODY IN OUR CITY, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S PUTTING THE TAX BURDEN TO OUR CITIZENS. SO DEVELOPING THIS, IT'S IN A BIG, BIG PROPONENT OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD AT LEAST SOME SORT OF AN INTERESTED PARTY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A CHANGE AND DROP, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE HAVING TO FIGURE OUT AND SCRAMBLE. THE OTHER PARTY MAY COME TO US AND THEY MAY WANT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. I'M FULLY ON BOARD WITH IT. I JUST DON'T SEE HOW AND WHERE. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY PART. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING FORWARD. AS I SAID, I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD DEVELOP THE PD. AND I DO UNDERSTAND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A LENDER NOT BEING A DEVELOPER, YOU REALLY CAN'T MARKET SOMETHING THAT'S A PD LIKE THAT'S WRITTEN IN THAT WAY, BECAUSE NO ONE'S GOING TO. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GET SOMEONE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING IF THEY DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE OF WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN'T BUILD UNLESS THEY BUILD EXACTLY TO THOSE SPECIFICATIONS. SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT OF TRYING TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE MARKET, ESSENTIALLY WITH THE ENCUMBRANCES CLEARLY SPELLED OUT, [01:45:01] AS OPPOSED TO THE DOCUMENT THAT CURLY CURRENTLY EXISTS, SO THAT Y'ALL CAN TRY TO GET SOME INTEREST THERE. SO I UNDERSTAND AND AND IT MAY HAVE TO COME BACK. THERE MAY BE SOME REQUESTS THAT COME THROUGH FOR AN SCP OR SOMETHING, BUT I THINK YOU ALL WILL HAVE A MUCH EASIER TIME FINDING SOMEONE TO TAKE THAT ON WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING. THAT MAKES SENSE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S PROBABLY DRIVING THE REQUEST. YES. OKAY. SO WE DID THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE. THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. I'M MAKING SURE COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM? AND IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN PICKENS THANK YOU, MAYOR, I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0. THE ITEM IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO NUMBER FIVE, [5. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Light Industrial (LI) to Light Industrial - Special Use Permit (LI-SUP) on 0.88 acres to allow for Vehicle Display, Sales, or Service. Property located at 114 Regency Drive (ZC 2025-17). ] WHICH IS ALSO TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LEE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPECIAL USE PERMIT LIST ON 0.88 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR VEHICLE DISPLAY, SALES OR SERVICE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 114 REGENCY DRIVE. ZONING CASE 2025 DASH 17. MR. HASKINS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SO THE APPLICANT IS ASKING, THERE'S A BUILDING. OBVIOUSLY ONE 114. REGENCY. IT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. BUT ANY AUTO SALES AT ALL REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN THE CITY OF WYLIE. THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED SPECIAL USE CONDITIONS FOR THE SUV. THIS IS AN INTERNET BASED COMPANY. ALL OF THE CARS WILL BE STORED INSIDE. SALES WILL BE TAKING PLACE INSIDE. THEY GENERALLY DO BUSINESS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9 TO 5. BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IT DOES REQUIRE AN SUV. THE PNC ASKED ABOUT THE INTERNET BASED SALES. THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THAT. IF COUNCIL WANTS THEIR GENERAL BUSINESS HOURS, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS 9 TO 5. BUT THAT'S NOT WRITTEN INTO THE SUPP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH INTERNET SALES, YOU KNOW, HEY, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO STOP BY AT 7:00 OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO TO PICK UP THE CAR OR SOMETHING, THAT WOULD BE FINE. THE PNC COMMISSION DID VOTE SIX ZERO. WE DID SEND OUT 20, I'M SORRY, 20 OR 20 NOTIFICATIONS. WE DID GET THREE IN OPPOSITION. I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB. I HATE PUTTING WORDS IN PEOPLE'S MOUTHS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THEY TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING BECAUSE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT NOISE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL NOISE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND I'M SURE BEING RIGHT ALONG REGENCY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT LIVE RIGHT BEHIND TARGET OR FLOOR AND DECOR. I'M SURE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT HAPPEN. UNFORTUNATELY, OUTSIDE OF MAYBE NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS THAT THEY'VE HEARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S STAFF'S OPINION AND PNC, AFTER HEARING IT THAT THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF BUSINESS BEING WHAT IT IS, IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL FROM THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING. OKAY, WELL, I THINK I WILL START US OUT THE SAME WAY I DID LAST TIME. SO WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, I'D ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OBVIOUSLY, THE APPLICANT IS HERE. COULD YOU HELP ME? BECAUSE THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. I CAN'T QUITE TELL WHICH WAY THE BUILDING FACES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I CAN SEE SPRINGWELL. SPRINGWELL WOULD BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAPER. OKAY. SPRINGWELL WOULD BE AREA TWO OR AREA ONE. SPRINGWELL WOULD BE CLOSER. SO WHERE'S THE RED? IS THE RED AGAINST SPRINGWELL OR IS IT AGAINST. IT'S AGAINST REGENCY DRIVE. YEAH. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT THERE. IT'S WRITTEN VERTICALLY. IT SAYS REGENCY DRIVE. OKAY. I CAN SEE IT NOW. YES, SIR. YEAH. THE FAINTNESS AND THE THE SIDEWAYS THERE GOT ME ON THAT ONE. OKAY, SO THAT'S ON THAT END. AND WHERE'S IT LOOKS LIKE. AGAIN, I'M NOT GREAT AT READING PLANS. IS THAT AN ENTRANCE ONTO SPRINGWELL? NO, SIR. THERE ARE NO ENTRANCES COME FROM REGENTS. IT ONLY COMES FROM REGENCY. I COULDN'T TELL WHAT THE LITTLE CUT OUT GOING ON THAT SIDE [01:50:03] IS, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO DRIVING DOWN IN MY HEAD. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANYTHING IN REGENCY BUSINESS PARK THAT EXITS ONTO SPRINGWELL. I DON'T THINK YOU GET TO WILD FORK UNTIL YOU GET FARTHER UP, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, SO. YES, SIR. OKAY, THOSE WERE MY FIRST QUESTIONS. I WANT TO SEE IF COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. I GUESS I'LL ASK AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY THE SCP STATES DISPLAY SALES SERVICES. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE REPAIR. CORRECT? NO IT WOULDN'T. THE REASON THAT THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN THAT WAY IS BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY BRINGS A CAR IN, LIKE OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY NEED TO CHANGE THE TIRES AND CHANGE, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND CLEAN IT UP BEFORE THEY SELL IT, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING THAT IS EPA, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A PAINT BOOTH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THERE. BUT THEY CAN DO, LIKE, MINOR TYPE OF THINGS IF NEED BE. AND IS THAT REQUIRED TO BE DONE INSIDE AS WELL? BASED ON THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN? YES, SIR. JUST MAKING SURE THERE WON'T BE VEHICLES IN VARIOUS STATES OF DOUBT. NO, SIR. UPDATE. FIX UP. JUST SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT THERE EITHER. SO. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO TEM. THANKS, MAYOR. THIS BUILDING, THERE'S THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. YES, SIR. WHAT'S ON THAT BUILDING? WHAT'S ON THE BACK OF THAT BUILDING? I DON'T KNOW WHO THE CURRENT LEASE IS. AND THE THE ACTUAL OWNER OF THE BUILDING IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. CORRECT. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SPACE FOR LEASE IN THE BACK END, RIGHT? YES. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT SPACES. I REALLY DON'T KNOW. HOW MANY? THAT BUILDING. ONE. HOW MANY SPACES ARE HOW IT'S DIVIDED OUT. OKAY. AND IF I'M LOOKING CORRECTLY, ACROSS FROM THIS IS THE SMITH TOOL MANUFACTURING. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT NEXT TO IT ON THE LEFT SIDE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING STRAIGHT TO IT 116, YOU'LL BE RIGHT NEXT TO IT. I DON'T HAVE THE USES LISTED IN FRONT OF ME, SIR. I'M SORRY. OKAY. IS THIS BUSINESS OPERATING SOMEWHERE HERE IN WYLIE OR SURROUNDING AREAS, OR DOES IT CURRENTLY? GOOD EVENING MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ZUHAIR 60, 808 EAST VIEW DRIVE, SAXY, TEXAS, AND I'M THE OWNER OF TEXAS AUTO BY IS THE NAME OF THE DEALERSHIP. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU OPERATE THIS BUSINESS SOMEWHERE WITHIN WYLIE OR IN SURROUNDING AREAS. SO THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUSINESS THAT YOU'RE OPENING NOW. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION IN DALLAS RIGHT OFF OF 635 AND 75 AREA. OKAY. HOW MANY APPROXIMATE VEHICLES YOU CAN FIT INSIDE IN THIS PLACE? 20 TO 25 CARS. OKAY. AND I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE GOING TO BE USED CARS. YEAH, WE SPECIALIZE IN USED CARS. SPECIFICALLY LUXURY TO MID, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEFORE EXOTIC CARS. AND THE REASON WHY IT HAS TO BE A WAREHOUSE IS IT'S, YOU KNOW, SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR CARS. I LIVE PRETTY CLOSE TO WILEY. IT JUST, YOU KNOW, WILEY IS A VERY SAFE CITY FOR CAR BUSINESS. SO. YEAH, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WILL THERE BE SOMEBODY WORKING THERE? 9 TO 5 EVERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY? WILL THEY BE EMPLOYEES AT ALL? YEAH, WE HAVE ABOUT 5 TO 7 EMPLOYEES ALL THE TIME THERE. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. OKAY. COUNCIL DO WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? FOR THE DEVELOPER OR APPLICANT OR FOR MR. HASKINS ON THIS? OKAY. COUNCILMAN STRANG. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. NO REAL QUESTIONS. I'M JUST NOTICING HERE AS I'M LOOKING ON GOOGLE MAPS. I MEAN, THIS SEEMS TO FIT IN VERY NICELY WITH WHAT'S ALREADY ALONG REGENCY. AS IT STANDS NOW, SO. LOOKS GOOD TO ME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PICKENS. SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING OVER THE INCLUDED DRAWINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE REDLINED. I'M NOT REAL SURE I UNDERSTAND WHY I'M LOOKING AT THAT AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE RED LINES. YEAH. SO THAT IS THE FRONT IS AN OFFICE SPACE. AND THE BACK OR TO THE LEFT OF THE OF THE RED LINING IS THE ACTUAL WAREHOUSE. SO IN THE FRONT WE HAVE THE RECEPTION AND OFFICES, AND THE BACK IS WHERE WE STORE ALL THE WAREHOUSES, [01:55:02] AND THAT'S THAT'S THE REGENCY FRONT. YEAH. SO IN HINDSIGHT, COUNCILMAN PICKENS IS PROBABLY INFORMATION OVERLOAD. THIS FIRST PAGE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN HOPEFULLY ENOUGH TO MAKE HAVE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, MAKE BE EDUCATED ENOUGH TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT. BUT WE LEFT IT IN BECAUSE WE SENT IT TO PNC ALSO FOR EVERYTHING. BUT IT'S TO SHOW LIKE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO REMODEL THE INTERIOR AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT AS FAR AS A ZONING EXHIBIT GOES, THIS FIRST PAGE THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAIN SCREEN IS THE ONE THAT'S OF UTMOST CONCERN AND THAT IT FOLLOWS THE, THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED 5400FT², AND IT HAS TO BE ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS. SO IF I TAKE IT, IF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS RIGHT, Y'ALL PULLED THESE DRAWINGS AND Y'ALL REDLINED MARKS ON IT, BUT YOU HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DONE ANY DESIGN WORK OR ENGINEERING WORK ON THE BUILDING, IS THAT RIGHT? HELLO, MY NAME IS SEEING, 6604 JUPITER ROAD, PLANO, TEXAS. I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO THESE DRAWINGS ARE ACTUALLY ONLY THERE BECAUSE THE PACKET REQUESTED IT. NO REHABBING OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING HAPPENED WHATSOEVER. WE HAVE NO PLANS TO DO SO AT THIS POINT. THE ONLY KIND OF REHAB THAT'S HAPPENED IS WALL REPAIR. PAINT, FLOORING ON THE INTERIOR. BEYOND THAT, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING. THE RED LINE IS JUST THERE TO SHOWCASE THE 5400, 5400FT² THAT ARE GOING TO BE UTILIZED FOR MR. ZAHARA'S BUSINESS. TO THE LEFT, THERE'S ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM. AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAD SOME QUESTIONS. REGENCY DRIVE IS WHERE WHERE THAT B IS IS WHERE THE FRONT OFFICE IS NOW. THE THE HOMES ARE ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT SIDE. I FORGET THE NAME OF THAT STREET ON THE BACKSIDE, BUT HE'S COMPLETELY AWAY FROM ALL THOSE HOMES, AND THERE'S NO REMODELING HAPPENING ON THE EXTERIOR. OKAY. OKAY. THANKS. MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR, I JUST HAVE ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION? WHAT'S ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING? WHAT BUSINESSES DO YOU HAVE ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING? BECAUSE I TEND TO DISAGREE WITH YOU. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE BUSINESS. YEAH. IF WE HAVE A HIGH TRAFFIC BACK THERE AND HE HAS 20, 30, 40 CARS AND MULTIPLE CARS GO IN AND OUT EVERY DAY. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE PARKING ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOU. THERE'S ABOUT 16 CARS IN ONE PICTURE THAT I JUST SAW ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOU, PARKING WISE. YES, SIR. IF A CUSTOMER COMES TO BUY A CAR WITH TWO CARS AND PARKS IT THERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC JAM. SO ANYWAY, BUT JUST ASKING FOR THE BACK END PART OF IT. THE BACK END PART. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SEPARATE BUILDING BEHIND IT OR WHAT'S S1? S1 OKAY, SO THERE'S A CABINET SHOP. AND ADDITIONALLY THERE IS A, A GYM ON THE BACK END. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GENTLEMEN WOULD LIKE TO ADD? OR. MR. HASKINS, IN RESPONSE TO ANY APOLOGIES. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS HERE THIS EVENING. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. WELL, COUNCIL. WELL, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCILMAN STRANG HAS A MOTION OR IF COUNCILMAN STRANG HAS A QUESTION. SO, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. THE ITEM IS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN. DO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ONE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM AGAINST. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. [6. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Light Industrial (LI) to Light Industrial - Special Use Permit (LI-SUP) on 5.578 acres to allow for a warehouse use. Property located at 603 Sanden Blvd. (ZC 2025-18). ] CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING. YES. FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON 5.578 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR A WAREHOUSE USE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 603 SAN AND BOULEVARD. ZONING CASE 20 2518. MR. HASKINS, SORRY, I THOUGHT I WAS READING THE WRONG ONE, BUT IT'S THE DIFFERENT USE, BUT THE SAME. YEAH, SAME GENERAL REQUEST. YEAH. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SO THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY SANDEN. YOU KNOW, AS MANY PEOPLE ARE AWARE YOU KNOW, SINCE DIVESTING A FEW PARTS OF THEIR PROPERTY AND RACK INDUSTRIES HAS COME IN, AND THEY WOULD THEY'RE REQUESTING TO BUILD A 63,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE. GENERALLY SPEAKING NORMALLY THAT'S ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. OR A WAREHOUSE UP TO 25,000FT² IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS. THIS WHOLE AREA IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. BUT BECAUSE IT'S OVER 25,000FT². [02:00:03] THEY HAVE TO HAVE SUP APPROVAL. RAC INDUSTRIES HAS WENT AHEAD AND DONE THEIR HOMEWORK AHEAD OF TIME, AND PART OF THE SUP REQUEST IS TO HAVE THE SITE PLAN B REQUEST BE PART OF IT. SO APPROVAL OF THE ZONING WOULD BE APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN ALSO. SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO PNC FOR THAT PARTICULAR APPROVAL. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS. YOU'VE GOT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. AND THEN THERE'S ELEVATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED. RAC GENERALLY THEY'RE TENANTS. ARE PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT PNC, YOU KNOW, THEY USE LIKE MILESTONE ELECTRIC, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THEIR DFW WIDE, BUT THEY MAY HAVE AN AREA HERE WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SOME PLUMBERS AND SOME OF THE BASIC MATERIALS THAT THEY WOULD NEED HERE SO THEY CAN RESPOND A LITTLE BIT FASTER, HVAC COMPANY, THAT SORT OF THING. I KNOW ONE OF THE LETTERS THAT WAS OPPOSED YOU KNOW, SPOKE ABOUT LTL TYPE OF DISTRIBUTION. AND THAT'S NOT THE TENANTS THAT THEY GO AFTER WITH THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING, AND IT'S NOT REALLY SET UP FOR THAT SORT OF THING. EXCUSE ME. THE. SO SORRY. THE PNC COMMISSION DID VOTE FOR ONE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THE THE COMMISSIONER THAT WAS AGAINST IT WAS JUST WORRIED ABOUT SAND AND BEING ABLE TO HANDLE EVEN LIGHT TRUCK TRAFFIC BOX TRUCKS, WHICH IS NORMALLY WHAT RACK INDUSTRY MOSTLY DEALS. THERE'S A LITTLE 18 WHEEL TRAFFIC BASED ON WHAT THEY DO. SO THAT WAS THEIR GENERAL CONCERN. AND JASON GRANER FROM THE EDC DID SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BASICALLY DISCUSSED THAT THE EDC MAY GET INVOLVED. OBVIOUSLY IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT TO GO THROUGH THE BOARD AND, AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING, BUT THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN MAYBE HELPING GET THE ENGINEERING, AT LEAST FOR SAND AND, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT WAY IT CAN BE READY TO BE EXPANDED BECAUSE IT IS ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE, YOU KNOW, THE CIP, THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SORRY. FOR IMPROVEMENTS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I'LL START THE SAME WAY. OKAY. THAT WAY. I CAN'T FORGET TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I'M OPENING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO STEP FORWARD AND ADDRESS, COUNCIL WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS TIME. OKAY, SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE FOR MR. HASKINS OR FOR THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM, THANKS, MAYOR. CAN WE HAVE THE APPLICANT? JUST GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF THE TENANTS AND THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS. YOU MENTIONED VERY LIGHT 18 WHEELERS. I KNOW SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HIGH IMPACT TRAFFIC IN TERMS OF BIG BOX TRUCKS AND WHATNOT. SURE. ZACH RICHESON, 6112 MARTELLE AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75214. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR HAVING US. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN AND BUILD THIS PRODUCT AND WILEY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND WHEN WE GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND WHEN I SAY WE. THIS IS A MOM AND POP SHOP. THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS JUST ME AND MY DAD, AND WE BUILD THESE, WHAT I CALL SMALL, SUPER SHALLOW BAY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS FOR THE. IT'S BASICALLY MODERN INDUSTRIAL AMENITIES FOR THE VERY SMALL USER. AND WE BUILD THEM AND LEWISVILLE AND CORINTH. WE'VE DONE ONE OUT IN ALLIANCE CLOSE TO JUSTIN. AND WE THINK IT WOULD GO REALLY WELL HERE. SO I DID SEE THE, THE TWO COMMENTS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS. AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO BE GREAT NEIGHBORS TO TO EVERYBODY. WHAT THIS BUILDING IS SPECIFICALLY AGAIN, IT IS IT IS GOING TO BE A MODERN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR TENANTS THAT RANGE IN THE 7000FT² TO 14,000 TO POSSIBLY 20,000FT. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A SLIDE IN HERE WHICH SHOWS OUR ELEVATIONS. AND I'M ACTUALLY INSTALLING FIVE DIFFERENT STOREFRONTS. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE A MIX OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND KIND OF WHAT WE DO THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO IS I'M GOING TO BUILD OUT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SPEC SUITES SO THAT I HAVE AN EASY LEASE AND A KEY WHEN I'M DONE AND I GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. SO MAINLY IN A 7000 FOOT SUITE, YOU MIGHT HAVE A 1400 FOOT BEAUTIFUL SPEC OFFICE, AND YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT FEELS LIKE 5500FT OF WAREHOUSE. ELSE. THAT'S A VERY SMALL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT. AGAIN, IF YOU HAD A DOUBLE SUITE 14,000FT, IN INDUSTRIAL TERMS, [02:05:02] VERY SMALL. THESE ARE NOT TENANTS THAT ARE GETTING ARE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC. IN FACT, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE WAY WE'VE SET UP THIS BUILDING, IT'S ONLY GOT 115 FOOT TRUCK COURT. IT'S IT'S A SMALL LOT FOR FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE. A TYPICAL BULK INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT WOULD BE 130 FOOT DEEP TRUCK COURT. AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 55 OR 60FT OF TRAILER PARKING. SO WHAT THIS IS, IS, IS NOT APPLES TO APPLES WITH A DISTRIBUTION CENTER PER SE. WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR ARE LITERALLY THE GUYS THAT ARE OVER OFF OF STEEL ROAD NEW HENSLEY AND THAT KIND OF AREA THAT THEY GO FROM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I HAVE A METAL BUILDING AND THEN OR THERE'S SOME BRICK AND MORTAR, 5000 SQUARE FOOT GRADE LEVEL BUILDINGS OVER THERE, AND THEN THE NEXT STEP UP AS THEY GROW THEIR BUSINESS IS WHAT WE'RE OFFERING. AND THERE'S JUST NONE OF THIS PRODUCT HERE IN TOWN. AND SO THOSE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE TAKING THEIR BUSINESSES TO YOUR NEIGHBORING TOWNSHIPS PLANO OR SAXY OR ROCKWALL, WHERE THEY CAN GET SOME REAL HIGH PRODUCT. AND AND SO OUR GOAL HERE IS TO GO AFTER, AGAIN, CONTRACTORS, HVAC, ELECTRICIANS, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE A MODERN NOW INDUSTRIAL FRONT AND NOT HAVE THE METAL BUILDING THAT THEY'RE GROWING OUT OF, WHICH THEY'RE STORING ALL THEIR THINGS OUTSIDE. THEY WANT KIND OF THAT, THAT NEXT ELEVATION OF OF WHAT THAT IS WHAT THIS IS NOT IS THE 300,000 FOOT DISTRIBUTION CENTER THAT LOVETT BUILT THAT'S OVER AT THE THE INTERMODAL. IT'S NOT ANYTHING LIKE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. BUT THERE'S A TON OF NEW PRODUCT IN SACHSE THAT'S GOING UP RIGHT THERE ON GEORGE BUSH. THIS IS NOT THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER. AND I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A WIN WIN FOR WILEY. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILEY NEEDS. AND AND IT'LL BRING BACK SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE LOSING. TYPICALLY WHEN WE BUILD THESE BUILDINGS, I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE THIS IS GOING TO FILL UP WITH 4 OR 5 MOMS AND DADS THAT LIVE WITHIN A MILE AWAY THAT ARE GOING, OH, MY BUSINESS IS 20 MINUTE DRIVE. NOW, I FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S IN MY BACKYARD THAT I CAN GO MOVE TO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT DETAILED EXPLANATION. WHICH LEADS ME TO WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE LOVETT AND A BIG SPACE IN TERMS OF YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE BUILT THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT IN MULTIPLE AREAS. HAS IT BEEN THIS BIG IN TERMS OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OR BIGGER OR SMALLER SIMILAR SIZES? YEAH. SO THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY SMALLER. I JUST FINISHED ONE IN THE CITY OF CORINTH. IT IS 66,570FT². FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT'S THE SAME SIZE. OKAY. AND AND WE GOT AN EDC AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CORINTH FOR MANY OF THE SAME REASONS WHY JASON. AND SEEMS LIKE THE WARM RECEPTION WE'VE GOT FROM THE CITY PLANNERS TO BUILD THIS HERE, WHICH IS THERE'S JUST NONE OF THIS PRODUCT AROUND. SO I BUILT THE ONE IN LEWISVILLE THAT WAS 40,000FT, AND THEN THE ONE THAT WE BUILT IN ALLIANCE WAS 60,000. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY I HAVE ONE VACANCY RIGHT NOW THAT'S 12,000FT. AND SINCE WE JUST FINISHED THE CORINTH BUILDING, WE'RE GOING THROUGH LEASE UP RIGHT NOW. I JUST GOT A CO ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, 25% LEASED AND KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE. HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS PROCESS OF PUTTING THIS ON THE GROUND AND BUILDING IT UP AND LEASING IT? OH, IF WE GET APPROVAL TODAY, I'M GOING TO RELEASE THE BALANCE OF MY CIVIL TOMORROW. AND WE WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR FIRST ROUND CIVIL COMMENTS IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS FROM NOW. OKAY, GO THROUGH THAT CIVIL PROCESS. GO THROUGH THE ARCHITECTURAL. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BREAKING GROUND IN JUNE WILL BE AN EIGHT MONTH BUILD. AND THEN AT THE END OF IT AGAIN, I'LL HAVE 4 OR 5 SUITES READY TO GO. EASY LEASE KEY. MOVE IN. READY. THIS IS NOT A IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT FOR THE THE LARGE INDUSTRIAL BASE THAT NEEDS YOU KNOW, WE'RE PEPSI AND WE NEED 200,000FT. AND BY THE WAY, I NEED MY OFFICE TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY. HERE'S I'M GOING TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL OFFICE AND SAY TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. THIS KIND OF WORKS FOR EVERYBODY IN THE SMALLER SORT OF BROAD TERMS. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY, BEFORE I GO TO YOU, COUNCILMAN, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR MR. HASKINS. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE CONSIDERING THE SITE PLAN AS WELL AS THE ZONING. YES, SIR. DOES THIS ACCOUNT FOR THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF SALMON AS FAR AS DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY. AS FAR AS LIKE OTHER AREAS THAT STAND AND MAY SELL OFF OR SOMETHING. NO, NO, NO SAND IN BOULEVARD. OH YES YES YES. GOES FROM 2 TO 4 LANES AS THE CIP CALLS FOR. ESSENTIALLY, DOES THE SITE PLAN ACCOUNT FOR THAT? [02:10:03] YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M NOT A I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. SO. YES. NO IT DOES. IT LOOKS LIKE IT BUT I DIDN'T. YEAH. THERE'S 100FT. THERE'S 100FT OF RIGHT OF WAY THERE. WHICH JUST FOR VISUALIZATION SAKE, IS THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY THAT BROWN IS. RIGHT. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT HERE BEFORE OBVIOUSLY, ONCE YOU GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WEST GATE, IT KIND OF NARROWS DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT THE FOUR LANES WITH THE MEDIAN IS WHAT SAND AND COULD BECOME. OKAY. IT'S WIDE ENOUGH FOR THAT. SINCE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS ON SITE PLANS, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NOW. YES, SIR. THAN HAVING THE DISCUSSION AFTER SOMEBODY BUILDS SOMETHING. YES, SIR. WE'VE DONE THAT BOTH WAYS BEFORE WITH STREET, SO. YES, SIR. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ON THAT. AND THEN I'LL. ACTUALLY LET YOU GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ON THIS. THE 24 BAYS ACROSS THERE THROUGH ME. IT WASN'T REAL SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT BUILDING. BASED ON WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR, LIKE, AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR OR AN HVAC OR PLUMBING OR SOME SORT OF COMPANY THAT DOES THEIR WORK OUTSIDE OF THIS BUSINESS TO HANDLE LOGISTICS AND MATERIAL MOVEMENT FOR THE OPERATION OF THEIR BUSINESS. AM I CORRECT IN THAT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE THE NUMBER OF BAYS, IS THAT INDICATIVE OF THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT YOU'D HAVE THERE? EACH BUSINESS WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN BAYS TO BE WORKING FROM. YEAH. I THINK WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY END UP DOING AND IS PROBABLY WE'LL HAVE A MIX OF WE MIGHT HAVE 2 OR 3 SINGLE BAYS, WHICH IN THIS INSTANCE IS PROBABLY GOING TO END UP BEING 50FT WIDE BY 135FT DEEP. SO LET'S CALL THAT 6750 PER BAY. WE MIGHT HAVE 2 OR 3 OF THOSE. I MIGHT HAVE TWO BAYS THAT ARE DOUBLE BAYS. AND THEN MAYBE ONE TRIPLE, WHICH MIGHT BE A. SO LET'S JUST SAY, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, I HAVE A 2214 AND TWO SEVENS OR TWO THREES. BUT IT'S ALL GOING TO BE SMALL. OKAY. I THINK YOU WERE YOU REFERRING TO THE NUMBER OF DOORS I WAS LOOKING AT THE THE DOCK POSITION? YEAH. THE NUMBER ON THE DOCK. HIGH DOORS. YEAH I THINK IT'S IT'S MORE A QUESTION OF THE NUMBER OF DOCK DOORS FOR FIVE TENANTS. SURE. SO ALSO GREAT QUESTION. AND I KNOW THAT THAT GOT BROUGHT UP BY OUR NEIGHBOR. AND I GUESS IF, WHEN TO THE, TO THE UNTRAINED INDUSTRIAL EYE, YOU MIGHT SEE ALL THESE DOCKS AND GO, WELL WHAT'S, WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO GO HERE AND THE, THE QUICK ANSWER IS, IS THAT LET'S JUST SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M GOING TO PUT IN 20 DOCS HERE. AND AND THOSE 20 DOCS, LET'S SAY ARE GOING TO COST $100,000 TO DO THAT. NOW, I COULD I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO USE ALL THESE DOCS. SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE, WE PROBABLY ONLY USE 12 OR 13 DOCS. HOWEVER, IF I GO PUT IN, IF I TRY TO PICK AND GUESS WHERE THESE FUTURE COMPANIES THAT THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR SETUP IS GOING TO BE. AND THEY MAY COME IN ON AN END CAP SUITE AND THEY MAY SAY, HEY, THIS END CAP SUITE, I'VE GOT THREE DOCS HERE, BUT I REALLY ONLY NEED THE RIGHT SIDE DOC, OR I REALLY ONLY NEED THE LEFT SIDE DOC. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GUESS WHICH ONE THEY HAVE, BECAUSE WHAT I WANT TO DO IS HAVE AN EASY LEASE AND A KEY AND A MOVE IN READY SUITE, SO I CAN GO BY 20 DOCTORS FOR $100,000, OR I CAN PUT IN KNOCKOUTS, PAY SOMEBODY TO HAVE TO REMOVE THAT CONCRETE WHEN THOSE GUYS ARE READY TO MOVE IN, COST ME A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN BUY THEM 1 OR 2 AT A TIME, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M PAYING $8,000 FOR A DOCK DOOR. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE ECONOMY IS KIND OF A WASH. AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE IT READY TO GO SINCE IT'S GOING TO COST ME THE SAME AMOUNT. AND IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF I GO INTO LEASE ANYTHING, IF ALL OF IT LOOKS GOOD, EXCEPT THERE'S THIS ONE AREA THAT MAY NOT BE DONE, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY. SO JUST FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT, I THINK IT WORKS OUT WELL BUT GUARANTEE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO ALL THESE DOCKS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'VE PRETTY WELL DESCRIBED MY SITUATION IN MY LATE 20S AND EARLY 30S, WHEN I OWNED MY OWN TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS, WHERE WE HAD FIVE CREWS THAT WERE RUNNING UP TO OKLAHOMA TO DO THE INSTALLATION JOBS, AND WE OPERATED OUT OF A SMALL WAREHOUSE OFFICE AREA, AND WE OUTGREW IT. WE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING A PLACE TO GO WHERE WE COULD CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS IN A LITTLE BIT LARGER SCALE, AND IF THIS WAS AVAILABLE TO ME, THEN WE WOULD HAVE BID ON THIS. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION BECAUSE IT REALLY CLEARED THE THE AIR TO ME ON WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS NOW THAT I'LL FINISH UP WITH MR. HASKINS. SO OBVIOUSLY, EVEN THOUGH THE COMMENTS AND I BELIEVE THEM THAT THIS IS NOT A SEMI TRUCK HEAVY TRAFFIC LOCATION. YES, SIR. WE DON'T ALLOW THOSE TO BE PARKED ON OUR STREETS ANYWAY. [02:15:01] CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT, MR. PARKER? THEY CAN'T BE STANDING AND IDLING ON CITY STREETS BLOCKING TRAFFIC. TOMMY, FOR EXTENDED PERIODS. THERE'S THERE'S. YEAH, I WOULD ASK, AND I'M ONLY ASKING BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS POINTED OUT BY ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE. WITH THEIR QUESTIONS. 2000 NORTH HIGHWAY 78. THAT'S EXACTLY AS YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN A PUBLIC HEARING. YES. WE WE DO NOT ALLOW OVERNIGHT PARKING. YOU CAN'T RESTRICT LIKE, THE THE TEMPORARY. SO AS LONG AS THEY PUT THEIR TRIANGLES OUT AND THEY'RE NOT BLOCKING TOO MUCH OF THE ROADWAY, THEN THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO. BUT THEY ARE LIMITED IN TIME. AND WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO GET THEM MOVED BECAUSE THEY DO BLOCK UP SO MUCH ROADWAY. SO THAT HELPS. AND THAT WOULD BE, I ASSUME, IF FOR ANY REASON THERE WAS A PROBLEM, WE CAN ALWAYS ADDRESS THAT, AS WE'VE DONE WITH SCHOOL PARKING ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS AROUND TOWN. YES, SIR. I MEAN, COUNCIL HAS FULL AUTHORITY TO WE CAN PUT NO PARKING SIGNS UP ON ONE SIDE OF SAND OR THE OTHER. THROUGH A CITY ORDINANCE, IF WE HAD TO. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT ARISES, WE CAN. CAN. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BEYOND CAN. WE CAN ADDRESS IT. YES, SIR. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAD FOR YOU ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY HERE WAS OBVIOUSLY SANDIN HAS OWNED THE PROPERTY AND HAS I'LL JUST CALL HIM SOME UNIQUE TAX SITUATIONS AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. THAT DOES NOT APPLY ANY LONGER WHEN IT SELLS. IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY UNIQUE TAX SITUATIONS? I'M JASON GRANER MIGHT KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE SOME. NO IT DOES NOT. OKAY OKAY. SO HE WAS ABLE TO ANSWER. THERE WE GO. OKAY. THE ANSWER WAS NO OKAY I ASSUMED THAT BUT I WANTED TO CHECK. SO AS A PLANNER I TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE FINANCIAL. YEAH. WELL AND I APPRECIATE MR. PARKER KNOWING THAT ONE. SO THERE'S JUST SOME DIFFERENT NUANCES THERE. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I. I UNDERSTAND WHAT TO EXPECT THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. SO. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. COUNCILMAN PICKENS. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNT? COUNCILMAN HOOVER, I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR COMING AND BEING ABLE TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS FOR US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. OKAY. WITH THAT, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE WAITING FOR A WHILE, BUT I AM GOING TO TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK. AND WE WILL PICK BACK UP IN JUST A FEW. [02:25:23] WITH THAT, I'LL CALL US BACK INTO SESSION. [02:25:26] WE ARE STILL IN OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ON ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, [7. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Planned Development 2022-51 (PD 2022-51) to Commercial Corridor - Special Use Permit (CC-SUP) on 2.02 acres to allow for a landscaping contractor’s maintenance yard. Property located at 703 N. Highway 78 (ZC 2025-14). ] CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT 2022 DASH 51 PD 2020 2-51 TO COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON 2.02 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR A LANDSCAPING CONTRACTORS MAINTENANCE YARD PROPERTY LOCATED AT 703 NORTH HIGHWAY 78. ZONING CASE 2025 DASH 14. MR. HASKINS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT'S MY LAST ONE FOR THE EVENING. SO THE APPLICANT, THIS THIS PARTICULAR AREA WAS UNDER A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR A DISTILLERY AND EVENT CENTER. AND THAT'S WHAT THE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT KIND OF RESTRICTED THE USES TO THAT. SO WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR IS TO GO TO STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ZONING, BUT ALSO ALLOW AN SCP FOR A LANDSCAPING CONTRACTORS MAINTENANCE YARD. THE APPLICANT HAS HAD A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THERE, YOU'VE NOTICED IT'S LIKE ALREADY UP AND RUNNING. AND THAT WAS BASICALLY STAFF AND THE APPLICANT HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THINGS. YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING IS OLDER. IT'S 1994. THEY STILL WANTED TO MAKE USE OF THAT AREA. AND BECAUSE IT'S BACK A LITTLE WAYS OFF OF 78 BUT YET TRAFFIC FROM THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF USE WOULD STILL HAVE TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE SHOPPING CENTER TO THE NORTH. WE THOUGHT THAT THE BEST IDEA WAS TO HAVE A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT BECAUSE ALL THEY'RE DOING IS PUTTING UP SOME FENCING AND HAVING SOME TRUCKS AND STUFF THERE BECAUSE THEIR MAIN FACILITY IS STILL OUT OF TOWN. JUST TO SEE WHETHER THIS IS A VIABLE SOLUTION OR NOT. AND WITH THAT, THOUGH, WE GAVE THEM UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY SO THEY COULD GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO GET FINAL A RECOMMENDATION FROM PNC AND FROM AN ULTIMATE DECISION FROM COUNCIL. BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE ON THE THE ZONING EXHIBIT, THIS IS JUST AN EXHIBIT. A SITE PLAN WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE DONE IF THIS SITE PLAN OR IF THIS ZONING CASE REQUEST WAS APPROVED. THERE'S THREE AREAS. THEY'RE USING TWO OF THESE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE BASICALLY FENCING IN VEHICLES AND, AND SOME EQUIPMENT. AND THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF, THEY'RE NOT USING AND THEY HOPE TO ACTUALLY LEASE THAT OUT TO SOME KIND OF USER IN THE FUTURE, WHICH WOULD BE ALLOWED WITH ANYTHING WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING, WHICH IS WHAT THE UNDERLYING ZONING IS. WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO 25 PROPERTY OWNERS. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE PNC COMMISSION DID ASK ABOUT WHETHER STAFF HAD RECEIVED ANY INPUT FROM ANYBODY NEIGHBORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE SAID AT THAT TIME WE HADN'T AND ULTIMATELY THEY VOTED FIVE ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND I AM ALSO OBVIOUSLY AVAILABLE. OKAY. I WILL START US OUT WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT. NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND COUNCILMAN ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE ON THIS ITEM? SO I HAVE ONE. YES, SIR. ONE OF MY LARGEST CONCERNS WITH THIS IS HOW CLOSE THE SINGLE TRUE EXIT IS TO THE LIGHT AT 78 AND BROWN 78. AND BROWN IS THE WORST INTERSECTION. A LOT OF TIMES FOR STACKING RIGHT NOW IN TOWN. YES, SIR. AND THAT MAKES IT. THERE'S NO LEFT TURN IN AND THERE'S ONLY A RIGHT TURN OUT. AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME NOT. I WON'T EVEN SAY ASSUME, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE UNFAIR. I'VE BEEN OVER THERE AND SEEN AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE LARGE TRUCKS. THEY HAVE LARGE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK I'M SAYING SEMIS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, [02:30:02] BUT THEY DO HAUL TRAILERS WITH BOBCATS AND DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT ON THEM. MY CONCERN IS THAT INTERSECTION IS ALREADY TERRIBLE, FRANKLY, AND I THINK YOU COULD. I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN COMMENTS ONLINE IF YOU'VE BEEN ONLINE AT ALL, BUT IT IS A VERY TOUGH INTERSECTION. I KNOW TRYING TO GET OUT OF THERE MYSELF CAN BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. IF TRAFFIC IS BUSY IN JUST A PASSENGER VEHICLE, LET ALONE WITH A TRAILER. I ALSO FRANKLY AM CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING CONTRACTOR MAINTENANCE AT THE VERY END PAST A BUNCH OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. YES, SIR. YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THERE ARE, I THINK 3 OR 4 RESTAURANTS TOTAL IN THERE. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE CUTTING ACROSS. YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU HAVE IT'S A BEAUTY STORE. THERE'S THERE'S MULTIPLE OTHER USES THERE. AND SOME OF THOSE ARE HEAVILY UTILIZED DURING THE DAY. SOME OF THOSE RESTAURANTS ARE NOT OPEN IN THE EVENINGS OR LIMITED HOURS. AND SO AGAIN, MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS THOSE ARE LARGE VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. YES, SIR. AND I ALSO DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THAT ABUTTING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S THERE. AND WE HAVE NOT EVEN SEEN WHAT TRAFFIC WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE'S, I GUESS, AN UNOFFICIAL CUT THROUGH AND APARTMENTS THAT HAVE NO ONE LIVING IN THEM YET. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S GOING TO ADD A LOT OF ADDITIONAL VEHICLES IN THOSE APARTMENTS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY FILL UP. YES, SIR. AND SO THOSE THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS THAT I HAVE WITH IT. YES, SIR. WE STAFF EXPRESSED THOSE PRETTY MUCH VERBATIM WITH THE APPLICANT WHEN THEY FIRST CAME IN. YOU KNOW, WE WERE TELLING THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR AREA, ESPECIALLY WITH TRAILERS. IF YOUR FOLKS ARE GOING SOUTH ON 78, THEY'VE GOT A WIDE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO A MILE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO TO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT AND GO RIGHT. GO RIGHT AGAIN ON BROWN AND, YOU KNOW, GET DOWN TO EUBANKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND COME AROUND. THERE WAS ALMOST NO WAY TO GET YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET ACROSS A SINGLE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTERPLAYS WITH BROWN DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO VEHICLES WITH THE ESSENTIALLY BLIND HILL ENTRANCE. YES, SIR. AND THAT PREDATES PROBABLY ALL OF US SITTING UP HERE IN ALL OF OUR POSITIONS, INCLUDING YOURSELF. BUT PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT OF THAT ON THE BACKSIDE OF A HILL, EVEN. AND THAT'S IF YOU'RE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT. YOU'RE GOING 30. AND EUBANKS IS ON THE SIP. BUT IT IS A NARROW I'LL CALL IT MODERATE CONDITION ROAD. IT'S NOT TERRIBLE, BUT. YES, SIR. I AND EUBANKS AND 78 IS ALREADY HAD MANY, MANY ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT IT AND HAS THE WATER TRUCK TRAFFIC WITH TRUE SEMI TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THERE. AND SO I JUST DON'T KNOW I HAVE, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT AND, AND OBVIOUSLY FROM WHAT'S ALREADY THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROPOSING A MORE INTENSIVE USAGE WITH THE THREE DIFFERENT PLUS POTENTIALLY ANOTHER COMMERCIAL USER, BECAUSE THE CURRENT OWNERSHIP IS NOT UTILIZING THAT BUILDING FOR ANYTHING, SO. OKAY, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT, BUT THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANKS, MAYOR. WELL, I LIVED THROUGH IT EVERY DAY. MAYBE A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT AND THROUGH THAT AREA. SO I, I KNOW THAT AREA PRETTY WELL. I DO APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH THE BUILDING, THE WAY THEY HAVE FENCED IT AND DISGUISED THE PARKING OF THE CARS DURING THE DAY. WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITHOUT ANYTHING IN THERE. THE WAY THAT THESE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE FOR, FOR I BELIEVE IT'S 1960S. SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS THE WAY IT IS, THE ROAD RIGHT NOW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET WHERE MY RESTAURANT IS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THE LAUNDRY AND THE AUTO SHOP IS. WE HAVE POTHOLES AND WE HAVE HOLES, AND WE HAVE REBAR COMING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT ON THE BACK END, THERE WAS REBARS AND PARKING LOT COMING IN IT. IT'S SO MUCH TO DO WITH THE WAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEMI OR TRAILERS THAT ARE BEING PUSHED OR CARS OR TRUCKS THAT ARE PUSHING THEIR EQUIPMENT WITH THEM AND THEY PARK HORIZONTALLY ON A SENSE OF THE WORD, AND THEY TAKE HALF OF THE PARKING LOT. IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO RUN A BUSINESS IN THAT AREA IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WITH THAT TYPE OF USE ON THE BACK END, AND IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT FOR TRAFFIC USER OR SOMEONE DRIVING WITH A CAR BETWEEN THEM COMING OUT AND THEN COMING IN WITH 78, 78 AND BROWN. THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT IS BUSY AT ALL TIMES. YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE AUTO SHOP TO COME OUT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GO UP NORTH [02:35:05] BROWN, YOU HAVE TO COME AND MAKE A U-TURN AT THE GAS STATION, THEN COME OUT FOR ME. I WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THEIR BUSINESS AND WANTING TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESS HERE, AND WHILE I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT LOCATION IS THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR THEM, OKAY. AND FROM VERY LITTLE THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE Y'ALL CITY DECIDED TO GIVE THEM A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO BE TO SEE WHAT IT IS, IT'S BECOME A NIGHTMARE NOT ONLY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED WITH THE RESTAURANT. AND AS MAYOR MENTIONED, WE HAVE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE HANDICAPPED SPACES, THE WAY THEY'RE DESIGNED THERE ACROSS FROM THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE NEXT TO THE RAMP. SO THE HANDICAPPED PERSON HAS TO COME OUT OF THE CAR AND THEN COME THROUGH THE RAMP INSTEAD OF PARKING IT NEXT TO IT. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR EVEN A HANDICAPPED PERSON. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. HOPEFULLY NEVER HAPPENS ANYTHING. BUT WITH THAT TYPE OF USAGE ON THE BACK END, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE. SO I HAVE REALLY LARGE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT AND EVERYBODY ELSE WANTING THEIR BUSINESS HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN PICKENS THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. GINO. I'D LIKE TO JUST MARRY YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH EVERYTHING THAT GINO'S HAS SAID. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXISTING TENANTS AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO ENDURE. WITH THIS COMING IN I FREQUENT THAT AREA REGULARLY. AND I AGREE WITH HIM ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE THE ROAD AND THE PARKWAY. I HAVE TO KIND OF STEER MY TRUCK IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO AVOID THE OBSTACLES THAT ARE STICKING OUT THROUGH THE CONCRETE AND AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A VIABLE SITUATION FOR WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. THANK YOU SIR. THANKS, MAYOR. CAN YOU GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND? YES. THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, IF HE CAN. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO SAY IF WE DIDN'T HAVE. I KNOW COUNCILMAN STRANG HAS SOME QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW, WOULD YOU? OKAY. HE BUZZED OUT, SO WE'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD. I WAS TRYING TO TRYING TO LET YOU HEAR ALL THE FEEDBACK SO THAT YOU COULD COME FORWARD AND RESPOND TO TO IT. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND IT CAN BE BUSINESS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOR US. AND SURE. MICHAEL THOMAS 4007 TRAVIS STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS. THAT'S MY PERSONAL ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR HAVING US. IT'S NOT GOING AS WELL AS I THOUGHT. ALREADY BY THE TIME I GOT UP HERE. BUT JUST TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY, I GET IT. SO LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK. I REPRESENT BOTH THE OWNERSHIP OF THE BUSINESS, THE APPLICANT, THE LANDSCAPING BUSINESS, AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO WE HAD THIS PROPERTY ON THE MARKET FOR ALMOST A YEAR. IT'S BEEN TEN MONTHS OR SO. SIX MONTHS INTO THAT TEN MONTHS, WE LOOKED UP AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT A LANDSCAPING BUSINESS THAT RUNS QUITE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE WYLIE AREA. WHY DON'T WE UTILIZE THE SPACE THAT WAY? IF WE WERE SMARTER, WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF IT SIX MONTHS EARLIER. WE DIDN'T. AND HERE WE ARE. SO WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT. THINGS ARE GOING REALLY WELL. FOR US, IT SAVES DRIVE TIME. PRIMARILY. I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE WYLIE JUNIOR HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE PROJECT IN THE AREA AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMERCIAL PROJECTS IN AND AROUND WYLIE. FROM THE TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE, I TELL YOU, WE'RE ALWAYS OFF PEAK, SO I GET IT. BUT IN THE SUMMER, WE'RE GETTING THERE AT 530, WE'RE OUT BY SIX, AND THE WINTER WE'RE LEAVING LATEST 7:00 AND WE'RE GETTING BACK BETWEEN 330 AND 4. THAT'S OFF PEAK TRAFFIC. THAT'S OFF PEAK FOR RETAIL. I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE CONCERN. RIGHT. BUT WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THAT RELATIVE TO WHEN WE'RE COMING IN, WHEN WE'RE COMING OUT. OUR GUYS ARE LEAVING OFF 78. AND WHEN THEY'RE COMING BACK, THEY'RE COMING ON COMING BACK THROUGH MARBLE. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANSWERS ANY QUESTIONS. DO I REALLY NEED ALL THREE OF THOSE FENCED AREAS? NOT REALLY. I COULD DO TWO FENCED AREAS OR ONE IN 5 OR 6 CREWS. SO THAT'S 5 OR 6 F250 WITH TRAILERS. MOST OF THE TIME THE SKID STEERS ARE STAYING ON JOB SITES. SO THOSE ARE NOT TRAILERS MOST OF THE TIME. COMING BACK. TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I WANT TO ADDRESS. I THINK JUST FROM A AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE PURSUING AN SUP FROM A USE PERSPECTIVE. THE PROPERTY IS REALLY CHALLENGING, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S A BURIED IN A RETAIL STRIP. THERE'S NOT A TON OF VISIBILITY, SO WHAT COULD GO THERE? I KNOW STAFF HAS EXPRESSED THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF DESTINATION. I'M NOT SURE. WELL, I'LL SAY THIS IN THE 8 OR 10 MONTHS THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE MARKET, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED INTEREST FROM ANYBODY INTERESTED IN A USE LIKE THAT. [02:40:04] SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MAYOR PRO TEM. THANKS, MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR. THOUGHT PROCESS IN GETTING UP HERE AND SPEAKING. DO YOU INTEND TO USE THIS? ARE YOU INTENDING TO USE A TO. ARE YOU REQUESTING A CHANGING ON SUP FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME? AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU HAVE THIS BUILDING STILL ON THE MARKET EVEN AS WE SIT TODAY. ARE YOU ASKING FOR A TEMPORARY PART OF IT? I'LL USE IT FOR AS LONG AS YOU GUYS LET ME USE IT. SO IF I COULD GET. IF YOU DENY THE SP, I'LL ASK FOR A TUP. BUT I GUESS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MORE SPECIFICALLY, YEAH, WE WOULD TAKE A LIMITED. DO YOU WANT TO ACT LIKE YOU WANT TO TALK? BUT WE WOULD TAKE A LIMITED SUP BECAUSE IF I'M CORRECT, YOU, YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS IN WILEY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE LARGER BUSINESSES THAT YOU'RE DOING. SO I'M ASSUMING THE TRAFFIC JAM IS NOT GOING TO BE AS HARD ONCE YOUR CREW IS NOT WORKING IN WILEY PROJECTS 12 TO 14 MONTHS FROM NOW. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF PROJECTS IN THIS AREA. CORRECT. TWO YEARS FROM NOW, ARE WE GOING TO OUR PROJECTS TYPICALLY RUN 6 TO 8 MONTHS, SO THEY'RE LONGER PROJECTS AND TWO YEARS FROM NOW, DO WE STILL HAVE A HEAVY CONCENTRATION? WILEY I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, ARE YOU PLANNING ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN AND AROUND THE BUILDING IN TERMS OF THE FRONT PARKING, IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE IS THERE'S DRAINAGE ISSUES. YEAH. EVEN WHERE YOU'RE PARKING THE VEHICLES RIGHT NOW, WHERE YOU HAVE DISGUISED IT, YOU KNOW, A BIG RAIN. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YET, BUT I HAVE. YEAH. BIG RAIN WILL COME DOWN THROUGH YOUR PARKING LOT AND THROUGH YOUR CARS. YEAH. I MEAN, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY LIMITED SITE PLAN. WE'RE OPEN TO MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. ALL THIS ADDRESSES IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FENCE IT. BUT ABSOLUTELY, IF THAT, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE, WE DEFINITELY CONSIDER IT. ULTIMATELY, IT'S A FUNCTION OF COST, RIGHT? TO SPEND A TON OF MONEY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME A TEMPORARY WANT TO WALK YOU BACK 11. BECAUSE SINCE YOU'RE REPRESENTING BOTH WHILE I'VE BEEN SITTING IN THIS COUNCIL, AND I THINK WHILE THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CURRENT OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY AND WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DESTINATION COUNCIL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF WHY THEY HAVE SPENT NUMEROUS HOURS AND TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE THAT A DESTINATION. SO WE HAVE PUT IN OUR TIME AND OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE THAT PART OF A BIGGER PROJECT THAN IN A DESTINATION FOR WILEY AND WHAT WILEY WAS KIND OF LOOKING FOR AND INSINUATING THAT WE WE NEED IN WILEY. SO WE'VE PUT IN OUR TIME AND OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE THAT DESTINATION HAPPEN NOW, FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER. AND WHY DIDN'T WORK THAT I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE OWNERS. BUT I THINK FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT AND FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, WE'VE PUT IN OUR TIME AND OUR DOLLARS BEHIND THAT PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS WELL. YEAH, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE CITY'S TIME. YOUR TIME ETC. ALL I'M SPEAKING TO WHEN I ADDRESS THAT RELATIVE TO INTEREST IS WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED GOING THROUGH OUR MARKETING PROCESS. THAT'S IT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING FORWARD AND GIVING THE ANSWERS. I WILL SAY, UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, THE ANSWER THAT YOU'RE COMING BACK ON MARBLE DOESN'T HELP. THAT IS THAT IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT HAS THREE FOUR STORY APARTMENT THAT HASN'T OPENED. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT. THAT AREA DOESN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, UNFORTUNATELY. IT'S STILL JUST KIND OF THE BAR DITCH IS THE WAY THAT THAT'S SET UP. SO THERE'S NO WAY TO TO CHANGE THAT. AND SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THAT CONCERN JUST ISN'T ALLAYED FOR ME. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU KIND OF EXPLAINING SOME OF THE PEAK TIMES AND OFF PEAK TIMES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF IT CUTTING IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE. SO THAT DOES HELP. DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SURE. COUNCIL THE QUESTION, WOULD YOU BE OPEN? AND MAYBE I'M DOING THIS OUT OF ORDER, BUT WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO CONSIDERING A SHORTER TERM SUP LIKE LIMITED TO A YEAR AND LIKE SCALE BACK SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE SUGGESTING? I DON'T, MR. HASKINS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN LEGALLY SET AN EXPIRATION DATE ON AN SUPPY TO BEGIN WITH. WHAT WE HAVE IN THE IN THE SPECIAL USE CONDITIONS IS JUST THAT IF IT'S NOT A LANDSCAPING LIKE IF THEY MOVE OUT, THEN IT REVERTS TO COMMERCIAL. YEAH THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. WE CAN'T DO THAT UNFORTUNATELY. AND, AND I KNOW THAT MIGHT WORK FOR THE APPLICANT BECAUSE THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE NEW JOBS AT THAT POINT AND NOT NEED TO HAVE THE SUB LOCATION OR HOWEVER YOU REFER TO IT HERE IN [02:45:02] WILEY. BUT COUNCILMAN HAS BEEN VERY PATIENT. YEAH. THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR STAFF. SO THIS PARKING LOT IS A MESS. KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN CARPET BOMBED BY THE US AIR FORCE. WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING THAT THING UP, FIXING IT, REMOVING THOSE SAFETY HAZARDS. AND WHY HAS IT BEEN IN SUCH A STATE OF DECAY FOR SO LONG? THE PROPERTY OWNER IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE. THERE'S A MIX OF PROPERTY OWNERS. I'M NOT 100% SURE. WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE CAD, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT. THERE'S FORUM WAS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. SOUNDS LIKE THEY NEED TO FIX UP THEIR STUFF. YEAH WE CAN. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THIS. BUT ONE OTHER THING I BELIEVE WHETHER CITY STAFF, I'M NOT SURE WHICH DEPARTMENT BUT WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT IS IF IT'S ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IN THE FIRE LANE THEN IT BECOMES A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION WITH THAT. WE GOT REBAR STICKING OUT. IT'S ALSO JUST A TRIPPING HAZARD. A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES THERE AS WELL. YES, SIR. DO YOU EVER SEE ONE GO THROUGH SOMEBODY'S ANKLE? IT'S CHARMING RIGHT NOW. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HEARD COMMENTS. WE'VE HEARD BACK FROM THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE. AT THIS POINT, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. MAYOR PRO TEM. MAYOR. I'M READY FOR A MOTION. GO AHEAD. A MOTION TO DENY THE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? COUNCILMAN. DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO DENY THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. AND THE MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0. AND IT IS DENIED. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION [8. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2026-01(R) establishing a public newspaper of general circulation to be the “Official Newspaper” for the City of Wylie. ] NUMBER 2026. DASH 01R ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION TO BE THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE CITY OF WILEY. MISS. STORM. YES, MAYOR. THE COUNCIL HAS TO DESIGNATE AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE CITY ANNUALLY. AND SO BEFORE YOU END THE PACKET IS SURPRISING. AND THE UPDATED PUBLICATION NUMBERS FOR THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND THE WILEY NEWS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I WILL ASK THAT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION, THIS IS A SPECIFIC MOTION TO BE READ, SELECTING WHICH NEWSPAPER OF CIRCULATION FOR THIS CITY. OKAY. COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION LOCATED WITHIN. IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS, THEN I WOULD ASK THAT YOU FOLLOW MISS STORMS IN MAKING YOUR MOTION. COUNCILMAN PICKENS. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE ONLY QUESTION THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT THE PRICING BETWEEN WILEY NEWS AND DALLAS NEWS WAS WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO THE CITY AS FAR AS TOTAL COST BETWEEN THE TWO PAPERS COMPARING, YOU KNOW, WILEY TO DALLAS? IS THAT DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS LIKE THAT? NO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PRICE OUT BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADS OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIFFERENT AMOUNTS. AND THEN WHETHER IT'S A FULL PAGE OR IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND IT'S DIFFERENT PRICING. SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO GET THE ACTUAL COMPARISON. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST FROM LOOKING AT IT, IT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE DALLAS NEWS IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE TO TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO THROUGH THAT NOTIFICATIONS THAN WHAT THE WILEY PAPER IS. BUT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ME LOOKING AT THE BASE NUMBERS AND NOT ACTUALLY PUTTING CALCULATIONS TO IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN DUKE? YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M NOT SEEING ANY. I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION, COUNCILMAN. I'D LIKE TO. MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 206. I'M SORRY, 202601R SEEING THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, AS STATED, TO ESTABLISH THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF WYLIE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN STRAIN. ALRIGHT. SO WITH THAT BEING STATED MOTION AS STATED IS TO ESTABLISH THE DALLAS MORNING [02:50:01] NEWS AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 2 WITH MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN PICKENS AGAINST. APOLOGIES. MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DID PRESS NO, BUT MIGHT HAVE MADE A MISTAKE, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GOES. SO SINCE YOU HAVE MADE THAT REQUEST, APOLOGIZE. AS YOU'RE ON THE WINNING SIDE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT, SINCE YOU'RE STATING THERE WAS AN ERROR IN INTENTION THERE. I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE PARLIAMENTARY, CORRECT? IT HAS TO BE FROM SOMEONE ON THE WINNING SIDE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEONE ON THE WHO VOTED AGAINST IT. JUST ONE SECOND. OKAY, SORRY WE'VE NOT ENCOUNTERED THAT, BUT SINCE IT WAS IMMEDIATE, I WILL. WELL, I ALLOW US TO LOOK. LET HER LOOK UP THE PARLIAMENTARY SIDE ON THIS. I APOLOGIZE. I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON ON ALL OF THE CORRECT WAYS TO APPROACH THE CERTAIN MOTIONS. SO MR., I GOOGLED REAL QUICK AND WHAT I'M SEEING IS IT'S A MEMBER WHO VOTED WITH THE PREVAILING SIDE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE FINDING AS WELL? DOING A QUICK GOOGLE. IF I CAN GO GRAB THE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER BOOK REALLY QUICK JUST TO VERIFY. OKAY, GIVE ME A SECOND. LET ME, LET ME GIVE US. WE WILL WE WILL MOVE INTO RECESS FOR JUST A MINUTE TO LET HER TO LET MR. ORME GO AND VERIFY THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE ON THAT. IS A FIRST FOR EVERYTHING, I GUESS. [02:55:51] SHAUN. MAYOR. IF YOU'LL TURN YOUR MIC OFF FOR NOW. OKAY WITH THAT? I'LL CALL. I'LL MOVE US BACK INTO ORDER. BUT I BELIEVE MR. HAS AN ANSWER FOR US. YES, SIR. SO IT DOES SAY THAT IT IS SOMEONE THAT MAKES THE PREVAILING. SORRY. NOW, I LOST MY SPOT AGAIN. BUT IT WAS THE. THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER CAN BE MADE ONLY BY A MEMBER WHO VOTED WITH THE PREVAILING SIDE. IN OTHER WORDS, A RECONSIDERATION CAN BE MOVED ONLY BY ONE WHO VOTED I IF THE MOTION INVOLVED WAS ADOPTED, OR NO IF THE MOTION WAS LOST. AND SO WHOEVER VOTED, I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER. AND THEN THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SECONDED TO RECONSIDER AND THEN DEBATED AND THEN VOTED ON, AND THEN IF THAT MOTION IS PASSED, THEN THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS BROUGHT BACK AND WE VOTED ON. SO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL RECONSIDER IT. OKAY. SO MAYOR PRO TEM, IS THAT THE MOTION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? YES, SIR. I MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. OKAY. I WOULD BE OPEN TO SECONDING THAT. I BELIEVE IT'S ANYONE CAN SECOND IT. SINCE YOU'RE STATING YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOU. THERE WAS AN ERROR PUSHING WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE. SO WE CAN HAVE DEBATE ON THE TOPIC BEFORE WE MOVE TO ACTUALLY CARRYING IT OUT. COUNCIL YOUR THOUGHTS? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON RECONSIDERATION OF THE MOTION? OKAY, WELL, IF THERE'S NO NO THOUGHTS, THAT'S ALL THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED. SO THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS TO BE ABLE TO RECONSIDER. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST A VOTE. YES IS TO OPEN DEBATE AND RECONSIDER A VOTE. NO OBVIOUSLY IS OPPOSITE. SO COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY, SO THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER CARRIES 5 TO 1. AND WITH THAT, THAT RE-OPENS US TO DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM. IS THAT CORRECT MISS STORM? OKAY. SO WHAT I'LL ASK IS OBVIOUSLY WITH AT CURRENT STANCE, THE MAYOR PRO TEM STATED HE VOTED OPPOSITE OF HOW HE INTENDED. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SIX MEMBERS THAT WOULD LEAVE US PRETTY WELL SPLIT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE SOME DISCUSSION ON WHAT OUR THOUGHTS ARE ON OUR, THE POSITIONS WE'RE TAKING ON THE DIFFERENT CHOICES IN FRONT OF US. SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THAT UP TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF GIVE THEIR STATEMENT, THEIR MAYOR PRO TEM. WELL, SINCE I FLIP FLOPPED, I'LL GO FIRST. MY INTENT WAS NOT MY INTENT WAS TO VOTE AGAINST PURELY BECAUSE WILEY NEWS HAS MORE ACTIVITY AROUND OUR CITY THAN DALLAS MORNING NEWS. AND FOR THAT REASON, THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN REACH, THE BETTER IT IS. AND THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION. SO THAT'S WHERE I'LL LEAVE IT AT. MY MY ONLY GOAL IS TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN WHEN WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN DO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY LOGIC IN THINKING WAS THAT THE WILEY NEWS, ONE OF THEIR GREAT LOCAL NEWS COMPANY, SERVICED THE WILEY AREA. THEY HAVE I GUESS THE REPORTING ON COUNCIL AND CITY ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY BIASED [03:00:06] OR JADED AND I JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS RIGHT. REPORTING. SO THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION LIKE I DID. OKAY. COUNCILMAN PICKENS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY THOUGHT ON THIS IS PURELY FINANCIAL. JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE WYLIE NEWS WOULD BE A BETTER VALUE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY. DALLAS MORNING NEWS LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE. SO I WAS JUST THINKING OF SAVING THE TAXPAYERS MONEY ON MY VOTE. THAT'S IT. OKAY, WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN? OKAY, SO, MISS STORM, DO WE TAKE UP THE SAME MOTION AS ORIGINAL? WOULD THAT BE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT? OR SINCE WE'VE RECONSIDERED OPEN. SHOULD I JUST OPEN THE FLOOR? I KNOW WE DON'T, BECAUSE WE DON'T. WE DON'T FOLLOW IT. EXACTLY. WE'RE. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SO THIS IS A PASS. SO IF IF THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER WAS APPROVED, WHICH IT WAS, THEN THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS BROUGHT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND A NEW VOTE. OKAY. SO THE MOTION THAT WOULD STILL BE ON THE TABLE WOULD BE THE MOTION TO SELECT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AS THE PAPER OF RECORD, AS IT WAS STATED IN AS IT WAS SO STATED. SO I BELIEVE WITH THAT WE WOULD JUST CALL FOR A VOTE, CORRECT, MISS STORM. JUST FOR CLARITY, CAN WE JUST STATE WHO'S MADE. OKAY, LET'S JUST REDO THAT. OKAY. WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL REDO THAT. BUT I WILL GIVE THE DEFERENCE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO COUNCILMAN DUKE. IF HE WOULD STILL LIKE TO MAKE THE SAME MOTION, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU READ IT AS STATED. IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN STATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION. WOULD THAT BE FAIR, MISS STORM? OKAY. SHE'S SAYING YES. SO COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL REMAKE THE SAME MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 202601R. ESTABLISHING THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS IS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE. THAT IS MY MOTION. OKAY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRING. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPOINT THE ESTABLISHING THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. AND THE MOTION FAILS IN A33 TIE. SO THAT REOPENS DEBATE ON THE SUBJECT AGAIN. SINCE WE ARE IN A33 POSITION, I'LL LEAVE IT OPEN FOR JUST A SECOND. COUNCILMAN STRANG. YEAH. MY COMMENT IS THAT I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN DUKE. WE NEVER SEE HIM HERE ANYMORE. WYLIE. WYLIE. I MEAN, IS IT REALLY WYLIE NEWS? IT'S LIKE ONE COMPANY THAT OWNS, LIKE, 3 OR 4 LOCAL NEWSPAPERS OR SOMETHING. SO DALLAS MORNING NEWS ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER LOCAL REACH, BUT THESE DAYS, THE PEOPLE THAT READ NEWSPAPERS ARE ALL AGING OUT AND NOBODY READS PAPER ANYMORE. IN FACT, IF YOU BELIEVE THE ARTICLE FROM PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN READ A SENTENCE ANYMORE. SO I'M INCLINED TO GO AHEAD WITH DALLAS, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T REALLY LIKE ANYTHING DALLAS SIMPLY FOR THOSE REASONS. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE FROM COUNCIL? AND YES, IF WE IF WE END UP WITH ANOTHER THREE THREE, THEN I'LL SUGGEST WE TABLE. SO GOT A LITTLE MORE INPUT FROM COUNCILMAN STRAIN. ANY INPUT FROM COUNCILMAN HOOVER? WOULD YOU HAVE TO RECONSIDER THAT THE MOTIONS JUST FAILED AT THIS POINT? YEAH. SO IT'S JUST DEAD? YEAH. DID YOU? ANY COMMENTS? YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I JUST WANTED TO OPEN IT UP SINCE EVERYONE ELSE I DON'T. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS. OKAY. SO. AT THIS POINT I WOULD TAKE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE ITEM. CAN CAN IT BE THE SAME MOTION, MISS STORM IF IT HAS FAILED? YEAH. SO I'M OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. AT THIS POINT, WE'VE HEARD FROM ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON. IF WE CONTINUE TO BE DEADLOCKED, THEN AT THAT POINT I WILL CALL FOR US TO CONSIDER TABLING. SO, MAYOR PRO TEM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE WILY NEWSPAPER AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CITY OF WILY. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. I APOLOGIZE. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO THE WORDING? OKAY, SO WE'VE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 601. ESTABLISHING THE WILY NEWSPAPER AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF WILY. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. [03:05:01] OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND THAT MOTION WILL CARRY 4 TO 2 WITH COUNCILMAN STRING AND COUNCILMAN DUKE AGAINST. SO THAT COMPLETES THAT ITEM. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO NUMBER NINE. [9. Consider, and act upon, Council input and approval to send a letter, thanking Spiritual Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Sanctuary, Inc., for their assistance with wildlife rehabilitation services. ] CONSIDERING ENACTING UPON COUNCIL INPUT AND APPROVAL TO SEND A LETTER THANKING SPIRITUAL WILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION SANCTUARY INCORPORATED FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH WILDLIFE REHABILITATION SERVICES. COUNCIL. AS IT STATES IN THE DISCUSSION, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I REQUESTED TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA. I RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL REQUEST FROM THE HEAD OF THIS ORGANIZATION ASKING IF I WOULD PROVIDE A LETTER OF THANKS, RECOGNIZING THAT THEY'VE TAKEN IN SEVERAL WILDLIFE FROM ME SAVING THE CITY OR POTENTIALLY ANIMAL SERVICES SPECIFICALLY YOUNG BABY BOBCATS THAT WERE MISIDENTIFIED ORIGINALLY AS KITTENS. SO YEAH. YES. SO THEY JUST ASKED IF I WOULD DO THAT AS THEY ASKED FOR IT TO BE OFFICIAL AND USING LETTERHEAD. I WOULD NOT WANT TO DO THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL. I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ME, COUNCILMAN PICKENS. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, BUT BARRING NONE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN STRING? I WILL SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. IT WAS A REGULAR AGENDA FOR US TONIGHT COMING FROM THE HOLIDAYS. BUT WITH THAT, THAT DOES MOVE US INTO OUR WORK SESSION. [WS1. Discuss and provide direction to staff on Contracts, Request for Proposals (RFP), and Request for Quotes (RFQ). ] WE HAVE ONE WORK SESSION, ONE DISCUSSING AND PROVIDING DIRECTION TO STAFF ON CONTRACTS, REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, RFPS AND REQUESTS FOR QUOTES. RFQS. I PLACED THIS ON THE AGENDA AS WELL. I'M NOT LOOKING TO HAVE A SUPER, SUPER LONG CONVERSATION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING REGARDING THE ORIGINAL ENGINEERING PROPOSAL THAT CAME FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN AND GIVE DIRECTION AS A MAJORITY OF THE BODY ON WHAT TYPES OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO PROVIDE US WHEN THESE COME FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. SO I'M GOING TO JUST OPEN THE FLOOR WITH THAT. AND I JUST I DID NOT ASK STAFF TO PREPARE ANYTHING. I'M JUST ASKING MY COLLEAGUES AND I TO GIVE THEM DIRECTION SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE HAVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US, WE HAVE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST IN ADVANCE SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO TAKE ACTION AT THAT TIME. OBVIOUSLY I KNOW CONTRACTS CAN'T ALWAYS BE PUBLISHED BECAUSE OF COMPETITIVE REASONS. I WOULD ASK THAT EVEN IF THEY'RE DONE IN A EMAIL MARKED CONFIDENTIAL OR WHATEVER THE PROPER TERMINOLOGY IS, THAT THE CONTRACTS BE SENT OUT WHEN THE AGENDA IS PUBLISHED. SO ON THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE MEETING, WOULD THAT BE REASONABLE TIMING, MR. PARKER, TO BE ABLE TO TO SEND OUT THE CONTRACT THAT'S BEING REQUESTED? YES, WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT. THERE'S A WAY WE CAN ALSO DO IT TO WHERE COUNCIL GETS A PRIVATE PACKAGE AS WELL. A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT ARE IN THE CONTRACTS ARE CONSIDERED PROPRIETARY AND ARE NOT RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. WE OFTEN RECEIVE OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS FOR DIFFERENT CONTRACTS AND GET AN AG RULING ON ALL THOSE REQUESTS SO THAT WE DON'T RELEASE THINGS THAT AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE RELEASED. SO WE, WE CAN WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION TO MAKE A PACKET PRIVATE FOR, FOR COUNCIL VIEWING THAT INCLUDES THOSE CONTRACTS AND THAT WOULD BE FINE. WHATEVER DELIVERY METHOD IS EASIEST FOR STAFF OR PREFERENTIAL IN THAT CASE. COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING ABOUT ASKING TO BE STANDARDLY INCLUDED? COUNCILMAN STRING. YEAH. SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, DEALING WITH A LOT OF RFPS. NOT MY FAVORITE THING BECAUSE I'M THE GUY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE, PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING. WHAT I'VE NOTICED IN A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS, WHICH ARE HUGE IS TYPICALLY WHEN THINGS GO UP TO THE SEA LEVEL, THEY USUALLY HAVE SOME KIND OF A COMPARE AND CONTRAST. NO NAMES. NO, NOT NECESSARILY AMOUNTS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, [03:10:01] BUT JUST SOME KIND OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE, WELL HOW ARE THEY THIS SIMILAR, HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT AND WHY THIS PARTICULAR ONE HAS BEEN CHOSEN. AND THAT'S KIND OF IT. I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE SOME EXHAUSTIVE DETAIL, BUT JUST A GENERAL SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, SERVICE LEVELS ARE BETTER HERE. WHAT THE PROS AND CONS, THAT KIND OF A THING. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S USUALLY WHAT I SEE OUT THERE. AND SOME KIND OF A GENERAL STATEMENT ON WHAT LED TO THEM BEING THE HIGHEST SCORING. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. COUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WOULD REQUEST BE PROVIDED? MAYOR PRO TEM. YES, MA'AM. I'LL JUST ADD THE I MEAN, WE HAD ONE OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT IN FRONT OF US, AND MOST OF IT IS SIMILAR QUESTIONING LINE OF QUESTIONING OR WHAT INFORMATION WERE PERSONALLY I'M LOOKING FOR IS FROM THE LINE OF QUESTIONING WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING ON IN REGARDS TO THE LAST CONTRACT, JUST TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT, THE SCOPE OF THE WORK. ARE THEY USING THIRD PARTIES? ARE THEY NOT USING THIRD PARTIES? YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE GOOD TO WILEY? YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS GOING TO BENEFIT? DO THEY KNOW THE CITY OF WILEY AS A WHOLE, OR ARE THEY GOING TO SIT BEHIND A COMPUTER IN CALIFORNIA AND MAKE A DECISION FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN OR SEEN OR. AND I GET IT, A LOT OF THIS IS DIFFERENT CONTRACTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I DON'T WANT TO GENERALIZE IT. BUT WHEN WE'RE PUTTING THESE TOGETHER, KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME OF THOSE TOUCHES TO IT. THAT'S ALL. COULD YOU HELP ME SUMMARIZE THAT? NO, NO. NOT ME. COULD YOU? YEAH. TRY TO. I WANT TO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO GIVE DIRECTION ON EACH ITEM, ONE AT A TIME. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE TAKING NOTES, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT HAS A MAJORITY. SO WE'RE GIVING ONE VOICE TO STAFF. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M SUMMARIZING THAT CORRECTLY. FOR ME, IT'S THE LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT I HAD THE LAST MEETING. MAYOR MOSTLY IT'S ABOUT. HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAVE WORKING WHAT TRADES OR WHAT OTHER ARE THERE. SO SO DETAILS ON THE COMPETENCIES AND MAKEUP OF THE COMPANY SELECTED. IS THAT OR THAT TYPE OF THING? OKAY, MR. PARKER. SO A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU. IF WE PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION, OUR GRADING CRITERIA WILL HAVE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION IN IT THAT WILL ANSWER A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS, I THINK. THANK YOU. OKAY. WOULD THAT BE EASIEST TO SEND THAT SEND WHAT'S ALLOWABLE FROM THAT THEN? YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. THAT SEEMS TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT I HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS IN DECEMBER, BUT. COUNCILMAN PICKENS. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH, I'D, I'D CERTAINLY APPRECIATE GETTING DETAILS TO HOW DECISIONS WERE MADE. AND IN THE WAY THAT THE CITY STAFF IS GOING TO PROCEED. ONE OF THE CONCERNS I MIGHT HAVE IS THAT IF WE RECEIVE THIS ONLY WHEN THE AGENDA IS PUBLISHED, IT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO HAVE SOME BACK AND FORTH ON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. AND IF THE IF THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE WELL AHEAD OF THE AGENDA ITEM COMING OUT, THAT THAT INFORMATION BE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL. IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THAT GIVES US SOME COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH. IT'S ASKING FOR AS MUCH TIME AS AS IS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK. YES THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO I'M MAKING SURE I'M SUMMARIZING WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING. OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE WEIGHING IN. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE ONE AT A TIME. AND AGAIN THIS IS NOT ANY SORT OF A VOTE SO TO SPEAK. BUT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE DIRECTION FROM THE MAJORITY SO THAT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM ONE AT A TIME AND JUST ASK, COUNCIL, ARE WE IN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THE IN A CONFIDENTIAL MANNER, CONTRACTS THAT ARE UP FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND ADVANCE? I'LL JUST ASK, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WHO COUNCILMAN I'LL JUST SAY MAYOR PRO TEM. I'LL JUST ASK IF ANYBODY HAS ANY. DOES ANYONE OBJECT TO THAT OR I'LL JUST READ THEM OUT. THAT'S PROBABLY SAVE TIME OR STATEMENT ON THE TOP CHOICE GRADING CRITERIA, AND THEN JUST TO RECEIVE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IF THAT IS IN FACT BEFORE WHEN THE AGENDA IS PUBLISHED. DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT'S OPPOSED TO THOSE? I'M NOT SEEING ANY INDICATIONS. SO THAT HELPS. AND THAT WAY STAFF CAN MAKE SURE THEY GET ANY OF THAT TO US SO THAT WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE AND BE PREPARED TO HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE ANY FUTURE DELAYS ON [03:15:06] CONTRACTS WHEN THEY COME FORWARD. OKAY. THAT WAS IT. JUST WANTED TO TO MAKE SURE WE COULD ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT ONE. AFTER OUR ENGINEERING CONTRACT GOT TABLED AND PUSHED BACK BY ABOUT A MONTH. SO ALL RIGHT, THAT COMPLETES OUR WORK SESSIONS. WE'LL MOVE TO REGULAR SESSION AND THEN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.072 [RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION ] [EXECUTIVE SESSION ] DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY ES ONE IS DISCUSSED WITH THE RELOCATION OF THE STONEHAVEN HOUSE IS TO CONSIDER THE SALE OR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT BALLARD, BROWN, BROWN AND EUBANKS. 544 COOPER FM 544 SAND AND JACKSON. OAK REGENCY STEELE. STATE HIGHWAY 78. STATE HIGHWAY 78. BROWN. STATE HIGHWAY 78, BROWN, BIRMINGHAM. STATE HIGHWAY 78, CRAMER AND STATE HIGHWAY 78 SKYVIEW AND SECTION 551.087. DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS IS THREE. DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE WDC HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT, AND TO DISCUSS THE OFFER OF INCENTIVES FOR PROJECTS. 2022. DASH ONE B 2222 DASH 20 2220 31C 2020 45A 2024 DASH 12 C 2025 DASH FOR A 20 2540 2025 DASH EIGHT II 2020 5-9B 2025 DASH NINE D 2025 DASH 2020 2510 F 20 2511 G 2025 11 H 2025 DASH 11, J 20 2512 B 2025 DASH 12 2025 1220 2512 G 20 2512 H 2025 1220 2512 J 2025 DASH 12 K 20 2621 A 2626. ONE B 2020 2026 ONE C AND SECTION 551.074. PERSONNEL MEETINGS MATTERS IS FOR CITY MANAGER QUARTERLY EVALUATION. [RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION ] WITH THAT, I WILL RECONVENE US INTO REGULAR SESSION. COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOME ACTION TO TAKE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES. MAYOR PICKENS MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE WILY EDC TO ENTER INTO A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH PROJECT 2020 5-4D IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. COUNCILMAN. STRING SECONDS. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. MAYOR PRO TEM? YES, MAYOR. MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EDC TO ENTER INTO A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE PROJECT 2020 5-8 II IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE OR AS STATED, COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 1 WITH COUNCILMAN DUKE AGAINST. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO I BELIEVE THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA, MISS STORM. WE HAVE TWO ORDINANCES. [READING OF ORDINANCES ] AND THEN. YES, READING OF THE ORDINANCES. NOW, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 601, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2532, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026, REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 602. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2532, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026. REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS ALL, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? COUNCILMAN STRING? YES, I MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE VOTE TO ADJOURN. IF YOU'VE NOT VOTED YET, YOU'RE MISSING A COUPLE. PUSH YOUR BUTTON. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.