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[CALL TO ORDER]
CALL TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS AT THE WILEY MUNICIPAL CENTER.THE TIME IS 6:04 PM WE DO ASK IF YOU ARE HERE THIS EVENING AND YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE ON YOU, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT IS EITHER TURNED OFF OR ON VIBRATE, SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS.
IF YOU DO GET A CALL, WHICH YOU NEED TO TAKE, WE ASK THAT YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM.
MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE AT THIS TIME? MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER.
COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD HAD SOME CAR TROUBLE AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO TOWN.
PRESENT, MAYOR PROTI, GINO MALECHI.
PRESENT WE HAVE A QUORUM, SIR.
AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION, WHICH I WILL LEAD, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, WHICH WILL BE LED BY ONE OR SUM OF OUR BOY SCOUTS THIS EVENING.
DEAR LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND 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 SUCH AN AMAZING COMMUNITY, AMAZING STATE, AND AMAZING COUNTRY.
LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER THOSE WHO SERVE US, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THOSE WHO SERVE IN OUR ARMED FORCES, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD.
LORD, GIVE THEM THE COURAGE THEY NEED TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND ALSO GIVE THEM YOUR PROTECTION TO COME HOME SAFE TO THEIR FAMILIES.
LORD, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS WE TAKE UP THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY.
WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING ARE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS WOULD ASK THAT THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THOSE WOULD JOIN ME WHEN I ANNOUNCE YOUR, YOUR SPECIFIC, UH, RECOGNITION.
[PR1. National Payroll Week.]
UNDER OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING IS FOR NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK.WELL, WE SHOULD ALL BE EXCITED FOR THOSE OF YOU IN HERE WHO HAVE, UH, UH, EVER WORKED A JOB BEFORE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COLLECT THAT PAYCHECK THAT, UH, WE'LL JUST SAY KIND OF MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT SOMETIMES, OR AT LEAST IS THE REASON THAT MOST OF US GET UP AND GO IN FOR THAT JOB.
UH, OR AT LEAST A LARGE PART OF IT.
UH, OUR PAYROLL SPECIALISTS BOTH HERE IN THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE, AND THE WIDER AREA ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT.
AND SO WE'RE JUST WANTING TO TAKE OUT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO RECOGNIZE BOTH THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE GREATER AREA, UH, WHO SERVE US ALL.
SO, LIKE TO LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF THIS EVENING AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JESSICA BEARD.
UM, I AM ACTUALLY A PAYROLL SPECIALIST HERE, UM, TO SUPPORT THE DALLAS PAY PAYROLL CHAPTER HERE IN TEXAS.
UM, AND I AM ONE OF THE PAYROLL SPECIALISTS FOR THE WHATABURGER OF MESQUITE.
WE ARE BUILDING OUR 24TH RESTAURANT ON TOWN EAST IN MESQUITE.
UM, AND I HAVE BEEN IN PAYROLL FOR ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.
AND I WOULD TELL YOU, YOU ALL HAVE NO IDEA THE SEVERITY OR THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO IT.
UM, IT IS FUN, BUT IT IS A HEADACHE, I'LL TELL YOU THAT MUCH.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT A NUMBERS PERSON, IT'S
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NOT FOR YOU.MY NAME IS LETTY YEZ AND I'M THE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HERE, BUT I WAS THE FORMER HR DIRECTOR HERE AND ON BEHALF OF OUR PAYROLL TEAM, UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT THEY DO AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.
UM, WE NEVER, WE DO UNDERESTIMATE PAYROLL, UH, STAFF UNTIL WE DON'T GET OUR PAYCHECK OR SOMETHING IS WRONG.
AND FOR THAT, I WANNA THANK ALL MY FORMER HR, UH, SPECIALIST THAT I'VE WORKED WITH.
I ACTUALLY STARTED HR FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.
WELL, AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS TOO THAT COMES WITH BEING IN PAYROLL, AT LEAST I KNOW IN MY OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION, THEY GET THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF OFTEN WORKING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.
UM, IF THOSE PAY PERIODS HAVE TO BE IN ON A MONDAY, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE NUMBER OF CORRECTIONS PEOPLE REALIZE AT FIVE 30 ON A FRIDAY OR FOUR 30 OR WHATEVER TIME THEY GET OUT THAT DOOR THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET CORRECTED.
SO THEIR PAYCHECK IS RIGHT THE NEXT WEEK.
SO, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME HOLD THAT, WHEREAS NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK WAS ESTABLISHED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS WHO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN SYSTEM BY PAYING WAGES, REPORTING WORKER EARNINGS AND WITHHOLDING WITHHOLDING FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT TAXES.
AND WHEREAS THE OFFICIAL SLOGAN FOR NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK IS AMERICA WORKS BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING FOR AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS TOGETHER PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS COLLECT, CONTRIBUTE, AND REPORT 70% OF THE US TREASURY'S ANNUAL REVENUE THAT IS VITAL TO THE FUNDING OF IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT KEEP AMERICA WORKING SMOOTHLY.
AND WHEREAS PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY PROACTIVE IN EDUCATING BOTH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE ABOUT THE PAYROLL TAX WITHHOLDING SYSTEMS. AND WHEREAS PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS IN WILEY, TEXAS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN MAINTAINING THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF WILEY, TEXAS, CARRYING OUT SUCH DIVERSE TASKS AS PAYING INTO THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM, PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, AND CARRYING OUT TAX WITHHOLDING REPORTING AND DEPOSITING.
NOW, THEREFORE, I MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS ON THIS, THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 6:00 AM HONORED TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 THROUGH THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 AS NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK IN WILEY, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THE VITAL ROLE OUR PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS PLAY IN THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF OUR CITY.
WILL NOT LET YOU OUT WITHOUT A PICTURE.
[PR2. Eagle Scout Connor Gibbs.]
WE ARE HONORING EAGLE SCOUT CONNOR GIBBS, AS WE OFTEN DO, WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHENEVER THEY ACHIEVE THEIR EAGLE SCOUT.AND CONNOR HAS DONE JUST THAT.
IT IS MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER BADGE.
IT REQUIRES A PENULTIMATE PROJECT, UH, THAT THEY HAVE TO PLAN FOR, RAISE THE MONEY FOR, GET PERMISSION TO ACCOMPLISH, AND THEN ACTUALLY SEE IT THROUGH TO BEING COMPLETED.
UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM PROBABLY GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF THOSE STEPS, BUT NOT THE LAST ONE.
UH, ACTUALLY SEEING THAT COME TO FRUITION IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, IS A GREAT WAY THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVE BACK AND MAKE A LASTING IMPACT.
SO CONNOR, I'D LIKE TO LET YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT.
UH, SO MY PROJECT, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT, BUT I WAS TASKED FROM A NICE LADY AT THE GIVING GARDEN.
HER NAME IS, UH, MISS CINDY, AND SHE NEEDED HELP WITH HER BARN FOR RAISING QUAIL.
AND UM, WHAT SHE NEEDED WAS BETTER INSULATION AND A WAY TO PROTECT AGAINST THE WIND DURING THE COLDER MONTHS WHENEVER SHE STARTED TO RAISE THESE QUAIL.
AND SO WHAT I DID WAS I PUT UP TWO LARGE BARN DOORS AND, UM, SECURED A WALL WITHIN THE BARN TO, UH, MAKE THE SPACE A BIT SMALLER AND WARMER DURING THOSE COLDER MONTHS.
AND YOU ALL CAN SEE THE PICTURES.
YOU'RE UP ON, UP ON THE BIG SCREEN BEHIND US HERE OF THE WORK THAT HE DID.
UH, FOR ANYONE WHO HAS EVER TRIED TO BUILD A DOOR
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OR A GATE, IT IS NOT NEARLY AS SIMPLE AS IT LOOKS.UH, I HAVE LEARNED THAT WHEN THE GATE ON MY FENCE BROKE AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A VERY EASY REPAIR.
SO I'M SURE YOU LEARN THE SAME, THE SAME LESSON THERE.
NOT TO MENTION, UH, WITH THE SLIDING MECHANISM, IT TAKES ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF, UH, SPECIFICITY THERE.
'CAUSE YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT AND YOU PROBABLY LEARN NOT EVERYTHING IS STRAIGHT.
THOSE BEAMS LOOK STRAIGHT TILL THEY GO UP.
WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU IF YOU'LL HELP ME HOLD THAT THERE.
WHEREAS CONNOR GIBBS HAS EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT BY SCOUTING AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS THE CONFERRING OF AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS BESTOWED UPON A SCOUT, WHEREAS LESS THAN 5% OF ALL SCOUTS ATTAINED THIS GOAL.
AND WHEREAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT CARRIES WITH IT GREAT HONOR AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO SERVE AS A GUIDE AND ROLE MODEL FOR BOTH COMMUNITY AND NATION, WHEREAS SUCH AN AWARD IS EARNED AND THAT THE RECIPIENT MUST PERFORM AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AND PASS THE RIGID REQUIREMENTS EXACTED TO ACHIEVE THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD.
AND WHEREAS CONNOR GIVES EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT BENEFITED THE GIVING GARDEN IN PARKER, TEXAS BY ENCLOSING A SECTION OF THE BARN TO CREATE A MORE CLIMATE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUNG CHICKS, RESULTING IN ZERO CHICK LOSSES DUE TO COLD WEATHER, AND IN APPROXIMATELY 30% INCREASE IN YIELD IN RECOGNITION.
THEREFORE, I'M MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, HEREBY CONGRATULATE CONNOR GIBBS FOR HAVING AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD CONFERRED UPON HIM BY SCOUTING AMERICA.
AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO CONNOR GIBBS ON THIS THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 IN HONOR OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF ATTAINING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT.
AND I ALSO HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR NEXT THIS EVENING.
[PR3. Eagle Scout Grant Fentress.]
HAVE GRANT INTEREST.I WILL NOT GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE SPEECH AGAIN, I'LL SAVE YOU FROM THAT.
BUT AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THE HARD WORK.
AND WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT.
UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND YEARS PRIOR, UH, I BUILT FOUR PICNIC TABLES FOR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED HIDDEN PASTURES.
THEY HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND KNOW SUFFERING MENTALLY AND SOMETIMES EMOTIONALLY BY, UM, USING ANIMAL THERAPY.
MY PROJECT BENEFITED THEM BY HELPING THEM HAVE MORE SEATING FOR US CAMPS DURING THE SUMMER AND JUST SEATING FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH THE HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS AND TO INTERACT WITH THEM.
I SAY IT LOOKS LIKE QUITE THE UNDERTAKING AS WELL.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WOODWORKERS APPARENTLY HERE.
BUT AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS PROJECT AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
OUR NONPROFITS ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO STRETCH THE DOLLAR.
AND A LOT OF TIMES PROJECTS THAT ARE ABLE TO GREATLY ENHANCE IT LIKE THIS ARE ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH VOLUNTEERS.
DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
WHEREAS GRANT INTEREST HAS EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT BY SCOUTING AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS THE CONFERRING OF AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS BESTOWED UPON A SCOUT, AND WHEREAS LESS THAN 5% OF ALL SCOUTS ATTAIN THIS GOAL.
AND WHEREAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT CARRIES WITH IT GREAT HONOR AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO SERVE AS A GUIDE AND ROLE MODEL FOR BOTH COMMUNITY AND NATION.
AND WHEREAS SUCH AN AWARD IS EARNED IN THAT THE RECIPIENT MUST PERFORM AND SUCCESSFULLY PASS, COMPLETE AND PASS THE RIGID REQUIREMENTS EXACTED TO ACHIEVE THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD.
AND WHEREAS GRANT INTEREST'S EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT WAS TO BUILD FOUR PICNIC TABLES FOR HIDDEN PASTURES, A NONPROFIT WORKING FARM WHERE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES AND BACKGROUNDS LEARN, CONNECT, BUILD SCHOOL SKILLS, AND PARTICIPATE THROUGH MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES WITH ANIMALS, NATURE AND REAL FARM LIFE AND RECOGNITION.
THEREFORE, I'M MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS.
HEREBY CONGRATULATE GRANT INTEREST FOR HAVING AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD CONFERRED UPON HIM BY SCOUTING AMERICA AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO GRANT INTEREST ON THIS THE
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EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 IN HONOR OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF ATTAINING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT.[PR4. Eagle Scout John Morgan Charnecki.]
WE HAVE JOHN MORGAN CHARNAY.SO AGAIN, AS OUR THIRD HONOREE THIS EVENING, WE STILL WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO ATTAINING THIS.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT YOU DID AS WELL, AND THEN I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU AS WELL.
UM, I HAD ANOTHER PROJECT OUT AT THE GIVING GARDEN BY MISS CINDY US AT TROOP 78.
WE REALLY LOVE HER AND WHAT SHE DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO I TALKED TO HER ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO ABOUT A PASSION PROJECT THAT SHE HAD PLANNED.
UH, IT ALL STARTED WITH A PINTEREST IMAGE, FUNNILY ENOUGH THAT, UH, AFTER A WHILE WE'RE LIKE, WE SHOULD REALLY NOT HAVE PINTEREST ANYMORE.
BUT, UH, AFTER MONTHS IN
AND IT WAS THIS LITTLE PULPIT OUT ON THE GARDEN FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER.
SHE CAN TEACH CLASSES BECAUSE MISS CINDY IS ALSO A PREACHER AT A CHURCH.
WE ALSO DECIDED THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR HER TO STAND AND DELIVER PRAYER ON THE FARM.
YES, THAT IS, THAT IS ANOTHER AMAZING WOODWORKING.
IS THAT THE PINTEREST PHOTO? THE P PHOTO? THAT'S ANOTHER DOOR THERE YOU MUST SEE
I WILL JUST PLEAD THE FIFTH ON GOING THROUGH THAT LATELY WITH A LITTLE ONE COMING
WHEREAS JOHN MORGAN CHARNAY HAS EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT BY SCOUTING AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS THE CONFERRING OF AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS BESTOWED UPON A SCOUT, AND WHEREAS LESS THAN 5% OF ALL SCOUTS ATTAIN THIS GOAL.
AND WHEREAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT CARRIES WITH IT GREAT HONOR AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO SERVE AS A GUIDE AND ROLE MODEL FOR BOTH COMMUNITY AND NATION.
AND WHEREAS SUCH AN AWARD IS EARNED IN THAT THE RECIPIENT MUST PERFORM AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AND PASS THE RIGID REQUIREMENTS EXACTED TO ACHIEVE THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD.
AND WHEREAS JOHN MORGAN CHAR'S EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT WAS TO BUILD A PULPIT REFERRED TO AS THE GATHERING PLACE FOR THE GIVING GARDEN, A MINISTRY THAT PUTS REAL FOOD INTO THE HANDS OF FAMILIES WHO NEED IT, AND TO CULTIVATE A PLACE WHERE RELATIONSHIPS AND LIVES CAN FLOURISH IN RECOGNITION.
THEREFORE, I'M MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, HEREBY CONGRATULATE JOHN MORGAN CHARNAY FOR HAVING AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD CONFERRED UPON HIM BY SCOUTING AMERICA.
AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO JOHN MORGAN CHARNAY ON THIS THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 SIXTH IN HONOR OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF ATTAINING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT.
[PR5. Eagle Scout Max Delgado.]
BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, THIS EVENING WE HAVE MAX DELGADO.SO MAX, WHY DON'T I LET YOU TELL US AGAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT YOU COMPLETED IN ORDER TO EARN YOUR EAGLE SCOUT AWARD.
UM, MY EAGLE PROJECT WAS CLEANING THE HEADSTONES AT THE WILEY CEMETERY AND PUTTING A SPECIAL SOLUTION ON THEM TO HELP BREAK DOWN ALL THE MOLD MOLDY GUNK THAT HAD BEEN BUILT UP ON THERE.
AND ALSO GOING BACK AND CLEANING ALL THE HEADSTONES BY ONE.
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HALF OF THE HEADSTONES IN THE CEMETERY AND, UM, THE ONES THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO, WE MADE SURE TO PUT THE SPECIAL SOLUTION TO HELP THEM LATER ON.SO EVERYONE WAS, UM, REMEMBERED FONDLY.
AND WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND SOME OF THESE NAMES FROM OUR, OUR VETERANS AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, AS WELL AS, UH, WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER ALMOST THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF WILEY.
THAT CEMETERY GOES VERY FAR BACK.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO HERE AT THE CITY IS HONORING OUR PAST.
AND SO THIS FITS WELL INTO THAT.
AND SO, AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE PROJECT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU GOT A GREAT TEAM TOGETHER THERE, WENT OUT, TOOK CARE OF SOMETHING THAT WAS IN NEED OF, OF THAT VOLUNTEER SPIRIT AND TOUCH, UH, AND DID SO IN A VERY RESPECTFUL WAY.
WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU AS WELL.
WHEREAS MAX DELGADO HAS EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT BY SCOUTING AMERICA.
AND WHEREAS THE CONFERRING OF AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS BESTOWED UPON A SCOUT, AND WHEREAS LESS THAN 5% OF ALL SCOUTS ATTAINED THIS GOAL.
AND WHEREAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT CARRIES WITH IT GREAT HONOR AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO SERVE AS A GUIDE AND ROLE MODEL FOR BOTH COMMUNITY AND NATION.
AND WHEREAS SUCH AN AWARD IS EARNED AND THAT THE RECIPIENT MUST PERFORM AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AND PASS THE RIGID REQUIREMENTS EXACTED TO ACHIEVE THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD.
AND WHEREAS MAX STILL GTO'S EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT WAS TO CLEAN UP AND RESTORE OVER 500 MARKERS AND MONUMENTS AT THE WILEY CEMETERY, HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AND BEAUTIFYING THIS RESTING PLACE IN RECOGNITION.
THEREFORE, I'M MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS.
HEREBY CONGRATULATE MAX MAX DELGADO FOR HAVING AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD CONFERRED UPON HIM BY SCOUTING AMERICA AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO MAX DELGADO ON THIS THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 IN HONOR OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF ATTAINING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT.
THANK SO THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
[COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WISHING ADDRESS, WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.WE DO ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COMPLETE A FORUM IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ORDER TO SPEAK.
COUNSEL DOES REQUEST COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, SIX MINUTES FOR A GROUP.
AND WE DO REMIND EVERYONE UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNSEL MAY NOT CONVERSE DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY MATTER PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO BELIEVE WE HAD SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON NON AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.
SO I WILL START WITH THE FIRST ONE I HAVE HERE, WHICH IS RICHARD MILLER AND NOPE, ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO IT THERE.
IF YOU'LL START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WE'LL THEN GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS.
I LIVE ON DEVONSHIRE LANE HERE IN WILEY.
AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA NEED THREE MINUTES.
I THESE, I HAVE TWO ITEMS, UH, BOTH RELATED TO THE
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SENIOR RECREATION CENTER.ONE OF 'EM IS, IS THAT IF I WANT TO GO TO SAXY OR MURPHY OR LEVON, I GOTTA PAY 10 BUCKS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE.
I MEAN IT'S VERY, VERY MINOR SUM.
I THINK IN RECIPROCITY WE SHOULD COLLECT THE SAME FROM PEOPLE IN OTHER TOWNS, FROM WILEY RESIDENTS.
AND JUST THE OTHER ITEM I HAD IS THE USE OF A CITY BUST FOR HAULING PEOPLE THROUGH RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
THAT'S KIND OF A CLEAR VIOLATION OF ARTICLE ONE OF THE, UH, FIRST AMENDMENT.
SO WE PROBABLY SHOULD, UH, RECONSIDER DOING THAT.
IN PARTICULAR, WE, THEY HAVE WHAT'S KNOWN AS HAPPY CIRCLE, WHICH GOES TO THE CROSS CHURCH FIRST MONDAY AND THEY, THEY'LL TAKE SENIORS.
YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THAT CHURCH, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T BE A CITY FUNCTION.
OKAY, THEN I HAVE JAMES SETTLES HOWDY.
I'VE BEEN A WILY RESIDENT FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME I'VE HAD TO SPEAK BEFORE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL AND STAFF MEMBERS.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
RECENTLY, THE CITY AT UH, LEMME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF.
FIRST, I WAS A POLICE OFFICER FOR 20 YEARS.
I'M A LAW AND ORDER HUMAN BEING.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE COULD CLAIM THAT.
I'M NOT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.
WITH THAT, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE COUNCIL ON THEIR ACTION TO NOT RECERTIFY THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM.
MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM IS THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES THAT THE FLOCK SYSTEM BRINGS UP.
I WILL SET THAT ASIDE TO TELL YOU THAT THE, FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THAT DATA IS BREACHED? I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO REINFORCE THAT I THINK THAT THAT WAS A CORRECT DECISION AND THAT AT NO TIME SHOULD WE CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING IF THEY CHANGE THEIR VERBIAGE, MAYOR OR IF THEY CHANGE HOW THAT DATA IS COLLECTED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH OLD FASHIONED POLICE WORK.
I RETIRED 10 YEARS AGO ALMOST.
SO THE CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT WITH FLOCK, THE VICTIMS OF THOSE HORRIFIC CRIMES ARE GLAD TO HAVE HAD IT.
HOWEVER, OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, THAT DATA IS BEING COLLECTED AND CAN BE AND HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING RELEASED.
SO I WANT TO REINFORCE THE FACT THAT I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU TOOK THE ACTION THAT YOU DID TO NOT BRING IT, RE UM, RE-UP THE CONTRACT.
AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS IF THIS MATTER IS BROUGHT UP.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND NEXT THIS EVENING I HAVE CHRISTINE WALK AND I BELIEVE ON THIS FORM IF I'M CORRECT, YOU ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK LATER DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? POSSIBLY, YES.
IT'LL BE OPEN TO EVERYONE, BUT I KNOW YOU HAD SOME NON AGENDA, SO YES, I'D ASK THAT YOU ADDRESS AGENDA.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO REPLY TO ANYTHING THAT'S FINE FROM LATER.
YOU CAN, BUT WE'LL HAVE YOU UP BACK AGAIN IF YOU WISH.
I LIVE ON NORTH JACKSON AVENUE IN WILEY.
I'VE BEEN IN WILEY OVER 19 YEARS.
MY GOAL IS TO BE HERE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AND LET MY SON THEN HAVE OUR HOME FOR HIS FAMILY.
I'VE BEEN CAN YOU VERY A LITTLE CLOSER, SORRY.
THE, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM COULDN'T HEAR YOU AND WANTS TO LISTEN.
I AM HOPING I CAN GET SOME HELP WITH THE INTERSECTION IN NORTH JACKSON AVENUE AND BROWN.
WE HAVE HAD ENORMOUS ISSUES WITH THE CROSSWALKS BEING FADED,
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PEOPLE SPEEDING THROUGH THERE LIKE IT'S A DRAG RACING STRIP VERSUS A SAFE INTERSECTION FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS.WE HAVE DISABLED PEOPLE, WE HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN WHO USE THAT INTERSECTION DAILY AND YOU'RE BASICALLY TAKING YOUR LIVES IN YOUR OWN HANDS.
THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TRYING TO HELP US GET THIS ADDRESSED OVER TIME.
I WOULD LOVE ANY OPTIONS POSSIBLE TO HELP GET THOSE ADDRESSED TO MAKE IT A SAFER AREA.
THE CROSSWALKS ARE NOT VISIBLE.
THE PEOPLE AT THE STRAIGHT LIGHT AT BALLARD USE IT AS A DRAG STRIP.
WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN, PEOPLE COME FLYING OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS GOING WESTBOUND.
PEOPLE PARK IN THE ROAD WAITING FOR THE LIGHT AT BALLARD.
SO THEY'RE BASICALLY SITTING ON THE CROSSWALKS OR THEY'RE BLOCKING THE ENTIRE ROADWAY.
WE WOULD DESPERATELY LOVE SOME HELP GETTING THAT ADDRESSED IF POSSIBLE.
EVEN A CROSSWALK LIGHT LIKE THEY HAVE AT BIRMINGHAM WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
UH, IF ANY WAY THAT CAN BE DONE, WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE.
ALSO, AS A WILEY CITIZEN RESIDENT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WILEY CONSIDER TAX EXEMPT.
I AM SCARED EVERY YEAR OF LOSING MY HOME BECAUSE OF INCREASE IN TAXES.
WILEY'S ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT DOES NOT OFFER A CITY TAX EXEMPT FOR HOMESTEAD OR CITIZENS THAT ARE SENIORS OR DISABLED.
KNOWING THAT MY HOME IS ALMOST PAID OFF TO KNOW THAT I COULD STILL LOSE IT WITH A CONSTANT INCREASE IN TAXES IS HEART WRENCHING, HORRIFYING.
AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THAT ON THEIR MIND.
SO I WOULD LIKE WILEY TO PERSONALLY SIT DOWN AND CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF A HOMESTEAD, A SENIOR EXEMPTION, A DISABLED EXEMPTION CONSIDERING ALL THE TAXES THAT CONTINUE TO RISE EVERY YEAR.
NEXT THIS EVENING I HAVE ALEXANDRA ROLSON
I LIVE IN 1907 EAST FOR LANE, BUT Y'ALL PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT.
UM, IN DECEMBER OF 2025, I THROUGH THE GO REQUEST, I PUT IN A REQUEST REPAIR MY SIDEWALK.
UM, SERIAL WILEY PEOPLE PUBLIC WORKS CAME OUT, THEY MARKED MY SIDEWALK THROUGH THE SAME ONLINE REQUEST.
IT SAID THAT IT WAS REPO THAT REPAIRS WERE UH, EXCUSE ME, APPROVED AND THAT I'LL BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST, WHICH IS LENGTHY.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE LIST OR WHERE WE ARE WITH THE LIST OR ANYTHING.
SO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I REACHED OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS ASKING ABOUT THE LIST JUST FOR THE UM, PUBLIC WORKS TO TELL ME THAT NO CEDAR WILEY IS NOT GONNA REPAIR OUR SIDEWALKS BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A RIVER CHASE, HOA, WHICH IS PRIVATELY OWNED HOA WELL PER CEDAR WILEY OWNED STATEMENT.
ALL RESIDENTIAL SIDEWALKS UP PRIVATE SIDEWALKS.
SO WHY IS MY SIDEWALK DIFFERENT THAN ANY ONE OF Y'ALL SIDEWALKS? NOT YOU 'CAUSE YOU LIVE IN WHERE I LIVE.
UM, ALSO IN 2021 THERE WAS A BOND THAT WAS PASSED $10 MILLION FOR STREETS, UH, FOR ALLEYS AND SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
THERE WAS NO EXEMPTIONS WHERE YOU LIVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I READ THE VERBIAGE BEFORE I SEND THAT EMAIL.
AND I SENT THIS EMAIL TO YOU LAST WEEK.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT, READ IT, WHATEVER.
UM, I'M REQUESTING CITY OF WILEY COUNCIL TO SEE WHAT, WHAT IT CAN BE DONE BECAUSE WE PAY CITY OF WILEY TAXES.
YET AGAIN, TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
WE PAY EVERYTHING TO CITY OF WILEY.
WE PAY SAME EXACT IN ORDER, WHICH IS HO WE PAY SAME EXACT AMOUNT PER TAX RATE AS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY OF WILEY.
AND YET WE DON'T GET ANYTHING.
NOT EVEN WHAT CITY OF WILEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA DO
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REPAIR SIDEWALKS.THERE WAS NO EXEMPTIONS IN THAT BOND.
THERE WAS NO EXEMPTIONS IN, I MEAN, IN THIS LITTLE NOTE THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR NAME ON THE WAITING LIST.
I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO RECONSIDER OR TO TALK TO CITY COUNCIL.
DO WHAT, UH, CITY PUBLIC WORKS DO WHATEVER Y'ALL GOTTA DO DON'T MATTER.
BUT IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE I PUT A REQUEST, I GOT APPROVED AND THEN NO COMMUNICATION AFTER THAT UNTIL I ASKED ABOUT IT.
AND THEN NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.
Y'ALL COULD, I MEAN THEY COULD AT LEAST SAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER FORMS I HAD TURNED IN WERE ALL FOR AGENDA ITEMS LATER.
SO THAT WILL COMPLETE OUR COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.
WE WILL MOVE FROM THAT TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
COUNSEL, STAFF, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO POLL FOR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS? CONSIDERATIONS? OKAY, WITH NONE TO BE POLLED.MS. BRADLEY? UM, WE REQUEST THAT ITEM B BE, UM, UH, TAKEN AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
UM, DALLAS COUNTY HAS UPDATED ITS CONTRACT, BUT OKAY.
SO WE WILL PULL ITEM B FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AS THE CONTRACT FOR THE ELECTION WAS UPDATED SINCE THE ORIGINAL POSTING.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MAYOR PROAM.
MAYOR I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM A, C, D-E-F-G-H-I-J AND CALL ITEM B FOR RECONSIDERATION.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL BUT ITEM B, WHICH WOULD BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
I SAY IT MOTION WITH A SECOND AS STATED.
COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM B
[B. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2026-16(R) authorizing the City Manager to execute a Joint Election Services Contract between the City of Wylie and the Dallas County Elections Administrator to be administered by the Dallas County Elections Administrator for the November 3, 2026 Wylie Special Election.]
WILL BE OUR FIRST ITEM OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING TO CONSIDER AN ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH 16 R AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WILEY AND THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 WILEY SPECIAL ELECTION.DALLAS COUNTY HAS UPDATED ITS CONTRACT BECAUSE, UM, MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS JOINED THE NOVEMBER THE THIRD ELECTION.
AND THE ATTACHMENTS WERE, IS INCLUDED IN YOUR, UM, WAS INCLUDED IN AN EMAIL SENT TO YOU.
UM, THIS ITEM WILL NEED TO BE PULLED AND, OKAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
SO TYPICALLY THAT JUST MEANS THE COST GOES DOWN A VERY SMALL AMOUNT, I BELIEVE 'CAUSE IT'S SPREAD BETWEEN MORE ENTITIES.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IN THIS CASE IT'S JUST A, A LITTLE REVISION DOWN FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, BUT NO OTHER CHANGES.
COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? AND IF NOT, I'M OPEN TO A MOTION ON ITEM B.
MAYOR I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM B AS PRESENTED.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM B.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN PICKENS? UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
A SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[1. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2026-40 adopting a budget for all City funds, including the Wylie Economic Development Corporation (4A) and the Wylie Parks and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation (4B) and appropriating resources for Fiscal Year 2026-27 beginning October 1, 2026 and ending September 30, 2027.]
TO ITEM NUMBER ONE THIS EVENING, WHICH IS TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING.CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 40, ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR ALL CITY FUNDS, INCLUDING THE WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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CORPORATION, FOUR A WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOUR B AND APPROPRIATING RESOURCES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26 27, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.THE 26 27 BUDGET INCLUDES APPROPRIATED FUNDS OF $183,481,790, WHICH REPRESENTS ALL OPERATING FUNDS, DEBT SERVICE FUNDS, AND CAPITAL FUNDS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES BUDGETS FOR FOUR A, THE WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE FOUR B PARKS AND REC CORPORATION.
ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE CITY'S CHARTER HAVE BEEN MET IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SUMMARY AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WERE PUBLISHED IN THE WILEY NEWS ON AUGUST THE 20TH.
THE PROPOSED TAX RATE TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND AND THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE IS 0.5 9 6 5 5 4 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION, WHICH IS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
THE VOTE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET MUST BE A RECORD VOTE AND THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE WILL BE PRESENTED LATER AS A SEPARATE ITEM.
WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT, AS WAS STATED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, SO BEFORE WE MOVE INTO ANY UH, FURTHER CONVERSATION ON THE ITEM, UH, I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT THIS EVENING WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON THIS ITEM WOULD ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF MS. WALK WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM OR DIFFERENT ONE, UH, YOU HAD INDICATED ON THERE, BUT NOT THE ITEM NUMBER.
SO IF YOU WOULD FEEL FREE TO COME DOWN.
IF NOT, UH, I WILL JUST OPEN IT IN GENERAL.
I CAN GO AFTER AND MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD.
YOU HAD, UH, YOU HAD IDENTIFIED ON THE SHEET BEFOREHAND THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK, SO GO AHEAD.
WELL, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT IS OPEN TO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT IS PRESENT.
OKAY, SO MS. BRADLEY, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN IT TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, HAS ON THIS ITEM.
COUNCILMAN PICKENS? UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
JUST, UH, LIKE TO EXPRESS, UH, MY THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT IN THE TAX BUDGET THIS YEAR.
UH, JUST I THINK I WOULD JUST SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED.
UM, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 22 YEARS.
TAXES HAVE BEEN HIGH THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE LIVED HERE.
UM, I THINK GOING FORWARD AFTER THIS BUDGET SEASON, UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEW FOCUS, UH, ON, UH, ZERO BASED BUDGET GOING FORWARD.
I WANT ALL DEPARTMENTS LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND FINDING EFFICIENCIES, UM, WITH A STATED GOAL, UH, GOING INTO NEXT YEAR OF NO NEW REVENUE OR LESS.
UM, I THINK IT'S TIME THE CITIZENS NEED THIS.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN PAYING HIGH TAXES IN THIS COUNTY FOR A LONG TIME AND UH, WITH THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE STARTING TO COME IN, I THINK OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR US TO LOWER THE TAX RATE ON THE HOMEOWNERS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE NEXT YEAR FINDING WAYS TO DO THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET? OKAY, SO, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
UM, I WOULD ECHO, UH, THAT I THINK BETWEEN WHAT WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY, GENERAL ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS AS WELL AS UH, FRANKLY WHAT I EXPECT COMING FROM THE STATE, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE WE NEED NOT PROBABLY, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO START OUR WORK.
'CAUSE I KNOW AS SOON AS BUDGET AND TAX RATES ARE APPROVED THIS YEAR, YOU GUYS WILL START NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT IS GOING TO BE, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART MOVING FORWARD.
UH, COLLIN COUNTY IS SEEING THOSE VALUES DECREASE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY CAREFUL FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS LATER THAT ARE MORE RELATED TO THE TAX RATE.
I DO WANTED TO JUST MAKE A STATEMENT.
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CHATTER ALWAYS AT A DIFFERENT STAGES THAT WE TALK ABOUT.WE ALL SITTING UP HERE LIVE IN THE CITY.
SOME OF US PARTICIPATE NOT ONLY PERSONALLY WITH OUR RES PRIVATE RESIDENTS, BUT BUSINESS SENSE AS WELL.
SO WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION UP HERE, IT'S NOT WE'RE MAKING WITHOUT ANY FEELINGS OR ANY UNDERSTANDING.
WE'RE MAKING IT PURELY, PURELY HOW IT AFFECTS ALL OF US.
IT STARTED WITH US AND HOW IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS, AND I'LL SPEAK PERSONALLY THAT I RAN IS MANDATES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF AUSTIN AND IT'S OUR JOB AS A COUNCIL, AS A WHOLE COUNCIL, INCLUDING WITH OUR STAFF TO WORK TOGETHER ON FINDING WAYS ON HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD.
IT'S GONNA BE A CRUCIAL TIME IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
I FULLY BELIEVE THAT THE STATE LEGISLATOR EITHER IS GOING TO CAP OUR TAX RATE, IT'S GOING TO CAP OUR TAX, UH, VALUE OF THE HOMES OR IT WILL ELIMINATE IT AND REPLACE IT WITH SALES TAX.
SO IT'S ON ALL OF US TO FIGURE OUT A WAY ON HOW WE'RE GONNA SET THE CITY UP IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THINGS.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT MOVING FORWARD WE HAVE TO DO, AND I GET IT SOMETIMES IS NOT PLEASANT, SOMETIMES IS NOT THE RIGHT FORMULA OR THE RIGHT SETUP OR THE RIGHT SPOT, BUT MITIGATING OUR COMMERCIAL TAX WITH OUR RESIDENTIAL TAXES IMPERATIVE AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE IT CLOSER TO 50 50 OR 60 40 IN THAT SENSE WHERE WE GET 40% OF OUR TAXES COMING FROM A COMMERCIAL REVENUE STANDPOINT.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE STANDPOINT OF MOVING THIS FORWARD.
AND SO I DO APPRECIATE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
I DO APPRECIATE OUR STAFF, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BUT MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, IF WE DON'T SET OURSELF UP COMMERCIAL WISE AND HAVING THE CITY DRIVE IN TRAFFIC AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO DRIVE IN SALES TAX, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL SET OURSELF UP FOR FAILURE.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I'LL MAKE FOR TONIGHT.
SO I DO APPRECIATE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT AFFECTS ALL OF US.
IT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US SITTING UP HERE EVERY TIME WE MAKE A DECISION IS NOT A LIGHT DECISION AND TAXES OBVIOUSLY AFFECT EVERYBODY'S POCKET.
SO OUR ECONOMIC SITUATION IS NOT CHANGING EITHER WHEN WE MAKE THESE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
WITH NO OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN HOOVER? I A SECOND.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE.
COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
OH, IT DIDN'T SAY SO THAT WOULD BE COUNCILMAN STRANG FOUR.
COUNCILMAN DUKE FOUR COUNT MAYOR PROTE MEECHI FOUR.
AND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. ABSENT.
[2. Consider, and act upon, approving the property tax revenue increase reflected in the budget.]
TO NUMBER TWO.ITEM TWO IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVING THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET, MS. BROWN.
THE TAX RATE THAT WAS JUST APPROVED TO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET IS THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE AND IT REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF A LITTLE OVER 5 CENTS.
THIS AGENDA ITEM IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW BECAUSE THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE TOTAL TAX REVENUE THAT THE CITY RECEIVES DUE TO NEW PROPERTY THAT WAS ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL 4 CENTS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE THIS YEAR.
THE CITY'S OVERALL ASSESSED VALUATION DECREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR BY APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE CURRENT TAX RATE BY A LITTLE OVER A PENNY.
THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ALSO COVERS AN INCREASE IN DEBT REQUIREMENTS DUE TO VOTER APPROVED DEBT ISSUED RELATIVE TO THE 2021 BOND ELECTION AND AN INCREASE IN DEBT REQUIREMENTS DUE TO THE PP FSOS THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE 2026 BUDGET AND ISSUED IN 2026.
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CODE REQUIRES A GOVERNING BODY TO HOLD A SEPARATE VOTE TO RATIFY THIS INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS JUST APPROVED.NOW ON THIS, UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I SPOKE WITH MR. PARKER ABOUT.
I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING, UH, BUT I'M SURE HE PROBABLY SPOKE WITH YOU WHETHER ABOUT THAT OR EARLIER.
UH, JUST TO POINT OUT, SO OBVIOUSLY OUR CITIZENS HAVE SEEN THE INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR IS 5.30 CENTS.
THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH, WHICH KEEPS TAX PAYMENTS THE SAME FROM YEAR TO YEAR WENT UP 1.20 CENTS.
SO THAT PUT US AT 4.2, THE DEBT THAT WAS APPROVED, THAT WENT TOWARDS PAYING MCMILLAN, ET CETERA, WHICH IS STILL ON.
UH, 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME COMMENTS AND EMAILS, WHICH IS STILL ON ORIGINAL BUDGET.
THAT MONEY WE DON'T SPEND UNTIL THEY'RE READY, IT'S READY TO GO.
SO SOME CITIES, WHEN THEY GET A BOND FOR 30 MILLION, THEY GO TAKE IT OUT THE NEXT DAY IT SITS IN THE BANK CAN EARN INTEREST POTENTIALLY.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LAWS AROUND IT NOW, BUT THEY PUT IT IN THE BANK AND YOU START PAYING TAXES ON IT IMMEDIATELY, EVEN BEFORE IT'S DUE TO WHOEVER IS YOUR CONTRACTOR.
THE CITY HAS CHOSEN NOT TO DO THAT, TO LESSEN THE IMPACT TO OUR CITIZENS.
SPREAD IT OVER TIME WHEN THOSE PAYMENTS ARE ACTUALLY DUE RATHER THAN HAVING THE MONEY IN ADVANCE.
BUT THAT COMES OUT TO THE 2.30 CENTS.
UH, AND SO, UH, THIS YEAR THAT STILL LEAVES US OBVIOUSLY AT 1.90 CENTS.
UH, THAT GOES TO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD, UM, I KNOW STAFF WORKS HARD ON THIS.
UH, I KNOW IT WILL BE A FOCUS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE CERTAIN THINGS IN THE BUDGET THAT GO UP AND THAT WE CUT IN COMPARISON.
UM, IT'S NOT TRYING TO MAKE AN EXCUSE, BUT ONLY TO POINT OUT WHEN OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE APPARATUS ARE AROUND THE CITY, THEY, WE PAY THE SAME GAS PRICES THAT OTHERS SEE WHEN THOSE PRICES GO UP, WHEN WATER, ELECTRICITY AND OTHER THINGS AND ARE HIT BY INFLATION, THE CITY HITS THE SAME.
UH, OUR ACTUAL INCREASE FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PORTION OF THE BUDGET IS CAPPED AT 3.5%.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THE STATE CAN CHANGE THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THE RATE ISN'T CHANGING BY THE AMOUNT THAT IT IS.
I JUST SIMPLY WANT TO POINT OUT THE AMOUNT THAT IS GOING TO, WHAT YOU WOULD CALL YOUR EVERYDAY COST OF RUNNING THE CITY IS 3.5%.
SO THAT IS THE REST IS THE VOTER APPROVED BOND WORK THAT IS SLOWLY BEING COMPLETED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THE REST IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT AS MENTIONED, PROPERTY VALUES ARE DROPPING ACROSS COLLIN COUNTY.
SO AS THE THE NEL NEW REVENUE RATE VALUES GO UP, THE RATE GOES DOWN, VALUES GO DOWN, THE RATE GOES UP.
SO THAT ESSENTIALLY IS THE ZERO POINT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE THAT GETS USED AROUND IT.
UM, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS TO PORTIONS OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE TIED TO DEBT, WHAT PORTIONS ARE TIED TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY, AND THEN WHAT PORTIONS OF THE RATE INCREASE ARE JUST TIED TO THE FACT THAT THE NO REVENUE RATE WENT UP BECAUSE VALUES WENT DOWN.
SO, UH, APPRECIATE IT MS. BROWN FOR SHARING THIS EVENING.
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THERE.
COUNSEL, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE? OKAY, IF THERE ARE NONE, I AM OPEN TO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS THEN? UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN HOOVER? I SECOND.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
OKAY, THE MO, IS THIS A RECORD VOTE? NO.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
[3. Hold a Public Hearing on the proposed tax rate of $0.596554 per $100 assessed valuation for fiscal year 2026-2027 and provide all interested persons an opportunity to be heard, either for or against the tax rate.]
A PUBLIC HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.5 9 6 5 5 4 PER 100 ASSESSED VALUATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27, 27, AND PROVIDE ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE TAX RATE.SO, MS. BROWN, I I THINK I MAY HAVE GONE INTO MORE DETAIL ON TWO, WHICH IS RELATED TO THREE, SO I WON'T BELABOR MY POINTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT? UM, YEAH, I
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THINK IT WOULD BE PRETTY REPETITIVE, BUT IT'S JUST A REMINDER THAT, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE CALCULATION OF THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ON AUGUST 11TH.AND WE MOVED FORWARD FROM THAT POINT PRODUCING THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.
ALL THE REQUIRED TAX INFORMATION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AND IT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST THE 20TH.
SO MS. BRADLEY, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT WHAT I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.
IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS TIME.
SO MS. WALK, I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL.
I KNOW IT'S, I WAS UNAWARE OF EXACTLY WHAT THE PROPOSAL WAS.
I DIDN'T THINK OF THE PAPER HAVING IT IN FULL.
I JUST WANT THE CITY TO REALIZE THIS IS HUGE.
SOME OF US CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP HAVING THE INCREASES THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
COLLIN COUNTY DOES 20%, YOU GUYS DO 10.
YOU GUYS HAVE TO START REALIZING THAT EVERYBODY CAN HANDLE THE INCREASES THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING OUT THERE.
AND I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE LOOKED THROUGH THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
'CAUSE SOME OF THAT STUFF IS PROBABLY NOT NECESSARY TO BE HONEST.
A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT IS IN THERE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE WAITED OR GONE WITHOUT.
I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE WILEY LOOKING AT ITS RESIDENCE, ESPECIALLY THE SENIORS, THE DISABLED, WE CAN'T CONTINUE THIS.
I KNOW COLLIN COUNTY, I HEARD THE MAYOR SAY THAT THE APPRAISALS WENT DOWN.
MINE DIDN'T MINE MORE THAN DOUBLED.
AND I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN.
MY TAXES CONTINUE TO GO UP 20% THROUGH THE COUNTY.
AND NOW EIGHT 14 THROUGH THE CITY, I'M GONNA BE ON THE STREET AFTER ALL THIS TIME IN WILEY MAKING WILEY MY HOME.
I WOULD REALLY WISH SOMEBODY WOULD START LOOKING AT THE RESIDENTS HERE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING DOWN THE LINE MOVING FORWARD.
PLEASE CONSIDER NOT EVERYBODY CAN CONTINUE TO HANDLE ALL OF THE TAXES THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON US.
AND AS THIS IS NOT NON AGENDA, WE CAN RESPOND.
OH NO, I, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I'M, THAT, THAT I CAN, I CAN RESPOND.
SO, UM, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE THIS EVENING.
UM, I I THINK YOU HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF US THAT AS, AS WE'VE FINISH ONE BUDGET, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE UP HERE THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE FOREMOST CONCERNS AS WE LOOK AT NEXT YEAR.
UM, WHILE IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THIS YEAR'S, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, WE MADE SOME OTHER DIFFICULT DECISIONS, UH, AT THE END.
YOU'VE HEARD OF PCOS, FOR INSTANCE.
THOSE WE CHOSE TO USE SOME OF OUR RESERVES INSTEAD.
UH, SO THAT WAS A WAY TO MITIGATE ABOUT ANOTHER CENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN, UH, PUT ONTO THE CITIZENS HERE.
UH, SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT WE DID, WE DID LOOK AT SOME OF THAT TO MAKE SURE WE REDUCED SOME OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE STATEMENT.
I'M SAYING A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN SOME EMAILS OBVIOUSLY ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE SAYING, AS WE START NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE NEED TO START, UH, FROM THAT NO NEW REVENUE STANDPOINT.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WANT TO GIVE ANYONE ELSE WHO IS PRESENT.
YOU DID NOT HAVE TO SIGN UP, BUT IF YOU'RE PRESENT, WISH TO ADDRESS COUNSEL, I'D ASK YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME AND I WILL RECOGNIZE THIS LADY WHO IS COMING FORWARD.
ALEXANDRA ROLSON, 1907 EAST FOR PLAIN.
UH, SINCE THIS IS JUST FORMALITY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, THE TAX RATE IS ALREADY APPROVED AND ALL THAT.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE STARTING ON OUR NEXT BUDGET.
I SUGGEST STARTING WITH THE CUTS.
WHERE CAN YOU CUT? WHERE CAN WE CUT SPENDING? ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT I BRIEFLY LOOKED AT CITY OF WILEY LISTS 40 PARKS UNDER CITY OF WILEY.
27 OUT OF 40 ARE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT CITY OF WILEY PAYS FOR MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP, UPKEEP OF KINGSBRIDGE PARK WHERE 90% OF THE HOMEOWNERS WILL NEVER ATTEND OR ANY OTHER PARK, ANY OTHER OF THOSE 27 PARKS?
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SO I CAN ANSWER.THAT'S ALL DEPENDENT UPON WHENEVER THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY AS A, AN AGREEMENT, WHAT THAT AGREEMENT STATED.
SO WHEN A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD COMES IN, IF YOU'LL PAUSE THE TIME FOR HER, MS. BRADLEY, UM, DON'T WORRY, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE HAVE TIME.
NOW A LARGE AMOUNT OF THAT DOES NOT COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, THE CITIZENS, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN, 'CAUSE I WASN'T HERE.
IT'S THE FOUR B, WHICH IS THE PARKS AND RECREATIONS FACILITIES.
SO THAT TAKES A HALF CENT OF THE SALES TAX AND IT MUST BE USED FOR PARKS.
SO A LARGE PORTION OF THE PARKS BUDGET IS TAKEN THROUGH THAT.
UH, BUT YES, IN MANY CASES THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS REACHED WHEN ZONING CAME, TURNED THE PARK OVER TO THE CITY.
SO, UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT A SPLIT, IT WAS, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO YOU.
WELL, UH, I WAS JUST, LIKE I SAID, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS 27 PARKS AND THEY WERE LABELED AS NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, BUT THEY ARE UNDER THE CITY OF WILEY WEBSITE.
LIKE WHERE DO YOU FIND THE PARK? REGARDLESS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE IS A LOT OF, I MEAN WE CAN'T JUST, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE GOTTA GIVE YOUR EMPLOYEES 3% RAISE AND ALL THAT.
EVEN IF WE DO THE TAX, THE COST OF LIVING GOES UP.
EVEN THOUGH I FOUGHT WITH THE COUNTY, EVERY YEAR I GO AND I PROTEST MY TAXES.
AND I THINK MY, MY VA PROPERTY VALUES, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LOWEST ONES IN THE CO IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD JUST BECAUSE I DO DO GO AND I PROTEST THAT.
BUT REGARDLESS, AND, AND PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE EVEN WITH THE UPCOMING BOND, EVERYBODY WANTS FREE STUFF.
NOBODY WANTS TO, NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT.
MAINTENANCE COMES MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP COMES FROM OPERATING BUDGET.
OPERATING BUDGET COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES.
THE MORE FREE STUFF PEOPLE WANT, THE MORE STUFF CITY OF WILEY PAYS.
AND, AND BONDS THAT ARE PREPARED AND GET ISSUED, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT IS CORRECT.
ALL THE ALL NEW, THE ALL NEW PARKING THAT WE WANT TO PUT IN AND WITH THE NEW, WITH THE NEW BOND AND ALL THAT, GUESS WHAT THAT PARKING IS GONNA GO IS GONNA HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED OUT OF CITY OF WILEY BUDGET.
NOT, NOT SALES BUDGET, NOT ANY OTHER.
BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE ME HERE TO SEE THAT MONROE COMP PROPERTY BEING FULLY DEVELOPED.
I'M SURE THERE, SOME OF YOU ARE GONNA BE HAPPY TO SEE ME LEAVE AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT.
BUT REGARDLESS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING.
IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, I ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
MAYOR, CAN I JUST ADD, WE DID HAVE A COMMENT FORM THAT I SENT TO COUNCIL EARLIER TODAY OF SOMEONE WHO COULD NOT ATTEND TONIGHT BUT WANTED TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS AND THEN I BELIEVE WE ALSO RECEIVED ONE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT REGARDING THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
YES, I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR, UH, TWO CITIZENS HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, AND THEN THE COMMENT FORM THAT WAS EMAILED, UM, WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET OVERALL UNDERSTANDING AND WISHING TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES, UM, AND THE CITY'S CURRENT OPERATING LEVEL.
SO I KNOW I'M SUMMING THOSE UP, BUT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WANT ME TO READ TWO PAGES LONG TONIGHT, UH, IF I GENERALLY CAN STATE THEIR POSITION FOR THEM.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, ARE YOU WISHING TO SPEAK? NO.
WELL YOU LEAN FORWARD AND I TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THAT CHANCE.
SO MS. STORM OR MS. BRADLEY, APOLOGIES.
UH, WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO COUNSEL, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE, I'VE STATED QUITE A FEW THINGS AS I'VE SEVERAL OF US.
UH, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON ITEM THREE, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU STATE THEM AT THIS TIME.
OH, THERE IS NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
SO THERE IS, THERE IS, UH, WE HAVE HELD OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVED INPUT.
[4. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2026-41 fixing the ad valorem tax rate/levy for the Tax Year 2026 and Budget Year 2026-2027 at $0.596554 per $100 assessed valuation.]
FOUR, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 41, FIXING THE AVALOR TAX RATE LEVY FOR THE TAX YEAR 2026 AND BUDGET YEAR 20 26, 26, 27 AT 0.5 9 6 5 5 4 PER 100 ASSESSED VALUATION.[01:05:01]
THANK YOU MAYOR.UM, JUST TO POINT OUT THAT THIS TAX RATE HAS TWO COMPONENTS.
UH, ONE IS 0.4 5 2 8 3 6 PER $100 VALUATION AND THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
AND THE OTHER IS 0.1 4 3 7 1 8 PER $100 VALUATION.
AND THAT IS ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE REQUIRES THE VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS TAX RATE, BE SEPARATE FROM THE, UH, THE VOTE WHERE WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET AND THIS VOTE, UH, MUST BE A RECORD VOTE.
60% OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY MUST VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE MOTION MUST BE READ EXACTLY AS IT STATED.
COUNSEL, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE DISCUSSED THE TAX RATE, BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.
AND IF I HAVE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION.
I WILL REMIND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT MUST BE READ AS STATED.
I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.5 9 6 5 5 4, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY AT 7.44% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED WITH A SECOND COUNCIL.
IS THIS A RECORD VOTE MS. BRADLEY? YES.
AND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE.
[5. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Agricultural and Commercial Corridor (AG and CC) to Commercial Corridor - Special Use Permit (CCSUP) on 25.484 acres to allow for a wholesale retail development with minor automobile repair for tire and battery services with a motor vehicle fueling station use on Lot 1, Block A of WEDC Retail and Commercial Corridor development on Lot 2, Block A of WEDC Retail. Property generally located at 2002 W. FM 544 (ZC 2026-10).]
ITEM FIVE IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AG AND CC TO COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
SPECIAL USE PERMIT C-C-S-U-P ON 25.484 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR A WHOLESALE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WITH MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR FOR TIRE AND BATTERY SERVICES WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION USE ON LOT ONE BLOCK A OF W-W-E-D-C RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT ON LOT TWO BLOCK A OF WEDC RETAIL PROPERTY.
GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2002 WEST FM 5 44 ZONING CASE 2026 DASH 10.
YOU WIN THE LONGEST OF THE EVENING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET USUALLY GETS IT.
SO WE THOUGHT WE'D, WE JUST ADDED IN.
UM, SO THE, UM, AS REQUEST AS, AS NOTED, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FOR A, UM, A, A RETAIL, UM, A PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, MEMBER RETAIL, UH, HO, UH, WAREHOUSE FACILITY.
UM, THIS IS ON THE, UH, NORTH SIDE OF 5 44.
PRETTY MUCH FROM, UH, WESTGATE, UM, DOWN TO WHAT WOULD BE THE, UH, SAND IN 5 44 STOPLIGHT.
UM, AS MENTIONED, THE, THE, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS FOR THAT USE, UM, FOR 165,000 SQUARE FEET, ALONG WITH A MINOR AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR FOR TIRE AND BATTERY SERVICES AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, ISSUE, UH, NOT ISSUES, ONE OF THE OTHER REQUESTS FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UM, AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE, UM, THE APPLICANT IS ASKING THAT, UM, IF APPROVED OF THE ZONING THAT, UM, THE DOCUMENTS THAT PROVIDED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED, UH, AN APPROVED SITE PLAN.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS THEY'VE GOT FIVE ACRES OF LANDSCAPING.
UM, SPECIAL USE PERMIT DOES, UM, ALLOW FOR THE USE OF SOME SYNTHETIC, UM, TURF AND ROCK, WHICH STAFF'S GENERALLY ON BOARD WITH BECAUSE, UM, THE TURF IS VERY MINOR.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE LANDSCAPING PART OF THAT ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, IT'S MOSTLY ROCK, SUN, GRASS AND ALL THAT.
BUT, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD WHAT, 54 DAYS OF, OF DROUGHT.
UH, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LANDSCAPE, UH, THAT LOOKS GOOD, BUT IS ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPATIBLE WITH OUR, OUR TEXAS WEATHER SOMETIMES, UM, CAN BE A GOOD THING.
CAN I ASK A, A QUESTION ON THAT? YES, SIR.
SO IS THAT GENERALLY, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF HARD TO LOOK AND YEAH.
IS THAT GENERALLY GOING TO BE SOME, I'LL CALL 'EM THE ISLANDS WITHIN THE PARKING AREA? THERE IS MOST OF IT, YES.
THE ISLANDS IS THAT GENERALLY IN THE PARKING AREA.
AND THERE ARE A, A FEW, UM, SMALL SPOTS LIKE, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UM, ON THE FAR LEFT
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SIDE WHERE THE GAS STATION, UM, THE GAS FUELING PUMPS WOULD BE, YOU CAN SEE LIKE THERE'S A KIND OF AN L-SHAPED, UM, ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THAT PART.SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S IN AREAS WHERE TRYING TO KEEP IT WATERED.
IT'LL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONCRETE.
AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S WHAT KROGER HAS RETROFITTED.
I, I, BUT I THINK I'VE NOTICED THAT IF IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONCRETE, THE WATER TENDS TO SPRAY THE CONCRETE ANYWAY IN THE GRASS EYES.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT THIS ISN'T THE LARGE FRONTAGE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TURFED.
I, UM, YEAH, UM, STAFF DID A PRETTY GOOD REVIEW ON THIS JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING NEW.
UM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, GOING WITH ARTIFICIAL, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, NATIVE, UH, DROUGHT RESISTANT TYPE OF LANDSCAPING IN THE PAST.
YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT THOSE TO YOU.
UM, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY HAD ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY LIKE REQUESTED LIKE AN, UH, A TURF AREA.
SO, UM, WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF THE OTHER PLACES WHERE THIS HAS BEEN DONE, UM, AND LIMIT, ASK THEM TO LIMIT IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GOING BE A POSITIVE COUNCILMAN STRAIN.
I DON'T WANNA SEE MORE GRASS ANYWHERE.
I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT THE LAWNS LOOK LIKE.
I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT THE WATER BILLS LOOK LIKE.
WE KNOW THE WATER CONSUMPTION IS GOING UP.
I THINK IT'S INSANE TO KEEP PUTTING GRASS EVERYWHERE.
I WOULD LOVE IT IF MY OWN HOA WOULD SIT THERE AND SAY, GRASS IS NOW OPTIONAL.
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LAWN.
SO I THINK ROCK OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S PERMEABLE THAT COULD ALLOW WATER TO RECHARGE OUR DWINDLING AQUIFER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
AND I THINK GRASS IS STUPID, SO THANK YOU.
UM, SO CONTINUING ON, UM, IF, SO, AS I MENTIONED, IF PROVED THE ZONING EXHIBIT WILL SERVE AS A SITE PLAN, UM, AS PRESENTED.
THE ZONING EXHIBIT IS IN COMPLIANCE, UM, WITH ALL THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, MINUS THE, UH, LANDSCAPING.
I JUST, I SPOKE ABOUT, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A LITTLE EXCEPTION THERE.
UM, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE REGIONAL CORRIDOR AREA OF OUR, UM, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, AND SO THIS PARTICULAR USE IS, UM, EXACTLY WHAT THAT CALLS OUT FOR.
UM, IN THE COMP PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2002, UM, WE HAD NOTICES SENT TO 44 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WERE WITHIN 200 FEET, UM, AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
UM, AT THE TIME OF THE POSTING, UM, WE HAD TWO RESPONSES THAT WERE IN FAVOR AND NONE WERE IN OPPOSITION.
UM, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE DID HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER THAT LIVES ON, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S TO THE NORTH OF THIS.
THERE'S, UH, TWO TREE LINES AND A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS.
AND, UM, BETWEEN THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS THE TRAFFIC NOISE AND LIGHTING.
UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, CAME UP AND, AND SPOKE TO THOSE CONCERNS, UM, TO KIND OF FILL COUNSEL IN WHAT WAS SAID, THE LIGHT AND NOISE, WE'LL JUST FOLLOW WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO, TO HAVE ANYTHING THAT, UM, GOES ABOVE WHAT OUR REQUIRED PERMIT FOR OUR ORDINANCE ARE, WHICH ARE PRETTY, UM, STRINGENT, I GUESS I WOULD SAY WHEN THEY'RE CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UM, THERE IS, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A DOUBLE ROW OF, UH, PRETTY MATURE NATIVE TREES, UM, BOTH SIDES OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE.
SO IT DOES, IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF, OF THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO SPOKE ABOUT TRAFFIC.
UM, AND THE GENERAL RESPONSE TO THAT WAS THAT TRAFFIC, UM, IS OFTEN OFF PEAK FOR THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF BUSINESS.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, RUSH HOUR, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT EVERYBODY GOING TO WORK, EVERYBODY COMING HOME, THEIR TRAFFIC TENDS TO BE, UM, EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS.
UM, SO YEAH, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT, YOU SEE ALMOST 900 PARKING SPACES THERE.
SO THEY'RE EXPECTING A LOT OF FOLKS TO COME TO THIS THING, BUT, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY THINK THAT THE, UM, TRAFFIC WON'T AFFECT, YOU KNOW, RUSH HOUR, UM, UH, TERRIBLY MUCH.
SO, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, THE COMMISSION DID HEAR, UM, THOSE THINGS HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTED FIVE ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVE OF COUNSEL.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING ALSO.
WATER WENT DOWN THE WRONG PIPE.
SO, UH, I DON'T SEE ANYONE WITH ANY QUICK QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.
SO IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DID HAVE SEVERAL CITIZEN FORMS TURNED IN.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH THAT.
SO, MS. BRADLEY, IF YOU'LL PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.
IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS, UH, TIME.
NOW, I DID HAVE THREE FORMS THAT WERE TURNED IN, SO I WILL START WITH THOSE IN THE ORDER.
I HAVE THEM SITTING, AND AFTER THAT IT WILL BE OPEN TO ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
SO JAMES SETTLES, SORRY, YOU SPOKE
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EARLIER AND I THINK YOU WERE AT THE END ONCE AGAIN, JAMES SETTLES 1415 GORDON DRIVE.I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBER, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND SUPPORT STAFF HERE FOR THE CITY TO, UM, HEARING THIS WITH US TODAY.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR BUDGETS.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CONCERNS OF OUR HOMEOWNERS.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AN AGRICULTURAL SETTING AND GET, EARN AS MUCH TAX DOLLARS AS WE CAN OUT OF RETAIL TAX, UH, INCOME DIVERSIFICATION.
BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T GET TO TELL YOU THAT, UH, WHEN I RETIRED, I WENT TO COLLEGE AND NOW I AM A FINANCIAL PLANNER AND RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCES ARE IN MY HEAD.
SO WITH THIS, I WOULD HIGHLY, I AM HIGHLY IN FAVOR OF THE COSTCO, UH, ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE, THANK YOU.
UH, BUT LET'S, LET'S BRING IT TO THE CITY.
LET'S INCREASE OUR TAX REVENUE.
LET'S SHIFT SOME OF THAT BURDEN WHERE, WHEN AND WHERE WE CAN.
AND THAT IS JUST, ANYWAY, I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE IDEA OF HAVING IT HERE.
I HAVE NO OTHER QUALMS WITH IT.
NEXT THIS EVENING I HAVE ANDRES PENA JR.
I LIVE IN 9 28 MARBLE CREEK DRIVE.
AND I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY BEHIND WHERE THE COSTCO'S GONNA BE.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THAT GROWTH, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GUYS FEEL IT.
WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA FEEL IT AS WELL.
SO WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.
THAT INTERSECTION IS VERY BUSY ALREADY.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT INTERSECTION.
OKAY? THERE'S GONNA BE GRIDLOCK, THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL NEARBY, THERE'S A HOSPITAL RIGHT DOWN THE STREET THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A BOTTLENECK ACCESS.
A MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC IS GONNA GO BACK INTO 5 44.
OKAY? THAT'S GONNA BE MORE TRAFFIC.
LIKE YOU SAID, THAT'S A BIG PARKING LOT.
THE PLOT SIZE IS REALLY SMALL FOR A COSTCO THAT'S GONNA LEAVE LITTLE ROOM FOR OPTIMAL TRAFFIC FLOW.
IT'S ALL, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALL GONNA GO BACK OUT INTO 5 44.
IS THIS GONNA BECOME ANOTHER THREE 80 IN PRINCETON? I KNOW INDIVIDUALS WHO USED TO LIVE IN PRINCETON AND THEY LEFT BECAUSE THE, THE TRAFFIC WAS JUST SO BAD ON THREE 80.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO 5 44.
SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA MANAGE THIS GROWTH.
IT'S GOOD FOR, OR TAX FOR THE CITY, IT'S GOOD.
MAYBE LOWERING OUR HOMEOWNER TAXES AS LONG AS THEY PAY THEIR, THEIR FAIR SHARE.
OKAY? GROSS GROCERY MARKET SATURATION.
THERE'S ALREADY KROGER AND THE TOM THUMB RIGHT THERE REAL CLOSE.
COSTCO'S GONNA HAVE GAS PUMPS.
OKAY? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO US WHO AREN'T MEMBERS OF COSTCO? IF KROGER CLOSES THE ACCOUNT, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GO? I MEAN, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
I JUST HAVE CONCERNS TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THE EFFECT.
IT'S GONNA HAVE A, PUTTING A COSTCO RIGHT THERE IN THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, THEY MENTIONED THE LETTER SENT OUT TO 44 HOMES.
THERE ARE 200 HOMES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHY NOT SEND IT TO ALL TWO TWO, NO 200, YEAH, 250 HOMES.
WHY NOT SEND IT TO ALL 250 HOMES? WHY JUST THE ONES WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT RADIUS? WHY NOT SEND, WHY CHOOSE THE 44 HOMES? SO I CAN ANSWER THAT FOR YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
SO THIS, WE FOLLOW STATE LAW ON ZONING CHANGES AND OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT TIMES THERE ARE DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IMPACTED.
UH, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH JUST THE LOGISTICS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THAT OUT AND PAYING FOR THE COST OF GETTING THAT SENT OUT AS WELL.
SO NOW OBVIOUSLY THIS ONE IMPACTS THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO PUT NOTIFICATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER AND IT GOES THROUGH COUNCIL TWICE AND PLANNING AND ZONING ONCE.
SO I, I JUST WANT TO ANSWER, I CAN ANSWER THAT MUCH FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
SO I WANTED TO, TO LET YOU KNOW WHY IT OCCURS THAT WAY.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S JUST SO THAT WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT BECAUSE SOMETIMES, UH, A CHANGE IN ZONING MIGHT BE A SINGLE HOUSE THAT SITS NEXT TO BETWEEN TWO NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'VE SEEN THAT AND THEN THAT WOULD BE
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800 LETTERS.SO WE, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS TREATED FAIRLY IN EACH PROCESS THERE.
SO THAT, THAT ONE I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
AND I, I'LL I'LL SPEAK WITH YOU A LITTLE MORE WHEN YOU COMPLETE, BUT WE'VE HELD YOUR TIME FOR YOU.
I HAVE ONE, ONE MORE ITEM OF A WHILE BACK, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE RIGHT ACROSS THAT AREA, SANDON AND 5 44 GINO, YOU WERE AGAINST THAT.
WHY WE HAVE CONVENIENCE STORES REAL CLOSE, YET YOU'RE GONNA APPROVE THIS COSTCO, WHICH LIKE I SAID, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
I JUST WANT EVERYTHING TO BE RIGHT IN THAT AREA.
MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE THINKING AHEAD HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT 5 44.
SO JUST REMEMBER THAT YOU GUYS REJECTED THAT GROWTH, THAT UH, CONVENIENCE STORE.
HOW ARE THEY GONNA FEEL THINKING THEY'RE REJECTED MY CONVENIENCE STORE, BUT THEY'RE LETTING THE COSTCO BE PUT IN? IS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA PAY BIGGER TAXES OR WAS IT JUST THE WAY IT FELL? SO AGAIN, I I CAN'T, WE CAN'T SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHY THE OTHER VOTE GINO OR MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO SHARE AGAIN.
BUT REMEMBER WE, WE CAN'T GET TOO FAR INTO PAST DECISIONS.
UNDERSTAND, WELL, I KNOW WHY I WAS REJECTED.
CAN I READ WHAT I HAVE HERE? OH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD THEN.
SITE ABILITY CONCERNS REGARDING A 24 HOUR FUELING STATION AT THIS CROSSROAD.
OKAY? IT'S NOT 24 HOURS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, WELL IT'S 32 PUMPS, INCOMPATIBILITY, INCOMPATIBILITY WITH THE LONG-TERM PLANNING AND TRAFFIC EXPECTATIONS FOR THE IMMEDIATE INTERSECTION.
UM, I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO COME.
I WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, UH, I WAS THERE, I WAS THE RESIDENT WHO SPOKE.
SO, AND I KNEW IT WAS GONNA GO THROUGH.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GO THROUGH HERE, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO TURN INTO ANOTHER THREE 80.
BUT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 22 YEARS.
THEY ALL USE THAT ROAD AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO USE THAT ROAD.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING MAYOR PRO TEM OR DO YOU, CAN YOU WAIT TILL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL WAIT.
WE HAD ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO ASKED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, MS. JACKIE TOBAR.
AND IF, WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOR US, PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 6 3 5 LEGEND TRAIL, WILEY, TEXAS 7 5 0 9 8.
PLEASE KNOW SPAM NUMBER 18 IN TEXAS FOR THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE.
AMAZING NUMBER 51 IN THE COUNTRY.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE OVER 590 HOMES THAT ARE ACTIVE LISTINGS IN 7, 5 0 9, 8 ZIP CODE.
WE ARE CLEARLY FINDING THAT WE ARE HAVING A REAL ESTATE FREEZE AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF US BEING WILEY, BUT BRINGING SOMETHING THAT IS HUGE LIKE THIS THAT'S NOT ON A MAIN HIGHWAY CAN PUT US EVEN BETTER ON THE MAP.
I THINK THAT IT COULD REALLY GET THOSE 590 HOMES SOLD FASTER.
IT'S GONNA BRING JOBS, IT'S GONNA BRING OPPORTUNITY, IT'S GONNA BRING TAXES THAT WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY DO NOT HAVE TO INCORPORATE ANY ENCUMBER ON A, ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY WANTS TO BE HERE.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE GRASS, DAVE.
OKAY? I SPEAK FOR THE TREES, BUT I ALSO DO LOVE NOT HAVING YELLOW GRASS OR HOLES IN THE GROUND.
I LIVE RIGHT WHERE RUSH CREEK WAS.
MY HOUSE IS RIGHT WHERE RUSH CREEK WENT THROUGH THE ETJ.
WE HAVE CRAWFISH, CRAW, DADDIES, MUD BUGS, WHATEVER YOU CALL 'EM THAT POP UP EVERY TIME.
AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN THERE IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS BECAUSE WE ARE JUST SO DRY.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU ON, LET'S PUT SOME TURF IN.
BUT AS FAR AS JOBS KEEPING DOLLARS IN WILEY, I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF THAT.
WHATEVER WE CAN BUILD, WHATEVER WE CAN BRING TO KEEP PEOPLE AND OUR MONEY, OUR SALES TAX HERE IN WILEY, UM, THERE IS A LIGHT ALREADY THERE.
UM, I DO AGREE WITH MR. PENA THOUGH.
IT IS GOING TO BE A HAZARD AND I THINK THAT OUR CITY CAN HANDLE IT.
I JUST SAW THE PARKER ROAD SITUATION HAPPEN IN TWO YEARS.
I LIVE RIGHT OFF OF THAT AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S AMAZING AND I THINK THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO JUST DEAL WITH IT.
UM, WE HAVE CREEKSIDE, WE HAVE WALK-ONS.
LET'S BRING COSTCO SHOP, DINE, PLAY EVENTS, AND MUSIC COULD GET BETTER IF WE HAD SOMETHING THIS HUGE THAT COULD BRING PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY PARTYING, THEY'RE
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ALREADY LEAVING WILEY TO GO GET THEIR PARTY SUPPLIES.LET'S GET US SPENDING MONEY IN WILEY.
UM, AND MAYBE WE CAN ASK AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM TO GIVE WILEY CITIZENS A DISCOUNT FOR THAT MEMBERSHIP.
MR. PENA, I WILL HELP YOU GET THAT DONE
UM, BUT ALSO MAYBE SOME SPONSORSHIPS OR SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP GET THAT DONE AS WELL.
DID, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK SIR? I, I DO.
JUST, MY NAME IS MICHAEL CLARK, I'M WITH WINKELMAN AND ASSOCIATES, 67 50 HILLCREST PLAZA, SUITE TWO 15 DALLAS, 7 5 2 3 0.
MORE THAN ANYTHING, I SIMPLY WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WERE HERE AND DIDN'T JUST VACATE THE COUNCIL MEETING.
I HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM COSTCO WITH ME AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
UM, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU'LL GIMME A SECOND TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IN THE CITIZENRY WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS, AND THEN I MAY CALL YOU BACK UP.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WITH THAT.
THOSE WERE, THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE WHO FILLED THE FORM OUT BEFOREHAND.
BUT ON PUBLIC HEARINGS IT'S LI IT'S NOT LIMITED.
SO, UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? SIR, YOU'VE INDICATED GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL, BOB RE 5 0 3 STONE HEDGE.
I THINK THIS PROPOSAL IS EXCELLENT.
IT HELPS THE COMMERCIAL TAX BASE, THE JOBS IT CREATES.
ANYONE THAT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THAT COMPANY, IF YOU'VE DONE RESEARCH, THEY HAVE EXCELLENT JOBS.
THEY'RE A GOOD CORPORATE NEIGHBOR.
THEY CAN RESEARCH THE COMPANY.
AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
I'VE SEEN THOSE ONLINE AS WELL.
BUT I LIKE TO DRAW EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO THE RECENT OPENING OF HEB.
EVERYBODY WAS PROJECTING DOOM AND GLOOM.
I DRIVE DOWN THERE EVERY DAY, INCLUDING THE DAY AFTER AN OPEN.
PEOPLE DON'T COME ALL AT ONCE, LIKE RUSH HOUR, RUSH HOURS OR TRAFFIC.
PEOPLE COME AND GO DURING THE DAY IN COSTCO, SAME THING.
THEY'RE THERE AT 10 IN THE MORNING AND THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE LATER.
BUT IT'S THROUGHOUT THE DAY IT'S A FLOW.
I, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE.
I MEAN, WE'LL DEAL WITH IT, BUT I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT NEIGHBOR TO HAVE.
IT'S GONNA REALLY HELP THE COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
TO YOUR POINT, ARTIFICIAL TURF LOOKS FINE THESE DAYS.
YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MINOR DETAIL, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, BUT I, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM ONCE EVERY GETS USED TO IT.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD DECISION AND THANKS AGAIN.
GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AS YOU MENTIONED.
IS ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING? WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? MAYOR PORTER? I DID WANNA ADD LIKE A PREVIOUS ITEM.
WE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL, UH, ON THIS SPECIFIC ITEM THAT WAS FORWARDED TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
I BELIEVE THAT IS EVERYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
SO THAT, THAT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM THE APPLICANT.
I DON'T THINK I CAN SAY ANY NAMES TECHNICALLY.
SO, UH, FROM THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING.
UH, COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR.
I KNOW YOU HAD A COUPLE YOU MIGHT WANT TO.
MAKE, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT SPOKE TODAY ABOUT THIS ITEM AND AS WELL AS ADDRESSING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT UP BEFORE.
I DO UNDERSTAND MY COMMENTS AND I'VE GOTTEN THAT MORE THAN ONCE DURING MY CONVERSATION WITH THE CITIZENS.
AND I THINK IT'S EASY TO GET ME TO GET ACCESS TO ME.
THEY JUST COME TO, TO THE LOCATIONS AND THEY TALK TO ME ABOUT IT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE, MR. ANDY, UH, AND MRS. PENA ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR TRAFFIC 'CAUSE THAT'S MY WAY HOME EVERY NIGHT COMING INTO WORK AND GOING HOME.
UM, AND WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS NECESSARY EVEN IN THE BOND THAT, UH, IT'S UPCOMING, UM, TO HOPEFULLY HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC INTO 78 AND HOPEFULLY TO GEORGE BUSH.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ZONING AND THE ZONING THAT WAS PROPOSED, I BELIEVE EARLIER THIS YEAR, IF I'M CORRECT, THIS IS A DRAW, MR. PENA.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BRING CITIZENS FROM A DIFFERENT CITY, FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE AND COME AND SPEND THE DOLLARS HERE VERSUS TAKING, NOBODY IS COMING FROM ANY OTHER CITY TO FILL UP THEIR GAS STATION AT THAT CORNER IF THEY'RE NOT, NOT COMING IN FOR A DRAW.
SO THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, ESPECIALLY WITH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND I DIDN'T SET IT UP THAT WAY, BUT IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THAT WAY.
UM, IF OUR LEGISLATOR DOWN IN AUSTIN CHANGES THE, THE DIRECTION, ASK THE CITY OR HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO DO WITH OUR, OUR
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VOTING HERE.AND SO HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE A ZONING FOR A POTENTIAL PROJECT, I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN CAME ON RECORD AND MENTIONED THE NAME.
I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S A POTENTIAL PROJECT ON THE ZONING AND BEING ABLE TO BE A DRAW THAT DRAWS PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS AND SPECIFICALLY A TYPE OF INVESTMENT THAT THIS IS, IT DOES NOT REALLY BORROW FROM OTHER ENTITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, MAYBE HURT THEM IN BUSINESS SENSE AND BRING BUSINESS TO THIS.
IT ACTUALLY, THIS IS A LARGER SCALE BUSINESS.
I, FOR ONE, GO TO OTHER ENTITIES OUTSIDE OF WILEY TO BE ABLE TO GET A LARGER SCALE, UH, PRODUCTS IN A LARGER QUANTITIES THAN OUR LOCAL GROCERY STORES PROVIDE.
AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE I DO, I AM WITH YOU ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT HEB OPENED AND THERE WAS DOOM AND GLOOM UNFORTUNATELY HAS NOT SEEMED TO CHANGE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, THE TRAFFIC TIMES, OR THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD A ZONING REQUEST FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, IT ALLOWS US TO BRING IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS.
THE FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA COME IN HERE MIDDAY TO VISIT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, THEY'LL ALLOWED TO SPEND ON OUR DOWNTOWN TO WALK, HAVE THE WALKABILITY TO OUR DOWNTOWN, USE THE BOUTIQUES VISIT THE BOUTIQUES THAT WE HAVE.
UH, HOPEFULLY THEY VISIT SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE, POTENTIALLY GO TO OUR CHURCHES AND, AND OTHER AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY ONE DAY DOWN THE LINE AS, UH, MS. TOBAR MENTIONED THE, THE HOUSES THAT WE HAVE FOR SALE, THEY BECOME CITIZENS OF THIS CITY BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT THE PRODUCT THAT THIS COUNCIL AND THIS STAFF PUTS TOGETHER FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT WILL ALSO HELP WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS LIKE WE MADE TONIGHT, WHICH IS OUR TOUGH DECISIONS FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO DO PROPERTY TAX INCREASES.
AND I, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK INTO THAT, I MENTIONED HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS FOR ALL OF US.
AND SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN WHY I FOR 1:00 AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THIS TYPE OF ZONING REQUEST.
AND I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING US OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT SALES PROP SALES TAX TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE PROPERTY TAX THAT MS. CHRISTINE MENTIONED.
AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT AND, AND PUT IT ON OUR SHOULDERS FOR OUR CITIZENS.
SO I'M GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
NOW I WANT TO ADD THIS MAYOR, AND I'LL LEAVE THIS, MY LAST COMMENT.
I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND EMAILS THAT THEY TAKE THEIR TIME AND SEND TO US.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I DON'T RESPOND TO ALL OF THEM JUST BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND IT AND I, I HANDLE MY BUSINESS AT THE D AS I DO AND A LOT OF 'EM COME AND SEE ME ONE-ON-ONE, BUT I ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK.
YOU KNOW, IT'S EASIER TO GO ONLINE ON FACEBOOK'S AND OTHER MAINSTREAM MEDIA NOWADAYS OR COPY US ON WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA, TRY TO CATCH US.
HAHA WE ALL DO THIS ALMOST INVOLUNTARY BASIS.
TAKE OUR TIME, TAKE TIME OUT OF OUR DAYS, INCLUDING OUR BOARDS TO COME IN AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION WE CAN THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO.
SO ANY CITIZEN THAT SHOWS UP, YOU MAY GIVE ME A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE VOTE THAN WHAT OTHERS DO.
AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF DIALOGUE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE WITH THE CITIZENS IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A CLEAR VISION OF WHERE THE CITY'S GOING AND HOW WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THAT.
UM, FRANKLY, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN TO WILEY.
AND UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, I'D RATHER JUST MAKE A MOTION.
I DO WANNA MENTION ONE OTHER THING.
I'LL LET YOU KEEP IT ON 'CAUSE I CAN SPEAK AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I'LL LET, I'LL LET YOU DO THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE, MR. HASKINS.
SO APPROVING AS TWO, TWO QUICK THINGS.
ONE IS PARLIAMENTARY, THE ITEM APPROVING IS PRESENTED.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE REQUEST THAT THEY HAVE MADE FOR IT TO COUNT AS A SITE PLAN? YES, SIR.
JUST MAKING SURE WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING AMENDED THERE.
AND I WANTED TO ALSO BRING UP THE SITE PLAN DOES INCLUDE DESAL LANES AND ANY NECESSARY TRAFFIC CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
AND THE LIGHT WILL WILL BE IMPROVED AS PART OF THAT, CORRECT? UH, I WILL HAVE TO CHECK WITH MY ENGINEER.
WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO GO ACROSS, CORRECT? YES.
THERE'S GONNA BE, YEAH, BEFORE IT OPENS, THERE DEFINITELY IS GONNA BE A, A, A MAJOR CHANGE TO
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THAT LIGHT.SO I, I ALSO WANNA LET MR. PENA KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS INCLUDED, UH, WE GOT, WENT OUT AND GOT STATE GRANT.
IT'S THE ACRONYM IS H-S-I-P-I BELIEVE.
AND THAT IS A FANCY WAY OF SAYING TO FINALLY GET THE LIGHT SYNCED SINCE THOSE ARE OWNED BY TXDOT.
SO THE LIGHT S SINKING PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD FOR 5 44, WHICH WILL BE AN AID TO TRAFFIC AS WELL.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON PROJECTS FOR THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT MORE THAT WE, WE CAN ALL SAY THAT YES, WE RECOGNIZE IT, BUT WE ARE TAKING STEPS FORWARD BOTH ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND IN GENERAL TO TRY TO MAKE SURE FIVE 40 REMAINS, UH, MOVING WITHIN THE CITY AND DOES NOT COME INTO A EIGHT CYCLES AT A LIGHT SITUATION LIKE YOU MENTIONED IN ANOTHER CITY TO THE NORTH THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED.
UH, BUT WE, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT GENERAL AREA AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE EDC.
UH, SO I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE WORKING TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
SO JUST TO, JUST TO LET HIM KNOW THAT, THAT WE HAVE HEARD HIM AND THAT THERE ARE PROJECTS IN PLACE ALREADY, UH, TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE.
SO, COUNCILMAN STRING YOU WISH TO MAKE A MOTION THIS EVENING? YES, I DO.
MAKE A MOTION TO THE ITEM, UH, TO PRESENT THE, OH GOSH, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE.
COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
SO WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING.
WE WILL NOW RE WELL, I APOLOGIZE.
[RECESS CITY COUNCIL]
AND NOW CALL TO ORDER.SO I'LL RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND I WILL ASK THE FOUR B BOARD TO JOIN.
WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK FOR JUST A MINUTE TO GET THAT SET.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL TO ORDER
[CALL TO ORDER THE WYLIE PARKS & RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (4B)]
THE MEETING OF THE WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOUR B.WILL WE TAKE ROLE THIS EVENING? I WILL ASK.
UM, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE? YES.
UM, BOARD MEMBER SCOTT WILLIAMS. HE'S ABSENT THIS EVENING.
BOARD MEMBER DAVID DUKE, PRESENT BOARD MEMBER SID HOOVER.
PRESENT BOARD MEMBER MATTHEW PORTER.
PRESENT BOARD MEMBER AUSTIN FOSTER, PRESENT BOARD MEMBER RICHARD MILLER.
PRESENT BOARD MEMBER TARA HARRISON.
PRESENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM, SIR.
THANK YOU WITH THAT THIS EVENING WE START WITH COMMENTS ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS, AS I'VE ALREADY READ THAT THIS EVENING AND WE HAD NO FORMS TURNED IN.
[1. Consider, and act upon, approval of February 10, 2026 Special Wylie Parks and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation (4B) meeting minutes.]
THAT TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.ITEM ONE, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026, SPECIAL WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOUR B MEETING MINUTES.
SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THIS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM ONE.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBER HOOVER? I I SECOND IT.
BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE IF YOU HAVEN'T ENTERED THE MEETING, YOU'LL HAVE TO CLICK ON THE, THE SCREEN RIGHT ABOVE THERE AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SELECT.
OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
[2. Consider, and act upon, the appointment and/or reappointment of the Wylie Parks and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation (4B) Officers and appoint a Chair and Vice Chairman from its board members for a term beginning January 1, 2027 and ending December 31, 2029.]
TWO, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPOINTMENT AND OR REAPPOINTMENT OF THE WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOUR B OFFICERS AND APPOINT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIRMAN FROM[01:40:01]
ITS BOARD MEMBERS FOR A TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2027, ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2029.UM, MS. BRADLEY? I DON'T RECALL.
I WAS GONNA SAY I SERVE AS CHAIR AND I THINK YEAH, THE VICE CHAIR IS CURRENTLY EMPTY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE CHAIR BESIDES MYSELF? NO.
AND I'M HAPPY TO RUN THE MEETING.
DO WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR? OKAY.
SO MR. MILLER WOULD BE INTERESTED IN VICE CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE? OKAY, I WILL GO AHEAD THEN AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MATTHEW PORTER IS CHAIRMAN AND RICHARD MILLER AS VICE CHAIRMAN AND THE CITY MANAGER OR ACTING CITY MANAGER AS PRESIDENT.
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ACTING DEPUTY, CITY MANAGER AS VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE DIRECTOR AS TREASURER AND CITY SECRETARY AS SECRETARY OF THE WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOUR B FOR A TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2027 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2029.
IS THERE A SECOND BOARD MEMBER, HARRISON? I SECOND THE MOTION.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[3. Consider, and act upon, approval of the FY 2026-2027 4B Budget and authorize expenditures for the FY 2026-2027 Community Services Facilities Capital Improvement Plan.]
TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27, 4 B, BUDGET AND AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27.COMMUNITY SERVICES, FACILITIES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
MS. BROWN, UM, THANK YOU, UH, BOARD.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO REMIND YOU OF THE, UH, BUDGET THAT YOU'RE ASKED TO APPROVE AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUR B CORPORATION ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS.
THE FOUR B SALES TAX REVENUE FUND, AND THE FOUR B DEBT SERVICE FUND.
THE REVENUE FUND INCLUDES DEPARTMENTS FOR THE BROWN HOUSE, SENIOR ACTIVITIES, RECREATION CENTER, STONEHAVEN HOUSE, AND COMBINED SERVICES.
AND THE PROPOSED REVENUE FOR THE REVENUES FOR THE 26 27 BUDGET YEAR ARE A LITTLE OVER $6.7 MILLION.
AND THIS INCLUDES A 2% INCREASE IN SALES TAX REVENUE FROM THAT'S BUDGETED OVER THE 26 BUDGET YEAR.
THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES OF 6.3 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER 6.3 MILLION INCLUDES NO NEW PERSONNEL.
3% AVERAGE MERIT IS INCLUDED AS WELL AS THE INCREASE IN COST FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE.
TWO NON-RECURRING EXPENSES ARE RECOMMENDED.
A GYM CURTAIN FOR $39,000 FOR THE RECREATION CENTER AND A $150,000 SHADE STRUCTURE AT VALENTINE PLAYGROUND.
A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF A LITTLE OVER 4.4 MILLION IS PROJECTED.
AND THE FUND BALANCE POLICY REQUIREMENT IS 25% OF BUDGETED SALES TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS EQUAL TO A LITTLE OVER 1.3 MILLION.
THE FOUR B DEBT SERVICE FUND HAS AN ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE OF $17,802.
THERE ARE NO CURRENT EXPENDITURES IN THIS BUDGET AND THERE IS NO OUTSTANDING BOND DEBT.
OKAY, SO BOARD MEMBERS, UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAD THIS SENT TO YOU, BUT YOU'VE ALSO HEARD THE HIGHLIGHTS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT, OR COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR MS. BROWN? OKAY.
THERE DO NOT SEEM TO BE ANY INDICATED.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM BOARD MEMBER DUKE.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, ON A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND VICE CHAIR, MILLER? SECOND IT MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE COUNT OR BOARD PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR AGENDA BEFORE I LET YOU ALL GO, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
I KNOW, UH, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST ACTIVE BOARD AND, BUT WE DID HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
UH, AND I WILL SAY, UM, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE BOND, UH, CONSIDERATIONS IS PARKS.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO BECOME KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THAT.
UM, AGAIN, NOT TELLING ANYONE HOW THEY SHOULD VOTE ON ANYTHING, UH, BUT WE'LL ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK INTO THAT.
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HOW THE CITIZENS RECEIVE THAT, UH, WE MAY HAVE MANY OTHER THINGS TO BEGIN PLANNING IN THE FUTURE RELATED TO PARKS.SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I KNOW IT'S LATE GETTING LATER ALREADY.
[ADJOURNMENT 4B BOARD]
THE FOUR B BOARD.[RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION]
OUR REGULAR SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.[WS1. Discuss the rezoning of property generally located at 1751 McMillen Road.]
A WORK SESSION TO MOVE INTO WORK SESSION ONE, DISCUSS THE REZONING OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1751 MCMILLAN ROAD, MR. HASKINS.UM, SO I'VE A APPLICANT, MR. PING, UM, HAD CAME IN AND, UM, TALKED TO STAFF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE SUGGESTED WE DO A WORK SESSION ON, UM, THAT PROPERTY.
THIS IS, UM, KIND OF TUCKED IN BETWEEN THE METHODIST CHURCH, UM, UP HERE ON COUNTRY CLUB AND MCMILLAN, UM, WOULD BE WHERE THE, IT'S ON THE, THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THAT MAP YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND THE NEW, UH, LARGER DEVELOPMENT, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT BERG'S DOING GOES AROUND THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY.
UM, BASICALLY THE APPLICANT IS JUST INTERESTED IN GETTING SOME COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON A POSSIBLE PD AMENDMENT.
UM, THIS IS THE CURRENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HE HAS, UM, BY, THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2020.
HE HAS FULL RIGHTS, UM, TO BUILD THIS AS IT SITS.
UM, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO REMOVE ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THE CONCURRENT CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS BUILD THIS RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT'S THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
NO ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T HERE WHEN THIS WENT THROUGH, THIS IS ALL AGE RESTRICTED.
EVERYTHING IN HERE'S 55 OR OLDER.
UM, THE ORIGINAL PD WAS THREE FA, THREE DIFFERENT PARTS TO IT.
UM, THIS WAS TO O SINGLE FAMILY, UM, HOMES TO OWN.
THIS WAS BASICALLY LIKE A TOWN HOME, UM, MULTIPLEX, UM, TO RENT.
AND THEN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE WOULD'VE BEEN A, UH, A, UH, LIKE A, NOT A HOSPICE, NOT THAT FAR ALONG, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST A, AN ASSISTED LIVING TYPE OF ASSISTED APARTMENT FACILITY.
UM, THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY HAS BEEN, UM, DIFFICULT TO GET MARKETED.
UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S RIGHT NOW APPARENTLY THE, THE MARKET FOR THOSE ARE NOT THAT GREAT.
UM, BUT IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING IS THAT IF THAT PART OF IT STILL STAYS IN THE PD, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TWO AREAS WHERE IT'S SHOWN, UM, ON THE SOUTH AREA WHERE IT WOULD STILL BE A PART, UM, AND A AND A PART OF THE FUTURE PLAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
IT WOULD ALL STAY 55 PLUS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WOULD STAY.
THE MULTIFAMILY MULTIPLEX PART WOULD STILL STAY.
UM, THE APPLICANT FEELS, AND THAT WOULD PAY FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
AND SO WHAT, UM, MR. PING IS ASKING FOR IS JUST GUIDANCE FROM COUNSEL WHETHER, UM, UH, REMOVING THAT CON CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENT, UM, IS ACCEPTABLE.
AND, UM, IF IT IS, IS THERE ANY OTHER, UM, ISSUES THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, BEFORE THIS WAS BROUGHT BACK AS A, UM, AN ACTUAL ZONING CASE? I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING, THAT THIS DID GO TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, UM, AS A WORK SESSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE SAME CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THE 2020 COUNCIL MEETINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE CON CONCERN, CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENTS, SOME THINGS DON'T GET BUILT.
UM, YOU KNOW, OR PEOPLE COME BACK, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS COME BACK LATER AND ASK FOR DIFFERENT KIND OF CHANGES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, BUT WITH THIS, UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY SEEM TO BE IN FAVOR OF MR. PING, UM, AND HIS GROUP MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, AT LEAST, UH, POTENTIALLY CHANGE, TRY ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE HIS ZONING.
UM, MR. PING IS HERE THIS EVENING, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO HIM, OTHER THAN THAT, I GUESS MAYOR, WHAT WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR IS, IS, UM, IS COUNSEL GENERALLY OKAY WITH WHAT THEY SEE HERE, UM, POTENTIALLY AND ALSO IF THEY ARE, IS THERE ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY WOULD ASK FOR? SO I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE EXISTING PLAN, AND I APOLOGIZE, MY COMPUTER IS SCROLLING REALLY SLOW.
WHAT'S THAT SIR? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE
AND, AND THE, THE EXISTING PLAN IS LAID OUT, THAT'S THE EXISTING CORRECT.
OR IS THAT PROPOSED? NO, THAT'S THE NEW ONE THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
THIS IS THE EXISTING THAT'S EXISTING.
THAT CAN BE BUILT BY RIPE AS OF RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK MY QUESTION THERE, SORRY, IS THERE A CHANGE ON THE UNIT COUNT FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED ORIGINALLY? UM, OR ANTICIPATED UNIT COUNT? I DON'T, IT'S GENERALLY RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME.
THE ONE THING THAT MR. PING HAS AGREED TO DO ALREADY, UM, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE
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LOT SIZES FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WOULD GO FROM A MINIMUM OF 4,000 TO A MINIMUM OF 5,000, YOU KNOW, TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PALATABLE.UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE DIDN'T GET TOO FAR ALONG BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT JUST GOES INTO JUST FIGURING OUT UNIT COUNTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE GENERALLY THE SAME.
I I BELIEVE THE CS ARE, ARE ALL THE SAME.
AND OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE ONLY SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD, THE OLD DESIGN HAS A LARGE POND AT THE FRONT, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR DRAINAGE, THE RETENTION POND THERE.
AND I DON'T SEE ON THE OTHER ONE, IT PUSHES THE ASSISTED LIVING TO THE FRONT, WHICH IS WHERE THE POND IS CURRENTLY LOCATED.
AND THEN HAS ANOTHER AREA THAT SAYS INDEPENDENT LIVING, WHICH I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE THINKING IS THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE, CAN'T IMAGINE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE RETENTION DETENTION, WHAT, WHICHEVER IT IS YES, SIR.
SO I CAN HAVE THEM ADDRESS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ASSISTED AND THE INDEPENDENT.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT DETENTION WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED.
WE'VE TALKED TO THAT, UM, TO MR. PING AND UM, YOU KNOW, UNDERGROUND DETENTION IS ALLOWED, YOU KNOW, IF NEED BE, THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, 'CAUSE WE DID MENTION THAT TO HIM ABOUT, BUT I, I KNOW UNDERGROUND, UNDERGROUND COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
MONEY, IT DOES COST A LOT OF MONEY.
IT RUNS OFF OUR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FRIENDS, UM, UNLESS THEY WORK WITH THE EDC OR GET THE LAND AT A REALLY GOOD PRICE.
UM, AND, AND SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW REALISTICALLY WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THAT, BECAUSE IF WE REMOVE THE CONCURRENCY AND THEN THE DETENTION HAS TO GO WHERE THE ASSISTED LIVING IS LABELED, OBVIOUSLY MY CONCERN IS THAT THEN INSTEAD WE HAVE, IT COMES BACK AND IT'S MORE INDEPENDENT LIVING THAT'S ASKED FOR BECAUSE THREE YEARS FROM NOW IT'S DIFFERENT GROUP AND YES, SIR.
THE, I UNDERSTAND THE DETENTION RETENTION EIGHT, THE ASSISTED LIVING, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY.
AFTER EIGHT YEARS, I'VE UNFORTUNATELY HAD GREAT DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH AND WE'VE HAD LESS THAN GREAT DEVELOPERS.
AND SO, UM, MY CONCERN IS THEN IT COMES BACK AND THEY SAY, WELL, THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT IT.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU COULD HELP ME YEAH, A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT THAT'S CALLED OUT FOR SURE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE TALKED TO, UM, MR. PING ABOUT THE, JUST THE, THE NEED FOR DETENTION WOULD STILL BE, UM, THERE.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF IT GETS REZONED, OBVIOUSLY THE ZONING IS KIND OF BLANKET ACROSS.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN, IF IT WERE TO GET REZONED WITHOUT CONCURRENCY, THAT BY THE TIME IT GETS PLANNED OUT, IT DOESN'T NATURALLY CUT OUT THE ALLOWANCE OF THE ASSISTED LIVING.
AND THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD DIG, ASK MR. PING TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
UM, SHOULD, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL GENERALLY FEEL THAT THAT WOULD BE AN OKAY, UM, PATH TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE'D HAVE TO PROVE THAT OUT.
GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO RESPOND.
DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE INTENTION? YEAH, I, YEAH.
MY NAME IS RICARDO RNA WITH KIMLEY HORN AT 61 60 PARKWAY FRISCO.
UH, WE'RE THE ENGINEER OF RECORD, SO WE ALREADY DID, UM, UH, STUDIES FOR RETENTION.
UH, HOW DO YOU KNOW ON MCMILLION, THEY ALREADY, THEY INSTALL NEW BOXES THERE.
SO ALL THAT THEY ACCOUNTED FOR THE ALL THE FLOWS COMING OUT OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A SMALL RETENTION POINT IS ABOUT FIVE A 0.5 ACRE FEET.
THAT MIGHT NOT MEAN ANYTHING FOR YOU GUYS, BUT IT'S REALLY SMALL BECAUSE WHEN THEY INSTALL THOSE BOXES, THEY ALREADY COME FOR ALL THE FLOW COMING OUT OF, OF THAT.
SO THE STUDY IS DONE, UH, FOR ALL THE RETENTION ON, ON ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE YOU'RE THE BETTER TO ADDRESS KIND OF, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE LAID OUT THE, I'M GONNA CALL IT THE, THE RENTAL TOWN HOMES OR, OR UNITS THAT, THAT ARE IN THE GREENISH COLOR THERE.
AND THEN, BUT THEN YOU HAVE SOME OTHER LAND THAT'S KIND THE SAME COLOR.
SO WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE ASK THAT YOU HAVE ON THE RENDERING HERE? UH, IT, UM, MY NAME IS DON PING P PING INTEREST INC.
UH, 1 8 2 1 0 BRIGHTON GREEN DALLAS 7 5 2 5 2.
UH, THE, UH, I DON'T THINK THE COLORS REALLY MEAN ANYTHING, UH, BUT THE, UH, THE MULTI MULTIPLEX UNITS ARE, UH, SINGLE STORY UNITS AND THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ARE SINGLE STORY UNITS AS WELL.
EVERYTHING WILL BE SINGLE STORY.
UH, THE, UH, MULTIPLEX WILL BE, UH, RENTAL AND THE INDEPENDENT LIVING
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WITH THE, UH, UH, APARTMENTS.AND THEN THE, UH, UH, ASSISTED LIVING PORTION.
UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE, I BELIEVE, MEMORY CARE INCLUDED IN THAT PLANNING.
AND, UH, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS, UH, IN THE PAST.
THAT'S, THEY ALWAYS WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN THERE.
SO IF THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT GOES IN THE INDEPENDENT LIVING SECTION.
UH, THE INDEPENDENT LIVING, UH, HAS, UH, APPROVAL UP TO FIVE STORY, WAS IT FIVE STORY, FIVE STORY APARTMENTS AND THE, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE IN THAT, UH, TOP LEFT CORNER THERE ABOVE THE PINK AREA.
AND THEN THE, UH, UH, ASSISTED LIVING SECTION WOULD BE UP FRONT AND THE PLAN IS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THOSE TWO ENTITIES TOGETHER.
AND SO THAT IS THE, OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK STORY, BECAUSE THE, THE OLD HAS THREE STORY.
AND SEVERAL IDENTIFIED ONE STORY.
YEAH, SORRY, I, I I DON'T HAVE THE OLD YEAH.
UM, MAYOR, SO THE, THE OLD, THE, THE CURRENT, I GUESS I SHOULDN'T SAY OLD 'CAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CURRENT, UM, UH, IT ALLOWS FOR, UM, UP TO THREE STORIES WHERE YOU SEE THE ONE STORY AREAS WAS THAT THERE WAS STUFF LIKE, UM, A BARBER SHOP, UM, ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD THINK THAT SOMEBODY WHO WOULDN'T NECESSARILY LEAVE THAT FACILITY, UM, WOULD STILL NEED ACCESS TO.
UM, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, HAIR, NAILS, DRY CLEANER, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST IT A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT, RIGHT? YEAH.
THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT TO IT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT, UM, WOULD'VE BEEN, UM, ALLOWED THERE.
UM, I THINK WHAT MR. PING IS GETTING AT IS THAT THE PROPOSED, UM, AND WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS TOO IN DEPTH, UM, WAS THAT MAYBE THE INDEPENDENT LIVING WOULD BE MORE LIKE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN WHERE THERE WOULDN'T BE LIKE NURSES ACTUALLY LIVING IN THAT AREA OR IN THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE WITH THE ASSISTED LIVING YOU'D ACTUALLY HAVE THE ACTUAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS THERE AS PART OF THAT FACILITY.
SO I DON'T SEE INDEPENDENT LIVING ON THE OLD PLAN.
IT JUST SAYS MEMORY CARE ASSISTED LIVING.
WHICH IT WAS ALL MEMORY CARE IS MUCH MORE INTENSIVE THAN ASSISTED LIVING.
THEY BOTH REQUIRE ONSITE STAFF.
SO, WHEREAS INDEPENDENT LIVING IS DIFFERENT.
UM, I, I'LL I'LL TELL YOU ONE OF THE POINTS OF FEEDBACK THAT I WOULD GIVE YOU THERE, I WOULD'VE CONCERN WITH WHERE YOU'RE LOCATING IT COMPARED TO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IF I WERE GOING TO PUT THE, GOING TO CONSIDER THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE CLOSER TO THE ROAD ALMOST FLOPPED.
THE REASON BEING THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY BY THERE IF, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY I, I KNOW IT'S JUST BOXES RIGHT NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT SOMEONE, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHICH, WHICH PART YOU GUYS WANT TO BUILD FIRST, BUT I DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO BUILD A HOME 'CAUSE THEY'RE MOVING ON HOMES THERE AND THEN END UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T CARE IF IT'S 55 AND UP OR ASSISTED LIVING A THREE STORY APARTMENT BUILDING BEHIND THE HOUSE THAT ACCORDING TO S SCOREBOARD'S MARKETING IS A 900 HUNDRED, 900 TO A MILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE BEHIND IT.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE A SENSITIVITY THAT I WOULD HAVE.
UM, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMENTS, WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND, BUT MAY LET YOU HEAR FROM A COUPLE PEOPLE.
UH, MR. HASZ, HAS THIS PROPERTY CHANGED HANDS SINCE THE APPROVAL? NO, SIR.
AS FAR AS I, MR. MR. BINGS OWNED IT THE ENTIRE TIME.
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING ALL THIS? THE PURPOSE? YEAH.
ANSWER THAT I'LL LET, WOULD YOU, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF WANTING TO DO ALL THESE CHANGES? YOU MEAN THE, THE PHYSICAL CHANGE? YEAH.
OR BASICALLY NOT DEVELOPING IT CONCURRENTLY.
OH, UH, WELL, UH, WE HAD, UH, TWO DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES, UH, THAT WE WORKED WITH TRYING TO, TO DO THE MEMORY CARE AND THE ASSISTED LIVING AND, AND THE APARTMENTS, ET CETERA.
AND, UH, THE FIRST ONE THAT WE, UH, WORKED WITH, UH,
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THEY, UH, FINALLY FIGURED OUT THAT THEY COULDN'T PUT IT TOGETHER.SO WE WENT TO ANOTHER COMPANY AND THEY HAD IT ALL LINED UP AND WAS READY TO GO.
AND THEN COVID HAPPENED AND KIND OF THREW EVERYBODY ON THEIR BACK HILLS.
AND SO THEY BACKED AWAY FROM IT AND, UH, THEY STAYED AROUND AS LONG AS THEY COULD.
BUT, UH, UH, THEN THE, THE, UH, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THESE TYPE PROJECTS, UH, FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING AND APARTMENTS, UH, IT'S KIND OF DROPPED OFF AND THEY'VE, UH, A LOT OF THE MONIES IN THAT, UH, IN THAT REALM, UH, ARE GOING TOWARDS, UH, EXISTING PROPERTIES.
UH, SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS GOING AND REMODELING A LOT OF THESE EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT ALREADY ARE IN PLACE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE MONIES ARE GOING RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND UH, SO IT, FOR US, IT SEEMED BETTER TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS, IS AN AGE IN PLACE TYPE PROJECT FOR, SO YOU'LL HAVE LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE WANTING TO, UH, DOWNSIZE AND GO INTO, UH, A SMALLER PROPERTY AND OR THEY WANT TO RENT.
AND, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SO MR. PENA, UM, I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY OPINION, MAYOR ON, ON THIS.
I GUESS THE DIRECTIONS, WELL, YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS TIME FOR, FOR THAT.
SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH THE CITY AT ALL TIMES.
THIS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THIS.
THIS IS A LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP AND LEAVE THE REST OF IT BASED ON THE CURRENT SETUP THE WAY IT IS TO SOMEONE FOR A HARDER JOB TO DO.
YOU'RE GONNA SELL THAT FRONT PIECE TO SOMEONE ELSE, OR YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO COME AND DEVELOP IT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA ASK FOR A VARIANCE AS SOON AS THAT FIRST PIECE LONG HANGING PROOF IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
AND FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN APPROVAL ON THIS AND ALLOW THE REST OF IT NOT BE DEVELOPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED BASED ON THE THOUGHT PROCESSES THAT THIS IS COMING THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO MAKE A JUDGMENT BASED ON A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED OR THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED BEFORE.
AS I PUT THINGS AROUND IT, NOW I'M HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REDO IT AGAIN.
AND NOT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T GO BACKWARDS, TWO STEPS TO GO FORWARD, FIVE STEPS MM-HMM
BUT FOR ME, SO I, MY DIRECTION WOULD BE A NO, YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH A FULL DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SORT.
I'M OPEN TO THAT, BUT IT HAS TO BE A FULL DEVELOPMENT IN TOTALITY OF IT VERSUS JUST TAKING WHAT, IT'S EASIER TO DEVELOP, AND I'M NOT SAYING EASIER BECAUSE OF IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH IT.
BUT THEN I, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR WHOEVER'S GONNA SIT ON THIS SEAT IF I'M NOT HERE AT THAT TIME MM-HMM
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A TOUGH DECISION BECAUSE IT HAS TO GIVE YOU OR ANOTHER BUYER OR A DIFFERENT PERSON A VARIANCE OF DEVELOPING THE REST.
UM, I DID WATCH THE PLANNING AND ZONING RECORDING A COUPLE TIMES JUST TO GET TO LAY THE LAND, SO, UM, DID I, DID I HEAR A FEW MINUTES AGO, SOMETHING ABOUT FIVE STORIES? OH, I, I WAS MISSED.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD THERE AND IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE, THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM IF IT'S I HEAR FIVE 'CAUSE I'M GONNA BE LIKE, NOPE.
YEAH, I COULDN'T RECALL
UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS YOU'VE ALREADY STATED HERE AND YOU STATED DURING THE SAME THING THAT THE MARKET SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST NOT AS HOT FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AS IT IS FOR MODERNIZING EXISTING.
DESPITE OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS A HOT SPOT FOR 65 PLUS SENIORS TO MOVE INTO, INTO THE NORTH TEXAS DFW AND OF COURSE FORBES AND EVERYBODY KEEPS SAYING THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WE SHOULD STOP.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S TRUE, I DON'T THINK THE REST OF THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO KNOW.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE SINGLE FAMILY STUFF FIRST BECAUSE YOU NEED THAT FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO INVEST INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE OVERALL PROJECT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO A PARTNER OF SOME KIND.
WE'RE TRYING TO, IT IS GONNA HELP ENTICE BRINGING IN THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION OF, OR THE UH, UH, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, OF COURSE WE HAVE TO YEAH.
CHANGE THE CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENT THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE OR WE HAVE, I SHOULD SAY.
AND WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN IS, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO, IF WE WERE TO SET ASIDE THE CONCURRENCY, THAT WE PUT SOME GUARDRAILS AROUND IT, THAT WE ENSURE THAT AT SOME POINT IT DOES GET BUILT THE WAY THAT YOU INTENDING ORIGINALLY
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INTENDED TO PLAN WITH THE AGENT PLACE OF SOME KIND.I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
I WAS JUST INTERESTED TO SEE IF YOU WOULD BE OKAY.
UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO THIS, AS YOU CAN TELL, THE WAY THIS IS DESIGNED, I MEAN, A BIG PORTION OF THE PROPERTY'S DEDICATED JUST FOR THOSE ENTITIES TO BE PLACED.
SO, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY STILL MARKETING RIGHT NOW, UH, TRYING TO GET, UH, SOMEBODY, UH, REENGAGED WITH THIS ON THIS, THIS PORTION OF IT.
AND, UH, IN FACT, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE SECOND PEOPLE THAT I WAS WORKING WITH BEFORE, THEY MAY NOT TOTALLY BE GONE.
UH, IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY WORKING WITH 'EM RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UH, THEY HAD A HUGE INTEREST IN, IN BEING PART OF THIS.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN, GET EVERYTHING SET UP.
I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEBODY CAN ELSE COULD COME IN AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THOSE FRONT PROPERTIES WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL.
SO, UH, WE'RE DEDICATING THOSE TO THOSE, UH, TO THOSE ENTITIES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING THE INVESTMENT TO DO THAT, SO.
I WENT ON COUNSEL WHEN THIS CAME TO, UH, FOR APPROVAL, BUT I WAS IN THE ROOM AND I DO REMEMBER IT.
AND REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I LIVED JUST RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
UH, I DO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT GOES IN HERE.
UM, AND AS SUCH, I ALSO SERVED ON THE MASTER PLANNING COMMITTEE.
UH, THAT WAS HELD LATER AND WE ELIMINATED ALL HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS.
SO MEDIUM OR LOW DENSITY IS ALL THAT'S ALLOWED ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
ALL I SEE HERE IS JUST HIGH DENSITY COMING IN HERE.
AND I'M NOT HEARING ANY ASSURANCES THAT THE PLAN FOR AN ASSISTED LIVING OR A MENTAL CARE FACILITY IS IN THE WORKS.
UM, AND SO I, I CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, NOT JUST FROM, FROM ME PERSONALLY, BUT FOR MY NEIGHBORS AND EVERYBODY I LIVE AROUND THERE WHO ARE EXPECTING ME TO TOW THE LINE.
UM, THIS EITHER GOES AS PLANNED OR IT DOES NOT GO.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I WANNA POSE TO MY FELLOW MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY COUNCILMAN PICKENS AND ALSO TO YOURSELF.
OBVIOUSLY PART OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE DENSITY THAT COMES WITH THE APARTMENTS AND ASSISTED LIVING AND EVERYTHING ELSE AT THE FRONT.
WE'VE SEEN OTHER SENIOR DEVELOPMENTS WITH SMALL LOTS COME IN, UH, BECAUSE TRAFFIC IMPACT IS NOT THE SAME AS WHEN YOU BUILD APARTMENTS PER, AS FAR AS THAT.
IS THERE AN INTEREST IN HAVING MR. PENA PROVIDE MORE OF THE AGE RESTRICTED HOUSE, SINGLE FAMILY TYPE HOUSING IN A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS? IF HE'S WANTING TO GET, MOVE AWAY FROM APARTMENTS AND ASSISTED LIVING, DEDICATE X AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE TO, I'LL CALL 'EM AMENITIES 'CAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE PLAYGROUND FOR A SENIOR, BUT IT COULD BE PICKLEBALL, COURTS, WALKING TRAILS, THAT KIND OF THING, AND GOING MORE OF A SINGLE FAMILY LOOK WHERE THE OVERALL DENSITY THAT WE'RE SEEING IS LESSENED, BUT MAYBE IT MAKES MORE SENSE AND CAN ACTUALLY GET THE ENTIRE PROJECT BUILT.
'CAUSE I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN YOU HEAR US SAY YOU GOTTA COME BACK FOR APPROVAL, IT'S NOT A CAREER FOR US UP HERE.
AND SO IT MAY NOT EVEN BE YOUR PROPERTY AND IT MIGHT BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
AND, UM, BUT IF WE MAKE THE CHANGE, WE DON'T CONTROL WHAT THAT COUNCIL SAYS IN FIVE YEARS.
SAME WAY THAT I, I THINK I'M THE ONLY PERSON, MAYBE COUNCILMAN DUKE HAS LEFT OR YOU, YOU WERE ON IT IN 2020, SO THERE'S TWO OF SEVEN THAT ARE HERE FROM THE LAST TIME THIS CAME THROUGH.
UM, AND SO LET ME ASK COUNCILMAN PICKENS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD INTEREST, THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE BETTER FITTING INTO THAT AREA? I THINK SO.
UH, LADERA IS BEING BUILT UH, JUST NORTH OF HERE.
UM, IF YOU WERE TO COME IN AND COMPETE WITH LARA AND, AND JUST DO AWAY WITH YOUR ASSISTED LIVING, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN ANYWAY BY, BY WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY.
BUT IF YOU COME IN AND COMPETE WITH LARA IN A SIMILAR FASHION, WITH THE SIMILAR FOOTPRINT OF HOMES, I MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINING THAT.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO? I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A PIVOT, BUT I, I WOULD ASSUME IF YOU HAVE A MARKET FOR THE HOMES THERE NOW, ADDING
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SOME MORE HOMES INTO IT.YOU KNOW, I, AS I SAY, WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO THE PENCILING ON OUR SIDE, BUT MM-HMM
UM, IT WOULD GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO POTENTIALLY DEVELOP ALL OF THAT AT ONCE.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, MY, THAT IS MY CONCERN IS IF THE CONCURRENCY GOES, WE CAN, YOU, WE CAN HAVE ALL THE GREATEST RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, BUT IN FIVE YEARS IT MAY BE A DIFFERENT US AND A DIFFERENT YOU THAT'S STANDING HERE DEBATING WHAT TO DO WITH IT, AND THEY CAN CHANGE THAT DRASTICALLY.
SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD MARKET FOR THOSE SINGLE STORY, SINGLE FAMILY TYPE HOMES.
UM, AND, AND I MEAN, I THINK THE OLD ONE HAD SOME OF THE TOWN HOMES KIND OF RUNNING ALONG THE MAIN ROAD AND THEN HAD, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE ALL NEW TOWN HOME RENTAL TOWN HOMES, BUT A FEW, YEAH, A FEW MORE OF THOSE POTENTIALLY ALONG THE MAIN DRAG AND THEN HAVING AN AMENITY AREA AND SOME MORE HOMES.
I KNOW YOU'D HAVE TO RELAY IT OUT.
I WOULD BE MORE IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I THINK THE LADERA, I, I THINK YOU GUYS COULD DO, I HATE TO SAY THAT A LADERA CONCEPT, BUT MAYBE MORE BUDGET FRIENDLY FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THE, THAT EXACT SETUP WHERE THE HOA DUES ARE HIGHER, THE COSTS ARE HIGHER.
UM, BUT STILL GIVES PEOPLE THAT OPTION WHO DON'T WANT TO HAVE A TWO STORY HOME IN WILEY ANYMORE.
UH, OR THEY WANT TO, TO YOUR POINT, MOVE INTO A SMALLER RENTAL UNIT WHERE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE CITY.
UM, 'CAUSE I DO RECOGNIZE STATE LAW CHANGED, I GUESS IT'S ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW, BACK IN 25.
AND THEY TOLD THEM THAT IF YOU WANNA RETROFIT A GIANT OFFICE BUILDING INTO THIS STUFF, THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS AND NO PREVENTION OF IT.
UH, THEY STRIPPED THAT ZONING FOR LARGE CITIES.
UM, AND SO I HEAR ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW FROM DALLAS WHO WERE ON THE RTC WITH ME.
UM, AND SO I DO KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT MONEY IS GOING, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A CENTRAL HUB.
THE STRUCTURE IS THERE, THEY RENOVATE IT, IT'S ALREADY GOT ELEVATORS, IT'S ALREADY GOT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO INVEST IN TAKEN CARE OF.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY FEEDBACK.
UM, I WOULD BE MORE OPEN TO SEEING YOU GUYS KIND OF STEP BACK AND REDESIGN THE FRONT END OF IT TO BLEND INTO THE REST OF IT.
MAKE SURE THERE'S A FEW AMENITIES.
AGAIN, DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A GIANT, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? I DON'T HAVE ONE.
THE LITTLE GATHERING HOUSE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AT THE FRONT.
IT'S LATE COMMUNITY CENTER CLUBHOUSE.
UH, I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS TO BE NECESSARILY A, A FULL VERSION OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT A PAVILION, GREEN SPACE, SMALL DOG PARK OR, AND SOME PICKLEBALL, SOME SOMETHING NOT, NOT HIGHLY INTENSIVE, BUT TARGETED TOWARDS THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIVE THERE, COMBINE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH MORE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY.
AND I, I THINK YOU WOULD FIND SOMEONE WHO WOULD PROBABLY SNAP THAT OPPORTUNITY UP AND IT WOULD BLEND WELL WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED ON WHAT WAS AG LAND WHEN THIS CAME IN AND MAKE IT A MORE SEAMLESS PRESENCE.
UM, AND I THINK IT, I THINK THIS AREA IS MEDIUM DENSITY, SO, UM, I THINK THAT LOWERS THE OVERALL DENSITY BACK DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
ARE YOU SAYING SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOMES TO BE SOLD OR RENTED ABOUT? SO THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THE RENTALS AND THEN I THINK YOU GUYS SELL THE OTHER, THE HOMES.
SO I, AS I WAS SAYING, MAYBE A FEW MORE POTENTIALLY ALONG THE ROAD WITH THE CHURCH, BUT THE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT, I WOULD WANT TO SEE THE, THE SALE LOTS, THE SINGLE FAMILY FOUR SALE, I THINK THEY'RE LIKE 5,000 SQUARE FEET HOMES.
I COULD BE OPEN TO, YOU CAN SEE IT'S ON THE, YEAH.
SO A FEW MORE OF THE RENTAL, BUT I WOULD WANT THE MAJORITY TO BE FOR SALE.
I, I, I, I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AS LONG AS THEY'RE ALL FOR SALE AND NOT RENTAL, JUST BECAUSE THEN I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A MOVING TARGET THERE.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY, MY OKAY WITH IT.
IF WE'RE GONNA CHANGE HOW THIS IS GONNA LOOK AND FEEL AND, AND, AND ALL THAT, I'D BE OKAY WITH THE 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.
HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE IT H RESTRICTED COMMUNITY COMING IN INTO THAT AREA AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE A SMALL COMMUNITY CENTER WITH A SMALL DETENTION POND AS THEY WOULD NEED A SMALL DETENTION POND.
I GET THAT THEY PUT COVERTS, BUT THIS AREA, YEAH, THEY WERE SAYING IT'LL BE SMALL DENSITY WOULD BE SMALL, AND SO THEY WOULD NEED A, WITH A SMALL POND THAT PEOPLE BE ABLE TO PUT AND IT WOULD BLEND WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY SUGGESTION.
I WILL NOT, IF WE'RE GOING THAT ROUTE AND REA APPROVING EVERYTHING, THEN I WOULD LOOK AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF NO RENTALS.
ANY FEEDBACK OR STATEMENTS? WHEN YOU SAY NO RENTALS, ARE YOU SAYING
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THE MULTIPLEX UNITS WOULDN'T BE RENTED? NONE OF IT.YOU SINGLE FAMILY FOR SALE HOMES.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK HE'S SAYING JUST OVERHAULING THE WHOLE THING INTO JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? SO TO SPEAK.
UH, WITHOUT THE MULTI MULTIFLEX, ALL OF IT WILL BE SINGLE FAMILY FROM ALL SIDES.
SINGLE FAMILY FOR SALE HOMES, 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
SO YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PUT 12 TO 1300 SQUARE FOOT HOMES WITHIN THAT LOT, GIVE OR TAKE.
WELL THE PROBLEM IS THAT A LOT OF RETIREMENT PEOPLE, PEOPLE GOING TOWARDS RETIREMENT OR WANTING TO DO LESS MAINTENANCE AND, AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND PART OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS HAVE A NO MAINTENANCE TYPE SITUATION.
SO, AND YOU CAN DO AN HOA COVER MAINTENANCE THAT WILL COVER THE GRASS WITH COVER.
WE HAVE OTHER PRODUCTS IN THE REGION THAT WE HAVE APPROVED YEAH.
BUT THE MAINTENANCE, THE GRASS, THE, THE AREA, IT'S CLEANED BY THE HOA AND SO WHATEVER THE HOA FEE WOULD BE, HYPOTHETICALLY BE, THAT WILL COVER THE GRASS CUTTING THE YARD WORK AND SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WOULD NEED TO DO.
BUT THESE WOULD BE OWNED HOMES, NOT RENTAL HOMES, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT AT A RENTAL HOME, WE WILL WON'T BE ABLE TO UPKEEP IT AND WE'LL HAVE MORE CODE VIOLATIONS AND ISSUES FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT AND FROM OUR EMPLOYEE STANDPOINT AND FROM FROM OUR TEAM THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF SILENT PARTNERS THIS EVENING THAT HAVE BEEN LISTENING, SO I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN HOOVER AND ASK WHAT YOUR GENERAL THOUGHTS ARE.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING, BUT IF YOU WANNA JOIN, HOP IN THERE AND JUST TELL, PROVIDE SOME, SOME DIRECTION FOR MR. PENA TONIGHT.
I HAVE A TENDENCY TO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.
UM, AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND COUNCIL OR MAYOR PRO TEMS, UH, FEELING ON, ON FOR SALE HOMES, UM, YOU'D HAVE TO PUT IN A SMALL RETENTION POND.
UH, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT.
UM, HOW MUCH PARKING IS THERE FOR THOSE MULTI-UNIT HOMES? THEY HAVE? AM I MISUNDERSTANDING NOW? THEY HAVE, UH, UH, DRIVEWAYS MM-HMM
UM, YEAH, THE, THE BIGGEST THING IS, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET IT DEVELOPED ALL AT ONE TIME INSTEAD OF TRYING TO COME BACK AND REDEVELOP THAT FRONT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IN GENERAL YOU'RE IN FAVOR THOUGH, OF TRYING TO CREATE A PLAN THAT DEVELOPS THE WHOLE PROPERTY AT ONCE.
MAYOR PROTON, UH, I'LL ASK YOU.
IF HE WERE TO DO THE MULTI, I'LL CALL 'EM MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS THERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ONE STORY TOWN HOMES, IF THOSE WERE FOR SALE, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO THAT BEING INCLUDED? SINGLE FAMILY MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFIED.
I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN STRAIN.
I KNOW YOU GAVE SOME INPUT, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION SINCE.
LET YOU GIVE YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE THING DEVELOPED TOGETHER.
UM, I THOUGHT WITH THE COMMENTS THAT YOU AND THE MAYOR PRO TIM WERE YEAH.
AND WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS ON THE RENTAL OR SALE IN GENERAL OF, I'LL CALL 'EM SINGLE STORY TOWN HOMES SALE.
DO YOU, BUT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THEM BEING INCLUDED? I'M OKAY WITH 'EM BEING INCLUDED, BUT NOT FOR RENT, JUST SALE.
THE OTHER STUFF MED DOES MAKE SENSE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS ME OF LADERA IS LIKE THAT.
RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU'RE, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING INSIDE THE FOUR WALLS AND THE HO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE ROOF.
IN FACT, I'D LIKE TO RETIRE AT A FACILITY LIKE THAT ONE DAY.
UM, WOULD PREFER TO BE ALL BUILT TOGETHER CONCLUSIVELY, UM, FOR THE TOWN HOMES.
I WOULD LIKE THOSE BE FOR SALE AND S RENT.
COUNCILMAN PICKENS, I KNOW YOU'VE SPOKEN, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FINAL CHANCE.
YEAH, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF ANY RENTALS ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO SEE, IT DOES, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE AN ASSISTED LIVING CENTER THERE, SO IT'S GONNA BE HOMES AND I WANT THOSE HOMES FOR SALE.
DOES THAT HELP PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ON? YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING YOU, QUESTION WISE
[02:20:01]
FOR US? UH, NO.WE'LL HAVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE OUR DISCUSSIONS AND RETHINK IT AND, AND IF WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU GUYS AGAIN, I GUESS WE WILL.
YEAH, WE, WE'D WELCOME YOU TO COME BACK IF YOU, IF YOU SIT DOWN AND MAYBE EVEN IF YOU COME UP WITH TWO DIFFERENT CONCEPTS THAT HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THINGS IN 'EM, I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE TO SIT DOWN, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A PATH TO ACTUALLY MOVE SOMETHING.
I KNOW YOU GOTTA GO AWAY BECAUSE, AND, AND LOOK AT IT.
BUT HOPEFULLY THAT AT LEAST PROVIDES YOU WITH SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GO AND LOOK AT AND DO.
SO WE WILL RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION, OKAY.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.NOW I WILL POINT OUT WHILE IT IS LISTED UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, UH, OUR ATTORNEY IS NOT PRESENT AND WE ARE NOT INVOKING THAT AT THIS TIME.
OF COURSE, IF NEEDED, HE COULD BE REACHED BY PHONE, BUT THAT IT, WE ARE NOT ENTERING EXECUTIVE UNDER THAT WE ARE ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION OR EXECUTIVE.
EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER 5 5 1 0.074.
CLOSED MEETING, UH, WE HAVE TWO ON THERE.
ES FOUR IS TO DISCUSS THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OF THE ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE.
AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 IS DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY CLOSED MEETING ES FIVE, CONSIDERING THE SAILOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT BALLARD BROWN, BROWN, EUBANK 7 5 44 COOPER FM 5 44 SAN N FM 1378 BROWN FM 1378 PARK JACKSON OAK, ENCY STEEL STATE HIGHWAY 78 ALLEN EAST STATE HIGHWAY 78.
BROWN STATE HIGHWAY 78 SKYVIEW.
SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, EES SIX DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE WEDC HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT INTO DISCUSS THE OFFERINGS OF INCENTIVES FOR PROJECTS 2022 DASH 10 D 2023 DASH ONE C 2024 DASH 12 C 2025 DASH FOUR A 2025 DASH 10 F 2026 DASH 21 2 IL RATHER.
2026 DASH THREE E, 2026 DASH FOUR B AND 2026 DASH FIVE J.
I WILL NOW RECONVENE US FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION
[RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
INTO OPEN SESSION.UH, WE HAVE NO ITEMS OR NO ACTIONS TO TAKE COMING OUT.
SO THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR AGENDA AND PREPARE US
[READING OF ORDINANCES]
FOR THE READING OF THE ORDINANCES.DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ THIS EVENING? YES.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 38, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WALLY, TEXAS AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 32, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, REPELLING ALL CON CONFLICTING ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A OBSERVABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 39, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 17 AS AMENDED APPENDIX, A COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE SECTION TWO, GARBAGE, TRASH AND BRUSH FEES, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 40 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, ADOPTING A BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING RESOURCES FOR PHYSICAL YEAR 2026.
2027, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2027.
REFILLING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE IN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 41 AND ORDINANCE, FIXING THE TAX RATE AND LAVY FOR THE CITY OF WALLY, TEXAS UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF WALLY, TEXAS.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE CURRENT EXPENSES OF THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2027.
AND FOR THE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A SINKING FUND TO RETIRE THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF THE BONDED IN DEPTHNESS OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR A LIEN ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TO SECURE PAYMENT OF TAXES DUE THEREON CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, REPELLING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING? WE DO.
MOTION WITH A SECOND? COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
[02:25:10]
MOTION CARRIES.