Jun 02, 2026 City Council Meeting 6-2-26

[1. CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]

[A. Prayer.]

[B. Pledge of Allegiance.]

[2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]

[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

[4. CITY HIGHLIGHTS]

[5. MAYOR'S REPORT]

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COMING UP NEXT ON ECNA REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL. ON

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HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE DISTINCT PRIVILEGE IT IS TO SERVE HERE IN THIS CAPACITY. LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THESE CITY COUNCILORS. LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM. LORD, GIVE THEM PATIENCE AND GIVE THEM FAVOR IN THE COMMUNITY. LORD, AS THEY ATTEMPT TO LEAD. LORD, WE PRAY THAT AS THEY ARE PRESENTED WITH INFORMATION AND DISCUSSIONS TODAY, LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM WISDOM. LORD, I PRAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY THAT THE CITIZENS WOULD ALSO DO THE SAME. LORD, THAT WE WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT BY YOUR DESIGN LORD, WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER, AND THAT WHEN WE CAN STAND IN THE GAP AND ADVOCATE FOR EACH OTHER, LORD, WE BELIEVE THAT GREAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN. LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS TIME. AND LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS CITY. WE ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ, IF YOU COULD LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YES. IF I COULD ASK ANYONE TO REMOVE HEADGEAR, UNLESS YOU'RE ON DUTY. PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. FACE THE FLAG, AND LET'S SAY IT TOGETHER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF CARE AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. MADAM SECRETARY, THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON MAY 27TH, 2026 AT 7:15 P.M. SIR.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. MISTER CITY ATTORNEY. MISTER MAYOR, UNDER STATE LAW, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FOR THEMSELVES OR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH CONFLICT. ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE RELATED TO THE PENDING MATTERS

[6. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

WE'VE HAD AN EXCITING SUMMER ALREADY WITH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS. AND SO WHAT WE CAN SEE HERE IS WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THIS WEEK HIGHLIGHTED BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO'S PUTTING OUT A SCHOOL IS OUT BASH. THAT'LL BE THIS THURSDAY AT 6 P.M. AT PROMENADE PARK.

AND NOT TO BE OUTDONE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HAVING MOVIES WITH THE COP THE FOLLOWING EVENING, FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH. AND THIS IS ALL LEADING UP TO NEXT WEEKEND WHERE THE CITY WILL BE OBSERVING JUNETEENTH. WE HAVE A FESTIVAL AND A CEREMONY NEXT FRIDAY, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY EVENING AS WELL AT THE ACE CENTER. SO ALWAYS LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON HERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. CHECK OUT THE AGENDA FOR THAT INFORMATION.

ALSO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE WE DO PUMP OUT THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. NEXT ITEM IS THE MAYOR'S REPORT. AND WHAT I DO WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY, THOUGH, IS IS RECOGNIZE WE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION TO THE 1980 STATE CHAMPION AMERICAN LEGION POST FOUR, POST 408 BASEBALL TEAM. WE HAD THIS REALLY NICE CEREMONY OVER AT THE AMERICAN LEGION POST, WHERE WE HAD LOTS OF THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THAT BASEBALL TEAM COME OUT. IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY COOL STORY. EVERYTHING THAT THEY WENT THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO WIN THE STATE TITLE THAT YEAR, IF IF YOU'RE OKAY, WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU HERE HOLDING THE PROCLAMATION. AND IF THE CITY SECRETARY CAN READ THE PROCLAMATION WHILE WE'RE TAKING THE PHOTO. YES, SIR. MA'AM AND AMERICAN LEGION POST 408 BASEBALL TEAM, 1980 STATE CHAMPIONS. WHEREAS, IN THE SUMMER OF 1980, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 408 BASEBALL TEAM ACHIEVED A HISTORIC MILESTONE BY BECOMING THE FIRST AND ONLY TEAM FROM SOUTH TEXAS TO SECURE AN AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF EDINBURGH INITIALLY HOSTED THE STATE TOURNAMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN JODY RAMSAY STADIUM, THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE ALAN ON AUGUST 10TH, 1980 FORCED A SUDDEN RELOCATION TO TEXAS CITY, TESTING THE TEAM'S RESOLVE UNDER UNFORESEEN AND

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MAYOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THE EDINBURG CITY COUNCIL ALLOWS FOR A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. I WILL BE TAKING TIME. PLEASE NOTE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTERACTIVE. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THERE ARE FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR CLARITY REGARDING TAXPAYERS MONEY. ALL RIGHT. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR. IT IS THAT THE GENERAL POPULATION DOES NOT WANT A TAX INCREASE, SELLING $275 MILLION IN BOND WAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAXES. CURRENTLY, THE TAX CITY PAYS $9 MILLION A YEAR AS INTEREST ON THE DEBT. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT MULTIPLY THAT BY 30 YEARS. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $270 MILLION. NOW THAT IS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. AND NO MATTER HOW LOW THE INTEREST RATE IS, THE RESULT IS THAT WE PAY 2 OR 3 TIMES MORE THAN THE PURCHASE PRICE. ELECTED OFFICIALS SELL BONDS BECAUSE ONE, IT IS NOT THEIR MONEY, AND NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF IT FAILS OR. AND FINALLY, THEY WANT IMMEDIATE ACTION RIGHT NOW, A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS SANTANA SANTANA, $15 MILLION DOWN THE DRAIN. MY FATHER ONCE SAID TO ME, WHEN YOU GET A JOB, YOU CAN BUY ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT YOU CAN'T BUY IT ON CREDIT BECAUSE IT WILL COST YOU TWICE AS MUCH.

SO HOW MUCH WILL $275 MILLION BOND COST? THE ANNUAL PAYMENT ON A 30 YEAR LOAN IS $15.7 MILLION. NOW, THIS IS NOT INCLUDING THE ANNUAL CITY BUDGET OF 160 MILLION, NOR DOES IT INCLUDE THE PAYMENTS FOR THE $9 MILLION BOND FOR LANDFILL EQUIPMENT. OUR PAYMENTS FOR THE SPORTS ARENA TRAINING FACILITY ARE A MULTI-STORY PARKING FACILITY. IF YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN, WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THEIR TAX TAXES INCREASE, THEN IT WILL HIT THE FAN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO DECIDE TO INITIATE THE DEBT ON YOUR HOME AND BUSINESSES WILL NOT BE IN OFFICE FOR ONLY A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT YEARS. HE WILL NOT GET TO SEE THE FULL IMPACT OF HIS ACTIONS. HE WILL NOT GET TO SEE THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BECAUSE HE COULD NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPACT OF INCREASING TAXES. IT IS INCREASING THE EXEMPTIONS

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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT TAXING BODIES ARE DOING, BECAUSE IT WILL IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO KEEP YOUR HOME. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH FINANCIAL LIMITS. EVERY COMMUNITY DOES NOT NEED AN AIRPORT, A GROUNDWATER FILTER PLANT, HIGH RISE PARKING FACILITY. WE NEED MORE JOINT PROJECTS LIKE A REGIONAL LANDFILL FACILITY, A RECYCLING CENTER, AND I MEAN A FACILITY THAT REALLY RECYCLES MATERIAL. BURYING STUFF DOES NOT WORK AND MAKES A MESS THAT LASTS FOR 100 YEARS. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE POPULATION OF THE CITY REPRESENTS CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY MORE. MORE PEOPLE ARE SUBMITTING PROPERTY VALUES. AND I ASK NOW I HAVE MY THREE MINUTES. I HAVE SIGNED UP FOR VARIANCE NUMBER 11, A VARIANCE A, B, C, D, E, AND THE CONSENT AGENDA 12 B AND 12 D. AND MY QUESTION IS ON 11 A THE STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL. EXPLAIN NOT CONNECTING TO THE SANITARY SEWER. 11 B STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL. MINOR STREET AND MINIMUM RIGHT OF WAY IS 50 FOOT. PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THEY'RE WANTING. 11 C STAFF RECOMMENDED DENYING DENIAL. UDC STATES EVERY LOT SHALL HAVE RUN INTO LONG RIGHT OF WAY LINES OF A STREET. PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THEY WANT A 40 FOOT COMMON ACCESS AND UTILITIES ARE NOT. THEY DO NOT WANT A RIGHT OF WAY. 11 D STAFF RECOMMEND DENIAL.

DEVELOPER DOES NOT WANT TO CONNECT TO THE SANITARY SEWER. UDC SECTION STATES ALL DEVELOPMENT SHALL HAVE PROVISIONS FOR SANITARY SEWER. AGAIN, PLEASE EXPLAIN. 11 E UDC STATES EVERY LOT SHALL HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY. LINES TO A STREET. AGAIN, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT THIS. 12 B PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS GOING TO COST THE TAXPAYERS. THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE EBONY GOLF COURSE. AND I PULLED UP THE BACKUP AND IT SHOWED ALL THE DIFFERENT COSTS THAT ARE GOING TO COST THE TAXPAYERS. BUT I REALLY DIDN'T SEE WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. AND MY MAIN PROBLEM HERE IS IT SHOWS HOW MUCH IS GOING OUT, HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US, HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO BRING IN? THIS IS TALKING ABOUT EBONY. I'VE LIVED IN EDINBURGH FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. VERY FEW PEOPLE USE IT AND VERY FEW OF ANYTHING EVER COMES TO THE TAXPAYERS. IT'S ALWAYS GOING OUT OF OUR POCKETS. SO COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN? AND IF YOU DO HAVE THE BACKUP, I DON'T SEE IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY PAPERS, BUT I DID PULL IT UP AND WE'RE TALKING $100,000 HERE AND ANOTHER $100,000 THERE, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SHOWS WHAT'S GOING TO BE COMING IN. SO PLEASE ANSWER THIS. I KNOW THAT YOU CAN BECAUSE I SIGNED UP FOR IT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS GREGORY VAZQUEZ REGARDING ITEM EIGHT B. COUNCIL. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JOHN NEELY REGARDING TENNIS COURTS.

I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL TODAY. I LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE MAYOR EVERY TIME YOU PUT SOMETHING UP ON FACEBOOK. I MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE TENNIS COURTS, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I'M FROM EDINBURG. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1969, MORE OR LESS. AND A QUICK QUESTION, IF YOU GO TO HARLINGEN AND YOU WANT TO PLAY TENNIS, WHERE DO YOU GO? THE ANSWER IS YOU GO TO HARLINGEN. IF YOU GO TO MISSION AND YOU WANT TO PLAY TENNIS, WHERE DO YOU GO? YOU GO TO MISSION. MCALLEN ACTUALLY HAS TWO CHOICES. THEY HAVE THE MCALLEN COURTS. AND OF COURSE, THEY CAN GO TO MISSION. NOW, I'M AN OLD VATO HERE AND BEEN AROUND FOREVER, BUT EDINBURG HAS NOT BUILT A TENNIS COURT IN 70 YEARS. NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. YOU'RE GOING

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SO KIDS CANNOT PLAY. ADULTS CANNOT PLAY. OLD PEOPLE CANNOT PLAY. YOU HAVE TO GO TO MISSION TO GO TO THE COURTS. NOW, ON THAT DAY 70 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY BUILT THOSE COURTS, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE IN MEMORIAL AND ONE AND TWO AT SOUTH PARK. I WOULD RATE THEM ON OPENING DAY ON A 1 TO 10 SCALE, PROBABLY A TWO. IT'S MORE LIKE THEY MADE POURED SOME CONCRETE AND PAINTED IT GREEN AND THEN SAID, HERE WE HAVE A TENNIS COURT. AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THEY HAVE,

[A. Presentation of the 2025 Edinburg Police Department Annual Report. [Jaime Ayala, Police Chief]]

IT'S LIKE THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE CRACKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND THEY'RE IN HORRIBLE CONDITION. NOW TO THE CITY'S BENEFIT OVER THE YEARS. AND I'M NOT BLAMING YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS JUST GOT HERE, BUT IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED FOR SEVEN DECADES. WE HAVE BUILT SOCCER FIELDS, BASEBALL FACILITIES, SWIMMING POOLS, SKATE PARKS, DISC GOLF COURSE, PLAYGROUNDS, AND A DOG PARK. AND BY THE WAY, WITH THE DOG PARK, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST DOG. I HAVE ONE MYSELF. YOU COULD PROBABLY PUT SIX COURTS IN THERE NOW. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT. I WOULD SUGGEST MEMORIAL PARK AND ON MEMORIAL PARK IT DOES HAVE ONE THING. IF YOU PUT ONE THERE, THERE'S A PAVILION THERE THAT'S RARELY USED. THE SECOND ONE, YOU'D BE THE FIRST PERSON, THE FIRST PLACE IN THE VALLEY THAT HAVE ACTUALLY YOU COULD PUT TWO COURTS THERE. SO IT'S A SPORT THAT HAS BEEN NEGLECTED. AND BY THE WAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BASEBALL. EDINBURG IS KNOWN FOR ONE SPORT IN THE 90S AND EARLY 2000, AND IT WAS IN BASEBALL, IT WAS TENNIS. WE RULED TENNIS. BUT NOW NOBODY CAN PLAY. KIDS CAN PLAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLARA RODRIGUEZ REGARDING ITEM TEN A. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CLARA RODRIGUEZ. I'M A PARISHIONER OF SACRED HEART. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR FOR THIS MOMENT OF SPEAKING, WE ARE ASKING FOR A US PERMIT FOR THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI COMING UP IN SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH AT 6:30 P.M. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION FOR THE COUNCIL AND AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL FESTIVITIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AT OUR CHURCH. IT STARTS WITH JUNE 3RD WITH MASS AND NOVENA, ALONG WITH THE THE FESTIVITIES COMING UP FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI, WHERE WE WILL PRESENT OUR BLESSED SACRAMENT THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THE STREETS AROUND OUR CHURCH, AND IT WILL END ON JUNE 12TH WITH A FESTIVITY TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. THE US BISHOPS HAVE DECIDED TO CONSECRATE THE WHOLE UNITED STATES, AND FOR THIS. FOR THE 250 ANNIVERSARY TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR TIME.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ROBERT MONTOYA REGARDING PAY RAISE. I HEARD A RUMOR TONIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER THE FIFTH ALL AMERICAN CITY. ARE WE? YES, WE ARE THE FIFTH ALL AMERICAN CITY. NOT NOW. I DON'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME. I HAVE ONE COMPLAINT, OMAR. SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE TAKING MONEY FROM VICTOR DANAC. I KNOW THE GUY. HE'S ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. RIGHT. AND ON THURSDAY, HE'S GOING TO SIT RIGHT THERE ON THAT CHAIR WITH JASON SITTING AT. YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, OH, WELL, I CONTROL THIS THING IN ZONING COMMITTEE.

WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. YOU KNOW, JERRY, DAN DIAZ FROM OUR CHARTER. THEY RESOLVE OUR DESTINY ALONE. THAT'S NOT RIGHT FOR SOMEONE TO SAY. DAVID DANAC SOMEBODY TELL

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MAYOR. PRESENTATION OF THE 2025 EDINBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT. I BELIEVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE WILL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SIR, I'M WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY. MAYOR. COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A REAL HIGH OVERVIEW OF THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH IS OUR VERY COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT, GOES INTO VERY GREAT DETAIL ON WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE WITH THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO POLICING THIS COMMUNITY. I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. MISS AYALA AND MR. SCIENCE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL. AND BEFORE I START, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE SEVERAL PERSONNEL HERE, CHIEF DOCTORS HERE, OUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE US HERE, SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMAND STAFF AND OF OUR DEPARTMENT APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE. SO THIS IS VERY HIGH OVERVIEW. SO WE GO BACK AND WE LOOK THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND YOU LOOK AT ALL CRIMES AND YOU SEE A 22% REDUCTION YEAR TO YEAR FROM 24 TO 25. WE HAVE A 12% REDUCTION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO IS VIOLENT CRIME. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE GRAPH. WE'VE REDUCED VIOLENT CRIME BY 37%, WITH YEAR TO YEAR BEING AT 23%. AND YES, TO YOUR YOUR COMMENT AT THE AT THE STATE OF THE CITY, WE STILL ENJOY ZERO HOMICIDES LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR TO DATE AS WELL. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. OUR CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY, WHICH IS SOMETHING I WOULD CALL A NUISANCE CRIME. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR CAR BROKEN INTO, AGAIN, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 34% DECREASE AND A 14% DECREASE FROM 24 TO 25, OUR CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS, 30% DECREASE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND A 15% DECREASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AS WELL. NOW, DWI HAS BEEN A BIG TOPIC IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR FOR A FEW FEW YEARS NOW. YOU CAN SEE IN 2024, WE HAD A, A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF DWI ARRESTS AND A 31% DECREASE GOING INTO 2025. ONE WOULD ASK, WHAT'S HAPPENING? YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY AREN'T WE MAKING THE SAME NUMBER OF ARRESTS? AND I TRULY BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY IS RESPONDED TO OUR PLEAS TO MAKE A PLAN AND ARE MAKING BETTER DECISIONS WHEN THEY GO OUT AND CELEBRATE. OUR DWI UNIT IS STILL OUT THERE IN FORCE. OUR OFFICERS ARE STILL OUT THERE IN FORCE, BUT I THINK WE'RE JUST COMING ACROSS FEWER DWI CELEBRATING OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BIG THE BIG NIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR US, RANKED NINTH IN THE NATION FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. JUST A SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT LED BY LIEUTENANT OZUNA AND SERGEANT GAITAN. THOSE GUYS ARE UPBEAT ALL THE TIME. THEY ARE ON IT, PLANNING, GETTING TO DO SUMMER EVENTS WITH OUR TEEN ACADEMY COMING UP, TWO WEEKS OF IT AND JUST ALL THE OTHER EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE. THERE'S SO MANY THAT THEY DO. AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY, WE CONTINUE TO BE VERY, VERY VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY. FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, WE WERE SELECTED AS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FAVORITE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, WHICH IT IS WHAT IT IS, RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE IT. IF THE COMMUNITY IS RESPONDING TO A SURVEY AND CHOOSING US FOR FOR THREE YEARS, THEN I THINK OUR PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT WHEN THEY ENGAGE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SERVICES THAT THEY DO TO GET THAT TYPE OF RECOGNITION. THANKS TO YOU ALL. WE ROLLED OUT OUR NEW PATROL UNIT LAST YEAR. I'VE GOT NOTHING BUT VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE PRESENCE OF THE UNITS ON MORE UNITS BEING VISIBLE IN IN OUR POLICE BEATS, WHICH WE ROLLED OUT THIS PAST YEAR AS WELL. THEY'RE HIGHLY VISIBLE. THEY'RE HIGH PROFILE. THE OFFICERS HAVE MORE ROOM IN THE VEHICLE. JUST FROM THE OFFICER'S PERSPECTIVE AND THE COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE, THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT, GREAT INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR SUPPORT. WE DID HAVE SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS LAST YEAR. LIEUTENANT GABRIEL DE LA REINA WAS 40 UNDER 40 AT THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE, WHICH IS A AN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF HIM. LIEUTENANT SANDRA TAPIA WAS OUR FIRST FEMALE LIEUTENANT EVER PROMOTED IN THE CITY. WE WENT TO AUSTIN, AND TWO OF OUR OFFICERS, JOSE RAMOS AND ROBERT GARCIA, WERE RECOGNIZED WITH STATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FOR VALOR. AND ELIAS MARTINEZ, OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, FOR AN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, ALL DONE AT

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SO WE REALLY BELIEVE IN HIGHLIGHTING THE THE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE BY OUR BY OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THIS IS JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED LAST YEAR. WE DID SWITCH HONOR GUARD UNIFORMS. I'VE GOTTEN A VERY STRONG POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE PRESENCE OF THE OF THE HONOR GUARD UNIFORM. THE HONOR GUARD MEMBERS THEMSELVES VOTED AND CREATED WHAT THEY WANTED TO LOOK LIKE, BUT THE HONOR GUARD REPRESENTS US DAY IN AND DAY OUT FROM FROM CELEBRATORY EVENTS TO TO SAD EVENTS. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOSE AN OFFICER, WE HAVE A RETIREMENT WHERE THEY PASS, YOU KNOW, YEARS LATER. AND WE HAD, WE HAD A COUPLE LAST YEAR THAT WE HAD TO, TO REPRESENT. BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE, THOSE UNIFORMS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK, POSITIVE FEEDBACK. WE DID GET LICENSED TO HAVE OUR OWN POLICE ACADEMY AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, CLASS ONE CONSISTED OF EIGHT OFFICERS. THEY ARE IN THE FTO PROGRAM. CLASS TWO CONSISTED OF FOUR OFFICERS AND THEY WILL GRADUATE IN JUNE. AND WE HAVE CLASS THREE THAT HAS ALREADY STARTED THIS YEAR, THAT HAS 14 IN THE ACADEMY WITH A COUPLE OF OTHERS TOTAL OF 16 THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING ON BOARD. THE ACADEMY WAS LICENSED TO BE ITS OWN ACADEMY AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE ABOUT THAT LEADING TO THE ACADEMIES I JUST TALKED ABOUT. THIS IS THE BIG ONE FOR ME. THIS IS A PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT IS IS CUTTING THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR DRONE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM. WE STARTED FLYING AUTONOMOUSLY LAST MAY. WE NOW HAVE PILOTS IN THE FIELD, BUT ABOUT SEVEN OF OUR DISPATCHERS ARE NOW ALSO PILOTS. AND YOU ASK YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE VIDEOS. I DIDN'T BRING A VIDEO TONIGHT. I WANTED TO MAKE THIS SHORT, BUT YOU ASK WHAT THE BENEFITS HAVE BEEN AND THIS PAST YEAR SINCE MAY TO TO DECEMBER, JUST IN THE YEAR TO DATE OF 25 D, F.R. HAS LOCATED 149 PERSONS. THEY'VE CLEARED 52 CALLS FOR SERVICE WITHOUT PATROL RESPONSE. SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN. AND THEY'RE ON SCENE FIRST 46% OF THE TIME, WHICH IS A HUGE A HUGE ASSET TO OFFICERS ON THE ON THE GROUND. IT'S KNOWN AS RAVEN. AND IF RAVEN IS NOT OPERATING, OUR OFFICERS LET US KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO HAVING IT IN THE AIR. AND THEY WANT THEY WANT THAT OVERWATCH, THEIR OVERSIGHT. AND THAT'S THE PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. LIKE I SAID, IT'S MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN THE IN THE BOOKS THAT WE GAVE YOU. AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL. CHIEF, JUST FIRST OF ALL, GREAT WORK. I LOVE THE NUMBERS. THE. I SEE THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF STOPS. IS THAT TRAFFIC STOPS? IS THAT UP? DO YOU. DO YOU. IS THAT A DIRECT RELATION TO THE DWI STOPS? AND I THINK OVERALL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT HAS INCREASED. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T PROVIDE THAT NUMBER IN THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE ADDING MORE OFFICERS AS WE ADD MORE OFFICERS THAN WE HAVE MORE ACTIVITY. BUT THAT IS AN EMPHASIS IN NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THE BIGGEST THING HAPPENING IN NEIGHBORHOODS IS SPEEDING. THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT WE GET IN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO HAVE THAT HIGH VISIBLE PRESENCE. TWO OF OUR MOTOR OFFICERS ARE HERE.

THEY'RE VERY POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE FOUR THAT WE HAVE VERY POPULAR. YEAH. AND THEY'RE VERY THEY'RE VERY, VERY ACTIVE AS WELL. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COUNCIL? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, CHIEF, I KNOW THIS IS JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE ON THE ON THE PRODUCTIVITY, ON THE RESULTS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DRIVES. I MEAN, JUST SEEING THE CRIME RATE NUMBERS AND THE DECREASE IN THOSE OVER THE YEARS. I MEAN, THIS IS LIVES BEING SAVED. THESE ARE FAMILIES NOT BEING TORN APART. THIS IS THESE ARE REAL IMPACTS ON REAL PEOPLE. AND SO I, FOR ONE, AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE STATISTICS, IT'S THE INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, YOU TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, BUT THERE'S JUST I KNOW THERE'S JUST SO MANY EVENTS THAT YOU AND THE COP COMMUNITY DOES IN OUR CITY AND ALL AND ALL OF IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, ME PERSONALLY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AS THE LEADER OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF FOR REALLY LEADING THE CHARGE ON KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE STAFF AND THE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD AND THE SUPPORT STAFF AND RECORDS AND JAIL AND AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE DEPARTMENT. THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION, ALL THESE NUMBERS, THE BOOK THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT PRIMARILY WAS PUT TOGETHER BY OUR CRIME AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, CARLA MARIN, WHO'S ALSO HERE SEEING HER WORK PRODUCT. AND SO JUST THANK YOU, THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS THE REPORT CARD TO YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU

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THAT'S ALSO ON THE AGENDA. THERE'S A VARIANCE REQUEST REGARDING THE LOT FRONTAGES OF THE OF THE PROPERTIES THE TOWNHOMES BY YOUR UDC. IT IS MENTIONED THAT THE LOTS NEED A FRONT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT THOUGH, IS THAT THE WAY THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS PLATTED IN THE PAST IS THAT THE NARROW STRIP THAT YOU SEE, THE ROADWAY BETWEEN THE WALK ONS, BETWEEN THE THE PLAZA AND I GUESS IN THE MIDDLE, THE TWO HOTELS, IT'S A PRIVATE ACCESS DRIVE. IT'S NOT GATED, BUT IT IS PRIVATE BECAUSE IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL AND IT'S ALL OWNED BY THE DEVELOPER. I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, WITH MR. HOSA. WE'VE SAT DOWN WITH STAFF, INCLUDING WITH MY SUPERIORS AT, YOU KNOW, WITH MELTON AND WITH THE DEVELOPER.

THEY WISH TO KEEP IT AS IS. FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, AT LEAST IN OUR FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, YOU COULD ASK ME. SO. BUT FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, IT DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE THAT THIS ENTIRE TIME IT'S BEEN MAINTAINED PRIVATELY TO NOW BE TRANSFERRED PUBLIC PUBLICLY, JUST TO COMPLY WITH THE FACT THAT THE UDC CALLS FOR IT TO BE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, INSTEAD OF A PRIVATE ACCESS GOING TO REACH THE THE TOWNHOMES IN THE REAR. SO THAT'S THE NATURE OF THAT VARIANCE AT THIS MOMENT. OKAY.

ANY OTHER VARIANCE REQUESTS THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT WILL BE NEEDED IF IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE THIS. NOT AT THE MOMENT. ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT I MENTIONED FROM THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, OR LIKE THE LOT WIDTHS TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE 40 FOOT WIDE TO BE DETACHED TOWNHOMES SETBACKS, WE DON'T FORESEE ANY ISSUE WITH SETBACKS. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WE'RE WORKING OUT IS JUST THE ACCESS, THE ACTUAL WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY THAT'S GOING TO GO ALONG THE TOWNHOMES. I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW ON THE PLAT, WE HAVE IT AS EXACTLY 32 RIGHT AWAY FOR THE 32 BACK TO BACK. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL PLAYING WITH THE MEASUREMENTS ON. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM CAN COME FORWARD. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THIS ONE. JUST REAL QUICK, WHAT WAS SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND STAFF RECOMMEND DENIAL ON THIS ONE? IF IT WAS CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AND TOWNHOMES OR I GUESS CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE CONSIDERED A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS ON STAFF'S POINT OF VIEW? YES.

SO GOOD EVENING, PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR. SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD WAS THE DEPTH OF THE LOT. AS MARTIN SAID, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE DESIGN BECAUSE AS IT STANDS TODAY, IT WOULD REQUIRE A LOT OF WORK. IT REQUIRES A LOT OF VARIANCE. AS YOU MENTIONED, THE STREET WIDTH, THAT'S A VARIANCE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED. THE LOT FRONTAGE. THERE'S ALSO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF EACH PARTICULAR LOT THAT WASN'T MENTIONED, BUT THIS PARTICULAR LOT IS PLAGUED WITH EASEMENTS. THERE'S A BIG OLD GAS EASEMENT IN THE BACK. THERE'S AN

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PREVIOUSLY, THE GAS LINE WENT AT A AT AN ANGLE ACROSS THE PROPERTY, SINCE WHENEVER THE TRACT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED, THERE WAS A 30 FOOT GAS EASEMENT THAT WHERE THE LINE WAS RELOCATED ALONG THE BACKYARDS OF THE EXISTING HOMES TO THE NORTH. SO AS FAR AS LIKE SETBACK, I KNOW THAT HAD BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE THEY ARE TOWNHOMES, BUT WE'RE KEEPING THEM DETACHED. WAS THE REAR SETBACK IN THE PROXIMITY. SO THERE'S A 30 FOOT GAS EASEMENT THERE EXISTING THAT WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO RELOCATE AGAIN. AND THEN THERE'S THE ADDITIONAL TEN FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE GRANTED THROUGH SUBDIVISION, THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS. SO YOU HAVE A 40 FOOT REAR SETBACK THAT'S GETTING PROPOSED AUTOMATICALLY JUST BY EASEMENTS FOR THE TOWNHOMES. AS FAR AS LIKE THE LOT SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE LOT WIDTHS, WE'RE STILL PLAYING WITH THE NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH WHAT'S REQUIRED WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK FOR VARIANCES ON THAT ASPECT.

SO WE ARE STILL MANAGING THAT. THE POINT FOR THE FIRE SAFETY AND TRAFFIC AND FOR EVEN SOLID WASTE ON BOTH ENDS ON THE EAST AND ON THE WEST END OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE HOTELS AND THEN GOING TOWARDS THE THE PROPOSED TOWNHOMES, THERE'S ALREADY STUB OUTS LEFT OUT FROM WHERE THERE'S EXISTING SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS FOR THE HOTELS. SO WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE 20 FOOT ACCESS, WHETHER THAT'S EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY OR WHETHER WE KEEP IT OPEN. THERE IS THAT POSSIBILITY ON BOTH THE EAST AND THE WEST FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO LOOP AROUND THE SITE.

SO THE INTENTION IS TO HAVE A MAIN GATE CENTERED THROUGH WHERE THE MAIN DRIVE IS. BUT THEN IF A FIRE OR SOLID WASTE NEED TO GO AROUND THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE ABLE TO USE EITHER THE EAST OR THE WEST TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT. SO ON THE I SEE THE MAIN LINE. SO, SO IN ORDER FOR IT TO GET INTO THAT FOR TOWNHOME, I GUESS DESIGN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH WALK ONS, THAT LITTLE STREET. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MAIN CENTERED ROAD. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND THEN FROM THERE'S NO OTHER EXIT OUT. IT'S JUST THAT MAIN GATE. WILL IT BE A GATED COMMUNITY? THE INTENTION FOR NOW IS FOR IT TO BE GATED, JUST TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME PRIVACY FROM THE HOTELS TO THE TOWNHOMES. THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATED WITH STAFF OR WITH THE DEVELOPER, DEPENDING HOW THE SITE ENDS UP WORKING OUT AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT FOR NOW, THE INTENTION IS TO KEEP IT GATED AND SEPARATE. SO ON TRAFFIC FLOW, YOU DON'T SEE DO YOU PERCEIVE TRAFFIC FLOW BEING AN ISSUE AND ALL THAT GOING TOWARDS THE TOWNHOME? NOT NECESSARILY JUST FROM THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE 20FT ON BOTH SIDES. SO IF A FIRE TRUCK NEEDS TO TURN LEFT IN THE SUBDIVISION TO ACCESS ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE ABLE TO JUST TURN OUT THROUGH THAT EMERGENCY ENTRANCE EXIT. SAME THING TO THE RIGHT. IT'D BE ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR END OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. AND SO TO STAFF'S DEFENSE, WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED THAT NECESSARILY TO THEM YET. THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN REVISING ON OUR OWN. BUT ON RECORD, I, I CAN STATE THAT THAT WE DO HAVE THAT PROPOSED ALREADY. WELL, THAT BEGS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, WHICH IS, I MEAN, HOW FINAL ARE YOUR PLANS ON

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WELL, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE REZONING, THE REZONING, AND THEN THE VARIANCE FOR THE PUBLIC FRONTAGE ISSUE. SO IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR US TO PROVIDE YOU FINAL PLANS TO PRESENT TONIGHT WHEN WE STILL HAVE THE PENDING ISSUE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FACING AND THE REZONING. YEAH, I MEAN, I GET IT, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT FOR US TO ALLOW FOR THE REZONING IF WE'RE NOT EVEN REALLY SURE WHAT'S GOING TO GO THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND IF AND IF WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM STAFF IS THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO REQUIRE SEVERAL VARIANCES, I PERSONALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE BEFORE I EVEN ALLOW THE REZONING IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND SO JUST FOR, FOR ME, FULL TRANSPARENCY, I'M NOT SURE THIS IS READY YET TO BE PRESENTED TO BE TO CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL. RIGHT. ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, A PIECE OF RAW LAND, YOU KNOW, OUT SOMEWHERE WITH A LOT OF ACCESS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, EASY TO DEVELOP. I THINK GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS, GIVEN THE LIFE SAFETY POTENTIAL ISSUES HERE, THIS ONE IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME AT LEAST, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS POINT WITHOUT MORE DETAIL. OKAY, STAFF, SO I SEE THIS. THERE'S A SUBDIVISION RIGHT BEHIND THIS, THIS LOT. SO IT KIND OF ALREADY HAS SINGLE FAMILY IN THAT AREA RIGHT THERE GOING TOWARDS TILT, TILT, TILT AVENUE. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S OVER THERE ON PLAZA, RIGHT? SO THE MAIN ENTRANCE WOULD BE RIGHT THERE ON, ON TRENTON GOING TOWARDS WALK ONS AND ALL THAT.

WHAT DO YOU AS FAR AS SEE FOR SEE FUTURE ISSUES THAT CAN CAUSE IF THIS GETS APPROVED OR NOT? LIKE WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR BIGGEST CONCERNS AS FAR AS THE ENTRYWAY TO GET IN THERE? IF IT'S A GATED OR NON-GATED COMMUNITY, IT'S THE TRAFFIC ISSUE. AND THEN ALSO THE, THE ACCESS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY GO ON THERE AND, AND, AND SAVE LIVES.

SO WOULD A FIRE TRUCK BE ABLE TO GET IN TO THAT AREA GOING LIKE SO IF THEY WERE TO GO TO THE HOTEL, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO GET TO THE HOTEL? CURRENTLY? THEY COULD BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S DRIVEWAYS ALL AROUND THE HOTELS, BOTH OF THEM. SO RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE HOTELS, YES, THEY CAN SAFELY GO IN THERE AND, AND DO WHAT THEY GOTTA DO. BUT THE PRELIMINARY PLATS THAT WE SAW FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, IT WAS VERY TIGHT. SO ON THE CONCERN OF THE UDC CODE, I UNDERSTAND COMMERCIAL SIDE, I CAN SEE THEIR POINT. TWO OF THEM RELOCATING THE HOTEL OVER THERE ON TRENTON TOWARDS THE ACADEMY. I COULD SEE THAT POINT, BUT WHAT DO YOU FORESEE? LIKE WHAT ELSE COULD BE IN THAT AREA AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL WISE? AND IF IF TOWNHOMES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE ALREADY RIGHT BEHIND IT, WHAT OTHER THINGS COULD YOU FORESEE IT BEING? BECAUSE YOU STILL GOT TO GO FURTHER IN, RIGHT? PASSING THE THE TWO HOTELS THAT ARE THERE. YOU JUST DIDN'T I MEAN, ANOTHER HOTEL WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD IN THAT AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANOTHER HOTEL. WOULD THERE BE ANY ISSUES WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMING IN THERE WITH ANOTHER HOTEL? IT'S ALL GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW THEY DO THEIR SITE PLAN. SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS JUST A REZONING. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET ANY QUALIFICATIONS RIGHT NOW OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST STRICTLY REZONING. AND THEN FROM THERE, THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN. AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, VARIANCES, ALL THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE HASHED OUT AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THE THE PARTICULAR ZONING REQUEST. CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THEY STILL GOT TO MEET ANY QUALIFICATIONS, ANY TYPE OF QUALIFICATIONS FROM STAFF AND FROM THE CITY. AND ON AND ON FOLLOWING THE CODE AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED. THAT'S TRUE. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND SO A FEW QUESTIONS FOR ME. FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE IT WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO INVEST IN THE CITY AND THEY'RE NOT DIDN'T CANCEL THE PROJECT, THEY ACTUALLY MOVED IT TO ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE COULD USE THAT PROJECT. BUT I'M LOOKING AT THIS AT A DIFFERENT WAY. YOU SEE THOSE HOMES RIGHT THERE? NOBODY IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH WANTS A BUSINESS IN THEIR BACKYARD. SO HERE WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT'S WILLING TO PUT MORE HOMES TO THE BACKYARD OF OTHER BACKYARDS. RIGHT? I KNOW THERE'S ISSUES. I KNOW THERE'S POSSIBILITY VARIANCES, BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM TIME, NOT KILL THE PROJECT, MAYBE COME BACK LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WHERE I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S STUFF TO WORK OUT, BUT I DO SEE ACCESS POINTS TO BE ABLE THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE HOTEL, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A PRIVATE SUBDIVISION, RIGHT? SO THAT KIND OF CHANGES THINGS. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE

[A. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for “Feast of Corpus Christi]

[B. Consider Ordinance Providing for a Temporary Special Use Permit for the “World Elder Abuse]

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BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO Z WHEN THEY STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO SEE, YOU KNOW. RIGHT. SO SO IN THAT SENSE, I CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, WHAT IF JUST SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY? YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ANY DEVELOPER OR ANY DEVELOPMENT WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT EITHER. SO, BUT I DO LIKE THAT ANGLE THOUGH ACTUALLY IT'S NOT THINK OF IT THAT WAY, BUT IT DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS, JUST THE JUST THE ONE THING THAT I'LL SAY, RIGHT. SO THIS, THE FUTURE LAND USE FOR THIS AREA IS COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, THE DECISION TO GO AGAINST OUR FUTURE LAND USE, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE, RIGHT? IF IT MAKES SENSE WITH WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED. BUT TO ME, THAT GIVES ME PAUSE TO JUST DO IT AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS LATER. IF THE FUTURE LAND USE RIGHT NOW IS COMMERCIAL, IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD REASON TO FLIP IT TO A DIFFERENT ZONING FIRST. AND I'M NOT AGAINST THE PROJECT. AND LIKE I SAID, I, I AGREE, I THINK MOVING THE HOTEL THAT WAS PLANNED HERE TO A BETTER LOCATION SERVICES EVERYBODY MUCH BETTER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. AND IF THERE'S TRUE LIFE SAFETY ISSUES, IF THERE'S POTENTIAL VARIANCE REQUESTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSITATED BY THE LAYOUT OF THE PROJECT. ME PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE BEFORE WE EVEN GRANT THE REZONING AND GO AGAINST OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. IF ANYBODY ELSE WISHES TO COME SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SEEING NO MORE, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED. IS THERE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL ON? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. MOTION TO TABLE. SECOND. MOTION TO TABLE IN A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION. AND FOR ME IT'S I THINK THE NEIGHBORS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OTHER RESIDENTS THERE. AND IT JUST GIVES EVERYONE TIME TO TRY AND FIGURE IT OUT. THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAVE TO SAY IS I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. I THINK IT'S WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. I DON'T SEE A RETAIL CENTER OR COMMERCIAL CENTER COMING IN THERE, BUT I DO LIKE TO SEE A PLAN SO THAT WE AVOID THE PROBLEMS OR THE VARIANCES IN THE FUTURE, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE ONE SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE. SO IF YOU AT LEAST HAVE SOME KIND OF A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE MAYBE NEXT MEETING OR WHATEVER IT IS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. COUNCIL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO TAKE AN ITEM OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE WE DO HAVE GUESTS HERE, I BELIEVE, WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF ONE PARTICULAR ITEM. IF WE CAN MOVE AHEAD TO ITEM TEN A IS EVERYBODY COUNCIL? ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? PRETTY GOOD. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM TEN A IF THE SECRETARY COULD READ THE CAPTION. YES, MAYOR, CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION TO BE HELD SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH, 2026. LOCATED AT 216 NORTH 16TH STREET AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, AS REQUESTED BY SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH. SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. AND WHILE WE'RE ON IT, WE'LL JUST DO TEN BE SECRETARY. IF YOU COULD READ THE CAPTION, MR. MAYOR, CONSIDER ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS PARADE TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2026. THE PARADE WILL BEGIN AND END AT BERT OGDEN ARENA AS DESCRIBED, LOCATED AT 4900 SOUTH I-69 C, AS REQUESTED BY DANIEL GONZALEZ, VICTIMS UNIT DIRECTOR, HIDALGO COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BACK TO OUR

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YES. WERE YOU DID YOU PARTICIPATE IN THAT? NO, I DID NOT. DID YOU VOTE ON THAT? NO, I DID NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. THANK YOU. WE ARE REQUESTING A REZONING FOR THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL USE TO RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME FOR A 106 LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. HAVING DEVELOPED MORE THAN 800 LOTS IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE MARKET TRENDS, I BELIEVE THIS PROPERTY IS BETTER SUITED FOR RESIDENTIAL USES THAN COMMERCIAL USES, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT IT'S LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS FROM EDINBURGH NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.

WHEN WE LOOK AT SUCCESSFUL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPATIBILITY MATTERS, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO SCHOOLS CREATE A NATURAL FIT. THEY PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS, REDUCE CONFLICT BETWEEN LAND USES, AND CREATE A STABLE LONG TERM INVESTMENT FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA. COMMERCIAL GENERAL ZONING ALLOWS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF USES THAT CAN INCREASE TRAFFIC, NOISE AND ACTIVITY LEVELS THAT MAY NOT BE BEST FIT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM A HIGH SCHOOL. OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCLUDE PRIVATE STREETS, A DOG PARK, GATHERING AREAS AND EV READY INFRASTRUCTURE. THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A QUALITY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FAMILIES WILL BE PROUD TO CALL HOME. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. THE SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO MEET THE CITY DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITHIN THE STANDARDS ALREADY ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT, HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST NEEDS IN EDINBURGH. FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR QUALITY HOUSING OPTIONS AND THIS DEVELOPMENT HELPS MEET THAT NEED. IT ALSO HELPS STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL ECONOMY BECAUSE EVERY NEW HOME ADDS RESIDENTS WHO SUPPORT NEARBY BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND SERVICES. COMMERCIAL GROWTH IS IMPORTANT, BUT COMMERCIAL GROWTH FOLLOWS POPULATION GROWTH. BUSINESSES INVEST WHERE THEY ARE CUSTOMERS. MORE ROOFTOPS CREATE MORE DEMAND, WHICH IN TURN SUPPORTS FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THERE IS PLENTY OF UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAND SURROUNDING THIS AREA. THIS ZONING DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FUTURE COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES. IT SIMPLY PLACES HOUSING WHERE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. THIS REZONING IS NOT ABOUT LIMITING GROWTH. IT'S ABOUT PUTTING THE RIGHT USE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION. WE BELIEVE A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ACROSS THE EDINBURGH NORTH HIGH SCHOOL IS A BETTER FIT FOR BETTER LONG TERM FOR THIS PROPERTY, FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND FOR THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF EDINBURGH. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. I ALSO BROUGHT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE RENDERINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO FOR FOR THAT SUBDIVISION. WE DID UPDATE THE ACTUAL PLATS AND I HAVE HERE, LUIS MENDES. HE IS OUR OUR CIVIL ENGINEER. AND FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAT THAT WE HAD VISUALLY AND BASICALLY THE WAY WE PROPOSED, IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE FOR SOME OF THE LOT SIZES THAT WERE THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS TOWNHOMES. SO WE DECIDED TO MOVE IT AND WE ACTUALLY UPDATED THE PLAT. THAT'S WHY YOU CAN SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PUT THE OTHER, THE ORIGINAL PLAT THAT WE HAD. THAT'S OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. SO SO BASICALLY WE UPDATED AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE RENDERINGS. IT'S GOING TO BE A PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE REALLY, REALLY CONSIDER OBVIOUSLY THE COMMERCIAL. BUT YOU KNOW, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH PARKING. A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT A COMMERCIAL PLAZA OR SPACE OR PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG MESS THAT HAPPENS, RIGHT? WHEN THERE'S SCHOOLS, THERE'S EVENTS FOR SCHOOL, THERE'S PARKING ISSUES. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE START COMPLAINING ABOUT THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES, BUT ALSO HAVE HERE LUIS MENDES. SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. SORRY. OH GOOD EVENING. JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING ON TO IT. I KNOW YOU SPOKE AND SAID ABOUT INVESTMENT. THIS PARTICULAR INVESTOR INVESTOR

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THERE WERE GOING TO BE AROUND 72FT OR SOMETHING. AND NOW THEY'RE 80FT. SOME OF THEM, THEY'RE A BIT LONGER. SO HE'S WILLING TO INVEST ON THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE HE HE'S HIS VISION IS DOING MORE RESIDENTIAL IN THIS AREA. SO DOING THAT AND MAKING HIM TO INVEST MORE RATHER THAN JUST A 9.34 ACRES. NOW WE MAKE WE MADE IT 11.23 ACRES MORE OR LESS. WE ACTUALLY ALREADY SUBMITTED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT SO WE CAN START PROCESSING EVERYTHING AND AS WELL GET FEEDBACK FROM THE THE CITY OF EDINBURGH DEPARTMENT ON ALL ASPECTS ENGINEERING, PLANNING, FIRE AND ALL THAT. SO I'M HERE TO ASSIST WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN CASE REGARDING ANY ENGINEERING OR PLANNING. QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. SO I SEE THAT PLANNING AND ZONING DENIED IT AND SO DOES STAFF. WHY IS THAT? WHAT WAS THE REASONS? BECAUSE OF THAT. OUR MAIN REASON IS BECAUSE EVERYTHING NORTH ON ROGERS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SCHOOL ALONG BUSINESS 281 IS COMMERCIAL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING MAP, IT'S ALL EITHER COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL, JUST NORTH OF ROGERS. WE WEREN'T OPPOSED TO THE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE WAS COMMERCIAL IN THE FRONT AND THEN RESIDENTIAL IN THE BACK. OKAY, SO IF THE FRONT WAS COMMERCIAL, YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH PNC, CORRECT? IS THAT A RENDERING OF THE THE, THE FRONT? WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL. IF IF IF IT WAS TO STAY THAT WAY. YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO FIND IT IN THE PACKET, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT. WELL, THIS IS NEW, RIGHT? YEAH.

YES. THIS WAS THE FROM THE ORIGINAL PLOT THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED. YES, SIR. AND SO INSTEAD OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING JUST FOR STAFF THAT WERE THEY WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE THERE OR THAT WASN'T. NO, THIS, THIS WAS NOT THE PLOT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO PNC. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. THEY JUST MADE SOME COMMENTS THAT THE PLOT MIGHT BE 11 ACRES.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. SO THEY MIGHT HAVE PURCHASED MORE LAND, MAKING IT BIGGER SO THAT GO BACK TO PNC AGAIN OR WHAT? THAT IS AN ISSUE THOUGH. SO WAS WAS MORE LAND PURCHASED? NO. NOT YET. NO SIR. WE ARE CONSIDERING THE TOP PART FOR IT. BUT EVERYTHING IN THE BACK PART IS WITH THE FUTURE USE OF OF THE ZONING DISTRICT. SO THE, THE TOP PART IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE SEPARATE. BUT ONCE WE GET THE BOTTOM PART, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN IT'S NOT NEEDED FOR THAT PROJECT TO WORK. WHAT IS NEEDED IS THE REZONING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. AND THE FRONT WE CONSIDER THE COMMERCIAL, BUT THE COMMERCIAL, IT'S NOT A VERY WIDE LOT. SO WHENEVER YOU DO A STREET IN THE MIDDLE, YOU'RE GOING TO DO TWO COMMERCIALS AND THE PLAZAS ARE GOING TO BE VERY SMALL. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF SPACE. AND THERE'S. SO WHEN WE PUT THE COMMERCIAL ON THE FRONT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TO SEE THE BACK. BUT THERE'S NO SIZE, THE SIZE OF THE, OF, OF THE LOT. WHAT ALLOW FOR A BIG COMMERCIAL PLAZA. IT WOULD BE A PRIVATE GATED. IT WOULD BE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GATED REGARDLESS. YES, SIR. FOR THE SAME PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL BEING ACROSS THE STREET. YOU KNOW, WE I, I'VE HAD SOME DEVELOPMENTS WHERE WE DON'T PROHIBIT THE SUBDIVISION AND PEOPLE PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OBSTRUCTING THE THE DRIVEWAYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL THAT SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A, THE PERFECT PRODUCT FOR THAT LOCATION, A COMMERCIAL. IT'S GOOD. I MEAN, BUT WE, WE, WE, THERE'S STILL. I DID A MARKET MYSELF AND THERE'S, THERE'S ALMOST A THOUSAND ACRES OF COMMERCIAL THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED BEFORE WE CAN EVEN START DOING ANY KIND OF SINGLE FAMILY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS, IS VACANT LAND. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRING SOME MORE HOMES FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA. JUST BEING ACROSS, IF IT WASN'T ACROSS THE SCHOOL, WE, WE, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE TODAY. BUT I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN POINT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE COMFORTABLE. AND THE TRAFFIC, THERE IS NO EXTRA TRAFFIC WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL PLAZA RIGHT IN THE FRONT. OKAY. SO THEN THE, THE, THE ISSUE ON BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE AND THIS IS IN LINE RIGHT, WITH WHAT THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED AND WHAT THE P AND Z ULTIMATELY ENDED UP RECOMMENDING IS THAT THE, THE FRONT PORTION OF IT BE ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL. AND IN THE BACK PORTION OF IT, IT LOOKS LIKE 25%, 75% IF I'M JUST EYEBALLING IT. THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE BECAUSE OF THE PECULIARITIES OF THIS

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WE'RE JUST DOING THE TOWNHOME ZONING. OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP JUST JUST SOUTH OF THAT.

I SEE THAT OBVIOUSLY OFF OF BUSINESS IS COMMERCIAL. BUT BEHIND THAT PROPERTY THAT'S THAT'S RESIDENTIAL OR AUTO URBAN I SHOULD SAY. CORRECT. AND THERE'S, THERE'S HOMES RIGHT NEXT TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE'S A BIG OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT PROJECT. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY NICE CORRIDOR.

THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT IN THIS CORRIDOR FUTURE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS MONTE CRISTO KLAUSNER, IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE A COMMERCIAL CENTER. I SEE KIND OF GOING TO THE FUTURE.

YOU GOT THAT MURPHY'S, YOU GOT WHATABURGER. MCDONALD'S. STARBUCKS RIGHT NOW IS IN THAT AREA FROM. I SEE WE HAVE SOME OTHER FRANCHISES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED RIGHT IN THAT IN THAT CORRIDOR, THE EDC MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT. THANK YOU. ON THE WATER TOWER THERE ON THAT NORTH SIDE OF THAT INTERSECTION. SO I SEE WHERE STAFF IS COMING FROM WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY WANT THIS KLAUSNER CORRIDOR TO HAVE COMMERCIAL THAT ABUTS IT RIGHT OFF OF THE STREET AND RESIDENTIAL TO CONTINUE IN ITS CHARACTER THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS BEHIND THE COMMERCIAL. BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M WHAT I'M REALLY HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR OPINION IS THAT THAT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. YEAH. BECAUSE EVEN EVEN IF WE ATTRACT A, A OUT OF OUT OF STATE, YOU KNOW, FRANCHISE, IT'S REALLY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE TO DO A LOT RIGHT NOW.

I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF MAYBE IT WAS AN ACRE OF LAND IN THE FRONT FOR EACH LOT, OR WOULD IT BE A DIFFERENT STORY? WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OR SIZE OF THE COMMERCIAL? IF WE DO PUT BASED ON THE ON THE MAP, I WOULD SAY WE'LL BE AROUND AN ACRE, MORE OR LESS. TOTAL, TOTAL TOTAL. SO IT'LL BE IT'LL BE A HALF AN ACRE IF WE SPLIT IT INTO TWO.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG, BIG, BIG COMMERCIAL AREA, YOU KNOW, SO I FELT THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, MORE MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE FOR THE FOR THE SCHOOL TO HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE FITTING TO THEIR NEEDS. TRAFFIC GETS PRETTY, PRETTY TIGHT THERE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN IT AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING WHEN IT CAME TO BEING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL. OKAY.

OTHER QUESTIONS. STAFF. I MEANT DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE ON THE SIZE OF THE LOT, THE

[C. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinance Providing for the Rezoning Request from]

UNLESS THEY PUSH THE STREET TO THE SIDE. BUT THAT'S UP TO THEM. YEAH. AND THEN WE DON'T WE

[8. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR A VARIANCE. YEAH. AND FOR ME, I LIKE IT THAT YOU'RE

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MOTION TO APPROVE. DID I HEAR A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THE ITEM. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM C SECRETARY. READ THE CAPTION. HOLD PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT AS DESCRIBED. LOCATED AT 1005 EAST ALBERTA ROAD AS REQUESTED BY MARIO SERNA. PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM SEE CAN COME TO THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE. THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED. IS THERE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL? I'M SORRY. MOTION. OH GO AHEAD SIR. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE FUTURE. WHEN I CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING, YOU'VE GOT TO COME FORWARD. OKAY? I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO TALK. NOPE. YOU JUST GOTTA COME. YOU JUST GOTTA COME UP, ALRIGHT? OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR TURN. LUCKILY, COUNCILMEMBER DIAZ HERE IS VERY NICE AND IT WAS OKAY WITH WITHDRAWING HIS MOTION SO THAT YOU CAN COME UP AND SPEAK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, INTRODUCE YOURSELF. HI. NO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. NO, IT'S JUST TRYING TO TO THE REZONING. AS WE MENTIONED, THE FUTURE LAND USE IS TO BECOME COMMERCIAL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, CHANGING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU'RE SO YOU'RE THE DEVELOPER. YEAH. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO OUT THERE? SO THE GOAL IS TO THEY TALKED ABOUT TENNIS EARLIER. SO WE'RE HOPING TO DO LIKE A PICKLEBALL PADDLE COURT IN THE BACK AND IN THE FRONT DOING SOME FOOD TRUCKS. AND SO SORT OF LIKE A COMMERCIAL, SORT OF LIKE A DINING, WALKABLE AREA THAT PEOPLE CAN SORT OF ENJOY SOME FOOD. BUT THERE'S ALSO LIKE THIS ATHLETIC FIELD IN THE BACK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ENCLOSED AREA THAT PEOPLE CAN PLAY. YOU CAME HERE A WHILE BACK THOUGH, DIDN'T YOU? YEAH. IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY. YEAH. IT'S A YEAH. IT'S WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THIS PROJECT GOING. AND SO WE'VE SORT OF

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[9. A. Hold Public Hearing and Consider the Ordinances Providing for the Comprehensive Plan]

[A. Consider Variance Request to the City's Unified Development Code, Article 5, Section 5.210,]

PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN ON THIS ITEM. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST CAN COME FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? MAYOR, IF I MAY, THIS ITEM WAS TABLED BY THE COUNCIL BACK ON APRIL 7TH, 2026. SO FOR OFFICIAL ACTION TO BE HAD ON THIS ITEM, I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE TABLED AT THIS TIME. I DISAGREE. I THINK IT BEING PLACED ON THE AGENDA IS IS TAKING IT OFF THE TABLE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN ROBERT'S RULES, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO UNTABLE FROM THE SAME MEETING. IF IT APPEARS ON THE AGENDA, IT'S RIPE FOR ACTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK WITH THAT INTERPRETATION? I, I DO AGREE, MAYOR, IT WAS PROPER NOTICE WAS GIVEN FOR THIS ITEM.

SO WITH IT PROPERLY BEING ON THE AGENDA THAT CAN SERVE AS NOTICE AND THE ACTION CAN MOVE FORWARD. YEAH. ON THAT NOTE, STAFF, COULD YOU I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THERE'S SOME MISSING INFORMATION BECAUSE I REMEMBER THIS ITEM. IT WAS TABLED. THERE WAS DIRECTION. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE PACKET. ALSO, I WAS IN IN JUST OVERVIEW. I THOUGHT IT WAS A NEIGHBOR TRYING TO GO COMMERCIAL BECAUSE I THOUGHT I REMEMBER WE WERE WORKING ON THIS, BUT I, I COULDN'T SEE THE, THE NOTES, BUT THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ONE MORE TIME.

IS THERE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE

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ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION APPROVED. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO SECTION C, OUR PUBLIC HEARING ROUTINE ITEMS. AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE ITEMS IN WHICH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALIGNS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF CITY STAFF. THE P AND Z

[B. Consider Variance Request to the City's Unified Development Code, Article 5, Section 5.203 Street]

I URGE ONLY IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE ITEM TO COME UP AND SPEAK. IF YOU'RE FOR IT, STAFF'S ALREADY RECOMMENDED IT. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A, B, AND C SECOND? ALL RIGHT. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. WE ALREADY ADDRESSED ITEMS TEN A AND B. WE'LL GO INTO ITEM 11 A THE SECRETARY READ THE CAPTION YES. CONSIDER VARIANCE REQUEST TO THE CITY'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 5.210. UTILITIES SANITARY SEWERS REQUIREMENTS FOR SANITARY SEWER FOR THE PROPOSED BASIC STORAGE SUBDIVISION AS DESCRIBED LOCATED AT 4909 WEST SH 107, AS REQUESTED BY MILTON HUNT ON BEHALF OF SPACE PROPERTIES. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 11 A. I'LL NOTE THAT BOTH STAFF AND PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDED DENIAL. I GUESS I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY, BUT WITH DISCUSSION. OKAY. MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION? IN A SECOND. MR. I GUESS WHAT WAS THE REASON WHY BOTH PLANNING AND ZONING AND STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL? BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY A LINE IN THE AREA THAT THEY COULD CONNECT TO.

THEY JUST DIDN'T THINK IT WAS FEASIBLE TO DO IT. BUT BEING THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE IN THE AREA, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO FOR THEM TO CONNECT. SO THEY'RE ASKING NOT TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER LINE, TO BE ON A SEPTIC TANK, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE FOR STORAGE UNIT FACILITY THAT'S ONLY GOING TO HAVE LIKE 1 OR 2 RESTROOMS. SO THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE TOO MUCH OF AN EXPENSE TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER LINE. AND THEY OPTED TO GO THE VARIANCE ROUTE TO BE ON A SEPTIC TANK. IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE. LET ME ASK, LET ME ASK THE QUESTION. SO THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE. RIGHT. AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION HAS TO GO JUST BASED ON WHAT OUR CODE IS.

THAT WOULD REQUIRE VARIANCE. BUT STORAGE UNITS ONLY, THEY ONLY HAVE LIKE ONE BATHROOM.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE WHENEVER IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WELL, WE DON'T WANT TO START A PRECEDENCE EITHER BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN CONNECTING TO OUR CITY SEWER SERVICES. SO ALLOWING ONE TO NOT CONNECT IS GOING TO SET A PRECEDENCE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO THE SAME BY NOT CONNECTING. IS THAT GOING TO CUT THE THE PIPE FLOW OR, YOU KNOW, GET OTHER AREAS THAT CAN'T CONNECT IF WE DON'T REQUIRE THE CONNECTION, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IS THERE A DOMINO EFFECT ESSENTIALLY, RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO HINDER FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO CONNECT INTO THE SEWER. THERE'S ALREADY ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NEXT DOOR THAT'S GOING TO BE EXTENDING THE LINE. SO I MEAN, THERE'S A VIABLE OPTION THERE FOR THEM TO CONNECT. I GUESS. I GUESS I CAN MAKE A COMMENT. WE HAD A PROJECT NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT WAS SIMILAR, RIGHT. AND WANTED TO DO THEIR OWN SEPTIC TANK, SIMILAR KIND OF PROPERTY, BUT

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ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 5.203 STREET CROSSING SECTIONS. TABLE 5.203-1 RIGHT OF WAY WIDTHS AND SIDEWALKS FOR MORNING STAR GARDEN SUBDIVISION AS DESCRIBED. LOCATED AT 3420 SOUTH BUSINESS HIGHWAY 281, AS REQUESTED BY MAULDIN AND HUNT ON BEHALF OF SHALOM MEDIA USA. OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM B? MOTION TO GO WITH THE CITY RECOMMENDATION AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DENY, DENY OR YES. A MOTION TO GO WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DENY. IS THERE A SECOND? NO. SECOND. OKAY. IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS BEFORE TAKING A MOTION. MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

OKAY. MOTION TO SUSPEND SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO DISPENSE SO WE CAN DISCUSS BEFORE TAKING A MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. IF YOU COULD HELP ORIENT US ON THIS, PLEASE. AND THE QUESTIONS THAT COME UP ON THIS ALSO SO WE CAN JUST ADDRESS IT. SO THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN HERE BEFORE THIS WAS BROUGHT BACK. I WANT TO SAY, IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR. AND AT THE TIME THEY WERE REQUESTING FOR A 40 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH. AND IT'S A PROPERTY THAT IS ONLY GOING TO HAVE HOMES ON ONE SIDE.

THERE'S THERE'S GOING TO BE A STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THEN THE LOTS THAT ARE IN WISCONSIN ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT STREET KIND OF AS A BACKYARD. SO THE NOT HAVING SIDEWALKS ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD KIND OF MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS, AND THEY'RE ALREADY SUPPOSED TO HAVE SIDEWALKS ALONG WISCONSIN ON THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY WITH AT THE TIME THAT THIS ITEM WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, THERE WAS AN OPTION TO GO 45FT. ACTUALLY, I THINK COUNCILMAN DENDY, AS YOU RECOMMENDED, THAT THEY GO 45FT, BUT THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE OFFER. OKAY, SO NOW IT'S BACK AND NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR 45FT.

BUT ON THIS ONE THERE THEY ARE. Y'ALL ARE RECOMMENDING TO APPROVE RIGHT. WE'RE RECOMMENDING DENIAL. PNC DID APPROVE IT THOUGH. OKAY. SO PNC APPROVED IT. AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDING DENIAL. CORRECT. SEE I DID REMEMBER THAT. I REMEMBER WE NOT TO NOT KILL IT.

WE LET WE GAVE THEM KIND OF A COMPROMISE. YEAH. COMPROMISE. RIGHT. AND SO IS THAT ANYWHERE IN OUR PACKET WE HAVE THE THE BACKGROUND ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THE BACKGROUND WAS ON YOUR RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO WE, I THINK WE REALLY NEED. SO WE DON'T JUST START OVER THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION. WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ASK THEM TO KIND OF DO SOMETHING AND THEY COME BACK TO US WITH SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION.

YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT. ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT UP THE PLAQUE PROPOSED PLAT? WE CAN ALL TAKE A TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. I DON'T IT'S NOT IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT MEDIA MIGHT BE ABLE TO FROM BACK THERE. DO YOU HAVE IT? OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S FINE. WE'LL WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME IN A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY. SO JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THE BACKGROUND, THE REQUIREMENT. THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THERE BE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES. YES. OF THE DEVELOPMENT. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. BUT IN THIS INSTANCE THERE IS NO BOTH SIDES, RIGHT. THERE'S ONLY ONE SIDE ON THE NORTH. THERE'S A STRIP OF HOMES AND THERE ARE NO HOMES ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A STRIP OF HOMES AND A ROAD, A ROAD. OKAY. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY, THEY WANT TO PUT THEY, THEY ARE OKAY TO PUT SIDEWALKS IN THE FRONT OF THE HOMES, RIGHT? TYPICAL SIDEWALKS FLOWING ALONG THE HOMES. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE NOT TO PUT A SECOND SET ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. OKAY. GOTCHA. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THERE'S NO HOMES, WHERE IT'S FRONTING SOMEONE'S BACKYARD. CORRECT. GOTCHA. OKAY,

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THAT'S NOT HINDERED. CORRECT. LIFE SAFETY ISSUES ON OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. ANY ISSUES? NOPE. WE'VE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE DOING A FIRE LANE ON THE SOUTH SIDE SO NOBODY COULD PARK ALONG THAT SOUTH SIDE. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.

OKAY. AND THEN SO SO THEN WHY THE 45FT AND NOT THE 50? WHAT'S THE WHAT DOES THAT COME FROM?

[C. Consider Variance Request to the City's Unified Development Code, Article 5, Section 5.206, Lots,]

MAYBE THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE TO ANSWER. SURE. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S THE PART. THE SIDEWALKS I GET CONCEPTUALLY, IT'S THE IT'S THE ROADWAY THAT I DON'T GET YET. SO I HOPE YOU CAN.

RIGHT? SO IT KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND, RIGHT? SO THE 50 WITHIN YOUR 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, YOU HAVE BOTH FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES. BY US ELIMINATING THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE, IT ONLY SEEMS REASONABLE TO REDUCE THOSE FIVE FEET ON THE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. 245 GIVING THOSE FIVE FEET OVER TO THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS RIGHT FROM ONE SIDE, IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE, OR I GUESS FROM MAYBE THE CITY SIDE, IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET BIGGER LOTS. BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN IS IF WE WERE TO PROVIDE THE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, THOSE LOTS WOULD ONLY BE 47.5 BY 82, WHICH JUST IS JUST SHORT OF THE 4000FT■!S THAT'S REQUIRED FOR TE ATTACHED TOWN. WHO WOULD REQUIRE MORE VARIANCE? THAT'S RIGHT. YES, EXACTLY. SO WHENEVER WE COME AND PRESENT TO YOU ALL THAT WE'RE WE'RE REALLY NOT TRYING TO PRESENT VARIANCES. WE ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH STAFF AND SO FORTH.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE, THE, THE POINT ON THIS ONE. YEAH, WE GOT THE TOWNHOME ZONING BECAUSE IT IS LESS THAN 50, BUT WE ARE OVER THE 40. YEAH, I REMEMBER NOW I REMEMBER, I WISH THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. SO WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO KILL THE PROJECT. WE WERE TRYING TO GET A COMPROMISE. WE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE THE SIDEWALK AND NOT GET ALL THESE VARIANCES ON YOUR LOTS? SO YOU CAME BACK. SO WITH THE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, YOUR SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE LOTS IS JUST SHY. 3915 SO JUST SHY OF THE OF THE 4000 BEING THAT WITH THOSE EXTRA FIVE FEET AT 87 INSTEAD OF 82, YOU'RE ABLE TO BE AT 4132.5FT■!S ON AVERAGE. SO THATS THE REASONING BEHIND THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR ANSWERING THAT. I THINK I GET IT NOW, RIGHT. SO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE'S NO HOMES, RIGHT? SO YOU DON'T NEED A SIDEWALK. THERE'S NOT PEOPLE WALKING ON THE NON HOME SIDE. PEOPLE WALK TO NOWHERE. PEOPLE ARE GETTING RIGHT. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WALKING ON THE HOME SIDE. CORRECT. SO NOW BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT HOME, THE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE, YOU CAN REDUCE THE FIVE FEET THAT THAT SIDEWALK WOULD HAVE TAKEN OUT AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE SIZE OF THE ROAD,

[D. Consider Variance Requests to the City’s Unified Development Code, Article 5, Subdivision]

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YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. I WILL SAY AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW. EVEN IF YOU COME BACK AND STILL WANT THIS, RIGHT. I THINK ALLOWING AN ACCESS EASEMENT RATHER THAN AN ACTUAL ROAD IS GOING TO BE, IS GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK, BUT LIKE I SAID, I WANTED TO MAKE MY THOUGHTS KNOWN. SURE. I MEAN, IT'S ALL LIKE THEORETICAL AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING HARD AND FAST, BUT. RIGHT. AND SO NOT TO LIKE VERY QUICKLY, VERY QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY, PLEASE GO AHEAD. SO JUST TO LIKE POINT OUT, RIGHT, WHAT'S EXISTING IS AS AN ACCESS EASEMENT, RIGHT? REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE PROPOSE IT TO THE REAR AS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. THE COMMENT FROM STAFF WAS THAT THE ENTIRE STRIP, THE EXISTING ROADWAY NEEDS TO BE CONVERTED TO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, FACING OFF OF TRENTON. THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM IS. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. JAIME COULD CLEAR IT UP IF I AM MISTAKEN. AND SO THAT'S WHY ON THIS ITEM, I COULD SEE WHERE PERHAPS COULD GET VOTED ON OR DISCUSSED. AS I MENTIONED, I DID HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE WITH MISS JANE, THE CITY ENGINEER, WHERE THEY WERE NOT FAVORABLE FOR THIS STRIP OF PROPERTY OR ROADWAY TO BE DEDICATED PUBLIC. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT'S IN GOOD CONDITION AND IT'S MAINTAINED PRIVATELY AND IT'S LANDSCAPED NICELY. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SO YOU COME UP, TOM. BUT I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET WHERE WE NEED TO REALLY GET INTO IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE THE ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ITEMS TABLED. NEXT ITEM ITEM D.

IF THE SECRETARY COULD READ THE CAPTION, CONSIDER A VARIANCE REQUEST TO THE CITY'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. ARTICLE FIVE SUBDIVISION STANDARD SECTION 5.102 APPLICABILITY AND ARTICLE FIVE. SECTION 5.210 UTILITIES EE SANITARY SEWER TWO REQUIREMENTS FOR SANITARY SEWER BEING FOUR ACRE FOR TRACTS OF LAND AS DESCRIBED LOCATED AT 1008 MONTE CRISTO HEIGHTS ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY ERICA DE NAVA ON BEHALF OF RG VALLEY PROPERTIES. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE WITH DISCUSSION. THE MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. AGAIN THIS GOES BACK TO STAFF.

I'M SEEING. I KIND OF WISH THAT WE KIND OF KNOW WHY PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED IT UNANIMOUSLY. AND THEN WE ARE DENYING IT. I WOULD LIKE TO GET MAYBE SOME OF THAT INTO OUR AGENDA, BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING WITHOUT AN IDEA WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS WERE. OKAY, WE CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAILS IN THE IN THE PACKETS GOING FORWARD. BUT PNC DID APPROVE IT. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL. WE WOULD HAVE WANTED THEM TO HOOK UP TO THE SEWER SYSTEM. HOWEVER, I THINK AFTER THE ASSESSMENT WAS MADE, THE ELEVATION OF THE LINE WASN'T THERE YET. SO THEY GRANTED THEM THE THE ABILITY TO CONNECT TO A SEPTIC TANK FOR ONE MOBILE HOME. THAT'S IT.

JUST FOR ONE MOBILE HOME. YEAH. OKAY. SO THE I MEAN, THE SEPTIC IS JUST ONE OF THE REQUESTS,

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THANK YOU. TOM, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO COME FORWARD. ARE YOU IS COUNCIL'S OKAY? WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU TO COME UP AND SPEAK. OKAY. SO SO LIKE WE HAD IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES. AND THIS IS MY HUSBAND. NO. AND YES. THE REASON THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR THAT VARIANCE ON THE SEWAGE WAS BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY DOES IS LOWER THAN WHAT THE STREET LEVEL IS. AND WE DID GET AN ENGINEER. HE DID SAY THAT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY UNLEVELED.

AND WE DID, WE DID EXACTLY WHAT JAIME TOLD US TO DO TO GET IT APPROVED. WE SPENT MONEY. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A YEAR. AND THE LAST TIME WE. WE SPOKE TO HIM, HE TOLD US, HIRE A SURVEYOR. TELL HIM, GO CHECK TO SEE IF WE CAN HOOK UP. IT WAS. ANYWAYS, YOU'RE TWICE AS FAR WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR HOME TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE CONNECTING. SO AUTOMATICALLY YOU'RE. YOU'RE TOO FAR. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE. THE DRAINAGE ISN'T CONNECTABLE. YES.

AND AND THE LAST MEETING, WHY THE REASON THEY GAVE ME THAT THEY WERE DENYING WAS BECAUSE BECAUSE MY TRACKS ARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR. THEY WERE SAYING THAT I MIGHT SELL MY TWO LOTS AT THE END, AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE AN ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY, AND I CAN COME AND SAY THAT I'M NOT GOING TO SELL THEM BECAUSE MY IRRIGATION PIPE IS THERE. AND WE INVESTED OVER $30,000 ON AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE RANCH FENCE FOR. IS THIS A FARM? LIKE WE HAD SAID, INVESTED MONEY TO CONNECT TO THE IRRIGATION SO WE CAN FLOOD THE $30,000 OF HORSE I PLANTED IN THERE ALREADY? I MEAN, WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT OUR HOMESTEAD. WE'RE GOING TO LIVE THERE. WE'RE GOING TO RAISE OUR KIDS THERE. WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO, YOU KNOW, GO ANYWHERE. I SELL CARS AND, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY LIKES TO FARM. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF COWS. THEY WANT MY DAUGHTER TO RIDE A HORSE, YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE JUST WANT TO LIVE OUR LIFE. WE WANT TO BE MORE OR LESS IN THE EDGE. WE'RE LIKE INSIDE THE CITY, OUTSIDE THE CITY, WHERE IT'S EASY ACCESS BECAUSE WE OWN OUR BUSINESS ON, ON 281. ALSO THE HOSPITALS THERE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENS, THE SCHOOLS ARE RIGHT THERE. SO WE WANTED TO STAY NOT SO FAR AWAY WHERE YOU'RE OUT IN THE BOONIES. RIGHT. BUT I MEAN, I JUST IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING HAS BEEN TELLING US TO DO HIRED WASTING MONEY. AND THAT'S FINE. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PROCESS TO IT, BUT THIS LAST TIME WE WE SPOKE, WE DID EVERYTHING. WE HIRED SOMEBODY TO GO LOOK, LOOK AND DO THE STUDY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED. AND TO BE HERE, IT'S LIKE IT WAS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. IT WAS LIKE I WAS STUNNED. I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE. YOU TOLD US IT WAS APPROVED IF WE DID THIS, YOU KNOW, AND AND WE'RE READY. MY RENTAL, MY RENTAL HOME. I GOTTA GET OUT IN AUGUST. I'M NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING. AND I, I WANT YOU TO PUT A MOBILE HOME AS A TEMPORARY THING BECAUSE THEY'VE ALWAYS INSISTED ON SOMETHING ELSE. I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME GET IN THERE FIRST AND I'LL I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SELL MY PROPERTY FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING NOT TO LET ME IN. AND YOU CAN SEE ZILLOW HAVEN'T BEEN TRYING TO SELL IT, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE GOTTEN SOME OFFERS, BUT IT'S LESS THAN WHAT I INVESTED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I ALREADY DID EVERYTHING. I MEAN, I WAS, I DID A LOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE IT EASY, RIGHT? BUT WE WANT A CHANCE TO LIVE. BUT WHY NOT PLAT? BECAUSE IT'S ALL ONE PROPERTY. BECAUSE THE ENTRANCE, IT'S IT'S I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF WHERE THEY'RE SEPARATED INTO FOUR TRACKS. THE, THE WHERE THE STREET GOES IN, THAT'S ONE TRACK ITSELF. IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK.

AND THEY WANTED TO, THEY WANTED ME TO PLANT. BUT THEN YOU WOULD HAVE ONE ACRE IN THE FRONT AND THEN THREE ACRES IN THE BACK. SO IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. THAT'S THAT'S ALL IT WAS. ARE YOU EVER GOING TO PLANT. NO, BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY WE WANT TO SELL. YEAH, WE WANT TO SELL.

THIS IS OUR FARM. IT'S OUR FARM OR WE SELL. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHED UP, WE'RE GOING TO

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WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF ALREADY. YEAH. IT WAS, IT JUST WASN'T ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. I JUST WANTED TO MOVE IN SOMETHING TEMPORARY. I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SIX $700,000 PROPERTY. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EASY JUST TO SELL IT LIKE A REGULAR PROPERTY. HENCE, THAT'S WHY I WANTED SOMETHING TEMPORARY MOVE IN A MOBILE HOME.

AND ONCE IT SELLS, I MOVE ON MOBILE AND TAKE IT OUT. IF I BUILD SOMETHING A BLOCK OR SOMETHING, WELL, YOU JUST KIND OF LIMIT IT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR PLAN TO SELL ANYTHING. IT'S IF YOU SEE IT IN THE PICTURE, IT'S I PLANTED HAY HORSE HAY. I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO BE DEPENDENT ON ANYBODY. I WANT YOU TO DO MY OWN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, I CLEANED ALL THE BRUSH AREA ALL AROUND, ALL THE HAIR. I PUT A, I PUT AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE AND I GUARANTEE ANY MY BIRDS DON'T FLY OUT OR ANYTHING OR IT'S A HOME. I MEAN, I CAN SHOW YOU GUYS PICTURES OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT THAT PICTURE DOES NOT DO JUSTICE OF WHAT IT'S. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND THE MAYOR'S RIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF RULES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF REASONS, BUT I THINK IT'S FOR ME, IT'S CASE BY CASE. AND YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOUR DREAMS, YOU WANT TO HAVE A FARM, YOU WANT TO PLANT HAY. AND SO THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND NOT JUST DOING THINGS. YEAH, WE HAVE COWS. WE HAVE SHEEP AND GOATS AND BIRDS AND PROBABLY NOT A LOT, BUT I MEAN, RIGHT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO. YEAH. AND I THINK IF YOU WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING LATER, WILL THAT THAT'LL SPARK OTHER, OTHER RIGHT. A WHOLE OTHER PROCESS. AND WE WORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, WORRY ABOUT THAT LATER. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED THERE'S GOING TO BE GUIDELINES THAT WE NEED TO DO TO, TO, TO, TO DO WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, WE'RE ASKING, I'M SAYING, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING CHEAP. I MEAN, I'M NOT BUYING A USED HOME. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A BRAND NEW HOME. IT'S IT'S A TRUCK PAYMENT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S THE WAY I'M SEEING IT. AND IF WE HAVE TO RELOCATE, IT'S EASY TO JUST RELOCATE SOMETHING. YES. AND I HAVE IT ON ZILLOW. YOU CAN SEE IT. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SELL IT. IF SOMEONE CAN OFFER ME. YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL THE LAND, THE LAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. AND THE ONLY REASON THAT I'M SELLING IT BECAUSE I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THEM. I MEAN, I DON'T I BOUGHT IT FOR MY FOREVER HOME. YES. BUT IN RETROSPECT, BACK WHEN WE INITIALLY BOUGHT IT, WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FARM. AND, AND EVERYTHING JUST STARTED EXPLODING. SO WE'RE GOING TO END UP BEING STUCK LIKE A FARM. AND THEN YOU HAVE HOUSES ALL OVER. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE A NUISANCE. WE WANT TO BE AWAY FROM EVERYBODY. WE JUST WANT TO CLOSE UP OUR FANS AND BE IN THERE. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT A NEIGHBOR. THAT'S WHY WE PURCHASED A BIG PROPERTY. SO JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND, I GUESS, WHAT MAYOR IS ASKING, DO YOU WANT TO SELL? BUT I THINK YOU PUT IT UP FOR SALE BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WITH THE PROCESS MAKES THE PROCESS OKAY. BUT IF THINGS GO YOUR WAY, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT'S GOING TO OR NOT. THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PULL IT OFF THE MARKET, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. YEAH. IF IF I STAY, I'LL STAY IF EVERYTHING YOU TELL ME TO DO.

YES. OKAY. I MEAN, I REALLY WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO SELL IT. I MEAN, IT'S, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT LOCATION HOSPITAL FOR MY KIDS. THE SCHOOLS ARE RIGHT THERE. MY BUSINESS IS DOWN THE ROAD, ON THE EXPRESSWAY. WE HAVE OUR OWN BUSINESS. IT'S A LITTLE CAR LOT, BUT WE'RE RIGHT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY. IT'S EASY ACCESS FOR EVERYTHING AND WE REALLY LIKE IT. WE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY. IF YOU CAN SEE FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO NOW, YOU SEE ALL THE EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE. I MEAN, I THAT PICTURE DOESN'T MAKE IT LOOK RIGHT. IF YOU SEE IT NOW, YOU,

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YOU WANT TO PUT A MOBILE HOME ON THERE TO LIVE A LITTLE, ROUGHING IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE WHILE IT'S GETTING BUILT, AND THEN YOU'LL TAKE THE MOBILE HOME OFF. YOUR HOME WILL HAVE ALL THE CONNECTIONS IT NEEDS TO STAY IN THAT MOBILE HOME FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. I MEAN, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I IF ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT YES, AND WE DO HAVE A FLOOR PLAN ALREADY MADE WITH NEMA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW I'M OVER THERE ON MALANA. WE INVESTED QUITE A BIT. WE HAVE LIKE AN EIGHT 9000 SQUARE FOOT HOME THAT WE WANTED TO DO, BUT IT'S JUST WE'RE BEING IT'S LIKE, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO INVEST SOMETHING AND, AND. I DON'T KNOW, I JUST, I JUST TRY AND DO WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME TO DO AND I'M DOING IT. AND I DO HAVE A FLOOR PLAN.

WELL, NO, NO, NO ONE'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR PROPERTY. RIGHT IS THE THING.

BUT, BUT THERE ARE RULES TO FOLLOW. AND LIKE I SAID, FOR ME, AND THIS IS THIS IS THE THIS IS THE KEY. AND AGAIN, I'M ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARD SITUATION FOR YOU ALL TO LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME ON THIS 17 ACRE PROPERTY, I MEAN, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ROAD CONDITION IS LIKE OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESPONSE TIME IS GOING TO BE FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER UTILITIES YOU HAVE OUT THERE, HOW HARD IT IS FOR YOU TO HAVE ELECTRICITY. I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THAT, BUT THIS SEEMS LIKE A REALLY HARD SITUATION THAT I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU ALL, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE DOING IT TEMPORARILY SO THAT YOU CAN BUILD YOUR FOREVER HOME, THEN I GET IT.

BUT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HEARING. OR AT LEAST I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE CONFUSED.

LIKE I SAID, WE WANTED TO BUILD OUR FOREVER HOME THERE WITH ALL THIS LITTLE HASSLES THAT WE.

[E. Consider Variance Request to the City's Unified Development Code, Article 5, Section 5.206, Lots,]

SURE. LET ME ASK, THOUGH, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? NO. OKAY.

WE ARE PLACING IT RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PROPERTY OFF THE STREET, WHICH WE'RE LIKE MAYBE A MILE FROM THE EXPRESSWAY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS. AND THERE ARE HOMES THERE. THERE'S LITTLE RANCHES ALL AROUND US. THERE'S HOUSES DOWN THE STREET WITH WATER AND VINES AND CABLE. ACTUALLY, ONE LAST QUESTION FOR STAFF. IF THEY DO, IF THEY DO MOVE

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[12. CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE A MOTION MOTION? SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THIS ONE? YES, MAYOR. THIS IS A TRACT OF LAND. FOUR ACRES. THAT IS A FAMILY TRACK. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE MID 80S AND IT WAS GIFTED TO EACH ONE OF THE SIBLINGS BY THE MOTHER. AND WE HAVE SIX LOTS BEING PROPOSED BY THIS PLAT. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE RIGHT OF WAY. SO THIS IS PROBABLY THAT POINT 1% WHERE WE'RE SUPPORTING SOMETHING ONLY BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO GET SIX LEGAL LOTS OF RECORDS BY RECORDING A PLAT. SO THESE SIX SIBLINGS HAVE RECEIVED THESE THESE TRACTS OF LANDS WOULD WANT TO OWN THEIR OWN PIECE OF PROPERTY, A LEGAL LOT. SO IF THEY DECIDE TO SELL IT IN THE FUTURE, THEY CAN DO SO. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THEY'RE HERE TODAY. I SEE THAT STAFF AND PNC BOTH RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS VARIANCE UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME THIS THIS SITUATION, IT'S GROWN UP OVER TIME. RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY OUT THERE. YOU'VE GOT THESE THESE FAMILY HOMES THROUGH THE FAMILY PARTITION EXCEPTION, BEING ABLE TO BUILD HOMES AND THEN HAVING BASICALLY A ROAD RIGHT THAT CONNECTS THEM. THEY HAVE A PAVED ROAD DOWN THE MIDDLE. IT'S ACTUALLY LABELED MONTEMAYOR ROAD, BUT IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL ROAD. IT'S A IT'S PAVED. IT'S GOT A STOP SIGN AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S A IT'S A FAMILY TRACK. THEY, THEY GIFTED IT OUT TO THEIR, TO THEIR CHILDREN BY BY METES AND BOUNDS.

RIGHT. AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN AT THIS POINT, 20 PLUS YEARS LATER, 40, 40 PLUS YEARS LATER, THAT THE FAMILY HAS BEEN DOING THIS, THE THE WHOLE POINT NOW IS TO PLAT SO THAT ALL OF THESE LOTS ARE LEGALLY RECOGNIZED. THAT'S CORRECT. IN THE CITY. AND THEY'RE NOT JUST UNDER EXCEPTIONS FROM DECADES AGO. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE ROAD ALREADY EXISTS. YES.

THERE'S A PAVED IT'S NOT A TYPICAL ROAD WITH CURB AND GUTTER. IT'S JUST A LIKE AN OLD COUNTY ROAD. IT'S PROBABLY 16FT WIDE. LIKE AN ALLEY. LIKE A PAVED ALLEY. ALL RIGHT. AND SO TYPICALLY WHAT THE CITY REQUIRES IS A IS A RIGHT OF WAY. THIS IS AN ACCESS RIGHT. RIGHT.

AND THAT AND THAT THAT IS WHAT IS REQUIRING THE VARIANCE. THAT'S CORRECT. FOR IT TO BE PLATTED IN A WAY THAT MEETS REALITY. WHAT ACTUALLY EXISTS OUT THERE FOR THE LAST FOUR DECADES. THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS BY GRANTING THE VARIANCE, BECAUSE IT RECOGNIZES THE ROAD THAT ALREADY EXISTS OUT THERE. THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE ONLY THE THE ONLY LOTS THAT HAVE FRONTAGE ARE THE TWO IN THE FRONT. ALL THE INTERIOR LOTS WON'T HAVE FRONTAGE TO A PUBLIC ROAD. SO JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT CREATING SOME NEW SITUATION. WE'RE NOT ALLOWING SOME DEVELOPER TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT OTHER DEVELOPERS ARE ABLE TO DO. THIS IS THIS IS A LEGAL RECOGNITION OF WHAT ALREADY EXISTS AND HAS EXISTED FOR 45 YEARS OR 40 YEARS. RIGHT? AND THAT AND THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR WHY STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. THAT'S

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MAKING IT MAKING IT IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHY WE APPROVE THE ONES THAT WE DO. SO AT LEAST IT'S KNOWN. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH E? SO MOVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH E.

THERE WAS A QUESTION ON ITEM B WHICH IS RELATING TO OUR GOLF COURSES LOS LAGOS AND EBONY. I PERSONALLY AM ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM. SO I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. YES, SIR. THIS WAS WE WENT OUT FOR RFP TO LOOK FOR VENDORS THAT WILL DO ANY GOLF MANAGEMENT AT BOTH GOLF COURSES AS LOS LAGOS AND EBONY. WE ACTUALLY RANKED THE PROPOSALS. WE RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS THAT CAME IN, SEVEN COMPANIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY. WE SHORTLISTED THE TOP THREE, BUT THERE WAS A TIE, SO WE SHORTLISTED THE FOUR. SO WE INTERVIEWED FOUR ADDITIONAL. THE FOUR OF THE ORIGINAL. WE DID OUR RECOMMENDING THE HIGHEST RANKED OUT OF THE FOUR, WHICH IS A TROON GOLF. THEY ARE A NATIONAL COMPANY THAT OPERATES AND MANAGES ALL THE GOLF COURSES. SO WE ARE REQUESTING FOR Y'ALL TO SELECT US TO START NEGOTIATIONS WITH TROON. THAT WAY WE CAN NEGOTIATE AND SEE WHAT SERVICES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN FOR THE GOLF COURSES. BUT BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY JUST BE TRUE. AND WE CAN SAY ONE AND TWO, RIGHT? JUST OR AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE HIGHEST RANKED ONE. BUT IT'S. YEAH, NO, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I GET IT. THE SECOND TIME. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. SO I DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM TROOP THAT IS HERE. IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT TROON GOLF, MISTER JEFF. AND I'M GOING TO PROBABLY BUTCHER HIS LAST NAME, TOMLINSON THOMPSON. THERE YOU GO. SO IF HE IS HERE, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO ASK, I WOULD I ACTUALLY WOULD BRIEFLY, VERY BRIEFLY LIKE TO HEAR, BUT BUT BEFORE BEFORE YOU DO, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO WRAP UP OR, YOU KNOW, GIVE A VERY QUICK SUMMATION OF HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE TWO GOLF COURSES, EBONY, LOS LAGOS, BOTH GREAT, GREAT, GREAT COURSES. WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A GOLF DIRECTOR FOR SOME TIME. CORRECT, CORRECT. AND IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW TO MOVE THESE GOLF COURSES FORWARD, WE'RE KIND OF LEFT WITH EITHER CONTINUING ON AS WE

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THANK YOU. TOM. HI, MY NAME IS JEFF THOMASON. I'M THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS FOR TROON. I'M BASED HERE IN TEXAS. YOU'RE RIGHT. TROON IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY. WE HAVE OVER 780 CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS WORLDWIDE. WE'VE GOT 16 FACILITIES IN TEXAS. I'M BASED HERE IN TEXAS. WE'VE GOT BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MUNICIPAL ENGAGEMENTS, AS WELL AS UNIVERSITY AND OTHER QUASI GOVERNMENT FACILITIES THAT WE MANAGE. AND SO WE'RE TERRIBLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS, BUT WE ARE HUMBLED AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR SELECTING TROON AND PUTTING YOUR TRUST IN US TO MANAGE WHAT IS, IN ANY MUNICIPALITY, A VERY IMPORTANT ASSET FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE OF THE BUSINESS UNIT. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE'RE EXCITED TO GET MOVING. TIME'S WASTING. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SEASON. SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH WITH YOU, MAYOR, AND THE COUNCIL AND THE TEAM AND TOM AND THE TEAM TO MOVE FORWARD. EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. ALSO, MAYOR, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, IF POSSIBLE, IS THIS IS JUST YOUR APPROVAL FOR US TO START NEGOTIATING THE AGREEMENT? I WILL STILL NEED TO BRING BACK THE AGREEMENT TO FOR YOUR APPROVAL ONCE EVERYTHING IS SET RIGHT. THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, START THAT NEGOTIATION PROCESS AFTER GOING THROUGH THE RFP, THE REVIEW, THE INTERVIEWS, THE RUBRIC, THE WHOLE ARDUOUS PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE TO TROON IS THE NUMBER ONE PICK BASED OFF OF ALL OF THAT. AND SO THIS IS JUST AUTHORIZING YOU NOW TO START NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT THAT WILL STILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

AND ONE LAST THING. THIS IS NOT TURNING OVER THE GOLF COURSE TO A GOLF MANAGEMENT COMPANY. THE CITY STILL IS. THE OWNER STILL IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT STILL HAS TO APPROVE OPERATIONS. TROON IS COMING IN TO HELP US MANAGE THESE COURSES AND BRINGING THEIR EXPERTISE TO BEAR. THAT IS CORRECT. WE STILL HAVE THE GOLF DEVELOPMENT BOARD OR THE GOLF BOARD RESPECT AT THAT PORTION WHERE WE WILL STILL BRING THINGS, ITEMS AND ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL MAKES THE FINAL DECISION ON ANY OF THE OPERATIONAL CHANGES. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT COMMENTS.

QUESTIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH E. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS OTHER BUSINESS. ANY FUTURE ITEMS REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION? SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. TIME NOW IS 803. WE ARE ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM EIGHT. CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM B CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS. ITEM C DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CONVEYANCE, EXCHANGE OR RELEASE OF REAL PROPERTY. NUMBER ONE PROJECT 1718 ITEM D DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE REAL PROPERTY NUMBER 11101 NORTH DOOLITTLE ROAD. AGREEMENT. OKAY.

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