Aug 19, 2025 City Council

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NOW CALL THE MEETING OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025 TO ORDER AT 3:04 P.M.

WELCOME TO THE WORK SESSION OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL. WELCOME TO ALL THE PEOPLE GATHERED HERE.

WE GOT A NICE LITTLE CROWD IN THE IN THE GROUP HERE TONIGHT IN THE GALLERY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES. IT'S A FANTASTIC WELCOME ALSO TO ALL THE VIEWERS AT HOME WATCHING ON WACO CITY CABLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCEEDINGS, I'M MAYOR JIM HOLMES. I'M JOINED ON THE DAIS HERE TODAY BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, ISABELLA SANO, DISTRICT TWO. JOSH, DISTRICT THREE, MARY EWING, DISTRICT FOUR. AND MAYOR PRO TEM ANDRE BENEFIELD IS, I THINK, WATCHING FROM HOME TODAY. AND GEORGE CHASE IS NOT GOING TO BE WITH US TODAY. I'M ALSO JOINED ON THE DAIS BY SENIOR STAFF BRADLEY FORD, OUR CITY MANAGER, KRISTEN HAMILTON, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AND MICHELLE HICKS, OUR CITY SECRETARY. SO WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY, GREAT. THE FIRST ITEM OF

[II. WORK SESSION]

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OBVIOUSLY, SHE FOLLOWED POLICY, DID A GREAT JOB DOING RESEARCH, BUT SHE SHOWED A LOT OF INTUITION TO FIGURE OUT THAT WE HAD AN ACTOR THAT WAS TRYING TO GET A PAYMENT FROM A VENDOR. IT LOOKED VERY LEGITIMATE. BE HONEST WITH YOU. THEY HAD THE RIGHT PHONE NUMBERS, THEY HAD THE RIGHT EMAILS, THEY HAD THE RIGHT CONTACT INFORMATION. BUT BECAUSE SHE'D BEEN THROUGH CYBERSECURITY TRAINING, SHE NOTICED JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT JUST WEREN'T QUITE RIGHT.

AND I THINK IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS A THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INVESTMENTS YOU HAVE MADE IN CYBERSECURITY, BUT ALSO TEAM MEMBERS THAT REALLY ARE SMART AND INTELLIGENT AND DOING GREAT WORK. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY A SINCERE THANK YOU. YOU'VE SAVED THE CITY FROM A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LOSS. SO THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. CAN YOU MENTION HER NAME AGAIN? I'M.

DANIEL ALVES, OKAY. WHERE ARE YOU? IN THE FRONT. RIGHT HERE. YEAH. I MEAN, ALL OF US TAKE, YOU KNOW, THE CYBERSECURITY TRAINING AND ALL THE ALL THAT. AND YOU NEVER THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT YOU GOT TO REALLY YOU REALLY GOT TO LOOK AT THOSE CLUES. AND MAYBE SOME OF US AREN'T IN THE LINE OF FIRE LIKE YOU GUYS ARE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE TREASURY AND CASH MANAGEMENT DEAL, BUT GREAT JOB. I MEAN, YOU NEVER THINK THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THE TRAINING AND ALL OF THE CYBERSECURITY, WE'RE BEING ATTACKED ALL OVER THE PLACE GUYS. I MEAN, IT'S FROM A CYBER PERSPECTIVE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MONEY MOVING AROUND. AND WE TRY TO KEEP IT AS CONFIDENTIAL AND AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. BUT IT'S EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU THAT ARE WORKERS LIKE YOU, PROFESSIONALS LIKE YOU, THAT REALLY MAKE US PROUD. WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE COVERING A LOT OF FRIENDS HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE. BUT THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK. YEAH, MAYOR, I WOULD ECHO THAT AS SOMEONE WHO ALMOST FELL FOR A SCAM WHERE MY BOSS TRIED TO GET ME TO GET SOME APPLE ITUNES CARDS AND MEET HIM AT A WALMART. I'VE GOT TO SAY, I'M NOT ALWAYS THE MOST SOPHISTICATED WITH CYBERSECURITY EITHER, SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR NOT ONLY YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TRAINING, BUT USING YOUR INTUITION AND KIND OF DETECTING THOSE MORE SCAM LIKE ASPECTS OF THAT COMMUNICATION, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT EASY. IT'S VERY SOPHISTICATED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANKS TO OUR WONDERFUL FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THEY DID AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. IT'S JUST JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. HALF OF HEROISM IS JUST SHOWING UP WHEN YOU'RE CALLED, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND THEN JUST MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO HELP OUR OUR OTHER COMMUNITIES IN NEED. GOD BLESS. ALL RIGHT. AND AS WE'VE HAD IN RECENT COUNCIL MEETINGS, I'VE GOT A NEW EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTION FOR YOU.

TODAY MAY NOT BE A NEW FACE TO YOU, THOUGH, BECAUSE IT'S AN INTERNAL PROMOTION THAT'S HAPPENED. MARK KEELEY, WHO'S RECENTLY BEEN PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. MARK, IF YOU DON'T MIND WAVING TO THE CROWD, MARK JOINS PARKS AND REC FROM OUR WATERSHED DIVISION. HE'S A GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN AGRICULTURE AND RESEARCH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, TEAM BUILDING, ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS. HE'S GOING TO BE A VERY WELCOME ADDITION TO JONATHAN COOK'S TEAM OVER IN PARKS AND RECREATION. SO WE WANT TO WELCOME MARK OVER TO PARKS AND REC. CITY MANAGER FORD. I, I SOMETIMES OFTEN SEE MARK WALKING

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AND ON THE UTILITY SIDE, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THAT'S NOT EASY. BUT SHE KEPT GOING AND ACTUALLY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE CITY'S LAND MANAGEMENT FILE, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR ACCURACY IN BILLING. IN AUGUST OF 2015, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER OVER THE WATER OFFICE AND MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS OUR CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT MANAGER. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, SHE'S HAD A REPUTATION AS SOMEONE THAT GETS THE JOB DONE NO MATTER THE CHALLENGE. AND THERE ARE THERE ARE CHALLENGING CUSTOMERS AT TIMES, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, AND SUE HAS MANAGED THEM AS WELL AS LED THE TEAM THAT ULTIMATELY HELPS PEOPLE GET RESPONSES AND FEEL CONFIDENT IN THEIR WATER BILLS AND CONFIDENT IN THE CITY THAT'S PROVIDING THEM. SO I WANT TO WISH HER THE BEST IN HER RETIREMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.

MEANS A TON, SUE. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'LL MOVE INTO MY MANAGER'S REPORT. WE'VE GOT ONE INFORMAL REPORT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. IT'S IR5 53. THAT REPORT PROVIDES YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR UPCOMING COMMUNITY SURVEY, COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY THAT WACO'S TAKEN ON LATER THIS FALL, UTILIZING THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY CREATED BY POCO AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER. THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR FIRST YEAR UTILIZING THE SURVEY. AND THE INTENT, AS THE REPORT MENTIONS, IS TO CONTINUE TO USE THIS OVER THE YEARS TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SURVEYING PARTICULAR TOPICS AND USING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED METHODOLOGIES AND SAMPLING PROCESSES. THAT DATA COLLECTION IS GOING TO START IN SEPTEMBER, RUN FOR ABOUT 60 DAYS OR SO, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE FEEDBACK WE GET LATER THIS YEAR AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGETING PROCESS. AND SO THAT WILL GIVE US A KEY, KIND OF A KEY INDICATOR OF WHAT OUR RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITIES MOVING INTO NEXT BUDGET YEAR. WE DO HAVE SEVEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. CLINT PETERS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THOSE. AND LATER IN THE WORK SESSION, WE'VE GOT 22 RESOLUTIONS ON THE AGENDA. THE FIRST ONE I'LL HIGHLIGHT I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TWO IS RESOLUTION 568, WHICH CONSIDERS A NOMINATION OF OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, ANDREA BARFIELD, TO THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. YEAH, YEAH, WHISTLE ON THAT FOR SURE. MAYOR PRO TEM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAS A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSURE TO CIVIC LEADERSHIP, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. SHE'S OBVIOUSLY SERVED THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AS DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE ON CITY COUNCIL. DURING THAT TIME, SHE'S LED A NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS, BOTH AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF, AND THIS WOULD JUST BE THE LATEST RECOGNITION OF WHAT A GREAT LEADER SHE IS. SO THERE'S A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT NOMINATION TONIGHT. IF YOU'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING ONLINE, REALLY TO READ THAT RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO DOCUMENT ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS ANDRE HAS MADE TO THIS COMMUNITY. BUT THE RESOLUTION CERTAINLY DOES THAT, AND NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS LIKE RENOVATION OF ELM AVENUE, THE NEW STEAM CENTER IN EAST WACO, THE BLEDSOE MILLER COMMUNITY CENTER, AND MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE UNDER HER LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT RESOLUTION AS YOU HAVE TIME. YEAH, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT THIS AFTERNOON, I ECHO YOUR OBSERVATIONS THERE BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS ANDRE OR MAYOR PRO TEM BIERFIELD IS BEING NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT ELECT TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH IS A PRETTY HIGH ROLE. AND ANDRE HAS BEEN MAYOR PRO TEM BIERFIELD HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN HTML. SHE'S BROUGHT THE SKILL SET BACK TO COUNCIL AND BACK TO THE CITY HERE TO MAKE US MORE AWARE AND MORE IN A BETTER COUNCIL ON BEING AWARE OF STATE LEVEL AND

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YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, IN THE PAST, THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN STREETS HAS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BEEN THROUGH OUR BETTER STREETS WACO PROGRAM, WHICH FOCUSES ON UPGRADING EXISTING STREETS, DOING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO EXISTING STREETS. BUT A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MUST ALSO ADDRESS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR GROWING AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN UNDER A DECADE, THIS PROJECT, THE CHAPEL ROAD PROJECT, WILL BE INVESTING IN TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY, MEANING WIDER ROADS FOR MORE TRAFFIC TO GO. THE $8.8 MILLION CHAPEL ROAD WIDENING PROJECT UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL RECONSTRUCT ABOUT 3500 LINEAR FEET OF EXISTING TWO LANE RURAL ROAD BETWEEN MEADOW MOUNTAIN DRIVE AND RITCHIE ROAD AND TURN IT INTO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, WHICH IS A FIVE LANE URBAN SECTION WITH TWO LANES GOING IN EACH DIRECTION AND A CENTER TURN LANE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IMPROVES SAFETY, FUNCTIONALITY AND ESTHETICS, WHILE ALSO WILL BE HANDLING REPLACING THE AGING WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE ROAD. THESE THESE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS OBVIOUSLY ARE RESPONDING TO ABOUT 2000 NEW HOMES BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THAT AREA, 1200 ALREADY BUILT AND ANOTHER 800 COMING. SO THAT'S IN CHAPEL RIDGE VILLAGE, PARK MEADOWS, PARK MEADOWS SOUTH, SEVERAL SUBDIVISIONS GOING ON IN THAT PARTICULAR END OF THE WORLD. SO EXCITED TO BRING THIS FORWARD. AND WILL WILL ANTICIPATE ABOUT A 24 MONTH CONSTRUCTION TIMETABLE ON THIS PROJECT. CITY MANAGER FORD, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR HELPING TO FUND THIS AND FOR YOUR OFFICE IN MAKING THIS A PRIORITY AS WELL. I THINK THAT GIVEN ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE APPROVED ALONG CHAPEL AND RITCHIE, AND THAT IS JUST BLOWING UP ON HEWITT AS WELL, THIS IS BECOMING A PRETTY BIG POPULATION CORRIDOR IN WEST WACO AND THE MIDWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THINK HAVING SIDEWALKS HERE IS REALLY GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN ALL THE CHILDREN THAT WALK TO CHAPEL PARK ELEMENTARY, WHICH WAS CONVERTED FROM AN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL A FEW YEARS BACK. AND SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT, NOT ONLY FOR MOTORISTS ALONG CHAPEL ROAD AND A SWIFTER COMMUTE, BUT A MUCH SAFER ONE FOR BICYCLISTS, FOR PEDESTRIANS, AND FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. SO

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WE'RE PLANNING ON IT NOW. SO EVERYBODY'S HAPPY ABOUT THE PLANNING SOON. WILL BE HAVE ORANGE CONES OUT THERE. SO WE'LL HAVE SOME THINGS TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. IT'S ALWAYS THE DEAL WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING ON IT, TRYING TO FIX. EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT FIXING IT. WHEN YOU GET THE ORANGE CONES OUT THERE, PEOPLE AREN'T QUITE AS EXCITED YOU'RE HAVING TO, BUT WE WILL AT THE END OF THIS DEAL IS GOING TO BE GREAT. THIS WILL AND THIS WILL BE A FUN ONE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE GROUND FOR A WHILE WITH WATER AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE EIGHT ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA TODAY, ALL OF WHICH COME ON SECOND READING. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY MANAGER FORD ON THE AGENDA? OKAY. THE WE WILL NOW GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES RESOLUTIONS 2020 5-5 67 THROUGH 2025 588. WE ARE REMOVING 2025 567. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO THE THERE ARE NONE.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE RESOLUTIONS 2020 5-5673588. BUT WE ARE PULLING 567. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION ITEMS 2020 5-554 THROUGH 2020 5-557. CITY MANAGER FORD, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST WORK SESSION? I WILL, I'M GOING TO INVITE LUKE, OUR CFO SLASH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, DOWN TO FINISH UP HIS BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT HE PROVIDED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS WORK SESSION. 554 DISCUSSION OF CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR 20 2526 OPERATING BUDGET AND CIP BUDGET, AND TURN IT OVER TO BLUE FOR JUST A FEW SLIDES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, FORD MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. REALLY. OVERALL, WE JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 SUMMARY. TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF EFFICIENCY EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE. WE SPECIFICALLY WANT TO MENTION THESE TWO BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME RIGHTSIZING AND SOME SERVICE LEVEL IMPACTS THAT YOU'LL SEE OVER THE REMAINING BUDGET ADOPTION CALENDAR. AND THEN TAKE ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE.

SO THE EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW, MAYOR COUNCIL, THERE IS NO CHANGE TO YOUR REVENUES AND YOUR EXPENSES AS A WHOLE. THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THE BUDGET SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED. STILL LOOKING AT A ON THE REVENUE SIDE, $652 MILLION BUDGET ON A $210.3 MILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET OVERALL, 2.8% INCREASE ON THE ON THE TOTAL, 3.2% DECREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND. ON THE REVENUE SIDE, ON THE EXPENSES, YOU HAVE A LEVEL AND BALANCED GENERAL FUND AT $210.3 MILLION.

THAT'S A $14.2 MILLION DECREASE THIS YEAR, 6.3%, MOST OF THAT COMING FROM THE TRANSFERS OUT, WHICH, AGAIN, COUNCIL IS YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER FUNDS THAT YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CASH FUNDING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS? THAT'S REALLY THE BULK OF WHAT YOU'RE TRANSFERS OUT IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE OVERALL. YOU LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM LINE STILL AT THE 650, $649.8 MILLION, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY SLIGHT 0.1% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. LOOKING AT HOW THIS IMPACTS OUR AVERAGE TAXPAYER OUT THERE, THE ANNUAL TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT, YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM LINE WITH THE AVERAGE HOME OUT THERE IS GOING TO PAY TO THE CITY OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. $3,212.51, UP $134.20 OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, WHICH REPRESENTS A 4.4% INCREASE. LOOK AT THE PROPERTY TAX BILL. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE KEEPING A FLAT TAX RATE AT 75.5 CENTS, MAYOR COUNCIL, BECAUSE OF THE APPRAISAL INCREASES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ON THE AVERAGE HOME, THAT IS GOING TO BE A TAX INCREASE TO THE AVERAGE HOME OF $62.08 FOR THE YEAR. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE KEEPING THE SAME LEVEL OF TAX RATE, EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT IS, WE ARE ADOPTING A SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. EVEN THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, WHICH WE ARE NOW UNDER A CURRENT LAW THAT WENT INTO EFFECT, WE HAVE TO SHOW WHAT THE TAXPAYER IMPACT

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EXACTLY. YEAH. THE THING THAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT CLEARLY SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER OR JUST ABOUT 70% OF WHAT YOU'RE PAYING IN YOUR PROPERTY TAXES IS GOING TO SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE BETWEEN THE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. I TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST AN AWESOME PART OF THE START OF OUR SUMMER, BUT I MEAN, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE BRAZOS NIGHTS WAS PACKED OUT AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT VALUE ADD TO OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE PEOPLE A FREE AND INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, ONCE A MONTH TO START THE SUMMER OFF. AND THAT'S THAT'S SUCH A SMALL PIECE OF ALL THAT GOES INTO THAT. BUT THE EXISTING DEBT OBLIGATIONS TO COVER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE ROADWORK STUFF THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY POLICE AND FIRE. I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME HOW PROUD I AM OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE IN OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND THE RESULTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THAT. AND I'VE MENTIONED IT ALMOST EVERY TIME WE HAVE A PD AND FIRE UP HERE, BUT NOT EVERY CITY COUNCIL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY CONTINUE TO FUND PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES THAT

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THERE'S A LOT OF SPREADING OF SERVICES LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN WE CAN RIGHTSIZE OUR OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO FIT ALL OF THE NEEDS AND PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACTS WE WANTED TO BRING UP TO PARKS WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS ASKED TO CUT $1.2 MILLION AND THEY DID. THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE DIRECTOR COOK WAS ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH HIS OPERATIONS AND FIND THOSE EFFICIENCIES, FIND WHERE THERE'S SOME CROSS LEVELING OF SERVICES THAT THAT CAN BE HAD. BUT A COUPLE OF THOSE WILL WILL RESULT IN SOME REDUCTIONS AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE DOWN. BUT THE REDUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER HOURS OF OPERATIONS, AS YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR COOK WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS WITH HIS WITH HIS TEAMS. THEY TOOK A VERY DATA DRIVEN, DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO THIS AND SAW WHERE PATRONS WERE ACTUALLY COMING TO THE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND SAYING, OKAY, INSTEAD OF STAYING OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M, THERE IS NOBODY CHECKING IN AT 9 P.M, SO WE'RE GOING TO BACK OFF ONE HOUR. SO INSTEAD OF OPENING FOR THOSE HOURS, WE'RE SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ANY SAVINGS THAT WE CAN. SO THEY THEY WERE DIGGING HARD INTO EVERYTHING INTO THEIR OPERATIONS. THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THEY DID. AND THE SAME WAY WITH LIBRARIES, LIBRARIES TOOK AGAIN, VERY, VERY MUCH A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO THIS. LOOKED AT ALL OF THEIR THEIR HOURS OF OPERATIONS THROUGH ALL OF THEIR DIFFERENT BRANCHES AND SAID, OKAY, SYSTEM WIDE, WE OPERATE ABOUT 217 HOURS. WE CAN PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE SAME PATRONS FOR ABOUT 210 HOURS. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A WHOLE LOT IN THOSE SEVEN HOURS. BUT THAT REDUCTION IT WAS, WAS VERY WAS CRITICAL FOR LIBRARIES TO REACH THEIR EFFICIENCY GOALS. SO ALL OF THESE LITTLE THINGS, THESE SERVICE LEVEL IMPACTS THE WAY THAT OUR DIRECTOR IS REALLY TOOK THIS UPON THEMSELVES AND MADE THIS THEIR OWN IN ORDER TO LOOK AT THEIR OPERATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT THAT OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE, WAS WAS A GREAT TASK TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE SCHEDULING CHANGES THAT THEY DID. MAYOR COUNCIL WITH THAT, A COUPLE OF KEY COUNCIL DATES AS WE LOOK FORWARD. WE'RE HERE AT THE AUGUST 19TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALL THE UPDATES THAT WE HAD WERE WERE GIVEN IN THIS PRESENTATION. SEPTEMBER 2ND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OUR BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING, THE BUDGET ADOPTION TAX RATE, PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FIRST READING OF THAT TAX RATE ORDINANCE WILL COME BACK AGAIN AS STATUTORILY OBLIGATED SEVEN DAYS LATER FOR THE SECOND READING OF THAT TAX RATE ORDINANCE AT A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. SO WE'RE ALL MAYOR COUNCIL, YOU'VE SEEN THESE BUDGET SUMMARIES, THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BUDGET, AGAIN, $650 MILLION, REPRESENTING A VERY, VERY MODEST 0.1% INCREASE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PUT IN ALL THE CAPITAL. THE EFFICIENCIES HAVE REALLY HELPED US LEVEL SET AND RIGHTSIZE OUR OUR OPERATIONS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS BUDGET AS FLAT AS POSSIBLE. LOOKING AT THE OUT YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPONSIBLE BUDGETS THAT WE CAN PUT FORWARD TO YOU, THAT WE CAN RECOMMEND. AND WITH THIS COUNCIL, I WILL STOP AND TAKE ANY DIRECTIONS OR FEEDBACK. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BLUE ON THIS COUNCIL? BLUE I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME KEY ADDITIONS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, PIE CHART THAT THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE NORM OF WHAT WE ASK CITY CFOS AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO DO. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. IT CERTAINLY

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AND WE WANT TO REWARD OUR HIGH PERFORMERS, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE TAX RATE FLAT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE TAX RATE. SO WITH THAT CHALLENGE IN IN AN INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT, IN A RISING COST ENVIRONMENT WAS A HELL OF A CHALLENGE TO THROW AT YOU GUYS, CITY MANAGER FORD AND CFO. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DID IN, BECAUSE THAT NATURALLY LEADS TO IF YOU DON'T HAVE MORE MONEY, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT. AND WITH THAT CONTINUED DELIVERY OF BEST IN CLASS SERVICES, YOU JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE DO WE GET MORE EFFICIENT. SO YOU GOT LOOKING BACK AT, YOU KNOW, THE DATA. I LIKE HOW YOU LOOK AT HOURS USED.

AND WHEN ARE THESE IF THERE'S NOBODY THERE AT THE PARK OR THE LIBRARY OR WHATEVER, THEN YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO MAXIMIZE THAT AND HOW TO GET MORE EFFICIENT ON ON THAT SERVICE. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK. IT'S NOT EASY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WHERE TO CUT. AND WE'VE HAD SOME OPEN POSITIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, YOU HAVE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE STEPPING UP, YOU KNOW, TO, TO FILL KIND OF HELP FILL IN THAT ROLE. SO I COMMEND OUR, OUR, OUR STAFF AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY OF WACO FOR HELPING MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IT TAKES EVERYBODY AND I'LL MAKE AND WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A WHILE, BUT WITH A EMPHASIS ON IMPROVED SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES, WHICH I KNOW IN THE LAST, IT'S NOT AS VISIBLE TO PEOPLE, BUT WE'VE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR OR TWO AS WELL, WHICH HELPS US BE MORE EFFICIENT WHEN WE HAVE A BETTER PROCESS AND A BETTER SYSTEM. AND SO THIS IS OFTENTIMES SOFTWARE THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN. SO ALL GOOD, GOOD STUFF. AND WE PUT OURSELVES IN A GOOD POSITION FOR CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE CITY WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. SO I THINK YOU PUT A GOOD BUDGET TOGETHER AND LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT IT ONE MORE TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT'S IT. CITY MANAGER FORD, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER? IT'S WORK SESSION 2020 5-5 55. YES, SIR. WE'VE GOT A DISCUSSION OF PROSPER WACO AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM. RELATED ACTIVITIES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROPOSED FUNDING. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT, AS WELL AS JESSICA ADDIS, CEO OF PROSPER WACO. BACK UP TO THE TABLE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DELAY YOU FROM LAST MEETING. BRING YOU BACK. EXCITED TO HEAR THIS UPDATE.

COUNCIL. YOU ORIGINALLY APPROVED THE FIRST OF THREE FUNDING YEARS IN 2024 ALONGSIDE PARTNERS AT MCLENNAN COUNTY, ASCENSION, PROVIDENCE, BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, WACO FAMILY MEDICINE, AND THE HEART OF TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK TO FUND THESE INITIATIVES. AND SO TODAY, RYAN, RYAN AND JESSICA ARE GOING TO TAG TEAM, BUT RYAN IS GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WACO'S FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS AROUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OUTCOMES. AND JESSICA IS GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE TEAM, ALONG WITH A CONTINUED FUNDING REQUEST. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE WACO, PARTICULARLY JESSICA'S LEADERSHIP AROUND THIS TOPIC. SHE SITS WITH LEADERS OF GREAT STATURE ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND TRIES TO LEAD THE WAY TOWARDS GREAT ACTIVITIES AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND THAT'S NOT AN EASY CHALLENGE. AND SO, JESSICA, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK THERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTATION. RYAN, YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF? YES, SIR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MR. MANAGER, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH JESSICA. AS MISTER FORD SAID, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO JUST GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT EARLY ON OF THE PRESENTATION AS TO WHERE YOU INVEST IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE REALLY ARE TWO PRIMARY INTERFACE AGENCIES FOR US AT THE CITY IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. AND ONE, OF COURSE, IS PROSPER WACO, AND THE OTHER IS THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK. THE NUMBER ONE INTERFACE DEPARTMENT WE HAVE IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE AS FAR AS INVESTMENTS GO, HISTORICALLY, PROSPER WACO HAS RECEIVED AN OUTSIDE AGENCY CONTRIBUTION. AND THEN LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THREE TOTAL YEARS FOR

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ULTIMATELY, ABOUT HALF OF THEM NEEDED A POLICE RESPONSE AFTER THEY WERE AFTER THEY HAD BEEN EVALUATED. BUT MOST OF THE TIME, THAT POLICE RESPONSE IS SOMETHING LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER HALF ARE SOME KIND OF OTHER RESPONSE OTHER THAN A FULL POLICE RESPONSE. AND SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OFTEN SAID YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE ENTRANCE INTO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM. AND SO CHIEF VICTORIAN HAS FOUND GOOD SUCCESS WITH THAT DIVERSION PROGRAM. AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK HAS ACTUALLY FOUND ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO START A SECOND FULL TEAM OF DISPATCH DIVERSION. SO WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM WITH FANTASTIC RESULTS. I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN AROUND THIS THIS TOPIC FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND WE STARTED REALLY DIGGING IN AND TRACKING DATA IN 2007 2008. THIS GRAPH SHOWS A COUPLE OF PARTICULAR TYPES OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO, AND THOSE ARE SUICIDE AND PROGRESS CALLS, OR THOSE CALLS THAT RESULT IN AN EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDER. SO THERE ARE OFTEN PLENTY OF OTHER POLICE CALLS THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN THEM, BUT IT'S HARD TO TRACK IF THEY COME OUT AS A DISTURBANCE OR A THEFT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT FOR SURE, WE KNOW IF THEY IF IT COMES OUT TO THE OFFICERS AS A SUICIDE IN PROGRESS CALL, THEN THAT, THEN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS CERTAINLY A PART OF THAT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE NUMBERS PEAKED AROUND 2019 WITH OVER 974 THAT YEAR. THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT THREE A DAY, EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. SOMEBODY CALLED IN SAYING THEY WISHED TO HURT THEMSELVES TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED A SUICIDE IN PROGRESS. THE GOOD NEWS IS, AND THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES, THAT THROUGH THE WORK OF PROSPER WACO AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK AND THE GOOD FOLKS AT THE WACO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS, THEY ARE DRIVING THE NUMBERS DOWN AND THE COST DOWN SLOWLY. THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE SHOWS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPENT ON THOSE TYPES OF CALLS. AGAIN, YOU SEE, IN 2021, EXACERBATED BY ISSUES WITH COVID, IT PEAKED IN 2021 WITH OVER 4800 HOURS OF OFFICER HOURS ON EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDERS. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN THAT IS THAT THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF CALL WAS 11.52 HOURS. SO THAT'S 11 HOURS, 11.5 HOURS THAT OFFICERS SPENT WITH ONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSUMER

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IF IT'S SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF CHALLENGES, THEY'RE SEEN AS VIOLENT. THAT COULD BE AS MANY AS 4 OR 5 SIX OFFICERS FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THANK YOU. THE GOOD NEWS IS, THROUGH A LOT OF EFFORTS BY A LOT OF AGENCIES, INCLUDING BELT AND PROSPER WACO, WE'RE DRIVING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2024, THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF CALL IN 2024 WAS ONLY 3.5 HOURS, AND THE LONGEST CALL FOR THAT PERIOD WAS ONLY 20 HOURS. SO THAT TRANSLATES DIRECTLY. THAT TRANSLATES DIRECTLY TO COSTS FOR THE CITY OF WACO AND THE TAXPAYERS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2021, EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDER CALLS ALONE WERE COSTING $336,000 IN OFFICER COSTS.

AGAIN, THAT'S ASSUMING THAT'S MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS. A TWO PERSON CALL, YOU KNOW, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, SO TO SPEAK. THOSE SUICIDE IN-PROGRESS CALLS ALSO PEAKED. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2024, REALLY DRIVING THAT COST DOWN. WE EXTRAPOLATED 2025 SO WE COULD SEE THE SAME DECLINE. BUT IF WE JUST SEE A SMALL UPTICK IN 2025 FROM 2024, WE'RE STILL DOING REALLY GOOD WORK. AND FRANKLY, LIKE I SAID, IF SOMEBODY'S BEEN AROUND THIS FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, THE ROLE THAT BEN BELT, THE MAYOR'S ON THE BELT, AND OTHER MEMBERS AND THE WORK OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT THAT JESSICA BRINGS TO THE TABLE WITH PROSPER, WACO IS A HUGE PART OF THAT. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JESSICA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT. YES. FROM YOU.

THANK YOU. WELL, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER FORD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. I JUST REALLY WANT TO START BY RECOGNIZING THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP IN LAUNCHING AND SUSTAINING SOME REALLY KEY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INVESTMENTS. AS YOU SAW IN THAT FIRST SLIDE, YOU ALL HAVE REALLY PUT SIGNIFICANT FUNDING AND DOLLARS INTO TO STRATEGIES WHERE YOU'RE SEEING IMPACT. AND SO I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND RECOGNIZING THAT CREATING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY CREATES A VIBRANT COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOLKS LIKE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT, WHO HAS BEEN TRACKING SOME OF THIS DATA FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND YOU HAVE GREAT LEADERS IN THIS CITY, FROM CHIEF VICTORIAN ASSISTANT CHIEF WALLACE, COMMANDER LONG, ALL OF WHOM WHO ARE LEANING INTO THIS WORK. IT'S REALLY PART OF WHAT MAKES THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM SO SPECIAL. IT'S GETTING LEADERSHIP TO BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, ALL PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. AND SO YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT NONE OF THAT, NONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT CAN HAPPEN IN A VACUUM. THE IMPACT OF THE DISPATCH DIVERSION CENTER BRINGING ABOUT SUCH A WIN FOR OFFICERS, FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS AND FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE REDUCTION IN SUICIDE RELATED CALLS, REAL PEOPLE RECEIVING TIMELY CARE INSTEAD OF BEING CAUGHT IN A CYCLE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

EDO'S ON A DOWNWARD TREND. THIS MEANS OFFICERS SPENDING FEWER TIME, FEWER TIME SPENT TIED UP IN TRANSPORTING PAPERWORK, AND MORE TIME BACK IN THE COMMUNITY, KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE.

AND REALLY, WE KNOW THAT NONE OF THAT COULD HAPPEN IN A VACUUM. MANY OF THESE GAINS WERE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WORK OF SO MANY PEOPLE WORKING ACROSS AND WITHIN SYSTEMS, AND MUCH OF THAT WORK HAPPENING WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM. THIS IS REALLY A CROSS-SECTOR COALITION, JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE ENTITIES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU, AS YOU KNOW, ALL COMMITTED TO IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE, REDUCING CRISIS RESPONSE AND BUILDING A COORDINATED SYSTEM. EACH OF THESE PARTNERS HAS COMMITTED RESOURCES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT ONLY BY WORKING TOGETHER CAN WE ADDRESS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS IN WINS THAT TELL US THAT THERE IS A REAL ROI TO THIS WORK. SO FOR THE WORK OF THE HOW DO WE GET THERE? IT'S NOT HAPHAZARD, BUT AN INTENTIONAL PROCESS AND A MODEL COMPRISED OF THOSE ELEMENTS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU. NOW FROM CREATING A COMMON AGENDA, A SHARED GOAL, AND A VISION THAT CAN SERVE AS OUR NORTH STAR, WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES TO TACKLE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT DATA DISAGGREGATED AND ACROSS SYSTEMS. YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE NORTH STAR

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ON THESE NEXT SLIDES. YOU SEE WE SEE THE METRICS. AND THESE METRICS ARE PRACTICAL. HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE DIVERTED FROM JAIL INTO TREATMENT. HOW MANY ARE WAITING FOR INPATIENT SERVICES WHILE INCARCERATED AND COMPLETE THE JAIL TIME WITHOUT A BED BECOMING AVAILABLE FOR THE INPATIENT INTENSIVE INPATIENT SERVICES THEY NEED, THEY LEAVE UNTREATED AND THE CYCLE CONTINUES. THIS DATA THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY AND WILL BE COLLECTING HELPS US TO TARGET OUR EFFORTS, AVOID DUPLICATION, INVEST DOLLARS STRATEGICALLY, AND HELP US KEEP PEOPLE FROM FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS ALL AS WE BUILD A COORDINATED, EFFICIENT SYSTEM. SO AS WE LOOK OVER THE LAST YEAR, IN THE PAST YEAR, PROSPER WACO HAS CONVENED MORE THAN 25 MEETINGS OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STEERING COMMITTEE AND ACTION TEAMS AND AD HOC TASK FORCE TASKFORCES. WE'VE SUPPORTED ON THE GROUND PROBLEM SOLVING, LIKE IDENTIFYING BARRIERS TO EXPEDITED, EXPEDITED MEDICAL CLEARANCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE BROUGHT TO THE DIVERSION CENTER, AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO CHANGE WORKFLOWS TO IMPROVE THOSE PROCESSES. THROUGH THAT WORK, WE SAW A TREMENDOUS UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ABLE TO BE MEDICALLY CLEARED AT THE WACO FAMILY MEDICINE CLINIC AT THE DIVERSION CENTER, KEEPING THEM FROM BEING SENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOMS, ADDING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM CONGESTION. WE'VE ALSO COORDINATED WITH SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES AT THE REQUEST OF ONE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH JUDGES IN THE COUNTY, HELPING US TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION AND RESPONSE AT THE SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING GAPS IN THE CRISIS IN THE SYSTEMS THAT NEED ATTENTION. WE'VE ALSO HELPED TO ALIGN COMMUNITY PARTNERS AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL. WE THROUGH THAT COORDINATION AND WITH TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAT CURRY, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AS A COMMUNITY AND HELPING TO SECURE $5 MILLION IN NEW STATE APPROPRIATIONS. A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS ALIGNED ADVOCACY GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DATA. SO HOW WILL WE USE THOSE DOLLARS? HAVING DONE THE WORK OF IDENTIFYING OUR SHARED PRIORITIES, OUR NORTH STAR VISION, AND LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT HAS HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES. AND SO NOW, WITH NEW DOLLARS AVAILABLE, THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING HOW TO ALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS WAS MADE MUCH EASIER. EACH ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU SEE HERE IS DIRECTLY TIED TO OUR NORTH STAR STATEMENT, TO OUR COMMON AGENDA, AND ONE OF THOSE SEVEN PRIORITIES. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO FUND AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THIS WITH AND OF COURSE, WITH THE EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP AT BEN AND THEIR CEO RYAN ADAMS. AND AGAIN, WITH THE TIRELESS SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY OF REPRESENTATIVE CURRY. BUT FUNDING A COMPREHENSIVE BEHAVIORAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT SO THAT WE CAN REALLY HELP SEE WHERE ARE THE GAPS AND WHAT ARE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED STATE FUNDING, DIRECTING DOLLARS TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SCHOOL BASED SCREENING.

EXPANDING INPATIENT BED CAPACITY FOR UNINSURED MCLENNAN COUNTY RESIDENTS. WE'RE ALSO REALLY PROUD AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF WACO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN STANDING UP THIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM. THIS IS SOMETHING, AS CHIEF VICTORIAN AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT AND SO MANY OF THE LEADERSHIP WITHIN PD HAVE LEARNED AND SEEN THIS MODEL HAVING TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN PLACES LIKE DENVER AND ACROSS THE NATION. WE'RE BRINGING TOGETHER A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND OH, IT'S THE OTHER. I'M JUST DRAWING A BLANK. WHAT PARAMEDICINE WENT OFF SCRIPT CAN REALLY HELP TO BE PREVENTATIVE AND REACTIVE, BUT ESPECIALLY PREVENTATIVE FOR OUR FREQUENT SYSTEMS AND GAUGERS. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT WILL COME BACK INTO STANDING UP THAT WORK THAT WITH WITHIN THE PD AND THEN ALLOCATING MONEY TO JAIL DISCHARGE MEDICATION AND CARE COORDINATION FOR OUR HIGHEST ACUITY EXITING INMATES. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT, THAT WORK. AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE'RE COMMITTED TO BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM IN YEAR TWO. WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT

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GREAT PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS. YEAH. APPRECIATE THIS. GREAT WORK. I MEAN THIS SHOWS JUST HOW WELL TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT GOVERNING ENTITIES AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND NONPROFITS WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SOLVE THESE KIND OF COMPLEX AND VEXING PROBLEMS. I APPRECIATE THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION WITH THE BHL T WITH BHP, WITH PROSPER WACO IN MAKING SUCH A DIFFERENCE ON SO MANY FRONTS. AND I APPRECIATE US WORKING WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO BRING SOME STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS BACK INTO WACO, MCLENNAN COUNTY TO HELP US SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. SO THANK YOU ALL BOTH. REALLY APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK. YEAH, I'LL SECOND THAT. AND JUST I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST HEAPING PRAISE THIS EVENING. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M IN A GENEROUS MOOD OR WHAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE WACO CONTINUALLY THROWS PROSPER. WACO A FULL PLATE AND YOU GUYS SEND BACK A CLEAN ONE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CONTINUE TO OPERATE AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL FOR THE SORT OF THE WIDE SCOPE OF THINGS THAT THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO TACKLE. THIS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS MAYBE NOT FROM THE HERDING CATS THAT YOU MENTIONED, BUT BUT JUST OPERATIONALLY, SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU DO OUTSIDE OF THIS HELPS TO, TO MAKE A LOT OF THIS WORK POSSIBLE, FROM DATA COLLECTION TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU WORK ALONGSIDE AND SUPPORT AND JUST RELATIONSHIPS THAT THAT YOU'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO CULTIVATE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO REALLY, REALLY THANKFUL FOR YOU AND PROSPER'S WORK ON THIS AND CONVENING THESE MEETINGS THAT HAVE LED TO REALLY GREAT OUTCOMES THAT, YOU KNOW, GO BEYOND TRACKABLE DOLLARS AND CENTS. BUT THE DOLLARS AND CENTS IS IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO KEEP LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY. WE CAN GIVE YOU FOR THIS KIND OF WORK. SO THANK YOU FOR TRACKING THAT AS WELL AS MOVING FORWARD. FULL STEAM AHEAD ON ON CONTINUING THE WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH KELSEY. I JUST WANT I ALSO AGREE WITH THEM. JUST THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. YOU'RE DOING GREAT GREAT WORK FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN WAS ON IT TRULY IS A PRIVILEGE. YES.

YEAH. GREAT PRESENTATION JESSICA AND RYAN AND I'M PART OF THAT TEAM ALSO. IT'S BEEN VERY REWARDING TO SEE HOW IT ALL WORKS. BUT IT REALLY STARTS OUT WITH THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

AND WHAT WHO DO YOU DISPATCH TO AN EMERGENCY. AND IT'S BEEN HISTORICAL THAT IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO BECAUSE THEY GOT TO FIGURE OUT INAPPROPRIATELY TO STABILIZE THE SITUATION. BUT WHAT HAPPENS YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT OR IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET SMARTER ABOUT, AS OTHER CITIES ARE, TO ABOUT GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT ROLES, WHICH IS WHY WE SEE THE RISE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND THE FOCUS THAT WE HAVE ON IT HERE IN THE CITY, WACO. AND FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS TO HAVE THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMPONENT THAT REALLY HELPS EVERYTHING BECOME A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT AND MEANINGFUL, BECAUSE IT'S THE HORROR STORY OF HAVING 20. YOU STILL HAD ONE AT 20 HOURS WHERE WE HAD A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, IN DOING HIS JOB, YOU KNOW, FOR 20 HOURS FOR SOMEBODY, MAYBE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST WOULD HAVE BEEN A MORE APPROPRIATE PERSON. BUT SO I SEE THIS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS SORT OF TEAM THAT'S BEEN THROWN TOGETHER IN PROSPER. WACO HAS MANAGED THE KIND OF THE PROCESS OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO WITH IT, BECAUSE IT REALLY ENDS UP BEING A WIN WIN. I LIKE THE DATA THAT WE HAVE HERE. WE CAN SHOW WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMING IN. LAW ENFORCEMENT WINS BECAUSE THEY'RE BETTER DEPLOYING THEIR PEOPLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES. AND IT WOULD BE TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. BUT THE REAL WIN, AND

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE JUST FROM A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, HOW MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PAST

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AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE RETROFITTED SOME OF OUR TENNIS COURTS AND DIFFERENT PARK AREAS, BUT THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST INVESTMENT INTO FORMAL AND PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE GREAT LAWN AREA OPEN AND THE ABILITY TO HOST DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE ALL WILLS PARK. AND THAT IS A WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE. YOU WALK UP AND THINK A SKATE PARK, BUT IT IS DESIGNED FOR WILLS OF ALL TYPES AND WHETHER THAT BE A WHEELCHAIR, WHETHER THAT BE A BIKE, WHETHER IT BE A SCOOTER. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SKATE PARK WITH BOWLS IN IT THAT IS STRICTLY REALLY FOR SKATEBOARDERS ONLY. BUT THIS OPENS THAT UP FOR THE BRAVE AT HEART. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THAT ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR OR ALL WILLS NUMBER FIVE. AND THEN PLAYGROUND PROCUREMENT DEDUCTION. ONE THING, ANOTHER STRATEGY THAT OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM CAME UP WITH WAS LOOKING AT POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS. IF WE WERE TO DIRECT PROCURE THE PLAYGROUND FROM THE COMPANY. AND SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF WHERE WE ENDED UP SEEING ABOUT $300 IN SAVINGS. OVERALL, YOU'LL NOTICE TWO AND THREE. THOSE ARE THE ALTERNATES FOR THE TRACK AND FIELD, AND THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOTALS. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT MEAN BY ANY POINT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRACK AND FIELD WITH OUR BID RECOMMENDATION. WE DO HAVE $2.2 MILLION REMAINING IN THE OVERALL BUDGET TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE TRACK AND FIELD, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING OUR BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK THERE AND REALLY UTILIZING THAT MONEY WITH THE CURRENT DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE. OF COURSE, WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF LOOK IN 2.2 MILLION CAN GO A LONG WAY TO MAKING SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN A VERY QUALITY, HIGH LEVEL TRACK PRESENCE AS A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TAKE PLACE THERE. SO WE ARE COMMITTED THAT COMMITTED TO THAT, AND THE UPDATES WILL BE A PART OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION PROCESS AND CRITERIA, NOT JUST THE PRICING GOES INTO PLAY WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS. WE ALSO CONSIDER FACTORS SUCH AS DURATION, PROJECT EXPERIENCE, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER EXPERIENCE AND THE COMPANY REPUTATION. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF 16.5 MILLION TO A DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION. A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE. YOU SAW THOSE OTHER PRICES WERE AT THE 23 RANGE. THAT MILL IS BID DID COME IN LINE WITH MULTIPLE PROJECT ESTIMATES PREFERRED PERFORMED NOT ONLY FROM OUR CONSULTANT, BUT THEN ALSO THE CUMMINGS GROUP WITH OFFICES IN AUSTIN, DALLAS, FORT WORTH AND HOUSTON. MILL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION HAS A MIX OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL PROJECTS AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS IN THEIR PORTFOLIO. FOCUS ON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ON A LOT OF THOSE

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AND YOU CAN SEE BY SOME OF THESE VISUALS, THE COLORS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, THE INCLUSIVE PANELS THAT WE HAVE, AND REALLY THE DESIGN THAT WE'RE GOING FOR IS THIS HAS REALLY BEEN FINALIZED AND COME TO LIFE AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE INPUT THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET. AND SO IT'S JUST A PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE TO MAKE SURE IT'S AWESOME. GENTLEMAN.

BACK IN THE DAY, MY FAMILY USED TO WALK FROM AUSTIN AVENUE TO FLOYD CASEY TO SEE THE FOOTBALL GAMES. AND YOU'D GO FROM FRANKLIN, YOU KNOW, ALONG THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GROUP THAT'S GOT GOLDEN'S BOOKSTORE, IS THAT ACCESS STILL GOING TO BE THERE TO THIS PARK? IT IS. AND I, I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S 32ND STREET. YEAH. IT DOES COME DOWN THOSE CONNECTIONS. REALLY ANY WAY YOU GO FROM THIS PARK, THERE ARE SEEDS THAT ARE PLANTED WHERE WE KNOW THEIR UPDATES AND GRADES.

BUT YES, THAT ROAD AT THIS POINT REMAINING OPEN TO WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME DOWN AND CONNECT TO THE PARK FROM THE AUSTIN AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. AWESOME. SO. A LITTLE FURTHER VIEW IN SOME OF THE IMAGERY AND SOME THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE. BUT BUT I JUST WANT AS YOU ENTER THE PARK, YOU'LL COME THROUGH THIS PLAZA AREA WITH AN INTERACTIVE LIT FOUNTAIN, AND YOU SEE THE COMMUNITY PAVILION IN THE BACKGROUND. AND THEN IT OPENS UP TO THAT GREAT LAWN TO WHERE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON THE SPORTS COURTS. WE'VE ADDED SOME COLOR ELEMENTS IN THERE AS WELL AND ALWAYS POPULAR. OUR KENDRICK PARK ALWAYS SAY THAT'S OUR BUSIEST SPORTS COURT THAT WE HAVE IN THE SOUTH WACO AREA. AND SO JUST ADDING TO THAT ABILITY, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT SOME FLEX USAGE OF THIS AREA AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED THERE. AND THEN I MENTIONED THE ALL WILL COURSE WITH A REALLY COOL DESIGN. I KNOW MY EYE GRAVITATES ALWAYS TO THAT TUNNEL AND BLESS ANYONE WHO'S GOING TO TRY, BUT I I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF IT IN OTHER PARK AND YOU KNOW THE SKATEBOARDERS WILL. BUT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SORT OF THE SOFT EDGES IN FRONT AND THEN IN THE BACK. THERE ARE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THIS COURSE TO MAKE SURE IT'S DESIGNED FOR ALL ABILITIES. AND THEN HERE WE GO WITH A VIDEO THAT REALLY GIVES YOU A GOOD FLY VIEW AND OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS PARK CAN BECOME.

OH, THAT WAS ME. SORRY.

THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S GREAT. I ALWAYS SAY IF WE WERE TO POST THAT ON YOUTUBE, I'D PROBABLY HAVE LIKE 100 WATCHES LIKE IN A ROW. IT NEVER GETS OLD. BUT THE COOL PART ABOUT IT IS, IS IT'S NOW THE REALITY AND WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO REALLY BRING IN A QUALITY CONTRACTOR THAT WE FEEL WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM ASSEMBLED ON THE PROJECT MANAGER, AND WE'RE READY TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT. SO A COUPLE CLOSING NOTES. IMPORTANT TO NOTE, WE'RE ON TRACK AND ON BUDGET, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED BY THE PROSPECT OF THAT. AND WITH THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET NOT ONLY THE BASE PART, BUT THE ALTERNATE AMENITIES REALLY IMPORTANT WITH THOSE BASE PARK AMENITIES, ALSO ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE'VE COME TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE. ON THE HISPANIC HERITAGE NAMING ELEMENTS. THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM THE PAVILION, THE PLAYGROUND, THE TRACK AND FIELD. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THERE AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE COORDINATION AS MADE SOME REALLY GOOD MEETINGS AND HAVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, BUT MAKING SURE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS ARE STAYING UPDATED AND KEEPING THEM IN TUNE, AS THIS IS GOING TO BE A PEOPLE'S PARK AND A PARK FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF WACO. AND TONIGHT, FOLLOWING THE CONSIDERATION OF THE AGENDA, ITEMS RELATED TO THE PARK WILL

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THANK YOU ALL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR COOK? COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. AMAZING.

THANK YOU. AND I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO ADD TO THE PARK PORTFOLIO. THIS IS GOING TO ADD A LOT OF NOT ONLY QUALITY, BUT AMENITIES THAT ARE LIKE YOU IDENTIFIED ON THAT MAP, CENTRALLY LOCATED I THINK, LIKE IT'S CLOSE TO WHERE I PERSONALLY LIVE. IT'S CLOSE TO OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OFF DOWNTOWN, IT'S GOT THE MULTI ABILITIES PLAYGROUND AND SPORTS COURT. THIS IS I THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE SUCH AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR PARK OFFERING. SO REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YEAH JONATHAN SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS. ALL ABILITIES PARK IS A PARK FOR ALL ABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS AND NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF WACO. THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING FOR A REGION. WE'RE DOING IT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS. SO SOME PEOPLE ASK ME, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS THING TO DO? AND WE DO ALL THESE THINGS. PLUS WE HAVE THESE REGIONAL INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND THAT WE MANAGE. YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE I GOT TO BRING IT UP, JONATHAN, BUT THE MOBILIZE, THE WACO MEETING THAT I WAS AT LAST WEEK, YOU AND TOMMY BACH DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF PRESENTING THIS. SO I GOT A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK, BUT I WAS REALLY STRUCK AND MOBILIZED. WACO IS A GROUP. TOBY CASKEY, DONNA DILL, MEG WALLACE AND THE WHOLE TEAM OUT THERE. SUPER GROUP. I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY THEIR BUY IN AND REALLY, THEY PATIENTLY WATCHED THE, THE, THE PRESENTATION AND REALLY THE USEFUL FEEDBACK. I MEAN, ALMOST EVERYTHING, EVERY QUESTION, VERY PATIENT, VERY RESPECTFUL AND VERY PERTINENT QUESTION QUESTIONS ON THE DESIGN AND THE FUNCTIONALITY AND REALLY THE DETAIL. AND I WAS STRUCK NOT ONLY BY THE USEFULNESS OF THEIR QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO YOUR TEAM GRACIOUSLY TAKING NOTES LIKE CRAZY AND MAKING THIS AN ITERATIVE, ITERATIVE PROJECT AS WE AS IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER. I CAN SEE EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING OF THAT MEETING TO THE END, IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE GOT ALL THESE MORE IDEAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS. BUT I WAS IT WAS A IT WAS A COOL MEETING AND FUN TO WATCH YOU GUYS IN ACTION. AND I ALSO SAID THAT I WAS TAKING NOTES AND I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS ALL THE SAME QUESTIONS TODAY THAT THEY ASKED THE OTHER NIGHT, BUT I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT. IT'S A GENERATIONAL AND THE ALICE IS GOING TO BE A REALITY HERE IN THE NEAR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS THING HIT THE GROUND. THANK YOU COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AT THE MEETING. WE APPRECIATE IT. SO. WE NOW MOVE TO WOW. WE'RE LIKE 15 MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST TIME AS CLINT IS VERY SURPRISED RIGHT NOW. HE'S LIKE HE THOUGHT HE WASN'T HE WASN'T READY FOR THIS. SORRY, SIR. I WASN'T PREPARED TO PRESENT TODAY. I'M KIDDING. A COUPLE OF YEARS. YEAH. OUR LAST WORK SESSION COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE CLINT PETERS GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. CLINT, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THANK YOU. BRADLEY. MAYOR COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE SEVEN PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE. THEY'RE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE CITY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL PERMITS. ONE IS A FARMERS MARKET PERMIT IN CHINA SPRING AND ANOTHER IS A STR PERMIT. WE HAVE ONE FINAL PUD AND THEN FOR REZONINGS JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THESE. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHERS, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. SO THE ONE I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IS 562. THIS IS THE FINAL PUD FOR THE HILLTOP ADDITION OUT ON LOOP 340 AND HERMOSA DRIVE. JUST A LITTLE REFRESHER ABOUT OUR PUD PROCESS.

IT IS A TWO STEP PROCESS, CONCEPT PLAN APPROVAL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE ACT OF REZONING THE PROPERTY, WHICH COUNCIL DID APPROVE ON FIRST READING IN THE JUNE 17TH MEETING AND THE SECOND READING AT THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING. AND SO THAT THAT IS THE ENTITLES THE PROPERTY WITH THE

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DOES IT MATCH THE CONCEPT PLAN IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST IN THE CONCEPT PLAN, WE DID REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH THE DESIGN AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL ELEVATIONS OF THE PROPERTY. SO ACTUALLY WHAT THEY SUBMITTED WITH THEIR CONCEPT WAS FINAL PLAN LEVEL DETAIL. SO IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN. THE NEXT THING IS WE LOOK WE LOOK AT IS THERE ENOUGH SHARED OPEN SPACE. BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO BUENA VISTA PARK AND THE SMALL SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, IT WAS DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PUBLIC SPACE TO REQUIRE CONNECTIVITY TO THE BUENA VISTA PARK, SO IT WILL HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT CONNECTS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE PARK, INTO THE TRAIL SYSTEM OF THE PARK OVER 600FT OFF SITE, AND THEN ALL THE STREETS INTERNALLY TO THE SUBDIVISION WILL HAVE SIDEWALKS AS WELL, A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO THIS THIS SHOWS. AND THEN THE THIRD ITEM THAT WE LOOK AT FOR THE FINAL PIECE IS, IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUFFICIENT. AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED ALL THEIR PLANS, THEIR TRAFFIC, THEIR ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS. THAT MEETS ALL OF OUR CITY STANDARDS, INCLUDING THE TENSION UTILITIES. THEY SUBMITTED A TRAFFIC STUDY TO BOTH THE CITY AND TXDOT. BECAUSE LOOP 340 IS A TXDOT ROAD, TXDOT DID REQUIRE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR ENTRY AND EXIT, SO BE A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT ONLY TO LOOP 340 AND THEN ALL THE OTHER STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS HAVE BEEN MET. SO IT DOES MEET ALL THREE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVING THE FINAL PLAN. THAT'S PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT. THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE PLANS. SO IT IS 63 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THEY ARE 40 FOOT LOTS. AND SO THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY ZONING THAT REQUIRES A 50 FOOT LOT. SO THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PUD. SO THE DENSITY IS A LITTLE HIGHER. IT GOES FROM 49 UNITS TO 63 UNITS. THEY WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SETBACK. THE FRONT SETBACK WILL HAVE 25FT, WHICH IS STANDARD FROM THE GARAGE FACADE AND THEN 20 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE HOUSE FACADE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE CORNERS AND REAR WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR STANDARD.

WE'LL HAVE SIDEWALKS ON ALL THE STREETS. AND AGAIN WE'LL HAVE THAT CONNECTION TO THE PARK. AND THEN WE DO HAVE RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS. AND THEY PROVIDED ELEVATIONS FOR THEIR HOMES. OUR ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE FACADE VARIATIONS IN A SIX LOT PATTERN. AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THOSE. AND IT DOES MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT. AND SO PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PUD PLAN BY A VOTE OF 9 TO 0, BECAUSE IT DOES MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVING THE FINAL PUD PLAN. WE DID RECEIVE A PETITION IN OPPOSITION FOR THIS REQUEST BECAUSE THIS IS A FINAL PLAN. IT DOES NOT. THE SUPERMAJORITY THRESHOLD DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REZONING ORDINANCE. IF THEY HAD SUBMITTED THAT PETITION WITH THE REZONING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, IT DID NOT HIT THAT 20% THRESHOLD ANYWAY. IT WAS ABOUT 12% OF THE AREA WITHIN THE 200FT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? NO, I WE'VE COMMENTED ON THIS ONE. I JUST BEEN HERE. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THROUGH ISH. THERE'S JUST A HOUSING NEED AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEED THERE. HE'S I LIKE THE WAY HE HAD RESOLVED THE DENSITY CHALLENGE WITH THE CONTEXT OF BUENA VISTA PARK BEING RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT YOU DO HAVE A PLACE THAT'S VERY NEARBY FOR GREEN SPACE AND SOLVE TO THAT. AND THE SIDEWALKS ON EVERY IN BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. RIGHT? CORRECT. SO ANYWAY, I GUESS WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IT TONIGHT. AND I WASN'T GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ANY OF THE OTHERS. THEY WERE ALL RECOMMENDED BY A

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[III. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS ATTORNEY BRIEFING TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.071 NUISANCE ABATEMENT REGARDING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY UNDER THE TEXAS CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE, CHAPTER FIVE AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE NUMBER ONE PURSUING SUCH ABATEMENT, AND NUMBER TWO, HIRING OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO ASSIST IN SUCH PURSUIT. REAL PROPERTY TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT. OPEN MEETINGS ACT SECTION 551.072. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.087 AND PERSONNEL TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074.

WE WILL NOW RECONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION. AND DO WE HEAR A MOTION ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? ITEM ONE POSTED FOR POSSIBLE COUNCIL ACTION TO AUTHORIZE TO AUTHORIZE A MOTION.

GO AHEAD. MAYOR. I MOTION THE CITY ATTORNEY'S AUTHORIZED TO PURSUE NUISANCE ABATEMENT, AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND TO ENGAGE OUTSIDE COUNSEL OR EXPERTS TO ASSIST IN SUCH PURSUIT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000. SECOND MOTION A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES, YES. EWING. YES. FAIRFIELD.

[IV. BUSINESS SESSION 6:00 P.M.]

[VI. MINUTES]

[VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT TO CHINA SPRING FARMERS AND CRAFTERS FOR A FARMERS MARKET IN OUR WONBI SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT ON PROPERTY KNOWN AS 12 301 YANKEE ROAD, BY A VOTE OF NINE ZERO. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. THE REQUEST, SUBJECT TO SPECIAL PROVISIONS AND CONDITIONS, AND BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. THAT THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PURPOSES AND IN INTENT OF CHAPTER 28 ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO SEE WACO, THAT THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH APPROPRIATE AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA WHICH IS LOCATED. THAT THE PROPOSED USE WOULD NOT BE MORE OBJECTIONABLE TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, NOISE, FUMES, VIBRATIONS, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTICS THAN ANY USE PERMITTED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT WITHOUT THE GRANT OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, AND THAT AVAILABLE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES, INCLUDING THE ROAD SYSTEM PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED USE, ARE ADEQUATE FOR THE PROPOSED USE. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PETERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLINT ON THIS ITEM? AND I'M ADMITTEDLY AND MAYBE ASHAMEDLY NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THIS LOCATION. CAN YOU HELP ME? MY BEARINGS HERE? ARE THESE THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE SEEING DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN? YEAH. SO ON NORTH RIVER CROSSING YOU HAVE THE HIGH

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THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THERE BEING NONE, I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS REQUEST? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND MOTION TO SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WOULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO.

YES. WATER? YES. MERRIFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING 2025 562. DIRECTOR PETERS, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING HILLTOP HEIGHTS ADDITION FINAL PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN CONSISTING OF 63 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON PROPERTY, BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 350FT SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LOOP 340 AND KENDALL LANE ON APPROXIMATELY 10.71 ACRES. SITUATED IN THE THOMAS DE LA VEGA SURVEY. ABSTRACT 42, MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS BY A VOTE OF NINE ZERO, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

THE FINAL PUD, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS. THE FINDINGS ARE.

THE FINAL PUD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED CONCEPT PUD PLAN. CONDITIONS OF THE CONCEPT PUD PLAN AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUD ORDINANCE INTO THE CIRCULATION PLAN. PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICE PLAN. THE PRELIMINARY ARCHITECTURAL PLAN AND SITE DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPING PLAN INCLUDED IN THE FINAL PUD ARE ADEQUATE. WE DO HAVE TWO CONDITIONS. ONE, THE FINAL PLAN

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PARKING SITE COVERAGE. ACCESS AND CIRCULATION. LANDSCAPING, REFUSE LOCATION AND ACCESS AND FIRE PROTECTION. LOCATION, LOCATION AND ACCESS. AND THEN THE PROPERTY MUST SHALL BE PLATTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY BUILDING PERMITS. THANKS. DIRECTOR PETERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? AND THEN I DO HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA SLIDES THAT SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUD COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS ZONING, R-1 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NEW PUD ZONING AND THE R1. B ZONING IS 49, LOTS IS 63 LOTS A DIFFERENCE OF 14 LOTS. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND THEN THERE'LL BE SIDEWALKS ON ALL BOTH SIDES OF ALL THE STREETS INTERNAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN A SIDEWALK CONNECTING THE DEVELOPMENT TO BUENA VISTA PARK TRAIL, WHICH UNDER THE EXISTING OR PREVIOUS ZONING R1 BE THERE WOULD ONLY BE SIDEWALK REQUIRED ON ONE SIDE OF THE COLLECTOR STREET INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN. AND THEN HERE'S THE FACADES FOR THAT. THERE IS A ON A RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS. THERE IS A FACADE VARIATION REQUIREMENT THAT REQUIRES SIX DIFFERENT VARIED FACADES THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION, AND THEY HAVE MET THOSE WITH THESE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YEP. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR PETERS ON THIS ITEM BEING NONE, I WILL NOW OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CARDS HERE, BUT I WILL GIVE THE APPLICANT THE WILL PRESENT FIRST. I SEE LARRY JACKSON IN THE BACK. LARRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? AS YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, MR. JACKSON. THANK YOU, SIR. LARRY JACKSON, 13004 RAINIER DRIVE, WOODWAY, TEXAS, 76712. I JUST ASK CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT PUD. WE HAVE MET ALL THE CONDITIONS FOR PLANNING, COMMISSION AND ENGINEERING. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO PLANNING AND BEEN APPROVED.

EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO ENGINEERING AND APPROVED WITH AND THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SETS OF PLANS AND ENGINEERING ASK FOR HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON Y'ALL'S FINAL APPROVAL TO ACTUALLY GET STARTED I APPRECIATE IT. ANY QUESTIONS, ANY ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS.

I WILL JUST SAY BEFORE YOU BEFORE YOU DEPART, MR. JACKSON, THAT I THINK THE FIRST MEETING YOU CAME TO PRESENT AT, WE HAD A LOT OF PUSHBACK FOR YOU, AND IT WAS NOT THE SMOOTHEST INTERACTION. AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING CONSISTENT THROUGH THAT AND WORKING WITH OUR TEAM TO GET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE MET, AND SHOWING THAT YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WANTING TO SEE IT DONE AND SEE IT DONE RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH STAFF AND GET US EVERYTHING WE NEEDED. THANK YOU, MR. JUNG. YES, WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO WORK WITH. I MEAN, I'VE KNOWN CLINT FOR 25 YEARS AND MOST EVERYBODY DOWN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN ENGINEERING. WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO PUT IN THE BEST PROJECTS EVERYWHERE WE GO. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROPONENTS OUT THERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I NOW HAVE A CARD ON AN OPPONENT FROM TILLY RAMSAY. TILLY RAMSAY, ARE YOU HERE? MISS RAMSAY IS HERE. MISS RAMSAY, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM WHEN YOU GET THERE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS. COUNCIL. HI, MY NAME IS TILLY RAMSAY. I LIVE AT 4101 HERMOSA DRIVE, WACO, TEXAS, 76705. I LIVE IN THE TIMBERCREST NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDING HOUSING IN WACO. WE KNOW THE CITY IS GROWING AND WE WANT GROWTH THAT IS SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE AND FORWARD THINKING. BUT THE HILLTOP HEIGHTS, AS PROPOSED, DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THOSE VALUES AND WITH THE CITY OF WACO IN APPROVING IT WITHOUT MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS, WOULD PUT THE BURDEN OF POOR PLANNING ON THE VERY RESIDENTS YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BEING PRESENTED AS SERVING LOWER INCOME FAMILIES, BUT STARTING PRICES AT 250,000 DO NOT MATCH THAT DESCRIPTION. WHAT IT REALLY OFFERS ARE TINY HOUSES

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THE COST WILL FALL TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT. ALL. TRAFFIC WILL FLOW OUT OF HERMOSA DRIVE. THAT'S THE ROAD THAT'S NEXT TO THE PARK, THEN ON TO MADEIRA, POST OAK AND MADEIRA ALREADY BACKS UP EVERY EVENING WHEN TEAMS USE THE PARK FOR BASEBALL, SOCCER AND FOOTBALL PRACTICE. WHEN YOU ADD HILLTOP HEIGHTS AND FAMILIES WILL BE TRAPPED IN TRAFFIC JUST TO GET HOME. MADEIRA AND POST OAK STREETS ARE NARROW AND CRUMBLING, WHILE KENDALL AND ORCHARD, WHICH MUST CARRY THE TRAFFIC OUT TOWARD BELLE MEAD AND DOWNTOWN, WHERE MOST PEOPLE WILL BE GOING TO WORK AND TO GET THEIR SHOPPING, ARE ALREADY OVERSTRESSED WITH VEHICLES FROM SOUTH FORK NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL OF THIS WILL COLLIDE WITH PLANNED CONSTRUCTION ON EAST LOOP 40.

THAT IS SET TO BEGIN RIGHT AS THE NEW HOMES WOULD BE COMING ONTO THE MARKET. THE IMPACTS GO BEYOND TRAFFIC. THE DEVELOPER IS CLEAR, CUTTING LARGE NUMBERS OF TREES. I HEARD MENTION OF LANDSCAPING, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY PLANNING FOR REPLACING THAT. OUR SUMMERS IN CENTRAL TEXAS ARE BRUTAL AND WILL ONLY BE GETTING WORSE. SHADE IS NOT A LUXURY IN WACO THAT WE CAN AFFORD IS A NECESSITY, AND WE URGE THE CITY TO REQUIRE REPLACEMENT PLANTING FOR WHAT IS BEING DESTROYED. IT'S THE TIMBERCREST NEIGHBORHOOD. WE VALUE OUR TREES. THERE ARE ALSO SERIOUS DRAINAGE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD SOME ADDRESSING, BUT GIVEN PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS, WE HAVE CONCERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE THIS WILL BE OVERLOOKING US AND THE HEIGHT WILL BE DRAINING RIGHT DOWN INTO THE TIMBERCREST NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE BUENA VISTA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION. TIMBERCREST IS NOT AGAINST GROWTH. WE ARE ASKING FOR GROWTH THAT IS RESPONSIBLE, SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE. SO THAT MEANS, AGAIN, NUMBER ONE, REQUIRE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES TO HERMOSA, MADEIRA, POST, OAK, CROW, KENDALL AND ORCHARD BEFORE THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, PLEASE REQUIRE TREE REPLACEMENT NUMBER TWO AND REAL DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT AND HOLD DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE TO PRODUCE TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSES ON REASONABLY SIZED LOTS. NOT EXPENSIVE SPRAWL DISGUISED AS AFFORDABILITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THESE DECISIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAKE EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS RAMSAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER CARD HERE FROM MICHELLE ABEL, MISS ABEL. DID YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM? WHEN YOU GET THERE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN YOU START. MISS ABEL. HELLO. MY NAME IS MICHELLE ABEL. I LIVE AT 2600 KENDALL LANE.

EXCESSIVE SPEEDING AND CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC HAVE CAUSED CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF TIMBERCREST. SINCE THE SOUTH FORK NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN CUT IN, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION THAT GOES ON AROUND WACO, WE HAVE BEGGED REPEATEDLY FOR HELP WITH WITH SPEED CONTROLS, SPEED BUMPS, OR OFFICERS TO ENFORCE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SPEED LIMITS. WE'RE WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SPREAD TOO THIN.

OUR OUR FENCE PERSONALLY HAS BEEN RUN THROUGH BY SPEEDING TRAFFIC. I'VE BEEN REAR ENDED PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY AT WITH SOME BY SOMEONE GOING AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND WAS THROWN INTO MY DRIVEWAY AT 50 50FT. THE OTHER RESIDENCES FENCES HAVE BEEN RUN THROUGH REPEATEDLY AS WELL. ONE, PARTICULARLY ON KENDALL, HAS BEEN RUN THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL, ORNATE FENCE THREE TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE'RE ASKING THAT THE CITY, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT ORCHARD LANE AND KENDALL LANE ARE NOT APPROPRIATELY SUITED TO HANDLE THE INCREASED TRAFFIC LOAD. THAT HILLTOP HEIGHTS, TOGETHER WITH SOUTH FORK HAVE ALREADY PLACED, STRESSED THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY PLACED ON OUR NEIGHBOR, ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS CROW, THE STREETS THAT CUT BETWEEN BERKSHIRE OR BETWEEN KENDALL AND ORCHARD, WHICH ARE CROW, BERKSHIRE AND ALLSTON. WE THANK YOU. AND WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THIS BEFORE APPROVING THIS DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS ABEL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? THAT'S ALL THE CARDS. I'LL NOW ALLOW TIME FOR REBUTTAL BY THE APPLICANT, MR. JACKSON, IF YOU'D LIKE. HE WAS WAIVING HIS RIGHT TO REBUTTAL. SO SINCE THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE FOR APPROVAL, A MOTION. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES.

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THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 28, DASH 247 AND CHAPTER 28 ZONING OF THE CODE PROVIDING THE ZONING MAP SHALL BE CHANGED SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY OF AN APPROXIMATELY 0.0186 ACRES DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE, THE WALLET AND RILEY ADDITION, KNOWN AS 1414 SPADE AVENUE, SHALL BE CHANGED FROM CITY C2 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION AND BE DESIGNATED INTO R2 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND SAVINGS CLAUSE.

PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND FINDING DETERMINED THE MEETING, WHICH IS ORDINANCES PASSED, IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. BY A VOTE OF NINE ZERO. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE CHANGE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. PROPOSED ZONING ALIGNS WITH THE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PROPERTY MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR R2 ZONING. THE EXISTING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE THE USES ALLOWED IN R2 ZONING. THE PROPOSED REZONING SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF THE WACO STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN BY INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES, ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THE R2 ZONING IS A IS PRESENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PETERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I GUESS? YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED R2 OR BEEN R2, SO. WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN C-2 JUST BECAUSE OF THE ADJOINING? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE HISTORY OF IT, BUT IT IS A LOT THAT'S SIZED FOR R2. IT'S GOT A HOUSE ON IT. IT REALLY SHOULD SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ZONED C-2 TO BEGIN WITH. IS THAT THE LEGAL? NONCONFORMING.

YES, IT'S A LEGAL NONCONFORMING. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BRING THE EXISTING HOUSE INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE. GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CLINT? I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. DOES ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS REQUEST? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. BORDER ROAD. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING 2020 5-564. DIRECTOR PETERS. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, WRITING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 28, DASH 247 AND CHAPTER 28 ZONING OF THE CODE, PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP SHALL BE CHANGED SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY ON APPROXIMATELY 1.11 ACRES, DESCRIBED AS LOT SIX THROUGH EIGHT. BLOCK ONE OF THE BEACON HILL ADDITION, KNOWN AS 1805 MONTE VISTA STREET AND 4504 BAGBY AVENUE, SHALL BE CHANGED FROM R-1. B DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION BECOME TO BE DESIGNATED INTO THREE DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND FINDING. DETERMINING MEANING IN WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. BY A VOTE OF NINE ZERO. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. THE CHANGE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. PROPOSED ZONING IS KEEPING WITH THE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS ADEQUATE TO PROVIDE FOR USE IS ALLOWED. NO. THREE ZONING PROPERTY MEETS ALL THE AREA AND WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR THREE ZONING. THERE'S R-3 ZONING, THE VICINITY OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN THE OFFICE USE PERMITTED. OH THREE CAN PROVIDE A BUFFER BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL USES LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND COMMERCIAL ZONING TOWARDS THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ON THIS HEARING? NONE. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. DOES ANYONE PRESENT OUT THERE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS REQUEST? SEEING NO SPEAKERS WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND MOTION AND SECOND? WE'LL NOW HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WOULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. BORDER ROAD. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES.

HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS PUBLIC HEARING 2020 5-565. DIRECTOR PETERS. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 28, 247 AND CHAPTER 28 ZONING OF THE CODE, PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP

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IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NO SPEAKERS WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? THERE BEING NONE, I WILL ASK CITY SECRETARY HICKS TO PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. YES. BORDER ROAD. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES.

EWING. YES. HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM CONSIDERS PUBLIC HEARING 2020 5-5 66. DIRECTOR PETERS. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 28, 247 AND CHAPTER 28 ZONING OF THE CODE, PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP SHALL BE CHANGED OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF APPROXIMATELY 1.313 ACRES. DESCRIBES LOT THREE, BLOCK ONE LINEAR RANCH ADDITION, KNOWN AS 4305 FLAT ROCK ROAD, BE REZONED FROM OPEN SPACE TO URBAN RESIDENTIAL AND FROM R-1, B DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION TO R-2 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND FINDING THE DETERMINANT THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. BY A VOTE, NINE ZERO PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

THE LAND USE CHANGE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. THE EXISTING AND PLANNED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE ZONING DISTRICTS PERMITTED UNDER THE PROPOSED URBAN, RESIDENTIAL, AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO A COLLECTOR FLAT ROCK ROAD, WHICH IS CONDUCIVE TO HIGHER DENSITY LAND USE. DESIGNATION PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONING. THE PROPOSED ZONING ALIGNS WITH THE LAND USE COMPONENT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS REVISED PROPERTY MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR R-2 ZONING AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR USES IN R-2 ZONING. THE BUILDING HEIGHT REQUIREMENT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR R-2 ZONING ARE EQUIVALENT TO THE ADJACENT R-1 REQUIREMENTS.

THE PROPOSED REZONING SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF THE HOUSING PLAN BY INCREASING SUPPLY OF DENSITY OF RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES, AND THEN R-2 ZONING IS PRESENT IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PETERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. IS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS REQUEST? SEEING NO SPEAKERS WILL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE FOR APPROVAL? MAYOR. SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THERE BEING NONE, I WILL ASK CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. WATER? YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE

[IX. CONSENT AGENDA]

[XI. ORDINANCES]

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AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK OF WACO PD. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. YES. MERRIFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES.

NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-5 90. CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON CARROLL. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS.

REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. HEREWITH PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. THIS ORDINANCE WAS WAS APPROVED BY A60 VOTE ON FIRST READING ON AUGUST 5TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON SECOND READING? SECOND MOTION A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES.

HOLMES I. THAT MOTION PASSES ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025. DASH 591 IS NEXT. THE CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28 ZONING. ARTICLE FOUR, DIVISION 31, SPECIAL DISTRICT RIVERWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR THE CITY OF WACO. BY AMENDING THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE THE DEFINITION OF COTTAGE RESIDENTIAL AND PROVIDING REFERENCE TO THE MOST RECENTLY ADOPTED RIVERWAY DESIGN BOOK AND AMENDING THE RIVERWAY DESIGN BOOK BY ADDING THE COTTAGE RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT AS AN ALLOWABLE HOUSING TYPE AND REVISING THE CONCEPT PLAN.

STREET LAYOUT. REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, HEREWITH PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND FUNDING, AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY A60 COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON AUGUST 5TH, 2025. DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE SECOND READING MOVE FOR APPROVAL ON SECOND READING? SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. YES. ORDERUD. YES. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-5 92 CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON CARROLL. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, CHANGING THE STREET NAME OF A PORTION OF 42ND STREET BETWEEN COLCORD AVENUE AND BOSQUE BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF WACO, MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS, TO LIONS WAY, AUTHORIZING THE CHANGING OF THE STREET PLAN TO REFLECT THE NAME AUTHORIZING THE CHANGING OF THE CITY OF WACO MAPS AND PROVIDING FOR NEW STREET SIGNS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY A50 COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON AUGUST 5TH, AND ALL OTHER PREVIOUSLY READ ORDINANCES WERE FIVE ZERO VOTE ON AUGUST 5TH. ALSO. THANK YOU. DO I HEAR A MOTION ON SECOND READING? MAYOR HAVING DROPPED MY SON OFF ON LIONS WAY THIS MORNING FOR CROSS COUNTRY PRACTICE, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO NOW WE HAVE SOME TIME FOR DISCUSSION. YEAH, THIS IS A LIONS WAY. NOW WHAT WAS HE. WHAT WAS THE OLD NAME WAS 42ND. IS IT 42ND? IT'S THE ONE THAT GOES IN FROM BOSQUE RIGHT INTO THE SCHOOL. SO WE'RE RENAMING IT LIONS WAY. AND EVEN THOUGH GEORGE CHASE ISN'T HERE TONIGHT, HE'S AN ALUMNI. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET HIM INTO THE RECORD TOO. BUT IT'S KIND OF A COOL THING WE'RE DOING. THE NEW HIGH SCHOOLS OVER THERE JUST OPENED LAST WEEK, SO THIS IS KIND OF FUN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? WE WILL NOW TAKE THIS TO A VOTE. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. BORDER ROAD.

YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-5 93. CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON KARAM. AN ORDINANCE REVISING CHAPTER 20 ZONING OF THE WACO CODE OF ORDINANCES. SECTION 21 OF ARTICLE ONE. IN GENERAL, AS SECTION 20 EIGHT, DASH 132 OF DIVISION SIX AMENDMENTS. SUPPLEMENTS. CHANGES OF ZONING ORDINANCE. SPECIAL PERMITS OF ARTICLE TWO ADMINISTRATION AND SECTION 28 151 OF SECTION SEVEN PUBLIC HEARINGS OF ARTICLE TWO ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE AMENDMENTS RELATED TO TOP TWO PROTESTS AND PROCEDURES FOR CHANGES TO A ZONING, REGULATION OR DISTRICT BOUNDARY IN COMPLIANCE WITH REVISIONS TO THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 211. PER HOUSE BILL NUMBER 24 OF THE 89TH REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. HEREWITH

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PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY A50 COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON AUGUST 5TH, 2025. DO I HEAR A MOTION ON SECOND READING? MOVE FOR APPROVAL ON SECOND READING? MAYOR. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THIS IS THE FIRST OF. I THINK THE NEXT TWO ARE ALSO WE'RE MAKING OUR CITY ORDINANCES COMPLIANT WITH NEW LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IN THIS PAST SESSION. SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES, YES. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM CONSIDER IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-594 CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON CARROLL. AN ORDINANCE REVISING CHAPTER 28 ZONING OF THE WACO CODE OF ORDINANCES. SECTION 20 8-1, ARTICLE ONE. IN GENERAL. SECTION 20 8-9 28 OF DIVISION THREE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND USES OF ARTICLE FIVE SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS TO MAKE AMENDMENTS RELATED TO HOME OCCUPATIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH REVISIONS TO THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 211 PER HOUSE BILL NUMBER 2464 OF THE 89TH REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE. PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES.

PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY A50 COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON AUGUST 5TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION ON SECOND READING MOVE FOR APPROVAL ON SECOND READING? SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. YES. YES. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-595 CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON, KAREN SUPERVISING CHAPTER 28 ZONING OF THE WACO CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 20 8-1 OF ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL AND ADDING SECTION 20 8-970.6.1 AS NEW DIVISION TEN DWELLING UNIT OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE FIVE SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS TO MAKE AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE OCCUPANCY OF DWELLING UNITS IN COMPLIANCE WITH REVISIONS TO THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 211 PER SENATE BILL NUMBER 1567 OF THE 89TH REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE. PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY A50 COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON AUGUST 5TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION ON SECOND READING? MOVED FOR APPROVAL ON SECOND MOVED FOR APPROVAL ON SECOND READING.

SECOND ON SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. YES. ORDERUD. YES. MERRIFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM CONSIDER IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-5 96 CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON CARROLL. AN ORDINANCE REVISING CHAPTER 28 ZONING OF THE WACO CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES AT SECTION 20 8-1, ARTICLE ONE. IN GENERAL AS SECTION 28, DASH 624 OF DIVISION 16 C-2 COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF ARTICLE FOUR DISTRICT REGULATIONS TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR WHOLESALE BUYING CLUB AND TO ALLOW A WHOLESALE BUYING CLUB AS A SPECIAL PERMITTED USE IN THE C-2 COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.

HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE. PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. PROVIDING SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY FIVE ZERO COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON AUGUST 5TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION ON SECOND READING? MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. YES. BORDER.

YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS THE

[XII. HEARING OF ANY VISITOR CONCERNING CITY BUSINESS]

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YOU'LL BE GIVEN TEN MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU STAND IN SUPPORT OF A PERSON GETTING TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK, YOU ARE FORFEITING YOUR RIGHT TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. FOR ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE USE OF A TRANSLATOR, THE SPEAKING TIME WILL BE DOUBLED TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRANSLATION SERVICES. WHILE PUBLIC DISCOURSE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN THE MEETING SO THAT ALL PERSONS MAY BE HEARD AND CITY BUSINESS MAY BE CONDUCTED, IF SO DIRECTED BY ME, THE SERGEANT AT ARMS SHALL REMOVE FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING ANY PERSON WHO, WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL OR WHILE ATTENDING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAKES PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS IF THEY BECOME BOISTEROUS OR IF THEY MAKE UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS FROM THE AUDIENCE CLAPPING HANDS, STOMPING FEET, WHISTLING, YELLING OR MAKING SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF CARDS HERE. THE FIRST CARD IS FROM RANDY ALEMAN.

RANDY. MR. ALEMAN. YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM WHEN YOU GET THERE, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING, I'M RANDY ALEMAN, I'M A CITY OF WACO RETIREE. I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF TONIGHT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR MYSELF. PERSONALLY, I'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES IN RECENT YEARS. CITY MANAGER FORD REACHED OUT TO ME RECENTLY AND WE CHATTED ON THE PHONE. WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION. I'VE SERVED IN WACO AT ABOUT ALMOST 40.5 YEARS, RETIRED JUST OVER TEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND EVEN THOUGH I'M A RETIRED SUPERVISOR, I GET HIT WITH INFLATION JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS. OKAY. AND THE COMPUTER SAYS THAT SINCE JANUARY 31ST OF 2015, I'VE LOST ABOUT 34.4% IN PURCHASING POWER, ACCORDING TO THE COMPUTER. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR A BETTER COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. IN YOUR AUGUST 5TH COUNCIL PRESENTATION, YOU GUYS NOTED STICKY INFLATION IS STILL HERE THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR AS WELL. IN 2022, I LOST MY DEAR WIFE CAROL, SO I LOST THE INCOME SHE HAD. OF COURSE, I JUST MENTIONED THE INFLATION. MY IRS TAXES GO UP, WENT UP, PROPERTY TAXES WENT UP. AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYTHING ELSE WENT UP AS WELL. SO WHEN I RETIRED IN JANUARY OF 15, IN JULY OF 2016, KIND OF SELF-SERVING, I SENT MY FIRST EMAIL ABOUT A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. SO EVEN THOUGH I'D BEEN RETIRED ONLY A YEAR AND A HALF, IT WAS TIME TO START ASKING. OKAY, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WOULD TAKE QUITE THIS LONG, BUT I GUESS THAT CONCERN OR TORCH THE BEAR OR PASSION OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ATTACH TO MY FERVOR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL. SO I NEED OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY RESTORE A 70% RETROACTIVE REPEATING COLA FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS. WE ACTUALLY HAD MOST OF THAT OR. MOST OF THAT. THE BETTER PART OF A 20 YEAR TIME PERIOD MANY YEARS AGO, FROM ABOUT 1992 TO 2012, EVEN THOUGH THE 70% RETROACTIVE REPEATING COLA IS THE HIGHEST YOU CAN GET. KEEP IN MIND THAT IT'S ALWAYS 13 MONTHS BEHIND IN REAL TIME WITH THE CURRENT EFFECTS OF INFLATION, AND WE ONLY, IF APPROVED, CAN RECAPTURE UP TO 70% OF THE INFLATION. WE NEVER RECAPTURE 100% OF THE INFLATION.

SO IT'S JUST I NEED YOUR HELP AND OF COURSE OTHERS NEED YOUR HELP. WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT APPROVED IF FUNDING PERMITS THIS COMING JANUARY JANUARY OF 2026. SO THAT'S REALLY THE BULK OF WHAT OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. I'M AVAILABLE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AS WELL. SURE. WE HAVE ONE MORE CARD HERE, AUSTIN HALL. SEE YOU OUT THERE TONIGHT. MR. HALL, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, JUST

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SORRY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, MY PARTNER IS A PART OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY. MY MOTHER WORKS FOR THE MCLENNAN COUNTY ARC. I'VE. I'VE SEEN HOW EXCLUSION CAN HARM PEOPLE, AND I'VE SEEN HOW INCLUSION MAKES THEM STRONGER. WACO HAS ABOUT 200 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON A SINGLE NIGHT. OVER 16,900 RESIDENTS LIVE WITH SOME SORT OF DISABILITY, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL STATE, DATA SHOWS. 1 IN 11 TEXAS RESIDENTS ADULTS IDENTIFY AS AN LGBTQ MEMBER HERE IN WACO. THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 13,000 RESIDENTS.

THE CITY BOASTS A NEAR 25% POVERTY RATE AND A NEAR 15% AND NEAR 15% OF FAMILIES FALL BELOW THE POVERTY LINE AS OF DECEMBER 2024. THAT WAS DURING THE WORK SESSION THAT PUTS OVER 30,000 INDIVIDUALS AND NEARLY 4500 FAMILIES UNDER THE POVERTY LINE, WHICH FAR EXCEEDS THE STATE AVERAGE OF NEARLY 14% OF INDIVIDUALS, AND SAME FOR FAMILIES. ALL OF THESE STATES INCLUDE THE NEARLY 30% OF THE POPULATION THAT IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18, AND ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR THE NEAR 13% OF OUR POPULATION THAT IS OVER THE AGE OF 65. THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, COWORKERS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE EXCLUDED, COSTS RISE. HOMELESSNESS DRIVES POLICE AND HOSPITAL SPENDING AND ACCESSIBLE SPACES REDUCE WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION AND DISCRIMINATION. SINCE RESIDENTS AND TALENTS AWAY, I ASK YOU TO ACT NOW. EXPAND NONDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS BEYOND CITY EMPLOYEES TO HOUSING, PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND CONTRACTS, INCREASE LOW BARRIER SHELTER BEDS AND PRIORITIZE HOUSING. FIRST PLACEMENTS. FUND A MOBILE CRISIS TEAM PAIRING MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND FORCE ADA ACCESS ACROSS ALL PUBLIC SPACES AND OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT. THESE STEPS ARE PRACTICAL. THEY WILL REDUCE COST, KEEP PEOPLE WORKING, AND HELP WACO GROW. I URGE YOU TO PUT THESE PRIORITIES AT THE TOP OF YOUR AGENDA AND COMMIT TO MEASURABLE PROGRESS. I SPOKE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT UNTIL CHANGE IS MADE. I AM DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THESE ISSUES BECAUSE THEY ARE PERSONAL TO ME. I KNOW THE FACES BEHIND THESE NUMBERS. I'VE HEARD THEIR STORIES AND MY MOTHER'S WORKPLACE, AND I'VE SEEN HOW MY PARTNERS TREATED DIFFERENTLY DAILY BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE. MY EMOTIONS RUN HIGH WHEN I SPEAK BECAUSE I WANT A CITY WHERE NO ONE IS INVISIBLE AND EVERYONE IS INCLUDED. I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP, NOT ONLY IN PASSING POLICY, BUT IN EDUCATING OUR CITY. MANY PEOPLE DO NOT SEE THESE ISSUES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER PERSONALLY HAD EXPERIENCE WITH A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY. THEY DO NOT SEE HOW IMPORTANT THESE NEIGHBORS ARE TO WACO'S FUTURE. WE WILL NOT HAVE THE BEST VERSION OF OUR CITY UNTIL EVERY RESIDENT IS VALUED AND INCLUDED. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU AUSTIN. GREAT TIMING. BY THE WAY, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK DURING HEARING OF VISITORS?

[XIII. COUNCIL COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

MR. MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMUNITY UPDATES BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO. THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING WITH ME. I'M I'M I'M RECOVERING AND I'LL BE BACK ON THE DAIS WITH YOU. SHOULD BE FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER. SO I THINK THAT'S THE SECOND MEETING. BUT I APPRECIATE CITY STAFF AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PRAYERS, THEIR MEALS, THEIR WARM WISHES, FLOWERS, ALL THE THINGS.

BUT I'M GETTING BETTER AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOON. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. OF COURSE, IN MY ENDEAVORS WITH HTML, I WASN'T CRYING. Y'ALL WERE CRYING BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU WERE SAYING THE THINGS. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FAMILY. THANKS, MAYOR PRO TEM MERRIFIELD, WE MISS YOU FOR SURE. I'M GLAD. AT LEAST WE CAN SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL JUST SAY RIGHT QUICKLY. I WAS HONORED THIS PAST WEEKEND TO BE INVITED UP TO ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA TO VISIT THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE WICHITA, THE WACO OR TRIBE MEETING, WHICH IS SUPER COOL. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. IT'S A GREAT CEREMONY AND GOT TO GO AROUND AND VISITING THE CEMETERY AND ACTUAL BURIAL SITES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN IN WACO AND WERE JUST

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WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LOZANO, BUT SINCE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ'S DEPARTURE, YOU ARE THE LAST MEMBER OF COUNCIL MAYOR THAT USES AI FOR YOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES. HOPEFULLY, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER WILL GET IN THE LINE ON THE. BUT TO BE NOTED, HE ALSO DOES NOT SAY NAY WHEN HE'S VOTING NO. CORRECT. CENTURIES OLD, CENTURIES OLD TRADITION.

OKAY, THAT I'LL WORK ON IT. YOU KNOW, I MAY SLIP UP EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THERE'S ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ANYTHING, ANYTHING COMING FROM OVER THERE? NO. OKAY, WE WILL NOW. WE WILL

[III. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]