Oct 07, 2025 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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THE WACO CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2025 TO ORDER AT 3:. WACO CITY COUNCIL. NICE CROWD IN HERE TODAY. WELCOME TO ALL THE PEOPLE GATHERED HERE, MAYOR JIM HOLMES. I'M JOINED ON THE DAIS HERE TODAY BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, ISABEL LOZANO, JOSH BOYD, DARIUS EWING, GEORGE CHASE AND MAYOR PRO TEM ANDREA FAIRFIELD, NEXT TO ME, TO MY IMMEDIATE LEFT, ALSO JOINED ON THE ADJACENT DAIS BY OUR SENIOR CITY STAFF. WE HAVE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER DEIDRE EMERSON RUNNING THE MEETING TODAY. OVER HERE. WE ALSO HAVE KRISTEN HAMILTON, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AND OUR CITY SECRETARY, MICHELLE HICKS, A FULL HOUSE HERE TODAY. THIS IS GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. ALL RIGHT. FIRST ITEM

[WORK SESSION]

WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE HERE TODAY. WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US. AND SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO DO AN EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM HAS ENSURED TWO GREAT EXPERIENCES FOR TWO GREAT PROJECTS IN SOUTH WACO. FIRST, THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF THE SOUTH WACO MURAL, A VISION OF THE CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT CELEBRATES TEXAS HISPANIC HERITAGE AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. AND SECOND, THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE ALICE MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ PARK, A $25 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO AN ALL INCLUSIVE PARK. A LEGACY PROJECT HONORING FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER ALICE RODRIGUEZ AND OTHER HISPANIC LEADERS AND THEIR UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PROJECT BE COMPLETED IN LATE 2026, AND THEN, FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, THE CITY OF WACO HAS OBSERVED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT DUE TO A SPECIAL PRESENTATION SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING'S BUSINESS SESSION, WE WILL RESPECTFULLY ASK MAYOR HOLMES TO PRESENT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROCLAMATION DURING TODAY'S WORK SESSION TO ENSURE THAT WE PROPERLY RECOGNIZE THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY EVENT. SO, MAYOR, IF WE CAN GET THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TEAM, COMMUNITY TEAM DOWN AND THE ISSUANCE OF DETECTIVE MCGRUFF, I WILL MEET YOU DOWN AT THE PODIUM. MAYOR AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, IS IT OKAY IF THOSE OF US WHO GREW UP WITH MCGRUFF JUST IN OUR HEARTS, COULD GO DOWN THERE AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S YOUR TIME TO SHINE. I APPRECIATE YOU. YOU'RE THE BEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE HAVE WE HAVE A CELEBRITY AMONG US TODAY RIGHT HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS SUCH A SPECIAL NIGHT FOR THE CITY OF EACH OF EARLY OCTOBER, WHERE WE DO THIS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT DAY, AND IT'S REALLY A COMBINATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH HAVE BEEN STRENGTHENED MATERIALLY OVER THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS WITH HARRISON'S WITH US TODAY. LET'S NOT HERE, BUT I'M SO PROUD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE STRENGTH THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I THINK THERE'S 22 INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT REALLY ACTIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD CARE AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS.

AND TO HAVE THAT MATCHED WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE GOT THE BEST POLICE CHIEF IN THE WORLD WITH CHIEF VICTORIAN AND WITH IN THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE WORLD. AND YOU KNOW THAT. AND I'M SO PROUD TO SAY THIS. WE HAVE THE LOWEST CRIME RATE IN OVER 30 YEARS. SO IT'S A IT'S A. WHICH WHICH IS REALLY WE CAN THANK THE SYNERGIES THE WAY I SEE THE SYNERGIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHO ARE WHO CARE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO CARE TO LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND AND INTERACT. OUR RELATIONAL POLICING IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. SO I WANT TO JUST ADD THAT IN.

AND IN ADDITION TO HAVING MCGRUFF HERE, WHO'S BEEN A CHILDHOOD HERO OF MINE. SO I'M

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AND I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND ME, ALONG WITH THE WACO POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN OBSERVING AMERICA'S NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS A NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN THAT PROMOTES STRONG RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLICE AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THIS INITIATIVE ENCOURAGES NEIGHBORS TO CONNECT, TO BUILD TRUST, AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER AND MORE UNITED. ON THIS DAY, WE RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS WHO PARTNER WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PREVENT CRIME AND TO BUILD A SENSE OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER BY HOSTING BLOCK PARTIES, ORGANIZING LOCAL EVENTS, OR SIMPLY REACHING OUT TO CONNECT WITH NEIGHBORS, RESIDENTS ARE PLAYING A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING SAFER, MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITIES. WE INVITE EVERYONE IN WACO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO TURN ON THEIR PORCH LIGHTS, STEP OUTSIDE, AND JOIN IN THIS COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY BONDS AND STAND TOGETHER AGAINST CRIME. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, WITNESS MY HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF WACO THIS SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025, AND IS SIGNED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. A FEW WORDS, PLEASE. YES, SURE.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY MANAGER FORD AND OUR CITY MANAGER'S TEAM LEADERSHIP TEAM. OUR TEAM. AND MISS CANDACE CRUZ WHO HAS LED THIS EFFORT. WE ARE VISITING 25 NEIGHBORHOODS ON TONIGHT. THAT'S HOW MANY SIGNED UP FOR US TO COME AND VISIT. AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER COUNCIL, YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND JUST CONTINUE THIS JUST WONDERFUL TRADITION THAT WE HAVE OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT HERE IN TEXAS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR OUR PROCLAMATION. AND WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU GO TOO FAR, DO YOU MIND STAYING THERE JUST FOR A SECOND, PLEASE? WE HAVE WE NOTICED THAT WE HAVE OUR CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT TEAM IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US. AND SO WOULD YOU ALL STAND. AND SO IT IS NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK. AND SO THERE'S A PROCLAMATION THAT YOU'RE SCHEDULED TO DO AT 6 P.M. BUT SINCE ALL THE STAFF ARE HERE NOW, WOULD YOU MIND DOING THAT WITH THEM NOW? ABSOLUTELY.

REMAIN STANDING DURING MY LITTLE THIS IS GOING TO BE YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE LONG. THIS IS ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK. AND OUR GROUP RIGHT HERE IS REPRESENTING THAT. YOU KNOW, SINCE I'M AN OLD CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FROM A COMPANY, I LOVE TALKING ABOUT BEST IN CLASS SERVICE AND WHICH IS WHAT I TRIED TO DO IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WHAT I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN PUBLIC SECTOR. AND WE'VE GOT SUCH GREAT STAFF HERE AT THE CITY THAT THAT REALLY EMBRACES THAT GOAL. WE'VE BUILT A CULTURE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE AND CUSTOMER FIRST MENTALITY. WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT AND WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WITH BETTER SYSTEM, BETTER PROCESSES, AND JUST A FOCUS ON ON CUSTOMER BEING NUMBER ONE. SO THANKS TO STAFF AND ALSO THANKS TO WACO RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THIS IS ALWAYS AN INTERACTIVE, ITERATIVE PROCESS. AS WE AS WE BECOME BETTER AND THE CUSTOMERS, CUSTOMERS AND RESIDENTS HELP US BECOME BETTER. SO WE'RE CONTINUALLY STRIVING TO BE BEST IN CLASS. I APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT. SO WITH THAT, YOU ALL WANT TO COME DOWN HERE SO I CAN PRESENT THIS TO YOU, PLEASE.

THIS IS GREAT. THANKS. APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY, I'M GOING TO NOW READ THE PROCLAMATION. I, JIM HOLMES, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 6TH THROUGH 10TH, 2025 AS CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK IN THE CITY OF WACO. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. JOHN. AND I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND ME AND RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE PROFESSIONALS. LET US ALL COMMIT TO PROMOTING A CULTURE OF SERVICE, GRATITUDE, AND RESPECT NOT JUST THIS WEEK, BUT EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDS AS THE HEARTBEAT OF ANY ORGANIZATION FOSTERING TRUST, NURTURING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS, AND

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SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HERE WE GO. JUST IN TIME. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE IN. MOVE TO THE MIDDLE. GET THE WHOLE SCHMEAR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

APPRECIATE IT. OH, WELL, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF OUR MAYOR AND OUR COUNCIL. CUSTOMER SERVICE, AS THE PROCLAMATION READS, IS THE FACE OF THE CITY. MANY PEOPLE NEVER DEAL WITH ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAN OURS IN THE CITY. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE DELIVER THAT FIRST IN CLASS SERVICE AND THAT WE SUPPORT OUR CITIZENS IN TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE ANY ISSUES THEY HAVE WITH THE CITY. SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR MAKING THAT SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION. THERE ARE THREE INFORMAL REPORTS TODAY AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. I HAD ONE QUESTION. ARE WE GOING TO DO THESE SEPARATELY? OKAY. THE INFORMAL REPORTS I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON. LET ME FIND MY NOTES. MAYOR, DO YOU MIND IF IF I MAKE A NOTE ABOUT OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER'S FIRST ITEMS? WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT QUESTION, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO THE PARKS TEAM AND TO CITY MANAGER BRADLEY FORD AND TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND OUR STAFF FOR A WONDERFUL UNVEILING OF THE MURAL AT SOUTH WACO COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WAS A GREAT EVENT, JOYOUS AND LONG OVERDUE IN MANY WAYS, BUT WONDERFULLY DELIVERED. SO THANKS TO ALL FOR WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN. AND ALSO THIS LAST SATURDAY, I FELT LIKE ALICE MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ PARKS GROUNDBREAKING WAS A SIMILARLY JOYFUL AFFAIR. SO THANK YOU TO STAFF. THANK YOU TO THIS COUNCIL FOR PRIORITIZING IT. I THINK THAT WAS A MAJOR EVENT IN THE LIFE OF OUR CITY, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PARK BEING DEVELOPED IN THE NEXT 14 MONTHS. AND I'M GOING TO ECHO EVERYTHING, JOSH SAID. BECAUSE IT WAS AN THE TWO EVENTS WERE AMAZING AND JUST REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL BE, AND ELEVATING OUR ALL OF THE CULTURES THAT ARE, THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION ON ONE OF THE OTHER IR ABOUT THE WACO TOURISM REBRANDING PROJECT. MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE JUST UNDERWENT AN AMAZING REBRANDING CAMPAIGN FOR THE CITY OF WACO ITSELF. BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE SEPARATED OUR OUR CONVENTION CENTER INTO A DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND WE'VE BECOME A DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION. YOU'LL HEAR DMO, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. WE DECIDED WE NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE AND HOW TO BE REFLECTIVE OF WHO WE WHO WE ARE TO OUR VISITORS. AND WHEN I TELL YOU, IT IS PROBABLY CHINESE ARITHMETIC IS ON STEROIDS, IS EASIER THAN BRINGING IN 8 MILLION IDEAS TO WHAT IS IS WACO AND WHAT WE SELL WACO AS, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN ONE THING AND WE IT CANNOT BE DRILLED DOWN INTO JUST ONE THING. THAT'S WACO. AND SO THE TEAM WENT OUT AND GOT SOME AMAZING CONSULTANTS. WE HAD A LOT OF IDEAS COME THROUGH. WE THREW ALL OF THEM IN THE TRASH AND STARTED OVER AGAIN. BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT RIGHT, IT'S NOT RIGHT. AND LIKE WE SAID, CAST THE NET ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND WHAT WE DID WAS FOUND A WAY TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY. SO IT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT HERE, BUT THE INFORMATION IS IN THE

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THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STEEL 71 JOBS AND 117 MILLION IN NEW INVESTMENT, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING SOME SOME COOL PROJECTS, THE WESTLAKE PROJECT, WHERE WE EXPAND ACROSS THE RIVER WITH A BUNCH OF HOUSING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN HOUSING ON THE RENAISSANCE SINGER HEIGHTS PROJECT WITH 25 UNITS THERE.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BAYLOR AREA HOUSING WITH THE PUD GOING IN THERE ON SIXTH AND JAMES.

JUST SUPER EXCITING THERE. AND THEN ALSO, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE WE FUND AND DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT FOR OUR BUSINESS CHAMBERS. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER, CEN-TEX HISPANIC AND GREATER WACO CHAMBER. APPRECIATE ALL THEIR WORK AND PARTNERSHIPS THERE.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE PEOPLE ARE GIVING STARTING TO GIVE THE CITY STUFF, WHICH IS A GREAT TREND. A&M IS DONATING A WILDFIRE FIGHTING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A WILDFIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE. IT'S A WILDFIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE. ONE OF THOSE COULD BE BOTH, BUT THAT'S COOL. IT'S LIKE A $650,000 UNIT. WE'RE EXCITED TO ACCEPT THAT. AND ALSO CISCO ELECTRICAL IS DONATING SOME VERY INTEGRAL PARTS TO OUR STEAM PROJECT. SO THIS TO ME THIS IS ONE THIS IS GREAT AGENDA A LOT OF COOL STUFF HAPPENING IN THE CITY. SO YEAH,

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BUT THANKS DEIDRE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WE WILL NOW GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDE RESOLUTIONS G ONE THROUGH RESOLUTIONS G 31. THERE ARE ACTUALLY NO AFFIDAVITS OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST TODAY, WHICH IS, I THINK MAYBE THE FIRST TIME IN A IN A LONG TIME.

BUT ANYWAY, SO WE ALL GET TO VOTE ON ALL 31 AGENDA ITEMS. SO IT INCLUDES RESOLUTIONS G ONE THROUGH G 31. AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION ITEMS B5 THROUGH B8. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER EMERSON, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST WORK SESSION? ALL RIGHT. SO THE FIRST WORK SESSION WE HAVE IS THE DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVE IMPROVEMENTS FOR TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY. CHARLES LEASE, DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES WILL PRESENT TODAY.

THIS PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON THE REHABILITATION OF TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY. ORIGINALLY A TWO LANE COUNTY ROAD BUILT IN PHASES BEFORE 1970 THROUGH THE 1990S. NOW A CRITICAL INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SERVING OVER 90 BUSINESSES IN THE CITY'S TEXAS CENTRAL BUSINESS PARK. WITH INCREASING TRAFFIC AND HEAVY TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC TRUCK USE. BEYOND ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN, THE ROADWAY IS SHOWING SIGNIFICANT PAVEMENT DISTRESS. THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS DISCUSSED TODAY AIM TO ENHANCE RIDE QUALITY, REDUCE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE DEMANDS AND LOWER OPERATIONAL COSTS BY POTENTIALLY EASING THE STRAIN ON CITY RESOURCES.

CHARLES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STREETS FOR A FEW OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN SOME MARATHON SESSIONS. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM FROM FUNDING TO STREET DESIGN TO HOW WE SELECT STREETS FOR OUR PROGRAM AND HOW WE RATE STREETS. TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO A HALF MARATHON, AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY. PLAN TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY, HOW WE GOT HERE, AND PERHAPS A NEW STRATEGY TO GET THIS STREET IN A BETTER CONDITION, SOME RECENT BID TRENDS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR INDUSTRY, HOW WE PROPOSE TO FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A SCHEDULE. TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF WACO. IT WAS BUILT IN THE 60S AND 70S. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A COUNTY ROAD, AND NOW IT SERVES ONE OF OUR ECONOMIC ENGINES IN TEXAS CENTRAL PARK, 90 PLUS BUSINESSES, 14,000 PLUS JOBS. THIS AREA EXPECTS INFILL IN THE FUTURE AND EXPECTS A VEHICLE LOAD OF AROUND 14,000 VEHICLES EACH DAY BY THE YEAR 2040. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, I'VE GOT A NUMBER THERE ABOUT 12,000,000FTS OF FACILITY SPACE. SO LOTS OF BIG BUSINESS FOR WACO, TEXAS. IN THE PAST, THE STRATEGY FOR REPLACEMENT OF TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY WAS A CONCRETE STREET ADJUSTING LANE SIZE, ADJUSTING LOCATION OF UTILITIES. QUITE AN EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SO CONCRETE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR SEVERAL REASONS. NUMBER ONE, LOWER MAINTENANCE SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LOAD AND A LONGER USEFUL LIFE. HOWEVER, LOTS OF CHALLENGES WITH THIS EXTENSIVE ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION. AROUND $67 MILLION. IT'S A HEAVY LIFT, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN WACO, TEXAS. THIS RECONSTRUCTION ALSO CAUSES SOME OTHER THINGS, AND WE'LL GET INTO THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.

ALL RIGHT. TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY, DIVIDED IN FOUR SEGMENTS. I BELIEVE IT'S CENTRAL PARK TO IMPERIAL AND SEGMENT ONE, THAT'S CIRCA 1994, PAVING AND OVERLAID LAST IN 2017 AND CURRENTLY IN A FAIR CONDITION. JUST TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. SEGMENT TWO WE'RE TALKING IMPERIAL TO MARS. IT'S ALSO IN A FAIR CONDITION. 57 PCI, TWO LANES CONSTRUCTED IN THE 60S, LAST OVERLAID IN 1995. SEGMENT THREE IS A POOR CONDITION SEGMENT AND IT MOVES TO FOUR LANES. LOTS OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. WE'VE GOT SOME RAIL SECTION IN THERE, AND SEGMENT FOUR IS A FAIR SECTION OF PAVING FOUR LANES AS WELL. LOOKS LIKE WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 86 AND OVERLAID IN 2005. OKAY. SO WHY WHY CHOOSE A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OPTION VERSUS A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION. IT'S GOT A COUPLE CATEGORIES HERE. NUMBER

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RECONSTRUCTION IS GREAT. IT WOULD RESET THE LIFESPAN OF THIS PARTICULAR PAVING, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER COST. THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE TRAFFIC IMPACTS, BUSINESS IMPACTS, A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WILL HAVE MUCH LESS DISRUPTION TO TRAFFIC FLOW FOR THESE BUSINESSES.

PERFECT EXAMPLE IS OUR BAGBY PROJECT. WHEN YOU RECONSTRUCT A STREET FROM SCRATCH, YOU WORK ON UTILITIES. IT'S EXTREMELY LONG, CUMBERSOME, AND IMPACTFUL TO ALL OF THOSE ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, BUSINESSES. AND THEN JUST TIMING, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT PREVIOUSLY ABOUT GETTING THESE STREETS REPAIRED AND REPLACED AND THEIR APPROPRIATE TIME, AND WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE CHEAPER OPTIONS TO GET A GOOD QUALITY PAVEMENT. ALL RIGHT.

WHAT WHAT COULD WE DO WITH TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY IN TERMS OF PHASING THIS PROJECT. SO WE WOULD START WITH DRAINAGE REPAIRS. PHASE ONE. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF CREEKS HERE. WE'VE GOT SOME ANTIQUATED DRAINAGE STRUCTURES, SOME UNDERSIZED DRAINAGE STRUCTURES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. PHASE TWO, WE WOULD DO A LITTLE BIT OF RAILROAD WORK, COORDINATE WITH UPRR, AND THEN PHASE THREE COULD BE EITHER A SEGMENTED OR A COMPLETE PAVING, INCLUDING SOME OF THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS BEING DONE IN CONCRETE. WHY WOULD WE DO THOSE IN CONCRETE? SIMPLY BECAUSE TURNING MOMENTS AND CHEWING UP THE ASPHALT WITH HEAVIER TRUCKS AND AND TRAFFIC.

OKAY, PHASE ONE IS ABOUT $1 MILLION IN DRAINAGE WORK. YOU SEE IN THESE PHOTOS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE HERE, CORRUGATED METAL PIPE. IT'S IT'S ROTTEN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WE WOULD SELECT MATERIALS OF A THAT HAVE BETTER LONGEVITY, LIKE A CONCRETE RCP PIPE. WE WOULD HAVE SOME EASEMENT ACQUISITION COSTS, SOME DESIGN COSTS, ENGINEERING AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SOME CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE SOME OF OUR DRAINAGE FUNDS AND SOME OTHER FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT.

PHASE TWO IS RAILROAD COORDINATION. WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE RAILROAD TO ENSURE THE TRANSITION BETWEEN CITY OF WACO PAVING. AND THOSE RAIL BEDS ARE ADEQUATE AND UP TO STANDARD. RIGHT NOW. THIS IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER. WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION WITH THE RAIL. WE'RE ESTIMATING 10,000, BUT THAT COULD GO UP BASED UPON ACTUAL NEED AT THE TIME OF DESIGN. ALL RIGHT. THE MOST EXPENSIVE PORTION BY SEGMENT IS SELECTING A PAVEMENT EITHER PRESERVATION REHABILITATION AND PARTIAL REPLACEMENT. SO WE DO HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT. WHEN I MOVED TO PUBLIC WORKS IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD TAPPED THE BRAKES ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR REORGANIZATION AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST GOING ON WITH ALL THE PROJECTS BEING MOVED INTO MY PURVIEW, I DO HAVE SOME MONEY AVAILABLE ON THAT CONTRACT TO PICK THIS METHODOLOGY UP THIS CONCEPT AND MOVE IT FORWARD. AND THEN YOU SEE THE COSTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS THERE, 800,000 ALL THE WAY UP TO 4.9 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S JUST A SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENT PHASES. ALL IN ABOUT $11 MILLION CONCEPT COST DRAINAGE IS A MILLION. RAILROAD IS PROBABLY BETWEEN 10,000 AND $100,000 IN THE STREET REHABILITATION. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ABOUT $10 MILLION.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO METHODOLOGIES. SO SEGMENT ONE, THE ORIGINAL CONCRETE REPLACEMENT $12 MILLION ESTIMATE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST LESS THAN $1 MILLION. NOW THIS IS KEEPING THE TWO LANE ASPHALT TYPE SECTION INSTEAD OF MOVING TO A CONCRETE ADDITIONAL LANE SECTION. WE'RE NOT MOVING

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AGAIN, A PRESERVATION, TAKING THAT FAIR STREET AND MOVING IT TO A GOOD CONDITION. SEGMENT THREE WAS THE WAS THE POOR CONDITION. IT'S GOT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. BUT AGAIN, A FRACTION OF THE ORIGINAL CONSIDERATION FOR COMPLETE CONCRETE REPLACEMENT AT $21 MILLION PLUS OR MINUS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $3 MILLION CHARGE. AND THEN SEGMENT FOUR, THIS IS WHERE WE SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY AND GET SOME OF THAT HEAVY TRAFFIC CONSIDERATION TAKEN CARE OF AT OUR INTERSECTIONS, AND PUT SOME CONCRETE INTERSECTIONS TO GET MORE LONGEVITY IN THE INTERSECTION, AND THEN, OF COURSE, REHABILITATE THE REST OF THE PAVING WITH ASPHALT SECTION. ALL RIGHT. THINK BACK TO OUR LAST CONVERSATION. WE HAD THIS FANTASTIC GRAPH. I THINK IT WAS THE MAYOR'S FAVORITE. ONE OF THE MAYOR'S FAVORITES DEPENDS ON WHETHER IF THAT'S IF IT GOES DOWN THIS GOOD OR BAD. OKAY. THIS IS GOOD. IT'S GOOD. SO I THINK I LIKE IT. ALRIGHT. SO IF YOU'LL RECALL WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE TRENDS ARE IN OUR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. AND IN THE JUNE 19TH THROUGH DECEMBER 20TH INTO DECEMBER 21ST, PRICES OF ASPHALT, THIS HAPPENS TO BE ASPHALT WAS FAIRLY STEADY. YOU LOOK AT THAT. THAT AVERAGE 12 MONTH MOVING AVERAGE LINE, THE ORANGE LINE, THERE WERE SOME PEAKS, BUT GENERALLY IT STAYED ABOUT $80 OR SO, A TON. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD COVID AND OTHER LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND PRICES JUST TOOK OFF EXPONENTIALLY. AND IN SOMETIME IN 2022, THEY STARTED TO LEVEL OUT AN INCREASE LINEARLY. AND WE STILL INTO DECEMBER OF 24, HAD EXTREMELY HIGH PRICES. AND THANKFULLY THERE HAS BEEN SOME EASING. AND THAT EASING HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED NOT ONLY IN ASPHALT BUT IN THE LABOR MARKET AND OTHER MATERIALS HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF WACO. SO WE DO SEE SOME PRICES COMING DOWN. OKAY. THIS IS A LOT. I'LL PRESENTED THIS SLIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT IN ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ALL THE PROPOSED PROJECTS.

THIS IS BEEN UPDATED TO SHOW ALL OF THE EXECUTED PROJECTS. SO FIRST GROUPING THEIR BID PRIOR TO JUNE 2025. THOSE ARE ALREADY CONSTRUCTION STARTED PROJECTS. AND IF YOU LOOK THERE IN THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE, WE HAD ABOUT $11.3 MILLION WORTH OF ESTIMATES, AND ACTUAL BIDS CAME IN AT $8.9 MILLION. SO CERTAINLY SEEING SOME POTENTIAL FOR ESTIMATED SAVINGS THERE. IN JUNE, WE BID FOR PROJECTS FOR $15 MILLION OF AN ESTIMATE CAME IN JUST SHORT OF 12 MILLION.

AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LIST HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE HAD PROGRAMED ABOUT $45 MILLION IN COSTS. BIDS RECEIVED $34 MILLION IN ACTUAL COST. NOW THAT'S NOT THE END OF THE STORY. THESE ARE STILL ESTIMATES, RIGHT? THESE PROJECTS ARE JUST NOW WE JUST BID THESE PROJECTS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. WE'RE JUST GETTING ROLLING. WE COULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR CONTINGENCY THAT ARE NEEDED OR CHANGE ORDERS THAT OCCUR OR OTHER INSTANCES WHERE WE WILL SPEND MORE THAN WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BID. HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR FUNDING HERE THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY. OKAY, MORE TO THAT STORY. GREAT SLIDE. CHARLES. I JUST WHEN I READ IT THIS WEEKEND, I PUT REFRESHING ON THERE AND CIRCLED IT MANY TIMES. I MEAN, SEEING THOSE COSTS COME BACK DOWN AND THAT OTHER GRAPH OF THE OLD YOU LEARNED IT THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS SORT OF THAT IT'S JUST IT'S A CORRECTION THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO MORE WITH OUR DOLLARS. SO IT'S GOOD INFORMATION AND AND YES, THAT 2222222.22 NUMBER IS REAL. THAT IS LEGITIMATE NUMBER.

IT'S WHAT ACTUALLY WAS BID. SO I DIDN'T FALL ASLEEP AT THE KEYBOARD ON THAT ONE. THE OTHER ONE I KNOW THAT THAT IS HIGH A PRIORITY IS A BRIDGE LIGHTING. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THE BRIDGE LIGHTING. WE DID RECEIVE A BID AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN A FUTURE DATE. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MEET WITH THAT VENDOR HERE THIS WEEK. SO I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S A BIG ONE.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S WHAT'S ALSO NICE IS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES IS WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD TO PUSH MORE PROJECTS OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER $17 MILLION IN OCTOBER, 34 MILLION ANTICIPATED IN NOVEMBER AND ANOTHER 4 MILLION IN DECEMBER.

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REMEMBER, WE DIVIDED CONCRETE OUT FROM ASPHALT OPERATIONS WHEREVER WE COULD GET A BETTER PRICE, WHERE THE CONCRETE CONTRACTOR DOESN'T HAVE TO WORK ASPHALT AND VICE VERSA. SO WHEN YOU SEE OPERATIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE IN A DISTRICT THAT IS CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER, VALLEY GUTTER, A LITTLE BIT OF RAMP, CONCRETE WORK, WHEN YOU SEE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECTS IN A DISTRICT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PAVEMENT ONLY. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIN OVERLAY MIXES. YOU'RE LOOKING AT MILL AND OVERLAY. YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.

AND WHEN YOU SEE STREET REHABILITATION, STREET REHABILITATION PROJECTS, THAT'S THOSE ARE THE ONES WE REALLY COULDN'T BREAK UP. SO THOSE HAVE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH IN THERE JUST BECAUSE OF TIMING AND SCHEDULING AND, AND HOW WE PUSH THESE PROJECTS OUT IN ANTICIPATION OF TRYING TO GET GOOD BIDS. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF ART AND MAGIC TO TO PUSH IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS OUT AND INTO DECEMBER. WE'VE GOT A FEW ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THERE.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY RIDE THAT DOWNWARD TREND WITH THESE ESTIMATES AND TRY TO UTILIZE THE DIFFERENTIAL IN WHAT OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS, WHAT THE BIDS COME IN AT, WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPEND, AND TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER A PHASED APPROACH TO TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY. AND THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS. WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR OUR MONIES? WE'RE GOING TO DO A REHABILITATION FOR SEGMENTS THREE AND FOUR AND THAT AERIAL AND EXTEND LIFE BY 8 TO 10 YEARS. NOW WE WOULD LOOK TO MAINTAIN MAINTENANCE AFTER THAT AND EXTEND THAT FURTHER. WE CAN'T JUST STOP. SO YOU'D HAVE TO DO YOUR CRACK SEALS, YOUR YOUR FOG SEALS OR WHATEVER. WE NEED TO TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT AND EXTEND THAT LIFE. BUT WE WOULD EXPECT AT LEAST AN 8 TO 10 YEAR ON THOSE REHABILITATION, PRESERVATION AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS. PLUS. AGAIN, YOU WOULD ALSO DO MAINTENANCE BEYOND THAT. AND THAT WOULD BE THE SEGMENT ONE AND TWO. THE COST TODAY IS ABOUT $11 MILLION. THE POTENTIAL FUNDING IS AGAIN, THERE ARE LOTS OF ASTERISKS THERE THAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT IS CONTINGENT UPON ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE SPENDING IN THE IN THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT AND THE UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT. AND THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE IMMEDIATELY WORK SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND GET STARTED ON. DESIGN AND PREP FOR A PHASED APPROACH IN THE IN THE REPLACEMENT OF TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY. AND I PUT THIS SCHEDULE TOGETHER TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, SHOWING THAT WE WOULD GET STARTED ON THAT PHASE ONE WITH DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND WORKING WITH THE RAILROAD, THEN MOVING TO OUR STREET STRATEGIES, AND THEN HOPEFULLY GO OUT FOR ACTUAL STREET WORK. FIRST PART OF 2027.

ONCE ALL THAT DESIGN HAS COME IN AND IS FINISHED. AND ALSO WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER IDEA BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION WILL BE WRAPPED UP AND WILL BE FINANCED OUT AND KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE. OH, GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR CHARLES? YEAH, I APPRECIATE CHARLES. THE UPDATE ON TEXAS CENTRAL, BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE IT'S A PRETTY VITAL ROAD FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS THAT WE'VE SEEN THERE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND ITS SURROUNDING ENVIRONS. SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS APPROACH. I KNOW IN THE MAYBE BEST POSSIBLE WORLD, WE WOULD BE LAYING THAT CONCRETE FOUNDATION, RECONSTRUCTING THE WHOLE THING. BUT UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, I FEEL LIKE THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE APPROACH IS BOTH A GOOD PRACTICAL UPDATE FOR THIS ROAD AND DEFINITELY A COST EFFICIENT SOLUTION. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE, AND THANKS FOR THE KIND OF THE UPDATE ON ALL THE BIDS THAT ARE COMING IN, WHICH I THINK IS HELPFUL TO US. SO IT'S IT'S NOT NO ONE. WE'RE WE'RE SEEING SOME COST SAVINGS IN SOME OF OUR BIG PROJECT PRIORITIES AS WELL. THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU REMIND ME ON THOSE RAILROAD CROSSINGS, WHAT ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WHAT IS THE CITY RESPONSIBLE? WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAVING UP TO THE RAILROAD BED. SO THERE ARE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEIR STANDARDS CHANGE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, AND THEY REQUIRE CERTAIN TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THE CITY'S PAVEMENT AND THE RAIL BED. WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT

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AND THEN SEEING THE THE CONSTRUCTION OVERLAY DATES ON THAT GOING BACK, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS, 30 PLUS YEARS AT THIS POINT. SO JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, AND WE TALK ABOUT IN THESE PRESENTATIONS, GETTING THINGS FROM POOR TO GOOD IS ALWAYS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR THAT WE UNDERTAKE WITH STREETS. SO SEEING THAT THAT IS STILL ABLE TO HAPPEN, GETTING CREATIVE WITH HOW WE'RE DOING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT STAYS A PART OF THIS OVERALL PROJECT, JUST KIND OF THE GENERAL MINDSET THAT STAFF HAS TAKEN THIS YEAR AND GOING FORWARD TO, HEY, IF WE CAN'T KNOCK OUT THIS WHOLE THING IN ONE FELL SWOOP WITH X AMOUNT OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, HOW DO WE EAT THIS ELEPHANT? ONE BITE AT A TIME. I'M REALLY LOVING THAT MINDSET THAT WE'RE TAKING TO TACKLE THESE BIGGER PROBLEMS AND HOPEFULLY START APPLYING THAT TO SMALLER PROBLEMS AND TAKING SMALLER CHUNKS OUT OF THINGS THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. GREAT, CHARLES, YOU'RE ALWAYS THE PROBLEM SOLVER HERE. AND I LIKE WHENEVER I THINK OF YOU I THINK CHARLES IS THE MIKEY OF OUR IN THE OLD LIFE CEREAL COMMERCIALS. IF YOU DON'T IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT, YOU GO TO MIKEY. YOU GO TO CHARLES LEAST. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WHENEVER WE HAVE A PROBLEM THAT SORT OF COMPLEX OR CRITICAL OR REALLY WE WANT WE KNOW, WE KNOW WE GOT TO GO FROM 75 MILLION TO PREFERABLY 10 MILLION. NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO DO IT. YOU KIND OF JUMPED IN AND FIGURED OUT A WAY TO AT LEAST GET THE INITIAL, THE INITIAL LOOK AS A VERY FUNCTIONAL AND SHOWING THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUT THERE ON, ON TEXAS CENTRAL PARKWAY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DATA YOU SHOW IS VERY COMPELLING. 90 PLUS BUSINESSES OUT THERE, 14,000 JOBS. AND IT'S NOT JUST GRAPHIC PACKAGING AND ALL THESE NEW ONES, BUT WE HAVE SOME OLD ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES OUT THERE TOO, THAT NEED THIS ROAD TO BE FUNCTIONAL SO THEY CAN GET TO AND FROM WORK. VERY CREATIVE PHASE, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON INTERSECTIONS. I LIKE THE WAY YOU YOU'RE TACKLING THIS, SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. ONE QUESTION I HAD REAL QUICK AND GOING BACK TO THIS, THE ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE WE'RE SEEING SOME A CROWN HERE AND WE'RE COMING DOWN. WE'RE SEEING THAT IN ASPHALT. ARE WE SEEING OTHER MATERIALS OR IS CONCRETE HAVING THE SAME SORT OF TREND. THEY'RE NOT ALL THE SAME PERCENTAGE. BUT YES, ALL OF THEM ARE TRENDING DOWN. AND I'LL TELL YOU A LOT MORE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN WE BID BULLHEAD. WHAT THAT NUMBER REALLY LOOKS LIKE. GREAT. AND MAYOR, FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, MAYBE UNDER THE AGE OF 40, PERHAPS

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AND ANOTHER OLD REFERENCE FROM THE 60S. NOBODY, NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT NOBODY KNOW ABOUT IT. BUT.

OKAY. LIFE, CEREAL LIFE IS VERY GOOD. I WAS LIKE, DAIRY DOESN'T KNOW. YEAH. DAIRY. RIGHT.

DARIUS HAS NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT GUY. YEAH, HE WAS HE WAS.

HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER, CHARLES. EVEN BETTER THAN MIKEY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? THANKS, CHARLES. GREAT PRESENTATION. THE NEXT ITEM, WORK SESSION B SIX.

DEPUTY CITY MANAGER EMERSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR JONATHAN COOK. READY, JONATHAN. DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION WILL DISCUSS THE HOLIDAY EVENT PLANS FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS, ALONG WITH OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS IS AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT HE PROVIDES US SO THAT WE CAN GET READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, EMERSON MAYOR AND COUNCIL ALWAYS SEEMS A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO COME AND TALK ABOUT HOLIDAY DAY EVENTS, BUT IS IT EVER TOO EARLY? SO IT MIGHT BE 95 DEGREES OUTSIDE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT SOME GEARS HERE FROM CHARLES'S PRESENTATION AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT GOING ON HERE IN WACO FOR THE HOLIDAYS. YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, HOLIDAYS ARE A SPECIAL TIME, BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, CREATES A SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR DOWNTOWN AND REALLY THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS THAT WE'VE STARTED OVER THE PAST TEN OR SO YEARS THAT HAVE REALLY BECOME TRADITIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THOSE TRADITIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOLIDAY CHEER IS SPREAD THROUGHOUT. SO FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO DO AN OVERVIEW OF OUR FESTIVAL EVENT, WACO WONDERLAND, WHICH WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THE 1ST OF DECEMBER. AND THEN ALSO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT PLANS FOR THE DOWNTOWN LIGHTING DISPLAY AND ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CAMERON PARK ZOO WILDLIFE DISPLAY THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND THEN WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE SPREADING HOLIDAY CHEER WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT JUST THE HOLIDAYS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY. FOR WACO WONDERLAND, THIS IS OUR BIG FESTIVAL CREATED IN 2013, THAT HAS REALLY BECOME A SIGNATURE DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL FOR OUR CITY. IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO WHERE OUR CITY OF WACO PARKS TEAM, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER EVENT PERSONNEL FROM PD AND TRAFFIC, COME TOGETHER AND WORK WITH CITY CENTER, WACO AND WACO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND REALLY SHOWCASES THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WE LIKE TO GET PEOPLE NOT ONLY FROM OUR COMMUNITY, BUT PEOPLE TRAVELING IN TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN WHILE THEY'RE ALSO ENJOYING A HOLIDAY MARKET AND FESTIVITIES AT THE HERITAGE SQUARE AREA. IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, BUT THEN ALSO THROUGH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SPONSORSHIP WITH THE CITY OF WACO PROVIDING PERSONNEL COSTS. ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS. THERE ARE TICKET SALES FOR THE ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS THE FERRIS WHEEL OR THE ICE SNOW TUBING HILL, AND THEN WE ALSO COLLECT FEES FROM THE VENDORS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR MISTLETOE MARKET. I MENTIONED A LOT OF CITY PARKS DO TAKE PLACE. OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS COME TOGETHER TO PLAN AND MANAGE THIS EVENT. WHEN YOU'RE AVERAGING AROUND CROWDS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, 20 TO 25,000 IS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PLANNING AND EFFORTS. AND SO I COMMEND EVERYONE FOR COMING TOGETHER EACH YEAR AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE EVENT TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. NOW, LOOKING AT 2024, WANT TO LOOK BACK AT THE YEAR WE HAD LAST YEAR? THREE DAY EVENT FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR TOTAL VISITS JUST OVER 12,000 ATTENDEES. SO IF YOU'RE THINKING AND LOOKING CLOSELY AND SAY, WELL, HEY, JUST ON THE LAST SLIDE, YOU TALKED ABOUT 20 TO 25,000. UNFORTUNATELY, IN 2024, WE GOT HIT WITH SOME WEATHER. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A VERY SOLID FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE TREE LIGHTING AND FIREWORKS. HOWEVER, COLD FRONT CAME IN. IT WAS RAINING ON THE MORNING OF THE PARADE. WE HAD IT, BUT IT WAS ICICLES HANGING OFF OF EVERYONE AND THAT MISTY, DRIZZLY WEATHER JUST CONTINUED, YOU KNOW? BUT WE HAD SOME DIEHARD PEOPLE THAT STILL CAME OUT THAT FIRST NIGHT. AND LOOKING AT OUR DIFFERENT PLACEMENT DATA, WE HAD OVER 8000 PEOPLE FOR THE TREE LIGHTING AND FIREWORKS. AND THEN OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, ABOUT 2300 PEOPLE EACH DAY CAME OUT. SO THAT WAS A DIP OF ATTENDANCE. BUT WE STILL HAD SOME SOLID REVENUE THAT CAME IN FROM THE TICKET SALES. ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE A BIG RED DOT THERE, SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE. THIS IS A HEAT MAP THAT SHOWS

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THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON. YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED TRADITIONS EARLIER AND RIGHT ON WACO, WONDERLAND HILL IS ANOTHER STRONG TRADITION THAT OUR CAMERON PARK ZOO STAFF DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH WILDLIFE AT THE CAMERON PARK ZOO. THIS HAS NOW BEEN GOING ON A FIFTH YEAR.

IT REALLY SHOWCASES THE ZOO AND CAMERON PARK, BUT JUST AN INCREDIBLE DISPLAY TO GO AT NIGHT AND TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND THE INNER LOOP TO WHERE YOU HAVE MORE THAN 3 MILLION LIGHTS AND 65 LIGHT DISPLAYS AND TREES. IT'S REALLY CAPTIVATING AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT WE'VE SEEN FAMILIES YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. IT BECOMES THE THING TO DO. IT IS GOING TO BE OPEN. WILDLIFE WILL BE OPEN ON SELECT NIGHTS FROM NOVEMBER 29TH, RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING, GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER. LAST YEAR, 15,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THIS, SO A GOOD WAY OF REVENUE STREAM THAT THE CAMERON PARK ZOO HAS IN PLACE TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THE ZOO. EVEN DURING THE COLD MONTHS. IT INCLUDES THE EVENT ALSO AS VISIT WITH SANTA, SCHEDULED AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPTIONS. AND THEY'VE DONE. NOW YOU'RE ABLE TO GET A COMBO TICKET AS WELL TO WHERE YOU CAN GET REGULAR ADMISSION TO THE ZOO AND THEN ALSO GET A WILDLIFE SUBMISSION. SO SOME CREATIVE MARKETING AND PLANNING GOING INTO THIS EVENT, AND WE'RE ALWAYS THANKFUL THEY ALSO HOST A CITY APPRECIATION CITY

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AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE NONE OF THE DIRECTORS REALLY WANT, OR THE CHIEFS REALLY WANT TO LET ON TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING THIS YEAR. THEY'RE ALL LITTLE SECRETIVE ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S A FUN PROGRAM. AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT DECORATE FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE VEHICLES, PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES TO WHERE THEY TRAVEL AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR SCHOOLS, DIFFERENT EVENTS, THE LIBRARIES, AND THEY GO TO THESE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AT NIGHT AND REALLY BRING THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO I'M WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. THERE'S AN INTERACTIVE MAP NOW THAT SHOWS THE SCHEDULE OF WHERE THE VEHICLES ARE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AND SO YOU CAN PLAN OUT AND TRY NOT TO MISS WHEN THEY DRIVE BY. BUT THESE VEHICLES, IT'S JUST A SMALL THING THAT MAKES A BIG IMPACT. AND KIDS AND FAMILIES LOVE TO SEE THEM. AND SO THANKFUL FOR THE CITY STAFF. THEY ALSO MAKE AN APPEARANCE AT THE OTHER EVENTS AND DIFFERENT ATTRACTIONS. SO THIS ONE'S REALLY BECOME A GREAT TRADITION OF DEPARTMENTS COMING TOGETHER TO SPREAD THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. JONATHAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MAY BE AT LIBERTY TO SAY OR NOT, BUT CAN YOU CONFIRM OR DISCONFIRM THE GRINCH MOBILE? I CAN NOT. OH, I CAN NOT. I DO NOT KNOW. I'M NOT GOING TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. BUT ALL I KNOW WE'RE DECORATING. OKAY, BUT A LITTLE SWITCH UP.

OKAY, ALRIGHT. I'LL KEEP MY EYE OUT FOR THE GRINCH THOUGH. OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. SOMETHING.

SOMETHING SIMILAR. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, SEE? ALL RIGHT. DEPARTMENT. OTHER OTHER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES. WE OPEN OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS UP DURING THE HOLIDAYS AS A PLACE FOR KIDS TO COME AND ENJOY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. AND ALSO AT THOSE COMMUNITY CENTERS, WE HAVE COMMUNITY GROUPS COME IN AND DO PERFORMANCES, AND OTHER CITY FACILITIES DO THAT AS WELL.

PUBLIC WORKS ALWAYS. EVERY YEAR. BILLY DEHART, THEY PUT TOGETHER SOME GOOD PROGRAMS AND LIKE THEIR ANNUAL BICYCLE DRIVE, JUST EMPLOYEES DOING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A GOOD HOLIDAYS. WACO PD, OUR MOBILE WELCOME CENTER, IS GOING TO BE OUT THIS YEAR VISITING THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AS WELL. I KNOW THEY'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN THEIR DOWNTOWN LOCATION, AND I KNOW OUR MOBILE WELCOME CENTER IS GOING TO BE VISITING ALL THESE EVENTS. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE LIBRARY HAS PROGRAMING OUR YOUTH COUNCIL WITH THE HOLIDAY TOY COLLECTION. AND THEN OF COURSE I NAME DROPPED THEM EARLIER. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT GIVING AWAY A PET CIRCLE ANIMAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS, SOMEBODY'S MISSING OUT. SO A GREAT PRESENT.

ALWAYS A LITTLE HOLIDAY ADOPTION. NOTHING LIKE HEARING A LITTLE BOXED UP, WHIMPERING UNDER THE TREE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? JUST IT'S NOT ME. A LOT OF TRADITIONAL EVENTS. AND Y'ALL, THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE. ONE THING THAT WE DO IS WITH OUR WACO WONDERLAND HOMEPAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS. WE'RE THE FIRST WEEKEND, BUT THEN WE SWITCH OVER AND MAKE SURE TO TRY TO PROMOTE DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME ANNUAL ONES THAT TAKE PLACE, LIKE THE H-E-B FEAST OF SHARING, BAYLOR'S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS ON FIFTH STREET, THE HOLIDAY FARMERS MARKET TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR. SO SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIPS AND DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, AND WE'RE SQUARING UP FOR A GOOD HOLIDAY SEASON.

QUICK REMINDER OUR EVENT SUPPORT THE FESTIVE SEASON THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT JUST IN DOWNTOWN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THINGS AT THE ZOO OR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND DIFFERENT FACILITIES. WE'LL BE STARTING THE INSTALLATION OF THE LIGHTS IN NOVEMBER. RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING, CAMERON PARK ZOO WILL BE OPENING UP ITS WILD LIGHTS, AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, DECORATED CITY VEHICLES WILL BE TRAVELING AROUND TOWN, AND WE'LL BE KICKING OFF WITH WACO WONDERLAND ON DECEMBER 5TH THROUGH THE SIXTH FOR THE ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING AND FIREWORKS SHOW. AND I BELIEVE WE GOT A QUICK PREVIEW BEFORE WE WRAP IT UP. SO I APPRECIATE IT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HOLIDAYS. ANY QUESTIONS?

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RIGHT. AND I ALSO DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT YOU MENTIONED THE EXPANSION OF THE LIGHTING AND BRIDGE STREET PLAZA AND ALL THE THINGS I KNOW, THE HOLIDAY MARKET THAT THE FARMERS MARKET DID LAST YEAR WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL AND AMAZING. AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, IT JUST REALLY MADE FOR A A WONDERFUL EVENT. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE IN HERITAGE SQUARE AND OF COURSE, ALL THE THINGS THE I KNOW EACH YEAR MY FAMILY ENJOYS THE THE ZOO LIGHTS TREMENDOUSLY AND JUST Y'ALL DO AN AMAZING JOB. AND WE I WAS AT AN EVENT AT MULTI-PURPOSE. I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THE EVENT WAS. AND IT WASN'T A CITY EVENT. AND ONE OF THE TRUCKS CAME BY AND EVERYBODY LOST THEIR MINDS. SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE IMPACT AND JOY THAT IT BRINGS TO OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO IN THAT PART. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. THANKS, JONATHAN. I THINK ALL OF US HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS EVENTS AND THAT KIND OF DEAL. AND YOU'RE BUILDING MEMORIES HERE FOR FOR YOUNG AND OLD. AND IT'S JUST IT'S GREAT.

AND IT CONTINUES TO BE AS COUNCIL. AS MAYOR PRO TEM BENEFIELD SAID, IT CONTINUES TO GET JUST BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN BRINGING ALL THIS TO LIFE. IT'S IT'S IT'S A LOT OF FUN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GUYS? ALL RIGHT. THANKS, JONATHAN. NEXT ITEM IS WORK SESSION B SEVEN. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RENAISSANCE AT SANGER HEIGHTS. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER EMERSON. YES. SO GALEN PRICE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND MIKE STONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GRASSROOTS, WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING AT THE FORMER SANGER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT CLOSED IN 1974 AND IN 2008 WAS SUBJECT TO ARSONISTS WHO SET THE VACANT BUILDING ON FIRE. THIS IS ANOTHER COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN THE CITY, BETWEEN CITY DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR NONPROFIT GROUPS. WE ARE THANKFUL TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AS WELL AS CONGRESSMAN SESSIONS FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. GALEN. THANK YOU. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER EMERSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, EMERSON MENTIONED, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. TODAY I'M JOINED BY MIKE STONE WITH GRASSROOTS, AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE RENAISSANCE AT SANGER HEIGHTS, WHICH IS A COLLABORATIVE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL RESULT IN A POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD CONSISTING OF 25 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LOCATED IN NORTH WACO ON THE OLD SANGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE. IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING A HISTORY OF THE PROJECT, GIVING A PROJECT OVERVIEW. THE COUNCIL REQUEST NEXT STEPS ALONG WITH A TIMELINE OF CONSTRUCTION. SO THIS PROJECT BEGAN BACK IN 2010 WITH THE ACTUAL PURCHASE OF THIS, THE PROPERTY AND THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD BRICK SCHOOL BUILDING. THREE RFPS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT. GRASSROOTS. GRASSROOTS DID RESPOND TO AN INITIAL ONE, BUT THE RESPONSE WAS INITIALLY NOT ACCEPTED. BACK IN 2018. THEY WERE SELECTED AFTER THE RESPONSE WITH THE RENAISSANCE AT SANGER HEIGHTS. DEVELOPMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CITY WAS PREPARING TO DO SOME UTILITY UPGRADES IN THESE IN THE AREA AROUND THE SITE, AND SO THE THE CITY BID THE WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOUSES THAT WERE FRONT 17TH AND 18TH STREET AS PART OF THE THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING. SO NOT TO HAVE TO DIG UP THE THE STREET TWICE. AS THIS WORK WAS BEING COMPLETED, ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECAME AVAILABLE, INCLUDING ARPA DOLLARS, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY SOME OF THAT WAS DEDICATED TO

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RENAISSANCE IS A WAY TO DESCRIBE A REBIRTH OR A REVIVAL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS SITE OF THIS OLD SCHOOL. SO BUT I WANT TO HONOR SOME OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S GOING ALONG. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGERS, CITY MAYORS, AND I ADDED THEM ALL UP THIS MORNING. THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE DIFFERENT CITY MANAGERS, I'M SORRY, FIVE CITY MAYORS, FOUR CITY MANAGERS, FOUR CITY ATTORNEYS, AND FIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROJECT. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF THEM, STARTING WITH LARRY GROWTH. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN EASY PROJECT TO DO. AND WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE'RE GETTING STARTED. BUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS, WE STARTED WITH A VISION CASTING, WHERE WE MET WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AND AROUND THERE, ACTUALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SITE. AND WE ASKED ONE OF OUR GREAT PARTNERS, WALKER PARTNERS, TO COME AND HELP US. AND ACTUALLY, JED WALKER CAME WITH US, HIS SKETCH PAPER AND SKETCHED OUT DIFFERENT IDEAS ON WHAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANT. WE WENT THROUGH AT LEAST SEVEN DIFFERENT PLANS ON WHAT WE WOULD DO TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT RPDR IS THE ONE THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO HELP TAKE ALL THESE GREAT IDEAS AND THEN PUT THEM TO LIGHT AND BRING COLOR TO THEM ALONG THE WAY. SO FLIP THE SLIDE. THIS IS THE RENAISSANCE AT SANGER HEIGHTS. SO IT'S A THREE ACRE DEVELOPMENT UNLIKE ANY THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN WACO. IT'S A VERY DENSE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S TWO LARGE GREEN SPACES, ONE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY AND ONE THAT IS ANCHORED ON THE SIDE WITH A HISTORIC TREE. SO THE STREETS ARE 17TH, 18TH FORT AND SINGER. IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF OF WACO DRIVE, AND WE HAVE 25 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THESE ARE HOMES FOR SALE, AND 14 OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FOR AFFORDABLE AND 11 ARE GOING TO BE MARKET RATE. SO OUR COMMUNITY FEATURES THAT WE HAVE THERE, BECAUSE OF ALL THE GREEN SPACE THAT WE HAVE, WE WILL HAVE A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION TO TAKE CARE OF THE COMMON GREEN AREA. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF SIDEWALKS, SOME THAT GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN SURROUNDED AS WELL. AND I ALWAYS WANT TO. EVERYBODY ASK ME ABOUT THE HISTORIC OAK TREE, AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THE TREE. WE LOVE OUR TREE AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEIR EXCELLENT.

SO OUR DESIGN IS ONE AND TWO STORY HOUSES FROM 1200 TO 2100FT■!S. IT'S GOING TO BE A MIXTURE OF SIZES, AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MARKET RATE HOUSE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSE FROM THE STREET, AND ALSO TYING OUR OLD WITH THE NEW IS. WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE 500 BRICKS FROM THE OLD SCHOOL, AND WE'RE GOING TO REUSE THOSE AS THE FIRST STEP TO EVERY ONE OF THE HOUSES. THAT'S COOL. THE FUNDING IS, AS GALEN WAS TALKING ABOUT, IS IS LAYERED. SO THE BIGGEST CHUNK THAT WE HAVE IS THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANT. AND WE ARE VERY HONORED TO BE SELECTED BY THAT AT $3 MILLION, IS THE BIGGEST GRANT GRASSROOTS HAS EVER SEEN. SO THIS IS ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MORE HOMES AFFORDABLE. ORIGINALLY, OUR PLAN CALLED FOR SIX AFFORDABLE HOMES AND NOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO 14. AND THEN ALSO THE ARPA FUNDS ALLOWS US TO ALSO USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. MAYBE WE'LL GET THOSE WILL THOSE ARPA FUNDS. AND I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS WHEN I WAS OUT, BUT WILL THOSE ARPA FUNDS BE COMMITTED AND DISPERSED IN TIME. YES. OKAY. YES, THEY WILL BE PART OF THE PHASE ONE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED AT THE LATEST OF NOVEMBER OF 26. BUT THOSE WILL ACTUALLY BE THE FIRST FUNDS USED AS PART OF THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH AND MARKETING TO THE

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SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT ON YOUR AGENDA, YOU HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND GRASSROOTS FOR THE CPF PROJECT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION, AS WELL AS AN ITEM REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT USES THE ARPA DOLLARS. THIS WILL ALIGN THE REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINE OF THE ARPA AGREEMENT ALONG WITH THE CPF AGREEMENT. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY FOR GRASSROOTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AT THIS SITE. IF COUNCIL APPROVES THESE ITEMS, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE THE EXECUTION OF THESE AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS THE COMMENCEMENT OF PROJECT MARKETING AS AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PROJECT. THE ON SITE INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY. THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS A TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH THE PHASE ONE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BEGIN IN FEBRUARY OF 2026.

AND AS PART OF THAT, THE ARPA DOLLARS WOULD BE USED FIRST IN THE COMMENCEMENT OF THAT PHASE ONE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN SUBSEQUENT CPF FUNDING WOULD BE USED FOR THE REMAINING PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOMES, WHICH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS SCHEDULED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS. WITH THE PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOMES BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER OF 2026. NOW, EACH SUBSEQUENT PHASE WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOMES WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE UNITS IN EACH OF THE PHASES. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MIKE AND GALEN? YES. THANK YOU GUYS. THE $6.2 MILLION OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT. TELL ME ABOUT THAT. HOW DOES THAT WORK? MOST OF THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTION LOANS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND GET FOR BUILDING HOUSES. IT'S NOT ACTUAL TRUE INVESTMENT. IT'S IT'S LOANS. LOANS. THAT'S GREAT. I YOU KNOW THERE ARE I SAY THIS I FEEL LIKE ALMOST EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE DOCKET SINCE I GOT ON COUNCIL IN 2020. THIS HAS BEEN ON THE DOCKET SINCE BEFORE THEN. I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE GET KIND OF UPDATES EVERY SO ONCE IN A WHILE. AND THIS IS THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE TO DATE WITH WITH HARD TIMELINES PUT IN PLACE. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THAT AFFORDABLE NUMBER UP TO 14 UNITS. THIS IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR NORTH WACO. MY THE FIRST HOUSE I EVER LIVED IN IN NORTH WACO WAS ON 22ND AND MORROW ABOUT NINE YEARS AGO. SO I DROVE BY THE OLD SANGER SCHOOL LOT, STILL HAD THE ARCHWAY IN PLACE EVERY DAY ON THE WAY TO AND FROM WORK, AND ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A COOL LOT. THAT'S REALLY CENTRAL TO A LOT OF THINGS, AND I HOPE SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENS WITH IT. AND THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING GREAT THAT'S HAPPENING WITH IT. SO I COULD NOT BE MORE PLEASED TO BE AT THIS POINT. YOU KNOW, I'LL FULL TRANSPARENCY, EVERYONE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THE CROWD. I WAS TEXTING WITH MIKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT RECENTLY AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING I WANT FROM YOU FOR THE REST OF THE WAY IS TO GET WITH ME. ON HOW WE AS A CITY CAN GET OUT OF YOUR WAY TO GET IT DONE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THIS IS DONE WELL AND ON TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE HELPING FOLKS ATTAIN HOMEOWNERSHIP, ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE FOR YOU IS, ARE YOU GUYS SPINNING UP PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY TO START WORKING WITH PEOPLE EVEN NOW TO GET THEM IN THE PIPELINE, TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ONE OF THE HOMES AT THE TIME OF COMPLETION, OR WILL IT BE A GO TO MARKET AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING WITH LOW INCOME FOLKS? AT THAT POINT, WE'RE ALREADY RAMPING UP AS WE

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URBAN HOUSING VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. IT'S A GREAT LOCATION. NICE DESIGN, NICE PRICE POINTS AND SOME GREEN SPACE IN THERE TOO. SO I THINK EVERYBODY'S A FAN OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

URBAN AREA HOUSING IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE GOOD PARTS OF IT, YOU ALREADY HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ROADS, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE WATER, YOU ALREADY HAVE UTILITIES, AND EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE. SO IT'S NOT QUITE AS EXPENSIVE AS GOING INTO THE BURBS. BUT THE TOUGH PART IS FOR A BUILDER, IT'S HARD TO BUILD ONE LOT AT A TIME BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE LOTS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, WHERE WE HAVE 25 UNITS IN ONE PLACE AND WE'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE FOR THE FOR THE BUILDERS. SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ENERGY. AND, MIKE, I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSISTENCE AND PERSEVERANCE IN HELPING THE CITY. AND GALEN, APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU GUYS WORK ON THIS PROJECT. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. NOW, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER EMERSON, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THE WORK SESSION B8 OR ARE WE READY TO. IS THERE ONE MORE THING LEFT? YEAH, WE WE HAVE TIME FOR CLINT PETERS. OKAY. IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT HE GETS TO GO AT THIS TIME. SO CLINT. YAY. THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. WE JUST HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. SO THIS SHOULD BE PRETTY QUICK. WE HAVE ONE EASEMENT ABANDONED ABANDONMENT AND THEN A CONTINUATION OF A ZONING CHANGE FROM OUR LAST MEETING. THE FIRST ONE IS AN EASEMENT ABANDONED ABANDONMENT AT 2500 MARY AVENUE. THIS IS THE NEW LIVE OAK CLASSICAL SCHOOL SPORTS FACILITY. THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THERE'S A THERE'S A TEN FOOT ELECTRICAL LINE EASEMENT THERE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ABANDON. THEY THE CITY STAFF AND APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ENCORE. SO THE PLAN IS TO ABANDON THIS EASEMENT. AND THEN THERE IS THE NEED FOR ENCORE TO OBTAIN A SMALLER EASEMENT. SO THAT WILL HAPPEN IN BETWEEN THE FIRST READING AND SECOND READING AS A SEPARATE INSTRUMENT. THERE'S NO OTHER NEED, PUBLIC NEED FOR THE EASEMENT. SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO ABANDON IT. PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AND THEN OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS THE CONTINUANCE OF A REZONING REQUEST AT 2424 16 ROBINSON DRIVE. THIS IS ABOUT 1.7 ACRES RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF ROBINSON DRIVE AND PRIMROSE DRIVE, ACROSS FROM THE STRIPES GAS STATION. THERE'S THERE'S TWO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON THE SITE AND THEN TWO SMALL HOMES

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SO THE C3 ZONING WOULD GO AWAY, SO IT WOULD BE A DOWN ZONING FOR THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE PROPERTY FROM C3 TO C2. AND THEN YOU'D HAVE 25FT OF THE 100 FOOT R1 BE REQUESTED TO TO CHANGE THAT C2, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE A 75 FOOT BUFFER OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING THAT COULD NOT BE DEVELOPED FOR COMMERCIAL USES BETWEEN THE ADJACENT PROPERTY WAS THAT NEGOTIATED WITH THE PARTIES, OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S COMING OUT FRESH OR SO THIS THIS WAS A REVISED SUBMITTAL FROM THE APPLICANT AFTER DISCUSSION WITH BOTH CITY STAFF AND THE NEIGHBOR. OKAY. I WILL SAY IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE NEIGHBOR IS STILL GOING TO OPPOSE IT, JUST DOESN'T WANT ANY MORE ENCROACHMENT OF COMMERCIAL ZONING TOWARDS HIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT STAFF DOES FEEL THAT IT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE THAT IT GETS RID OF A HEAVIER COMMERCIAL ZONING DOWN TO C2, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF DEVELOPABLE AREA FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THERE IN A VERY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, WHILE PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, STILL A 75 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THE THE THE NEIGHBORS PROPERTY.

HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE THE COMMERCIAL ZONE PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY THAT'S ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL. THIS IS THE C3 PORTION WHERE YOU HAVE THE TWO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK, THIS IS THE EDGE OF THE COMMERCIAL ZONING WHERE THIS FENCE IS. AND THEN THIS IS THE 100FT OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING CURRENTLY. AND THEN ABOUT IF, IF THE REVISED APPLICATION IS APPROVED, THEN 25FT OF THIS WOULD BE ZONED COMMERCIAL AND YOU'D STILL HAVE A 75FT BUFFER OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE APPLICANT TO DEMO THESE HOMES. SO THIS WOULD JUST BE A GREEN SPACE BUFFER BETWEEN THAT WOULD REMAIN R1 BE BETWEEN THE THE COMMERCIAL ZONING AND THE R-2 ZONING ADJACENT TO IT. I WILL SAY WE CAN'T CONDITION THE REZONING.

SO IT CAN'T YOU KNOW IT. WE CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S CONDITION THAT IT HAS TO STAY GREEN SPACE, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED TO BE DEVELOPED FOR USES THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN R1, B, WHICH ARE RESIDENTIAL USES, AND THEN SOME AND SOME LOW INTENSITY NONCOMMERCIAL USES.

AND CLINT, JUST A JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THOSE TWO STRUCTURES THAT ARE TO BE DEMOED UNDER THE PLAN OR UNDER THE THE INTENTION, ARE THOSE CURRENTLY VACANT, BOARDED UP.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY VACANT. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY THESE THESE TWO HOUSES ACTUALLY WENT TO THE OUR BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION BOARD LAST MONTH. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A DEMOLITION ORDER ON THOSE. SO EITHER WAY THESE HOUSES WOULD BE DEMOED. THEY'RE GOING TO OKAY. BUT THEY'VE THEY'VE KIND OF BLIGHTED PROPERTY. THEY'RE. WELL THAT SORRY WILL, WILL THE DEMOLITION ORDER IF NOT ACTED ON SOON ENOUGH IN IN ANY WAY IMPEDE THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OTHER PART OF THE PROJECT AS THE LANDOWNER? NO, NO IT WOULDN'T.

YEAH. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE. THE REASON WHY THEY'RE HOLDING OFF ON THE DEMO RIGHT NOW IS IF, IF THE REZONING GETS APPROVED, THEY WOULD DEMO ALL THE BUILDINGS AT ONCE BECAUSE THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WOULD COME DOWN TO IF IF THEY DON'T GET THE ZONING, THEN THEY'LL JUST DEMO THE TWO HOMES SEPARATELY. AND THEN THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT THE AT THE CORNER OF THAT

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[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS. NUMBER ONE ATTORNEY BRIEFING TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551 .071 NUISANCE ABATEMENT REGARDING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND BUILDING CODE STANDARDS UNDER TEXAS CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE, CHAPTER 125 AND TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 54 AND THE HOUSING FINANCE ACT, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 394, NUMBER TWO ATTORNEY BRIEFING, TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551 .071. O'NEILL, PEREZ VERSUS CITY OF WACO. CAUSE NUMBER 2020 3-2636. DASH FOUR 170 70TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

NUMBER THREE ATTORNEY BRIEFING, TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551 .071 AND PERSONNEL, TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074. DISCUSSION OF CITY MANAGER APPOINTMENT PROCESS NUMBER FOUR REAL PROPERTY TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.072. NUMBER FIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. SECTION 551.087 AND NUMBER SIX PERSONNEL TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTIONDOCTOR? ARE YOU REA. READY. WE'LL NOW CALL THE

[BUSINESS SESSION 6:00 P.M. - WACO CONVENTION CENTER BOSQUE THEATER]

[INDIVIDUAL ITEM - JOINTLY WITH WACO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES:]

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WHAT A SPECIAL OCCASION THIS IS. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE VISION AND LEADERSHIP THAT BROUGHT US HERE TONIGHT. IT'S MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO BE PRESENTING A RECAP OF WHY WE'RE TAKING THIS STEP TOGETHER. AND WITH THAT, A BRIEF OVERVIEW HERE IS THIS MILESTONE IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENTS AN ALIGNMENT BETWEEN OUR RESPECTIVE STRATEGIC PLANS. WE HAVE JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR GOALS THE PROJECT VISION TOGETHER, WHAT THIS TRANSACTION FRAMEWORK LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS AHEAD OF US. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER FOR SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITIES. AND THERE'S A BUTTON ON THE MICROPHONE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. BALL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU TRUSTEES. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, WACO ISD HAS ADOPTED A STRATEGIC PLAN WITH FOUR PRIORITIES. AND THEY'RE VERY, HOPEFULLY SIMPLE BUT VERY CLEAR. OUR STUDENTS, THEY'RE ALWAYS FIRST.

EVERYTHING WE DO IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR STUDENTS, THEIR NEEDS ACADEMICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SOCIALLY, BEHAVIORALLY. ALL THE THINGS WE DO ARE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN SECONDLY, STAFF. WE CANNOT SERVE OUR STUDENTS WITHOUT THE PROPER STAFF. AND WITH THAT, THAT MEANS HOW WE HIRE, HOW WE RECRUIT, HOW WE RETAIN, AND HOW WE DEVELOP THOSE PEOPLE WHO A DY BASIS. BUT WE ALSO KNOW WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK WITHOUT YOU, AND THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY. IT TAKES EVERYBODY INSIDE THE SCHOOLS, BUT OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS AND ALSO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER. REMEMBER THE ADAGE, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, RIGHT? WE BELIEVE IN THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. SO WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK WITHOUT EACH OF YOU THAT ARE IN THIS SPACE. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR FINANCES AND OUR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S NOT ONLY OUR MONEY AND OUR FINANCES. THANK YOU, MISS DAVIS, BUT IT'S ALSO OUR OPERATIONS WITH TRANSPORTATION, FOOD SERVICE, ALL THE THINGS THAT KIND OF GO BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKE SCHOOL HAPPEN.

AND SO WITH THAT, TODAY, AS WE MOVE ON TO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PRIORITIES, THIS SPEAKS TO SPECIFICALLY NUMBER THREE. AND NUMBER FOUR, THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WACO ISD TO NOT ONLY THE VISION OF OUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO THE VISION OF OUR CITY.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, I'LL SAY, PUT FORTH EFFORTS AND FINANCES INTO

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AND SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OUR DISTRICT AND ALSO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH YOU AND BE A PART OF THIS TREMENDOUS AND EXCITING OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL LEAVE A LEGACY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SPICER. THE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY HERE, THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN OUR STRATEGIC GOALS BECAME VERY CLEAR AND STARTED TO TAKE VISIBLE FORM AS WE ENTERED INTO THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN, WITH SOME VERY CLEAR GOALS THAT GO BEYOND A TYPICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. AND SO WHAT THAT DISTILLED DOWN TO FOR US EARLY 2024 AND COLLABORATIVELY THROUGH THE ENGAGEMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AND HUNT DEVELOPMENT GROUP, WORKING WITH A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS, WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP FROM BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THE PROJECT MISSION ALIGNED BETWEEN BEHIND THESE THREE ELEMENTS. CREATING DENSITY DOWNTOWN, A GRAVITATIONAL CENTER THAT IS VERY MUCH ROOTED IN CELEBRATING OUR STORIES AS A COMMUNITY. THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY MAKING DOWNTOWN FOR EVERYONE, AND THEN THINKING BEYOND JUST THE TRANSACTIONAL NATURE OF A ONE TIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PUSH, BUT PREPARE AN ABUNDANT FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS WITH 100 YEAR GOAL. THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP THAT CAME OUT OF THAT PROCESS. SO ADOPTED IN LATE JUNE OF 2024 IS A VERY DETAILED PROCESS FOR HOW WE CAN STEP INTO TRANSFORMING THE DOWNTOWN OF OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT THERE IS HELPFUL IN ILLUSTRATING WHERE THESE OVERLAPS OCCUR. WE HAVE 100 ACRES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR OVER A YEAR.

THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS ARE ALL THE ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT COME INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP FROM WACO ISD. SO THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM THE THE FACE OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE SHAPE OF OUR FUTURE AND THE PROSPERITY OF BOTH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND THE MISSIONS THAT WE SERVE. SO THE PROJECT VISION, SPECIFICALLY, YOU'VE YOU'VE SEEN MANY OF THESE PRESENTATIONS MANY TIMES, BUT WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS WITHIN 100 ACRES, WE'VE GOT FIVE DISTINCT DEFINING CHARACTER DISTRICTS. THE HEART AND SOUL OF THAT IS REALLY REFLECTED IN WHAT WE REFER TO AS BARONS BRANCH, THE BARONS BRANCH DISTRICT. ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, WHERE THE RED OUTLINE WAS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS IS ON PROPERTY THAT CURRENTLY IS THE FORMER TRACK PROPERTY. A PORTION OF IT IS ALSO ON THE SCHOOL SITE. BUT THIS IS SUCH A CULTURALLY RICH FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERTOLD AND LOST FOR MORE THAN A GENERATION, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. AND SO IT'S REALLY A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT GOING BEYOND A VISION FOR WHAT THAT FUTURE COULD BE LIKE, TO CREATE CONCRETE PLANS FOR TAKING STEPS FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION. THE ACTION TODAY WILL PUT US ON THAT PATH, AND SOME IMAGERY THAT, AGAIN, HAS BEEN IN PREPARATION OVER THE PAST YEAR, WORKING WITH HUNT DEVELOPMENT GROUP AND NATIONALLY RENOWNED CONSULTING PARTNERS. BUT IT IS A PARK DISTRICT THAT CREATES THAT FABRIC AND THE SETTING FOR THESE STORIES TO BE HIGHLIGHTED THAT DRAWS IN A CLOSENESS OF INVESTMENT, DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO LIFE. BLOOD FOR OUR DOWNTOWN MAKES PEOPLE FROM WACO, WHETHER THEY LIVE DOWNTOWN OR NOT, WANT TO COME DOWNTOWN TO CELEBRATE THIS, THE CAL DOSE NEIGHBORHOOD IS IS LARGELY THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, A FORMER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS IMPACTED, WIPED OUT BY URBAN RENEWAL. THE THE CENTRAL SPINE OF THAT COMMUNITY WAS ORGANIZED AROUND SECOND STREET. HERE WE HAVE AN ANIMATION OF WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT CORRIDOR CAN BE. IT'S A PEDESTRIAN ONLY ENVIRONMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR. IT'S ANCHORED WITH VISUAL BREADCRUMBS TO DRAW VISITORS AND LOCALS ALIKE THROUGH, TO EXPLORE A PARK ENVIRONMENT, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, DINING WITH RETAIL AND AND I'M SORRY WITH OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL ABOVE BUT POPULATED WITH A CHARACTER THAT IS VERY MUCH LIKE CAMERON PARK PLAYING ON THAT LONG HISTORY OF WACO, DRAWING THAT INTO OUR DOWNTOWN, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERFORMANCE OR SMALL SCALE ACTIVITIES, AND THEN REALLY THROWING A LOT OF EFFORT INTO NODDING TO OUR PAST AND OUR HISTORY, BUT WITHOUT RECREATING AN ARTIFICIAL PAST. WE'RE TRYING TO. I'M NOT SURE HOW I

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AND THOSE FEATURES DON'T HAVE TO BE ISOLATED SPLASH PADS. THEY WILL, IN FACT, TRICKLE THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS PARK DISTRICT, CASCADING DOWN THE TOPOGRAPHY THAT'S CREATED AND OPENED UP AS WE RESURRECT THE BARONS BRANCH CREEK THAT ALSO FLOWED THROUGH THIS AREA.

THAT CREEK ELEMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT IS CURRENTLY IN TUNNELS UNDER THE GROUND AND HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN TO A LARGE EXTENT, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNLOCKING THIS AREA. SO WE ARE INCREASING THE STORM CARRYING CAPACITY OF THAT TUNNEL SYSTEM SO THAT THE FEATURE ON TOP OF THE GROUND THAT RESURRECTS THE CREEK CAN BE MANAGEABLE, CALM AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT IN ANY CONDITION. SO EVEN IN A 500 YEAR FLOOD EVENT, THIS AREA WILL CHANNEL THOSE WATERS STRATEGICALLY TO AVOID IMPACT TO NEIGHBORING REAL ESTATE AND THAT CREEK. IT DOES NOT AT ALL LOOK LIKE A FLOOD CONTROL DEVICE WHATSOEVER. THIS IS A VERY LUSH, NATURALISTIC ENVIRONMENT WITH BEAUTIFUL CASCADES INTERWOVEN AMONG LIMESTONE AND PERFORMANCE AREAS. AND LA LA LA LA FOUNTAIN WITHIN THE LA LA PLAZA. THIS IS ONE OF THE DEFINING CALLBACKS THAT IS TOO PRECIOUS TO IGNORE. AND SO ONE OF THE KEY THINGS TO NOTE HERE IS THAT THE EXISTING FOUNTAIN IT IN ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION, WILL REMAIN AND BE UNCOVERED IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS ITS AUTHENTIC HISTORY, BUT IT'LL ALSO BE RECREATED IN A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE FUNCTIONING AND BRING THAT WATER BACK FURTHER UP ONTO THE PLAZA. SO OUR OUR HEART AND SOUL IS IN THIS PROJECT, AND WE HOPE THAT IT RESONATES WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR INDICATES WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT WE'VE DONE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY TO PUT THIS PROJECT ON TRACK, FOR. WE'RE IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS NOW, SO THIS IS NAVIGATING RIGHT ALONG ON SCHEDULE. AND AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS TOUCHING ON THAT GRAVITATIONAL CENTER THAT'S AUTHENTIC AND TAILORED FOR WACO, STEEPED IN THE STORY OF THIS PLACE AND EMBRACING THE SPIRIT THAT SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES KNOW IS THAT DOWNTOWN, YOU'VE GOT TO YOU'VE GOT TO SERVE THE LOCALS FIRST. AND SMART, INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION IS WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT. SO THE TRANSACTION TRANSACTION FRAMEWORK IS MAYBE THE PRIMARY FUNCTION THAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

IT'S REPRESENTING THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF TWO TRACTS OF LAND. THE FIRST CONTAINS THE SCHOOL, INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL, THERE IN THE BACKGROUND FROM WACO DRIVE OVER TO JEFFERSON ALONG THE RIVER, AND THEN FROM JEFFERSON TOWARDS WASHINGTON IS THE FORMER TRACK PROPERTY. AND SO THESE TWO PROPERTIES TOGETHER ARE OVER 22 ACRES. AND AT 22.8 ACRES AND APPROXIMATELY AT THAT INTERSECTION OF JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY PARKS. AND JUST TO AGAIN TOUCH ON WHAT OVERLAPS WITHIN THAT BARONS BRANCH DISTRICT, THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT HELPS SHOW THAT VERY CLEARLY THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TRACT PROPERTY AND A GOOD PORTION OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY ARE BOTH PART OF BARONS BRANCH AND ESSENTIAL TO ITS SUCCESS. THE TRANSACTION FRAMEWORK IS A SERIES OF AGREEMENTS THAT ARE TIED TOGETHER. SO THE MOST TRADITIONAL SIDE OF THIS IS THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE $32.2 MILLION THAT THE CITY IS PAYING AT CLOSING. IT'S BROKEN INTO TWO RELEASES FROM ESCROW. THE FIRST IS AT CLOSING THE $28.48 MILLION, AND THEN THE SECOND PAYMENT WILL BE MADE. THE $3.72 MILLION WILL BE MADE ON MARCH 31ST. AT THE END OF THE LEASEBACK PERIOD. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AGREEMENT IS REALLY REFLECTED IN THE INTERLOCAL SIDE OF IT. THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TOUCHES ON A LOT OF

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SO CERTAINLY THE SHORT TERM LEASEBACK IS ONE ELEMENT OF THAT. IT GOES BEYOND JUST THE SHORT TERM THOUGH. SO THERE'S THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SALVAGE EQUIPMENT THAT STILL HAS LIFE. THERE'S CERTAINLY A SIDE BY SIDE APPROACH TO THE OUTREACH THAT HAS TO HAPPEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE SAME ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT BROUGHT MANY OF THESE STORYTELLING THREADS TO OUR ATTENTION. FOR THE BARONS BRANCH DISTRICT AND THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S THAT SAME ENERGY AND FOCUS THAT WILL GO INTO UNCOVERING THE THREADS AND STORIES FOR THIS CAMPUS AND THIS PROPERTY AND ITS HISTORY AND WHAT IT'S MEANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFLECTED. THERE'S WAYS THAT'S GOING TO SPILL INTO THE INTO THE BARONS BRANCH DISTRICT, AND THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF INFORMATION OR A LOT OF WAYS THAT IT WILL INFORM THE BALLPARK DISTRICT AS WELL THAT WILL OVERLAY THIS AREA. INTERNSHIPS, EXTERNSHIPS, EXCURSIONS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT OUR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ALIGNED ON IN YEARS PAST, AND THIS HELPS CEMENT A PATH FORWARD FOR US TO CONTINUE DOING THAT SUCCESSFULLY OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING, LEVERAGING ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT A CITY AND DOING ITS BUSINESS AS A CITY CAN AFFORD TO THE YOUNG MINDS AND YOUNG STUDENTS, BUT ALSO LEVERAGING THIS PROJECT AND LEVERAGING THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT OF THAT AND REPLICATING THE SUCCESS THAT WACO ISD HAS ENJOYED SO WELL WITH MAKING OPPORTUNITIES AS WACO HIGH SCHOOL WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THOSE ARE THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT IDEAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PULL INTO THE CITY'S PROJECT AS WELL. SO THOSE WERE GREAT DISCUSSIONS AND GREAT OPPORTUNITIES WERE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE THAT WAY. SIMILARLY, AS WE'RE FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN AND WHAT BRINGS THE LIFE TO OUR DOWNTOWN, THINKING ABOUT OUR, OUR VENUES. AND SO THIS BUILDING, THE CONVENTION CENTER, IS ONE GREAT VENUE DOWNTOWN, BUT ALSO THE FOSTER PAVILION, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT THE CITY HAS HAD A HAND IN BRINGING TO FRUITION AND HAS SOME RIGHTS ON THE TABLE TO TO BRING INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE DEFINED HOW THOSE THINGS CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND VISUALLY SHOWCASING HOW OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN IMPORTANT, CRUCIAL PART OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND THEN FOR THE LONGER TERM, THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP THAT WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GET TO EVERYTHING YET WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO EVERYTHING YET. AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE THAT CONVERSATION FOR A LATER DATE. TO SAY THAT IF THE STARS ALIGN ON A JOINT MUNICIPAL CAMPUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CAMPUS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN STILL RETURN TO IN THE FUTURE. SO THOSE REMAIN IN THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP. WE'RE OPEN TO THAT AS OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONS. BUT IN THE BACKGROUND, AS THE SUCCESS OF THIS FIRST PHASE TAKES HOLD AS A SUCCESS OF DOWNTOWN AND THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT TAKE HOLD. THERE'S A THERE'S A BOTTOM LINE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BOTH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT OUR BOND CAPACITY, OUR ABILITY TO DO GOOD THINGS, GROW WISELY AND INVEST IN OUR FACILITIES. THAT CAPACITY WILL BE GROWING ALL THE WHILE IN THE BACKGROUND. SO IT'S IT'S VERY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO BRING A DEAL LIKE THIS FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. AND AGAIN, JUST DISTILLING THAT DOWN TO THE BASICS. WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION IS A SET OF THREE AGREEMENTS THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. THE LEASE AGREEMENT IS A PART OF THAT. AND THEN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. ALL THREE OF THOSE TOGETHER ARE IN FRONT OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING THROUGH THE SPRING OF OF THIS COMING YEAR, WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU STRATEGIC ROADMAP UPDATES FOR ADOPTION. THERE WILL BE A FOCUSED EFFORT ON UPDATING THAT DOCUMENT TO REFLECT EVERYTHING WE'VE LEARNED IN THE PAST YEAR, UPDATING THAT DOCUMENT TO REFLECT THE IMPACT AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS TRANSACTION. SO WE WANT TO KEEP IT VALID AND CURRENT AND USEFUL TO US. SO WE WILL DO THE WORK IN THE BACKGROUND TO SUPPORT THAT UPDATE AND BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION FOR CONSIDERATION, ALL THE WHILE ADVANCING SOME OF THE OTHER TOOLS FOR THE SUCCESS OF DEVELOPMENT. SO FORM BASED CODE IS GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU IN EARLY 2026. THE FINANCIAL PROCESS OF FUNDING BEARS BRANCH CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION. THOSE WILL BE CONVERSATIONS IN THE SPRING OF THIS COMING YEAR. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE'LL BE REQUESTING OR RECOMMENDING AN AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WITH HUNT DEVELOPMENT GROUP FOR THE BEARS BRANCH CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE ON TRACK FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE'RE IN THE PERMITTING PHASE RIGHT NOW. WE BELIEVE WE'LL BE SHOVEL READY BY THE MIDDLE OF 2026, SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. THIS IS A AMAZING WATERSHED MOMENT. I'M HAVING TO PINCH MYSELF UP HERE, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF HANDS TO BRING AN AMAZING AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP

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THANK YOU, TOM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS PROJECT. IT'S BEEN IT'S MEANT A LOT TO TO US WITHIN THE CITY ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, MAYOR, BASED ON TOM'S PRESENTATION, THE PRESENTATION BY DOCTOR SPICER, THE REQUESTED ACTIONS TONIGHT ARE ONE. ADOPT BUDGET AMENDMENTS. TWO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. APPROVE THE LEASE BACK. APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE RELATED DOCUMENTS. INTENDED OUTCOMES ARE CLEAR. PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF INDIAN SPRING. EXPAND COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL USE OF DOWNTOWN AND ACCELERATE THE BRAND'S BARONS BRANCH. FIRST PHASE WITH A STRONG CITY ISD PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT MAYOR. I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. YEAH, WHAT WE'LL DO RIGHT NOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SERIES OF TWO APPROVAL CYCLES HERE. THE FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THIS, AND THEN WE WILL I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. BARDANA FOR TO TO GET THE DISCUSSION FROM THE SCHOOL. SO AT THIS POINT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS. WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS IT AFTER WE HEAR THE MOTION. MAYOR, AS THE PROUD PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN IN WACO ISD, IT WOULD BE MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE SAID MOTION HERE TODAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT OUR CITY STAFF HAS DONE. I KNOW DEIDRA BRADLEY, TOM, THE WHOLE CMO TEAM ON THIS, GRATEFUL FOR DOCTOR SPICER. I'M GRATEFUL FOR HER PREDECESSOR, GRATEFUL FOR THIS WONDERFUL BOARD, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THIS COUNCIL FOR ALL THEIR WORK TO GET US TO THIS POINT. I THINK IT'S IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY OF PARTNERSHIP. AND I THINK THIS IS A AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT THE MAYOR ALLOWED ME TO HOLD THE BRIEFCASE WITH THE MONEY IN IT, WHICH WAS KIND OF A THRILL FOR ME FIRST. SO YOU STILL HAVE IT? I STILL GOT IT. YEAH, IT'S IN MY TRUCK. WHERE ARE YOU PARKED? JUST. I'LL. I'LL CONTINUE THAT BY SAYING. WELL, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED. THIS IS. THIS WAS NO SMALL FEAT TO GET ACCOMPLISHED. AND IT TOOK EVERYBODY IN BOTH ORGANIZATIONS TO GET IT DONE. AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE. WE EARLIER IN OUR WORK SESSION, WE SPOKE ABOUT UNTOLD STORIES, HOW WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE MURAL AT THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CENTER AND TO BREAK THE GROUND ON ALICE RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ, MARTINEZ, RODRIGUEZ PARK. AND AND THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR UNTOLD STORIES IN HISTORY.

AND THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS. IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN PUT BACK THE BUILDINGS THAT URBAN RENEWAL REMOVED, BUT WE CAN DO IS BRING BACK THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS LOST IN THAT PROCESS. AND I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE AND HIGHLIGHT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SPACES OF FELLOWSHIP. YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY LOOKING AT AT VARIOUS PARKS AND THINGS AND THE WAY BROOKLYN PARK IS SET UP. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH BETTER IN DOWNTOWN WACO BECAUSE JUST THE TOPOGRAPHY OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN GREENVILLE LAST WEEK, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, SO YEAH, THIS IS COOL. HOWEVER, THE FALLS ARE ONE THING, BUT IT'S A WHOLE RIVER THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH IT, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE IN A WAY THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. SO THAT'S THE IMPACT OF THIS THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS LONG STANDING PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH WACO ISD TO JUST CONTINUE TO GROW IN WACO FOR WACOANS, FOR FIRST WACOANS FIRST, THEN FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO GETS TO EXPERIENCE THE CITY. SO IT IS IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE TO HAVE SAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND BEEN A PART OF IT. I'LL JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, TO MAYOR PRO TEM POINT, THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY PROCESS. AND WHEN WE AS A CITY KIND OF PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE AND MAKE THIS BIG PLAN WITH LAND WE DON'T OWN YET, THERE'S A LOT OF TRUST IN THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE WONDERFUL BOARD UP HERE.

AND, AND, AND IN THAT PROCESS, THERE'S TRANSITIONS. WE WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR IN PLACE SINCE, SINCE THIS STARTED, WHICH HAS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, A NEW BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THE RELATIONSHIP MAINTAINING ITS STRENGTH THROUGHOUT THAT TIME WAS REALLY

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I'VE GOT A I'VE GOT A TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MAKES ME KEEP THIS IN PERSPECTIVE. THAT I CAN BE HAPPY FOR SOMETHING HAPPENING IN 15 YEARS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT ALL. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED SUCCESS AND PARTNERSHIP DOWN THE LINE. ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST CAP THAT WITH SAYING THAT THE CITY OF WACO WILL HAVE SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IN A GROWING CITY LIKE WACO. AND I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR SPICER. I'M GOING TO GO RIGHT DOWN THE LINE HERE TO BOARD PRESIDENT JOSE VIDANA AND THE ENTIRE BOARD. JEREMY DAVIS, JIM PATTON, ANGELO OCHOA, KEITH GUILLORY, TAYLOR BLEDSOE, AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. AS WE FIGURED THIS OUT. AS COUNCIL MEMBER EWING STATED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE, AND KIND OF THE DREAM HAS BEEN SORT OF OUT THERE, AND WE HAVE TO GET THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THIS THING OUT OF THE WAY FIRST. BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT BOTH THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL. TOM BOCK I COULD WATCH THAT THAT VIDEO TIME. I JUST YOU COULD JUST HAVE IT ON A REAL REPEAT FOR 24 HOURS. I JUST LOVE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WALKING AROUND IN THAT PARK AND IMAGINING OUR RESIDENTS OF WACO.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY PARK. THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WACO TO ENJOY AND BE PROUD OF. SO THIS TRANSACTION REALLY HELPS US MOVE FORWARD WITH A VISIONARY DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE. I'M JUST CONVINCED THIS WILL BE IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A CHARGE HERE DOWNTOWN AND HAVE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT COME TO WACO. THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO COME BACK WHEN THIS THING IS ALL BUILT OUT. IT'S GREAT RIVERFRONT SITE. THE ENTIRE RIVERFRONT IS VERY CONNECTED TO WHAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS. SO WE'LL BE CREATING NEW PUBLIC SPACES, AND IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR FOR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR ALL OF US FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THIS WAY. THIS WILL IDENTIFY WHAT WACO IS.

AND AS WE GO INTO THIS, I KNOW YOU'RE SEEING ALL THESE PICTURES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT AS WE GET INTO THE DETAILS AND THE PLANNING COMMUNITY, INPUT IS GOING TO BE SUPER IMPORTANT AS WE AS TOMMY BORK IS IN, CITY MANAGER FORD HAVE KIND OF SHOWN WHAT OUR CONCEPTS ARE. WE WANT TO SHAPE THOSE AS WE GO. SO WE WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR PAST AND MAKE IT IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE, TOO. JUST IT'S IT'S IT'S A WONDERFUL PLAN. SO WE'RE DEPENDING ON ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THIS. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WE LET KIND OF PEOPLE PEEK IN. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM AND A LOT OF SUPPORT, AND JUST A LOT OF LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW SOON CAN WE GET ALL THIS DONE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN THIS IS DONE, WE WILL MAKE THE SAN ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO RIVERWALK LOOK LIKE A DIRTY CANAL. YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE SUPER. THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT STUFF. WELL LANDSCAPED. AND WE GOT ELEVATION THERE. AND ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN BY BEHRENS BRANCH WHERE WE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. IT'S BASICALLY IN THE FLOODPLAIN RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING UNTIL WE CAN KIND OF MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO TOGETHER WITH WISD, WE'RE SUPER HAPPY THAT WE CAN TAKE FIRST STEPS IN THIS, IN THIS PROCESS. SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THAT? I THINK THAT'S ALL THE DISCUSSION. SO CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL ORDERED.

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I SECOND, THANK YOU, MR. BLEDSOE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? JUST WANTED TO SAY, MAN, WHAT AN EXCITING TIME TO BE AWAY. COHEN. WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVERYBODY. TOM BORK, BRADLEY FORD, DOCTOR SPICER, PETE RUSICK ELIZABETH COX, EVERYBODY UP FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE CITY WHO REALLY DID ALL THE WORK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I'M THANKFUL JUST TO COME IN ON THE BACK END AND AND GET TO BE A PART OF THIS COOL CEREMONY, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT MAKES WACO SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. WE'VE HAD TRANSITIONS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL, THE CITY LEVEL, THE COUNCIL LEVEL, THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL.

AND FOR A DEAL OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND SCOPE TO STILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, I THINK SPEAKS TO WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SO SPECIAL. SO THANKFUL TO GET TO BE A PART OF IT. MISTER, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN. I FEEL LIKE COUNCILMAN EWING KIND OF SET IT ALL UP. I MEAN, THE PERFECT JOB OF EXPLAINING ALL THE BENEFITS WE ARE RECEIVING, OUR STUDENTS, THE FUTURE, VERY, VERY BLESSED AND HAPPY ABOUT BEING A PART OF THIS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS WITH ALL OF YOU. AND JUST LIKE HILLARY AND KIND OF JOINED AT THE END, TAIL END OF IT. BUT I FEEL VERY LUCKY AND FORTUNATE TO BE A PART OF IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT. MR. DAVIS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FORTUNATE TO BE AROUND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS? DEFINITELY EXCITED AND HAPPY ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYONE'S DONE. DEFINITELY PROUD OF THE BENEFITS THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL GET THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IMMEDIATELY AND THROUGHOUT THE PHASES OF THE PROJECT FOR FUTURE WACOANS TO COME. SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. MR. PATTON, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SURE. I THINK THAT INDIAN SPRINGS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WACO ISD HISTORY, AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE IMPACT THAT THIS SCHOOL HAD IN, IN A NEW AND UNIQUE WAY. AND WITH THE THE TRANSACTION, THIS WILL ALSO HELP WACO ISD FINANCIALLY FROM A SECURITY ASPECT AND WILL ALLOW US TO FOCUS THESE RESOURCES ON HELPING OUR STUDENTS BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW. AND I APPRECIATE HOW. COLLABORATIVE MAYOR YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND IT'S BEEN A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF IT. MR. CHO, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, JUST A FEW COMMENTS. SO 100, 105 YEARS AGO, MY GRANDFATHER PURCHASED ONE OF THE FIRST HOUSES ON SECOND STREET DOWN THERE AND HELPED HIS FAMILY AND LOTS OF OTHER FAMILIES HELP BUILD SAINT FRANCIS CHURCH. MY GREAT MY GRANDFATHER ENDED UP TEACHING AT JEFFERSON. MORE YEARS LATER, ISABEL AND I ENDED UP TEACHING WHEN IT WAS AJ MOORE. SO IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PART OF WACO FOR OUR FAMILY. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF WACO, NOT JUST FOR RECOGNIZING THE HISTORY OF THAT AREA, BUT ALSO HONORING THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE DISPLACED. I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR MORE THANK YOUS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT I KNOW HOW HARD OUR TEAM WORKED, AND I I'M SURE IT WAS EQUALLY AS MUCH ON Y'ALL'S END. IT'S JUST A VERY EXCITING TIME TO SEE WHAT'S COMING. I'VE BEEN TELLING MY KIDS, AS WE DRIVE AROUND THAT AREA, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK THE SAME IN TEN YEARS, AND THAT'S THAT'S A VERY EXCITING FOR US. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY HI. I, I, MR. PRESIDENT, PLEASE NOTE MY ABSTENTION FROM VOTING ON THIS ITEM, SIR. LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, WITH MR. GUILLORY ABSTAINING. NOW,

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[PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS]

AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LAW SCHOOL ISSUES HERE. SO I'M GOING TO MEET. WE'LL MEET DOWN AT THE PODIUM I WILL MEET WITH THE FIRE PREVENTION. IS THAT CHIEF BERGERSON. THERE YOU ARE.

ALRIGHT. GREAT. I HAD MY BAG FOR TODAY. CHIEF. GREAT, GREAT. THIS IS AN HONOR FOR ME TO HAVE TO STAND HERE WITH THESE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. PEOPLE WHO ARE PROTECTING US AS WE AS WE GO THROUGH LIFE HERE IN WACO. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I HAVE THE NECESSARY AND THE AND THE THE NECESSARY THINGS THAT NEED TO BE THE POSSIBLE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE NECESSARY AS PUBLIC SAFETY. WE GOT TO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY EVERY, EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY. AND YOU GUYS COME THROUGH WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE IT. THE WACO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS TO ME THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE AN ISO ONE RATING, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATING YOU CAN GET. OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE FANTASTIC. WE'RE WELL EQUIPPED TO NEW FIRE STATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN WACO, AND ONE ON RICHEY ROAD, ONE COMING IN ON LASALLE. JUST A GREAT, GREAT FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M SO SUPER PROUD OF YOU. SO AS WE CELEBRATE THE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, I WILL BE READING THIS PRESENT OR THIS PROCLAMATION. I, JIM HOLMES, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH 11TH, 2025 AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF WACO. SO TO. AND I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND ME, ALONG WITH WACO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OBSERVING FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. FIRE REMAINS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND LITHIUM BATTERIES AND HOUSEHOLD DEVICES POSE ADDED FIRE RISKS. COMMON HOUSEHOLD ELECTRONICS ARE POWERED BY LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, WHICH, IF MISUSED, DAMAGED OR IMPROPERLY CHARGED, CAN OVERHEAT, START A FIRE, OR EXPLODE. THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION REPORTS AN INCREASE IN BATTERY RELATED FIRES, HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SAFETY EDUCATION. THE 2025 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME CHARGE INTO FIRE SAFETY LITHIUM ION BATTERIES IN YOUR HOME EMPHASIZES SAFE BATTERY USE THROUGH PROPER CHARGING AND RESPONSIBLE RECYCLING. THE CITY OF WACO AND THE WACO FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE, AND ARE COMMITTED TO REDUCING FIRE RISKS THROUGH PREVENTION EFFORTS. PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND THIS PROCLAMATION IS IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF WITNESS MY HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF WACO, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, SIGNED BY ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I WILL PRESENT IT TO YOU NOW. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, CHIEF, REAL QUICKLY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR PROCLAIMING THIS YEAR'S FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. WHILE THIS WEEK BRINGS SPECIAL ATTENTION, EVERY DAY MUST BE FIRE PREVENTION DAY IN OUR HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND WORKPLACES, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND ESPECIALLY THE MEMBERS OF OUR FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, WHOM I'VE ASKED TO JOIN ME THIS EVENING. THEY WORK TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES, OFTEN GOING UNNOTICED TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE THROUGH EDUCATION, INSPECTIONS AND PREVENTION EFFORTS. BECAUSE OF THESE COMBINED EFFORTS AND THE VIGILANCE OF OUR CITIZENS, IT IS NOW BEEN 962 DAYS SINCE WACO HAS EXPERIENCED A FIRE DEATH.

THAT'S NOT BY CHANCE. THAT'S A COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT. FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS. QUITE HONESTLY, IT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF. YOUR SUPPORT EMPOWERS OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR FIRE MARSHALS TO DO MORE THAN JUST RESPOND. WE PREVENT. SO THANK

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I, JIM HOLMES, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 7TH, 2025, AS ELIZABETH MILLER AND TOM FEATHERSTON DAY IN THE CITY OF WACO. WE URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND ME IN HONORING THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROFESSORS ELIZABETH MILLER AND THOMAS M FEATHERSTON, JR TO BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, THE LEGAL PROFESSION, THE CITY OF WACO, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

PROFESSOR MILLER IS THE M, STEPHEN AND ALICE, A BEARD CHAIR IN BUSINESS AND TRANSACTIONAL LAW AT BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL. SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY AND HER LAW DEGREE FROM BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL. SHE IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE NATION'S FOREMOST LEGAL EXPERTS ON BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF TEXAS, BUSINESS ENTITIES, AND LLCS. HER WORK HAS INFLUENCED BOTH BOTH THE ACADEMIC STUDY AND THE PRACTICE OF BUSINESS LAW ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. HER INFLUENTIAL WORK IN TEXAS BUSINESS LAW INCLUDES COAUTHORING COMPREHENSIVE THREE VOLUME TREATISE ON BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. AT BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL, SHE DEVELOPED THE BUSINESS LAW BOOT CAMP AND THE NATIONAL TRANSACTION LAW COMPETITION THE CLOSER, AND SHE ASSISTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLINIC, WHICH SERVED SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. PROFESSOR MILLER HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED REPEATEDLY FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP, AND SERVICE. SHE IS A LIFE FELLOW OF BOTH THE AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION AND THE TEXAS BAR FOUNDATION, AND AS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE. SHE WAS NAMED OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR BY BAYLOR UNIVERSITY IN 2006, AND RECEIVED MULTIPLE AWARDS FROM THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FOR HER DEDICATION TO ADVANCING BUSINESS LAW AND MENTORING FUTURE GENERATION OF LAWYERS. PROFESSOR FEATHERSTON RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY AND LAW DEGREE FROM BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL.

HE JOINED THE BAYLOR LAW FACULTY IN 1982. I THINK I WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. AFTER HIS TIME IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, AND QUICKLY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A LEADING SCHOLAR. HE CURRENTLY HOLDS THE MILLS COX CHAIR OF LAW. THROUGHOUT HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER, PROFESSOR FEATHERSTON HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF TEXAS'S FOREMOST EXPERTS IN ESTATE PLANNING, TRUST, AND MARITAL PROPERTY. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEXAS LAW INCLUDE CHAIRING THE STATE BAR COMMITTEE THAT REVISED THE STATE'S GUARDIANSHIP STATUTES IN THE 1980S, AND LATER LEADING THE COMMITTEE IN THE 1990S THAT OVERHAULED THE CLAIMS PROCEDURES IN THE TEXAS PROBATE CODE. HE HAS AUTHORED NUMEROUS ARTICLES PRESENTED AT HUNDREDS OF CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND SERVED AS A MENTOR TO GENERATIONS OF BAYLOR LAWYERS. HE HAS RECEIVED AWARDS FROM THE TEXAS STATE BAR OF TEXAS AND THE TEXAS BAR FOUNDATION FOR HIS DEDICATION TO LEGAL EDUCATION, THE PROFESSION, AND OUR COMMUNITY.

IN ADDITION TO HIS SCHOLARSHIP, PROFESSOR FEATHERSTON HAS BEEN A TIRELESS SERVANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. HE HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL ESTATE PLANNING CLINIC, SUPERVISING LAW STUDENTS IN THE DRAFTING OF NEARLY 600 WILLS FOR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THROUGH THEIR COMMITMENT TO SCHOLARSHIP, DEVOTION TO STUDENTS, AND LEADERSHIP IN THE PROFESSION AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. PROFESSORS, PROFESSORS FEATHERSTON AND MILLER HAVE ENHANCED BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL'S REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE AND CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, WITNESS MY HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF THE CITY OF WACO, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER. YEAR OF OUR LORD 2025. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK. YOU. THANKS. THANKS. THANKS A LOT. THANKS. SO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. WE'RE BACK. WE'RE BACK UP HERE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT

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LOZANO. YES. YES. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS

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CLINT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR DIRECTOR PETERS THERE BEING NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, I WILL NOW OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. IS ANYONE PRESENT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. SO, CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO.

YES. BOARD OF RUDE. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING. H TWO. DIRECTOR PETERS. HONORABLE MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A CONTINUANCE OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, FLEX TO OFFICE INDUSTRIAL FLEX, AND TO REZONE FROM R1, B AND C3 TO C2 ON PROPERTY KNOWN AS 2424 16 ROBINSON DRIVE. THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REVISED REQUEST AND THOSE ARE AT YOUR PLACE.

AND IF WE CLICK IT ONE MORE, IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN TO THE REVISED REQUEST DOES REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE CHANGE ON THE R1 B PORTION TO JUST 25FT OF THAT 100FT OF R1. B ZONING STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REVISED REQUEST, BASED ON THE FINDINGS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE ORIGINAL REQUEST. IS THAT THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION? WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AT THE WORK SESSION THIS AFTERNOON. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'LL NOW OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. AND I HAVE TWO CARDS. THE FIRST CARD IS THE APPLICANT. SO YOU'LL COME FIRST MARY VILLARREAL. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MARY VILLARREAL WITH THE ENFIELD GROUP AT 401 STUDY WITH STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77 007. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MENTIONED AS MARY VILLARREAL WITH THE ENFIELD GROUP ON BEHALF OF ROBINSON WACO INVESTMENTS LLC. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR CONTINUED EFFORTS ON THIS REQUEST. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE NEIGHBOR, MR. DANIEL. I HOPE I DON'T TEAR UP HIS NAME, I BELIEVE, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH US AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU, FOR YOUR KIND CONSIDERATION OF THE REZONING APPLICATION BEFORE YOU. TODAY, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO GO BEYOND THE USUAL IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THIS PROJECT AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND ADDRESS THE CONCERN OF OUR NEIGHBOR. AS MENTIONED, WE MET WITH MR. PANCHOLI AND STAFF TO DETERMINE WHAT MORE COULD BE DONE TO EASE OUR NEIGHBORS CONCERNS. THE FOLLOWING SITE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. ONLY 25FT OF THE EAST 100FT, MEASURED FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE C-2, AND THE 75FT CLOSEST TO THE EAST PROPERTY LINE TO OUR NEIGHBOR WILL REMAIN RESIDENTIAL TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES BEING BUILT CLOSER TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. TO THE EAST, WE'RE THE DEVELOPER WILL INSTALL A SIX FOOT METAL FENCE WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBOR AND TRACT. THE DETENTION FACILITY WILL BE ENCLOSED WITH A CHAINLINK FENCE TO PREVENT ANYONE FROM GOING BACK IN THE REAR, AND IT WILL BE AREA WILL BE WELL LIT. WE, THE DEVELOPER, WILL ALSO MAKE SURE TO PUT UP NO LOITERING SIGNS. SO WE POSTED THE

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS VILLAREAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS VILLARREAL? THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANOTHER CARD HERE, MR. DANIEL PANTALEO. AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS.

COUNCIL. IT'S DANIEL. MY ADDRESS IS 2708 PRIMROSE DRIVE, WACO, TEXAS, 76706. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO I MADE LIKE, COPIES OF LIKE, A LITTLE PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO GIVE Y'ALL THAT OR NOT. AND THEN REAL QUICK, JUST. OKAY. ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND. SO. IT'S LIKE TWO SEPARATE OTHER FORMS. SO THE FIRST FORM YOU'LL BE RECEIVING IS JUST SOMETHING JUST I KIND OF TYPED UP JUST KIND OF OLD SCHOOL LIKE LIKE LIKE I LEARNED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. BASICALLY. I'LL GO OVER THERE. I GUESS, ONCE YOU RECEIVE THOSE FORMS. JUST GO AHEAD OF. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO THERE'S THREE PARTS TO IT. YEAH.

YES YES YES, SIR. SO FIRST ONE IS JUST JUST JUST KIND OF LIKE WHAT I'LL BE GOING OVER WITH YOU. MY CONCERNS OF FOR THAT PROPERTY. THE SECOND IS SO YESTERDAY I WENT OVER TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS. I KNOW YOU GUYS SENT OUT A BUNCH OF LETTERS TWO MONTHS AGO IN REFERENCE TO WHO WOULD OPPOSE THIS. AND YOU GUYS GOT JUST JUST ME, OF COURSE. AND I WENT OUT AND GOT SEVEN SIGNATURES IN AN HOUR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD YESTERDAY, JUST KNOCKING DOOR TO DOOR ABOUT. BASICALLY, THOSE ARE SIGNATURES AND THEIR ADDRESSES OF JUST CITIZENS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT BASICALLY THAT ME BEING A GAS STATION, THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT JUST NEEDS TO STAY, THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO ENCROACH ANY FURTHER INTO OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEY'RE CONCERNED. THEY'RE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS WITH ME ABOUT JUST, JUST PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE HAVING. SO START WITH LIKE THERE'S TRAFFIC CONCERNS AT THE INTERSECTIONS. ROBINSON DRIVE EXPERIENCES HEAVY TRAFFIC, HEAVY TRAFFIC, IN ADDITION TO COMMERCIAL ADDITION OF A COMMERCIAL CONVENIENCE STORE, WOULD GREATLY INCREASE CONGESTION. DELIVERY TRUCKS AND CUSTOMERS VEHICLES AND LATE NIGHT TRAFFIC WOULD CREATE SAFETY HAZARDS FOR DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS AND CHILDREN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. LIKE OVER THE YEARS, I'VE SEEN LIKE MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AT INTERSECTION. BEING A GAS STATION, I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP IT AT AT ALL.

BASICALLY IMPACT ON MY PROPERTY VALUE. PERSONALLY, I THINK WHAT I'VE LOOKED ONLINE, IT'S GOING TO DECREASE MY PROPERTY VALUE ABOUT 10 TO 20%, WITH THAT GAS STATION BEING CLOSEST TO ME, WITH THE RESIDENTS BEHIND ME, I COULDN'T FIND AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY DECREASE THEIR PROPERTY VALUE. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT. NOTHING BENEFITS. HAVING A GAS STATION JUST RIGHT BY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. LIKE THE NEXT THING IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY CONCERNS.

BEING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'VE I'VE I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT I NORMALLY WATCH WATCH GAS STATIONS. THERE'S SO MUCH DRUG ACTIVITY SOLICITING HOMELESS PEOPLE AND DRUG USAGE, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL USE USAGE. AND THAT JUST BRINGS IT THAT MUCH CLOSER. I MEAN, I SEE THIS STUFF THAT HAPPENS AT THE MELODY RANCH AND THEN THE STRIPES ACROSS THE STREET AND JUST BEING ANOTHER GAS STATION BUILT ACROSS THAT INTERSECTION, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO DO US ANY GOOD OR WHATEVER. IT'S JUST GOING TO BRING IT THAT MUCH CLOSER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT RIDE LIKE, I KNOW Y'ALL GOT. Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB BUILDING A BIKE LANE THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT RIDE THEIR BIKES, CHILDREN THAT WALK BACK TO SCHOOL, WHATEVER. THERE'S A APARTMENT COMPLEX ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD. SO THAT'S JUST JUST WOULDN'T BE ANY GOOD. AND AS FAR AS, YEAH, THE SAFETY CONCERNS, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS. AND I WENT OVER I KNOW LIKE WE BROUGHT UP THE CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND I THINK CLINT TOLD ME WE HAD A DISCUSSION OVER THE PHONE AND HE BROUGHT IT UP. HE TOLD ME

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I'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN 2024, 60 AND IN 2025, 63 SO FAR. BUT WE'RE GOING INTO THE BASICALLY THE PRIME DISTURBANCE IS FOR 911 GOING INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON. AND THEN AT MELODY RANCH, SEPARATE CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2022 WITH 70, 20, 23, 39, 20, 2449 AND 20 2537 SO FAR THIS YEAR. AND THAT'S JUST IN THAT AREA. SO JUST THERE'S A LOT AND I HAVEN'T SHE ACTUALLY ADDED A LOT OF LIKE TRAFFIC STOPS THAT COPS MAKE AND FIRE EMS FOR THAT AREA. AND THAT ADDS ABOUT PROBABLY ADDITIONALLY PROBABLY ABOUT ANOTHER HUNDRED CALLS OR SO. SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA AND JUST HAVING ANOTHER GAS STATION. I KNOW I CAN'T TELL THEM WHAT THEY CAN BUILD THERE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT.

RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THEY SHOULD STAY EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. AND, AND THEY SHOULD JUST WORK WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. AND THAT WAY THEY DON'T ENCROACH ON MY PROPERTY, WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECTS ME AND MY NEIGHBOR. AND THAT SECOND, THE THIRD LETTER IS FROM MY NEIGHBOR. HE'S LIKE, RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT TO ME. AND HE, HIS, HIS SON AND HIS FAMILY WROTE THAT LETTER TO ME. SO LIKE, THERE'S THERE'S CONCERN FOR THIS. I'M SORRY. I GUESS I'M GOING OVER MY TIME. BUT BASICALLY, I APPRECIATE YOU A LITTLE EXTRA TIME BECAUSE I THINK WE SPENT LIKE FIVE MINUTES. YEAH. SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HEARING ME OUT AND EVERYTHING. AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST HOPE I JUST HOPE THAT I DON'T WANT THEM TO ENCROACH. JUST I WANT THEM TO WORK WITH WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

ARE YOU THE NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES DIRECTLY BEHIND? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND THERE'S THE WAY THAT WORKS. IF THAT'S SO I'M TRYING. I'M NOT I'M NOT LIKE WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE PLANS OR WHATEVER, I'M LIKE LITERALLY ON THE SIDE THERE'S LIKE TWO NEIGHBORS RIGHT NEXT TO HIS PROPERTY. AND AND SO LIKE THAT FENCE LINE IS GOING TO IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US. AND SO LIKE, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT THESE GAS STATION AT NIGHT, THERE'S PEOPLE DOING DRUGS BEHIND THEM AND STUFF AND LIKE THAT. JUST I JUST HAD A DAUGHTER. SO LIKE I'M SUPER CONCERNED OR WHATEVER.

AND I'VE HEARD STORIES FROM YESTERDAY SPEAKING WITH WHEN I WAS GETTING THOSE SIGNATURES ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THE STRIPES GOT ROBBED, THE BAD GUYS RAN OVER ACROSS THE STREET AND LIKE, WENT THROUGH MY I GUESS THEY I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WENT THROUGH MY BACK YARD BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY GOT MANAGED TO MAKE IT INTO HER BACKYARD. THEY WOULDN'T.

THERE'S NO WAY THEY WOULD HAVE MADE IT INTO HER BACKYARD WITHOUT GOING THROUGH MINE. AND SO SHE WAS LIKE WORRIED ABOUT IT. AND SO IT'S JUST LIKE, YEAH, IT'S JUST THOSE THOSE ARE PROBLEMS. AND THEN THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S A GAS STATION RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ALREADY. AND SO LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK LIKE I SAID, I THINK THEY JUST SHOULD JUST DO WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MISS PENALTIES. NOW I WILL CALL BACK UP FOR REBUTTAL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE. MISS VILLARREAL. THANK YOU MAYOR, I JUST I DID WANT TO MENTION A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROBINSON SIDE. THEY ARE ADDING AND GETTING THERE. HAVING APPROVED THROUGH TXDOT DECELERATION LANE. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT ON THAT SIDE. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THE THE BACK AREA OF THE STORE IS GOING TO BE FENCED. IT WILL BE WELL LIT, THERE WILL BE NO LOITERING SIGNS. THE DEVELOPER, WHEN WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, HE DID MENTION AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULD BE PROACTIVE IN, YOU KNOW, KEEPING AN EYE ON ON THE PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WASN'T ANYONE IN THE AREA THAT YOU KNOW, WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, COULD CAUSE HARM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. MISS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS? GO AHEAD. THE ENTRANCE POINTS ARE WHERE THERE'S ONE ON THE ROBINSON DRIVE SIDE AND THEN THERE'S ONE ON THE PRIMARY SIDE. THE ONE ON THE ROBINSON SIDE IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THE DECELERATION LANE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND MELODY RANCH IS HERE TO STAY RIGHT THERE. IT'S ON THE SIDE THAT. SIDE OF. MAY OR NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. MISS. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I WILL ENTERTAIN. OH SEE FIRST OF ALL LET ME ASK IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER HERE. WE'VE GOT TWO COUPLE. I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE SPEAKERS. AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS KAYLEE ALEXANDER. I AM THE SECRETARY FOR THE ALTA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS THE AREA IN WHICH THIS PARCEL IS LOCATED. UP UNTIL LAST NIGHT, MYSELF AS A RESIDENT AND THE ALTA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD WERE NOT INFORMED OF THE

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WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? WE HAVE ONE MORE. IT LOOKS LIKE AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CELIA SANCHEZ AND I HAVE A PROPERTY AT 2425 SOUTH 27TH. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I ALSO WAS NOT INFORMED AND DID NOT KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THIS UNTIL LAST NIGHT, WHEN HE CAME DOOR TO DOOR, NOT SOLICITING. SO WE WERE WE WE AS A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE HAVE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS GOING ON THE REZONING, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO PROTEST IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS MAILING OR IF IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE OR THE CITY THAT THAT THAT HAPPENED. MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE SIGNING OF MAYBE SIGNATURES OF, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THE LETTERS GOING FORWARD. BUT MY MY CONCERN IS ALSO WITH HAVING THAT BACKING UP TO MY PROPERTY AND MY JUST THE SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE HOMELESS AND THE KIND OF TRAFFIC THAT THAT BRINGS. LIKE DANIEL MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE A AN ISSUE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE A THE STRIPES WAS ROBBED AND THE PERPETRATOR ENDED UP IN OUR BACKYARD GOING THROUGH OUR BACKYARDS. AND IT'S JUST A BIG SAFETY CONCERN. I DON'T THINK THE CHAIN LINK FENCE IS GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, TO MAKE US FEEL SAFE AND TO MAKE ME FEEL LIKE MY CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE SAFE. YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BACKING UP TO OUR OUR BACKYARDS. SO I GUESS THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. MISS, MISS. MISS SANCHEZ, ANY QUESTIONS OF MISS SANCHEZ? CLINT, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, EVERYBODY. THIS WAS EVERYBODY WAS NOTIFIED AND IN ACCORDANCE, GIVE US OUR PROCEDURE FOR THAT AGAIN, JUST SO SURE. SO WE FOLLOW STATE LAW ON NOTIFICATION. WE SEND OUT NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE REQUEST SO THAT THAT DOTTED LINE ON THE MAP IS OUR IS WHAT WE NOTICED IT. AND THEN WE ALSO SEND OUT NOTICES TO ANY. THE STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO SEND IT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. WE ALSO IF THEY'RE IF THEIR LEASE TENANTS WE SEND IT TO THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL ADDRESSES TOO. SO WE MAILED OUT TO 22 NOTICES ON THIS ONE. AND THEN ALSO WE WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO GET THE NOTICES OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. I BELIEVE THEY SEND THOSE OUT VIA EMAIL, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH WITH THEM AND ALTA VISTA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE GETTING THOSE NOTICES ALONG THOSE LINES. CAN I JUST ASK? I KNOW THE FIRST SPEAKER, THE NEIGHBOR PRESENTED TO US AT LEAST A LIST OF NAMES OF NEIGHBORS IN OPPOSITION. I

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TEXT THAT MOVES QUICKLY. SHE SAYS BEHIND HER HANDS. WE'RE STILL WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PERMITTING PHASE FOR THAT. AND SO DRAWINGS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO TXDOT. AND SO THAT'S THEY'RE STILL IN REVIEW OF THAT. IS THERE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET? I DON'T THINK NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, PROBABLY NOT. AND I GO THAT WAY EVERY DAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I COME BACK FROM UNIVERSITY. SO YEAH, IT'LL BE ON THE ROBINSON SIDE JUST SOUTH OF THE OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THERE IT'LL BE IT'LL BE ABOUT 75FT. YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR PETERS OR MR. OKAY. AT THIS POINT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. NO SEEING. NO SPEAKERS WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALMOST FORGOT. CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR, FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE WE MOTIONING TO APPROVE THE CONTINUANCE? IS THAT WHAT'S ON THE TABLE HERE? YOU CAN MOVE HOWEVER YOU WANT. THE SPIRIT. SORRY. MAYOR, I MOVE TO. OPPOSE THE RECOMMENDATION I. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TO VOTE NO ON THE ON THE ON THIS. ON THIS. YEAH. THE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND THE REZONE.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK IT JUST HAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BE A PART OF IT, I THINK WOULD BE A BIG HELP IN FUTURE INSTANCES COMING FORWARD. AS A DEVELOPER, ENGAGING WITH THEM. IF YOU'RE DOING A ZONING CHANGE, I THINK GOES A LONG WAY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE COMING FORWARD TO COUNCIL, MAKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND FOR CLARIFICATION, THERE IS A PROCESS ABOUT REAPPLICATION WITH A NO VOTE, IS THERE NOT? I THINK, ONE YEAR A YEAR. YES, MA'AM. THERE'S A SO FOR A DENIAL, A SIMILAR REQUEST WOULD HAVE TO WAIT ONE YEAR TO REAPPLY. A DIFFERENT REQUEST COULD COME BACK BEFORE THAT. BUT IF THEY'RE REQUESTING COMMERCIAL ZONING THAT WOULD THAT WOULD REQUIRE A YEAR PERIOD BEFORE THEY COULD. WHEN YOU SAY A DIFFERENT REQUEST, WHAT WOULD THAT A DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICT. YEAH. WHICH IS POSSIBLE. YEAH OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I MEAN FOR

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CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. BORDER ROAD. YES.

FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. YES. THAT MOTION TO DENY THE ZONING AND

[INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION]

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER. ORDINANCE. I TWO CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON KARAM. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1347, 1369 72 THROUGH 1378, 1391, 1392, 1395 AND 13 DASH 119, AND THE TITLE OF DIVISION THREE OF ARTICLE TWO AMUSEMENTS OF CHAPTER 13 LICENSES, PERMITS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE TO PROHIBIT AMUSEMENT REDEMPTION MACHINES AND CHANGE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR NIGHTCLUBS AND INDOOR AMUSEMENT FACILITIES, AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY. THIS ORDINANCE COMES TO COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON FIRST READING. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY TO BE GETTING IN LINE WITH THE THE LARGER, OVERARCHING LAW ON THESE MATTERS FOR THE STATE AND ALSO JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS COLLOQUIALLY REFERRED TO AS EIGHT LINERS, ARE A NET NEGATIVE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU FIND THEM IN. AND SO I'M GLAD TO BE MAKING IT HARDER TO OPERATE THINGS THAT ARE ACTIVELY MAKING OUR CONSTITUENTS LIVES MORE DIFFICULT. AS THE DISTRICT. AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT THREE, I REALIZE MY DISTRICT HAS BEEN AT THE EPICENTER OF SOME OF THIS, BUT I AGREE AND CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. THAT YEAH, THIS DOES THIS GO INTO EFFECT ON JAN ONE OR JAN ONE IS WHEN THE. YES, SIR. YES, MAYOR. OKAY. THAT WAS RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO.

YES. BORDER? YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS ORDINANCE I. THREE CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1876 A OF THE CITY OF WACO. CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FIRE LIEUTENANT POSITIONS. GRADE FOUR FROM 47 TO 48. DECREASE THE NUMBER OF FIRE EQUIPMENT. ENGINEER POSITIONS. GRADE TWO FROM 58 TO 57 AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS. GRADE ONE FROM 90 TO 93. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY A60 COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025. DO I HEAR A MOTION ON SECOND READING MOVE FOR APPROVAL ON SECOND READING? SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. WATER? YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES.

CHASE. YES. HOLMES. THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE I FOR CITY ATTORNEY, HAMILTON COUNTY ORDINANCE REVISING SECTION 26, DASH TWO, 31 AND 20 622 39. DIVISION SIX REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE SIX SANITARY SEWER AND USE REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 26

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CHAMBERS SURVEY, CITY OF WACO, MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER (200) 902-9433 OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS, KNOWN AS 602 JAMES AVENUE PROPERTY ID 353 77, APPROVING THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PUD AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY SIX ZERO COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS SECOND READING. MOVE. APPROVAL, MAYOR, SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION. THERE BEING NO DISCUSSION, I'LL CLOSE THAT. AND CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WOULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. BORDER. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM WE CONSIDER IS ORDINANCE I SIX CITY ATTORNEY. HAMILTON. KAREN.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 20 8-2 47 IN CHAPTER 28 ZONING OF THE CODE, PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP SHALL BE CHANGED SO THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.364 ACRES, KNOWN AS 1229 DAUGHTRY AVENUE, PROPERTY IDS 162187162114. PORTION OF 162113 SHALL BE CHANGED FROM R-2 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION BECOME AND BE DESIGNATED TO R THREE. C DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY A SIX YEAR OLD COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025. DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE SECOND READING MOVE? APPROVAL ON SECOND READING. SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NO DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK CITY SECRETARY HICKS TO PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. YES. YES. FAIRFIELD. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION

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SO WITH THAT, WE'LL CALL ON A COUPLE CARDS. HERE WE HAVE JOE PHIPPS JR AND JOE PHIPPS, SENIOR. I SEE JOE JUNIOR. HE WANTS TO GO FIRST. SENIOR. WE'LL LET WE'LL LET SENIOR GO FIRST. EXPERIENCE. MR. PHIPPS, AS YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. I'M JOE PHIPPS, SENIOR. I GOT A JUNIOR IN THE WINGS. HE SAID FOR ME TO GO FIRST SO HE CAN CLEAN IT UP.

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THAT WAS ON 11TH, 10TH IN SPEIGHT, A PARKING ISSUE WHERE THAT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH PARKING FOR VISITORS, OR WHEN THEY BROUGHT GOODS IN THE POSTMAN AND PICKING UP DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEY END UP PARKING IN MY PARKING LOT, WHICH WE HAVE MAJOR ISSUES WITH.

THEY THEN BUILT THE PROJECT OVER WHERE THE BUILDING IS. THEY BUILT IT RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE. YOU HAVE FOUR CORNERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET KILLED TRYING TO MOVE AROUND BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THEY END UP DIDN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH PARKING. THEY END UP PARKING. OVER IN MY TREE HOUSE APARTMENTS, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. AND SO WE WANTED WHAT WE'RE AFTER IS TO GET SUFFICIENT PARKING ALLOWED IN THE PROJECT. THAT'S ON JAMES STREET, FIFTH AND JAMES. AND YOUR CONCERN IS. WHEN YOU PROVIDE YOUR SUFFICIENT PARKING, THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THERE COULD BE MORE THAN ONE PERSON LIVING IN THE APARTMENT, WHICH NORMALLY MEANS MORE THAN ONE CAR. YOU'RE GOING TO NORMALLY FIND OUT THAT WHENEVER BAYLOR HAS PARENTS DAY HOMECOMING AND THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT COME TO TO BAYLOR, THEN THESE PEOPLE, YOU'LL HAVE GIRLS THERE THAT WILL HAVE DATES COMING TO PICK THEM UP. YOU'LL HAVE THESE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE PARKING GARAGE BECAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING PLACE. THEY END UP HAVING TO PARK SOMEWHERE ON THE STREET. BAGBY WILL BE ALLOCATED WITH NO PARKING ON THE STREET. RIGHT NOW, FIFTH STREET IS ALLOCATED WITH NO PARKING ON THE STREET. RIGHT NOW, JAMES STREET IS A TOTAL MESS. WHEN BAYLOR'S PUTTING SOME SOMETHING ON IT OVER AT WACO HALL OR WHATEVER. YOU CAN'T GET UP AND DOWN JAMES STREET. AND BASICALLY THE ONLY PARKING ON THE STREET HAPPENS TO BE ON MY SIDE ON SEVENTH STREET, AND THE SIDE THAT'S OVER BY THE CHURCH. THERE'S NO PARKING. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE. THE OVERFLOW TO OCCUR UNLESS THEY PARK IN MY PARKING PLACE, MY MY PLACE. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE OBJECTING TO. THANK YOU, MR. PHIPPS. THE SECOND THING IS THEIR ENTRANCE. I'M AFRAID YOUR TIME IS UP. YOU'RE CUTTING INTO YOUR SON'S TIME HERE. PARDON ME? YOU'RE CUTTING INTO YOUR SON'S TIME. YOU HAD THREE MINUTES AND WE'VE GONE ABOUT FOUR, SO WE'VE GOT TO WRAP IT UP. SECOND THING IS THAT BASICALLY IT SHOWS THAT THEIR ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING GARAGE IS GOING TO PROBABLY BE ON BAGBY. AND IF YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN BAGBY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 8:00 AND 10:00, YOU'RE TAKING YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN HANDS.

GOT IT? THANK YOU, MR. PHIPPS, I APPRECIATE IT. AND SO THIS IS OUR. WE'RE NOT REALLY OBJECTING TO THE PROJECT. IT'S JUST THE PARKING ISSUE. YEAH. CAN STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH THE PHIPPS? YEAH.

JOE. JOE. I MEAN, MR. PHIPPS. JUNIOR, PLEASE, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. JOE PHIPPS, JUNIOR. I LIVE 13 CASTLE BLUFF COURT, WACO, TEXAS. I, I LIVE PROBABLY FOR 30 PLUS YEARS ON THE CORNER OF SEVENTH AND BAGBY. SO I HAVE A LITTLE EXPERIENCE ON TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. IT'S WE HAVE CONCERNS. WE HAVE I DO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR UNIVERSITY RENTALS. WE BASICALLY HAVE DEALT WITH THE PARKING ISSUES AT THE VIEW AND THE POINT, WHICH ARE OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES. THEY AT LEAST HAVE PARKING ON THE SIDES OF THE STREET. THIS PLACE WON'T. FIFTH STREET HAS NO PARKING. I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN HAVE BARELY ANY PARKING IN FRONT OF A JAMES.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE WACO HALL. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHURCH THERE. AND WHAT MY FATHER DIDN'T BRING UP, YOU HAVE LIKE A FEDEX, UBER, ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING IN, PEOPLE COMING IN TO

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PERFECT. THANK YOU, MR. PHIPPS. AND THANK YOU, MR. PHIPPS. AND WE'LL HAVE STAFF LOOK INTO THAT.

AND THAT'S THE PARKING ISSUES RELATED TO THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANY OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK DURING HEARING AND VISITORS? ANYBODY HERE? I SEE NO HANDS

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THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS WELL. I'M HOPING TO REPLICATE SOME OF IT HERE AND LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES THEY'VE MADE ALONG THE WAY AND TRY TO AVOID THOSE. SO HAD A GREAT TIME IN GREENVILLE, LEARNED A LOT AND AGAIN THANKS TO THEIR CITY MANAGEMENT AND THEIR MAYOR. YEAH, GREAT MEETINGS AND END TO THE GREATER WACO CHAMBER FOR PUTTING THE TRIP TOGETHER. VERY WELL ORGANIZED, VERY INTERESTING. MAYOR, I HAD SOMETHING PREPARED THAT I THAT WAS PRETTY POIGNANT, BUT I DECIDED I'M JUST GOING TO CEDE MY TIME TO THE HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT FIVE, T, GEORGE CHASE. GEORGE. GEORGE, YOU GOT NOTHING. ALRIGHT, I WILL, I WILL SAY BEFORE I CALL ON GEORGE THE. AND I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED IT DURING A SLOW PART OF THE MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. GREAT, GREAT FESTIVITIES SATURDAY AT THE ELLIS MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ PARK. THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN. AND I DON'T THINK JONATHAN IS STILL HERE, BUT GREAT JOB OF GETTING THAT ORGANIZED. THAT WAS JUST THE THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN OUR PARKS AND REC. AND THE EXPANSION THERE IS JUST TRULY AMAZING AND FUN. COUNCIL MEMBER LOZANO AND I WERE AT THE HISPANIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK MEETING LAST NIGHT, WHICH IS ALSO GREAT HERE DURING HISPANIC LEADERSHIP MONTH, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW OR THURSDAY. THURSDAY NIGHT, THE THE CHAMBER. SO A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON HERE IN WACO, A LOT, A LOT OF FUN. GEORGE. YOU SURE? NOTHING. I SAW HER, HE WAS GOING WITH THAT AND I. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANKS, GEORGE. ALRIGHT, NOW WE HAVE THE LAST. THE LAST ITEM IS SCHEDULING A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? NO. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THE

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