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          YOU READY BACK THERE? WE'LL NOW CALL THE MEETING OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2025, TO ORDER AT THREE OH. 302 3:02 P.M. WELCOME TO THE WORK SESSION, THE WACO CITY COUNCIL. 
          WELCOME TO ALL THE PEOPLE GATHERED HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL THEATER GALLERY HERE IN DOWNTOWN WACO. WELCOME TO ALL THE VIEWERS AT HOME WATCHING ON TV AT THE WACO CITY CABLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. I'M MAYOR JIM HOLMES. I'M JOINED ON THE DAIS HERE TODAY BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, JOSH FROM DISTRICT THREE, DARIUS EWING FROM DISTRICT FOUR, GEORGE CHASE FROM DISTRICT FIVE, AND MAYOR PRO TEM ANDREA MERRIFIELD HERE NEXT TO ME. ISABEL LOZANO WILL MISS THE WORK SESSION. I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR EXECUTIVE AND BUSINESS. ALSO JOINED ON THE ADJACENT DAIS BY SENIOR CITY STAFF. CITY ATTORNEY. OH, WE DON'T HAVE CITY ATTORNEY KRISTIN HAMILTON. CAMERON IS GONE, BUT WE HAVE KATHLEEN PURDON IS HERE, CITY SECRETARY MICHELLE HICKS OVER THERE, AND WE HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT JOINING US OVER HERE TODAY. CITY MANAGER BRADLEY FORD IS SITTING IN THE BACK HERE, BUT REINHOLD IS LEADING THE CHARGE HERE TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS THE 
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RECOGNITION OF WORK SESSION SPEAKERS. DO WE HAVE ANY ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A WORK SESSION? AGENDA ITEM. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, DID ANYBODY SIGN UP? NO, MA'AM. WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS THIS MORNING, SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. WE WILL RECESS THE REGULAR SESSION AND CONVENE INTO WORK SESSION WITH THE REPORT FROM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND WELCOME TO THOSE JOINING US IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE. WE HAVE ONE MINOR CHANGE TO THE AGENDA. ON ITEM 2025 770 RELATED TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE SANGER HOUSE AT 3600 MACARTHUR DRIVE, THE APPLICANTS HAVE ASKED THE ITEM TO BE CONTINUED TO THE DECEMBER 16TH, 2025 MEETING FOR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A CITYWIDE SHOUT OUT, SO TO SPEAK, TO ALL THE TEAMS THAT WORKED ON THE PROSPERITY DINNER, MAKING IT SAFE FOR ALL THE ATTENDEES, PARKS AND REC, POLICE, FIRE, STREETS, TRAFFIC AND SEVERAL OTHERS. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME. AND IT WAS. WE ALL FELT SAFE KNOWING ALL THOSE TEAMS WERE WERE WORKING ON OUR BEHALF. 
          WE HAVE FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS. CAN WE? YES, SIR. COMMENT ON THAT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK I ALSO WANT TO ECHO YOUR GRATITUDE FOR THE CITY OF WACO STAFF AND PERSONNEL FOR HELPING ORGANIZE THIS EVENT. AND I JUST IT WAS IT WAS TALK ABOUT THIS WAS A DEAL THAT KIND OF HAPPENED 100 PLUS YEARS AGO. AND EVERYBODY SAW THE OLD PICTURES. AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND, THEY SAID, THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN REPLICATE THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SO HARD TO DO. AND THE FACT THAT WE DID IT WITH A DEGREE OF EXCELLENCE AND EXECUTION AND HAPPINESS, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT, A GREAT EVENT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE PROSPER WACO DEAL. 
          AND I MY HATS OFF TO MAYOR PRO TEM BENEFIELD FOR LEADING THE CHARGE. HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROSPER WACO GROUP RIGHT NOW. AND JUST IT WAS JUST A PLEASANT EVENING FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT. THE FOOD WAS PERFECT, THE FELLOWSHIP WAS GREAT. AND THE THE MISSION WAS, WAS WAS TOP NOTCH. SO THANKS AGAIN. UNDERLYING FOR THE CITY OF WACO FOLKS HELPING PUT ON SUCH A GREAT EVENT. YEAH, I MEAN IT'S IT'S A THOUSAND. THANKS FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF WACO WHO CAME. I MEAN, BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED WHEN YOU'RE HAVING 750 OF YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS FOR DINNER, YOU KNOW, THE LOGISTICS CAN BE A LITTLE DAUNTING FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT WE EVEN AS AS LEADERSHIP AND PROSPER WACO COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT ALL OF THE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED, FROM OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PARKS ESPECIALLY. AND, YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE STAFF. WE HAD SOME AMAZING COCHAIRS AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN'T THE SPACE FOR THAT, BECAUSE I CAN AND I GOT A MIC. DIANE DEAVER AND BERKELEY KNOLLS DID AN AMAZING JOB CHAIRING THIS THIS EVENT. AND OF COURSE OUR CEO JESSICA ADDIS. BUT RIGHT NOW THE RECOGNITION GOES TO THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF WACO. AND SO HATS OFF TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I, THE RYAN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MENTIONED THE SAFETY. AND I TRULY, TRULY FELT SAFE. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO LEAN ON THE POLICE THE NEXT TIME WE SEND Y'ALL A PINTEREST PAGE FOR, LIKE, THE OUTFITS. IF WE WANT TO SAY PLAIN CLOTHES, YOU KIND OF GOT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A THEME THERE, BUT EVERYTHING. NO, I'M KIDDING, EVERYTHING WAS AMAZING. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR DOWNTOWN WAS 
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LIT UP. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO RECREATE IT. WE JUST REIMAGINED IT. AND IT WON'T BE ANOTHER 100 YEARS. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN IN 2027. SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THAT. BUT IT WAS AN AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF WACO. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AND WE'LL DO IT AGAIN SOON. AS SOMEBODY THAT ATTENDED THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ORGANIZATION OR SUCCESS OF THE EVENT, I TRULY ENJOYED IT. SO HATS OFF TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND OUR CITY STAFF FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN. WHAT YOU GOT, GEORGE WAS LIKE, HE WASN'T THERE, GEORGE WASN'T THERE. ALL RIGHT, OKAY, I THINK THAT'S IT. RYAN. HE WAS THERE IN SPIRIT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WHICH PUTS US JUST ONE SHORT OF SIX. SEVEN. I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT ONE. ROGER. FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC HEARING 766 DURING THE BUSINESS SESSION. 
          AND DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CLINT PETERS WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS DURING THE WORK SESSION. THERE ARE 22 RESOLUTIONS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. TWO OF THESE ITEMS ARE RATIFICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY UTILITY WORK. ITEM 758 IS A RATIFICATION FOR AN EMERGENCY SEWER REPAIR UNDER 2420. WASHINGTON IN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, ITEM 764 IS A RATIFICATION OF AN EMERGENCY WASTEWATER REPAIR BETWEEN THE 2600 AND THE 2900 BLOCKS OF CLAY. A COMPLETE REBUILD OF A COLLAPSED SEWER MAIN. WHILE THE REST OF THE RESOLUTIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO CITY OPERATIONS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOTE ON ONE AND HIGHLIGHT THREE. THE ONE I'LL MAKE A NOTE ON IS 747. IN THE FIRST BULLET POINT OF THAT ITEM, YOU'LL SEE A DESCRIPTION THAT SAYS REMOVE FEE RELATED TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSING. WE WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT CONFUSED WITH THE TABC REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN AN ALCOHOL PERMIT OR THE REQUIREMENT TO GET A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMIT FROM THE MCLENNAN COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT. THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE AMENDMENT CAME TO Y'ALL RELATED TO THIS FEE AND HAD ITS SECOND READING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH MEETING, WHERE IT PASSED SIX TO NOTHING ON A VOTE. ITEM 2025 746 IS AN AGREEMENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO ACCEPT A DONATION FROM SPACE IN THE FORM OF AN ACTUAL SPACECRAFT CAPSULE FLOWN BY SPACEX. THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND LARGE DONATION RELATED TO THE STEAM CENTER. AS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, EMERSON AND OUR LIBRARY AND CULTURE ENRICHMENT TEAM AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS SEEK TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE OUT OF THIS WORLD. STEAM CENTER ATTENDEES GET HALF AS EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE CAPSULE IN THE BUILDING. AS THE ADULTS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT HAVE BEEN, IT WILL BE HARD TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE GROUND. ALL RIGHT, I LIKE IT. 
          WHY DID I GET HERE? I KNOW IT, THE SPIRIT OF FISSLER IS WITH US TODAY. I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE. NO, WE DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THE SPACECRAFT. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD. IT'S A SIGHT TO SEE. WE NEED TO GO OVER THERE. WE WILL GET A PICTURE. SO IT IS IMPRESSIVE, Y'ALL. WE'VE WE'VE. THIS IS SO EXCITING. AND I CAN'T EVEN STAND IT. THIS IT WAS A CARGO CAPSULE. SO IT DID NOT HAVE PEOPLE. BUT IT DID HAVE STUFF TO TAKE TO THE SPACE STATION AND RETURNED SAFELY WITH ITS REENTRY BURN MARKS ON IT. SO WHEN Y'ALL SEE IT, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING AND KIND OF JUST LIKE A A SHOW, A SHOWSTOPPER WHEN YOU HIT THE DOOR. SO I'M SUPER EXCITED. THANK YOU TO OUR, OUR, OUR TEAM FOR HELPING TO NAVIGATE THAT. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MANAGER EMERSON, FOR THE VERY DELICATE DANCE WE'VE DONE WITH SPACE AND GETTING ALL THESE THINGS. ALL LEGAL AND STUFF. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT. YEAH, I'LL I'LL ECHO MAYOR PRO TEM BENEFIELD SUPER EXCITED. I THINK WE HAD A DONATION LAST WEEK OR THE LAST MEETING, TOO. SO THIS IS GETTING VERY CLOSE. I THINK IT'S FEBRUARY. IS THAT RIGHT? JANUARY. JANUARY. JANUARY. SO THINGS ARE HAPPENING. THIS PROJECT IS REALLY PICKING UP STEAM. AS LONG AS WE ARE GOING TO GO THAT DIRECTION. AND SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO IT. I'M EXCITED BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE A MATCHING ROCKET FEATURE OUTSIDE TOO, ISN'T THERE? JONATHAN 30 FOOT ROCKET, WHICH IS ROCKET ORIENTED THE FEET IN NOW I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T DRIVE BY TODAY, BUT SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACTUALLY UP OR NOT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY A LOT OF FUN. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. 
          THE SECOND ONE ITEM 2020 5-7 50 IS AN AGREEMENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF WACO AND ZIMMERMAN. TRANSPORTATION TO LEASE A 51,000 SQUARE FOOT FEET OF HANGAR, APRON AND PARKING SPACE AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT. THIS IS A NEW REVENUE STREAM FOR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IDENTIFIED BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER BLUE COSTELLO AND THE AIRPORT TEAM. TO DATE, EXPENSE REDUCTION, PARKING REVENUE AND NEW REVENUE FOR FACILITIES HAVE CLOSED ABOUT HALF ISH OF THE PREVIOUS $1 MILLION SUBSIDY TO THE GENERAL FUND, HELPING THE 
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AIRPORT GAIN ALTITUDE IN THEIR WORK TO ESTABLISH THE AIRPORT AS A SELF-SUSTAINING ENDEAVOR FOR THE CITY. I DO LIKE HOW THE ALTITUDE ASPECT. YEAH, I DO LIKE THE ASPECT OF STAFF BEING CREATIVE ABOUT THINKING ABOUT APRON SPACE, WHICH WOULD KIND OF WEREN'T KIND OF THROWN IN THE DEAL PARKING SPACE, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PIER OF AIRPORTS ARE COLLECTING FEES ON. 
          SO I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF THE IMPETUS OF REDOING SOME OF THESE LEASE AGREEMENTS OUT THERE. SO YEAH, GREAT WORK. AND THE LAST ITEM I'LL HIGHLIGHT IS AN AGREEMENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH ON DUTY HEALTH TO PERFORM IN-DEPTH HEALTH PHYSICALS AND CANCER SCREENING FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS. THE CITY HAS BEEN OFFERING NFPA COMPLIANT PHYSICALS TO FIRE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT THIS AGREEMENT WILL EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WILL NOW ALSO INCLUDE GALLERY CANCER SCREENING, WHICH CAN DETECT SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH MORE THAN 50 TYPES OF CANCERS AS WELL AS ESOPHAGEAL CANCERS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROGRAM WOULD INTRODUCE ADVANCED PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING FOR BOTH FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS. THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP IDENTIFY OR POTENTIALLY PREVENT ISSUES THAT THAT HAVE AFFECTED BOTH DEPARTMENTS TO DATE. THE SIGNIFICANT AGREEMENT IS IN LINE WITH THE COUNCIL'S ONGOING EFFORTS TO PROTECT YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS. 
          WAS THAT ALL THE RESOLUTIONS? ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER? YES, SIR. THOSE ARE THE RESOLUTIONS TO. I PICKED OUT A COUPLE OTHER ONES. I JUST WANTED TO HIT ON TO 2025 749, WHICH IS PART OF THE ELECTROLYTE PACKAGE THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER TO BRING THEM TO TOWN, THE BEVERAGE PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION FACILITY OUT THERE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, AS GRUPPO PIZZA IS, IS INVESTING A QUARTER OF $1 BILLION IN BRINGING 149 NEW JOBS TO WACO, AVERAGING $54,000 A JOB. SO THIS IS THESE ARE THE KIND OF COMPANIES WE'RE TRYING TO BRING TO THE CITY AND TO TO CENTRAL TEXAS. AND THAT BIG OF AN INVESTMENT IS WOULD BE OFF THE CHARTS IF IT WEREN'T FOR GRAPHIC PACKAGING. THAT'S DOING OVER A BILLION. THIS IS A IS A BIG, BIG DEAL. IT'S A LITTLE INCENTIVE PACKAGE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER ON WHERE THEY PAY US BACK OVER OR OUT OF THEIR SALES TAX. SO I JUST IT'S A GREAT STRUCTURE AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE ELECTROLIT HERE IN TOWN. THE OTHER ONE, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, I KNOW THAT THAT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOPE &OU HAVE WORKED ON ITEM NUMBER 2025 757, WHERE THAT'S A SPECIFIC GRANT TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK. AND THEN SPECIFICALLY RELATIVE TO THAT MEDICAL CLEARANCE INITIATIVE. RIGHT. I KNOW THAT WE'VE THE WHOLE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASPECT THAT WE WE THINK ABOUT IN OUR POLICING AND IN OUR IN OUR JUST THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT THIS WAS A PRETTY IMPORTANT PART OF OF HELPING FREE UP, HELPING IT WAS WORKING ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HELPING THE PERSON WHO NEEDED IT. HELPING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BETTER BE MORE EFFECTIVE AS AS A POLICING UNIT. BUT CAN YOU JUST TALK FOR 20 OR 30S ON THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WERE INTEGRAL IN HELPING THAT OUT. I KNOW YOU SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE. SURE. THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, 757 IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK FOR MEDICAL SCREENING OR MEDICAL CLEARANCE WHEN POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS GET A TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER UNDER WHAT'S CALLED AN EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDER, THEY TAKE THEM TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK CRISIS CENTER. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THERE ARE COMORBIDITIES THAT REQUIRE POLICE OFFICERS TO GET CLEARANCE FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOMS, AND THAT CAN ADD HOURS TO THE TO THE OFFICER'S TIME. AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS BASIC MEDICAL CLEARANCE AT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK CRISIS CENTER FOR MINOR HEALTH, THINGS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE THEM TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HOPEFULLY SHORTENING THEIR THEIR TIME. IN THAT SITUATION, WE'VE SEEN A MARKED DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME POLICE OFFICERS ARE SPENDING ON THAT. AND SO THIS IS A GOOD INITIATIVE. THIS WILL BE THE NOT THE FIRST YEAR FOR THIS. AND SO WE'VE WE'VE SEEN SOME GOOD SUCCESS WITH THAT. GREAT I APPRECIATE YOUR ROLE IN THAT TOO, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A TINY LITTLE THING THAT WHEN YOU FIRST SEE IT, MEDICAL CLEARANCE, YOU DON'T THINK OF WHAT THAT IS, BUT HOW IT AFFECTS HOW IT MAKES EVERYTHING MORE EFFICIENT IN THE SYSTEM, BOTH FOR THE THE PATIENT AND THE DEPARTMENT AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOLKS ALL THE WAY AROUND. AND YEAH, YOU SIT ON THAT BOARD, TOO, RIGHT, JOSH? THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          GRATEFUL FOR ALL ALL THAT RPD AND AND PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM ARE DOING WITH NOT ONLY BHM, BUT ALSO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM OF PROSPER WACO AND WHAT THEY DO TO COORDINATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES, CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESOURCES THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO NOT ONLY SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY, BUT GET THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE FOR THOSE IN MENTAL HEALTH AND 
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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS. THANKS. THAT'S ALL I HAD ON THE RESOLUTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE EIGHT ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, FIVE OF WHICH COME TO YOU IN FIRST ON FIRST READING. AND IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THAT WILL END THE MANAGER'S REPORT. THANK YOU, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT, WE NEXT GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES ITEMS 20, 25, SEVEN, 74 AND RESOLUTIONS 2025. DASH 745 THROUGH RESOLUTION 2025 765. 
          ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME WE HAVEN'T HAD AN AFFIDAVIT OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST, SO EVERYBODY GETS TO VOTE ON EVERYTHING TONIGHT. SO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL INCLUDE ITEM 2025 744, WHICH IS THE MINUTES. AND ALSO THEN THE RESOLUTIONS 2025 745 THROUGH RESOLUTION 20 5-7 65. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS 2025 737 THROUGH 2025 741 ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST WORK SESSION? MAYOR AND COUNCIL THE FIRST WORK SESSION ITEM 2025 737 IS AN UPDATE ON FORM BASED CODE EFFORTS RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THE CONCEPT OF FORM BASED CODES WAS BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL WITHIN THE DRAFT DOWNTOWN WACO MASTER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC ROADMAP IN JUNE OF 2024. OUR PRESENTING TEAM INCLUDES TOM BOURQUE, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. LAURA WAGSTAFF, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER ISAAC BURCHILL FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THEY'RE JOINED BY CONSULTANT MATT GOEBEL OF GLOBAL PARTNERS. THEY'LL COVER HOW THE CODE IS BEING BUILT, HOW RECENT ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING THIS WEEK'S OPEN HOUSE AND A PLANNED COMMISSION TOUCH POINT, HAS SHAPED THE DRAFT AND THE STEPS AHEAD TOWARD A PROPOSED ADOPTION IN THE COMING MONTHS, TIMED WITH THE SITE MARKETING IN THE BARNES BRANCH DISTRICT. MISTER BOB. THANK YOU, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TOM BOURQUE, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM ON THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO DELIVER A CRITICAL TOOL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WACO'S VISION FOR DOWNTOWN. THROUGHOUT THE 100 ACRE PROJECT AREA, MUCH OF THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION IS REALLY MORE IN MY FAMILIAR REALM OF THE DESIGN CONVERSATION. THE DESIGN OF PUBLIC SPACES, PARTICULARLY BARNES BRANCH. BUT AND WHILE THESE PUBLIC SPACES ARE CRITICAL AND HIGHLY WALKABLE SPACES AND SUCCESSFUL DOWNTOWNS EVERYWHERE, THEY'RE ALSO JUST AS INFLUENCED BY THE FABRIC OF THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS AND THEIR USES. SO MOST OFTEN, THESE BUILDINGS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPED WITH THEIR OWN NEEDS IN MIND. 
          SO A CITY ZONING CODES ARE A CRUCIAL MECHANISM TO ASSURE COMPATIBILITY OF NEIGHBORING USES. AND FUNDAMENTALLY, THE BENEFIT THERE IS PREDICTABILITY AND CONFIDENCE FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S A KEY PART OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT. YOU SEE A LOT OF WHITE BOXES UP THERE, AND THAT'S MOSTLY PRIVATE INVESTMENT. SO IN THIS CASE, AND IN MUCH THE SAME WAY, COMPATIBILITY OF NEIGHBORING USES IS IMPORTANT TO THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT WE NEED A TOOL THAT EXPRESSES OUR EMPHASIS AND FOCUS ON WALKABILITY, CHARACTER AND PLACEMAKING. LOOK AND FEEL MAY BE AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION, BUT IT GETS THE IDEA OF WHAT'S REPRESENTED BY THE WORD FORM AND THAT PHRASE FORM BASED CODE. AND BECAUSE OF THIS DIFFERENCE IN ORIENTATION AND THE GREATER NEED FOR COORDINATED ARCHITECTURE AND CIRCULATION, FORM BASED CODES ARE COMPOSED AS VISUAL GUIDES TO ALLOW ORGANIC GROWTH WITHIN A COHESIVE FRAMEWORK. AND I'M EXCITED BECAUSE IT WILL HELP US BEGIN TO ANSWER THE ALL TOO FAMILIAR QUESTION WHAT IS WACO'S UNIQUE CHARACTER, ITS ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER? AND TAKING IT BEYOND THAT? WELL, I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT. SO TONIGHT WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE A WINDOW INTO THE WORK UNDERWAY, NOT ONLY TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION, BUT TO ALSO PROVIDE THE TOOL THAT ENABLES CONFIDENT INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT BY OTHERS TO BUILD OUT WACO'S VISION FOR AN ENERGETIC AND HIGHLY WALKABLE DOWNTOWN THAT FEELS LIKE WACO. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LAURA WAGSTAFF. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU TOM. THAT WAS A GREAT INTRO TO A FORM BASED CODES. I APPRECIATE THAT FORM BASED CODE. THAT MAY BE NEW TERMINOLOGY, ESPECIALLY MAYBE SOME OF THOSE WATCHING ON THE BROADCAST TODAY. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN IT MORE VISUALLY. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS, IMAGINE THAT YOU'RE GIVEN A PILE OF LEGOS, MANY DIFFERENT COLORS, SHAPES, SIZES, AND YOU'RE ASKED TO PUT A LEGO CITY TOGETHER WITH THESE LEGOS OR THESE BUILDING BLOCKS UNDER YOUR TRADITIONAL ZONING. HE WOULD TAKE THOSE AND DIVIDE THEM UP. ALL THE REDS GO HERE, ALL THE BLUES GO HERE, ALL THE GREENS GO HERE. THERE MAY BE A YELLOW. DOES THAT GO CLOSER TO THE BLUE? OR THE YOU KNOW THAT. NOT ENOUGH SAID ON THAT, BUT ONCE. THAT WOULD BE YOUR 
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TRADITIONAL ZONING IN WHICH THOSE COLORS REPRESENT THE USES OF THOSE BUILDINGS. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING, OR ALSO KNOWN AS EUCLIDEAN ZONING. 
          HOWEVER, UNDER A FORM BASED APPROACH TO TO ZONING, YOU'RE INSTEAD FOCUSING NOT JUST ON THE COLORS. IT MAY BE IMPORTANT STILL, AND IT IS IMPORTANT STILL, BUT YOU FOCUS ON HOW ARE THOSE PIECES GOING TO CONNECT TOGETHER, HOW TALL ARE THEY GOING TO BE? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PLACE EACH OF THOSE LEGOS WITHIN THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE BUILDING? AND IN THE END, LIKE I SAID, THE COLOR STILL PLAYS A PART, BUT YOU'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE COLOR TO GET THAT BIG PICTURE. YOU GET A BETTER MIX. YOU'RE INVOLVING EVERY ELEMENT OF THAT AND NOT JUST FOCUSING ON ONE THING. SO FORM BASED CODES HAVE BEEN A VALUABLE TOOL IN THE PLANNING COMMUNITIES. PROBABLY. I THINK THEY KICKED OFF MORE IN THE 1990S, BUT THEY'RE USED THROUGHOUT THE THE NATION. THEY'RE NOT A NEW, NEW ENDEAVOR. 
          THEY'RE OFTEN PAIRED WITH DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT, CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, OFTENTIMES NOT OVER THE ENTIRE CITY, BUT WITHIN A CONFINED AREA. THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IS SO VERY UNIQUE, BEING THAT IT IS A DEFINED AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THAT THE CITY HAS INTEREST IN. I BELIEVE WE CALCULATED OVER 85% OF THE LAND WITHIN THIS AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PUBLICLY OWNED THROUGH CITY OF WACO, THROUGH AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN PLACE. SO THAT IS SUCH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS AREA AS A PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE HOW FORM BASED ZONING CAN BENEFIT THE CITY AND DRIVE US TO THE THE END RESULT OF THE THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP, WHICH WE HAVE THAT VISION FOR. 
          SO WITH THAT, HE HAS A LOT OF SUBSTANCE TO COVER. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MATT GOEBEL, A GLOBAL PARTNERS WHO'S BEEN VALUABLE IN LEADING US THROUGH THE CHARGE OF LOOKING AT THESE FORM BASED CODES. THESE ARE DRAFT DISCUSSIONS. CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ANTICIPATED ADOPTION PROCESS PROCESS EARLY IN 2026. WE PLAN COMMISSION. AND WITH THAT MATT GOEBEL. 
          THANKS, LAURA. THANKS, TOM. AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I'M EXCITED. THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR WACO. WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER. I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN. I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT OUR SCOPE, JUST TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED, THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFTING THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR. WE'VE LAID OUT TWO OF THREE INSTALLMENTS, SO WE'RE OVER HALFWAY THROUGH GETTING A FIRST DRAFT OF THE CODE OUT THERE, WHICH IS GREAT. A LOT OF PROGRESS. AND IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE TALKED WITH A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE WACO COMMUNITY. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE DONE, TELL YOU ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE MET, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT YOU ALL HAVE HELPED US ESTABLISH, AND THEN WE SHOULD HAVE TIME LEFT OVER FOR Q&A. SO BRIEFLY ON THE SCHEDULE, LAURA REFERRED TO THIS. WE'RE WE'RE AIMING FOR A FULL DRAFT THAT GOES INTO THE ADOPTION PROCESS IN THE FIRST PART OF 2026. TO GET THERE, WE KICKED THE WHOLE PROJECT OFF IN THE FALL OF 2024, WHERE WE WORKED WITH Y'ALL'S STAFF AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STRENGTHS ARE OF THE CURRENT WACO ZONING REGULATIONS DOWNTOWN, WHERE THEY MIGHT BE IMPROVED. TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAD DONE ON THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP, WE THEN PUT TOGETHER AN ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT THAT LINKED THAT ROADMAP WITH THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND LAID OUT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. NOW WE'RE IN BOX THREE. THERE ARE THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY ACROSS. WE ARE DRAFTING THE CODE IN INSTALLMENTS. WE'VE DRAFTED THE FIRST TWO BOXES THERE, DISTRICTS AND USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE WITH YOU TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO FINISH OFF WITH ADMINISTRATION IN ABOUT A MONTH. WE'RE GOING TO GET FEEDBACK ON ALL OF THOSE INSTALLMENTS AND THEN TURN AROUND TO A CONSOLIDATED DRAFT IN JANUARY FOR THE COMMUNITY'S REVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE ADOPTION PROCESS. THIS IS INTENDED TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE WACO CODE, AND SO IT WILL FUNCTION AS AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE PASSED AND GO THROUGH THE STANDARD ORDINANCE ADOPTION PROCESS. WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE ADOPTION DATES AT A LATER MEETING. BUT WE'RE AIMING GENERALLY FOR AN APRIL ADOPTION TIMELINE, AND WE'VE GOT INTERIM DATES SET UP TO GET US THERE. NOW, LET ME TALK ABOUT MORE SUBSTANCE AND TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT GOALS. 
          YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE WITH THE HUNT THE HUNT TEAM PUTTING TOGETHER THIS STRATEGIC ROADMAP THAT REALLY RE-ENVISIONED DOWNTOWN WACO. IT'S A IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. AS LAURA AND TOM SAID, YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF PLACES THE SIZE OF WACO WITH THE VITALITY OF WACO THAT HAVE SUCH A RELATIVELY BLANK CANVAS IN THEIR DOWNTOWN. AND SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO REALLY CREATE AND IMPLEMENT THIS NEW VISION. AS PART OF PREPARING FOR THE MEETING TODAY, THE STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH AN OWNERSHIP 
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ANALYSIS OF THE AREA COVERED BY THE PROPOSED FORM BASED CODE DISTRICTS. AND THIS IS THAT MAP. 
          IT'S STILL IN STILL IN DEVELOPMENT FORM FORMATTING WISE, BUT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN AND THEN THE PINK AND THEN THE BEIGE AND THEN THE ORANGE KIND OF THOSE ARE THE COLORS OF THE SUBDISTRICTS IN THE DOWNTOWN. I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT THE OWNERSHIP IS SHOWN HERE. AND THE YELLOW IS CITY OF WACO. THE I CAN'T DESCRIBE ALL THESE COLORS WELL, BUT MAGENTA KIND OF IS A BAYLOR OR ISD. AND THEN THE ONLY THE DARK BLUES ARE PRIVATE ENTITIES. THE POINT IS OF THIS SLIDE IS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN AREA THAT IS PRIMARILY IN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. WITH THIS PROJECT, IT'S WORTH PAUSING RIGHT THERE JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CITY IS DOING SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL IN THAT YOU ARE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SET HIGH STANDARDS FOR OUR DOWNTOWN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THAT WITH OUR PROJECTS? OFTENTIMES IN THE PROJECTS I WORK ON, THE CITY TRIES TO CARVE OUT EXCEPTIONS FOR ITSELF. 
          BUT IN THIS CASE, THE CITY IS SAYING, NO, WE'RE GOING TO SET THE BAR HIGH. SO THAT'S THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE STARTING POINT. NOW, THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP IDENTIFIED DIFFERENT SUB GEOGRAPHIES WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN. AND IT IT LAID OUT PRECEDENT DESIGNING PRECEDENT PHYSICAL FEATURES THAT YOU WANT TO PRESERVE. IT LAID OUT FEATURES THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DEVELOP AND EMULATE FROM OTHER PLACES IN TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND THEN THAT IS THAT'S ALL DETAILED ON THIS EXAMPLE FROM BEHRENS BRANCH. YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE YOU TALK ABOUT THE REEMERGENCE OF THE BEHRENS BRANCH CREEK WAY AS A KEY PART OF THAT DISTRICT. YOU TALK ABOUT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNTAIN AS A PART OF WACO'S CULTURAL HISTORY THAT CAN BE REINVIGORATED. YOU TALK ABOUT EXISTING CULTURAL LANDMARKS LIKE SAINT FRANCIS CATHEDRAL THAT CAN BE PRESERVED AND, AND MADE AN ANCHOR PIECE OF THIS NEW DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE FORM BASED CODE. WITH THE WORK THAT WAS ALREADY DONE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHAT WE DID FROM THE ZONING NERD POINT OF VIEW, WE CAME IN AND WE LOOKED AT YOUR ZONING CODE AND WE SAID, WHAT ARE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THOSE IDEAS IN THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP AND THE ZONING TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE? AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO DRAW BETTER LINKAGES AND GIVE YOU BETTER ZONING TOOLS TO TO GIVE YOU A BETTER ZONING TOOLBOX TO IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN? SO WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF ALL THE CODES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY DISTRICT. ET CETERA. WE LOOKED AT THE DOWNTOWN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND ALL THE OTHER TOPIC SPECIFIC PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN WACO. WE, YOU KNOW, WE WE EMPHASIZED AS PART OF THIS ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT FORM BASED ZONING IS GOING TO BE THE BEST PREDICTIVE TOOL TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF CERTAINTY DOWNTOWN SO THAT YOU REALLY KNOW THAT YOU ARE CREATING A GREAT PLACE THAT FITS YOUR VISION. THE COMMUNITY'S VISION OF WACO, BOTH THE PAST AND THE FUTURE AS IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE FORM BASED ZONING. LAURA DESCRIBED IT WELL, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LEGO EXAMPLE, THERE'S THERE'S SOME OF THE LEGOS, BUT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE FORM OF THE BUILDINGS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE STREETS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE THAT WE DON'T CARE AS MUCH ABOUT THE USES WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS. IS IT A RESTAURANT? IS IT A DAYCARE CENTER? IS IT A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, YOU KNOW, SMALL ASSEMBLY THING? WE DON'T CARE AS MUCH. WE DO CARE SOME. AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A USE TABLE IN THIS DOCUMENT, BUT IT'S AT THE BACK. AND THE KEY EMPHASIS HERE IS ON THE DESIGN PIECE AND FOCUSING ON THE FORM. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED FORM BASED CODE. SO WITH THAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFTING PROCESS SO FAR. WHAT WE'VE PUT ON THE TABLE FOR COMMUNITY DISCUSSION. WE ARE AGAIN GOING IN INSTALLMENTS. 
          THE INSTALLMENTS ARE GENERALLY FOLLOWING THE ORDER THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE. WE LAY OUT THE DISTRICTS AND THEN WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT TYPES OF STANDARDS THAT APPLY FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE STREET NETWORKS, FOR THE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT BUILDING STANDARDS. 
          THERE IS THAT USE TABLE THAT I MENTIONED. AND THEN THERE'S DEFINITIONS. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A FEW FLAVORS OF EXAMPLES FROM THE DRAFTS THAT HAVE BEEN CARRIED FORWARD. 
          WE'RE WRITING PURPOSE STATEMENTS FOR EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS. THOSE ARE BUILT ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GLEANED FROM THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP. THIS IS I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS TEXT HERE, BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ALL THE BARONS BRANCH KIND OF IDEAS AND THEMES THAT EMERGED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING THE ROADMAP, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, EMPHASIS ON MASONRY, PORCHES AND SHADE ROOTED IN HISTORIC AGRARIAN STYLES THROUGHOUT WACO. THERE'S GREAT ARCHITECTS ON THE TEAM THAT HAVE DOCUMENTED A LOT OF THE GREAT AGRARIAN HISTORIC STRUCTURES THAT POTENTIALLY COULD INFORM THE DESIGN STANDARDS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. NOW, WE'VE WRITTEN THESE PURPOSE STATEMENTS THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE THESE RENDERINGS, LIKE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT OF WHAT THIS AREA CAN LOOK LIKE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE STARTING TO TURN THAT INTO ACTUAL ZONING CODE, DRAFT LANGUAGE. SO ON THE LEFT 
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SLIDE HERE, YOU SEE THAT INTENT CHARACTER FROM THE PRIOR SLIDE PULLED FORWARD INTO AN ACTUAL DRAFT CODE. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE BARONS BRANCH GEOGRAPHY THE MAP, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BARONS BRANCH ITSELF, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO EMERGE FROM BELOW GROUND TO ABOVE GROUND AND BE THE ANCHOR, THE LINEAR PARK ANCHOR FOR A MIXED USE AREA THAT ALSO REINVIGORATES SECOND AVENUE, AND THE HISTORIC LATINO CULTURE OF THAT PART OF WACO. WE'VE DIVIDED THE AREA INTO DIFFERENT ZONES THAT ARE BASED ROUGHLY ON LEVEL OF INTENSITY. SO BUILDING HEIGHT, BUILDING SCALE, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THE ZONES JUST ROUGHLY ARE SCALABLE FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTENSITY. THEN WE START TO GET DOWN IN THE WEEDS WITH THE WITH THE ZONING RULES. AND WE SAY THERE'S DIFFERENT CIRCULATION TYPES, THERE'S DIFFERENT STREET TYPES FROM GREEN BOULEVARD TO AN ARTERIAL TO A CIRCULATION STREET. THOSE ARE ALL DEFINED. 
          AND WE HAVE CROSS-SECTIONS OF ALL THOSE STREET TYPES TO SHOW. THIS IS WHAT THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE ON A LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT STREET MIGHT BE. MARY AVENUE, MAYBE, VERSUS A GREEN BOULEVARD, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU PARKS, THERE ARE PERMITTED BUILDING TYPES ON THE LEFT HAND BOTTOM. SO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFYING CIVIC OR EVENT BUILDING OR BUILDING, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING BASIC RULES FOR. 
          AGAIN, TO GIVE YOU SOME PREDICTABILITY ABOUT THE TYPES OF BUILDINGS THAT WILL COME IN ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THAT WE'RE STARTING TO DEVELOP THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS FOR THESE BUILDINGS. SO HEIGHT, HEIGHT IN THAT ZONE ONE THAT'S THE MOST INTENSE. SO THAT'S PROPOSED TO GO UP TO 160FT IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES LOWER IN OTHER AREAS THERE'S FRONTAGE TYPES THAT ARE ALLOWED. THESE ARE THE BUILDING TYPES THAT WE'VE STARTED TO DEFINE. THESE ARE ALL VERY MUCH IN PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PHOTOS OF BUILDING TYPES FROM WACO FROM WACOS PAST AND WACO. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PHOTOS FROM TEXAS PAST TEXAS TODAY TO HELP ILLUSTRATE, YOU KNOW, GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHAT LIVE WORK MIGHT BE, WHAT A BUILDING MIGHT BE. WE'RE GOING SLOW ON THE PHOTOS BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN A CODE, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO LOCK IN EXPECTATIONS THAT MAYBE DON'T FIT YOUR INTENDED ULTIMATE CHARACTER. THE FRONTAGE TYPES, IT'S JUST A FEW OF THOSE ARE SHOWN HERE. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE A STOOP ON ON A MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LIKE A TOWNHOUSE. YOU MIGHT HAVE A PORCH. YOU MIGHT HAVE A GALLERY OR A STOREFRONT FRONTAGE. SO AGAIN, WE'RE DEVELOPING THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS TO SAY IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS TYPE OF BUILDING, HERE'S WHAT IT'S GOT TO LOOK LIKE, HERE'S HOW FAR IT'S SET BACK FROM THE STREET, ETC. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO LOCK YOU INTO JUST A COOKIE CUTTER THING WHERE THERE'S NO DEVIATIONS, BUT WE'RE GIVING ENOUGH GENERAL PREDICTABILITY THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR. THE CIRCULATION NETWORK IS KEY. 
          THIS IS BUILDING ON THE DOWNTOWN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE, BUT IT TAKES IT A STEP FURTHER AND IS BUILT ON ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT WENT INTO THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP, AGAIN WITH DIFFERENT HIERARCHY OF STREETS. I'LL JUST SAY ON THIS SLIDE, WE ARE FOCUSING PRIMARILY IN THIS FORM BASED CODE. FIRST DRAFT ON THE AREA SOUTH OF THE RIVER. SO WEST OF THE RIVER. YEAH. SOUTH OF YOU PARKS THERE. NOW JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE NEW PARKING, NEW STANDARDS THAT ARE BEING INTRODUCED. PARKING IS A BIG ONE RIGHT NOW. MOST OF THE AREA WITHIN THE FORM BASED CODE PROPOSED DISTRICT IS IN THE C4 DISTRICT. THERE IS A FLAT EXEMPTION IN THE CODE FOR MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE C4. THE CODE RECOGNIZES THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE ACTIVITY VITALITY DOWNTOWN. ULTIMATELY, THERE NEEDS TO BE PARKING AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THOSE RESTAURANTS OR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE APARTMENTS OR CONDOS. THE PROPOSAL, AS IT STANDS, IS TO TO TO REINTRODUCE PARKING REQUIREMENTS DOWNTOWN. YOU'VE GOT TO MEET A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS. BUT THERE'S ALSO A NEW AUTHORIZATION FOR A FEE IN LIEU. 
          AND SO THE FEE WHICH IS TO BE SET, YOU KNOW, WOULD COULD BE PAYABLE IN EXCHANGE INSTEAD OF PROVIDING SPACES ON SITE. SO THIS IS PROBABLY A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT. BUT THIS WILL OVER TIME INTRODUCE A CULTURAL SHIFT INTO DOWNTOWN WACO. YOU HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF FREE PARKING NOW. YOU ALSO HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF OF INACTIVE AREAS AND VACANT SPACES. AND AS THOSE ARE REPLACED OVER TIME, THERE NEEDS TO BE A GRADUATED PROCESS TO THINK ABOUT HOW PARKING NEEDS CHANGE AND HOW THOSE WILL BE ACCOMMODATED. THE PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTION IS IN PART THIS REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING SPACES OR A FEE. THE PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTION IS SOME MORE STRUCTURED PARKING AND THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED. THERE'S AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM IN THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP THAT WAS PASSED. SO THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PARKING GARAGE, STRUCTURED PARKING THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN EACH OF THOSE FOUR SUBAREAS THAT I MENTIONED. OTHER CHANGES TO THE PARKING STANDARDS INCLUDE. WE RELOOKED AT ALL THE PARKING RATIOS BASED ON OTHER CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITIES, 
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OTHER PEER COMMUNITIES THAT STAFF HELP US TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE REALLY HIGH OR REALLY LOW, WE WE SUGGESTED SOME CHANGES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE PRETTY SIMILAR TO YOUR PEER COMMUNITIES. MORE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SURFACE PARKING LOTS AND PARKING STRUCTURES INTRODUCED, LANDSCAPING SIMILAR. WE WE HAVE TRIED TO BEEF UP THE REQUIREMENTS DOWNTOWN. YOU DON'T WANT A LOT OF LANDSCAPING IN AN URBAN SPACE LIKE A DOWNTOWN, BUT YOU DO WANT TO THINK ABOUT STREET TREES, STREET LANDSCAPING. YOU DO WANT TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE BUFFERS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY INCOMPATIBLE USES. YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT PRESERVING TREES WHERE YOU CAN. AND SO THE NEW STANDARDS GET AT THOSE ISSUES. 
          IF YOU DO HAVE A PARKING LOT, YOU'VE GOT A LANDSCAPE. IT. SO THAT'S THE LANDSCAPING PIECE. I WILL SAY THERE'S A NEW LANDSCAPE PLAN REQUIREMENT. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE PROCESS BEHIND THE FORM BASED CODE MAY NECESSITATE SOME CHANGES TO HOW YOU'LL REVIEW APPLICATIONS. AND SO RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT JUST A FLAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN REQUIREMENT THAT GOES TO YOUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT. AND THEY CIRCULATE IT AND REFER IT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS NECESSARY. THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE AN ADDITIONAL SITE PLAN OR SOME OTHER TOOL THAT HAS NEW THAT JUST ALLOWS THE CITY TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH THESE NEW STANDARDS, LIKE A CIRCULATION PLAN, LIKE A LANDSCAPE PLAN, ETC. THAT'S THE PIECE OF THE DRAFTING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON ROLLING OUT NEXT MONTH, BUT THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATION PIECE DESIGN. 
          TOM MENTIONED THIS EARLIER. YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIG IN ON THIS QUESTION OF WHAT IS WACO DESIGN? WE ARE NOT TRYING TO BE THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE DESIGNERS FOR ALL OF THE DOWNTOWN WACO PROJECT. THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF DESIGN STANDARDS. IT'S MORE TO GET AT THESE GENERAL ISSUES HERE. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A FRONT DOOR THAT THAT IS ACCESSED BY THE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PRIMARY STREET UPON WHICH THE BUILDING FRONTS. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TRANSPARENCY ON YOUR MAIN FACADE. THAT'S THAT'S WINDOWS OR DOORS OR SOMETHING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ACTIVATED SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR. SO IT'S NOT JUST A DEAD SPACE OR A SPACE THAT'S NOT GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE VITALITY OF THE AREA. ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF ILLUSTRATIONS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE FROM ANOTHER CODE, BUT WE HAVE NEW EXAMPLES NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR WACO. FOR ALL OF THOSE TOPICS ON THE SLIDE, WE HAVE GOT GENERAL STANDARDS THAT APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR EACH OF THE SUB DISTRICTS. AND THOSE ARE REALLY GLEANED FROM THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE LAST NIGHT WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THOSE ARE REALLY HELPFUL. A LOT OF THEM ARE KIND OF PHRASED IN A LITTLE BIT VAGUE TERMS. NOW THERE'S A LOT OF SHOULDS THERE AS OPPOSED TO SHELLS. AND SO ONE OF OUR DRAFTING TASKS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS THINKING ABOUT WHICH PIECES IN THIS DESIGN WORLD NEED TO BE SHELLS. THIS IS THE PIECE THAT PROBABLY IS GOING TO GENERATE A LOT OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, BECAUSE YOU START TO GET AT, ARE WE TRYING TO REPLICATE OLD WACO? IS THAT IT? IS THAT MAYBE THE MAIN POINT? BUT WE ALSO WANT TO ALLOW MORE MODERN BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT WHAT TO WHAT LEVEL SHOULD STYLE CONSIDERATIONS BE PART OF THIS? SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WITH THE PUBLIC. SPEAKING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WANTED TO FINISH OFF BY TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT. THE STAFF HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE. THERE'S A PROJECT WEBSITE THAT HAS A LIBRARY OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE. THERE'S FAQS, ETC. WE'RE PUTTING DRAFTS OF ALL THE STUFF THAT WE'VE DONE. WE'VE JUST UPLOADED INSTALLMENT TWO THERE THIS WEEK. YOU CAN REACH OUT AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL LIST. YOU CAN SIGN UP TO. YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS ON THE WEBSITE. WE'RE DOING A NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT TO A MAILING LIST THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO UPDATE. WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS. THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING WITH YOU ALL OFFICIALLY ON THIS PROJECT, BUT WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND WITH OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS GREAT. IT'S A GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF OF FOLKS IN THE WACO LAND USE AND ZONING WORLD. YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, DOMINIQUE ROCCO WITH A SMALL AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, WE'VE GOT AUBREY, YOU KNOW, WHO REPRESENTS THE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ON THE, ON THE, ON THE GROUP. SO IT'S JUST A CROSS-SECTION. THEY'RE NOT A VOTING BODY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A SOUNDING BOARD AND THEY'RE REALLY HELPFUL TO JUST KIND OF THINK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ARE THERE NEW GROUPS THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING TO? WE WERE TALKING WITH THEM YESTERDAY ABOUT WACO WALKS AND THEY SAID, OH, THERE'S ALSO WACO TALKS. AND THEY WERE GIVING US SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE COULD BROADEN OUR OUTREACH TO SOME OTHER FOLKS. THIS IS THEIR ROLE, YOU KNOW, TO HELP US THINK THROUGH THE EXISTING ZONING ISSUES IN WACO AND GIVE US FEEDBACK. I'M JUST GOING TO GO QUICKLY HERE ON TIME. THE ENGAGEMENT SCHEDULE IS IS HERE. THIS IS THE STUFF THAT'S UPCOMING. WE ARE WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ONE, BUT WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET VERY MUCH YET. WE'RE PRESENTING OUR INSTALLMENT TWO. RIGHT NOW. WE ARE LOOKING TO PRESENT INSTALLMENT THREE ON NOVEMBER 17TH TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. CONSOLIDATED DRAFT, LIKE I SAID, 
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IS IN JANUARY. MOVING INTO AN ADOPTION PROCESS IN THE SPRING. THIS IS OUR KIND OF SUMMARY SLIDE OF OF ENGAGEMENT, WHICH JUST IS INTENDED TO SHOW A LOT'S HAPPENED SO FAR AND A LOT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO JUST TRY TO SPREAD THE WORD, TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE MEET WITH. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SUGGESTIONS ABOUT MAYBE A DEVELOPER ROUNDTABLE YESTERDAY IN ADDITION TO THE WACO TALKS. IT WAS SUGGESTIONS ABOUT MEETING WITH REALTORS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OFTEN THEY HAVE THEIR THEIR EARS TO THE GROUND ON ON LAND USE ISSUES. SO WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL ON HOW TO REACH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. SO IT'S A FUN PROJECT. IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR WACO, SUPER ENGAGED, SUPER SMART STAFF, SUPER CREATIVE STAFF. BUT THE PEOPLE, THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN REALLY INSPIRING AND WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES FROM WACO. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND WE'RE WE'RE HAVING FUN. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR, I GUESS, QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT NEXT STEPS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY NOT? LET'S HEAR IT. I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF OF THE FORM BASED CODE AS AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD IT OUT. I THINK THAT EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL IS IS IN FAVOR OF HAVING A REALLY INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR HOW WE DEVELOP THE RIVERFRONT, BUT THIS COUNCIL IS UP FOR TURNOVER EVERY YEAR. YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HALF OF US ARE ON THE BALLOT EVERY YEAR. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CODIFY SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY LONG TERM PLAN SO THAT, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SET THE VISION THAT IS CONTINUING TO BE ENACTED. AND I'M SURE THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH ANY CODE AND THERE'S ROOM FOR VARIANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS, AS IT BECOMES NECESSARY. BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND FRANKLY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS SERVING AS KIND OF A PILOT FOR OTHER PARTS OF TOWN THAT WE SEEK TO DEVELOP AND HAVE A SAY IN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WE AS WE LOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT. TO USE LAURA'S ANALOGY, YOU KNOW WHAT? LEGOS CAN WE STACK WITH EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE? WHAT MAKES SENSE TOGETHER? AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS'S EFFORT ON THIS. I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY TO OVERHAUL SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO THANKS FOR THAT AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT MOVING FORWARD. GREAT, THANKS. THANKS, GUYS. THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE AS THIS COUNCIL AND STAFF AND CITY HAS COME TOGETHER TO TO ASSEMBLE ALL THIS PROPERTY DOWN ON THIS SLIDE HERE, WHICH A BIG PART OF THE TRANSACTIONS WE'VE BEEN COMMENCING AND GETTING READY TO CLOSE HERE IS THE RIVERFRONT PROPERTY. AND SO ASSEMBLING THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. HAVING KIND OF MASTER PLAN FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AS WE DEVELOP THIS, NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC SPACES BUT ALSO AS THOSE PUBLIC SPACES ESTABLISH CHARACTER. AND WITH THIS WANT TO THINK ABOUT, I THINK OF CHARACTER STYLE, ARCHITECTURE, THEMES, DESIGN. IT'S ALSO ALL PART OF THE SAME THING WHEN I THINK OF LAURA, WHEN I THINK OF YOUR OBSERVATION OF LEGOS, I THOUGHT YOU IT'S NOT ONLY JUST A DIFFERENT COLORED LEGOS. WE GOT TO HAVE THE LINCOLN LOGS AND THE TINKER TOYS AND LEGOS ALL TO LIVE TOGETHER AND KIND OF CREATE SOME SORT OF CONSISTENCY IN ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AND FEEL AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE AS YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THIS, WHAT IS GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC PART OF TOWN? SO I'M, I LIKE THAT WE'RE BEING SUPER THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE JUST OPENED IT UP. ALL RIGHT. DEVELOPER ONE GO. YOU KNOW, PAY US SOME MONEY AND GO GO CRAZY. 
          BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW THIS LOOKS AND HOW IT LOOKS, NOT ONLY NOW, BUT HOW IT LOOKS FOR THE NEXT TEN, 20, 100 YEARS IS GOING TO BE SUPER SPECIAL. SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT YOU DO. AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING. OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION, TOMMY. THE NEXT ITEM IS WORK SESSION 2025 738 DISCUSSION OF THE RIVERWALK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE SECOND WORK SESSION PRESENTATION IS BY DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES CHARLES LEASE. MR. LEASE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE RIVERWALK PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY THE SECTION RUNNING FROM WEBSTER TO AVENUE TO THE BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL. TODAY'S PRESENTATION INCLUDES THE IDENTIFICATION OF PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT AS SUGGESTED, ADD ALTERNATES, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT DISCUSSION, MR. LEASE WILL ENLIGHTEN US ON THE ONGOING I-35 BRIDGE LIGHTING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR PROJECT. THANK YOU, ACM HOLT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GREAT TO BE WITH YOU 
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THIS AFTERNOON. A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES IS USUALLY TALKING ABOUT TANKS, TOWERS, PUMPS AND OF COURSE OUR LAST FEW ADVENTURES ON STREETS. 
          TODAY WE'RE TALKING MORE ABOUT ESTHETICS. AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE RIVERWALK PROJECT AND THE THE BRIDGE UPDATE. ON THE RIVERWALK PROJECT. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME MILESTONES. 
          WHAT THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT ARE, WHAT THOSE ALTERNATES ARE. THE PROJECT BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED SUGGESTED ALTERNATES AND COST, REMAINING ALTERNATES AND COSTS POSSIBLE. PROJECT TIMELINE. ON THE BRIDGE LIGHTING PROJECT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BACKGROUND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH STATUS COSTS AND A TIMELINE. NOW, BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED IN BID STAFF, HAD SEVERAL ALTERNATES INCLUDED WITH EACH PROJECT. AND TODAY I'M LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION ON SELECTING AND MOVING SOME OF THOSE ALTERNATES FORWARD. SO AS WE GET INTO IT, WE'LL LOOK AT, LOOK AT AND EVALUATE ALL OF THOSE ALTERNATES. OKAY. ON THE RIVERWALK ITSELF, WE'VE MET A FEW TIMES ON THIS AND HAD A FEW INFORMALS ON THIS THIS PROJECT. IT DOES EXTEND FROM WEBSTER AVENUE ALL THE WAY TO BAYLOR LAW CENTER. IT'S A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT FOR OUR RIVERFRONT. IT'S RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BETWEEN WEBSTER AND THE INTERSTATE. IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE DID ACTUALLY BID THIS PROJECT ONCE BEFORE IT CAME IN OVER BUDGET, $31 MILLION. AND SO STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANTS AECOM AND OJB WENT BACK AND WE DID SOME VALUE ENGINEERING AND RESTRUCTURING OF THE PROJECT. WE RECENTLY RECEIVED TWO BIDS AND THE BASE BID, WHICH OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, WAS FOR $23 MILLION. IN ORDER TO AFFECT THIS PROJECT, WE HAD SEVERAL QUALIFICATIONS. AND KEEP IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT THESE ALTERNATES, THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES. WE WANTED OUR CONTRACTORS TO HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. WE REQUIRED OUR CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO WORK UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE BRIDGE. WE HAD THEM PROVIDE PROJECTS OF THEIR SIMILAR TYPE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAD DONE IN THE PAST. WE ALSO REQUIRED THAT THESE CONTRACTORS HAVE COORDINATION WITH SEVERAL AGENCIES THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FEMA, TKC, TEX-DOT, AND OTHERS, AND WE REQUIRED OUR CONTRACTORS TO PROVE THAT THEY HAD EXPERIENCE WITH DE-WATERING SITE WORK, WORKING WITH WATER FEATURES, DOING SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION WORK, AND WORKING WITH BRIDGE AND STEEL MEMBERS. WE BROKE THIS PROJECT DOWN AND PROVIDED SEVERAL ALTERNATES. THIS IS A DETAILED ILLUSTRATION OF THE THE PARTICULAR ALTERNATES. SO STARTING AT THE WEBSTER END, WE HAVE THE WEBSTER OVERLOOK MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST. WE HAVE THE COVE BRIDGE, WHICH SPANS ACROSS THE CLAY OUTFALL. WE ALSO HAVE A COVE FOUNTAIN. 
          AND FURTHER TO THE EAST, JUST BEFORE THE INTERSTATE, THERE IS A LOWER WALKWAY THAT INTERFACES OUT IN FRONT OF THE PAVILION WITH THE WATER'S EDGE. THERE WAS AN ALTERNATE FOR A WATER FEATURE UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE, THE WATER WALL, AND THEN ON THE EAST END OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE, WE HAD AN ALTERNATE FOR PICNIC AREA AND SOME SIGNIFICANT PARKING IMPROVEMENTS. A LOT OF NUMBERS HERE, BUT THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN FOR BOTH OF THE BIDDERS THAT WE RECEIVED. BOTH BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE BASE BID WHEN WE DID OUR ENGINEERING AND OUR ALTERNATE CREATION WAS ABOUT 22.8 MILLION. 
          OUR FIRST BIDDER WAS AT 23 MILLION, AND THE SECOND BIDDER WAS AT 27.6 MILLION. THEN AS YOU GO DOWN THE PAGE, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE ALTERNATES THAT WE INCLUDED. THERE'S A HISTORIC SAND TOWN DISPLAY. WE INCLUDED THAT AS A BASE BID PORTION, $15,000. THERE'S AN OWNER'S ALLOWANCE FOR $200,000. AND THEN WE WORK THROUGH ALL THE ALTERNATES ONE, TWO, THREE THROUGH NINE. WE ESTIMATE FOR ALL OF THE ALTERNATES WAS ABOUT $15.4 MILLION. SO IN ALL, IN ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF 38 AND THE BIDS ALL IN CAME IN AT 32.1 AND ALMOST $39 MILLION. OKAY, I DISTRIBUTED THIS INFORMATION AMONGST INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES STAFF, AND WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET AND A POLL, IF YOU WILL, FOR SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 
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THE BUDGET. AND THE DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING THE INSTALLATION OF THE COVE BRIDGE. 
          THE COVE WATER FEATURE THE LOWER WALKWAY IN FRONT OF THE FOSTER PAVILION AND THEN SKIPPING OVER TO THE BOTH EDGES OF THE INTERSTATE, ADDING LIMESTONE FINISH FOR ESTHETICS AND THEN INSTALLING ALL OF THE THE ENTIRE PLANTING SCHEME, AND THEN ALSO INSTALLING CONDUIT VAULTS FOR FUTURE WI-FI SERVICE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE ALTERNATES, ADDED THE BASE BID PLUS THE ALLOWANCES, AND THEN WE SELECTED ALTERNATES ONE, C, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SEVEN AND NINE, THAT'S $25.956 MILLION. CURRENT FUNDS ARE ABOUT $26 MILLION, SO STAFF JUST GOT IT IN THERE. SKIN OF THE TEETH HERE. JUST GOT IT IN THERE. OKAY. WE'LL GO INTO SOME DEPTH ON ON SOME OF THESE ALTERNATES AND GET SOME FEEDBACK. SO THE BASE BID WAS FOR THE OVERALL WALKWAY. THIS IS JUST AN ISOMETRIC ISOMETRIC VIEW OF OF THE PROJECT. BASE BID WAS $23 MILLION. ONE OF THE ORIGINAL RENDERINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER. THE SAND TOWN PLAZA ARTWORK, $15,000 IS INCLUDED IN THE BASE. AND HERE IS THE PLAZA. NOW THIS IS AT THE END OF CLAY AVENUE, AND THIS WOULD OVERLOOK THE COVE, THE COVE BRIDGE AND THE WATER FEATURE. INTERFACES ACROSS THE PARK. FOSTER PAVILION WOULD BE ON YOUR LEFT AND THEN CITY OF WACO PROPERTY JUST TO THE RIGHT, WHICH PLANNED FOR FUTURE RESTAURANT SITES. OKAY IN THE BUDGET AND RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. THIS IS JUST A VIEW OF WHAT THE COVE BRIDGE IS ANTICIPATED TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE COVE FOUNTAIN WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND ITS PLACEMENT IN THE COVE ITSELF. 
          $1.4 MILLION FOR THE BRIDGE, $150,000 FOUNTAIN. HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS. RECENT PHOTOS WHEN WE HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN, LIKE BRAZOS, DOWN A FEW FEET TO DO SOME EMERGENCY REPAIRS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE WATER LEVELS A LITTLE LOWER THAN NORMAL. THE TOP PHOTO IS IS LOOKING ABOUT WHERE THE COVE BRIDGE WOULD BE PLACED, AND THE FOUNTAIN WOULD BE IN THE BACKGROUND, AND THE BOTTOM PHOTO IS WHERE THE LOWER WALKWAY WOULD INTERFACE WITH THE WATER'S EDGE. WHEN THE LAKE IS FULL IS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE PAVILION. ABOUT A $90,000 WALKWAY IS AN ADDED ITEM. ALSO SUGGESTED, WITH STAFF GOING AHEAD AND PUTTING IN ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING IS $900,000. LOTS OF TREES, SHRUBS COORDINATED WITH PARKS AND REC, AND THEN ALSO SOME EXTRA FENCING AND VENEER IN AND AROUND THE INTERSTATE TO MAKE THAT LOOK A LITTLE BETTER. OKAY, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET OR NOT PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET, BUT SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF POPULARITY, WAS THE WEBSTER OVERLOOK. THIS IS A STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE END OF WEBSTER. THIS RECENT PHOTOGRAPH IS LOOKING FROM THE RIVER BACK TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND LOOKING DOWN. WEBSTER. THIS WOULD BE A MEET AND GREET PLACE AND TIED TOGETHER THE END OF CLAY. THERE'S A VACANT PARCEL THAT'S GOT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO THE RIGHT IN THIS PHOTO. AND TO THE LEFT WOULD BE THE PARK AND THE RESTAURANT AREAS. WEBSTER OVERLOOK PROVIDES A RESPITE PLACE AND A PLACE TO GET ONTO AND OFF OF THE RIVERWALK FROM WEBSTER PROPER. AND SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF BOTH ALLIGATOR GAR AND THE OCCASIONAL ALLIGATOR. CORRECT. SEVEN FOOT, NO LESS. THIS IS JUST A RENDERING SHOWING AERIAL SAME LOCATION. THIS WOULD BE HOPPING OFF OF THE OF THE RIVERWALK AND WALKING ACROSS THE STREET TO THE PARK AND EXTENDING DOWN THE RIVERWALK TO THE EAST, AND THEN FUTURE RIVERWALK TO THE WEST. AND THIS IS JUST A SECTION VIEW OF WHAT? THAT RIVERWALK. EXCUSE ME, THE OVERLOOK LOOKS LIKE AND HOW YOU WOULD INTERACT WITH THE WATER'S EDGE. CHARLES, DO WE KNOW? WHERE AM I LOOKING AT WHAT THE DESIGN PLAN WOULD BE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE OVERLOOK? IF WE. IF WE REMOVE THIS, WE WOULD BASICALLY TIE THE RIVERWALK BACK TO GRADE AT AT 
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WEBSTER. AND ALL OF THIS SUPERSTRUCTURE AND EXTENSION WOULD BE DELETED. OKAY. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. I'VE GOT KIND OF A FOLLOW UP TO MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 3 MILLION DELTA IN THINKING ABOUT THIS OVERLOOK. I LOVE THE OVERLOOK. I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF IT. BUT IS THERE A COULD YOU DO MAYBE THE ENGINEERING OR MAYBE MAKE THIS AND WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT TO DO YET, BUT THE PHASE TWO THIS LATER, BUT GET SOME OF THE ENGINEERING IN PLACE. OR WOULD THAT BE 2.5 MILLION JUST TO DO THAT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING, MAYOR THAT WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT. SO WE WOULD TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY AND GO BACK TO OUR CONSULTANTS AND TALK WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND BUDGET AND FINANCE AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU BY PROBABLY NOVEMBER 18TH. I DON'T WANT TO SLOW THIS THING DOWN EITHER, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME. SURE, CERTAINLY SOME OF THE PREP WORK COULD BE DONE. EVALUATING THAT COST WOULD BE IMPORTANT. LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, IT'S TWO THIRDS OF THE COST IN THE FOUNDATION. WE WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. 
          AND JUST ONE FINAL RENDERING OF WHAT THAT SPACE COULD LOOK LIKE. COOL OKAY. AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD BE AND WHAT THE SHORTFALL WOULD BE IF THE RIVER OVERLOOK WAS INCLUDED. WE HAD $29 MILLION PROJECT. IT'S JUST ROUND NUMBERS THERE. THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINGENCY IN IN THAT 3.5 MILLION SHORTFALL. SO FOLLOWING UP JUST SO I UNDERSTAND GOING BACK TO THAT, THE SLIDE WITH THE TERMINATION AND SUGGESTED ALTERNATES. YEAH. SO IF WE DON'T DO THAT IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A WALKWAY. YEAH OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH. IT WOULD JUST BE A THROUGH WALKWAY WOULD STILL COME UP TO GRADE AT WEBSTER. BUT IT WOULD JUST BE A THROUGH WALKWAY. AND I THINK I HAD THAT THAT PICTURE THERE. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME REGRADING WORK. OH I CAN USE THE MOUSE. OKAY. SO YOU'D HAVE TO DO SOME REGRADING WORK IN HERE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO WALL AT THIS LOCATION. IT WAS REMOVED AS A PART OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE NINE BY NINE STORM DRAIN BOX. IT'S REALLY DEEP AT THAT LOCATION. SO IS THIS MORE THE LIKE TRYING NOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION? ARE WE JUST WALKING THROUGH THE STUFF THAT IS NOT FUNDED. SO THE ORIGINAL THE THE SUGGESTED FUNDED WAS JUST WHAT STAFF COULD, COULD SEE COMING TOGETHER AND FIT TOGETHER WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGET. I THINK JUST SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES. THIS IS NOT FUNDED, BUT IT SEEMED TO STICK WITH THE FOLKS THAT WERE DOING THE REVIEW TO SAY THIS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE BUILD THIS, BUT ONLY IF BUDGET ALLOWS. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES CURRENTLY WITH THE STAFF PROPOSALS THAT DID NOT MAKE THE CUT FOR THE. IT DID NOT MAKE THE CUT IN THE EXISTING BUDGET. OKAY, NOW MOVING ON TO THE ALTERNATES. NOT SUGGESTED BY STAFF. THAT ALSO WASN'T IN THE BUDGET. OKAY, THIS IS THE FORT FISHER PARKING AREA, ABOUT 615 OR $617,000 FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING AND FOR PICNIC AREA. AND THIS WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. THERE'S EXISTING PARKING THERE. NOW. THE TRAIL WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. WE JUST WOULDN'T GET THESE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES. SO THIS IS ONE WHERE BOTH STAFF AND KIND OF THE ADVISORY GROUP JUST FELT LIKE IT'S OKAY TO CUT THIS ONE. YES, THAT'S ON THAT SIDE. SO IT WOULD JUST BE INSTEAD OF THE WHAT IS THERE, IT WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THAT GRASSY AREA. I'M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN AND NOT KNOX HALL. IS THAT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT? RIGHT. SO THIS. YEAH. YEAH. AND SO IT WOULD, THE PARKING WOULD BE THE PARKING WOULD BE JUST THE AERIAL THAT YOU SEE OVER HERE. 
          WELL THAT'S WHAT IT IS. I MEAN, BUT THE WHAT IT WAS, WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WOULD BE WHERE WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS. IT'S A MUCH LARGER AREA, IN FACT, IN THE GRASSY AREA, YOU MEAN. I'LL GO BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE. I'M SORRY. SAME QUESTION. THERE YOU GO. SO THE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PICNIC AREA WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS PIECE IN HERE. AND THEN ALL OF THIS PAVING, PARKING, SIDEWALK AND STEPS TO GET DOWN TO THE THE WALK WOULD BE DELETED. SO THIS THIS WHOLE SEGMENT HERE WAS $617,000. OKAY. OKAY. MOVING BACK. SOMETHING ELSE THAT THAT STAFF FELT COULD BE DELETED AND WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET WAS THE IDEA OF THE WATER WALL, WHICH WAS A LIT WATER WALL STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE, $1.8 MILLION. QUITE A BIT. QUITE A BIT OF 
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MONEY. I THINK WE ALL KIND OF LAST TIME THIS WAS PRESENTED, WE WERE ALL GOOD WITH OR THERE. 
          THERE WASN'T A LOT OF ADVOCATES FOR KEEPING IT. EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR BRADLEY. BRADLEY DID LIKE THIS ONE. IT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT, IN THEORY, COULD BE ADDED AT A FUTURE DATE. 
          JUST AS A QUICK TIMELINE. THIS IS THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. WE'VE COMPLETED OUR BIDDING. WE CAN WORK WITH, LIKE I SAID, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, FINANCE, BUDGET COUNCIL THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEN HOPE TO GET STARTED IN CONSTRUCTION LASTING THROUGH 2027. SO CHARLES JUST THINKING THAT THROUGH. SO IF THIS, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY DEDICATION OR RIBBON CUTTING IS, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OF 2027 AT THAT POINT IS KIND OF THE LOOP CLOSED OR FULLY OPERATIONAL ON THE RIVERWALK FROM HERRING ALL THE WAY TO THAT BRIDGE ON BOTH SIDES. IS THAT IS THAT A FUNCTIONAL LOOP AT THAT POINT? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER IMPEDIMENTS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE WE BUILT OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE NEAR OLD BUZZARD BILLY'S. YEAH, THAT WALKWAY IN THE INITIAL PORTION OF THIS DISCUSSION, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE MADE BETWEEN WEBSTER AND AND FRANKLIN. OKAY. 
          THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE EXISTING OVERHEAD CLEARANCE AND A FEW OTHER THINGS. I STILL THINK IT'S FUNCTIONAL NOW, BUT IT'S IT'S NOT PREFERRED. THERE'S SOME O&M CONCERNS THAT PARKS AND REC HAS, BUT I THINK IT'S FUNCTIONAL OKAY. SO THIS WAS JUST A SUMMARY SHEET HERE THAT KIND OF SHOWED IF YOU SELECTED THE PROPOSED OR IF WE WENT WITH THE STAFF PROPOSED, PLUS THE $3 MILLION OVERLOOK, YOU'RE AT $29 MILLION. IT AGGREGATES THE NON-SELECTED WATER WALL PARKING AND THE OTHER PLANTING OPTION, WHICH WAS ABOUT A $3 MILLION CUT AND THEN SHOWS THE FUNDING, SOURCING AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS UNFUNDED. IF THE WEBSTER OVERLOOK WAS KEPT IN PLACE, YOU DELETE THAT WEBSTER OVERLOOK WHERE? RIGHT AT THE BUDGET. 
          THERE'S A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CONTINGENCY. IT'S 26,214,000 AND CHANGE AVAILABLE. 
          AND I BELIEVE WITHOUT THE 3 MILLION. AND WE WERE AT 25, NINE. IS THERE IN THE DESIGNS FOR THIS. AND I APOLOGIZE IF MY IGNORANCE IS BEING REVEALED HERE, BUT ON THE CLOSER TO THE BRIDGE OR THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE END OF THIS, OR AS YOU GET DOWN TO CLAY AND WEBSTER, IS THERE A WAY IN WHICH THE TRAIL MEETS THE ROAD AT SOME POINT OR UP TO THE. YES, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE TO KIND OF ACCESS IT ON THAT END. YEAH. SO HERE AT THIS LOCATION, THE TRAIL COMES BACK UP AND INTERFACES WITH THESE PARCELS HERE. AND YEAH, SO IT COMES BACK UP TO THE SAND TOWN PLAZA AREA. AND THEN YOU CAN WALK OUT ON AND THAT'S CLAY. YEAH, THIS IS CLAY. 
          THERE'LL BE SOME TRAFFIC IMPEDIMENTS HERE TO KEEP CARS FROM PULLING OUT ON THE END OF CLAY THERE. OKAY. IS THAT BRIDGE? IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL WAY THAT THE RIVER SITS THERE? I MEAN, IS BRIDGE WAS THERE? IT'S JUST TO BE A SPECIAL AMENITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OVER THE WATER. WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT IS ONGOING REMOVING SEDIMENT FROM THIS AREA. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CORPS AND THAT'S THAT'S A SEPARATE FUTURE ISSUE. BUT THE BRIDGE IS THERE JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT OF THE WATER. AND AMENITY. 
          THERE'S THAT LITTLE COVE. THERE IS A NATURAL. AND THAT'S WHERE THE OLD BRAZOS QUEEN USED TO BE A LONG TIME AGO. USED TO BE BRAZOS QUEEN HERE. THE COVE IS HERE. WE'VE GOT THE ARCH TUNNEL STORM DRAIN, WHICH I THINK IS 15 BY 17, 15FT BY 17FT. IT COMES OUT RIGHT UNDERNEATH CLAY. 
          RIGHT HERE. SO WHAT BECOMES OF IT WITH THIS? IT'LL STAY. THAT TUNNEL GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 13TH, I THINK, IS THAT IF YOU TAKE THE THE TRAIL DOWN TOWARDS THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE ON THIS SIDE, OR IF YOU TAKE THE, THE RIVERWALK DOWN TO THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE, AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO TAKE STAIRS UP. OR IS THERE A RAMP UP TO GET UP TO THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE? IS THERE A RAMP? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? LIKE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO THINK OF LIKE 
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PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE MOBILITY THROUGH THIS AREA AND LIKE I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, I USED TO RUN THIS LOOP AND I'VE, I'VE DONE IT ON A WALKING LOOP WITH FAMILY TOO. AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S A SECTION WITHOUT SIDEWALK ON STREET LEVEL FROM FRANKLIN TO THE RAILROAD TO THE THE BEER DISTRIBUTOR. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, THAT IS NOT LIKE A PROTECTED MANY KIDS RIGHT THERE AND THEN WITH WITH DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT, IT PICKS UP AGAIN PAST THE TRACKS WITH WIDE SIDEWALK AS YOU GO TO THE PAVILION. BUT IF YOU'RE ON THE RIVER LEVEL, I DON'T KNOW. I'M TRYING TO THINK LIKE HOW YOU GET UP. LET'S SAY YOU'RE ON BIKE, BACK UP TO THE STREET. I KNOW, I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU CAN DO IT THERE AT CLAY. OKAY? SO IF I AM RUNNING FROM JACKSON ON THE TRAIL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO WHERE THE WEBSTER OVERLOOK WOULD HAVE BEEN. OKAY? IT'LL TIE TO TRAIL AND YOU WILL GO DOWN, AND THERE WILL BE A RESTAURANT INTERFACE AT THIS LOCATION. THEN YOU CAN SPLIT AND COME BACK UP TO THE SAND TOWN. FIXTURES AND TOWN PLAZA. OR YOU CAN STAY FLAT AND GO ACROSS THE COVE. OKAY? IF YOU GO UP, YOU CAN COME BACK DOWN IN FRONT OF THE OF THE PAVILION AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER PATH HERE. YOU CAN GO LOW TOWARDS THE WATER'S EDGE, OR YOU CAN STAY FLAT AND GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS OKAY. DO YOU. SO THERE IS, THERE IS. YEAH THERE IS CONTINUITY WITH THE SURFACE AT WEBSTER, AT CLAY. AND THEN DOWN HERE IN FRONT OF THE INTERSTATE, THIS IS A LOWER LEVEL THAT COMES BACK UP. AND I GUESS MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT. BUT IT'S ONE THOUGHT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ADA CONNECTIVITY ON AS THIS AS YOU GO FROM WEBSTER TO THE LEFT OF THIS, FROM WEBSTER TO THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE, THE FRANKLIN RIVER, LIKE, I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT I'M TRYING TO THINK THROUGH HOW TO GET TO THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE. TO GET ON TO THIS. THERE IS A RAMP. THERE'S A RAMP SWITCHBACK BETWEEN THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE AND WASHINGTON. OKAY. THAT IS ADA, ON WHICH SIDE OF THE RIVER? IT'S ON THE SOUTH, ON THE DOWNTOWN SIDE. OKAY, OKAY. SO IT SHOULD BE CONNECTED THEN. 
          OKAY. IT'S JUST BEEN A WHILE. IT'S BEEN SINCE 2019 SINCE THAT'S BEEN OPEN. SO I'M TRYING TO THINK THROUGH HOW TO GET THROUGH. OKAY. SO ANY FEEDBACK ON SELECTED ALTERNATIVES. OH I'LL GO BACK TO. THIS PAGE HERE. YOU'VE GOT ALTERNATE 1C23457 AND NINE. AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE NEED TO REEVALUATE ALTERNATE TWO WEBSTER OVERLOOK FOR COST IMPACTS. AND IS THERE A WAY TO LESSEN THAT AND PROVIDE IT FOR A FUTURE OPTION, SAY IF THE CITY GOES FROM WEBSTER BACK TO THE WEST AND STICK TO THE $26 MILLION ORIGINAL BUDGET? THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING, CHARLES. THE I KNOW THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST SPENT, YOU KNOW, BUYING A BUNCH OF LAND DOWN THERE. SO WE GOT TO BE CONSCIOUS ON THESE BUDGETS OF TWO AND 3 MILLION HERE AND ONE, TWO AND FIVE AND 6 MILLION THERE. IT ALL STARTS ADDING UP. RIGHT? SO I LIKE THE WAY STAFF HAS, HAS GONE THROUGH AND KIND OF PICKED OUT THE, THE PARTS THAT THAT THAT WILL ACCENTUATE WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BRIDGE LIGHTING AND VISIBLE FROM I-35 AND IN FRONT OF FOSTER PAVILION WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO GET SOME MORE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THERE. SO I'M THINKING IT'S FEELING LIKE WE STICK TO UNLESS WE CAN FIND 3 MILLION SOMEWHERE STICKING TO THE 26 AND THEN MAYBE FIGURING OUT WHAT I KNOW, WHAT YOU'D CALL IT, PARTIAL ENGINEERING OR WHATEVER, TO LEAVE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A OVER OVERHANG AND ALL THAT. IF HE COULD SOMEHOW STRUCTURALLY MAKE SURE THAT IT COULD ACCOMMODATE THAT IN SOME FUTURE PHASE. AT LEAST THAT'S HOW I'M THINKING. SO I GUESS WE THINK THROUGH THE 26, BUT THEN ALSO SPEND A COUPLE MORE WEEKS, I GUESS, THINKING ABOUT THE THREE OR WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE ON THE ENGINEERING, I DON'T DOES THAT JUST SLOW IT DOWN? IF WE HAVE TO WAIT TWO MORE WEEKS TILL I DON'T THINK SO. I JUST I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS. WE FUNDED IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REFINE IT. AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE, THAT I'VE NOTICED ON HERE IN YOUR FIRST SLIDE WAS HOW THE COST OF THOSE BASE BIDS HAVE COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT, TOO. SO WE RESTRUCTURE THE PROJECT TO ALLOW THE BASE BID TO BE SMALLER. SO WE WANTED TO GET THIS THING BUILT. WE KNEW WE HAD 26 MILLION. AND SO WE 
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WANTED TO GET UNDER THAT NUMBER. GREAT. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO REALLY OPEN IT UP. I APPRECIATE WHAT STAFF HAS DONE HERE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS WILL REALLY OPEN THAT AREA UP FOR A LOT OF OUR VISITORS TO KIND OF WANDER DOWN TO THE RIVERFRONT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE GOOD ACTIVITY GOING ON NOW, AND JUST ENJOY THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE RIVER. SO APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. 
          WHAT IS IT? IT FEELS ANTICLIMACTIC. WE'RE PUTTING IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE AND THIS BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN, BUT WE'RE NOT PUTTING IN THE OVERLOOK. MAYBE SO, BUT I STILL WANT THE ENERGY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE TO TO WHAT WE WHAT WE LEAVE TODAY WITH. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD IS, I CAN CERTAINLY SEE AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WAITING TO COME BACK AND DO THE OVERHANG COULD GET TO BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. BUT IN TERMS OF THE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PULLING BACK ON THE PLANTING AND IRRIGATION, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THE COST WOULD STAY RELATIVELY STABLE? AND IF WE WANTED TO COME BACK IN AT A LATER DATE AND REALLY DO IT UP FOR ANY REASON. THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION. YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, PLANTING AND IRRIGATION DOLLARS REALLY CHANGED QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST BID. AND I, I WOULD THINK THAT WE GO AHEAD AND AND MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANTING AND IRRIGATION NOW. AND WE IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER TO REDO TO DO THE WATER WALL AFTER EVERYTHING IF WE WANT TO DO THAT. QUITE HONESTLY, IF WE WANT TO COME BACK AND DO THE OVERLOOK, IT'S OPEN. THERE'S NOTHING ABOVE US. IT'S A LOT MORE DOABLE. YEAH. AND SO. BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S I WOULD THAT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE ONES. 
          STICK WITH PLANTING AND IRRIGATION AND MOVE IT FORWARD. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YEARS OF TREE GROWTH AND WHAT HAVE YOU. YEAH. SO DEFINITELY THAT'S ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT IT'S IT IS LIKE THE TOP OF THE THE NICE TO HAVE RIGHT. WHEN YOU'RE WALKING RIVERWALK. YOU SEE SORT OF THE PLANTING AND IRRIGATION DONE UP TO THE NINES. AND IT'S REALLY FANTASTIC BUT CERTAINLY CAN GET REALLY EXPENSIVE. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS EASIER TO SACRIFICE BECAUSE OF THE LARGER BEAUTY OF THE PROJECT. SO JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, WE CAN WAIT AND SEE WHAT THAT GROWTH LOOKS LIKE. AND IT COULD JUST BE AMAZING DOWN THE LINE NATURALLY. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME. ONE MORE QUESTION. YES, SIR. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TAKING OUT THAT WATER WALL. BUT DOES IT DOES THE PLAN LIKE WHAT WILL BE THERE INSTEAD? THERE IS A FENCING AND SCREENING OPTION. OUR MINIMALISTIC LOOK. THERE WE GO. SO THERE'S SOME SCREENING AND SOME LIMESTONE. THE THIS PICTURE. DID I PUT ANOTHER PICTURE IN HERE I DON'T MAYBE NOT. DOES IT MERIT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ART. IT COULD BE. IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE RE-ENVISIONED FOR THAT SPACE TO HAVE AN ARTISTIC TOUCH. SURE. 
          THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, GEORGE. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHARLES ON THIS ONE? OKAY. YOU GOT ANOTHER PART OF YOUR. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO FLY THROUGH THE BRIDGE WORK HERE. SO BRIDGE LIGHTING. THE BRIDGE LIGHTING HAS HAD SOME CHALLENGES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO GET IT AS FUNCTIONAL AS POSSIBLE. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 60% OPERABLE AT THE MOMENT. THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME MAINTENANCE CHALLENGES AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE NEEDED OUT THERE. THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPLEMENT A MORE DURABLE SYSTEM AND ADDRESS MAINTAINABILITY AND LONG TERM RELIABILITY. WE DID ADVERTISE AND BID THIS PROJECT. THE BASE BID FOR THIS PROJECT INCLUDED REPAIRING ONE SET OF COLUMNS, THE COLUMNS CLOSEST TO THE FOSTER PAVILION, AND THEN WE ALTERNATED REPLACING OUT ALL OF THE OTHER COLUMNS. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS. THIS IS JUST A LIGHTING LAYOUT. KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA WHERE ALL THE FIXTURES ARE AT AND WHAT THE ORIGINAL COLUMNS WERE CALLED A, B, C, D COLUMN. BD IS CLOSEST TO THE PAVILION, AND THAT IS THE BASE BID REPLACING ALL OF THAT LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK I SHARED THIS IN AN INFORMAL AND A PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF WE WENT THROUGH. WE LOOKED AT ALL THE CONDUIT, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE WIRE, WE CHECKED CONTINUITY, WE CHECKED ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND WE FOUND QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE, AND WE REPAIRED ALL OF THAT DAMAGE. AND WE ARE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE NEED SOME NEW INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE THIS SYSTEM WHOLE. I THINK I SHARED SOME OF THESE PHOTOS IN THE PAST. THIS SHOWS WHAT SOME OF OUR CONTROL LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WHICH FIXTURES ARE CURRENTLY WORKING. AND WE DID VERIFY POWER AS ALL IT ALL COLUMNS. NOW WE REPAIRED ALL OF THE DAMAGED CONDUIT AND WIRING. THERE ARE SOME FUNCTIONAL ISSUES THAT REMAIN. IT'S LIKELY 
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WITHIN THE FIXTURE OR THE CONTROL WIRE, AND THAT IS ALL INCLUDED IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. REPLACING THAT. WE HAD ONE BIDDER. THE BIDDER HAS DONE SOME SIMILAR PROJECTS I INCLUDED ON THIS ON THIS SLIDE, THE PROJECT THEY DID IN PFLUGERVILLE, I PERSONALLY CALLED PFLUGERVILLE MANAGEMENT. THEY HAD A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT WITH THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR. 
          THAT PROJECT WAS VERY SIMILAR IN THE LIGHTING FIXTURES AND THE CAPABILITY OF WHAT THEY INSTALLED. HOWEVER, IT WAS ABOUT ONE FOURTH THE SIZE OF OF OUR PROPOSED PROJECT. OUR BASE BID WAS TO REPLACE ONE COLUMN, THE COLUMNS, ONE SET OF COLUMNS, THE COLUMNS CLOSEST TO FOSTER PAVILION. THE ESTIMATE WAS 650,000. IT CAME IN AT 654,000. WE DID ALTERNATE SOME WE DID. 
          WE DID HAVE SOME ALTERNATES. ONE WAS A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT. WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY REASONABLE, ABOUT $6,000 A YEAR TO COME DOWN, TEST AND TROUBLESHOOT THE PROJECT GOING FORWARD. AND THEN WE DID ALTERNATE ALL OF THE OTHER COLUMNS, A COMPLETE FIXTURE REPLACEMENT. AND THAT CAME IN AT ANOTHER $930,000. SO TO GET A NEW SYSTEM, NEW FIXTURES, NEW WIRE CONNECTIONS, ABOUT 1.6 MILLION ALL IN. AND THAT NEW SYSTEM. HERE'S JUST A PHOTOGRAPH OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE FIXTURES LOOK LIKE, THE ACTUAL CABINET AND SOME OF THE HARDWARE THAT WOULD WORK TO REPLACE AND UPDATE TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS. AND THESE NEW LIGHT FIXTURES. AND THE PROJECT WOULD HELP WITH CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, WHICH STAFF VERIFIED. WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES. WE'VE GOT WEATHER CONNECTORS AND WIRE PROBLEMS THAT WE THAT WE'VE HAD. AND THIS OPPORTUNITY WE WOULD WE WOULD TAKE TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BEZELS WITH HAIL RESISTANT BEZELS AND ALSO GIVE US REMOTE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM SO THAT THE MAYOR COULD USE HIS PHONE TO UPDATE THE LIGHTS. YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT WANT THAT, NO. OKAY, I AGREE WITH THAT ON THAT. AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK SCHEDULE. WHAT WE COULD BE IF WE, YOU KNOW, STARTED TODAY. I THINK IT'S AN 8 TO 12 WEEK DELIVERY TIME ON THE FIXTURES. AND THEN WE HAVE TO COORDINATE. THE MOST CRITICAL PORTION IS COORDINATING ACCESS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE. TEX-DOT WANTS US TO USE A BUCKET BOAT ON THEIR STRUCTURE. THERE'S JUST A FEW IN THE NATION, AND SO WE HAVE TO SCHEDULE THOSE FOLKS TO COME DOWN AND GIVE US ACCESS TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BRIDGE. REPLACE ALL THE HARDWARE THAT WE NEED TO THERE. MY IGNORANCE. WHAT IS A BUCKET? BUCKET BOAT IS A PATENTED DEVICE. AND THERE'S THERE'S ONE COMPANY IN THE US THAT WE UTILIZE TO TO LITERALLY HAVE A LIFT ON A BOAT. 
          AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO ACCESS A BRIDGE STRUCTURE ON A BOAT, LIKE LIKE A CHERRY PICKER, BUT ON A BOAT. YEAH. WOW. CHERRY PICKER BOAT WOULD BE A ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE. SO THIS WAS PUT IN AND THE LIGHTS WERE ORIGINALLY PUT IN IN 2015. CORRECT. AND WHEN DID THEY START FAILING? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER. I DO KNOW THAT BASED ON MY INVESTIGATION, I STARTED WITH PUBLIC WORKS LAST JULY. BASED ON MY INVESTIGATION, THE LIGHTS WERE TURNED OFF IN WINTER STORM URI PERIOD, AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD MUCH CONTROL SINCE. AND BEFORE THAT THERE WERE CHALLENGES. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. WE'RE ALL ON ONE PRINTOUT THOUGH. THEY WERE. YEAH. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE THERE, CHARLES? I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME FEEDBACK. 
          I, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO WORK WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND FINANCE AND BUDGET TO COME BACK WITH A, AN AGENDA ITEM ON DECEMBER 2ND. I DON'T THINK IT MAKES ANY SENSE TO DO JUST THE THE TWO COLUMNS. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BOTH BRIDGES, YOU NEED TO GET ALL OF IT DONE. AND THIS ONE TIME SET UP A MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE WHOLE THING. AND BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, I AGREE, ANYTIME THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT PROVIDES THE THING THAT YOU NEED TO DO IT, IT CANNOT BE CHEAP. SO I'D RATHER DO IT ALL AT ONCE. RIGHT, I KNOW, RIGHT. I THINK ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THE LIGHTS, THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST MONEY YOU CAN POSSIBLY SPEND. YEAH. RIGID. YEAH. YEAH. I'M. I'M BETTER. YEAH. OKAY. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS I WILL GO CONTINUE NEGOTIATION WITH THE, THE THE BIDDER AND COME BACK IN DECEMBER, WORK WITH CITY 
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MANAGER'S OFFICE TO COME UP WITH FUNDING SOURCES AND BRING YOU AN AGENDA ITEM IN DECEMBER. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. I JUST ONE MORE COMMENT. GREAT PRESENTATION. THE FACT THAT THIS WAS ONLY ON, I THINK IN 2015 AND THEN RELIABLE MAYBE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THAT AND I THINK THAT IT BECAME SORT OF AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, A VERY COMPLEMENTARY TO OUR HISTORIC SUSPENSION BRIDGE AND SORT OF THE JUXTAPOSITION. YOU CAN SEE ONE FROM THE OTHER AND JUST THE, THE THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION IS FANTASTIC OR THE, THE, THE EVENT OF HAVING THE LIGHTS ON IS JUST A FANTASTIC DEAL AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH TOWN AND, AND AND ARE RIGHT THERE IN DOWNTOWN WACO. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THIS HAPPEN HERE NOW, THE NEXT APRIL, MARCH, APRIL SORT OF TIME PERIOD. YEAH, IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON THE FIXTURES. LIKE I SAID, TYPICAL DELIVERY TIME AFTER YOU APPROVE THE SHOP DRAWINGS IS 8 TO 12 WEEKS AND THEN IT'S JUST COORDINATING PROPER ACCESS. THE ONLY OTHER WAY I WELL THE BUCKET BOAT WAS THE ONLY OPTION THAT THE BUCKET THE CHERRY PICKER BUCKET BOOK. YES. WELL I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM BAREFIELD TO MAKING THE POINT OF THIS IS LED TECHNOLOGY AND I I'M SURE WHAT THEY USE TEN YEARS AGO WHEN THEY PUT IT IN HAS GOT TO BE DIFFERENT NOW AND BETTER. I WOULD HOPE SO. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO JUST DO DO THEM ALL WITH THE MOST CURRENT TECHNOLOGY IN THE HOPES THAT IS THERE ANY KIND OF GUARANTEE LIKE TEN YEARS OR FIVE YEARS OR 15, WHATEVER, WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. WE REQUIRED A ONE YEAR GUARANTEE AS A PART OF THE BID. I JUST I MEAN, THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HOPE THAT I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WAS THE TECHNOLOGY ONCE THE LIGHTING, ONCE THE BRIDGE WAS DONE, IT WAS OBSOLETE VERY QUICKLY AFTER. SO WE WANT TO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ASSURANCE THAT THIS 1.6 IS NOT A WASH. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BUCKET BOAT. IF WE CAN MOVE SOME OF THE HARDWARE AND WORK WITH TEXDOT AND CHECK SOME OF THOSE BOXES TO MAKE IT EASIER THAT HAVE. I MEAN, Y'ALL DID ALL THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT THE CITIES WHO HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, BRIDGES AND ALL THE THINGS AND SEEING WHAT THEY USE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. SO I, WE, WE TRUST THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO. OKAY. NEXT ISSUE. GREAT. THANKS, CHARLES. THE NEXT ITEM IS WORK SESSION 2020 5-7 39 DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS. 
          ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HOLT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE THIRD WORK SESSION PRESENTATION WILL BE A PRESENTATION BY GALEN PRICE ON PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE IS, AND THE CITY'S ROLE. TODAY'S WORK SESSION COMES TO YOU IN ANTICIPATION OF A FUTURE ITEM ON A COUNCIL AGENDA. MR. PRICE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          ACM HOLT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS ACM HOLT MENTIONED, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS. NOW, THESE ARE TIED TO REQUESTS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE. ALTHOUGH THESE ARE REQUESTS YOU DON'T SEE OFTEN. SO TODAY, WE WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY'RE USED IN PARTICULAR. SO IN THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS OR FCS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE, HOW THEY ARE USED, AND HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP. IN ADDITION, WE'LL ALSO DIVE INTO THE PROCESS REVOLVING AROUND THE CITY'S ROLE AND HIGHLIGHT AN ITEM THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU IN THE FUTURE. CENTERED AROUND A PFC DEVELOPMENT. SO FCS ARE NON MEMBER NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER 303 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. THEY ARE CREATED ON BEHALF OF ENTITIES SUCH AS MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OR HOUSING AUTHORITIES. THEY'RE USED TO PROVIDE FOR AND FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, REHAB, RENOVATION AND OR REPAIR OF PUBLIC FACILITIES OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THE LOWEST COST POSSIBLE IN A DEAL STRUCTURE WITH PFC, THE PFC GENERALLY OWNS THE LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS, AND CAN ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE ENTITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS. NOW, WHY WOULD A PFC BE NEEDED? WELL, IN OUR HOUSING STUDY, IT IDENTIFIED WE HAVE A LACK OF AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR OUR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. 
          BECAUSE OF THIS GAP, WE HAVE LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE PAYING ABOVE THEIR 
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AFFORDABILITY LEVELS, CROWDING INTO UNITS WITH OTHER HOUSEHOLDS OR LIVING IN UNFIT PLACES. THERE IS ALSO A NEED FOR MECHANISMS TO CONTROL NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY, WHICH THE PFC CAN ASSIST WITH BY CONTROLLING PRICE POINTS AND THE LENGTH OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASSIST WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT COSTS, WHICH CAN HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON CREATING AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN DEVELOPMENTS. NOW, THIS TOOL, WHICH IS ALREADY BEING USED IN OUR COMMUNITY BY THE WACO HOUSING AUTHORITY, CAN ASSIST WITH DEVELOPMENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIXED INCOME HOUSING, IT CAN REDUCE OPERATING EXPENSES VIA PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COSTS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT NET OPERATING INCOME IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THIS EXEMPTION ALSO CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INCREASED LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY WITHIN THE PROJECT, AS PFC ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST 50% OF THE UNITS. FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE AT 80% OR BELOW THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA. NOW, THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE PFC CAN BE USED BY THE PFC FOR OTHER PROJECTS AND OR NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY THAT PARTICULAR PFC. NOW, BACK IN 2022, THE CITY OF WACO CREATED THE WACO COMMUNITY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION IN ANTICIPATION OF A PROJECT COMING ONLINE. NOW, WHAT'S THE CITY'S ROLE IN THESE? THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER THE TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL, TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT, OR THE TEFRA ACT. THESE HEARINGS ARE HELD PRIOR TO SEEKING APPROVAL FROM THE CITY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY SECTION 147 F OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE AREA IN WHICH THE PROJECT WOULD BE LOCATED. NOW, ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE IS THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT DEBT OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY. SO IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WOULD GO INTO DEFAULT, THERE IS NO FINANCIAL LIABILITY TO THE CITY. NOW THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROJECTS OVER TIME THAT HAVE SOUGHT APPROVAL FROM THE CITY UNDER THE PFC MECHANISM. NOW THERE WILL BE AN ITEM THAT'S BROUGHT FORTH AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING TO APPROVE THE REISSUANCE OF BONDS RELATED TO THE SHADY ACRES PROJECT, WHICH IS LOCATED ON AIRPORT ROAD NOW. THESE BONDS WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN 2024, BUT BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS EXPANDING, THERE WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A NEW NEW APPROVAL FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE PROJECT. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR PRICE? SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE AN ESTABLISHED PFC, COULD I MEAN IS THERE ANY. COULD THE CITY OF WACO ITSELF UTILIZE IT FOR NOT JUST AS, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN, IN THE APPROVAL OF OR SUPPORT OF THEIR BONDS? BUT COULD WE USE IT INDEPENDENTLY? YES. IF WE THE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO DETERMINE SOME MECHANISMS, KIND OF HOW WE WOULD ESTABLISH PROJECTS, HOW YOU WANTED THE PFC TO BE FULLY STRUCTURED, WHAT DEALS, WHAT DEALS YOU WOULD YOU KNOW, HOW YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEN IT ABSOLUTELY COULD. YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE FROM YOUR PAST CITIES, EXPERIENCE PAST CITIES AND WORKING WITH HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER CITIES AS WELL. OKAY. I THINK, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN AND AS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, AT HOW WE MAKE SOME REAL IMPACT AND INROADS IN, IN OUR DEFICITS WITH, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY BEING ONE, THIS IS JUST I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IN THE BIG UNIVERSAL CONVERSATIONS OF LAND BANKING AND ALL THE THINGS AND I THINK THIS KIND OF FALLS IN LINE WITH THAT IN HOW WE DO THAT WORK, DOES IT NOT. YES, YES. OKAY. SO SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT LATER AT A GREATER DEPTH AND DETAIL TO UTILIZE. I MEAN, IF WE HAVE THE TOOLS WE MIGHT AS WELL USE THEM, RIGHT? HE'S LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU LADY. IT'S YOUR DECISION. YEAH. HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN THAT CONTEXT. IT'S GREAT. PIQUING MY CURIOSITY NOW 
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HOW THAT WOULD WORK IN MY JOB'S DONE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE OBSESSING OVER THIS FOR A WEEK. 
          MANIACAL LAUGH HERE. OKAY. THANKS, GALEN, FOR FOR THAT PRESENTATION. SO WE'LL NOTHING TO VOTE ON TODAY, BUT THERE'LL BE THE SHADY ACRES BUNGALOWS WILL BE COMING BACK IN A FEW WEEKS. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS WORK SESSION 2025 740. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE FOURTH WORK SESSION TODAY, ANIMAL SERVICES DIRECTOR MELISSA SHELDON WILL BE JOINED BY ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD MEMBERS DOCTOR MICHELLE NIMICK AND CHERYL FOSTER TO BRING YOU A DISCUSSION ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD RELATED TO TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS. OVER THE LAST DECADE AND A HALF, WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD TO CRAFT ANIMAL RELATED ORDINANCES, INCLUDING WACO'S, SPAY NEUTER AND MICROCHIP ORDINANCE, PET SHOP ORDINANCE AND MOST RECENTLY ON THE AGGRESSIVE DOG ORDINANCE. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CHERYL. SHE'S ROLLING OFF AS THE CHAIR OF THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD. SHE'S BEEN A GREAT CHAIR FOR US AND DOCTOR NIMICK. I'VE KNOWN DOCTOR NIMICK AND WORKED WITH HER ON ANIMALS SINCE 2007 OR BEFORE, AND I SEE CAREY IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR SHELDON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          TODAY. WE'RE WE'RE HERE TO SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE ON WHETHER YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DRAFTING AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO ANIMAL EXHIBITS AND IF SO, WHICH OPTION YOU WOULD PREFER. 
          WE'RE FORTUNATE, AS RYAN HOLT SAID, TO HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS FROM OUR ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD HERE WITH US TODAY TO SHARE SOME BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT ON THIS TOPIC. CHERYL FOSTER, WHO SERVES AS OUR BOARD'S CHAIR, AND DOCTOR MICHELLE NIEMIEC, OUR ANIMAL WELFARE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD, WILL WALK YOU THROUGH A BRIEF BIT OF HISTORY AND PRESENT A FEW ORDINANCE OPTIONS FOR YOUR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK. IF YOU DIRECT US TO PROCEED, WE WILL RETURN AT A FUTURE MEETING WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR YOUR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. I DO ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT CITY STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT, AND HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD TO HELP DRAFT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MICHELLE AND CHERYL. THANK YOU, MELISSA, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE HAVE SOME SLIDES TO JUMP THROUGH HERE ON SOME OF THE BACKGROUND WORK THAT THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD HAS DONE FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR ON THIS TOPIC, AND THE INTEREST OF TIME, I MIGHT SKIP THROUGH SOME OF THEM KIND OF QUICKLY, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND REVISIT OR DISCUSS FURTHER. THIS IS THE AGENDA. I BELIEVE THAT MELISSA MAY BE MENTIONED AN OVERVIEW AND HISTORY OF THE ISSUE, THE RESEARCH AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT OCCURRED OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THE SCOPE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S MEDIA OR NEW INDIVIDUALS HERE FOR THIS DISCUSSION. THE RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE BY THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS TOPIC ON TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXHIBITS WHERE ANIMALS ARE TRANSPORTED FROM LOCATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING FOR A LIVE AUDIENCE. SO IT'S NOT INTENDED TO APPLY TO MORE PERMANENT EXHIBITS LIKE THE ZOO OR OTHER HABITATS OR SANCTUARIES THAT MIGHT EXIST IN WACO. AND THIS DISCUSSION IS ALSO FOCUSED ON WILD CAPTIVE ANIMALS THAT ARE PART OF THESE TRAVELING EXHIBITS. IT'S NOT INTENDED TO APPLY, AND THE DISCUSSIONS WERE NOT MEANT TO OVERLAP WITH THINGS LIKE HORSES, CATTLE, OR OTHER LIVESTOCK THAT COULD IN FACT AFFECT ENTITIES LIKE THE RODEO. SO HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHY? LAST NOVEMBER, WE HAD AN EXHIBITOR COME TO WACO WITH A TRAVELING ELEPHANT ACT. YOU COULD MAYBE SAY THAT ELEPHANT WAS PERCHED PRECARIOUSLY RIGHT OFF BOSQUE BOULEVARD, AND THAT RAISED QUITE A BIT OF CITIZENS CONCERNS FOR THE ELEPHANT. BOTH, I THINK, FROM AN ANIMAL WELFARE ANIMAL WELFARE PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF NEWS COVERAGE, PETITIONS. WE HAD SOME PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD MEETINGS. CITY STAFF TIME WAS DIVERTED FROM OTHER IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO HANDLE SOME OF THE NEWS COVERAGE FOR THIS AS WELL. AND THERE WAS SOME CITY CRITICISM FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO DO MORE. PRIMARILY, I THINK DUE TO LACK OF MUNICIPAL LEVEL REGULATIONS ON THIS TOPIC. TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THE SPECIFIC EXHIBITOR THAT WAS HERE HAD QUITE A FEW USDA. WARNINGS OR LEARNING MOMENTS ADDRESSED ON THEIR PUBLIC INTERFACE ON THE USDA WEBSITE THERE, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE DEFICIENCIES IN VETERINARY CARE FOR THE ANIMALS AND SOME SAFETY STANDARD PROBLEMS RELATED TO TRANSPORT AND HOUSING. BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS DISCUSSION AND THE RESEARCH THAT THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD DID, IT WAS NOT ABOUT THE SPECIFIC EXHIBITOR. IT'S ABOUT THIS BROADER TOPIC IN GENERAL, BUT IT DID SPARK THE DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD. HOW DOES WACO COMPARE TO OTHER MODERN CITIES IN TEXAS IN TERMS OF REGULATIONS FOR THIS AREA? AND DO WE NEED TO DO MORE TO 
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PROTECT THE CITY, ITS CITIZENS, AND TO ENSURE WE'RE NOT SANCTIONING ANIMAL CRUELTY? SO THE NEXT MONTH, DECEMBER 2024, AT THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD, THE BOARD ENTERED IN DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME GAPS IN REGULATIONS, RISKS OF NOT HAVING LOCAL REGULATIONS, AND IF WE WANTED TO RESEARCH THIS FURTHER FOR THE BOARD, THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO LOOK INTO THIS TOPIC FURTHER. AND AS MELISSA SAID, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND THE INTEREST THAT WE HAD IN THIS ALONG THE WAY. WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW CITY STAFF MEMBERS AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS. SO A FOCUS GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED OF FOUR VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS TO REALLY DO THE BACKGROUND RESEARCH AND THEN PRESENT FULL UPDATES TO THE FULL BOARD AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THE GOALS OF THIS FOCUS GROUP WERE PRETTY CLEAR RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING. IT WAS TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND TO THE VERY REAL CONCERNS OF CITIZENS TO SEEK TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS AS RELATED TO TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS WITH WILD CAPTIVE ANIMALS, AND TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT IMPACT ZOOS OTHER PERMANENT ANIMAL EXHIBITS, RODEOS, OR THE LOCAL ECONOMY. SO IN DECEMBER, THE FOCUS GROUP HAD OUR FIRST PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL MEETING WITH SOME TEXAS LEGISLATION. EXPERTS ON THAT MEETING WERE ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL ATTENDEES, SUCH AS REPRESENTATIVE FROM SENATOR BIRDWELL'S OFFICE. WE HAD SOME BAYLOR LAW STUDENTS, BUT THIS MEETING WAS WITH SHELBY BOBOWSKI. SHE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF. THEY WORK AT THE CAPITOL DIRECTLY TO HELP SHAPE OUR STATE LAWS ON ANIMAL RELATED ISSUES. SHE'S AN ATTORNEY IN THE DALLAS AREA. SHE SPECIALIZES IN ANIMAL LAW AND CIVIL LITIGATION, AND SHE'S ONE OF THE EXPERTS IN THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO TEXAS ANIMAL LAW, BOTH AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. WE DISCUSSED VARIOUS REGULATIONS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL, WHERE THE GAPS ARE POSSIBLE, COURSES OF ACTIONS THAT TEXAS CITIES TAKE TO CLOSE THOSE GAPS. AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW A LOT OF ORDINANCES FROM OTHER TEXAS CITIES. FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, THE FOCUS GROUP CONTINUED TO MEET AND COME BACK TO THE REGULAR ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD MEETINGS EVERY MONTH TO PRESENT UPDATES AND ENTER INTO DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE BOARD. THE CITY LEGAL TEAM WAS REPRESENTED AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS AS WELL. TWO BIG THINGS HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY. THERE WAS A PUBLIC POLL, SO BOARD CHAIR AND FOCUS GROUP MEMBER CHERYL FOSTER PRESENTED AT THE MCLENNAN TALK SERIES LIGHT ON TEXAS LEGISLATURE, WHERE THE TOPIC OF ANIMAL WELFARE WAS BEING DISCUSSED. TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS WAS BROUGHT UP IN THAT MEETING AND THE PUBLIC WAS POLLED. AND THE PUBLIC, THE ATTENDEES THAT WERE THERE WERE IN FAVOR OF SETTING SOME TYPES OF STANDARDS OR RESTRICTIONS FOR TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS IN WACO. AND THAT WAS OVER LOOKING AT MORE LIKE A TOTAL BAN, WHICH SOME TEXAS CITIES HAVE DONE. AND THEN ALSO IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD A STAKEHOLDER MEETING WITH MR. WES ALLISON AND MR. BRENDAN WILEY WEST FROM THE EXTRA CO EVENT CENTER AND BRENDAN FROM CAMERON PARK ZOO. THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD INFORMATIVE MEETING. WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK FROM BOTH OF THEM AND THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES, AND WE INCORPORATED THAT FEEDBACK INTO THE FINAL ORDINANCE DRAFTS THAT THE FOCUS GROUP ENDED UP WRITING. AND I UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS POSSIBLY HEARD SOME OF THIS BEFORE ON WHY MUNICIPALITIES EVEN BOTHER TO REGULATE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO I'LL JUST HIT ON EACH OF THESE SLIDES REALLY QUICKLY AGAIN FOR TIME. BUT THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL REASONS DEFICIENT FEDERAL LAWS, LONG HISTORY OF INHUMANE PRACTICES, PUBLIC SAFETY RISK IS A BIG ONE THAT USUALLY SPEAKS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS AS WELL. SO THERE IS A FEDERAL LAW, THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT. BUT THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL DID AN AUDIT IN 2010 AND THEN A FOLLOW UP IN 2022. AND THEY'RE IN BOLD, I MEAN, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE USDA CANNOT FULLY ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE ANIMALS EXHIBITED, OR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC WHO VIEW THOSE ANIMALS. SO THAT MEANS WHILE REGULATIONS EXIST AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IN PRACTICE THE STANDARDS ARE REALLY IMPLEMENTED AT THE STATE OR LOCAL LEVEL, INHUMANE PRACTICES. I THINK THIS WAS AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF WACO CITIZENS. THERE'S DOCUMENTED STUDIES, PUBLICATIONS ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THESE TRAVELING ANIMALS SEND IN EXTREME CONFINEMENT, TRAINED TO PERFORM REALLY UNNATURAL ACTS. 
          WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF STRESS IN THESE ANIMALS, AND THERE ARE LOCAL VIDEOS FROM LOCAL CITIZENS FROM THE ELEPHANT THAT WAS HERE IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT CAN A REVIEW OF THOSE VIDEOS, YOU CAN REALLY SEE SOME OF THOSE STRESS BEHAVIORS AND THAT LEADS TO PUBLIC SAFETY RISKS. 
          SO THIS IS AGAIN A PRIMARY REASON WHY MANY MUNICIPALITIES START LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF REGULATION. WE HAVE HIGHLY STRESSED ANIMALS. WE HAVE MAYBE LACKLUSTER CONTAINMENT BOTH IN TRANSPORTATION AND TEMPORARY ENCLOSURES. THIS IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE IN A PERMANENT HABITAT LIKE A ZOO. AND THE RESULT IS PERFORMING ANIMAL ACT RAMPAGES. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A TERM FOR IT. IT'S NOT AS RARE AS YOU WOULD THINK. IT DOES HAPPEN. AND WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER ANIMAL ACTIVISTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY WANT TO FREE AN ANIMAL IF THEY ARE FEELING A LITTLE EMPATHETIC TO ANIMALS IN THIS SITUATION. SO THAT COULD RESULT 
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IN SOME TYPE OF CRISIS SITUATION AS WELL. THE USDA DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT THESE TRAVELING EXHIBITORS HAVE ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY PLAN. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY HERE FALLS EXCLUSIVELY ON OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MANAGE THESE CRISIS SITUATIONS. TYPICALLY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT NECESSARILY RECEIVE SPECIALIZED TRAINING ON HOW TO HANDLE CRISIS SITUATIONS WITH ELEPHANTS OR BIG CATS OR BEARS. AND SO IN A LOT OF THESE CASES, WHEN CITIES HAVE FACED LAWSUITS, IT'S BECAUSE LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS ARE MAKING ON THE FLY DECISIONS WITHOUT A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND PERCEIVED MISTAKES ARE TAKING PLACE. AND FINALLY, HEALTH RISKS. I WON'T SAY A LOT HERE OTHER THAN IT'S MAINLY TUBERCULOSIS AND ELEPHANTS THAT HAS COME UP IN TEXAS IN THE PAST, SPECIFICALLY IN DALLAS, THERE IS TRANSMISSION DOCUMENTED BY THE CDC FROM ELEMENTS ELEPHANTS TO HUMANS, BUT THIS IS ALSO AN AREA THE USDA DOES NOT REGULATE ANYMORE. THEY PUT THAT ON THE EXHIBITORS TO ENSURE THEY ARE TESTING AND TREATING THEIR ELEPHANTS BEFORE TAKING THEM OUT FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCES. THREE GENERAL APPROACHES FOR MUNICIPALITIES. THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD, WHETHER IN TEXAS OR OUTSIDE OF TEXAS, AND THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD CONSIDERED ALL OF THESE. THE FIRST ONE IS THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD JUST OUTLAW THE USE OF SPECIFIC WILD ANIMALS IN TRAVELING EXHIBITS. THE NEXT ONE IS LOOKING AT SETTING SOME TYPE OF RESTRICTIONS OR MINIMAL STANDARDS OF CARE. THERE'S A LOT OF TEXAS CITIES THAT HAVE GONE THIS ROUTE AND THEN LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE PERMITS. 
          SO SETTING FEES FOR THOSE PERMITS, HAVING SOME CITIES IN TEXAS HAVE SOME PRETTY HEFTY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE EXHIBITORS BEFORE THEY COME TO TOWN TO PROTECT THE CITY IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN. WE HAVE A LOT OF STATES AND A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE SET SOME TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS. THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD IS THAT MEANT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. WE COULD JUST LOOK AT ORDINANCES THAT WERE ALREADY EXISTING AND SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER TEXAS CITIES, AND TRY TO DECIDE WHAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT WORK BEST FOR WACO. SO IN LATE MARCH, THE FOCUS GROUP MADE THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD. WE PRESENTED TWO FINAL DRAFTS OF ORDINANCES THAT WE WANTED TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE INTEREST IN SENDING THESE ALONG TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          FOLLOWING THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AT THAT MEETING, THE FOCUS GROUP RECOMMENDED A MOTION AND A VOTE TO PUT BOTH DRAFTS IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY FEEDBACK OR INTEREST. THE VOTE TO DO THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE BOARD. THE FOCUS GROUP ALSO PULLED THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SEE IF THE BOARD MEMBERS DID HAVE A PREFERENCE TO THE TWO DRAFTS WE CAME UP WITH. ONE DRAFT WAS A LITTLE BIT BROADER, APPLIED TO TRAVELING EXHIBITS WITH MULTIPLE TYPES OF ANIMALS, AND ONE DRAFT WAS SPECIFIC JUST TO ELEPHANTS, AND UNANIMOUSLY THE BOARD PREFERRED THE MORE BROADER IMPACT WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WILD ANIMALS INCLUDED. WE TOOK A BREAK FROM APRIL TO AUGUST WHILE THE TEXAS LEGISLATION LEGISLATURE WAS IN SESSION TO SEE IF THERE WERE GOING TO BE ANY TOPICS THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO ELEPHANTS OR OTHER WILD CAPTIVE ANIMALS. IN AUGUST, THE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BROUGHT TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSION COMMITTEE. IN SEPTEMBER, THE BOARD GOT THE UPDATE THAT THESE WOULD BE UP FOR A HEARING BY CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT BROUGHT US HERE TO TODAY. THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS FROM DECEMBER LAST YEAR TO THE PRESENT, THE WACO ANIMAL COALITION HAS ALSO FULLY SUPPORTED THESE EFFORTS IN SETTING SOME TYPES OF STANDARDS. SO THE WACO ANIMAL COALITION IS AN OPEN COLLABORATION OF MCLENNAN COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE NONPROFITS AND STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS LIKE TRAINERS OR OTHER ANIMAL RELATED BUSINESSES WHO MEET MONTHLY. SO THIS IS UP REGULARLY AT THE MEETINGS FOR DISCUSSION, AND THEY DO SUPPORT LOOKING INTO SETTING SOME TYPES OF STANDARDS FOR OUR CITY. AND THEN THERE'S TWO RECOMMENDATIONS. THE FIRST ONE, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS PREFERRED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD, COVERS A LARGER CATEGORY OF ANIMALS. IT HAS SOME DEFINITIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAND TO THE ORDINANCES. ALL OF THIS TEXT THAT WAS DRAFTED, WE DID NOT MAKE UP. SO WE PURCHASED, WE PURCHASED, WE PULLED IT FROM OTHER TEXAS CITIES. AND IT'S PRETTY SOLID WORDING THAT'S BEEN AROUND IN, IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. AND THEN THE TWO STANDARDS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WERE PROHIBITING THE USE OF ITEMS THAT COULD CAUSE UNNECESSARY PHYSICAL INJURY OR SUFFERING. 
          THAT IS VERY COMMON IN CITIES IN TEXAS TO HAVE THAT STANDARD OF CARE WHEN IT COMES TO TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS, AND THEN ALSO REQUIRING A LICENSED VETERINARIAN TO BE ATTENDED IN ATTENDANCE FOR ALL DISPLAYS. SO THAT WAS ALSO COMMON FOR A COUPLE OF TEXAS CITIES, SAN ANTONIO AND CORPUS CHRISTI. THAT WAS ALSO INTERESTING INFORMATION WE GOT FROM OUR MEETING WITH WES ALLISON WHEN HE WAS WITH EXTRA CO, IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS LIKE THE RODEO AND HORSING ASSOCIATIONS AND THEIR INTERNAL REQUIREMENTS FOR VETERINARIANS VERSUS TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS, NOT REALLY HAVING A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION. SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY TYPE OF REQUIREMENTS. IF THEY'RE PART OF THEY'RE NOT PART OF ANY 
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BIGGER ENTITIES THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIREMENTS LIKE THAT FOR VETERINARIAN. AND THEN THE OTHER VERSION WAS JUST FOCUSED ON ELEPHANTS. SO ESSENTIALLY THE SAME WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT REALLY LIMITING THE SCOPE HERE TO JUST ELEPHANTS AND ALSO KEEPING THOSE PROHIBIT THE USE OF THINGS THAT MIGHT CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY OR SUFFERING AND HAVING A LICENSED VETERINARIAN. I ALSO THINK, AND I THINK MOST OF THE BOARD FEELS THAT HAD HAD THAT BEEN A REQUIREMENT WHEN THE EXHIBIT WAS HERE IN NOVEMBER, THE LICENSED VETERINARIAN REQUIREMENT THAT MIGHT HAVE HELPED THE CITIZENS A LITTLE BIT IN SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. 
          AND I'M SORRY, THAT WAS IF THAT WAS REALLY QUICK. BUT AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO HELP FOR TIME. 
          AS MELISSA MENTIONED, I THINK THE THE POINT IS WE'RE INTERESTED IN IF CITY COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR ORDINANCES IN THIS AREA TO HELP PROTECT THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRETY OF COUNCIL, BUT I CERTAINLY THINK THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN IMPROVING ORDINANCES IN THIS AREA. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD IS IN YOUR RESEARCH OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE ORDINANCES LIKE THIS AND SORT OF WATCHING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS YEAR, THE ONLY SORT OF KIND OF CONCERN THAT RINGS IN MY MIND IS WITH HOUSE BILL 227 FROM 2023. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T GO ABOVE OR BEYOND STATE LAW WITHOUT SUBJECTING OURSELVES TO LITIGATION, POTENTIALLY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE, WE WOULDN'T THEN BE OPENING OURSELVES UP TO LITIGATION. I'M ASSUMING, BASED ON THE RESEARCH YOU GUYS DID WITH THE OTHER CITIES YOU HAD LISTED HERE THAT COVERED THERE, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS THOUGHT OF? YES. AND. MY IMPRESSION IS THAT WE SHOULD BE OKAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RESEARCH AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE DID. THERE IS SOME STATE LAW THAT HAS SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF WILD ANIMALS ON A LIST IN TEXAS AND THEIR HUMANE CARE, BUT A PART OF THAT ALSO EXEMPTS CIRCUSES AND THEN HAS A SECTION OF THAT PART OF STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES TO CREATE THEIR OWN REGULATIONS IN THAT AREA. GREAT, AWESOME. THANK YOU. 
          DID CHECK WITH THAT SEVERAL TIMES. AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT ON HOLD DURING THE LEGISLATURE. 
          THERE WAS A BILL THAT WAS FILED SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS ELEPHANTS AND IT DIED IN COMMITTEE. SO WE FELT LIKE WE COULD GO FORWARD AFTER THAT. YEAH. THANKS FOR YOUR DILIGENCE ON THIS. I KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETIMES LIKE WATCHING PAINT DRY. SO APPRECIATE IT. I'LL SAY THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE LAST NOVEMBER ABOUT THAT, AND I ALSO HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE FAIR AND RODEO CONCERN THAT. SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL KIND OF NAVIGATING THAT. YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT I JOIN IN THE APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND WALKING THROUGH THIS AND THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD, IT DOES SEEM LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOME REGULATION IN THIS AREA, BOTH FOR PUBLIC SAFETY REASONS, BUT ALSO JUST FOR HUMANE TREATMENT OF OF LARGE ANIMALS. AND I WOULD BE OPEN TO THE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR BOTH THE ELEPHANTS AND THE BIG CATS AND OTHER KIND OF LARGE MAMMALS THAT MIGHT COME THROUGH. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD JUST TAKE ONE POORLY TREATED OR LOOSE TIGER FROM ONE OF THESE THINGS FOR US TO JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, YOU KNOW? AND I'VE SEEN TIGER KING AND I SEE I'VE SEEN WHAT CAN HAPPEN. SO MY, MY VOTE WOULD BE FOR THAT KIND OF STANDARDS OF CARE FOR, FOR THE BIG CATS AND THE ELEPHANTS AS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL HAVE DONE ON THIS AND SOME OF THAT EXPANDED VERSION, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, CAME FROM INPUT FROM BRENDAN FROM THE CAMERON PARK ZOO ABOUT THINGS THAT MIGHT EVEN AFFECT THEM AND THEIR STAFF, LIKE WITH THE VENOMOUS, NON-NATIVE TEXAS SNAKES. THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE HAD THOUGHT OF, BUT THAT WOULD IMPACT THEM. IF THERE WAS AN INCIDENT IN WACO AND THEY WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE TURNED TO TO ASSIST WITH THAT SITUATION, AND THAT WOULD THEN PUT THEIR STAFF AT RISK. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WHAT ARE NEXT STEPS IN THIS? I'M JUST GOING TO BRING IT BACK IN THE FORM OF ORDINANCE CHANGES IN. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. WE WOULD NEXT TAKE THIS BACK FOR A FORMAL ORDINANCE READ AND WE'D HAVE TWO READS OF THAT. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME IMPACTS TO THE DEPARTMENT TOO. SO IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US ENSURING THAT WE HAVE PROPER CARE AND OVERSIGHT OF ANIMALS AND EXHIBITS, ALIGNING WITH BEST PRACTICES AND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, MAKING SURE THAT IT ALLOWS US, THE CITY, TO EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE ORDINANCES AND TAKE ACTION IF EXHIBITORS FAIL TO MEET ESTABLISHED STANDARDS, REDUCE OUR CALL VOLUME AND IMPROVE RESPONSE. SO WE'RE NOT HAVING AN INCREASE OF CALLS CONCERNING ANIMAL WELFARE AND REDUCING ANIMAL PROTECTION WORKLOAD AND ALLOWING FASTER RESPONSE TO PRIORITY CALLS. SO OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ORDINANCE PROPOSAL 
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NUMBER ONE. WE WOULD TAKE THAT TO A FORMAL ORDINANCE. READ MAYBE CAN YOU TAKE IT BACK TO THE SLIDE? BECAUSE I'M READING THIS COLD HERE TODAY. I THINK WE SENT OUT THE THIS WAS SENT OUT EARLIER TODAY, AND I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. SO YOU AND I WOULD ALSO BE CURIOUS AS THIS IS WHAT IS CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. YES. SO WE WE WERE VERY INTERJECTED INTO THIS PROCESS WITH THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD, AND WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD AS TO RECOMMENDING OPTION ONE OR THAT WAS OUR PREFERENCE. AND THIS OPTION ONE WOULD NOT. HINDER KIND OF THE I GUESS WHERE MOST OF THESE KIND OF ANIMAL ACTS I THINK THEY HAD AN EXTRA CO EVENT CENTER. SO WEST AND THE NEW GUY, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME DUSTIN. WE MIGHT IF WE TALK TO THE WES'S REPLACEMENT OUT THERE, MIGHT WANT TO CHIME IN FROM THE BACK. THANKS, ASHLEY. I WAS GOING TO I WAS GOING TO CALL ON YOU, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT. 
          GLAD YOU VOLUNTEERED. ASHLEY NYSTROM, CHIEF OF STAFF I ALSO SERVE ON THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD AND WORK WITH OUR ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE NEW REPLACEMENT, BUT THAT WAS A LARGE PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD DURING THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS OF SPECIFICALLY NOT AFFECTING HEART OF TEXAS FAIR AND RODEO LIKE TRAVELING LIVESTOCK SHOWS, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THIS STYLE OF ORDINANCE VERSUS A PERMIT OR STRUCTURE FEE IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ADDING STAFF TIME AS FAR AS REVIEWING PERMITS AND APPROVING PERMITS AND CHECKING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. THIS SIMPLY WHAT OTHER CITIES AND THE THELN LET US KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A REQUIREMENTS LIKE THIS. TYPICALLY THE BAD ACTORS JUST TEND TO AVOID YOUR CITY, AND SO WE WOULD HAVE MORE OF A REACTIVE APPROACH HERE WITH THIS TYPE OF ORDINANCE. IF WE HAD REPORTS OF A VENDOR COMING TO TOWN WITH USING THESE TYPES OF DEVICES, WE WOULD HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS AVAILABLE TO US. THIS ISN'T GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF STAFF WORK ON THE FRONT END. AS FAR AS MORE OF THOSE PERMITTING TYPE STRUCTURES. OKAY, I LIKE HOW YOU'VE DONE THE WORK HERE. AND WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T DO THIS OR CAN'T BRING THESE DOWN, BUT IF YOU DO, WE DON'T WANT YOU. WE DON'T WANT ANY BULL HOOKS, AND WE NEED A VETERINARIAN ON ON SITE. JUST SEEMS IT SEEMS SORT OF KIND OF INTUITIVELY BASIC. YEAH. WE SEEM PRETTY COMMON SENSE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, SO ACTUALLY, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WORK. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. ACM HOLT, WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW? ALL RIGHT. FINALLY, WE'VE GOT FINALLY. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CLINT PETERS WILL BE REVIEWING PLANNING RELATED PUBLIC HEARINGS AND INFORMATION RELATED TO PROPOSED CODE CHANGES. BRINGING UP THE REAR. THANK YOU. THE ELEPHANT? YEAH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. TWO DEALING WITH ZONING CASES, A HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION APPLICATION AND THEN ONE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. I DID WANT TO COVER A COUPLE OF THESE BEFORE WE GET INTO THE CODE ADOPTIONS. SO THE FIRST ONE IS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT DEALING WITH CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY OR WHAT WE CALL CO, AS PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING THROUGH OUR ORDINANCES AND SEEING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE OR CLARIFY CERTAIN ORDINANCES FOR THAT PREDICTABILITY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. AND SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. CURRENTLY IT'S IN OUR CHAPTER 28, WHICH IS OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE IT TO CHAPTER SIX, WHICH IS OUR BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS, WHICH SEEMS TO FIT BETTER WITH WHAT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY DEALS WITH AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS FOR OCCUPYING A BUILDING. AND THEN IN PRACTICE, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CEOS THAT WE ISSUE DIFFERENT LEVELS, BUT NONE OF THAT IS CODIFIED RIGHT NOW. SO WE WANTED TO CODIFY ALL THAT, HAVE DEFINITIONS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES AND HAVING PROCESS FOR THAT. SO WE'VE DEFINED DEFINITIONS, PROVIDED DEFINITIONS FOR CLEANING SHOW SHELL STRUCTURE, AND THEN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE APPLICANTS, OCCUPANCIES THAT ALLOW OCCUPANCIES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CONSTRUCTION DEPENDING ON THE NEED OF THE BUSINESS. AND WE'VE ALSO PUT IN SOME AUTHORITY FOR THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE A CEO UNDER VERY CERTAIN RARE CONDITIONS, MAINLY DEALING WITH 
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SAFETY. AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A. A CHANGE OF USE PROCESS THAT IF IT'S A CHANGE OF USE OR A TENANT OR OWNERSHIP CHANGING THAT, A NEW CEO IS ISSUED THROUGH A COMMERCIAL CHECK PROCESS. AGAIN, WE ALREADY HAVE THE COMMERCIAL CHECK PROCESS. WE JUST WANTED TO CODIFY THAT AND HAVE SOME SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT DEAL WITH IT. 
          AND THIS WILL IMPROVE THE PROCESS AGAIN, PROVIDE THAT PREDICTABILITY AND THE RULES WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN IMPROVE OUR RECORD KEEPING AS WELL. PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS CHANGE, AND WE DID REVIEW THIS WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT MONTHLY MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER'S GROUP. OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING THAT I WANTED TO COVER IS A REZONING OUT IN CHINA SPRING AREA AT PARKER SPRINGS DRIVE. IT'S ABOUT 28 ACRE TRACT THAT IN THE AREA THAT'S MAINLY DEVELOPED. THESE ARE THE TWO LAST LARGE TRACTS THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED IN THAT AREA BETWEEN FLAT ROCK OUT TO TREE LAKE AND CHINA SPRING AREA. 
          THIS AREA WAS ANNEXED BACK IN THE EARLY 70S. AND THEN IN 1978, THERE WAS A LARGE TRACT THAT WAS REZONED TO R3 E, WHICH IS OUR MOST DENSE RESIDENTIAL ZONING THAT ALLOWS UP TO 40 UNITS AN ACRE AND THEN HAS NO HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT OF NATURE SCALE WITH WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ARE IN THAT AREA. SO WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IS TO CHANGE OUR LAND USE PLAN. RIGHT NOW, IT'S MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE FLEX TO PROVIDE SOME MIXED USE FLEX SOME SOME POTENTIAL FOR SOME COMMERCIAL OUT PARCELS ALONG THE FRONTAGE, AND THEN HAVE A REMAINDER TRACT THAT'S ALREADY ZONED RESIDENTIAL. BUT DOWN ZONING THAT TO AN R-3 ZONING THAT'S MORE COMPARABLE THAN THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE. HERE'S SOME ANALYSIS ON THE CURRENT ZONING. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE R-3 ZONING, ABOUT 23 ACRES IS ZONED THAT AT 40 UNITS AN ACRE, YOU'RE TALKING 925 UNITS, POTENTIALLY AT MAX DENSITY. WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS IS A LOT LOWER. IT'S AT 25 UNITS AN ACRE. SO TOTAL DENSITY AT AT MAX WOULD BE REDUCED FROM 979 TO 706. AND THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THE C2 PORTION ALONG THE FRONTAGE WOULD BE DEVELOPED FOR RESIDENTIAL. BUT THE INTENT OF THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE TO SELL IT OUT FOR OUT PARCELS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO AGAIN, IT DOES PROVIDE MORE OF A CONSISTENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WITH WHAT'S OUT THERE WITH SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, SOME DUPLEXES AND SOME LOW DENSITY APARTMENTS. SAME WITH THE HEIGHT. AS I MENTIONED, R3 DOES HAS UNLIMITED HEIGHT. THE PROPOSED R3 C HAS 35 FOOT HEIGHT MAX, WHICH IS WHAT'S THE CONSISTENTLY THE ZONING THAT'S OUT THERE HAS 35 FOOT HEIGHT MAX. SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE AREA. AND THIS IS THE TRACK LOOKING AT PARKER SPRINGS FROM CHINA SPRING ROAD. HERE IS THE NEW OUR VERY FIRST NEW SIGN THAT ADVERTISED THE REZONING. THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND CITY ORDINANCE. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THIS ONE. SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SET THE PRECEDENT ON FUTURE CASES. AND SO FOR THOSE CAN YOU POP IT BACK ON? WE PRINT A NEW SIGN FOR EACH ONE. IT'S RIGHT. AND HAVE TO JUST KIND OF POP IT IN LIKE THAT. YEAH OKAY. YEAH. THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING IT UP. AND THEN IT'S GOT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ON THE POSTING TO MEET THE STATE LAW AND THEN GIVE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S BEING CHANGED. SO YOU PROVIDE LIKE YOUR OFFICE PROVIDES THE APPLICANT THE TEMPLATE TEMPLATE TO USE. THEY PRINT IT OUT, PUT IT UP AT THEIR EXPENSE. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. HERE'S LOOKING BACK DOWN PARKER SPRINGS. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE PROPERTY OVER HERE. THERE'S ALREADY SOME APARTMENT COMPLEXES THERE. AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME. THIS IS THE DAYCARE FACILITY THERE. AND THEN THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEXES WRAPPED AROUND IT. PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF BOTH THE LAND USE CHANGE AND ZONING CHANGE. WE DID GET QUITE A BIT OF QUESTIONS, EMAILS QUESTIONING THE REZONING AFTER WE PROVIDED THE INFORMATION. THAT'S ACTUALLY LOWERS THE POTENTIAL DENSITY. MOST PEOPLE WERE SATISFIED WITH THAT. WE DID GET TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING THAT OPPOSED IT. NO OPPOSITION AT THE HEARING ITSELF, THOUGH. THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION 
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THAT ACM HOLT MENTIONED THAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE DECEMBER 16TH MEETING. 
          THIS IS AT 3600 MACARTHUR DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE PROPERTY AND WANTS TO GIVE THE NEW OWNER TIME TO EVALUATE IF THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGNATION. SO THAT DECEMBER 16TH OR 15TH WOULD BE THE DATE TO BE CONTINUED TO. I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON THE DESIGNATION. IT'S A MID CENTURY MODERN HOME, HAS A LOT OF HISTORY TO IT THAT WE'LL COVER IT AT THE CONTINUED HEARING IN DECEMBER. AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL THAT CONTINUANCE. IS THAT HOW IT'S CURRENTLY FURNISHED? THAT IS IT. YEAH. THAT IS IT. VERY VINTAGE ERA. YEAH. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING BUT ONE OF OUR ORDINANCES. BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF IT, BECAUSE IT IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL THAT WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON OVER THE SUMMER WITH OUR BUILDING CODE ADOPTIONS. THIS IS OUR OUR BUILDING CODES THAT ALL ARE BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED UNDER. WE OPERATE UNDER TWO CODES, INTERNATIONAL CODE AND THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE. AND THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, OR IBC, IS A MODEL BUILDING CODE DEVELOPED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, AND IT ESTABLISHES MINIMUM REGULATIONS FOR BUILDING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF OCCUPANTS AND THE PUBLIC, AND THEN PROVIDES UNIFORM, UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS ACROSS ALL JURISDICTIONS, NOT ONLY IN THE US BUT ACROSS THE GLOBE. 
          AND THEN THE NAC OR NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NFPA 70, IS A BENCHMARK STANDARD FOR SAFE ELECTRICAL DESIGN INSTALLATION INSPECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT'S DEVELOPED AND PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, AGAIN FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAFETY, INSULATION OF ELECTRICAL WIRING AND EQUIPMENT, PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK, AND THE CONSISTENT PRACTICES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR DESIGNERS, INSTALLERS AND INSPECTORS. SO THESE CODES ARE ISSUED OR PUT OUT IN THREE YEAR CYCLES. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE 2018 CODES AND THEN THE 2020 NEC. AND THE MOST RECENT RECENT VERSIONS OF THOSE ARE THE 2024 CODES AND THE 2023. NEC. ADOPTION OF THESE CODES ARE IMPORTANT TO MAINTAINING OUR ISO ONE RATING. IF YOU GET TOO FAR OUT OF CYCLE, THEY'LL START DOCKING YOU POINTS ON THAT RATING. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP CURRENT CODES ON THAT. SO WE SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS WITH OUR BUILDING INSPECTION ADVISORY AND APPEAL BOARD, MADE UP OF TRADE PROFESSIONALS, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE BOARD WITH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDERS. SCOTT BLAND, WHO'S A LOCAL HOME BUILDER, WAS OUR BOARD CHAIR. 
          THEY HELD FIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, AND THEN OUR CITY STAFF, DEVELOPMENT SERVICE SERVICES STAFF AND THEN FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WORKED WITH THEM CLOSELY, AND SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS CODE ADOPTIONS IS TO HAVE AN AUTOMATIC ADOPTION PROCEDURE. AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DO THESE FULL REVIEWS WHEN A NEW CYCLE COMES OUT, WHEN THE NEW CODE COMES OUT THAT THE WE'D HAVE IN OUR IN OUR ORDINANCE, WE'LL HAVE AN AUTOMATIC ADOPTION FOR NEW VERSIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CODE AT 12 MONTHS AFTER PUBLICATION, UNLESS THERE'S SOME ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY. SO THAT GIVES US SOME TIME FOR NOT ONLY THE CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT IT, BUT ALSO OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT ARE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND DIFFERENT GROUPS TO LOOK AT IT. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THAT 12 MONTHS, WE'LL ADDRESS IT. IF NOT, THEN IT'S AUTOMATICALLY ADOPTED. SO IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO EFFECT WITHOUT COUNCIL ACTION. AFTER 12 MONTHS FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF THE NEW CODE. AND IF THERE'S IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DIFFER, AN APPENDIX OR A LOCAL AMENDMENT, WE WOULD BRING THAT TO YOU DURING THAT 12 MONTHS. OR IF WE FELT AS A COUNCIL LIKE, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CODE THAT'S A BRIDGE TOO FAR, WE WOULD TAKE ACTION BEFORE THE 12 MONTHS. THAT'S CORRECT, THAT'S CORRECT. SAME THING WITH THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE. THERE ARE IT'S ACTUALLY A STATE MANDATED. AND SO THOSE WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY ADOPTED AS WELL AS THE STATE ADOPTED THOSE CODES. THIS DOES STREAMLINE THE ADOPTION PROCESS BUT STILL PROVIDES THAT TIME FOR, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. IF THERE'S SOME 
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THINGS THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE WITH THE NEW CODE COOLING FACILITIES, THE CODE ALREADY HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR HEATING. SO WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE, YOU DO HAVE TO PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY OF HEATING TO A MINIMUM OF 65 DEGREES IN COLD WEATHER. BUT THE CODES ARE CODES DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT WHEN IT'S HOT COOLING OUR BUILDINGS. SO THIS IS A LOCAL AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOME COOLING REQUIREMENTS. SO WHEN IT'S HOT YOU WOULD HAVE TO COOL TO A TEMPERATURE OF 15 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE OR 85 DEGREES, WHICHEVER IS LOWER. AND AND WE DID ADD THAT, MAYOR. WE DID ADD THAT, THAT WE DON'T WANT YOU TO COOL LOWER THAN 70. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE QUALIFIER THAT I CAUGHT LAST TIME IN CASE IT IS 65 DEGREES OUTSIDE. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET IT DOWN TO 50 OKAY. RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS. HOW OFTEN ARE THE INTERNATIONAL CODES CHANGED? EVERY THREE YEARS. EVERY THREE YEARS. YEAH. AND ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS WITH OUR HOT SUMMERS, WE FEEL LIKE HAVING A COOLING REQUIREMENT IS AS IMPORTANT. OR MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING THE HEATING REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THE THE ONE TOPIC THAT WE DIDN'T SEE QUITE EYE TO EYE WITH, WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD WAS EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS THE IRC APPENDIX, AND E THAT REQUIRES SOME FORM OF EV CAPABLE OR EV READY OR EV SUPPLY EQUIPMENT IN SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX STRUCTURES. STAFF HAD ASKED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS APPENDIX, THE BOARD DID CONSIDER IT AND RECOMMENDED NOT TO ADOPT IT. WE THINK THERE'S A COMPROMISE IN THERE BECAUSE THERE THERE IS A LOT OF THESE BEING PUT IN NEW HOMES AS AN AMENITY FOR HOMES. AND SO WE FEEL LIKE IF YOU IF YOU ARE INSTALLING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT IT SHOULD MEET THE STANDARD OF THE CODE. AND SO WE DO RECOMMEND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND ADOPTING THE APPENDIX, BUT CHANGING THE SHALL TO A MAY. SO IF YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN THEN YOU FOLLOW THE STANDARDS BUT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PUT IT IN. WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE TO TO TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND MAKE SURE OUR OUR HOUSING SAFE. CAN YOU HOLD ON THAT SLIDE FOR JUST A SECOND? SURE. SO THE CODE IS THE STANDARD IF THEY INSTALL IF THEY INSTALL. BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY INSTALL. YEAH. YEAH. THIS WAS IN THE INFORMAL REPORT. THAT'S RIGHT I HAD THAT ONE ALL MARKED UP. I SAID YEAH IT SHOULD BE SHALL I MEAN I'M SORRY. IT SHOULD BE ME. THANK YOU. IT SHOULD BE. MAY SHALL BE I MEAN, IT WILL, IT SHALL BE OR MAYBE SHALL. I DON'T KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE. YEAH. IF THEY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE KEEP ADDING THESE THINGS ON AND I KNOW THAT. 
          BUT IF THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IT IN THERE, MAKE SURE MAKE SURE IT'S UP TO CODE. SO GOOD. GOOD WORK ON THAT. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE IT. IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS. THE THE ADVISORY BOARD DID A GOOD JOB BEING THOROUGH AND RESPONSIVE TO CITY STAFF, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THEIR WORK ON THIS. THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THE CODES AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. THANKS FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANKS, CLINT. SURE HOPE. I THINK WE GOT THROUGH EVERYTHING IN PRETTY GOOD TIME. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. A LOT OF INFORMATION. Y'ALL GOT THROUGH IT. GREAT. GREAT MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION]
AGENDA ITEMS? THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HEARING NONE. WE WILL NOW RECESS THE WORK SESSION AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IS READ INTO THE RECORD BY THE CITY SECRETARY HICKS AT 5:10 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS. REAL PROPERTY TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.072 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.087 ATTORNEY BRIEFING TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.071 AND PERSONNEL TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.07 FOR DISCUSSION OF CITY MANAGER APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND ATTORNEY BRIEFING TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.071. A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS INCORPORATED FOR THE MOUNT CARMEL WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WW 
          [BUSINESS SESSION 6:00 P.M. - WACO CONVENTION CENTER BOSQUE THEATER]
CALL THE BUSINESS SESSION OF OCTOBER 21ST, 2025 TO ORDER AT 6:08 P.M. ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS 
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ARE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO JOIN. WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING OFF WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE JOIN ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS PROCLAMATIONS. 
          [PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS]
AND WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION. AND JOSH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I ARE GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE PODIUM WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT WITH AMY SWANSON, PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF WACO MCLENNAN COUNTY LIBRARY. KEN, IF AMY WANTS TO JOIN US UP HERE AND ANY OTHER FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. I, JIM HOLMES, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH OF 2025 AS NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK IN THE CITY OF WACO, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND ME IN RECOGNIZING THE FRIENDS OF THE WACO MCLENNAN COUNTY LIBRARY FOR THEIR ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENHANCING OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES AND ENRICHING OUR COMMUNITY. JOIN ME IN WELCOMING AND CELEBRATING THEM HERE TODAY. NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE DEVOTED VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORT LOCAL LIBRARIES, HELPING THEM THRIVE AS VITAL CENTERS OF LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE FRIENDS OF THE WACO MCLENNAN COUNTY LIBRARY WORK TO ENHANCE LIBRARY SERVICES BY RAISING FUNDS THAT PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND EQUIPMENT, SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S SUMMER READING PROGRAMS, AND SPONSORING SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THEIR WORK DEMONSTRATES THAT OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO WACO, OFFERING LIFELONG LEARNING AND ACCESS TO DIVERSE IDEAS FROM ALL AGES AND WALKS OF LIFE. AS ADVOCATES OF A STRONG LIBRARY, THE FRIENDS OF THE WACO MCLENNAN COUNTY LIBRARY WORK TO ENSURE COMMUNITY ACCESS IS AVAILABLE FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES FOR ALL AGES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND EXPERT RESEARCH SUPPORT. THEIR GIFT OF TIME AND COMMITMENT TO THE LIBRARY SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL AND HOW VOLUNTEERISM LEADS TO POSITIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENTS AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, WITNESS MY HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF WACO THIS 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE WANT TO GIVE AMY SWANSON, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE WACO MCLENNAN COUNTY LIBRARY, A MOMENT TO SAY ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ABOUT THIS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE JUST REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH ALL THAT THE COMMUNITY DOES AS WELL TO HELP US IN IMPROVING LITERACY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND. WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE HERE. YOU WANT TO COME IN PLEASE. OKAY. 0123. THANKS I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS THANKS. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES 2025 744 WHICH IS THE MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS 2025 745 THROUGH RESOLUTION 2025. DASH 765. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT? MOVE. 
          APPROVAL. MAYOR. SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. BORDER? YES. FAIRFIELD. 
          YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS 
          [PUBLIC HEARINGS]
PUBLIC HEARING 2020 5-7 66. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ROGER GLICK COMING TO ADDRESS US ON THIS PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING. I'M ROGER GLICK, THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF WACO, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, THE CITY OF WACO ADOPTED ORDINANCE 20 2768, CREATING THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM, CODIFIED AS ARTICLE TEN OF CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY OF WACO. CODE OF ORDINANCES, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 552.045 REQUIRES THAT THE CITY HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLISH NOTICES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE REVISING THE SCHEDULE OF DRAINAGE CHARGES. 
          THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION THAT A REVISES THE SCHEDULE OF 
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DRAINAGE CHARGES FOR THE MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF WACO BY DECREASING THE MONTHLY FEE PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT BY $1 FROM 655 TO 555, AND AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 OPERATING BUDGET SCHEDULE FOR THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FUND TO INCLUDE THE REVISED REVISED SCHEDULE OF DRAINAGE CHARGES. BECAUSE THESE CHARGES WOULD TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2026, STAFF HAS VERIFIED THAT ALL REQUIRED NOTICES OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. ROGER. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. IS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR. GLAD TO MOVE TO REDUCE THIS FEE. SECOND, GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ON REDUCING THAT FEE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. BORDER ROAD. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. 
          EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS PUBLIC HEARING 2020 567 67. DIRECTOR PETERS. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL ONE MOVE SECTION 28 DASH 90 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IN THE CITY OF WACO ZONING CODE FROM CHAPTER 28 ZONING UNDER ARTICLE TWO ADMINISTRATION DIVISION FOR BUILDING OFFICIAL TO CHAPTER SIX BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS AND TWO ADD NEW GUIDELINES FOR ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE, AS PROPOSED BY A VOTE OF 9 TO 0. THANK YOU. CLINT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ONE? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. SO I'M GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. AND I DO HAVE ONE CARD. MISTER HERRING, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ON THIS ONE? RIGHT. 767 THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. AS YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, MISTER HERRING. YES, SIR. MY NAME IS EPHRAIM HERRING. I LIVE AT 1046 CHESTERTON AND 1044 CHESTNUT. THE QUESTION I HAD IS. AND IT'S SIMPLE HERE. I GOT ONLY A PART OF THAT SECTION HERE THAT YOU'RE CHANGING TO. BUT I'M LOOKING AT SECTION TWO. SECTION TWO OF THE CHANGE. 
          SECTION TWO STATES THAT THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD BE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT A CRIMINAL RECORD EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR. 
          ALSO TO THE FINEST FROM A DOLLAR TO $2,000. BUT THE MAXIMUM FINE THAT YOU CAN HAVE ON A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR IS $500. SO THAT'S NOT CLEAR OR STATED IN YOUR DOCUMENTATION HERE. ALSO, IN YOUR DOCUMENTATION, IT DOES NOT CLARIFY WHO WILL RECEIVE THE CITATION BECAUSE THE CITATION BECAUSE 90% OF THE PEOPLE THAT GET THEIR HOUSE BUILT ARE WORKED ON, IS DONE BY A CONTRACTOR, AND 90% OF THEM DON'T UNDERSTAND OR KNOW WHAT A FEE. THERE'S PEOPLE HERE RIGHT NOW I'M TALKING TO NOW. THEY'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS. SO THERE'S NO DOCUMENTATION IN HERE THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY SAYING WHO'S RESPONSIBLE THAT CERTIFICATE. AND THERE'S NOTHING IN DOCUMENTATION HERE STATING THAT WHO THAT THE CITY WILL DELIVER A STATISTIC OXY TO THE OWNER SO THE OWNER WOULD KNOW HE'S GOT PROPER DOCUMENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, MISTER HERRING. CLINT OR CITY ATTORNEY? CAN WE RESPOND TO TO EPHRAIM OR MISTER HERRING ON PARTS OF WHAT HE'S ASKING ABOUT? OR. NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. BRING CLINT BACK UP. OKAY. CLINT? YEAH. 
          CLINT, DID YOU GET KIND OF SOME OF THE GIST OF WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT? THE MISDEMEANOR AND THE THE. YEAH, THE SECTION TWO OF THE ORDINANCE IS NOT IS NOT CHANGING AT ALL. THIS IS HOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY IS ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM. IF NOT SEEING NO SPEAKERS WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. YES. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS PUBLIC HEARING 2020 5-7 68. DIRECTOR PETERS. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE 
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COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM MIXED USE FLEX TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FLEX AND REZONING FROM C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO R-2 TWO FAMILY ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT ON APPROXIMATELY 0.1164 ACRES. ADDRESS IS 2924 NORTH 19TH STREET AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES BY A VOTE OF NINE ZERO. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED OF THE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL THE LAND USE DESIGNATION CHANGE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS THE ADEQUACY OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. THE EXISTING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE ZONING DISTRICTS PERMITTED UNDER THE PROPOSED MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE FLEX LAND USE DESIGNATION AND CONSISTENT WITH NEARBY LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE FLEX IS PRESENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS, INDICATING COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING LAND USES. PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO ZONE CHANGE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALIGNMENT THE PROPOSED ZONING ALIGNS WITH THE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS REVISED. COMPLIANCE WITH DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. PROPOSED ZONING BRINGS THE PROPERTY INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING THE LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS SUPPORTED BY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. INFRASTRUCTURE. THE EXISTING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS ADEQUATE TO PROVIDE TO ACCOMMODATE THE USES PERMITTED IN R-2 ZONING AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. R-2 ZONING IS THE DOMINANT RESIDENTIAL ZONING IN THE AREA, AND THEN FINALLY SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIC HOUSING GOALS. THE PROPOSED REZONING SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF THE WACO STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN BY INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES, THUS ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          THANK YOU. CLINT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ONE? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM? SINCE WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY DISCUSSION JUST, YOU KNOW, CALLING OUT THAT IT'S SEEMINGLY RECONFIRMING ITSELF TO THE MAJORITY OF THE SURROUNDING ZONING. THEY'RE SO GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE. AGREED. 
          CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. YES, YES. EWING. YES. 
          CHASE. YES. HOLMES. THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING 2020 5-7 69, DIRECTOR PETERS. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING LAND USE AND ZONING FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1000 OR 1 10022 PARKER SPRINGS DRIVE ONE. CHANGING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE FLEX TO MIXED USE FLEX AND REZONE FROM R3 MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT AND R3 MULTI MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO C-2 COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ON APPROXIMATELY 10.12 ACRES ALONG CHINA SPRING ROAD AND PARKER SPRINGS DRIVE, AND TWO REZONING APPROXIMATELY 18.125 ACRES ALONG SALEM WAY AND PARKER SPRINGS DRIVE FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R3, BE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND R3 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO R3 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES BY A VOTE OF NINE ZERO. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE LAND USE CHANGE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. ADEQUACY WITH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. THE EXISTING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE ZONING DISTRICTS PERMITTED UNDER THE PROPOSED MIXED USE FLEX LAND USE DESIGNATION AND CONSISTENT WITH NEARBY LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. MIXED USE. FLEX LAND USE IS PRESENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, INDICATING COMPATIBILITY WITH THE EXISTING LAND USE USES. PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONING REQUEST BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALIGNMENT WITH ZONING REQUEST ALIGNS WITH THE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS REVISED. 
          COMPLIANCE WITH DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF PROPERTY MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR C2 AND R3 ZONING DISTRICTS, AS PROPOSED AND SUPPORTED BY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. THE EXISTING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE THE USES PERMITTED IN C2 AND R3 ZONING, AND THEN FINALLY COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. THE DENSITY AND BUILDING HEIGHT PERMITTED IN EXISTING R3 ZONING, WHICH IS 40 UNITS AN ACRE AND UNLIMITED HEIGHT, IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING AREA. USES AND ZONING. THE PROPOSED C2 AND R3 ZONING, WHICH IS 25 UNITS MAX AN ACRE AND 35 MAXIMUM HEIGHT, ENABLES A MIX OF COMPATIBLE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES, RESPECTIVELY, IN THE PROPOSED C2 ZONING ALONG CHINA SPRING HIGHWAY ALLOWS THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR WITH A BUFFER FROM THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. CLINT. DOES ANYBODY, ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR PETERS 
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ON THIS ONE? PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. AND WE DO HAVE ONE CARD. ALEXANDRA GILMAN, MISS GILMAN. MISS ALEXANDER GILMAN HERE. YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ALEXANDER GILMAN. OKAY. I'M GOING TO PASS ON THAT ONE THEN. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM? OKAY. STEP FORWARD. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS JONATHAN CANNON. I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER WITH WALKER PARTNERS REPRESENTING THE OWNER ADDRESSES 823 WASHINGTON AVENUE. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE TONIGHT. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE ONE MORE. 
          ONE MORE CALL OUT FOR MISS GILMAN. DIDN'T MAKE IT. OKAY. YOU WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE TWO COMMENTS RETURNED IN THE PACKET FOR THIS? THAT I THINK WE'RE. YEAH. TWO. TWO IN OPPOSITION IN THE PACKET. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM? HEARING NO ONE. WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. WATER? YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. 
          I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING 2020 5770. DIRECTOR PETERS. 
          HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE MARJORIE AND PHILIP SANGER HOUSE, LOCATED AT 3600 MACARTHUR DRIVE, AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES. WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO THE DECEMBER 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT CONTINUANCE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLINT ON THIS ONE? THERE'S A CONTINUANCE REQUEST, NO QUESTIONS. I STILL HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? AND MAYOR, YOU WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONTINUANCE ONLY. OKAY. I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONTINUANCE. ONLY ANYONE PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. NO ONE. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONTINUANCE ONLY. WE NEED TO LEAVE IT OPEN. MAYOR, PLEASE LEAVE IT. OH, WE LEAVE IT OPEN FOR THE NEXT MEETING. NOT GOING TO CLOSE. IT STAYS OPEN RIGHT THERE. SWING BY THE THEATER ANYTIME IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THAT'S RIGHT. I GOTTA I GOTTA READ, REREAD ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. I'LL STAY UP TONIGHT AND READ THAT. OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING? WELL, BEFORE WE DO THAT, CLINT, WHERE'D YOU GO? WAS THERE A REQUEST ON HOW LONG THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE IT? DECEMBER 16TH. JUST TO CONFIRM? YES, SIR. DECEMBER 16TH. OKAY. YEP. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOVE FOR CONTINUANCE, SECOND MOTION AND SECOND TO CONTINUE THAT TO DECEMBER 16TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. BORDER. 
          YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM TO 
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CONSIDER IS THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS IN THE FIRST ITEM IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-771 DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY PERFORM AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 16 DASH 31. DEFINITIONS OF DIVISION ONE GENERALLY AND SECTION 16 DASH 62 VACANT PROPERTIES AND 1663 LOTS AND PROPERTIES WITH STRUCTURES OF DIVISION THREE WEEDS AND WILD GROWTH OF ARTICLE TWO. 
          UNSANITARY OR UNSIGHTLY MATTER, WEEDS AND RUBBISH, AND AMENDING ARTICLE THREE LITTER BY AMENDING THAT ARTICLE NAME AND ADDING SECTION 1689 NOTICE AND ABATEMENT LIEN PROCEDURE 16 DASH 90 ACTIONS BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL COURT 16 DASH 102. OPEN STORAGE 16. DASH 103. 
          NOTICE OF VIOLATION 16 104 ENFORCEMENT AND 16 105 COSTS OF CHAPTER 16 NUISANCES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS. PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY. THIS ORDINANCE COMES TO COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE FOR APPROVAL ON FIRST READING? SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON FIRST READING. ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. YES YES YES YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 2025. DASH ■772 DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY PERFORM AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 16 DASH 26 THROUGH SIX, DASH 33, SIX DASH 35, AND SIX DASH 36 OF ARTICLE TWO OF CHAPTER SIX, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING 
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REGULATIONS AND AMENDING SECTIONS TEN, DASH 20 AND TEN DASH 21 OF ARTICLE TWO OF CHAPTER TEN, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS TO ADOPT VARIOUS 2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND BUILDING SYSTEMS, AND ADOPTING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AS ADOPTED UNDER THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. PROVIDING FOR PENALTY. THIS ORDINANCE COMES TO COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION ON FIRST READING MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. 
          LOZANO. YES. WATER. YES. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-773. DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING A DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH CORYELL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, OWNER OF APPROXIMATELY 3.62 ACRES ON THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 84 AND HARRIS CREEK ROAD TO ALLOW THE CITY OF WACO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOTAL COST OF OVERSIZING OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED BY THE CITY, AND RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE EXISTING AND FUTURE CAPACITY ALONG HARRIS CREEK ROAD, AND TO REIMBURSE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $182,223 TO BE PAID IN INSTALLMENTS BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF WORK COMPLETED MONTHLY, AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 40% OF THIS TOTAL COST OF OVERSIZING OF IMPROVEMENTS PER MONTH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS TWO, 12.071 THROUGH TWO, 1207 FOUR, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS ORDINANCE COMES TO COUNCIL ON FIRST READI MOVE E SECOND MOTION AND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. 
          ON. YES, YES YES YES YES HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-774, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, LICENSES AND PERMITS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS, SECTION 13 DASH 173 EMPLOYEE FOOD EDUCATION PROVIDING FOR CERTIFICATIONS FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENT EMPLOYEES AND FOOD MANAGERS. THIS ORDINANCE COMES TO COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. CAN I? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON FIRST READING MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ON THIS ORDINANCE, THERE BEING NONE. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. BORDER. YES. MERRIFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. 
          HOLMES. I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM. CONSIDERS ORDINANCE 2020 5-775. DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 13 LICENSES, PERMITS, AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. SECTION 13 DASH 175 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING MOBILE, TEMPORARY AND OTHER PROVIDING FOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES FOR GENERAL SANITATION INSPECTIONS. THIS ORDINANCE COMES TO COUNCIL ON FIRST READING. IS THERE A MOTION ON FIRST READING MOVE FOR APPROVAL ON FIRST READING? MAYOR SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. 
          LOZANO. YES, YES. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-776. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13 DASH 43 THROUGH 13, DASH 405 AND 13 DASH 418 OF DIVISION TWO, OPEN AIR VENDING OF ARTICLE NINE PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND OUTDOOR VENDING OF CHAPTER 13 LICENSES, PERMITS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, TO SPECIFY ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY SIX ZERO COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2025. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON SECOND READING. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. YES. WATER. RUDD. YES. MERRIFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. 
          I THAT MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 2025. DASH 777. DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY PRADO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1347 1372 THROUGH 1378, 1391, 1392, 1395 AND 13 DASH 119, AND 
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THE TITLE OF DIVISION THREE OF ARTICLE TWO AMUSEMENTS OF CHAPTER 13 LICENSES, PERMITS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, TO PROHIBIT AMUSEMENT REDEMPTION MACHINES AND CHANGE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR NIGHTCLUBS AND INDOOR AMUSEMENT FACILITIES PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY 6 TO 0 COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2025. DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A POINT OF ORDER HERE. I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF CARDS ON THIS ONE SO JUST I CAN OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT HERE FOR. I GUESS IT'S ALREADY OPEN. MAYOR, THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ON PUBLIC HEARING THIS. WE JUST CALL PEOPLE. YOU COULD JUST CALL THEM UP AND THEY GET THEIR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. GREAT. OKAY. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CARDS ON THIS ONE. I'M JUST GOING TO START AT THE TOP OF THE STACK HERE SAMMY C ERNST SAMMY ERNST OKAY. AND THE NEXT CARD WILL BE TERRANCE COLLINS JUST ON DECK. SO SAMMY, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YES, MY NAME IS SAMMY CELESTINE LAWRENCE. IS THAT MIKE? I LIVE AT 1525 15TH STREET. GO TO THE OTHER MIC. YEAH, GO TO THE OTHER MIC BECAUSE WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. OKAY. THIS ONE. OKAY. YOU NEED A LETTER OF TIME. START OVER. DO YOU WANT ME TO START OVER? YES. OKAY. MY NAME IS SAMMY C ARTS. I LIVE AT 1525 NORTH 15, A STREET LOCATED JUST ACROSS FROM THE FAMILY PRACTICE CENTER. THE MACHINES AS I SEE THEM. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT WORK IN SOME OF THESE PLACES. I'LL GO IN SOMETIMES AND SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THERE, AND JUST TO BE AROUND PEOPLE, IT'S VERY HARD WHEN WE BECOME SENIOR CITIZENS OF LOSING NOT ONLY OUR INDEPENDENCE THINGS. WE HAVE TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE HELP US WITH. BUT LONELINESS, NOT HAVING A GROUP OF FRIENDS OR ANYTHING. 
          SO I'LL GO IN, SOMETIMES TALK TO PEOPLE, SPEND SOME TIME THERE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY PLEASE CONSIDER ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ON WITH THIS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE THING. I SEE AS A SENIOR CITIZEN A VERY. LONELY GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD. SO I WAS JUST ASKING, PLEASE CONSIDER ALL THE OPTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ARTS. 
          THE NEXT CARD IS FROM TERRENCE COLLINS, AND THEN AFTER HIM, WE'LL HAVE AIMEE KNIGHT. AMY. 
          AMY, YOU'RE ON DECK. MR. COLLINS, WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. OKAY. MY NAME IS TERRENCE COLLINS. I LIVE AT 2119 CURTIS DRIVE, CLOSE TO LAKE WACO. I AM AN EMPLOYER OF THE GAMES, AND I WORK AT A AT THE ESTABLISHMENT THAT ALSO HAS A RESALE SHOP. SO WE IT'S MORE LIKE A GOODWILL, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT CUSTOMER BASE AND THE CUSTOMERS ALSO KNOW US REAL WELL. WE TREAT THEM WELL. BUT THE MAIN THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS I STAND IN A COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S LESS CRIME, WHICH IS DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE IT'S WHERE IT IS, AND IF PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING TO THESE ESTABLISHMENTS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? ARE THEY OUTSIDE COMMITTING CRIMES OR ARE THEY? WE DON'T WANT ANY EXTRA CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED THIS PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND NOT BREAK IN ENTRY OR STEAL ANYTHING, OR DO DRUGS LIKE WE NEED SOME PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO WHERE THEY'RE NOT THE STREETS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY COMMITTING CRIMES. AND IT DOES PROVIDE ME WITH INSURANCE SO I CAN PAY FOR MY FAMILY, A PLACE TO STAY, AND MY HEALTH INSURANCE BECAUSE I HAVE FOUR STROKES. SO THIS JOB IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. PLEASE CONSIDER ALL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST PEOPLE COMING IN OFF THE STREET. IT'S IT'S A COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. SO PLEASE GIVE US YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MISS COLLINS. NEXT UP, AMY KNIGHT. 
          IS AMY HERE? THERE YOU ARE. AMY. AFTER AMY, WE HAVE CONNOR COSS. CONNOR, YOU'RE ON DECK. AMY, WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME 
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AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AMY KNIGHT AND I AM AT 1501 WEST WACO DRIVE. I'M THE OWNER OF WACO'S JEZEBEL GYPSY BOUTIQUE. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT, RESPECTFULLY, TO ASK THAT YOU KEEP THE COIN OPERATED AMUSEMENT GAMES. WE NEED TO KEEP THEM LEGAL IN WACO AND FOCUS ON FAIR REGULATIONS INSTEAD OF OUTRIGHT BAN THESE GAMES. THEY'RE NOT ABOUT GAMBLING OR CRIME, THEY'RE ABOUT COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION. 
          FOR MANY SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE MINE, THEY HELP US STAY OPEN, THEY SUPPORT EMPLOYEES, AND THEY GIVE BACK TO THE CITY THAT WE LOVE. THROUGH MY MONTHLY YAPPY HOUR FUNDRAISER, A PORTION OF MY GAMES PROCEEDS. THEY GO TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOCAL SPAY AND NEUTER GROUPS, TNR PROGRAMS, AND HELPING BOTH ANIMALS AND FAMILIES. IN WACO, THERE'S BEEN TALK THAT GAME ROOMS INCREASE IN CRIME OR THEY'RE INCREASING CRIME, BUT THERE ARE NO STATISTICS THAT VERIFY EVIDENCE SHOWING THAT A HIGHER CRIME RATE BECAUSE OF THEM. IN FACT, EVEN AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT SPENT SIGNIFICANT TAXPAYERS MONEY TRYING TO BUILD CASES AGAINST GAME ROOM OPERATORS, NO CHARGES WERE EVER FILED. THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. INSTEAD OF WASTING RESOURCES, CHASING LAW ABIDING OPPORTUNISTS, WHY DON'T WE JUST USE THOSE FUNDS? AND THEY COULD THEY WOULD BE BETTER SPENT ON REAL COMMUNITY NEEDS LIKE CRIME PREVENTION, YOUTH PROGRAMS, ADDICTION RECOVERY SUPPORT. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT. MANY PEOPLE WHO COME TO THESE GAME ROOMS ARE RECOVERING ALCOHOLICS OR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO GO TO BARS. THESE GAMES OFFER A SAFE SOCIAL OUTLET WHERE ADULTS CAN RELAX, HAVE FUN, AND FEEL INCLUDED WITHOUT BEING AROUND ALCOHOL. TAKING THAT AWAY REMOVES A HEALTHY, POSITIVE OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO LIVE A BETTER LIVES. 
          THERE ARE OVER 200 GAME ROOMS IN LOCATIONS ACROSS WACO SUPPORTING HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, PROPERTY, LAND AND PROPERTY, LANDLORDS, LOCAL VENDORS. A BAN WOULD BE DEVASTATING. SHUTTING THESE DOWN LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES, COSTING JOBS, HURTING FAMILIES WHO DEPEND ON THE INCOME. IF THE CITY WANTS TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE OR ENSURE OVERSIGHT, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. CONSIDER RAISING THE FEES FOR TAX STICKERS AND PERMITS OR SETTING CLEAR LICENSING RULES. THAT'S A FAIR WAY TO REGULATE AND BENEFIT THE CITY WITHOUT DESTROYING AN INNOCENT ENTIRE LOCAL INDUSTRY THAT'S DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. BANNING THESE GAMES WON'T STOP CRIMES, BUT IT WILL HURT HARDWORKING, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO WACO'S ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY EVERY DAY. PLEASE LET'S CHOOSE REGULATIONS AND PARTNERSHIP OVER PUNISHMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE, AND FOR LISTENING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT WACO AND WANT TO KEEP BUILDING IT UP, NOT TEARING IT DOWN. THANK YOU MISS. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT UP IS CONNOR KOS. CONNOR. HERE YOU ARE. CONNOR. NEXT UP IS ELLIOT. MARTIN. CONNOR. WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. CONNOR KOS, 1301 GHOLSON ROAD. OWEN, CNS CONSTRUCTION. MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT IS THE DEFINITION WITH SKILL GAMES? I KNOW MULTIPLE CITIES HAVE OUTLAWED THE EIGHT LINERS, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT SKILL GAMES ARE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MANNER. THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FILE ML 4923723 HAVE RULED THAT THE OPINION WHETHER THE AMUSEMENT MACHINE IS CONSIDERED A GAMBLING DEVICE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE, SECTION 47.014, WHERE THE AMOUNT AWARDED FOR PLAYERS IS DETERMINED ENTIRELY BY THE SKILL. I'M AWARE YOU HAVE AN OPINION REQUESTING PENDING RCW 0457 REGARDING A MACHINE REPUBLIC PRODUCED BY A REPUBLIC AMUSEMENTS, LLC. POM OF TEXAS, LLC. THE REQUEST THERE ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTION WHETHER MACHINE GAMING IS GAMBLING, WHERE THE AMOUNT AWARDED IS DETERMINED, AND BY PART CHANCE SKILL GAMES YOU ALWAYS WIN. THAT'S NOT YOU BET MONEY AND LOSE, YOU ALWAYS WIN. AND EVERY OTHER ESTABLISHMENT HAS THE SAME REGULATIONS. YOU PUT IN A CLAW MACHINE, YOU WIN A PRIZE. 
          WE DON'T PAY OUT CASH, WE PAY OUT IN PRIZES. PEOPLE WHO DON'T, THAT'S ON THEM THAT YOU HAVE TO FACE THE LAW. BUT REGARDLESS OF A SKILL PLAYER, HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE SYMBOLS PLAYED. IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO CHANCE. PLAYERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING ME PHASE. AFTER PLAYING THE WILD CARD PHASE, THEY MUST PRESS THE PROVIDED BUTTON TO SKIP, FOLLOW ME AND DISPLAY A NEW SET OF WILD CARDS AND PUZZLES. HOWEVER, THERE MUST BE CONSIDERATION TO DISPLAY THIS NEW SET OF SYMBOLS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR NEW CLARIFICATION ON SKILL 
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GAMES. FORT WORTH HAS APPROVED THEM. THEY OUTLAWED ALIGNERS. LUBBOCK HAS APPROVED THEM. SAN ANTONIO HAS APPROVED THEM. WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON SKILL GAMES. NOW MOVING TO THE NEXT SECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. NEXT UP IS ELLIOTT MARTIN, AND AFTER MR. MARTIN WE HAVE MR. BALL ON DECK. MR. MARTIN, WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. ELLIOTT MARTIN, MY ADDRESS IS 3930 GREEN OAK DRIVE, WACO, TEXAS. 76710. KIND OF AS MR. COSS WAS ACTUALLY JUST SAYING, I JUST HAD KIND OF A BASIC QUESTION. I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE FOLLOWING SUIT OFF OF THE YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT WAS PUT OUT, WHERE Y'ALL ARE USING THE RULING THAT TOOK, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS TO APPROVE IN FORT WORTH. 
          AND SO IN THAT SAME RULING IN ORDINANCE, THEY APPROVED THE SKILL GAME IN THE SAME. AND SO THAT'S WHERE MR. COSS WAS GETTING THAT FROM. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS IF THE CITY IS GOING TO DISBAND THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE FIGURE OF $7,000 Y'ALL WERE DOING IN REVENUE, HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT THE SKILL GAME? BECAUSE I, THE OWNER OF NJ AMUSEMENTS, I'VE BEEN EVERYTHING FROM A SODA MACHINE TO A CLAW GAME TO SKEE BALL, ALL GAMES OF CHANCE WHERE YOU ALWAYS WIN, YOU ALWAYS GET MONEY. AND I HAVE, I KNOW IN THE SAME VIDEO, THEY WERE TRYING TO SAY THAT Y'ALL WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE OF A SKILL GAME VERSUS A GAMING MACHINE. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT. SO IF SOMEONE COULD GIVE ME THAT, THAT'D BE AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A NICE DAY. THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN. APPRECIATE IT. MAYOR, IS PAUL CAIN IN THE BACK? IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THESE LAST TWO QUESTIONS TO HAVE SARAH COME UP AND JUST ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY SKILL GAMES WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND THE APPEALS COURT DECISION. SO, SARAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST ADDRESSING THAT BRIEFLY FOR THE FOR THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANKS, SARAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SARAH RILEY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. YES. SO THE WAY THAT FORT WORTH DRAFTED THEIR ORDINANCE MATCHES HOW WE DRAFTED OURS, WHICH IS OUR DEFINITION OF AMUSEMENT. 
          REDEMPTION MACHINES SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT GAMES OF CHANCE OR COMBINATION OF SKILL AND CHANCE. AND THOSE ARE THE MACHINES THAT ARE BEING PROHIBITED. SO IT DOESN'T PROHIBIT GAMES THAT ARE PURELY SKILL BASED. THIS IS BASED ON THAT COURT RULING THAT DETERMINED THAT EIGHT MACHINES WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL LOTTERIES BECAUSE THEY INVOLVED CHANCE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR SARAH ON THAT? WE MAY MAY RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ASK THEM SOME MORE LATER. WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE CARDS TO GO THROUGH. NEXT UP IS MR. BALL. MISTY, HERE YOU ARE. AND NANCY JOHNSON, CAN YOU BE READY ON DECK? YOU'RE NEXT. MISTY, WHEN YOU GET TO MISS BALDWIN, YOU GET TO THE PODIUM. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HI, MR. BALL. I LIVE AT 1620 PROCTOR. I WORK IN ONE OF THESE A LOT OF ROOMS AND I WORK AT NIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND THEY'RE OUR SENIOR CITIZENS. MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE ANYBODY AT HOME OR FRIENDS THAT THEY CAN TURN TO, SO THEY WITHDRAW INTO THEMSELVES. HAVING A PLACE FOR THEM TO COME HELPS THEM STAY ACTIVE AND KEEPS THEM MOTIVATED TO KEEP ON GOING. YOU KNOW, IN 2025, THE PERCENT OF PEOPLE OVER 65 THAT SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION WAS 12.9%. THE SUICIDE RATE OF THAT WAS 18.1% PER THOUSAND, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. SO I JUST WISH YOU COULD RECONSIDER BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE A, YOU KNOW, ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OFF DRUGS AND ALCOHOLISM HAVE A PLACE THAT'S SAFE FOR THEM TO COME AND DO SOMETHING WITH THEMSELVES. 
          SINCE COVID HIT, THERE IS NOTHING LEFT. SO PLEASE RECONSIDER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS BALL. NEXT UP IS NANCY JOHNSON. MISS JOHNSON, ROBIN WELLS, YOU'RE ON DECK. 
          ROBIN WELLS, MISS JOHNSON, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. NANCY JOHNSON, 401 CATALINA, WACO, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NANCY JOHNSON. I'M THE OWNER OF THE MUSICAL CHAIR IN SMOKEHOUSE. 
          PHOTOS OF MY BUSINESSES ARE INCLUDED WITH YOUR HANDOUT. I WANT TO BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE TO THE CITY INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT. THEIR GUIDANCE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE MINE. THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS SHOULD SERVE AS A SUPPLEMENT TO A BUSINESS, NOT THE CORE. AND WE HAVE RESPECTED THAT APPROACH. WE OPERATE A BEAUTIFUL STOREFRONT THAT WELCOMES FAMILIES, BAYLOR STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS ALIKE. THIS SEMESTER, WE DONATED A PIANO TO A MUSIC MAJOR AND CONTINUED TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE FURNITURE FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE JUST STARTING OUT. MY MISSION IS TO OFFER QUALITY, 
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AFFORDABLE HOME FURNISHINGS FOR EVERYONE. RECENTLY, I BEGAN REFINISHING AND RESTORING FURNITURE. SOMETHING I'M TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT. IT ALLOWS US TO GIVE NEW LIFE TO BEAUTIFUL PIECES AND KEEP THEM STYLISH AND ACCESSIBLE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT THE CITY CONSIDER ALLOWING THE VIABLE TAXPAYING BUSINESSES PAYING LOCAL, STATE AND ON TAXES AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO HAVE A VOICE SHAPING REGULATIONS. WE SUPPORT CREATING REASONABLE REGISTRATION FEES PER LOCATION AND WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMY THRIVE. WE HAVE LEASE AGREEMENTS AND FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS IN PLACE AND A SUDDEN CHANGE, ESPECIALLY WITH ONLY TWO MONTHS NOTICE, COULD HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON MY BUSINESS AND LIVELIHOOD. IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO FIND NEW INVESTORS AND ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO SUPPLEMENT INCOME. THANKS TO THE CITY OF WACO SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD AND GROW THIS BUSINESS. TODAY. I'M SIMPLY ASKING FOR THE SAME SUPPORT AND CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I JUST THINK THAT TWO MONTHS IS PRETTY ABRUPT. I'VE LOOKED INTO OTHER WAYS INVESTORS, GRANTS, WHATEVER FOR WOMEN OVER 55 FOR MY FURNITURE STORE, AND IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS, EVEN UP TO A YEAR FOR ME TO REVAMP THIS. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CONSIDER GIVING US SOME MORE TIME, IF NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON, AND THANK YOU FOR THE HANDOUT. ALSO. NEXT UP IS ROBIN WELLS. AFTER ROBIN WE HAVE BRETT BROWNING ON DECK. BRETT. 
          MISS WELLS, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. MY NAME IS ROBIN WELLS. MY ADDRESS IS 1525 NORTH 15TH STREET. A BAN ON THE EIGHT MACHINES WOULD CAUSE ME TO LOSE MY JOB, MY INCOME. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MYSELF AND TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY. A BAN ON MACHINES WILL DEPLETE MY INCOME, AND I WILL BE LEFT TRYING TO FIND OTHER WORK. WITH A BAN ON MACHINES. NOT ONLY WILL ABANDONED BUILDINGS BRING MORE DARK, ABANDONED BUILDINGS, WE CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF NOT FEELING SAFE. NOT ONLY WILL INCOME GO DOWN IN A VERY BAD ECONOMY, WE WILL BE LEFT LOSING CONTACT WITH PATRONS. WE HAVE PEOPLE COME VISIT, PLAY FOR A WHILE. THEY BECOME FRIENDS. YOU KNOW, WE JUST. THESE A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE COME IN THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE FAMILY TO ME. AND IT'S JUST A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO WHERE IF THEY STAY IN THEIR HOUSE, THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT FOUR WALLS AND GET DEPRESSED AND THERE'S NOTHING BAD HAPPENS, YOU KNOW? AND THERE'S SO MANY ABANDONED BUILDINGS IN WACO NOW, AND THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE ABANDONED BUILDINGS, UTILITIES. I MEAN, UTILITY COMPANIES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPLY THE BUILDINGS, OTHER BUILDINGS AND ALL. AND WHAT ABOUT LIKE, BINGO HALLS AND LOTTERY TICKETS? PEOPLE SPEND MONEY, BUT STILL THEY IT'S SOMETHING THEY ENJOY. 
          AND WE SHOULD. Y'ALL SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WELLS. APPRECIATE YOU. NEXT UP IS BRETT BROWNING. AND THEN ON DECK WE HAVE STAN HADDOCK. MR. BROWNING. WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR, MY NAME IS BRETT BROWNING. I LIVE AT 200 ROCKFORD ROAD, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF THIS. AND I AGREE WITH ALL THE RETIREMENT PEOPLE COMING IN. I SEE THAT, BUT I'M ACTUALLY NOT INVOLVED IN THE GAME ROOMS AS MUCH AS I HAVE AN ATM BUSINESS AND I HAVE ATMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, A LOT OF THEM ARE IN CONVENIENCE STORES, AND SOME OF THESE SMOKE SHOPS AND STUFF THAT HAVE ATMS. AND, YOU KNOW, CASH IS NOT AS GOING AWAY, MORE OR LESS. BUT MOST OF MY BUSINESS COMES FROM PROBABLY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LOTTERY OR SOME KIND OF GAMING WHERE PEOPLE STILL NEED CASH. AND IT ALSO WILL PUT ME OUT OF BUSINESS, MOST LIKELY IF YOU CLOSE THESE BUSINESSES DOWN, BECAUSE MOST ALL OF THEM THAT WHERE THEY USE ATMS HAVE SOME KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT OR LOTTERY TICKETS. AND, YOU KNOW, SO I START THINKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF IT. I KNOW THAT I TAKE MONEY, LARGE SUMS OF MONEY, AND PUT THEM IN THESE ATMS ALL THROUGHOUT TOWN, AND NONE OF THESE PLACES SEEM UNSAFE TO ME. I DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT AT ALL WHEN I GO THERE AND FILL THE MACHINES OR ANYTHING. I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT CRIME, BUT THE ONES I GO TO, I'VE NEVER SEEN A POLICEMAN AT ANY OF THESE PLACES, SO I DON'T SEE THE STATISTICS FOR THE CRIME IS CREATING, BUT MOSTLY IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE. 
          I DO SEE US MOSTLY RETIREMENT, RETIRED PEOPLE IN THERE. EVERY TIME I GO. THEY'RE ALL REAL FRIENDLY. IT IS LIKE A SOCIAL HOUR WITH THESE PEOPLE AND IT DOES GIVE THEM A PLACE TO GO. I AGREE WITH ALL THAT, BUT MAINLY IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BIG TIME, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BUILDINGS ARE LEASED OUT. THAT WILL NOT BE. THEY WILL MOST LIKELY CLOSE DOWN AND THOSE BUILDINGS WILL BE EMPTY. THEN THERE WILL BE CRIME THERE PROBABLY. AND MY ATM, MY MY BUSINESS ALONE WILL BE HURTING. PLUS ALL THE UTILITY, YOU KNOW, 
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THE SECURITY SYSTEMS, I MEAN, THEY SUPPORT A LOT OF BUSINESS IN THIS TOWN. AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE WACO LOSE THAT. THAT BUSINESS AND A PLACE FOR THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE TO GO. AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED Y'ALL TO CONSIDER BEFORE YOU MADE A DECISION. I THINK EVERY GAME IS A GAME OF CHANCE. ANYWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BROWNING. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT UP IS STAN HADDOCK. AND THEN DAVID, WE'VE GOT YOU LAST. DAVE. MR. DIXON, MR. HADDOCK, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          ADDRESS? MY NAME IS STAN HADDOCK, AND I LIVE AT 2405 KATHERINE DRIVE IN HEATH, TEXAS. 
          I'M A LONG TIME DEVELOPER, BORN AND RAISED IN WACO. I OWNED THE BUILDING THAT WAS THE FIRST 7-ELEVEN IN WACO AT SANGER AND LAKE AIR. SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PICTURE OF ME ON A ROAD GRADER AS WE'RE CUTTING LAKE AIR OFF OF VALLEY MILLS DRIVE, AND SANGER STOPPED AT OUR STORE. 
          I'VE OWNED THIS BUILDING A LONG TIME. MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER DIED WHEN I WAS A KID AND LEFT IT TO MY MOTHER, AND I BOUGHT IT FROM HER IN TWO. AND IN 19 AND 83. I'VE HAD A LOT OF TENANTS. I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME LANDLORD. I AM A LONG TIME LANDLORD. I'VE BEEN THAT FOR OVER 50 YEARS. AND WHAT YOU WANT IS A TENANT THAT DOES NOT CAUSE YOU ANY PROBLEMS. AND FAIZABAD AIR HAS NEVER CAUSED ME ANY PROBLEMS. HE HAS NEVER BEEN LATE ONE TIME HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY POLICE COMING TO MY BUILDING. HE DOESN'T GET ANY COMPLAINTS. I WOULD GIVE. HE'S IN YEAR SEVEN OF A TEN YEAR LEASE, AND I'D GIVE HIM ANOTHER TEN YEAR LEASE IN THE MORNING. 
          I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING SINGLE TENANT NET LEASED PROPERTIES MY WHOLE LIFE. THE LAST ONE I DEVELOPED FOR YOUR CITY WAS THE SPEC'S LIQUOR STORE OVER ON NEW ROAD. THERE IS NO DRINKING AT THIS STORE. HE WON'T ALLOW SMOKING. WE'LL HAVE IT. THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THESE PEOPLE COME, THEY PLAY THEIR GAME AND THEY GO HOME. HE WON'T ALLOW HANGING OUT. HE HAS A SECURITY GUARD. WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED PLAYING, YOU LEAVE. THESE PEOPLE WANT TO COME GET A LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE DAILY GRIND AND GO HOME. THAT'S IT. AS A DEVELOPER, I DEAL WITH CITIES. I COME BEFORE MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL CONSTANTLY, AND EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BEEN BEEN IN ALL OF THEM. AND SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY THE CITY GOVERNMENTS ARE REALLY GOOD ONES. AND I GET IT, I REALLY DO. I'M NOT SO SURE THIS IS A GREAT ONE. YOU THERE? THERE'S ALMOST 90 OF THESE BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN YOUR CITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE IN DEFAULT ON THEIR LEASE, BUT YOU'RE ABOUT TO PUT 8090 PEOPLE IN DEFAULT OF THEIR LEASE RIGHT NOW, AND THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DESERVE THIS. PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS. THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING. THEY GOT A BUSINESS GOING. THEY'RE NOT SITTING ON THE PORCH. THEY'RE NOT WAITING ON A HANDOUT. THEY'RE WORKING EVERY DAY. THANK YOU GUYS. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME IN FRONT OF YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HADDOCK. 
          AND LASTLY, WE HAVE MR. DAVID DIXON. DAVID, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, THREE MINUTES. MAYOR HOLMES, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M DAVID DIXON. I LIVE AT 550. 
          WOOD CIRCLE HERE IN WACO, TEXAS. 76710. AND I WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS ORDINANCE JUST A WEEK OR SO AGO BY STAN HADDOCK, WHO I HAVE KNOWN, OH, FOR 60 SOME ODD YEARS, I GUESS. AND HE'S A LANDLORD. HE'S GOT THREE YEARS LEFT ON THE LEASE, THE TENANT THAT'S BEEN PAYING. AND IT MADE ME THINK, BECAUSE REAL ESTATE LAW IS REALLY WHAT I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME ON. AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THIS, AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DEBATE THE MERITS OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HARDSHIP THAT THIS WILL CAUSE. 
          PEOPLE LIKE MR. HADDOCK AND OTHER LANDLORDS WHO SUDDENLY, ON SHORT NOTICE, HAVE HAD THEIR LEASES EFFECTIVELY CANCELED. NOW THEY COULD SUE THE OPERATORS FOR THE UNPAID RENT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY A NO WIN SITUATION. THE OPERATORS DON'T HAVE ANY CASH TO RESPOND WITH 
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BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESS IS CLOSED DOWN. SO ON A VERY SHORT NOTICE, YOU'RE GOING TO CANCEL EFFECTIVELY LEASES FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF LANDLORDS. WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS THE TIMING OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. GIVE THEM A BREAK. DON'T MAKE IT FIRST OF THE YEAR. 
          LET THEM RUN FOR A YEAR, 18 MONTHS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO WHERE THE LANDLORDS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS, IF IT IS TO BE AFFECTED, THAT THEY CAN HAVE A TRANSITION PERIOD AND AN ORDERLY PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THEY CAN LOCATE SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR THE LANDLORDS FIND NEW TENANTS AND JUST THINK ABOUT THE EFFECTIVE DATE. ALL THESE LANDLORDS PAY PROPERTY TAXES. 
          SOME OF THEM PAY SALES TAX FOR THEIR ANCILLARY BUSINESS. AND I THINK THEY NEED SOME CONSIDERATION. SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO CONSIDER SOME MITIGATING OR MITIGATION OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET ORGANIZED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DIXON. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM? THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS ISSUE TONIGHT. WITH ALL THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING. SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON SECOND READING. ANY DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THIS. WHO? WHO? WHOSOEVER WILL IN THE WHERE THE GAME ROOMS ARE, WHERE THE GAMING DEVICES ARE OR WHATEVER ARE THERE FOR THE ARE THE BUSINESSES JUST THAT, OR ARE THOSE THE EIGHT LINERS OR THE GAMING MACHINES IN ALREADY ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES? BECAUSE FROM WHAT I SEE, IT'S ALREADY IN A BUSINESS. SO I'M NOT SOME OF THE COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE LAW AND I'M LIKE, BUT ISN'T IT LIKE IN A CONVENIENCE STORE OR IN THE CASE OF THE WOMAN WHO SPOKE, IT'S IN YOUR, YOUR FURNITURE STORE. I MEAN, SO AREN'T THEY IN ANOTHER BUSINESS? AND WE DON'T HAVE LIKE INDEPENDENT STANDALONE GAMING FACILITIES. 
          I'M GOING TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU. SARAH REILLY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO THE WAY THAT THE ZONING WORKS RIGHT NOW FOR THE CITY OF WACO IS THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC DISTRICTS WHERE INDOOR AMUSEMENT FACILITIES ARE ALLOWED TO BE LOCATED. THOSE ARE MORE THE THE MAIN EVENT OR THE CHUCK E CHEESE, THE GAME ROOMS OR THE THE EIGHT LINER MACHINES ARE ALLOWED TO BE A SECONDARY USE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THAT IT'S A CONVENIENCE STORE. THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A, AN EIGHT LINER THEY CAN HAVE UNDER UNDER THE COUNTY. THEY CAN HAVE UP TO FIVE, EIGHT LINER MACHINES BEFORE THEY HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FOR A GAME ROOM. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE THE MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE EIGHT LINER MACHINES DO IT AS A SECONDARY USE. SO THERE SHOULD BE A PRIMARY USE FOR THAT BUSINESS. AND WE DON'T HAVE JUST GAME ROOM PERMITTED GAME ROOMS. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE THERE MIGHT BE A HANDFUL IN THE COUNTY. WE HAVE A FEW IN THE CITY OF WACO, NOT INDOOR AMUSEMENT FACILITY. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR CHUCK E CHEESE OR WHATEVER. YEAH, I DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ANY LICENSES FOR GAME ROOMS IN THE CITY OF WACO. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND MISS RILEY. ALSO, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH VERSUS RILEY THAT HAS FOUND ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES UNCONSTITUTIONAL. YES. 
          SO WHAT? WHAT'S KIND OF BRINGING THIS UP? SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, I MEAN, THERE HAS BEEN SOME REQUEST TO EXTEND THE DATE OUT. AND I THINK THE, THE DANGER THERE IS THAT THEN THE, THE CITY WOULD BE ALLOWING MACHINES TO OPERATE THAT THE COURTS HAVE DETERMINED TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL GAMING OR LOTTERIES, UNCONSTITUTIONAL GAMBLING DEVICES. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE JUST REITERATING THE FACT THAT WE ARE JUST GETTING IN LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATION. ISN'T THAT RIGHT WITH THE WITH THE JUDICIAL RULING? YES. SORRY, SORRY, THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANY DISCUSSION? YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY THAT I, I DO SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT THIS EVENING TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS WITH THIS ORDINANCE. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT AND VERY STRONGLY BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CONTRARY OF THE MAJORITY, OR IF 
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NOT ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT COME OUT TO SPEAK THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. ORDINANCE. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH, YOU KNOW, THE THE EXAMPLES GIVEN OF OF GAME ROOMS THAT ARE RUN REALLY WELL, THEY ARE STILL OPERATING OUTSIDE OF THE LAW, AND AN EXTENSION WILL ESSENTIALLY JUST BE GIVING THEM, AS MR. RILEY SAID, EXTENSION WILL JUST BE GIVING THEM MORE TIME TO OPERATE AN ILLEGAL GAMBLING OPERATION. SO I FEEL GREAT ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ORDINANCE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? GREAT TO GREAT DIALOG. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE WEIGHING IN ON THIS. YOU'VE CAST SOME NEW LIGHT ON THE ISSUE. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. WATER ROAD. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. 
          EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 2020 5-778. 
          DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY PRADO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, ABANDONING A TEN FOOT WIDE ELECTRIC LINE EASEMENT ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE MARBLE WOOD ADDITION, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT RECORDED UNDER VOLUME 554, PAGE 280 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED BETWEEN SOUTH 23RD STREET AND SOUTH 25TH STREET, KNOWN AS 2500 MARY AVENUE. ADOPTING FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS FROM THE WACO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE ABANDONMENT. FINDING NO DUTY TO MAINTAIN. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE QUITCLAIM DEEDS. THIS ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY SIX ZERO COUNCIL VOTE ON FIRST READING ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2025. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON SECOND READING MOVE FOR APPROVAL ON SECOND READING, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ORDINANCE. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. 
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CHASE. YES. HOLMES I THAT MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDER IS THE HEARING OF VISITORS DURING THE HEARING VISITORS SECTION OF THE AGENDA. WE PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT CONCERNS OR ADDRESS ISSUES THAT ARE NOT MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION LISTED ON THE AGENDA. THE COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO CONDUCT A DISCUSSION, BUT WE'LL LISTEN. 
          WE'LL ASK STAFF TO LOOK INTO CONCERNS AND PROVIDE FOLLOW UP. PLEASE PROVIDE REGISTRATION INFORMATION SO THAT STAFF CAN CONTACT YOU IF NECESSARY. IF YOU HAVE HANDOUTS, PLEASE LET US KNOW. AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION. STAFF WILL DISTRIBUTE THOSE TO THE COUNCIL. 
          IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM DUE TO PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, A MICROPHONE IS AVAILABLE TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU. WE DO HAVE SOME CARDS HERE TONIGHT, AND I WILL JUST READ THE REST OF THE CAVEATS HERE. WHEN CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, EACH SPEAKER MUST LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. YOUR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A GROUP OF TEN OR MORE INDIVIDUALS PRESENT. PLEASE HAVE THOSE PERSONS STAND AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENTS AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN TEN MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU STAND IN SUPPORT OF A PERSON GETTING TEN MINUTES, YOU ARE FORFEITING YOUR RIGHT TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. FOR ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE USE OF A TRANSLATOR, SPEAKING TIME WILL BE DOUBLED TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRANSLATION SERVICES. WHILE PUBLIC DISCOURSE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN THE MEETING SO THAT ALL PERSONS MAY BE HEARD AND CITY BUSINESS MAY BE CONDUCTED. IF SO DIRECTED BY ME, THE SERGEANT AT ARMS SHALL REMOVE FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING ANY PERSON WHO, WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL OR WHILE ATTENDING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAKES PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, BECOMES BOISTEROUS, OR MAKES UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS FROM THE AUDIENCE, CLAPS YOUR HANDS, STOMP YOUR FEET, WHISTLES, YELLS, OR MAKES SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS. WITH THAT, I'LL START GOING THROUGH THE CARDS HERE. WE'VE JUST GOT 3 OR 4. THE FIRST CARD IS FROM JASON JONES. JASON JONES, MR. JONES, ARE YOU HERE? JONES IS NOT HERE. OUR NEXT CARD IS FROM TIMOTHY MILLER. TIMOTHY MILLER HERE YOU ARE. GREAT, MR. MILLER. COME ON DOWN. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL PACKETS, PRESENTATIONS OF POSSIBLE PARKING PASS. WHERE ARE THEY? OH, RIGHT HERE. OKAY. YEAH. YOU WANT TO GRAB THEM? I'LL GRAB. CR KNOW. OKAY. OKAY. HELLO. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TIMOTHY MILLER AT 1106 HOOKS STREET IN WACO, TEXAS. 76705. THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. AT THE 
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BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SWORE ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG UNDER GOD IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR. MORE THAN HALF OF THE ORIGINAL STATES THAT FORMED THIS COUNTRY REQUIRED IN THEIR STATE CONSTITUTION THE PROFESSION IN CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR. THAT MEANS BEING A BIBLE BELIEVING CHRISTIAN, AND NEARLY ALL THE FOUNDING FATHERS WERE AS WELL. THE. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ALSO STATES APPEALING TO THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD, REFERRING TO JESUS CHRIST, YAHWEH IS OUR EVERLASTING CREATOR. WE ALL HAVE COMMITTED IMMORAL ACTS OF MURDER, ADULTERY, AND IDOLATRY, EITHER IN OUR HEARTS OR IN EXPRESSION TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER. THE JUST PUNISHMENT OF REBELS AGAINST OUR EVERLASTING CREATOR IS EVERLASTING HELLFIRE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE INCARNATE GOD MAN, JESUS CHRIST, BORE THE SINS OF THOSE WHO PUT THEIR FAITH OR TRUST IN HIM. HE HIMSELF TOOK THE DESERVING PUNISHMENT OF HIM, OF HIS PEOPLE UPON HIMSELF, AND THEY ARE MADE RIGHTEOUS FOREVER AND EVERLASTING LIFE IS THEIR FREE GIFT. CHRIST DID NOT COME TO ABOLISH THE LAW, BUT TO FULFILL IT. WE ARE TO UPHOLD THE MORAL LAW. YOU SHALL NOT MURDER. CHRIST GAVE GRAVE WARNINGS TO THOSE WHO FORSOOK THE LEAST AMONGST IN SOCIETY THE WIDOWS, THE ORPHANS, AND THE FATHERLESS. THE TEXAS HEARTBEAT ACT, SENATE BILL EIGHT, IN 2021 REGULATES MURDER, BUT IT DOES NOT OUTLAW MURDER ENTIRELY. BEFORE YOU ARE A FEW COMPANIES WHO YOU PERMIT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THE CITY, WHO INSTRUCT OTHERS HOW TO MURDER. THE PARALLEL WOULD BE IF THESE COMPANIES, WHO YOU PERMIT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THE CITY, INSTRUCT OTHERS ON HOW TO HUMAN TRAFFIC. THERE IS MURDER OF THE LEAST OF US IN THIS CITY. EVERY MOMENT. THEY ARE STILL IN THE CITY FROM THE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD IS BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU WOULD NEVER ALLOW A COMPANY TO EXIST IN THIS CITY WHO INFORMS PEOPLE HOW TO HUMAN TRAFFIC. GOD HAS DESTROYED CITIES AND NATIONS WHEN THEY SOUGHT OUT THEIR OWN PROSPERITY AND COMFORT, RATHER THAN THE FEAR OF THE LORD. FEAR OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE. AS LIGHT HAS BEEN REVEALED TO YOU, YOU ARE NOW UNDER OBLIGATION TO REPENT OF YOUR WAYS, TURN BACK TO CHRIST AND REMOVE EVIL FROM THIS LAND. ALL THIS ACCORDING TO THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD. YOU SWORE ALLEGIANCE TO REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. NEXT UP IS ROY RICE. MR. RICE. RICE IS. 
          ROY, YOU'RE NOT OUT THERE. OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CARL GILES. IS CARL WITH US TONIGHT? IS THAT MR. GILES? THERE WE GO. MR. GILES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CARL GILES. I LIVE AT 1024 TURNER STREET, WACO, TEXAS. 76704. I WAS HERE LAST MONTH. I HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH THE CITY OF WACO WATER DEPARTMENT, MAINLY THE. FEES FOR STREET SERVICE AND THE TAX SERVICE. I DON'T KNOW IF MISS BLACKMAN IS HERE, BUT SHE SHE RESPONDED TO MY CONCERNS IN A TIMELY MANNER CONCERNING THE STREET SWEEPER. I HAD SOME CONCERNS. I WAS PAYING FOR SERVICES THAT WAS NOT RENDERED, BUT SINCE THAT'S BEEN RECTIFIED, THE STREET IS BEING SWEET. MY SECOND CONCERN WAS THE TAG SYSTEM. THE CITY OF WACO HAS A PROGRAM WHEREBY BLUEBEARD, RED BUILDING TAG. ON TOP OF YOUR BILL. TWO MONTHS. BILL, THERE'S A $25 TAG FEE. 
          I'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF THIS SYSTEM MYSELF. I DON'T KNOW, 4 OR 5 TIMES. AND MISS BLACKMAN, I WAS ASKING FOR SOME DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHICS ON WHERE THE TAG SYSTEM WAS USED, WHERE IT GENERATED THE MOST MONEY, AND IT SEEMS TO BE GENERATED MONEY IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. BLACK AND BROWN. IF YOU HAVE A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT'S LAID ON THEIR WATER BILL, CHARGING THEM $25, THAT'S $25,000, $25,000 FOR A PERSON THAT'S UNABLE TO PAY THE BILL. 
          AS I INDICATED TO MISS BLACKMAN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE PENALIZING THE PERSON BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO PAY THE BILLS. SHE ASKED ME. WHAT? WHAT I THOUGHT THAT THEY SHOULD DO. I DEFINITELY THINK THEY SHOULD DO AWAY WITH THE TAG SYSTEM, BECAUSE IT ONLY SEEMS TO AFFECT LOW INCOME PEOPLE. I SUGGEST TO GO BACK TO DO WHAT YOU WAS 
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DOING BEFORE THE TAG SYSTEM. IF THEY DON'T PAY THE BILL, CUT IT OUT. AND AGAIN, I'M ASKING FOR SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY OF WACO WATER COMPANY TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND GIVE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHERE THAT SYSTEM IS USED, WHERE THE MOST MONEY IS GENERATED, AND SEE WHAT CAN BE RECTIFIED. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD CHANGE THAT OR HOW OR WHO WOULD CHANGE IT, BUT I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL OF ANYBODY THAT CAN HELP ME TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND EXPLAIN TO THE CITY OF WACO WHY THE TAX SYSTEM IS USED, AND IT SEEMS TO BE IMPLICATED TO THE PEOPLE. THAT'S LOW INCOME. I DON'T KNOW IF MISS BLACKMAN IS HERE, BUT I NEED SOMEBODY TO CONTACT ME AND LET ME KNOW IF SOMEONE COULD SIT WITH ME AND DISCUSS THIS. 
          OKAY? WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY REACH OUT TO YOU, MR. GILES. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. I ENJOYED HEARING YOUR CONCERNS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? THAT'S ALL THE CARDS I'VE GOT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE HEARING OF VISITORS? 
          [COUNCIL REPORTS AND REQUESTS FOR SCHEDULING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE HEARING OF VISITORS AND GO TO COUNCIL COMMENTS? ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? IT'S NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT, MAYOR, BUT I JUST DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE'LL HAVE IN OCTOBER. AND I HAVE DONNED MY PINK OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. I KNOW THAT EACH OF EVERY, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAS SOMEONE, PROBABLY WITHIN TWO TURNS THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER. SO I ENCOURAGE ALL THOSE, ESPECIALLY OUR WOMEN. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A GENETICS, GENETIC MARKERS, EVEN IN MEN, YOU KNOW, GET YOURSELF CHECKED OUT, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS ANNUALLY. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF BECAUSE IT IS. MY MOTHER HAD BREAST CANCER AND WAS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE WE'RE WE'RE REAL CLOSE TO IT. SO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR BODY IS THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVE. 
          SO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR CHAMPIONS AND WHO ARE HEROES AND WHO ARE SURVIVORS THAT WE WE LOVE ON. AND SO THIS IS THE MONTH THAT WE CELEBRATE AND HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF OF BREAST CANCER AND THOSE SURVIVORS AND EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE TO THIS DISEASE. BUT WE STILL HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH THAT THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH IT. SO SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE SOMETHING. WHAT'D YOU SAY? I KNOW, OR JUST SOMETHING? I JUST SURPRISED YOU GUYS. THIS PAST SATURDAY, THE CEDAR RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAD A MEETING, AND I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK LARRY TROUT AND THE OTHER ORGANIZERS. THEY PUT ON A GREAT SHOW AND THEY HAD LIKE 60 PEOPLE THERE. IT WAS GREAT. REALLY NICE EVENING. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS SUPER ACTIVE. LARRY AND CHERYL, GREAT PEOPLE THERE. ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT HAD A COMMUNITY GARDEN TOO, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY COOL, AND I THINK THEY STARTED IT BACK UP, I BELIEVE OVER THERE. IT'S A GOOD, GOOD FOLKS. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? NOW I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE KENDRICK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BECAUSE BACK IN THE SPRING, THE LADY OVER REACHED OUT TO ME ALONGSIDE WITH GRASSROOTS, WACO FAMILY MEDICINE, WACO POLICE DEPARTMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, AND WE WROTE A GRANT. AND SO FRIDAY WE CELEBRATED HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AT KENDRICK ELEMENTARY WITH ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FREE TACOS, FREE HOT DOGS, AGUAS FRESCAS, PAN DULCE. WE HAD A JUMPY HOUSES. IT WAS JUST REALLY FUN. IT WAS A TRUE COMMUNITY EVENT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN. MAYOR, I GOT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER LOZANO, WHO IN HER CAPACITY AS PRINCIPAL LOZANO HAS BEEN ONE OF JUST THE FOUNDATIONAL MEMBERS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I REMEMBER THAT USED TO BE MORE IN DISTRICT THREE BEFORE WE REDISTRICTED, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS I WENT TO OUTSIDE OF MY OWN, AND SHE FACILITATED SO MUCH OF THAT AND WAS JUST ALWAYS SUCH A GREAT LEADER AND PRESENCE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I DON'T DOUBT THAT THAT WAS AN AWESOME FESTIVITY THAT Y'ALL HAD. MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I CAN CLOSE THIS OUT ON A LIBRARY POEM, BUT PLEASE DO. IN THE SPIRIT OF NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK. AND BECAUSE WE ALL SEEM TO BE FEELING THE SPIRIT, I'LL READ JOYCE STEFFENS BOOKMOBILE. I SPENT PART OF MY CHILDHOOD 
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WAITING FOR THE STEARNS COUNTY BOOKMOBILE. WHEN IT COMES TO TOWN, IT MAKES A U-TURN IN FRONT OF THE GRADE SCHOOL AND GLIDES INTO ITS PLACE UNDER THE ELMS. IT'S A NATURAL WONDER OF LATE AFTERNOON. I TRY TO IMAGINE DANTE, WILLIAM FAULKNER AND EMILY DICKINSON TRAVELING DOWN A DOUBLE LANE HIGHWAY TOGETHER, COUNTRY WESTERN ON THE RADIO. EVEN WHEN IT ARRIVES, I HAVE TO WAIT. THE LIBRARIAN IS BUSY GETTING OUT THE INK PAD AND THE LINE CARDS. I PACED BACK AND FORTH IN THE LINE, HUNGRY FOR THE FRESH BREAD OF THE PAGE. BECAUSE I NEED SOMETHING THAT WILL TELL ME WHAT I AM. I WANT TO CATCH A BOOK CLEAR AS A ONE WAY TICKET TO PARIS, TO LONDON, TO ANYWHERE. GOD BLESS. WOW. POWERFUL. VERY GOOD. JOSH, DID THAT RHYME? YOU KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE ANY RHYMES, I DON'T THINK. I DON'T THINK IT DID. SO. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. LAST THING I WANT, I WANT TO MENTION ALSO, EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN THIS WEEK. SO EVERYBODY GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. A LOT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS A LOT OF AMENDMENTS ON THE ON THE BALLOT THERE. GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. I THINK THAT'S IT. ANY REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS GUYS THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT
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