Feb 17, 2026 City Council

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17TH, 2026 TO ORDER AT 3:02 P.M. WELCOME TO THE WORK SESSION OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. EVERYBODY GATHERED HERE IN THE BOSQUE THEATER GALLERY. IT'S A NICE CROWD HERE. AND WELCOME TO ALL THE VIEWERS AT HOME WATCHING ON THE WACO CITY CABLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US HERE IN THIS FORUM TODAY. I'M MAYOR JIM HOLMES, AND I'M JOINED ON THE DAIS HERE TODAY BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, JOSH, BORDER DISTRICT THREE, DARIUS EWING FROM DISTRICT FOUR, GEORGE CHASE FROM DISTRICT FIVE.

AND OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, ANDREA FAIRFIELD. ISABEL LOZANO FROM DISTRICT TWO IS ON HER WAY.

SHE'LL BE HERE A LITTLE LATE TODAY. ALSO JOINED ON THE ADJACENT DAIS OVER TO MY LEFT AND YOUR RIGHT BY SENIOR CITY STAFF. CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT, CITY ATTORNEY KRISTEN HAMILTON AND CITY SECRETARY MICHELLE HICKS. WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. ALL RIGHT. FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS THE RECOGNITION OF WORK SESSION

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HE WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE WORK SESSION. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE VAL DE LEON. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LET ME READ THE LET ME READ THE THE PREAMBLE HERE. FIRST. ANYONE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM? PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY AGENDA ITEM DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE AGENDA ON ITEMS OTHER THAN PUBLIC HEARING. SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOTTED ONE THREE MINUTE PRESENTATION, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF AGENDA ITEMS THE SPEAKER WISHES TO ADDRESS. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK. IF NOT FILLED OUT A REGISTRATION CARD, PLEASE SEE THE CITY SECRETARY STAFF AT THE REGISTRATION TABLE OUTSIDE OF THE AUDITORIUM TO 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 AND STAFF WILL DISTRIBUTE THOSE TO COUNCIL. IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM DUE TO PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, A MICROPHONE IS AVAILABLE TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU AND WHEN CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, EACH SPEAKER MUST LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. IF YOU'RE 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 TO SPEAK, YOU ARE FORFEITED FORFEITING YOUR RIGHT TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. FOR ANY PERSON ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE USE OF A TRANSLATOR, THE SPEAKING TIME WILL BE DOUBLED TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRANSLATION SERVICES. WELL, PUBLIC DISCOURSE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNCIL. WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN THE MEETING SO THAT ALL PERSONS MAY BE HEARD AND CITY BUSINESS MAY BE CONDUCTED. SO DIRECTED BY ME, THE SERGEANT AT ARMS SHALL REMOVED 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, HANDS, STOMPS, FEET, WHISTLES, YELLS, OR MAKES SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS. SO WE HAVE ONE CARD HERE AND CALLED TO THE PODIUM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND THAT CARD IS.

I'M SORRY, MR. DELEON. NOW YOU MAY APPROACH THE PODIUM. I HAD TO DO ALL THE THE CAVEATS THERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS VAL DELEON, THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE VECINO GROUP. AND I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM 2026 091 REGARDING THE SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND SPECIFICALLY OUR DEVELOPMENT IN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, WACO, I BELIEVE WE SHARED WITH THE CITY MANAGER OR CITY SECRETARY THIS AFTERNOON, LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL FROM REPRESENTATIVE PETE SESSIONS. SO I BELIEVE THAT WAS THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU ALL. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE JUST HERE MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. DELEON. ANY QUESTIONS FOR VAL? OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM THIS AFTERNOON? SEEING NO OTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK, WE'LL NOW RECESS THE REGULAR SESSION AND CONVENE INTO WORK SESSION WITH THE REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, RYAN HOLT. CITY MANAGER, HOLT.

MORNING, AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND WELCOME TO ALL THOSE JOINING US IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE. THERE ARE NO CHANGES ON TODAY'S AGENDA AS FAR AS EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS GO.

LAST WEEK WAS A EXTREMELY BUSY WEEK FOR THE CITY OF WACO TEAM. ON TUESDAY, THE CITY OF WACO NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT HOSTED THE ANNUAL FAITH LEADERS SUMMIT AT THE WACO CONVENTION CENTER. NEARLY 170 FAITH LEADERS REPRESENTING 20 DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS JOINED THE CITY OF WACO LEADERSHIP, STAFF, AND MULTIPLE NONPROFIT REPRESENTATIVES FOR A MORNING OF FELLOWSHIP AND LEARNING. TWO SESSIONS WERE OFFERED FOR ATTENDEES,

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SO IT WAS A IT WAS A FUN MORNING. IT WAS A GREAT MORNING. A LOT OF A LOT OF GOOD WORK DONE. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK ON THAT. THEN ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK, WE CELEBRATED THE INAUGURAL EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARY MILESTONES LUNCHEON, RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEES WHO RECENTLY CELEBRATED A FIVE YEAR INCREMENTAL MILESTONE WITH THE CITY OF WACO, OUR HR, COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING, PARKS AND RECREATION AND PUBLIC WORKS TEAM PUT A PHENOMENAL EVENT ON AT THE TEXAS RANGER HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM'S KNOX HALL VENUE, WITH LUNCH PROVIDED BY 68 YEAR IN BUSINESS LA FIESTA, AND A PROGRAM FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER CHET GARNER OF THE EMMY AWARD WINNING TEXAS TRAVEL PROGRAM. THE DAY TRIPPER. EMPLOYEES RECEIVED COMMEMORATIVE CITY OF WACO STREET SIGNS WITH EMBLEMS TO RECOGNIZE EACH FIVE YEAR INCREMENT OF THEIR TENURE WITH THE CITY. THIS YEAR, WE CELEBRATED 34 EMPLOYEES WITH ANNIVERSARIES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF 25 TIME FRAME, RANGING FROM FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES ALL THE WAY TO A 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. IN FUTURE YEARS, WE'LL CELEBRATE EMPLOYEE MILESTONES FOR THE FULL CALENDAR YEAR. WE HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO SHOWCASING THE LUNCHEON AND RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEES, I BELIEVE.

CITY MANAGER HOLT. I'LL JUST POP IN TO SAY, REALLY ENJOYED THE GUEST SPEAKER AND THE INTENTIONALITY OF THIS EVENT. I THINK OUR HR DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT JOB WITH THIS. I THINK THE COMMS TEAM DID A GREAT JOB WITH THIS. IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE OUR CITY STAFF WHO ARE SO VALUABLE TO US AND WHO DO SUCH AMAZING WORK, OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED, HITTING EACH MILESTONE THERE FROM FIVE YEARS ONWARD. I THINK THOSE I HOPE THE FEEDBACK ON IT WAS GOOD, BUT THOSE CITY SIGNS WERE AMAZING. THE STREET SIGNS. THAT WAS SUCH A NICE TOUCH BY THE STREET DEPARTMENT, AND SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR OWN CITY MANAGER WHO HIT HIS 30 YEAR MARK AND I THINK WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE NEXT AT THE NEXT ONE. THIS MIGHT HAVE RECORD RECOGNIZE ABOUT THREE MONTHS WORTH OF MILESTONES. I THINK THE NEXT ONE WILL DO 12 MONTHS. SO THIS WAS A GREAT FIRST EVENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZING FOLKS LIKE THIS. THIS WAS A REALLY SPECIAL THING FOR OUR PEOPLE. YEAH, DEFINITELY A FUN LUNCHEON AND A NICE WAY TO COMMEMORATE IT TOO WITH THOSE SIGNS. AND YOU'LL BE ADDING AS THEY SPEND FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS TO GET MORE MEDALLIONS ON THERE.

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

THE EXHIBIT FEATURES STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS, INNOVATORS, AND TRAILBLAZERS WHO HAVE HELPED SHAPE OUR HISTORY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND ON FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK, OUR LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT DEPARTMENT, ALONGSIDE TRANSFORMATION WACO AND THE

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IT'S AMAZING. WE ALL KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THE SLIDE, BUT THE TWO OF THE STAFF MEMBERS DID. A WISE MAN ONCE TOLD ME IT STARTS IN PARKS. I. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE ARE FOUR INFORMAL REPORTS TODAY. INFORMAL REPORT 84 PROVIDES OUR 2025 RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FROM WACO PD. THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH DEL CARMEN CONSULTING TO COMPILE THE REPORT, WHICH PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF TEXAS STATE LAW AND ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF WACO DATA. IN 2025, THE CITY OF WACO RECEIVED ZERO RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINTS. INFORMAL REPORT NUMBER 85 PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON THE SEVENTH STREET PLAZA PROJECT. YOU MAY REMEMBER, THIS PROJECT STARTED AS A SUMMERTIME PILOT PROJECT FOR BRANDING AND ACTIVATION DOWNTOWN. FOLLOWING POSITIVE PUBLIC RECEPTION, ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE DESIGNATED FOR DESIGN AND ACTIVATION OF THE SPACE. THIS PROJECT IS NEARING COMPLETION, ALTHOUGH I HEARD TODAY IT'S COMPLETE. YEP, GOT A HEAD SHAKE BACK THERE. SO IT'S COMPLETE TODAY. AND CREATIVE WACO AND CITY CENTER WACO ANTICIPATE A MARCH RIBBON CUTTING TO CELEBRATE AND FORMALLY REOPEN THE SPACE. FANTASTIC INFORMAL REPORT 86 PROVIDES FISCAL YEAR 26 FIRST QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT. MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE COLIN BOOTH WILL COVER A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THIS REPORT IN HIS WORK SESSION PRESENTATION AS WELL. INFORMAL REPORT 87 PROVIDES THE DECEMBER 2025 MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT. THIS REPORT COVERS AN OVERVIEW OF MAJOR FUND PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS.

AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO ALSO NOTE THAT ON YOUR BUSINESS SESSION AGENDA, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR DOCTOR ROBERT DOYLE OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY IN HONOR OF HIS UPCOMING RETIREMENT. WE'LL DO THE PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT DOCTOR DOYLE HAS HAD ON THE LAKE WACO WETLANDS AND THE PROGRAMING THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. IN HIS TENURE, DOCTOR DOYLE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF AND WATER UTILITIES AND THE LAKE WACO WETLANDS IN HIS PRIOR ROLES AS THE DIRECTOR OF CENTERS FOR RESERVOIR AND

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AND WHAT I APPRECIATE IS PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND THROWING EVERY CHEMICAL THAT IS IN LEGAL AND IN EXISTENCE TO MAKE IT NOT STINK AS MUCH. BUT IT IS WHERE WE ARE.

AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. AND BECAUSE THIS WAS HOW OLD PARTS OF IT I SAW THE DATES ON PARTS OF IT BACK TO EARLY 1900S. AND YOU DON'T MEAN LIKE THE 80S, RIGHT? NO, NO. RIGHT. YEAH. AS THE KIDS WOULD SAY. YEAH. THE ACTUAL EARLY 1900S. SO WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME IT IS A HORRIBLE INCONVENIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS IT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO LEAD INTO OUR BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES AND NEW STUFF THAT WE HAVE. HOWEVER, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE WORKING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN WITH ALL THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE WE CAN'T. WHAT IS IT? YOU CAN'T GO UNDER THE EASEMENTS OF THE RAILROAD, AND WE'RE WORKING BOTH IN A RAILROAD EASEMENT AND IN A HIGHWAY EASEMENT THERE, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO WORK AROUND. SO OUR SCHEDULE IS NOT THE SCHEDULE OF THE RAILROAD. I'M SAYING ALL THIS. SO YOU SO YOU UNIVERSE, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IF IT COULD BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY, IT WOULD BE BECAUSE IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS APPEALING OR OR THAT WE WANT TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO FIX THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FIX, AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, DEALING WITH ALL OF THE OUTSIDE SOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. BUT I AM ANTICIPATING THAT THIS, THIS

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YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS THERE. PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE. WE HAD FOUR TORO GOLF MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, THREE CATERPILLAR BACKHOE LADDERS, THREE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION MOTORS, AND CATERPILLAR. CATERPILLAR HAUL TANK TRUCK. SO A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE. $2 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT THERE. BUT I KNOW THIS. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T DO THAT ON PURPOSE, BUT IT WAS UNUSUAL. AND THE OTHER THING I REALLY WANT TO BRING UP IN ALL SERIOUSNESS IS THE RESOLUTION ON, OH, 96. AND IT'S ABOUT A PARK THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON TONIGHT, DOWNTOWN AT 2301 AUSTIN AVENUE, ABOUT NAMING IT AFTER OUR FORMER MAYOR OF VIRGINIA, DUPUY. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT STAFF HAS DONE IN GETTING THIS PROJECT THIS FAR ALONG. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PARK DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THE CROSS STREETS? 23RD AND AUSTIN AVENUE, THAT LITTLE KIND OF POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THERE AND HONORING A PERSON I THINK A LOT OF AND WE ALL THINK A LOT OF VIRGINIA DUPUY, WHO IS JUST THE GRAND DAME OF OF OF WACO MAYORS AND HAS REALLY BEEN A AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US ON HOW TO HOW TO CIVILLY RUN A MEETING. AND, AND SHE'S JUST BEEN A GREAT PERSON. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HER AT THESE, AT THESE EVENTS. AND IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT.

YEAH. MAYOR, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER EWING AND I ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AS WELL AS THE WHOLE COUNCIL. AND I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AS WELL TO YOUR PREDECESSOR. MAYOR DILLON.

MEEK HAD BEEN A LONG ADVOCATE FOR THIS SITE AS A PARK, AND SO HE HE KIND OF HAD THE VISION FOR THIS. AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER EWING'S ADVOCACY FOR TURNING THIS LAND THAT IS NOT JUST IN THE FLOODPLAIN, IT'S IN THE FLOODWAY INTO A USABLE PARK SPACE THERE, IN KIND OF A GROWING AND REVITALIZING AREA OF THE AUSTIN AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THIS IS TECHNICALLY IN DISTRICT FOUR, BUT IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO PARTNER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER EWING ON THIS AND TO HONOR OUR LONGEST SERVING MAYOR, WHO IS TRULY A BELOVED CIVIC LEADER WHO HAS DEDICATED DECADES OF HER LIFE TO IN HUMBLE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO JUST WANTED TO TO LAY THAT. YEAH, I ECHO THAT SENTIMENT ENTIRELY AND REALLY, REALLY GLAD THAT WE GOT THE SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION TO TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. LONGEST SERVING MAYOR IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY APPROPRIATE TO TO HAVE A CEMENTED LEGACY PIECE LIKE THIS THAT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME. AND FRANKLY, WHILE THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR PROPOSALS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE CITY BEING STRATEGIC IN IDENTIFYING A PIECE OF OF LAND THAT IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE OR USABLE IN ANY, ANY, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM POSITIVE WAY OR IS PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE TO DO SO. AND BEING ABLE TO STEP UP AND STEP IN AND SAY, WE CAN MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO GIVE BIG KUDOS TO THE STAFF THAT WORKED REALLY HARD ON GETTING THIS DEAL ACROSS THE FINISH LINE INITIALLY, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT EASY. SO I SEE JONATHAN COOK HERE IN THE FRONT ROW. WANT TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT, BECAUSE I THINK WE ENGAGED ON THIS PROBABLY RIGHT WHEN I GOT BACK ON THE COUNCIL IN 23 AND CLOSED THE BOOK ON IT, YOU KNOW, LATE LAST YEAR. SO REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK OF

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ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE ON THE WORK SESSION ITEMS, GUYS? IS THAT EVERYTHING? CITY MANAGER HOLDEN ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES RESOLUTION 2026 OH 94 AND RESOLUTION 2026 OH 95 THROUGH RESOLUTION 2026 119.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT? OKAY, THEN THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES 20, 26, 94 AND THEN RESOLUTIONS 2026 OH 95 THROUGH RESOLUTION 2020 6-1 19, EXCEPT RESOLUTION 2026, DASH 119. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE BHARATHAN RESTRICTIONS ON THE ON ROUTING AND STUFF. AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BORDER HAS A A AFFIDAVIT OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST ON THAT ONE. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL AC THAT WAS FILED FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHASE. IT WILL BE RESOLUTION 102. RESOLUTION 102. COUNCIL MEMBER CHASE. HONORABLE GUY OVER HERE WILL PULL THAT. WHICH WHICH ONE IS THAT? NOT THAT IT MATTERS. I JUST LIKE TO KNOW. IT'S FOR THE WACO HOUSING AUTHORITY. ITEM ONE OF THE VOTES ON SUPPORT.

OKAY, GEORGE HAS A CONFLICT THERE OKAY. SO WE HAVE TWO. WE'RE GOING TO PULL 102 AND 119.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION ITEMS 2026 OH 88 THROUGH 91. CITY MANAGER HOLT, CAN YOU INTRODUCE THE FIRST WORK SESSION? YEAH, MAYOR. COUNCIL FOR OUR WORK SESSION.

FIRST WORK SESSION. ITEM NUMBER 88. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME JASON COOK, VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. MR. COOK IS HERE TO PRESENT ON SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE FOSTER PAVILION AND OTHER BAYLOR UNIVERSITY FACILITIES, AND VIEWERS MIGHT PAY ATTENTION AND NOTICE A FAMILY RESEMBLANCE TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER AS WELL. YES. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. AND PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME ABOUT PARKS, OKAY? IT'S GREAT TO BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TODAY. A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TO SHARE, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, ON BEHALF OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, A BIG THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF WACO FOR INVESTING IN FOSTER PAVILION AS AN ANCHOR TO THE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT. A THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN LIVE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

IT IS A STRONG SIGNAL OF A VIBRANT, EXCITING, ALIVE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL SEE IN A FEW MINUTES WE'RE MAKING GOOD ON OUR PROMISES THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE CITY AS PART OF THIS INVESTMENT. I AM SPEAKING NOT ONLY ON BEHALF OF BAYLOR, BUT ALSO ON BEHALF OF NOISE NEW MEDIA, AND THAT IS A MUSIC AGENCY OUT OF NASHVILLE THAT WE HAVE HIRED TO HELP US IN THIS, IN THIS WORLD IN TERMS OF BOOKING TALENT, BUT ALSO MARKETING TALENT, MARKETING, THE CITY MARKETING, FOSTER PAVILION AS WELL, AND THEY'VE JUST DONE INCREDIBLE WORK AND REALLY GOTTEN THE VISION OF AN INCREDIBLE CONCERT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER.

AS A BRIEF REMINDER, THE FOSTER PAVILION CONTRACT, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY HAS THREE MAIN BUCKETS. ONE IS WHAT WE CALL PERFORMANCE EVENTS, AND OVER A 730 DAY PERIOD, WHICH IS TWO DAYS, TWO YEARS FROM THE OPENING OF THE PAVILION, BAYLOR IS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE TEN PROFESSIONAL TICKETED ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS OVER THAT PERIOD. WE'LL REPORT OUT ON THOSE TODAY. THE SECOND THING IS BAYLOR IS REQUIRED TO HAVE TEN UNIVERSITY EVENTS AT FOSTER PAVILION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND THEN THIRD, WHICH THE COUNCIL IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH. COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE CITY HAS 25 DAYS PER YEAR OF ACCESS TO FOSTER PAVILION. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT PARTNERSHIP AND RECOGNITION OF THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS MADE IN THE FACILITY. SO LOOKING BACK ON 2025, JUST A RECAP OF THE CONCERTS THAT BAYLOR HOSTED, NOT JUST AT FOSTER PAVILION. THAT'S WHAT THE LITTLE F'S MEAN AFTER THE NAMES HERE, BUT JUST IN TOTAL. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEM OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT THAT WE'RE CREATING. FIRST WAS FORREST FRANK. THAT WAS OUR FIRST CONCERT THAT WE HAD AT THE PAVILION. I'M SURE EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE BOYS FROM OKLAHOMA. WE ACTUALLY REACTIVATED MCLEAN STADIUM, FULFILLED THE ORIGINAL VISION OF THAT FACILITY. MAJOR CONCERT THERE. WE HAD TY MYERS, WHICH IS A NATIONAL COUNTRY ARTIST AT HOWDY AT THE HEARD THAT WE HAVE LAUREN DAIGLE FOR FAMILY WEEKEND, COMEDIAN JEFF DUNHAM,

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THEN WE'RE FOR FAMILY WEEKEND. WE HAD LAUREN DAIGLE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS WE WELCOME BAYLOR FAMILIES AND PARENTS. NEAR THE START OF THE FALL SEMESTER. I DID MENTION TY MYERS EARLIER. JUST AN INCREDIBLE TALENT BASED IN AUSTIN FOR HOWDY AT THE HERD AND THEN JEFF DUNHAM, A COMEDIAN. YOU'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF TYPES OF ENTERTAINMENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT. JEFF DUNHAM IS ANOTHER BAYLOR ALUM. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS HE HAD BEEN INVITED TO COME BACK TO BAYLOR UNIVERSITY AND PERFORM. AND JEFF SAID IT MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME HE'S INVITED TO PERFORM AT FOSTER PAVILION.

BUT JUST A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATIVE OF BAYLOR AND JUST HAD AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE OF OF COMEDY AT FOSTER PAVILION. AND THEN LASTLY, WE FINISHED WITH TUCKER WETMORE. TUCKER WETMORE WAS NOMINATED AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION'S NEWCOMERS OF THE YEAR THIS PAST YEAR, AND HE WAS REPPING THE THE BAYLOR JERSEY QUITE WELL. I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE COULD DO THAT AND WEAR IT LIKE HE DID, BUT JUST A QUICK NOTE OF THE NATURE AND THE LEVEL OF TALENT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT TO THIS AREA. THESE ARE A-LIST TOURING NATIONAL PERFORMERS HERE. THIS IS A PICTURE OF HUDSON WESTBROOK AT THE AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. HE WILL BE AT FOSTER PAVILION IN IN APRIL. AND THE TOP RIGHT IS LAUREN DAIGLE. SHE ACTUALLY HOSTED THE AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS TUCKER WETMORE, WHO PERFORMED AT THAT NATIONAL EVENT. THESE PEOPLE WERE IN WACO, TEXAS, AND THEY'RE ALSO APPEARING ON NATIONAL STAGES. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT CALIBER OF TALENT INTO OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING WITH THE WITH THE PAVILION, ONE IS JUST THE ARENA SIZE AND KIND OF USE IT AS KIND OF THE THREE BEARS. IT'S EITHER A TOO SMALL OR IT'S TOO BIG OR IT'S JUST RIGHT AS PART OF THAT.

SO REALLY TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE PAVILION, THE TYPES OF ACTS WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR CAREER TRAJECTORY, AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE WE CAN HAVE AN AFFORDABLE TICKET FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ATTEND. AND THEN ALSO JUST RECOGNIZING THE THE ECOSYSTEM THAT FOSTER PAVILION EXISTS IN. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BRAZOS NIGHTS, WHICH, WHICH THE CITY INVESTED IN FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE THE HOT FAIR, WE HAVE THE BACKYARD, WE HAVE CAMP INFO, WE HAVE THE TEXAS MUSIC CAFE. SO AN INCREDIBLE ECOSYSTEM OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. BUT LOOKING AT HOW DO WE LEVERAGE FOSTER PAVILION SO WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER? THE SECOND THING IS JUST THE ARENA AVAILABILITY. IT'S HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON WHEN WE GET THE FOOTBALL AND THE BASKETBALL SCHEDULES. FROM THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID NOT RECEIVE THE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY, WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PLAN FALL SCHEDULES IN ADVANCE GIVEN THE LEVEL OF TALENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THEN FINALLY, JUST THE ANCILLARY COST, JUST TRYING TO GET OUR COSTS DOWN FROM A PRODUCTION STANDPOINT AND THE SUPPORT AROUND THE FACILITY, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD TRACK RECORD AFTER ONE YEAR, AND WE'RE MAKING SOME GREAT STRIDES THERE TO AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AFFORDABLE ENTERTAINMENT NOT ONLY FOR OUR GUESTS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. I SUSPECT EVERYONE HAS SEEN THE BILLBOARDS AND SAW THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT POST MALONE AND JELLY ROLL COMING TO MCLANE STADIUM IN MAY. THIS IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. POST MALONE AND JELLY ROLL ARE GLOBAL MUSIC ICONS, BOTH PLATINUM GRAMMY WINNER FOR FOR POST MALONE.

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SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT MEETING THOSE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WITH THE CITY. THAT IS, CONCLUDES MY REPORT. WELL FANTASTIC REPORT. THANKS. THANK YOU. JASON. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. COOK? HEY JASON. APPRECIATE THE REPORT. LOVE SEEING ACTIVATION DOWNTOWN.

YOU CAN DEFINITELY TELL WHEN YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOME OF THE BIGGER EVENTS ARE HAPPENING. YOU YOU GO DOWNTOWN AROUND THE SAME TIME AT ALL AND YOU KNOW CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO PARK. PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND. THERE'S THERE'S BUZZ, THERE'S EXCITEMENT, BOTH FOR THINGS HAPPENING AT THE FOSTER AS WELL AS ACROSS THE INTERSTATE THERE AT MCCLAIN. SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SORT OF FINDING THAT GOLDILOCKS ZONE FOR BOOKINGS WITH THE FOSTER. IS THERE ANY ANY STRATEGY OR I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE THE NEW NOISE OR NOISE, NEW MEDIA, NOISE NEW MEDIA IS, YOU KNOW, WELL VERSED IN SORT OF ARENAS OR STADIUMS THAT ARE ROUGHLY OUR SIZE IN MARKETS SIMILAR TO OURS WITH UNIVERSITY, MAYBE ALONG A, YOU KNOW, STATEWIDE THOROUGHFARE. IS THERE ANY SORT OF FINE TUNING OR STRATEGY? DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN ANY NUGGETS UNVEILED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO THAT YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT APPLYING TO THIS YEAR FOR, FOR MAYBE FINE TUNING THAT AND HITTING THAT GOLDILOCKS ZONE? YEAH, IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS IS VERY EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK COMING OFF OF COVID, THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH PENT UP DEMAND. AND THE ARTISTS ARE ARE DEMANDING SIGNIFICANT GUARANTEES. AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STUDENTS WE HAVE ON OUR CAMPUS, GEN Z IS ALL ABOUT EXPERIENCES AS PART OF THAT. SO WE WE DO HAVE A SWEET SPOT, WHICH WE THINK IS IS GOOD FOR THE FACILITY AND TARGETING THOSE AUDIENCE, THOSE ARTISTS, HEAVILY, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE COUNTRY OR THE CHRISTIAN OR THE HISPANIC, AFRICAN AMERICAN GENRES. WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PROSPECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND PEOPLE HIT ME UP ALL THE TIME WITH IDEAS. SO SO WE'LL CHASE THOSE DOWN FOR SURE. BUT WE DO FEEL WE HAVE A SWEET SPOT NOW FOR THE FACILITY. THAT'S GREAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DELINEATION IS, I KNOW FOR BOYS, FOR

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WE DID NOT SELL BEER AND WINE, BUT WE DID FOR JEFF DUNHAM AND TUCKER WETMORE AS WELL. WE WILL FOR HUDSON WESTBROOK COMING UP IN THE LAFAYETTE CONCERT. SO A LOT OF IT IS ARTIST DEPENDENT AS PART OF THAT. BUT THE UNIVERSITY IS VERY OPEN TO MAKING SURE WE GET SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND WELCOME THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE FULL CONCERT AMENITIES THERE. AWESOME. GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANKS. HEY JASON, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I WAS AT THE GLOBETROTTER GAME AND IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO SEE ALL OF THE FAMILIES THAT WERE ENGAGED. AND AND I MEAN, THE GLOBETROTTERS ARE AMAZING ANYWAY. AND THEY TOO ARE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF OF ENTERTAINING FOLKS WITH THEIR SKILLS. AND SO IT WAS REALLY A SIGHT TO SEE. I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND QUASI COMMENTS. SO JUST WALK WITH ME AS I'M I'M GOING THROUGH THIS. YOU MENTIONED THE BIG 12 SCHEDULE KIND OF BEING A HINDRANCE ABOUT SPECIFICS, YOU KNOW, BOOKING FOLKS. FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE, BUT I MEAN, AREN'T THEY TYPICALLY ABOUT THE SAME ANNUALLY? SO LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANDRE IS GOING TO HEY, ANDRE, I KNOW YOU'RE SINGING THIS CONCERT ON SEPTEMBER THE 6TH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE IN THIS AREA THE SIXTH THROUGH THE EIGHTH. AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THE GAME IS GOING TO BE. WHAT IS IT? IS IT THAT SPECIFIC OR IS IT AS YOU'RE TRYING TO KIND OF SET YOUR CALENDAR WITH THEMES OF WHO YOU WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING AROUND THAT? TELL ME WHAT THAT FRAMEWORK LOOKS LIKE? A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND IT IS A PUZZLE TO PUT TOGETHER. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOME AND AWAY, OR IS OUR FOOTBALL TEAM GOING TO BE ON THE AT HOME OR ON THE ROAD? THEN ONCE WE GET THE FULL SCHEDULE FROM THE BIG 12, WE'RE ABLE TO SET HOMECOMING. GOT IT. WE'RE ABLE TO SET FAMILY WEEKEND, OTHER OPEN DATES.

WE'LL HAVE AN OPEN DATE, SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO SCHEDULE A CONCERT THAT WOULD BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON A STUDENT POPULATION. STUDENT ATTENDANCE FOR FALL BREAK ON AN OPEN DATE.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE ALL THOSE PIECES IN PLAY. WE SET HOMECOMING AND THEN WE FILL AROUND FROM THAT. SINCE HOMECOMING IS SO BIG FOR BAYLOR IN THE COMMUNITY. SURE. AND YOU KNOW, IN, I GUESS, A GENERAL QUESTION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE, YOU KNOW, I-35 CORRIDOR AND THERE ARE MUSICIANS TRAVELING UP AND DOWN 35, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY AS AS COUNCIL MEMBER EWING MENTIONED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER HINDRANCES IN HOW YOU CHOOSE YOUR ARTISTS? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I REALIZE THAT BAYLOR IS BAYLOR AND THAT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF MUSIC THAT MAYBE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR WHICH ARE GREAT. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, AWARD WINNING ARTISTS AND THINGS, BUT THEY'RE MOSTLY COUNTRY OR THEY'RE MOSTLY I MEAN, ARE WE PLANNING TO DIVERSIFY THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THE. THE NAME OH LA FIESTA IS, IS COMING TO DO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE NECESSARILY TEJANO OR IF IT'S JUST LATIN MUSIC. I'M NOT FAMILIAR, BUT ARE THERE OTHER OTHER GROUPS THAT YOU KNOW? SO IF YOU'RE DOING JAZZ OR ARE YOU DOING ROCK OR ARE YOU DOING RAP OR ARE YOU DOING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T WANT US TO GET INTO THE PIGEONHOLE OF, YOU KNOW, OH, I'VE GOT A HISPANIC OR I'VE GOT A BLACK ACT. WHAT ARE WE DOING HOLISTICALLY? RIGHT. WE ARE LOOKING HOLISTICALLY. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SO WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT TOUCH POINTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST WITHIN BAYLOR AS PART OF THAT. AND AND I WILL TELL YOU, POST MALONE IS PROBABLY AS ABOUT AS FAR FROM THE BAYLOR BRAND CORE BRAND, INCREDIBLE ENTERTAINER AS PART OF THAT. SO WE HAD TO HAVE JELLY ROLL TO KIND OF BALANCE BALANCE IT OUT RIGHT AS PART OF THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T YOU KNOW, WE ARE COGNIZANT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTENT RELATED TO THAT. AND BUT I THINK THAT IT'S A PRETTY WIDE RUNWAY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

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SO, ANYTIME YOU WANT TO BRING IN AN OUTSIDE EVENT, YOU'VE GOT TO COVER THE FLOOR AS PART OF THAT SO THAT THAT HAS SOME ADDED EXPENSE. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO CRACK THAT NUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. YES. MAKE SURE YOU GIVE ME ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

JASON, THANKS SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. AND THE FOSTER PAVILION AND MCLANE STADIUM ARE TWO LIKE PREMIER VENUES, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK IN TRYING TO TRYING TO GET THESE TOP LEVEL ACTS. THESE ARE NEXT LEVEL, LIKE YOU SAY, POST MALONE, JELLY ROLL, EVEN I KNOW A BUNCH OF THEIR SONGS. THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW BIG THEY'RE. MY 15 YEAR OLD KNOWS ALL OF THEM AND I KNOW QUITE A FEW OF THEM. SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THOSE GUYS IN. IT MEANS A LOT TO THE CITY, NOT JUST FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT IMPACT, BUT ALSO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. I LOVE LIVE MUSIC AND I LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE. BUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE THE OKLAHOMA, THAT BIG ONE AT MCLEAN, I THINK EVERY HOTEL IN THE COUNTY WAS SOLD OUT IN DOWNTOWN. BUSINESSES WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS ROLLING. AND WE HOPE TO SEE THE SAME THING ON THESE, ON THESE BIG CONCERTS.

SO IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO THE CITY BECAUSE THAT'S TAX REVENUE FOR US AND FOR THE TAXPAYERS.

AND WE GET TO DO THINGS WITH THAT. AND I JUST IN A GREATER SCALE, I APPRECIATE THE THE TOWN AND GOWN RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY HAS WITH BAYLOR AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING DOWNTOWN TOGETHER ON THE ON THE RIVERFRONT AND THE DOWNTOWN OF BUSINESSES ALTOGETHER. WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH MCLEAN OR WHAT THE THE SCHOOL HAS DONE WITH MCLEAN AND FOSTER, YOU KNOW, NEARLY HALF A BILLION OF INVESTMENT YOU GUYS BELIEVE IN DOWNTOWN, IN THE CITY OF WACO, BELIEVES IN DOWNTOWN. SO WE'RE ALL PUSHING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. I LOVE TO SEE THAT ONE THING, BUT I THINK THE SAME KIND OF GENERAL QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT THE GOLDILOCKS KIND OF THE PERFECT DEAL AND MY PERSPECTIVE. I GREW UP OUTSIDE OF OMAHA AND IT WAS REALLY CLOSE. WE SAW ALL THE BIG ACTS BECAUSE CHICAGO WAS ON ONE SIDE, DENVER WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE. THEY HAD TO STOP HALFWAY IN BETWEEN. SO OMAHA SAW EVERYTHING. WITH WACO BEING SO CLOSE TO FORT WORTH AND DALLAS AND AUSTIN ARE YOU DO YOU ALSO HIT LIKE BLACKOUT TERRITORIES? AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IT'S GOT TO BE HARD. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT WE PULLED THIS ONE OFF WITH EL PASO. AND I GUESS LOUISIANA TYPICALLY. A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THE ARTISTS WILL HAVE A 90 MILE RADIUS, SO WE BUMP FORT WORTH LIKE 93 MILES

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YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT AND HIGHLIGHTING THINGS SUCH AS OUR FAITH AND LEADERS CONFERENCE, THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE STEAM CENTER, WHAT'S GOING ON AT FOSTER MCLEAN. AND WHEN YOU BOIL THAT DOWN IS IT'S REALLY CRITICAL CREATING SPACES AND PLACES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER. AND THAT'S WITH EVERY PROJECT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. AND I KNOW JUST THE OTHER WEEKEND STUFF GOING ON ALL AROUND TOWN, LIKE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, AND YOU FEEL THE VIBE AND YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT, AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THERE IS THAT EXCITEMENT STARTING TO BUILD IN AN AREA OF TOWN WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF DIRT MOVING AROUND.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT ALICE MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ PARK AND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS REGIONAL DESTINATION. TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A PROJECT OVERVIEW, GET EVERYONE UP TO SPEED, AND OBVIOUSLY TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND AND MILESTONES, AS THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT, BUT THEN REALLY CLARIFY AS WE'VE MOVED INTO FULL CONSTRUCTION PHASE, WHAT TO EXPECT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF IDEAS, SEEN SOME BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AND SOME FLYOVERS, BUT REALLY WANT TO GIVE A FIRM IDEA OF WHAT THIS PARK AND REALLY ALL THE AMENITIES THAT WILL BE FEATURED.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK THERE ARE A COUPLE CURRENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT WERE UP FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY, INVOLVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION ONGOING, AND THEN ALSO THE BUDGET AND SCOPE UPDATES AND SEE WHERE WE'RE HEADING AS WE'RE MOVING ON A TIGHT TIMELINE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS PART COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BRIEFLY, THE PROJECT OVERVIEW AND KNOW WE'VE GIVEN OVERVIEWS BEFORE, BUT REALLY HONING IN THAT, THERE IS NO DOUBT THIS IS A REGIONAL DESTINATION PARK. AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER NOW WITH THE NAME IN HONOR OF HER, MISS ALICE MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ, THE FIRST THING WAS ONE TO CREATE A PARK THAT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL ABILITIES. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE SAW A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF OUR SOUTH WACO NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO REALLY LOOK AT A SPOT TO CONNECT THIS PARK TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN THROUGH A VARIETY OF NATURE AND RECREATION. OVERALL, IT IS OUR LARGEST PARK INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY OF WACO HAS MADE. WITH THE $25.3 MILLION BUDGET. WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING IN JUST THE TYPE OF PARK THAT'S REALLY A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR CITY. I MENTIONED THAT CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE. WE DID END UP BREAKING GROUND OCTOBER OF 25, AND WE ARE ON TARGET FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. I MENTIONED BUILDING THAT PARK FOR ALL AND WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO HIGHLIGHT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE DIFFERENT AREAS IN OUR DOWNTOWN PARKS, BUT THAT ACCESSIBILITY, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO THROUGH THE LAYERS AND WE WANT ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ALL ABILITIES. BUT ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THIS PARK IS JUST HOW IT SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HEART OF WACO, AND SO IT WILL SERVE A COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL DESTINATION. YOU SEE THE MAP WITH THE RED STAR, WITH OUR YELLOW PARK LAND ALL AROUND IT. AND THAT'S A CONSTANT MISSION FOR US THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS IS AS WACO HAS GROWN, HOW DO WE ONE FOCUS ON PARKS THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALSO INTRODUCE NEW PARK PROPERTY INTO THE INVENTORY? WE STARTED IN 2022 AS THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CAME INTO PLACE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLOYD CASEY SITE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPONENTS. BUT WHERE THAT PUT US WAS THE IDENTIFICATION OF 30

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GOT THAT OUT TO BID. AND WE WERE HONORED, AS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT TO CELEBRATE A GROUNDBREAKING. BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BETTER THAN THE GROUNDBREAKING IS ALWAYS THAT RIBBON CUTTING. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THERE HERE SHORTLY. WHAT EXACTLY TO EXPECT? JUST FOR SOME REFERENCE, REALLY A COUPLE COMPONENTS TO HIGHLIGHT HERE. YOU HAVE CLAY AVENUE RUNNING DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE INTERSECTS WITH CLAY, THE FORMER FOOTBALL STADIUM AND RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE ON THE BOTTOM OFF OF THAT SLIDE. BUT WE REALLY HAVE CORE TWO AREAS, THE THE CURRENT TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEX, AND THEN OUR CORE PARK SITE. AND TO ZOOM IN ON THE CORE PARK SITE. WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THESE AMENITIES THAT WE'VE HAVE. AND I'M GOING TO FLIP BACK JUST REAL QUICK BECAUSE VISUALLY IT LOOKS PRETTY SMALL RIGHT THERE. BUT BUT MIND YOU, WE'RE DEALING WITH OVER 30 ACRES OF PROPERTY HERE. SO YOU ZOOM IN. AND REALLY THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PLAYGROUND WITH THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, EVERYTHING FROM AN ART COMPONENT, CULTURAL HERITAGE, BUT THEN ALSO A SENSORY AREA, ALL ABILITIES, ALL INCLUSIVE, JUST A DYNAMITE PLAYGROUND THAT NOT ONLY TELLS A STORY, BUT GIVES EVERYONE A DIFFERENT PLACE TO PLAY. AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. YOU SEE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT COMMUNITY LAWN. BE ABLE TO HOST SOME OF THESE CONCERTS, FESTIVALS, MUSIC EVENTS THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING IT ALL WHEELS COURSE INTO THE PORTFOLIO. THIS IS NOT JUST A SKATEBOARD COURSE LIKE WE HAVE AT SUL ROSS PARK, BUT IN ALL WHEELS COURSE FOR BICYCLES, SCOOTERS, EVEN WHEELCHAIRS A PUMP TRACK TO GET SOME MOMENTUM GOING. ALSO WITH SOME ARTISTIC COMPONENTS AS WELL. WE HAVE SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS, SOME FOOTBALL SOCCER COURTS, COMBOING IN WITH SOME BASKETBALL COURTS OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND THEN MOVING TO THE LEFT SIDE, OUR MAIN PLAZA PAVILION THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR MULTIPLE RENTALS AT A TIME AND ALSO HOST UP TO 150 PEOPLE. BUT AN INTERACTIVE FOUNTAIN AS WELL THAT WILL BE ILLUMINATED IN THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THAT FOUNTAIN FLOW OVER TO OUR NATURE ZONE, TO WHERE WE HAVE A DETENTION WETLAND AREA THAT WILL BASICALLY FILTER THROUGH THE CREEK BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE CREEK, AND ALSO CREATING THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. VERY IMPORTANT AS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEX AND REALLY TAP INTO THAT OVERFLOW PARKING ON THAT SIDE OF THE PARK AS WELL. SO A LOT GOING ON IN THAT PARK, AND IT'S BEEN FAST AND FURIOUS. AND WITH THAT, DEFINITELY WANTED TO BRING IN THE EXPERT AND GIVE CREDIT AS STERLING HILL AND THE CUMMINGS GROUP HAS REALLY STEPPED IN ON THIS PROJECT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK AND ON BUDGET AND AMAZING JOB OF WORKING WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND CITY STAFF TO COLLABORATE. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO STERLING TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A DIAL IN INTO THE CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICS. AWESOME. THANKS, JONATHAN. THANKS YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME, STERLING HILL, WITH THE COMING GROUP. AND WE ARE REALLY THANKFUL TO GET TO STAND ALONGSIDE THE CITY, TO STAND ALONGSIDE JONATHAN AND HIS STAFF IN THIS PROJECT. AND WE WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE MADE SOME IMPRESSIVE PROGRESS. YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE SOME VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION HERE SOON. IN THE LATE SPRING. SO REALLY, I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE PROGRESS AND THEN BUDGET PROGRESS. I WON'T I WON'T BURY THE LEAD. WE ARE ON BUDGET AND ON SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT. WE PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. AS JONATHAN SAID, STARTING IN LATE FALL. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HIT OUR TIMELINE AND FINISH THIS YEAR ON BUDGET. SO JUST SOME QUICK CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES RIGHT NOW. IF YOU DRIVE DRIVE BY THE SITE, WHICH I HOPE YOU WILL, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF BIG EQUIPMENT. WE'VE GOT SITE UTILITIES GOING IN, A LOT OF EXCAVATION WORK. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BIG DIRT PILES AND CULVERTS GOING IN, SOME CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE GOING IN AT OUR POND AREAS AND MAKING JUST A LOT OF PROGRESS ON SITE. LIKE I SAID, KIND OF TOWARDS SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION OF OUR RESTROOM BUILDINGS AND MASONRY WORK ONGOING. WE'RE STARTING NOW SOME SOME OF THE FOUNDATION WORK WE CUT CUT ACROSS THE CREEK THERE AND WE'LL START DRILLING PIERS. SO A LOT A LOT OF PROGRESS ON SITE.

SOME OF THE MORE I GUESS FUN ITEMS WILL HAPPEN TOWARDS SUMMER, LATE SUMMER WITH THE SKATE PARK AND SPLASH PAD AND A PLAYGROUND INSTALLATION HAPPENING. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY COGNIZANT IN LONG LEAD ITEMS. THAT'S OFTEN WHAT YOU GET IN TROUBLE WITH AND CONSTRUCTION

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AND SO WE WERE STRATEGICALLY ABLE TO TO SAVE MONEY AND TIME BY USING THE DIRT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND NOT BUYING MORE DIRT DIRT'S EXPENSIVE. SO JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE CITY, HOW WE'VE STRATEGIZED TOGETHER, HOW WE'VE USED THESE TWO PROJECTS IN CONCERT TO SAVE MONEY AND TIME. AND WE FEEL THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT RISK, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND SCHEDULE WISE. THERE'S NO CURRENT RISK TO THE PROJECT BESIDES US MITIGATING AND REMOVING THAT WASTE FROM THE SITE. SO I WANT TO DRILL DOWN KIND OF INTO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY FROM A VALUE ENGINEERING STANDPOINT AND THEN FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT. SO OBVIOUSLY PROTECTING OUR SCHEDULE. BUT THE BUDGET IS CRITICAL ALWAYS. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY IS REALLY THE CULMINATION OF A FEW MONTHS OF WORK WITH MILLS DEVELOPMENT AND THE DESIGN TEAM. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A CREDIT CHANGE ORDER FROM MILLS CONSTRUCTION OF JUST OVER $325,000. AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW ITEMS IN THIS CHANGE ORDER THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOME DUCKS THROUGH DESIGN PROCESS AND THROUGH JUST US REALLY WORKING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM COLLECTIVELY. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE ADDING TO MITIGATE SOME OF THIS WASTE DISPOSAL THAT WE HAD TO INCUR UNEXPECTEDLY. SO WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT TO THE GOOD WITH ALL OF THESE EXPOSURES. AND WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS LOCK IN A SCOPE FOR THE TRACK AND FIELD IN APRIL. SO LAST LAST TIME WE MET, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRACK AND FIELD SCOPE THINGS STAYING CENTRAL TO THE PROJECT. AND SO WE WERE STRATEGIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT. AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU WANT JUST TO SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS. WE SET ASIDE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT TRACK AND FIELD ALLOWANCE OF JUST OVER $2.2 MILLION. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT. WE ALSO STRATEGICALLY PUT A CONTINGENCY FOR US TO CONTROL AT THE CITY LEVEL FOR UNKNOWNS LIKE THE CLASS TWO WASTE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO REMOVE. AND SO THESE NUMBERS ARE CURRENT OF WHAT YOU WILL SEE TODAY AT COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE CREDIT CHANGE ORDER FROM DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAUL OFF CHANGE ORDER FROM INLAND SMITH INLAND ENGINEERING. AND SO THESE ARE CURRENT TODAY NUMBERS. AND SO WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO OVER THE NEXT MONTH IS WORK TOWARDS A FINALIZED SCOPE WITH THE TRACK AND FIELD. SO WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE

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THOSE ARE BUDGETARY CONTROL DEVICE. WE HAVE ABOUT 4.8 MILLION IN ENCUMBRANCES FOR THE GENERAL FUND. WHEN WE REMOVE THOSE, WE'RE AT 29%. SO WE GO FROM 31 DOWN TO 29%. WHEN WE REMOVE THOSE ENCUMBRANCES, 61% OF OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET HAS BEEN USED FOR VEHICLE PARTS, MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT AND PARKS PARTS MAINTENANCE. WE ANTICIPATE THOSE BEING ON TRACK THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR. OUR ABOUT 83% OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN SPENT OR ENCUMBERED IN THE CONTRACTS LINE. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IN THAT CATEGORY ON YOUR SCREEN. THESE CONTRACTS WOULD INCLUDE PAYMENTS AND ENCUMBRANCES TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. CREATIVE WACO, MCLENNAN COUNTY TAX OFFICE. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS THAT ARE PAID AND ENCUMBERED IN THESE NUMBERS AS WELL. SO THAT'S ON TRACK. OUR CAPITAL BUDGETS AT 57%, THAT'S ON BUDGETED EXPENSES. THOSE ONE TIME EXPENSES FOR MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE, FIXTURES. ALSO. FINALLY, AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE OUR ESTIMATED ENDING GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE AT 1231. AGAIN, THESE ARE ESTIMATED AND UNAUDITED NUMBERS, BUT WE ARE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 58,795,000. THAT'S OVER OUR 27% RESERVE AMOUNT, 27.5% RESERVE AMOUNT BY 1.543 MILLION.

I HAD A QUESTION ON THIS ONE, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED ON THIS PAGE, BUT CAN WE IN OUR GO FORWARD QUARTERLY LOOK WHERE WE HAVE PROPERTY TAXES AT 22 621 I THINK THIS IS YOUR TOTAL DIVIDED BY 12 TIMES THREE OR WHATEVER. YES, SIR. CAN WE CONFORM THAT TO THE NEXT PAGE WHICH YOU'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT, TO SHOW WHAT WE ACTUALLY THINK IS GOING TO COME IN. SO WE HAVE A BETTER COMP? SURE. YEAR OVER YEAR. I'LL MAKE A NOTE. I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.

I THINK WE'RE RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. I LIKE THE NEXT SLIDE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE'RE SHOWING WE'RE BASICALLY RIGHT ON TOP OF RIGHT ON TOP OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE. THIS ONE JUST KIND OF ISN'T AS ACCURATE AS THE NEXT PAGE. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE DO LIKE THOSE WEIGHTED AVERAGES ON THE PROPERTY TAX AND THE SALES TAX AND OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES, BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEA AS AS YOU'RE SAYING. ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE WHERE WE HAVE BUDGETED OUR INTEREST REVENUE AT A MILLION 555 THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, AND WE CLEARLY ARE, YOU KNOW, THE RATES HAVE DROPPED. AND SO WE'VE GOT 834 IN THEIR ACTUAL ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE BUDGETED WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT RECASTING A BUDGET SHOWING OF THAT INCREMENT. LET ME SEE. THAT'S GOING ABOUT 700 A QUARTER. THAT'S ABOUT 3 MILLION FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. SO WELL SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I THINK SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE RECEIVING OF THE INTEREST PAYMENTS. WHEN WE GET OUR SEMIANNUAL INTEREST PAYMENTS COMING, COMING BACK IN. SO YES, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND SPEAKING OF PROJECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO REPROJECT THIS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PROJECTIONS ON OTHER REVENUES AND EXPENSES THAT OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT IS IS DOING.

BUT YES, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND REPROJECT INTEREST BECAUSE IT IS OFF PACE, AS YOU'VE NOTED, AND IT DIDN'T PUT YEAR OVER YEAR WAS WHERE I WAS KIND OF GOING OFF TO. WE'RE SHOWING 834 ACTUAL. LAST YEAR IT WAS 900, ROUGHLY THE SAME, BUT FOR SOME REASON WE HAD PROJECTED THAT ALMOST DOUBLE THAT AND I COULDN'T. I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME RECONCILING WHAT THAT WAS. ANYWAY, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

LOOKING AT OUR PROPERTY TAX SLIDE, WE'VE COLLECTED 40% OF CURRENT YEAR COLLECTIONS YEAR TO DATE. AS YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE TRACKING ON A MONTHLY BASIS THAT 40% IT'S 40.9% CUMULATIVE COLLECTED YEAR TO DATE. THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE THAT WE'VE COLLECTED THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR OUR PROPERTY TAXES ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND COMPARE THAT TO OUR $89,723,000 BUDGET. OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS. IF YOU LOOK UP AT THE TOP LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE JANUARY PAYMENT FOR TRANSACTIONS, SALES TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN NOVEMBER. SO THAT IS RAMPING UP FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. SO WE'RE 6.8%, UP 6.8% TO BUDGET FOR NOVEMBER AGAIN AT THE TOP LEFT. AND THEN WE'RE 11% UP BASED ON THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. SO THAT TIME PERIOD FOR LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S GOOD. OUR

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SO THAT LARGE AUDIT ADJUSTMENT WHEN WE TAKE THAT OUT, CURRENT COLLECTIONS WERE UP 3.7%. SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO NORMALIZE THAT AND TAKE OUT THOSE LARGE ONE TIME AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS. SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD NEWS ON FEBRUARY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR SALES TAX PROJECTIONS THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE OUR TWO MONTHS THAT WE'VE GOT IN IN HERE SO FAR WE'RE PROJECTING. WE'VE GOT A $60,430,000 BUDGET. WE'RE PROJECTING 63.884 MILLION. SO THAT'S 5.7% HIGHER. AND AGAIN, WITH THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY, THAT PROJECTION WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. BUT AGAIN, WE ALWAYS WANT TO CAUTION WITH SALES TAXES BECAUSE WHENEVER THINGS TURN DOWN, OUR SALES TAXES CAN REALLY RESTRICT. SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE DEFINITELY MONITOR ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SO WHAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT DO YOU HAVE IT THE DECEMBER NUMBER. THEN WE COULD FILL IT IN I DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL WITH ME. I JUST HAVE THE PERCENTAGES WITH ME. SO I APOLOGIZE. BUT WE'LL WE'LL GET THAT NUMBER OUT TO YOU ALL. GOT IT. THANKS. LOOKING AT OUR WATER FUND, OUR QUARTER ONE REVENUES ARE AT 24% OF BUDGET.

THAT'S ABOUT 6% LOWER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. OUR PRIMARY DRIVER FOR OUR REVENUES ARE OUR METERED WATER SALES. AND I'VE GOT A SLIDE RIGHT AFTER THAT, RIGHT AFTER THIS FOR JUST TO TALK ABOUT METERED WATER SALES. WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER REVENUES IN HERE. SO WE'VE GOT A BULK WATER SALES REVENUE. IT'S CALLED OTHER WATER SALES. THAT'S TRENDING ABOVE EXPECTATIONS DUE TO HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED BULK WATER ACTIVITY. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. OVERALL, OUR EXPENSES ARE JUST BELOW OUR QUARTER ONE BENCHMARK JUST RIGHT AT 24. WE'VE GOT ENCUMBRANCES OF ABOUT $1.3 MILLION IN OUR 15.838 MILLION YEAR TO DATE EXPENSES, SUPPLIES AND PURCHASE PROPERTY SERVICES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER DUE TO ENCUMBRANCES FOR WATER TREATMENT, CHEMICALS AND STREET MAINTENANCE EXPENSES. WE EXPECT THAT THESE CATEGORIES ARE GOING TO REMAIN ON TRACK THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR UNLESS SOMETHING, SOMETHING CHANGES.

ESTIMATED UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS ABOUT $40 MILLION. THAT'S 20.5 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE MINIMUM RESERVE POLICY AMOUNT. LOOKING AT OUR METERED WATER SALES, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE, OUR BUDGET FOR MAJOR WATER SALES IS 62.961 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT OFF PACE, $806,000 LOWER. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS, I THINK ONE OF THE DRIVERS BEHIND THAT IS PRECIPITATION. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION NUMBERS, PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2025 COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME PERIOD AS LAST YEAR. AND AS YOU KNOW, PRECIPITATION CAN AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF WATER SALES THAT YOU HAVE. SO THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE REASONS BEHIND SOME OF THESE NUMBERS HERE. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR WASTEWATER FUND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR YEAR TO DATE REVENUES ARE 19.5 MILLION OR 26% OF BUDGET. THAT'S ABOUT 10% HIGHER THAN THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. MOST OF THESE REVENUES COME FROM OUR CHARGES FOR WASTEWATER SERVICES. THOSE ARE PERFORMING SLIGHTLY ABOVE WITH WITH A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF ABOUT 821,000. WE'VE GOT A $2.2 MILLION BUDGET IN OTHER SEWER CHARGES. THOSE ARE HOLDING STRONG. WE'VE GOT NO UNUSUAL REVENUE SPIKES OR SHORTFALLS IN THE WASTEWATER FUND. OUR REVENUES ARE TRENDING SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF BUDGET. THE FUNDS ON PACE TO MEET OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED THE ANNUAL REVENUE TARGET. AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AS THE BUDGET TEAM IS PREPARING, PROJECTIONS WILL HAVE TIGHTER AND TIGHTER NUMBERS AS WE KIND OF GO ALONG. SO THESE ARE KIND OF PRELIMINARY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. EXPENSES ARE OVERALL EXPENSES ARE LOWER THAN THE FIRST QUARTER BENCHMARK AT 19%. THE FULL AMOUNT OF OUR TRANSFER YOU CAN SEE IN OUR TRANSFERS LINE, IT'S A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF EXPENSES, PRIMARILY DUE TO DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS. THOSE TRANSFERS ARE MADE ON FEBRUARY 1ST AND AUGUST 1ST IN ANTICIPATION IN ANTICIPATION OF THOSE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS. THE REST OF

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AND SO THAT TAKES OUT SOME OF THAT PRECIPITATION VARIABLE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE WATER CHARGES ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. LOOKING AT OUR SOLID WASTE FUND, OUR TOTAL ACTUAL REVENUES ARE AT 23% OF BUDGET. WE'VE GOT THESE BROKEN DOWN INTO DIFFERENT REVENUE CATEGORIES SUCH AS COMMERCIAL COLLECTIONS, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS, ROLL OFF COLLECTIONS, THOSE TYPES OF REVENUES. WE'VE HAD A SLIGHT, VERY SLIGHT MINOR DECREASE IN COMMERCIAL COLLECTIONS, HOWEVER, THAT'S OFFSET BY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS. BUT WE ANTICIPATE OUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY AHEAD AT YEAR END. SO EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK WITH WITH THESE MAJOR REVENUE CATEGORIES. OUR EXPENSES FOR TOTAL ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND ENCUMBRANCES ARE AT 29%. WE HAVE 3.6 MILLION ENCUMBERED HERE. WHEN YOU REMOVE THOSE, WE'RE AT 20% OF BUDGET. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THE CONTRACT SERVICES FOR THE TRANSFER STATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, LITTER ABATEMENT, PERMIT FEES, LANDFILL COSTS, THOSE ARE ALL IN A LOT OF THOSE.

NOT ALL OF THEM. A LOT OF THEM ARE ENCUMBERED. IN YOUR YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, ESTIMATED UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS 9.564 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE THAT'S UNDER OUR 27.5% ESTIMATED RESERVE AMOUNT 139,000. THAT'S LESS THAN THAT RESERVE POLICY BENCHMARK.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THESE EXPENSES ENCUMBERED TO BE SPENT OVER TIME AND OVER THE YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING OUR REVENUES. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK THERE IN A POSITIVE STATE ON ON THIS FUND. BUT BUT WE WANTED TO REPORT WHAT THAT FUND BALANCE IS THERE LIKE WE DO FOR THE OTHERS. QUICK QUESTION ON JUST THE CHARGES FOR SERVICES THAT WE ARE BEHIND LAST YEAR'S YEAR TO DATE, AND WE'RE 9% BEHIND BUDGET ON REVENUE SOURCES, IS THAT OF ANYTHING TO DO WITH KIND OF SWITCHING OVER THE THE LANDFILL FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER, OR HOW TELL ME HOW WE SHOULD BE READING THAT AND WHY SHOULDN'T BE PAYING THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THE ANSWER'S YES. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A TIMING DELAY WITH THE REVENUES FROM THE NEW TRANSFER STATION. WE'LL TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT. BUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I THINK I DO REMEMBER HEARING THAT THERE MIGHT BE A SLIGHT DELAY. DO YOU SEE WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT? YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE WERE PROJECTING 8.5 MILLION OF REVENUE AND WE ONLY HAD 7.7. YEP, ABSOLUTELY. WE WERE GETTING A HEAD NOD FROM CODY IN THE BACK SAYING YES, THAT'S TRUE. YEAH, BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME REVENUE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OR OUR FIRST FISCAL QUARTER. IS THAT RIGHT, CODY? FROM THE NEW ONE. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. LOOKING AT OUR DRAINAGE FUND, OUR TOTAL BUDGETED REVENUES ARE AT 8.1 MILLION. COLLECTIONS. AT 2.3 MILLION, IT'S 29% COLLECTED. SO THAT'S SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. AND IT'S REALLY DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE THE FEE CHANGES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THE FY 26 BUDGET. SO IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD A DRAINAGE FEE DECREASE OFFSET BY AN INCREASE IN STREET FEES. AND SO WE'RE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF REVENUES HERE BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THAT FEE INCREASE BEING ON JANUARY 1ST OF 2026. YOU'LL SEE THE

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WE'RE OVER OUR MINIMUM RESERVE POLICY AMOUNT BY 5.347 MILLION IN IN THIS FUND. TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE CAMERON PARK ZOO FUND, OUR TOTAL ACTUAL REVENUES ARE AT 18% OF BUDGET.

SO IT'S SLIGHTLY BELOW BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN, IN IN THE YEAR. IN TERMS OF ZOO ADMISSION, THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE SEASONAL TIMING. YOU KNOW, ZOO'S NOT YET REACHED THEIR HIGHER DEMAND SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS IN TERMS OF EXPENSES. SO WE WOULD KIND OF EXPECT THAT HERE. SO WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THAT TO BE AN ISSUE. WE'RE EXPECTING ZOO ADMISSION REVENUE TO STRENGTHEN ITS PEAK. VISITATION BEGINS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE GET INTO THE TO THE SPRING AND THE SUMMER. WHEN WE LOOK AT EXPENSES, WE'RE OUR BUDGET IS 8.4 MILLION. ACTUAL EXPENSES ARE 2.3. ACTUAL SPENDING IS ABOUT 27%. AGAIN, OUR PURCHASE SERVICES, WE'VE GOT THE TIMING AND THE EXPENSES FOR THE PROPERTY, THE AUTO AND THE GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.

AND THEN OUR PURCHASE PROPERTY SERVICES IS AT 12%. WE'VE GOT UTILITY CHARGES ARE TRENDING LOWER THAN EXPECTED. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AS WELL. THE FUND BALANCE AT 1231 OF 25, ESTIMATED TO BE 5.167 MILLION. THIS IS ONE WHERE I GET A LITTLE CONCERNED ON IT, TOO. WHEN WE'RE UNDER BUDGET BY MARGINALLY, ALMOST 40% IN REVENUE IN CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

AND THEN ALSO UNDER LAST YEAR, YEAR OVER YEAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDER AS WELL. YES, BOTH IN MARCH AND CHARGES. SO I DON'T KNOW. WE NEED TO DO A DEEPER DIVE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF IT'S SEASONAL, BUT IT'S NOT PROVEN OUT TO BE SEASONAL. IF WE'RE BEHIND YEAR OVER YEAR. RIGHT AS WELL. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND WE'VE GOT THE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS, I THINK, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, YEAR TO DATE ATTENDANCE IS THIS YEAR IS SLIGHTLY BEHIND YEAR TO DATE ATTENDANCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. BUT WE CAN ALSO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT AS WELL BECAUSE WE TRACK THOSE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS. HAD SOME GOOD INFORMATION IN THE INFORMAL REPORT TOO, THAT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON IT. ABSOLUTELY.

YES, SIR. AND IN THAT INFORMAL REPORT, THERE IS SOME OF THE SLIDES RELATED TO SOME OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN TERMS OF OF ATTENDANCE FOR THIS AND THE TEXAS RANGER HALL OF FAME AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. RIGHT. COTTONWOOD CREEK GOLF COURSE FUND, OUR TOTAL ACTUAL REVENUES ARE AT 24% OF BUDGET. OUR MAJOR REVENUES AT THE GOLF COURSE ARE ON TRACK, WITH NO MAJOR VARIANCES FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR. OUR NET MERCHANDISE SALES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. WE'VE GOT ABOUT A 10% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. OUR EXPENSES, OUR TOTAL BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ARE ACTUAL ARE AT 39% OF BUDGET.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 628,000. IN ENCUMBRANCES. WE REMOVE THOSE ENCUMBRANCES. WE'RE AT 21%.

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES INCLUDE FULL YEAR ENCUMBRANCES FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING. WE ALSO HAVE THOSE INSURANCE PAYMENTS THAT I'VE MENTIONED EARLIER, ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE AT YEAR END IS -$380,680. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU EXCLUDE THOSE ENCUMBRANCES, WE'RE IN A POSITIVE STATE. BUT AGAIN, AS WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT OUR REVENUES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK IN A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE SCENARIO BY THE END OF THE YEAR. OUR AIRPORT FUND, OUR TOTAL ACTUAL REVENUES ARE AT 27% OF BUDGET. WE'VE GOT YEAR TO DATE PARKING FEES ARE EMBEDDED IN THESE NUMBERS. SO WE HAVE $44,470 RECEIVED IN THIS QUARTER FOR PARKING FEES. SO THAT'S OUR NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT Y'ALL WILL RECALL FROM DISCUSSIONS LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE PROJECTING THAT TO BE AROUND $200,000 BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S A NICE REVENUE PICKUP. OUR YEAR TO DATE CARGO HANGAR FEE REVENUE IS ALSO HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED. IT'S AT 74% OF BUDGET. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS THERE. THE AIRPORT FUND EXPENSES ARE AT 43% OF BUDGET. WHEN YOU TAKE OUT THOSE ENCUMBRANCES FOR THE YEAR, WE'RE AT 29%. OUR OTHER PURCHASE SERVICES EXPENSES ARE AT 88% OF BUDGET, PRIMARILY DUE AGAIN TO THE FULL YEAR OF THE INSURANCE PAYMENTS. TRAVEL AND

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SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT. THE EXPENSES. TOTAL BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ARE 2 MILLION, WITH ACTUAL EXPENDITURES OF 466,000. THAT'S 23% OF THE BUDGETED EXPENSES. AGAIN, THE PROPERTY AND INSURANCE INSURANCE PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE HERE AS WELL. THE REMAINDER OF THE HALL OF FAME EXPENSES ARE ON TRACK OR LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED. FOR Q1. WE HAVE A POSITIVE ENDING FUND BALANCE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF YOUR SLIDE OF 275,000 AT 1231 OF 25, AND THEN FINALLY OUR STREET MAINTENANCE FEE FUND, OUR YEAR TO DATE REVENUES ARE 5 MILLION, WHICH IS 21% OF BUDGET. AGAIN, THAT'S SLIGHTLY LOWER DUE TO THE TIMING OF THAT FEE ADJUSTMENT THAT CAME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST. SO THAT'S BEING PHASED IN. AND SO THAT'S WHY THESE REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY LOWER, BECAUSE WE HAD THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE INCREASE FOR FY 26. TOTAL EXPENSES ARE 24.8. EXCUSE ME. TOTAL BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ARE 24.8 MILLION. ACTUAL EXPENDITURES ARE 13 MILLION. SO THAT'S 53% OF THE BUDGET SPENT. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THAT IS THE TRANSFER OUT. IT'S 98%. SO WE TOOK A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE FUND BALANCE IN THIS FUND, TRANSFERRED IT OVER TO THE STREET MAINTENANCE CIP FUND TO SET ASIDE FOR STREET MAINTENANCE FEE FOR STREET MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS, SO THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CAN CONTINUE WITH THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THOSE STREET MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT LARGE EXPENSE AS A TRANSFER OUT THERE. WE'RE STILL 6.2 MILLION OVER IN FUND BALANCE. WHEN WE CLOSE OUT THE AUDIT AND HAVE THE FINAL FUND BALANCE, I ANTICIPATE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER TRANCHE OF MONEY BEING MOVED OVER THERE TO AGAIN, SET ASIDE THAT MONEY FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS. YOU MAY HAVE HIT ON IT, BUT THE THE CHARGES FOR SERVICES, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE KIND OF LINEAR, THAT TWO BUCKS PER MONTH OR WHATEVER, THAT WE'RE OFF BY.

WE'VE ONLY ACCRUED OR COLLECTED 496,000. WE BUDGETED A MILLION FOR AND CAN MAYBE I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WITH THAT QUESTION. DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? OUR BUDGET WAS 1 MILLION FOR. YEP. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'VE ONLY HAD 500,000. RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. SO WE PROJECTED THE BUDGET BASED ON THE FULL YEAR OF THE FEE INCREASE. I THINK ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE IT WAS $2 PER MONTH FEE INCREASE. YEAH. SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND SO BECAUSE THAT FEE INCREASE BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1ST, THAT'S CAUSING US TO BE TO BE BEHIND. BUT YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, WE CAN SIT DOWN AND DO A DEEPER DIVE ON THAT. YEAH. CAN WE CLEAN THAT ONE UP TOO? BECAUSE IF IT'S I GUESS IN MY BUDGETING CAREER, I DO NOT LIKE THINGS DIVIDED BY 12 AND LIKE THROWN IN THERE. IF WE HAVE BETTER SCIENCE ON SEASONALITY IN A BUDGET AND WE CAN COMPARE THAT TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING, I THINK IT ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. RIGHT? OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND AT THIS TIME I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. AND I APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION THIS AFTERNOON. ANY QUESTIONS GUYS. GREAT REPORT. AND WE KIND OF DOUBLED UP ON THE INFORMAL REPORT THAT HAS EVEN GREATER DETAIL. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT COLUMN. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU'LL BE GETTING THAT INFORMAL REPORT MONTHLY. SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF. Y'ALL WILL BE GETTING THAT MONTHLY. WE'LL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION QUARTERLY FOR YOU ALL. SO FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BLUE IN THE BACK THERE TOO. YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS. ALRIGHT. APPRECIATE IT COLIN. THE NEXT ITEM IS WORK SESSION 2026 OH 91 RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR SOME HOUSING PROJECTS. CITY MANAGER HOLT.

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GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER HOLT, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE REQUEST FOR RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR THE 2026 HOUSING HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. PRESENTATION. I'LL GIVE A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING VERSUS MARKET RATE HOUSING. I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME LOCATION OF PREVIOUS PROJECTS, AS WELL AS PROJECTS THAT ARE REQUESTING RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT. THE IMPACTS TO THE STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN, AS WELL AS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS. AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A UNIT THAT IN WHICH SOMEONE SPENDS NO MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR GROSS MONTHLY INCOME TOWARDS HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDES UTILITIES AS WELL. WELL, A MARKET RATE UNIT HAS NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RENT OR INCOME LEVEL FOR THE OCCUPANT. NOW HERE WE HAVE A MAP SHOWING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS PROJECTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY AND RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM TDCA AND TAX CREDITS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTS THAT RECEIVED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND DID NOT RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM TDCA. NOW, IF YOU NOTICE ON THE MAP, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PROJECT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE AN AWARD. AFTER RECEIVING A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. NOW THIS MAP SHOWS THE REQUESTS THAT YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING TODAY FOR 2026. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE TWO WITHIN THE CORE OF THE CITY AND ONE IN THE ETJ. SO THE FIRST PROJECT I'LL BE DISCUSSING IS THE TRAILS APARTMENTS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GURLEY AND 21ST STREET. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT PROJECT IS, IT IS ADJACENT TO THE COVE ON 21ST STREET. IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DEVELOPMENT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, WITH YOURS TRULY CUSTOM HOMES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 21 LOTS AND SOUTH WACO ELEMENTARY. NOW THIS PROJECT ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY $22 MILLION, IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO 121 AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS FOR FAMILIES. NOW. PROPOSED AMENITIES WITHIN THIS PROJECT INCLUDE ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES, WALK IN CLOSETS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES, AREAS AND BUSINESS SPACE. THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE IS A PICTURE OF AVANTI VIKING HILLS, WHICH THIS DEVELOPER MADHOUSE DEVELOPMENT IS THE ONE WHO DID THAT PROJECT BACK IN 2025. HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR OF THOSE UNITS, AS WELL AS PHOTOS OF THE COMMON AREAS. OKAY, THE NEXT PROJECT I'LL BE DISCUSSING IS THE ISTORY WACO, WHICH IS THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FRIENDS FOR LIFE AND THE VECINO BOND GROUP. THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 1704 SOUTH 18TH, WHICH IS ACROSS FROM THE WACO ISD BUS BARN AND NOT TOO FAR FROM THE EXCHANGE AT LASALLE AND 18TH STREET.

THIS PROJECT, ESTIMATED AT $18.7 MILLION, IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF 65 UNITS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH ARE UNITS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. NOW, WE ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE A SITE PLAN TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THE PROJECT WOULD BE ORIENTED ON THAT PIECE OF LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED. NOW. AMENITIES WITHIN THIS PROJECT INCLUDE AREA FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY ROOM AND BUSINESS CENTER. NOW HERE ARE PICTURES OF A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WERE RECENTLY DONE IN AUSTIN BY THIS DEVELOPER. ONE WAS THE TOP TWO PHOTOS ARE A PROJECT CALLED

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NOW THESE RESOLUTIONS REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE FUNDED. HOWEVER, IT DOES PROVIDE CRITICAL POINTS IN THE SCORING CRITERIA. IF THEY ARE RECEIVED. IF THEY DO RECEIVE AWARDS, THEN THEIR PROJECT COULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH THE GOAL OF CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING IN 2027. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR PRICE ON THIS ONE. CAN YOU GO BACK? I THINK IT'S TWO SLIDES. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE. YES. AND THE. THE MARKET RATE UNITS IN THIS PARTICULAR WAVING, THIS PARTICULAR UNIT. I UNDERSTAND HOW THE ECONOMY IS, BUT I THIS WON'T SET ANY SORT OF PRECEDENT FOR US WILL IT. NO. THESE IT IS STILL PART OF OUR, OUR POLICY.

AND SO EACH TIME THAT UNIT WILL PROJECT WOULD REQUEST A MARKET RATE WAIVER THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. AND YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT FEEL THAT THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. AND FOR THESE PARTICULAR INSTANCES, YES.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, GIVEN WHERE THE 80%, 70 TO 80% AMI UNIT IS, IT'S REALLY RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR MARKET RATE UNITS ARE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLD FOR A THE MAXIMUM RENT THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE AT 80% WOULD BE $1,422. SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY KIND OF THE SAME AS A MARKET RATE UNIT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR PRICE I MENTIONED THIS EVERY TIME THAT WE DO THIS. AND I KNOW WHEN LIKE US, OLDER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND US LONGEST SERVING MEMBERS LIKE FIX IT, JESUS, NOBODY'S NOBODY'S AS OLD AS ME. BUT WHEN WE FIRST REMEMBER, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THESE AGE, THAT IT WAS KIND OF

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SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE SOMETIMES THERE'S LIKE ORGANIZED OPPOSITION. I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT IN THIS ROUND FROM NEIGHBORHOODS OR THAT KIND OF THING. NO, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS REGARDING THESE THESE REQUESTS.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PRICE. I APPRECIATE IT. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MAYOR'S REMARKS ON AGE, I BELIEVE WHAT HE MEANT TO SAY IS HE SURROUNDED BY FOR GEN XERS WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY IN THEIR PRIME, JUST TOP PEAK PERFORMING CONDITION. AND A YOUNG MAN IN HIS EARLY 30S, HE DID. YOU DID NOT SEE THIS WHEN IT WAS DISORGANIZED. YOU'VE ONLY KNOWN FANTASTIC WORK THAT DIRECTOR PRICE DOES. ALL RIGHT, CITY MANAGER HOLT. THAT'S IT. ON THE WORK SESSION ITEMS, CORRECT? YES, SIR. WE'RE DONE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THAT IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I SEE NONE, SO WE'LL NOW

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

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

[PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS]

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR ROBERT DOYLE DAY. JIM HOLMES, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WACO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026, AS ROBERT DOYLE DAY IN THE CITY OF WACO.

WE URGE OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND ME IN HONORING ROBERT DOYLE FOR HIS ROLE AS ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE WACO WETLANDS. DOCTOR ROBERT DOYLE, PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A DEDICATED SCIENTIST, PASSIONATE EDUCATOR, AND TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS, AND HAS PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN HELPING TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE THE WACO WETLANDS. THROUGH HIS RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS, HE HAS ADVANCED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF AQUATIC PLANTS, WETLAND FUNCTION, AND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY WATER HABITATS. HIS EFFORTS HAVE INCLUDED DONATING AQUATIC PLANTS, GUIDING RESTORATION PROJECTS, AND SUPERVISING BAYLOR STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS IN MEANINGFUL, HANDS ON CONSERVATION WORK THAT SUPPORTS THE WACO WETLANDS AS A CENTER FOR EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. DOCTOR DOYLE'S LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO WETLANDS BEGAN ALONG THE AMAZON RIVER IN BRAZIL, WHERE HE WAS RAISED BY SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONARY PARENTS AND IMMERSED IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST TROPICAL WETLAND. THIS EXCEPTIONAL UPBRINGING SHAPED HIS PASSION FOR ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, AND GUIDED HIM TOWARD A CAREER DEVOTED TO PROTECTING NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS. AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AND OFTEN SELF-DESCRIBED AS A MUD MUCKER FOR HIS TIRELESS WORK IN THE FIELD, HE HAS INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AND CITIZENS THROUGH HIS HUMILITY, DEDICATION, AND SERVICE, AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, HONORING HIS ENDURING LEGACY, AND HELPING TO CREATE, PRESERVE, AND PROMOTE THE WACO WETLANDS AS A LASTING ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. JOIN ME IN THANKING ROBERT DOYLE. EVA,

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THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH, THAT CAN BE SEEN. I JUST WANT. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO. YEAH. WE WANT TO GIVE ROBERT THE CHANCE TO SAY SOME WORDS FOR US HERE TONIGHT. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'M ABOUT TO RETIRE FROM BAYLOR AFTER A LOT OF YEARS. MORE THAN 25 YEARS THERE. FACULTY COME TO BAYLOR FOR ALL SORTS OF REASONS. BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT I CAME TO BAYLOR BECAUSE OF THE CITY OF WACO. TOM CONROY WAS HERE, AND HE CONVINCED ME THAT THE CITY OF WACO WAS TAKING WATER RESOURCES SERIOUSLY. AND HE HAD GREAT IDEAS AND WAS CONVINCED THAT THE CITY WAS MAKING RESPONSIBLE CHOICES. I CAME GAVE UP A TENURED POSITION AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND CAME TO BAYLOR. AND IT HAS BEEN AN ADVENTURE. THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY INSTITUTION AND THE PEOPLE WILL BE A SHINING PART OF MY RECOLLECTION OF MY ACADEMIC CAREER, AND I AM DELIGHTED THAT IT IS CONTINUING WITH A NEW GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS, BOTH AT THE CITY AND AT BAYLOR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. OKAY. THANK YOU

[CONSENT AGENDA]

YES. BORDER ROAD. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. AYE. THAT

[9. Consider a resolution: (1) supporting a proposed affordable housing project ("Development") being developed by Waco Housing Authority and Housing Solutions Alliance, LLC ("Applicant") to be located at 291 Ritchie Road, Hewitt, McLennan County, Texas, within the City of Waco's Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction ("ETJ"); (2) waiving certain taxable real estate requirements of the City's Housing Tax Credit Policy; (3) waiving certain market rate unit requirements of the City's Housing Tax Credit Policy; (4) approving the Applicant's application for the 9% Competitive Housing Tax Credit Program to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA"); (5) approving a development agreement with the Applicant, contingent on the Applicant's receipt of the award of tax credits by TDHCA; (6) authorizing an in-kind contribution equal to no less than $500.00 for said project; and (7) authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute any documents in connection therewith.]

OKAY. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT IT'S NOT 101. IT'S 102. THERE WERE HANG ON. LET ME LOOK AT 102. YEAH, THERE WERE THREE WACO HOUSING. THERE WERE THREE SUPPORT LETTERS. AND IT'S THE THIRD ONE. IT'S 102 NOT 101. RIGHT. CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON, DO WE NEED TO. OKAY. RIGHT. SO WE WILL NOW. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON RESOLUTION 2020 6-102 MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, YOUR MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CITY SECRETARY HICKS, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? LOZANO. YES. YES. FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. HOLMES. AYE. THAT MOTION PASSES,

[26. Consider a resolution approving an agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the temporary closure of State right-of-way in connection with the Baylor University 2026 Bearathon event (“the Event”) occurring on March 28, 2026, which requires such closure, establishing that the Event serves the public purposes of commerce, tourism and/or economic development, and authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute any documents in connection therewith.]

ANY DISCUSSION. AND THIS ONE, AS WE MENTIONED THIS AFTERNOON, IS THE BAYLOR BEAR STREET CLOSURES, WHERE JOSH IS AN EMPLOYEE OF BAYLOR HAS FILED AN AFFIDAVIT. SO JOSH WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THIS ONE. CITY SECRETARY HICKS, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. LOZANO. YES.

FAIRFIELD. YES. EWING. YES. CHASE. YES. HOLMES. AYE. THAT MOTION PASSES. OKAY. NOW THE WE GO. WE DON'T HAVE WE GO DIRECTLY TO THE HEARING. IF THIS IS A SHORT AGENDA TONIGHT.

[HEARING OF VISITORS]

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ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A DISTINCT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY FROM THE LACEY LAKEVIEW CITY COUNCIL, SEVERAL SOURCES HAVE INDICATED THAT THE DATA CENTER WILL REQUIRE 15 TO 16 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER DAILY, DUE TO WATER LOSS TO EVAPORATION. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INITIAL AMOUNT OF WATER NEEDED FOR STARTUP. AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, THE CITY OF WACO HAS HAD MANDATORY WATER RATIONING IN PLACE FOR ALL OF ITS CITIZENS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. HOW WILL YOU RATIONALIZE AND JUSTIFY TO YOUR CITIZENS CONTINUED OR INCREASED MANDATORY WATER RATIONING IN ORDER TO PROVIDE WATER TO ENTER KEY? I THINK YOUR RESIDENTS MAY HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS. THE SECOND ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE KEY DATA CENTER. THEY PLAN TO BUILD IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW EVERYONE IS BUSY, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE THE TIME TO DRIVE AROUND THE AREA WHERE INTRICATE PLANS TO BUILD, YOU WILL SEE THAT IT WILL BE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES OUT THERE, FAMILIES THAT MOVE THERE GENERATIONS AGO AND SOME THAT HAVE MOVED THERE MORE RECENTLY. NONE OF THEM MOVED OUT THERE BELIEVING THEY WOULD EVER HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL ENTITY IN THEIR FRONT OR BACK YARD. THEY DIDN'T MOVE THERE SO THEY COULD LIVE NEXT TO A PLANT THAT WILL PRODUCE NOISE POLLUTION, WATER POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION AND VISUAL POLLUTION.

I WOULD COMPARE IT TO THE CITY OF WACO BUILDING AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT ON THE 72 ACRE FLOYD CASEY SITE. WHAT WOULD THE CITIZENS WOULD THE CITIZENS OF WACO BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT? OF COURSE, THE ENTER KEY INDUSTRIAL PLANT WOULD BE MORE THAN SEVEN TIMES THAT SIZE.

PLEASE TAKE THESE POINTS INTO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISIONS ABOUT THIS PROPOSED DATA CENTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS GARCIA. AND YOU HAD A HANDOUT THAT THAT REPLICATED THAT. SO EVERYBODY, THANK YOU AGAIN. MISS GARCIA. OUR NEXT CARD IS FROM MISTER MARK DAWSON. MR. DAWSON, GREAT. IS YOUR FIRST QUOTE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARK DAWSON. MY ADDRESS IS 1945 FORT GRAHAM ROAD, WACO, 76705. AND AT THIS MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO

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THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 400 DATA CENTERS IN TEXAS. I'M NOT CERTAIN AS TO THE NUMBER OF DATA CENTERS NOW IN THE UNITED STATES. ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED FAST, LARGELY WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS, BUT IT IS ACCELERATED AT AN ALARMING RATE. AND THE THING THAT MAKES IT SO ALARMING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS THE FACT THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE REPERCUSSIONS, THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF THESE DATA CENTERS. BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW THUS FAR IS THAT MUCH OF THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAS BEEN DANGEROUSLY FRIGHTFUL IN TERMS OF ITS EFFECTS, ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ON EVERYTHING FROM HUMAN HEALTH TO MENTAL HEALTH. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL LEAVE THIS INTO YOU, YOUR GOOD HANDS, FOR THE FUTURE CONSIDERATION OF DATA CENTERS IN AND AROUND WACO. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BE VERY CAREFUL, BECAUSE ONCE THIS BELL HAS RUNG, YOU CAN'T UNRING IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DAWSON. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. OUR LAST CARD THAT WE HAVE UP HERE AT THE DAIS IS FROM SARAH. LEONARD. SARAH, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS SARAH LEONARD. MY ADDRESS IS 2797 ROSS ROAD, ELMONT. BUT IT IS THE NEIGHBOR. MY TWO NEIGHBORS HERE COULD NOT HAVE EXPRESSED OUR FEELINGS ANYMORE. I ACTUALLY, ALONG WITH THE OTHER TWO, REPRESENT A VERY LARGE GRASSROOTS GROUP. AND WE ARE HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A REAL CONTROVERSY GOING ON.

YOU ARE PROVIDED WITH A HANDOUT AND THAT HANDOUT IS REPORTED L2, D2 WATER REQUIREMENTS. THERE'S SOME INCONSISTENCIES, YES, SIR, THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED OR SUBMITTED. WE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION THROUGH OPEN RECORD ACTS REQUESTS. AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH ITEM ONE IS ACTUALLY SOME TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN LACEY LAKEVIEW, MAYOR WILSON. THE KEY EXECUTIVE AND ALSO WITH BRAZOS RIVER AUTHORITY. AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE CONTENT OF THAT ITEM. ONE IS IN DISCUSSION OF WATER THAT LACEY LAKEVIEW MAYOR WILSON IS CLAIMING THAT HE HAS. I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE TEXTS FROM THE KEY PERSONNEL EXECUTIVE SAYS THAT IT WOULD BE A DAILY WATER REQUIREMENT OF 5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF WATER PER PHASE. THERE'S FOUR PHASES THAT THEY PLAN ON DOING. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 20 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY AT BUILD OUT. I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM, BUT WHEN THEY THEMSELVES SAY HOW MUCH WATER THEY NEED PER DAY, THIS IS NOT US GUESSING AT THAT NUMBER. THE OTHER THING ITEM TWO IS DISCUSSING THEIR ACTUAL MOU THAT WAS APPROVED BY LACEY LAKEVIEW, AND IN THE MOU IT IS STATED 15 TO 16 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY. THE THIRD ITEM THERE, ITEM THREE, IS ACTUALLY A SECTION FROM A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WENT TO CHRIS COLLINS, THE GREATER WACO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND DUSTIN CHAPMAN ALSO SAW THIS. AND IN

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THANK YOU, MISS LEONARD, AND APPRECIATE THE DATA AND THE HANDOUT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE HEARING VISITORS TONIGHT. OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING OF VISITORS AND CITY ATTORNEY HAMILTON. IT OCCURS TO ME THAT I ACCEPTED RESOLUTION 2026 101. SHOULD WE GO BACK AND VOTE ON THAT OR. YEAH, I THOUGHT I SAW YOUR PANIC LOOKING THERE. ALL RIGHT. IT WORKED. YEAH. BECAUSE IT WAS ONE. WE SAID ONE TWO

[8. Consider a resolution: (1) supporting a proposed affordable housing project ("Development") being developed by Vecino Bond Group, LLC and Friends for Life ("Applicant"), located at 1704 South 18th Street, Waco, McLennan County, Texas; (2) waiving certain market rate unit requirements of the City's Housing Tax Credit Policy; (3) authorizing the issuance of a letter stating the Development is located within Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Four ("TIF 4") and the Development contributes to the concentrated revitalization efforts of the City of Waco; (4) approving the Applicant's application for the 9% Competitive Housing Tax Credit Program to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA"); (5) approving a development agreement with the Applicant, contingent on the Applicant's receipt of the award of tax credits by TDHCA; (6) authorizing an in-kind contribution equal to less than $500.00 for said project; and (7) authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute any documents in connection therewith.]

[COUNCIL REPORTS AND REQUESTS FOR SCHEDULING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

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