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          THE WACO CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 17TH, 2026 TO ORDER AT 3:00 STRAIGHT UP. WELCOME TO THE WORK SESSION OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WELCOME ALL THE PEOPLE GATHERED HERE IN THE BOSQUE THEATER GALLERY. PRETTY NICE LITTLE CROWD HERE TODAY. AND ALSO WELCOME ALL THE VIEWERS AT HOME WATCHING ON 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 THIS AFTERNOON BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ISABEL LOZANO FROM DISTRICT TWO. JOSH BOARD FROM DISTRICT THREE, DARIUS FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND GEORGE CHASE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. MAYOR PRO TEM UNDER BIERFIELD IS NOT JOINING US TODAY. ALSO JOINED ON THE ADJACENT DAIS OVER THERE BY SENIOR CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT, CITY ATTORNEY KRISTEN HAMILTON AND SITTING IN FOR CITY SECRETARY HICKS TODAY IS MANDY SPIKES, ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY. SO THAT'S IT FOR THE INTRODUCTIONS. WE'LL START THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. 
          I GUESS BEFORE WE GET STARTED, A HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, EVERYBODY. IT'S WE SEE A LOT OF GREEN OUT THERE. THAT'S GOOD. NOBODY NO PINCHING GOING ON HERE. SO THE FIRST ITEM OF 
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BUSINESS TODAY IS THE RECOGNITION OF WORK SESSION SPEAKERS AND CITY SECRETARY SPIKES. DID ANYBODY DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO CARDS. SO WE HAVE NO. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A WORK SESSION ITEM OUT IN THE GALLERY TODAY? I SEE NONE, SO SEEING NO REQUESTS TO SPEAK, WE'LL RECESS THE REGULAR SESSION AND CONVENE INTO WORK SESSION WITH THE REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT. CITY MANAGER HOLT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND WELCOME TO THOSE JOINING US IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CHANGES FOR YOU ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE APPLICANTS HAVE REQUESTED TO PULL ITEMS 2026 142 AND 2026 143, BOTH RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FROM TODAY'S AGENDA. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF WILL REQUEST TO POOL PUBLIC HEARING 2026 175 TO BE BROUGHT BACK IN A FUTURE MEETING. AND OKAY, YOU ARE YOU GOING TO GO THROUGH THE INFORMAL REPORTS? YEP. EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS IF YOU'RE READY. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THIS MONTH WE LAUNCHED THE 2026 CITY ACADEMY, WELCOMING 19 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO THIS YEAR'S COHORT. 
          WACO CITY ACADEMY IS A MULTI-WEEK PROGRAM DESIGNED TO GIVE RESIDENTS AN INSIDE LOOK AT CITY SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS. THE PROGRAM WILL CONCLUDE WILL CONCLUDE WITH PARTICIPANT RECOGNITION DURING A CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JUNE THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALSO RUNNING A CITY STAFF PROGRAM CONCURRENTLY ALONGSIDE THE CITY ACADEMY. THE CITY 360 COHORT IS MADE UP OF 14 CITY STAFF MEMBERS WHO WILL GAIN A COMPREHENSIVE, BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT CITY OPERATIONS, EXPANDING THEIR KNOWLEDGE BEYOND THEIR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCES. IN ADDITION TO THE FACILITY TOURS AND DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEWS, THE CITY STAFF WILL PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATION AND STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP. ALSO THIS MONTH, WE OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET CYCLE. 
          THE BUDGET TEAM AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MET WITH DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET STAFF ON MARCH 5TH TO SET THE DIRECTION AND OVERARCHING GOALS FOR THE 27 BUDGET. YOUR CITY OF WACO TEAM HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY OVER THE LAST FEW BUDGET CYCLES TO IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES AND PROPOSE COST SAVINGS. THOSE EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE INTO 27, AS WE EXPECT CONTINUING ECONOMIC PRESSURES AND FISCALLY CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL WORK OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS TO MAKE REQUESTS AND PROPOSE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMING FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK TO COUNCIL IN ABOUT THE JUNE TIME FRAME, WITH A BUDGET RETREAT ON THE AGENDA. TODAY, YOU HAVE FOUR INFORMAL REPORTS. 2026 124 PROVIDES THE JANUARY 26TH MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT WITH A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT THE CITY'S FINANCIALS FOR FY 26 YEAR TO DATE THROUGH JANUARY, INCLUDING FUND SUMMARIES AND ECONOMIC SUMMARY, AND OUR CIP REPORT. INFORMAL REPORT 2026 125 PROVIDES THE CITY'S UPDATED CREDIT RATINGS AND PROVIDES A LOOK AT PEER CITY CREDIT RATINGS AS WELL. BOTH MOODY'S INVESTOR SERVICES AND S&P GLOBAL AFFIRM THEIR RESPECTIVE DOUBLE A ONE AND DOUBLE A+ OF THE CITY'S PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED DEBT, AND MAINTAIN THE SAME FOR THE CITY'S 2026 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND ISSUANCE. OUR 2026 126 PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF REQUESTED AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S SMOKING ORDINANCE, AND A DRAFT ORDINANCE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. IF THE COUNCIL IS AMENABLE TO THE RECOMMENDED ORDINANCE, STAFF WILL BRING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BACK AT THE 
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APRIL 7TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN FINALLY, ON AYERS 2026 127 PROVIDES A REPORT ON THE PLAN COMMISSION'S ACTIONS ON SUBDIVISION PLATS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 AND 2025. THIS REPORT WILL RESUME COMING TO COUNCIL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, WITH THE NEXT REPORT PLANNED FOR THE APRIL 21ST MEETING. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THE IRS, EACH OF THE FOUR GREAT REPORTS. 
          ALL. ALL FOUR OF THEM. THE. I LIKE LOOKING AT THE MANAGEMENT REPORT ON A MONTHLY BASIS, A BLUE AND. COLIN, THANKS FOR THAT. AND YOU'RE ALSO INCLUDING INFORMATION ON C I P, WHICH I THINK IS HELPFUL FOR COUNCIL. JUST THE PROGRESS FROM PAST YEARS ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE RATINGS REPORT I MY LIFE IN INVESTMENT BANKING ALWAYS INCLUDED GOING TO STANDARD AND POOR'S AND FITCH AND DUFF AND PHELPS AND THE DIFFERENT RATINGS. BRING THEM IN TO SEE HOW YOU FIT AGAINST THE STANDARD IN IN, IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT OUR WACO AND THIS IS THIS IS DUE TO THE CITY MANAGER HOLD EVERYBODY IN THE IN THE WHOLE CITY AND EVERYBODY IN THE BACK ROW, EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY. THESE ARE ABOUT AS HIGH RATINGS AS YOU CAN GET. AND ON THE PEI, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS OR THE PAGES NUMBERED, BUT THE ONE THAT SHOWS WHERE WE ARE IN PEER CITIES, WE'RE AT THE TOP OF, OF THESE RATINGS ACROSS ALL OF THE, THE TEN CITIES THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES AGAINST WITH MOODY'S AND S&P. SO THAT THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THIS BOND RATING. 
          BUT I THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS TO OPERATIONS OVERALL FOR THE CITY. SO GREAT JOB BY THE CITY. I JUST WANT TO QUOTE ONE THING. IT'S FROM THE MOODY'S RATING. CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN MANUFACTURING, STRONG RESIDENTIAL DEMAND, EXPANDING TOURISM AND THE STABILIZATION AFFORDED BY SIGNIFICANT INSTITUTIONAL PRESENCE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE DRIVING WACO'S ECONOMIC TRENDS IN THE COMING YEARS. ACTIVE REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN AND THE BRAZOS RIVER WATERFRONT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT. SEVERAL NEW MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES ARE EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR NEARING COMPLETION, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH. I THINK THAT SPEAKS. 
          IT'S A NICE LITTLE CAPSULE WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY. SO I THINK THAT'S I LOVE POSITIVE RATINGS. AND AND WE GOT ONE. SO THAT HELPED. NOT ONLY CAN I IDENTIFY WHERE THE CITY IS AND ITS OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO HELPS IN THE EXECUTION OF OUR, OF OUR DEBT STRUCTURES BLUE BACK THERE. SO GOOD JOB. THE SMOKING IS, IS BASICALLY PUTTING THE HOOKAH BAR AND THE CIGAR BAR KIND OF AT THE SAME. ALL WE'RE DOING IS JUST NOT REALLY THAT BIG A DEAL, JUST PUSHING INTO THE SAME STANDARD. AND THEN THE INFORMAL REPORT ON THE PLATTS. I ALSO LIKE THIS ONE AND MAYBE ADD THE MAPS ARE NICE TO KIND OF SEE WHERE THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. AND TO ME, IT'S ALL ABOUT PLANNING AND OUR INVENTORY OF PLATTS. BECAUSE TO ME, PLATTS EVENTUALLY TURNS INTO HOUSING. AND HOUSING IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH, BOTH AFFORDABILITY AND JUST HOUSING STOCK. SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT TREND THAT THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK QUARTERLY. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD INFORMATION HERE. MAYBE PUT SOMETHING IN ABOUT THE LOTS THAT WERE PLATTED AND THE WHICH ONES OF THOSE HAVE BEEN PERMITTED AND WHICH ONES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. IT WOULD KIND OF GIVE US A RUNNING TREND ANALYSIS OF INVENTORIES WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET TO, BECAUSE I THINK AS WE LOOK AT THIS REPORT, IT REALLY TIES INTO A REPORT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY ON HOUSING. AND I THINK GALEN'S GOING TO DO OR DIRECTOR PRICE IS GOING TO DO THAT, WHERE WE HAVE DATA OVER HERE, LET'S FEED IT INTO OUR HOUSING. JUST THE THE DATA THAT GOES INTO THAT, WHICH I THINK I SEE THE I SEE THAT KIND OF STARTING TO CHURN, WHICH I, WHICH I LOVE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING IT, BUT I THINK THESE KIND OF FIT TOGETHER. SO AS WE SEE WITH THE PLANNING AND THE HOUSING STOCK INVENTORY AND RESERVE AND TREND IS WE CAN SEE KIND OF WHERE THAT'S GOING ON ON HOUSING, BUT GREAT REPORTS ARE ON THE INFORMAL REPORT ON SMOKING REGULATIONS. IS THE BOSQUE THEATER JUST CURRENTLY NONSMOKING? I THINK IT IS. ARE YOU READY TO LIGHT UP OR WHAT? I WAS JUST ASKING FOR A FRIEND. 
          IS YOUR FRIEND SEAN PENN? WHO DO YOU KNOW THAT SMOKING INSIDE THE THEATER. JUST CURIOUS. I THINK FOR NOW. ALL RIGHT, I THINK. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE INFORMAL REPORTS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE WORK SESSION STUFF? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING. DARIUS. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. DID WE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE OVERVIEW? ALL RIGHT. AND WE MADE NOTES ON YOUR ON YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE PLAT. WE'LL, WE'LL ADD THAT. I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON HOW I'M THINKING. 
          THE DATA IS ALL THERE. I JUST YEP. SEEN IT IN A TABLE. AND LIKE YOU SAID, DIRECTOR PRICE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON TOTAL HOUSING UNITS DURING HIS PRESENTATION. A 
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LITTLE WHILE LATER, THERE ARE 37 RESOLUTIONS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW. ITEM 26 138 APPROVES A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE PREDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH HUNT DEVELOPMENT. WACO INITIALLY CONTRACTED WITH HUNT DEVELOPMENT GROUP IN FEBRUARY OF 24 WITH A PREDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND AGAIN IN JULY 24TH WITH A CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO INITIATE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PHASE ONE OF THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, CALLED BARONS BRANCH DISTRICT. TODAY'S AMENDMENT EXPANDS THE SCOPE OF SERVICES TO INCLUDE THE SCHOOL FACILITY DEMOLITION, MAKING THE SITE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND PROVIDING FOR PLANNING UPDATES AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING SERVICES. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ADDS $1.7 MILLION, FOR A TOTAL VALUE OF 14.4 MILLION. ADDITIONALLY, THIS ITEM ALSO EXPRESSES THE CITY'S INTENT TO REIMBURSE ITSELF LATER, WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT PLANNED TO BE ISSUED LATER IN 2026. SOME GOOD NEWS ITEMS 2026 147 THROUGH 150 ALL SUPPORT HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP THAT DOVETAIL WITH DIRECTOR PRICE'S PRESENTATION LATER. ITEMS 147 AND 148 CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF RESIDENTIAL TAX ABATEMENTS, AGREEMENTS WITH GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WITH NEIGHBORWORKS WACO, WHILE ITEMS 149 AND 150 AUTHORIZE REHABILITATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UTILIZING DEFERRED FORGIVABLE LOANS FUNDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS. AND FINALLY, FOR RESOLUTIONS ITEM 2026 167 RECOMMENDS THE EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE ENGINEERING DESIGN CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ERNESTO FRAGA STREET THAT RUNS FROM DUTTON AVENUE TO CLAY AVENUE. COUNCIL WILL RECALL IN SEPTEMBER 25TH. CONTRACT. A CONTRACT WAS ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FRAGA TO INCLUDE WATER, WASTEWATER AND STORM IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE A TEN FOOT HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL REFERRED TO AS THE HISPANIC HERITAGE TRAIL. REPLACEMENT OF THE TRAIL REQUIRES NARROWING OF THE PAVED SURFACE BY BRINGING IN THE CURBS ALONG THAT STREET. UPON REVIEWING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ALONG ERNESTO FRAGA STREET, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STREET ALONE WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT DUE TO POOR PAVEMENT CONDITION. THE ADDITIONAL 200 LINEAR FEET OF SANITARY SEWER AND TWO ADDITIONAL SANITARY SEWER MANHOLES WILL BE REPLACED PRIOR TO RECONSTRUCTION TO PREVENT THE CITY FROM HAVING TO DISTURB PAVING IMPROVEMENTS AGAIN. THE AGE OF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT FROM FRAGA, FORMERLY 29TH STREET, PLUS UTILITY CUTS AND CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC RELATED TO THE ADJACENT FLOYD CASEY DEVELOPMENT, EXACERBATE THE WORSENING PAVEMENT CONDITION AND WITHOUT RECONSTRUCTION OF ERNESTO FRAGA STREET, ITS PAVEMENT CONDITION WOULD WORSEN. 
          STILL, MAKING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THIS SECTION PARAMOUNT, BOTH FROM A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF HAVING A FAILED PAVEMENT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE SIX PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, MINUS THE ONE WE WON 75 THAT WE'RE PULLING, TIME PERMITTING DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CLINT PETERS WILL PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THESE ITEMS DURING TODAY'S WORK SESSION. AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS THAT WILL END THE MANAGER'S REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE WORK SESSION ITEMS TODAY? THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS LATER. YOU COVERED THE ONES I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON. SO I DON'T I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THAT, CITY MANAGER HOLT, WE NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES 2026 135 AND RESOLUTION 2026 136 THROUGH RESOLUTION 2026. 
          171 ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BESIDES THOSE TWO THAT WE HAVE ALREADY REMOVED? WE ARE PULLING 2026, 142 AND 2026 143 AS A CITY MANAGER, HOLT MENTIONED EARLIER, NO AFFIDAVITS OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST HAVE BEEN TURNED IN ON ANY OF THE OTHER RESOLUTIONS. SO THERE WILL JUST BE THOSE TWO. SO THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES 2020 6-1 35 AND RESOLUTION 2026 136 THROUGH 171, EXCEPT FOR RESOLUTION 2026 142 AND 143. 
          THOSE HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION ITEMS 2026 128 THROUGH 132 AND CITY MANAGER HOLT, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST WORK SESSION, SIR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR OUR WORK. OUR FIRST WORK SESSION ITEM 2026. 128 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME CLAYTON ZACHA, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WACO AREA ENGINEER. MR. ZACK IS HERE TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON WACO AREA TEX DOT PROJECTS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          AS MR. HOLT MENTIONED, I'M CLAYTON ZACHA, THE AREA ENGINEER FOR THE TEXTILE WACO AREA OFFICE. SO WE'LL JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATIONS. I'VE GOT TWO ACTIVE PROJECTS HERE IN THE WACO AREA, ALONG WITH TWO FUTURE PROJECTS TO COVER WITH YOU TODAY, STARTING WITH THE I-35 FORESEE PROJECT. SO AGAIN, JUST A QUICK RECAP. PROJECT LIMITS HERE FROM 17TH 18TH STREET DOWN TO NEW ROAD, WE'RE RECONSTRUCTING AND WIDENING THE MAIN LANES FROM 6 TO 8 LANES, 
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RECONFIGURING RAMPS, INTERSECTIONS AND THEN ADDING CONTINUOUS SIDEWALKS TO THE PROJECT LIMITS PROJECT. IN OCTOBER OF 24 AWARDED TO JAMES CONSTRUCTION. WE STARTED WORK IN FEBRUARY 2025. SO RIGHT AT THAT ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, LOOKING AT AN ANTICIPATED COMPLETION OF EARLY 2029. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FINAL CONFIGURATION OF THE PROJECT. SO SHOWING NEW RAMP LOCATIONS, KIND OF THE THING THAT GRABS EVERYONE'S ATTENTION IS THE CHANGES THERE AT VALLEY MILLS WITH THE D I, AND THEN AGAIN, THE CONTINUOUS FRONTAGE ROADS THAT WILL BE ADDED THERE BETWEEN PRIMROSE AND VALLEY MILLS, WHERE NONE EXIST TODAY. 
          SO JUST WALKING THROUGH AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY HERE. THIS IS THE SOUTH END OF THE PROJECT. SO AGAIN, SHOWING THE TRANSITION FROM EXISTING NORTHBOUND TO SOUTHBOUND PAVEMENT. BIG THINGS TO NOTE HERE IS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE AN OLD OLD CONCRETE PAVEMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED. WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING SUBGRADE TREATMENT, LIKELY THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
          ASPHALT PAVING TAKING PLACE IN THE APRIL TIME FRAME WITH CONCRETE PAVING STARTING IN MAY. 
          SO THIS SUMMER A LOT A LOT OF WORK WILL PICK UP HERE MOVING TO NEW ROADS. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE ONGOING RETAINING WALL CONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE PLACED ALL THE THE INTERIOR BENTS COLUMNS. AND THEN AS COUNCIL MEMBER POINTED OUT, WE'VE GOT THE FLYING W AT ALL THE BIG CAPS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT AT NEW ROAD, IRVING LEE VALLEY MILLS AND THE 17TH AND 18TH STRUCTURES. IT LOOKS GOOD. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. AND THEN GOING BACK HERE ON THE NORTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD, YOU SEE A LOT OF ONGOING UTILITY WORK AND DRAINAGE WORK. 
          AGAIN THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER. MOVING NORTH HERE AT IRVING LEE. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE GOING DOWN LASALLE. WE'VE GOT SOME LARGE SCALE DRAINAGE WORK GOING ON THAT CROSSES OVER TO 77. YOU'LL SEE A VIEW OF THAT RIPRAP CHANNEL HERE IN A SECOND, BUT THIS DRAINAGE STRUCTURE IS WORKING ITS WAY SOUTH WILL EVENTUALLY WORK ITS WAY WEST UNDER THE IRVING LEE OVERPASS AND TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND OUTFALL THERE AT THE CLOSEST TO H-E-B. WE'RE EXPECTING LIKELY APRIL, MAY TIMEFRAME, POTENTIALLY. THIS BRIDGE COMING DOWN. THAT'LL BE A WEEKEND CLOSURE. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A TWO WEEK CLOSURE TO BRING THAT DRAINAGE STRUCTURE THROUGH. SO ONCE WE HAVE SOME FIRM DATES, YOU'LL SEE SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH GOING ON THERE. HERE'S JUST A SHOT OF THE PRIMROSE CHANNEL. SO AGAIN THIS IS FROM LASALLE LOOKING TO 77. YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT RIPRAP CHANNEL THAT'S BEEN REPLACED. 
          AND THEN MOVING UP TO 17TH AND 18TH STREET. SO SIMILAR STORY TO NEW ROAD. YOU'VE GOT RETAINING WALL RETAINING WALL WORK, ONGOING BRIDGE WORK ONGOING. WE WILL HAVE A TRAFFIC SHIFT COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO MOVE THAT NORTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD TO THE WEST. 
          THERE'S SOME TEMPORARY PAVEMENT THAT'S BEEN PLACED THAT'LL ALLOW THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION TO BE RECONSTRUCTED, AND THEN TRAFFIC WILL BE MOVED FURTHER OUT. THAT WILL ALLOW US TO COMPLETE THE RETAINING WALLS IN THIS AREA. AND THEN MOVING UP TO THE NORTH TRANSITION. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SHOWING TRAFFIC MOVING BACK INTO ITS EXISTING CONFIGURATION UNDER THE NORTHBOUND MAIN LANES. CURRENTLY LOOKING AT LIKELY A MID 2027 TIME FRAME TO MAKE OUR NEXT TRAFFIC SWITCH. SO AGAIN, IT'LL BE A MIRROR IMAGE TAKING TRAFFIC FROM SOUTHBOUND ONTO THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED NORTHBOUND. AND THEN THAT LAST YEAR AND A HALF OF THE PROJECT, RECONSTRUCTING THE SOUTHBOUND MAIN LANES ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED NORTHBOUND AT THAT TIME, WILL IT HAVE THE ADDITIONAL LANE? SO BECAUSE BOTH DIRECTIONS WILL BE MOVED OVER, YOU WON'T HAVE THE FOURTH LANE YET. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS TWO LANES CONTINUING NORTHBOUND AS YOU SEE TODAY. BUT WE'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO CARRY THREE SOUTHBOUND. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THIS IS KIND OF OUR OUR TOUGHEST TRAFFIC PHASE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING FROM 4 TO 2 IN THAT SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION BECAUSE OF THE WIDER PAVEMENT. YOU CAN KEEP THAT THIRD LANE AND MINIMIZE SOME OF THE IMPACT YOU'RE SEEING HERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE INTERSTATE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE FINAL? CLAYTON, THE FINAL FINAL DATE IS EARLY 29. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. GOT THAT. SPRING 2029 TIME FRAME. GOT IT. THANKS. THAT PREVIOUS PHASE, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, YOU GUYS HAD LIKE SOME PRETTY GOOD INCENTIVES FOR THEM TO GET DONE EARLY. SAME THING HERE. SIMILAR STRUCTURE. YES, SIR. LOOKING AT RIDER RIGHT AROUND $12 MILLION TOTAL ON ON THIS PROJECT, THIS PARTICULAR PHASE. I'VE GOT THE NUMBERS HERE. THIS FIRST PHASE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING. IT'S GOT THE HEAVIEST INCENTIVES. SO UP TO $6 MILLION IN THIS PHASE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THEN THERE'S SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT. THEY JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME OF OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS. SO AGAIN WE'VE GOT A PROJECT WEBSITE HERE, PROJECT SPECIFIC EMAIL ADDRESS, A DIRECT PHONE LINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR INQUIRIES ABOUT THE PROJECT. AND THEN SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES THERE. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THOSE SIGNING UP FOR LANE CLOSURE NOTICES. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE TWIN BRIDGES. SO AGAIN, THIS PROJECT LED IN JANUARY OF 20, 2025. WE STARTED WORK IN MARCH OF 2025. SO AGAIN, THIS IS REPLACING BOTH STRUCTURES OVER LAKE WACO. 
          PROJECT COST WAS RIGHT AT $114 MILLION. SO SIMILAR TIMEFRAME AS THE INTERSTATE. WE'RE 
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LOOKING AT A COMPLETION DATE OF EARLY 2029. CURRENT PROGRESS AS WE ARE INSTALLING ALL THE DRILL DRILLED SHAFT FOUNDATIONS WHILE TRAFFIC REMAINS IN ITS EXISTING CONFIGURATION, WE'RE AT APPROXIMATELY A THIRD TOTAL INSTALLED TO DATE. AND THEN THE MARINE SHAFTS ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN THE LAKE ITSELF. WE'RE RIGHT AT 40%. SO APPROACHING THAT HALFWAY MARK THERE. AND THEN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE BEGAN COLUMN INSTALLATION AND HAVE RIGHT AROUND A DOZEN OR SO OF THOSE INSTALLED. SO AGAIN, THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE CURRENT AND FUTURE TRAFFIC CONFIGURATION. SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE TWO LANES REMAIN OPEN ON BOTH STRUCTURES. WE'RE INSTALLING DRILL SHAFTS AND COLUMNS AS SHOWN IN THE RED. AND THEN LOOKING AT SUMMER OF THIS YEAR TO MAKE OUR OUR MAJOR TRAFFIC SHIFTS. SO THAT WILL REDUCE TRAFFIC DOWN TO ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION ON THE EXISTING NORTHBOUND BRIDGE ALLOW US TO BUILD THE SOUTHBOUND FULL WIDTH. BUT AGAIN, THAT WILL JUST BE FROM THE CAPS UP BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO INSTALL THE DRILL SHAFTS AND COLUMNS NOW THAT WILL HELP MINIMIZE THAT TIME FRAME. AND THEN AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE INTERSTATE, THERE ARE SOME INCENTIVES SET UP FROM THAT PHASE. AND THIS ONE HAS THE KIND OF THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF IT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS. AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT AROUND A YEAR AND A HALF DURATION OF TRAFFIC IN THAT HEAD TO HEAD CONFIGURATION. FROM THAT POINT, WE'LL MOVE TRAFFIC OVER TO THE NEW SOUTHBOUND BRIDGE. BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RESTORE TWO LANES EACH DIRECTION ON A SINGLE STRUCTURE, COMPLETE THE NORTHBOUND BRIDGE. AND THEN EARLY 2029 WE'LL FLIP TO FINAL CONFIGURATION. SO AGAIN WE SHOW THREE LANES. BUT DO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THREE THROUGH LANES WHEN WE'RE COMPLETE. THE THIRD LANE OR THE OUTSIDE LANE ON BOTH STRUCTURES WILL BE AN AUXILIARY LANE THAT TIES IN THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STRUCTURES THERE. SO AGAIN, JUST A COUPLE OF PHOTOS HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE THE SETUP FOR OUR DRILLING OPERATION. SO A CRANE AND DRILL RIG ON MULTIPLE BARGES. SO AGAIN, OUR CONTRACTORS GOT QUITE THE SET UP AND HAS BEEN VERY EFFICIENT AT THIS OPERATION. AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF THE COLUMNS GOING IN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. IN COMPARISON TO THE THE I-35 WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TIMELINES. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY CONTRIBUTES TO THE LENGTH OF TIME FOR THIS ONE THAT THAT I MIGHT NOT SEE JUST BY, YOU KNOW, DRIVING OVER IT BECAUSE I SEE THE BARGE, I SEE THE, THE BIG CRANE AND IT LOOKS LIKE WORK IS DEFINITELY HAPPENING OUT THERE. RIGHT. BUT, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE, THE LENGTH OF PURE, YOU KNOW, ROAD LENGTH BETWEEN 35 AND THE BRIDGE'S OBVIOUSLY THE WATER PROBABLY ADDS A LOT TO IT, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THAT'S THE BIG COMPONENT, RIGHT? IS WATER JUST KIND OF MAGNIFIES THE TIME FRAME ON EVERYTHING, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT AS EFFICIENT AS YOU ARE ON DRY LAND. JUST THE MOBILIZATION OUT TO, TO A DRILLING LOCATION EVERY DAY IS IT'S A, IT'S A LARGE SCALE OPERATION. SO THAT JUST LENGTHENS THAT TIME FRAME. AND AGAIN, I KNOW FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT, IT THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRESS GOING ON UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE. IT'S NOT VISIBLE FROM THE TOP. SO THAT KIND OF CONTRIBUTES TO IT. BUT YOU'RE TALKING 108 DRILL SHAFTS ALTOGETHER. SO NOT JUST A SMALL AMOUNT. AND THEN TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE ON THE INTERSTATE, YOU'RE SEEING TYPICALLY 1836, MAYBE 42 INCH DRILL SHAFTS. 
          THESE ARE 66 AND 72. SO A LARGER STRUCTURE THAT JUST TAKES LONGER TO DRILL. AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE MUCH, MUCH DEEPER THAN WHAT WE'RE DEALING ON THE INTERSTATE AS WELL. YEAH. 
          WELL I KNOW IT. WHEN YOU ADD TIME, IT ADDS MONEY, WE ADD WATER, IT ADDS TIME AND MONEY. 
          SO KUDOS ON ON KEEPING THE PROJECT COST MANAGEABLE ON THIS AS WELL. I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE HAVING TO COME OUT OF POCKET FOR IT, BUT WANTED TO COMMEND YOU BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT A PROJECT THAT TAKES THIS LONG, IF I MY FIRST THOUGHT IN READING THIS WAS LIKE, MAN, I WONDER LIKE THE RELIEF I FELT SEEING A FIVE YEAR PROJECT THAT WAS PRICED AT 113 MILLION INSTEAD OF SOMETHING THAT WAS EXORBITANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE. SO AND YOU GUYS DID A PHENOMENAL WORK BOTH ON TIMELINE AND BUDGET WITH THE HIGHWAY SIX PROJECT. AND SO I THINK YOU'VE BUILT A LOT OF GOODWILL IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO TURN THINGS AROUND THAT ARE REALLY ACTIONABLE, AND THE COMMUNITY GETS A LOT OF BENEFIT FROM. SO THANKS FOR ALL THAT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. AND OUR CONTRACTORS IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPEDITE FURTHER. THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING A PRECAST CAP SYSTEM. SO ONCE WE MOVE TRAFFIC AND TEAR DOWN THE OLD STRUCTURE, INSTEAD OF BUILDING THAT, THAT CAP IN PLACE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING BUILT OFF SITE CAST WILL BE TRUCKED IN AS A SINGLE UNIT INSTEAD. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO CUT DOWN THAT TIMELINE EVEN FURTHER. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. KEEP GOING. GREAT. ALL RIGHT, SO ONE OF OUR FUTURE PROJECTS HERE, THE FRANKLIN AVENUE ROAD OVERPASS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS BETWEEN 84 SPLIT AND VALLEY MILLS DRIVE. 
          CURRENT CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE IS RIGHT AROUND $45 MILLION. TENTATIVE LET DATE IS EARLY 2027 AT THIS TIME, WITH A ROUGH CONSTRUCTION DURATION OF ABOUT TWO YEARS. SO AGAIN, JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE PROJECT. I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CLEAREST IMAGE TO SEE, BUT WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS CONSOLIDATES THE TRAVEL LANES. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A FRONTAGE ROAD AND KIND 
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OF MAIN LANE SYSTEM, ROADWAYS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED TO A SINGLE ROAD BEDS IN EACH DIRECTION. SO THAT'S SHOWN IN THE GREEN DOWN ON THE BOTTOM. THE ORANGE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE EXISTING MAIN LANES. THAT PAVEMENT WILL ALL BE REMOVED AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO YOU'LL HAVE A WIDE MEDIAN THERE. WE'RE REMOVING A NUMBER OF THE CROSSOVERS WHERE YOU SEE A NUMBER OF CRASHES AND CONFLICT POINTS THERE. WE'LL BE ADDING THE OVERPASS THERE AT THE NEW ROAD INTERSECTION, AND THEN INSTALLING U-TURNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT INTERSECTION, AND THEN AT THE PROJECT LIMITS TO ALLOW THAT CIRCULAR MOTION. SO AGAIN, WE ANTICIPATE THIS REALLY CLEANING UP TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA FOR SURE. WHEN WE'RE DONE, KIND OF GENERAL CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING IS TO START ON THE OUTSIDE, GET THAT ROADWAY REBUILT, TRAFFIC PUSHED TO THE OUTSIDE, THEN THAT'LL LET US BUILD THE OVERPASSES IN THE MIDDLE. SO AGAIN, ONCE THAT PROJECT LET'S WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE MORE SPECIFICS AS FAR AS ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. AND THEN THE FINAL PROJECT WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS ONE THAT'S COMING UP ABOUT THE SAME TIME FRAME OF THAT EARLY 2027, LETTING VERY EARLY STAGES STILL AT THIS POINT FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS 3051 OR STEINBECK BIN FROM LAKESHORE DRIVE UP TO 1637. SO IT WOULD BE WIDENING THAT EXISTING ROADWAY OUT TO A THREE LANE SECTION. SO YOU'D HAVE TWO LANES EACH DIRECTION, A CONTINUOUS TWO, A LEFT TURN LANE FROM END TO END, AND THEN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THERE AT MLK. SO ADDING MULTIPLE MULTIPLE TURN LANES, A COUPLE MEDIANS TO CONTROL ACCESS CLOSER TO THE INTERSECTION, AND THEN UPGRADING THE SIGNAL THERE. AND THEN ADDITION, WE'D BE ADDING A TEN FOOT SHARED USE PATH FROM ONE END TO THE PROJECT TO THE OTHER. SO THAT'D BE ON THE SOUTH HALF OF THE ROADWAY OR THE SAME SIDE AS THE, AS THE MONUMENT SITE. SO AGAIN, WE'RE AT 30% PSA DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW. AND LOOKING AT 2027 LETTING, I KNOW THERE'S SOME ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND SOME FUTURE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR UTILITY FOLKS AND THE CITY'S UTILITY FOLKS. SO EXPECT A LOT OF COORDINATION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THERE. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAD TODAY. SO IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON THOSE PROJECTS OR ANYTHING I MAY HAVE MISSED, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLAYTON. CLAYTON, I APPRECIATE IT. AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE ON THE WACO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION MPO, WE CALL IT. 
          JOSH AND I BOTH CHAIRED THAT. I KNOW YOU GIVE A A MONTHLY UPDATE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, AND IT'S ALWAYS WELL PRESENTED AND THE INFORMATION IS FANTASTIC. REALLY APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TXDOT, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. YOU AND STAN SWITEK AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH AS WE PLAN THESE, YOU KNOW, MAJOR, MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT AFFECT WACO AND ITS COMMERCE. AND ITS ITS METROPOLITAN AREA. 
          SO THANKS, CLAYTON. APPRECIATE IT SIR. YEAH. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION 2020 6-1 29. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE AQUIFER. ALL RIGHT UP NEXT WE HAVE JENNIFER RIPKA PARTNER AT WEAVER AND TIDWELL FOR ITEM 129, A DISCUSSION OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. MISS RIPKA WILL BE JOINED AT THE TABLE BY CFO LOU COSTELLO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE COLIN BOOTH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JENNIFER RIPKA AND I'M THE ENGAGEMENT PARTNER ON THE CITY OF WACO'S EXTERNAL AUDIT WITH WEAVER. I HAVE 19 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NEIGHBORING STATES, AND SO I'LL JUST GET RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY PRESENTED TO THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THE SLIDES BECAUSE IT IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, BUT I'LL JUST HIT ON THE THE HIGH MARKS AND THEN TURN IT OVER FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. WITH REGARDS TO THE AUDIT ITSELF, STARTING OFF, THE AUDIT IS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, AS WELL AS GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. AND WE DO THE AUDIT REALLY TWOFOLD. WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE FINANCIAL AREAS WITH REGARDS TO THE CITY, BUT WE ALSO PERFORM A SINGLE AUDIT OVER FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. AND THAT REALLY IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE AUDIT OVER THOSE AREAS, WHICH INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE BALANCES WITH REGARDS TO THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES THAT THE CITY RECEIVES WITH REGARDS TO FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, BUT ALSO THE COMPLIANCE WITH REGARDS TO THOSE ITEMS. OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO, WE HAVE COMPLIANCE WORK WITH REGARDS TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAWS, REGULATIONS, CONTRACTS AND GRANT AGREEMENTS THAT DON'T FALL UNDER THE SINGLE AUDIT. THE LARGEST ONE IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. THIS IS OUR AUDIT TIMELINE FOR THE AUDIT T THIS REALLY IS JUST ONGOING. IT'S IT GOES ON AND ON. SO I DO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF 
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OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE AN AUDITOR, YOU, YOU, YOU REALLY DON'T GO INTO THIS JOB THINKING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TERRORIZING PEOPLE FROM DAY TO DAY, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT YOU ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT FINANCE TEAM. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE AUDIT TIME, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO PUT ASIDE THEIR ACTUAL DAY TO DAY JOB TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS OF THE AUDIT TEAM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO THROUGH THE RESULTS, IT REALLY IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE GROUP THAT YOU ALL HAVE. AS FAR AS THE OVERVIEW OF THE AUDIT ITSELF, WE'VE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. THAT'S A CLEAN OPINION. IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT CAN BE PLACED ON A SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE SINGLE AUDIT. SO LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE TESTED DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT, WE'VE ISSUED A CLEAN OPINION WITH REGARDS TO THAT TEST WORK AS WELL. WE HAD NO UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT WITHIN THAT SINGLE AUDIT REPORT IS KIND OF A, A REPORT CARD OF THE WORK THAT WE PERFORMED. AND IT GOES THROUGH THAT THERE'S AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES. AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM AN AUDIT STANDPOINT, THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE BEST THAT YOU CAN GET SIGNIFICANT RISK WITH REGARDS TO THE CITY MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF CONTROLS IS GOING TO BE PERVASIVE AT EVERY SINGLE AUDIT THAT WE PERFORM TEST WORK AT. AND THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT THAT TEST OR TEST OVER MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF CONTROLS IS GOING TO BE JOURNAL ENTRY TESTING, INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF UNPREDICTABILITY, REVIEWING SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES FOR BIAS. 
          WE HAD NO AUDIT FINDINGS WITH REGARDS TO THAT TEST WORK AND THEN RISK OF FRAUD IN REVENUE RECOGNITION. THIS ONE, AGAIN, IS, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF WACO. REVENUE RECOGNITION IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT AT ALL OF OUR CITY'S SPECIFICALLY CHARGES FOR SERVICES. IF YOU LOOK AT CHARGES FOR SERVICES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THEMSELVES, IT IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER, BUT IT'S MADE UP OF VERY SMALL, IMMATERIAL ITEMS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN UTILITY BILLING, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, $200 PER PER MONTH. AND SO INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTIONS THAT DO COME TOGETHER ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR A VERY LARGE AMOUNT. SO WE'RE TESTING THOSE FROM A DETAILED TESTING STANDPOINT AT A MUCH LOWER SCOPE THAN WE WOULD SOME OTHER REVENUE ITEMS WHEN WE DID THAT TEST WORK WITH. AND THEN ALSO THE GRANT TESTING, WE HAD NO AUDIT FINDINGS WITH REGARDS TO THOSE. THESE ARE JUST THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. I WON'T READ THESE, BUT IT IS INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS THAT THE ODDITY MUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGED. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR TEST WORK, WE DID IMPLEMENT GASB STATEMENT 101 THIS YEAR. THAT WAS A NEW STANDARD THAT GASB CAME OUT WITH THAT JUST STATED THAT PREVIOUSLY ALL OF THE CITY'S SCHOOL DISTRICTS, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES HAD TO INCLUDE VACATION, SICK, OTHER TYPES OF ACCRUALS WITH REGARDS TO ANY TYPE OF LEAVE THAT WOULD BE PAID OUT AT THE END OF THEIR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, GASB DETERMINED THAT THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT NOT ONLY THE PAYOUT PORTION WAS INCLUDED ON THERE, BUT ALSO ANY POTENTIAL LEAVE THAT THAT COULD BE USED OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR NEEDED TO BE RECORDED AS A LIABILITY ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THAT'S AT THE GOVERNMENT WIDE LEVEL. IT'S LIKE MANY OF THE THE GASB STATEMENTS THAT HAVE COME OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW YEARS, WHERE THERE ARE LARGER LIABILITIES THAT ARE BEING PLACED ON THE THE ACCRUAL STATEMENTS THEMSELVES. BUT THAT ONE IS A NEW ONE. IT'S NOT NEW TO TO THE CITY OF WACO. ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE HAVE THAT AS WELL. OTHER REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS, NO UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS, NO SUSPECTED FRAUD, NO DIFFICULTIES THAT WERE ENCOUNTERED DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT, NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT. AND WE DID REQUIRE A REPRESENTATION LETTER BE SIGNED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE AUDIT. AND NO MANAGEMENT CONSULTATIONS, NO SIGNIFICANT MATTERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU ALL. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WITH REGARDS TO THE AUDIT, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ANY QUESTIONS 
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FOR MISS REBECCA? WEAVER TEAM? JOSH, IT'S GOING TO STAY LIKE THAT. UNMODIFIED OPINION. YEAH. 
          YEAH, DEFINITELY. YEAH. ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO TALK BLUE IN COLOR. WE'RE HERE FOR SUPPORT. 
          ALL RIGHT. SURROUNDED. OKAY, GOOD. THE I THE GREAT REPORT AS JOSH SAID MUSIC TO MY EARS. 
          UNMODIFIED OPINION. NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES. YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT ANY CEO OR PRESIDENT WANTS OUT OF THE OUT OF THE AUDIT. SO WE GOT THAT AND GO AHEAD AND TERRORIZE OUR STAFF. YOU KNOW WE DON'T CARE. 
          THEY'RE GOOD. YOU DON'T CARE. THEY CARE. I DON'T CARE, BUT I DO. THE IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS, AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF AUDITS IN MY INVESTMENT BANKING CAREER, BUT HAVING THAT STAFF THAT HAS EVERYTHING READY AND FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND BEING RESPONSIVE AND COMMUNICATIVE, AND I KNOW THAT BLUE AND COLLIN AND YOUR TEAM'S OVER IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ARE KEY TO MAKING THIS THIS PART OF IT HAPPEN. SO THANKS FOR THE REPORT. THIS THING IS ALWAYS CHOCK FULL OF INFORMATION. I LOVE READING THE THE ACT FOR. YEAH. BECAUSE FOR THOSE THAT ARE, I GUESS, LISTENING ARE OUT IN THE, THE MDNA, THE STATISTICAL SECTION AT THE VERY END, I'LL, YOU KNOW, PLUG THE CITY HAS TO PUT THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER. IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR THOSE THAT DON'T WANT TO READ THE ENTIRE ACT FOR THE STUFF AT THE BACK. YEAH. I LOVE THE, THE TREND ANALYSIS OF, OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I JUST, I MEAN, SOME OF IT IS JUST FASCINATING. I MEAN, WE'RE AT OUR NET POSITION. WE JUST WENT OVER 1,000,000,001 KIND OF LIKE GENERALLY SIMILAR TO NET WORTH. I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T SAY WORTH, BUT NET POSITION. AND THAT WAS 1.1 BILLION AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. JUST TEN YEARS AGO IT WAS HALF THAT IT WAS 500. SO THE CITY IS GROWING OUR NET POSITIONS GROWING. JUST. YEAH, THOSE I COULD GO ON AND ON. I TAGGED A LOT OF STUFF HERE, BUT I WON'T I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF IT ANYWAY. THAT'S FANTASTIC. AND AGAIN, THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION. IT'S OUR ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET AUDIT. BASICALLY JUST AUDIT FOR THE ENTIRE DEAL. IT WAS IT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU, MISS RIPKEN. THANKS BLUE AND COLIN APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY, WE NOW GO TO WORK. 
          SESSION 2026 130. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WASTE. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'LL INVITE CODY PATILLO, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TO THE TABLE NEXT FOR WORK SESSION. 130. MR. POLO IS HERE TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO OUR EXISTING YARD WASTE PROGRAM. AS PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING PROPOSED ROUTE SCHEDULE MODIFICATIONS AND FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION, WE ARE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON IMPLEMENTING TODAY'S PROPOSED CHANGES. MR. PATILLO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER HOLT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU ALL THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE YARD WASTE PROGRAM TRANSITION, AS WELL AS SOME UPDATES ON UPCOMING RESIDENTIAL ROUTE ADJUSTMENTS. AND CODY PATEL, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND AS ALWAYS, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE AT ANY TIME. SO FOR PURPOSE AND AGENDA, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE CURRENT PROGRAM. WHAT WAS THE INTENT VERSUS WHAT'S REALITY? TALK ABOUT SOME PEER CITY CONTEXT. NEXT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT JUSTIFICATION FOR THE TRANSITION. YOU WILL TALK UTILIZATION DATA AS WELL AS SOME OPERATIONAL COSTS. AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED SERVICE CHANGES, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. AND THEN WE WILL FINISH UP WITH FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL IMPACTS. AND THEN COMMUNICATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE NEWS HERE. WE ARE TRANSITIONING. WE ARE NOT ELIMINATING SERVICES. WITH THIS TRANSITION WE WILL IMPROVE THE FREQUENCY OF YARD WASTE COLLECTION. WE WILL REDUCE OPERATIONAL COSTS AS WELL AS MAINTAIN EVERY EXISTING DISPOSAL OPTION THAT WE HAVE. TODAY. WE ARE LOOKING TO INTEGRATE OUR GREEN CART PROGRAM INTO OUR WEEKLY GRAY CART PROGRAM AND MOVE OUR BRUSH AND BAG LEAF COLLECTION TO AN ON DEMAND SERVICE. MAINTAIN THOSE FOR FREE DROP OFFS AT OUR RECYCLING CENTER, OUR LANDFILL AND TRANSFER STATION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY LOOK AT HAVING SOME ROUTE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE WE MOVE OUR HOLIDAY FLEX DAY FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO TALKING ABOUT THE YARD WASTE PROGRAM, WHAT WAS THE INTENT VERSUS WHAT'S THE REALITY. SO YARD WASTE PROGRAM STARTED A LONG TIME AGO. AND IT WAS THE INTENT WAS TO DIVERT ORGANIC MATERIAL FROM THE LANDFILL TO THIS BRUSH AREA TO PRESERVE LANDFILL SPACE, AS WELL AS CREATE A PRODUCT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL USE FOR OUR LANDFILL OPERATION, AS WELL AS FREE MULCH TO THE PUBLIC. IN PRACTICE, THAT GOAL WAS REALLY NOT BEING MET, AS A LOT OF THE GREEN CARTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY COLLECTED HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATION IN THOSE ALREADY, AND THOSE ARE FORCED TO GO TO THE WORKING FACE RATHER THAN THE BRUSH AREA AT THE LANDFILL. WE DO USE THE BRUSH THAT WE GRIND UP FOR THAT MULCH, FOR OPERATIONAL USE FOR 
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ALL WEATHER SURFACE. BUT WHEN WE MIX IN THE ACTUAL YARD WASTE THAT IS CLEAN INTO IT, IT REALLY CREATES A KIND OF A SLOPPY MESS THAT YOU YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO USE FOR AN ALL WEATHER SURFACE DRIVING ON DURING THE WET WEATHER. AND ALSO WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY MEANINGFUL PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE MULCH PRODUCT THAT WE THAT WE CREATE OUT THERE WITH. ONE IS THERE'S CONTAMINATION. THERE IS SOME TRASH WITHIN THE MULCH, WHICH IS OKAY AT THE LANDFILL. 
          PROBABLY NOT OKAY WHEN YOU HAVE IN YOUR GARDEN. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO CONCERNS WITH SOMETIMES THERE'S DISEASE WOOD THAT'S BEING DISPOSED OF AS WELL AS TERMITES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE INTENT WAS GREAT, BUT THE, THE PROGRAM IS REALLY NOT MEETING WHAT THAT WAS. NOW, IT'S NOT ACHIEVING WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO. ALL RIGHT. SO WHY THIS MATTERS? 89% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS DO NOT USE THEIR GREEN CARTS REGULARLY OR AT ALL. THAT MEANS WE HAVE 11% OF OUR CUSTOMERS USING A PROGRAM THAT 100% OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING FOR. 
          LOOKING AT THIS TRANSITION, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE ABOUT $680,000 OF ANNUAL SAVINGS, WHICH WILL HELP US STABILIZE OUR RESIDENTIAL RATE FOR THE FUTURE FISCAL YEARS WHILE MAINTAINING OUR SERVICE LEVELS. SO GETTING INTO SOME OF THE DATA ABOUT UTILIZATION, WE HAVE 40 A LITTLE OVER 42,500 CUSTOMERS CITYWIDE. OF THOSE, 17,500 CUSTOMERS HAVE GREEN CARTS. AND OF THOSE CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE GREEN CARTS TO 41% OF OUR CUSTOMERS, A LITTLE LESS THAN 5000 CUSTOMERS ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THOSE GREEN CARTS ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND SO WE TOOK A YEAR'S WORTH OF DATA. AND LOOKING AT THE PEAK TIMES, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY SPRING SUMMER, THE TWO MONTH PEAK PERIOD WAS ABOUT 5700 CARTS. AND THEN THE TWO MONTH LOW PERIOD WAS AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 3200 CARTS. CODY ON THIS PAGE, THIS TABLE, DOES THAT MEAN SITTING OUT ON MY GREEN CARD? I DON'T PUT IT OUT THERE EVERY WEEK. I PUT IT OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHENEVER I HAVE WHENEVER I'M CLEANING UP THE YARD OR WHATEVER, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH OR EVERY SIX WEEKS OR SO. BUT IS THAT IS THE 4840 JUST THAT ARE USING SOMEBODY LIKE ME THAT PUTS IT OUT MAYBE ONCE A MONTH OR ONCE WE COUNTED IT AS REGULAR SERVICE. IF YOU PUT IT OUT ONCE EVERY ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS, EVERY, EVERY EVERY WEEK, NO, ONCE, ONCE, ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, WE WERE CONSIDERING THAT. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PUTTING OUT WILL PROBABLY MORE FREQUENTLY THAN TWICE A MONTH, BUT I MEAN, TWICE A TWICE A YEAR, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARTICIPATION. SO TRYING TO GAUGE THAT I USE MINE EVERY WEEK, BUT I KIND OF DO USE IT, BUT MUCH MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR OR TWICE A YEAR. OKAY. RIGHT. 
          AND SO WE PULLED IN OUR PEER CITY COMPARISON. WE ARE ONE OF FOUR IN OUR PEER CITIES THAT OFFER THIS GREEN CARD OPTION. WE ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES IT AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE EXCEPT AUSTIN. THEY DON'T CHARGE ADDITIONAL, BUT THEIR MONTHLY RATE IS MORE THAN DOUBLE OURS AT 5850, WHERE OURS IS 2193. BUT WE DO MATCH UP WELL WITH THE OTHER CITIES GIVING THAT BRUSH AND LEAF BAGGED LEAF OPTION. SO AFTER THIS TRANSITION, WE WILL REMAIN ALIGNED WITH WHAT OUR PEER CITIES ARE DOING WITH EITHER MOVING AWAY OR NOT HAVING THE GREEN CART PROGRAM. BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE THE DISPOSAL OPTION FOR YARD WASTE BY INTEGRATING IT INTO OUR GREAT CART. SO BACK TO THAT TABLE, THE 5850, THAT'S LIKE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE. KNOW THAT THAT'S THEIR MONTHLY RATE. AND THEY THEIR GREEN CARD, THEY HAVE A GREEN CARD OPTION, BUT THEIR MONTHLY RATE IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN OUR MONTHLY RATE. OKAY. AND I WOULD SUBMIT IT SEEMS LIKE THE KEY PROBLEM HERE IS THAT SOME PEOPLE DO USE THE BRUSH AND PUT REALLY, TRULY LEAVES AND BRANCHES IN THERE. AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE JUST THROW EVERYTHING IN THERE, WHICH KIND OF SCREWS IT UP FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU'RE DUMPING EVERYTHING INTO ONE MACRO PLACE AND YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO SORT THROUGH IT. EVIDENTLY, AUSTIN IS CHARGING MORE TO HAVE SOMEBODY SORT THROUGH THE STUFF, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHICH I DON'T REALLY WANT TO START THAT PROGRAM EITHER. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SORTING THROUGH IT. BUT, BUT ALSO WE HAVE DEDICATED ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE CITY EVERY OTHER WEEK FOR THESE, THESE COLLECTION. AND IT'S REALLY SERVING A SMALL PART OF OUR CUSTOMER BASE FOR A PRETTY LARGE EFFORT. JUST THE PER TON. IT COST US ABOUT $350 A TON FOR YARD WASTE AND RECYCLING. IT'S ABOUT $90 A TON FOR OUR OPERATION AND THEN TRASH THE TRASH. THE GREEN CARD IS LIKE 40 OR $50 A TON. THAT OBVIOUSLY IS BECAUSE THERE'S MORE TONNAGE. 
          THERE'S A LOT MORE ACTIVITY. A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. SO CURRENTLY THE 
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GREEN CART WASTE JUST GOES TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE LANDFILL, BUT STILL BASICALLY SAME THING. 
          SO WE'RE NOT DO YOU KNOW IF THESE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE STILL USING GREEN CARDS ARE THEY HAVE THEY FOUND ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS? BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF OUR PROBLEM, RIGHT? THAT WE JUST IT'S IT WAS HAD GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY GETTING ANY VALUE. RIGHT. 
          DENTON DOES DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THEY HAVE THEY CREATE A COMPOST PRODUCT AND THEY SELL IT. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE MAKING ANY REVENUE OFF OF THAT OR IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEIR REVENUES ARE EXCEEDING THEIR EXPENSES. WE DO PARTNER WITH A LOCAL COMPANY THAT JUST STARTED UP A COMPOSTING OPERATION. IT'S THE IT'S NOT CENTRAL CRUSHED CONCRETE, BUT IT'S THE SAME, SAME BUSINESS, SAME SITE. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DIVERTING YARD WASTE, ACTUALLY, JUST BRUSH BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT OUR YARD WASTE BECAUSE THERE'S CONTAMINATION ISSUES. BUT WE'VE BEEN DIVERTING BRUSH FROM OUR LANDFILL SITE TO THE SITE, AND THEY'VE STOPPED TAKING IT BECAUSE THEY HAD ENOUGH. SO IT'S GOING BACK TO THE LANDFILL. 
          BUT WE DO PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE LANDFILL. THAT IS, WE GRIND THAT MATERIAL UP AND CREATE A MULCH PRODUCT THAT WE PUT ON SLOPES THAT ARE ERODING, OR WE PUT IT ON THE WORKING FLOOR OF THE OF THE LANDFILL TO CREATE AN ALL WEATHER SURFACE SO PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND OUT WHENEVER IT'S RAINING OR ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT'S CHANGING? SO OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, WE HAVE WEEKLY TRASH SERVICE AND THEN A BI WEEKLY ROTATION OF OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM AND OUR YARD WASTE PROGRAM ON DURING OUR YARD WASTE WEEK, YOU CAN PUT YOUR GREEN CARD AT THE CURB FOR SERVICE ALONG WITH YOUR BRUSH AND BAG LEAVES. AND THEN YOU STILL, WE STILL HAVE THE FOR FREE DROP OFFS AT THE LANDFILL TRANSFER STATION. WHERE WE'RE CHANGING TO IS WE WANT TO INTEGRATE THE GREEN CART INTO OUR WEEKLY GRAY CART SERVICE. 
          WE WANT TO MOVE OUR BRUSH AND BAG LEAVES TO AN ON DEMAND SERVICE, AND NO CHANGES TO OUR RECYCLING. IT WILL BE A BI WEEKLY. WE WOULD LIKELY ADJUST THE ROUTES A LITTLE BIT TO BALANCE OUT BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE. IF WE'RE. IF WE'RE TAKING AWAY THESE GREEN CART ROUTES, ONE WEEK WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER. SO WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH, SPLIT UP SOME OF OUR BLUE ROUTES AND MOVE THEM OVER. BUT ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS WILL STILL SEE A BI WEEKLY COLLECTION FOR RECYCLING. AND THEN AGAIN, NO CHANGE TO THOSE EXISTING DISPOSAL OPTIONS. SO ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY TO THAT. A NORMAL OR A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES ARE HAS SERVICE WITH US. WE HAVE OUR WEEK ONE, WHICH IS WE CALL OUR BLUE WEEK CURRENT SERVICES. 
          THAT'S YOUR GREAT CART AND YOUR BLUE CART COLLECTION. WEEK TWO, WHICH WE CALL OUR GREEN WEEK, IS A GRAY CART, GREEN CART. AND THEN YOU PUT IN YOUR BRUSH AND YOUR LEAVES OUT OF THE CURVE CURB. PROPOSED CHANGES. WEEK ONE. WE'RE LOOKING TO COMBINE OUR GRAY AND OUR GREEN CART, AS WELL AS HAVE THAT RECYCLING OPTION. WEEK TWO WE WOULD HAVE THAT GRAY AND GREEN CART COMBINED AGAIN AND THEN MOVE TO THAT ON DEMAND BRUSH IN BAG LEAF SERVICE. AND THAT WOULD BE TWO TIMES A MONTH, WHICH WOULD MATCH THE SAME AMOUNT OF SERVICE A RESIDENT WOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE RECEIVED ON A BI WEEKLY BASIS. I GUESS A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENT PUTTING OUT AT THE CURB. SO RIGHT NOW IN THE GRAY CART, EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THERE NEEDS TO BE IN A PLASTIC BAG, RIGHT? THAT'S CLOSED OR TIED OR WHATEVER. SO IN PUTTING YARD WASTE IN THERE, DOES THAT YARD WASTE NEED TO BE IN A PLASTIC BAG OR HOW DO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE CART? YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE PREFERRED, BUT I DON'T WE WEREN'T WE WEREN'T REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. SO LIKE, IF YOU'VE GOT A BAG OF GRASS CLIPPINGS OR SO, YOU COULD JUST DUMP IT IN THERE WITH THE BAGGED UP TRASH. 
          CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT, LET'S SAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A LIVE OAK TREE AND ALL THE LEAVES ARE COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE BAGGING THOSE UP AND YOU'VE GOT LIKE 10 TO 20 BAGS OF THOSE. YOU COULD STILL WITH THE ON DEMAND, DO YOU NOTIFY THE CITY OR DO YOU JUST LEAVE THEM AT THE CURB. WELL NOTIFY THE CITY AND THAT WILL BE WHEN ONCE WE START PUSHING OUT OUR OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION, WE'LL WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. BUT IT'S VERY IT'S THE SAME PROCESS WE HAVE FOR OUR BULKY COLLECTION. 
          CURRENTLY. SOMEBODY SETS OUT BULKY THAT YOU HAVE TO CALL IT IN. AND THEN WE CREATE A WORK ORDER. WE GO PICK IT UP AND WITHIN A, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TWO BUSINESS DAYS, 2 OR 3 BUSINESS DAYS. AND SO IT'S THE SAME PROCESS THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE FOR BULKY. SO I MEAN, I GUESS WHATEVER LOOSE LEAF GRASS, LEAVES, TWIGS, SMALL BRANCHES THAT MIGHT HAVE FALLEN IN YOUR YARD, ALL OF THAT CAN BE UNDER THIS PROPOSAL THROWN IN WITH THE BAGGED UP TRASH EACH WEEK. 
          YES, YES. BUT FOR KIND OF LIKE LARGER PICKUPS THAT CAN'T FIT IN THE GRAY BIN SCHEDULE, USE 
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THE PROCESS THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED TO NOTIFY SOLID WASTE THAT HEY, I'VE GOT A LOAD THAT NEEDS TO GET PULLED OFF, RIGHT? THAT IS THAT IS CORRECT. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TRANSITION PERIOD, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT REALLY USE THE GREEN CARD PROGRAM. SO WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THE GREEN CART AT AN ADDITIONAL CART FEE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO USE AS A GREEN CARD. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THAT FEE MIGHT BE? IT IS $10.80, I BELIEVE. BUT IT'S IT IS. IT'S ALREADY SET IN OUR FEE SCHEDULE FOR AN ADDITIONAL CART FEE. OKAY. SO IT'LL BE THE SAME. SO SOMEONE NOW WHO HAS A GRAY CARD AND A GREEN CARD WILL JUST HAVE, WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT. IT'LL JUST BE LIKE THEY HAVE TWO GRAY CARDS, DON'T THEY, THE SAME THING. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. FOR OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, WE'RE LOOKING TO SAVE ABOUT 100 TO 130 ROUTE HOURS WEEKLY, WITH 2300 FEWER STOPS WEEKLY. AND THEN, I'M SORRY, FEWER MILES WEEKLY AND 10,000 FEWER STOPS PER MONTH. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO ELIMINATE THREE VACANT FTE POSITIONS, AS WELL AS THREE TEMPORARY POSITION EMPLOYEE POSITIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THESE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. WE'RE LOOKING TO ELIMINATE 260 TONS OF CARBON. CARBON EMISSIONS, WHICH IS AN ESTIMATED ABOUT 55 PASSENGER VEHICLES ANNUALLY OFF THE ROAD. FOR RATE IMPACTS YOU. WE HAVE OUR CURRENT AND PLANNED RATES ON THE TOP ROW. WE HAVE OUR REDUCTION OR OUR FOR OUR TRANSITION ON THAT SECOND ROW. 
          FOR CURRENT. WE ARE AT 2193 FOR OUR MONTHLY RATE NEXT OR ■FY 27, WE WERE LOOKING TO INCREASE BY $1.41. THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR OF A FIVE YEAR PLAN WHERE WE WERE GRADUALLY INCREASING OUR RATES TO FUND THE NEW TRANSFER STATION AS WELL AS LANDFILL IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS. WE ARE FOLLOWING OUR COST OF SERVICE STUDY THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY NUGENT. LOOKING AT THESE REDUCTIONS, WE BELIEVE WE CAN REDUCE THAT INCREASE NEXT YEAR BY $1, SO ONLY INCREASING BY $0.41. AND THEN FOLLOWING OUR COST OF SERVICE STUDY INCREASES THROUGHOUT THEIR. SO BY 2030, STILL HAVING THAT OVERALL DOLLAR REDUCTION. WE LOOKED AT THIS RATE REDUCTION IN OUR COST OF SERVICE MODEL DEVELOPED BY NUGENT. AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THE REDUCTION IN OUR EXPENSES IS GOING TO BE GREATER THAN THE REDUCTION IN THE LOST REVENUE WE MIGHT SEE IN THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS THAT MAY WANT TO KEEP THAT SECOND CART THAT WILL GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO HELP WIDEN THAT GAP FOR US. SO CURRENTLY, THOUGH, YOU'RE NOT RESIDENTS NOT PAYING FOR THE GREEN CARD TO KEEP IT AS A NEW GREEN GRAY CARD, THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY THE ADDITIONAL CORRECT RATE FOR THE CLARIFY THAT CODE FOR THE GREEN CARD. IT COST AN EXTRA TEN BUCKS A MONTH. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? BUT THAT'S IF YOU'RE USING IT FOR BRUSH ONLY OR NO, YOU. IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE A SECOND GRAY CARD. OKAY? RATHER THAN JUST COLLECT ALL THOSE GREEN CARDS. AND THEN IF SOMEBODY WANTS A SECOND CARD, GIVE THEM A GRAY CARD. WELL, WE CAN, THEY CAN USE THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL CARD AND WE CAN REUSE THAT CARD IN OUR EYES, IT WOULD JUST BE MARKED AS A SECOND GRADE CARD THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS AN EXTRA TEN BUCKS A MONTH. YEP. THAT'S CORRECT. IF WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE EXTRA TEN BUCKS A MONTH, WE TURN TURN THEM IN OR SOMETHING. YEP. WE'LL HAVE A GRACE PERIOD. 
          WE'LL LET PEOPLE MAKE THAT DECISION AFTER THEY'VE GET GOT RECEIVED THE INFORMATION. AND WE'LL EITHER COME PICK IT UP OR YOU CAN BRING IT BACK TO US, BUT WE'LL GIVE FOLKS PLENTY OF TIME TO, TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR CART. OKAY, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, SO SWITCHING GEARS HERE A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO YARD WASTE PROGRAM, BUT WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS, WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF AN ISSUE WE'VE IDENTIFIED WITH OUR FLEX DAY, OUR HOLIDAY. SO FOR OUR CURRENT RESIDENTIAL SCHEDULE, WE ARE FOR WORKING FOUR TEN HOUR DAYS, ESSENTIALLY MONDAY, TUESDAY OFF WEDNESDAY WITH JUST A FEW ROUTES AND THEN WORKING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WHERE WE USE THAT WEDNESDAY AS OUR MAKEUP DAY FOR ANY HOLIDAYS WE HAVE DURING THE WEEK, WHAT WE SEE IS WE'RE HAVING INCONSISTENT PARTICIPATION DEPENDING ON WHEN THE HOLIDAY FALLS. SO IF YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY ON A MONDAY OR TUESDAY IN THAT YOUR TRASH DAY IS MOVING OUT TO A WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE 81% PARTICIPATION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WHENEVER YOUR HOLIDAY FALLS ON A THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE THAT DATE UP, WE HAVE A DROP TO ABOUT 50% PARTICIPATION FROM OUR CUSTOMERS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THIS CREATES 
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SOME OPERATIONAL INEFFICIENCIES FOR US AS WELL AS A SERVICE ISSUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. I MEAN, IF YOU MISS YOUR TRASH DAY AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK, IT IS INCONVENIENT. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WE GENERALLY GET A LOT OF MISSED PICKUP CALLS. AND SO WE'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SERVICE THOSE AND GET IT TO THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. SO TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE, WE ARE TO MOVE OUR FLEX DAY FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY. SO WE ESSENTIALLY WILL MOVE ALL OF OUR FRIDAY ROUTES TO WEDNESDAY, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE OUR WEDNESDAY ROUTES TO TUESDAY. WHAT WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO CONSISTENTLY MOVE OUR OUR ANY DAYS WE HAVE A HOLIDAY, ANY DAYS THAT OUR IMPACT. WE CAN MOVE EACH DAY OUT BY ONE DAY. SO IF THERE'S A HOLIDAY ON A MONDAY, ALL, ALL THOSE FOLLOWING DAYS WILL BE MOVED OUT. SO MONDAY WILL BE ON TUESDAY, TUESDAY WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY AND SO ON. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE SAME ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. SO WE'RE CONSISTENTLY PUSHING THE DAY OUT RATHER THAN MOVING IT UP, SHOWING THAT WE WE HAVE A TREND THAT WE KNOW THERE'S HIGHER PARTICIPATION WHEN WE MOVE IT OUT. SO HAVING THAT CHANGE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EASILY COMMUNICATE. IT'S EASY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND. 
          THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS THAT HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF SCHEDULE. AND THEN IT ALSO CREATES A CONSISTENT THREE DAY WEEKEND FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL OPERATORS, WHICH WILL HELP WITH STAFF MORALE RETENTION AND FUTURE RECRUITMENT. SO OUR EXPECTED OUTCOMES HERE, WE EXPECT TO HAVE A HIGHER PARTICIPATION FROM OUR CUSTOMERS DURING THOSE HOLIDAY WEEKS. IT WILL BE A SIMPLER SCHEDULE FOR US TO CONSISTENTLY COMMUNICATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS. AND THEN AGAIN, THAT RETENTION AND MORALE WITH OUR STAFF. CAN I JUST WALK THROUGH KIND OF SOME SCENARIOS ON THAT? NOT TOO LENGTHY, BUT SO MY DAY, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR ON OUR STREET, IT'S THURSDAY IS OUR PICKUP DAY. WOULD THE PROPOSAL, IF THERE WAS A MONDAY HOLIDAY, WOULD THAT AFFECT MY THURSDAY PICKUP AT ALL? YES. SO YOU WOULD MOVE TO FRIDAY. OKAY, SO EVERYONE SHIFTS DOWN. EVERYONE WILL SHIFT ONE DAY OUT. AND IF YOUR FRIDAY IS IT NOW? SATURDAY? WELL, WE WON'T HAVE ANY ROUTES ON FRIDAY. OKAY. SO OKAY. GOT IT. SO IT JUST MOVES. 
          OKAY. FRIDAY MOVES BACK TO ONE. OKAY. AND THEN SORRY, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THIS THROUGH, BUT OTHER THAN SO EVERYONE KNOWS IF THERE IS A HOLIDAY THAT WEEK, YOU SHIFT A DAY FORWARD. YEAH, SHIFT IT OUT A LITTLE, FALLS ON FRIDAY, THEN THERE'S NO, THAT WON'T WORK. 
          CORRECT. OKAY, OKAY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, LATER IN THE WEEK, LIKE THANKSGIVING OR IF JUST A RANDOM HOLIDAY TENDS TO FALL ON LATER IN THE WEEK, THEN PARTICIPATION IS POOR. YES. AND THEN THAT THERE'S INEFFICIENCIES THAT ARE DEALT WITH LATER. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR HOLIDAYS ON MONDAY. AND SO OUR MONDAY CUSTOMERS ARE VERY USED TO OUR I IT'S NOT MONDAY, IT'S WEDNESDAY. BUT WHENEVER WE, WE DON'T THE EXCEPT FOR THANKSGIVING, THE THURSDAY, FRIDAY HOLIDAYS REALLY AREN'T CONSISTENT. AND SO OUR CUSTOMERS JUST AREN'T RESPONSIVE TO THAT. NO MATTER HOW MUCH COMMUNICATION WE PUT OUT, THEY'RE JUST WE'RE JUST NOT HITTING THE MARK THERE. SO WE BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A BETTER SERVICE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS MOVING FORWARD. AND I KNOW THAT WE DO SET THE CITY'S HOLIDAY CALENDAR EACH YEAR, BUT FROM A SOLID WASTE PERSPECTIVE, HOW MANY AFFECTED WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR IS THAT? IS THAT 10 OR 12? YEAH, IT'S I THINK IT'S LIKE 10 OR 12 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. I THINK WE HAVE 12 HOLIDAYS. 13 MAYBE, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT AROUND. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THERE'S. 13 FEDERAL HOLIDAYS. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A HOLIDAY. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OVERLAP THERE IS, BUT YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE LOOKING AT A FIVE PHASE APPROACH HERE. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY IN PLANNING AND PREPARATION. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          AND THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO A PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN AT LEAST 60 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF ANY PROGRAM LAUNCH. SO BY AT LEAST BY JULY, FIRST OF THE LATEST, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE IN PHASE THREE. WE WOULD MOVE INTO THIS TRANSITION PERIOD, WHICH IS ALSO CONSIDERING SOMEWHAT OF A GRACE PERIOD WHERE WE'RE ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO WORK THROUGH THAT THOUGHT PROCESS OF, DO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT GREEN CARD AS AN ADDITIONAL CARD, OR DO WE WANT TO TURN THAT IN? AND HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN I'M REQUESTING THAT ON DEMAND, BULKIER BAG LEAVE LEAVE COLLECTION AS WELL? WE ARE TARGETING AN OCTOBER 5TH PROGRAM LAUNCH. SO STARTING WITH THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THEN MOVE AND WE'LL HAVE A POST IMPLEMENTATION MONITORING THROUGHOUT THAT NEXT FISCAL YEAR JUST TO MAKE SURE THE 
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PROGRAM IS WORKING AS WE INTENDED IT TO FOR COMMUNICATION PLAN JUST TO HIT ON THE HIGH NOTES HERE, EARLY NOTICE, YOU KNOW, 60 DAYS BEFORE, AT LEAST 60 DAYS BEFORE WE HAD ANY TYPE OF PROGRAM LAUNCH, CLEAR CUSTOMER GUIDANCE. SO ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE AND ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET OUT THERE AND GET AHEAD OF THOSE. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO REACH OUR CUSTOMER BASE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TOUCH ALL THOSE WITH MULTIPLE CHANNELS, WORKING WITH OUR CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT TEAM TO DEVELOP SCRIPTS, TO HELP WITH ANY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT POP UP TO WORK THROUGH THAT, AND THEN ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION, DEVELOPING THIS INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. SO FINISHING WITH THE NEWS HERE, WE'RE NOT WE ARE TRANSITIONING. 
          WE ARE NOT CUTTING SERVICES. THIS TRANSITION WILL IMPROVE OUR COLLECTION FREQUENCY FOR YARD WASTE. IT WILL REDUCE OUR OPERATIONAL COST AND IT WILL MAINTAIN EVERY EXISTING DISPOSAL OPTION. LOOKING TO INTEGRATE THAT GREEN CARD INTO THE GRAY CART PROGRAM? MOVE OUR BRUSH AND OUR BAG LEAF COLLECTION TO AN ON DEMAND SERVICE. MAINTAIN THOSE FOR FREE DROP OFFS AT OUR FACILITIES, AND THAT WILL CREATE AN OPERATIONAL SAVINGS AND ANNUAL OPERATION, ANNUAL OPERATING SAVINGS FOR US, AND HELP US STABILIZE OUR RESIDENTIAL RATE MOVING FORWARD. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD TAKE ANY FEEDBACK YOU ALL HAVE ON THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE YARD WASTE TRANSITION. ANY REFLECTIONS OR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DIALOG? I GUESS ONE LAST LIKE AND KIND OF FROM A MORE ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE TRANSITION IN DUMPING YARD WASTE INTO THE, THE GRAY BIN VERSUS TREATING IT SEPARATELY? LIKE IS, IS IT STILL THE SAME END RESULT FOR THAT MATERIAL? DOES DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE I, WHAT, WHAT MIGHT RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WITH THAT PROPOSAL? COULD YOU KIND OF TALK US THROUGH THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE GREEN WOULD END UP TREATED SEPARATELY VERSUS WHERE IT WOULD NOW, OR HOW IT WOULD HOW THE MATERIAL? I KNOW YOU SPOKE TO IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THAT A BIT. SO GREEN. MOST OF THE MATERIAL CURRENTLY IS CONTAMINATED, SO IT'S GOING TO THE LANDFILL. WHEN IT DOES GO TO THE BRUSH AREA, WE ARE GRINDING THAT MATERIAL, CREATING A MULCH, AND IT REALLY NEVER LEAVES THE PROPERTY. BUT WE USE IT AS AN ALL WEATHER SURFACE. OKAY. CONSIDERING OUR LANDFILL GAS TO ENERGY PROJECT, WE HAVE GOING THIS AS WE PLACE MORE OF THIS ORGANIC MATERIAL INTO LANDFILL THAT GENERATES MORE METHANE, WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR US ONCE WE START A SIMILAR PROJECT AT THE LANDFILL. SO LONG TERM IT WILL BE A MORE BENEFICIAL PRACTICE FOR US THAN DIVERTING THAT MATERIAL. OKAY. AND SO CURRENTLY, THE GREEN CART ENDS UP IN THE LANDFILL, BUT THE BAGGED UP YARD WASTE IS USED FOR MULCH IN A DIFFERENT WAY. YEP, YEP. SO YEAH, THE BRUSH IN THE BAG LEAVES, THEY, THEY ARE DIVERTED OUT OF THE WORKING FACE. AND WHEN WE DO HAVE CLEAN LOADS OF YARD WASTE, IT IS DIVERTED. AND SO WE DO MONITOR THAT. OKAY. THANKS THAT THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. LIKE IF SOMEBODY JUST WANTS TO BRING BRUSH TO THE, WOULD THEY BRING IT TO THE TRANSFER STATION? NOW IF THEY CAN, YOU, WOULD YOU STILL HAVE THAT OPTION OR YOU JUST HAVE SOMEBODY PICK IT UP? CAN PEOPLE TAKE. JIM, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BRANCHES AND LEAVES AND STUFF. CAN THEY JUST HAUL THAT OVER TO THE TRANSFER STATION AND DUMP IT THERE? OR IS THERE, IS THERE EVEN THE CAPACITY TO TAKE THAT IN? YEAH. SO BRUSH AND WELL, NOT SO MUCH YARD WASTE, BUT BRUSH WILL NEED TO GO TO COBB'S RECYCLING CENTER OR TO THE NEW LANDFILL, RIGHT? AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT TAKING RUSH AT THE TRANSFER STATION, JUST THE COST TO TOUCH IT 2 OR 3 TIMES. WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THAT. OKAY, SO I MEAN, THE THE BIG DEAL HERE IS EVERYBODY FEELS I THINK EVERYBODY YOU ALMOST KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL DEAL. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GREEN CART STAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO RECYCLE ALL THAT STUFF. BUT THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT IS PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR PIZZA IN THE LEFTOVER PIZZA IN THERE TOO. AND THEN THAT'S THEN IT ALL GETS GROUND UP AND SCREWS UP THE ENTIRE THE ENTIRE THOUGHT THAT YOU CAN MAKE, YOU KNOW, THIS BEAUTIFUL COMPOST OUT OF IT SOMEWHERE. WE'RE NOT USING IT FOR COMPOST ANYWAY. WE'RE USING IT FOR SURFACING AND STUFF. THAT'S CORRECT. I GUESS AS WE LOOK AT THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE STILL RECYCLING. THE BLUE CARDS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT STUFF TO 
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GO TO THE LANDFILL. SO I KNOW WE'RE I GUESS WE ALL NEED TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT. AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT'S MORE EFFICIENT. IT'S IT'S OKAY. IT SEEMS LIKE THE OLD CONCERNS WERE FILLING UP THE LANDFILL TOO QUICKLY. AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS BIG NEW ONE, I GUESS IT'S NOT QUITE AS BIG OF A CONCERN. YEAH. AND THE OVERALL TONNAGE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH YARD WASTE IS, IS VERY SMALL. OKAY. WE'RE NOT TAKING THAT MUCH ANYWAY. RIGHT. AND IT'S THE QUICKEST OF BIODEGRADING THERE. RIGHT? YEAH. 
          THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THE QUICKEST TO BIODEGRADE OUT THERE TOO. SO I MEAN, IT, IT QUICKLY BECOMES SMALLER THAN THE, THAN IT COMES IN, I GUESS, OR SOON BECOMES SMALLER. YEP. 
          YEAH. AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS, WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF A REFRESHING OUR RECYCLING CAMPAIGN TOO, OF THE, OF THE PLASTICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES INTO THOSE BLUE ONES. WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING ON THAT. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. GOOD WORK ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY. IT LOOKS LIKE A COST SAVINGS ALSO, BUT SEE WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WE GET HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. YEAH. 
          AND I TRULY APPRECIATE MAYOR AS WELL. CODY, YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S SENSITIVITY TO THE WAY IN WHICH OUR RESIDENTS USE THE SERVICE. YOU KNOW, I THINK FINDING OUT THAT ROUGHLY JUST HALF OF WACOANS ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEIR CURBSIDE ON A ON A LATE IN THE WEEK HOLIDAY WEEK THAT I MEAN, THAT'S INFORMATION THAT'S HELPFUL TO US IN MAKING THESE DECISIONS. AND SO, AND ALSO FOR US FINDING WAYS FOR COST SAVINGS AND BOTH IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL AND, AND FUEL AND ALL OF THAT. SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO OUR ATTENTION, MAKING IT A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE. APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. CODY, THANKS. APPRECIATE YOU STAYING ON TOP OF IT. APPRECIATE THE APPRECIATE THE TRASH TALK THERE. THAT'S THE PODCAST. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION 2020 6-1 31. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOUSING. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL. NEXT WE HAVE GALEN PRICE, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TO PRESENT ITEM 131 WITH AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR THE STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN. COUNCIL WILL REMEMBER THE STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED IN 2022. TODAY'S PRESENTATION COVERS WORK DONE TO DATE AND WORK TO BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH DECEMBER OF 26. DIRECTOR PRICE, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN WAS DEVELOPED OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR BY M AND L ASSOCIATES. THE STUDY, WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED BY COUNCIL, WAS TO LOOK AT HOUSING FROM A HOLISTIC VIEW. M AND L LOOKED AT PREVIOUS INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE 2040 PLAN COMPLETED IN 2016, AS WELL AS OUR HOUSING GAPS, AFFORDABILITY, MARKET TYPES AND DEMANDS, AND ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING IN THE CITY THAT CITIES ACROSS THE NATION WERE FACING AS WELL. SO OUT OF THE STUDY CAME 15 STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE CONSULTANTS, WHICH WAS CATEGORIZED, WHICH WAS CATEGORIZED INTO FOUR GROUPS. SUBSEQUENT FOLLOW UP DISCUSSIONS LED TO THE CREATION OF FOUR TASK GROUPS TO FOCUS ON SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN. EACH TASK GROUP WAS DEVELOPED TO LOOK AT MODEL PROGRAMS AND OTHER CITIES CENTERED AROUND THE SPECIFIC TOPIC, AND REVIEW THESE IN CONTEXT TO OUR COMMUNITY, WITH THE GOAL OF POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENTING THESE STRATEGIES IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR WACO. AND SO WITH TODAY'S AGENDA, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON OUR HOUSING STOCK AND UPDATE ON THE DIFFERENT TASK GROUPS AND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. NOW, EARLIER TODAY, WE WERE DISCUSSING OUR HOUSING GAPS. AND AS THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES, HOW WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE TIME SINCE THE STUDY WAS IMPLEMENTED, COUNCIL, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE WAS AN INITIAL 5000 UNIT HOUSING SHORTAGE ESTIMATED BY OUR CONSULTANT, AS WELL AS THE PROJECTED 6% INCREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NEEDED OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND SO THAT EQUATED TO APPROXIMATELY AN ADDITIONAL 2900 UNITS NEEDED OVER THOSE FIVE YEARS. SO WE AS STAFF ROUNDED THAT NUMBER UP TO 3000 UNITS NEEDED OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD AND PREDICT PROJECTED AN ADDITIONAL 600 UNITS NEEDED EACH YEAR AS A RESULT TO MAINTAIN WITH THE ONGOING POPULATION GROWTH. AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS SLIDE, WE STARTED OUT WITH 5000 UNITS AND COUNCIL. THROUGH YOUR 
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INITIATIVES, WE ARE DOWN TO A LITTLE OVER 3000 UNITS NEEDED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. NOW THIS NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH TOTALED OVER 5400 UNITS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO COME ONLINE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, WHICH WILL HELP IN ADDRESSING OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE. OKAY, SO NEXT, WE'LL JUMP INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR DIFFERENT TASK GROUPS, AND WE'LL START WITH THE VACANCY TASK GROUP. THE VACANCY TASK GROUP, OF COURSE, WAS DEVELOPED FOR A NEED TO ADDRESS THE OVERALL SHORTAGE IN HOUSING SUPPLY WITHIN OUR CITY. IN ADDITION TO NEARLY HALF OF OUR VACANT UNITS WERE UNOCCUPIED AND OFF MARKET, WHICH MANY OF THESE VACANT PROPERTIES COULD BE USED, COULD BE DEVELOPED, COULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ACQUISITION, REHAB, RESALE OR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A VACANT PROPERTY PLAN IN RELATION TO LOTS OWNED BY THE CITY. THESE TAX FORECLOSED ARE FEE SIMPLE. 
          LOTS ARE BEING RELEASED THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. NOW SOME OF THE CRITERIA WHICH WERE IMPLEMENTED BY COUNCIL WITH THIS PLAN INCLUDED THAT THE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED ON THE LOTS PURCHASED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF ACQUISITION, AND THE LOT MUST BE DEVELOPED WITHIN TWO YEARS OF ACQUISITION IN PACKAGES OF THREE OR MORE LOTS. ONE LOT MUST BE SET ASIDE FOR INDIVIDUALS AT 80% OR BELOW A M I, ONE LOT FOR INDIVIDUALS AT 120% OR BELOW. AMI AND ONE LOT COULD BE SOLD AT MARKET RATE. THE GOAL BEHIND THIS IS TO INCREASE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. NOW THESE LOTS RELEASED APPROXIMATELY EVERY 120 DAYS. ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS OUR VACANCY. IT HAS TO DEAL WITH AIR PROPERTIES OR AND CLEAR TITLES. ALSO KNOWN AS TANGO TITLES. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PROPERTIES THAT FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY, WHICH RESULTS IN AN INABILITY FOR US TO ASSIST IN REHABBING EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AND OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACANT LAND FOR NEW HOUSING STOCK. SO TO HELP WITH THIS, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH AGENCIES TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE WITH DEED, WITH DEED EXECUTION WITHIN THIS AREA. SINCE OCTOBER OF 2024, WE'VE HELD FIVE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND FOR PROPERTY DEEDS WORKSHOPS, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THE EXECUTION OF FOUR D 40 DEEDS TO CLEAR UP TITLES. I APPRECIATE THAT WORK. I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT WITH GREATER WACO LEGAL SERVICES. WE'VE HAD SOME BAYLOR LAW FACULTY IN THAT. I DO SOME OF THAT WORK IN MY PRACTICE WITH WITH AFFIDAVITS OF HEIRSHIP AND WHAT ARE KNOWN AS LADY BIRD DEEDS. AND I APPRECIATE FOLKS TRYING TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THOSE GENERATIONAL TANGLED TITLES, WHICH IS A REAL BARRIER TO, TO OWNING YOUR HOME CLEAR AND FREE. SO APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK THERE AND KEEP THAT KEEP THAT UP. THAT'S GOOD STUFF. THANK YOU. NOW WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING A WAY FOR VACANT PROPERTY TO BE REGISTERED. THIS WOULD HELP IN IDENTIFYING WHERE VACANT PROPERTY EXISTS, WHICH. THE END GOAL OF THIS WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VACANT PROPERTY. JUMPING INTO OUR HEARTS. EXCUSE ME. JUMPING INTO OUR HIGHER DENSITY TASK FORCE THAT WAS CREATED AGAIN WITH THE NEED FOR OVERALL INCREASE OF OUR HOUSING SUPPLY, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED UNITS ACCOUNTED FOR OVER 80% OF ALL OF OUR HOUSING GROWTH BETWEEN 2010 AND 2019. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE NEED NEW HOUSING OPTIONS FOR OUR MISSING MIDDLE AS WELL AS HIGH DENSITY OPTIONS ALSO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS. SO THE CITY OF WACO ADOPTED AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, OR ADU ORDINANCE TO HELP WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE BEING DENSITY AND THE OTHER ADDING A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR AFFORDABILITY. THESE UNITS, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS MOTHER IN LAW SUITES, CAN ALLOW GENERATIONS TO RESIDE ON THE SAME PROPERTY WITHOUT BEING UNDER THE SAME ROOF AND ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING IN THE PRIMARY HOME. SO THIS PARTNERSHIP, IN COLLABORATION WITH CDC, CREATED FIVE PLANS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CREATING AN ADU. THESE PLANS WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE AND ARE PRE-APPROVED, WHICH WILL CUT DOWN ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AS FAR AS 
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PERMITTING IS GETTING PERMITS FOR THESE PARTICULAR PLANS. THIS WAS A WIN WIN FOR FOR US AND RESIDENTS, AS IT ALLOWED STUDENTS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ON THE JOB TRAINING AS WELL AS OUR RESIDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH A USEFUL TOOL IN CREATING AN ADU. 
          NOW, THE TASK FORCE IS ALSO LOOKING AT DEVELOPING OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD LOOK AT MODIFYING SOME EXISTING ORDINANCES. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING IN THIS AREA AND THOSE OPTIONS LISTED, SUCH AS PARKING IMPROVEMENTS OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN SMALL LOTS, ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF CONSIDERATIONS BEING EXPLORED TO CREATE NEW INITIATIVES THAT WILL HELP IN INCREASING HOUSING DENSITY. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL AT A FUTURE COUNCIL DATE. NOW, ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES BEING REVIEWED INCLUDE INCLUDE LOOKING AT OUR TARGET REHAB TO HELP PRESERVE SOME OF OUR NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES, BEING WITH OUR MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY IS ALSO CREATING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES, THROUGH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. ESTELLA IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THIS PROCESS, AND THAT PROCESS WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AT THE SOUTH TERRACE PROPERTY. NOW, THE NEXT TASK FORCE GROUP WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IS NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION. NOW THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO REINVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED, BUT ARE NOW EXPERIENCING GROWTH AND REVITALIZATION. IN ADDITION, THERE'S A NEED TO PROTECT AND STABILIZE EXISTING HOUSING UNITS AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS, AS WELL AS TAKING THAT HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO EACH AREA OF WACO IS DIFFERENT AND CAN IDENTIFY WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD PERSPECTIVE. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE LAUNCHED SEPARATE GROUPS TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY NEEDS IN EACH AREA BEING NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WACO. THIS PROCESS, INCLUDING ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNER GROUPS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH THE TASK GROUPS. AND SO IT WAS DETERMINED BY THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, SPECIFIC TASK GROUPS THAT A SURVEY WAS NEEDED TO BE CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE MORE COMMUNITY INPUT AND ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES. A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED, AND EACH GROUP WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE THE TASK PRIORITIES ON THE SIDE FOR THEIR SPECIFIC AREAS. NOW, THIS KIND OF SUMMARIZES WHAT EACH TASK GROUP IDENTIFIED AS THEIR PRIORITIES. NOW, ONE OF THE EFFORTS INCLUDED IDENTIFIED THE EXPANSION OF OUR REHAB PROGRAM. WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE LOSS OF EPA FUNDING, WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW FUNDING SOURCES TO ASSIST WITH SUSTAINING THESE EFFORTS. ONE THING THAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE COST OF REHAB SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE TWO REHABS FOR CONSIDERATION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA THAT EACH EXCEED $100,000. NOW, THESE REHABS ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH OUR CDBG FUNDS. WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK THREE MORE REHABS IN THE FUTURE, WHICH WILL RESULT IN US EXHAUSTING OUR CDBG ALLOCATION FOR REHAB THIS FISCAL YEAR. NOW, TO KEEP UP WITH THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF REHABS PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED, WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $600,000. ALSO FACTORING INTO THIS ARE RELOCATION COSTS. GIVEN THAT THE AMOUNT OF WORK NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED ON THESE HOMES REQUIRES MOVE OUT BY THE OCCUPANTS AND SOME DO NOT HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO, WE ARE EXPLORING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS IN THIS IN THE FUTURE TO ASSIST WITH ADDRESSING THIS NEED, SUCH AS EXTENDED STAY, HOTELS OR APARTMENTS FOR THESE RESIDENTS. WE ARE EXPLORING A WHOLE WHOLE BLOCK APPROACH AS FAR AS REHAB GOES, WHICH WOULD BE REHAB AROUND NEW AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR TARGETED REHAB, WHICH WOULD BE IDEAL SINCE IT WOULD PAY SINCE IT WOULD PAIR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH REHAB, PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION. NOW, AS PART OF THE THIS WORK, THE GROUP IS EXPLORING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THIS APPROACH. WE'VE RECENTLY MET WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS 
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GRASSROOTS EOC AND WACO HABITAT, TO SEE HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE EACH OTHER'S FUNDING SOURCES TO MAKE DOLLAR STRETCH. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF DOLLARS AND FEDERAL ALLOCATIONS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, PART OF THIS DISCUSSION IS US WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP AN ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO DISCUSS WITH HOMEOWNERS AS WE LOOK TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF NEED. NOW, IN REFERENCE TO THE HOLISTIC APPROACH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO THE CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FOR $150,000 IMPLEMENTATION GRANT TO LAUNCH A FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER HERE IN WACO. WE HAVE COMPLETED SCORING TO IDENTIFY RECOMMENDED PARTNERS THROUGH THE RFQ PROCESS, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO BRING A CONTRACT TO COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE REGARDING THIS PARTNERSHIP. NOW, THE HEART OF TEXAS GOODWILL HAS OFFERED SPACE AT THE EAST WACO CONNECT IN KIND FOR OPERATIONS OF THE FEC. NOW, THE FEC WOULD CURRENTLY BE FUNDED THROUGH AVAILABLE CITY FUNDS, THE FEC GRANT, AND PRIVATE DOLLARS FROM LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE MAGNOLIA FOUNDATION. WE WILL BE LOOKING TO SECURE MORE FUNDING AFTER THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AT WHICH POINT WE WE WILL REEVALUATE BASED ON FUNDING AND PROGRAM SUCCESS. ANOTHER INITIATIVE FROM THIS TAX GROUP, PRIORITIES CLEAN UP PRIORITIZES CLEANUP EFFORTS, WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GRASSROOTS AND OUR CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION. THESE EFFORTS HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WACO. USING VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THESE PROPERTIES. THIS PROJECT HAS RESULTED IN THE CLEARANCE OF 17 CODE CASES AND AN ADDITIONAL NINE PROPERTIES BEING CLEANED UP TO DATE. NOW, OUR FINAL TASK GROUP IS LOOKING AT COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS AND LAND BANKS. NOW CLTS HELP PRESERVE LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY REGARDLESS OF INCREASES IN THE MARKET OR PROPERTY TAXES. IT ALSO PROVIDES A GATEWAY TO A GATEWAY TO HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR LOWER INCOME BRACKETS NOT SERVED BY TRADITIONAL HOUSING RESOURCES, AND CAN BE USED TO COMBAT GENTRIFICATION AND AVOID DISPLACEMENT AMONG RESIDENTS. REGARDING CLTS AND LAND BANKS, COATS OWN THE LAND AND THE STRUCTURE IS OWNED BY THE HOMEOWNER. THE HOMEOWNER TYPICALLY LEASES THE LAND FOR A NOMINAL FEE FROM THE CLT, AND IF THE HOME IS SOLD, THE HOMEOWNER RECEIVES A PORTION OF THE EQUITY FROM THE SALE OF THE HOME. THE HOME MUST BE SOLD TO ANOTHER QUALIFIED BUYER, TYPICALLY SET AT 80% BELOW OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR THAT AREA. NOW, THIS SITE IS DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU. OKAY, WE ARE. JUMP TO THIS SLIDE. WELL, THE TASK GROUP IS INITIALLY WORKING TO DEVELOP A CLT DESIGNATION ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD MAKE CLTS POSSIBLE HERE IN WACO. THE GROUP IS CURRENTLY RESEARCHING FUNDING SOURCES FOR NATIONAL CLTS AND DEVELOPING A LIST OF REOCCURRING FUNDERS. NOW, THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS DATA BASED ON THE COMMUNITY. FOR SOMEONE AT. IN OUR COMMUNITY, AT 60 OR 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THE AFFORDABILITY GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE HOME COST TO BUILD. HERE IS A SLIDE THAT SHOWS KIND OF THE EXAMPLE OF THE PROCESS REGARDING THE CLT, WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL ENTERS INTO THE GROUND LEASE WITH THE CLT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A LOWER PRICE AT THE INITIAL SALES POINT. NOW, RESALE PURCHASE PRICE IS DETERMINED AT THE INITIAL PURCHASE. AT THE INITIAL PURCHASE PRICE, WHICH IS A FIXED INCREASE OVER THE INITIAL PRICE EACH YEAR. THIS INITIAL PURCHASE PRICE IS WHERE THE FORMULA ALLOWS THE HOMEOWNER TO BUILD SOME EQUITY WITHIN THE HOME, BUT ASSURES THE HOME IS AFFORDABLE TO FUTURE LIMITED INCOME BUYERS. 
          NOW, A LOCAL DESIGNATION PROCESS WOULD REQUIRE A NONPROFIT ENTITY TO APPLY TO ESTABLISH THE CLT. THIS IS REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW AND WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP TO A 
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LOCAL CLT. A NONPROFIT CLTS COULD BE ESTABLISHED AS A CITY AFFILIATE AIDED ORGANIZATION, OR PREFERABLY AS A SEPARATE PARTNER ENTITY. NOW, THE TASK FORCE HAVE BEEN MEETING SINCE 2022 AND WILL CONTINUE TO MEET TO DEVELOP IDEAS AND REVIEW INFORMATION FROM OTHER CITIES TO HELP WITH IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION OF IDEAS AND THINGS IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR PRICE ON HOUSING. GEORGE GAYLORD, I THINK YOU SAID THE CLTS ARE THEY BEING FREQUENTLY USED OTHER PLACES NOW? YES, YES. THE CLT HAVE HOUSTON HAS A CLT FORT WORTH RECENTLY RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A CLT AS WELL AS SAN ANTONIO IS HAS ESTABLISHED OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A CLT. AND THEY DID THEY DO THOSE AS COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY. YES. YEAH. THOSE ARE DONE AS COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY ENTITIES. GOTCHA. SO AS A FOLLOW ON TO GEORGE'S OBSERVATION, ARE THOSE FUNDED OUT THIRD PARTY OR DOES THE CITY HELP FUND THOSE? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU NEED CAPITAL TO GET THOSE CRANKED UP. THEY'RE FUNDED THROUGH A COMBINATION. SOME HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY, SOME HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM NON-PROFITS. BUT TYPICALLY IT'S BEEN A COMBINATION OF INVESTMENT FROM FOR THOSE ENTITIES. MAKES SENSE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? GUYS, GALEN. GREAT DIRECTOR. PRICE, GREAT PRESENTATION THAT FOR THE FIRST COUPLE CHARTS WHERE WE'RE KIND OF BECAUSE BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE WE HAD THAT STUDY DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. HOW SPECIFICALLY IS WACO PERFORMING ACCORDING TO THAT? SO I LIKE HOW YOU'RE TYING IT TO THE OUR SHORTAGE AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND THE TREND ANALYSIS THAT YOU HAVE. SO I APPLAUD YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR FOR MAKING THIS DATA ORIENTED. SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE WE ARE. AND THIS WILL GET MORE SOPHISTICATED AS WE GO ON. 
          BECAUSE I THINK, AGAIN, AS WE TALK ABOUT PLANNING AND COMPLETION OF HOMES, HOW THAT KIND OF FITS INTO OUR, OUR HOUSING STOCK. SO FIRST OF ALL, I COMMEND YOU FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THAT AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THERE. THE THE VACANT PROPERTY PLAN. I LIKE HOW WE'VE KIND OF MODIFIED THAT INTO AS WE USED TO JUST HAVE TAX FORECLOSED PROPERTIES AND JUST DUMP THEM, WHOEVER WANTED THEM. AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULD SIT VACANT LONGER THAN THEY SAT VACANT BEFORE WE HAD TO FORECLOSE ON IT. SO NOW WE PUT A LITTLE WE TIE IN, YOU'RE OBLIGATED TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE IN TO ROUGHLY YOUR OBLIGATION AS WE SELL THEM. WE CREATE THIS SITUATION WHERE WE WANT SOME IMPROVEMENTS. HOUSING ON THE VACANT LOTS. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TRANSITION. THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON TANGLED TITLES WITH THOSE WORKSHOPS. FANTASTIC. AND THE DENSITY ISSUE ON ADUS IS INTERESTING. I FORGOT THAT WE'D GOTTEN INVOLVED IN THAT. THAT'S KIND OF A COOL LITTLE TWIST THERE. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH. FANTASTIC. AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON REHABS ALSO IS GREAT, GREAT DATA. AND THE LAND BANKS AND THE CLTS. I'M INTRIGUED BY IT, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO PUT SOME MORE WORK IN TO SEE HOW WE WOULD FUND IT AND MAYBE GET SOME LOCAL FUNDING PARTNERS AND IF THOSE WOULD TAKE OFF, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE BASICALLY LIKE A GROUND LEASE ON THE THE CITY OR WHOEVER THE THE PARTY IS THAT WOULD OWN THE PROPERTY, WOULD HAVE A GROUND LEASE AND A CARRIED INTEREST IN THE VALUE OF THE HOME WHERE WE WOULD LET THE HOMEOWNER GET SOME UPSIDE IF THEY SOLD IT MANY, MANY YEARS FROM NOW. BUT THE, THE, THE CLT WOULD MAINTAIN A, I GUESS, A SUBORDINATED INTEREST OR SOME SORT OF EQUITY INTEREST. YES. WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS THAT THE HOMEOWNER PAYS A NOMINAL FEE TO THE CLT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LAND, RIGHT, AS WELL AS SOME LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSTON USES THAT TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF THE. THE HOMEOWNER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS THAT MONEY FOR EXTERIOR REPAIRS TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP WITH THE UPKEEP OF THE PROPERTY. FROM THE EXTERIOR STANDPOINT, I'M INTRIGUED BY IT. 
          IT SOUNDS INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT THE FRONT END FUNDING, IT MIGHT IT MIGHT WORK. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PARTNERS WHO HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, GRASSROOTS NEIGHBORWORKS, EOC. AND IT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS WE SEE THE CDBG FUNDS AND HUD FUNDS AND THE HOME FUNDS KIND OF RELATIVELY SHRINK TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN IN VALUES. AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE INCREASING COST AND JUST TRYING TO REHAB A HOUSE GETS PRETTY EXPENSIVE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT THOSE FED DOLLARS STRETCH AS FAR AS WE CAN. AND YOU'RE DOING GREAT THERE. SO GREAT, GREAT REPORT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. I ADMIT I'VE LIKELY FORGOTTEN MORE THAN I REMEMBERED ABOUT LAND BANKS 
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VERSUS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. BUT THE CITY THAT THEY'RE IN TYPICALLY IS NOT THE PRIMARY OWNER IN THAT DEAL. RIGHT? IT'S SPUN OFF INTO AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT, WHETHER IT'S CREATED JUST FOR THAT PURPOSE OR ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY EXISTING. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. THANKS, DIRECTOR PRICE. CITY MANAGER, HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK. SESSION 2026 132 DO WE HAVE TIME FOR THAT? ABSOLUTELY. I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD. 
          DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF TONIGHT'S PLANNING. 
          PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. HEY, CLINT. HELLO. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE DO HAVE SIX PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE AGENDA, WHICH HAS BEEN NOW REDUCED DOWN TO FIVE. 175. 
          WE ARE REMOVING THAT FROM THE AGENDA. NO ACTION IS NEEDED TONIGHT ON THAT ITEM. I DID WANT TO COVER TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION ON ON THE OTHERS IF YOU HAVE THEM. SO THE FIRST ONE, 172 THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND A PUD PLAN. ON CHINA SPRING ROAD. THIS IS THE SADDLE CREEK COMMERCIAL PUD. LAST YEAR, A NEW CAR WASH WAS APPROVED ON THIS SITE. YOU CAN SEE IN YELLOW RIGHT HERE. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PUD WAS TO BUILD AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG THE REAR PROPERTY LINE TO PROVIDE SCREENING TO THE ADJACENT SUBDIVISION. SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION, ESPECIALLY UNTIL THIS PROPERTY BEHIND IT DEVELOPED. AS THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN STARTED TO COME IN, IT WAS REALIZED THAT THERE IS A UTILITY EASEMENT ALONG THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY LINE THAT HAS SOME UTILITIES AND SOME DRAINAGE IN IT, WHICH MAKES PUTTING A MASONRY WALL IN THAT EASEMENT DIFFICULT. SO THE DEVELOPER IS REQUESTING TO AMEND THEIR CONCEPT OR THEIR PLAN TO ALLOW AN ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL FOR THAT SCREENING. AND SO THE SCREENING STILL WILL BE REQUIRED. IT WILL JUST NOT HAVE TO BE MASONRY OUGHT TO BE SOME OTHER MATERIAL, EITHER WOOD OR VINYL, THAT IS APPROVED BY OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT FUZZY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE THE PURPOSE AND THE NEED FOR THAT, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSES THAT BACK UP TO THAT PROPERTY. PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. WE DID GET A RESPONSE BACK FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS OPPOSING. ORIGINALLY, THE REQUEST WAS TO JUST REMOVE THAT CONDITION AND NOT HAVE ANY SCREENING. SO OPPOSING THAT. SO THAT'S WE DID WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO STILL HAVE THE SCREENING THERE, JUST A DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAN THE MASONRY. AND WILL IT GO THROUGH AGAIN ON WHY WHY WE DECIDED TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S FURTHER AWAY FROM THE FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY NOW. SO THE REASON WHY THE MASONRY DOESN'T WORK IS THERE'S A UTILITY EASEMENT THROUGH THERE ALONG THE REAR OF THAT PROPERTY IN THE MASONRY. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE HAVE TO GET IN THERE, REPAIR IT, AND THERE'S SOME DRAINAGE THAT GOES THROUGH THERE. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO, TO, TO USE THAT EASEMENT. AND SO WORKING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, THEY ARE AGREEABLE TO, TO SOME OTHER MATERIAL, EITHER WOOD OR VINYL FENCING THAT WOULD STILL PROVIDE THE SCREENING, BUT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND WORK ON INFRASTRUCTURE IF NEEDED. SO SOMETHING THAT ACHIEVES THE SAME PURPOSE BUT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THAT EASEMENT ACCESS. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS 176. THIS IS 1508 WILSON AVENUE. THIS WAS A REZONING REQUEST FROM R1 TO R2, WHICH IS OUR SINGLE FAMILY ZONING UP TO OUR DUPLEX ZONING. THIS IS A SINGLE VACANT LOT. AND THE CAMERON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON WILSON DRIVE. YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP THERE IS THE YELLOW ZONING IS THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. AND THE ORANGES ARE TWO. THERE HAS BEEN SOME RECENT REZONING START TO THESE TWO PROPERTIES IN 25 ARE RESUMED R2 AND THEN SOME OTHERS IN THAT AREA PRE 1990. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE THE DOMINANT ZONING BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL ZONING BETWEEN 18TH STREET AND OVER TO 15TH STREET IS, IS R2 ZONING. WE DID GET OPPOSITION TO THIS 
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REQUEST AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING. THERE WAS SEVEN PEOPLE THAT SPOKE THAT REPRESENTED SIX DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. AND SO PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DISAPPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. YOU CAN SEE THE STARS THAT REPRESENT WHERE THE OWNERSHIP OF THE OPPOSITION, NONE OF THEM WERE WITHIN THE 200FT AS SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY. AND JUST TO NOTE THAT THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE OPPOSED TO THE R-2 ZONING ACTUALLY HAVE R2 ZONING AS WELL, OR PUD ZONING THAT HAS SOME SMALLER LOT SIZES IN THE PUD. BUT HERE'S PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR DISAPPROVAL BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE OPPOSITION TO THE CASE. I WOULD POINT OUT WITH THE RECENT REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSE BILL 24, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION FOR DISAPPROVAL DOES NOT TRIGGER A SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT TO APPROVE IT. SO IF COUNCIL WANTS TO APPROVE IT, IT WOULD JUST REQUIRE A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO APPROVE. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE OPPOSITION FROM DIRECT NEIGHBORS. CORRECT. THE NEAREST PROPERTIES WERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS AWAY. AND CLINT, COULD YOU SAY THAT ABOUT THE THAT RULE HAS CHANGED NOW. THE STATE LAW HAS CHANGED SO THAT IF. PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL, ONLY A SIMPLE MAJORITY IS NOW NEEDED AND NOT A SUPERMAJORITY. THAT'S CORRECT. HOUSE BILL 24 TOOK AWAY THAT ABILITY FOR CITIES TO REQUIRE SUPERMAJORITY FOR PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS IF DISAPPROVAL. 
          INTERESTING. OKAY, SO IT DOESN'T QUITE BIND THE COUNCIL IN ANY WAY. IT JUST COMES AS A RECOMMENDATION. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T CHANGE YOUR VOTE REQUIREMENT TO APPROVE IT. YEAH. 
          AND THEN THE REST OF THE CASES WERE ALL RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL WITHOUT ANY OPPOSITION. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLINT ON THE PFS FOR TONIGHT. NO. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE OVER THERE? CITY MANAGER HOLT. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO BEFORE I GO TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I DO WANT TO SAY MAYOR PRO TEM FAIRFIELD ASKED ME IS IN THE IN THE GALLERY TODAY. ARE THERE BAYLOR SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS OUT THERE? YES WE DO. OKAY. I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO JOCELYN BRISSA AND BERKELEY. IS THAT RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR COMING HERE. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OVER HERE. THANK YOU. WERE YOU ENTERTAINED TODAY? DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT TRASH OR HOUSING OR. WE COVERED A LOT. ROADS. EVERYTHING WAS IT WAS A GOOD ROBUST AGENDA. THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO BE INSPIRED OR MAYBE COME AWAY WITH WHAT NOT TO DO. 
          THEY'RE ALL GOING TO TRANSFER TO BUSINESS SCHOOL. OKAY. THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. WE WILL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANYBODY HAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WANT TO 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION]
COVER? THERE BEING NONE, WE WILL NOW RECESS THE WORK SESSION AND RECONVENE. THE REGULAR SESSION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IS READ INTO THE RECORD BY ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY AT 4:39 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS. ONE REAL PROPERTIES TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.072 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087 ATTORNEY BRIEFING TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071. TARA WENGER ET AL. STROMAN ET AL. CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 116 CV 599 IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AND PENDING LAWSUITS LAW RELATED TO THE 2015 TWIN PEAKS EVENT ATTORNEY BRIEFING TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071. LAWS RELATED TO THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST REAL PROPERTY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.087 AND ATTORNEY BRIEFINGS TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BEING THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON CITY OWNED AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES NEAR CITY HALL, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE ONE BARONS BRANCH AND HERITAGE SQUARE. WE ARE NOW IN
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