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          MEETING OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 TO ORDER AT 3:03 P.M. WELCOME TO THE WORK SESSION OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL. THANKS, EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE GOT A GREAT, GREAT CROWD IN THE GALLERY HERE IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN WACO. AND WELCOME TO ALL THE VIEWERS AT HOME WATCHING ON ON THE WACO CITY CABLE CHANNEL. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. WE'VE GOT A NICE AGENDA OF OF ITEMS HERE TODAY. AND THIS EVENING I'M MAYOR JIM HOLMES, AND I'M JOINED ON THE DAIS HERE TODAY BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANDREA BIERFIELD, WHO IS NOT ON THE DAIS BUT IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY THERE. SHE IS UP THERE. ISABELLA ZENO FROM DISTRICT TWO, JED COLE FROM DISTRICT THREE, AND GEORGE SHEA. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM GEORGE CHASE IS ALSO RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME. AND DARIUS EWING IS NOT WITH US TODAY. I'M ALSO JOINED ON THE ADJACENT DAIS BY OUR SENIOR CITY STAFF. RYAN HOLT, OUR CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY KRISTEN HAMILTON, AND CITY SECRETARY MICHELLE HICKS ON THE END, WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. FIRST ITEM OF 
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BUSINESS TODAY IS THE RECOGNITION OF WORK SESSION SPEAKERS. DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS, SECRETARY HICKS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS, MAYOR. NO CARDS. SO I WON'T READ ALL OF THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT TO THE THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS WE WILL RECESS THE REGULAR SESSION AND CONVENE INTO WORK SESSION WITH THE REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER HOLT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WELCOME TO THOSE JOINING US IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE. WE HAVE NO CHANGES FOR YOU ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND GOING INTO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, DAVID OLSON, TO THE TEAM. DAVID JOINS WACO AFTER MORE THAN SIX YEARS SERVING AS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF TEMPLE, FOLLOWING WORK IN OTHER CITIES AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS A CIVIL ENGINEER. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS BUILT AN IMPRESSIVE BACKGROUND IN ENGINEERING, PUBLIC WORKS, INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS. DAVID IS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND WILL OVERSEE THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENTS. HIS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE LEADING THESE TYPES OF AREAS MADE HIM AN EXCELLENT FIT FOR THIS ROLE. 
          AS WACO CONTINUES TO GROW AND INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES OUR RESIDENTS RELY ON EVERY DAY. BEYOND HIS TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WAS HIS DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE POURING INTO THOSE AROUND HIM TO MAKE OTHERS ON THE TEAM BETTER. HE WAS A CLEAR STANDOUT AS WE CONDUCTED OUR NATIONAL SEARCH, AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DAVID TO THE TEAM. WELCOME TO THE TEAM, DAVID. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. YOU HAD A HAVE A GREAT RESUME AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON THE ON THE ON THE CITY TEAM. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. WE LIKE TO PUNCH ABOVE OUR WEIGHT AS ANDREA AND I LIKE TO SAY, SO GET READY. WE ARE. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING YOUR TAIL OFF HERE IN THE CITY OF WACO. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THERE'S ONE INFORMAL REPORT ON YOUR AGENDA. 
          IT'S ITEM 532, WHICH PROVIDES A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON CHINA SPRING PARK AND ALICE MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ PARK. THESE TWO PARKS CONTINUE ON THEIR PROGRESS TOWARDS A NOVEMBER 2026 COMPLETION ON TIME AND IN BUDGET. THERE ARE 27 RESOLUTIONS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THAT HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER ITEMS 541 AND 542 THESE ITEMS CORRELATE WITH OUR WORK SESSION PRESENTATIONS ON BURNS BRANCH PROJECT THIS AFTERNOON. ITEM 541 AUTHORIZES AN AGREEMENT FOR $4 MILLION WITH ONCOR FOR THE CONVERSION OF APPROXIMATELY 8000FT OF OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL LINES TO UNDERGROUND AND PROVIDING FOR EASEMENTS. ITEM 542 APPROVES A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH HUNT FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $183 MILLION TO SUPERSEDE THE EXISTING PREDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE MDA AUTHORIZES CONSTRUCTION OF THE BARONS BRANCH DISTRICT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PREDEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THERE ARE FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING, NONE OF WHICH ARE ARE PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. THE RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS FOR THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL PRESENT THESE ITEMS DURING THE BUSINESS SESSION. THERE ARE 11 ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST THREE COME TO YOU ON FIRST READING, AND THE REMAINING NINE ARE ON THE SECOND READING. AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL END THE MANAGERS REPORT. I DON'T THINK I HAD ANY QUESTIONS, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. I KNOW ON THE ON THE BARONS BRANCH, WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION ON THAT. AND THIS IS I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BARONS BRANCH EVERY SESSION, BUT WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE. IS IT LATER THIS MONTH WE PLAN ON HAVING THE MID SEPTEMBER OR LATE SEPTEMBER, AND TOM WILL TOM WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT. GREAT. SO THIS IS THIS IS VERY EXCITING. ANY QUESTIONS FOR RYAN ON THE ON THE AGENDA? OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT 
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AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES 2026-539. THAT ITEM AND THEN RESOLUTIONS 2026-540 THROUGH RESOLUTION 2026-565. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, THERE ARE NO AFFIDAVITS OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST ON ANY ITEM. IS THAT RIGHT, SECRETARY HICKS? THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. AND SO WE'LL JUST MOVE. THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL INCLUDE 2026 539 AND RESOLUTION 2026-540 THROUGH 565. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION ITEMS 2026 533 THROUGH 537 CITY MANAGER HOLT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'LL INVITE CHIEF ROBERT FERGUSON OF FACILITIES DIRECTOR DERRICK ALTMAN TO PROVIDE THE FIRST ITEM. 533 AND THEY'LL PRESENT CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES. THIS CAME TO US AS A COMMUNITY PROPOSED INITIATIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'RE HAPPY TO COME TO YOU TODAY AND PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX PROGRAM. TEXAS BABY MOSES LAW CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR THE ANONYMOUS SURRENDER OF AN UNHARMED INFANT 60 DAYS OR YOUNGER TO AN AUTHORIZED LOCATION, WHICH INCLUDES FIRE STATIONS, HOSPITALS, STANDALONE EMERGENCY ROOMS AND EMS FACILITIES. NOW, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WACO HAS ACCEPTED TWO SURRENDERS IN THE PAST AT FIRE STATIONS. IN 2017 AT FIRE STATION 11 ON IMPERIAL DRIVE, AND THEN EARLIER THIS YEAR AT FIRE STATION SEVEN ON NORTH FIFTH STREET. SO YOU MAY ASK, WHAT IS A SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX? ACCORDING TO SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES, IT IS A STATE OF THE ART DEVICE THAT LEGALLY PERMITS AN INDIVIDUAL IN CRISIS TO SAFELY, SECURELY AND ANONYMOUSLY SURRENDER THEIR NEWBORN. THE BABY BOX IS TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED, IS A TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SAFETY DEVICE PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE STATE'S BABY MOSES LAW. THE BOX IS INSTALLED ON THE EXTERIOR WALL OF A FIREHOUSE OR A HOSPITAL, AND THE INDIVIDUAL OPENS THE DOOR TO THE BABY BOX, WHICH TRIGGERS A SILENT ALARM AND TWO CALLS GO TO 911. DISPATCH. THE INFANT IS PLACED IN A MEDICAL BASSINET. THE EXTERIOR DOOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS UPON THE PLACEMENT OF THE NEWBORN, AND AN INTERIOR DOOR ALLOWS MEDICAL STAFF AND MEDICAL STAFF MEMBER TO SECURE THE SURRENDERED NEWBORN FROM INSIDE. ONCE EVALUATED BY FIREFIGHTERS, THE INFANT WILL BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION. AND AGAIN, LIKE CITY MANAGER HOLT SAID, WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO YOU TODAY. SO THE CURRENT PROCESS HERE IN WACO IS FAIRLY SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. SHOW UP, SURRENDER THE BABY TO FIREFIGHTERS AT THE FIRE STATION. BUT THERE'S ONE PROBLEM THAT FIREFIGHTERS MUST BE PRESENT TO ACCEPT THE CHILD WACO'S FIREFIGHTERS OUT OF THEIR 14 FIRE STATIONS RESPOND TO OVER 23,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE A YEAR, SO THERE COULD BE A DELAY IN CARE IF NO FIREFIGHTERS ARE AT THE FIRE STATION. NOW, OUT OF NEARLY 29 OR A LITTLE OVER 2900 POSSIBLE LOCATIONS IN TEXAS, THERE'S CURRENTLY 22 SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES, 16 OF WHICH ARE AT FIRE STATIONS, WITH THE CITY OF CORSICANA FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING THE CLOSEST ONE TO WACO. THANK YOU CHIEF. A FEW OF THE FACILITY RELATED IMPACTS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO INCLUDE ONE OF THESE DEVICES IN A STATION ARE, OF COURSE, THE INITIAL PROGRAM FEE OF ABOUT 16 OR OF $16,000, AND THEN INITIAL INSTALLATION ESTIMATES BETWEEN 5 AND 7000. THOSE NUMBERS WERE PROVIDED BY THE VENDOR, BUT OUR STAFF DID REVIEW IT AND GENERALLY FIND IT TO BE ACCURATE. OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON IF IT'S INSTALLED INTO AN EXISTING LOCATION OR A NEW LOCATION, AS WELL AS WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE AT FOR EACH INSTALLATION. AS ROBBIE HAD MENTIONED, WE 
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HAVE RECEIVED A PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE INITIAL COSTS. BUT OF COURSE THERE ARE ALSO ONGOING COSTS WITH WITH THIS SERVICE AND WITH THIS DEVICE, INCLUDING SOME ANNUAL SERVICE FEES THAT GENERALLY COVER TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND ACCESS TO PARTS WHERE DAILY INSPECTIONS, WEEKLY TESTING, REPAIRS, MONITORING TO THE FOR THE DEVICE TO ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS FUNCTIONAL AND COMPLIANT WOULD ALL BE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY. 
          ALSO, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION WHERE THE DEVICE IS INSTALLED, PARTICULARLY IF IT IS RETROFITTED INTO AN EXISTING STATION. IT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS OR SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUILDING LAYOUT TO ENSURE THAT IT IS VISIBLE FROM THE OCCUPANTS OR BY THE OCCUPANTS AT GENERALLY AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I'M SURE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT A DEVICE YOU COULD PUT INTO A SMALL ROOM SOMEWHERE THAT DOESN'T GET FREQUENTED. ALSO WOULD HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR RESTRICTIONS ON VIDEO MONITORING OF THE INSTALLED LOCATION AS SURVEILLANCE AROUND THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING CONTAINING AND FACING THE BOX IS PROHIBITED BY THE TERMS, AND TO MAINTAIN THE ANONYMITY OF THE DEVICE, WHICH, WHILE WE WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVICE IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE, WOULD NEED TO BE CONSIDERED CAREFULLY IF IT'S BEING PLACED NEAR ENTRANCES OR PARKING AREAS OR DRIVEWAYS, OR ANYWHERE THAT WE WOULD TRADITIONALLY NEED TO MONITOR. FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT WITH VIDEO CAMERAS AT THE STATION. ANOTHER KEY DISTINCTION IS THAT UNLIKE MOST EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN A CITY FACILITY, THE DEVICE DOES NOT BECOME CITY PROPERTY, WHERE OWNERSHIP REMAINS WITH THE ORGANIZATION. AND ALTHOUGH THE CITY MUST MAINTAIN THE DEVICE AND KEEP IT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER, IT MUST BE RETURNED. IF THE SERVICE IS EVER DISCONTINUED, WHICH DOES POTENTIALLY CREATE SOME LONG TERM CONSIDERATIONS. GIVEN THE 50 TO 75 YEAR LIFE CYCLE OF OUR STATIONS. GIVEN THE PERMANENCE OF THE MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEVICE, LIKELY THE MOST APPROPRIATE POINT TO EVALUATE AN INSTALLATION WOULD BE DURING THE EARLY DESIGN PHASE OF A NEW OR REPLACEMENT STATION, AS INCORPORATING THIS FEATURE DURING THAT STAGE WOULD ALLOW ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TO ADJUST THE BUILDING LAYOUT, OR THE POWER, OR THE ALARM SYSTEMS, OR ANY OF THE BUILDING SERVICES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PROVIDED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS DEVICE AND COORDINATE THOSE DURING THE EARLY DESIGN STAGES, RATHER THAN AFTER A BUILDING IS ALREADY COMPLETE AND TRYING TO RETROFIT IT INTO AN EXISTING STATION. CURRENTLY, STATION FOUR IS ALREADY SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WITH AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF EARLY 2027. STATION EIGHT IS ABOUT 50% OF THE WAY THROUGH ITS DESIGN AT THIS STAGE, AND STATION NINE IS STILL IN ITS EARLY PLANNING AND SITE SELECTION PROCESS, WHICH LIKELY PROVIDES THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE INCLUSION AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. SHOULD COUNCIL DETERMINE THAT INSTALLATION OF ONE OF THESE DEVICES IS DESIRABLE. THE CITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FULLY SUPPORT THE INTENT OF TEXAS BABY MOSES LAWS AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE, IMMEDIATE CARE TO ANY INFANT SAFELY SURRENDERED AT ONE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS, TEXAS RESIDENTS ALREADY HAVE MULTIPLE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED LOCATIONS AVAILABLE, INCLUDING FIRE STATIONS, HOSPITALS, STANDALONE EMERGENCY ROOMS, AND EMS FACILITIES. WACO HAS SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED TWO SAFE HAVEN INFANT SURRENDERS UNDER THE EXISTING LAW WITHOUT THE USE OF A BABY BOX. THE INSTALLATION OF A BABY BOX WOULD REQUIRE LONG TERM FACILITY MODIFICATIONS. AS DEREK MENTIONED, RECURRING MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS, ANNUAL CERTIFICATION, ONGOING SPECIALIZED TRAINING, AND A CONTINUED RELIANCE ON A THIRD PARTY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. ADDITIONALLY, BECAUSE THE FIRE COMPANIES ARE FREQUENTLY COMMITTED TO EMERGENCY INCIDENTS AWAY FROM THEIR STATIONS, A BABY BOX ACTIVATION COULD REQUIRE ANOTHER RESPONDING UNIT TO TAKE CUSTODY OF THE INFANT. IF THE STATION PERSONNEL ARE UNAVAILABLE. AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO REPLACE AND MODERNIZE FIRE STATIONS OVER THE COMING YEARS, ANY FUTURE CONSIDERATION OF A SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX COULD BE EVALUATED DURING THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF NEW FACILITIES. 
          SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL WISH TO EMBRACE THE CONCEPT, THIS APPROACH WOULD PROVIDE THE GREATEST FLEXIBILITY WHILE AVOIDING SIGNIFICANT RETROFITTING COSTS TO THE EXISTING STATIONS. THANK YOU. THANKS, CHIEF. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON BABY BOXES? YEAH, 
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THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I HAVE SO ARE WE THINKING THAT I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT, DO WE THINK ONE LOCATION WOULD BE SUFFICIENT OR IS THAT. I THINK THE APPROPRIATE TIME, AS I HAD MENTIONED, MIGHT BE TO EVALUATE WHEN WE'RE BUILDING A NEW A NEW STATION. AND AS WE'VE GOT TWO OF THEM RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THEM IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE OTHER IS FAR ENOUGH ALONG IN ITS DESIGN PHASE THAT CHANGING THINGS WOULD ACTUALLY REQUIRE US TO GO BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT ON THAT DESIGN. SO RIGHT NOW, THE MOST OPPORTUNE POINT WOULD BE TO INCLUDE IT JUST IN ONE STATION, POTENTIALLY AT AT A STATION NINE, WHENEVER IT COMES TIME TO RELOCATE THAT STATION, REMIND ME WHICH ONE IS NUMBER NINE. 
          IT'S THE NEW STATION ON NEW ROAD NEXT TO LOWE'S. HI, DEREK, I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE BOXES DON'T ALLOW CAMERAS FACING THEM FOR THAT TO PROTECT THE ANONYMITY OF THE PARENT. SO WHERE IN YOUR MIND'S EYE WOULD IT GO IN ORDER TO ALSO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE FACILITY AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON CITY BUILDINGS AS FAR AS SURVEILLANCE GOES OR MONITORING GOES, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS, AND ALSO WHY IT LENDS ITSELF GENERALLY BETTER TO AN EARLY DESIGN CONSIDERATION RATHER THAN A RETROFIT, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR EXISTING STATIONS OBVIOUSLY WERE NOT DESIGNED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN MIND. SO IT WOULD REQUIRE US TO POTENTIALLY REMOVE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FROM SOME OF THEM WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE TERMS. AND YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOU SAID THAT THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT OURS, NOR IS IT. WELL, IT'S MAINTAINED BY US, BUT IT'S WE'RE THERE'S A NONPROFIT THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT OR I MEAN, OR WHAT WHAT HAPPENS? I MEAN, ARE THEY INVOLVED WITH WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE BABY? I MEAN, I'M CONFUSED. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ON THE LATTER PART OF THAT QUESTION. THE INITIAL PART ON OWNERSHIP, IT DOES RETAIN THE THE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES THE BOX DOES RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF IT. SO THE CITY DOES NOT EVER POSSESS THE DEVICE ITSELF, BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN IT AND KEEP IT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. 
          IT'S JUST IF THE SERVICE IS EVER DISCONTINUED FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT WOULD HAVE, IT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE STATION AND RETURNED TO THE PROVIDER AND A HOLE IN THE BUILDING. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. YOU SAID THAT WHEN THE BOX IS OPENED, IT HAS AN ALARM AND IT CALLS 911. SO IF SOMEONE WAS NOT THERE, THEY WOULD STILL BE A WAY OF ALERTING SOMEONE THAT A BABY WAS PLACED. YES. THAT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPERATION OF THE DEVICE. THERE'S A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I MEAN, THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. EVERYBODY WANTS TO SAVE A BABY, RIGHT? BUT I, I WANT TO JUST BE CLEAR, AND IT PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO BE LOOKING AT NINE EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND HOW THAT MIGHT FIT IN THERE, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SECURITY CAMERAS, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM POINT IN CERTAIN WAYS. AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL THAT. THE. THE COSTS IS WHAT I'M KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TOO. YOU HAVE 16000 PROGRAM FEES THAT LIKE PER YEAR OR JUST UPFRONT ONCE OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THE AGREEMENT READS THAT THAT IS THE INITIAL FEE. 
          SO THAT'S THE THE FIRST FEE TO SECURE THE DEVICE. AND IN ADDITION, OBVIOUSLY TO INSTALLATION FEES, WHICH WOULD BE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY. NOW, LIKE WE HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE, THERE IS A PARTY THAT IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT COST, BUT ANY OF THE RECURRING FEES AND THEN ANY OF THE STAFF TIME AND ANY OF THE MAINTENANCE COSTS WOULD BE BORNE BY THE CITY. AS WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THIS. AND IS THERE ULTIMATELY, THERE'S A CONTRACT THAT THE CITY WOULD SIGN WITH THE SAFE HAVEN, I WOULD SUPPOSE, AND THEN JUST INDEMNIFICATION, LIABILITY AND ALL THAT STUFF. YOU'D HAVE TO FIGURE ALL THAT STUFF OUT. THAT WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TO BE REVIEWED. YEP. AND THEN THE CAN WE ALSO GET SOME DATA FROM THE OTHER 22? LIKE, ARE THEY DO THEY HAVE MORE THAN 2 IN 10 YEARS? LIKE WE HAVE JUST THROUGH THE NORMAL THERE IS A PROCESS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE PRETTY BOX ON THE SIDE OF THE DEAL. WE CAN GET THAT. BUT YEAH, IT WOULD BE GOOD JUST TO GET PARTICULARLY FROM THE FIRE STATIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THEM ARE FIRE STATIONS. JUST ARE. IS EVERYTHING WORKING HOW THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD? IS THERE ARE THEY COMPELLING PEOPLE TO TO 
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DROP OR LEAVE BABIES THERE, GET SOME DATA BEHIND IT TOO? BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT, PARTICULARLY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE FIRE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. BUT ANY OTHER. YEAH, I HAVE ONE MORE THOUGHT THAT. CAN YOU ALL GET US SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT GOES INTO LIKE MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF THIS PROGRAM? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST ASPECTS OF IT. AND MAYBE THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S ALREADY AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY. YOU COULD GO TO A FIRE STATION IF YOU'RE IN THIS SITUATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE. AND IT SEEMED LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A VALUABLE ASPECT TO THIS. IF IF THAT'S PART OF IT, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. AND I KNOW IS THAT ALREADY ON OUR WEBSITE OR SOMETHING OR, OR IT'S A, IT'S A STATE PROGRAM. AND WE YEAH, IT WAS, IT'S BEEN FOR YEARS. RIGHT? DECADES. RIGHT. YEAH. IT WAS SEVERAL LEGISLATURES AGO. AND THEY HAVE HAD BABIES SURRENDERED AROUND THE STATE. THE SORT OF THE TRICKY PART IS THAT IT ALLOWS A BABY UNDER 60 DAYS A WELL TAKE, YOU KNOW, A HEALTHY BABY TO BE SURRENDERED. AND SO, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF IT'S OUTSIDE THOSE PARAMETERS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. OKAY. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. VERY WORTHWHILE. AND. MAYOR. YEAH, MAYOR FOR THIS IS FOR RYAN IN IN ADDITION TO WHAT RYAN SAID. SO THERE PARAMETERS THAT THAT LEGALLY, I GUESS WE CAN RECEIVE AN INFANT. 
          BUT IF IT WAS JUST IN THIS SAFE HAVEN BOX, WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THOSE PARAMETERS? RIGHT. WE. THAT IS A THAT IS A PROBLEM. AND WITHOUT, WITHOUT ANY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, YOU WOULD HAVE FEW LEADS TO GO ON FOR AN INVESTIGATION. AND SO PART OF THAT PART OF, AS WE GATHER INFORMATION FROM OTHER LOCATIONS, WE'LL, WE'LL ASK IF ANYBODY'S GONE THROUGH THAT. 
          BUT THERE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES WITH THE WAY THE CONTRACT FROM THE COMPANY ARE WRITTEN. NOT SAYING THEY'RE INSURMOUNTABLE, BUT JUST SOME THINGS WE NEED TO WE WOULD NEED TO WORK THROUGH IF IF THE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COUNCIL HAS SOME APPETITE TO KEEP LOOKING INTO THIS. AND SO WE'LL GATHER WE'LL CONTINUE TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR YOU. OKAY. I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE RISKS THAT WE WOULD UNDERTAKE. OKAY. THANKS, CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS WORK SESSION 2026-534. GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME BARONS BRANCH HERE. GREAT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE A STRATEGIC INITIATIVES DIRECTOR TOM BOURQUE AND JEREMY HENRY FROM THE HUNT DEVELOPMENT GROUP FOR ITEM 534 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW FOR THE BARONS BRANCH DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION AWARD, IT'S ITEM 542 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THIS TEAM HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO BRING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FORWARD FOR YOUR REVIEW. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER HOLT. I AM TOM BOURQUE, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, AND I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY JEREMY HENRY HUNT, DEVELOPMENT GROUP VICE PRESIDENT. IT'S OUR DISTINCT PLEASURE TO BE BRINGING YOU A REALLY EXCITING UPDATE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION APPROACH FOR THIS PROJECT. AND SO REALLY, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS THE SCOPE RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD THROUGH A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO BEGIN THOSE CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS. OUR BACKGROUND WILL COVER SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, LIKE THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP, THE PILLARS TO REMOVE BARRIERS, INVITE COMMUNITY UNLOCK INVESTMENT, AND A REMINDER ABOUT THE FUNDING FRAMEWORK WE WERE WORKING WITHIN. AND THEN REALLY DIAL INTO WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF CONSTRUCTION WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR AWARD SUMMARY BUDGET, THE PARALLELS WITH WORK BY OTHERS, AND THE SCHEDULE YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE. JUST A QUICK REMINDER, I KNOW MANY OF YOU AND MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE HEARD ME GIVE A VERSION OF THIS TALK MANY TIMES, BUT REALLY, THIS THIS ENTIRE EFFORT WITH BARONS BRANCH AND THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS ROOTED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT. SO WHAT IT DID WAS IT FOCUSED IN ON THE PLANNING AREA OF 100 ACRES SURROUNDING CITY HALL, FACING OUR GREATEST TREASURE, THE BRAZOS RIVER. AND IT IDENTIFIED WHO ARE OUR PARTNERS, WHAT ARE OUR OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT ARE THE PHASES RECOMMENDED FOR APPROACHING A 20 YEAR PROJECT? BUT BUT REALLY WHAT THAT BOILED DOWN TO WAS NOT A LOT OF NEW AND GROUNDBREAKING STRATEGY. IT WAS JUST THE CONCERTED EFFORT TO BRING INTO ALIGNMENT THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WALKABILITY, AND THE CIVIC SPACES TO DELIVER ON A UNIFIED VISION IN THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT REALLY EMBODIES WHAT IT IS TO BE OF WACO. ALSO BAKED INTO THAT DNA IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH THIS MULTI WIN IMPERATIVE. EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND MUST BE 
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SOLVING MORE THAN ONE PROBLEM, CARRYING FORWARD OUR KNOWN CIP PRIORITIES. KEY EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE STREET INFRASTRUCTURE. WE KNOW WE HAVE A TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE ATTENDING TO THAT WITH EVERY STEP OF THIS PROJECT, PARTNERSHIPS WERE THE KEY TO UNLOCKING 100 ACRES INSTEAD OF A MORE MODEST VISION. AND AGAIN, LIKE THE FUNDAMENTAL OF THE ENTIRE EFFORT HAS BEEN REMAINING ROOTED IN PUBLIC OUTREACH. SO TAKING A PROJECT THAT IS SMART, TAKING A PROJECT THAT IS GREAT AND FOR WACOANS, BUT ELEVATING IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL OF STANDARD, TO HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU EMBODY THAT? IT'S FOR THE LOVE OF WACO. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO JEREMY. THANKS, TOM. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE THIS EVENING. SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS REALLY JUST AN ORIENTATION SLIDE TO SHOW YOU WHERE ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL WORK WILL BEGIN. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE REFERRED TO AS THE BARONS BRANCH DISTRICT. IT EMBODIES ABOUT 30 ACRES OUT OF THAT 100 THAT TOM REFERRED TO AND ESSENTIALLY EXTENDS FROM WASHINGTON TO JEFFERSON, FOURTH STREET DOWN TO THE RIVER TO UNIVERSITY PARKS. AND ONE OF THE KEY FOCUSES OF WHY START HERE WAS TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS THAT ARE NEEDED TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE FAR LEFT IS BASICALLY WHAT THE FLOODPLAIN IS TODAY AND WHAT THE CONDITIONS WOULD REMAIN LIKE IF NOTHING WAS DONE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS BASICALLY THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE CHANGE TO THAT FLOODPLAIN AFTER THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, AND THAT IS EFFECTIVELY PULLING 11 ACRES OF DEVELOPABLE LAND OUT OF THE RIGT OF YOUR DOWNTOWN. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH UTILITY, LIFE CYCLE REPLACEMENT AND UPSIZING THAT IS NEEDED. THE REE TO BRING DENSITY TO THE DOWNTOWN. FROM EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD AND FROM YOUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT STREET IMPROVEMENTS ARE HIGH PRIORITY FOR YOUR RESIDENTS. SO IT'S SOLVING THAT PROBLEM AND THEN IT'S CREATING THIS REALLY VIBRANT, WALKABLE DISTRICT THAT HAS GOOD CIRCULATION WITH A LOT OF SHADE TREES THAT SHADE TREES REQUIRE A LOT OF WATER. WELL, HOW DO YOU SOLVE THAT PROBLEM? YOU HAVE A SOURCE OF WATER AVAILABLE. THAT'S THE RAW WATER THAT COMES FROM YOUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND WITH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE ABLE TO INSTALL A PURPLE PIPE TO BE ABLE TO BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF IRRIGATION. SO THAT'S FURTHER CREATING DROUGHT RESILIENCY. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ENGAGE IN THROUGH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROCESS THAT WE DEPLOY ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. BUT WHAT I CAN SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY IS THAT WACO TAKES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. I THINK THAT YOUR STAFF AND OTHERS HAVE HAD UP TO 4000 FACE TO FACE DISCUSSIONS. I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF PARTICIPATING IN A NUMBER OF THE OPEN HOUSES AND PUBLIC OUTREACH INITIATIVES. YOU KNOW, I'VE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH A NUMBER OF THE FOLKS THAT LIKE TO COME AND VISIT DURING THESE OUTREACH EVENTS. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT I HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS HOW EXCITED PEOPLE ARE TO SEE THIS IN PLACE. 
          THEY ALWAYS ASK, WELL, HOW SOON WILL IT BE READY FOR US? SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM IN THE COMMUNITY. AND NOT ONLY IS IT CREATING JUST THIS WONDERFUL AMENITY FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS IT'S UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO $800 MILLION WORTH OF INVESTMENT. SO THIS IS GOING TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT WILL CREATE A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT. SO NOT ONLY ARE YOU GIVING THIS WONDERFUL AMENITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF WACO, FOR THE LOVE OF WACO, YOU'RE DOING IT IN A SMART WAY. THAT TRULY DOES CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE PLUS ONE TO EQUAL THREE. WE'RE THRILLED TO BE IN NEGOTIATIONS ALREADY WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ON FIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PADS THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND I KNOW THAT THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE EAGER TO SEE EVERYTHING MOVE FORWARD SO THAT THEY CAN START GETTING, YOU KNOW, THEIR VISIONS ON THE GROUND AS WELL. THANK YOU, JEREMY. AND JUST A REMINDER AS WELL, WHEN WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS, THERE WAS A LOT OF BUDGET AND FUNDING FRAMEWORK CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE DECEMBER TIME FRAME OF 2025. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LAUNCHED CORRECTLY. WE WEATHERED THROUGH SOME CHANGES IN 2025, BUT WE HAD TO STAY TRUE TO THE FRAMEWORK OF NO NEW TAXES. 
          UTILIZING A NOTE PROGRAM BECAME KEY TO AVOID OVER $23 MILLION IN INTEREST, MINIMIZING THE 
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IMPACT TO HOUSEHOLD UTILITY BILLS. SO WE ENDED UP ABOUT $0.67 A MONTH ON HOUSEHOLD. 
          AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD UTILITY BILLS WILL BE RELATED TO THE UTILITIES IN THIS PROJECT, UTILIZING ONLY EXISTING FUNDING STREAMS THAT ARE DEDICATED FOR FOR EACH OF THE USES ON THE PROJECT. SO AGAIN, THE UTILITY STREAMS FOR UTILITIES AND THEN THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE ZONE FUNDS FOR DOWNTOWN BEING APPLIED TO THIS PROJECT FOR STREETS AND PARKS. THAT FRAMEWORK, YOU'LL YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT THE FRAMEWORK REMAINS POISED FOR GRANTS ELSEWHERE ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR A GRANT THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR PREVIOUSLY. THE SHORT STORY ON THAT IS THAT WE APPLIED TO A FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT ON HIATUS THROUGH 2025. 
          HOWEVER, THE STATE AGENCY WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OUR APPLICATION. AND WHEN THE NOTIFICATION CAME OUT THAT THE GRANT, THE GRANT PROGRAM WAS BEING RESTARTED, WE WERE CONTACTED IN LATE JUNE AND EARLY JULY WITH STRONG ENCOURAGEMENT TO REAPPLY FOR THIS AND SUPPORT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAILOR OUR APPLICATION, TO EMBRACE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. SO HOW DO YOU WEATHER THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND STILL REMAIN ELIGIBLE? SO WE'RE POISED FOR GRANTS. WE THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO WACO. AND IN THIS CASE, THE CASE OF THAT GRANT, IT'S TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $15 MILLION OF OUTSIDE FUNDING THAT WE WOULD BE THRILLED TO SECURE FOR OUR AS VALUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER WORK TOWARDS PRESERVING FUNDING CAPACITY TO DO THE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED THROUGHOUT WACO. JUST A RECAP OF WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION SCOPE IS. THE GREAT EASY ANSWER HERE IS THAT ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS AND IMAGES THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH SEEING AT VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS IN THE PAST, FULL SCOPE OF THOSE IMAGES IS INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED AWARD. WE GOT SUCH FAVORABLE BID PRICING THAT THERE'S NOT A SINGLE THING THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO AUTHORIZE AND RECOMMEND. SO EVERYTHING YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY, INCLUDING SOME OF THESE SIGNATURE IMAGES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT BLUE ARROW REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC IMAGES OF BURNS BRANCH AT SCALE IS AS IF YOU'RE STANDING ON TOP OF THAT BUILDING CLOSEST TO THE RIVER, LOOKING UPSTREAM. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AT THE WALK THROUGH ON CAL DOSE. BUT HERE'S THAT DISTRICT WIDE VISION LOOKING UP THE NEW BURNS BRANCH CREEK CORRIDOR, REFLECTING THE CLOSENESS OF THE OF THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES VERTICAL IN AND AMONGST THESE PARK AMENITIES. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT COMMUNITY ASSET, HIGHLY WALKABLE, INFUSED WITH NOT ONLY THE PARK ATTRACTIONS, BUT ALSO THE RESTAURANTS AND THE SHOPS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOVE TO, TO FREQUENT AND VISIT THAT WALK THROUGH EXPERIENCE. HERE'S AS IF YOUR BACK IS TO WASHINGTON AVENUE FACING INTO THE PARK AREA, WALKING TOWARDS THE SIGNATURE FOUNTAINS. BUT YOU SEE THE CLOSENESS OF THE STOREFRONTS. YOU SEE THE THE APPEAL OF THE WATER. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT MOONWALKERS IN THIS RENDERING, BUT IN REAL LIFE IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. BUT TO YOUR RIGHT IS THE MIST AND WATER FEATURE. YOU'LL FEEL LIKE YOU'RE WALKING ON AIR WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS COOL AIR. BY THE WAY, WE'VE GOT MICROCLIMATES GOING ON WITH ALL THE SHADE, BUT AS WE APPROACH THE PAVILION, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE THE KEY FRAMEWORKS FOR THE PLANNING ON THE PROJECT TO DESIGN THINGS, TO SUPPORT SCALE EVENTS, LARGE SCALE EVENTS, BUT ALSO IN A WAY THAT WILL FEEL WELCOMING TO THE DAY TO DAY USERS AND MULTIPLE GROUPS EATING IN THE PAVILION. HERE'S A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CROSSING THAT CREEK ENVIRONMENT. 
          YOU SEE THE LIMESTONE. THE NATURAL LIMESTONE IS REAL ROCK THAT'S BEING BROUGHT IN TO HARMONIZE AND ECHO THE CLIFFS OF CAMERON PARK. WE'RE WALKING THROUGH THE TWO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS THAT BORDER ONTO JEFFERSON HERE. HERE'S THE JEFFERSON CROSSING, AND THIS TAKES YOU INTO ONE OF THE SIGNATURE SPACES OF THE BURNS BRANCH DISTRICT, THE THE NEW LA PLAZA. SO YOU'LL SEE TO THE RIGHT THERE, A NEW FOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF AN EXISTING TREE. THAT TREE WILL REMAIN. AND IT ALSO. IT SHADOWS. IT SHADES THE EXISTING FOUNTAIN THAT WILL REMAIN THERE. IT WILL HAVE SIGNAGE INTERPRETING THAT HISTORY, BUT ALSO BRINGING IT BACK TO LIFE IN A NEW CONSTRUCTION FOUNTAIN THAT REALLY ANCHORS THIS NEW BUT OLD WORLD FEELING MARKET PLAZA THAT'S MAKING GOOD USE OF THIS ONE OF WACO'S ARCHITECTURAL GEMS, THE SAINT FRANCIS CHURCH, ONE OF OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS ON THE PROJECT. IN FACT, FATHER EDUARDO MAY BE HERE TONIGHT, SO I APPRECIATE HIS ONGOING PARTICIPATION WITH US AND COOPERATION, COLLABORATION. SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES, AGAIN, THOUGH, THINKING BACK TO WHEN WE STARTED THAT WALK THROUGH THROUGH KAIROS, YOU SEE THAT FOUNTAIN IN THE BACKGROUND? OUR BACK WAS TO WASHINGTON. IN THIS CASE, WE'VE MADE IT TO THE FOUNTAIN AND WE'VE TURNED RIGHT THE EVENT DECK AND THE RESTROOMS THAT MUST BE THERE TO SUPPORT A WALKABLE PARK 
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DISTRICT. THEY'RE ACTIVATED. THEY'RE PART OF THE THE KEY SPACE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE VISITING AND MAKING USE OF. AND RIGHT ADJACENT TO ONE OF THE PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR FEATURES OF THE THE NEW PARK DISTRICT, THESE PLAY FOUNTAINS ARE GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL AND EVOKE MEMORY OF CAMERON PARK AND ITS HISTORY. THEY HAVE A VERY NATURALISTIC QUALITY, QUALITY. BUT THESE ARE. THESE ARE SCALED UP SPLASH PADS. THESE ARE WORLD CLASS SPLASH ENVIRONMENTS FOR PLAY AND FOR FAMILIES THAT CASCADE DOWN THE TOPOGRAPHY TO THE CREEK. AND THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVE THE FOUNTAIN WATER ON THE LEFT THAT KIDS ARE INVITED TO INTERACT WITH. WE HAVE THE CREEK WATER ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS LESS ENCOURAGED FOR INTERACTION, BUT VERY NATURALISTIC, GREAT FOR THE DUCKS, AND THEN JUST AN ABUNDANCE OF VIEWS FROM THE FROM THE BRIDGE ITSELF, YOU'LL SEE PEEKS INTO THE AMPHITHEATER, THE PAVILION, THE CASCADES. THERE'LL BE QUITE A SOUND QUALITY THAT'LL BE VERY NATURE CENTRIC AND PEACEFUL. AND THEN AGAIN, JUST A TOUCHSTONE WITH THAT FOUNTAIN, THE, THE CALLBACK TO OUR PAST AND OUR HISTORY AND, AND BRINGING THAT INTO A NEW CONFIGURATION THAT CAN BE EMBRACED FOR FARMERS MARKET FESTIVALS, FOOD TRUCKS, THE LIKE, AND EVEN JUST DAY TO DAY USE. THIS WILL BE A DYNAMIC PARK DISTRICT THAT WE HOPE IS A LOVE. NOTE TO WACOANS. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO JEREMY TO TAKE US THROUGH A BIT OF THE SCOPE AND THE BUDGET. THANKS, TOM. I THOSE IMAGES JUST REALLY EVOKE SO MUCH EMOTION, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM TO BE ABLE TO SIT HERE TODAY AND SAY, WHAT WE'RE REALLY THRILLED ABOUT IS THAT THE FULL SCOPE OF EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAW CAME IN WITHIN BUDGET. SO WE HAD VERY FAVORABLE BIDS COME IN. AND, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WAS A TESTAMENT TO ALL OF THE PLANNING AND THE FORECASTING THAT THE ENTIRE TEAM DID FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, TO BE ABLE TO NAIL THE DESIGN AND KEEP IT WITHIN A BUDGET THAT WORKED FOR FOR WACO. AND THIS INCLUDES SOME OF THOSE WISH LIST ITEMS, SUCH AS ADDING THE FIFTH STREET CULVERT TO THE OVERALL CULVERT PROJECT, AND ALSO THE ENCORE CROSSING, AS WELL AS THE PURPLE PIPE SYSTEM THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. THAT'S GOING TO BRING THE RAW WATER INTO THE DISTRICT TO SERVE AS IRRIGATION. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE NERD, THAT IS SUPER COOL. A QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THE PRICING YOU'RE SEEING HERE. SO, SO ENCORE, THE, THE DIRECT SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ENCORE IS SEPARATE IN THE AGENDA. IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE ROLL UP TOTAL HERE FOR THE, FOR THE HUNT AWARD HERE, BUT IT, IT IS ALL WITHIN BUDGET AS WELL. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY THINGS TO NOTE. AND THEN ALSO INCLUDED HERE IS AN OWNER CONTINGENCY. 
          SO ABOVE AND BEYOND. BUT INCLUDED IN THIS PRICE CAP ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BID PRICING IS A $2 MILLION CONTINGENCY TO SEE US THROUGH THE UNKNOWNS THAT ARE UNPREDICTABLE. SO WE'VE GOT ALLOWANCES AND OTHER SAFETY FACTORS TO TAKE US THROUGH THE UNKNOWNS WE'RE AWARE OF. WE'VE ALSO GOT THIS $2 MILLION CONTINGENCY THAT THE CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL WILL MANAGE WITH HUNT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF UNFORESEEN SURPRISES COME UP, IT WON'T STOP THE PROJECT. SO 169,277,000 AND SOME CHANGE AS THE PRICE CAP FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          THAT'S A THAT'S A PRETTY SOLID, COMFORTABLE AWARD TO SEE US THROUGH. WHAT IS A TWO TWO YEAR PROJECT COORDINATED WITH WORK BY OTHERS? I'M SORRY, JEREMY, I, I STEPPED OUT OF LINE HERE, BUT YEAH, SO THIS ILLUSTRATES A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY WHAT THE ENCORE PIECE IS. AND AGAIN, ELSEWHERE ON YOUR AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE THE RECOMMENDED AGREEMENT FOR THAT WORK. BUT WHAT IT ENTAILS IS LAYERING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE THE JEFFERSON AVENUE ZONE REALLY IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THERE WILL BE A PROCESS THAT ENCORE GOES THROUGH TO BORE UNDER THE RIVER AND TAKE OVERHEAD LINES UNDERGROUND. SO IT'LL IT ALLOWS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT TO BE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, WHICH IS REALLY KEY. AND I MAY HAVE MISSED A SCHEDULED SLIDE HERE. I APOLOGIZE IF THAT'S MISSING. GOT TO GET THE GANTT CHART. TOM. 
          THE GANTT CHART IS NOT DISPLAYING. AND I'M SURE I MADE AN ERROR HERE, BUT IT'S IN THE PACKET. ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU IS THERE'S, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS THAT HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY. THERE'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE SECTION BROKEN OUT BY STREET AND STREET SEGMENT, AND THERE IS A PARK SEGMENT AS WELL THAT DESCRIBES WHAT IS THE TIMING OF EACH OF THESE PARK IMPROVEMENTS. ONE OF THE LAST PARK IMPROVEMENTS TO TAKE PLACE IS THE LA PLAZA. ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT THAT ALLOWS FOR US IS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO 
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THOSE THAT PARK NEARBY SAINT FRANCIS, TO GO TO CHURCH THERE. SO WE'LL GET THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN PLACE BEFORE WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH THE SURFACE PARKING ON THE FORMER SCHOOL SITE. AND SOME OF THE OTHER NOTABLES ON THE SCHEDULE INCLUDE KIND OF THE SEQUENCE LOGIC OF CONSTRUCTION INCLUDES STARTING AT THE CORNER NEAR THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY PARKS. BUT THAT WHOLE STRETCH ALONG UNIVERSITY PARKS IS ONE OF THE KEY FIRST STEPS. WE'RE WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IRON MAN CAN CONTINUE AS PLANNED. YOU KNOW, THERE WON'T BE ANY INTERRUPTION TO THAT. WE APPRECIATE OUR CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS AND OUR AU. ROGERS O'BRIEN CONSTRUCTION TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH US. BUT THE IMPROVEMENTS ON UNIVERSITY PARKS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          FIRST, SO THAT AS IMPROVEMENTS EXTEND TO FOURTH STREET AND FIFTH STREET, THE DETOURS ARE AVAILABLE TO NAVIGATE AROUND THAT WORK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE UNAVOIDABLE AND NOTEWORTHY ON THE PROJECT IS, AS WE'RE REPLACING THE CULVERT SECTIONS AT IN FOURTH STREET AND IN FIFTH STREET, THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF TIME FOR EACH OF THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT FULLY CLOSE FOURTH STREET AND THEN FIFTH STREET. SO WE HAVE A ROBUST COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT INCLUDES WORKING WITH. WE'VE GOT THE BETTER STREETS WACO PROGRAM. IT'S A MAP TOOL. SO AN EXISTING TOOL THAT HELPS GET THE WORD OUT. AND IT'S ONE OF THE SHAREABLE FEATURES THAT OUR PARTNERS LIKE CITY CENTER WACO, CAN LATCH ON TO AND SHARE OUT TO THEIR STAKEHOLDERS, BUT ALSO THROUGH OUR PROJECT WEBSITE AND SUBSCRIBERS, WE'RE GOING TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT, MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE AWARE AS FAR IN ADVANCE AS POSSIBLE. HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE WACO TRIB THIS MORNING AS WELL. THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED AND MOTIVATED TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT IN ADVANCE. AS THE PHASES SHIFT THROUGH THE PROJECT, SO THAT THE INCONVENIENCE OF CONSTRUCTION IS MINIMIZED. SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE WRAP UP FOR ME. BUT QUESTIONS WE'RE HAPPY TO ADDRESS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR TOM. I WROTE DOWN A QUESTION THAT I THINK YOU ALL ANSWERED, SO I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON IT THAT I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. YOU MENTIONED THE PURPLE PIPE. AND ONE THING, WHEN I SEE THOSE PICTURES, I SEE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING AND TAKING CARE OF THAT LANDSCAPING IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY IS GOING TO BE PRETTY IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD. SO I'M GLAD WE CAN MAKE THAT PART OF IT, BECAUSE THAT WAS SORT OF A IT'S NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT COST. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. WE WANT TO PROTECT THAT INVESTMENT. HEY, TOM. MY TWO QUESTIONS. ONE, SINCE WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED AND INVITED TO REAPPLY FOR THE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING, DID YOU SAY THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING SUPPORT FOR THAT NOFO AS WELL? THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE THAT I WAS ALLUDING TO WAS THERE'S A PROCESS ONCE WE APPLY ON. BY OCTOBER 1ST, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO WORK WITH US AND OTHER APPLICANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE THE APPLICATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE. SO THE SUPPORT THEY'VE OFFERED US IS KIND OF BEHIND THE CURTAIN ENCOURAGEMENT TO SAY, WE SAW WHAT YOU APPLIED FOR PREVIOUSLY, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT YOUR PROJECT. SO LIKE THAT, THAT LEVEL OF ENCOURAGEMENT IS IS RARE, BUT THEN THEY'RE COMMITTED TO WORK WITH US CLOSELY FOR THE NEXT MONTH. AND SO NOW THEN ONCE WE GET THE APPLICATION IN, IT'S JUST UP TO US TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE TO OUR FEDERAL LEADERS AND THAT KIND OF THING, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK AND LEAN INTO WACO IN WACO FOR THIS PROJECT. MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IS MORE OF A HISTORICAL NATURE. WHEN I STARTED, MOVED BACK HOME AND STARTED WORKING FOR CITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH MANY DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PLANS, RIGHT? INCLUDING THE ONES THAT HAD BEEN ON THE SHELF FOR DECADES. I, I'M JUST CURIOUS FOR THE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO REALIZE HOW MANY OF THE OF THE THINGS GET MARKED OFF WITH THE BARONS BRANCH PROJECT, BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR DECADES. BUT I THINK THIS REALLY LENDS INTO NOT ONLY THAT, BUT EXPANDING IT TO OUR FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. JUST TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. SO, SO THE, THE SUCCESSES THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN CLAIM ARE PRETTY NUMEROUS IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN HAVING RECENTLY, IT'S HELPFUL TO JUST REMIND PEOPLE THAT IN TWO YEARS, IT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME, BUT WE'VE FOUND A WAY TO STRATEGICALLY BRING INTO ALIGNMENT NOT ONLY THIS FUNDING 
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FRAMEWORK OF HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU BRING ALIGNMENT BEHIND ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS IN OUR HISTORY, BUT IN A WAY THAT'S FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE? SO THAT'S KEY. BUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT FIRST PROJECT, THE FIRST PHASE OF A 20 YEAR VISION RESONATES FOR EVERYONE IN TERMS OF IT, IT, IT, IT SERVES AS THE INVITATION FOR FOLKS WHO MAY NOT FEEL CONNECTED TO DOWNTOWN TO FEEL CONNECTED. AGAIN, THIS IS THE INVITATION TO SAY WE'RE LEADING WITH THE PUBLIC AMENITIES THAT ARE FOR EVERYONE. SO WHETHER YOU LIVE 15 MINUTES OUT OR WHETHER YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO LIVE DOWNTOWN, THESE ARE FOR YOU. SO THAT THAT IS A, THAT IS A, THAT IS A LONG CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THE THE NOTE CORRECTLY, SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT IT BRINGS FORWARD GREATLY ARE NOT FORSAKING THE, THE, THE SMALL LIKE THE SMALL TOWN QUALITIES THAT WE VALUE ABOUT WACO. LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO FEEL THE PRESSURES OF A LOT OF CONGESTION. SO BAKING THAT INTO A STRATEGY HERE FOR BARRON'S BRANCH THAT IS THOUGHTFUL ABOUT PARKING CIRCULATION SO THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING, NOT WATCHING OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, HEAVILY CONGESTED TRAFFIC. SO I THINK THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THE QUICK ONES THAT COME TO MIND. BUT ARE THERE, ARE THERE KEY HIGHLIGHTS THAT MAYBE YOU WOULD REMIND ME TO, TO SPEAK TO A LITTLE MORE? NO, I JUST I WANTED IT TO BE REITERATED THAT FIRST IT'S WACO FORWARD IT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES I KNOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SAY THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, ESPECIALLY REGARDING DOWNTOWN, ARE, ARE MADE FOR VISITORS. THIS IS MADE FOR WACO AND WACOANS. I THINK THE VISITORS HAPPEN TO BENEFIT IN THIS INSTANCE, BUT I ALSO THINK IT IS A THE FIRST, LIKE, PRACTICAL WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY SEE WHAT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE HIGH FUNCTIONING, HIGH PATRONIZED RETAIL OR RESTAURANTS ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR WITH RESIDENCES NEARBY AND WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT TRULY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR LIVES INTO DOWNTOWN ECHO. I DON'T KNOW THAT. AND WITH CONNECTIVITY TO NATURAL FEATURES AND TO HISTORIC FEATURES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, I THINK WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. BUT I THINK THIS IS THIS IS JUST TO BE THE TRUE TESTAMENT OF THAT. IT IS HAPPENING. IT IS HAPPENING. YEAH. THAT'S ONE OF THE SPECIAL ASPECTS OF A MILESTONE LIKE THIS, WHERE FOLKS HAVE BEEN TRUSTING WITH US FOR A LONG TIME THAT THIS PLANNING WOULD GO SOMEWHERE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF PLANS THAT, FOR REASONS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE FOLKS ARE GOING TO REALIZE THAT THEIR TRUST HAS BEEN WELL PLACED AND THAT THIS IS ABOUT TO BE REAL. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I'LL JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A PROPONENT OF THIS THING SINCE I DON'T KNOW, WHEN DID WE START TALKING ABOUT THIS? SIX YEARS AGO, MAYBE LONGER, I DON'T KNOW. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG PROJECT, YOU KNOW, OVER 200 MILLION ALTOGETHER. AND WE ENCOURAGED I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE OVER COMMUNICATED THIS. AND I THINK WE DIDN'T HAVE I LOOKED AGAIN, HOW MANY YOU HAD 150 PUBLIC EVENTS, 4000 FACE TO FACE CONVERSATIONS. AND WE'VE WE'VE BEEN, I THINK, AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN BE AS TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO FUND IT, AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO START THIS THING LATER THIS MONTH, I THINK IS SUPER EXCITING. IT IT'S GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL AND IT'S GOING TO THE TIMELINE IS PRETTY QUICK ON IT, TOO. WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE THE END OF 2028 IS WHAT WE'RE TARGETING OR THE MIDDLE OF 2028 AGAIN, HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SOLUTION FOR THE FLOODPLAIN. WE'RE GOING TO RECLAIM THAT AND BUILD A COOL PARK THERE. IT'S IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN. IT'S RIGHT ON THE RIVER FRONTAGE. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT HISTORY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO. THIS KIND OF IS A TOUCH POINT OF, OF CELEBRATING THAT HISTORY OF LA AND MUTUALISTA AND ALL THOSE. AND EVEN THE RESERVATION IS NOT TOO FAR FROM THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THAT TOO MUCH, BUT IT WILL BRING SOME. THERE'S A PART OF TOWN THAT WE THERE'S A LOT THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON AND WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF. LET'S LET'S CELEBRATE THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST RECOGNIZING THAT HISTORY AND THAT LOCATION, THE DEVELOPMENT SITES. I'M. I'M AN INVESTMENT BANKER. SO I LIKE TO SEE, HEY, AS LONG AS WE'RE BUILDING A COOL PARK, LET'S PUT SOME. THE DEVELOPERS LET THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHARE IN THIS, IN THIS COOL ASPECT OF IT THAT WON'T, THEY WON'T INTERFERE WITH THE PARK EXPERIENCE, BUT IT WILL BE VERY, VERY NEARBY AND IT'S GOING TO BE WORLD CLASS. YOU SAW THE PICTURES AND THE AND THE MULTI-LEVEL THING IS GOING 
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TO BE SO COOL BECAUSE YOU LOOK THERE RIGHT NOW AND IT'S NOT QUITE THERE, BUT THE BRIDGE GOING ACROSS THE. IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLEMENTARY TO CAMERON PARK. I LIKE HOW WE'RE KIND OF USING THE LIMESTONE AND SOME TREES AND GETTING THAT GOING. THE PAVILION THERE, THE FOUNTAINS, THE FALLS AND THE. THE PLAZA IN FRONT OF SAINT FRANCIS IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. AND THEN THE FUNDING PART OF IT, WHICH ALSO BEING TOTALLY TRANSPARENT ON ON THE TIFF AND IS GOING TO CARRY THE LOAD ON THIS PROJECT. AND WE'VE THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD GREAT PROGRESS DOWNTOWN AS FAR AS RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, RESIDENTIAL, AND WE'VE KIND OF I WANT TO REWARD THAT PROGRESS WITH, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A COOL PARK. SO AS THEIR DOWNTOWN LIVING AND SHOPPING GO OVER TO THIS PARK AND AS ANDREA SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER BARFIELD SAID, THIS IS FOR WACOANS, THIS IS FOR WACO. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE DOWNTOWN TO A GAME, YOU'RE DOWNTOWN SHOPPING, YOU'RE DOWNTOWN LIVING. GO OVER TO THIS PARK BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING TO BE SUPER PROUD OF. 
          AND EVERYBODY CAN TAKE THEIR KIDS AND THEIR GRANDKIDS AND, AND FRIENDS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS THING LAUNCHED. SO I'M OBVIOUSLY BEHIND THIS 100%. THERE'S A RESOLUTION WHERE WE'RE ENGAGING HUNT TO, TO KIND OF GET TO THE FINISH LINE ON THIS DEAL TO HELP WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF FINISHING THE, THE CONTRACT AND EXCITED. CAN YOU TELL, YOU KNOW, I'M SORT OF YEAH, THIS IS FUN ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, TOM AND THANKS, JEREMY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. HOPE NEXT. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TOM IS GOING TO STAY AT THE TABLE BEFORE YOU DO THAT SESSION. DEBBIE SARTIN AND GOODBYE. AND SUSAN DEWITT ALSO LEAVING. GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. NO IT'S GOOD. TOM'S GOING TO STAY THERE FOR SESSION 535. AND HE'S GOING TO BE JOINED BY DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CLINT PETERS AND PLAN COMMISSION CHAIR NATE EMBRY AND MATT GOBLE. A GLOBAL PARTNERS WILL DISCUSS FORM BASED CODE FOR THE WACO DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. TODAY'S DISCUSSION PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF FORM BASED CODE AND THE WORK BEHIND IT. PLAN COMMISSION HAS MADE. THEIR RECOMMENDATION IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN INTRODUCTION AND WITH COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, WE WOULD BRING THIS ITEM BACK AT A LATER TIME FOR COUNCIL ACTION. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER HOLT AGAIN, TOM BOURQUE, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. NOT TO BELABOR THE INTRODUCTIONS, BUT WE KIND OF HAVE THE DREAM IN MY MIND, THE DREAM TEAM. I LOVE THIS TEAM IN TERMS OF WE HAVE ONE OF THE PREEMINENT PLANNING AND ZONING EXPERTS FOR OUR COUNTRY AND MATT GOEBEL OF GLOBAL PARTNERS, WHO HAS DONE FORM BASED CODE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO IN SEVERAL CITIES IN TEXAS. SO HE SHEPHERD US THROUGH A REALLY SUCCESSFUL PROCESS HERE. WE'VE GOT OUR OWN VERY OWN. CLINT PETERS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT. SO IF CLINT LIKES IT, I FEEL CONFIDENT. AND THEN NATE EMBRY, REPRESENTING THE PLAN COMMISSION AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED TO HELP US REVIEW AND CRAFT THE DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU LATER THIS MONTH. SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, TODAY, AGAIN, THE PURPOSE IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS WE UNDERTAKEN SO FAR. IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEAR PROCESS, BUT REALLY GROWING FROM THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC ROADMAP THAT SUPPORTS THE VISION, VITALITY AND WALKABILITY OF THAT OF OF THAT GOAL FOR THE 100 ACRES IN THE PLANNING FOOTPRINT OF THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE DOCUMENT, IT'S HERE'S THE COVER ON THE RIGHT. THE FORM BASED CODE IS REALLY A ZONING TOOL. IT'S A VISUAL GUIDE THAT'LL TAKE US HONESTLY. IT'LL TAKE DEVELOPERS THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR HOW TO PLUG INTO AND HELP US INCREMENTALLY GO VERTICAL. WITH THE VISION OF THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE PLANNING FOOTPRINT. SO I'LL RECAP WHAT THE TIMELINE AND APPROACH HAVE BEEN WITH THIS OUTREACH AND, AND THE PROCESS THAT DRAFTED THE DOCUMENT. I'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT WAS STAKEHOLDER DRIVEN. MATT'S GOING TO TAKE US INTO THE ROADMAP VISION AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DOCUMENT AND REALLY GET INTO WHAT IT ENTAILS. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE THE NEXT STEPS. AND SO REALLY QUICKLY, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR HOW WE LAUNCHED INTO STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. WE WERE REALLY MINDFUL OF WHO ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE IN THIS PLANNING FOOTPRINT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW 90% OF THE FORM BASED CODE FOOTPRINT IS CITY OWNED. AND SO ONE OF THE EXERCISES WE'RE GOING THROUGH HERE WITH A FORM BASED CODE OVERLAY, WE'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AS A CITY TO PILOT A ZONING FRAMEWORK TO SAY, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TRANSACT MUCH OF THE LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS IN THIS PLANNING FOOTPRINT. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE VISION OF THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP AND 
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SUPPORTED WITH THE ZONING TOOLS CAN BE A GREAT GUIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN WACO. WE'RE WILLING TO PILOT THAT IN THIS AREA ONLY. SO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PILOT WILL GET NOTICED BY ADJACENT SECTIONS OF DOWNTOWN AND MAYBE APPLICABLE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, WE HOPE TO WE HOPE TO CONVINCE FOLKS THAT THIS IS A GREAT ASSET. THE TIMELINE, IT REALLY DID BEGIN IN AUGUST OF 2024, SHORTLY AFTER ADOPTION OF THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP. WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO NEED THIS ZONING FRAMEWORK TO COMPLEMENT THE EFFORTS GOING ON WITH DESIGN AND BARONS BRANCH. SO THESE TWO THINGS KIND OF LAUNCHED SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND IT BEGAN WITH A LOT OF RESEARCH AND BASELINE INTERVIEWS TO JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING, WHAT ARE THE CODES? WHAT ARE THE OVERLAYS IN PLAY ALREADY? WHAT ARE THE PINCH POINTS FOR DEVELOPMENT? AGAIN, KIND OF BEGINNING WITH THAT QUESTION OF WHAT'S HOLDING BACK ORGANIC, ORGANIC GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN THAT TRANSITIONED INTO AN ASSESSMENT PHASE IN THE SPRING OF 25, BEGINNING THE DRAFTING PROCESS, AND THEN MUCH OF THE DRAFTING MANY ITERATIONS TOOK US THROUGH THE REST OF 2025, AND WE GOT DEEP INTO DRAFTING AND REVIEW IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR. SO SEVERAL STEPS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY COMPLETED. WE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN JULY OF THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT, IF YOU WILL, AND IT WAS VOTED SUCCESSFULLY JUST LAST WEEK, UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY AND AND IT'LL COME BEFORE YOU AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTION IN THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER AS WELL. SO THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF THE END OF THE PROCESS, BUT IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR FEEDBACK. PART OF THE WAY THAT WE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE PROJECT, ABOUT THE FORM BASED CODE EFFORT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU HEAR ABOUT OUR OUTREACH AND SUCCESS WITH THE WEBSITE. THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY WAYS THAT WE WERE ALERTING FOLKS TO, HEY, HERE'S EVERYTHING WE'RE DRAFTING TO DATE. COME REVIEW IT WITH US, SEND US A NOTE ABOUT FEEDBACK. 
          THAT BANNER AT THE TOP IS AN EXAMPLE OF A, OF A PROMOTER PROMOTIONAL BANNER TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT AN UPDATE, COME GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK. SO WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD VIEWERSHIP AND SUBSCRIBERSHIP TO OUR NEWSLETTER. IT WAS ONE OF THE EFFECTIVE TOOLS TO HELP GET PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT, BUT WE CAN'T RELY ON JUST COMPUTERS TO DO OUR OUTREACH. 
          WE HAVE TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. AND SO WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 300 DIRECT PARTICIPANTS. AND THIS IS ACROSS NOT JUST THESE MEETINGS, BUT THESE MEETINGS HELPED GET US IN TOUCH AND IN CONTACT WITH THE FOLKS THAT COULD BE ENGAGED DEEPLY IN IN PREPARING THIS DOCUMENT. SO CITY COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY, TO LAUNCH THE EFFORT AND ANNOUNCE THAT THE EFFORT BEGAN. BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD FIVE PLAN COMMISSION MEETINGS. AND NATE'S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE NINE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT THEY HELD TO TO HELP US REALLY THOROUGHLY GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENT, THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT. WE HAD SIX PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES WHERE THE FOLKS. ANYTIME THERE WAS A PLAN COMMISSION MEETING, WE TRIED TO ALSO, IN PARALLEL BE AVAILABLE SO THAT PEOPLE, EVEN IF THEY COULDN'T ENGAGE THROUGH THE FORMALITY OF A PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, THEY COULD ENGAGE WITH US INFORMALLY AND HAVE A DEEP CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. WE HAD A FORM BASED CODE ADVISORY PANEL. WE MET FOUR TIMES WITH THEM. WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER BEFORE HE WAS ON COUNCIL ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS. WE APPRECIATE THOSE HOURS AND THAT EXPERTISE. WE MET WITH THREE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND HAD ONE ON ONE FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS WITH FOLKS THAT EXPRESSED A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST. SO FOLKS THAT REACHED OUT TO US WERE MET WITH A YES, AND LET'S ENGAGE. AND THEN WE HAD 12 STAKEHOLDER FOCUS SESSIONS THAT RELATE TO THE FOLKS THAT WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS PLANNING FOOTPRINT. SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CLINT, I BELIEVE, FOR A LITTLE DISCUSSION OF THE STAFF INVOLVEMENT. SURE. THANKS, TOM. 
          YEAH. SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT DID THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THIS PROJECT FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. FIRST, LAURA WAGSTAFF, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND THEN THE PROJECT LEAD FOR THIS PROJECT FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, ISAAC BURCHILL, DID A TREMENDOUS JOB SHEPHERDING THE THE PROCESS AND WORKING WITH MATT AND THE TEAM THROUGH THE DRAFTING PROCESS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS, STARTED LOOKING AT IT. THE THE AREA IS MADE UP OF THREE DIFFERENT BASE ZONINGS COMMERCIAL ZONING, C TWO, C THREE, C FOUR, AND THEN IT'S IN TWO OVERLAY DISTRICTS, THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY AND THE 
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BRAZOS RIVER CORRIDOR OVERLAY. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE TO USE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT MATT WILL TALK ABOUT IS WE'RE CREATING THE NEW ZONING DISTRICT. SO YOU'RE NOT IN DIFFERENT OVERLAYS OR DIFFERENT BASE. ZONINGS WILL BE A NEW BASE ZONING DISTRICT. AND THAT'S THE LENS WE LOOKED AT IS MAKING IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO USE, NOT ONLY FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, FROM A, FROM A DEVELOPER STANDPOINT AS WELL. 
          WE ALSO DID NUMEROUS TEST CASES. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT, THAT THE TOOL WORKED. AND SO WE LOOKED AT SOME POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD GO INTO SOME OF THE NEWER DEVELOPED AREAS, BUT, BUT ALSO LOOKED AT EXISTING PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT TOM MET AND MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T CREATING ANY HARDSHIPS FOR THOSE IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN WE DIDN'T WANT TO, TO, TO MAKE THE, THE REVIEW PROCESS ANY LONGER THAN IT CURRENTLY IS. SO EVERYTHING IN THE CODE IS EMBEDDED IN THE EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE AND THROUGH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. SO I THINK WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB RIGHTSIZING IT FOR WACO AND THEN CREATING A USABLE TOOL NOT ONLY FROM STAFF IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. AND ONE OF THE, THE BIG PARTS OF THIS WAS THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THEY HELPED US RIGHTSIZE THAT. 
          AND WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF NATE EMBRY AND TURN IT OVER TO NATE. TO GIVE A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE FROM THAT SUBCOMMITTEE VIEW. THANKS, CLINT. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND MR. MAYOR HOLMES, I'M NATHAN EMERY, THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I WAS VOLUNTOLD TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE. SUBCOMMITTEE. THANK STAFF FOR THAT. AT THE BEGINNING OF 2026, FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MYSELF, THOMAS ELLIS, JANESSA GIVENS, MEG, SALOME AND CHASE SMITH VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON A NEW NEWLY FORMED SUBCOMMITTEE TO WORK ALONGSIDE STAFF AND CONSULTANTS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN FORM BASED CODE. THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WAS COMPOSED OF A DEDICATED GROUP OF COMMISSIONERS WHO COULD THOROUGHLY REVIEW EACH DRAFT AS IT EVOLVED, ENSURING THAT THE COMMISSION'S PERSPECTIVE WAS INCORPORATED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DRAFTING PROCESS. OVER SEVEN MONTHS, THE SUBCOMMITTEE MET WITH STAFF AND CONSULTANTS NINE SEPARATE TIMES, WORKING THROUGH THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT, PAGE BY PAGE, FROM BEGINNING TO END. IN TOTAL, WE DEDICATED MORE THAN 8.5 HOURS TO FOCUS REVIEW, CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN 33 PAGES OF COMMENTS ACROSS FOUR INTERMEDIATE DRAFTS BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE ADOPTION DRAFT. THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S FEEDBACK STRENGTHENED THE FINAL DRAFT, HELPING US TO CLARIFY STANDARDS AND EXEMPTIONS, IMPROVE THE ORGANIZATION AND NAVIGATION OF THIS CODE, IDENTIFY GAPS TO HELP ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION, STRENGTHEN DESIGN STANDARDS. REFINE USE STANDARDS TO BETTER SUPPORT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS WHILE PRESERVING THE INTENT OF THE CODE. I WANT TO THANK THOMAS, JANESSA, MEG AND CHASE FOR THE TIME AND THOUGHT THEY PUT IN THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS OUR STAFF AND CONSULTANTS, FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND EXPLAIN AND WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS WITH US. ULTIMATELY, I BELIEVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WE WERE CREATED TO DO, BRINGING THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION INTO THIS PROCESS. 
          ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS, IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND HELP DELIVER A STRONGER AND MORE WORKABLE CODE FOR DOWNTOWN WACO. THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT SERVED THANK THE CITY OF WACO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. THANKS, NATE. I'LL PICK IT UP FROM HERE. 
          MATT GOEBEL AGAIN, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. NATE. THANKS AGAIN. SUBCOMMITTEES. WORK WAS OUTSTANDING IN TERMS OF HELPING PRODUCE A STRONGER DOCUMENT. 
          I'M GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE DOCUMENT, THE FORM BASED CODE AS IT SITS BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. I'M GOING TO AT THE RISK OF REPETITION, I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH A FEW GRAPHICS THAT YOU SAW IN THE EARLIER WORK SESSION ON THE MDA, BUT I THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IN THIS CONTEXT IN TERMS OF GETTING A SENSE OF PLACE FOR THE ZONING REGULATIONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO ADOPT. THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP WAS AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE FOR THE CITY IN CLARIFYING THE VISION FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES ARE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE DOWNTOWN. AND IT'S WORTH LOOKING BACK NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ZONING, NUTS AND BOLTS AND JUST REMINDING OURSELVES SOME OF THE KEY PARTS OF THAT VISION. YOU KNOW, THE BRAZOS RIVER, AS TOM SAID, WE NEEDED TO ACTIVATE THE BRAZOS RIVER AS THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN, THE HEART OF THE CITY IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAD NOT BEEN DONE IN PRIOR DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, OVER OVER MANY YEARS, WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD CREATE PURPOSEFUL ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AN AREA OF THE DOWNTOWN THAT HAD NOT BEEN THE STRONGEST ECONOMIC GENERATOR 
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FOR, FOR MANY YEARS, A PLACE THAT INVITES AND CONNECTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, A PLACE THAT REALLY, REALLY INVITES PEOPLE TO TO VISIT DOWNTOWN WACO IN A WAY THAT MAYBE THEY HADN'T SEEN AN OPPORTUNITY OR A NEED TO IN THE PAST, DEMONSTRATES ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE THE EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT BARONS BRANCH IS GOING TO CAPITALIZE ON IN THIS FIRST PHASE. THE VISION ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAKING VISIBLE THE CITY'S UNIQUE STORIES. I THINK THROUGH ZONING OF ALL THINGS, WE'RE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT WAYS TO CREATE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT AND GENERATIONS, MULTI GENERATIONS TO, TO, TO COME TOGETHER AND TELL STORIES ABOUT WHAT WACO WAS AND WHAT WACO IS TODAY AND WHAT IT COULD BE IN THE FUTURE PLACE TOGETHER FOR GENERATIONS OF RESIDENTS, AS I SAID, ENRICHES THE PUBLIC REALM THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION. THERE'S A LOT OF ART BUILT INTO THE DESIGN OF BARONS BRANCH, AND THERE WILL BE ART IN FUTURE PHASES, BUT THERE ALSO WILL BE SPACES FOR ONGOING EXPRESSIONS OF PUBLIC ART AND CREATIVITY IN THE WAYS THAT THESE PLACES ARE BEING CREATED. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT ZONING AND FORM BASED CODE IS ABOUT, IS ABOUT CREATING PLACES WHERE CHANGE CAN HAPPEN AND CHANGE CAN FLOURISH. AND THEN REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE STREET LEVEL, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT MAKING DOWNTOWN A WALKABLE PLACE, EVEN IN HOT, YOU KNOW, TEXAS, THERE'S WAYS TO, TO CREATE GREAT WALKABLE SPACES, WALKABLE GROUND PLAN, BE IT A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT, BE IT A PUBLIC PLAZA, BE IT A FOUNTAIN. AND I THINK A LOT OF THESE FORM BASED REGULATIONS ARE FOCUSED ON THAT PEDESTRIAN LEVEL EXPERIENCE AT THE GROUND LEVEL. SO I THINK ALL OF THESE THINGS PULL TOGETHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTEREST. AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT IN THE MDA DISCUSSION ALREADY. WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW IS TO TALK YOU THROUGH THE FORM BASED CODE AS IT HAS ARRIVED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THROUGH ALL THE EDITS AND THE ADDITIONS AND THE REFINEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH NATE AND HIS TEAM, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GENERALLY THROUGH ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT. I'M JUST GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH AT A HIGH LEVEL. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE. IT'S IT'S 140 SOME ODD PAGE DOCUMENT. IT IS ORGANIZED AS A NEW BASE DISTRICT FOR THE WACO ZONING CODE. SO THE REST OF ZONING IS IN CHAPTER 28. IT HAS A CROSS REFERENCE. IT WILL HAVE A CROSS REFERENCE TO THE NEW FORM BASED DISTRICT F1. EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE IS PART OF THAT F1 DISTRICT. IT INCLUDES VARIOUS SUB AREAS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. HOW DO YOU DESIGN THE SITE IN TERMS OF LIGHTING, IN TERMS OF SIGNAGE, WHAT IS THE STREET NETWORK THAT'S THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED AND EXTENDED? WHAT ARE THE BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS? WHAT ARE THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN THE BUILDINGS? HOW IS THE CODE ADMINISTERED? I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON EACH OF THESE TOPICS IN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT AS USER FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS A GRAPHIC THAT APPEARS RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE DOCUMENT THAT'S GOING TO WALK PEOPLE THROUGH AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO DOWNTOWN? WHAT? WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT DO YOU HAVE? WHICH PARTS OF THE CODE WILL YOU NEED TO LOOK AT, AND HOW DO YOU NEED TO LOOK BACK AT CHAPTER 28, IF AT ALL? OR ARE THE RULES HERE? WE'VE WE'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY JUST TO KIND OF FIELD TEST THIS AND MAKE SURE THESE USER FRIENDLY TOOLS ARE AS, AS CLEAN AND SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERALL FORM BASED CODE BOUNDARY. IT SHOWS YOU THE FOUR SUBAREAS. YOU'VE SEEN THIS MAP MANY TIMES. EACH OF THE AREAS IS DESIGNATED AS A SUB AREA WITH ITS OWN DISTINCT RULES GOVERNING HEIGHT, SETBACKS, ETC. WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE CODE IS IN THIS NEW DRAFT OF THE CODE IS CLARIFY HOW THE. THE NEW RULES IN THE FORM BASED CODE RELATE BACK TO THE WACO ZONING CODE. IT'S SUPPLEMENTS. IT DOES NOT REPLACE CHAPTER 28 EXCEPT FOR PARKING AND SIGNAGE WHERE WE HAVE DONE FULL REPLACEMENTS FOR THOSE PARTS OF CHAPTER 28. THE FORM BASED CODE APPLIES TO NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEING BUILT, AND THEN ALSO EXISTING STRUCTURES ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY QUALIFY AS SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS. 
          THAT IS A TERM OF ART THAT IS IN YOUR CURRENT WACO CODE. THAT'S WHERE YOU CURRENTLY LOOK AT A REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND SAY, IS IT BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NEW RULES? WE HAVE UPDATED THOSE THRESHOLDS, THOSE DOLLAR THRESHOLDS, SO THEY'RE MORE MEANINGFULLY SEPARATING OUT BIG PROJECTS FROM SMALL WITH THOSE HIGHER DOLLAR VALUES THAT WE'VE SET OUT. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBER VALUES AT THE TOP GRAPHIC ON THE TOP RIGHT. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT IN THE CODE, WE'VE IMPROVED THE GRAPHICS, YOU KNOW, FROM EARLIER DRAFTS THAT YOU SAW LAST YEAR. WE'VE UPDATED THE ZONE DISTRICTS AS WE HAVE HAD REFINED DISCUSSIONS WITH WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND WITH OTHER GROUPS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO THINK MORE CLEARLY ABOUT THE INTENDED VISION FOR EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT BLOCKS, EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS. WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE STREET TYPE TYPE FOR THOSE AREAS? THAT'S 
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BEEN REFINED AS WELL? THE THE CODE, IT'S LOOKS DETAILED, BUT IT'S NOT MICROMANAGING. IT'S NOT TELLING YOU EXACTLY WHAT EVERY BUILDING HAS TO LOOK LIKE. IT'S BASICALLY SETTING OUT A DEFINED BUILDING ENVELOPE WHERE IT'S GOT TO GO ON THE SITE, HOW TALL IT CAN BE, WHAT GENERAL RULES IT'S GOT TO COMPLY WITH. BUT THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR FLEXIBILITY AND CREATIVITY WITHIN THAT ENVELOPE FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPER TO EXPRESS THEIR OWN VISION. WE'VE WE'VE INCORPORATED ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE DRAFTING, LIKE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FROM THE BRAZOS RIVER. WE'VE ADDED A BROADER ALLOWANCES FOR DOING DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDINGS IN DIFFERENT PLACES. OUR THINKING THROUGHOUT ALL THIS DRAFTING WAS, WHY NOT? YOU KNOW, LET'S TRY TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AND AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE TO DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT TYPES, SO LONG AS THEY MEET THE OVERALL VISION OF THE AREA. SO WE, I THINK SOME OF THE EDITS THAT WE MADE IN THE DRAFTING WERE TO ALLOW MORE THINGS TO HAPPEN. SUBJECTS OF THE CODE. WE REFINED THE STREET TYPE MAP AS WE WENT THROUGH THE DRAFTING PROCESS. PARTICULARLY, YOU'VE GOT THE LEGEND OF STREET TYPES DOWN THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE, AND WE REFINED THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT LIST. SO WE HAVE MORE TYPES OF STREETS THAT DEAL WITH WHAT'S THAT PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AND WHAT ARE THE PEDESTRIAN STREETS VERSUS THE VEHICULAR STREETS AND, AND WHICH ONES CAN SHARE THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND, AND WHICH ONES ARE MORE FOR JUST THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE. WE, WE FINE TUNED THOSE DEFINITIONS AND WHERE THOSE STREETS COULD BE THE USE FRAMEWORK. WE FLIPPED THIS ONE ON ITS HEAD IN THE DRAFTING PROCESS. WE STARTED OUT WITH THE TRADITIONAL ZONING CODE APPROACH, AND WE SAID, THESE ARE THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED. BUT THROUGH THE DRAFTING, WE FLIPPED THAT AND WE SAID, NO, IT'S SIMPLER TO JUST SAY WHICH USES ARE PROHIBITED. AND SO WE SWITCHED TO A NEW FRAMEWORK THAT WAS SIMPLER. YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE ON THE SLIDE HERE OF THE USE TYPES THAT ARE PROHIBITED IN THE DOWNTOWN IN SOME OF THE SUB DISTRICTS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYTHING'S ALLOWED. IT WAS SIMPLER TO SAY WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED THAN HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS ALLOWED. SO THIS IS A SIMPLER APPROACH, ACTUALLY. THERE'S REALLY GOOD BACKGROUND HERE. WE HAD A VERY STRONG TEAM OF ARCHITECTS AND DESIGN PROFESSIONALS FROM OVERLAND ARCHITECTS AND OTHERS THAT HELPED US THINK THROUGH WHAT IS IT THAT CREATED THE GREAT BUILDINGS OF WACO'S PAST? WHAT WERE THE PRIMARY BUILDING MATERIALS? WHAT WERE THE SECONDARY MATERIALS? WHAT ARE THE ONES THAT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE MOVING FORWARD? AND THE FORM BASED CODE IS SUPPLEMENTED. THIS IS NOT REGULATION, BUT IT'S SUPPLEMENTED BY THIS INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP DEVELOPERS THINK THROUGH WHAT WOULD REALLY BE WHAT WOULD FIT IN DOWNTOWN WACO MOVING FORWARD. AND THAT'S ALL IN THIS DRAFT AS WELL. PARKING, PARKING CAME UP A LOT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, AND PARKING IS SOMETHING THAT WHENEVER YOU TALK ZONING IN TEXAS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK ABOUT PARKING. I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THIS LAST TOPIC FOR MYSELF. WHY SHARED PARKING. SHARED PARKING IS KEY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN OVERALL, IT'S THE KEY TO WALKABILITY. ALL THOSE VISION STATEMENTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT'S KEY TO THE DENSITY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. IT'S KEY TO AN ACTIVATED DOWNTOWN. THE ROADMAP VISION CAN'T BE ACHIEVED BY MAINTAINING A LOT OF SURFACE PARKING LOTS DOWNTOWN. SO OVER TIME, THIS ENVISIONS SHARED PARKING STRUCTURES BEING BUILT IN DIFFERENT PLACES. SO EACH OF THOSE SUB AREAS WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE ONE OR MORE SHARED PARKING STRUCTURES. THEY'D BE ADDED IN OVER TIME, AND THEY WOULD BE PHASED IN AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS. AND AS THAT NEED INCREASES, IT WOULD BE BUILT AS INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT GENERATE ENOUGH DEMAND, NOT ALL AT ONCE AND NOT AHEAD OF THE NEED. THE FORM BASED CODE IS GOING TO START TO INSTITUTE A PARKING REQUIREMENT DOWNTOWN, SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE EXEMPT FROM PROVIDING PARKING IN DOWNTOWN WACO. THAT THAT EXEMPTION GOES AWAY WITH THIS ADOPTION, AND IT BECOMES A PARKING MINIMUM THAT HAS TO BE MET. BUT YOU HAVE OPTIONS AND HOW YOU MEET THAT MINIMUM. YOU CAN PROVIDE THE PARKING ON SITE IF IT'S STRUCTURED, OR YOU CAN OPT INTO A SHARED SYSTEM AND PROVIDE A FEE IN LIEU, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON AROUND TEXAS AND SMALL TOWNS, OR A COMBINATION FEES ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED IN THIS CODE. THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE ACTION AND CONSIDERATION ACTION BY BY THIS COUNCIL. THERE IS A TEAM WORKING RIGHT NOW TO COME UP WITH THAT FRAMEWORK, THAT THAT FEE FRAMEWORK THAT WILL BE ADOPTED SEPARATELY. THEY NEED TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE PARKING AUTHORITY AND HOW THOSE FEES WILL BE ADMINISTERED AS WELL. BUT THE INTENT IS THAT ALL THAT MONEY GOES TO A PARKING AUTHORITY THAT WILL HELP BOTH BUILD AND MANAGE THESE PARKING STRUCTURES. THAT SEPARATE PROCESS WILL COME BEFORE YOU BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. IN THE INTERIM, PRIVATE PROPERTIES PAY NO PARKING FEE AND CITY OWNED REDEVELOPMENT SITES WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS PARKING THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AS THEY ARE NOW. 
          THAT IS MY SUMMARY. QUICK SUMMARY OF THE OVERALL CODE. AND BACK TO TOM. THANKS, MATT. 
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KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS PART IS REALLY ABOUT ACTIVATING THE NEW FORM BASED CODE. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE BARON'S BRANCH DISTRICT UNLOCKS MAYBE THE FIRST FOOTPRINTS OF DEVELOPMENT SITES THAT WILL EMBRACE THE, THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FORM BASED CODE ZONING. SO THOSE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENTS WILL EMBODY THE RULES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CODE ITSELF. 
          AND OF COURSE, THAT CAN EXPAND. IT'S INTENDED TO EXPAND TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS OVER TIME. THIS CAN HAPPEN IN A COORDINATED FASHION, AS LET'S SAY, LIKE A FUTURE PHASE OF THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNLOCKS ANOTHER DISTRICT. OR IF A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER HAS A SET OF PLANS THAT THEY'RE TURNING IN FOR A PERMIT PERMIT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT CAN HELP INCREMENTALLY BUILD THAT FUTURE DISTRICT, EVEN IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THE ZONING FRAMEWORK IN PLACE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO TO ALIGN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT. AND ONE OF THE KEY BENEFITS IT PROVIDES TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IS REALLY THE PREDICTABILITY NEEDED TO, TO NOT ONLY IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP, BUT ALSO TO KNOW THAT ANY INVESTMENT THEY'RE MAKING IN THEIR PROPERTY HAS A PREDICTABLE OUTCOME ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AS WELL. SO IT REALLY ALLOWS EVERYBODY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND EMBRACE OF THIS DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT. SO PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TAKEN ACTION AND UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE THE DRAFT OF THE FORM BASED CODE. WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU FOR FORMAL ACTION IN THE NEXT TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE DO HAVE. IT IS WORTH NOTING HERE THAT WE DO HAVE THE DOCUMENT AVAILABLE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE. THERE'S A. THERE'S A LINK AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. I CAN GET PRINT COPIES AVAILABLE TO ANYONE, BUT. 
          AND JUST TO RECAP, WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS UNDERWAY AS WELL THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE ACTIVATION OF THE FORM BASED CODE. EVERYTHING IN BARON'S BRANCH THAT I MENTIONED, MATT MENTIONED THE PARKING STUDY THAT'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW TO THINK ABOUT A FEE IN LIEU STRATEGY, BUT EVEN WE'RE STILL REVIEWING AND FINALIZING FINALIZING REVIEW OF BALLPARK RFP RESPONSES. THIS IS AN ADJACENT DISTRICT THAT IF COUNCIL REVIEWS AND CHOOSES TO TAKE ACTION ON A DEVELOPER FOR THE BALLPARK DISTRICT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THIS TOOL IN PLACE AS WELL. 
          ALSO, I MENTIONED EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THIS IS AMENABLE TO FUTURE AMENDMENTS. 
          IF NEIGHBORING REAL ESTATE IN DOWNTOWN WACO SEES THE BENEFIT AND VALUE IN EMBRACING THE VISION, BUT ALSO THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FORM BASED CODE, IT CAN BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE OVER TIME. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO LEAD WITH ITS OWN PROPERTY FIRST, THOUGH. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S A LOT TO ABSORB IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE GROUP. MATT, I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I APOLOGIZE. I THINK I WAS WRITING DOWN MY QUESTION AS YOU WERE SPEAKING TO THIS VERY THING, BUT TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FEE. IN LIEU OF PARKING, THERE'S A PARKING REQUIREMENT. AND TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT, BASICALLY. SO RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE PARKING REQUIREMENT IN DOWNTOWN. SO MOVING FORWARD, YOU WOULD HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF A PARKING REQUIREMENT IMPOSED. MOST PEOPLE WOULD PAY THAT THROUGH A FEE. AND SO SAY IF I'M DOING A SMALL RETAIL PROJECT AND I MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FIVE PARKING SPACES FOR THAT, A FEE STUDY WOULD BE SET UP THAT WOULD ASSIGN A VALUE TO EACH SUPPOSED SPACE, AND YOU'D HAVE TO PAY THAT FEE TIMES FIVE SO THAT THAT APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, PAYING THE FEE FOR FIVE STRUCTURES. THAT MONEY WOULD GO TO A PARKING AUTHORITY THAT WOULD USE IT TO, TO PAY FOR A PARKING STRUCTURE LIKE YOU SAW IN THAT PICTURE. IT'S PRETTY COMMON APPROACH DOWN IN DOWNTOWNS AROUND TEXAS. YOU DON'T WANT YOU WANT TO HAVE PARKING BE MANAGED. IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE OVERALL PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE AND THE WAY SITES ARE DEVELOPED. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT BE DONE ON AN AD HOC BASIS, WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT IS TRYING TO CARVE OUT SPACE ON ITS SITE. THAT MIGHT REALLY DISRUPT THE THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE. AND SO MOST PLACES FIND IT MORE EFFICIENT TO LOOK AT THAT ISSUE COLLECTIVELY AND SAY, LET'S COLLECT WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO SPEND ON PARKING ON YOUR OWN SITE, BUT LET'S COLLECT IT AND PUT IT INTO A FUND WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP A COOPERATIVE SOLUTION THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE OVERALL DESIGN. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FEE IN LIEU IS AN OPTION DEVELOPMENTS WILL HAVE. THEY'RE STILL WELCOME TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PARKING CAPACITY ON SITE. THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENT TYPES THAT WILL HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY, RIGHT? SO LIKE HOTELS, FOR EXAMPLE, MANY BRANDED HOTELS HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE THEIR PARKING LIKE 1 TO 1 MATCH FOR HOWEVER MANY KEYS THEY HAVE ON SITE. SO IN THAT CASE, WE'RE NOT PROHIBITING ANYBODY FROM PROVIDING PARKING ON SITE, IN WHICH CASE THEY WOULDN'T CONTRIBUTE A FEE IN LIEU. BUT 
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AS MATT MENTIONED, IT'S IT'S A KEY TENET OF WALKABLE DOWNTOWNS TO HAVE A SHARED PARKING SYSTEM THAT'S MANAGED. THAT MAKES SENSE. IT'S JUST SO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          DOES THIS ONLY APPLY, I GUESS, TO NEW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS AREA, OR IS THERE ANY EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS COULD SOMEHOW RETROACTIVELY BE APPLIED TO AN EXISTING OWNER? IT GETS BACK TO THAT SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION DEFINITION. AND IF YOU'RE DOING A PROJECT, IF YOU'RE DOING A REDEVELOPMENT THAT TRIGGERS ONE OF THOSE THRESHOLDS FOR SUBSTANTIAL REDEVELOPMENT, AND WE'VE INCREASED THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THOSE. BUT IF YOU IF YOU DO EXCEED THAT THRESHOLD, THESE STANDARDS WOULD KICK IN. YEAH. WHAT IS THAT DOLLAR VALUE? I THINK THERE WE HAD A SLIDE WITH THE TABLE AND RIGHT THERE. SO YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF RENOVATION OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD, COUNCILMEMBER. AND SO IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE BUILDING. 
          SO IF IT'S THE BUILDING IS LESS THAN $1 MILLION, AND YOUR COSTS OF RENOVATION OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD ARE 50% OR MORE THAN YOU WOULD BE KICKED INTO THAT COMPLIANCE REALM, YOU'D HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW STANDARDS. AND IF, IF THE BUILDING IS MORE THAN $1 MILLION, IF YOUR COST OF RENOVATION ARE 30% OR MORE OVER 12 MONTHS, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD START HAVING TO LOOK AT COMPLIANCE. AND THEN THE TABLE BELOW THAT TELLS YOU IF YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ADDITION ONLY, OR IF YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SITE IN TERMS OF WHICH STANDARDS APPLY. SO IT'S A, IT'S A KIND OF A DECISION TREE BASED ON THE VALUE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH. BUT AS THIS THIS IS ONLY APPLYING TO THIS BARONS BRANCH AREA, CORRECT? NOPE. THIS IS THE ENTIRE THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA, THE 100 ACRE FOOTPRINT, 100 ACRES. GOT IT. THIS IS NOT APPLICABLE TO ALL OF DOWNTOWN, BUT. AND ARE THE ONLY EXISTING STRUCTURES IN THERE, THE ONES THAT BORDER THE PARKING LOT OF. SORRY. ACROSS FROM THE HILTON, THERE'S ONE IMAGE AT THE NEAR THE BEGINNING THAT HELPED ORIENT US. SO. SO THE, I GUESS THE, THE THIS, I DON'T KNOW, THE HATCHED SQUARES ARE THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FOOTPRINT. THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE A CARVE OUT FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE. AND SO THAT DOESN'T COUNT AS SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION. SO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS GUYS? YEAH, WE'RE GOOD WORK ON THIS TEAM ON FORM BASED CODE. I MEAN, I WASN'T THAT FAMILIAR WITH HOW ALL THIS WORKED UNTIL SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS. BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF VETTING IT, AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT AND THOROUGH. IT'S BASICALLY THE COORDINATION OF BUILDING CODES AND DESIGNS AND KIND OF CREATING A CONTINUITY COHESIVENESS WITHOUT, WITHOUT IT BEING JUST A PLAIN VANILLA THING YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH. 
          IT'S ALL GOING TO BE SUPER INTERESTING, BUT JUST CREATE SOME STANDARDS OF, OF DESIGN, WHICH I, WHICH I APPRECIATE. AND THEN AS WE TALK ABOUT THE WALKABILITY AND KIND OF THE SHARED SPACES WITH MULTIMODAL, IS THIS GOING TO BECOME MORE OF A WALKING PART OF THE TOWN AND NOT JUST YOU DRIVE THERE AND GET OUT AND GET IN YOUR CAR AND GO BACK HOME BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE HOW WE DO PUT STANDARDS AROUND THAT, I THINK IS GREAT. SO YEAH, THANKS FOR YOUR WORK. CHAIRMAN EMBRY AND DIRECTOR PETERS AND MATT AND TOM. APPRECIATE IT. ANDREA OR COUNCILMEMBER FAIRFIELD, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO THANK YOU. IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. THE NEXT ITEM IS WORK SESSION 2026-536. FINANCIAL REPORT. CITY MANAGER HOLT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I INVITE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE COLIN BOOTH UP FOR ITEM 536, WHICH IS THE FY 26 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT. AS WE GET THROUGH THIS, WE WILL MAKE A CALL ON WHETHER HE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE CIP PROJECT OF. 537. WE DO HAVE A FULL EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE MAY WE MAY PULL UP SHORT HERE. SO COLIN, TAKE IT AWAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER HOLT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE. SO THIS IS THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT WITH REVENUES AND EXPENSES THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2026 FOR OUR TEN MAJOR FUNDS. LOOKING AT OUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF RESERVES SLIDE HERE. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE MINIMUM RESERVE POLICY WHEN COMPARED TO WHERE WE PLAN ON ENDING THE YEAR AT SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO NINE OF OUR TEN FUNDS ARE IN A POSITIVE STATE. BUT THE GENERAL FUND IS PROJECTED TO END FY 26 BELOW THAT MANAGED RESERVE LEVEL OF 27.5% BY $695,000. HOWEVER, OUR PLAN IS TO END THE YEAR IN A POSITIVE STATE, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MOVING SOME EXPENSES OUT OF THE 
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GENERAL FUND TO OTHER DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCES. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THE NET EFFECT OF LIFTING THAT GENERAL FUND AMOUNT ABOVE THE MINIMUM RESERVE REQUIREMENT. SO AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT THOSE EXPENSES AND MOVING THOSE TO THOSE DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCES, I ANTICIPATE ENDING THE YEAR ABOVE OUR MINIMUM RESERVE LEVEL. LOOKING AT OUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF OUR REVENUES. SO THIS SLIDE COMPARES THE CURRENT YEAR REVENUE COLLECTIONS VERSUS WHERE WE TYPICALLY ARE AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER. FOUR OF OUR TEN MAJOR FUNDS HAVE COLLECTED LESS THAN THE BENCHMARK, THE GENERAL FUND. THE GENERAL FUND IS BEHIND BY 7% DUE TO LARGE PLANNED ONE TIME TRANSFER OF MONEY FROM ANOTHER FUND TO OFFSET SOME EXPENSES THERE IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED IN JULY. SO THAT FUND IS ACTUALLY CAUGHT UP. AS WE LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW, THE SOLID WASTE FUND IS BEHIND THAT COMPARISON DUE TO CHARGES FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICES. THE TEXAS RANGER HALL OF FAME FUND IS BEHIND BY 6% DUE TO ADMISSIONS AND MERCHANDISE SALES REVENUE. 
          HOWEVER, THEY'RE MANAGING THEIR EXPENSES TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR REVENUE POSITION. YOU'LL SEE THAT ON A LATER SLIDE AS I GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, AND ALSO LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT STAFF HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME COST SAVINGS MEASURES ACROSS THE ACROSS THEIR DEPARTMENTS, WHICH HELPS LOWER EXPENSES THERE. THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE FUND IS BEHIND BY 10% DUE TO TRANSFERS IN FROM SOME OTHER FUNDS TO OFFSET COST OF THOSE STREET AND TRAFFIC EXPENSES THAT ARE IN FUND AND THAT FUND. AND AGAIN, THOSE TRANSFERS IN ARE WHEN WE MOVE MONEY OUT OF ONE FUND, WHERE THAT REVENUE IS COLLECTED TO OFFSET EXPENSES INTO ANOTHER FUND. AND THEN FINALLY, THE REMAINING SIX FUNDS HAVE A POSITIVE REVENUE VARIANCE. THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF EXPENSES. THIS SLIDE COMPARES OUR CURRENT YEAR EXPENSES TO WHERE WE ARE TYPICALLY AT AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER. SO EIGHT OUT OF OUR TEN MAJOR FUNDS ARE AHEAD OF THIS BENCHMARK. SO AT FIRST GLANCE, THIS MIGHT LOOK PROBLEMATIC AS SPENDING HAS EXCEEDED THOSE BENCHMARKS. BUT IT'S REALLY NOT IT'S NOT A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM. IT'S MORE OF A TIMING ISSUE WITH TIMING OF EXPENSES. SO MANY OF THESE ARE DUE TO ONE TIME EXPENSES FOR THOSE CAPITAL TRANSFERS THAT I'VE MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY'VE BEEN HITTING THE FINANCIALS EARLIER THIS YEAR THAN IN THE PAST. THE TRANSFER SET ASIDE THE MONEY TO BE SPENT ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND SO THE TIMING OF THOSE HAVE IMPACTED THESE NUMBERS HERE. THE GENERAL FUND IS AHEAD BY 8% DUE TO ONE TIME TRANSFERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OBLIGATIONS THAT HAVE POSTED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. CAMERON PARK ZOO FUND IS AHEAD BY 14%, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE EXPENSES RELATED TO THE GIBBONS LAKE REPAIR PROJECT HITTING THEIR FINANCIALS. 
          LOOKING AT GENERAL FUND REVENUE, WE'VE RECEIVED 83% OF BUDGETED REVENUES THROUGH JUNE 30TH. 
          TRANSFERS IN REVENUE IS ONLY AT 4% RECEIVE. THAT'S THE LOWEST NUMBER ON THIS LIST. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE PROCESSED THAT $6.8 MILLION TRANSFER. SO THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP IN THE JULY FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH ALL ARE GOING TO SEE IN THE SEPTEMBER 15TH CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AS AN INFORMAL REPORT, INTEREST INCOME IS AT 56% OF BUDGET AT JUNE 30TH. IT LIKELY WON'T MEET BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY'S NEW INVESTMENT ADVISOR TO INVEST THOSE IDLE FUNDS MORE AGGRESSIVELY TO BUMP THAT FIGURE, THAT FIGURE UP. LOOKING AT GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES WE'VE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED 77% OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. YOU CAN SEE THE CONTRACT WITH OTHERS CATEGORY IS OVER BUDGET DUE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, WHICH WERE EARNED AND EXPENSED IN PRIOR YEARS. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ADJUSTED AT YEAR END. SO THAT NUMBER ON THOSE GRANTS ARE GOING TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS THOSE PAYMENTS POST AGAINST THE LIABILITY. OTHER PAYMENTS ARE TIMING RELATED AND DO NOT REPRESENT ANY STRUCTURAL CONCERNS AT THIS TIME. OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES ARE AT 101% OF BUDGET, PRIMARILY DUE TO MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES AND CREDIT CARD FEES. AND AS WE TALKED IN JULY AT THE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, WE'RE LOOKING AT CHARGING THAT CREDIT CARD CONVENIENCE FEE TO OFFSET THOSE EXPENSES THAT DRIVE THAT NUMBER UP. LOOKING AT OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS, THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT 99.5%, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY ON PACE FOR THE YEAR. I ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO END THE YEAR WITHIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, PROBABLY JUST UNDER. WE TYPICALLY END AROUND 98 TO 99% COLLECTED IN PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS. SHIFTING GEARS TO SALES TAX AFTER EXPERIENCING THREE MONTHS OF NEGATIVE SALES TAX REMITTANCES, AUGUST SALES TAX WAS UP ABOUT 12%. AUGUST 
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SALES TAX COLLECTIONS OR SALES TRANSACTIONS THAT OCCURRED IN JUNE. FISCAL YEAR TO DATE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ARE UP JUST ABOUT 2%, 1.9%, AND RETAIL IS BY FAR OUR LARGEST INDUSTRY CATEGORY. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SALES TAX CATEGORIES, THAT WAS UP 1.63% DURING THE PERIOD OF AUGUST. OUR CURRENT SALES TAX BUDGET IS 60.4 MILLION. THAT'S THE COLUMN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE THERE. WE ANTICIPATE FLAT COLLECTIONS BASED ON TRENDS AND ENDING THE YEAR 2.3% UP, OR $1.4 MILLION HIGHER THAN BUDGET. WE'RE FORECASTING $61.8 MILLION IN COLLECTIONS. SO WE ANTICIPATE COMING IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN BUDGET ON THIS ONE. CAN I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THIS. YES, SIR. LOOK AT THAT. FORECASTED COLLECTIONS 4.7, 4.9, 5.8. THAT IS BELOW FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. AND OUR PROJECTION, OUR BUDGET. AND THEN ALSO I'M COMPARING IT TO PRIOR YEAR. IT'S ACTUALLY BELOW PRIOR YEAR TOO. SO IT SEEMS EXCEPT FOR EXCEPT FOR THE LAST 1ST SEPTEMBER. SO IT SEEMS CONSERVATIVE DOESN'T IT. I MEAN, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET TO THAT. 61.862 SAY YES, SIR. AND IT'S LIKE, LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, SALES TAX HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT ERRATIC. IT WAS DOWN AND THEN IT BOUNCED BACK. IT'S BEEN IN IN IN AUGUST. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE REVENUE SOURCES WE MONITOR MONTHLY AND WE TRY TO DIG INTO THE DATA AS BEST WE CAN. GREAT. A BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR NEW BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY WITH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS. SO WE HAD 70 NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS IN JULY. THAT WAS THE HIGHEST MONTHLY AMOUNT IN 14 MONTHS GOING BACK TO MAY OF 2025. MAY, JUNE AND JULY HAD 174 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS. THAT'S TWO PERMITS HIGHER THAN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. WE ALSO SURPASSED 1000 NEW SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING UNITS OF PERMITTED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND THAT TOTAL SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY UNITS. WE HAD 11 NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS IN JULY, MAY, JUNE, AND JULY. WE HAD 70 COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS. THAT'S ALSO TWO PERMITS HIGHER THAN AT THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. SO LOOKING AT BUILDING PERMITS, THEY'VE KIND OF LEVELED OUT IN THE MAY, JUNE, JULY TIME PERIOD. LOOKING AT OUR MAJOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THESE ARE COVERING WATER WASTEWATER, INCLUDING THE W MARS UTILITY AND THE SOLID WASTE FUND. SO I WANTED TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON THE WATER FUND HERE. REVENUES ARE AT 66% OF BUDGET, WHICH ALIGNS WITH NORMAL SEASONALITY. 
          HISTORICALLY, REVENUES ARE AROUND THE 66 TO 71% RANGE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. BULK WATER SALES FOR THIS YEAR. THOSE BULK WATER SALES REVENUES ARE ALSO HIGHER DUE TO THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL TREATED WATER. WATER FUND EXPENDITURES FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS ARE AT 64% OF BUDGET DUE TO VACANCIES AND TURNOVERS. WATER CHEMICAL SUPPLIES ARE AT 97%, BUT STILL PROJECTED TO END THE YEAR WITHIN BUDGET. THE WATER FUND IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE RESERVE LEVELS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, DESPITE PLANNED RESERVE DRAWDOWN FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. LOOKING AT METERED WATER SALES, WE'RE AT 73% OF BUDGET THROUGH JULY. SO A LOT OF THIS, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IN THE PAST, IS DRIVEN BY THE WEATHER. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR THROUGH JULY, WE'VE HAD ABOUT FIVE INCHES LESS RAINFALL THAN HISTORICALLY. HOWEVER, IN THE THIRD QUARTER WAS THE 13TH WETTEST THIRD QUARTER WE'VE HAD IN 46 YEARS. AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, IN AUGUST, THE RAIN SPIGOT TURNED OFF AND IT GOT REALLY HOT AND REALLY DRY. SO I ANTICIPATE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER COLLECTIONS CATCHING UP DUE TO THE HOT AND DRY WEATHER. THIS SLIDE IS CONTINUING TO TALK BACK ON THAT ONE AGAIN, BUT WE'RE STILL PROJECTING LESS THAN BUDGET, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. 60 .963 YES, VERSUS 60.4 YES, SIR. AND THESE ARE PROBABLY A BIT CONSERVATIVE WHEN LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTIONS, BUT THEY COULD BE REVISED. IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER COMING IN. THEN YOU SAID WE WERE CONTAINING EXPENSES OR NOT. I CAN'T TELL FROM THE LAYOUT OF THE REPORT. YES, SIR. SO WE'VE SEEN SALARIES AND BENEFITS LAGGING BEHIND A LITTLE BIT. BUT THE WATER CHEMICAL SUPPLIES ARE AT 97% OF BUDGET. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME IN REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES BY THE END OF THE YEAR, PROJECTING TO COME IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED. OKAY. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY, WE'VE HAD EXCUSE ME, THIS SLIDE SHOWS A COMPARISON OF CURRENT MONTH 
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WATER SALES REVENUE VERSUS THE ROLLING 12 MONTH AVERAGE. AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, JULY'S WATER SALES WERE $571,000 HIGHER THAN THAT ROLLING 12 MONTH AVERAGE. 
          THAT'S TYPICAL IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, ARE ALSO GOING TO PICK UP HIGHER THAN THAT ROLLING 12 MONTH AVERAGE DUE TO SEASONALITY. WE'VE COLLECTED. 
          THIS IS WASTEWATER SALES. SO WE'VE COLLECTED 87% OF WASTEWATER SERVICE WASTEWATER SERVICE REVENUE THROUGH JULY. WE'RE ABOUT $3 MILLION FAVORABLE VARIANCE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. I ANTICIPATE WASTEWATER REVENUE TO FINISH STRONG THIS YEAR WITH NO MAJOR NEGATIVE VARIANCES. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION. SO WE'RE SEEING A POSITIVE TREND IN SOLID WASTE TONNAGE, WHILE CITY OF WACO TONNAGE IS STAYING CONSISTENT. FRANCHISE HAULER TONNAGE IS UP 49% FISCAL YEAR TO DATE, AND TOTAL HAULER TONNAGE IS UP 8% YEAR TO DATE. 
          THIS IS OUR OTHER FUN SLIDE COVERING THE DRAINAGE FUND, CAMERON PARK ZOO FUND AND COTTONWOOD CREEK GOLF COURSE FUND. LOOKING AT THE DRAINAGE FUND, TOTAL EXPENSES ARE AT 47% OF BUDGET THROUGH JUNE 30TH. IT'S BELOW AGAIN, PRIMARILY DUE TO THOSE ONE TIME CAPITAL TRANSFERS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO SET THAT MONEY ASIDE FOR FOR THOSE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, THESE EXPENSES WILL HIT THE FINANCIALS IN AUGUST. SO THOSE EXPENSES WILL PICK BACK UP. BUT EXCLUDING TRANSFERS, FY 26 EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT 59% OF BUDGET MAINTENANCE EXPENSES ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE IN AUGUST, BUT THE FUND SHOULD BE UNDER BUDGET AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR EXPENSES. CAMERON PARK ZOO ATTENDANCE SLIDE. TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR AT THE CAMERON PARK ZOO WAS SLIGHTLY UNDER 300 000 VISITS. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, 299,690 OVERALL ZOO ATTENDANCE IS DOWN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE HOT WEATHER. YOU CAN SEE THE SEASONALITY ON THIS SLIDE AS ATTENDANCE PEAKS IN MARCH AND DECREASES THROUGH THE SUMMER AS THE WEATHER GETS HOTTER. ALSO, GIBBON LAKE IS REOPENING THIS WEEKEND, SO IF THE IF AND WHEN THE WEATHER COOLS, THAT SHOULD HELP DRIVE ADMISSIONS FOR THE ZOO. 
          COTTONWOOD CREEK GOLF COURSE IN JULY, CUSTOMERS PLAYED 4244 ROUNDS OF GOLF AT THE GOLF COURSE. THERE ARE 1465 MORE ROUNDS OF GOLF PLAYED THIS FISCAL YEAR THAN THROUGH THIS TIME LAST YEAR. THAT'S A 4% INCREASE FOR THE GOLF COURSE. LOOKING AT OUR FINAL THREE FUNDS HERE COVERING THE AIRPORT, TEXAS RANGER HALL OF FAME AND THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE FUND, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE FUND ON THIS SLIDE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT THAT DEFICIT OF 12.497 MILLION. THAT IS A PLANNED DEFICIT AS WE MOVE $16.2 MILLION OUT OF THE STREET MAINTENANCE CAPITAL, SETTING IT ASIDE FOR STREET PROJECTS TO BE SPENT AT A LATER DATE. SO WE ISOLATED AND TOOK THAT CAPITAL THAT'S SITTING THERE IN THAT FUND, AND WE MOVED IT OVER TO A SEPARATE FUND TO BE SPENT ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. WHEN WE LOOK AT REVENUES FOR STREET MAINTENANCE FEES AND INTEREST EARNINGS, THEY'RE SLIGHTLY BEHIND FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT TRANSFERS IN FROM OTHER FUNDS ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. TO PICK THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES FOR STREET MAINTENANCE FEE FUND ARE ON TRACK FOR THE YEAR. SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND ONE TIME CAPITAL EXPENSE ARE SLIGHTLY BEHIND PACE. OVERALL, THE FUND IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DATA FOR THE WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT, FY 26 IS FOLLOWING THE AIRPORT'S TYPICAL SEASONAL PATTERN SEASONAL PATTERN WITH LOWER PASSENGER ACTIVITY IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, WHICH AFFECTED AIR TRAVEL. JULY WAS THE STRONGEST MONTH OF FY 26, WITH APPROXIMATELY 8900 PASSENGER MOVEMENTS. THAT'S UP 13% FROM JULY OF 2025. YEAR TO DATE, PASSENGER ACTIVITY IS ABOUT 3% BELOW FY 25, WITH 54,400 PASSENGER MOVEMENTS, COMPARED WITH ABOUT 56,200 AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. TEXAS RANGER HALL OF FAME ATTENDANCE IS 39,632 VISITS THROUGH JULY. YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER THERE BY THE RED LINE. ATTENDANCE IN JULY WAS DOWN BY 43 VISITS. THAT'S ABOUT A 1% DECREASE. OVERALL ATTENDANCE IS DOWN FISCAL YEAR TO DATE. AS WE LOOK AT THE TEXAS RANGER HALL OF FAME. AND THEN FINALLY, THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT. THIS WAS REVIEWED AT THE JULY BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING. SO I'M REALLY NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS SLIDE UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. BUT OUR TOTAL BOOK VALUE OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AT JUNE 30TH WAS $910 
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MILLION. NET INVESTMENT INCOME WAS 8.7 MILLION FOR THE QUARTER. WE'RE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY AND STATE LAW. AND AT THIS TIME, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COLIN? ALL RIGHT. THANKS, COLIN. THE NEXT ITEM IS WORK SESSION 2026 537. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH, MAYOR, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, IF IT IF IT PLEASES THE COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PUSH THAT ONE TO THE NEXT MEETING, THE CIP TO THE NEXT MEETING. WE HAVE AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION AT THAT MEETING. WE DO HAVE A FULL EXIT, AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THEN. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL NOW 
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RECESS THE WORK SESSION AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, AS READ INTO THE RECORD BY THE CITY SECRETARY AT 4:43 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FOLLOWING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS. REAL PROPERTY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.072 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.087 ATTORNEY BRIEFING TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 IN THE MATTER OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION CONCERNING CITY OF WACO. RN102097235. DOCKET NUMBER 2026-0732MWD-E AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THIS ITEM IN OPEN SESSION PERSONNEL TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH LOCAL 4.78 OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS AND PERSONNEL, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.074 MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT WITH THE WACO
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