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COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026, TO ORDER AT 3:02 P.M. WELCOME TO THE WORK SESSION OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL. WELCOME TO ALL THE PEOPLE GATHERED HERE IN BOSQUE THEATER GALLERY IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN WACO. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A PRETTY NICE LITTLE CROWD HERE TODAY.
IT'S FANTASTIC. ALSO, WELCOME TO ALL THE VIEWERS AT HOME WATCHING ON THE WACO CITY CABLE CHANNEL TODAY. AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. WE LOOK WE HAVE A GREAT AGENDA AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD MEETING. I'M MAYOR JIM HOLMES. I'M JOINED ON THE DAIS HERE TODAY BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM GEORGE CHASE. OUR COUNCIL MEMBER JED COLE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER DARIUS EWING. AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HOOK IN COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREA FAIRFIELD AS WELL.
SHE'LL BE COMING ON IN A FEW MINUTES AND IS. COUNCIL MEMBER LOZANO IS NOT WITH US TODAY.
ALSO JOINED ON THE ADJACENT DAYS OVER HERE BY SENIOR CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT, CITY ATTORNEY KRISTEN HAMILTON, AND OUR FAVORITE CITY SECRETARY, MICHELLE HICKS OVER THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS THE RECOGNITION OF WORK SESSION SPEAKERS. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY OUT? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, MAYOR. NO CARDS, NO SPEAKERS. AND AND WE ALSO HAVE AJ UNDER FAIRFIELD. CAN YOU HEAR US? GREAT. THERE SHE IS. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY ON A WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NO REQUESTS, WE WILL NOW RECESS THE REGULAR SESSION AND CONVENE INTO WORK SESSION WITH THE REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT. RYAN, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND WELCOME TO THOSE JOINING US IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE. WE HAVE NO CHANGES FOR YOU ON TODAY'S AGENDA UNDER EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO JOINED US BEFORE THE SESSION TO VIEW OUR TWO NEWEST FIRE APPARATUS. THESE VEHICLES REPRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND ARE PART OF THE ONGOING FIRE DEPARTMENT FLEET REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2021. THUS FAR, THIS REPLACEMENT CYCLE HAS INCLUDED THE PURCHASE OF SEVEN NEW FIRE TRUCKS IN 21, THREE AND 22, THREE MORE IN 23 AND 2 IN 25. THE HEAVY RESCUE TRUCK IS OUT FRONT WAS AUTHORIZED AT A $1.5 MILLION BY CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2023. THE TILLER TRUCK IS A MID-MOUNT PLATFORM AERIAL TRUCK APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN MARCH OF 2025 AS PART OF A $3.6 MILLION APPARATUS PURCHASE IN WHICH WE PURCHASED THE TILLER TRUCK AND A PUMPER ENGINE. THESE TWO APPARATUS REPRESENT A STATE OF THE ART IN FIRE SERVICE, AND OUR GOOD, TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE ISO ONE RATING THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF WACO THAT OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY. THEY'RE AMAZING OUT THERE. IF ANYBODY HASN'T SEEN THEM, NEED TO RUN OUT RIGHT QUICK BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS, WHERE WE GET INTO THE MEAT OF THE AGENDA. BUT JUST THEIR HUGE VEHICLES AND THE ONE WITH THE KIND OF ACCESS IN THE MIDDLE CAN TURN ON A 20 FOOT RADIUS. I THINK CHIEF CHIEF FERGUSON SAID. BUT ANYWAY, THESE THESE ARE AMAZING, AND I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF WACO THAT WE WANT. PUBLIC SAFETY IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR US, AND WE LIKE TO HAVE GREAT EQUIPMENT FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR POLICE FORCE TO TO WORK IN AND WORK ON.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE DESTINATION MARKETING TEAM. WON AWARDS THIS WEEK OR IN THE PAST WEEK. DESTINATION WACO'S TOURISM AND MARKETING EFFORTS EARNED MAJOR STATEWIDE RECOGNITION RECOGNITION, WINNING TWO AWARDS AT THE DESTINATIONS TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN PLANO. THE DMO TEAM WAS COMPETING AGAINST OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS WITH BUDGETS OVER $1 MILLION. OUR TEAM SECURED FIRST PLACE IN THE MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS PROMOTIONAL CATEGORY FOR A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL JOINT TRADE SHOW BOOTH WITH WACO TI PIT THAT FEATURES OUR NEW WACO BRANDING. ADDITIONALLY, WE EARNED THIRD PLACE IN THE SPORTS PROMOTION CATEGORY FOR OUR EFFORTS IN BRINGING THE SUCCESSFUL MAJOR LEAGUE FISHING TOURNAMENT TO WACO THIS PAST SPRING. THIS WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE GREATER WACO SPORTS COMMISSION, DESTINATION WACO AND THE WACO TEA PIT, WITH INCENTIVE FUNDING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE DMO AND TEPID TEAM, WACO CREATED SPECIFIC STIPULATIONS THAT TIED THE INCENTIVE OFFER TO USAGE OF OUR LOCAL LAKES, ENSURING THE TOURNAMENT MAXIMIZED EXPOSURE FOR WACO AND PUT US ON THE NATIONAL STAGE FOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. CONGRATULATIONS! DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE. IT SEEMS LIKE THESE MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING SO MUCH, I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO REPORT ON THIS WEEK. ARE WE GOING TO SAVE SOME FOR NEXT WEEK? I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THAT DOES THIS AWARD INCLUDE IN TERMS OF THE BOOTH ITSELF, I SAW ONLINE SORT OF A RECREATION OF THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE. IS THIS A PART OF THAT? YES. SEVERAL OF MY COWORKERS CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED ABOUT THAT, AND I WAS LIKE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM. AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY WHEN I SAW THAT AS WELL. AND THAT WAS MY
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FIRST TIME SEEING IT. IT LOOKED AWESOME. YEAH. IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE CONVENTION CENTER AND YOU SEE THE WACO SUSPENSION BRIDGE, YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. IT'S FANTASTIC. GREAT JOB. LISA AND TEAM. YOU GUYS ARE REALLY STEPPING UP AND EXCITED TO, TO SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S IN STORE BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS COMING UP WITH SOMETHING GREAT.APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS ONE INFORMAL REPORT ON YOUR AGENDA. ITEM 583 PROVIDES YOUR JULY 2026 FINANCIAL MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT. RIVETING AS EVER, THIS REPORT INCLUDES MAJOR FUND ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SUMMARY, AND A CIP UPDATE. AS IN HONOR OF OUR FIRE TRUCKS OUT FRONT, THERE ARE 54 RESOLUTIONS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW. ITEM 605 APPROVES A $214,000 AGREEMENT WITH THE ANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC FOR THEIR PROVISIONS OF LOW COST SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES FOR PETS IN THE CITY OF WACO. THE CITY OF WACO HAS HAD OVER A DECADES LONG FUNDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE A, B, C CLINIC. THIS FUNDING FOR LOW COST SPAY NEUTER AND VETERINARY SERVICES IS A CRITICAL FACTOR FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LOCAL PETS AND THEIR PEOPLE. WITH THIS FUNDING, WE SUPPORT AFFORDABLE SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES, ROUTINE VETERINARY CARE, COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM AND A PET FOOD PANTRY. THESE EFFORTS HELP ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF PET OVERPOPULATION AND HELP RESIDENTS KEEP THEIR PETS AT HOME, AND ARE JUST YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL BEING A REGIONAL LEADER, INVESTING REAL DOLLARS AND HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE ANIMAL ISSUE. I'LL JUST ECHO THE CARRIE SPIVEY AND HER TEAM OVER THERE, DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND REALLY AUGMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE AT THE PET CIRCLE AND, AND OUR WHOLE ANIMAL SHELTER EFFORT IS IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I'LL JUST NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO GO UP, INCLUDING THE COST OF COMPENSATION FOR VETERINARIANS THAT PERFORM THESE SURGERIES, THE COST OF SURGERIES THEMSELVES. AND SO TO HAVE A PARTNER THAT IS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO TAKE THE MONEY THAT WE GIVE THEM AND PUT IT TO GOOD WORK AND A TANGIBLE WAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN GO AND HAVE AFFORDABLE SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES. I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'RE DOING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO PUT TOGETHER SERVICES AT THAT CALIBER. WITH THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE FACING, THEY CONTINUE TO DELIVER. APPRECIATE THAT. ITEM 609 APPROVES A THREE YEAR, $396,000 AGREEMENT WITH QUAKE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PURCHASE OF 16 C THROUGH NEXT GEN THERMAL IMAGING AUGMENTED REALITY UNITS FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE C THREE SYSTEM UTILIZES CUTTING EDGE AI CAPABILITIES TO ENHANCE FIREFIGHTER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND PROVIDES EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WITH CRITICAL INFORMATION DURING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. WITH APPROVAL OF THIS AGREEMENT, WACO WILL BECOME ONE OF TWO FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN TEXAS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PIONEERING PROGRAM OF BLEEDING EDGE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS. PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS ARE SELECTED BY THE VENDOR BASED ON THEIR REPUTATION WITHIN THE FIRE SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, WACO FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE TECHNOLOGY AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO QUAKE TECHNOLOGIES ON EFFICACY AND IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS A PROGRAM. COUNCILMAN BARFIELD BROUGHT THIS TO US TO TAKE A LOOK AT. THIS IS WHEN PEOPLE SAY CUTTING EDGE. THIS IS BLEEDING EDGE TECHNOLOGY THAT COMBINES AI WITH FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED THAT IN IN HEAVY SMOKE ENVIRONMENTS, RATHER THAN THE INFRARED BEING FOOLED BY FLAME AND OTHER HEAT, THE AI TAKES OVER AND PROVIDES EDGE OUTLINES FOR FIREFIGHTERS. I WAS ABLE TO, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER. THE FIREFIGHTERS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM TO GO OUT AND TEST THIS TECHNOLOGY AND. AND IT IS REALLY EFFECTIVE IN HIGH SMOKE ENVIRONMENTS. AND SO US, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING ONE OF TWO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO TEST THIS REALLY IS A TESTAMENT TO CHIEF FERGUSON'S TEAM AND Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE PART OF THE EVALUATION WAS NOT ONLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. AND SO Y'ALL ARE Y'ALL ARE PART OF BEING ABLE TO BRING THIS TO THE THE RESIDENTS OF WACO TO MAKE WACO A SAFER PLACE. THAT IS AMAZING TECHNOLOGY THERE. AND I'VE NOT SEEN THIS PICTURE BEFORE, BUT A LONG TIME AGO, TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, THEY LET A COUPLE OF COUNCILMEN. WHAT DID YOU CALL THAT? THE CITIZENS, CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY, FIRE ACADEMY, CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY. SO WE GOT TO GO INTO THAT SMOKE.
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE SMOKE BOX OR SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THERE AND IT IS SOLID.
IT IS. YOU CAN'T SEE, YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T SEE. LIKE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE OUTLINE OF THAT COUCH OR WHATEVER IN THE CHAIR. IT'S LIKE IT'S BLACK IN THERE. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS GO IN THERE, THEY'RE THEY'RE IN PITCH BLACK. SO THIS WILL BE INVALUABLE AND A GREAT TOOL FOR OUR, FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS. I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK IN THERE NOW AND TEST THIS THING OUT. YEAH. IT'S WHEN WE DID THE TEST THERE, COMPANY PRESIDENT CAME DOWN AND A BUNCH OF THEIR STAFF AND WE, WE SENT OUR SORT OF HIGHEST TACTICALLY TRAINED FIREFIGHTERS THROUGH THIS. AND THEY, THEY LOVED IT.
IT, IT SAID IT SPED UP THEIR CLEARANCE OF SMOKY STRUCTURES BY ABOUT HALF THE TIME. ITEM
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625 AWARDS A $12.8 MILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO KNIFE RIVER FOR THE SPEEGLEVILLE RIDGE ROAD BRIDGE OVER MIDDLE BOSQUE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WE HAVE RECEIVED A COMBINATION OF $3.76 MILLION IN FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THIS PROJECT. WITH THE SUPPORT OF CONGRESSMAN SESSIONS. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW BRIDGES AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A 2200FT OF SPEEGLEVILLE ROAD TO CREATE A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. THE PROJECT IS THE FINAL PIECE OF A REGIONAL EFFORT TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG SPEEGLEVILLE ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 84 AND HIGHWAY SIX. STAFF INTENDS TO SEQUENCE THE CONSTRUCTION TO MAINTAIN TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE PROJECT AREA. FOR MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION, HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF FULL CLOSURE. THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE NOTIFICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN ADVANCE OF EACH CLOSURE. WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT BRIDGE IS TO THE FOLKS LIVING OUT THAT DIRECTION. DEIDRE. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER EMERSON AND I SPENT SOME TIME ON A MAP, AND IF THE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED, IT'D BE ABOUT A 14 MILE DETOUR. AND SO WE WORKED WITH OUR CHARLES LEE'S GROUP, WORKED WITH OUR CONTRACTOR AND TRYING TO GET THOSE CLOSURES TO A MINIMUM FOR THE FOLKS LIVING OUT IN THAT AREA. THERE ARE NINE PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. CLINT PETERS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS DURING THE WORK SESSION. THERE ARE FIVE ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ALL ARE ON SECOND READING, AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS THAT WILL END THE MANAGER'S REPORT, I JUST HAD TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS SAME SPEEGLEVILLE BRIDGE. JUST THE CONTRAST WAS STRIKING BECAUSE 625 IS THE SPIEGEL SPIEGEL MILL BRIDGE, WHERE WE'VE KIND OF KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR EIGHT, TEN YEARS OR MORE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS. SO WE LINED UP FEDERAL FUNDING. WE LINED UP SOME VERY COMPETITIVE BIDS ON THIS WITH THE KNIFE RIVER COMING OUT ON TOP AND SOME CIP MONEY AND KIND OF PLANNING IT FOR YEARS. AND THE RESOLUTION JUST TO LATER. NUMBER SIX, 27 WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. IT'S ABOUT 8 MILLION ALTOGETHER WITH THE WITH THAT'S THE WASTEWATER LINE ON MLK, THAT VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM, TERRIBLE SOIL TO WORK IN THE UNION PACIFIC. WE WERE WAITING ON. AND JUST A COMPROMISED DECAYED WASTEWATER STRUCTURE. IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PLAN AHEAD FOR SOME. BUT THEN WE'LL HAVE OTHER PROJECTS LIKE $8 MILLION KIND OF SNEAKS UP ON YOU AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT TOO. I THINK WE'LL HAVE IT ALL DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AT LEAST. THE THE THE MLK WASTEWATER REPAIR, ALL WHILE GETTING BRIDGE LIGHTS TURNED BACK ON FOR THE FIRST BAYLOR GAME. THAT'S THAT'S TRUE.I'VE GOT THE. WAS THAT A RESOLUTION? NO. WE TURNED ON THE BRIDGE LIGHTS. WE TESTED THEM. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT PERMANENT. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. THE BRIDGE LIGHTS ARE ON I-35.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF CITY MANAGER HOLT ON THE AGENDA OR THE RESOLUTIONS? I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A RECORD NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS, TOO. I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING 5054 OF THEM BEFORE, BUT THIS IS GOOD STUFF. OKAY, WE WILL NOW GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ITEM 2026, 589 AND RESOLUTION 2026 590 THROUGH 2026 642. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? THERE BEING NONE, I WILL MENTION THAT ON RESOLUTION 2026-590. THAT'S THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THERE IS AN UPDATED EXHIBIT A ON. I THINK IT'S BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY. SO I THINK ADDED A COUPLE NAMES IN THERE. OKAY. SO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL INCLUDE 2026 589 AND RESOLUTION 2026 590 THROUGH RESOLUTION 2026. 642. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION ITEMS 2026 584 THROUGH 587. CITY MANAGER HOLT, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST WORK SESSION? THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE FIRST WORK SESSION ON 20 YEARS. DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. TONIGHT, JOINED BY KEVIN NICHOLS FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE WACO MPO BUSINESS AND US 77 CORRIDOR ACCESS AND CIRCULATIONS GUIDELINES. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN STEWARDED BY THE WACO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO DEVELOP GUIDANCE AND STRATEGIES AROUND THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR AS IT TRAVELS THROUGH LACY, LAKEVIEW, BELLE, MEADE, WACO AND ROBINSON. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. PETERS. THANK YOU, MANAGER HOLT.
MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH THE WACO MPO ON BUSINESS 77 CORRIDOR ACCESS AND CIRCULATION GUIDELINES. THIS PROJECT DOVETAILS WITH THE TXDOT PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY FOR THE REDESIGN OF BUSINESS 77 FROM I-35 TO UNIVERSITY PARKS. THAT IS TAKING IT FROM MORE OF A
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FREEWAY SECTION DOWN TO A BOULEVARD SECTION TO ENCOURAGE SAFETY, MOBILITY AND MULTIMODAL SAFETY ALONG THE CORRIDOR. AS RYAN MENTIONED, IT IS A 15 MILE CORRIDOR ALL THE WAY FROM LACEY LAKEVIEW TO ROBINSON. SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH WACO ROBINSON, BELLE MEADE AND LACEY LAKEVIEW, AND THEN OUR LEAD CONSULTANT ON THE PROJECT THAT FREESE AND NICHOLS AND HDR. SO I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE KEVIN SAINT JAKE'S ON THE PROJECT. HE IS WELL KNOWN FROM AROUND THE STATE IN THE COUNTRY FOR CORRIDOR STUDIES. HE ACTUALLY DID THE CORRIDOR STUDY BUSINESS 77 CORRIDOR STUDY BACK IN 2016 THAT A LOT OF THE CONCEPTS FOR THIS PROJECT STARTED FROM. AND SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THIS BEING IMPLEMENTED. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. CLINT. SO WHY THIS CORRIDOR? WHY WHY NOW? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? THIS THING. IT'S IT'S KIND OF A MASTER PLANNING EXERCISE BUILT ON THE FACT THAT THIS CORRIDOR IS COMING UP, SNEAKING UP AT ABOUT 100 YEARS OLD IN ITS FORMATION. IT'S POURING OF THE CONCRETE. IT'S IT'S DEVELOPMENT OF OLD THINGS THAT ARE ALONG IT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. AND IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN ENHANCED MUCH SINCE THEN. SO WE'RE AT THE STAGE WHEN, WHEN I WORKED WITH THE MPO BACK IN 2016 ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME MONEY REBUILDING THIS THING. DO WE WANT TO REBUILD IT LIKE IT LOOKS NOW, OR DO WE WANT TO REBUILD IT IN THE FASHION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH IT FOR THE FUTURE? SO WE DEVELOPED A CONCEPT FOR WHAT THINGS SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW THE EDGE TREATMENTS WOULD BE, AND HOW DEVELOPMENT RELATE TO THAT CORRIDOR AS IT GOES UP. SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN THE GUIDELINES THAT WERE IN PLACE AT THE TIME, TO WORK WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY AND ESTABLISH SOMETHING THAT IS MORE IN IN CONCERT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT NOW EXISTS ALONG ITS CORRIDOR. THE VISION REALLY FOCUSED ON THREE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SAFE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRAFFIC IS ACCOMMODATED AND IT WORKS WELL. WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THE ROADSIDE ELEMENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE IN RELATION TO THE FUNCTION OF THE ROADWAY. HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS CORRIDOR MORE CONTEXTUAL IN NATURE RELATING TO THE THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREA ALONG IT? HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE MULTIMODAL IN CONTEXT? ADD BIKES AND PEDS AND TRANSIT AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WANT TO BE ALONG IT. MAYBE EVEN ADD SOME PARKING PROVISIONS THAT AREN'T THERE NOW THAT CAN BE ENHANCED TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO IT. AND THEN MAYBE WITH ALL THAT, IT CAN BE A CATALYST FOR REDEVELOPMENT. A LOT OF THESE UNDERUTILIZED PARCELS UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR. SO IT'S KIND OF A THREE PRONGED APPROACH. AS WE MOVED INTO LOOKING AT THE CORRIDOR, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THAT IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL KIND OF A CORRIDOR. WE HAVE, IN FACT, SIX DIFFERENT WHAT WE CALL CHARACTER ZONES, THE FIRST BEING UP THROUGH LACEY, LAKEVIEW AND MORE. THAT RURAL ENVIRONMENT, WIDE OPEN SPACES, OPEN DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING ALONG THE SIDE OF IT. SECOND, MOVING DOWN THROUGH BELLE MEADE, WE START GETTING MORE CLOSER IN A LOT, A LOT OF MORE INDUSTRIAL KIND OF USES ALONG ALONG ITS EDGES. SOME COMMERCIAL STARTS CREEP IN. SECTOR THREE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE PART THAT TEXAS GRABBED ON TO NOW FROM THE ORIGINAL VISION AND ARE STARTING TO IMPLEMENT, BUT IT'S REALLY MORE OF A HARDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT. BRIDGES INTERCHANGE WITH 35. A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN THERE. WE'VE GOT TO CROSS THE RAILROAD. SO IT'S A VERY HARDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT. AND TEXAS GOT AN EXCELLENT JOB OF TAKING THAT ORIGINAL VISION AND MAKING IT WHAT WE HAD ENVISIONED FOR A MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR. ZONE FOUR IS REALLY ALONG THAT EASTERN EDGE OF BAYLOR AND, AND AN AREA THAT REALLY IS PRIME FOR REDEVELOPMENT INTO SOMETHING THAT REALLY TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE ENERGY OF BAYLOR, BUT THEN KIND OF EVEN SPINS IT OFF AND CREATES SOMETHING COOL ALONG THERE. FIVE STARTS GETTING SOUTH OF THAT, THAT THE CIRCLE DOWN TO 340 AND IT'S MORE OF A GET MORE SUBURBAN IN NATURE. AND SO IT'S GOT A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR ENHANCING THE BIKE PED ENVIRONMENT AS THAT AREA EXPANDS. AND SIX IS DOWN THROUGH ROBINSON. THAT REALLY HAS MULTIPLE CHARACTERS WITHIN ITS CHARACTER ZONE AS FAR AS URBAN, RURAL MIXTURE OF ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE UP AND DOWN THAT STORY. SO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS DESERVE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS. BUT AT THE END, WE'VE GOT A CORE ROADWAY[00:20:06]
SECTION THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CONTINUES FROM BEGINNING TO END. THE CONCEPT IS HAVE A FOUR LANE BOULEVARD THAT WOULD FEEL LIKE YOU'RE CONTINUING THROUGH A CORRIDOR THAT HAS A OPERATIONAL FUNCTION FOR TRAFFIC, THAT HAS A CAPACITY OF 20 OR 30,000 CARS A DAY, WHICH IS ABOUT THE FORECAST WE SEE FOR UP THROUGH 2050. AND SO THAT WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED AS TRAFFIC AND IN AN ORDERLY FASHION, BUT CAN BE ENHANCED IN THE MEDIANS AND ESPECIALLY ALONG THE OUTSIDE EDGES. EDGE TREATMENT. WE DEVELOPED KIND OF A TOOLKIT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE DEVELOPING BASED UPON THE CHARACTER OF OUTSIDERS. YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO EVOLVE ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR IS IS SHARED USE PATH ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE CORRIDOR AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL FLOW BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ZONES. PARKING AND, AND OTHER PROVISIONS CAN START FILTERING INTO THOSE EDGES ONCE WE ESTABLISH THAT CENTER FOUR LANE BOULEVARD, THEN IT FREES UP A LOT OF SPACE ALONG THE EDGES THAT CAN BE ADAPTED TOWARDS. MAYBE THERE'S SOME SHALLOW LOT SIZES THAT COULD UTILIZE SOME ENHANCED PARKING LOT THAT EDGE USING PART OF THAT AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE. SO A LOT, A LOT OF THESE ELEMENTS THAT CAN START BRINGING INTO THE TOOLKITS OF WHAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO ALONG THE CORRIDOR. ONCE YOU START FLYING THOSE, THOSE SETS OF TOOLKITS OF EDGE TREATMENTS, YOU START GROUPING THE SECTIONS TOGETHER. AND WHAT, WHAT MAKES SENSE TO GO INTO THE VARIOUS SECTIONS AND THAT THAT STARTS BEGINNING YOUR, YOUR DESIGN GUIDELINES. SO WE DEVELOPED A BUNCH OF SIMPLE SAMPLE CROSS SECTIONS THAT COULD BE A APPLIED TO HELP PEOPLE VISUALIZE WHAT CONCEPTS COULD BE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A LACY LAKEVIEW. WE HAVE NORTH OF LOOP 40 THAT THAT IS THAT MORE RURAL FEEL. AND IN ORDER TO RETAIN THAT RURAL FEEL OF EVERYTHING, KEEPING THAT CENTER DITCH, ADDING SOME LANDSCAPING IN THE MIDDLE, ADDING LANDSCAPE ALONG THE EDGES, AND THEN WORKING WITH WHAT IS THE REMNANTS OF OLD SERVICE ROADS, TURNING THOSE INTO A LOCAL ACCESS CIRCULATOR WITH SOME PARKING ALONGSIDE IT, AND REALLY ENHANCE THE USABILITY OF THE LOCAL ELEMENTS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. CAROXAZONE TWO BASICALLY DOWN THROUGH, DOWN THROUGH BELLMEAD WE START GETTING INTO THE MORE OF THAT LITTLE MORE CLOSE CONSTRAINED AREA. SO THE, THE FOOTPRINT IS A LITTLE, LITTLE SMALLER ON THE INSIDE, BUT STILL RETAINING THAT FOUR LANE BOULEVARD CHARACTER, WE WOULD ADD AN EDGE TO THAT OFFSET EDGE, PUTTING IN LIKE CURBS. THAT WOULD HELP.NOW START ENCOMPASS THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE ROADWAY, AND THEN HELP DEFINE THAT OUTER EDGE TREATMENT TO WHERE WHERE THE PEOPLE SPACE IS, WHERE BIKES AND PEDS AND ELEMENTS CAN LIVE OUT THERE ADDING LANDSCAPING, ADDING FRONTAGE TO THE BUSINESSES ALONG THE WAY.
ZONE THREE AGAIN, THIS IS THE PART THAT THAT TXDOT IS IS EVOLVING INTO REALITY FOR US NOW. ZONE FOUR, WORKING WITH THE, THE, THE BAYLOR EDGE AND ALL THE RESIDENTIAL AND AND LOCALIZED COMMERCIAL THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. MORE OF A MAYBE TWO LANE BIKEWAY ALONG EACH SIDE WITH PARALLEL SIDEWALKS, A VERY PEDESTRIAN CENTRIC CORRIDOR, AGAIN, MAINTAINING THAT FOUR LANE BOULEVARD IN THE MIDDLE FOR FUNCTIONALITY OF TRAFFIC. FIVE GETS INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE SUBURBAN CHARACTER. SO THE TWO WAY BIKEWAY ON BOTH SIDES GIVES WAY TO JUST A BIKE LANE WITH WITH SIDEWALKS NEXT TO IT ON EACH SIDE, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CHARACTER, BUT MORE FITTING WITH MAYBE THE CHARACTER OF THAT CORRIDOR. AND THEN WE GET DOWN INTO ROBINSON AND SAME KIND OF CHARACTER, BUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TREATMENT BECAUSE THE EDGES ARE A LITTLE MORE CLOSER IN. AND SO WE HAVE TO CONFINE THE THE EDGE TREATMENTS ALONG EACH SIDE. SO IT'S EXAMPLES OF, AGAIN, WHAT CAN BE DONE, BUT FOCUSING ON THOSE AREAS OF SUPPORTING THE SAFETY, ACCESS AND CREATION OF PLACE AND THE RESILIENCY OF THE CORRIDOR AS WE GO.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM NOW BEGINS LOCALIZED. THE MPO HAS DIVISION, EVERYTHING WORKS, WORKS FORWARD. AND SO WE'VE HELPED TO CREATE THIS IMPLEMENTABLE CORRIDOR PLAN WITH A SET OF DESIGN. DEVELOPED DESIGN MANUAL. WE CALL IT DESIGN MANUAL, BUT IT'S REALLY MORE OF A GUIDELINES FOR IF YOU WANT TO START DESIGNING THIS THING. IN REALITY, HERE IS THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF THESE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT COULD TAKE PLACE. AND THERE'S 12 DIFFERENT CHAPTERS ABOUT VARIOUS SUBJECTS, ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND DRIVEWAYS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT CAN REALLY HELP TO FORM THAT CREATION OF THOSE EDGE TREATMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
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SO WHEN YOU ADOPT THE GUIDELINES AND MANUAL, IT HELPS TO EVOLVE ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO ABOUT CREATING A CONSISTENCY OF THAT CORRIDOR FUNCTION ALONG THE WAY. FOUR LANE BOULEVARD IN THE MIDDLE. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT CHARACTER. WHEN YOU START ADDING RIGHT TURN LANES, YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE I'M EATING INTO THAT BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN SPACE ALONG THE EDGE, DO I REALLY VALUE ONE OVER THE OTHER? WHAT ARE THE TRADE OFFS? SO IT HELPS FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF ALL THE ACTIONS THAT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CORRIDOR. SO BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION ON ANYTHING IS GOOD TO PLAN THIS.THIS IS WHY WE DEVELOPED THE ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES. DOES THE ACTION PRESERVE WHAT WE WANT TO EVENTUALLY EVOLVE IN THE CORRIDOR? IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A SIX LANE ELEMENT, LET'S MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE KEEPING A SIX LANE ELEMENT AND NOT BRING IT DOWN TO FOUR LANES. ARE WE PUTTING IN THAT RIGHT TURN LANE AND SO ON AND SO ON. AND THEN YOU START BEING ABLE TO EVALUATE WHAT ARE MY PRIORITIES FOR FOR EACH OF THE SIX CORRIDORS, WHICH ONES DO I DO FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD? AND WITHIN THOSE, HOW DO I EVALUATE THE VARIOUS SIDES OF THE CORRIDOR? MAYBE DO A WEST SIDE AND RIGHT SIDE FIRST, AND SO HELPS YOU PRIORITIZE ALL THOSE THINGS. SO WE HAVE A SET OF INITIAL ACTION ITEMS THAT THAT CAN BE EVOLVED. AND IN THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE ACTION, THE THE 77 GUIDELINES, WE HAVE A SET OF CRITERIA THAT YOU CAN USE TO UNDERSTAND THE HOW YOU. BRING THINGS FORWARD, MOVING. THERE HE GOES, THERE HE GOES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, KEVIN. SO, SO YES, THE THE MPO POLICY BOARD DID ADOPT THE MPO ACCESS AND CIRCULATION GUIDELINES FOR 77 AND THEN THE COMPLETE STREETS DESIGN MANUAL LAST LAST THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH. AND SO WHAT WHAT CITY STAFF WILL START LOOKING AT IS COMPARING COMPARING THOSE DOCUMENTS WITH OUR OUR ORDINANCES ZONING ORDINANCE. WE DO HAVE A LASALLE OVERLAY DISTRICT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
AND SO COMPARING COMPARING SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THAT WITH WHAT'S IN THERE, I STARTED LOOKING AT IT. THERE'S ALREADY SOME, THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR OVERLAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MATCH UP WITH THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT LOOKING THROUGH THAT, OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND THEN OUR WORKING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, OUR STREET DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL, WE'LL START LOOKING THROUGH THOSE DOCUMENTS COMING UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF POTENTIAL CHANGES TO INCORPORATE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO OUR ORDINANCE, AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT A FUTURE MEETING WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. LIKE ALWAYS, IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE ORDINANCES, THAT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS WILL WORK WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND LAND OWNERS AND DEVELOPMENT GROUPS ALONG THE WAY AND BRING YOU BACK A RECOMMENDATION. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP WITH ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CLINT, KEVIN. ANYTHING. I JUST HAD A FEW OBSERVATIONS IN 77. SOMETIMES IT'S KIND OF A FORGOTTEN THOROUGHFARE BECAUSE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING. SIX THE LOOP. 340 AND THE INTERSTATE AND 84 BUT AND IT REALLY STRUCK ME WHEN WE, WE HAD THE I-35 CLOSURE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND I WAS THINKING, OKAY, EVERYTHING'S GOT TO GO EITHER ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD, THAT TINY FRONTAGE ROAD WE HAVE OR AROUND LOOP 340 AND TEX-DOT SAID, WELL, WE CAN DIVERT SOME ON 77. I'M THINKING, WOW, 77, HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET THROUGH ALL THAT? BUT IT'S JUST GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDENTITIES. WITH LACY LAKEVIEW, AS YOU POINTED OUT, BELLE MEAD, KIND OF BAYLOR.
AND THEN IT GOES INTO LASALLE AND THEN THE CIRCLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF WHERE IT IS. AND THEN ROBINSON, OF COURSE, BUT IT'S. I LIKE HOW WE'RE TRYING TO REBUILD THE CONTINUITY OF THAT OF THAT THOROUGHFARE. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND JUST MAYBE KIND OF REBRANDING THE WHOLE THING. TWO THINGS I WANTED TO ASK. ONE OF THEM IS, ARE WE TRYING TO MINIMIZE LIKE MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION ON THIS THING BY THE EDGE TREATMENTS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR WOULD THIS STILL INVOLVE A TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD OR NOT, THAT IT WOULD AFFECT THE CITY THAT MUCH, BUT IS IT MOSTLY JUST KIND OF FIXING UP THE EDGES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EDGE TREATMENTS OR.
WELL, THE ROADWAY AT SOME POINT IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME MAJOR STRUCTURAL ENHANCEMENT TO THE
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PAVEMENT ITSELF. AND SO AT THAT POINT, THAT'S A VERY DEEP, EXPENSIVE PAVEMENT TO REBUILD.AND SO BRING IT DOWN TO ITS MINIMUM AMOUNT. YOU HAVE TO REBUILD IS A COST SAVINGS MEASURE. YEP. WHEN YOU GET THE OUTSIDE, ONCE YOU ONCE YOU GET MONKEYING AROUND WITH THE PAVEMENT, THEN REESTABLISH THE OUTSIDE EDGE IS A RATHER STRAIGHTFORWARD THING TO DO.
AND THAT'S A MATTER OF WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT'S LEFT OVER. SO LOOKING AT THE CHARACTER OF EVERYTHING THAT'S AROUND, THEN YOU START MAKING YOUR SELECTIONS ON WHAT'S MY BACKFILL GOING TO BE LIKE? DO WE WANT TO ADD MORE PAVEMENT, WHAT THE PAVEMENT LOOKS LIKE ALONG THOSE EDGES AND SO ON? OR DO WE WANT TO DO PURE LANDSCAPING AND SIDEWALKS OR, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE ELEMENTS CAN BE THEN NEGOTIATED WITH THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS AND PUBLIC AT THAT POINT, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, LIKE THE AT LEAST ON THE, THE DIFFERENT, THE DEPICTIONS OF WHAT THE, THE CHARACTER ZONES LOOK LIKE, WHERE WE HAVE THE, IF THE, IF WE DO HIT THE EDGES WITH BIKES, THEY'RE OFF THE ROAD. THEY'RE IN A DIFFERENT SORT OF A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LANE, WHICH SEEMS TO ME WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT'S BEING WITH WHAT'S THERE YOU COULD RECONSTRUCT INTO A MULTIMODAL. PRETTY EASY. ONE THING, CLINTON, I THINK YOU DID HIT ON ARE. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME A FEW YEARS AGO ON THE LASALLE OVERLAY AND JUST BE THINKING ABOUT. AND YOU ALREADY SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO IT, HOW THIS ALL FITS INTO WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO THERE, AND I'M SURE IT'LL BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WHAT WE HAD PLANNED. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. I LOVE TO SEE THE, THE REVITALIZATION OF 77. IT CAN BE VERY USEFUL. NORTH SOUTH STREET AND OR HIGHWAY IN IN WACO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS? SO I HAD ONE QUESTION ON THAT ON THE LASALLE PART OF IT. IS IT IS IT PART OF THE PLAN WHERE THERE'LL BE MORE CROSSWALKS, OR IS THAT WOULD THAT MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE? I JUST SEE PEOPLE CROSSING WHEREVER BECAUSE IT'S SO FAR BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS AND JUST WONDERING IF THAT IS THAT PART OF IT, OR DOES THAT MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE? IT REALLY WOULD HELP TO FOCUS THAT CROSSING ATTENTION TO A POINT OF CONTROL.
AND SO WHEN WHERE YOU'VE GOT MAYBE THAT THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH SET OF INTERSECTIONS THAT REALLY HAVE A LOT OF THE TRANSACTIONS BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE ROAD, IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A SET OF CROSSINGS WHERE MOST PEOPLE ARE AND THEN SPACED OUT FURTHER WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE A LITTLE FURTHER APART. SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GET SIGNALS, THEY ACTUALLY OBVIOUSLY INTERRUPT THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN THE MAIN ROAD. BUT IF YOU COORDINATE THEM, THEY CAN, THEY CAN FLOW QUITE WELL. IF YOU'VE GOT CLOSELY SPACED AND THEY'RE JUST CROSSING BACK AND FORTH, YOU CAN TURN THEM RED ALL THE TIME OR RED AT ONE TIME, AND THEN GREEN AND THEY FLOW BACK AND FORTH PRETTY READILY. SO IT'S VERY MANAGEABLE, BUT IT REALLY HELPS TO ADD THE FOCUS OF THE CROSSINGS TO WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR CONTROL. AND THEN TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THAT CROSSING. GREAT. THANKS, KEVIN. I GOT TO ASK, IS IT OR IS IT SAINT JAKE AS WELL? IT DEPENDS WHAT STATE YOU'RE IN IF YOU'RE IN LOUISIANA. I WOULD SAY SAINT JACQUES. OKAY. BUT HERE IN TEXAS WE SEE. ALL RIGHT. I JUST HAD TO CORRECT CLINT THERE. BUT I ASKED BEFORE YOU ASKED ME AND IT ALWAYS COMES UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TEXAN VERSION. ALL RIGHT. ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. WORK SESSION 2026-585. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CIP. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. NEXT WE'LL HAVE COLIN BOOTH, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR ITEM 585. THAT WAS PUSHED OFF THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSSION OF WACO'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SOME OF THE PROJECTS. THESE PROJECTS COVER EVERYTHING FROM PUBLIC SAFETY TO PARKS AND RECREATION, STREETS AND MAJOR WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS. THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT REPRESENT OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ONGOING WORK WE DO FOR WACOANS, MR. BOOTH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER HOLT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE. SO THIS IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, OUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTS OUR SELF-SUPPORTING PROJECTS, AND THEN OUR ENTERPRISE UTILITY CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING OUR WATER, WASTEWATER AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS, JUMPING IN TO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS. I WANTED TO START OUT AND GIVE A PREFACE THAT WE'VE UPDATED THE SLIDES TO INCLUDE PROJECT STAGES. AS YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SLIDE. SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR SIX DIFFERENT PROJECT STAGES, COVERING EVERYTHING FROM DESIGN AND ENGINEERING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CONSTRUCTION AND OPENING. AND THEN WE'VE PUT THE PERCENTAGE OF PROGRESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH EACH OF THE STAGES. SO WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT. AND THIS VIEW IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, AND WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO ANY FEEDBACK THAT COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE. SO JUMPING RIGHT INTO
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FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR. SO THIS IS THE STATION THAT'S CURRENTLY AT SPEIGHT AVENUE AND IT'S BEING MOVED OVER TO LASALLE. THERE'S ABOUT $258,000 AVAILABLE IN THIS PROJECT.CONSTRUCTION IS 55% COMPLETE, AND THE COMPLETION TARGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS NOVEMBER 29TH.
FIRE STATION NUMBER EIGHT. THIS IS LOCATED ON COBBS DRIVE, AND THIS IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT FIRE STATION. SINCE IT IS AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING IS 60% COMPLETE. THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS ABOUT $9.3 MILLION, AND THE COMPLETION TARGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS DECEMBER 31ST OF 2028. NEXT PROJECT IS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, CRIME LAB AND PROPERTY ROOM. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING ON THIS PROJECT IS 50% COMPLETE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET, INCLUDING OUR CURRENT YEAR ALLOCATION, IS $11,139,000. THE COMPLETION TARGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS DECEMBER 31ST OF 2028. MOVING ON TO THE PET CIRCLE CLINIC AND SURGERY CENTER, THIS IS LOCATED AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER COMPLEX. THERE'S ABOUT $205,000 REMAINING IN THIS PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION IS 60% COMPLETE, AND THE COMPLETION TARGET DATE IS DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. MOVING INTO SOME PARKS PROJECTS, THIS NEXT PROJECT IS THE ALICE MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ PARK. THIS PARK IS LOCATED ON WACO CREEK NEAR VALLEY MILLS AND CLAY AVENUE. THIS PROJECT REMAINS ON SCHEDULE. CONSTRUCTION IS AT 65% COMPLETE. THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT HAS ARRIVED AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK. THE COMPLETION TARGET DATE FOR THIS PARK IS NOVEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. CHINA SPRING PARK IS ENTERING ITS FINAL PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION, PLAYGROUND TRAILS AND SPORT.
COURT IMPROVEMENTS ARE LARGELY IN PLACE. RESTROOM AND PAVILION WORK IS IN PROGRESS.
CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT 82% COMPLETE. THE REMAINING WORK INCLUDES LANDSCAPING, TREE INSTALLATION AND SHADE STRUCTURES. COMPLETION TARGET DATE FOR CHINA SPRING PARK IS NOVEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. THE COTTONWOOD CREEK GOLF COURSE DRAINAGE PROJECT IS A. AS A AS AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT COVERING COURSE DRAINAGE FEATURES, BRIDGES AND IRRIGATION THAT HAVE ALL SURPASSED THEIR USEFUL LIFESPAN AND REPLACEMENT IS NEEDED. YOU CAN SEE AT THE PROJECT STAGES WE HAVE SOME AT DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES. THERE ARE SEVERAL CIP ALLOCATIONS BEING MANAGED TOGETHER AS A PART OF THIS BROADER GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AT 60% COMPLETE. THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE THE OVERALL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME OTHER PIECES OF THAT PROJECT THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH BID AND AWARD CONSTRUCTION IS 15% COMPLETE ON THIS ON THIS PROJECT. AND THE COMPLETION TARGET IS OCTOBER 1ST OF 2027. THE CHAPEL PARK PROJECT. THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PARK INCLUDE A NEW SPLASH PAD, MUSICAL PLAY FEATURES, AND A NEW PAVILION. IT'S ABOUT $106,000 REMAINING IN THIS PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION IS 30% COMPLETE AND THE COMPLETION TARGET DATE FOR THIS PROJECT IS OCTOBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. THE VIRGINIA DUPUY PARK. THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ALONG AUSTIN AVENUE. THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE INITIAL PHASE OF THIS PARK IS $400,000. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING IS 35% COMPLETE.
THE FIRST PHASE IS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED TO FOCUS ON KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS PARK, DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAZA AREA AND LANDSCAPE AND VEGETATION IMPROVEMENT. THE I-35 BRIDGE LIGHTING PROJECT. THIS WAS TO REPLACE THE LIGHTING WITH DURABLE WEATHER RESISTANT LIGHTING SYSTEM, SO THE LIGHTS ARE 95% INSTALLED. THE TESTING WAS PERFORMED LAST WEEK AND THE FINAL PROGRAMING FOR THE COLOR CONTROL IS BEING DONE THIS WEEK BY THE LIGHTING FIXTURE VENDOR.
THE FIXTURES PLANNED TO BE INSTALLED AND OPERATIONAL BY OCTOBER 1ST, WITH A COMPLETION TARGET OF MID-OCTOBER AROUND OCTOBER 15TH TO THE END OF OCTOBER. SO WE'RE PULLING THAT ONE UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS. LOOKS LIKE. YES, ABSOLUTELY. YES. THE THE WORD I GOT TODAY WAS AROUND OCTOBER 15TH. IT WAS GREAT AT THE BAYLOR FOOTBALL GAME THE OTHER NIGHT, BEING ABLE TO LOOK OUT ON I KNOW WE JUST HAD HIM ON FOR THE NIGHT OR WHAT KIND OF MANUALLY, BUT IT LOOKS GREAT.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT A COOL ICONIC IMAGE THAT IS FOR THE CITY, AND IT'S JUST IT'S REALLY NICE. IT COMPLIMENTS THE THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE IS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF
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IT. BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST LOOKS GREAT. YEAH, IT LOOKED IT LOOKED FANTASTIC. DEFINITELY.THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE DOWNTOWN QUIET ZONE. THIS IS ALONG THE RAILROAD IN DOWNTOWN.
THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE UPGRADED LIGHTS AND GATES, CROSSING PANELS, PARKING ADJUSTMENTS AND PEDESTRIAN AND UTILITY WORK. IT'S ABOUT $3.6 MILLION AVAILABLE IN THIS PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT 10% COMPLETE, WITH THE COMPLETION TARGET DATE OF AROUND MARCH OF 2028. MOVING ALONG TO OUR SELF SUPPORTING CAPITAL. THESE INCLUDE A COUPLE OF AIRPORT PROJECTS AND A TIF PROJECT. SO THIS IS THE REHABILITATION OF RUNWAY 0119.
THIS IS THE PRIMARY RUNWAY AT THE WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT. THIS PROJECT IS 95% GRANT FUNDED.
THE CONTRACT WAS ACTUALLY AWARDED ON AUGUST 4TH, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION START DATE IS PENDING AS WE WORK AROUND THE FOOTBALL SEASON, WHICH IS TYPICALLY A BUSY TIME FOR THE AIRPORT AS PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND OUT FOR THE FOOTBALL GAMES. SO WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING JUST AROUND THANKSGIVING. THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT APRON RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THIS WAS REPLACING THE AGED AND DETERIORATING ASPHALT SURFACES ON THE AIR CARRIER PARKING APRONS. THIS PROJECT WAS ALSO 90% GRANT FUNDED. THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED AROUND THE END OF MAY. SO IT'S IN IT'S IN OPERATIONS NOW. THE RIVERWALK PROJECT. SO PHASE ONE OF THE RIVERWALK DEVELOPMENT. THIS GOES FROM WEBSTER AVENUE EASTWARD TO THE UMPHREY BRIDGE.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS PROJECT INCLUDE ELEVATED PATHS, GREEN SPACES, EVENT LAWN LIGHTING AND WATER FEATURES. THIS PROJECT CONSTRUCTION IS 20% COMPLETE AND THE COMPLETION TARGET IS DECEMBER 7TH OF 2027. MOVING INTO OUR ENTERPRISE UTILITY SYSTEMS, COVERING OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS AND OUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS. SO THIS IS THE OLD MACGREGOR GROUND STORAGE WATER TANK PROJECT. IT'S CURRENTLY THE BID IS OUT ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW.
THE BIDS CLOSE ON OCTOBER 29TH. A TOTAL BUDGET IS $15 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT. AND FOR RIGHT NOW, THE COMPLETION TARGET DATE IS AROUND JULY OF 2027. THE OLD MACGREGOR PUMP STATION WATER PROJECT IS NEXT. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING IS 10% COMPLETE. THIS PROJECT IS A $13 MILLION PROJECT, AND THE COMPLETION TARGET DATE IS CURRENTLY JULY OF 2027. THE CENTRAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DIGESTER CLEANING PROJECT. THIS INCLUDES THE REHABILITATION OF FOUR ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. THIS TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS $10.5 MILLION.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS 75% COMPLETE AND THE COMPLETION TARGET IS JULY 2ND OF 2027. THE NEXT PROJECT IS A COMBINED PHASE ONE B AND ONE C PROJECT ON THE NORTH INTERCEPTOR WASTEWATER LINE. THIS IS A MAJOR WASTEWATER LINE TO THE CENTRAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. CONSTRUCTION IS CURRENTLY 99% COMPLETE. PUNCH LIST WALKTHROUGHS WERE RECENTLY COMPLETED ON THIS PROJECT. IT'S A LARGE PROJECT. THE COMPLETION TARGET IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND MID DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROJECTS ONE OF OUR LARGER PROJECTS. THIS IS TO EXPAND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO 4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY AVERAGE AND 16 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. PEAK FLOW. THE CONSTRUCTION IS CURRENTLY 10% COMPLETE, WITH A COMPLETION TARGET OF MARCH 8TH OF 2029. AND THEN FINALLY, THE SPEEGLEVILLE DRAINAGE PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE ALONG SPEEGLEVILLE ROAD, REDUCE FLOODING AND INCREASE STORMWATER CAPACITY. IT INCLUDES A DETENTION POND, OUTFALL CHANNEL CULVERTS AND THEN WASTEWATER AND WATER LINES. AS A PART OF PHASE ONE, CONSTRUCTION IS 45% COMPLETE ON THIS PROJECT. TOTAL BUDGETS $15.1 MILLION WITH A COMPLETION TARGET DATE OF OCTOBER 30TH OF 2026. AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR COLIN? AJ, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING OR COUNCIL MEMBER? BARFIELD ANYTHING? NOTHING. OKAY. I LOVE THIS FORMAT THAT WE'RE EVOLVING IN THIS THING.
IT'S MUCH EASIER TO READ AND KIND OF KIND OF FOLLOW WHERE I LIKE THE STAGES. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND YOU'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE OF HOW FAR ARE WE IN THE DEAL, THE, THE BUDGET, THE START DATE, OUR OUR ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE SUMMARY. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY STARTING TO
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COME TOGETHER. COLIN AND BLUE, THANKS FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER. THE JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WE DON'T HAVE THE. OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE 2026 CIP IN THERE. 2027 BECAUSE WE JUST GOT THAT APPROVED LAST WEEK, I GUESS. SO THIS IS BASICALLY 2025 BACKWARDS. AND THE SELECTION OF THE CIP, I ASSUME THESE ARE THE BIGGEST ONES. YEAH. THESE ARE OUR LARGER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT SELECTED HERE. SO WE'LL HAVE SOME THAT ARE COMPLETED. THEY'LL DROP OFF AND THEN WE'LL ROLL NEW ONES ON AS AS WE GO FORWARD. AND THEN AT SOME POINT, WE'RE STILL GOING TO TRY TO DEVELOP A REPORT THAT SHOWS KIND OF BY YEAR, LIKE, HERE'S 2026. WE HAD 20 PROJECTS. WHERE ARE THEY? 2025? WE HAD 15 PROJECTS WHERE THEY I LIKE THE FORMAT THAT WE'RE GOING FOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE RECONCILING EVERYTHING. YES, SIR. THE OTHER I, I JUST AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN BLUE ON THIS LATER, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SHOW WHAT OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATED STARTING DATE AND OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE WAS NOT TO NOT TO CALL PEOPLE OUT FOR, HEY, YOU'RE TAKING TOO LONG, BUT JUST SO WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING, MAYBE WE SEE THAT ALL WATER PROJECTS ARE TAKING TWICE AS LONG AS THE STREET PROJECTS OR WHATEVER, BUT IT JUST SEEMS THE BETTER WE CAN TRACK THIS, WHICH IS DEFINITELY THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING. AND I'M SEEING THE BETTER WE CAN LEARN FROM, FROM WHAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING. BUT THIS, THIS LOOKS GREAT, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY.THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS WORK SESSION 2026-586. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT STEAM CENTER MAYOR, COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE ROBERTO ZAPATA, DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, TO PROVIDE TODAY'S UPDATE. IT'S A SIX MONTH UPDATE ON THE BLEDSOE MILLER STEAM CENTER AND ITS OPERATION. SINCE THE GRAND OPENING IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING REGION. AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU, DIRECTOR ZAPATA. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER HOLT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TODAY I AM JOINED BY CEO BY THE CEO OF TRANSFORMATION WACO, DOCTOR ROBIN DURHAM. AND THEN ALSO HERE IS CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER JOSH WASHER FROM TRANSFORMATION WACO. SO TODAY I AM VERY PLEASED TO SHARE THE STORY OF THE BLEDSOE MILLER STEAM CENTER'S FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OPERATION, WHAT IT TOOK TO GET THERE, WHO WE ARE REACHING, WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE LEARNING AND WHERE WE GO NEXT. SO THIS IS REALLY MORE OF A MORE THAN AN UPDATE ON A NEW BUILDING. IT IS AN EARLY LOOK AT HOW THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IS BECOMING HANDS ON EXPERIENCES, NEW SKILLS AND PATHWAYS FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES. SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE NUMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A BRIEF LOOK AT THAT ENERGY, CREATIVITY, AND SENSE OF DISCOVERY THAT HAVE FILLED THE CENTER SINCE OPENING.
FANTASTIC. THAT'S GREAT. SO TODAY, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS CONNECT THAT ENERGY TO THE LARGER PURPOSE BEHIND THE INVESTMENT. SO I WILL BRIEFLY COVER AGAIN HOW WE GOT HERE, THE REACH OF THE OPENING MONTHS, THE WHAT PEOPLE ARE LEARNING, HOW ACCESS AND DEMAND ARE DEVELOPING, AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. SO THE CENTER WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH $3.5 MILLION IN COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING SECURED IN FY 24. A CONGRESSMAN, PETE SESSIONS, SPONSORED AN ADVANCED. THE REQUEST THROUGH THE FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS AND THE FUNDING WAS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. AN ADDITIONAL 8.8 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS WERE SECURED THROUGH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, SO THAT INVESTMENT THERE ALLOWED WACO TO RETROFIT AN EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTER RATHER THAN START FROM THE GROUND UP, TRANSFORMING IT INTO A REGIONAL DESTINATION FOR HANDS ON LEARNING AND CAREER CONNECTED STEAM EDUCATION. IT GAVE A FAMILIAR NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITY AN ENTIRELY NEW PURPOSE, WHILE KEEPING IT ROOTED IN THE COMMUNITY IT HAS LONG SERVED. SO THE OPERATING MODEL IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF WACO AND TRANSFORMATION WACO WITH CLEARLY DEFINED
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RESPONSIBILITIES. SO THE CITY OWNS AND MAINTAINS THE FACILITY. WE PROVIDE FISCAL OVERSIGHT, TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, AND WE ESTABLISH EXPECTATIONS AND MONITOR PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD AND THROUGH THE THE CONTRACTUAL PERIOD TRANSFORMATION. WACO DOES A DAY TO DAY. THEY DEVELOPED A. THEY DEVELOP AND DELIVER THE PROGRAMING. THEY COORDINATE INSTRUCTORS, CAMPS, WORKSHOPS AND FIELD TRIPS, AND.THEY BUILD EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. SO THOSE ROLES ARE DIFFERENT. BUT THE PURPOSE BETWEEN US IS SHARED. WE WANT TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE, HIGH QUALITY STEAM LEARNING FOR WACO RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES. SO THE FIRST MAJOR PUBLIC MILESTONE WAS FAMILY LAUNCH DAY, WHICH HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 7TH. 610 GUESTS CAME THROUGH THE DOORS FOR A FREE DAY OF FAMILY EXPLORATION. FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE NEW SPACES AND EQUIPMENT, SAMPLE THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS THE CENTER WAS IS OFFERING DAY TO DAY, AND MEET THE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH. IT WAS AN ENCOURAGING OPENING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT SHOWED US IMMEDIATELY THAT THERE WAS A STRONG INTEREST IN THIS KIND OF EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT OPENING DAY INTEREST CONTINUED. DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, THE CENTER RECORDED 29,760 GUEST VISITS.
THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE BUILDING FOR PROGRAMS, FIELD TRIPS, CAMPS, FAMILY ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND VISITS SUCH AS THE ARTEMIS LAUNCH PARTY, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE. IT TELLS US THAT THE CENTER QUICKLY BECAME AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY DESTINATION, NOT SIMPLY A FACILITY OFFERING OCCASIONAL CLASSES. SO THE MONTHLY TREND GIVES US A BETTER PICTURE OF OF HOW THE THAT REACH DEVELOPED. WE BEGAN WITH 3717 VISITS IN FEBRUARY.
ATTENDANCE INCREASED DURING SPRING BREAK, CONTINUED BUILDING THROUGH THE SPRING AND REACHED ITS HIGHEST POINT IN JUNE WITH 6307 VISITS. JULY REMAINS STRONG AT 5738. SO. IN OTHER WORDS, THE LAUNCH WAS NOT A ONE DAY SPIKE. PARTICIPATION GREW HAS FAMILIES FAMILIAR WITH THE CENTER, AND AS A SUMMER PROGRAM, CALENDAR EXPANDED. THE CENTER IS SERVING ITS PRIMARY COMMUNITY WHILE ALSO DRAWING INTEREST FROM ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. NEARLY 60% OF OUR RECORDED VISITS CAME FROM WACO ZIP CODES, WITH STRONG REPRESENTATION FROM (767) 067-6708 AND 767076705. THE AVERAGE VISIT LASTED 66 MINUTES. AT THE SAME TIME, VISITORS CAME FROM COMMUNITIES INCLUDING GATESVILLE, HILLSBORO, TEMPLE AND BELTON, AND THAT COMBINATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE CENTER REALLY IS ROOTED IN WACO, BUT IT IS ALREADY DEVELOPING A REGIONAL REACH, AND THIS DATA WAS TAKEN FROM PLACER REPORTS THAT WERE RUN BETWEEN JANUARY 16TH AND JULY 19TH. SO FAMILIES HAVE BEEN THE CENTER'S LARGEST AUDIENCE, ACCOUNTING FOR ALMOST 73% OF ATTENDANCE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE INTENDED AUDIENCE FOR EACH PROGRAM, ELEMENTARY AGE PROGRAMING IS THE NEXT LARGEST SEGMENT. BUT THE LARGER POINT IS THE RANGE. THE CENTER HAS OFFERED EXPERIENCES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, ADULTS, AND OLDER ADULTS AS WELL. THIS CHART HERE REFLECTS THE INTENDED AUDIENCE OF EACH PROGRAM, NOT A VERIFIED AGE COUNT FOR EVERY PERSON, BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT THE MODEL IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LEARNING ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. SO WE WANT THE CENTER TO BE FUN, BECAUSE FUN IS OFTEN WHAT GETS SOMEONE THROUGH OUR FRONT DOORS. BUT THE GOAL DOES NOT STOP THERE. EACH EXPERIENCE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, DEVELOP A SKILL, DISCOVER AN INTEREST, OR BEGIN TO SEE A CONNECTION TO FUTURE EDUCATION AND CAREERS. FUN OPENS THE DOOR. LEARNING IS WHAT CREATES THE PATHWAY. SO IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, THE CENTER OFFERED 1016 SCHEDULED PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS, AND OTHER STRUCTURED OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE. THAT FIGURE INCLUDES THE MANY WAYS GUESTS COULD ENGAGE CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, CAMPS, FIELD TRIPS, SPECIAL EVENTS, FACILITATED ACTIVITIES, AND OTHER SCHEDULED EXPERIENCES. IT REFLECTS BOTH THE VOLUME OF ACTIVITY AND THE VARIETY REQUIRED TO SERVE DIFFERENT AGES, INTERESTS, AND LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE. SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOCUS ON MAKING
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AND CREATING. PARTICIPANTS HAVE LEARNED HOW TO USE 3D PRINTERS AND LASER CUTTERS, BUILT COMBAT ROBOTS, TRIED CHAIN MAIL AND SEWING, CREATED CLAYMATION, AND WORKED WITH DIGITAL DESIGN, AUDIO RECORDING, AND VIDEO PRODUCTION. SO WHAT CONNECTS THESE ACTIVITIES IS THAT PARTICIPANTS ARE NOT SIMPLY WATCHING A DEMONSTRATION. THEY ARE USING TOOLS, SOLVING PROBLEMS, MAKING CHOICES, AND LEAVING WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY HELPED CREATE. OTHER PROGRAMS USE FAMILIAR INTERESTS AS ENTRY POINTS INTO DEEPER LEARNING. MINECRAFT ENGINEERING, VIDEO GAME DESIGN, LEGO SCIENCE, ROBOTICS AND CODING, THE ARTEMIS WATCH PARTY, LEMONADE DAY BOOT CAMP, HIP HOP ARCHITECTURE CAMP I BUILD AND THE US NAVAL ACADEMY STEAM CAMP.SO THE SUBJECT MATTER CHANGES, BUT THE LEARNING MODEL IS CONSISTENT. SO WE START WITH CURIOSITY. WE MAKE THE EXPERIENCE ACTIVE AND HELP PARTICIPANTS CONNECT IMAGINATION TO REAL SKILLS AND REAL POSSIBILITIES. SO LEARNING ALSO EXTENDS BEYOND A SCHEDULED CLASS OR PROGRAM. THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND GIVES FAMILIES A WAY TO MOVE, EXPLORE AND CONNECT OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. ORBIT PLAY COMBINES MOVEMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND REPEAT PLAY. WACO IS HOME TO THE FIRST ORBIT PLAY INSTALLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, SO FROM MID APRIL THROUGH AUGUST, IT RECORDED MORE THAN 622 HOURS OF PLAY, MORE THAN 14,000 ACTIVITIES, AND 682 HOURS OF ENGAGEMENT. SO TOGETHER, THESE SPACES PROVIDE TWO COMPLEMENTARY WAYS TO EXPLORE. AND YOU SEE ORBIT PLAY THERE ON MY RIGHT. IT IS A VERY ACTIVE AND ENGAGING SYSTEM OF PLAY, AND THEY ACTUALLY UTILIZE VARIOUS FIVE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT PARTICIPANTS CAN CHOOSE FROM. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY BASICALLY RUN AROUND AND INTERACT WITH THAT MAIN SCREEN TO GET TO GET MEMORY GAMES GOING. AND IT COMBINES THAT ACTIVITY IN WITH THE GAME.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU EVER DRIVE BY, YOU'LL SEE KIDS RUNNING AROUND THAT ORBIT PLAY. IT IS A VERY GREAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT COMBINES BOTH LEARNING AND MOVEMENT. SO POST-PROGRAM SURVEYS. SO WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING POST-PROGRAM SURVEYS TO HELP US LOOK BEYOND ATTENDANCE AND THEN ASK WHETHER THE EXPERIENCE MATTERED. SO AMONG FIELD TRIP RESPONDENTS, 100% REPORTED A MEANINGFUL IMPACT AND 97% SAID THEY WOULD RETURN, 96% LEARN SOMETHING NEW, 89% SAID THE PROGRAM HELD THEIR INTEREST AND 86% WANTED FUTURE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. BUT I THINK PERHAPS THE MOST ENCOURAGING FIGURE IS THAT 65% EXPRESSED INTEREST IN STEM EDUCATION OR ESTEEM CAREER PATH. THAT IS THE KIND OF RESULT WE HOPE THE CENTER CAN SPARK. NOT JUST A GOOD VISIT, BUT A NEW SENSE OF WHAT MAY BE POSSIBLE. SO ONE OF THE CLEAREST EXAMPLES IS THE HIP HOP ARCHITECTURE CAMP. 30 STUDENTS EXPLORED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT THROUGH HIP HOP. THEY THEN TURN WHAT THEY LEARNED INTO AN ORIGINAL VIDEO.
SO RATHER THAN DESCRIBE THE RESULT, I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE STUDENTS SHOW YOU. WHILE THIS VIDEO RUNS A LITTLE A LITTLE LONG, IT IS ABOUT FOUR MINUTES. WE FEEL THAT THIS THAT THIS IS A VERY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE CENTER CAN SPARK.
I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD AND I BUILD IT UP AND I BUILD IT UP AND I BUILD IT UP. JUST BUILD NOW, BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP, JUST BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP. JUST BUILD NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP, JUST BUILD. MEGAN THE STALLION. YEAH, SHE THE GOAT. EVERY TIME I LISTEN, YEAH, I LOSE CONTROL. MAKE ME MOVE MY BODY. MAKE ME WANNA DANCE. AND EVERY TIME I LISTEN.
I SWEAR TO GOD I GO IN A TRANCE. TURN HER ALL THE WAY UP. LOCKED INTO A FLOW. AND EVERY TIME SHE GO ON STAGE. I JUST KNOW SHE'S STILL IN THE SHOW. I'M ESTABLISHED FAR FROM AVERAGE, STILL AIN'T 21. I KEEP AN AVERAGE. BEST BELIEVE I'M FAR FROM DUMB. I WANNA BUILD A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE IN UNITY. WHERE MISEDUCATION COULD TURN INTO APPLICATIONS.
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LAUREN TAUGHT LESSONS THAT SCHOOL COULD NEVER TEACH. AND NOW THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T REACH, PEOPLE SEE US AND TRY TO SET A LIMIT. AND NOW THAT THEY'RE EXCEEDED, WE REALLY COULD BE WINNING. PEOPLE SEE US AND TRY TO SET A LIMIT, AND NOW THEY SEE THAT WE REALLY COULD BE WINNING, COULD BE WINNING. I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP. JUST BUILD NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW.BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP, JUST BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP. JUST BUILD NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP, JUST BUILD. I CAME HERE WITH A VISION. NOW I'M DRAWING IT OUT. STARTED WITH THE SKETCH. NOW THE CITY'S TALKING ABOUT EVERY LINE'S GOT A PURPOSE.
EVERY DREAM'S GOT A PLACE. YEAH, WE BUILDING UP THE FUTURE. YEAH, WE CHANGING THE PLACE, YEAH.
TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED. I'M GONNA MAKE IT COME ALIVE. YEAH. WE STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM. NOW WE UP IN THE SKY. WATCHING THE WHOLE THING RISE. WAKE UP ON MY BACK. PUTTING MY FAMILY FIRST.
EVERY PROJECT THAT I TOUCH. I'MA GIVE IT MY BEST. BUILDING SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ALL OF THE REST. YOUNG ARCHITECT DREAMS NEVER MOVING SLOW. BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUR DREAMS AND GOALS. AIN'T GOT A VISION. I MAKE IT COME ALIVE. TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED. I'LL PUT IT IN THE DESIGN. STARTED WITH A SKETCH, NOW IT'S 3D. I'M TRYNA GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED. I WANNA BUILD A SPOT WITH ALL MY FRIENDS. CAN'T GO TELL ME A SPOT LIKE THAT AND WAKE UP.
PLANS, MODELS, MATERIALS. WE GOT THE THINGS TOGETHER. CURTAIN WALLS. LET THE LIGHT IN.
NOW WE FEELING BETTER. NOW WE FEELING BETTER NOW WE FEELING BETTER. NOW WE FEELING BETTER.
NOW WE FEELING BETTER. NOW WE FEELING BETTER. NOW WE FEELING BETTER. NOW WE FEELING BETTER.
NOW WE FEELING BETTER. I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP. JUST BUILD NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP, JUST BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD, I WANNA BUILD NOW.
BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP. JUST BUILD NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP NOW. BUILD IT UP. JUST BUILD.
SO EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT HELP GENERATE DEMAND QUICKLY. THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT STAFF DID NOT SIMPLY FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL CALENDAR WHEN PROGRAMS WERE FILLED. THEY RESPONDED BY ADDING SESSIONS, ADJUSTING OFFERINGS, AND USING PARTICIPATION PATTERNS TO GUIDE WHAT CAME NEXT. IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, DEMAND WAS NOT JUST SOMETHING WE MEASURED AFTER THE FACT. IT ACTIVELY SHAPED THE PROGRAMING CALENDAR. SO ACCESS REMAINS CENTRAL TO OUR MODEL.
58% OF THE AVAILABLE PROGRAMING WAS FREE, AND 90% OF PARTICIPATING GUESTS ATTENDED FREE PROGRAMS. AT THE SAME TIME, PAID PARTICIPATION GAINED MOMENTUM DURING THE SUMMER, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF CAMPS. PAID PROGRAM UTILIZATION INCREASED FROM AN AVERAGE OF 50% TO 91% BY JULY. MEMBERSHIPS, PROGRAMS, CAMPS AND RENTALS GENERATED $93,007 IN EARNED REVENUE. THE TAKEAWAY IS NOT THAT THE CENTER IS SHIFTING AWAY FROM FREE ACCESS. FREE PROGRAMING REMAINS OUR PRIMARY ENTRY POINT, WHILE GROWING PAID DEMAND HELPS DEMONSTRATE VALUE AND SUPPORTS A MORE BALANCED OPERATING MODEL. TAKEN TOGETHER, THE FIRST SIX MONTHS SHOW MORE THAN ATTENDANCE. THE CENTER RECORDED 29,760 GUEST VISITS AND 1016 SCHEDULED PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES. IT GENERATED 4544 STUDENT ENGAGEMENTS, 114 NEW MEMBERSHIPS, 59 SCHOLARSHIPS AND 14 OUTREACH EVENTS. SURVEY RESULTS SHOW STRONG LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT, AND 8,086% OF AVAILABLE FREE PROGRAM SPACES WERE FILLED. MORE THAN 26,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN FREE OR LOW COST PROGRAMS. ONE IMPORTANT LIMITATION IS THAT GUEST VISITS CAN INCLUDE REPEAT VISITORS, SO THE CURRENT REGISTRATION SYSTEM DOES NOT YET RELIABLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN UNIQUE AND REPEAT PARTICIPATION, BUT IMPROVING THAT TRACKING AS PART
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OF OUR NEXT PHASE. SEVERAL INDICATORS POINT IN THE SAME DIRECTION. CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS CREATED WAITLISTS AND LED TO ADDED SESSIONS. A SECOND VIDEO GAME DESIGN CAMP WAS ADDED.THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING WORKSHOPS GENERATED WAITLISTS, AND THEN BY APRIL 9TH OF 21, SUMMER CAMPS WERE ALREADY NEAR CAPACITY. THE CENTER ALSO HOSTED AN AMAZING 108 FIELD TRIPS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE REGION, SO THE BUILDING ITSELF HAS ROOM FOR SOME FOR MORE SIMULTANEOUS PROGRAMING. BUT PARKING HAS, YOU MAY KNOW, IS A PRACTICAL CONSTRAINT. SO AS WE PLAN FOR GROWTH PROGRAMING CAPACITY AND SITE CAPACITY HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER. AND WE HAVE ACTIVELY BEEN DISCUSSING AND WORKING THROUGH THOSE ISSUES. SO NONE OF THIS WORK HAPPENS THROUGH ONE ORGANIZATION ALONE. PARTNERSHIP BRINGS EXPERTISE, PATHWAYS, RESOURCES AND REACH THAT THE CENTER COULD NOT CREATE BY ITSELF. DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, 24 PARTNERS PROVIDED SUPPORT THAT WAS PRIMARILY FREE OR OFFERED AT A GREATLY REDUCED COST. THEY INCLUDED EDUCATION, EDUCATION PARTNERS, EMPLOYERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, CULTURAL PARTNERS, AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. SOME BRING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE. SOME CREATE PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS, OTHERS CONTRIBUTE EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTORS, OUTREACH, AND ACCESS TO NEW AUDIENCES. SO COLLECTIVELY THEY ALLOW THE CENTER TO OFFER MORE, REACH FURTHER AND CONNECT LEARNING TO THE INSTITUTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES ALREADY PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THESE AMAZING COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO THE NEXT SIX MONTHS ARE ABOUT BUILDING ON WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED. SO WE WILL INTRODUCE NEW EXPERIENCES.
OF COURSE, ANYTHING WE DO IS A NEW EXPERIENCE BECAUSE BECAUSE WE ARE WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS. SO THAT INCLUDES THE CAMERON PARK ZOO, ART COLLABORATION AND ART COLLABORATION AND PROGRAMING CONNECTED TO DIWALI, STEM DAY, IRONMAN KIDS, HISPANIC HERITAGE AND DIA DE LOS MUERTOS. THE STEAM CENTER WAS ALSO APPROVED AND HAS AN ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER PASSPORT PROGRAM PARTICIPANT. SO THAT IS THE ASK. SO THE BLEDSOE MILLER STEAM CENTER MEMBERS CAN RECEIVE FREE GENERAL ADMISSION TO OVER 360 PASSPORT PROGRAM LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. SO THIS EXPANDS ACCESS TO STEAM RESOURCES BEYOND WACO IN TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES ACCESS TO PLACES SUCH AS THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON, LA NUBE STEAM DISCOVERY CENTER IN EL PASO, AND THE MUSEUM IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE WILL ALSO BROUGHT AN OUTREACH TO SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SENIOR CENTERS. WE WILL EXPLORE ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, AND WE WILL PURSUE GRANT OR FUNDRAISING SUPPORT FOR A DEDICATED OUTREACH POSITION. OPERATIONALLY, WE WILL EVALUATE WEEKEND PARKING AND SCHEDULING OPTIONS, IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT REPEAT PARTICIPATION, AND WE WILL USE A TARGETED MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIPS AND PAID RENTALS.
SO THE GOAL HERE IS NOT THE GOAL. HERE IS THOUGHTFUL GROWTH, EXPANDING REACH AND PARTICIPATION WHILE STRENGTHENING THE THE SYSTEMS NEEDED TO SUSTAIN THEM. SO IN SUMMARY, IN JUST SIX MONTHS, THE BLEDSOE MILLER STEAM CENTER HAS MOVED FROM A MAJOR PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO A BUSY COMMUNITY LEARNING DESTINATION. NEARLY 30,000 GUEST VISITS, MORE THAN 1000 WAYS TO EXPLORE STRONG LEARNING OUTCOMES, GROWING DEMAND AND ACTIVE PARTNERS ALL POINT TO A PROMISING START. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CONGRESSMAN SESSIONS TRANSFORMATION. WACO, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE STAFF FROM ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE WHO HAVE HELPED BRING THIS VISION TO LIFE. THANK YOU AND I. WE ARE WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR ZAPATA, BEFORE WE GO ON WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, I DO WANT TO WELCOME. FORMER MAYOR ROBIN DURHAM IS HERE WITH US AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, PART OF THE TRANSFORMATION TRANSFORMATION WACO TEAM, OR PART OF CEO OF TRANSFORMATION WACO. BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND WELCOME. WELCOME BACK TO THE CHAMBERS HERE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE FOR THE GUYS I KNOW AJ WILL HAVE SOME. I KNOW I HAVE ONE, SO. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO STEP ON ANYBODY'S TOES BECAUSE I CAN'T REALLY SEE Y'ALL. IF YOU WANT TO GO FIRST. YEAH, I'LL JUMP IN. I'LL JUST SAY DARIUS GO FIRST. YEAH. FIRST QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE MAYOR DECIDED TO LEAVE OUT ROBIN SERVICE AS A DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. PROUD TO
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SIT WHERE YOU ONCE SAT HERE, BUT I, I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A VALUE ADD TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I TALK WITH PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF WACO ABOUT. OFTEN THIS IS AN ASSET THAT IS NOT REPLICATED REALLY ANYWHERE AT THE SCALE THAT IT IS AT ITS CURRENT PRICE POINT, WHICH EVERY TIME I GO, UNLESS I'M PAYING FOR A SPECIFIC CLASS, WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY FUN, IT IS TOTALLY FREE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO USE IT. SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES ACROSS THE STATE THAT YOU CAN GO AND HAVE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES LIKE YOU COULD PARTAKE IN AT THE STEAM CENTER, BUT VERY FEW OF THEM WILL COST YOU WHAT THIS COSTS YOU, WHICH IS SIMPLY THE COST OF SHOWING UP. SO WE CERTAINLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT OVER THE SUMMER. I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF THE THE SUMMER SUMMERTIME UPTICK RECORD HIGH TEMPS PROBABLY HELPED THAT. LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT WE COULD DO WITH MY DAUGHTER THAT DID NOT JUST PROVIDE THE SAME BRAIN ROT THAT I GET THE OTHER EIGHT HOURS OF THE DAY SITTING IN FRONT OF A SCREEN. SO SHE WAS ABLE TO, TO GO AND INTERACT AND ENGAGE AND CREATE THINGS AND HAVE A REALLY GREAT TIME. SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE STEAM CENTER THERE. AND AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO BOAST ABOUT AND SHOWCASE EVERY OPPORTUNITY I GET THE CHANCE TO THE DEFINITION OF MONEY WELL SPENT. THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED, PULLED RESOURCES FROM FROM DIFFERENT POOLS. AND WE, I THINK, MADE THE MOST OF IT. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD THE, THE VISION ON THIS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY FROM THE TIME IT WAS I AT THE TIME, IT IT TOOK SHAPE. SEEMED LIKE IT HAPPENED PRETTY QUICKLY. BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. SO YEAH, PROUD TO HAVE IT. EXCITED TO SEE THE NUMBERS THERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO GROW THE PROGRAMING AND THE SCALE THERE. OKAY, AJ, THANK YOU ALL. THANKS, ROBERTO. THANK YOU, TRANSFORMATION WACO TEAM FOR BEING THERE IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO THERE'S SO MANY FULL CIRCLE. THINGS HAVE HAPPENED JUST IN THE COURSE OF SIX MONTHS. AND WE ARE CAUGHT.I HAVE NO REASON TO NOT JUST BE SWELLING WITH PRIDE, BUT THE NUMBERS AND THE DATA SPEAK FOR ITSELF. A COUPLE OF THINGS I'LL JUST POINT OUT FOR THE PEOPLE IN CHAMBER AND WATCHING ONLINE WITH THE HIP HOP ARCHITECTURE CAMP THAT WAS AND THEY'VE DONE THIS CAMP ACROSS THE COUNTRY DETROIT, NEW YORK, DALLAS, IN LOS ANGELES, I MEAN, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'VE EVER. AND THEY DO RECORD A SONG EACH TIME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S THE THE MUSIC, THE CULTURE, ALL THE THINGS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE ABLE TO DO ALL OF IT IN HOUSE, BECAUSE WE HAD A RECORDING STUDIO, BECAUSE WE HAD THE FACILITY, BECAUSE WE HAD ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO WALK THAT PIECE DOWN IN HOUSE, AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT BEFORE. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, THE. FOR H HAD A PROGRAM, A FUTURE INNOVATORS. AND THAT WAS THAT. RIGHT? A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES WAS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED BLACK TO THE LAB. AND SHE DOES OR THAT COMPANY DOES KITS, SCIENCE KITS THAT ARE THAT ARE IN THE BEAUTY REALM. SO SKINCARE. SO IT'S A MOISTURIZER, LIPSTICKS, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT THEY MAKE. I THINK THEY MADE A SCRUB THAT DAY. BUT AGAIN, SHE IS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SHE HAS A TREMENDOUS PRESENCE IN TULSA. SHE WAS ON THE JENNIFER HUDSON SHOW, ALL THESE THINGS. SHE HAS NEVER SEEN A FACILITY LIKE OURS. SHE'S BEEN ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY AND SEVERAL PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. SHE'S NEVER SEEN A FACILITY LIKE OURS. SO I NEED FOR US TO STOP FOR A MINUTE AND REALIZE WHAT A JEWEL AND GEM WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF WACO. POINT NUMBER THREE. WHAT I WANT TO ALSO REITERATE IS THE FACT THAT WHEN ROBERTO WENT WENT DOWN, THE DOLLARS THAT IT TOOK TO OPEN THE DOORS. IF WE WANT TO NOTICE AND HIGHLIGHT THAT MOST OF THAT DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE CITY OF WACO'S GENERAL FUND. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS AMAZING FACILITY OFF THE GROUND WITHOUT BURDENING OUR TAXPAYERS AND OFF STILL WHILE OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE MAJORITY, YOU KNOW, 50% OF THE THINGS THAT ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO ARE AT NO COST. AND THE OTHER 50% IS THAT A I WOULD STILL SAY IT'S A LOW COST FOR WHAT IT IS
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AND WHAT IT INVOLVES. SO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY MINDFUL OF OUR COMMUNITY AND DIDN'T. AND YES, WE WANTED TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WAS INNOVATIVE AND, AND CUTTING EDGE, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT ON THE BURDEN OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND WE DIDN'T. I DO HAVE TWO CLOSING QUESTIONS.ONE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A TAG TEAM BETWEEN YOU, ROBERTO AND PARKS. WHEN YOU DID THE BREAKDOWN OF ZIP CODES OF OF VISITORS. AND I KNOW THAT THAT I NOTICED THAT 76704 WAS AT 6% OF VISITORS FROM THE, FROM THE ZIP CODE THAT IT SITS IN. AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHEN THE FACILITY WAS RECREATION FACILITY, WHAT WAS THAT? IF YOU HAVE THE VISITORS VISITORSHIP BROKEN DOWN BY ZIP CODES TO CONTRAST, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND. 76704 AND I KNOW THAT JUST WE ARE JUST BEGINNING, BUT I WANT TO SEE. I WANT TO SEE. AN UPTICK IN WHAT THAT OUTREACH LOOKS LIKE FOR 76704 BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT IN PLACE AND IN THAT PARTICULAR PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY THAT IT TOUCHES IS RECEIVING THE BENEFIT OF IT. AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY WHO ARE SHINING A LIGHT ON THE STEAM CENTER. BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE JUST BY VIRTUE OF WHAT IT WAS. SO WHEN IT WAS A RECREATION FACILITY, WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF 76704 THAT WAS IN ATTENDANCE? AND NOW THAT IT IS THE BLISS OF MILLER STEAM CENTER, WHAT IS THAT PERCENTAGE? AND FINALLY, I YOU MENTIONED THE PARKING SITUATION AND I, I, I HOPE THAT THAT IS HIGH ON THE PRIORITY LIST BECAUSE I KNOW WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO EVER DO. AND I KNOW THAT IS DETER PEOPLE FROM COMING BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO PARK. AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE A WHILE. SO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SOLVE FOR THAT PROBLEM? I KNOW THAT IT IT WON'T BE ONE THAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT, BUT IS THERE A, YOU KNOW, LET'S THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. IS IT I MEAN, IS IT JUST BUILDING ADDITIONAL PARKING? IS IT A SHUTTLE SYSTEM? WHAT IS IT THAT THAT WILL EASE THAT BURDEN OR, YOU KNOW, SET PARKING TIMES FOR PLAY, YOU KNOW, PLAYGROUND AREAS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO INHIBIT. VISITORS, UNIQUE VISITORS INTERNALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ONLY CHOOSING TO, TO EXPERIENCE THE STEAM CENTER EXTERNALLY. BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY, WELL DONE, WELL DONE TO OUR STAFF AND TEAM. OF COURSE, MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP PAST AND PRESENT FOR SEEING IT THROUGH. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE THE, WHAT OUR REPORT LOOKS LIKE IN FEBRUARY OF 27 WHEN WE HAVE DONE A FULL YEAR. AND BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, WE'RE BLOWING THE JUST JUST BLOWING AND GOING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WHAT, 100,000 VISITORS? LET'S GO.
LET'S GO. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR ZAPATA, THANKS FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. GREAT DATA. I LOVE TRACKING THINGS. AND YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THAT. AND THE FORMER MAYOR OF DURHAM, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT TRANSFORMATION, TRANSFORMATION WACO IS DOING ALL THIS BECAUSE GOING INTO IT, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ACTIVATION, OKAY. BECAUSE WE'RE A LOT OF TIMES IN CITY AND MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY, YOU BUILD SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WANTS AND THEN WE DON'T ACTIVATE IT. AND SO IT IT FAILS ON ITS OWN. YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH YOU SPEND ALL THE MONEY TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING, BUT YOU'RE DOING THIS IN SPADES, IT'S FANTASTIC. IT THE PAGE THAT SHOWS 24 BUSINESS PARTNERS, I THINK IS A REAL TELLING PIECE OF DATA WHERE WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE, THE CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY REALLY, THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS. SIX EARLY SUCCESS HERE.
AND JUST RANDOMLY ON ON SATURDAY, I WAS TALKING TO CHRIS AND I WAS OVER AT TEXAS MUSIC CAFE AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT AND HE SAID, YEAH, I DO SOME STUFF OVER AT STEAM. I SAID, WOW, YOU DO? THAT'S PRETTY COOL. SO YOU'RE REACHING OUT AND YOU'RE GRABBING PEOPLE AND THEY ALL ARE EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED, WHICH I THINK IS FANTASTIC.
I'LL SAY ALSO THAT MY WIFE'S, MY WIFE CINDY'S FOURTH GRADE CLASS WENT TO BISHOP BISHOP LEWIS KREIGER WENT OVER TO VISIT THE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE ACTIVATION ROOM. OR WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT LAB? WHAT IS IT? LAB IMMERSIVE, THE IMMERSION LAB. THE IMMERSION LAB? YES, THANKS. THANK YOU. DARIUS, THE IMMERSION LAB. AND I WILL SAY THAT WHAT DO YOU SAY?
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89%. THEY THEY HOLD THEIR 89% HOLD THERE. WE HAD 100% ON ON THE ATTENTION THING. OH, YES.AND YOU SAID THAT 97% WANT TO RETURN. 100% OF THOSE KIDS WANT TO RETURN TO. SO THE CINDY'S CLASS WILL BE BACK THIS YEAR FOR SURE. ALSO, I WANT TO I'M ECHOING THE SAME THING AS COUNCILMEMBER BIERFIELD ON THE PARKING AND. AND TEN YEARS AGO YOU'D BE IN DOWNTOWN WACO AND THE PARKING CONCERN WAS THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN IS SURFACE PARKING. YOU KNOW, WE WE DIDN'T YOU COULD PARK ANYWHERE YOU WANTED. AND NOW WE'RE HAVING ISSUES, PARTICULARLY ANYBODY THAT DRIVES BY STEAM CENTER AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT, REALLY, OR WEEKENDS OR WHATEVER.
THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE OUT ON THAT PLAYGROUND AND IT'S BEING DEFINITELY BEING USED. SO WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THERE. AND LASTLY, I DON'T WANT TO FORGET YOU GUYS HAVE ALL DONE GREAT WORK, BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER EMERSON BACK THERE ON THE BACK ROW. THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF YOUR DREAM AND YOUR YOU WERE THE SHEPHERD OF THIS THING EARLY ON, AND GETTING THE ARPA MONEY AND GETTING ALL THE FUNDING LINED UP AND GETTING IT GOING. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU TOO. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS THING, CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING IT MAKES ME WANT TO BUILD. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I WANT TO BUILD. I DO WANT TO BUILD. BUILD IT UP.
ALL RIGHT. ANYWAY, THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THE ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS ONE RYAN. THE LAST ONE YES. GOT PLANNING ITEMS WITH IS IT A MEETING WITHOUT CLINT PETERS, THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT ALL. HE'S UP FOR OUR FINAL WORK SESSION. 587 A DISCUSSION OF PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. DIRECTOR PETERS. THANK YOU, MANAGER HOLT, MAYOR COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE EIGHT PLANNING PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. SIX OF THEM ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AND TWO FOR DISAPPROVAL. I WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR OF THEM.
AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ON ANY OF THEM. SO WE DO HAVE THE TWO, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED TO FORM BASED CODE DISTRICT. WE HAD THE WORK SESSION LAST MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. THE THE TWO HEARINGS ARE ONE TO ADOPT THE NEW FORM BASED CODE, WHICH IS THE F ONE DISTRICT WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS IN IT. AND THEN THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE TO REZONE ALL THE PROPERTIES IN THE FORM BASED CODE AREA TO TO F ONE. SO A COMBINATION OF C2, C3, C4, AND THEN REMOVING THE THE OVERLAY DISTRICTS, DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND BRAZOS RIVER CORRIDOR DISTRICT OVERLAY. JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, 90% OF THIS AREA IS OWNED BY THE CITY.
THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT PRIVATE PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE, BUT 90% OF THE LAND IS OWNED BY THE CITY. AND THEN HERE'S THE AREA I WASN'T GOING TO GET INTO THE THE DETAILS OF THE THE CODE BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WORK SESSION LAST MONTH, BUT WE DID MAIL ABOUT 95 NOTICES AND DID NOT HAVE ANY RESPONSES OR ANY ANY FEEDBACK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. NO, NO SPEAKERS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING. SO PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT CHANGES. SO THIS WILL BE THE NEW ZONING DISTRICT F ONE DISTRICT FOR THAT AREA. AND THEN HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE SIGNS. WE END UP PUTTING OUT 16 SIGNS TO MEET THE STATE LAW. WE HAD ONE ON EVERY EVERY BLOCK. SO WE WE MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE LAW FOR, FOR SIGNAGE. AND AS I MENTIONED, PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND WE'LL HAVE THE TWO TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, ONE ESTABLISHING THE THE NEW ORDINANCE AND THEN ONE FOR REZONING IT TO ALL THE EXISTING ZONING TO THE NEW NEW DISTRICT. AND THE OTHER TWO THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WERE THE TWO RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISAPPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE FIRST ONE IS 4600 BAGBY AVENUE. THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING. 648 AND THIS IS A REQUEST FOR R1B TO O THREE THIS IS IN A LITTLE RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL POCKET ON BAGBY AVENUE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BAGBY AND NEW ROAD. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THIS LITTLE POCKET OF SINGLE FAMILY HERE THAT'S. AND THE PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE STREET TO THE INTERSECTION LOOKING BACK THE OTHER WAY. BUT THERE IS THAT LITTLE POCKET OF RESIDENTIAL. YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONING IN THERE.
WE DID GET A LETTER IN OPPOSITION FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DISAPPROVAL TO PRESERVE THAT LITTLE SINGLE FAMILY
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RESIDENTIAL POCKET. AND THEN ON THAT ONE, ON THAT ONE, IT'S A PRETTY SMALL LOT TO TRY TO TO CONVERT ANYWAY, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S, IT'S, IT IS A RESIDENTIAL LOT. IT, IT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THE ONE WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S STILL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. I'M THINKING OF THE OTHER ONE. YEAH. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE 2600 MAPLE AVENUE. SAME REQUEST R1B2O3. THIS IS UP NORTH OF WHERE THE 25TH STREET TURNS FROM THE TWO WAY PAIR ONE WAY PAIR TO TWO WAYS, RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 25TH AND MAPLE.IT IS A SMALLER SINGLE FAMILY LOT THAT HAS VERY LIMITED ACCESS WHERE THE THE STREET SPLITS THERE. AGAIN, ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE ON THE LOT. SEE IT HERE THEY ARE REQUESTING R1B2O3O3. DOES ALLOW FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES BUT ALSO A MIX OF OFFICE USES AND LIMITED COMMERCIAL. THIS THIS LOT IS IS IS REALLY SMALL. AND THEN IT'S GOT LIMITED ACCESS. AND SO THIS IS THE DRIVEWAY OFF OF 25TH STREET. AND IN THE HOUSE IS ABOUT 1200FT■!S. SO IF IT'S CONVERTED INTO, LET'S SAY AN OFFICE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE PARKING SPACES OFFSITE OR ON SITE PARKING SPACES WITH ACCESS TO THE STREET. AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SIZE OF IT AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED AT THAT SPLIT, IT WOULD BE BE VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT AND MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. WE DID WE DID TALK WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT R ONE. B DOES ALLOW HOME OCCUPATION WHERE YOU COULD DO AN OFFICE USE OR EVEN LIMITED COMMERCIAL WITH THE NEW STATE LAW. BUT IT DOES. BUT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENT HAS TO LIVE IN THE HOME. AND SO APPLICANT DID WANT IT TO JUST BE FOR A NON RESIDENTIAL USE. AND BOTH STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AND RECOMMENDED DISAPPROVAL OF IT. THOSE ARE THE FOUR I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHERS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE GUYS. I THE ONE THAT WAS SPLIT INTO TWO THE ON SOUTH THIRD AND UNIVERSITY PARKS WHERE THE GUY WAS PUTTING AN RV PARK ON THIRD AND THE. AND C TWO ON THE I THINK C TWO ON THE YEAH. C TWO ON THE U PARKS SIDE. SEEMS LIKE THERE WERE THERE SOME CONDITIONS WE PUT IN THAT OR DID THEY FINALLY FIGURED THAT I WATCHED THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY FIGURED ALL THAT OUT. SURE. YE RV PARK. LET ME GET TO THAT HERE. SO AND THESE ARE SIMILAR. SO THERE WAS AN EXISTING RV PARK THERE. WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED BACK IN THE LATE 90S. AND SO THE THE OWNER WAS TRYING TO REESTABLISH THAT. A LOT OF TIME HAS PASSED.
SO WE FELT LIKE IT NEEDED TO COME BACK THROUGH AND GET THE SPECIAL PERMIT. BUT WE DID PUT CONDITIONS ON IT, VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE RV PARK THAT IT CAN'T BE TRANSFERRED NEEDS TO GET THE THE RV PARK LICENSE LIMITED TO 27 SPACES. AND THAT THE THE RV VEHICLES MUST HAVE CURRENT REGISTRATION INSPECTIONS AND LICENSE PLATE, AND THEN NO HUD CODE. MANUFACTURED HOMES OR MOBILE HOMES WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THAT. SO THEY ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE ALL THAT. SO IT WILL HAVE ACCESS THROUGH IT. THEY'LL HAVE HOOKUPS AND UTILITIES, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY RENOVATING THE BUILDING AS WELL TO HAVE SOME LEASE SPACES IN THERE. AND THEY'LL HAVE A CONVENIENCE STORE THERE FOR THE. SO THAT'S PART OF THE REZONING TO C TWO.
SO IT WILL OPERATE AS ALL ONE PROPERTY WITH RV PARK IN THE BACK AND THEN THE STORE IN THE THE, THE LITTLE RENTAL UNITS IN THE BACK OF THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN THE FRONT. OKAY, GREAT. WE PUT A HOST OF CONDITIONS IN THERE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GUY HAD DONE SOME WORK ON THERE TOO. SO YEAH, IT'S A GOOD SOLUTION. CLINT, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON FROM THERE.
BUT ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN, I MEAN, THE, THE APPLICANT IS, IS WORKING WITH PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE MET. YES, YES. YES, MA'AM. WE WE DID ADJUST THE, THE, THE LLC NAME BETWEEN PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH APPLICANT TO GET EVERYTHING IN LINE WITH. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE OKAY WITH THE CONDITIONS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CLINT? ALL RIGHT. THANKS DIRECTOR PETERS.
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THANK YOU. SEE YOU TONIGHT. I THINK THAT'S IT. RIGHT. CITY MANAGER HOLT, ANYTHING ELSE? YES, SIR. Y'ALL RAN THROUGH IT ALL. WE GOT THROUGH IT ALL ON ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW GO TO WORK. SESSION ITEM 2026 588. COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT I KNOW THAT SOME OF US ON COUNCIL HAVE TALKED ABOUT. I KNOW MAYBE IT WAS A YEAR AGO. WE DID A DEEP DIVE ON OUR STREETS BUDGET. I KNOW NEW NEW COUNCIL MEMBER COLE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT. I THINK WE SPENT A DAY TALKING ABOUT STREETS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR A COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT MAYBE AN OFF SITE FOURTH QUARTER. FIRST QUARTER TO JUST GET UP TO DATE ON ALL THAT. YES, SIR. RUMORS GOT TO ME THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE A PERHAPS A CIP WORKSHOP. AND SO OUR TEAM IS GOING TO WORK ON THAT. PROBABLY START WITH STREET SEPARATELY AND THEN MOVE TO OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE DON'T KEEP YOU HOSTAGE FOR A FULL DAY AT A TIME. SO VERY THOUGHTFUL, VERY THOUGHTFUL.[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
OKAY. WE WILL NOW RECESS THE WORK SESSION, RECONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AS READ INTO THE RECORD BY CITY SECRETARY HICKS AT 4:33 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS. WHERE PROPERTY. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.072 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.087 REAL PROPERTY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.087 AND ATTORNEY BRIEFING.TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BEING THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON CITY OWNED AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES NEAR CITY HALL AND ATTORNEY BRIEFING.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 E OH. SEE COMPLAINT NUMBER 450-2022-02707. JOHN CASTAGNARO VERSUS THE CITY OF WACO. WE ARE NOW IN
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