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[CALL TO ORDER]

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OF THE WACO CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2026 TO ORDER AT 3:01 P.M. WELCOME TO THE WORK SESSION OF WACO CITY COUNCIL. THANKS, EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY. GATHERED IN THE BOSQUE THEATER GALLERY HERE IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN WACO, TEXAS. WELCOME TO ALL THE VIEWERS AT HOME WATCHING ON TV ON THE WACO CITY CABLE CHANNEL. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. WE GOT A WE GOT A LIVELY AGENDA HERE. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT WORK SESSION.

I'M JOINED ON THE DAYS HERE TODAY BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANDREW BARFIELD FROM DISTRICT ONE, ISABEL LOZANO FROM DISTRICT TWO, JED COLE FROM DISTRICT THREE, AND OUR DISTRICT FIVE MAYOR PRO TEM GEORGE CHASE. DARIUS EWING FROM DISTRICT FOUR IS GOING TO JOIN US A LITTLE LATE. HE SHOULD BE HERE IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. WE HOPE. I'M JOINED ON THE ADJACENT DAIS OVER HERE BY OUR SENIOR CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT, CITY ATTORNEY KRISTEN HAMILTON, AND OUR FAVORITE CITY SECRETARY, MICHELLE HIGGS. SO I'M GOING TO START THE MEETING TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. AND THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS

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TODAY IS THE RECOGNITION OF WORK SESSION SPEAKERS. SECRETARY HICKS, DO WE HAVE ANY WORK SESSION SPEAKERS TODAY? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS. MAYOR. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, WE WILL NOW RECESS THE REGULAR SESSION AND CONVENE INTO WORK SESSION WITH A REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER RYAN HOLT. CITY MANAGER HOLT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND WELCOME TO THOSE JOINING US IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE. WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THOUGH. I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE SLIGHTLY CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. THERE ARE THREE INFORMAL REPORTS ON YOUR AGENDA. ITEM 700 PROVIDES THE AUGUST MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT COVERING THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY REPORTS FOR THE DIFFERENT CITY FUNDS AND ECONOMIC SUMMARY REPORT, AND A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT REPORT. ITEM 701 PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON THE ADA TITLE TWO SELF EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN. THIS INFORMAL REPORT IS PROVIDED ALONGSIDE ITEM 722 ON YOUR AGENDA TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO CONDUCT THE CITY'S SELF EVALUATION OF CITY SERVICES AND TO DEVELOP AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN. IF YOU REMEMBER, IN NOVEMBER OF 25, THE HR TEAM PRESENTED A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE TWO OF THE ADA AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK ALREADY COMPLETED, INCLUDING THE CITY'S PUBLIC NONDISCRIMINATION PAGE, A FORMAL REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE AND COMPLAINT FILING PROCESS, AND A DEDICATED ADA AND WEB ACCESSIBILITY TEAM. FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION, THE CITY RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF OUR THIRD COMPLIANCE SURVEY, WHICH CONFIRMED THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SELF-EVALUATION AND AN UPDATED TRANSITION PLAN IN ORDER TO REMAIN IN GOOD STANDING. TONIGHT'S RECOMMENDATION CONTRACT COMES IN SLIGHTLY UNDER THE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED BUDGET OF 1.2 MILLION. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY-HORN IS 1.15 MILLION AND WILL INCLUDE A CITY WIDE REVIEW OF CITY PROGRAMS, SERVICES, POLICIES, PRACTICES ALONG WITH ASSESSMENTS OF CITY BUILDINGS, PARKS, PEDESTRIANS, INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF ACCESSIBILITY DATA WILL BE INCLUDED. THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE TWO YEARS AND WILL RESULT IN AN UP TO DATE ADA SELF EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN THAT PROVIDES THE CITY WITH A PHASED STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING THE IDENTIFIED ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS. YEAH, I'LL JUST COMMENT ON THAT ONE REAL QUICK. YEAH. THE COMPLIANCE PROCESS, IT'S A FEDERAL KIND OF A THING. AND I THINK WE'RE TESTING THE MATERIALS HAD 99 CITY BUILDINGS, OVER 50 CITY PARKS, A LOT OF PARKING AREAS AND PUBLIC BUS STATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WE'RE HAVING TO SPEND 1 MILLION OR 2 ISH JUST TO DO THE ANALYSIS. AND WE'RE THINKING THAT WHEN WE GET IT ALL DONE, IT'S GOING TO MAYBE RUN INTO THE IT'LL BE IN THE PROBABLY DOUBLE DIGIT MILLION DOLLARS, IF NOT TENS OF MILLIONS. SO, I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AHEAD OF US AND IT'LL TAKE A COUPLE YEARS TO DO THE ASSESSMENT. IS THAT RIGHT? AND THEN WE'LL BE DEALING WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THAT. YEAH. YOU'LL LIKELY SEE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS COME BACK TO YOU AS CIP PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. AS TRADITIONALLY, I DON'T MEAN TO ASK YOU THIS COLD, BUT IS THERE FEDERAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS? THERE IS LIMITED FEDERAL FUNDING LESS CURRENTLY THAN HAS BEEN. BUT WE WILL WE WILL AVAIL OURSELVES TO ALL AVAILABLE FUNDING, STATE AND FEDERAL AND OTHERWISE, WHEN WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR THAT.

BUT YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THAT WITHOUT THE ASSESSMENT. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. GOOD. GOOD PLAN. AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO THERE TO COMPLY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 702 PROVIDES INFORMATION ON OUR UPCOMING TEMPORARY CHANGE IN WATER DISINFECTANT TO FACILITATE WATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THIS IS AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PRACTICE IN THE WATER. REMAIN SAFE TO USE AND DRINK THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY NOTICE A CHANGE IN TASTE OR ODOR,

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INCLUDING A MORE NOTICEABLE CHLORINE SMELL, BUT THIS WILL DISSIPATE FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE MAINTENANCE. AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THIS IS ONGOING EVERY YEAR. YEAH, IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. AND I'VE NEVER NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ONE PERSON, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ONE PERSON OVER THOSE YEARS. THAT SAID, YEAH, IT TASTES A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THE WHOLE PROCESS TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS.

IS THAT RIGHT? MAYBE. YES. I'M GETTING A HEAD NOD FROM CHARLES LEAST. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHARLES. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE 29 RESOLUTIONS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. I HIGHLIGHT ONE ITEM 715 APPROVES $900,000 IN TIF, ONE FUNDING FOR A SIDEWALK AND LIGHTING PROJECT ON JACKSON AVENUE FROM THIRD STREET ALL THE WAY TO EIGHTH STREET. JACKSON AVENUE LINKS MANY OF WACO'S DOWNTOWN HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, INCLUDING DIRECT CONNECTIONS FOR HOTEL HERRINGBONE, THE DOCTOR PEPPER MUSEUM AND BOULEVARD. WITH THE GROWTH OF WACO'S HOTEL, DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT BASED PEDESTRIAN DEMAND ALONG THIS CORRIDOR HAS INCREASED BEYOND THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK AND LIGHTING NETWORK. IMPROVED WALKABILITY SUPPORTS THE TIF DISTRICT DISTRICT'S BROADER GOALS OF ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND GUESTS TO WALK BETWEEN DOWNTOWN DESTINATIONS RATHER THAN DRIVING AND PARKING, THUS HELPING TO REDUCE PARKING DEMAND. IT IMPROVES THE DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE AND EXTENDS VISITOR DWELL TIME WITHIN DOWNTOWN. THIS FUNDING RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE TIF ZONE ONE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH. FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF THIS FUNDING, THE PROJECT WILL GO OUT FOR DESIGN. WORK ON THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED ALONGSIDE THE QUIET ZONE IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL. YEAH, THIS. THIS ONE, AS LONG AS WE'RE GOING ONE BY ONE, I THINK IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT BECAUSE THIS BECOMING SORT OF AN ORGANIC WALKING AREA, JUST AS HERRINGBONE AC YOU MENTIONED YOUR PEOPLE ARE TERRY BLACKS IS IN THERE. OPAL'S PEOPLE COMING TO TOWN ARE NATURALLY WALKING THERE. AND IT'S KIND OF A IT'S A RAILROAD STREET BASICALLY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE JUST FOR SAFETY, IF NOTHING ELSE, AND LIGHTING AND SIDEWALK AND CLARITY ON WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WALK. I THINK IT'S A NEEDED PROJECT. YEAH, THE SIDEWALK WILL GET PEOPLE OUT OF THAT ROADWAY RIGHT NOW IF IT RAINS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN SEVEN STATES, IT ALL GATHERS RIGHT THERE AND MAKES IT IMPASSABLE. SO IT'LL BE GOOD. AGREED. THERE ARE FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. CLINT PETERS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THESE ITEMS DURING THE WORK SESSION. THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION SEPARATE FROM THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS THAT WILL END THE MANAGER'S REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY MANAGER HOLT ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY? OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES 2026-7 TEN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE MINUTES AND THEN RESOLUTION 2026-711 THROUGH RESOLUTION 2026-738. ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH ALL OF THEM. WE HAVE NO WE HAVE NO AFFIDAVITS, AFFIDAVITS OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST, NO CONFLICTS. EVERYTHING'S PRETTY CLEAN TODAY. SO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL INCLUDE 2026-7 TEN AND RESOLUTION 2026-711 THROUGH 738. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WORK SESSION ITEMS 2026 703 THROUGH 707 AND CITY MANAGER HOLT, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE ORDER A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA, BUT PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST SPEAKER, MAYOR, IF IT PLEASES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 705 BRENDAN WILEY, ZOO DIRECTOR AND CHARLES LEASE, DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, WILL PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE GIBBON LAKE PROJECT. I WON'T LEAK ANY SPOILERS, BUT THE LAKE REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. I'M GRATEFUL TO BRENDA AND CHARLES AND THEIR TEAMS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM AND GETTING THIS EXHIBIT BACK OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YOU REALIZE THAT DALE IS IN THE BUILDING. I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A MICROPHONE TO SEE IF YOU CAN TOP THAT. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU AN UPDATE ON GIBBON LAKE. SO THROUGH THIS UPDATE, WE'RE GOING TO COVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND, THE RESIDENTS, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE FACED, THE SOLUTION, THE CURRENT STATUS. AND THEN SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT. SO GIBBON LAKE IS, OF COURSE AT THE CAMERON PARK ZOO. THE ZOO OPENED AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION IN 1993. IT WAS A SITE SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN FOR THAT ESTHETIC FEEL. THE. THE FOUNDERS OF THE ZOO WANTED A PLACE WHERE EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS COULD BE MADE WITH THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE THERE. SO THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE WAS TAKEN IN 1997. IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU CAN SEE GIBBON LAKE THERE AT THE TOP PORTION. AND OF COURSE, IT IS SURROUNDED BY MATURE TREES. SO

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WHEN YOU'RE CHOOSING A SITE BASED ON THE ESTHETIC FEEL THAT COMES WITH CERTAIN CHALLENGES.

SO TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE TIMELINE, THERE'S REALLY JUST TWO THINGS WE'RE HOPING TO LEAVE WITH YOU FROM THIS SLIDE. ONE IS THAT THIS IS A MAN MADE LAKE THAT HAD FUTURE MAN MADE PENETRATIONS THROUGH THE CLAY LINER, AND IT HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT DROUGHTS FROM THE TIME THE ZOO OPENED TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO THIS IS NOT GIBBON LAKE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE TAKEN FROM LOVER'S LEAP. CAMERON PARK IS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE OF WHERE IT EXISTS, AND THE BULK OF CAMERON PARK COVERS A LIMESTONE BLUFF THAT PEAKS RIGHT HERE AT LOVER'S LEAP. SO GIBBON LAKE IS ABOUT 25FT ABOVE THE BRAZOS RIVER. AND TO PUT THOSE DROUGHTS INTO PERSPECTIVE, GIBBON LAKE IS ABOUT 25FT ABOVE THE RIVER AND SITS AT THE BASE OF THE LIMESTONE BLUFF THAT GROWS TO BECOME LOVERS LOVER'S LEAP. SO EVERY DROUGHT THAT LAKE SHIFTS JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO IT'S GOT THE PENETRATIONS THROUGH THE CLAY LINER OVER TIME, BEEN EXPOSED TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DROUGHTS, AND THAT HAD TO BE DEALT WITH. BUT BEFORE WE TAKE YOU THERE, WE JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU WHO WE'RE DOING THIS FOR. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTS WHO CALL GIBBON LAKE HOME. THESE ARE THE GIBBONS BY KAZAN, THE FAR LEFT. GRACEY IS ON THE RIGHT THERE. OFFSPRING. CHARLIE IS HANGING OUT RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE. THE GIBBONS INHABIT ONE OF THE TWO ISLANDS. ON THE OTHER ISLAND IS THE LEMURS. WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEMURS. THESE ARE THE LOUD, OBNOXIOUS ONES. THESE ARE THE RED RUFFED LEMURS, WEASLEY AND ESTHER. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE RING TAILED LEMURS. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE DID NOT NAME THESE. THEY CAME IN WITH THESE NAMES. THEY GO BY CRYSTAL CAPRI AND SKITTLES. MIGHT BE FUN TO KNOW.

THE NAMES OF SKITTLES, OTHER LITTER MATES, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTS OF GIBBON LAKE, IT'S HARD TO ARGUE THAT THESE AREN'T THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES. THESE TWO KIDS THAT ARE CLIMBING UP THERE ON THAT RAILING ARE WATCHING CHARLIE OUT THERE ON GIBBON ISLAND. THE MISSION OF THE CAMERON PARK ZOO COMPLETELY CENTERS AROUND PROTECTING WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES BY MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE AND NATURE. AND THIS LAKE, THIS EXHIBIT IS A KEY PART OF HOW WE DO THAT, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO FRAME YOURSELF AS THE LOCAL CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION WHEN YOU HAVE THE SCOPE OF WATER CHALLENGE THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH. SO IT WAS A LEAK, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S BIGGER IN TEXAS, MAYBE. SO THIS DRONE PICTURE WAS TAKEN NOT LONG AFTER I STARTED WORKING AT THE ZOO EARLY IN 24. AND THIS IS A HEADACHE TYPE PICTURE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE LAKE HAS A LEAK, BUT THE LAKE HOLDS WATER IN THE BOTTOM OF IT. SO THIS IS KIND OF THAT FIRST TELL THAT THE CHALLENGE AHEAD OF US WAS NOT GOING TO BE EASY. THIS WAS NOT A DRAIN VALVE THAT JUST WENT CLOSE. IT HELD WATER OVER THE DRAIN. IT JUST DIDN'T HOLD WATER IN OTHER PLACES. SO QUANTIFYING IT. AT ITS WORST OR MOST PROGRESSED STATE, THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER GOING INTO GIBBON LAKE EVERY DAY. AND IT'S THAT IS NOT AN INDICATION OF THE SIZE OF THE LEAK. THAT IS THE TOTAL VOLUME OF WATER. THAT WAS THE MAXIMUM VOLUME OF WATER THAT COULD BE DIVERTED TO THE LAKE.

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IT JUST HAD TO DO THAT EVERY DAY. IT WASN'T REALLY UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 23, WHEN OUR FRIENDS AT WATER UTILITY INSTALLED METERS ON THE MAIN LEADING TO THE ZOO, THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY QUANTIFY IN TERMS OF VALUE, HOW MUCH WATER THAT LAKE WAS USING. AND AS A RESULT, THE ZOO'S BUDGET HAD TO BE ADJUSTED GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 24 BY $3.3 MILLION. TODAY, THAT WOULD EQUAL 40% OF OUR BUDGET. WE ESTIMATE THAT THE TOTAL WATER AND SEWER FEES TO OPERATE A HEALTHY GIBBON LAKE SHOULD BE ABOUT, AND THE REST OF THE ZOO SHOULD BE ABOUT $400,000. SO A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT THING GOING ON HERE. SO. WE DID THE UNCOMFORTABLE THING. AND IN FISCAL YEAR 24, SHUT THE LAKE DOWN. YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO RELOCATE THE THE LEMURS, WE WERE OUR ANIMAL CARE STAFF WAS ABLE TO MANAGE THE, THE WELLNESS AND WELFARE OF OUR GIBBONS THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT PLAN. AND WE STARTED TALKING TO OUR FRIENDS ANYWHERE WE COULD FIND THEM IN THE CITY OF WACO. WE WERE CONVINCED THAT IF WE MANAGED THIS WELL, WE COULD FUND THE SOLUTION THROUGH ESSENTIALLY NOT SPENDING THE MONEY THAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED FOR THE ADDITIONAL WATER AND SEWER FEES. SO THE SOLUTION.

STARTED REALLY WITH AN UNDERSTANDING. YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME, I WAS KIND OF NEW TO THE CITY OF WACO, AND ONE OF OUR STAFF INTRODUCED ME TO MIKE NORMAN, WHO WE SPENT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE I'VE SPENT TIME WITH IN THE WOODS AT THE ZOO IS A LENGTHY LIST, BUT MIKE NORMAN WAS AMONGST THE FIRST. AND WE TRACKED DOWN EVERY METER, EVERY SOUND OF WATER, EVERY DISCHARGE PIPE. WE TESTED EVERYTHING. IS THIS POTABLE WATER? IS IT PRETREATED WATER? IS IT WELL? WATER. SPRING WATER. WE IDENTIFIED OUR USAGE PATTERNS THANKS TO LAURA TYLER, WE WERE ABLE TO GET LISA. SORRY. WE WERE ABLE TO GET DAILY METER READINGS. SO IF SOMEBODY LEFT A FAUCET ON, WE COULD TELL. WE COULD FIGURE OUT PATTERNS AROUND WHEN POOLS WERE FILLED AND DRAINED AND WHERE THAT WAS WATER GOING. WE STARTED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW WE WERE USING WATER TO KNOW WHAT OUR WATER USAGE SHOULD BE. FINALLY, I GOT DIRECTED TO SOMEBODY SAID, YOU SHOULD CALL CHARLES. LEAST. CHARLES STILL HAS NOT CHANGED HIS PHONE NUMBER AND KEEP WAITING FOR THAT. BUT. WHEN CHARLES GOT INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, IT BECAME PRETTY CLEAR PRETTY QUICKLY THAT THIS WASN'T A SINGLE PROBLEM THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS WAS LAYERS OF PROBLEMS THAT WERE GOING TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ESSENTIALLY CONCURRENTLY. SO.

WE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN. LARGELY, CHARLES PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT WOULD INVOLVE RECONSTRUCTING AND STABILIZING THE BANKS OF THE ISLANDS IN THE EXHIBIT, WITH OVER A MILLION GALLONS OF WATER FLOWING THROUGH THAT SPACE EVERY DAY. THE EROSION WAS SIGNIFICANT.

THE DECKS HAD TO BE REHABILITATED. THERE WERE LEAKS IN STRANGE PLACES THAT REQUIRED UNIQUE SOLUTIONS, AND WE SET OUT TO DEVELOP A PLAN WHERE WE COULD OPERATE THIS LAKE SOLELY WITH A COMBINATION OF PRETREATED AND RECYCLED WATER, AND AT THE SAME TIME. ENHANCE THE SUPPORTING SYSTEMS AROUND THE LAKE. ELECTRICAL LIGHTING, HARDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE. AND THAT MONEY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID SPENDING. IN FISCAL YEAR 24, WE RETURNED 2.2 MILLION TO THE FUND BALANCE AND THE COUNCIL. THIS COUNCIL SENT 1.6 MILLION OF THAT BACK TO THE ZOO

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IN A CIP PROJECT TO GET THIS LAKE FIXED. RIGHT AFTER THAT. I MUST ADMIT, I DO FEEL LIKE A GIVEN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL. THANK YOU BRANDON. THIS WAS NOT A NORMAL PROJECT FOR US. WE DON'T DO MANY GIBBON AND LEMUR ISLANDS, SO WE WERE APPROACHED TO CORRECT SOME EROSION CONDITIONS WITHIN THE POND, AND WE REVIEWED A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OUT THERE, ONE OF THOSE BEING GABION BASKETS. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH GABION BASKETS, IT'S BASICALLY A WIRE BASKET. YOU PLACE SOME STONE IN IT AND AND ENCAPSULATE THE STONE SO IT DOESN'T MOVE. YOU PLACE THAT ON A GEOTEXTILE FABRIC TO PREVENT SOIL MOVEMENT AND THAT PREVENTS THE EROSION. SO JUST A FEW QUICK PHOTOS HERE. TOP LEFT CORNER, KIND OF THE ORIGINAL CONDITION. DRY POND. YOU CAN SEE THE NOT WELL DEFINED SLOPES OF THE GIBBON ISLAND TOP RIGHT PHOTO ILLUSTRATES US EXCAVATING OUT PORTIONS OF THAT ISLAND. WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TOO DEEP AND CREATE NEW LEAKS WITHIN THE POND LINER, BUT WE DID HAVE TO EXCAVATE SOME TO INSTALL THE BASKETS. AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, WE SEE THOSE GABION BASKETS. THEY'RE PROBABLY 12 BY 12 OR SO. IN THE STONE IS PROBABLY 3 TO 5IN IS PLACED IN THERE, AND THEN YOU SEAL AND WRAP THE TOP SO THAT THE THE ENTIRE STONE IS ENCAPSULATED AND WON'T MOVE.

AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTOGRAPH, YOU KIND OF SEE WHERE WE ENDED UP. YOU GET A NICE SLOPE, REESTABLISH THE BANK AND TRY TO OBTAIN THE ORIGINAL ISLAND SIZE AND SHAPE.

TO ADDRESS THE LEAKS WITHIN THE POND, WE HAD TO GET A LITTLE MORE FANCY, SO WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW. BASED UPON OBSERVATION SITE OBSERVATIONS. AND WE HAD TO START SOMEWHERE. SO WE STARTED WITH FOAM INJECTION. AND THIS IS BASICALLY INSTALLING OR PUSHING A 3000 PSI FOAM LIQUID. IT'S A TWO PIECE, A TWO PART LIQUID. WHEN IT MIXES IN THE GROUND, IT EXPANDS AND WILL SEAL UP HOLES. AND THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE A CURTAIN ACROSS THE DAM FACE TO PREVENT WATER FROM MOVING THROUGH THE DAM. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED SEVERAL OTHER STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE POND, SO WE HAD JUNCTION BOXES AND OVERFLOW BOXES, AND WE HAD SEVERAL PIERS THAT WERE PLACED THROUGH THE POND, AND WE UTILIZED THIS SAME TECHNOLOGY AND SEALED UP AS MANY LOCATIONS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. AND WE KNOW THAT THIS WORKED. WHY? BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT AND LOOKED IN SOME OF THE INJECTION OR IN SOME OF THE JUNCTION BOXES AND WITHIN THE PIPES, YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE FOAM MOVE INTO THE PIPE OR INTO THE BOX. AND WE HAD TO GO IN THERE AND CUT IT OUT. SO WE THEN FILLED THE POND BACK UP AND TESTED IT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF LEAKAGE. WE DIDN'T GET IT ALL, SO WE SENT STAFF BACK OUT THERE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE AREAS THAT WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH. WE CHECKED EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH A NONTOXIC, ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE DYE. SO WE LITERALLY HAD STAFF ROW OUT INTO THE WATER AND THEN PLACE DYE IN THE WATER AND LOOK FOR LEAKS, AND YOU COULD SEE THE DYE DISAPPEAR. SO WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A LARGE AREA UNDER THE GIVEN DECK AND ALONG, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THAT. THE INTEREST SIDE SLOPE AT THE ZOO. AND WE DEVELOPED WHAT'S CALLED A CLAY PLUG OR A CLAY LINER. AND WE EXCAVATED OUT A COUPLE OF FEET OF THE EXISTING MATERIAL. AND IN THIS MATERIAL, WE FOUND A LOT OF MATERIAL. SO WE REMOVED ALL OF THIS DEBRIS AND WE SQUARED UP THE EXCAVATION. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND PHOTO HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE INSTALLED A SPECIFIED CLAY. AND WE INSTALLED THAT TIGHT AND TO MOISTURE TO AN OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT SO THAT IT WOULD SEAL UP ANY LEAKS. AND THIS WORKED REALLY WELL. WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE TOTAL LEAKAGE. WE DO HAVE A FEW THINGS TO WORK ON THOUGH. SO FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY. THIS THIS VIDEO COULD ALMOST BE FROM ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EXOTIC PLACES IN THE WORLD, BUT THIS IS RIGHT HERE IN WACO AT THE CAMERON PARK ZOO. THIS IS GIVEN LAKE VIDEO TAKEN NOT LONG AFTER THE INITIAL ROUNDS OF REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED, LITERALLY ON DAY ONE THAT IT HAD WATER BACK IN IT.

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THE DRAGONFLIES CAME BACK WITHIN A COUPLE DAYS, A FAMILY OF WHISTLING DUCKS HAD MOVED IN.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT ENTRY AND EXIT EXPERIENCE THAT SETS THE TONE, THAT MAKES THAT EMOTIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GUEST AND THE WILDLIFE. WE'RE TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS, THIS EXHIBIT, BY MANY COUNTS, IS PEOPLE'S FAVORITE EXHIBIT AT THE ZOO. AND UNTIL YOU EXPERIENCE IT, YOU DON'T FULLY GRASP WHAT IT DOES FOR THE ZOO EXPERIENCE. THIS PICTURE CAN ONLY BE TAKEN IN A COUPLE PLACES IN THE WORLD. MADAGASCAR IS ONE OF THEM, AND THE CAMERON PARK ZOO IS ANOTHER. THIS EXPERIENCE IS JUST INCREDIBLY UNIQUE. SO IT'S OPEN TODAY. AND IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS. SO NOT ONLY DID WE CHECK POROSITY THROUGH THE DAM, IF YOU WILL, AND CREATE A CURTAIN WALL TO TO TRY TO PREVENT WATER MOVING THROUGH THE DAM, WE WE ALSO INSTALLED A CLAY PLUG. WE ALSO INVESTIGATED ALL OF THE DRAINAGE LINES THAT WERE PLACED UNDERNEATH THIS BODY OF WATER AND THROUGH CCTV INSPECTION, WE DISCOVERED THAT SEVERAL JOINTS ARE LEAKING WITHIN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. SO THIS IS STILL ON THE BOOKS TO BE DONE. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PICTURE CLEAR SHOWING A 36 INCH STORM DRAIN THAT THAT TAKES LOCALIZED WATER FROM THE ZOO AND PASSES IT UNDERNEATH THE POND OUT TO THE BRAZOS RIVER. AND THIS IS A TYPICAL JOINT LEAK ON ON OUR CP PIPE. SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT.

AND AS SOON AS WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE CONTRACTOR OUT THERE, WE'LL COME IN, CRAWL INTO THE PIPE AND INSTALL SOME BANDED JOINTS THAT'LL THAT'LL SEAL THIS AND GET THESE LEAKS DOWN TO A MINIMUM. JUST A TRICKLE. SO THE REMAINING WORK IS THE SCOPE THAT CHARLES JUST JUST DESCRIBED. SOME ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, ADDITIONAL HARDSCAPING AND LANDSCAPING WITH IT HOLDING WATER. WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO RECIRCULATE IT MORE. AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME PATHWAY REPAIRS TO DO AROUND THE ADJOINING VISITOR PASS AROUND GIBBON LAKE. THE APPROACH THAT WE REALLY TOOK WAS KIND OF A PROGRESSIVE PATH. WE WANTED CHARLES TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE BUDGET ON THOSE SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS BEFORE WE DID SOME OF THE SMALLER JOBS AROUND IT. SO BUDGET WISE, I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT THIS STARTED WITH A $1.6 MILLION CIP PROJECT. TO DATE, WE HAVE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED JUST OVER 910,000, LEAVING 125,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT STORM. SEWER REPAIR AND AN ADDITIONAL 240,000 FOR THE REMAINING UPDATES. AND IF ALL OF THAT GOES AS PLANNED, WE'RE GOING TO RETURN 324,000 BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL THINGS. THE I THINK YOU SHOULD THROW OUT KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY. WE DIDN'T HAVE AN UNLIMITED BUDGET TO DO THIS. RIGHT. WE WE APPROACHED THE REPAIRS IN A METHODICAL, COST CONSCIOUS FASHION. AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY. I DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY. I'M COMING IN FRESH EYES LOOKING AT HOW IS THIS THING LEAKING? AND WE JUST KNOCKED OFF ONE AT A TIME AND TRIED TO KEEP THE BUDGET REASONABLE, EXCAVATING THE WHOLE POND OUT, REPLACING ALL THE PIPE, PUTTING IN A NEW CLAY LINER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE MILLIONS. SO I WANT TO SAY THE CIVIL IMPROVEMENTS WERE ABOUT A HALF $1 MILLION TO DATE, AND WE'VE STILL IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN 125,000. PROBABLY ABOUT 90,000 IS WHAT I'M ESTIMATING ON THE STORM DRAIN. IF THERE'S TWO THINGS I'M SUPER PROUD OF HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, IT'S ONE, THE CARE THAT THE ZOO STAFF PROVIDED FOR THE ANIMALS DURING THIS PROJECT, AND IT'S TO WORKING FOR A CITY THAT WHENEVER YOU PICK UP THE PHONE, THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS YES.

ANY HELP? THE ANSWER WAS ALWAYS YES. SO WE COULD WATCH VIDEO LIKE THIS ALL DAY LONG. BUT

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THIS IS CHARLIE. I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU JUST TO COME OUT AND SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL STAND FOR ANY OR SIT FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR FOR CHARLES AND BRENDAN. I'LL JUST SAY THIS. GREAT JOB. YOU GUYS WEREN'T MONKEYING AROUND WHEN YOU FIXED THIS UP. I WILL SAY THAT DALE, THAT WAS FOR YOU, OKAY? I MEAN, CHARLES, IT SEEMS LIKE WHENEVER YOU GET INVOLVED IN IT, THINGS BECOME SUPER PRACTICAL. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTIONS YOU'RE GOING HERE. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GABBY AND THE MATTRESS OR HYDRO INTENSIVE POLYMER INJECTIONS, NOR CLAY LINER PLUGS, BUT NOW I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOTTEN A PRIMER IN THAT. I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT GREAT JOB. I MEAN, IT'S IT WAS TOUGH. I CAN REMEMBER HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, DRAIN OR JUST KEEP DRAIN BECAUSE IT WAS JUST ALL IT WAS DOING WAS JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH AND GOING THROUGH. AND YOU COULDN'T 3.3 MILLION WAS NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER. AND THERE WAS A DROUGHT AT THE TIME TOO. SO IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO, TO DO TO SHUT IT DOWN. AND AGAIN, THE PROBLEM SOLVING ON THIS WAS, WAS GREAT.

THE ZOO IS LIKE THE NUMBER TWO VISITED SITE. I THINK AFTER THE THE SILOS, EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO THE ZOO. AND THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU WALK IN IS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW WAS THE DRY POND THERE AND I WASN'T. PEOPLE HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT USED TO BE, SORT OF LIKE OUR BRIDGE LIGHTS. YOU HAD TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT USED TO BE, AND NOW WE HAVE THOSE BACK ON. YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE LAKE LOOKED LIKE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT BACK ON. SO I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT WE'RE TAKING THE THE EFFORT AND THE INITIATIVE TO, TO GET SOME OF THESE ICONIC LOCATIONS IN THE CITY BACK UP TO SPEED. SO I APPRECIATE YOU, CHARLES AND BRENDAN FOR, FOR MANAGING THAT PROCESS. ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM, I'M SPIN THE WHEEL HERE. WHICH ONE? WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT? MAYOR, IF IT PLEASES YOU AND THE COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 704. JEREMY PESSINA, OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WILL COME TO THE TABLE, AND HE'LL BE JOINED BY STEPHEN MANN, PARTNER OF PLACE MAKER PRO, FOR DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED EAST WACO REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION AS ITEM 714, AND WILL APPROVE TIF INVESTMENTS AND CONVEYANCE OF CITY PROPERTY IN EXCHANGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VERY NICE NEW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN EAST WACO ALONG TAYLOR STREET. AND I'LL LET MR. PESSINA INTRODUCE THE THE TEAM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. AND AS CITY MANAGER, HOLT SAID. MY NAME IS JEREMY PESSINA. I SERVE AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND I WILL LET THE TEAM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. SURE. STEVEN MANN, PARTNER AT PLACE MAKER PRO, WILL PARTNER AT PLACE MAKER PRO. MANNY PAREDES, ARCHITECT. AND TODAY WE HAVE AN EXCITING PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR ELM AVENUE. AND SO WE'LL GET STARTED. AND THE AGENDA TODAY I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT. IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO PLACE MAKER PRO AND THEIR TEAM TO GO OVER THE PROPOSAL, AND I WILL END WITH A STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO THIS PROJECT STARTED TECHNICALLY IN 2019, WHERE WE USED TIF FUNDS TO REMOVE THE SLABS OF THE BUILDINGS THAT USED TO BE AT THIS SITE. SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM IS THE EAST WACO LIBRARY AND CHERRY STREET. THERE'S THE COUNTY JUSTICE PRECINCT. AND SO ALL OF THOSE SLABS WERE LEFT THERE FROM OLD BUILDINGS. SO TIF REMOVED THEM. AND IN 2022 WAS THE FIRST TIME WE ATTEMPTED AN RFP ON THIS PROPERTY, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. SO WE RELEASED IT. WE GOT A FEW RESPONSES, BUT NONE OF THE PROJECTS ENDED UP MAKING IT THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND SO AGAIN, WE TRIED IN MARCH 19TH, 2024, SECOND RELEASE OF THE RFP. AGAIN, A FEW RESPONSES, BUT NOT A SUITABLE DEVELOPMENT COULD BE CHOSEN THERE. AND THIS LAST TIME, NOVEMBER 18TH, WHICH WAS MY BIRTHDAY, ME AND GALEN WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS AND AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENT? AND IF YOU REMEMBER, HISTORICALLY, THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER THE CITY DID THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT RFP. AND SO WE WERE ENCOURAGED TO, TO SET THAT SAME BAR FOR THE RFP THAT WE PUT OUT AND HOW WE DID IT. AND SO GALEN AND I, AND THANK GALEN FOR ALL OF HIS HELP THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND PAUL CAMPOS, THE PURCHASING AGENT, WALKED US THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS, BUT WE PUT TOGETHER A MORE ROBUST PACKAGE FOR IT. AND WE GOT A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD RESPONSES. FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026. WE DID INTERVIEWS ON THE PROPOSALS. WE INTERVIEWED THE TOP TWO, AND FROM THOSE INTERVIEWS, PACEMAKER PRO WAS THE THE TOP SELECTED BIDDER IN THE PROCESS. AND SO SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2026, WE TOOK IT TO THE TIF BOARD. AND AS THIS PROPERTY SITS AND I THINK I HAVE IT HERE FOR YOU, IT'S ACTUALLY IN TWO TIF ZONES. SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM BOTH TIF BOARDS FOR THIS PROJECT. BUT

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THEY BOTH APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. AND SO AGAIN, THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF IT. AND WITH THAT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO STEVEN AND LET THEM GO OVER THEIR PROPOSAL FOR THIS PROPERTY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY OF WACO. I'M STEVEN MANN, PACEMAKER PRO, I'M THE PARTNER AT PACEMAKER PRO. PACEMAKER PRO IS A FULL SERVICE DEVELOPMENT FIRM OUT OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AREA. WE'VE RECENTLY, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ESTABLISHED A PRESENCE IN EAST WACO. SINCE 2022, WE'VE DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF PROJECTS LOCALLY DEPLOYED CAPITAL IN A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AS WELL AS SPENT TIME AND RESOURCES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY. FOR THIS PROJECT, WE CURATED A TEAM OF OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING MANY OF PIRAEUS UBIQUITOUS, ALEX DOUGHERTY OF DOUGHERTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, BENJAMIN KATZ OF HUSS AND GZL FINANCIAL, AS WELL AS DOREEN RAVENCROFT OF CULTURAL ARTS OF WACO. I'M GOING TO HAND OFF THE MIC TO MANNY TO KICK THINGS OFF. THANK YOU STEVEN. IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO WORK AS THE ARCHITECT ON THIS PROJECT. I THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO THE SLIDE OF THE SITE IF POSSIBLE. FANTASTIC. SO HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST FIVE ACRES OF LAND TO BE DEVELOPED. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO MAKE THAT WE'RE NOT DISPLACING ANYBODY. WE'RE NOT TEARING ANYTHING DOWN. THESE ARE VACANT PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO DEVELOP. AND RIGHT NOW FOR THE EAST WACO COMMUNITY, THAT IS LIKE A MISSING TOOTH. WE'RE FILLING THAT IN, BUT WE'RE FILLING THAT IN IN AN EXTREMELY THOUGHTFUL WAY. WE'VE DONE OUR RESEARCH, OUR HOMEWORK, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO CREATE AND ENHANCE THE EAST WACO COMMUNITY. IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ANALYZE WHAT ARE THE GAPS THAT WE NEED TO FILL. AND THAT STARTED WITH HOUSING. WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS. THERE IS AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, AND TODAY'S FAMILY UNIT LOOKS VERY DIVERSE. YOU COULD HAVE A UNIT OF ONE PERSON, A UNIT OF SIX. THERE'S GRANDPARENTS MOVING IN AND THAT DIVERSITY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A DIVERSE HOUSING STOCK AS WELL. AND SO I WILL GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS IN THE PRESENTATION. BUT CREATING THAT DIVERSITY OF HOUSING STOCK IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP. THE SECOND STEP IS GIVING PEOPLE THINGS TO DO, WHERE TO SHOP, WHERE TO EAT. SO THE CONCEPT OF A MIXED USE SITE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING IN HERE. THAT CREATES A SORT OF ECOSYSTEM, NOT AS NOT EXACTLY LIKE THE ZOO THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT, BUT OUR OWN PEOPLE ECOSYSTEM WHERE IT COMPLEMENTS EACH OTHER IN THE USES. ANOTHER GAP THAT WE SAW, AND NOW THE EAST WACO COMMUNITY IS A STRONG COMMUNITY. WE HAVE PLACES LIKE THE FARMERS MARKET. HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO CREATE A NEW SPOT, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GATHER, A PLACE THAT HAS A MULTI-PURPOSE AREA, AND WE CALL THAT THE HEART OF OUR PROJECT. THAT IS SECTION A, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. WE'RE CREATING A PUBLIC PLAZA SO THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD GATHER THERE, HOLD EVENTS, DO SEVERAL THINGS. WE'VE CONTEMPLATED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT COULD GO INTO THERE, BUT THAT THAT PLAZA IS ACTIVATED BY COMMERCIAL UNITS. AND YOU SEE THAT THERE'S SIX STRUCTURES FLANKING BOTH SIDES OF THAT PLAZA. NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT ELM AVENUE, ELM AVENUE HAS A FEW WONDERFUL BUSINESSES. IT'S FLOURISHING, BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF VACANCIES. WHY DO WE HAVE THOSE VACANCIES? THERE IS SUCH A HIGH DIFFICULTY TO OPEN YOUR BUSINESS. THERE'S SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF THRESHOLD THAT YOU HAVE TO REACH OF ECONOMIC STABILITY IN ORDER TO DO SO. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AS A COMMUNITY GOAL IS TO CREATE A BUSINESS INCUBATOR. THESE ARE THESE SMALL KIOSKS, AND THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WILL BE SUBSIDIZED PLACES WHERE RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN GO AND START THEIR BUSINESSES WITH THE SUBSIDIZED RENT. AND ONCE THE BUSINESSES FLOURISH AND THEY GROW, THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WILL SHIFT OUT OF THESE SPACES AND GO INTO ELM AVENUE AND POPULATE ELM AVENUE. AND SO THESE BUSINESSES WILL ROTATE AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY KEEP GROWING AND FEEDING THE AVENUE TO REALLY ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY.

SHIFTING OVER NOW TO BUILDING B, THIS IS A 97 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING. THIS IS, BY THE WAY, WE'RE MAINTAINING THE SCALE OF ALL OF THIS. SO IT FITS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS NOTHING TALLER THAN THREE STORIES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO THIS IS A THREE STORY MIXED USE BUILDING.

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WE'RE PROPOSING 97 UNITS WHICH ARE A MIXTURE OF STUDIOS, ONE BEDROOMS AND TWO BEDROOMS. SO IT'S A ANOTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THAT HOUSING STOCK THAT'S VERY NEEDED. AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THIS SCALE OF 97 UNITS, WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY IN THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS ADA ACCESSIBILITY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A FULLY ACCESSIBLE BUILDING. HAS AN ELEVATOR TAKING TO OLD, OLD 97 UNITS. SO ACCESSIBILITY IS PROVIDED AND THIS BUILDING IS A MIXED USE CONCEPT. SO THE THE GROUND FLOOR, IT HAS OVER 5000FT■!S OF COMMERCIAL SPACES FOR THE COMMUNITY. MOVING NOW TO BUILDINGS D AND C, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS CREATE A BEAUTIFUL STREETSCAPE FOR TAYLOR. SO WE'RE CREATING A SMALL TOWN DOWNTOWN KIND OF FEEL ON THIS. YOU HAVE THE MIXED USE PROPERTIES ON THE LEFT, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE'RE CREATING A TOWNHOME TYPE FEEL. THERE ARE 15 STRUCTURES IN THAT DEEP PORTION AND THOSE 15 STRUCTURES, EACH HOSE HOUSE TWO UNITS. SO YOU HAVE A GROUND FLOOR UNIT THAT'S ACCESSIBLE. AND THEN YOU HAVE A SECOND APARTMENT ON EACH OF THEM THAT HAS TWO FLOORS EACH. SO THIS CREATES ANOTHER TYPE OF HOUSING TYPE. THERE ARE THREE BEDROOM AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS IN THESE TOWNHOMES. AND THEN C IS A SMALLER SCALE BUILDING OF 12 UNITS. THAT IS JUST A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION, DIFFERENT STYLE. IT IS AN ACCESSIBLE BUILDING AND THAT WAY IT'S PROVIDING ANOTHER TYPE OF HOUSING TYPE. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE WHAT I THINK IS ACTUALLY THE MOST CRITICAL HOUSING TYPE, WHICH IS HOME OWNERSHIP. AND IF YOU LOOK TO PARCEL E ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, THIS HOME OWNERSHIP CONCEPT, WE HAVE 19 HOUSES IN THAT AREA GARAGE WITH HOUSING ABOVE IT. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT CREATES A STRONG LEVEL OF STEWARDSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE MADE SURE THAT ALL OF THIS IS TIED TOGETHER IN A VERY WALKABLE COMMUNITY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE CREATED A PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR CONNECTING THE PLAZA, THE BUSINESS INCUBATOR, GOING THROUGH SITE B, GOING THROUGH SITE C D, AND TYING INTO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME C HERE, THE PARKING ISN'T THE MAIN ATTRACTION. THE PARKING, WHICH WE HAVE 236 PARKING SPACES. THEY ARE BEHIND THE STRUCTURES, SO THE ARCHITECTURE, THE ESTHETICS IS MAINTAINED. IT IS WELL PARKED. THERE IS NO. THE NEED IS MET BUT IT BECOMES SECONDARY TO THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE IMAGES OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THIS IS THE BUSINESS INCUBATOR AND COMMUNITY PLAZA.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S NOT JUST ONE BIG OPEN AREA. IT'S BROKEN DOWN SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE SMALL EVENTS. AT THE END OF IT, YOU SEE THE THE MOVIE SCREEN THAT WE'RE WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THEATER AND IMAGES SHOWN BETWEEN THE PLAZAS ACTIVATED BY THE BEAUTIFUL COMMERCIAL SPACES ON BOTH SIDES. SO THIS REALLY BECOMES A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO MEET, TO HOLD EVENTS AND, AND PARTICIPATE TOGETHER. NEXT SLIDE. A FEW MORE IMAGES OF HOW THAT LOOKS. HERE WE HAVE TAYLOR STREET, AND THIS IS THE FEEL THAT WE WANTED TO CREATE A LIT TREE SCAPE STREET WITH BOTH BUILDINGS FLANKING VERY UNIFORM. REALLY CREATE THAT DOWNTOWN FEELING. YOU HAVE THE COMMERCIAL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AROUND ALONG THE THE GROUND STORY, THE ACCESSIBLE BUILDING ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR ALONG THE LEFT. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE THESE TOWNHOMES WITH TWO APARTMENTS, EACH MORE IMAGES OF THE SAME. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE THE PASS THROUGH ON AT THE THE THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT PASS THROUGH HAS COMMERCIAL SPACES FLANKING ON BOTH SIDES OF IT. SO IT REMAINS ACTIVATED. SO IT'S NEVER A DARK AREA. IT IS OPEN, WELL LIT AND ACTIVATED WITH COMMERCIAL SPACES MOVING ON. AND THEN FINALLY, THE SINGLE FAMILY CONCEPT WE HAVE HERE A PRIVATE DRIVE WITH GARAGE BELOW HOUSING THAT IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT FLOORS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PART OF THE PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO WILL, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DETAILS. GREAT. THANKS, MANNY. SO I'LL WRAP UP TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSED PHASING STRUCTURE AND THE BUDGET, AS YOU SEE IN OUR PHASING PLAN HERE, VERY SIMILAR TO THE RFP WHERE WE'RE PLANNING ON LAUNCHING PRE-DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES RIGHT AWAY WITH CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING ON PHASE 1 IN 27, WRAPPING UP IN 2029, AND THEN LIKEWISE PHASE TWO

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LAUNCHING VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION IN 29, COMPLETING IN LATE 2030 OR EARLY 2031. AND THE WAY WE'VE PHASED THIS IS VERY PURPOSEFUL, RIGHT? OR AS MANNY MENTIONED, THAT INCUBATOR CONCEPT, PARCEL A, THAT'S WHAT'S FACING ELM. THAT'S THE MAIN IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE IS TO ACTIVATE ELM. SO THAT IS THE VERY FIRST THING WE WOULD BREAK GROUND ON, FOLLOWED BY PARCEL C AND D ACROSS FROM TAYLOR, WHICH ARE THOSE TOWNHOMES AND THAT 12 UNIT CORNER MIXED USE BUILDING.

AND THAT'S BOTH BECAUSE OF ABSORPTION AND THE NATURAL GRADUATION OF THIS PROJECT.

RIGHT. YOU WANT TO START WITH THE 42 UNITS FIRST GET THOSE ABSORBED FOLLOWED BY THE 97 UNIT BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE IN PHASE TWO, ALONG WITH THOSE 19 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND THEN FINALLY, REGARDING THE BUDGET, WE'VE DETERMINED WE'VE ESTIMATED AN OVERALL BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY $37 MILLION. AND THAT INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE, SOFT COSTS AND HARD COSTS. AND WHEN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN BY PHASE, YOU'RE AT ABOUT $15 MILLION FOR PHASE ONE AND $21 MILLION FOR PHASE TWO. AND THEN PROBABLY SHOULD MENTION OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY AS WELL. AND YOU SAW THAT ON THE PHASING TIMELINE. THAT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO US. IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM LOCAL EAST WACO RESIDENTS. WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FANTASTIC FEEDBACK ALREADY ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN A MORE FORMAL MANNER. THAT MEANS HOLDING TOWN HALLS, BOTH FOR EAST WACO RESIDENTS AND FOR ALL WACO RESIDENTS, MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK IS HEARD, LETTING THEM MEET US IN PERSON, ASK US QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE WANT THIS TO BE BUILT FOR EAST WACO, AND THAT MEANS WE MUST HAVE INPUT FROM EAST WACO. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. SO MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO LIFE IN EAST WACO.

WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2022, AND THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF A LOT OF WORK. SO MUCH APPRECIATED. ALL RIGHT, SO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I HAVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SO AS I SAID, ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, THE TIF ONE AND TIFF FOUR BOARDS BOTH UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF TIF FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IN EACH ZONE ACCORDING TO THEIR INVESTMENT.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS STRUCTURED AS FOLLOWS. PLACE MAKER PRO WOULD MAKE A TOTAL PROJECT INVESTMENT OF $37 MILLION, AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN AS THAT 15.4 AND TIFF 121.6 AND TIFF. FOR THE TIFF, THE CITY WOULD GRANT TIF FUNDING AND CITY INCENTIVES TOTALING NO MORE THAN $6 MILLION. SO 6 MILLION IS THE CAP, AND THAT'S CONSISTING OF THE LAND VALUE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS AND TIF REIMBURSEMENTS. AND SO I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF THAT HERE. SO THE TIF ONE TOTAL INCENTIVE WAS $3,480,131. AND SO THAT IS ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. IT IS STRUCTURED AS THIS COUNCIL ALWAYS STRUCTURES INCENTIVES, WHICH IS REIMBURSEMENTS AFTER THE INVESTMENT IS DONE. SO THERE'S NO UPFRONT MONEY. IT'S ALWAYS AFTER THE INVESTMENT IS DONE. AND THOSE THOSE STRUCTURES ARE OPEN. AND THEN THE $2 MILLION WHICH WAS GIVEN IN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 2024, AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT PROJECT TO INVEST THAT IN. AND THAT $2 MILLION WILL BE IN EXCHANGE FOR 20% OF THE TOTAL UNITS BEING AFFORDABLE, CAPPED AT 100% AMI. SO THERE IS THAT RANGE THAT THEY CAN WORK WITHIN AND A MINIMUM TERM OF TEN YEARS. SO IT IT HELPS MEET THOSE BOXES.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE TIF FOR IS STRUCTURED THE SAME. IT IS 2,000,119. JEREMY HOMES HERE.

GO BACK TO THE 2 MILLION. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF EARMARKED WITHIN OUR TIF. YES, SIR. FOR THE ENCUMBERED FUNDS. OKAY. YES SIR. SO IT'S NOT TAKING THEM OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN ENCUMBERED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND GOT IT. AND THEN HOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY CAPPED AT 100% FOR TEN YEARS. WHAT IS IT? EXPLAIN THAT ONE TO ME. HOW IS THAT PAID? IS THAT JUST A CHECK WRITTEN WHEN IT'S THROUGH OR OH FOR? SO THE $2 MILLION, THE WAY THAT WE STRUCTURED THAT IS TO THE WAY THAT WE DID IT WITH CYPRESS VILLAGE IS WE HAVE MADE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS HELP THEM SUBSIDIZE THE RENT IS DONE. SO THOSE WOULD BE MORE OF A DRAW DOWN. SO THEY WOULD COME TO US WITH, HEY, WE HAVE FINISHED THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THESE UNITS. AND ONCE THEY SHOW THAT IT'S BEEN PAID AND WE GO AND VERIFY THE WORK'S BEEN DONE, THEY CAN DRAW DOWN ON THAT $2 MILLION. OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL AFTER THEY ALREADY ARE BUILT OR IT'S ALREADY OCCUPIED AND EVERYTHING, IT'S IT'S BUILT AND COMPLETED. AND WE LET THEM DRAW DOWN THAT THE TIF FUNDING, SEPARATE FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AFTER EVERYTHING IS OPEN. GOT IT. SO YOU COULD TECHNICALLY GET THE $2 MILLION IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO PAY THE INTEREST ON LOANS. THAT WAS THE KIND OF THE IDEA OF GETTING THAT DOWN. BUT THERE IS STANDARD CLAWBACK PROVISIONS AND EVEN THAT STRUCTURE. AND THEN THE 1.5 AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT THE 2.1. THAT'S JUST THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS LIKE SIDEWALK LIGHTING,

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LANDSCAPING, WHATEVER LANDSCAPING. THAT'S THAT'S JUST A CHECK IN FULL WRITTEN. WE'RE NOT TIMING THAT OUT OVER THAT. THAT IS PAID OUT OVER. IT'S GENERATED BY THE INCREMENT. SO IT'S THE SAME STRUCTURE AS WE TYPICALLY GO WITH TIF. SO WHEN THEY IMPROVE THE PROPERTY VALUES, WHATEVER THAT IMPROVEMENT IS STILL PAID THROUGH THE INCREMENT. YES, SIR.

YEAH. SO IT'S A 100% REIMBURSEMENT AND IT'S 100% GENERATED BY THE PROJECT'S INVESTMENT. OKAY. YEAH. THAT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IN THE MATERIALS, BUT. OKAY. YES, SIR.

AND THAT'S HOW WE WE TRY TO DE-RISK OUR INVESTMENTS IN THE PROJECTS IS BY MAKING THEM REIMBURSEMENTS WHERE IT'S, IT'S INCREMENT CREATED BY THE PROJECT. AND THAT'S HOW IT IS IN BOTH TIF. SO TIF FOR IS THE SAME $2,119,869. THAT'S FOR ELIGIBLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

AS THE MAYOR SAID, SIDEWALKS, INFRASTRUCTURE, LIGHTING, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND IT'S AGAIN CREATED BY THE INVESTMENT, THE LAND CONVEYANCE VALUE. AND THAT'S JUST THE ASSESSMENT VALUE. AND M CAD IS ABOUT $400,000. AND WE WOULD CONVEY THE LAND AFTER EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT. AND AGAIN, STANDARD REVERTER CLAUSES WILL BE IN THE AGREEMENT FOR THAT, WHERE IF THEY DECIDE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROJECT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE WOULD GET THE LAND BACK. SO THAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE INCENTIVES, AND IT'S 16% OF THE OVERALL PROJECT COST.

AND I KNOW COUNCIL'S PREFERENCE IS TO BE BELOW THAT 20%. SO IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT BY A GREAT GROUP WHO WANTS TO COME AND BE A PART OF EAST WACO. AND IT'S UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT THRESHOLD. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AND JEREMY, THE 100%, AM I THAT THE MAYOR'S REFERENCE? THAT MEANS THAT FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS, THOSE THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS NEED TO BE NEED TO REMAIN AFFORDABLE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND AND I KNOW GALEN CAN HELP GET INTO THE DETAILS IF WE WANT TO GET INTO. SO ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING I WORK DIRECTLY WITH GALEN ON. AND HE MAKES SURE THAT WE WE STAY INSIDE THE LINES THERE. CAN YOU I KNOW THIS WAS IN THE MATERIAL, BUT I WAS KIND OF JUMPING AROUND. SO EACH OF THOSE TWO GRANTS. HOW MANY UNITS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE WITH THE TIF ONE AND THEN THE TIF FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNITS IS 158 UNITS. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AROUND 20 UNITS THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE MINIMUM. AND I KNOW THAT THEIR INTEREST, AS YOU SAW, EVEN IN THE INCUBATOR SPACE, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT. SO THEY CAN MOVE AROUND, HOWEVER. BUT THE REQUIREMENT ON THAT WOULD BE 20% OF THE OVERALL, THE OVERALL UNIT COUNT AT THE MOMENT IS 158 UNITS, RIGHT? AND 97 OF WHICH WOULD BE IN TERS 1 TO 1. RIGHT.

AND THOSE WILL ALL BE BROKEN GROUND ON IN THE FIRST PHASE. SO THE 97 UNIT STRUCTURE, WHICH IS PARCEL B, WOULD BE IN THE SECOND PHASE. THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE THE INCUBATOR ALONG ELM TO GET THAT ACTIVATION ON ELM RIGHT AWAY, ALONG WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF TAYLOR. AND I CAN PULL UP THAT. AGAIN. RIGHT. SO IT'S 42 UNITS, RIGHT? YOU HAVE THE TOWNHOME STYLE, WHICH IS ONE STORY ON THE BOTTOM, TWO STORIES ABOVE. SO YOU HAVE 15 TOWNHOMES, BUT 30 UNITS TOTAL.

AND THEN THAT CORNER BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE 12 UNITS PLUS 6000FT■!S OF RETAIL ON THE GROUD FLOOR. SO THE ORANGE WOULD BE PHASE ONE, GREEN PHASE TWO. SO BUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS CAN ONLY BE DRAWN DOWN ON IN RELATION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS. SO THAT WOULD THAT DRAW DOWN WOULD HAPPEN IN PHASE TWO. OR AS THEY BEGIN THOSE THOSE INVESTMENTS BECAUSE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONEY IS TIED TO TIF ONE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT'S DIFFERENT HAVING BOTH TIFS INVOLVED. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I WAS JUST A FOLLOW UP ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IS THAT E RIGHT? IS WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE? NO, B, IT'S IN B. YES SIR.

WELL B IS IN TIFF ONE. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT $2 MILLION WOULD GO TO. BUT THEY CAN SPREAD OUT AFFORDABLE. YEAH. OKAY. WHEREVER WE PLAN ON SPREADING IT ACROSS THE ENTIRE PROJECT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. JEREMY AND PLACE MAKER PRO TEAM. WE'VE BEEN, AS THE TIMELINE INDICATED, WORKING ON THIS FOR A MINUTE. AND THE REASON NO COULD COME SO EASILY FROM THIS COUNCIL AND FROM STAFF IS THAT THEY KNOW WHAT WE REQUIRE AND WHAT NOT ONLY WE HAVE HERE, BUT WE WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR FUN FACTS. THERE'S BEEN SOME SORT OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF WACO FOR THE PAST EIGHT DECADES, AND MOST RECENTLY IN THE PAST 25 PLUS

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YEARS, DOWNTOWN HAS. AND IT PROBABLY ALWAYS HAS, BUT OFFICIALLY INCLUDED THE ELM AVENUE CORRIDOR. WHAT WE HAD SEEN IN THE PLANS AND HAD 18 MILLION COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

THAT SAID, WE WANT TO SEE MIXED USE. WE WANT TO SEE MIXED INCOME. WE WANT TO SEE ACTIVATED SPACES. DOESN'T MATTER WHICH DOWNTOWN PLAN YOU LOOK AT. WE'VE HAD 18 MILLION COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING. NOW WE, YOU KNOW, SEEN SOME PEOPLE WHO STARTED TO APPROACH THAT IN A WAY BUT WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL. SO WHEN WE GOT HERE TO THIS PARTICULAR PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OPTIMISTIC ALWAYS AND AND WALK IN WITH EYES WIDE OPEN, BUT OUR EXPECTATIONS STEADFAST. AND I DO BELIEVE THIS IS THE CLOSEST THAT WE'VE SEEN TO EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR. THERE ARE A LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE. AND I THINK THAT, I MEAN, WHEN YOU ALL GOT HERE IN 22. YOU GOT ACTIVE REALLY QUICKLY AND GOT TO COMMUNICATING WITH THE PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THIS COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, DISTRICT ONE IS BIG, BUT THE HEARTBEAT IS THE EAST WACO CORRIDOR. AND. MY, MY, MY RESIDENTS ARE INCREDIBLY VOCAL ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT, BUT ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY DO NOT. SO I THINK THAT HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE MEETINGS AND HAVING HEARD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF WHO AND WHAT WE ARE. AND I'M I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE IT A PRIORITY TO BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY WITH NOT TO IS KIND OF HOW WE FUNCTION. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AND PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THE INCUBATOR SPACE IS PERFECT BECAUSE THE ELM AVENUE CORRIDOR IS A LOT OF IT IS VACANT, NOT NECESSARILY JUST BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURAL AFFORDABILITY, BUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO RENOVATE THAT SPACE IS WHERE YOU RUN INTO THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE INDEED OLD AND REQUIRE A LOT, AND THAT CAN BE A HINDRANCE FOR A NEW BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO SOFT LAUNCH IN THAT. I'M CURIOUS, AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW YOU WORK WITH BOTH OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC CHAMBERS TO INTEGRATE THAT INCUBATION SYSTEM, GREATER WACO CHAMBER AS WELL. BUT SPECIFICALLY, THOSE ARE CHAMBERS OF COLOR TO INTEGRATE THOSE SPACES TO SEE AND, AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET COMFORTABLE AND BE LIKE, NO, THIS IS A SHORT TERM BUSINESS. IT'S LIKE, BUT I LIKE IT HERE.

KNOW HOW, HOW WE ELEVATE THEM TO KEEP IT MOVING AND ROTATING IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANT TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS SOMEWHERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE CITY CENTER WACO AND IN, IN THAT MAIN STREET SIDE AND IN THAT ACTIVATION SIDE FOR PLACE BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN, IN ALL OF THAT, ESPECIALLY THE ACTIVITY OF THE COMMUNITY SPACE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE WORK THIS OUT. THANK YOU.

WELL SAID. THANK YOU. A QUESTION FOR YOU, JEREMY, IS THE I SAW ON THE RENDERINGS, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY LOOKED BEAUTIFUL. THE ONE ON TAYLOR STREET WITH ALL THE BRICK CLAD.

ARE THERE DESIGN STANDARDS IN IN THESE CONTRACTS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IS DELIVERED ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE THIS? YES, SIR. YEAH, WE WILL HAVE THOSE. THEY WILL HAVE AS ATTACHMENTS IN THE AGREEMENT RENDERINGS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL HOLD THEM TO FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. IS THAT THE PLAN THAT ALL THE BUILDINGS WILL BE 100% BRICK. THERE'LL BE A COMBINATION OF CLADDING. BRICK WILL DEFINITELY BE ONE OF THEM. WE IMAGINE SOME STUCCO AS WELL FOR THE FOR TO CHANGE THE BETWEEN. SO IT LOOKS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ONE GIANT PROJECT BUT SEPARATED INTO BUILDINGS. IT LOOKS AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS GUYS? DARIUS HAVE HIM HERE. YEAH. GLAD TO BE HERE MYSELF. YEAH, I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. BUT I TOLD STAFF THIS. I TOLD COUNCIL THIS. I'M GLAD TO TO WORK WITH ANY DEVELOPER THAT'S READY, WILLING TO DEPLOY CAPITAL AT THIS LEVEL IN OUR CITY, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE LEGWORK OF MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY BEFOREHAND AND BRINGING US A FULLY FORMED PROJECT THAT WE JUST GET TO PARTNER ON AND TAKE PART IN IN THE DESIGN STANDARD,

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TAKE PART IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT ON. BUT ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT OF, OF WELL MEANING DEVELOPERS THAT ARE SPENDING THEIR DOLLARS HERE IN WACO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A PART OF IT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THIS ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, THE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE. STEPHEN, WILLIAM AND MANNY, BECAUSE YOU KIND OF BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. YOU'VE KIND OF BEEN HANGING OUT, WHICH I LIKE TO SEE YOU AND WHERE YOU WERE AT THE BARRON'S BRANCH DEAL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. AND I SEE YOU GUYS AROUND. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT NEW JERSEY, WE LIKE TO WE LIKE TO WE LIKE HAVING YOU HERE. YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS DONE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IN THIS IN THIS AREA AND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ALL THE, WHAT, $12 MILLION WORK ON ELM AVENUE AND THE SIDEWALKS. AND IT WAS MORE THAN 12, WASN'T IT? MORE THAN THAT? 12 THAT WE HAD TO REDO PARTS OF IT. YEAH, ALL THE SIDEWALKS. AND IF YOU'D BEEN THERE, SEEN WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY NOW, BUT WE JUST NEED TO ACTIVATE IT. AND I THINK FOOT TRAFFIC AND RESIDENCES, I THINK IS REALLY WHAT THIS THING IS SCREAMING FOR. BRIDGE STREET PLAZA IS THERE. THE RIVERWALK THAT WE COMPLETED THAT'S BEEN 7 OR 8 YEARS AGO NOW. FARMERS MARKET, WAS IT AN EVENT THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO? WELL, IT WAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE PUSH IN AND THAT WAS PLACE WAS PACKED. I MEAN, EVERYTHING THE FARMERS MARKET WAS GOING ON. ELM AVENUE WAS JUST IT WAS IT WAS WONDERFUL ALL THE WAY FROM QUINN TO THE RIVER. IT WAS GREAT. BUT AND I LIKE YOUR I LIKE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT INCLUDES A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL, WHICH I THINK FOOT TRAFFIC AGAIN, IS WHAT THIS IS CALLING FOR. THE. THE 158 UNITS. I LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND GOALS THAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON THIS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, I THINK IS A SUPER IMPORTANT PART. AND YOU GUYS ARE KEEP THAT UP FRONT, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE INCUBATOR DEALS PRETTY NEAT.

YEAH. AND I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KOHL AND THESE THIS VERY PICTURE IS KIND OF NEAT LOOKING TO IMAGINE THAT'S WHAT TAYLOR STREET'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. IT'S IT'S PRETTY COOL. SO YEAH SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. A LOT OF THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. BUT WITH, YOU KNOW, MILESTONES AND REVERT ON THE, ON THE PIECES AND PHASE COMPLETION AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, AS JED WAS TALKING ABOUT, LET'S, LET'S GET THIS THING GOING. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE, GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER HOLT. WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT? DO WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER EWING BACK WITH US NOW? SO WE'RE ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 703. IF JEREMY WILL STAY AT THE TABLE AND HE WILL BE JOINED BY KRISTIN NIGHTINGALE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BETTER BLOCK FOUNDATION, TO PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BETTER BLOCK FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SITE PLANNING, INSTALLATION AND ACTIVATION OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY IN THE 25TH 26TH STREET CORRIDOR. MR. PESINA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. AS CITY MANAGER, HOLT SAID, I'M GOING TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS JEREMY PESINA, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND I HAVE HERE WITH ME KRISTIN NIGHTINGALE. SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BETTER BLOCK FOUNDATION. AND SO WE HAVE ANOTHER EXCITING PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. AND AGAIN, I'LL START WITH PROJECT BACKGROUND, AND THEN I WILL HAND IT OVER TO KRISTA FOR THE BETTER BLOCK PROPOSAL. AND I WILL CLOSE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND SPACE FOR QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS THE PROJECT TIMELINE. MARCH 2022. FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX OPENED ON 25TH STREET, AND IT WAS A FOCUSED EFFORT TO ACTIVATE 25TH. AND WE FOLLOWED THE OPENING OF THAT FIRE STATION WITH A CORRIDOR STUDY. SO OCTOBER 2023, THE WACO 25TH STREET CORRIDOR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BEGAN. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF WALKING THE BLOCKS AND REALLY VISIONING. WHAT SHOULD THIS 25TH STREET CORRIDOR LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT IT TO BE? HOW CAN WE CREATE OWNERSHIP AND ACTIVATION FOR THAT PLAN? AND SO THAT WAS A HUGE DEAL. OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WON AN AWARD FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT CORRIDOR PLAN. SO IT WAS A VERY EXCITING. SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD SOME BEAUTIFICATION GRANTS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS HAPPEN ON 25TH. BUT MAY 2026, THE CITY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY. IT USED TO BE A BINGO HALL AT 2423 COLE AVENUE. IT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF 25TH AND COLE, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER LOOK AT IT HERE. RIGHT CATTY CORNER FROM THE FIRE STATION. THE CITY OWNS THAT. AND WE'RE THINKING THROUGH HOW DO WE ACTIVATE THIS IN A WAY THAT IS NOT WHAT'S LIKE, COUNCIL MEMBER BAREFIELD SAID WITH AND NOT TO. SO HOW DO WE CREATE A SPACE? WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AND THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SOME PLANNING AND COMMUNICATION, WE LANDED ON GETTING SOME PROPOSALS FOR THAT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO KRISTA TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

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YOUR TIME AND KIND OF LISTENING TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO, BUT ALSO KIND OF SOME IDEAS THAT WE MAY HAVE HERE. I'M GOING TO STEAL THE EITHER ONE. OKAY, PERFECT. SO THE BETTER BLOCK. WE ARE AN URBAN DESIGN NONPROFIT AND WE WORK AROUND THE WORLD ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REIMAGINING DIFFERENT SPACES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO OUR PROCESS, WE HAVE A VERY QUICK, A VERY TRIED AND TRUE 120 DAY, FOUR PHASE PROCESS WHERE WE REALLY LISTEN AND THEN TAKE ACTION. SO THE FIRST PHASE OF OUR PROCESS IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS IT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH IS ONE THAT WE DID IN DETROIT JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. BUT THAT FIRST 30 DAYS, WE DO SURVEYS, WE DO CHARRETTES, AND WE LISTEN TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY. BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE PLANS THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS IN PLACE FOR THE SPACE, AND REFERENCING THE 25TH STREET CORRIDOR, UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE AND WHAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR. WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND WE'LL KIND OF DISTILL IT DOWN INTO AN ACTUAL DESIGN, STARTING OUT WITH A REALLY SIMPLE BLOCK MAP UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE WORDS CAN TURN INTO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SPACE ITSELF. AND THEN GOING INTO 3D MODELING WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT WAS THREE CITY OWNED PARCELS. THEY ASSUMED THEY WOULD BE DOING COMMERCIAL RETAIL, BUT THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO HAVE IN THIS PLACE. THEY ALSO WANTED US TO LOOK AT THE STREET ITSELF, WHICH IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PHOTO, THAT STREET IS THE SPEED LIMIT IS MARKED 35MPH. MOST PEOPLE WERE NOT GOING 35MPH. THEY WERE GOING DOUBLE THAT. SO THEY WANTED TO SEE, IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WE'LL PUT TOGETHER THE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE HEADING IN. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ABOUT 60 DAYS OUT. AND SO THEN MY TEAM BEGINS WORKING ON THE PERMITTING AND THE INSURANCE AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS GETTING ORGANIZED. SO WE WORK ON THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PROJECT, BUT WE ALSO PUT TOGETHER A CORE TEAM OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. THEY EACH HAVE A ROLE THAT THEY PLAY.

WE'VE GOT ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOURS RESPONSIBILITIES. THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO BRING THE HEART AND SOUL TO THE PROJECT WITH THE FOOD, MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, YOU KNOW, THE ART, THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT SPECIAL AND UNIQUE TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO IT'S A CRASH COURSE IN ORGANIZING AND BRINGING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. AND THEN WE START TO IMPLEMENT.

AND THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS BRINGING THINGS TO LIFE SO PEOPLE CAN TRULY RESPOND AND REACT TO WHAT IS ON THE GROUND. BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION IS PROBABLY WHERE WE SEE THE MOST FOLKS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE JUST PASSING BY. THEY'RE CURIOUS BECAUSE SOMETHING UNEXPECTED IS HAPPENING. SO THEY'LL COME BACK AND THEY'LL START GETTING INVOLVED. ONCE WE IMPLEMENT. OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 3 TO 4 DAYS, WE THEN DEMONSTRATE, AND THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE GET TO SEE PEOPLE RESPONDING TO THIS SPACE. WHETHER THEY LOVE IT, THEY HATE IT. THEY'RE GOING TO LET YOU KNOW EITHER WAY, THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE THINGS AROUND, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE MORE PERMANENTLY IN THIS AREA. IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE FORMALIZED THE DESIRE PATHS. WE PUT OUT A SUPER SIMPLE PARKLET ON THE STREET TO SUPER SLOW SOME CARS DOWN. I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THIS AFTER PHOTO KIND OF BOTHERS ME BECAUSE THE HAY REALLY WASN'T THE ESTHETIC WE WERE GOING FOR, BUT IT'S ALSO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING HERE BECAUSE THAT MORNING IT POURED AND IT FLOODED, AND THE COMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT AND THEY GOT HAY BALES AND THEY CAME BACK AND THEY STARTED SPREADING THE HAY EVERYWHERE. SO OUR GOAL WITH THESE PROJECTS IS TO CREATE STEWARDS OF SPACE. AND THIS COMMUNITY WAS OUT THERE AND THEY WERE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS ALREADY OUR SPACE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES BEFORE IT WAS EVEN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED. AND WE WERE ABLE TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO, I'M IN THE TOP RIGHT OVER THERE WITH A SPEED GUN MEASURING. IF WE HAD ACTUALLY SLOWED DOWN ANY OF THOSE CARS AND WE DID, WE GOT THEM BACK DOWN TO 35MPH.

EVEN WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A TEMPORARY DEMONSTRATION AND CREATING A LITTLE BIT OF FRICTION IN THE ROAD. AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO AT THE END OF THAT IS WE'LL PUT TOGETHER ALL OF THE DATA, ALL OF OUR LESSONS LEARNED, THE ANECDOTES, THE STORIES, AND EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD TO SAY. AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SPACE MOVING FORWARD. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT DATA THAT WE GATHERED. THEY PUT IT TOGETHER IN A GRANT THEY WERE WORKING ON, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A $24 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ALONG GRATIOT AVENUE. THE SPACE ITSELF IS NOW BEING RUN BY THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE AREA, AND NO LONGER THINKING COMMERCIAL RETAIL, THINKING MORE AN EXTENSION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND KEEPING SOME OF THE GREEN SPACE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE. SO A COUPLE TOOLS THAT WE USE IN OUR WORK. ONE IS CALLED WIKI BLOCK. THIS IS AN ONLINE LIBRARY OF STREET FURNITURE DESIGNS. ANYONE, ANYWHERE CAN DOWNLOAD ANY OF OUR DESIGNS FOR FREE. YOU CUT THEM OUT USING A CNC ROUTER, WHICH IS LIKE A GIANT PRINTER FOR WOOD. AND THEN YOU CAN BUILD ALL OF THIS WITHOUT ANY GLUE, SCREWS OR NAILS. SO IT'S LIKE IKEA A BIT EASIER. AND IT ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO INSTANTLY ACTIVATE SPACES.

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ANOTHER TOOL WE USE IS CALLED OUR BETTER BLOCK IN A BOX. SO THAT'S JUST TAKING A SHIPPING CONTAINER. WE CUT A COUPLE WINDOWS INTO IT, ADD THE BASICS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE. WE PUT A LITTLE LOCK ON THERE WITH A KEY CODE. SOMEBODY CAN COME ALONG, THEY CAN RENT OUT THE SPACE, THEY CAN USE IT AS A POP UP KIOSK. THEY CAN TEST OUT THEIR BUSINESS IDEAS. WE'VE HAD BREWERIES, BOOKSTORES, THRIFT STORES, ALL SORTS OF THINGS KIND OF HAPPENING IN THESE CONTAINERS. AND SO THEY MAKE FOR A REALLY NICE PIECE WITHIN THE SPACE. OUR WORK TOUCHES ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S GOALS ARE. BUT A FEW THEMES THAT WE'VE SEEN EMERGE. ONE IS PUBLIC SAFETY.

EVEN WITH THESE TEMPORARY DEMONSTRATIONS, WE SEE THAT CRIME IS REDUCED THROUGH THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING MORE PEOPLE OUT INTO THE STREET AND PEOPLE ARE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE SPACE. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT STREET SAFETY, SLOWING DOWN VEHICLES SLIGHTLY AND JUST CREATING MORE SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE SPACE MORE SAFELY. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, AND HOW CAN WE KIND OF BRING THAT TO LIFE? OBVIOUSLY, PARKING WILL ALWAYS COME UP IN EVERY CONVERSATION WE WE HAVE. AND SO WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S HARD TO FIND PARKING IN GREAT PLACES AND WHY THAT'S OKAY. SO WE CAN ALWAYS DISCUSS THAT A BIT MORE LATER. AND THEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A BIG THING THAT WE TOUCH ON AS WELL.

AND SO THIS IS A PROJECT WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO IN AKRON, OHIO, AND REALLY DISCOVERING THE IDENTITY OF THIS SPACE ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY. THEY TOOK IT AND RAN WITH IT. OUR BLOCK CAPTAIN ENDED UP STARTING A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AFTER THE PROJECT.

AFTER ABOUT FIVE YEARS, SHE HAD BROUGHT IN $1 MILLION. SHE HAD TAKEN WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, WHICH IS KIDS PAINT AND DUCT TAPE AND MADE IT PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE. SHE HAD BROUGHT IN NEW BUSINESSES, AND SHE'S NO LONGER IN THIS ROLE BECAUSE SHE'S NOW A COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT THE CDC CONTINUES ON, AND THE CORRIDOR HAS REALLY COME BACK. SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR WORK, WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S TEMPORARY. THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTY AND TEMPORARY. IT ERASES THE FEAR OF PERMANENCY AND ALLOWS US TO REALLY TEST OUT SOME IDEAS AND ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO INTERACT WITH WHAT A PLAN COULD LOOK LIKE IN REAL LIFE. BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN PERMANENT COME FROM TEMPORARY. OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, WE'VE DONE ABOUT 145 PROJECTS IN 59 DIFFERENT CITIES IN SIX COUNTRIES. FROM THOSE WE HAVE SEEN, 73% OF THEM BECOME PERMANENT, AND WE HAVE SEEN THEM CATALYZE MORE THAN $700 MILLION IN IMPACT POST PROJECT.

SO FOR THIS PROJECT, WE ARE PROPOSING OUR 120 DAY PLANNING PROCESS AND THEN DOING A 12 MONTH PILOT AT 2423 COLE AVENUE, ALSO LOOKING AT SOME TRAFFIC CALMING ALONG THAT STRETCH AS WELL, SO AS HOW FAR WE WOULD GO WITH THE TRAFFIC CALMING IS SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TO BE DETERMINED. BUT LOOKING AT THE SITE ITSELF AND WHAT THAT COULD BECOME, HOW COULD IT BE PASSIVE? HOW CAN IT BE ACTIVE? HOW CAN IT BE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY TRULY WANTS TO ENGAGE AND INTERACT WITH? I DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS ON WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE A BIG PART OF OUR WORK, THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE WORK WITH, OFTEN ARE OVER SURVEYED AND UNDERDELIVERED ON. SO BEFORE WE ASK ANY QUESTIONS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROJECT, AND THEN WE CAN GO IN AND WE CAN START REALLY ENGAGING, ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND THEN PUTTING TOGETHER THE CONCEPTS FOR WHAT COULD BE IN THIS SPACE.

THAT BEING SAID, WE LOVE OUR TIMELINES AND WE LOVE OUR DEADLINES. AND SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD KICK OFF QUITE SOON. ON OCTOBER 27TH, WE WOULD HAVE A COMMUNITY SURVEY OPEN FOR ABOUT A MONTH, AND WE WOULD DO SOME PUBLIC KICKOFFS AND CHARRETTES AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND TALKING WITH FOLKS. AND THEN WE'D GO INTO THE DESIGN PHASE AND THEN PLANNING IT OUT SO THAT EVERYTHING STARTS BEING INSTALLED THE WEEK OF MARCH 23RD WITH AN OPENING DATE OF MARCH 27TH. AND THEN IT WOULD REMAIN OPEN FOR A YEAR. NOW, WHILE THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED RIGHT NOW, SOME WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN STARTED ON THE BACK END WITH JEREMY AND HIS TEAM. YES. SO WE AND I SAY WE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ERIC TERRAZAS ON OUR TEAM. HE'S THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND STRATEGY MANAGER, AND HE WORKED FOR THE HISPANIC CHAMBER PREVIOUS AND WAS ENGAGED IN THE CORRIDOR PLAN ALONG WITH ENRIQUE AND PLANNING. AND THEN THEY GOT TOGETHER WITH GRASSROOTS, AND THEY ACTUALLY WALKED IN AND WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND WHAT WE SAW TODAY, EVEN WHILE WE WERE ON THE SITE, WAS A COMMUNITY MEMBER RUN ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS DANGEROUS ON 25TH, RUN ACROSS THE STREET TO TO SAY HI AND TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO BETTER BLOCK. BUT ALSO SHE WAS LIKE, ERIC'S BEEN WORKING FOR THIS CORRIDOR FOR YEARS. AND SO IT'S VERY NEAT. AND I WANT I JUST APPRECIATE HIS DEDICATION TO WHAT WE DO, NO MATTER HIS ROLE, BUT WE, WE SENT THEM OUT LAST WEEK AND THEY WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND MET BUSINESS OWNERS. WE SENT OUT AN EMAIL ALREADY IN ENGLISH AND

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SPANISH, BOTH TO JUST ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TO, TO KIND OF STIR UP EXCITEMENT. HEY, WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS CORRIDOR AND THE PROJECT WITH IT, AND WE WANT YOU TO BE ENGAGED. AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF RESPONSES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING, AND EVEN SOME THAT WE DIDN'T ASK HAVE SENT ME EMAILS, SAID, HEY, I HEARD ABOUT THIS AND I WANT TO BE INVOLVED. AND SO IT'S EXCITING. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME, SOME MOMENTUM, EVEN THOUGH THAT AUGUST, OCTOBER 27TH DATE IS GOING TO COME QUICKLY. WE'RE BUILDING SOME EXCITEMENT FOR IT NOW. THANK YOU. AND THEN THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT CREATING THE SITE AND WHAT THAT WOULD BE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE YOU OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SO AGAIN, SEPTEMBER 18TH, THE TIFF BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT AND IS FOR THAT $196,000 WITH BETTER BLOCK FOUNDATION SERVING AS THE LEAD ORGANIZATION. AND WITH THAT, THEY WOULD LEAD 120 DAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND SITE ACTIVATION PROCESS, DELIVER A CULMINATING COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATION EVENT, SUPPORT A 12 MONTH ACTIVATION PERIOD, AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP INFORM FUTURE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FOR JEREMY AND KRISTA ON THIS ONE? I JUST HAVE ONE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK IT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CHARRETTES THERE WAS ONE. IS THAT JUST. WELL, THERE WILL BE MORE, RIGHT? THERE WILL BE MORE. WE USUALLY HAVE ONE BIG LIKE KICKOFF JUST TO REALLY EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROJECT IS. OF COURSE, IT'LL BE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY. AND THEN WE'LL BE HERE FOR A COUPLE DAYS TO HAVE MULTIPLE ONE OFF MEETINGS WITH FOLKS AND THEN SETTING UP MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THAT. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL BE IDENTIFYING IDENTIFYING THE CORE TEAM MEMBERS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THEM AND WITH STAKEHOLDERS AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING. AND THEN OF COURSE, WHEN WE'RE ON SITE ACTUALLY INSTALLING, WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE COME. SO IT'S NOT A TYPICAL ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. THE BEGINNING IS THE MOST TYPICAL WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC MEETING AND A CHARETTE AND THOSE THINGS TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMFORTABLE. IT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE USED TO.

SO WE START OUT THERE AND THEN WE GET INTO THE MORE STRANGER WAYS OF ENGAGING FOLKS. THANK YOU. YEAH. THIS IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE COME TO FRUITION. WE MET THIS MORNING AND I TOLD YOU KIND OF THE BACKGROUND OF MEETING WITH A BUSINESS OWNER ON 25TH STREET WHEN THE BINGO HALL LOT CAME UP FOR SALE. AND, AND THROUGH THE GRACIOUSNESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BENEFIT OF OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER AND OUR THEN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER, WHO AGREED TO PUT THE MONEY TOGETHER TO BUY THE LOT AND KIND OF TAKE THE THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMUNITY ON 25TH STREET AND START THAT AS THE IDEATION PHASE OF WHAT IT COULD BE. AND TO CITY MANAGER HOLT'S CREDIT, YOU KNOW, DID DUE DILIGENCE AND WAS LIKE, HEY, BETTER BLOCK, I THINK IS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST CHOICE HERE. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, AND I THINK THAT THE WORK YOU GUYS DO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF CREATING A SPACE THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN THEN OWN IS A HAND IN GLOVE FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY UP AND DOWN 25TH STREET. I THINK THAT THEY ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF A SPACE THAT CAN SERVE THEIR NEEDS. AND I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE RECENTLY ABOUT SORT OF HOW WE NORMALLY LOOK AT TIF AWARDS AND TRYING TO GENERATE TAXABLE VALUE COMING BACK IN.

AND I HOPE THAT THERE'S A WAY, JEREMY, THAT WE CAN QUANTIFY THE INCREASE IN SALES TAX AFTER THE FACT FOR THE ACTIVATION THAT THAT WE'LL SEE IN THIS SPACE AND HEARING FROM THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN 25TH STREET, THEY NEED PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO EASILY PARK AND GET OUT AND WALK AROUND. THEY NEED GATHERING SPACES. THEY NEED SORT OF A CENTRAL HUB FOR SOMEONE TO START THEIR SHOPPING TRIP ON 25TH STREET WITH IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE PATRONIZING A RESTAURANT OR ICE CREAM OR ONE OF THE RETAIL STORES THERE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE PARKING ON A SIDE STREET OR RUNNING ACROSS 25TH STREET TO TO SAY HI TO SOMEBODY.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, REPAY OUR COFFERS AND THEN SOME ONCE WE CAN START STIRRING UP ACTIVATION THERE THROUGH THIS, THIS, THIS PROJECT HERE. AND I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS GO ABOUT IT IS, AS I MENTIONED, A PERFECT FIT FOR THE SPACE. AND GOING BACK TO THE, THE OVERLAY STUDY WE HAD DONE FOR, FOR THE ENTIRETY OF 25TH STREET, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK NO ONE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO TACKLE IN ONE FELL SWOOP. AND SO BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS AND START HERE AND WORK OUTWARD, I THINK

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IS, IS GOING TO BE A REALLY INSPIRATIONAL MODEL FOR HOW WE CAN TAKE ON THE REST OF THE THE LARGER PROJECT, REVITALIZING 25TH STREET. YES, SIR. OH, AND DID YOU HAVE A HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR TOUR OF WACO TODAY? I MEANT TO ASK. HONESTLY, I DO THINK IT WAS DAISY RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET TO US TO SAY HI AND, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING FOLKS THAT HAD BEEN OUT THERE.

I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH EXCITEMENT. SO WE MET ALSO A FOOD TRUCK OWNER AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. BUT YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE OVER HERE SO THAT THAT'S A, I'M GLAD YOU NAME DROPPED DAISY, BECAUSE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SPECIFICALLY THAT THROUGH THE CHAIN OF EVENTS, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT HER AND HER SORT OF DRIVE AND INGENUITY TO KNOW THAT, HEY, THIS, THIS LOT IS HERE. I'M GOING TO TALK TO GRASSROOTS AND GET IN CONTACT WITH MY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. AND IT WAS LITERALLY A MEETING IN HER STORE WHERE SHE JUST POINTED OUT THERE AND WAS LIKE, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. THAT LED TO ME COMING BACK TO CITY HALL AND ASKING FOR THE FUNDS. SO HUGE SHOUT OUT TO DAISY. BUT SHE'S ALSO JUST SORT OF THE MICROCOSM AND THE EPITOME OF THE SPIRIT OF THE FOLKS THAT LIVE AND OPERATE ON 25TH STREET. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN HAVE HAPPEN THERE.

YEAH. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER, CONGRATULATE YOU ON KIND OF BIRD DOGGING THIS THING, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS KIND OF TRACTION WITHOUT YOU AND JEREMY.

GREAT JOB. MAY, YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER THIS AGENDA TODAY. YOU'RE EVERYWHERE ON THIS THING. BUT YEAH, BETTER BLOCK FOUNDATION. APPRECIATE YOU, KRISTA, AND GREAT TRACK RECORD. IT WAS FUN SEEING WHERE YOU KIND OF YOU'RE NOT. THIS ISN'T YOUR FIRST RODEO ON THIS THING. YOU'VE YOU'VE DONE THIS. YOUR GROUP HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES. I LIKE YOUR APPROACH ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRY TO GET LOCAL VENDORS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN KIND OF THE SOLUTION. YOUR IDEAS ON TRAFFIC SLOWDOWN? I REALLY HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MUCH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IF THEY SLOW DOWN AND KIND OF SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND STOP HITTING OUR FIRE STATIONS TO THE FIRE. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU GOT TO LET THEM GO AS FAST AS THEY CAN. BUT I'M BULLISH ON 25TH STREET. AND THE PAIR, THE CHURCH I ATTEND IS JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE. AND WE'VE GOT CURRENTLY A $12 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT TO STAY RIGHT, RIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT. SO 25TH STREET, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF COOL STUFF GOING ON THERE.

AND I, I APPRECIATE THIS APPROACH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUCCESS. AND ON THE 27TH, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE TO BE FUN. THANKS, JIM. DOESN'T YOUR WIFE TEACH THERE AS WELL? JUST OFF 25TH STREET. WHAT DOES YOUR WIFE TEACH THERE AS WELL? JUST OFF 25TH STREET. THE. YES. YEAH, YEAH, A FEW BLOCKS FROM THERE. I'M JUST SAYING SHE COULD STAND TO BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE BIT BETTER TRAFFIC GETTING TO AND FROM WORK. SO I GOT TO GO TO MASS RIGHT AFTER THE, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY NEED TO GO TO CONFESSION IS WHAT I NEED TO DO.

I'M SAYING A BETTER 25TH STREET BENEFITS ALL THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. YOU HAVE A BETTER STOP THERE. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GREAT PRESENTATION. WE'RE UNDER THE. I WILL POINT OUT THAT WE SAW THIS PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY.

AND THEY HAVE SUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS. THERE WAS NOT A GANTT CHART EARLIER TODAY. THERE WAS.

OKAY. YEAH. IN HOMAGE TO OUR MAYOR AND THEIR THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR GANTT CHARTS. GANTT CHART REALLY LOCKED ME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS WAS IT WAS THE UN STREET STREET SIGN, A LITTLE A LITTLE SOMETHING SPECIAL THERE TOO. I MEAN, IT'S YES. JUST YES. ALL OF IT. YES. GREAT JOB. GREAT. GANTT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER HOLT. WHAT'S NEXT? ALL RIGHT. A LOT OF GOOD STUFF. FINALLY TODAY, CLINT PETERS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WILL PRESENT ITEM 706, A DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL ORDINANCE UPDATES OF ALCOHOL RELATED USES, VENUES AND RELATED ESTABLISHMENTS. MR. PETERS. YES, SIR. MANAGER HOLT MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, BRING THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S INCREASINGLY COME UP TO OUR ATTENTION ON SOME GAPS AND HOLES IN OUR ORDINANCE. YOU KNOW, OUR OUR ZONING ORDINANCE WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 1986. SO IT'S 40 YEARS OLD. AND, YOU KNOW, AS DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESSES AND USES EVOLVE, OUR ORDINANCE PERIODICALLY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. SO THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF SOME USES THAT WE THINK NEED TO BE UPDATED AND WANT TO GET Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK ON THAT. BEFORE WE DIVE REAL DEEP INTO THAT PROCESS. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS TODAY IS, IS, IS THE WHY, WHY ARE WE PROPOSING THESE CHANGES NEEDED AND WHAT THEY WILL ACCOMPLISH? REVIEW, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES AND DEFINITIONS, REGULATIONS RELATED TO THESE USES AND, AND SHOW YOU SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND

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HOLES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES. TALK ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL CHANGES TO CLARIFY USE CLASSIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THEY CAN BE LOCATED, AND THEN POTENTIALLY SOME OPERATING STANDARDS FOR SOME OF THE SPECIFIC USES, HOURS OF OPERATION, NOISE, PARKING, ETC. WE'LL GET INTO MORE OF THAT. TALK ABOUT A PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR ORDINANCE DEVELOPMENT AND INPUT AND ADOPTION, AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ON DIRECTION FOR THIS. SO THIS SLIDE WILL BE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. BUT I WANTED TO PUT IT HERE FIRST TO TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 6 TO 8 MONTH PROCESS TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.

SO DEFINITELY THIS IS NOT FULLY BAKED, BUT WE BEFORE WE GET, YOU KNOW, DEEP INTO THE KITCHEN, WE WANTED TO GET, MAKE, GET WITH Y'ALL AND MAKE SURE WE'RE HEADING THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THIS. SO I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL WITH THIS LIGHT AT THE END, BUT JUST WANTED TO ITERATE THAT THIS, THAT WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS. AND SO WHY CHANGES ARE NEEDED.

SEVERAL OF THE USES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT APPEAR IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT DON'T HAVE DEFINITIONS. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTERPRETATION FROM STAFF. YOU KNOW, WE DO TRY OUR BEST TO BE CONSISTENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN CONSIDER, THAT DOES CAUSE CONFUSION WITH OUR USERS OF, OF OUR ORDINANCE. AND THEN THERE'S OTHER USES THAT ARE COMPLETELY ABSENT. AND SO IT DOES RELY ON STAFF INTERPRETATION AND USING LIKE USES AND MAKING INTERPRETATION BASED ON BROADER CATEGORIES. AGAIN, NOT THE BEST FOR CLARITY AND DOING BUSINESS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OVER OVER THE SEVERAL PAST DECADES, WE'VE SEEN BUSINESSES INCREASINGLY COMBINE USES WITH FOOD SERVICE, ALCOHOL SALES, ENTERTAINMENT, MANUFACTURING, EVENT RENTALS.

THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF THAT COMBINED. SO CLARIFYING THAT AN ORDINANCE IS IMPORTANT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TO SUM IT UP, IT JUST CREATES CONFUSION NOT ONLY FOR APPLICANTS, BUT FROM PROPERTY OWNERS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE LEASING PROPERTIES AND THEN FROM NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERSTAND THE RULES, MAKING SURE THINGS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, AS WE AGAIN, AS WE INTERPRET THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT CLARITY OF, OF FILLING THESE GAPS WILL BE BETTER FOR EVERYONE. SO WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH, YOU KNOW, GIVE APPLICANTS ZONING CLARITY BEFORE THEY MAKE DECISIONS ON PROPERTY SELECTIONS OR APPLYING FOR PERMITS. WE DEFINITELY WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO KNOW THE RULES UP FRONT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENTLY APPLY THOSE RULES, YOU KNOW, ACROSS TIME AND, AND DIFFERENT STAFF AND THEN DISTINGUISH THOSE PRIMARY USES FROM ACCESSORY ACTIVITY. SO AGAIN, WITH A LOT OF THESE MIXED USES, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF IT. SO WHAT'S THE PRINCIPAL USE. WHAT CAN BE DONE AS ACCESSORY ACTIVITIES TO THAT. AND WHERE THOSE GO IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, ZONING DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, DO THEY NEED SPECIAL PERMITS AND THEN OPERATING STANDARDS? AND THEN AND THEN FINALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR TERMINOLOGY MATCHES UP WITH THE ABC IN THE STATE. LICENSING AND LAWS, WHERE APPLICABLE. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING OF YOU IS, YOU KNOW, ALONG AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT USES AND POTENTIAL CHANGES, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE MISSING? YOU KNOW, ARE THERE DIFFERENT OTHER USES THAT YOU WANT US TO ADDRESS OR LOOK AT? YOU KNOW, ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO PROTECT FROM LAND USES AND APPROPRIATE ZONINGS? ARE THERE? OUR OPERATION STANDARDS, NOISE STANDARDS, PARKING AND SECURITY. SO BE THINKING OF THOSE THINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES AND HELP PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON DIRECTION FOR US. ALL RIGHT, SO DIVING INTO SOME OF THE USES.

SO THIS CHART, IF YOU SEE AN ASTERISK NEXT TO IT, THAT'S AN EXISTING USE IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. IF YOU SEE RED TEXT, THAT MEANS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING FROM OUR ORDINANCE THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ADD. AND GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE BRIEFLY, AND THEN GO DIVE DEEPER INTO EACH ONE OF THEM AND PROCEEDING SLIDES. SO, SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE A KIND OF AN OVERARCHING CATEGORY CALLED ALCOHOL RETAIL ON PREMISE. SO THAT THAT REALLY IS VERY BROAD CATEGORY THAT COVERS EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERY ALCOHOL SALES FOR ON PREMISE USE. SO,

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YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT BARS, TAVERNS, PUBS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO THE PROPOSED APPROACH ON THAT WOULD BE TO GET INTO, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING ONE BROAD CATEGORY THAT'S NOT DEFINED, GET SPECIFIC USES WITH DEFINITIONS ON THAT. SO, SO ADDING, YOU KNOW, A DEFINITION FOR BAR, TAVERN, PUB LOUNGE, AND THEN THOSE PERMITTED ZONING DISTRICTS. WE DO HAVE A CATERING ESTABLISHMENT, OUR ORDINANCE CURRENTLY, BUT THERE'S NO, NO DEFINITION. AND SO ADD DEFINITION WITH THAT AND THEN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF THERE'S EVENT HOSTING WITH THAT CLUB LOUNGE LODGE. AGAIN, IT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE CURRENTLY, BUT NO DEFINITION COFFEE SHOP OR CAFE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THAT. THAT'S AN INCREASING USE.

WE'VE BEEN TREATING THAT SIMILAR TO A RESTAURANT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR RESTAURANT DEFINITION, IT REQUIRES A FULL OPERATING KITCHEN. AND A LOT OF THESE COFFEE SHOPS AND CAFES DON'T HAVE THAT. SO CREATING A SPECIFIC USE ON WHERE THOSE COULD GO AND THEN POTENTIALLY ALLOWING INCIDENTAL ALCOHOL SALES AS WELL. ANOTHER BIG ONE THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN OUR ORDINANCE IS EVENT CENTERS OR VENUES. WE NEED TO ADD A DEFINITION TO THAT, TALK ABOUT PERMITTED DISTRICTS. AND THEN POTENTIALLY, ARE THERE NEEDED HOURS OF OPERATION IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS, A BREWERY AND BREWPUB? WE HAVE A BREWERY USE, BUT NO DEFINITION. AND THEN BREWPUB. WE DO NOT HAVE A USE IN THERE. SO ADDING DEFINITIONS TO THAT. AND THEN SAME WITH DISTILLERIES AND WINERY. WE HAVE A WINERY DEFINITION BUT NOT A DISTILLERY. AND THEN FINALLY THESE ARE ALL USES IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. BUT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A NIGHTCLUB LICENSING ORDINANCE WHICH REALLY DEALS WITH VENUES AND FACILITIES THAT HAVE DANCE FLOORS AND DANCE IN THEIR TO KIND OF FILL THE GAP ON THESE SPECIFIC USES. AND THOSE CAN FIT INTO MULTIPLE ZONING USES. BUT, BUT A LOT OF CITIES ALSO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED BYOB OR BRING YOUR OWN BEVERAGE LICENSE REQUIREMENT TO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE VENUES THAT DON'T GO THE ALCOHOL LICENSE ROUTE, THEY'LL ALLOW PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR OWN BEVERAGES, WHICH IS COMPLETELY LEGAL UNDER STATE LAW. BUT THERE'S SOME GAPS IN OUR CITY ORDINANCES WITH THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. SO LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY ADDING A BYOB LICENSING ORDINANCE AS WELL. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A RESTAURANT USE AND DEFINITION AND IT'S PRETTY ROBUST. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK WE'D MAKE CHANGES TO THAT, BUT WE WOULD BASE A LOT OF THE OTHER USES OFF THAT DEFINITION TO MAKE SURE THEY THEY MATCH. SO DIVING A LITTLE DEEPER ON THE SPECIFICS OF EACH ONE OF THESE. SO EVENT CENTER VENUE, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A VENUE ON AUSTIN AVENUE. WE NEED TO ADD A USE DEFINITION. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THESE WOULD BE PLACES WHERE YOU WOULD HOST BANQUETS, WEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS, SIMILAR GATHERINGS. YOU KNOW, THIS WILL HAVE A MORE DEFINED DEFINITION, BUT THAT THAT WOULD BE THE BASIC USE OF THAT. TYPICALLY THESE HAVE ACCESSORY USES SUCH AS FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND THEN ENTERTAINMENT ACCESSORY TO EVENTS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL NEED TO DO ON THESE IS CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ACCESSORY USES WOULD BE PERMITTED AND WHICH ONES WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS AND LICENSES. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS WOULD BE PERMITTED BY TWO PERMITTED IN OUR 0203 AND C2 DISTRICTS BY SPECIAL PERMIT. THESE ARE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY MORE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE YOU'D WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LOOK AT IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE AREAS, AND THEN PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN C3, C4, AND C5, WHICH ARE COMMERCIAL. MORE OF OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. ONE THING THAT WE'RE HEARING IS, YOU KNOW, THERE PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE A LOOK AT HOURS OF OPERATION ON THESE, ESPECIALLY WITH FACILITIES THAT ARE CLOSE, YOU KNOW, LOCATED CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AND I WOULD MENTION WHEN YOU SEE C4, WE HAVE THAT NEW ZONING DISTRICT, THE FORM BASED CODE F ONE, MOST LIKELY THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE USES WOULD BE ALLOWED IN F1 DISTRICT AS WELL. CATERING ESTABLISHMENT. AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S NOT DEFINED. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO DEFINE THIS AS PRINCIPALLY PREPARING FOOD FOR SERVICE ELSEWHERE. SO A KITCHEN STAGING. BUT REALLY YOU KNOW IT'S FOR EVENTS OFF SITE SOMEWHERE ELSE. JUST PREPARING

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THE FOOD THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WE WOULD ALLOW POTENTIALLY ALLOW EVENTS TO BE THERE. IF, IF THEY'RE CLASSIFIED SEPARATELY AND ARE ALLOWED IN ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW FOR THOSE EVENT CENTERS. YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY OUR ZONING DISTRICTS, WE ALLOW THEM IN ARE BY SPECIAL PERMIT OH ONE AND OH TWO AND THEN PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE OH THREE, ALL THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND M2 ZONING DISTRICTS. SO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF RIO BRAZOS CUISINE ON HERRING THAT OPERATES IN THE OLD FIRE STATION THERE. CLUB OR LODGE. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE AGAIN IN OUR ORDINANCE, BUT NOT DEFINED. SO ADDING DEFINITIONS TO IT, THESE ARE REALLY CLUBS THAT PRIMARY USE IS FOR NON-BUSINESS PURPOSES. YOU CAN THINK OF THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS. THEY COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY HAVE COMMERCIAL EVENTS AND RENT THAT OUT, BUT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. YOU KNOW, ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW THAT AND THEN PROPOSED ZONING.

WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WOULD MATCH THAT SPECIAL PERMITS AND RESIDENTIAL 202 ZONING AND THEN PERMITTED BY. RIGHT. AND THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. BAR, TAVERN, PUB OR LOUNGE ADD DEFINITION. AND THESE ARE PRIMARILY ESTABLISHMENTS THAT SELL ALCOHOL ON PREMISE FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION AND ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. YOU KNOW, ACCESSORY USES COULD INCLUDE FOOD SERVICE AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND THEN CLARIFY WHAT ENTERTAINMENT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS LIKE THE DANCE OR THE NIGHTCLUB LICENSING. AND THEN THESE ARE THESE ARE REALLY RESTRICTED TO MORE OF OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, C3, C4, AND C5.

DISTILLERY AND WINERY. AGAIN, WE HAVE A WINERY DEFINITION. CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A DISTILLERY. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE DISTILLERY, A REAL FAMOUS DISTILLERY IN TOWN. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE INTERPRETATIONS. SO CLARIFYING WHAT THE DEFINITION IS AND MAKING SURE THOSE MATCH UP WITH STATE LAW, INCLUDING ACCESSORY USES LIKE TOURS AND TASTINGS, RETAIL SALES, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING AGAIN, SIMILAR TO OTHERS FOOD SERVICE, ENTERTAINMENT, WHERE THOSE CAN BE ACCESSORY AND THEN CLARIFYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ENTERTAINMENT WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS OR LICENSE. PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS WOULD BE NECESSARILY WOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT SEE C3, C4, COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, M2 AND THEN WINERIES. WE DO ALLOW THESE BY SPECIAL PERMIT. AND SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ARE, WHEREAS ASSOCIATED WITH VINEYARDS AND THEN PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN OUR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. SAME WITH BREWERY AND BREWPUB, YOU KNOW, UPDATE BREWERY DEFINITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW ADDED TO ABC HAS DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR BREWERY AND BREWPUB. SO ADD THE DEFINITION AND FOR FOR THE BREWPUB. SAME WITH THE DISTILLERIES AND WINERIES. YOU WOULD ALLOW TOURS, TASTINGS, RETAIL SALES, FOOD SERVICE. AND THESE WOULD FOLLOW KIND OF THE SAME ZONING DISTRICTS AS WELL. BREWPUBS TYPICALLY TYPICALLY HAVE SOME SORT OF FOOD ELEMENT. SO THOSE MIGHT BE PERMITTED IN YOUR C TWO, WHICH ALLOWS RESTAURANT IF THEY MEET ALL THE OTHER DEFINITIONS OF RESTAURANT AS WELL. AND THEN COFFEE SHOP, CAFE AGAIN, ADD A NEW DEFINITION FOR THIS AND A USE CATEGORY. THIS WOULD BE PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN THE PREPARATION OF COFFEE, TEA OR OTHER NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, AND THEN SOME LIMITED FOOD ITEMS, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW INCIDENTAL SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR ON PREMISE, BUT NO MORE THAN 25% OF THE GROSS SALES. AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COFFEE SHOPS, YOU KNOW, ASK ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY AS, AS THE MARKET CHANGES AND, AND REQUESTS HAVE COME IN, THESE WOULD BE PROPOSED BY RIGHT, POTENTIALLY PROPOSED BY RIGHT IN OUR OWN THREE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND M2. SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS THAT MOST OF THE EXISTING USES WOULD FIT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE AND UPDATE, BUT THERE POTENTIALLY COULD BE SOME ZONING CHANGES THAT CREATE NON-CONFORMING USES AND CREATE THAT STATUS FOR A USE. WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR THAT. SO IF WE DO HAPPEN TO CREATE A NON-CONFORMING STATUS FOR AN EXISTING USE, THEY CAN CONTINUE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE ANYBODY TO SHUT DOWN. BUT IF THEY DO CHANGE TO A USE THAT'S CONFORMING OR IS DISCONTINUED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, GENERALLY IT'S TWO YEARS.

THERE ARE SOME USES THAT'S JUST ONE YEAR. THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONFORM. THE EXCEPTION TO THAT

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IS SOME OF THE LICENSING REGULATIONS. SO THAT'S FOR THE USE. NON-CONFORMING STATUS APPLIES TO THE USE. BUT THERE'S SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND HOW THEY OPERATE THAT DON'T HAVE TO MEET THAT THAT NON-CONFORMING STATUS THAT WE COULD REQUIRE THEM TO CHANGE THEIR OPERATING BASED ON NEW LICENSING REGULATIONS. SO THOSE AREN'T AUTOMATICALLY EXEMPT FROM THOSE STANDARDS. WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO UPDATE THE ORDINANCE. AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME ANALYSIS ON ALL THESE NEW USES, NEW USE CATEGORIES, AND COMPARE THEM TO THE NON-CONFORMING STATUS, BECAUSE THERE IS A NEW STATE LAW THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN 2023 THAT IF WE DO CREATE NON-CONFORMING USES WITH LANGUAGE AMENDMENTS IN OUR ORDINANCE, WE HAVE TO SEND SPECIFIC NOTICE NOTICING TO THEM. SO WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO DIVING DEEPER INTO THE PROPOSED TIMELINE, AGAIN, WE'RE HERE AT THE KIND OF THE INTRODUCTION PART OF THE PROCESS. THE NEXT STEP AFTER FEEDBACK WOULD, WOULD BE TO START DOING ORDINANCE RESEARCH. LOOKING AT PEER CITIES AND BENCHMARKING OTHER CITIES ORDINANCES, AND THEN DRAFTING AND LEGAL REVIEW. THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, 3 TO 4 MONTH PROCESS TO GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN START LOOKING AT EXISTING ESTABLISHMENT INVENTORY AND NON-CONFORMING STATUS REVIEW, AND THEN STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND PUBLIC INPUT, NOT ONLY BUSINESS OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS, BUT ALSO NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE POTENTIALLY HAVE ON THESE. AND THEN FINALLY, WE WOULD TAKE IT TO A PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING IN APRIL, AND THEN ON THE COUNCIL IN MAY AND JUNE FOR ACTION. SO, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A 6 TO 8 MONTH LONG PROCESS. WITH ONE EXCEPTION. WE DID GET A A SPECIFIC REQUEST FROM A COFFEE SHOP OWNER TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE CHANGES FOR THE COFFEE SHOP. AND SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DRAFTING THAT. AND SO PLAN FOR THAT ONE DEFINITION WOULD BE TO TAKE THAT TO PLANNING COMMISSION IN OCTOBER AND TO CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER DECEMBER FOR ACTION.

AND WITH THAT, I'D OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ANY DIRECTION YOU'LL HAVE FOR US.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CLINT ON THIS ONE? THANKS, CLINT. JUST ONE. SO WELL, NOT JUST ONE, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'LL START. DANCE FLOORS IS A LINCHPIN FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BAR AND A LOUNGE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE. I MEAN, TELL ME WHAT WHERE'S THE. AND I'M LIKE, IN IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2026. WHAT CONSTITUTES A DANCE FLOOR? YEAH. SO THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THE NIGHTCLUB. LIKE IF IF YOU TO MEET THE DEFINITION OF A NIGHTCLUB THAT REQUIRES A LICENSE, IT'S GOT TO HAVE A DANCE FLOOR. SO THAT REALLY OKAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO LOOK AT AND SEE IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT THING WE SHOULD BE REGULATING. OKAY. SURE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I'VE BEEN TO A NIGHTCLUB, BUT I'VE BEEN TO A LOT. NO, FOR REAL, DON'T DO THAT. I MEAN, BUT I'VE BEEN IN PLACES WHERE THERE'S DANCING AND AND I MAY NOT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SEEN A DANCE FLOOR. SO I'M LIKE, THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, YEAH. IS THAT THE ONLY THE LITMUS OF THE DEFINITION? BUT OKAY, I THINK THAT THIS PROCESS IS, IS TIMED WELL. I, I DO HOPE THAT THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE BUSINESS OWNERS, TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK INTO THIS BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THEIR LIVELIHOODS. AND SO I THINK THEY NEED TO BE AN ACTIVE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO BE AS LIBERAL AND FREE IN ZONING AS LIKE HOUSTON, WHERE THERE IS NONE.

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY BOX EVERYBODY INTO A SPECIFIC THING THAT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE AND GROW AND DO BUSINESS IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT ONLY SEEING WHAT OUR TEAM AND STAFF AND YOU LEAD IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT ALSO THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR OTHER CITIES. YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT THAT WORD

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PEER AND, AND HOW THEY DO AND WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT, IF ANY, CHANGES IN THEIR BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT IT MADE. THAT'S THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ASKING HOW WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF THEIR CHANGES, IF THEY'VE DONE THEM RECENTLY? YEAH. AND I, I LIKEN THIS EFFORT TO WHAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTALS ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO. AND WE HAD PUT TOGETHER AN ADVISORY GROUP FOR THAT. AND I THINK WE'LL DO SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE THAT WILL INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BUSINESSES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES THAT THAT SEEMED TO WORK OUT REALLY GOOD FOR THAT EXERCISE. SO I THINK WE'D DO SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH THIS. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? CLINT, I COMMEND YOU FOR TACKLING THIS ISSUE, YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR TACKLING THIS ISSUE. BECAUSE AS WACO'S EXPERIENCED GROWTH, A LOT OF NEW BUSINESSES COME IN AND THERE'S BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD ORDINANCES AROUND LIKE THE DISTILLERY AND THE BREW PUB AND THE, THE COFFEE SHOP THAT SERVES ALCOHOL. SO I THINK CONSISTENCY, CLARIFICATION, AND I LIKE YOUR THOUGHTFUL AND DILIGENT APPROACH THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO RUSH INTO IT.

WE'RE TAKING A LIKE A NINE MONTH LOOK AT, OF, OF THE ISSUE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY CONSISTENT. SO GOOD. GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CITY MANAGER, ARE WE GOING TO DO THE OTHER THING WITH CLINT. WELL YEAH. IF CLINT WILL STAY AT THE TABLE WE'LL DO. 707 AN OVERVIEW OF TONIGHT'S PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT. ALL FIVE ARE ZONING CASES. AND ALL FIVE ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. SEVEN ZERO FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I COULDN'T PICK OUT A FAVORITE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER ALL FIVE. THE FIRST 1739 IS AT 3116 ROBINSON DRIVE. THIS IS FROM BENJAMIN CHRISTIE.

ZONE CHANGE OR LAND USE CHANGE AND INCLUDES MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE FLEX TO MIXED USE FLEX AND THEN R1B TO C TWO. THIS IS ABOUT A TWO ACRE PROPERTY ON KIND OF IN THE HEART OF ROBINSON DRIVE, SOUTH OF THE CIRCLE. THIS IS CURRENTLY. IT'S THE WACO WILDLIFE RESCUE FACILITY. THERE. PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY IS ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL. AND SO THEY'RE WANTING TO BRING THE OTHER PART ZONED COMMERCIAL AS WELL. THIS IS RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE THE DOLLAR GENERAL AND THE FUNERAL HOME. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS WOULD CHANGE TO C TWO AND THEIR C TWO ADJACENT TO AND AROUND THE PROPERTY. PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF IT. AND AGAIN THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO THIS. THE NEXT ONE IS A ZONE CHANGE AT 1328 HARRISON STREET. AND THIS IS IN EAST WACO IN THE NORTH EAST RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THIS IS CURRENTLY IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY LOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, KIND OF IN THAT TRIANGLE AREA BETWEEN CLIFTON AND HILLSBOROUGH. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING HOME ON THE SITE. AND THIS IS THE BACK SIDE. IT'S A IT'S A DOUBLE LOT THAT HAS FRONTAGE ON BOTH STREETS THAT THE, THE, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO REDEVELOP. IT'S IN THE URBAN RESIDENTIAL LAND USE, BUT IT'S ZONED INDUSTRIAL, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS NOT WHAT THE PROPERTY IS BEING USED FOR OR WHAT THE SURROUNDING AREA. SO THEY'RE REQUESTING R-2 ZONING TO FIT IN WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND SO THEY CAN REDEVELOP THAT INTO SOME SOME HOUSING.

AGAIN, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS WITH NO OPPOSITION. AND THE NEXT ONE IS 95, 16 CHINA SPRING ROAD. MARCUS BEDFORD'S APPLICANT. THIS IS A REQUEST ON A ONE ACRE LOT TO REZONE FROM C THREE TO C TWO. THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEW SCOOTER'S COFFEE AND NEAR THE TACO BELL AND THE 7-ELEVEN AND CHINA SPRING NEAR FLAT ROCK AND CHINA SPRING ROAD. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY, THE WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REZONE IS RIGHT NEXT TO SCOOTER'S. IT'S. IT'S. THE REZONING IS ASSOCIATED WITH A REPLAT THE C THREE ZONING REQUIRES LARGER LOT SIZES. C THREE REQUIRES 100FT IN WIDTH AND 20,000FT■!S IN SIZE, WHERE THE C TWO HAS A SMALLER LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS 80FT IN WIDTH AND 10,000FT■!S. SO REZONING THS WOULD ALLOW HIM TO SUBDIVIDE IT AND AND SELL OFF ANOTHER OUT PARCEL FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S IN THAT CORRIDOR AND KIND OF SEE THROUGH UP THE CORRIDOR. IT'S

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COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE LAND USE DESIGNATION. AND THEN CURRENTLY C THREE ZONING. BUT THE TREND OUT THERE HAS BEEN GOING TO MORE C TWO ZONING, WHICH IS MORE COMPATIBLE ZONING DISTRICT WITH RESIDENTIAL. SO IT WOULD CHANGE THE C TWO AGAIN NO OPPOSITION ON THAT ONE. AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THE NEXT ONE IS 2024 NORTH FOURTH STREET. THIS IS A SINGLE LOT ALONG FOURTH STREET UP IN THE BROOK OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION NEAR HERRING AVENUE, ACROSS FROM THE ZOO, RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF PROCTOR AND FOURTH STREET. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE VACANT LOT IN THERE, A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL USES, BUT SOME OTHER MIXED USES IN THERE AS WELL. AND LOOKING BACK SOUTH TOWARDS DOWNTOWN, THIS IS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE FLEX. SO A LITTLE MORE HIGHER DENSITY AND MIX OF USES. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF O3 REZONED. THERE'S BEEN 17 PROPERTIES ZONED OVER THE PAST 5 OR 6 YEARS, THE O3. AND SO THIS IS JUST IN LINE WITH THAT REZONING OF THAT AREA THAT'S HAPPENED. SO IT WOULD CHANGE THE O3. WE DID NOT GET ANY OPPOSITION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL. WE DID GET ACTUALLY GOT A NOTICE YESTERDAY WITH CONCERNS ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS. I WOULD SAY THAT THE EXISTING R-2 ZONING WOULD ALLOW A SHORT TERM RENTAL ON THIS SITE. SO THE ZONE CHANGE REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING RELATED TO SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND THAT WAS THE MAIN CONCERN OF THE OPPOSITION PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND LIKE I SAID, WE JUST GOT THAT ONE OPPOSITION AND THAT WAS AS OF YESTERDAY. AND THEN OUR FINAL CASE, 2001, GURLEY LANE. JERRY DYER IS THE APPLICANT ON THIS. THIS IS A REZONING FROM R1B TO R3C. THIS IS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER THREE AND A HALF ACRES ALONG GURLEY NEAR 21ST STREET AND 18TH. IT'S KIND OF IN BETWEEN GREATER ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE NEW CYPRESS VILLAGE SUBDIVISION. AGAIN, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE FLEX.

SO THE ZONING FITS THAT. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF MIXED USE OR HIGHER DENSITY ZONING IN THAT DISTRICT WITH THE O TWO AND R3C, AND SO IT FITS IN WITH THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT AND NO OPPOSITION ON THAT ONE. AND THAT IS IT. THANKS, CLINT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR TONIGHT? WHAT HAPPENED TO DARIUS? HE SNUCK OUT AGAIN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I PUT HIM TO SLEEP. ALL RIGHT, CLINT, THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU TONIGHT. CITY MANAGER HOLT, YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN SUCCESSFULLY GOTTEN THROUGH ALL THE ITEMS, GOT EVERYTHING DONE. ALL RIGHT. THE THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE ASK FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? THERE ARE NONE. SO WE

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WILL GO TO THE LAST ISSUE. WE WILL RECESS THE WORK SESSION AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WRITTEN TO THE RECORD BY SECRETARY HICKS AT 4:54 P.M.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS. REAL PROPERTY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.072 IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION

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