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P.M. ANNOUNCED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. EVERYONE, PLEASE. AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. EVERYONE PRESENT. PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. DEAR LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE PRESENT. WE THANK YOU FOR CITY STAFF. WE THANK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO BE WITH US, GUIDE US, GIVE US DIRECTION, YOUR WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. BLESS THE CITY, BLESS ALL THAT COME TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY FOR THE SAKE OF THE RESIDENTS. KEEP FIRST THINGS FIRST. BLESSED TONIGHT. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YOU MAY BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE YELLOW CARD
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WILL BE FOR FIVE MINUTES. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE WHITE CARD WILL BE FOR THREE MINUTES.COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL START OFF WITH MR. ROBERT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE. I'M SORRY TO SAY THIS, BUT I STILL FIND IT UTTERLY OFFENSIVE THAT YOU GIVE AN INVOCATION. I DON'T SEE ANY GREAT SPIRITUALITY COMING FROM THE DAIS. I SEE LOTS OF UNTRUTHS. I SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY VINDICTIVE AND BASICALLY DEPRIVE OUR CHILDREN OF QUALITY OF LIFE. NOW. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT. THE DEATH OF DONALD MCVEIGH. HE WAS A BLACK PERSON, A POOR BLACK PERSON. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS YOU GUYS THINK YOU'RE DOING MINOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. BUT REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THIS IS ERASE OUR BLACK HISTORY IN MANER. YOU GUYS ARE LITERALLY ERASING OUR BLACK HISTORY. YOU'RE PUTTING TOWNHOMES ON TOP OF BLACK PEOPLE'S GRAVES. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? DONALD MCVEIGH, THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THERE WAS STARTED BY HIS GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER. HE LIVED TWO BLOCKS AWAY. HE WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED. I HAVEN'T HEARD THE MAYOR SAY ONE WORD ABOUT THAT. I THEN HEARD THE POLICE CHIEF EVEN SAY HIS NAME. WHERE IS YOUR HEART? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SOMEONE GETS KILLED AND YOU'RE TRYING TO COVER IT UP AND PRETEND THINGS. OH, JUST. WELL, NO PROBLEM. IF THAT WAS PETE DWYER, A RICH WHITE GUY, IT'D BE A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE ON THE MAYNARD JOURNAL WITH A PICTURE THAT'S, LIKE, HALF AS BIG AND BEAUTIFUL. WHY HASN'T THE MAYNARD JOURNAL DONE A DAMN THING ABOUT DONALD MCVEIGH'S DEATH? SO I'M PROPOSING THAT YOU GUYS PUT UP A $5,000 REWARD. AND IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, HOW ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THESE OTHER GROUPS LIKE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? HOW ABOUT THEY PUT IN A THOUSAND BUCKS? HOW ABOUT LITUATION? HOW ABOUT WALMART? HOW ABOUT THE BARBERSHOP OVER HERE? HOW ABOUT THE BLACK MEN'S CLINIC? CAN THE BLACK MEN'S CLINIC KICK IN A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS TO HELP FIND THE KILLER OF A BLACK MAN? NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT, I THINK. AND I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE WE HAVE A DEBATE. INSTEAD OF JUST GOING THERE AND HAVING A BUNCH OF LITTLE FOOD. FOOD? LET'S DO SOMETHING OF MEANING FOR OUR CITY. LET'S HAVE A DEBATE. ME, THE MAYOR, AND JEFFREY TRAVILLION, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER. BEANBAG, WHO HASN'T DONE A DANG THING FOR MAINER IN EIGHT YEARS. HE'S THE BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF CAPMETRO. THEY DON'T EVEN RUN ON THE WEEKEND, BUT THEY TAKE OUR SALES TAX MONEY AND YOU GUYS LET THEM. YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE NOW. I'VE STARTED DOING MISDEMEANOR CLASS C CHARGES AGAINST YOU ALMOST EVERY WEEK. BECAUSE FOR ONE THING, THIS RIDICULOUS THING ABOUT RESTRICTING EVERYONE TO FIVE MINUTES, THAT'S ILLEGAL. AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL USED TO DO IT. IT GOT THROWN OUT. SO UNTIL I GET A RULING FROM A JUDGE, I'M GOING TO FILE THAT AND IT'S UP TO $500 FINES. NOW, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S, ODDLY ENOUGH, THOSE ARE THE PROSECUTORS. THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF WHAT CASE GOES BEFORE THE COURT OF NO RECORD. WE HAVE A COURT OF NO RECORD. I GAVE YOU A CHANCE TO, LIKE, BE A HERO FOR THE WHOLE STATE. AND
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YOU GUYS COULDN'T STEP UP TO THE PLATE. THAT SHOULD BE IN THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO GET RID OF THE COURT OF NO RECORD. AND IF THERE'S A CASE IN WHICH THE CITY EMPLOYEE IS CHARGED, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECUSE HIMSELF, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS. KIND OF LIKE THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. IT ROLLS, AND WE GET A CITY ATTORNEY FROM A CITY OUTSIDE OF TRAVIS COUNTY, BECAUSE TRAVIS COUNTY IS COMPLETELY CORRUPT TO. I HAVE A COURT CASE THAT I TOOK FROM THE COURT OF NO RECORD. YOU GUYS ACCUSED ME OF PUBLIC DISORDERLY CONDUCT THAT'LL NEVER COME TO TRIAL. BECAUSE TRAVIS COUNTY DOES A COVER UP AFTER COVER UP AFTER POSTPONE, POSTPONE, POSTPONED. THAT'S THE WAY THEY RUN THE STATE. I GUARANTEE YOU, THESE PEOPLE ARE SO CHEAP, THEY CAN'T EVEN AFFORD PAPER PLATES FOR THE INMATES AT THE JAIL. I GOT SENT TO JAIL, REMEMBER THAT? SOMEBODY LEAKED A TAPE OF THIS ROOM TO OR. EXCUSE ME. THE LOBBY TO FOX NEWS. SOMEBODY LEAKED THAT. AND WHAT DID THE CITY COUNCIL OR. EXCUSE ME, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAY? INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. WHAT DID THE POLICE CHIEF DO? NOTHING. JUST ANOTHER COVER UP. THIS IS A RACKETEERING CITY. EVERYBODY'S IN BED WITH EACH OTHER. AND SO, SPEAKING OF THAT, WE HAVE, LIKE, BATH TIMMERMAN COMING UP HERE TO. PARDON ME. SECONDS. 30S 30S. SOMEDAY WE'RE GOING TO GET A TIMER LIGHT HERE. WHY DOESN'T ONE OF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN ALL PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA. THEY DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE. HOW ABOUT YOU, SONYA? YOUTH FOR CHRIST. WHY DON'T YOU KICK IN 100 BUCKS FOR THE REWARD FOR DONALD MCVEIGH? DID YOU KNOW HIM AT ALL? HE WAS A REGULAR GUY. HE WAS HUNG OUT IN OLD MANOR. HE WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL, MAN. THANK YOU, SIR, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MISTER IRA FREILICH. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. THANK YOU. WHAT A WILD COUPLE OF WEEKS IT'S BEEN SINCE THE LAST MEETING, AT LEAST IN THE NEWS. I HAD A I HAD A STATEMENT, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GO OFF THE CUFF HERE. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS. I WANTED TO THANK THE MAYNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FACILITATING THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A A STUDENT LED WALKOUT AND THAT THE POLICE. PROVIDED PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THAT. I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WALK OUT OF SCHOOL, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE IS, I THINK, THE RIGHT DECISION. SO I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY FOR THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS JUST THAT I THINK THAT THE GENERAL TONE OF THE POLITICAL RHETORIC GOING AROUND THESE DAYS IS KIND OF AMPING PEOPLE UP. AND I THINK A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY TO DO WOULD BE TO HOLD. LIKE, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SEMINARS FOR PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY COULD FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE CITY AND COOPERATION WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, I KNOW I WOULD COME, I WOULD ENJOY MEETING WITH WITH CITY LEADERS AND THAT THAT CONTEXT. AND IF WE COULD SET UP SOME SORT OF LIKE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM WITH LIKE LOCAL HOAS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND. COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE MAYNARD CROSSING, SO THAT WHEN THINGS POP UP, WE'RE NOT LEARNING ABOUT IT IN SOCIAL MEDIA FIRST. YEAH. AND THEN UNRELATED ALSO MAYNARD CROSSING. CAN WE MAKE THAT THAT INTERSECTION BETWEEN CHILI'S AND CHICK FIL A, A FOUR WAY STOP INSTEAD OF JUST A TWO WAY STOP BECAUSE IT IT KIND OF GETS ALL WONKY WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC. ANYWAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, COUNCIL[A. Manor Business Spotlight Award ]
MEMBERS, WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS AND WE'LL DEVIATE AND GO TO ITEM C, WHICH IS YOU.MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE CITY PLANNER. AND MARIE, SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS NOW AND SHE'S BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, BUT WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HER TO YOU ALL. HI, I JUST GRADUATED FROM UT. THIS
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IS MY FIRST JOB AND YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MEET YOU ALL. YEAH. NICE TO ME, Y'ALL.QUESTION. YEAH. HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO BE A CITY PLANNER? LIKE WHEN DID YOU DECIDE THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO DO? I WAS AN UNDECLARED MAJOR AT UT. I KNEW I WAS INTERESTED IN ARCHITECTURE, AND I FOUND THE URBAN STUDIES MAJOR, AND THAT'S HOW I FOUND CITY PLANNING. AND I MINORED IN ARCHITECTURE. AND SO I, I LIKED THE SOCIOLOGY ASPECT AS WELL AS THE ARCHITECTURE ASPECT. SO IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE AND THE PLANNING OR INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU.
OTHER QUESTIONS. WELCOME. SORRY IT WASN'T. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALL. NEXT WE HAVE MISS ASHTON TAYLOR PRESENTATION A MAJOR BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT AWARD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT, THE CITY OF MAYNARD IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE VERONICA LOCKETT LAW P.L.L.C. AS OUR FEBRUARY 2026 MAYNARD BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT AWARD RECIPIENT.
VERONICA WAS NOMINATED BY MAYNARD RESIDENTS WHO REPEATEDLY SHARED THAT WHAT MAKES HER WORK SPECIAL IS HER GENUINE CARE FOR PEOPLE. RESIDENTS DESCRIBED HER AS SOMEONE WHO TAKES THE TIME TO EXPLAIN LEGAL RIGHTS IN A WAY PEOPLE CAN TRULY UNDERSTAND, HELPING THEM FEEL INFORMED, RESPECTED AND NEVER TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. MANY NOMINATIONS HIGHLIGHTED THAT VERONICA CONSISTENTLY SHOWS UP FOR THE COMMUNITY, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, OFFERING GUIDANCE AND POINTING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. RESIDENTS SHARED STORIES OF HER GOING OUT OF HER WAY TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, INCLUDING HELPING CLIENTS WHO MAY NOT BE TECH SAVVY OR WHO SIMPLY NEED EXTRA SUPPORT NAVIGATING DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.
WHAT STOOD OUT MOST IN THESE NOMINATIONS WAS VERONICA'S PEOPLE FIRST APPROACH. HER BACKGROUND IN SOCIAL WORK AND LIVED EXPERIENCE WERE FREQUENTLY MENTIONED, WITH RESIDENTS NOTING HER EMPATHY, INTEGRITY, AND ABILITY TO BALANCE COMPASSION WITH STRONG ADVOCACY. SHE IS KNOWN FOR TREATING EVERY CLIENT WITH DIGNITY, PROTECTING THEIR PRIVACY, AND FIGHTING TO ENSURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD. THE CITY OF MANER IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE VERONICA LOCKETT LAW, PLLC FOR ITS INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE, AND DEDICATION TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE IMPACT YOU ARE ALREADY MAKING AND FOR THE CARE YOU BRING TO THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE. MISS VERONICA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN US AT THE FRONT, WE'D LOVE TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR MAIN OR BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT AWARD.
JESUS. MISS LOCKETT, COME ON UP TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PRACTICE AND ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE? WHOO! CHILD. OKAY, SO I AM AN AUSTIN NATIVE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN AUSTIN. MY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER MOVED TO TEXAS BECAUSE SHE WAS AIR FORCE. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH, SHE LOST HER CHILDREN. SO I ENDED UP GROWING UP IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. WHILE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO PRACTICE LAW, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I WENT OFF TO SCHOOL, I BECAME INVOLVED IN A REALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP AND I LANDED MYSELF IN PRISON. SO COMING OUT OF PRISON, I BECAME A YOUNG MOM AND I RAISED MY DAUGHTER, WHO'S
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NOW 20, ON MY OWN. I DECIDED TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL WORK. MY GOAL WAS TO ADVOCATE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MUCH LIKE ME, REALIZE SOCIAL WORK WASN'T REALLY MY CALLING. SO I DECIDED TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL. I ENDED UP IN LAW SCHOOL BECAUSE I WAS WORKING WITH CHILD VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND THOSE CHILDREN, IN MY OPINION, WEREN'T BEING REPRESENTED TO THE BEST OF THE ATTORNEY'S ABILITY. AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, IF THEY CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT.SO I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, GOT OUT OF LAW SCHOOL, FOUGHT TO GET MY LAW LICENSE, PRACTICED WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE REPRESENTING INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WHO WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL OFFENSES. FROM THERE, I WENT ON TO REPRESENT CHILD PARENTS. I WENT ON TO REPRESENT PARENTS WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH CPS. I FELT TORN BY THAT WORK. IT WAS VERY STRESSFUL BECAUSE I AM A CHILD OF THAT SYSTEM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY LITTLE 20 YEAR OLD MADE ME A PARENT OF THAT SYSTEM FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO I LEFT MY JOB IN SEPTEMBER. I STARTED MY OWN PRACTICE, AND I STARTED TAKING CASES THROUGH ROG FROM ARAG, TEXAS LEGAL FROM TEXAS LEGAL. PEOPLE STARTED REACHING OUT TO ME INDIVIDUALLY. MY KIDS WENT TO WALMART AND PASSED OUT MY CARDS. THEY WENT TO THE DOLLAR STORE AND PASSED OUT MY CARDS. AND SO NOW I JUST KIND OF TAKE CASES AS THEY COME TO ME. SO SOMETIMES THAT MAY MEAN HELPING. I DON'T KNOW, A MOM AND POP WITH TRYING TO GET PAID FROM SOMEONE WHO THEY PAINTED A HOUSE FOR. THAT MAY LOOK LIKE SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO GET SOME CAR WORK DONE, AND THE OWNER OF THE SHOP DOESN'T WANT TO PAY THEM BACK. THAT MAY BE GUIDING A PARENT THROUGH A CPS INVESTIGATION. I DO TRAFFIC TICKETS RIGHT HERE IN MAYNARD.
REPRESENTED PEOPLE. YEAH, SO I DO CONSUMER STUFF. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE BY, OH, I DON'T KNOW, CREDIT CARD COMPANIES, SCAMMERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I ASSIST WITH THAT. SO I TRY TO HELP WHEN PEOPLE COME MY WAY. IF I DON'T KNOW THEN I POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO THAT'S ME. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YEP. ONE THING I HEARD THE GENTLEMAN ASK ABOUT KNOW YOUR RIGHT CLINIC. AND SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN. I'M NOT AN IMMIGRATION LAW EXPERT, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE, AND I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO BRING THOSE PEOPLE TOGETHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE NOW TO PRESENTATION BE SPORTS
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FACILITIES COMPANIES, MR. JONES. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, SCOTT JONES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR A FEW MONTHS AGO, I GOT IN TOUCH WITH EVAN ELIF, WITH SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES AND ASK HIM TO TAKE A LOOK FRESH. LOOK AT THE. THE STUDY THAT WE HAD DONE, THE ON THE CASE OF PROPERTY, THE 236 ACRES THAT THE CITY OWNS OUT EAST OF TOWN, AND THE. I GUESS THE FACILITY, THE FACILITY STUDY THAT WE HAD DONE OUT THERE, THAT WE HAD DISAGREEMENTS ON THE OUTCOME AND ASKED HIM TO TAKE A LOOK, A FRESH LOOK AT THAT STUDY. AND HE'S COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS, HAVE EVAN HERE AND HAVE KRISTEN STROUD. SHE CAME IN FROM THE AMARILLO OFFICE, AND EVAN FLEW IN FROM THE EAST COAST. AND I HAVE THEM HERE TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND SHOW YOU WHAT THEY FOUND AS IDEAS, NEW IDEAS FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.THANK YOU. SCOTT, YOU KNOW. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SECOND, APOLOGIES FOR WEARING A HAT MEDICALLY NECESSARY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
SO NORMALLY I WOULD NEVER BE UP AT THE AT THE PODIUM. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH WITH A HAT ON. BUT FORGIVE ME FOR THE MOMENT AGAIN EVAN I'M A PARTNER WITH SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES. WE ARE BASED OUT OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. AND TONIGHT I WANTED TO SHARE JUST SOME INSIGHTS AND SOME EXPERIENCE IN CASE STUDIES FOR YOU AS YOU START THINKING ABOUT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. AND I'LL BE PRETTY QUICK ON THE FRONT END WITH THE SFC OVERVIEW, BUT WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND TAKING A DEEPER LOOK AT IN TERMS OF REALLY SPORTS AND EVENTS FACILITY THAT COULD ANCHOR THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. AND JUST VERY BRIEFLY, WHEN WE WHEN I TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY, WHAT I FELT
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WAS MISSING WAS THAT REAL ANCHOR ATTRACTION, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE AREA AND KEEP THEM THERE AND ALLOW THE HOTELS, THE RESTAURANTS, THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED AROUND THAT, MUCH OF WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSED AND EVALUATED IN THE STUDY THAT YOU DID RECEIVE. BUT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS REALLY SPECIAL? AND SO WE DID NOT COMPLETE A FULL FEASIBILITY STUDY. I DON'T WANT TO REPRESENT THAT. WE HAVE THIS WORK WAS DONE FOR THE CITY AT NO COST. WE WERE ORIGINALLY I THINK WE WERE SECOND IN THE IN THE AWARD FOR THE RFP. BUT WE DO A LOT OF WORK IN TEXAS, AND WE DO A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE COUNTRY AND RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE THE RIGHT WAY. AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT IS THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE AT NO COST TO SORT OF DEVELOP THIS CONCEPT AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU THAT I THINK WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. SO. I THINK WE'RE MISSING SOME SLIDES, BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY. SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES. WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2003, IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, AND NOW WE HAVE SERVED OVER 3500 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MORE THAN $15 BILLION WORTH OF ACTUAL BUILT VENUES, ALL FOCUSING AROUND COMMUNITY AND SPORTS, RECREATION, WELLNESS EVENTS, AND IN SOME CASES, SOME ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL. SO WE'VE BEEN PART OF A LOT OF TRENDS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST ALMOST 25 YEARS NOW, WITH CHANGES IN PARKS AND RECREATION AND CHANGES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND NOW AT THIS POINT, ABOUT 85% OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE SEE MOVE FORWARD FROM FEASIBILITY INTO FUNDED FACILITIES ARE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. AND THAT IS SORT OF THE WAVE OF OF THE CURRENT AND THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE. AND FRANKLY, WHAT YOU SET OUT TO EVALUATE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD HAVE THAT ANCHOR ATTRACTION, THAT IS THE CUTTING EDGE, THAT IS THE IT'S THE CREST OF THE WAVE RIGHT NOW IN MY INDUSTRY. SO WHAT WE DO ACROSS OUR COMPANY, WE'VE GOT THREE PRIMARY DIVISIONS PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT. AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TAKE A SORT OF SOUP TO NUTS APPROACH. WE CALL IT CONCEPT TO CONCRETE, BUT WE CAN START BACK OF NAPKIN CONCEPTS, IDEAS ALL THE WAY THROUGH HOW TO DEVELOP THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE FUNDING STACK, HOW TO DESIGN AND BUILD THE RIGHT FACILITY AT THE RIGHT COST FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, AND ULTIMATELY, HOW TO OPEN IT SUCCESSFULLY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT MAINTAINS ITS SUCCESS AS A LONG TERM, SUSTAINABLE ASSET. AND THE REASON THAT WE DO THIS IS ALL TIED BACK TO OUR MISSION. WE EXIST TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE, AND WE THINK THAT SPORTS AND RECREATION AND ACCESS TO ACTIVITY FOR NOT ONLY KIDS, BUT FAMILIES AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IS REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WITHIN THE FABRIC OF A COMMUNITY. AND SO WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR CLIENTS TO DEVELOP THE PLANS AND THEN OFTENTIMES SEE THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH, THROUGH LONG TERM SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS. SO OUR ADVISORY SERVICES THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET. WE DELIVERED IT.SO I WON'T GO INTO ANY REAL DEPTH HERE. BUT OUR ADVISORY SERVICES ARE REALLY OUR FEASIBILITY BASED SERVICES. STRATEGIC PLANNING ALL THE WAY THROUGH PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, THE FUNDING AND THE PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S THE ARM THAT I HAVE LED SINCE I GOT TO SFC ALMOST 14 YEARS AGO. AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE DIVISION THAT REALLY LED TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SHARING TONIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE OVERSEEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THAN $1.6 BILLION WORTH OF NEW SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND OUR SERVICES THERE ARE REALLY WE'RE NOT ARCHITECTS, WE'RE NOT CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS, WE'RE NOT GCS. WE ARE PARTNERS TO OUR CLIENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT GETS DESIGNED AND BUILT IS DELIVERED ON TIME, ON BUDGET AND EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS.
BECAUSE WE TAKE THE VIEW OF THE OPERATOR IN WHAT GETS DESIGNED AND THE OPERATIONS SIDE. OUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES IS BY FAR WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE. WE'VE GOT MORE THAN 5000 TEAM MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MOST OF THOSE ARE IN OUR VENUES, IN OUR MANAGEMENT DIVISION. OUR HOME OFFICE IN CLEARWATER HAS ABOUT 150 PEOPLE. EVERYONE ELSE IS OUT IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, MOST OF THEM AT FACILITIES. SEVERAL PEOPLE, LIKE KRISTIN IN AMARILLO, HAVE OUR SORT OF OFFICES AROUND THE COUNTRY SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE DO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BE EFFECTIVE, AND ALSO BE PRESENT IN COMMUNITIES. SO WHAT THAT GIVES US IS A VERY WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE AROUND SPORTS AND RECREATION. WE OPERATE WELL. WE PLAN, DEVELOP AND OPERATE FACILITIES RANGING FROM SEASONAL OUTDOOR WATER PARKS LIKE ONE IN ABILENE, TEXAS, ADVENTURE COVE THAT WE WE OPERATE ALL THE WAY THROUGH SOME OF THE LARGEST DESTINATION FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND SO BRINGING THAT EXPERIENCE TO BEAR, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT NOT JUST THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHERE WE HAVE A
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SIGNIFICANT FOOTPRINT, BUT ALSO THIS AREA, THIS PART OF TEXAS, THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA AND THE GROWTH THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING AND THAT YOU ARE SET UP TO EXPERIENCE MASSIVE GROWTH, AS WE UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF YOUR POPULATION AND SPORTS AND RECREATION CAN BE A REALLY VITAL PART OF NOT ONLY THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE HERE, BUT ALSO A DESTINATION DRIVER FOR MAINER. AND SO WHAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED. I PROMISE I'LL GET TO SOME MORE VISUALS TO TO PUT THIS FORWARD IS TO LOOK AT AN INDOOR FACILITY THAT IS REALLY FLEXIBLE IN ITS USE, DRIVES A LOT OF DENSITY, AND IS DIFFERENTIATED FROM OTHER FACILITIES THAT YOU WOULD BE COMPETING WITH IF YOU WERE OPEN TODAY AND WILL BE COMPETING WITH IF YOU OPEN SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SPORTS TOURISM AS YOU I'M SURE KNOW, VERY HOT BUTTON TOPIC, VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN RECESSION RESISTANT THROUGH THE GREAT RECESSION AND THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. AND IT IS, AS I'LL SHOW YOU IN SEVERAL CASE STUDIES, DRIVING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN COMMUNITIES, NOT ONLY THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC, BUT SOCIAL SAFETY, EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS, AND BRINGING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF NEW MONEY INTO COMMUNITIES FROM THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELING AT THE SAME TIME, DOING THAT IN A SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL THAT BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS TO YOUR OWN KIDS HAVING TO TRAVEL EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND OUT OF MARKET FOR TOURNAMENTS BY BUILDING SOMETHING IN THEIR BACKYARD.AND THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING. THAT WOULD OPEN THE DOOR TO A LOT MORE KIDS PLAYING, WHETHER IT'S LEARN TO PLAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE HIGHEST COMPETITIVE LEVELS OF YOUTH AND AMATEUR SPORTS. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE OUTLINED HERE, BASED ON YOUR MARKET POSITION, BASED ON THE COMPETITION, BASED ON WHAT'S COMING AND WHAT'S ALREADY HERE AND WHAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IS A FAIRLY LARGE INDOOR FACILITY. WE'RE RECOMMENDING A TOTAL OF TEN COURTS, AND I'LL BREAK THIS DOWN FOR YOU. VISUALLY, WITH THOSE TEN COURTS, THERE'D BE ASSOCIATED SPACE SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT NOT ONLY FOR SPORTS AND TEAM PLAY, BUT ALSO FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, CONCERTS, TRADE SHOWS, MEETINGS, SYMPOSIUMS, BANQUETS, A LOT OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT REALLY WOULD BUILD OUT YOUR CALENDAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND WE'VE RECOMMENDED SOME SUPPORTING SPACE, SOME ENTERTAINMENT SPACE SO THAT IT'S FUN FOR LITTLE BROTHER AND BIG SISTER, NOT JUST THE KIDS ON THE COURT, BUT THOSE KIDS WHO DON'T IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS ATHLETES WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO RATHER THAN JUST SIT THERE ON THEIR IPAD UNTIL THE UNTIL THE PHONE DIES OR THE IPAD DIES OR WHATEVER. SO WE'RE VERY ACCUSTOMED TO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND REALLY WHAT MAKES THEM WORK. IN TOTAL, THIS IS ABOUT A 200 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT FACILITY. AND WHAT WE RECOMMEND WITHIN THIS STRUCTURE IS ABOUT 1000 PARKING SPOTS. SO THAT WOULD TAKE UP 16.5 ACRES. NOW YOU'VE GOT A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. IF THIS IS PART OF THE PLAN, SHARED PARKING BECOMES AN OPTION. SO MAYBE INSTEAD OF 16.5 ACRES, MORE LIKE 12 ACRES THAT YOU NEED. BUT WE COULD WORK WITH YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND SO LET ME THROW THE VISUALS ONTO THE SCREEN. THE THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF USE WOULD BE INDOOR HARDWOOD COURTS, AS I MENTIONED, TEN BASKETBALL COURTS. BUT WE TYPICALLY DESIGN THOSE AND RECOMMEND HERE THAT YOU DESIGN THOSE WITH CROSS COURT FUNCTIONALITY FOR VOLLEYBALL. SO TEN BASKETBALL COURTS EQUALS 20 VOLLEYBALL COURTS. IT ALSO EQUALS 30 INDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS, WHICH I'M SURE IS OF INTEREST TO SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AS IT IS PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS NOT ONLY RUN HARDWOOD COURT TYPE ACTIVITIES, BUT ALSO FLEX INTO CHEER, DANCE, GYMNASTICS, WRESTLING, JUST A VARIETY OF USES FOR ACTIVITY AND SPECIAL EVENTS. SO WHAT I'VE PUT ON THE SCREEN IS ACTUALLY I'M USING THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS FOR THAT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ASPECT THAT RELATES DIRECTLY TO THIS FACILITY. THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN FROM A FACILITY THAT WE PLAN TO DEVELOP AND STILL MANAGE IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA. DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DRIVER AND DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT DRIVER IN THAT COMMUNITY. THAT'S AN EIGHT COURT FACILITY, EIGHT BASKETBALL, 16 VOLLEYBALL.
YOU'D BE TWO TWO LARGER THAN THIS. AND SO IF IT WAS SET UP JUST FOR BASKETBALL OR VOLLEYBALL, THIS IS THE LAYOUT, THE PINK ACROSS KIND OF RUNNING LEFT TO RIGHT IS BASKETBALL.
AND THEN THE PURPLE CROSS LINES. THAT'S THE VOLLEYBALL SETUP AROUND THAT SPACE. THERE'S A FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, A LOBBY OF COURSE, RESTROOMS AND SERVICE SPACES, A FULL CATERING KITCHEN AND ABOUT 13,000FT■!S OF MEETING SPACE FOR THE CONFERENCES THAT WE THAT WE RUN AND HAVING BREAKOUT ROOMS AND WHATNOT. SO AT THE BASKETBALL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, NO SURPRISE, IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE A BASKETBALL GYM AND VOLLEYBALL. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, PICKLEBALL AS WELL. ALL OF THESE CONVERTIBLE BASICALLY IN AN INSTANT DEPENDING ON WHAT SYSTEMS YOU USE. BUT THEY CAN FLEX NOT ONLY FROM WEEKEND TO WEEKEND, BUT 530 PRACTICE ON A
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TUESDAY FOR BASKETBALL TO 630 PRACTICE FOR VOLLEYBALL TO THE NEXT MORNING. BE READY FOR FOR PICKLEBALL. AND OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, MATT, SPORTS, CHEER, DANCE, GYMNASTICS, WRESTLING, ETC. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT POTENTIALLY FOR YOU IS TO HAVE MORE THAN SPORTS, BUT ALSO THAT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ASPECT. AND SO THAT CAN BE SPORTS OR NON-SPORTS RELATED. THE SYSTEM THAT WE BUILT IN ROCKY MOUNT THAT WE LOVE, AND WE'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL AND SORT OF THE BLUEPRINT. IT'S GOT THREE TELESCOPIC BLEACHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE ANCHORED INTO THE WALL, AND THEN A FOURTH THAT CAN ANCHOR INTO THE FLOOR. IF YOU PULL ALL OF THOSE OUT, IT GIVES US ABOUT 4400 SEATS. SO WE CAN PUT A CHAMPIONSHIP COURT FOR A FEATURE GAME IN PLACE THERE. OR IF YOU THINK ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OR WHATEVER ELSE THERE MAY BE, THAT'S A BASKETBALL SETUP AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP FLOOR.WE POSTED THUS THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS AT THAT FACILITY AS A FEATURE EVENT. BUT WHAT WE CAN ALSO DO WITH THAT IS BRING IN A STAGE AND HAVE UP TO 5000 SEATS, INCLUDING THE FLOOR SEATS FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. WE IN CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS AT THAT FACILITY IN NORTH CAROLINA, WE'VE RUN COUNTRY CONCERT FOLLOWED BY HIP HOP CONCERT, FOLLOWED BY GOSPEL CONCERT, FOLLOWED BY LIKE A LIKE A COLLEGE REUNION, ALL IN THE SAME SPACE. AND SO IT'S REALLY DYNAMIC IN TERMS OF ITS BUILD OUT. AND HERE'S ONE OF THE SHOTS OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.
AND DOES IT FEEL LIKE A BIG ARENA? NO, BUT IT FEELS LIKE A REALLY GREAT PLACE WHEN IT'S DONE PROPERLY TO GO AND SEE A SHOW OR PARTICIPATE IN AN EVENT TRADE SHOW FLOOR SETUP, OF COURSE, WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF BOOTHS POSSIBLE AS WELL. WE DO LOVE THE FUN FACTOR. AGAIN, BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS. WE DON'T JUST WANT ATHLETES, WE WANT KIDS OF ALL AGES. AND SO HAVING THE FUN FACTOR. WE'VE GOT VARIOUS INSTALLATIONS OF THIS FROM PLAY CLIMB TO SIMULATORS TO REDEMPTION ARCADES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. ALSO IMPORTANT WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND FOR YOU RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT A FULL MEMBERSHIP BASED WELLNESS FACILITY OR FITNESS FACILITY, BUT HAVING SPORTS PERFORMANCE TRAINING, OFTENTIMES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A HOSPITAL SYSTEM. AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES. BUT ALMOST EVERY ONE OF OUR FACILITIES HAS A SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIP WITH A MEDICAL SYSTEM, WHETHER THAT'S A FULL HOSPITAL, REGIONAL HEALTHCARE OR LOCAL PRACTITIONERS. SO THAT MEDICAL LEASE SPACE CAN SORT OF TRAVERSE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS. BUT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED LOOKING AT THAT AS A KEY COMPONENT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RELATIVE LACK OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HERE IN MAYNOR, COMPARED TO SEVERAL OTHER PARTS OF THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA. SO JUST TO PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO A FULL FEASIBILITY STUDY WOULD HAVE DEFINITIVE NUMBERS HERE. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GIVING OUR RANGES BASED ON ALL OF THE PROJECTS AND ALL OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE'RE PART OF. SO FROM AN OPINION OF COST, WE'VE GIVEN A RANGE FOR FOR THIS AS WELL AS THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENSES. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT ASSETS ARE PART OF THIS AND THE COST THAT YOU NEED TO PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE A 70 TO $87 MILLION PROJECT. YOU MAY BE AWARE, ODESSA, TEXAS IS BUILDING SOMETHING RELATIVELY SIMILAR IN SIZE. WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT ENGAGED TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE THAT FACILITY, BUT THAT'S $140 MILLION PROJECT BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO HAVING A TEN BASKETBALL, 20 VOLLEYBALL, 30 PICKLEBALL COURT FACILITY, TEN OUTDOOR SYNTHETIC TURF, RECTANGULAR FIELDS, 12 DIAMONDS, IT'S A MASSIVE SPORTS COMPLEX THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THERE.
AND THE REASON THAT THAT WORKS AND THE REASON THAT IT WILL WORK IN MULTIPLE PLACES IS BECAUSE WHILE THERE IS INCREASING COMPETITION, THERE'S STILL A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEMAND. AND HERE IN TEXAS, WE SEE ABOUT AS MUCH DEMAND AS WE SEE ANYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE HUGE POPULATION BASE, VERY PARTICIPATIVE SPORTS AS PART OF THE THE CULTURE HERE AND AND GREAT WEATHER. RIGHT. SO IT'S A LOT HARDER TO GET THINGS DONE IN MINNESOTA THAN IT IS IN THE SOUTH OR THE SOUTHEAST. SO ALSO GIVING YOU A RANGE OF POTENTIAL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. AND I KNOW THIS IS A BIG RANGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO IS CUSTOM TAILOR OUR DELIVERY TO YOUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT SAY, YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY WANT SPORTS TOURISM, BUT WE ALSO WANT LOW COST OR NO COST ACCESS FOR OUR KIDS, PARKS AND RECREATION TO CARVE OUT SPACE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE LEARNED TO PLAY THROUGH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION. I BELIEVE YOU DON'T HAVE A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THAT THIS COULD BE A DRIVER OF RECREATION, NOT NECESSARILY PARKS, BUT SOMETHING THAT COULD REALLY SERVE ALL THE WAY FROM, YOU KNOW, THREE YEAR OLDS WHO ARE LEARNING TO RUN AROUND ON A COURT, NOT JUST YOUR 18 YEAR OLDS WHO ARE HOPING TO PLAY AT COLLEGE. SO REVENUE RANGE 2.3 TO ABOUT $5 MILLION IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT BASED ON THE FACTORS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT HERE AND WHEN YOU I WON'T RUN THROUGH ALL OF THOSE LINES OR THE EXPENSES, BUT AT THE BOTTOM LINE, FROM A NET OPERATING INCOME STANDPOINT, THIS IS THE
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GENERAL RANGE OF THE FACILITY OF THIS SIZE IN THE MARKET LIKE THIS. SOME OF THEM DO REQUIRE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DEDICATE A LOT OF TIME TO LOW COST OR NO COST ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE AN ANNUAL SUBSIDY, USUALLY NOT MORE THAN $300,000 A YEAR IF IT'S PROPERLY DEVELOPED. BUT OTHERS TURN AN OPERATIONAL PROFIT. AND SO WE IN OUR EXPERIENCE, WE WOULD EXPECT THIS TO HAVE ABOUT $1 MILLION OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WERE MAXIMIZING YOUR REVENUE AND CONTROLLING THE EXPENSES. $1 MILLION TO THE BOTTOM LINE. NOW, LET ME PAUSE THERE. AND THIS IS THE REASON THAT SO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS END UP WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. AT THIS POINT, $80 MILLION PROJECT, $1 MILLION OPERATIONAL INCOME. THAT'S NOT GOING TO COVER DEBT SERVICE. AND SO HOW COMMUNITIES PARTNER WITH DEVELOPERS AND HOW YOU DEDICATE FUNDING, WHETHER IT'S TRADITIONAL BONDS OR A LEASE PURCHASE MODEL THAT I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, WHERE YOU'RE USING PUBLIC REVENUE TO BACKSTOP PRIVATE INVESTMENT OR ANY NUMBER OF INCENTIVES THAT CAN COME IN FOR DEVELOPERS TO BE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THIS. ALL OF THOSE ARE ON THE TABLE, AND I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME EXAMPLES. HERE'S THE TRADE OFF.YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU WON'T PAY FOR DEBT SERVICE, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THIS IS THE MONEY SPENT OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR WALLS OF THE FACILITY, 22 TO $40 MILLION A YEAR. THAT'S MONEY SPENT IN HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, ENTERTAINMENT AND TRANSPORTATION BUSINESSES, BOTH EXISTING AND NEW. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. SO LET ME TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUNDING FRAMEWORK. MUCH OF THIS IS PROBABLY VERY COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO YOU OR COMMON SENSE TO YOU, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'VE GOT A SPECTRUM ON THE PUBLIC SIDE FROM TAXPAYER BACKED, OFTEN TRADITIONAL GEO BONDS. HERE IN TEXAS. YOU'VE GOT SOME OTHER STATE LEVEL INCENTIVES, THE TEXAS EVENT FUNDS AND OTHERS THAT WE'VE USED VERY SUCCESSFULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BALANCE SHEETS AND SPECIFIC PROJECT REVENUES. WHEN YOU BUILD BIG ENOUGH FOR TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS, YOU ARE TYPICALLY OVERBUILDING FOR YOUR LOCAL POPULATION. SO WHEN WE GET TO THE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP MODEL, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY SMALLER AND THEY ARE SQUEEZING AS MUCH REVENUE OUT AS POSSIBLE. SO TYPICALLY THOSE AREN'T WHAT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF A OF A MUNICIPALITY WOULD BE. BUT ACROSS THAT SPECTRUM, THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING MULTIPLE OPTIONS TOGETHER. JUST WANT TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FRAMEWORK INTO THIS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE SEE SOME PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ARE TYPICALLY SORT OF TOWARDS THE LEFT HAND SIDE, NOT FULLY TAXPAYER BACKED, NOT FULLY BASED ON PROJECT REVENUES, BUT SOME SHARED MODEL WITHIN THAT BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OPERATING MODELS, IF WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT LOCAL RECREATION AS OPPOSED TO FOR PROFIT, OBVIOUSLY THAT SPANS THE SIDE AND THEN FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, JUST BECAUSE I'M SURE, SURE THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED OVER THE YEARS AT WHAT'S WHAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. GRANTS ARE TYPICALLY MORE TOWARDS THE TAXPAYER BACKED NEW MARKET. TAX CREDITS ARE TYPICALLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN OPPORTUNITY ZONES. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IF THE 260 ACRE SITE IS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE OR NOT, BUT THERE I'M SURE ARE. LOOKS LIKE SOME HEAD NODS. SO OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE ANOTHER FORM OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT THAT ENDS UP BEING HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO THE PROJECT. NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS. BY THE WAY, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS WITH ROCKY MOUNT. THE IMAGES THAT I SHOWED YOU ARE FROM ROCKY MOUNT. ABOUT $7 MILLION OF THAT PROJECT WAS FUNDED WITH NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS. IT QUALIFIED BECAUSE WE PUT A HEALTHCARE CLINIC IN IN THAT FACILITY AND SO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. I THINK THERE ARE MORE THAN MORE THAN A THOUSAND MAMMOGRAMS DELIVERED AT NO COST TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THAT HEALTH CLINIC, AND THAT ALLOWED THE FACILITY NOT ONLY TO BE THIS GREAT REDEVELOPMENT DRIVER AND A GREAT PLACE FOR ACTIVITY, BUT ALSO QUALIFY FOR NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF STRUCTURES IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU PUT IN THERE THAT CAN QUALIFY YOU OR DISQUALIFY YOU FROM VARIOUS FUNDING MECHANISMS. SO AS I MENTIONED, THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE PUBLICLY OWNED. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL SEVEN OF THESE IN A VERY QUICK CASE STUDY RUN THROUGH IN TERMS OF HOW THEY WERE FUNDED AND HOW THEY PERFORM FROM AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STANDPOINT. THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, THE FORT BEND EPICENTER. IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, IT'S IN ROSENBERG OR HEARD OF IT, IT'S IT'S A GREAT FACILITY AND A REALLY KIND OF UNIQUE MODEL GENERALLY, BUT IT'S BECOMING MUCH MORE PART OF THE NORM. THAT IS A COUNTY BACKSTOPPED FUNDING MECHANISM WITH A 30 YEAR LEASE PURCHASE MODEL. SO THE DEVELOPER MAINTAINS OWNERSHIP OF THE FACILITY UNTIL THE LEASE IS PAID BACK AFTER 30 YEARS, WHICH COVERS THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS THAT THE DEVELOPER TOOK ON. AND THEN AFTER THOSE 30 YEARS, THAT FACILITY WILL REVERT BACK TO COUNTY OWNERSHIP. SO JUST TO OUTLINE A FEW OF
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THESE PROJECTS, ROCKY TOP SPORTS WORLD, THIS WAS BUILT IN 2014. IT'S AN 86,000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR FACILITY AND SEVEN OUTDOOR FIELDS, COMPARED TO THE 200 OR SO THAT 200, EXCUSE ME, THE 200,000 SQUARE FOOT MODEL THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING HERE. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PURPOSE BUILT SPORTS TOURISM FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY. I PERSONALLY LED THE FEASIBILITY AND THE OPENING OF THIS FACILITY. TODAY, IT DOES OVER $76 MILLION OF NEW SPENDING IN GATLINBURG AND IN SEVIER COUNTY. AND THAT WAS A PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP, PRIMARILY SCHOOLS ALSO INVOLVED THERE WITH THE LAND COMMUNITY FIRST CHAMPION CENTER. THIS WAS A COMMUNITY, A MULTI COMMUNITY INITIATIVE LED BY THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. THERE THEY HAD 14 COMMUNITIES THAT ALL AGREED TO INCREASE THEIR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND DEDICATE THAT BACK TO A FACILITY LIKE THIS. SO THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE FACILITY, COST $13 MILLION WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 2019. IT'S GOT TWO IT'S GOT THREE PODS, A PERMANENT ICE FACILITY, A PERMANENT COURT FACILITY, AND THEN ONE THAT MIXES BACK AND FORTH SEASONALLY. SO THAT FACILITY DOES A LOT OF LOCAL PLAY. THE ICE IS ALL RUN BY A LOCAL NONPROFIT, AND SO IT DOES ABOUT $15 MILLION MOST YEARS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. THE PODIUM IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, LARGE INDOOR TRACK FACILITY, $71 MILLION OF ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT, PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY INDOOR TRACK PROGRAMING. BUT THE INTERESTING THING I THINK, FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT IS HOW DO THEY GET THE $53 MILLION? IT IS A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS. SO THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT, WHICH ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY OWNS AND OPERATES THAT FACILITY, STATE OF WASHINGTON SALES TAX REBATE THAT WAS DEDICATED BACK TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. AND THEN PARKS AND RECREATION OWNED THE LAND AND THEY DONATED THE LAND. THIS IS THE ROCKY MOUNT EVENT CENTER THAT I MENTIONED, $38.7 MILLION IN 2018. IN THE LAST 40 YEARS BEFORE THAT, THERE HAD BEEN NO INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPMENT IN THAT DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY. AND WITHIN THE FIRST 40 DAYS OF US GOING PUBLIC, THERE WERE $4 MILLION OF DOWNTOWN TRANSACTIONS. THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 170 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS BUILT THERE, AND A TON OF ACTIVITY, $26 MILLION OF ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT DRIVEN TO THAT DOWNTOWN, WHICH HAD BASICALLY JUST SHUTTERED BUSINESSES FOR FOR DECADES BEFORE THAT. THE EPICENTER, WHICH I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT'S THE TAXPAYER BACKED LEASE, $120 MILLION BUILT AND FINISHED IN 2023. STONEHENGE HOLDINGS LLC WAS OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER THERE. AND ACTUALLY, SCOTT AND I MET WITH WITH THAT GROUP JUST SO THAT THEY COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THEY VIEW THINGS HERE IN TEXAS AND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT BE. THAT ONE'S DOING $22 MILLION OF ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT. MAYBE THE BEST EXAMPLE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FOR THESE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ANCHORED BY SPORTS ADVENT HEALTH SPORTS PARK AT BLUE HAWK, THE ADVENT HEALTH HOSPITAL ALREADY ON SITE, BUT THEY ARE THE NAMING RIGHTS PARTNER FOR THIS FACILITY. PHASE ONE 260,000FT■!S. PHASE TO IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW. IT'LL BE OVER 400,000FT■!S, BUT THAT'S ANCHORING A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OF 670,000FT■!S OF RETAIL. AND THE TAX REVENUE AND THE INCENTIVES FROM THAT ARE WHAT MAKES THIS FACILITY POSSIBLE TO BE NOT ONLY DEVELOPED, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PRIVATELY OWNED. IT'S ONE OF THE VERY FEW THAT IS PRIVATELY OWNED BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM THAT'S THERE IN KANSAS. THEY'VE GOT A PRETTY UNIQUE STATE FUNDING MECHANISM THAT I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS COMING FROM STATE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL. CEDAR POINT SPORTS CENTER, THIS ONE'S TEN QUARTS, KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED HERE. IT DOES $22.6 MILLION OF ECONOMIC IMPACT. SO THAT'S THE DIRECT SPENDING AND ALL OF THESE CASES. IT'S THE FIRST MONEY OUT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LOCAL. THAT IS NOT COUNTING ANY DOLLARS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN 90 MINUTES OF ANY OF THESE FACILITIES. THAT ONE COUNTY HOTEL TAX, WE HAVE A 25,000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL TOWER BUILT INTO THIS FACILITY, WHICH ALLOWED US TO GET $11 MILLION FROM A REGIONAL HEALTHCARE PARTNER. AND SO, ACROSS ALL OF THOSE, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO THINK ABOUT OR LEAVE YOU WITH IS SOME THOUGHTS ON HOW MIGHT WE FRAME THIS IN MANNER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE I'VE SORT OF SIMPLIFIED THIS TO FOUR CATEGORIES WHERE THE FIRST WOULD BE TRADITIONAL BONDS.RIGHT. AND THAT IS HOW MOST PUBLIC FACILITIES WERE BUILT TEN, 20 YEARS AGO. AND TODAY, AS I SAID, 85% OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS HAVE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FIGURING OUT WHAT THE FIT IS FOR TWO, THREE AND FOUR. ALL OF THOSE WOULD WOULD BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND ULTIMATE OWNERSHIP, BUT NOT HAVE TO WAIT TO BOND A FACILITY IF YOU
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WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO THAT CITY BACKED PRIVATE FINANCING, THAT'S THE LEASE PURCHASE MODEL THAT I MENTIONED. NO BONDS, BUT PRIVATE FUNDS FOR THAT FACILITY TO BE FUNDED, BACKSTOPPED BY PUBLIC REVENUE IS THE WAY THAT THAT MODEL WORKS. AND AS I MENTIONED, THAT IS GENERALLY HOW THE FORT BEND EPICENTER WAS FUNDED. THE DEVELOPER LED SPORTS COMPLEX, THIS IS SPORTS ONLY. SO YOU COULD ACTIVATE AND ENTICE A DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND FOCUS JUST ON THE SPORTS ASSET. AND THEN THE OTHER DEVELOPERS WHO WOULD DO THE COMMERCIAL AROUND THAT WOULD BE BUILDING THEIR BUSINESSES, WHICH WOULD BE MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE YOU'RE DRIVING PEOPLE TO THE SITE AND TO THE CITY FROM THE SPORTS COMPLEX. AND SO THAT REQUIRES REBATES AND INCENTIVES COMING BACK. AND THEN AS THE CASE IN THAT BLUE HAWK FACILITY I MENTIONED, WHICH IS OVERLAND PARK, BASICALLY KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, THAT'S WHERE THE DEVELOPER DID EVERYTHING. SO THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A LARGE NUMBER. WHEN YOU GET INTO, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AND OFTENTIMES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. BUT THERE ARE SOME GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THAT MODEL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MEMO THAT PREFACED THIS PRESENTATION WAS PRETTY CLEAR. WE'RE NOT ADVOCATING WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO SAY ANYTHING OR MAKE ANY DECISIONS. I JUST WANTED TO COME BECAUSE SCOTT REACHED OUT.AND WE THINK THERE'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN THIS MARKET. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. SO WITH THAT, WANT TO JUST OPEN IT UP IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, AS SCOTT MENTIONED, KRISTEN STROUD IS WITH ME. SHE'S RELATIVELY NEW TO OUR TEAM, BUT SHE LIVES IN AMARILLO. SHE'S PART OF A COMPANY THAT HAS OPERATED TWO FACILITIES HERE IN TEXAS AND ONE IN KANSAS. SHE UNDERSTANDS DIRECTLY FROM OPERATIONS THE DEMAND FOR THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES, BECAUSE SHE'S GOT A FACILITY THAT CAN'T MEET THE DEMAND AND DOES A GREAT JOB OF DOING WHAT THEY CAN WITH THE SEVEN VOLLEYBALL COURTS THAT THEY HAVE. THEY'RE RUNNING 12 TOURNAMENTS PER YEAR ON SEVEN VOLLEYBALL COURTS, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THREE FACILITIES TO MAKE UP THE OTHER VOLLEYBALL COURTS NECESSARY. SO THEY HAVE A TOTAL OF 20. AND THIS WOULD HAVE 20 UNDER ONE ROOF, WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING MUCH BETTER FOR THE EVENTS RIGHTS HOLDERS, FOR THE PARENTS, FOR THE COACHES, FOR THE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, AND ULTIMATELY MAKES YOU A MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT. AT THIS POINT, COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONS WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THOSE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FOR FLYING DOWN AND ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE NAVIGATING THROUGH. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING THAT. APPRECIATE IT.
WE'LL GIVE HIM A SECOND TO IT'S A LOT IT'S A LOT IT'S A LOT YEAH IT'S A LOT. YEAH. THE MOST IMPORTANT I GUESS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS IS THAT I WANT IT TO BE WHERE OUR RESIDENTS CAN AFFORD TO HAVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS.
I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THE CITY BUILT IT AND THE LOCALS CAN'T USE IT. YEAH. THAT IS IT'S REALLY CORE TO WHAT WE DO. AND LET ME GIVE YOU ONE OTHER EXAMPLE. I DIDN'T PUT THIS ONE IN THERE, BUT THERE'S A FACILITY IN HOOVER, ALABAMA. IT IS GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE OF THESE FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY. SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 175,000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR. THERE IS A BASEBALL STADIUM THAT EXISTED BECAUSE IT WAS HOME OF THE BIRMINGHAM BARONS BEFORE THEY MOVED TO BIRMINGHAM OUT OF HOOVER, STILL HOST THE SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT. AND THEN WE BUILT FIELDS AROUND IT. HERE'S THE REALLY COOL THING ABOUT THAT FACILITY, BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE WAY THAT WE DELIVER THAT MODEL AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN FOR THE TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS, WE GIVE 60% OF THE AVAILABLE INVENTORY OF TIME TO PARKS AND RECREATION, 60% OF THE TIME THAT YOU CAN USE THAT FACILITY. PARKS AND REC COMES IN. WE DON'T CHARGE THEM ANYTHING BECAUSE OUR MODEL IS NOT BASED ON REVENUE OR PERCENT OF REVENUE OR PROFITABILITY. WE HAVE A FLAT MANAGEMENT FEE. SO WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IF YOU TELL US IN ONE YEAR, IF WE WERE OPERATING A FACILITY FOR YOU, WE DID GREAT IN PUTTING HEADS IN BEDS, BUT WE DIDN'T GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE OR WE DIDN'T SERVE ENOUGH OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS, THEN WE JUST BUILD THE PLAN AND WE SAY, HERE'S THE TRADE OFF FOR EXECUTING IN A DIFFERENT WAY. LET US KNOW IF YOU APPROVE THAT. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF SAYING, NO, WE DIDN'T GENERATE REVENUE AT THAT 60% OF THE TIME THAT WE GIVE IT AWAY TO PARKS AND RECREATION. THAT FACILITY FOR EACH OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS PUT MORE THAN $1 MILLION OF PROFIT BACK IN, AND IT'S HELPED TO REINVEST IN THE FACILITY. AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDING MECHANISM, WHICH IS KIND OF HELD SEPARATELY. WE ALSO ACTIVATED IN THAT MARKET SOMETHING WE HAVE BUILT, WHICH IS A 500 1C3. IT'S CALLED THE SF ACCESS PROGRAM. BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND INSTEAD OF THEM GETTING MARKETING VALUE FOR A SPONSORSHIP, THEY
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PARTICIPATE IN THE SF ACCESS PROGRAM. IT IS A 100% GIVE BACK IN A SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS WHO OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO WE'VE WE'VE GOT THAT AS ANOTHER MECHANISM. WE CARE ABOUT COMMUNITIES. WE THINK SPORTS TOURISM IS GREAT WHEN IT'S PROPERLY DELIVERED, BUT WE THINK IT CAN BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OR THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE NON-LOCALS IN. BUT TUESDAY'S MATTER, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT FACILITY ON TUESDAY FOR THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE? AND THAT IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF EXPECTATIONS THAT WE SET GOING IN. WE WANT TO SERVE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, AND THEY ARE SET FOR US. ALL OF OUR CLIENTS WANT US TO SERVE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU GUYS HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT? YEAH. TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. SO THAT IS OUR OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND OUR VISION STATEMENT IS TO AND WE DO. WE ARE BY FAR THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY IN ACTUALLY EVERY ONE OF THOSE THREE AREAS THAT WE HAVE. BUT OUR VISION IS TO DELIVER THE WELL, TO MANAGE THE LARGEST NETWORK OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND THOSE PERFORMANCE METRICS ARE NOT JUST ECONOMIC, THEY ARE HEALTH, SOCIAL SAFETY AND EDUCATIONAL IN ADDITION. SO ALL OF THOSE TIE TOGETHER. BUT MISSION STATEMENT SPECIFICALLY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OF COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU AGAIN.YEAH. ALL RIGHT. QUESTION FOR ME, WHAT ARE THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS? CITY OFTEN UNDERESTIMATE? IT'S REALLY CAPITAL AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CAPITAL REPLACEMENT ON SYSTEMS IN IN YOUR CASE MOST OF THE SPORTS SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT. IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GOALS FLOORS ETC. THOSE ARE 20 TO 25 YEAR ASSETS. BUT WHERE A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES DROP THE BALL IS THINKING ABOUT THEIR MAJOR SYSTEMS HVAC AT 8 OR 10 YEARS, RIGHT. YOU GOT A ROOF PROBLEM AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BUT IT CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO FLOORS AND EVERYTHING BELOW IT. AND IT'S A HUGE EXPENSE TO HAVE TO TO HAVE TO RECOVER. I SHOULD MENTION THAT ON THE THE LEASEBACK, THE LEASE PURCHASE SCENARIO, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, THEY BUILD IN AN ASSET MAINTENANCE STRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM, AND THEN IT'S ALL GENERATED THROUGH CONSTANT MONITORING OF ALL THE SYSTEMS. BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ENSURES THAT THE INVESTORS ARE PUTTING THEIR MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T JUST FUNCTIONING FOR 5 OR 10 YEARS, BUT IF IT'S A 20 OR 30 YEAR LOAN, IT'S TAKEN CARE OF THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE TIME AND YOU ARE NOTIFIED WELL IN ADVANCE FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND SPOT MAINTENANCE AND ANYTHING THAT MAY BE COMING UP IN TERMS OF REPAIRS, IT MONITORS ALL OF THE SYSTEMS THROUGH THE OPERATING SOFTWARE AND THROUGH THE PHYSICAL, THE PHYSICAL PLANT. AND THEY REQUIRE THAT AS PART OF IT, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE ASSETS THAT LIKE A LOT OF PARKS AND RECREATION ASSETS OR RECREATION CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS AND THEY'RE JUST BARELY HOLDING ON TO LIFE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO REPLACE THEM.
AND NOW THEY'VE GOT CORRODED PIPES IN THE AQUATIC CENTER AND EVERYTHING LIKE IT IS. IT IS DIFFICULT, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FACILITIES THAT HAVE NOW COMPLETELY AGED OUT, BECOME OBSOLETE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T TAKEN CARE OF. SO WE BUILD THAT IN. OUR PARTNERS IN SOME CASES, ALSO REQUIRE THAT AS AN ANOTHER SET OF CHECKS AND BALANCES, BUT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATING WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN TERMS OF FUTURE EXPENSES AND WHEN TO START PLANNING, HOW TO START PLANNING FOR THEM. OTHER QUESTIONS I DO. SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T ALREADY SAY IT BEFORE I ASKED. NO PROBLEM. BUT I GUESS IN TERMS FROM THE THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS FROM WHAT YOU SHOWED US, WHAT IS THAT IN TERMS OF ACRES OF LIKE THE ENTIRE FACILITY PLUS PARKING? I GUESS THAT WAS 16.5 ACRES, INCLUDING A THOUSAND PARKING SPACES. AND THAT'S A WE USE A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE METRIC FOR THAT.
YOU COULD YOU CAN PACK IN 210 PARKING SPACES IN AN ACRE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANY CURBS OR ANYTHING ELSE WE USE WORKS OUT TO BE ABOUT 110 PARKING SPACES PER ACRE, BECAUSE WE DON'T JUST WANT PARKING LOTS AND ASPHALT, WE WANT SOME TREES AND SOME DROP OFF AREAS AND PLENTY OF CIRCULATION SPACE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE CROWDED AREAS. SO THAT WOULD BE 16.5 ACRES. YOU COULD ABSOLUTELY DO IT IN LESS, EVEN LESS ACREAGE. EVEN IF YOU NEEDED TO BUILD A THOUSAND PARKING SPACES. BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FULL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND WHATEVER ELSE GOES ON THERE, REALLY PLANNING FOR SHARED PARKING IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT
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OF JUST NOT SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH MONEY. THE COST THAT I GAVE YOU, BY THE WAY, THAT INCLUDES WHAT WE SEE AS THE AVERAGE IN TEXAS FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION.SO SITE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING ALL OF THE PARKING LOT AND THAT 16.5 ACRES GETTING IT PREPPED FOR FOR UTILITIES AND POWER AND ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO COME IN. OKAY, THAT BRINGS IN HALF MY NEXT QUESTION. LIKE IN TERMS OF PARKING, DO YOU EVER SEE WHERE IT'S FEASIBLE FOR A PARKING GARAGE INSTEAD OF JUST FLAT PARKING? YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE WITH A PARKING GARAGE IS JUST IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 5 TO $8000 FOR A SURFACE PER SPOT FOR SURFACE PARKING. AND NOW IT'S LIKE 30 TO 32,000 ON AVERAGE FOR A SINGLE SPOT IN A PARKING GARAGE. SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MONETIZE THAT, WHETHER THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUTER SERVICE CENTER OR YOU'RE CHARGING FOR PARKING FOR SPECIAL EVENT DAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT MAKE GREAT MONEY OFF OF PARKING GARAGES. IN OUR CASE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE TYPICALLY THE PROVIDER THAT SAYS PAY FOR PARKING, THEN PAY WHEN YOU COME IN THE DOOR. THEN GET YOUR KIDS TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY AT THE CONCESSION STAND.
AND OH, BY THE WAY, YOU CAN'T WALK OUT OF HERE WITHOUT THE THREE T SHIRTS AND THE BEDAZZLED HAT OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PARKING GARAGES THAT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED OR DEVELOPED, BUT SEVERAL OF OUR FACILITIES DO, OUT OF NECESSITY, OUT OF JUST AVAILABLE LAND AND OUT OF THAT ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE THROUGH ALL OF THE USES. IF YOU DECIDE TO ACTIVATE A PAID PARKING STRUCTURE AND AND YOU HAVE ENOUGH LAND. OKAY, WITHOUT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY DONE, WHAT'S OUR COMPETITION? WHO ARE WE COMPETING AGAINST OR WHAT AMENITIES ARE WE COMPETING? YEAH. WELL, SO ROUND ROCK, ACTUALLY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS I WORKED ON BACK IN, BACK WHEN I CAME TO THE COMPANY, THEY BUILT THEIR FACILITY AT SIX BASKETBALL COURTS AND 12 VOLLEYBALL COURTS. AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEY SAID, IF WE COULD DO ONE THING DIFFERENT, WE'D DOUBLE IT. SO THEY'RE DOUBLING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE DOUBLING IT PURELY FOR SPORTS. THERE ARE VERY FEW FACILITIES IN THIS PART OF TEXAS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT FULL FUNCTION THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING HERE FOR SPORTS AND NON-SPORTS. IT WOULD REALLY BE A DIFFERENTIATOR. AUSTIN DOES. THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA DOES NOT YET HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES FOR THE DEMAND TO TRAVEL TO THIS GREAT PART OF THE STATE, GREAT PART OF THE COUNTRY COLLEGE STATION? ABSOLUTELY. THE, YOU KNOW, THE EPICENTER. AND THEN THERE ARE THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS, BUT. LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY.
THERE ARE A TON OF COMPETITORS. THERE ARE A LOT OF ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WHO ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO INVEST IN. SO WE ARE VERY CONSCIOUS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE MANAGE SO MANY OF THEM. WE DON'T WANT SUPER SATURATION, RIGHT? THERE WILL BE A POINT. AND CANDIDLY, THE CAROLINAS HAVE ALMOST REACHED SUPER SATURATION. MORE FACILITIES CAN'T BE BUILT, AND WE OPERATE A BUNCH OF THOSE.
BUT TEXAS IS NOT THERE YET. YES, MA'AM. I THINK. ONE OF. THE THIS OTHER ONE, I GUESS, WAS WHEN YOU WERE SHOWING THE DIAGRAMS OF HOW THE COURTS COULD BE OR HOW THE SPACE COULD BE LAID OUT. AND SO WITH SOME OF THE EVENTS, IF IT WASN'T COURTS, IS THERE ANY OTHER EVENT THAT WOULD USE THE ENTIRE SPACE OR IS IT. YEAH. THE WE ACTUALLY USE THE ENTIRE SPACE A LOT. SO THOSE ARE THE DIAGRAMS. BUT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK EVEN LIKE A CHEER AND DANCE WHERE YOU DO, YOU HAVE THE STAGE AND THE SEATING ON ONE SIDE. WE USE ALL THAT EXTRA SPACE FOR THE TEAMS TO WARM UP AND PRACTICE AND HAVE THEIR BAGS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO THAT CREATES IN THE BIG EVENT CASES. IT CREATES FULL USE OF THE FACILITY AND THE RIGHTS HOLDERS PAY FOR THE FULL FACILITY. AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN WE HAVE A SMALLER EVENT, WE OFTENTIMES HAVE MULTIPLE THINGS GOING ON AT ONCE, AND THAT TAKES SOME YIELD MANAGEMENT AND SOME CONTROL. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO CROSS TOO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS IF YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE THERE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS AND THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BUT THAT'S ALSO POSSIBLE. AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IN THAT FACILITY IS WE HAVE A DIVIDING WALL. SO LIKE AN AIR WALL THAT COMES ACROSS. AND SO WE CAN COMPLETELY BLOCK THAT OFF AND WE CAN HAVE TEAMS PRACTICING OR SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON WHILE AN EVENT IS HAPPENING ON THE ON THE BIGGER SIDE. BUT OUR TYPICALLY ANY OF THE MAJOR EVENTS THAT WE WOULD BRING IN,
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THEY WILL USE ALL OF THE SPACE. OH, MY LAST ONE WHEN FOR THE ONES THAT ARE PRIVATE FUNDING OR THAT ARE FULLY PRIVATE FUNDING AND NO BONDS, ARE THOSE TYPICALLY THE FACILITIES THAT WE WOULD SEE THAT HAVE THE NAME OF THEIR COMPANY? OH, NO, ACTUALLY. SO IT WAS NOT COMMON UNTIL 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO FOR THERE TO BE ANY NAMING RIGHTS IN THIS SPACE. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAD THAT NAME SPONSOR ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS PRETTY SIMPLE. THESE ARE NOT TELEVISED EVENTS. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GO WATCH A FOOTBALL GAME AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THAT TELEVISION VIEW AND IT'S ALL ABOUT EYEBALLS. BUT SPORTS, YOUTH AND AMATEUR SPORTS HAS NOW BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT. SO WE WE DO A LOT OF NAMING RIGHTS DEALS. I JUST WANT TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE ARE YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR ABOUT WHAT AMERICAN AIRLINES PAYS FOR NAMING RIGHTS ON A PROFESSIONAL STADIUM. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOW SIX FIGURES, TYPICALLY 100 TO $300,000 A YEAR. BUT THE WAY THAT WE STRUCTURE THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE WORKING LOCALLY TYPICALLY CAN BE VARIED. WE'VE GOT A FACILITY THAT THEIR NAMING RIGHTS DEAL IS $3 MILLION OVER TEN YEARS, BUT THEY PUT IT ALL UP FRONT SO IT COULD GO TO THE CAPITAL STACK. AND THEN THEY GET THE VALUE OF NAMING RIGHTS. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE UPFRONT CAPITAL TO GET THE PROJECT FUNDED. AND THEN THEY GET THE LONG TERM BENEFIT. IN OTHER CASES IT'S A YEAR. NAMING RIGHTS IS TYPICALLY 5 TO 10 YEARS, BUT IT'S DUE EVERY YEAR.SO THE FACILITY THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT FOR US IS JUST THE THE INDOOR FACILITY.
NOTHING ON THE OUTSIDE. THE OUTDOOR SIDE IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO DO WITHOUT DOING THE FULL FEASIBILITY BECAUSE UNLIKE INDOOR, THERE ARE WAY MORE COMPETITORS FOR OUTDOOR AND THE MARKET RATE IS SET MOSTLY BY PARKS AND RECREATION SPACES. AND SO THAT WE DIDN'T FOCUS ON THERE IS ALSO BECAUSE OF YOUR CLIMATE AND YOUR GEOGRAPHY, THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S MORE COMPETITION FOR OUTDOOR FIELD SPACE THAN THERE IS FOR INDOOR. SO WE WERE FOCUSING ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DESTINATION THAT PRESERVES A LOT OF SPACE FOR YOUR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT FIELDS COULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT WHEN JUST THINK ABOUT THIS. WE'VE GOT THE CAPACITY FOR 5000 PEOPLE IN THAT BUILDING, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE 16.2 ACRES, INCLUDING PARKING. ONE FIELD IS 4 TO 5 ACRES. WHEN YOU INCLUDE PARKING, SO MUCH MORE LAND MASS AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE, 10 OR 12 IS THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM NUMBER OF FIELDS THAT YOU CAN BUILD TO HAVE A TOURNAMENT COMPLEX. AND SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 50, 60 ACRES. LOTS OF THESE COMPLEXES ARE OVER 100, 120. WE'VE GOT SOME 300 ACRE COMPLEXES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL. SO IT COULD GOBBLE UP ALL OF THE SPACE. BUT THIS PRESERVES THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF USE, WITH THE HIGHEST BENEFIT FROM MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT. OKAY. I THINK WE WERE ALSO KIND OF TOLD SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE WERE THINKING OF THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE ARE RIGHT HERE NEXT TO THE DELCO CENTER IN THE EASTERN CORRIDOR OF AUSTIN, AND THAT AUSTIN WAS GOING TO EXPAND THEIR FACILITIES. IS THAT NO LONGER HAPPENING? THAT WAS OLD, OUTDATED INFORMATION THAT WAS BEING CIRCULATED. OH. BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS NOT IN THIS AREA AND REALLY KIND OF I THINK NOT IN CENTRAL TEXAS, IS AN INDOOR TRACK. YEAH.
THE INDOOR TRACK MODEL IS INTERESTING. WE SO THE PODIUM THAT I SHOWED YOU IN SPOKANE, THAT'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL INDOOR TRACK. WE OPERATE ONE IN VIRGINIA BEACH AS WELL, WHICH DOES ACTUALLY WE HAD TO RESCUE THAT OPERATION. IT WAS OPERATED BY SOMEONE ELSE. IT WAS NOT DOING WELL. SO THEY BROUGHT US IN. NOW IT'S DOING PHENOMENALLY. THE CHALLENGE WITH INDOOR TRACK, JUST TO BE TOTALLY CANDID, IS IT TAKES UP A BIG FOOTPRINT AND IT'S A VERY SMALL WINDOW. THE SEASON FOR INDOOR TRACK EVENTS IS BASICALLY MID-DECEMBER THROUGH LATE FEBRUARY, SO YOU ONLY HAVE TWO AND A HALF, THREE MONTHS THAT YOU'RE SERVING. SO IN ORDER TO DO IT RIGHT, YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT FLEXIBLE SO THAT WHEN INDOOR TRACK SEASON IS OVER, WE CAN RUN ALL THE OTHER EVENTS ON THAT SPACE AND NO ONE HAS DONE IT AS EFFECTIVELY AS THE PODIUM BECAUSE WE WERE INVOLVED IN THAT DEVELOPMENT. MOST OF THEM LIKE THE BIRMINGHAM CROSS PLEX AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT CAN DO TRACK AND THEN ONLY VOLLEYBALL. IT HAS NO BASKETBALL CAPABILITIES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD SO THAT THEY COULD PUT BASKETBALL
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FLOORS ON TOP OF IT. SO THAT HAS, I THINK, NINE VOLLEYBALL COURTS, OVER BASICALLY 100,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACE WITH NO BASKETBALL IN SPOKANE. THEY CAN BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN. IT'S PRETTY LABOR INTENSIVE, BUT INDOOR TRACK IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN STUDYING AND REVIEWING ALL OF THE OPERATIONS. AND IT IS IT IS AN INCREASINGLY VALUABLE FACILITY TYPE BECAUSE WE'VE NOW PROVEN THAT IT CAN BE BUILT THE RIGHT WAY TO BE REALLY FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF USE. SO YOU COULD USE IT FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR. NO, THE INDOOR TRACK IS 200M FOR TO BE SANCTIONED. THE OUTDOOR TRACKS ARE 400M, SO IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FOOTPRINT. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT I WANT TO DROWN YOU IN THE DETAILS, BUT THE FUNCTION OF THE TRACK IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE DISTANCE RACES VERSUS SPRINT RACES HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT EMBANKMENT ANGLE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MOVING FASTER ON A SMALLER TRACK. AND SO SPEED RACES GO UP TO ABOUT 15 DEGREES SO THAT SPRINTERS DON'T FALL OFF THE TRACK AND LITERALLY DON'T RUN THEMSELVES OFF FROM CENTRIFUGAL FORCE OR WHATEVER IT IS. BUT WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING DISTANCE, THEY'RE GOING MUCH SLOWER. SO YOU CAN PUT THAT DOWN TO A FLAT TRACK OR 3 TO 5 DEGREE EMBANKMENT. SO THAT'S A WHOLE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, IT WAS LIKE $4.5 MILLION JUST FOR THE HYDRAULICS IN THE PODIUM WHEN WE DID IT THERE. BUT THAT WAS THE THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY HAS GREAT INDOOR TRACK HISTORY AND NO INDOOR TRACKS. OKAY.THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBERS. SORRY TO CLARIFY. IT WOULD BE BUILT FOR YOUTH. AND YOU SAID SOMETHING ELSE. AMATEUR ONLY. NO PROTEINS YOU COULD. WE'VE WORKED ON WE WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT HAVE PRO TEAM INSTALLATIONS TYPICALLY. I'M TRYING TO BE DIPLOMATIC HERE. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT TYPICALLY NOT THE BEST INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT CAN ALSO HAVE A PRO TEAM. TYPICALLY YOU'D BE LOOKING AT MORE LIKE A G LEAGUE TEAM. AND THE FINANCIALS OF THAT IN A FACILITY LIKE THIS, THE FINANCIALS OF THAT JUST DON'T DON'T TYPICALLY PENCIL. OH MY LAST ONE IF THAT'S OKAY. ARE THERE OTHER I GUESS IN TERMS OF MATERIALS AND STUFF. ARE THERE IS IT MORE COSTLY TO HAVE MORE SUSTAINABLE LEED GREEN SOLAR PANELS OR SOMETHING THAT'S INVOLVED. YEAH. SO GREEN BUILDING DESIGN IS EXPENSIVE. IF YOU GO TO LEED CERTIFICATION IT GETS VERY EXPENSIVE. WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS WE WORK WITH OUR CLIENTS AND THE ARCHITECTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION GROUP, AND WE RECOMMEND MEETING LEED STANDARDS FOR MANY OF THE ITEMS BECAUSE THEY DO CREATE REAL OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES LIKE PAYBACK, BUT DON'T GO OUT FOR THE CERTIFICATION BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO ADD MORE THINGS AND YOU HAVE TO PAY A BUNCH FOR THE ACTUAL PLAQUE. AND SO BUT SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPORTANT. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT. IN TEXAS WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH STORM HARDENING FOR SHELTERS, ESPECIALLY DOWN LIKE MORE TOWARDS THE HOUSTON AREA. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT. WHAT DO DO WE HAVE CRITICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE SPACE? DO WE HAVE EVEN STAGING SPACE? IF WE NEEDED TO HAVE PEOPLE IN FROM OUT OF TOWN TO HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC. AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, AND THERE'S SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR THAT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT THEME FOR TIME. BUT IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS PLEASE SEND IT TO MR. JONES AND HE'LL GET IT TO TO THE TEAM. SO THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU. NO NO. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. PROCLAMATIONS
[A. Declaring the month of February as “Black History Month”]
DECLARING MONTH OF FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE CITY OF MAYNARD RECOGNIZES THE RICH HISTORY AND CULTURE, HERITAGE AND ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF OUR NATION AND COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, LIKE YOU SAID, MONTH PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER AND HONOR ACHIEVEMENTS, SACRIFICES AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WHOSE COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP HAVE ADVANCED FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS THE STUDY OF AND CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING OUR UNDERSTANDING, RESPECT AND UNITY AMONGST ALL OUR AMONG ALL RESIDENTS.WHEREAS THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING EQUITY, INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY CITIZEN AND TO AND TO SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AND TEACH THE STORIES.
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CONTRIBUTIONS AFRICAN AMERICANS ACROSS GENERATIONS. WHEREAS RECOGNIZING THIS 100TH BLACK HISTORY MONTH ENCOURAGES CITIZENS, SCHOOLS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND FAITH COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT CELEBRATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, EVENTS, AWARENESS, AND PROMOTE DIALOG ABOUT THE CONTINUED STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE MAYNARD CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2026 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE STATE OF MAINE AND CALL FOR ALL RESIDENTS, CIVIC GROUPS, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES AND REFLECTIONS TO HONOR THE LEGACY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CALLED THE CITY OF THE CITY MANAGER TO BE AFFIXED TO THIS FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026. DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR, CITY OF MAYNARD. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. THERE WE GO. OKAY, Y'ALL WANT TO GRAB A PHOTO? YEAH. ALL RIGHT.ONE. TWO THREE. ONE TWO. YEAH.
[1. Conduct a public hearing on a Specific Use Permit for up to 13,000 square feet of Medical Office, one (1) lot on 6.76 acres, more or less, and being Lot 1A, Block A Las Entradas North Section 3, also known as 12420 Tillgang Pass, Manor, TX. Submitted by: Michael Burrell, Development Services Director ]
ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. NUMBER ONE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR UP TO 13,000FT■!S OF MEDICAL OFFICE. E LOT ON 6.76 ACRES, MORE OR LESS LOCATED. ONE A BLOCK, A LOT ANDRADAS NORTH SECTION THREE, ALSO KNOWN AS 12420 TILL GANG PASS MANOR, TEXAS. WHERE'S MY CARDS? OH, MR. ROBERT, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE.THAT WAS A NICE PRESENTATION. BUT WHEN YOU DON'T PUT A LINK IN THE AGENDA, THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. ALSO, AS I READ YOUR CODES, PRESENTATIONS ARE LIMITED TO TEN MINUTES FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND WHEN YOU DO THEM FOR AN HOUR, YOU LOSE HALF YOUR AUDIENCE AT HOME. NOW THIS I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF MEDICAL OFFICES, BUT I'M ALSO NOT IN FAVOR OF GIVING AWAY LOTS OF MONEY FOR A SITUATION THAT DOESN'T GENERATE SALES TAX AND MAYBE IS NOT SHOULDN'T BE CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY THERE IN THAT AREA TOO. I STILL HAVE YET TO HEAR A REASON WHY ANYTHING NORTH OF 290 IN THAT AREA IS IN A TOURIST PROJECT. TOURS IS FOR BLIGHTED AREAS THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE DEVELOP. THIS IS YET ANOTHER GIVEAWAY TO PETE DWYER, SO I'D LIKE TO YOU GUYS. NOW, OF COURSE, LET'S BE CLEAR. THE TOURIST BOARD IS THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE TOURIST BOARD REPORTS TO GUESS WHO THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A VIOLATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS TOO. SO WHAT YOU GUYS SHOULD DO, IF HE'S GOING TO DEVELOP THAT AREA, YOU NEED TO PULL IT OUT OF TOURS TO. DOESN'T THAT MAKE SENSE? NOW, WE DO HAVE SOME BLIGHTED AREAS, BUT THEY'RE BLIGHTED BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE TOO CHEAP TO EVER SPEND ANY MONEY IN THE OLD PART OF TOWN. AND THEN YOU HAD THIS BIG PLAN TO, YOU KNOW, SHAKE UP THINGS, AND NOW YOU'VE TAKEN THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT FROM MR.
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BURRELL, MAYBE. MR. JONES, WHY IS THIS AREA IN A TOURIST DEVELOPMENT? AND WHY ARE WE GIVING THIS GENTLEMAN SO MUCH MONEY? I LIKE PETE, I CONSIDER HIM A COLLEAGUE OF SORTS. HE LAUGHS AT MY JOKES. I LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS HE'S DONE. BUT WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP GIVING THESE.MULTI MULTI MULTI. THANK YOU SIR. IS THAT IT. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT COME ON UP SIR. MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF IS REQUESTING LEAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN FOR THIS ITEM UNTIL THE 18TH AS WELL AS POSTPONEMENT OF THE REGULAR ITEM. THANK YOU SIR, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE LEAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE, OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY 18TH, 2026. MOTION ON FOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WEARY? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. CONSENT AGENDA.
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ALL ITEMS AND CONSENT AGENDA. CONSIDER SELF EXPLANATORY BY COUNCIL MEMBER. INACTIVE ON MOTION. NUMBER TWO. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ MOTION FORWARD BY COUNCILMAN. WOMAN.WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND I SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN MEXICO. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. NUMBER THREE, WE NEED A POSTPONEMENT
[3. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Specific Use Permit for up to 13,000 square feet of Medical Office, one (1) lot on 6.76 acres, more or less, and being Lot 1A, Block A Las Entradas North Section 3, also known as 12420 Tillgang Pass, Manor, TX.]
FOR NUMBER THREE CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION ON A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR UP TO 13,000FT■!S OF MEDICAL OFFICE. E LOT ON 6.76 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. AND BEING LOCATED ONE A BLOCK A LOS CONTRATOS NORTH SECTION THREE, ALSO KNOWN AS 124202 GAME PASS MANOR, TEXAS, UNTIL FEBRUARY 18TH. MAYOR. COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER THREE UNTIL OUR FEBRUARY 18TH, 2026 MEETING. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN METZGER. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. NUMBER FOUR. CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION.[4. Consideration, discussion, and possible action to award a Construction Contract for the FY2023 and FY2024 Capital Metro Paving Improvements.]
POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR 2023. FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024. CAPITAL METRO PAVING IMPROVEMENTS. HEY, SIR, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO HOPEFULLY GET THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT APPROVED. WE ON OUR CONSTRUCTION BIDS. WE HAVE GONE OUT AND WE HAD EIGHT BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED. AND WE ARE GLAD TO PRESENT THE AWARD WINNING FOR PACKSADDLE MANAGEMENT. THOSE ROADS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR IS JAMIE DRIVE, CUMMINGS WAY, TIMBER ARC LANE AND BOYD THE ARC, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO A PATCH REPAIR AND LEVEL UP AND FOG SEAL AND GREENBERRY SUBDIVISION. OKAY.RELATED. BUT UNRELATED TO THE SELECTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, IS THIS THESE PROJECTS THAT WE THAT WE'RE DOING, CAN WE PUT ON THE WEBSITE AND TRACK THE PROGRESS? YES FOR SURE CAN OKAY. AND WE DO HAVE WE HAVE CREATED A MAP AS WELL FOR THE RESIDENTS TO SEE WHAT ROADS WE DO TAKE CARE OF AND WHAT WE DON'T, AND WHO TAKES CARE OF TRAVIS COUNTY ROADS AND WHAT DEFINITION DEFINING WHAT TXDOT ROADS WAS, TRAVIS COUNTY ROADS AND WHAT'S OUR ROADS. OKAY. DOES THAT AND AND AT SOME POINT WE GET TO THE REST OF THOSE BOND PROJECTS, JUST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. SAME THING WHERE IT JUST KIND OF TRACKING THAT PROGRESS. THAT WAY. PEOPLE ONE KNOW HOW MUCH WORK YOU'RE DOING. YES, SIR. AND THEN TWO THEY CAN SEE WHEN WE GET INTO THEIR STREETS. BECAUSE I KNOW A COUPLE OF THESE ROADS ON HERE HAVE BEEN HIGHLY REQUESTED FOR A MINUTE. AND SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE SHOUTED OUT, I KNOW, I THINK I BROUGHT IT UP IN THE STATE OF THE CITY. AND SO IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED IN, IN THE FALL OF, OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THE CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BRINGING THE COMBINATION TOGETHER FOR US. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HAVE A QUESTION. HAVE WE USED THIS COMPANY BEFORE? I'M SORRY. YES, MA'AM.
WE I DID HEAR YOU. HAVE WE USED THIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY? YES MA'AM. WE HAVE. WE'VE USED THEM ON ONE OF OUR PROJECTS. YES YOU HAVE. YOU'VE HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, I'M ASSUMING, ACTUALLY. YES, SIR. WE DID. THEY ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATED AND WORKED WITH US.
WELL, WE THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT THAT THAT SHIFT AND MOVE FOR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND THEY ACCOMMODATED. WE ACTUALLY STAYED ON BUDGET ON THAT PROJECT. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCIL, I
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WILL SAY TO MATT'S CREDIT AND CREDIT AND WORKING WITH BCT FUNDS, THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO DO ARE BRINGING A LOT OF INTEREST BEFORE YOU HAVE MAYBE 1 OR 2 BIDDERS. BUT I THINK ANYTHING WE PUT OUT THERE NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY QUALITY BIDS AND COMPETITION. SO I THINK THE WORK IS HERE. WE JUST WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE IT'S THERE AND COMPANIES CAN QUALIFY TO DO THE WORK. SO I THINK AGAIN THE PROGRESS WE'RE SHOWING IS THROUGH THE BIDS WE'RE GETTING TO BECAUSE NOW YOU GET VERY COMPETITIVE PRICING THAT OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IN THE PAST. AND YOU KIND OF WANT TO QUESTION THE OVERALL QUALITY. SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING THAT. AND AND TO THE CREDIT OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE THAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO DO WITH THE ANALYZING, THE ROADS AND THE CONDITIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THAT AND THEN BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THOSE ROADS THAT FALL BELOW THAT THRESHOLD OF BEING JUST GENERAL MAINTENANCE TO SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE TO DO A REPAIR. AND LIKE YOU SAID, MAYOR, THERE'S BEEN SOME THAT ARE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS IN WAITING. AND SO IF WE CAN DO MORE, WE'LL JUST COME BACK TO YOU AND DOING THE BUDGET TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO. WITH THE SUCCESS OF THESE PROJECTS BEING DONE THIS YEAR. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WOULD YOU CONSIDER A SMALL, MEDIUM OR LARGE BUSINESS? GETTING TO KNOW THEM? I'VE NOTICED THAT THE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT RUNS THE THE COMPANY USED TO RUN OTHER OTHER KIND OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES. SO HE'S GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. IT'S FAIRLY NEW. BUT WE DID LOOK AT THE BID PROCESS. THEY DO ALSO HAVE A SUBCONSULTANT THAT'S GOING TO DO THE ASPHALT, WHICH YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THOSE TRUCKS COMING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF ROAD WORK RIGHT NOW ON I-35. SO WITH THE COMBINATION OF WHAT THEY KNOW AS FAR AS CURB, CONCRETE STORM DRAIN AND THEN COMBINATION WITH THE SUBCONSULTANT DOING THE PAVING, IT'S A GOOD COMBINATION. THE QUESTIONS. IF NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO PACKSADDLE MANAGEMENT LLC FOR THE BASE BID OF $1,438,612.75. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALLACE? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. AND JUST ANOTHER THING ON THAT. PROBABLY WHEN, WHEN WHEN YOU POST IT, JUST MAYBE A LITTLE BLURB ABOUT THE BCT FUNDS. YES, SIR. JUST SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS AND THOSE DOLLARS. OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO NUMBER FIVE
[5. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a tree mitigation fee-in-lieu for 104 E. Townes St., Manor, TX. ]
CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A TREE. MITIGATION FEE IN LIEU FOR 104 EAST TOWN STREET MANOR, TEXAS. YES, SIR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL BURRELL, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MANOR. THIS ITEM IS, AS IT STATES, A TREE MITIGATION FEE IN LIEU REQUEST FOR 104 EAST TOWNS. THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION THEY HAVE FOR THE SITE, AS WELL AS THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, LIMITS THEM IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL LANDSCAPING THAT THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE ON SITE, SO THE REQUEST IS TO PAY A FEE IN LIEU TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN CALIPER INCHES THAT THEY'RE UNABLE TO PLACE ON SITE. QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBERS. QUESTIONS. CONCERNS OF.HOW DOES THIS PLAN IMPROVE THE STREETSCAPE FOR PEDESTRIANS IN PUBLIC, NOT JUST LIKE THE PRIVATE SIDE OF IT? AND I GUESS THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO GENUINE PART. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY BIG WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M JUST CURIOUS OF HOW THIS PLAN CAN IMPROVE THAT. SO THE WAY THE SITE IS CONFIGURED, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPING PLAN, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR PLANTINGS ACTUALLY FALL ALONG THEIR MAJOR WATERWAY, WITH A FEW PLANTINGS BEING ALONG THE ALLEYWAY ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LOT. BUT THERE IS THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG THOSE TWO RIGHTS OF WAY. SO FROM A PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF WHAT THEY'LL SEE. I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS OR A MOTION.
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MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE TREE MITIGATION FEE IN LIEU FOR 104 EAST TOWN STREET, MANOR, TEXAS, WITH A SUGGESTED PRICE PER CALIPER INCH. OH, WE HAVE TO SET THE PRICE RIGHT. PER THE ORDINANCE, THE COUNCIL HAS THE DISCRETION OF WHAT THAT PRICE SHOULD BE. I DID SPEAK WITH TIMMY, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE TREES THAT THEY PURCHASED. IN THE AVERAGE COST THEY GO BY GALLONS AS OPPOSED TO CALIPER INCH. BUT FOR WHAT CODE REQUIRES, IT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF A 45 GALLON, AND THAT'S ABOUT $150 PER CALIPER INCH. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST 175 JUST TO ACCOUNT FOR THE STAFF TIME THAT GOES INTO ACTUALLY HAVING OUR GUYS GET OUT THERE AND PLANT THE TREES, BECAUSE IT'LL BE TYPICALLY TWO GUYS IN A SHOVEL, OR IT'LL BE TWO GUYS, BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO USE EQUIPMENT AND THEY HAVE TO PLANT IT, AND IT TAKES STAFF TIME TO GET THESE THINGS DONE. SO YES, THE STAFF REQUEST IS 175 PER CALIPER INCH. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO. AT THE SUGGESTED PRICE PER AT 175 PER $175 PER CALIPER INCH. WELL MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? QUESTION. SO HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PLANT A TREE IF IT'S TWO GUYS IN A SHOVEL? AND I ACTUALLY ASKED ME THIS QUESTION SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I ANTICIPATED IT. IT CAN TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR, BUT IF THEY HAVE EQUIPMENT 20 TO 30 MINUTES. SO $25 AN HOUR, THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT THE AVERAGE RATE OF WHAT OUR GUYS ARE PAID HOURLY ANYWAYS. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR ONE PERSON, NOT TWO. LAY ANY OTHER CONCERNS, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS. IT'S ULTIMATELY AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION IF YOU FEEL IT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT SINCE IT'S TWO PEOPLE THAN MAYBE 25 PER PERSON TO MAKE IT $50, SO AN ADDITIONAL 50. BY ALL MEANS, IF THAT IS THE REQUEST BRANCH. YEAH. YOU ARE. SO. YEAH. THE FRIENDLY MEMBER BETWEEN YOU AND COUNCILWOMAN MANISCALCO. OKAY, CAN WE CHANGE THE 175 TO 200 PER CALIPER INCH? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION TO MAKE IT $200 PER CALIPER INCH. SO AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WALLACE THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE AMENDED MOTION? BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. DO IT ONE MORE TIME.ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.
[6. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Resolution authorizing the formation of the Community Impact Fee Advisory Committee and authorizing staff to engage an independent auditor. ]
CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF A COMMUNITY IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF TO ENGAGE IN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. YES, SIR. SO WE PREVIOUSLY DID A COMMUNITY IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD THE RESOLUTION SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT SOMEHOW WE DID NOT FINISH THE PROCESS. AND WITH STATE STATUTE CHANGING, WE NOW HAVE TO START OVER. SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY REQUESTING THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE US TO DO SO, GATHER PEOPLE FOR THE COMMITTEE AND TRY TO ESTABLISH ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, AS WELL AS REVISITING OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MAYOR COUNCIL LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 604, AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF THE COMMUNITY IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY STAFF TO ENGAGE AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR? WELL, MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MORENO, IS THERE A SECOND,[01:30:02]
SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WARE? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? BEING NONE. ALL IN[7. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Resolution approving and authorizing the Manor Heights Public Improvement District Reimbursement Agreement (Improvement Area #5). ]
FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS. CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYNARD HEIGHTS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER FIVE.YES, MA'AM. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS VERONICA RIVERA, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. THIS ITEM HAS IS A FOLLOW UP TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT THAT YOU ALL RECENTLY APPROVED.
IT WAS AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE, AND THERE WAS AN ATTACHMENT FOR THE. REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.
IT HAS NOW BEEN FINALIZED AND IS IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS FOR, AGAIN, IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER FIVE. THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR OTHER IMPROVEMENT AREAS THAT UNDER THIS PYD, THE MAYNOR HEIGHTS PYD THAT HAVE GONE TO BOND ISSUANCE. IF YOU ALL RECALL, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE WILL BE LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ONLY AND WE WOULD BE BRINGING THAT ORDINANCE BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. BUT THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS AND THE AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED FOR EACH OF THE IMPROVEMENT AREAS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU FOR IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER FIVE. THERE ARE TWO EDITS. IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT. THE FIRST ONE IS IN SECTION FIVE. WITH REGARD TO THE INTEREST RATE, THERE WERE BRACKETS THAT JUST WE MISSED THE EDIT TO REMOVE THE BRACKET, THE BRACKETS. SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE A MOTION JUST WITH THAT EDIT THAT I JUST MENTIONED, AND THEN THE MAP THAT SHOWED IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER FIVE HAD THE ONE THAT WE SENT IN. THE BACKUP ACTUALLY HAD A PORTION OF A COMMERCIAL TRACT. AND SO YOU HAVE A MAP IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE DAIS THAT HAS THAT REMOVED. SO AGAIN, WE WOULD ASK THAT WE REPLACE IT WITH THE MAP THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO LANGUAGE NEEDS TO INCLUDE WHAT EDITS. YES, SIR. IF ANY MOTION THAT'S MADE, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026, DASH ZERO FIVE, APPROVING THE MANOR HEIGHTS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER FIVE, AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH FORESTAR USA REAL ESTATE GROUP INC, INCLUDING THE EDITS AND THE MAP AND THE MAP. WELL, A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND I SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN MEZCAL. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED.
[8. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Resolution initiating the annexation of city owned property, being 98.286 acres of land, more or less, being located in Travis County, Texas, and adjacent to the city limits, and providing for an open meeting, and other related matters.]
MOTION PASSES. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO NUMBER EIGHT. CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION.POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION INITIATING THE ANNEXATION OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY. BEING 98.286 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS BEING LOCATED IN TRAVIS COUNTY AND ADJACENT CITY LIMITS, AND PROVIDING FOR OPEN MEETING AND OTHER MATTERS. THIS IS OUR LAND OUT ON HEADLAND FOR READING OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO. YES, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? AS THE MAYOR STATED? ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR QUESTION. MAYOR COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026, DASH ZERO SIX, INITIATING THE ANNEXATION OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY, BEING 98.286 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS BEING LOCATED IN TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ADJACENT TO THE CITY LIMITS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN OPEN MEETING AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS. WELL, MOTION ON FOUR BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. IS THERE A SECOND I SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALLACE. ANY QUESTION TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO NUMBER TEN.
[10. Consideration, discussion, and possible action regarding the cancellation of the March 4, 2026, Regular City Council Meeting and the scheduling of a Special Session. ]
YOU ALL CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CANCELLATION OF MARCH 4TH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE SCHEDULING OF A SPECIAL SESSION.THE REQUEST OF THE TEAM TO MOVE IT TO THE TUESDAY BEFORE, BECAUSE MOST OF US OR SOME OF US WILL BE AT TML. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CANCEL THE MARCH 4TH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
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MEETING AND SET A CALLED SPECIAL SESSION FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2026 AT 7 P.M. WELL, MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN. IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.[9. Consideration, discussion, and possible action regarding the reappointment of Planning and Zoning Commissioners for Places 2, 4, and 6. ]
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, THIS ONE. ITEM NINE I'LL SKIP BECAUSE I WANT TO ASK Y'ALL WANTED TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS FOR PLACES TWO, FOUR AND SIX. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THAT WERE INTERESTED IN REAPPOINTMENT. WE ALSO HAD INDIVIDUALS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT WERE ALSO INTERESTED IN CONSIDERATION AND APPOINTMENT FOR THE POSITION. SO WE CAN CONSIDER AND VOTE TO KEEP THE THE SAME THREE. OR WE CAN LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS INFORMATION AND CHOOSE TO INTERVIEW. AND SO WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES ON THAT? I WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW INTERVIEW. WE ONLY HAVE ONE CANDIDATE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR FOR TONIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH OKAY. SO WE HAD BUT WE HAD TWO APPLICATIONS. SO. THE DO YOU STILL WANT TO INTERVIEW. THE OTHER APPLICANTS? NONE OF THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE EXCEPT FOR ONE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FIVE APPLICANTS. YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE AGAINST ONE IS HERE FOR INTERVIEW. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO IS GO AHEAD AND INTERVIEW AND POSTPONE THE ■ITEM TO NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, OR APPOINT FOR ONE PLACE OR ALL THREE. SO YOU DO HAVE CHOICES IN WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO WITH REGARD TO THESE POSITIONS. AND AGAIN, THE POSITIONS THAT YOU DON'T APPOINT OR EVEN IF YOU POSTPONE, YOU DO HAVE MEMBERS ON THE PNC THAT ARE STILL ATTENDING THE MEETINGS FOR NOW.SO THEY'RE STILL SITTING ON THE PNC. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT PLACE SIX.
IT'S AT ETJ RESIDENT FOR PLACE SIX AND SEVEN. THOSE TWO PLACES ARE RESERVED FOR ETJ ETJ RESIDENTS. I'M SORRY. CURRENTLY I DO NOT HAVE ANY ETJ RESIDENTS, SO YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH WILL BE INTERVIEWING IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FOR PLACES 2 TO 4. OKAY. DOES THAT CHANGE ANYBODY'S MIND? DO YOU WANT TO PROCESS POSTPONE INTERVIEW ONE, PICK UP THE REST LATER, OR WAIT AND GET EVERYBODY ONE NIGHT BECAUSE NOW I THINK IT'S IT'S FOUR PEOPLE FOR TWO SPOTS. I THINK WE POSTPONE. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. AND WHATEVER MOTION GETS THROUGH WILL BE THE ACTION THAT WE TAKE. SO IF YOU WANT TO DO TONIGHT, THEN YOU PUT A MOTION THROUGH FOR TONIGHT, WHETHER IT BE APPOINTING OR A MOTION TONIGHT TO INTERVIEW THEN APPOINT OR YOUR OPTION IS TO MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL WHATEVER DATE. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN EITHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR MOTION. MAYOR COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'LL PASS OR NOT, BUT MY MOTION IS TO APPOINT DANIEL MENDOZA TO PLACE TWO. APPOINT FELIX PAES TO PLACE FOUR, AND APPOINT CECIL MEYER TO PLACE SIX TO THE ZONING COMMISSION, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN.
ASK US QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. NO QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM.
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THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING ON PLANNING AND ZONING, THEY'VE ALL THE ONES THAT ARE THERE CURRENTLY. THEY REQUESTED TO REMAIN ON. YES. ALL THREE OF THE CURRENT PLACES THAT ARE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT DID EXPRESS INTEREST IN CONTINUING SERVICE. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. BEING DONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ONE. ALL RIGHT. CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
CHAPTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION FIVE, FIVE ONE AND[OPEN SESSION ]
CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551. TIME IS 9:29 P.M. DOES NOTHING TO RECONVENE ABOUT THIS* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.