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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL STAFF.
[CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM IS PRESENT]
TIME IS 7:03 P.M.. I WANT TO CALL TO ORDER THIS CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ANNOUNCED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU. O LORD, OUR GOVERNOR, HOW EXALTED IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE WORLD? WE COME BEFORE YOU, O GOD, SEEKING YOUR GUIDANCE AND GRACE.
GRANT WISDOM, COURAGE AND GRACE IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR DUTIES.
AND THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE BRING OUR CONCERNS TO THIS MEETING, WE NEED HELP IN A WORLD THAT MISTAKES CONTEMPT FOR COURAGE AND THAT RESORTS TO NAME CALLING AND LABELS INSTEAD OF SOUND REASONING.
HELP US TO NAME OUR CONCERNS, TO STATE OUR POSITIONS, TO ADDRESS OUR DIFFERENCES, AND EVEN TO DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE, BUT RATHER WITH DEEP AND SINCERE RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER, THAT WE MAY STRIVE TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
WITH CHEERFUL AND KIND HEARTS. ALL THIS WE ASK IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME.
AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ALRIGHT, EVERYONE MAY BE SEATED. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
AND AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS WE'LL GO INTO OUR PRESENTATION.FIRST FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAVE ONE MR. ROBERT. AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES, SIR.
IF SOMEBODY LEFT THE PHONE HERE. MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE.
I CALL MYSELF THE HONORARY MAYOR OF MAYNARD VILLAGE.
A PREACHER SAID A BUNCH OF FANCY WORDS, BUT DON'T YOU WISH THE ACTIONS REALLY SPOKE LOUDER THAN WORDS? I SEE A SLEEPY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IN A COMA FOR LIKE, 20 YEARS, SO EVERYONE'S TRYING TO BE TOO NICE AND TOO POLITE.
OUR HISTORY IS BEING DESTROYED TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR.
I WANT YOU TO MAN UP AND ADMIT YOU MADE A MISTAKE AND GIVE ME AN APOLOGY.
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU KICKED ME OUT OF HERE BECAUSE YOU MADE A MISTAKE.
YOU STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THESE FORMS THAT YOU INVENTED.
THE FACT THAT YOU STILL GET CONFUSED ABOUT THIS IS REALLY KIND OF AN EMBARRASSMENT.
AND WHEN YOU ACTUALLY KICK ME OUT FOR RAISING A POINT OF ORDER, THESE ARE MEETINGS.
NOW, IT'S ODD THAT IT'S CALLED ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS, BUT THERE ARE PARLIAMENTARY RULES.
SO YOU KICKED ME OUT BECAUSE YOU PUT AN AGENDA ITEM AT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND I TRIED TO RAISE A POINT OF ORDER. SOMEONE ELSE THAT NEEDS TO MAN UP IS THIS POLICE GUY RIGHT HERE? IT WAS A POINT OF ORDER. YOU STILL DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN AGENDA, A PUBLIC HEARING, AND A PUBLIC COMMENT. MAYBE IF YOU GET OFF THE PHONE A LITTLE WHILE, YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT'S GOING ON, AND YOU COULD HAVE GONE UP THERE AND COMPLETED YOUR.
PARDON ME? PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, NOT THE AUDIENCE.
RECLAIMING MY TIME. IF YOUR SON BROKE A WINDOW WITH A BASEBALL, WOULD YOU WANT HIM TO RUN AWAY?
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OR WOULD YOU WANT HIM TO MAN UP AND TELL THE PROPERTY OWNER HE DID IT AND HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT GOOD, AND HE WAS GOING TO APOLOGIZE. WHEN YOU KICKED ME OUT, YOU KICKED OUT THE WHOLE CITY BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY CAMERA RECORDING.THIS IS YOUR SECOND. THIS IS YOUR SECOND. PLEASE ADDRESS COUNCIL.
ARE YOU GOING TO THROW ME OUT? NOW, SO PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THREE MINUTES.
AND BECAUSE YOU CHANGE THESE GOOFBALL RULES, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO TALK.
WHETHER YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS OR 20 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
YOU ONLY GET TWO MINUTES. THAT GOT THROWN OUT AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK THEY'RE APPEALING IT. I'M ASKING THAT TO BE THROWN OUT, TOO.
I HAVE A PRETTY MONSTROUS LAWSUIT BECAUSE THIS IS A RACKETEERING CITY.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DISOBEYING THE RULES AND WRITING YOUR OWN RULES FOR, LIKE, 25 YEARS.
YOU JUST DESTROYED THE MOST HISTORIC LANDMARK IN OUR TOWN.
DO YOU REMEMBER THIS? AT FOUR CORNERS? FOUR CORNERS? IT'S NOT FOUR CORNERS. IT'S F O APOSTROPHE. FOUR CORNERS.
THIS IS OUR MAIN GROCERY. THIS IS THE MOST HISTORIC LANDMARK IN OUR TOWN.
AND YOU LET IT BE DESTROYED. ALL OF YOU GUYS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT YOU GUYS ENACTED IN 2017, 2017, YOU HAVE LET LIKE YOU DESTROYED THE BARBERSHOP.
AND ACTUALLY, ONE OF OUR STAFF LIED AND SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBOR.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE ANCIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PIPES.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS USED AS A CUDGEL.
IT WAS NEVER APPROVED BY THE PEOPLE. THESE LITTLE GOOFBALL DASHBOARDS THAT GIVE 4 OR 5 DOTS TO A MULTI USE, THREE STORY LIVE WORK PLAY BOX AND GIVE ONE BULLET TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S NOT YOUR LITTLE PLAYGROUND FOR ALL YOUR CONSULTANTS AND PLANNERS.
OKAY? THE CONSULTANTS, PLANNERS, ENGINEERS ARE IN MY LAWSUIT BECAUSE THEY KNOWINGLY HARMED US.
THEY SAID THAT WATER FLOODPLAIN WAS PARKLAND.
THEY SAID THAT A WATER RETENTION POND WAS PARKLAND.
THOSE ARE CALLED WILLFUL LIES AND WILLFUL HARM.
OR JUST CHANGE THE NAME OF THE TOWN TO PETER DWYER VILLE.
OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A SIDEWALK TO GET FROM MY HOUSE TO CITY HALL.
THANK YOU. IS THAT IT? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL TODAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WE'RE
[A. R.O.A.D Ready Recognition]
EXCITED TO BRING THE TEAM OUR ROAD READY RECOGNITION, MISTER.MATT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO DARYL OLIVER.
OUR. HE'S THE SAFETY AND LOSS CONTROL MANAGER FOR TML.
AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR ROAD READY PROGRAM THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BE OBLIGED AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THE HONOR WITH HIM, SHOWING US AND GUIDING US THROUGH THAT TRAINING.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS AROUND SO THAT Y'ALL CAN SEE THIS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DO THIS PRESENTATION.
I'VE WORKED WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WATER AND WASTEWATER DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS ROAD READY PROGRAM.
AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF ROAD READY.
AND THEY, THEY DO A LOT OF JOBS THAT ACTUALLY PUT THEM IN HARM'S WAY.
AND PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO, THE RISK STARTED LOOKING AT LOSS, YOU KNOW, CATASTROPHIC LOSSES AT FATALITY INCIDENTS AND THOSE TYPE OF TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ACROSS THE STATE.
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JOBS, TAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES ON OR NEAR ROADWAYS DOING THE JOBS THAT THEY DO.AND THAT PUTS THEM IN VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC VOLUME AND DISTRACTION AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT PLAY OUT IN TRAFFIC AROUND THEM EVERY DAY. SO WE STARTED WITH A CONSULTATION.
I CAME AND DID ACTUAL SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAMS WITH THE GROUP.
WE, WE DID WHAT WE CONSIDER OUTREACH TRAINING WITH THE GROUP.
AND THEN YOUR EMPLOYEES PUT TOGETHER A SAFETY RODEO.
AND IN THAT SAFETY RODEO, THEY COVERED EXCAVATION SAFETY HEAT STRESS.
THEY COVERED DRIVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES.
THAT WOULD BE DOT LICENSED TO OPERATE SUCH AS DUMP TRUCKS.
THEY, THEY, THEY'RE MOWING EQUIPMENT, ZERO RADIUS MOWERS.
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR EMPLOYEES. THEY REPRESENTED THE CITIZENS IN THE CITY.
WELL, THEY STAYED ENGAGED ALL THROUGH THE PROCESSES THAT WE DID.
A GREAT GROUP, A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT THAT I WORKED WITH ALL ALONG THE WAY.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT YOUR PROBABLY THE 28TH, MAYBE 29TH CITY IN THE STATE THAT HAS ACHIEVED THIS.
AND THIS IS A GREAT RECOGNITION. AND AGAIN, THE WE, IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE GOING HOME IN THE EVENINGS AND CITIZENS BEING SAFE AND ALL OF THOSE ISSUES.
SO THANKS FOR THE PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THE ROOM.
SO. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP AND GET A PHOTO.
I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL. I STAND BACK. WE CAN STAND UP. SO I CAN SEE YOU.
GOOD JOB. I'LL LET Y'ALL GO FIRST. YEAH. THANK YOU.
YOU GOTTA TURN IT OFF. TEST. TEST. OKAY. YEAH.
AND I THINK TO THE COMMENT OF WE SHOULD BE PROUD.
I THINK WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF YOU AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND I WILL JUST ADD AS A FELLOW PUBLIC WORKS GUY, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO WORKS IN TRAFFIC CONTROL, YOU KNOW, EXCAVATION, TELECOMMUNICATION, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THAT CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, TRAINING AND EDUCATION. AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD THAT YOU GUYS ARE TAKING THAT INITIATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE SAFE BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE A SERIES OF PUBLIC WORK.
EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND.
[1. Conduct a public hearing on a Preliminary Planned Unit Development Rezoning Application for the Manor Town Center Development on 84.30 acres, more or less, and being TCAD parcels 743335 and 236866 also known as 13301 E US Hwy 290, Manor, TX from (C-2) Medium Commercial, (MF-2) Multi-Family 25, and (TH) Townhome to (PUD) Planned Unit Development.]
DEVELOPMENT REZONING APPLICATION FOR MAYNARD TOWN CENTER, MAYNARD TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT ON 84.3 ACRES,[00:15:06]
MORE OR LESS. AND BEING TCAT PARCELS SEVEN FOUR, THREE, THREE, THREE FIVE AND 236866.ALSO KNOWN AS 13301 EAST US HIGHWAY 290 MAYNARD, TEXAS FROM C TWO MEDIUM COMMERCIAL M, F-2, MULTIFAMILY 25 AND T H TOWNHOME TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
MR.. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE MR.. ROBERT. I THINK YOU SIGNED UP FOR THIS ONE.
YES, SIR. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR PUBLIC HEARING, SIR. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE.
THIS IS A REALLY KIND OF CURIOUS AND STRANGE SITUATION BECAUSE YOU'VE YOU'RE CONFLATING TWO, TWO ITEMS THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE FUZED TOGETHER IN SOME SORT OF FRANTIC DEADLINE.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE CRAMMING THIS, QUOTE DOWNTOWN PLAN DOWN OUR THROATS.
WE VOTED A BUNCH OF MONEY FOR THIS, BUT WE DIDN'T VOTE THAT.
YOU'RE GOING TO STICK IT SOMEWHERE OVER HERE.
THIS SHOULD BE UP FOR A VOTE ON THE BALLOT. THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DECIDE.
YOU GUYS WENT ON A SECRET RETREAT WITH THESE DEVELOPERS.
HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS WENT ON THAT SECRET RETREAT? WHY WOULD THESE DEVELOPERS NEED TO GO ON A SECRET RETREAT WITH YOU? WHAT IS THE DEADLINE THAT IS PUSHING THIS PROJECT? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. NOW THESE PEOPLE, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, ARE IN A TIRZ TERS ZONE.
WE HAVE THREE TERS ZONES. THESE ARE SHELL GAME GIVEAWAYS.
YOU GUYS ARE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TERS. ONE TERS TWO AND TERS THREE.
AND YOU REPORT TO YOURSELVES. SO NOW THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING IN MY MIND MEANS YOU HEAR FROM US AND WE HEAR FROM YOU.
IT'S ON 290. THERE'S NOTHING BLIGHTED ABOUT IT.
THIS IS A SHELL GAME GIVEAWAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE GIVEN TO YOUR DEVELOPER BUDDY BUDDIES FOR LIKE WHAT, 20 YEARS? WE'RE GOING TO PAY LESS PROPERTY TAXES.
IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TOURS? WHY DON'T YOU? SO IF YOU WOULD, SIR, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THE TOURS IS TO US.
CAN I RESERVE MY TIME FOR REBUTTAL AFTER THAT? DO YOU EVER DO THAT? NO. THAT WAS YOUR TIME. NO, I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MISS BURRELL.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START MAKING YOUR WAY. SO A TOURIST PRODUCT IS HE'S COMING UP.
I'LL ASK HER WHY YOU HAVE ME SEE WHAT I'M TRYING TO HEAR.
SEE THE MIC? THE SPEAKER'S POINT. THIS WAY. I GOT YOU THIS BETTER, THIS BETTER.
YEAH. THAT'S BETTER. OKAY, AWESOME. SO A TOURIST IS A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
THIS IS WHERE WE OVERLAY A SOME ACRES OF LAND FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF ALLOWING FOR THE INCREASE IN AND INCOME THAT COMES FROM THAT AREA BECAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES PLACE.
SO AN EXAMPLE, THE TOURISTS THAT WE PUT FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, ALL OF THIS, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, THIS ACREAGE, AND WE DID THAT PLAN. IT ALLOWS US TO REINVEST $40 MILLION BACK INTO THIS AREA WITHOUT SEEING A TAX INCREASE FOR ANY RESIDENT.
IT ALLOWS US TO PREVENT FROM PROPERTY VALUES GOING UP AND GENTRIFYING AND DISPLACING FAMILIES.
SO IT'S A GOOD ECONOMIC TOOL THAT IS EMPLOYED BY CITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING SAFE AND THEN BUILDING AND NOT MAXIMIZING OUR INCOME THAT WE COULD BE BRINGING IN AND SPENDING IT HERE OR THERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY US TAKING THE MONEY AND PUTTING IT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S A IT'S A GOOD SOUND RESEARCH BASED BEST PRACTICES TOOL THAT'S USED ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
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WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, AND WE ALSO HAVE A STUDY WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO ANSWER ANYTHING MORE TECHNICAL THAT YOU MAY HAVE INQUIRY FOR.COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU ALL HAVE? DID YOU HEAR FROM ANY RESIDENTS? ANY CONCERNS? PARTICULAR IN THAT CARRIAGE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY SINCE MET WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO DISCUSS THOSE CHALLENGES.
AND THE DEVELOPER HAS ALSO REACHED OUT AS WELL.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY'RE WORKING ON IN THE BACKGROUND TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WANTED US TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADDITIONAL HISTORY THAT EXISTS WITHIN MAYNARD, NOT JUST THE RAILROAD, BUT THE MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLES AND ORIGINS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE OVER THE LAST 150 YEARS.
SO WE GOT WITH THE DEVELOPER. WE'VE SUGGESTED HAVING A KNOWLEDGEABLE COMMUNITY MEMBER TO JOIN THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE TO KIND OF STEER THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND PROVIDE ACTUAL COMMUNITY INPUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SHAPE AND FEEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME.
WHAT'S THE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE PRELIMINARY AND THE FINAL.
YES, MA'AM. IS THERE A BENEFIT TO DOING IT THAT WAY? THE WAY IT'S ORDERED IN THE AGENDA IS SEQUENTIALLY.
THE REASON WE HAVE THE PRELIMINARY AND THE FINAL IS BECAUSE IT'S REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE.
TYPICALLY, THE STANDARD PRACTICE IS TO HAVE YOUR PRELIMINARY.
AND FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT IS THE FINAL DOCUMENT.
THAT'S JUST YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS OR ALTERATIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE FINAL PUTT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE FINAL PRODUCT, WHICH INCLUDES THE ORDINANCE.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS ALSO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT IS A VERY COMPLEX QUESTION THAT I BELIEVE MR. JONES HAS A BETTER ANSWER FOR. IS THERE A PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES THAT PROTECT US? IN CASE. WE DO HAVE THOSE ITEMS. I AM NOT THE FINANCE PERSON.
MY APOLOGIES FOR PUNTING. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? SCOTT JONES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTIONS, PLEASE? THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE DEVELOPER, BUT THEY ARE PLANNING ON DOING A PIT, WHICH IS A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A PIT OR A MUG OR A, EXCUSE ME, MMD.
SO MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OR PIT. YEAH, LEGAL SAYS PIT. THAT'S THEIR PREFERENCE. WHAT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE DO YOU HAVE? TO LIKE. I'M SORRY. WHAT SORT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE PROTECTS US OR QUALIFIES FOR US TO TAKE AWAY? WE ARE TRYING TO PUT SOME GUARANTEES IN THERE.
AND THE TIMING FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT COULD BE A TEN YEAR PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE MARKET SOMEWHAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BUILD IN THERE SOME ASSURANCES OF WHEN THEY GET BUILDINGS BUILT.
BUT A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE MARKET.
THE CITY WILL HAVE TO BEAR WITH THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THEY'LL HAVE MIXED USE LIKE, LIKE MULTIFAMILY.
AND SO AS THOSE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE DEVELOPMENT ARE DEVELOPED AND BROUGHT TO MARKET, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BOTH BUILD OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN SELL OFF DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF IT. THEY'LL KEEP SOME OF IT THEMSELVES TO DEVELOP THEMSELVES AND LEASE OUT.
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AND THEN THEY'LL SELL OFF DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF IT ALSO.SO LIKE IT, LIKE I SAY, IT'S A LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND WE'LL HAVE TO BEAR WITH THEM ON SOME OF THE MARKET TIMING BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH A MULTIFAMILY LOW AND MARKET RENTS ARE LOW AND THINGS AREN'T LEASING AS WELL.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE THE TIMING WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE MARKET.
SO IF YOU FROM THE COMMENT THAT CAME FROM FROM ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT MARINA WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WASN'T ABLE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST, BUT YOU GUYS WERE ADDRESSING IT ALREADY.
DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO, I GUESS, LOOK BACK OVER EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE, LIKE IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE POTENTIAL OF SOMETHING SIMILAR TO POP UP LATER, BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW TO SPEAK UP TO KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE.
SO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CAME TO SPEAK WASN'T ACTUALLY FROM THE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH.
IT WAS THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE WEST, THE COMMERCIAL PORTION IN FRONT OF THE LANDMARK APARTMENTS.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CROSS CONNECTION BETWEEN THEIR TWO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, JUST TO ENSURE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ACCESS, AS THIS IS BUILT OUT, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLED, ADDITIONAL TURN LANES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS DICTATED BY THE TIA THAT'S CURRENTLY WITH TEXDOT FOR REVIEW.
STANDARDS. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ROADS HOW THEY HAVE ANY PLANS.
I GUESS IT WAS REALLY NICE. THEY ALL SEEM AS IF THEY PLAN THE ROAD BASED ON A LOT OF US ARE TRUCK DRIVERS AND SO IS IT STILL, IS THERE ROOM FOR THE ROAD WIDENING? I BELIEVE WE'RE THE MAJORITY OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE IS UP TO 94FT.
SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO HAVE A LOT OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON IT.
THAT WAY, PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE AREA, AS OPPOSED TO THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FROM 290 DOWN TO CARRIAGE HILLS, WHICH WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
I WOULD LIKE TO STAY THAT WAY BECAUSE I GUESS YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU DO HAVE THOSE STREETS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR THAT FESTIVAL TYPE STYLE, THERE'S ALSO THERE SEEMS TO BE LIKE A, THEY PUT FOOD TRUCKS AND THEY PUT EVEN A LARGER VEHICLE THAN A CITY THAT'S IN THAT AREA. AND THEY STILL WANT PEOPLE TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH AND, AND I GUESS I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE PLANS, THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE IS OLDER THAN WHAT THEY HAVE, BUT THEY ARE JUST KIND OF, I GUESS, JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
THAT'S. IT'S. SO YEAH. AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FESTIVAL STREET, WHILE THAT PARTICULAR AREA IS MORE NARROW AS YOU GO DOWN THAT OTHER SIDE, WE CALL IT THE CHAIR AFFECTIONATELY.
BUT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THAT BEND IS MORE SO MEANT FOR PEOPLE THAN VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
AND HOPEFULLY THE DESIGN REFLECTS THAT.
SO THAT'S PEDESTRIAN. SO FOR THE FESTIVAL STREET, THERE'S MORE OF A PAVED ATMOSPHERE.
SO IT'S EASIER TO WALK AND CROSS ANYWHERE BUT OTHER SECTIONS.
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YES, WE STILL HAVE THAT THAT LANDSCAPING ELEMENT. THANK YOU.I HAD TO CHECK WITH OUR RESIDENT ENGINEER. OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES, MA'AM. WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE DRAWING THAT Y'ALL HAVE ON HERE I'M SEEING A LOT OF POSSIBLE RESIDENTIAL, AND I'M SEEING ONE SMALL DOG PARK.
WHICH PAGE ARE YOU REFERRING TO? IF I MAY, THE WELL, IT'S THE PAGES IS PAGE 27.
RIGHT THERE. IN THE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. SEE WHERE THAT LITTLE ORANGE DOT IS? RIGHT THERE. YEAH. RIGHT ABOVE IT IS THAT DOG PARK.
SO THAT'S LIKE ON TOP, LIKE THAT BUILDING OVER THERE, RIGHT? THE RESIDENTIAL IS ON TOP AND YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE HOUSES RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK.
BUT THERE'S ONE DOG PARK AND IT'S A SMALL DOG PARK.
SO THE INTENTION OF THE THE DESIGN OF THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE IS THAT ANY AND ALL OPEN SPACE IS ACCESSIBLE BY ANYONE AT ANY TIME. SO THE CIVIC PARK, OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T SAY DOG PARK, BUT THAT SPACE CAN BE USED BY ANYONE AT ANY POINT.
IT'S NOT BLOCKED OFF OR RESERVED SPECIFICALLY UNLESS, OF COURSE, THERE'S EVENTS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SOME SORT OF RESERVATION, BUT IT'S ACCESSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY, WHERE IT HAS THE REC CENTER THAT IS TENTATIVE, THERE'S THE ABILITY TO PLACE IT THERE IF WE DO PROCEED WITH THAT IDEA.
EVERYTHING GREEN SPACE ORIENTED IS WITHIN REASONABLE DISTANCE TO ENJOY AND ACCOMMODATE.
OKAY, SO ARE WE ALMOST RELYING ON THAT RECREATION RECREATIONAL CENTER BEING THERE BECAUSE I SEE NO NO. SORT OF LIKE PLAYGROUND ANYTHING FOR OUR TEENS TO USE IN THAT SUBDIVISION AREA. SO. THE DIFFERENT USES ARE ALLOWED. THIS IS THE CONCEPT THAT'S BEING PROVIDED WITH THE PUD.
BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN GO THERE, THAT IS THEY CAN CHANGE ALL OF THAT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN ALLOWABLE USES LISTED WITHIN THE PUD.
AND DEPENDING ON WHAT'S NEEDED AND HOW IT FITS THE NEEDS OF THE COUNCIL AND OR THE MARKET, THOSE THINGS CAN BE ADJUSTED AND THEY CAN CERTAINLY BE BROUGHT INTO CONSIDERATION NOW.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS.
THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MAYOR.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
[2. Conduct a public hearing on a Final Planned Unit Development Ordinance for the Manor Town Center Development on 84.30 acres, more or less, and being TCAD parcels 743335 and 236866 also known as 13301 E US Hwy 290, Manor, TX from (C-2) Medium Commercial, (MF-2) Multi-Family 25, and (TH) Townhome to (PUD) Planned Unit Development.]
84.3 ACRES MORE OR LESS AND BEING DECAYED. PARCELS 74335 AND 236866.[00:35:01]
ALSO KNOWN AS 13301 EAST US HIGHWAY 290 MAYNARD, TEXAS FROM C2 COMMERCIAL MF TWO MULTIFAMILY 25 AND TOWNHOME TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.YES, SIR. OH, WAIT. MR. ROBERT, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DRANK THE KOOL-AID ON THE TOUR STUFF.
YEAH, TAXES DON'T GO UP. THEY GO DOWN ON THE DEVELOPER, AND WHEN THE MONEY COMES TIME FOR YOU TO GIVE IT BACK, YOU GIVE IT BACK TO THEM. FOR ALL THE MONEY THEY SPENT PUTTING IN THEIR SEWER PIPES AND STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, HONORABLE BUSINESSMEN SHOULD DO ON THEIR OWN.
NOW, SOME OF YOU MISSED THE LAST MEETING WHEN THESE PEOPLE DID THEIR PRESENTATION, BUT APPARENTLY THERE WASN'T A RECORDING MADE, SO YOU COULDN'T LOOK AT IT. SPEAKING TO SOME OF MISS HILL'S QUESTIONS.
SO THE GUYS CAME BACK AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO DO THE HISTORIC.
THEY WANTED TO DO THE HISTORY. THEY SAID, OH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE HISTORY.
WE'RE GOING TO HELP KEEP THE HISTORY. THIS IS NOT MAYNARD'S HISTORY, FOLKS. IF ANYONE IN THIS ROOM THINKS THIS IS MAYNARD'S HISTORY, YOU REALLY ARE A HAVE SOME PROBLEMS. THERE'S THIS IS BASICALLY A GIGANTIC MARKETING PLOY.
THEY'RE ALSO IN AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE, WHICH GIVES THEM A BIG TAX PENNY.
BASICALLY A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIT WITH A LOT OF TAXES.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO THE TAX ASSESSORS RIGHT NOW TO GET THEIR TAX APPRAISALS LOWERED.
EVERY DOLLAR OF NEW GROWTH IS TAX FREE, NOT DEFERRED.
TAX EXEMPT PERMANENTLY. URBAN INSTITUTE'S STUDY.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDIED THIS, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO IMPROVEMENT IN RESIDENTIAL EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS OR POVERTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MR. BURRELL. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN REGARDS TO OPPORTUNITY ZONES OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE SELECTED BY STATE GOVERNORS AND THEY SUBMIT A LIST OF TRACKS TO THE, TO THE FEDS.
AND THOSE SLOT SLOTS ARE THEN SELECTED. THE CITY DOES NOT PICK OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY SELECTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO OPPORTUNITY, IS IT IT'S UNDER THE, WHAT'S CALLED THE SECOND 2022 .17. THAT ONE ACTUALLY IS NOT GOING TO EXIST.
AS THERE AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR IS SELECTING NEW OPPORTUNITY ZONES FOR AREAS AND WHAT AND THEY DO, THEY LOOK FOR AREAS AND ACROSS THE STATE WHERE THEY WANT TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE INVESTING INTO THAT FOR THE SAKE OF BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES. AND SO IT IS A, IT'S A, IT'S A TOOL THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USE TO BRING IN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP FAST GROWING COMMUNITIES. AND SO THE GOVERNOR PICKS IT, AND HE'LL BE PICKING HIM AND HIS TEAM BE PICKING ANOTHER ONE AND A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY. OPPORTUNITY ZONE 2.0 IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S NEW FROM THE FEDS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S A WAY TO, FOR THE FEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN HELPING LOCAL COMMUNITIES GROW THAT DOES NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT US. SO PEOPLE HAVE PUT STUFF IN THE GROUND FOR US AND THEY'RE ABLE TO RECOUP SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS BACK FOR A JUMP START IN OUR ECONOMY.
A TRADE OFF OF A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS HERE FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLION DOLLARS LATER ON.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT STUDIES YOU HAVE. I'M SURE YOU'LL EMAIL THEM TO US.
THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY ZONES. YES, SIR. MAYOR.
COUNCIL. THIS IS THE FINAL PUTT FOR THE PREVIOUS ITEM MENTIONED.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER WALLACE, TO EXPAND A LITTLE FURTHER ON MY PREVIOUS ANSWER BEING AT THIS.
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SO SAY ITEMS FOR TEENS. IF THAT'S ONE OF THE REQUIRED ITEMS YOU WANT TO HAVE IN THERE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDED AS A SUGGESTION OR I'M FORGETTING WORDS REQUIREMENT. THERE WE GO.THERE ARE GENERAL THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE, BUT.
AND THE PRELIMINARY PLAT DOES HAVE CERTAIN IMPLICATIONS, BUT THERE IS ROOM FOR ADJUSTMENT.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THE QUESTION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ASKED BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE, JUST FOR FOR THE RECORD, AGAIN, FOR CLARITY PURPOSES IN THIS FINAL BUILD OUT PLAN, IT SUGGESTS 56,000 OR SQUARE FEET FOR RECREATION IT SAYS CENTER. AND SO HER QUESTION WAS I THINK INITIALLY IS IS THIS LOCKED IN? AND SO IF, IF IT'S, IF WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A HUD THAT HAS 56,000FT² OF REC OF REC SPACE.
NOT BUDGET PLANNING WORKSHOPS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN LATER ON. IF IT DOES REMAIN WITH CENTER, LIKE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL GRAPHIC I'M TALKING ABOUT MORE SO THE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION.
BECAUSE IF IT SAYS CENTER, CENTER THEN MEANS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE AN ACTUAL CENTER.
AND I KNOW WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THAT AS COUNCIL.
SO IF THAT CORRECTION CAN JUST BE MADE IN THE LANGUAGE THE RECREATION SPACE, RECREATION SPACE THEN I THINK IT KEEPS IT UNDER THE GUISE OF WHAT YOU SAID KEEPS IT CLEAR.
SO THE USE ITSELF IS PERMISSIBLE. BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL GOES, IT'S NOT FORCED. YEAH. JUST AS WE GET TO, YOU KNOW, APPROVING THINGS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS STILL JUST A HEARING, YOU KNOW. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE WHAT WE APPROVE, YOU KNOW, TO MATCH THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE'RE APPROVING.
YES, SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF ONE.
YEAH. SO IF YOU DIDN'T IF YOU GOT A QUESTION THAT CAME UP AFTER ONE GO AHEAD AND ASK THAT ONE NOW.
OKAY Y'ALL. GOOD, GOOD. OKAY, I'LL TAKE THE MOTION.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? POSE. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER THREE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON A
[3. Conduct a public hearing on a Subdivision Concept Plan for the Manor Town Center for eight (8) lots on 84.30 acres, more or less, and being TCAD parcels 743335 and 236866, also known as 13301 E US Hwy 290, Manor, TX.]
SUBDIVISION CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE TOWN CENTER FOR EIGHT LOTS ON 84.EXCUSE ME. FOR EIGHT LOTS ON 84.30 ACRES, MORE OR LESS BEING TCAD.
PARCEL 743335 AND 236866. ALSO KNOWN AS 13301 EAST US HIGHWAY 290 MANOR, TEXAS.
MR. BATTLE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE. I THINK YOU'RE MAYBE A LITTLE MIXED UP ON THE OZ, TOO, BECAUSE IT JUST WAS A MERE EXAMPLE OF CATALYSTS.
VERSE THREE LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME. THE PROBLEM WE REALLY NEED TO GET TO.
IT'S WHAT THE, WHAT THE GRIFTERS CALL IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PUTTING OUT A PACKAGE LIKE A LITTLE CANDY BAR THAT YOU GUYS JUST LEAP ON WHEN THEY SAY THINGS LIKE 25% IS GOING TO BE PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE.
OPEN SPACE IS NOT PARKLAND. THE CENTER THING, THE RECREATION CENTER THAT MR. MAYOR WANTS, I THINK IS A BASKETBALL CENTER FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY ONE GROUP THAT REALLY WOULD HAVE USE FOR THAT,
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THAT CONCEPT. NOW, THIS COULD BE A GOOD PROPERTY AND THESE GUYS ARE DOING SOME GOOD STUFF.IT'S IN THE WRONG PLACE. IT SHOULD BE LIKE ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THERE IN THE CENTER OF THE ETJ.
BUT NONETHELESS, WHAT I WOULD SUPPOSE YOU GUYS SHOULD DO. MR. JONES, I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME. WE NEED TO GET AN OPTION ON THIS KIND OF LAND BANK.
THIS COULD BE A GOOD THING, BUT THIS CAN NEVER BE THE THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT I PERCEIVE WHERE IT HAS AN ART MUSEUM, IT HAS A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. IT HAS A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OVER HERE.
THERE'S SPACE IN BETWEEN. IT'S BIG AND BEAUTIFUL.
THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE LIVING NEXT DOOR TO AN OFFICE PARK WITH A HOTEL.
AND TO ME, THAT'S NOT THE CLASS. ALSO, THIS NOTION OF THAT THEY'RE RECREATING MAYNOR.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE MAYNOR UNLESS THEY REALLY MAKE AN EFFORT.
IT'LL BE NEW MAYNOR. BUT THERE IS HISTORY OUT THERE.
BUT IT'S MORE THE SWEDISH PRAIRIE STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE.
AND I HOPE YOU GUYS WENT TO THE 2007 TRAVIS COUNTY HISTORIC SURVEY.
THEY DID. THAT'S WHAT HISTORY BUILDINGS ARE NOT THESE LITTLE BOXES YOU GUYS BUILT.
SO LET'S GO FOR AN OPTION AND LET'S PUT THE DOWNTOWN UP TO A VOTE AND CLOSE IT IN MAYBE FIVE MONTHS.
IS THAT IT? YES, SIR. THANKS. ALL RIGHT, MISS BURRELL.
MAYOR. COUNCIL. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS? IT ESTABLISHES YOUR LOTS. GENERAL LAND USES HOW YOU COUNT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE IMAGE UP ON SCREEN CURRENTLY PERTAINS TO THE TIA, WHICH INDICATES DRIVEWAYS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. INTERSECTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MR. JONES, DO YOU HAVE THE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBERS FOR THIS ONE, THE POTENTIAL OR DRAFT? SORRY. SCOTT JONES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T REQUESTED ANY INCENTIVES OR ANYTHING YET. WE CAN CERTAINLY GO OUT AND DO ONE, BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T COMPLETED AN ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ATTRACTED HERE YET, WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE CITY WIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE ENTIRE. THEY THEY ANTICIPATE THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A $500 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT TO THE CITY, WHICH IS GOING TO CREATE HUGE BENEFITS, OF COURSE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DOLLAR FIGURE YET.
SO AND IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
WE CAN REQUEST THAT THEY START WORKING ON ONE AND AND WE CAN COMPLETE ONE.
BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE TO DATE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T REQUESTED ANY INCENTIVES YET.
AND I DON'T HAVE AN INTENTION TO TRY TO TO, TO RUSH IT.
THIS IS MORE IF THERE WAS ANY. SO I KNOW WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO OR WHATEVER WE'VE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON, ON THE FOR REVENUE FOR THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT.
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AND SO YOU KNOW, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, AND IT WILL DEPEND A LOT OF WHAT YOU DO TONIGHT WILL INFLUENCE HOW THAT, HOW THAT IMPACT WORKS OUT. SO IF, IF YOU TONIGHT DECIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR PRELIMINARY PLAN WORKS OUT, THEN WE CAN WORK FROM THERE ON THE IMPACT ANALYSIS, BECAUSE THAT WILL SHOW THAT THIS MUCH LAND IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED FOR RETAIL, AND THIS MUCH LAND IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED FOR OFFICE.AND THAT WILL KIND OF SET THE PARAMETERS. SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT SUBDIVISION PLAN DIVIDED OUT, THEN WE CAN WORK ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF WHAT THAT RETAIL IS GOING TO BRING TO THE CITY AND WHAT THAT OFFICE IS GOING TO BRING TO THE CITY AND THOSE KIND OF ISSUES.
YEAH. AND JUST A REMINDER FOR FOR COUNCIL AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR NEW FOLKS OUT HERE WHEN MOST OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WAS HOW TO BRING IN PROJECTS FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T JUST BECOME A DEBT TO PAY.
AND SO BONDING FOR A LIBRARY, CITY HALL, REC CENTER.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND THEN NOT BRINGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR OTHER INCOME OPTIONS AROUND THAT PROJECT JUST MEANS WE JUST TAKE MONEY FROM THE DEBT AND INS AND THEN JUST PAY. WE JUST KEEP PAYING THAT.
AND SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THE INCREASE IN IN CITY AND INCOME.
AND SO BUILDING AROUND THE PROJECT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF HOPEFULLY OFFSET THE, THE INVESTMENT THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GIVING US THROUGH THE BOND. AND SO THEY'VE, THEY VOTED TO GIVE US THIS MUCH FOR THE PROJECT.
WE LEVERAGED THAT TO BUILD 84 TO, TO JUMP START 84 ACRES AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEN HELPS OFFSET THE BOND MONEY THAT THAT WAS GIVEN. THAT'S THE INTENTION IS TO BE SMART FINANCIALLY.
SO BECAUSE ANYTHING PARKS, REC CENTERS, LIBRARIES, ANYTHING WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OFFER TO THEM FOR FREE IS, IS NOT IS NOT REALLY FREE. IT'S FREE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO, TO GO AND ENJOY.
BUT IT'S THE CITY HAS THAT THAT BILL TO PAY. AND SO PROJECTS LIKE THIS THE EIGHT ACRES THAT THE CITY IS DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY INSIDE OF THIS 84 A LOT THAT 84 COVERS, IF YOU WILL HELPS TO OFFSET THAT, THAT INVESTMENT IS, THAT'S OUR INTENTIONS, RIGHT? WE'RE SUPPORTING PRODUCTS LIKE THAT.
IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH FOR FISCAL VERSUS JUST BONDING, PAYING IT OFF OVER 20 YEARS.
AND AND JUST IN FOLLOWING THE TRADITION OF DEBT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO, TO EXPLORE MAINTENANCE AND OTHER THINGS IN, IN THE GENERAL FUND SO THAT WE'RE NEVER CAUGHT CAUGHT OFF GUARD FINANCIALLY.
WE'LL LET WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR LATER, BUT THANK YOU, SIR.
I CAN TELL YOU JUST IN QUICK NUMBERS, IF THEY BUILD OUT $500 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE ADDED TO THE LAND VALUE, JUST THAT $500 MILLION AT YOUR CURRENT TAX RATE.
WELL, AT THE LOWER TAX RATE THAT MAY BE ADOPTED LATER TONIGHT, THAT $500 MILLION IS GOING TO BRING IN $425,000 A YEAR MORE IN TAXABLE INCOME. THAT'S JUST THE PROPERTY TAXES.
SO THEN YOU GOT SALES TAX ON TOP OF THAT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG MULTIPLIER.
YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS. YES MA'AM.
I SEE WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO OTHER SECTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE THERAPEUTIC AREA.
WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT LAST ANALYSIS AND THAT EVERYTHING MUST BE CAREFUL GOD, I TOTALLY WANT THAT. YOU SAID TWO NEW INTERSECTIONS. THERE'S THE.
ONE. THE FIVE AND SIX ARE EXISTING. NINE IS GOING TO BE A CONNECTION OF CARRIAGE HILLS INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS THERE. SO NOW IS WHEN I WOULD CALL ON AC BECAUSE HE'S WORKED ON THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. I CAN TELL YOU FOR PHASE ONE, WHICH INCLUDES, WHICH INCLUDES THE, THE 290 EDGE AS WELL AS THE CIVIC CENTER, THERE'S AN ANTICIPATION OF ABOUT 16,000 TRIPS OVER TIME BEING ADDED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH AN EXPECTED BUILD
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OUT OF 2031. NOW, WILL WE HIT THAT NUMBER? MAYBE.MAYBE NOT. IT NOT. JUST DEPENDS ON HOW FAST THINGS ARE BUILT OUT. BUT THESE THINGS ARE CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF WHAT THE WHAT INTERSECTIONS ARE BUILT, HOW WIDE THEY'RE BUILT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT I WILL LET AC SPEAK MORE BEFORE BEFORE HE SPEAKS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY COUNCIL, EVEN AS TODAY, WHEN WE NOTICE A SITUATION ON 130 AND 290 A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THE FLOOD OF PEOPLE COMING INTO GREG MAYNOR INTERSECTION TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THAT SPACE.
AND IF WE DON'T, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN CONTROL FOR US.
NORTH SOUTH CONNECTORS OFF OF 299, 73 EAST WEST.
I THINK IT TOOK CHIEF 35 MINUTES TO GET FROM PALMER JUST TO GET TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE GOT A WATER LEAK ON PARSONS.
SO ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS GROWTH, JUST ONE LITTLE THING LIKE THAT CAN THROW US FOR AS WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW WE'RE NOT TRYING TO INCONVENIENCE THEM, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THINGS PLANNED TO HAVE GOOD TRANSPORTATION FLOW NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST OFF OF 299, 73.
BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT IT'LL LOOK AS IF WHEN, WHEN IS THE COUNTY GOING TO DO SOMETHING? SO I DID REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY AND ASKED FOR A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT SOME EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS THAT MAYBE THE CITY COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT WORKING WITH THEM ON.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO CONTROL SOME OF THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT SPACE, RATHER THAN BEING PUSHED OFF TO THE VERY LAST, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PRIORITY TO THEM, BUT IT'S A PRIORITY TO US.
GOOD EVENING. LET ME RAISE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND. THANKS. THANK YOU. DON'T WANT TO BEND OVER TOO MUCH.
I SO I'M WORKING WITH KIMLEY-HORN. I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE SUBDIVISION.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PIECE OF LAND SINCE 2022.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THE MAJORITY OF TRAFFIC FROM THE MODEL, EXISTING MODELS, PROJECTED FUTURE, FUTURE TRAFFIC PATTERNS SHOW THAT MAJORITY OF TRAFFIC DOES FLOW NORTH TO TO, TO, TO 90. AND THERE WAS A VERY SMALL IMPACT TO FIVE AND SIX THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T EXIST NOW IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME, BUT IN, IN THEORY, LIKE MR. MORSE DESCRIBED, TRAFFIC WOULD ALSO IDEALLY BE ABLE TO HEAD EAST TOWARDS WHAT IS ULTIMATELY OLD KIMBROUGH.
THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, THERE'S QUITE A WAYS TO GO TO GET A ROAD THAT WAY. BUT THAT WAS ALSO CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE STUDY.
BUT THEY FOUND THAT MOST OF THE TRAFFIC WENT NORTH.
AND SO PART OF THE STUDY IS PRIMARILY INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG 290, SO DECELERATION LANES, A SIGNAL AT INTERSECTION ONE TO COMPLETE THAT SIGNAL.
AND THEN AT FULL BUILD OUT, IT CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ALONG 290 ADDITIONAL THROUGH LANES IMPROVEMENTS TO SOUTHBOUND TURNING LEFT TURNING EAST AND WEST. SO HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION ON SAFETY CONCERNS.
IT HAS BEEN ANALYZED. IT FOUND THAT MAJORITY OF TRAFFIC WENT NORTH.
WE PREPARED. AND SO WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN 2022.
AND UPDATED TRAFFIC STUDY WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AND TXDOT IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
SO THE ANALYSIS IS SIX MONTHS OLD. YES. AND TRAVIS COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED.
SO WE CONSULTED TRAVIS COUNTY DUE TO OLD. HIGHWAY 20 IS NOT A CITY MANER JURISDICTION IS.
TRAVIS IS TRAVIS COUNTY'S. WE WE TRAVIS COUNTY WAS INVOLVED IN OUR REVIEW AS WELL.
OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR. COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE.
IS THERE A SECOND? BY COUNCILWOMAN. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION.
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BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.[4. Conduct a public hearing on the proposed FY 2026-2027 Annual Budget for the City of Manor, Texas.]
TEXAS. I SEE WE HAVE TWO FOLKS FOR THIS ONE. MR. ROBERT, YOU'RE UP.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE.
WHEN LYDIA WAS HERE, IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
NOW I LOOK AT THE BUDGET. IT'S LIKE, WHERE IS EVERYTHING GONE? I LOOK FOR PARKLAND. I, YOU KNOW, DO A WORD SEARCH FOR PARKLAND.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE. I DO DEDICATED LIKE DEDICATED FUNDS FOR PARKLAND.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE. WHERE HAVE ALL THE PARKLAND FEES GONE? 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO WE HAD LIKE OVER $1 MILLION IN THERE.
NOW THEY'RE NOT EVEN IN THE BUDGET. SO IT'S IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STRANGE WHAT'S GOING ON.
ALSO, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO GET A HARD COPY OF THE BUDGET, BUT OF COURSE, THE THE AUDITOR'S STATEMENT ABOUT THE BUDGET WASN'T EVEN RECORDED. IT WAS A SECRET MEETING.
YOU GUYS DIDN'T EVEN RECORD YOUR OWN AUDIT OF THE BUDGET.
SO THAT KIND OF AND THERE WAS NO HEARING ARGUMENT.
SO IT WAS ADA KIND OF LIKE THIS MEETING IS HERE.
VIOLATION ADA VIOLATION. BUT ANYWAY, I GUESS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PRINT OUT A COPY OF THIS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S REALLY ONLY THE TOP TWO LEVELS.
AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH LEVEL IS WHERE WE NEED TO GET.
I THINK ALL OF THESE PARK FEES ARE HIDING IN LITTLE ACCOUNTS SET UP FOR EACH LITTLE DEVELOPER THING.
THE CITY IS LIKE HIDING THEM. THEY'RE REFUSING TO GIVE ME THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY LIVING UNITS, HOW MANY PARK ACRES, HOW MANY IN LIEU FEES, WHEN WHAT IS IT? SO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION, IT MAKES IT KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO EVALUATE HOW MUCH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STEALING FROM US.
AND THAT INCLUDES EVEN THE CITY STUFF THAT YOU GUYS DO.
MAYNARD APARTMENTS OVER THERE. THANK YOU SIR.
YOU OWE US 30,000 BUCKS. NEXT WE HAVE MR. ZAMARRIPA.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU.
MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. I'M SAM ZAMARRIPA.
I I GOT SOME INFORMATION. I DID FIND THE BUDGET ON THE INTERNET, AND AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF REVIEWING IT, I SORT OF LOOKED AT THE, THE INFORMATION. IT HAD 50% OF YEAR COMPLETED YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL AS OF 331 2026. IS THAT THE LATE I MEAN, THAT'S FIVE MONTHS OLD.
Y'ALL DON'T, I WOULD IMAGINE Y'ALL WOULD WANT MORE LATER INFORMATION THAN MARCH 31ST, 2026. AND I WANTED TO TALK TO MISS PENA, BUT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE BEFORE THE MEETING.
BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT Y'ALL WOULD HAVE WANT THE LATEST INFORMATION BEFORE Y'ALL MADE Y'ALL TOOK ACTION ON THE BUDGET, I WOULD IMAGINE. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE IN, IN MY PAST, BUT IT'S, IT'S OVER FIVE MONTHS OLD.
SO THIS INFORMATION, I HOPE IT'S NOT, IT'S OUT ANTIQUATED, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. WHO'S COMING UP FOR THIS ONE? OKAY. ASHLEY'S COMING UP. YES, WE ACTUALLY HAD YOU LOOK IN THE MEETING SUMMARY, WE'VE HAD A FEW MEETINGS ON THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, AND THE QUESTION WAS ASKED AND ANSWERED BY BY STAFF.
WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE THIS IS, IT WAS JUST WHAT, WHAT IT WAS FOR MARCH.
AND SO THAT QUESTION WAS ALREADY ASKED THE STAFF AND WE WERE GIVEN NUMBERS THAT WE HAD QUESTIONS IN OUR SPECIAL, IN OUR LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP IN SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND SO WE DID TALK ABOUT THOSE. AND TO ANSWER TO MR. ZAMARRIPA QUESTION IN A BUDGET PRESENTATION, THAT'S THE STANDARD, THE SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS THE 50% CORRECT.
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THAT'S WHY IT'S LISTED LIKE THAT IN THE BUDGET.CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? I DON'T THINK IT HURT. FOR BUDGET PURPOSES.
THAT'S THE STANDARD THE SIX MONTHS. YEAH. FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT MAY BE DIFFERENT IN OTHER ENTITIES, BUT WE FOLLOW THE KIND OF THE STANDARDS WITH TML AND BUDGETING AND THE GAAF NO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GFGF THERE WE GO. WE FOLLOW THEM AND, AND THOSE REPORTING STANDARDS AND, AND HOW WE BUILD AND PREPARE BUDGETS AND TRY TO STAY IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE CITIES.
ALRIGHT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. IN YOUR POCKET, THERE'S THE BUDGET SUMMARY, WHICH IS A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2627. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THAT'S EXHIBIT A ON PAGE 60 OF YOUR BOOK.
GIVE Y'ALL A SECOND, BUT WE'RE. THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
MAYOR COUNCIL. I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT AS WE LOOK AT, I THINK BERLIN WAS ABLE TO DO ANOTHER ANALYSIS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE THROUGH NINE MONTHS, TEN MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED, WE WERE LIKE 99% COLLECTION RATE.
YES. WE ARE CLOSING THE THE MONTH OF AUGUST. SO WE WILL PROVIDE YOU BY FRIDAY WITH THE, ALL THE WAY TO AUGUST OUT THERE. I CAN UPDATE IT REPORT. GOTCHA. CORRECT.
YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST PART OF IT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN THE 12TH, THE 12TH, THE 12TH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST, EVERYTHING REVENUE WISE IS ABOVE.
ABOUT 7,079%. WELL, THE REVENUES IS 99.5%. COLLECTIONS AND THE EXPENSES 79%.
AND THE SALES TAX FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WERE COLLECTED ALL THE WAY TO SEPTEMBER.
WE JUST GOT IT YESTERDAY. IT IS $3.5 MILLION IN SALES TAX FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
THAT'S 1.1 MORE THAN LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. AT THIS TIME.
YES. ADDED TO THE TAX ROLLS FOR THE COMMERCIAL CENTERS AND THROUGH THE.
AT MANOR CROSSING. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL.
SO HER MONTHLY REPORTS WILL REFLECT WHATEVER WE GET FROM THE STATE.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE MISSING ANYTHING. AND THEN WE DO THE AUDIT.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR THOSE THINGS TOO, THAT EVERYTHING IS IN LINE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU, EITHER TO THE TO THE MONTHLY REPORTS OR THROUGH THE THROUGH THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
HAVE SINCE OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING, HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR CONCERNS SINCE? NO. NO, SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN. WHERE IS ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION?
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NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
[5. Conduct a public hearing on the proposed FY 2026-2027 Property Tax Rate for the City of Manor, Texas.]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027.PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF MAINE AND TEXAS.
MR. ROBERT, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR.
MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE. MR. MAYOR, YOU DID NOT GET AN ANSWER FOR US ON THE PARKLAND FEES.
DO WE HAVE ANY DEDICATED PARKLAND FEES IN THE BUDGET.
ARE YOU ABLE TO ANSWER THAT? NOW WE'RE ON THE NEXT ISSUE.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, THOUGH, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
MISS PENA? OKAY. THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF MAYNOR.
IT'S IMPACTED BY A LOT OF THINGS. ONE THING I DON'T REALLY LIKE DOING IS PAYING 6 OR $8.
850 A MONTH FOR PUBLIC STORMWATER MITIGATION FUND.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW ACCURATE IF, IF MISS PENA KNOWS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GIVE THIS MONEY, THESE PUBLIC IMPACT FEES TO A DEVELOPER FOR PUTTING A DRIVEWAY INTO A SUBDIVISION, AND WE SAY IT'S GOING TO COST 600,000, AND WE'RE SHARING THAT 40% TO THE DEVELOPER, I THINK IT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE 50% OR MORE TO THE DEVELOPER.
BUT THE QUESTION, MY QUESTION IS, DO WE COME BACK AND THEN DO A LITTLE FOLLOW UP FORENSIC THING TO SAY? HOW MUCH DID WE ACTUALLY SPEND? WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT I THINK THE MAYOR KIND OF SOFT PEDALED THIS PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE'RE PAYING TO CAPMETRO ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THEY DON'T EVEN RUN.
AND YES, I KNOW YOU SAID THE MONEY GOES TO THEM, BUT WE HAVE TO BE MEN ENOUGH TO LIKE, SAY, HEY, CAN WE HAVE THAT MONEY BACK? YOU KNOW, OR ANOTHER THING.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT 400,000 IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
YOU GUYS ONCE WANTED TO DO A LITTLE BUS SYSTEM.
WHY DON'T WE DO A LITTLE SHUTTLE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE OLD MAYOR? I CAN'T EVEN GET TO MAYNARD TOWN APARTMENTS. I CAN'T GET TO WALMART BECAUSE WE HAVE A SUICIDE BRIDGE.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A SIDEWALK TO GET FROM MY HOUSE.
FROM CITY HALL. YOU CAN'T WALK FROM CITY HALL TO WALMART.
DO YOU REALIZE THAT? AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A REGIONAL LEADER? WELL, SORRY. LET'S NOT WORRY ON THAT. BUT ANYWAY ALSO THE GROWTH RATE OF THE CITY, IT'S NOT 7%.
IT'S ABOUT 14%. THAT'S YOUR TIME. BUT THANK YOU.
WHAT WAS THE THING YOU SAID RIGHT BEFORE METRO PARKLAND FUNDS? NO, I ALREADY GOT THAT ONE ABOUT. YOU SAID ONE AFTER YOU SAID AFTER TRAVIS CAP METRO TAKING MONEY FROM US.
AND I GOT THAT ONE. WHAT DID YOU SAY? ONE IN BETWEEN THAT? I DON'T KNOW. CAN WE PLAY THE RECORD BACK? I GOT THESE TWO, SO I GET IT FOR YOU.
I'LL GET THE ANSWER FOR YOU. LET'S SEE, I WAS WELL, I WAS TALKING ABOUT STORMWATER.
THE WATER MITIGATION. YEAH, WE. WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT? RIGHT. WE DON'T LIVE THERE. THAT'S FROM SUBDIVISIONS AND SHOPPING CENTERS PUTTING IN CONCRETE.
AND THE WATER HAS NOWHERE TO GO. THANK YOU. AND AS YOU COME UP I DON'T HAVE.
SO IN 2019 WHEN WE GOT ON WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL, WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE FLOODING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND DIFFERENT THINGS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID TALK ABOUT AS A COUNCIL WAS HOW MUCH OF OUR CITY WAS BUILT ON OLD CODE, OLD DESIGNS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
AND SO IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE ASKED TO NOT RAISE TAXES, THEN WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO, TO, TO, TO GO BACK AND REPAIR OLD COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF CITY ADDRESS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF OUR CITY, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO ABOUT 80% OF OUR CITY IS BUILT ON, ON OLD CODE OLD PIPE, OLD HARDWARE, OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE DOLLARS HAVE TO, SO WE HAVE TO FIND MONEY TO FIX THOSE THINGS.
THAT WAS THE THINKING BEHIND THAT, THAT CHANGE IN THAT STORM DRAINAGE FEE.
AND NOT TO, NOT TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE, BUT WHEN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BUILT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED IN FROM A FINANCING.
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LOT OF THESE THINGS. NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT ONGOING MAINTENANCE.AND IF THAT INCOME IS GOING TO SUSTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEYOND ITS INITIAL CONCEPTION.
YOU HAVE TO DO OTHER THINGS IN THE CITY ON A CONSTANT REPEAT AND CYCLE TO GENERATE INCOME, TO PAY FOR, TO PAY FOR STUFF. AND IF WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT DENSITY WHEN WE'RE BUILDING, WHICH IS WHY WE DID THE MAIN IN TOWN SQUARE TOWN CENTER, LIKE WE'RE DOING, IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT DENSITY IN THE RIGHT DENSITY AROUND THE AREA, THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND AND TAKE CARE OF THINGS.
AND SO EVENTUALLY YOUR DEPARTMENT NEEDS ARE GOING TO INCREASE, THE PUBLIC REQUESTS ARE GOING TO INCREASE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE TAXES. AND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY LIKE OURS THAT FOR DECADES, OVER 3 OR 4 DECADES HAS JUST BEEN SOLELY ON THE BACKS OF PROPERTY OF HOMEOWNERS, THAT'S A HEAVY BURDEN.
AND THEN AS ONE OF THE COLLEAGUES MAYOR COLLEAGUES SAID THE OTHER DAY AT AND I WAS A CHAMBER EVENT PLANTING THE SEED TODAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SHADE FOR, FOR THE SHADE FOR TOMORROW.
I PROBABLY MESSED THAT UP, BUT THAT'S THE CONCEPT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THREE THINGS AT ONCE AND IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS IN THAT, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS IN THE CITY AND OUTSIDE THE CITY AND SURROUNDING AND LOVING US AND GIVING US THE THINGS THAT TOOLS THAT WE NEED SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT FOR FOR OUR, NOT ONLY FOR OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS, BUT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
IN REGARDS TO CAPITAL METRO IN 2022 IS WHEN YOU'RE REFERENCING, WHEN WE BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY AN OPTION TO HAVE OUR OWN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND TO RECOUP THOSE TAX DOLLARS BACK TO THE CITY FOR THE SAKE OF PARKS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, INVESTMENT IN SMALL BUSINESSES, FIXING MORE ROADS, MORE NORTH SOUTH ROADS, EAST WEST ROADS, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THAT'S WHAT WE PROPOSE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WE PUT IT TO A VOTE TO THE PEOPLE. AND THE PEOPLE VOTED TO NOT DO THAT.
AND SO IN 2027, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE TO CONSIDER THAT AGAIN.
A MORE LOCALIZED SOLUTION IF THEY SO CHOOSE. THAT KEEPS THOSE TAX DOLLARS IN THE COMMUNITY OR CONTRACTING SERVICES, WHETHER IT BE WITH METRO OR ANYONE ELSE, THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE THAT MAKE THAT DECISION AGAIN IN 2027 IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IN REGARDS TO IN LIEU PARK LAND FEES.
ANYONE OF YOU ALL WANT TO TALK OF THAT 1 MILLION? THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED THERE ARE INVESTED IN THE TAX BILL.
SO IT'S JUST WE CAN BRING AN ITEM SO YOU CAN DECIDE WHERE TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS.
I DON'T THINK WE IT'S NOT ABOUT SPENDING. IT'S MORE SO ABOUT WHERE THE HOW MUCH ARE THEY AND WHERE ARE THEY AT IN THE BUDGET? I THINK THAT WAS THE QUESTION. OKAY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER $1 MILLION.
OKAY. AND DO YOU KNOW, IS IT A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET ON THIS ITEM WHERE IT'S AT? THERE'S THIS AN AMOUNT, BUT THAT'S COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, NOT FROM THE, THE, THE PROFITS THAT THERE IS IN THE GENERAL FUND.
YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TAX RATE.
SO FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR 2627 THE PROPOSED RATE IS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS 0.85847548 WHICH WENT DOWN FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OF 8537 BASICALLY THAT'S BECAUSE OF WE PAY OFF TWO BONDS ALREADY.
AND THERE'S NO HEARING REQUIRED, BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL DOING THE HEARING JUST TO CONTINUE. BUT SINCE IT'S THE VOTER APPROVAL IS NOT REQUIRED.
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MAYOR. COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE.WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION.
JUST EMPHASIZING THAT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS A DECREASE IN TAXES.
SO AGAIN WHERE OTHER CITIES HAVE GONE UP IN TAXES THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE NOT GONE UP.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING A TAX RATE DECREASE FOR THE CITY.
THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSIDER TO BE SELF-EXPLANATORY BY COUNCIL WILL BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION.THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS REQUESTED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, IN WHICH ITEM WILL BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
NUMBER SIX CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL.
MINUTES. SEVEN CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE AUGUST 2026 CITY COUNCIL REPORTS, MONTHLY REPORTS AND EIGHT CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION.
POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE AUGUST 2026 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ANY REPORTS YOU WANT TO PULL OUT? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN. WHERE? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSE. MOTION PASSES. SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.[OPEN SESSION]
CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.551. COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP WHAT I BELIEVE IS ITEM NUMBER NINE.
[9. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on adopting an Ordinance authorizing the issuance, sale and delivery of City of Manor, Texas Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2026; levying a tax and providing a limited pledge of surplus revenues of the City’s water and wastewater system in payment thereof; approving execution of a purchase contract; approving an official statement; and enacting other provisions relating thereto.]
CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2026.YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY WE TOOK WE PRICED 15 MILLION OR ACTUALLY 14,000,635.
AND COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
THE NET INTEREST, I'M SORRY, THE TRUE INTEREST COST WAS A 72%.
AND WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL PRICING AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, I KNOW THE FED RAISED RATES TODAY, BUT THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A TRANSACTION IN THE MARKET YESTERDAY, CITY OF BEL AIR, WHICH IS IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
THERE ARE A BIT LARGER, LIKE DOUBLE YOUR SIZE.
THEY SOLD AT A 471 AND THEY HAD ABOUT $12 MILLION BOND SALE AND THEY'RE A TRIPLE A CREDIT RATING.
YOU'RE A DOUBLE A ONE WHICH YOU MAINTAINED YOUR RATING, WHICH IS IN DOUBLE A ONE.
CREDIT RATING IS GREAT. THERE ARE VERY FEW TRIPLE A'S.
SO YOU DID YOU KNOW, A 0.01 HIGHER WITH THE FED RAISING RATES.
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SO WE DID REALLY WELL. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS.YOU GOTTA PUT IT IN FRONT OF YOU. HE'S GOTTA BE CLOSER TO YOU.
HOLD IT. OH, THERE IT IS. I DID IT. HERE I AM.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IF THIS AMOUNT IS STILL GOOD WITH US FOR OUR 2027, OR WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE FUTURE PAYMENTS AND EVERYTHING.
THIS IS BUDGETED. OKAY. LIKE WE'LL BE OKAY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.
AND DOES IT CHANGE ANYTHING FOR THE MORE THAN WHAT THE PAYMENT IS? YES, I THINK SO. TO GO AHEAD. YOU CAN CONFIRM.
I JUST WANTED CONFIRMATION. I WE BUDGETED FOR.
WELL, WE ARE GOING TO PAY WITH THE IMPACT FEES.
THE FIRST LIKE THE FIRST PAYMENT, WHICH YOU CAN.
YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THE IMPACT FEES ARE FOR. YES.
FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO. AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE INTEREST THE FIRST YEAR I BELIEVE.
RIGHT. YEAH. THE INTEREST IS 610,000. AND I THINK YOU WERE LOOKING AT WE WERE LOOKING AT 1.4 MILLION AND A BUDGET BUDGETED PAYMENT IS 1.2 ISH. YEAH. SO FULL DINNER. NOT A NOT BUBBLE GUM.
YES, YES. AND SAVINGS. OTHER QUESTIONS. TAKE A MOTION.
MAYOR. COUNCIL LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 832, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS.
COMBINATION, RIGHT. TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2026.
IS IT 832 OR 33? OH IS IT 833832 OKAY. YEAH. OKAY.
OH. IGNORE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMAN MORENO.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE.
ANY QUESTION TO THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED.
MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.
[10. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Preliminary Planned Unit Development Rezoning Application for the Manor Town Center Development on 84.30 acres, more or less, and being TCAD parcels 743335 and 236866 also known as 13301 E US Hwy 290, Manor, TX from (C-2) Medium Commercial, (MF-2) Multi-Family 25, and (TH) Townhome to (PUD) Planned Unit Development]
NUMBER TEN. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PRELIMINARY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT REZONING APPLICATION FOR THE TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT ON 84.330 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. AND BEING TCAD PARCEL 743335 AND 236866. ALSO KNOWN AS 13301 EAST US HIGHWAY 290 MAIN IN TEXAS FROM C TWO MEDIUM COMMERCIAL US MF2 MULTIFAMILY 25 AND T H TOWNHOME TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.YES, SIR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THIS IS THE ACTION ITEM FOR THE PRELIMINARY PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE ACTUALLY IS A PRESENTATION THAT WE NEGLECTED TO GO THROUGH THAT AC IS ABLE TO BREEZE THROUGH IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT. LET ME ASK THIS. I KNOW WE HAVE A TIME SENSITIVE ITEM WHICH.
WHAT NUMBER WAS THAT ONE? WE DID. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SURE. BREATHE, BREATHE, BREATHE, BREATHE LIKE FROM A TROPICAL STORM.
CATEGORY FIVE. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. A.C. STEADMAN WITH KIMLEY-HORN.
I'M GOING TO ADJUST THIS. LIKE MICHAEL SAID, I WILL.
BREEZE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TOO. YES, OF COURSE.
HAPPY TO BE HERE. EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE PROJECT TEAM.
THIS IS THE PRESENTATION. WE'VE HAS GONE THROUGH PNC TWICE.
WE DID A PRESENTATION JUST FOR THEM TO VIEW IT. WE THEN WERE AT PNC LAST WEEK.
EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I WILL BREEZE THROUGH THIS QUICK AGENDA THAT I WILL MOVE THROUGH VERY QUICKLY IS WE'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PUD JUST PUTTING THIS IN A PRESENTATION FORMAT AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGH OUR PROCESS OF WORKING ON THIS PUD AND GOING THROUGH A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS AND A COUPLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL.
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TAKE AN ACTION. SO JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE ON THE TIMELINE FROM THE CITY BOND.THE ROADMAP THAT WAS PUBLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR FIRST HEARING PRESENTATION, BUT HEARING LAST WEEK.
AND HERE WE ARE. SO HERE'S SOME JUST QUICK HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE PUD THROUGHOUT THIS WE'VE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, A COUPLE OF TIMES WE DISCUSSED BUILDING HEIGHT, MASSING JUST ADJUSTING SOME OF THE STANDARDS FOR HOW WE STEP DOWN AS WE TRANSITION SOUTH TOWARDS CARRIAGE HILLS.
AND AS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THAT KIND OF CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE IS THE ZONING CATEGORY.
WE'VE NAMED IT, BUT HAVE CREATED SOME STANDARDS THERE FOR CREATING DENSITY, BUT ALSO RESPECTING AND HONORING THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WE HAVE HIGH HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO JUST STEP DOWN FROM WHAT MY THE HEIGHT RESTRICTS THE HEIGHT. YOU'LL SEE IN THE CENTER CORE OF THE DISTRICT.
HOW DO WE TIE THOSE INTO THE STANDARDS AS WELL? AND THEN IDENTIFYING HOW DO WE CONTROL THAT, BREAK THAT INTO THE POD, PROVIDE DISTRICT STANDARDS, PROVIDE A DISTRICT. I'M GOING TO BUTCHER IT. I THINK IT'S CALLED A DESIGN DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES.
SO AGAIN THESE ARE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THESE TWO THINGS.
YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THESE ARE TWO OF THE PODS THAT THE DESIGN TEAM HAS WORKED ON THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN THE BASELINE OR THE STARTING POINT THAT HELPED INSPIRE THIS, BUT THE PFLUGERVILLE DOWNTOWN EAST PROJECT WHICH THERE'S A PICTURE THERE OF IT CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, OR AT LEAST I THINK RECENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN THE GEORGETOWN SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 560 POD ARE TWO OF THE CASES WE USE AS THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS POD.
SO VERY QUICKLY JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WILL HAVE THIS POD THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY, ESTABLISHES THE ZONING DISTRICTS, THINGS THAT MICHAEL IS VERY QUALIFIED TO SPEAK THROUGH.
AND THEN KIND OF HOW IT DISCUSSES REAL QUICKLY THAT OUR THE PUD USES A BACKGROUND, THE DOWNTOWN, THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ZONING CATEGORY IS THE BASE OF THE, OF THE DISTRICT.
WE'RE ESTABLISHING FOR THESE, FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND QUICKLY ON THE SIDE HERE, THERE'S ALSO WILL BE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED.
REALLY SPEAKS TO OUR YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ZONING OR I WOULD SAY, SORRY, THE ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENTS OF THE BUILDINGS, MATERIALS THAT WILL BE USED. AND HOW THOSE WILL BE INCORPORATED THROUGHOUT THE, THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS HELP ESTABLISH IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING KIND OF TWO GATES, IS THAT THERE WILL BE ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN TO THE DISTRICT, WILL OBVIOUSLY NEED TO BE ROUTED THROUGH THE CITY, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
IT'LL ALSO GO TO THE MASTER DEVELOPERS DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH IS CALLED THE DRC.
I THINK HE'S IN THESE STANDARDS WILL BE ESTABLISHING I THINK ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 5 MEMBERS.
THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT A COMMUNITY MEMBER BEING INVOLVED IN THAT TOO, BUT ALSO LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. AND SO ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT PLATS SITE PLANS, ANYTHING GOES TO THE CITY, GOES TO THOSE PROCESSES, ALSO HAS TO RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE MASTER DEVELOPER. THESE BOTH WORK HAND IN HAND TO ENSURE THE VISION IN PLACE IS EXECUTED.
AND SO NEITHER ONE REPLACES THE OTHER. THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE DOES NOT REPLACE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ADMINISTER THE PUD ADMINISTER PERMITS IT. THEY WORK HAND IN HAND. THIS IS A KIND OF A GRAPHIC.
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REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE CITY. BOTH OF THOSE ARE REQUIRED TO GET A PERMIT.I CAN SIT ON THIS FOR A SECOND. JUST TALKS ABOUT THE DRC, WHO SITS ON IT.
HERE'S AN IMAGE. YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
TAKES THOSE IMAGES WE'VE SEEN EARLIER TONIGHT. PUTS A NICE LITTLE COLOR ON TOP OF THEM.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE, YOU GUYS CAN SEE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.
BUT JUST BREAKING DOWN SOME OF THE DETAILS INTO EACH DISTRICT, SOME ACREAGES KIND OF THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THEY MAKE UP THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT FROM A SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU KNOW, FROM ACREAGE WISE. IT ALSO SHOWS SOME OF THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AS WELL AS THE DENSITY THAT WE'RE THE PUTT IS LOOKING TO ESTABLISH AGAIN, HERE'S A NICE LITTLE GRAPHIC THAT CAN SHOW WHAT THAT HEIGHT TRANSITION LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE WITH THE PUTT CAN, CAN ALLOW UP TO HEIGHT WISE FOR THE 290 FRONTAGE, THE CIVIC ZONING IN THE MIDDLE, MIXED USE, WHICH IS THAT MIXED USE RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY.
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE WITHIN 250FT OF CARRIAGE HILLS, THERE'S A HARD LIMIT OF TWO FEET, TWO STORIES.
IT'S REALLY QUICK. THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM COMMISSION.
WE HEARD LIKE WAS DISCUSSED, MR. MAYOR, ABOUT ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO WRITE INTO THE FABRIC OF THIS POD, RIGHT INTO THE FABRIC OF THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD BE WELCOMING THAT DIRECTION AND CONTINUE TO GROW. WITH THE CITY HALL BEING THE FIRST PHASE, KIND OF THE GOVERNING OR THE STARTING FOUNDATION AND PILLAR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE WILL GROW AND CONTINUE TO BUILD OFF OF THAT.
THIS WAS DISCUSSED BRIEFLY WITH MISTER BURRELL MENTIONING WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS.
WE'RE ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST.
THEY WERE CONSIDERED IN OUR TIA AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ARE DISCUSSING CROSS ACCESS RIGHTS, UTILITIES, ALL SORTS OF THINGS. BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT COMMISSION LAST WEEK THAT IS ACTIVELY UNDERWAY.
AGAIN, HERE'S THAT ILLUSTRATION I THINK WE'VE SEEN EARLIER TONIGHT, THERE'S AN AERIAL MASSING THAT KIND OF SHOWS THAT POTENTIAL VISION COULD LOOK LIKE IN THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEW. THIS IS BRIEFLY SHOWING THE STREET TYPES.
THOSE ARE MENTIONED EARLIER WAS THE 94 FOOT, 90 TO 94 FOOT WIDE COLLECTOR RIGHT OF WAY.
IT'S ANOTHER EXHIBIT SHOWING THAT. AND THEN THESE ARE REALLY QUICKLY JUST WHAT THOSE STREET SECTIONS LOOK LIKE. I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE COMMENTS. IT SHOWS WHAT THE, THE WIDTHS WILL LOOK LIKE ON THESE PROPOSED STREETS. AND HERE WE ARE.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR, FOR QUESTIONS. I THINK I KEPT IT BRIEF ISH.
AGAIN THANK YOU. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS TONIGHT AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE THAT MIGHT HAVE COME UP. YEAH. JUST AGAIN 914. I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD RATHER BE IN THAT SPOT.
REGARDING THE THE DESIGNING ON THAT COMMITTEE AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF SPENT A LOT OF, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ALREADY ON SOME HISTORICAL STUFF AND DESIGN STUFF.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO KIND OF STAY IN THAT CIRCLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF DOING THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AT EACH PHASE WHEN WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION AND WHEN, AND BECAUSE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF THE CITY, WE'VE ALREADY MADE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN DOWN HERE THAT PRESERVES THE HISTORY WHERE, WHERE MOST OF THE HISTORICAL QUOTE UNQUOTE HISTORICAL THINGS ARE, ARE STILL HERE IN THE CITY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT TO ADD OR SUBTRACT FROM THAT.
SECOND, I DON'T KNOW IF. Y'ALL USE THE MICROPHONE.
OH. OH, I SAID, I'M NOT SURE IF I IF WHAT I WAS THINKING OF SAYING IS JUST REITERATING WHAT YOU
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JUST SAID. BUT IT'S PROBABLY SIMILAR. MAYBE IT WAS THE QUESTION OF JUST.THE, THE DECISION OF PLANNING AND ZONING HAVING A, A BIG INPUT, I GUESS IN, IN THIS PART WHERE, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM OR WHY? I GUESS I KNOW I COULD SEE IT IN SOME AREAS, BUT MAYBE NOT IN, IN THE AREAS OF THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACE OR THAT PART.
GO AHEAD. THE PLANNING AND ZONING. IT WASN'T EVEN SO MUCH OF A RECOMMENDATION AS A CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY GAVE THAT INSIGHT, IT WAS JUST TO CONSIDER THESE THINGS WHEN MOVING FORWARD AND TO KIND OF FURTHER, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ADDS NECESSARY CONTEXT OR NOT FOR THE MAYOR WITH THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ADMINISTERED REGARDLESS.
THE IDEA OF HAVING A COMMUNITY MEMBER ON BOARD WOULD BE WHEN SPECIFIC TENANTS COME IN.
AND EVEN FURTHER ON THAT POINT, THAT'S IF THE DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL EVOLVES, BECAUSE WHAT THAT SPEAKS TO ESSENTIALLY IS QUITE LITERALLY THE MATERIAL OF THE BUILDINGS OR CERTAIN ESTHETIC DESIGNS, NOT NECESSARILY THE HUD GUIDELINES OR ANY ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES THAT MIGHT BE I THINK I MIGHT HAVE CONNECTED FIVE AND PAGE FIVE AND NINE.
SO ERASE NINE FROM THE CONVERSATION AND GO TO PAGE FIVE, WHICH I THEN GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION TO THE STATEMENT THAT COUNCILWOMAN HILL WAS JUST JUST TALKING ABOUT. YES. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE, THE MAINERS IDENTITY AND DID THE NOTES AT THE BOTTOM.
IT, IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE CIRCLING BACK AND STARTING AGAIN WITH WORK THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BY RE AGAIN, ASKING TO GET INPUT WHERE WE'VE ALREADY SPENT YEARS.
WE HAVE A TON OF INPUT FROM FOLKS ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND GET DONE.
AND I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE THAT IT'S BEEN SAID AND THEN IT'S NOW IT'S HERE AND IT COULD POSSIBLY ADD MORE TIME TO AN ALREADY LENGTHY PROCESS. YEAH. I MEAN, GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, RIGHT, IS HAVING MEETINGS THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO HAVE SINCE WE HAD THOSE MEETINGS KIND OF ALREADY.
ESPECIALLY MEETING WITH YOU GUYS AND GOING OVER, YOU KNOW, JUST VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS.
IF IT JUST REALLY MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW, TO GO OVER AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS, BUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE SAY IT GENERALLY GOING OVER THINGS THAT WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY DISCUSSED.
SO. LET ME SEE IF I CAN, I GUESS, DESCRIBE AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG WITH THIS.
I SEE WHAT THIS IS FOR WITH THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE.
ANY TENANT WHO COMES TO THE SPACE, WHETHER THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BUYING A PARCEL, LEASING A PARCEL, BUILDING A BUILDING, THEY WILL GO TO THAT COMMITTEE REGARDLESS.
THAT'S SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING. YEAH. SO EVEN IF WE DON'T INCLUDE A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY MEMBER, THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS FOR SURE.
SO THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE SENSE. YEAH. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT IT WOULD EXTEND THE PROCESS BECAUSE ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THAT, THEN THROUGH WHATEVER PROCESS THE DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE SET, THEY CAN BE SENT TO US.
GO ONE PAGE BACK. YOU SEE WHAT THAT SAYS? WHAT WE HEARD AND AND WHAT WHAT CHANGED? AND THEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT IT AND SAYING IT'S BASED IT'S BASED OFF OF THE COMMISSION'S FEEDBACK. SO THAT READS A CERTAIN WAY. AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE, WHERE EVERYONE'S COMING FROM IS LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO WE JUST SPEND ALMOST TWO YEARS OF WORK AND RESEARCH ON SOMETHING? AND THEN NOW THERE'S TWO MEETINGS THAT TAKE PLACE AND.
THINGS ARE CHANGING. THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THE CONTEXT FROM, FROM IT'S IT'S.
AND IT COULD BE SEMANTICS. IT COULD JUST BE BAD SEMANTICS, YOU KNOW, WORD CHOICE, DICTION AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAPER, BUT THAT'S HOW IT READS.
AND SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE THE DRC DRC.
RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
YEAH. I'M JUST SAYING JUST HOW IT FLOWS. I THINK MAYBE HELP ADD, I THINK THAT THERE'S TWO RELATED,
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BUT SEPARATE THINGS. MICHAEL'S TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, LIKE THE FUTURE EVOLUTION OF THE DISTRICT. AND I THINK MAYBE YOUR CONCERNS, MR. MAYOR, ABOUT WHAT'S CHANGING RIGHT NOW IN CIRCLING ON A PROCESS.THE TWO YEAR PROCESS HAS LED TO THE POD AS THE POD ALL THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AS IT STANDS TODAY, THAT WHAT I THINK THAT THE WORDING OF THIS MIGHT BE OFF, THAT WE SHOULDN'T SAY WHAT'S CHANGED.
AND I THINK THE QUESTIONS WERE COMING ABOUT WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY GET TO SAY ABOUT THE VISION OF THIS? THAT'S CALLED TOWN CENTER. DO WE HAVE A SET? DO WE GET TO HAVE A SAY? AND SO I THINK THAT THE COMMUNICATION OF THIS PRESENTATION OF WHAT HAS WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM LAST WEEK WOULD BE, HEY, THIS IS THE PROCESS OF WHAT THE HOW THE DRC WILL EVOLVE WITH THE DISTRICT.
NOT NOT THAT THERE'S FROM LAST WEEK TO NOW, THERE'S BEEN A MATERIAL CHANGE TO, I THINK THE THE CHANGES TO THE PUD HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH RED LINES. RIGHT. YOU'RE EXPLAINING THAT THE PROCESS.
YEAH. THE, THE, THE WHAT CAN CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THERE'S BEEN NO MATERIAL CHANGES TO THE PUD GUIDELINES.
I MEAN, THE ONLY CHANGES WE'VE MADE IN THE LAST WEEK HAVE BEEN, LIKE I SAID, LEGAL RED LINES BACK AND FORTH TO WRAP UP SOME OF THE HOW THE THE, THE STUFF I'M NOT AS QUALIFIED TO, TO, TO SPEAK TO.
SO, YOU KNOW, FIXING SOME OF THE THAT WHAT ARE WE REFERENCING EXHIBIT TITLES.
PART OF THE PROCESS IS CHANGED OR THAT THE PROCESS WOULD DELAY, OR YOU NEED TO CIRCLE BACK ON ALL THE INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE EXPERTS THAT WE'VE WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION BACK THERE.
AND FROM THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M SEARCHING FOR.
OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. OKAY. OKAY. SO MICHAEL'S PORTION OF IT OF HIGHLIGHTING THE DRC, DOES THAT TECHNICALLY START AT PAGE SEVEN WITH THE PRECEDENT OF THE POETS, BECAUSE THE OTHER PARTS ARE JUST HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY PRIOR TO THE DRC IS LOOK AT THIS COMMUNITY. PAGE SEVEN. HERE ARE THE STANDARDS.
EIGHT AND THEN HERE'S HOW THE PROCESS OF IT GOES.
NINE SO THE DRC, DRC ESSENTIALLY FUNCTIONS OFF OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS SET IN THE DA. THERE'S ACTUALLY NOTHING THAT CAN BE ALTERED IN THE PUD ONCE SET.
RIGHT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT YOUR BUILDING MATERIAL, CERTAIN ESTHETIC CHOICES, YOUR FACADE TREATMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE PRECEDENT PUD THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING I BELIEVE DWG, DWG HAS DONE WORK ON THESE PUDS. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BASING THEIR CURRENT PRESENTATION OFF OF.
THAT'S. WAS THAT BASED OFF OF THE COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF? THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DESIGN STANDARDS SET IN THE DA.
AND THAT THAT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT HUD AND DESIGN STANDARDS, BUT IT DOESN'T DIFFERENTIATE WHERE THOSE TWO THINGS FIT.
YEAH. SO I GUESS I'M SAYING IF NOTHING ELSE. PAGE SIX, FIVE AND FOUR FOR SURE.
CAN THEY BE REWRITTEN TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE OR TO MAKE IT MAKE LOGICAL PRACTICAL.
ANYBODY WHO'S COMING IN TO LOOK AT IT, LIKE YOU SAID, ANYBODY WHO COMES IN IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO SAY IN IT AND WE HAD NO SAY IN IT.
BUT IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A SAY FOR CITY STAFF ON A DE, P AND Z ON TWO DAYS.
AND WE'RE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT WE AGREED TO ALSO.
AND IT SHOULD BE EASILY LEGIBLE. UNDERSTANDABLE.
THOUGH I WILL SAY THIS PRESENTATION ITSELF IS NOT A BINDING DOCUMENT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. AGAIN, IT'S IT'S NOT ABOUT BINDING.
IT'S ABOUT THE STORYTELLING CORRECTLY. YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO PAGE THREE, IT JUST, IT KIND OF GOES FROM 2023 TO 2026. A LOT HAPPENED BETWEEN 2023 AND 2026.
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WE DIDN'T JUST SIT ON A SHELF. THAT WAS A LOT OF ACTUALLY, WE, THEY DID ACTUAL, SOME WORK WITH PEOPLE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.AND WE DID, WENT THROUGH A WHOLE LOT OF PLANNING AND A WHOLE LOT OF CONVERSATION, A WHOLE LOT OF DESIGNS AND SPEND SOME DOLLARS TO GET TO A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF SOME STUFF. AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A DIFFERENT COMPANY THAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY GOING WITH, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF FORUMS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAME TO EVENTS AND CITY HALL AND HERE AND THERE WALMARTS, AND THEY GUY GAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON STUFF THEY WANTED.
AND THEN WE HAD OTHER THINGS THAT TAKE THAT TOOK PLACE IN THAT TIME PERIOD.
AND SO THAT STORY MATTERS BECAUSE, RIGHT, IF I'M A RESIDENT AND I AND I JUST BE LIKE, WHAT DID Y'ALL DO WITH THE VOTE WE VOTED FOR TO GIVE Y'ALL MONEY? Y'ALL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THREE YEARS.
NOW Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. THERE'S EVEN A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THAT. LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL ARE RUSHING. WELL, THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE WE JUST STARTED IN MAY.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING SO IT'S, IT'S THE STORYTELLING THAT GOES ALONG THAT WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE CAPTURING EVERYTHING AND WE'RE COMMUNICATING IT CORRECTLY.
SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK IS ACTUALLY BEING PUT INTO IT.
YOU ALL, AS A STAFF HAS BEEN BUTCHERED BY US FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE BACK FOR ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS. I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO MISCOMMUNICATE TO THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE THEM THINK WE JUST, WE VOTED AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENED.
EVEN PRIOR TO THE VOTE, THERE WAS A TON OF DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION THAT THAT WAS PRESENTED.
AND SO WE SPENT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE 2022.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT THAT IT'S NOT OF A BIG DEAL, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, TO, TO HOLD UP A VOTE OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW? BUT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT SOMETHING THAT IT HAS, IT GETS THE CORRECT EDITS AT SOME POINT IN TIME IF IT'S GOING TO BE PUBLIC FACING SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN KNOW THAT STORY. AND, AND FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT CAME IN IN 2019 AND HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE IS THIS AND WHERE IS THAT, AND THINGS RECORDS WERE IN THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE.
AND AS A COUNCIL TEAM THAT HAS VOTED TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT STAFF WITH DIGITIZING A LOT OF RECORDS, SO THOSE THINGS CAN BE THERE DIGITALLY. WE NEED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING MINDFUL ABOUT HOW WE ARCHIVE.
YES, SIR. SO WE'LL CERTAINLY BE UPDATING THIS JUST TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ALL OF THE DIRECTION UPDATING THE TIMELINE, WHICH, IF I MAY ASK, WHO WOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO SPEAK WITH ABOUT THE SPACE BETWEEN NOVEMBER TO MAY? PROBABLY GOING TO BE ALL Y'ALL. Y'ALL. Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME MINUTES FROM COUNCIL MEETINGS AND AGENDAS AND AND AND SO FORTH. YES, SIR. SO PAGE 3456.
YES, SIR. QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. MEMBERS. COUNCILWOMAN HILL.
THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. YEAH I DID. SORRY, THAT WAS JUST A SMALL PIECE.
THE SO WILL THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THIS NEW TOWN CENTER AREA B UP TO FIVE STORIES.
WOULD THAT BE THE TALLEST THING IN MAYNARD? NOW, IF THERE IS ONE, A BUILDING THAT'S CONSTRUCTED, THIS WOULD INDEED ALLOW UP TO 65FT. THAT'S BUILDING CAP.
BUT FIVE STORIES. YES. IS THAT WILL THAT WILL THAT BE THE TALLEST BUILDING AREA OR IS IT STILL THIS ONE? THAT'S NOT. IT'D BE THE THAT WOULD BE THE TALLEST.
THAT WOULD BE THE TALLEST. OKAY. AND.
SORRY, I WAS GOING DOWN. OH. IS IT GOING TO BE.
IS EVERYTHING IN THIS AREA SIDEWALK WALKABLE? CUZ I KNOW Y'ALL SAID TRAILS, BUT THE INTENT IS TO MAKE THE ENTIRE DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE BY FOOT.
BY FOOT. SO SIDEWALKS, VERY WIDE PEDESTRIAN SPACES.
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THAT IS THE INTENT. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MIXED USE, WALKABLE, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY DISTRICT.OKAY. I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN. NOT JUST FROM THE FESTIVAL SIDE, BUT THE WHEN IT COMES TO THE STREET TYPE.
BECAUSE THE CARS ARE STILL. SEDANS THAT THEY'RE USING IN THEIR SPACE.
BUT I GUESS AND YOU MENTIONED IT LIKE A HIGHWAY IS NORMALLY 12FT LANES, BUT SOME OF OUR TRUCKS ARE EIGHT. MAYBE A NICE F-150 RAM. AND SO, BUT JUST KIND OF GOING INTO THOSE LANES BECAUSE IT'S A SPACE THAT YOU WANT IT TO BE, EVENTUALLY HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH DENSITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND ALSO JUST BEING ANOTHER SPACE THAT IF IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGH END WITH FIVE STORY BUILDINGS THEN I GUESS EVEN CONSIDERING THE ROAD AND THE TYPE OF ROAD FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE SMALLER CARS.
LIKE WE EVEN HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF CYBERTRUCKS HERE.
BUT I GUESS IT WAS JUST KIND OF TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
BECAUSE MAYBE THE STANDARDS FOR THE ROAD SIZES, EVEN THE WAY THAT.
PAGE 21. HOW THE CARS WOULD BE PARKED ON THE CURB THAT LENGTH IS NOT MUCH MORE COMPARED, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU'VE SEEN IT. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL DRIVE TRUCKS AROUND, I DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO PUT THEM IN SMALL SPACES AND PUTTING INTO ESPECIALLY HIGH DENSITY AREAS, THAT'S REALLY IF THAT'S EVERYBODY'S MEANS OF COMMUNICATE TRANSPORTATION.
JUST, I DON'T KNOW, I GOTTA SAY IT. OH, AND I THINK I WAS GOING TO ASK IN THE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THIS PART, THE ORDINANCE PART. WHO'S THE CITY CONSULTANT COMPARED TO THE MASTER DEVELOPER? I DIDN'T SEE LIKE WHERE HE SAID THE NAME. I THINK IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE PART.
MAYBE IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE PART IN THE RED LINE. IT'S NOT IN THE PRESENTATION.
OKAY. BUT THE CITY'S CONSULTANT. THAT'S IT. OKAY.
I, I THOUGHT I SAW IT. THIS IS REFERRING TO. MAYBE THAT'S A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM.
SO I THINK I JUST SAW IT IN THE ORDINANCE PART.
MAYOR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MEMBERS. VERONICA RIVERA, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
THERE WERE NO OTHER CONSULTANTS THAT WERE UTILIZED FOR THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
WE DO UTILIZE SOME OF THE DRAWINGS AND MAPS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER AND DEVELOPER'S TEAM.
SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN ENGINEER OR WHAT'S THIS OTHER GROUP D F.
SO. OKAY. AND THE RED LINE WAS DONE BY CITY LEGAL.
MICHAEL, IS THERE ANY BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HILL WAS SAYING ABOUT THE ROADS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BUSINESSES THERE. THAT MEANS DELIVERY TRUCKS, WHICH ARE WIDER THAN OUR REGULAR CAR WIDTHS AND ALSO PARKING FOR THOSE. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT HAS A RESTAURANT, THEY'LL HAVE A TRUCK THAT'LL COME TO PICK UP THEIR LINEN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'RE GENERALLY GOING TO PARK OR PICK UP THEIR STUFF AND THEN LEAVE.
BUT THERE FOR THEM, THEY'RE IN THE DESIGN CRITERIA.
THERE'S ACTUALLY. STANDARDS FOR LIKE DELIVERY, TRUCK PICKUP.
JUST BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER DONE A DISTRICT LIKE THIS IN OUR CODE ISN'T NECESSARILY DESIGNED FOR IT.
SO THERE ARE ITEMS IN THERE THAT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION DELIVERY.
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JUST TO KIND OF AVOID THAT MIXTURE OF TRAFFIC.BUT I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT AGAIN. YEAH, IT'LL BE OKAY.
THANK YOU. YEAH. IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW IN THE, THE, THE CITIES THAT WE VISITED.
IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY HAD SIGNS FOR LOADING, UNLOADING, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THE ROADS WERE PRETTY SIMILAR TO, TO SOME OF THESE AREAS, SOME OF THE STREETS WE HAVE SOME OF THIS IS NOT AS NARROW AS SOME OF THE LIKE HIGH END AREAS IN AUSTIN. SOME OF THE ROADS ARE A LITTLE BIT NARROWER THAN, THAN THE 11 AND SO YOU KNOW, YEAH. SO IT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT, SUFFICIENT.
AND AGAIN, THE, THE DEAL, THE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE TO PARK AND WALK, NOT TO JUST BE TO, TO, TO, TO NOT FORCE. WE DON'T WANT A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
WE WANT PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, BIKING AND SO FORTH.
SO THAT'S SO YOU SOME THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS BY LIMITING AND DRIVING PARKING AND, AND TRUCKS TO CERTAIN PLACES. OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
MAYOR, IF I MAY. I WANTED TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER HILL'S QUESTION, AND I STAND CORRECTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER HILL, YOU WERE LOOKING AT A RED LINE WHERE IT DOES SAY CITY CONSULTANT, AND THE CONSULTANT IS ACTUALLY THE HUNT GROUP WHO ASSISTED. AND. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY ORDINANCE, WE DO NOT NAME CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT JUST SAYS CONSULTANT. SO BECAUSE YOU HAVE CITY STAFF AND YOU HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU DID HAVE ANOTHER CONSULTANT. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS OR A MOTION.
MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A PRELIMINARY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT REZONING APPLICATION FOR THE MAYNARD TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT ON 84.30 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. AND BEING TCAD PARCELS 743335 AND 236866. ALSO KNOWN AS 13301 EAST U.S. HIGHWAY 290. MAYNARD, TEXAS FROM C TWO MEDIUM COMMERCIAL TO FMI MEAN I'M SORRY, MF2 MULTIFAMILY. 25 AND T H TOWNHOME TO PUB PLAN. MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMAN WALLACE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN MASCARA.
KEN, WOULD YOU CONSIDER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ADD INCLUDE DIRECTION GIVEN TO STAFF REGARDING IMAGES AND DOCUMENTS FRIENDLY TO UPDATE CHANGES DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING DOCUMENT ATTACHMENTS. WHAT HE JUST SAID NO.
A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO UPDATE DOCUMENTATION DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. 11 FIRST READING.
[11. First Reading: Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Final Planned Unit Development Ordinance for the Manor Town Center Development on 84.30 acres, more or less, and being TCAD parcels 743335 and 236866 also known as 13301 E US Hwy 290, Manor, TX from (C-2) Medium Commercial, (MF-2) Multi-Family 25, and (TH) Townhome to (PUD) Planned Unit Development.]
CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE FOR THE MAIN ENCOUNTER CENTER.DEVELOPMENT ON 84.3 ACRES, MORE OR LESS BEING TCAC.
PARCEL SEVEN FOUR, 3335 AND 236866. ALSO KNOWN AS 13301 EAST US HIGHWAY 290 MAIN IN TEXAS FROM C TWO MEDIUM COMMERCIAL MF2 MULTIFAMILY 25TH TOWNHOME TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE? COUNCIL. MEMBERS.
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THIS ONE'S COMING BACK TO US ON THE 23RD RIGHT FOR THE SECOND READING.YES, SIR. THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL. TYPICALLY BOTH HAVE FIRST AND SECOND READINGS, BUT THE PRELIMINARY DOESN'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE, SO THIS WILL. THEY'LL BOTH COME BACK.
QUESTIONS ON MOTION. OKAY. BUT THE RED IS STILL OFF.
OKAY. THE SECTIONS THAT ARE SCRATCHED OFF WITH A RED.
IS THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELONG IN THIS. IT'S BEING MOVED TO ZBA, BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND IT'LL COME BACK IN A DIFFERENT SECTION. IT'LL BE IT'S MOVED TO THE D A MOVED O TO THE D A.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBER HILL.
YES. MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT DEAL WITH DESIGN OR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS IN YOUR SUMMARY FORM UTILITIES, STREETS AND TREES.
THOSE WILL BE MOVED TO THE D A THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS AT THE END OF WHETHER TO GRANT ANY KIND OF VARIANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S NOT THAT PART IS NOT MOVING INTO THE D A BUT THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE D A THAT TALKS ABOUT OF MINOR AND MAJOR AMENDMENTS. OKAY.
ITEM PAGE, PAGE SEVEN. SECTION TWO. INTRODUCTION.
JUST LOOKING AT AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THE DATES.
WE GOT A 2029 DATE ON DISTRICT CITY HALL LIBRARY FOR PHASE ONE.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT JUNE 2028. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEONE GOES THROUGH FINE TUNE.
YOU KNOW, COMES THROUGH THERE AND, AND MAKE SURE THOSE DATES ARE LINED UP SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING, NOT ADOPTING ANYTHING THAT'S CONTRARY TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO ON SO THAT 29 THAT 2032, 35, 36 AND 36. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT PHASE ONE, INCLUDING COMMERCIAL ON 290.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL DOCUMENTS REFERENCE THAT.
YES, SIR. AND SO, AND, AND THAT IS A DIFFERENCE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN BECAUSE WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ACTIVATING THAT, THE STREETS WE SAID ALL THAT FIRST PART WAS PHASE ONE AND NOW IT'S SAYING PHASE ONE IS JUST THE CIVIC AND THE COMMERCIAL COMES IN NOT TWO, THREE AND FOUR 2A2B2C AND ACCORDING TO THAT CHART ON PAGE SEVEN, AGAIN IT COMES BACK TO PHASE TWO AS BEING 2032. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THESE DATES ADD UP TO WHAT WE SAID WE AGREED TO.
MAKE SENSE? YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL TAKE EITHER QUESTIONS OR A MOTION.
MAYOR. COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE MAYNARD TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT ON 84.3 ACRES, MORE OR LESS BEING TCAD PARCEL SEVEN FOUR, THREE, THREE, THREE, FIVE AND 23, 6866, ALSO KNOWN AS 13301 EAST US HIGHWAY 290 MAYNARD, TEXAS FROM C TWO MEDIUM COMMERCIAL MF TWO.
MULTIFAMILY. 25 AND TOWNHOME TWO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE.
WHAT WAS IT. WITH THE REVISION OF DATES.
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AND ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMEMBER MORENO.IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILWOMAN WHERE.
ANY QUESTION TO THE MOTION. BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. ITEM NUMBER 12.
[12. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Subdivision Concept Plan for the Manor Town Center, being eight (8) lots on 84.30 acres, more or less, and being TCAD parcels 743335 and 236866, also known as 13301 E US Hwy 290, Manor, TX.]
CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SUBDIVISION CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE TOWN CENTER BEING EIGHT LOTS ON 84.3, MORE OR LESS BEING T CAP PARCEL 7433335236866.ALSO KNOWN AS 13301 EAST US HIGHWAY 290 MANOR, TEXAS.
OKAY. SAME SAME THING FOR THIS ONE TO JUST ENSURE THAT ALL THE PHASES AND IMAGES AND MAPS ARE, ARE ALIGNED. YES, SIR. MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONDITIONALLY APPROVE A SUBDIVISION CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE MAYNARD TOWN CENTER BEING EIGHT LOTS ON EIGHT 84.30 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
AND BEING TCAD PARCELS SEVEN FOUR, 3335 AND 236866, ALSO KNOWN AS 13301 EAST US HIGHWAY 290. MAYNARD, TEXAS. WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE FINAL PUD BE APPROVED AND THE DATE CORRECTIONS, AS WELL AS ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS.
AS WELL AS THE DATE CORRECTIONS AND ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
[13. Consideration, discussion, and possible action regarding the termination of the City’s Master Services Agreement and related agreements with Flock Group, Inc., including ratification of the City’s September 3, 2026, notice of termination.]
MOVING RIGHT ALONG. ITEM NUMBER 13. CONSIDERATION.AND EXCUSE ME, INCLUDING RATIFICATION OF THE CITY'S SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026 NOTICE OF TERMINATION.
YES, SIR. CHIEF. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING OR MORNING? ALMOST MORNING. ALMOST. AS YOU ALL KNOW, ON SEPTEMBER 3RD WE GAVE NOTICE TO FLOCK GROUP INCORPORATED OF OUR SEPARATION. TERMINATING THE MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT.
AND WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR Y'ALL'S RATIFICATION.
OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS THE. THE NIGHT IS NIGH.
DRAWING NIGH. I WILL GIVE GIVE US A TIME OF A MINUTE TO VOICE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AROUND THE SITUATION IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE MIC, THEN YOU CAN JUST SAY PASS. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL START AT THE MY LEFT COUNCILWOMAN HERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SEE ANYMORE MY MICROPHONE. BEING SHORT.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE FLOCK CAMERAS BE DESTROYED.
BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO I GUESS, PUBLICLY SHOW THAT WE ARE WE HEAR THE PEOPLE AND WE ALSO HEAR THE POLICE AND HERE AND SO JUST TO SHOW THAT WE ARE, WE HAVE SEVER TIES WITH THE FLOCK COMPANY AND YEAH. AND SO THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
THAT WOULD BE NICE. BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION.
YES, I'LL BE QUICK. THANK YOU FOR YOU KNOW, PD CHIEF AND, AND STAFF FOR YOUR QUICK RESPONSE TO THIS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MORE OR LESS OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC TRUST GOING HAND IN HAND.
AND YOU KNOW, WE HEARD THE, THE RESIDENTS AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL ON BOARD ON.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS SITUATION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I CAN APPRECIATE THE HELP THAT THE CAMERAS DID GIVE WITH CATCHING CRIMINALS COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE DONE HARM IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. HOWEVER, I DO STAND WITH THE PEOPLE ON THIS SITUATION AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING BUSINESS WITH AN ENTITY THAT DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DOWNFALLS IN ITS SYSTEM.
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SO THAT'S MY STAND ON IT. YES, MA'AM. I'M GOOD.THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK ATTENTION TO LISTENING TO OUR CITIZENS AND ALL THE OTHER VOICES AND MAKING A GOOD, SOLID DECISION.
THANK YOU. I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, IT IS A TOUGH DECISION WHEN YOU ARE ARE LOOKING AT TWO SIDES OF, OF A TOPIC, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE VALUE IN, IN WHAT THIS TOOL BROUGHT TO US HELPING SOLVE CRIME IN MANER AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. BUT AS YOU ALL HAVE ALL SAID, AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, THE TRUST OF OUR PUBLIC IS, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY TOOL.
WE WORK SO HARD IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC TRUST TO GIVE AWAY EVEN A FRACTION OF THAT TO TO THIS TOOL. WHEN ME AS THE POLICE CHIEF OR OUR INVESTIGATORS OR WHOMEVER IS HAVING TO DEFEND A PRODUCT THAT, IN MY OPINION, IS NOT DEFENDING ITSELF. THEREFORE, AS I'VE TOLD YOU, ALL THAT IS MY STANCE AND I'M NOT WILLING AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THE SUPPORT AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND MAKING A DECISION THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ANOTHER SIDE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
THEY WANT US TO USE TOOLS LIKE THIS. AND SO IT IS A FINE LINE DANCING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
AND SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT TAKES PRECEDENCE IS WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THE TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND YOU, YOU SKIPPED ME.
NO, JUST YEAH. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. AND, AND SO I, I WON'T RESTATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT WE'LL SAY IT'S A WE TALKED ABOUT OUR VALUES AND OUR BELIEFS AND WE, WE BRANDED OUR CITY AND WE SAID THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE CITY OF MANTA WAS THE PEOPLE.
AND SO MAKING DECISIONS BASED OFF OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT VALUE, WHICH IS THE PEOPLE I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A SPACE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CONTINUE TO BE INNOVATIVE AND, YOU KNOW, AND KEEP OUR CITY SAFE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THE TIME IS ABOUT MAINTAINING THE SAFETY.
WHAT FAR PEOPLE TRUST WHAT OUR PEOPLE. AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE ALIGNMENT AND, AND EVERYONE STILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE CITY OF MAINERS.
SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THAT BEING SAID CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DEVICES WE HAVE AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT THE NUMBER OF DEVICES WE HAVE LEFT? YES. I BELIEVE THAT WE STILL AS, AS OF LAST, MY LAST UPDATE, I BELIEVE WE HAD EIGHT STILL STANDING. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING THAT.
THERE ARE FLOCK CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT DO NOT BELONG TO THE CITY OF MANER.
THEY CAN BE PURCHASED AND AND MAINTAINED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES, BY HOA'S, BY APARTMENT COMPLEXES, BY A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT DO HAVE THESE CAMERAS AROUND MAYNOR.
AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CAMERAS, I THINK, ARE NOT OURS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEY'RE A LITTLE BUSY TAKING CAMERAS DOWN.
SO I WOULD JUST URGE THE PUBLIC TO GIVE US A LITTLE LITTLE TIME.
OUR CAMERAS THAT ARE UNDER THE CITIES ARE NOT OPERATIONAL.
AND SO SO WE JUST ASK FOR EVERYONE TO GIVE US A LITTLE GRACE, A LITTLE TIME TO GET THOSE DOWN.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. BEING THAT THE CAMERAS ARE STILL IN OUR POSSESSION, DOES THAT MAKE IT A FEDERAL OFFENSE TO CUT THEM DOWN BECAUSE IT'S A GOVERNMENT ENTITIES PROPERTY? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S A FEDERAL OFFENSE. IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL OFFENSE, A FELONY LEVEL OFFENSE.
AND I, I GET PEOPLE'S SENTIMENT AND THEIR, THEIR THEIR FEELINGS ON THE SITUATION, BUT IT'S NOT WORTH THEM HAVING TO NAVIGATE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO GET THEIR POINT ACROSS.
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THIS IS JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT IT IS FEDERAL LEVEL OFFENSE.I DON'T THINK THAT'S FEDERAL LEVEL. I THINK THAT IT'S FELONY LEVEL.
YOU KNOW. YEAH. STAY OUT OF THE STATE JAIL FELONY.
IF YOU GET CAUGHT CUTTING IT DOWN. CORRECT? YES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR COUNCIL LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
CITY COUNCIL RATIFIED THE SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026 TERMINATION OF THE CITY'S AGREEMENT WITH FLOT GROUP, INC., AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY STAFF TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTIONS TO COMPLETE THE TERMINATION, INCLUDING COORDINATING THE REMOVAL OF HARDWARE LIFE BY FLOC, AND RECOVERY OF ANY REFUND DUE TO THE CITY MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMAN MORENO.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. WHICH ONE? ROCK.
PAPER. SCISSORS. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE'S POINTING TO SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED.
MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING REAL FAST.
NUMBER FIVE. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS. SO THAT WE CAN ANNOUNCE THAT THE TAX RATE WILL BE ADOPTED AT THE SPECIAL SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 630. SO ON SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 630, WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT AT CITY HALL.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT ANNOUNCEMENT OUT.
SO AGAIN. I'M BEING DIRECTED BY SEVERAL BOSSES.
SO WE HAD TO REOPEN THE HEARING BECAUSE AGAINST STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT IF YOU DO NOT VOTE ON THE SAME NIGHT AS YOUR TAX RATE HEARING, THEN YOU DO NEED TO ANNOUNCE DURING YOUR HEARING THAT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ADOPT YOUR TAX RATE.
SO THE MAYOR HAS DONE THAT. AND THEN YOU CAN JUST CLOSE THE HEARING AGAIN.
THANK YOU MA'AM. IS THAT A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, MOTION ON FOUR BY COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION BEING THAT ALL IN FAVOR.
OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. ITEM NUMBER 14.
[14. Consideration, discussion, and possible action regarding Change Order No. 1 for the Wilbarger Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase 2 Improvements project]
CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE WITH ROBERTA CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. WHEN WE GOT THIS EXPANSION APPROVED, I.
I TOLD Y'ALL THAT I'D COME BACK WITH A CHANGE ORDER OF A NEGATIVE 460,727 50 TO GET MORE IN LINE WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE DID WE WENT THROUGH LINE BY LINE ITEM, WHAT WE COULD DO TO GET IT MORE IN LINE.
WE ALSO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A REFERENCE. WE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE REVEGETATION OURSELVES, TEMPORARY IRRIGATION. A LOT OF THE ROADS WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME DEEMED THAT WE CAN DO LATER LATER ON IN HOUSE.
THAT'S ALONG WITH THE SIDEWALK RIBBON CURB CUT OR CURB CARBON GUTTER UP.
WE'LL WE'LL FIND A WAY TO GET AN EXTENSION OVER THAT AT ANOTHER DATE.
SO BASICALLY THIS IS A GOOD THING. I GUESS THIS IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SUFFERING SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE WANT, BUT IT'S GETTING IT IN THE BUDGET AND GETTING MORE IN LINE.
BUT IT'S A DEDUCTION. SO THIS IS NOT A CHANGE ORDER FOR ADDING.
SO IT'S A GOOD THING. COUNCILWOMAN. YEAH. YEAH I TALKED TO HIM.
YEAH. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR OR A QUESTION.
THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER.
THIS PRODUCT IS FOR THE EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF 60.
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$16,727.50, REDUCING THE TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE FROM.15,990,000 $454,541,692.80. MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN.
WHERE IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? BEING. NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY 6.60. THANK YOU.
[15. Consideration, discussion, and possible action regarding an Ordinance approving the Amended Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.]
COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP.AND AND LAST OUR LAST MEETING. IS THERE A QUESTION ON THESE ITEMS? QUESTION OR RESERVATIONS? IF THERE'S NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION OR A QUESTION.
OKAY. MAYOR. COUNCIL. I'M LIKE THE MOTION THAT ORDINANCE NUMBER 833 APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN AMENDED ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE ENSURING ENSUING FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WHERE IS THERE A QUESTION TO THE MOTION? BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
[16. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on the acceptance of the City of Manor, Texas, Annual Financial Report and Independent Auditors’ Report Year ended September 30, 2025.]
ITEM NUMBER 16. CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION ON ACCEPTANCE OF CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.YOU'RE IN 20TH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. GOOD EVENING SIR.
THANK YOU FOR WAITING WITH US FROM THE EVENING TO THE MORNING.
I AM A PRINCIPAL IN THEIR STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRACTICE.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE FINAL ISSUED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THESE ARE NOT A DRAFT FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF BECAUSE I WENT OVER IN DETAIL THE DRAFT.
I BELIEVE THREE WEEKS AGO AND ON PAGE ONE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.
FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS THERE UNDER THE HEADING OPINIONS.
BASICALLY, WHAT THIS SAYS IS WE'VE RENDERED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS CLEAN OPINION, THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS PRESENTED ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT, AND THAT IS THE BEST OPINION A CITY CAN RECEIVE ON A SET OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS. THE LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS UNDER THE HEADING EMPHASIS OF MATTERS.
I JUST WANT TO POINT THIS OUT. THERE'S A DETAILED NOTE ON PAGE 16.
WE WENT OVER THIS WITH THE DRAFT. BUT JUST TO POINT OUT, IT IS IN OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT FIRST PARAGRAPH THERE STATES THERE IS A RESTATEMENT TO.
RELATED TO A CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE, WHICH WAS GASB STATEMENT 101 FOR COMPENSATED ABSENCES.
IN THE LARGER ITEM THAT WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON GOING OVER THE DRAFT, WHICH IS ALSO IN.
NOTE 16 REFERS TO RESTATEMENTS OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THE TWO MOST SIGNIFICANT ITEMS IN THERE WERE THE CONVEYED AND ACCEPTED CONTRIBUTED ASSETS BY THE KIDS RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN THE MOVING OF FUNDS
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OUT OF A GOVERNMENTAL FUND INTO A FIDUCIARY FUND RELATED TO THE PITS, AND A COUPLE OF MORE QUICK ITEMS JUST FOR THOSE WATCHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE.I DID WANT TO. FAST FORWARD TO PAGE 11. THIS IS YOUR STATEMENT OF NET POSITION. AND THIS JUST PRESENTS A DETAIL FOR YOUR GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES OF ALL THE VARIOUS ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND SO FORTH FOR THE DISTRICT.
I MEAN THE CITY. WHAT MAY BE OF MORE IMPORTANCE FOR YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS ON PAGE 13. THE. THIS IS YOUR BALANCE SHEET FOR THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
THE GENERAL FUND AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, HAD UNRESTRICTED CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS OF $30.2 MILLION AND ALSO HAD AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF $25.5 MILLION.
VERY HEALTHY POSITIONS, NOT ONLY FOR UNRESTRICTED CASH, BUT AS WELL AS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR THE CITY AND MOVING FORWARD TO PAGE 15. THIS IS YOUR STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES FOR YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. PRIMARY FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND.
TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE YEAR WERE $27.9 MILLION.
TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 24.9, WHICH LEFT AN EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES OF 2.983 MILLION FOR THE YEAR. VERY GOOD YEAR. ADDING TO THE GENERAL FUNDS FUND BALANCE.
DID WANT TO POINT OUT. ALSO, THE FUND BALANCE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND IS A LARGE FUND BALANCE THERE OF $46.5 MILLION. BUT AS NOTED ON PAGE 13, THAT ENTIRE FUND BALANCE IS RESTRICTED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
BASICALLY, YOUR UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS. AND A COUPLE MORE QUICK ITEMS HERE.
PAGE 17. THIS YOUR STATEMENT OF. NET POSITION FOR YOUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS.
BASICALLY, YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUND CAPITAL IMPACT FEES FUND WATER AND SEWER FUND AT SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 HAD UNRESTRICTED CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS OF $14.8 MILLION AND UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE OF IT FUND BALANCE $12.3 MILLION. SO, VERY HEALTHY AND CASH BALANCES AND UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION WITHIN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I NOTE ACTUALLY IS ON PAGE 36 OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ITEM I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE, WHICH IS FURTHER DISCUSSED IN NOTE 16 TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YOU CAN SEE FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIT, $27.9 MILLION. THOSE HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN THE PREVIOUS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE RESTATEMENT THERE.
AND ALSO DURING THE YEAR, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONVEYED AND ACCEPTED ASSETS FROM THE PIT FOR THE GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES OF $8.3 MILLION. A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PIT BEGINNING BALANCE AS RESTATED $33.1 MILLION, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN THE 2024 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ALSO HAD CURRENT YEAR CONVEYED
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ACCEPTED PIN ASSETS OF ANOTHER $9.3 MILLION. SO IN TOTAL, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES OF APPROXIMATELY 79 POINT OR $79 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL ASSETS ADDED TO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND THEN FINALLY, AS I REFERRED TO EARLIER, NOTE 16TH DISCUSSES IN DETAIL THE PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENTS OR RESTATEMENTS, AND THAT ACTUALLY BEGINS ON. PAGE 54 OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.THOSE ARE THE SIGNIFICANT ITEMS I WANT TO POINT OUT JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE.
IF THEY WISH TO WATCH THIS AND BE PART OF PUBLIC RECORD.
AND ONE OTHER NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER REPORT UNDER SEPARATE COVER COVERING THE SINGLE AUDIT OR THE AUDIT OF THE CITY'S FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS, AND THAT SHOULD BE ISSUED HERE SHORTLY, WITHIN POSSIBLY THE END OF THE WEEK, OR MORE LIKELY, MAYBE THE END OF NEXT WEEK, BUT ONE ITEM OF NOTE IN THERE. DUE TO THE RESTATEMENTS OR PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENTS, THERE WILL BE A FINDING IN THERE RELATED TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T BEEN ISSUED YET.
JUST A HEADS UP THAT IT WILL BE STYLED AS A MATERIAL WEAKNESS BECAUSE THOSE THAT WAS A MATERIAL AMOUNT TO RESTATE THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE.
AND THOSE WERE THE SIGNIFICANT ITEMS I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. BUT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK THOSE AT THIS TIME.
NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGHNESS AND AND THEN WALKING THROUGH THOSE, THOSE KEY AREAS AND THINKING AND, AND, AND YOUR TEAM AND, AND EVERYONE HAS DONE THE WORK TO, TO GET THE CORRECTIONS AND, AND GET US WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW ABLE TO GET GOOD BOND RATINGS AND ABLE TO HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK.
AND, AND HAVE A IMPROVED ACCOUNTING PROCESS. SO SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR, FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR ORGANIZING AND, AND PUTTING US THROUGH THE PROCESS CITY MANAGER SO THAT WE CAN, WE KNEW WHERE WE WERE AT AND WE KNEW WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO.
AND SO THIS IS JUST GETTING US AT AT A, AT A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR, FOR FUTURE.
SO YES. OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR QUESTIONS OR A MOTION. MAYOR COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND ACCEPT. THE CITY OF MANOR, TEXAS ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMAN MORENO.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. AND JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLA TO SERVE AS THE CITY OF MAINERS. INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.
YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOROUGHNESS.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 17.
[17. Consideration, discussion, and possible action regarding an Ordinance adopting an Annual Budget for the ensuing Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2026, and ending September 30, 2027.]
AND FOR THIS ITEM, Y'ALL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A ROLL VOTE.ROLL CALL VOTE. SO I'LL CALL YOUR NAME AND GET TO IT.
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2026 AND SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. WE HAD TWO HEARINGS, EIGHT AND THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER.AND WE HAVE THE BUDGET IN FRONT OF US. QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. MY QUESTION IS, DOES THIS BUDGET AUTOMATICALLY APPROVE ALL OF THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAD LISTED? IT DOES HAVE THE BUDGET, THE VACANCIES, THE I THINK I FORGOT WHAT PAGE IT IS, BUT THERE'S A PAGE IN THERE.
I DON'T REMEMBER PAGE NUMBERS BUT THERE WAS IN THE, IS THAT IT RIGHT THERE.
THERE WE GO. PAGE 61 OR 1084. IT HAS THE STAFFING UNITS.
THEY'RE BUDGETED FIELD AND VACANCIES AND FUTURE PERSONNEL NEEDS.
IS IT YEAH. AND SO ALL OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET TO BE APPROVED, LIKE FUNDED FOR THIS TIME, OR I THINK THESE ARE STILL CARRYOVERS FROM LAST BUDGET AS WELL.
YEAH. I REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED. WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT? MY THOUGHT IS, AND IT MAY BE BECAUSE IT'S SO EARLY.
SO I DON'T REMEMBER YESTERDAY, BUT MY THOUGHT IS JUST IF ALL OF THE QUESTIONS OR THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TO US TO OUTLINE OUR PREPARATION FOR THE YEAR 2028. IF THAT WAS, IF ANYTHING, IN THIS SPACE, BECAUSE I THINK VACANCIES HAVE A MORE PERMANENT SPACE VERSUS PROJECTS THAN OTHER BUDGET LINE ITEMS. IF IT COVERED IF ALL THOSE THINGS WERE IN CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE 2028 BUDGET OR THE, THE THINGS THAT WERE, THAT WOULD COME INTO GRAND OPENINGS OF 2028.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE VACANCIES WERE CARRYOVERS FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT OR THEY DIDN'T GET FILLED, THEN WILL THEY HURRY TO FILL NOW AND THEN? THERE NOT BE ENOUGH MONEY FOR WHATEVER IS IN 2028 BECAUSE I DIDN'T I DON'T REMEMBER YESTERDAY.
BUT IF THAT WAS ALREADY. PLOTTED AND PLANNED.
WE CAN MAKE A WE CAN MAKE ALL THE HIRES AND WE CAN MAKE ALL THE LITTLE, WE CAN BUY ALL THE PENS AND PENCILS FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT CREATING A NEW DEBT. THAT'S ALL.
BUT THIS IS A MORE I. I'D RATHER MOVE PERMANENT.
I'D RATHER NOT MOVE PERMANENT PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHY VACANCIES, I SAY ARE IS MORE CRUCIAL.
BUT YOU SEE WHEN A PERSON GETS HIRED AND THEN THEY HAVE TO BE LET GO.
SO THEN WE STILL IN OUR LAST MEETING, WE THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WE ASKED.
AND I KNOW OUR HR DIRECTOR IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I THINK THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO QUANTIFY THAT AMOUNT OF THE THE STAFF THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED FOR THE OPENING AND BRING THAT NUMBER BACK FOR US.
DO Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL HAVE THAT? I MEAN, I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE NEEDS FOR ASSESSMENT AND ALL THAT.
I THINK WE HAD SOME STUFF THAT PEOPLE HAD DONE FOR US.
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SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT ANALYSIS DONE BY EACH DEPARTMENT.SO IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS.
WE CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT THAT THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW TO STAFF UP AND BE TALKING ABOUT THAT NEXT BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THE PLAN. 2728 THAT WAY YOU CAN STAFFING UP RATHER THAN WAIT TILL.
SPRING OF 28 OR WHENEVER WE OPEN, WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT ADDING THOSE POSITIONS.
AND BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER AND SEWER RATES. SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT FREES UP MORE MONEY ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE AND HAVE MORE OF THAT FUTURE DEBT PAID BY THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT. SO THAT WAY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO SEE FULLY WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, IF THE TAX RATE STAYS THE SAME, LESS ALL THOSE DEBT PAYMENTS FOR WATER AND SEWER.
AND THEN WE CAN BE ABLE TO PLAN STAFFING NEEDS BASED ON DEBT FALLING OFF WATER SEWER CAN PAY FOR.
AND THEN WHAT GENERAL FUND WILL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR BECAUSE WHAT THE AUDITOR SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT WE PUT 2.9 BACK INTO THE BOTTOM TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF BACK INTO THE CITY, THAT'S LETTING YOU KNOW THAT EITHER YOU'RE NOT FILLING POSITIONS AND YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO START STAFFING UP POSITION, FILLING THOSE POSITIONS WHEN THERE'S A NEED, KNOWING THAT YOU CAN END THE YEAR NOT IN A RED BUT IN THE BLACK.
I THINK THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT GOING FORWARD WITH THE WATER AND SEWER AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THOSE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS PER DEPARTMENT. YEAH. NO, I THINK BECAUSE I THINK MISS BURRELL GOT, CAME UP, HE TALKED ABOUT HE HAD THE FORM, HE WAS GOING TO SEND IT TO EVERYBODY AND KIND OF HAD THE FORECAST.
WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THAT UPDATED. BUT THEN TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HILL IS TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY IS BECAUSE I KNOW I I BROUGHT IT UP WAS ACTUALLY QUANTIFYING WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR OPENING THE STAFF, AND THEN A PLAN ON WHEN WE NEED TO HIRE THOSE FOLKS AND AND GOING FROM THERE. SO I KNOW WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OBLIGATION BY LAW FOR BUDGET ADOPTION.
AND WE DID ASK FOR, I GUESS, SOME INFORMATION.
AND I THINK COUNCILWOMAN HILL ASKED FOR US TO COME BACK SOONER FOR AN AMENDMENT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT THAT QUESTION IS, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE GET THAT INFO? SO IF WE'RE GOING TO LOCK IN ON, ON OUR BUDGET, THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH THAT WE DO GET THOSE ANSWERS SO THAT IF WE NEED TO PIVOT, WE CAN MAKE GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT SOONER THAN LATER SO THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE PROGRAMING, WE TALKED ABOUT MAINTENANCE COSTS.
AND, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW THOSE NUMBERS.
WE, WE DID TALK ABOUT FORECASTING FOR ALL THE, FOR ALL THOSE AREAS.
A LOT OF STUFF WE JUST WERE APPROVING TONIGHT, THE CONSTRUCTION, THE BUILDING OF THOSE NEW FACILITIES AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE HIRING THE PEOPLE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO BE ON HAND WITH THAT.
SO THAT SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO CAN, WILL YOU ALL BE ABLE TO ON THE 23RD BRING US THAT INFORMATION.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. VERONICA RIVERA, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO POSTPONE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET UNTIL THE 23RD, THEN YOU WILL NEED TO RESCHEDULE THE TAX RATE TO ANOTHER DATE. THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE CANNOT BE APPROVED ON THE SAME NIGHT OR THE SAME DAY. I WASN'T SUGGESTING THAT I WAS. MAYBE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER.
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YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IS, CAN WE GET THAT, THAT LIBRARY INFORMATION ON THE 23RD? I'M ASKING, CAN WE GET THE DATA TO US? YEAH, YEAH.I MEAN, WE CAN GET WE CAN GET DATA BASED ON IF IT'S 100% OPERATION, 50% OPERATION.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU SAY YOU NEED A STAFF OF TEN PEOPLE, IT'S STILL THE PLANNING PART OF US.
SO WE CAN GIVE A COUPLE OF NUMBERS TO SHOW. HERE'S WHAT THE FULL STAFF LOOKS LIKE.
HERE'S WHAT THE HALF STAFF LOOK LIKE. HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IF WE WORKED WITH THE CONSULTANT, I THINK WE JUST WANT THE PLAN. SO SO WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE VERSUS LIKE, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING WE, WE WANT THREE QUARTERS OR A FULL OR ANYTHING.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT YEAR AND SO FORTH.
AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BUDGETING FOR THAT.
AND THEN IF IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE GETTING INTO THE NEW 2627 FISCAL YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE POSITIONS EITHER ADDED OR POSITIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY OR THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FILL THEM UNTIL A CERTAIN TIME FRAME.
SO WE CAN WE CAN HAVE THE PLAN TO SHOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND IF WE HAVE CONSULTANTS TO HELP US, OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT SPACE CAN HELP US MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OVER OVER BUILDING, BUT JUST MAKE SURE WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR FULL OPERATIONAL LIBRARY FROM DAY ONE.
BY. THE WAY WE START PREPARING FOR. WHEN WE HAVE THE LIBRARY.
YOU HAVE AN, YOU KNOW, AN IDEA OF WHAT ARE THE WAGES FOR THAT PERSONNEL.
YEAH, I DID DO, I DID LOOK AT LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES.
AND IT IS ABOUT FOR YOUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR, THEY DO RECOMMEND ABOUT NINE MONTHS, 6 TO 9 MONTHS OUT.
SO THAT'S LIKE THAT WOULD BE IN US, LIKE POTENTIALLY IN THE END OF THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
THE LAST. ABOUT THREE 2 TO 4, 2 TO 6 MONTHS, 2 TO 4 MONTHS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS WHEN YOU HIRE THE REST OF THE FOLKS, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE. BUT YOU GOT TO GET THE THE FIRST PERSON ON FIRST.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ANSWER TO.
WHAT ELSE YOU GOT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TAKING QUESTIONS OR. A MOTION.
ANYONE. DOWN AT. MAYOR. COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 834, ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027 FOR THE CITY OF MAINE. MAYNARD, TEXAS. WELL.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WELL, THERE'S MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. I'LL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN. WHERE? ANY QUESTIONS? TO THE MOTION. IF YOU DON'T WANT A SECOND. NOW, TIME TO TALK.
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BUT I GUESS WHAT I THINK I REALLY AM ASKING IS.FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. BUT I ALSO WANT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE.
THE VACANCY AND THAT. IF THERE WAS A NEGOTIATION IN ME FOR LIKE SOME OF THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN BUDGETED, BUT SOME OF THEM THERE.
AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND. AMEND OUR BUDGET LIKE AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER IS OVER INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. LIKE IF THAT GIVES EVERYBODY ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE STAFFING, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST STAFFING OF THE LIBRARY.
IT'LL BE EXCEPTIONAL AND IT WILL BE BETTER. THE OTHER MAINTENANCE PIECES THAT ARE SURROUNDING IT, THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND THEN HAVING THE TIMELINE AND THE BUDGET FOR IT AND THE CONSIDERATION AND DEALING WITH THE LAND WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT HAVING THAT DETAILED ANALYSIS DONE. ALSO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT FALLS INTO THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO EVEN SEE THE THE VACANCIES AND FILLING THE POSITIONS AND KEEPING UP WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT THAT PART, THIS LITTLE SECTION OF THE BUDGET WAS WAY MORE WAS WAY BIGGER THAN WHAT IT WAS GIVEN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN LET ANOTHER YEAR GO BY WHEN WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, BECAUSE WE NEEDED THAT THIS YEAR.
WE NEEDED THE VACANCIES THAT WE FILL THIS YEAR.
WE NEEDED THAT MONEY, AND WE COULD USE IT FOR A LOT OF THINGS TO BE DONE, ESPECIALLY THE 400 THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU HAD TO SCRAPE UP, AND WE COULD HAVE USED THAT MONEY.
AND SO I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT WE HAVE WITHOUT THEM.
AND. EVEN WITH THE LEVEL AND THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN SOME OF THOSE SPACES THAT WE JUST WANT LONGTIME EMPLOYEES. I THINK THESE ARE SMALL SALARY POSITIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE QUALITY THAT WE WANT TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND NOT BE.
THE MESSAGE IS THAT IF THE PAY SCALE IS DONE, ANALYSIS WAS IN.
THAT'S ALL. I WANT TO. TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR PLAYING IT AND THEN.
WHEN'S THE, THE WE HAVE THE TAX RATE ON THE 23RD.
WHEN'S THE, THE FIRST TIME WE CAN BRING BACK BUDGET FOR AMENDMENT.
SO THAT DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? A WORKSHOP AND THEN A AGENDA ITEM.
IN OCTOBER. OKAY. EARLY PART OF OCTOBER FOR THE WORKSHOP AND THEN THE LAST MEETING IN OCTOBER FOR THE AGENDA ITEM.
FOR THE WORKSHOP. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS?
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WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR HAS BEEN SECOND.THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? OH.
YES, MA'AM. COUNCILWOMAN DEJA HILL, COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANN MARINO. YES. COUNCILWOMAN. SONIA. WALLACE.
YES. MAYOR CHRIS HARVEY. YES. I DREW A BLANK ON YOUR NAME,
COUNCILWOMAN MARIA MEZCLA. NO, COUNCILWOMAN. AND WE'RE. YES, WE HAVE A ONE,
TWO, FOUR TWO VOTE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 1242, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.